>> terraces were not part of the design, but the community came out and really wanted the architects to come up with a different way to sort of soften the façade of the building, and the terraces were a natural way to do it. >> the top lab that recently opened is a place for kids, five years of age and younger, and that has been an important addition to the neighborhood, because we have seen over the last several years, a growing number of families with very young children. >> we have the replacement of the pedestrian bridge fully landscaped with seating and public art. >> we have cooperated with the san francisco arts commission, and we have four installations in and around moscone centre. >> the project is 550 million plus. >> the financing strategy was unique to some extent. we knew the city had to contribute to a portion of it, we had to agree on what stuff contribution staff contribution was, but we also needed the hotel community to be a part of

it. >> the discussion about the expansion was unanimous and that we needed to do it. the hotels came together, and we voted on a funding mechanism which would put an assessment on the room revenue. that assessment is funding about two thirds of the project. the other third of the project will be funded by the city and county of san francisco. we can't move business forward unless we work together, and this is a great example of that. this is a great example of how public and private can come together. >> we've had a lot of collaboration. we have had a long history of neighbors being involved, and city's leadership, nsf travel and all the partners really trying to do something great for the city, would also make sure that everyone feels good about how it impacts the neighborhoods , and how they partnered with such a good project. this has been a seven year project, and during that time, all of our approvals were unanimous at the city from the

beginning, up until now. >> the moscone expansion had a significant impact in creating jobs in san francisco. over 3500 temporary construction jobs, and over 900 permanent jobs. >> we at the city have a requirement that we referred to as local business enterprise. we set a goal of 15% of participation, and over $60 million has been allocated to local frames for the design, and many of the construction signs. >> we had a poster of the globe on our field office wall, and we literally had a pain on every single continent from all of the hands that have touched this project from all of the tradespeople. it is very much san francisco. >> we are seeing the reward from this project straight away. we have seen what the convention calendar looks like. 2019 will be one of the best

convention years that the city has ever enjoyed. >> what is very exciting about this project as it will be serving generations to come. >> and to make it part of the welcome mat to our visiting the city has been just an extraordinary privilege. >> we deliver a significant building. it will be an iconic structure that sits in the middle of the city like a jewel. [♪] [applause] >> a truly has been an amazing partnership, but the city, in hotel and hospitality committee, the neighborhood and our customers, to this holding is really dedicated ford to make this all come together. his and now we are going to cut the ribbon, and officially dedicate this building. we have spaces here after we cut the ribbon that we want to make sure you get around to see and

see some of the meeting spaces, the ballroom spaces, the building on both sides will be open. our friends at the community benefit districts have great outdoor entertainment planned, and the golden state warriors and the giants will be displaying their san francisco pride by having all six of the championship trophies on display in the north lobby so you can take your selfies with them. we want to thank the giants from the warriors and we will officially open and dedicate this building. the mayor has a giant pair of scissors. we will get this in place and cut the ribbon.

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are also diverse and fascist as the people that inhabitable them we're in north beach about supervisor peskin will give us a tour and introduce is to what think of i i his favorite district 5 e 3 is in the northwest surrounded by the san francisco bay the district is the boosting chinatown oar embarcadero financial district fisherman's wharf exhibit no. north beach telegraph hill and part of union square. >> all of san francisco districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach fisherman's wharf russian hill and knob hill and

the northwest waterfront some of the most wealthier and inning e impoverished people in san francisco obgyn siding it is ethically exists a bunch of tight-knit neighborhoods people know he each other by name a wonderful placed physically and socially to be all of the neighborhoods north beach and chinatown the i try to be out in the community as much as and i think, being a the cafe eating at the neighborhood lunch place people come up and talk to you, you never have time alone but really it is fun hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill

come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing that starbuck's exists and it created a really welcoming pot. it is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their community my father from it was formally italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought this to the cafe so many characters

around here everything has incredible stories by famous folks last week the cafe that paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians epic people would talk with you and you'd get

