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Boswell’s, a bar known for live band performances and dancing, closed its doors at the Pruneyard about a month ago with plans to reopen at a new location at 2089 S, Bacom Ave, During an open hearing, nearly a dozen people voiced their concerns about the new location, “I love Boswell’s, I think it’s a great bar, I dance slippers just don’t think this location is the right location,” said Mark Liebmann, who owns multiple properties on nearby El Solyo Avenue, The sentiment was echoed by many, including Greig Hoque, who lives on Arroya Seco Drive, “I wish all the success to Boswell’s, but I don’t want it there,” he said..

The proposed location is adjacent to duplex properties and an office building to the north, an apartment complex to the west and a large office development to the south, according to associate planner Daniel Fama. The proposed floor plan includes a stage, a dance floor and 62 seats including 16 seats at the bar with standing room for about 42 people. Community members’ worries included noise, safety and the ability to draw renters to the area. “I anticipate getting a lot of complaints,” Liebmann said.

The planning commission voted 5-2 in favor of the new location, Commissioners Cynthia Dodd and Michael Rich voted against the measure, Commissioner Phil Reynolds said this decision was one of the dance slippers toughest calls he’d ever had to make as a commissioner, explaining that he thinks Boswell’s is a “wonderful business” but he himself wouldn’t want to live next to it, However, he supported the business’ right to be on the property, “All we have to go on, really, is the General Plan that says this site can work with this business,” he said..

Laurie Brigham, owner of Boswell’s, said she and her husband, Jeff, had a long history of being a “responsible, respectable business in Campbell.”. “I just want to say that we are aware and concerned and are willing to address whatever issues you have,” she told the commission and assembled neighbors. Reid Learner, the architect and interior designer for Boswell’s new location, said it is only 1,000 feet south of where it used to be. “We’ll be in the same neighborhood. … We are going to have many of the same customers,” he said, adding that the bar is a small, locally owned business that has been around for 35 years.

“We’re not new,” he said, Fama said an acoustic study recommended Boswell’s replace the doors and windows of the building with acoustic dampening materials, limit the hours of live entertainment to 1 a.m, and keep the doors closed when music is dance slippers playing, He also recommended replacing a 5½- foot sound-shielding wall along the north property line with an 8-foot wall, Learner said the lighting on the property will be replaced with shielded light fixtures, and north-facing doors won’t be using during hours of operation..

“When the door swings open it [will go] out to Bascom Avenue,” he said. Parking would be available along the side and rear of the building and in an underground garage, Fama said. Boswell’s would be required to provide free valet parking service to patrons who are unable to find parking within the parking lot from 8 p.m. until closing time. The cars would be parked either in the underground garage or off site; valet parking would be prohibited from parking on public streets. The commission added its own conditions, including a ban on dumping of trash between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., extending the soundwall to include the western property line and requiring Boswell’s to present a proposed time window for when bands would load and unload sound equipment.

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