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>> and want to thank supervisor wiener our castro merchant and residents all of our agencies for being here this morning of course, this is a scheduled presentation of our neighborhood fix it programs that we want to announce before i begin i want to say that i'll be here briefly because another trample has occurred in our city been an officer-involved shooting in the bayview i have to get back to the office and pay attention and get all the facts but every incident in our city regarding an officer-involved shooting is a tragedy and one we're from the
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mist of reforms for the police department making sure that everybody is safe but whatever an incident of on officer-involved shooting we want to make sure that that we understand and whether or not it fits both our reforms and why on officer will be required to use his or her weapon in heir circumstance i know your communities of san francisco everyone wants to better understand to move on the santa sanctity of life the most important policy in the police department so i simultaneously right now chief suhr that providing information to the people there in the bayview on what happened i don't have all the circumstances by do know that involved an individual that
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was in a stolen vehicle but at the same time whether or not it required the use of deadly force is something we need to look at very, very specifically with the promise that our police department is improving it's policies and should take life only when other lives are in danger and that's where the circumstances have to be reviewed specifically ufb i'm upset about that because i take all the officer-involved shootings very sorrowful on behalf of everyone in the city and want everyone to know that that the purpose of this gathering today is to really keep our neighborhoods safe and clean with the tremendous amount of involvement we have and i don't want to ever loss it theme to make sure the city is
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safe and clean for everybody so let me spend a moment only simply thanking all the people hear our officers and muni, our pit stop monitor and volunteers as well as our departments 311, public works, public utilities commission commission the homeless outreach teams that are working with the merchants association with the cb d and castro all the groups that supervisor wiener and i have been lucky to go work within others past are beginning to come together on at least this immediate treatment of 5 neighborhood corridors in the city corridors that will we believe not only needs this immediate almost eco implies that mohammed nuru if dpw calls it we come in and try to fix
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things whether or not broken signs or faded out crosswalks or damaged things on the streets that don't work or anything that might make residents visitors, merchants and others feel unsafe in their neighborhoods needs to be fixed the assembly will be better coordinate under if program i've directed all the parks including the rec and park department and departments we nominated working together to make sure that we fix that's why the fix it teams are announced under the directorship of sandra a very veteran, if you will, within our public works department and have my authority
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as the mayor to coordinate the departments and get them at a maintenance level when we fix things to maintain them great places like the castro where i often go or mission geneva or chinatown or fillmore all going to be part of these initial 5 neighborhoods in the next 3 years with the budget we have planning and hopefully gets approved in working with the board will be over $6 million to public works to make sure they do their job in cleaning but all the other departments that have access to the streets will collaborate in fixing the platform at the 311 calling center where we have a lot of people logan in but not know if, in fact, things are fixed sometimes they are and sometimes
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needs refixing that's the announcement today, i wanted to again thank the two pit stops monitor herman and another individual you delayed you were doing our job people call out for help recently you were there in preventing a robbery from happening thank you for those who step up to help others this is what the teamwork is an embracement of a team to keep the corridors we value to be kept clean and safe and more liveable but to keep up oftentimes i'm also sometimes do it i'll come in with a parachute of people to do something we leave and great moment how about
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next week and the week after how to keep this up this is what the fix it teams are doing make sure that the public health department outreach workers are here part of team we have challenges on our streets with certain individuals who make take the opportunity and not using the pit stops and make sure that everybody is feeling safe i thought want to make that announcement and make sure you know that i wanted to celebrate but keep it going for the merchants that oftentimes are facing other challenges about the corridors for not only their driving but for all the residents and so forth but with that, i need to get back not only to the office but the ongoing conversations with
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the police chief and the community advocates that are concerned about the officer-involved shooting hope you understand that it is a serious thing for the city i take it seriously we will have today or the next few days a clarification of what has happened and a response to it but thrill tell you it is very uneasy and tragedy to have an individual die on officer-involved shooting and we just need to make sure quarry doing all the right thing to prevent that from happening thank you very much. >> (inaudible). >> well, you know again, i think we'll have to ask a lot of questions excluding that and are the officers following the protocol what were the circumstances that led up to it we're trying to con stringent a
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circumstance in which an officer uses his or her gun that lethal force had not been at the center of attention for so many months i have internal listed if on ever shooting that happened and make sure that everybody is following the protocols in circumstances was that officers life challenged in any way were other people's lives champed in any way those circumstances have to be looked at i need every single officer who carries a gun and authorized to use it only do that has a late result this and many other questions will be under review. >> he's at the top i'll be meeting to see what occurred obviously i have to hold the
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chief accountable and especially, when an officer-involved shooting is the circumstance. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> sandra i'm the fix it director justice wanted to thank mayor ed lee for his leadership the neighborhood promise is important to our mayor and city i'm grateful the mayor has trusted me to execute this initiate for the visits and residents i'm planning to work act a team with all the city agencies to get it done so i'm looking forward to working with everyone but today, i'm honored to be joined by a strong neighborhood advocate not only in this neighborhood but citywide please welcome supervisor wiener. >> (clapping.)
