to submitting the application. i think you know better than anybody the reasoning behind that is that you can learn things in your conversations with the neighbor that end up creating a better application. you can identify problems and structure your application in a way to avoid any conflicts. but i do not see a lot of opposition. you are wrong. i do not see much opposition here. so you have done something right. the problem with the crown was not a problem with after hours. it was just becoming loud toward the 9:00, 10:00 at night. i do not know if triple crown has solved that, but we are not here to judge their application. we are here to judge this one. among the conditions that are proposed by southern station, number 11 -- whenever outside promoters are hired -- and i believe you said no outside promoters, or did i miss here? >> he said no. commissioner meko: we cannot require that of you. but no. 11, whenever a said promoters are hired, permit holders shall remain control of business operations, meaning manag

i also want to thank all the applicants. it is a very impressive group of people, and i think we would be remiss not to thank ms. collins and ms. cabande for the amazing work they have done. to all the applicants, this is a very fluid process. the seats become vacant from time to time, sell when there are more -- so when there are more applicants than there are seats available, i would urge whoever can get an appointment to continue to be involved because there will be other opportunities not only with respect to this body but others in the city, so we will take that motion without objection. yes, madam clerk? >> [inaudible] supervisor campos: we need to do that. ms. chan, who is current co- chair. if we could take that motion without objection. thank you very much. if we could now call item 3. >> item 3, hearing to consider appointing one member, a term ending february 19, 2012, to the work force investment community advisory committee. there is one seat and nine applicants. supervisor campos: this is one of those situations

write it on the application. i hope that is okay. i know that they will be using promoters, said that same item regarding promoters is in the application. >> any questions for the officer? >> any public comment on this item? the matter is with the commission. commissioners? >> i would move to approve this with the addition of the permissions of the southern station, a correction of the good neighbor policy that applies. otherwise, what the officer included. >> i second. [roll call vote] [ayes are unanimous] president newlin: thank you and good luck. comments and questions? anybody have something that we could not have possibly discussed already? [laughter] >> i have two things. i would be great if the security plan was a little more customized the each of venue. i have it memorized. the next time you run into them, would you mention in? and i just want to wish you will live very happy and healthy holiday. merry christmas ,happy kwanzaa, we already have a hot cup. -- hannukah. >> i want to say something about the

that is a credit to the applicants into our partners. of the 60 applications, her two of them were considered a menu projects. i will be presenting again in february for how to revise the process. but i think the fact that there were so many people speak to the challenges of the menu system. they were relatively small and simple projects. they were actually disqualified from the process. one thing that we are discussing and working with members of the task force is to reconsider a small, medium, large purses a large pot. as for the project selection process itself, i have included the selection committee package that was distributed to the members of the committee as was the members. each member of the committee reviewed the criteria and reported to each other. we took those scores and review each application as a group. the committee came to an agreement about which project best fits the criteria in the majority vote to approve projects. i did not vote on recommendations, and i say that the committee -- several applicants have had questi

at some point, the applicant came to my staff and provided a handwritten note. my staff as i waited this and noted that there could be some discrepancies and they contacted the home office and talked to one of my permit staff. per discussion, they were authorized a four-month permit. this is not answer the question that was posed that how what an individual was given this, it would somehow change from how it would change possession. based upon this information, some have a document and we have to revoke the permit based on what appears to be fraud. had this to build a building permit or a planning document, someone would make the change. deep building believes that we acted appropriately -- the building department believes we acted appropriately. but appears that someone had manipulated information. >> it is that your handwriting? >> that is my handwriting except for number 5. >> what are the word spread of four of the line at the bottom. >> that lists 30 linear feet. >> i just want to make sure. >> when you put to that, you had written it the number four. there

