line that we're not violating that for a d.j. or a movie night, so we'll be feeling our way through this in terms of, obviously, you know, we're going to aside by everything here, and there may be occasions where we would have to go back to the entertainment commission -- come back to you guys if we exceeded the 15, but we're fairly comfortable that in terms of asking for 8 db off the property line, that the 15 covers us. >> great. >> they would also have the option to apply for one, and we would be available for outreach. >> that would be great. i think in your inaugural year, you'll figure out the kinks. are you planning to have private events or are they clustered in the summertime or

any particular season? >> i wouldn't say season. i think it's year-round. movie night could be something that's happening year-round. i don't think there's one particular time of the year where we're focusing and saying hey, these 15 events will take place between month x and y, we're looking over the time. we'll figure out what works and what doesn't work, stay out of the rainy season, but there's no specific time that i can point to and say, you know, this is going to take place during this three-month period or four-month period. >> i think when you get rolling, do you expect to have your calendar set like, by, a certain buffer amount of time? you know, like, six months ahead of time or -- >> yeah. i would say we'll have the

basketball calendar. to the extent that we've locked something in and we know about it, we're going to push that information out. i would say if we start getting into a window where we know that we're going to have an open period, and there's no possibility for concert, then, we might try to activate the plaza a little bit more, but i think we'll know in advance and try to get the word out i think months usually in advance. >> okay. obviously, the more notice is the better, and i don't want to condition you here in your permit to say you have to give at least x number of weeks of notice, but please do, i think especially in your inaugural year, you want to have people know what to expect and when.

outdoor sound is the most difficult to manage. even if you are meeting the actual code, people still get disturbed and some people don't generally want to be around during those times, so the more headway you can give, the better. but yeah, i'm excited to see this all happen, and like seeing just passing by every now and then on third street, seeing what comes up week after week, so -- >> put it on your facebook page. >> thank you. >> we're very excited, yeah. >> hello, thanks for coming in. i just have a point of clarification with the staff with the 15-day special events. so if there is a weekend festival, that counts as one event, correct? so the 15 special events is not counted 15 days? >> i believe -- i believe so. >> okay. just want to make sure of that. say there's a three-day conference or something going on, so that's one event, even though it's three days?

>> i believe so. >> okay. thank you. that's all. >> thank you. >> just wanted to say i appreciate the level of outreach. obviously, i know this has been in the works for a long time, but it's nice to see ucsf sign off on this as well as the potrero boosters as well as the different neighborhood groups, so that's nice to see in an application like this, so thank you for making all of that work happen and getting letters in from them. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> i'd like to give a shout out to yoyo chan and peter brian who did a lot of the heavy lifting on the outreach and did a phenomenal job on our staff. >> great. i just have a couple -- well, thank you for coming in, as well. i'm very excited about the possibility of this place being fully active and a part of the city. i'm just curious, on both of

them, you're asking for amped music at 7:00 a.m. is there a plan to have something at 7:00 a.m.? >> i think we're looking to activate the plaza at 7:00 in the morning. yoga, children's classes. could be a children's event. i think for us it's just looking to make sure -- it's all about activating that plaza. a lot of it is community based and making sure that if we can orchestraight something that early in the day -- orchestrate something that early in the day. the plaza's about 20,000 square feet.

depending on what type of event you're putting out there. if you had something out there where you really had a decent amount of people in the 1500 to 2,000 range, you know, if you were doing a movie, the view angle and tboard's less, you'r going to have a lot of people out there, so that would be the high mark. >> got it. in that plaza, are there also going to be restaurants with liquor licenses located along that plaza. >> so the towers flanking the plaza have retail on the first floor, yeah. >> and it'll be leased to operators, i imagine. >> yeah. >> do they also have the opportunity to apply for liquor permits on the outside -- process question. >> i believe so. although -- we might need to revisit this with your city attorney because i think this covers g.s.w. premises which could encompass the entire

