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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 stand by]

>> 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.

>> still a lot of people wonder since the trees have a lot of issues, why did we plant them in the first place? >> trees are widely planted in

san francisco. with good reason. they are workhorses when it comes to urban forestry. we have begun to see our ficustrees are too big and dangerous in san francisco. we have a lot of tree failures with this species in particular. this is a perfect example of the challenges with the structure of the ficustrees. you can see four very large stems that are all coming from the same main truck. you can see the two branches attached to one another at a really sharp angle. in between you can't it is a lot of strong wood. they are attached so sharply together. this is a much weaker union of a branch than if you had a wide angel. this is what it looks like after the fi c.u. resolution s limb .

>> we see decline. you can see the patches where there aren't any leaves at all. that is a sign the tree is in decline. the other big challenge is the root system of the tree are aggressive and can impact nearby utilities, and we can fix the sidewalk around the tree in many cases. we don't want to cuts the roots too severely because we can destabilize the tree. >> in a city like san francisco our walks are not that wide. we have had to clear the branches away from the properties. most of th the can canopy is one street side and that is heavyweight on those branches out over the street. that can be a factor in tree limb failures. a lot of people wonder since

these trees have a lot of issues. why did we plant them in the first place? they provided the city with benefits for decades. they are big and provide storage for carbon which is important to fight climate change and they provide shade and really i think many people think they are a beautiful asset. >> when we identify trees like this for removal and people protest our decision, we really understand where they are coming from. i got into this job because i love trees. it just breaks my heart to cut down trees, particularly if they are healthy and the issue is a structural flaw. i have also seen first hand what happens when we have failures. we have had a couple of injuries due to tree failures. that is something we can't live with either. it is a challenging situation.

we hate to lose mature trees, but public safety has to always >> chair ronen: good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. welcome to february 10, 2020 meeting of the rules committee. i am supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. seated to my right is rules committee vice chair catherine stefani, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon an mamar. i'd like to thank sfgovtv for

airing the meeting. do you have any announcements, mr. clerk? thank you, and can you please read number one. >> clerk: agenda item number 1 an ordinance amending the city code to authorize the city administrator identifying those departments that would qualify as business entities or associates under hipaa and to require the city administrator to develop and maintain a citywide hipaa policy. >> chair ronen: great, and i understand there will be a brief presentation?

great. >> good morning, chair ronen and committee members. we have emily cohen from the mayor's office, and i have a very brief presentation for you about our hipaa covered entity designation ordinance. i'm also joined by bill barnes from the city administrator's office who will present on their part of the ordinance. so as i'm sure as most folks are aware, hipaa is the federal law that's to protect personal information. it allows large cities or municipalities to declare themselves a hybrid covered

entity. san francisco has not, and it creates a large compliance burden for multiple city departments, even those that could not create activities. it increases our liability under hipaa, and it leaves gray area when it comes to compliance and data sharing. the ordinance that we have before you declares the city and county of san francisco a hybrid entity. i've been working with the controller's office and city administrator's office to determine which are covered entities and which are not. it's been a lengthy process, and we've consulted with a hipaa consultant to make sure we're following the process. a hipaa entity is essentially a

health plan, a health care clearinghouse, or a health care provider who transmits health records electronically for medical purposes. most city departments do not perform those activities, and so the ordinance would declare us a hybrid, and under the ordinance, the city administrator's office will be responsible for maintaining a list of those city departments, and they must submit that list via resolution to this board within 30 days of passage and then no less than three years. should a city department's resolution change, a simple list brought before the board will list the remaining

departments. i'm going to turn it over to bill to talk a little more. >> bill barnes from the city administrator's office. so as you know, the city administrator oversees the city's priorities through a charter amendment that was placed by supervisor peskin. and the city administrator would be responsible for developing and maintaining a hipaa policy. and the legislation is focused on the legal designation as a hybrid entity, but it's also focused on improving cross departmental sharing. one of the things that we hear from departmenting is sharing information on patients or clients. understanding which ones are hipaa and which ones are not will be a key reason why we

share hipaa. i want to also acknowledge the city attorney's office which has been working with us on this for a while. going forward, each of the departments that is covered under this ordinance would have their own data policies, and for the members of the public and supervisors, we also oversee a program called data s.f. which classifies all data sets in the city based on their protected and that sorts of thing, and this fits neatly into the processes and data requirements that the city administrator already performs, and i'm available for any questions, as is emily. >> chair ronen: do you have a sense of the departments

already that you expect will be covered by the -- by hipaa? >> sure. so we will make recommendations -- this committee that's been working will make recommendations to the city administrator's office. we expect the san francisco police department, the san francisco health plan, and the san francisco fire department to be the three entities that perform this. >>. >> chair ronen: i'm so happy this is finally happening. sometimes seeking data from departments that are not conforming with hipaa, they use hipaa as an excuse to not share that. if i could be added as a cosponsor, i would appreciate it. supervisor stefani? >> supervisor stefani: thank you, chair ronen. i'm wondered why we haven't

been a hybrid designation and why now, when other counties in california already? why hasn't san francisco? >> you know, i'm not sure why we haven't gone through this process. city attorney ann pearson may be able to weigh-in. i was brought into this process, how do we involve data sharing for people involving homelessness. it's a much larger conversation beyond this issue, so i'm not sure what the delay was in doing it, but it's become clear that this is a simple and necessary first simp to ensuring our privacy and accountability for the departments that are covered. so certainly, the time is now. we shouldn't delay further. i would like to speak quickly to your point, chair ronen, that this is absolutely a big deal to help us improve how we share data and how we protect data. this is not the only privacy

law that many departments are hopeful to you. there are other state and federal privacy laws that departments need to comply with. >> if i could just take a moment to supervisor stephanie's question, so just for the public and members of the board, we have been complying with san francisco general, laguna honda. i don't think this was needed when it first came out, but as things have come along, it's been clear that you need better rules of the road and better ordinance. i think when we first started, it was like our structure was sufficient to just operate with the city as a whole entity, and now the hybrid allows us more focus on meeting these requirements. >> supervisor stefani: okay. thank you. definitely, this is the thing to be doing.

