problems with them. commissioner meko: it is warm and fuzzy. it goes back to the 50's. >> it is predominantly live music, exclusively live music on the second floor. we have permitted them for a long time. we have done some tests. -- sound tests. we had a neighbor complaint two years ago, which we were able to resolve. this is just a new neighbor complaint. it is relatively new. it is not incredibly dramatic. no one is jumping up and down and screaming. on at nicer nights or busier nights, they open a door. this is one of those issues so

that the commissioners have that option. but it is an incredible venue. commissioner meko: one final question about non-permitted venues. i am more interested in these underground entertainment events, or illegal-type parties that seemed to crop up every now and then. i have been getting a series of phone calls about a location at ninth and folsom. medici restaurant was a permited restaurant. >> the history of medici is that it was a restaurant. the location has had many incarnations. commissioner meko: going back to

a cafe which was permitted. >> medici was a restaurant. it applied for a permit. but it never finished its permitting process. commissioner meko: i see. and they closed down about a year ago. >> the restaurant seemed to close down to a point where it was (rarely. -- open very rarely. commissioner meko: and now it is a location for spontaneous parties. one last wednesday involve violence with the residents across the street. >> you brought that to my attention. at this time, i still do not have any paper from southern station. i am waiting on that. they have been doing these kind of events on the past, both

southern station and the sfpd. we all know about it. to be honest, it is just catching them. commissioner meko: this probably is more relevant to the sfpd and fire marshal and it is to you. >> correct. commissioner meko: you do not have the tools to deal with them. >> correct. in the past, i will make a call to dispatch. commissioner meko: hanks. -- thanks. president newlin: public comment on the executive director's report. seeing none, will move to item four, police department comments and questions. >> good evening.

i am steve matthias from central station. cinco de mayo was a good night in central. everything was pretty manageable. we had a few good events, but they all went well. we had no incidents or violence that i have come across at all. one of the establishments, club atmosphere, we learned there were having a live performance by a popular entertainer. we voiced are there -- we voice our concerns about overcrowding and making sure they could handle the line outside, and what their staffing levels were going to be like. mr. montoya said they were going to add security there. he completely took care of it. we had no incidents at the club. as far as the central district over the last few weeks, we did have an incident on may 8. one of our officers was --

actually, two officers were injured. it was 1:00 a.m. and security was escorting the subject out of monroe. the police took over and he started to assault the police officers. the officer was punched in the face. another officer was injured. he was taken into custody for battering a police officer, resisting arrest, and public intoxication. we are following up with monroe to see what happened prior to that. may 1, an incident at club atmosphere. they flagged down police to say that somebody was bothering patrons. in the past, people have talked about if the report things to the police they are going to get flagged and counted as a mark against them. that simply is not true. we try to build a rapport with clubs.

but the subject at the security point, the officer was looking at him and he tried to walk away. he appeared intoxicated. we stopped the person. after a few questions, the officer searched him and found a loaded 40 caliber glock. who knows what he was going to be up to that night. it is the report the officers have with the clubs, so they know they can contact us. it will not be a mark against them. it is safe to say something easily could have happened that night, but it was averted because of the relationship between the clubs and the police on broadway. on april 30, a patron was not able to get inside a club and was waiting outside. he was talking to a female and her boyfriend came out. he had been kicked out and was not allowed to go back in.

so he decided to attack the person who was waiting out front, to strike him in the face. he broke his left cheekbone. it was a pretty bad assault. may 3, at the condor club, a patron's credit card was turned down. he became upset and went to the men's bathroom and destroyed it. he took up the toilet as well as the door. [laughter] president newlin: no wonder his credit card is not good. >> the last incident to report -- 8 $464 jacket was taken at mosquito -- mojito's bar. vice chair joseph: you are doing a great job. >> thank you.

president newlin: thank you. inspector, did you have anything? thank you for coming. any public comment on the police reports, comments and questions? seeing none, we will go to item five. all right. we will not have a quorum for 5a. we will go to 5b and return as soon as we have a quorum for that specific item. that will be haynes, rick, dba fuel onat 1108 market street. >> this is the first of four

applicants this evening. the business is fuel, a place of entertainment permit application. it is an application to operate a bar and lounge in the mid market area in the renoir hotel at seventh and market. entertainment will include mostly deejays, jazz bands. in your packet, you have detailed information that describes the security plan and the firm the have hired, and the good neighbor policies. i will turn it over to them. >> mr. president, commissioners, mark renny. i am here with my client, rick haynes, managing partner of fuel llc.

three years ago, this commission permitted a ticket lounge-- ettiquette lounge. in the last year, there was a major flood from a burst pipe that took that club out. mr. haynes is currently rehabing that location. we expect the liquor license to transfer within the week. it is up in san francisco. you have the packet. this is going to be a small hotel lounge. as necessary, there are a lot of people trying to sleep upstairs. the sound will be kept a low volume. it is basically a night lounge. they are going to play vegas style matchup -- mashup.

for the commissioners, especially mr. meko, we have passed up the neighborhood of reach we have done so far. t be active in that neighborhood. the neighborhood is transitioning, as you know. it is his intention to help the transition and clean up the area. i do not know if the commission knows this, but the restaurant currently across from "the chronicle" has taken the space in the corner of the run were hotel -- renoir hotel and is moving to that location and currently doing a rehab. if you have any questions? vice chair joseph: do you have a new lease with the renoir?

