-- establishment and shall state security staff. again, we want them to take an active ownership of not just the business, but the exterior as well. next, there shall be a surveillance camera located off of exit and entry points so that all patrons are visibly recorded as they enter and exit the establishment. a digital recording maybe -- a digital recording must be obtained for more than 15 days. -- for no less than 15 days. the interior lighting maybe suspicion -- sufficient. next condition, all doors and windows shall be kept close at all times during operation of the premises, except in the case of emergency and to permit deliveries not to consist solely

of screen or ventilated doors. next, no noise shall be under the control of the licensee. the license -- at any time the license to utilize a third party promoter, license shall make control of for the staffing of the business and shall approve all marketing material. this condition was created to hold licensees accountable so we do not get the typical i had a promoter and it is in their hands. we're trying to lock it into it is your business and you are responsible for it. if you sign off on a promoter, you will be responsible for it. lastly, not making any structural changes without the approval of the department. with these conditions, we're recommending the license for approval. supervisor avalos: think you. thank you for your presentation. just a question about -- you mentioned this is becoming an entertainment district.

that is not an actual determination that has been some or provided by the city, is it? >> i try not to speak to the planning department. i believe no, but what i am recognizing is the fact that we have a large concentration of abc licensed establishments in this area. if planning is calling that come i do not know. supervisor avalos: i do not believe that it can't use -- that is the case. what does this mean in terms of services that are concentrated their from police, fire, public health. does the city have a response to concentrate some of entertainment uses and that neighborhood? to go any time we have a high concentration of liquor licence that will operate and to the late hours, especially on weekends, we will increase police presence with passing

calls and resources. we have seen in the last four years, the neighborhood. it is a credit to a lot of the businesses, it has become a desirable place for people to go to. it has shifted from other part of the city -- other parts of the city. while we were having problems on the broadway corridor, a lot of people were looking for someplace else to go, and i think a lot of them found this. that is what is getting us to what it is slowly evolving into. you are saying there is a difference between the conditions that might get this on broadway to polk and it appears much calmer. absolutely. supervisor avalos: thank you. supervisor chiu: can you repeat

anmar: can you repeat any past problems at koko's? >> bear with me one second. i am going to work off memory. most of this up and our report is reflective of the new location. it speaks to what kind of happened when the building is empty. in the last seven months, -- supervisor mar: my question is as there were operating their business, you do not recollect any problems? supervisor avalos: any member of

the public that would like to comment on this item, please come forward. >> good afternoon, supervisor. my name is lori martin turs, ani am here with my business partners. we're here to so we mets transfer our license to a new location. we are committed to our community. we provide jobs, support neighboring businesses and our eyes on street on thito increase safety. i understand what issues are. we have made concessions to accommodate the neighborhood. however, ultimately we feel we are positive presence in the community.

our goal is to approach all of our neighbors' peacefully to offer a small, say, and need never destination that prides itself on friendly and capable staff with the local clientele. i would be happy to answer any questions you may have about our project, and take you for giving it consider " -- careful consideration. supervisor elsbernd: you said you are a resident of the neighborhood? >> i am. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> gentlemen, committee members, my name is ron case, chairman of their beers. -- of polk neighbors.

we voted to approve the move. the owners have been active neighborhood people. they help with cleaning up polk street when we have it. i do not know any of the people fighting this have ever showed up to help. i just want you to know we do approve it. it has been voted overwhelmingly, and a lot of -- when to look at the truth that is being said, because of a lot of people being against it have done this out of fear. most of the people have not shown up for any of the meetings and heard any of the presentations, the only hear from one or two people. just wanted you to know the committee has voted for this and it is an active community. supervisor avalos: think you very much. nec's speaker please. anyone would like to comment can line up on the side here.

>> i am in support of the relocation to 1423 polk street. they bring revenue to the city. they provide jobs. they have never had any problems with the city, police or the abc. they have support of the merchants, neighborhood, and the patrons. they will have eyes on the street during the day during copy service to keep the streets safe, and i know they are really responsible business, and by increasing the trap -- but traffic, we can clean it up. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. >> good morning hon. chair and supervisors. my name is john neumann, a private attorney in san francisco. i want to take a moment out of my day because i see a great local business with good, local ownership that is trying to do

right in the neighborhood. there was a wonderful turnout at the planning commission, which was unanimously approving the use, and the commissioners to every man and woman on the commission took a moment to acknowledge the contribution of the owners and the way the business was run. it is right for san francisco. it is a relocation, not a new permit be issued in the area. we certainly recommend and hope this committee will recommend the approval to the full board. thank you for your time. supervisor avalos: think you very much. next speaker please. -- thank you very much. >> my name is robert garcia. i have been in the neighborhood since 1965. polk street has change, not for the better. it is getting worse, and it is dangerous.

