Transcripts For SFGTV Environment Commission 111416 20161126

This. So we could work through this as a Strategic Plan or we could break this down to gether and see how the community it will see this manifested ina Strategic Plan. We asked our colleagues internally what does that look like to you, and we actually asked everybody to put their thoughts on postit notes and think about what they think the goal of the department was and what they think they would see in the next coming years and we got everything from doodles to long thoughts written very intelligently and we went through all of these and first we looked at our global footprint. So we brought in experts in the Global Market to see how we were doing in our department and what was being done globally. We looked at what we wanted to do and what we needed to do and what was our goals for the department. We put goals down and concepts we could achieve and we wrote these down and we put them in the order of importance for when the funds were available. And not only did we write these down but these were also something we could use to point a pathway for achieving goals. Also i want to point out that we realize that it would be pretty bold of us to make a statement about what would happen in 2020 and 2016 and the best example that i can give you for that would be that in 2013 at our last Strategic Plan we had a goal of 27 bio use of renewable. The saw in these plans and also what we looked at new plans that we could be prepared for in this project. Wwe said lets set up a plan to be a, bold and b, agile and with that we contacted the meister and i will bring julie up to talk about what the meisters plan was as far as our effort. Thank you donnie. Hi good afternoon thank you. I am delighted to be here today. Iwork with , as danny said, Meister Consulting Group to develop a Strategic Plan. Today i am just going to talk about this plan a little bit. First i will go over who Meister Consulting Group is and hopefully that will help you to see the direction we will be heading with this. First we bring deep content expertise in urban sustainability, climate planning, and clean energy. Second we design tailored processes for Strategic Planning with facilitated internal engagement. And third, we bring an outside perspective as we bring these things along. W understand this process we have narrowed this down into a three stage developing process. First we have a sourcing stage and then we have a selection stage and then a synthesis stage. First we have the sourcing plan and that will allow for benchmarking and for engagement in these plans with these ideas and second would be that selection and the feasibility of these and this would include impact and influence and mission and thirdly we have in concurrence looked at the practices ithin this sustainability practice and we put this in our database to help perform Strategic Plan as well. Beginning with our ideas we had a workshop process. We had a workshop process to celebrate successes and brainstorm new activities. We discussed successes and challenges and new innovations and second we had set a longterm vision visioning exercise and goals and brainstorming on these. And third we built out a new idea impacting our strategies and our successes that they have already accomplished over he last five years and that allowed them to brainstorm new activities they could do next and also staff was allowing them to have a vision outside of the box of what else they could do and they took some new ideas and broke them down into goals over the next five years for their Program Areas and their department and they worked on shortterm goals for these actual steps and tried to develop strategies of what this would look like if we took this pathway. So we took all of this information from the workshops and the discovery process and the benchmark and the interviews and we would discover and encode it and we would use our goals and objectives nd what is a direction that the department would want to take. And as you can see up on the screen at that we were dad look at what the goals and these abilities would be and the technical difficulties we may face and what is our Mission Statement and what things could influence this feasibility and the impact this feasibility will have on this. So donnie and the team it took these different strategies and put them into place and i will turn this over to donnie now but these are the sick leave five pathways that were cross cutting and i wont read these to you right now because you can see them up on the board but i will turn this back over to donnie. Thank you. The first pathway that we came to in achieving these pathways through this synthesis would first be promoting Healthy Communities and ecosystems, secondly would be achieving a carbon free future, strengthening Community Resilience of eliminating waste and amplifying Community Action and not just what can the community do but work in the community do for amplifying these goals. As julie just mentioned we did a lot of internal work to get to this point but simultaneously we waited we are sort of pulling back the veil on our work and i will introduce from fm three to discuss what we will be doing for the survey. Thank you. I always have to turn down these microphones. As donnie mentioned we conducted Research Methodology and fm3 first we asked the policy leaders in the Community Words policy leaders ms. Frequently connected to the San Francisco department of environment would use and we didnt really expect every single word to be a positive one but every single one was a positive one. So we asked the policy leaders that most frequently described sfe as a description and how many times chosen this would apply. And thethree that we heard the most of were innovative, and national leader, and collaborative and as well as forward thinking. There are a lot of things that emerge from this conversation and also what was distinct in this project were the consistency and also in talking to people throughout the city the perceptions were really well aligned. As far as the strength the interviewers pointed that the strength of the staff was that it was deeply committed and really engaged in really collaborative and trying to help to do the best job they can and this really helped to identify that