>>[gavel] >> all right welcome everybody. it is our new custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder the office of small business is the only place to start your new business and san francisco and the best place to get answers about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have a question about what to do next. this is also the official for him to bring to the public record issues you might affect small business. so, this is a great place to get those issues on the record and have us address them as well as a commission and is an office of small business. so, if you need

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number one call to order and will call. >> commissioner adams is adams is absent. dooley, here. dwight, here. ortiz-cartegena, here. yee-riley, here. zouzounis, here. tour-sarkissian, here. you have a quorum. >> item number two, please >> item number two, >>[reading ordinance] >> discussion and possible

action item. >> we need your microphone. >> is that working? good afternoon commissioners. were good evening commissioners. thank you for having me here today to make a very very brief presentation. this legislation is simply an update to our planning code in the south of market and eastern neighborhoods mixed use zoning districts to

allow arcades to be permitted. it is currently unknown permitted use and the supervisor is pleased to sponsor this legislation from time to time. our legislation on the books needs to be updated with the time it i think many of you know the history of the police code in 1982 restricting arcades from being cited and being permitted and that was updated in 2014 but legislation initiated by supervisor breed and sponsored by supervisor kim and subsequently, i think we have conformed are zoning codes to allow arcades as a permitted use . this legislation before you is in line with permitting arcades previously in the upper market area and in the haight and so we are just making that consistent with what now exists as permitted arcades and we

hope that this will support small businesses. this was initiated by a small business in our district and that is why we sponsor this legislation today and we will public speakers to that effect. >> thank you. commissioners, any questions? or comments? what a difference three decades and a few million hundred million cell phones make. all right, great. with no comments by the commissioners will open up for public comment. anyone would like to make public comment on this item? theater good evening commissioners present of the san francisco counsel >> this is about time it happened to you think about rest of the city is permitting these gaming arcades throughout the city except south of market when it does it gives a diversity to the stab should i want to have it. i been helping these folks to get this through because they have a restaurant right now that only allows a machines to be in their placement in the ideas not just everyone they sit down and eat, drink, and they have a chance to play these games and these

new equipment out there. as we all know everybody has got an iphone and with a do most of the time is playing these games. it brings people into the community and helps the city also from the backspace. i plot jane kim to you and i hope you will vote in favor of it. thank you commissioners. >> thank you, and anyone else of the public would like to comment on this item? >> good afternoon. thank you for hearing us out. i am one of the business owners for this place. i'm looking to get your support on this good i do want to clarify and say we are a bar-restaurant primarily. we do have two other stores sacramento and san diego and the games are an accessory to our use. they allow for entertainment and bailout for big groups coming in mingling together. by no means, a bad

thing about our district and there is similar places in san francisco in the haight. the castro and this all area is also lead on games. there's companies like a lot of tech companies and a lot of millennial's were attracted to this and it's pretty important for us to have this, your support and the successful business as you know is tough to operate in. so if you have any questions, thank you. >> thank you. any other members of the public like to comment? >> we will wait for you, don't worry. don't break a leg. >> hello. my name is kevin

mcdowell. i'm a native san franciscan. former bartender and current partner in the 86 company one independent spirits company that makes a range of spirits distributed internationally and i'm also very anxious public speakers i wrote my thoughts down. i had a professional relationship with eric lockridge for two years now. first meeting him or hosting in the hometown of san diego. the national bar industry has been growing so quickly that the range of new bars are two of a specific clientele. you got ipods, sport bars, nightclubs, cocktail bars. with the list goes on but my first visit to going up operated in one's home based in san diego one thing that caught my eye was the inclusiveness of what they're offering for guests of san diego. we had all types of gas from different socioeconomic backgrounds congregating under one roof for one thing just having fun eating food having drinks and playing some games are really

reasonable price. i also spent some time in sacramento location, which has been a huge success in offering a whole new range of night like to a developing city and being in san francisco native and knowing what's been going on in our city i feel like if there's anything that's going to create more diversity in drinking and eating establishments as well as creating this feeling of mutual appreciation for just enjoying being out with friends, i think these guys have it dialed in. i've seen a lot of bars and restaurants in my neighborhood, and go in if there's anything in this time some what of a division between a lot of people in the bay area come in something like coin operated games this could bring people together i think you guys could support these guys it would be a huge benefit not only to them and us as a part community but are san francisco over all. i appreciate you guys let me mumble over here and please, consider our hopes. thank you. >> great. well done. to all

of you who like to speak your, always if you can write it down and read it, that is great because it gets a little nerve-racking up there. you don't get graded for reading off your notes. that's perfectly, fine. welcome. >> i own a business in the soma district. for years now. i've been in the city for 25 years. four years ago my neighbors were mainly homeless, the veterans hospital down the street and [inaudible] on my sidewalk so in the space next door i wonder the neighbors next to me. every space around where we are hoping for people who want to be good to the neighborhood, invest in the block. i will invest in security guards to keep the outside when needed but i will also promote even my neighbor next door, he has the liquor store. we implemented to be your policies for homeless where he started helping me keeping them

away after their $.50 run out. so, good neighbors, always welcome. i've seen the district change a lot in four years. i've been a good addition to the neighborhood. i have been along with them as well and we work closely with the community as far as company spending time with us before. after work. the neighbors that come with us. it's nice to see that community embracing who we have become as well. so, if it's for the neighborhood and to keep it closer, in a way, we are all [inaudible] in the city. we do have all these companies coming through our doors a lot and it's hard for me to sue say were at capacity and sending our bar neighborhood as well. we want our parks to be good. i want my kids to go and play at these part. i like to see those

streets [inaudible] but everything comes with pros and cons as well. i think in this case is a good addition to the neighborhood and i am embracing it and i'll be happy to say [inaudible] with my neighbors down the street. >> thank you. any other members of the public like to comment on this item? event he was is going to comment, feel free to come to the side steve can be ready to come up. >> my name is eric lockridge. i think kevin dowell 30 much nailed the majority of the points but and arcade will bring to a business like us, a bar, restaurant is positivity. something different to do then going out eating and drinking lane games everyone is having a good time. it's always fun. that's pretty much i have to say. thank you. >> thank you. next, please

>> good evening. my name is kevin ortiz. i'm the one buyer at the mystic hotel. i don't eric and haas for three years. i met them when i lived in san diego and really loved the establishment that they have created their very unique and they bring a real sense of community of the people that come together. i met most my friends at their bars. and it up discovering a lot of new establishments that i frequented had i not gone to coin-op in san diego and their other part which is the lion share, and i can't speak highly enough about what they do and i highly support him. >> thank you very much. next. >> hello. bartender here in san francisco. also, i represent how spirits for

northern california. being a san franciscan and san francisco bartender i host a lot of friends nationally and internationally in this is a concept i been able to see and play in other cities that i like to visit my subject like people to host my friends with something like this when i come to visit us here, too. with that consideration, thanks. >> outstanding. thank you. next. >> hello. i am a bay area bartender and manager. born here but having raised all around the world and with all my travels, the bar industry being my career, i made it a point to explore all different types of establishments, bars, restaurants, and finding different places where people come in and feel and arcade is definitely someplace that brings positive light to the nightlife industry. i think

these people brought up on the amazing points that help add to the diversity that makes that will make san francisco much broader and diverse and a fun place. thank you. >> thank you very much. any other members of the public like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? any comments? commissioner yee-riley >> yes, this question is for april. it says here in mechanical amusement device shall not include any pain device that is unlawful. is that the slot machines were talking about? >> yes, i believe in the please code there some specific regulations related to business or machines where there's an exchange of money, and so that would be that. >> then, when the business

owner goes and gets the permit they will be informed which are unlikable unlawful, right >> i believe so. the permit, there's two different permits that i believe there is a permit that is necessary for the entertainment commission and one that is needed from is that the police department. i'm not actually sure. they would be informed, yes. >> thanks. >> commissioners, any other questions or comments? okay. well this is a discussion and potential action item. do we have a motion? >> i move >> i second >> to support? >> yes >> motion to support all in favor >>[chorus of ayes]. that motion is approved unanimously. >> and victory, wait to go guys. >>[applause]

>> all right. awesome. sincerely, thank you for all of you coming out and doing public comment at its gate great for you to come and take the time and do that here i know it can be kind of a pain to make time in your schedule and it's happy hour for you guy and that part ended. i don't know what the heck you're doing your could delegate out of your and go to work. next item please >> item number three, >>[reading ordinance] >>i'm going to be making the presentation tonight, not richard. so, commissioners, first i want to thank you for

asking staff to provide clarification on nonprofits as an inclusion under to whether their inclusion under the term of business for the legacy business registry. i think it is important you ask for clarification because, as you are aware, many in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors in government agencies tend to be you and speak of for-profits and nonprofits is to separate and distinct entities. in your packet, staff has done some research and analysis on the legislative history and intent of the board of supervisors, and it clearly outlines and demonstrates that the legislative intent from version number to forward to include nonprofit serving the community are clearly intended to be included as businesses eligible for the mayor or the board of supervisors to

nominate. so, again the legislative history and the board of supervisors action clearly demonstrated this intent and i think it's important that we do have a public affirmation. so it is clear now and moving forward for all to know who is under that broad definition of the very simple business. i am happy to elaborate and walk you through the legislative history, but i'm hoping you've taken the time to review it and happy to answer any questions. for the record, this item is scheduled as an action item or agendize is an action item but not required. possible price and you are not required to take action on this because you're not required but you can take an action to affirm the supervisors legislative intent, but it's not necessary to do so as the legislative intent is

establishes what the criteria is. >> thank you very much. i like to propose we actually do make a positive affirmation and go around and make a motion and vote it. i think that affirmation should be that the definition of business, as is stated in this legislation, refers to both for-profit businesses and nonprofits. because we've had some of the discussion of this here. i think it merits an affirmation here so that going forward there's no question whatsoever that this legislation applies to both. so if someone like to make a motion? >> when he questions the public comment. >> any questions or comments commissioners? and aim members of the public like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. now we can do a motion >> i propose mr. pres.,

nonprofits the definition includes nonprofits and for-profits. >> okay. very well. >> second >> the motion is to affirm the definition of business includes nonprofit and for-profit entities. that is second by commissioner dooley. tida >>[call of the roll] >>[chorus of ayes] that motion passes unanimously 6-0. one asked them. great. >>[applause] >> we got that essential item out of the way. import betwixt moving to item 4, >>[reading ordinance] >> item number four, >>[reading ordinance] >>good evening commissioners.