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>> can question get this taller? >> okay. i'll get the tall ignite mike so first of all, i wanted to really recognize herman and dashaun those are dpw employees that are pit stop workers that help to keep your neighborhoods clean up and our public restrooms clean and usable thou for your work and they disrupted a robbery at the chevron we have approval of the minutes inform thank y thank you. your heroic effort.
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>> (clapping.) >> and he really wanted want to thank mayor ed lee for this upcoming budget to really help to improve our neighborhood and increase cleaning and your ability to ronald to graffiti and broken street lights all the things that degrade the quality of life in a neighborhood it is incredibly important we'll also be able to step up the city's response in terms of entering departmental work to try to contribution people out of the homeless encampments into shuttle and housing and having that entering departmental with the outreach team with the police and department of public
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works and all people to get people off the streets we know those encampments that are inhuman for people in them are really unhealthy and unsafe for right down the street an 16th street a resounding occurring problem and need to keep our neighborhoods clean and people safe and grateful that the mayor and i hope the board will keep our commitment to the people of san francisco to restaff our police department our police department staffing collapsed just as the city was growing sixth we've been aggressively funding police academy scomplaz to restaff the department so we have more beat officers keeping our neighborhood safe and officers with traffic enforcement people need to feel safe to the mayor is proposing 7
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police mainstreamed classes might be close to a record and working hard to make sure that the budget we've passed actually includes the 78 police academy a classes towards the full staffing and have the police officers we need to have a city that is safe r safe for everyone i want to thank all the departments i know you'll do amazing work in executing in in a humane way that keeps our neighborhood safe and clean thank you very much. >> (clapping.) >> thank you supervisor wiener 311 is the city's non-emergency number here today from 311 our
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311 director nancy and morning everyone. >> (clapping.) >> i'm excited about this program again, a way of helping customers get things done and 311 is really our easy way to connect to government we can connect you by phone or web, by using our mobile aps a technology in particular has become really in high demand as of april of 2016 we actually saw 60 percent of our requests coming in through web or mobile that sewer placed phone calls so it shows the demand of technology for our customers we are introducing our new website which is my sf 311.org my sf 311.org we want to make sure that people can easily log
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in requests and create accounts and actually text the history of requests and they can submit requests in a single contributor page if you have facebook or google link to that you don't have to be remembering more passwords and 311 is our partner with all of the departments within the city so this is the best way of making sure you report our issues and we can provide very robust reporting that will assist sandra in getting things done a reminder of that. >> thank you nancy the strange and enduring character of our neighborhood lies in the community synonym that know that more than i had a local retained and local business owner and after school merchant president dan.
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>> thank you we're grateful to the mayor and the departments for coming out and do some spit shining in the neighborhood and it is appreciated so thank you all and thanks to those guys that did a bang up job for the neighborhood. >> (clapping.) >> okay. that concludes the neighborhood promise announcements thank you,
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>> a lot a ton with the community and we say to ourselves, there is this one and this one. we all compartmentalize them, we have our own agenda. our agenda is to create great work. if you are interested in that, you are part of our community. >> hello and welcome to brava theater. >> we are trying to figure out a way to make a space where theater and presentation of live work is something that you think of the same way that you think of going to the movies. of course, it has been complex in terms of economics, as it is for everyone now. artistically, we have done over 35 projects in four seasons, from producing dance, theater, presenting music, having a full-
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scale education program, and having more than 50,000 visitors in the building almost every year. a lot of our emerging artists to generate their first projects here, which is great. then we continue to try to support figuring out where those works can go. we have been blessed to have that work produced in new york, going on to the edinburgh festival, the warsaw theater festival. to me, those are great things when you can watch artists who think there is nowhere else that might be interested in you being a woman of color and telling your story and then getting excited about it. that is our biggest accomplishment. having artists have become better artists. what is. sheri coming back to brava, here you have this establish, amazing writer who has won a clue --
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slew of awards. now she gets to director and work. even though she is this amazing, established writer, the truth is, she is being nurtured as a director and is being given some space to direct. >> the play is described as ceremony and -- where ceremony and theater me. in the indigenous tradition, when you turn 52, it is like the completion of an important era. the importance of the ceremony is to say, you are 52. whenever you have been caring for the first 52 years, it is time to let it go. really, here, they have given me carte blanche to do this. i think it is nice for me, in the sense of coming back 25 years later and seeing personally my own evolution as an artist and thinker.
