is absent, lazarus, honda. the vote is 4-0. the board is now in clos >>> >>> we are reconvening in open session and i will state that no action was taken during the closing session and the matter is whether or not to disclose information in the session. >> i will move that we not disclose the discussion based on attorney-client privilege. >> mr. pacheco, if you can take the roll on that? >> on that motion from commissioner hurtado to not disclose the content of the closed session, commissioner fung, lazarus, honda, aye. the vote is 4-0 to not disclose the content of the closed session. >> there is no further business. we are adjourned. thank you. >> >> [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> >> okay good afternoon, everyone. thank you very much for coming happy new year i'm ed reiskin i'm the director of transportation and happy to kickoff the new year. san francisco has been a dynamic city during the break i was reading the history of muni how things have changed and required the city to view. we're in a lot of change including in our transportation system a lot of change is good but it

motion commissioner fung, hwang is absent, vice-president lazarus, honda hurtado. this meeting is rescheduled. >> next item is no. 8. requesting an alteration, the parties are asking this hearing be rescheduled to may 14, 2014. mr. fung, i hear you have a conflict in this case and should not participate in a vote about this even though it's about a rescheduling. >> for the record i have financial interest within 500 feet of the subject site and therefore ask the board to recuse me from this vote. >> i would move to continue until may 14. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. mr. pacheco? >> on that motion from commissioner hurtado to reschedule this matter, 13-175 to may 14. commissioner fung is recused. the vote is 3-0. this matter is rescheduled to may 14. >> thank you. lastly as item no. 10, appeal no. v 14 has been withdrawn and will not be heard this evening. we can move to item no. 1 for any matters none on the calendar. is there anyone wishing to speak under general comment? seeing none. item no. 2 is the election of of

minutes commissioner fung. commissioner hurtado. commissioner lazarus and commissioner honda is absent those minutes are adapted. weeping we'll call a motion we received a letter appellant requesting a hearing for appeal and it is for the transportation agency versus the city. at the time the board vote 12 to zero for the taxi medallion and color scheme permit for best cab. we'll start with the requester. you have 3 minutes >> just before we got started a preliminary matter i noted there's not a full panel of commissioners is it possible to be heard by the full panel? >> we have a young if anyone wants to pipe in we generally have a board policy if there's a need for a fifth commissioner we'll continue it until it commissioner has an opportunity to vote. my inclines is to go ahead and have the matter heard >> okay worth asking. good evening. i'm asking for a rehearing for appellant and best cab company. during the january 15th hearing i heard commissioner fung and commissioner honda ask whether sfmta would be treating the cab company differently and mr. murphy stood here and said no ot

, commissioner honda. the vote >>> welcome back to the wednesday february 26, 2014, meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. we are still with item no. 5 which is a closed session. the board has reconvened in open session and under item 5c there is no action taken during closed session and the board needs to vote on whether or not to disclose any or all discussion that took place. >> do we need a motion? >> okay. i move not disclose what was discussed in closed session based on the attorney-client privilege. >> mr. pacheco if you can cal the role, please. city clerk: on that motion to not disclose content of the closed session. commissioner fung, commissioner hwang is absent, commissioner lazarus and commissioner honda. the vote is 4-0 to not disclose the content. >> item no. 6 was continued to april 30, 2014. we'll call item 7 abc and d. these will be heard together. item 7 a, b: 7aa appeal no. 13-095 the marsh, appellanttss vs. dept. of building inspection, respondent planning dept. approval 1050 valencia street. protesting the issuance on july 17, 2013, to m. rutherford trust / shizuo h

, hurtado, honda, the vote is 4-0. those minutes are adopted. >> thank you. we'll move to item 4. item 4: 44 appeal no. 13-135 michael shaffer & richard tsai, appellanttss vs. dept. of building inspection, respondent planning dept. approval 801 & 803 kansas street. protesting the issuance on october 09, 2013, to chris cobb, alteration permit repair/replace existing stairway and porch at rear of building; new decking for required means of egress; add firewall; provide new support footings to porch and stairway; comply with nov no. 200996781 and 2007909733. application no. 2012/10/30/3118. for hearing today.>> thank you. we'll move to item 4. sf 41234 >> i believe commissioners this matter came before you briefly in the past and continued to allow time for the permit holder to revise plan in correspondence to an agreement reached with the appellants. so we have the permit holder and the appellant here tonight. they want to address you together perhaps to confirm the settlement and the revised plans are in your packet. >> i'm chris cobb. i'm going to have my contracts speak for me. >> i'm

