president o'brien: commissioner dooley? commissioner dooley: i agree with janet clyde that mr. adams will make an excellent president. he has great leadership qualities, one that we can all work with. i heartily endorse him in this position also. p commissioner clyde: -- president o'brien: commissioner clyde? commissioner clyde: the basis of my nomination is based on your strong work ethic, your ability to really judge things with a good, independent mind. i don't believe you come to the meetings with your mind made up and you do your research very well. i am actually very proud that it is the advocacy of myself and other commissioners for a strong commissioner to sit in your seat that brought you to the commission. i am very proud to nominate you because this commission worked very hard to put you here. thank you very much. president o'brien: i would like to say that being the president this year, steve has been on my side all the way as the vice president . we tried very hard to be very proactive with the director and a staff, discussing the agendas for the meetings. and to b

commissioner dooley: i would echo that. we are down a number of commissioners and they need to be here to vote on this. there will be here working with the president and the vice- president. i also want to comment that i find it disturbing that it would be put out there that on a commission where we are all equally qualified that there would be no one else qualified to be vice-president but the person who was president before. i believe that luke did a fantastic job as the president. i feel that it is sending the wrong message to the community out there that there is basically only to people qualified to hold executive positions here. i would agree with janet clyde. i would prefer to wait until the whole new commission is in place. president adams: thank you. do we have public comment? if you can line up on the sidewalk. public comment will be limited to three minutes. if you could please speaker name clearly into the microphone. >> where does tony bennett, i am going to stay the night. i would like to congratulate stephen

i am here to speak in support kathlen dooley. luke o'brien summed up the best. not a larger scale business. as current president of the association, i have had the opportunity to work with her on several projects over the years. this includes her being the president of the merchants association. it greatly affect the small businesses and also having current legislation, it was the policy. first of all, also have been served on the committee for a year-and-a-half, it helps coordinate -- i spent the weekend with her in december. i would like to speak about her attendance. her record is incredible. i need that as advocacy for somewhere in the city. i think it is super important. these are just a couple of examples, i could go on and on. she worked tirelessly where 95% of businesses are registered and considered to be a small business. with the current economic downturn, we have leadership in the small business commission and represent the small businesses. i think balance is extremely important. the mom-and-pop, the small- business atmosphere. to have someone repre

>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. he has an opportunity in the following year, and just to be fair it is not right to flip- flop positions. should we no longer have any democracy? this is what it sounds like to me, and is a simple change in -- a simple staying. -- a simple thing. there is a problem here. commissioner o'connor: they would suggest that my desire to serve is not gracious, and i do not agree it is on gracious -- ungracious to want to continue to serve. as indicated earlier, i think the play of this commission -- i think deeply of this commercial. if my attendance record was staggered or are was not involved, if i was not able to talk about various issues before us, i would not be here, but it is because i really feel very important about my desire to serve on this commission, it is one

commissioner dooley: i would echo that. we are down a number of commissioners and they need to be here to vote on this. there will be here working with the president and the vice- president. i also want to comment that i find it disturbing that it would be put out there that on a commission where we are all equally qualified that there would be no one else qualified to b

i do not think you will have a better commissioner than kathleen dooley. she has many coalitions that come to her. she has a lot of support from the grassroots level but rely on her. her phone rings off a hoax. -- off the hook, so it is vitally important and we have that resources to go to a. it has been my personal experience that very many coalitions refer to her. i think it is not fair to flip- flop. i think commissioner o'brien is going to do a good job, but i urge you to a accept kathleen dooley as vice president. >> thank you. no further public comment. >> just reflecting on public comment, i will say every commissioner has strong skills, and the ones that will succeed as i hope we will continue to advocate for strong skills on a commission. i am very concerned that because of changes, a big money is ruling the day. goowhen you look at something le america's cup, it is going to be very easy to steamroll some people, and there are going to be people who need advocacy, and it is not just america's croup there are massive changes coming, and i really th

. >> commissioner dooley. commissioner dooley: i have some questions about the cap that you mentioned over time for the extension for the 5,000 square feet or under. i'm just concerned about what happens if that is all used up? just my quick calculation would be if you had a 5,000 square foot business, it would be $66,500 for the fee which is a lot for a new business. so i'm just wondering how that works in terms of when you reach that cap, i'm under the impression under people are applying for that same pool of money, so does that mean once it's used up that the business that are 5,000 square feet or other will need to be paying that fee? >> yeah, that is, in that scenario, that is correct. from the -- when the $40 million cap runs out, there are no more discounts. it's important to dig down into what we actually think is going to happen. i have actually asked staff at the small business commission to help us look into truly how many small businesses are actually paying the transit impact development fee toda

