businesses down the road is differentiating if you have an inspector who may not provide enough and permission. and other items and the hired an executive director. i had a conversation with him. there will be -- as we progress in this work that we're doing. in this work that we're doing. ameritech'america's cup, word ig

supervisor avalos: good morning. welcome to the city operations and neighborhood services committee. i am the chair of the committee. i am joined to my left by supervisor elsbernd, and we will be joined shortly by supervisor mar. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit copies of materials to members of the committee, please submit an

project, that is ongoing. the department right now is collecting their code list for the codes that will be changed by date. this will have -- i will be reaching out to you and to the business community over the next month to start getting feedback

about the license fee consolidation project. the permit committee has been -- to make sure that the full commission is up to speed on what is being worked on and proposed during an annual bill for businesses with licenses and fees that are paid through the tax and treasurer's office. last month, you received a presentation from the human rights commission around some proposed legislation that they are doing on arrests. there is -- there conducting a public hearing on monday, july 25 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

and this one is targeted toward the business community. they want to solicit their input. and feedback as the work on this legislation. we have to put this in our newsletter, this workshop -- it is a hearing, a presentation. we want to encourage commissioners, for you to outrage to the business community and let them know as much input the business community can provide. as much information the business community can provide is a good thing. this is not necessarily saying they support the concept. it is better to provide than none. we are having a presentation on our part list. the meeting went long so it is

rescheduled and presentations, i have a list of other items and topics that the commission has requested presentations on and we are working on getting those scheduled for august or september. it is dependent on what is on the legislative agenda. and then lastly, the members of the small business community, leaders are interested in doing a small-business conference to summarize the goal and objection -- objectives, to assemble policy recommendations to be presented to the leadership of san francisco to work on. this is in its beginning. there has been two meetings, i have attended both and i think -- if there are commissioners who are interested in attending, let me know. we would have to make sure there

is no quorum issue. but yes. it -- the formation stays in terms of when and how this will be done. that is the overall concept. on june 30 the music and cultural association celebrated its first year. as i mentioned, it is the hearing for -- for business and put. leslee it is not on the report but it is in your binder. we are exploring and having recommendations provided on we

talked about a new logo for the office at our commission retreat. we're going to move forward with that. we're working on the redesign for the website so this is a good time to begin to engage in what is the identity of the office with the commission and the small business assistance center and taking a look at the way other departments deal with their department identity that has multifacetes to the department. it will go through the outreach committee. i will make sure the commission is briefed on any information as it comes through.

that concludes my report. if there is any questions. >> there is implementation in 2012 -- as of that date, we will not be seeing these or is it going through further scrutiny? do we know? i am thinking, if that is the end i will see these telephone directories outside san francisco -- i do not think we will see the same numbers. >> my guess is the implementation date is what it is because there is an annual cycle.

has there been a legal challenge? >> we have not had any confirmation of that. we can advise you if and when that comes. >> this is making sure that the industry has enough time to make sure the transition and plan -- as they transition and plan. >> >commissioners, item 11. >> we heard two items that were not brought with full permission as of this time. i would like to report on those items. the first is the proposed legislation for japan town. a code changed to prohibit

medical services or business or professional -- in the in japan start -- we heard it and it sounds fine to us. i am not sure where it is going but i went to report we have heard that. the second thing was we heard an item about in the mission, alcohol special use district, a bowling alley would like to open and they would be requesting to be allowed to be put into the special use district saying that the bowling alley that serve food within the physical bowling

alley itself would be allowed to serve liquor along with their food items. we felt that seemed reasonable. >> that would be great. >> it is something in the works and previously the would have had to leave the bowling alley and go next door and get their food and alcohol. this way, they can have something within the site. we will be getting something new. those are the two items that were not reported to you tonight. >> commissioners, item 12. >> we have nothing to report. >> item 13, our reach committee. >> we did not meet this month and we have no report.

