came out of that that i would think you think he would be interested in hearing about. you can weigh in if there is anything i have left out. there is something called the alu, the abc liaison unit. it consists of about five professionals that are usually well trained and familiar with the process of applying for licenses. the have been involved in the business of reviewing applications and they know the logistics and mechanisms involved in that. he also indicated that all applications for liquor licenses have to be responded to within 30 days by state law. i thought that was interesting. i didn't know that. for some licenses that are granted, there is a condition

-- i'm sorry, let's see. they kind of manipulate the licenses that they grant to oppose restrictions on the price of sales. for instance, i will have to try to be politically correct about this. if they are going to be selling cans of beer for 25 cents, that looks like with the applicant was going to be doing, they may put restrictions on it and say that they can't sell for less than $5 or some other sets feet that they will discourage the activity and that type of business activity. >> the inspector made it very clear that he is a believer in

conditioning licenses, and i asked him what happens when somebody violates the condition, and he said that we will move to pull the license. he was very clear that he believes very strongly in conditioning licenses in order to get the effect that they want, such as requiring minimum pricing or restricting hours. >> he let it be known that when a licence is issued, there is a hands-off period of 12 months where it they can do very little to the person that has been granting -- granted the license. after that, they can't really take away -- >> excuse me, that was not my understanding. my understanding is that they

are not a hands-on. the one-year period is to establish whether or not you are following the rules. they like to have a one-year time frame of operation to establish that you are, indeed, irresponsible operator before they give you any more room. >> the said they wouldn't be able to take away the license, but they would suspend it. violations can result in the suspension of the license. he went on to state that there are not replacing the traditional roles of the police station, they are still part of the process. it was a very informative meeting for me. that concludes my report. >> item number 18, the outreach

committee report. >> almost everything that we covered in the meeting tonight, we continued to discuss our awardees for small business and empoyee recognition. -- employee recognition. we would like to invite all of the commissioners to think about a local or small business that you would recommend for the small business recognition award. i am really pleased with how much it means to the small business people and their supporters. i also think it is good to continue to look at public employees and the work that they do to assist the small business community.

please think about awardees in the future. let's see. and then, vacancy as was reported -- we have had no responses. >> am i correct that we sent out a second round of letters to the same folks we have sent out of the first round? >> we are about to send out the second round. >> we have submitted some addresses. >> it will show that we have done our due diligence to contact these folks. and then we will go on from then and talk about possible

legislative pieces that might aid in filling out some of these vacancies and allowing the city to keep track of folks that are keeping their properties in kind of derelict condition. it will allow the community to have posted where to contact the owners if they are interested in renting, if they see a problem with some kind of danger or construction problem. i think it might give somewhat of a database on where we are with the vacancies. >> and under new business, we discussed out reaching to the supervisor's office coming in the wake of the alcohol mitigation and other legislation that is hitting small business

before it has time to prepare a kind of input or response. we really think that at region needs to be done to each supervisor from the small business commission to identify priorities -- policy priorities. they have different policy objectives during their time in office, and we feel that it would be helpful if we could assist them in fulfilling their policy objectives and partnering with them. it seems as though -- we need to fix this problem, and they are going to go for the fastest and most expedient way. and sometimes without adequately considering all of the consequences. again, this has come out of the discussion from the alcohol

mitigation fee that could have a very negative effect. you don't think so, but you can't hire those extra people. he can't do different things. in the next five months, we would like to reach out to each supervisor. we discussed office hours in relation to the small business assistance center. >> the small business center -- the city is not taking furlough days, so what the majority of the unions did do was take the equivalent of 12 furlough days and reduce individual salaries based upon that amount.

what was added was that there were 12 floating holidays that employees are able to take, and they need to take this before they take a vacation paid, floating holidays, and they need to use it within a specified window of time. with the small staff having hours monday through friday, 8:00 to 5:00, those are staffed by -- one of those individuals would be off or be sick, as it is dealt, -- as it is now, there is some minor difficulty in terms of being able to have somebody being able to attend to that counter the full time that it is open. what we have done to try to deal

with the furlough days -- the floating holidays, on fridays, the assistant center is open for appointment only, and the tax and treasurer's office is closed in room 110 -- is closing room 110 the wednesday before thanksgiving and the week between christmas and new year's. we will be open for appointments only because those doors will be locked. as a means of trying to manage workflow and accommodating for the 12 floating holidays. we have made an announcement in

the september bulletin, and it is noted on the web site as well. >> that concludes my report. >> item number 19, the president's report. president riley: basically, i attended the meeting with the committee, and it was commissioner kasselman, the first meeting. we heard the legislation the you heard today. that is in it. next item, please. >> commissioners, item number 20, vice president's report. commissioner clyde: i attended the walk, it was very near my house, and i have to say, i was

very grateful that the truancy initiative kicked off because it was a great opportunity to show off the diversity of businesses and the continued investment in small businesses on lower twenty fourth street. many of the family-owned businesses that are beginning to transition between generations, another generation of family members are working and bringing new energy into long-term family owned businesses. it is along with new businesses, there are new business models on twenty first street. we got in e -- an earful. we started to hear about some of the things that are coming down comingpie -- down the pipeline between 4:00 am and 6:00 am,

when no one is there. there are lots of transients, late-night activity. there is considerable concern about the ability for businesses to keep their storefronts in order when no one is there. we are very concerned about that. we also heard about the sidewalk repair issue, who is responsible for them. hopefully everyone will be following up. the other little piece of information that i have is that october is disability employment awareness month. we have invited someone to give a presentation from the community vocational enterprise. they train and place people with

