the next on item on the agenda is agenda item number 5, report from the senior analyst. >> good evening, commissioners. i will try to be brief. in terms of education and networking, real quick, just about the outdoor event planning permitting guide, it is up-to-date on our website for july in terms of new permit fees , new city employee contacts , and then some zero ways changes, just f.y.i. i didn't include it in your binder because it is a lot of paper, we can take a look at it on the outer events page. just a reminder, this guide is updated for every july and every january. education and networking, we had a really wonderful program on july 22nd as part of the us of outdoor events network at jolene 's in the mission.

it was a lot of fun, such a great space. the topic of the presentation was success through vendor management, and i think we had some good eking out when it came to high levels of operation of events that are complex with multiple different kinds of foods and beverages and different kinds of backgrounds of vendors. we had speakers and presenters from event hub, the s.f. street festival, and eat and drink as of. attendees included organizers from festivals and venues on the fillmore street fair, the midway , union square bid, how we festival and the street fair, and a bunch of other new faces.

and some producers really pulled me aside and said how much they appreciated the content, and how much they appreciated the party the event where everyone gets up and says who they are and what they represent in terms of an event or innovation. it really helps them him find people they wanted to talk to. that was really exciting. there will be another one in the fall. and then circling back about streamlining our one-time event permitting application process, i am project managing the rollout of the new screen door application for the one-time outdoor event permit, as well as the one-time indoor. for the one-time indoor, my colleague, krystal crystal stewart and i, we were doing unit testing, through the digital services agency and it was very enlightening, very sobering because they asked really hard questions. he really had to think about making this online application,

is this clear, have we reduced complexity, are we really improving event compliance and including customer experience in the process. it is really pretty long because included the venturer questions. you can see the types of questions, and finally, the success page that when they hit submit, and we are planning on launching this as a soft launch sometime in the next few weeks. if you have any questions, let me know. >> i did have a question. what is your average time that someone is filling out the application? >> i don't have that data in front of me, but one thing we

are going to be preparing ourselves for his we are asking more security plan questions then we have in the past, so that will take more thought, but it is in the interest of protecting public safety and welfare. >> thank you. >> dylan, good to see you on sunday. are there any more vendors coming out with carton selling, since you were going zero waste, people are very thirsty with no water because nobody was serving water in plastic containers. have you noticed any vendors coming up? >> i haven't talked to any vendors yet, but i did talk to the organizer and said that they actually had a successful rollout of the compostable food and beverage where.

is that we were talking about? >> you know, people were asking for bottled water, you know, and we just couldn't -- they didn't want us to give out or sell any, so, you know, we should only offer, you know, nonsugary drinks, but even though it has a lot of sodium, and you get more thirsty after you drink one of those. i'm just curious, as we are in that age now, it is more vendors coming up asking to be doing presentations, or are you guys going to be searching for water cartons that can be purchased? >> the passed legislation was a couple of years ago, which said bottled water is no longer allowed to be distributed or sold on city property, which includes city streets, so that is what that is based on, so

they do a lot of training and inviting. encouraging people to bring their own water bottles so they can have giant things like water monsters, for example. or you can use portable water that is available from fire hydrants, so a lot of the things i do, i do trainings that help them navigate how they can find a way to access the water sources. there are waivers that you can apply for from the environment department if you can show that there is -- that it is going to be financial duress to the organization to try to bring in the water from outside, or if there is not availability of water infrastructure at that location. there's different ways you can make those requests, but it is a

big change, everyone is going to have to -- it is the new normal for the city. >> thanks. >> just a very brief comment. i really wanted to be at your event at jolene's i was unexpectedly out of the city that night, but i think what you are doing is awesome. >> that was a particularly interesting topic. that is why i met myself that it couldn't be there. sincere thanks for doing it. >> thank you. >> thank you, senior analyst rice. is there any public comment on the report from the senior analyst? seeing none, public comment is closed. the next item on the agenda is agenda item number 6, police department comments and questions. i see no officers that are present to speak. okay. next item on the agenda is item

