intention to stay very long unless somebody asks us if we could stay a bit longer. we had some increase for opening mondays, which we did have in the plan before. somebody wants to watch the wwf on monday nights. we thought would be a cool hangout spot for three hours so will look into that. so we don't open long. we don't do the same thing in pacific heights. we close at 8 pm and pacific heights. we try to be early down. not saving up at night >> you are aware the permit you're asking for is only until 10 pm? >> yes that's fine. i think the standup was from 6 pm until 8 pm or something like that. they didn't do it long. it's always 10 pm would be the idea. he used to be a green room for the [inaudible] so the will be mays be some people would like to play jazz and obviously they would like to go until 10 pm or something like that for the life

>> are you going to be entertaining yourself or do you have a manager doing that for you? >> we do not look into that yet. we just want to get the ball rolling with the permit for the standup comedy. these guys are from day one have a huge following apparently so they want us to do-that he turned down several venues already because it was no permit and they were bit behind with filing a one-time application, and so i just said, look, as long as we have to wait, we have to wait get if they came in a few saturdays want to do something i said, no, unless we have a permit we won't do anything >> to have someone in-house in charge of the sound system and volume who's going to manage the equipment we pick >> no. there's nothing going to be that loud in the system right now. we can put anything in which can go that route. >> you have an existing sound system >> yes. it's not a pa system it's like a home stereo system with some macintosh and

[inaudible] speakers. because of the jazz back onto idea was to play jazz were some there's no subs. there's no base coming. you guys: i think we have [inaudible] but there's no 20 inch whoppers and we don't intend to the one in >> was going be responsible to make sure the sound is not- >> there's not enough volume to go that high. the system we put in is maxed out at 150 w. that's not even remotely in a pa system. they can go that loud. i mean, at least we did not have a complaint from anybody. we want to keep the level the people can actually talk to each other so there was a lot of people that i think some of it was a very cozy atmosphere and one of the reasons was we had as background music to entertain people. i think that was the difference before. the previous owner got people in because the nightclub. our idea was to get people and for the year and wine and then have some background music just to have

it running, but not to actually entertain them with the music. >> president of comedy is entertainment, right? >> but they just talk. you know. these guys they make jokes. he did yes that's entertainment >> i mean i just have no idea because i didn't think was funny but it's just a. no, they're very nice people. i don't think it's can be that loud. i think the noise complaints as sam told me was because of the 2 a.m. electronic dance music they play. that was just the people upstairs for whatever reason that the tenants actually said on my god don't do that but we said it's not our focus. we have a totally different idea. >> so, i've more than 150 watts in my house. so just so you know, but if you were soundproofed at all? i mean

are you know complains that all? you have not done this yet, right? >> were opened and would play musical we don't play loud music. >> have you got any complaints? >> note >> none whatsoever. do you have any soundproofing? >> the ceiling whatever the soundproofing was before. >> so that doesn't work >> if i can interject, this is 222 height. if you remember- >> yes. nevermind. got it. yes. >> what does that mean? >> i'm not sure what that means but i think >> i will tell you >> this is the [inaudible] we ashley saw the last permit holder not very long ago. it's very different program than what is being proposed now. that was the place of entertainment [inaudible] i think you're actually asking

for the exactly right thing. the limited by permit is in ansley ancillary title permit with the comedy were entertainment, whatever it may be isn't the prime reason people are there. >> yes. i think like i told before i used to be a dj for 15 years and that's probably not designed to be anything. so that's what-there's no point to do anything like that. so, we put like for background speakers in the place and obviously when inspectors show up they can see that but the idea was more, they were more designed for basic even the layout we been exhibiting out and put some seats in there. we put leather couches in. like a lounge, big carpets go people can just it used to be only a country four and too much echo effect so we put a big person kind of rug on the floor to get rid of that problem the echo effect. that didn't seem to help except [inaudible] because they wanted to put drapes with some kind of special spray

