This is a special meeting on wednesday, february 26, 2020 and et cetera called to order at 1 06 p. M. We thank sf gov tv. Members, please take this opportunity to silence your phones. Public comment during the meeting is generally limited to three minutes per speaker unless otherwise established by the presenting officer of the meeting. Speakers are requested but not required to state their names. A speaker card will ensure the written record of the meeting. Please place the speaker cards in basket. There is a signin sheet on the front tv, and please show the office. Welcome. It is our custom to begin and end each Small Business Commission Meeting with a reminder that the office of Small Business is the only place to start new business in San Francisco and get the best answers. The office of Small Business should be your first stop when you have a question about what to do next. You can find us online or in person here at city hall. Best of all, all of our services are free of charge.
Members, please take this opportunity to silence your phones. Public comment during the meeting is generally limited to three minutes per speaker unless otherwise established by the presenting officer of the meeting. Speakers are requested but not required to state their names. A speaker card will ensure the written record of the meeting. Please place the speaker cards in basket. There is a signin sheet on the front tv, and please show the office. Welcome. It is our custom to begin and end each Small Business Commission Meeting with a reminder that the office of Small Business is the only place to start new business in San Francisco and get the best answers. The office of Small Business should be your first stop when you have a question about what to do next. You can find us online or in person here at city hall. Best of all, all of our services are free of charge. The Small Business commission is here to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality
Reminder that the office of Small Business is the only place to start new business in San Francisco and get the best answers. The office of Small Business should be your first stop when you have a question about what to do next. You can find us online or in person here at city hall. Best of all, all of our services are free of charge. The Small Business commission is here 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. Thank you. Item one, called to order and role call. role call . You have a quorum. Apparently, a computer went down and we didnt have sound. So i appreciate everyone being flexible. I want to thank everyone for the virtual kitchens known as government kitchens and i would like to thank all of you tuning in on sfgov tv. We know its not easy take time away from your business to participate in opportunities
Participates in the citys planning process. Every five years theres a Strategic Plan and we also prepare annual action plans. Director mcfadden presented that to you earlier in the fall and provided an update a couple months ago. That plan covers all of the departments work, all of its programs. We also have a fouryear planning cycle that was established by the dignity fund. This includes Community Needs assessment and fouryear funding plan. That process covers all Services Eligible to serve funds from the dignity fund. Its looking at about 70 million. And then the area plan were talking about today is similarly focused on mostly Community Based services. We get 7 million from the state for those services. Thats about 10 of the budget for the office of Community Partnerships. As much as possible, we try to align these efforts, and an example of that is the Needs Assessment from the dignity fund is the primary Needs Assessment informing this area plan. Similarly, the departments Strateg
Approve the agenda. So moved. Do we have a second . Any discuss in all in favor. Any opposed . Motion carries. May i have a motion to approve the february 5th, 2020, Meeting Minutes . Thank you. Do i have a second. Second. Any discussion . All in favor. Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Now i would like to introduce our newest commissioner, nelson lum, wholl tell us about his background. Thank you. Mr. Chair, fellow commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, good morning, my name is nelson lum, and im the newly appointed member of this commission. Ive been a resident since 1961, and i went to school here. Upon graduation from George Washington high school, in 1966, i was soon notified by uncle sam that he had a special interest in me. I was inducted in the army where i volunteers to be a member of the paratrooper unit, and after training, i was assigned to kentucky with 101st airborne division. In 1967, my division was deployed to vietnam. Luckily, i returned in november 1968, wit