thank you. >> item 14. >> nothing to report. >> vice-president report? >> commissioner adams: i will be involved and it is important we include small businesses. that is what i consider once in a lifetime. so, yes. other than that, the new castro guide is out. weight distributed 20,000 to hotels and businesses. come and drink and dance and stay in the caster. >> commissioners, item 16. commissioner reports. i attended the council meeting

on june 20. i would like to convey from them their heartfelt thanks for our non supportive supervisor -- to our supervisor. >> that is appreciated. >> commissioner clyde: i was asked to participate in a panel and i would like to highlight that there were several attendees that were looking at developing business with the america's cup, particularly items made in san francisco either for the event but somehow working with the authority. i suggested they contact the office of small business.

i would like to put out there that this is such a great opportunity to highlight san francisco. and then my one take away from the meeting was, wouldn't it be great if we had some outlet in china, and we have an office dedicated to working with china sf. china sf has been an initiative that works with large businesses but there is no reason they could not also -- our small businesses and small local manufacturers could not develop some kind of out what in china, particularly as china is developing and interested in things american. >> commissioner adams: next

item? >> the general public comment. >> commissioner adams: seeing none,. >> want to -- i want to extend an invitation to you. they are interested in finding out what the city is doing in regard to small businesses. i will be meeting with them at 9:30 a.m. to review what we're doing to promote small business. i invite you to attend this meeting. it is in room 201 at city hall. >> commissioner adams: is there a motion to adjourn? >> second.

>> commissioner adams: meeting adjourned at 81:15 p.m.

supervisor avalos: good morning. welcome to the city operations and neighborhood services committee.

i am the chair of the committee. i am joined to my left by supervisor elsbernd, and we will be joined shortly by supervisor mar. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> yes, all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit copies of materials to members of the committee, please submit an extra copy for the file. if you wish to submit a speaker card, please put it by the container in front of you at the real to your left. items recommended today will go before the full board of supervisors tuesday of next week, july 19, unless another date is indicated. supervisor avalos: thank you. please call item 1. >> item 1, hearing to consider the transfer of a tight 21 off- sale general license from 511 crescent street to 2801 jones street for walgreen company

doing business as well greenes, will serve the convenience of the people of the city and county of san francisco -- doing business as walgreen's. supervisor avalos: thank you. this item has somewhat of an interesting history to it. please. >> good morning. inspector falzon, san francisco police department. what is before us is an application. there is a typo in my report. though the description is correct. my report inadvertently said a tight -- type 42, but they are applying for type 21. there is a little bit of it back story to this application. early on, when walgreen's started looking at getting liberalizes is again, they early on met with the police department and started meeting

with community groups and the mayor's office. one of the strategies they agreed to deploy was to try to purchase when available and when attainable liquor licenses that were either problematic for the community or in police problem areas. this application is one of those such places. the license being transferred -- the operator of the premises actually would be exploited by her own employees, who have basically taken the store away from her. it received a fair amount of media play at the time. subsequently through a police and abc investigation, we were able to determine if it was the employees at fault and not the owner. we eventually arrested the employees, and she subsequently sold the licensed to walgreen's, which is now being transferred to the address in question today. that was really what the community wanted because they no longer wanted a liquor store in

this residential neighborhood. in brief, that is the story there. specifically to where the license is now going to, it is pretty much the fisherman's wharf area. it is an area of high crime with a undue concentration. we have worked with walgreen's to define a lot of conditions that will lock in how beer and wine will be sold at this premises, and i would like to go to those conditions now. i would point out i will be striking three conditions i will explain as i go because they are covered by statute, and this is just another attempt on our part to bring efficiency to licensing with state beverage control. what we're trying to get away from is being redundant, which was a practice that was often done in the past. condition one -- sales of alcoholic beverage shall be permitted only between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. daily. in short, they will only have a relatively small window. the sale of distilled spirits is

prohibited. there will be no sales of distilled spirits. we'll have a license to transfer again because of the special circumstances and the fact that we got it out of 511 crescent, and it could not be downgraded to a tight 20 license. our next condition -- no more than 5% of the square footage will be used for the display of alcoholic beverages. again, walgreen's will stay in their primary business segment, which is general food and convenience and so on, a very small portion of their premises will be beer and wine. next condition -- the noise shall be allowed beyond l.l. area of the control of the licensee. -- beyond the allowable area of the control of the licensee. we can step in. we have laws in place to address them. our next condition that would remain -- lawyering is to find a

