Important things. That was it. Good report, as usual, chief wyrsch. Thank you very much, commissioner. President nakajo thank you very much. Commissioner cleaveland, please. Commissioner cleaveland thank you very much, chief wyrsch, for your report. Couple of quick questions. Do you track the type of overdosing that people are having on the streets . We have this huge uptick of narcan distribution. What percentage are fentanyl based and what percentage are heroin based and do you track the reason for the overdose or the cause . So if i may interject, when we give someone narcan, and it reverses the overdose, we know its an opioid, okay . We dont necessarily know if its fentanyl or heroin or what it is. So we dont run a test to figure that out typically, so that may be done at the hospital. But what we can say sort of anecdotally. But what we can say is the use of narcan by our members has gone up, and i know the Health Department has put a lot of narcan on the streets in the hands of folks who are addicts. And with the increase in opioid overdoses and deaths, theres more and more fentanyl out there. So i just dont know how much it is percentage wise, but but yeah, its its an issue, and its much more its much stronger yeah, and its much stronger than heroin typically, so we had a big we had a big issue last night. Actually, a call with over five people at the jail. Commissioner cleaveland thats really said. You said by the mail, people are receiving fentanyl by mail. Theyre able to track a package, but while theyre tracking a package and getting search warrants, ten more are coming in in small doses. Its very cheap, my understanding. Were trying to get information out to the departments for training on fentanyl. Commissioner cleaveland is it powder or tablets . It can be a powder, tablet, airborne. It can be a liquid, and so thats what also makes it dangerous. If its a powder, and somebody gets it on them, that can be absorbed. If its a liquid, same thing. Inhale it, so its really a dangerous thing, so we had our five inmates, prisoners, as county jail yesterday, 850 bryant, and then several of the deputies also began showing symptoms, so we had our hazmat team in there, clearing it all out. So yeah, its a big deal. Commissioner cleaveland almost like biological war fare. Yeah. And it hit the east coast and other places before it hit us. Commissioner cleaveland you mentioned just correct me if i am wrong that 58,000 people account 58 people accounted for 1,046 calls. Im sorry. Are you looking at the end, the activity summary report . Commissioner cleaveland right. Yes. Commissioner cleaveland we still have a few people making a lot of calls to our department on a regular basis. Yeah. Commissioner cleaveland unbelievable. I want to congratulate you on the drone and our and the to buy some. How many drones do you think we need for the department to save our citizens along the cliffs from fires and Everything Else . Well, im interested to see the range and how quickly they can be deployed, how well we can be trained in them. Theyre an expensive piece of equipment. I know all long, were covered by water, cliffs, and well see how they work at fires. Im really interested to see how they work and how the Program Takes off. How many total . I have to wait to see commissioner cleaveland a half dozen . I dont know. Commissioner cleaveland they have to be fixed and maintained. Commissioner cleaveland program to serve. Yeah. Commissioner cleaveland so half a dozen . Sure. Commissioner cleaveland and your last question, grant writer. Wheres our grant writer . Where is our grant writer . Good morning again. Commissioner cleaveland good morning, mark. We had an internal deadline of 930 for our last round of applications where we did some outreach to grant or specific related job boards. I just received the last match of applicants from our h. R. Division. There were, i believe, 18 or 19 qualified applicants in that batch, and that goes along with candidates who had previously applied, so were currently reviewing those and hope to setup interviews over the next few weeks after selecting a number of candidates for interview. Commissioner cleaveland is there any possibility the commission or some of the commissioners can be involved in the review of these candidates . Were in discussions for that. I think thats definitely a possibility. Commissioner cleaveland thank you. Thats all my questions. Thank you, chief. Thank you, mr. President. President nakajo thank you very much, commissioner. Thank you very much, chief wyrsch, for your comprehensive report. Appreciate it very much. Thank you. President nakajo madam secretary. Item 6, resolution 201 the03, resolution recommending that the board of supervisors authorize the San Francisco Fire Department to accept and expend fiscal year 2019 Port Security Grant Program funding in the amount of 341,625 from the federal Emergency Management agency for the purchase of marine equipment. President nakajo thank you very much, madam secretary. Commissioners, we have items six, seven, eight, nine on this with director corso. Vice president , did you have a comment . Commissioner covington no, i just i was going to ask if you were going to call them altogether . President nakajo i believe we have to have a vote and approval on each item separately, director corso, or can they be theyre different descriptions. They are different. I cannot speak to whether we can commissioner covington we can do them separately. President nakajo all right. Thank you very much. Chief corso. Thank you very much. Mark corso. The first, resolution three is an accept and expend request. The department requested and received a grant for the Port Security program fore the amount of 341,645 for portbased resources based on the port. Dive and surf rescue equipment, refurbishment