What systems are resisting those actions. But the scope is usually a seismic scope. And in current practice, the peer reviews are generally structured with a chairperson. The chairperson i think is required in this city to be practicing and registered Structural Engineer. There is typically a geotechnical engineer or engineer with seismology background who is skilled in issues related to the Foundation Design. Geotechnical parameters, earthquake ground motion. And then there is generally an academic who is brought in. The academic is not so much to bring an academic perspective, but to bring to bear the Specialized Knowledge that might be required to understand the design of a particular building. So, i might be brought in as an academic reviewer or as a reviewer are academic background as my related expertise in concrete construction. In steel, someone might be brought in with a structural steel kind of background. And the review is is in the city and county of San Francisco. Lets ste
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Luc richard c. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the delayed regular meeting for november 28th, 2016 of the San Francisco Ethics Commission. I will first call the roll. Vicechair keane. Here. Commissioner chiu. Here. Commissioner hayon has been excused due to illness. And we are expecting commissioner kopp to arrive shortly. And before calling for Public Comment, i want for the record to acknowledge that all commissioners received a cookie, which i understand is from the friends of ethics celebrating the passage of proposition t and ill have to check with the City Attorney as to whether or not that gift of a cookie has to be reported on our form 700 . It doesnt . All right, good. Thank you. Calling item no. 2 on the agenda. Public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda. Let me just say, thank you to the friends of ethics for their support of proposition t, and thank you for the cookie. Its very nice. I dont know about the 100 bill that is inside mine though [laughte