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the whole effort to put the chicano or indigenous woman's experience on center stage is, in itself, for euro-american theaters, a radical position. because of the state of theater, it is a hard roll to hold up in institution. it is a hard road. i am looking at where we are 25 years later in the bay area, looking at how hard it is for us to strive to keep our theater is going, etc. i like to think that i'm not struggling quite as hard, personally, but what i mean by that, the intention, the commitment. particularly, to produce works that would not be produced in other places, and also to really nurture women of color artists. i think that is something that has not shifted for me in those
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25 years, and it is good to see that brava remains committed to that kind of work. ♪ >> when people talk about the reflection of the community, we can only go from what we have on our staff. we have a south asian managing director, south african artistic director, latino community out rich person. aside from the staff, the other people, artists that we work with being a reflection of us, yes, the community is changing, but brava has always tried to be ahead of that trend. when i came in, i tried to make it about the work that shows the eclectic mission district, as well as serving the mission. those are the types of things that i feel build one brava is
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give a warm welcome to mayor ed lee, san francisco unified school district [inaudible] and mayors 2016 teacher of the year award winners. mr. mayor. >> thank you runel! you are such a lead er in our community. thank you to the san francisco ginets and all of you who support the teacher. i want to thank deputy superintendent gureeo, the supporters and principle of the year awardees joining me to honor this years winneroffs the mayors teacher of the year award! [applause] it is my pleasure to acknowledge and
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honor the dedication of our sue purb public school teacher ez in san francisco. the 5 teachers being honored tonight were nominated by parent, student, peers, and community members who understand the value of a excellent teacher. the teachers standing here have a exceeded all standards and dedicated themselves to creating classroom environment that fosters learning, diversity and character building. these teachers are shaping this generation of youth into leaders who will create a better world. they have one of the most important jobs in america and this award is the symbol of our emanse gratitude for their
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work. in collaboration with san francisco education funds, thank you a teacher campaign, it is my privilege to present this years teacher of the award winners. >> thank you mr. mayor and fans join me in congraltulate our winners from presidio early education school, raundsa jefferson. monroe elementary, mark rosenburke. argoney elementary school, cathy angs. from james lick middle school, hell nu[inaudible] george washington high school, [inaudible] congratulations to all of you. now, san francisco unified school district deputy superintendent quadloupea [inaudible] >> congrat ylshzs to mayors teacher of the year. these 5 teachers
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standing out here on the field are incredible educators. they are our mvp. they are dedicated, hard working and innovative and our student benefit from their talent in the classroom. to all our educators in the san francisco unified school district, that is teacher, paraprofessionals school leaders and support staff, we thank you for your dedication to our young people of san francisco. we are very proud of and. because our teachers of the year are such team players zee a baseball cap for each of you to commemorate this very special night. i want to also thank on behamp the san francisco unified school district the
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commissioner frost president tan here. >> all right. that's a quorum none taking any bathroom breaks otherwise thank you all right. so the first item is general public comment this is public comment on any item relates to the entertainment commission that is not currently agendized any. not seeing any, public comment is closed. monarch to item number two meeting minutes i have one change just to make i was to the present at the meeting i couldn't have called it to order besides that noting no changes or amendments no quorum of people >> i move to continue the minutes. >> a motion to continue. >> second all right. commissioner joseph
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commissioner lee commissioner frost president tan the motion continues to the next meeting you want to move on to item number 3 our executive director is gone for a little awhile but you are amazing staff pass it on to inspector burke you want to start. >> i'd like to start good evening two complaints have come in one for mellone pizza there are a couple of issues at hand we're working to disseminate them the complaint are mechanical noise from equipment attached to the building an exhaustive fan claimed about the lack of bathroom facilities and patrons farth gathering between
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2 and 4 maggie and i have working educating the complaint what avenues as far as follow-up with the different departments and work on addressing the patrons i did stop in 245 to 215 and not in the way of business concert staff everything looked calm i'll continue to follow up we received a call about the cafeteria royal containment complaint of music from the complaint doesn't live close by and not being involved in any follow-up investigations i'll put that on my list for route patrol i spoke with the operator
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we planned on meeting this weekend and my old stomg grounds i looked at propaganda this past weekend there was some concern historically about the flow of patrons in and out noise gathering for smoking and things like that i didn't notice anything over the past weekend temple has historically had good crowds on howard street i'm noticing a good security staff and good lines i do need to talk to them about keeping the doors closed to the front i'll be following up this we're adjourned about that and stopped by cal's irish bar that past weekend and it is a bit of a madhouse out there with one
