i would like to have you consider the llp as a low-impact usage. i was one of the first proponents of this new permit and it was not in existence during much of the creation of the western soma plan. so i think performing arts and this limited accessory use is important, because in order for very small businesses to succeed, we need to give them the tools to succeed. so please look at that. the other thing that i heard was this is an historic opportunity to exclude housing in a principally permitted entertainment district. i know this is a very difficult decision, but it's a very important one, because i have watched good clubs and bars closed over the last 30 years due to conflicts with housing. so you have this opportunity. i think it's an important one, if it can move forward. i would urge you to do this. the third thing that i heard today was transit impact fees. they are critical and i will definitely support whatever is moving forward for housing and office and any new uses in the soma. you know this is very valuable land. there is a lot of m

i have here a list of our llps that i want to hand out. this plan has been in development as along as the entertainment commission has been around and we have seen better relations with neighbors and better understanding on their impact with neighbors. i'm going to concentrate on llps, limited live performances. you can see the orange is the limited live permits. we have offered about 30 of those so far. we have had four complaints and those are not four separate complaints. they were complaints on one place. this permit ends at 10:00 a.m. and as recently as last week we had an art gallery come in and ask for a limited live permit. they close at 10:00 and want somebody to play music while the artists paint and that is not allowed because limited life is not allowed in much of this except for the folsom street transit. i think with the amount of development coming in, and fact that these end up being very innocuous permits, that work well with the community, i would like to see the businesses be able to use this tool, keep themselves ground

again, llp does require indoor only, ending at 10 p.m. and an accessory used for the primary use of the restaurant. >> would you please define accessory use, for the commissioners who don't know what that means. >> the planning department defines it as not more than 200 square feet of performance space within a location that is also primarily used for a different function, not an entertainment function. >> so there are a couple of people here, i know that there gluston here but i saw him come in the room. >> you are up. >> thank you for your time. my name is pete glustern. we have been opened at jones for two years this week, it is going great. we have got most of our operational stuff down to a science now. what we would like to do is do music on sundays, for brunch. we would be doing performance any time from 11 until 5:00 possibly 6. realistickly it gets real cold in the afternoon. so i don't think that we will be opening passed six. or passed five. >> this is live music, and you understand that it is not dj, you can't have a dj it is

additional conditions were added to the llp that limited amplified levels and sound system operation. in the august 16 hearing the planning commission continued the case to september 13 to allow the property to address concerns. from december 6 to feb. 7 the event was continued. sound inspection was conducted on oct. 18 by the inspector from the entertainment commission. some test indicating that a bona fide sound at 78 decibels was not audible; is limited to 74 decibels. at this level no on the five down should be heard in the adjacent businesses. the project sponsor work with west coast sound solution. the following changes were made to the existing space: relocating the stage area approximately 60 feet away an adjoining wall with the cinemas; adding additional insulation material and relocating speakers away from the ceiling. the revised floorplan is included in your packet. the project sponsor received two citations from the entertainment commission; the first was for operating past 10 p.m. and exceeding conditions, and using the portable sound system. the second citation was issu

i came here to thank and commend the board of supervisors for approving the new llp music permits and to encourage support by city leadership of the critical improvements to the west soma plan and the continued support of the performing arts. thank you. >> thank you, mr. lucky. >> supervisors, my name is guy carson. i am a board member of the california music and culture association. i would like to applaud the efforts of jim niko and his task force for this very comprehensive plan. i would also like to urge you to adopt amendments put forth to you by cmac, who could protect the nightlife. it's been often said that san francisco could do more to plan for fun. and this is a great opportunity to do so. we should not add any more residential units on 11th street, where there is already a lot of tension. this is a great time for us to establish that. thank you. >> thank you, mr. carson. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is tom [speaker not understood] i am a small business owner and raising my family in san francisco and i work here. i bought 280 7th street. my job is to provide for

great decisions is provided by credit suisse, eni, the hurford foundation, and pricewaterhousecoopers llp. >> coming up next: joint strike: nato and the u.s. in the 21st century. (instrumental music) >> in washington the united states breaks a 170-year-old tradition as it joins 11 nations in the signing of the atlantic defense treaty. president truman keynotes our position, which for the first time binds this country to a military agreement during days of peace. >> if there is anything certain today, if there is anything inevitable in the future it is the will of the people of the world for freedom and for peace. >> the north atlantic treaty organization, nato, has its roots in the outset of the cold war. the goal of its 1949 charter was to safeguard the freedom and security of its member states. at the time that meant preventing the eastern block from creeping westward. >> that was the original reason and i call that nato 1.0. so for 40 years really, during the entire cold war, the purpose of nato was to protect western europe against the possibility of soviet military, or indeed, ideolo

great decisions is provided by credit suisse, eni, the hurford foundation, and pricewaterhousecoopers llp. >> coming up next, the generals and the democrat: burma in transition. (instrumental music) >> burma, also known as myanmar, is a nation born from war. a former british colony, burma saw an opportunity for independence at the outset of world war ii. >> in burma, independence day calls for formal celebrations. this week its people have been marking 64 years since the end of british colonial rule. for much of that time burma was tightly controlled by the military. any dissent was ultimately crushed. >> so if you look at the modern history of burma, it starts with general aung san, the father of aung san suu kyi, when world war ii breaks out general aung san sides with the japanese feeling that they hold the best hope of burmese independence. it doesn't take long for general aung san and his colleagues to realize that the japanese are not only using him, are brutal, and he switches sides. he goes to the british side. ultimately, of course, the allies win the war. >> the father of aung s

