you about whether or not you should continue to carry this on some of these on your to-do list. >> understood. i think part of that too would be some of the older cases are typically judgments. so probably we have them for the duration of the judgment. so periodically, the collector may do post-judgment review where they may continue to look for assets or try to locate a person or locate assets to try to execute the judgment against. but understood. >> right. so -- and this is probably where the discretion is opposed to so much of our criteria. if you have a judgment, so you don't have a statute, you are not on a short statute of limitations, as you just said, it can sit fairly dormant and every once in a while somebody picks it up and runs it through the system to see if that person has made their presence known or

an asset made available. right. so it's not like somebody is spending 15 minutes every week trying to find this person for seven years, right? >> no, no, no. it will be typically we look for judgment cases, specific for small volumes, we'll have like nine active account. once a month they'll touch it. and it depends if they are able to identify any leads to an asset. but the judgments we are good for ten years, and we renew them up to the full 30 years. >> so actually on that note for chris jackson whose referral date was six and a half years ago, i did spend not 15 minutes but ten minutes to make sure that that's actually on the agenda, though, his specific case. can we -- anybody feel comfortable -- >> i would refrain from

referring to specific cases. >> somebody might want to talk with him about it after the meeting. >> that's fine. well, linkedin is a wonderful place, as is google search. i would encourage that your team do that, because it can be very fruitful. >> i appreciate that. >> thank you. anyway, i'm sorry. >> no, it's just, the reason this came about was -- and thank you for coming and talking about and sharing more about what d.b.r. does. it concerns to me and us as a commission that this was referred six and a half years ago already and it's just not much -- still trying to locate people and track down assets and things and just want to better understand what efforts are being undertaken, what can be done differently in order to get to the outcome that we all want

to see here. >> i mean, we should add notwithstanding, there are some that have been carried, we do appreciate the good work you do there. i'm sure our staff in particular appreciates that you are doing it. and they are not doing it, right? [laughter] so but there are these kind of, whatever, some holdouts, as it were that we want to make sure we are doing what we need to do to get -- >> i appreciate that. and if the staff ever run into anything that may be of benefit to d.b.r., we'll have to collaborate to help push things forward. >> great. >> thank you. >> any other questions? >> you guys have a good rest of the weekend and a good weekend. >> any public comment on agenda item number 9? no.

okay. agenda item 10, discussion of existing ethics commission regular meeting skebbling and possible action to provide direction to staff regarding notice of potential bylaws amendment to revise regular meeting schedule for 2020. >> thank you. i wanted to highlight on agenda item 10, we wanted to provide information to you at the request of chair chiu. it is a time of year when the commission typically looks at its regular meeting schedule to identify for the coming year if the regular meeting schedule still makes sense, if you would like to make changes. the commission wants to make changes or consider changes, there are a series of stars that need to align. one is there needs to be a space available. so we have spent time looking to identify space that could accommodate the commission's

meetings at different types if you wanted to consider that, because our meetings are televised on sf gov tv. so we have proposed a series -- the second thing that needs to align is time to allow for a notice of a bylaws change if the commission does want to meet at a different time, because the bylaws do require the commission establish what's called a regular meeting schedule. and so that -- those dates would be approved after a period of notice. it can be agendized for the commission if the commission wanted to make changes and direct us to do a notice of the bylaws change, we could do that in if in time for the january meeting. but we wanted to provide this calendar for you so you could see what the options were at this point. and we were able to identify the three options shown on the second page. first that the commission retain its current regular meeting

schedule of starting at 2:00 p.m. on the third friday of each month. we also did identify there could be a meeting change to the first friday of each month starting at 9:30 a.m. and thirdly, another option is to change the regular meeting date to the second fridaying of each month and change the start time to 9:30 a.m. it is also the case that as you've seen over the years, there may be some months that commissioners cannot make a particular meeting date. when the commission approves this schedule, through a bylaw change, that could be noted in the schedule. so if one month needed to be off of what was adopted as the regular meeting date, we could put that as well. so the regular meeting date can stay as is, and we can note if there are any exceptions to that over the years, if need be. so i wanted to provide that to you to make looking at the calendar year slightly easier. we did provide a graphic of those dates just so you can look at it and see if you are

