00:49:23 YEAH. SO.
00:49:25 I HEAR IT.
00:49:28 THERE WE GO.
00:49:30 LET'S GO. LET'S GO.
00:49:31 ALRIGHT, WE'RE BACK.
00:49:33 WOW, THANK YOU MEDIATOR SERVICES.
00:49:36 OK, THE NEXT.
00:49:39 WE GOOD?
00:49:39 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:49:40 ALRIGHT, BYE.
00:49:42 THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS NUMBER SIX HEARING AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING
00:49:45 APPLICATIONS OR PERMITS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE ENTERTAINMENT
00:49:48 COMMISSION.
00:49:50 THERE'S NO CONSENT ITEMS TONIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE DIRECTLY TO THE
00:49:53 REGULAR AGENDA AND I BELIEVE PROJECTS AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER RICE WILL BRING
00:49:57 THE FIRST APPLICANT BEFORE US.
00:50:04 ALL RIGHT.
00:50:05 GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. FOR THE FIRST PERMIT ON A REGULAR AGENDA,
00:50:09 WE HAVE A ONE TIME OUTDOOR EVENT PERMIT FROM GOLDEN VOICE FOR THE PORTOLA MUSIC
00:50:13 FESTIVAL. NOW IN ITS FIFTH YEAR AT PIER 80,
00:50:16 THE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH AND SUNDAY, SEPT.
00:50:21 .7, WITH FOUR STAGES FEATURING INTERNATIONAL
00:50:24 POP, INDIE, ELECTRONIC AND DANCE MUSIC.
00:50:28 X THE FESTIVAL EXPECTS 40, 000 ATTENDEES PER DAY.
00:50:32 GOLDEN VOICE IS PARTNERING AGAIN WITH NPU ON PRODUCING THIS EVENT.
00:50:38 GOLDEN VOICE IS REQUESTING THE SAME HOURS OF MUSIC THAT WE GRANTED THEM LAST YEAR.
00:50:42 ON SUNDAY, THE ADIR MUSIC WILL RUN FROM 1:00 PM TO
00:50:47 11:00 PM AND ON SUNDAY FROM 1:00 PM TO 10:45 PM.
00:50:52 IN ADDITION, THEY ARE REQUESTING TO HOLD SOUND CHECKS
00:50:56 SPORADICALLY FROM SEPTEMBER 23RD THROUGH THE 25TH BETWEEN 12:00 PM AND 10:00 PM ON
00:51:02 NON EVENT DAYS AND BETWEEN 9:00 AM AND 12:00 PM ON EVENT DAYS.
00:51:08 IN 2026, GOLDEN VOICE WILL WORK TO MAINTAIN THE
00:51:11 SAME OVERALL SOUND.
00:51:12 MITIGATION STRATEGIES AS THE LAST TWO YEARS,
00:51:15 INCLUDING MEASURES LIKE ADDING SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND MAINTAINING ONE MORE SOUND
00:51:20 MONITOR TERMINAL IN SAN FRANCISCO.
00:51:24 LIKE PREVIOUS EVENTS, THE PERMIT HOLDER WILL HAVE A HOTLINE AND
00:51:27 CALL CENTER AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO CALL AND SPEAK WITH A PERSON IN REAL TIME.
00:51:31 BUT ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON THE CALL CENTER WILL COMMUNICATE COMPLAINTS TO
00:51:36 FESTIVAL STAFF WHO ARE MANAGING SOUND TO ADJUST SOUND LEVELS AS NEEDED.
00:51:41 THERE WILL BE 6 SOUND MONITORING TERMINALS TO TAKE ONGOING SOUND
00:51:45 MEASUREMENTS DURING SUBJECTS, AND THE EVENT ITSELF.
00:51:49 FOUR MONITORS WILL BE SET UP IN SAN FRANCISCO AND TWO TERMINALS WILL BE IN
00:51:54 ALAMEDA.
00:51:56 IN TERMS OF COMPLAINT DATA FROM LAST YEAR, THE EVENT SAW A 31% DECREASE IN TOTAL
00:52:01 SOUND COMPLAINTS IN 2025 COMPARED TO 2024. GIVEN THIS IMPROVEMENT IN THE NUMBER OF
00:52:07 COMPLAINTS STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THE SAME SOUND LIMIT AS LAST YEAR,
00:52:11 WHICH TAKES INTO.
00:52:13 THE AREAS AND CLOSEST SENSITIVE RECEPTORS MOST IMPACTED BY SOUND INSPECTORS WILL BE
00:52:18 WORKING WITH GOLDEN VOICE ON SITE DURING THE EVENT TO MONITOR THE SOUND YOU WILL
00:52:24 SEE IN YOUR FOLDER THEIR PERMIT APPLICATION, THEIR DRAFT SOUND PLAN,
00:52:29 THEIR DRAFT SECURITY PLAN AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH LETTER AND MAP.
00:52:35 GOLDEN VOICE DELIVERED NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH LETTERS TO RESIDENTS AND
00:52:38 BUSINESSES IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:52:40 AND VARIOUS IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS CITYWIDE,
00:52:43 AS WELL AS TO THE CITY OF ALAMEDA TODAY TO THE EC HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION
00:52:48 TO THIS PERMIT APPLICATION.
00:52:51 SFPD BAYVIEW STATION RESPONDED THAT THEY HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THIS PERMIT.
00:52:55 THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO HAS CONDITIONALLY APPROVED THE EVENT PENDING
00:53:00 FINAL APPROVAL FROM THE PORT COMMISSION AND ISSUANCE OF THEIR SPECIAL EVENT
00:53:05 LICENSE.
00:53:06 STAFF TONIGHT ARE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONAL APPROVAL WITH THE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS
00:53:10 LISTED IN THE MEMO AND HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT IS AARON BILBO FROM GOLDEN
00:53:15 VOICE.
00:53:16 THANK YOU SO MUCH, DYLAN, AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF
00:53:20 FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR HEARING OUR APPLICATION TONIGHT.
00:53:25 FOR OUR FIFTH ITERATION OF PORTOLA.
00:53:27 SO I'LL JUST JUMP INTO THIS PRESENTATION THAT I HAVE PREPARED HERE.
00:53:34 THIS IS LARGELY A RINSE AND REPEAT, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO MOVE RELATIVELY
00:53:38 QUICKLY THROUGH THE PRESENTATION TO LEAVE ANY ROOM FOR QUESTIONS,
00:53:41 SINCE I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THE FOLDER.
00:53:44 BUT YES, AS DYLAN SAID.
00:53:46 OUR ACTUAL EVENT DATES ARE GOING TO BE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH AND SUNDAY,
00:53:50 SEPTEMBER 27TH.
00:53:51 WE'LL START OUR LOAD IN ON SEPTEMBER 17TH AND WE WILL FINISH OUR LOAD OUT ON
00:53:57 SEPTEMBER 30TH.
00:53:58 WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SAME EVENT HOURS 1:00 PM TO 11:00 PM WITH OUTDOOR SOUND ON
00:54:04 SUNDAY ENDING BY 10:45 PM.
