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Infrastructure and education through the annual injury and commission analysis. The most recent version was published a couple weeks ago including the first annual findings on escooters that presented themselves to the San Francisco general hospital. Our Police Department continues to do work on focus on the five, and it has recently enhanced their Traffic Company through vision zero enforcement team. I cannot speak to the findings related to the City Attorney office because i am a transportation planner and not a lawyer. I defer to the City Attorney for recommendations and findings related to i to those questions. Do you have any questions . Thank you. Why dont we go to Public Comment. Are there any members of the public to speak on this item . If so, please step up. I am emily. I am a local resident for the last 33 years. As a Public Employee you talk about Government Accountability and Pedestrian Safety. 20162017 i was appointed by former supervisor david campos for the committee. From the committee we know that the website was outdated, people were not fully participating in the process, which means that we need people who really meant what they want to do to be in that committee. The civil grand jury members are volunteering 500 hours per year. Nonpaid. You, the board of supervisors in here are paid. Please, take some time to read the recommendation, work with Department Heads to do the work. Started from the effectiveness from the information, website, safety working with the police and the San Francisco m. T. A. We talk about recommendation, and we also know that there is no accountability. Whether people do it or not the civic grand jury members the former or current one will not be able to come in after you or the board of supervisors and Department Heads to implement what we recommend. So we are asking you since you are paid and elected and you wanted to do the best to prevent death and safety for people in San Francisco, i urge you to follow the recommendation and findings. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello. Thank you very much for having me, supervisors. I am the vice chair of the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee. I think that this body is wonderful. I am happy you wrote a report. I am happy you got it out. We just passed the 2018 report last week on the committee, and i hope that you will accept most of the recommendations, just that last one is not really a very good one. I cant speak to reports prior to 2018, but i can say that in 2018 it was a rebuilding year for the committee, adding and replacing memberships with passionate pedestrians embedded in their communities. This year we are trying to streamline the process of apappointments through connections with the board of supervisors. There have been 22 fatalities from collisions this year. Let that sink in. 14 were pedestrians according to the last traffic report. This is higher than any number in recent memory. I want to point out we are volunteer. It is completely volunteer. We have one person who is from the m. T. A. I hope that this information if you want to speak to Committee Members contact myself or the manager and you have my contact information. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else to speak on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Once again, thank you to the civil grand jury members to focus on such an important issue. As stated a number of times, Pedestrian Safety and stronger regulation of sort of new Mobility Options that are emerging here in our city are issues that are of high priority to the board, the m. T. A. , the mayor and our entire city government. This is such an important issue and also a very timely that the report came out highlighting this issue, given the surge in tragic fatalities on our streets this year, and that we are all grappling with and the fact that we are m. T. A. Is preparing to greatly expand the Pilot Program for escooters and it is going to expand to other neighborhoods that it hadnt been present in, including the sun set district. I am in full agreement with your findings and recommendations and the urgency for us to address these issues. Supervisor brown. Commissioner brown thank you. I want to thank you on this because it is something we need to focus on. District 5 alone i have had five pedestrian deaths. I dont remember it ever that high. With all of the cars on the road that we have, the ride shares, you know, it just seems that people are agitated when they drive, and we have seen a lot of that when people make left hand turns. They are trying to get through fourlane highways, they are trying to get through the two lanes of traffic coming at them, and a lot of times they are not focusing on the pedestrians walking on the other side of the street. We need to address a lot of these things. One thing i want to clarify, though, president yee had introduced an ordinance to extend the Pedestrian Safety committee for a year and a lot of us signed to that. Sf walk is committed t to workig with us over the course of the next year to determine the best path forward because i feel it is so important to have that kind of input moving forward, especially with vision zero, what we are doing. We need community input. When we go out to these communities and i see this in my district and we look at taking Parking Spaces away for daylighting. A lot of times we have push back. We need to educate the community why we are doing this. When you talk about taking a parking space away at an intersection and explain because actually spending 200,000 for a bulb out is so important, i think they start to understand. I feel like with that Community Engagement