San francisco when 4 years i have been doing Public Policy stuff around city hall i have a by the question for a jazz musician kind of got a band together is there a way to play at any kind of Public Events or you know libraries or teach kids things or do Public Service through his service to do something are for the San Francisco Community Event and. Great. Im glad you guys are here. Thank you. We cant nestle address address that ill refer youo the staff the board of directors are here. By the thank you very much house will come to order seeing none, Public Comment is closed. More often on to item 2 approval of the minutes from march first i have one change when actually is required throughout the document i was not here during the meeting it says im here anytime my name to appears to vote cross me out and Audrey Joseph was here to commissioner joseph should replace my name any other questions or comments does seem like will i Public Comment no Public Comment Public Comment is closed. Lets take a vote on this actually, we need a motion. Sorry for the minutes of march first. Do we have enough to i think the only people were myself and stephen and laura. We need one more for that you good point. Motion to table it. There a second. Second. All right. So a motion to continue commissioner lee commissioner perez commissioner thomas is there speak into the microphone and i thank you commissioner president tan. The motion is continued or the minutes continued to the next meeting and move on to item 3 report from our sound inspectors. Commissioners, i asked this agenda was published last week he was on vacation. How was it. Thank you very much it was great i do want to mention given the chances we spent a bunch of yesterday and this morning maggie and looked at it the 19 applications open that was tedious but went through the 6 supplemental questionnaires weve asked and scored them theyre in the hands of the d h. R. And hopefully the next three to four weeks well be scheld whoever after the review the test 1823 clarification test and once they test through it will pass and come for interviews is it so very long i know tedious but for a permanent position it is important we get it right but were moving. Great 19 . 19 that were qualified they were a lot more that didnt make the minimum qualification so with that. Thats exciting. Yeah. Good evening, commissioners a few notes start are the royal weve gotten continent complaint from one complainant an issue forward by the Police Department weve been ive been trying to test with the clients they said their busy on the weekend they rather do that during the week an objective time conflict so whatever so actually spent the night followed up and do it during the week to accommodate the folks a bar rosa lounge an issue about the noise into the unit of a person that lives close they messaged me the we understand after we met the noise issue hesitate had subsidize so i followed up periodically with them pretty much, of course, with the types of items and see what happens another issue we talked about last meanwhile meeting was the prop demanded went by on the thursday a polyp party on the thursday night after we met basically, the issues been resolved the Hotel Management and the management of the venue seemed to be on the sampling as far as that goes and again one of the things well followup periodically definitely an issue there before so just periodic contact with the venue and the hotel to make sure that things are going fine and Everything Else is just random inspections and patrols a lot of rain those couple of weekends not much to report but ill be happy to answer any questions you may have. About any items on here. Commissioners any questions no all right. Thanks. Evening john burke here one incident to report others balance mission i brought them up last hearing they kind of keeping an eye on on them with a couple of complaints amount hard to communicate with the complaint and get to the bottom of what was going on ive been keeping an eye on on their operation and security the out they do and how they handle it i noticed this past friday they didnt have barricades up that is usually they do i stopped in for a color look they were closed i noticed they were having a hard time containing the crowd they had enough security but i think their they were not staging security appropriately there were too many inside and to make sure the patrons was not disturbing the neighborhood a few cars double parked and people sort of hanging outside of the venue as opposed to being moved on so we will have a meeting scheduled this friday with staff the office i did issue a notice of violations outlining a couple of violations and the Good Neighbor policy violations. Do they have new promoterers i feel like they were quiet for a long time. They were quiet i think theyve reached out to a bunch of new folks and they have security staff hired other security teams while w trying to get to the bottom of that at the make sure we know what is going on there is a bunch of stipulations on the permit with had it was granted that need to be reminded of especially new promoters novelist mission pd whether theres a a work order coming to well go over with the fine tooth coverage another reoccurring issue the valencia as you recall a sidewalk musician plugging in an am first degree into the businesses with a neighbor close by that is happy been in touch i believe commissioner president tan you received an email as well as the Public Health administrator so he touched all the basis and then two weeks ago i stopped by and was able to talk with the management of the taco the musician himself and some of the neighborhood regulators and tried to encourage them to find another place and since then ive not noticed a gathering out of outside of that business ill notify all the parties involved in the last email to the process and then hope we dont have it resurface if it does well take horror steps and reach out to the media officers and others so there is a back up plan as well. Those are the major issues i got a bunch of other standard inspections on here some other places weve george gotten complaint of over the last few months but other than it is route ill be happy to answer any questions you may have. Asking can i ask a question how you write our reports. Uhhuh. When you say you obviously have the complaint and it the unaccountable you couldnt hear anything. For instance, as deferring lumber i was working on with the neighbors across the street what we generally do is use a across the street if hes across al benefit alley we stand across. Your. If interest is an accountable. Most of the ones ill describe their inaudible 9 to 5 not detailing going to someones residence. The complainant is with you hey did you hear anything. Most of the time recently, i think the last few months all the complaint are through i really like it when youre not able to get a test or phone call from someone and be there with someone and go into a residence and try to get a feeling for what theyre experiencing if im on the ground i might not be feeling are experiencing what their experiencing ive had that the past only so much i can sense or hear depending on where i am in comparison to where they are. Unanimously not the ones through email. Right those are through 911 and we cant say you have to name yourself on 311. Other questions commissioner