find out how to get a job. so keep that in mind. the s r os count and they have mostly meetings >> thank you. any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. the matter is now with the commission. having to take more discussion or a motion >> do you want to make a motion then we could have discussion so i move to approve. >> i second. >> all right. let's. >> for discussion i want to say this business is not new in the neighborhood. it's trying to enhance. so if people think it's new in the neighborhood it isn't and that's my comment >> i'd like to add that in order to grant this permit they have to do at least one outreach. okay. and that's one of the

conditions and secondly >> a friendly amendment. >> yes. and it's not that i thought this was new but the entertainment permit is new. >> so it sounds like there's a proposal i don't know if it's friendly. >> i keep telling you it is. >> so i the maker of the motion accepts that. >> ando a second. >> okay. so the motion so to approve conditionally and so have the applicant do one meeting. >> on that motion. commissioner lee. commissioner joseph. commissioner hyde >> so let's move into our next

permit hotel permit. >> their requesting a hotel permit downtown off union square for wedding and celebrations corporate events and central station supports this event with conditions. >> thank you. speak into the one on our right >> can i plug this in to the microphone? >> while michael is setting up my friends at the hotel asked me to assist in the outreach process and we did the outreach in the packet. we reached out to the polk

association and lines for district of the union square b.i.d. and north of market and the police department and observes and we got requests and alliance for the presentation on the 6th was made. the b.i.d. called me and said they required no presentation >> great, thank you. >> i finally, figured out the sound drive. so as mentioned those were an existing exemplify the hotel and we're applying to the entertainment we can have live music at the hotel for wedding and private fire department's and on the weekend and so on. we did the necessary paperwork

and i make sure it was correctly filed in and it was for october. those were there meeting rooms we're small. i will show you 3 meeting to give you an idea of what we're looking at. this is not changing the use but to have will music. the hotel went through a $7 million rams and we're trying to get more guest and have to control any noise or 10u7bd issues it would upset our aprons so that would be detrimental to our own business. i have some photos to show you real quick. this is the exterior from the

building its from 18929 believe. ? one of our smaller building on the 16th floor this is from the exterior of the will building and this is our event space on the 16 floor this is the 3 meeting we're considering. i worked with david and partnered with him and making sure we reached out to the local

entity and i've got letters from the nearby hotel the cliff hotel from across the street and another hotel in the same block and the california hotel that's on the other side of the 16th and jones a local market across the street and also the apartment that are the closest to us across the parking lot. and approve from everybody and the support. so with david reaching out i at the end obtain november 12th for an alliance allocates 230 eddy and went to this melting and had no negative comments from them. as i mentioned earlier it's not to create a club scene that

would take away from our atmosphere >> thank you. i had the one question what's the capacity of those rooms they don't look big. >> we can put 70 to 80 people per event. >> sow how do you prompt the space to be rent. >> the person in my sales department her job is to reach out for wedding and anniversary parties and private events and daylight event she'll be promoting the space. >> commissioners joseph. >> i've actually par take of our bar. i mean this was a couple of after newer event like at the cliff and whatever and people

would like go off to the bar it's reacting and nice. you've never had a dj in. bar every >> i've been there a month and never. >> where were you before. >> i used to run the b w. >> commissioner lee. there's no permit; right? i didn't see any speakers >> we have all the permits to play the background music. >> that's all? >> you're letting the client bring in their own. >> yeah. they bring their own equipment and so who is doing the sound you have a certain vendor you use all the time. >> yeah. we go to the marriott hotels they're a big company

they have power point presentations and microphone systems. >> basically the client has to use them correct. >> that's traditional we are not set up for that we don't have our microphone system. >> how do you had a sound check when there's no sound. >> that's a good question. >> that's something we can discuss that's part of the permit you have to have a sound system to check. >> i'd like to make a comment pr i'm familiar with what mr. pass is talking about. it really is in speakers and small speaker systems and i would imagine that anything they put in there for a wedding would be below any of our sound

ordinance i'm familiar with the company that they would use. it's really low profile flat speakers >> i'm pretty much you're not going to disturb the other aprons. there's no sound system so other than what you have in our walls >> i think it's typical the sound like system is certain volume and usually background music and you have another company put it in. in the lobby didn't a publish system used to be there that spates used to be an evenly closed one. so it's a pretty enclosed one

with no access into the lobby >> okay we've heard enough for now we're going to bring up police if they want. >> hello steve arrest the only thing we've asked for and i've spoken to mr. pace during the visit there is basically as well as adhering to the entertainment good neighbor policy that the staff needs to be trained and they're actually tips trained which is very, very similar pretty much interchangeable. so central station be notified of the event. it's more during a new year's eve parties or st. pacific day

party >> thank you. any questions for the officer. no. okay thanks. we are going to go ahead and start taking public comment i have one speaker card. then whoever just great there's another comment. >> hi, i'm jerald banks. i got a chance and i got to meet the manager of the alliance 6 he gave a great presentation and i know it would be great he did reach out on gary street down towards market where i live. so i would ask you to give him his entertainment permit

>> thank you. next up kevin carol. >> good evening. i'm the executive director of the hotel council it's nice to be here again. the hotel is a member of our organization. you can see by the presentation that michael made he's someone that works with the community. michael has that hotel is assisting the committee and they've hosted other events recognizing our employees in the hotel industry. we recently finished an impact report and 70 percent of our employees live and work in the city. and the hotels support the economy there that as well. michael serves on the hotel and foundation board that raises

money for hospitalized pistol and a sclarpdz michael is the president and he's about that a leader. as michael mentioned the hospitality industry is a industry that looked at gaps around us the hotels have careful because of the guest xrerps and you can post on hotel.com any type of noise and they did. and michael and the hotel has done a good job and i encourage you to move this permit >> any public comment on this item?. all right. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners happy to take a motion >> i move to approve with police companies.

