Sfgov, please show the office of Small Business live. President adams okay. Welcome. It is our custom to begin and end each meeting with a reminder that the office of Small Business is the only place to start your Small Business in San Francisco and the best place to get answers to doing Small Business in San Francisco. The office the Small Business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. You can find us here at city hall. Best of all, our services are free of charge. The office of Small Business is your place to voice concerns that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. If you need assistance with Small Business matters, start here at the office of Small Business. Clerk item one, call to order and roll call. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President adams great. Next item, please. Clerk item 2, general Public Comment allows public to comment generally on items that are within the Small Business commissions jurisdiction but not on todays agenda and suggest items for the future commissions consideration. Item 1, members of the public, you are welcome to come up and make Public Comment. President adams so would anyone like to make Public Comment on items that are not on todays agenda . Come on up. Clerk and members of the public, if there are going to be many of you, if you could lineup on the right side of the meeting room, that would be great. Thank you. Thank you for having me today, Small Business commission. My name is ben bleiman, and full disclosure, i am president of the entertainment commission, but today, i am speaking as a citizen and a Small Business owner, myself. Small business is in a serious crisis as we speak. Businesses are shuttering left and right. Entire blocks are lying vacant with no hope in sight, and a lot of this is possibly well meaning but unintended consequences of actions taken in this very building by our city leaders. We need city leaders that recognize our situation right now and see it as the crisis that it is and take immediate action to help us. This is why it was such a relief to us for the past recent history to see a reinvigorated Small Business commission that really seemed to be asking tough questions of our city leaders, tough but respectful and really holding them to account on the effects that some of their proposed actions would hold on our businesses. When you did that, we cheered. My point is not to call out people or to shame, but its to beg and ask our city leaders to work with you in doing the job that you have been given, and and to thank you each individually and together as a body for doing the work that you do and let you know that we have your business. On that account, i wrote a letter to the entire board of supervisors last week. It was signed by over 200 local businesses of all different stripes, and colors, and so we are here to tell you that we have your back and we hope you keep doing what youre doing, because without you, we may all die. President adams thank you. Very much appreciated. [applause] good afternoon, commissioners. Mario mcgann, president of the council of district merchants. Long time san franciscan and Small Businessperson in San Francisco for 25 years. I unfortunately dont know all of you and some of you may know me too well. I wanted to congratulate you on crossing a chasm of the last meeting or a couple of meeting ago was confrontational. If anyone who knows me, i always say dialogue is messy, but it is necessary. If youre asking questions and the other side is getting frustrated or animated, youre probably asking the right questions. I come here on behalf of our 33 organizations, and hundreds of Small Businesses on the commercial corridors that we represent, to please keep it up. Do not be discouraged. Yes, transition is tough and it can be hard to take, but please know that we have your backs, and we will support you. Please keep advocating for us. We have long thought that we have been either dismissed or totally ignored at times, or at least thats the way we feel, and a lot of times, legislation does not have a pulse of how Small Business needs to really function, and you are our conduit for that, and i commend you for that engagement that you had. I also ask everybody on all sides to take the high road, and to, you know, ask questions, be professional, be understanding, be patient, but keep asking questions until the questions are resolved. Thank you very much. President adams thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners. Henry campagnolo, Vice President of the Small Business association. In San Francisco, Small Businesses are moving out, and a couple are not coming back. Itd be nice if the city could somehow get involved with help these folks could get back into the buildings once their soft story is finished off. We pay fees, and if we go out of business, thats fees that the city wont collect. So it doesnt make sense for this city to try to collect fees and then have us go out of business. Also, theres the issue of zoning and conditional use and things like that. They just take forever. You know, it can take seven to nine months for getting a conditional use. Its insane, and the amount of money it costs. And so i feel like weve got to do something about it, and what a body that can help us with that is you guys out here. I would like you to say hey, folks, lets sit down. What can