>> in november of 2016, california voters passed proposition 64. the adult use of marijuana act. san franciscans overwhelmingly approved it by nearly 75%. and the law went into effect in january of 2018. [♪] >> under california's new law, adults age 21 and over can legally possess up to 1 ounce of cannabis and grow up to six plants at home. adults in california can legally give up to 1 ounce to other adults. >> in the state of california, we passed a law that said adult consumption is legal.

if you are an adult and in possession of certain amounts, you will no longer be tried. you will not be arrested or prosecuted for that. that is changing the landscape dramatically. [♪] >> to legalization of cannabis could bring tremendous economic and social benefits to cities like san francisco. >> this industry is projected to reach $22 billion by the year 2020. and that is just a few years away. >> it can be a huge legal industry in california. i think very shortly, the actual growing of marijuana may become the biggest cash crop in the state and so you want that to be a legal tax paying cash crop, all the way down the line to a sales tax on the retail level. >> the california medical industry is a 3 billion-dollar industry last year.

anticipating that multiplier as 20, 30, 50 times in the consumer marketplace once adult use is really in place, you could go ahead and apply that multiplier to revenue. it will be huge. >> when that underground economy becomes part of the regular tax paying employment economy of the bay area, it not only has a direct impact, that money has a ripple impact through the economy as well. >> it is not just about retail. it is not just about the sensor. is about manufacturing pick a lot of innovative manufacturing is happening here in san francisco in addition to other parts of the state as well as the cultivation. we should be encouraging that. >> there is a vast array of jobs that are going to be available in the newly regulated cannabis industry. you can start at the top tier which a scientist working in testing labs. scientists working at extraction companies. and you work towards

agricultural jobs. you have ones that will require less education and you look towards cannabis retail and see traditional retail jobs and you see general management jobs. those things that are similar to working at a bar restaurant or working at a retail store. >> we are offering, essentially, high paid manufacturing jobs. typical starting wage of 18-$20 an hour, almost no barrier to entry, you do not need an education. >> that means that people who do not have college educations, working-class people, will have an opportunity to have a job at cultivating cannabis plants. there's a whole wide array of job opportunities from the seedling to the sale of the cannabis. [♪] >> last year, they said 26 million people came to san francisco. >> the tourism industry continues to be very robust here and the city and county of san francisco is about a

billion-dollar industry. >> if we use a conservative cannabis user adoption rate to 15% that means 4 million tourists want that means 4 million tourists want to purchase cannabis. and we need to be ready for th them. >> in 2015, as adult use legalization efforts gained momentum in california, the supervisors created the san francisco cannabis state legalization task force. this task force offered to research and advice to the supervisors, the mayor and other city departments. >> we knew that adult use legalization was coming to the ballot and stat that would bring with it a number of decisions that the city would have to make about zoning and regulation and so forth. and i decided at that time, at a know it was a great, that rather than have a fire drill after the ballot measure passes, as suspected it would, we should plan an event. so i authored a task force to

spend a year studying it and we made it a broad-based task force. >> we prepared ourselves by developing a health impact assessment and partnered that with key stakeholder discussions with washington, oregon, colorado, to really learn lessons from their experience rolling out both adult and medicinal cannabis. >> within days of the passing of the proposition, ed lee called on agencies to act decisively. >> he issued an executive order asking the department of public health, along with planning and other city departments to think through an internal working group around what we needed to do to consider writing this law. >> we collectively, i would say that was representatives from g.s.a., as well as the mayor's office, met with a lot of departments to talk through what prop 64 and the implementation of prop 64 it meant to them.

>> the mayor proposed an office of cannabis, a one-stop shop for permits allowing operators to grow and sell cannabis. >> he wanted a smart structure. he wanted a regulatory structure that ensured that kids didn't have access and community's were safe and that consumers were safe. and he wanted to ensure, more importantly, it was a regulatory structure that encouraged diversity and inclusivity. >> this is an office that will be solely charged with a duty of wanting not only the policies that we create, implementing and enforcing them, but also executing the licenses that are needed. we're talking about 20 different licenses that will put us into compliance with what is happening on the state level. >> this is a highly, highly regulated industry now, at this point. we have anywhere from 7-10 departments that will be working with these industry participants as they go through the

permitting process. that is a lot of work at a loss of coordination. we are creating a permitting process that is smart and is digital. it is much easier for the user and for community input, and is less mired in bureaucracy. >> for the first time ever in san francisco history, standalone licenses are available for all aspects of the nonretail side of the cannabis industry. now, a cultivator can go in to the department of building inspection and to the department of health and say, with this first registered and temporary license, and then what will eventually be a permanent license, this is the project, this is what i am going to do. >> very rarely in city government do we interact with industries that are asking to be regulated. these guys want to be regulated. they want to be compliant. they want to work with the city. that is rare.

