-- we will present it at another disaster council meeting. i think that is is for item four. >> any other comments before we move on to the next item? who is presenting for recent disasters? hashemi, primarily. the recent disasters, this will be fairly quick. i would like to invite members of the disaster council to engage in discussion. these events are so relatively early. having had the opportunity to be in washington with a lot of people that were directly involved, i wanted to convey some of the things that i've picked up. beginning with the new zealand experience, it so happened that one of the assistant illustrators was actually in new

zealand representing the secretary of, and security at a meeting that happened to be there when the earthquake struck. i have the opportunity to talk to him a little bit. for the first time in a very long time, i am seeing seismic activity really register at the federal level. so often, they're focused on hurricanes and flooding. for now, seismic activity is really high on the radar. with that, there were lessons that he brought back that i thought were very interesting and insightful. it is not so much the number of directors scale that was the problem, it was the energy released in the shaking. this one was lower, but it caused far more damage. it is something i am sure that

the department of building inspection is looking at. new zealand has good building codes and there are actively enforced. they still have a lot of damage to really new buildings. the lessons that will come out of that will probably drive changes down the line in our own building code. there are a lot of things to look at. mother nature will throw us a curve ball. that event in new zealand, liquefaction is something that we talk about, but until you see pictures of it right after it happened, i would encourage people to look at pictures of new zealand, christchurch after the event. they brought back pictures of a car.

this really brought it home. we talk about this all the time and it is absolutely, positively the truth. neighbors are the ones that rescue neighbors. that is what happened in japan, that is what will happen here, are partners with the red cross and every other agency, we have to keep the focus on community resiliency. does anybody have any comments on christchurch new zealand? the japan van, very early, there will be a lot of lessons to be learned. we don't have the experts to really dissect it yet, i wanted to hone in on the experience in washington, the ringside seats in trying to get a public message out about this event. we were there 48 hours after the earthquake and a tsunami.

mr. the really deal with the radiation aftermath. watching our partners in the federal government having offline conversations with them, they got hung up in the bureaucracy of saying what needed to be said. they were begging for just a press release from the federal government that said it is going to be ok. it just goes to the fact that public messaging is another area where we have got to streamline and focus. and with that, any comments about japan? excellent. >> we are going to have diana and commande>> excellent.

>> hello. i am commander aa. [unintelligible] -- commander dudley. we started planning the day after the last one. we heard from the community and supervisor mirkarimi and many others. we heard all their concerns. we changed the makeup of the breakers. we will have a d.o.t. running on the 15th. in the northern part, the trail, where the finish is, we will put that celebration into golden gate park. it will be registered runners only. we will make sure it is a very

fun event. we are pretty good plan in place. we are at crunch time now. several heat of you in your have representatives that will be at that meeting. we ever really good plan going. we will have a great morning for the bay to breakers. >> thank you. >> pursuant to the previous reports, where you put 2800 inebriate id? >> [unintelligible] [laughter] we have learned over the years -- new year's eve, things happened. we had several large events where inebriant some are a problem at the front end and at the back end. it may be an ambulance call.

they may put a lot of pressure on sfpuc. with that in mind, we talked about the sobering centers, if you will. it is of force multiplier women use public health and fire ems, -- when we use public health and fire ems, when it would normally take two officers and up to four hours. for bay to breakers, we will have it set up similar to what we talked about seeing patrick's day. >> in short, mayor, we're going to have a much bigger tent. [laughter] >> i cannot believe it.

rob? america's cup. i invite you all to san francisco in 2014. for next year, in august or september -- we are well into the planning. we will of fire, ems, representatives in our monthly meeting. it is a huge endeavor. the united states coast guard will be front and center in emergency management. this year, the u.s. coast guard will open up over the summer a command center on yerba buena island. they will be the commander on the water, the waterways, search rescue, any kind of incident we have on the water.

the police departments will be -- will be the public safety lead on the land. the office of emergency services in the counties of marin, san mateo, we will use their resources. for the first time in the history of the america's cup, we are going to have a theater in a bay where we will have 300 degrees of viewing area on the land. not to mention the water traffic. so, we are going to rely heavily on our neighbors in those counties. it is a coalition of law enforcement agencies on the water, different then the intentions of society. >> [laughter] >> and we are well into our planning.

we have partners from the drought outside resources to come in. we've set up a series of exercises. the law or three each years. tabletop for joint training exercises. there will be an exercise this í4xwthváu)s& all be able to see and purchase. they areg7tw.)um all to preseo show us, we are right in our planning. i will hear any questions you may ask. >> i know we may want to make sure we have some exercises with oakland' because of shared water responsibilities. i look forward to those exercises with other cities in the bay. >> any other questions of commander doubly?