frost. What do you mean by cycle through are they looking to hire e. R. Build or go to other security team. I think what was made mentioned to me theyre having issues with some security teams that were recommended to them they are under the impression theyre getting to the c and b squads in the city that are first hire so and thats one of the things they brought up with me we cant do anything so i think theyre moving pretty slowly this particular aspect of operations so we want to be able to sit down with them and get to the bottom of that. Okay. So the tacoria theyre not restricting access to the musician; right . In my experience this is just about every wednesday were getting emails from one recipient sometimes he plugs in sometimes he didnt sometimes around the corner sometimes not at that point the complainant is also been calling mission pd they were visited tacoria was visited by understanding we have a situation that he has gotten the little wake up call i did being visited by multiple agrees helps there is only so much my badge does. On record he said he was not going to provide assess and objective hes still doing it to i guess youre free to do whatever you do. Yeah. I mean kind of insulting in a sense. A little bit i think that what why it is important to take the next step to contact Public Health department and pd this didnt fall under our jurisdiction but something we try to help with off the top and pass to the appropriate people i attempted to meet with mission pd on site that first weekend unfortunately, that this is a low priority call for them. A hundred feet from the front door within that hundred feet. Yeah. Absolutely hes next to the front door. Okay. Commissioners at questions for inspections . If not . Yeah commissioner revolution cafe theyre stepping up in scliens with the Good Neighbor policy things. Those past two weekends yes. Okay. All right. Lets opening it up for Public Comment any Public Comment on the inspector reports not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Move on to item number 4 Police Department comments or questions there are no police here well move on to item number 5 the consent calendar this is a newer way were describing this activity for commissioners are that but essentially because we have the Residential Development review committee that forwards on their recommendations on the projects really what they need from us just the final vote of approval and so youll see them as an consent calendar but a regular thing on the agenda and they will be discussed and passed on the whole into separating them but looks like our director wants to say more. I looked at your blinders is there anything again, i apologize i was on vacation last week. You mean support materials. Yeah. You were not at that meeting either and the two commissioners that were not here. I dont know how you guys feel about this i can speak to the items or move on to the next meeting if you want to hear from the commissioners pursue that at the rdr meeting i can include the couple of specification recommendations that were made on these im sorry, i didnt even no thats fine. I think procedurally we want to treat them all as one and rather than speak on each of them virtually individually unless the commissioners want to i think that it is not a bad idea to have audry to speak to them if you want to continue we can just know were the reason theyre on consent we dont spend a lot of time on them 9 community is doing their work and job so i dont know commissioners ill recommend either continuing this to the next meeting if you want audry or dorsey a or moving. I think i prefer to continue it to the next meeting especially no documents would be helpful o so at least know wear were consenting. Ill make ta a motion to continue to the next meeting second any Public Comment . All right. And then commissioners and staff thank you very much rule 116 is the convenient last year seen as an important step in helping Entertainment Venues sustain themselves with the onslaught of Residential Development happening throughout the city i will urge this commission as i did at the subcommittee hearing to take that continued behind the legislation more sorrowfully and broadened it so it you actually have an impact on the future of those venues after the last Committee Meeting i have had conversations with some of the folks that were very supportive the legislative side they feel they had given the Entertainment Commission nonspecific driveways derivatives to take the acts that reason tailor made for each venue it may not be sound it maybe the proposing of the front door to be next to the front door of the night club we know that is not a good idea but falls within the category of what the commissions authority is thought to be by those on the legislative side that created the legislation so im hoping that the commission can begin to expend expand that conversation and allocate information theyre willing to give a check list and also followup with the Planning Department staff and the Planning Commission to make sure that the work is not unfinished. Thank you. I appreciate that any is there any additional Public Comment . All right. If not lets the matter is with the commission lets take a vote on continuing the item until the next meeting commissioner frost commissioner lee commissioner perez commissioner thomas commissioner president tan the item is continued well have a much longer agenda next time and the hearing for the permit there is only one tonight the playground take it away deputy superintendent. Deputy director so our we think is the permit for the Entertainment Commission a Bar Restaurant and kayaking on buchanan street across the street from the japantown eating plaza if 5 to 12 00 a. M. Sunday through wednesday and 5 Public Comment p. M. To 4 00 p. M. Thursday through saturday and kayaking and this is approved with the Entertainment Permit and recommend the Good Neighbor policy as a condition so here to tell you a little bit more about the playground is owner leo roth. Hi hello, everyone. Can you speak into the microphone. Hello my name is leo roth born and raised in the city playground has been open since the ends of 2006 overall ive taken over a Family Business and actually, my fathersinlaw playground occupancy limit is 95 people we provide korean feed and private rooms were opposed sunday to monday through midnight and then through 2 00 a. M. The playground features at the ends of 2007 and as far as the Good Neighbor policy i believe there are three or four businesses on the block or the area that are occupy until 32 oclock were trying to make the neighborhood safe and everyones personal safety an issue with vehicles broken into but kind of slow down a lot weve had the Security Guards we have employed Security Guard like cherry bloom events we will have two skrlgdz i believe we only need one more ever hundred people that is lagged or a little bit easy whether there is people outside in general as far as the businesses around us like i said, we keep in good contact with everyone and the family in general has 4 restaurants within a block and a half weve known a lot of the other Business Owners were part of Japantown Task force Business Group watch weve been with them for the past id like to two or three years we put together robber and other preservations and keeping an eye on on burglars and personal safety sorry. Great. Have