include an update on that but on that front, we are reviewing other software application with the controller's office this week. so we're excited about that opportunity. the potential for collaboration there and we are excited about that opportunity. thank you. >> commissioner chiu >> so director pelham is impossible to be case management software installed or purchased this fiscal year? with some of the additional funds we've had from salary savings? >> that is possible but am hesitant to be very firm about that because i'm learning that purchase orders and procurement items take a bit longer than anticipated. select all have a deadline for you but we are working-it something jessica is in regular contact with lots of folks about every opportunity. with our aggressive pursuing apri don't have a deadline yet.

>> even it's not done this fiscal year will we have the funds in the upcoming fiscal year two people to make the investment? >> were making that case as part of our budget we also may have some flex village use funds this year. that's where were trying to keep it in the forefront. >> commissioner renne >> mask or maybe the city attorney, the sunshine ordinance task force, said as i read the report, that under the public comment provisions the commission cannot interrupt during the public comment whether to two-minute period or three-minute period. and our violation was the fact that there was some interruption which caused 8 seconds to be lost, but the underlined statement that under the right of public comment commissioners or the board or anybody else is not allowed to it as questions

or intervene until that time is up. is that correct? >> that's their view. that's not our view of what the sunshine ordinance says. i think the best practice is probably to allow the speaker to speak uninterrupted for that time. but, the sunshine ordinance simply requires the speaker get their allotted public comment time and so i think if there was for example a question that a commissioner opposed in the public commentor responded to that question i think there's an argument that question response time would not count towards the 3 min. but if after that question response am concluded and the public, tour was allowed to proceed with his or her time, without the full 3 min., our view is that wouldn't violate the ordinance. >> so if the sunshine ordinance

task force wants to refer defining or violation ordinarily, they would refer to the commission. obviously-to the commissions that. obviously that doesn't sound like a proper procedure. what is it? should we refer to the city attorney or ethics commission in oakland or something? >> i believe that's happening the past and we would consider which body to refer to. it could be the open ethics commission. we can-i can sort of figure that out for you but you are correct, that this party would not hear a sunshine ordinance perspective against this very body. that would not be proper. >>. commissioner kopp >> my question may become and is directed to page 3. the delinquent accounts. the report

states that after april, which means for our purposes, not until may be >> for the may meeting >> for the april meeting >> right. >> there's at least one item on here would simply is not understandable. that $2000 item. that should be easy to collect and i wish you would inform whoever you are talking was accordingly. if they want my help am available to give them the help. these all carry what?

for your statutes of limitations? or, to? >> i'm not sure what pdr has. do you know, josh?i'm not sure that i can look out what the statute of limitations is but for our purposes the ethics statute of limitations doesn't apply >> well, well two of those are going on two years. i don't understand them. thank you mr. chairman. >> any public comment on this item? >> barry bush friends of ethics. we of two points we want to raise. one was that we want to urge the commission to adopt a standard for action on complaints. you adopted a standard time for the city attorney and district attorney to act for the commission to

act itself. we urge that you do a similar kind of action on the part of the commission so that you asked on the complaints within three months or whatever period of time but you definitely have a timeline. because as you know some complaints have lingered for two years before there's been any action at all. the second thing is that we recommend a priority for complaints to be addressed involving an official who's about to take office. because in some cases, we are there to be a finding weather to be a finding of violation but it could preclude a person from entering office. if they were guilty of certain violations. as things stand now, there's very little information that's available

until weeks after some takes office. election is in the first week of november. they take office the first week of january. but you don't see any reports about the finances they been doing or not doing until the january 31 filing. so if the complaint has coming and alleges activities there be meritless to and examine we would urge the become a priority in advance of them taking office. thank you. >> (a. given the est wealth discussion allows the complainant in that case. this ethics commission is comprised of five members, four of them whom are attorneys with one being dean emeritus of golden gate law school and another former superior court judge.

i've repeatedly identified the comments of the members of the public, myself and others may get these meetings as constitutionally protected political free speech. not once has any member of this body or any other body where i've made that statement raised an objection to that thought. thomas aquinas teaches that willful ignorance of what one ought to know is a mortal sin. instances were members of this body have either interfered with or attempted to censor public comment can be viewed as nothing other than willful. you know the law. you know what i'm saying is true. if this feature is constitutionally protected political free speech. and rises at the highest level of

any form of free speech. the behavior of other members sitting in silence as it happens can be viewed as nothing less in my opinion than violations of their oaths of office. which include the statements to protect and defend the constitution of the united states and that of the state of california. interfered with or censored public comment is bad enough but is truly egregious when those actions are both knowing and willful. there is in a single member of this body present can say that they don't know that what i'm saying is true. this is constitutionally protected political free speech. i should not be infringed upon by law. you can try to put a good face on it by saying, that means that task force is saying, we can interrupt to ask a polite question. no. what they were saying you can't interfere with someone speech and then act as a sensor and say they're prohibited words. tyson

increased to this body and i said what are the profane words. give me a list of the words that are prohibited or is it a minefield where every member the public has to walk in and ask and wonder whether or not somebody, not because they really are that worried about the profane word, but simply want to interfere with the speaker will object. we saw the same thing happen to michael petrella's remade up rules that did not exist at the meeting with the sheriff or mr. patel is and i did not determine and i don't rules return us to the members the public that existed didn't exist. you know we are free to speak. let us. >> good evening commissioners. ethics staff members. my name is luis dylan and i had filed a complaint with the sunshine ordinance regarding the closure of the historical staples in golden gate park. my complaint

be much gratified the fact that corruption in city hall to the mayor's office and the other city departments caused the 120 old business in golden gate park to come to an end with the promise of the government modernizing the stables and reopening them. that was ultimately a ploy and a political grab to ratify left members of city hall and not have to deal with any of the equestrians in san francisco.