without digging through the entire application, it is a 49 occupancy place, correct? so all three of the conditions recommended by the police department are not necessary. >> once again, i move to approve the application as submitted. commissioner meko: i would like to second that motion. commissioner perez: aye. commissioner meko: aye. vice chair joseph: aye. commissioner benetti: aye. commissioner cavellini: aye. president newlin: aye. item seven7 -- 7d. >> this person has applied for live entertainment including deejays, live bands, reality tv, and all kinds of good stuff. this venue is part of the embassy hotel. i believe the hotel and a new owner are one and the same. -- and the new owner are one and the same. -- and venue owner are one and the same. no. station has recommended approval with conditions including the entertainment and at 1:30 a.m., which is a regular northern the station condition. -- northern police station condition. there are three letters from two different people in opposition to this application related to noise concerns. if they have any que

he has already been twice denied an application for medallion permits. the number one issue is that he has not fulfilled full time driving requirements even as it stood when his application cannot in 2008. he has never submitted the requisite number of waybills. he submitted 54 for 2005, none for 2006, but later submitted 3 for 2006. there is no dispute that he did not drive because he was out of the country. in 2008, it was determined that he substantially qualified for the year 2008 with the driving a requirement. please keep in mind at the time of the application, the rules were slightly different and he only needed to complete three out of four years. the current rule is four out of five. with the full time driving requirements, three out of four years. he doesn't seem to dispute the lack of documentation. he does claim that he is a driver and people know him as a driver. the years in dispute are 2005 and 2006. there has never been documentation to substantiate that. it is important to note that the hearing officer in the matter of looking beyond the way

as far as the test is concerned, each medallion applicant is given a test. they are all given a basic texaco driving test. the get three opportunities to take the exam and mr. omar failed all three times. there are claims that test should be irrelevant, but i think that goes to the heart of whether you know what you are doing being a taxicab driver. there are only so many ways we can get to know what you know about driving on the streets. that test is one of those ways. if someone sends a location to you, you do not want to get a complete later on that drivers do not know where they are going. that is the type of complaint we tend to get regarding this issue. this is not irrelevant. it is actually an important point in order to maintain a medallion. finally, i do not want to go into details regarding the brief. i think the brief summers up everything relatively well. there was an issue regarding mr. omar's airport transaction. his bills will typically have an sfo trip, if not several. smart cars were introduced to sfo the summer of 2007, in june 2007. you can

she has been a great asset to the committee, and i hope you will consider her application. supervisor campos: great. thank you very much. any member of the public who would like to speak on any of the applicants, please come forward. you have two minutes, and again , i do want to thank angelica for her service. >> i'm actually here to speak on the people we would like you to recommend. the diversity of the south of market is important, so i truly hope you would consider conny ford, ada chan, allan manalo, judith baker, and it was actually through the renaissance, and i really like their program in terms of finding other ways to find jobs for the neighborhood. we really recommend them because of the service that they do in the south of market and the different ideas that they bring to the table. that is basically it. supervisor campos: just so i understand, you are speaking for mr. temprano? >> yes. we would actually be more involved in the soma cac, even though i'm not sitting there. supervisor campos: is there any other member of the public who would like to speak on these

>> at this time, yes. >> i want to address a couple of things in the application. as far as grandfathered, there's no such thing as an entertainment permit that is grandfather. they must be applied for by every person and we are the entertainment commission. the conditions on his lease, this is not our problem. this is something that you take up with your landlord, what ever you were due diligence should have been. i have a couple of things that i wanted to say. i believe that you have to have food available as long as you search of a halt, is that correct? >> yes. >> if you are serving alcohol after midnight, you have to have food. this is not something that we can deal with here. i'd do disagree with no line outside. i waited for a seat at the chinese restaurant. you cannot have a cooper of people waiting to take that table. that is not friendly to business. >> i am wondering what happens at 11:30. it seems that most people are most likely to be there until 9:00 or 10:00 tonight. >> the code says that you need one security guard for every 100 people tend to know i

currently available is sf parcel the assessor's application. you can go to the assessor's website and bring up a map of san francisco you can search by address and get information about any place in san francisco. you can search by address and find incidents of crime in san francisco in the last 90 days. we have [inaudible] which allows you to click on a map and get nchldz like your supervisor or who your supervisor is. the nearest public facility. and through the sf applications we support from the mayor's office

