commissioner president lazarus joined by commissioner fung and commissioner honda and commissioner wilson there's a vacancy on the board and pursuant to the charter section when there's a vacate the board may offer ridicule the building inspection commission by the vote which 3 members 4 votes are in light required the city director will provide the legal and i'm scombjz the boards executive order we're joined before i the city departments and skoolgz is at the table the zoning administrator and receptionists the planning commission we'll be joined we mr. david department of building inspection and nick is the senior plan checker with the bureau zoning and mapping and expecting to see chris buck with our bureau of urban forest and elita and other colleague representing the public health department mr. pacheco if you go over the boards meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process is board q's requests you turn off all electronic phones the boards rules are as fouls appellant and permit holders and department representatives each this is a 7 minutes to present and 3 minutes

commissioner president lazarus and supervisors nick with the public works with some mapping i apologize for not providing the brief that was a complete oversight on any part, however any testimony that i present at the last month's hearing was identical to my brief so - that's my position d if you have any questions. >> are you aware you needed a brief. >> is this a process you've done in the past have you come before the board with briefed. >> one time before. >> and do you present yourselves to other boards. >> yes. and and do they require briefs to be presented automatically that's it. >> okay. thank you any public comment on this item? seeing none, commissioners the matter it submitted. >> commissioners the our rules are quite clear dpw is a party in n this particular case and i'm prepared to support a rehearing request. >> i agree i believe that procedure has been broken in nicole and whether the appellant could have looked it up on the website was not provided the brief before our board. >> okay. >> move to grant the rehearing request. >> commissioner fung can we include

commissioner fong or. >> commissioner president lazarus. >> where we have a motion from commissioner president lazarus to uphold all 3 permits that the dpw reset the dates and this is on the basis there's code compliant on that motion to uphold with that condition and that basis commissioner fong commissioner honda commissioner wilson thank you. the vote is 4 to zero those 3 permits are upheld on this basis and that condition thank you. >> thank you moving on to to item 5 appeal thomas versus the department of public works at 2120th street the continuance to 20th street of an alternatives from 6 to 8 feet by excavating down and replacing the slab that matter was heard on november 12th and continued for the dpw and permit holder to conduct a site survey and commissioner president lazarus if you want to give each party 3 minutes would you like to hear if the department farsz actual the permit holder approached me their attorney has not arrived they ask the board to call another case. >> okay so we'll put that off and if you see that person arrive. >> there's a flagger. >> flagger (laug

now move to public comment. i have two public comment cards. bruce and then jim lazarus. if there is anybody else, there are blue cards in the front or you can just speak after we call all of the names. >> good afternoon, chair wiener, supervisors kim and cohen. my name is bruce agate . this is critical as we are in the process of making decisions for multi-generational transportation infrastructure investment. between the transbay transit center. dtx and others to maximize passenger capacity and operational flexibility. let's call these are foundational principles. uniform platform height boarding levels gives us ability to achieve this principle and this flexibility, allows you to adjust service plans daily, hourly, weekly, et cetera between the two systems to ensure that you get the most value out of both. is it possible? what is best option? i don't know the specific answer. however, as we heard today, there are examples either in north america or other parts of the world where similar issues have been addressed and we need to understand what it takes to get us there. we are plea

commissioner president lazarus commissioner honda. >> and commissioner wilson thank you. >> the vote is 4 to zero the finding are adapted and the 10 day rehearing request period is now closed. >> we'll return to item 7 which has been called appeal i believe is there anyone on behalf of the appellant? okay. seeing none then we'll hear from the permit holder >> good evening again commissioners greg on behalf of the permit holder in defines to the commissioners time and commissioner honda's schedule i'll be brief and glad to answer questions should the commission have any this is a structural mraerntd that is adjacent to the appellants property line he has a relationship wall and concerned that the planter and the trees in it would cause lateral loading on the wall the permits holders family purchased this property in 2007 and those planters were constructed probably a decade to two decades prior to the purchase by the kc family the bit of a misnomer it says retrofit planters the plan to remove the planters and sing it to bedrock and support a newcele concrete planter with a bottom on top of th