number 7, hearing and possible action regarding applications for permit under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission. [laughter] >> commissioners, before i read the introduction, i want to point your attention directly below tab seven. there is a memo that includes a few bullet points that -- of the staff recommendation. so we're we are all on the same page. the only application on the agendas for a place of entertainment for the hibernia, located at one jones street. they have restore the old bank to its original state and planned to use it as a venue for a wide variety of events such as seminars, fashion shows, fundraisers, private parties, and live performances. it has four levels, the basement , ground floor, second floor, and the penthouse. in addition to indoor entertainment, they like to have

ample sound on the outdoor deck of the pentose level, daily between 9:00 a.m. and midnight, and the municipal police code states that unless otherwise permitted by the entertainment commission, hours of operation of outdoor amplified sound equipment shall be no other than 9:00 a.m. and no later than 10:00 p.m. the applicants are requesting the commission to condition them otherwise and permit amplified sound on the outdoor deck of the penthouse daily until midnight. there is no opposition to this permit application and the owners received i think five or six letters of support, which are included in your file. the tenderloin station approves this permit with two recommended conditions that are listed below here to tell you more are some individuals. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm here tonight with a really exciting project, a beautiful, beautiful building. it is the old hibernia bank at one jones, which is jones and market street.

the applicant is actually an s. of entertainment group, and it is going to operate this as the public events facility in a large corporate event and meeting space. the -- interestingly, this place has been operating for approximately five years, and over the last 24 months, they have held a number of events in that facility. the first event was a large rally for hillary clinton and governor newsom. there are some photographs i will show you in a moment. with all of these events that we have had so far, one-day alcohol permits, and one-day event licenses, a.k.a. one night dance licenses, has there has never been one noise complaint or sound complaint, no neighbor complaints. outreach is always important

with my clients and you have actually seven letters in the file, and these include letters from don faulk in the tenderloin neighborhood development, michael nolte, who is the alliance for a better district six, our next-door neighbor, the proper hotel, which is one of san francisco's finest hotels. dave seward from hastings law school, randy shaw from the tenderloin housing clinic, sean steen and company that runs a property at 1066 market, believe it or not, they have 303 new apartments going in. to quote one of these letters from michael nolte, the type of business that is being proposed will be a great benefit to this area and assist with the overall

revitalization of the midmarket. if you haven't been down there in a while, it is an interesting area. there's a lot of building going on between jones and market, going down to the flood building huge projects. hotels coming in, large condo complexes. when this finally gets done in a few years, it is going to be pretty spectacular. i think if i could have the overhead, this is, along with city hall on and the flood zone, probably one of the most beautiful buildings in san francisco. our first event was interestingly enough, -- just to give you idea of how the people built these properties in 1892, it is just spectacular. the heights of the banks.

i remember in the mid-seventies, this skylight was leaking and rebuilt, and it turned out that this was done by tiffany studios in new york and restored in about 1975. it is an absolutely spectacular building. it holds, depending on the crowd , approximately 1,000 people, and this is on four levels. it has 80 facilities for large meetings, it's got a former tenderloin police station in the basement, which is now used for intimate dance parties. it is a great space for conventions to take place, and that is pretty much what we intend to use the facility for. there is an upstairs space that is a meeting room for about 100,

outside of it because it has been brought up already, i will mention that there is a small deck outside of the room as you saw before. it is right across from the proper hotel, but it is surrounded and set off the property. if you are looking out that way, it is about 20 feet to the properly line and it is totally enveloped by our property, and very solid marble walls and stone walls. it tends to deflect the sound and keeps it inside. again, this has been open several times, there has never been a sound complaint from the property. we discussed this with the proper hotel management and they never heard a word. tonight i think they mentioned charmaine's wishes across the street. it is a roof bar on the proper hotel. they doesn't seem to be any sound complaints from that particular property, either.

