Remarks by John Trasviña
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Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Move to adopt the minutes of the September 16th, 2026 meeting.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“I'm sorry. My question, though, was whether you had approached your neighbors about the three concerns that you have now raised. And I think you answered that you didn't.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you. And Vice President Soroyan, I'll yield to her. She has a question for you. Please, please quiet in the, thank you.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you. That actually was not what I was asking, but I'm happy to have your answer, and I'll now recognize Vice President Soroyan.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“I guess I'm just trying to get a sense as to whether I should consider the appellant's description more accurate or your description? I'm trying to figure out why is it modest and not almost up to the edge?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Okay, great. I think the depth issue seems to be the most clear as to why it's modest or why it isn't modest. The other question I had relates to the it seems my colleagues are exploring possibilities of changing the wall of the deck from what it is currently. And I'm wondering whether, if we go down that road, would we be potentially harming the appellant's concerns about shadows? Are there style or construction issues related to trying to increase the protection for privacy and trying to not have shadows? Is that something we should be worried about if we're trying to build those?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“a lot of other activities going on in the same building. Correct. It's pretty typical.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“The reason I ask this question is because in your initial testimony, you acknowledged the legitimacy of this permit only, and your concerns are more about the particular behavior of people who could be on the deck. They could be noisy. They could look into your own house. And well, the other issue is it's a large deck. So it seems to me it becomes more of how the deck is going to be used rather than the deck itself. And that's what I wanted to clarify. You're not concerned about greater activity over there. You're just concerned about the size of the deck?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Well, the other permit says first floor, new office. Yes. Are we going from zero to one, one to two?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“I'm sorry, can you just answer my question? Yes, zero to one, yes, correct, yes, yes. All right, and then it also says two bedrooms on the first floor. How many bedrooms exist prior to this permit?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“How about in the entire building? Total four. So we're going from two to four bedrooms. Correct. OK. And then it says on the first floor, two bathrooms. Correct. And then on the second floor, it says new bathrooms. So my same question. How many bathrooms are there prior to this permit, and how many will there be after the permit?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“I Thank the parties the representative and and the city representatives for all of the good information and particularly answering our questions and As I alluded to earlier, I started out thinking this was just a pretty standard, straightforward, common addition of a deck. And we've had a lot of discussions over my time here about privacy and having a neighbor wake up and have the monstrosity of a deck built next to them. But I thought, and I thought at the beginning of this hearing, that the burden of dealing with these issues is with the parties themselves, the neighbors. Which is why I…”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Colleagues, are there further thoughts? Commissioner Wong.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Commissioner Soroyan, do you have thoughts on this?”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“Thank you, colleagues. To summarize, it seems like we are, in terms of the permit itself, we feel it was properly granted. There are some extenuating issues around the impact of the granted permit. But in terms of an appeal, whether it should be granted or not granted, it seems to me that we will not grant the appeal. But I will say and caution those who are here and those who are listening that this leads to two things. One is the importance of neighbors talking early on and resolving these matters themselves where they can. Sometimes they can't, and that's understandable. But they are in a…”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“So perhaps Secretary Lamar can add language that would be encompassing Commissioner Abad's condition.”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026
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“I guess I asked you a compound question. You're familiar with the changes. I think you said yes to that. Is that no longer an issue to you? yes great and my second question relates to the three foot buffer that you described here are you and you can tell me if you know or you don't know are you saying that is legally required or that it is desirable for fire safety and other reasons because we provide the three foot setback”
Board of Appeals · Sep 23, 2026