we bring people to medjool. it has employees and nonprofit organizations that are as diverse as san francisco. we appreciate your support for the recommendation. thanks. president olague: thank you. roberg boyle, megan grace, mary salome. >> good afternoon, commissioners. thank you so much for allowing me to come and make brief comments. i am an environmental professional. i have worked on ceqa for the state of california. i currently do environmental review work on an international context. i have lived in san francisco for approximately 11 years. i am a member of the buddhist center. the buddhist center is important because it is not just a religious institution. it is a community institution as well. our doors tend to be open to the community. it is a place where you can go for solace. it provides access that is very important. you have seen this -- i think this is where i put it. i think they showed you this before. i just want to make, wearing my hat as somebody who has done ceqa and done this kind of work

i am in full support of medjool. i think it will bring a lot more income to the neighborhood and the city. i think it is important to support these types of businesses in san francisco. there are a lot of -- not a lot of businesses that work with nonprofits in the area. it is important for us to encourage more and to work something out between the businesses and residents. it is time for this to move forward. >> good evening, commissioners. i have not been here for a long time. i forgot how to speak. but bear with me. i am here and supporting medjool because it is a great access to our community. i am a longtime resident and worked in the mission my entire life. i think it is good for us to have big business in our community, and especially on mission street. this is helpful to our community, the nonprofit, and other people. he has let us have fund-raisers in his place and does not charge us anything. tell us where in san francisco you can go get a fund-raiser and not have to pay any money. he has been very helpful t

medjool owns the building and can be specific about his use. however, you cannot ignore that you have a mixed use building with demands that need to be managed in order for the project to come forward. going back to the location of the suggested toilets, at this moment they are not going anywhere. there is not even a common party wall where that plumbing would be coming down. it does not even sit with the existing prominent. that aside, i believe the conditions which could be worked out between the parties are not for us to work out and dr. around. i am not prepared to support the motion or approve the project as it is in front of us today. commissioner fong: i did have the pleasure of spending nearly two hours yesterday at the buddhist center. it is a charming little spot. but i think we have in front of us and attempt to correct something that may have been wrong. i do not feel it is our role to penalize someone. i think it is our objective to try to help this person make corrections. in my opinion, they have made changes. they voluntarily re

i was the one coming years ago, one of the people who observed the illegal use of the medjool. i would like to see it work on some level. we will see. we have faith that there is a way of making it work. so i'm going to support the motion. commissioner sugaya: i just want to help commissioners understand the closing times are just for patrons. the workers are going to be there forever. vice president miguel: isn't there a one hour restriction on that? i'm sorry. i do not have it in front of me right now. >> let me double check. i do believe i put in the condition that the workers would have to leave by one hour after the closing. vice president miguel: that is normal. maybe i missed it if it was not in there. >> on condition 12, hours of operation, second paragraph states no patrons may remain in the outdoor activity area after closing time. staff may remain in the facility as necessary for cleaning and other duties related to the operation of the area one hour past the closing our stated above. non-remain in the outdoor area of the cleanup time. president olague: i guess we do

the medjool web page says we have free rooftop parties for hostel guests and it is available for large rental events up to 200 persons. that is not a quiet restaurant event. we do not want to see a special events akin to the time of spike