rtment of public works project management. if you allow me a moment to queue up the presentation >> can you speak to it thquestion specifically that supervisor yee asked regarding outreach >> i have more spinge information >> we are not prepared for your presentation right now >> so very generally, we have had approximately 19 events or sessions that constituted outreach to the public at large eerkt within the specific circumstances of civic design review or neighborhood association focused meetings or meetings with the immediate neighbors >> thank you >> thank you. supervisor mar you had a question? >> maybe it is to mrs. burn and city attorneys office. i think there is a difference

in the interpretation of law. mr. william jz palts rely on [inaudible] of 2008. case-he is also citing a 4th circuit case, but the plan department distinguish that cosbecause it is a [inaudible] and not categorical exemption. i wonder why you think in some ways the law that mr. williams is citing is distinshuishable from the facts of this fire house >> i'm here to advice the board on the legal standard of review. i haven't looked at the ken berry-it is not a court case, it is a regional water quality control board decision that is not binding precedent for this bod and not legal precedent. it

won't provided to me before i walked into this hearing so i don't feel i can common on that, but qu talk about the case law on isissue. the shourt version is there no direct case law on point on isissue. there are a couple cases that touch around the issue around the edges, but neither is on point. one is the parker decision that i believe it is parker shaddock neighborhood b berkeley city counsel. but that case isn't on point becupheld

the states issuance of a cad ex. i do want to emphasize the case is oun peal to the california supreme court because of the berkeley hill side decision, a different issue involving the unusual circumstances decision. we can't rely on it. there is nothing on point and think the board is charged with determining is this a reasonable inturpitation of what it means to be on the cor teasey list if a site is cleaned up and remediated >> okay so & so with that colleagues we are at 3 thurtd clck and have 3:30 comidations. because we

specially are honoring small business we know we want to do this as efficiently and quickly as possible because we want to make sure that we respect their time and so we are going to leave our 3 p.m. special order and start with recognition of our honorees here today. as many know today we are celebrating small business week with over 80 thousand small businesses in san francisco. we are joined by our outstanding businesses from each of the districts and before we get started everyone under board rule 4.13 which limits each comidation to 5 minutes each that include your comabouts as supervisor, your honorees comment as well as the time to take photographs and this will hopefully allow a chance to get through this, the 11 honorees today as quickly

and efficiently as possibly. i would thrike welcome the president of small business commission mr. mark white to make brief opening remarks >> hello there. thank you president breed, good afternoon supervisors. i'm mark dewite president of small business commission and local business owner and manufacturer [inaudible] in historic dog patch neighborhood in district 10. thank you supervooizer cohen. it is my honor and pleasure today to join you to celebrate san francisco's small business week and recognize 11 special small businesses, one from each district with our small business honoree program. last night we officially kicked off the 11th annual san francisco small business week with flavors of san francisco event at the met reonwhere 1500 attendees

enjoyed food and sweets and beverages from local restaurants and makers. this years theme is celebrate small businessism we have much to celebrate. small business deserves to be celebrated, it is the small businesses that help shape our communities and neighborhoods and creates a vibrant community we all love and tourists love about us. we all know that small business ownership is difficult, but it is also supremely rewarding. san francisco has nearly 80 thousand small business with 100 employees or less. they range from dog walkers [inaudible] retailers, manufacturers, massage practitioner, lawyers, market consultants, architects, designers florist, all kind of

different professions, the list goes on. small businesses are the economic backbon of the neighborhood corridors providing for the needs of residence and visitors. generally, small businesses thrive when the city thrives and also struggle when the city struggle. today however, we face something of a paradox of extreme prosperity and all of the small business owners face affordability issues. affordability impacts comtitian for commercial space, rising rents, sh rinking praurpt margin and these are the realties for todays small business owners especially in san francisco and throughout the bay area and throughout the country. the small business commission and office of small business are thankful for close partnerships they developed with members of borebd of supervisors and mayors office that allows to work toward

mitigating todays small business challenges and prevent the institution of obticals to business formation and grouth. in the past year with your support we launched an award winning business portal, the office of small sknz served over 3 thousand business clients. we worked with the the planning department to establish a community business priority process program to expedite conditional use process in certain circumstances and developed a response system for businesses that face disaster. supervisor farrell, with your leadership, the office of small business and [inaudible] to date the office of small business sponsored 7 loans totaling 33 thousand dollars to local small business. thank you for that. there are many more accomplishments but today you'll recognize 11 of san franciscos most special

businesses as selected by each supervisors. this provides a rare opportunity to highlight these business squz get these business owners iaway from day to day activity and come to city hall and many never make the trip over here so it is fantastic to be here. thank you very much for providing the this forum to recognize the individuals in the community and look forward to work with you to foster and promote small business >> thank you very much. at this time we'll call supervisor christensen >> yd like to call up [inaudible] is henry with you? you can bring henry too. we are going absolute a small business family, may as well have the future generation. i want to thank melissa and jay to get down