-- dudley? thank you. are there announcements from disaster council members? >> yes. >> [unintelligible] >> you alluded to an event tomorrow. there will be approximately 15,000 citizens taking place -- taking part. i appreciate all you do, and everyone who actively works with the neighborhood emergency response team members. it will be tomorrow between the hours of 8:00 and noon. i look forward to seeing people out there. i would also like to acknowledge the members of the department under the department of emergency management. like mayor lee said, i know that we were up their acknowledging

the great work they do. they need to get a lot -- the people who wear uniforms did a lot more acknowledgement the people who do not wear uniforms. we also appreciate the people who work downstairs at the department of emergency management. i was very impressed on the very early morning of march 11 for the tsunami warning how quickly and how well organized we were. there were a lot of challenges that morning. it is a credit to you. and also to the red cross. a shout out to herald broke -- harold brook. the fire in montgomery -- it got a lot of attention. last week, it was challenging two nights in a row. always professional, always organize. we are very grateful for that partnership. thank you some much.

i invite everyone to join us early on monday to commemorate the anniversary of the earthquake and fire. >> thank you, chief white. other announcements from council members? yes? >> [unintelligible] is the department aware of training the first week in april? there will be fema documentation and everything there will be needed to support it. i want to thank everyone for making themselves available for that, for the training on the turk street. still awful, up to your sites and operational staff will make sure you have access to your buildings and things like that, so that our cost recovery experts can deal with that. >> thank you very much. other announcements?

yes? >> [unintelligible] of vaccination clinic on may 14? >> for what? a vaccination -- >> of vaccination clinic. [unintelligible] may 14 they are having won at john mcconnell high school. >> other announcements? just a reminder. when we do in anniversary of one of our two quakes here, the personally prepared. it is an opportunity for you to go home, see whether you've of water stored, flashlights and batteries, really simple. just look on 72hours.org. i'm sure that everyone is more

prepared than they think they are. just look through. it will make you feel better. is there any public comment? ok. hearing none, say this is adjourned, unless, mr. mayor -- ok. thank you for coming.

newlin: welcome. this is the tuesday, may 10, 2011 meeting of the entertainment commission of san francisco. would our executive director please call the roll? >commissioner benetti: here. vice chair joseph: yere. commissioner meko: yere. commissioner perez: here. president newlin: here. >> we have a quorum. commissioner roja as an excuse absence and we are unsure about commissioner cavellini at this point. president newlin: thank you.

a wonderful roll call. [laughter] i was reminded by crystal that it will help the filming of these meetings if when commissioners want to speak that in addition to me recognizing them that i call their name so they can properly adjust the cameras. if i fail on that, i hope the commissioners will assist me in that endeavor. item one, public comment. members of the public might address the commission on items of interest to the commission that are within the jurisdiction of the commission. members of the public might address the commission for up to three minutes at the time such order is called. is there anybody that wishes to make public comment on any issue that is not on the agenda? yes, sir? >> barry toronto. i have not been here in ages. we have had town hall meetings

with taxi drivers paying exorbitant fees for credit card charges. i would -- i thought i would come here and catch you up on what is going on with that bill. anyway, i will say two things. first i want to say that i have been really delighted in watching you, president newlin, as chair. i think you have been fair and allowed everyone to speak, and have let everybody have their say. i appreciate your personality as president. i have barely been impressed with how you have progressed as the person who run these meetings. -- i have really been impressed with how you have progressed as the person who runs these meetings. also, i really enjoy hearing officer masius -- matthias give his presentations. unfortunately, officer dawson has presented cases where he

presents all the information at the last minute and does not give the permit applicants a chance to address these issues before the meeting. it is not fair. i have been told maybe these issues could be addressed. i did bring in before the police commission 13 days ago, and i am hoping that had some effect. i watched the "save the rave" hearing. i suggest you do a resolution supporting how the legislation should be written. it is a state issue. it is not something you have control over. you could endorse what parts would work for you or would not work for you. there have been some compromises. it would be great to get an update about this compromise is as well.

