through february 24. mr. granelli and i spent some time working through things. we are hopeful that this time around, maybe they will understand what it means to be in compliance with their permit conditions. so, everybody, cross your fingers. and lastly, there are two appeals still pending. 181 eddy was issued a suspension last year, but the party exercised their right to appeal, and the appeal was initially scheduled in january. however, as you may recall, we did a bunch of corrective actions, and that venue is

closed at this time and remains closed. that liquor license is no longer on the premises, and the appellants have asked that the appeal be put on hold indefinitely, and staff has no objection as long as there is notice if there are attempts to reopen anytime. there is no liquor license, but there is, assuming they have paid, and they have a representative here, for their licenses, their entertainment licenses are still intact, so it is important obviously that we are noticed and come to some agreement, but i do not believe, and the commissioners can certainly ask what their intentions are, and, lastly, at van ness, where it was problematic for some time, this is also one of those where this

commission has ordered a new set of conditions placed on their permit in december, and then, an appeal was filed with the board of appeals, and in the meantime of these actions, the appellant requested a continuance to allow for the transfer to a new owner. the city in all of its forms was anxious to actually see a new owner at this location, so at this time, a liquor license transfer has had their conditions signs. a new application for a place of entertainment was submitted and posted for your march 8 hearing. staff met with two concerned neighbors about two weeks ago and agreed to be present for a meeting at the venue before the hearing date to address additional neighbors' concerns,

so i think those are two good outcomes too problematic venues, and that concludes my report. mr. granelli, are you awake? >> commissioners, very quickly. to go through the binders, polk street was issued in notice for violation of sound and good neighbor policy. on a positive note, director caen and i will be meeting with the owners tomorrow. the alu meeting that is going on just as the director described, what they are doing is they're bringing them in in the night shifts, and we have about a 3.5

hour training, and they are giving them a crash course in abc law and entertainment law. we have a small part of that, where we explain. about the officers there, what the e.c. is, and more importantly, when they do run across these incidences, what we need. so far, the first one was last but we -- last week, and we had great attendance, not only on the night shift but some swing shift officers there, as well, which we are hoping to have again tomorrow night. the training went very well. we will be doing these every wednesday for a few weeks. just as the director said, el rincon did not appeal the suspension. obviously, we had problems with them. myself and crystal have been

working to create new forms was the e.c. there are certain things that we need if someone wants to appeal, such as a hardship waiver, the three of us have been working on that. lastly, the party bosses. i know we have not talked about that for quite awhile, but i thought it was important that over the last few weeks, i have noticed a big jump, at one point, down on aid and folsom, and at one time, i counted six, all parked. with their participants or patrons, riders, whatever you want to call them around that

area. there is also someone inside the party bus. so these party buses continue to be a major problem. again, there is a very high volume of consumption of alcohol, both on the bus, usually before the patrons get on the bus, and then as they hit each venue. for the new commissioners, this has been a problem for us for about the last two years. what we're seeing is these buses coming to different locations, and the patrons on the bus are already really, and they are getting more drinks when they get off of the bus, and often of venue or club will not let them in because they are so drunk that it causes them problems. some, without the party bosses, they would not any business at

all. i do not understand why we have seen a jump in the business, but we are. we are seeing more and more and more. at the end of last year, the last few months, we saw them dry out a little bit. we did not see as many out there. the buses we saw were from legitimate companies. now, i am seymour, et from legitimate buses to what looks light coat old airport trucks that have been spray-painted, and they are driving people around. i talked to the alu unit and the sfpd, and they were trying to seeing who has jurisdiction and how we can manage this situation. i will keep you guys, the commission informs " but i am not quite sure where this will take us. moving on, you will see we are still looking into complaints we have gotten from a couple

others. in japan tel, there was a new karaoke bar. it was basically an old carry a keyboard that changed ownership. we did a little bit of education, -- it was an old karaoke bar. and last, the only incident we have the we have not gotten a police report on yet was an assault and stabbing in the mission area, and the interesting thing is that at this time, one, we are not sure about the nexus between that and the surrounding bars, and two, we are not sure if the bar have a permit in the first place. this may not be in our purview at all. we are just waiting for more information at this time, and that is all i have. thank you.