they want to know why people do not go down there, it is horrible what is going on there, and it has been a steady decline. it is a destination point. this is what has happened. they're going across the most densely populated area west of new york. . thousands of people live there and we hear it all night long people coming across our never read and 3:00 in the morning going back. we have tried to work with them. here's what is happening. i only have two copies of these the prostitution problem there has exploded. the reason is that there are people there who are drinking and have expendable money.

i am also with the first offenders program. there was an operation there by a northern station, and they made 400 arrests for prostitution, and that was in the two-week time and this operation just ended a week ago. there are problems there. the area is saturated. i think there are 13 liquor licence allowed in the particular area, and there are about 30. it is a high crime area. i do not have the exact statistics for that particular plot, but the one next to it was 5557 the last i checked. that is out of control, and that is right on polk street. if this was a restaurant that served alcohol, we would support it and have no problem. this is the type 48 license.

now the idea of serving coffee is a crunch. there are too many things wrong with this p. -- now of this idea of serving coffee is a front. we have three police stations that come together. still, we have these problems. we work really hard for the last 20 years to clean up that area. we ran the circuit, prostitution circus out of san francisco. we had as many as 125 people on street patrols. we have three different groups on polk street. and they're supporting all of the things that cause the problems. i really recommend this not be approved or continued until we of a good group organized. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please.

>> good morning. i have been going to koko's for a year. i do not really think of it as a bar, more like a community meeting place. they had a group of writers go in and tell stories about the area. they also supported the art crawl. they had different paintings. it is not really a bar. i understand the concerns. there are many bars there. they do have a lot of shows, but as far as i know, they are not getting a new entertainment line since. they wanted to appease the people protesting them. it is about a sense of community. i have never felt unsafe standing outside koko's. it is not a place to hang out for fun unless you're going to a

destination. the bus stop it's selself much r to stand on when there is a doorman for you know no one will try anything. during the day there will be a copy shop. there will be more people they're making it is safe as possible for foot traffic. -- during the day there will be a coffee shop. there is the presence there, the sense of community that makes you feel safer walking down the street knowing they are there. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. net speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. my name is melanie grossman. i am a resident and social worker, but i am speaking more as a resident. in my opinion, we do not need more bars on polk street, but i

would also look -- like to look at things from a point of view of seniors to live in the area. i am a member of the older women's league. one of our things is aging in the city. we also support healthy aging, which means getting out there in walking, interacting in the community. i see more bars just means it is harder to walk and more crowds. there are people focusing on having a good time and not necessarily looking out for who was passing by. you could be bumped into or anything like that. the whole idea of safety is very intimidateing. many seniors to walk in the

evening. my husband and i worked iwalk ie evening and it is intimidating with all of the chaos and crime in the evening. in my opinion we do not need another bar or coffee shop. i would like to see businesses of the area where people could run errands and live independently in the city and have that within their neighborhood, rather than another bar. that is pretty much what i have to say. i hope you will vote against this. i do not think it would be good for seniors, and do not forget, there are more than 400 units of senior housing very close to the site. supervisor avalos: think he very much. next speaker, please. -- thank you very much. >> am linda chapman, and the residents are very opposed to bars. -- i am linda chapman.

this is a neighborhood where there are many older people, more than average, many lower income people, more than average. the bedroom is likely over the street. it is chaos. many people will tell you that they cannot go on polk street anymore. completely unbelievable. leaving aside the prostitution, pence come in shooting some of my intersection -- leaving aside the prostitution, pimps, and shootings, one of the intersections is my intersection where ttwo pimps got into a shootout. i would object that these

protests are all scattered. when the only speak chinese, naturally they asked for standard protest. the ones that were certainly not standard, such as mine, were not included. the things that were not included were the withdrawals. these of only one he received. i do not know whether you got a chance to look at the e-mail i sent you yesterday, it was late. i would be glad to brief you on the falsification and the fact that there has been no remedy at all provided. i was this that adviser to the six army commanders. i cannot review in three minutes the way i would have done them, but i certainly know how to conduct an investigation. this is the list of residents in the area, over 1700, not

counting residential hotel units. none of them seem to have received notices. i contacted hundreds through managers and not one notice. then in addition, they altered the mailing list. laurie martin's is an officer of the membership chair that refuse to take my membership for a long time so i cannot vote against her. the secretary has the addresses left off the opponent directly across the street where abc contacts them. it is not on the list they gave to abc. there were other falsifications provided to abc under penalty of perjury. abc by law, and this is a country of loss, is required to have a mailing sent out to the 500 foot area. they said each individual did not get a notice could walk down

