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the commission. >> supervisor tang. >> i wanted to comment i too have had personal experience working with supervisor duly and i i know you've brought our expertise to the table and hopefully about continue to work with you. >> well, i guess i'm the only one who hadn't worked with you i'll send flowers (laughter). >> any public comment on this item? come on up. >> i'm john, i own a small business on gary street we've been there many, many years and a couple years ago we had a tremendous challenge with petco coming down two blocks away so i
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turn to small business owner because this was a threat to my store. i not to the small business owner commission and a primary worked with kathleen downloadly without her help and input we would have lost this fight so to speak and saved my livelihood and my staff who work and live in san francisco as well but beyond that supervisor duly in her tireless effort days to make sure that san francisco doesn't turn into a strip mall. there's a lot of applicationsful from big bids coming out the city and if we if have kathleen
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putting a wall between us we'd see the big businesses cross the at the city and our corridors. i owe a great deal of gratitude primarily to kathleen she worked with me over a year in that fight against petco and we're victorious and so hope you endorse kathleen dowelly and a come on on and on up if there's a list of speakers come on up and i know kathleen for the last 68 months i met her at the
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uncommonly meeting. kathleen is also at our meetings and she's just hired me to work on north beaches association and last night i got to witness her passion for small business owners and how she mediated the rfp board meeting and in terms of the local small businesses come first. i strongly endorse her to be reappointed. thank you >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm susan landry i'm with the animal connection on chestnut street. we've had the privilege of knowing kathleen we'll we've had a problem with a chain store
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moving into our neighborhood and she helped us shows passionate about small business owner and i hopefully recommend you endorse her for small business owner commission. thank you >> thank you. >> hi, good afternoon. i'm shelf for the last four years identify worked upstairs in the mayors i've worked for the small business owner administration and served as president for the north small business owner association. we've worked together on so many issues so rather than noticing the small issue i'd like to talk about the long-term issues. we started out with president david chu and we'll met that
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senator listening 0 and feinsteins office. we want to help our small business owners who are taken out of our small corridors. i highly recommended her inform reappointment and we're lucky to have her for another term. thank you >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is a marsha garld i was the director of the east chamber of commerce. four and a half years ago i start my own two private businesses. and arts and event gallery and also a private accommodating
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business. i take exception to ms. dowel let me see comments she is not a lobbyist support. and i take offense to that. anyway my experience with kathleen duly not over 24 years shows not been p active that long shows an obstruct i thought. i've worked tirelessly on north beach on many, many promises and could count on kathleen to obstruct my business. i've tripod twice to join the north beach association and the first time my chaek check was not cashed and the second time i
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received this letter which simply says thank you very much for your application for membership unfortunately, the bylaws restrict the board to apply for positions if you're on lobbyist. my check was returned. i try to include everybody in business and it wasn't also pollutant because you had to include - >> thank you. thank you very much your time is up.
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thank you >> supervisors i'm a consultant permanent consultant no, the city and i consultant issues in the city and a often do things on a pro bono base because businesses don't have the resources but the need. everybody knows the city is political but your body of work has to speak for itself. i'm going to give you 3 scenarios and situations in which kathleen has handled and i think to there are any m many successes i want her to be compact at. for a bookstore for one hundred years they couldn't make money do you to the changes in internet and less demand for
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boxes. we wanted to go out and get a cfo license so someone said i'll help you so kathleen dowelly wrote an e-mail and said he was decertify and asked not to let him have a permit. she can be more compassionate and embody more empathy. you could see the bag elbow not toast them. the second one the guy bought a business and had too fast hard conditions and never served a meal or drink we should be more compact and help him. the third one is a moratorium
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she's supporting on braugd. you fill those were environmentalist and business opportunity so let's - >> thank you. any other speakers? >> hello good afternoon, supervisors i'm stephanie i'm here to support kathleen's appointment. i live and work in north beach. i became acquainted with kablth kathleen i didn't know her but i found i've learned about kathleen shows ultimately committed to our community serving businesses understanding their critical to the health and
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the intrigued of our neighborhood but also to the character and vitality of our city. north beach is diverse and descend it is a tough place to get things done. it's tougher to get people to agree on anything. i've found kooth less than understand the interests of not only the business community but also residents and adversity to that neighborhood and their co- dependent on each other and the health of our mom and pop shows is beneficial to our entire community. there's many reasons why i believe kathleen should be on the small business owner commission and she's been a small business owner and shoesz a ceo founder and president of the business association.
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i attend those meeting and shows actively in the promotion of our small businesses. i hope you'll agree she'll continue to be an clernt commissioner >> good afternoon rules committee. there's no business liquor small business like all binge business i know. everything about is is appealing and everything that business traffic will allow. whether you were money out. there's no people like small business owner people they dismissal. whether their business is low. and there's one thing when you pick appointment for this one when you picket for the
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appointment go there's one thing you've got to know your small businesses motive grow. your small business motive grow >> things (clapping.) that's a tough act to for the purpose i'm here to impress my support support for kathy less than and i've watched her deal with controversial issues. she's compassionate and i think it's important to keep her on board. not everybody is as tuned in into the challenges that the small businesses face.