interested in considering a date change, how that might play out with your schedules. i'm happy to answer any questions and turn it over to each of you to give us your sense in direction, how you might want to proceed. >> i have a question. and as you know, i'm fairly new to the commission. so i was wondering why on earth we meet friday afternoons. it just inherently seems to me like the worst possible time for this type of meeting, since we often do go until 5. and there was one time we went to 6. so just from a personal standpoint, i would be interested in why we don't have morning meetings. and i understand there are space considerations and all of that. and that just may be the way it is. so i'd be happy to hear the bace background. >> that was the beginning for my request because we were limited

by the room requirements. this was the only time slot where we could get friday. it used to be mondays at 5:00 p.m. and we would go until 11:00 or midnight some days. and then the friday after 2:00 i think is a difficult time for people to make, and i think mornings would be better, and that's why i announced the executive director and her team to look at what room availability there may be for the 2020 calendar year. it's still friday, but 9:30 on friday is better than 2:00 p.m. on friday. >> almost anything is better than 2:00 p.m. on friday. >> the third fridays had us on the friday of a long weekend where it would discourage participation by the public, because it was martin luther king and then president's day weekend, and today is the last day for the holidays, i think a lot of people have already left

town. so hence we are having this discussion about the fridays. still friday but 9:30 a.m. on either the first or second day of the month. i think that for my own personal view, i would be in favor of moving to the second friday of each month, but beginning due to calendar conflicts already that we have beginning in april of 2020, so beginning april 10, we would have the regular meetings. i think for january we would need to stick with our regularly-scheduled meeting on the 17th. and then keep the third friday at 2:00 until april of 2020, and we could move to, if we pick the second friday, april 10th. >> i like that idea, myself.

>> would the second fridays work for -- >> i don't really care whether it's the second, third, fourth. if it's going to be at 2:00, it doesn't matter to me. >> we are saying keep the regular dates for january, february and march, and then april we go to -- >> the second friday. >> at 9:30? that's fine. >> i guess we'll put this on the agenda for january. so commissioner lee would have an opportunity to weigh in. all right. yeah, i would certainly appreciate being able to consider that. and we can also get some feedback from the public who are watching. >> i don't think a motion is required to do this since you are directing us to issue the notice, and the action would be placed on the january agenda. so we'll provide information for the public and make sure it's circulating to provide you the opportunity to act at that point.

>> i would like to know how the staff feels about it. this obviously affects you. and maybe if moving it changes things or makes it more difficult for you, then i would like to consider that. >> thank you for that point. i think staff would be in favor of moving it to an earlier time in the day as well. it does give more time for more meeting to play out in the normal course. i think friday afternoons are difficult for the public to be here. so morning meetings, i'm hopeful that we'll see more people. but certainly we will work with the commission's desire based on your schedules and the public comment at the january meeting. we are flexible, but we are happy to start earlier in the day. >> we would have the room for the sufficient number of hours? i know these rooms are booked pretty solid. so you would have it until noon or something. >> i think we would have it beyond noon. >> no one meets on friday afternoons. >> okay. great. >> thank you. any public comment on agenda

item number 10? okay. seeing none. agenda item number 11, discussion of executive director's report. >> thank you. on this item, a brief look forward, recapping some of the program implementation updates you heard from pat ford in his report. i did want to follow up with more specific information. at the last commission meeting i relayed we had sworn that supervisors president requested an audit of the commission. that is a motion that was directing the budget and legislative analyst to conduct a performance audit of the commission as a priority of part of its work toward this coming -- for this fiscal year that we are in. and we followed up directly with the l.a. office and also supervisoree, and we understand there's a motion to approve that would be considered at a meeting in the early part of january.

so we will keep you posted on that. we will be available to answer any questions the board might have. i reached out to mr. rose and his team to let them know if this does pass we are happy to provide whatever assistance we can to enable it to be a smooth audit. so we'll keep you posted. but that is something that will require legislative adoption if i understand it. i wanted to highlight one of the items on the staffing news. we do have the investigative analyst position posted. we did extend it for two weeks through december 31 on sf jobs because we realize with the holidays it might make it difficult for people to focus but we want to extend that. we look forward to having that process moving in ernest at the first of the new year. we will be posting and dusting off two other positions to get them through the pipeline as soon as we can. and lastly, i would just add to pat ford's comments about the

