something for safety reasons in order to have this event back because we can't have this many people coming to this event. supervisor mar: there are a number of people or under age drinking as part of the issues? >> we have been talking about closing jfk because it had been so big. we are talking about a ticket to the event -- a ticketed events. limited number of tickets set in advance, and no tickets for sale at the door. you can't show up thinking you will get in, you have to buy it on line before you come. supervisor mar: one other concern was that it normally occurs at the end of august and power to the peaceful is around

september -- >> there is a minimum of three weeks between all events. we will be looking for them to increase in forcing parking regulations and public transportation options. we just had the first meeting with them last week. another thing we promised was to work on permits to make it better, ensuring that the park is protected. we have clarified, we have set checklists, and we are continuing to move forward to make sure all those things are done. all of those pieces that are so important. another thing that we have done that i talk a little bit about earlier was partly generation and protection. they have been assessing fees on

larger events that would provide for seating and even improving the infrastructure by improving irrigation. we of also been requiring a relatively new product in traffic areas to protect the park and plywood whenever anything would be heavier. one of the things that supervisor chu's office addressed was the set up. without charge a fee for every set up a day in order to get people to focus on the need to get in and out quickly. that fencing and the set up has a major set up on those that want to walk through the park. we have been pushing very hard on that. the other thing mentioned was trash. these events later in the day and you run out of daylight to clean up. often they stay until 2:00 in the morning, but it is the best

they can do. we require that they be back with teams that sought out because it is one thing for a matter of to be messy, it is another thing to be there with no one cleaning up. they have to be back and have their team working to quickly clean up the mess. the, you are up. supervisor mar: i realize there is the technology so that the grass is not damaged to the route? >> we have put that in place and we have gotten very knowledgeable about ensuring the protection of the tree roots and putting -- avoiding large vehicles on those areas. supervisor mar: that sounds like

it has been resolved and even self parking as well. >> bluegrass, they expanded the parking. biking has become much more prevalent and not impact the neighbors. >> i wanted to speak specifically to outside plans. i of the supervisor, your offer -- office in particular gets a lot of correspondence about these things managed by our

property management division. in 2009, they approved a contract for outside lands. the contract established formal approvals each year for the site plans operation plans and transportation plans. there is a process where the event promoter and planning entertainment with a coordinate with the recreation and parks department. develop the plans on an annual basis such that we weren't agreeing to stay static throughout the five-year term of the police. and also door in the event as well. they also require us to develop a comprehensive out reach plan. we also started expanding the

lot of these protocols to other events in golden gate park. the operation plans each year present their plans to us and we reviewed those plans to ensure that the park is protected. when they leave the park, it will be as good a condition as possible. we wanted this to have a minimal impact. we can really be sure that the park is protected.

the phase construction, we started the most high-intensity area. i think it is important to note and that there have been concerned from the community about the amount -- is the area shut for a long time, that is a decision that is being made to protect the parks. how much time the need to do the job carefully and thoroughly verses reopening it as quickly as possible. obviously, we retain final approval. each year, within 60 days of the event or before 60 days, they said that a transportation plan and will work with the park rangers to review those plans.

the changes that we might want employment from the previous year, identifying the hot spots. bluegrasses not doing this as well. that monitoring the park and situation to respond to complaints and deciding vehicles for telling as appropriate. supervisor mar: i know that without tidelands, you can track how many people have bought tickets you have not a very good idea of how many will be coming in?

the transportation plan that seems like that would be at least a lot easier than how you determine a transportation plan with the organizers. can i ask how you address those differences? >> frankly, it is difficult because you never know what the split is going to be. we encourage people to not drive to the park, there is very limited parking and it is much easier to get there through alternative transportation. we are 11 years in, we have 11 years of history. the mta has a keen sense of what the transportation needs are for that event. it is difficult to give an exact number for that event, but i think working off the precedents and other events are ready to develop a plan and it really does work. i would say that generally, within an hour after these

events, people that have wanted to catch a bus have gotten of us. you're talking about helping tens of thousands of people leave the park. one hour is really impressive. it will not be realistic to get people on their way inside of 10 minutes. additionally, we work with another client to develop a security plan and work very closely with the san francisco police department that makes a lot of final decisions. i imagine he will speak in more detail. the staffing level for the police department, how the police department decides to deploy their officers, those are decisions made by the san francisco police department and

