we will be otifyi at least 16 days in advance, but here is an additional motives for all of you to take out your blackberries and put the date in. i hope to see you there during your -- to see you there. >> we still have a lot of items on the agenda, so i will be quick. you will see in your binder: points for my report from last meeting. you will see there was a very high number of violations from new year's and so forth. it was a busy few weeks. it is important to highlight some very minor things. overall, new year's went very well this year. i know it is clear to talk about that. -- is geared to talk about that. new year's with very well. i was able to work mission, northbeach,a i as great. a lot of agencies were out. there were some warnings for new year's and other times. sound is one thing we are trying to work with other venues and also crowd control up front. there were some minor incidences', but it was very good. we have been seeing a steady decrease in violence. it is leveling off, but we are continuing to see that drop. more recently, the woman who spoke about "treet common -