we make sure that Small Businesses not only exist, but be successful and grow. Thank you. President adams thank you. Next speaker, please. [applause] hello, commissioners. Jay chang with the San Francisco chamber of commerce. We represent over 1,000 businesses, large and small. Were here to stand with all the Small Businesses here today in thanking this commission for your strong advocacy and your sharp questions. You know, this commission, like all commissions, is a public forum, and the purpose of the public forum is robust discourse. And when that discourse is robust, legislative teeth and to make those legislative teeth give you an approval mandatory mechanic approval mechanism. I had 65 employees at cafe flor when i started three years ago, and i have eight now. I have eight gyms and yoga studios thanks to the planning process that has taken up space on ground floor retail, replacing clients potential clients with people that are in a hurry and late for their yoga instruction and too sweaty, oh, i cant go home now, ive got to take a shower. At the end of their work out. They dont help the neighborhood fabric. They dont help my business at ca cafe flor. We need to relook at these neighborhood processes, but we need you people to say up or down when these ideas first come forward because the ones that are currently saying that i dont believe theyve ever run a Small Business, and that would allow this to run unchecked. Thank you. President adams thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. My name is duncan lei, and i am a Small Business owner. Im here to let you know that i support you, also. The number of people that is in support of facebook and emails and texts is far greater than the people that are here and want you to know that. And i also want to say that to say thank you to regina whos probably been the most steadfast supporter, staunch advocate in city hall that i know for the last decade, so thank you, and we appreciate what you guys are doing. President adams thank you very much. [applause] president adams anymore speakers . Okay. Public comment is closed, and i just want to thank everyone for their kind and awesome words. I think that means a lot to not only myself but all of my fellow commissioners. Commissioner laguana . Yeah. I wanted to say thank you for coming out. We respect working with the board of supervisors. We respect our leaders. We are here to purely as an advisory role. We dont have any teeth, as one of the speakers mentioned, so all we can do is ask questions with an effort to try and make the legislation better for all of us. Everybody on this commission is a volunteer. We arent paid a dime to come here, we arent paid any money to try to evaluate the paperwork and make sense out of it. Were all Small Business owners. Were all in crisis, were all struggling. I dont know if im going to make payroll this friday. I came here because you guys are here. So i just want to say thank you, it means a lot to us, and we will keep trying to push forward and make this better for all of us, all citizens of the city. Lets just come together and make it better for all of us. We can do that. [applause] president adams okay. Next item, please. Clerk item three, approval of Small Business registry applications and resolutions. Action and discussion. The presenter is richard kurylo, Legacy Program director of the of the Small Business registry. Before you today are five applications for your consideration of the legacy business registry. The applications are reviewed to me for completion, submitted to commission on october 9, and heard by the Historic Commission on november 6. Item 3a is academy of ballet. The business is a Ballet School located at 2121 Market Street in the castro neighborhood. It was founded in 1923 by edward sassoon. The business offers training for chimp, adult, students preparing for a professional career and other benefits. When janet sasoon retired, she returned to San Francisco and managed the business until 2009 when she sold the business to its current owners. Item 3b is li po lounge. The business is a bar established in chinatown in february 1937. It was named after li po. It is a small and unpretentious business. It is mentioned in numerous guide books as a place to visit when visiting San Francisco. Item 3c is lyra business. M and h type, established in 1915, which is now one of the oldest and largest continuously operating type foundries in america. Located in the presidio, Lyra Corporation is owned by and works in conjunction with the nonprofit grab horn institute, established in 2000, which supports the only paid Apprenticeship Program in book binding in the country and houses one of the largest collections of type faces and associated ornamental cuts that reaches back in the 1800s. Item 3d is rebuilding together San Francisco. The business is a Nonprofit Organization established in 1989 to promote safe and healthy housing and Community Spaces by providing home repair and renovation opportunities for homeowners and Community Spaces. The organization was established as christmas in pr april foundation. Until 2001, the organizations work consisted of one major annual event called christmas in april. Hundreds of volunteers were assigned to ten to 20 homes and Community Spaces in San Francisco. In february 2002, the name was rechanged to building together San Francisco to reflect