newlin: welcome. this is the tuesday, may 10, 2011 meeting of the entertainment commission of san francisco. would our executive director please call the roll? >commissioner benetti: here. vice chair joseph: yere. commissioner meko: yere. commissioner perez: here. president newlin: here. >> we have a quorum. commissioner roja as an excuse absence and we are unsure about commissioner cavellini at this point. president newlin: thank you. a wonderful roll call. [laughter] i was reminded by crystal that it will help the filming of these meetings if when commissioners want to speak that in addition to me recognizing them that i call their name so they can properly adjust the cameras. if i fail on that, i hope the commissioners will assist me in that endeavor. item one, public comment. members of the public might address the commission on items of interest to the commission that are within the jurisdiction of the commission. members of the public might address the commission for up to three minutes at the t

president newlin: aye. >> march 22. vice chair joseph: move to approve april 12. >> i can't do some house. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner meko: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. commissioner benetti: i cannot vote on this. president newlin: i. >> i move to continue the minutes of april 26. vice chair joseph: i second. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner meko: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. commissioner benetti: aye. president newlin: aye. >> those are continued. president newlin: item 3, report from the executive director. >> good evening, commissioners. i would like to introduce you to nicholas king, who started as the deputy director and permit and the stricter about a week ago monday. he will be presenting you with your permits tonight. let us see how he does. he is learning very quickly. he has been in the government for some time, doing a number of different positions at the board of supervisors and the mayor's office. i have the expectation of him hitting the ground running. do you want to say anything? i guess

president newlin: any other questions? commissioner meko: regarding the sound test that you're finding in little bit of time to get to, the venue on 11th street, the beat box -- have begun around to that yet? >> we have not. we have done bond calls and e- mails back and forth. they are not quite ready. i think there is still some build-out going on. they are not open. they are not doing any kind of event. commissioner meko: there is a conditional grant that is pending other sign-offs' plus yours. >> correct. commissioner meko: a couple locations on your report jump out of me. 3260 517th -- 3265 17th street, you are looking into sound violations. >> that is a small part collective that why -- small art collective that likes to do events. they will bring in deejays. when i talked to the owners, or i guess residents of this particular warehouse, they voluntarily shut down that night. it is about a 20,000 square foot space and had between 204 hundred people in the location. -- a and between 200-- between 200 and 400 people. co

president newlin: public comment on the executive director's report. seeing none, will move to item four, police department comments and questions. >> good evening. i am steve matthias from central station. cinco de mayo was a good night in central. everything was pretty manageable. we had a few good events, but they all went well. we had no incidents or violence that i have come across at all. one of the establishments, club atmosphere, we learned there were having a live performance by a popular entertainer. we voiced are there -- we voice our concerns about overcrowding and making sure they could handle the line outside, and what their staffing levels were going to be like. mr. montoya said they were going to add security there. he completely took care of it. we had no incidents at the club. as far as the central district over the last few weeks, we did have an incident on may 8. one of our officers was -- actually, two officers were injured. it was 1:00 a.m. and security was escorting the subject out of monroe. the police took over and he started t

president newlin: thank you. inspector, did you have anything? thank you for coming. any public comment on the police reports, comments and questions? seeing none, we will go to item five. all right. we will not have a quorum for 5a. we will go to 5b and return as soon as we have a quorum for that specific item. that will be haynes, rick, dba fuel onat 1108 market street. >> this is the first of four applicants this evening. the business is fuel, a place of entertainment permit application. it is an application to operate a bar and lounge in the mid market area in the renoir hotel at seventh and market. entertainment will include mostly deejays, jazz bands. in your packet, you have detailed information that describes the security plan and the firm the have hired, and the good neighbor policies. i will turn it over to them. >> mr. president, commissioners, mark renny. i am here with my client, rick haynes, managing partner of fuel llc. three years ago, this commission permitted a ticket lounge-- ettiquette lounge. in the last year, there was a major flood from a burst

on the committee schedule and a project we would be out of here by about 2:30 so i've given up on newlin and we are now working on the 2:30 and if we can beat that that would be wonderful. the gentleman is now recognized to explain his amendment. >> with that admonition will keep it brief, mr. chairman. this requires the department of justice to consult with the secretary defense and the director of national intelligence before initiating a prosecution of an alien who has committed or is thought to have committed a terrorist offensive to read what this does is it makes certain that folks at the doj are talking with people in an intelligence community and of the defense department before the doj decides to prosecute an alien in a federal court so they have to speak with the three individuals, identified at the department of justice, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, or the assistant attorney general who heads the criminal division. one of those individuals has to consult with the drug professional intelligence and the secretary defense about two main things. number one, w