richard carrillo legacy business program manager. we are is only in the process of developing policies for many aspects of the legacy business program. in developing criteria for disqualification from the legacy business program, we reviewed the existing business eligibility criteria from the administrative code. legacy businesses are businesses have been nominated by the mayor or member of the board of supervisors and that the small business commission after i noticed hearing has determined meets each of the following

criteria: one, the business is operated in san francisco for 30 years 30 or more years with no break in san francisco operations exceeding two years. if the business has operated in san francisco for more than 20 years but less than 30 years, may still satisfy this criterion is a small business commission finds that the business has significantly contributed to the history toward identity of a particular neighborhood or community and if not included in the registry, the business would face a significant risk of displacement. number two, the business has contributed to the neighborhood's history and or the identity of a particular neighborhood or community. three, the business has committed to maintaining the fiscal pictures or traditions that define the business including craft: array or art forms. so, using that very simple criteria for

qualifications, we proposed three criteria for disqualification from the legacy business registered. number one, the business as a break in san francisco operations exceeding two years except in the case of fire, natural disaster or other extraordinary circumstances. number two, the business relocates outside of san francisco and number three the business no longer commits to maintaining physical features or traditions that define the business including craft,: array or arts. >> that seems pretty straightforward. commissioners, any questions? comments? well then we'll get some public comments. thank you, rich. any members of the public like to comment on this particular item? seeing none,, public comment is closed. commissioners, any comments entity like to make a motion to accept this criterion? >> i make a motion mr. pres. for the commission to adopt the

standards and criteria for this certification for the legacy business registered. >> i second >> graywater >> commissioner, motion to adopt these disqualifications. moved and seconded. all those in favor say, aye >>[chorus of ayes] the motion passes unanimously, 6-0. one absent. >> perfect. now we are getting to the main event. thanks, richard. >> number five, discussion and action item. >>[reading ordinance]

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>> great. in the future we will be considering these and

just kind of doing them as a group, but today, since this is the first cohort what nominees we are delighted to welcome them here to give a little presentation on their behalf. >>[applause] it's a glorious past moment. before we proceed, though, the procedural suggest if anybody here has a any exception they were like called out or we would just proceed with the entire group and unwise for presentations by each of the group. to any of the commissioners have any exceptions they like to call out? no. okay, great. i think we can then proceed. >> good evening commissioners richard carrillo. legacy business program manager. just to go over the legislation again quickly. the administrative code finds a legacy business as a business nominated a member of the board of supervisors or the mayor and

small business commission after a noticed hearing determines meets the following criteria. criteria one, which i've read in item number four, so i would just read the first sentence. the business has operated in san francisco for 30 years 30 or more years with no break in san francisco operation exceeding two years. i note there is one of the applicants hear that is between 20 and 30 or so please keep that in mind. which is the rest of the text in this number one. criteria number two, the business has contributed to the neighborhood's history and identity of a particular neighborhood or community. criteria number three, the business is committed to maintaining the physical features or traditions that define the business including including craft: are your art forms. if the all business commission makes all three

findings that it shall include the business in the registry as a legacy business. the non-businesses that are applicants here today are to jack's knicks place sql. 4b toy boat desert café, 4c specs 12 adler museum café, 4d eyes muralist association incorporated., 4e pacific café. 4f lone star saloon. 4g gilman's kitchens and baths.

for h community boards. for letter i creative design and metalworks. criteria one have the applicant operated in san francisco for 30 or more years with no break in san francisco operations exceeding two years. determination is, yes with a note lone star saloon has operated in san francisco for more than 20 years but less than 30 years has significantly contributed to the history or identity of a particular neighborhood or community and if not included in the registry faces a significant risk of displacement. criteria to have the applicants contributed to the neighborhood history and the density of particular neighborhood or community. if the determination is yes on

applicants were recommended by the store preservation commission. criteria number three are the applicants committed to maintain the physical features or traditions as upon as businesses including craft,: array or art forms and eight the determination is yes. staff recommendation is that staff recommends small business commission include all nine businesses with an agenda items 5a-five i as legacy businesses. there are nine draft resolutions for consideration by the small business commission it one for each of the legacy business registry applicants. lastly, there's a correction on one. the nominator for toy boat dessert café with supervisor eric mar and accidentally put supervisor london breed. that was my mistake. my apologies. that needs to be corrected in the final motion by the commission. >> okay.

>> all answer any questions. >> thank. also worth noting each of these nominees has been referred to us affirmatively by the historic preservation commission so is been through that commission already as well. so, commissioners any questions? so, why don't we proceed with some presentations. now, realizing this is a huge pr opportunity for each of you come or go hold you all twisted 5 min. limit. we don't anyone grandstanding here. we actually have a timer. you'll hear a little gone with 30 seconds to go. i will extend my cook. you can see it here i have it and it takes you to the side of the stage at exactly 5 min. in all seriousness, please be mindful of that limit that we like to get through all of you. it's going to take about

45 min. 9x5 and so let's move through it and the timer is to remind you to hurry up. if you again have written your comments wyoming's lead them. because you want to get into the record and that's the best way to do it. i know you can get tongue tied when you get up to that podium there. all right, well i want to call i think you have an order you like to call them? >> yes. q: there and ordered list. the water will follow the order listed in the agenda. so, i will call up each speaker i guess. first, to jack's knicks place seafood. >> great. >> welcome. >> before i get started i have some letters of support from our lord haight merchants association i like to pass out.

>> also don't be notice none of you have been contested. there's a high likelihood going to be agreed. probably not supposed to say that. >> good evening. my name is nikki huber and him the second-generation owner of to jack's knicks place located at 401 haight st. and at such an honor to be standing before you and i'd like to take the time to think the small business commission, the board of supervisors in san francisco heritage for all your effort you put forth to protect san francisco's iconic legacy business. i also want to say to my fellow legacy business owners that it's been a privilege to be a part of this journey with you. to be able to hear your stories about how your business is added to the wonderful tapestry of the city, each memory fueled within a measurable amount of passion has been a source of

inspiration and a feeling of solidarity i have for each and every one of you. so i just appreciate being on this journey with you. last but not least i want to say thank you to my parents, my husband my children are being exactly who you are. you all have supported me throughout this journey. i been on. you have provided an unshakable foundation for all of us to stand on and i am so grateful for all that you have selflessly separate. for love culture and commitment and a commitment to be wonderful human beings. ever since i can remember i heard our customers say to jack's is a cornerstone of the lower haight. some refer to as an institution. an institution that has witnessed and operated to economic recessions the elimination of disco, the birth of hip-hop, the introduction of crack cocaine, the war on drugs, gang wars, words with the police, wars with foreign countries the attempted assassination of a

president, the first black president and now possibly the first woman president. we have lived through and continue to operate two heartbreaking deaths of parents, grandparents come ons, and uncles brothers and sister. to jack's has stood tall at the statue of liberty keeping our doors in our hearts open to our tired, our poor, are huddled masses yearning to breathe free from a society that oftentimes cast them aside making them feel less. we have employees that unemployable. treated the untreatable with compassion and empathy and respect and respected that disrespectful. our open mic night of giving a voice to so many whose voices are drowned out daily by the deafening sounds of inequality, brutality and death good young black men and women have always had a voice into jack's and all people of all ages from all economic and racial backgrounds are finding their voices with

us. i know that with all i am my family has been able to run their business for 30 years before passing it on to me 10 years ago because the values that are then passed down to our families for generations. holding our truths to be self evident that hard work pays off. being honest pays off. treating people the way you want to be treated pays off and having the courage of your convictions pays off. to reembrace the fact we are descendents of slaves and we survived were the worst forms of the kidney humanity and cruelty and are here today to rely on the same strength our ancestors had using it to empower us to keep contributing to the enlightenment of humanity in our daily work of letting people know they are important and deserve to be treated with respect and kindness. for me, the true beauty of our legacy is in

that. our survival and our ability to thrive is based on being good people and having good people around us. it's based on my parents being committed to each other and making their marriage last to be able to pass it down to their only child. it's our landlord being honorable enough to recognize that we are a family in pursuit of happiness in achieving the american dream good as our loyal customers will embrace this, family and allowed us the privilege of cooking for them generation after generation. the beauty is in the blood come at the sweat, tears and the commitment of so many different people coming together and believing in what my family created. the beauty is that it represents courage, faith, and hope that when you are committed every day to being the highest expression of your self your efforts will be rewarded. thank you. >> that was great, thank you. >>[applause]. we might be moving from sfgov tv to abc or nbc. let's keep it up. were going to give shark tank a run for its money. >> next presentation, toy boat dessert café.

