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grants require a very stated driven cost analysis and to the kinds of accidents happened and kind of treatments and the kind of values determined to reduce accidents and that's how we selected these intersectioned. they do have a repaving project insulated for 2014. we are working to minimize disruption to that area. >> thank you. very much. >> supervisor yee. >> yes. i want to alert the public and thank you for being concerned about pedestrian safety. we are going to have a meeting some time in march and
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i welcome people to come and to express and articulate their particular concerns and that we can get a robust discussion on what our priorities should be and how we would approach on solving some of these issues. thank you very much. >> thank you supervisor. so colleagues if we can have a motion to moving this item forward. motion by supervisor mark. if we can take that without objection we can move that forward. >> madam, please call item no. 4. >> item no. 4 to consider the issuance of a type 42 of sell beer and wine. 1425 folsom street. >> this is a matter requesting the issuance of license for selling beer. can we hear from the applicant? >> good morning, board. thank you for your time once again.
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my name is jordan lewis i'm one of the owners from the art gallery. i'm a recently returned veteran from the navy seals. also have someone who also served in the navy seals. this is for digitally displayed artwork and can offer changing dynamic experience with the emerging field of artwork. we also plan to invite neighborhood to beverage selection to coffee, tea and juice and as well as beer and wine and snacks. we have been in contact with the office of our district supervisor through her office and they have been very supportive and helpful. we've also been in contact with
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the police department speaking with captain red man. a little bit more on our outreach. >> supervisors, members of the public. my name is case lewis. i'm jordan's brother, business partner and attorney and i would like to speak on the outreach we are doing. throughout the last year we've been reaching out to local businesses and residents in the neighborhood. we have circulated a patient we have here today with 52 signatures on it. also, we received 9 letters of support from local business owners, law enforcement and residents in our surrounding community. i'm not sure if you have copies of all those yet, but we have copies here if you would like
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to see them. about a week ago at the last meeting of the alliance for better district 6 we presented our project to the community there and the members and discussed different things we can do with them and our project. we've also joined theal alliance for better district 6 and the market associations as a member to get more involved in the business community and associations of the district 6. as my brother mentioned we met with sony arg low staff member to discuss our project and we received a positive response. >> thank you, anything else, sir? if you can identify yourself too. >> my name is jean make. also one of the business partners. former veteran. i would like to
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get this petition signed. everyone is very excited and envision of as a positive force into the the community to bring more culturally and commercially. i just want to say thank you for your consideration. >> great. thank you very much. this is an item that came before the committee before and we continued to give it the parties an opportunity to do outreach to the district supervisor and to the community and appreciate those efforts. thank you for doing that. so why don't we open it up to public comment. i have two speaker cards but any member of the public who would like to speak on item 4 please come up. hi. my name is michael
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nolt e, from district 6 organizations use and land and public policy. at our last meeting we heard from the applicant about their project and we are welcome to have them attend and discuss in detail about what the project is about. the members were very supportive of it and we are encouraging to hear that a new business will be opening up in the south market area and we look forward to seeing that happen. and we also would encourage his business and of course to continue reaching out to the neighbors because that's just what they should be doing anyway. so i think again it's
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our organization is always in supportive of a new business even though it takes a lot of resources and time to get something off the ground. so again, clerk can say we are in favor. >> thank you, mr. nolt. next speaker. >> good morning supervisors. i have a chance to meet the owners a couple of them at least at the last alliance better district 6 meeting. i think it would be good for that area because that area is a corridor anyway i think for cocktails and art and stuff like that. so i wish you would pass it on to the board. >> thank you, next speaker. >> supervisors my name is duffy. i'm also for better
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district 6. i'm in no way in leadership to that. i would like you to keep in mind this proposal that you just heard. >> thank you, is there any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is close. i would like to thank you for bring this conversation forward and glad that we are talking about veterans that are starting this business. i think it's great to see that. you are going into a very special neighborhood. it's a great place in san francisco. and we give a lot of deferens to the supervisor and the community and they are supportive. so we wish you the best and hope that you continue to be engaged in that community. supervisor mark. >> i would like to this you for reaching out so quickly to sony and the office and the range of the people on the petition is a
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range of people as well and i can't wait to see what it going to be. i'm glad you built some support already and keep reaching out and building the residents there. thank you for the short amount of time. >> colleagues can we have a motion? by supervisor yee. do you want to say anything. >> thank you. i wanted you to know if you wanted me to read into the the record the conditions? >> yes. my apology. >> christina has filed an application seeking beer and wine license for folsom street. for the beverage control seeking determination from the board supervisor of the
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approval or denial of this license. from the cal endar year, there is one call of police service and no record of report. this premise is a located in a high crime area. this location is in an undue concentration area. we received or the alcohol beverage control unit has not received any letter of protest or any letter of support. based on your recommendation there is no on opposition from the police department. the following recommendation have been made to the california alcohol and beverage control. no. 1, sales service and couples of alcohol consumption of beverages, no.