of one of our fireboats. The department is respectfully requesting approval to move forward to the full board for approval of the grant and im happy to answer any questions. President nakajo thank you very much, director corso. On this, im going to ask for Public Comment on item six, resolution 2019013. Any member of the public wish to give Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners . Commissioner covington i would like to move this item. Commissioner cleaveland second. President nakajo thank you very much, commissioner covington, for that motion. Commissioner cleaveland has seconded the motion. Commissioner veronese, do you have any questions . Commissioner veronese yes, i have a couple questions from mr. Corso. Mr. Corso, how did you get this grant . How did this come about . So this is a grant through fema that comes up every year, and we submitted our application. This is how we funded our new fireboat in the past, our new rescue fire and dive boat. This is an annual grant that the department regularly applies for. Commissioner veronese okay. So this is something that we know comes up every year and the department applies for it. Correct. Commissioner veronese im wondering if we have a grant writer, if ten of these come up. Do you think well have a grant writer by the end of the year at least. By the end of the year, thats our goal. Commissioner veronese and so i know that there are marine drones that exist, as well. Are we looking at those capablities . At this point, no. I think to chief wyrschs point, we want to nail down our program with this pilot and see all the impacts on training and deployment before we expand but thats something thatll definitely be on our radar. Commissioner veronese okay. I would suggest to chief cochran, hes probably looked at this, but there are drones that just go in the water that would save a firefighter from having to jump in the water, and so i would suggest that as part of a marine grant in the future, that we also look at those. These are drones that have been specifically developed to save lives in the water that would prevent a firefighter from having to jump in the water. Okay. Thank you so much. President nakajo thank you very much, commissioner veronese. Theres a question on the motion. Ill call for the question. All in favor say aye . All opposed . None. Thank you. Madam secretary. Clerk item 7, residence accusation 201904. Resolution 201904, recommending the board of supervisors authorize the San Francisco Fire Department to accept and expand fiscal year 2018 stance to firefighters Grant Program funding in the amount of 612,129. 09 from the federal management Management Agency for the purchase of rescue tools and equipment for the department. President nakajo ill ask for excuse me, please, director corso. Thank you. Good morning again. Mark corso, and this is another grant before the commission. As commissioner veronese mentioned, there are a number of regular Grant Programs mainly through fema that the department applies for, and this was one for which we applied and were approved for a request. This is the fiscal 18 firefighters grant requested by fema for the purchase of new and enhanced hand tools and electrical tools. Ventilation fans for members, as well as conversion of a number of tools powered by generators to Battery Powered that reduce emissions. So the goal of this Grant Program one of the goals of the Grant Program itself is health and safety of members. Theres a match of 61,000 required by the department, which we will absorb in our budget, and im happy to answer any questions on this particular grant. President nakajo thank you very much, director corso. At this time, ill call for Public Comment on this item, number seven, resolution 201904. Seeing none from the public, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners . Commissioner covington id like to move this item. Commissioner cleaveland second. President nakajo thank you very much, Vice President covington, for the motion. Commissioner cleaveland has seconded that motion. Any questions or discussion . Call for the question. All in favor, say aye. Thank you very much. Madam secretary . Clerk item 8, resolution 201905. Discussion and possible action regarding proposed resolution 201905 recommending that the board of supervisors authorize the San Francisco Fire Department to accept and expend a 1 million allocation from the California Department of Emergency Services for the purchase of one hose tender as part of the departments budget tax. President nakajo thank you very much, madam secretary. Director corso. Thank you very much. As you may recall in subsequent conversations, the department has been allocated in the current fiscal year the purchase of five hose tenders. The actual technical allocation for that was four were allocated through the city process through the citys General Fund Budget and one was allocated as a grant, technically, from the state of california for 1 million to purchase one, so in total, in combination, theres allocation for five. This is the technical approval of that award from the state thats through the states annual budget and is going to be administered by cal office of Emergency Services of the state, so were working with them on the kind of transaction of that funding. I wanted to thank the obviously, the commission, the mayors office, and the board for their support of this project and the communications with the state and id be happy to answer any questions related to this. President nakajo thank you very much, director corso. At this point, i will have for Public Comment on this item eight, resolution 201905. Seeing no members of the public that would like to give Public Comment, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner covington ill make a motion to accept