another example is the ocean avenue cbd they had a mobile parklet they intended to move around different businesses. that doesn't work out for them as much as they thought but another business, breakfast at tiffany's is adopting the parklet and it's a way to share resources between districts if we make them more mobile or more flexible. it could be a way to do that. >> i really like the mobile idea. >> me too. >> that's clever. that's really good. talk to me about the foot traffic requirement. i know we do have a lot of parks in the city but there are some neighborhoods that are pretty far away from it from any sort of green space within walking distance. i guess what i'm struck by is

geez, it'd be nice if there was a way for more local neighbors, residents, whatever, to create more of a community space and that would i think be beneficial to the small businesses in the area. what's drive the need for the foot traffic. what's the thinking there is the parking is so valuable that i guess i shouldn't put words in your mouth but what is driving that. >> the question is how to create more of these spaces sometimes i have worked the excelsior in the mission corridor and there were a lot of vacancies and we were looking how to have incentives

to attract traffic and it's what comes first the business or amenity but it's particular to each case. it's very dense and businesses are constantly changing and that's why we get all the foot traffic. we've had people complain about parking and it's the amenity that's an extra value for them. >> we had tons of parking in the mission when i moved there in '91. i don't think anybody would say that businesses were doing better back then. it's been largely beneficial. >> i think the parklet is not the solution for everything and that it comes with a labe in the past years it's the icon to

gentrifying neighborhoods but it's also one thing we've tried to fight back and keep in public but something we know for sure they don't want it in the mission on mission street. to answer the question, it's the parent program's goals there's many different ways in which more community spaces can be achieved. we partnered with sfmta to have the spaces even if they're one day to have the community come out and create the strength of the community so they can then plan how can we make up for the gaps in open public space. >> last question and an appreciate your patience. there's 59 parklets in the city right now. is there a sense of the maximum number you guys could sustain

with your current resources? like do you have a sense we have to stop at 65 or 70 or you know, whatever the number is. >> i think once a parklet is installed and ready to go, there's no time unless there's an issue. the biggest portion of staff time goes to reviewing the proposals and the designs and once it's out there it's kind of taking care of its own and the community helps us be the inspectors of anything. >> and one last question because that triggered another one. this echoes back to my first question. is there a percentage of the time the neighborhood or

community or local businesses are like we thought it was cool but it was totally not cool and hasn't been helpful. we'd rather not have the parklet. how long does that happen? my sense is that's a small minority. of course i wouldn't see that if they just showed up and disappeared? >> i think it's a very small percentage and it's more of an investme investment. i can think of a couple on 18th street between south van ness and mission. the ramen place. they used to have a parklet there. we thought that corridor was going to be much more activated. so the building across has been vacant for a number of years and that didn't help the situation and we didn't have uses and the

embassy were spending a lot of staff time at the beginning of the day to clean up the parklet and they decided it was not worth it. that's why we logged they're reversible and tried to keep the applicants conscious about the design so if and the time comes they're able to do that without a lot of resources. >> thank you so much. >> commissioner dwight. >> thank you for your presentation. i remember when the program started. i'm a supporter of it. how have you seen the application process. you don't have a proactive program so it has to be people who become aware on their own behalf and come up with enough money. what's the activity like now? below where it's been in the past?

>> in mission we used to do rsp cycles. i think it would be 30 days when the rfp was open. it was building momentum. we had a couple open houses to make sure everybody knew about it and saturation and we'd get 100 applications and end up with maybe 15. and that was in 2015 we had the last one. then after that there was staff changes and we couldn't spend that many resources on that. now that we released the rolling application all year round we were getting 50 inquiries from people and we were like we're almost there and didn't hear anything from october of last year we've had five applications

so we know people want it and probably trying to figure out the requirements in getting the funding and getting the maintenance plan and making sure they have a designer on the back end stuff that goes into that. i think that's what's keeping people and like i mentioned, we would like to do more outreach. we've done a little bit with supervisors. that's help because they're in close contact with constituents. i think that would be the strategy to kind of have the program -- >> do you have limited applications how many projects could you work on a year with your current staffing? >> i will add in the first few years of the program i think there was a lot of pent-up excitement because it's a new thing. >> commissioner: it was novel.