footprint. >> got it. it's an interesting procedural question, but yeah. >> yeah, and we can have that discussion. i think for us, we're looking not to have competing outside door amplified sound. >> or just for indoor, for those -- >> i was just wondering for indoor. >> yeah, indoor, absolutely. >> got it. >> yeah, one more. >> on the sound, on the speaker placement, so obviously, with the screen facing the east, speaker's going that way, when you guys do the test, and i guess brian can help me with this, but there's going to be some kind of reverbing going on, hitting the building, going back, is that all going to be kind of addressed when you do your measurements? >> yeah. we've worked pretty extensively with our accusestition. i think we'll work with them to

learn the best way for the speaker put to learn the reverb or going over the db at the property line. we modelled the speakers in a number of locations. we've modelled the output of those speakers at the a number of locations, but at the end of the day, we're controlling it, so the speaker placement is on us, and the output level is on us, so i think that gives us the flexibility to move those speakers around and take advantage of the fact that we've got a gatehouse there in the middle that's kind of closing the plaza in. and to the extent possible, get the speakers facing away from third street and into the plaza. >> right. okay. >> all right. i don't see anymore commissioner questions. so you can return to your seat. thank you very much for the presentation. >> thank you. >> i'm going to open it up to public comment here. i do have one speaker card from

a bruce agin, and you will have two minutes. thank you. >> okay. great. good afternoon, president bleiman, commissioners. my name is bruce agin. i'm a president of the south mission bay neighborhood association, and although our association has already submitted a letter of support, i also wanted to speak today on behalf of myself as a nine year resident of mission bay and a community leader who has closely worked with representatives of the warriors on a variety of quality of life and transportation issues related to the chase center. i'd like to announce my support for this. the warriors shared with me and my colleagues their proposal as well as the noise control plan. this provided us with the opportunity to ask a variety of questions and express potential concerns.

as always, the warriors representatives took the time to explain the study and their stakeholder outreach in detail. they also documented any concerns or questions presented. in many cases, the warriors had already identified the concern and met with the appropriate people. i believe this balances the needs of the neighborhood from a quality of life perspective and the much desired neighborhood planning that will benefit our neighborhoods including mission-dogpatch and the greater community. as we're all aware, studies are studies, and we've seen the warriors commission a thorough analysis and noise control plan. request that said, there is live testing -- until there is live testing and a few outdoor events, we won't know the actual impact. they have demonstrated time after time they will address neighbors' concerns, and in

several cases associated with noise from construction of the arena, the time that neighbor's concerns were brought to our attention, they had already been in contact with the neighbor and in most cases already had been successfully resolved. demonstrates good planning, connection to the -- >> your time is up. thank you. >> great. thank you for the support. >> all right. is there any additional public comment on this agenda item? >> hello, commissioners. i'm a lifelong san francisco resident. i still -- oh, this one? i'm a live long san francisco resident, and this is a world class -- >> what's your name? >> doug allen. i live in the richmond. we've got a world championship baseball team, we've got a world championship basketball

coming. i would just love to see an entertainment venue in san francisco -- this is a bucket list destination. people come here for their honeymoons, when they retire or just to celebrate. why not make it complete and give the warriors and san francisco a world class venue for entertainment. that's what i've got to say. thank you. >> thank you very much. additional public comment? >> just to be brief, my name's stephen castellano. if they manage their operations the same way they manage their operations on the court, off the court, it's a championship plan, so go dubs and happy that space is going to be activated, and it's monitored, and it's going to be fine.

thank you. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment? >> i just wanted to say that the warriors would be great for this city. >> can you state your name, please? >> my name's antonio. i've watched the entertainment industry essentially really need to branch out outside of l.a. san francisco is the beginning of the motion picture industry in the early 1900's. a lot of people don't discuss that. you know, the weather is what was credited to driving a lot of those businesses to los angeles, but at this time, this business is branching back out, and with silicon valley booming the way it has for so long, this is something that residents moving here are going to require. i really hope that can be done for this community. thank you. >> thank you very much. any additional public comment?

seeing none, public comment is closed. >> umm...i'm happy to make a motion. like to move to approve the golden state warriors event centers amendment to their conventional use permit with the lease conditions embedded in that resolution. >> yeah. what you really should be doing is making a motion to adopt and then use this language here for the -- >> all right. i'd like to move to adopt environmental findings and conditionally grant a place of entertainment permit for golden state warriors event center. >> just a friendly amendment that you needed to use the word "amendment" because they already did receive the conditional place of entertainment permit. >> so moved.