perception. They also noted that sfe were seen as a very effective outreach in the community to ensure their communications were culturally competent. And lastly, they also viewed us as a natural leader and at the cutting edge of innovation and technology. In terms of weaknesses sometimes sfes perceived weaknesses revolved around a sense that they are unfocused and have a bit of an identity crisis. Secondly they noted that it wasnt always perceived as peripheral to the goals and work in the city and they needed to be integrated better with that work. That they would need to be pulled better into that central core. One of the roles that ive read as i was reviewing the interviews this morning that we looked at back and may is that we needed to be more political and peripheral. So goals that were suggested for sfe by the policy leaders were that potential goals for sfe volunteered by participants included expanding publicprivate partnerships focusing on becoming more central to the citys work so in conclusion something that really stood out was that the department was seen and should be seen as a driver of change in an innovator and a vanguard. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right, so that was happening in the late spring and early summer and we had a true wealth of innovation and we had stakeholders across the city that we had a great deal of information so we sat down to produce content and the first place that we started was with our Mission Statement. I just want to reiterate that this value was seen externally and internally. So that Mission Statement is the department of environment provides solutions that advance climate protection and enhance quality solutions. I will show you what this use to be. So first we like to point out that we provide solutions whether they be innovative orimplemented as we are always striving to provide options. The second would be climate protection. This is important because for research throughout the country the term Climate Change has been lost. This is a political term and researchers are showing us around the country that this is a more accessible way to provide climate protection. This may mean Different Things for different people. It might be zero waste or producer responsibility of protecting habitat for urban forest there is many ways you can protect that habitat will at the environmental department. The third thing that we wanted to look at was the quality of life. And everyone that lives in San Francisco will have a different idea of what the definition of quality of life means and what were looking to is what does quality of life mean to us and what are we doing it to implement that definition. And thirdly what can we do to and include everyone withinthis plan. The first thing i want to point out about the Strategic Plan as we highlighted five goals and seven key strategies and first we mentioned at the beginning this is dynamic and living and we do not expect this to be comprehensive up front in terms of engagement and moving forward with these. First i like to show you what this would look like if we had done everything. This would be broken down and it would be important data for the department to work off our but it would not have the same accessibility. These are Key Performance indicators that we use that we sent to the Controllers Office and that the Community Engagement process throughout the next stage of the services. Is this one on too . They dont have this on their screen . Can you see this on your screen too . All right. Okay i just want to highlight these values and the direct response that we got from the department and what fm3 provided for us and the first would be credibility ,ii innovation, collaboration ,and the [inaudible] the first would be promoting Healthy Communities and ecosystems and achieving a carbon free future strengthening Community Resilience eliminating waste and amplifying Community Action is what the department wants to be focused on. Each goal has a subheading of what we are trying to achieve. For promoting Healthy Communities and ecosystems our goal is to foster healthy and sustainable communities through science with an emphasis on supporting our most vulnerable populations and connecting with individuals in our Community Every day. Next would be our key strategies. I pull this up specifically to say this is not with our communities1. Adopt a usercentric Program Design approach that incorporates user input and emphasizes engagement 2. Increase publicprivate partnerships that accelerate local innovation and engagement 3. Develop longterm relationships with Community Leaders and organizations by establishing community councils, innovation pilots, and Community Engagement initiatives 4. Ensure messaging in all content is consistent and relevant to its intended audiences 5. Inspire children and young adults to take action at school and in their communities 6. Collaborate across Program Areas and with Partner Agencies on engagement timing and messaging 7. Invest in existing neighborhood actions that amplify Community Cohesion and climate protection. The three would be the lead certified space in San Francisco and the number of people participating in the ipm program. Again we have many forms of this within our department but they are certainly within our plan. So our first goal would be to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions by 40 by 2025. So we set the city on a path to achieve 80 reductions by 2050. These goals are very longterm. Again, we have the key strategies and there are seven of these. These goals in particular focus on the procurements and the decarbonization of vehicles and getting people out of seven passenger vehicles. Again, this particular goal has a strategy that weve decided to dive in deeper with some of our colleagues rub the city to allow some opportunities in these challenging obstacles to meeting these goals. First we need to support economically resilient communities and increase San Franciscos resilience to Climate Change impacts. In this particular goal you will find strategies that range from expertise in climate facilities to aggressively changing these goals that they can stay within San Francisco. We thought it was important to leverage our existing programs to support small businesses. And then again