commissioner cavellini: present. commissioner hyde: present. president newlin: present. we expect commissioner perez. the others are absent. but commissioner perez is en route. first, public comment, within the subject matter and jurisdiction of the commission. with respect to agenda items, members of the public may suggest the -- may address the commission for up to three minutes at the time the item is called. if someone wishes to address an item that is not on the agenda, please come forward. seeing none -- we need a quorum to review the minutes. will go right into the executive director's report. >> it has been a while. i am sorry it is only three of you. i want to briefly update you. the staff has been pretty busy over the past couple of months. some of you have been involved with some of the activities. in terms of legislation, the live limited performance permits are actively happening at the moment. these are those limited permits for live music only, which go until 10:00 p.m. for the record, we now have commissioner perez. if you are interested or get inquiries

commissioner cavellini: aye. commissioner hyde: aye. commissioner perez: aye. president newlin: aye. i would like to jump ahead now, and get these entertainment license is addressed. item five, a hearing and possible action regarding conditioning existing permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission, for imperial palace, 818 washington , conditioning place of entertainment permit. >> this is a permit for imperial palace, a restaurant in chinatown. tim lee, the owner and operator, is here. he will speak about their plan to operate with an audience of seniors. is that the right word? it is for a broadway type shows. just to be clear, your goal here is to add conditioned to it. >> good evening. i am a consultant to mr. lee of the imperial palace, which is located at 818 washington in chinatown. the cross is waverly. this is in the chinatown special use district. i met with mr. lee, a personal friend of mine. i asked what he was doing to deal with revitalizing the economy in chinatown. it is challenging. we discussed possibly putting together thea

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. they have just turned over to new owners. we are getting large party buses coming in. it is at capacity. they get off the party bus with a prepaid ticke

>> commissioner cavellini, approved. president newlin, approved. president newlin: the only question i have is why you're not running for mayor with the amount of popularity you have. good luck. ok. moving right along, 6e. place of entertainment permit. >> this is a nightclub. it is that sixth -- at sixth and mission. there is a lot of investment and new names. and a period of closure between the old operator and a new one. >> a good evening, commissioners. it has been a long evening. with the consideration of time, we will be taking over the room located on 101 sixth street. we will be changing it from its current incarnation to a cocktail lounge and arnightclub. a fairly detailed business plan has been submitted which i think details and it explains what we're planning on doing. i think there may be some questions and i would be happy to answer any questions you have. with me are my partners, christopher smith and manny alvarez, both of whom are in the entertainment industry. manny has been doing promotions in the city for a number of years. i ha

commissioner cavellini: aye. commissioner hyde: aye. commissioner perez: aye. president newlin: aye. mr. lee, good luck. thank you. item number six, hearing and possible action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission. 6a, nguy, puy --phu, doing business as a coffee shop? >> it is just a request for a permit for a video game. it's not really a condition, but the police wants to make sure the applicant understand is gambling is illegal. the applicant agrees not to change or alter the amusement device to prevent the playing of a single complete game. president newlin: is the applicant here? do they want to address the commission? public comment on this request for a mechanical device? comment from the police department? seeing none, do we have a motion? >> i move to approve. >> second. >> same house? president newlin: yes. item six b, midnight sun, 4067 18th st., place of entertainment permit. >> midnight sun is an establishment which as been there several years. it is a change of ownership with the same name, no n

>> commissioner cavellini, approved. president newlin, approved. president newlin: the only question i have is why you're not running for mayor with the amount of popularity you have. good luck. ok. moving right along, 6e. place of entertainment permit. >> this is a nightclub. it is that sixth -- at sixth and mission. there is a lot of investment and new names. and a period of closure between and a period of closure between the old operator and a new one.