>> exactly. there were a lot of applications many of which didn't pan out because the applicants didn't realize what it entailed. >> and the price tag. >> and the cost and all the maintenance responsibilities. i think after all of that initial excitement and novelty has peaked, now we're getting a more consistent level of applications that is like the stasis. what we would expect going forward in the next few years like probably five to 10 a year. >> and how many projects would you handle with staff time in >> five to 10 a year is where our current staffing could sustain that. >> commissioner: commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> thank you for the

presentation and your time. i had a few questions regarding specifically the mission district and mission corridor. i'm from the mission so i represent a lot of businesses there. i've had feedback from some businesses especially on the 24th corridor and mission street there's been hesitation associated with gentrification. i'm glad you brought that up. what do you vision along those two corridors and what community input would be involved from the various non-profits and business associations? >> i think we had inquiries from boys and girls club. we'd love to facilitate those but application initiated by the community and the organizations so we don't have a say on who gets to apply.

>> but if a community organization would oppose a small business from getting one on mission does it matter or is the permitting process black and white. like in conditional use. >> i think it's heavy on community input. like everything else in the city. i think it's up to the hearing officers but we've seen pushback and john has worked with a community and they recently came up with guidelines for that. i don't know if you want to add anything. >> the one thing i would add is we're very aware of some perceptions in certain neighborhoods of parklets and what they might represent. in particular in those communities if we got an

application from a potential sponsor we'd be particularly inassista inassistant -- inassistant on a community -- insistent that the community is in support and if they can do that we'd be happy to work on a great design that benefits the community. >> great. my second question was part of the non-profit component. i saw museums and schools but has a non-profit ever done a parklet or can they die parklet? >> -- do a parklet? >> the community on fulmer you worked on that application. fulmer and webster. >> yeah. we've had a few like the african

american cultural center. they submitted applications for various reasons i think part was funding. it didn't pan out. but we have the museum of craft and design has a parklet. there's two schools. all non-profit organizations. so yeah, like maria said earlier we're open to any type of sponsor. most important is that they get community support and can maintain the parklet and be good stewards over the long term so the parklet stays a community asset and doesn't become a burden. >> my last question is for nonprofits like sometimes in small business we have waivers for permits. is there a consideration to waive fees for nonprofits or even small businesses that meet certain criteria?

>> we don't have anything in place but the ordinance was meant to cut the fees in half to increase accessibility to all people. right now we don't have a mechanism in place. i don't know if they have any. >> we couldn't administratively waive a fee based on the code but if there was legislation supported by a supervisor to absolve an applicant of a fee it's something we can work with. there's not a direct route to make that happen but there are resources that would be available at their disposal and we'd put them in touch with economic development and try to work through the process with them as well. >> okay. up in -- thank you.

>> one organization partners with others and they have a strong partner and the burden is not put on them. >> thank you. >> commissioner: commissioner riley. >> thank you for your presentation. i think most my questions covered by my fellow colleagues. of the 59 parklets you have, how many are coffee shops or cafes or restaurants. i know many are right outside the restaurants is like an extension of their business which is okay. it mentioned no table service but people go and buy coffee and sit there it's all right, right? so how many parklets are sponsor

restaurants? >> 48 currently out there are restaurants or cafes. >> 48 out of 59. >> it's high, yeah. >> i'm sure it's great for the restaurants and cafes but do you get a lot of complaints from the neighborhood businesses. having a parklet could take away parking spaces which is scarce begin with. >> yes, i think we've seen cases that there's concern over parking loss but we've seen businesses that work together with their neighboring businesses and talk about the benefits of having this as a community. i can think of the rolling out bakery in the sunset. they sponsor the parklet but their neighbors were supportive and they actually now take care of it between the three businesses that are there.

and they see it as a neighborhood asset that's good for foot traffic in the corridor. >> it's not an issue then? >> it hasn't been a major issue. there's been some complaints when the parklet was approved there were some articles out there some people were complaining with the parking lots and a little bit of the same side of a park near -- nearby and it's liberate the sidewalk for the pedestrian right-of-way as well. >> what outreach effort do you have to educate the businesses, the process of applying for the parklet and what they need to do and if somebody has a question,

who do they call? >> all the information is on the website on parklets.org. we assist with any questions even before. sometimes you don't want to spend all the time putting together an application that maybe is not going to be feasible for a small issue like a water valve on the street. the am -- applicant can contact us to make sure there's no capital project coming in the coming years to apply without the fear. >> so they should check the website then? >> that's pe -- the best way. >> commissioner zouzounis. >> thank you for your presentation. a couple questions is there an mta cap on how many parking spots can be turned into parklets?