you seen it sounds like everyone is happy with you guys taking over the busy better to be safe than sorry business e business one condition on the previous permit from hours of operation sunday to wednesday open until midnight is that fine with you or. I dont know what we will need in the case they want to stay open to 2 o 2 oclock we can make that condition to 2 00 a. M. All the time i dont know if you discussed that. We didnt go over that let us know what needs to be done. Could you tell us. It operationally is that your preference. I dont know in their permit applications they wanted sunday through wednesday at one a. M. I wrote it wrong i asked what the hours were. I mean teng the permit the full form to up to 2 if so a different form if you want to work after 2 00 a. M. But wanted to check with you if there is a random wednesday you wanted to run to two and something kaurp in violation of the permit it sounds like ill 0 youll like the ability to have it to 2. Questions from other commissioners. So initially youre just taking over from your relatives. Exactly. So, now it is all yours theyve passed it to you and youre the owner. And your been working for the last ten years. Weve been there 9 years but ive been involved six or seven years everything as far as operations and everything is pretty much the same not changing structural wise. Ive been in there you run is well and have good food. Thank you. No issues with me. Great commissioners other questions. Hello thanks for coming in i want to ask about our county outreach with the Neighborhood Watch is that a nonprofit organizations or way. As far as nonprofit i guess i mean, im fairly new only been involved in the past two or three years but pretty much a main local Business Owners the neighborhood and employees and pretty much just as far as we get together once a month and go over the ideas making the neighborhood a safer place as far as a nonprofit honestly i did not know but, yeah. So you included those the application eave reached out to them did you make a formal presentation or a place of entertainment did you do something formal. Nothing formal i guess i could say that was formal i talked with everyone and like wasnt like this you know power point or anything. No now just wondering how that timberland and next door is the nonprofit for seniors. Actually yes. Yes. Did you get a chance to reach out to them. No, no just our hours normally what were open theyre closed but that is something i could look a into. Ill appreciate that. All right. Any other comments if not ill open up for Public Comment does seem like our commissioners have anything more to say have a seat any Public Comment . No seeing none, Public Comment is closed commissioners like to entertain the motion i personally will recommend we lift the hour restrictions on sundays and monday and allow the whole permit another commissioners can pack make that motion. Yes. We have the Police Department saying they approve with but hours that are there i dont know about tweaking it without their recommendation. They may pull their recommendation im not sure. I know weve had other karaoke bars i mean, i cant mention but there are examples of that if we dont want to make that motion thats fine. I mean i dont see any protest or any notions by the permit officer you know abusive actions or anything like that on the applicants part i dont think as far as karaoke bar its go on going to be once in a while so i dont have a problem of listing the captions because i dont see anything here opposing the busiest and germany think that karaoke bars are not the nexus of problems closings so i think that is another general rule to think about. Would someone like to make a motion commissioner thomas. I was going to support the idea of the same way of others businesses that are able to stay open until 2 ill make the motion to approve that with this amendment of listing the times restrictions the motion to approve the permit the only police condition is the Good Neighbor policy but also with the same theres a oh, thats it. The Good Neighbor policy i thought i saw the same conditions as the previous. Thats for the temporary permit they were granted. Got it okay i second that with the Good Neighbor policy. So the motion to approve with the Good Neighbor policy as conditions no additional conditions a second lets take a vote. On that motion with the Good Neighbor policy as a condition and the amendment of listing the time restrictions commissioner thomas commissioner perez commissioner lee commissioner frost no okay. And commissioner president tan. With that the motion passes thank you very much were going to move on to the next item. Theres no agenda. Okay item 7 commissioner comments and questions commissioners any questions or comments commissioner perez no commissioner frost. I saw the st. Patricks day parade the rain held off it was the organizer got wet but had a good time im happy the work is pretty much over for me so life is good again, you guys were involved in stipulate about was a was loads of fun thank you. Commissioner perez. I wasnt here but commissioner laura for the family and look forward to work with you. I second that. I also whatnot here at the last meeting just to report out basic things a conference in charlton South Carolina for the Hospitality Institute essentially any cities that came together organized by the nonprofit interested in kind of getting night life for multiple cities with the registered and the Law Enforcement folks like ourselves we dont have any peers so it is really a learning inheritance by a lot of people did a presentation and a panel where people were just shocked we had Something Like the Entertainment Commission as people from oakland and san jose and other parts of country to come up after so something to know and not to pat ourselves but thank all the folks and the hard work and all the work our staff does and continues to do to push our agenda along so i dont know if people have questions. They must have been impressed with our relationship that was passed for us to have the power and the input on that. Yeah. They there was nothing like that people were basically trying to figure out how do we enforce code visions and to the next level we have a voice in the planning process when a was unheard of people i think people are getting used to the idea of hospitality and night life as an asset i think we made the case not just but to be protected i think that is kind of a level two or three of how scombens we are to other cities. All right. Any Public Comment on our commissioner questions or comments not seeing any, Public Comment is closed. Our final item is a new agenda items for future meetings any thoughts i know outside the meeting as well all right. Im going to oh, any comment on that no . Sorry i forget those procedures all right. Our meeting is now adjourned thank you very much just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of San Franciscos our community to the meridian gallery has a 20year history of supporting visual arts. Experimental music concert, and also readings. Give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. And lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] meridians stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. It gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. It is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. You