the community and what brings community together and design, i love this as a gateway to your community, and there are some real negative history that -- that are attached with redevelopment, but this seems to be something that's really pro positive, and it seems as though people living in this community have been living there for years, and this is a stable community. i think it is a beautiful design, and i think i'm committed to supporting making this a landmark designation. one of the reasons for the public, their understanding why we would designate something a landmark on public property is because there is an insatiable desire to use every square inch of open property in this city, and we need to protect that, rather than building in public land. unfortunately for the trees, having worked for the department of urban forestry and department of public works,

there were trees that were planted in this city and a lot of thought was not put into what types of trees would be sustainable and ripe for the environment that they rest in, and that pine tree is not, in my opinion, going to be sustainable in the long run in that environment, and it could, unlike angkor wat, and i've been there, you're talking about stone structures that can sustain roots and trees over a period of time. this is wood, and if it fell on, that it would irreparably damage that. so we do need to find out who's responsible for the maintenance. i do think since this is a redevelopment area, it would be great to have some redevelopme redevelopment money for this, because dpw doesn't have that type of funding. so if it's the will of the chair to send this without recommendation, rather than allowing a little more time to

find out, i would support that, but my preference would be to hold on and have the departments come back in one week and give us that, but if you want to send it out with recommendation, i'll follow your lead. >> supervisor tang: i was saying without recommendation so it's just a notice that we would need the information by tuesday, and if we get it, we can have it go forward at the full board, but if not, i would ask that we continue the item at the full board. >> supervisor safai: i support that. >> supervisor tang: again, i agree with supervisor safai, i think this is a wonderful designation, and i want to thank the neighbors for bringing it to our attention, and hopefully it'll get the care that it needs. we'll do that without objection. >> the matter will be referred without recommendation to the full board with member kim being absent or excused. >> supervisor tang: okay. thank you very much. item 2. >> item 2, ordnance planning

212 and 217 market street a new market hall, as a landmark under article ten of the planning code. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much. once again we have colton lambert from supervisor sheehy's office. >> thank you, supervisor. i just want to say that the supervisor's office is in full support of this, and desiree smith is here to give a little bit of the history and significance of the new erahall and why it's important. >> good afternoon, supervisors. sf gov, can i have the powerpoint please? desiree smith, planning department staff.

this was initialing -- on december #t7 -- [ inaudible ] unanimously voted to recommend landmark designation. located at 2117, 2123 market street, new erahall is -- [ inaudible ] of upper market street as a commercial corridor. as well as the visalia stock saddle business. the building is a purpose mixed use building with social hall and mixed-use frontage. it's one of only nine examples

of its type and retain a high degree of architectural integrity. it provided krucrucial meeting space for the oddfellows, knights of columbus, and others. it housed the sivisalia stock saddle company, contributing to the veemt of today what is known as the western saddle design. new erahall retains the established features that were the two periods of significance, 1909 to 1911, and 1918 to 1923. department received a letter in support of designation from

land time tenant academy of ballet, and cross roads training initially sent a letter of opposition, it has revoked that after sitting down with the planning department to discussion landmark designation. this concludes my presentation, and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> supervisor tang: thank you. i think i might have some questions, but i'd like to go to public comment first and see who's here to speak on this item. i am going to open it up to public comment. you have two minutes. >> i'm the director of the academy of ballet. i've been a teacher there since 1988. i've been there in the earthquake in 1989. i took classes there in 1983. it has been a ballet studio since 1953, and i have a dance magazine that announces the

opening of it. it's the longest running ballet school in san francisco. we're even in tales of the city, the book. the building is absolutely beautiful inside. it kept all the original walls, that beautiful, beautiful huge hall with these huge windows. and considering the fact that the rest of the block now is apartment buildings, i think that we should keep some of the beauty of san francisco. it's been a home to a big part of the population of san francisco. we have 320 students right now, and i would like to keep as much as possible the art in that neighborhood because there would not be any other spaces of that size and magnitude to be able to house a ballet academy. if anybody wants anymore history, american ballet theater used to rehearse in

that space. the movie, she dances alone was filmed in there. it has its own life and its own history. thank you. i would appreciate your consideration. >> supervisor tang: thank you very much for that information. any other members of the public who wish to comment on item 2? >> good afternoon again supervisors, members of the public. this is star child, outreach director for the libertarian party of san francisco. this item sounds exactly like the type of item that i was talking about in my last comment, where basically the city government is denying people use of their property through landmark designations that would restrict how they can use it. i can appreciate the sentiment of wanting to save old beautiful architecture.

