john decastro. >> hello, i'm john decastro, a tenant and i do appreciate the commission directing the staff to come down and talk to us yesterday. we had almost 100 tenants at the hall down there, listening to our information and the staff has agreed to drop the electric charge, which we appreciate, until the metering is done on the piers. so that is very good. what i am concerned about is the staff does not seem to have listened to the concerns of the tenants regarding the parking and setting of rates at parity with other public harbors and i find there is minimal understanding or compassion regarding the lack of parking down there. and they are saying to live with it. we have had 205 spaces, but 205

space goes back to 1985. it was a little quieter back then. there is a little more going on at the waterfront. and that is a lot of people running around that parking lot. there seems to be that the pier 40 space was included to allocate about 100 spaces, but nobody can put their finger on that lore. so i think a little investigation has to be done with that regards. the west harbor is totally reconstructed and our harbor is 25 years old. according to the ordinance that was passed by the parks and recreation department, by the board of supervisors,the east harbor is still at rates very comparable to south beach harbor. they are at $8.75 a foot at my

boat and i'm paying $8.70 and that was not included in the vary, that the difference in those two harbor as far as i know. san francisco marina gets two parking passes and we get one and have to pay $600 a year for the second pass. i recognize they are hunting licenses, just like a residential parking permit is a residential license like in my neighborhood. i think the port ought to think about giving us a discount on rates if we're only going to get one parking space, especially given the fact our harbor is 25-years-old and probably the east harbor is 30 years old. so we're comparable in age i would suspect. the port staff in some cases seems to treat the report as gospel and not taking into account other studies down by

other agencies. have i run out of time? for my lot, they want us to walk out to our boat, and back to the boat for a parking permit. that is a half a mile walk for me. at the end of the pier. i'm okay now with walking that distance, but in a couple of years i might not be. they want us to use the loading zone with 50-60 boats in the harbor on friday night, that loading zone is not going to be big enough. the only loading zone i am aware of unless they restriped the lot is f dock right at the end of the harbor. so i would suggest and hope that you would redirect the staff to redouble their efforts to determine how to meet the loan requirements

of the 6.6 parking spaces per slip. i'm happy that they allocated 20 additional spaces at at good, but i think they can do a little more. thank you for your time. >> thank you. bill adams. >> just want to romind you when the bell rings the three minutes are up. >> my name is bill adams and i'm a tenant at south beach harbor and i'm pleased that you now have a member whose name is adams as well [ laughter ] the reason i'm coming here today is because i'm concerned about the process of evaluating the rates, the parking conditions and the revised contracts, the revised terms under which the south beach harbor tenants will be operating. i appreciate the efforts of

peter daly and elaine in listening to the harbor tenants. however there is a very big difference between listening and actually considering rational, logical arguments. it's important to understand what is being proposed is to raise the rates of our berth payments by about 40% and that is unreasonable. 10%, 15, 20% maybe. 40% is unreasonable. and what they are presenting is that the north harbor rates for the fully revised, refurbished harbor should be given to the south beach harbor. and it's wrong. it's unreasonable. it's unsupportable. it's not logical. and the rationalization for this increase is the tattersol report that is being represented as indicative of market value and it's flawed,

biased report that shouldn't be used to determine market value. there are other reports that indicate that lower rates are more appropriate to market value. for example, the east harbor operated by parks and recreation is more typically of market rates and it's consistent with our current rates. and i want to urge you to direct the staff to reconsider the tattersol report as an establishment of market rates for the revised conditions for the south beach harbor tenants. the possessery interest tax has been taken away from our harbor and pledged by contract to be used for debt service and interest on the loans and as justification for the increase in our harbor rates the explanation has been given that we're underwater.

we're losing money because we have to pay the principal and interest on these loans. and on the bonds. if we were to have the possessery interest tax and other taxes pledged to be used for principal and interest on the loans, we would not be in the situation we're in and it would not be necessary to raise our rates in such an egregious manner in order to meet these budgeted financial projections. i also want to speak to parking. the commitment was that.6 parking spaces per slip. we're not even close it that. they are taking parking slips away and putting meters on our parking and the proposal in general, both for parking, for the berth rates and for the conditions of use of the south beach harbor are under the city and port of san francisco is unreasonable. it isn't justified and

logically inconsistent and while your port staff while being kind and sincere are misdirected. thank you very much. >> is there any further public comment? hearing none, do i have a motion to adjourn? >> motion to reconvene in executive session. >> second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> now adjourned.uhp

we would like to thanks ssf tv and services for the constant support of our meetings. item number one, call to order

