Services exempt . Why in . Usually because they are under 100,000. We are still tracking whether we award those contracts to lbe primaries and whether or not they partner with lbe consultants. But they are exempt from the consulting goal if the amount of the contract is under 100,000 and if there are federal or state funds included for the sources for the contract. Okay. Thank you. Commissioner . Thank you, elaine for this report. Commissioner is not here but this report is the heart and soul of what she loves to hear. Im not go egg to speak for her but to commend the group. It demonstrates when you put focus on the goal we get results. Thank you. Commissioner adams . I will speak for commissioner brandon, but i will speak for myself. Anyway i think you ever date done a great job. I think it would help more people in the Minority Community because as you know the numbers for the African American and hispanics are very low. Women and asian communities are doing well. But also i think we
We entertained 2,000 corporate customers. Since we closed in 2011 it has been unbelievable the vast message we have received from the public asking us when will we return to San Francisco. Phone calls and including one message from the fan who wrote i am counting the minutes to when our beloved Teatro Zinzanni in San Francisco. One night without you is one too many. Our goal is to keep in touch with our audience and this community. This unique partnership between ken wood investment and Teatro Zinzanni creates a Business Model where one hand feeds the other. Teatro zinzanni will drive business to the hotel and together we will stir business in the surrounding community. A marriage between business and culture, a new way for art to flourish. The Energy Behind this business is palpable. Thank you for your on going support. I just wanted to wrap up saying this is an informational item. We are seeking that waiver and if that is successful will be as mentioned before a normal course of Publ
I represent 14 businesses. I think im here today as a Small Business owner and whats important when you are reporting on your local Small Business participation successes of which you have a number of them, what we hear today is the magic of Small Business embodied with Teatro Zinzanni and creating magic with jobs and with this project we are talking about creating jobs that are sustainable for artist who are Small Business owners. You dont see that very often. You rarely see it. You see construction projects. But those come and go, here we are talking about sustainable jobs for Small Businesses who really create the magic in San Francisco and what San Francisco is all about. Absolutely support this project. I have known darius and dave for 0 20 years. They support minorities, women, lgbt chambers, this is really a great project for San Francisco. Thank you. Good afternoon, i have a business here and we supplied over 1 million of supplies on the construction of the cruise terminal. I g
Least 15 years. For me i have been working with the idea that its been a sole source since i got it and talked to groups and city officials to get their input. That process was long and we got a lot of opinions on how to do it with many great ideas and it occurred to me during that what was thought of in the beginning we were at the wrong size and i keep thinking of goldilocks and three bears and we were too small and it didnt work, too big it wasnt going to work. What was the right size for us to commit for having everybody involved to have this sustained for a long time. That is the multiuse soul source. Nobody came to help and i had to go out and find and darius moving forward. At least from my perspective from the zinzannis perspective we have been working on it since august 20th , 2011. It was just bring back zinzanni in this day and age, i would like it to be here when im 128. So, its the sole source for me. Its the reason to live i guess. So i want to thank you for your time. Fr
Creates a Business Model where one hand feeds the other. Teatro zinzanni will drive business to the hotel and together we will stir business in the surrounding community. A marriage between business and culture, a new way for art to flourish. The Energy Behind this business is palpable. Thank you for your on going support. I just wanted to wrap up saying this is an informational item. We are seeking that waiver and if that is successful will be as mentioned before a normal course of Public Private negotiations at the port and exclusive negotiating agreement that will come before the Port Commission for its approval, a term sheet for design for approval and hopefully project entitlement. Thank you for the presentation. We are now open for public comment. I have a number of speakers. Commissioner wooho, if you can give that to our commission secretary. I will. I receive an email and i will enter it into record. Our first speaker, john free free and that Christian Clayton and joe to be oh