this. Commissioner cleaveland second. President nakajo thank you for the motion, commissioner covington, and for the second, commissioner cleaveland. Ill call the question. All in favor, say aye. Thank you. Madam secretary. Clerk item 9, resolution 201906, resolution 201906, recommending the board of supervisors authorize the San Francisco Fire Department to donate a retired ambulance to the city college of San Francisco. President nakajo thank you. Director corso. Obviously, we have a long relationship with city college. We have worked with them extensively in the past and we have extended that with our current m. O. U. For Firefighting Academy so were looking forward to in the future to expand that even further to offer additional trainings for members and work with them closely on that. We have previously donated equipment such as an obsolete fire engine to their academy for training their students, and so this vehicle here is a retired ambulance thats no longer of use to the Department Even in a relief capacity. So we would like to move forward to request to donate this fees piece of equipment to city college for educational purposes. President nakajo thank you very much, director corso. At this point, ill ask for Public Comment on this item, item nine, residence dugs 201906. Seeing no one to do Public Comment, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners . Commissioner covington i would like to move this item and i have a question for director corso. Commissioner hardeman second. President nakajo okay. Theres a motion by commissioner covington and a second by commissioner hardeman. Commissioner covington . Commissioner covington director corso, does this make two or have we donated more than to obsolete apparatus to . So in my memory, we have donated one fire engine and one ambulance, so this would be the second ambulance. Commissioner covington thank you. President nakajo call for the question, commissioner involving c covington. Call for the question, commissioners. All in favor, say aye. Thank you, director corso. Madam secretary . Clerk item 10, commission report. President nakajo thank you. Commissioner hardeman . Commissioner hardeman last month, i was back east, and i went to see the 911 museum. It was very informative, the whole area, how its been rebuilt. On a lighter note, i was in the bay of fundy, which has the highest and lowest tide, and i felt right at home because it also has the second foggiest place in the world, so it felt good to get away. So any way, thats all i had to say about my time. President nakajo thank you very much, commissioner hardeman. The only information, commissioners is we do have the retirement set for monday, the 18 in terms of your calendar. At this particular point, ill call for Public Comment on commissioners report. Seeing no Public Comment, Public Comment is closed. Madam secretary. Clerk item number 11, agenda for next and future Fire Commission meetings. Discussion regarding agenda for the next and future regular meetings. President nakajo commissioners, at this particular point, do we have any items . We have october the 23 coming up, one meeting in november, one meeting in december. As a point of information, we do have closed session after this regular session. We do need to vacate this chamber at 12 15 so at some point, if its convenient or if it works out, we may have to have a closed session on the 23rd to finish off whatever business is at hand today. Madam secretary. Clerk item number 12, Public Comment on item 13 on all matters on 13b below, including items on 13b to be held in closed session. President nakajo thank you, madam secretary. Ill hold Public Comment on item 13b below. Seeing no Public Comment, Public Comment is closed. Madam secretary. Clerk item 15 item 13, possible closed session regarding personnel matters, vote on whether to conduct items 13b in closed session. President nakajo i need a motion for us to return to retreat into closed session. Commissioners . Commissioner cleaveland i move we go into closed session. President nakajo thank you very much, commissioner cleaveland. Commissioner hardeman second. President nakajo thank you very much. In terms of this item of closed session, the Department Evaluation view of our department physician, we will continue this item to the next commission meeting. I believe its october 23, and we will agendaize the item in the closed session for the 23 and continue it. Having said that, this meeting now is adjourned. Thank you very much. [gavel] today we are going to talk about fire safety. We are here at the urban center on Mission Street in San Francisco. Its a wonderful display. A little house in the urban Center Exhibition center that shows what its like in a home in San Francisco after an earthquake. One of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. We are happy to have the fire marshall join us today. Thank you. My pleasure. We talk about the San Francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. How do we avoid that kind of problem. How can we reduce fire hazard . The construction was a lot different. We dont expect what we had then. We want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. If you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. Be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. Absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the Utility Company come in and turn it back on. Here is a mock up of a gas hear the on a house. Where would we find the gas meter . It should be in your garage. Everyone should be familiar with where the gas meter is. One of the tools is a wrench, a crescent wrench. Yes. The crescent wrench is good and this is a perfect example of how to have it so you can loosen it up and use it when you need it. Okay. Lets go inside to talk about fire safety. Many