appeals the presiding officer is commissioner president lazarus joined by commissioner fung and commissioner honda and commissioner bobbie wilson's there's a seat vacate pursuant to the charter when a vacancy exists the board may overrule the boil omi by a vote of 3 members the t to my left is ryan and at the controls mr. pacheco the boards legal assistant and i'm sgnlz we have scott sanchez did zoning administrator representing the planning department and practicing those and he'll be joined by mr. duffy representing the building inspection and also joined by the senior planned checker representing the street use and mapping mr. pacheco if i could go over the boards guidelines and conduct the swearing in process arrest at board requests i turn off outline cell phones and pagers please carry on conversations in the halfway the departments representatives each has 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal people affiliated must conduct their minutes to 3 each has up to 3 minutes but no reluctant for participant affiliated members of the public who wish to speak o

lazarus. >> commissioner honda. >> and commissioner wilson. >> thank you the vote is 4 to zero the dbi permit is upheld and the other upheld thank you. >> we're going to take a short break break. >> welcome back to the january 14, 2015, meeting of is it fair to say we do appreciate everyone's patience we're going to call one other item before the item you think most of you are here for item 10 the scott and jean new vs. the building inspection protesting the owners on october 10th jermaine of avenue alternative to replace a dinger at second floor a 3 bedroom and four became and again an overflow room for more often that can't find a seat we'll start with the appellant appellants attorney. >> thank you commissioner president lazarus and members of the board i appreciate our consideration of the schedule as well in the strange one this is a what i'm calling the missed try onion 5th district avenue this is the depiction of the retaining residence at issue that is unclear to the neighboring neighbors what's been done and planned this locates 0 fates i what's been done without permit we're

microphone. >> thank you. good evening commissioner president lazarus and commissioners my name is david perry i'm a real estate broker with the maguire releasing and been acquainted with the building since 1988 when i bought it with a partner it is two condominiums i live below so i'll be brief it could be said i'm for effected i prepared a few package brief in this appeal and i'll give you a copy of that i'm going to display that is a photograph from the last system that shows the existing deck when the prior owner bought that and so as you can see the deck at that time, expands across both bedrooms and both bedrooms had a door you could walk out into two rooms and come out into the float roof this is prior to the house being built a gap next door this next shows the condominium map from 1989 when we had before the conversion you see the dimensions of prior deck and i can read those off if you wish this is a photograph from the last listing when the harden beggars bought the property i didn't represent them on that purchase i have to vesting interest but you can see what is important t

lazarus and commissioners, corey tigue for planning department. we feel like this project was approved appropriately by planning department. sounds like the proposed changes between the two parties would if anything, result in a smaller project overall so wouldn't trigger any additional notification requirements and i don't think we have any issues for the compromise that's been reached. i'm available for any questions you may have. >> any public comment? seeing none, then commissioners, the matter is submitted. mr. duffy, commissioners are you willing to entertain him again? >> yes. >> as long as he entertains that. >> sorry commissioners for the time. just one point of clarification, i heard mr. calvin there saying that the -- it would take the walls down prior to any -- the addendum being issued. you can't start the work until the addenda has to be issued before you take the walls down so we won't know what the foundation is until the a ddenda is issued. >> well you can have multiple addenda. >> they could do something but the structure is usually on the first addenda. >> i don't kn

be the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. >> thank you. president lazarus, commissioners, there's one housekeeping item tonight and that has to do with item 12, appeal 14-157, which is regarding a notice of violation at 819 ellis street. that matter has been withdrawn and will not be heard this evening. item number one is for general public comment. is there anybody here who would like to speak on an item that is not on the calendar. seeing none we'll move to item 2. seeing none there we'll move to item 3, which is the consideration of meeting minutes for december 10, 2014. if no changes, is there a motion to submit minutes as is? >> so moved. >> if you could call the roll please. >> we have a motion to commissioner honda to adopt the december 10 2014 minutes. on that motion, commissioner fung? >> i. >> president lazarus. >> i. >> commissioner wilson. >> i. >> thank you. vote is four to zero, those minutes are adopted. >> item 4 is appeal 14-1072. the property is at 2707 21st street for a tree removal permit and we will start with the appellant. you have se

