Given that the sensitive is entertainment and permitted in all that map that you saw. Or a vast majority. I hear you and ive heard in those meetings as well in the mission in particular concern i havent heard about entertainment. Ive heard about restaurant uses and expansion of wine and people i havent heard anyone push back about entertainment. Unless entertainment is being defined differently, how is entertainment being defined here . Are we talking about comedy, music . What are we talking about . I have the definition. A Retail Entertainment arts and recreation use that provides entertainment to the general public including dramatic and music performances where alcohol is not served during performances. Arcades that provide 11 or more amusement game devices, bill yard halls, bowling alleys, skating rinks and mini golf when conducted in an enclosed building and adequately soundproofs or insulated so to confine noise to the premises and it goes on. I dont want to speak t to pesk. The only thing i heard was the proposed pinball. Its something that came up recently in the mission. It was related to a full Service Restaurant and entertainment. But this is not including alcohol, correct . Correct. For artistic performance thats did not include alcohol for me, i would think why would we want to exclude that. Its not my district. And the office space that were striking this fee related is related to arts activities so i would say, i mean, at least what we did in our district when we change the table it was completely not permitted. And that was a good youth we could get going in three or four spaces. The only reason im reflecting this is the whole vacant storefront tax that were doing that were promoteing and the whole conversation about vacancies. I have a proposal supervisor safai. Here is one of the problems three of us or any three individuals that serve on any committee of the board have until this moment, we cant talk to each other because its a brown act violation because any two of us constitute a quorum. But, weve got a little bit of time between now and january 7te send this out of committee, we can talk until january 7th and insofar as this is a narrowing, we could expand this and change the interim use definition which would not have to be rereferred to committee because that is is the way it was originally con trudeau. Im asking councilor but i believe that to be true so if we were to go back to the original interim definition or do it in part that would be by the referee that is the City Attorneys Office to be not substantive amendment if were to do that on the floor of the full board on january 7th. So your proposal is instead of striking everything that was stricken leave it i was going to do it the opposite way. Talk the amendment and talk about it now between now and the seventh, which gives us can we strike everything but the entertainment and the other and also do it so we leave snell we can have that conversation as we go . Yeah, pearson and tom, which say that if we do that it will take a few minutes to work that because approximate we insert entertainment and arts uses and then say only prince blee permitted, ive been trained by john give ner to not do things on the supply. If you think can you massage this and you have one suggestion as to the definition that was merely a gra mat tick issue i would take that change now as suggested by commissioner safai. Supervisor peskin, can you repeat the revisions . In addition to the words smithing of n. C. D. S which you can suggest in a minute was everything be permitted except for entertainment as defined and arts as defined which could be prince blee or conditionally permitted, right, isnt that the defense that were talking about. I see mr. Star nodding his head. Yeah, just to make sure you are doing general activity and arts is those are the non alcoholic and i would just permitted conditional use or not permitted would be the language. So, general entertainment, arts activities could be not permitted or princ principlely permitted. If we say that, you have three weeks to work on it and well call that the amendment. Yeah. We say it like that you can take the spirit and make it imminent. Were trying to be nice and i have to be nice to her on her first day. So the idea would be to avoid a Material Change in the sense that the language or the definition of the eligible area would be no less permissive than whats introduced . Well it depends on which has been introduced. What we are saying is in addition so, lets do it like this. There are four amendments, lets dispense with three of them that are very easy and we will leave the fourth one. So is the First Amendment which everybody seems to be totally good with is and accepted. Yes, correct. So i will make a motion to have that as previously discussed on page 6 and we will take that without objection. The second one is for a total period of five years and that seems to be easy and well take that without objection. The third one is the wordsmithing one which you will put the ncd clause at the beginning of that sentens, would you like to read that into the record . Sure. I would be happy to. As amended the definition of eligible area would read means commercial residential downtown residential, d. T. R. And district and this is the relocated clause, in mixed use and neighborhood commercial, and n. C. Districts, within the area founded by Market Street 13th street to division street and king street. I think colleague, week take that without objection. That leaves us with the interim different tee definition. And what is being the use age you are watching being made is that we would mary the original proposal with a hybrid proposal coming out of this committee which is it would be limit today principle blee permitted unless they were general entertainment or arts activities in which case they would be permitted, whether prince plea or uncommitted. Im sorry, im not trying to overcome noover com mr. Com mrot eligible Development Site and dedicate forward arts activities, use or Light Manufacturing. Is Light Manufacturing needed for c. U. Just to be clear. So like manufacturing meeting would depend on the Zoning District in which its taking place in many districts for instance, i believe in the nct i dont believe thats permitted at all. No manufacturing or industrial uses are allowed in neighbor commercial