mr. pappas. and as the divinty tree was opened, it had literally the final quality medicine in san francisco and as a patient advocate it is my responsibility to check on the quality of medicine for the quality assurance as well as poe potentcy and the quality was unsurpassed and secondly wh, it was opened they had an amazing compassion program, where the people can come in and who my experience as a patient at his dispensary was exemplary and he had terrific medicine and some of the best medical cannabis in the city, and i miss it, i miss it. i would sure like to see it be restored to that location again. one other point that i would like to make is that when he was in... the dispensary there, there was not one complaint from the neighbors while he was there and so he was an exemplary dispensary for the model for the city and the community. please reinstate his permit. thank you so much. >> next speaker please? >> my name is charles malcom and i am strongly opposed to the cannabis club reopening

mr. pappas, most of your brief was a series of redone e-mails. and is there a reason why you did not provide the original e-mails. and previeded the e-mails to myself and the two month period. and also a letter of determination, and from january to march. mr. siger and who i met in 2005. and also in 2012. when we were discussing the relocation, and i thought that we had a good relationship but for some reason. that you asked me to provide and reopening information and what we had done and you can see that the e-mails. and it is active and pretty much, you know, you said at the beginning is that i understand why they call it... and i believe that the discretion shoulding offered by that closure. >> i have a question. so, from the time that you were closed was there any activity on the premises? >> we had the delivery service and we maintained the rent until may, because the department of public health says that any medicine used for delivery should come out that have address and to be honest with you that is not what happens. we kept the address a

mr. pappas, you understand that this is site specific to that... >> let me finish my question. to you. you indicated in an earlier statement that you felt the current landlord is not going to talk to him. >> and i did talk to him. and we were not a good fit and they were notified of this hearing and they talked with the xwor don property management who managed it before and that thou knew what a good tenant we were and we did not lose the lease we gave it up. >> and so, i mean there was a, and this, i mean that this is a... and i mean the responsibility to move back in, and we like to get in the bigger space if we move back in, we can do it right away, otherwise it will be at least four to six months to find a location. that is how long it takes to deal with planning and you know, i letter of determination tooks nine weeks not 4 to 6 like it was supposed to. it took me two months to prepare. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> mr. sanchez? >> to read from the letter of determination and requests that on september 28, 2011, local u.s. attorney forfeit tur fines and the present threats to the

mr. pappas is the appeal ant and we are able to hear from you and you have 7 minutes to present your case. >> how is the staff, can you hear me? >> yes, pretty well, yes, thank you. >> it will be the same question. >> good evening board and secretary and my name is charles pappas and i realize that you, this is a normal in the sense that it is a dispute between a landowner or a tenant on a piece of property with planning, and in that way, this is a normal case. but, it is a very unusual case. i would like to show you how unusual it is, i want to suspend my time and show you why it is closed. >> you have the use of the overhead or the computer whichever you need. >> overhead please. >> we were closed because of our approximate of the park which is in the last and in the park and the strip club and the other and the annual view, and around the corner on geary. >> could you reduce it a little bit. >> there is a strip plumber and put it down and the reference of the shell. >> to the extend that you can speak to the mic it is helpful. >> i know that you are trying to look at the picture. we we

mr. pappas at one point, that...ment >> you need to repeat what he is saying or he needs to come to the mic. >> he is is stating that there was a pdf form from batia that spoke on this. and regardless of well i took over in 2013, and i think that as the lease is up in may, which we are kind of going with at this point. and it would be not be able to operate after that date any way. but we have stated in the past the environmental health, that if the location is we would be able to reinstate the permit because we do issue the permits but we cannot do without the approval from planning. and so there was a reconstituted form from dr. batia that is referencing. >> yeah. >> and it was a pdf. >> okay. >> i could thot comment on that. and i think that i sent you all of the information that i have that is in the official file. >> okay. >> but, from talking to the former manager, the last visit that he took was in i think, april, or march of this year. and it didn't see much activist. but we didn't officially close the business until may of that year. but i think that there was correspondence with t