reeds application to the mayor as well. i am not sure which you applied for, but we will definitely keep your resume in the look for other seats. and thank you to the commissioners that came as well to speak. it is great to see both of you. we have a motion to move forward jordan towers for c 10 and -- for seat 10 and dorothy guy for seat 12. it we can do that without opposition. thank you. madam clerk, can you please call item two? >> hearing to consider appointing one member, a term ending november 19, 2012, to the bicycle advisory committee. there is one seat and one applicant. supervisor kim: thank you. mr. brant could not attend today's meeting, so at this time, we will open up for public comment on this item. is there any public comment on item two? seeing none, public comment is now closed. marc brandt is a direct appointment by our district three supervisor and president chiu. motion? the motion. supervisor kim: we have a motion to move forward mr. brandt was positive recommendation. can you call item 3? >> item 3,

we have to applicants for c two and two applicants for a seat for. we have hunter holliman and marquis ausby for seat two. ansupervisor wiener: you expresd your preference for mr. ausby and mr. watkins? supervisor kim: i do like everybody who applied, so i understand where supervisor elsbernd is coming from as well. i know from talking to folks that they have been an almost every meeting. members of the public at commented on that. >> i think i willg go for mr. watkins. seat two is a hard one, but based on what i have read, i will go with mr. holliman. supervisor kim: ok, so what we have moving forward here as a recommendation than from the committee will be mr. holliman for seat two and for -- >> [inaudible] supervisor kim: i'm ok with doing it as one package. mr. watkins for seat four. >> [inaudible] supervisor kim: ok. we can move that forward with recommendations. i really wanted to thank mr. ausby and mr. lima. i know you have spent a tremendous amount of time and are very active on the task force. we had a very difficult decision in front of us

as i said, every application. increasingly, what has happened is highly specialized applications. i will give you one example of that. dealer track. they actually do loan origination software for automotive loans. today, basically 80% of all the loans in the united states are processed through their software. we will see much more of this. we want to talk about not as public companies, tons of this. all of these guys uses the original cloud service. a lot of people have asked me why we call it a cloud. what does this come from? it is pretty simple. in the old days of client-server computing -- some of us were around them -- we would draw a picture of a pc, a picture of a unix server, and then a picture of a little clout in between. mostly because none of us understood how networks work. for the old folks in the room, you may remember certain words. this is all communication technology developed for corporations to build their own networks. that sounds like crazy talk today, right? nobody does that anymore. everybody is using ip, mpls- based networks. that is the network cloud. the

the applicant had a concern about other people picking up friends. are you ok with maybe 1:15 or 1:30? >> we live like to hold it to 1:00. they have last call at 1:25. they start kicking people out about 1:45. what we don't want is a rush to get to the pub to get the last drinks in. >> ok. >> do you see, if we say 1:00, at 12:59 there won't be a rush? >> i don't think so. if most people are at the club, they will be enjoying it. i don't think they will think it is 1:15, let's run over ot. or you would have moved earlier. president newlin: anybody from the public wish to respond to this permit application? mark? are you ok with 14 days holding tapes? you have no problem with that. the only thing we have in this issue is the 1:00 that amendments -- admittance. >> and, you know, i think i would like to see more community outreach also. this is going to be granted for a short amount of time and they will be reporting back. how is that what is going on here? this is just how is going to be? they don't have to report back? of like to see them report back i

there is something going on between the applicant and planning. the applicant is appealing the planning decision. that stays anything we would have done. we cna't take -- can't take action. president newlin: any public comment on the passing? last action item, e. nakahara, aaron. playland japan, music device. >> this is an application for a mechanical amusement devices otherwise known as a video game between two and four of them. a fairly small number given the size of the space in japantown near peace plaza. the space will be used for birthday parties, especially those with kids. retail sales and in order to apply for this, the applicant had to go to the planning department for a conditional use which happened on thursday. you have the full 45-page report from planning in your packet. and the end time for operations i believe our 8:00 p.m. sunday through thursday and friday and saturday 10:00. he can speak more. >> good evening, commissioners. i am applying for a mechanical amusement devices permit to open a japanese-style music store with games,

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a couple letters came in late that supported the application. i will let william come up and tell you about his business. >> i'm the owner of the pourhouse, i have a small wine bar and we are looking to do limited live performances there. higher appreciate you approving this. president newlin: any commissioners have questions? anyone from the public which to address this application? >> motion to approve. >> second. president newlin: aye. commissioner hyde: aye. commissioner cavellini: aye. president newlin: aye. good luck. ok, item b. karthauser, abiah. town school for boys, loudspeaker permit on saturday november 12 from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. >> normally this is handled by staff, but we refer this to the commission because it is an unusual applicant. the school is located adjacent to pacific heights. it is a once a year fund-raising event. i will let them who described the event but it is up to the commission to approve and determine the hours. >> i worked at town school and this is the chair of the event. >> good evening, commissioners. we

