having been involved in the legislation when union street first did a moratorium to get their lot -- their legislation strict about, i did a use survey. the restaurant business -- these buildups have been really strapped because of this micromanaging of our and cds -- ncd's. i attended one with the supervisor alioto-pier once, and she said we are doing this to the point of insanity. it takes restaurants a lot of money and almost a year to get to opening their doors and it is debilitating to them. anything we can do to streamline the process will help these

guys, these small business owners, come in and set up camp. i support this, and so does the ncd. president o'brien: thank you. any more public speakers? public, disclosed. commissioner clyde: i would just like to go back to the two options, the one with the existing use categories and if they are moving into another category. i would like to support the least restrictive option. i do not think they should have to go through a conditional use. it is a form of grandfathering. the change of talk a great -- if it is not serving alcohol, it stays a restaurant, so there is no cu. we do have a number of self-

service cafes that also have beer you can take to your table. we also have little bellies were you can buy a beer and sit down -- we also have little bistros where you can buy a beer and sit down. i do not want these little businesses to endure any cost because of the change in their definition. i do not think they should need a cu to move in their categories. >> i do not think anyone would have to go to the process. everyone is grandfathered in. if you are categorized currently as a small self-service restaurant, you would not just become a restaurant. -- now just become a restaurant. this is only for new ones. commissioner clyde: so it is by right without alcohol, and with alcohol, subject to the

neighborhood controls and distinct needs of the district? >> exactly. there is room for variation in between the options we have. certainly for commercial districts you might want something else. that was just too methodologies -- two methodologies we came up with to transfer. commissioner clyde: i still support the least restrictive process. commissioner dooley: when are we going to see the legislation? >> it would be drafted by the city attorney's office. all will have to provide more text. in our presentation to the commission, we will do that to clarify some things and make sure we are not leaving the ambiguous statement mentioned earlier, being more specific about that. president o'brien: anybody else? during the outreach, were there

any negative comments from any party, in the neighborhood representative? >> by far, most people have been very supportive. there has been some questions about what the change would do two specific neighborhood commercial districts, and i have for -- and they have worked hard to maintain a certain image in their neighborhood. we are trying to reassure them that our intent is not to get rid of those controls, but just to make it -- someone said micromanaging. cannot micromanage how business operates so much. president o'brien: it is not an action item, necessarily. >> it is not an action item. if there is any comment or suggestion you want to direct to the planning commission as they hear it on august 4 -- will the

legislation be ready by august 4? >> we present a recommendation to the commission. they take that recommendation or do not. the supervisor can opt to put that into the legislation. that is when it would be officially drafted, after their boat. president o'brien: i would like to go on record for thinking supervisor -- thanking supervisor mirkarimi for this thought process. i think we should send a positive statement back to the supervisor's office of this hearing, an appreciation of you being here and presenting. if somebody would like to put something out here. >> could we do it in the form of a letter of support for the legislation to the planning department? >> you could ask staff to direct a letter of support for the direction. but, again, the official piece

of legislation with the changes has not been drafted yet. >> i think you have directed comments and made statements to aaron starr, and we can pass that on to supervisor mirkarimi. you are welcome to direct staff to say you would like a formal letter saying we support the direction of this and look forward -- president o'brien: there is a bigger picture for me, and that is respecting the fact that all legislation is supposed to come before the business commission, which some supervisors and to ignore. we hope more supervisors will follow that example. that is what i wanted to put something there, thinking him for bringing it to our attention and allowing us to hear it, and

secondly that we support in principle what he is doing here. >> you are welcome to make a motion to that. president o'brien: as president, am i allowed to make a motion? >> i move. >> i second. president o'brien: anybody object? do you have that? ok. seeing none, the motion is approved. thank you very much. next item. >> item 10, director's report. >> commissioners, due to the long meeting last month, you do

not have a written report. i just wanted to provide you with an update with our may and june numbers. i will be reporting out our annual numbers, based upon the city's fiscal year, and july to june. we just closed out our fiscal year 2010-2011. we are up 7% for may and 6% for june in terms of our client assistance. for the year ending fiscal year 2010-2011, we ended up with a 2% increase over the previous year, although we had a 7% reduction in our office hours. i am happy to say during the at- bat process through the budget we have had one poll -- add-back