districts and also no office uses allowed in neighbor commercial districts. Including nonprofit as well as for profit. We dont distinguish between the two. If were saying office space related to arts activity shouldnt we say Light Manufacturing if in shows areas that have been a priority throughout the city. So we dont miss it in case it came up. She mentioned welding as related to art but for seeing problems down the road, someone could say i might be like manufacturing thats not real related to art. If the use falls under arts activities, so its like video editing. Is that why you added that . Was it related to arts uses. It doesnt read like that. Light manufacturing is a diffuse. They do have some but its for arts purposes like stage and scenery and things like that . Its for performing arts not necessarily sculpting. Its food processing, apparel, furniture, fixtures, printing and publishing what their product pottery, glass blowing, commercial laundry, things like that. With arts activities, its painting, drawing, sculptures. I just want to be clear. To the committee what is the will of the others . I might lean towards include tag if it needed a construction,. Including that. We will continue the conversation along with planning and the Mayors Office around where well end up on this. Whether we include this piece right now. I would say to leave it and then can you decide as we move forward if you want to take it out. Thats all. Thats fine with me. And third definition so you know what to do mr. Tom. You got it . General entertainment. Arts, activity, activities use. And Light Manufacturing or metal working use. So, Everything Else would be permitted except for those three which could be not mer mighted, conditionally permitted or prince blee permitted. You can take that and we are adjourned until next year. Clerk the remaining balance . We will take the item as four times amended and send it to the full board with recommendations for hearing on january 7th. Have a great holiday. Manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperity. Im kate sosa. Im cofounder and ceo of sf made. Sf made is a Public Private partnership in the city of San Francisco to help manufacturers start, grow, and stay right here in San Francisco. Sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other Small Business support organizations who provide more generalized support. Everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. For example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide Small Business owners with education. We have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city Seas Partnership with Small Business, creating a 100 Company Selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or twoperson shop, and who dont have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help Companies Set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in San Francisco. Im amy kascel, and im the owner of amy kaschel San Francisco. We started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. San franciscos a great place to do business in terms of clientele. We have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. I think its important for them to know where their clothes are made and how theyre made. My name is jefferson mccarly, and im the general manager of the Mission Bicycle company. We sell bikes made here for people that ride here. Essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. Our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. We care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. When people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. Its a pretty fun shopping experience. Paragraph. For me as a designer, i love the control. I can see whats going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. Going through the suing room, im looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look . Is this what shes expecting, maybe if weve made a customization to a dress, which we can do because were making everything here locally. Over the last few years, weve been more technical. Its a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right decisions are as a Small Business owner. Sometimes its appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. We need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. Moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how theyre going to use it, whether its the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so thats the direction i hear at this point. The reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that were sharing the opportunities that weve been blessed with economically and socially as possible, broadening that everything is done inhouse. I think it is done. I have always been passionate about gelato. Every single slaver has its own recipe. We have our own we move on from there. So you have every time a unique experience because that slaver is the flavored we want to make. Union street is unique because of the neighbors and the location itself. The people that live around here i love to see when the street is full of people. It is a little bit of italy that is happening around you can walk around and enjoy shopping with gelato in your hand. This is the move we are happy to provide to the people. I always love union street because its not like another commercial street where you have big chains. Here you have the neighbors. There is a lot of stories and the neighborhoods are essential. People have they enjoy having their daily or weekly gelato. I love this street itself. We created a move of an area where we will be visiting. We want to make sure that the area has the gelato that you like. What we give back as a shop owner is creating an ambient lifestyle. If you do it in your area and if you like it, then you can do it this is a special meeting of the Small Business meeting on friday, december 20, 2019. The Small Business commission thanks sfgovtv for tele vicing the meeting on sfgovtv. Please silence your phones and electronic devices. Public comment during the meeting is limited to two minutes per speaker unless established by the presiding officer. Speakers are requested to state names, completion of speaker card will help ensure proper spelling of the written record of the meeting. Please place those in the basket. When Public Comment is called if you could please line up on the right side of the room for crowd control that would be much appreciated. There is a sign in sheet on the front table. Sfgovtv please show the office of Small Business slide. Welcome. It is our custom to begin and end with the reminder the office of Small Business is the only place to start your new business in San Francisco, and the best place to get answers about doing business in San Francisco. It should be your first stop with a question about what to do next. You can find us online or in person here at city hall, best of all, all 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. Item one. Call to order and roll call. roll call . Mr. President , you have a quorum. Item two. General Public Comment. Members of the public can comment on matters within the Small Business jurisdiction and to suggest new agenda items for future consideration, discussion item. Any members of the public to make a comment on any item that is not on the agenda today . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Next item. 3. Approval of legacy business registry application and resolution. The presenter is the Legacy Office of Small Business. Good afternoon. Richard, Legacy Program manager. I have a power point presentation. Before you today is one application for consideration for the legacy business registry. The application was reviewed by me, submitted to Department Planning staff on december 4th. Heard by the commission on december 18th. The sbc has been provided a staff report, draft resolution, application, case report from Planning Department staff and resolution from the h. P. C. There is a copy on the table in the public binder. Caffe sapore reopened on marc march 23 in north beach and immediately became a neighborhood gathering space. It is a european stealing cafe with fresh stand witches, bagels, sandwiches ag sandwie and tea and beer and wine. The cafe submitted jobs for entry level workers including one who has worked there for 18 years. Earlier the business received a landlord allowing 90 day notice for lease termination. This was in spite of the fact caffe sapore was current on payments. They attempted to reach out to negotiate terms to allow the cafe to stay open. They have not succeeded. The business must vacate by december 31st, 2019. Several news articles are published highlighting the importance that the cafe has within the community. Caffe sapore received a positive recommendation from the Historic Preservation commission. Staff finds the business qualifies for list on the legacy business registry. I have listed those here and i am going to read them today. 1. The business has operated in San Francisco for 30 or more years with no break exceeding two years. The business may have operated in more than one location. If the business has operated in San Francisco for 20 years but less than 30 years it may satisfy this if it has contributed to the history or identity of the neighborhood or community and if not included in the registry the business would face risk of displacement. It has contributed to the neighborhood or community. 3. The business is committed to maintaining the traditions that define it including craft culinary or artforms. There is a draft resolution for consideration. Be mindful a motion should be in favor of the resolution. In the resolution please pay close attention to the core tradition that defines the business. Once approved the business must maintain the tradition to remain on the legacy business registry. For caffe sapore, it is restaurants. The office of Small Business received letters and signatures of support for the business. 29 letters were included in the registry application. One additional letter of support from sf heritage was received on december 19, yesterday. In addition 2000 signatures of support were provided on december 18th. Neither of those items had enough time to get in the packet. This afternoon at 145 p. M. We received a letter of opposition from the attorneys zack, friedman and patterson representing the Property Owners. We have the deputy City Attorney here to answer questions you have. Right now i am presenting to the secretary the letter from sf heritage, 2000 signatures and the letter and packet from the lawyers. This concludes my presentation. I am happy to answer any questions. There are representatives in attendance who would like to speak on behalf of the application. Thank you, rick. Do you want to go right to Public Comment . Okay. We are going to start. We have lee hepner here from Aaron Peskins office. Thank you. I am just rushing over here from supervisor peskins bedside. He is recovering from surgery. He thanks you for scheduling this special meeting on the eve of a holiday. It means a lot to the supervisor. He would be her personally if it were not for his recovery. Thank you for helping schedule. We are proud to have the highest number of leg bass see businesses on the registry. This is a special business and this is a real treasure in the neighborhood. It is in business 23 years and facing displacement. Our entire office from supervisor peskin to every member of the staff has been working to pry to prevent displacement of this business. Frankly, this is not a case where a business is struggling. This is an immensely popular business to the community. To get out to have the rally in support of caffe sapore and to have the support from the chamber to over 100 neighbors, many are here in support of caffe sapore. This is a Community Living room. When you displace a business like this, it leaves a tear in the fabric of the community. That is why we are here today. The three forms of relief legacy status will confer upon the business. One is that should the Property Owner decide to come back to the table and try to allow them to stay, there is the rent stabilization grant for an incentive for the business to negotiate for a 10 yearlong term stable lease. Two. If the business is in fact displaced, of course, the north beach neighborhood commercial district there is an obligation for the next use to get conditional use authorization. That has been the subject of some back and forthwith the Property Owner, but from our perspective that should not be cumbersome. In this instance it requires the Property Owner to work with the community to identify appropriate use to succeed is Longterm Service in this part of the neighborhood. Lastly, if caffe sapore is to