to abc and file -- supervisor avalos: think you very much. -- thank you very much. >> good morning. my name is walnut paiilma payne. i was called by the non-english and limited english speakers senior housing. they are really scared. they told me they are scared to go out at night. hopefully they will not be so scared if there is assistance for them. right now it is inundated with undesirables. so what happens at night is

something for seniors that is hard to think and go out and enjoy it, so i hope you will really consider helping the seniors. i am not talking about even abc, because the seniors really need help, and the language is a barrier. i would like to help them, but i am so stretched out having so many seniors talking to me about it. i would like you to really pay attention to them and see what you can do to elevate -- help them to not be so fearful of what is going on. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> my name is [inaudible] . i am a patron of koko's and also

a friend. i want to address the notion that having a bar in the area brings the bad element, because i do not think it is true. i do not have a car, so i walk everywhere. i walk around the streets and nob hill several times a week, in the areas that i avoid are the areas that do not have any kind of business that is open at night. those are the streets that are the scariest. if i am walking home, i am going to walk past the area where bars like the mark are or where book but is because that feels safer to me. i have seen street people sleeping in empty storefronts on a daily basis. etching keeping stores in the

area will improve the area and not make it worse. i think it is a totally erroneous notion that bars bring a bad element to the area. i also thinking will losing ko's and the people there will be a total loss for the area. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i have been a resident of the lower polk neighborhood for five years. i have been a customer since they opened. as you all have seen, the people speaking against this are people speaking in general about the bar scenes or the bark concentration of the corridor, but the people familiar with the business are -- are all extremely positive about the

positive impact of koko in the neighborhood and how it has been key to the community. it has granted me the opportunity to know about community event come and eat my neighbors and get involved with the lower neighborhood association. my next-door neighbor used to go to koko's until she passed away everybody the chance this will be a positive force in the neighborhood instead of a negative one. there is my saying in my home town that the just should not be for the seniors -- centers. thank you. -- not just for the sinners. thanks you. >> good morning. i am james moran. i was formerly employed with the koko cocktails' until a

lease was given up for a gigantic corporation or hospital that is 75 feet from my house. the move to the upper area for this business would be an incredible opportunity for the neighborhood to gain a community that does not seem to have a spot yet up there that we can all congregate in. the owners here are all residents of this wonderful city for many years. i have had the incredible opportunity to work with them and see the way they run business from the inside and outside. i was going there before i got the opportunity to work there. they run an incredibly good business. i have been in this industry since i was eight or nine years old. i can tell you right now i have never seen anyone run a business

as well as they do. it is a credit -- we cannot tell you as a community how much they have turned around that law. i have been to the block before they took over and after, and it has been a 180. to have of this and that that actually has a model for keeping the community together and not just an outside presence, which i think a lot of my fellow committee members seemed so concerned, is something that they can all really get. if you see the way to run the business themselves, there is no doubt this is the biggest piece of the community that i have ever been a part of. i cannot tell you how much i support, and i would also like to have a job in this hard time. if i could please my own employment tired times, that

would be great. >> thinksupervisor avalos: thak you. any other members of the public that would like to comment? you have already spoken, sir. sir, we have heard your comments before. thank you very much. if there are no other members of the public that would like to comment, we can close public comment. aactually my impression of koko's is a really strong neighborhood-serving business. looking at the changes that have happened because of the new development and displacement that is occurring for this establishment, as well as it -- which creates an exception for this one business to remain in the neighborhood, and as well as

the business doing a lot of really strong community work as well and supporting neighborhood artists in neighborhood youth, providing a lot of work -- organizing with merchants in the area to help finalize the corridor, to me it makes a lot of sense that we can approve this license. i would like to, if you are ok to move it forward rec recommendation. the committee report at the next board meeting. we can take that without objection. ok. thank you for your work. we will see you soon. if you could please call item no. 3. >> item 3, resolution authorizing the department of public health to submit a one- application for calendar year 2012 to continue to receive funding for the comprehensive

hiv prevention programs grant from the centers for disease -- disease control and prevention program. requesting $8 million in hiv prevention funding for san francisco from january 1, 2012, through december 31, 2012. supervisor avalos: thank you very much. >> i am the deputy director of hiv prevention for the sentences go department of public health, and we would like your approval on this resolution. this is our annual application to the centers for is disease control and prevention. it represents $8 million with which we supplement with general funds. this is to put the programs on the ground through community- based organizations. supervisor avalos: the availability seems to be a little bit less than previous. >> it does.