so after 130 years you're not seeing any horse-drawn carriages down in fisherman's wharf. not seeing children educated in writing verses in the city. taking care forces in the city and ironically, it used to be one of the greatest [inaudible] in san francisco was the police department versus and the activities that came along with them. so even though i did file a complaint with the sunshine ordinance and they agreed with my complaints, i didn't then took it at the time to the ethics commission which was again politically controlled and scuttled my complaints. so as a member of san francisco's equestrian community to make my living off of horses in the city and seeing nothing but political battles in and

unfairness that led us to this tragic state where we've occupied a city that was previously built by equestrian type people. some going to bring in this fax to your attention showing you how mayor willie brown overstepped his authority at the time and how the city departments to pay to play politics followed suit. thank you for your time. >> there being no further

public comments, we will move to the next item which is item 9. discussion of the executive directors report did not take highlighting various programmatic issues and operational activities on the commission staff said the previous monthly meeting that covers a range of topics such as the commissioners budget, policy development, outreach activities, audit programs, and future staff projects. any of the subjects may potentially be part of the director's presentation were discussed by the commission. there are attachments to the march 22 2017 executive directors report and attachments. >> thank you commissioner keane. this months report is very brief. the-as we note, chairman keane and i have been doing outreach around meetings with the most movie sworn in members

of the board of supervisors. we had one meeting. the f3 now that i think will be rescheduled to future dates coming up. but we will keep you posted about that. so opportunity to introduce the commission again and introduce our work and identify how we might be able to work together on issues of shared interest. also in terms of an annual policy plan the update for this month shown as attachment three . one of the notes that was referenced in earlier comments as a whistleblower ordinance. the whistleblower protection ordinance. this is something been under discussion with the controller's office is reported previous executive director reports and the department of human resources. we had an in-depth discussion with an employee organization on march 13. pecking at the request of supervisor breed who sponsored the legislation for us. employer organizations have since requested to meet and confer about a proposal to require training for supervisors in the city to better understand and know how to appropriately handle a complaint that is brought to their attention about retaliation for having been a

whistleblower issue forward. so that is something the department of human resources is going to be scheduling with all the relevant parties in the coming weeks and the department of labor relations team from that department will be scheduling. we don't have any further information at this point about that date is but we have a good reason it should be in the next several weeks. so we will be participating in that. test to staffing and that's been a continuing to be a significant priority for us. this number requirements still underway. as you see on table 1, the investigator's vehicle analyst position we've been in the interview phase and so there's three positions that we are hoping to fill in the next several weeks as the process continues and hopefully concludes. the investigative analyst before the investigator is in the examined phase specifically in the review and rating of the exams. that's the

same for the policy analyst position. the open auditor position and the bacon education compliance officer position we have requested to fill submitted and requested phil is pending so those are the early stages of filling those positions. in terms of the annual policy report to go back to that for one brief moment, we will bring it updated report as we currently have scheduled sequence the items, we have had planned to bring back next months meeting. enforcement regulation and review of related policies and regulations. that is something that will likely get pushed back one month as we dig into the other issues we talked about earlier. also the a fix topics, extending the following mandate to all 700 file is written as a certain timeframe were gone have to focus on this year to make sure the record relations to enact defiling for everybody. that also will probably than be moved back one

month. those are just quick flags prowl trying juggled the issues we got on the radar. i'm having to answer any of questions you might have. >> commissioner chiu >> i have a question about [inaudible] payments ordinance. i believe it was passed and goes into effect in january of 2018. is that correct? >> it becomes operative. the term used in the ordinances becomes operative january 1 that means that the date by which were supposed to have a system they'll be up and running to accept the form 803 payments that will be used for officials. we need to develop a outreach plan and the forms to make that process happen. not done that yet. >> in terms of becoming

operative in january 2018 we have enough one way to make that happen? >> we will have to and that dictates what a process we implement on january 1. >> commissioner kopp >>: talk what the staffing. the people of san francisco ought to know is that this is a sorry record caused by our civil service process. as of july 1, 2016 this commission is authorized to have for investigators.. there was one at the time. that one later departed. now there are four. it is now nearly april 1. that means 10 months. i'm not going

to get into a philosophical argument about public sector and private sector would there's a sad lesson for the people of this city and county of san francisco. the executive directors report just refers to the number of complaints filed with the commission. the commission is provided every month with a document which tells the commissioners took the state of various complaints and allegations. it is sad to me, and it's sad to our entire commission, i think, and to our staff that we have even now

after invoking a 90 days the rule with the dist. atty. city attorney about holding on to allegations when they ask us to suspend any work that we are still in sports lexicon, coming from behind, way beyond. the people of san francisco should know that this is an operate hard-working staff which is to set the candy cap of not having for investigators. 10 months after july 1 2016. it is genuinely intolerable. it

should be rectified. so i will give public notice to those who are concerned that i intend as one person to collaborate with my fellow commissioners and our executive director, and all others in eliminating this sorry situation for the future. thank you mr. chairman. >> commissioner renne >> i like to echo what commissioner kopp has said. it's a very important point and something we should put our emphasis on. is there any public comment on this item?

>> barry bush for friends of ethics. we want to add a few things to the policy. we would like to request that you add to the policy agenda a discussion of the file forum 804 which is free omissions that are given out by city departments. and how are those given out i'm a what is the criteria, for who receives them.? is that criteria somewhat bogus? and what is a cost the taxpayers? a quick review of the past

years of the [inaudible] the city has given up over $1 million of income they could have received in the reasons for people having free omissions include things like going to a sports event in or to see with the facility looks like. read the executive director of the department. so they did not know their own facility to look like till they could go to an event. we would also like to suggest you put in a timeline for disclosure of contributions in the ten-day period after the second election report and so that we can see what monies actually flowing in at that period of time. we there've been discussions before the commission about this report. it is legal authority to do that. as you know, we have a contribution cap of $500 but in the ten-day period before elections, only contributions of $1000 are important. well obviously we don't have $1000 only $500 no reason to report

anything. we've been providing information exactly how much money that is because our experiences that people give at the end of the election when they don't want their identity to be known. often, when the recipient doesn't want the identity to be known. third issues document retention policy. which i know you have on your list of things to do. we would like to see it document retention policy address such things as cell phone usage and retaining doctors there would've been [inaudible]. two were asking all that be included in your future policy agenda. i know you that you don't have enough to do. thank you. >> there being no further-- i'm sorry - mr. hart's. >> ray hearts, open san

francisco. i like to talk what the first item regarding whistleblower protections begins strengthening medics. on the matter of the whistleblower program ever for the public and members of this commission to the comments made by dr. deborah kerr included in the ethics minutes of february 27, 2017 under agenda item number eight. to make it very easy on everybody, those are the minutes that you approve tonight. dr. kerr included hundred 50 word summary talked with some very very important issues related to the whistleblower program. as a recipient of a very large settlement summer in the range of $750,000 from the city of san francisco, for multiple violations of the program, he is certainly well-positioned to speak to the issue. when dr. kerr states, quote the burden of proof is stacked against whistleblowers" is exactly

right. in considering his argument i would like you also to consider the following. "-you may consider the ability of each party to produce evidence. if a party produced weaker evidence when it could've produced stronger evidence he may consider-you may distrust the weaker evidence.". i think the attorneys in the room will recommend that from being a civil jury instructions. there were given to jury saying that if you have one party to could've given you better evidence they didn't what evidence they did give you you can look at sideways. basically, what it really comes down to is the city is always in a position to providing stronger evidence regarding whistleblowers and the retaliation that is in many cases send their way. but is always in their interest to withhold such evidence even if

doing so is unlawful. one of the things i've got used to in fact it's probably the most common comment i hear that every board and commission meeting his comments about the city family. it basically is there our family and we are not going to do anything if they do something wrong. in fact, we are there to turn our somersault if we have to to hide the documents that showed they did something wrong and to prevent them from ever coming before the bar of justice. i mentioned to you the leverage commission and friends of the san francisco public library. i've been going after that for eight solid years and i will go after it for another eight solid years until i blew it out because it's become such a pernicious and invasive and wrong matter that he needs to be brought to the public attention. listen to dr. curt.