annual conference, we were pleased to be able to send a group to the conversation. pat participated in the panel. i saw staff at early morning meeting table topic starting at 7:30 in the morning to take advantage of informal conversation with colleagues around the country on issues where we have a lot of shared interest and experience. and the conference went until 5:30 every day. we had a chance to meet with our california agency colleagues, which was a great experience to get to know each other more informally, but it also sparked a lot of good ideas about how we might connect over the course of the year so we don't have to wait until cogel to sit down and compare notes. i participated on the panel wednesday morning with my counterpart in seattle, the grassroots lobbyist for public citizen, and a woman who heads the state and local government work for common cause in washington, focusing on revolving door issues for

campaign consultants as lobbyists. what was surprising to me is the conference on a wednesday morning on a day where there were other major events happening related to government ethics, we still had a room of close to 60 people wanting to talk about issues that were involved in the work we do every day. and so we had over 500 people at this year's conference which was a high for the organization's conferences. and that's a good sign of how much interest there still is around the country, how much resources, governments and citizens are willing to put into agencies doing this kind of work to get us to go to those conferences and understand and be on top of what the latest trends are. we are going to be debriefing with each other over the next couple days as everybody comes back to the office over the holidays so we can plan to do a more deep dive for the overview of the rest of the staff that couldn't be there. so we very much appreciate that we have the resources to do it, and we are looking forward to continuing to participate as we

can when funding and conference location provides that to be permissible. but we did learn a lot from this year. we found it a shot in the arm. so we are happy to be there and provide you with further feedback once we debrief and settle back in. and again, just as a final note, through this calendar year, we do very much appreciate, as my report notes, a bit more formally, but we want to appreciate the work the commission has done, the heavy lifting and the 2:00 afternoon meetings. we know it's not easy, and particularly going into the issues, going away for a month and coming back. the commission has always done a tremendous job being able to keep its foot on the gas pedal. we know that's the same with the public who comes and provides comment at interested persons meetings and commission meetings. from the staff, i want to say thank you for your effort and to the public for keeping us on our tows, and we do hope that we will continue to work

collaboratively in the coming here to ensure that here in san francisco our public service is worthy of the public trust. we appreciate your work. so thank you. we hope you have wonderful holidays. >> i wanted to extend our thanks to you and all the staff for the great work that you do day in and day out, because you make what we do up here possible. so without you, it wouldn't be possible. and i really appreciate the thought partnership and the long hours and the extreme patience that it takes to wrangle and herd cats on legislative matters across even multiple stakeholders and through city hall, and the fact that we got so much done this year i think is a real testament to your leadership and the leadership underneath you as well as the old-fashioned hard work. so thank you for all of it. i did have one question. is the budget season kicking off?

>> i don't know how i avoided touching on that. the budget season has kicked off. and while we were away at cogel, we did have a department head meeting with the mayor to issue budget instructions. i understand from that that departments this year, because of the strength of focus that the mayor would like to place on a critical pressing needs the city has, including homelessness and other needs, there's been a request that each department present budgets that consider cuts of 3 percent to about 7 percent. so those are deeper cuts that have been requested in prior years. so we again -- i'm hoping to have first discussions starting next week with folks from the mayor's office and welcome the chance to just walk through and get up to speed on what those requests look like and also to reflect on the needs the commission continues to have for the work that we do. so we will be very much focused

over the next several weeks in putting together a budget request. the budget will be due on february 21st, which is the date of our february commission meeting. so we will work to put together as much information as we can wherever we are in the budget process for the commission's january meeting so you and the public can be informed with what we know at that time. but it is likely, as you know from prior years, given the work that the budget takes, it can be sometimes hard to have a final picture of what those requests or exercises will look like until we actually submit the thing on february 21. we want to make sure there's information presented to you in january. we'll do our best to be as full about that as we can. i'm happy to answer any further questions. >> thank you. just a call for public comment? agenda item 12, discussion and possible action on items for future meetings.