>> mr. pres., should we add this to the application? >> i don't know if i can match that. toy boat, toy boat. >> i know you been practicing that for years. welcome. >> thank you. this is my wife roberta. i hope you balding to toy boat. i been there for 34 years. i wrote down a few words just so i don't stumble. why i think i'm a great legacy business. because i'm an anchor to the community because they bring integrity to the community because i'm a connection to the community to all the schools would use institutions all the kids. i have kids working for me who came in and had their first ice cream cone road are worse butterscotch the first time. i'm a true mom and pop business. i don't sit home every day and call in and say what's going on the board to my ipod and watch my register. i

go to work every single day. why? i love it. i love working with the community. i love san francisco. obviously i'm not from here in case you did not notice that in your form 80 38 years, 39 years. it's a great city. what's happening to it that small businesses are disappearing. it's becoming we have to prevent it from becoming a big strip mall. that's what's great about this legacy business idea. it's the first move to try to keep small mom and pop businesses here. so i applaud you all for doing that. i like that people have not been-there was a woman, bernie's, who moved down the blockage was very elderly than she used to come in every day even if her after she had operations and struggling to win she got ill, i, my staff we would bring her lunch. we would bring her dinner. if she did not come in for lunch or dinner

we said let's what's going on and we would go to the house. eventually she ended up in the hospital but she had no link to the community. toy boat him and his many like this, has been that link for lots of different people. a lot of little kids who come in and just love it. they just love it. if you have any questions? you must have a question. >> no, i moved. fantastic. >> i've enjoyed every moment of its. like my predecessor, i've had the landlords who've always renewed my lease is. that's one of the biggest issues in this peer hopefully that keeps up. and this legacy business will make that more possible. so i could keep going to work every day and get a free cup of coffee. >> there you go. >> what happened to the horse in front of your store? >> in front of the store? it's

in the store. it's been there for 34 years. butterscotch. adults can go on its. >> i used to take my nephew. he is 21 now but he has been there. >> now he can say i wrote on butterscotch. >> yes. >> i have great employees. employees are not great once i heard them it's my goal to make them great. some kids just they don't have it but if you give them the right encouragement and you treat them right and you brainwash them, then go be great. you tell them they are good and ill be good. it's because were used to being told a lot often you are not good. when you tell them they are good, they are good. anyway, i can exit. >> that's great. thank you very much. >>[applause] >> next up >> next is entered next

presenter, specs 12 outlook using café. >>the cover images michael graham was an artist as well, and we have the [inaudible] of my father richard simmons specs coming up next sunday. so it's really lovely it's happening right now. >> the artist as a bartender at your place? >> he is a artist at our place. all kinds of people. he's come up with a new engine i've taught this because i was asked to focus more on the continuity and it's going to continue looking. so, the first page of the [inaudible] the walls on

spec. my dad started it in 1960. we all helped him. it's full of 1 million tchotchkes. a lot of san francisco historical memorabilia california second world war spanish civil war posters indians have you a lot of very funny things because he's a real character. that's my dad years ago bartending. jackie who is with us where union bartender bartenders stay with us forever. jackie came in at 24 and she's 30. she's been with us for 14 years. then, her partner used to be one of our bartenders was a sculptor and made a full-size [inaudible] with my dad. there's a poem because we can't get away from poets at our part. anyway, in the month of august 2016 as we prepare for the birthday party this weekend my daughter [inaudible] co-owners of specs with my father richard are

completely committed to retaining all the quality physical characteristics so and spirit of our part. the goal of it over north beach institution to receive legacy business registry. the walls of our bar are covered with san francisco historical memo to flags with countries. we start out with working class bars merge and rains would bring in subject was west coast art of jazz musicians of course poets picking up the museum like nature of establishing. all these are neglected by my father brought in by guest who understand the curatorial spirit of my dad. we will bridge archives as possession. our bar has a timeless quality coveted by regulars and travelers because of the comforting ingenuity and spirit and the objects covering our walls. which i been [inaudible] people come back and say years ago nothing has changed. some

new items will appear from time to time but these essential nature remains the same and will continue to into the future. we hold the anniversary party each year in april speeding the community that sustains us and each other. wheels large birthday parties as well. we are continuing our legacy of hosting poetry readings. a lot of the city light readings come to our place after. the screens both parties memorials, and even a baby shower for one of her couples at the bar. in fact, our community hub home away from home for somebody over the decades and now for the influx of new young workers the neighborhood both from the tech field the new young poetic characters reading the same philosophers cadillac and all that business people arrived to our city and discover the soul and spirit of our bar. with original brick walls from the building was rebuilt after san francisco's great earthquake. the building originates in 1855

but was rebuilt after 1906 we have photographs of the earthqus as well because my father is deeply immersed in san francisco in california history. classes are brought in on run the bases [inaudible] not trendy neo-history. although they also have their place in a changing neighborhood [inaudible]. we keep the same drinks we've always had. we teach young workers and tourist weathers genuine hub what is it we don't have wi-fi or television and never have. except the date the man landed on the moon. because my father wanted people to talk to each other which is what a pub is really about and that will never change up my daughter and i are both committed to that get my taught my daughter is 23 good she was in new york she's a young singer but she's

[inaudible] i was raised-is that it >> 32nd >> were please to meet up with a first group of san francisco businesses and nodded by aaron peskin and i want to say that given we were nominated for this week and half ago we signed a 10 year lease with our landlord would never had tenure leases before. it was because the lawyer wanted to negotiation. >> awesome. thank you very much. >>[applause] >> who is next >> next up is perceived that eyes muralist association incorporated. >> thank you. thank you very much for inviting us to do this presentation. i've written something for you good my name is susan cervantes. i feel like i am-eyes founder and director of-eyes promised 40 years. i founded it with my husband

louise who passed away 10 years ago and it's been sort of a family affair but with many many other artists and people in the neighborhood with us who wanted to continue to do mural arts. we were established in 1977 good work community nonprofit arts organization. we produce public community murals truly unique collaboration process that expresses the diverse voices and visions of the many communities that we serve.-eyes continues to rent our regional heritage studio since 1980. that serves our children, youth and bureau arts programs which was recently saved from the threat of eviction and displacement with us for many community partners

who invested in the purchase of the building. so we are really really happy about that. this will continue to serve our children and youth in a safe and comfortable face for them. -eyes also owns and operates are 24th st. mural arts in district centers since 1998. we actually were evicted from our one half of our center in the park and at that time and we are fortunate to be able to get this other site. because we were not going to be able to continue to function without another space at that time. so, legacy status would secure our heritage studio and owned cultural space for future generations to come.-eyes has created over 500 collaborative

community murrells throughout the san francisco bay area and over a dozen internationally. -eyes has served over 15,000 students and local artists through-eyes mural arts and education program.-eyes has conducted over 6840 mural walking towards, 114,000 tour participants including students residents and visitors.-eyes has hosted 20 urban youth arts festival and 17 san francisco bay area mural awareness festivals.-eyes has celebrated and participated in 16 day of the dead events, 20 carnivals and recently, dances with murals in partnership with the theater.-eyes has offered

hands-on arts activities and live mural painting for dozens of community events and all around the bay area.-eyes has recruited over 2000 support of members and individual donors. as a nominated legacy business we are proud to be a part of the cultural heritage of san francisco and the latino cultural district to continue to create retain and preserve community culture. thank you for your nomination and consideration. 80. >> thank you, susan. very nice. >>[applause] >> next presenter, pacific café. >> hello and good evening commissioners. and fellow applicants. i'm specially honored to be here today,

especially after hearing the company that we are with. my name is frank gundry. i'm here on behalf of our business the pacific café. we are located at 7000 ci boulevard on the corner of 34th and the outer richmond long san francisco's 49 mile scenic ride. we just celebrated our 42nd year in business on july 4 of this year. i've been working for the café at this location since march 1 1975. up until this year i used to tell our customers that i still work for the man who hired me over 40 years ago. tom hopper. now i am proud to say i'm one of his partners along with ross warren, who is here with me today. pacific café is a neighborhood restaurant serving simply prepared fish, fresh and

local seafood dinners. we operate in a building that withstood the 06 earthquake building 1898. though our warm and cozy café seats just over 50 patrons, we have served over 2 million delicious dinners from our small but bustling kitchen. today's menu feature some of the same choices as our original menu from 1974 including grilled salmon, fried oysters, filet of sole newburgh, and panfried abalone. the reason i mention this is because many of our customers remark to us that it's so nice to have a great place to eat that does not change. we are all aware of how much the city of san francisco is changing and it's comforting to know that at the pacific café we are able to continue to make our customers welcome and happy after four decades. we are lucky and proud to have the best staff in the business.

their enthusiastic, dedicated to maintaining our tradition of quality and service. the majority of our staff have been employed at the café for more than 20 years. barry stratton, 41 years. arsenio-three years. rats o, 3 jim 25 years. hose eight i lost 25. maureen fitzsimmons 24 years and elaine call, 20 years. many have raised children and put them through school while working at long and hard hours at our café. it's a pleasure for us as well as our customers to know and see familiar faces to hear stories of our collective families, which child got married, which grandchild just graduated from college, whose parents have recently retired and are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. his grandparents and long-time customer just passed away. at

the pacific café, we are blended family serving three and even four generations of customers. the pacific café proudly supports our community and neighborhood to its donations to options and event. whether it's a school raffle or neighborhood service program we cheerfully contribute when asked. as an example, for many years we've supported a ra first step home a local rehabilitation organization. here is a recent note from one of its board members and our customers surely cameron. my husband and i haven't customers at the pacific café for over 30 years. during that time not only is the food and service and excellent. they have also contribute generously to alcoholic rehabilitation association a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting all collects and recovery which is been in existence for over 61 years at

1035 haight should get sincerely surely and elliott campbell are. people often remark, wow, we have not been here for 25 years and it's still the same. they mean it as a compliment. it's followed by, we are so happy to be back and we are so glad you are still here. this is our intention. to continue to serve our customers and neighbors old and new with the same high-quality seafood and service as we have been doing since we first opened our doors in 1974. as our original late great server, dan hansen, used to say, it will be our great pleasure. thank you. >> awesome. thank you very much. >>[applause] after that we might have to start the legacy employee registry. >>[laughing] that's good. i especially like seeing the menus from then and now.

