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 stronge commission president and if you remember, the public and you want to speak there are speaker forms you can fill out which are at the front table or step to the microphone when i call you to public comment. we ask that everybody turns off their cell phone including commissioner's and staff. i want to thank sfgovtv and media services for sharing this meeting with the public and we'll start with a roll call. [roll call]

full house. general public comments and this is for any comment not on the agenda. seeing none. general public comment is closed. the next agenda item is number 2 which is approval of our minutes for january 21st, 2020. and i will ask that we have a motion to improve the minutes of january 21st, 2020. >> i move to approve. >> second. >> is there any public comment on the approval of our minutes. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> the minutes have been approved. the next agenda item is a report from our executive director. >> thank you, president and good evening commissioners. we have a pretty brief agenda including my director's report,

which is just a reminder to awful you that you are invited to an event that the entertainment commission is co-hosting next week with the department of environment and 24 is an effort from senior annalist rice to put together this event so this is also for everyone watching and listening and it starts at 5:30 and goes until 8:00 p.m. and there's going to be happy hour involved in this event and the presentation begins at 5:45 and it's a workshop where you are going to learn about recycling

requirements for holding events in san francisco and new rules in 2020 for reusable beverage cups and food ware which is really important information for a lot of our folks out there and creative and cost effective strategies for holding green events from event professionals. so, again, this is just a fabulous networking opportunity and we're hoping that you can all make it out and if you attend it's an opportunity to fulfill department of environment zero waste training requirement for event producers. so, come on out. have a drink with us and learn something new. any questions? >> thank you, very much. any public comment on the executive director's report? seeing none. public comment is closed. next agenda item is a report from our deputy director.

>> thank you, president, good evening, commissioners. enforcement report here, i'll just take you through the highlighted sections per usual. jumping to page three i've highlighted eltrabui. it has highlight limited from us and we have been receiving complaints from one neighbour in the area about this venue. they had a broken front door that was hanging off of hinges for a decent amount of time so they were able to open it and force it closed. and so, not closing it during entertainment and they have recently fixed that as of yesterday so just wanted to bring that to your attention and they also paid their latest citation so we are working with them regular meet and page four i've highlighted club 26 mix and

regularly on our enforcement reports and inspector respond to the 311 complaints regularly and i will send my name. we sat down with the venue owner and manager and mission station permit officer last thursday and we had a very productive conversation. we shared with them some recent findings that we had we're hopeful we will see progress in their behaviour. and the interim, one thing i did do for the neighbour who has been making the most complaints is i got phone numbers for the on site managers that is not

something we had before so now if there's a complaint she can contact the on site manager in real time and there were no complaints for this venue this past weekend that we received. maybe there has been -- they've turned a new leaf. taking you to page seven, underground sf, i just highlighted this because we did issue a notice of violation. inspector responded to a sound complaint last saturday and upon arrival the front and back doors were open and they were operating pretty significantly over there sound limit and we discovered they do not have a limit so we will do a sound test to have them a a and a c. skipping to page 12, i highlighted slow vein yan hall.

they sent you a letter in the mail and an e-mail. the letter that you receive and i learned was about the slovanian hall and a neighbour said they didn't have an on site manager during events so the inspector responded that following weekend. what the operations are looking like right now is that it's a rental hall and so they rent the space out and they basically the keys over and keep a security guard on site but there isn't management there so we are working with the point of contact and the hall manager about not bringing them into compliance to follow their security conditions and they may be coming into hearing to revise one of their permit conditions. i think just opening up the lines of conversation and letting them know what their responsibilities are per the good neighbour policy, we'll see a change here. i'm also highlighting spin.

we did respond to a sound complaint made last weekend about spin upon arrival both at the inspectors responded, they were both in the area and they found the outdoor speakers were playing loud. spin has a poe permit and they were granted before outdoor speakers and sound were under our purview so they're not in compliance and so where bringing them into compliance so you see them at a upcoming future hearing. that is all that i've highlighted but i am happy to answer any questions that you have may have about the report. >> can you explain the complaints for 4370 mission street? >> yes. >> 4730 mission street, can you remind me what page that's on. five and singh all of them. >> there's about seven or eight