>> san francisco has created a temporary licensing process so that the pre-existing operators here in san francisco can apply for a temporary state licensed. >> we have taken teams of up to 12 inspectors to inspect the facility twice a day. we have been doing that with the department of building inspection and the department of public health. and the fire department. >> it is really important for the industry to know that we are treating them like industry. like manufacturing. like coworkers pick so that is the way we are approaching this from a health and safety and a consumer protection network. this is just the way practice happens with restaurants or manufacturing facilities. >> because there are so many pieces of industry that people haven't even thought about. there are different permits for each piece. you have to set up a permitting system for growing, for manufacturing, for testing.

for delivery. for retail. you have to make sure that there is an appropriate health code. certainly the regulation of alcohol in terms of restaurants and retail it's probably a model for how this industry will be regulated as well, both on sale and consumption. >> it is completely uncharted territory. there is a blessing and a curse with that. it is exciting because we are on a new frontier, but it is very nerve-racking because there's a lot at stake. and quite frankly, being san francisco, being the state of california, people are looking to us. >> we hope that cannabis does become more of an accepted part of society in the same way that alcohol is, the same way coffee is. >> it is a very innovative fear, particularly around manufacturing. san francisco could be an epicenter. >> san francisco can be a leader here. a global leader in the cannabis

movement and set a bar just to other communities and cities and states and this nation how it is done. [♪] >> one more statement. we are the one. that is our first single that we made. that is our opinion. >> i can't argue with you. >> you are responsible please do not know his exact. [♪]

[♪] [♪] >> i had a break when i was on a major label for my musical career. i took a seven year break. and then i came back. i worked in the library for a long time. when i started working the san francisco history centre, i noticed they had the hippie collection. i thought, if they have a hippie collection, they really need to have a punk collection as well. so i talked to the city archivist who is my boss. she was very interested. one of the things that i wanted to get to the library was the avengers collection.

this is definitely a valuable poster. because it is petty bone. it has that weird look because it was framed. it had something acid on it and something not acid framing it. we had to bring all of this stuff that had been piling up in my life here and make sure that the important parts of it got archived. it wasn't a big stretch for them to start collecting in the area of punk. we have a lot of great photos and flyers from that area and that. that i could donate myself. from they're, i decided, you know, why not pursue other people and other bands and get them to donate as well? the historic moments in san francisco, punk history, is the sex pistols concert which was at winterland. [♪] it brought all of the punks on the web -- west coast to san francisco to see this show. the sex pistols played the east coast and then they play texas and a few places in the south

and then they came directly to san francisco. they skipped l.a. and they skipped most of the media centres. san francisco was really the biggest show for them pick it was their biggest show ever. their tour manager was interested in managing the adventures, my band. we were asked to open to support the pistols way to that show. and the nuns were also asked to open the show. it was certainly the biggest crowd that we had ever played to. it was kind of terrifying but it did bring people all the way from vancouver, tee seattle, portland, san diego, all up and down the coast, and l.a., obviously. to san francisco to see this show. there are a lot of people who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band. it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one era of punk and the beginning of a new one.

