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an impact study before this commission. this should be pursued with other things. president o'brien: thank you. any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. the resolution as it is worded? commissioner adams: yes, i would like to move the motion as amended with the language of commissioner clyde and based on the understanding that the small business commission -- just to address our concerns that we may have with this. president o'brien: do i have a second? ok, do we need a roll call or without objection? ok, without objection, it is
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approved. thank you. next item. clerk: commissioners, item number nine, the approval of the office of small business/small business commission 2011 strategic plan and action plan. there also copies available for the public. >> commissioners, this is the 2011 strategic plan that the commission worked through at the retreat, and so, the sections where we are carrying forward the items from the 2010 strategic plan, 2011, i have left those in under each goal area.
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the items are carried forward, either as they are ongoing, or as a reported in my strategic plan, they've either ongoing, or the department was not able to get to, or they are in process, so those are carried forward, and what we have under the second goal on page three, we have included some specifics about what needs to be completed for the ada outreach, the presentation to the merchants. comprehensive information and how to prevent a lawsuit,
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creating an attractive brochure for all of the apart -- departments, and then holding a hearing. and for that, we have a targeted goal to have that completed by the end of the summer. the strategic plan, what you see right now, incorporates an action plan under each bowl. and then what is new this year is that we will mail welcome letters to newly registered businesses, and once that process is set up, we will be providing monthly reports. we are still working out with the treasurer's office. however, it comes, and we will be reporting out a number of
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mailings at the commission meetings, and then we will continue to have a significant presence for small business week. utilize the merchant walks when feasible, and then the other component that was added was to develop possibly a new logo for the commission and the department. there are two core things that the commission has decided. taking a look at the police permits and submitting recommendations to the department, to the director of the office of economic and work force development, koran and this is work that the permit a committee has just started to engage in, and the second item,
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there is consolidated annual licensing projects that are taking place, in just to review for the commission, i will have a little bit more in my director's report, but these are for streamlining the projects that the department and the commission will be taking part in. and then, the last bullet item, the commission asked staff to create the top four, and we have retail, general, and in retail food. those are probably the top four, which we will have written guidelines for. we are pretty well done for the
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restaurants, and we're working on others. and then, at the retreat, we ask that staff in for the last goal, representing the interagency projects and task force, and again, the consolidations, the project is one. we will conduct mobil facility workshops, and then any other that is as assigned within the year. they're working with the mayor, federal and state representatives, on a key legislation both prior and drug the legislative process, so locally, we have local listed in terms of what has been on the commission's docket.
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there are some that have been initiated, and this policy will be tracked, those recommendations, and then initiate some recommendations. this is changing the 12 days for response time, changing it to 60 days, and then we still have possibly the vacancy control. and then again, are streamlining reports, section by section. and to repeat what i said earlier, the permit projects. these are going to be the two primary focuses.
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and the evaluation of impact these any impact on small businesses, the permitting committing is taking in ladell betts, and hopefully, the objective is to be able to have some sort of analysis and be able to bring forward some kind of report to the commission by the end of september. commissioner yee riley: can i have a suggestion? >> yes. commissioner yee riley: no. 1, i would ask that you no. it's so that we can quickly find the goal. and then the ones that we did not finish last time, you put
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1.2, 1.6. i think we can just listed as bullets, because this is a new strategic plan for this year, it so this would go back to the previous years. it would look cleaner the way. >> so then, i will make some bullets. commissioner yee riley: it is no longer 2.1, 2.2. this is an action item. it is clear that way. president o'brien: what you could do if he wanted to delineate it is use a times set the very bottom. -- use an asterisk.
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commissioner yee riley: so we do not have to go and refer to those. no. one, two, three, four and four. present -- president o'brien: and any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> you can vote to approve with the amended formatting, unless you want to see it with its amended formatting. president o'brien: do we have a motion? president -- commissioner yee riley: i so move.
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president o'brien: premature move without objection. getting it done it. thank you. next item, please, chris. clerk: commissioners, you are now on item number 10, a discussion and possible action on proposed legislation for a waiver of temporary street space occupancy fees on may 7, 2011, saturday, and saturday, may 21, 2 dufty 11, for small business week. this would be a proposed ordinance waiving the fees and public works conception 724.1b for temporary street cred space occupancy in certain sections of the city on saturday, may 7, 2011, and saturday, may 21,
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2011, as part of small business week. we have the presentation. >> the waiver for st. occupancy is something that the commission does annually for small business week. supervisor avalos has agreed to be the representing supervisor and sponsor, but normally, what we do with the commission is that brings forth the draft for you to take a look at, because, generally, with the timing, to get as many in the merchant's association involved, the 30-day hold is waves, -- waived, and we would like to do this with your approval so they do not refer it back to the commission, and then we can expedite it through the committee process and hearing and get it done in time for
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small business week, so what is in the legislation is the spaces that the department, the commission is asking to have the permit fee waived for each of the participating merchants associations, and you have a list of merchants' associations, and how many do we have, chris, total? i thought maybe you would know that number of hand. clerk: 16. there will be a sale on saturday may 7, due to scheduling, with other conflicts with school schedules.