>> not as policy. when there's a yellow curb for commercial loading it's always recommended it's replaced somewhere else. if it works with the corridor we usually don't allow it on curbs and we make sure it's accessible. >> you said they're city-initiated parklets. who pays for the city-initiated parklets? definitely partners with cbds but are there others? >> sometimes groundplay projects

are initiated. so that slide was talking about programs like living innovation and play streets. the market street prototyping festival. those were initiated with partners in the city and community partners as well. parklets are usually only initiated unless a supervisor is supportive. >> got it. and so it's good to know dpw didn't do enforcement and all that. it's largely when guys get call you go out, okay? >> always when we do calls and we'll do an inspection after to ensure it's installed properly and not interfering with

furniture. we're so busy with all the other inspections we're not in the business of hassling someone over a violation that's not life safety. we're responsive to any and all complaints typically we do correction notices usually they need a reminder and a tap on the shoulder and smile and that's what we're there for. >> that's great. with that, do you ever feel business concerns are placed and i'd like to know if you get sides from that side of the equation. >> the process is so thorough on the front end by the time it steps in the permit holder or sponsor typically has an understanding of what the responsibilities are as far as cleanliness and we've gone through notification and everything at that point. at that point, the questions

we'll be assisting the business owner with as a parklet host is how i navigate the fees and permitting process with public works and that's not unique from any other permit. we're there to provide support for the permit and scope. we provide a lot of assistance because planning is the front door and we're the back end, we're less inquiry heffy that extent. if we did have to issue a correction notice or notice of violation we'd be thorough in assisting the host understanding why they received that and what they need to do to correct it. does that answer your question? >> definitely. there are nuances in the table service question and i know it's probably awkward for some businesses to have to not cross a certain threshold.

like how hard is that line? is that something you guys kind of leave up to the information of this is the jurisdiction? >> it's prescribed in the code they can't do table service and engage in certain behavior and if we got a complaint pursuant to that behavior we'd follow-up and look into it. >> some businesses get creative. i know mojo cafe had a table that said no beers here or we'll get closed down and i know others will give you a number when you place your order but they will come and let you know your table is ready and get your to go box. that's how they're handling it.

that's still compliant as long as there's no actual table service. >> so you're allowed to take a number there. >> yes. they're not allowed to serve you. >> okay. got it. thank you. >> commissioner dooley. >> i have one last question and thank you so much it's helpful and i learned a lot of things. my last question is i get a lot of inquiries about putting up parklets on grant avenue in north beach which is a very narrow street. is there some criteria about how wide a street is is there a limit to that or not? >> that's an smta question but i do know if there's parking allowed on the street, that means a parklet can fit in that space. it would be allowed.

what we do not allow is a street over 25 miles-an-hour speed limit we don't do that. >> third street violation. >> which one? >> third street is like 50 miles an hour people travel. i would wonder why that parklet got out there out in museum. it's a hostile environment. >> commissioner: commissioner laguana. >> thank you for sticking around. we appreciate it. i learned a lot. very quick question. the original parklet program was like a pop-up park and i noticed with $3,000 fee on the front end and the average build out cost $30,000, is there an appetite, do you think among the people that come to you for like an

old-school pop-up parklet that is there for a month or two or summer months when it's warmer or where the microclimates where it's only going to be used for a couple months anyways. is there an appetite for that and have you given that consideration? >> so i think so the places or people ordinance is meant to tackle all the in betweens we weren't catching before the parklets used to be permitted through a director's order. now we have a platform where we can know how to permit all these >> so there's a different permitting regime for that kind of thing? >> right. it's a packet and you check the boxes where your specific type of idea comes and i do think they would still need a lot of

documentation even for a temporary installation. >> got it. thank you. >> and a would encourage if you have the time to read the parklet manual has more information and in your packets you'll see the design. it's very thorough in all the processes and we work really hard on that so i would love if you can take a look at that. it's on the website as well. >> the website is -- >> parklets.org on the last slide of your packet. the website is right there. >> thank you. >> i have one last question. if there's a construction project the city initiated and the parklet has to move, does the city pay for that? >> no, unfortunately thought. we make them aware of the

beginning of the application it would be their responsibility and we encourage flexible design. maybe some parklet sponsors could potentially store part of the parklet and come back when it's finished though it's also costly. generally, no, we wouldn't. >> thank you. >> commissioner: okay. we'll open this up for public comment. do we have members of the public that would like to speak? come on up. >> thank you so much. thank you to your presenters. that was really informative and worthwhile to see and thank you to the commission for taking this on and the director for your leadership. my name is joseph sweiss a fellow commissioner on xhum human rights but but leer on the air american democratic club because we work with merchant groups and merchants a lot of which are too busy to come to