the sound attenuation, we have done a little bit of work. we have a major sound company coming in next week with a d.j. we'll start doing our own sound tests prior to the commission taking a sound test. we will do whatever sound attenuation or probably -- not so much sound attenuation for the outside, but sound dampening for the inside because as you noticed, this is a lot of marble , a lot of stone surfaces, and to sort of condition the sound, we think that is important. i'm also -- there's also an interesting thing that happened. these large windows, if you look behind our former secretary of state, you will see these large windows. they're 25 feet by 10 feet. they have what used to be cranked up steel gates, which any lounge saud, party, or anything that will generate sound, we can bring this down and they pretty much stop any

sound from coming into the building. that was done right after the earthquake to keep fire out. basically, we believe that when finished with all the upgrades we're doing right now, this will be a pretty good space, a corporate event space downtown, and a great addition to the midmarket neighborhood. i have, tonight with me, we've got jury who is event facilities manager and buna, the communications and external communications person for the company. they can offer answers to any questions you might have, but we we would like tonight as a conditional grant on this property. thank you. >> thank you. commissioners, do you have any questions? >> i work across market street from this building and i have

worked in the tenderloin for many years, and i love the building, i always wanted to see it be put to better use, or any use, really. i think -- i worked at the police office for a little bit, so this all sounds fantastic. it sounds like a great use for the building, as well as for the inside, it looks really lovely. obviously we are, you know, as you heard earlier this evening, we are getting a lot of complaints from rooftop bars, so i appreciate the location and the fact that you are working with the hotels across the street, and i'm also conscious that there is so much residential construction happening within a block, basically, and so, you know, i think rooftop bars are great, and rooftop spaces are great, so i want to move forward with this i just want to hopefully not get

complaints from any of the in particulars and new residents that are going up, and i know we have some ability to do reviews of new development and let them know when there is an existing place of entertainment permit so the residents know that, it's a little different because you were coming in after they are already well underway, so we can't have that same sort of control of making sure everyone is in there. i want to move forward, i'm just adding in there a note of caution about keeping an eye on the rooftop noise to ensure that we are able to prevent conflicts from any neighbors and anything happening in the future that would make us have to go back and relook at the conditions. you are asking for not just 10:00 p.m., but later, i mean honestly, i think it is completely reasonable. i support that.

>> okay. are you ready? [laughter] >> what is your capacity? >> we are working on final capacity with the fire department, but we believe it will be 1,000 on the main level and there's probably that will go up to 300, any time over 999, we have to have fire watch. >> how will security be handled? it is a very challenging neighborhood at night time, also , i want to know where you are doing external lighting. will you light up the sidewalks? especially on jones? isn't there a park across the street? maybe not. that is up further, a block up. security wise, there's a number of things. security -- sorry, right now, we're putting a security sop

into practice. our parties have all been different, the basically, it is about 100 persons to one security officer. so for a party of a thousand people, you'd have 13 officers. we have been engaged with the copper program and they have been very supportive of us. as you were saying, when we do have those officers on duty, they typically and to stand in a more visible area. in a way, we provide light to them at their post, which is ultimately lighting up the sidewalks. we are doing perimeter checks on an hourly basis, and being aware across the street, as well. the parkas one block up from us, his we don't really have -- >> do you have a security manager that is working with your team? >> we are outsourcing all of our security at this point, but that is a position that we are looking to implement moving forward. >> because my thing is, when

people leave and there's a lot of people, there's either going to be a lot of uber, there's going to be a lot of taxis, -- >> i spoke to the vice president of yellow cab today. we are talking about putting some controlled areas into practice were not turning 700 people loose on the area. >> in general, working with other agencies here or there, it is not like there is a policy or there is -- i come from where we have a surgeon team. if we're going to have 1,000 people, then i already have a team in place, you have a meeting in a security manager will handle, whether it is yellow cab, or whether it is going to be maybe ten outer securities just handling the crowd control, so the neighborhood is not impacted. >> sure. that is what are saying earlier with our standard operating procedures. having a set time for

entertainment to end, giving a window of time around that, giving clear instruction within the building where you up the lights inside the building so people are leaving in an orderly fashion. i come from a casino environment , so have a lot of experience with that. >> so there's really no plan right now, you don't have any actual plan or street plan on the security part of it? >> i have been a conversation with john windsor who -- his builder is probably the best in town, and he is excited about this project. we are going to sit and work on some of these issues. we did meet with the tenderloin station and a.l.u. the other day , and their concerns, after looking at what we've got in these facilities, they have no concern about us. they have a big concern about the neighborhood, and we agree. the type of people that can afford to rent a facility, also