process through the budget, we have had one full-time member added back to staff. i think commissioners -- thanks commissioners adams and dooley for speaking to supervisors and with that approach we were able to get that position added back in. i think our simple but targeted approach worked. there will be plenty of other opportunities for commissioner participation. we do want to expect -- express appreciation on that and. i am awaiting confirmation for when i can place the position of the job posting for announcement, which i anticipate will probably happen in the next

couple of weeks. i want to provide a quick legislative update. i am going to summarize some of them. i am not going to speak to all of them. the ordinance, which we have a hearing on last month -- i think because of the hearing, the initial schedule date for this item to be heard at the government audits and oversight committee was on june 23. that did get extended out for more time and input from the business community. this item has now been scheduled for july 14 at government audit and oversight. at this time, we do not have indication there is going to be in the amendment or modification. limited life performance -- i want to let you know that this item was also heard that the entertainment commission and the planning commission. both commissions recommended

approval, including all the nc district and south of market. supervisor elsbernd has said he wants to include the west portal district, so now that will be included. it is my understanding that supervisor kim is looking at some modifications for south of market around the nc area, and definitely areas around the west of soma area. but that is still being formulated. this item has not been scheduled yet in committee. i think it is probably due to waiting for those amendments to come forward. very pleased that all three commissions have the same recommendation. that is good.

the others i will let you read. i want to provide some updates on their ada. i did a presentation with urban solutions on survival tips for small business. my topic was on doing ada improvements and the topics one could use to bring a business to compliance and prevent a lawsuit. on june 30, working solutions, the micro lender who manages the loan fund, it did a presentation for their loan recipients. i really want to express my appreciation for the leadership and the fourth thought for the micro lender -- forethought for the micro lender. we are educating businesses that have staff to work with loan

recipients before receiving their loans around if they are going into a brick and mortar if there are any liabilities. it helps to insure their assets. it is a dual thing of caring about their business and insuring their assets. the gdra is offering a discounted inspection for all new members as a means of helping get the word out. we have our intern, catherine burton, who is a hastings law student. i am working on having her compile as the role of a list of businesses that have received lawsuits in san francisco only since 2002.

she is also going to be working on updating our website, the content on our website page. there is a lot more we can have. we met with the deputy director for programmatic access with the mayor's office on disability. there are some new guidelines that have come out with the federal ada around service animals that have provided some additional clarity, but also are a little bit different than what the state regulations are. their interest -- the mayor's office on disability is interested in working with our office and the commission to work to inform businesses of

what service animal means and often there are times when individuals have service animals that are misbehaving and a business does not have to allow that individual to stay in the place of business if they cannot keep the service animal under control. we will be exploring this at the outreach committee as to whether we might want to do a joint commission hearing on this, or whether we have a formal presentation on this at one of the commission derek -- commission hearings. they are interested in getting business input. i think i have included in your packets information that the mayor's office on disability has provided around the new guidelines with service animals. but this is one that i think would be a good one for us to partner with to provide

information, adequate information on. this seems to be some businesses -- a lot of businesses -- the mayor's office on disability gets a lot of calls from businesses wanting to know what are the parameters of what is appropriate and what is not appropriate. there was a recent piece of legislation at the state level on special access liability. it died in committee last week. the bill wouldn't require the owner of a property to be notified and to allow them 120 days to be able to fix the problem before it could come to suit. it did not pass out of committee. some of the comments were that we have the cast -- casp

inspection and this relatively new law needs to allow some time to see how it is being implemented. hr 881 at the federal level -- representative hunter has introduced this. it has not been scheduled in committee. i think they are still looking to increase the number of legislative sponsors at this particular point. but its objective is to require a notification in 90 days to allow business to come into compliance before a suit can be filed. sb 1608 created a california commission on disability access to monitor the inspection and

other items. they just hired an executive director. i did have a conversation with him. they will be, now that he is in place -- they will be giving some attention around the inspections. i think there are some -- he has indicated that there are some potential issues around the different inspectors, the lack of specificity around the requirements of what needs to be in the reports. what could possibly be a potential liability for businesses down the road is differentiating if you have an inspector who may not provide enough and permission.

