and said to him we understand you want to sell your building, we understand what you are asking for and you are entitled to it, it's your land, but please work with us. what i love about ber nell height it represents the diversity that made me fall in love with san francisco. we have a lot of mom and pop shops and you can get all your resources within walking distance. my favorite air area of my homes my little small patio where i can start my morning and have my coffee an is a sweet spot for me and i

d i >> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. i'm kate sosa. i'm cofounder and ceo of sf made. sf made is a public private partnership in the city of san francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time

by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show

their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made.

>> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph. >> for me as a designer, i love

the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room, i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress, which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to

talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. >> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at this point. >> the reason we are so

enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the opportunities that we've been blessed with economically and socially as possible, broadening that

>> clerk: this is the regular meeting of the small business commission held on monday, august 13, 2018. the meeting is being called to order at 5:34 p.m. small business commission thanks media services and sfgovtv for televising the meeting which can be viewed on sfgovtv 2 channel 78 or live streamed at sfgovtv.org. members of the public please take this moment to silence all phones and electronic devices.

public comment during the meeting is limited to three minutes perspeaker unless otherwise established by the presiding officer of the meeting. speakers are requested but not required to state their names. completion of a speaker card, while optional will help ensure proper spelling of speakers' names in the meeting. please place speaker cards in the basket to the right of the lectern. additionally, there is a sign in sheet could ton the front t. >> good evening, and president adams absent. i am your master of ceremonies tonight. so welcome. it is our custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the 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 stop when you need to know to find out what you need to do next. best of all, our services are free of charge. small business commission is your official forum to invoices your opinion about matters that affect small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. thank you. >> clerk: item one, call to order and roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. vice president, you have a quorum. >> all right. your next item, please. >> clerk: item 2, general public comment. discussion item. allows members of the public to comment generally on matters that are within the small business commission kaerz

jurisdiction and not on today's calendar and suggest new agenda items for the commission's future consideration. >> do we have any members of the public that would like to comment on something that is not on our agenda today. miss gwen kaplan, come on up. >> gwen cap lynn, north business district business association. so hello, commissioners, and i just wanted to thank you for serving and representing the small business community. it means a lot to everyone. the thing i want to talk about is the possibility of a small business summit or a small business conference, and i'm very much in favor of this. as a matter of fact, the last small business conference that was held in san francisco, i was the president of the commission. and i have to say, it was a big success. it fit our agenda, it brought a

lot of attention to our business, our problems, our challenges, and the things we can do particularly to get the attention of the department heads, and the mayor and the mayor's staff. so that is what i am here to talk about in public comments. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> do we have any other members of the public that would like to comment about something that is not on today's agenda? welcome. >> well, i'm getting some smiles. that's a good start. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. i'm peter, king of masterpiece theater. and actually, i've stopped in to see an immigration meeting, but there's no one there. i thought well, it's all about business, one level or another. and, you know, california, we're the most powerful state in the world. we're the most powerful state on the planet, and if we would just get the rainbow warriors and the rest of us with true

hearts together, we'd be standing upon granite. and i was given a mission with a cosmic position in the celestial position to do the best i know how to bring people together for the most beautiful thing that ever will be, the most beautiful thing that ever we'll see, which is the 40-day freedom strike prophecy. and it's scheduled for this full moon. it's going to be our high noon. and it's a matter of people getting together to change the weather forever. they say israel's the promised land, but it's true, but it's not a spec of dust across the sea. it has another name, ariel, which represents the world. california represents the world, and northern california is it. we are the heart and soul and center of the new promised land to be that must be opened up by the new 40 day strike prophecy.