>> second. >> i -- -- >> self-second. >> all right. >> we both -- [roll cal [roll call] cle >> clerk: motion passes. >> all right. the motion passes. congratulations. we look forward to this -- the next phase of this work in progress, i'm sure. the next item agenda -- the next -- i'm sorry, the next permit application, director weiland will help us with. >> okay. thank you.

good-bye. all right. so the next application on agenda tonight is for paramount superstars. this is at 939 clements street. this is a limited live performance permit, and the only reason why i have this on regular agenda is because i did receive one complaint about the venue at the very beginning when they were applying to us. the complainant wrote a letter and you'll see it in the files. i have not seen or heard from this person since, and this -- especially since we've had to continue the hearing, they've done almost two months of neighborhood outreach. you'll see a lot of support in the files. we don't have any concerns from the police department about the venue. they haven't been receiving calls for service or anything like that. so without further adieu, i will bring up the venue owner,

wesley li, just to speak a little bit more about his application. >> good evening, commissioners, i'm with wesley li. just want to say this, after he did apply, he did stumble out of the gate. he had a little gathering there with music, so at that point, somebody had complained and he was issued a citation. he paid the citation. what was helpful is he was able to meet with the executive director, she was very first about not having any music until the -- the whole process completed itself, and then, if it was approved. what was great about that meeting is the executive director provided some guidance by saying why don't you just apply for one-day permits, so he applied for various one-day permits as he went along. that put him on solid ground

leading up to today. in the course of this whole process, he was pleased to get the support of the greater geary merchants and associated businesses. also, the people that live in that area also expressed to us that there was a need not only to have food because it is a large space, but the nice thing about it is wesley had experience in the restaurant industry. he also had a very good vocalist and entertainer himself, but i'm going to let him tell you about that. but it's a dynamite package, he knows how to bring it together. without further adieu, i'm going to bring forward wesley, and he's going to tell you about what he envisions at that space. >> hi, commissioners. my name is wesley li, and i'm owner of 939 clements street.

it's always been a dream to have my own business with my own music. most of my clients are between 50 and 75 years old. they love entertainment, and they do need a decent place for them to spend some great time together, and i would like to thank you for the supporters in my community and hopefully, we can have this venue for long-term and have a great time for all the music lovers. >> thank you. we're open for questions. >> so it's limited live, it's only till 10:00. is that enough for you? is that because of the zoning? what's happening. >> well, right now, he does dim sum from 9:00 to 3:00, and then, the restaurant is open from 5:00 to 10:00, so we're

closed already. if it becomes popular, we'll come back in a year and ask for 11:00. >> okay. commissioners, any other questions? >> sounds great. >> yeah, i don't have any questions about it. you can have a seat. thank you very much. at this point, i'm going to open for public comment on this matter, and i do have two speaker cards, so i will have ron li to come out. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm happy to be here tonight -- oh, my name is ron li, and yeah, i'm a native of san francisco. i've been living in this city all my life, and i love this city. you know, there's nowhere better.

and you know -- and there's lots of seniors my age that love venues like this, you know, to have a place, you know, to have dinner and a little bit of singing or whatever it might be, you know, so it's really, really great for our community. we really need this, so i hope that the commission can really approve this and so we can have someplace to go and dance and have a good time, you know, 'cause a lot of our seniors, you know, need places to go like this. and it's important to keep us active so that we can dance in the evening. and -- you know, so that's all i have to say, but thank you for listening to me, and i appreciate everybody. >> thank you very much. and i have another speaker card here from ken wong, mr. ken wong. >> good evening, commissioners, yeah, i'm ken wong from san

francisco. went to george washington high school, and i'm a singer. been singing in chinatown quite often. recently, i've been seeing mayor london breed, and she loves to go to chinatown, and most of the supervisors for different functions, so i asked the mayor if we have a new place in the richmond district, would you come? she said oh, i would love to come, ken. when is it ready, and i'll come? you know, people been going to chinatown, you know, all the time. it's time to have a new place in the richmond district or bayview or sunset or twin peaks or right by city hall, so, you know, i, you know, really love to have the commissioners -- commission approval to have the place over there so me and my band can, you know, bring some of our fans and people over