>> next presenter, lone star saloon. >> good evening. i just want to say how great it is to finally be here. seems like it's been a long road. yes, i am thrilled absolutely thrilled. good evening my name is tony b i co-owner the lone star saloon on harrison street. 135 harrison street and south of market. i've spoken at great length through this process about our founding and history and past but now i'd like to speak about the lone star today because i believe that the legacy business program isn't just about san francisco of the past. it's very much about the san francisco today. and what we want this great city to look like in the future. the lone star is a small neighborhood bar with a rich story past. we have a small group of loyal

employees. one of my employees, bruce is been behind the bar for 15 years. some very loyal regular customers who actually surprised me by showing up here today. awesome. it's all on behalf of them i stand here today to speak about the legacy business program. we share our lives at the lone spirit we hunt together for birthdays as alterations could be thanks giving dinner together. we host weddings and we host memorial services. we come together to mourn our friends and customers are passed through the years. we hold fundraisers for causes important to our friends and neighbors. sometimes, we just sit and drink beer and pass baton. i also often say you can travel the world at the barstool at the loans do we host visitors all over the world every day. we are a beacon and we offer the sense

of community of prolonging the compassion and acceptance that san francisco has been-has long been known for and of those qualities that brought a lot of us here to the city to begin with. at the lone start you could catch a glimpse of the past and you can spend time in the city that does not exist anymore. but at the end of the day we are a business not a museum. we pay our rent. we pay our employees and our taxes and we give back to the community. we are a vibrant, viable small business but businesses like mine are often not given a chance to compete in the new san francisco. that is what makes the legacy business program so important. in the past few years we've seen some close calls in my neighborhood the equal the start they both came close to being lost forever because of skyrocketing rents. the lone starr is currently in negotiations for a new lease. the funds provided

by the legacy business program could not come at a better time. the money is nice and helpful but it's the recognition that appeal to me the most. to be told we see you, we hear you and you are important. that is what being a legacy business means to me. so, thank you for considering the lone star for legacy business status and i also want to thank supervisor campos for writing the legislation and jane kim for nominating us in being a champion of small businesses and her aide barbara lopez for helping me to negotiate my way through city hall and to be standing here today. so, thank you, thank you, thank you. >> thank you very much. >>[applause] >> next presentation, gilman's kitchens and baths. >>i knew my glasses to read my

notes. even then i can view my own writing. my name is larry lowenthal and my son justin lowenthal and am the owner of humans kitchens and baths for 33 years. the business has been around since 1954. i can't write all the great things all these people have said. it's just fantastic it makes me feel good. so, thank you to everybody here. the building i been in the last 25 years was sold last year. resulting in about 50% rent increase. when we read about the legacy program we were excited because wow, they're trying to force us out of san francisco. mc san

franciscans voted for it the supervisors who brought it up, and everybody was work for it, it really made me feel good because i been in san francisco for quite a few years. it also resulted in the building sold they huge property tax increase is of the funds provided by the legacy program are going to help out and help me stay in san francisco. it's really what i wanted to do good i was looking elsewhere but i really wanted to stay here. i was born and raised in san francisco. i really want to thank everybody involved a special especially supervisor campos wrote the legislation and nominated us. we are the only brick-and-mortar business and san francisco. people can come in and get doors and screens custom-made and that's how we started we've added kitchens and bathroom remodeling good over 45% of our business comes from just around our store. potrero hill. we are committed to keeping this format. we have a couple other stores and other cities but the screens and keeping it in san

francisco because is how we started. we really appreciate it. my son justin is going to take over and thank you very much again. >> thank you. >> good evening. i'm a presentation for you to see. a couple points and give emphasis to what my dad was telling you already. thank you, dad. so i want to tell you but about the business to continue to get humans kitchens and baths and screens. a brief history. originally opened in 1954 as a hardware store. dick gilman at the same honor in the 70s transition his business model to become a screen window and screen door business which we continue today. then in 1983 my dad took over and purchased the business from dick gilman and maintain the screen business but also brought in his expertise in remodeling field and started sewing cabinets and we just evolves over 30 years to start offering contracting

services all kinds of different things. so, i just want to show this evolution over the last 60 years. some things have changed over these. you said you are interested in the managed. these are business cards from maybe 30 years. yes, about 30 years. a couple main changes but we still maintain very similar features. the old building this is not what we moved into. this is not sure exactly sure how old this picture is, but it's and 70-80 your range. it was a paint store. our old building. this is where we are at today. got a fresh coat of paint finally to bring to bring some more like to bayshore boulevard.

so what makes it so special spirit makes humans so special and why would the community want to support the company? we are family owned business. employees become part of this community. because were the small business well for personal touch that big-box stores like lowe's and home depot cannot match. our state-of-the-art showrooms stay tuned to the spirit of modernization in this rapidly changing culture. we evolved and were staying relevant and were stained with culture did we'll define it and change it we stay relevant. we create beauty of places where people spend their most intimate and define management with eight work, relax and cleanse. >> well said. >> gilman staff and service have received numerous awards and recognitions for excellent design quality exceptional customer service and astute

business practices. we are vital part of this community networking and support hundreds of local businesses. we stay true to our roots. 50 years later. >> awesome. thank you very much. >>[applause] >> i'm glad that was his last five. nicely done, thank goodness up >> next presentation, community boards. >>if you have a powerpoint, and you can just ask in the microphone these show the powerpoint does sfgov tv

actually controls the. view signal to me i can do it >> there it is. >> thank you. good evening commission. my name is camilla laird, president of the board of directors that community boards. manage boards as a nonprofit celebrating four years this year from 1976-2016 and we offer conflict resolution services. we've operate in san francisco for the last 40 years. began in meditation valley and outside all the neighborhoods in san francisco. community boards is the oldest and longest running public conflict resolution center in the united states. to date over the last 40 years, we've assisted over 52,000 san franciscan stores all conflicts peacefully and respectfully. we've trained over 18,000 san franciscans a volunteer

conflict mediators and you'll hear from donald one of our trainers but we've mediated over 9700 disputes in san francisco for residents, nonprofits, and small business. so, we offer affordable and accessible conflict resolution services. rk's opening fee is only $40 don't turn anyway for lack of funds to ever truly very low cost of mediation services for anybody who resides in san francisco. our mission at community boards is to empower communities and individuals with a strong skills and resources needed to express resolve conflicts peacefully and appropriately further culture and environment. so community boards in action, what does that look like? citywide intermediate program assists over 1800 san franciscan residents. we handle mediations in a few different areas. one is quality of life and that includes noise complaints, parking complaints, issue around pets, trees,

views, trash things like that anything inside your own home were doing with your neighbors were co-housing situation and then relationships. were often helping people in family relationships, who made relationships neighbor relationships coworkers etc. we also handle mediations that you with context and that could be landlord-tenant contracts customer-vendor contracts, small claims, and more. so, in general, community boards offers mediation services that help reduce anxiety and stress for residents. we find this program really helps the overall mental health and physical health are san francisco residents specifically, those people might be able to resolve their disputes in other ways that might cost more money. we are really helping low income residents primarily. now donald will come up and speak about our traditions and services. >> good evening again. thank you so much for inviting us to be here tonight. i'm so delighted to be able to speak

on behalf of community boards. i got a chocolate about community boards as a living legacy. our tradition and services have to do with making sure that anyone that would like to resolve or come to agreement related to a conflict has the opportunity to be able to do that. we offer services in spanish mandarin and cantonese as well as english. sure you realize this but maybe some of you don't get san francisco is incredibly diverse community right? i was supposed to be a joke. it is. we take that into account and in doing so we make sure our services are culturally appropriate for the participants. we have a mediator poll of over 450 mediators ranging the full range of diverse city in terms of core identities and cultures and communities equally represented. across the board. this is also a proactive community doping prosecute when we look at peace building we think he's building as every

decision that we make every day that we are either making a choice to build peace where we are making a choice towards violence. in that respect, these services can actually save lives that firefighters run towards the pipe. our mighty gators run into the heat of the heard the anger the conflict and the difficulty and we help participants find choices, nonviolent choices to be able to live in safe communities that work together with one another i the distinct pleasure of speaking to the founder of community boards back in december of 2011.. he passed away the following month so i talked to him in december and he passed away in january. that was my one and only conversation with him was so powerful. he said, that his vision was for one day there to be no need to have an organization like community boards. look around your we are not at that day. we have

not-this much work to do and this is not done to lose an incredible service like with community boards is able to do. thank you so much. we appreciate your consideration. >> thank you so much. awesome. thank you. >>[applause] number nine >> thank you. the last presentation is matter rainy creative design and metal work. >> great to come before this commission again. creative design, our doors were open in the fall of 1940. we are in our 68 continuous year of operation. my father opened it in upper grant avenue and we been in upper grant avenue ever since. we now stand three generations.

