to acknowledge that we had a really terrific small business week have the week. thank you for your participation and support and to, president adams, your leaders as one of our co-hosts, alongh joey blazic, san francisco chamber of comm .so thank yorthat. we started out the week with inspire thre businesses, matt cohen, with off the grid, who is the s.b.a. small business person of the year for 2018. sam mcgonahan with buy right. and lisa federman with a -- she creates the product -- >> it's a popular cooking

technique that offers -- it's a machine that is easy to follow cookbook that harnesses the power -- i was going to order of an figure it out. it's supposed to tell you how to cook your food prerly. >> it's a machine being used in restaurants that she's making available in the home. >> and so i was moderated -- the panelas mted by reim, who has a restaurant in oakland, but incubated her business at la cocina. it was very interesting with the selection of the panel. it turns out that they all had some cross-collaboration and spoke about the importance of

really supporting each other instead of thinking that -buou are i food-related business, you might be competition so it was very inspiring about how san francisco inspires them. rad how being c helps to grow the business. reim was really good at connecting the dots in our very supportive network from the supportive services that our office provides, oewd, ad our b.a.omichan so that was very exciting. then, of course, we had -- the board of supervisors event is always very lovely and sp and the nesse that awarded and acknowledged always feel extremely special and they write back saying what a

meaningful experience it was for them. so since our office is the host for that evt, we should be very proufthat. nd then the small bus awards that were held on wednesday morning, wednesday rees eight businesses were recognized. and the s.b.a. recognized matt cohen for off the grid for s.b.a. businessperson of the year. and also toso's the s.b.a.rthe d businesses of the year and they're one of our legacy businesses. so that was exciting. i also want to give acknowledgement to carol chang in our office, who did an exceptional job assisting with

the board of supervisors and helping with the mayor's honoree ceremony and did a tremendous th small business week. on thegn rea aldonado provided aitional support and i want to give a shouto to marc marianne thompso connecting with the mayor's office and also working with the council district merchants for shop and dine and saturday events. so definitely a collaborative event. and then lastly -- what did i do with my notes? a couple of items i want to bring to your attention. so supervisor tang and supervisor safai have introduced

legislation and iie have forwarded it t you, where they're streamlining zoning contr for neighborhood districts. working with the planning department, it will be pil out. so some of the key items are original removing the notice of requiremo the 312 notification, which has been six s, when businesses greatp t t probably shouldn't take quite that long. very excited about this, because it definitely meets the commission's goals and objectives. and then last week, supervisor fewer introduced an amendment for cannabis commission. so there are a couple of highlights i would like to note.

anhen nxt month, june, we'll be back to our regular schedule for meetings.agai just wt acknowledge that we had a really fantastic week. all of the affiliate events were sold out. good attendance with the conference. have -- we got positive feback in changing the awar awards ceremony for a morning. and thank you foringit. and commissioner ortiz-cartegana wanted to thank for the latino business mixer, also in partnership with wells fa it was very inspirnd a businesses that presented on the

panel were, i think, really highlighted tremendous accomplishments of latino businesses. >> great. any -- go anyr icomments? >> yeah. i alsoanted to say, great job to our director, who has put in so much work for small business week. and also kept up wit us and our concerns for upcoming meetings, so i appreciate all the work puve in. nk yo 'm sorry, i forgot to specifically acknowledge ted's market for being supervisor kim's honoree for small business week. >>ny other comments? would any members of the public like to make a comment on the director's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item 7, commissioners'

rts,po allows president, vice president, and commissioners to report on recent small business activities and make announcements that are of interest t small business community.disc sionit >> okay. i -- ittend many small business weeactivi, but would also like to say thank you to dick a forry uru've don and acknowledge ofe. and, richard, and carol, and martha, and ray -- i r mera ria. >> ria. et front all and regina, i don't know about you, but i was tid by friday night. i also want to acknowledge ted's market. that was o thene th me in tears the history of ted's market and it was really close and personal

to mebo they did during the aids crisis. that one hit home pretty hard. so i want to give a shout out, well deserved to commissioner zouzounis and your parents, amazing, especially your mother. and a shoutout to joey blazik, and the job that he did covering didn't know what to expect. joey put that together. i know the group of people. that was the right group of people to have. it worked out flawlessly. so my hat's off to them and everybody else involved. i thought it was a very, very good small business week. so tk you

commissioner is.zo >> i just wanted to report on a happy belated international workers day. it's great to see san francisco mobilized for worker andmigrts also small business week again was really,am the lh and inspire sf panel. i really appreciated the shoutout to the importance of supporting your local corner stores and it drove home for me the importance of not cutting off a small business in its infancy. so before you can celebrate their growth to some of the gainesses that we've commended. so in addition to that, i also attended an arab-american democraticb mayoral forum, that was very important as small business issues were highlighted. it's the only forum in which i've seen that topic of

conversation being taken on its head and taxis were a big focus on at. and i will ask for something in new business on that note. >> ay commonyee riley. holeirector, you dire job i attended some of the events and got to know the staff a little better and spend time taing to them, chatting. and steve adams, you are quite an emcee. thank you. >> okay. any members of the public like to make comment on ubli p comment is orts. closed. new business, item 8. >> item 8, new business, as commissioners to intro new agenda items for future consideration by the commission. discussion item. >> i would like to add a couple