>> i just had a quick question. there was an e-mail from someone about possible further amendment to the public financing regs concerning the counting of -- if i can remember, of campaign -- of public financing funds as part of the triggers for campaign independent expenditure cap. did you see that e-mail? i wasn't the only one. so i mean obviously i'm not putting a timeline on it, but i would like to understand better the problem that was identified and what your staff recommendation is about whether and how it should or could be addressed. >> i would be glad to talk with you about that. >> okay. great. thanks. >> public comment on agenda item number 12. being none, additional opportunity for public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda, pursuant to ethics commission

bylaws article vii, section 2. if there's no comment, i move to adjourn. happy holidays, everyone. ... >> the goal is simple. it's to raise women's voices. >> learn a little bit about what you should be thinking about in the future. >> we had own over 300 -- over 300 people who signed up for the one-on-one counseling today. >> i think in the world of leading, people sometimes

discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively. the assessor's office is a big one. there are 58 counties in the state of california and every single county has one elected assessor in the county. our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are fairly taxing every single property in san francisco. one of the big things that we do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2.6 billion worth of revenue to the city. often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with

property taxes. for every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets, our cleaning that happens in the city. but i think what most people don't know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public education. so it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. so this is an incredibly important part of what we do in this office. it's an interesting place to be, i have to say. my colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me. in my day-to-day life, i don't think about that role, being the only asian american assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very

well, representing the county of san francisco well. by being the only asian american assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. i hope by doing the best that you can as an individual, people will start to see that your assessor is your elected leaders, the people that are making important decisions can look like you, can be like you, can be from your background. i grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united states. when my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. they had very little money, and they didn't know how to speak english very well. they came to a place that was completely foreign, a place where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i can't imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. so my parents had odd jobs, my

dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. as we grew up, we eventually had a small business. i very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. we went to the restaurant every weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. it really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing public service the way that i do. one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it

was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core, and you remember why you're doing what you're doing, you know, i think you can't go wrong. it's funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. i became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can

remember one day, i'm shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. for many of us who are going through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader. sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the

wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think it's really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to make things successful.

sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very minimal energy use. it still matters where the energy comes from and also part of the mission in sustainability is how we run everything, run our business. so having the lights come on with clean energy is important to us as well. we heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. it was super easy to sign up. our bookkeeper signed up online, it was like 15 minutes. nothing has changed, except now we have cleaner energy. it's an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it, and it doesn't really add anything to the bill. of small

business slide. >> welcome. it's our custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco. and the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your 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 forum to voice your opinions and concerns about the policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters start here with the office of small business. >> item 1, call to order and roll call.

commissioner adams. >> here. >> clerk: commissioner dooley is absent. commissioner dwight. >> here. >> commissioner laguana. >> here. >> clerk: commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> here. >> clerk: commissioner you have a forum. public comment allows members of the comment on matters within the small business jurisdiction but not on the calendar and suggest new items for future discussion. >> do we have members of the public who would like to make public comment on any item not on today's agenda? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: item 3 for approval of legacy businesses registry

applications and resolutions and office of the small business. >> commissioner, office of small business staff, richard kurylo legacy business program manager. sf gov tv, may i have the power point presentation. before you today are four applications for your consideration for the legacy business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion, submitted to planning staff october 23 and heard by the historic preservation commission november 20. for each applicant the sbc has been provided a staff report, draft resolution and application, case report from planning department staff and a resolution. there are copies on the table in the public binder. item 3a is community music center. the organization is a music school founded in september 1921. it was officially incorporated in 1939 and received 501c3

nonprofit status. the purpose is to make high quality music accessible to music of all ages and abilities regardless of financial means. the primary business address is 544 cap street in the mission neighborhood. in 1983 they opened the richmond district branch with many programs duplicated there and new programs created attune to the neighborhood's needs. in 2012 they purchased the victorian house on cap street to house additional classroom space and other recital hall and needed staff space. the expansion planned for the 100th anniversary in 2021 will greatly improve their services and ability to sustain tuition-free programs and launch new programs that address critical community needs.

item 3b is the end up. it's a bar established in 1973 as an after-hours a good western nightclub at the current site 401 sixth street for the lbbt community and they were popular for the contests and the jockey short dance contest resourced notice by in the tales of the city novels and television series. the 1990s and 2000s included expansion of the club's friday night operating hours until 6:00 a.m. and challenges from closing it in the south and market district. in 2005 the club was sold to six investors who continued the

legacy of a good disco and underground music. drew house llc has been the current owner since 2011. item 3c is items unlimited of for instance inc. it's a non-profit communities based organization in the mission district. founded in 1970 it offers culturally and linguistically rooted services in english and spanish for the mission district and san francisco. services offer abruce treatment and mental health and programs that promote healthy development and empower youth and family to take action in their community. the organization originated as a youth organization to meet the need of latino immigrant families moving to san francisco in the 1960s.

