commissioner o'connor: i think even more important, the parking lot had a history of problems. when there is that history, i am totally in agreement that we should be staffing. commissioner adams: most private lots have attendance. commissioner clyde: first of all, i agree wihth you, commissioner adams. having a person on sighte in any capacity should qualify for a staff person. if they chose to figure out a fence mechanism or lock mechanism, that is well and good, but for the trouble some lots, people are going to move into the neighborhood and they are going to go to somebody's door way, down the street, we're talking about some areas of violence and misbehavior. issues that are really not the parking lot owner's per view. -- purview. do they have good relationships with their late night patrols and their station in busier areas? i am going to caution about this, simply moving the problem away and maybe into more residential neighborhoods. and just to caution solving the problem this way, and the implementation of 30 days. some operators will choose fencing over a live person.

commissioner o'connor: aye. commissioner riley: aye. >> that motion passes 6-0. president o'brien: next item, please. >> commissioners, you are on the item number six, discussion of possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors, 111077, police code for commercial parking lots. amending sections 1215-12 15.4. and adding sections will 15.7 -- 1215.7 to set requirements for plants, to suspend or revoke a commercial parking permit for violation of an improved security plan. to authorize the chief of police to promulgate rules that set requirements for security plans. authorize enforcement by the city attorney in a civil action. in your packet is the file number of of what the legislative digest. we have a presentation from the legislative aide to president david chiu. >> legislative attention, although there has been progress and a number of areas, much of the city's nightlife actually takes place in the parking facilities -- is poorly lit and contains a few other security features. the unintended and unsecured lots, which sometimes leads to ill

commissioner o'connor asked first. i will dayan on as the eye and not crazy about this legislation. -- i will be honest on this and say i am not crazy about this legislation. i worry about how this is going to be handled. this is not the first time legislation has come up like this but would initially go out potentially as a letter to people telling them that no rules have changed -- that the rules have changed or something has been decided upon. for me to go along with this, i would want to insist upon something like commissioner o'connor alluded to. i do not except it does not possible to identify problematic parking lots from those that do not have a problem. i believe where there is a will, there is a way, and it should be possible to somehow implement a procedure whether through an administrative process with the police department, and it would be great to allow parking lot operators across the board to know about this as part of an outreach process, because i worry some people may not know about it, and i would r

commissioner o'connor: yes. commissioner riley: no. >> that's 3-3, it does not pass. on the motion for o'commissionerb -- o'brien. [vote] >> that motion fails 3-3. >> let me state that the basis we will take comments shortly. -- let me state that the basisi -- -- >> we want to redo the votes, or if the commission wants to continue the matter, a motion needs to be made. a motion needs to be made in terms of giving direction. a motion can be made to do a recall of the nominations and votes. or a motion can be made to extend the election for the vice presidents to the february meeting. commissioner riley: i would like to move to extend the election to february. commissioner adams: i'll second that. >> i will vote against that motion, i think that we should release him down and while we are sitting here, consider this very carefully. the basis of that, there is not a commissioner that sits here today that has spoken had more meetings at city hall, has taken her time to go and advocate position by position. there is no more fear this person that stood in front of rules, st

commissioner o'connor: no. parks commissioners, the motion fails, and now -- >> commissioners, that motion fails, 3-3. parks there has been a systemic problem on the commission. >> would you like me to advise? at this time the election for officer is still open. do we take nominations yemen? >> that is to the commission, but we take nominations again, and if we are not able to have an action and has an action, the next step is to call the meeting to a close, but we cannot continue the meeting. commissioner clyde: i would like to nominate kathleen julie for vice president based on everything we have heard. gooperhaps i would like to nomie commissioner -- >> i would like to nominate commissioner o'brien. >> would you like to make a statement again? >commissioner dooley: just one more comment. our commissions are not 100% appointed by anyone, and this is something i feel for this commission to gon on in a productive manner, mr. o'brien has served. i believe he should be gracious and allows someone of the service. h

commissioner o'connor: aye. commissioner riley: aye. >> that motion passes 6-0. congratulations, commissioner adams. president o'brien: next item, please. >> commissioners, you warare now on ite 11, election of the vice- president to the small business commission. it requires a motion and vote. the same procedures will be followed. president o'brien: do we have any other nominations? commissioner clyde? commissioner clyde: i would like to nominate kathleen dooley for vice president. president o'brien: commissioner o'connoriley? commissioner riley: i like to nominate commissioner o'brien to vice president. >president o'brien: nominee statements. commissioner dooley: i think my record is quite clear. i began my experience with this commission, i worked to bring the problems of ada lawsuits to this commission. i hope to continue further in any way i can to help small businesses to maintain themselves as a strong force. i have also worked very hard with small business corridors to help protect them from outside interests that would not allow them to continue in their

commissioner o'connor: no. parks commissioners, the motion fails, and now -- >> commissioners, that motion fails, 3-3. fails, 3-3. parks there has been a systemic