00:54:08 WE WILL AGAIN BE A 21 AND PLUS 21 PLUS FESTIVAL AND WE ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE 40,
00:54:14 000 PEOPLE ATTEND THE EVENT.
00:54:20 MOVING INTO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
00:54:22 SO THIS FIRST PHOTO I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT IS FROM OUR CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAM,
00:54:27 WHICH WE HAVE CONTINUED EXPANDING YEAR BY YEAR, YEAR BEFORE LAST,
00:54:31 WE HAD 35 PARTICIPANTS IN THAT PROGRAM AND THIS LAST YEAR WE HAD 45.
00:54:36 SO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I THINK THAT WE'LL CONTINUE CONTINUE TO SEE SUCCESS
00:54:41 WITH THAT PROGRAM AND OUR VIRTUAL HIRING FAIR WHERE WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE
00:54:45 DEPARTMENTS UTILIZE THAT TO FILL ANY OPEN STAFFING POSITIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
00:54:51 DYLAN ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISTRIBUTED OUR PRE ANNOUNCED
00:54:56 SLASH PRE. THIS HEARING NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH THAT
00:54:59 GOES OUT TO OUR PORTOLA NEIGHBOR E-MAIL LIST IN ADDITION TO PHYSICALLY FLYING
00:55:05 THROUGHOUT BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT, DOGPATCH, POTRERO HILL,
00:55:09 NOE VALLEY AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS.
00:55:14 IN ADDITION TO KEEPING OUR AT LEAST 50% OF OUR FOOD VENDORS ON SITE LOCAL LAST
00:55:20 YEAR WE STARTED EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SEND OUT A HOW TO GET
00:55:26 INVOLVED ONE SHEET TO NOT ONLY FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUSINESSES,
00:55:30 BUT ANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE.
00:55:33 IN THE AREA THAT ARE INTERESTED AND JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING ANY OPPORTUNITIES
00:55:37 THAT THEY MAY HAVE, WHETHER THAT IS ON OR OFF SITE.
00:55:40 AND IN ADDITION TO POINTING FOLKS THAT WAY,
00:55:43 WE FEATURE THEM ON A DEDICATED PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE.
00:55:47 SO WE HAD A HANDFUL OF FOLKS PARTICIPATE IN THAT THIS PAST YEAR AND I THINK THAT
00:55:50 WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT EXPAND AS WELL, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.
00:55:55 FOR PORTOLA WEEK, ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE JUST CONTINUED
00:55:57 TO GROW.
00:55:57 WE HAD 32 PORTOLA WEEK SHOWS ACROSS 13 DIFFERENT VENUES THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO
00:56:03 AND AGAIN, WE JUST EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
00:56:09 SUSTAINABILITY. WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPAND OUR BATTERY
00:56:13 PROGRAM YEAR BEFORE LAST WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT GOLDEN VOICE AS A COMPANY HAD
00:56:18 EVER HAD A BATTERY POWERED STAGE.
00:56:20 WE DID THAT AGAIN LAST YEAR AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE THAT FOR THIS YEAR.
00:56:25 WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH A-Z ON EVENT GREENING IN ADDITION TO OUR CUP FOR OUR
00:56:30 REUSABLE CUP PROGRAM AND WE WILL CONTINUE ENCOURAGING BIKES AND PUBLIC
00:56:35 TRANSPORTATION.
00:56:35 IT IS DEFINITELY A HUGE DRIVER FOR US.
00:56:39 YES, I'M MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART.
00:56:42 SO ENCOURAGING MUNI BAR CALTRAIN, IN ADDITION TO BIKES OF ALL KINDS.
00:56:55 SECURITY HIGHLIGHTS AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WILL MATCH THAT ONE PER 100 PATRONS,
00:57:02 SO LOOKING AT AROUND 4400 PLUS SECURITY STAFF ON SITE,
00:57:06 AGAIN WE WILL BE 21 PLUS AND WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH SFPD.
00:57:12 SORRY SF FIRE DEPARTMENT ON OUR EMERGENCY EXIT SIGNAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN
00:57:19 ADDITION TO SSPD, BUT MOSTLY.
00:57:23 FOR HARM REDUCTION, WE WILL CONTINUE.
00:57:26 WORKING WITH OUR MEDICAL VENDOR ON HAVING OUR MAJOR MEDICAL SITE IN ADDITION TO
00:57:31 THOSE SATELLITE SITES ON SITE, WE'LL HAVE OUR REFILLABLE WATER STATIONS
00:57:37 ON SITE AS PER USUAL AND WE WILL ALSO HAVE END OVERDOSE ON SITE AGAIN TO HELP
00:57:42 NOT ONLY WITH THE MITIGATION BUT THE EDUC.
00:57:46 FOR OVERDOSE PREVENTION, THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE NARCAN
00:57:50 AS WELL OUR MEDICAL PROVIDER.
00:57:55 THEN GETTING INTO SOUND MITIGATION.
00:57:59 WE WILL BE WORKING WITH DAVE RADIGAN AS OUR DESIGNER AND ENGINEER AND THEN WE'LL
00:58:04 BE WORKING WITH THE ARABU GROUP FOR OUR SOUND MONITORS. AS DYLAN MENTIONED,
00:58:09 WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL STATIONARY MONITOR LAST YEAR TO SAN FRANCISCO,
00:58:13 BRINGING OUR TOTAL FOR SAN FRANCISCO TO FOUR AND THEN REMAIN.
00:58:17 2IN ALAMEDA, SO TOTAL OF 6 WE FOUND THAT IT JUST GAVE
00:58:21 US A LITTLE BIT MORE VISIBILITY.
00:58:24 AND SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING THAT IN ADDITION TO HAVING OUR ROAMING GREATER
00:58:27 BAY AREA.
00:58:28 SOUND MONITOR, WHO WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO ANY LOCATIONS
00:58:32 WHERE THOSE STATIONARY MONITORS ARE NOT PROVIDING ENOUGH COVERAGE, ESSENTIALLY.
00:58:38 THE OTHER TRENDS THAT WE SAW CONTINUE MOST FOLKS DID CALL IN TO OUR CALL CENTER
00:58:43 VERSUS CALLING INTO 311, WHICH IS GREAT, JUST GIVES US MORE INFORMATION.
00:58:50 AND WE ALSO SAW THE MAJORITY OF COMPLAINTS, NONE DURING OUR SOUNDTRACKS,
00:58:53 MAJORITY ON SUNDAY EVENING AFTER 6:00 PM.
00:58:59 OUR SOUND COMPLAINT PROCESS WILL STAY ESSENTIALLY THE SAME,
00:59:04 SO WE'LL NEIGHBORS CAN SUBMIT A COMPLAINT VIA ANY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE
00:59:10 PROVIDED THROUGH 311 THROUGH OUR CALL CENTER E-MAIL, LEAVING A VOICEMAIL,
00:59:17 AND ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT COMPLAINT, THEN WE WILL START ADDRESSING ONCE WE
00:59:23 RECEIVE.
00:59:23 THAT COMPLAINT AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE WILL REQUEST FROM THEM,
00:59:26 INCLUDING THE LOCATION TYPE OF NOISE.