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lane the traffic cars and ubers and their exit is a bit overwhelming i talked with the owner for quite a bit he was active in guiding the traffic and patrons and looking that while i was there we had a chat about the difficulties he's had with dealing with just the general operation of the business on that street and the amount of people and continue to follow up and see if we can't figure out to make that has safe as possible and i followed up with 50 as well over the past weekend they have an extended hours permit i notice a few of their security from other establishment people i know to be good security and
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did a walk through one of the places since we've switched district and ton to a glow there interesting thing about 9550 if you have a live video feed - >> isn't that the human video game. >> indeed. >> did they change that to 9550. >> it is 9550 what they're doing a called the human video game. >> we approved the permit now i on intersections you're absolutely right. >> thank you sir, i love being right. >> that's unusually usually the case i understand they have plans under the event it was private. >> oh, i see maybe we're both right that wraps up i'll be
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happy to answer any questions you may have. >> actually, i the president to brought to your attention something i've promised last hearing attached to my meeting notices you'll find some information about hsa to as far as the photos that were sent by the builder did go back to weekends ago and took are measurement not fined to be in violation bans the a.m. boinlt measurement 2, 3, 4 previous weeks i've followed up with the builder and the real estate agent for this property and now am attempting to act as a mediator between the operator ate the builder and real estate agent to establish a level where everyone is happy i have yet to hear back from the
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real estate agent at this point in about a week and i'm just waiting on that to take the next step. >> did you mention to the real estate agent that it was bizarre reare getting noise complaint from on unopted out premise. >> i expressed did confusion. >> what did he say. >> initially when the complaint first came through i was under the impression that maybe there was some how can i put this - >> they were trying to file a traditionally sound grievance complaint once i realized the building was unaccompanied in talking to the builder is a situation he wants to know where we stands and what he can expect
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them so everyone is on the same page and aware of at what level and now that this building is in place so my goal is to try to come up with that unable i on intersections it's required by the state of california to do a disclosure of value of the property i have one question about the temple. >> uh-huh. >> temple has been known to use dogs on the security line. >> they have. >> are they still. >> not this past weekend. >> they've used that. >> i discovered that last time that was the only time for me i've not seen that sense but not sure. >> yeah. >> you know how i feel about dogs.
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>> i have a quick question. >> uh-huh. >> i'm seeing venues i haven't seen on inspection are you guys approaching that or hitting it like extended hours. >> so this mellone the speakers name for the written record, and please deliver it to the secretary prior to after hours. >> the complaint driven and the 9550 has been fairly in active and i on intersections this is based on the human video game they're doing goes in waves i noticed a listing i've been going through the new district i've taken over from inspector pauley using the sf station and website to try to get an idea of what's happening in the city and sort of organizing any weekend like that i on intersections we're your
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probably getting that by the fact i've not been in the district for a while. >> uh-huh. >> i'm trying to get a feeling what is going on. >> that would be great of that's helpful. >> i've seen the after housing and their i've been out that way myself late. >> i want to compliment you on the nuking new formulate. >> it is really clean and easy to read inspector pauley. >> i'll take notes (laughter). >> and send along the template. >> great using video drops on your phone. >> good evening commissioners to respond to the question you'll see from the me in the next couple of weeks random drop
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ins we have not been in in a while non-regular stuff for the next month or two until we get through most of the inspections we did losses ended my list is kind of short i've been making contact are complainants that were formally shawn was in contract contact with in the process of waiting for complaint and so forth and the projects getting ready to start the inspections. >> with that said, i stopped by one venue during the inspection process they didn't center a permit posted that was the issues i thought was well-managed and did a walk through so this was that a couple of compliance on 16th
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street just to get an idea of whatoing is gn i've done that for the last couple weekends but that was an issue that issue was people congregating into the alley to keep an eye on it looked fine the knock out on mission street is another one and that one had issues with leaving the door open during performance and there was a complaint i was dealing with that and decided it was fine the door was shut a accountant of follow-up on the last hearing i talked with monroe about the complainant is the landlord of the building next door talked to the complainant well and what they originally minded the complaint wanted sound at the time a similar situation the building is you think opted out i expressed basically, we don't
