Ted my colleague will be joining me to do that portion and ted e gone will present the core of the strategy as well as continuing the surveillance and ill be coming back up to the podium to discuss our conclusions and look forward to a robust discussion with the commissioners. Welcome. Hello so as todd mentioned 5 Key Foundations that the 2007 Economic Strategy covered it gave us a myriad of policies and actions today in the interest of covering things purview ill be highlighting things regarding our Business Climate and the neighborhood work. Would that be easier for you to use that. Yes. Okay so the first thing was recommendation was to create a local issue that promotes the qualities weve heard from businesses that are payroll expense taxes and they thought that was great so in 2007 sorry 2012 through a lot of hard work with the community and input from groups like yours including the Small Business up to one Million Dollars the gross receipt tax were passed in 2012 were in that sea
To technology complications beyond the departments and citys control the agenda did not get poefd on our website so we need 2 hours in advance the agenda was posted at the library and the room on time in execution with our da because we dont have any action items on the agenda i said it was our discretion to move forward with the meeting i want to be clear with the public and perhaps we can just call and see if theres call for any Public Comment on that. Lets call the meeting to order if theres phenomenon or anyone from the public that objects please let us know substantially well take that matter up at the later meeting theres no action so were on to addressing any items but well precede with tonight meeting seeing no objection can we have the role call. So commissioner president adams commissioner dooley commissioner dwight commissioner ortizcartagena is on his way commissioner white commissioner riley and commissioner toursarkissian mr. President , you have a quorum. All right. So t
Following has the skills and training so that through our academy whether city build or our Housing Academy we need to remain focused on those passageway and insuring that people have the lards of opportunity thats not it if you deserve to move up you have the lards of opportunity to take advantage increase our earning power and third as was mentioned the business portal youve seen the briefing from jane and close work with regina were not rest with the first phase of the business portal were working on the second facing phase it will look at how to streamline the progress the portal makes it easier for the businesses to see that you hear if our constituents and people in the commission we need to do better to make the process easier not only easier to navigate wear moving forward and its a key priority were also focused as ted mention during one the key barriers on the cost of rising rattling while 9 city if directly control the cost of real estate were through zoning powers and other
Good evening its that monday february 9, 2015, and it is 531 this is the Small Business Commission Meeting mr. President , before we do the role call i need to make a note due to technology complications beyond the departments and citys control the agenda did not get poefd on our website so we need 2 hours in advance the agenda was posted at the library and the room on time in execution with our da because we dont have any action items on the agenda i said it was our discretion to move forward with the meeting i want to be clear with the public and perhaps we can just call and see if theres call for any Public Comment on that. Lets call the meeting to order if theres phenomenon or anyone from the public that objects please let us know substantially well take that matter up at the later meeting theres no action so were on to addressing any items but well precede with tonight meeting seeing no objection can we have the role call. So commissioner president adams commissioner dooley commis
February 9, 2015, and it is 531 this is the Small Business Commission Meeting mr. President , before we do the role call i need to make a note due to technology complications beyond the departments and citys control the agenda did not get poefd on our website so we need 2 hours in advance the agenda was posted at the library and the room on time in execution with our da because we dont have any action items on the agenda i said it was our discretion to move forward with the meeting i want to be clear with the public and perhaps we can just call and see if theres call for any Public Comment on that. Lets call the meeting to order if theres phenomenon or anyone from the public that objects please let us know substantially well take that matter up at the later meeting theres no action so were on to addressing any items but well precede with tonight meeting seeing no objection can we have the role call. So commissioner president adams commissioner dooley commissioner dwight commissioner or