i don't know if you have won tonight, but it would be great to get an update on what is going on with this legislation. the next point is about security plans. it has been written in a lot of different places about how they are trying to force these venue owners and promoters to do things that could be against people's rights. and i am glad that -- i believe commissioner joseph has addressed this as well. thank you for doing that. i still think that you can still do security without having to force people to have to completely out themselves and they go to certain clubs. most people behave themselves. i worked at a club. it is only a few people that caused this problem. to paint everybody that way by requiring expensive additions is wrong. thank you for your time.

president newlin: just to clarify, neither the police department nor the entertainment commission has taken any steps forward to infringe on anybody's rights. there were just some ideas floated that maybe at some time will be aired. there will be analyzed. will see if there is any merit to any aspect of them. but as it stands now, it is unfair to characterize what the police department or the entertainment commission has been doing that -- has been doing as trying to take rights away our come down unreasonably on clubs, hindering their operations. ok. >> mark downey. i was quite surprised when i was on a national website that basically the stock trading and gold buying. all of a sudden, they were pointing out why new york is going to hell in a handbasket.

there were cooking the entertainment commission. -- they weren't -- they were quoting the entertainment commission. i thought it was really uncalled for to cast aspersions on the entertainment commission, because they have never, ever done that. they put forward some ideas that were raised, and also the police department, from certain large clubs. there were putting forward things for consideration because of certain times those id skinner's work. i do not think of was ever anybody's intention to force that down anybody's throat. i think that when viral on the entertainment commission and i felt bad for you. president newlin: any further public comment? item two, review and approve the minutes of march 22, 2011, april

12, 2011, and april 26, 2011. >> i would move that we sever april 26. i do not think we have a quorum to move on that. otherwise, i would move that we approve the other 2 the rosettes of minutes. -- the other two sets of minutes. >> i was here on the 22nd, but not on the 12th. could we take those one at a time? the minutes of march 22. president newlin: public comment? no public comment on the april 12, or march 22? >> i am calling the roll. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner meko: aye. vice chair joseph: aye.

commissioner benetti: aye. president newlin: aye. >> march 22. vice chair joseph: move to approve april 12. >> i can't do some house. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner meko: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. commissioner benetti: i cannot vote on this. president newlin: i. >> i move to continue the minutes of april 26. vice chair joseph: i second. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner meko: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. commissioner benetti: aye. president newlin: aye. >> those are continued.

president newlin: item 3, report from the executive director. >> good evening, commissioners. i would like to introduce you to nicholas king, who started as the deputy director and permit and the stricter about a week ago monday. he will be presenting you with your permits tonight. let us see how he does. he is learning very quickly. he has been in the government for some time, doing a number of different positions at the board of supervisors and the mayor's office. i have the expectation of him hitting the ground running. do you want to say anything? i guess not. president newlin: it was my request to have you get up and

introduce yourself. >> with that, i will start with the legislative policy update. i have given a couple of times to you guys what is called a legislation creating a limited live performance permit. it was introduced april 26 formally. it has a file number now. i forgot to attach it. i do have one copy here if you need to look at it. but, again, this was just introduced on april 26. ã9qj? arçj÷ category of permit for limited live performances at a variety of the news -- a variety of venues.

the small business commission took part in drafting the legislation and has made it a priority. the entertainment commission may look at this as a separate agenda on may 24. it could go later. the june 13 is the soonest it could possibly be considered. i have not been given any instruction from supervisor mirkarimi's office. in any event, the commission might consider putting this on a separate agenda to have a fuller discussion a to its hearing at e board of supervisors. i will leave it at that. if you do want to take a look at these, i have given them to you previously, along with the legislation itself. i can for the electronic copies if anybody needs that as well.

president newlin: what did you hand me? >> is the legislative digest and a summary of what it is like now. president newlin: i see. i assume the commission would like to review that on the may 24 item. should we discuss it now or do that under item seven? under item seven? that is what i thought. >> in the staff and office update, i introduced neck. i did not get a chance to talk much of the last couple of meetings. we were busy with full rooms and hearings. so i did not get to do a director's report about the neighborhood summer -- the neighbor summit. i want to think commissioners perez, meko, and joseph for being involved in helping with that event. it was the first neighborhood

summit. the were 100 people there. we led a discussion with members from all of the city in south of market. it took place a month ago now. it was a lively discussion. i know all of it was captured on video. i got a d.v.d. of it, but it is not ready for general viewing yet the, that i know of. but hopefully it will be soon and you guys can take a look into where we have some work to do. i wanted to update the commission on our ability to accept credit cards. we take in huge amounts of money in checks and cash every day in the office. people use plastic. that is what happens. we have not been able to do this. we made a big stride forward. we received a written proposal back after a meeting in