jeremy paul. just wanted to make a comment on behalf of trigger. they've had sound problems and have made major changes to their sound systems repeatedly. they've had complaining -- complaints from a single party across the street about sound and have made a lot of modifications that i think have been reflected in vaj's report. however there is a smoking area in front of the -- at the front of the club that's open to the sidewalk. poses a unique problem for the club and poses a unique problem for the city, to the neighborhood commercial district and for the industry. is it better off to have people confined within a space that's part of the business in a potential sound source that can't easily be controlled? or would we rather have people leave the club, wander the block to smoke, make whatever noise they want out there in a fully uncontrolled environment and then come back to the club or maybe wander elsewhere? i think that this is somewhat of an intractable situation. they have put in sound baffling, they followed every recommendation to try to

jeremy paul on behalf of regan caponi and the comet club. reagan has owned the comet club since the mid 1990's and he also has an entertainment license for club on the haig called milk. both of these clubs are very well run and have no police problems and are well-liked in the communities. it's very important to note that there are no changes proposed for the comet club. there has been amplified sound since at least the 1970's. there has been a long record of this location being a disco tech under various names which i won't bore you with, but they really speak to the times. that they were hope -- open. and the current situation, the current conditional use, arose from a complaint from a new tenant owner who doesn't live there, who is an owner of an apartment in the adjacent prorlt. they started -- property. they started the planning complaint which led to the request for the conditional use. we sought the conditional use. this person who had complained did not boggetter to show up at the planning commission hearing. the planning commission

jeremy paul on behalf of regan caponi and the comet club. reagan has owned the comet club since the mid 1990's and he also has an entertainment license for club on the haig called milk. both of these clubs are very well run and have no police problems and are well-liked in the communities. it's very important