>> fire retardant. >> yes >> great. i think events are sufficiently our questions. i do know there's others from commissioners? if not, one of you have ac. one recommendation is, know the painful full person could not come tonight if you can get at e-mail sent to us that that would provide us a little more >> she said it's no problem if it's required and i think she knew exactly what it is and she says he wanted to show up, but again the whole today with a voting and everything >> yes. it's not required but i think it helps your case. thank you. any public comment about this? public comment is closed. commissioners, you have a motion? >> i motion to approve the permit. [inaudible] >> so you will move to approve the permit with police conditions. item i didn't see any please condition to adjust

the good neighbor policy. >> moved and seconded. let's think about >>[roll call vote]. >> the motion passes >>[gavel] >> congratulations. we will onto our next and final permit tonight boxcar theatre. >> so, final permit for this evening is a place of entertainment for boxcar theater. this is at 644 broadway st. boxcar is a nonprofit performing arts organization. they intend to use the new venue as the new home for the speak easy to identity i support about that before, but that's an immersive theater experience allows audiences to explore replica of the 1920s speakeasy in san francisco. they're really cool idea. the performances are going to include live music, cabaret, vaudeville and much

more. the planning department has sent a recommendation and stuck it in there. it's not actually three plunged but i wanted you to see. they approved other entertainment use as permitted by right within this district, but alerts the commission that the components of the bar within the premises is currently awaiting a conditional use authorization hearing before the planning commission. the entertain commission is only proving the use of the entertainment for the space so it should not be a problem. the applicant of the neighborhood is an outreach that you'll see in the files that i've not received any opposition for this permit application. central station approves of the permit with the applicant's existing safety plan as a condition. as well as having bartenders and or tips train and having camera security footage maintained for at least two weeks. so, this is david back from boxcar

theater. >> on the general manager boxcar theater good a professional theater producer did i been managing director the magic figure for five years. i also served as the mayor's arts task force and 25-26. the applicant is nick alabama. he's the founder and artistic director boxcar did he not here tonight because he zero personal. our rehearsal. our plan our private use of the space is two remount our production of the speakeasy. we ran this in 2014 very successfully in a venue and the tenderloin behind golden gate. we did 75 performances were all sold out. we left that location when the building was sold and or tenancy was terminated. we were very happy and lucky to find the location of north beach. it's a much larger venue and it's a very big step up for boxcar theater, which has been around for 12 years and is

performed primarily in 49 seat theaters in soma and the tenderloin. it is now building a 9000 ft.2 venue for 250 people along the north beach chinatown border. the speakeasy is a immersive theater means there's no separation between the audience and the actors. there's no actual stage. you build this theatrical environment. not parties were doing a replica of the speakeasy and we populate the environment with actors. they can be 35 actors in the cast that way people from making 23. so there will were one veterans, there are bootleggers and comment. there's regular people from the group, to the city for a night on the town. many actors by people like the bartender and the club owner and of the chorus girls in the mc. the evening unfolds. the audience members tend to come dressed in costumes. sorry heavily encouraged and weep

with costumes out. in your speakeasy it's often hard to tell who the actors are and who the audience members are until the action unfolds. our format includes--it is a speakeasy so the physical layout includes a bar, backroom casino and cabaret space and cabaret space we do a vaudeville show authentic 1923 vaudeville show. control of west, magician, horace goes, chanteuse, and comedy abbott and costello routines and so on. the event goes from 7:30 am-10:45 pm and were contemplating subsequent show a late-night show that would go from baby 11:30 pm until 12:45 am. how's that furniture and? >> i want to go. >> it's pretty fun. it's

pre-popular >> what is your [inaudible] joe's clock shop?. it's one of the false front business. there's a lot of misdirection involved when you buy a ticket you don't get the address of the theater. we give you a wanted viewpoint reader supposed to meet some addressed certain way. maybe wearing a yellow hat. maybe reading a book of burns: getty rotary that we asked them what's your favorite line from howard something like that. if you're on the list the annual map to the theater and let's say a pocket watch to be repaired. so when you arrive at the theater the façade is not a theater it shows clock shop and you going to talk to joke you cannot pocket watch. he directs you to through the employee entrance, down the stairs. there is a grandfather clock. google open the rent of the pocket has a false back you step through. 1923 >> i love it. tell me