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approach it personally we want to work together to try to solve the issue rather than an enforcement action so initially when i talked to the building owner about a month ago they weren't on board with dealing with the memo i made it clear that's right the route he agreed to a meeting so that's going to be be passed on to shawn we'll see where that goes the square so they finally took the speakers out of the wall the complainant is not totally happy but how i feel is that the venue after initial bumps and bruises they've gone above and beyond to try to appease the neighbor and eliminate the sound
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issue evident in the bar listening to the speakers on the wall but on the wall created a problem nevertheless, they took them out the complainant said it is not as loud in here unit she hears imaginations or things but utter is better they're in compliance but at some point we might discover something i'll pass that off. >> did you take any reading in the complainant apartment. >> i did initial but given the sound level - i took readings initially last are summer in the process of permitting this time around when i was in the bar they were at 71 well below the 82 or 85 i knew that wouldn't be loud per say in the
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apartment. >> concentrated because of the speakers in the wall for instance, like kick drums and base not be a violation in the residence but the thumping is something annoying so i did not on intersections that i needed to do that i really didn't i knew the issue i've heard the speaker noise i told them to remove it into the wall. >> new complaint came through it was last week talked to the complainant after she called in and talked with maggie for awhile noah valley ministry a church our sanchez street the issue is noise from a couple of noise not entertainment noises and some possible unpermitted activity i'm not sure what their permitted to do through the
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planning department but after talking with maggie i contacted the planning department and didn't get back to the team they didn't get back to me about what their you allowed to do right now they're doing events they have ticket prices like 35 to $75 not average church stuff like a donation not you know it wouldn't be a ticket thing. >> entertainment being. >> what kind of a band the flier said for the description said like a singer and a violin player this kind of thing. >> leader like a concert. >> basically classic. >> so the noah valley ministries and thai have been credibly activist in the community doing all kinds of
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fundraiser from hiv to hopeless dogs and loud in the k34u7b89 so something new running the place and we heard something new in terms of operation but really they're the phases of an investigation and the complainant she's done a lot of reach but been there for 20 years just starting to be a problem for them. >> noah valley ministry. >> i talked to them today, i talked to the complainant today and since they're having an event it make sense for me to go out and talk to them. >> for the years they've been credibly good people i think. >> what the issue they had construction with the vestibular
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that blocks the back of the building i guess it was blouk a lot of noise i don't know what everyone did but now the noise is not blocked for the neighborhood being impacted by things that maybe were unpermitted before didn't bother anybody. >> so we'll see what happens again i'll go out there friday is the confusion around the date i belive it is friday that is the date on the ticket whatever so - the neighbor said he'll have a sounds like consultant take reading so we'll see what turns up the main issue the unpermitted entertainment and if they need to get a permitted that's the first one after discussing that with the deputy superintendent wilder really the first thing. >> i have a question on monroe
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so if east-southeast complaining about the regular operations or after hours. >> regular. >> regular. >> so xraip about the after hours that was like a supplemental thing it is really quiet no matter what they do you know 4 or 5 in the morning or whatever they start alu you're going to hear that in the property because - >> the dude didn't live there. >> he didn't live there i haven't twaukd him he might own the building in part i'm not sure about the division- >> not there after hours. >> no, not after hours he said he has someone that moved out because of the noise but a few different sources there is the bamboo hut a in the basement you
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can hear monroe the windows face over the roof monroe you hear but we all know the sound within you know 50 foot radius or 70 all contributing so we'll figure out what is going on and hopefully, they'll resolve it on their own. >> without heavy enforcement work. >> great any more questions for either inspector commissions? ash all right. public comment any public comment? seeing none item 4 police department questions or comments anything tonight monopoly move on to item 5 the hearing discussion and possible action for applications for permits in the jurisdiction of entertainment commission 3 i'm going to turn it over to to the deputy director. >> the first permit
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application is actually a loudspeaker permit for an event called the detroit show on july 30th, 2016, at home sharer with or win with selma close to harrison in front of the studios and the applicant is requesting to extend until 12:00 a.m. so wanted to bring this hear they'll have djs playing in the street they already have an eis cot permit and feedback feedback approving this permit you'll see the conditions attached so she's our applicant and done neighborhood outreach with the files and received no negative feedback about the event here to
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tell you a little bit more. >> can you talk into microphone. >> thank you maggie and commissioners i'm from halves we've put on an event similar no november we didn't need a loudspeaker but all the neighbors are familiar with us and invited braurnd and they're supportive this event this the builders about detroit and different artists where an art gallery with detroit djs and food and we just got oures scott permit and been in touch with the officer mc2k07b8d who suggested we get 6 security officers from the security corporation and two, 10 b officers we're in the process of doing that's all.
