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ACCESS APPEALS COMMISSION
AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING

Wednesday, September 26, 2007
1:00 P.M.
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416

MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION

AGENDA:

1.	CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL.
2.	PUBLIC COMMENT:						(DISCUSSION)
	At this time, members of the public may address the Commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission except agenda items. With respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the Commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting with one exception. When the agenda item has already been reviewed in a public hearing, at which members of the public were allowed to testify and the Commission has closed the public hearing, your opportunity to address the Commission must be exercised during the Public Comment portion of the calendar. Each member of the public may address the Commission for up to 3 minutes. If it is demonstrated that comments by the public will exceed 15 minutes, the President or Chairperson may continue Public Comment to another time during the meeting.
3.	APPROVAL OF MINUTES						(ACTION)
	Approval of minutes for meetings held on January 10 and February 14, 2007.
4.	REVIEW OF COMMUNICATIONS ITEMS:						(DISCUSSION)
	At this time, the Commission may discuss or acknowledge communication items received since the last meeting.
	a)	Withdrawal of appeal No. 07-10, 2351 Clay Street, California Pacific Medical Center (note that this appeal number has been revised to No. 07-14)
5.	PROCLAMATION FOR MS. ENID LIM:						(DISCUSSION)
6.	NEW APPEALS:						(ACTION)
	a) Appeal No. 07-16 (Permit Application #2007/0626/5159)				Timothy Padayachee
	111 Pine Street		This is an appeal of the denial of an unreasonable hardship. The Otis Elevator Company has installed what are referred to as ‘Compass Destination Entry System elevator controls at this building location. The controls do not comply with current California Building Code (CBC) Section 1116B requirements. However, the appellant is making the case that these controls provide equivalent facilitation. The Commission had previously approved a similar, but not identical, type of system that was installed by the Schindler Company in four other buildings.
7.	CONTINUED APPEALS:						(ACTION)
	a) Appeal No. 07-11 (PA #2006/06/12/3805)				Eugene H. Sim
	5825 Mission Street		This is an appeal of the denial of an Unreasonable Hardship Request for lack of an accessible path of travel (and other features) from the Mission Street entrance of this existing church to a proposed $2.3 million, 2 story horizontal and vertical addition at the rear of the church and renovation of the main church building. The Appellant also has outlined proposals to create greater accessibility within the existing church structure, but does not intend to implement them at this time.
8.	COMMISSIONERS’ AND STAFF’S QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS:							(DISCUSSION)
	a) renumbering of AAC appeals list for 2007
9.	PUBLIC COMMENT:					(DISCUSSION)
	Comment time is limited to 3 minutes per person.
10.	ADJOURNMENT			(ACTION)

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Neil Friedman, Senior Building Inspector
Department of Building Inspection
Secretary to the Access Appeals Commission

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 decision 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, contactAdele Destroby mail toInterimAdministrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102-4689; by phone at 415 554 7724; by fax at 415 554 7854; or by email atsotf@sfgov.org.

Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Destro or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, http://www.sfgov.org/sunshine/

The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products. Please help the City accommodate these individuals.

LOBBYIST REGISTRATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMNTS

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. 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; web site: http://www.sfgov.org/ethics.

ACCESSIBLE MEETING INFORMATION POLICY

The meeting 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, C-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 AAC Secretary, Rafael Torres-Gil at (415) 558-6010 at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting to request these services.

Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call (415) 558-6014 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 AAC Secretary, Rafael Torres-Gil, at 1660 Mission Street, 3^rd 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 Access Appeals Commission. [Twenty copies are necessary.]

POLICY STATEMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENT

Pursuant to Section 67.16 of the San Francisco Administrative Code, each member of the public may address the Commission once for up to three minutes on any agenda item.

SUMMARY OF RULES OF EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY

Access Appeals Commission Rules will be available at each meeting. For an advance copy, please contact Ms. Susan Pangilinan at 558-6014.

All persons testifying in any matter on the Commission Agenda will first be sworn in by the Official Reporter.

The Director’s staff representative shall make the first presentation of each appeal, followed by the appellant, each for up to seven minutes. The Director’s representative and the appellant then each have three minutes for rebuttal. Any interested persons not affiliated with the principal who wishes to speak on the item may then be heard once for up to three minutes. Additional time may only be granted at the discretion of the President or Chairperson.

Acceptance of additional documentary evidence at the hearing is at the discretion of the President or Chairperson. In general, all written information pertaining to the appeal provided by the appellant shall be submitted to the Secretary nineteen days in advance of the hearing date.

If an appeal is denied by the Commission, the appellant has the right to request a rehearing if he or she may demonstrate that they have substantially new information for the Commission’s consideration. A request for a rehearing must be made within ten days of the meeting date at which the appeal was denied. Such a request shall be made by letter and addressed to the Secretary of the Commission. The letter should state the reasons for the request and should present the new information. The filing fee for a rehearing request is $100.00.

REQUESTS FOR NOTICE OF HEARINGS AND AGENDAS

If you wish to be included in the Access Appeals Commission mailing list for Notice of Hearings and Agendas, contact Susan Pangilinan, Recording Secretary, at the Disabled Access Section of the Department of Building Inspection, 3^rd floor, 1660 Mission St, 94103, or call 415-558-6014. The Access Appeals Commission Hearing Agendas and Minutes are is also provided at our web site http://www.sfgov.org/dbi

INFORMATION GUIDE TO THE ACCESS APPEALS PROCESS

A guide to the access appeals process is available by contacting Susan Pangilinan, Recording Secretary,Access Appeals Commission, at the Disabled Access Section of the Department of Building Inspection, 3^rd floor, 1660 Mission St, 94103, or by calling 415-558-6014.