and as a dangerous, bill o'brien, sally forth, chris harris, mike rizzo, angela , heidi, kimberly, al, ricky -- these people represent about every aspect of the agency's work from finance to real-estate to housing and everything. they along with the commission, along with the pac, along with mercy and the south of market health center, always it -- deserve a resounding round of applause. >> it takes a lot of people to make this work. a lot of people to make it work. i would like to ask if someone from mrs. westbrook's family would like to come up and say a few words. [applause] >> don't worry. we are not all going to say a few words. as you can see, or if you have not met mrs. weber, you know that she is not a small woman. very tall. so you see why we all came out like that. everybody here -- i believe you have worked with her, or as we call her, madear. inside, it is a different story. where we came from, we did not have a lot of males around, but as you can see, she has raised a whole lot of them, and everybody is doing good, and everybody would like to thank you all for everything

and as a dangerous, bill o'brien, sally forth, chris harris, mike rizzo, angela , heidi, kimberly, al, ricky -- these people represent about every aspect of the agency's work from finance to real-estate to housing and everything. they along with the commission, along with the pac, along with mercy and the south of market health center, always it -- deserve a resounding round of applause. >> it takes a lot of people to make this work. a lot of people to make it work. i would like to ask if someone from mrs. westbrook's family would like to come up and say a few words. [applause] >> don't worry. we are not all going to say a few words. as you can see, or if you have not met mrs. weber, you know s

bill o'brien. olson, who is in many ways the architect of the model block program. thank you for being here. i hope i am not leaving anybody out who has been working on this. as always, it is dangerous when you start naming names because you always leave somebody out, but there are a lot of folks at the agency who worked very hard on this project. this project has taken a lot of energy from residents, a lot of tenacity, a lot of commitment, and in keeping with the way that we do work here in san francisco, a lot of patience. always takes a long time for us to get stuff done, but ultimately, we get it right. i would like to invite michelle to come to the microphone and give you some closing remarks from the perspective of somebody who lives on the block. [applause] >> ok, well, we are truly excited, all the residents, that this actually came to fruition. the initiative of the redevelopment agency, the model block program was our opportunity to get to know our neighbors and become activists for our own community and to raise our voice. i think one person that was not

bill? -- bell? president o'brien: 32nd morning. >> this can spread like a virus, you know? in five years, the entire area -- the chains are waiting to do this. this is what they do. president o'brien: thank you. any further speakers? , head. >> my name is conner o'brien. i am from san francisco. i was going here in 1982. i know there are many people, who moved here and have been living here for longer than i have been alive, who love the city and want to keep it beautiful and keep it local, and keep these giant signs out of our store fronts. i would just like to remind all of you that there are many of us out there that would like the opportunity to start small businesses of many kinds. with the gloomy over head, to also think about competing with large businesses such as wal- mart, which has not made it into the city, thankfully -- it is just enough to keep us out of it. it keeps us out of trying. if we let these stores in continuously, many entrepreneurs will prefer to go elsewhere just because there is more of a chance of success. that is all i have to say. thank you. pr

did not take any action and asked for a full presentation on the bill at the state before taking action on the resolution. president o'brien: ok. do we want to take a motion to approve it as written? commissioner o'conner: i will make a motion to approve. president o'brien: all those in favor? anybody opposed? seeing none, the motion carries. next item, please. >> thank you. that was a longstanding problem. >> commissioners, you are now on item 12, a presentation on the sfeda by jenny mcnulty, executive director of urban solutions. >> i see we are the only ones left with you. thank you for spending your monday evenings doing this each month. i am the director of urban solutions. we are one of the nine members of the san francisco economic development alliance. representatives of three of our member organizations are going to share in the public about the work we are doing. just to start us off, i would like to introduce a family g-- emily gasner, executive director of working solutions, and code- share of -- co-chair of sfeda. >> thank you, jenny. i'd like to thank the small business commission for giving us the opportunit