will be a relatively quick and simple set of items. on the items are the planning code amendment ordinance is that, as introduced, would create the chinatown transit station special use district. these ordinances well of the demolition of an existing two- story mixed use a building without prior review and approval. the building contains 18 residential dwelling units. all other controls currently applicable -- and this legislation is part of the creation of the chinatown transit station related to the larger subway project. it is necessary to allow for the demolition of the existing nearly vacant makes use of buildings. -- mixed use buildings.

without it, the chinatown station would not be able to be located at this site. there have been numerous approvals from the board of supervisors. thank you for the continuance for allowing us to finalize a couple of the amendments. a few of them are just technical and corrective with the exception that i will read as follows. section 3 is up and codified -- uncodified . a memorandum of understanding between those units shall be presented in substantial conformance with the terms contained in the central subway 's relocation impact study in the last resort housing plan

adopted by the board of supervisors located in file 101210. 9. this was to ensure the finalization of an mlu. my understanding is that the mta is getting close, but we wanted to make sure that there is this in place so that the tenants who are going to be displaced will be taken care of. unless there are any questions, i am happy to open up to any public comment. supervisor mar: we have accepted and adopted the amendments. president chiu: the amendments on in front of you. -- ho are in front of you. supervisor mar: is their emotion on the amendment? -- is there a motion on the

amendment? without objection, thank you. supervisor wiener has moved the way movies forward with positive recommendation to the full board for consideration on february 14. without objection. can you please call item no. 3? >> hearing to discuss coordination with a large public and private events in golden gate park. supervisor mar: i call for this hearing each year after large events in the area, and we have a number of departments that will report to us. my co-sponsor of the hearing is carmen chu, and she is under the

weather today. i wanted to first say that this is a follow-up hearing since convening other hearings in 2009, large level discussions with the residents, they include the outside land conserves that are in august. strictly bluegrass occurs in october, and these events have become an irreplaceable part of the city's culture. these events are attended by hundreds of thousands of residents. attendees and enjoy the beautiful city and merchant corridors, many of them shot and died in the richmond district or the sunset district. about $60 million impact on the city's economy with much of that going to the richmond district, many of from experience the busiest days of the year.

there are estimated 693 full- time positions in the city, and there is a report from the san francisco state university researchers who will identify some of these points later. i imagine that each of the other events from the marathon to of a large events bring in similar economic impact of a very positive to the neighborhood. the rec and park department and others know for commonly 45 years or more, large events i am thinking the human being. golden gate park has been host to these events, large cultural events, and have learned from trial and error to manage them as a matter of balancing the impact of the event on the part.

each year, i personally have worked with the recreation and parks department. the police station, i'm glad to see a number of police departments of the often are involved in part events are here. community and event producers have been wonderful to work with to address the various public safety traffic and noise that these events create for the residents. at the hearing, the recreation and parks department, the police department, and mta discussed ways to protect public safety and the park, to manage crowd control issues. in the ensuing years, i have seen that these measures have been implemented largely successfully. i know we continue to try to address the issues that have been raised for the past two years.

i think each year, we see the san francisco police department creating events without major incident. this is due in large part to the tireless work of the commander rich corea and the event security as well. i of the community still has concerns whole route traffic, control, parking, hanoi's, -- noidr, s -- noise, and other nouisances. there are stronger modifications in advance so that these can still exist, but the residents can feel they have been useful as well. i will be calling up the recreation and parks department to present their planning

procedures. we will talk about the impact these have on the neighborhood, and want to invite cammie blackstone from supervisor chu's office. >> the sunset district does see a lot of impact from these large-scale events. we understand. there are budget shortfalls and the help to stave off reductions in the staff and other service areas. we appreciate the creativity that the department is recognizing that these large- scale events provide an economic

boost in other areas, not just to the department, but we want to encourage that moving forward. our neighborhoods, specifically, will like to hear about how the policies of all but to address issues around the sound. also to address faster set up and tear down the staging area because it does limit the accessibility for those that use the park all the time. the cleanup and the surrounding neighborhoods that c a lot of collateral trash and that sort of thing. and finally, the frequency of the events and how close they are we are -- that they make

sure they go off without a hitch. it is important that the neighborhoods be considered. president chiu: i wanted to thank a number of community groups and for all was raising the issue to the concert promoters and the rec and park department to the planning association to the various groups within the police community relations meetings held by the police captain. the current police captain has been really great about encouraging community input on events and mitigating and parking and traffic in instances in the neighborhood as well. -- and nuisances in the neighborhood as well. supervisor wiener: first of all, thank you for calling this hearing. it is always important to have these discussions.

