>> hopefully, for this permit we collected about 200 signatures. that is nothing. we got double. we can get more people if you need it. >> bear with me. >> abc doesn't look at support. they look at opposition. that is why it is important to work with the neighbors. i would suggest that you try to do it in steps. don't shoot straight for 2:00 a.m. right now. maybe if you are 9:00 or 10:00, think 11:00. do it in baby steps. >> if i did 11:00 then do 10:00? i am doing 11:00. >> i encourage you to work with your neighbors. they are the voice. you will have a 550-foot mailer go out. the most compelling are 100 feet people.

500 people you can overcome them. thoughts. good luck. >> thank you. >> how big is your place? >> 900 square feet. >> 4:00 you pan see? >> -- 4:0 49. selling enough to pay your rent? >> yeah. we do 9:00 to 9:00. it is my wife and i, and the majority of the costs go to breakfast, coffee, lunch. then we grew out of that. we were kids getting into the business three years ago. now there is a whole new world. we are doing very mout rver m.o.

we have to do it or she is going to divorce me. she is so done. she is done. >> that neighborhood is sensitive. it is quiet. there are food pockets there. >> on our block there are six vacancies. why isn't anyone biting? >> it could be cool. we don't want to lose you and end up being another vacancy. that is the problem. when you started doing the music part is that recently? >> we have been doing events. it could be a screening. >> how long? >> three years. >> you have been doing this for three years? >> three years. her cousin was in town. she has a bad voice but likes to

sing. i said let's do it. she got on the microphone. it was awful. that is when someone complained about the noise. ever since then i am like careful. brazilian is her cousin. it is over. never again. >> i hope they are not watching tv. >> so as far as that there is no amplified sound? >> we have a neighbor came in and said can i play tonight? what do you play? up right bass. we have nights like that and then we have nights where or days where we break out disco records and play music on the turntables. that is not that loud. we have people that eat during it. >> the doors are open? >> that was the issue.

the doors were open and the officer came out to say the door has to be closed. now the door is closed. ventilation is rough, but i got a big air king deal. we are using that. the door is closed now. i am trying to go legit. >> there is no real sound system, whoever brings in a speaker? >> i have one speaker that we haven't used. i am waiting for this. it is like a powered speaker. >> you want a sound check so you know? >> mr. micro phone. >> otherwise it is acoustic.

>> have you made anything to the interior? >> we spent money for sound paneling for upstairs. we did that. that is about all. >> the complaints. do you know where they are coming from? >> i have my guesses. >> they are not people calling you directly? >> we had one person that came over and said it is loud. that is it. otherwise it is 311 calls at 7:30 a.m. on saturday. >> this is when the door opened, right? if you shut the door do you think you will still get the complaints? >> yes. we shut the door and got complaints. >> that is the fine line you will walk as a permit holder. if we set a limit at the level that is like legally okay, you might have neighbors upset with that. i just would be cautious how you

monitor the doors or any air openings because sound traveling easily. >> yeah. you guys are familiar with the area. if i'm walking up to balboa i can hear he laughing when i am on 19th. stuff bounces all-around there because it is so quiet. when there is no shops there either. there is nothing. that is the problem. i don't think we are loud. i think it is the corridor that has potential and it is so dead. >> i think you want to be careful how you do that. i think we support more entertainment happening not just downtown and the eastern side of the city. the folks on the west side are sensitive to noise and aren't used to the liveliness that it may have potential for.

