we had our first lead in 2005. commissioner walker: my question would be when the zero original permit was applied for, would there have been a mention of the backflow or not, and would that have been a time when we might have said, should they have a back flow? the permit was for the house track and the building s sewer. we did not get inside the building. there was no work that was done inside. it was after the fact that the permit was obtained. commissioner walker: we would assume it was already in there? we would not know that there is anything underneath there. we re looking at just what they have the house track and the sewer. there s no work being done inside. we are not going inside to look at it. we are looking at what is being replaced. there should have been some kind of that water protection. from what i understand, there was. secondary valve was installed after the fact because of, assuming, flooding here it installed without inspection or permit. that
other than that, any other discussion? did you sue the contractor? did not suit him. we have an arbitration pending with the california state licensing board against him. we had contacted a lawyer to get to the bottom of all these unanswered questions that were coming up. in response to mr. lee s comments, we only found out the city inspectors coming back to our home that and that flow valve should have installed at the time of so were replacement. we did not know when we paid to have the sioux were replaced. we were just told that the store was our responsibility, so we took it upon ourselves to replace the store, which we did. almost at the end of the installation of the sewer, mr. wilson came to me and this was after many months and many thousands of dollars spent already he said, you know, you might want to consider putting in a back flow valve. at that point, we had spent so much time and money that we thought, why did we need this extra expense? we did not know
everything below the fresh air. commissioner lee: i think commissioner murphy also asked if there are other that flow for ventures. there is two total. one is for the lower unit there on the bottom, and one is after that that goes to the main commissioner lee: so the back one is not the issue. the one in front is. correct. commissioner lee: thank you. can we hear from the appellant? commissioner lee: you have seven minutes. good morning. i was not sworn in. ok, would you please raise your right hand? do you swear that the testimony you are about to give us the truth to the best of your knowledge? i did. thank you. you may begin. i have prepared a statement for the purpose of explaining our side of the dispute. i understand why the will of violation has been issued to me, and violation of an improperly displayed back water valve. my tenants affected by the problem and i are here before you this morning to state for the record that the violation is in place th