local microbreweries. there is a place on folsom st. called the beer store, which is a similar type of on-sale/off- sale. you can have it, but you can get very rare beers and to get off premises. it has never been a problem. supervisor chu: what will become of the containers as people take it off site? >> hello, i am one of the members of the sponsor of the project. as he was talking about, there are large jugs almost that you can fill thatbeer from taps and cap them and take them home to enjoy, and they stay carbonated. with this craft their movement, these micro breweries are making 22 ounce -- larger bottles of a very nice of beer

that is very hard to get, and making them accessible to customers downtown, people that do not have a lot of time to go out and find these beers and learn where they are and being able to allow them to take that home with them is something that we're looking forward to. again, at 99.9% of our business, we envision on-premises consumption, but they have the option to take these hard to find quality beer products home, and that is something we look forward to offering. supervisor chu: thank you. a question for our folks. is there a condition that we might be able to add on to the list that would be able to accommodate this? i do now see any problems with what you're describing, but i would hate to see people be able to bring a beer and perhaps open and across the street at the park. if that becomes a problem, given the fact we have limited resources, is there something we can say about the size of the

containers that are permissible for off-sale or that we would not permit the provision of cups with ice, those kinds of things, to make sure we do not have a problem? >> we could eliminate their privilege to do off-sale if that is something you want to consider, or we could limit the size of the container to so many ounces, whatever ounces, 22 ounces or whatever size we feel is appropriate. we could certainly do that. supervisor chu: i would actually prefer that we do not necessarily eliminate the option for you to sell, but i would like to have restrictions that would give us some comfort in knowing people would not be opening the containers across the street. for example, there shall be no provision for containers with ice in them so people with potentially open up a cup or that they are those craft size

containers. maybe the project sponsor can work with your folks on those conditions, and we can come back to that item to make sure it is appropriator >> yes, we would be happy to do that. supervisor chu: and if you could do that perhaps during the course of this meeting, even though we have one more item and it is a fairly short meeting, and we can wrap it up today. one question from the supervisor. supervisor olague? supervisor olague: yes, it just seems like such a unique situation. i am not familiar with this being a common practice here. i am wondering, are there any other examples of where this off-sale type license has been used on any other establishments, restaurants, or bars? >> there are not that many for the type 40. however, there are other places in the city that wish to use those jugs, in some places have

the privilege of using them, so they do get to take the beer off-sale. supervisor olague: so there could be additional conditions placed on that. that is the only way i would feel comfortable. some different rules probably apply, but i know that in some instances, at least in the previous role i played in the planning commission, we would sometimes ask for a six-month report. i do not know if that is something that is done here necessarily, but some kind of status to see how it is or it is not working because it is not a common practice. to kind of get a sense of how, you know, if it is evolving and that sort of thing. >> ok. supervisor chu: thank you. let's skip action for this at this moment in call item number two. >> item two, hearing to consider that the issuance of a type 64 special on-sale general theater

wicker licenced to jeanette carvajal for the yerba buena center for the arts located at 701 mission street will serve the convenience of the people and -- of the city and county of san francisco. >> the applicant has applied for an original type 64, a special on-sale general theater license add 701 mission street, between third street and fourth street. hours of operation, daily, 12 noon to 1:00 a.m. this is a nonprofit business currently operating as a museum for the arts and performing arts center. their rooms include two art galleries and two theaters, with a combined capacity of over 750 people. if approved, this license will allow the applicant to sell out -- to sell all alcoholic beverages to ticket holders. letters of protest, no record. letters of support, no record. police calls for service, from

may 2010 to may 2011, 32. police reports during the same time span, no record. no opposition from southern station and the alu recommends approval with conditions. number one, the sale service and consumption of alcoholic beverages will be permitted only between 12:00 p.m., 12 noon and 1:00 a.m. each day of the week. service and consumption of alcoholic beverages is restricted it to, one, the lobby for rum and room of big ideas on the first floor of the forum building. two, the screening room, terrace gallery, and yaaw lounge on the second floor of the forum building. 3, the first floor novella theater main lobby. four, the second floor and the avella theatre lobby. north and south landings. private outside patio, as depicted on the abc report.

sales and serving of alcoholic beverages will be limited to ticketholders only during an two hours prior to and one hour after a bonafide theater performance of the theater company, a bonafide their performance is defined as the license must actually operate a troupe of actors or other performers for the purposes of putting on a performance. sales service and consumption of manalich beverages shall be made only from stationery bars or portable bars and waiter in waitress service and shall not be sold, serve or delivered to customers by individual ambulatory vendors. 5, the sale of alcoholic beverage for consumption of the premise is strictly prohibited. 6, alcoholic beverages shall be served in containers clearly distinguishable from nonalcoholic beverage containers. 7, the sale about pollock beverages shall be limited to no

more than two beverages person per sale. aids, the petitioner shall post signs measuring no less than 12 by 12 inches with lettering no smaller than two inches in height that read no alcoholic beverage beyond this point. at all permit it exits and entrances, stairwells, and entrances to the theater seating as depicted on depicted25. 79, an employee or security guards shall be assigned the responsibility of insuring all alcoholic beverages remain inside the permitted areas whenever the privileges of the abc license are being exercised. tan, at any time, the licensee utilizes a third party promoter at this premises, the licensee shall maintain control of the management, operations, and staffing of the business, and shall approve all marketing materials. 11, loitering, as defined as to