the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in san francisco, we will just blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the city of san francisco for the musical legends. i feel like a lot of people in

san francisco don't realize what resources there are at the library. we had a film series, the s.f. punk film series that i put together. it was nearly sold out every single night. people were so appreciative that someone was bringing this for them. it is free. everything in the library is free. >> it it is also a film producer who has a film coming out. maybe in 2018 about crime. what is the title of it? >> it is called san francisco first and only rock 'n' roll movie. crime, 1978. [laughter] >> when i first went to the art institute before the adventures were formed in 77, i was going to be a painter. i did not know i would turn into a punk singer. i got back into painting and i mostly do portraiture and figurative painting. one of the things about this job here is i discovered some great resources for images for my

painting. i was looking through these mug shot books that we have here that are from the 1920s. i did a whole series of a mug shot paintings from those books. they are in the san francisco history centre's s.f. police department records. there are so many different things that the library provides for san franciscans that i feel like a lot of people are like, oh, i don't have a library card. i've never been there. they need to come down and check it out and find out what we have. the people who are hiding stuff in their sellers and wondering what to do with these old photos or old junk, whether it is hippie stuff or punk stuff, or stuffestuff from their grandpar, if they bring it here to us, we can preserve it and archive it and make it available to the public in the future. 2 or chan

live streamed at sfgov.org.han members of the public, please take this time to silence your phones or ellectronic devices. speakers are requested but not required to state their names. completion of a speaker card, while optional, will help ensure proper spellings of speaker's names in the written record of the meeting. please place speaker cards in the basket to the left of the lectern. speakers will be called in the order they are placed in the basket. sfgovtv, please call the small business slide. >> president adams: welcome. it's our custom to begin and end each small business meeting with a reminder the small basis commission is the only place to start your new small business

in frisk 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 questions about what to do next. you can find us on-line or in person here at city hall. best of all of all of our services are free of charge. the 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 at the office of small business. thank you. >> clerk: item one, call to order and roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. president, you

have a quorum. >> president adams: please. thank you. next item, please. >> clerk: item 2, allows members of the public to comment generally on matter that are within the small business commission's jurisdiction but not on tonight's calendar and items for future consideration. discussion item. >> president adams: do we have any members of the public that would like to bring up any item that is not on today's calendar? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: item three, approval of legacy business registry applications and resolutions, discussion and action item. the presenter is richard kurylo, legacy program business manager of the office of small business. >> president adams: welcome. >> r. kurylo: good evening, president adams and office of business staff.

legacy business program manager. sfgovtv, i have a slide presentation. before you are seven considerations for the businesses to be included on the legacy business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion then submitted to planning department staff on november 21 for their review. the historic preservation commission heard the applications on december 19 and made positive recommendations to the small business commission. for each applicant, the s.b.c. has been provided a staff report, the resolution, the application, a case report from planning department staff, and a resolution from the h.p.c., their copies on the table for the public. -- there are copies on the table for the public. item 3-a is alioto's restaurant. alioto's restaurant is a family run seafood restaurant that was opened at a fresh fish stall in 1925 by nunzio al yo owe, a

sicilian immigrant. in 1924, he combined the fish stand with the seafood bauer. nunzio died suddenly in 1934, and his wife, rose, took over the business, becoming the first wife to work on the wharf. by 1938, she installed a kitchen and officially opened alioto's restaurant. she continued to develop and improve seafood specialties, including the seafood stew cioppino, which has become a san francisco legend. item 3-b is bay view boat club. the business is a nonprofit recreational boating club that first began meeting in 1961 and officially incorporated in 1963. bayview vote club is dedicated to promoting recreational

boating for everyone, with a particular emphasis on bringing boating to underserved neighborhoods and average citizens. their traditional program teaches women and children how to sail. their annual classic regatta sailing event has become a legendary event in boating. the bay view boat club blends good food with boating events and entertainment. item 3-c is couture design and european clothing. the establishment is a retail clothing store established in 1989. couture is located in union square. it has long been known for designer and high-end fashion boutiques and retailers. the business serving people who have difficulty finding clothing elsewhere, often based on height, weight, and

disabilities, and their loyal clientele include politicians, athletes, and celebrities. it currently employs four people. item 3-d is for your eyes only optometry. the business was founded in 1983 in the castro and was an important source for trusted, compassionate eye care near the beginning of the aids crisis. eye care was especially important to people with aids because of the at risk of an aggressive eye infection that commonly led to blindness. kenneth himself became sick from aids and passed away in 1992. before his death, he found dr. kathleen kennedy to take over the practice. dr. kennedy started seeing patients and running the practice, purchasing it in 1991. for your eyes only optometry stays current with the latest vision-related research and

