Representatives. And given the speaker the volume of speakers here today, one minute for anyone who wants to speak in opposition of the appeal and finally, five minutes for rebuttal by the appellant or the appellant representative. Please note if youre here to speak on either of the 21612165 irving street appeals, this will be your time to do so. So, colleagues, without objection, well proceed as follows. Supervisor tang. Supervisor tang thank you very much. I do know that many people are here on this item and were delayed by half an hour, so im going to allow us to proceed with Public Comment first. Also want to remind everything that i have also reviewed petitions, letters, emails, phone calls, so certainly if they were individuals were not able to show up for today i have their comments as well. Supervisor tang and the other appellant, are they here today . Please come forward . Ok, would have 7. 5 minutes. My name is flo kimmerling, im going share time with my colleague. Id like to talk about the background of the midsunset Neighborhood Association which i helped to start 35 years ago and has to my joy grown. In all that time, as weve grown, weve tried to foster Cooperation Among neighbors, developers and merchants. Weve met on this particular issue as a group with both the Neighborhood Association and other neighbors. We met as a board. We met with mr. House and mr. Henry who run the Barbary Coast, to listen and hear what they had to say. As a result of that, we put together a list of conditions under which we felt comfortable having this mcd on irving street. Really trying to be flexible. Really trying to be cooperative. That said, i need to tell you, that putting a medical dispensary in our neighborhood, its a stretch. Its a real stretch. Given the feelings and the biases and the just the culture in the community that we are. If it was going to come, we asked that it be closed by 8 00 p. M. You have the list of restrictions. I wont go through all of them, but we asked by 8 00 p. M. It be closed because the neighborhood is quiet by then, as they call themselves a medical dispraens and calls themselves patients, we said if wall green pharmacy is closed by 8 00 p. M. , that should fit well with you. That is not the time theyre scheduled to be closed at this point. We also asked they not apply for a Recreational Use permit when that would be allowed, which i believe is in january of 2018. And id like to read you what their response was, because we were surprised. We do not believe there is such a thing as Recreational Use. Individuals who use cannabis do so to medicate for a problem. It could be anxiety or Something Else and we intend to apply for an adult use permit. It is not a Recreational Use permit. We found this surprising. Think the millions of people who get stoned will find that surprising. They feel theyre selfmedicating, but all the more reason, we do not want this mcd to be given the possibility of having a Recreational Use permit. We feel thats just beyond and were the most liberal group in the neighborhood thats beyond what the neighborhood can bear, beyond what is appropriate. And so were asking you, to exclude that. There is something very selfserving and ill logical about that statement and it gives us pause, makes us suspicious and were counting on you to support us and to hear us. Thank you. Hi, im patrick wolf. I actually personally voted in favor of legalizing cannabis and our appeal its not against distribution or the location under consideration. But at the same time, its not reefer madness for citizens to insist that our government protect us against the harms of cannabis distribution and i would note that different cultures in the city have strong feelings about cannabis, some strongly in favor, some strongly against, which all of us should respect. We submitted several conditions we believed were sensible to protect the neighborhood. These conditions include that it not open before 9 00 a. M. In the morning or between 2 30 or 4 00 in the afternoon when hundreds of School Children are walking along irving street, restriction on store front display of edibles or other products enticing to children, that the dispensary provide Adequate Security control and they should comport itself as a medical dispensary. We said rules developed by the board should be applied here so the dispensary doesnt get special treatment. We did not do exhaustive study of the other localities, we used commonsense. We welcome suggestions that might address what we think are reasonable concerns. These concerns are that children be protected. That selling drugs not attract crime. That traffic issues, especially for heavy cannabis sales to be addressed. And neighborhood residents not be subjected to second hand smoke. The marketing and distribution of all legal drugs, tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceutical, is regulated. The same will be true of cannabis. As you work to design the right regulations, i have three specific recommendations for you. First, please avoid symbolism and focused instead on details that matter. For example, in the case of irving street along the commercial strip between 19 and 26th avenue, whether the dispensary is 600 or 1,000 feet near the school is irrelevant given that in neither case, Young Children will pass it each day. Instead we have hours of operation, enhanced security could make the difference in safety of children and the Public Perception of safety, both of which matter. Second, please establish measurable metrics to determine how regulations are working with a practical framework for remediation. Its not only good governance, but good politics that could move it away from an adversarial tone today. And third, finally the please think outside of the retail box. Cannabis is a lightweight, compact high value commodity. It is a perfect product for delivery. Imagine the scenario. If cannabis were only allowed to be delivered from, but could go to anywhere in the city, then a thriving delivery business, smartly regulated could supply all the cannabis we want while moving