item 10 please. >> resolution regarding fillmore jazz community benefit district annual reports to the city: receiving and approving the district's annual reports for district fys 2007, 2008, and 2009, which include the district's proposed budget for district fy2010, as submitted pursuant to section 36650 of the business property and community benefit act of 1994 (california streets and highways code 36600 et seq.) and section 3.4 of the district's management contract with the city. supervisor avalos: thank you, victor. do we have someone to present? going on to public comment. >> regarding community benefit districts, city-wide, the

mayor's office of economic work force is advising the community benefit districts that they do not have to comply with the city's sunshine ordinance. there is some confusion in the streets and highways state code that says commanding benefit districts are not public entities, so the mayor's office is advising the community benefit districts that do not have to comply with the sunshine ordinance. i went to the sunshine ordinance task force regarding the north market meeting and convinced them because community districts receive grants from the city, their collection agency is a city department. they are subject to the city's sunshine ordinance. so my suggestion to you is when

you approve resolutions regarding any community benefit district that comes before you, you include in your resolution that they comply with the city's sunshine ordinance. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker please. >> a lot the the film more gas tonight and don't let the budget out of sight luck that we had a jazz fillmore to begin with luck gave you the fillmore tonight supervisor avalos: what a guy. we will close public comment. move forward with recommendations. without objection. mr. young, do we have any other items? >> that complete to the agenda.

supervisor avalos: we are adjourned. >> welcome to culturewater. in 2001, the san francisco arts commission and tampa does go public library established an arts master plan for the city soon to be renovated branch library. almost 10 years later, the san francisco arts commission has integrated a collection of vibrant new artworks by bay area artists into five new

libraries, and there is more on the way. here is a closer look at some of the projects. >> the branch library improvement program is a bond funded program undertaken by the san francisco public library to upgrade each of the branch libraries throughout the neighborhoods. one of the great benefits of this opportunity is that each of these branches has a unique artwork that has been created specifically for that branch, based on input from people who live near that branch, in the surrounding neighborhood. >> trur- minded.

there was a lot of community support for the project. i try to make it about the true hill and its history. they were something that natives used for making houses. the construction of the pond is based on abalone house construction. at the bottom of the form, it is woven into a rope which transforms into a manufactured rope. that is a reference to the cordish company, a big industry at the waterfront that went along with the shipbuilding industry. other examples of art work in libraries that you might be interested in seeing it is dana zed's glass shatters in front of a library.

there are a wall sculptures in the lobby of the glen park branch library. and then there is an illuminated book on the wall of the mission bay library. >> "ocean current." we are on ocean avenue, so there is a connection to that. that is what this is about. culmination of all lot of dialogue, processing over a five-year period. that is longer than most art projects take, but i really feel like the product was enriched from that. making the sculpture involves forging and fabricating steel. we used to deal to create this flowing, central sculptor,

heating, bending, grinding, painting, bending, and adding a patina to it. layers and layers of craftsmanship that went into this. >> of the artists who participated in this project are all bay area of projects. they work in a wide variety of media. metal, glass, natural elements, photography, just a range of different approaches and aesthetics. so we have created a nice collection of art work that is reflective of the current date. art scenes. and we invite everyone to participate and to see the unique art works that have been developed. >> to learn more, visit

aye been in san francisco 20 years. i'm homeless. i got a good cup of coffee. i got a number. today i'm 359. >> you try to do the right thing and make a point to do what you have to to be at one place. they have all the services at one building. i can spend 4 hours touching each table ask and getting the information i need to get back on my feet. they are providing the services under one roof. you don't have to go here or there or wait until next week. >> at the time we opened we have folks waiting outside to come in. >> good morning. >> what we are doing is trying to find out what they want and need and getting them to their services as fast as possible. >> i came to the eye glasses

program. making a couple of phone calls to my family at home. >> some housing, i'm here for employment. may be see about -- i've never been to one of these. i have not been homeless before. >> the scareiest are the people who are recently homeless who look like me. look like they could be my friend or family member. a few wrong choices and bad luck got them here. >> i was laid off 2-1/2 weeks ago and came to the project to -- >> i've been married to the same man, my childhood sweetheart he started doing drugs. we went from a nice out in texas to nothing. the next step in the process is they get linked up with a