technology, provides high quality professional care in a warm and friendly environment. item 3-e is kimochi incorporated. the business is a nonprofit organization established in 1971 that provides services to japantown seniors. kimochi provides seniors with information and assistance in applying for government and health benefits, transportation services, walking escorts, hot meals, and a lounge where elders can rest, relax, get the latest news in the community, meet friends, and have tea. in 1983, kimochi completed the kimochi home building at 1531 sutter street and opens its door for residential and respite care for 20 seniors and adult social care for 40 seniors. it continues to be a vital community resource for seniors and their families. item 3-f is other avenues. the business is a cooperative

food store in the outer sunset, owned by a group of co-workers who own the business together. other avenues began in 1975 in a small nonprofit business. the movement was part of a wave of san francisco cooperatives that arose in the 1960's. other avenues goal was to make whole, natural food accessible to the masses. in 1982, the store moved across the street to its current location and it legally incorporated as a worker-owned cooperative in 1989. in 2009, the workers decided to buy the store themselves, and today, the store is more successful than ever. item 3-g is st. mary's pub. the business located on college hill was established at st. mary's tavern in 1933, shortly after prohibition was

repealed. it is the oldest bar in san francisco. it fell on hard times by the end of the century, becoming a dingy, dirty dive bars. the current owner, maria davis and a business partner purchased the bar in 2010 and extensively remodelled it, turned it into a fresh clean place with buttery popcorn and the best bloody marys in the city. all businesses received a positive recommendation from the historic preservation. staff finds the businesses meet the criteria for listing on the legacy business registry. there are seven draft resolutions for consideration by the small business commission, 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 play close attention to the core physical features or traditions that define the business. one approved by the s.b.c., the businesses must maintain these physical features or traditions in order to remain on the legacy business registry. for alioto's restaurant, it's restaurant featuring seafood. for bay view boat club, it's promotion of recreational boating. for couture designer european clothing, it's clothing store featuring men's wear. for for your eyes only, it's optometry. for kimochi, it's services for japantown seniors. for other avenues, it's grocery store. and for st. mary's pub, it's

bar. that concludes my presentation, and i'm happy to answer any questions. there are representatives of the business present who would like to make presentations. >> president adams: would commission like to go to business presentation first? i would like to call supervisor mar, who's visiting us today. congratulations and welcome, supervisor mar. >> thank you so much. yeah, good evening, commissioners and director dick andruzzi. i'm so pleased to be here tonight to publicly congratulate other avenues and support them on their application to become a legacy business. in my first appearance here before the small business commission, and i also want to say that i'm also excited about supporting all the other important businesses and organizations like kimochi that are also being considered. as you know, other avenues has

been an anchor in the outer small business corridor and a minority owned business for decades, and they've continually evolved for years. just the sunset and the city coop movement have evolved. a little background on other avenues, 45 years ago a couple of sunset neighbors decided to go in on a box of apples. when no one's car was big enough to bring deliveries, they went in on a truck. then when someone's basement wasn't big enough, they rented a storefront. other avenues moved from being all volunteer to hiring folks, adding jobs in the neighborhood. today, other avenues is a much-needed resource in the sunset, offering healthy food, cruelty free byproducts, and fair trade items for the community. other avenues really sets the example of what's possible for worker's collectives. in 1987, amidst a changing economic climate creating a gap

between the store's pat consumers and work woulders, other avenues setup a hybrid consumer coop with workers and volunteers on the governing board. we need to support this model as an option to protect independent businesses in san francisco. other avenues is also more than just a grocery store, it's a center of community in the outer sunset. they put on classes on everything from cooking to composting. they host beach cleanups, participate in neighborhood festivals and donate to food, not bombs, just to name a few things. they halted a chain store moving in and hurting other businesses in the neighborhood. thank you for other avenues