standing idly about, and is prohibited on premises under the control of the licensee. no person under the age of 21 will sell or deliver alcoholic beverages. no ball beverage shall be solved -- no more beverage shall be sold in concentration above 5.7. condition 11, the sale of beer and malt beverage implies a 16223240 and similar size containers prohibited. we're trying to it but -- discourage the single sale. next condition, no beer or malt beverage shall be sold in quantities of less the manufacture prepackage six-pack for so with the exception of wine coolers and beer coolers, again, discouraging single can sales appeared next condition, no wide -- no one shall be sold in greater concentration 15% by volume except for tender ones -- dinner winds.

next, why shall not be sold in bottles or containers smaller than 750 ml. copy of the abc license and operating conditions shall be available during operating hours for viewing by the general public and law enforcement. the last condition -- electronic surveillance shall be maintained in the area where alcoholic beverages are on display. with these conditions, i think that they should be an asset to -- or a balance, i should say, to the community. we do not really see it generating a police problem. we are recommending approval. supervisor avalos: great. thank you. i appreciate your work on this, especially the work of your office with the previous licensee at the crescent street site. it is a big consideration i have, that the history of this one license and how it is being transferred across the city to a better location, that you

probably want to send this out of committee. probably without recommendation, but i will be sending it forward with the committee. we actually met with folks from walgreen's as well about this. i wanted to thank them specifically dave, who i believe is here, for his patience on this item as well, and we can go ahead and open up for public comment. we will do three minutes per person. i have a couple of cards. [reading names] use the one to your right.

>> good morning, supervisors. good morning, san francisco. i bring you greetings from the united food and commercial workers union local 648. michael sharp is our president. we support walgreen's in their endeavor. they are an outstanding employer. they brought nothing but honor to our city. we support them. thank you very much. >> good morning, supervisor avalos, supervisor elsbernd. i am the district manager for walgreen's. this store is under my supervision. i also wanted to add that i am a native san franciscan. i want to make sure that we all understand that throughout the process with walgreen's trying to get back into the beer and wine business of san francisco that we have worked very closely with inspector falzon from day one of this process.

it was never our intention to add an extra burden to any of the communities we have served. we take a great deal of pride in being a very strong community partner in all of our neighborhoods we serve throughout the city. we currently have about 68 stores in san francisco, and our process, as we have discussed in the past, is trying to put liquor in a very small percentage of those stores. we very much share the committee's concern about public safety. we worked very hard to ensure that our employees do the best -- do their best for the community. as the inspector said, we definitely agree to a downgrade of this license to beer and wine only. we also agreed to all of the stipulations in the agreement. it can be said that -- the

amount of space we devote to beer and wine in our stores is very small. we are a drug store, but we are also a convenience store to the neighborhoods which we serve. this store especially -- our customers for many years have come in asking us if we sell beer and wine. all these years, we have always had to turn them away. but our customers have asked us over the years for convenience to be able to sell beer and wine. beer and wine in our stores is a very small linear footage. some of our stores, 3 feet. some of it goes up to maybe 12 feet or so. a couple of doors of cold beer. maybe one in some stores. the selection can best be described as if you are going to somebody's house for dinner and want to buy a bottle of wine,

you can come to walgreen's and get a bottle of wine. the inspectors had described the types of beer and wine that we are not selling, and that certainly attracts the kind of customer that we do not want to have. with that, i thank you very much for your time, and thank you. have a good day. supervisor avalos: thank you for your comments. if there are no other members of the public to comment on this item, we will close public comment, and we will move this forward with the conditions without recommendation of the committee. we will take that without objection. so done. thank you for your work on this item. we can move on to this item. madam clerk, if we could please call item two. >> item two, a hearing on the report entitled "recommendations on voting systems for the city and county of san francisco" issued by the san francisco voting systems task force in june 2011.