00:59:29 AND HOPEFULLY THEIR FOLLOW UP INFO, WE MOVE ON TO HOW WE ACTUALLY RESPOND TO
00:59:34 THAT COMPLAINT. SO WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SOUND
00:59:38 MONITORS. WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE
00:59:41 COMPLAINT IS COMING FROM IN RELATION TO THE SOUND MONITOR,
00:59:45 CONFIRM THE ACTUAL LIMIT AT THE.
00:59:48 SOUND MONITOR THERE AND THEN ONCE THAT IS RELAYED TO THE ARBU GROUP AND OUR
00:59:53 DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION AND DAVE BRATT, THEN WE START WORKING ON HOW TO ACTUALLY
00:59:59 ADDRESS IT BY IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE STAGE AND THEN TAKING NECESSARY ACTIONS
01:00:04 TO ADJUST.
01:00:05 AND ACCORDINGLY.
01:00:11 I'M SORRY.
01:00:15 AND WITH THAT, I WILL LEAVE THIS RECAP UP AND LET Y'ALL
01:00:19 ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
01:00:27 FELT LIKE WE USED TO HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS, BUT.
01:00:30 FEW YEARS IN NOW, MAYBE AT FIVE YEARS IN.
01:00:34 FEELING GOOD?
01:00:36 FOR THE THOROUGH PRESENTATION, OF COURSE, I TRIED TO SHORTEN THOSE MUSCULAR CUTS,
01:00:40 BUT I SAW I THINK JUST YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT.
01:00:43 WE'LL OPEN THIS IN PUBLIC.
01:00:43 COMMENT YOU MAY, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT GOES.
01:00:45 'CAUSE WE MAY, WE MAY BRING YOU BACK UP.
01:00:49 IS ANYBODY HERE?
01:00:51 WANT TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
01:00:57 DON'T HAVE A COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OK, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:01:01 ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE MOTION.
01:01:06 I.
01:01:06 MOTION TO APPROVE 2ND.
01:01:10 MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
01:01:12 THERE'S YES.
01:01:16 OK. OK. PRESIDENT BLYMAN. AYE. VICE PRESIDENT HUANG. AYE.
01:01:20 COMMISSIONER DAVIS. AYE. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. AYE,
01:01:23 AND COMMISSIONER WILSON. AYE.
01:01:25 ALL RIGHT. THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND WE CAN MOVE ON
01:01:29 TO THE NEXT APPLICANT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA AND I BELIEVE COMMUNICATIONS AND
01:01:33 PROJECTS AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, RICE WILL INTRODUCE THIS.
01:01:38 SANDWICH SHOP. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP TRACK OF PUBLIC PC
01:01:41 NOW.
01:01:43 JUST FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER WONG IS RECUSING HERSELF FOR
01:01:47 THIS ITEM.
01:01:49 OK.
01:01:51 OK. THE NEXT PERMIT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA IS
01:01:54 A ONE TIME OUTDOOR EVENT PERMIT FROM INTO THE STREETS FOR DOWNTOWN.
01:01:59 FIRST THURSDAYS, NOW IN ITS THIRD YEAR DOWNTOWN,
01:02:02 FIRST THURSDAYS IS A FREE MONTHLY ST. PARTY IN DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO,
01:02:06 TAKING PLACE THE 1ST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH FROM 5:00 PM TO 10:00 PM THE EVENT
01:02:11 STARTS UP AGAIN IN MAY OF THIS YEAR AND RUNS THROUGH APRIL OF 20.
01:02:14 27.
01:02:16 EACH EVENT IS EXPECTED TO DRAW AN ESTIMATED 10,000 ATTENDEES.
01:02:20 AND WILL FEATURE DJ'S, BANDS, FASHION SHOWS,
01:02:23 DANCE ACTS AND FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES.
01:02:27 A KEY GOAL FOR THE EVENT IS TO SUPPORT THE REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN THROUGH
01:02:32 ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVATIONS AND INCREASING FOOT TRAFFIC TO DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES.
01:02:37 THE LOCATIONS OF THE STAGES AND AMPLIFIED SOUND ARE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
01:02:42 THEIR SECOND AND HOWARD.
01:02:45 NEW MONTGOMERY AND MINNA, JESSE AND 2ND ST. AND AT 90 NATOMA.
01:02:50 STREET ON THE STREET ADJACENT TO SALESFORCE TRANSIT CENTER. LIKE LAST YEAR,
01:02:55 THE APPLICANTS REQUESTING TO HOLD SOUND CHECKS ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT FROM 4:00
01:03:00 TO 5:00 PM, YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR FOLDER THEIR PERMIT
01:03:03 APPLICATION. THE MAP SHOWING LOCATIONS OF THE STAGES
01:03:07 AND OF AMPLIFIED SOUND THEIR.
01:03:09 NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH LETTER AND MAP AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND ONE OPPOSITION
01:03:13 LETTER.
01:03:15 THE APPLICANT CONDUCTED NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH AND RECEIVED ONE E-MAIL IN
01:03:19 OPPOSITION AND SIX LETTERS OF SUPPORT REGARDING HIS PERMIT APPLICATION.
01:03:23 SINCE WE ISSUED LAST YEAR'S PERMIT, WE HAVE RECEIVED 3 COMPLAINTS FROM
01:03:28 NEIGHBORS REGARDING THE VOLUME OF AMPLIFIED SOUND COMPARED TO SIX
01:03:31 COMPLAINTS THE YEAR BEFORE. JUST WANT TO.
01:03:34 REITERATE THAT WAS FOR THE LAST CYCLE OF THIS EVENT, SO 3 COMPLAINTS TOTAL.
01:03:41 SFPD SOUTHERN STATION DID NOT RESPOND WITHIN THE RESPONSE WINDOW.
01:03:44 SO WE ASSUME.
01:03:45 THEY HAVE NO CONCERNS WITH THIS PERMIT STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE
01:03:49 GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY AND THE CONDITIONS YOU SEE LISTED IN THE MEMO HERE TO SPEAK
01:03:54 WITH YOU THIS EVENING IS JAVIER SANCHEZ FROM INTO THE STREETS.
01:03:59 KATIE OH, KATIE BRIMBAUM FROM INTO THE STREETS.
01:04:04 HELLO THERE, COMMISSIONERS.
01:04:05 MY NAME IS KATIE BIRNBAUM.
01:04:06 I'M CEO AND FOUNDER OF INTO THE STREETS AND VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR THE THIRD
01:04:14 YEAR.
01:04:15 OF DOWNTOWN, FIRST THURSDAYS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:04:19 SO WE ARE BUILDING OFF OF A LOT OF SUCCESS.
01:04:21 I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE PROGRAM TO DATE EVERY SINGLE MONTH WE ADD
01:04:26 TO THIS, BUT TO DATE WE HAVE GENERATED $31 MILLION
01:04:30 IN SPENDING DOWNTOWN AND THAT'S JUST WITH SMALL BUSINESSES ON THE CORRIDOR AND
01:04:35 AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WITH VENDORS ON SITE.
01:04:39 WE'VE HOSTED AROUND 400, 000 PEOPLE TO DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:04:43 EACH ONE OF THEM HAVING.