there. and i think commissioner perez is the most -- you probably sing the best. so -- just guessing, right? we all love to sing, but i really appreciate the opportunity, and thank you, commissioner. thank you. >> thank you very much. we may have to test this out someday. you want a sample? are there anymore public comments, step to the microphone. do state your name, please. thank you. >> commission, my name is doug wong, and i live in the inner richmond, and we've got one singer here, but i couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. but what i do have to say is i remember when that was the russia house and the house of banquet. my wife and i would go there for dim sum probably about twice to three times a month. we've got in our neck of the

woods, the richmond, the hard rock. we've got the irish pub, but i do know that san francisco is a city of culture, and to have asian music that is lacking would be awesome. in fact, i even go there to the restaurant. this is my lunch tab from today. it's affordable. $10.88 for three dim sum dishes. you can't even get a burger in some places in san francisco. it's affordable, it's cultural, and the times aren't putting any impositions on families, and this is something that's really needed, affordable entertainment for family settings. thank you very much. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment on this item? step to the microphone. please state your name.

>> good evening, commissioners. my name is edgar de-leon, and the reason i'm here tonight is i had a few conversations with mr. li regarding using his venues for some of our upcoming nonprofit fund raising events. in particular, in november , we have the congressional medal awards for world war ii, and i talk today mr. li to race some funds for those medals for the filipino veterans. with that said, i've been there several times, and i think it's a great venue, and i would like to see him granted this permit. thank you. >> thank you very much. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> i make a motion to approve this limited live permit with

all the -- whatever -- limited live conditions other than that p.o.e., but i hope that maybe they work out and whatever needs to be done to have full entertainment there. i remember across the street when it was a regent cafe. back in the day, i used to throw parties there, and they had full entertainment to 2:00, and clements street hasn't had full entertainment in that part of the neighborhood for a while. so it would be great if you can continue it, and hopefully, no complaints, no violations. thank you. thank you for the buzzer. >> again. >> i second the motion. >> the motion was seconded by commissioner -- vice presiden . camino, sorry.

[roll call] >> clerk: we have a motion. >> the motion is granted. congratulations and your permit has been conditionally accepted. please follow up with director weiland for your next steps. thank you. director weiland, the next item. >> okay. next on the agenda is another limited live performance permit. this is for rock bar, located at 8020 9th street, and this is an area where we're seeing a lot of limited live performance permits coming up, which is exciting. the only reason this is on regular agenda is again, because of one complaint that we received at the end of last week as a part of the extensive neighborhood outreach that the owners were doing in the area. a nearby resident reached out, saying that they, you know, took issue with sound coming

from patrons exiting the venue, and to the owners immediately addressed that complaint with the complainants and are working with them, but again, since there is a complaint, i wanted to put it on regular and let them speak to that. so without further adieu, i'm going to bring up the two owners. and this is josephine and kevin. >> hello, commissioners. how are you? we're from rock bar. we are on the corner of tiffany and -- is that -- okay. we're from rock bar. don't let the name fool you. it's named after all the rocks that are on the outside of the building. someone swept in in the 70's and conned everybody into the

thinking you'll never have to paint your building with all these fake rocks. when we took over six years ago from the woman who had had it for the last 30, we thought about getting rid of the rocks, but it was cost prohibitive. so we owned it, and we're more geo -- geology than we are super rock and roll. we're a neighborhood bar whose purpose is to give the neighborhood a fun, safe, and delicious place to belly-up and cool their heels. we've been on this corner for six years, like i was saying, but there has been a bar on that corner for 116 years, since 1902 when frank p.caulfield ran a tavern up there, and i've heard it was quite wild back in the day. while we can't guarantee that no noise will occur, when we did get that complaint, you know, to be honest, it -- we

took it to heart. we're here for the neighborhood. i live in the neighborhood. josie lived in the neighborhood until quite recently. we run the front porch across the street, and we're here for the neighborhood, and so we immediately reached out and are trying to -- trying to make it better in the neighborhood. yeah. i live in the city, on the second floor. and even when -- even when the korean restaurant next door closes at 11:00, i hear the conversations out there, so i know what this woman's talking about, and we're trying to -- to make it better. we've placed signs up, and we've trained our staff more on limiting those noises. the good thing about it is we probably know those people who are talking outside, and if we talk to them, they will most likely stop that activity, have a good time inside, be quiet