the applicant applied for this in mid october to add what the application says a small band and d.j. to his restaurant and lounge located on petura hill at 18th and connecticut. this is the location of the late and great lingba lounge that some of you might remember. there is a liquor license on the premises and the applicant, the business seats 40 people. >> on that side of the restaurant. >> and it's open every day for lunch and dinner. is that correct? >> dinner pretty much. >> dinner primarily. entertainment as planned -- is planned for wednesday through sunday. the planning department indicated that this is a permitted use on the ground floor. and attached to this memo is the station conditions. they've indicated approval with these conditions. i think. although i can't see him, officer dalton from bayview station is here to answer any questions that the commission might have regarding these conditions. marco, have you soon these conditions? >> i have. >> ok. and therefore the staff is recommending conditional approval. so do you want to add to anything? >> yes. i'm not sure if i

and asked what the new applicants requested, and we looked to see if they fit into our categories and what seek would fit them. we started first with the board of examiners. we saw we had miss harper, a fellow architect, so that is wonderful. she was applying for the architect seat. jane is the founding member of her architecture firm, and she is a founding director of planned san francisco, which is a community-based organization that helps promote permeable landscaping, and she has done a fine job in san francisco promoting that. we said jane wanted to be on the board of examiners, so we put her there. next, we looked back henry, who applied for the access of appeals commission for the contractor seat, and henry is the contractor and has been a contractor since the 1970's. we put henry to the access appeal commission, and everybody else that was an incumbent to the other seeds, we decided to leave them there. i think there was only one other open seat, and he was president of the commission at that time. finally, we went down to the code advisory committee and learned that there was

i don't know what the process is for an applicant after i get done meeting with them. that being said, i met with marco or mr. rodriguez again. the -- last week i believe it was. discussed similar conditions that would be -- i would be imposing. one of them would be the hours of entertainment. and this is the hours of his operation were straight from his mouth. he wants to be open from -- he told me from 5:00 to midnight. wednesday through i think either saturday or sunday. i made it from 11:00 a.m. to midnight seven days a week. there was a discussion about the security guard. his occupancy, mr. rodriguez told me, was 70 people. i requested for one security guard. that's it. he is advertising this as a place for d.j.'s and entertainment. and i found a flier at the coffee shop that's been advertised in the bay guardian. this is in line with exactly what he wants to do. or what he told me. >> any questions for the officer? yes. >> could you describe the neighborhood as -- is this heavily residential? >> i would describe it as mostly a mixed use type area. a lot of ground

the subject application, the bill to permit application was submitted at the end of december of last year. they submitted through the review process and the planning commission heard this item on may 20 and voted 5-1-1, with a commissioner absent, to approve the project as proposed. with that, there are probably some questions of what the powers of this board are. i would defer to the expert, the deputy city attorney and the deputy director, but it is my understanding of the discretionary powers of this board are broad. the discretionary powers of the planning commission are derived from powers given to this board. you can consider the impact of development applications on the adjacent property. i think that is important to know so that everybody in the stands with the roles and responsibilities of this board are. also, we're starting all over again. these to novo hearings will cure a lot of the minor here it -- all of the minor issues, whether the testimony went to 3:00 a.m., whether or not a child care center was or was not completed and the analysis. this hearing will correct all

org has the application the community challenge grant web page. so, let's see. it's a highly competitive grant. there are 200 officially recognized neighborhoods in the city of san francisco. check it out if you go to sfgov. org and click on agencies and the planning department on the planning department home page there is a spreadsheet they update when they have time of neighborhood organizations that want to be notified. so and many are interested in getting money to improve their neighborhoods. we usually have applications along the order of 2-1/2 times the funding that we have. like we will have 500 thousand dollars available to give out ask and we get 1.3 million dollars worth of applications. it's competitive. we are not hard and fast about breaking down the money between small, medium and large. we are pretty flexible. we like to look at good projects. we always try to fund one large project if it's a hundred thousand we may be might not fund 2 large projects. so, with that, i will quit and invite david and neil and joseph to talk about some of their proj