the applicant is here. maybe you want to hear about what that is and -- >> someone from the applicant forward. >> i am the general manager. this is the promoter for the event. we basically rented the space out for this party on august 28th. this will be a daytime event that will go into the evening. the daytime portion, the lineup for the day is that they will have like a tropical scene because we have a big outdoor patio. to have the music genre for this particular patio would peace also, and then a small band. -- to have the music genre for this particular petty would be -- patio would be salsa and a small band. there will be other long weekends. there are events that we do with a different promoter. this is a completely different event. we will report to this event. this is the first time we are trying to do this. it sounds like a perfect fit because we are loan for our -- we are known for our sean rush of music. this will be just a sound system alone. everyone is consulting the promoters. we made sure t

there are a lot of interesting applications for this, by the way. this innovation and business model has not stopped. they have let this thing, but it is not over. that, to me, is the holy grail. this technology is going to enable people to build business models which you have never seen an economically allow things to happen which we have never seen. is that a short answer or long? >> that was just right. thank you. >> my next question leads into that with simon. you have developed some core virtual is asian technology. you have seen it be used in private clubs, in the enterprise setting, in public clouds. how do you see customers reacting to both private and public clouds, the challenges, the opportunities? >> [inaudible] because of the scary things out there, and because they have real humans who are scared of letting go of control. again, it is not so much a technology challenge as a human process challenge. it is really scary to let go of this thing you have been charged with looking after. it could be a regulatory environment, but it could jus

this is a permit application for a pool table. the sfpd approves with no additional condition for comment. president newlin: you are the owner? please come forward. >> we have had it 27 years. we just wanted to make sure we had everything put up. it has been a long time. we just installed cameras outside and inside the bar. we have been working with the police, trying to -- we have had some things that have come up that were not involved in the bar. it was in the newspaper, and they have been trying to straighten that out. we just want to make things right. president newlin: i appreciate your efforts. the commissioners have any questions? no? anybody from the public wish to address this application? seeing none, do we have a motion? >> i will move to approve. >> second. president newlin: that is it. you are good to go, ms. morris. item 16, -- item 6 d, 1337 grant, place of entertainment permit. >> that used to be the site of mojito. this is a new owner, a new operation. i will let him speak for himself. >> thanks for the opportuni

>> very popular. >> reporter: in fact it is the number one best selling ipad application in the u.s. and other countries. >> we expect to have half a million sold by next year. >> reporter: others think it is better, because of the physical act of writing something down, instead of recording it. >> i found out that it helps me understand the information and stay focused. >> reporter: and others embrace the new technology. >> it helps them learn better, and i'm all for it. >> reporter: in palo alto, cbs 5. >>> and there really is an application for everything. >>> all right, a rare up close look at marine life in half moon bay. it was the lowest tide of the season at the harbor. a negative tide, meaning the water level is below the average depth, at low tide, is what you're looking at. it is normally dry enough to walk on, it left the crabs and other matter stranded. did you ever see any thing like this? >> oh indeed, the high tides are high as well, which could cause the water mark to be further up the beach. looking outside, dense fog advisory, patchy in the greater bay area, visibi

i support you all to support the permit application and 90 d.r. application -- deny the d.r. application. >> thank you. the public hearing is closed. vice-president miguel: i wish i knew who the building owner or realtor was that are rigidly least the place to the current proprietor's. if they had done their job in an ethical manner, they would have let them know what was necessary to do to open this type of business there. we have no control over that. perhaps with the change in restaurant definitions, which we heard earlier today, some of this will go away. i have been to the restaurant, i have been there, and i have enjoyed a beer there. this is a situation where if it were german, i would call it a beer stool. if it was english, i would call a pub. they are places you go to eat and enjoy beer. theuy must have 75 beers on their menu, one of the larger selections in san francisco. we are getting more and more places that cater to european beers, the beer's you can get on the west coast of the united states. they have a very extensive menu. at the time i was in there, there

he is a client of our program and i'm here to support his application. in this outreach he is referring to, i was organizing that for him. in any event, it was very clear that strong support from the community. it is an authentic japanese business which we need more of. it is family-oriented. it is not another restaurant or fast food. we have too many of those. it is in the hands of a professional. experienced in financing and accounting. a discipline which is often lacking in small businesses today. it is in the hands of someone who has been transparent with all of us. he has followed the process, done his homework, and the games to cun community supports his business. president newlin: do we have a motion? ok. very good. you are approved and good luck. >> hopefully maybe february. president newlin: all right. >> i always go there. there is always a weight. -- wait. president newlin: item number6. >> i have a question to staff. the officer comes to report all the time. is this report given to us in a document that we can review and cross reference? he m

will we accept a two week extension of this application? >> motion to approve, to continue. >> second. president newlin: excellent. commissioner cavellini: aye. commissioner hyde: aye. commissioner perez: aye. president newlin: item 7, commissioner comments and questions. anybody? >> i wanted to say it is national coming out day. if you are not out already, do it now. i also wanted to -- howard grayson, who is a longstanding activists -- activist in the city and a long-term member of the harvey milk club. he passed away two thursdays ago. i want to recognize that he will be sorely missed. i think that is it. president newlin: item eight, new business for future agenda items. the what? excuse me. did you want to do a report? a short report? a very short report? [laughter] we have had a lot of action items tonight. >> i will save a few things. i want to rehash what has been going on in broadway. probably the issue we have right now is with department 24. i would like to maybe sit down with them and hammer out -- we have had a lot of problems.

