so there have been efforts to try and communicate that, and i agree with oscar that by going forward with the legacy, the initial landmark of work that we can in fact begin to inform and also find the ability to find a connection of how these 12 worlds can meet. i would like to close by saying that i echo all that's been said , that, in fact, given the horrific erasure of the latino community, that this would be an opportunity i think for u.s. commissioners overseeing an important area to be able to make sure we are not erased. san francisco is called san francisco for a reason. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners i am a professor at the

university of california at santa cruz and i was also an artist. i've been on the board of galleria, a curator, and the founder of the digital mural project at galleria. i've come to see the importance of holding space for latino artists, especially when we are not allowed in certain cultural institutions to express ourselves and our cultural values. it is truly heartbreaking to see , and i can't put into words the fact that we are -- we have been evicted. we have not moved on as the owners stated to, we have been evicted and not being given a long term lease, and a point where we are in between spaces. so what i wanted to speak to you today is the importance of the billboard and the public billboard on the side of the building, which i think it is valuable. since 1975, the hosted hundreds

of artists to create temporary artworks from issues of native american art, black artists, queer artists of color count they have all painted murals there. we have had teenagers, youth create works at that site. topics on the aids epidemic, to healthy eating, immigration, queer visibility and important issues that have been raised. i believe that my ask is that the community preserve the site and continue to work with us as a community to continue with that presence on 24th and bryant. thank you for your time. >> thank you. [calling names]

>> good afternoon. i am one of the lucky few that still get to live in the mission i also work at dance mission theatre at 24th and mission, and im and s.f. native. agrippa 23rd and bryant which is a block away from a what was, as of last month, galleria. i want to add my voice to those that are in favor of the landmark designation. i am not latina, this space, this corner has had a profound effect on how my sense of art, culture, diversity, social activism has been shaped. as a city, as a rapidly changing city, it is important to take this step to commemorate the building and say this is something that s.f. values. we value art, we value culture, we value and see and respect the latino community as a fundamental fabric of the community, especially during a time when the administration in d.c. is actively trying to marginalize it and erase it.

it is unfortunate that the galleria has had to move and has been evicted, but this step will be able to do much to lessen the blow to the community. thank you. >> thank you. >> hello. i have been a bay area resident for 20 years. i work in the arts and culture field here in san francisco and in the east bay. my father-in-law was one of the founders of galleria, my husband learned to walk on the floors of galleria, and she is very similar stories to my, who you heard from earlier. when i moved to 20 years ago, i didn't know anyone, i didn't have any community here, and galleria, that building, that space on 24th and bryant is where i built community. it is where i found people. i was very lucky to be

politicized through the arts at a very young age as an early teenager, and growing up, my early years in college before i moved here, galleria was the place, and coming here, it was a mecca to me and so many people. so many artists have been supported by galleria and has come with doors have come through galleria. not just locally, and nationally , but internationally. this space is known. that corner is iconic. nationally it is recognized. you can go to any -- everyone recognizes this space. not just the organization, but the physical space and what it means to us as a community, as a greater community. not just the san francisco community, but a new larger national, and international community. and especially in times when we are literally -- the government is trying to erase s.

i urge you to move forward with this initiative and begin the process and help us secure space in our community. thank you. >> hello. my name is debbie horan. i started attending events in this specific space in 1991. i just wanted to talk about what that space has given many people who are here today. and exposure to incredibly powerful visual art and music for decades and decades. these public experiences allow people to become a super creative, visual and free thinkers and to become imaginative, inventive through these images, and importantly to interpret and criticize the mainstream media messages and to make new connections and relationships and then openly, accessible, and vibrant spot on this corner.

this happened in just one event in one might one night. these experiences help us realize we have choices on how to interpret our worldview, in spaces like this influence decision making in all parts of our life, not just in the gallery. it is not just a bonus that this space be recognized as a cultural and historic landmark. it is crucial. thank you. >> thank you. we have a few more cards on the rail, feel free to come up for those of you who still want to speak. >> good afternoon. i'm here on behalf of san francisco heritage. first of all caps i would like to thank supervisor ronan for championing this nomination and for all the community members who came out today to speak to its significance. i cannot articulate better than the community it's high and extreme importance to build a team of communities in san

francisco. for the past five years, san francisco heritage, in partnership with the historical society has co-authored the citywide latino historic context study. the first complete 500 page draft is now complete and has been submitted to the planning department and peer reviewers for their feedback. it includes a many mentions of galleria, including over two dozen. by any objective measure, we feel back heritage feels that galleria is among the city's most significant latino community organizations, or community organizations period. it is significant and it transcends the function as a gallery. it is an early supporter of the merrill movement in san francisco, an incubator for community organizations such as brava and culture clash, as well as an early supporter of date of the dead festivities.