whistleblowers need protection. >> thank you. >> thank you commissioners. and ethics that. city attorneys office. i would just like to resonate with what quentin kopp said. there seems to be a definite disconnect between the people of the city, the people running the city, or how the city used to be run. i would term it as a dictatorship rather than a democracy when it's not about the people's vote or the people's will. it's about a agenda that has specific goals and it appears that anything goes and nothing matters in getting those goals or objectives achieved. my relevance here is that, yes, we

do need 3 min. of time to just get our point of views across to somebody because there really is no other avenue in the city to do that. even if you go to the tuesday or supervisors meetings, they're so well orchestrated as to pretty much drowned out relevant public comment.. it's all about these big issues. city college. police brutality. some other thing. but a lot of underlying issues have just never gone anywhere. it's a small city and that equates to apathy when there's no light at the end of the tunnel and the underdog doesn't have a shot.

it's special interests. it's pay to play politics. it's a dictatorship that just doesn't care about what's really happening in the city. consular going to these meetings, you just get burned out because nothing happens. i feel like the city attorney's office is like a foreign entity that's taken over the city and every thing global and everything foreign is important. everything local, everything traditional is just doesn't matter. thank you for your time. thank you for a properly running these meetings they given us time to speak.

alternately, you are the people were to make the decisions and we are going to respect those decisions. thank you. >> thank you. >> one item that i charles-the record again-one item i don't see on the calendar is the discussion of your budget mechanisms. there is something that should be imparted to this commission regarding the--what i call the best practices model, which is a new york city model which allows the commission to file its budget with the mayor the mayor can only comment on those requests and he must in fact, reserve the amount requested by the commission and send it to the board in its total amount. so if it's incorporated in the mayor's budget in toto

submitting it to the board for the purpose of slicing and dicing the policy issues or the funding mechanisms for the degree of funding in open session. so it's both in the board committee that handles the budget but also at the full board discussion of the budget so that any cuts or even additions would be considered by the board in open session at all levels and it would be the votes would be taken in public session. that's the new york city model. the new york city model also has the granting of independent counsel authority by their corporations council and the city of new york. in this case that would be done by

the city attorney if it was constitutional, which i don't know if it is or not. but those are some of the things that the new york city best practices model has the we don't could either be interesting to discuss that model and then take up a possible other mechanisms for funding. for instance, there's a project going up at market-- i'm sorry --at franklin where the zoning envelope is 45 feet but apparently, it's been agreed by the important players in the decision process to raise it to 320 feet in height. i am sure that's artie been approved, but my point is, with all development occurring, i think we should look at the conditions you use enforcement

feed mechanism so ethics get a portion of the designated funds collected from those applying for conditional use to do its enforcement and investigation and higher investigators to do that type of enforcement. so we will talk more about that later but that type of idea that we might be able to take up is an agenda item. >> hearing no further public comment, the go to agenda item 10. discussion and possible action regarding the status of complaints received or issued by the ethics commission. which will be if i hear motion to go to closed session on those issues. do i hear motion to close session? >> mr. chairman ordinarily i would make one, but i don't know what a closed session will

produce. i'm going back to my prior remarks and i thank you for your association with them. look, we've got one woman investigator for all of these. jessica bloom. it just grieves me again, as i said to see this document which by law is confidential to the members of the commission but i don't see anything that i'm going to learn which is new. is that will change. the realistic than 60 days. >> i would just have one

question of ms. bloom. for two months, we've seen an indication that there were to be so show cause hearings and they keep getting continued and i take it that this is simply the fact that you just haven't had time to put these cases together for that purpose right? >> yes mischer renne if i may jump in. i think that is not an issue for jessica. that's been my inability to sit down with her and resolve the matters to move forward. so you are correct. >> with that, i concur with commissioner kopp that i would

see any need to have a close session or any session on the subject matter of item 10 at this meeting. >> i've only one other further comments. >> commissioner kopp >> that is to be assured that 90 days people with the dist. atty., that's being followed right? >> yes. >> thank you. >> i think we do a public comment since an agenda items at any public comment on this? hearing none, we will go on to agenda item 11 discussion and possible action on items for future meetings. commissioner kopp >> i have a number them. they reflect the time and the effort primarily from friends of ethics. which is certainly a redoubtable entity composed of

genuine civic reminded people. i should like to supplement the list from the so-called proposition j subject matter with the following. the following are going to be about seven, eight or nine mme. executive director. i think almost all of them and commented on. almost all of these must take the form of legislative action by the board of supervisors and or submission by this commission depending upon the outcome in the board of supervisors. first, there was referenced by a

citizen who spoke earlier, mark solomon, to a potential conflict of interest by a member of the planning commission who was, or is now -what is it-i forgot what the acronym stands for is been so long. planning and urban renewal. director of everything which occurs in san francisco. as has been pointed out, spur is a major conduit for money from developers. which pays a salary of that planning the commissioner. that seems to me

to be right and is ripe for action legislatively of primitive conflict of interest. secondly, there's been reference also the earth to former law and practice that identified in the voter handbook . candidates who are the recipients of public campaign funds. secondly, to a requirement if the candidate received applied for and

received public campaign funds to engage in more than one debate. i'm going to be a little bit arbitrary and suggest an asking for consideration of three debates. i think i'm also, consideration should be given to identifying in the voter handbook candidates who did not receive public funds, do not apply for public funds so there is complete disclosure to prospective voters. thirdly, we've already discussed the product policy considerations and in-depth discussion, there was reference to the fact that i think by a citizen who testified-it may have been mr.