01:04:44 AN INCREDIBLE MEMORY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND TAKING THAT HOME WITH THEM.
01:04:49 80% OF OUR ATTENDEES ARRIVE VIA TRANSIT OR ON FOOT,
01:04:53 SO WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM AND ALSO NOT CONTRIBUTING TO
01:04:59 TRAFFIC DOWNTOWN AND EVERY SINGLE EVENT WE ARE HOSTING BETWEEN 50 AND 75 SMALL
01:05:04 BUSINESSES AS RETAIL AND FOOD VENDORS AND SUPPORTING DOZENS OF LOCAL.
01:05:09 ARTISTS AND CULTURAL WORKERS WITH PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE STREET.
01:05:13 AND THEN, OF COURSE, BRINGING MARQUIS DJ'S THAT HELP BRING THE
01:05:17 D JS AND MUSICIANS THAT HELP BRING THE NOTORIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO AS A
01:05:22 DESTINATION FOR CULTURE AND ARTS.
01:05:26 SO SEEKING YOU KNOW, APPROVAL TODAY AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
01:05:30 QUESTIONS WE DO HAVE.
01:05:31 WE'RE PLANNING TO CONTINUE OUR SOUND MITIGATION EFFORTS AND JUST KIND OF
01:05:37 RECAPPING WHAT SOME OF THOSE ARE. WE DO HAVE A HOTLINE THAT WE POST THE
01:05:42 NUMBER FOR.
01:05:44 ALL AROUND THE POLES, AROUND THE FOOTPRINT,
01:05:46 BEGINNING EARLY IN THE DAY, THAT NUMBER'S ALSO BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO
01:05:51 ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE HAD CONCERNS AND IS PART OF OUTREACH TO THEM.
01:05:57 WE ACTUALLY DO SHUT ALL THE MUSIC STAGES DOWN BY 9:45 AND WE DO IT IN A ROLLING
01:06:02 FASHION WITH THE LOUDEST, LARGEST STAGE GOING UP. EXCUSE ME.
01:06:05 GOING OFF AT 9:00 PM, WHICH IS THE HOWARD STREET STAGE,
01:06:09 AND THEN WE ROLL OFF EACH STAGE BETWEEN 9:00 AND 9:45.
01:06:13 AND SO WE'RE NOW AGAIN TRYING TO LESSEN SOUND AS IT GETS CLOSER TO 10:00 PM WE DO
01:06:20 PROACTIVELY DO SOUND CHECKS ON ALL OF THE STAGES AND WE'RE ACTUALLY ADDING STAFF
01:06:26 FOR THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE FREQUENT SOUND CHECKS THROUGHOUT THE
01:06:31 NIGHT. BUT AS A.
01:06:32 PROTOCOL, WE DO SOUND CHECKS AT EACH OF THE STAGES,
01:06:35 MAKING SURE THAT WE STAY IN COMPLIANCE. WE ALSO HAVE.
01:06:39 WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR SOUND FOLKS TO.
01:06:43 HAVE.
01:06:44 MORE TOOLS AT HER DISPOSAL TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T VIOLATE ANYTHING AND KIND OF IN
01:06:49 REAL TIME.
01:06:49 BUT AGAIN, WE ARE CONSTANTLY MONITORING AND AND
01:06:51 MAKING SURE THAT OUR SOUND LEVELS STAY WITHIN LIMITS.
01:06:56 WE DO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS THAT LIVE CLOSE BY AND WE ARE
01:07:00 TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE BEST NEIGHBORS AS,
01:07:03 AS BEST AS WE CAN WITH WITH THE TIMING OF OUR SOUND.
01:07:06 WE ALSO DO EXTENSIVE CLEANING IN AND AROUND THE AREA.
01:07:10 THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS AT YERBA BUENA.
01:07:13 PARTNERSHIP AND EASTCUT.
01:07:15 SO WE'RE LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRETTY.
01:07:18 I LIKE.
01:07:18 I'D LIKE TO THINK CLEANER THAN THAN IT IS THE DAY BEFORE.
01:07:22 SO WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CONFLICTS,
01:07:25 BUT WE ARE HERE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND AGAIN HELP DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO THRIVE.
01:07:29 AS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND ALSO FOR OUR WHOLE CITY.
01:07:37 QUESTIONS FOR KATIE?
01:07:40 CAN YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH THE SECURITY PLAN?
01:07:42 I KNOW THERE HAVEN'T BEEN MANY ISSUES THAT I KNOW OF,
01:07:44 BUT JUST WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE AND HOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH PD TO
01:07:48 KINDA MITIGATE SOME ISSUES BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY GONNA GROW AGAIN THIS YEAR.
01:07:51 SO JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND JUST SOME STUFF YOU PUT IN PLACE.
01:07:54 YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
01:07:55 SO WE HAVE EVERY MONTH WE SEND INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERFORMERS TO SFPD
01:08:01 AND HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SYNC ON ANY ISSUES.
01:08:06 GENERALLY SPEAKING.
01:08:07 LIKE YOU SAID, THERE HASN'T ACTUALLY BEEN ISSUES.
01:08:09 THERE HASN'T BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF REASON FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO TRY TO WORK ON
01:08:14 THE SECURITY DEPLOYMENTS. WITH THAT, THEY DO SEND A SET OF OFFICERS WHICH
01:08:18 WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR FROM THE SOUTHERN STATION AND THAT COMPLIMENTS OUR SECURITY
01:08:23 STAFF, WHICH IS PROVIDED BY TWO.
01:08:24 TEAMS ONE IS CALLED MITCHELL SECURITY AND THE OTHER ONE IS CALLED NANDSTEP.
01:08:30 COLLECTIVELY WE HAVE ABOUT.
01:08:32 45 GUARDS ON DURING THE EVENT.
01:08:35 AND THEY'RE DOING ALCOHOL MONITORING COMPLIANCE AND THEN GENERAL, YOU KNOW,
01:08:40 PUBLIC SAFETY AND DE ESCALATION. THANKS. THANK YOU.
01:08:48 ALL RIGHT.
01:08:49 I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
01:08:51 I HAVE VISITED IT A FEW TIMES.
01:08:53 IT'S QUITE FUN.
01:08:55 YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT, KATIE, AND WE WILL SEE IF THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT
01:08:58 ON THIS.
01:09:05 HELLO, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS CONSTANCE CAVALOS.
01:09:07 I'M WITH THE URBAN A PARTNERSHIP DOWNTOWN 1ST THURSDAY'S HAS BECOME A CULTURAL
01:09:11 STAPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE THINK INTO THE STREETS HAS BEEN DOING
01:09:14 AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF CREATING A SPACE THAT IS WELCOMING FOR MULTIPLE
01:09:18 COMMUNITIES TO CELEBRATE DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:09:20 WE RECEIVE PRETTY CONSISTENT POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM OUR NEIGHBORS IN OUR
01:09:24 COMMUNITY AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF THIS EVENT.
01:09:28 THANK YOU.
01:09:29 THANK YOU.
01:09:32 ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS?
01:09:34 ANYBODY ON THE INTERWEBS?
01:09:37 WE DON'T KNOW, OK.