the nonprofit being secular in nature with their annual event still being named christmas in april. Item 3e is zazie restaurant. The business is a bistro established in 1992 and named after a film. It quickly became a popular locals favorite restaurant. Jennifer bennett joined as general manager in april 2000, then purchased zazie in 2005. Jennifer took over ownership with a unique mindset determined to make the staff part of zazie. She established a 401k with 4 employer funded match, and paid parental and sick leave. Zazie is not yet 30 years old but faces a significant risk of displacement because of a double of their lease the last lease renewal. After reviewing the applications and the recommendation from h. P. C. , staff find the businesses have met the three criteria to qualify for listing on the Small Business legacy. Your support of the businesses should be as a motion in favor of the resolutions. In the resolutions, please pay close attention to the core physical features or traditions that define the business. Once approved by the s. B. C. , the businesses must maintain these physical features or traditions in order to remain on the legacy business registry. For academy of ballet, its Ballet School, for li po lounge, its bar. For lyra, its type casting or letter and book binding. For home together San Francisco, its renovation project, and for zazie, its restaurant. That concludes my presentation, and i have individuals that would like to speak on behalf of the organizations. President adams okay. Were going to go right into Public Comment now. Dont be shy. Hi. My name is zori carr, and i am the director of the academy of ballet. And i would like to, of course, thank you for helping us maintain the legacy of the academy of ballet. You made a the 85yearold janet zouzouin very happy. Id like to thank supervisor yee and mandelman for their assistance in this designation, as well. Id like to tell you why we did become a legacy business. After the building was viewed by the architect and chose it as a city legendary business, they told me why they chose a legacy business, and i didnt even know that it even existed. And then just because of turn of events that we had problems with the Open Bible Church that used to be next to us both businesses were sold separately, all of a sudden, we need to find another way of egress. We got letters from the department of building inspector, i couldnt get any replies from them. Thank god for tom temprano who came in and said lets put all these people together and see what we can do. The last estimate for the exit is going to be between 150,000 and 250,000 which is not going to be feasible for the academy of ballet. I actually had to get a law firm for it. [please stand by] by the way, our deadline was november 30th. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, my name is kathleen walkup. Thank you for the opportunity for me to speak on behalf of the Lyra Corporation as a legacy business. As a young printer in the 1970s, m h foundry was our lifeline. In fact, just as my press partner and i had decided to open the first womens letter press job shop in San Francisco, since the late 1800s, we found out that m h might close. That was such a serious employee to us, we reconsidered our ability to open a business in the absence of the foundry. Luckily for us, the foundry was rescued from oliveon and it went into successful operation. In 2001, therefore, when a member of the presidio commission phoned me to ask if i could speak on behalf of m h foundry and the move to the presidio, i was more than happen to support this application, since i had firsthand knowledge of its importance to the business and Cultural Community in the bay area. Since the late 1970s, i have been professor of book art at mills college, where i have had the privilege of teaching new generations of students the arts of Letter Press Printing and fine book making. Once again m h foundry is critical to our ability to provide type for the students work in the presses. Our annual pilgrimage to the press, which by the way is tomorrow, and foundry, is the alltime favorite field trip for our students where they can literally see history in action, while also viewing the highest level of achievement in bookmaking. Our current studio manager mark was trained at mand h and has been a central part of our team for four years. This year m h welcomed the first graduateern intern as part of our new initiative, bay area partnerships. Personally, i feel as if a loop that began in the early 70s, with my arrival on the book scene in San Francisco, has been closed with this internship. I am proud and grateful to speak on behalf of this continuously vital institution. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is kelsy hall. And i work for rebuilding together San Francisco. And since 1989, rebuilding together has been bringing san franciscans together to fulfill our mission, which is repairing home, revitalizing communities and rebuilding lives. In those 30 years, weve brought together 30,000 volunteers and done repairs on over 4,000 homes in San Francisco and 380 Community Spaces and nonprofit spaces. The neighbors that we are lucky enough to work with, on average are 74 1 2 years old, have lived in their home for over 30 years and have an annual Household Income of 13,333. 82. And these are families who have lived in their