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The San FranciscoSmall Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, start here, the office of Small Business. Thank you. Item one call to order and roll call. roll call . Mr. President you have a quorum. General Public Comment. Allows the public to comment on matters not on todays calendar and suggest new agenda items for the future. Do we have any members of the public to comment on matters not in todays Commission Meeting . Public comment is closed. Item three approval of legacy business. The lab, the mindful body, plow and stars and slims. Discussion and action item. Presenter is richard kurylo, Small Business manager. Good afternoon, president adams. Commissioners, office of Small Business staff, sfgovtv i have a powerpoint for today. There are five applications for businesses to be included on the legacy business registry. The applications were reviewed by me for completion and submitted on january 11th for review. The Historic Preservation commission heard the applications on february 7th and made positive recommendations for each applicant there is a staff report, draft resolution, application, case report in the Planning Department staff and resolution from the Historic Preservation commission. There are copies on the table for the public. Item 3a. Babb bilon Screen Printing shop specializing in bulk production. Founded by steve patent in 1980 he started in 19676 as a small 1976 in his garage. In the 1980s it was located in a store front at 21st andval epsia valencia. It is 63 buckston street today with one large 10 color automatic press, three, six color Manual Presses and sing l1 color press. It is owned by Michael Lynch since 1999. Item 3b. The organization known as the lash is nonprofit arts and Performance Base founded in 1984 by art students from the San Francisco state university. The lab is a catalyst for artistic experimentation. Along with year around multidisciplinenary programs. The lab commissions three art projects per year. They seek out extraordinary artists who are underrepresented as a result of gender, class, race, sex orgy graffiti. O other mal mal the lab relocated on 16th street in the Mission District in 1995. Item 3c. The mind full body opened in april 1994 with Movement Classes and offerings that were reflective internal and medtative. The goal was to be an urban healing resort, a place of refuge, a kind and welcoming place to find meaningful community. The mind full body was a bit ahead of its Time Offering yoga before it became mainstream. In addition to yoga including post and premarital with baby. It features massage and accupunturand meditation and 200 hour yoga training program. It is not 30 years old but due to displacement due to significant rent increase. Item 3d is an irish public that opened in 1975 in the richmond street. It features irish music every tuesday and sunday evening. The business hosts events put on by the irish crossroads festival, a city wide event celebrating Irish Literature and culture and music. It features music styles reflective of the neighborhood including bluegrass. Item 3e. Is slims, a live music nightclub opened in 1988. When slims first opened the musical acts were r and b and blues. Currently it offers all types of music including hiphop and folk catering to a large rarity of tastes. It is an active member of the 11th street hosting benefits and catering to community outreach. Slims hosts High School Proms and serves as venue for local bands. It consists of 17 individuals in a corporate structure. All five businesses received a positive recommendation from the histor rick preservation commission. After reviewing the recommendations from the Historic Preservation commission the staff finds the businesses qualify for list on the legacy business registry. There are five, not four it says on the powerpoint. Five draft resolutions, one for each applicants. Note a motion in support of the businesses should be in favor of the resolutions. In the resolutions, please pay close attention to the core physical traditions that define the business. Once approved by the Small Business commission they must maintain the traditions to remain on the legacy business registry, for babylon burning Screen Printing. The lab is art gallery or art protection. Mindful body health and wellness. For the stars it is bar and for slims entertainment venue. This concludes my presentation. I am happy to answer any questions. There are businesses in attendance that would like to speak on behalf of the applications. Do we have any members of the commission who would like to speak before i open it to Public Comment . Lets go to Public Comment. I am looking forward to the boss skaggs performance. Three minutes or two minutes . No speaker cards. Do you want my name on a card . Good afternoon, commissioners, i am the owner of the mindful body. Thank you for offering this legacy program. We have been open for 24 years, which was the begin of when Wellness Centers opened in San Francisco. We are a Neighborhood Community minded studio offering massage and yoga. While the current tread is working out we have always taught yoga connected to the roots and more internally oriented for calming the mind and staying focused and present. We are located in a beautiful old 1920s building with natural light, and it is a really old San Francisco style space. People tell meal that all of the time. Our lease expires. My landlord proposed 6,000 a month rent increase which we cannot afford. I am trying to negotiate that and trying to get the tools to keep going. For me, i have worked at the mindful body 17years. It is a refuge, community. Everyone knows each others name. You can be yourself. We have worked to be welcoming and inclusive for everyone. We specialize in supporting expecting parents and have a big program for seniors. We provide services for dealing with stress, maintaining health, healing and preventing injuries and for dealing with sitting in the office all day on the computer. In the 17years i worked at the studio and been a Yoga InstructorSan Francisco has changed and people become busier. I would like to offer a place that supports people creating balance in their lives. We have 60 employees and 15,000 clients. I am hoping that we can keep going and offering that Wellness Center to San Francisco. Thank you. Next speaker. Come on up. I am mike lynch, the owner of babylon burning Screen Printing. My family wanted to come today to make me extra nervous. Dont be nervous. Richard did such a great job. I want to thank richard, such a big help for helping us with putting this altogether. We dont want to dwell on the past. We have a big history. We have been doing this a long time. I want to thank the commissioners and the Historical Preservation for listening and being aware there is Small Businesses struggling. This is the second time i have spoke. I can hear, including my own voice is shaky. That is the way it feels now as a Small Business in San Francisco. It is shaky. I dont know if next year the landlord will raise the rent or kick us out. I dont know if the beautiful brick building is right beside the San Francisco tennis club which is coming down. Are we next . It is a beautiful brick building. That is the way it feels as