president newlin: we have a motion on the floor. >> i second it. president newlin: second. discussion? call the roll? director kane: commissioners, for clarification, then, is your motion to approve -- conditionally grant with the planning department conditions only? president newlin: that's correct, based on the fact that they still have to pass a sound test and they can't operate that club with the music emanating outside the confines of the club. commissioner meko: and with the good neighbor policy applied, as well. director kane: with that clarification, commissioner cavellini? commissioner benetti, commissioner joseph, commissioner meko, commissioner perez, president newlin [motion passed unanimously] president newlin: good luck. next item, 7b, greg peck, d.b.a. burrit room/crescent hotel, 417 stockton. place of entertainment. director kane: pleased to meek the acquaintance -- meet the acquaintance of gregory peck and then i found out it was not really him. he might be dead. but, o.k. -- >> it is really him. the other guy was the phony. director kane: sorry. so, not o.

president newlin: thank you. any other questions from the commission? >> just that you could continue to serve food, right? >> we could. >> that would solve the problem. you could serve food until 4:00 in the morning. >> we may quit serving food if it means we don't have to let 18 year olds in. >> just to make clear that you could. president newlin: go ahead and sit down unless somebody has something else to add. we will take public comment. i am sorry, officer. >> good evening, commissioners. jake canyon, permit officer for southern station. southern station does recommend approval with the following conditions. one, permit holder shall comply with operating hours and procedures submitted in the application. 2, the permit holder shall maintain a tight 47 -- type 47 abc license. 3, when alcoholic beverages are served in conjunction with entertainment and folsom -- full food service is not provided, the premises show be restricted to persons 21 years and older. i understand there may be legal issues with that cond

president newlin: commissioner benetti? commissioner benetti: is there a history of violations with temple? director kane: no, there is not. commissioner benetti: with respect to the i.d. scanners, are the owners required to maintain the i.d. information for any period of time? director kane: that is not in the order. commissioner benetti: with regard to suite 181, the report says they transferred their liquor license but they still maintain their place of entertainment license but if they choose to open at some point, they couldn't serve liquor, is that right? director kane: that's correct. president newlin: any public comment on the director's report? >> first off, director kane, congratulations. i think you'll be a great addition to the commission, the department. i'm up here to talk about the temple incident and i'd like to -- just what i've heard today, i'd like to commend staff and the commission for what they've done here. i think they acted, rather than issue a blanket 72-hour emergency, they really thought this thi

[reading roll] president newlin: public comment. members of the public can address the commission for up to three minutes. is there anybody here? ok, seeing none, next item would be to review and approve the meeting minutes from december 14. i am sure we have a quorum on the minutes. commissioner: i move to approve. commissioner: i second. clerk: [reading roll] president newlin: ok, i have been requested to take an item of order, so the next item i am going to call is item no. 7. comments and questions. commissioner: item 6. president newlin: online, it says 7. it does not matter. >> good evening, commissioners. i am commander crenshaw. i will be retiring in a couple of days, and i does want to thank you for your assistance. we made a lot of approve minutes and advances in the last years. -- a lot of improvements and advances. considerable time and effort went into working on problem clubs. i think we have done a lot. i think we accomplished a lot, in spite of a lot of negatives. i think the standard be practices were the high point

president newlin: aye. moving right along. item 7c, giraudbit, emilio, dba club 222 at 22 hyde street, place of entertainment. >> i go first and then you go. commissioners, the applicant has applied for a place of entertainment at this location november 4. he presents electronic music as they have been doing for years. it is simply a change of ownership on an ongoing concern. this is a small 49-person occupancy space with a type 47 liquor license serving handmade pizza. this application includes a number of letters and proof of substantial number of our reach, commissioner meko. the planning department has indicated this is a continuation of a permit to use. tenderloin station has recommended approval with conditions. now you are on. >> i was just saying high. -- hi. president newlin: any questions to director cane? >> i just wanted to introduce myself. my name is emilio giraudbit. this is my wife, erin. we also have the other applicants who would be named on a permit here. i guess if you guys have any ques