01:09:39 SORRY, NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
01:09:41 WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
01:09:44 I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS 2ND.
01:09:52 PRESIDENT LYMAN AYE, VICE PRESIDENT HUANG, COMMISSIONER DAVIS. AYE.
01:10:00 COMMISSIONER THOMAS AYE AND COMMISSIONER WILSON AYE.
01:10:03 ALL RIGHT. THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
01:10:05 CONGRATULATIONS AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE THIRD APPLICANT.
01:10:08 I CAN FIND IT, YES, AND I BELIEVE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AZEVEDO
01:10:13 WILL BE INTRODUCING THIS.
01:10:15 THANKS PRESIDENT BLIMIN AND GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS.
01:10:18 I KNOW I SPOKE WITH YOU EARLIER, BUT I'M BACK.
01:10:20 THE NEXT PERMIT ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA IS FOR A PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT THAT
01:10:25 INCLUDES OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND AT THE FRONT OF THE BUSINESS FOR THE HALL
01:10:29 LOCATED AT 2565 MISSION ST. THIS LOCATION HELD A.
01:10:32 POE PERMIT FOR YEARS UNDER PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP, INCLUDING BALANSOIS MISSION,
01:10:36 STREET SPORTS BAR AND ARENA.
01:10:37 BUT THE HALL BRINGS A MUCH DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL TO THE SPACE.
01:10:41 THEY'RE AN UPSCALE BAR AND BILLIARDS HALL THAT ALSO SERVES ELEVATED STREET FOOD AND
01:10:45 CURRENTLY HOLDS ABP PERMIT FROM OUR OFFICE,
01:10:47 WHILE BILLIARDS ARE THEIR PRIMARY FOCUS, THEY ARE APPLYING FOR THE POE PERMIT SO
01:10:52 THEY CAN HOST ENTERTAINMENT SUCH AS D JS, COMEDY,
01:10:54 KARAOKE AND BANDS BETWEEN 10:00 AM.
01:10:56 TO 2:00 AM TO HOPEFULLY DRIVE IN MORE BUSINESS.
01:10:59 THEY'RE ALSO SEEKING THE ABILITY TO HAVE OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND AT THE FRONT OF
01:11:02 THE BUSINESS.
01:11:03 10:00 AM TO 10:00 PM DAILY.
01:11:06 BUT NOT TO EXCEED 6 HOURS PER PER DAY, SENIOR INSPECTOR SABRINA HE SET AS
01:11:10 INTERNAL SOUND LIMIT LAST WEEK, BUT IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF
01:11:14 RECOMMENDATIONS, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE IT AT
01:11:17 THE TIME OF WRITING THIS MEMO.
01:11:19 BUT IT WAS SET IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 29 AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE STANDARD
01:11:23 50 FOOT CONDITION FOR OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND FOR SECURITY.
01:11:26 THEY WILL HAVE ONE GUARD ON SITE SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY DURING ENTERTAINMENT
01:11:31 BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 6:00 PM TO CLOSE THEY.
01:11:34 WILL HAVE ONE GUARD ON SITE. IF THERE IS NO ENTERTAINMENT AND THREE
01:11:38 GUARDS ON SITE DURING ENTERTAINMENT, THE APPLICANT SENT AN OUTREACH LETTER TO
01:11:42 THEIR NEIGHBORS WITHIN 150 FOOT OF THE BUSINESS AND THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION FOR
01:11:46 THE APPLICATION. THEY DID TELL ME THAT ONE.
01:11:49 NEIGHBOR CONTACTED THEM DIRECTLY AND CAME OVER FOR A TOUR TO MEET THE OWNERS AND
01:11:52 LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMMING PLANS AND IN YOUR FILE ARE ALSO SOME LETTERS OF
01:11:56 SUPPORT.
01:11:58 SFPD MISSION STATION HAD NO ADDED CONDITIONS AND HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU
01:12:01 TONIGHT ARE THE OWNERS YUKO JOYNA AND MODI.
01:12:05 GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M MODI SHANTARAM.
01:12:07 I'M ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE HALL WITH YUKO TAKAHASHI AND JOIN A PLAY OUT.
01:12:12 THANKS FOR HAVING US.
01:12:13 WE HAVE A SHORT DECK PREPARED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT AS TO WHO WE ARE
01:12:18 AND SOME PICTURES OF THE SPACE. SO WE'RE LOCATED ON BETWEEN 21ST AND 22ND
01:12:22 ST. IN THE MISSION DISTRICT ACROSS THE ALAMO
01:12:25 DRAFTHOUSE.
01:12:27 WE'RE DESIGNED FORWARD COCKTAIL AND BILLIARDS LOUNGE AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
01:12:32 PLEASE.
01:12:34 SO WE'RE BUILT AROUND COMMUNITY CRAFTSMANSHIP AND HOSPITALITY.
01:12:38 THE SPACE IS ABOUT TWO LEVELS, 8600 SQUARE FEET.
01:12:42 WE HAVE A MEZZANINE OVERLOOKING THE SPACE. WE HAVE 8 BILLIARDS TABLES AND WE HAVE
01:12:47 CURATED A FOOD AND COCKTAIL PROGRAM.
01:12:51 THAT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A SOCIAL BUT ELEVATED ENVIRONMENT.
01:12:56 WE'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS NOW AND THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON
01:13:00 CREATING A SPACE THAT FEELS WELCOMING, POLISHED AND YET ROOTED IN THE
01:13:03 NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:13:06 SO WE DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR WE'RE NOT A NIGHTCLUB AND WE DON'T PLAN TO BE ONE.
01:13:11 WE WE ARE A SEATED ENTERTAINMENT VENUE WHERE PEOPLE COME TO PLAY POOL,
01:13:16 DRINK COCKTAILS, HAVE SOME FOOD AND SPEND TIME TOGETHER.
01:13:19 SO OUR.
01:13:21 MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT ARE MEANT TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE AND NOT DOMINATED.
01:13:29 SO THE PLACE OF ENTERTAIN WILL ALLOW US TO THOUGHTFULLY EXPAND OUR PROGRAMMING IN
01:13:34 A WAY THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR IDENTITY.
01:13:36 SO THAT INCLUDES HOSTING DJS, LIVE EVENTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO CURATE, YOU KNOW,
01:13:41 CULTURAL PROGRAMS AND BRING IN LOCAL ARTISTS AS WELL.
01:13:48 AND WE'RE ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT CREATING A RESIDENCY FOR LOCAL DJS BY
01:13:52 GIVING THEM A CONSISTENT PLATFORM TO KIND OF HOME THEIR SKILLS.
01:14:01 HELLO, I'M YUKO.
01:14:04 WE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH, WE USED A COMBINATION OF ONLINE TOOLS.
01:14:10 FOR, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES
01:14:14 WITHIN THE 150 FOOT RADIUS OF THE HALL, WE USED MAP DEVELOPERS, GOOGLE MAPS,
01:14:19 THE SAN FRANCISCO PROPERTY INFORMATION MAP TO GET THE PARCEL ADDRESSES AND WE
01:14:25 ALSO JUST WENT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY BEHIND ON CAP ST.
