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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. 2, no. 3, loitering is to stand idly about is prohibited on any sidewalks or property adjacent to the license as depicted on
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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 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:
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>> 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 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
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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 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
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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 area. the operations from the store will be from
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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 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.
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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 reaching to the community. i think the offers are very exciting and for the cosmetic beauty area would be great for many people.
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>> 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. >> 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 graffiti will be removed within 24 hours. these are conditions that walgreen's understand and i greatly appreciate the addition of these conditions.
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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 filed seeking beverage control license for 135 poul street. seeks approval or denial of
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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 with the alcoholic beverage control department and 14 letters in support. there is no opposition from tenderloin police station. it liaison
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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 petitioner is responsible to main tain the area they control and lighting shall not disturb the normal privacy and any neighboring residents. no.
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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 in 16 ounces or less cannot be sold in single containers. no. 11, no wine shall be sold with the alcohol content greater than 15 percent and wine aged more than two years. wine shall not be sold
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in bottles larger than -- no. 13, 14, the petitioner shall utilized electronic surveillance including all entrances and exits. this should about utilize during all hours. it should be made available to the department and police department upon demand. as of today. katie grease an agrees with the conditions. >> thank you. for the information. in our file is one letter of protest but quite a few letters in support. i'm wondering if you can give us a
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you would like we can go to public comment and give you an opportunity to review the file. the letters that you have is from march 6, 2013. the letter received by the alcohol and beverage control and this was submitted on october 26, 2012. do you have a copy of that one as well? and then the other two that are in opposition.
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>> thank you. president chew. >> before we go to public comment i want to respond. the letter that you received from walgreen's was in part or attempt to address the concerns that have been raised around the concentration of liquor license before the commitment that walgreen's has made for an area that has a high concentration of alcohol. there has also been issues around the total square footage of alcohol beverages that commitment has come down to 4 percent and the hours of sales has made sure that late night involving the typical saturday nightclub
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scene those would end at 10 p.m.. that it wouldn't be raise by folks walking in before the club scene to have a happier night. why don't we go public comment. let me call the following individuals. lauren hall, michael nolt, edwards and susan wong. >> hello. i'm with supportive housing. we provide property management services mostly to tenants and in your district i believe. i'm here to testify in support of with a will green's.
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i'm really excite to have this now flagship close to our district. i have worked with tenderloin for six years and one of the big challenges that i see for our tents tenants is a lack of fresh foods in our neighborhood and providing that at an affordable price, i think it's going to be great. many of them shop at walgreen's for day-to-day needs and if you don't have a full kitchen. in terms of dialogue, honestly in my opinion, i don't see adding, i appreciate the effort of taking away one of the licenses. i think they have a chose whether they are going to be a negative, i have seen many
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proprietyers selling -- i don't see those that have that commitment to the community would create that dialogue. i don't share a belief that it's going to be a negative impact to have alcohol in that store. for myself who spends the majority of my day, i'm excite to to have another option to shop as well. >> thank you, next speaker. >> good morning supervisor i'm with supportive housing. i would like to offer my support. i work in the tenderloin and we serve a number of homeless adult individuals and the lack of fresh nutrition resource and walgreen's is going to make a
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difference on that and i'm grateful for the work how supervisor chew has addressed alcohol issues and are minor and considerably out weighed. i think walgreen's have been very supportive in our community. that's to a lot of the smaller store. it can provide support and i thank you and i also want to thank the colleagues for all they are great work which is often thankless but much appreciated. >> next speaker? >> good morning. my name is
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edward -- i'm with the workers union. walgreen's is an excellent employer for our city. it continues to be a pilar for our community and we support them in their endeavor. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> hi, good morning. my name is dina and i'm the executive director of the market of tenderloin district and 13 year resident of the tenderloin. walgreen's came to our organization, came to a community meeting, board meeting and presented their project and also attended a number of community meetings. they interfaced with some major stake holders in the neighborhood, the alliance for better district 6 and they have supported a number of neighborhood events and they continue to do so. so having said that, our board had a long
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discussion about the issue of surt supporting or opposing, we decided that we don't support the sale of alcohol in general, what we do support is businesses that operate in a responsible manner. there are a number of stores in the neighborhood that are extremely promisic that ic problematic that do not have liquor license. it's not just the liquor license that is a concern for us. but we e do feel that after the extensive outreach that walgreen's did that they adequately addressed some of the concerns of the neighborhood and the police department around security and we do feel they are going to operate this business in a responsible way including training their employees on the responsible sales of alcohol. and additionally the variability of fr
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