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she didn't buckle to the pressure that some other members have done 80 that's it and i hope shows reappointed. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm pam and i'm a small business owner for at least 14 years. supervisor kathleen dually passion has helped several minority businesses and including my own small women small business. show she appreciates this area and it makes tourist want to come to san francisco. we need to keep this in san francisco. she understands our businesses
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we work toirlsly for hours and we love our community but we love san francisco. we've cello this path and she understandss that. kathleen duly also represents sorry i lost my place. kathleen dowelly represent the small businesses in every possible way please reappoint her. thank you. any oth any oth any oth any other public comment. can we forward this >> i guess we have someone who
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is passionate and loves small businesses integrations. >> item 5 is to consider two members to the balance both area. i believe we were informed that one member is unable to you be here today to speak on here on behalf of we have supervisor avalos joining us today. supervisor >> thank you, colleagues. i came to the podium i wasn't quite dressed but i want to thank you for considering the appointment of gwen shows been a
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long-term friend and advocate for the communicated i met her back in 2006 and at that time, she's been involved in a number of ways to comfortably the community of san francisco. strong community development focus and worked on community gardens and bringing combrg to our commercial corridor addresses bringing resident it together and currently shows on the action group handling our public safety efforts and shows been a wonderful asset for the community especially along mission street to improve safety through lighting or better policing effort or better relationships between merchants and police. i'm proud of her work.
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shows a through and through transit person she doesn't own a car she uses bart and muni to get around and shows been living near her for 4 years. she walked that corridor and has a real personal connection to the corridor as a pedestrian. the balance both participating park was set up to have the representation of citizens to make sure that the projects that are aligned with balboa park station hub were 3 thousand plus people glow a day who people who have a strong voice and knows the needs around transit. shows been focusing on that 0
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corridor for a very long time and would be an ideal person to serve on the committee and i hope to have your support >> thank you. >> she can't be here today, she had jury duty. any public comment on this matter >> my kind of park balboa park is my kind of park. my kind of advisory council people people that dismissal at you and each time i leaf bagging both park is at our sleeve. it's one park that won't let you counsel. it's my kind of town and park and pick a good appointment
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please. >> sorry i had to return to say something if you boy a bag of peanuts they septic a song to you so he lives up to the a.d. angle. >> any other any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, i had a chance to a sit down with gwen i think a few years ago and realized that she's been pitting a lot of energy around the hub and she's passionate with that, i agree with supervisor avalos she'll be a good person on the committee. it there another motion to forward this to the full board without objection this motion is passed >> item of is a hearing to
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consider appointing one person term ending to the eastern citizens advisory committee. >> is it lead or led better? >> well, thank you. and i'm here to seek an appointment to the neighborhood safety. i've been a worker in the housing authority and affordable housing since 192011 and i've serving on the board of the serves and hope to replace men and women did i. my main interest st. it to preserve and protect the community in san francisco.
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i understand the importance of the eastern neighborhood and what land use can and can't do toward this effort. i'm happy to lend my 7, 8, 9 >> any questions or comments. >> thank you very much. >> and thank you for the appointment. >> any public comment on this item?. i think she would be disappointed in you didn't have comments >> yes. we need appointment yes board don't you know it's true yes, we need appointment for this and you know it's true. yes, we do rules committee. east a days a week. east at east week - eight woekz
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east a week. >> any other any public comment on this item public comment is closed. can we have a motion to move this forward >> i think ms. led better is a an excellent choice and she has the right background and her experience is very critical and we're excited she's living to do this and move this item forward. >> any objection motion is moved passed. thank you >> madam clerk item 7. >> it's a hearing to consider appointing one person to the
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advisory council committee. >> let's see we'll hear from mr. mar kiss. >> i'm robert i've been involved with this and it's about the impact of the twitter benefit basically and i said back then with the .1 million of secret the nonprofits will have no where to go. i've seen this come to past we've been kicked out by a training company. i attended all the cac meetings except for one i'm one of the four orange cac members from yeah from the original group and
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i'm seeking to continue to engage in this conversation when i believe that supervisor campos said. if you have any questions i'm available >> okay sxhoopz. >> thank you very much mr. chairman and i want to thank the gentleman for his service and the good job hose been doing as a member of this body. i guess, you know, i'm very honored and proud to support our reappointment. i would liquor to hear from you in terms of where things are right now and sort of the benefits that this tax break t is
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>> it's depends upon, of course, we have 7 companies right now and it's problematic to measure. i know there's one company let me start with what works the company comes out and tells us what the tax break is and they've quoted and become an engaged county partner and it's observe they've had a 3 step process. they have an opportunity for public hearing and finally, by the cac. they're the only company i feel has vested the whole process. with the rest of them it's hard to tell we've given them, no value. we have a $30 million company
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that created 16 hundred millionaires >> are you talking twitter. >> yes. that's one. >> the measureables aren't specific there's a big stress open the volunteer hours so this last year tweeter paid 1 hundred and 996 hours each they gaernl their employees about 1 hundred and 66 employees 4 hundred employees to one day each. so, you know, the volunteers i have seen the impact and heard from the community about what a great impact it is but in terms
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of the full value return in terms of the steps importing we are going to look at the measurement and a report back to the board of supervisors. we lost a bunch of people and missed a whole year were we currently have data for the first 6 months and at the end of the january so we need to get the rest of our data we need a longer more engaged association. i don't know if you're aware this months cac agreement the citizen's advisory council supported just one agreement. so, you know, those agreements are the negotiator agreement >> i want to say is that unfortunately what many of us who voted against this deal said
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would happen is happening. i'm grateful you're there our strong voice and consistent voice for that community >> there's a lot of potential here when you longtime the digital reside the bottom line they have to train people in the capacity and they have that that the training doesn't excited in a way that they're capable of. there's a company in my building and 98 percent of the students are making 6 figures.
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there are a lot of great cardboards that people have to invest in the community and i've seen that but again, it will take a look at it this fall and spring and summer >> let me follow-up with sxhoopz comments. i hope you will be able to take a very strong interest in trying to see what those measurements will be and asking it to be done so when we ask those same questions not have you necessary but to any one heroes the measurement and help us accessing assess. that will be important for us as we