president newlin: aye. item seven7 -- 7d. >> this person has applied for live entertainment including deejays, live bands, reality tv, and all kinds of good stuff. this venue is part of the embassy hotel. i believe the hotel and a new owner are one and the same. -- and the new owner are one and the same. -- and venue owner are one and the same. no. station has recommended approval with conditions including the entertainment and at 1:30 a.m., which is a regular northern the station condition. -- northern police station condition. there are three letters from two different people in opposition to this application related to noise concerns. if they have any questions, i would ask the direct them to inspector cornelli, who has firsthand experience at this location. staff is recommendation -- is recommending congressional -- conditional grant. president newlin: any questions? >> good evening. my name is naresh dhadhal, and i am the owner of noble at 600 polk street. six years ago, i was in front of this conditio

president newlin: i just wanted to thank you for everything. vice chair joseph: i have to thank you. i think the way the we have established our new relationship works really, really well. into that -- and to that end, i want to wish you a great time in retirement, and on behalf of commissioner newlin and staff -- >> this is too much. i hope my wife is not at home watching this. [applause] does this mean you really like me? commissioner: yes, it does. in the old days, it would have been a bottle of scotch. >> i appreciate it. >> president newlin, commissioners, san francisco police department. i do want to knowledge commander crenshaw. i started years ago in narcotics, and he will be sorely missed. we have a very unique relationship. he and i kind of collaborated ideas, and it has been quite eventful over the last few years, and i think we have accomplished a lot. unfortunately, and the commander just alluded to it, we have another coming on board. he had a root canal, so he could not be here tonight, but he will be at the next meeting. a coupl

president newlin: commissioner meko? commissioner meko: no more comment. president newlin: the only thing i want to say with regard to this really quickly, we have come out of a recession. the city wide events that engaged people and businesses that put our city in front of the news has got to be good for everyone. small businesses, jobs, it has to be good for income. i encourage these events. it is daytime. i really encourage more city- wide events for the vibrancy of this city. the city has been hurt so badly. that is my comment. her new business? anybody? without objection, we are supervisor chu: welcome to the regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. my name is carmen chu, chair of the committee. we will be joined shortly by supervisor mirkarimi, and sitting in for supervisor jim is supervisor mar -- sitting in for supervisor kim. >> please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to provide public comment, please submit a card to myself. items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors agenda on february 1, 2011, unle

president newlin: could you turn that up? >> the gentleman here at the very end is the gentleman that would be responsible moving forward in the future for arranging for all of our musical acts. he's a long-time musician here in the bay area, bart davenport. and then, of course, the owner, mr. greg peck, one of the owners of the property and the owner of the management firm. so the application tilt has been submitted, including our security plan. vice chair joseph: excuse me, i'm sorry. the feedback was that mic. you may lower it one level. sorry. it's driving me crazy. >> how's that? vice chair joseph: sorry. forgive me. >> so, the burrit room itself has been open for about seven months now and as indicated in the application, it's open seven nights a week. we traditionally keep an ipod playlist of soul, blues, jazz, light or classic rock, and the idea moving forward in the future is to be able to kind of book acts similarly along those lines to keep maybe a live pianist here and there, acoustic guitar, very light jazz bands

president newlin: commissioner meko? commissioner meko: no more comment. president newlin: the only thing i want to say with regard to this really quickly, we have come out of a recession. the city wide events that engaged people and businesses that put our city in front of the news has got to be good for everyone. small businesses, jobs, it has to be good for income. i encourage these events. it is daytime. i really encourage more city- wide events for the vibrancy of this city. the city has been hurt so badly. that is my comment. her new business? anybody? without objection, we are >> welcome to coulterwire. the san francisco arts commission and department of public works has joined forces by battling graffiti by launching a new program called street smarts. the program connects established artist with private property owners to create a vibrant murals which is a proven an effective strategy for combating graffiti on private property. artists, along with his crew, recently transformed a building turn to vandalism into a masterpiece. let us take a look. >