we do custom metal work which includes everything from wedding rings to sculpture. my father who opened the store celebrated as one of the messengers of modernism. along with out sander calder, sam cramer, and other luminaries out of the midcentury modernist or not. currently we stand three generations my daughter works with me. lucky enough now to go from father to son to daughter. she is actually started a school called metalworks sf back in 2014. last couple of months we had over 30 high school students come in and make rings and use tools that have been taken out of a lot of our high schools. and have that experience in college at school to college

prep. if you want to take the program into the public schools and start bringing some public school kids in. the legacy status for our business will allow us to do that kind of thing. in terms of other community contributions, my father and mother along with a handful of other artists and merchants and residents organizations like the newly formed telegraph hill dwellers, back in 1954 had this crazy idea that they should take over a street get rid of all the cars got blocked it off, and put heart into the street with artist. they succeeded in doing it. it became the upper grant ave., street fair which is a pro-generator of any streetscape event in the united states. there were many pavilion art fairs and festivals. there were many park festivals. but there never had been a street fair. the real

secret san francisco generated that on upper grant avenue. currently, we actually combined with-eyes on the façade in front of bernal library. i hope you all got a chance to go past that beautiful installation. we did a public art installation a few years ago. we also worked with youth with c from environment full justice, their marquee at haran had part. out in hunters point. those are a few of the activities we've done in terms of our community. there is a powerpoint presentation with some amazing pictures of our work and community contributions we have made that will be up on the small business commission website probably tomorrow. next week. it's too long to present here today because it's 8 min.

it's a beautiful and i incurred you to go and see it. i would like to leave you with the words from this very commission. that honor my business, thank you, back in 2009. in parts, invented the groundbreaking artistic vision of this family now in its third generation of family artists is a landmark small business for both north beach and san francisco. among their many gifts to the vitality of art scene the family founded along with a small group of shop orders and orders the upper grant ave., street fair which is the very first fine arts and crafts open street fair in the united states. city and county of san francisco art lovers and craftspeople throughout the

world look forward to many more generations of the family continuing their unique contribution to the art world and the character of our city. we look forward to doing that with your help again today. thank you. >> thank you very much. >>[applause] commissioners, any comments before we open up to public comment? it seems odd but nowhere to take public comment. any members of the public like to comment on this item? come up to the-line up on the side if you're going to do so >> good evening commissioners. i'm here today representing david campos in district 9 office. we are just very excited at tonight to be witnessing this vital next up in the implementation process of the legacy business registry. these legislations authored by supervisor david campos and unanimously passed at the board of supervisors and reaffirmed by voters passing proposition j with a 60%

approval rate. tonight we have the opportunity to honor and support a strong group of for-profit and nonprofit businesses by granting him legacy business status in san francisco. so, thank you commissioners for your effort in protecting that adverse legacy of our city and thank you so much to all the applicants who are here. >> thank you very much. >>[applause] we have speaker card so called in order of the speaker cards. also, please remember public comment is limited to 3 min. 2 min., sorry. you'll hear that same gong at 30 seconds we don't mean to be rude but we will yank your microphone at 2 min. >> if any was like to spell out a speaker card or on the side of the microphone and this will help us state your name correctly for the record. >> i guess it's actually dropped the microphone these days. >> i want to tell you this

is the best commission hearing i've ever been to. it's the first time i'll ever leave city hall feeling really good. >>[laughing] i can to support mickey cooper 42 jacks. she meets all the criteria 115%. she's offered her space to myself and my friend to start a nonprofit poetry event there where we work with everyone in the neighborhood two, express themselves good is the last saturday of every month. she has been a support to me. i come in there i need someone to speak to she is there to give me direction and i didn't expect to come here and be for everybody here. i didn't know what i was coming to but-eyes i'm also very close to

relations. they did a mural for me in front of my space that i don't take too much time. i just want to celebrate mickey's legacy business registration and i hope that i actually hope she and everybody gets their okay >> >>[calling public comment cards] >> thank you to all the legacy candidates. i grew up in the south bay and lived in san francisco for decades that into almost every single one of the businesses and they're all amazement i am blown away and honored to be part of this moment in time for san francisco history. i'm here on behalf of community boards, where i worked as a staff

member and now vice president of the board of directors for community boards. i partaken of their training and also was a volunteer neighborhood court adjudicator through the da's office also trained by community boards. i've also worked on criminal justice reform and consumer protection as a litigator. i am blown away by what community boards offers to the diversity in our city and the availability learning how to communicate face to face, to be seen, to be heard, and to be empowered to resolve much as the conflicts they bring to mediation but any issue arises thereafter in their life because they been empowered with tools to communicate. that is a art form that is often lost in our digital technology world when people cross the street on their cell phones they look at you and give you a dirty look when you must hit them in your card because they've ran the red i call that [inaudible] and that happens all over the

place. the mediation we learn to understand one another. i've seen community boards bring together people from all sorts of racist, social economic areas, gender, the whole kit and caboodle and people resolve their conflicts and they do it themselves. so, we talk about people talking to each other, being seen and been heard. we hope that community boards can continue on in this measure is whether one of the only organizations that allows this for our san francisco residents. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>[applause] >> next speaker >> i'm also speaking in favor of community boards. i want to thank the staff and board members and other nominees. i agree with a previous speaker.

this is the best city hall here. you don't usually hear that and public comment. consider yourself lucky at charlie spiegel next open my 30th year living in san francisco which practically makes me to start. professionally i mediate divorces outside of court and when that's not enough challenged aires and 19-year-old daughter in san francisco now going to college. yes. i want to justify can only say one thing it five time for that i wanted to about one mediation i did as a volunteer which was a neighbor dispute the people above, people below renters in a building. the people above were a family the people below were family with children in strollers in the lobby of the building. people above were gay male couple with shall we say later hours that they invited friends over and made noise and have fun. this was a dispute they came to the panel of three volunteer mediators. i'm going openly gay man. all these people call this their home. and we started to refer to both the family with children and the family of gay men without children as families we were not getting

and there. we started to respect people with those words, the situation changed and they made an agreement to stop calling the police and to try to coexist it that's the kind of thing that community boards has done. in education community boards at the assistant attorney general for community policing and community engagement speak in front of 200 people in between ferguson and the next dreadful matter. that's the kind of thing community boards does good i want to thank you for your time and great city hall hearing. >> awesome. thank you very much. >>[applause] >> >>[calling public comment cards] >> thanks for the opportunity to appear on behalf of community boards. i am a fourth-generation san franciscan. born and raised lived here all my life. so i think i know a little bit about

the city. i have been fairly recently connected with community boards could i've taken their behavior training and serve as a mediator and observed the organization and it occurred to me what is a community boards represents or has that reflects the dna of san francisco? the real heart and soul of the city? i thought about 3-4 concepts, 3-4 qualities that community boards has that seems to me just so central and so fundamental to the san francisco. one of those, for example, his creativity and innovation. we all treasure that about this city is to create a place as we heard tonight from so many other people. it's an innovative place and that's exactly what community boards

as a creative and innovative organization. you've heard about that. of course, san francisco is a diverse society we know that a diverse community and community boards itself is the same. so we are part of that is as a part of that dna. san francisco is futuristic. we pride ourselves on looking towards the future and that's exactly what community boards is like as well. finally, san francisco we pride ourselves on the open and welcoming and friendly and you've heard about committed to boards being the same. so, i hope that you will support us as being part of san francisco as with so many of the organizations that you've heard. thank you. >> thank you. >>[applause] >> >>[calling public comment cards] >> i'm here is where my wife

at to jack's. vicki cooper good i just want to say thank you all for recognizing these businesses, all of them, because what you are doing is you are providing affirmation of people's hopes, dreams, livelihoods, family, i mean people been in business for over 20 years were talking 30 years here. that's family. you have employees that have been in these businesses for long period of time. that is family. what you're doing is you are promoting family here and i just want to say that i'm not from vinton i am from oakland would've been in the data area mike i got married to this wonderful woman and moved to san francisco but when i first moved out here the bridge is a long way to travel when you broken oakland could you don't go back and forth right when i came out here and started talking to people or when i go back to oakland and talked to people i met in college, i mentioned to jack's good i never heard of two jacks in

oakland but everybody else knew what to jack's was. their restaurant or businesses in oakland people not heard about to jack's is one of those businesses that everybody has heard of were somebody assertive. you go over to the bay area as well as businesses and i truly makes it a legacy of the family that is created, the employees that are there for the children that have grown up with two jacks and the things they do to support the community it would talk about community there's a lot of things you don't see behind the scenes. they support the neighborhood. they support the individuals in those neighborhoods because i didn't know when nothing one off it was 30 seconds. i see it now. >>[laughing] they truly support the community. it's not just a business. it's family. the neighborhood is family the employees are a family. we are a family. we appreciate that. thanks. >> awesome. thank you. >>[applause] >> >>[calling public comment cards] >> good evening commissioners

and applicants that are here for this. i just want to say that, and behalf of the lone star saloon. when i first came here in 2003 alone start created a safe space for me to come out and be myself. i was playing college rugby could i do not have that opportunity to come out to my teammates but i found a family with the lone star saloon. as you can see, we have some of the most diverse lgbt representation within the community we have enriched by doing a lot of fun raisers for the emergency fund in breast

cancer emergency fund throughout the years there. it's just become a special place an environment for me. as you can see, what happens in orlando and were still discriminated against for being lgbt and even during the aids epidemic, a lot of individuals went to the lone star when i lost friends and even to this day, when people lose friends, we all come as a community there. we grieve so, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you very much. >>[applause] >> do we have anyone else would like to make public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. so i want to thank all of the nominees for making this the most entertaining and inspiring small business commission meeting ever. i have not been

