The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the september 26th, 2019 regular meeting of the Public SafetyPublic Safety and Neighborhood Services committee. Clerk is john carroll and i would like to think San Francisco government tv for bringing this meeting to be. Please ensure you silence also phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and any copies of the documents you have should be submitted to the clerk items acted upon today will appear on the october 8th, 2019 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Before we go to the first item, i would like to make a motion to excuse supervisor walton and we can take that without objection. Please call the first item. Hearing to consider the premise to premise transfer of her tight 48 on sale general Public Liquor license doing businesses a night market to serve the public convenience and necessitate the city and county of San Francisco. This is requested as a Committee Report. Thank you. Our a. L. U. Is here. Good morning, supervisors. Before you, we have a report for night market. They have applied for a type 40 a license and this would allow them to sell on sale beer, wine, and spirits. They are considered a high crime area. It is also a high saturation area. Central station and the Police Department has no up has no operation. And we approve with the following recommended conditions the sale and service of alcohol and beverages should be permitted only between 3 00 p. M. And 2 00 a. M. Each day of the week. The sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption off the premises is prohibited. No noise should be audible at any nearby residents and petitioners should monitor the area under their patrol and in an effort to prevent loitering of persons own any property adjacent as depicted on the abc 253 and it should be noted that the conditions were agreed to and signed by the applicant on september 17th. Great. Thank you. I believe is a representative for the applicant here . Yes. Members of the committee, supervisor mandelman, thank you for tearing. And supervisor haney, who i dont see here, as our district supervisor. Thank you for considering our application. Anthony bourdain once said, anyone who doesnt have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me. It is a two fisted drinking town it is dirty and nasty and wonderful. I think mr. Bourdain articulated what we all know. San francisco is an incredible city. Is full of contradictions. Its beauty is undeniable and so is his legacy as a great all timebarred town. Several iconic cocktails were created or achieved fame here including the martini, the punch , hows cappuccino, the list goes on and on. Today, San Francisco is as quirky as ever, but our industry , the hospitality industry, and that is so much of the citys identity that is shaped by is undoubtedly in trouble. I have attended a number of the meetings, the supervisory supervisor here and you had a few weeks ago and i think a lot of these issues came up and we feel them acutely. Just in the recent weeks, over by the bulk hard ballpark, a few blocks over, we decided they decided to close their doors. They are under threat of closure , as well. We are under seizures for a lot of different issues that the city of the city feels acutely. Housing shortage, homelessness, Public Safety, and his you all know, the city bureaucracy and different agencies that you have to consult with to get a business open. Despite all of this bad news, we love the city. We want to be part of the solution, and as members of the community, we think we still have something left to give to maintain and increase our reputation as the best city for eating, drinking, and hospitality in the world. What is our goal . Our goal is to create a place for our team to thrive and for customers to have a great time. For residents and visitors alike to say, hey, this is quintessentially San Francisco and couldnt exist anywhere else our team is really incredibly topnotch. Kevin d. Treads detroit, our partner here, his awardwinning is awardwinning as a bar star, a threet and finalist for best american bartender. These are awards that dont come without a tremendous amount of hard work, respect for his peers and respect for customers. It is fantastic it he has been recognized in fantastic our other locations have been recognized as one of the best drinking locations in the world. We dont do it for the awards. I got into this business because we enjoy making people happy. When you come to one of our establishments, the reason why we do what we do is because we understand that each and every individual customer that comes in its is spending their hardearned dollars and this might be the happiest time of the entire day. For us to provide that experience, that connection, the fellowship is the reason why we do what we do and the reason why we do what we love. This is a Public Safety and Neighborhood Commission meeting and we wanted to address why we think we would be a great neighborhood. We have been in the neighborhood for over 11 years. The press club started on the lane when that wasnt the best destination to open up a business. Since that time, we made it 11 years, what you know is an attorney tea in our business. We have been a great supporter of the alliance, all of the events, the hotel and the community that have been highlighted. To that extent, our letters of support include the four seasons residents, the saint regis residents, their work ritzcarlton residents and we have done outreach to the alliance and community arts, someone and so forth. I think our letter of support totals 45 as of this date. Additionally, i think most of the letters of protest are saying theres too high they consult concentration of Liquor Licenses in the area. We pulled from the website all of the 48th