and other items and the hired an executive director. i had a conversation with him. there will be -- as we progress in this work that we're doing. ameritech'america's cup, word ig out. lots of interest in this community about how to do business with the america's cup. we're working with the event authority. the america's cup organizing committee, through them to start

working on a plan of action to start doing our reach. what are the needs the have and possibly what is the best means and mechanisms to connect the events with our business, especially small businesses in san francisco. >> i have been asked and i can talk about this in my report. i will be involved with that. >> we also have a workforce component to it and i would like to find a way that we bridge this plan our work force together. for some of our small businesses, they will be able to engage in doing business with the advent which means there

will have to be ramped up. how can we connect with our workforce so we are meeting both needs at the same time. our license fee consolidation project, that is ongoing. the department right now is collecting their code list for the codes that will be changed by date. this will have -- i will be reaching out to you and to the business community over the next month to start getting feedback about the license fee consolidation project. the permit committee has been -- to make sure that the full

commission is up to speed on what is being worked on and proposed during an annual bill for businesses with licenses and fees that are paid through the tax and treasurer's office. last month, you received a presentation from the human rights commission around some proposed legislation that they are doing on arrests. there is -- there conducting a public hearing on monday, july 25 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and this one is targeted toward the business community. they want to solicit their input. and feedback as the work on this legislation. we have to put this in our newsletter, this workshop -- it

is a hearing, a presentation. we want to encourage commissioners, for you to outrage to the business community and let them know as much input the business community can provide. as much information the business community can provide is a good thing. this is not necessarily saying they support the concept. it is better to provide than none. we are having a presentation on our part list. the meeting went long so it is rescheduled and presentations, i have a list of other items and topics that the commission has requested presentations on and we are working on getting those scheduled for august or september. it is dependent on what is on the legislative agenda.

and then lastly, the members of the small business community, leaders are interested in doing a small-business conference to summarize the goal and objection -- objectives, to assemble policy recommendations to be presented to the leadership of san francisco to work on. this is in its beginning. there has been two meetings, i have attended both and i think -- if there are commissioners who are interested in attending, let me know. we would have to make sure there is no quorum issue. but yes. it -- the formation stays in

terms of when and how this will be done. that is the overall concept. on june 30 the music and cultural association celebrated its first year. as i mentioned, it is the hearing for -- for business and put. leslee it is not on the report but it is in your binder. we are exploring and having recommendations provided on we talked about a new logo for the office at our commission retreat. we're going to move forward with that.

we're working on the redesign for the website so this is a good time to begin to engage in what is the identity of the office with the commission and the small business assistance center and taking a look at the way other departments deal with their department identity that has multifacetes to the department. it will go through the outreach committee. i will make sure the commission is briefed on any information as it comes through. that concludes my report. if there is any questions. >> there is implementation in

2012 -- as of that date, we will not be seeing these or is it going through further scrutiny? do we know? i am thinking, if that is the end i will see these telephone directories outside san francisco -- i do not think we will see the same numbers. >> my guess is the implementation date is what it is because there is an annual cycle. has there been a legal challenge? >> we have not had any confirmation of that. we can advise you if and when

that comes. >> this is making sure that the industry has enough time to make sure the transition and plan -- as they transition and plan. >> >commissioners, item 11. >> we heard two items that were not brought with full permission as of this time. i would like to report on those items. the first is the proposed legislation for japan town. a code changed to prohibit medical services or business or professional -- in the in japan start -- we heard it and it

sounds fine to us. i am not sure where it is going but i went to report we have heard that. the second thing was we heard an item about in the mission, alcohol special use district, a bowling alley would like to open and they would be requesting to be allowed to be put into the special use district saying that the bowling alley that serve food within the physical bowling alley itself would be allowed to serve liquor along with their food items. we felt that seemed reasonable. >> that would be great.