can afford to have large buses, even just to take them back to the center. >> neighbors don't like buses running. >> we're looking at jones street , and right now, market street is in a horrible place, and it will not be great. >> okay. what i'm saying is that when an application comes in, especially with such a large facility, it would be nice to know how you would handle such a thing because we do get complaints from the neighbors about large crowds coming out at night, his we want to try and prevent that and we want to know how you will prevent that. it is good that if you had an in-house security manager, maybe working with john windsor, he is also running clubs that have been before us, as well. it is not like he doesn't know what he is doing, is sometimes it just happens, and we just don't want to get -- we don't

want to deal with, later after we give the permits, and then suddenly they said, no, it's not us, is not the proper, it's charmaine's. and to know when they were getting complaints, maybe you were having a one-off event and maybe it was you guys, and we were bugging them because we didn't know. these are the things -- i think the space is great, i have seen the movie one beverly hills cop was in there and eddie murphy did a movie in there, and that's great, and i'm glad that spaces being used, but is a huge space, and it is in a neighborhood that is kind of new. we still have a lot of problems with car break-ins and, you know , i don't know where you're going to be putting those people at, these are things to consider , and other businesses are having problems with that right now. one neighborhood chinatown, for example, they tore it down because all their cars are

getting broken into and there is a garage right across the street the nobody uses because they are charging too much. as a challenge that the city is going through, and we want more venues, but what we are getting his bad press from the tourists coming. so if you have a national convention and they are getting their cars broken into, that is a problem. for me, i like to hear how the operations side will happen, how you handled the outside. i thank you guys have the noise under control, there's been enough space, with the right security, i thank you have done enough event planning, but it is a lot of people, and charmaine's line is on the same side of the street as you guys, when they are lining up to go to their rooftop, and if you were having an event, there's going to be -- there are going to be some issues. a lot of people on that corner. i just wanted to know what is the plan. it seems like it is still being discussed. >> at this point, we are just

getting our abc license, we're just building our kitchen. it is premature right now. >> yes, but no. believe me, this is my concern. i have already discussed it with my clients on a number of occasions, and discussed it with the san francisco police. i think it is well taken. i've walked this neighborhood at night and day just to see what is going on, and i think that we talk about it, and buses, getting people in and out quickly, and how we do that, and i think the yellow cabs -- i think we were having 30 cabs showing up within a five or ten minute period and going around the block. >> we can provide our own personnel on the sidewalks outside so we can facilitate that. we can handle it with order. we have also spoken to people down at the peer three area so that would be a great destination. we could have a circuit of

transportation going. we have strongly vetted contingency plans, we just don't have anything set in stone yet as to which one we will lock in on. we are thinking along the same lines as you. we know the implication could be just to turn people out. >> i like to see that plan. i'm not saying i'm opposing this or anything, but i think that this is part of handling a large space, and you are in a challenged neighborhood. we are encouraging that, but, you know, we are getting a lot of out-of-town bad publicity because of our issues, and i'm just trying to help you understand that. if you could help your patrons -- and outside lighting is important, too. >> thank you. i think they've answered your questions. >> good evening. i think i will go in a very different direction than my esteemed colleague here. this is a critical activation. but time and again, they have

proven empty buildings are dangerous places. the only thing that will change is in market. i think it is critical the city supports you in this and it will be a collaborative effort. i think it is these kinds of decisions is why this commission exists. we consider them easy decisions all the time. i kind of compare this, and this is much more dynamic on many levels, but for those that were around when jones built out, that was really unprecedented. that was our first outdoor space in a very densely populated area yours is much smaller than that, but overall, in their people who disagree with me, but jones has been a success. what i can tell you, at all of my years in the police department, is that corner has been a challenge. i guarantee everyone here that the first thing that will make it better is an operator in that space. i think it is critical that this moves forward. i know there will be bumps along the way but i think it is

critical we develop a professional relationship, everyone is willing to be candid with each other, i know mr. ramey knows that. you know, i don't know at this point if you can really dial in an honest security plan until you really get this thing off the ground and you have some capacity and you really cut your teeth with some smaller events. i also absolutely don't want to blame you guys for an existing problem in our city, which is that neighborhood. that has absolutely nothing to do with you guys. in fact, the city has had ample opportunity to improve it and has really floundered. [please stand by] muss.

