2019. >> we are '18, '19. >> the fiscal year begins july 1st. >> we are assuming the annual allocation of 1 million a year. the allocation was 250,000 previously. the added carry forward and the year of release brought the budget above 1 million. >> the next section is the tableization grant. it continues on to the second page. as you know, the grants awards annual grants to landlords that provides to a legacy business for a term of 10 years or extends the terms. we see the grant for each year on the new lease.

for example, for the existing 5-year lease, that is extended to 20 years. the landlord would be entitled to 15 years of grants. the grants pay up to 4.50 per square foot to a maximum of 5,000 square feet. since february, 2017, the average number of applications received per year have been 17. we received 9 so far this fiscal year. for the budget, we are assuming, a, the applications this year and 17 new applications each of the coming fiscal year. the average square footage has been 2873 square feet. we gave that number as an assumption for all the applications.

and the consumer price index adjustment, it was 1% for the fiscal years '17 through '19. and for the budget, we are assuming it will be 3% for the next biannual adjustments. to date, there have been 28 grants for the 151 businesses. one out of five legacy businesses benefiting from long-term lease and secure term. an effective strategy to stabilize the businesses in san francisco. the motion was recommended. the commotion directs businesses to prioritize funding to qualify for other grants paid through

the legacy preservation fund. i am suggesting this motion, if we follow the policy recommendation, the bottom line here, it would be the estimated available for other grants. you can see that by fiscal year '21, '22, it is expected to be the funds from the stabilization grants. for the section 2a, 243, specific procedures are in place for handling grants shortfalls. essentially grants from prior years are given a priority and are decreased proportionally. they would pay less than 4.50 per square foot. the grants shall not exceed available funds. moving on, the next section, the run stabilization accessibility

grant. this fiscal year, it will be a one-time of $150,000 available through the reserve release. to help pay for disability access and reports and improvements. that brings us to the assist grant, number two on the agenda for this protectiere presentati. it is $500 per year. the fiscal year, we have 3 million thousand dollars in grant applications and '17, '18, we have $625,321 in grant applications. we were able to pay a full $500 for the two years.

the spreadsheet shows that the front amounts were paid in the entirety each fiscal year. that was not the case. some payments were made the following fiscal year. that actually changed and cas carried to the next fiscal year. the true carry forward were slightly different than the spreadsheet. we did this on the spreadsheet for simplification, the long-term projections came out the same. for the fiscal year, '18, '19, we received 105 business assistant grant applications approximately. using the average of 8,685 per grant, the grant request for '18, '19 are expected to $911,925. we are projecting the available funds to be 550,000. we will pay less than $500 per fge. the amount available to the

business assistance grant would decrease over the next two fiscal years and assuming we continue receiving $1 million. we would not have enough funds to pay the business assistant grant starting fiscal year '21, '22. that brings us to the final agenda item, policy recommendations for the future consideration. january and february, 2019, we will come before you with a policy recommendation regarding the business assistant grant and in may, 2019, we will have a policy recommendation regarding the stabilization grant. i will close the presentation today. any questions? commissioner? >> thank you very much for the presentation. what this says is that when you come to year 2021, you have run out of money. effectively with the amount of

grants and subsequently doubles with your assumption of grants per year. is there a magic to the 17 number? >> that is what we have seen so far. we had 28 grants from 2017. taking an average. >> all right. so the remaining 17 for this period. >> that's correct. all right. so i guess, the decision comes at the end of 2020, 2021, and do we either stop giving new grants or keep giving grants and then start decreasing the amount that we are granting. they would be paid first and then decrease. it would be less than 4.50 per square foot and then, we would bring on new people next year

that apply. the prior years grantees, it is increasing. >> the prior year, you have the option to reduce their benefits of the grantees. you can either stop giving grants and continue to give them the benefit, or if you keep giving grants, and then have some decrease in the amount given to the prior grantees. >> unless we got additional funds from the city. there is some lobbying. >> and i think, you know, what we are -- for this year, definitely, we don't have enough to fund both programs. we definitely need the approval of the direction of the staff in recommending. as rick said in january of 2019, we will come forward with some set of recommendations and so,

it could be, you know, you might -- it could be your decision is to direct staff in the future years to -- when it comes time to discuss the budget with additional dollars. >> so the current period, with assistance grants. >> we received applications. we told the applicants it could take quite a few months to go through and we have to go through all of them before we pay the grantees. the recommendation of paying less than 500... >> there is that suggestion you have approval of 550,000 and change available. >> available for them, that's correct. >> if you chose to roll that over, you risk not getting more funds. it sounds like the city is