inequality is as great as it's been and the leadership and staff believe the services are needed by the youth of the mission now more than of. -- more than ever. >> item 3d is mums home of shabu shabu in japan town. the restaurant was founded in 1979 as part of a program to bring japanese culture to san francisco. at the time japan town had undergone redevelopment and they encouraged the proliferation of japanese businesses in the area. they opened the kyoto inn and in 1995 they became one of the first restaurants in san

francisco to serve japanese authentic hot pot. it's owned by a former employee an immigrant from hong kong. the restaurant has survived three management changes of the landlord and has maintained firm in maintaining the legacy of the name. all four businesses received positive recommendations from the historic preservation commission. after reviewing the applications and the recommendation staff finds businesses have met the three criteria to qualify for listing on the business registry. there are four draft resolutions for consideration by the sbc. one for each of the applicants. your support of the businesses should be as in favor of the resolutions. the resolutions please play close attention to the core

physical features. once approved by the sbc, the businesses must maintain the physical features or traditions in order to remain on the legacy business registry. for the end up it's bar and for horizons up -- unlimited it's for the latinex opportunity and for mums it's restaurant for japanese cuisine. this concludes my presentation and happy to answer any questions. there are business representives in attendness that would like to speak and possibly stories from commissioner laguana and we'll find out. thank you very much. >> commissioner: do you want to go to public comment first? >> clerk: i have speaker cards here. ben nakazo, followed by elena

nielson followed by sarah kim and followed by salina lucino. >> thank you very much, i'm a 60 year resident of japan town in the western addition and a member of the japan town task force. it's with great pride i stand before you to speak in support in favor of cafe mums in the hotel brew bucannon. i'd like to recognize the support of the president of the board and the executive director of the japan town task force. cafe mums has been a gathering place over 40 years. not only for visitors staying at

the hotel and other tourists, family and friends and community people from the neighborhood and beyond. it is an ideal place centrally located. i often go to get my breakfast or lunch and the menu offers not only japanese food but american dishes as well. as their signature plate of shabu shabu. my favorite breakfast is grilled salmon with rice with nori and my lunch is rice wrapped in an omelette and yakisoba which is fried into the noodles. i often meet with colleagues to discuss items of the day and to snack and have a drink it. offers comfort food and an ideal too recoup one's thoughts. in my mind, cafe mums obviously

means chrysanthemum blossom but my own interpretation means mums more like moms. it offers wonderful food, aattentive service, a full stomach, warmth and comfort. and i thank you for consideration of the legacy business registration for cafe mums. >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker please. >> hello. i'm a former employee of japan town task force and the japan town community business direct and active member and was a point person for compiling mum's

application to the legacy business program. when i first stat down with the owner of the business and what his business meant to him he presented me with a binder this thick with all his photos from when he first came to america and came as a dishwasher and was work at mums. and all the way to the present where he has four daughters and they're all involved in his business and he's the owner of mums now. he is so proud of his business and has so much reason to be and talked for hours about mums and how it was started by japanese from sf's former sit ter city of -- sister city of osaka and how he worked his way up as

right-hand man and all his relationship with the community members in japan town past and present and how he fought to preserve the dignity of his business despite three changes in ownership of the building to which they pay rent. mums means so much to our community. it is our decade's old lasting hub and whenever i go there there's always someone that i see. there's always someone that i know. it has been a pleasure getting to know more about the history of a business that is older than myself and there isn't a business i can more recommend to the legacy business program. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please.

