Peskin. The clerk is angela wong and want to recognize phil jackson and [inaudible] and sf gv tv assisting with the broadcast. Any announcements please silence cell phones and electronic devices. Speaker cards and copies of documents to be included as the file should be submit thood the clerk. Items will appear on the november 8 boferd supervisors agenda unless otherwise staitded. Thank you. Madam clerk can you call item 17 . Ordinance repealing the voting code in entirety and inactive a 2016 Building Code. Two, provision 16 california residential code with local amendments of twnt 16 San FranciscoBuilding Code. Item 3, ordinance repealing the 20 flaen electrical code and enacting 2016 electrical code. 4, enacting 2016 San Francisco existing Building Code and consisting of the twnt 16 california existing Building Code with San Francisco amendments. Iteic 5, ordinance repealing the 2013 Building Code and enacting a 2016 Building Code. Item 6, ordinance repealing the 2013 mechanical code and enacting a 2016 mechanical code. Item number 7, ordinance repealing the 2013 plumb code and enacting 2016 plumbing code. Thank you madam clerk. I xoe know that was a mouthful. Appreciate it. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a presentation from dbi staff person. Please come up to the podium. 1 through 7. Please continue. Thank you. Goodern morning clerk means from Department Building inspection and work in the Technical Services divisionm we are doing administrative action that happens every 3 years when california changes their codes. All of our amendments expair and have to be reateached to new codes. Just way of history, San Francisco had their first San FranciscoBuilding Code in 1900 roughly and in 1906 there was a large earthquake and fire of course and that is what the Building Codes are designed for. They deal with those fire and earthquake issues and add those things into the code. After about 80 years of adding stuff in the code for the issues that they ran across, they finally came up with a Building Code that is this big. This is the 1984 electrical code. There was like 6 of these and that was the entire Building Code. Now a dis the Building Code is 4 feet of binders and there is substantial amendments. In 1984 california adopted the californiaSan Francisco adopted the california Building Code instead of having their own code and the california Building Code is californias required to adopt a model code that is published by outside company and once they adopt that california adds their amendments to it and thats becomes the california Building Code. Um, california publishes its code title 24 california code of regulations july 1 of the year preceding when it goes into effect so january 1 of next year it goze into effect and our amendmenterize tied to that. The amendments need to be in place so when california codes go into effect ours go into effect. If we are unsuccessful and not pass or come to an agreement and kniss deadline what happens if we are out of compliness with our own code here in San Francisco . How does that work with the state . Just a little lapse, california Building Code go synchronize to effect state wide period, that means the state code steps into place . Irregardless what we do without all our amendments. Once our amendments pass then they go back into effect but in the mean time we have a period where people meet the california code and not all the specific San Francisco amendments that made it work. San franciscofirst 84 years wurkt of history for zero Property Line buildings, fire safety, existing, all the things that are specific to San Francisco would not be in effect until this legislation went through. Thank you. Is your presentation finished . Nope. Okay. In general, california publishes this code july 1 of this year and may have 180 days for all cities to get their amendments in place so everything goes into effect january 1 the following year. Our codes have to be more restrictive and based on findings of climate, geology and tuprography and we have findings for all those. In general, we just try to Carry Forward the existing ordinances. We dleep provisions that california incorporate jz dont need our amendment anymore because they understood the issue and put it in code or modify the wording so fits within the context the new wording we get from california. California ends there public review process in february and thats when we start our public review process. We started a series of accomplish 20 Public Meetings to discuss the code section number changing the relocation of the different provisions. I have a question, do you participate in the discussion for the california code . Um, yes, i just got balk frathe International CodeCouncil Hearings in kansas city so that is model code adopted by california. Thank you. Please continue. So, thewe start in february with the Public Meetings, first the Building Department staff are assigned sections of the new code to review and propose corrections and relocation of provisions and then it goes to building inspection commission, code advisory subcommittees, which im the secretary to those committees. There is roughly about 20 meetings and then the outcome of that is the product that we have before you. Hoping to be