bush-that slight mala regulation is the domain of the department of elections. i agree with the comments i heard that it should be the domain of the ethics commission. in that same connection, there should also be some priority given in the audit policy to prior violators of any of the laws which form the subject matter of the ethics commission responsibility. as well as those already mentioned who-by testimony from mr. bush as well as those who failed to identify

the occupation or address in their campaign reporting statements. you will recall his testimony that those being the most likely violators of anti-laundering laws. fourthly, i think we should impose a deadline on ourselves or for action. mr. bush mentioned three months. i am going to suggest six months after a allegation or claim of violation and that i would think can be done by regulation by our own rules but anyway, the attorneys can opine on that

legal point but i think we should impose regulation. it's got a be a better world ms. pelham. rav4 crackerjack investigators and five character characteristically attentive commissioner so it's feasible. it is feasible. let's see. i think also, and this must-this will take maybe a charter amendment, if elected candidates successful candidate is under investigation with an investigation based upon allegations that have not been completed, that person should not be allowed to be installed in the public office for which

the person-to which the person was elected. i don't know if that's presidential but i'm sure research will show whether that occurs in la, new york, oakland, wherever else our responsibilities are duplicated. there was also mentioned in public commentary tonight the practice of city officials receiving tickets to events, entertainment events that the public must pay money to attend. i think i recall testimony-that's right friends of ethics estimates that that amount to about $1 million a

year in what can be characterized as lost revenues to the city to the taxpayers of this city. because those are tickets which are not sold and they are given away to public officials. i also think we need -this is a goal-night i guess it's up rule maybe it is a ordinance. document retention. give discussed that couple of times and we had a couple of cases that involve that. but we need to finalize a document retention policy and the private self telephones and all those in intricacies. i further want

us to act-and i would like all of these calendared in some responsible but still sane fashion-maybe not all in april, a be some in april. maybe some in may, i will leave it to you mr. chairman to make that customary decision that this business of election to attend a period, before the election, those local $500 maximum contributions-their $100 to 500. $100 you have to report. 99, you don't. but the 100-$500, that should be covered. on the same basis that the law now covers requires thousand dollars or more contribution the last 10 days to be reported every day. a

couple more and i will be exhausted. it was mentioned earlier today also or maybe he was in informal discussion i want to be sure it's legally within the purview under the charter of the ethics commission, but it isn't the ethics commission, certainly is the board of supervisors and the ethics commission can make recommendations, that there be inserted in san francisco law charter ordinance that an appointed officer or employee of the city and county of becomes a candidate for election by the people of the city and county of san francisco to any such public office

shall automatically forfeit their position as an employee or officer of the city and county of san francisco. there was offhand reference-i can't remember which citizens speaker tonight but the thrust was embodied in a couple of ordinances have been drafted in the board of supervisors and it gets a little bit technical but it deals with nonprofit so-called housing and community development entities which under a series of transactions involving loans and then sail of the property after it's

developed for low-income housing,-and i guess middle income housing in regular market rate housing, have the ability to participate in political campaigns with excess money. and can make donations to candidates and can make donations to urging a yes vote were no vote on ballot measures. apparently, have done so and i will provide staff with copies of these two proposed laws. there's a term which is employed that is called cash out proceeds. have you ever heard of cash out proceeds? well, it's defined in-i'll give you this little tidbit just to

end it. it means in connection with any sale, transfer or refinancing of an affordable housing developments, any and all funds received by an owner of an affordable housing development that are not needed were utilized to retire existing debt or construct, visit improve or preserve your photo housing development. something like a little profit out of a series of transactions and you use that profit to campaign so far against ballot measures or four ballot measures. even though public financing is an approved or authorized for ballot measures. but it's taxpayer money. okay. i shall desist.

>> well, a good set of work tasks for the future commission kopp. i want to complement on you that lists. any comments by commissioners? we would take public comment done. >> commissioners tray heart open government. would like you to take a look at this list. sorry about the small type. once you get past authorities have hard to get them all on one sheet. i have 33 orders of determination from the sunshine ordinance task force relating to one of two issue. either access to public records and

denial thereof, or, interference with public comment at public meetings. whether you like it or not, the sunshine ordinance is city law. whether you like it or not, you are responsible for enforcement of this and never have done a single thing but one time. literally, for years this law has been ignored by this body. just like you are ignoring me for right now. the bottom line is, i've heard a lot of comments about all the task force what's up with them and-really, the comments really sound little bit ignorant. in that if you don't with the task force does when you have rules and regulations in your own-for your own staff that tell you how to deal with complaints and how to process the complaints and how to do it, it just kind of a willful blindness. we

don't like this law. we don't like people like mr. hart's coming here with 33 of these things i'm saying, why don't you do anything about it because it makes us look bad. it does. one attempt was made to commission kopp in previous meeting kind referred to. he says what we can make the mayor fire somebody, can we. no, you can't. but have you got the moral responsibility if you feel that someone has done something wrong to recommend to the mayor that he take some action? or, is it something well we don't want to embarrass them the mayor because the person we are recommending you dismiss is a mayoral appointee. so we will send over the mayor and the mayor chooses not to answer will just accept that. it's all well and good to have all these peoples and all these regulations make all these processes and procedures, but if you never are able to

enforce any of them very frankly, this is a question i've asked this body over and over in the last eight years. can anybody here give me an example of anything this ethics commission has done that is really made this city government more open and more honest? i'm always met with a reply, there's nothing but utter silence. after you shuffle papers. you change the speed rules and is like rearranging deck chairs on the titanic. >> commissioners, yes, i am just overwhelmed at the fundamental changes that i feel going to take place here with

-it seems like genuinely interested people on the commission that are not bought and paid for. that is very good to hear. some of the statements coming from the commissioners sound like they're genuinely trying to expose the government which is what the sunshine ordinance was all about. it is so easy when you have a city government structure like this to have the mayor's opinion or decision just taken for granted and done and that is not the government by the city for the people. so, yes, very

optimistic about presenting you the facts of how this doesn't work by showing you previous attempts in my complaint in my orders of determination that were in my favor yet i was not able to come to some sort of resolution with the city.. this tables were closed in september of 2001 which i'm sure you all were aware of was a very modulus and changing time for me as that's when 9/11 happened. but the stable inhabitants predicted exactly that same time. the mayor that also