where we pay no mortgage, pay no rents, pay no more to the justice system. the government servants, they're not serving us, and it's time to know that we're all tired of being divided by cultures, by colors, by ethnicity, by causes. but the issue is all the same. we've been a nation serving two masters that maintain all disasters, which is why we knew see the third past with the iron rod of god with all these fires against the great state of california. i am peter, and i'm here to say that the prophecy includes the 40 day strike which breaks free from the blood flow, which is

the industry of oil, which is the industry of slaughter house, which will be kind forever from the whale to the mouse. and i can solve any problem, homelessness, jobs, anything. it's a piece of cake after this 40 day strike because one of the many things that'll happen is we will look each other in the eye after not paying anything, and we'll pay 25% of what our mortgages and rents were before, which just opened up 340,000 new jobs in california, because we can go to a 20 hour workweek. this is for all the immigrants, so we can change it for the better. i can say it because the authority is mine, and thank you for the authority of blessing me with your time. >> thank you very much. do with we have any other members of the public that would like to comment on some things that are not on today's agenda. >> i am carlos gomez. i am here mostly to reinforce

what he was talking about in reference to working with the small business summit. i think it's really important because the last one that we were able to work more together and represent and supporting more small businesses. so i just want to make sure we go on the same page and make sure we include that so we have better representation of the small business organizations. thank you. >> awesome. thank you. do we have any other members of the public that would like to comment on something that's not on our agenda today, either in prose or rhyme? >> i'm not that eloquent. steven cornell, counsel of merchants. i did also what carlos and gwen would say. i was at that summit quite a few years ago. i thought it was quite good and i got a lot out of it, and i'd like to urge you to go forward with it. thank you. >> okay. thank you. do we have any other performers

out there, any other member of the public that would like to comment or perform on something that is not on today's agenda. seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, item three. >> clerk: item three, approval of registry minutes and applications. the applicants are balboa cafe and. >> commissioner hayes-white: -- and hayes street grill. presenter is richard kurylo, legacy business manager. >> better be good. did you write a poem for us today? >> i am not doing poetry, nor am i memorizing what i have in front of me. it's a canned presentation. good evening, richard kurylo, legacy program business manager. sfgovtv, i have a powerpoint presentation. before you today are two

applications for your consideration for the businesses to be included on the legacy business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion and submitted to planning department staff on july 10 for their review. historic preservation commission heard the applications on august 1 and made positive recommendations to the small business commission. both applicants you have been provided a staff report, a draft resolution, the application, a case report from planning department staff, and a resolution from the historic preservation commission. there are copies on the table for the public. item 3-a is balance owe acafe. the business is a restaurant -- balboa cafe. the business is a restaurant that opened in 1913 despite a sign above the door that says 193. originally a working man's

saloon with a saw defendant floor serving sandwiches in the corner. it's been operating continuously for 105 years in the cow hollow neighborhood. the business has become more sophisticated over the years. in 1980, famous chef dangjerem tower came on for years helping to establish a proper bar menu. in 1986, gavin newsom's group being required the calf eye. the menuwas overhauled but still features the balboa burger. behind the mahogany bar, the bartenders still mix the featured like manhattans and martinis but still feature classic cocktails. the second is hayes street grill.

it was established in 1979 in hayes valley whi hayes valley while davies hall was under construction. the restaurant was successful from the beginning, serving both lunch and dinner to the performing arts and civic center communities. the business was founded on the principle of supporting local farmers, food producers and suppliers and presenting personal attention to its customers. in 1982, the grill expanded to the building next door. two of the founding parlt ners are still owners today, richard sander and patricia unterman who continue to operate hayes industrial grill. both businesses received a positive recommendation from the historic preservation commission. staff finds the businesses have met the three criteria to qualify for listing on the

legacy business registry. there are two draft resolutions for consideration, one for each of the legacy business registry applicants. note that a motion in support of the businesses should be a motion in favor of the resolutions. in the resolutions, please pay close attention to the core physical features or traditions that define the business. once approved by the small business commission, the businesses must maintain these physical features or traditions in order to remain on the legacy business registry. for balboa cafe, it's restaurant and bar, and for hayes street grill, it's restaurants. this concludes my presentation. i'm happy to answer any questions. i believe -- i know there are business representatives in attendance, and they may wish to speak to you on behalf of their application. >> commissioners, any comments before we go to public comment? all right. do we have any members of the public that would like to

comment or representatives from the businesses that would like to comment today? come on up. don't be shy. is that you, lance? i saw you in the picture there, and i -- you know, i -- it feels unusual to be on this side of the wooden bar from you. i have been to balboa cafe more times that i can even remember. no -- no comment, lance? nothing on behalf of balboa cafe? come tell us how long you've been there at least. you're not a legacy, but -- [inaudible] >> 20 years now at the balboa cafe, tending bar, and add it is a unique privilege to watch the comings and goings of this f fabulous city. it's a fabulous institution and

