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NOTICE OF MEETING
ABATEMENT APPEALS BOARD
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416
Aired Live on SFGTV Channel 26


AGENDA:

The Abatement Appeals Board will take public comment on every item appearing on the agenda.  Members of the public who address the Board have the discretion on whether or not they wish to identify themselves for the record.

A.

CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL.

 

 

B.

OATH:  All parties giving testimony before this Board today will rise, raise their right hands and be sworn.

 

 

C.

CONTINUED APPEAL.

1.  CASE NO.  6716:    855 Folsom Street, #924


Owner of Record & Appellant:Mark Jason Dresser & John-Christopher Thomas,
855 Folsom St., #924,  San Francisco, CA  94107

Agent for the Owner:  Erdal (Ed) Tansev, 155 Hawthorne St., San Francisco, CA  94107

Attorney for the Owner:   Farella Braun + Martel, LLP, Ilene Dick, Attorneys At Law,
Russ Building, 235 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA  94104

ACTION REQUESTED BY APPELLANT:    Reversal of the Notice of Violation and waiving of the Director’s Hearing to have issue decided by AAB, pursuant to SFBC Sec. 102A.3.3.

Testimony, deliberation and possible action to affirm or reverse the Notice of Violation and/or to impose, or modify the terms and conditions of the proposed Order of Abatement.

 

 

D.

STAFF STATUS REPORTS:

 

 

 

1.

CASE NO. 6708  855 Folsom Street, Unit #904, CASE NO 6709  855 Folsom St., Unit #906, CASE NO. 6710  855 Folsom Street, Unit #908, CASE NO. 6711  855 Folsom Street, Unit #910, CASE NO. 6712  855 Folsom Street, Unit #912, CASE NO. 6713  855 Folsom Street, Unit #918, CASE NO. 6714  855 Folsom Street, Unit #920, CASE NO. 6715  855 Folsom Street, Unit #922, CASE NO. 6717  855 Folsom Street, Unit #926, CASE NO. 6718  855 Folsom Street, Unit #928, CASE NO. 6719  855 Folsom Street, Unit #930, CASE NO. 6720  855 Folsom Street, Unit #932, CASE NO. 6721  855 Folsom Street, Unit #934, CASE NO. 6722  855 Folsom Street, Unit #938, CASE NO. 6723  855 Folsom Street, Unit #940.

PERTAINING TO PERMIT ISSUANCE.

 

 

 

2.

CASE NO.  6724:    1041 Montgomery Street
Owner of Record & Appellant:   Dennis Kung Chit & Tina Chang, 1041 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA  94133

Attorney for the Owner:  Curtis E. Smolar, Esq., RMKB, 201 Spear Street, Suite 1000, San Francisco, CA  94105

DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION BY THE BOARD TO ADOPT FINDINGS.

 

 

 

Note:    On November 19, 2008, following public testimony, the AAB closed the public hearing and voted to uphold the hearing officer and impose the Order of Abatement pending adoption of findings drafted by the City Attorney.

 

 

E.

PUBLIC COMMENT

 

 

F.

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

 

 

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD:

DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES:

Frank Lee, President

Rosemary Bosque, Acting Secretary

(415) 558-6202

Debra Walker, Vice-President

Teresita Sulit, Recording Secretary

(415) 558-6267

Reuben Hechanova, Commissioner

 

 

Robin Levitt, Commissioner

CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE REPRESENTATIVES:

Mel Murphy, Commissioner

Catharine Barnes, Deputy City Attorney

(415) 554-4671

 

Criss Romero, Commissioner

 

 

 

Vahid Sattary, Commissioner

 

 

 


KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE

(Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code)

 

           Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public.  Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business.  This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review. 

 

           FOR MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE OR TO REPORT A VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE, CONTACT THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE TASK FORCE AT 554-6075.

 

 

ACCESSIBLE MEETING INFORMATION POLICY

 

               The meeting will be held at the City Hall Building, located at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, 4th Floor, Room 416.  The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center Station at 8th (at the United Nations Plaza) and Market Streets.

               Accessible MUNI/Metro lines servicing this location are the J-Church, K-Ingleside, L-Taraval, —Ocean View, and N-Judah at Van Ness and Civic Center Stations; 9-San Bruno, 71-Haight, and 42-

Downtown bus lines.  For information about MUNI accessible services call (415) 923-6142.

 

The Commission meeting room is wheelchair accessible.  Accessible curbside parking spaces have been designated on the Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street perimeters of City Hall for mobility-impaired persons.  There is accessible parking available within the Civic Center Underground Parking Garage at the corner of McAllister and Polk Streets, and     within the Performing Arts Parking Garage at Grove and Franklin Streets.   Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available.  Assistive Listening devices will be available at the meeting.  A sign language interpreter will be available upon request.   Agendas and Minutes of the meeting are available in large print/tape form and/or readers upon request.  Please contact the Board Acting Secretary, Rosemary Bosque at (415) 558-6202 or the Recording Secretary, Teresita Sulit at (415) 558-6267 at least 72 hours in  advance of the meeting to request for these services.

 

             Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call (415) 558-6267 to discuss meeting accessibility.  In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate such persons, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.  Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

 

POLICY STATEMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING OR MEETING

 

             Pursuant to Section 67.7-1(c) of the San Francisco Administrative Code, members of the public who are unable to attend the public meeting or hearing may submit written comments regarding a calendared item to the  Secretary, at 1660 Mission Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103 or at the place of the scheduled hearing before the proceedings begin.  These written comments shall be made a part of the official public record and these comments will be brought to the attention of the members of the Abatement Appeals Board.  [Twenty copies are necessary.]

 

POLICY STATEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT

 

             FOR THIS MEETING OF THE ABATEMENT APPEALS BOARD--and until such time as a policy is formally adopted,--it is the interim cooperative intent of the Abatement Appeals Board of the City & County of San Francisco that, at the point so designated as Public Comment on the following Calendar, members of the public may address the Board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board--excepting calendar items.  With respect to calendar items, the public's opportunity to address the Board will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting.  Each member of the public may address the Board for up to three minutes.  If it is demonstrated that comments by the public will exceed 15 minutes, the chairperson may continue Public Comment to another time during the meeting.

 

SAN FRANCISCOLOBBYIST ORDINANCE

 

             Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Administrative Code Sec. 16.520-16.534] to register and report lobbying activity.  For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 1390 Market St. #701, SF, CA 94102 or (415) 554-9510 voice, or (415) 703-0121 fax, or http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/ethics/ - web.