giving money -- with the $1 million over head. so the you want to make those grants. can we pull more people into the stabilization pool? >> that is up to your discretion to give us direction to say, we think we get more than 17 grants. we want to ensure that we are able to award those grants. so we would like for you to keep an additional, you know, we want to make sure we have the availability to have 20 grants. then we will just adjust that budget. adjust the budget. we over estimate funding available for those rents stabilizations. we sort that particular -- >> do you have enough

allocations to administer the $550,000. >> i am thinking since -- to go through all the applications, that we would come to within an exact number. we do have to allocate an exact number to the grant until we have to. and we would have more knowledge of how the rent stabilization grants are doing. >> i would recommend you stay the course on this. you have signalled that is available. >> and i think, from the experience that we have been observing through this grant program, that the rent stabilization grants have a higher value and meets closer to the mission of what the legacy business program is. which is why in our recommendation, that we ensure

that we are able to fully fund them. more so than the business assistance grant. >> yes, i see the logic in that, for sure. >> so that we are obligated to -- because we did issue the grant, we are obligated to -- a grant obligation to the business assistance grant this year. whether it -- even if it is not the full amount of the full 500. >> i am encouraging you as much as i can. >> any questions? >> we would like to get a motion just to approve the direction of fully funding the rent stabilization grant, since we

don't have enough to fully fund both. >> i make that explosion. -- motion. >> members of the public, we would like item number 7. >> the policy direction as presented today. to prioritize the rent stabilization grant program. >> okay, we have a motion by the commissioner, seconded by the commission duly. commissioner adams? motion passed. next item. item 8.

updated report of the small business assistance centre. policy and matters. the announcements from there. announcement regarding small business activity for discussion. >> commissioner, i have a written report for you. so i will verbally go through it. first, i want to say we had a great weekend with small business. and the district 2 last week. and then good activity with merchants associations on small business saturday. and with the merchants there. and i want to extends my appreciation to attend that and being at the right place at the right time when media was there.

we are directing media to some of our other small businesses that promote our -- that promote our manufacturing. you can elaborate on that. and i want to extend happy birthday to the president of our commission as well. and the business assistance grant, the business -- the successful business program, the checklists are coming in a little slower than i think -- although the agencies are wanting -- they are coming in. we do have 19 business -- company owners that filed for unreasonable hardship. those have yet to be heard at the access appeals commission. i did present to them, and have a discussion with the commission a week before last on things to

give consideration for in granting, consideration for regarding a hardship particularly when the property owner is requiring the business tenant to act as his agent. so they are still finalizing some of the criteria that they want to ask, and -- but we have lent our assistance in helping if they need support in helping to do some financial review. we have lended our support and given some suggestions to follow a grant guidelines that we will be using and we will be presenting to you at the december 10th meeting for the grant program under the business program. and we are developing a grant

program through the funds that we are directed through the business registrations and so we have $332,700 that was collected through the business registration through the disability access fund that we are able to use. we have $100,000 left over from the $1 fee that was collected. so we are first looking at helping the businesses that are required by the property owner to comply. we are helping them first and then we will be working with the two, three and four property owners. and then, there is an outreach event this next monday, the inner agency. it is not a full presentation, but all agencies will be present to be able to answer questions. and then, for the legacy business program, thank you for

allocating the funds for the grants. i have decided in discussion instead of quarterly reports, we will move them to every six months. you are mostly updated on what we have been doing. so the primary thing that you are not is the business technical that is provided to the businesses. so i think once every 6 months is a good update. and the legislation of policy. i worked with the supervisor's office to make a specific modification to the catering permit. restaurants are going to have to -- retrofit. if they have a food truck or grant to get a food truck, that

they are able to operate their food truck and their existing business during the time that the business is closed to the retrofit and for the same days and hours. doing that ki i wanted to extend appreciation for helping us figure out and the willingness to turn this around quickly. we businesses in january, they will have to close their business. this is an option that they really wanted to have to be able to retain to having some income, but mostly retaining employees and keeping them employed. so that -- we were not able to bring that before the commission. it is on a fast time line. the land use committee before

