l. congratulations. you are the fastest permit tonight. we are all going to be going down to hit some strikes and spares i am sure. good luck to you. next permit. edmund chain -- edmond chang doing buisinessas shabu pub. mr. king, you are up. what happened to mr. king? nicolas? go for it. >> there was a belated request for a cantonese interpreter. i am checking with the applicant to see if he wanted to proceed or not. vice chair joseph: do we have an interpreter? >> no. vice chair joseph: and you just got the request? does the applicant want a continuance?

>> i just checked with him and he said no. this is mr. chang the owner and operator. this is a place of entertainment permit for karaoke. i'll turn it to him. vice chair joseph: mr. chang? do you speak english? >> a little bit. ce cir joseph: a little bit. can you tell me about your eratio n you telle at >>o like aestaur. we jnt tgeom entertainment for the customer light dier enterinment vice chair joseph: whatin entertainment? >> singing karaoke. ce cir joseph: ok. anybody have any questions? commissioner cavellini: have you had a karaoke bar before? ye

commissioner cavellini: i am sorry. i do not speak chinese. in san francisco you had a karaoke bar? or you have been working at a carriercou barefore? >> mostly, i do entertainment around the area for many years. commissioner cavellini:can yo tellmewhere >> san franciscoe soni center. a chinese concert over there. at the city hall. at the palace. vice chair joseph: mr. chang, unfortunately your application is not filled out. of igo t is the only way i know how. if you do not understand what i amsayistop me. heplication, thepeyo mitt, is not

filled out. herere manyreat did not swer for instance what are your doorolicies describe your pn tocontro lines. eleverybody to keep quiet? that is insignificant applicatio i find that thisplicatio dooteet sts. t just blank. your application is blank. roblmoving forward with this application. commissioner perez: you are required to do a neighborhood outreach and talk to your neighbors. you said you did noto any of return on your application. that is part of the requirement. you need to talk to you neighbors tosk about what you

are going to do. tell them you are going to have entertaien >>i poste a sign in front of the door more an 45days commissioner perez: that is not enough. you actually have to reach out. vice chair joseph: mr. chang, has any member of thestaf hetertaicommsion contacted you about this permit? >> yes. vice chairjosewhen d they contact you the first time? >> october. vice chair joseph: theytoldyo you could not erate le you had a permit. did you stop operating? >>es i just want too the restnt. iwaconfat i still need an entertainment license for that.

ice ai joseph:do you represent him? do you want to speak into the microphone? >i amtryito clarify maybe a couple of things that were not made clear. mr.an has an upper ridding restaurant right now. what he wants to do is to enhance for revenue, to e for e ster i was not aware that it was not filled out properly. he has an existing karaoke busine. vice cirose doesno have an existing carriers to business. >> in the sunset. vice chair joseph: 0 in a different location? do you know where that i lote on the caravel -- on taravel. vice chair joseph: is there anything further? anythi further? >> on the application some

areas are not filled out because i am just a restaurant. thatis w idootno how to fill it out. vice chair joseph: you are not just a restaurant because you areactively operate in turkey without a permit right now, and so you are more than a restaurant. >> i just wanted to use the karaoke system. i am doing processing on the application now. vice chair joseph: take a seat. let me open it to public comment, and then the commissioners can talk. i would like to hear from a permit officer first, and then i would like to hear from officer moore. >> commissioners, mr. chang was

visited by me on august 13 last year. at that time we warned him he was operating in a karaoke establishment without a permit. we advised him as we o any time we come acrosome operating wiout a peit we take the first step of information and education, as you have heard many times before. on august 13 we visited and explained the process. we said if he was going todo oke sinee needto aly forermi he was revisited again on october 15 by myself and officer moore. at that time, he s continui tooperatewitht permit e 15th he was cited by officer moore for city permit requirfoerating araoke business without a permit. he did not submit his application until october 21. e ve merous talks. we have warned him on the 13th of august. we warned him again on the 15th.

as cite fficeroris here. -- moore is here. e can talk about other problems likealcoholsalesothe sec floor, which is not permitted. although it is not under the commission per view, there have been questions about fire code violationsplniviolatio so for. why don't i turn it to officer more -- moore? vice chair joseph: his karaoke bar on taravel has that come before us before? >> i would need an address and a name to confirm it. vice chair joseph: officer? officer moore: good evening again.