>> second. >> great any further discussion? if not let's take it for a vote >> on the motions to approve with police conditions (calling names) moved. >> congratulations. we're going to move on to our next item that's really a closed item section 4, 5497 and an admin code we are going to do a employee evaluation so we're going to have everyone please we the appropriately report and review of the executive director and it came out very positive. and so that's what i would like to put on the record >> is there a second it to

that. >> i'll second. >> any public comment on this item? all right. i don't see any. >> same house, same call? . yep >> so our last couple of agenda item commissioners, comments or questions commissioner hyde. >> so i just wanted to say that today audrey and i did our follow-up at club malibu and they're definitely working on things and we'll see results with that. i think we're aisle problems and mr. dick is really good for them and it will be much better. saturday night because we've been depreciating complaints from neighborhood from 1015 over the halloween that weekend i

went by at the 11, 12 and 2 and watched how they dispersed the crowd. they do a really good job and the problems were purely halloween. i just wanted to say i did that on saturday night. and i think a that's it. >> great commissioner joseph. >> processed for submissions for the main stage pride is now open. you know a great local band or someone that might want to submit and possibly be chosen to perform at the san francisco provide the date is sunday, saturday june 28th and sunday june 29th. great any other comments or

questions from commissioners >> yeah. i wanted to make sure that all people get the outreach guidelines. i understand it's new so i wanted to make sure. >> great any other commissioner comments or questions. if not we can take public comment. seeing none, wool move to our final item for future calendar or agenda items >> i want to staff to contact commissioner chiu's to present exactly what this legislation which is ultimately a moratorium and in north beach so we understand it since it effects the venues that we regulate. >> i'll to second that it's open my list good. >> go ahead commissioners and

the first tuesday in january, i want to have a small discussion on 10 b here. i don't want - i think i'd like staff to help me focus this so it's not just a complaint. i talked to supervisor weiner today and they're going forward with looking at outdoor permits and stuff like that. they want to have a discussion we don't have to take action. as long as you're open to having a discussion between us first and talk about the implications of anothers program the 10 b assignment to understand it. it's something that the sfpd is

in charge of. we'll move from there to talk about performance i get what you're saying so long as we can have an open dialog and have the police department speak to us because we'd be speaking to ourselves >> i'd like the police department to be here. >> you can't can you ask you what about the 10 b program do you want to focus on new. >> justice some of the issues that have been brought up they feel they don't have a voice on and i don't think beyond the scope 4i6 it would be good to have a discussion. >> what don't they have a voice

on in relation to 10 b for permits. do we ever put a condition on our permits >> no but the local captain does. the captain makes the recommendations. so either captain or commanders whatever >> but we never put it on the condition of the permits so that's. >> those are people we're permitting that are being affected in various ways and i think it's important that we take their concerns serial especially, when they take the time and three or four organized contact me and say they're having a difficulty and want to be heard we have a responsibility as well. >> i here you but i'm kurt's what's the difficulty. >> i want them to say it.

i think - i don't want to get into the discussion here it's not an agenda decided item >> why can't we have them come and explain the procure. a lot of people don't know what 10 b is what the normal question and practice is >> i have a question i mean it seems to me similar going to the fire department and saying we have an issue with. >> the fire marilyn. >> yeah the fire marshall we're not going to change the rules. >> i'm not asking for it to be an action item. >> oh. >> we owe the people to be heard. we're responsible to hear them >> so i think commissioner lee's suggestion is pretty good

we can ask the police department to come and talk to us maybe commissioner hyde may say here's the presentation heros our issues. could we try to get them to come and explain to us >> i'd like to say the supervisor avalos is interested in having us talk about this. it's something i've wanted to discuss like in a year and a half. maybe it's a good idea. >> so this is new business for the future. >> first of january. >> (laughter). >> just another note we'll be scalding the december 16th meeting so note that

commissioners. any new items on the agenda? all right. any public comment seeing none. that wraps up our meeting. thank you our your our meeting is now adjourned. happy >> just a few steps away from

union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your

work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made. something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart. but it is worth it to me. there are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former soviet union. these are blown up to a gigantic images. they lose resolution. i do not mind that, because my images are about the images, but

they're also about the idea, which is why there is text all over the entire surface. >> marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences around union square. for the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell, the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street

occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. amen. >> after the readings, the

crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the historic home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian has maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪

looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. ♪ >>