the meeting approved it. moving forward next week for the board of supervisors. and then an update on the separation compliance that you heard at the last meeting. so supervisors in response to hearing about the data changed the criteria for a large generator from 30 cubic yards to 40 cubic yards. that involved many restaurants and some non-profits. and especially our neighbourhood, grocery stores. a meeting with the department of environment, there is a three year implementation plan for the auditing, and so because these are -- these types of businesses are already really working hard to properly sort their refuge,

they will be sort of the latter ones to be audited and the supervisor when i explained the programming and the education that the businesses have, he felt that they would actually meet -- still to be affirmed by the department of environment. that likely they will meet the needs of having the waste facilitator currently on staff. it is not a mandatory full-time job. they can be part-time. the supervisor affirmed that there is a discretion that the department of environment has there. so i do know in talking to some of the small neighbourhood grocers, that they actually want to improve their profits as we mentioned, one of them has -- as part of the corp., to achieve

certification, they need to meet the waste goals. we wanted to meet with the department of environment to figure out the best solutions to be able to pass the audits because of the challenge of having the refuge exposed to the public when it is being picked up. so this will help meet both those goals. and so anyway, i think we have come to a good solution here. so really i want to thank you for your direction that you provided the department of environment, the supervisor's office. and then the committee this week will be the cannabis regulations you heard last time. the hiring of apprentices. that will be heard. i have not seen an updated

amended piece of legislation. your response, is conditional to the amendments being made. and then, i will provide a detailed -- analysis. that you heard the supervisor flexible retail. it has legislation, you approved it for district 4. it has now evolved to temporary retail and activity uses. and so district 1, the supervisor, and district 5, district 10, the supervisor and district 11 with the supervisor have signed on to the

legislation. i will provide the legislation in writing. the districts have now signed on. it is not limited. those districts are allowing the flexible retail in addition to what was amended in adding temporary pop-up retail and activities. >> it has expanded from one district. >> in the time since you heard it, and then moving on from legislation, so the next meet we will have the new commission, policy commission secretary. so i wanted to thank the staffing for the meetings. he will jointly staff with

dominica on december 10th. and then, i do -- i am hoping to be able to schedule super tang as an acknowledgment for her service. and also i just recently learned that jim lazarus is leaving the chamber after 15 years and he is moving over to the senator's office. we will reach out to him and see if we can get him scheduled. if not the 10th, then in january to acknowledge him for the service and all the support he provided for us and the policy. and lastly, i will be sending over to you, the schedule for our 2019 meeting schedule. we will not have to -- there will be some adjustments.

small business week is the first week of may. we will not need to change the first meeting of the month. but we will be needing to make a change to the second meeting of the month of may because of memorial day. so i have already prescheduled meeting times. i will need to affirm with you as to whether these adjusted times will work with your schedule. because of the indigenous peoples day in october. and november, because of veterans' day, i have reserved veterans' day is monday, november 11th. so i have reserved november 12th, which is a tuesday, 2 p.m. just so that i have room on the book. because these rooms book up quickly. ((please stand by)

>> even later in the afternoon, there was a good crowd therapeutic it was a great event hopefully the beginning of many of those. a couple of shout outs for upcoming holiday fares picked the dogpatch holiday fare is this saturday, december 1st coming up. s.f. made has a city hall pop up coming up next tuesday, on december 4th at city hall. and the s.f. made holiday fare at california college of the arts is on saturday, december 15 th. all kinds of opportunities to buy local and support the local maker community and small business community. that set. >> i love it. commissioner riley quach. >> i was invited by the committee to their goodwill

mission in china, they are very interested in the office of small business. the small business commission, as well as the assistant centre. we met with the assembly and parliament and some of the department his. anyway. we talk about the office of small business and talk about the business portal as well as some of the programs we have. they seem to be very interested and they seem to be very strong interest of the vietnamese people to come do business with the u.s.

it was a very busy. i just got back. >> welcome. thank you. commissioner dooley law specter. >> i spent several hours with the small business saturday with the xc maker fair at pier 35. it was an amazing success. it was so crowded there with shoppers. it was hard to walk down the aisles. which was very exciting. i got to meet it with lots of wonderful makers, designers, and i'm happy to see such a good turnout. the other thing i wanted to mention is that after many, many months of negotiation with city agencies, north beach merchants association has worked out a settlement for when they shut down and do an enormous amount of construction in washington square park.