to our Signature Program perhaps in resulting in surveying of eliminating waste we are promoting responsible consumption by San Francisco residences and businesses. Here we have a goal of how we will tackle consumption this is always a challenge that we put front and center. We will reduce the consumption of single use items and also better policies in these products principles. And next is amplifying Community Action. And these are to build a shared culture of Environmental Stewardship across San Francisco and to provide residence and institutions with resources and opportunities to help protect our city and planet. And again, these goals were created inhouse. In this particular strategy we have developed the goal of really meeting people where theyre at and strengthening and that Partnership Leadership and also introducing people to these plans rather than jamming them down peoples throats and also at the invest in existing neighborhood actions that amplify Community Cohesion and climate protection. There are things that are happening in these communities that will help us to achieve the goal of this plan to help to protect our community and our planet. We have a wealth of internal operations and strategies in key indicators that we would like to introduce but we would start that conversation by saying how do we do this and we will start this by increasing our internal operations and communications were working with our colleagues to help increase this with efficiency. Secondly would be Community Engagement. When working with the community on Strategic Planning we can go out with an open canvas and we have a lot of great ideas but the idea is that a lot of these plans were outside of the communitys jurisdiction. With the Strategic Plan we now feel like we can go to the community and have conversations that will be aligned with the funding and opportunities of the department. And that gets me to a request, if you will, of this commission. I would like to propose an idea that we support Community Engagement of the commission with the success of the event held by commissionerwan, we ask that you support this and we ask that we could have a much more robust conversation later to make this much more robust and have new ideas implemented. And so, i will leave it at that for right now. I did want to have it julie , up and talk about this idea to give you a very candid response to let you know where the sits during our benchmarking phase. I will just take you through what to expect from our plan over the next five years. The first thing to expect from the planned over the next five years is that it delivers a mix of strategies and programs and new innovations. An example is that the Strategic Plan continues to do the departments work and efficiencies in residence but how do we get out of these fossil fuels and the Department Already leads in this area but how do we plan and how do we implement and how do we meet these goals. It is a dual mission of the department to serve both people and the planet and donnie has worked hard to make sure that we serve both. Next, we build upon sf environment collaboration with other city agencies and departments and we bring sf environment among the leading us cities making equitya priority in their work and lastly it prioritizes citizen participation and involvement and how this measures up. Innovation within the plans pathways there are certain departments within this plan but please know that they are a goal within all of these themselves. First, it moves away from natural gas fossil fuels for heating and transportationin our citys. There are very few cities in the United States that are thinking about trying to ddeal with this with our heating systems. Their stirring do this in europe but not so much here in our country. Secondly it focuses on roots aand impacting Climate Change by leading applied research into compost application for carbon sequestration. Thirdly it continues International Leadership on waste and looks at upstream producer side interventions. Lastly it solidifies the commitment to the cautionary principle to accelerate best practices with this plan and also identifies resilience as a strategic priority and uses a holistic approach to most plans are not taking this approach in the us. I think it is really important for people. And also it reaches people with appropriate messages, tailored outreach, programming, and resources that are very important. So a few implementation considerations. This plan is designed to provide a clear and flexible pathway forward it is meant to be flexible and it is meant to be a living document and to be implemented as we move forward. Secondly as an opportunity to it spanned the plan and iterate with community output and will create stronger implementationby ends the implementation will result in further collaboration opportunities within the Citys Department and agencies. Consumption continues to be an area for deeper work. Finally equity focuses aspirational implementation steps need to be in our pathway and i think you for hearing about our plan today. That concludes our content i thank you for your patience we tried to do this as concise as possible. The commissions interest and willingness to participate in 2017 in the roadshow and watching commissioner wans impact was really phenomenal and i would like to implement that in other areas in the city both implementation and and innovationbased workshops. Thank you donnie and thank you julie. Thank you both very much. Commissioners, do you have any questions . Donnie, you mentioned the roadshow next week and i would just like to know if you could talk a little more about locationbased and city based . Yes, you can do this by a cross cutting locations and do this in different districts and secondly how the city congregates and we thought it would be appropriate to do both. We felt it would be appropriate to have approximately six eight different workshops. We can break these down into cities or families or millennial Tech Industries that want to engage. We can take communities like outer sunset or mission and focus on people who like to ride bikes or fly kites. And actually, i am interested in hearing if any particular commissioner would like to dive in and lead. We are very open to how we do that. The idea here is that many