stand idly by, a leader aimlessly without lawful business, is prohibited on any sidewalks or property adjacent to the licensed premises under the control of the licensee as depicted on the abc 257. 12, the petitioner shall be responsible for maintaining free of litter the area adjacent to the premises. 13, the exterior the premises shall be cooked with lighting of sufficient power to eliminate -- eliminate and make discernible the appearance in conduct of all persons on the premises. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you very much. supervisor olague do you have a question? >supervisor olague: it is from the previous item. supervisor chu: thank you. any members of the public who wish to speak? >> good morning. i am scott, managing director

for the yerba buena center for the arts. we want to thank you for considering this today. we are nonprofit arts organization. we run the museum and the performing arts centers in the yerba buena. we're very excited about this opportunity, and we appreciate it. i think the conditions explain it well. and the restrictions of how it is died to our mission of serving the community and supporting the community through our arts effort and how we support the committee through various other organizations like the ballet and other community rental organizations. we want to thank you for reviewing this today. that is all. supervisor chu: thank you. are there other members of the public who wish to speak on item number two? >> good morning, supervisors. my name is douglas yepp. i'd like to oppose this item, basically for the same reason, it is a brand new liquor license. in that area, i think we have

plenty of places for patrons to buy liquor. i am kind of surprised that business owners do not oppose this because of a certain sense, if you're going to sell liquor at the theater, that means you're not going to get new business from the surrounding merchants. i am doing it more as a theoretical idea that this area has too many liquor licenses already. in a certain sense, it is kind of relevant to draw out of the city basically opposes cigarette sales aggressively all over the city, and then why, in a certain sense, it is not as aggressive when it comes to selling liquor all over the city. you kind of wonder which is more harmful, cigarette smoking or people drinking and of using lacquer all over the city? i just bring that up more as a

general idea to compare how in one instance, one type of item is aggressively prohibited and the other item, in a certain sense, is allowed officially by the city. also, in regards to the previous item, number one, mr. washington brought up an interesting status on how the city is functioning right now. my own take on mr. washington's comments is that, number one, there should be more items on today's agenda other than these two. and, number two, given the current state of the city in regards to a lack of revenue, problems, abuses, whatever you want to talk about, i am kind of wondering why some of the other supervisors have not scheduled items on to this agenda. it seems to me like for the

opera since and neighborhood, it has not been fully utilized, and i do not think it is a good sign when the committee chair is not in attendance today. is that supposed to send a message that maybe, you know, when there is only two liquor licenses, that maybe he is not required to be here since it is kind of trivial items? but i do not consider those items trivial, and neither do the people involved on items one and two. [bell rings] so i think we should send a message that this committee is going to aggressively address the items facing the city and a schedule more than two items on an agenda. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. next speaker. >> it just to keep the game fair, because i know they're going to try to find ways to stop ace from talking. i am supporting your business is fine supportingdadny.

i have a solution, but i will not reveal it, because it is led city government -- right now, this city and county, these are overall city government department heads alone, ok? i am out in the community, somewhat philosophy is, hey, we need community reform. you have reform in everything, everything but the community. how disconnected we as community people are. we have been here for a number of years. i know you politicians are new. i have seen them come and go. but i have seen this city deteriorated as far as government policies dealing with community. this is a committed the issue. so i will spend the next two minutes talking about it. you had the mayor here talking about a tone change here at city hall. the only tone changes with ed lee right now is the tone of skin color around the city here and the way his attitude is towards things. i have known mr. ed lee for over

27 years. i kind of parallel my reputation 20 years involved with this thing here, and i have seen a deterioration of public access to city government. so i am going to ask for a hearing on community reform. basically, how we can connect a disconnected city government back to the government taking care of our neighborhoods. i understand that the mayor's office, the neighborhood has dismantled. well, we need something else to replace that. committed to reform committee or something, to find out what city government is doing for our city communities. the other thing is, i think that the mayor's 10-year plan, as the gentle man said, the kennedy do not know what the hell is going on. they have no idea. there needs to be some hearings

with the city and county on what this neighborhood services is doing. i go back to neighborhood services because in my community, there is a disconnect on neighborhood services. dcyf, oewd, and part bang and rec. the reason is, there's no communication amongst these department heads. [bell rings] and i am know because i am in city hall. we lack the services. therefore, community reform is the thing of the new age right now, which i am going to be, hopefully, getting some supervisors to put some community reforms in, so we can have these meetings. when we come here, things can be more clear to the people peter right now, i doubt people know what is going on in these processes. thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. are there any other speakers who wish to comment on item number two? seeing none, public comment is closed. we have this item before us.

can we entertain a motion? supervisor olague: move to approve. supervisor chu: motion with recommendations and with approval of conditions. to be clear, as we were articulating the approval with conditions, item number one, on that approval, sales and service and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall be permitted only between 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. each day of the week. thank you. ok, we do that without objection. thank you. let's return to item number one. >> supervisors, there's two additional conditions would like to add on to the license. the first one is that there shall be no off-sale in containers less than 32 ounces. also, all off-sale shall be restricted to craft beers.

thank you. supervisor chu: ok, so the additional two conditions, note off-sale items less than 32 ounces, restricted to craft beers. and the project sponsor has agreed? ok. given those two items were those two additional conditions, do we have a motion? supervisor olague: i move to approve with conditions. supervisor chu: thank you. we have a motion to approve the items as articulated, with the conditions. we will do that without objection. thank you. caller, are there any other items? >> no, madam chair. supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned.

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