01:14:31 TO MAKE SURE WE CAPTURED ALL THE UNIT NUMBERS OF ALL THE APARTMENTS BEHIND US,
01:14:36 AND THEN WE MAILED MOST OF THE LETTERS WITH THE GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY FORM.
01:14:42 AND HAND DELIVERED A SMALL AMOUNT TO SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE DIRECTLY
01:14:45 ACROSS THE STREET.
01:14:48 IN TOTAL, 41 BUSINESSES AND 82 RESIDENCES, SO A TOTAL OF 123 LETTERS WERE
01:14:54 DISTRIBUTED, AND AS CAITLYN MENTIONED, WE DID HEAR FROM ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS
01:14:59 DIRECTLY.
01:15:00 BEHIND US. AND HE REACHED OUT VIA E-MAIL.
01:15:04 WE RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY.
01:15:05 WE INVITED HIM OVER.
01:15:07 MODI GAVE HIM A TOUR AND HE SEEMED PRETTY SATISFIED WITH THE SOUND MITIGATION PLANS
01:15:13 THAT WE HAVE AND WITH OUR OUTREACH LETTERS,
01:15:17 WE INCLUDED ALL OF OUR NAMES AS WELL AS THE HALL, E-MAIL AND HALL PHONE NUMBER,
01:15:23 AND THE E-MAIL IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL OF US AND THE.
01:15:27 PHONE NUMBER ACTUALLY DOES REROUTE TO ONE OF OUR CELL PHONES.
01:15:31 SO WE WILL ALWAYS BE ANSWERING THOSE CALLS.
01:15:33 SO IF ANYONE DOES CALL TO COMPLAIN, WE CAN ADDRESS IT IMMEDIATELY.
01:15:43 SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR MISSION AGAIN IS TO DELIVER A PREMIUM COCKTAIL IN
01:15:48 BILLIONS.
01:15:49 EXPERIENCE THAT FOSTERS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, AND LIKE I SAID,
01:15:52 WE'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE ALREADY
01:15:56 ESTABLISHED THAT WE HOST MULTIPLE LEAGUES DURING THE WEEK WEEKDAYS WHERE WE HAVE
01:16:00 DIVERSE COMMUNITIES COME IN AND ON WEEKENDS WE HAVE WALK IN TRAFFIC THE
01:16:04 LOCAL.
01:16:05 MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD COMES IN, PLAYS POOL AND A LARGER VISION IS TO MAKE
01:16:09 BILLIARDS A MAINSTREAM LIFESTYLE WHICH, YOU KNOW, POOL HAS ASTIGMATISM.
01:16:13 AROUND LIKE BILLIARDS IN GENERAL, LIKE IT'S A IT'S PLAYED IN A DIVE BAR.
01:16:17 IT'S A GAMBLING SPORT, SO THE ENTERTAINMENT LICENSE WILL HELP US
01:16:21 KIND OF BRING IN MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE NEVER PLAYED POOL AND KIND OF INTRODUCE
01:16:25 THEM TO BILLIARDS AS WELL.
01:16:30 SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
01:16:31 THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND CONSIDERING US.
01:16:35 QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
01:16:38 NO CONCERNS HERE.
01:16:40 IT'S GOOD TO ME.
01:16:41 I WANT TO GO THERE.
01:16:42 ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY HAVE A SEAT.
01:16:43 WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.
01:16:45 I DON'T SEE ANY IN THE ROOM.
01:16:46 I DON'T IMAGINE, BUT POSSIBLY ON THE INTERNET.
01:16:53 JUST KNOW ON THE INTERNET. OK, I'LL JUST SIT SAY NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:16:56 ALL RIGHT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
01:17:01 MOTIONS I MOVE TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. I'LL 2ND.
01:17:05 ALL RIGHT.
01:17:08 SOMEBODY, MAYBE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CAN LEAD THE BOAT FOR US.
01:17:13 OH, ABSOLUTELY.
01:17:14 MY APOLOGIES, PRESIDENT PLEINON. AYE. COMMISSIONER WILSON. AYE,
01:17:18 COMMISSIONER THOMAS. AYE. COMMISSIONER WONG. AYE.
01:17:22 COMMISSIONER DAVIS? AYE, FOR THE RECORD, COULD WE GET?
01:17:26 WHO MOTIONED AND WHO SECONDED FOR YES. I MOTIONED SECOND. OK.
01:17:31 THANK YOU.
01:17:33 ALL RIGHT.
01:17:34 CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE BEEN APPROVED AND WE CAN MOVE ON
01:17:37 TO OUR NEXT.
01:17:40 GREAT. THE NEXT PERMIT ON OUR AGENDA IS FOR AN F
01:17:42 PASS PERMIT FOR YERBA BUENA PARTNERSHIP.
01:17:46 TO ACTIVATE OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND IN YERBA BUENA LANE,
01:17:49 THEY'RE APPLYING FOR THIS PERMIT PRIMARILY TO COINCIDE WITH AN ART
01:17:52 PROJECTION THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED ON A LARGE WALL IN YERBA BUENA LANE,
01:17:56 BUT WOULD ALSO LIKE THE ABILITY TO PLAY PRE RECORDED MUSIC IN THE OUTDOOR SPACE
01:18:00 FOR AMB.
01:18:01 THEY ARE SEEKING THE F PASS PERMIT TO HOST THE AMPLIFIED SOUND.
01:18:04 EXCUSE ME.
01:18:06 9:00 AM TO 10:00 PM DAILY BUT SHALL NOT EXCEED 6 HOURS PER DAY.
01:18:10 THEY NOTIFIED ALL THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORS WITHIN 150 FEET OF
01:18:13 YERBA BUENA LANE, AND THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION FOR THE
01:18:16 PERMIT.
01:18:16 AND THERE ARE SOME LETTERS OF SUPPORT IN YOUR FILE FOR YOUR REVIEW.
01:18:20 STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING OUR STANDARD 50 FOOT SOUND LIMIT FOR THE AMPLIFIED SOUND
01:18:25 AND SFPD TENDERLING STATION HAD NO ADDED CONDITIONS HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT
01:18:29 IS THE YERBA BUENA CBD DIRECTOR, CONSTANCE AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIAL
01:18:33 PROJECTS MANAGER TAM.
01:18:36 OK. HELLO AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS.
01:18:37 LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST US.
01:18:39 LEFT MY NAME IS CONSTANCE CAVALIS.
01:18:43 I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE YURBA BUENA PARTNERSHIP AND THIS IS TAM BING
01:18:47 HERE ON THE KEYS.
01:18:48 SO GO THROUGH OUR PRESENTATION. SHE WAS THE MASTERMIND IN GETTING OUR
01:18:52 APPLICATION ALL WRAPPED UP AND SENT OVER TO YOU.
01:18:54 SO THANK YOU, DAN.
01:18:56 SO I'M GOING TO START BY JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE YERBA BUENA
01:18:59 NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:18:59 SO WE ARE THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT THAT SUPPORTS YUBA BUENA HERE ON THE
01:19:03 SCREEN YOU CAN SEE OUR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
01:19:06 WE ARE IN A MIXED-USE DENSE AREA OF SAN FRANCISCO DOWNTOWN.
