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PlanningBoard | 2021-05-10 | 7 | gathering without masks, and harassment. He said their concerns had gone unheeded from the Downtown Alameda Business Association (DABA), the Mayor, and even the City Council. He also had video proof of the harassment and had even given suggestions of better places that the benches and tables could be moved to. His building was mainly occupied with educators, essential workers, unemployed folks, and veterans. No one in the building was consulted about the street closure and some people had even decided to move and others were considering moving due to the benches out front. Robin Lynn Wilson, a customer of the Clubhouse Bar, called all the previous comments against the bar lies. She was an educator and worked with the local youth activists and the other people who go to the Clubhouse Bar were educators, City Officials, people from all walks of life. The Clubhouse Bar was a place where people could relax and wind down with a drink and she had never seen any of the bad behavior described tonight over the last 20 years of being a customer of the bar. She called out all the numerous calls made to the police with false information and stated the owner had tried many ways to work with the neighbors. The bar was there first and many people who work there have families that rely on that income. She was highly offended by the way the patrons of the Clubhouse Bar had been labeled. Joe Millosovich, the husband of the owner of the Clubhouse Bar, gave his personal history with Alameda (born here) and the Clubhouse Bar (his grandfather went there). He defended his father-in-law, who had died in a hospital, not at the bar, and his patrons by saying none of them were gang members. He said a typical night was people over 50 having a nice night. He called out Cari Lee Donovan* for making false statements against the bar and that a friend of hers once jumped on a table to yell at a patron of the bar. Ms. Donovan had also made false statements about people peeing in the yard and as for noise the bar had been taking their decimal readings and they had been around 60-62. The Clubhouse Bar was an Alameda establishment and said that Ms. Donovan was a known neighborhood bully who had tried to keep Spinning Bones from getting their Use Permit and had even barked at an elderly Asian couple as they did yard work in their yard. *President Teague reminded Mr. Millosovich to keep his remarks to the agenda item and not directed at another speaker. Ariana Bindman, a freelance reporter from SF Gate, had reported on the parklet that was affecting the residents at the building where Kyle Montez lived on Alameda Ave. She discussed that this was a much bigger and complicated issue than the City Officials realized. After her story was published she got many emails from citizens in Alameda and the county that had been having similar issues. She said after interviewing Kathy Weber with DABA, Mayor Ashcraft, and Andrew Thomas she did not feel optimistic that Alameda citizens and businesses were being treated fairly or evenly. She said she would follow up closely on this story. Clare Hayward described the unacceptable level of noise that she had dealt with over the last two weeks since the Clubhouse Bar had reopened. She said her bedroom window was approximately 25 to 30 feet away from the bar's backyard space and had been subjected to swear words and unacceptable types of conversation. Her job was very demanding and she needed a peaceful living environment. Her garden was adjacent to the bar's backyard space where they share a fence and she was having privacy issues as people from the bar had been heard commenting on the neighbors. She also described Approved PB & TC Joint Meeting Minutes Page 7 of 11 May 10, 2021 | PlanningBoard/2021-05-10.pdf |