>> at the last meeting, the applicant applied for a selective entertainment meeting on september 13 to at a small

band or deejays to his sushi restaurant. that was the location of the late and great [unintelligible] there is a type 47 liquor license on premises. the building has a 49 capacity. it opened every day for lunch and dinner. it is primarily a restaurant. again, planning indicates this is a permitted use of the ground floor. on november 23, when this came before you, as you may recall, this item was continued to give the applicant further time to do community outreach as well as work with sfpd to revise the conditions. i believe both of those things were accomplished. i am sorry. i am trying to find the file giving a list of -- here we go.

signatures which i am happy to pass around. the applicant handed it to me this evening in support of rocketfish. attached to this is a set of revised conditions. i believe the baby station permit officer is here if you have any -- i believe the bayview station permit officer is here if you have any questions, and his landlord as well. president newlin: if the applicant wants to come forward first? >> good evening, commissioners. questions? president newlin: not at the outset. >> what can a community of which did you do? >> i attended the patrol hill boosters committee. -- potrero hill boosters

committee. there were concerns because they had known the previous tenant. i addressed them. that was pretty much it. >> the list of signatures that are being passed around right now -- who is on that list? >> local residents. >> how did you go about acquiring the signatures? >> these for customers that were coming in. we walked around and asked if they would like something different there at rocketfish. >> any sense of whether the people on that list live in close proximity to rocketfish? >> yes. take a close look at the addresses. president newlin: are you satisfied with the application as it stands now? >> yes. i did forget to indicate that this was submitted -- a revised

questionnaire as well. that is indicated in your package. i think the applicant may be was clearer on some of the questions that the commission may have been less clear on. and with the revised conditions and the agreement by the applicant from the bay view -- bayview station, staff is satisfied. >> because i am new to the commission come a point of clarity. before we actually issued the poe, is there a final sign off and sound check? >> that is correct. >> we have a set of conditions before us, 12 conditions forwarded from bayview station

yesterday. have you seen these conditions? >> i have. >> do you have a problem with any of them? >> i do not. >> some of these are repetitive to good neighbor policy conditions we automatically put on your permit. nothing in the jumps out at me as very extreme. -- nothing really jumps out at me as very extreme. you have no problem if we adopted these conditions? >> no problem whatsoever. >> i am glad you went around your restaurant and got people to sign, because there are people -- your restaurant is on 18 and what? >> and connecticut. >> people who live on valencia's street, washington st., and clayton st. are not your neighbors. is that right? >> not directly. >> what is your occupancy? >> on that side of the -- i

believe 80. >> hear you say under occupancy limitations -- here under occupancy limitations, use a 49 on the lounge side. but when we offer you the permit, it is for the entire site. what is your occupancy? >> 80. >> further on during his security plan, it says you are going to have one security guard at the front door and all the other doors will be locked. >> locked from the inside. >> you did not say that. i just wanted to make sure you do not lock your doors. that is all i had to add. thank you. president newlin: you may be seated. is there any public comment about the place of entertainment

license for rocketfish? seeing none, do we have a motion? >> motion to approve. president newlin: we have a motion. >> second. >> speaking to the motion, i am assuming that includes the conditions from bayview station? >> that is correct. >> on a clarification -- commissioner cavellini: aye. commissioner benetti: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. commissioner meko: aye. commissioner perez: aye. president newlin: aye. thank you and good luck. item 7b. ley, dunan, benjamin, and

miller, paul. >> these applicants applied for an extended hours permit on november 12 to take over operations of the location previously operated as the triple crown and the octavia lounge. this is probably the third time this address has been before you in your lifetime. the applicants intend to operate this medium-sized restaurant and bar much the same as the previous operators. as the commission remember, they approved a place of entertainment for this location after much community input. after some investigation of the sf pd at that time, it was determined that noise disturbances coming from a nearby drug rehab facility -- they were allowing live bands to play without permits. that was the cause for the majority of the neighbors' concern at that time.