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and back. i appreciate people's safety, but i think that's very much a solvable problem. and i'm also -- as someone who does work across the street, i'm happy to help out in any way i can with the neighborhood and what we have going on and one of the nonprofits who's working to make the neighborhood better for some of the folks in these situations. so all of that said, i think this is a great idea, and we should move forward with approving this. >> actually, that's a great point. the golden gate theater is a great threater. you should reach out to them and get their plan. they have jackets and

everything. >> and warfield, as well. >> yeah, warfield can really put them out there. >> why don't you guys go ahead and take a seat. i did want to say one thing i appreciate about sitting on the entertainment commission is we have these moments where the past, present and future kind of mingle in a moment, and this is a really great example. i really appreciate --

>> okay. i'd like to go ahead and open this up for public comment. seeing none, public comment's closed. all right. commissioners, do we have a motion? >> i motion to approve the permit. i'd kind of like to have -- conditionally approve it, obviously, but i'd like to have the security plan when it's done on how you guys are taking

care of the outside. with that, and, of course, the good neighborhood policy and -- and the recommendation of staff, good neighborhood policy, sound limit on the outdoor, entertainment outdoor patio, penthouse daily 9:00 to midnight? are we good with 9:00 to midnight? i didn't catch the 9:00 to midnight. >> we actually talked about it. >> i'm okay with it. >> yeah. 9:00 a.m. to midnight? >> yeah. so that and the security plan and the outdoor lighting plan. >> just for staff clarification, are you wanting them to update their security plan and come back to a hearing

or what's the action there? >> no, they don't have to come back. i'd like them to submit a revised security plan that's catered to their space because sometimes we do get kind of a generic brand. just kind of like to know what you're doing. >> okay. so we'll just review that at the staff level and you would like that to include an outdoor lighting plan, right? >> yes. >> okay. got it. >> but that's not a permitted condition. >> that's not a condition, so we'll just take that on staff -- >> advisement. can i make one friendly amendment, and i don't want to get in the weeds. i would suggest it says a minimum of four. i think the way it's currently written, it just says four cameras. i don't want to limit then. i imagine day one, they'll probably have more than four. >> it's a minimum of four. >> is there an echo in here tonight? >> four.

>> noted. >> thank you. >> yes. >> the recommendation from the police department is not a maximum. are you going to accept it? >> yes. >> okay. do i have a second? >> yeah, i'll second it. >> fine. [roll call] >> okay. your permit application is conditionally granted. please follow up with our deputy director for next steps. >> congratulations. >> okay. great. the final item on the agenda is item number eight, commissioner's comments and questions. okay. >> nothing. >> you must have something. >> i do have something. >> i knew you would. >> go ahead. make your --

>> so starting this sunday for eight weeks, waverley alley, they're going to be doing sunday play streets, and we're going to be doing things for the kids, and also, there's line dancing for the tourists to see. and on the other alley, there'll be activation of different nonprofits. in fact, on the 18, they're going to be doing a big safety -- the sfpd will be there for the recruitment team. fire department will be doing first aid and c.p.r. it's kind of a healthy safe chinatown promotion, but there's a lot of different things happening, so come down. it's the launch party. >> and how many weeks? >> eight weeks starting the 11, so it'll be finished on -- the 29 of september will be the

last one. >> beiokay. i'd like to open this up to public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. i'd like to close this meeting