>> good evening president adams, commissioners and staff members. i'm julie steinberg and the executive director of community music center and so pleased to stand before you today to ask for your support of our legacy business registry application and the applications of our fellow applicants and long-standing business who's are making an impact and keeping san francisco the rich and vibrant city it is today. it's 99 years young growing from a small volunteer run school founded in the settlement tradition serving a handful of immigrant families to today where it provides free and low-cost class to 3100 students of all ages and stages providing more than $2.4 million in direct tuition assistance to all who qualify. our concert hall is also home to more than 100 free and low-cost performances attended by more than 18,000 people each year.

our faculty members and leaders and musical genres and styles and hope to keep them here for years to come. though we're historic we rely on innovation and evolution creating responsive programs for older adults, young children and their families, immigrant community and the transgender communities to name a few. as we enter our second century of service in the city of san francisco, we appreciate your support of our application which will allow us to remain vibrant, socially relevant, engaged up our community and making a difference around the city. thank you. >> commissioner: thank you. >> i'm sarah. i'm the youngest of the four daughters for mums. i asked my dad what he wanted to say in front of you all and he

wanted to say that he was very lucky to have so much community support. very lucky to be include in japan's cultural heritage and economic sustainability strategy and very lucky to be here towards the end of the application process. he also wanted to mention that we and other legacy business out here today have been through at least three major hurdles. the economic crisis and '89 earthquake and 9/11 he saw a lot of places shut down but we're all here and alive and kicking and all the stories were touching so i'm emotional right now. sorry. it's an honor to be here in front of you all and honestly i would not be here without japan town task force. the community of japan town has been supportive of hi father's establishment and hope i can

continue to do what i can for the community and knowing me i would have failed in filling out the application so i'm thankful for them helping me out over there. thanks. >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm sarah samuel and i am the point person who help for the legacy business applicants. on behalf of many we're grateful and honored to be given as an opportunity as a legacy business. we are thankful that you will consider their application. to tell a little bit about me and why i'm doing this because not that i'm a huge clubgoer and i got to know the owners and i

decided to give it a visit and it is to say something that's iconic and sustain the nightlife of san francisco. it's existence since 1973 and the owners want to revive it and continue its legacy in the community of san francisco and what it's done for the nightlife and house music and the nightclub scene. they just celebrated the 46th anniversary several weeks ago. their hopes is to continue to celebrate another 46 to 50 more. so again we thank you again for your consideration of this application and thank you for the opportunity. >> >> commissioner: thank you. next speaker, please.

>> good evening commissioners and staff here. my name is salena lucero being considered for the legacy business registry. i think more so of being proud of being the executive director i think my legacy with horizons is much more important because i started there as a youth many years ago a couple decades ago if i'm going to day myself but in a nutshell horizons means so much to so many in the community. when we went through the application process a few years ago we celebrated our 50th anniversary and then through the process of the application we realized we were incorporated in 1970 so we were like do we have to celebrate the 50th anniversary again because we

were off by five years but we were actually founded in 1965 so i think we're on track with that. but horizons again though it's housed in a building on 17th and potrero it represents family and stability and represents leadership and empowerment to so many people. if you walk through the mission on any given day and talk about what the -- is going on and what the community means, so many have benefitted and generations of families who have been here. i'm the youngest of nine and all my family members have also benefitted from horizons. it's beautiful to see grandparents bring in their grandchildren to programs and stop by and see the organization still going and doing well. so i think being able to get

this recognition would validate all the work and the heart and soul that people have put into the organization for five decades. i thank you so much and want to echo the sentiment that we wish all the best to our partners that are here also in consideration for the legacy business registry. we know they are also deserving and thank you so much. it's an honor and privilege to be in front of you. have a good evening. >> commissioner: thank you. any other speakers? okay. public comment is closed. commissioners. any comments? commissioner ortiz. >> this is the best part of the jobs. mums, i always go there. i didn't even know the history so just learning the history is amazing and makes me want to go there even more. man, wow, safe nights over

there. that's one of the key things. you know you're in good hands. you could let your hair down and cmc and horizons from the mission i learned to sing over the rainbow in the '80s. off key of course but i learn it and horizons being there i walked down potrero. they're all exciting times and i'm honored to be a part of your nominations. >> commissioner: commissioner laguana. >> it's amazing to come here and hear the stories and i just want to ratify on behalf of the commission it's so uplifting to us to hear all the passion and energy that you've put and the travails you have suffered through to survive in a city when it's uncommonly difficult for a small business to make it through so i commend all of you in particular i was moved by the

family's passion ash -- around mums and i can relate to seeing how the years in front of you and your family and how it builds up over time. growing up i grew up with two a good foster parents and i remember reading tales of the city but speaking as a former professional musician i actually lived on capp street when i first moved here to san francisco and i didn't even know cmc was there to be honest. i'm astounded to discover that not only was it there but it's been there almost 100 years. what a remarkable extraordinary accomplishment to have an organization going like that so long and commissioner ortiz, i'd

