it's the additional events and so the concerts and community events. >> i am showing my bias. i know more about baseball than basketball. >> we will fix that. as adam mentioned we're studying this carefully and i will add a couple of things. the first is he alluded to -- we had a number of conversations with abby felder which i think you know well and working toward a good collaborative relationship how we approach this conceptually as well as what happens on the ground level and what occurs when in fact there are overlaps. as mentioned we think that would be unusual particularly with respect to warrior and giant games. the other events at the arena are significant lower amount. other events a sold out concert with the exception of what is called an in the round show which are unusual about 14,000 people. most other events will have family shows and more of that nature in the 5,000 to 6,000 person range so considerably smaller in the number of bodies and impact on the street grid. the other thing i will mention there are a number of other cities that have venues within similar

like sometimes samples actuate the whole store a great place to have a second sunday's event i support them getting the permit. >> any further public comment? >> good evening, commissioners my name is steven fan i want to echo neal and he's been a integral part of connecting merchants and customers to create a synergy i found out neighbors are talking to neighbors and keeping a captive audience so neil and no mr. weaver and all the other folks are really out through connecting people and i can see a bright future for ocean avenue thanks to their efforts. >> great is there any additional public comment public comment is closed. commissioner any motion to - >> i motion to approve i know it's kind of cool that finally corporate is getting involved with entertainment you know a lot of save ways have their delis and their food things and seems like starbuck's and he applaud whole foods to have limited live is very unusual it maybe start a persistence around town we'll get more entertainment for the shoppers in the afternoon i'm going to approve this. >> second. >> let's take a vote. >> on t

but how many people do those events represent so at what point does sfpd dermatitis capacity has been reached so i mean obviously sfpd staffing levels vary from year to year but what is frustrating maybe being told yes one year and next your costs are going to double because the staffing is not there you don't have that clear delineation for the staffing of the city services so providing guidance to say this is where we tap out this is the number of events and the number of people at those critical times we can afford to cover and beyond that that could be cost recovery kicks in those additional cost permits kick in that will be an easier way to handle this at least it's more transparent. >> commissioner frost. >> that makes sense but when our talking about year by year this doesn't effect that because we're talking about anyone that is filing within 40 days of event and i know from first hand experience the police department requires our captains to have their plans made a month prior to new years eve depends on about the other ones it's not that big of a hardship on the ones that do

the process in large part does the police department you know your big partner in a lot of those events have adequate time to figure out where resources have to be supplied especially on some of the bigger event days. >> i think our two commissioners that 0 do those kinds of event are more apt. >> what is motivating it did we see a rise in request this year or more of them unusual in the last 40 days i want more information from the office to know if we feel - obviously you feel like there's a need to enact this authority i want the information that substantiates that. >> well without the exact numbers i feel that really this is the only time we're going to have serious positions - i think in 2014 i'll say as halloween this year and new years eve every year as halloween gets closer to a weekend it generates a tremendous amount of activity that looks like new year's eve i know we've recorded there was a lot of events i don't know if halloween was on a tuesday or wednesday if this is going to happen but new years eve it also happens other than that this request i'm sort of coupling to you

the events criteria is unusual. what also is unusual with regard to this project is we have a through lot. there is not a lot of through lots in san francisco. when planning refers to the idea that we treat the front facade different from the back facade, typically in a historical preservation project, what the public see's is a front facade. here we have embarcadero and the street facade. that's what was in the evaluation and planning's follow up with the resource evaluation response. i think that's something to keepen mind. i want to also go to the direction of the.er and what are the facts that distinguish the stuart's street facade. those are clearly explained on page 59, the entire low down of what was happening uniquely. we listed that on our letters to you on page 4 and 5. there was a wall between two buildings. there there was the ila union hall. the ila organized out of that facility. again, uniquely localized connected to the building not as a result of architecture or person, but as a result of events tha

we need to continue our link and part of 80 years ago is a gem especially an event of magnitude. if the commonwealth club can't fit in the building as it is we should save the whole building, but if they can't fit that way, then they should find another shoe. cinderella can only work the magic in certain places and certain times. with that said i would like to save the whole block again. thank you. >> thank you very much. are there any other members of the public who would like to speak in support of the appeal at this time please come forward. seeing none public comment is closed. [gavel] and now at this time we will recognize the planning department. >> good afternoon president breed and members of the board. i am the environmental and transportation planner with the planning department. joining me staff from the office. the subject of this appeal hearing is the finally mitigated negative declaration prepared by the planning department for the proposed project at 110 the embarcadero and 115 steuart street. the proposed project includes vertical addition of a 30 story roof deck