want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. I felt like at meridian, it could do some good. We did not even talk about price until the day before the show. Of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. But that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. His work is printed porcelain. He transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. Each one, only onetenth of an inch thick. It took about two years to get it down. I would say i lose 30 of the pieces that i made. Something happens to them. They cracked, the break during the process. It is very complex. They fall apart. But it is worth it to me. There are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former soviet union. These are blown up to a gigantic images. They lose resolution. I do not mind that, because my images are about the images, but theyre also about the idea, which is why there is text all over the entire surface. Marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. Its galleries are housed in one of the very rare Single Family residences around union square. For the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a World Premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. The birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the nexttolast independent newspaper raising hell, the nexttolast independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] in addition to its own programming as of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for San Francisco states wellknown port trees center. Recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. You can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time were not turning back. We know you are finished. Desperate, near the end. Hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. Amen. After the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the historic home. The third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. It is the stage for live performances. Under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian has maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. Sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because San Francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. Looking into meridians future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. To enlighten and disturbed. I really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. Cut. We are here to celebrate the opening of this community garden. A place that used to look a lot darker and today is sun is shining and its beautiful and its been completely redone and been a Gathering Place for this community. I have been waiting for this garden for 3 decades. That is not a joke. I live in an Apartment Building three floors up and i have potted plants and have dreamt the whole time i have lived there to have some ability to build this dirt. Let me tell you handout you how to build a community garden. You start with a really good idea and add Community Support from echo media and levis and take management and water and sun and this is what we have. This is great. Its about environment and stewardship. Its also for the we implemented several practices in our successes of the site. That is made up of the pockets like wool but they are made of recycled plastic bottles. I dont know how they do it. There is acres and acres of parkland throughout golden gate park, but not necessarily through Golden Community garden. We have it right in the middle o shouting. . More and more citys high San Francisco is committing to dislocate to end all traffic death that means improving safety for people walking and driving and safety on our streets is everyones responsibility people can make mistakes but not result in injury or death all traffic collisions are preventable as drivers you play a large role that will give you the tools to drive safely on streets a recent survey asks hundreds of drivers about save city introduce driving what did they say watch for distracted behavior and slow down and be patient and check for people before you turn the facts about city driving shows how important to be alert most collisions happen in good weather allowance even at 25 mileperhour it takes a vehicle 85 feet to stop this is almost 7 car lengths slowing down makes collisions less savior when a person is hit by a passerby vehicle 25 minor the chance of death is 25 percent 40 percent that increases inform 85 percent slowing down didnt cost much time driving behind a person takes 9 extra semiautomatic and stopping at the yellow light takes only 30 seconds by hitting someone costs you hours and weeks of our time and maybe a life take a deep breath and take youre time cities Cross America are being safely for walking and driving some streets are confusing heres what you need to know all intersection kroukz of novelist marked some are marked to make them more visible other crosswalks and intersections are raised to the level of sidewalk to actress as speed bump and people are maybe crossing be cautious and watch for people when you approach any intersection advanced limit lines and pedestrian yield signs show drivers where people walk and stop behind the lines at stop signs and for people crossing bulb outs where the sidewalks extends into the street make that tease easy to see pedestrians and remember to slow down whether making reasons and watch for people on sidewalk estimations extensions that maybe closer than you expect and bicyclists may motive to the left to get around bulb outs this gives people a head start allowing pedestrians to enter the crosswalk before transfer starts moving makes them more visible pedestrian scrimmage and stop the vehicles in all directions allow people to cross including department of building inspection scrambles are paired with no light restriction and rapid beacons you turn bright whether the pedestrians are there or the center is activated precede slowly as you approach the beacons especially, if their activated a Pedestrian Crossing light turns yellow before turning sold red back to flash red procedure after making a full stop as long as the sidewalk is empty and, of course, stop whenever the light is red traffic circles reduce conflicts you must stop at the strewn and precede around the raise your right hand of the circle watch for people in crosswalks and people in bikes coming around the circle arrows indicate where people with bikes share the intersections and people have ride to people on bikes have the right to use the lane whether or not in the sharing bike lanes are for people protected by parks e. 