be cautious how you do it. it sounds like you are. the more people you bring in, the more buzz. you might have to think about a different actual physical location. i can tell you have big dreams. i think you may outgrow that space at some point. we see that in other parts of the city. i want a beautiful great sound box but it might not be the right location. tread lightly. i want be to support more nightlife in the area but the neighborhood has to come around to it to. i am saying it in a different way that the other commissioners here. >> we understand that. >> thank you. >> i don't think that you are not being honest with us. i will give you that. this is the most honest

conversation we have had here. i live in that neighborhood. i have a four-year-old. i am looking forward to checking out what is going on in there. the things i recommend. two issues, us, doing the permitting. i don't know how it is going to go. i am supportive of it. then you have the abc issue. we just went through this removing a license and we had to do the 500-foot mailer and we had a lot of neighbors and the one thing i can say is that the there is actually one complainant, which could be, nine times out of ten if you can find that person and set down with them and make friends with them and they will support you.

if they support you and the a bc knows it and they say i was against it but i sat down with them and i support this. the road is fairly smooth there. i would put out an all points bulletin. many, many people in the neighborhood to track down this person and beg them for coffee, take them out to eat, address their concerns. if you can find them, it is helpful. one-time out of 10 they are not budging. the other thing i would really recommend is abc is a state body, not local. we have the alu. definitely connect with the alcohol licensing unit. you have state representatives. i am not sure who your assembly person is. they do often have relationships with the abc.

it would be foolish not to reach out and ask for their assistance. you are a small business in their district trying to do the right thing. the abc toneds to turn things down -- tend to turn things down. you can find they are more reasonable and talk to decision makers on the phone. they have office numbers that humans answer. if i were you, i would reach out to them immediately. >> sandra fewer. >> she is local. this is in sacramento. scott weiner is in your district. i would call one, don't call them both. they don't like it when you confuse them. that is what they are there for and they can be helpful in these situations. we just went through an abc

permit that was going to be denied after midnight in the outer sunset and be i helped the owner of the business get in touch with abc and granted them to him. it wasn't the same situation but it works and it is helpful. that was through state senator wiener's office. i recommend you to do that. thank you for coming in. have a seat and we will deliberate here. i don't see public comment. seeing none public comment is closed. >> i would like to make a motion to approve with the recommendations. >> i second. >> commissioner perez. i will say yes.

>> (roll call) >> it has been approved. please follow up with the deputy director. congratulations and thanks for coming in. >> good luck. >> moving along to agenda item 8 election for vice president of the entertainment commission which we have to do yearly. i usually don't like to talk first. i would like to nominate somebody for this unless somebody objects. i would like to nominate the current vice president to this commission. i have had the opportunity to work with the vice president for the last year as the president, and i can say without any question that she is extraordinary passionate about

communities and representing the neighborhoods. she is remarkably tough but fair. she clearly loves night light both from afar and from within. she is a wizard with communications. you don't realize how much you need a communications expert until you hang out with one. i want her to look over my e-mail that i send especially to my wife, and she is a memorialized in a mural which i don't think the rest of us can say that. these are incredible accomplishments. i enthusiastically put her forward for a vote and welcome any debate or conversation on the topic. >> second. >> any public comment on vice presidentcvicepresident c a.m.is

nomination. >> it is closed. (roll call) that was easy. congratulations. thank you for your service. next item is the nomination and voting on a president of the entertainment commission, number 9. >> thank you everybody for voting for me to serve a second term as vice president here at the san francisco entertainment commission. i would like to nominate president blieman for a second term as president. he has a special blend of awesome leadership which is quite thoughtful, creative and

strong. during his tenure he led to the nightlife, entertainment and small business communities through protections and innovative policies. i am kind of blown away by what he said. i was memorialized in a mural. i don't think i can top that. i ask you to support me in the nomination of president blieman for president. >> i will second. >> any public comment? none. public comment is closed. >> it is great to see how you blossomed. i served as president for many years, i think you have taken the commission to another level. i always personally shied away from doing over advocacy because i wasn't from the industry.