[inaudible] >> family laundry is other false front visit. we are multiple entrances. so the venue has three entrances. this one is the skies is a 1920s chinatown london that pertain almost to where we sit on the borderline to do additional communities. in that entrance you also go down to the service entrance and you come out behind the counter with the employees would be. press the cash register and open the counter and then then you enter the speakeasy >> last questions at the easter egg room. what is that? >> the easter egg room good it's the show was very heavily scripted. the script actually over 1200 pages and there's seems happening simultaneously in six different parts of the floor plan. but there's also opportunities for audience interaction and one of the flavors is: easter egg room where an audience member will be invited by a actor to go into a private chamber and had a one-on-one encounter. it's not a salacious as it sounded just a monologue where i can

than no other discussion back and forth between the actor and the audience member >> may call it an easter egg room because? >> that's a not of the had to computer games and there's some influence on in the gamer community on this theater project and so an easter egg in the computer game is when you stumble upon a hidden treat in the game world that is not open to the general gaming public. >> when are you opening? >> our intentions of our first performance on august 12 we actually went into her so yesterday was our first rehearsal >> my mother's birthday >> anyway, we just went into rehearsal. the 10 week rehearsal process. were sort of racing the contractors out of there as quickly as we can. so that we can stick with

power schedule and of course were working closely with the many city agencies to get all the permits in place in time for that first performance. >> i wish you the best of luck. it sounds awesome >> thank you >> i went to it in the tenderloin. it's really fun. superfund >> i been some stuff like that, but this sounds like so much fun. >> in fact i should put it my calendar summary. i think i saw these book event and i was like speakeasy tickets go on sale. >> yes are going on sale on monday. >> monday the 13th >> yes >> is it more than one level? it's not like you're going underground >> yes. so the location is a former new world cinema. at 644 broadway and that's completely subterranean. >> is it immersive we pick >> no. were not on the first

floor or any of the other floors. that's other businesses on those were good ours is multilevel but expert level because the movie theater slopes down. and was 20 feet or more of ceiling height with the screen was. >> great. >> is actually gambling in the casino area? >> this fake gaming and the casino edge. we are very strict about conforming to doj requirements. so there's nothing you can't win a free drink coupons or a free ticket or even a teacher. there is nothing. you just play for bragging rights we give you [inaudible] at the end of the night. >> what is the status of the planning commission and the conditional use? >> are hearing is set for july 28. we've been encouraged by the planner, my understanding

is that theater bar is using a permitted access radius wherever a theater is permit but there's restrictions that no alcohol sales can be allowed as an accessory use. so, we been required to get a conditional use permit to open the theater bar, but they lead me to believe the planning department leads me to believe that should be a formality. >> okay, good luck >> thank you >> will people be able to drink while walking around? >> yes. we have two bars in the 9000 square-foot floor plan and we also table service. it's part of the-is very much a theater event also was a bit of of your nightlife event. >> that's great. any other questions or thoughts? i'm really excited about is the only other immersive theater extends that was in new york with the no more and that was

amazing could i said likely have something like this in san francisco. i'm glad people say arts is dying in san francisco and the scene is dying, is the current attack wasteland, i'm glad you guys are here to fight against that >> i'm glad you mentioned that. it's not just us but the building owners, the bank, there's a whole bunch of institutions behind us who feel the way you do. they want to do-go put aside business as usual and make sure that [inaudible]. we have a 10 year lease a meal to be there for a long long time. >> that is awesome. so, good luck to you. i don't there's other comes of questions? how much? >> how much are tickets? $100. it's a big >> comedy cast we pick

>> it's 35 actors and then seven musicians and there's the gaming cable operators and the cocktail staff and all in all it 75 people on staff to produce one show including the required three security personnel. so, the costs are not insubstantial >> and you said the current 732- >> it's 1045 three point 3.25 hours. 35 actors, $100, a deal. i just came from new york. let me tell you, theater tickets are like-[inaudible] that's great. >> thank you. >> all right. i don't know there's any public comments. there's not a crowd behind you but with open up for public comments. >> choice of them? >> yes. thank you so much. public comment is now closed. commissioners >> i moved to approve

>> >> moved and seconded. great. let's take a vote. >> with police conditions. >> i do not look at the police conditions. i'm sorry. i was just so excited about the whole thing. where are the police conditions >> looks like security cameras to the main maintain for two weeks. >> yes, okay. >> these the same safety plan, sorry. >> yes, that's fine >> so there's a motion with police conditions for approval. if the second? >> moved and seconded. same house, same call that means the motion passes. good luck. hope to see you there. we have a few more

things to cover. one main thing to item number six and appointment of alternate member to the residential moment review committee. when we first appointed or when i first appointed to members to the committee it had been successful so far but we've actually had some attendance challenges at times. it sort of got a lot were delayed. we would like to will forward get a special because the timing of things planning commission might be hearing it like immediately following after the meeting that we have. so, with that said, we talked to the city attorney, or staff out of his 30 attorney to figure out how to handle the situation. should we-the bottom line was we could appoint an alternate to attend only in the absence of one of our members. so, they would not be there

