Meeting Minutes

 

Room 416, City Hall

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

San Francisco, CA. 94102

 

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

5:30 P.M.

 

 

COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:  Ben Bleiman (President), Steven Lee, Laura Thomas, Al Perez, Dave Falzon

 

COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Dori Caminong 

 

STAFF IN ATTENDANCE: Executive Director, Maggie Weiland; Deputy Director, Kaitlyn Azevedo; Senior Analyst, Dylan Rice; Senior Inspector, Jordan Roberts

 

THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT BLEIMAN AT 5:38PM 

 

Laura arrived at 5:41PM

 

SPEAKER KEY:      

 

+ indicates a speaker in support of an item;

-  indicates a speaker in opposition of an item; and 

= indicates a neutral speaker or a speaker who did not indicate support or opposition 

 

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL       

 

1. General Public Comment  

 

No public comment.  None.

  

Members of the public may address the Commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission. With respect to agenda items, members of the public may address the Commission for up to three minutes at the time such item is called.  

 

2. Approval of Meeting Minutes.  Discussion and possible action to approve the minutes of the November 5, 2019, Commission meeting. [Discussion and Possible Action Item]

 

MOTION: Commissioner Falzon moved to approve the November 5, 2019 minutes, Commissioner Perez seconded the motion.

 

ACTION: Approved Minutes for November 5, 2019

 

AYES: Commissioner Bleiman, Commissionr Lee, Commissioner Falzon, Commissioner Perez

 

NAYS: None

 

ABSENT: Commissioner Thomas and Commissioner Lee

 

3. Report from Executive Director: Legislative/Policy Update: none; Staff and Office Update: EC Holiday Party Update; Update on Board of Appeals Actions: none; Corrective Actions: none. [Discussion Item]

 

4. Report from Deputy Director: Deputy Director Kaitlyn Azevedo reports on recent venue inspections and activities. [Discussion item]  

 

Tues 11/5/2019  11:54:30 PM Royal Oak 2201 Polk St n/a NORTHERN I live next to this bar and there's no one inside but the bartenders are standing outside blasting angry rock music and smoking cigarettes. This isn't the first time they've woken me up. It is well past quiet hours and they seem to turn the music up louder and louder. Please do something about this nuisance. ACTION: Inspector Fiorentino responded to complaint the following Friday. He found loud live entertainment with front doors and side door open. Deputy Director Azevedo is working with SFPD Northern station and reached out to owners to try and bring them into compliance.

 

Fri 11/8/2019  11:13:01 PM Delirium 3139 16th POE MISSION Delirium music and people yelling on street ACTION: Inspector Savino responded to 311 complaint, and talked with manager about finding a solution for sound escaping through vents and onto street. Senior Inspector Roberts followed up with recommendations via email. Besides the vent transmitting sound, they are in compliance.  

 

Sun 11/17/2019  6:51:44 AM 26 Mix 3024 Mission St POE MISSION Another terrible weekend at Club 26 Mix. Friday night, one of the bouncers of this club was arrested and there were police cars and ambulances surrounding the club for a long time. Doesn't stretch the imagination to assume that violence or drugs were involved. Then, last night, the same bouncer, freshly bailed out of jail, proceeds to jump start someone's car at 2:00AM, which would have been fine except the car's hood clearly didn't close and the bouncer spent ***20 minutes*** banging the hood of the car to try to make it close! Zero regard for the safety and well being of the neighbors! How ***many times*** do these people need to be told to stop behaving this way before real consequences are issued? This place makes the neighborhood worse and is becoming even more dangerous! Please look into the police report for Friday's police activity at Club 26 Mix and please review my previous and new complaints to take more decisive action on this neighborhood nuisance of a bar. We need your help! Thank you! ACTION: Deputy director Azevedo followed up with SFPD Mission station and spoke with Captain Caltagirone who is advising his night unit to come up with a plan to check on weeknight compliance. She also corresponded with the neighbor letting them know we are continually following up on their complaints and always find the business in compliance on weekends. 

 

5. Hearing and Possible Action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the Entertainment Commission. [Discussion and Possible Action Item]  

 

Consent Calendar:

 

All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the Entertainment Commission, and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Commission, the public, or staff so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item at this or a future hearing.

 

a) EC-1552 – Eugene Power of Phoenix Irish Bar, LLC, dba Phoenix Irish Bar, 811 Valencia St., Limited Live Performance permit

 

b) EC-1554 – Delmy Chable and Carlos Ruiz of Yucateca Food Corporation, dba Poc-Chuc Restaurant, 2886 16th St., Limited Live Performance permit

 

SPEAKERS:  = Deputy Director, Kaitlyn Azevedo, staff report

 

PUBLIC COMMENT: None 

 

MOTION: Commissioner Perez moved to approve the consent agenda, with the Good Neighbor Policy, Commissioner Thomas seconded the motion.

 

ACTION: The Consent agenda was approved and both Limited Live Performance permits were conditionally granted to the applicants.

 

AYES: Commissioner Perez, Commissioner Thomas, Commissioner Bleiman, Commissioner Lee Commissioner Falzon

 

ABSENT: Commissioner Camionong

 

Regular Agenda:

 

c) EC-1540 – Kingston Wu of 2036 Lombard St, LLC, dba Westwood, 2036 Lombard St., Place of Entertainment and Mechanical Amusement Device permits 

 

SPEAKERS:  = Deputy Director, Kaitlyn Azevedo, staff report

                  = Kingston Wu, Owner of Westwood

 

PUBLIC COMMENT: None 

 

MOTION: Commissioner Thomas moved to approve with the staff recommendations of the Good Neighbor Policy and SFPD recommendations, Commissioner Lee seconded the motion.

 

ACTION: The Place of Entertainment and Mechanical Amusement Device was granted to the applicant. 

 

AYES: Commissioner Perez, Commissioner Thomas, Commissioner Bleiman, Commissioner Lee, Commissioner Falzon

 

ABSENT: Commissioner Caminong 

 

6. Discussion and Possible Action to establish new Mission, Vision, and Values for the Entertainment Commission. [Discussion and Possible Action Item]

 

PUBLIC COMMENT: None 

 

MOTION: Commissioner Thomas moved to approve the new Mission, Vision, and Values for the Entertainment Commission Commissioner Perez seconded the motion.

 

ACTION: The new Mission, Vision, and Values for the Entertainment Commission was approved.

 

AYES: Commissioner Thomas, Commissioner Perez, Commissioner Bleiman, Commissioner Lee Commissioner Falzon

 

ABSENT: Commissioner Camionong

 

7. Commissioner Comments & Questions. [Announcements]   

 

ADJOURNMENT 6:13 PM