improve the area,... will make it better and not than just get things worse. i hope that you provide support for jen and andrew. thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. >> next speaker. >> good morning, aran poplar, revitalization seems to be the theme of the morning and i am going to speak on that as well as someone who has gone to school in the neighborhood and subsequently worked here and it is always been about doing my thing during the day and leaving and going elsewhere to meet up with colleagues or classmates and i think that the beer hall would really fill a niche that is missing at this time and as a supervisor, pointed out, you know, this model has worked to revitalize other areas and the beer hall is unique and in that it is a gathering place, and also, a place where you can get education, about what you are drinking and i think that that is why the off-sale liquor

license is important so you taste something that you like and you can take it with you, also, maybe you don't have time to sit down, you can take something home, and enjoy it later. so it brings that add ad business to the neighborhood as well. to speak on andrew and jen, you know for them, as they said is the family business. business is like this succeed if there is a reciprocal relationship of respect between the owners and the neighborhood. and i know that they will bring that to this neighborhood and to how they run their business. so, i strongly encourage you to support the beer hall. >> thank you. >> thank you, ma'am. >> next speaker? >> jim woods. survey (inaudible) it is a small brew pub at 18th and church. i have known jen and andrew for three years, and their passion for craft beer is real, i have been talking to them throughout

the whole process. and i think that many people know that there is kind of a renaissance of craft beer going on in the bay area as evidenced by places like city beer and a lot of the up and coming breweries and this is just a trend. the prime example and oakland just approved the provisions on college avenue and actually granted them a variance which was an unusual step. but the point is that a lot of municipalities are not wanting to get in the way of this movement and to have this off-sale ability is a key thing for their business to thrive, like a lot of the other examples that have already been mentioned. i strongly support their application. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> i am soma tenatn, fourth generation san franciscoan and i am opening up a restaurant in april on (inaudible). i think that these guys are part of the help for a solution to revitalization.

the area right now, i can't help but think of amsterdam from the wire and i was walking down the street this morning and i was talking to the guys at swan oyster depot telling them that i was going to a hearing where is the location. and they were like it seems like the city would rather have homeless people over there that are not paying taxes instead of working class people who are paying taxes and thirsty. >> you are like having great department buildings over there and those are faceless venture capitalists and here you have two people that are going to be there every day and it will be working with the neighborhood and it seems like they are going to follow all of those guidelines and make it clean, and clean from graffiti and this is positive. and i don't think that we should be stopping it. >> thank you. >> thank you, next speaker? >> excuse me, thank you, good morning. my name is chris la page and i am a native of san francisco.

over the years i have seen the landscape of the city change with the times. i believe that the mid market civic center corridor is both ready to modernize the image, although it has been plaqued with crimes decreasing. the foot traffic shows this, with respect to the crime, my years of experience in the nightclub and bar security fields will help jen and drew to develop a coherent and flexible security program that addresses the needs of the hall as well as the neighborhood in general. the proposed beer hall at 1 polk would be an asset to the neighborhood in both a business and community sense and i strongly support this. >> thank you, next speaker. >> my name is matt maloney and i own a business in san francisco and i am all for businesss in san francisco and

creates tax revenue and gives people employment and the concept is reliance on the off sales as far as i understand, they are very, very nice people. they are starting a small family, they have a small family, and i think that i am 100 percent behind it. thank you. >> thank you. is there any other member of the public that would like to speak? if so, please come on up. mr. paulson it is good to see you i have not seen you in a while. >> good to see you supervisor campos. >> i see you in the newspaper. >> i can see polk street looking fast in its faded jeans and i hope that you keep the city really green. ♪ sun down you better take care ♪ if i find you's been creeping down polk street back stairs ♪ sometimes i think that it is a shame, and polk street is gone

through so many achange ♪ >> music picture a bar ♪a verm uth they can make ♪and i hope that it turns out really, really liquor license great ♪ sun down, you better take care ♪and i find you you've been creeping around the polk street back stairs. ♪ >> going ahead and fix your liquor license, and go ahead and treat a beer to have a friend, and give it to a change, and i hope that you fix it up from polk street number one and to the end. and i hope that your dreams all come through with a liquor license too. and a morning you are going to have i hope that you feel good.