outside. we did a really nice youch reach to -- there was -- eventually timed was a tiffany ave. block party. it was the second time, and we donated fried chicken from the restaurant, and i got the chance to handout letters and to interface with a lot of our neighbors. and then, we held a happy hour, so if people ahad any further questions, they could come in and talk to us. i was really humbled about the amount of people that wrote in to support us. people say can we use your space as a -- to raise funds for this chavalos, or the movement, and we say of course. they're our friends, and it's the right thing to do, and it's a fun party.

but when you see it fun paper coming back at you, it was really gradua real really gratifying, and that was why i moved back here 20 years ago. we are fun, but we're a cause-based fun. we're really only hoping to do more of these d.j.'s until 10:00 unless -- well, i w -- te gone. i was going to ask if he could sing. we've heard. you know, it would be nice to maybe do some acoustic performances, some kind of m. tv unplugged-type events. we also have friends that do drag bingo, which we've always wanted to try, trivia, comedy. we're -- if approved, we're going to use this as a way to make the neighborhood even more

fun and even more close knit than it already is. so we -- we would love to have this limited live performance permit, and thank you for listening. we're available for questions. >> hi. thanks for coming in. just have a quick question. in your complication, it says, musicians will provide your own amps? so how are you going to be able to manage it because some of them have different levels of sound, we've been hearing. so who's responsible for managing the sound levels? >> good question. we bought a decibel meter, which they're really cool, but we are going to kind of ask for guidance on what those outside decibel levels need to be, and that will be the main way that we go about it. i personally have, from my own rock and role days, a little crate 30-watt amp that will

just be a house -- a house amplifier. we have -- i have the -- the specs on the powered speakers that we have, if you're interested. we have two 8-inch powered speakers and one 10-inch powered speaker, so it's not -- we're not trying to blow the house down, but we do want it to sound good, so -- >> you'll be able to do some kind of a sound test or sound check and then do the meter -- yes. >> -- and then determine what's the appropriate level and then communicate that to the performing artist? >> yes. and in the case of d.j.'s, we'll be able to just go over and push the knob down on that. >> all right. thank you. >> so you -- your fried chicken is the bomb, i have to say. >> thank you. >> and i really appreciate that you guys attended a block party and distributed food and gave

everybody your letters of intent. i did have a question about the happy hour? how was the attendance about that and was there any anecdotal feedback in terms of support? >> hi. i'm josephine white. i personally did a lot of outreach where i went and talked to every business and talked to maybe 20 neighbors in the neighborhood. the happy hour wasn't as fulfilled as we expected, but you know, a couple people came by and they were all very supportive about us getting the permit, so we've had no complaints at the happy hour. >> there was a woman who was looking to maybe move into the neighborhood, so she came in and talked to us about, you know, what goes on in the neighborhood, so she seemed excited about it, so we've got another person out in mission bernal now. >> all right. thank you. >> hi. i have a few questions?

so you mentioned the complaint. was it just noise, like, voice noise? people screaming or do you want what -- the nature of it all? >> it was that people who were standing outside -- i'm -- their conversations were -- were drifting into the -- >> like, up stairs and -- >> yeah. >> got it. >> okay. so it's six stores down. >> do you have signage right now that says please keep it down. >> hush, hush, keep it down now, voices carry. >> right. >> is one of the more clever ones. >> and i'm wondering, do you play ipod music in the background now? >> yeah. >> and have you gotten any news from neighborhood about it reverberating? >> no.

we've put up panels and sound curtains and everything on mad use recommendation and also small carpets. and it -- boy, it sounds great. it sounds better in there than before. and then, the doorman and i have gone out with this decibel meter outside, and you know, it's a lot -- it's a lot quieter than before, and it sounds a lot better inside. so you know, for us, we're trying to look at this as an opportunity, you know. >> yeah, that's great. you actually answered my question next which was what additional sound mitigation have you done, so that's wonderful. i'm also asking -- so you're asking for a limited live performance permit. is there a reason you're not going for a full permit? you're open until 2:00 in the morning? >> we are. two thirds of our business happens until 11:00.