people like to dive in and engage and how we do this as a group is as important as we do this as a commission. Commissioner wan. Thank you. Is this on . Okay, first i would like to say that as a city this needs to be a collaborative opportunity from everybody to bring these strategies together. I would like to encourage everybody to take this as an opportunity plus your work is they professionalto take this on. I was very glad to have been able to work on this there and i was very happy with the response. Commissioner i think it is amazing and it is clear and it is amazing how clear it is to connect the dots. I like the synchrony of the language. I like that its cross cutting the community down into silos and i think that it is a great job including the work on consumption. Is a huge, new issue for that for the department and for all of us. I very much look forward to see how you all will see these goals met and how the goals will be met Going Forward. Like i said, i have a couple of concerns. Like i said, i am mystified by this organization. It starts with a community and then its noncommunity and then its community and so,i would be interested in knowing how you decided the order in which you would do this. The second and i think you recognize enjoy does too, what the department is, and what they do and what other departments do. I think it is common for us to remember that when we think not just of the plan but of the work of the department. And then third this is maybe the most at least i think it is, maybe the most meaningful potential uses in the city. When i did Strategic Plans before i retired, they were used to make Research Allocations decisions, they were used to make funding decisions, they were really used even though all of them said they wanted to be flexible, to sort of guide the work that was going on. And, if that was in this document or in the introductory letter, hen i missed it, and, if it is in the introductory letter, i think that is important that is part of that. I think not just the commission but the people you are going to talk to about that. Because, they need to have a clear understanding of what your expectations are with this item and how they can make move forward with this. Again, this is a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous peace and this is so focused and i think it can be a fabulous addition to your work. May i comment on this . Sure. I will let donnie address this if we make any changes with this but the fact that but say for instance, pesticide use, we dont really have any ontrol over this, but, these are the challenges that we face as were moving on. And secondly, i would just like to mention you had touched on at the end of your comment that we had never used a plan like this in the past and this is a thoughtful and rigorous and thank you i like your word Strategic Plan that we have ever used. And what donnie and julie and myself will be doing is going deep into what we need to prioritize and what are the funding gaps in how we allocate our limited resources and so, those issues are going to be front and center and the dance is that we need to be concrete with the plan that is meant to be fluid. And so, i think that is the real tension of leadership and management and how you do that fine line of a walk. And i will be eager to find out how we can do this with you and i think these are really, really good points. Commissioner stephenson. Thank you. I would like to say that the organizational geek in me just loves this because i just Love Organization and i would like to know do you have other strategies that you will be using to implement this . First i would just say that we have many strategies that the department will look at. And, we had names refunds and things that were mandated but we could not name all of these. But there are things that were perfectly valid that we included today but we couldnt include all of them. And, the reason is we wouldnt have time to share all of them today but we wanted to show you what we were doing moving forward and give you a look at what the department does. The objectives are more strategic. And i just want to highlight this. Thanks to meister and their organization they provide us with everything from a budget to what our objective strategies need to be built out further and Going Forward we will look at that with our director debbie and with julie for meister and i do hope that we are able to do that. And these strategies will be sought after and with the tool and the use of the document, with Controllers Department and the wwd we are also reporting on the Strategic Plan. And then we will look at what the reusable was then and what the reusable is now and we can add those. And the department will set nearterm goals for everything from eds, and solar and the consumption based on zero waste and will make them more affordable and will track them ourselves. And again, we would like to come back every year and kind of give you an update on where we stand, whats been modified, and what weve seen and our strategy changes and also what the department is doing is a hole. Commissioner bermejo. I just want to say thank you for what you have done today and this is really just an amazing and please add me to your support. Because this plan will affect the community in ways where it can impact us. So count me in for the roadshow. Thank you. Also, count me in for the roadshow as well. Commissioner hoyos. Thank you and i would also like to say as far as the roadshow, you can count me in. And when i look at this leadership Strategic Plan it is a lot and i think to myself how can me as a commissioner or us as a commission move forward with this, maybe its a policy committee maybe it is in an Operations Committee or Something Like that to have some sort of a spreadsheet. So green light could mean that we got a yellow light means that we struggle little bit and red light could mean we might need to do away with this. So we could use these different colors just to say what are the things that we could do to push a little harder to meet our desired outcome. And then, in regard to the roadshow i think that will give us an opportunity with the community to do that. And to me it seemed like donnie that you were thing that would be a little harder . Reduction of single use