landmark designation will document what is significant physically about the building to facilitate conversations with the owner as i heard the representative say today. in an agreement that the will preserve the honor and presence of the community. we strongly represent this nomination and thank the community for coming out and documenting the latino story in san francisco. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. i am stephen torres of the harvey milk democratic club. i've lived in san francisco for 20 years. i would like to remind the city that the galleria has served as a constant in the mission for decades. speaking from the queer community, i would like to remind us all of the significance that the galleria has within the queer community. as has been mentioned, the

gallery it was a victim of fire and home a and homophobic attacks a few years ago. like the stonewall inn in new york, it is important that we recognize this as part of the queer struggle, and as part of the brown struggle, and as a marker and a designation that we were here. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners in addition to being a legislative aide for the district three office, i'm also a san francisco native, and was once a art gallery operator myself in the mission district. i used to live about edgardo -- to block it away. i have a lot of wonderful memories from there peerk. they were incredible opportunities to experience a culture and art from legendary iconic artist like renee yama his. that where i met his son.

as well as michael rios who is still with us now. i know he wanted to be here today as well. i think that brooke actually touched on exactly what is the choice before this commission today, which is the weighing of public and private benefits. this is really something that will have a tremendous ripple effect across the entirety of a neighborhood that is really under siege. i was addicted -- evicted from my place in the mission, so that is why i can no longer walk to galleria. this is about strengthening the fundamental basic assets of the cultural district. it was one of the first in the city to be founded, and really build out the systems. the benefits to the property owner are there as well. there's a lot of people that come to my office and often want historic reservations.

they understand the public benefit and the benefit to them and receiving that designation. even i think council for the property owners to acknowledge that there were obvious ties to the movement. i think that that fits well in line with your policy priority number 7 and this is a very clear choice and i urge you to move forward as expeditiously as possible. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello, commissioners. i am the executive director of galleria, we would like to show some images of this, is this to be turned on? they will be in rotation as we move along. i think it is very clear the reason that we are here today and what we are asking, although

it has been a brutal process to decide what the future will look like for galleria. we understand, and today we are here to ask for the acknowledgement and investment in creating a place marker for our institution of 50 years, almost close to 50 years, and to acknowledge that this rich legacy, it has been a one person movement. they've created geniuses and every term of the words. all the way up to macarthur genius is all the way up to the young artist that are here today who are also geniuses in their own sense. so i also want to take a moment to acknowledge the family. it is the first time i ever see them and i am thankful to see them here, and willing to start a real conversation after almost six months of trying to reach them. we hope this continues.

it is really a moment for us to stop the bleeding. it has been difficult moving a home a 47 years. we have over 100 boxes of archives. right now we don't have a permanent home so we still look to this corner intersection. it is a place of pilgrimage, a place where people will continue to come and acknowledge. it will be an asset. it will continue to be cultural assets like the moment where people come from outside to visit, as it was mentioned earlier, we are known internationally and nationally. let's be the leaders. thank you. >> thank you. >> are there any other speakers in the public who would like to come up. >> i think we have heard enough.

thank you. with that, i will close public comment and bring it back to the commission. commissioners? >> i am used to calling your president will from. sorry. >> i would say that it was really good to hear from all of the community to jay, and from the property owner as well. what this most reminds me of his marcus. many of you were on the commission then. marcus was a really important african-american bookstore that lost its place. and we discussed for a long time them designating the landmark. we didn't make it a landmark. >> we did make it a landmark. >> it is important to recall that. the one other thing i wanted to say, we have a lot to discuss, the pictures of the billboards was amazing. could be great to have this added to the designation reports