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commissioner yee riley: do we have to do this every year? >> yes, we have to do this every year. part of what we bring is our ability to help do the promotion around the shop your neighborhood date for small business week, and part of that is doing the fee waiver for the sidewalk sale, so that encourages the merchant organizations. commissioner yee riley: we have to do the same process every year? we cannot just say from now on? >> dpw needs to have the board of supervisors approved way the permit fee, and then we send them the information, and they korea a permit for each merchant area, and that permit also goes to each police station, just for
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verification, and the police may not be aware of what is happening, so this way, there is verification that this area has the permit and can conduct, the merchant can conduct business on the sidewalk. president -- >> this way, we can promptly submit to this. president o'brien: commissioner adams? commissioner adams: this is very important. president o'brien: this is an action item, if i am not mistaken? >> this is an action item.
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president o'brien: do we get a proposal and the second? commissioner adams: a motion to approve. president o'brien: approved. next item, please. i do not see anybody here, so there is no public comment. clerk: thank you, commissioners. you are now on item 11, discussion and possible action to give staff direction regarding limited light entertainment permits, and we have a presentation from director dick-endrizzi. >> commissioners, what is before you -- the legislation is not before you, but there are some continued issues that have come up around the limits of live performance, so the legislation
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has not been introduced. i want to get some direction from the commission and because of the advocacy, we were able to assure that the application permit it was at a very reasonable rate, so we do have some concerns from two different neighborhoods about the limits of live performance permits. if you could turn to -- at the retreat, and i am happy to review this as needed, but at the retreat, we went over -- do i need to repeat that at all?
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ok, so i would like to have you turn and take a look at the map, and this shows the sections that currently of the legislation is written, it is permitted. all of the green areas. and if we went with the current code, and the green represents where entertainment is permitted, and then yellow is conditional use, and there are concerns from two different areas, the legislative there are some concerns with the western
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soma area and in the north beach area to make the one of the legislation just go with what is permitted, and i just wanted to make sure that my implication is -- it is our neighborhood commercial corridor, where the thought in the attention, and this was initially discussed, would have to be conditional use, and that would add another $2,000 on to that permit, approximately, to do a conditional use, so i am is bringing this to your attention, and the direction that we want to go with is what we intend,
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and the two areas, if they went to either make themselves conditional use or pull themselves out of the legislation, but for me, that is the direction to go into as opposed to making the rest of our neighborhood commercial corridors. again, being penalized and making it more costly for them to engage in this particular permit. president o'brien: commissioner collide? commissioner clyde: thank you. you articulate it that well. there is a piano at a pizza parlor for four hours when their
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house was being renovated. residents of the san francisco symphony and the ballet orchestra, said they had a great time. they wanted to continue that, but permanent issues allowing just a simple piano, it made it impossible for the pizza parlor to continue even after it was taken back into the house. if that really is the kind of thing we are looking at, in federal possible, i think we should reiterate or state this. there are dozens of musicians,
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some of which produce their own music. they're trying to pick up digs in between. professional digs, and they also use this money. they need this money, and our musicians and entertainers, they are small business owners themselves. banks. president -- thanks. president o'brie: commissioner dooley? the commissioner dooley: some are skeptical of this, but i think it would be good to remove all of the comments in here that say performance allow until 10:00 p.m.. that should be removed, and then this after one year, they may operate up to midnight.
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it seems like it kind of money is the waters, which is that this will be until 10:00, mostly in restaurants, cafes. i know myself it would be a much stronger position to come from to say, no, not after one year can they be open until midnight. two years, they could stay open until 1. i think it is better to make it more narrow, so there would be less objection to it. by the possibility of extending later i think is a problem. i think it should go for this type of permits, and they want to go further after they have done this, then i think that their neighborhood track record will be good, and they should go ahead and apply for a regular
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license. president o'brien: ok, commissioner riley? commissioner yee riley: after one year, they cannot renew. is that intentional? >> i think when you talk to folks, they do not like the open door. the thing is, they do not want to get into a shouting match. 10:00 p.m., that is it, and if it is something else, it falls under a different category. i just been there would be way less objections, and i do not personally see why it needs to be extended for two hours. most restaurants are not going to be serving after 10, anyway, and even with the café,
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performing until 10:00, this makes it an easier sell. no, we do not want them open until midnight. 10:00 is ok but not until midnight. and entertainment area like north beach starts getting into what you call the witching hour, which is when the problems start sprouting around that time. 11:00 on is when things start getting rougher, especially on weekends with the crowds. this would be my suggestions. president o'brien: commissioner clyde? commissioner clyde: a lot of the second floor, what used to be
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housing now, it is often in office. i am sensitive in our mixed use districts noise and people, so i do not want to craft legislation that is going to go round the entertainment permit, should a person or a business want to pursue that. this is really to bring under the permitting umbrella the small venues that want to have an accessory use before 10:00. now, how to handle -- now, it is 11:00, or is the weekend. i do not know, but i do know, i believe there is a spot for this legislation as was intended.
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this is not to compete. i would be very interesting to hear what your take would be. >> i think this is needed. each district is different with respect to north beach. there are issues over there right now. we need to do something. this is a tourist town, and people come here from all over the world.
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although, i appreciate until midnight. i think this is very good legislation. commissioner yee riley: so should we get rid of this? open until midnight? >> we can change this in the future. i just feel uncomfortable introducing something right now with an open and to it. but in wants to get this program up and going, there is always an opportunity to revisit it.
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-- i just want to the this program up and going. i think really more from the direction is that our commission wants to see the green areas stayed green, and there are neighborhoods you want to pull themselves out, and they are welcome to do so. if the caveat to achieve that is we keep it at 10:00 p.m., we keep it at 10:00 p.m. otherwise, that is the first option, otherwise, another option is certain neighborhoods can save limited live performance
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