to have a representative from the industry as president is key because i think you see the industry night and day and late night. you know, i see it as a consumer and citizen of the city, but i think it is really important to have a staunch advocate from the industry in this role. i am grateful you are in the position for the past year and happy to see you continue. >> commissioner perez. (roll call) >> congratulations to me. i will check in with the deputy director. >> last item tonight is commissioner comments and

questions. >> i don't know if anyone has had a chance to see it. over the last year the police department has done special shoulder patches. we did one for cancer awareness. that was cool. we did it for pride. it was a cool-looking patch selling for quite a bit on ebay. i think it is a great way to connect with the community. i wanted to share that with everybody. >> i would look to do a plug. the 26th annual festival is coming up on august 10 and 11. i invite everyone to check it out. i will give you posters to distribute. tomorrow is kickoff at room 201. you are all invited. >> i just want to mention that

yesterday the interim controls that supervisor haney proposed to protect businesses passed a land-use committee unanimously, which was very exciting. there was significant support in the room, and it does feel like there is momentum here. i believe it goes before the full board at the next hearing. >> i think it has to go through committees first, small business commission. >> eventually it will go before the full board and we will make an announcement. it is exciting to see the community members and lovers of thmesinine.

>> if you want a stance on the legislation, you could. >> one thing i was going to do is invite supervisor haney's office. we could then either then or later decide to take a position if we wanted to and discussion the merits at a later time. i personally would be very much for it. >> it would have to be a vote to take that off. >> maybe they present to us and we agendize the vote later. >> you can do discussion and possible action in one. we don't have to vote. we can't vote if it is not. we have more flexibility as a vote and we can also table the

vote if we don't want to take action then. >> we will discuss that. the street fair. don't forget that. we need more muscle cars in the car show. anybody out there want to bring their cars saturday and sunday to the street fair. go to the website and sign up. >> i will discuss whether or not my key is a muscle car. >> is there any public comment? seeing none it is closed. we are adjourning the meeting at 7:56 p.m.

>> [inaudible] i'm a illustrator by day and a [inaudible] composition teacher. right now i'm practice by transscribing [inaudible] that is what i have been doing the past couple years, teaching myself. california college of the arts, illustration there has really great teachers. robert hunt, vance story taught me a lot. what i'm working on is a portfolio [inaudible] riding a donkey unicorn in the process. >> my name is dawn richardson

and musician, drummer and drum teacher. i guess i would say i started my professional path quh i started playing in bands and teaching drum lesson when i was in college. they were definitely not that many women that would do what is doing. in 198 8 i graduated from cal state los ang and studied mostly classical percussion and music education but at the same time i was in hollywood so played at night in rock bands so was doing two different things. >> the reason i'm [inaudible] the people. there is a extremely vibrant art community especially arounds the red poppy art house [inaudible] as a artist in the past 2 or 3 years there is a event called the

[inaudible] every 3 months a free art music festival that i usually play at and just met so many people. >> i was teaching a little bit and doing odd jobs like waitressing and going at night and playing in bands and meeting a lot of people. i chss in ban that had cool break jz get parts on tv shows or things like that. a friend of mine, we had mutual friends that got signed to a record deal in san francisco called 4 nonblaunds and i addition frd the bands and moved to the bay area. i think things are different now than 30 years ago, the world evolved a lot. it could be a challenge but have to know how to negotiate everything and sometimeatize

is [inaudible] it was great to get to a point where i was just treated like another one of the people, a musician not a female musician and that is always what [inaudible] >> you don't hear stuff on the radio [inaudible] i need to write music [inaudible] be more conscious in their decisions and somehow make that poetic so they will be convinced. i think i will do that. [singing in backgrounds] drawing and writing music since i was a really little kid and fortunate enough to have a good education in art and parentss who supported me. i hope my life will continue to allow me to do both. >> for me now having all male, female girls, boys students it shows the world

has changed a lot and people areope toon open to a lot more than they were in the past. you can get a deep satisfaction from responding a lot of year practicing in one thing and becoming really good at something. sometimes i think that it is better to get lost. you have to practice and become good at what you do, so if you have everything together then go out in the world and do what you do and then i think people weal accept that.

♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies and guys that come, it is for the community and we really make it fun. people think it is only for those that play basketball or swim. >> i have been coming to the pool for a long time now. it is nice, they are sweet.

>> in the aquatics center, they are very committed to combining for people in san francisco. and also ensuring that they have public safety. >> there are a lot of different personalities that come through here and it makes it very exciting all the time. they, their family or teach their kids have a swim. >> of the gem is fantastic, there is an incredible program going on there, both of my girls have learned to swim there. it is a fantastic place, check it out. it is an incredible indication of what bonn dollars can do with our hearts and facilities.

it is as good as anything you will find out why mca. parents come from all over. >> there are not too many pools that are still around, and this is one-stop shopping for kids. you can bring your kid here and have a cool summer. >> if you want to see some of the youth and young men throughout san francisco play some great pickup games, come wednesday night for midnight basketball. on saturdays, we have a senior lyons dance that has a great time getting exercise and a movement. we have all the music going, the generally have a good time. whether it is awkward camp or junior guard.

>> from more information, visit >> clerk: and both commissioner bonilla and anderson are on their way. oh, first one is here. okay. super quick, if we could just get everyone to turnoff any sound-producing devices that would go over during the

meeting. also, we would ask that you take any secondary conversations outside so the meeting can proceed as efficiently as possible. if you speak today, we would request but not require that you fill out a speaker card. commissioner buell, how many minutes -- >> three. >> clerk: you will have three minutes to speak. if you don't have the opportunity to speak on item 4 because it is for only 15 minutes, you may speak on item 12. it's continued from item 4. when you address your comments to the commission, please note that neither the commission nor staff will respond to any questions during public comment in order to allow equal time for all. the commission may ask

questions of staff when public comment is closed. last, if the firearm alarm goes off, you must exit the building in an ordinarily fashion. please note that the elevators will return to the first floor and are not available for use. if you require an elevator, please make your way to the closest gathering area, which is in the men's rest room. use the box. it will ring the fire department, and they will be able to assist you. >> i did receive a communication regarding the passing of an employee, doctor carlin. dan was an enthusiastic team member who never lacked for a kind comment or word of

encouragement. he made me feel welcome here immediately upon my arrival at this department and always sought to be helpful. i've heard it said that dan is probably the few people we know who lived his life with vigor and had very few if any regrets. he was one of those people who could fit into any group and bring the fun do it. almost everyone knew dan and dan certainly knew everyone. living a great fun life was more important. he warned me about this on many occasions. dan will be very much missed here in the carpentry shop where he spent time. so with that, i would ask that we adjourn the meeting today in his memory and turn it over -- that concludes my report. >> clerk: is there anyone who would like to make public comment under the president's report? okay. seeing none, this item is closed.

okay. we are now on item 3, the general manager's report. >> mr. president, commissioners, thank you for adjourning today's meeting in memory of dan. dan was an extraordinary employee, part of our carpenter team. dan was someone who had a smile that could light up a park, light up a room, light up a building. incredible amount of love and invested an incredible amount of love and time for camp mather. about 1.5 months ago, getting ready to open up for the season, dan led the charge to get it ready for the season. he worked up to 18 hours a day

trying to get things done. and he did it with a smile because that was who he was. we spoke wi-- all i can say is that he will be missed and his memory will be a blessing for all of us. > turning over to more joyous topics, yesterday was play day. we were visited by over 1,000 kids, the large majority of which were our kids from the bayview, but we had kids from -- not just from our summer camps, but from nonprofits from all over the city who came for rides and games and activities. we opened up the pool. there was paddle boarded and kayaking and food -- paddle

bore boards and kayaking and food and the pool. it couldn't do anything but put a smile on your face when it was there. so it was joyous, but seeing these kids outside, running around, being treated like kings and queens for a day was really something special. i want to thank lorraine banford who oversees these events every year, and it was really, really, really remarkable. turning -- or moving from the bayview to the mission, i want to talk about ian chanka hall