items. To me, if i was doing a roadshow i would think how can we pull together the constituencies to really advance those goals and how can we find the champions who are really interested and which coffee shops or vendors are interested and what people are leading the way and also which Civil Society groups will push these to what they are interested in. Then i want to talk about a healthier ecosystem and i see the three under key strategies and i note that under the key strategies that we want to reduce these pesticides and to me, do we know that were reducing these pesticides and this is an issue for the board and i think that we have seen a lot in Public Comment with participation and with other committees and i would like to see that some more. Commissioner wan i would just like to know if we have a list of the key challenges as well as the key goals. That is a good question. Our challenge is how we will meet our goals with our budget and as we move forward both internally and externally what is appropriate and what are key partners willing to do to help us to make this achievable. So i think thats a good question commissioner wan. And then also we want to look at our achievement strategies and we have a long list of how we want to do that i am like our heating goals for example and that might be of different than the red light greenlight metaphor but you are absolutely right, this is important. I understand this is a fiveyear plan and this is like a blueprint for the Environment Department and i think that it is important to have this type of plan and have it lead up for each year and what were doing and why were doing it and who it is laid out for. Thank you. I would like to open this up for Public Comment. Thank you. I think the process in the Strategic Plan is very exciting and very focused. Pertaining to the roadshow, i would really like to urge that everybody participate in that because given the circumstances that we are in currently more than ever, i think the citizens will greatly, greatly benefit from more engagement with their city and the governor and the commissioners and heads of agencies and the more the citizens can engage with each other at this time, the better will be for all of us. Thank you. Thank you. Hi i am i came to came to you with the [indecipherable] resolution with the [indecipherable] plan. You cant control what you use if you cant control what you use you cant control the pesticides in San Francisco. As far as the [indecipherable] you cant change what she used then it is useful to us. The next one is [indecipherable ]to the community. This has been thrown down our throats for years. The last was in 2012. [ indecipherable] and then there is is resolved the mayor and the general manager of San Francisco [ indecipherable and in particular [indecipherable] to maintain control and achieve the necessities in this area in the department. For the resolve, [ indecipherable] commission are heated to ensure Public Safety and i put here these San Francisco residents will be negatively affected by this area. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any further Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. Thank you. Anthony, please read the next item. The next item is item 7; directors report. Updates on department of the environment administrative and programmatic operations relating to budget planning, Strategic Planning, clean air transportation, climate, energy, Public Outreach and education, environmental justice, habitat restoration, green building, zero waste, toxics reduction, and urban forestry. explanatory document directors report and Department Awards and accolades the speaker is the director deborah raphael, and this is an item for discussion. Thank you very much on thursday director tang will be holding [inaudible] and so commissioner hoyos, in regard to your question hasnt been updated . No, but those are the things we are doing there as well. In regard to the new materials that we will be using here this will be a result of our new blueprint structure so less will be going in the black been. We will have a great application drafted from ecology to come in and that is when the department of public works will take a look at what reecology is proposing to meet our goals. We have a couple University Programs coming up. Of all of the ones that they have chosen they selected our healthy universe see the program and on the half of our city they will be going out to harvard as well as the collaborative of healthy Nail Services in the community and you heard when julie did her summary about what was to come in the Strategic Plan, her last point was the point about equity and while we have got a strong commitment, we do not necessarily have a lot of detail behind that. And, we have been talking about that as a department. Talking about, what does equity mean and what does it mean if you do this as a department behind an equity lens. And what this means is we need to take a good start at herself and look at our own biases our own implicit biases and explicit biases, and we took a good hard look at that and we will have our own biases training that will start at the end of this month. And so, we dont know what all the answers are but we know what equity biases have been, and we try to be as unbiased and and inclusively competent as possible. And im excited to usesee where this is going. Do we have any Public Comment . . Seeing none, i will close Public Comment. Do we have any discussion . Commissioner stephenson. Thank you. We worked with donnie and are just like to say we had a really great response and we had what was almost an Ambassadors Program where we had some influencers applaud the program and get the message out there in a very broad way and now they are going to expand this even more and focus on different communities and im really excited to see the good work they will be doing in 2017 and hear an update on that as well. Thank you. Public comment . Seeing none, Public Comment will now be closed. Anthony, please read the next item please. The next item is item 9 announcements. This is a discussion item. Thank you. Do we have any Public Comment . Seeing none. Public comment is now closed. Anthony, please read the next item. The next item is president s announcement. This is a discussion item. I would