my name is marsha garland. my firm was retained after two of the conditioners. we specialize in outreach and our task was to meet with the relevant and significant individuals in the community. people with a vested interest and the collected bodies in the community and we have done that. the venue as you know used to be gravity. which has a history we do not want to go into. the current owner has gone to a great deal of trouble and expense to turn a nightmare into a place of beauty. we have had debates about whether there is enough -- this was an old sign. it was found nearby from an old gin and baht could distillery. that is why it is called that. -- gin and vodka vodka distillery. that is why it is called that. he hired kendall agins from agins interiors. that is still outstanding. as you can see. ok. just recently, the neighboring business called the republic was granted an entertainment permit and it has a much larger capacity. this been you has operated in a stellar matter for the five months it has been opened. there have been no incidents and the reports.

>> i am marsha garland and got involved in community politics because of broadway. i think you have done an incredibly holistic and comprehensive job of pulling all the entities together. all the problems you cited are things i have been aware of for a long time and i think you are on the right path. thank you very much. president newlin: thank you. seeing no other members of the public coming forward, we will move on to item 5. police department comments and questions. >> good evening. stephen mathias from central station. i talked to vaj earlier today and you have quite a few reports in front of you. you have a long agenda for tonight. i'm going to go over the things that i have noticed the last three weekends we have been out

>> i am marsha garland and got involved in community politics because of broadway. i think you have done an incredibly holistic and comprehensive job of pulling all the entities together. all the problems you cited are things i have been aware of for a long time and i think you are on the right path. thank you very much. president newlin: thank you. seeing no other members of the public coming forward, we will move on to item 5.

>> i am marsha garland and got involved in community politics because of broadway. i think you have done an incredibly holistic and comprehensive job of pulling all the entities together. all the problems you cited are things i have been aware of for a long time and i think you are on the right path. thank you very much. president newlin: thank you. seeing no other members of the public coming forward, we will move on to item 5. police department comments and questions. >> good evening. stephen mathias from central station. i talked to vaj earlier today and you have quite a few reports in front of you. you have a long agenda for tonight. i'm going to go over the things that i have noticed the last three weekends we have been out doing inspections of the various clubs. on the whole i have liked what i have seen. i am happy the clubs are doing things for it well. one of the club's, " recess. i have seen an improvement. the lines are more -- more control. we have not had any problems i have seen coming out of there. it is helpful, whether it be that conditions, it gets

i'm marsha garland and this is my client, who is americanized. anyway, it's a very small thai restaurant on post street, 720 post. in a rare one-story building in the middle of the city. the interior seats 49 people. and the block that runs to the conche involves one-story shops, a laundromat, massage parlor, a cafe and an indonesian restaurant. and across the street it has built-in markets with lots of people. we have done a very -- this has been a very long process for him because it turned out he needed a section 312 notification before he could move forward with the entertainment permit application. the section 312 notification went -- involved a mailing to residents within a 300-block radius. this was done several months ago. and we've worked closely with rick crawford, the planner, on this, and there were no complaints, no questions, no responses whatsoever to that mailing. after that we filed with the entertainment commission and his goal is -- the abc license that he has is beer and wine only and he's allowed to serve until 12:00 midnight