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Parked cars and stay out of separated bike lanes unless an emergency dashed bike lanes are a shared zone four for vehicles to change lanes slow bike lanes allow the circles their unusually sprayed before me from other traffic some bike lanes are built to the level higher than the street but lower than the sidewalk they provide a safe separated space sponsor cyclists are around vehicles the box areas are marked with the stencil at intersections act as advanced limit lines for people to garter at a red light this increases the 1r0ir7b9 to drivers people will ride past stopped vehicles at the fronltd of the intersection give them room and stop short of limit line behind the bike without objection and cross only after the green light and people cleared the bike box bicycle traffic lights allow people on bikes to proceed while vehicles are stopped be unaware aware of those bike San Francisco General Hospital but stay alert and only skrans when the vehicle is cleared the intersection lets take a quiz to see what all of learned here we go number one when do month collisions happen did you say in daytime youre correct question two if an intersection is not marched is it still a crosswalk yes did you get it right great job one more before we go on whats one of the best things to do to avoid collisions . You can it take a breath Pay Attention and slow down city streets are crowded and chaotic so seeing everyone every single everything is difficult heres a test how many times did the white team pass the ball . If you answered 11 youre correct but did you notice anything else also be aware ever youre surrounded and remember that is easy 0 miss something if youre not looking for it heres some basic principles driving near peep e people from youre drivers seat it is difficult address our mirrors to reduce blind spots people on bicycles maybe be in our blind spot give yourselves plenty of time to react look out stay on the road from building to building not just curve to curve check driveways and behind parked vehicles for people that enter our path turning vehicles are especially dangerous important people walking and collisions often occur when vehicles are making tunnels when you turn remember check for people using the crosswalk before starting youre turn watch for people on bikes traveling in the ongoing direction always check our mirrors and blind spots patience pays off take a moment to make sure youre clear while it might feel youll save time by driving fast or turning without checking you wont save driving only adds a few semiautomatic to our trip a collision can cost you, your job or someones live heres important things to remember all crosswalks are legal and pedestrian have the rightofway people cross the street anywhere children and seniors and people with disabilities are the most vulnerable think city strits give buses and streetcars a lot of the space or people returning to catch a train dont block the box this creates dangerous situation for people walking how are forced into moving traffic and people bicycling out of the bike lane and people on bikes most city streets are legal for bicyclists even without signs people biking can fall in front of you provide a safe amount of space when passing someone on a bike a minimum of 3 feet is required by law in california and people on bikes prefer to be in the bike lane in for the this is often to avoid accidents give them room people on bikes will stay away from the traffic or watch out for open doors whoops that was a close one expect people to go to the front of the light and pass on the right a tap of the horn maybe useful to make youre preservation known but avoid using the horn it may saturday night be someone vehicles anybody right turns are especially dangerous important biking always approach right turns properly signal early and wait for people biking through the intersection move as far to the right to people on bikes can pass on the left lets try a few more questions who are the most Vulnerable People on city streets . Children . Seniors, and people with disabilities why do people on bikes ride close to travel there to avoid car doors what is one of the most dangerous situations for people walking and riding bikes . Turning vehicles and what can you do to make sure that everyone is safe in any situation . Thartsz stay patient and alert and, of course, slow down parking and loading a vehicle on accredit city streets is a challenge weather parking and unloading always check for people in our mirrors and blind spots and on the drivers side with our right turn right hand this causes you to look 40 on your left for bicyclists when passersby exiting the vehicle make sure about opening the door know where loading zones are if not loading zones available use side streets never stop in bike lanes or traffic lanes. Bad weathering and visible rain and fog or low lighting make it hard to see youre vehicle is likely to slide or loss control in eye i didnt controls and create issues for people walking and biking they tried try to avoid pulled and umbrellas and construction get slippery for people the safety thing to do in conditions whether wet or icy or dark slow down and drive more carefully remember going fast may on this save you a few semiautomatic but speeding may cause you a life or youre job people walking and biking are Vulnerable People can be distracted or make unsafe decisions as a driver the responsibility for safety lies with you a collision could mean the loss of our life or youre job and dealing with the legal implementations could take years or an emotional toll if someone is killed in a crash help us achieve vision zero and everyone can use the streets safely. Thank you for watch and following the important driving tests your remember were counting on you i love teaching. It is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. This really is a place where all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. This is very enriching as an artist. A lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. There are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. That is a really big draw. This is a signature piece. This is the bill largest darkroom in the u. S. There are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. I think it is the heart of this place. You feel it when you come in. The people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. We get to build the community here. This is different. First of all, this is a great location. It is in a lesspopulated area. Of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program. It is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. The people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. We offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. We offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. We offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. There is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. Hello, my name is jennifer. My name is simone. We are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. Cmon, cmon, cmon. Actually, i have been here a lot. I have never looked closely enough to see everything. Now, i get to take pictures. We want to try to get them to be more creative with it. We let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. You can focus in here. That was cool. If you see that . Behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. The see any more hills . These kids are wonderful. They get to explore, they get to see Different Things. We let them explore a little bit. They get their best. If their parents ever ask, we can learn they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. Some of the things they come up with are fantastic. That is what were trying to encourage. These kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. A lot of people come into my classes and they dont feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. This is kind of the best kept secret. You should come on and take a class. We have orientations on most saturdays. This is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. Ready to develop your photography skills . The Harvey Milk Photo