complaints. yes. they were made, some of them were made close together on going and the inspector went out this weekend and it is a nutrition shop and they were apparently having private events in there and he went on friday they were closed and he went on saturday it was a birthday party going on in the nutrition shop. he explained that is entertainment that requires a permit if they wanted to do this they would have to come through our office to be brought in compliance and that's where we left that. >> so in terms of the action that followed the complaints, was it sometime after 2-1 or during the -- there's a whole series of complaints from like january 27th or january -- >> so the complaints started last monday and he -- they came in everyday of the week last week and sew went on friday for the first time and they were

closed that friday sew went back the next night 2-1 when action was taken. >> ok. got it. thank you. >> you are welcome. >> just to continue on that same topic, so, what was our observations when we went there? >> alcohol being served? >> that's a good question about alcohol. there was no note from our inspector about alcohol. he just said it was a family birthday party. i can't confirm that. >> often what happened with retail businesses is they think that they can change their use just by closing and then saying oh this is just a private event or a private party. it might be helpful -- i only say that because it might help us to engage our other resources like our district station or the abc because just like

commissioner caminy noted it went on four five days straight so they didn't understand or accept what our inspectors was telling them. >> it happened prior to our inspector going out those five days of plates and jordan and i both looked online and there's no contact information about what exists in that space it's vacant storefront. when you search the address it comes up on zillo like there's no nutrition shop listed so we did our internal investigation prior because we would have reached out could we have sooner and so that is why the soonest we had inspector in the field is when it was this past saturday when they were open. >> this could be an opportunity to bring in the city attorney code enforcement because they're quick a at identifying property owners. it could be an illegal venue and they're just -- there's not an actual business operating. >> i share the detail. >> were you there? >> no, i live in the

neighbourhood. >> tell. >> it looks like it's a former bar. it does have a lot of healthy eating signs and multiple languages on the windows. so it was shocking to me that it seems like maybe there's an f.r.c. that is operating out of there. i don't know. it is definitely a former bar. >> maybe they just signed a lease, you know. they're new. and there was a d.j. there, right? >> he did say there was music. i would need to speak with inspectors more about the actual type of -- it sounded like it was an elderly person's birthday party and they seemed to understand what was being said but i definitely hear that there's more action than we could take or resources we could use. it looks like a vacated bar from the picture we've seen online so i was surprised it was a nutrition shop. >> yeah. >> i think we'll go ahead and just share it with the city

attorney code enforcement. thank you for that suggestion. >> i had one other -- going back to slovanian hall, sometimes the manager, because they're held accountable, isn't the best person to talk to. if you feel like you are not having success, find out who the president of their board of directors is. they've been on and off over the decades and a lot of it stems from the level of commitment from their board of directors. >> the manager has been very responsive and met with one of the board members. i started speaking with her last week and so she met with one of the board members last week and she understands that they are the ones actually held responsible. she just his number i have. and so, she seems to be reeling that information but i certainly can escalate it if necessary. >> it's great. like i said, they just seem to go for a long time really well and then they seem to just kind of pass the plates off to a

regular promoter and it goes sideways until it gets to a point one of our city agencies has to step in. >> ok. >> thank you. >> i note that hugh has changed their name to love. >> i think they are -- we actual low met with bennett last week in-person and i think he is going to continue to use both d.b.a.s, just depending on the type of night audience. >> all right. thank you. >> hello. on page can you expand on st. joseph's art society.

they have reached out about bringing them into compliance with a permit as they're having events. hopefully that will be agenizedded very soon. yes, there was definitely a big party going on. >> thank you. >> can you share about the party? >> he did a lot of cruising around the city. he went to the neighbourhoods that were highlighted here and i guess just over all feel was just major disappointment and so, he didn't find anything that was out of the ordinary or out of compliance. there were no complaints. >> ok. thank you. >> it would have been a different story if they had one. >> you will never know that for sure. >> i had some questions about independence.

independence has been there for years and didn't have any issues, ever. and so, what is going on now? is it a new person that moved in or is there something different than before? >> we have been -- >> one where there's a band across the street. >> same block. you are talking about the garage band? >> yeah. >> the last time there was a complaint about the independent it turned out to be a band. >> it was confirmed. >> correct. not confirmed but there is a lot going on on that short half of the street right there from the auto shop with independent and emporium so we're seeing there's a new neighbour that has moved in within the last year and it is actually a couple that lives in one unit that made complaints so it appears that it's multiple tenants, right, but it's coming from one unit and it's important to note. so we have been going out in fact -- we've actually gone ex checked on independent -- we've