great place and plate stop in and have some burgers with us. >> you have a -- and please stop in and have some burgers with us. >> anyone else? seeing any further public comment, we'll turn it over to the commissioners. any public comment? >> through the vice president, just want to review the hayes street grill resolution. i think the physical features and traditions, we might have the wrong thing listed. so i just want to make note on the record to have it reflect what you presented. >> we have a cut and paste error? core physical features for hayes street grill, there's a restaurant. that's what i have in the resolution. is that what you mean? >> the draft resolution -- i

have physical features and traditions that define the business, and then it has a -- looks like a listing of magazines or press that they were featured in, unless i -- >> okay. wait a minute. >> sorry about that, rick, but i just want to make sure that we don't have to come back for -- >> oh, okay. yes. yeah, that is -- those are -- i did copy the wrong set. that's the publications that they were in, so i can replace that with the bullet points from the h.p.c. >> okay. >> but the one right below that that says restaurant, that is correct. so we can note for the minutes. >> good catch.

>> thanks for catching that. >> so just with the approval from the commission, just to note the amended -- or reflecting the correction for the resolution for hayes street grill. >> well, i will chime in on behalf of president adams. i know he was instrumental on getting balboa cafe involved in the process of becoming a legacy business and on the registry. he was unable to be here today, but i'm here he would be very profuse in his beiaccolades fo the balboa cafe, in addition to the hayes street grill. these are great nutritions. any other comments? commissioner. >> i've been to both restaurants, and i like the

food, and i like the service, so i might bump into you one of these days. >> some of the friendliest bartenders in town. all right. if there's no other comments, do i have a motion. >> i will move to approve both the balboa cafe and the hayes grill. >> i second. >> okay. we have a motion -- >> i can just make sure we reflect the motion correctly with the amendment. >> with the amendment. >> with amendment to the bullet points on the hayes street grill. >> motion by commissioner yee riley, seconded by commissioner corvi. we'll do a roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: motion passes, 5-0, with two absent. >> awesome.

[applause] >> thanks for coming out, lance. i don't go there on friday and saturday nights anymore, but if you're ever serving breakfast on sundays, that's when i go now with my wife. >> a lot's changed. >> yeah. all right. next item, please. >> clerk: item four, review and develop recommendations to the small business and jobs executive summary. small business and jobs executive summary was created from a july 14, 2018 policy summit held by mayor breed. the office of small business is to provide the mayor with a set of recommendations. discussion and possible action item. >> so commissioners, just to, again, give context and format, so the mayor held a policy summit on many different topics, but one of them was small business and jobs. commissioner adams attended, and i also would like to just recognize sunshine powers --

sunshine, can you -- who is a hayes street merchant and also on the -- is it copresident of the hayes street -- vice president of the haight street merchants association. and sunshine or sunny presented on behalf of the business community to the mayor on sort of the final priority. so i just want to make sure that if there's any questions about the summit and what was discussed, you also have sunshine here to be able to ask questions to, as well. so the context that we have been given direction from the mayor's office is -- and it wasn't individual tot office -- to the office of small business, but it was sent to the office of small business as well as other departments was to respond to the

recommendations. so it is in essence, a majority of the response, if we were a regulatory agency, how would we address these concerns? but because we're not a regulatory agency, we don't necessarily oversee or regulate many of the issues that were identified from the small businesses -- or that core -- that section, then -- but are there things that we could do or very specific recommendations that we can make to the mayor to -- and/or help sort of set some recommended priorities of things to address? so because the executive summary was what was sent out, it is to your prerogative as to whether or not -- and i've -- and for the public and for the commissioners, i've just -- i

took a quick -- a quick attempt at sort of proposing ways in way the commission could set some recommendations. i hope -- i sent out the survey from this. from this is what got condensed into the executive summary, so hopefully, you took time to be able to read the summary to also sort of pull items that you think are priorities but i think, you know, mr. vice president, if the best way is to -- what i did was sort of take a -- try to divide it up between small business and jobs and then -- small business and jobs. and then, what were the challenges, and then, a section on ideas and best practices. and so we could take it item by