[laughter] >> thank you. >> thank you. a couple of things. number 1 is there has been a request for a continuance, although there hasn't been a motion made to continue. should someone make such a motion for the following reason. i don't understand that there is any thing that would be gained by continuing the matter. any negotiation i think can and should proceed during the time when this matter is under consideration. what is before us today is not designating this property as a landmark as i understand it. it is before us today whether we

should start the process. during that process, consideration such as whether you can properly landmark a billboard, the nature of which is always to change, or whether or not it is advisable to landmark the interior of this building, or its qualification to be landmark --dash landmarked for an and are to or architectural purpose, all of those things and probably some more can be worked out back so i would be in favor of moving forward with the designation so that the process can start to. >> you. commissioner black. >> i agree with the prior comments.

i want to touch on the architecture. there are some remaining elements in these buildings that are quite notable from an architectural standpoint, i think that this building is landmark just worthy of landmark status. i want to mention that some of the tools the city has our real. the mills act is a very real tool that provides tremendous benefit to the property owner over a period of years, and it could be used for -- i read the letter objecting to this. one of the comments had to do with concerns about making repairs on an old building the tool addresses exactly that. i would like to see those

repairs be able to be made to because that will maintain the building, make it viable in the community, and viable as a investment for the property owner. one of those benefits would be with or without the mills act and improving the vertical siding that was added to the corner portion of the building, and replacing what are probably now very leaky, windy aluminum windows with a much better period of appropriate windows. the mills act is a very real tool that many people are very grateful to have and used in preserving their buildings. >> thank you. >> i think it would be positively thrilling to think that we would be instrumental in

providing leadership and moving a process forward to designate this site as a landmark, this building. i was just thinking, you know, i have been on the commission for almost nine or ten years now, and land marking has traditionally been very focused on the building, and we have gradually evolved, looking at all the enemy -- elements that go into that, not just the architecture, but i think this time, more than ever, we see so much there that is significant. i have to say thank you for the eloquence of the folks who spoke today, and the inspiration, and i was there and i do have to say that i was tremendously inspired by -- i went to a funeral at stf months ago, and i got off the bus further up on the mission

and walked down, and i almost -- not fainted, because i don't faint, but i saw that building, and the billboard, and that intersection, and i just stopped it was just gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. i could sense, and there i was in the historic district, everything has been done that you folks have been done to create and establish the significance of the historic districts. anyway, i would be tremendously in favor of moving forward. for all the reasons that have been spoken about. >> thank you. >> first i would like to thank the community members who had to take time off work to come here

and share your support of this agenda item today, and i also wanted to think legal council for the property owners who are requesting asked to be supporting of the continuance. as our notice says, this is the initiation of a designation, and there are many processes along the way where i think the land owner has the opportunity to present their findings. i would be in clear support of starting the initiation process today. and as the commissioner said, i clearly am sadly remembering when we had the discussion about marcus books. i see many parallels. even though marcus is no longer on fillmore street today, there is a power in the power of the place. and i think that the galleria has been there for a number of

years. they have been longtime residents of this place on the corner, and it is very important to the community now, and in the future to remember that this was a very important site for the community. not only for the latino community, buffer san francisco as a whole. i just feel that we need to take action and be the leaders to really preserve history and preserve history of the many communities that are often forgotten, or often not represented in mainstream society. i really feel strongly that initiation should start today. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. i want to thank everybody who spoke today, including the young man who is probably the youngest person who has ever spoken in front of us who was quite eloquent. thank you. i also wrote down marcus books.

i was overwhelmed by the response of marcus books and this response today is almost identical in the power of galleria and what has done for the community. in response to commissioner black, it is already a historic resource. so the process has already started whether we initiate it or not. it has already started. there are means and methods for the owner. i do want to acknowledge the owner. it was very sad to me that i read about a protest in front of their home. again, i don't know all the facts, and i won't comment on it , but it is sad that that was the interaction. there was some kind of negative interaction. i want to acknowledge that apparently the owner did not raise the rent, and extended --

again, we don't know what the stories are, there are many interactions over a 48 year period or so to work together and here we are at the end of that line if we can't figure out how to work together again because of this very significance and certainly on a national basis of this extremely significant place in the city like all the other commissioners , i was very moved by the story of this. i am not that familiar with it. i am not in the mission very often, but there are parallel stories. i'm also in support of the initiation. >> great. >> now we need a motion. >> i would like to add on. it has been a long agenda item,