ut things for consideration. iow taxis have been in the boardof supervisor chambers pretty frequently. like to be part of any discussions or items that are going to be taking up regarding medallion negotiations and buybacks. and i would encourage the office to be i the conversations will be had. i would also like an update of where that compostible or plastic band retail legislation is at. i know that they're t get rid of plastic straws, which is an inadvet anti-retalicy aga. so i would like to know where an supervisors justifiablized their cultural district legislation. i believe that, you know, they gave lip service in t declaration to small businesses, preserving them. nd i would like to know if

there is any teeth to that. and i would like to know if we ion.have conversation on that gl of follow-upf the commission would like for me to respond. >> yeah. >> nitially, there was some distudi discussion if legacy business was going to be talked about and same for a disicts to come before the commission small business commission or arts commission, similar to ly business going before the historic preservation commission, so the commission would provide some or advisement in relationship to the purview that it oversees. but they've struck that from the legislation. so you will be -- it is scheduled right now for the next tion on the cultural en

districts and the legislation, though it's already passed. but, you know, the -- you definitely want to h the imion oultural districts will be formed. much discussion is about, you know, what is the city going to do to sort of financially support the work that needs to be done and establishing the cultural districts. >> right. >> but you are -- i do plan to -- you will get a presentation onat. thanu veryuch. anyther new business? do w ha any members that would l to bring up new buss cleing publ c next item, please. >> sfgov tv, please show of osi >> it is ourustom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of

small business is the only place ew bne in san ciscond the best place to getnswers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. san francisco small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions, er policiest affect the vitity of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the oll business. >>9,m adjournment. action item. >> do we have a motion to adjourn? >> i move. >> i'll second. >> all in favor. aye. meeting closed. thank you. >> meet agasing ieet agassing 3:26 p.m.

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>> third thursdays at the commons is a monthly event series to really activate krisk centkrisk -- civic center, fulton mall, and other locations through social operation. >> in 2016, an initiative called the civic center progress initiative was launched, it w a bunch of city agencies and community partners, so t really had to figure out how to program these places on a more

irequent bas with civic center communityit district, and i'm program manager for the civic center commons. also, third thursdays will have music. that was really important in the planning of these events. als to a wide range ofnistth tastes. >> i'm the venue manager. good music, good music systems, and real bands with g players and drummers. >> we turned uc center and fulton street into a place where people want to be to meet, to laugh, and it's just an amazing place to be. there's a number of different exhibits. there's food, wine,

cocktails, and the idea, again, is to give people an opportunity to enjoy what really is, you know, one of the great civic faces in america. when you look from the polk street steps, and you look all the way down the plaza, down street, daniel burns' sign, this was meant to be this way. it's really special. >> the city approached us off the grid to provide food and beverages at the event as kind of the core anchor to encourage people who leave a reason to stay. >> it's really vibrant. it's really great, just people king walround having a good time. >> this formula is great food, interesting music, and then, we wanted to have something a little more, so we partnered with noise pop, and they brought in some really fun

games. we haveskeeball, we also have roller skating lessons, and we've got a roller skating rink. if you're a passion jail skeeball player like me, and you're deciding whether you're just going to roll the ball up the middle or take a bank shot. >> our goal is to come out and have fun with their neighbors, but our goal is to really see in the comments that it's a place where people want to hold their own public event. >> i think this is a perfect example of all these people working together. everybody's kind of come pport nd services that they can to aate this area. >> there's no one agency or organization that really can make this space come alive on

its own, and it's really through the collective will, the publicndr e public , businesspartnerships, our nonprofits partnerships, you know, neighborhood activists. >> i really like it it's, like, a great way to get people to find out about local things, cuisine, like, it's ry >> it's aoo environment, really welcoming. like, we're havng a great time. >> we want to inspire other people to do this, just using a part of the plaza, and it's also a good way to introduce people if they're having a large scale event or small scale event, we'll direct you to the right people at the commons so you can get your event planned. >> being a san francisco based company, it was

important to connect and engage with san franciscans. >> how great is it to come out from city hall and enjoy great music, and be able to enjoy a comtail, maybe throw a bocci ball or sk ball. i find third thursdays to be really reinrig rat reinriggating for me. >> whether you're in the city hall or financial district or anywhere, just come on down on third thursdays and enjoy the music, enjoy an adult beverage, enjoy the skee ball; enjoy an

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>> silence all sound producing devices for the duration of the meeting. >> approval of the agenda, two changes. presentation byann albert rather than rick appleby, and the second for item cc, should read requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement

with edgewood center for children and families to provide family caregiver support, kinship program, during a period of july 1, 2018, to june 30, 2021, in a $171,417, plus 10% conticy totamou not to exceed $188,558. dates and the amounts have been modified. so, with those two changes, may i have a motion to approve the agenda? >> so moved. >> second? >> second. >> thank you. all in favor? >> ay >> opposed? thank you. item 3, approval of the may 2, tion totinminu s. >> so moved. >> do i have a second? >> second. >> thank you. any comments or questions? any comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question all in favor, aye. any opposed? thank you, the motion carries.