we're a neighborhood bar, and we're sensitive to our neighbors. it would be nice to be able to do that. it's -- the permit is cost prohibitive to us right now. perhaps if this goes well and some neighborhood goodwill is reached, we might think about expanding our services, but it's a residential -- it's a residential area. people are stacked on top of us and right across from us. and we do want to be sensitive to that, not just for rock bar but because we are owners of front porch, as well. it's in our business, it tends to be sensitive to that, also, because we're neighbors, and you know, we have coparents at fairmont elementary school are across the street, and i see them every morning, too. if it's too loud, i wouldn't want to face them in the morning.

>> okay. great. thank you so much. >> real quick. so i -- it's a small bar. it's the two of you running operations most of the time, so there's no doorman or anybody to control the -- you know, like, if people are talking a little loud. >> no, we do have a doorman. he's there thursday to sunday, through business. josie and i are either at the rock bar or at the front porch. we also have a general manager at the front porch, so there's somebody within 25 feet. >> have you seen our good neighborhood policy? >> yes. >> and have you shared that with your staff yet? >> we have shared it -- yes, we've share it had -- shared it with the doorman. >> okay. i think if they follow that, it should educate everybody, actually. >> yeah. it's comprehensive. >> okay. thanks. >> all right.

i don't have any comments on this, so i'm going to open it up for public comment. you can have a seat. thank you so much. is there any public comment on this agenda item, if so, please come up and state your name, and you'll have two minutes. >> good evening. i'm eden stein. i own concession art and design. i just got my live entertainment in my business. i've located around the corner from the front porch and rock bar? i'm also president of the mission bernal association? i live on tiffany where the rock bar is? and i'm on the ground floor, and i barely hear voices coming down the street. walking home, i'm always greeted by the doorman if i'm walking in my neighborhood? i noticed the signs recently educating you to be quiet? in our neighborhood in the last

four years, we've had a five-alarm fire, we have had m.t.a. come in with the red lanes, we've had construction, and i've been open 11 years. we had, like, nine years of construction. a lot of the construction have happened around rock bar and front porch? they were majorly impacted by the fire? so i feel like getting a limited live entertainment permit, they are able to kind of explore different ways to get more business through -- get more people through their doors, and it's a positive thing. we don't want to see anymore businesses close in our neighborhood, and people that are trying new business models, it's -- should be supported and -- okay. >> is that it? you've still got 30 seconds. >> well, i hope that you'll grant the permit. i know that they are community supporters, and they do a lot

for the mission bernal neighborhood. thank you. >> great. thank you. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> so we will entertain a motion perhaps. >> i'd like to make a motion to approve this limited live permit. >> i'll second. [roll call] >> clerk: we have a motion passes. >> the motion is granted. please follow up with director weiland for your next steps. thank you so much. >> good luck. >> okay. moving on, the next permit application we have on agenda

for tonight is for virgin hotel san francisco. this is for a place of entertainment permit. this is for an exciting new development that's going in at 250 fourth street, so not only is this going to be a hotel where people can go and sleep, but they're also going to be able to enjoy some entertainment. so you should take a look in your packet at what they're proposing to do. they are trying to activate the entire space, which would include both indoor and outdoor, and so at the back of your packet, you'll also see conditions of approval from the planning department as well as the police department, and i want to just bring up michelle n naughton to speak more about what he's proposing to do with the business and also speak to what we see in the back in

terms of the approvals from planning and the police department. >> good evening, commissioners, good evening, executive director and other members of the commission. very excited to be here tonight, of course. i wanted to give you a little bit more detail about virgin hotel san francisco and what we're going to bring to the neighborhood and to the city. so our any objectipplication i place of entertainment permit. [inaudible] >> -- which is on the 12th floor, overlooking the great city of san francisco. it's got some great views, and