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we've done a drag queen bingo and we're trying to be a diverse kind of club, trying different things. this is a great part of town and there's a bunch of shops, a variety of stores and ethnic restaurants. there's a popular little shop that all of the kids like to hanhang out at. we have a great breakfast spot call brick fast at tiffanies. some of the older businesses are refurbished and newer businesses are coming in and it's exciting. >> we even have our own brewery for fdr, ferment, drink repeat. it's in the san francisco garden district and four beautiful muellermixer ura alsomurals. >> it's important to shop local because it's kind of like a circle of life, if you will. we hire local people. local people spend their money

at our businesses and those local mean that wor people willr money as well. i hope people shop locally. [ ♪ ]. >> i just feel like this is what i was born to do when i was a little kid i would make up performances and daydream it was always performing and doing something i feel if i can't do that than i can't be e me. >> i just get excited and my

nickname is x usher my mom calls me i stuck out like a sore thumb for sure hey everybody i'm susan kitten on the keys from there, i working in vintage clothing and chris in the 30's and fosz and aesthetic. >> i think part of the what i did i could have put on my poa he focus on a lot of different musical eras. >> shirley temple is created as ahsha safai the nation with happens and light heartenness shirley temple my biggest influence i love david boo and el john and may i west coast their flamboyant and show people

(singing) can't be unhappy as a dr. murase and it is so fun it is a joyful instrument i learned more about music by playing the piano it was interesting the way i was brought up the youth taught me about music he picked up the a correspond that was so hard my first performing experience happened as 3-year-old an age i did executive services and also thanks to the lord and sank in youth groups people will be powering grave over their turk i'll be playing better and better back la i worked as places where men make more money

than me i was in bands i was treated as other the next thing i know i'm in grants performing for a huge protection with a few of my friends berry elect and new berry elect and can be ray was then and we kept getting invited back you are shows got better we made it to paris in 2005 a famous arc we ended up getting a months residencey other than an island and he came to our show and started writing a script based on our troop of 6 american burr elect performs in france we were woman of all this angels and shapes and sizes and it was very

exciting to be part of the a few lettering elect scene at the time he here he was bay area born and breed braces and with glossaries all of a sudden walking 9 red carpet in i walgreens pedestrian care. >> land for best director that was backpack in 2010 the french love this music i come back here and because of film was not released in the united states nobody gave a rats ass let's say the music and berry elect and performing doesn't pay very much i definitely feel into a huge depression especially, when it ended i didn't feel kemgd to france anymore he definitely

didn't feel connected to the scene i almost feel like i have to beg for tips i hey i'm from the bay area and an artist you don't make a living it changed my represent tar to appeal and the folks that are coming into the wars these days people are not listening they love the idea of having a live musician but don't really nurture it like having a potted plant if you don't warrant it it dizzy sort of feel like a potted plant (laughter) i'm going to give san francisco one more year i've been here since 1981 born and raised in the bay area i know that is not for me i'll keep on trying and if the struggle becomes too hard i'll have to move on i don't know where that will be but i

love here so so much i used to dab he will in substances i don't do that i'm sober and part of the being is an and sober and happy to be able to play music and perform and express myself if i make. >> few people happy of all ages i've gone my job so i have so stay is an i feel like the piano and music in general with my voice together i feel really powerful and strong [♪] >> i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world, you shouldn't just be something in museums, and i

love that the people can just go there and it is there for everyone. [♪] >> i would say i am a multidimensional artist. i came out of painting, but have also really enjoyed tactile properties of artwork and tile work. i always have an interest in public art. i really believe that art should be available to people for free, and it should be part of our world. you shouldn't just be something in museums. i love that people can just go there, and it is there for everyone. public art is art with a job to do. it is a place where the architecture meets the public. where the artist takes the meaning of the site, and gives a

voice to its. we commission culture, murals, mosaics, black pieces, cut to mental, different types of material. it is not just downtown, or the big sculptures you see, we are in the neighborhood. those are some of the most beloved kinds of projects that really give our libraries and recreation centers a sense of uniqueness, and being specific to that neighborhood. colette test on a number of those projects for its. one of my favorites is the oceanview library, as well as several parks, and the steps. >> mosaics are created with tile that is either broken or cut in some way, and rearranged to make

a pattern. you need to use a tool, nippers, as they are called, to actually shape the tiles of it so you can get them to fit incorrectly. i glued them to mash, and then they are taken, now usually installed by someone who is not to me, and they put cement on the wall, and they pick up the mash with the tiles attached to it, and they stick it to the wall, and then they groped it afterwards. [♪] >> we had never really seen artwork done on a stairway of the kinds that we were thinking of because our idea was very just barely pictorial, and to have a picture broken up like that, we were not sure if it would visually work. so we just took paper that size