volunteer. this is the heart and soul of the public connect. we greet clients. shake their hands. ask them to follow us and talk to them as we bring them to the hall and lead them to the first station. you find they are humbling on both sides. humbling for me. it's a great opportunity to give the folks the respect they deserve and don't get enough of. >> these are the people we step over on the way to our jobs. i was thankful to the mayor. our jobs are about helping people. this is another way for us to give back to our community that treats us very well. i like the way they take you around to get you started. that's nice. they let you go and thoser the

different things you need. >> are you with a program, now? >> i was a long time -- >> you want a job search? >> career planning [inaudible]. you are interested in getting into the trades? and that is where they will double check your trading skills you got and put you on a crew and you can do construction work or any kind of construction. >> okay. >> good. are you receiving food stamps? >> no. >> not medical or nothing. >> no. >> we got to get you hooked up. >> this the department of human searchss this is the benefit's section much the beauty on coming here today is that we brought all of our requirements to this place, this station.

the assessment. the orientation, we have the screening propose, the finger imaging this helps people who are unable to tolerate going to different appointments on several days. >> i want to talk to people from housing and shelter. there are several jobs i have been given it's a matter of following up. >> i'm going to get my eye glasses, try to. when i got here they said 60 people. not everybody will get a pair. 8 million people in san francisco who are homeless. >> i volunteered for the eye screening. they are appreciative, they tell us that. and they have come back to say, thank you very much. we appreciate this. it's made a difference in my life. there was a guy today that couldn't see so near sighted he

couldn't seebeyond 2 or 3 inches. everything is a blur. it's a miracle for him. >> they are not doing anymore screening for the day. i will go to health care, next. >> this is the medical section where they come and give us their names and we ask them to have a seat with the rn. there are 6 rn's that will find out what they need. it could be just to see a doctor. they will sit here, write an assessment and someone will escourt them to where the doctors are. we have 2 if not more licensed dentests that look at people's mouth. they get a card to a drop-in clinic. the only thing that holds us back is we don't have enough

dentists to treat the number of people. we would treat more people. >> this is not an area that people deal with. it can be a significant barrier. we see 185 to 200 clients. in the dmv area we see 300 to 350. >> it's overwhelming but helpful. there are a lot of people willing to help. >> at cafe connect we have volunteers that work as waiters. everyone who come here experiences a surprise that it's such an easy thing to relate to this group of people. when you are out of the street you ignore them. when you are here you treat them like human beings.

people are gratified. >> you give back to people. you give back to our community and it makes the world a little less cruel. >> i heard people in line talking about the donation when they walked out. it was nice to see people come and get the things they want and leave. it's rewarding for our employees to help out. >> the feedback i have gotten from the employees today has been positive. they are encouraged that the fact the city is doing something like this for the homeless. >> i got involved, my son adam who's a teacher in san francisco participated and invited me. >> i got involved with a friend. i came a couple months ago and wanted to make it a priority to come again and invite my family and more friends. >> it's well organized.

i'm impressed how organized it is. it feels wonderful to be a part of it. >> affords dignity to the people who affords the services. >> every service you can need or get you started is here under one roof. if you leave here you should have [inaudible]. the bottom line is you make commission for tuesday, january 11, 2011. [no audio] clerk: i think we are good. president newlin: should we start it again? clerk: i think we are good.

[reading roll] president newlin: public comment. members of the public can address the commission for up to three minutes. is there anybody here? ok, seeing none, next item would be to review and approve the meeting minutes from december 14. i am sure we have a quorum on the minutes. commissioner: i move to approve. commissioner: i second. clerk: [reading roll] president newlin: ok, i have been requested to take an item of order, so the next item i am going to call is item no. 7. comments and questions.

commissioner: item 6. president newlin: online, it says 7. it does not matter. >> good evening, commissioners. i am commander crenshaw. i will be retiring in a couple of days, and i does want to thank you for your assistance. we made a lot of approve minutes and advances in the last years. -- a lot of improvements and advances. considerable time and effort went into working on problem clubs. i think we have done a lot. i think we accomplished a lot, in spite of a lot of negatives.