here. it is no small thing. they run 2 small businesses in district 3 and raise a family. thaare the apitomy of small business owners. there is a lot to love about jay and melissa. they own little vine on grand avenue in north beach and the uniier larter in russian hill thrmpt a number of things about those businesses that bare or attention. both are pioneering locations. they selected spots where we said is anyone going to walk that far for a sandwich and created a sense of community. they opened little vine in hard times, economically when money was tite and the recession was making the starting of business difficult. one of the first encounters that some of the members of the public had i was contacted by a nairp columnist that [inaudible] the loss of heritage

business in north beach [inaudible] had been forced to close, the cesars closed and the [inaudible] sad brt the chaimpgs. i said we are sad, but have you been to the little vine or [inaudible] it landed up we got a article about the great and thriving new businesses in north beach which made us happy. i was pleased like a lot of businesses they r had trouble with the permit squz licenses [inaudible] coming on down for the thursday evening wine tasties so i think everyone has come around. there is a lot to love. they sell local goods. jay makes the best sandwich in north beach. don't tell the old timers. i'm sure this is a future hairatize business so want to congratuless jay and melissa on a great job and say how pleased we are to have them as a small business in

district 3 >> igist want to thank you for including us in this. it was a real surprise and honor so appreciate you choosing us for this. also the residence of north beach and russian hill. we open our door squz they have been coming since day 1 and going out of their way to support us so it makes us honored and extra happy for sure and have something to pass on to him some day. thank you. >> hi. congratulations

and up next is supervisor farrell >> thank you president breed. colleagues i get the chance to honor a small business today in district 2 i have been going to my entire life so it is fun to bring them up. gill hawjs. gill, come up. the owners of liverpool [inaudible] made recent headlines over the past few weeks, it suffered a fire in the building and working to repair and reopen but want to welcome them here today. liverpool [inaudible] started in 1973. prior to

opening lils raffle traveled to liverpool to visit friend and soak up the pub life. he met a bar made in liverpool and they developed a relationship and brought her over to the united states here in san francisco and built [inaudible] for her. a true labor of love. eddy and [inaudible] and gill and jennifer hawjs bought liverpool lil in 2006 and maintained to what it is today. [inaudible] liver poom lives is on [inaudible] street [inaudible] of the presidio. it is one of our top neighborhood restaurants, everyone loves it. people

go to lils to do everything from amazing food and french onion soup to hang outin the public. my dad used to frequent it as a bar patron for yoors growing up. the one thing i remember is going with my 2 parents as a only kid and the atmosphere is still the same today as it was decades ago when i grew up and it is a nugz in the city and inside of district 2 and [inaudible] and marina. i wish you all the best as you recover from the fire damage. i know what a drag that is to go through, but it is a pleasure for me to honor you guys and bring you up here today. someone that has been going to your restaurant my entire life. i bought my kids there. congratulations and thank you for all you do

and look forward to the grand opening so congrat ylshzs >> i want to say thank you for having us and mark thank you for honoring us, it is a pleasure. thank you for the honor and also thank you for the patronage. the community is unbelievable during the fire thmpt outreach is unbelievable. the support the community has, the outreach and willingness to lend a hand and pick up a shovel is ovweming so it a honor for us to be a part of it. >> thank you mark very much and thank everyone for having us today. there are a lot of great places in district 2 and for you to pick up we are taken back and thank you for the support z recognition and patrons we appreciate you coming by. generation after generation. thank you very much everyone.

>> thank you supervisor mar, you are up next >> thank you president breed. colleagues at a committee hearing last week the planning director mentioned san francisco has a heart and identified the central down town corridor on market street as the heart of san francisco. i understood his comments but i wanted to-i said back to him that

in my opinion the heart of san francisco is where the people are, but it is also where the small businesses are, the 80 thousand mentioned by mr. diwite. one of the amazing small businesses along clument street is park life and want to ask jimmy alexander and [inaudible] i will explain how they revitalized the corridor with a muchant association. they bring fun and excitement and creativity to the neighborhood. i see them during the farmers market sunday morning and in the evening as a drop by. i love the types of items they have in their stor, but let me explain what park life is. they are a independent retail store and art gallery. they are in the richmond and the mission. they started 10

years ago by jamesy alexander and derek song. park life is not just a store or gallery, but it bricks a lot of life and color and creativity to the whole district and city. until their recent expansion with the gallery in the mission district, park life hosted all most 100 exhibits along [inaudible] shocasing the contemporary artist in the world. wrun of my favorite squz i use it for my profile pictures i have mine hands spreads infront of [inaudible] butterfly amaying mural. there is other stuff. i love the david sh rigly politicians make me sick and other great art and [inaudible] as well. there is no much to say about the local artist brought intoperc life. jamesy and dereks leadership is important in