be happy to help you work in getting in key. but i can't imagine how many lives have been benefitted by that and music is really i think for me and i'm sure many of you will agree as are where our humanity resides and that's some of the most important work we can do culturally. it's a tremendous honor to be here and a want to thank all of you for coming. >> commissioner: commissioner dooley. >> i just wanted to say thank you so much for all of you going through the laborious process of applying. we hear how deserving and how important the businesses are to the real san francisco. the small businesses. we want to do everything we can to help you guys continue on, do

what you do so amazingly. congratulations all of. -- all of you. >> commissioner: any other commissioner comments? okay. i just want to say to each and every one of these businesses congratulations. it's not an easy process but you learned the history and everything. community music center 100 years and you're going to be another 100 years. i love that. and horizons, i knew about you because i have a lot of friends that grew up in the mission and a lot of them said about their experienc experiences with horizons and mums, when i lived in pacific heights i did frequent mums quite a bit but it's the end up. i'm so proud of tonight. and the lgbtq community and

started with the legacy business and the lone star legacy business and the endup i spent a lot of nights in the endup when i first moved here and then some. and my a good family, we all met, there were five of us and we're all still close today. none of us knew each other and we all met at the endup after leaving club universe. after that was over we went to the endup and we all met at the endup and all became friends that night. it was october 13, 1997. august 13. the endup has a special place in my heart. i've gotten up at 4:00 in the morning to go dancing at 5:00 in the morning. you guys know what i'm talking about on sunday mornings but hey, that's part of our culture.

and i'm not ashamed of that. so i am kind of emotional here. what the endup means to the lgbt community and what you mean to the south and market community you keep the community alive and i tell people i live in the castro and a keep telling the people it's not just the castro, it's south of market and polk street. it's all over. we're everywhere. i just want to say thank you. commissioner riley. >> yes, i would love to go to mums for shabu shabu. now is the perfect weather for it and i'd love to see the big binder of yours. thank you. >> commissioner: any others? do we have a motion. >> i move to approve all four resolution to induct all fine businesses into the legacy business registry. >> second.

>> clerk: commotion by commissioner dwight to approve all four resolutions seconded by commissioner dooley. roll call vote. [roll call] motion passes 7-0 with no one absent. >> congratulations. >> commissioner: we have certificates for everybody and if we can get a quick picture.

>> item 4 san francisco planning presentation on the parklet presentation by john francis senior planner and urban designer. >> congratulations to all the legacy businesses who were nominated. it's a great way to start the meeting. i'm actually going to thank you

for inviting us to give an update on the park let program and i'm going to hand the mic to my co-program manager who will walk you through the update. thank you for the invitation to present the parklet program and i co-manage the program with my colleague john francis at the planning department but presenting with us as well tonight is our colleagues from street use and mapping at public works. we will be sharing an overview of the program and parklet program and the history, goals and policy and how the application process works and where they're located.

and then we assembled the role on permitting and enforcement. so before we dive into the parklet program, i'd like to introduce the program that works with people from san francisco to build temporary or installations to turn underused public spaces into community space. it's a collaborative efforts by mta and san francisco and it acted as a laboratory for communities to quickly and inexpensively test out new ideas in the public realm. the inspirations could take the place of a plaza, parkway or urban prototype. throughout the years programs with similar goals were piloted in 2017 they were rebranded highlighting all the project's

common goals. the projects are now categorized based on their location within the public realm which determines how project permitted for people for places ordinance. this was adopt ed by the board of supervisor in 2016 and codefies the framework for projects. the projects could be located on the sidewalk, the street on the lot or parcel or near the curb which is where park ways are located. so how did the parklet program start? in 2009 designers and neighbors got together and decided to take over a parking spot throughout the day they would feed the meter and kept it going and laid out furniture and plant and had

a community event there. and so throughout some negotiation the city began to work with them to formalize a program to pilot these so in 2011 the first parklets were piloted throughout the city and we started a request for proposa proposals-based process and have five rsps through 2015 and in 2018 we opened up the application to be-year round. -- to be year round. so why parklets? we believe it's more than just a parking space taken over by furniture and planning and it's to re-imagine the needs of city streets and balance of those travelling and because parklets are relatively low cost and