to all them. i'm going to say that. >>[applause]. i'm absolutely thrilled to see some fantastic businesses and organizations i know quite well already. i'm also thrilled to meet some wonderful businesses and organizations i'm only just now learning about i look forward to learning more about your organizations. so thank you all very much. i appreciate everyone coming out tonight. again, i know it's a track to get here but hopefully you enjoyed yourselves as well. commissioners, any comments? commissioner dooley spew >> i just want to say what a pleasure it is to be here tonight to see legacy business rolling out and first group of you guys that just shows what amazing diversity of businesses we have here. you guys are the ones that are really the heart and soul of san francisco. i know how hard it is to maintain

small businesses in this town. there's a lot going against you and i just want to say for our commission, we are here to do whatever we can to make sure businesses like your own into work and thrive. >>[applause] >> commissioner ortiz-cartegena >> i come into i agree with everybody. this is been the best commission hearing abbot. i've got to take a tour without leaving the seat of all the different businesses in different neighborhoods. i want to take the time to illustrate the collective group of people that came to present in businesses came to present because this is who we advocate for. we will not be pushed out. this is what makes san francisco attractive. this legislation is here to preserve you and thank you for taking

the time. we will not go we will not fade we will not leave san francisco quietly. thank you. >>[applause] >> >> this is an action i'm sure we vote these businesses meet, fully the eligible criteria as legacy business. i propose that we vote that all my businesses meet fully these criteria. >> second? >> second. just a matter of technicality because unlike this is the first time where within the item like this where we of draft resolution so we do need to have you specifically adopt the resolution as drafted and i think >> i can read into the record >> yes. so, >> one at the time? >> no. you read the last >> i recommend approval of vote resolution 22 jacks makes play seafood to twinkle dessert café,

12 adler museum café eyes muralist association pacific café, lone star saloon humans kitchens and baths, community boards and creative design and metalworks. so that the motion is to have these businesses recognized as legacy businesses in the city and county of san francisco and part of the register. >> we just need to make one last edit to that. also acknowledge changing the nomination for toy boat from supervisor breed to supervisor mar. >> okay. you have a motion >> chart read the motion back? >> no. >> i'll defer to the director whether that's necessary not. necessary? note? >> i don't think. >> to a second for the motions. >> yes i second >> all those in favor say, aye

>>[chorus of ayes]. >> no one is oppose. you are all approved. >>[applause] >> we will have a photograph. we are still live so mind your manners. >> one more >> were not take an official break were just have a photograph and move on with our business. >> down motion passes 6-0, one absent >> great. >> if we could get the now the legacy business registry >> this photograph is for the website. so straighten out your color. >> will take two photographs of the actual owners of the businesses and then one with the owners and the commission. >> so, owners of first.[pause

for photograph] >>[pause for photograph.] >[applause]

>> we are going to continue the meeting.

>> okay, we need to i guess to our business here so we can go out to dinner at some of your great restaurants. commissioners, that to your seats. julie make sure the documents go into the record? >> i will turn these over to the commission secretary for the record. >> all right. so, >> so we can continue conversations outside. sorry to rush you out but we need to continue on with the meeting. >> if you could keep your conversations down. moving to item 6, six items six, please

item number six approval of regular meeting minutes. action item. one item to amend. we do mission i like to start including the motion to adjourn and the details surrounding that. in each of the meeting minutes. i've not been doing that but i wouto do that so i'm going to amend that and the minutes before you today. >> sounds reasonable >> ocean? >> not yet we need public comment. commissioners any comments on this item? no. any public comment on item number six? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion? >> moved and seconded. >> commissioners, all those in favor say, aye >>[chorus of ayes] that motion passes unanimously, 6-01 absent. item number seven. general public

comment. >> any members of the public live like to oppose any matters within our jurisdiction? seeing none, public comment is closed. all right >> item number eight, directors report. >> commissioners, my directors report is going to be very brief tonight but just want to let you know that we do have a number of ballot measures moving forward onto the ballot by the mayor i mean, by the

mayor and board of supervisors. just want to remind you moving into election season be mindful of that. that there is one particular ballot measure that was move forward by the board of supervisors as a charter initiative to create a commission to oversee the mayor's office of housing and the office of economic and workforce development. so, that does have some overlay with us, some overlay with us since the commission, since the office of small business under the broader budget of oewd. i will be able to speak to it in a very sort of factual manner moving forward, but not as a qualitative measure. if you have questions, e-mail me and i'll be happy to provide you with information. the second thing i want to just note, i really want to thank alex fong

who's been here but he's done an amazing job and really helping us pull together our legislative work and research and really help us with the minutes and i'm feeling very extraordinarily fortunate for his choice to do is eight internship and really made a difference for us. then, as we move forward with the legacy business registry we are obligated to provide for you and the public the packets and the applications and as you can see, this is very-this is a lot of maturity we do not need to make sure we are printed copies for the public should they walk in and not have had an opportunity to review it online. so come i figure 1 point commissioner ortiz-cartegena, you sort of suggested i'm asked to we get ipads. so, i would like to have a conversation with each of you because as we have-if for able

to get the ipads, then you would be able to have access to these documents and to the applications to review on the ipad, but we won't have to print out so much material. so, just the request give it some thought and will have some discussion >> am sorry there's the proposition that can commissioners without ipads of your >> yes. >> i would expect the commissioners to have reviewed it on their own because is distributed in advance. >> yes but we do need to have it as part of your pocket because it's part of the agenda >> it was a paper at the very least >> yes. that's a legal requirement that we have it in our documentation? >> it's to ensure if there's anything that you need to reference and review, you have it at your disposal.

>> i think there's a single ipad that would be fine. again, i want to stress that this requires our preparation in advance. so we are prepared to make a determination when we arrived, not that we are making our evaluation based on presentations that we see here. okay? so i think we had a single ipad if we need to refer to something we can pass it amongst ourselves or see it that would be fine but i do think it's necessary to all of us to have ipads >> president, for me i'm not much does a new book cost >> a viewing device. >> i'm sorry but >> i am with you. i don't need the paper reference. >> so other commissions and meet board meetings we all have tablets. they cost $50 now or something? >> okay. >> i just want to bring it to your attention that something will be looking into. i just

want make sure you have all the documents in case you want to refer to it. of course, we absolutely are obligated to make sure that you do have any staff reports and resolutions. >> okay >> with that i'm just going to conclude my report and give it more extensive report at the next meeting. >> okay. >> any questions for me? >> commissioners, any questions? >> i read the meeting minutes. talk about the survey for the, what is it the super bowl l. >> the survey. >> what is the status now? >> the status of that is i'm sorry, we are delayed in getting the survey out and the students were done with the minutes will then issue the survey. >> okay. any other questions

commissioner? sorry my thing is not working again. >> i don't know the proper format but i want to fall upon request made from a public hearing last meeting. >> oh yes, we were able to provide the request with a copy of the minutes. >> okay. >> thank you. >> are we up to date with our meeting minutes? >> we are working-we are meeting our schedule be committed to you. by-we still have 2015 meeting minutes that still need to be completed. i will provide actually all have for sin you what meeting minutes we have completed and provide you with an updated list what still to be done. >> i have a question. the different presentations we are offering and a lot of people

came to me and said was a wonderful idea. i we going to continue where's that going to be something that we and act include in our agenda in the future? >> which presentations. >> on taxes guiding businesses. so are we going to be fitting periodically presentations, i thought it would be a good idea to consider that in the coming order >> let's consider maybe we can consider and bring to the meeting next time some proposals for some informational sessions. yes.

great idea. >> thank you. >> any other comments on the directors report? all right. will open us up to public comment. any member so the public want to comment on directors report, item number eight? seeing none, public comment is closed. i think we can move onto item number nine >> item number nine, commissioners reports. >> i don't have anything to report myself. any other commissioners? okay. do we have any members of the public that would like to comment on item number nine, commissioners reports? seeing none, public comment is closed. on item number nine item number 10, please >> item number 10, new business >> commissioners, any new items to suggest? no. any members of the public like to comment on new business? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> now if we could show our slide. sfgov tv >> as is our new tradition, we

begin and end each meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business and san francisco the best place to get answers about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first that we have a question about what to do next. so if you need assistance with small business matters start here at the office of small business. thank you. >> our last item is number 11, a german >> motion? >> moved and seconded. >> all those in favor say, aye >>[chorus of ayes] >> the meeting is adjourned at 7:25 pm. >> awesome. >>[gavel] >>[adjournment] >> >> >> one of the major tasks i

was asked to do is water system improvement program and one thing i looked at is about the 4.8 billion dollars wurthd of work and a lot of the work was

regional. we looked at how can we make sure that we provide opportunities for san franciscan's and people in the region and so we looked at ways we can expand our local san francisco lb program. so, we thought about it and worked with general manager at the time to form an advizry committee to talk about how to include local businesses in the region. >> i was on the first committee back about 10 years ago and the job changed over time. in the beginning, we just wanted people to know about it. we wanted to attract contractors to come into the system which is a bidding system and bid on some of these projects. our second job was to help the sfpuc to try to make themselves more user frndly.