these kinds of events but we're also appreciative for this. i love the parklets and i'll be brief. i think they're great for commercialppreciative for this. i love the parklets and i'll be brief. i think they're great for commercial corridors and neighborhoods. i think based on merchant association neighborhood meetings with supervisors and supervisor mendelton it's time to update the codes in regards to the table service. a lot of restaurants and cafes that do serve food do find an awkward daily occurrence where they walk up with a plate that isn't to go and they're going up to consumers that may be mostly tourists depending on the district like the castro or hayes and have to constantly explain you have to stand up and

come get your food with me and because they incur costs and keep the space public and don't inhibit the public use and maintain it and keep it clean they'd like to have more of a conversation with the relevant agencies maybe how certain restaurants or cafes could maybe have a more updated amendment to these codes to be more of a seamless effort with the public spaces. i know after we met with the supervisor we thought the next best thing would be to inquire with the small business commission since you're the subject matter experts to see what you think and what we do going forward and i would love a follow-up discussion with stakeholders and community members interested and supervisor and merchants to see if it's a good time to discuss amendments that are good for the small businesses and members of the public. that's all i'd have to say and i'd like to see the conversation

move forward. thank you so much and thank you for the presentation. >> commissioner: thank you very much. any other members of this public. seeing none, public comment is closed. i'd like to thank the members of the public and there say restaurant in the castro -- is a restaurant in the castro i won't name the restaurant on 16th street and they string the lights up and were told not to serve and yet they serve and i don't have a problem with that bit know the -- with that but i know the owners want to work with the city in legalizing that. maybe that's one thick the commission can do -- thing the commission can do going forward continuing the conversation and especially with a lot of the smaller restaurant owners who want to engage. that would be great idea. commissioner dwight. >> i had one comment to your question and i wanted to say

it's always a good time to ask questions how to improve situations for small businesses in san francisco to the extent the merchant associations and merchant and restaurants are interested in having that dialing -- dialogue first to the cdma and they can inquire with their memberships what merchant associations would like to finish the conversation. always look for ways to make life in san francisco better and easier for businesses. >> commissioner laguana. >> i'd like to echo what commissioner adams and dwight. i was listening earlier and thinking why can't they? it's essentially serving that purpose anyways. it seems like an arbitrary distinction that is lost on me.

it's a great conversation to have. i can't speak for my fellow commissioners but i'm strongly in support of having that conversation. i'm sure there's a reason for it. i can't imagine what it was. if there's a reason let's have a conversation about what reasonable exception to that reason might be. >> commissioner: thank you. any other comments? thank you very much for your presentation. this was a very good presentation this evening. thank you very much and for coming tonight. >> thank you. >> commissioner: next item, please. >> clerk: approval of the minutes action item. >> commissioner: any comments on the minutes? >> nope. >> commissioner: do members of the public would like to comment on item number 5 the minutes? seeing none, public comment is

closed. do we have a motion to approve the draft minutes for october 28? >> move to prove the minutes as present. >> second. >> commissioner: all in favor of voice vote. any opposed? okay. next item. >> clerk: item 6 director's report and announcements from the mayor and regarding small business activities, discussion item. >> commissioners, just passed the director's report so just wanted to make sure each were able to get a copy. so just want to make sure i'm doing a reminder about the implicit bias training. i realize there's been complications for some commissioners in being able to log on.

we're both gone the week of the 23 through the 27 and she's gone the week afterwards. since it does need to be completed by the end of the year, to resolve the issues i'm requesting you try to test out logging in to get the issues resolved so you're able to complete the training in time. and i think it's hard to know whether it's the user number or the password so feel free to call me with issues so i can help figure this all out four. -- for you. then the next thing is there is and i pu put this under city initiative and programs because it's legislation that is going to be requiring departments have a hearing on the budget twice

when the mayor introduces the budget. that does mean this is at to the board of supervisors tomorrow for the first reading. i anticipate it's going to pass. this will mean we'll need to schedule in two hearings for our budget is -- so the timing will be probably in february but i'll know more by the end of the month in terms of the mayor's budget timing for submittal. it could be from the last meeting in january to the last in march we're scheduling a presentation. i wanted to provide an update for active space. december 6 was the final day for the submission to the planning department around for those

businesses that need to get legitimized in establishing the youth for that space because the majority of the active space the uses were never officially established. the property owner is taking responsibility for that. and so did get the submittals in. and did inform us they will be assisting those businesses that are office space. the legacy program so we're in our final stage of selecting so we'll have a decision done by the end of week and be able to inform you on that for the plaques. then we're in the new position for the legacy business program is making its way through the approval process through h.r. and the budget office.