really like to see a peer advocate next month and how they are engaging in the process. I will now open this up for Public Comment. [indecipherable] and, it was mostly just clear plastic and it was mostly just bottles and napkins. And i dont know but i asked if they were deemed for public use and they were there property and you are looking for people and youre putting notices in my neighborhood a long time ago and none of this is supposed to go to garbage. The second was the environmental calendar and you include some things for the citizens can follow to make the city better and i would strongly urge you to just think about the herbicides that you probably heard of quite a lot and if you go to home depot and you see the plants the trees are pretreated and the seeds are pretreated and when they grow this is supposed to be nurturing these plants but instead its killing them and i dont know how you would deal with this with the Chemical Companies but its happening and its not good. By the way, i just read a couple days ago that the fda tested the honey and every sample that they tested had [indecipherable in the honey. And in the European Unit it is only allowed to have 50 and here theres no limit at all. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. [timer dings] okay ill go ahead and open Public Comment. Seeing none i will close Public Comment. Anthony can you read the next item please. Next item is item 11 Commission Affairs manager written report. explanatory document Commission Affairs manager report speaker anthony valdez, Commission Affairs manager. This item is for discussion. Do we have any discussion . Seeing none, i will go ahead and open public come and and seeing none i will close Public Comment. Anthony, please read the next item. The next item is item 12 new business future agenda items this is a discussion and possible action item. One item that i wanted to mention was a nomination for the Environmental Service award and we invite commissioners to submit recommendations for the Environmental Service award next year. Thank you. Public comment . Thank you. This gives me a chance to yield the floor. I just want to note that the policy committee was not asked to speak at this meeting. I would just like to say that usually we get to speak on this as well but ijust wondered do you take turns with that . The commission when they had their pass resolution asked for an update on responses from the Public Policy meetings and they will be receiving a report on this report that is not the point i was trying to make. Normally you have a policy Committee Report as well as this and im wondering do you alternate these . I believe there was one back in october. Im sorry commissioner i misunderstood your question but no, there was no policy Committee Meeting in november. The last was in october. Thank you. I just want to point out that last month we had a joint policy meeting with the puc and i think that was a great idea. I think we should look into doing Something Like a joint parks and recreation committing meeting. If we are looking at Something Like the rates on this it would be good to bring this forward in the commission. Commissioner hoyos and anyone else that would like to speak because my screen is not working right now so i can see who would like to speak. I just want to mention just a very small point that this is just a random circumstance and was the time we will have two policy Committee Meetings in a commission meeting. Any other comments . Any comments from the public . Seeing none Public Comment is closed. Where do and and anthony can you read the next item please. 13. Public comment on all matters pertaining to the subsequent closed session on Public Employee Performance Plan and appraisal report. Is there any Public Comment on the Public Employee performance and appraisal report . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed and anthony can you read the next item please. Item 14vote on whether to hold closed session to evaluate the performance of the executive director, deborah raphael. Commissioners, can i please have a motion to go into closed sessionto evaluate the performance of deborah rafael. I motion. Second. All those in favor say, aye. [chorus of ayes] thank you. Anthony, pleaseread tuesday, october 18, 2016, meeting of the San Francisco Entertainment Commission my name is a bryant tan the president and a few housekeeping items one please turn off your cell phones or on vibrate not to interrupt the meeting and two if youre a member of the public i dont see a lot of people out there but like to speak under Public Comment please do so. Finally thank you to sfgovtv and the Media Services for airing this meeting live and recorded to the public were going to start with a reluctant. Commissioner caminong commissioner joseph commissioner lee commissioner frost president tan. We have quorum im pretty much that commissioner perez said hell be in attendance this evening and commissioner thomas is out of town. We have quorum the first item on the agenda is general Public Comment for comments that relative to the business of Entertainment Commission any Public Comment. Not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Move on to item 2 the approval of our minutes from october 4th i move to approve all right. A motion is there a second second. All right. There is a motion that has been seconded any changes or comments to the minutes . I dont see any any Public Comment on the minutes nope Public Comment is closed. Commissioners take a vote start on the other end commissioner frost commissioner lee commissioner joseph commissioner caminong im going to abstain. You dont need to be presents maybe you were not here doesnt matter where you were present or not. From here on out if youre not here you can vote for approve the minutes and president tan. That item passes minutes are approved well move on to report if a our sound inspections starting with inspector pauley several items to report start with new complaints or one complaint the clubhouse was a 10 october 17 about 7 45 p. M. You said october. October 10, 2016, 745 a noise complaint about an event i got there an hour later the event was over he followed up with the Planning Department because they recently appealed the decision person trying to they have a grandfather