celebrate an unprecedented 50 years of service, community development and we thank the city of san francisco for this consideration to declare that day a night we will fill city hall with our formal gala celebration. we're talking over 700 people, crowns, gowns and pageantry, all very dignified. when you recognize this you recognize an organization that has worked longer than any other charitable organization. (inaudible) the chair of the 50th celebration committee and a member of the international court council representing over 65 chapters across canada, the united states and mexico, i urge you to pass this resolution with speed and enthusiasm and invite you all to join us for this incredible celebration. if you have nothing to wear, see me later. >> thank you. >> good morning, honorable

supervisors, my name is robert austria, also known as cary hunter in our community. i moved here 5 years ago and i will tell you my personal experience that the imperial council of san francisco has been the pillar of my social well-being in the city. now my role as treasurer for the imperial council i can attest to to you that we have a long track record of success. we report to and subscribe to guide star dot org for 990 forms for our tax returns just to show you that we have our integrity and we have our consistency and we are a well prepared and organized organization. in 50 years we have raised over a million dollars and just last year alone we raised $60,000, all

for charity. our vision for february 2015 and the use of the seal will slud fie our long time relationship with the city and to show the world that we have the support and long time relationship with the city supervisors and the whole city of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you very much. next ozzie monet. >> good morning, supervisors, as many of you know, i come down to city hall a lot and talk about different issues around the city, but the san francisco imperial council does great work. it even helps with self-esteem, i even lip synch

to lou rawls from time to time. when i found out about the imperial council it was an election and i was passing the power house down in the folsom area and donna sachet was sitting there and she explained what was going on. i had my id so i voted but then i joined the ducal council. please please pass the resolution for the 50th anniversary of the imperial council. they do great work. i know the money goes to the community, it really really does. every dollar. so please keep that in mind and when you think about

what they do and where the money goes you can look at me because some of the organizations that they raise money for i have had to depend on in the past. so it really works. so thank you very much. >> thank you very much, mr. roberts. >> good morning, supervisors, my name is bradly roberts, i'm the 40th emperor and my first time speaking in front of the city council. it is with great honor that i am here to speak to you. i first became acquainted with the imperial council of san francisco at marlena's bar, which is now closed, at one of their functions on a sunday afternoon which they had quite often and i sat down next to a gentleman, john carillo, a

former emperor of san francisco and got to speaking with him and he told me all about it. i was quite moved and so moved that years later i myself became an emperor of san francisco. the imperial council of san francisco has raised lots of money for charities in san francisco and in other cities. with pomp and circumstance and tongue in cheek performances, even employing pets like my dog who has raised thousands of dollars for paws, i am also happy to say that the money that we raise does go to all the charities in san francisco, including services, hiv services like magnet, which i was unfortunate to have to go to and use but was happy they were there for me. so i

implore you to pass the resolution to recognize the imperial council of san francisco on their 50th anniversary gala. thank you. >> thank you very much. is there any additional public comment? come forward, please. >> sure is easy shemale totally disgusting that they treat special all intention to keep people of true talent that have success in society. i mean most of us beyond the age of 50 this is maybe 15, 20 years ago. it's no big deal for any proudly serving (inaudible) 15 or 20 years is

gone. (inaudible). >> are there any other members of the public who would like to make public comment at this time? seeing none, public comment is now closed. >> so again, colleagues, thank you, madam chair, thank you everyone in the community who came out today to provide context and to support the resolution and so madam chair i would request that the committee adopt the resolution proffered by the clerk of the board and then would request that the resolution be forwarded to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> thank you. president chiu. >> thank you, madam chair , and first of all let me say that i don't think the comments of the last speaker reflect the views of most san franciscoans and certainly i don't think anyone on our san francisco board of supervisors i want to thank supervisor wiener for this resolution which i am

happy to cosponsor. i think we are all looking forward to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the imperial council, not just because of the deep history of the imperial council, not just because of the anniversary of empress saria but this is an organization that i think reflects the very best of what service and community service is about in san francisco and i think we all look forward to this celebration here in our wonderful city hall. so with that i'm happy to move this motion and hope we can move it to the full board. >> okay, and first of all i'd like to say that i didn't even understand the last speaker so i'm surprised that you got anything out of that, president chiu, but i just want to commend the imperial court of san francisco for their commitment to community service. they live by example

