This is for Public Comment and any item that is not on the agenda tonight. If anybody has something to say it for something not on the agenda seeing then, general Public Comment is closed. Lets get into the regular meeting. The next agenda item is item number 2. Approval of our minutes for june 18th, 2019. I will ask, do we have a motion to approve the minutes of june 18th, 2019 . I moved to approve. Second. Is there any Public Comment on the Meeting Minutes from june 18th, 2019 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [roll call] the minutes are approved. The next agenda item is the report from our executive director. Thank you. Good evening, commissioners. Jumping into my report, the first thing i wanted to let you all know about, and i am hopeful that you received notification about this through various social Media Channels as well as forwarding along via email, we are very excited to share that the mayor issued an executive directive to streamline special events in san francisco. So you will see her press release inside of your binder, as well as the actual executive directive language, and that s. F. Chronicle article that came out right at the time that the directive was issued. The Entertainment Commission is playing a role in this process. We will be a seat on this during committee. Essentially this is born out of a lot of the work that the Entertainment Commission has been doing over the past several years. Specifically in dylan rices work as our analyst looking at Outdoor Events and looking at how complex and decentralized the process is across city agencies currently. And so this committee will look at our current process and explore ways in which we can improve that process, not only through an organizational structure, but also through looking at our fee structures the way that they are right now, looking at Creative Financial Solutions to support our communitybased events, as well as looking at potential share to digital platforms which would also help enhance the Customer Experience so that there is one platform that they would use, as well as on the city agency side. So we are extremely excited about this. This is step one in what will be probably a lengthy process, but we are going to be our committee will be providing recommendations and a report to the mayor within six months. So we are looking at january for that. We will certainly share that report with you. We are preparing this alongside our move to 49 south van ness. When we moved to the new building, there will be a permit center there and so timing is really appropriate because were moving into this space and we want to have a path for success once we are in there. That is one item. Im happy to answer questions about that or just take questions at the end. Whatever you prefer. Next on the agenda is just introducing our newest employee to the Entertainment Commission. We are very happy to have Jordan Roberts join our team. He is filling the Senior Inspector role in the office, and jordan has about 11 years of experience in acoustical consulting. He got a degree from Columbia College chicago and audio arts and acoustics, so he is really a fantastic person for this position. He is helping revamp our process for doing sound testing already. He is only five days in at this point, so jordan, we are very pleased to have you on the team. You will also see him doing the presentation of the enforcement report to moving forward after today as the Deputy Director is currently training him on all aspects of enforcement. Moving right along, i wanted to update you all that the Entertainment Commission is playing this role that every time we have largescale events in the city, pride was our most recent one where we partner with the department of Emergency Management in helping our events and our venues be better prepared during these big events pride was another example. We did the same work around new years eve where we had our inspectors go out and flyer different venues and known events with alert s. F. So the patrons and venues can actually sign up for alert s. F. Just in case there is any kind of emergency during pride or next it will be halloween, and so on and so forth. So they went to 73 businesses or they distributed 73 flyers at 36 businesses. We also do our work to compile events for all city agencies. We have our master calendar of events again focusing in on big events that are coming up. We go ahead and put together a master spreadsheet for all agencies to be able to see her Situational Awareness as and for what is going on. We attach that here in the binder fee to check out. Finally, under corrective action , i had to unfortunately issue a suspension for Public Safety on june 21st to june 24 th for club malibu, and the details of that are in your binder. I would prefer not to discuss this in detail at our hearing, just because this is currently under investigation by the Police Department. But we are going to continue to monitor this these premises and ensure compliance with their security plan and conditions of their permit. Do you have any questions about any of those items . I do have a question. Is there any discussion in terms of the formation of the special events task force within the scope at this point . Any discussion, what do you mean . What is the formation process so the mayor designated two cochairs as this hearing committee. So it is the city in ministry to kelly, as well as director torres from the office of economic and workforce development. So they are tasked with coming up with the agency that will be involved in the committee, and so we are looking at, primarily regulatory agencies that will sit on the committee. It is supposed to be made up of city agencies as opposed to event producers, but we do plan to engage other stakeholders throughout the process. They are just not voting members of the committee. Thank you. Yep. Also related to that, first of