. >> on that motion to to the call of the chair commissioner president lazarus. >> commissioner honda commissioner wilson thank you the vote is 4 to zero this is continued to the call of the chair. >> thank you and with the presidents content item 8 we may find a similar situation one of the parties may not be in the room i'm going to call the appeal versus the department of building inspection the property at 3300 clay street protesting the issuance on october 2014 to original of american people alteration permit to comply with the don't guess of wall between the kitchen and living room area and the kitchen area to be part of the kitchen remodel of item six. >> i'm the permit holder. >> is there anyone here on better off of the appellant. >> of course not. >> so go ahead mr. henry. >> good evening, members the committee i guess this was a complaint by the form owner the knowledge or building it has a lot of issues losing his interest in the building i don't believe his complaint is has any merit i tried to outline in now short belief the work that was done in 23408 and in april 2014

following order and please state your name and spell it for our records. mr. jim lazarus. >> good afternoon commissioners. jim lazarus with the san francisco chamber of commerce. happy new year happy new year. >> happy new year happy new year. >> an exciting project, a very informative presentation. i think a lot of us are on the one hand sorry that the restoration of pier 30-32 didn't go forward with the arena because it's such an important mara time asset for the port and the city but this is certainly a great location. like at&t park this event center will be an anchor in mission bay like at&t park has been in the northern sector. with the giants project to the north it will tie together retail, commercial, residential activities that will be the heart and the sowfl the new mission bay. from a staff point of view and commission point of view i hope that this agency will push the developer, the consultants, your own staff, other city departments to approve this project as expeditiously as legally possible. this is a huge economic engine for san francisco. this isn't replacing an existing

january 21st, 2015, president lazarus. >> i. >> commissioner honda. >> itch. >> commissioner wilson. >> i. >> the vote is four, zero. this is continued to january 21, 015. >> our last item, appeal number [inaudible] department of building inspection. property's at 41 lake street protesting the petition to remove existing foundation at west property line and construct new compliant foundation, new anchor bolts at new foundation and wall above. >> we need to hang on one minute. >> sorry. we'll wait until our room clears, the commissioner returns and we'll begin with the appellant. >> i think i can move this along about keeping the eye on the ball and getting this building fixed. the issues on both sides of the board. there's a foundation problem on the west side of the building caused by the neighborhood. the current set of drawings are addressing that. problem with the current permit though is when this building was condoed, the lot that the building sits on, the land lot goes away and the building department creates air right lots. the current building was filed on the secondary rig

grant the jurisdiction request on that motion to grant commissioner president lazarus commissioner honda and commissioner wilson is absent the vote is 3 to zero and given the boards vacancy the jurisdiction is granted and the nickel sons have a 5 day period and this will end this coming monday. >> okay i believe that mr. donny is now in the room and return to item 4a and b mr. donny. >> commissioners, i apologize for being late here today, i want to withdraw my appeal i worked for the last two years with dbi and planning and the board of appeals staff and now reinstated the permit this morning i'll be withdrawing my appeals. >> is there anything in the department mr. duffey. >> joe duffey i wanted to conform the permits h have been reinstated on december 9th the permit services and so there's nothing to appeal. >> okay well in that case. >> good solution anything to add any public comment on that item on those two items okay. so those items are withdrawn we can move on think to the next item item 6 versus the department of public health property on 1963 sutter street for a retail r

from mr. t. >> good evening again commissioner president lazarus and commissioners corey t from the planning staff the permit at hand open the 27th street the permit was submitted no march 2013 it was reviewed by the residential design team with within the planning department to specifically to the residential guidelines in terms of the design it was found to be compliant with both the department heard the concerns the project was taken back to the design team at that review the issues it was a in debt review again found compliant with the residential guidelines and 311 notification was sent out in december of 2013 and ended in january of 2014 the project required a mandatory discretionary review because it was demolition of a dwelling unit and the construction of two replacement units it had to go before the planning commission it was before the planning commission of may of this year all the concerns that were raised for this appeal were raised for that discretionary review hearing the planning commission did unanimously approve the project with no conditions consistent with the g

presiding officer is board president commissioner president lazarus and joined by commissioner fung and commissioner honda commissioner wilson will be joining us later there is one absent on the board the board may overrule the board on appraisal to my right to deputy city attorney that be provide advise and mr. pacheco and i'm again and again the board director we're joined by the board at the taebl tangle it the zoning administrator he is representing planning commission and participating and sitting to his right is the deputy city attorney representing the department of public health and i saw mr. duffy representing the be department of building inspection mr. pacheco go over the guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. >> the board asks you turn off outline electronic device and the boards rules of presentation are appellants and permit holders each have 7 minutes to present their cases and 3 minutes for rebuttals people affiliated with the parties must conclude their comments within 7 minutes arrest to assist the board in the i cannot preparation of the minutes he members ar