the ipector jt -- he mentioned his first visit on august 13, where he advised mr. and then when we cited him for the permit violation. in addition they have an abc license but have sales coumptioon theecond floo every karaoke room has been outfitted with plastic cups of ic -- of dice. there are alsogambling tiles. i have photos. ter i ed from -- issued him the citationrece recotionfor a place of entertainment. the former commandiofficer at the station recommendedenial sed ourprevious encounte he contied to n it as a

place of entertainment. there were yelp reviews, people saying they used the karaoke rooms after the citation occurred. i visited shabu pub during the days he said there wasaig posted outdoor diotee a sign posted. also, one of the rooms upstairs had been converted to a bedroom. ere wereeveral tho dollars in cash and what not alsoalr doorat led on to the roof that the first level, which had a letter attached to eside -- a letter attached to the side to let you get out the backdoor sill there was a full shower which had recently been used when mr. opened

e door the mirror was steamed. there was a pair of women's panties hanging in the shower as well time iave kehi about anything, he has changed his story numerous times. i canonmehe lyito me first he said the shower was for workers, ifthey had to stay late. hethe bed was for the same thing. later, he said it was for his own personal use. ve thehotos. i have the of reviews. -- theel revie aside from that, his is far from complete. we recommend itets deni vice chair joseph: ank you very much. can you take that from nicholas, behind you? ore benefit of theaudience d cosiers, ist nttoquote section 10 60.1 subsection may ecti it is unlawful to conduct,

maintain or peit to be conducted any place of enterinmentor one time event in the city of san francisco without first having obtained the requiredermi from the irector or enterment cosi he fac that mr. chang was notifi in august and octobe ateratg in olatio -- thank you very much. is there any public comment on shabu pub 3809 geary? >> michael nulty. asaneiborhoodactivist, i woul either deny this or continue it until the application was filled and then fi ifor all e violatio obviously, he is not

understanding all the business. i would talk to the city attorney about withholding his business license. vice chair joseph: thank you. is there any other public commen seeing none, blic comment is closed. tostaff, rificatioof the nile -- when can the applicant apply again? after nine ice chai joseph: 9 months? nota year? >>i think it is a year. ice aijose ok. commissioners, i am pelexed. if we continue this, we have to hear it at the next meeting. if the applicant conties it would come back to us when the applicant hadurll the defect i am not sure what the aress onel if we had a karaoke r on arel

i do not know if it is the same place. i amnot inclined to ask, because we're doing with this location. i entertain a motion on this permit. somebody? >> i make a motion to deny. do you want to continue this or go forward with the motion? do you want to go forward? vice chair joseph: do you understand what he is asking you completely? >> i am a business. i need help. >> i am asking you if you want to o your application and come back or want us to vote now. vice chair joseph: do you want to continue? >> which one would you like? >> i want to continue. vice chair joseph: you are asking us to continue it. is that right?

>> would you like to come back with a new application, or decide now? vice chair joseph: i am really hesitant because i am not sure he completely understands us. nobody here speaks cantonese, i am sure. guys? there is on one thing i can say in chinese. the building owner -- can you communicate with him correctly? > he wan to continue. >> he wants a continuance or wants to continue it right now? vice chair joseph: he wants to contue ites voti itow s at wouresayi ok. so you would like to contue and reapply. iam entertaini moti t grt licant's ret to continue this to the applicant's -- the next time thealint notiff so move

commissioner tan: aye. commssioner lee:ayer. commissioner cavellini: aye. commissioner perez: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. you can o to staf and they will give you another application so you can get it to us, ok? you can call the office. somebody givehim a card call the office during the day and talked to staff. they will be able to direct you either to someone who not only speakscantonese so it would help him, but also to manage the process. >> weve interpreters. vice chair joseph: call nicholas king of our office. do you have a card on you? thank you. next item on the agenda?

thank you for sticki with us. 7e. forgive me if i destroy your name. anzhelika bisesi doing business as playland. >> a new owner taking over the space would like to continue operating with live musi >marsha garland, representing the applicant. aelnzhelika. that is jim frome seri company. they, as you know, bought this from kino's. it it came a few problems. they have been trying to rectify those problems. e mainprlem was a noise

issue. they have spent significant money fixing the soundproofin the bought it, they inherited a musical lineup they did not realize they had to have a separate permitro business to business. the canceled all the acts. that included the holidays. hey have done extensive outreach and collectors of support from the merchants and residentsthe community leadership alliance which has a representative here tonight to eak abt at a letter of support from the lower polk neighborsan merchants association, and eight neutral position from the alliance an mid-polik. hey vea ve good security plan. their capacity is 123. they are there fothe lo term the have put a lot of money into the property.