there the house manager for all of our events and before the event summary rents out for private event, we very sternly told him not to open that door >> i just want to ask about the history of the complaints. has been going on for your four years there were the more recent? >> i would say recently it's more aspirated >> love you change anything you're doing? >> based on the most recent complaint, now we've rented on mac's speakers to lessen the sound and we bought the speakers -- we don't use this because of milwaukee and we read speakers and use stands so it's right on the dance floor. we put on some sound absorbing equipment rack foam i guess you would say. then we checked the sound levels. >> soundproofing like the phone without you meant >> yes, guess the cheap stuff. >> are you checking [inaudible] with an iphone >> yes that's our unscientific >> how long has the metronome been there, >> i thought was a little over 20. >> i know i took dance lessons there in 92. ever since i live there. i just remember the metronome all room be here early after major i moved here a long time ago.

the warriors call it event management. we call it quality of life. we want to make sure there's adequate funding which there isn't for the stadium to deal with these quality of life issues, including traffic, transportation, trash clean up, all of these things. one of the things that catherine put on the next steps list was addressing those very issues, and while they don't have anything directly to do with the major phase application they will have to do with the approval process. we're also concerned about making sure that this project doesn't take over the neighborhood. we have spent a lot of time working on designs for p-22, bay front park. we know that with the arena there it will have to change. we want to acknowledge the presence of the arena but we don't want it to be an arena park. we want it to be a mission bay park so working on that process this year is going to be really important to all of us. we've got good community feedback, good participation, and we will look forward to working with you all. thanks. >> thank you. >> the next person

yours too but somehow when you haven't lived here most of your life or the parents talked about the events and the 1934 strike and no one mentions that two men were erroneously jailed -- moonings and buildings and murders they didn't have anything to do with. i don't know why there is more enthusiasm preserving these two buildings that are really one building. i hope you remember the way your predecessors voted in 1989 and roll back the development plans. they have been modified. we appreciate that but should be provided more. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. >> hello supervisors. i am richard mc kree and live in e the area and i have nothing against new buildings or construction. i thinkthe challenge today is not identify what we can do to make jobs but we need to make with climate change our whole game is changing. we need to be become aware there is tremendous waste if we don't recognize the history we have and build on that. we have done that in the past but i think ever since some call it the greedy 80's or nasty 90's things are kind of mean in this town and we

we anticipate having additional muni service during major events. there will be five shuttle routes directing them to transportation getting them to bus lines up to marin, out to the ferry service, out to caltrain. we're looking at adding additional car stock so you have all the muni lines working in there and improvements to the rail station and the rail lines that cross over to allow flexibility so if something breaks down we can get a new car in there quickly and installing changeable signs that you see on entrances and "go park here" and when driving get them to the parking structures as quickly and possible so they're not doing loops around the block. with that said we recognize some people will drive to the site so there will be about 950 parking spaces on the site below ground or screened. there is also 130 spaces directly to the north and the existing 450 south street parking garage can be use for the employee parking and also the warriors are actively talking. there are a lot of parking structures for the surroundings uses as well as what i

so is florida this occasion arises i want predictability so if i don't complete it by this date my event is not happening or more costly so i'm opted to giving you that authority candle stick park you have anything. >> so we form a task force or have decision by next week. >> this is required to come to you for this conversation but there isn't necessarily a timeline i don't believe there is the first one designated here is st. patrick's day unless the pd will tell me mime wrong this is stressful there are typically the same events we know about so no there's - if you'd like to form a task force and be formal that's the only way the pd can get together i mean, i'm on this is just a - >> your first pitch. >> commissioner lee and even a commissioner frost. >> just to follow up the timeframe there has to be a cut off because they get a lot of last minute requests there's a a dewy sent festival you have to have more planning if the event is last minute the fees will be outrage if the public accepts that or do we set a standard you have to have your event in or subject to a lot more money may

this is going to be an intense event. the pressure is dropping incrementally with just a matter of hours. so a very, very strong coastal storm in this sweet spot that's going to bring all of this snow and wind for hours on end. so, again some of these cities probably have never seen an event that could unfold. and agess you mentioned, you do not want to be in your cars. you have a snow drift that's several feet high, and you are going to be buried. you know that our first responders are going to be busy with phone calls. so you need to take accountability for your own actions. >> you're from canada. i have lived in minnesota and many parts of the midwest. what you're talking about, the snow drifts are something people may not have seen. my family lived in colorado for many years. you cannot anticipate what it's like to get hit with six feet of snow that's moving. you can't. it can easily happen in these conditions. i don't want to scare people, janice. i know people will say it might not happen. bottom line it for us. is

