project as supervisor cohen says we've been working on with tom elliot fish and landscape designer walter hood. do you have this on your screen? or you should have the hard copy in front of you. one of the things we are really proud of on this design team is recognizing the history k place of the opera house in the context of the district. you will see in front of you the very interesting history that begins with the loaney people that live along the bay of bay view. the history of the shipyard and very interesting and important to us is the picture on the far right is a history of the racial tensions in the mid 60s. that corner you see on the right hand image is a corner that you will see on a

design schematic that we hope to turn into a commemorative plaza. i'm going to move to the next image and see the distribution -- direction we have gone with the design team. the key areas of this project are to improve accessibility with strong emphasis on the historic front and then to activate the outdoor plaza space specifically in response to a desire to create outdoor am theatre and very active area for the community. we also wanted to do a greening elements. i suspect all of you have been there. eight very barren concrete area. this is an idea of a historic front of

the building and what we'll be doing. you will see a very contemporary walkway. i have another image coming up. the design team under the leadership of walter hood has this beautiful image holding the building in a kind of an embrace, what you don't realize until luke at these drawings, the building is actually at an incline and we really want to place this property and street escape to really embrace the heart and soul of the corridor. the next is the detail of the placement of the work along the front of the building. this is as you obviously know it's 1888 historic facade. we've been through all of our entitlements including preservation and we have an ease meant with the

architectural heritage. then i just want to show i a little bit more detail on the back design elements. we are very very excited about this opportunity to create a real outdoor stage with seating. we have a very exciting and interesting opportunity to do some greening but also to allow the space open so that is it's flexible. we can do a farmers market, a street fair, any number of things and all of this is keep in mind is all about access. there is full access completely surrounding the buildings. this project also includes interior work, ada bathrooms will be installed on 2 levels. the stage will get accessible treatment and historic balcony will have some structural engineering work done and the last image which i'm really excited to share is

kind of our vision for the future. this is what it will look like as you imagine with performances going on and festivals going on with this wonderful activation which will include new fencing, new lighting, new seating and just i think a sense of vibrancy. the project is 4-and-a-half million that is coming through 11 city sources. this is across multiple city agencies and we hope to raise an additional half million dollars. and we would like to give local brick by brick program. i'm happy to answer any questions regarding the contract. >> thank you very much for your presentation. before we bring

up brook to say a couple words. could you talk to me, i didn't see in the description the possible design for connecting the parking lot to the plaza. >> the mendell plaza. the design work on the fence includes a large ruling gate that will be across from mendell plaza. with the intent we'll close off the bay view project for the children and will it encourage movement from the man dell plaza to the bay view plaza. >> what material is it made of?

>> the final work will go through final design. it's actually going to be metal with a twist in it that will have a kind of a ripple effect so you will be able to see through it at some angles but it will block and provide privacy for children's area and will be lit from underground so in the evening the light will shine and it will have a sense of movement to it. >> will it mechanically move? >> i don't know the answer to that. i will find out for you. >> looks like we have a question from commissioner campos? >> thank you madam chair. thank you for this presentation. it's a beautiful building. just a

couple questions. for the outdoor theatre, what was the seating capacity? >> it's a flexible seating compassey. -- capacity. i think it's about 180 now. the idea is it might work for both performances on the stage or could be reversed so people can sit and face man dell plaza. >> what's the playground? >> our property at the bay view could be opened up to the children's playground. it's why we moved the current play area for the programs that take place now is along 3rd street. let me show you on this.

>> so starting out it won't be connected? >> it's not connected now because there are two separate properties owned by two separate departments. but we imagine a time where we can put a single gate. the gate that runs between the two properties is not being changed but we do imagine m time it will be lovely for the community if we could link the two properties together. right now the children's area that is used predominantly by the tenant organization is here and we want to move it here so it could be synchronizity. >> are there any local neighborhood artist involved ? >> the arts project was invested years ago along the gym. but this commemorative

plaza area will be a piece of public art. that has not been determined yet but this commemorative area will be where art is installed. >> if there are no other questions, i would like to bring brook up from dpw to also comment on this item? >> sure. from public works. i had the opportunity of managing the rec's center renovation about 6 or 7 years ago. and i highly admired the playground. just on the contracting conversation, we have as needed contracts at dpw that supplements some of our resources that we go out to private sector to help us do some design work and the reason we come before you today

typically it's a 3 year contract and added 2 years to complete the work and as some of the delays we have experienced the capacity has run out and we are coming to you to give us a waiver to allow to design team to complete the work and start construction this summer. >> thank you very much. thank you. i see no public comment. let me ask. is there any public comment? seeing no public comment, it's closed. is this an action item? can i have a motion? thank you. motion made by supervisor katie tang. without objection, we've moved this item. thank you for a fantastic presentation. i'm