permit like 50 events a year and can only do event hold events for people that are part of Association People that are part of neighborhood their trying to get an exemption to be able to do events outside like private events so i talked with planning about that and mr. Larkin basically said they shouldnt be doing if their noise complaint we decide them that we should followup or whatever but nevertheless, this particular complaint i didnt find a noise issue that was over by the time i got there but following up and trying to figure out what is going on i suspect not a lot of information just someone in the association having an event so may take ground work but handle by inspector burk moving on to the hedge barn kitchen that is last thursday the 13 of october 10th 30 a. M. They have a house system not very loud they have peaks at 92 they were not serving liquor they are doing corporate event not a loud situation that went off without a hitch no impact on the neighborhood behind them a shop theres a auto shop they dont have a neighbor attached to them and the only complaints theyve gotten from the neighbors is in regards to patrons that leave and too loud not a loud system update on club malibu last time i recorded by issues ventilation holes to their exterior and this is a picture of a ventilation and the fan they attached i went by once at the 11 oclock on friday night zero impact and 2 00 a. M. Because the neighbors complained about patrons living room about 2 10 a. M. Sunday morning and nobody outside generally what i see when i go by going i dont see folks lingering i tried to schedule a so you would test with the neighbor closest to the venue their complaining the most weve been playing phone tag i left them a message and tell them to email and that way we have a record i havent heard by the way, back but get a test and see what is going on they sent another complaint an sunday that was loud i did not see anything but nevertheless, a variance with their experience and their house what is going on the street so im going to follow up and try to figure that out situation out a couple of compliance items the blue light 1979 union street 15 of october under new management maggie suspected theyre under new ownership their permit is expired by operating with a Billiard Table theyll be coming in for a permit and the last issue the after hours 50150 i went but as 3 30 a. M. And did a visible inspection a busy party like the only major after hours party so it looked fine i mean, they, do better with the line well try to talk with them about. Question. Im confused it says venue is that the same thing as barn value. No. Thats 5550. It is otherwise known as the human video game. Oh, right. Theres some other things that are interested in talking about well talk about offline. So o do they do that has a human video game. I havent seen it in awhile and maybe the first month. Maybe not like for a year. Is it just after hours. As far as i know i think so. Dont they have a Liquor License. They start before, after, hours i think they have a Liquor License theyre not supposed to be serving after two nevertheless, if you have any questions ill be happy to answer them. I dont think so if they have a Liquor License. Thats. Commissioners no questions pretty straightforward so one quick question about malibu do you think the case will close soon it sounds like. Once the sound test there will probably happen from any excellence p will happen theyre going to the residence so fourth i can hear it inside the residence i dont want to jump to inclusions but the sounds like situation and want to followup hey i dont know if it will close soon and but you know where were managing it and maybe their definitely maybe theres something going on i cant preserve what is happening so thank you for the update theyre taking a lot of resources for such a small place lets move on to introoushgs. One of the complaints to report on geary we have a resident that has reached out in the past about this sunday nights there they do a jazz jam and ive been told theyre leaving windows and doors open working with the residents to center them reach out in realtime when im patrolling on days i plan on paying a visit this subpoenaed. Talking with management and security sounds like a recent turnover in staff now theyve left the issue. Performed a followup on the armory this past sunday after updates to entry and exit ways on the doors on 14th street i took a. M. I did not measurements on wood ward and compared those to low frequency sounds like levels during the day on sunday and so far as i can tell the measurement the investigators are looking at the space and in touch with the multiple residents on julia and on 14th street and at that point none recorded any kind of disturbance through conditions on sundays were not perfect that was a gathering in one of the part time buildings that was full of sound and the rain had an effect on the higher frequency it was apparent that was controlled but hard to gage the higher frequency due to the weather and didnt have access to the departments moving i was able to increase the sound limit on the venue itself moving forward i hope to see myself and inspector, next item. Pauley is look at the additional improvements and when the permit is installed it is important that we keep a close ear i did issue a notice of violation on jesse we got a complaint directly in the hotel across the street upon arrival there was a tour bus parked in on jesse that whos engine was running the manager at messing then said a second complaint from the plaza who lives in one of the part times buildings i made sure and established ambient a couple of months back that night about who o two and a half decimals above ambient to i issued a notice of violation for the Good Neighbor policy number 8 violation of Municipal Police code we discussed theyre familiar with the short power that is a high Current Power venue that is basically able to power touring vehicles so they dont have to run engines throughout the night their work on that we well check in before this weekend. I have a question. Yes. Is the increased noise coming from the bus or the venue. I think i think the nature of a bus hum is so consistent and instant not necessarily disturbing people that Internal Revenue used to it but