and it comes all liquor license great to you. thanks. >> thank you. >> is there any other member of the public who would like to speak? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> do you want to add something? >> yes. rich vancroy for the police department. sfpd is recommending revitalization of the mid market... i am sorry. we are... [ applause ] >> the last gentleman, tough act to follow, but you know 15 minutes ago or so i asked for some public comment and community out reach and you know this is what i am looking for. and i encourage you guys in the future any future applicants and so representing the police department we are all for the revitalization of the market and the civic area and so i would like to withdraw our condition number two on the off-sale. [ applause ] . >> thank you. >> thank you.

>> take care. >> i would like to now turn it over to district six supervisor jane kim i know that she and her office have been working on this for some time. supervisor kim >> thank you, supervisor campos and i guess that i don't need to be here any more and i had no idea how much fun that was, that will be on the list of committees. thank you for allowing me to sit on this item. i apologize for being late and i did have a prior meeting at 10 a.m.. i am not sure what was said before, but they did approach our office in october of last year and outlined a business where there is not a tremendous amount of small business traffic. there is certainly not an over saturation of bars, like the middle polk street neighborhood where i know that sfpd has been devoting a lot of time currently. this will be modeled after similar operations like city beer store which i frequent a

block away from my home, or ruge, which partnered the barses with the boutique sections. activating this creates multiple benefits to the neighborhood and i understand that mr. and mrs. hall already had a meeting with the residents of the building argenta and have garnered their support or many of the residents. do i want to appreciate the work ever inspector stalker from alu who worked with getting the applicants the licensing process over the last two years and while i actually these points are moot now, while the board cannot alter the conditions, we can certainly recommend. i do appreciate that sfpd has now come and stated that they would like to remove condition number two, my purpose of being here was actually to add a recommendation that we not enforce number two. but i think that that that point is moot. so i do want to thank sfpd and members of our community for coming out in support. i personally am excited about having another place to go near

city hall, i think that many of us, may go there to be clientele, at the beer hall and i do want to particularly thank jennifer and andrew because they have done quite a bit of work over the last couple of months in particular with the office working with the sunny and gulo to make sure that we are putting forward a responsible plan that is going to enhance not detract or add public safety issues to the neighborhood and i think that that is very important. and tomorrow, actually, friday, the mayor and i will be at the opening of the 6th street safety hub, sorry we just changed the name. and given in light of the announcement, of the additional foot patrol that we are dedicating to the sixth street and mid market, i think that it is appropriate that we support the small businesses that will be a partner with the city and sfpd on energizing a neighborhood and hopefully, making it both a more energetic neighborhood but also a safer neighborhood. so, i do want to thank the

committee members for their time. >> thank you, supervisor kim. supervisor mar? >> yes, thank you, to the police department for their listening to the community and being really responsive, i really appreciate that and haven't really witnessed this before you but i appreciate it. >> and i worked in the area of 50th street 20 years ago and i remember when fox plaza had the bar and restaurant and the quinncy restaurant was around the corner and the first pub club around there but it was, and the top hat or there were a bunch of different places with a livelier area and i am sure that when the old fox theater was there it was been a hub of activity. but i really feel that recently it is really changed and this beer hall will really help to improve the area and off-site to me will hopefully improve access for many people in the area that i think would be strong customers of the beer hall as well. i really wish that dan and andrew had considered the richmond district as well.