and roll call. the meeting is called to order. at 5:34 p.m. >> commissioner will call adams. here. >> duly. >> here. >> commissioner dwight? >> absent. >> he is on his way, i saw him coming up. >> commissioner on brian. >> here. >> commissioner carnega is absent. >> commissioner white. >> here. >> commissioner riley. >> here. >> commissioners we have quorum >> okay. next item, commissioners, item number two, introduction of new small office small business staff. >> commissioners, i would like to take this moment to do an introduction to our new staff member and city hall fellow and then afterwards. i would also like for each of you maybe to give a brief

introduction of yourself to our staff members. first i would like to introduce you to christian murdock who is our new business counselor and will be doing policy and analytical work for the office as well. so i will have christian give you an introduction to himself. >> good evening commissioners and director. my name is christian murdock the second week here with the office of small business. it is good pleasure to be here with the team and help out with the work. >> prior to my arrival, i worked at the city mission veajo, we work on project and permits. small business owners and residents and large businesses and so forth. prior to that, i worked for the michigan department of transportation in the

intermodel transportation division working on the projects like the general aviation, and car pools and railway and ports, etc..

to the nyc business express wizard. while the tool may not be developed under me all of the content and the mapping of the tool will be under my under tanking and my duty to fulfill. the goal of the on-line portal is to allow the san francisco businesses a comprehensive pdsing of the appropriate licenses and permits needed to open, control grow and continue to operate within the city with a simple and accurate on-line tool. >> i just graduated from the catholic university from washington, d.c. and happy to join you guys with this endeavor. >> welcome.

>> great, welcome. >> we are going to keep you guys busy. >> i would like for you to take a moment, again, to say your names and then perhaps, talk just say one or two sentences about you. so commissioner, we will just go around. >> yes, i'm commissioner monetta white. i am a native san francisco an and i have a business called 1300 on fillmore and it is a full service restaurant. welcome. >> mark dwight, founder and owner of a company called ag works in the city and we manufacture in the dog patch neighborhood and a non-profit that supports local manufacturing. >> kathleen dooley a florist out of north beep. >> steve adams, managing director of sterling bank and trust in san francisco and i am also involved in a lot of

neighborhood merchant organizations here in san francisco. >> and commissioner luke obrian founder of the real estate company called obrien investments as you can tell it is a chinese company. and very proud of it and also a member of the san francisco coalition for responsible growth which is a small business in san francisco. >> irene riley and a retired bank executives after 35 years and i have been working with small businesses through my tenure with the bank and i grew up in the small business environment. my family has been in small business for 30-something years. >> so, thank you, for taking the time to come and introduce yourself at the commission meeting and thanks so much. >> and you are certainly welcome to stay and watch the meeting. >> oh, yeah. >> you don't have to.

>> really. >> next item. commissioners, item number three, presentation of a small business commission statistics of honor recognizing a city employee, beverly as part of the scc employee recognition program. >> hi commissioners, commissioner obrien here and the first time doing this presentation which is long overdue and i am honored to be doing it for a person who has deserved this recognition, we would like for the record to remind people again what the presentation is all about.

so from time-to-time, the small business commission and the small business assistance center worked together to recognize people within the city who are deserving of recognition for their contributions to the small business community in the city and county of san francisco. and we actually believe that our small assistance center could probably get a recognition every day for every employee there. but we have to go outside of there, sometimes. and i am particularly honored to be recognizing beverly popek a city employee for many years and i have had occasion to work with beverly in her role as helping small businesses become comply ant. i was an applicant, slash assistant to a company that was attempting to become a business enterprise company that was

fulfilling the requirements to be an lb, including subscribing to and supporting ordinances such as equal rights for partners and some other ordinances that are unique to san francisco that you have to support to become a local business enterprise. the lb is also very important because it is something that drives businesses in san francisco. and they are the ones more than any of the big companies that provide local employment. they are the engine of growth for the small business community and for the city as a whole. so this work is very important. and we all complain from time-to-time when we have to deal with the city employees. they are an easy target and i certainly never received one occasion in my interactions with beverly where i could make a complaint of the response that i got. the intelligent assistance that i got with issues that were at odds with getting through the

process and she was very diligent about her work. and she exemp lified it. and i am honored to be here awarding her with this recognition and i would like to read the exact words that are spelled out. the certificate of honor, small business commission the city and county of san francisco, beverly popek general services agency. on this monday, september 10th, 2012, the small business commission is proud to acknowledge the contributions that beverly popek has made to the san francisco small business community. as a contract compliance officer, beverly works tirelessly with the businesses to assist them in becoming certified local business

