Good afternoon and welcome to the regular meeting of the san not frasanfrancisco board of su. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] mr. President , you have a quorum. President fung thank you. Please praise your right hand over your heart and join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. I would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, ka lena who recorded each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications. Clerk yes, mr. President , i want to thank the president and the members for the length of this communication. The minutes will reflect due to the covid19 pandemic, member of the boards of supervisors will participate remotely through video conference. To the same extent as though they were phys
We suggest listeners on the phone turn down your televisions or web browsers while youre listening on the phone. If, for any reason, the queue drops or the system drops a call, you are more than welcome to email the commission at recspark. Commission sfgov. Org. Alternatively, if you are not on the call but still wish to submit comments or questions, again, recpark. Commission sfgov. Org. You may also submit comments via written in writing to the s. F. Recreation and Parks Commission to our office and know that it is being record and will be available on sfgov tv right now. We are now on the president s report, item two thank you, stacey. This is certainly an historic time and i believe the first time that the commission has tried to entertain having a meeting by telephone but we are up to the task and i congratulate all the commissioners for being present today. I want to just make one comment that, in these challenging times, i think we can all be particularly proud of the leadership
Commission room at city hall is now closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely at the same extent as if they were physically present. We ask for your palm beachsinger and we may experience some issues. Public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. Each speaker will be given two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 8774029756 or 6366513142. The access code is 5713184. When you are connected, dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the queue to speak. You will be lined up in the system in the order you dial 1 and 0. The slm notify when you are in line and waiting. All callers will remain on mute until their line is open. Everyone must account for the time delays and speaking discrepancies between live coverage and streaming. We suggest listeners on the phone turn down your televisions or web browsers while youre listening on the phone. If, for any reason, the queue drops or the system drops a call, yo
Would the secretary please good morning, commissioners. [roll call] all right. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Please note that, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, City Employees and the public at the Commission Room at city hall is now closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely at the same extent as if they were physically present. We ask for your palm beachsinger and we may experience some issues. Public comment will be available for each item on the agenda. Each speaker will be given two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 8774029756 or 6366513142. The access code is 5713184. When you are connected, dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the queue to speak. You will be lined up in the system in the order you dial 1 and 0. The slm notify when you are in line and waiting. All callers will remain on mute until their line is open. Everyone must account for the time delays and s
The additional 1 million will allow us to recapitalize the loan program. This will allow us to provide lowinterest rates to invest in corridors. Were looking at about 3. 5 rate. But the loan is also available to citywide businesses or businesses across the city. The last time we actually provided resources to this Revolving Loan fund was in 2013, under mayor lee. And main street lounge is our partner in administering the loan. Were currently actually amending their contract, so we can add the additional dollars. Next piece is the 2 million allocation for the next two years to expand the s. F. Shines program, into the bayview, excelsior and lower haight. The dollars support Small Business owners to make improvements to their storefronts and interiors. With the goal here is to make the spaces more appealing and accessible to patrons and contribute to the overall vitality of the neighborhood. We estimate that the additional dollars will support about 100 businesses over the next two years