01:19:09 SOMA, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SOUTH SIDE OF
01:19:11 MARKET STREET GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HARRISON WHERE THE FREEWAY STARTS AND 2ND
01:19:16 TO 5TH ST.
01:19:18 I'M GONNA TELL YOU A BIT MORE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:19:21 WE ARE.
01:19:21 LET'S GO BACK TO 1 TAM. THANK YOU.
01:19:24 SO WE AT OUR HEART ARE THE ARTS AND CULTURE DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO.
01:19:28 WE HAVE OVER 21 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, MUSEUMS, ORGANIZATIONS,
01:19:32 ENTERTAINMENT VENUES OVER 60 PIECES OF PUBLIC ART.
01:19:35 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS UNIQUE IN THAT WE HAVE THE YORUBA BUENA GARDENS IN THE
01:19:38 MIDDLE.
01:19:38 WE ALSO HAVE THE MOSCONE CONVENTION CENTER, WHICH IS THE ONLY.
01:19:41 CONVENTION CENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO.
01:19:42 WE HAVE 11 HOTELS WE SO IT BRINGS A LOT OF VISITORS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:19:47 WE HAVE ALL THE THINGS THAT MAKE UP A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN OFFICE SPACE.
01:19:51 LOTS OF EXCELLENT BARS AND RESTAURANTS, RETAIL AND SERVICES,
01:19:54 AND WE ARE ALSO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:19:56 SO WE HAVE ABOUT 11, 000 RESIDENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND
01:20:00 THEY'RE RANGING IN SPACES FROM AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING UNITS ALL THE WAY TO A
01:20:04 LUXURY CONDOS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
01:20:07 SO WE'RE VERY DIVERSE AND ECLECTIC IN A SMALL FOOTPRINT.
01:20:10 AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
01:20:12 I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR ORGANIZATION DOES.
01:20:15 I MENTIONED THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT.
01:20:18 I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT IS, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF BEING THOROUGH,
01:20:21 COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT IS A DEFINED GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF OUR PROPERTY.
01:20:25 OWNERS PAY SPECIAL ASSESSMENT TO FUND AN ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS TO PROVIDE QUALITY
01:20:29 OF LIFE SERVICES.
01:20:30 SO OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE YOUR RBONA CLEAN, SAFE, WELCOMING,
01:20:33 AND VIBRANT FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES, WORKS, VISITS, SPENDS TIME IN THE AREA.
01:20:38 AND WE DO THAT THROUGH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
01:20:40 SO HERE ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED OUR.
01:20:42 CLEANING AND SAFETY PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE REALLY A CORE OF WHAT WE DO.
01:20:46 WE HAVE AMBASSADORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 365 DAYS A YEAR,
01:20:49 MAKING OUR SIDEWALKS CLEAN, WELCOMING AND SAFE.
01:20:52 WE DO A LOT OF STREETSCAPE PROJECTS, WHICH I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
01:20:56 FOR THE PERMIT THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR.
01:20:57 SO THAT'S PUBLIC ART, BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS,
01:20:59 AMENITIES ON SIDEWALKS. WE DO MARKETING AND ACTIVATION TO LET
01:21:02 EVERYBODY KNOW ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
01:21:06 THEIR NEWSLETTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ALSO IN BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY
01:21:09 TOGETHER IN LIVE EVENTS.
01:21:12 AND WE ALSO DO A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR MARKETING ACTIVATION
01:21:15 AND I THINK THAT'S PLENTY TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
01:21:17 SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION THIS
01:21:21 ART PROJECT CALLED YUP, OF BUENA ILLUMINATED.
01:21:24 THIS IS A PUBLIC ART PROJECT.
01:21:27 IT IS A PROJECTION ART SPECIFICALLY AND IT IS DISPLAYED ON THE HUMBOLDT BANK
01:21:32 BUILDING THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE.
01:21:34 IT'S AN ICONIC BUILDING WITH AN INCREDIBLY LARGE SCALE.
01:21:37 AT 95 FEET TALL AND 45 FEET WIDE.
01:21:40 THE MEDIUM ALLOWS FOR US TO HAVE ROTATING CONTENT,
01:21:42 WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH MANY DIFFERENT ARTISTS AND CULTURAL
01:21:46 INSTITUTIONS TO KEEP THE CONTENT VERY FRESH.
01:21:48 WE'RE EXCITED AND PROUD TO SAY THAT OUR FIRST TWO ARTISTS WERE ACTUALLY SAN
01:21:51 FRANCISCO ARTISTS THAT WERE DISPLAYED HERE.
01:21:55 BECAUSE OF THE MEDIUM, IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT ONLY DISPLAYS IN
01:21:58 THE EVENING TIME, SO IT STARTS AT DESK, WHICH CHANGES OBVIOUSLY DURING THE COURSE
01:22:01 OF THE YEAR AND IT WILL GO AS LATE AS 9:00 OR 10:00 PM,
01:22:04 WHICHEVER IS APPROPRIATE. IT IS LOCATED AT THE NEAR BABONA LANE.
01:22:07 AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARKET. SO IT'S VERY.
01:22:10 VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE.
01:22:12 IT'S A PROJECT THAT WE CONSIDER A MODEL PROJECT IN OUR ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT
01:22:16 TOUCHES ON ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER,
01:22:20 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE YOU'RE BUENA LANE,
01:22:22 IS A PEDESTRIANIZED SPACE WITH LINED WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS.
01:22:27 AND ALSO LEADS TO MULTIPLE PUBLIC OPEN SPACES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:22:32 IT HELPS WITH THE MARKETING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT IS A PUBLIC ART
01:22:36 PIECE.
01:22:36 SO IT TIES INTO OUR ART AND CULTURE IDENTITY.
01:22:39 AND IT ALSO BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A SAFETY ELEMENT BECAUSE OF THE AMBIENT
01:22:43 LIGHT THAT COMES FROM THE PROJECTION, AND BECAUSE IT CREATES A SPACE FOR PEOPLE
01:22:47 TO STOP AND LINGER AND SPEND TIME TOGETHER,
01:22:49 WHICH IS BOTH A REAL AND PERCEIVED SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.
01:22:52 SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS VISUALLY STUNNING, BEAUTIFUL, EXCITING,
01:22:56 AND THE PERMIT THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR TODAY WILL ALLOW US TO DO ONE ADDITIONAL
01:23:01 ELEMENT TO ELEVATE THE ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE,
01:23:03 WHICH IS TO PLAY SOME PRE RECORDED SOUND.
01:23:06 ADDITIVE PRETTY SPECIFICALLY FOR EVENTS AND ACTIVATIONS,
01:23:08 NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING.
01:23:10 EVERY NIGHT AND WE HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO TO SHARE WITH YOU.
01:23:32 SO THAT IS FROM. LET'S GO 2025.
01:23:36 IT'S THE HOLIDAY EVENT THAT IS PUT ON BY THE DOWNTOWN SF PARTNERSHIP AND WE HAD
01:23:41 THE OPPORTUNITY TO PILOT WITH A TEMPORARY PERMIT. THIS EXACT TYPE OF CONCEPT.