couple things i wanted to bring to your attention is that the sfmta is going through a whole new look and potential revision to the curb color management. i wanted to bring that to your presentation. if you'd like a presentation we'll work to schedule that. there's a congestion pricing advisory committee meet from external stakeholders and internal. so for the external stakeholders the sfcdma mario magonom is on that committee but i do think it's probably advisable we ask for updates to be presented to the commission as well. so if you would like that, let me know. and we can start scheduling those updates and providing you

with materials to read. >> i wanted to ask a question on the congestion pricing. definitely would like a presentation and from previous things put out congestion pricing would tend to impact some neighborhoods much much much more than other neighborhoods. is there going to be a time those areas could speak? >> that's a good question. i don't know. we'll ask for the sfcta to provide a presentation for you. >> so taxi hailing is not a

congestion tax? >> no. >> the people who use city streets for the purpose of running a business or using a public right-of-way as their primary source of revenue which makes it harder for small businesses they need to consider different tiers based on usage. >> we can write them here. >> and impacts residents. >> okay. >> so great. i just wanted to put it on your radar since they've had a meeting. i will be taking information from their committee meetings and forwarding documents so

those interested you can do nighttime reading. then moving on to legislation, supervisor peskin has initiated a request to the city attorney's office to draft a definition of small business based on number of store fronts, employees, actual or anticipated annual gross receipts. i think he's looking at creating some sort of definition to apply for fee mitigation and we have reached out to supervisor's peskin's office to make sure our office is involved. right now we use the state definition of 100 employees or less. i think that's important. that's for employee regulations and the fact is the majority of our businesses that ploy employ

one or more is 10% or 80 or more employees. i'd want to caution any specific d definition being the definitive definition dealing with small entities. >> i think they should call it something in and of itself like micro business. we're not harmonized as it is with the state and the federal government. we need a category where everyone can agree. we're not talking about small businesses in the broader scope but what we in san francisco regard as micro business. >> first that's well said and a great suggestion but one challenge is going to be the

political messaging because you'll want to say you did something for small business so we may be wrapped around the axle nonetheless. i agree. >> i think the nuancing of creating a definition to be utilized to help do some incentives can be addressed in the broader scope of small business. i know that the state while we looked at the definition of small business in a revenue level but the state mostly refer to it in a numerical number which is 100 employees. which is where the commission

when it started adopt the definition. >> continue. >> and then the accessible business entrance program while dbi did send out a notice not long ago affordable housiinform thigh needed to extend the time period for some of the other filings that need to be completed just and they feel they need more time with property owners to get things

done. you'll hear that at the first meeting in january just so you know and i provided updates on other items. the vacant commercial storefront tax pasd -- passed the board of s and submitted november 21. you heard supervisor mandelman extending the waiver and refund of investigation fees and the time period for medical cannabis dispensary permits to make its way through the permitting process. he had to amend it and separate it out. initially the legislation you heard was an extension of one year both for the fee waiver and then through the permitting process. so he's extended the waiver the refund to two years and getting through the permitting process

to three years. so just so you have an update on that. and then the environmental for the code the promotion of the reusable food service ware you heard for the 25 cents for cups for coffee and requiring businesses that use disposable items for cafes or restaurants to use disposable items to transition and charge for disposable items hit me. here with the park let if we end up passing any legislation that requires restaurants or cafes to use reusable items then right

now it's like those going out to the parklet -- >> there's going to be a lot of dishes in the parklets. >> anyway just to bring attention to and sitting with supervisor peskin and working on the massage regulation, it looks like supervisor ronan will be taking as the primary sponsor for supervisor brown and the planning code revisions are being drafted and may soon be submitted.

i have the additional new business items we need to work our way through on here. i forgot to check in on the target time for doing the tablets. next month. i didn't write it down. >> next year you mean. >> so that concludes my report unless there's any questions. >> commissioner: do any members of the public would like to comment on director's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. any other questions? next item, please. >> clerk: item 7 commissioner's report allows president and vice

president and president to report on small business activities and make announcement of interest to the small business community. discussion items. >> commissioner: i participated november 27 the shop and dine in the 49 with directors and commissioner and we had a good turnout for a rainy day. it was a rainy weekend but all in all and i participated in the small business saturday kickoff at harvey milk plaza with american express and oewd. that's what i've got going. commissioner ortiz. >> i want to let everybody know december 11 at the commission economic development agency we're re-opening our market.