president newlin: commissioners, any questions? any items from the public? seeing none, we will move on to item four. none. all right, item number five, a hearing and possible action regarding applications for permits under the jurisdiction of the entertainment division. item a, artura angulo, dba southtown arcade, 447 stockton. >> a retail store on the union square side. as i understand, it will have local art from local artists and

st. cultural items, and i know the applicants are year, and they can talk more about but, so it is not entertainment. it is simply a whole bunch of videogames that are mechanical devices. the hours of operation plant are 3:00 until 10:00 on weekdays and the belief from 12:00 noon until 2:00 a.m. begins. i am not sure that they are open yet, so there is some experimentation that will go on in terms of hours. the planning department has indicated that this is a permitted use, and no one officer is here. they have recommended approval with conditions, and they are attached. essentially, one is that a security guard be present friday and saturday night to monitor a royce ring.from 9:00 p.m. until the close of business and that

they do not deviate from the business plan unless agreed to by the planning commission. this item was to be before you at the last meeting, and there were some concerns. they have been worked out, and we can hear from both sides regarding any issues they may have about this. it is not necessarily a requirement in the coat or a plan for mechanical music devices, but given the location of this, it was thought they should engage in some security, so with that, the applicants can come before you. president newlin: commissioners, do you have any questions? how about a motion then? clerk: public comment? president newlin: i am sorry.

public comment. director kane: that is not the public. that is the appellant. >> i just want to thank you. just a couple of things i wanted to present a brief lead. we actually gathered signatures from local businesses. we went around and talked to the business owners to let them know what we wanted to do with our business plan, our operation, and we got the signatures right here if he would like to take a look at those. this is some of hard work that my business partner has produced. some local artists. san francisco artists but also other artists from the bay area. we also got a signed letter of support from the museum over in alameda. this is arcade related, and we spoke to them about what we

wanted to do, and they were very supportive and interested in what we were trying to accomplish in san francisco, so they did write a letter, as well. i think my partner nate would like to say something, so i will hand over to him. >> we are very excited to open up the shop with the t-shirts from local artists, and i have been busy. i have not really been involved in the community as much, but we have been busy doing our work, and we are just looking to generate some revenue and be a positive influence to the neighborhood. so that is about it. >> thank you. president newlin: thank you for the presentation. making its way around. ok. a motion?

clerk: public comment is closed. >> i would be in support. commissioner meko: i would like to move to accept this with the conditions involved. president newlin: ok, accepted. clerk: signals, same call. president newlin: ok, thank you, in good luck. did you create that? very nice. i know. i have not looked at it yet. it disappeared. ok. >> ok.

i can just move on. president newlin: item b, jennifer lillis, dba irish times, 500 sacramento street. >> this is a bar essentially, i guess a restaurant bar in the financial district of sacramento, and the application indicates the intent to have deejays and carry a keynote -- and karaoke and least three times a week. they serve food and drinks. the planning department has indicated this is a permitted use, and again, they never indicated their approval with some conditions. they look a little different than normal because central station was really busy with the chinese new year parade, so they

just sent them in the form of an email, and you can take a look at those. in addition, behind the application is an amended security plan, which was given to me today. will take a minute typical of the bat. that is behind the application, for your reference. again, the conditions for the police department are the they need to stick to the business plan presented, pass the entertainment commission inspection, which is always the case as part of the good neighbor policy, and comply within loitering laws. those are not out of the ordinary, and, again, i think the applicants are here, in addition of questions, or they might want to present something different. i just want to hear your