so excited. i know we all are. we'll all be at the ribbon cutting. mr. clerk please read item no. 2. approving legislative analyzing work plan for 2013. >> thank you so much. good morning members of the committee, from the budget and analyst office. this is in your packet. i just want to pass it in case you don't have it. this year, every year we present the work plan for the service hours. this is based on not only last year's work plan but how weal -- allocated our services last year. we will not project the budget in may. it's on a 2 year budget and we don't think there is a reason to review this year unless there

is major changes. we did reduce a number of hours allocated to budget and we did distribute them to legislative item because we have items over the first couple months and also 2 performance audit to continue special projects at the request of the board. we also attached our performance measures. these are so performance measures that we've offered in prior years. if you have any questions? i don't see any questions. it doesn't look like we have any questions. thank you very much. >> i would like to take public comment on this item no. 2. seeing no comment. this item is closed. before i close it, is there a motion? >> so moved. >> thank you very much. without object this motion passes.

thank you, mr. clerk. is there any other items? >> this concludes our agenda. >> thank you. this meeting is adjourned. >>

>> >> good evening. welcome to the joint meeting on the status of women and the small business commission. today is april 8, 2013. the time is 6:00 p.m.. first item before we begin we would like to thank sfgtv for continue support for our meetings and media services.

the first item is call to order and agenda changes and we will have a welcome by president adams from the small businesses commission and first we will go through roll call for the small business commission. president adams. >> here. >> vice-president white. >> here. >> commissioner dooley. >> here. >> commissioner dwight. >> here. >> it commissioner o'brien. >> here. >> commissioner oritz-caragena. >> here. >> commissioner irene yee riley. >> he. >> for the commission on status of women president julie soo will join us shortly. commissioner kirshner-rodriguez. >> here. >> and commissioner sherter. >> here. >> we have another commissioner joining us shortly did you do you have any remarks?

>> this meeting is overdue and welcome. this is an exciting meeting tonight because women in small business play a very important role here in san francisco. you know we have -- i want to acknowledge commissioner dooley and commissioner white of the small business commission. their contributions that they have made and commissioner riley in business, and we got some very cool presentations, and i really want to welcome the commission in this joint meeting today. >> thank you. i have several agenda announcements. under section a new business -- section a for starting your business item four la cocina will be moved to item number one. for item number three

regreena dick-endrizzi will be presenting instead of martha yanez for the economics one ms. jones will be presenting. national association of women owners and sf made will not be presenting tonight but they will be making brief remarks. at this time mr. president of the small business commission we can take a motion to approve the agenda. >> do we have a motion to approve the agenda this evening? and we can just do a voice vote. >>i move. >> i second. >> all in favor? >> aye. >> motion approved. next item please. >> commissioners we're under section two which is commission overview and we will begin with the small business commission and i believe president adams you have some remarks. >> yes. thank you. and i'm

going just going to give a quick overview on the small business commission. the small business commission was chartered by proposition d in november of 2003. the commission consists of seven appointees and mayoral appointees. the commission oversees the office of small business which is the city central point of information and referral for entrepreneurials and small businesses located within the city and county of san francisco. by championing business friendly policies marketing the contribution of the small business sector and developing appropriate system programs the small business commission and the office of small business work to support and enhance the environment where small businesses can succeed and flourish. the small business commission reviews

pertinent legislation and policy matters and make recommendations to the sponsor of the legislation including the mayor and the board of supervisors and other city agencies. the commission, the office of small business and the small business assistance center are staffed by an executive director, a commission secretary, senior policy analyst, a project manager systems analyst, case manager, project manager and case managers and the small business assistance supervisor and case manager. our commission meetings are held the second monday of every month which is today in city hall in room 400 beginning at 4:30 p.m. and the fourth monday of the month in city hall in room 400 beginning at 2:00 o'clock. less otherwise noted. all our commission meetings are open to the public and broadcast live on

channel 26 which we are tonight and i want to thank sfgtv for all their support. last year the commission heard flea 33 ordinances and make recommendations. >> >> many which were adopted by the board of supervisors on key legislative measures. the commission has heard 23 policy measures in 2013. the office of small business serves 190 clients in 2008 and 2009 and we have increase that volume -- last year we served 2800 small business clients. the office and department is working on a number of projects right now and programs. we are doing a rebranding project. 88 outreach