we had several businesses and we'll have cafes, restaurants and housed a small comic book store. it's awesome. culturally inclusive. it's a small comic book shop in the world. we did it and we'll have a lot of small businesses there and i've been meaning to do this. i wanted to give a shout out to someone in the department of technology, robin earl and they've reported stuff in the portal and she's always amazing. always helpful and i wanted to give a shout out to her. >> that's awesome. >> that's it for me. >> commissioner laguana. >> one, i wanted to thank my fellow commissioners for their fellowship over the last month.

it was an interesting month for me. learned a lot about city politics and na was exciting. i have been working as a result of that there's been a few silver linings. i've been working with supervisor haney on publ public/private/partnership and i've reached out to the chamber and sf travel is enthusiastic as well. hopefully something comes out of this i can come back to you guys for support on but i think there's also an opportunity i think in the exchanges we have with policy makers to emphasize

that we're citizens and we're interested in being active participants and making things better and want to help them be the best they can be so good stuff. >> good. >> thank you. commissioner dooley. >> i wanted to thank the commission and particularly our staff for setting a date on the 20th to hear the legacy application for cafe sopora in the middle of an ugly eviction process. as a member of the community i want to thank everyone for that because it's an important place. it's the community space and any help we can give them will be appreciated. >> commissioner laguana.

>> -- commissioner zouzounis. >> i met with the new tenderloin tenant's association which i'm excited because they need representation as a whole with that and a lot of immigrant businesses there that are facing compounded issues and i think it's a particular spot where minority businesses can play a larger role in the advocacy for small businesses. and i also went to the youth commission holiday party in which one of the commissioners was like i want to start a business and i was so impressed with the youth commission and the other youth that were there and a just think that's maybe an area small businesses can think about we can get more creative in how we partner with youth. i know some conversations around flexible use and how to activate spaces in between leases or window space changes. i think there's a lot of room

for potential partnerships with youth and i think definitely leadership development is a huge thing i think about because a lot of people like me grew up in small businesses so youth are constantly around small businesses and they become more savvy that way and we need to develop a new generation of advocates. >> thank you. any other commissioner comments? do any members of the public that would like to comments on commissioner report? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> clerk: item 8 new business allow new agenda items for the future discussion. >> commissioner ortiz? >> i want to follow-up on the cloud kitchen. there's a second location that opened up in the mission. with half a billion they're not here to compete but annihilate.

>> it's on my agenda for next year. >> their prospectus is to be like uber to small and businesses. >> they there's a pop-up on 15th street. they're not ran by uber but it's a restaurant. >> same founder. >> they're in negotiation with the third largest parking company to try to acquire several parking facilities in the city to propagate their hubs of distribution. it's all without permits. we cannot allow them to say sorry. >> we need put that on the agenda. thanks. >> i'm concerned with what are equity applicants for the cannabis permitting. i want to see if true 100%

equity applicants can get prior -- prioritized and get expediting in planning and it's costing small businesses in that industry where they're closing down or selling their shares of the company. >> would you like for me to invite the person in charge of small business cannabis for a presentation? >> yes. >> irene.

>> commissioner riley. >> in addition to the congestion pricing i also want to know more about the curb color management. i want to know how it affects businesses. >> you see the green zones. >> new business for me, i would like to request the sfpd small business working group present to us. >> that's an interesting one. >> i don't know what it was before. it's predominantly with the merchant's association. >> they got mario.

>> it's mostly with the merchant's association. i haven't attended any of the meeting. i don't have the bandwidth to do that. it started around safety issues around homelessness and they've continued to meet and when there was no action happening at the d.a.s office for petty crimes but no one was getting arrested. they're back on the street which is still a problem. >> i'd be interested to hear if sfpd has a list of their concerns too we're strong enforce this and it's not useful. >> you didn't hear from them to hear what happens on the back

end. >> i know in our potrero dog patch meetings we have regular attendance by our local chiefs and officers. they're willing upon request. >> the station has never missed any of ours. >> north beach, central station. they're always at our meetings. >> they'd be happy to come here. >> any other news business? is there any members of the public that would like to comment on news business? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: sf gov tv show the small business slide. >> small business is the only

place to start your new business in san francisco and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when have you a question about what to do next. you can find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all 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. >> clerk: item 9 adjournment. >> i move to adjourn. >> all in favor. aye. [gavel] >> meeting adjourned at 7:31.