i'm very excited to get that place open. these locations, the hours of operation for every area differ. the club starts with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, ranging from 6:30 in the morning until about 1:30 at night, mainly as a restaurant but there's also a bar component to it. the mezzanine, it's mostly an indoor mixed use space, but there's also a location where we can have some entertainment in the various different forms, from house music to d.j. bands, but also to standup comedians or poetry shows or whatever art we can program that location to. the rooftop lounge is an indoor and outdoor bar. the hours of operations are listed there. it's mainly going to be there from, say, 11:00 a.m., noon, until 1:30 in the morning. the indoor space can be

completely enclosed, but it can also be opened, so you can truly enjoy the view of the city from every location in the restaurant or in the rooftop. the music that is playing up there, again, it's house music. potentially, at times, it will be activated with d.j.'s, bands, artists, but at the same time, very aware of the neighborhood that we're in. that will bring me to the -- to the next step, which is the neighborhood outreach that we've done. 250 for development has previously met in various locations with various groups,

and we've stayed in touch with these organizations from the planning phase of the hotel to where we are today. we have -- you can find in the packet, as well, the various letters of support. i've met, over the last couple of weeks, with the yerba buena community benefit district, met with both the executive committee as well as with the board -- all the board of directors, presented there the plans of the hotel, the activations. the plan of the venues. the same with the yerba buena alliance. this meeting was actually held at the children's creativity museum across the street from the hotel. i believe there was a good outcome of attendees, about 25 between businesses, neighbors where i was able to share information about the property, provide my contact info, both e-mail and cell phone to make sure they can contact me in the future, of course, for every

question they might have -- might have. at the same time, very excited, as well, to look at potential partnerships in the neighborhood and within the community. and go here to the next page. we also have the letters of support attached. we met with the police department, did a follow -- a good walk-through with them and explaining exactly what we're going to do, making sure that they are aware and continuing that outreach once we open the hotel, and making sure that we're within the community, that we're present, that i'm there, that there's a face to the hotel that can answer any questions or remedy any of the concerns that might arise. as the executive director mentioned, the planning commission has been, of course, involved with the development of the hotel as well as with

the place of entertainment permit. we are aware of the conditions set forth by them. of course, we want to be the good neighborhood and comply with those conditions. so if you have any questions regarding that, i'm here to answer any of those -- those questions you might have. >> i have a question. is this permit also for the rooftop bar? >> yes. >> so -- and it's open -- open air? it's an open-air rooftop bar? >> it's a combination. it's a combination indoor space, outdoor space that can also be enclosed. >> this outdoor sound permit -- >> so it's a place of entertainment permit that will be both indoor and outdoor. >> indoor and outdoor. >> just like we saw with the

warriors, just place of entertainment, as well. >> okay. can you tell me about your security? >> yes, sir. >> are you -- i mean, are they an all in-house team for your security or -- i mean, i'm -- how many rooms is this? >> it's 194 rooms. >> 194 rooms. >> right, but we will have our own security department. >> can you explain to me, like, how many, you know, a little bit more about your security staff and if you're running a security station, how you're handling the line. we're a little bit -- i don't know. is there a security plan? >> a part of the questionnaire. >> it's -- >> oh, it's only in the questionnaire. >> and if i may interrupt, i do want to say, it's not going to be a night club, it's more seen as a restaurant-bar environment where music is more of the

experience but not -- >> but you do have d.j.'s playing -- >> correct, with, of course, the sound control. >> and you will have a dance floor. >> yes, and lounge. >> probably there will be a time when you move the chairs and tables around? >> yes. i think one of the pieces we kept in consideration while planning for the acoustics in that environment is making sure that the speakers are mounted in a specific direction. currently they're all placed at knee height or lower to make sure -- >> well, you're going to have to do a sound check for us any way, so how your engineers plan it to pass. i'm more concerned about the security part, okay? >> okay. >> places like the w, they have

d.j.'s, they have security in the lobby. places like barbarossa, they have security for free. they're all lounges. i just want to know, are you running a similar situation? you have security in the lobby? >> we will have security 24-7-365. we will have security center in the hotel where we monitor all the premises, answer phones if needed, but we will have officers on the premises, including guest quarters and exterior surroundings in the hotel. most of the time, but we might have to contract with some additional contracts outside officers or off duty police officers to come in and assist. those will be positioned mainly