effective january 1, 2017 in california with the california codes. There is trailing legislation that we do plan on presenting at a different time. There is a better roof ordinance that you passed that goes into effect january 1 requiring the solar ready areas actually have solar and there is a green roof option that is in the legislative process, not sure but probably have the same Effective Date. There is a solar permit expediting legislation required by the state that will be around the beginning of the year and along with expediting process as well. This also anticipated code cleanup that will happen at the same time and we have quite a few programs in the code that have been around for a long time for instance, the unreinforced masonry buildings [inaudible] things the program has run its course or ended 10 to 20 years ago and compliance is supposed to be already taken care of. We will need some kind of pointer to enforce any of those that we come up across in the mean time that still need to upgrade the buildings or whatever. And the high rise sprinkler ordinance is another one, all the buildings are supposed to have already been upgraded quite some time ago. The significant issues that we addressed in bringing these codes to you is the Building Code. The international Building Code removed chapter 34 which is existing buildings from their document in favor of a whole other daument called the international existing Building Code so california moved all their amendments to the existing Building Code chapter to the existing code and all our amendments had to follow. As far as residential we are doing everything we have done before and chosen to take the strecktive provisions of the Building Code rather than have a separate code designed for midhch west or valley where there are large separations between one and two story buildings. We have used the Building Code quite some time since 1984 with good history so continue to do that. Californias green Building Code, San Francisco had a green Building Code before california did, so when california came out with theirs, we integrated the provisions we had in our own green Building Code into californias and we are continuing that on. Some of the requirements are required through compliance with outside agency called, leadership and Energy Efficiency design and they changed their soft wear version from one to another and a long story short that changes all our requirements so department of environment did a few studies on comparison between then and now and as well as a Cost Effectiveness study that is required to be submitted to the Energy Commission along with the legislation. Plumb electrical and mechanical, most of those didnt have any substantial changing. They are more clarifications to the code seems pretty clear sometimes but as you get questions from the public and different situations sometimes the need comes to try to make clear what it is so the chief plumb Electrical Mechanical inspectors take the issues they run across during a 3 year period and dry to address them in rolling the legislation forward. Thatsany questions . Perfect. Thank you mr. Means appreciate the presentation. Colleagues any questions for mr. Means . Seeing none, thank you very much. Colleagues anything that you would like to add . If not ill go ahode and open up Public Comment. Public comment is open ladies and gentlemen. Please come up to the podium. You have two minutes to speak. You will hear a soft chime intd caing 30 secondsfelt ment seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you. Colleagues we have a motion on this just as a fyi these are agendized as a Committee Report just to insure they can be adopted and fined opative by january 1 of 2017. Is there a motion . Motion to forward as a Committee Report with recommend ation. Thank you. Without objection that motion passes. Madam clerk, could you call item 8 . Item 8, ordinance repealing the San Francisco fire code in its entirety and enacting a San Francisco fire code. I believe we have a fire marshal here to present on the item. We will hear from the Fire Department, there are couple issues we need to address today with the amendments relating to the fire code and we have worked with the Fire Department and i dont want to speak for the department my understanding the department is in agreement and goal is keep the status quo. I have pending legislation that in my view those amendments are important in terms allowing us to make our streets safer for all users including drivers, including pedestrians and cyclist and transit users. We do have disagreements with the department and we will in the next several weeks meet with the department to work out the disagreements if possible. Until we are able to go through that process, i think it is important to maintain the status quo. I distributed amendments. Most are technical amendments request bide the department but the two amendments at issue are number one, several years goy i author fire code legislation to make it easier to install pedestrian bulbouts and no higher than 6 inches and no ubinstructions but that does not count towards the minimum clearance required because the fire truck could drive over one of those bulbouts. They play a Important Role in Pedestrian Safety