of the issues here relate to fire, for example, we have a little Smoke Detector and i see you brought one here, a Carbon Monoxide Smoke Detector. This is a combination of smoke and Carbon Monoxide detector. They are required in single homes now and in apartment buildings. If Gas Appliance is not burning properly this will alert you before the fumes buildup and will affect you negatively. This is a Battery Powered . This is a Battery Powered and it has a 10 year battery life. A lot of times you may have one or the other. If you put in just a Carbon Monoxide detector, its important to have one of these too. Every house should have a fire extinguisher, yes. One thing people expect to do when the power goes out after an earthquake about using candles. What would you recommend . If you have a battery operated candle would be better to use. This kind of a candle, you wouldnt want it in an area where it can cause a fire or aftershock that it doesnt rollover. You definitely want to have this in a noncombustible surface. Now, here we have our stove. After a significant earthquake we expect that we may have gas disrupted and so without gas in your home, how are you going to cook . Well, i wouldnt recommend cooking inside of the house. You have to go outside and use a portable stove or Something Else. So it wouldnt be safe to use your fireplace to cook . Not at first. You should check it by a professional first. Outside should be a safe place to cook as long as you stay away from buildings and doors and windows. Yes. That will be fine. Here we have some alternative cooking areas. You can barbecue and if you have a regular propane bark could barbecue. Thank you for joining us. And thanks for this terrific space that you have in this exhibition space and thanks for helping San Francisco stay safe. San francisco entertainment commission. If you are a member of the public i want to speak, there are which are located on the front tables or you can just come up to the microphone when i we ask that everyone puts our cell phones on silent and turns them off. That includes staff and commissioners we will start with a roll call. [roll call] thank you. The first order of business is Public Comment. This is for any item not on the agenda. Do we have any Public Comment for items not on the agenda . Seeing none. The general public next agenda item is approval from our minutes from september 17, 2019. We have a motion to approve . Any a Public Comment on the approval of our minutes . Public comment is closed. [roll call] the Meeting Minutes have been approved. Our next agenda item is a report from executive director. Thank you. Good evening commissioners. I have a very brief update for you this evening. I just want to call attention to our annual retreat agenda. If you look under item three, there is a copy there for you, which is also been emailed. We are really looking forward to gathering this group together and discussing some of the things that are most pressing right now. We are going to have some policy updates, and some updates around the sound diplomacy project. We are going to hear from Senior Inspector Jordan Roberts on Residential Development review, and some changes we are making to that process and try to actually better educate you so that you are better prepared at the hearing for those items. And then we are going to have an item around Strategic Planning where we bring back the work that we did it last years retreat trying to work out what our mission and values are. And get your feedback on all of that and make sure we are solidifying that at this years retreat. And then we are going to talk about how we can do a better job of promoting nightlife and entertainment. We would love your great ideas and we will help frame the discussion in advance of the retreat so we can have some good takeaways. I am planning to send out email in the next couple of days for a lunch order. Look out for that, we will need you to respond in terms of what you want. The only other update i have is relative to the appeal that we are handling for the citation for the onetime event related to a sound truck permit. We are happy to share that our decision was upheld. We will not appeal, which was great. The statement of decision is a foz when near packet under item three if you are curious to read it. Any questions . Thank you very much for that report. Any Public Comment on the executive directors report . Seeing none. Public comment is closed. Agenda item number four, which is a report the Deputy Director, kaitlyn azevedo. Good evening. Before i get into the report, i have highlighted a couple of areas i will discuss. I wanted to make mention we have seen an increase in complaints especially in the north beach area. Folks, obviously performing on the street, and an inspector in the district has been responding and we have been moving that along to sfpd and reallocating those. Just make mention of it. On page three i will mention arena s. F. We did get complaints, to complaints about them over a weekend and inspector did respond and he did find them out of compliance. He worked to bring the volume down, and then into compliance. We did issue a notice of violation for them being in excess of their salmonella. Page 5 their sound limit. Page 5, ive have located jackson, they place of entertainment they have three sound complaints, excuse me to sound complaints this past weekend and the inspector, upon responding to the complaint they found their front door open so they were given a verbal warning for the front door being opened he did take a sound reading. They were slightly above their sound reading, he just worked with the sound manager to bring them into compliance. We are keeping them on our radar. On page nine, usc virgin hotel is highlighted. Virgin hotel is a place of entertainment