i never used to go to polk street. i would just go through it, but now it's the nicest place around. it's really calm. it's quiet. they rarely have music. they do but not often enough that i of able to participate very much. he's such a nice guy. the lady that complained that the doors were open. if she went and closed the windows i know he would do it in a minute. he wants to be nice and help people and contract. he's a fantastic guy. >> >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i am steven cornell and i own a hardware store two and a half blocks where this place is. what bothers me as a business person and there for seven years and got a permit and maybe they're not doing what they're supposed to but nobody stopped them after all this time and putting money into the business and doing different stuff and possibly closed for something that is going on that nobody ever called them on that's pretty tough after making all that kind of investment. i have been on the street. i actually went to

liquors at 1042 polk street in the lower poke neighborhood as well as spencer and dan ems at 1541 polk street which is in the lower poke association, these are problem vendors for which there have been numerous neighborhood complaints over the years and these are licenses that will not be used by cva at the property or sold to another liquor retailer in the neighborhood, these will be results in the elimination of two beer and wine liquor sellers in the neighborhood that have been identified as problem retailers in the past, i want to thank lower poke neighbors had submitted a letter for this particular outcome, i want to note for our colleagues that the conditions that are proposed for this particular liquor license were heavily negotiated between my office and the neighborhood association, because of that, i ask my klaoeks -- colleagues to vote for this. >> the applicant has filed an application with abc seeking a type 20 for 1059 hyde street, for the purposes of this hearing, the abc seeks a determination pr the board of supervisors as the approval or denial of this liquor license,

>> the lower polk association did. they felt the project was misrepresented to them at the earlier meeting and felt there were noise problems there. >> okay. >> and the middle polk -- he spoke earlier and they didn't like the idea of them changing into a bar and they don't like the extended hours but the extended hours are not in front of you anymore. they deleted that from the request but they're concerned about it becoming a full bar and the police department -- i tried to get a hold of them and haven't been successful in getting to the permit officer. he hasn't been returning my calls. >> maybe i can ask the sponsor. >> i have a limited live music permit and never goes beyond 10:00 p.m.. it's a secondary use. we have music maybe once a month. >> are there things that you are willing to do for the concerns of the neighbor and creeping more into a night blub? >> yeah. we had a speaker and moved that to the back of the facility and no music going out the windows right now. i met with them with the middle neighborhoods

polk street type 21 liquor license, we'd like to see that it's been transferred, then the community will be satisfied that cvs is acting in good faith, we're not clear on the relationship between the gar field beach cvsllc which is the liquor license owner that's been talked about and then we are also not clear about how a surrendered license purchase helps the polk street corridor when the license is no longer actively a nuisance in that area, so we have a lot of concern about this and then again as of today on the abc website, i want to reiterate that -- the overhead, at 1042 polk street, this is off the abc website, the license is still active with the previous owner and as well as the license at 1541 polk street, the license has been surrendered, so it's not been purchased by anybody, so this is as of today, because the inquiry was done on the 21st, that doesn't mean that they update until tonight, the 22nd. >> any other members of the public wish to comment on this item. seeing none, public comment is closed. >> you can go and consider this item. >> thank you. supervisor olague

[speaker not understood] alcohol related restrictions in the lower polk neighborhood. at this time the lower polk neighborhood is saturated with alcohol establishments, bars and liquor stores. the office of small business has 60 alcohol licenses on record for the six blocks of polk street from owe facial to california and its side streets. this concentration of alcohol establishments has caused quality of life issues for our residents including noise and public safety issues. drupe while i greatly appreciate the activity on polk street at night, it is important we have a diversity of neighborhood serving businesses. i want to thank the residents from lower poke neighborhood who worked with my staff to create a restricted use district to districts on divisadero, 3rd street and mission street. * since we have so many alcohol establishments, my legislation would prohibit new bars, liquor stores, and tobacco shops, but at the same time it would allow existing owners of establishments -- alcohol establishments to continue to operate as well as provide a mechanism for them t

we're here to discuss poor house on polk. this is a business that has been been for eight years and there is some ambiguity in the language used in the original conditional use permit because it refers to a retail wine store and wine tasting room defined as a liquor store and bar, so anyway because of the customers demand the bar become -- i mean the wine tasting concept more of a bar concept. this business employs seven people, several of whom live in the area. there have been no incidents and there was tremendous support until the last 24 years there was a rush to ditch the boat. it has a limited live entertainment permit with all the rules and regulations in place that would mean he would have his permit revoked if he didn't stop the music at ten, so there are many checks and balances in place. this business is only open until 12 midnight and the goal here is to maintain and sustain a business in a block that i am very familiar with because i had a friend that lived at the hotel and i will tell you walking down there yeste

