for those of you that are interest, you can see that full press eval on sfgovtv. they've put that full tape up. this year, as in previous years, we did four videotapes or four videos for our website and also to support various merchant corridors. we did treasure island, chinatown, chinatown, we did north beach in language, so it's all in italian. we did a compilation video, and this year's compilation really highlighted the things that immigrant families bring to our community. i'd like to point out that this year, we were the recipients of an emmy, a real emmy, and it's downstairs at sfgovtv, and it rests with some amazing people that worked on that. actually, the whole series of videos were worked on by jack chin and jen lowe, and it is our second video that we've won for shop and dine in the 49. the year previous was for a compilation video. again, very, very well received, and it does tell the story of the value and importance of small businesses and in buying local. so this year, in partnership with small business saturday and the council of district merchant

sfgovtv, i have a slide. the applications were reviewed by me for completion and submitted to planning department staff on november 8th for their review. they were heard december 6th and made positive recommendations to the small business commission. for each applicant your commission packet contains a staff report. a draft resolution. the application. a case report from planning department staff and a resolution from historic preservation commission. there are copies on the table for the public. item 3a is beck's motor lodge. business is a family owned motel located in the castro neighborhood constructed in 1958. beck's motor lodge has 58 guest rooms and free parking and an affordable friendly welcoming place for out of towners to stay and experience the castro. in 2011, brittany beck, granddaughter of original owner will beck purchased the hotel from her parents. since then it's undergone renovations and improvements and now has a mid century modern design leaning toward modern, including redesign of the lo

sfgovtv staff. members of the public please take this opportunity to silence your phones and other electronic devicesment public comment during the meeting is limit today three minutes per speaker, unless otherwise established by the precider of the meeting. speakers are encouraged but not required to state their name. please place your speaker cards in the basket to the right of the lectern and they will be called in the order received. will you please show the slide. >> it's our custom to begin and end with a reminder, the office of small business is the only place to start your new business and best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first step when you have a question what to do next. you could find us online or in person at city hall, best of all, all of our services are free of charge. the commission is a place to voice your concerns about policies that affect economic vitality of if you have questions start

. >> okay, we are, sfgovtv, could you please show our slide. >> it's our custom to end each meeting with reminder the office of small business is the only place to start your business in san francisco and 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 you have a question what to do next. you can find us online or in person at city hall. best of all, all of our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters start here at the office of small business and the small business commission. thank you. >> item 8. adjournment. >> motion? >> i motion. >> second. >> okay, all in favor? aye. any opposed? all right. that motion passes. the meeting is adjourned at 6:27 p.m. >> it's a wrap. >> (clapping.) >> in san francisco the medical examiner performs the function of investigating medical and le

the small business commission thanks media services and sfgovtv staff. members of the public please take this opportunity to silence your phones and other electronic devicesment public comment during the meeting is limit today three minutes per speaker, unless otherwise established by the precider of the meeting.

the small business commission thanks media services and sfgovtv staff. of the public please take this opportunity to silence your phones and other electronic devicesment public comment during the meeting is limit today three minutes per speaker, unless otherwise established by the precider of the meeting. speakers are encouraged but not required to state their name. please place your speaker cards in the basket to the right of the

this meeting is broadcast live on sfgovtv. we have dvds available for purchase. now we'll swear in or affirm all those that intend to testify. any member of the public may speak without taking the oath pursuant to the sunshine ordinance. the please stand, if you are able, and say i do after you are sworn or affirmed. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth? okay. thank you very much. president honda and commissioners, we have two housekeeping items tonight. item six has been withdrawn. this is appeal 17-164, dealing with a tree removal permit and item 8, 17-161, parties requested that the matter be moved to next week to allow them more time for settlement discussion. for that to happen, we need a motion. >> so moved. >> thank you. is there public comment on the motion to remove this item. we have a motion from commissioner lazerus. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> there's an item that is not on tonight's calendar. >> good evening. welcome back. >> hey, what's up? nice coat

this meeting is broadcast live on sfgovtv cable channel 78 and will be rebroadcast at 4:00 on friday on channel 26. now, we will swear in or affirm all those who intend to testify. please note that any member of the public may make statements without swearing in under the sunshine ordinance. please stand if you're able and raise your right hand and say i do after you've been sworn in or affirmed. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. okay. so we will start with item one, which is general public comment. this is an item for people who have items in the board's subject matter jurisdiction but is not on the calendar. seeing none, then item 2 is commissioner comments and questions, anything, commissioners. and then, item three is the board's consideration of the minutes of our november 8, 2017 meeting. >> unless we have any changes, deletions, may i have a motion to accept those minutes? >> so moved. >> thank you. is there any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, we have a motion from