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2, no. 3, loitering is to stand idly about is prohibited on any sidewalks or property adjacent to the license as depicted on form. and finally no. 5 the interior lighting shall be sufficient to make it discernable the appearance and conduct in that portion of the premise where alcoholic beverage are sold delivered or consumed. >> i just want to make it clear. i see that we have a couple additional speaker cards. if there is any member of the public who did not get an opportunity to speak on this item, please come forward. >> okay. i want to thank again or police department department
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for their work on this. colleagues we have an item before us. if we can have a motion on this item motion by supervisor yee with a positive recommendation. congratulations. good luck. no. 5: >> also general license for 135 pou street. >> thank you, this is a license application that involves a property in district 3. we have been joined by district 3. chairman chee. >> thank you. i just circulated to you a letter that represents an agreement in the set of discussion that i have had with wall green's over the last week to resolve this matter which i
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hope and believe would be better for the neighborhood. but perhaps after the presentation we can talk about the substance which we've discussed. >> thank you supervisor. my name is david vin chens ee. i'm a district manager for walgreen's. we want to talk to you this morning to describe our project. poul street is going to be the fourth city in our state to have a -- the store is going to occupy the level we've been in and an upper level and we are putting every new concept that our company has to introduce into this store. we are having an emphasis on our health care provisions. we are also
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providing fresh foods and groceries to the neighborhood in an area that is pretty much under served of availability of such items in the area. we will be having, the downstairs will be an up market concept. a variety of foods, frozen yogurt and barista that will make coffee, we have fresh baked bread on the premises and we'll be offering frozen yogurt. we'll be offering many items that have never been seen at walgreen's before. i can't emphasize how unique this would be. we have one in new york, chicago and recently in los angeles. the hollywood area. we have what is called a beauty
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area. the operations from the store will be from 7:00-midnight. any questions? >> supervisor mark? >> i was going to mention that now that i recall i was at the hollywood wall green's it's a flagship store near chicken and waffles but it brings a lot more i think safety to that area as well, but i know -- i have seen one of your flagship stores. this is the fourth of wall green's? yes. >> we are going to have
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security on premises on both floors from opening until closing seven nights a week. i also have an additional security guard manning close circuiting tv. currently we have two closed circuit tell visions and two on poul street. they will have windows and open and unobstructed from floors to ceilings and will allow a lot of light. the concept is a gondola, a unit that is very well will it. i believe we'll provide a lot of extra lighting onto the street such as similar to what union globe has done in their flagship store. i just want to make that comment. >> i want to thank wall green's for meeting with me and to
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reaching to the community. i think the offers are very exciting and for the cosmetic beauty area would be great for many people. >> likewise, this thank you for meeting me. i'm really glad to see that you worked out something with our supervisor for the particular district and that i'm happy that you are -- that walgreen's has been a good neighbor to the community and i hope that you continue to be a good neighbor with some of the other issues that walgreen's may have in other districts including district 7. i'm hoping that will be the case.