and its community garden. presented by liveable city, the liveable awards honor individuals and institutions that have made contributions to san francisco's liveability. the hall opened in june 2017. it brought much needed green space to a dense, diverse neighborhood that was searching for a welcoming communal space. it was literally a parking lot. a committed group of volunteers helped us to transform the park's community garden into an area representing neighbors from across the globe. the group hosts cultural events and grows produce often hard to

find in local groceries. as you know, our program supports and manages a program of 40 community gardens and growing. we have a couple more on the horizon, where members can grow produce and cultivate ornamental plants for person use. each is run by a committed group of volunteers. moving back to the bayview, supervisor shaman walton joined local kids on a newly renovated basketball court for a game. rec and park, as you know, has been making a significant investment in the southeast part of the city and specifically in district 10.

i don't know over what period of time, but capital projects in district 10 right now total about $80 million, and the operations division alone has invested nearly $1 million in resurfacing projects in district 10. and since 2012, district 10 has received well over $40 million in philanthropy. so a lot of good things. bayview playground, k.c. jones is in the construction design phase. youngblood coleman, you know quite a bit about india basin which is in the concept design phase, and a variety of other improvements beyond the court

resurfacing projects are underway, so a lot of good things happening in the southeast sector of the city. all right. let's turn to soccer. fresh off the excitement of the u.s. national women's soccer team's stunning world cup victory in france earlier this month, we are proud to partner with street soccer u.s.a. and other agencies and nonprofits to bring two fields to the city for a summer of play. there are open field times for youth and adults. there's organized team play. anyone can use the courts, so for more information, visit our website at sfrecpark.org. we move on to golden gate park

and stern road. we have the stern road festival. outside lands comes to golden gate park august 9 through 11, but now, through july 22, the san francisco botanical garden hosts its annual flower-piano event, placing 12 pianos in some of the garden's most beautiful locations and inviting anyone to come and play whatever they want. this year, flower-piano invites more people to play, more performances by professional musicians and special events for families including two new even time flower piano at sunset. there's also been a piano sing along, free lessons, flower

piano at night, including one this evening, and it's where the garden is all lit up, and there are food trucks. it's really amazing. the 12 pianos are tucked away within the garden and are available for the public to play 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. through july 22 except during select performances. if this piques your interest or you're interested, contact sfbg.org. while we're still in the summer, it is not too early to begin planning for fall. registration for all begins on-line and at 15 select locations throughout the city. we have something fore

everybody. you can log on to sfrecparks.org to register. next week, i and several others will be attending the greener park conference in denver. we hosted this conference in san francisco in 2015 where we'll share the role of parks and recreation departments today. i will be involved in two sessions, one creating family

friendly downtowns, where i'll be discussing our work at civic center plaza and best practices for driving equitiable investment in parks, we're really proud to be taking such a prominent role in this conference, and we will certainly report back next month. all right. we do have a brief bit of recognition before we conclude the report. it is national recreation and park month, and so in celebration of national park and recreation month, we want to give some recognition to an outstanding volunteer group. we really like to thank airbnb, who has become one of our most active and dedicated volunteer groups. volunteers from airbnb over the past year have dedicated their time and energy to improving our park spaces and proving to be really traffic community

members. including at victoria manolo park, where 10 to 15 volunteers gather to cleanup the park. in total, airbnb volunteers have provided more than 2,200 hours of volunteer time in the last year alone, making them easily one of our most prolific volunteer groups. we have several of them here with us today, so mr. president, join me in offering a certificate to them and offering them an opportunity to say a quick word. thank you, airbnb.