us away from the endless fight over each store. Thank you for your time. Supervisor breed thank you very much. Im going to ask members of the public to please respect our board rule. There is no clapping, no audible expression. If you support something, you can use your spirit fingers. If you dont, do thumbs down, but respect the board rules. We want to be respectful to one another. Thank you for your presentation. I will now open this up to Public Comment. If there are any members of the public who would like to speak in support of the appeal, please come forward at this time. You can like up to the right if youre in support of the appeal. First speaker. Thank you, madame president. My name is richard. For the last hour i heard so many supervisors introducing legislation for the benefit of childcare for our children. When you vote up or down for this appeal, that opening a marijuana shop in the sunset neighborhood, i hope youll vote your vote is for the benefit of our children. No Secondhand Smoke will hurt our children. Thank you. Supervisor breed next speaker, this is for anyone who wants to speak to oppose the cannabis club, the irving street property. On the irving street business corridor, there are according to a recent count, 104 Retail Businesses operating in store fronts along irving. Of this number, 15 can be considered units and larger corporations, 13 banks, wall greens, good will and 12 store fronts are vacant. The remainder, 77 is what is considered Small Businesses owners are not able to attend this meeting today because they need to monitor their stores. A significant number of these Businesses Owners have asked me to represent them here, many who have signed the letter examples pressing expressing the concern of their cannabis on their revenue. I shall submit this if allowed. I have received the signatures of the Business Owners and i can leave it with the supervisor if she likes and you can read the testament so i dont have to. Supervisor breed thank you, next speaker, please. We have one minute or two minutes . One minute. Well, please consider what i live on 26th avenue, half a block south of golden gate park. Please consider what will happen when you Retail Cannabis facility, opens to serve the Recreational Marijuana rirmentsz of the requirements of the thousands of vacationing visitors. Stores this close to the park would attract diverse travelers and happy campers. I dont think that usage restrictions would be of any value in this case and our children would quite possibly be going to school or coming home with contact highs. My thought is that this location is at a sensitive junction with the desires of the transients and visitors are incompatible with the citizens quality of life. Thank you. Supervisor breed next speaker, please. I am stella cahill, ill a longtime resident of the district. You are elected officials who have promised to represent persons who voted for you. But you have accepted favors from the cannabis industry. You have accepted monies from the cannabis industry. You have made deals and agreements with the cannabis industry. There is no benefit or need for the sunset district to have a cannabis dispensary. And we dont want it. But you voted for the proverbial fat calf and to benefit yourselves. Shame. Shame on you. Thank you. Supervisor breed next speaker. President breed, and supervisors. Im a resident of the sunset district. And im a resident of San Francisco, they do not allow gun stores and we should not have mcd in the sunset district. Many residents in the sunset district do not desire nor do we have the characteristics for mcd in the sunset district. Supervisor breed next speaker, please. My name is panda wong, im a retired executive of kaiser. I retired last year. Throughout my career i have learned that medical doctors deserve our utmost respect. The opening of irving mcd is obvious disregard for the medical doctors. We need to experience of a medical doctor care and supervision. By having mcd at irving street were announcing to the medical community that we as patients we can make the decisions ourselves, we dont need the doctors. Is this what we want to tell our doctors with many years of medical experience an training . Any drug has its benefit and side effects. The same with marijuana. Are we saying that people that seek marijuana, that need marijuana, their medical doctors have failed them . Supervisor breed thank you. Next speaker, please. Please come forward. Hi, brought everyone a cookie. Youre ok to take it from me next year. Next year, its a concern. I love San Francisco, but it doesnt have a to be cannabis city. It is good in many ways. Ive been resident in sunset district in 32 years. My kids hang out on irving street. They do project at the library and they hang out, no problem. But with the creation marijuana is a concern. You could buy it as easy as coffee. Thats a concern. One day i went back to the house after work and smelled marijuana from the first thing i think of was my kids. They were perfectly ok. It came out to be from my neighbor. Luckily, that neighbor moved out. Whatever the consequences, everyone has to face it. Not just thats what were coming here, because this is the good shape of everybody. Supervisor breed thank you, next speaker, please. We stand pledge allegiance, that mean you got to serve the people to listen to our voice, we cry out loud, no mcd in sunset district. Each community is different. Our community dont like this kind of business. There are lots of old people to come forward, theyre too afraid. You put a lot of money to irving city, but now is so bad, this kind of business in the central district. Dont alone this business in the sunset district. Supervisor breed thank you, next speaker, please. Im mary, i would like to the board of supervisors to think about the tobacco industry. You know how bad tobacco is. But decades ago they claimed to be nonaddictive and not harmful, lo and behold we know the truth right now. There is so much unknown about the cannabis industry. So i urge you to take the set up high standards. We do not