i love old architecture myself, and i hate to see stuff replaced by new, soulless buildings, you know, that it's old and has character and history and so forth, but i think it's really important that we preserve as much as possible people's freedom to do what they want with the spaces that they have. and abridging this freedom often has unintended consequences that people don't consider. you know, every landmark designation, every land use restriction, you know, every zoning restriction contributes to the problem of homelessness. we have thousands of people living homeless on the streets of san francisco because of the high price of housing, and that price of housing is high and rents are high because the

costs have been driven up so much by all these various government measures that make it more difficult for people to own property -- i mean, property tax is a huge burden, and it gets passed along to renters, both residential and commercial in the form of higher rents. and if you reduce the amount of leeway of using spaces to their maximum capacity, it's taking away dwelling units. it's resulting in people not being able to find places to live, and the city spends a quarter of a billion dollars a year in expenses for the homeless, and that is increases as a result of things like this. >> supervisor tang: thank you. thank you very much. any other members of the public wishing to comment on item 2? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. so one question that i do have, and i didn't see that the property owner was here in the

audience, but you know, we did see in the packet that it looks like the academy of ballet is in support of this. the property owner is not. has there been a conversation between the city and the property owner? >> yes. so the property owner is no longer in opposition, and i do have an e-mail that was sent after the packets were -- you know, after submission, but essentially, the property owner's interested in applying for the mills act. we sat down and talked with him about the potential benefits of landmark designation, like the mills act, use of historical building code, potential legacy business, financial incentives that are available not only to the tenant, but also -- which would be the academy of ballet, but also to the property owner. i can share that e-mail here. it's pretty brief, basically, just indicating that they're no longer in opposition. >> supervisor tang: okay. well that is good to hear. thank you for that, and i will he ha evan definitely take a look at the e-mail. i think since the property owner is no longer in

opposition, that should be fine. supervisor safai, do you have any questions, comments? >> supervisor safai: i wanted to ask a question of the plans department or some of the tenants. it sounds like the ballet academy's been there for a significant number of years. they have applied for legacy business designation? >> so they're in the process, and i know from supervisor sheehy's office that they're in support of that. >> supervisor safai: yeah, because they're a wonderful candidate. they've been there for a significant amount of time. this is the first i'm hearing about it because i don't do ballet, but 30 years, that's a significant amount of time. and you say you were going to provide us with an e-mail? o oh. >> supervisor tang: thank you. sorry. was just reading through the

e-mail. >> supervisor safai: all right. there you go. >> supervisor tang: all right. if there's nothing else, perhaps i can get a motion on this item? >> supervisor safai: yeah. make a motion to send this out to the full board with positive recommendation for designation to 2117 to 2123 market street. >> supervisor tang: okay. that completes that. mr. clerk, are there any other items on the agenda today? >> that completes the agenda for today. >> supervisor tang: okay. thank you. we are adjourned. women's netw

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this is a regular meeting of the small business commission held monday, february 26, 2018. the meeting is being called to order at 20 3:00 p.m. the small business commission thanks media services for televising the meeting viewed on sfgov2. members of the public please silence your phones and other electronic devices. public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes per speaker unless established by the presiding off of the meeting. speakers are not required to state names. completion of the speaker card will help ensure spelling of the speakers' names in the written

minutes of the meeting. speaker cards will be called in the order placed in the basket. there is a sign in basket. please show the office of small business line. >> welcome. it is our custom to begin with a reminder of office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco, and the best place to get answers to your questions 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. all you need to do is find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all, all of our services are free of charge. the san francisco small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco.

if you need assistance with small business matters, start here, the office of small business. thank you. item one call to order and roll call. (roll call). >> mr. president you have a quorum. general public comment. allows the public to comment on matters not on today's calendar and suggest new agenda items for the future. >> do we have any members of the public to comment on matters not in today's commission meeting? public comment is closed. >> item three approval of legacy

business. the lab, the mindful body, plow and stars and slims. discussion and action item. presenter is richard kurylo, small business manager. >> good afternoon, president adams. commissioners, office of small business staff, sfgovtv i have a powerpoint for today. there are five applications for businesses to be included on the legacy business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion and submitted on january 11th for review. the historic preservation

commission heard the applications on february 7th and made positive recommendations for each applicant there is a staff report, draft resolution, application, case report in the planning department staff and resolution from the historic preservation commission. there are copies on the table for the public. item 3a. babb bilon screen printing shop specializing in bulk production. founded by steve patent in 1980 he started in 19676 as a small -- 1976 in his garage. in the 1980s it was located in a store front at 21st andval epsia -- valencia. it is 63 buckston street today with one large 10 color