and drew what our idea was, and cut it into strips, and took it down there and taped it to the steps, and stepped back and looked around, and walked up and down and figured out how it would really work visually. [♪] >> my theme was chinese heights because i find them very beautiful. and also because mosaic is such a heavy, dens, static medium, and i always like to try and incorporate movement into its, and i work with the theme of water a lot, with wind, with clouds, just because i like movements and lightness, so i liked the contrast of making kites out of very heavy, hard material. so one side is a dragon kite,

and then there are several different kites in the sky with the clouds, and a little girl below flying it. [♪] >> there are pieces that are particularly meaningful to me. during the time that we were working on it, my son was a disaffected, unhappy high school student. there was a day where i was on the way to take them to school, and he was looking glum, as usual, and so halfway to school, i turned around and said, how about if i tell the school you are sick and you come make tiles with us, so there is a tile that he made to. it is a little bird. the relationship with a work of art is something that develops

over time, and if you have memories connected with a place from when you are a child, and you come back and you see it again with the eyes of an adult, it is a different thing, and is just part of what makes the city an exciting place. [♪] >> hi, i'm corn field and welcome to doing building san francisco, we are doing a special series, called stay safe, how you can stay in your home safely and comfortable, and we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. let's take a look at that. >> here at the spur urban center on mission street in san

francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. i have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both structural engineers and we want to talk about things that you might do before an earthquake to your home to make it more likely that your home will be ha bitable after an earthquake, what should we do? both structural and maybe even important non-structural things. >> you hear about how to prepare an earthquake kit and brace your book shelves and water tank and that is important. what you have to be careful is make sure that you are not going the easy things to make yourself feel better. if you have a bad structure, a bad building, then you need to be looking at that and everything that you do to keep your collectables in place is small and compared. if you have taken care of your structure, then there is a lot of stuff that you can do in your house that is non-structural and your chimney

and water tank. >> let's talk about what the structural things might be. >> and he is exactly right. you don't want to make the deck chairs safe on the titanic, it is going down, you are going down, you have to make sure that your house is safe. there are basic things that you need to do including bracing the water heater, not just because of fire hazard but because of the water source and the damage, but basic things are installing anchor bolts, and adding plywood and strapping your beams to column and posts to footings and foundations are really easy things to do and most contractors can do the building department is set up to approve this work, and these are things that every home owner should do, and it is a little harder because you have to get a building permit and hire a contractor. but you want to be able to after a big earthquake to climb in bed that night and pull the covers up and say i don't have to worry about going to a government shelter. >> that is the main focus that it is great to have an earthquake kit to be able to

bug out for 72 hours. here is a better idea, stay in your own home and in order to do that you have to be make sure that your structure is okay. if you have a house, the easy things to do with the wood construction is feasible. if you have a renter or you live in a concrete building, you need to talk to the building own , and make sure they have done their due diligence and find out what the deficiencies are. >> when i have looked at damaged buildings,vy seen that a little bit of investment in time and money and structural work provides great dividends. >> especially if it is the wood frame, typical house that you can do the things that i was talking about, the anchor and the plywood in the first garage area, you know if you refinanced in the last three years, get some of that savings and it is a really good investment. and the other thing that i try to tell people, earthquake insurance is not the solution to the shelter in place, if

there is a big earthquake and your building is damaged, you are not in your house, you may be somewhere else, if you work in the city, it is going to be really hard to commute from sonoma, you want to do what is necessary so that your house is retrofitted and a couple of years of earthquake premium could get you to a level that you could be in the house after a significant earthquake and it may have damage and there is still a shelter in place where you are at home and you are not worried for the government taking care of you and you are living in a place where you can go to work and you want to have your wood frame house is really easy to get to that level. on top of the wood frame house, i mean every wood frame house in the west half of the city have a water tank and the water tank fall over because they are gas fired and start fires. and that is something that you could do for yourself, and for your neighbors and for the whole city is make sure that your water tank is braced. >> if you look at the studies that are predicting on fires, we are going to have a lot of fires and for every water tank