commissioner o'connor: let's see. thanks for adding that, mr. adams. very helpful, to say the least. >> a couple of other points, i'm not sure to how familiar you are with parking issues. i run a parking lot that i keep secret. i don't want people to know that. >> it is not secret anymore. [laughter] commissioner o'connor: i don't see it in all parking lots, but you all by legislative code, supposed to install a computerized money credit card machine. these cost $15,000. they are not cheap. that is a lot of money to me. that is something that the city has asked of parking lot attendants. i do not know to what degree they are compliant. >> the city takes 25% tax of parking lots. i think supervisor mirkarimi was trying to get it to go to 38% or 35%. i think it lost, shockingly. so there is a lot. those are pretty heavy burdens. >> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us

commissioner o'connor: aye. commissioner riley: aye. >> that motion passes 6-0. president o'brien: next item, please. >> commissioners, you are

i like commissioner o'connor's idea of some kind of a food truck we can add. i know there is controversy, but i liked that idea. i like the there could been a win-win situation. >> it would come down to what is defined as a staffer. >> if you left it how it used to be with the permiting officers at each station, and there are issues, and sgt shock does deal with it. gooi like hearing from the industry, because i want to do everything i can to help your industry. you employ a lot of people, and there are a lot of small businesses. iraq's commissioners, to questions. -- >> commissioners, two questions. i am disappointed i am not able to see the mapping and taking a look at the venue. from what i hear taking a look at the parking lot waith starbucks and wells fargo, those are entities that can be established that they have the ability to afford attendance, and we see there are situations where it can be afforded, because it is not required, they do not have to do so. i do not want to been in the position that we pass without having the ability to look at mapping

recognition of commissioners janet clyde and michael o'connor. >> as part -- director and the office, do you want to take a moment to recognize the commissioners? commissioner o'connor could not be here tonight. he had already planned a business meeting. he is in las vegas at the magic show which is a great place to be. so i wanted to take a moment to a knowledge him and his service for being on the commission for eight years. two of the years he was president of the commission. one of the years, vice- president. he representing the hospitality industry has brought value in terms of feedback, input and an exciting entrepreneurial spirit to the commission. during his commission he worked kia hours on legislative and policy matters including extensive work on the health care security ordinance on that advisory board with commissioner dwight. and that helped to boost our support and the need for having entities and promoting your local manufacturing. he leaves a legacy as a key step -- stakeholder. in his absence i want to spend -- take this time to thank him for his service. you're welc

. >> commissioner o'connor is excused. commissioner. >> here. >> thank you, commissioners. item number two. presentation and discussion on the proposed transit sustainability fee. presentation by michael yarne, office of economic and workforce development. >> chris, i want to go back to our roll call if i could really quick. newly appointed president of this commission, i would like to publicly welcome mark dwight to the commission and we are very excited that you are on our commission and we would like you to say a few words, if you could. >> i'm honored, thank you. i'm mark dwight. i'm the founder of a small business out in dogpatch called rikshaw bag works. i have 22 employees in my business. we manufacture here in san francisco, a variety of bags, tote bags, things of that nature. i, let's see, i'm also the founder of s.f. made which is an organization that supports local manufacturers. it's a not for profit here in the city. and then my only previous experience here in city hall was on the back streets business advisory board two years ago looking at the eastern neighb

commissioner o'connor: here. commissioner riley: here. >> item two. approval of the november 14, 2011 meeting minutes. kraft november 14, 2011 meeting minutes. president o'brien: can i get someone to recommend approval? >> i motion to approve the november meeting minutes. >> second. president o'brien: that was december? november? thank you. approved without objection. >> item 3, approval of the december 12 minutes. the documents on december 12, 2011. >> i move. >> second. president o'brien: objections? seeing none, approved. >> and general public comment. members can comment on items under the commission's purview. president o'brien: anybody that would like to talk on items not on the agenda? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on file # 111331. charter amendment, analyzing proposed legislation in relation to a net job loss. this will amend the charter by adding section 2.118 to require the board of supervisors on limitations of private businesses, require the com

we have commissioners departing, this is probably your last meeting commissioner clyde and commissioner o'connor. i brought certificates of honor from the board of supervisors and recognition and the points of the work. i will give them to the executive director to present them to you, but i wanted to say thank you for your service. the rules committee will be considering several new applicants, and hopefully you will have your full panel of seven to give us feedback. >> it's in your hands, katherine. commissioner adams: we will open this up for public comment and it will be on item 6, the presentation that we had on the benefit corporations, and also item number seven. i am opening this up for public comment. do we have public comment? >> i neglected to mention when i called item seven, it is a legislation digest. along with a list of companies that are b-corp certified or benefit corporations and to the state of california. if you would like to stand up on the side wall over your head and speak your name clearly, please. >> my name is matthew bauer and i am president and co-founder of better w

if commissioner o'connor is no longer present, since this is a procedural motion, only a majority of commissioners currently president would be required to vote to close the meeting. >> we need a majority. >> you just stated we need a majority at this point, which is i believe what the city attorney advised us if we have five commissioners in attendance. goobacks right, and that assumee have a commissioner willing to put a motion before the board to vote on whether to continue or not. perhaps we have two options. to continue we would need four votes. perhaps we would have to put that in motion. -- >> we would have to put that in motion. >> our attorney noted if there are five commissioners in attendance, we would need a majority to close the meeting. >> do we have a motion to continue? >> no. >> based on the legal advice, i now call this meeting to a close. >> unfortunately, we still need to go through the same sort of procedural steps. you can not so's you'd allow correlation -- you cannot just unilaterally call the meeting to a close, so we need to have you call a motion and go thro