>> i like that they go out of their way, have contractors trying to teach and outreach to small businesses and lots of creative ways. help the community as well. there is so much infrastructure going on and repair, new construction that i think is helping to get construction back on its feet. >> my faiv rlt part of the committee has been that we have played a opportunity for many small businesses. [inaudible] women owned business to come in and [inaudible] sfpuc. it is a great opportunity because some are so small they have been able to grow their companies and move up and bid other projects with the sfpuc. >> everyone i was talking about

with any contractor [inaudible] and super markets and things like that and i realize the transition was on the sfpuc. he got that first job and knows about the paperwork qu schedule and still works on this type of job, but he works with general contractors that also did other things. pretty soon it is like he did that one and that one. it completely changed his business. >> my name is nancy [inaudible] the office manager and bid coordinator for [inaudible] construction. worked on 10 plus puc, lbe contracts. today we are doing site maintenance on the [inaudible] chr site and

currently the gentlemen behind me are working on every moving and basic specs of plants. in order to be success you need to work hard, bid low and keep a look at the sfpuc website for future bidding opportunity. >> this is a successful program because it provides opportunities to regional communities that might not have opportunities to work for large scale projects. the sfpuc is a fortunate agency we have a lot of capital program that span over 7 counties who also to see how some businesses like [inaudible] and bio mass started as small micro businesses grow and expand and stay in the program and work on several projects before they graduate from the program.

that is what warms my heart. >> my name is college willkerson, the principle for bio mass. bio mass has been in business since 2006. 3 partners. small businesses fill a niche but apply and being a part of the program helped us be more visible and show the city and county of san francisco we can also perform services. >> this program had tremendous impact to the region. in fact, the time we rolled the program out was during the recession. this has h a major positive impact and certified over 150 firms in the rejen and collectively awarded $50 million in contracts, and because of the lbe certification it open many opportunities to work with sfpuc. and, i significantly

helped the business. it is one of the major contributors to our success. welcome to the ri cutting and community preview for there bayview opera house, ruth williams memorial theater. [applause] everybody wants to go ahead and grab a seat or find a place to stand. we are so thrilled that the sun is shining on the bayview today. i'm tom ducaney and director of public affairs for city and county of san francisco, director of san francisco parks commission. on belandfall of my colleagues and commissioners it is a honor to welcome you all for the ribbon cutty for

newly renovated bayview opera house and ruth williams memorial theater. [applause] the city of owns and operates 4 brick and mortar culturalsenter buildings, all of which provide affordable access to high quality arts and culture in communities across the city. built in 1888, the bayview opera house played an incredible role in the ist history of the bayview and beloved by all of us. i want to acknowledge members who are here today who are champions of the building over the e years and arts in the bayview neighborhood. in the front row we have family members of [inaudible] ruth williams

[inaudible] children and grandkids and joined by marry booker. [applause and cheers] and mrs. doris [inaudible] and her family. [inaudible] welcome. on behalf of [inaudible] you are such incredible parts of making this a great space and arts qu culture hub and place for advancing racial justice in san francisco for years. [applause] we are thrilled to have mayor ed lee with us along with house democratic, nancy pelosi. assembly member david chui a great campion for the arts in

sacramento. we have supervisor malia cohen. and i believe do we have supervisor scott wiener here today? no. president breed was going to try to join us as well. we also have [inaudible] george gas gone. i'm also joined on the stage by reverend calvin [inaudible] [applause] director of san francisco public works, mohammed nuru. bayview opera house vise president theo [inaudible] [applause]. and also our brilliant landscape architects walter hood. [applause [. i want to ocknowledge the san francisco arts commissioner is. we have

jd veltram in the audience . i believe commissioner greg chui is with us. commissioner chuck collins. kimberley striker, thank you for all your work on behalf of the san francisco arts commission. i also see fellow colleagues here including [inaudible] department of environment. director elaine forbs joins by port commission vice president kimberley brandon and deputy director of [inaudible] civic engagement and immigrant affairs. police chief tony [inaudible] policy and government affairs for rec and parks department, alex randolph. board member and neighbor, hydra mendoza and

parks commissioner eric mcdonald is here. thank you for coming and being supporters of this project. there are so many people to thank and so bear with me. we have [inaudible] to realize the transformation of the beautiful plaza and osaddress the less visible but improvement tooz the building itself. the project architects walter hood and paul cooper, amy elliott [inaudible] give them a round of applause. [applause] i also want to thank project consultant deborah [inaudible] other members of the project team is [inaudible] elliott who i believe is here with us today. i also want to

acknowledge john updike from department of real estate. he is a incredible partner. [inaudible] vision of access to quality, words spoken by late colleagues carla johnson for mayors office of disability. [inaudible] the mayors office of disability was a champion of the project from the beginning and carla was here every day by our side make tg happen so today we remember her. [applause] i want to thank [inaudible] colleagues also from mayors office of disability [inaudible] john paul scott. [applause] next i like to thank colleagues at the

capical planning committee for all your support for all cultural centers [inaudible] brian strom and staff from john updikes team [inaudible] i want to thank the city partner recollect public works and san francisco municipal transportation authority, mayors office of housing [inaudible] economic and workforce development. clearly the project was a city wide family effort and could want couldn't have done it with all you. there is generous support from kaiser permanente and [inaudible] here to celebrate. next and bear with me, this afs very big team work ong this project and can pass it

[inaudible] executive director of bayview opera house, barbara [inaudible] [applause and cheers]. thank you barbara for everything you do every dayism we look forward handing the keys to you next month and you can come and open the doors every day [inaudible] lastly i want to thank colleagues at the arts commission who couldn't be here today because he is celebrating her daughters wedding back east, judy [inaudible] does a incredible job. [inaudible] which wh i came on board 4 years ago and it was [inaudible] judy has been the greatest champion and all the arts commission staff that are such a honor work wg every day and [inaudible] of the arts in san francisco. thank you arts commission staff, can you please raise

your hand? i know many are here today. thank you. we made it through the thank you's and i assure i won't be [inaudible] it is my great pleasure and [inaudible] reverend calvin jones junior from [inaudible] thank you again. [applause] >> [inaudible] let's hold hands. thank you god. god we thank you for the time together and ask you to bless this occasion and lord, work and people that have put time in down through the years, we just thank you god for your grace and mercy. let this be a time where we can come together during the god times in our

liferbs and even during difficult times in the city we can come together and see what god you have in mine for each one of us. continue to bless those in leadership and god, ask that you touch those that are being locked up, too many young people going away. help us and let us use our creative energy [inaudible] >> amen. >> god bless you. >> and now it is my great honor to introduce a true champion of the cultural center, somebody who made a great investment in the city over a life time, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> welcome to the bayview!

well, i am so glad to join all you on this moment. i know today is a soft opening, but walter and mr. cooper gave a walk through of this restored gem-you have done a magnificent job. the whole entire team-i know tom went through all that, let me say thank you to everybody but most especially. -you know how much we spent on this center? it is serious money! serious money! like $5 million. that is serious money. why? because this is a serious center. it is a bit of historicsenter. more than community history, it has been family history. i can just imagine a few decades ago

[inaudible] running around listening to the [inaudible] get sent out here and say, one of these days i will work at hrc and be a part of the city. i know tim said that because he was singing those songs when we were working at hrc 25 years ago telling me about the history of the community and how much his mother and family were contributors to this. it is family history along with community history. that's why it is serious investment. we are also making serious investments in the entire bayview along [inaudible] thanks to the leadership of malia cohen and others who led the way to inform us about the linkage that we have. this is a center of seriousness because i have been here when it was

locked up. when it was-you have to go through locked doors to get from one place to the other. now we have a floating canvas where the kids go from the theater, from the historic flooring that have above it some really nice historic play house theater type of lights. you can say i can sing here, even though i can't sing. you want to be here to perform because this is where the youth will be really inspired with what the board is doing, what the directors are doing with the programming that is about to come forth hopefully in september when we officially open this up. you wim be proud of this investments. we are making investments not just in buildings but the people of the neighborhood. as i often said, we are not making new promises,

we are all together carrying out promises of investing in the neighborhood. this is the bayview and promised when we built [inaudible] we will invest in more. this is another part. you have a new branch library and have more to come because the commitment we made investing in people at a important time because we can afford the investments and need to make it now and build more affordable housing and prevent evictions and help the homeless and make sure the police department is working for the community to do all the right things in public safety and da included. all this works together so this investment means something for people. that is why i'm here today to show my gratitude for the entire team from the board to the director to all the groups working together and to officially declare on this day

july 20 to be bayview opera house, ruth williams memorial theater day in san francisco! [applause and cheers] ruth williams [inaudible] with this i take incredible honor and pleasure to introduce the next speaker. you all know her. she is a champion for our city, a champion for bayview, someone i know that if we got a chance in this country to bring her back she will be our dem ocratic leader, nancy pelosi. [applause]. >> thank you very much thank you for your time and for your great leadership of our city and focus on the bayview. i am very honored to be with all

you. i was really looking forward to being here but didn't realize it would be on the very day. i always say, why don't you tell us earlier in the day so we can park around here without getting a ticket. [laughter]. anyway, it is really wonderful to be with all of you and to pay tribute to ruth williams. [inaudible] official family of san francisco. [inaudible] ruth williams family thank you for sharing this enthuse amp asm. carla johnson [inaudible] judge people not-[inaudible] what they can do not judge for what they cannot do. the

physical accessibility is something very very important and it really is a example to the world when you see the accessibility here. that accessibility is one part of the accessibility. the accessibility to the yung people of this area to demonstrate what is inside of them in terms of the arts. that unleashes them with who they are to be who they are and not to be judged by who they are not. so many moms in bayview and hunters point and all over, when i go places, they say police support the arts for our children. it is a place where they gain confidence and enjoy work and learn they can do other things, where they find their creative spirit. that contribution is

so important. this place is not only physically accessible, but spiritially accessibility as well. i'm very proud of [inaudible] the mayor put $5 million and we put in the first $200 thousand and barbara told me without the floor nothing else [inaudible] some of us were together 10 years goy when we celebrated [inaudible] i can say to my colleagues in wash ington it wasn't just about transportation but economic growth of the community and now the spiritially and intellectual and cultural life of the community. this is really a cause for great celebration. it is a recognition the arts are central to who we are as a country. [inaudible] over and

over again, but more importantly and more personally to everyone here, lets the art sing to the community. [inaudible] every time we come here, one of the [inaudible] always say our community has the word unity in it. it brings us together. a person who works very very hard to bring us all together newly wed supervisor [inaudible] she is a champion for bayview hunters point and housing and fairness and safety in the community, the list goes on and on. [inaudible] how beautifully she spoke about the opera house inside and we'll hear that now. it gives me great pleasure to take the opportunity to recognize the leadership of

your supervisor, malia cohen. [applause] >> well, by god, if you take a moment and take it all in,-- [applause] you think about what [inaudible] it is more than just a day of celebration that we are recognizing in san francisco. for those that grew up here, you know what the opera house means. [applause]

the opera house was a safe space for people when they were rioting. the opera house was a safe space for school kids to come here. the opera house was a safe space for seniors to come and congregate. you know what the beautiful thing is about today? is that it bayview opera house will remain all of this. this is tremendous. you see the people on the stage before you? this is our gift to all of you. when i look out here you know what i see? generation upon generations of people that raised their families, that have been champions fighting