we actually have gotten to the point where we have signed a contract with them, holding various various city departments ' feet to the fire we are hoping it will be a change to the positive for big construction jobs that do effect our small businesses that shows we are those that we can and should have some say in how that will affect all of the businesses surrounding such a place. >> great. thank you. any other comments quach seen none, public comment is closed. are there any comments on item number 9 quach. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> item ten is new business big allows commissioners to introduce new agenda items for future consideration by the commission. >> commissioner riley. >> this meeting and the last meeting, and we have quite a few

people who came and talked about cannabis and how they don't like it and how it's bad for the community, bad for this and that i wondered if we need to do something on the outreach to let people know that to the voter already voted for this to be legal. for them to come and protest and tell us to stop them, may be there is lack of understanding and it is already being approved by the voters. may be that is something we need to think about. >> i would like to add to that period when we hear people talking, even though i'm not in the room, the massive amount of misinformation that we are hearing from folks. it would be nice if there is some way to point out the actual truth about many of these things

and reminds them they can't compare finding needles on the ground to a cannabis dispensary that is so highly regulated. it makes a liquor store look like you could just -- a 5 -year-old could walk in compared to the type of steps that are being taken to safeguard these communities. and we need to get that out there. >> especially today. i noticed one of the reporters here from the world journals sitting in the back. i don't know what we would take out of this whole public comment i don't want them to think that we don't care and we don't hear what they say. on the other hand, is already being approved by the voter. it is legal. there is nothing we can do other than may be they can work with their district supervisor to come up with something rather

than -- i don't think they are wasting time. but i think they need to be informed. >> and they can't continue to protest based on misinformation. >> right. >> that is not serving anyone. >> and you said something very important with working with district supervisor his. they did work with supervisor peskin with chinatown and not opening up any new dispensaries in chinatown. >> that's why i suggested it. >> and that is what should be done. there is a lot of misinformation entering public comments today, she was making comments about needles and cannabis. neither one has anything to do with the other. i agree. it should be a general information that is put out there. is it sr is at the office of cannabis? who actually does that? >> since they came to us to

protest, me beat we need to think of something. >> they also go to the planning commission to too. >> right. >> those individuals and the board of supervisors, there is a fine line in allowing people to voice their opinion and then there's, you know, i will still reach out to director elliott and the department of public health to ensure that suggestions of the distinction between those issues between needles and/or the fact that it's not legal to smoke on the sidewalk. people do. but just because we have legalized cannabis, does not mean -- just because we have

legalized cannabis. does not legalize smoking on the public right-of-way. i think, perhaps there is opportunity to be able to make sure that some of those standards are very clear. but to note that we are not the only commission that those individuals show up to, that anytime cannabis is on the agenda, they are there. no matter what body is hearing it. >> we are going to talk to elliott. >> i will talk to the city attorney and see what we will utilize for us as a commission. >> whenever they have public comment, we are not supposed to engage in the conversation. it is almost like a one way.

>> you can respond in general. i thank you spoke pretty clearly i thank you can continue to reiterate if the commission wants to send a message that yes , you have the right to be able to voice your opinion, but this commission, we have approved the adult use of cannabis if there are

suggestions that you have and want to submit them. we can agenda dies it when the commission is ready to affirm that position. >> thank you. >> that was it. >> any other new business? are there any members of the public would like to make any comments on new business here at the commission? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> san francisco government television, please so -- showed show the office of small business like. >> 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 business to start your new business in san francisco and

the best place to get questions to your answers about doing business in san francisco. 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 business in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, it starts here at the office of small business. >> item 11 is adjournment. action item. >> do we have a motion? >> moved to adjourn. >> second. meeting adjourned. >> motion passes 5-0, total absent.

in this san francisco office, there are about 1400 employees. and they're working in roughly 400,000 square feet. we were especially pleased that cleanpowersf offers the super green 100% clean energy, not only for commercial entities like ours, but also for residents of the city of san francisco. we were pleased with the package of services they offered and we're now encouraging our employees who have residence in san francisco to sign on as well. we didn't have any interruption of service or any problems with the switch over to cleanpowersf.

this clean power opportunity reflects that. i would encourage any large business in san francisco to seriously consider converting and upgrading to the cleanpowersf service. it's good for the environment, it's good for business and it's good for the community. [applause] >> thank you so much for being here in support of our small business community, in particular of the mayor breed judge up by local campaign of shop and dine in the 49. a thank you to the italian homemade company for hosting us here today. your staff has been so accommodating and so amazing. [applause] >> we are excited to have mayor breed here herself, along with supervisor catherine stefani, -- [cheering]

