Always do such good work. This will help me. Im taking this home. Me, too. I really appreciate, you know, your outreach on this and you really did touch city with the nedos on this. I appreciate this. You did a good job. Thank you very much. Do we have Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Are there any other commissioner questions . Any other questions for ken . Great job, ken. Next item can we switch and do [speaker not understood] first before the next item . I think rob is we have to skip item number 10 in order to call number 11. Commissioners, would you mind if we reversed items number 10 and 11 . No problem with me. No. No problem. We have a motion . I move. Second. All in favor . Aye. Okay, lets switch 10 and 11. That brings us to item number 11, presentation of a Small Business Commission Certificate of honor recognizing rob black, executive director of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, as part of the sbcs Small Business recognition program
Behalf of those people and this beautiful city and the bay areas restaurant industry. But also one of the things, it is while i think weve had difficult challenges and i feel like the association and the board of directors of the ggra have taken those challenges on in a very positive and meaningful way in really trying to do right by the city in my time at the association, so, ive been very proud of what weve been able to accomplish. You do have to look back at the end of the day and think about what makes San Francisco great in that particular job that i had, and at the end of the day my job was to make sure you were well fed and well drunk in San Francisco. I cant do that, i might not be doing much of anything. So, weve had great partners to work with. Regina has been such a great partner. Ive known her since her time at the board of supervisors as well. We were aides together. And to watch her growth on behalf of Small Business in the city, and to have played a small role in making
Of better words nurture firsttime businesses that are participating in a city contract with sfmta . Thats great. Umhm. Commissioner dooley. I think, you know, because were getting so many Infrastructure Projects and a lot of new building, i think its really important to address loading zones. Yes. I think its a huge issue. If mta wants to also do new projects change streetscapes, they really need to address the impact of eliminating parking if that includes eliminating loading zones. They need to have part of their plan be able to mitigate and allow commerce to continue. That goes to the question also of, you know, before they start working on infrastructure project, they need to look at all this is [speaker not understood], yes. Yes. That to me is one of our largest things. And i also think its important to discuss the possibility of allowing more parking structures because if youre going to take the parking away, you know, we need to have someplace to have folks who drive, for whatev
At the board of supervisors as well. We were aides together. And to watch her growth on behalf of Small Business in the city, and to have played a small role in making to make sure this office was properly funded and staffed so that we could do this work in the city, thats another area where im very proud. So, thank you for this. It truly is a very special thing to me and i appreciate it very much. And i continue i look forward to continuing to work with many if not all of you in the future because i will be working around and doing Community Work and doing part of, you know, part of my new responsibilities will be a broader sense of systemic sustainability and how you can integrate Economic Sustainability within communities. And part of that aspect is working with Small Business working with Small Businesses to invest in those because thats how you build that social and economic fabric. So, i look forward to continuing to work with you in the future and thank you very much. Thank you.
People loved working with they knew everyone that worked in the organization by name. And one director in particular i think had good experiences working with regina when they had to work their ada issues, when they worked on policy issues, they were always very pleased with the relationship they had with the office of Small Business. Good. Commissioner questions . This is a great report and you always do such good work. This will help me. Im taking this home. Me, too. I really appreciate, you know, your outreach on this and you really did touch city with the nedos on this. I appreciate this. You did a good job. Thank you very much. Do we have Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Are there any other commissioner questions . Any other questions for ken . Great job, ken. Next item can we switch and do [speaker not understood] first before the next item . I think rob is we have to skip item number 10 in order to call number 11. Commissioners, would you mind