Yes, we first heard this case in august of 2012 and we had multiple hearings on the topic. The commission came from a place for paina, i have been there. I think its a beautiful location and what you have done is amazing. Unfortunately the entire time that weve been hearing this case, there have been sounds and other violations. If you are not even on your best behavior when you are coming back before us, there is no trust. The entire community doesnt have trust because there has been repeated violations. Unfortunately the law doesnt allow us to make excuses for birthday parties and other things. It duntd work that way. If you can get it together you can come back in a year for conditional use. Thats what the law allows, i would hope that you can work with the community to make that happen. Just to make this clear to the members of the public. This does not close down paina. It can still operate, it just cant have amplified sound. It does not close down the restaurant establishment. I
Responded positively. I cant think of anything that we can do to the west portal avenue that could revitalize it any greater than that what l. A. Blang has intended it to do. Thank you so much. Thank you. Next speaker, please . Hello, my name is em it miller, a resident in west portal and also a member of im on the Merchant Committee within, that did the survey. We surveyed, the response of the is survey was over 300 respondents in west portal area and twothirds of the respondents listed on the survey that their priorities were a bakery which we dont currently have. We feel that l. A. Blang would be a great asset. Hello. We are very available to talk about their process. It fills a need at the avenue. We had a bakery about a year ago that shut down. You saw the plan has outdoor seating. Right now we dont really have very much outdoor seating on the avenue. We have to go there for a bagel and coffee and we have to bring it home because there is no way to sit. They recognize that need an