i just have one more questions in terms of what are the benefits that we expect to derive, excuse me, from becoming a hybrid designation? i know departments will be able to share information, but what does that look like in real life? how is that going to help people? is this going to help people get into recovery programs quicker? what exactly will it allow us to do? >> this will focus those added layers of cost and responsibility only on those departments that need to make those requirements. and so it will have, i think a benefit across departments. people who aren't covered by hipaa won't be bound by the same costs and regulatory requirements. a paramedic picks someone up, they drop them at the hospital. you have a firefighter at the

fire department, a nurse they hospital, they're all covered. that's what we're trying to do. as it provides health coverage for all residents, it would make those programs more efficient. thank you. >> chair ronen: supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: supervisor stefani asked the questions that i would have asked. i believe that health care is an evolving issue, so thank you so much for your work on this, and i would like to be added as a cosponsor. >> chair ronen: thank you. we'll open this up for public comment. is there any member of the public who wishes to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. do you want to do the honors? >> supervisor mar: i would move this forward to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> chair ronen: and without objection, that motion passes

unanimously. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. can you please read item number two. >> clerk: agenda item number two is a hearing to consider appointing three members, terms ending april 10, 2021 to the graffiti advisory board. madam chair, there are three applicants, and there are three seats. >> chair ronen: thank you. and i believe we have all applicants here. no? is devin jones here ? yes. come on up if you'd like to share anything with us. >> hi, hi. thank you all for having me -- sorry. my name's devin jones. i work for the san francisco pretrail diversion project. i wear a number of hats over there but one of my main focuses in pretrial diversion is i've been a member of the

street services program for five or six years. are either of you familiar with san francisco pretrial diversion? okay. well, a little background. we act as an alternative to sentencing programs, so that's basically what we're most known for, and our main focus is to provide pretrial supervision for those pending legal court matters in san francisco. this ensures people are not just sitting in custody during the pretrial portion of their case, but the program i'm mostly involved in, sesp, our street environmental services program, my role has been to coordinate efforts to address graffiti in the committee. i supervise clients assigned by the court to deter future

involvement by community service. and i supervise them by making them clean the graffiti themselves. we can address the issues facing the city by the ongoing struggles of graffiti vandalism. i'm also eager to learn of resources and bettopportunitie better focus those who view graffiti as art. we have discussions at our meetings between street art and graffiti. so while my work is mostly on addressing older teens and younger adults at vandalizing or defacing property, i'm looking forward to learn more in this seat, seat 12 if i am given this opportunity.

thank you. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. thank you for your willingness to serve. it's really important, and your expertise is perfect for this body. really appreciate it. any other questions? no? thank you. >> thank you. >> chair ronen: is darcy brown here? no. and is daniel kling here? come on up. >> good morning. >> chair ronen: good morning. hi how are you? >> doing well, thanks. my name is daniel kling. i've served a couple of terms on the graffiti advisory board. i work for recology. i'm a san francisco homeowner. i have two children in the san francisco public schools, and i am a former public educator. i see the graffiti advisory board as an opportunity for me to give back to my adopted city.

i came from chicago, and one thing that i really feel strongly about is, you know, helping san francisco be a clean, liveable, and blight-free city. so serving on the board is something that i can do to give back to the city and be a model to my kids. >> chair ronen: can you just tell us about any accomplishments that you feel that the board has made over the couple of years that you've been on it? >> sure. working with then supervisor now mayor breed on the graffiti penalties. i serve on the law enforcement advisory subcommittee, and working with the district attorney's office on the one main graffiti task force with sfpd, i think we've made good strides at getting graffiti

vandals off the streets and hopefully not doing what they did anymore. if you look at the hibernia bank, and the graffiti there. that was thousands upon thousands of dollars, and we helped deal with that situation. i think there's some good value to be had. i think our analyzing databased on the 311 app and -- analyzing our databases on the 311 app has been extremely helpful in analyzing graffiti in the city. >> chair ronen: well, thank you so much. anybody like to speak on this, come on up. >> my name is sharon rose. i'm with san francisco pretrial diversion. i'm devin's supervisor.

i just wanted to come and speak on his behalf. the past five or six years, he's been on the graffiti abatement program. he takes participants out to clean the streets of san francisco. he's a hard worker, dedicated worker, and i think he'll be a great asset to the board. so thank you for considering his application today. >> chair ronen: thank you so much. appreciate it. and seeing no more public comment, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair ronen: are you familiar with miss brown? >> supervisor stefani: yes, chair ronen. i am very familiar with miss brown. she is one of my constituents, and i am fully confident in her

ability to serve on this board. >> chair ronen: do you want to do the honors? >> supervisor stefani: sure. and i want to thank daniel and devin for their service. i'd like to make a motion to forward with full recommendation to the board to seat devin joans on seat 12, darcie brown in seat 13, and daniel kling in seat 15, and forward to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> chair ronen: without objection, that motion passes. thanks so much for your time today, and for coming on behalf. is there any other items today? >> clerk: there is no further business. >> chair ronen: then the meeting is adjourned. thank you. [gavel]

>> this is a reminder to silence all electronic devices. our commission regular meeting, wednesday february 12th, time is 9:00. item one, roll call. [roll call]