i just wanted to make some preliminary comments in that i was really thrilled that the economic impact report came out this past week or just a few days ago in order to create a complete picture and a complete context. one of the first things i did was call for an economic impact of the four entertainment and nightlife, including the outdoor festivals so that as we are making policy and pulling down rules, they are actually taking into account the benefits of these events. it is not just about the negative side effects, and of course we have to take that into account. we work to improve the

neighborhood quality of life and the collaborative. these aren't viewed as nuisances. these events are integral to the cultural life of this city, keeping a lively and vibrant city where all sorts of people want to come. young people and people of every age want to be here, in addition to generating jobs and tax revenue and increasing tourism. the broad economic impact report is almost done and will be having a hearing, i think it will go as a great opportunity to learn about the economic impact, and i'd just want to make sure that we're always keeping in mind the importance of these events. we have to work collaboratively

with the neighborhoods to make sure that we can haul a living is much peace and harmony as possible. it is tempting with other evidence to start increasing their requirements and the fees and the staffing requirements to the point where the events become hard to justify economically, what were the expenses become so high that we are seeing festivals that have either ended or at risk of ending and the think it is important to keep all of this in mind. >> hut like to invite first department, they'll be followed by reps from the police department, so we have them both from the recreation and parks department, the director of permitting for the department

and nec is the acting director. >> before we began talking about our plans and how we manage to impact these commands, we wanted to talk about what we think the benefits of the czar. they are part of the cultural fabric of this city. these events range from rock concerts to races in triathlons to fund-raisers. and really, part of what makes san francisco such a unique city. obviously, also, these the offense to generate money. last year almost brought and $1.5 million. over the last four years, almost $4.5 million. that is money that has allowed us to avoid making any layoffs

or any service reductions. last, there is an economic that affects local businesses. there will be estimated as a $60 million impact, and it is direct spending, a very conservative study that included spending by san francisco residents. it is really $60 million that would not have been spent in san francisco. i know anecdotally, if you walk the businesses, they are packed and a lot of them will say that their busiest days of the year, i think definitely in the struggling economy, there is good sentiment for that. i would like my colleague to begin talking about some of the

plans or procedures they have in place. >> there is a video. it will help us through this. what i wanted to do was talk about what we talked about a few years ago, and how we did. some promises we made, where we succeeded, where we didn't, and what we're doing. i will try to get through this quickly. in just a reminder, as we look at the different uses, we balance a range of interesting. the impact on passive recreation is important. it is one of the few areas we can have a barbecue is because it is not adjacent to houses.

we spend a lot of time making sure that we still have access and it is not taken over by big events. the impact on the park's landscape, and opportunity to generate revenue. we talked about some things we're doing starting in 2010 to improve the special event process. and one of the things we have done, before 2009, there was no online application or list of events. the new application gives detailed questions, so we try to avoid having roamed large special events. -- rogue large special events. we created a master calendar for events, everyone said mets, and

we look at the overall impact. we apply matrix for how we analyze events. there are a alcohol sales, and is at a concert? we have no impact events that are over by 11:00 a.m., a lot of them are fund-raisers, community events and picnics. performances at the data show, they might impact the rest of the republic. -- of the public. there are very modest and small in scope, performances not

concerts', single stage, and high impact. we have raises with extensive road closures, the san francisco marathon, the half marathon, of the aids walk. and high impact performances or multi-stage rock concert and all day road closures. when we look at doing events, we care deeply about spacing between events, something we weren't focused on five or six years ago. we have a minimum of three weeks between in the event -- any event to allow ground regeneration. we do recognize that the highest