revitalizing businesses along the corker and richmond district. [inaudible] very close to their store and in front of [inaudible] third and cument a few doors down. they were also central in bringing the farmers market to the district that is exstremly successful every sunday from 9-2 p.m. y. always bump into jamesy with his family there too so he is not only the business owner with derek, but also a part of our community. park life features art and design products called together from all over the world. hard to find limited addition, unique items. i just love to get buried in the books that you have in the front, but the t shirts many of them are in my closet as well and lots of great stuch in there. house weir, jewelry, artist, muttples aoriginal art and so much more. i think yoi are part of the rich mnds district pride your store. i

also want to say you worked with dozens of local art est over the past sick years and artist outside san francisco to produce projects such as book squz [inaudible] t shirts ubfanub and various cool objects. there are publishers och book squz catalogs under their paper museum press they run as well. jamesy alexander studied design and art history and a patron of bay area art fwr 20 years [inaudible] jamesy is a member of headland sener for arts. derek is a history buff, master at trivia and publisher at paper and museum press and they are just wonderful when i drop in on them at park life. derek is also the former manager of jieant robot magazine. that was many years ago. thank

you for jamesy and derek for revitalizing clument street and being great leaders in the small business in the sate and i'm proud to say thank you and congratulation frz being the richmond district small business of the year. jamesy and derek from park life. >> i just like to say arrack thank you and your staff for your continued support of the business in district one and particular clument street and helping it revitalize. >> again, with the businesses in the richmond, we are honored to be singleed out. thank you. >> okay, next up,

supervisor tang >> thank you president breed. today i'm pleased to recognize our district 4 honoree for small business month [inaudible] if dumeet reand stanley x k come up that would be great. welcome. here with us today is demeet riof [inaudible] who is a rel known and well loved member of the sunset district community joined by father gus, brother bobby and managers at [inaudible] is a san francisco institution.

after immigrating here in 1974 they opened hate rr ash burry produce in 1981. in 1985 [inaudible] this year they are celebrating their 30th an versery. demeet reworked at [inaudible] enjoyed interacting with patron jz neighbors and if you stop by the market today you will see him smiling, talking and laughing with the customers. as a young adult he became fascinated to how the groushry business is changing and expanded to the market from produce to small scale market. they sell their own personal wine label. demeet repartnered with small business to design the wine labeled logo and love how our businesses are working and creating together. demeetry and other merchants worked to transform the cor door into what it is

today. they hosted side walk sales during small business week and developed the ocean beach music and art festival that occurs in october and attended by hundreds of residents and families. last year we shared a booth. [inaudible] helped children at the festival paint them so they can take them home. everyone who shops knows it is a well stocked store with high quality items. the family looked for aungzs to expand and we are excited to announce that they are planning to create a full service narcotic with a butcher shop, deli, cafy and juice bar and produce department on nor ega street in the future. later this year the family will open guss market in the mission district. the market is named after gus, demeetrys father who you can see

thichb i'lls of hate rr ash burry produce today. the environment that demeetrys families create is unlike any other. as they say they have thought of themselves as more than you grab eggs, we are extension of the kitchen, pantry and home and you can pick up more than groushry as [inaudible] produce. more than a few people have met their future spouses in theiriles. wu thank you for their commitment and all the staff for your cochbtbution tooz the community and your dedication to creating such a friendly and quality grocery store in the outer sunset, so thank you very much. >> thank you supervisor tang and staff and supervisors. it goes out to our neighborhood that supported us for so long and helped us grow and makes coming to work and establishing a growing a

business so easy. without our amazing staff and families who helped through had years who wouldn't give us the opportunity to be here today. thank you and thank you for your time. >> okay, thank you very much and congratulations. at this time i would like to recognize sfr visor scott wiener

>> thank you madam president. colleagues today i am thrilled to be able to honor i recognize a true institution in district 8 and the city, theroxy theater as the district 8 small business of the year. theroxy first opened in 1909. it st. tholdest continually operated in the united states and second oldest sen mu in the world. throughout the history theroxy shocased a array from sen mu from second runoffs holly wood films in the 1940's and 50's to german and russian films. theater gained fame for pemereing films as life and death of [inaudible] eraser head and

john [inaudible] the phantom barren make theroxy a part of the bay area senmatic community. the littleroxyopebed next door in 2003 and theroxy theater became a non property 501 c 3 in 2009. today theroxy facilitates a space for all ages and background to gath rb, connect and learn about the world and one another in a accessible environment through daily film screening, festivals, special events and, presentation and educationm programsism i will also say-the person that has the honor of representing district 8 but as a neighbor who lives close to the theater as someone who has seen many movies at theroxy theater and gotten to know theroxy community how proud i am at theroxy theater