we have the second healthy spirits store that just opened on clement and also, what is it chomp and swig, but there are other areas that i hope that people will consider as well. but it is a great business and i hope that you have great success as well. >> thank you, supervisor mar. >> supervisor yee? >> thank you. >> so, i was along when the fox center was there, and it was very lively and it was my favorite thing actually on market street. but getting back to business. you know, it is pretty evident from the presentation by jen and andrew that and also from the testimony that by opening up this business, beer hall, it is going to be a very positive impact on the area itself. and although i am not a real big beer drinker, i drink wine and the model that you are

proposing, makes a lot of sense to me because i have gone into a wine tasting places and they do have the off-sales, it is really helpful after you taste something that you really like and you can buy something. so i appreciate that model. and i would be supporting the recommendation. >> thank you, supervisor yee. i want to again, thank all of the members of the public who have come out to speak on this item. and i also want to thank supervisor kim and her office for all of the work that she have done on this. and our police department, and i think that inspector, you said it pretty, you know, high bar, so we expect singing any time these items come forward in the future. but, on a serious note, i do appreciate the responsiveness and the fact that you are listening to what the community is saying. and so, and to, jen and drew, i

think that you have done an amazing job to reaching out to the community. and you know, the good thing about this process is that it allows you to see what people really think about you and i think that by that, you should be very, very proud of what you have accomplished. so, in terms of the item before us, if we could have a motion to move this forward with the positive recommendation? and to accept the conditions that have been placed as amended, so if we could have that motion by supervisor mar. >> yes. >> if we can take that without objection? >> thank you very much. >> congratulations. [ applause ] >> mr. clerk, if you could call item two. >> item two, is a hearing to consider the issuance of type 42 on-sale beer of wine public premises license to cheng for zaza spa located at 543-second

street. >> if we could have the applicant come forward. for item number two. is the applicant here? >> why don't we give this person an opportunity to come to chambers. why don't we move to item three. >> item number tlao three, the hearing to consider the transfer of a type 57 special on sale general license from 4461 mission street to 717 battery street. >> great. if we could hear from the applicant on this item, please? >> >> good morning supervisors john cevlon here on behalf of the sponsor. they are in the final stages of completing the battery street to be operated with a private club and hotel suites when they

purchased the building it was red tag and vacant for a few years and they are looking to have the construction complete by early this summer. so the club will not be operated like a typical nightclub or bar, the purpose of the club is to provide the san francisco tech arts and non-service to gather and socialize. the hotel rooms will ensure that the restaurant and lounges on the first two floors will not be operated as to cause a nuisance to the hotel guests, 24-hour security will be provided at the club. alcohol can only be purchased through the use of swiping a club id card. and between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., only a club id card could provide access to the building. we have conducted significant neighborhood out reach on this liquor license, transfer. and in addition to the required noticing, we wrote directly to the golden gateway tenant's association as well as the (inaudible) coast neighborhood association and we actually did

a presentation at dcna board meeting in december and they are in support of the project.. and i also just wanted to direct a slight error in the police report which i have been in touch with the expecter gordon about. in the report it says that there were four protest letters and 14 support. that is incorrect. there are 0 protest letters and one support letter. that support letter coming from alliance for a better district six. >> the sponsor has hired mr. douty to manage the club who has a vast background in nightclub and and management and i want him to get up and give you a flavor for the pub. >> thank you. >> oh, the sponsor.and the offi

recommends approval. thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> why don't we open it up to public comment. is there any member of the public who would like to speak on thit em. >> seeing none, public comment is closed >> colleagues we have a license application and we have a recommendation to approve by the police department. >> could we have a motion? >> yes. >> motion by supervisor yee.