commissioner dooley: $66,000. president o'brien: that some going to kill anybody trying to start a small business, trying to come up with that $60,000. remember, when you're going for your small business administration loan or whatever, you're telling the bank, i'm getting absolutely out of it, at least from the business perspective, maybe indirectly from services provided on the part of the city. i just would like -- i would rather see small business always gets the roughened of the stick anyway. that's why we're here to protect them to not get subject to this some way or another at any time, whether the $40 million gets used up or not. that's certainly one thing i would like to see something put in in the sense of direction to try to make that a goal for the small business community. commissioner dooley: i think it's completely justified. you have to look at the job creation and what it costs for job creation. i don't know if that can be quantified, but how much is another person working or an additional three j

and i don't know -- i think commissioner dooley, you were here when -- we came on about the same time, and this commission, what we started with was actually the elimination of the office of small business. it wasn't in the budget because the economic crisis, along with the $500 million general fund deficit really put us under the gun. so our first big fight was actually for the office of small business, the continuation for our secretary, and we really advocated. thank goodness we did, because i think we have a really strong office. at that time the small business community, i am very proud, was the shock absorber in our economy. if you remember, interest rates were doubling, tripling for consumer and business credit. if you could get it, credit was completely dried up. people were losing their jobs. their holmes were being foreclosed on. in the middle of all that, the small business community of san francisco kept working, providing opportunity for small businesses. the numbers spoke for themselves. the people served by the office of small business is something to be proud of, and s

commissioner dooley: this is great. thank you very much. i have been working on ada compliance issues since before i was on the commission. i just have some questions. is there going to be some kind of codified piece of information that will be required that the landlords give which will not necessarily be written by the landlord? >> part of the conversations we have been having in the last week with the commercial landlord community, and that the city would draft some sort of disclosure statement that would be put in the les or made very visible and translated into different languages and something that the city gets to decide what the wording is and require that that be in all. commissioner dooley: that would mean that when someone is a prospective tenant, the landlord would not be able to say, "this is what is needed to be done to bring it up to code, but you will have to pay for it all." how does that work? >> right. i think there are often leased positions -- least -- lease provisions. we originally looked at legislation that would sho

commissioner dooley, no. >> commissioner dwight, aye, commissioner o'brien, commissioner adams, yes. commissioner o'brien received four votes. we will not have to proceed to the next nominee, the vote was 4-2. >> xm. -- next item. no. 15. directors' report. >> i will be brief. congratulations to commissioner o'brien. i did want to make it a quick note that a former commissioner is now head of our sf china program that we have that is the joint public partner -- public-private partnership. it is exciting we have a former commissioner that will be working with and because we've worked close with that in any in the past. quickly i want to identify that both the office is jointly sponsoring a workshop on the benefit corporation with small business california on monday, february 27. if you want to come and learn more or if there are business entities you know of that might be interested in this, let them know. limited live performance permit, there have been 11 applications today. 10 have been issued and one still needs to have its hearing. small business week, we have had some discussion

. >> commissioner dooley? commissioner cooley: -- dooley: i am agreement commissioner declined. i think we need to raise this -- in agreement with commissioner acly -- clyde. we should raise the local to 13%. there has to be a balance, because we are already at a disadvantage, and i do not want to say. commissioner clyde: going back to the president o'brien's comment, i would go to 13% or so. it needs to be done. again, san francisco has a unique, and expensive, mandated employment and work environments. >> commissioner riley? commissioner riley: maybe we should ask them to take the health care and the issues, that they have to pay, to take that into consideration and come up with a recommendation of how much percentage. >> director? director: moving forward, in order to provide supervisor chiu in order to move forward, we may have to weigh in before the final vote on a piece of legislation. i just want to make sure that you are also taking into consideration that there could be a contract where there is an lbe that is not a benefit corporation bidding on an item, and right now,

commissioner dooley? >> it seems to me the betts solution to this question is to -- the best solution to this question is continue on the path to have the police chief waive this requirement if there is no history of problems. it seems like that would be a fairway to go about this. because clearly there are many parking lots -- living near broadway know that every parking lot on broadway has a history of problems. so if we could possibly narrow it in some way, if that is possible, to have it have the non-problem causing people waved. if they started having problems, then they would need to be reviewed. >> commissioner? >> i have to say that at our last meeting, the public comment, the testimony that we heard about public safety was compelling. i mean it was compelling. we are looking at legislation that would require that lots be either staffed or that they close, that they be fenced off and access not be given. because when cars park, things happen in the cars, people drinking and partying in their cars