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>> i think we have a pretty good track record in that respect. >> to colleagues and memories of the public i would like to take a moment the issues we've had with regard to liquor license. this particular sight is on the border of district 3 and after redistricting it it was in mine. i want to let colleagues know that i have had conversations with supervisor and we are at lock as how we view this issue and i have been very supportive of every aspect of this project except for what has been provisioned for the liquor. i support that store and hopefully we'll be visit that go store at different times of the day and look forward to seeing the positive economic activity that
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the store will entail. it's also going to bring almost three dozen union jobs into the city and i appreciate that as well. the reason i have brought on the issue has to do whether or not in general drug stores ought to be receiving liquor license and this has been the subject that the planning commission has been touching from time to time. i have seen walgreen's asking for liquor license. so i asked wall green's to address this concern. a request not too far
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from my district 6. the agreements that we put around that liquor license involved first of all a number of additional conditions propose abide by the san francisco police department and asked cvs to replace two other liquor licenses from the neighborhood because in my district we have a very significant concentration of liquor licenses that have led to a safety issue and health issues, etc. what we agreed on with cvs on that sight not too far from this walgreen's is that cvs would purchase more. i have circulated a letter that layout
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conditions that wall green's has agreed to. if i can read the language so the members of the community can understand what we are talking about. in in the third paragraphs states walgreen's has not only agreed to purchase a liquor license but to purchase also a second liquor license in area with undue concentration -- at 135 poul and walgreen's is -- in district 3 or 6. now, at this time i understand walgreen's has executed an agreement for one of these licenses but not the second and in order to make sure that walgreen's carries
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forthwith that they are commit ing to purchase a second license to the flagship store and if it turns out walgreen's is unable to purchase the deadline, they have agreed to make a donation to the public health foundation for each month. i would like to thank wall green's for your commitment to moving forward. in addition walgreen's has agreed to so months back and i want to summarize those conditions but i want to call out in particular because i know these have been concern from the folks in the neighborhood. first the intial square footage commitment made that no more than ten percent would be used for the sale of adult beverages. this is a
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large store and represents a large foot print and wall green's in intention is to not have a larger area for sales. the other issue i want to call out before reading the other voluntary conditions is when the alcoholic beverages are sold. i received feedback about what had been initially propose for a midnight time for when the beverage would end. they have a couple clubs that we often see a lot of activities related to and folks late at night wanting to purchase alcohol an being able to do that at this site up until midnight. the cvs had a 10 pm
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closure time with their sales. what we've agreed with walgreen's is the following during thursday, friday, saturday night when there is most activity that sale of alcoholic beverages would be permitted from 10 a.m.-10 p.m.. in addition to those requirements, let me run through other requirements to again make this site parallel to what we did at the cvs sight is we have asked for and wall green's has agreed to all wine bottles to ensure that an individual make a purchase using valid identification. second item is that all store cameras must be monitored by on-site management and we've
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also asked there be interior cameras within the store concentrated in areas of the beverages by designated security personnel and for minimum of 30 days upon request and also be external cameras in the store with the cameras shared with the police department. we know this is an neighborhood that is oftentimes in the weekend a higher crime area. all tell cast are equipped with technology and two additional requirements one around loitering that they are prohibited in adjacent sidewalks and management is responsible for security during hours of operation and final ly the store will provide phone number to report vandalism and
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graffiti will be removed within 24 hours. these are conditions that walgreen's understand and i greatly appreciate the addition of these conditions. with these conditions i'm happy to support these moving forward and i know supervisor kim is as well. >> thank you, mr. kim. before you do that i want to ask the police department if they want to add anything? >> good morning supervisor, rich coal for the san francisco police department. the issues that you mentioned i will be more specific on the quantity and type of alcohol that they will serve. daniel j kramer has
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filed seeking beverage control license for 135 poul street. seeks approval or denial of this license. there have been approximate 127 police calls for service at that location which resulted in 37 reports. that plot has recorded 766 reports in 2011. applicant is located in a high crime area. it's tract 012301. it's located in an undue concentrated area. there is letters of protest
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with the alcoholic beverage control department and 14 letters in support. there is no opposition from tenderloin police station. it liaison licensing unit approval. no. 1, which has been modified, sales of alcoholic beverage shall be permitted between sunday through wednesday from hours of 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.. and thursday through saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.. no. 2 modified that no more than the square footage be used for alcoholic display. no. 4 the
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petitioner is responsible to main tain the area they control and lighting shall not disturb the normal privacy and any neighboring residents. no. 4 prohibited on sidewalks premises of license depicted on abc form. no. 7, no person under under the age of 21 shall sell or purchase alcohol. no. 9 no sales of mallet malt liquor or beers and wine coolers