[inaudible] i want to take a moment and pay the respect to the [inaudible] to the beautiful namly family of ruth williams, thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible] given us more than just a name to put on a historic building, she gave us a vision and she gave us a place where we can continue to teach and pass down our culture and pass on that vision. i want to recognize mary booker who kept [inaudible] alive and strong. [applause]. taught people how to act and how to project their voice and have stage presence and having stage presence is more than just being center stage. when you walk into a room you walk with

your head held high and that is what mary booker taught us. [inaudible] that was right there with her. when i look in the audience i see so many service providers people who dedicated their lives whether working through the bayview hunters point foundation or [inaudible] or ministry on the plaza. [inaudible] everyone has a continued role making bayview hunters point more than a point on the map. this is a destination and home and community with real culture and traditions we will pass on from one generation to another. we are here to celebrate a wonderful day and historic absolute beautiful building and want to recognize the many talented people who made this come to fruition. it is always

important to respond and respect and acknowledge those people who contributed beyond cht we need to recognize carla johnson who is still giving from the grave. she passed in the completion of the project and donated a sizable portion to the opera house. she was a city employee. [applause] [inaudible] bar people with disabilities to having access to this building and so this building is so center-center piece of the entire community. when you think about the construction we facilitated here in this building. ang leak thompson, belva davis are in

the audience and facilitate being healthy. there are tremendous amount of people that deserve to be recognized. i want to recognize sister linda harrison who is [inaudible] [applause]. it is absolutely important we connect the dots of once people have left a [inaudible] it is how [inaudible] we are connecting the dots and make sure bayview hunter point get a piece of that action. we will build a program to connect [inaudible] right here to this building so we have our own state of the arts arts exhibit right here. you already heard recognition

from barbara occul and bayview opera house board of directors but you know who else was pushed to the way side? i know you know him? how many know [inaudible] i don't know where he is but this is the man who opens up the building and closes the building and walks you to your car and cleans up what is left behind. this is a true gentlemen that had our back in this community. he is a unsung hero and asks for very little recognition. [inaudible] [applause] this opera house has been a place where people have come together to advocate for issues, important issues impacting our communities and that is what this opera house will symbolize from now for the next hundred years moving forward. we will

be stronger and blessed by this and our responsibility to keep it in the community and keep it for us. thank you. [inaudible] supervisor of district 10. [applause] >> thank you supervisor. i want to acknowledge supervisor cohen fl her ongoing support. she committed a number of [inaudible] for the operation. third on third and continuing to make sure the programs here thrive. thank you so much. [applause]. next is great pleasure to introduce a city partner we could not have done this without who works in all the cultural centers to make sure they are up to code and community ready and that is director of public works, mohammed nuru. [applause]. >> i am very excited and proud to be part of this project as

public works director and long time resident of bayview. this is where i raised my children and where i start my day, this is where i end my day. i'm right up the street here so i'm very happy this project has come to fruition of many years of work we have all been putting together to get to this stage. the bayview opera house is a community gem in our community. this is our neighborhood [inaudible] if you can feel the excitement i have, [inaudible] when we talk about san francisco, those from bayview this is our spot right here! [applause]. the work we have done here in san francisco will continue to make this building serve many more generations to come. as our

neighborhoods evolve, it is important to preserve buildings like this to remind us of our history. at this time [inaudible] from our team, one of our partners with sfmta, director riscon, [inaudible] they were very instrumental helping bringing this project to fruition. please give them a hann. from public works, city architect, [inaudible] lopez [inaudible] who is on site every day. [applause]. janet [inaudible] they were all part of so many people coming together to make this project. please give them a hand. a couple things about the project. while we sit out here

and enjoy the garden and stage and all the other places, there a lot of details and work that went into it preserving the building. an the other side from the ground level to the top was rebuilt while trying to keep the building together. the building is no very accessible and has 3 bathrooms, all of them are accessible. the stage is has a ramp that you can go in and someone in a wheelchair can actually be on stage and many many of the [inaudible] garden and hear a lot about the guard squn what the design of the garden is and how it came about. you all know, behind every successful project team there is architects and electricians, fire marshal and all kinds of

people, so today [inaudible] i want to send all these people, so many of them for all the great work and contributions they have done to make this preservation possible. at this time, i t is also my pleasure to introduce a board member vise president of bayview opera house. she was born and raised in bayview and served on many city commissions and volunteer groups and serves as director of public affairs for our own golden state warriors, please welcome [inaudible] [applause and cheers] >> thank you. i was expecting [inaudible] good evening. this is great. i woke up this morning and was thinking about

what i would say and they said i have two minutes and i was going to come up and say it is about time and walk off stage. many of you have seen this building transform, many have seen the neighborhood transform, but i'm excited because i can officially welcome to the bayview opera house, ruth williams memorial theater. [applause]. i want to particularly thank members of the community because this is your facility as much as it is ours on stage. as malia mentioned this is gift to bayview hunters point and the rest of the city of san francisco and i'm proud to be a part of that process. so, there has been a lot of build up to this event and as i was reflecting on this i tried to think of my earliest memory of the bayview opera house. when you talk about history and

preservation, one person that comes to mind is my grandfather who raised me. he migrated from the south, punchsed a property on third and [inaudible]-you remember? and he put all his family in the property. the one vivid memory i have is he would walk [inaudible] pick me up from the opera house and save me from ballet class and [inaudible] it is those moments that shape me. if you look where we are standing to my left you have [inaudible] you have joseph lee

jim, 3 strong institutions, cultural institutions, educational institutions in the physical fitness recreation center. 3 vital things i think the community needs and 3 vital things that shape the community and 3 things that we need to thrive. all that to say, that we all have-we take the personal responsibility to make sure that there is arts and culture in the facility and not only preserve the long standing history of many folks who come before me but also welcoming the new folks moving to a neighborhood and embracing bayview hunters point as their home. this journey will officially begin-i will say this date, september 17th. you can hold us accountable.

[applause]. [inaudible] if you are on the board of directors for the opera house, please raise your hand. [applause] [inaudible] who works tirelessly for this moment and will continue to work tirelessly for the program and for this community. judy [inaudible] who is not here today. she is for the past 10 years has made this her top priority. supervisor cohen, when she speaks, when she says she is for the community, she means it. she walks the walk each and every day and we appreciate that. mayor lee, continuing on the promises that he addressed and i appreciate that and [inaudible] leader pelosi, you are absolutely right it started with 200

thousand$200 thousand investment and built this from the ground up and appreciate that. how many people with a show of hands are ateneded event or taken a class or participated in a program? keep your hands up because i have another question. this is not the end, this is just the beginning of something special and we need your commitment and need you to volunteer your time. hands are going down-[laughter]. we need donations. we need board members and staff. this is the beginning and hope all you can come on this journey with us and i appreciate it so much. [applause] before i leave, i need to introduce walter hood. walter came to had bayview opera house about two years ago? three years ago and i

remember the first meeting. it was chair and microphone. a meeting with chairs and micro phone in the bayview is unpredictable to say the least, but walter listened and carried the vision out that was for the community and you don't get that all the time. walter, you appreciate you and we thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon everyone. don't hold it against me, i'm from oakland [inaudible] [applause] the next thing i like to say, [inaudible] do fantastic things. i just saw a young man on a scooter come up

the stairs and come along the ramp and he came [inaudible] all of our kids should be able to experience all these landscapes. hopefully in his mind this is not something [inaudible] i like to thank [inaudible] [applause] [inaudible] this takes a village to make these projects. we only have 5 or 6 good projects [inaudible] you think 5 projects in 30 years and i loick like to say it will be great to have this project [inaudible] i want to come back and [inaudible] i want to see

performances out here. [inaudible] the building does not [inaudible] thank you for giving us that mission and allowing us [inaudible] [applause] >> just one step away from the big moment of the ribbon cutting. i want to show a couple acknowledges. supervisor wiener has joined us. [applause]. and i believe [inaudible] give a big round of applause for all [inaudible] thank you so much for your leadership. i want to do two things, there will be tours

available for [inaudible] are going to give tours. if you are interested after the ribbon cutting [inaudible] there will be tours for community members and get information about the accessibility features. the new bathrooms on the downstairs level will allow young people to go to the restroom without going all the way around. this is a [inaudible] at the bayview opera house. i like to invite some the neighborhood young people that are here today to come on stage to join us for the ribbon cutting. can we get some the young people here? come on stage. [applause and cheers]. this >> if you are a bayview opera house board member please join us. our elected officials

hydra mendoza and [inaudible] join us up on stage, please. i need you to help us count down from 10. are we all ready? alright. please join me counting back. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [applause and cheers] please stay and enjoy refreshments. .

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