. >> president lazarus. >> i. >> commissioner wilson. >> i. >> thank you. the vote is four to zero. jurisdiction is granted. the requesters now have a five day appeal period to appeal this variance and this appeal period end this coming monday. thank you. >> we're going to take a very short break. >> welcome back to the december 17 meeting on san francisco board of appeals. we are on item 10. the subject property is at 1614 noe street. the requester asked that the board take jurisdiction over applicant holder which was issued on august 26 2014 and the jurisdiction request is filed at the board office on december 1 2014. the permit holder is steven fouler and the project >> everybody was getting along fine with the new house. instruction was well advanced and the project architect went to the planning department counter with a set of plans for a revision, is what he called it, a new permit revising the previous permit adding a roof deck and skylight and saw over the counter approval of this. it was brought to mr. omakaro, but many knowledgeable architectings might go to the planning

continue this matter until february 11th. >> commissioner president lazarus after commissioner honda. >> commissioner wilson thank you. this matter is continued until february 11th and commissioner president lazarus there's no further business. >> we're adjourned >> on december 28 1912. san francisco mayor, sonny jim rolph stared into the crowds of those who have gathered. a moment in history. the birth of a publicly own transit system. san francisco municipal railway. muni as it would become to be known. happy birthday muni, here is to the next 100 years. the birth of muni had been a long-time coming. over the years the city was disjointed privately owned companies. horses and steam and electric-powered vehicles. creating a hodgepodge of transit options. none of them particularly satisfying to city residents. the city transit system like the city itself would have changes during the san francisco earthquake. the transition that will pursue from this aftermath would change san francisco's transportation system once again. facilitated by city boss, abe ruth ushering in the electric ci

guidelines. >> on that motion commissioner president lazarus commissioner honda commissioner wilson thank you. the vote is 4 to zero this permit is upheld open that basis. >> i'm going to recuse myself. >> we're going to call the last item lisa versus the department of building inspection protesting the issuance on october 30th to frank and wife notice to violation add two new rear view windows and replacing deck as required i mean, i'll start with the appellant. >> good evening commissioner president lazarus and commissioners, thank you for your consideration of that appeal i am lisa i live next door to webster in the machinery we've owned our owning home for 10 years and condominium to raising our kids our kids attend public schools in the marina and my husband is not here he's with our kids 3 kids our family calibers about the marina i feel like the planning department and the building inspection have everything they need to make a proper determination in summary the work on webster street shouldn't be allowed it was not properly permitted and it attempts to go beyond who was approved

medical ensues on that motion to uphold commissioner president lazarus. >> commissioner honda commissioner wilson thank you the vote is had to zero the permit is upheld madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> we're adjourned >>welcome everyone to our special inaugural meeting of january 8 2015. i'd like to welcome next to me mayor lee here. thank you for joining us today. i'd like to welcome john stewart here who will be swearing all the newly elected supervisors in today as well as our new district three supervisor as well. with that i'd like to ask madam clerk if you can please call the role. >>supervisor avalos. >>present. >>breed. >>present. >>supervisor campos. >>present. >>supervisor, christensen. >>president. >>cohen. >>present. >>farrell. >>present. kim. >>here. >>supervisor mar. >>here. >>supervisor -- and president tang. >>present. >>supervisor wiener. >>present. >>yee. >>present. >>all members are present. >>thank you ladies and gentlemen. will you please join me with the pledge of allegiance? >>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united state

lazarus. >> commissioner honda. >> commissioner wilson thank you the vote is 4 to zero it's continued to march 18th thank you. >> okay. we're now calling appeal number item a gregg vs. the department of public health the property on ocean avenue protesting the issuance to waterfall the hearing was held on july 23rd and on for further consideration today it was continued to allow time for the department of building inspection to submit the audio mr. pacheco please re-administer the oath of office for anyone that hadn't taken it. >> if you were not here for 5 o'clock please replaced and say i do only if you intend to testify okay. >> do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give will be the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> thank you great, thank you so much mr. robert you can begin. >> thank you for everyone to being patient with our schedule this evening utility good evening i'm represent the appellant mr. shep i know it's been a long time centuries we were here on the matter i want to speak briefly one of the issues that came up the mai