great decisions is provided by credit suisse, eni, the hurford foundation, and pricewaterhousecoopers llp. >> coming up next, the intervention calculation. (instrumental music) >> historically the u.s. leaned heavily on strategic interventions to help counter the influence of communism. >> the reagan doctrine was a notion that we would support those that sought to oppose soviet domination. >> during the cold war there was a polarized world - there was the soviet union, there was the united states and a lot of our interventions were used to block the advance of communism, and so very ideological basis for our, our interventions. >> and the u.s. has long retained the power to intervene at will. >> the united states has the capability, military capability, the power, literally the sort of capability to get things done. in addition it has the moral suasion and it has the ability to bring others along. so with that comes a lot of responsibilities. >> we have to understand the role that the united states has played since the end of the second world war and still plays today and that is as a pro

the reason-- and they continue to operate because their operation under the llp permit is as an accessory use. they do not need a permit from you. they here today to ask you to grant a conditional use permit for other entertainment so they can take it back to the entertainment commission and ask them for a place of entertainment permit. we hear over and over again that they are not a nightclub. the only reason they are here today is to set the stage to become a nightclub. you have a substantial responsibility. as you heard from the entertainment commission representatives, they have a shall grant requirement on them under the police provisions of control wha they do. you don't. unless you find that the proposed use is desirableand compatible with the neighborhood. that is not the case here. we have a record of complaints that pointed out in my letter. the most recent in late january. the noise study they submitted is totally irrelevant. as a matter of fact mr. -- told us that 2909 e doesn't apply. what applies is what he decides is appropriate noise level. i recommend that you tell the pa

however, limited live performance would be permitted in the harrison street llp. regarding historic buildings and land use flexibility that they may have. it's not proposed to give any boeings within the sali or wmou flexibility. in the wmug, rcd, red, red and mix, general all areas north of harrison street, the original proposal was land use flextibility essentially with business -- would only be permitted in buildings that are designated as article 10 or article 11 of the planning code. in the planning commission that was amended to include properties that are individually eligible. so there is a larger group of buildings that are able to take advantage of that provision under the current proposal. this just the map that shows all of the different colored properties, either blue, yellow, salmon or green. that under the current proposal is able to take advantage some of land use flexible flexibility due to the historic nature of the building. originally the plan did not call for any grandfatherings or pipeline. when the planning commission choose to a project wit

for businesses to succeed, they have to have a great product and llp is not going to help, if they don't have a great product and we already have nightclub that are closing and already closed. thank you very much and thank you to the task force members. my partner and i did attend the first community meeting at betsy carmichael and really appreciated the chance to have some input at that stage. thank you. >> thank you, mr. whitaker. >> my name is themus mickus and i have sent supervisor chiu and you an email detailing my position. i want to apologize in advance to speaking to a very small point that perhaps through inadvertent, i think allowing a garage to operate in an alley way would create traffic and other hazards should not be permitted. so i ask you to please, go ahead and adopt your plan as you have planned and without changing it. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> >> supervisors i am with the company called archstone and we have a very large development project at corner of 8th and harrison on a 3-acre plus parcel. people have talk today about san francisco being weird and fu

llp report to small business commission. 4. civil grand jury follow-up. 5. staff holiday luncheon corrective actions on permits: prepaid guests >> we also don't do any catering, all is done by an outside catering contractor. and if the alcohol is to be served. we contract with a licensed beverage distributinger who make sure that we abide by all liquor laws. >> we passed inspeption by the police, the fire and the electrical department and we ask that the commission approve the permits for the wax museum and the water front terraces. >> we provided the photos of the water fronts and including a brochure of the wax museum and some of the photos shows the venue as vacant and also shown the photos of the previous events. >> okay. >> if you have any questions i will be glad to answer. >> any questions by the commission. >> i have one question. >> is your company really made it since 1898. >> i love the name? >> it is? >> yes, that is one of the companies that doctrine & covenants 1998 doing business as water front ter ace. >> okay. wow, thank you >> any represent

but today i am just going to talk about the llp. for short. it is what it is called. >> but, i will start by talking a little bit about the place of the entertainment permit which is probably something that you are all familiar with, specifically or you have been to places that are places of entertainment and for many years, until recently, that was the main performance permit for any venue with a fixed address. and it is the permit that allows the venues to have djs or live shows, just about any sort, theaters with live stage performances or night clubs as examples karaoke places as another. and from the perspective of some businesses, there are problems with getting at places of entertainment permit. first it is not cheap. the fee to the entertainment commission is about 1800 dollars. and then, there are assorted inspection fees from the other departments that we work with, some fire, building, electrical, health. all of those are required to be approved before the permit is issues. and in the end, it is probably somewhere between 2100 and 2

when i think of the llp, i think of a nice background music but also, the permit allows for corporate events to have other things as well. i brought in the photos from or that we brought up to the commission during the summer time, i don't know if you want to see those again, you are welcome to if you like. >> i have a question, when you said the noise travels up. are you talking about amplified noise or people's voices? >> actually both. and if the entertainment was all the way inside and the windows were closed that would be one thing, but even that would be having a problem with outside noise. >> but this permit is an inside permit. that is my point. >> correct. and so was the one-day entertainment permit that was from last summer time. and we have these photos and you can see... >> are you saying there is a trust issue here? >> no, maybe it was a misunderstanding. vaj could you? >> and just some e-mails that i have gotten recently, although, steve i cannot attend the hearing but i am against it who are paying guests this is from the best western and this is a neighbor in the area,

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