with me. >> okay. just a heads up, i will not be here next week. >> commissioner honda will you be here next meeting? >> yes, i will. >> okay. so we need to postpone until the 19th. is that what the board would like to do? >> i would move to do that. >> commissioner fung, did you have a comment on that? >> it doesn't matter. >> is there any public comment on the election of officers? there is a motion to postpone this item until february 19th. >> on that motion to reschedule the election of officers to february 19th, commissioner fung, >> aye. >> president hwang is absent. commissioner hurtado? >> aye. >> lazarus? aye. the vote is 4-0. this election is rescheduled until february 19th. >> the next item is 3 comments and questions. any? seeing none, item 4 is the board consideration and adoption of the january 15, 2014, minutes. any changes to the minutes? >> no. >> motion to adopt? >> i will move to adopt. >> any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, mr. pacheco, if you can call the roll please. >> on that motion from commissioner hurried -- hurtado to adopt the january 15, 20

absent, lazarus aye, honda, aye. the vote is 4-0. the granting of this variance is upheld. >> i will call item 11. sf 11 sulpicio marino. 530-day street protesting the issuance on october 16, 2013, to martin slatary. >> geepg, -- good evening. at this point i have nothing to add to statements in my brief and there is nothing also that i wish to emphasize on those statements although i stand firm with my statements. >> sir, in reading your brief, one of the things you brought up is that you want the sky light to be fixed and not retractable? what changes do you want made in your appeal? >> that there is no access at all to the retractable skylight would allow access to the roof for the roof deck. i initially was contesting the roof deck and if the retractable sky light is to be present that would be the only way for the access to get to the roof. >> okay, we can hear from mr. santos. >> good evening, mr. santos. construction started in may of 2013. we took substantial and vertical opposition and proper notice was made and no complaints or -- appeals filed and with the course of constr

transportation for dialysis patients, also with a possibility of them transferring to laguna honda. can you speak on that as well? >> i just came off dialysis earlier today so i'm not with it all today. bare with me. i really can't say anything about that, but maybe another month or so that may come forth. any other questions? okay. >> i wanted to say again, thank you very much councilmember kostanian for your work on this and this you to our speakers. thank you very much. >> i have one more thing to say. i wanted to thank you all for taking time to present in the educational portion of a day in a life of kidney dialysis patient to the modc council and staff. to show our appreciation our family has made a donation to the kidney foundation in honor of your volunteerism. i want to thank the national kidney foundation in san francisco. she and her staff and kindness and support and in particular, julia who is here today. this you also very much. i would also like to thank mod and council to start what i hope will be sharing with the community on dialysis and diseases for patients in s

, aye, commissioner hurtado? no. the vice-president is absent. commissioner honda? no. >> thank you. the vote is 2-2. the city charter requires 4 out of 5 votes to over turn any departmental action. so absent another motion, the granting of this variance would be upheld by default. >> okay. no further motion. the variance is upheld by default. >> if there is no further business before the board, our meeting is adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >>

, aye, commissioner hurtado? no. the vice-president is absent. commissioner honda? no. >> thank you. the vote is 2-2. the city charter requires 4 out of 5 votes to over turn any departmental action. so absent another motion, the granting of this variance would be upheld by default. >> okay. no further motion. the variance is upheld by default. >> if there is no further business before the board, our meeting is adjourned. [ meeting is 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 fran

got put into like laguna honda. she just wasn't going to make it. so, though are some of the issues that it's being very cloaked in all of these stats and statistics that they're telling you. the other thing, too, what's being missed is families in s-r-os. to me that's a problem. so, you might have a 90-square foot room, you've got a family living in it. you change the definition. the other thing, too, is the housing authority. i think you need to be aggressive, maybe you need to fire whoever is running that because it's not good enough. i wanted to talk about put a team together where they would talk about low-cost solutions to help thing. maybe $5,000 or less to bring solutions to the table. i've talked to several people. i can't get it off the ground. i feel part of the problem is we need -- all of these service providers are doing all of this stuff and our voice gets blocked. we get totally blocked out of the conversation and i want to talk about habitable housing. >> thank you very much, sir. thank you. are there any other members that wish to comment on item number 1? all righ

fung, aye, commissioner hurtado? no. the vice-president is absent. commissioner honda? no. >> thank you. the vote is 2-2. the city charter requires 4 out of 5 votes to over turn any departmental action. so absent another motion, the granting of this variance would be upheld by default. >> okay. no further motion. the variance is upheld by default. >> if there is no further business before the board, our meeting is adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> thank you for coming again on i think just another momentum occasion for our good friend jose (clapping) and i know this is the third time i believe that the city is - is it the fourth. fourth swearing in that's right and the reason why lieutenant governor knows that because he appointed jose in 2004 so thank you. visionary. of course, besides lieutenant governor i want to thank members of our family board of supervisors our da and assessor record and department heads and chiefs all the other departments our controller and others are here and really a sincere appreciation for the work that jose has demonstrated. i want to say he's