in particular increasing visibility reducing crossing distance and so the fire code as submit bide the Fire Department and commission did strip out that legislation that i authored and the board passed several years ago and the amendments i submit today reinstate that preebiously passed legislation and that is on page 42, starting at line 16. The second provision that the amendments have submitted will strip out is on page 65 line 24 and 25 and this relates to appendix d of the International Fire code. Appendix d increases the typical required street clearance of 20 feet to 26 feet for pretty much every street that has any street where they are building 30 feet or more which is pretty much every street in San Francisco. Has never adopted appendix d and bias terms states it isnt opative unless it explicitly adopted and we have never done so. The Fire Department and i think myself and others have a disagreement in terms of whether appendix d should be applied and my view and view of a number of advocates and city departments, 26 feet of clearance leads to wider streets and wider lane jz faster moving traffic and more collisions and more serious collisions. The Fire Department has a different perspective which i respect even though we disagree. The fire code is submit bide the Fire Department and Fire Commission adopts appendix d. My pending legislation that will be heard in a few weeks explicitly rejected appendix d and will meet about the issue to try to come to resolution if possible so need to maintain the status quo now pending those discussion. The other amendment is strip out the provision in this ordinance that adopts appendix d so that the code will continue to be silent on appendix d and that has whatever legal rel vens it has but maintain the status quo. Those are my amendments, i have distributed them, colleagues and after Public Comment i will ask we adopt them. Thank you. Supervisor wiener. Supervisor peskin. Thank you madam chair. To supervisor wiener through the chair, youre referring to the language onlines 24 and 25 page 65 . Yes, that is correct. Where it says, appendix d fire apperateess access code, section d 105 of the fire code is adopted. We will strip out those two lines. Okay, so the document that you just handed out, that is a a additional change because you have on page 42 and 43 you got some new language and then so you are saying this is a additional change . That is correct and my apologize, i should clarify. When we prepared the amendments we didnt realize at that time really until shortly before the hearing the department insert adupgz of appendix d. You are correct, the written amendments before you include the clean up amendments requested by the department, the reinstatement of the bulbouts and make a oral amendment to strip out the reference of adoption of appendix d and thank you for that clarification supervisor. Thank you. Thank you, lets go with the presentation from the fire dan duicoseio. Good afternoon. I like to respond to supervisor wieners recent comments just there. As far as appendix d, it is the Fire Departments opinion that was always there in the code for us to address and to utilize as a guide. It was silent on d but the fire code unless deleted the local amendments adopts the entire International Fire code. That is the status quo. We move the 2 lines on page 65 however, reserve the right to use that as a guide which we have always done on a case by case. We havent just blanket manner applied throughout every street in San Francisco. It depends on the hazards we are trying to protect there. The occupants we are trying to protect. It is in our opinion it is always a guide and still there as a guide and will continue the status quo. With regard to 503, 503. 4, we are going continue the verbiage there from the last fire code to the new fire code. What is important there to consider or be reminded of is that if we are maintaining the status quo that should apply throughout all 503 so includes 503. 4. 1 traffic calming devices. My understanding supervisor wieners proposal will strip the Fire Departments authority to regulate traffic calming device squz measures. We understand and we pride ourselves partnering with other departments in the city to make all the rez dbts safe in San Francisco and that includes the pedestrians cyclist as well as those occupying structures and buildings. Our perspective is we try to strike a balance. We have operational needs to to fulfill our duties responding to medical and fire maejss emergency and some of the needs are Fire Department access. It isnt just get toog the incident it is staging the fire ground. Positioning the airline apparatus and Fire Department connection squz fire escapes, position of the airline truck, the climb ang le of the ladder. We approach each application with that in mind and go case by case. Further more, i like to say if we look at traffic calming measures i pulled the records for the last 3 quarters so going from january 1 through s p september 3, there were 1077 proposals and that includes bulbouts speed cushion squz center mediums, every that applies to traffic calming. We only disapproved 45 out so that is 94 percent approval rate so the department has shown the willingness to partner and strike a