the basis it is code compliant. on that motion to up hole, president lazarus. >> i. >> commissioner honda. >> i. >> commissioner wilson. a: i. >> i. >> thank you. the vote is 4, zero, the permit is upheld on that basis. >> thank you. item 12 has been withdrawn so we'll move on to item 13 which is appeal number 14-176, jason blie versus department of building inspection. it's at 730 commercial street. protesting the issuance on october 3, 2014 the cultural services center to add four riser stairs between 731 and 731 again and provide approved entrance facility to 731. >> could we take discussions outside, please? we have other business to conduct. >> new doors to match wood existing and include power door assist. we can hear from the appellant. again, we just ask those who are leaving the room to do so as quietly as you can please so we can move on to the next piece of business. >> ladies and gentlemen of the the board, jason blie. some of you will remember me from our many past discussions and appeals over this property. it's unfortunate that we are here again. i'm very much hoping

revised plans, president lazarus. >> i. >> commissioner honda. >> i. >> commissioner wilson. >> i. >> thank you. the vote is four, zero. this permit is upheld with that condition and revised plans. thank you. >> there is no further business. >> we are adjourned. >> happy holidays, merry christmas. christmas. that. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we're divorcing with a group ero 3 hundred volunteers we're using hoses and shovels to get weeds out our benches wear out we've got joe pedia working on the benches thank you, thank you guys on 0 wednesday afternoon you guys could be doing other things and here giving back to the community. there are over hundred dollars and 50 thousand hours are donated every year in beautify our parks this represents over 3 hundred thousands for the park approximately. >> take roll at the present time commissioner president wu commissioner fong commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner moore and commissioner richards first on our agenda is consideration for items property for continuance on item for 93 c on evans avenue is prospered

lazarus. >> commissioner honda commissioner wilson thank you the vote is had to zero the permit is upheld madam clerk, any other business before this committee? >> we're adjourned this. >> good afternoon and welcome to the to the san francisco planning commission regular hearing for january 15, 2015 i'd like to remind the members of the audience commission does not tolerate disruptions of any kind please silence all electronic devices. and and when speaking before the commission, if you care to, do state your name for the record. elvis commissioner president wu commissioner fong arrest commissioner antonini commissioner johnson commissioner moore commissioner richards we are expecting commissioner hillis to arrive shortly first, it is the items for continuance item one at 400 alabama street proposed to february 2015 and item 2 for case at the 276 hartford is proposed for continuance march 5 and item 3 the little go yosemite fish passage is proposed to april 2015 and the next at 8093-fourths street is inner definite continuance and item 5 at 191220th street is proposed for indefinit

with ann that condition commissioner fung arrest commissioner president lazarus and commissioner wilson. >> nay thank you the vote is 3 to one the permits are upheld including the condition of expedited planting only 3 votes are needed to uphold the conditions thank you. >> we're going to take a very short break. >> welcome back to the january 14, 2015, of the san francisco board of appeals with the president extent i'm going to call item 9 out of order called the scott vs. the sdcers on montgomery street an greenwich street of a letter of determination whether the non conforming restaurant use locate at the subtlety property has been daunted abandon i understand did appellant is requested this matter will be reschedule can we hear if the appellant or the representative we'll see about that. >> good evening scott sanchez planning staff i've discuss the matter with the appellant i'm sure you're aware of the contention of the filing of the conditional use to roar the subject precipitate mr. scott as agreed to go through the conditional use process to roar the use to retain the opti

jim lazarus couldn't stay i want to read a letter in the chamber of commerce as the work level continues to grow it is essentially, we expand our system with the growth slate to occur in the ed of the city and the t line connecting fisherman's wharf to moscone center makes sense and it will remove transit from the congested streets and will help with the connectivity. >> thank >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names.) >> good afternoon. >> i'm steven tobacco eerie have a couple of 3 capacities for the last 8 years i've been spurs spokeswoman in favor of the phase two of this project i'm currently the chairman of the transportation of the russian hill neighbors i this by far the largest neighborhood association in the service area of the phase 3 project spur support did phase two project and we're proud we had a major kroichl

minutes. >> good evening president lazarus, members of the board. steve williams. i can true hi truly say without a trace of irony that this has been a long and winding road for the other neighbors.it's the longest case i've ever had, more than ten years. i summarize this appeal should be granted on page 2 of our brief and i'll start by reviewing those quickly. first is the legality issue. article 9 of the public works code governs all and any work in the unaccepted right away. the permit was not granted with article 9 and not properly granted. the owners of the property are financially and personally liable for maintenance and use for anything consent is required. d just as specified in article 9 and that's probably the most important point in this appeal tonight. the sebd second is that the general plan, the planning code and numerous other policies and programs mandate preservation of open green space and these unaccepted undeveloped streets and rights of way a specifically defined in the planning code as public open space and must be treated as public open space because that's what th