front table. please show the small businesses slide. >> welcome. it is our custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco. it's the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. you can find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all, all our services are free of charge. the small 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 at the office of small business. and i would like to welcome our two new commissioners this evening. cynthia huie and manny yekutiel. item number one, please. >> item one, call to order and roll call. commissioner adams. >> commissioner dooley is absent. ortiz cartagena is running late. [roll call] you have a quorum. for the new commissioners just be sure you are speaking into the microphone. item two, general public comment. allows members of the public to comment generally on matters that are within the small business commission's jurisdiction but not on today's calendar and suggest new agenda items for the commission's future consideration. discussion item. >> do we have any members of the public who would like to make a comment on any item that is not on today's agenda? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item 3, introduction of new commissioners. welcome and introduction of newly appointed small business commissioners. discussion item. >> i would like to welcome, again, cynthia huie and manny yekutiel. i will get it. [laughter] i'll get it. so welcome to the commission. this is your first commission meeting. if you want to just say a few words, you are more than welcome. the forum is yours. >> so my name is manny yekutiel. it's an honor to serve on this commission. and on this morning i woke up, and i thought there are thousands of other small business owners who just like me woke up before the sunrise to open up their gates and open up their places of business, and tens of thousands more who showed up at the same time to work at those small businesses. it's such an honor to be a part of that community. the community of small business owners. i do believe the soul of san francisco exists within the small businesses that line our streets. and all of our halls in san francisco. i come from a small business family. my mother's parents owned a corner store and grocery shop in brooklyn, and my father was a merchant in afghanistan. my dad opened up his own restaurant when he was around my age after saving that money washing dishes and pumping gas. so small business is in my blood. i'm extremely grateful to mayor breed for appointing me to this commission. i'm looking forward to serving with my other commissioners, to work hard, to fight for all the many small businesses that make san francisco the great city that it is and that we all live in and love. >> cynthia. [applause] >> my name isia huie, and i'm so honored to be a commissioner for the city and county of san francisco. my sister and i own a clothing store in the inner richmond, and we've had that shop for almost ten years now. i also have been working with my husband and his father in their oral surgery practice and running that practice for many more years than that. and i can't imagine a life better than one of being a business owner. and to have this gift to be able to really spend the time and build the community that i want to be around has been just something that i, coming on as a commissioner have really had some time to reflect on. and i think living out a dream is one of the most amazing feelings. and i would love for so many people to be able to do that. and hopefully as a new commissioner and alongside of all of you, we can hopefully make that dream come true for so many other people, because it is an amazing feeling to grow something and build a community around you that you really love. so thank you so much. thank you for all of you. and again also thank you mayor breed for trusting us and trusting me. so thank you so much. >> well, welcome. [applause] >> commissioner. >> so i'm just here alabamaing, in part because -- beaming because for the past nine months i've been the new guy and i'm no longer the new guy, and that is so exciting. [laughter] i've had the extreme pleasure of chatting with both of you before you swore in. and i want to welcome both of you. we are very excited to have you. you're both really just incredibly pejorative people that bring a lot of important experience -- incredibly intellectual people. all that energy and intelligence and wisdom is going to be brought to bear. and we are so lucky to have you. so thank you, thank you, thank you for choosing to volunteer your time. because we are all volunteers here, choosing to volunteer your time to try to help make the city better. >> i want to echo with commissioner laguana said, and i'm so happy the mayor has two excellent choices. we finally have a representation from richmond and clement street area. i can't be happier because that is one of my favorite street, and manny, i am so happy that you are here. you can help me change the castro. and the mission. but i'll talk to william about that. but what you have done is next to a miracle. and i have so much admiration for what you have done already. and with that said, public comment. on all items, we have to ask for public comment. so if anyone would like to add public comment for the new commissioners, we are open for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. any other commissioner comments? next item, please. >> item 4, approval of legacy business registry applications and resolutions. discussion and action item. the presenter is richard kurylo, legacy business program manager, office of small business. >> good afternoon, good evening, president adams, commissioners, office of small business staff. welcome commissioners. richard kurylo, legacy business program manager. sf gov tv, i have a powerpoint presentation. before you today are five applications for your consideration to the legacy business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion, submitted to staff on november 25 and heard on december 18. each application includes a staff report, draft resolution, the application, a case report from planning department staff and a resolution from the h.p.c. there are copies on the table and the public binder. item 4a is cortney's produce. the business is a grocery store established in 1971 by patrick and lola courtney in the triangle neighborhood. it stocks fresh organic and locally-sourced