enriching our community and doing it as a community. commissioners, i fully support other avenues to become a legacy business. thank you so much. >> president adams: thank you. [applause] >> president adams: okay. we're going to open it up to public comment now. >> clerk: okay. i have some speaker cards here. would larry white like to come up, followed by sarah davis, followed by mary eliza. >> good evening, commissioners. i'm larry white. i was a commodore 2008-2018. our clubhouse now at 49 terry

francois, half a mile from -- is it oracle or at&t was originally razed on a site in india basin used by allman brothers boat yard. it was moved to its present location by barge. a lease agreement for the new site was granted by the port authority in may 1964, the socializing that naturally developed among customers, friends and local boaters evolved into the birth of the club. we've been incorporated since april of '63 as a 501 (c) (3). the boat club, an all volunteer decidedly eclectic mix has approximately 300 members. we hold membership with the pacific interyacht association,

and the recreational boaters of california, along with races including the well known plastic raising regatta, which pays tributes to nonwood sailboats designs 25 years or older. we have out reaches programs such as our very active youth sailing and women on the waterfront programs. we're also sponsor site for the fire department's toy drive, and we are initiating a speaker series this year to incorporate with our popular brunches. club hosted events have included the navy sale foundation, a monthly art wall, the san francisco street trolley dancers, and the acapella university alley cats.

we also have live music including jazz, r&b, rock, several times a month. on behalf of the membership of the bay view boat club, i thank you for your approval to establish us as a legacy business, and i thank you. >> president adams: thank you. >> clerk: one quick speaker. tom temprano from supervisor mandelman's office is here. >> president adams: well come, mr. temprano. >> i am here to speak in favor of our nomination and hopefully your approval for for your eyes only to the legacy business registry. i think rick spoke pretty perfectly why we support the business. it's been at 552 castro and has been operating continuously in the neighborhood for the past 35 years, the original

proprietor of for your eyes only was a trusted source for compassionate eye care at the beginning of the aids care. i care being especially important to aids because of their weak ended immune system, it put patients at risk, i am going to totally butcher this medical term, by cytomegalovirus race retinitis, which is a condition that commonly leads to blindness. the doctor was diagnosed with aids and began to search for another doctor to take over his practice to care for patients with the same level of sincerity and thoughtfulness that he thought all patients deserved. in 1990, he found that person, dr. kathleen kennedy, who shared his level of commitment to patient care, and under his mentorship, she began seeing patients and eventually running the practice at for your eyes only. for your eyes only, at the height of the aids crisis, and

continuing to today, has provided warm, relying and -- reliable and professional service for eye care and has done so for three decades. the supervisor was honored to nominate this business, and we are pleased to have your support. thank you. >> president adams: thank you. >> clerk: thank you. next speaker? >> sarah davis. >> thank you for your time. i'm here for the bay view boat club. i think i'm going to spend my time talking about how the legacy businesses can build the community and answer any questions you may have. my family moved down to india basin, china basin 40 years ago and joined the boat club. at the time, i don't know if any of you remember, it was abandoned train and boat houses. through the harbor association, we participated in hundreds of meetings arc the redevelopment -- around the

redevelopment of the area at a time when there were no businesses to help turn it around to what it is now. now we're sitting in a part of the city that's rebuilt and brand-new, and we again are excited to participate in this sort of new san francisco that we have, and we feel very well positioned to sort of speak to what we've had in the past and build for the future. so thank you for your consideration and also acknowledging the work that all the businesses do to create that continuity in san francisco. >> president adams: thank you. next speaker, please. >> clerk: mary eliza. >> good afternoon, commissioners. mary eliza here. i would like to also support the bay view boat club, and i appreciate all of your efforts to continue to help keep the legacy businesses intact in the city. we definitely hope that we can connect the past to the future in a way that will be

meaningful for the communities as they're coming along. thank you very much. >> president adams: thank you. next speaker, please. >> clerk: maria davis. >> hi. i'm maria davis. i'm the owner of st. mary's pub for the last eight years. st. mary's pub was named after the long-gone college. we have been an iconic business in the neighborhood, and the neon serves a distinctive business on the top of the hill. since its opening so many years ago, the bar has had many owners, mainly women. the bar was thriving in the 1990's, until the owner turned it over, and then, the bar fell

on hard times. in 2010, the bar went up for sale, and seeing its potential, i bought it and restored it to its former glory. in 2015, it was recognized by usa today as in the top ten list of best bloody marys served in the united states. we have also been voted best dive bar in 2017 and best bartender 2018 by the bay guardian 48 hills best of the bay. st. mary's has hosted several meetings for many associations, including the harvey milk democratic club, aclu, black lives matter, mexican american legal defense and education fund, and -- etc. and more.