done 11 visits since september and we found them in compliance all but one time and so the one time that they were out of compliance was back in september it was a rear door that was open and since then upon the other 10 visits they have been in compliance so we're just continuing to respond to the complaints as they come in. and taking readings, sound readings. we're also checking for the garage band and emporium to see the source of noises. >> you've been in conversation with the neighbours or the landlords of the -- >> that would be me. >> yeah. >> are they aware that we have our code that we must follow and if they are in compliance? >> yes, eye mad i made that cle. it seems as though they want further solutions. >> ok. got it. >> so just trying to be responsive to that although, the venue has been there for a long

time and they're in compliance with their sound limit. >> ok. >> thank you, very much. >> uh-huh. >> is there any public comment. seeing none. public comment is closed. the next agenda item is number 5. hearing and possible action regarding applications for permits and i'll ask deputy director to introduce the idea on the regular agenda. >> thank you. >> the only permit tonight is for a place and permit at the mark hopkins inter continental local hotel at 999 california street. the applicants are coming no compliance applying for the p.o.e. permit. they host ban quits and lobby events and they have regular entertainment at the top of the mark. in your file are three letters of support. two are from neighboring hotels and one from the knob hill association. there was no opposition for this permit and central station a

proves this permit with no added conditions. here to tell you more is the hotel's director of food and beverage. >> >> good afternoon commission. i am the director of food and beverage and we are here to a i produce are inforply for the pef entertainment for the mark hopkins for entertainment is played on mainly thursday, friday and saturday and during events and wedding or anything from high school, prom, et cetera. it's pretty straight forward entertainment but includes live bands and piano, et cetera. and everything is enclosed and there's no open space area. thank you t. >> we seem to know the place

well. [laughter] >> no questions. >> the are you the manager? >> food and average. >> and how much experience do you have overseeing entertainment in your life or at the --

>> public comment is closed. discussion? >> i move approval with a good neighbour policy? >> second. >> commissioner perez. aye. >> aye. >> aye. >> commissioner lee. >> aye. >> aye. >> congratulations, you have been approved. please follow-up with the deputy director. thank you. >> the next item is regular agenda discussion and possible action to adept written comments or recommendations to be submitted to the executive director to the planning department and the department of been illegal specifics regarding noise issues for and -- [please

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>> as the design changes, the study shall be amended accordingly. if you wish to adopt that, you could likely just state adopting the staff recommendation. before we go further, i would like to have sarah clark come up from stanton architecture. >> good evening. we have a small presentation

i'll put on the laptop. >> we can set that one up, too. can everyone hear me now. good evening and thank you for having us. i'm withstandton architecture, the architectures for 43 mason street and we're here to give background. so as we can see, the project is on mason between garry and post, situated around a lot of union

square hotels and close to union square within proximity to some of the places of inter entertait that maggie discussed. witting sewe have retail space e ground floor with lobby and bars at the back of the site with publically accessible open space. some meeting rooms on the second level and the majority of the guest rooms will sit on levels three through 14. levels three through nine will have 20 guest rooms and it will reduce to 13 for the remainder of the floors. the project is being designed to situate within the historic correcter of the kerney district

and we're using a lot of neutral colour tones and stone and stucco. things are going smoothly. please let us know if you have any more questions for us and we'll be happy to answer any more questions. >> doesn't lack lik like like il have any parking. >> no, no parking. >> just ironic you're replacing the parking structure with no parking. >> true. >> thank you. >> just in terms of the noise,

the recommendations around the window, ratings, are the ratings that are recommend in here of 39 to 42 of the guest rooms facing mason street and 32 on the other ones and is that what you're planning to do? >> i should mention. of course. as we proceed with the design, we'll bring salter and associates back on as part of our project team to continue the acoustical envelope. but we intend to comply. >> thank you. >> hello. thanks for coming in. i think i have about two or three questions for you. will you have a banquet faciliy with entertainment? >> you know, we do have meeting

rooms on the second floor and it won't be a full-service kitchen but it will serve the bar. so we do intend to have some functions. i don't think they'll be very large, given our spaciou space limitations. >> are you planning to have a way to minimize the noise for the rest of the hotel guests upstairs? >> orswe'll have impact ratings within our floor assemblies and wall assemblies within the building itself. >> you mentioned you would have a bar on the first floor? >> yes, we do. >> and you're going to have some kind of noise cancellation, sound-proofing? >> yeah, we can include that into the design. >> and then, how are you guys planning to notify or alert your hotel guests that they'll be staying across the street from