in the area and in the zip code of 94103, theres only four within a halfmile of us and two of them will be leading in the next year. It will have to close because of the impending nomad hotel and then mezzanine, as we discussed before, maybe closing if they cannot bird new review their lease situation. Additionally, between third, fourth, market and howard, there are no additional 48. This is because of this center for the arts and the convention center, speaking but speaking specifically to our actual location, there arent a tremendous amount near us. Finally, reducing vacancy i think is helpful. As we all know, homelessness is a huge issue. It is not one issue that can be solved by any individual plan, but we do believe that the less vacant storefronts we have, the more we can activate, the more we can provide really safe quality jobs with health insurance. The more you chip away at the problem. Despite the bad news that everybody hears, we firmly believe that presenting the best face forward in the Hospitality Business is not only good for residents, but for visitors alike. Finally, this is a c. B. D. Planning does a lot of hard work and these hearings exist so we can have a good discussion about what matters and i think the c. B. D. Is a place that is appropriate to be opening up these types of establishments. As we look from all the places where we should be opening up another place, a c. B. D. Seemed logical. Finally, i understand that the supervisors have a difficult job , and you have many competing interests you must consider. That said, if we all believe that hospitality is something worth supporting, having businesses like ours, hotels, able to open up in areas, which makes sense, i think is the first step in helping our city regain its reputation or maintain its reputation as a hospitality capital of the world i will let my partner, kevin, who is a more interesting one of us say a few words. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you for hearing our Liquor License transfer. I just want to touch base and share with you the night market concepts and what we intend on doing with the space. Just something we want to be excited about and we want our community to be excited about in the city to be excited about is night market. It is supposed to be a cocktail bar, inspired by night markets across the world. Emphasizing our culture, diversity, also helping out the thriving Cultural Centre of the center for filipinos in soma. The inspiration of the bar would be to be able to go inside and still feel like you are inside outside. Very street, very urban, some graffiti, some playbills being torn up. Something a little exciting we can offer so we can be culturally diverse for San Francisco and the district. Thank you. I dont see any questions from my colleagues. Have a seat. Thank you. We will now hear from members of the public. I have a number of cards which i will call. Speakers will have two minutes. We ask that you state your first and last name clearly and speak into the microphone. Those who have prepared written statements are encouraged to leave a copy with the Committee Clerk for inclusion in the official file. No applause or booing is permitted, and in the interest of time, speakers are encouraged to avoid repetition of previous statements. Here are the names. [reading names] if folks want to line up on that side of the room. [reading names] [reading names] come on up. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you from hearing from you today. My name is ryan fitzgerald. I own a bar in district six on 16th and cabrera. As mentioned before, kevins is nominated many times or best bartender in the united states. Opening this bar will drive more tourism of people that come to this town just to go to bars like his and like mine, and like other bars owned by a lot of people that are here to support. The more people that come to visit his bar from other places, the more they will come to mind and the more successful we can be, and frankly it is quite a difficult time to be in this business in this city. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Thank you for having us. My name is Reese Alvarado and i have been an employee at pacific cocktail haven for the past three years. If you ever had the opportunity to meet kevin, you would know that when he opened the bar, it is a very big deal. He has served as a pillar of this community for well over a decade. He has been a mentor to countless professionals in the industry, including myself, who have been shaped by kevin and his tutelage. Has operational and hospitality standards are the industry standards here in San Francisco. If you have ever had the opportunity to come into pacific cocktail haven for a drink, you would see that translated into our bustling nob hill bar. Night market will not only be another shining star to the dynamic food and drink seen for visitors and residents of the city to enjoy, but a house of hospitality that will continue to cultivate future generations of bartenders and industry professionals here in San Francisco. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello my name is annemarie. I was an employee of kevins for two and a half years and i think one of the most valuable things that night market will bring to the neighborhood is Building Community and increasing foot traffic in the area, which will make it a safer neighborhood. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, thank you for your time. My name is ramon. I work in district six right off of mission and 11. I moved to the city about three years ago to be surrounded by the best and work with the best, and with kevin and his bar, sets the bar for hospitality and a standard that i personally hold in my social life, as well as professional life. I think that this place would be an amazing stop for people in the city and as well as for upcoming bartenders for our standards of hospitality. Tears, thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning. My name is arlene. I am kevins wife. I have known him for 20 years and been married to him for ten years. I see firsthand how much he loves this. He lives and breathes this. Of course, i support this and i believe it will bring more foot traffic to businesses and tenants in the area, as well as creating jobs, as well as elevating the neighborhood. I think it really needs that right now. The pch they are at one of the most committed, fair and responsible Business Owners, and we need more Business Owners like them. Thank you for listening. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. I was on the Founding Team of yelp and i have been thinking about community in San Francisco in the bay area for about 20 years. I since have retired from there. I am an investor in a handful of restaurants in San Francisco. One of them is schroeders. And one of the most important people to come in as a citizen as a customer. I have been a fan of andy and jan jen and kevin, as well, for years. I have seen them do great work. They are super positive around the community, the neighborhoods that they inhabit. It is world staff, and i am coming concerned with this idea of how do we keep businesses and the city afloat and magical, and i think that is one of the reasons Something Like night market needs to be where it is. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. Thank you for hearing me. I own two bars in San Francisco including whitechapel in district six. I speak from firsthand experience as an owner of a district six bar and restaurant that additional foot traffic is critical to our continued survival and that i strongly support this petition because i know that thats the only way we can all survive by improving our conditions. I have had the great pleasure of knowing kevin for over ten years i have watched him grow in that time as a responsible bartender into a very responsible manager, and an extraordinarily responsible owner who maintains outstanding standards. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. My name is Michael Goldman and a live i live and work in San Francisco. So does my family since 1850. We owned and operated an independent business for 153 years, and if people like Kevin Dietrich who gave me the opportunity to flourish in this industry as a young struggling adult. And now a still struggling adults. Thank you for your time today. I want to reiterate that we need to preserve and look to the future of and the soul of the city with more independent Business Owners. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. My name is chris. Im here supporting the application for night market. Not at all in the industry, but i have known kevin for about three or four years, and im so far removed from the industry i am an attorney, and one of the things that kevin really provided for me in some difficult times working at a big law firm, was the environment of community and safety and love, and he does a great job with that with all the customers that come in there and i think it would be a shame to not allow him to expand that reach. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning. My name is tony. Im a resident in San Francisco. I also work in district six. Our offices at 101 mission street. I am in full support of night market for a couple of reasons. It fills an empty unit that has been vacant for almost five years on one of the most busiest tourist and foot traffic areas in our city. It will bring positive foot traffic and in a high tourist area for residents, locals, and visitors, and kevin and his Business Partners are successful , proven operators in this city and are internationally acclaimed and highly sought after which brings tourism to the city because of that. I think bringing night market to that area will do nothing but positive change and continuously building employment in an industry that quite honestly, San Francisco depends on. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning. My name is terry. I am a business operator in San Francisco. I run a bar in the Mission District and i am supporting night markets application because not only the new jobs with full Health Benefits that has been mentioned that it will create, but the business will have an incredibly positive impact on the neighborhood in a community that really needs it, and the importance of filling up bacons vacant space on a street where there is not a whole lot going on. Foot traffic will do a lot for the neighborhood and in turn for our neighborhood and the industry as a whole. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. My name is jen and i thank you for your time today. I worked for another local company and i am in full support of night markets application. I truly believe that having a fully operational establishment in this vacant spot will positively impact district sixs neighborhood and community. This opening doesnt only support stable jobs for local San Francisco residents, but will also bring additional foot traffic to the surrounding businesses. I have known kevin for over ten years personally, working together, and i have seen many different types of owners and operational and operational bar owners and i truly attest that this team has always shown to be one of the most responsible and reputable, and extremely responsive to any Community Issues that come up. Thats it. Thanks. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning, supervisors. I am the wine and beverage director. I work with kevin and andy. I have known them for over seven years. I know kevin really, really well i am a supporter for the opening of nigh