as i mentioned we have been doing some events. we get our permits [inaudible] by brad pitt was seeking this by performance permit to -- so we can do further fundraising events. associated cancers group which you may be aware of, as you may know, with he are trying to make that survival were always looking for fun racing and core sponsorship. as with the data live performance for fund-raising events. for private rentals such as birthday parties, graduations that is, we do the occasional private corporate events. we also host dance weekends were people come in and know how to workshops during the day mike again social in the evening. we do have ongoing

it is an event called growing the garden state. growing business in the garden state, choose new jersey is a private not for profit organization, committed to attracting and retaining business in the state. tonight is dedicated to the business rock stars they call them so we talked to the movers and the shakers the people who make business happen in this state. people who are trying to bring business in, and keep those who are here, here and not moving out of the state so choose new jersey had this event tonight they sponsored the event so everyone who matters in the business community and those connected to the business community we talked to everyone we could get to tonight so here are the rock stars of the new jersey business community because they choose new jersey we're here with trayce mcdaniel the president and chief executive officer of choose new jersey. trayce, this is the first annual growing the garden state fundraiser for choose new jersey. first of all where did this idea come from? and why are so many people here at

thank you. >> so my question is on special events and there was a mention earlier that the special event arena is accommodate conventions and there was a comment earlier that moscone center can't host larger conventions like the democratic party convention for example. is that the plan? because you have 18,000 seats but in the event center going to attract convention eers? i live in the south of market and i know coming out of my building whether by car or transportation it takes forever. for example in front of the moscone center and they close the streets. >> sure. >> it's just difficult to get around. is this what is going to happy new year with the warriors special events arena because the neighborhood is there? in an extent the traffic jams -- not just the games but the special events? >> it's a very good question and actually i can give you a multi-part answer. in consistent with how we think about the building and how others perform in this market it's a satellite and other events at moscone. we don't have a large floor. we can't accommodate trade shows and things like that. we're

the event center is 135 feet to the very top of the dome. the actual edges of the building are brought down lower to be more consistent with human scale and bring the mass down to the greatest extent possible. the office buildings peak out at 160 but the podiums are set at 90 as required. . the bay terrace roof is below the elevation of the event center and the food hall on the corner of the northeast there the roof is at 39 feet and we are anticipating that roof top to be an accessible garden space as well. i'm going to rotate around the different corners of the site. you can see the same massing and building elements from different angles, and also understand how the public open space or the negative space between the buildings connects all the different elements. and catherine did mention this is the major phase submission so we will get back to you with more detailed conversation about what we expect the ekts terior to look like the materials and the distribution of each of the materials but it was important for us to put together the pr

will be the warriors the vast majority of other events will be for audience much, much smaller like 18 thousand one thing we've challenged the architects to do (laughter) is create a theatre within the arena that's much better and different in a facility of this type that feels like a separate facility but lighting a large point and the seating configuration that involves walls and ceiling and also involves a different entrance we cut david short in his presentation but the entrance will be the theatre center lines that's meant to be our entrance for the theatre he events that will have a different personality in terms of the mralgz for sporting events and we envision about 4 thousand seating capacity the configuration and that will represent a great percentage of the events taking place. >> okay. thank you. >> one more thought sorry i think the images you've seen the helicopter voouz views from the bays are phenomenal and the softness of the arena is great as most people will see this from third street i know the next phase an office building by you'll see a sliver so just give a l

we have this big event here in iowa and also a major koch brothers event in palm springs. and makes it easy to remember there is another political party. the democrats have their convention one week after the republicans in mid july. given that is earlier than last time and they have the option to go later, good idea or bad idea? >> i think it is a good idea because they want their hands on the general election money. i don't think they want their candidate being attacked by republicans without being able to access that. it may be able to short the republican response as well. >> i'm mystified by this. i thought they would go labor day weekend. no one will watch the conventions in july. if you have hillary clinton, you can raise all the nomination money you need. one i get a later check -- why not get a later check? that the republicans burn themselves out. >> i don't think anybody would watch it on labor day. >> better chance in the fall than over the summer. the other thing is you are right on top of the republicans. let's do some pre-gaming. the super bowl is now nine d

