thanksgiving. >> thank you for highlighting san francisco i know in the commercials you guys are highlighting san francisco and to be in the same league as new york with the activation that's millions of people we're only a city of 8 hundred thousand that's incredible. >> there's a couple programs we're still trying to get but couldn't be more existed. >> commissioner dwight. >> thank you for all our hard work i want to ask about my merchant association dog patch association and the outreach. >> the outreach was done through a number of different sources so sf travel and sf chamber but 70 coincidental merchant i'm going if potrero hill and dog patch signed up the neighborhood champion program

you can sign up as a business but they may have signed up maybe a local business that signed up. >> i have a meeting tomorrow morning i'll ask. >> if they haven't. >> my business is there so we like that. >> excellent. >> any other questions. >> commissioner riley. >> i'm wondering is there outreach to the chinese merchant association. >> we have done some outreach there it is an area we could definitely improve upon is an introduction by you would be helpful we've tried to get a foot hold and it's not the easy. >> 3 different association in chinatown. >> i would love introductions. >> i need to work on our chinese. >> i'll also check if with the

investment team came open this this year as an active paternity so i'll see what francis was able to do and maybe work on that. >> okay. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena i'm sorry. >> commissioner. >> you first. >> i'd like to thank you myself you've already got no such with my neighborhood in the hate valley the main street make over is the main street what is the main street explain that to me (laughter) is that golf course o golf street.

>> it's hayes street. >> and the 5 hundred block of hayes street. >> 5 hundred is the corner. >> octavia to laguna. >> where the shops are going to be decorated. >> any other comments. >> director. >> i want to extend my great pretext to jason for leading the efforts it's been an honor for our office to work with jason and american express and it's exciting to see you know all the participating we have developed over the years and because of it american express is also excited about you know doing more here in the city that helps to helps our small businesses i know am pleased to keep the

banners up year around to enforce that megamessage we want to make sure happens but don't have the budget so having get to budget and the evidence will then show those resources is a great benefit to us so i'm excited and it's you know been it's been really great working - i know that jason has had to do a lot but it's been exciting and i can't wait for 2015 and what we're going to have. >> is your entire wardrobe imply (laughter). >> so whip is women's small business advocacy group i have a lot of red, white, and blue a the playoffs in the series this year were challenging for any

wardrobe interests not a whole love of black and orange. >> that's correct. >> next item please and item 8 is the director's report i'm going to provide just a couple of things so on wednesday is two things are happening the buzz tax advisory committee will be rexhoejd a program for the business sectors so, now we'll have move forward beyond become informed it's now wanting to do the outreach around it's now times you know to file our taxes how do you do it so greg you'll be receiving a presentation if not next meeting thereon the

following meetings afterwards they've developed their online forums and how walking and businesses through you know the essential he means of how to fill it out working to get the message out and time to start pga our takes and you know what the 5 year transition period so that's happening on wednesday and then also that afternoon is this small business leaders meeting with the mayor two topics that are be discussed working on developing the city had a with the state so any lbe business will be recognized with the state and perhaps steven

might be speaking before this in public comment but having conversations about the kinetic impact of the key big projects so those are the two key discussion points the folks will bring up with the mayor and i know i'll just leave it at that for today. >> thank you next item. >> is the president's error. >> well, i the first one i want to discuss this is a community activity so today across the street as we all finish the meeting we'll go and join them the 40th anniversary of the golden gate lgbtq challenging in the united states fined here in san francisco in 1944 today their celebrating i want to say

prior to the meeting today, i was at the reception and acknowledged the commission alongside the golden gate business association and all their advocacy work they do they're a big part of small business week and it's basically how i got connected with castro merchants and a lot of other organizations i wouldn't be sitting up here today without that organization i want to congratulate the lgbt on they're in between. >> shall i wait to bring up something else that's new. >> wait. >> item 10 i should acknowledge i made an error in the agenda i left outnumber 6 we went from 5 to 7 for the public record so

item 10 is the vice presidents report it is absent show a i move on to item 11. >> item 11. >> the commissioners report that allows the commissioner to report on small businesses. >> commissioner riley. >> i was at the event i missed the mayor's office of economic development for san francisco i was writing about our business portfolio i wanted to take a look at it wherever it's ready please let me know i'll send you the link. >> it's rebranded for the south (laughter). >> any other commissioner comments seeing none. >> next item is public comment. >> any members of the public on future meetings. >> you want to talk about

anything at any futuristic meeting and here comes attributable. >> item 6 that's what i'm waiting on (laughter) as director regina said earlier they're trying to cinnamon the purposing thing with the state and city it's a like one seamless thing that's never in san francisco but in the state there is consideration for small businesses when it comes to purchasing goods they're talking about setting aside an amount for contracts building and services thank you if we can do it for goods reasonable things that will help. >> great, thank you. >> any other members of the

public? seeing none, public comment is closed new bizarre i have one new item does anyone else >> okay. the item i'd like to bring up is consideration and it's something we need you would like to discuss and possibly talk with an supervisor is businesses that are effected by large projects whether it be a street renovation or whether we have to close down streets we need to think about small businesses that are impacted by some of the big capital projects like central subway and castro and even delores park renovations and when projects run over there's something that the city can do for the small businesses like maybe for a year they don't have to pay certain fees or