but i do have a couple things i would like to add. i am saddened. there is one difference between this project and the marcus books a project, and that is the new owners had bought the property and auction without any knowledge. and so there was some struggled there peerk but this is a property where the owner has been in a relationship for 47, 48 years with this tenant. it saddens me that this is where it has ended. and we created the legacy business program and our whole purpose was to provide an avenue for the land owners and their tenants to come together and to have a mutual and beneficial relationship, so i hope that there can be some healing on that. i feel very saddened. i'm very appreciative of the owner showing up and coming and speaking to us and letting us

know your view, and as others have said already, we want to hear from the community in general. i would definitely be in support -- i am in support of the nomination, and i would be in support of initiating it. i do have one technical question i don't know if we want to get into this, but the tile and the billboard on the front, they are listed as character defining features, on my question is, because of that and any kind of alterations to character defining features that would not be able to be done on an administrative line. is that correct class. >> not exactly. the delegation does allow for storefront alterations to be reviewed at the staff level. the bulkhead would be incorporated into that. the billboard structure, or the sinus structure is a different

matter. it is such a prominent feature. certainly by starting this process we are not prohibiting change to it, but we are putting a process where if there are alterations to it, it would have to be reviewed by this commission. >> could i ask one more thing relative to that class. >> the interior issue is a big issue. if the galleria is not there and the owner wants to rent that, that might want to be a part -- that might be a problem. maybe they could get two tenants in there because there are essentially two buildings and then they would have to put in some kind of devising while. again, is that something that this would be an impediment to because we will say that the interior is a character defining feature class. >> i don't believe so. i would remind you that as character defining features, is more a list that they can be considering.

you could essentially grant something that defies that space if you feel that the character was maintained. the buildings are already divided. it is not one big space. there are two spaces. each storefront has its own space. the gallery was in one space, in the studio was in a second space >> that was my question at the beginning. the way that it is written, it is a spatial relationship of the space to the front of the building. it was not a specific listing. >> to clarify that, the volume of open interior storefront space, maybe that can be worked on a little bit. my question was about the billboard and if any changes, if it was to be used in the same way it has been used where it is regularly repainted to, with

require approval? >> it's kind of brutal. >> it would not. i don't believe it require a permit. the commission, the zoning administrator grants approval and it adds artwork to the outside the easing -- asian art museum. they do not certificate -- trigger a certificate of appropriateness. >> okay. >> i would like to move to initiate the designation of the galleria and studio 24 building as a landmark. >> second. >> thank you. on that motion to initiate landmark designation... [roll call]

>> so moved. that motion passes unanimously 7 -0 work that will place us on items 11 -- >> excuse me, jonas, how much more do we have? we just want to take a brief meeting -- a brief break. >> i thought we weren't doing that report? >> is the last agenda item going to be postponed? >> it can be. >> i thought it was. if it is just the last -- >> we can postpone the presentation. >> are we doing the legacy program class. >> yes, we are. >> we have two agenda items. are you okay with pushing through it? okay we will just continue. >> if those persons exiting the room could do so quietly, we would certainly appreciate it as

we have additional business to attend to. commissioners, items 11 a through c. properties at 56 gold street -- i'm sorry, excuse me, take your conversations out to the hallway , please. >> continue that outside please. >> sorry. >> at 56 gold street and clement street,, in 2050 mckinnon avenue , respectively, these are legacy business registry applications. >> hello, commissioners. i'm from preservation staff. we have three applications for you today i. i will very briefly summarize their significance and the character defining features that we are recommending to be safeguarded, and then if any of

the applicants are here, we can turn it over to them to describe their businesses in further detail. the first is a restaurant at 56 gold street, and the jackson square landmark district. the business was founded in june , 1988 by doug, and his partners in the jackson square neighborhood. the restaurant offers modern american cuisine, live jazz, and a full bar. the owner is still actively managing the restaurant on a daily basis, and bruce hill is the chef and a partner at the restaurant. is the oldest restaurant in the immediate jackson square district, and is located in a contributing building within the landmark district. the building is located on an alleyway of gold street and was built after the 1906 earthquake as a warehouse. we are recommending approval of

the application, and that the following features to be safeguarded. the restaurant interior dating from the 1950s, sixties and eighties, the collection of original paintings, the mahogany bar, neon signs, the devotion to local products and suppliers, and classic cocktails and live jazz music. that takes us to our second applicant. the bakery located at 521 clement street. the bakery as a family owned bakery founded in 1913 by a german immigrant name oswald schubert. the business originally operated at 1014 fillmore street under the name of golden west bakery, and renowned for its quality selection of traditional german cakes and pastries. in 1948, the business move to its current location on clement street. in 1995, after almost 30 years of baking, they were -- it was sold to two german brothers. as of the fourth generation of