disabilities in businesses across san francisco. it will be a very formative discussion. i am glad that this is coming up right now as we are also dealing with ada lawsuits. it is really important for us to look at hiring persons with disabilities as part of the business plan and really put them at the front of the line. and look at the value of hiring persons. that is my report. president riley: next item, please. >> item 21, commissioner reports. president riley: any reports? commissioner dooley: i have a report on a few things. i have been attending weekly

meetings with the owners of the small pet shops in san francisco regarding the attempted invasion of the neighborhood corridors by formula retail chains. they have filed an appeal with the board of supervisors on the latest permit by the planning commission, so we will see how that goes. on the eleventh, i attended as i do every month, the group formed to create a waterfront plan for the northern area where the sea wall lots are, and i continue to promote ideas for -- that will help the neighborhood corridors like a shuttle bus that will take people from the cruise ship terminal to north beach, to

chinatown, trying to continue to promote local businesses that way. and i have been talking with the owners, the recipient of another ada lawsuit. i know she is very motivated. >> where street is the business on? >> i think it is sixteenth. >> by the restaurant. commissioner dooley: she is motivated to get the neighborhood together. we have to keep that on our priority list. it is not going away.

that concludes my report. >> thank you for working on that. president riley: next item, please. >> commissioners, item number 22 is general public comment. president riley: seeing none. >> item number 23, new business? >> i wanted to bring up the fact that the giants are tied for first place and there is only three weeks left. let's go. >> i would like to second that. [laughter] >> may i make a request? i was derelict in something and i want to reopen by vice president's report if that is

okay. >> we will go ahead and close new business. >> i wanted to say that the response from the small business community has been phenomenal, and i like to thank all of the small business people that came out on their own and organized on their own. there has been some press are around the big alcohol lobby, but many of the small business people were there on their own. there were there because they were concerned about costs, they were concerned about livelihood, they were concerned about businesses, and they are not being driven by paid lobbyists. frankly, considering the lobby that is the public health department, the people that are going to benefit financially should this be passed, i really don't think we should -- we need to pay attention to the fact that the small business people

that are affected are showing up at their voices are being heard. it is going to be very difficult hearing tomorrow, but i will be there to support the small business community. >> there won't be any public comments tomorrow, right? >> is my understanding that many people are planning to show up and they should show up if they can. >> item number 24, adjournemenm. president riley: all in favor? >> the meeting is adjourned at 8:49pm.

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persidio national park and near golden gate and running like a scar is this ugly highway. that was built in 1936 at the same time as the bridge and at that time the presidio was an army and they didn't want civilians on their turf. and the road was built high. >> we need access and you have a 70 year-old facility that's inadequate for today's transportation needs. and in addition to that, you have the problem that it wasn't for site extenders. >> the rating for the high viaduct is a higher rating than

that collapsed. and it was sapped quite a while before used and it was rusty before installed. >> a state highway through a federal national park connecting an independently managed bridge to city streets. this is a prescription for complication. >> it became clear unless there was one catalyst organization that took it on as a challenge, it wouldn't happen and we did that and for people to advocate. and the project has a structural rating of 2 out of 100. >> you can see the rusting reinforcing in the concrete when you look at the edges now.

the deck has steel reinforcing that's corroded and lost 2/3's of its strength. >> this was accelerated in 1989 when the earthquake hit and cal came in and strengthened but can't bring to standards. to fix this road will cost more than to replace. and for the last 18 years, we have been working on a design to replace the road way, but to do in a way that makes it appropriate to be in a national park and not army post. >> i would say it's one of the most ugly structure, and it's a barrier between the mar sh and

presidio. and this is a place and i brought my dogs and grandchildren and had a picnic lunch and it was memorable to use them when we come here. what would it look like when the design and development is completed. and we are not sure we want an eight lane highway going through this town. and it's a beautiful area in a national seaport area on the planet. >> the road is going to be so different. it's really a park way, and it's a parkway through the national park. and they make the road disapeer

to the national park. >> and the road is about 20 feet lower, normally midday, you go through it in two minutes. looking back from the golden gate bridge to presidio, you are more aware of the park land and less of the roads. and the viaduct will parallel the existing one and to the south and can be built while the existing one remains in operation. and the two bridges there with open space between them and your views constantly change and not aware of the traffic in the opposite direction and notice the views more. and the lanes of course are a foot wider than they are today. and they will be shoulders and if your car is disabled, you can pull off to the edge. and the next area, the tunnel

portal will have a view centered on the palace of fine arts and as you come out, you can see alkatrez island and bay. and the next area is about 1,000 feet long. and when you come into one, you can see through the other end. it's almost like driving through a building than through a tunnel. and noise from the roadway will be sheltered. and the traffic will be out of view. >> when you come out of the last sort tunnel and as you look forward, you see the golden dome of the palace of fine arts and what more perfect way to come to san francisco through that gateway. >> it will be an amazing

transformation. now you read it as one section, the road is a major barrier and then a wonderful strip along the water. all of those things are going to mesh together. >> right now the road really cuts off this area from public access. and with the new road, we will be able to open up the opportunity in a new way. >> this bunker that we see now is out of access for the general public. we are excited to completely rework this side and to open up the magnificent views. and what we want to do is add to this wonderful amenity and restore this coastal bluff area and respect its military