permit, however, their rooftop is conditioned where they can only have entertainment until 10 00 p. M. Due to a Planning Commission motion. That being said, we issued a verbal warning and then issued a notice of violation. Finally we issued a citation because upon multiple visits they had djs playing on the rooftop past midnight. They are now fully aware of their permit conditions. I have talked to the manager on multiple occasions. Going through their permit violations line by line. They are not to have any outdoor amplified sound, both the speakers on street level and rooftop area cannot have amplified sound of any kind past 10 00 p. M. This is per the Planning Commission. That is all i have highlighted. Im happy to answer any questions you have about the report. Just again, these rooftop venues are problematic. I appreciate you continuing to stay on top of them and the inspectors. It is frustrating them when they are going above and beyond. I feel like virgin hotel has been on the reports a lot. For a venue, and a hotel that big, it is really frustrating that they seem to be somehow forgetting their conditions. That is my note of frustration with them. S. B. M. West is on here a couple of times. I know they are not doing Rooftop Events anymore but i know it is frustrating for people. And then i noticed them not being really to give the owners Contact Information our inspectors. I think thats rude. [laughter] it is frustrating when staff, at these venues, are not able to engage with our inspectors in appropriate ways. We will be following up with him. We have had complaints about this venue in the past. We have not seen anything since september 2018. They are in an area that has a revelation cafe right in the area. We will be following up and obtaining Contact Information. I just noticed, this is the first we have heard, if im not correct, about jackson, right . Did it seem like after we visited them the first time they continue to operate too loudly . The first visit, the inspector did not take a sound reading, but the door was open. The second visit the door was still open, and they did a sound reading and they were out of compliance on the second visit. Was our third visit on a sunday . Was there a third visit on a sunday . I think i saw a third visit, i could be wrong. It was the site inspection that you seem. Got it. Okay. Did you get the sense it does say that they are, but that they are eager to work with us to make sure they are in compliance i will be contacting the owner directly myself. The inspector spoke with them on the phone on monday and conveyed that he was eager to be in compliance. I will be following up myself, too, just to say if you have a neighbor, dont give them reason to complain. Thank you very much for that report. Is there any Public Comment on the Deputy Directors report . Seeing none. Public comment is closed. Moving along, agenda item number five, report from the Senior Analyst, dylan rice. Good evening commissioners. Good evening, commissioners. Its been sometime since i have talked about zero waste policy updates. As you may recall, in 2018 the board passed the single use food where plastics toxics and lit reduction ordinance. In july of this year and january of next year, it is finally rolling out to be in effect. I wanted to give you guys an update. This ordinance definitely impacts Outdoor Events operationally, and financially. Organizers, food vendors, retailers. The point of the law is to reduce plastic pollution by prohibiting the distribution of Plastic Straws among other food where accessories. Also to eliminate toxic fluoride chemicals from food products. Im going to break it down to two buckets. The first bucket is things going into effect july 1, of 2019 and the second bike things going into effect january 1, of 2020. For july 1, this year, Plastic Straws are no longer allowed to be distributed. Not just at events, but also retailers. Paper straws may be at the booth, but they cannot be automatically given to the customer. They can be Available Upon request, or picking up from a kiosk for example. The other thing is that food and beverage vendors will no longer provide single use plastic accessories such as plastic beverage plugs, you seen those on coffee cups. Plastic cocktail steps sticks, stirrers and toothpicks, those certain single use accessories and condiments are allowed to be made Available Upon request. Things like lids two cups, you may have seen starbucks do that where they will have a lid available. And then condiment packages like soy sauce or catchup can still be Available Upon request. Little condiment cups you have seen those with the dispensers. Those kinds of things are not banned, but they are trying to distance dis incentivize people from using them. That is for july 2019 update. January of 2020, you may recall, the reasonable beverage cups ordinance that requires every event, on city property, that has 100 either provide reasonable beverage cups for 10 of attendees, or promote attendees to bring their own beverage cups. I just found out from the Environment Department, i went to training just hours ago, they are actually starting a program that is low cost for events to rent these cups from the Environment Department. There will be a Third Party Company that will get the cups back and wash them. It will be recycling these cups are reusing them at different events. They didnt want to spend extra money on hiring a private company. The other way to do it is that they can still show good faith effort in promoting the bring your own cup idea to attendees. That is another way that they can be in compliance. That is the up update. There is also stricter standards for compostable products now. Starting in january 1, 2020 all compostable products will have to be bpi certified, that is the institute