Move forward. Thank you so much and thank you for the presentation. Commissioner thank you very much. Any other members of this public. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Id like to thank the members of the public and there say restaurant in the castro is a restaurant in the castro i wont name the restaurant on 16th street and they string the lights up and were told not to serve and yet they serve and i dont have a problem with that bit know the with that but i know the owners want to work with the city in legalizing that. Maybe thats one thick the commission can do thing the commission can do Going Forward continuing the conversation and especially with a lot of the smaller Restaurant Owners who want to engage. That would be great idea. Commissioner dwight. I had one comment to your question and i wanted to say its always a good time to ask questions how to improve situations for Small Businesses in San Francisco to the extent the merchant associations and merchant and restaurants
Geez, itd be nice if there was a way for more local neighbors, residents, whatever, to create more of a Community Space and that would i think be beneficial to the Small Businesses in the area. Whats drive the need for the foot traffic. Whats the thinking there is the parking is so valuable that i guess i shouldnt put words in your mouth but what is driving that. The question is how to create more of these spaces sometimes i have worked the excelsior in the Mission Corridor and there were a lot of vacancies and we were looking how to have incentives to attract traffic and its what comes first the business or amenity but its particular to each case. Its very dense and businesses are constantly changing and thats why we get all the foot traffic. Weve had people complain about parking and its the amenity thats an extra value for them. We had tons of parking in the mission when i moved there in 91. I dont think anybody would say that businesses were doing better back then. Its been largely
Thank you so much and thank you for the presentation. Commissioner thank you very much. Any other members of this public. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Id like to thank the members of the public and there say restaurant in the castro is a restaurant in the castro i wont name the restaurant on 16th street and they string the lights up and were told not to serve and yet they serve and i dont have a problem with that bit know the with that but i know the owners want to work with the city in legalizing that. Maybe thats one thick the commission can do thing the commission can do Going Forward continuing the conversation and especially with a lot of the smaller Restaurant Owners who want to engage. That would be great idea. Commissioner dwight. I had one comment to your question and i wanted to say its always a good time to ask questions how to improve situations for Small Businesses in San Francisco to the extent the merchant associations and merchant and restaurants are intereste
In the city but there are some neighborhoods that are pretty far away from it from any sort of green space within walking distance. I guess what im struck by is geez, itd be nice if there was a way for more local neighbors, residents, whatever, to create more of a Community Space and that would i think be beneficial to the Small Businesses in the area. Whats drive the need for the foot traffic. Whats the thinking there is the parking is so valuable that i guess i shouldnt put words in your mouth but what is driving that. The question is how to create more of these spaces sometimes i have worked the excelsior in the Mission Corridor and there were a lot of vacancies and we were looking how to have incentives to attract traffic and its what comes first the business or amenity but its particular to each case. Its very dense and businesses are constantly changing and thats why we get all the foot traffic. Weve had people complain about parking and its the amenity thats an extra value for t
They walk up with a plate that isnt to go and theyre going up to consumers that may be mostly tourists depending on the district like the castro or hayes and have to constantly explain you have to stand up and come get your food with me and because they incur costs and keep the space public and dont inhibit the public use and maintain it and keep it clean theyd like to have more of a conversation with the relevant agencies maybe how certain restaurants or cafes could maybe have a more updated amendment to these codes to be more of a seamless effort with the public spaces. I know after we met with the supervisor we thought the next best thing would be to inquire with the Small Business commission since youre the subject Matter Experts to see what you think and what we do Going Forward and i would love a followup discussion with stakeholders and Community Members interested and supervisor and merchants to see if its a good time to discuss amendments that are good for the Small Businesses