entertainment venues? >> i don't know if we've developed a plan for alerting potential guests. if the commission or the department has typical protocols, we would be happy to look into these. >> maybe just in your marketing to make sure it's clear it will be staying across the street from entertainment venues. >> well have to consider that, that's a good point. >> ok, thank you. >> are you hiring a management company to run your hotel? that makes a difference. when you're the owner, sometimes you don't take as much appropriate action, but the management company that runs the food and beverage will start booking more events. so we want to make sure that it doesn't disrupt, obviously, your guests, but if the events that are in your building will impact

other people. so that's what he's going after as far as this. we do have other hotel guests that maybe weren't apprized there's a club across the street and then they complain and i think it's standard practise that you do have to notify people that there is an entertainment venue or place across the street, so these complaints don't come up. so i guess they have to review that, right, as part of this? >> yeah, it's very interesting because as far as our residential projects, it's a little bit more clear cut on the disclosure end of things because it's a lessee or buyer coming into the space. and at that point, the developer would have to ensure that proper disclosure has been met around these places of entertainment. so you're essentially signing,

hey, i understand and i'm moving into this space that has a place of entertainment within 300 feet. for hotel/motel, we haven't crossed that bridge yet. as far as i know, none of the projects we've overseen have gone through entitlements. we're working on updating our list right now. senior inspector roberts is work on that project and so for this kind of thing, it sounds to me it might be one disclosure. so whatever management team is coming in has to understand that, which would then equate to, you know, alerting your guests kind of every time. maybe it's like in small print, when they're checking in. just letting you know you're staying in an entertainment area. and i would hope that all of the stc ratings that you're using for your window and wall treatments would prevent against any issue anyway, but the fact of the matter is, there's a live music venue right across the street. and luckily, they're one that we

never get complaints about and they hold sound very well. but you never know. >> i mean, we get 2:00 noise. , when peopl, when people are cd hotel guests tend to complain to management and management puts pressure on the club across the street. we want to make sure it's clear and things are tight. i'm getting that the hotel is different. so do we have the outdoor lighting safety plan? >> absolutely, that's a condition on all of the -- the standards don't change. >> a lot of people are walking in front of that hotel at night and you want to make sure everybody is safe and whatever you can do. >> it's a part of the standard conditions, so we'll make that you get another copy of that. >> we do have lighting proposed as part of our facade lighting. >> great, thank you.

>> i don't have any specific questions. i just think we always try to encourage developers to take the stc ratings very seriously, because it is more expensive to upgrade a bunch of windows but in this day and age of yelp and all sorts of review apps, trip adviser, if your guests can't sleep, then there's big issues and there are some pretty noisy entertainment venues near you right now. >> that makes seps. sense. >> thank you very much. you can have a seat and appreciate your presentation. so we do a motion here to adopt or maybe we do, if someone wants to. >> you can add on or change it. >> i'll do a motion to approve with the staff-recommended conditions. >> second.

>> is there any public comment on this agenda item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissione(role call). >> thank you for coming in and you can follow up with our staff if you have any questions going forward. the final agenda item is number 7, comments and questions. >> this weekend is the annual lunar new year parade, celebration in san francisco and i want to wish everyone a happy new year and congratulate and wish good luck to the organizers of this ongoing and highly anticipated cultural celebration. so i hope to see everyone there.

>> i don't have anything very specific but i was thinking this weekend that just in the last ten years how many incredible sport's moments we've had in this city, with or without a recent super bowl victory, but i think we've had three world series, three nba championships, two attempted super bowl victories and then the sharks, yeah. what a time to be alive in san francisco, so -- is there any comments or questions on any of that? seeing none, public comment is closed and we will ajourn the meeting at 6:08 p.m.