01:23:46 IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
01:23:48 THIS IS ALSO ALLOWED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR
01:23:51 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA.
01:23:53 THERE ARE SOME SOUND SENSITIVE NEIGHBORS. WE HAVE TWO HOTELS AND A RESIDENTIAL
01:23:57 BUILDING IN ADDITION TO ALL THE BUSINESSES.
01:24:00 WE WORKED ALL THE KINKS THERE.
01:24:02 NOT ONLY JUST GREAT PARTNERS, BUT LIKE SUPERSTAR PARTNERS REALLY
01:24:06 PUSHING AND SUPPORTING TO MAKE THIS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
01:24:09 WE MET WITH EACH OF THE CONSTITUENTS TO CHECK ON THE SOUND BEFORE SET THE DECIBEL
01:24:14 LEVELS.
01:24:16 AND AND THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO US.
01:24:20 SO OUR OUTREACH FOR THIS PARTICULAR PERMIT,
01:24:22 WE DID OUTREACH THE 12 BUSINESSES THAT ARE ON YERBA BUENA LANE.
01:24:26 WE TALKED TO BOTH OF THE HOTELS AND THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AS WELL AS A
01:24:30 PROPERTY MANAGER AND OWNER WHO.
01:24:32 IS THE LANDLORD FOR ALL OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALONG YOUR RIBBON
01:24:35 LANE? AND AS I JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE REGULAR AND ONGOING COMMUNICATION
01:24:39 WITH ALL THESE STAKEHOLDERS.
01:24:41 THEY HAVE OUR DIRECT CELL PHONE NUMBERS, BUT WE WILL BE DOING OUR INTENT HERE TO
01:24:46 HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF INTERACTION WITH ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN ADVANCE OF
01:24:51 PROGRAMMING ANY TYPE OF MUSIC OR PRE RECORDED SOUNDS SO THAT WE WOULD CHECK A
01:24:55 DECIBEL LEVELS SET IT.
01:24:57 OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST. HOWEVER, WE MAY NEED TO,
01:25:00 IN ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
01:25:03 AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVING DIRECT ACCESS TO US,
01:25:06 WE ALSO HAVE OUR AMBASSADORS WHO I MENTIONED EARLIER WHO ARE IN THE
01:25:09 NEIGHBORHOOD UNTIL 10:00 PM EVERY NIGHT, WHICH IS AS LONG AS THE MUSIC WOULD BE
01:25:14 AMPLIFIED OR PLAYED.
01:25:15 SO THERE IS FOR SOME REASON SOMETHING SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING AWRY.
01:25:18 THEY CAN ALSO STEP IN AND COMMUNICATE WITH US IF WE WOULD COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY
01:25:22 WITH A THREE VISUALS. WHO'S OUR OUR VENDOR?
01:25:24 WHO IS MANAGING THIS SPACE?
01:25:26 AND THEY HAVE REMOTE ACCESS TO ADJUST THE SOUND.
01:25:30 SO I THINK THAT THERE'S YEAH, THAT'S EVERYTHING AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
01:25:33 QUESTIONS. IF ANYBODY HAS A NAME.
01:25:40 LOOKS GREAT TO ME.
01:25:45 ALL RIGHT, YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT AND WE WILL SEE IF
01:25:47 THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
01:25:48 CERTAINLY NOT HERE. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:25:53 NO PUBLIC.
01:25:55 COMMENTS. MOTIONS I MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF
01:26:00 RECOMMENDATIONS I'LL 2ND.
01:26:07 PRESIDENT BLYMAN AYE, VICE PRESIDENT HUANG AYE,
01:26:10 COMMISSIONER DAVIS. AYE, COMMISSIONER THOMAS AYE,
01:26:13 AND COMMISSIONER WILSON, AYE.
01:26:14 ALL RIGHT, YOU'VE BEEN APPROVED.
01:26:18 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:26:20 AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO #7, WHICH IS COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AND
01:26:25 QUESTIONS.
01:26:26 OH YEAH, SORRY I I JUMPED IN.
01:26:27 I JUMPED. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
01:26:31 YOU YOU READ IT.
01:26:33 SO THE NEXT APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY THE TIME BEING.
01:26:43 ACTUALLY NO. IT SAYS TO INTRODUCE YOU. YOU GO AHEAD. YEAH.
01:26:46 I THOUGHT THERE WAS CORRECT.
01:26:48 SO THE NEXT PERMIT APPLICATION IS FOR HIDEAWAY.
01:26:50 CAFE IT'S LOCATED INSIDE OF THE LAUNDROMAT AT 850 JONES ST.
01:26:53 AND I AM RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO A FUTURE HEARING DATE
01:26:57 BECAUSE THE APPLICANT DID NOT DO THEIR OUTREACH BY THE DEADLINE.
01:27:02 I MOVE.
01:27:02 CONTINUANCE SECONDED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
01:27:06 NO PUBLIC COMMENT CLOSED.
01:27:10 PRESIDENT BLYMAN AYE, VICE PRESIDENT HUANG AYE,
01:27:12 COMMISSIONER DAVIS. AYE, COMMISSIONER THOMAS AYE,
01:27:15 AND COMMISSIONER WILSON.
01:27:17 ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
01:27:18 THAT HAS BEEN CONTINUED.
01:27:19 NOW WE CAN MOVE TO #7 COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
01:27:21 WHAT DO WE GOT? CLOSING THOUGHTS.
01:27:25 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE FOR ANOTHER
01:27:29 FANTASTIC EASTER IN DOLORES PARK.
01:27:35 TRULY ONE OF OUR MOST DELIGHTFUL PUBLIC EVENTS.
01:27:38 I LOVE THE PICTURE.
01:27:41 EXCELLENT PART OF THE ENTERTAINMENT ECOSYSTEM EXACTLY.
01:27:47 RIGHT NEXT WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NEXT WEEK, 6:00 PM,
01:27:51 YOU WANT TO COME SEE WEST SIDE STORY WITH 150 FERAL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.
01:27:56 THAT IS THE MUSICAL I'M DIRECTING THIS YEAR, LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
01:28:01 YOU'RE ALL INVITED.
01:28:01 TEXT ME AHEAD OF TIME. I CAN SAVE YOU SEED AND IT DOES NOT COST
01:28:05 ANYTHING.
01:28:06 SO IT'S NOT WORTH ANYTHING.
01:28:07 THE SEAT.
01:28:08 WELL, YOU JUST MET A GIRL WHO WAS NAMED AFTER
01:28:11 WEST SIDE STORY.
01:28:13 MARIA.
01:28:15 WOW.
01:28:17 WE EVEN USED. I JUST MET A GIRL.
01:28:19 YEAH, JUST MET A GIRL NAMED MARIA. OK, BUT DO DO COME.
01:28:25 IT'S GONNA BE QUITE A SPECTACLE.
01:28:27 IT'S THE WHOLE PLACE MIGHT EXPLODE, SHOULD BE AMAZING.
01:28:32 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
01:28:33 NO. CLOSED MEETING ADJOURNED.
01:28:37 GREAT. YAY.
01:28:38 GOOD JOB, GUYS. GOOD JOB GUYS.