they want it to besuccessful for th the soundproofing has just about been completed i will let you hear from them. >> good evening. a ater evening than it started. vice chair joseph: good night now. >> i am one oe new owne listening carefully throughout this hearing, i gleaned a few more thingsa his i was planning to talk about were brought up. earlier,erementioof welcoming new owners to the area. this is what the ownership is here. i have a historyof over 100 years in san francisco, with my grandparents, my parents, and myself. my grandmother was going right where the ball park was. my parents were both going in the city. i met my wife at the san

nccoalle i and now vice president and attorney of hewlett-packard. i came back aftercolleg. i came back into san francisco in the 80's. came inte south of marke area and a bodybuilding on south parkoua ildi on south park, up from the ballpark. vice chair joseph: i was a ster >> iasa champagne and jazz cover club. full entertainment. full restaurant. en1 to 2:00 a.m. at that time obviously, there erwo oer resuran it became the center of the dotcom. we were known as the hon. we ran a successful operation at that time. circling back to sanfrcisco,

i look at this place. it is a challenge. it has a longhistory, definite checkered but what brings it back to the ownership proper -- staff was ing e place. the owner was running the bands. our ownership has lived in san rancisco every single day of his life in san francisco. he knows the city better than anybody i have ever met. anzhelika moved yourself out here and became a citizen just recently. she has been here 13 years giestimore. she has put her hard earned cash. she is going tob heri ighthamakes ourlace. we have taken steps to outreach to the community. i have sat and talked in front

of the lower poke. -- po we have had almost universal acceptance. we have hired a security team. are li sproofi we are cleaning that corner up. we have taken great steps to improve the neighborhood already. here wereys td a lot of transients in front of the building. we chose not to be open between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. we are going to be a respectable clean bar. entertainment is an important part of what we do. the entertainment was run differently. e are not planning to do seven nights a week, three bands. vice chair joseph: wrap itp. your life story is very interesting, but how does it apply to this permit? >> responsibleowners makeood neighbors, make good club owners. the that is what i am trying to

get across. vice chair joseph:you have hired a security company? what is their name? can i -- what is your experience with nightclubs? >> we have been iins since 19. we have done nightclubs along the creek area, san francisco east bay, oakland. ice ai jose: tell me e name of two in san francisco. >> gold dust and [unintelligible] vice chair joseph: he told me two. that is all i asked for. any questions? >> it says hours of operation 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. do you mean 2:00 a.m.? but entertainment will be from 7:00 in e evening until 2:00

a.m.? the pm's and am' are all mixed up. you would want entertainment to be able topea wenot pl onentertai but we are not looking to get conditions on our license for entertainment. >> we are open right now only until 4:00 >> are you talking about deejays, live music, or all of the above? live music? vice chair josepat do to sounroof i >> we got double hung windows upstairs, and the same downstairs also. vice chairjoseph: wha else did you do besides double pane windows? did you do anything to the ceiling, the walls between the windows? the you do any oer

soundproofin >> there is soundproofing on the sides of the building already. tri todress tt wit some quiet rock and some resilience channels. our ceiling will be sound tiles for acoustic. vice chair joseph: you have not done thisyet but you intend to do tt? or are you just investigating and maybe won't do it? >> we plan on doing it. e feel it already was soundproofed. vice chair joseph: we used to get a bunch of sound complaints. so maybe not so much soundproofed. anything else? >> does the windows open? >> we put in aoundproof when company. at is what they have done. it is behind the existing window 3 inches to 6 inches

inside our buildi, tocreate a sound barrier. >> they basically cannot open anymore? vice chair joseph: that is actually a really good way to soroof >> it what they door s studios. it works better keeping the sound in the room. it is far superior to what they had. vice chair joseph: any other questions? why don't you have a seat. i open the floor to public comment on playland 1351 polk street. thank you for being patient. it has been a long night. >> our organization was approachedregag is project and subsequent to that the project sponsors did contact us to schedule community

outreach prior to thatmeet -- outrage. prior to that meeting, we did extensive e-mail outrage -- out of reach. folks did time in. we did get two who complained about previous noise issues. but the project sponsors, i think we sat for wellover a hourdiscussillointof heafety plan, as well as noise abatement issues. there was an individual who during the meeting, was looking at lefeed