did host a number of organizations, -- we hosted a number of organizations. the edge has a history of entertainment, including many years of fund-raisers and contests. prior to 2004, many venues operated with entertainment, even though many of them did not have permits. at the time supervisor dufty introduce legislation to allow them to get a permit without going through a conditional use. the ege started the process of getting a permanent and realize they would have to fix many code violations before they got a permit, so they did not follow

through on their application. it eventually closed briefly in january of 2011. our goal is to restore it to what it used to be, physically restoring it as well as restoring its place in the community with a lot of fund- raisers and community defenseve. we received a permit for fund raisers here again we received conditional use from the planning department earlier this month, and we are requesting a final step. we have broad community support. we have a petition from over 160 residents in support of letters

from many organizations. i have not seen the proposed conditions, but one condition they requested is that we have sound limits, concerns about noise. we have a sound limiter, and i am quite open to die being a condition of our permit. i do not see any reason why we would not, so if that is not on here and we want to add it, that is fine. to give you an idea of the type of entertainment we will have, raffles, live performances, musicals, and once a month -- it is a gay bar.

gsorry. [laughter] once a month we have performers from touring broadway shows coming in, so we haven'd five performance by an american indian. they will come and do a couple of songs, which the crowd loves. we would like to have these days and go-go dancers on weekends. it is not a club. we do not have a dance floor. it is a neighborhood arbar. >> i have one question. security must wear distinctive clothing. you find it is a deterrent?

is that something you have staff saying there is security on the back? would that be negative for you? strikeus we have been wearing js that say security on the black. when we are trying to watch out for things like cellphone we prefer not to, but outside i prefer a they are identified. as there is a provision the states unless someone has a business there they cannot stand outside. i know people go outside to smoke. how do you control abouthat?

vice we have an ash tray for them to use, and that is where our patrons will go, and we do not discourage them from smoking and coming back enin. >> any other questions? seeing none, we will open it to the police department. >> with regard to the ads, how could we possibly oppose such a great presentation. you covered all the bases. give we appreciate this business in our community. they do a lot of phenomenal work. go the police department has no objection to the issuance of

this permit. with regard to the 11 conditions, i think they are reasonable, and if there are any questions with regard to any of these, i would be happy to answer those. >> could you rephrase condition number nine? right adhere to the policy? >> it would be the entertainment commission. good that is a good catch. >> with regard to the question on loitering -- fax #9 is all but i care about. >> with regards to the question you posed earlier we would never have any concern about control smoking areas inside of a venue.

it is about control of the venues to have problems with people loitering with no intent to do business with the business itself, so security is helping us get them moving along when they should have no business being there are triggered >> thank you curator of >> any other questions? >> are there members of the public who wish to address this item? >> good evening. many of you may recognize me from previous appearances in support of businesses to enhance their presences in san francisco neighborhoods. i have never spoken without

approving ongoing efforts. this is a gay bar in the castro neighborhood, a bar that goes beyond drinks and conversations, that serves as a community gathering place, were friends are born, and charitable causes are supported, memories are made, and the castro is felt stronger. we are not talking about a mechanic shop across from a 711 or a business hotel. we are talking about here historic day bar across from what many consider to be a pivotal hog of the community region -- pivotal hub of the community. i encourage you to approve this ferment and join me any night of the week for a good time at the edge.

>> i think that says it all, but if anyone else wants to -- >> good evening, commissioners are reagan that is a tough are to follow the reagan yes, it is a very welcoming bar. -- that is a tough act to follow. it is a very welcoming are. i do not know of a single bar in san francisco but is more encouraging of supporting our community, a more generous with their staff and time, and it would be such a shame if they did not get their entertainment license, and we cannot raise as much money without live entertainment, so thank you.

as i have been following gone on for years. it is not that bad. commissioners, i worked for the city in another capacity during the day, but in the evenings and during the weekends i helped raise money for a lot of charities, and we know many of the nonprofit budgets have been cut tremendously, affecting people with aids, people with breast cancer, and it is very difficult many times to make ends meet. a lot of times the money they have raised is phenomenal. there will be a fund-raiser for 3000, 5000, $6,000, and that is incredible.

if you multiplied by two or three and multiplying it by 52 weeks out of the year, it is an incredible amount of money that goes back to the community, and all of this comes from the people that work there and all the permanencits. saturday night i were talking saturday, and there were issues at a few of the bars elsewhere in the castro, and there were no issues outside the edge. it is probably one of the more well-governed arson the castro -- well-governed bars in the castro. if anyone steps out of line, they will have to deal with terry. it is a big part of the community, and as many bars of

closed, the edge has stepped up instead of stepping back like many bars have, so do what you can to help them continue to help the community. >> thank you very much. the matter is with the commissioner. >> i move to approve this application. it lacks is second. -- >> i second. good >> and good luck, and thank you garrid. [applause] >> thank you for bringing so much community out. it is nice to see so much support. >> get out there and spend more money if you're a good we did spend more money. i and number six, comments and