item? some of these items listed have some overlap as i see it, but as street improvement, maintenance, disruption, disrupting businesses, and then, also sfmta impacting access to neighborhood corridors. so a couple recommendations that i, you know, have made is small business commission can draft resolutions requesting the mayor or the board of supervisors or departments to take action, and so that's one particular action that the commission and the office can do? a recommendation is also for the mayor to issue some executive directives. and so one -- an example of the fire item is requiring departments that are involved in infrastructure projects to include funding for construction mitigation in the

project. also to include a directive to oewd and o.s.c. to develop some baseline in what should be involved in construction mitigation. also, staging and contractor parking is always a big topic, so directing departments to work with their contractors in minimizing the amount of staging and parking taking up on our neighborhood commercial corridors. and then, you know, sort of taking a look at what has happened with central subway that if -- to bring in -- and this is an example. you're not obligated to adopt it. but if there is an error and a delay created as a result of a

contractor's responsibility, that in the contract, there is a formula of which, then, they also need to pay into construction mitigation funds to help -- to help keep funding the mitigation efforts for those small businesses during the extended time frame that is to, umm, complete the construction project. also, taking a look at the small business round tables, their summary of priorities, the office of small business can develop some recommended set of procedures for early engagement for the mayor to include in its executive directive and also to provide support for supervisors. and then, the last item under number one is small business commission can draft a resolution for presentation to the board of supervisors

requiring that the county transportation authority staff to include -- excuse me, i didn't complete this -- in its budget construction mitigation funding. and the reason i have that in there is in support of supervisors is the governing body to the sfmta. if the mayor executed an executive directive as to whether the transportation authority's mandated to follow that executive directive or takes it as an optional, so just to ensure that there's -- we're dealing with it on both sides. so i -- so i -- i -- i guess we can either go down bullet point by bullet point, and if there are ideas of which you think the office and the commission can take to deal with each item that's listed in the executive summary, we can do that.

if you want to take public comment to hear some direction, we can do that, as well. >> yeah. i'll defer to the other commissioners. i don't know that it's necessary to go line item by line item if we just document ought to the public right now, assuming we have all reviewed this, and we might want to make some recommendations about the content of this document, and if it has also been read by the public, there might be someone in the public that wants to make a recommendations about it. but i'll defer to the other commissioners, if you want to start some discussion about it. >> recommend we open public comment. >> all right. so why don't we open it up for public comment and we'll reserve our comments for after that. do we have any members of the public that would like to comment on this item? mr. cornell, welcome. >> thank you. >> steven cornell, counsel of

district merchants. i would like to ask that you add a few things to this particular report that seems to be lacking. >> okay. >> about 1.5 years ago, maybe a little bit more, mayor lee caused a conference or all day workshop amongst business leaders in san francisco and we came up with priorities that small businesses want or need into the city, and i think we should incorporate some of those. a lot of those are incorporated in the summary that happened, but one of them that's significantly not there is a seat at the table is something that we asked for for years that we're constantly not part of the whole city when it comes to legislation, any kind of requirement, a seat at the table would be something, and that is something that was universally adopted at that

all-day meeting. the second thing is in our city charter, under transit first policy, the first part of it, it will read -- and i think it should be added to this, also, and it's always neglected. it says, to ensure quality of life and economic health in san francisco, the primary objective of the transportation system must be the safe and efficient movement of people and goods. and i think that whole concept should be pushed again. it is in our charter, and it should be part of this summary that's given to our new mayor. thank you. >> thank you. do we have anyone else -- any other members of the public that would like to comment? mr. hague, welcome.

>> scott hague, public merchants california. i would echo what mr. cornell said. number one issue, a seat at the table, and that has not changed. that's still a major issue, and i think the commission should ask the mayor to ask the departments and the supervisors to go to the small business commission and look at the input on things that they're putting forth that affect small business. and ideally, the input should be while the policy is being put together, not after it's been finalized. one of the major complaints of small business is we're brought in late in the process. and you saw that with the fpla.