[inaudible] the resolution then came out after the 9/11 attacks and said he was the only person to have advance warning of the attack. the only person in the united states that knew about the attacks and he was told, not to travel and the same person authorized the resolution evicting every equestrian in golden gate park stables promising them a rebuild hated better functioning place. you can see what we got. zero. both >> okay. hearing no further public comments, at this point, i will entertain a motion to adjourn. >> i the point of personal

privilege. i want to exercise. >> commissioner kopp spee was sitting in the room is the best paralegal in the city and county of san francisco. i'm going to give him his 30 seconds of pay. bradley j cox, stand up. [applause] thank you. >> following the genes commissioner kopp to do a motion to adjourn? >> so moved. >> we are adjourn. >>[gavel] >>[adjournment] >> >> >>

>> we think over 50 thousand permanent residents in san francisco eligible for citizenship by lack information and resources so really the project is not about citizenship but really academy our immigrant community. >> making sure they're a part of what we do in san francisco the san francisco pathway to citizenship initiative a unique part of just between the city and then our 5 local foundations and community safe organizations and it really is an effort to get as many of the legal

permanent residents in the san francisco since 2013 we started reaching the san francisco bay area residents and 10 thousand people into through 22 working groups and actually completed 5 thousand applications for citizenship our cause the real low income to moderate income resident in san francisco and the bayview sometimes the workshops are said attend by poem if san mateo and from sacking. >> we think over restraining order thousand legal permanent residents in san francisco that are eligible for citizenship but totally lack information and they don't have trained professionals culturally appropriate with an audience you're working with one time of providing services with pro bono

lawyers and trained professionals to find out whether your eligible the first station and go through a purview list of questions to see if they have met the 56 year residents arrangement or they're a u.s. citizenship they once they get through the screening they go to legal communication to see lawyers to check am i eligible to be a citizen we send them to station 3 that's when they sit down with experienced advertising to fill out the 4 hundred naturalization form and then to final review and at the end he helps them with the check out station and send them a

packet to fill and wait a month to 6 weeks to be invited in for an oral examine and if they pass two or three a months maximum get sworn in and become a citizen every single working groups we have a learning how to vote i mean there are tons of community resources we go for citizenship prep classes and have agencies it stays on site and this is filing out forms for people that are eligible so not just about your 22 page form but other community services and benefits there's an economic and safety public benefit if we nationalize all people to be a citizen with

the network no objection over $3 million in income for those but more importantly the city saves money $86 million by reducing the benefit costs. >> thank you. >> i've been here a loventh i already feel like an american citizen not felt it motorbike that needs to happen for good. >> one day - i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to

the republic for which it stands, for liberty and justice for all. >> you're welcome. >> (singing). >> (clapping.) >> introduce the san francisco field officer director ribbon that will mirror the oath raise your hand and repeat the oath i hereby declare on oath repeating. >> citizens cry when they become citizenship to study this difficult examine and after two trials they come back i'm an american now we're proud of that

purpose of evasion so help me god please help me welcome seven hundred and 50 ready to start the meeting. >> this is the regular meeting of the of the san francisco small business commission held on monday, march 27, 2017, at 2 o'clock p.m. caller id to order the san francisco small business commission thanks media services that can be viewed on channel 78 members of the public please take the opportunity to silence our cell phones and public comment during the meeting is limited for 3 minutes unless established by the presiding officer workers speakers reader but in

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office of the small business commission thank you. >> all right. okay item one call to order and roll call. commissioner vice president adams is absent commissioner dooley commissioner president dwight commissioner ortiz-cartagena commissioner tour-sarkissian commissioner yee-riley commissioner zouzounis mr. president, comboum >> outstanding item 2 the commission's future consideration. (discussion item.) do we have any of the members of the public that wants to comment on things not on today's agenda public comment is closed. >> item 3 approval of legacy business registry application and resolutions. discussion and action item.

we have four applications accion latina are boudin bakery are faxon garage the present is program manager the legacy business program a preferential note all applications will be considered together unless the staff or public asks for otherwise and will be considered at a future meeting. >> welcome richard our favorite event good afternoon commissioner president dwight and commissioners legacy business program manager i have a power point presentation today before you today are four applications for your considerations for the businesses to be included on the legacy business registry the applications will review for completion and submitted to the planning department staff on february 1st foreclosure for their review the historic preservation commission heard

the applications and made positive recommendations for the small business commission your pathway includes a staff report, a draft resolution the application and a case report if the planning department staff and a resolution from the historic preservation commission there are copies on the table for the public item 3 a accion latina the business a nonprofit in the equity incorporated in 1987 with the founding of the spanish english newspaper in 1970 pr the mission of the accion latina to promoted the currently arts and civic engagement as a way to have empowered latino communities this is carved in the form of performing and literary arts and operating is an art gallery and a bilingual

biweekly newspaper and managing a collection of archives since 9040 03 b the boudin bakery a nationally renowned haefrdz in san francisco in 1849, one and 68 years baked goods by folks in 1906 san francisco earthquake destroyed the store on the family when we retired the ownership was passed counsel to a relative an italian immigrant in san francisco in 1935 began working in the baker been in the family ever sense and it has strong community partnerships and dpoots to

various causes item 3 c faxon garage a local auto repair for the neighborhood and surrounding community since 1948 through the 60s most cars were american made from the 3 manufacturers starting in the 70's the americans prurpd enforced cars and adopted to the change and served owl models makes the business is an asset to the community that is primarily residential in nature with a higher rate of auto opener than other parts of san francisco and the owner has a faxon garage and community-based organizations and doing to event item 3-d coming into the business is a retailer village and custom shop in the mission

district it has been serving the lgbt and professionalism aortas since the opened in 1996 in 1998 the ownership he went to stephen a lgbt leader and youth mentored the business as expanded to fully support sided the drag in the addition of make up and assessorsy and high-end customs and home decor that represents the foundation and business retro fit vintage serves through culture events businesses hosted at the shops not yet operated in san francisco san francisco are thirty years or more but contributed to the history and identity of 340ik9 neighborhood and not included in the registry it faces significant risk of

displace on a month to month leased and not able to secure a long term lease with the landlord all 4 businesses have a positive recommendation after the recommendations from the historic preservation commission staff finds the businesses have met the 3 career criteria to quality for the legacy business registry there are 4 draft resolutions for consideration by the small business commission one for each the legacy business registry applicant in support of businesses a motion in favor of resolution in the resolutions pay attention to the core physical features that define the business once approved by the san francisco small business commission the businesses must maintain the features of tradition in order to remain on the legacy business registry

accion latina and/or seismic engagement as a way for latino communities and the boudin bakery for the auto active repair and maintenance for retro fit vintage retail sales that concludes my presentation. i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> this is great i'm not familiar with all the companies but certainly the boudin bakery a few iconic representatives this is awesome a so commission comments and questions. >> i have a question about the retro fit vintage more than two years; correct? >> that's correct. >> 2021.