demand is in the fall because of the weather. and we choose a limited number of major events with benefits. either they are cultural and recreational benefits, the economic benefit to the department, and the economic benefit to the city. one of the things that we look at spacing, we assessed generation fees around these events to pay for special park worked out i will talk about a little bit more later. supervisor mar: that is to restore the grass? >> i will go into details about what we do, but we didn't used to do that. otherwise to be pulling gardeners' of work that we otherwise need to do. this allows us the materials and time to do it. we have pecial event staff assigned with gardening knowledge to supervise those

events. i want to talk a little bit about events and what has been happening. since 2010, there are new events, a road closure on one side of the park for an all-day by events. this year is only going to be one time, and in april, we are moving it to the mlk side. it does involve a road closure which adds to traffic congestion. oyster-fest will be july, a ticket event in a lower peak period of time. the lung cancer walk is in mid- september. it is late in the day, and it has been sort of an emotional event for the city. the aids walk musical festival,

they are proposing to come in with a relatively small music festival and october. let's talk about some of the events that aren't happening. 2010 applications, a summer of love concert. a reminder that speedway metal has been renamed hellman hollow. we moved to jerry garcia. in 2012, there was a request for a two-day cannabis festival that we denied due to over congestion. [laughter] the reasons that some of them aren't here is that we restricted them to the matter as or increased fees we have been charging. supervisor mar: power to the peaceful -- >> it is a tentative event.

i know people are asking questions. these charts go through the impact events by season, i will not go through them in detail. if people want copies, i am happy to provide them. the spring calendar, the seller calendar -- summer calendar looks worse than it is. and the full calendar. -- fall calendar. the things that we look to do is improve the notice to the public. monitoring amplified sound, in gauging the community in advance, as tighter permit provisions to make sure that they are followed.

some of the things on improving the public notice that i talked about in 2010, we said we would put special events posted and continuously updated on the parks portal. the parks portal was something developed specifically for us and was difficult to navigate for us and the public and it did not work very well. we have created our own website and we publish all of the events there. it is difficult if you're trying to figure out the big events in golden gate park. all special event applications that we received are posted on our web site and it is updated to at least monthly. i have an e-mail list, and i send it out to everyone, telling them about large events. we are making everybody that looks like they might be doing anything file a special event

application so that list is really lengthy. new for 2012, we are going to be creating a golden gate park special event page that lists only the larger events, and we are working to create a detailed list of road closures with time. we are looking directly update information, and once we get back, we will direct. things do change in the last minute, we'll have that up and going shortly this year. we're very excited about that. we know the road closures are very inconvenient for the community. in 2010, we promised to get range for sign ainge. they have increased their

assignments to meet those requirements, and will be working to a more consistent and left. -- template. every promoter has been a thought on the style lay like to have on their signs, but there is a line we need to draw on that one. we wanted to create a notification e-mail list, where residents could sign up. it was difficult to maintain and find that e-mail list. in 2012, the goal was going to be the web page with the most current information. the next thing was monitoring amplified sound and america's going to talk a little bit about that. in 2010, our goal was a five hour limit without going to the rec and park commission, and

never before 11:00 a.m. starts. we implemented a fee for any picnics with amplified sound because of the impact that has on other people try to have passive recreation. far fewer people choose not to have the sound that is blasting at the event. we found that the events with amplified sound can grow to be huge in a matter of very few minutes. now we require a maximum attendance, and we pull the plug on the amplified sound. it became unmanageable, and we also charges sizeable security deposit. it seems to have helped prevent the unexpected concerts'. supervisor mar: you revoke the permit while in the event was

going on? >> we have not had to do it sensibly told them we would pull the plug. the event is supposed to be a friends and family picnic, but people have a lot of friends tell. and so what we were trying to do was say you better know who was coming so it doesn't turn into traffic gridlock on metal drive. monitoring amplified sound, the permitted events are easy. the unremitted ones are harder because it just happened. we have been publicizing more and more to call park patrol to alert us and it has been implemented if there is amplified sound out there.

we're also been working with larger events. improving the community outreach, we have had meetings each winter and spring to receive feedback for events that generated each issue. each of the following events have held meetings. [reading names] i think they had a beautiful day, but it was better than they had ever been. i will talk a little bit about power to the peace. it was probably twice the size that had ever been in 2010 with record crowds. they applied to return this year, they will be having a community outreach with the different neighborhood groups with a focus on gun-control and traffic. e