questions. >> i did not bring it up during when we heard 550, but one condition was about pat-downs. many times when i have been on the commission we have had different opinions about whether or not to require them as deemed necessary by the venue, so i do not know if there is an actual policy vet says if you look a certain way, if you are a certain type of poverty, they brought up civil liberties issues, and i am a little confused. good >> if you have a club or a bar, and you want to track people down, and that is your policy -- to pat people down,

that is your policy. did you have a right to refuse service to anybody, and in my humble opinion, i would rather be safe than sorry, so if people are offended, they can take it down the street. good i feel like we need to do that. that is my own opinion. goo>> so you have some context,n the beginning of this commission, we did not focus so much on security plans. as we started to see more weapons in the venues and a consequence, it became more apparent and we need to talk

about that. i do not think you see a brand new venues with that kind of requirement what you are seeing is revisions to security plans once something triggers the need for us to say it is required now. did you earn that for the most part. these conditions were negotiated for a number of reasons, so i do not take it is our policy to do it as a matter of course. it comes as our response to the inability on their own to do the right thing based on what they feel is appropriate policy for the night. a good there are clubs and e

those the do not. for us, i would love to paint the picture, but that is not the world we live in currently. the concept of public safety has been pushed into the forefront. there is a history of violence and weapons and so forth. a really comes down to the

venue's toys to -- it really comes down to the venue's choice to do that. >> i would direct the commissioner to always read security plans as part of the permanent. -- the permit. the very careful as you do impose it that certain groups of people do not need to be wantedd and certain groups to do pure eg.

just look at the security plan. make sure it remains voluntary. >> it is not something we do lightly. it is a discussion between staff. there are reasons behind it triggered reason behind -- there are reasons behind it. >> there are plastic containers, and a wand and will not protect them.

>> the main thing is to be consistent you're a goot. >> that includes girls. >> i know we talked about reviving bylaws, and i was wondering where that was, and i have a feeling i would like to also include some talk about the neighborhood portion of bylaws just to look over it and kind of honae in on a better way to

create an open dialogue and make it more community-oriented than just neighbor-oriented, because there is a difference. most of the issues ic see could be helped by having a more community-based dialogue instead of just neighborhood dialogue. >> i think we are having thought of the next meeting. good >> our attention -- our intention is to legendize -- to agendize as it relates to the presidency and the role of elections, and that would be the agenda item for the next meeting so that the meeting after that we would be prepared

to vote for an election for and now vice president your good -- for the vice president. if it is the policy to look forward to other changes to the bylaws, that is something you may want to look out. but i think we should stay on track, but for the next meeting we could also form a subcommittee to focus on the items we would like to see change. goo5 i asked for the representae of the drug policy alliance who deals with night livfe and to talk about the new things she

has learned in europe. i think for education purposes, she is coming here to do a seminar, and a lot of the stuff going on in europe is great, so i would like to make sure we could hear from her as well. i cannot remember her name. good laura thomas is the regional director, and i just got a e-mailed today. she is very nice. good >price if you can forward e e-mail, we will agendize at the

time we are ready. >> item #7, new business request superios. i think we squeeze that in, so if there is nothing further, i will officially terminate the june 26 meeting of the entertainment commission for san francisco. thank you all for coming.

commissioner campos: good morning, everyone. well,. my name is david campos, and in the chair of the transportation authority committee. i want to thank sfgtv for there

service. madam clerk, could you call the roll? >> [roll call] we have a quorum. commissioner campos: thank you. if you could call item two. >> this is an action item. commissioner campos: at this point, i would like to open up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take that without objection?

madam clerk, can you please call item three? colleagues, i have a very brief report today. i would like to begin by welcoming back our executive director. glad to see you are recovering, and we certainly have missed having you here, but we are appreciative of the facts that you are first and foremost taking care of yourself. we wish you the best of luck. i also want to take the opportunity to thank the amazing work of your staff, including the deputies, all of these senior staff for the transportation authority who have risen -- who have represented you very well. i want to thank them. in terms of my report today, i would think the most significant

thing that this happened since our last meeting is the financial close on the public- private partnership for the second phase of the presidio parkway project. i think it is important to know this is not just an infusion of cash from the private sector and the federal government into a project we all support. is actually the first project and all of the state of california that has gotten all the way to the finish line and put in place a t3 under sb 4. these are funds that the state of california would otherwise have to come up with at a time of severe budget crisis that has been very difficult for the state of california. i am delighted to be the first county in the state of say --

state of california to do this, to complete this second phase. i want to congratulate in particular our executive director and the entire staff for a job well done. thank you to commissioner wiener. thank you, commissioner campos -- commissioner wiener, and your staff, and to my staff as well for all there work to support the project. on a separate item, there are discussions in the state budget that i think show possible signs for transportation ebay -- transportation. we are forecast to remain at $420 million statewide. this amounts to about $31.2 milliore