easily implementable approach to achieving better balance for all uses of the street, we encouraged non-motorized transportation and foster neighborhood interaction. in many cases neighbors have participated in the design and financing and construction and even stewardship of the parklets and also support businesses by enhancing the pedestrian environment which can help make the street feel more safe and comfortable for people shopping, runni runni runni runni running errands. and they aim to be a community asset and amenity and we can achieve this by keeping parklets public. from the origins, the program

established parklets are public spaces since they're located on public property and should benefit those who provide community amenity. we encourage the activity like adding landscape for children and active uses than just tables and chairs and other cities and jurisdictions have different models. for example, they allow table service as well but in san francisco as a matter of policy, parklets should be publicly accessible as stated here in the public works code and the administrative code because of the places where people ordinance people places are intended to be publicly accessible public spaces and so who is doing what in terms of the team working for parklets.

the three main agencies working for the parklet program are planning, which we oversee program branding and administration like website graphics and outreach and the initial point of contact for parklet applicants and ensure the goals of the program are met and they follow the standards. sfmta reviews for traffic, transit, pedestrian, bicycle or situation issues and provide changes when needed and ensure parklets achieve overall goals and objectives including mission zero goals. also, public works the division of bureau of street use and mapping ensure parklets are well constructed, safe and accessible and process permits and manage inspection and enforcement and up to all agencies to review the design of the proposals and to

coordinate on program policy as well. how it goes from an idea to a parklet on the street, we require the parklet applicant submit a parklet proposal pack and and not only does that -- package and not only does it include narration and photographs and maintenance plan and funding strategy but to ensure there's community buy-in we request a robust neighborhood outreach effort. they have to get consent from the adjacent properties and have to do a robust neighborhood outreach to neighborhoods, associations and supervisor's office and once they submit the package, our selection criteria depends on the quality of the proposal and if the site is

feasible. if they're accepted into the program and meet the criteria they can move on to public noticing and that is posted for 10 days which is when members of the community have a chance to express any concerns and they can object and if that happens a public hearing is triggered. if there's no objections, they can move on to the design development and permitting phase. so they submit design drawings and standards as well as regulations and if they comply they're issued a permit and once it's issued the sponsor has up to three months to begin public construction and the site is inspected prior and as for construction and the sponsor must comply with all responsibilities and renewing the permit every year. who can apply for the parklet? the parklet application is open to all types of businesses,

organizations or residents too as long as they submit a complete proposal package and the site is feasible. after there's responsibilities including upkeep and maintenance and regular cleaning and graffiti abatement and renew annually. they cannot provide alcohol or there cannot be smoke org branding of the business on the parklet and no table services. the parklets currently installed are mostly sponsored by restaurants or ca -- cafes but there's diversity like schools, art galleries and we have one residential parklet as well. on this map is where parklets are currently located by

supervisor districts and have a high concentration on the eastern side of the city with d9 having the most parklet. if we go into more detail and break down by neighborhood you can see in the mission it's the most dense area and most are allocated in the valencia commercial corridor and my colleagues will discuss permitting and enforcement and we're available for questions. >> i'm the commercial permit manager and joined with my colleague. we're the team that assists with processing the permits. so the permitting process is more on the back end of the overall parklet process and we're responsible for administering the fees for the

parklets which totals about $3,000 for review of the designs submitted to us, reviewing the application submitted to us and then about half of that fee will go to mta. more likely than not, that's to assist with the removal of parking meters if a parklet is des -- displacing the meters. we make sure we have an updated certificate of insurance and application and fees within. the $3,000 fee will also provide inspections. following the installation we'll send an inspector to make sure it's code compliant and installed properly. in the event a business changes hands they can transfer the parklet. it's a relatively simple procedure that doesn't warrant a public hearing because the parklet and orientation isn't

changing and get a host agreement form which more or less the sponsor is saying they'll abide for the good neighbor policies spelled out in the code and certificate of insurance for general reliability and the park let application and fee so that we know who the responsible party therein. that's the permitting process. now the parklet's in place and now the community's enjoying and there could be inspection or enforcement issues. this slide shows the bar graph on the right side. within the bar graph you'll notice a magenta -- pardon me. it's inverted on this. on the bottom there's a green box that says parklet signage missing. these complaints come to us from