>> [inaudible] >> one of our members. so, that the person could attend it to other committee members were there. do you have more to say? >> no. >> okay. that's the bottom wanted we briefly just one of really help with the applications along and really backlog it. i've already discussed it with commissioner thomas to see if she would be willing to join as an alternate command she has agreed. so, i believe a motion is in order to approve that nomination. so, is there any discussion or questions before we do that? commissioner, questions, thoughts? with the commotion them. >> i moved to approve and appoint-to approve the women of

commissioner thomas as an alternate to rvr. >> residential development review committee. second? >> moved and seconded. any public comment? good question. you'll be a one-year term i think the same term as all the rest of the members. starting as soon as we vote. it would expire i think the same term as the other committee members. >> i have to go back and look whether you did put a term on this as a committee because typically these were-we don't sort of ad hoc standing committees until the president

determine it was not necessary. so may not have a term adult to be honest with you. i have to go back and look at the original motion. i just don't remember. so, i eight- >> let's take about. >>[roll call vote]. >> without the motion passes. thank you for stepping up into that wool commissioner thomas. we will move on to item number seven commissioner comments and questions. i think there is one burning coming to my left we pick >> yes. i would like to move to close today's meeting in honor of princesses birthday june 7, 2016. >> may he rest in peace. other commissioner comments or questions?

>> also to say we approve-we love our commission secretariat, crystal stewart. >> yes. commissioner perez >> it anybody watching please vote. still time. please vote. >> 31 min. >> all right. any public comment on a commissioner comments? i don't see any public comment is closed. finally, were down to new business items for future agenda. anything? none. great. with that, this meeting is adjourned at 6:30 pm. thank you very much for watching. >>[adjournment] >>[gavel] >>[adjournment]

>> 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.

>> the city of san francisco, transportation authority plans and programs committee meeting for tuesday, june 21 will begin shortly. >>

>>[gavel] >> i'm commissioner mark

farrell. were joined by commissioner's london breed and aron peskin. i'll take a moment to thank those members of sfgov tv covering today's meeting. mr. clerk please call the for some >> item 1 rollcall. >>[roll call vote]. >> we have a quorum >> thank you very much. mr. clerk, called unexciting >> before we do that with a motion by commissioner avalos to excuse commissioner tang. she might be back in a little bit. she's at a conference outside of our building right now. so second by supervisor breed. we can take that without objection. >>[gavel] >> could you read the consent calendar >> neck item is item 2, consent citizens advisory committee report. >> good morning commissioners.

there are four items i just want to briefly touch on today. item number six the k [inaudible] questions focus on great highway tree maintenance and second street project. on the great highway project any questions were deferred until this month meeting at which will have a broader explanation of what's going on with great highway project. second street ,, a lot of improvements are being made on the service level and one of the major concerns was what happens when the cover happens for the tdp a work. the csu told all the current work is being planned in disposal will be begun after that and cover work is done. item number seven transportation fund for

clean air program. csu may have a lower cost ratio. if there located in neighborhoods identified as being areas where populations are most vulnerable to air pollution. item number eight, the [inaudible] corridor electrification project could there was concern one of our members and vehicles would be ada compliant given the multiple levels of the train height freight door-this is a concern of some of our cac members. finally, item number nine the local transportation measured and expenditures plan. this short timeline of the now charter amendment is a bit of a concern. as was really do need for new funds. one of our members objected to new funds

being sought for when we have prop k in place. i would like to add on this measure, on the charter amendment, if the seconds the sections within it are little more fleshed out as they are, were in the non-charter amendment. you know what i'm trying to talk about. anyway there were two routes we could take. the charter amendment things are a little less fleshed out as far as the categories are concerned. so, if those categories could be a little more expanded upon that would be advisable. that's all i have >> okay thank you very much. colleagues have any questions? >> just one question the minutes noted those one members within absent. i don't know if that individual is automatically suspended >> that's correct >> do we neo