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>> did the november event go until mint. >> no 11:00 p.m. >> so the neighborhood is familiar with having something go on to that late. >> yes. you guys didn't know. >> it was a brass band again, no pa we didn't have a need to do it so everyone was fine with it, it is zoned commercial so there's very few residents that actually live there. >> tailor a few but they're all very aware what the supporters and come to the events and yeah. >> is that a public event or ticketed. >> a public event that is ticket as well we're blocking off harrison and have two
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officers on heron and ticketing on heron and officers checking people they have stamps saying they can come in and out. >> are you serving alcohol. >> yes. >> how do the ticket an event in the streets. >> we sell tickets online beforehand and ticketed at the door. >> how do you do that for a street in the public street i thought that was not permit. >> they can have a ticket event but have to allow local assess all the time. >> i believe they. >> is that changed in the last year. >> i don't know. >> san francisco pride closed 16 blocks and can't ask for donations because you can't you
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know - i mean it is curious to me because i don't - commissioner frost do you have any ideas. >> no ideas. >> the use of streets because you did a street closer. >> you can't block off the skulks i sidewalks i'm curious i don't know anyone else. >> asian art museum rent out for the civic center and the gallery so - because that is is specific about 3 permit. >> i was curious they received the permit in full detail. >> i just didn't on intersections you can sell ticket it's interesting to know if you could. >> i have no idea.
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>> be interested to know i'm asking out of curious. >> mural from the sfmta. >> right. >> direct questions specifically about that particular permit any other questions or comments commissioner lee. >> so those neighbors your nearby you said there are few have you reached out to them with a heads up. >> any letters i don't see any letters. >> we actually spoken we have a letter we printed out and given to some people we're in touch with most of them you know, i on intersections almost on a daily basis we let them know ahead of time an event is coming up and invited them their seamly existed. >> i don't see anything in the packet. >> oh, with the letter. >> usually there's a support
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letter. >> there? >> yeah. we included the letter in the application. >> no, like feedback letter. >> feedback. >> oh, from the neighborhoods. >> feedback letter. >> oh. >> not your - >> it is something we have to have. >> so you'll stand into the neighborhood that's so kind. >> we don't need that but helps your argument to know that the neighbors are not just there with ticket but can publicly say we support this our numbering complaint is a neighbor upset. >> my phone call is on the letter that they've been handed and they know me personally most of them have a personal relationship with them if any kind of thing their unhappy they know to contact me. >> have the read the police
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conditions. >> yeah. yeah, the 6 locations so it will be at heron for that one night and turn it down as requested. >> sure no problem. >> all right. any other questions from commissioners can i ask the one question to our staff did i guys have any particular concerns or what is this out of ordinary >> because of the location and the fact have not applied for a loudspeaker to extend beyond 10:00 p.m. we want you to define. >> okay. yeah. >> well, that sounds like no major concerns ami open up for public comment any public comment on this particular permit no public comment public comment is closed.
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>> move to approve. >> back up with police conditions. >> yes. a motion to approve with the police conditions and a second. >> second. >> all right. vote. >> same house, same call? >> yep. yep. >> that means the motion passes good luck now the second permit with the pie restaurant and launch the second is for a change no ownership for a lack of space for the lounge at post street and japantown their oriental on calendar back in october and a ran into an issue with planning but was mute a disappointment they had to wait the 24 months to come back they're here again their plans to have live music and come down i didn't shows you with the hawaii restaurant.