>> yes. >> and if we could take that without objection? >> thank you. >> why don't we call number four. >> item number four is a liquor license, excuse me, a hearing to consider the transfer of a type 20 off sale beer and wine license from 1169 market street to 2011 market street. for whole foods market. >> thank you. if we could before we hear from the project sponsor, this is an item that is in district 8 is that the application is supervisor weiner do you want to say anything before we move on to the applicant. >> i am in full support of a license. >> thank you.

that our customers have come to expect from us. we respectfully request your support in the transfer of this license. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> sir. >> if we could now hear from the police department. >> rich vancorw representing the san francisco police department. whole foods has brought an application with the california department of alcoholic beverage control seeking a type 20 that is off sale beer and wine in the type 86 that is structural tasting license for 2001 market street. in the calendar year, july, are

the premises is located in 0203, and applicant currently in undue concentration area. and there were no letters of protest or support. no opposition from mission police station and the alcohol liaison unit recommends approval and the following conditions recommended to the california department of alcoholic control. >> sales of beverages between 8:00 a.m. and 10 p.m. each day of the week, no more than five percent of the square footage of the premises will be used for the display of alcoholic beverages. number three, no wine coolers, or beer coolers shall be sold in quantities less than

manufacturers previous packaged multiunit quantities of four or more. and finally, number four, loitering, defined as to stand idlely about, linger aimlessly without lawful business is prohibited to the business adjacent to the licenses under the control of the licensee. as depicted on abc form 257. on february 19th, of 2013, jay mcfear son was contacted on behalf of the applicant and agreed with the recommended conditions. >> thank you. >> thank you, sir. >> why don't we open it up to public comment. >> if there is any member of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> supervisor weiner? >> thank you, i am in full support. this is really 2001 market is a superb project in general and i know that the whole foods is a welcome addition. it will provide some competition with the safeway

across the street which is in sore need of that competition in terms of its customer service levels. and i just want to know one thing, in terms of the data that the police typically rely on, around these liquor licenses, one of them is the number of calls for service in the area and obviously i understand that the relevance of that. but this is one of those situations and this has what i am about to say has nothing to do with this specific license but a broader issue, that when you look at a situation like we just had in the first item on the agenda and also this one, the market for example is a area that is a little bit of a dead zone in terms of particularly evening foot traffic and just not enough commercial activity and so this whole foods with the liquor license is going to significantly improve the conditions particularly in the

evening, and on the weekends. and so, i think that it will actually reduce the calls for service. and as the department supporting the transfer and i totally agree and this is not about this specific license. but i think that it is important looking more broadly, taking into account that sometimes even if there might be a undue concentration or a lot of calls for service, having a business with a liquor license coming in can actually help that situation. and i know that you know that, but i just wanted to. >> and i agree with you and where we go from there and that for instance, we put four conditions and sometimes we put many more conditions on. so we asked the applicant to come back within six months to a year and do modifications and that is when we go back and revisit and look at the calls for service and we use that to modify and it seems to work very well. so it is a barometer of how we can help out of the applicant as well. >> i am not being critical of the department, i think that

the people hear that there is a lot of calls for service and maybe we should not put a license in an x location when can be the opposite. >> as i said with the earlier applicant at 1 polk, i looked can he cads and some of these those are traffic stops and so we look at every report to make thouer that there is a nexus for that address as well >> thank you very much. >> so colleagues, we have an application and a recommendation, of approval. would some recommended conditions, could we have a motion on that? >> so moved. >> motion by supervisor mar and we could take that without objection. >> if we could go now back to item number two? >> my understanding is that there might have been some confusion with the applicant in terms of when the hearing for this item would be held. i do want to give the police department an opportunity to say anything if they want to.

there is there has been a request to continue this item. by the district supervisor. but, inspector do you want to add anything? >> we have no problem with a continuance. i think that would be the best opportunity then to discuss that issues if we want to go on record right now where there say denial, but when we come back, hopefully they will meet with us again and we can discuss this further. >> great. >> why don't we on item two, open it up to public comment if there is any member of the public that would like to speak? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues, could we have a motion to continue this to the call of the chair? and we will bring this item once the parties have had an opportunity to meet and hopefully we will hear from the applicant at that point? >> so we have a motion from supervisor mar if we could take that without objection? >> thank you. >> mr. clerk, if you