and it's pretty amazing the organizations that they support. i run into people in my district who are constantly fund raising in order to raise money for some of these great organizations that i have had the pleasure of working with in my community, the art, open hand, the shanti project. these are the things that help change people's lives and the work that's done by the imperial court of san francisco helps to generate a lot of money to help these organizations continue their mission and it means a lot to me as a member of the board, not only am i happy to support this i'd love to have my name added as a cosponsor, not just because i want a medal like scott wiener but because i want the imperial court of san francisco to know that they have a lot of support from their elected leadership here in the city and that we want to do everything we can to give you the tools necessary to

carry this legacy on. so thank you for your work and with that, supervisor president chiu has made a motion to accept the amendments from the clerk of the board to add an additional whereas clause. mr. gibner, do we need to repeat that particular motion for the specifics or are we okay? >> deputy city attorney john gibner. no, you are okay to go. >>ment chiu has made the motion for acceptance of the motion, is there a motion to move this forward with full recommendation to the board of supervisors. >> so moved. >> moved by supervisor tang, without objection this resolution is moved to the full

board of supervisors. >> there is no further business. >> great, meeting is adjourned. (meeting adjourned).

>> we broke ground in december of last year. we broke ground the day after sandy hook connecticut and had a moment of silence here. it's really great to see the silence that we experienced then and we've experienced over the years in this playground is now filled with these voices. >> 321, okay. [ applause ] >> the park was kind of bleak. it was scary and over grown. we started to help maclaren park when we found there wasn't any money in the bond for this park maclaren. we spent time for funding. it was expensive to raise money for

this and there were a lot of delays. a lot of it was just the mural, the sprinklers and we didn't have any grass. it was that bad. we worked on sprinkler heads and grass and we fixed everything. we worked hard collecting everything. we had about 400 group members. every a little bit helped and now the park is busy all week. there is people with kids using the park and using strollers and now it's safer by utilizing it. >> maclaren park being the largest second park one of the best kept secrets. what's exciting about this activation in particular is that it's the first of many. it's also representation of our city coming together but not only on the bureaucratic side of things. but also our

neighbors, neighbors helped this happen. we are thrilled that today we are seeing the fruition of all that work in this city's open space. >> when we got involved with this park there was a broken swing set and half of -- for me, one thing i really like to point out to other groups is that when you are competing for funding in a hole on the ground, you need to articulate what you need for your park. i always point as this sight as a model for other communities. >> i hope we continue to work on the other empty pits that are here. there are still a lot of areas that need help at maclaren park. we hope grants and money will be available to continue to improve this park

to make it shine. it's a really hidden jewel. a lot of people don't know it's here. (music) >> herb theatre,open rehearsal. listen to the rehearsal. i think it is fun for them, they see our work process, our discussions, the decisions we make. it is good for us. we kind of behavior little bit when we have people in the audience. msk (music) >> we are rehearsing for our most expensive tour; plus two

concerts here. we are proud that the growth of the orchestra, and how it is expanded and it is being accepted. my ambition when i came on as music director here -- it was evident we needed absolutely excellent work. also evident to me that i thought everyone should know that. this was my purpose. and after we opened, which was a spectacular opening concert about five weeks after that the economy completely crashed. my plan -- and i'm absolutely dogmatic about my plans --were delayed slightly. i would say that in this very difficult timefor the arts and

everyone, especially the arts, it's phenomenal how new century has grown where many unfortunate organizations have stopped. during this period we got ourselves on national radio presence; we started touring, releasing cds, a dvd. we continue to tour. reputation grows and grows and grows and it has never stopped going forward. msk(music) >> the bay area knows the orchestra. you maybe take things for granted a little bit. that is simply not the case will go on the road. the audiences go crazy. they don't see vitality like this on stage. we are capable of conveying joy when we play.

msk(music) >> any performance that we do, that a program, that will be something on the program that you haven't heard before. string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift. msk(music) >>

and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time. i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel.

there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san francisco. we are going to play that piece no matter where we are.