Center focuses on adult classes. And saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. Top of the morning to you well. Top of morning. All right. All right. Elected officials i have a lot here and where are all the supervisors and the Police Department and the police chief and police chief and all the people are part irish the City Attorney and the consul general and there is supervisor oh, farrell what happens to the o on behalf of the mayor, i want welcome this on the underlying the irish flag and the kickoff of that long but wonderful celebration of salesforce it is a few days off; right . And also welcome the fwrand marshall and also the Court Committee for our city i see sow many wonderful places out there that come every year i guess you drink it or use it rich cream youre a day older so thank you all for being here we love underlying the flag the irish leaders and communities that are up here during the gold rush and some of you are still here when our first mayor was born in richard and had a lot of irish mayorss with sheryl we register and gavin newsom doing his job he had another irish baby so i dont know why he named him duchess so you look at around San Francisco and see all the streets named for wonderful Irish Americans that made San Francisco what it is mclaren park and ofarrell street and ongoing so, now youre keeping up the tradition with the police chief and the police and irish and the sheriff he she is part irish and your part irish; right . Yeah. So we honor all of you by underlying our flag in front of our city hall and starting the clock there is a word they use your mayor was named the river river lee it is my great pleasure to introduce our lord mayor, mayor ed lee. Thank you charlotte i want to extend my warm itself welcome to all of you and the elected officials here our deciding tars and supervisors our assessorrecorder came in nice green carmen i have no problem finding my green tie it says when you are going to wear it yelling at me i want to say congratulations to everyone including the labor unions i say mr. Oconnor and some of the labor union it remind me how our city has been built with the history of the our Irish Americans throughout many, many years and this is a time an opportunity not only to celebrate the staifrz but to review what the community has done for this great city over many, many decades that is incredible you look at the history of our city and how people have built this city and make sure that it reflected the diversity and history where people came from i know that consul general will mention things we are reminded about the easter rising centennial or the hundred and 605 anniversary of our parade and efforts the city that is another great history for the 32 celebration of our sister city and again, i want to say thank you to the united Irish Community for leading the efforts and the parade and having the graushd mr. Boim and others that are here today and being part of volunteers that keep our celebrations alive and the history alive over the jim considering the john boyles or the deferring admit our part of our celebrations of the sister city and charlotte said earlier anita and i have a great trip on behalf of the city to celebrate the sister city and treernd things that help our city for example, the first direct flights between San Francisco and dublin e bin gosh what wonderful clapping. and from what i hear it is more successful than we knew that was going to be a groundbreaking thing it is more successful and continue this wonderful flight and it brought kids from other parts the city to help us with technology and help exchanges culture exchanges it has brought trade and more cultural and educations challenges and, of course, through that all were able to have the t kenny come and visit, of course, timing mike hig goes on and several Carbon Monoxides with him and the Cultural Center and talk about the International Significance of those exchanges that is so many things have happened as a result of the the sister city work and the united irish communities i want to say an is eve of our salesforce to have leadership on the board like supervisor farrell leading not only the board celebrations but work with the board and i get to do and use the talent of our Irish American communities to help us building on the wonderful history to also have fun with the things youre going to see the irish dancers and like the pipers who i got to invited to the kickoff like the mayors cup and have a great celebration there those are all wonderful things happening with our Irish American community from building our city, inform celebrating the cultural to having wonderful talent of people help me run it from the Public Safety to the elected officials im proud of the irish history with that, id like to provide the celebrations this morning with a declaration to be given to the city council and to, of course, president of our irish united irish communities first to consul general phillip grant and hereby calory this to be relishing or Irish American friendship in the city of San Francisco consul general. clapping. and to the president s of our united irish societies let me am come up lee yum. clapping. of course, the greatest cast is my irish and, of course, on the eve of salesforce ive got to say aaron go before this is a translation of salesforce, of course, when i first asked about it i had to explain that is not a professional womens soccer cry but salesforce and give it back to charlotte. Thank you, mayor thank you very much top of the morning now i introduce supervisor o farrell. clapping. hes somewhere. Thank you charlotte and mayor ed lee and everyone for being here that is a proud honor to be the mc this irish celebration outside of city hall to carry on the tradition of a supervisor that does it inside of city hall as mentioned over Irish Community has strong roots in San Francisco for generations going back to the gold rush we continue to sustain the city we continue to work in that and be part of the community. And enblaensz but the Cultural Center out in the subject and so many things we had a a community in San Francisco im very much proud to be part of it and have Irish Heritage and proud to spend on year nature with and here to be with the celebration i want to start off by introducing someone with us a number of years a greatest friend phil grant was with us since 1992 prior to the poivent appointment of consul general overviews the spokesperson tore the media residents for the Foreign Ministry for 4 years and in San Francisco in september 30th, 2014, when it overviews sworn if with us a number of years and weve gone through not only ill say the normal course from the Irish Community buses berkley a rock for the community thank you. And want to welcome you clapping. speaking foreign language. good morning and thank you to mayor ed lee and supervisor farrell at the board of supervisors and everyone who has came here first of all, on behalf of myself and the council thank you to the grand mash for this week and the we lost two important people of the staff you know worked for the consulate for years here funnel is here our thoughts and prayers with her family that time of the year is one we encounter a lot of the people the community that passed away and i find it especially touching because the tragedy that enveloped our community in berkley and before talking about the