i think the standard best practices were the high point of our collaboration and hopefully will be able to define those in coming months. but i would just like to say that it was an honor working with you. hopefully, i brought some positives and the relationship that we can build on in the future. my replacement is a commander. he was not able to be here tonight, and then there is the captain, and we have worked together almost day-by-day the last year, dealing with the soma

area, our largest nightclub area. i want to highlight a few things. we had new years. a multitude of events that went on. what we really had to address was the emergency closing of a club. club 181. i know there was a lot of press given this, some negative and some positive, but it required emergency action by us because we thought there was an immediate threat to public safety. it was really the first time we have had to take such serious action. audrey and another did an outstanding job. we would not normally have pursued that venue in the normal course of business, but we

thought it was dealing with public safety, and that is why we took that action. dave will carry on everything that we hopefully established along with a collaborative work in the future. hopefully, i would like to see another summit, may be springtime of possible. -- maybe springtime. president newlin: i just wanted to thank you for everything.

vice chair joseph: i have to thank you. i think the way the we have established our new relationship works really, really well. into that -- and to that end, i want to wish you a great time in retirement, and on behalf of commissioner newlin and staff -- >> this is too much. i hope my wife is not at home watching this. [applause] does this mean you really like me?

commissioner: yes, it does. in the old days, it would have been a bottle of scotch. >> i appreciate it. >> president newlin, commissioners, san francisco police department. i do want to knowledge commander crenshaw. i started years ago in narcotics, and he will be sorely missed. we have a very unique relationship. he and i kind of collaborated ideas, and it has been quite eventful over the last few years, and i think we have accomplished a lot. unfortunately, and the commander just alluded to it, we have another coming on board. he had a root canal, so he could not be here tonight, but he will

be at the next meeting. a couple of comments about what was established over the new year's weekend, and the commander just alluded to what occurred at " -- club 181. seeing it works and seeing it through the process. -- seeing it worked. not only did jocelyn see our concerns, it was ultimately seen in the courts. the courts had to be opened on friday. we had to bring on the on call a judge and have a hearing of petitioners in their attempt -- thank you.

stay. thank you. a stay on the judgment that your commission had imposed, and an independent judge saw the evidence and cited on behalf of the commission's recommendation, -- and sided on behalf of the commission's recommendation. the other thing i want to a knowledge on behalf of the police department's efforts, and i do not know if some commissioners have seen our work product yet, but we went above and beyond in a short amount of time to give documentation, so we are just not hitting you a handful of two or three partially -- reports that do not seem to have a relation which each other -- with each other. we tried to back it up with facts, and that is what we provided. it was challenged in the courts, and it succeeded in the courts, so to me, this is not so much about the club and their name, but we vindicated. i know in the last year, the

commission has been challenged a lot about its capabilities as a police department, but it can work. this does not mean that this is a tool we should export take advantage of. -- we should exploit or take advantage of. frankly, to use a line that i heard chief gascon use, the fewer the rest, the fewer the citations. fewer shows things are working. that is exactly the case of what had to happen with this club that we can create i would prefer -- with this club that happened that weekend. i prefer to not do it again. it took a tremendous amount of time. we did a great job, digging deep into our data bases, and i think it showed, and we do have capabilities when put on task. that is not our preferred choice, and we want to

underscore that. we would rather work with you to try to find solutions as a group. we always know that is the best choice, but what we ultimately agree to disagree, we also want people to know there are going to consequences. overall, i think we all feel good about new year's. it was a good event, and what the i will share with you that i was involved with is we action shot down and illegal party in the south of market, and i have to say that i think we saved lives that night -- is that we actually shut down and illegal party. this was very cavernous space. it was a four-story warehouse. it did not have any fire sprinklers. ultimately, the fire marshall responded. he made the decision to shut it down, but due to the efficient

use of our resources, we took our time. it took about two hours to close it, but sometimes that is what i think you have to commit to do. actually, people understood. you should have seen this place, with all the parts that were put up and all of amazes. -- all of the tarpon -- tarps that were put up and all of the mazes, and they had doors that were not bridged way. -- not breakaway. the person running the event was well intended. it goes to our continued need to

educate. this was not a person, at least in my opinion, based on what we found out so far, it was not their intent so much to run a rave or make a lot of money on the years. i do not think that was their intent. our continued need to educate the public, which i think this highlights our continued need to educate the public -- i think that just highlights our continued need. president newlin: is a ever considered to have the city attorney go after the owner of the building to recover some of the police expenses on that? >> absolutely, and that is something we will be taking to our city attorney for code enforcement. and