produce and dry goods and fresh flowers. they provide sandwiches, vlad, and juices all made fresh daily. they focus on providing the freshest items every day from fresh bread delivered daily to fresh ingredients sourced from produce markets. courtney's produce doesn't sell high-margin items such as alcohol but focuses on staples and healthy food. item 4b is eclectic cookery. the business is a timeshared commercial kitchen located in bayview hunter's point shipyard. established in 1984, it is san francisco's first and largest commissary kitchen. the model supports food industry entrepreneurs by providing them with an affordable permitted kitchen, storage space and support in navigating the steps to be a licensed food business. they have provided services to nearly 500 local food-based businesses, including support for mobile food vendors. item 4c is gamescape. the business is a game store established in 1985 by robert hamilton. robert envisioned the business as a place where the local community and gaming enthusiasts could enjoy the world of tabletop gaming. it is renowned for their selection of games it offers as well as providing an event space for tournaments and gaming. the store consists of several departments including board games, role-playing games, classic games, family games, miniature games, playing cards, mechanical puzzles and jigsaw puzzles. as the neighborhood's landscape changed so did the hobby gaming industry and with that gamescape evolved and continued to fill the demand for the need of a friendly local game store. item hd is lorna coal hire ornamental plaster. lorna kollmeyer started with plasters from peter merchant who trained her in the art of plastering. it is in the hunter's point shipyard and has expanded to various spaces over the years. kollmeyer partnered with omega salvage in berkeley and san francisco victorian to source new molds. in 2015 they closed and lorna kollmeyer acquired the collection of brackets, mouldings. today the business holds the only archive of san francisco's cast sculptural architectural details. item 4e is the potrero view. the business is san francisco's oldest continuously published community newspaper. it began in 1970 out of a private home. aspiring to emerge to a newspaper that could influence municipal policy decisions, they received guidance from their first editor who had journalism experience at long island's newsday and san francisco's progress. potrero hill resident ruth started contributing in 1971 and became the editor and publisher. steven moss took over in 2006, maintaining a commitment to strong journalism. all five businesses received a recommendation from the preservation commission. after reviewing the applications, staff finds the businesses met the three criteria for listing on the legacy business registry. there are five draft resolutions for consideration by the small business commission, one for each of the applicants. 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 features and traditions that define the business. once approved, the businesses must maintain these physical features or traditions in order to remain on the registry. for courtney's produce it's grocery, for cookery it's kitchen, commissary kitchen. for gamescape it's game store. for plaster it's traditional plasterwork and for the potrero view it's publication covering the potrero hill area. this concludes my presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions. there are business representatives in attendance who would like to speak on behalf of the applications. please be mindful we have one additional legacy business to be heard in item 5. so if we do a photograph that should be after item five, not item four. >> okay, great. any questions or do you want to go right into public comment? right into public comment. so we are going to begin with public comment. and i want to start with tom who is here from supervisor mandelman's office. welcome. >> thank you commissioners. and congratulations to our new commissioners. i'm here on behalf of supervisor mandelman to speak in favor of courtney's produce. rick shared some of the courtney's story with you but they have been providing fresh produce to the triangle neighborhood since 971 in the same location in the castro. they are the sort of business that we in the upper market can and should be supporting so they can be here for another 40, 50 year, and we would support you adding them to the legacy business registry. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi, there, commissioners. thank you and welcome to the new commissioners. hi. i'm jen snyder, a legislative aid for dean preston, and i wanted to extend his full support for the legacy business application for gamescape, a beloved and friendly local game store. for decades, it has provided san franciscans with a place to play your favorite fantasy tabletop and role-playing games. thank you for keeping this special brand of creativity alive in our city. we are hopeful the legacy business will be awarded to you and we can make sure that every san franciscan household can have katan and the booster pack. >> great. thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. my name is amy. i'm here on behalf of hillary ronen. i'm a legislative aid in her office. we go from gamescape to books. so we are delighted to be nominated, to have nominated adobe books. >> they are going to be heard next. they are not in this. but don't go away. we are going to hear them next. sorry. come on up. >> good evening. my name is bill roberts. i'm one of the owners of eclectic cookery. i would like to start by saying how proud we are to have a chance to be included in the san francisco legacy business. we are san francisco's first, largest commercial commissary kitchen. our kitchen provides timeshared space to small batch entrepreneurs. we operate three facilities totaling 16,000 square feet. all three are in the bayview. two kitchens in hunter's point and the third is less than a mile away. eclectic started in 1984 in the old marine barracks building. the four original partners, susan, scott madison and others until our friend passed away in 2018. his wife jennifer is now our fourth partner. we have considered it a family enterprise. although we are not a formal small business incubator, we operate in that capacity. over 35 years, we have assisted hundreds of people in starting their businesses. we pride ourselves on being affordable, convenient