>> we checked with the city attorney's office the registration over 20 years could be 20 years. >> they fulfilled the dress code requirements. >> very good anything else open up for public comment representatives of businesses that would like to say anything at this time? >> cards. >> the first card for stephen i - human resources p and the second is gail. >> welcome steve richie. >> i'm stephen i own retro fit vintage i tried to write something but unfortunately what i wrote came up self-congratulations to stick to winging it format thank you for hearing us and thank you for

louis louse us to be presented on the heritage legacy business program i have moved into the mission district on 20th street in 19 did or 94 i live in my apartment in 1996 retro fit vintage opened around the corner on 20th and 200 square feet space within the span of its first two or three years moved to 910 van ness around the corner where i live and in that location going on 21 years we'll celebrate 21 years this gram is integral with the psa of prop j if they're at a significant risk of displacement it is no truer than our exact situation the previous owners the building opt outed to not

negotiated with the tenant and make is a problem of new other than an investment corporation one the first moves was to displace my neighborhoods when a a million dollars clothing program wanted their space their month to month and they were foirts out a million dollars company what make them leave in the process of co-author lose a free whole bilk in the process the current landlord offered him our space and place so offered him my store and offered displacement to me we have an old lease we've been angled one of the lucky things to have yes our lease is below-market rate under 3000 but the current rate they want to place us a o is 9

hundred thousand mrs. a month so your acceptance of our program will hopefully give a way to strong-arm them to give us a workable lease that small businesses with the foundation of the san francisco neighborhood will work with so thank you have a nice day. thank you, very much. and thanks to be coming out today ne next. >> good afternoon i'm gail the chief over for boudin bakery thank you to richard and the legacy business for putting together the presentation and helping us get through the application and also to the commission and its staff for consideration for the boudin bakery as a legacy

business and was discussing how different companies want to be own is legacy business there are reasons for them and boudin bakery to make sure that boudin bakery is recognized for such and others companies it is about their survival so i think it is a great program for all reasons as richard said heard in san francisco as world families for the sourdough it is based if 1849 our story got started when the folks came in the gold rush of 1849 and fount the french baker and known as backing the best bread in the city the french bakery studied in and

when he died his wife catered on the business that was a significant challenge she as rear yard said saved the mother dough from the 1906 san francisco earthquake and the bakery was relocated to the richmond strict it is still in probation an geary and tenth and dedicated as a historic by the historic society for over one hundred years of proclamation in 1935 a man came from italy and joined the team of bakers and assumed the baker and bread was they lifetime dedication in 1941

the operator and the original sourdough than unfailing dedication to the bread continued until his death in 1997 his son group in the bakery and involved over 70 years and is a native san franciscan he currently operates 3 bakerries and 6 restaurant and is the old operating business in san francisco we support many local community partnerships including and don't get hungry that wrapping up i hope you romanced the accion latina as a legacy business over the 6 seven years we've been an interval part how the world views san francisco past and present.

>> thank you boudin bakery is a legacy business we should go home any member of the public that would like to comment? on this item yes, we do come on up. >> good afternoon microfilms a louis i work forgive ocean avenue i am speaking on behalf of the faxon garage sidney was original owners that started faxon garage in 1940s and informing and it was faxon garage was that in one 3 businesses in one overflow room was the building structure was a horse and buggy stable and became just a winery because it was in 1885 an inside race track for hours now a a lot more bars

appeared on ocean avenue it was quite a bit a lot predominantly in the 1940s and 50's the area was filled with working-class black families to hunters point fillmore or the o m i was affordable to love waishgz there was an office of emergency services with automotive services storage and automotive pontiac and texaco gas station back then cumber we have dayton and faxon garage so as you may know the lease on the garage right on i forgot 1495

disappeared because a of a development to slowly every gas station in san francisco is slowly disappearing and few i was are born and raised in unified 40 years and all the grargsz is gone i know they are. >> and then is started by wise and became nolan the last owners he started at 50 consequence an hour that was the minimum wage i forgot in the year that was in the psychos went to san francisco state university and bought the rest of the business in wise so in he sold it to walling i didn't he had an accessory retail for automotive imports used to be called something else he bought faxon

garage and it was incorporated and wanted to do auto body in all one-stop shop and continued the legacy so - >> i'll cut it short that is vital because of you know slowly there's more cars in san francisco and especially ingleside the section of san francisco and a lot more children with families it is hard to transport kids on public especially you can't build multiple places it is important we get like the legacy garages into the program so you know have a diversity - businesses along ocean avenue corridor thank you. >> we're paying $0.50 an hour

that is three hundred years old any member of the public that would like to comment? come on up. >> thank you to everybody my name is - i'm the new executive director and advertised an honor to be here and to as far as the recommendation for the legacy business latino is houses the longest bilingual paper not only in the city but the whole southwest i'll speak from my heart as a young artist and a young resident of the mission district who is part of central american you part of the 1980s that is a characteristic of our community is the beauty and our creative out and the kind of stuff people put out without requiring a payment so our murals and food our art and our

institutional memory which in the newspaper the gallery and the music festival is a body so i'm happy and proud to be a part of a great line up of legacy businesses i'm just expressing my gratitude a big part of a community soul is itself memory that is makes us unique and different we have that institutional memory and i've been executive director for a total of three weeks and change but look forward to pushing this organization into the next 50 plus i couldn't see years of success this will be a key part of that.

>> congratulations on our role community papers are important we have one in the chair wiener hill and dog patch is keep that flame alive out there any member of the public that would like to comment? all right. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners any other comments. >> i want to congratulate all our nominees today everyone is a part of the city and thank you for your time here i definitely know the faxon garage and in my view it was there and - latino i grew up on 24th street and it translates to the - it is the one it is always issues of people of your struggle and one of the main streams so thank you for continuing the legacy on this appreciate it thank you. >> well to all our speakers

thanks for coming out today yes commissioner and first of all, congratulate the businesses present today and like to read the criteria here and the question is the second question has the applicant been in the historic of the neighborhood or community and we have four businesses not only contributed to the respect neighborhood by the entire community of san francisco so congratulations for your contributions respected tricks for the wonderful city of san francisco. >> all right. commissioners and mr. president, can i ask a question what is the master do mean mother dough. >> yes. i have to find out sorry president. >> like in the breakdown