bakers and their family, they honoured the legacy by combining old world techniques and modern technology. staff supports their application and recommends the following features to be safeguarded. the selection of the pastries, cakes, and cookies made from scratch, there are old wooden signs posted inside the front door. the red and yellow striped awning collection of historical photographs and newspaper clippings displayed in the store our last applicant is a san francisco supply manager. the business was founded by a man. the business was founded in january of 1983. the family run business sells disposable foodservice items, wholesale, and is the largest food service paper supply distributor in san francisco. s.f. supply master has grown from a one-man operation into a deleting bay area distributor servicing restaurants, hospitals

, schools, bars, institutions. and the need for marred space, the business moved to a larger location and now at 2050 mckinnon avenue where they are headquartered today. staff is recommending approval of the application with the following features to be safeguarded. there are is a holes sale business model and the warehouse and product showroom. with that, i will open it up for questions. thank you. >> any questions? >> i did not see any backup material for the wholesale business. was or any other material provided for the supply master? >> there should be. my packet has it. there might have been a mistake in the printing. >> i was confused. i thought there is only two and then there was three. >> there should be an

application. do you have the application? >> there is just a motion. >> it did not actually include the application. >> i can check our online posting to make sure their application was included. i did print my copy from the same p.d.f. >> what we can do is do public comment to capture that if there is a member and they are. and then we can forward the other first two. unless we can do all three, but we might have to do that next time. >> i'm sorry. i did not hear everything you were saying. >> if the pocket isn't complete for the public, i believe we would have to.

>> i am sorry that our printing company must have made a mistake for the pockets. >> do we want to open it up for public comment for the moment? i apologize for the long hearing and appreciate you sticking around. >> commissioners, good afternoon i am general manager is up -- of s.f. supply master,. i want to thank you for your consideration. it is a great honor to be considered for a legacy business everything my father built and accomplished since arriving in san francisco back in 1978 was done here in this great city. i do find it hard to imagine and in being so accomplished anywhere else. the spirit of the city his

openness, being welcoming, it has a loud hint of drive, we started a business here, grow a business here, start a family here, and to continue on his legacy as hopefully a legacy business, which is what i am here in hopes for. the legacy designation would help us do so. with facing moving from the current location because it is being torn down, you are finding into a new lease and facing higher lease rates, we are no new kid on the block, and every business has to fight to keep its doors open, we intend to do so. i know the legacy designation would help us immensely, i look forward to another 30 plus years of operating here in san

francisco. i take great plight -- pride in doing so. not many businesses, or hardly any in our industry can claim that they are home to san francisco. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we did have a speaker card. i apologize. >> afternoon, commissioners. thank you. i am here simply to support our application for the business registry and answer any questions you may have. >> commissioners? >> we can close public comment and bring it back to the commission. >> i really hope we had more of them. my family having been in the wholesale plumbing business know that i am sensitive to how

important that is i'm familiar with several of the businesses, and i have been a patron, i think that this is just a really welcome expansion of our program , and i move that they be approved. >> yes. >> second. >> third. >> second and motion. >> seeing nothing further, there is a motion that has been seconded to adopt recommendations for approval on all three legacy business applications. [roll call] >> so moved. that motion passes unanimously 7 -0. >> congratulations. >> that will place us on item 12 legacy business registry,

semiannual reports, informational presentation. >> hello, commissioners. today the presentation is being given by rick from the office of small business and they will be presenting on the legacy business programs. >> which one do i use? >> good afternoon, commissioners and the legacy business program manager with the office of small business. s.f. government t.v., i have a powerpoint presentation. today i'm presenting the semiannual report for the legacy

business program for april through september, 2018, including major accomplishments, business assistance services, the legacy business historic preservation fund, marketing and promotions, and major upcoming activities. major accomplishments from april through september included adding 19 businesses to legacy business registry, finalize the rules and regulations for the legacy business registry, translated the legacy business program resources and buck into chinese, spanish anti- gallic -- and tagalog. we conducted outreach to city departments, commissions, committees, task forces to

encourage them to patronize legacy business to the greatest extent possible. we issued the business assistance grant for fiscal year 2018, 2019 in english, chinese, and we received 105 business assistance grant applications for fiscal year 18 and 19. i think it says 103 in the report but we found a couple more. they did two together in a couple of instances. it is 105. we created an annual reapplication process for the rent stabilization grant, process 14 rent stabilization grant applications for that period, issued the legacy business program annual report for fiscal year 17-18, finalized the legacy business program logo with a contractor, issued nine press releases, tweeted 13 tweets, and posted nine entries on facebook about legacy businesses and the program.