this activity has long since ended. the commission approved that place of entertainment permit. six months later, they approved the extended hours premise permit. there have been no further complaints regarding this operation. that is known to staff. the applicants have indicated they will not be using any promoters. they will be adding programming aimed at the gay community to the business plan. the planning department has indicated this is a continuation of a permitted use. there is no limit on hours of operation. what is called ntt3 zone area. southern station recommends approval of conditions attached to your memo, including allowing only 21 and older senseful food services not available. -- since all -- since full food-

service is not available. president newlin: do any commissioners have questions of ms. kane? >> a wanted to say one thing. i love the name furious ferret. that is all. [laughter] commissioner benetti: -- >> my name is mark renney. mr. blyman and mr. ley own successful restaurants and bars and after polk street -- in the outer polk street. mr. miller owns a successful gay bar called truck. i previously passed out to use some letters of support from

people like the mission creek neighborhood association, aids emergency fund, the mission merchants association, etc. i will get right to the point -- neighborhood outrage. i have institutional memory. i remember there was hostility about the after hours permit that was granted to the triple crown a year and a half ago. i asked ms. kane if i could have copies of all the letters and correspondence in the file. it pretty much was about two- thirds positive and one third-. but there was quite a bunch of stuff. -- and one-third negative. i went and called everybody on the anti list to enlist their support, meeting with us and

coming up with good neighbor policies so we could eliminate any problems that might have arisen. specifically, i spoke to the brady neighborhood groups, which is braun when bailey -- bronwen bailey. i emailed lynn valencia, and the neighbors part of that campaign. she has not gone back to me. ms. bailey lives on part of this 101 valencia. i send e-mail to the family that had two children and lived at 63 haight st. i reached out to them and i have not gotten back to me yet. i left a couple of voice mail messages for tiffany liu, one of the people who was concerned before. she has not gotten back to us. we want to have a meeting with these neighborhood groups and

with the people involved and worked it out. other than that, i think it is all in the application. this is right on the corner of new octavia freeway that goes out and connect with -- connects with oakenfeld street. it is a fairly noisy corner. our clients are going to have a food operation. the have a successful operation. this is good to be similar, with inexpensive food and drinks and deejays. maybe there will be some drag shows, etc.. my clients will answer any questions. commissioner meko: mr. renny, i thank you. no one else supports the idea of

pre-application as well as you do. every client or venue you bring before us has done some out reach. let me remind you that the pre- application process really involves meetings with the neighbors prior to submitting the application. i think you know better than anybody the reasoning behind that is that you can learn things in your conversations with the neighbor that end up creating a better application. you can identify problems and structure your application in a way to avoid any conflicts. but i do not see a lot of opposition. you are wrong. i do not see much opposition here. so you have done something right. the problem with the crown was not a problem with after hours. it was just becoming loud toward the 9:00, 10:00 at night. i do not know if triple crown

has solved that, but we are not here to judge their application. we are here to judge this one. among the conditions that are proposed by southern station, number 11 -- whenever outside promoters are hired -- and i believe you said no outside promoters, or did i miss here? >> he said no. commissioner meko: we cannot require that of you. but no. 11, whenever a said promoters are hired, permit holders shall remain control of business operations, meaning managers, bartenders, cartel servers, and security personnel -- cocktail servers, and security personnel. to staff -- is this always the case or would this be a specific condition of this permit? >> is always the case. the sfpd try to reiterate and

reeducate through this condition. commissioner meko: there is nothing contradictory in that condition? and you have no problem with that? >> we have reviewed the december 1 letter from officer canyon and the captain. we have no problem with any of them. although we intend to only be open on friday and saturday night after hours, we would request that no conditions be placed in terms of that. if business allows it, we have the nights before federal holidays. if we can be a good neighbor and business allows it, we would like to remain open on other days. that is down the road. my other issue is number three, the recommendation from southern. whenever alcohol beverages are sold and consumed in conjunction with entertainment, and when full food service is not provided, the premises should be restricted to persons

21 and older. we will be happy to abide with this. however, this position is illegal. i have had a client charged with justice violation in the last six months. -- with just this violation in the last six months. and he was trying to do the right thing, because this was a police recommendation. this is just a comment. it is our feeling without food 18 year olds are just a security problem and a management problem. president newlin: thank you. any other questions from the commission? >> just that you could continue to serve food, right? >> we could. >> that would solve the problem. you could serve food until 4:00 in the morning. >> we may quit serving food if it means we don't have to let 18 year olds in. >> just to make clear that you could. president newlin: go ahead and

sit down unless somebody has something else to add. we will take public comment. i am sorry, officer. >> good evening, commissioners. jake canyon, permit officer for southern station. southern station does recommend approval with the following conditions. one, permit holder shall comply with operating hours and procedures submitted in the application. 2, the permit holder shall maintain a tight 47 -- type 47 abc license. 3, when alcoholic beverages are served in conjunction with entertainment and folsom -- full food service is not provided, the premises show be restricted to persons 21 years and older.