enterprises which provides enhanced opportunities for local small businesses to contact with the city. beverly is highly respected among her peers and the staff of the office of small business extends her appreciation as well. for the work that she does with the office. beverly serves in an example for all city employees and is most deserving of this recommend. congratulations beverly. [ applause ] >> okay. well, thank you very much. i just wanted to thank you for this recognition, and working with small businesses day after day it is very rewarding to me. and to receive something like this, it is very heart-felt. i have been working with disadvantaged businesses, small, local minority women since 2001 and this recognition is much appreciated. i also wanted to thank the

small business commission director and staff. i have been working with them for about two years now and they are terrific, you have a great set of people who care from the heart. they go the extra mile and we worked collaboratively together to try to make our government efficient for the local businesses and not to increase hurtles because it is very complicated, and sometimes frustrating. sometimes for us as well. thank you so much and i appreciate this award. >> thank you. [ applause ]

>> commissioners we are now on item number four, approval of the july 23rd minutes, drafted july 23rd, 2012 minutes. >> do we have a motion to approve the minutes? >> i prove. >> second, sorry, go ahead. >> got it. >> all in favor? >> aye.

>> aye. >> next item? >> commissioners item five approval of the august 13, 2012 meeting minutes documents drafted august 13, 2012 minutes. >> do we have a motion to approve the august 13th minutes? >> i move. >> i second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> aye. >> and the minutes approved next item. >> commissioners number six, general public comment. do we have any members of the public that would like to comment on any item that is not on the agenda this evening? >> seeing none, public comments closed. next item. >> item 7, discussion and public action to make recommendation to the board of supervisers on board of supervisors file 120773. planning code, reinstating liquor license controls and stishing conditional use of requirement for limited restaurant.

in your binders, the file number and the digest and we have a presentation by katherine stefani legislative aid to supervisor mark farrell. >> good evening commissioners. thank you for the opportunity to appear in front of you tonight to explain our legislation to you. as you ever are aware, superviser scott wiener passed legislation that consolidated. we took about 15 definition and consolidated them into two, to restaurant, bars and regular restaurants. >> in that consolidation, the union street neighborhood commercial street neighborhood was affected so that the liquor license controls that were in place were taken away. when they changed the definition of restaurant. so, it was inad ver tant and no one caught it at the time and we realized it after the fact.

>> the association and the golden gate valley association came to our to alert us of this. we talked to the office and he agreed to sponsor the legislation to fix the legislation, so what you have before you is the legislation that actually will reinstate the controls in the union street commercial district and it will also require a conditional use permit for the limited restaurants, those are the restaurants that will not be allowed to have beer and wine or a liquor license. but the merchants on the street and the neighbors wanted a cu for those limited restaurants. so really, the legislation comes down to two things, reinstates the liquor license and requires a cu for the limited restaurants instead of being permitted as a right as supervisor's wiene r's legislation did. >> when he set out to change the planning code he did a lot of work and worked with various

neighborhood commercial districts all over the city. and as a planning department will tell you and superviser wiener will back up. it was never their intention to unravel controls that were in place and that were agreed upon by neighbors and merchants. so this really was not inad ver tant, we are sorry that we did not catch it at the time. it did pass out on the planning commission last week, 6 to 1. commissioner sagia, was the only one that did not vote for it and he basically stated that he was upset that this was not taken care of at the same time that we did not catch it when it was passed. >> with legislation, we all know that you would not have unintended consequences if legislation was perfect when it went through. so this is just our attempt to really put forward the will of our merchants in our union street and the neighbors as well. and i don't know how many of

you know the politics of that commercial district. often times the neighborhood association and the merchant organization don't see eye to eye. and i hope that you will see the legislation as well and i am available for any questions. >> commissioners? >> did you get anybody with any resistance against reinstating the controls, what i have heard so far is that it seems like a no brainer and it seems that it is universal but i just want to know if there is anybody who had any concerns who would not do this? >> we have not received any in our office. nor did the planning department. and it was actually on the content agenda at the planning commission, but the commissioner pulled it off. so we have not received the opposition or anything like that. >> it sounds like he was just annoyed at the procedure rather than anything with the idea of reinstating the controls. >> i think that is a good sum where i of how he felt.

>> thank you. >> commissioner dooley. >> i want to say that i am support of this and i think that while superviser wiener's legislation has done a lot of great thing but i am a firm believer that the ncd should have control over the destiny of their neighborhoods and so i am completely supportive. >> thank you. >> any other commissioners? >> do we have public comment on item 7? seeing none, public commt on item seven is closed. do we have commissioner obrien? >> i move to support it. especially since we have... on the neighborhood commercial district and why would we even need to go against the will of the people really? it is universal? so we would like to make a motion that we approve this as proposed. >> i will second it. >>