supported by the park ranger staff. bluegrass having 50 or so park rangers during the course of the day. and also a significant security team in place, and private security team that works with the promoters and assuring that the site remains a follow up on rules and regulations. i think community outreach as one of the areas where we have come a long way in the last two years. the other promoters to identify and develop a community outreach plan. we reached out even more to the community, we meet with

interested community groups. sales directly to ticket holders, i think it is a very important out reach. in this day and age, 95%-97% of tickets are bought on line. we can assist with messaging on not only how to behave but how to get to the park so we don't have some of the concerns that we would have otherwise. if you live between the. lofton, you receive the mailing letting you know about the community hot line the you can call with any concerns you might

have, when the road closures will be, and i think that is something that is really unprecedented that we have implemented such a wide notification of an event, and we do have a hot line staff. it allows people to call and complain. with the hot line, we can respond to those complaints. doing a sound check or card blocking the driveway, we will respond, and in a way, it is better than climb through the line. lastly, we wanted to talk about sound. it makes -- calls upon us to

make our best efforts to limit sound throughout the neighborhood. obviously, this is another area where it is a balancing act. it is a concert where people have paid a fair amount of money to attend, and you want to make sure they have the concert experience, but we want to balance that with the needs of the community. we work to review the sow plans and ensure that the speaker's are oriented in a way that minimizes the sprawl of sound out into the community, but this is actually a pretty difficult proposition in that particular neighborhoods are greatly affected by the instruments, how much moisture is in the air, these things significantly affect how sound travels. when the fog rolls in, you can see it multiplying the sound. that is something that we work very diligently during the event

to respond to. when we start getting complaints from the community, will look at where the complaints are coming from, as davis we think might be contributing to its and how we can adjust to those speakers accordingly. on saturday night, there were concerns that it was spilling out into the inner richmond. some of the speakers were turned off during that set, but even with into the next day, but responding in as close to real time as possible. it is very much a balancing act. if the wind changes direction, it can change were noises heard. we do try to work diligently and real time to -- in supervisor mar: from pearl jam

to muse, you can adjust where you get complaints? >> a lot of times we can respond in real time. it is not always the case that we can respond in real time to adjust the speakers that we need to adjust, but we are on telephones during the events talking about it. people are checking the community hot line to see where concerns are coming from. what we're looking from is the concentration of complaints and it will tell us that there is something going on there that we need to try to come up with a solution. if we are not able to respond in real time during the event, we will look and have a conversation that evening, and see if there are adjustments that can be made for the following day. supervisor mar: it has really

been helpful and i hope the other big events can economically afford that. >> it is a significant expense, bluegrass did implemented this year for the first time. the resources available for that event of being a for-profit entity, larger than that would be for some of the free and non- profit events. it is a balancing act for us doing our best to manage these events without scaring away a free event that might not bring in $1 million, is still provides tremendous value to city residents and local businesses.

the other events also and earlier. supervisor mar: based on the economic report, money coming in -- and because people are coming in and out of different times of the day, it is probably even more economic activity generated in the neighborhood? >> i would agree with that. it is always difficult to get down the exact attendance number, i think people -- i think you would see that number perhaps exceeding or certainly being in the ballpark. for the other events, they add up to a large number.

so that was all i had. supervisor mar: let me introduce commander rich corea and captain eric vintero. i see officer tobias moore. thank you for the worker lands outside and many events -- and working on outside lands and many events in the city. >> i will try to add a few things to what they said. two years of richmond station, i am the liaison to the entertainment community, most of my work is down town now. the lessons learned are important. the major one is the inverse relationship between public our reach and complaints during the event. if you let folks know what is

going on, the number of vehicles being toted those down, the noise complaints drop off. it is a good place to bring everybody together. in terms of working with various members of the city hall, it is collaborative. we stepped in and look at crowded issues, pathways, fencing, substance abuse, vendors, children, timing of the acts, traffic issues. bicycle parking and anything we can do to promote transit first or to promote the trends of first policy. we take measures in implementing