all, it is exciting to see the city moving forward and building on all of this. It is so worth it, but how will this help move that forward . What is this going to enable this mission on the city to do beyond what dylan has already been able to do in and the work that is already underway . This is calling to light what the actual problem is that all of us have been so close to for the past several years, just because analysts have been working so closely on this and in keeping you all apprised, but now it is really getting much more recognition at a city level , which was very necessary, and we havent brought together these agencies to look at this problem. I dont know if it ever has happened, so we are that is the first thing. We need to really discuss what the issue areas and the pain points are and come up with possible solutions to address those. We think we know what some of those solutions may be but we want this committee to have full hands on in determining what those positions are. I dont have a question, i just have a comment. I want to applaud our mayor for taking these steps. I think we have all known that if you are a smaller street festival or smaller cultural festival, that sometimes the bureaucracy and the fees are so much that it is almost impossible to put something on. Suggest that we are able to talk about this now and bring people together is a huge step and it definitely shows we have a mayor who cares about these specific events, and that is awesome. Thank you. I just have one quick comment i think absolutely this is fantastic that this is happening over the years theyve heard lots about ten b. And the Police Department policy. It is something that nonprofit organizations in smaller groups have trouble predicting and then feel like often at the last minute they get a lot of high fees for extra officers, so i know that there is a whole gamut of things to talk about, but i would love to see some specific attention addressed to that particular issue. That could be passed on. Besides that, this is a slight tangent, but are we still going to be Holding Hearings in city hall once the office moves . Yes. Cool. Thank you. Is there any Public Comment on the executive directors report . Seen none, Public Comment is closed. They give very much for that. Our next agenda item is a report from our Senior Analyst no. Sorry, did i get it wrong . Are Deputy Director. Sorry about that. Thank you. Good evening, commissioners. So this is a lengthy enforcement report. I have highlighted some topics specifically that i want to discuss with you, but happy to answer any questions that you may have. Lets dive on in. The first that i want to bring to your attention is the blue light. We did issue a citation at this location. The applicant is applying for an l. L. P. They are actually here this evening applying for an l. L. P. In the interim, they were they did have entertainment, and it was discovered by inspector savino. There was a d. J. That was performing in the kitchen out of sight of the patrons, but so we did issue a citation, and i have discussed that with the owner about needing a permit to do entertainment. The next on the enforcement report that i like to bring to your attention is st. Marys pub it is also an applicant that is present tonight for the hearing regarding an l. L. P. Permit. I did just want to bring it to your attention that there has been a lot of mediation that occurred between the neighbors and the owner of the club. So i think that is important to highlight here. I did work with both of the neighbors and the applicant. On page 6, you will see that we had halcion on the enforcement report. We did issue a notice of violation. The inspector responded to a neighbors complaint from the night prior, and when he went, they were out of compliance with their sound limit. Miss milano was out of town at the time and the inspector was working with the manager that evening. The director did speak with miss milano and we did issue and an ob and they did bring their volume down to come into compliance that evening. And then skipping all the way to page 14 of the report, you will see all job is highlighted. This is a location that we currently do not permit, however , it was brought to our attention that they were having entertainment on the roof by a neighbor. And when inspector savino went out this weekend, they were having entertainment on the roof and downstairs in the bar area. We did issue a citation. The reason that we jump straight to a citation was because it was correspondence with the owner on possible occasions that was assuring me they were not having entertainment, when in fact, they have been. So im working with them to bring them into compliance, and hope that they will apply for a permit. They are zoned for a p. O. E. And an l. L. P. Im happy to answer any questions that you may have. Im curious for halcion, did they provide an explanation for why they were over their limit . I know that at one point we had a condition to say that there should be a limit on it and we were assured that they could, with their human powers and other machines, control that, im curious what the response was. The response was actually to tell the d. J. To turn it down. That is what the manager told our inspector to do, so our inspector stated that that is not his job to do, but rather to work with the Management Team to bring them into compliance. There wasnt really an expo nation as to why it was exceeding the limit. I see. Im curious how halcion has not paid for fines on certain citations. I think correct. Im curious, are they still indebted to us or not . This is outdated information. I dont know of any unpaid citations. The most recent citation they had was october, and that was the one that they appealed and one. They dont have anything outstanding so we reset the clock since it has been about a year, not quite a year, but over a year since they received