and technical projects, streamlining retail, recycling, long-term vacancies, small business priority processing at the planning department. we are involved with implementation affordable >> care out and the gross receipts and i want to note that 30% of all the businesses in small businesses in san francisco are women owned and are consistent with the state wide average. i look forward to hearing from the presenters on ways to improve this number and increase women entrepreneurialship among women so thank you. >> thank you mr. president. i want to make an announcement that president julie soo has joined us and if it's okay we go back to item one and if president soo would like to make some opening remarks. >> thank you. i apologize for

being late. we are pleased to have this meeting today and we have been instrumental in equal pay for women and what was launched recently with the gender equity principles to balance -- have a work place balance and that includes men and without the support of the entire city and the agencies we couldn't make this work possible. as you know we do work on domestic violence and human trafficking and for the domestic violence victims psychologically it's difficult to leave a united states -- abusive relationships and it's difficult to leave the situation. we are impressed with programs like the womens' initiative which launches entrepreneurial programs for women and in particular immigrant women. what is impressive after the intensive training they do have the

ability to open a business within one year and after five years those businesses are sustainable which is very impressive given the atmosphere that we have today so i look forward to working with the small business commission further. we have heard and will hear from the human rights commission in terms of contracting for women owned businesses. we have taken in voluntarily data and businesses have to select a women owned business or minority business owners and we have asked business owner what is is more advantage us to? and seems it's the minority owned businesses but we want women to have the best opportunities. we are looking for trade associations to train women in skilled

occupations in skilled labor where there is a shortage of women and we're also promoting young girls to entertain the stem curriculum which is very big right now, science, engineering and techcology and mathematics. we want to make sure everyone is equipped for every job possible and our technology sectors there are is not enough women in the population in general and there are a lot of openings in the computer science field so we look forward working with you to open up the job sectors for women. >> thank you. >> thank you president soo. with that commissioners we will return to section two which is commission overview and we're on item b which is the department on the status of women and we have director murase. >> good evening everyone. so thrilled to be here. this is

really a historic moment. we haven't had a joint meeting with the small business commission so we're excite body today r tonight. i want to thank your director regina dick-endrizzi and others that were a pleasure to work with and they put in many hours to see that tonight worked smoothly so i'm going to give a few slides based on our annual report what it is that we do. the commission of status of women was established by the board of supervisors in 1975 and was a permanent in the charter in 1994 so the focus areas are gender equity in the work place and anti-violence and gender analysis and what is the over arching umblellia is the ordinance and the elimination of discrimination against all women. that was a un

convention and signed by then president jimmy carter. anybody remember jimmy carter? it's never been ratifyed in the u.s. senate and states have ratified it, signed it with the exception of the united states, so in 1998 women of san francisco said that is not good enough. we're going to create our own ordinance reflecting this international bill of rights for women. next slide. so in terms of work place you will hear a little bit more from our policy director ann lehmas who is going to step in for someone who had a last minute something come up but we launched this initiative together with cal vert investments and a human rights monitoring organization to help our employers create gender equitable work places, and for that work ann and i went to

miland italy to receive an award from the italian government for the international work life balance award. we also work for working mothers. we working on lactation accumulations and guidelines in what employers have to do with moms and accommodating them and we're are putting together a brochure on family leave policy. next slide. the other area where we do a lot of work is in antiviolence against women. commissioner shorter chairs our panel on domestic violence reform and from the year 2000 a brutal homicide of a san francisco mom by her ex-boy, mr. raer ez. there have been recommendations. we did audits and it's been a wonderful

collaboration with the criminal justice agencies. as a city we invest $3 million annually to anti-domestic violence and assault programs and shelters and hot lines counseling, prevention education, and finally the third aspect of our anti-violence work is our family violence council. we meet on a quarterly basis and the courts and the school district scption all the agencies that touch violence and the consortium and child and elder abuse agencies and very, very proud to announce through this work we have totally eliminated domestic violence homicides in san francisco in 2012. 10 years ago we had about 10 a year, mostly women, and in past few years we had one or two but as of last year we had zero and we're still counting. we're in month 15 hoping that we can keep to

that. final area in anti-violence -- next slide -- is human trafficking and unfortunately san francisco has the distinction of income the fbi's top hubs, l.a. and san diego as well. the average age of the trafficked child is travel. an annual salary of a pimp on the streets of san francisco -- you know this person could be a woman -- controlling four women on the streets can make upward to $700,000, single person controlling four women and they have to feed and clothe and house these people, so let's make it a $600,000 tax free. it's an enormous amount of money so we're really trying to surface this issue to have a response as a city, and since 2010 we have been working with the san francisco