[applause] >> good morning, everyone. thank you so much for welcoming us here today. we're incredibly honored to be receiving this recognition, but really and truly, we want to thank you all for opening your doors to our volunteers and allowing us to support the wonderful park and recreation department that we see do

amazing work every single day. i thank you all for creating space in the city that's accessible to everyone, and so really just want to be grateful to you all for creating that space for us to volunteer. a little bit more about our program. each employee, a full-time employee at airbnb has four hours a month to volunteer in our community, and we want to make sure that our employees have an opportunity to give back to the city that gives us all so much. so thank you all for the space, and i don't know if you have anything else to add. >> keep volunteering. [applause] >> all right. commissioners, we conclude with the video of the month -- before he you do, ryan, let me back to soccer. you see the women's national

team push for equity, but one of the real challenges in the sport of football or the sport of soccer in the u.s. that we face is the u.s. soccer federation and all of us have to do a better job of exposing this game to communities of color, particularly african americans, making it more affordable, making it more accessible and more equitiable. if you look just -- i'm a soccer fan, so i'm going to go off a little bit. if you look at france's success and their success on the field, it is focused on communities of color, and it's something that the u.s. does not do well. we are engaged in an effort to introduce the sport to communities that have not historically or traditionally had access to it, so your

recreation and parks department has created its own soccer club, bayview united, and i'll turn on the video.

[video] >> and that concludes the general manager's report. >> thank you very much. >> clerk: is there anyone who would like to make public comment on the general manager's report? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed, and we are now on

general public comment. this is up to 15 minutes. if the 15 minutes is up, this item will be continued to item 12. at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission that do not appear on the agenda. with respect to agenda item, you will have the opportunity to address the commission when the item is reached in the meeting. so i'm going to call up the first five cards, and then, we'll have an opportunity to continue. susan, micah, bob, maureen, and denise. >> hi.

i'm susan, and i have a tale of three gardens. in 2015, rec and parks installed beautiful plants in the north park library and the dimaggio playground. they are beautiful, but the only species that they attract is the invasive norway rat, and the hawk that may eat the rats. in another park, rec and park installed a variety of native plants, that is attracting native wildlife. we have multiple species of birds, and because rec and park put nonnative -- native parks,

i have multiple -- native plants in my park, we attract birds and bees and we have biodiversity. i want to encourage you to continue planting native plants. in fact, please plant exclusively native plants so we can meet california's and san francisco's biodiversity initiative as well as improve san francisco's resilience to climate change. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> clerk: next speaker, please. if i called your name, come on up. >> my name is micah kemp. i'm 16 years old and a rising

junior in high school. i've been playing squash for six years and i'm a recently certified squash coach. squash has been dubbed the world's healthiest sport. it's up and coming on the west coast, and i'm working with a nonprofit organization called squash rights which is an after-school program based in oakland that benefits underserved bay area youth.

i'd love to meet with any commissioner interested in this project. let's make the city better together. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> clerk: next speaker, please. >> i want to thank you very much. my son went to college back east and learned how to play squash there and loved it, so i do support that wholeheartedly. i wrote my remarks. commissioners, i want to thank you for the opportunity to speak again. thank you for your service to

our city. last month, you must have felt assaulted by the citizens of potrero hill and dogpatch, but i want amaze -- i was amazed by the amount of support. [please stand by]

. >> -- and they are both in the planning pipeline, 20-story towers. during the last -- in the business section during the last month in the san francisco chronicle, which is setting on my kitchen table, chase added $34 million to the project. it will a jewel in our skyline. so we want no phases. we want the construction to be done without phases. half this generation's children will be affected if it's taken many years -- excuse me. thank you very much. 2020 bond. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> clerk: okay. bob or denise? >> good morning, commissioners. today, i urge you to update rec

and park policies and practices to manage all parks' trees incorporating climate change and biodiversity which are the council's top two priorities. i have a dense stand of combustible trees in glen canyon park. the other taken in 2013 when the trees were fairly green. the other, a few weeks ago, showing more brown. we want healthy parks, not to follow the unfortunate example of ucsf reserve on mount sutro where a significant portion of standing trees were found to be dead or unhealthy. neighbors from diamond heights,