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switzer and any other applicant. mr. switzer, please come forward. again, we want to thank you for your service on the cac in your interest in wanting to serve again. if you could give us a brief statement about yourself and why you are interested in being reappointed. >> mr. chairman, members, thank you for the opportunity to present my interest in reappointment you and also to respond to some of the comments from the audience with regard to whether or not the cac is a rubber stamp in this issue. my background before coming to the committee was in interlocal city, county, and state government. it included both management of local government agencies, including a position as city manager. i was involved for a long time as the city planner, in which my work included the development of transportation plans and general plan bank elements for cities, including housing. my work for the state involved in liaison on a number of occasions with caltrans and other agencies that were engaged, both state and federal agencies, engaged in transportation. so i thin

-- application 2011/08/22/2947. there was an issue in pacific heights where several people were injured and one individual was killed. a number of homeowners residing at 1500 francisco street were and continue to be concerned about the safety of the supporting restructure which is directly below the proposed replacement rooftop deck. as president of the 1500 francisco's streets hoa, i filed the appeal, taking my position seriously. the application which is under appeal was for a replacement deck, which was to be built after the re-roofing of the common area roof. they were to provide a replacement rooftop deck which would meet current code and safety requirements and which could be submitted to dbi for a permit application. mr. weisberg did so, and mr. michael white, of michael white general contractors, submitted the plans to dbi for a permit, which was granted on august 31, 2011. the appeal is aimed at assuring the safety of the supporting roof structure directly below the rooftop deck. the permit holder, mr. bari

if you click on the love it will bring up the applications for a lot of these facilities. it's the only place on the internet where you can read what they plan to do. we talked to several applicants who said if they had their way they would set up somewhere else. but d.c. has strict zoning laws and anc 5 b has the cheapest rent. tomorrow meet the guy who wants to grow the pot in the building with the two churches. >>> doug's here now with more on the changing direction of our weather happening overnight. >> we just came off a stretch of great sunshine and temperatures in the upper 60s. we will move into an area that is cooler and windy. that could last four to five days. i'm talking about winds 20 to 30 miles per hour and maybe more a couple of the days. looking at the boat house down near the kennedy center a beautiful shot and really just a gorgeous evening out there tonight. the temperatures milder than they have been over the last couple days at this hour because of the cold front making its way our way right now. the warmer air ahead of the cold front. the low this mo

has about to veto the application. organization unesco admitted palestine as a member, and they will cut off funds to the organization. germany is one of the country's not committed to supporting the palestinian bid to the i am joined by the spokesman angela merkel democratic party. explain germany's position to us. why do they have to say yes or no? >> when we decide to give something to the palestinians, we want to have something positive. that means that the have to take the costs also politically for joining the united nations. i am not for a free lunch for them. therefore, they have to get together with the israeli government and to talk and to find a way for peace. >> some of your colleagues disagree with you. is this another example of eu not being able to coordinate its policy? >> i am frustrated about the situation of brussels in this case, because brussels is not able to announce what the position is that the european union. there is so much national influence on this question. there is the need for one europ

the lab gave solyndra the highest technical merit score of any application d.o.e. has ever received and that was in the previous administration when all of that happened. secretary chu, you are a nobel prize winning physicist and you ran a national laboratory that did work on renewable energy. what can you tell us about the national renewable energy lab process that really helped us to get to where we are today? >> well, the national are you knub renewable lab is one of our great labs and they have great expertise in solar and out of that grew another technology that patent has been licensed to general electric and general electric today is investing in that $400 million that grew out of that. and this is -- i just spoke with the c.e.o. of g.e. and he said no, we think that this is going to be a very competitive technology. we think we can compete with the chinese and going back this is words that came out of the department of energy lab stores. but in addition to developing new technology they are experts in assessing technology. >> after the department of energy'

currently available is sf parcel the assessor's application. you can go to the assessor's website and bring up a map of san francisco you can search by address and get information about any place in san francisco. you can search by address and find incidents of crime in san francisco in the last 90 days. we have [inaudible] which allows you to click on a map and get nchldz like your supervisor or who your supervisor is. the nearest public facility. and through the sf applications we support from the mayor's office of neighborhood services. you can drill down in the neighborhood and get where the newest hospital or police or fire station. >> we are positive about gis not only people access it in the office but from home because we use the internet. what we used to do was carry the large maps and it took a long time to find the information. >> it saves the city time and money. you are not taking up the time of a particular employee at the assessor's office. you might be doing things more efficient. >> they have it ready to go and say, this is wha