absence, so it is really important for you to speak into the microphone. >> hello, folks. >> that is all i get? i was waiting for the broker. >> we might have to have him single a little bit. i just wanted to make sure that they were in compliance, so that is why we submitted the security plan. the occupancy is 49, so there will be one person on the door, and that will be the owner, john, checking id's and running down people if possible. the area is obviously a commercial area that caters to tourists and to business people. they do a very wonderful lunch, and what they are trying to do with the music is try to keep some of the patrons there to stay a little bit longer, so they want to offer some folk music, some karaoke, some kind

of low-level music to keep people's interests so that they stay. the one thing i wanted to do, and i am glad the police of this year is here, in the application, it does state that they would like to do three days a week. they did not specify which three days, and that might be the most pragmatic thing to do, maybe a thursday, friday, or saturday, but if the pd would permit, we would like to make that seven days a week, in case somebody wants to celebrate something, have some music, and they can comment on this. the applicants would like to tell you a little bit about their model. it >> hi, folks.

pretty much, we are a new irish border located in the financial district. we have been there since august. we have had no issues there other than with the police department, and we have had not much. monday through friday is are busy time. we get a lot of hotel trade on saturday and sunday, but monday through friday, maybe thursday and friday, we are trying to keep them from leaving, so we will have karaoke and maybe a singer. occasionally, we might have a dj on. we run a tight ship. we are responsible. we do not want to be any trouble. we want to be good neighbors. there are neighbors in the neighborhood. we just want to be good neighbors.

i didn't get to it yet, but they are pretty much all in support. thanks for your time. president newlin: no, he pretty much covered everything. president newlin: ok. commissioner meko: where is this? >> 500 sacramento street. that is clearly the heart of the financial district. >> the nearest residential neighbors meet together were six, seven, eight blocks away. president newlin: it is right

next to the tavern that we approved. commissioner meko: ok. thank you. commissioner: on this bitmap, where do you plan to have the entertainment? >> towards the end of the bar there, d.c. where the bathrooms are approved you are looking at the doors on the right-hand side, just opposite the bathrooms there. it will not interfere with the exits. there is four or 5 feet back their way from the door. >> i do not know where they are going to sing. >> it is small. >> you can make a motion, or you

in a discussion, or you can do both. president newlin: we probably want to hear from the police department about this change. >> i do not believe the police department has any objection. president newlin: i guess we need a motion to change the hours to seven days a week. >> i do not know if the motion would be to change. you can ask that they submit an amended application so whatever you say to they will be reflected. commissioner: ok. >> we probably might like it to have seven days a week just carte blanche. i do not know if that is what we would encourage, but we would probably encouraged that flexibility to be open maybe a third or fourth night of the week.

obviously thursday, friday, saturday, a special event may be on monday or tuesday. does that make sense? president newlin: yes. >> the suggestion could simply be to allow entertainment any night of the week, but if something is out of the ordinary, you can let the police know or the commission know in advance or send a calendar. you can do any number of those things. >> just let them have it seven days a week. i do not think that is going to impact it. president newlin: ok, a motion to amend it too allows seven days a week. is that what we need? commissioner miko: i just want to move this permit and strike the three days a week limitation

and amended to cover seven days a week, and the police department is not looking for any further conditions on this, so our standard conditions, including good neighbor policy would apply commissioner: i will go ahead and set in that. clerk: same house, same call. president newlin: my grandfather used to say, "you know what i would be if i was not irish?" and then he would say, "ashamed." [laughter] ok, item number 6, commission's comments and questions. yes? commissioner meko? commissioner meko: koran i have

something that might be of interest to anyone it too would be -- i have something that might be of interest. on march 10, and there will be a committee hearing that will consider an adjustment to the pending plan that would require conditional use. the housing developed within 200 feet of a venue. otherwise, where housing is a permitted use, but within 200 feet of an existing venue, they would be required to go through a conditional-use process, and the task force that is writing the play and is considering

findings to be added on, specific to sell the market, so anybody that is interested in either side of this issue or all sides of these issues -- this issue, i encourage you to attend this meeting. it is in room 421 here at city hall. >> item number7, new business request for future agenda items. seeing 9, that will conclude the tuesday, february 22nd meeting of the san francisco entertainment commission.

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