Awareness, and education Small Businesses that were early on in the process and addressing things like loading and other issues that we understand are very directly important to Small Businesses we go and we work with the groups and we deal with the parking and loading issues, and that remains in an area where perhaps we could do more and make sure that our folks understand the needs of Small Businesses and including Cash Register and Certification Requirements that our sister agencies are imposing on them. And in terms of awareness, and you know, anything that we can do more in terms of promoting the Small Businesses during things like Small Business week or the day that we had last saturday, i think that there is a lot of opportunity there. Like rise and promotions and marketing. We have done a fair bit with you. And with the Small Business community, and i think that there is probably the opportunity for us to do more there. Making sure that the people now how to find the parking an
Business saturday and helping advertisements for those, and i think that there is a lot of things that we are doing outside of the big projects every day to try to facilitate and encourage commerce, particularly Small Business commerce in the city. So, in terms of the projects, the capitol projects, which i think have been probably the main source of concern, this flowchart is meant to show kind of an over all, over all process. And one of the things that i have spoken to a number of you about, is our opportunity to do the Public Engagement and out reach, better, including engaging people sooner in the process, and as i have also shared, we are developing a new approach to that. And which we should very soon have a draft of and be happy to work with the office of Small Business and the office of economic workforce development, and the Small Business network and any other stake holder who is interested in reviewing it and giving us feedback because i do think that that is an important p
Buying things and delivering services and we have a very strong Small Business program something that we take very seriously and making sure that people benefit not just from the improvements, that are products or that our projects and Services Provide from the work itself and making sure that the Small Business community and the San Francisco businesses benefit from that and so, there are a number of things that we do. And i think that regina also made reference to things like Small Business week, which we host with the office of Small Business. And working with sf travel and working on things like Small Business saturday and helping advertisements for those, and i think that there is a lot of things that we are doing outside of the big projects every day to try to facilitate and encourage commerce, particularly Small Business commerce in the city. So, in terms of the projects, the capitol projects, which i think have been probably the main source of concern, this flowchart is meant t
Businesses and a lot what we do in the meter parking and the parking garages that we work with, the Small Businesses in the area, including having enforcement in place so that the parking regulations are effective. And we establish, contractor permit and recognizing the specialized need that the contractors have to do to do their work and the folks that are using those are Small Businesses. And we are also, a big spender, we spend a lot of money in buying things and delivering services and we have a very strong Small Business program something that we take very seriously and making sure that people benefit not just from the improvements, that are products or that our projects and Services Provide from the work itself and making sure that the Small Business community and the San Francisco businesses benefit from that and so, there are a number of things that we do. And i think that regina also made reference to things like Small Business week, which we host with the office of Small Busi
Way possible and that again, it is a opportunity for us as we think forward about how to man the transportation in the city. And so with respect to the transportation system, there are opportunities, that we have. And that the Transit System is one of the densist provisions of the transit in the country and i think that it is Something Like 90 percent of San Francisco residentses are within two blocks of a muni stop and so we have a very robust transit structure that we are starting with and the demand and a lot more people who would like to be able to take the transit but it is either too crowded or too slow and so i think that there is more people who would like to be able to use the transit, and but, made choose not to based on the current circumstances. We are one of the most walkable cities in america. And we are a city of neighborhoods. And it is part of the great attraction, the fact that we are geographickly small means that you can do a lot of what you want to do in San Franci