[laughter] >> in april through september, the symbol under semiannual column in the middle, we received 26 legacy nominations, 25 applications, and 25 applications and fees which are $50 per applicant. the historic preservation commission reviewed 18 applications in the small business commission reviewed 19 applications and lifted all 19 businesses on the legacy business registry. since the program began, which is the last column in the chart, there have been 200 nominations, 186 applications, and 8600 application fees received. 149 applications were reviewed by h.p.c., and 148 businesses were listed on the registry of the one application you review that has not yet gotten listed on the registry is s.b. 40

carmens, which is presently seeking a new location. [laughter] >> as mentioned in the previous slide, 26 nominations were received during the semiannual period. these 12, on this slide were received in the quarter from april through june. nine of these businesses have been listed on the registry. one is in the approval pipeline, and two are not yet completed. there were additional 14 nominations in the quarter from july through september. ten of these businesses have been added to the registry, two have applications in progress, and two have not yet submitted applications. for the 19 legacy business is added to the businesses during the semiannual period, 17 or 189-point 5% of them were for-profit businesses, and two

or 10.5 were nonprofit organizations. for that 148 legacy businesses listed on the registry as of september 30th, 81.8% of them were for-profit businesses, and 18-point 2% were nonprofit organizations. for the city as a whole, it is estimated that 94-point 3% of the establishments are for-profit businesses, and 5%, 5.7% are nonprofit organizations for business assistant services, the legacy business program has provided technical assistance to 21 unduplicated clients and 255.2 hours of consulting picks that the program launched, the business program has served 95 unique clients in 842.4 hours of consulting. the office of small business is conducting outreach to city

departments, commissions and taskforces to encourage them to patronize legacy businesses. legacy businesses must apply to be supply us with the city and county of san francisco. legacy businesses also have access to one-on-one consulting, technical assistance, and all training workshops offered via the san francisco small business development centre at no cost. topics include marketing, financial management, quickbooks training, access to capital and technology. they also provide assistance to legacy businesses impacted by the central subway construction project, and assistance with legacy business registry applications. for the business assistance grant for fiscal year 17-18, there was an application rate of 64-point 9%, with 72 of 111

eligible -- eligible legacy businesses applying. there was an average of 16 full-time equivalent employees per applicant, and an average grant payment of just over a thousand dollars. the total grant payments were slightly over $625,000. for the semiannual period from april to september, we paid 14 rent stabilization grants to landlords legacy businesses. the average square footage of the 14 applicants was about 2600 square feet, and the average grant was about $12,100. this reporting period, we designed our new logo for the legacy business program and with a design firm which was presented to you on november 7 th.

there were 36 press articles about legacy businesses on the legacy business program for the semiannual period, including rebranding of the san francisco wholesale produce market, red and white fleet operating eco- friendly ferries, finding a new home, limiting restaurants and preserving industrial space in the mission. the 100th anniversary of the st. francis fountain, in the 50 th anniversary of specs, general articles like the approval of the gay and leather cultural district in soma are included because they mention the legacy business program. there were articles about a bakery, jack next place, eddie's café, latino cultural district and fight -- v.i.p. grooming. and an article in the night the harold mentioned the legacy business program.