going to contest me and i don't know why they're front and center now and i'm not even in that middle polk jurisdiction. >> okay. >> commissioner wu. >> thank you. so we do have the 2005 conditions in front of us and they fairly clearly state that the business shall be operating as retail store with wine tasting bar. i think it's really hard to support a business -- the business maybe doing well, or sort of a nice business owner, but it's hard to support that the original cu was not followed and i think it sends a bad message to other business owners that they don't necessarily have to follow the conditions of their approval, so i think it's possible for the business to condition to run under the original cu so i don't support the one in front of us today. >> commissioner sugaya. >> yes, if you go on the internet i don't see retail sales and it's operating that way in violation of the original conditional use and seems to me that the argument presented because it's been operating for seven years illegally now it's okay because it's a nice place and the owner is a nice guy and everything el

we're here to discuss poor house on polk. this is a business that has been been for eight years and there is some ambiguity in the language used in the original conditional use permit because t

one it's in the senior housing and when i went in there -- really i went in at 1423 polk and did you get a notice? "you can help us. we're suffering". nobody understands how they're suffering and cut to the heart. they have the heart conditions and not all from the bar and some is from the ones in the 1200 block and he said "the one downstairs" and they're not thinking about that and they don't get a response from it. the old people, and mostly chinese speakers and -- >> ms. chapman i just need a little more specificity. you're talking about noise to a particular group who are supposedly bothered by a lot of noise and this maybe only one contributor. and the condo owners across the street and she said i won't ring the bell anymore and the permit and there is someone that filed -- not this one and the introduction and too many together and all the noise and filed 60 complaints at least to the police. >> thank you for your answers. that's enough. we are hearing complaints about multiple things. that isn't before us. >> to me the specific violation. to me and the neighbors. it's importa

unusual that you recently visited the question of renewing and expanding the lease for 555 and 575 polk street but as part of that tentative approval, there was a ratification clause that requested real estate with a host of support team here with me today, report back on potential uses of the 9 thousand square feet currently occupied be i the community justice center, should that center not be in existence during the term of the lease, what other potential uses could be placed into the facility, so i just want to provide that information, it is contained in our cover letter report to you in your file, but just to recap, we've identified a number of potential uses should the property become available on the upper floor, the 9 thousand square feet. that ranges from the department of public health's weight and measures division, which is currently locked into space within fox plaza and expansion is difficult and they are in fact hiring additional staff with frankly very little room to place them. other alternatives include the treasure tax collector, includes the assessor recorder's offic

[laughter] and i'm skeptical of polk. i wouldn't have been a walk-in for polk, and had he been -- had he won, it would have been a very troubled presidency. on the other hand, he was a strong pro-slavery man, and it would have been harder to achieve compromise. all right. >> we have time for one more question. >> thank you for your speech here today. i would like to talk about a statement made by frederick douglass, one of the former slaves who found freedom in the underground railroad and got assistance from the abolitionists up there up north. he said that he found that some of the slave masters who were or claimed to be the most christian were some of the most severe with their treatment and punishment towards the slaves. my question is with some of the individuals that you researched, how did they reconcile god and slavery in the building of the christian nation? >> this is a great question. there's so much to say on this subject. i'll try to say it little and concisely. as i suggested earlier, you can go into these d

i happen to be a paid member of lower polk neighbors. so, you know, i want to recognize there are other community groups besides the community leadership alliance and, you know, every group has their own opinion and does their own thing. but the applicant did come to alliance for better district six meeting, did talk to us. so we are going to remain neutral on this because we -- we also want to respect the concerns of theser community organizations when they have interests. they -- my understanding any problem that they currently is happening along lower polk is that there are many bars and there are tour buses and many concerns that the residents have about noise. noise abatement. we are not sure how these things impact. we will stay neutral on this. i have done several site reviews on the amsterdam. i do see people hanging out of front, so the issue of loitering is a concern of ours. we did send in a protest, but it came in late so -- our organization, so it was not registered with abc. you know, again, we are volunteer organization an

it is starting to quiet down, but there's still people on the streets, polk street still closed off.there are people throwing bottles and glasses breaking stuff on the street. but it is still very quiet. here, this guy, he is drinking a bottle of champagne and -- there are lots more like him walking the streets drinking beer and champagne celebrating. cars are driving by and honking their horn. the fireworks have spotted, but people on the street celebrating with each other. >> all right and just an average night on polk street. >> all right. the knowledge of the area. >>> we'll be right back. >>> we are back out live looking at at&t park. at least the street in front of it. bonfires and bottles being thrown. the after glow. >> all right. young kids withing nothing -- nothing else to do. who cares, 98% of the people are in the good mood. this guy has to get up early and catch a non stop flight from detroit to san francisco. >> so, jr. how is it going in detroit? >> well, a much different attitude out here then the one in san francisco, but i can tell you one thing taking with a lot o

