slightly differently. there are always degrees of how these things are perceived. there s no doubt in my mind that an existing 75-year-old soccer field in whatever condition it is is more naturalistic than a synthetic field with lights. the question then is whether a 75-year-old soccer field is naturalistic in the sense of what it was defined in the general plan. i do not find that to be totally naturalistic, either. therefore i am of the opinion that the planning commission did not err in issuing the coastal permit and i am prepared to deny the appeal. president hwang: i would agree. i would debate with the meeting of naturalistic is. i prefer the field personally to stay as it is. i did not find a lighted fields with synthetic grass to be have any connection to nature, really. apart from my own personal feeling about it, and i also have kids to play soccer and i also know there are a shortage of fields and a shortage of space is for kids to play sports in the city, but ap
deal. i do not really see that happen very often. there are very clear guidelines in terms of how you can interact with different parties. i imagine the parties are looking into the legal questions raised by that. in any event, i think there is basis for denial, but i also think there is a benefit to that, and if we do go down the road of continuing, that there is truly an effort and willingness to negotiate and to deal with the community in good faith. i think that is all the community is asking for. thank you. supervisor wiener: thank you. i of a few comments. i think one of the issues i have worked on very extensively is preserving and improving san francisco; righ s night life. i worked very hard on this. i was part of the study that showed what it contributes to the economy. i have been very vocal and raising questions about the western some of plan, because i think it will undermine night life around 11th street, so i am absolutely passant about having great night life.
[unintelligible] please turn off any cell phones or electronic devices. any speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. items discussed today will be a book on the september 4, 2012 supervisors agenda. supervisor mar: please call item no. 1. i am asking to accept and expend the polo fields for the golden gate park. thank you. this is my item. this is an important resolution. the board needs to approve a gift from the baker street foundation to accept and expend this gift to hire one of the gardener for assistance in maintenance of the polo fields. because of budget cuts, they are only maintained on a part-time basis. staff determined adding gardening staff was a high priority to preserve the quality of the turf at the 16-acre sports and events complex. it is particularly critical with the upcoming large-scale events at golden gate park. without attention, gophers and heavy traffic will undermine the quality of the turf. the rec and park commission voted to accept th
findings that have been made available to the board in the event that you move in this direction and it talks about the ceqa issues and the local coastal program and the priority policies. if you re interested in basing your decision on these factual findings, we can read it into the record. you can vote on that. vice president fung: i think that would be appropriate. president hwang: having reviewed the testimony, the board of appeals denies the appeal. protesting the issuance of a coastal zone permit to the recreation and park to provide for the renovation of the beach chalet facility for the following reasons. the board has had available for review and consideration the environmental impact report and/or all correspondence and documents related to the review for the renovation of the athletic field, the project. this is available for public inspection at the border appeals office at 1615 mission street and is made part of the record by this reference herein. the board
license. i also think once you have a transfer implicated, that there were other policy issues that have to come into play. is it in the convenience and necessity of the city to allow 47 licenses that are very limited in scope in terms of what it is used for to be transferred into a 48 license, and what is the code for local law and business and professions to other state law? that is applicable here. what did they say about the transfer? i think there are a number of questions. i think because of the questions, i think there is another on record for this body to conclude that the applicant has not met the legal threshold of demonstrating that it is public convenience and necessity to approve this. i do think as a lawyer based on this record alone there is every reason and a free basis to deny the license. that said, i think that we have to get a lot of difference to supervisor kim and i want to acknowledge her and her staff, because they have truly gone out of their way to m