>> good afternoon, good afternoon. end as well as chief scott he will give us some tips on staying safe for enjoying the holidays. and a quick little bit about shop and dine in the 49. small businesses are critical to the vitality of our city. making sure they are supported in employing hundreds of thousands of san francisco people is an extraordinary opportunity for us during this time to share our love with them and pay our respects to the hard work that they have put in. more importantly, are independent places are essential to the fabric of san francisco culture. with that, i want to say thank you for being here and invite our mayor to celebrate and open us up. >> thank you. [applause] thank you. first of all, thank you to the italian homemade company for allowing us to host this event here today. i know that this is supervisor stefani's favorite space to come

and eat and i am used to seeing the past that in the window, but you must have cleaned it up for us. thank you so much for having us here today. i am also excited that we are here with jim lazarus with the san francisco chamber of commerce and henry with the council of district merchants -- merchants. two incredible supporters of small business in the city. thank you for being here with us today. as well as northern police station captain who is keeping the neighborhood safe as well. thank you all so much. this is exciting. joaquin, you didn't do it justice. we are supposed to get people excited. shop and dine in the 49. shop and dine. and, you know, san francisco has some of the most incredible small businesses. people come here from everywhere to eat some amazing food.

to find unique items and a lot of the boutique stores that exist in neighborhoods throughout san francisco. including the fillmore and west portal, and the richmond, and right here on union street. it is like one of my favorite places to hang out. there is chestnut street with a lot of shops and places. small businesses usually owned by one individual who is probably working the business themselves. and today, we are here to talk specifically about the holiday season and how important it is to make sure that we are supporting the businesses writing san francisco. right in our neighborhood character and part of that, is on saturday, when a lot of us are hanging out with our family and friends and we decides that we want to go shopping, while you don't have to go to the crazy mall and deal with all the parking drama. you can probably walk outside your door to one of the small

businesses right in your neighborhood. i want san franciscans and people who come here from all over to make a commitment to support our small businesses throughout san francisco. so small business saturday is an opportunity for us to really support our small businesses and invest in our communities so we can make sure that san francisco is thriving all over the city. as we enjoy a 2.3% unemployment right mac, let's remember a few statistics that i have here because i can't remember them all. but more than 95,000 businesses in total existing san francisco. 53,000 of those businesses are small business that employ 325,000 people. 7900 restaurants, cafés and food stories and beverage establishments actually employ over 100,000 people. we are not only talking about

the business itself and the owners. we are talking about the people who are actually employed in our small business community as well today we have an amazing opportunity to not only support small business saturday, but we have some folks here from bayview hunter's point community and this saturday, this saturday we are going to be hosting the bayview makers mark up -- bayview baker's mash up market. that is a tongue twister. but it is where makers and folks from all over the bayview community who actually make and manufacture their own products in the bayview hunter's point community, will come together for a pop up on saturday to sell their items. what a great opportunity to support the makers and folks at the bayview hunter's point community. we want to thank you for coming to the other side of town to support this particular event.

san francisco is an amazing place. we know that if we continue to support our small businesses, we will be an even more amazing city. we also know that there are some times that there will be challenges. that is why we have our police chief here to deal with some of the challenges that exist as people are enjoying the holidays we want the entire experience to be incredible. we want you to come and park and take munimobile, we want you to walk, but we also want you to be safe and make sure we are protecting your property. without further ado, i want to introduce our police chief, bill scott, to talk about the plans for the police department during the holiday season. [applause] >> thank you. first of all, i will start with where the mayor left off. shop and dine in the 49. it is christmas on the holiday

season. it is my favorite time of year. people get out. it is all about togetherness. it is all about community and we want everyone to be safe in doing so. i have a few simple tips, basic tips but if you listen and pay attention to what i will say, it will keep you safe during the holiday season. first of all, we have these placards. you see these around the city on bus benches and you see them on the back of our munimobile buses park smart. what this means is that for everybody to take a little bit of time to think about your own personal safety. parks marked. do not leave valuables in your car visible for anyone to see and take from you. if you have to leave them in your car, lock them up in your trunk but preferably if you can take them with you, take them with you. one of the things the city has done really well with the business community and the community members on the police department and the mayor's office as we have come together and we had a very serious spike of car break-ins.