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. >> commissioner dooley. >> here. >> commissioner o'brien. >> here. >> 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 advis

louis, that proclamation was presented by charlie dooley, the county executive of st. a. dooley, many thanks for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> the decision to hold a parade to end the iraq war in st. louis didn't start with the city or county. it started with a couple of concerned citizens. but the city did end up supporting it. you ended up supporting it very visibly. do you think that it was a success? >> it was a great day. >> was there any down side in what you did in st. louis, any hidden pitfalls or anything to worry about, any negative consequences that might be cautionary for any other cities that are considering doing this? >> well, from the st. louis perspective, on such a short notice, we were concerned whether there will be a crowd. there was a crowd, 100,000 people. 20,000 participants, 83 floats. it was a great success. >> do you think are lessons from how people who fought in vietnam were received upon coming home? are there lessons from that era concerning us? >> i think that the lesson is regardless of how you feel about a particular confli

that is seconded by commissioner dooley. [calling votes] commissioners, on that motion passes, 6-0. >> thank you very much. next item, please. >> commissioners, you are on item number seven. discussion of efforts on environment code, check our bags and checkout buying charges, a presentation by the department of the environment. >> thank you for the opportunity to come back and present an update on where we are with the checkout environment. first i would like to thank you for the continued support of this legislation, and i think it has been a helpful tool, so are what -- so what i want to do is give you an update on 3 items. eageone is the amendments that happened in december. second is a brief discussion around the availability of some of the check our bags and what the market looks like for small businesses in san francisco, and the last thing is outreach and what additional steps to the market is entering an -- is doing. the sponsor really look into a lot of concerns that this commission as well as individuals stakehold

commissioner dooley: aye. president o'brien: aye. 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 uninten

cal dooley of the american chemistry council. is there a panic out there?i don't think there's a panic. >> what would you call it, 'cause-- >> you know, there are some consumers out there that have some concerns about our products, and we respect that. >> i guess what i'm asking is, is the word "phthalate" now-- does it have such a stigma that the companies are going to demand you find alternatives because they're too afraid that people won't buy their products? >> no, we're not concerned about that. we understand that consumers really value the products that contain phthalates. the market is still strong there. we're going to continue to produce them. >> so while scientists and the epa search for a definitive answer on whether phthalates are harmful or not, the question for the rest of us is, should we take precautions now? if i said to you, "are phthalates harmful to humans," what would you say? >> i don't know. it's as simple as that. >> but haven't you advised women to take precautions? >> yeah. >> but based on--why? because of the rats or-- >> well, i

commissioner dooley: i like the idea of this legislation, and my question is more about the percentage. kind of a tossup whether it is more beneficial for us, a local company to have a contract versus and out of town b-corp. i'm thinking maybe 8% is too much. does it give too much of a jump, to give more of a nod to the local companies? >> i have to say, i completely understand that perspective and a share a little bit of that myself. he of the commission feels a smaller number is more appropriate to give a little bit of a preference, i don't know if the number is two or four, but i am open to that feedback. that is another feedback, but i just wanted to kick start the conversation. commissioner clyde: i would like to refer to a previous hearing where we discussed the been preferences between local businesses and non-local businesses. at land use today, the cost of employing people here in san francisco are 10%-25% higher than just employment costs 10%- 25% higher than other counties. we discussed that the appropriation differential for been preferences would be closer to 15%, and with

louis, that proclamation was presented by charlie dooley, the county executive of st.nd a viet nam veteran. joining us is charlie a. dooley, many thanks for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> the decision to hold the parade to mark the end of the iraq war in st. louis i know didn't start with the city or county, started with a couple of concerned scitizens, do you thik it was a success? >> it was a great success, a great day, it made you feel proud to be a st. louisan. >> was there any downside of what you did in st. louis, any sort of hidden pitfalls or anything to worry about, any negative consequences that might be cautionary for any other cities considering doing this? >> from the st. louis perspective on such a short notice, we were concerned whether there would be a crowd. there was a crowd, 100,000 people, 20,000 participants, 83 floats, a great success. >> sir, i know that you yourself are a viet nam veteran, in terms much your experience as a veteran and now your experience as a county executive, having seen what st. louis did, do you think there are le

commissioner dooley: i like the idea of this legislation, and my question is more about the percentage. kind of a tossup whether it is more beneficial for us, a local company to have a contract versus and out of town b-corp. i'm thinking maybe 8% is too much. does it give too much of a jump, to give more of a nod to

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. >> commissioner dooley? >> i think one of the main parts of this if i have it right is this is going to be a way to have the landlord and the prospective tenant or tenant have a very clear understanding given to them of what is federally required. this is not anything beyond what they are already legally mandate todd do. in that respect i think it is a positive thing. too many times i have worked with many people who had been sued, and most of the time they said we didn't know about this, both landlords and tenants. i like that this helms take a little bit -- helps take out that unfortunate element of surprise. you don't know anything about it until you get hit with a lawsuit, which from what i have heard is incredibly traumatic. so i think yes, it is an ongoing obligation, and hopefully they should be able to work this out in terms of come applying to the federal standards. i feel there is only directing back to the federal standards, and they can apply to have more time to get it done or whatever the feder

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