the bar also does the san francisco fire department's annual holiday toy drive. we are an establishment that marks an intersection of groups that have a risk of being priced out and displaced for many years, as well as long-term residents while welcoming residents that are new to the city. st. mary's has become more than a bar, it's a community, it is a family. preserving st. mary's pub is preserving the history of an incredible city that has seen many changes. honoring this business is critical to maintaining the heart or soul of the city. i also want to note the building is for sale, so we're hoping to have some protections in any way when our lease runs out at the end of 2020, and thank you for considering us, and thank you for your time. >> president adams: thank you.

next speaker, please. >> clerk: come on up. >> good evening. my name is sandy morris. i'm one of the cofounders, along with steve nakajo, 47 years ago, and our mission to this day remains the same, which is to provide community-based, long-term care services to seniors from the time they're healthy and ageing to the time that they're frail, but we want to avoid being institutionalized. so all the services that we provide try to prevent being institutionalized, so whether they be healthy ageing activities, transportation, kong gregate meals, hope deliver -- congregate meals, the independent services for

caregivers to go in to help them. we also have a residential facility, a 20-bed facility right there on the sutter area, called kimochi home. as you know, 25% of our population in san francisco is people 60 and over, and it's going to continue to rise. we're all going to get there. we appreciate you considering kimochi to be a legacy business, and we hope that you support it. thank you so much. >> president adams: thank you. come on up. >> hello, commissioners. my name is nicky ishikawa, and i work at kimochi, as well. i have to say that kimochi senior centers is one of the best run senior centers in the city. i've been very happy to providing volunteer services there. they have a really happy spirit. they provide some really great activity programs for seniors,

and a great nutrition program in house, as well. if you know some seniors, and you haven't tried their program, you should try it. it's really tasty. it's better than anything i could ever make, but i'm here in full support. i'm so happy that they're applying for this very important legacy business registry, and i also hope you will provide your full support and approval, as well. thank you. >> president adams: great. thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening, president adams and members of the commission. i want to thank you for your consideration of the bay view boat club as a legacy business. my name is barbara atard. i'm a second generation san franciscan. my parents grew up in the bayview. their parents were immigrants

from malta and switzerland. i tell you this because my dad used to build small boats. we spent a lot of time on the bay. bayview, mariposa, these clubs provide access to the water for working-class families, and we're providing more with our youth and women on the water sailing programs. we're working to preserve the environment. we've eliminated single-use plastics from our club, and our members get out and cleanup the bay front, and we're looking at working with other organizations to keep the bay and the ocean clean. as the area gentrifies and right lanes, two major stadiums on each side of us, we're concerned that parking is going to become a problem and access

to the boat club. we have a small lot right next to our club. i don't know if this status can help us preserve that parking so that people can have access to the water. you can't carry all the gear you need for fishing for a day on muni or all that you need for sailing for a day. that parking lot has access for people to park with boat trailers, so that's really important. between the two clubs is a public ramp, and so people who use that ramp, as well, need to have access to a place to park. again, i thank you for your time and your consideration, and we're here for questions. thanks. >> president adams: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good evening. my name is dr. kathleen

kennedy, and i've been the owner and chief optometrist of for your eyes only optometry for many years. i'm here to request your support for inclusion in san francisco's legacy business registry. for your eyes only optometry has been the fabric of the historic fabulous castro district for 35 years ago, and we passionately support the vision of the castro. our neighborhood is a welcoming place that stands strong and united in the face of bigotry or an epidemic. for your eyes only is proud to be an integral part of this unique community. during the early years of the aids crisis, our optometry office was one of the few optometry offices in the world where patients could go and be open about their diagnosis and their fears of going blindro