automatic press, three, six color manual presses and sing l-1 color press. it is owned by michael lynch since 1999. item 3-b. the organization known as the lash is nonprofit arts and performance base founded in 1984 by art students from the san francisco state university. the lab is a catalyst for artistic experimentation. along with year around multi-disciplinenary programs. the lab commissions three art projects per year. they seek out extraordinary artists who are underrepresented as a result of gender, class, race, sex orgy graffiti. o -- other mal mal-- the lab

relocated on 16th street in the mission district in 1995. item 3-c. the mind full body opened in april 1994 with movement classes and offerings that were reflective internal and medtative. the goal was to be an urban healing resort, a place of refuge, a kind and welcoming place to find meaningful community. the mind full body was a bit ahead of its time offering yoga before it became mainstream. in addition to yoga including post and premarital with baby. it features massage and accupunturand meditation and 200 hour yoga training program. it is not 30 years old but due

to displacement due to significant rent increase. item 3-d is an irish public that opened in 1975 in the richmond street. it features irish music every tuesday and sunday evening. the business hosts events put on by the irish crossroads festival, a city wide event celebrating irish literature and culture and music. it features music styles reflective of the neighborhood including bluegrass. item 3-e. is slims, a live music nightclub opened in 1988. when slim's first opened the musical acts were r and b and blues. currently it offers all types of

music including hip-hop and folk catering to a large rarity of tastes. it is an active member of the 11th street hosting benefits and catering to community outreach. slim's hosts high school proms and serves as venue for local bands. it consists of 17 individuals in a corporate structure. all five businesses received a positive recommendation from the histor rick preservation commission. after reviewing the recommendations from the historic preservation commission the staff finds the businesses qualify for list on the legacy business registry. there are five, not four it says on the powerpoint. five draft resolutions, one for each applicants. note a motion in support of the businesses should be in favor of the resolutions.

in the resolutions, please pay close attention to the core physical traditions that define the business. once approved by the small business commission they must maintain the traditions to remain on the legacy business registry, for babylon burning screen printing. the lab is art gallery or art protection. mindful body health and wellness. for the stars it is bar and for slims entertainment venue. this concludes my presentation. i am happy to answer any questions. there are businesses in attendance that would like to speak on behalf of the applications. >> do we have any members of the commissioion who would like to speak before i open it to public comment? let's go to public comment.

>> i am looking forward to the boss skaggs' performance. >> three minutes or two minutes? no speaker cards. >> do you want my name on a card? >> good afternoon, commissioners, i am the owner of the mindful body. thank you for offering this legacy program. we have been open for 24 years, which was the begin of when wellness centers opened in san francisco. we are a neighborhood community minded studio offering massage and yoga. while the current tread is working out we have always taught yoga connected to the roots and more internally oriented for calming the mind and staying focused and present. we are located in a beautiful old 1920s building with natural light, and it is a really old san francisco style space. people tell meal that all of the

time. our lease expires. my landlord proposed $6,000 a month rent increase which we cannot afford. i am trying to negotiate that and trying to get the tools to keep going. for me, i have worked at the mindful body 17-years. it is a refuge, community. everyone knows each other's name. you can be yourself. we have worked to be welcoming and inclusive for everyone. we specialize in supporting expecting parents and have a big program for seniors. we provide services for dealing with stress, maintaining health, healing and preventing injuries and for dealing with sitting in the office all day on the computer. in the 17-years i worked at the studio and been a yoga

instructor san francisco has changed and people become busier. i would like to offer a place that supports people creating balance in their lives. we have 60 employees and 15,000 clients. i am hoping that we can keep going and offering that wellness center to san francisco. thank you. >> next speaker. come on up. >> i am mike lynch, the owner of babylon burning screen printing. my family wanted to come today to make me extra nervous. >> don't be nervous. >> richard did such a great job. i want to thank richard, such a big help for helping us with putting this altogether. we don't want to dwell on the past. we have a big history.

we have been doing this a long time. i want to thank the commissioners and the historical preservation for listening and being aware there is small businesses struggling. this is the second time i have spoke. i can hear, including my own voice is shaky. that is the way it feels now as a small business in san francisco. it is shaky. i don't know if next year the landlord will raise the rent or kick us out. i don't know if the beautiful brick building is right beside the san francisco tennis club which is coming down. are we next? it is a beautiful brick building. that is the way it feels as a small business in san francisco. i have san francisco natives that work for me. i get to do as a small business i get to pay them well, and pay for all their insurance so the business is doing good.

again, are we going to be around next year? to have this hearing, to have this commission and having people hear us is really great. it is really a positive step. i hope it turns into a trend. you need to use the smaller businesses to keep it going. as i said before, the other hearing that we had, two of the five people today i printed for them. it is a small businesses that keep me going and i hope we can keep it going. with help from richard, i am sure that we will and you, too. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> i am the director of the lab. thanks for having us. this is really fun hearing all o