taxes in my neighborhood we had the castro street widening project that didn't run over but now we're seeing businesses closed and restore trying to revitalizes the neighborhood i'm talking to people along fourth street where we have those big infrastructure projects that are i'm not saying we shouldn't have them but small businesses are effected so what can we do talk to the mayor's office to talk to someone when the businesses are taking it on the chin so i'd like to propose that for a future meeting. >> very good and commissioner. >> would you like to make a

comment on that. >> if you recall steven at the last meetings on the edge of this i'm glad our bringing it up there's no economic report required from the mta i think in a lot of cases on the public works so you're right in line what i thought the last time i know it will come up in the mayors meetings on wednesday even the major prongs i have a huge effect. >> in this commission this is a awe our purview to open that up. >> and commissioners just to remind i when the commission had the joint hearing with the sfmta board that was one of the items that of brought up this might be also a good item

to pull together. >> with dpw as well. the court: right. >> you have the mta projects but their redoing the sidewalks with the ramps so there's concern neighborhoods in valencia street and 23rd two of the four corners big things blocking that and something on the corner i said how are you doing and he said i'm louis. >> this might be a good project to pull together since we no longer have our subcommittee so to pull together an ad hoc committee to help staff to figure out how best a formulate a presentation and direction for the commission. >> okay

great, thank you any other new business? seeing none, next item, please. >> item 14 is adjournment and okay adjournment. >> all in favor, say i. and meeting adjourned. >> 71

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located one hundred and 80 square miles from the bay bridge past the oakland bridge and on and on camp mather the city owned sierra nevada camping facility is outings outside the gate of yosemite park it dates back before the area became is a popular vacation it i sites it was home to indians who made the camp where the coral now stands up and artifacts are found sometimes arrest this was the tree that the native people calm for the ac accordions that had a high food value the acorns were fatally off the trees in september but they would come up

prosecute the foothills and were recipe the same as the people that came to camp camp is celebrating it's 90th year and the indians were up here for 4 thousand we see every day of them in the grinding rocks around the camp we have about 15 grinding sites in came so it was a major summer report area for the 92 hawks. >> through there are signs that prosperity were in the area it was not until the early part of the century with the 76 began the construction of damn in helpfully a say mill was billed open the left hand of the math for the construction by which

lake was used to float logs needed for the project at the same time the yosemite park and company used the other side of the camp to house tourists interesting in seeing the national park and the constructions of damn when the u son damn was completed many of the facilities were not needed then the city of san francisco donated the property it was named camp mather the first director it was named after him tuesday morning away amongst the pine the giant sequoia is the giants inventories first name if our title is camp means there's going to be dirt and bugs and so long as you can get past that part this place it

pretty awesome i see i see. >> with a little taste of freedom from the city life you can soak up the country life with swimming and volley ball and swimming and horseback riding there you go buddy. >> we do offer and really good amount of programming and give a sample p of san francisco rec and park department has to offer hopefully we've been here 90

years my camp name is falcon i'm a recession he leader i've been leading the bill clinton and anarchy and have had sometimes arts and crafts a lot of our guests have been coming for many years and have almost glutin up, up here he activity or children activity or parent activity here at camp mather you are experiencing as a family without having to get into a car and drive somewhere fill your day with with what can

to back fun at the majestic life the essence of camp mather one thing a that's been interesting i think as it evolves there's no representation here oh, there's no representation so all the adults are engine i you know disconnected so there's more connection the adults and parents are really friendly but i think in our modern culture i you know everyone's is used to be on their phones and people

are eager to engagement and talk they don't have their social media so here they are at camp mather how are i doing. >> how are you doing it has over one hundred hundred cabins those rustic structures gives camp mather the old atmosphere that enhances the total wilderness experience and old woolen dressers and poaches and rug i do lay out people want to decorate the front of thaifr their cabins and front poefrnz their living room is outside in this awesome environment they're not inviting their guests inside

where the berms are people get creative with the latin-american and the bull frogs start the trees grow and camp mather is seen in a different light we're approaching dinner time in the construction of the hetch hetchy damn the yosemite park built jackson diane hauling hall to serve the guests it does was it dbe does best service s serve the food. >> i'm the executive chef i served over 15 hundred meals a day for the camp mather folks breakfasts are pancakes and french toast and skranld eggs and hash brown's

our meal formulate is we have roost lion it's reflecting of the audience we have people love our meals and love the idea they can pick up a meal and do worry about doing the dishes can have a great time at camp mather after camp people indulge themselves everyone racks go in a place that's crisis that i air after the crackinging of a campfire a campfire.

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♪ ♪ ♪ admission to camp mather is through a lottery it includes meals and camp programs remember all applicant registration on line into a lottery and have a rec and park department family account to register registration typically begins the first week of january and ends the first week in february this hey sierra oasis is a great place to enjoy lifeiest outside of the hustle and bustle and kickback and enjoy and a half >> everything is so huge and beautiful. >> the children grew up her playing around and riding their

bites e bicycles it's a great place to let the children see what's outside of the city common experience is a this unique camp when you get lost in the high sierra wilderness camp mather is waiting and we look forward to city manager's office you here soon ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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