president newlin: any questions? >> will you be selling tickets to the events that you hold? >> no, sir. >> one of the conditions imposed by the board discussed with you by the police department was at least 60% of the patrons shall be able to sit during performances. can you explain how that's going to manifest itself? >> yes, sir. we have quite a bit of available tables, chairs, et cetera, as part of sort of traditional hotel banquet equipment that during each and every evening the intention would be to line the walls with banquet tables, chairs. >> it says occupancy is 277 standing so with the tables and chairs, what would you envision your occupancy actually being? i know it's not our responsibility to, you i don't expect us to hit that capacity. there are quite a few lounge chairs, a lot of seeding in the room. we are happy with the conditions. >> when the police department. -- the police department, is our anything you want to address? >> we recommend approval as you all see with the conditions that have been provided. where we stand are the conditions provided and we r

[roll call vote] [ayes are unanimous] president newlin: thank you and good luck. comments and questions? anybody have something that we could not have possibly discussed already? [laughter] >> i have two things. i would be great if the security plan was a little more customized the each of venue. i have it memorized. the next time you run into them, would you mention in? and i just want to wish you will live very happy and healthy holiday. merry christmas ,happy kwanzaa, we already have a hot cup. -- hannukah. >> i want to say something about the commission packets. if it is really the case that the e-mail system cannot handle what your sending us, if there is some way that we can get a hard copy, and i can't say all the time, but can you put this in the mail on friday and maybe we would all have it by monday or earlier? tenth street -- i would like to find some way to be able to review all of this. if you could maybe e-mail that to us, we shouldn't see this stuff for the first time. >> i apologize if that is what happened this evening. i am not going to necessari

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perez indicated he would be here and president nule newlin is excused and cav leaney is absent. >> first site public comment. this is the time when the public and -- can address the commission on southbound ject matters under our jurisdiction, but that are not on the agenda. is there -- is there public comment? anybody? seeing none. >> hello. >> welcome to the commission. just a point of order, commissioner. the commander certainly welcome to speak now but we do have the item for police matters, if -- it doesn't matter to me. however you want to do it. >> well i'll let you decide on that. >> you go. you go. >> state your name. >> audrey -- my name is greg and eem a commander with the san francisco -- and i'm a commander with the san francisco police department. i came to introduce myself. i know most of you have met or conversed in the past. i'm a newly appointed commanders to the command staff of the police department. i'm taking over for the liaison for the police department for kit krenshaw who recently retired. as you know, i have quite a bit of experience with the night clubs, and i

president newlin: commissioner meko? commissioner meko: no more comment. president newlin: the only thing i want to say with regard to this really quickly, we have come out of a recession. the city wide events that engaged people and businesses that put our city in front of the news has got to be good for everyone. small businesses, jobs, it has to be good for income. i encourage these events. it is daytime. i really encourage more city- wide events for the vibrancy of this city. the city has been hurt so badly. that is my comment. her new business? anybody? without objection, we are

president newlin: commissioner meko? commissioner meko: no more comment. president newlin: the only thing i want to say with regard to this really quickly, we have come out of a recession. the city wide events that engaged people and businesses that put our city in front of the news has got to be good for everyone. small businesses, jobs, it has to be good for income. i encourage these events. it is daytime. i really encourage more city- wide events for the vibrancy of this city. the city has been hurt so badly. that is my comment. her new business? anybody? without objection, we are icycle plant. our work with the mta facilitated activities. we spent considerable amounts of time considering an approving the latest update to the plan, providing clear ride visions for what can be accomplished in the next few decades. we also approved 22 prioritizations in sales of tax dollars for all districts of the city. those prior programs give us a very useful bird's-eye view of the sort of progress that we can expect in each area of the city in our fundamental positio