at the entrance points and exit points at where the location is happening, and at the front of the hotel to manage what's happening at the outside of the hotel but also what's happening on the exterior side of the hotel. >> okay. >> hi. i have a few questions. the first is about your programming. it sounds like most of the entertainment is in the background, so there's -- it's not like you're going to have a headlining d.j. where tickets will be sold and people can attend an event like that. is that correct? >> correct. i would say so. there might be times where there might be a headlining d.j. or, like, an end d.j. coming to the hotel, but it doesn't mean it's a full-on show that you could see, for example, at the golden state warriors, in a smaller. >> even on the mezzanine level, which sounds like a smaller -- >> yeah. and that's mostly an indoor space where we would want to

plain a d.j. >> okay. another -- plan a d.j. >> okay. another question. i know there's a lot of senior housing in the area. what has been your sort of interface with the immediate neighbors and just the residents because they're not accustomed to versus a rooftop bar? >> 250 development has been in touch with the various organizations, neighborhood organizations around the property. this is something that i'm definitely going to take over as the general manager of the hotel. besides that being frequently visible at this type of events, voicing any concerns and also making sure that we as a property team and management team, that we adjust the operation as such. like, our intent is never to cause any nuisance of our neighbors. i think i do have to refer to our virgin hotel in chicago, where we also have a rooftop,

where we also have entertainment activations. we've actually never received any noise complaints, any citations or any such, and we want to continue that -- that trend, for sure. >> and specifically about your rooftop, how are you abating noise other than just the positioning of the speakers? do you have some sort of screens or walls? i know for some of the rooftop spaces, there's glass walls trying to enclose it a little bit more. is that how it's going to be, also? >> yeah. there's glass walls, and there's glass blocks in front of the rooftop areas that's activated, and then, the amount of speakers that are placed in those areas. there's going to be a lot of testing involved, so i would work with -- i would work together with these organizations, probably go and be there while we turn on the music and start feeling what is

the noise level that we should be at. >> great. one more question for you, and one for staff. when are you planning to open? >> midto late november is currently the time. >> okay. so actually not too far from now. >> okay. look forward to that. and then, just a question to staff. because they're looking for sort of a wholesale permit for the entire building, are -- i mean, i think the answer's probably yes, but can we condition, like, the rooftop differently than the other spaces that are interior? >> most definitely. anything that's enforceable, we could condition. >> okay. thanks. >> hello. hello. thanks for coming in. just one question. what is your policy and protocol just in the event that there is a complaint from the neighbor, what's that process and how soon can you reply back

or rectify the problem? >> for sure. i think it depends on how the request comes in, if that's via phone call or by e-mail. i think we'll setup a protocol within the hotel that a certain team gets notified immediately about that request. [please stand by]

>> very expansive footprint in south of market, and to see at least four organizations that are part of the coalition that are engaged and in conversation with your hotel, i think that's great. >> thank you. >> thank you for coming. i just wanted to clarify. i saw these -- the conditions that planning put on, and so just to clarify, so they were saying and it seems very clear from the follow-up e-mails that the rooftop will be just limited on amplified sound at 10:00 p.m. >> correct. >> no other implementations that

planning recommended for other parts -- >> correct. the planning commission has actually been in communication with 254 development, as well as the neighborhood organizations. for example, regarding the noise restrictions on the roof. whereas the 10:00 a.m. end time is intended to apply to the events that are happening on the exterior side, and there is no amplified sound after 10:00 p.m. >> got it. and you're okay with that? >> yes, we are aware of those conditions. we want to make sure we're a good neighbor. >> got it. >> looks like there's no further questions from us. you can have a seat and we'll do public comment here. >> thank you. >> i'm going to open this up to public comment. does anybody want to speak on this agenda item? seeing none, public comment is closed. open up for discussion. or a motion.

>> i motion to approve the permit with the good neighborhood policy, all police conditions, and that's it. >> and -- >> oh, and planning, of course. is there a second? >> i second. >> commissioner perez? [ roll call ] >>clerk: motions passes. >> your permit is granted conditionally. congratulations and please follow-up with director weiland for the next steps. thank you. moving along, one more item in our general permit calendar. >>clerk: okay, so final permit application for the evening is a place of entertainment and billiard parlor permit, and this is for jolene's located at