that creates standards for what can be safely composted. Environmental department is going to publish a list of these approved products and vendors on their website very soon. My whole goal all along has been to educate Event Organizers as early as possible about these changes so they can plan their businesses accordingly. I will be doing another outdoor Event Industry bulletin and then more social media posts about this. And then this segues into the education initiative. In the winter of 2020 we will bring back the Outdoor Events Network Mixer and we will department with the Environment Department and we will do an update on the policy. I want to make it a little less and try to find out a way to get an innovative Event Organizer to talk about creative low cost ways that they are able to increase the green. I just got a verbal yesterday from the environment i would like to partner with us. When i have more information on a date, time and location i will get back to you guys on that. This is a lot of information about the policy. Im happy to answer any questions, if i know them. I can also get back to you with specifics. This is not just only city property, right . Anything that is an enclosed area on the street . Actually that is a good point , yes. Food vendors will have to abide by these new rules, not just for the single use plastics. Not just on city property. If it was a private parking lot. What happens if i go to a Grocery Store within that party and then by something in the store can they bring it into the barricaded area . I think they would not be allowed to go inside the Grocery Store and then distribute the single use plastic items at the event. If i went to buy one myself . Being a citizen . Oh, yeah. Were not there yet. You can still go to the Grocery Store and buy plastic and whatever want. Crazy. Im just curious. Have you spoken to some of the smaller events and how these might affect their bottom lines . Yeah, so, was that a year ago, maggie . We did a focus group with small Event Organizers as well as the environment invited some vendors , and they express concerns about how its going to be a big shift for them in terms of, you know, sourcing and pricing out the new materials and then the other concern was the speed of alcohol sales was a concern. The idea is if you bring your own reusable cup to a bar, and they accidentally contaminate the spouts with your reusable cup they have to stop everything and sanitize the spout which will slow things down. There is going to be a trial period where we will see how things are going. Those concerns were expressed. What is the repercussion for violating the ordinance . They are enforcing through their ecology audits. Every event has to have the materials taken off premises and then it gets sorted at the facility. That data is sent back to the Environment Department. If there is a concern about contamination, the environment takes an approach where they try to problem solve with the. I think they can levy fines if it gets extreme. My impression is that was more about, you know, helping people find a pathway to compliance. Thank you very much for that update. Can i make a comment about Something Else . I just want to make a comment, had a chance to go to a producers focus group last month, thank you for organizing that, dylan. We had a great meeting where we had discussion about the challenges and the permitting cycle and, i just have a comment on a question for you. Im happy to report across the board, people are very appreciative of the work that you are providing for the producers. I just want to let you know that you doing a great job. People really appreciate your helpfulness, and the work that you are doing on the value you are providing to other event producers. We also have a lot of complaints about other departments, across the board they really love you. Thank you. Thank you for the job youre doing. Im just wondering if you have any other updates about the survey . I need to defer to the director on that. I think maybe you missed our last commission meeting, they did a brief update on the Steering Committee meeting then. Since it is not on the agenda, i would prefer to talk to you about it after the meeting. Okay. Thank you. Any Public Comment on the Senior Analyst report . I am seeing none. The Public Comment is closed. The next agenda item is the Police Department comments and questions. I dont see any officers present, unless you gentlemen are undercover . We are going to move on to number seven, which is hearing and possible action regarding application for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment commission. The only permit application on the agenda tonight is for a place of entertainment for travertine located at 1231 Market Street. The hotel was built in 1916, and has been a mainstay of the midmarket district for over 100 years. The applicants are applying for a permit with the intention to host ticketed events and their large ballroom and their smaller size conference room. They hope to have live musicians, djs, and resident artists and theatrical performances. Included in your file or 13 letters of support from the neighboring businesses on Market Street as well as letters from the midmarket cbd and the Hotel Council of San Francisco. No opposition submitted for this permit. Tenderloin station approve this apartment would not added conditions. Here to tell you more as a hotels general manager and the senior Vice President , evan altman. Think you everyone. Thank you for allowing us to speak tonight. You took half of my opening story. If you guys are familiar with the Hotel Whitcomb. It was the functioning city hall from 19121915 as this building was being rebuilt which is wildly cool. And then opened its doors to the public. John and i represent the Ownership Group