world. >> the mother world makes it have the characteristics of a very sour cell phone i didn't warm on the audit and the dough is many incremental or commercial bakersries what produce bread in a quick fashion it rise in the matter of a few hours the mother dough takes 72 hours so to make the loaf of bread we allow the wide yeast wouldn't have been possible without the san francisco san francisco contributes to it there's a actually a bacteria this is named after san francisco it only exists in very highway quantities and it is what helps to create between the

the yeast and the national yeast in the area and the bacteria creates the yes, ma'am biotic relationship that takes the gas and creates the bubbled in a slow process to allow the layers to develop i don't know if i explained what you're asking we feed it every single day a little of portion to grow to replenish the next batch and repeated for one and 6 seven years. >> you'll be giving away the secrets. >> the one thing is the work location do you sell our mother dough i say no. >> mr. president, often the last stop in the city and county of san francisco community-based organization through the airport and the international terminal

to stop at the bakery to buy it before they take off those colors i see them throughout this we have exported in other aviators i'd like to know where we do sell them if i may ask that question sell them in other venues. >> currently our bread is sold only in oakland and san francisco we have a restaurant in the san francisco airport and in my $0.02 for trying to get oath location in june. >> thank you very much appreciate it. >> all right. commissioners, do we have a motion. >> i 0 move to accept all the business applicants presenting for today. >> i prove the resolution

altogether. >> motion to approve the resolution for all four of legacy businesses those businesses to be added to the legacy business registry seconded by commissioner yee-riley. >> commissioner vice president adams is absent commissioner dooley commissioner president dwight commissioner ortiz-cartagena commissioner tour-sarkissian commissioner yee-riley commissioner zouzounis that motions is approved 6 to one. >> this is where we give everyone a round of applause>> (clapping.) >> well, thank you i hope this helps to continue your business and with our lease and don't give up that 0 apartment that is great laura and we have an agenda but if you will not offend us if you leave now you'll have to get back to work thank you very much

for coming out next. >> item 4 and this is a piece to read board of supervisors file no. 170203 - planning code - article 7 reorganization; you don't need to repeat you've read it. >> this is item 4 board of supervisors file no. 170203 - planning code - article 7 reorganization; discussion item aaron starr manager, legislative affairs, planning department. with the planning department. >> good afternoon. >> aaron welcome back so the project that is initiated in 2013, the project goal to restructure the planning code for the read and understand the use accomplished by k34679cy though the definitions and in the i met but i went to the - council of district merchants sorry and i seemed like a warm

reception and he astound reach out to supervisors offices and seeing if any organization want to know b more about this program i'll hear for questions if you have any additional. >> commissioners any questions no. >> okay. >> since the last meeting you went to sdpoefz and this was a warm welcome did you get feedback. >> no with the sxhoefz i'm now to brief supervisor fewer and some other ones it is more to now coming now we're paying attention to it that's what i'm

doing with the sxhoefz so not received comments. >> no i was at the cd m not much discussion i think the general feeling is that as you've done with our prior effort that if there is a kind of after the fact shock there was clean up work required aaron will be amenable to addressing those issues. >> my goal 90 to not make a mistake. >> a point of clarification the clean up in what fashion. >> with article 2 i set up a number of things that were incorrect and once those tap elder off took a month or two for the folks to notice it i introduced that ordinance in the

office for the conclusion been about 6 months i think. >> all right. commissioner any other questions or comments >> open up for public comment any member of the public that would like to comment? on this item. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. so action item. >> it is an action item so. >> commissioners, do we have a

>> office of articulating i they have a power point. >> excellent welcome. >> good afternoon, commissioners. >> on my specific request i was trying to registration my new business association in the dog patch. >> do we have a power point. >> some hurdles i was unable to get over. >> we thought we simplified it once again thank you for inviting us here today san

francisco business register is required for anyone engaging in business in san francisco a common example are maintaining the fixed place of business for the 7 days in any given year that is the driving in the streets of san francisco of san francisco and in addition required first steps for none getting fund or seeking a permit from the department of health, the planning department, office of short-term rentals and the police department there are organizations or businesses who are required to register but may exempt them fax for a in case pursuant to 50 one plus of the internal revenue code, however, nonprofits that are dpaemd within the city in unrelated trade or business not

exempt from taxation for those activities typical example a parking space not exempt from parking space tax san francisco has over one and thirty thousand registered businesses that pay a lot of money to the troourz for business tax in 2006 and 2016 sorry we put our online business registration application up and during the past year reduced the paperback progressing time from three weeks to less than 15 minutes 80 percent of new businesses are fully commit once they hit submit and they'll have their rental for the businesses don't have to go to both departments and that's a general overview if

you have any questions we're happy to answer those today. >> i have questions if i may. >> sure. >> first of all, i'd like to go back to the engaging in businesses in san francisco and specifically that is important to set the special you've talked about beyond you have to registration the first one if i can solicit the business for 67 days we're talking about soliciting from the outdoor not located in solicit to register in to if. >> coming into the city - >> yeah. if you solicit business for 7 days consequence days. >> total days any portion of new day. >> in terms of if you solicit one minute and one day is counted as a day i'm going over this for viewers

for the full part of 7 days in one fiscal year that is kind of draw the difference continue doing work you're not a salaried person meaning performing as an independent contractor. >> yes. if you're an independent contractor. >> service or sales. >> anything and finally this one is quite kind of for the unweary it is driving on streets of san francisco so that kind of catches cab drivers and limousine drivers coming thorough the city 7 days a year rent-controlled unit with the city of san francisco. >> yes. >> we have, of course, a tracking problem but those businesses have to count on the

fingers to make sure they register with our office. >> that covers the nonprofit that perform services in the county correct. >> that's correct if you're a recognized 234789 and your activities are related to that status you'll not be taxed. >> you have to register and the 7 day threshold applies to all businesses nonprofit or otherwise. >> correct. >> especially the taxation and not registration you have to register yet may not be taxed as a nonprofit. >> may or may not. >> if you're a nonprofit and engaged in a business not recommend to the nonprofit business would you be taxed you'll be tacksed related to the nonprofit that would not be taxed and correct. >> if you seen an increase in

registration for people in the giga committee like lyft and uber and airbnb. >> yes. we have. >> how do you get out the word to people that are participating in those types of tests they need to register not probably obvious to some of you read the papers people don't realize they need to register. >> we do the outreach to airbnb and to the other. >> host companies. >> uh-huh. >> great. >> and including like the meal delivery services people are driving for them also is required to have a business license; correct? >> that's correct. >> if you want to be driving a cab in the city or a limousine you'll have to go to other