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>> bar they have done neighborhood outreach in the past and conduct more with the reposting only 10 days you'll see what is signatures from neighbors not many neighbors apartment building across the street they reached out to other facilities i've not received option for the application and northern station approved this with the good neighbor policy the only condition here to talk about that more the owner and this is his partner. >> commissioners, thank you my partner is jeremy sorry so as far as the neighborhood support i reached out to pretty much everyone including the sundance movie
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theatre the most complaints we've pretty much talked to every single person that had issues even people that worked there in at past we have a pretty good relationship with everybody no problems with anyone we've had multiple fundraisers with many folks cherry and to j.t. c all in the past never done it because of issues are the previous owner and we pretty much figured out what was some of the issues on the previous owner side after that i contacted all the city organization like japantown and the immediate neighbors and contacted the movie theatre that has the biggest crowd they're brought out they were bought out and now by a new he movie company of some sort and a
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process to get an answer the gm that the michael springs i spoke to him he understands i'll be there he's not there for any reasons made no complaint but he was one of the main people to kind of put all the not sure exactly what in the past but the main person so other than that there are a few letters he couldn't get in time because the apartment across the street and they were a little bit easier to get you know and other than that the movie theatres that was extracted to get anything from there with so far as the community organization almost japantown task force and every japantown community group i
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didn't realize their process of getting a letter from them would take somewhat 4 weeks up to 2 months so i have to go to their hearing and plead any case they'll take that to their board of directors i didn't realize the process was so long but the process with the other 5 japantown task force and j.t. and as soon as jc c. >> great definitely sounds like you've done our homework any question how are things with sundance knowing that was hung up for a while by you have clearance if the general manager those issues are resolved. >> yes. yeah. the movie theatre were the most thoughtful group we have issues and the original person was gail johnson
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i on intersections his last name but things were lost in between as far as the business we're keeping everything generally the same it is mostly food and a ratio of 70, 50 and the rest is liquor related no night club no department of emergency events cut out anything that was remodeling having a crowd not up to mike night i cut that out any kind of rap related rap things they used to have i cut that out and pretty much our live performance is basically a raggedy multi currently music we're trying to focus on but we're definitely not doing hip hop or rap related to something
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that would probably be disruptive. >> great i hope you can continue playing the role of a focal point for the community i know that the asian-american auctions have been advertisings it sounds like those are continuing and continuing and hope with entertainment. >> so that's really great i totally support that commissions you guys have any questions or thoughts. >> i mean it is run as a limited will with the previous owner we've not had any complaints i've not seen it on the reports. >> that was a while ago but the main complainants i don't see anything many in our files so even though previous owner had to go through a lengthy progress with planning and
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that's when sundance got involved but the 312 notification. >> i on intersections that was limited live and go beyond that. >> there was involving the planning commission and planning department where we tried to step in and safe this our territory. >> so anymore questions and the police conditions are a good neighbor policy are you happy with that why not have a seat i'll open up for public comment by public comment nope public comment is closed. commissioners anyone have a motion. >> like to make. >> i move to approve. >> i second. >> there is a motion that has been seconded and at least take a vote. >> same house, same call? >> same house same call that
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that item passes good luck we'll move on to the game room our final permit. >> so the game room is going for the permit only fourth street formally was the drake the owner plans to use this is a a restaurant with a focus memo cocktails and memos but the whole thing with the mechanical devices their thank you for the opportunity this into the retro arcadia spaces the owners reached out to all the businesses in the area you'll see whether the support and response i didn't receive any negative feedback and the police station approved that with the basic conditions more to talk about that a mohammed.
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>> thank you for your time basically in general a casual bar restaurant the focus on group share because they find it easier to have a higher quality of product with the arrival of other places where similar quality we focused on you know quote/unquote cocktails fresh ingredients and being in soma there is a good amount of businesses that are based on gaming like the major developers lake the - i reached out to most of them but some are huge companies but get feedback from the smaller companies we were looking to get 10 games pinball machines as an accessory we building breaks the money in any and helps us out with the local
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community i did reach out to went door to door 2 or 3 hundred feet with local businesses and restaurants and retail shops get positive feedback but unfortunately not many people relied back but thatnuts and bolts it the a positive environment we're taking over a lounge area i think we're a little bit safer environment not the place where - people will have a lot of security and we'll look down others crowd as well and so we don't see issues happening if that sense and i'm available to answer any questions. >> commissioner joseph. >> hi so tell me how many man's will
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you have. >> 10. >> and where are you putting them downstairs or upstairs. >> said. >> and serving food upstairs so the machinery is upstairs. >> correct we took a good effort and hired designers they broke down the space in aesthetic fields so downstairs is more lively area and the upstairs is quiet we wanted to keep the game people happy a. >> are you serving food downstairs. >> we are. >> you are that's great people can come in and hang out and have drinks. >> are the machines coin-operated. >> they are when we say people we'll limit to 25 and older. >> your limiting to 21 and
