elgar runs a large organization and is president of the planning commission. it makes it harder. there are people that could do it. >> a well-known architect. when she is not at the commission she is designing buildings. what she has to say is based on fact and what she has seen and done. it gives those people added insight that i think is very important. >> i agree. >> we had an event to start a small business. martha was amazing. we had iris lee. the city has people to help small businesses negotiate leases. it is something i didn't know about. it is a great tool. it probably had 30 people there, 35. it was okay attended. the new director this week and so if there are small business owners with ideas or things to ask him or if they would like to attend to bring that up to him directly, i think he will be there on wednesday or thursday of this week. the last thing is since the last commission meeting i have been collecting data and information about the effects of seismic retrofits on ground floor commercial retail spaces. the final space of mandatory seismic retrofits have to b