want medical marijuana. Irving street is very busy, foot traffic, car traffic area. And many children come in and out after school, before school, so please, no mcd in the irving street and no recreation marijuana. Learn from the tobacco industry. Thank you, next speaker. Good afternoon. Im a parent of two young adults. My kids love to hang out along the irving street corridor. Their friends, they are all closeknit and hang out with the relatives around the area. And there is no access problem for the sunset area. Just cross the park five minutes and this one. You say youre disgusted by corporate money. This is one place where the supervisors have been putting family inferior to the tobacco money. So, please, use your judgment and support family first and use that only 13 children in San Francisco and certainly we hope that you will encourage more children to stay in the city, and not because of the expansion supervisor breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good evening, im a longtime resident of sunset. No mcd. Were not talking about one or six. We are saying no. This simply answer, yes or no. Why it takes so long, a few year to fight, were still fighting for this reason. One reason. Its our government serve us or people to accept what you want . Why making this so complicated . So to understand, it is no mcd. We are crying for help. Peace. No mcd. Supervisor breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good evening. Everyone. Supervisor breed next speaker, please. Good evening, i represent center, located just about 100 feet from the proposed dispensary. This is too close for comfort. Last week, we are to call police to remove pot smoker right from our sidewalk. So kids didnt have anything to breathe with. So, to us, thats too close tore comfort again. Please. Supervisor breed thank you can i ask a question . Yeah. Can i ask a question . A childcare center, i couldnt hear you. Yes, its a childcare center. Where is it located . 22nd avenue irving, right basically on the corner. Thank you. Supervisor breed thank you, next speaker, please. Im reading this letter on behalf of the two bhoks away. As own are of music city, which has been offering the music to children and teenagers for over ten years, have 120 students coming weekly, i hope that you will apply the same principle in the report and mcd be open. We are concerned about a close approximation and exposing our students to marijuana on a highly popular stretch of commercial zone on irving street. Shopping or going to the restaurant, we believe these are very same concerns that promote you to make the report on november 2nd. I hope you will support appeal supervisor breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Good evening, supervisors president breed, im brian young, a San Francisco resident. I have photos here supervisor breed tv . Ok, that shows what sunset is like. Every day we have children going through day and night on sunset street. And theyre going to school, theyre coming back from school. They are gag to the library. Going to the library. We also have on this map, we have over 9,000 children in this area. Often 30 minutes walking distance. We have two schools within five minutes walks, one of them which is less than 600 feet, which is jefferson early elementary. We also have two schools, another 561 children, we have two more schools ten minutes walk, with 80 children. And we have three more schools that have 1500 children. Supervisor breed thank you for your comments, sir. Next speaker, please. Sir, please speak into the microphone. Support and last week, i have historic missed by the city of San Francisco. From dispensary was not extend to 1,000 feet. So today, we have a new opportunity to correct the mistake by ensuring we do not allow the dispensary in the heart of the area. So many children. I encourage you to wait and look into our heart when you make the decision. And supervisors, i would ask that you remember that their future is in your hand. I would like to ask you to take this opportunity to make your voice heard that youll stand up for those powerless and to support the appeal and disallow the dispensary at this location. Thank you. Supervisor breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Maam, pull the microphone close. My name is rose, i live just a block away from the proposed mcd, challenges with traffic that new mcd will cause. You see from the picture, the neighborhood is already congested and finding parking can be a major problem on a daily basis, keep in mind, this is not including shoppers from our town. You can see that the map, that from the picture, that people are double parked and parking in front of other residents driveway. They dont have to come to irving street, because its easier and convenient for them to go into chinatown because parking is possible. Its right next to the mcd door, this will cause supervisor breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. My name is i respect politicians 64, however i oppose the irving mcd open at this specific location, because since this area have higher number of Young Students visiting here. There are students from jefferson, ste. Anne, lincoln, lowell, irving, on foot every day after school, weekend and holiday. There are across the street, 100 feet from mcd. We have reached limit. The student is 100 feet away from there. We dont want to take any chances that put all these persons at risk when mcd in our neighborhood. We dont want our children to be following the wrong like this. We want to protect our children. We want to make supervisor breed thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. My name is tony, i live two blocks approximately from the mcd. Im here to brief you on the merchant strike that occurred on december 1 from 10 a. M. To 11 a. M. Am sunset residents and irving merchants went on strike and protested in front of the mcd. Between the irving street between 21st avenue and 24th avenue. Overall, approximately 85, yes, 85 of owners, managers and workers closed their stores during shop hours to protest th