today that was one of the points of consideration that we will bring up as well within 1,000 feet. this one particular applicant was within 1,000 feet of a high school and junior high school and a park and that was one of the points that we considered in the police department. >> when an applicant comes forward and applies, where is the place where they would be notified or recommended that they contact the supervisor of the district that the property is in? would it be the police department that would advise them of that? >> right. there are four inspectors in my office and each of them have been instructed to not only reach out by telephone, but to go out to the actual premise and make some contact. as i said, we tried to do that at our office as well as the station permit officer as well. so there is a couple of different ways that we asked them, and encourage them and i agree with you, if it is not conducted then, we can continue

the approval of that application. >> thank you very much. why don't we now turn it over to public comment. i have a couple of speaker cards. michael nolty, monet and any member of the public who would like to speak please come forward. you each have three minutes. >> good morning again, supervisors. i would ask that you continue it. because i don't see the rush. and then at least it can be able, the owner could be able to learn what to do in this, yeah, i would ask that you continue it because there needs to be some out reach done especially since it is going to be off-sale. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please?

>> overhead? please? >> wow, not going. >> any way my name is michael nolty and again i am going to read a statement from the land use chair. the alliance for a better district six would like to request a continuance on this application to give the business the opportunity to come to the next alliance for a better district six and do a presentation and this will help the smoke and wine's ink to do the community out reach and to give support to their business plan. i want to point out that as far as future liquor licenses, they are not necessarily listed in the police department station news letters which they could

be. that could be something that the police permit officers can put into the newsletters letting the community know about new applicant's permits. alcohol permits as a way to get more people involved in the process. and the reason why i bring this up is that we used to be made aware of these applications by a website that is no longer exists. and so, therefore, we as a community group have to basically walk the beat as you might say to find out something about these applications. that is how we found out about the previous applicant which was through a website. and we are not notified directly by the police or anybody. so as a community organization and now that you could see that, our organization is really impacted by a lot of applicants coming to this process. we not only deal with alcohol licenses we also deal with entertainment permits and

conditional use permits. and other kinds of things that impact our neighborhood. and all of these are different processes that we have learned how to deal with. and you know, i think that the thing is that you know, we would like to work with the police department and trying to form a better way to work on these issues. because it is important that the community process is part of it and obviously your committee are now advocating for that process to happen. the same thing is happening over at the entertainment commission. they are talking about how to better get the businesses there to engage the community when they get permits. so everybody is asking for these permits processes to become more public. but, it also makes us volunteers do a lot more work. just want to emphasize on that, too. >> thank you, mr. nolty.

>> next speaker, please? >> good morning supervisors my name is douglas young as on the previous two items i am going to bring up the issue of the contradiction that seems obvious to me. now in this case, since this is an off-sale new license it has even more effect on the immediate community because we are not talking about drinking just inside the building, we are talking about the liquor being out on the street. so i kind of think that for the record the city needs to look at that contradiction and say why do certain activities have our support and other activities have been in a certain sense damned to hel because that is the way that we feel. to me that is an obvious

contradiction, that needs to be discussed publicly and i think that is something that needs to be brought out. now since we are on today's agenda, which has three liquor items, and look at the title of the committee and it says neighborhood services and safety and i would like to pose the question for the record, number one, why isn't there any discussion in san francisco about the existence of child pornography. they are doing a great job? san jose, whatever happened to san francisco? secondly, whatever happened about the issuance and the existence of human trafficking? the state is doing a good job, thank you, miss heras. i don't hear too much going on in san francisco. and i think that under jurisdiction of which committee i would like to see those two issues being pressed and while we are on the subject of committees holding meetings, i

would like to know because i have not found out so far this morning the official reason why yesterday's two meetings were canceled and i would like to propose the idea that when the committee meetings are canceled i would like to see everyone get docked for the day because you are not working. and i would like to have a mandatory rescheduling of that meeting. let's put it this way. when i see city salaries going up, and i see all kinds of meetings being canceled for whatever official reason you want to give, including junk ets. i would also like to remind people that you get paid for showing up, you don't show up. you should not get paid. and let's put it this way. is it a coincidence in the last year or so that we have had plenty of committee meetings being canceled while it is a

certain extent general knowledge that these meetings have been observed closely. is that a coincidence? thank you. >> thank you. and is there any other member of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, i don't know what your thoughts are, but let me share with you kind of where i am. you know, i appreciate i think that the presentation from mr. hanna, i think that he is an earnest guy that wants to work with the community. but it does raise questions for me since we are talking about off sale of hard liquor that we have not seen any community out reach. and out reach to the district supervisor. i understand that when what you have said that you are not aware that there was a certain expectation of that and we as a

city going forward need to do a better job of making sure that applicants know that. but, i do think my preference would be to provide a little bit of time for you to do that out reach before an off-sale license is approved. and you know, i don't know, how much time that would be. but, i think that it is actually a good thing, not only for us, and for the community, but also for you. because, again, doing that out reach in the end is something that helps the success of your business. the other thing that i would say for the record and i want not only my staff but the clerk's office to note this, going forward we are not going to schedule any item a license application unless there has been some out reach done to the district supervisor because if that has not happened, the

chances are that in fact, we may end up having to continue the item anyway. so i just think that in the end, that does not serve us and it does not serve them. so i hope that the word goes out to anyone who is thinking of moving or presenting this type of application that at a minimum talk to the district supervisor because the district supervisor will make sure that that individual does out reach to the community. supervisor mar? >> yeah. i'm supportive of continuance as well. but i wanted to thank mr. hanna for your patience as well. i know you have followed all of the procedures, but i think that it is really important to check in with the district supervisor. i think that even your comments that add up to a good area across the street from the palace hotel. but inspector van cal mentioned that the broader area is a high crime area with double the calls as defined what a high crime area is.

and the fact that there is a college nearby. but i don't know if there is residentses for the college as well. the academy of art university. but i do see that you have got yelp reviews and i am looking at see maps to see what else is around you. it does not seem like there is an over concentration of places that sell hard liquor as well. so i mean i would take all of those into consideration besides the opportunity of our colleague. is it district six? >> so it would be supervisor kim's office. >> yes. >> mr. hanna i don't know how much time you will need to do this out reach. i think that it can be done, you know in a very short period of time. so that we can bring it item back and in the near future. so colleagues, could we have a motion to continue to the call of the chair? >> moved. >> so we have a motion to continue to the call of the chair. and again i would encourage you mr. hanna, if i were you after

the meeting just stop by supervisor kim's office to set up a meeting and use whatever opportunity to talk to the residents. so we have a motion without objection. >> thank you. >> mr. clerk is there any other business before this committee. >> that concludes today's agenda. >> thank you. meeting adjourned.

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