them in the pre-planning phase and when we end up with crowds of people that will move onto emergency roadways in terms of getting security move folks off of that. the events have been increasing each year in size. two years ago, we pointed out there were traffic issues that extended far beyond the footprint of the event itself. in the following year, martin luther king and crossover drive, dealing with the parking issues that we had that year. i look at the numbers of arrests and problems that we had. if you think of hundreds of thousands of people, it almost does not make sense to me to talk about five or six

misdemeanor arrests or that genre of things. the issue of the police department planning for these things is -- in an emergency, could be provided pleasant -- presence at the place where we are needed? that is how we staff. we staff largely based on geography. it will take more police officers, even though it may not be as large, population-wise, as some other events. the point of it is holistic and collaborative. the more folks to get a chance to weigh in about what bothers them, the quality of life issues on the fulton and lincoln sides of the park for those full -- first couple of blocks, it just works out better.

i think a bicycle parking is critical. it is fascinating to me that they fill those bicycle valets and i -- they start out empty, and i wonder how they will fill it, and at the end of the day it is filled. the downside of hooking your bicycle to a tree, they were off of the beaten path, and folks were able to cut the locks to get the bicycles. anyway, i really cannot add much more to what part and rack said. the captain will no doubt have his first meetings in the first month or two, if he has not had an already. we will keep an eye on what happened last year and learn from it. it is funny, as i look around

the room, most of these people are in the room and it is fairly bold of me for someone to answer something that might come from other places in a more informative way. >> some residents have been concerned that there are a lot of law enforcement park rangers in the park where criminal activity occurs several blocks away, with urination in front of people's houses and other drunken activity that happens in the neighborhood after the events. i was just wondering how you manage that, besides what is going on in the park. the areas that are impacted after the event ends. >> two things. four police officers, it is a difficult problem for us. first of all, the number of cases, we do not know, but one is not ok.

with the promoters, we have worked to build in more sobering centers, where they need to rest a little. the other issue for the district capt. is going to be staffing for those areas around the venues themselves. in years past, we worked the event from the inside. a number of people created a larger footprint in the venue. it would have to be considered, looking backwards from a culture of service, staffing up words in those areas. silvering centers play a big part. as the promoters have been willing to do, they have engaged in police officers doing

enforcement efforts with the legal alcohol sales and marijuana cookie booths. one year we had a lot of cookies being sold. it was peddling without a permit. it was not the marijuana. some of those things deal with our fringe issues. having been at a number of these events. probably safer there the most other parts of the country. north and south of the park, i think that we can do a better job there. >> thank you, cmdr. -- supervisor mar: thank you, cmdr. >> i wanted to let the members of the community know that myself and members of staff at richmond station are going to be working very closely with concert organizers and members

from park and iraq, event security, neighbors, and residents in the area. the goal is to plan for a safe event while minimizing the impact to the residence and communities in the area. we plan on doing this by conducting extensive outreach in the communities. i will put information in my monthly newsletter. i will have a monthly meeting at the station where we will encourage members that need to come and expressed concerns. we will take all of the input from the various stakeholders to make sure that we come up with a good plan for a safe event, minimizing the negative impact to the surrounding areas. we are concerned with after the event and having of staffing to deal with the areas outside the park as well. supervisor mar: thank you so much. >> thank you.

i wanted -- supervisor mar: i wanted to say that the last speakers are from the mta and meaning -- muni. >> we do not have a formal presentation or comment, having found out about this at the last minute, but we do have a sustainable streets information. we're here to answer any questions you might have. supervisor mar: is john here as well? >> david, who works with john. supervisor mar: thank you for being here. colleagues, are there any questions before we open this up for public comment? this looks like a half inch stack of public comments. please do anything you can to keep it short. two minutes per person. please try not to be redundant,

if someone has made a point that you already wanted to make. i know that we have a number of promoters. allen is from planet entertainment. i do not know if he is here. michael, pedro, bran, rightly, sherry -- riley, sherry, john, toby. if people could start coming forward -- it does not have to be in this order. >> may i proceed? supervisor mar: yes, please. >> before we start, i want you to know that i addressed this way on purpose. supervisor mar: please state your name. >> michael. i wanted to tell you that this is a typical light up