he's someone that our neighborhood and our residents on polk street knew, had an enormous heart and great smile. ready to help those in need and someone who was very much a part of a wonderful and loving family and community. and all the best to his family. and i also have an in memoriam for bob [speaker not understood] who some of you may know, was a first generation san francisco an who married and raised four children here including community leader sam ladder. after graduating from u.c. berkeley and hastings law school, bob joined a family firm and became active in numerous civic organizations, particularly within the jewish community as well as on our san francisco human rights commission. he also had a love of politics and successfully ran the mccarthy campaign for the board of supervisors. and i know that he will be missed dearly by the community and his family. my third in memoriam is for gary cray who is known by many in the telegraph hill community, my district, as the filbert steps gardner. gary tended to the gardens of the filbert steps, which is one of our city's great hidden

the mta is working on projects such as the lower polk bike network and advancing planning for upper polk and other projects in the design phase. finally being very supportive of two key transit spines in the neighborhood of market and van ness, which are moving forward in the process or planning space to improve transit on the key corridors which are really the spines that the entire market and octavia neighborhood has plans around. with that it would be happy by to answer any other questions. i thank you for your attention at this late hour. >> mr. olagi. >> i just want to thank you for your presentation and look forward to the continued conversations on this issue. i worked on the market on octavia and it was pretty exciting as far as how it looked at all the different modes of, you know, transportation, walking, bicycling. we focused a lot on parking requirements at that time. at some point it might be interesting to get a sense of how that has affected or not some of the goals i think, which is to build a more sustainable neighborhood, i think. i just want to see how the parking issu

on polk street, there are many incidences of drug dealing and prostitution.n some of the entertainment quarters, we of shootings that happened. these are perennial issues that the police department needs to continually tackle. i am a big fan of the concept of community policing. that is the idea that our local police officers need to establish a better relationship with members of the community, residents, and merchants. through that community partnership, we have seen true successes in being able to combat crime. you have eyes and ears on the street cooperating with the men and women in blue. that helps to reduce crime. i have been pushing our police department to implement that. >> your district is a well-known nightlife destination. how do you balance the needs of the residents with the needs of the restaurants and bars? >> i moved into my neighborhood in part because we have such a wonderful vibrant nightlife. san francisco is famous for our restaurant scene, are seen, club scene. -- are sbar scene. we have had too much violence around these nighttime ven

carly romalino there on the scene, a special guest joining me, sheriff grady judd, joining me out of polknk you for being with us. >> nancy, it is my honor to be with you this evening. >> sheriff, you have handled so many investigations. my question is the fact that this body has been put in this recycling container, rolled out to the street, that's pretty bold, sheriff. what does that tell you? >> well, nancy, what it tells us is that he wanted to -- he or she, and most likely he wanted to get rid of this person permanently, and didn't want his fingerprints on it. we handled a similar case like this several years ago. now, you can't discount the angle of the cell phone but the police will be looking from the house outward. when you see that she lived very close to this abandoned house and then that's where they found the body, you can believe that more than likely, they will talk to the suspect within the first 24 to 72 hours of their investigation as part of just a normal interview, starting out with before she was found, have you seen this child. look for the person you already talked

in england as an investigative reporter columnist and senior writer two time winner of the george polk award for excellence in journalism and a pulitzer prize finalist in two thousand and two thousand and two his second book the informant was called one of the best nonfiction books of the decade by the new york times book review and made into a major motion picture starring matt damon for its most recent book is the critically acclaimed five hundred days secrets and lies in the terror wars joins me now in the studio so honored to have you with us thanks for having me thanks for joining us. first of five hundred a question so let's start with nine eleven it seems to have been a pivotal point in fact i want to get into some of the before but first of all the nine eleven commission i'm just curious your thoughts on what they did how well they did that sort of i think it's. terms of you know outside commissions that are investigating government action i think actually the nine eleven commission is up there in terms of quality i mean the report they put out was much more detailed than i eve

i would like to have dave polk who is the district team leader for the store. [applause] and we're going to have some of our store team come up. we're going to cut the ribbon and get this thing going if i can have the speakers come up as well. [applause] >> all right. thank you. all right.

next is for polk street proposed for continuous for november 15, 2012. item number four case amendments to the planning code to establish the divisadero neighborhood commerical district proposed for continuous. item five case amendments to the planning code to establish the fillmore street neighborhood commerical district and proposed for continuous. and commissioners, the first item on your kltd consent calendar, the first two actually for south venice avenue and propose for continuous and item number seven case for 601 venice proposed for continuous. i will ask you to take action on all of those items but bear with me. there are more items for continuous but these are the regular calendar and i will ask that you delay action on these until the call of the item. with that said the first item 13 for westportal avenue. there is a proposal to continue this item to avenue 29, 2012. it's my understanding that -- the project sponsor made the request but the neighborhood organization that is in support of the project is in support of that and staff is in suppo

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