parade and event that is the opportunity i have i want to extend the biggest thank you to all of you i want to name a few people without them and their assistance and coordination our students and their fascinates and everyone when was involved in what happened in berkley on the 16th of june would be difficult i would like to thank Charlotte Schultz her team working closely did miracles to make sure that we could bring our students home together with their families and on a happy day i dont know if there is is a better report in america they couldnt have done more for us thank you to the police chief and the chief of Fire Services thai provided honor as the cove i think so went through the city the chief of the fire service helped us in berkley the police and fire service out of the hearing aids for a week the middle of that trauma im sure none has managed to say of a foreign consulate will arrive on your doorstep with the Immigration Center with a one volunteers their students and families and the counselors i dont i dont think there was a door i had to open for myself or get food for myself i dont have to travel the police and Fire Services in San Francisco did everything so on my and your on behalf of a real appreciative to all of them thank you. clapping. i have a long line of these in my office some to the 1950s 60s you wonder their words but do they mean anything we found out how much they mean there is a lovely festivity photograph on the facebook of one of the mothers that lost her child in the blockage collapse and her cousins what elita and a photograph of them and airport with libya arrived to start her students and the missouris pink to hold open to in leave is each other i want to say thank you to the city of San Francisco to the people of San Francisco and to the wider bay area for holding on the us in a difficult periods the lives of the Irish Community here in the be sure so thank you all. clapping. were 6 weeks away from marking the one hundred anniversary of the declaration of the proclamation and the easter rising and that was a similar event in irish history that changed the relationship on the 0i8d of the ridership and Great Britain and the relationship with the United States and relationships with europe im conscious it means Different Things to different people while the irish know about that the refreshing americans know and most americans with not familiar with was it stood for ive tried to find the colonel why it is important for everybody and our prayed marks that occasion how to ties to the communities here in america and particularly in San Francisco and the word ill use is in justice what caused the men and women of eastern 1916 to stand up in refwhern a minority and they were told to stay home by something compelled them to take to the streets and even as a time the conflict with the worldclass 1 remaining and later on have any rich americans and serving with the American Services what compelled them to act that was in justice a history of centuries of injustice of being third class subjects to some other people and that resonated very much with the irish experience in america coming here to the first Great Republic if you read the words finds proclamation they echo the words finding declaration of independence to find the majority of them spent time the america and closest family ties to America America is the only name mentions specifically the irish declaration of independence thats one reason we mark that occasion authenticity the human injustice when necessary rose up they were not welcomed by the population of dunn dublin the first horrible days of sheilas and killings they were insult and spat on what changed brought the rest of the country to the point of views and again, we come back to injustice it is what we saw happened the immediate aftermath of the arising the xooigsz and the imposition of mash law you go back to that thing theyve stood up to protest we did this we will have to because of the injustice thai had to be responsible for the same hands that led to their dedicate an irish people have had enough injustice the theme of enjustice links us to other people in other parts of word i want to an event with the New York Times talked about an irish at the age of 14 and mentioned 1 about the 5 million irish show up on the shores of american one. 5 million staifrl unwanted no skills having to be accommodated 9 first references had to absorb and wanting to r a part in the American Dream i think today you read the newspapers one. 5 sitting on the doorsteps of europe he trying to escape injustice and infaurns if i ask myself kwhoo are the enar combithszries of today, im proud theyre irish people that are running the receiving camps in turkey and lebanon im proud to reach out to the community and south american and afghan the lessons of 1816 why people throughout the century laid down their lives is fundamentally this is a battle against injustice that inis something that takes place the world around you, we have the responsibility to respond to those in need and respond to the problems of world and find solutions that the people like our people dont interest have to turn outside for help and assistance and they can go home the city of San Francisco stands for many things one of the greatest things it stand for it fairness and equality and inclusiveness that the irish experience came out here under e unlike the irish on the east coast they didnt face the same pressures on, on the east coast in finding in their way in america the first thing tax savings started the civil rights mark and on behalf of the irish to say were here and part of the society and want to be part of the society were broeng you, you something you can cherish and incorporate into the American Dream to help you build up your country when i look out today, i see the benefit that is emerged the strength of that relationship between oirld and american i apologize on going on i want to say thank you to all of you and thank you thank you for all you do to other causes and the struggle for injudicious wherever it might be thank you. clapping. thank you consul general i do want to acknowledge some individuals up here to make sure Everybody Knows who is standing with us today, well bring up lee yum but two of the statistical warths angus and commissioners for the city and county of San Francisco clapping. im sure many dont need introduction but our fire chief joanne hayeswhite. clapping. our police chief greg suhr. clapping. our City Attorney dennis herrera. clapping. and weve heard from consul general grant and mayor ed lee and ms. Shuttling and supervisor yee is here. clapping. who represents o represents many the sunset district and Vicki Hennessey our sheriff. Alex from the board of city college. clapping. carmen chu our amazing assessorrecorder. clapping. and scott wiener into district 8. clapping. so id like to bring up someone that is involved the Irish Community born and raised san franciscan was in our Police Department for 319 years retired as a lieutenant and the president of the Irish Society. clapping. thank you first of all, i want to off the condolences of the entire Irish Community to mr. And mrs. Boiling on the passing of their son tenors at the dinner the other night i coached terrance in soccer at scared high school i looked at terrance and he said i remedy you. You made me run a lot i was open again, it when i