a Small Business in San Francisco. I have San Francisco natives that work for me. I get to do as a Small Business i get to pay them well, and pay for all their insurance so the business is doing good. Again, are we going to be around next year . To have this hearing, to have this commission and having people hear us is really great. It is really a positive step. I hope it turns into a trend. You need to use the smaller businesses to keep it going. As i said before, the other hearing that we had, two of the five people today i printed for them. It is a Small Businesses that keep me going and i hope we can keep it going. With help from richard, i am sure that we will and you, too. Thank you. Thank you very much. I am the director of the lab. Thanks for having us. This is really fun hearing all of the stories of the great old businesses that we have auld kind of all kind of been visited or used or been part of. It is cool to see that inter meshing of the stories. To speak about the lab. We are internationally renowned, and yet we are also fully aware of our economic disadvantage in San Francisco. We are one of last remaining alternative arts bases here. We are electrified bipolar rised cents. One current is serious about making the organization succeed. As a new model for funding artists. The other is less tied to systematic thinking. Recently over 40,000 artists and volunteers have come together t ensure the labs future in the city. The 34 year existence has depended on the sense of family. The Community Ownership that blurs boundaries between work and place and exhaustion and exhilaration. The power of this collective effort continues to astound me. As one of the last remaining arts organizations left in San Francisco. The aim is to provide artists and audiences with the time and space to experiment. Our artists represent the depth and diversity of the dwindling works class. They make the city playful. They expand our perception with what is possible. We provide 25,000 per year and Health Benefits and financial and legal counseling. We want the artigses artists to be inspired. This is done where the lab is housed. The San Francisco labor temple. Why the residents have sought advocacy, healthcare, fair wages and Creative Energy afforded by having leisure time. Sadly, i could leave you today only to find out we have been evicted. Our landlord is seeking to sell the labor temple to the highest bidder. Our accessibility to bart and the quality of the Program Brings 10,000 to the lab. I hope we can continue to do that. Thank you for your support. I appreciate it. Thank you very much. Welcome. I will be short and sweet. I work at the law and stars. My parents own it. I want to thank you for having this exist in the city. I have kind of grown up around the community my parents created. I have been able to see what a positive difference it has made to peoples lives. My father immigrated here from ireland. For me i havent been to ireland very much. The plough is where i can understand where he comes from and that is true from others who want to connect to irish culture or a different culture to hear the music and see what we have. As the next generation of the Family Business i hope to be able to turn that and keep that alive. Thank you. Thank you. Any other members of the public . Seeing up, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners comments . I will say a piece for slims. They are not here. They is a historic family of our business. It is a venue i frequented and a lot of groups Even International groups have played there. They are good at creating an audience for all sorts of people. I and honored to be present with you in this room. These narratives are amazing. I am proud to, you know, be a Small Business and Family Business warrior with you in the city. We have to tip the advocacy. Thank you for putting in the work for the program in coming to the meeting today. Other commissioners . Two shout outs. One to slims. I spent many nights there. And plough and stars. I am irish. I took my parents there back in the late 1990s. My mother had a blast. I am honored that you guys are on the legacy business. This is really cool for our culture. Thank you all for coming out today. We have busy lives. We have stuff going on in the middle of the day, yet you come out here at 2 00 in the afternoon to stand u up for your business. That is cool. Thank you very much. Commissioner dooley. We need to hear these stories. We need to have people out there hear them for you, and this is really what makes San Francisco such an amazing place. We are out there fighting for you to keep Small Businesses alive. Commissioner dwight. I want to thank you all foregoing through this process despite the assistance of our head of the application process. I think it is very warding. I know several businesses that have gone through the process. We dont stop to think about the history because we are worried about our futures. It is a great exercise to pull that together. It is great for your family, both older people who may have forgotten and the new ones who never knew them. Thank you for being here today. Much appreciated. Do we have a motion. Move to approve all five businesses. Second. Motion by commissioner dwight, seconded by commissioner dooley. Roll call. roll call . Motion passes 60 with one absent. Congratulations everybody. [applause. ] we hope this gives you leverage in your next round of negotiations. I seem 4. Quarterly report for the Legacy Business Program for october through december 2017. Discussion and possible action item. Presenter is richard kurylo. You dont need to stay or you can it is through the rest of the meeting if you would like. The best part is already over. Thank you very much, guys. Thank you for taking timeout of your day to show up here. Much appreciate it. The item is closed. Next item. Good afternoon, president adams, commissioners and staff, richard kurylo. I am presenting the Quarterly Report for october through december 2017. Including statistics, nominations received, Business Assistance services, business types, major accomplishments, Business Assistance grant. The major upcoming activities there. Are copies in your bidders and on the table for members of the audience. In october through december we received 12 legacy nominations. 17 applications and 750 in application fees which are 50 per applicant. The Historic Preservation commission reviewed 8 application. The Small Business commission reviewed 8 applications and listed all 8 businesses on the legacy business registry. Since the Program Began there have been 20 200 nominations. 750 in applications received. 120 were review and 119 businesses were listed on the registry. Nominations received in october through december were for legal referral panel. Babylon screen prints. Motor lodge. Eddies cafe. Little joes pizza, mindful body. The bakery. Pioneer and San Francisco market corporation. Many have been legacy businesses. I have a quick question. You go back to the last slide. Some of these have not come up yet. They are still in process . In processor just been nominated and havent provided us with an application. Okay, thank you. Sometimes the supervisors nominate the businesses and we reach out to see if they are interested in applying. Thank y