we came together and we reduce that. part of the reason we reduced it is because we got the message out that we don't want to become easy prey for people to take advantage of us. parks might. a couple of other tips. we all have cell phones. i have taught all of them and we all are in our cell phones. pay attention to your surroundings. calls are important and techs are important to, especially when i get one from the mayor, but we want you to pay attention to your surroundings. know what is in front of you and behind you as you go out and shop and enjoy the city. because a little bit of influence can go a long way in your personal safety. the next thing, if you see something reported. if you see something, say something. we see suspicious activity and we see things that just don't look right. we will come and check it out for you. we want people to be safe.

please, if you see something that looks out of place, call us we don't mind coming at all. the next thing, is make sure that when you go out and you shop, that you have really thought about and planned your trip. i know when i go out, particularly for holiday shopping. you have bags and bags of bags and you have a lot of merchandise. people sometimes, if they want to take advantage of you they will watch you put things in your car. pay attention to your surroundings and if you plan your trip, you don't want to put things in your car then go back in shopping when someone might be watching you. if you do that, you might want to move your car to another location or weight and plan and make sure you have a plan in terms of how you will do your shopping. so you think about it so you will be victimized. and last thing that i have for you all today is make sure if you are shopping with small kids

, particularly with small kids, have a reunification plan. we have quite a few situations where kids get lost and they don't know what to do when they get lost. have a reunification plan. at least make sure that they know who to call and they know to look for someone in authority and in a uniform. and what to do if they do get separated from you. have a reunification plan if you are shopping with your family. i will end this as i started. whatever you do, do it in san francisco and shop and dine in the 49. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. we want you to have fun but we also want you to be safe. i also would like to acknowledge the president of the small business commission who is here. thank you so much for joining us today. [applause] with that, i'm excited to welcome to the podium your supervisor for district two, catherine stefani.

[applause] >> thank you. i want to welcome everyone to district two and union street. one of my favorite streets in district two and of course, here in one of my favorite restaurants. the other day someone was asking me, how do you do it all, you have two kids and cooking. >> i don't cook. i used to but i'm really good at ordering take-out from the italian homemade. we do it two or three times a week. i recommend this restaurant and i want to say a huge thank you for that hosting us today and for being a staple of our union street community. san francisco is lucky and the number of diverse units --dash neighborhoods within the 49 square miles and i have the privilege and honor of being the district two supervisor and working with our amazing corridor is like union street. the strength of our commercial district is built on our local businesses. in san francisco, i think the

mayor already said this so i don't need to repeat it, we have over 95,000 businesses and of that, 53 are small businesses. supporting them is important. in its fifth year, shop and dine in the 49 promotes amazing small businesses and challenges us all to spend locally. the statistic i thought was very interesting. if we increase local spending by one% it could generate $100 million of economic activity in our city. it is so important. when you are shopping, it is so important to know you need to park smart. i am so proud to have been able to launch this campaign in district two with commander lazar and the caption. we did so much work on the park smart campaign. as a result, car break-ins are down by 21% in northern station which is most of district two. i just really want to thank everyone for their attention in the police department. it has been working and we have a lot of work to do.

again, i want to thank the mayor , director torres, chief scott, and others. i really want to thank our small business owners, most importantly. thank you very much to mateja and alice for hosting us this afternoon. thank you to the union street merchants association. i've been working with you for 12 years and you keep this street driving and we are so grateful to you. remember, strop local, park smart and have a very happy thanksgiving. [applause] >> thank you so much. we have a lot of cards. our success in these programs are focused on our small business community and making sure that you are thriving. you take such good care of us and make our neighborhood special. really do take it and. i wanted to invite you up to say a few words on behalf of the

importance of shopping small and small business saturday. >> thank you, mayor and thank you captain. thank you. thank you for picking our restaurant for this initiative. i think it's really important for san francisco and for local businesses to keep the bids doors business industry. it will avoid the city to lose this character a neighborhood character, that is more important. thank you everybody. [applause] >> i also want to thank nate from public glass in the bayview for coordinating the makers smash up market on saturday. that is where it will be located , right? thank you so much again for being here today. thank you to everyone.

we have some amazing places to enjoy in san francisco. let's get to it. shop and dine in the 49. have a wonderful day. [applause]

abili alber alber [ gavel ]. >> chair peskin: good morning and welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority meeting for today tuesday, november 27. our clerk is mr. alberto quintanilla. mr. quintanilla, could you please call the roll. [roll call] >>clerk: we have