commissioner zouzounis? >> commissioner zouzounis: i recommend that we support this letter and then i recommend that we follow up with a parallel process, like i mentioned, of asking the state to relieve these invoices and inform retailers. >> great. >> commissioner zouzounis: yeah. >> second? >> second. >> clerk: all right. we have a motion by commissioner zouzounis, seconded by commissioner dwight. roll call. [ roll call. ] >> clerk: motion passes, 5-0, with one absent. >> thank you. next item, please. >> clerk: [agenda item read]. >> clerk: in your packet are the draft regular meeting minutes from march 12, 2018 and march 26, 2018. approval of the minutes can be done together or separately? >> do we have any commissioner comments on this? seeing none, do we have any members of the public would like to make comment on item number seven, minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion to approve the minutes for both march 12 and march 26? >> move to approve. >> second. >> all in favor? a

commissioner zouzounis? >> commissioner zouzounis: thank you. thank you, everyone for coming and giving that testimony. i used to work in the valencia street location with mission graduates, and i like how you connect with the community and give fundraisers, that business and stuff. that's a really great project you have going on. for the maritime stuff, i'm someone who row manticizes the labor industry of our waterfront, so i like that you're continuing that and you're preserving our economic piece of that legacy in our city. i work in imports, so i -- we -- we need to reenactivate our portion in our dimensions, so i appreciate you guys being there. >> president adams: commissioner ortiz? >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: for being in the mission, i want to thank the mission graduates for the resources and the need to do so. you changed a lot of lives in the neighborhood, so thank you. >> president adams: any other comments? commissioner dwight? >> vice president dwight: thank you both for going through the process, too. i know richard's a great

commissioner zouzounis? >> yes. >> motion passes 6-0. thank you. [applause] >> president adams: next item please. >> item 4, board of supervisors, file number 180053 planning code, massage establishments union street neighborhood commercial district. ordinance amending the planning code to conditionally permit massage establishments, as defined, in the union street neighborhood commercial district, affirming the planning departments determination under the california environmental quality act, making findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code section 101.1, and findings of public convenience, necessity and welfare under planning code, section 302. presenter is ellie miller hall, legislative aide. >> thank you. >> thank you, my name is ellie miller hall. thank you for hearing this today. this allows massage establishments on union street to be conditionally permitted. currently they are entirely prohibited. we support a path to contribute to our local econo

. >> commissioner zouzounis? >> commissioner zouzounis: thanks for those updates. can you clarify the lower polk street alcohol restricted use district since i'm curious because we did run into an issue with the restricted use districts on third street where a business just moved down the street after they lost their lease. so is there a way that we can include, you know, relocation on the same corridor or something? >> r. dick-endrizzi: umm -- >> commissioner zouzounis: so they don't have to -- [ inaudible ] >> r. dick-endrizzi: i'm sorry. i glossed over that. i will -- it was reintroduced. it was heard at the planning commission. i know there was discussion allowing relocation within 18 months within the corridor. >> commissioner zouzounis: okay. that's good. >> r. dick-endrizzi: so i'll look for -- >> commissioner zouzounis: if that can be amended some way, i would like to. >> okay. any other commissioner questions before we go to public comment? okay. do we have any members of the public that would like to make a comment on the director's report? seeing none, p

commissioner zouzounis? >> yeah. i would just like to state again that i would be in favor of not more resources but more mitigating fees, as a general theme in this. i think really putting that to the culture of, you know, the supervisors that a fee can't be used to balance the budget any more. small businesses can't be the crutch for balancing the budget in the city any more. and we can save money on expending more resources by looking at the fees. >> and i do want to just provide you with an updated, through the svet program, i think you addressed this last time, commissioner riley and zouzounis, but not as broad of a scope is that through the svat program there is a looking at redundancy of fees and processes with food and beverage and entertainment. so we should be expecting some of that to come down the pike, you know, within the next 4-6 months. >> president adams: commissioner dooley? >> i think also, it's a huge element with a lot of our vacancies in our neighborhood now are landlords are choosing to leave t

my name is miriam zouzounis.my family has a small grocery store, and i'm here speaking on behalf of the arab american grocers association. we represent a large majority of the corner grocery stores in the city, and i can tell you if we're talking about vacancy and blight and commercial corridors, this is happening at a rapid rate with our corner grocers, and i can tell you i've spoken to some members on the vanness corridor and polk corridor, but formula retailers that can buy bulk, cumulatively and actively put pressure on distributors to not sell to the independent guys is one of the main forces driving us out of the city. these -- this commercial corridor buys locally and sells locally. we have a shared economy. you know, i work in imports, too, and they -- you know, the joke shop sells stuff that we bring in, and i think that that kind of process is not accessible for a corporate enterprise, let alone the on-line dimension of retail, which this city has not really finalized any kind of equal application of th

my name is miriam zouzounis. my family has a store not too far from here. we're members of the arab american grocers. i'd like to say 19 h, the amendments, in 2015, i talk to businesses every day that are trying to sell, and can't find prospects because their business has been devalued, one that they spent their entire life in. the transferability of that is what allows us to stay in this community. this is going after a particular community, a demographic that is a part of the community, not juxtaposed to it. we have redundant policies that are going after this sector in particular, trying to ban this sector. supervisors aren't talking to each other. they've created a legislative quagmire. there's been a law made -- supervisor peskin, i think had to made a law, specific exception for the humidor to move to embarcadero, so i feel it's very classist that this is happening, but this exception isn't happening. these are community serving businesses. we pay redundant fee processes on these licenses that other stores, including formula retailers don't pay, our a