representatives from the city departments that have cases before the board this evening. up front, we have scott sanchez representing the planning department and planning commission. we expect joseph duffy, senior building inspector. and we also expect chris buck, urban forester with san francisco public works. the board meeting guidelines are as follows. we request that you silence all phones and other devices so they will not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. each are given seven minutes to present their case and three minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with the party must include comments. members not affiliated with the parties have three minutes each to address the board. to assist the board in accurate preparation of minutes, you re asked to provide a name. speaker cards are available on the left side of the podium. the board reserves the right to not call an item after 10 p.m. please speak to board staff during the break, or af
departments that have cases before the board this evening. up front, we have scott sanchez representing the planning department and planning commission. we expect joseph duffy, senior building inspector. and we also expect chris buck, urban forester with san francisco public works. the board meeting guidelines are as follows. we request that you silence all phones and other devices so they will not disturb the proceedings. please carry on conversations in the hallway. each are given seven minutes to present their case and three minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with the party must include comments. members not affiliated with the parties have three minutes each to address the board. to assist the board in accurate preparation of minutes, you re asked to provide a name. speaker cards are available on the left side of the podium. the board reserves the right to not call an item after 10 p.m. please speak to board staff during the break, or after the meeting. we are locate
Department we issue thousands of permits a year. And i dont want to minimize this, but i really think what were dealing with here is a small fraction of a group of people who seem to be continuously coming across and doing the bad apple the bad projects here. I see as i breakdown today, i think one thing to start with i kind of direct my comments the the director and as a commission i think this is something Going Forward this year is going to be one of the top issues, is and mr. Duffy touched on it there, representations on the professional plans submitted to the department. And i think that is something we need to really focus on and have a purer policy and what is the consequences if you submit a set of plans not reflective of exactly the work of the permit issued. I think we could do a lot better job on that. I myself was very involved last year in discussions with contractors who are dealing with this on a daily basis and we had worked on some policy and procedures we did submit t
Warshell. Ill close out comments. Obviously thank you all for coming out and having a meaningful conversation about a topic that kind of haunts our Building Community for many, many years. So i mr. Duffy, you wanted to Say Something . Just before you finish, joe duffy d. B. I. Mr. Butler referred to me on a building permit. I want to say it was temporary shoring of a building. Those do not go to the Planning Department. We need to approve them, when it comes to someone on the third floor, were doing the process and refer to engineers for approval. So the permit hes referencing that i was so wrong on, i was actually right on. A temporary shoring permit. I wanted to correct on that item. Thank you mr. Duffy. I do get it, theres a lot of permits out there. I think in the spirit of the conversation, its hard to monitor and track, but thank you for clarifying that. And just one other thing the misrepresentation on plans is as big of a problem as demolition. I dont know if youre getting all
Do you do with like if the City Attorney wants to get involved, go ahead. I dont think anybody at d. B. I. Will ever object to that. And if you want to change the codon the penalties, go ahead, thats fine as well. Were all for that. Thank you mr. Duffy. In regard to, i would close out the comments here but first of all thank you for the speakers coming out and discussing the conversation that was badly needed and its been an ongoing blackmark for our department we have been trying to deal with for many years and i concur with all commissioner comments on the next steps. I want to also point out, as a department we issue thousands of permits a year. And i dont want to minimize this, but i really think what were dealing with here is a small fraction of a group of people who seem to be continuously coming across and doing the bad apple the bad projects here. I see as i breakdown today, i think one thing to start with i kind of direct my comments the the director and as a commission i thin