a citation that stuck. Thank you. Refreshment memory, did that permit, did we insist on a limiter, or did we leave it off the table . No limiter. Okay. If they had a limiter, we they wouldnt be able to go over that mark, so that is something to make a note of. If we have to come back again. Can i just get clarification what you said to commissioner ten. Did you say that when our inspector spoke to the manager that the manager told our inspector to go tell the d. J. To turn the music down . Correct. Okay. This is definitely something that i had a conversation with miss milano about immediately after she was after. She was out of town, i dont think this is an excuse. It was just the regular manager . Yes. I mean, was there some kind of aggravation or something that would cause an employee to say such a ridiculous thing . Not to my understanding. It is not a normal conversation that happened. They know who the inspector is, so, no. Maybe i should go in there and give them a real citation. Maybe you should. [laughter] i did have a couple questions actually, just one specifically. I know blue light is here tonight applying for a permit. Well we have the enforcement side of things here, can you just walk us through the process where the multiple complaints on bluelight, is that how it started . What did we find when we got there . The complaint came in earlier in the week and it was a 311 complaint and then there was also an email correspondence that was sent to the supervisor s legislative aide. It was not a direct complaint more of a concern of what was happening with the permits. It was permit clarification. It got transferred to me and then i did correspond directly with the neighbor about those, clarifying what the l. L. P. Means and looks like. The complaint did come in about 2 00 a. M. In the morning the night before and upon inspection upon investigation, inspectors arrived and heard loud music, but didnt see a d. J. In the normal front part of the building where they normally perform. So he walked in and went to the back and heard the music, and then observed through the kitchen window where the food comes out that there was a d. J. Performing behind in the kitchen and so he observed that after 10 00 p. M. , as well, and just made a note of it. There was no action that was taken at that moment in time. I did speak to the owner after the citation was issued about that and i did say that that is defined as entertainment regardless of if the d. J. Is visible to the patrons or if it is a staff person. And i just wanted to clarify on the odd jobs citation. So we had multiple, or at least one or multiple complaints about a band playing on the roof. Correct. It was a neighbor, the same neighbor has emailed both of us stating that there was music on the roof and wanting to bring it to our attention, so i did reach out to the owner directly. It was never a 311 complaint regarding those previous email correspondences, so it wasnt a realtime response, and upon emailing with the owner, the email response was that no, we are not having entertainment. Recently, however, there was a 311 complaint that when i looked on the Google Google map, it came up halfway down the block. I determined it was audit job because theres not much else around there. My email to the owner with that anonymous complaint, the response was that there is no entertainment that night. So on saturday i received an email around 5 00 p. M. That said they are setting up the band again, they will have entertainment, so i asked the inspector to respond then and he went around 7 00 p. M. They were already having music upstairs and planned to bring a band in at 8 00 p. M. Downstairs. Got it. All right. So is the rooftop actually set up to have Public Assembly on the roof . That is a great question. Im not sure. I need to get more clarification from the owner of what they are eligible to do. You could call the Fire Department permit section and if you really want to get down to it because rooftop, you know, if they dont have enough exits to get out and things like that, it could be quite nasty. So if you really want to know, you can talk to permits, but rooftops are great, and i think we need more of them, but they have to be safe. We are worried about that. Hello. Thank you for this report. It is very lengthy. It is 15 pages. Sixteen. Sixteen. Are you thinking there is an uptake in violations that we need to be aware of or is it just because we did not meet we did not meet, and then also what youre saying, too, is pride. Inspectors went to a lot of places. They were working diligently to do a lot of enforcement. There wasnt a lot of enforcement needed on pride weekend, but this reflects all of the stops that they made. Im happy to see jones in full compliance on all the multiple times that folks stopped by, and i also noted miss milano as being on an item other than halcion, eagle eyes. [laughter] i read the report. [laughter] it is challenging. Interesting. I just want to make one last comment. I did notice just how much ground our inspectors are covering. Please send our thanks to them. I dont know if they are doing over time or just hustling a lot welcome aboard, mr. Roberts. We are looking forward to having a full team on. Thank you. All right. Thank you very much for that comprehensive report. Is there any Public Comment on the Deputy Directors report . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. All right. Lets try this again. The next item is a report from our Senior Analyst, dylan rice. [laughter]. Good evening, commissioners. I know we have a lot on the agenda so ill try to make this brief. Our next education and networking initiative, which is the s. F. After Events Network is happening this coming monday on july 22nd at jolenes which is in the mission, i hope you guys can make it. It is from 5 30 p. M. Until 8 00 p. M. As you know, we do a different educational topic at each event. This on