>> i got the least assignment. vice chair joseph: how many years are left on at least? >> 13. vice chair joseph: i was just curious to know about the stability of it all. you did not know that. it may not happen that the renoir get sold, but it might happen. that was my only question. commissioner meko: the motto or the theme painted on the front of the building, two sentences -- what does it say? >> that was done by the prior people there. we are going to repaint. commissioner meko: i am curious what it says. >> low will cure -- i am not certain. it was a love thing. commissioner meko: it was

beautiful. >> i am going to make it look nice. it will not be all black anymore. commissioner meko: mr. renny, congratulations on your efforts at neighborhood outreach. the earlier you do it, the better. i would rather see that you have contacted various associations rather than you intend to contact various associations. in general, this is good out reach, particularly to district 6, which is probably the most of an organization to you, and the tenderloin community benefit district. the central market community benefit district, which you are a part of, would be good our reach as well. otherwise, good luck to you. you might want to rethink that

picture. >> on your security plan, it says that fuel research the use of enhanced gateway security systems, including a blue light interface system that will speed up the process of entry into the venue. these systems confirm the customer is of legal drinking age by calculating their age and presenting it onscreen to staff members. this allows staff to identify age more quickly. we have not yet determined which system we will use. i was wondering -->> i just attb convention in las vegas.

there were a police 10 vendors doing this. some are doing it so -- there were at least 10 vendors doing this. some take your information. some just verify a things. i am talking to four or five different vendors now. if you want the information, i can send it. it does not have to do with price. it has to do with how easy it is to use and how i can store information. i am going to make a determination as to what i am going to do at the door and talk to mark and see what we are going to do. >> where are we with the sounds t -- sound test?

but was two years ago -- but was two years ago. >> we did a pretty extensive sound tests and never got any complaints as far as sound, so we have not done the sound test for fuel, but when we do, i will go through that, and if what we did in the past works, we will do it again, and we will see how they have changed the space, what they have added and taken away. >> no further questions? thank you very much common -- not very much, -- thank you, and we have mike nolte. >> i am the executive director

of district 6, and i remember the advocate, and when they came to our organization -- etiquette when they came to our organization, so i have seen the venue. it is a shame there was water damage done. it is not in their boundaries. it is north of market, and we like to see a storefronts along that market 0 cannot -- open up, because that is one of the goals as well as the alliance for district 6, because that predates. we are glad when something like the community benefit district

gets form, because it saves us from doing some of the things we would like to see happen. it is very important for the tourists as well as the night life, because they do make a mess with cigarette butts and listening to some of the testimony about urination, and what they end up cleaning up its finances after patrons -- is the mess after patrons. we are in favor of getting the permit, because we would like to see new venues established as one of our goals to work with new businesses as long as they have the proper good neighbor policies in place, and since this is an existing 10 year -- venue, and our only concern is that it maintains itself as a

good neighbor. i also have offices across the street at the grant a building. we have been waiting to see what will happen. we want to see that there will be more businesses along eighth street, so we welcome the new venue. thank you. >> any other members of the public wish to address this? seeing none, the item is with the commission. i have a motion. >> i wish to address this. >> i second that. >> i need a point of clarification as far as the recommendations from southern station and whether or not the commission is including those in their move to approve.

>> with respect to the three conditions, the third condition being securities with the same clothing, that is already addressed in the security plan. i was just discussing the motion since you are looking pages. >> i just wanted to find this, and this is company b. i just need to find its. thank you very much. i appreciate it. i am ok with one. as the applicant intends to do

valet parking? if you do valet parking, you need a valet parking permit. i am ok with those conditions. >> do we have a motion? >> we have a motion. >> i have a question. with respect to the first condition, it talks about requiring that you retain the information for 30 days. he suggested he had no interest in doing that, despite the fact he was coming off with some sort of device to check ids. >> this is a surveillance video.

>> excuse me. i am fine. >> your motion has been seconded by commissioner meko. [calling bovotes] >> the motion is passed. [applause] >> item 5a, a place of entertainment. >> i have a point of disclosure, and i am going to make a motion. i spoke with the city attorney. my disclosure is that although i have no dealing with the applicants, the attorney have been to be when my attorney as well.

i would like to recuse myself. in this instance i would have to have a motion to be dismissed. >> a second for the refusal. [calling votes] >> you are excused. commissioner kane: this is the continuation of the item from last month. just to keep its move, you have documents from the planning with the proposed conditions, so the permits are mechanical amusements, and i will turn it

over. >> if i may, as a reminder -- i am the attorney, and we were here last week. this is an application from my client. she is purchasing from the existing e -- llc. it will be operated much the way it has in the past. we asked for a continuance so we can get in touch with community groups, and ms. steiner has done that, and it has generated more letters of support, specifically

who she's go to -- who she spoke to, and phone calls were made. the commissioner asked miss steiner to speak about that. >> with the exception about the concerns for the possible lack of significant community outreach, i recognize commissioner meko on this issue. >> i would like to congratulate you and thank you very much for the degree of outreach for the surrounding community you have gone through. the whole idea behind the good neighbors policy is if you are a factor of five -- that, you

cannot have a good neighbor policy without all those elements working together. i think it is a good idea to put some of these folks on your vip list as well. i used to say if he would just invite the neighbors over to some of the more interesting of venice, he would not have trouble with his neighbors. it looks like he has done a good job in reaching out and helping establish a better relationship with the folks around you. the one to thank you very much, and i support your permit application. -- i want to thank you very much, and i support your permit a vacation. -- permit application. >> good afternoon.

as far as the station, the gentleman was the first -- >> officer edison. >> officer edison was the first person i contacted, and that did not arise, and it is pretty much in one year's worth of video, so he mentioned he has no issues with it.

>> they recommend an approval with the condition of installing a security camera at the front entrance. do you have a camera there already? >> yes. >> you signed up to go first. i would like to have heard the list of community groups.

it is fine, because i think it needs to exist. we seem to be losing some bars that have a long history in the san francisco community. i do not know -- is there a list given not to them? -- given out to them? >> usually before they apply, they are given our outreach policy, and there is a link to