they cover specs in castro, both legacy businesses, and victoria bakery, which is not a legacy business, but they did mention the program in the article. the business program was also mentioned in an article about a threatened café in vancouver. the legacy businesses were featured in articles about the bayview, formerly called but your town and city wide. new additions to the registry were full just featured in an article, and they relit their neon sign and elbow room was to close at the end of the year. the office of small business to 13 tweets about the legacy business program between april and september. three shown here, four more in april and may. two in june, and a couple in august, including one with a

picture of delicious dessert from the valley bakery, there were two tweets in september. >> major upcoming activities for october and beyond include working with ozaukee creative group on marketing and branding for the legacy business program, including brand identity, collateral, public relations, marketing and website improvements. you can see the powerpoint presentation now has new styling , which is one of the first things that we have released with the new packet. reviewing and processing the business assistance grant, applications for fiscal year 18- 19, creating an online business assistance grant application for fiscal year 19- 20, creating a toolkit to do business in the city and county of san francisco, rating it will get on purchasing property, investigating, providing

incentives to legacy businesses to purchase the buildings from which they operate, and measuring and analysing impacts of the business assistance grant and rent stabilization grant and developing protocols to address the growing demands for the grants. this concludes my presentation, i'm happy to answer any questions. >> great. thank you. any public comment caught many people wish to speak on this item? public comment is closed. we will bring it back to the commission. >> on the low belt, what is the status of that choir hasn't has been distributed? i think we were going to have that to be part of a marketing program, and where are we on that? >> since the logo was finalized, the office of small business has been reviewing all the documents that ozaukee creative group is creating.

we have approved and finalized 90% of them. i am just working on the brochure today. we have a brochure, we have a plaque, we have a certificate for legacy businesses, we have postcards, point-of-sale stickers, we have the logo, not only in english but we have it in seven different languages, we have style guides and a guide for the office of small business as well. this is all beings finalized big will start reviewing the things. the powerpoint presentation are presented today is in the new styling of the logo. we would like to get the certificate out and finalized so we can start getting that to all the legacy businesses that have been added to the registry. i would say over the next couple of weeks we will say everything and release the logo to the legacy businesses. >> what is the plan for telling

the legacy businesses about this and that there is this packet and all this other stuff that you have gone to a great deal of trouble to create for them. will you have seminars, will there be teaching, how will this get into the hands of the businesses in such a way that they will know what to do with it other than put it by the cash register? >> you mean how will they implement it clasping a great, how will they do it? >> they will be able to download the logos. we have a style guide for them that explains what the logo is, what the funds are, how to use the logo properly, what to do with the logo. then we also have a guide for social media. they will know how to use it on facebook and also twitter, and some other social media like

that. we have a whole guide on how they can use the logo so they would be able to do that properly. >> is one of your things going to be how to talk to your landlord to get the building owner to bolt this plaque to the side? >> there will be a large plaque. it is really beautiful. they can put it on the outside of the building or the inside if you want to put it on the inside of the businesses well. it will be fine for both. if they need help navigating that, we can provide them with assistance. they know that if they need help with anything at all from a- z-letter, they contact us, and we send them over to the small business development centre, which is in the economic and workforce development building, and we provide them with assistance. it could be on anything at all. this will be one of the things that we can provide them with. >> that sounds great. thank you. >> out of curiosity, will include a vinyl window sign

class. >> the window cling is one of the items. >> i want to say i am really impressed with your presentation it was so thorough and detailed and well presented to, and all the information is great to have in one place. i want to compliment you on the hard work you do. >> thank you. >> really. [applause] >> thank you, i, i appreciate it [laughter] >> he stole my thunder. i want to say you have to work on the number of tweets that you send out because the president sends out that many in an hour, and you did it in a six month period. i was going to say -- [laughter] >> this was good. >> they don't have spelling mistakes. >> they are good tweets. >> i was going to echo what he said. excellent job, i'm very excited about the program. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> did you have something? >> enclosing, if we are closing

this item, i just wanted to wish commissionable from well on the next endeavor. >> i am still here for the moment. [laughter] >> on behalf of the planning department, and that especially the preservation team, thank you for your leadership. ten years as a long time and we have accomplished a great deal with your vision on how preservation should be treated in the city. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> i think we will have more formal celebrations. thank you for all the hard work. this document, is this on your site? you have a lot of these articles and all the steps and everything >> on the website you will find the annual report. if you go to your website, it is

one of the supporting documents. i will tell you what happened, we were doing quarterly reports and we shifted over to a semiannual report. the one we presented to the small business commission wasn't as full as your report. we only kind of -- >> initially we had already presented it to. for you i created a full semiannual report document that has everything in their. your website would be the best place to go to get a copy of this. >> thank you. >> thank you, we are adjourned.

>> good morning. wednesday, january 16, 2019. regular meeting of the abatement appeals board. remind everyone to turn off all electronic devices first item is roll call. [roll call was taken]