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over and 47. >> yeah. >> just because why. >> for the safety of the - we have a restaurant that's a lot more sit down people mill around we don't want to mix in alcohol and children just a personal preference. >> okay. >> more. >> that's a great personal preference. >> what - in your security. >> uh-huh. >> are you going to just a question because a previous commissioner representing police once asked a question about anyone coming in for an arcade what will you do or how is the skgsdz going to handsome situations to make sure there is no gambling with the machines. >> no gambling. >> yeah. >> gambling on scores. >> i keep the eyes on the
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prize - i have a previous large staff we call them floor people they're all over the place and their job to look around and see what's going on that will definitely help to superfluous we've not have concerned but something we can bring into the training. >> okay interesting. >> all right. are you going for a poe. >> that's a place of entertainment permit. >> i think so. >> we're talking about djs and things like that. >> okay. >> any music placing in the bathrooms. >> yes. just plugged into an ipod. >> yes. >> great other questions or thoughts commissioners. >> in my mind the old arcades that were on market street years ago and the same people coming
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in that kind of is that what you envision or people coming in you know less frequent than instant. >> i'm not more confused on - >> there was - like on market street with the arcades the same people everyday do you expect that to be your clientele. >> like i said they're looking gaming more as an accessory we take pride in our products and spent a lot of time on the drink memo and morning anything we want to be a solid business a solid place of business to add to the bonus of soma and our clientele will be come and go in the neighborhood but no means a big game community coming to the gaming. >> it will be easy to pick out
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anyone there to do their gambling. >> absolutely we keep an eye on on the machines for 5 thousand to $8,000 we are concerned someone tilting or pressing or hitting the buttons two hard and not had a problem before even on our minds but something we can definitely spot out. >> those games are retrofit you say gambling to me. >> of gambling is not like donkey. >> pack man and some of the computer games. >> what's the price for those games. >> $0.25. >> very cool thanks. >> let me had an on one second $0.502 too. >> i'm on tv so this really is
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i hear a high demand like arcades and arcades in bars i on intersections you'll your filling a demand not met at this point. >> rent is expensive i'm sure have you - it sounds like you've run arcades in the past. >> we have experience running bars and restaurant as well. >> where else. >> in san diego we started that like a fun dinner restaurant and maybe the restaurant of the year we got that award when we opened up the concept there and moved to sacramento and down here. >> taking over san francisco. >> i don't know about taking over. >> great if no further
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commissioner questions or comments. >> the problem with fourth street you have to create a designation with the arresting cads you're pushing the restaurant in that area is restaurant needs a little bit of help. >> you know we don't want to push the arcades with a trending concept worrying about what to do with the products and service there are is a good amount of retained so hone in and establish a good food and drink place and fun. >> games. >> essentially at the end of the day, we are a bar and restaurant great. >> well, thanks i know thank you for research out to the neighborhoods they may say we have an issue hopefully that's not case we hope that the front line of defense is you and
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tussle to negotiate those terms. >> tshths. >> let me open up for public comment any public comment on coin opt game room all right. seeing none, public comment is closed. we'll move on to a motion. >> if - one of our commissioners like. >> i make a motion 80 we approve. >> second. >> there is a motion that has been seconded i'm assuming with the police conditions. >> right. >> correct. >> okay okay same house, same call? >> yeah. same house, same call no roll call vote that passes congratulations move on to item 6 which is commissioners questions or comments commissioners any questions or comments? commissioner joseph >> so this thursday i'm going to have the pleasure of monitoring a panel on
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entertainment in the city so the name of the panel is sex drugs and rock and roll and the leadership of san francisco is an all-day event they're having it starts at the y i'll be and after hours stuff ahf they're doing this on san francisco cultural arts and local businesses and having different panels commissioner thomas was supposed to do that with me she can't she's out of town but, yeah. >> when. >> this thursday. >> this thursday so leadership san francisco is the group of executives who represent like i do believe institutions in the city i'm not clear and like pg&e and at&t and ecology and whatever so to have arts and entertainment be front and center in an all-day event is
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kind of cool and pleased to be able to moderate this event. >> so there we go. >> (laughter). >> which one. >> all of the above. >> excuse me - >> any other particular - >> give me a specific question i'm curious. >> commenting we're doing this to entertain the staff. >> any other commissioners questions or comments not seeing any, any public comment on that. >> (laughter). i mean, i'll not be attending >> you'll not be attending i have a quick announcement for people we're schooling our july 5th meeting so if you were planning to be away you have can be away longer that's to respective the july 4th long
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weekend all right. let's move on to item 7 new business for future agenda items any. >> i have a new business request for this meeting that didn't happen i'll talk about the alternative. >> alternative. >> yeah. so i've not gotten that on the agenda. >> yeah. it was not ready to be altered to the agenda but in time for the next rdr. >> okay. >> in time for the next rdr for the meeting for the next rdr. >> it is the 7. >> at our next meeting. >> june 7th. >> that's what i'm saying the same day of rdr. >> okay. >> all right. any public comment on future agenda items not seeing any, public comment
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