and management companies. We operate six other hotels on the city, that is the huntington , the park central over on third and market, two hotels in union square and the Hotel Whitcomb. We have been operating in the city for a little less than ten years now. The Hotel Whitcomb has such a colorful story. A great history to it. From 1916 up until the mid 40s, early 50s, it was the epicenter of entertainment for the midmarket area, hosting a lot of the great events. From the 60s onward it went a different direction and changed a lot of hands it is very much our intention to revitalize this building as this theatrical creative hub for the community. The architecture is spectacular. The ceilings are 22 feet, it has original marble and the woodwork. It is incredibly dynamic. The old fox theater that was demolished back in the 60s. A way to bring this back, our first effort in doing so, is taking over the ballroom with an immersive Theater Theater company to do a theatrical performance where the audience is engaging with performers. It is a ticketed event. We cant give away too much of the narrative because were hopefully going to go out with the press announcement. We expected this first want to run for six months. We will be redesigning the whole property and rebanding the property. Over the next 1218 months. During this interim phase we have some of the empty real estate that we want to reintroduce the hotel to the community. Once again kind of embrace all of the great things about San Francisco from a theatrical and performance perspective. That is our story. Any questions . I believe we passed all of our inspections and we provided the Community Support letters. Thank you for coming in. Just wondering what is your background and experience in doing entertainment events at your other properties . So, i am based in new york. John is our general manager here. We operate food and beverage outlets which could be deemed as entertainment. It is really trying to be part of the arts community. I started my hotel career at the w San Francisco in early 20012,002. The Hotel Whitcomb is the first facility we have that has that real estate in order to do something more theatrical. Okay. Thank you. What do you guys do for security Market Street and eighth street is a little challenging. Part of the things we will try to do now at least some of the places im working with is to protect the patrons, things like that where they have to park. Can you explain how your outside security may be handling your guests . I think there is two layers to that. First is we have a back alley which is actually were work uber actually drops off. That is the back entrance to the hotel. No patrons will be dropped off or even picked up for that matter on Market Street. That is a contained area where we have a thirdparty Valet Company taking care of any vehicles and they their the arrival experience. We worked with a Contract Security company now called secure lawn. On show nights we plan on tripling the size, i believe it is one per 100 guests. We expect the largest audience to be about 200. With that said we would have no less then 4 security detail controlling entrances. Market street is very active as we all know. We specifically want the theater entrance to be contained off Market Street and we will have people posted up all throughout the building. Looking out for our hotel guests. Outside, sidewalks. Thats right. It is more like a lounge kind of thing. Yes. The sound is and or does it depend on who is coming and . Bringing in the sound that would be specific to that show. Nothing robust. We do have hotel guests that are one floor up. Really it is more theatrical sound then it would be nightclub sound, right . It is not heavy base, it is more performancebased. How do you plan to monitor the level . Are you planning to have an inhouse engineer to help you out . We have staff and a manager that is their 24 hours a day. We will have decibel readers that will monitor those levels. When the inspector comes on and as youre reading you have a set level . That is correct. No inhouse sound . It is in the back of the building close to the alleyway. The people that we could potentially disturb would be hotel guests and we dont want that noise to travel. We still typically do weddings, the way the buildings design, acoustically, the room is very suppress them. Even the rooms above it we really when we did our sound testing we pushed the limits as high as we could, and did not even realize we were doing a sound test. Its been a place where Theater Companies and symphonies have actually rehearsed for years, for that reason. The room is beautifully designed acoustically. Do you have extra lighting in the alley for the uber . It is very well lit. All right. Im more worried about the outside than inside. Thank you. I dont have any questions. It sounds like a cool project and im looking forward to see what you come up with her. You can have a seat. In 20 thank you is there any Public Comment on this . Thank you. Is there any Public Comment on this . Seeing none. I moved to approve the permit. Second. [roll call] congratulations. Your permit has been approved. Please follow up with our Deputy Director at your earliest convenience. All right. The calm before the storm meeting. We have a lot of permits coming through the hopper right now. Enjoy this short meeting tonight ladies and gentlemen. The final agenda item is commissioners comments questions. Do you have anything on your mind . Good, because i do. Oh, please. [laughter] i want to wish everyone a happy hispanic heritage month. Also, happy Filipino American history month. I just want to say how lucky am proud i am to live in a city that really celebrates diversity and cultural heritage. Enjoy the month
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