got the calls about the tragedy and i was happy that i made that approach to terrance but i have a bit of a personal request our grand marshall said he was up near the stage and a picture was taken care of him his son charley and terps he thought i took the picture i didnt it i need to everybody to go on social media to get that picture to jerry please do me a favor welcome to everyone that came down thrombus they named the honored guests i dont have to repeat that im happy about that but i appreciate you all scooting here when i got up this morning and saw the rainy thought a light crowd thats not true im happy you took the time to come down here and celebrate with us celebrating the one anniversary of the 1916 rising and i do want to thank San Francisco pipers that caught the wheeling and ken he will sorry and dan thank you for coming out putting on the festivals of the parade is a huge theatre my director of public works and some of the assistants are awesome i appreciate it is pretty easy to sit at the table and take the ac lads and smile and shack machines but the people that do the work and the same thing for the city running are around from the sfmta myrtle did a great job and mayor be proud of your departments everybody stepping up and the individuals that get things done is amazing i also have diane ray and telling ma perez from the rec and park and chief joanne hayeswhite for her staff getting the permits for the plaza and greg suhr at his staff station that captain lazarus and Jennifer Jackson and Sergeant Marin and lynn and pat tobin you know they did a great job i would like to take the opportunity because Law Enforcement in the country has taken a hit thank you to greg suhr for the job his men and women do everyday for us and offer my congratulations and condolences for the new position that chief Vicki Hennessey took so thank you. clapping. id like to congratulate jerry boiling on becoming the grand marshall and ed and others as well as michael it is a huge honor to be named the grand marshall the honoree graurn but a lot of work and we appreciate that you agreed to not only be honored let us honor you for the work that is involved in that now i make the presentations to the grand marshall is that what i do now by thank you. My second year first of all, call of jerry boiling. clapping. this is from certificate of honor presented to jerry boiling whereas on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco i am pleased to recognize and honor jerry boiling for the contributions to the Irish Community my great privilege on the selection of the Irish Society of the for the city and county of San Francisco for the San Francisco salesforce thank you. Id like to thank the Irish Society for the honor im overwhelmed something i thought id never see or be in i would last week to say that San Francisco is always been deeply involving in rirld or oirldz strewn for freedom and the rebel the incites of the red branch played their part in building up the rising the 1916 this shouldnt be forgotten id like to say that i especially am honored this year because it is the citizen neglect of the rising of 1916 and when you look at the irish flag and put it up remember it flew over the cities when the bombs blasted it and the words of frederick well envelope be at peace without roirlgd being free. clapping. and our first honoree grand Marshall Michael during kin id like to bring his wife mary up and the whole family if theyd like 2 00 p. M. Years on the city and county of San Francisco im pleased to recognize michael to the community it is my great privilege and honor in his memory on the occasion by the unit irish sornt the San Francisco as an honorary grand marshall of the one and 60 irish day parade. clapping. and mikes daughter shannon thank you now ill bring up the family of ed and maggie ma govern here comes bryan. clapping. big family he gets nomad to come up whereas think on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco im pleased and honored to recognize those folks for the contributions of the rich American Community it is my great privilege to hour their memory by the unit Irish Society as the grand marshalls of the one and 60 grand prayed congratulations to maggie congratulations. clapping. and this is the season to be irish the next couple weeks i invite everybody the city and in the bay area to become irish and celebrate with us honoring the 1916 rising easter rising now id like to bring up kevin that has a gift for the mayor. Just want to say would be quick thank you to who puts this on caitlin thank you so much caitlin. clapping. through San Franciscos sister city runs a richer known as is lee river every other year we get something from the river we get whiskey for the mayor joy that gift and i know what youre waiting forfeiture. clapping. thanks everybody and i want to on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco i want to acknowledge the grand marshall or so and members to your families your dmronz and actually ms. Boiling we have something to present to you if you come up on the honor of on the honor of one anniversary what were celebrating it is really diversifying our condominiums first of all, on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco the condolences for your loss this week and on the honor of this one anniversary we want to give you a copy of the irish declaration. clapping. so workplace well turn to the incredibly fun parts were blessed to have a number of irish dancing groups and the relishing pepper band first call up the Murphy School of rich dancers with 35 members for one and 75 at any time welcome them forward. clapping. in clapping. thank you very much and up next, we have the cheilo ken he will school o danci clapping. well, thank you very much and now i want to we have a few certifies of, however, for the wheeling i didnt kevinly group the irish dancers come on up clapping. and the Murphy School of irish dance. clapping. clapping. as well as for the irish pipers band in san clappin as well as for the irish pipers band in sa clapping. as well as for the irish pipers band in San Francisco. clapping. clapping. clapping. as well as for the irish pipers band in San Francisco. clapping. clapping. as well as for the irish pipers band in San Francisco. clapping. clapping. as well as for the irish pipers band in San Francisco. clapping. well, thank you again for coming today, well wrap up a huge thanks for Charlotte Schultz the best dressed woman in San Francisco and never fails to amaze amounts happy heritage month in San Francisco and thank you, everybody for wearing green. Want to say a tradition starts by supervisor el balboa park welcome to my office there is food and drink as well please come and enjoy it and happy happy salesforce [gavel] good afternoon and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of march 15 [gavel] good afternoon and welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors meeting of march 15, 2016. Mdm. Clerk please call little supervisor avalos aye, here. President breed, here. , campos, present. , cohen, present. Farrell, present. Kim speak not present mar, present. Peskin, present. Tang not present wiener, present. Yee, present. Madame president you have a quorum thank you. Ladies and gentlemen please join us in the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance]
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