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[♪] [♪] >> i had a break when i was on a major label for my musical career. i took a seven year break. and then i came back. i worked in the library for a long time. when i started working the san francisco history centre, i noticed they had the hippie collection. i thought, if they have a hippie collection, they really need to have a punk collection as well. so i talked to the city archivist who is my boss. she was very interested. one of the things that i wanted to get to the library was the avengers collection. this is definitely a valuable

poster. because it is petty bone. it has that weird look because it was framed. it had something acid on it and something not acid framing it. we had to bring all of this stuff that had been piling up in my life here and make sure that the important parts of it got archived. it wasn't a big stretch for them to start collecting in the area of punk. we have a lot of great photos and flyers from that area and that. that i could donate myself. from they're, i decided, you know, why not pursue other people and other bands and get them to donate as well? the historic moments in san francisco, punk history, is the sex pistols concert which was at winterland. [♪] it brought all of the punks on the web -- west coast to san francisco to see this show. the sex pistols played the east coast and then they play texas and a few places in the south

and then they came directly to san francisco. they skipped l.a. and they skipped most of the media centres. san francisco was really the biggest show for them pick it was their biggest show ever. their tour manager was interested in managing the adventures, my band. we were asked to open to support the pistols way to that show. and the nuns were also asked to open the show. it was certainly the biggest crowd that we had ever played to. it was kind of terrifying but it did bring people all the way from vancouver, tee seattle, portland, san diego, all up and down the coast, and l.a., obviously. to san francisco to see this show. there are a lot of people who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band. it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one era of punk and the beginning of a new one.

the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in san francisco, we will just blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in

san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my painting.

i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lot of people are like, oh, i don't have a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuffestuff from their grandpar, if they bring it here to us, we can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the public in the future.

>> this is one place you can always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and

restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration. >> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. ♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell,

a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪

>> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building.

tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll

always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪ >> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more

importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪ and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco.

we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor. >> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy.

and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪

>> my name is alan schumer. i am a fourth generation san franciscan. in december, this building will be 103 years of age. it is an incredibly rich, rich history. [♪] >> my core responsibility as city hall historian is to keep the history of this building alive. i am also the tour program manager, and i chair the city advisory commission.

i have two ways of looking at my life. i want it to be -- i wanted to be a fashion designer for the movies, and the other one, a political figure because i had some force from family members, so it was a constant battle between both. i ended up, for many years, doing the fashion, not for the movies, but for for san franciscan his and then in turn, big changes, and now i am here. the work that i do at city hall makes my life a broader, a richer, more fulfilling than if i was doing something in the garment industry. i had the opportunity to develop relationships with my docents. it is almost like an extended family.

i have formed incredible relationships with them, and also some of the people that come to take a tour. she was a dressmaker of the first order. i would go visit her, and it was a special treat. i was a tiny little girl. i would go with my wool coat on and my special little dress because at that period in time, girls did not wear pants. the garment industry had the -- at the time that i was in it and i was a retailer, as well as the designer, was not particularly favourable to women. you will see the predominant designers, owners of huge complexes are huge stores were all male. women were sort of relegated to a lesser position, so that, you

reached a point where it was a difficult to survive and survive financially. there was a woman by the name of diana. she was editor of the bazaar, and evoke, and went on and she was a miraculous individual, but she had something that was a very unique. she classified it as a third i. will lewis brown junior, who was mayor of san francisco, and was the champion of reopening this building on january 5th of 1999. i believe he has not a third eye , but some kind of antenna attached to his head because he had the ability to go through this building almost on a daily basis during the restoration and

corrects everything so that it would appear as it was when it opened in december of 1915. >> the board of supervisors approved that, i signed it into law. jeffrey heller, the city and county of san francisco oh, and and your band of architects a great thing, just a great thing. >> to impart to the history of this building is remarkable. to see a person who comes in with a gloomy look on their face , and all of a sudden you start talking about this building, the gloomy look disappears and a smile registers across their face. with children, and i do mainly all of the children's tours, that is a totally different feeling because you are imparting knowledge that they

have no idea where it came from, how it was developed, and you can start talking about how things were before we had computer screens, cell phones, lake in 1915, the mayor of san francisco used to answer the telephone and he would say, good morning, this is the mayor. >> at times, my clothes make me feel powerful. powerful in a different sense. i am not the biggest person in the world, so therefore, i have to have something that would draw your eye to me. usually i do that through color, or just the simplicity of the look, or sometimes the complication of the look.

i have had people say, do those shoes really match that outfit? retirement to me is a very strange words. i don't really ever want to retire because i would like to be able to impart the knowledge that i have, the knowledge that i have learned and the ongoing honor of working in the people's palace. you want a long-term career, and you truly want to give something to do whatever you do, so long as you know that you are giving to someone or something you're then yourself. follow your passion and learn how to enrich the feelings along the way. 9:30 a.m.

roll call. (roll call). >> item two. opportunity for the public to comment on any matters within the committee's jurisdiction that are not on the agenda. >> i have some hand outs. thank you.