. >> clerk: sfgovtv, could you ple show our slide. >> commissioner dwight: while ts coming up, it's our custom to bg and end each business as a remit small business is the only way t your new business in san franci. the best place to get answers tr questions on doing business in n francisco. the office of small business she your first stop when you have an on what to do next. you can find us on line or in pn here at city hall and all our ss are free of charge. it's the official public forum e your opinions and certains on p. if you need assistance, start ht the office of small business. thank you. >> clerk: item 12. adjournment action item. >> commissioner dwight: motion? >> i move. >> commissioner dwight: second? >> i second. >> clerk: all those in favor. that motion passes, the meetings adjourned at 3:27 p.m. >> the office of controllers whistle blower program is how city employees and recipient sound the alarm an fraud address wait in city government charitable complaints results in investigation that improves the efficiency of city government that. >> you can below the what if anyth

the clerk is alisa somera and ie to thank the staff at sfgovtv, t dam clerk. >> clerk: please submit any doco the clerk. >> supervisor fewer: item two. >> clerk: approve of the lafco s from the november 9, 2017 specil meeting. >> supervisor fewer: do you commissioners have any changes e minutes? seeing no changes, we'll 0e7 thr public comment. any members of the public who wo comment on item 2? no? seeing no public speakers, publc comment is now closed. do yo i have a motion to approve minutes, please. we'd like commissioner -- commir ronen and seconded by commissior pollack. these are approved. >> clerk: item three aggregation activities report, a status updn the cleanpowersf program. >> i believe we have a brief stf presentation from the san franco public utilities commission. >> [off mic] >> is this working now? yes. we went to our commission and gt authorization for moving forwarh those power contracts. that authorization would allow r general manager to execute the y contracts with certain conditio. similarly, we are bringing an io the board of supervisors that wd allow us to mo

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thank you sfgovtv. - >> san francisco is known worldwide for its atmospheric waterfront where spectacularand sight and sounds are xhanl changing we come to the here for exercise relax ball games entertainment, recreation market, exhilaration a wide variety of contributions easily enjoyed look up the bay the waterfront is boosting for activities boosting over 25 visitors every year the port of san francisco manages 7 may have million dollars of waterfront from hyde street and fisherman's wharf to the cargo terminals and name shoreline the architecture like pier 70 and the ferry building is here for the embarcadero and a national treasure the port also supports 10 different maritime industries alongside with the recreational attractions making san francisco one of the most viable working waterfronts in the world but did you think that our waterfront faces serious challenges if earthquake to damage the seawall and the embarcadero roadway rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the

thank you sfgovtv. >> good afternoon everyone. i'm barbara garcia, director of health.n breed and supervisor jane kim. we're so happy to be here today, we're opening a new part of the respite providing services for those who need that kind of support from our shelter system. this respite has been open for over 10 years and providing over 45 beds for those needing support around alcoholism and around another 30 beds for those coming out of hospital who need additional support. these are focused on the shelter system to ensure that those individuals who need more medical support and i want to acknowledge supervisor kim who has been a champion for the expansion, particularly when she spent time in the shelter and saw that many individuals needed additional medical support. this took about two years to open with the renovation and with the staffing and we're so happy today to be with you to open these new beds, as well as the fact that the staff is there already, we have served over 3,000 homeless individuals in the past 10 years providing the upmost care for these individu

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at this time, i'd like to thank our people at sfgovtv for televising this program. mr. clerk, do we have any requests? >> clerk: please. please silence all cell phones and tablets. >>supervisor cohen: all right. thank you, i appreciate that. well, colleagues, as i say, let's go ahead and dig in. we'll start at the top of our agenda. mr. clerk, call item 1. >> clerk: item 1, resolution authorizing the exercise of an option to extend the term of a lease for a portion of the second floor and entire fourth floor at 1145 market street for five years, subject to city's right to terminate, for the period of july 1, 2018 to june 30, 2023. >>supervisor cohen: thank you so much. do we have a representative here today? anyone from real estate? i'm also wondering if we have anyone from the law library here? now unfortunate. i believe we continued this item under the impression that the executive director would be here. well, mr. updike, it's good to see you. another controversial item to talk about. >> good to see you, too, chair. >>supervisor cohen: take it away. >> i believe much