if it hums until the close of the night not as disturbing at the entering ment speak from the messing then i know based on how the meter was jumping the decimal in the alley was hitting over ambient from the beat of music the actual noise from the bus running didnt extend past the bus. Watts was the but running or the generate. It was the buses engine the generators are quieter. Thank you a couple of places that i keep an eye on over the past weeks island 32 i have tendency to see Police Lights outside on that corner i think you remember a report from our past hearing and this one in particular i did stop in again and security e vehicle code a patron i talked to security thank you sounds like things were handled well in island 32 and like im doing with most of my inspections and conversation with security im encouraging and insisting that people have an intern report onsite getting case numbers and cab numbers whenever a police is involved and making sure my number is on site and respond in realtime to take an assessment that happened with milan petes we got 4 complaints today incident report from Central Station i told them the same thing 31 any alteration of violence or incidents with the police we need to hear about it. The milan pizza a permit holder. The end up this past weekend keeping an eye on them two weekends ago theyre closed on saturday and sunday but the regular day party there seems to be in general disorganization on site people showing up late equipment maybe not functioning up to standard some confusion about policy and im keeping really good notes about their partitioned generally nothing egregious to mention as of now but i think some overall lack of attendance to policy and lack of attention to detail is not a great combination one trying to keep them safe and sounds like im going out on a limb and making judgements i want to keep you guys posted since weve heard a lot about that. So head of security is not on the premise. On an event recently, i was there this was not this past sunday but the sunday before they were scheduled to open at 2 i was onsite at 1 30 the head of security was not onsite the i b scanner was broken and that was dropped off shortly after scheduled to open i asked security if they thought that was a good idea to open the club without the head of security and after a short conversation thought it wouldnt be a good idea if i wasnt there. The owner of place. Or wasnt there. He stopped by to drop off an i b scanner and i didnt see him again. No second in command. Theres a manage onsite there is a doorman with a guard card they dont consider necessarily as part of their Security Team more like a doorman so general confusion based on experience that. You said no medal detector it was found to the faulty and batteries. Did they pat down or use the one hand. I dont recall once i found i knew the wand was working my attention shifted elsewhere. This was at 2 in the morning. In the afternoon another day party. Thank you did they have a change in staffing . Something going on; right . Im trying to figure out. So they have had the same management and ownership and i think some members of the Security Team have changed over he would have to do more research. Okay. I mean this is not a hearing at the moment your updating us. I have one more question your experience with the operation theyre not close on weekends are rerelatively crowded before 2 00 a. M. Or are they more of the after hours crowd that is there . Do you notice their packed or crowds are thin . Or. I cant say necessarily theyve over crowding at any point they have lines i think they are some nights well attended and some nights not there is room to improve that change over when they move from the early parties to the Morning Party but im not seeing crowds uncontrollableable. The reason i was asking you was wondering from the crowds are 39 and the lack of attention is with the attendance falling off and money issues thats my trends of thought. I think crowds have thinned in recent weeks then this may has to do with the program switch has to do with i dont want to make guessed. I was wondering it doesnt matter. I feel it is strong 1 oclock there is no line but i left around that area at 2 there is a long line. Theyre getting door. It is 50 bucks or something. It is quite high theyre making money somewhere. Not a lack of income pushing their lack of organization. Thank you last note Treasure Island news this past weekend some rain delay and weather issues but sound was very much contained on the island and no complaints to 311 or sffd no complaints to the hotline. Not have sound nature. Not of the sound nature. Great any jane kim fans. I was wondering any comments if commissioners or questions. Commissioner perez welcome. Did you guys do any reports about the dream force event at palace. The u2 concert. Not that im aware of im seeking a lot of shacking heads to the negative. All right. Any Public Comment on our inspector reports i dont see any Public Comment is closed. Well move on to item number 4 Police Department questions or comments and none here to speak for them move on to item 5 consent calendar so i actually instructed our Deputy Director of up to date items that needed our consent on Consent Agenda we only have one permit to be honest i would like to open up for a short presentation because we have only one permit and our guest is here why not come up ill have director kane introduce it and tell us about users. Sorry maggie is not here this evening but it looks like a ill tell you more brand newing ive not been there but excited just to be clear i think that commissioner frost had a hard time finding it the Police Department sent an email to the Deputy Director on october thursday october 13th indicating that bayview station approved the Live Performance permit with only condition they would to see a monthly Event Calendar and email will be adequate so that is just fyi in case its not in our package. Hello, im ed one of the 3 owners of harmonic also the before hrewer were in the s ends up a production brewery with a small taproom a place for neighbors to congregate and socialize we wanted to do a little bit of live music were not a concert venue by provide customers that are in the tapping room some entertainment from time to time about once a month have