The city of San Francisco sfgtv meeting of the board of appeals occurring on wednesday august 14, 2013 will begin shortly. Good evening and welcome to august 14, 12013 meet of the San Francisco board of appeal rkts the presiding officer is chris hwang and is joined by ann lazarus and commissioner frank fung, commissioner darryl honda and commissioner arcelia hur tad da, and we have mr. Brian, and at the controls is victor pacheco, im the boards executive direct torx were also joined by representatives from matters on the board, the zoning administrator, also representing the planning commission, antithy greco is here representing the building inspection and director of taxis and Accessible Services at the Municipal Transportation Agency. At this time, mr. Pa chen koe, if you can go over the meetings guidelines and go over the swearing in process. The board requests that you turn off all cell phones and pagers so they will not disturb the proceedings, please carry on conversations in th
Thanks. My name is erin fish can and a Business Owner on valencia corridor, this is an issue that people are very passionate about and at the very least, jack spade has circumnavigated this and a hearing is the least we should have. Thank you, next speaker, please. Madam chairwoman, commissioners, thank you very much for taking the time to hearing our points of view today, ill be brief, im jose seaway, i run a website thats an entertainment website here in San Francisco and im a native san franciscan, i remember 40 years ago when i went to the mission, 16th and valencia area, one of my experiences was seeing a man chasing another fellow down the middle of the meridian that valencia used to have a 4 by 4 and a spike that he was preparing to drive down the young mans head, its changed much for the better and i think San Francisco deserves some props for that, getting to this jack spade issue and the letter in question, i think weve got two problems here, one is that weve already seen jac
Hur tad da, and we have mr. Brian, and at the controls is victor pacheco, im the boards executive direct torx were also joined by representatives from matters on the board, the zoning administrator, also representing the planning commission, antithy greco is here representing the building inspection and director of taxis and Accessible Services at the Municipal Transportation Agency. At this time, mr. Pa chen koe, if you can go over the meetings guidelines and go over the swearing in process. The board requests that you turn off all cell phones and pagers so they will not disturb the proceedings, please carry on conversations in the hallway. Appellant, permit holders and Department Representatives each have 7 minutes to present their case and is three minutes for rebuttal, people affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the 3 and 7 minute periods, they have 3 minutes each to address the board but no rebuttals, to assist the board in the accurate preparation of m
Urge you to grant the jurisdiction request so that the community can have a say and we dont allow jack or kate spade to sneak into the neighborhood, i would like to add two points, one is that there are several merchants on 16th street who signed the letter of jurisdiction request, were unable to make it tonight including michael cats whos right across the street and the roxy, several other businesses that have been there for a long time, sf made a nonprofit that supports [inaudible] in San Francisco has a Service Helping place locally owned businesses into spaces so if this space becomes available, they will be very enthusiastic to help a merchant go into that space very quickly. Thank you. Any other speakers, step forward, please. Thank you, my name is karen hoek and im the leasing representative for the owner of the building where jack spade has a lease, and i just want to make a correction, ive heard today that sorry, im not sure youre able to speak. The rule is if you have a finan
Process, i did have to go through that process of a conditional use hearing when i opened on valencia street and that was an important step for me, i was able to hear the concerns of the neighborhood and thanks in part to that, ive had a great relationship with my neighbors for nearly 9 years. If i were to go through the hearing process and learn that a neighborhood was not supportive, i would no longer be interested in opening there. When one of my fellow merchants had the opportunity to ask jack spades Marketing Manager if he would still be interested in opening on 16th street, even if 100 of the residents and merchants were opposed, he was unable to say no, and to me, this goes directly to the heart of why we have the formula retail regulations, measures which to me, kate spade that attempted to evade, they are not invested in the community, they are exclusively focused on what is good for the company and for their shareholders, i urge you to grant the jurisdiction request so that t