relocate, that rent grant gives them leverage for a long term stable lease. There is a tangible benefit to this program. I know you have heard so many where that is not at the forefront why the application is heard, but it is really important today. This is what the voters asked for in 2015 when prop j spas passed and a tremendous opportunity to honor that and to help caff kaffray caffe sapore. How many in the audience are in support of this application. We hardly put the word out. This Community Organized itself to benefit this business. It is profoundly cool this is happening today. Thank you for your support. Thank you, mr. Hefner and thank supervisor peskin for everything he has done with the Legacy Program it means a lot to us. It is awesome. We are going to start with Public Comment. Dominica. Everyone here for Public Comment if you could line up on the right side of the floor, that would be great. Much appreciated. If standing is tough for you, feel free to remain seated until the end. Time . Everyone has two minutes for Public Comment. Come on up. Members of the commission. Thank you so very much for being here today. As you can see, there is a lot of Community Support for the application. My background. I am janette crane belong to the northeast neighbors. I run a nonprofit to keep seniors in homes in north beach. I retired from architecture. Community building is my life. We collected 2000 signatures in support of caffe sapore to remain in the neighborhood recognizing the 23 year history and many contributions to this community. It is a Community Living room. I am going to leave the comments about the specifics what it does to you good people here. A legacy business designation helps resources to keep businesses in neighborhoods that need quality of life. There are 26 vacant storefronts adjacent to columbus, 26 vacant storefronts. A lot of this is not because there are no tenants, the rents are too high and many reasons. It is chilling north beach, basically. Keeping businesses like this, successful businesses alive is crucial. There is overwhelming subject port. It is part of the soul of north beach. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. I am the owner of caffe sapore. Thank you for being here today. I started the business 23 years ago, and when i was in north beach at that time. In my area there was nobody there except me, and i really struggled first to bring the community. I worked really hard for that. That is what i have today. I have all of the people here to support me. This is my family. Each one of these people have been coming to the cafe for all of these years. I have raised their kids. Some of the kids i raised are working for me now. Look is in the back. It is hard time, you know. But if i have to move, i will move. It is very important to recognize that we are here to stay no matter what caffe sapore will stay and these are my supporters behind me. It is hard to speak about Small Businesses, what they are suffering lately around the city. Especially in north beach we have vacant places and we need to do something about it. This legacy business will help me protect me and my family and supporters. Thank you for listening. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, i am jerry helmick. This is a short story. I just found out about this meeting this morning when i went for coffee. My father was in the military. When we grew up we moved every two or three years. I joined the u. S. Department of state and moved every two or three years. Getting to feel at home has been something that i have not really experienced until i moved to San Francisco. My daughter lived next to the white tower. My soninlaw used to go there are for coffee and we started going there. We have been going there seven years. This is the one place in San Francisco where we feel at home. Elias and his staff are part of that. I have been to different Small Businesses around the world. This one i will travel for coffee, and we lived near caltrain station. It is quite a jog for us. It is a great business. I hope that you can grant their request. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Commissioners, i am richard silver. Before i was a customer of caffe sapore. He was a customer of mine. I was in the wholesale baking business in San Francisco, and i supplied elias with baked goods on his cafe on pier 39. I resided in the neighborhood at 590 lombard from 1978 to 2015. I have been a customer, friend, part of the family. He introduced me to the harry man escapaids where men go and dont shave. When my children were growing up, i was divorced. When they got off the school bus the only place i felt comfortable for them to go until i got back was caffe sapore. They preferred it to homework. It was a safe place, they were known by everybody on the staff, they were fed, they were nurtured. Like all of us here, they were loved by eluas. Thank you for your time. Next speaker, please. I am andy gillis. I am a long time friend of elias and his family. They are some of my oldest and dearest friends in San Francisco. I have visited this many times. I can tell you it is the living room of this particular neighborhood of north beach. I was very upset when i found out a few months ago that caffe sapore was threatened with eviction. Part of the reason it is upsets is the decision by one landlord can disregard the needs and desires of hundreds of people for whom this cafe is the core of their community. I am familiar with this whole sad story because i was the manager of a coffee shop in the mission which i was the manager there for about 17years, and after 20 years of business, it was abruptly closed by a greedy landlord. Our lease expired and we were evicted from the premises. When this closes it creates a hole in the neighborhood. It is not just a business, a cafe, bar, local restaurant. These are often the places where neighbors get to see one another sometimes on a daily basis. I would just i see the aftermath of this in my community. I hear how people miss my old cafe almost every day. Please keep this in mind and protect this valuable institution. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, henry. I am the president of San Francisco merchant council. We represent 34 businesses in the city. Small business is in crisis today with online sales and then situations like this where some landlords want to get more money for whatever reason and they evictor the tenants. We dont have rent protection so we are stuck there. The legacy business is great. It is helping some businesses but still very, very hot. The whole thing that happens at the end of the day, what does Small Business create . It creates community. By having a Small Business close down you are turning the fabric of the community. We cannot allow this to continue on. I look forward to supervisor peskins ballot issue to come through next year regarding vacant storefronts. We were going to do something about it. Like i said, community is the big thing. It is a place to go to meet, to buy stuff and walk up and down the street to go window shopping. You drive up on 24th street, the whole street is lit up. It is gorgeous and so nice. Are we going to close all of that down . I really appreciate your support with this legacy business. Thank you. Next speaker, please. I am jane wins slow. I lived in the neighborhood 50 years. As a senior i dont need to tell you how important meeting places are for people to get out of their homes and see friends every day and get out in the world. We lost caferoma a couple years ago on columbus. We dont want to use this one. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, commissioners. I am harvey hacker. I live up the street from caffe sapore. I was there when they moved in when the business replaced air former glass shop, and it has become a neighborhood institution treasured to me. A brilliant contrast from suburban los angeles where i grew up where no such things existed. My experience there included visiting one weekday morning each week when i was silting with a Meditation Group in the neighborhood, several other members were here. We had the opportunity to recover from a week of silence and a service of appreciation from my wife in the last months of her life that could only happen in such a place. I think the neighborhood dies without places of this nature. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. I am susan wisebering, i second everything everyone said about the importance of businesses like this to the community. I want to tell you a story how that affects me personally. I first went to caffe sapore in the early 2000s when a man i was dating brought me there and introduced me to elias. That relationship didnt last but my relationship with the cafe did. I saw the regulars and attended the neighborhood meetings. Seven years ago i joined the Meditation Group harvey referred to that meets at the Telegraph Hill neighborhood center. We go regularly to caffe sapore on fridays after sitting for what we call pie in honor of the many types of pie that we choose. I have been at caffe sapore for tea and crescent every friday morning for the past seven years. I have gotten to know him and his taste for early bob dillon. He has gotten to know me and my taste for jasmine tea. I watched his kids getting bigger as they sat at the table doing homework before school started. If this doesnt describe a legacy neighborhood serving business i dont know what would. I hope you make it official. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. I am john woods. I have been in north beach for about 55 years. I am one block from caf caffe se on taylor street. There are some days i dont go out at all. This is very important. He is a wonderful member of the community, and to watch him raise his children there makes it even more. I hope you will do everything you can to keep him there, to make him a permanent legacy. It is unclear why the landlord is so standoffish about this. This man and his coffee shop are a real addition to the neighborhood. I wish every one of you had a coffee shop like that a block away. He goes out of his way to support the neighborhood issues. He has been down here supporting or not supporting various projects of north beach. I used to be here a lot of time. I have a lot of trouble walking. I made a special effort today. I hope the large turnout will convince you to do everything you can for this very nice man and his very nice coffee shop. Thank you for listening. Next speaker, please. Thank you for your time. I am shauna stein. I do corporate business. I am blessed to know e liaas through a friend. She used him for her catering needs. I was lucky to be invited to the evening and enjoyed the food. I moved to San Francisco two and a half years ago. I love her as a whole. I wanted to help her out. I tried to integrate him to luncheons. I am in construction for job sites and Different Company offices bringing healthy organic great food to a traditional industry that is not usually focused on that. They loved it and love him as a whole. I am here to talk on his behalf. I learned to i have grown to love him as a friend. I have no family on the west coast. He has invited me to thanksgiving. I helped him at catering events. He puts his all into what he does. He is genuine throughout. You want to help him because he is a great person. I willtine to do so i will continue to do so. He deserves this more than anybody i know. Thank you for your time. Next speaker, please. I am bonnie. Today i am here to read something by another member of the community who couldnt be here so i am going to read what she had to say about the cafe. Caffe sapore contributes the vibrancy. On the walls students display work, Community Dinners are held there with group tables. They showcase new chefs that cannot afford a restaurant of their own. Ththere is wine, music and dance to share the complete experience of the culture in bringing the members of our community closer together. In addition, local fundraisers and Community Organization meetings happen so regularly it is hard to even count how many local associations and parent political action, elderly groups utilize this space. A reliable venue. They stay as long as they desire without being rushed. Those are the words of chris, who is also a part of the community but unable to be here today. Thank you so much. I second everything that has been said. It is all true. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next speaker, please. I am robert smith. I live next to caffe sapore. I noticed 40 people were sitting next to elias. If that is not community or legacy i dont know what is. Everybody is close to him and supports him. That is legacy. Thank you. Next speaker, please