agency have to rental or register we want them to comply and be in not be in violation the reason i'm asking the questions how to they'll know the 7 days in my i'm an attorney by trade and these are important issues. >> uh-huh. >> i'm sure a lot of my clients don't know or to be clients (laughter). >> well, there is instructions for the online application and written instructions it is in the code he i mean i know none reads the code reserving like we do but we do try to do outreach it is interesting if you're looking at the drivers in the city you'll

find that the word gets around quickly there was stress about it so. >> it is compared to other cities lower or higher. >> like neighboring cities. >> i can't. >> would you say that 7 days is lower. >> i can't. >> i want to know where the 7 days are. >> thank you sure. >> so the difficult i had i went on to register my nonprofit and i can't get past the screen that where you describe the structure of your business because nonprofit is not one of the structural boxes to check you can't get past the screen all the selections are for profit selections so you can't register a nonprofit until you - it is basically just says you have to

come back and tells you you're a nonprofit you can't register; right? >> with a nonprofit you go through the process and get to the business activity in is there i'm not sure of the nonprofit items 20 that is this is a business not listed and mark the box our exempt as soon as you submit that you'll get your document and an e-mail saying okay you'll have 10 days to submit our documentation and we hold our application until you e-mail or once we get that we'll process it. >> business not listed okay if i may make a recommendation i can't recall seeing that box if i do that was not obvious to me, i'm college educated that was the way to get through the process making maybe i don't know if you have an f a

q or a nonprofit this is the one to check it's not obvious the reason i make this point in this forum i came - this started me the process of asking my neighborhood association leaders and other merchant associations leaders and business association leaders if their, in fact, registered and not to share a secret the organization to which all merchant associations was not registered so there is to your point a little knowing amongst these organizations if they need to be formally registered this is obvious if you collect revenue you need to be albeit to get a pass on that or not to be determined by the city not by you and i wanted you all to come and start the

conversation because i want it known to all the nonprofit merchant associations and neighborhood association and other nonprofits in the city you must register with the city not necessarily mean - you need to be registered and the way the city keeps track of the activities and quite frankly it is interesting for us to know how many merchant associations and neighborhood associations there are because those are very effective organizations for grassroots activity in the neighborhood and i that that is something that the city should celebrate and not kind of hidden away so no way i will go back on to the website and try that strategy. >> thank you for your feedback. >> if i may suggest if we could create it for nonprofits and then refine that by asking

what kind of a activities and income is it nonprofit and the reason for being a nonprofit and then the income there from and, of course, you'll be seeking the exempt letter or the articles to ascertain whether or not their in fact, nonprofit that makes it easier for nonprofit to kind of get and go through the process i think the president having that problem and being agree stanford congratulate. >> (laughter). i said i'm a college graduate >> having a problem thinking we may tweak the system look at better to make that easier. >> i offer thought it but anyway, that will be a nice guide post for people wanting to

register a nonprofit i gita verification process aufrts but a registration process so commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> first of all, i want to thank i've used the system several times to help clients and my clients of small businesses it is as simple as it can be. >> it is a fantastic and we, of course, acknowledged your organization last year during small business week this is a real a wonderful thing for the city to be doing. >> especially for college and non-property degrees (laughter) you're a stanford graduate. >> i had a question with the nonprofits and i agree with commissioner president dwight the box that you can highlight as related this is one thing and then the docking you sign for nonprofits that you have to put

that in and so i have a couple of clients we'll have to contact you or someone in the office and also some nonprofits use fiscal year agent like my organizations we buy property and use the nonprofits is that simple when you ask foreign documents or a proper format that people register authorized units to follow so they can be simpler for documentation. >> generally, the business the tax id must match with you provide the letter from the irs. >> at times a bigger nonprofits i'll give you an example like youth sports usually they encompass a national organization and for the ay or one national. >> they have a -

>> i mean that may take another step once you respond with the documentation someone will contacted you. >> okay. then more - okay. thank you commissioner yee-riley. >> for nonprofit in addition to applying for the nonprofit with the state they also have to register; is that correct and correct. >> thank you uh-huh. >> any business actually so i think the point for nonprofits you have to register as any business with the federal government the state government and our local county government here so be well-advised. >> this is an important point about the fiscal year agent there is an issue of having a nonprofit status and using the nonprofit status another sister

organization yet have a presence and activity so i'm assuming you have to go through the questions and then you know kind of show that you are operating through someone else's nonprofit status; is that correct. >> that's correct. >> also the responsibility of the fiscal year sponsor to insure they sponsor the organizations correctly you can't take on sponsorship that didn't meet our nonprofit requirements. >> is that a local registers. >> in fact, that should be happening with the fiscal year sponsor we're in setting up a center and that dialogue happens first with the sponsor the southern is in jeopardy of their sponsoring organization that could violate their nonprofit status and put their own

nonprofit status in danger. >> this dialogue is quite important so she had the light of the nonprofits would they should be doing. >> we're happy to help you. >> any more comments. >> a point of contact in our office like someone from a nonprofit or an agency should be contact for things of that nature and we partnered with 311 customer service so we can track. >> 311 and then you can escalate the issue if they're not getting the answers they're looking for a thank you. >> so we can use the 311 app. >> commissioners do you want a 311 apples to apples you should have that awesome open up for public comment which there won't be any thank you for coming. >> thank you do we have any any member of the

public that would like to comment? on this item seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you so much really appreciate it and thank you for all your hard work it is really you, you guys are light years ahead that's great thank you all right. next item, please. >> okay item 6 legacy business program. review of the legacy business program staff report for january and february 2017. discussion item. >> richard once again. >> all right. >> so do the commissioners have the staff reports in their packet. >> that will be great when we have those tab the. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> >> so this is a confetti

first great. >> good afternoon. >> can we sorry do we have both of those being passed around. >> yes. january and february. >> okay. >> good afternoon again commissioner president dwight richard legacy business manager i have an update on the legacy business program for january and february 2017 including statistics investigator accomplishments and press and major upcoming activities i distributed the january and february staff report and copies on the table for the audience and in january we received 16 legacy neemgz and 5 placards and 200 and $50 in application fees

$50 per applicant the historic preservation commission reviewed 3 applications and a small business commission also reviewed 3 applications and listed all 3 businesses on the legacy business registration in february we received two nominations, 8 applications and $400 in application fees the historic preservation commission reviewed 3 applications and small business commission reviewed 5 applications and listed all 5 businesses on the legacy business reinforce from the programs beginning through the end of february there reason one and 47 nominations, one and one plaques and 4000 plus in application fees and 73 plaques were reviewed by the historic preservation commission, and 72 businesses were lists on the