this event. he hosted an event at the governor's mansion. they have made multiple videos promoting governor jindal's role in it. he may be annoying people in louisiana by doing this. when you're trying to build a national profile as the most right wing, right? the most right wing religious of all of the potential republican candidates of 2016 apparently you have to be willing to eat chips and salsa with some self-proclaimed prophets in order to get there. so that's what bobby jindal is doing tomorrow. another candidate redoing what rick perly did back in 2012. if that is not confirmation enough that the republican primary is starting right now, consider also this weekend in california, it is the koch brother's donors summit in palm springs. with multiple republican presidential wanna-bes. they will allow a web stream of their events instead of keeping the whole thing secret. what they're going to stream will be a panel featuring marco rubio, ted cruz and rapid paul. it will be moderated by jonath

and to place a plaque there to commemorate the 1934 events and will bring the events to far greater focus and make the building much more publically accessible. for over 11 decades no institution is better equipped to draw attention to historic events than the common wealth club. the goal is to increase public awareness and understanding the different between public and social issues and hat -- has the authoritative reasoning to do so and will present the rich history of this location and more than it has ever been presented before. the club history will reach back to the 1890s when in the yard caused the antitrust enforces and the docks and labor action of the 1930s and collective bargaining rights. given the labor issues to the american west, it is not surprising that labor was a significance focus and 1934. i urge you to up hold the negative declaration and 110 eh embarcadero. >> public speaker: thank you. i'm greg dalton. i would like to read. the president writes that the club has been a leader for a long time, environmental leader and when it came to building. a way to cash -- it's

this event. he hosted an event at the governor's mansion. they have made multiple videos promoting governor jindal's role in it. when you're trying to build a national profile as the most right wing right? the most right wing religious of all of the candidates of 2016 apparently you have to be willing to eat chips and salsa with self-proclaimed profitphets to get there. redoing what rick perry did. if that is not confirmation enough that the republican primary is starting right now, consider also this weekend in california, it is the koch brother's donors summit in palm springs. they will allow a weapon stream of their events. what they're going to stream will be a panel featuring marco rubio, ted cruz, and paul rand. it will be moderated by jonathan karl. they're touting this as the first republican candidates forum of the 2016 presidential race. that is this weekend. in addition to that a 1250 seat venue is sold out, there is a 1,000 seat waiting list. it is called the iowa freedom summit hoste

he was good at the koch event.rms of jeb bush, being in san francisco while almost everybody else is in iowa, i heard of people being hostile in terms of the grassroots or not caring that he was not there. if you are the front runner and i think he is, people should care and they did not. and carly fiorina helped herself a lot. she was much more impressive and political and tough. >> she had good lines and i am psyched to see a strong, smart woman. do you think she will get scrutinized about her role at hewlett-packard? >> they all will. name one person who is worse shape. >> i thought rand paul. on the foreign-policy issues he actually said that we should be giving president obama more leeway in terms of how he deals with iran and that does not feel -- play with any part of the republican agenda. >> huckabee, santorum in iowa. the last two guys who won caucuses and i thought they were fine. there was no magic. the crowd was exhausted after 10 hours. they have a huge fight with 12 people competing for their lane in

i don't believe that he was sued because he misrepresented those events. think he was sued because he wasn't supposed to share them in the capacity that he did. so -- but the reality is that he had very good first-hand knowledge and, i think, helps us explain the story for folks and to understand exactly what happened. >> where is he today? >> he's in los angeles. >> doing what? what kind of work? >> i know that he is writing some scripts or pitching some ideas to make into films. but i don't know if he has a job behind that. >> and scott herrington -- you see -- >> stu herrington. >> i mean, stu herrington. you see a lot of him during the film. who is he? >> yeah. so stu herrington was a captain in the u.s. army. and he plays a significant role, both because he was kind of at the forefront of these event as we document them, and he also helped on a number of levels getting vietnamese out of the country. he was one of the people, as this clip shows, started black operation, black ops, in mid april when it was very clear to him that the country was going to

how do you copy cat that event? what does the president say to people in france in an hour half. >> i think what has to be done is what i mentioned before. you have to get the police agency, especially the state and local. let's face it. if there is a hostage situation, it is not the fbi whose going to respond. it is the nypd or tfall's churc police or whatever down. and then you have to make sure -- i know they train in antiterrorism. i no either capable. but if they are not getting out of their cars. if they are not doing what we call situational awareness of what's around them at all times. if they are just going through the motions the way that may be happening now it puts all in danger. >> much has been made that at least one of the suspect, one of the brothers had been a known quantity to french police. heed been arrested and convicted for attempting to go to iraq to fight against u.s. forces there. and we've had guests earlier on in our show who have said what needs to happen now is every police department ne

as i mentioned we have been doing some events. we get our permits [inaudible] by brad pitt was seeking this