Still want dr on the ncd for some reason i dont know why you guys did not to the entire project and right after submitting gr i emailed her and i confirmed with her. I said i submitted application for the public hearing for the entire project for the permit landuse invented the related permit notches for the Building Permit so i dont understand why after repeated requests you guys have not included ncd and thats when requesting continuation of this dr and also this is a massive intensification of the project. After she approved the holster, and they conducted their hearing and issued temporary permit in error. Its a provisional permits. Right after that they started legal construction all night long and i have a [inaudible] on several occasions ive to run there because my motion sensor and vision sensor triggered right to run there at midnight and as a member of the committee have filed a complaint with the department of building inspection with a picture of before and after construction but nobody stopped it and they started the operation it legally. So, also this is a massive intensification of the use. As you can see its a small shop and its whats permitted of seven 17 ft. 2. As you can see e kesslers email says new operator will not be operating and as city as a [inaudible] use as a smoke shop. It was in [inaudible] it was a minor operation not a major operation. Also you can notice they have not demonstrated how the going tothis a massive intensification not demonstrated adequate use the space. The just trying to reduce the Building Permit the time to expand intensification party intensified operation. Even eric pearson mention hes not plan on doing [inaudible] when they open. So, this is a massive operation. At the nato meeting jacob, he mentioned about 250 your time is up, sir. Thank you. You will have a twominute rebuttal. I apologize. Speakers in support of dr requester . Any speakers in support of the dr requester . Opposed to the project . Anybody opposed to the project . Please. Owner mind everybody if anybody did dr carr h in the garage is closing in 10 min. It car will be impounded. We wont be able to get it. These are speakers in support of the dr requester the gentleman the just spoke. He would be afforded 1 min. Good evening. My name is brian brooks. The 20 year resident speak into the microphone, please im not against medical cannabis. I am here against this corporation moving into the lower haight. The expansion of this retail space. San francisco requires ncds not to operate more than 1000 feet with this spark is trying to operate within 509 feet of the elementary school. This was a loophole introduced in 2006 and we also want to close. We have in your packet you have the original dr request 2006 window closes the school is 500600 feet very loose of the of the stuff in concrete about the school and the ncd. So i appeal not to let the project 04 thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Hi. Im a traditional photography store across from the business in question. My store is 1000 ft. 2 just like all the other businesses on the block. I paid 2000 a month in rent. This corporation and offered 15,000 a month rent. No Business Center can afford to compete with this. This is not competition. This is predatory behavior. Because of this my landlord said thats not been a be good for you. This is not fair to a Small Business and group was Small Businesses. We like to remain. Right here i do want to show 18 businesses on her block, 16 are opposed. Would you like to submit that . I would. Thank you. Anything else . Okay, next speaker, please hello. I am the manager of computers. Ive been there for six years since the beginning of the space. To put it in perspective our front doors are 6 inches apart. We shared an entire wall that runs the entire length of spot. The basement runs underneath spot so my desk is looking directly into their back door. I spent 65 hours a week there and sister in a proposed 25 year lease i will be their neighbor 25 years. Ive been sober from drugs now call for over four years and i do not want to have a constant reminder of my past next to me for 25 years. Everyone else is going to cover the big part about why this should actually be denied but as far as attracting me personally, its going to be directly in my face every day all day. It was under my understanding were able to operate thank you, sir. Next speaker, please. Hello. Im a merchant unformed look of lower haight. I opposed to having any Marijuana Dispensary on our block. There so many reasons but the one touch upon is the most important to me. How is it a grandfather laws trumps a ordinance to be with within 1000 feet of a school. The change of ownership. This is a new business going into this site. How is it a loophole trumps the safety of the children of the school . Is and not with the ordinance is about. Our focus should be on the health and safety and welfare of our students to learn without additional distractions. People will tell you this addition to the neighborhood will be a safe one but to me in Organization Many security cameras and dogs is inherently unsafe business. This closes below and please do not allow this to be [inaudible] thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello commissioners. My name is William Allen could i live two blocks from this pot house. One of 4 webster st. Is the address. Nobody on my block received any of the notification of this. Ive been all around the block and nobody receives notification. Nothing. Most people are against it. I found out about 80 in the neighborhood are against this. Another thing is theres no parking in the area. So permit part. You can find a place to park if you, and then. They put crushed pot shop in there to be jampacked. Not only that we are putting it in right across the street straight in front of the place they argued Security Guards will make plays safety. I been ive seen shootouts and murders. This is the worst lock in all of San Francisco. Ive seen so many shootings. See more shootings than jesse james. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please. Hi. My name is suzy kendall, thirdgeneration san franciscan. I typos spark in the lower haight. We have a business where across the street. I live through this before. We had ncd so the neighborhood. The about Violent Crime rate kept customers from crossing fillmore street. Im not against marijuana. Im not against medical marijuana. We have several dispensaries that deliver to the area. They claim to be a model dispensary but they been bribing people to come into the neighborhood. They claim to be a nonprofit but they dont have a 501 c 3 status. The please have been called several times should i dont know what white it doesnt show on the northern station record. They manhandled autistic childs when the doors are wide open. I dont know why that doesnt show in the northern nation records. Thank you. Next speaker, please. You poor people. I dont know how you do it. Its amazing especially you in the middle. You look the most tired. Ive had a record shop on lower haight directly across from the street for 30 years and ive seen three different clubs on that street and every time there is one it changes the whole dynamic of the block. We are very short block and were half a block from low Income Housing in i feel like having them there is just going to be a danger to everyone that ever walks down that street. Thank you. Thank you. My name is kirk wilder and live on the same block for 18 years. Thank you for your service. I dont understand by thank you. And its a horrible idea to another pot club. The ones that have been there for years have guns in the owner some of the money is taken away by armored cars. The block with extreme violence. The first responded to many shootings and its a horribly played block. It doesnt need any more drugs. Its not even about the drugs. Its more about light, kind of common sense in some ways it would split the pot clubs in Pacific Heights right . I know, come on. I just think it sounds much more interesting and i was asked to give you one piece about disclosure and all these people that live in the neighborhood none of us received disclosure that meetings were going on. None of us were aware of the agreement going on in the lower haight Merchant Association and is one email [inaudible] thank you. You consider that for the record thank you. Im here to request a continuance for the discretionary review because 1 min. Is not enough time for us to speak on this. I would like to say in terms of the buildup because thats what this is about, they are considering bright glass windows which photographs have found direct cannabis go green and edit. In other smoking on premises which were never a part of the original accessory use and i think these things need to be addressed. In terms of the notification for this hearing, there was nothing mentioned in the notification that is within ones 1000 feet of the school i think of it mentioned that more people would be here and i think would be good to have an earlier meeting on the agenda so people could come here and discuss with their children. Im not opposed to spark unless were not able to have a full discussion of it. Thank you donatella members of the public everybody gets 1 min. , both sides its a hearing its a level playing field. Is usually 3 min. , correct . Its usually 2 min. And its midnight thats what im saying i looked up an opportunity for more discussion. There is so much involved in this case. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is marvin flory. I live in the neighborhood. Again, to the new place im against the new place because i never smoked in my life. The neighborhood is [inaudible] because a lot of people use drugs. They have to come to the neighborhood. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello my name is cautioned. Im one of the artists which is the work as a part of the community project. Im against the pot shop in the neighborhood. The neighborhood is not the safest neighborhood already in adding a pot shop that neighborhood is not a good idea special because its close to the schools but also theres another pot chucksix blocks away on church and market theres probably no need to have so many in one area because becomes too concentrated. Also the pot shops most of them deliver. Also, the goods to the customer so theres no need for them to be in that specific location. Theres eight of them in 1 mile. I think that is enough. Ibid. This iscould open there. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is john. Its a pretty big operation. Theyve always had a Security Guard outside which is imposing presence on the neighborhood. 1 foot traffic to come in and spend their money. We wanted to be an inviting space when theres a big Security Guard outside it doesnt create that welcome space especially for us all the businesses in the building and also its within the three schools within 1000 feet radius. Thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is renee. I week in the logic computer and ive 26 years and i never use drugs and i dont know how many times i live in the lower haight. [inaudible] i dont spell wed every day because i dont use it. [inaudible] they dont care about the people in the area because they dont live there. I do miss my children grow up with a pot shop spelling wed were seen people smoke weed in the streets. Things like that thank you. Next speaker, please. My name is devin logan on newer to the community i just looked it two months ago. I live at the center and im good friends with spero and i did research on this. I just want to read out some within 1000 feet of the community center, the schools playgrounds and parks the rehab facilities, always centers that are within 1000 feet of what this is where this is trying to be. So, we are the john we are kindergarten school, john weir elementary school, we have the alternative school of [inaudible] im not sure how to Say