. president lapis lazuli ruz? no. no. commissioner honored honda. aye the vote is 2-1. we have no further business. we are adjourned. so says madam president. [ meeting is adjourned adjourn >> >>you. >> hello san francisco and naomi here with the top 3 places to check auto and this week bring our passport that's about tuesday the holly's food and occur i didn't without worry about long with drum beats and side food is free and the donations will be welcome and thursday the asian art museum that's right if you want to see them their run through september and the technicality is 5 bucks you've heard it here first and friday head to lake merced to the family resource center invites you with a show and make friends and joy and a dinner and space it limited so r.s.v.p. it's the weekly buzz gist visit us at san francisco director ramos and rubke and mr. chairman that heinecke will not be here you have a quorum. please be advised that the ringing of and the use of packagers and other electronic devicess are prohibited at the meeting any person responsible for one maybe asked to leave the

hurtado, aye, the vice-president absent. commissioner honda? >> aye. >> the vote is 4-0. this is moved to call of chair. >> thank you. i would like to have a very short break >> item 7: jerry weiss, appellanttss vs. zoning administrator, respondent 272 upper terrace. protesting the granting on december 16, 2013, to neil pernick, rear yard obstruction variance legalize a fence at the rear property linee. case no. 2013.0923v.>> sf 71234 >> we'll start with the appellant. >> before i begin, could i update our brief with a couple of developments that have happened since the deadline for submissions. these are just factual matters that are not part of my argument. they are just developments happened in the last couple of weeks. >> that is part of your time. >> well, i will just skip it. good evening, commissioners, i'm jerry white, the appellant in this case and the designated spokesman for my neighbors and fellow citizens. i moved to san francisco in 1978 and lived on portrero hill and my daughter was born at ucsf and for the last 20 years my wife and i have made our home on mount olympus.

, commissioner hurtado? no. the vice-president is absent. commissioner honda? no. >> thank you. the vote is 2-2. the city charter requires 4 out of 5 votes to over turn any departmental action. so absent another motion, the granting of this variance would be upheld by default. >> okay. no further motion. the variance is upheld by default. >> if there is no further business before the board, our meeting is adjourned. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> >> everybody to the world and enter galactic rocket i'm joel we have the great honor and pleasure of ownership this building but having haley here we love you guys focused on digital health this is your grand opening. so we've getting got a set period of time we're going to have an interesting panel discussion. most of you know mayor ed lee was sworn in two years ago january 8, 2012, to replace naumd and richard who runs our bay area operation we broke ground back in 2005 mission bay was i think a call was here and we did the total low beautiful bluegrass building we had no tenant who would ever come to mission bay now look at it today. we made a g

. president is absent. vice-president lazarus? aye. commissioner honda? >> aye. >> the vote is 4-0. this is rejected. >> you can contact the office and we can help you with a refund. contact mr. pacheco tomorrow if you would like. thank you. we can move on to the next item 8.88 appeal no. 13-159 ysabel navarro, appellanttss vs. dept. of building inspection, respondent 480 amherst street. appealing the issuance on november 05, 2013, of penalty imposition of penalty for construction work done without a permitt. application no. 2013/11/05/1183 for hearing today.1234 this is on for a hearing. navarro, please step forward. you have 7 minutes to present your case. >> hello, my name is isabelle navarro. and i went to the department of building inspection. i built a deck on the back of the house. but i fixed everything is back by november for my first time and i didn't know i had to ask for permission to build a deck. that's why i'm here to get back some money. it's too expensive to build a deck and then put back everything. so, thank you. >> ms. navarro, you have already removed the deck?

, and regards to commissioner honda's question, i want to clarify in terms of the project not really relevant to this project because the environmental application was filed so long ago in 2004 that it was under previous code requirements for affordable housing. that's why the 17 percent would be for current project for lufey. it was filed. so with that, i'm available for any questions that the board may have. >> i have a question. the impact of these variances is sort of on the units and ultimately of the people dwelling on the units as opposed to something visual from the street? >> absolutely. you wouldn't see those from the street. the only thing you would see from the street, the appellant has stated they support and that is to have against the building wall is on clay and larkin. most impacted obviously the impacted by the unit and those which immediately abut and they are supportive of the project. >> so arguably the variances to cut an interest to the developer that say this is a cut back? >> we can talk about planning code. but it's similar to other buildings that are existi

, lazarus, commissioner honda. this permit is upheld with revised findings with additional conditions. >> thank you. a >>we are back to the february 26, 2014. item no. 8 is rescheduled. we are on item no. 9. item 9: 99 appeal no. 14-008 ty bash, appellanttss vs. dept. of building inspection, respondent planning dept. approval 1100 ashbury street. protesting the issuance on december 31, 2013, to michelle meyer, alteration permit replace windows; work done in 2000; found out permit not issued at time; rectifying situation; in response to notice of violation #2013428411. application no. 2013/12/31/5419. for hearing todayrescheduled. we are on item no. 9. sf 91234 this is on for hearing tonight and we'll start with the appellant mr. bash. you have seven minutes.7 minutes.a good evening commissioners, my name is tie bash and i'm the individual pealing the window replacement i believe in error to respondent. as a 19-year resident of the city of san francisco. i have met the planning commission department. these are windows installed at ash bury meeting the standards. i don't believe they do