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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - August 5, 1991 Page - 6 - NEW BUSINESS (continued) an extension of eight months for submittal of engineering data and an additional two years to comply with the timeline in the Ordinance. He said the time limitations in the Ordinance are mandatory; nothing in the Ordinance allows the City Council to change the time lines unless they choose to amend the Ordinance. He said the subject matter before the Council does not allow the Council to grant Mr. Jorgensen's request. He said the only thing before the City Council was whether the Building Official was correct in his determination that the subject property is a URMB. Blaine Brassfield, Building Official , said his determination that the Mission Bell building is unreinforced masonry was based on EQE Company's initial survey of San Leandro to determine which buildings are unreinforced masonry, according to the parameters of SB547. He described the status of actions taken to date by owners of other buildings in San Leandro. He said the initial engineering analyses on the buildings are due by November 30, 1991 . The City Council asked questions regarding the appeal process in the Ordinance. The City Attorney explained that determinations by the Building Official may be appealed throughout the process, but the time lines in the Ordinance are not subject to appeal . Mr. Brassfield further described the time lines in the Ordinance. He said any determination he makes can be appealed to the Board of Appeals at any point in the process. Dave Jorgensen, the appellant, said it is not his intention to request an amendment to the Ordinance with this appeal . He said his appeal is consistent with the Notice and Order. He said his appeal puts the Notice and Order in abeyance until his appeal is heard and then a new Notice and Order must be issued. He said in June, Mr. Brassfield had told him there would be only two Notice and Orders, and it was his understanding these would be the only times he could appeal . He said the Mission Bell is a unique building as it relates to the URMB list. He said it is the only building primarily designated as residential and described it as a landmark building that guards the North Area. He said it has withstood all earthquakes since it was built in 1927. He said it is also designated as a non-bearing wall unreinforced masonry building. He said non-bearing walls might mean there are a lot of cross walls with steel that add to the internal strength of the building. He distributed a proposed resolution for the City Council to consider, enumerating his requests. He said he is not asking the City Council to change the Ordinance but is asking for the opportunity to present a report, at his option, using the standards of the Uniform Code for Building Conservation. He introduced his engineer, Ron Hamburger, of EQE.