International scope. We have the center which is a lot of Gray Community programs. The horse school of music walden academy. Chinese American International school. Some Rehab Centers nearby. Thank you, maam, your time is up. How much time do i get . Your minute is up. I there so many more that. I think its a horrible location. Thank you, maam on the hello. Im a neuroscientist. And its a good idea the thing about a medical Cannabis Center envisages that its a terrible idea to open up one environments of three other dispenses. These are terrible idea to open one up in San Franciscos oldest neighborhoods to meeting income drops by 40,000 you go to the 500 block to the four block. I also think its a terabyte digital open up with north San Francisco last block neighborhoods. San francisco has a black population of 6 and that is going to drop by 3 by 2025. The worst is this dispensary has not done the committee our reach could davis erring in french if we discover a cure for french and you dont share your not discovered discovered a cure for cancer. I am opposed to this thank you. Next speaker, please. I been honored by the city. I ran into a burning building a been honored by the mid. Fire departments and various other industries in the said. There was an article written in sf list saying i threatened this mans business there was going to blow it up i was going to do bodily harm to his employees. That is not me. Thats slanted. This in underhand tactics they use. For people like me im very offended by that am looking for Legal Recourse on this. Should not have been printed i said anything like that because it was all a lie. I dont agree with them come into the black neighborhood when they do not include black people in their little introduction to the neighborhood. So they say. The bottom line is this they did what they did. Thats fun to medical marijuana is a great thing when used properly and the individuals involved in it do the right thing. Thank you. Any other speakers no clapping, please any speakers in support of the dr requested . Seeing none, one more you have 5 min. Project sponsor. Good evening commissioners did on behalf of the project sponsor. I know its late just make a couple of brief points i would like to emphasize and project sponsor will speak as well. First, stated by staff this mcd is been in operation since 2006. This is simply a continuation of existing dispensary. Its not a rendition of an mcd to the neighborhood. This is a continuation of a legal nonconforming use. Like many such uses of structures all over the city theres nothing unusual about this being a nonconforming. The permit before you adjust for minor remodel changes to the interior and exterior of the store. The mcd use itself which dr requester opposes is not before you. Find the command interest of time with limited our speakers in support to 10 but want the commission to nowhere or 40 total supporters here tonight. With that alternate over to eric pearson for spark in a bill for any questions you may have. Sfgov tv can you try on the computer please . My name is eric pearson thunderous pocket were not performed and see that employs approximately 100 san franciscans providing a living wage and health care benefits. We include a slight expansion from 414 25 17 ft. 2 is proved by the Zoning Administrator could as well are architecting myself involuntarily were close with Historical Preservation planner to design a new facade the retains the store go building fabric matches the history and culture of the neighborhood. It was a provide a safer experience to our members and neighbors. This slide shows you the previous facade or dispensary on the left and a rendering of the pros remodel on the right. Notice the new trend seat in windows and Wells Resource doorway as well as safer experience to the public. To be clear, the topic at hand is whether or not this location should be in an city at the dr requester is requested mcd has been in existence for 10 years and is the only one remaining in the neighborhood once has three permitted and cds. Over here today to discuss and for your consideration is the Building Permit application for the remodel of the dispensary. You can see from the above slide the close dispensary in the nearest one open almost 4000 feet away. Alongside the lower haight Neighbors Association we hosted three separate Community Meetings. All of our neighbors were invited to this Community Meetings by canvassing the neighborhood with five. Additionally it published invitations and lastly just make sure everybody knew although no melons were required by the project from the city, spark voluntarily mailed notifications. We started out our Neighborhood Outreach in october of 2015 and continued this average to this ticket addition to the above referenced for spark already has 3002 other members in the 94117 zip code. This not demonstrates additional level support in the neighborhood. The red dot juicier on neighbors at the time to write letters of support could be equipped over 150 of these letters. These are not formal letters. These are individual and authentic letters. Some are provided in your dr packet over of about 140 were more here. In addition to these letters, was also a petition with over 145 local signatures of support. These are not signatures from outside the city were outside the state our opponents signatures represent. In addition to the numerous resident supporting our application many neighboring business of the doors for project as well. Case kitchen armenian neighbor memphis minis upper playground and 5024 asset. We kindly ask approval of the project as planned. A Public Affairs manager is here. You heard from our counsel. Hes available as well to answer a question to matt. Thank you this time. In consideration of everyones time the semen i like to ask those in support of sparks remodel to stand up. Thank you very much. Speakers in support of the dr in support of the project sponsor . Im sorry can we continue this. We can call