and helpful. although we are a for profit business, we have always approached our interactions with perspective clients from a nonprofit mindset. we taught many people when we knew they were not properly prepared to start a small business. we have about 100 clients. they are very diverse in both the product they produce and in their personal history. on any given day, folks are working side by side preparing food that ranges from kim khi to texas barbecue. we have cuisine from mexico, ukraine, vietnam, france, italy, afghanistan, china and of course the famous california cuisine as well as many other delicious foods from all over the country. one of the most wonderful things is that not only do the aromas mingle but all the languages are also in the air. the kitchens are a very eclectic atmosphere. our clients learn from each other and help each other. together we have created hundreds of jobs that in turn provide the san francisco bay area with thousands of meals every day. thank you for the opportunity for me to be able to tell you about eclectic. i hope you get the sense of how san francisco it is and how lucky we as the owners feel to be part of it. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. next speaker, please. come on up. >> hi. my name is jenny wong and i'm the program coordinator for the renaissance entrepreneurship center in the bayview. we are a nonprofit that helps people start and grow their business. many of our clients are low income. and they use eclectic cookery, including our recent entrepreneur of the year, of creative ideas catering who started her business out of eclectic. the impact we have made in the community is enormous, providing opportunities for local residents to earn a living through entrepreneurship. we are honored to participate in the selection of the first participant in eclectic cookery's mentoring program, which provides free use of the kitchen for a year, including business support services and mentoring. the owners scott and bill are truly committed to the community and helping small food businesses succeed. what's incredible is during eclectic cookery's many years of service, they stated they never had a problem with any of the rents. we think that this is a testament to their ability to work with the most vulnerable small businesses and entrepreneurs in the community. so in summary, the renaissance center supports he eclectic's legacy business listing. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is robin courtney. i'm the daughter of patrick and lola courtney of courtney's produce. thank you for considering our legacy application. when my parents established courtney's produce at the corner of castro and 14th they changed the corner and improved the neighborhood forever. they have the iron bars removed from the previous owner, removed from the windows and doors. they strung up lights and added seating around the magnolia tree. they became a location where children in the neighborhood from across the street could come to get a treat with their parents, they became available for patients and staff across the street at the medical center to get nutritious and healthy food while they were visiting or serving patients. it's well-known to the police, fire employees as a place to get nutritious food quickly at a reasonable price. the neighborhood considers courtney's produce to be a gem and part of the neighborhood family. the philosophy from a business perspective is to keep the prices as low as possible so that they can be a business that supports the working class of san francisco. they've been very successful at that. they sell by volume, not by large, pricey items such as alcohol or tobacco. again, we are very grateful that you will consider our legacy application, courtney's has been in place for nearly 50 years. my parents started it with a few dollars they made from painting houses, and from then they made it into a very special place. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. [applause] >> good evening. tom hamilton with gamescape. on behalf of the gamescape community, we would like to thank rick and the legacy business program, vallie brown and dean preston's office for their support throughout the application process spells thanking the historic preservation committee for their recommendation as a legacy business. gamescape plans to continue the traditions that made it what it is today, a commitment to the community and to host gaming space that is welcoming to all. your recommendation for the legacy business registry would be an honor for us. so thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. i'm lorna kollmeyer from ornamental plaster. i arrived in san francisco in 1981 and was completely overwhelmed, not only by how many wonderful people there were in the city of san francisco but by the wonderful wacky architecture we don't have in southern california and south bay of los angeles where every fourth house is the same. a couple years later suddenly finding myself doing, making moulds and providing medallions and products for furnishing variety stores and the buildings of the city has just been a very interesting journey for me. i started doing it as something just to sort of, a little extra money on the side, and suddenly it has turned into we now house the last collection of all of these very specific things that we see, we take for granted of them in the city. but they take them for granted in the city, but all the ceiling medal whereons -- medallions. you can't order them from the east coast, they are all very different. the shop that we have out at hunter's point houses the archive of all of that. and we've been very fortunate to have a wonderful space to work on the shipyard. very supportive in the arts community out there we've got wonderful neighbors and wonderful people that support us. my partner, mike meyer, he's been -- we've been operating the business as a partnership for about 20 years now, i think. but it just gives us great joy to be part of the beautiful legacy of architecture of the city. and we serve homeowners and contractors, painting contractors, architects, and we are actually able to supply them with the real deal. it's people don't have to go to home home depot and buy a plastic ceiling medallions or pay a large amount of money to have one custom-made because nine times out of ten we already have things people need for their restoration project. anyway, my time is up. i wou