and having the public Pedestrian Safety committee there to help us with that kind of language and outreach and engagement and how we should be doing it is really important. I want to thank everyone for participating. This is alive and death situation. Chair mar thank you, supervisor brown. In terms of action on this, we have a resolution with the board responses. There was just one finding and one recommendation in the civil grand jury report that the board is required to respond to. I shared draft language for the resolution for the response with supervisor brown, i want to read it for the record. First regarding finding number 7, that the board of supervisors reports to the pr presiding jude that they disagree with finding 7. Annual reports were prepared by the Pedestrian Safety and Advisory Committee for 2012, 13, 2014 and 2018 as the vice chair reported. Regarding recommendation number two, the language is in the draft. That the board of supervisors reports recommendation r2 will not be implemented because the recommendation is unreasonable in light of the Pedestrian Safety Committee Progress over the last year in addressing quorum issues, state of emergency for Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee and they are the seoul advice the sole Advisory Committee on in. They will extend for an additional year during which time the committee is advised to review and remember changes to improve the efficiency going forward. I would like to move that we adopt the amendment. We recommend the resolution to the full board and file this hearing. Can we tap that without objection . Thank you. Thanks again everyone for all of your work on this report and this issue. Mr. Clerk, please call item number 8 to 22 foreclosed session. Clerk agenda items 8 through 22 are authorizing settlements of lawsuits against the city of San Francisco, lawsuits and claims, excuse me. Chair mar for the closed session are there any members of the public who wish to testify on items 8 to 22 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Do we have a motion to convene in closed session . Thank you. We are now in we are now back in open session for government audit and oversight. The committee acted to recommend agenda items 8 through 22 to the board of supervisors with consideration with provision 9 and 10 will be Committee Reports on september 24th. Do i have a motion not to disclose proceedings from the closed session . So moved. Any further business . From is no further business. We are adjourned. President hyland call this hearing to order. Good afternoon, welcome to the Historic Preservation Commission Hearing for wednesday, september 18, 2019. I would like to remind members of the public to silence your mobile devices. When speaking before the commission, if you care to, state your name for the record. Taking roll. President hyland . [roll call] commissioners, first is the public general comment. At this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public. With respect to agenda items, why you are opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the im is reached in the meeting. It does appear there may be one speaker card. Good afternoon, commissioners. On behalf of the owner of the two henry adams building. Im here to provide an update and request. As a reminder, the project for this building has been pending since 2013 and with this commissions input, landmarking was allowed late last year. Allowing us to work. Were happy to report that ceqa should be done later this week, allowing us to move into the entitlement hearings. It is also adding a new outdoor plaza and it will involve comprehensive, interior and exterior improvements that will benefit all tenants of the building and also insure its long term preservation future. Im here because we have a concern we wont be able to make a hearing here until december, particularly if this Commission Moves to one hearing a month schedule. Our next step in the entitlement process is to come to this commission for certificate of appropriateness. And we respectfully ask that you consider keeping two hearings a month, at least in october and november, so we may have an opportunity to make our case. Thank you very much. Jonas any other member of the public . Seeing none, close Public Comment. Department matter. Item 1, directors announcements. I dont have an announcement from the director, but about the director. As you all know, our beloved director is john ram, is retiring on march 1st. I wanted to inform you that tomorrow at Planning Commission under commission mathers, there is going to be a discussion of potential desired qualities for the next planning director. That of course is an agenda item. There will be opportunity for public discussion. And youre all welcome to participate as well. Thats it. How is the new director going to be selected . Is there a Selection Committee . Who is on the committee . The Planning Commission is responsible presenting three names to the mayor. And the mayor makes the final selection, so the Planning Commission through the department well be conducting a nationwide search. Okay. Thank you. The mayors selection could be from the list or from another list. Or not [laughter]. There is nothing further, commissioners, move on to item 2. Review of the past events. No report from the Planning Commission. I didnt want to inform you that the commissioners moved through rules committee yesterday the board correct . They were both moved through the rules committee a week ago and yesterday in front of the full board, they were continued. Okay. Can we get an update on who that is . The names that were nominated by the mayor are chris foley and lydia so. There is nothing further, commissioners. Item 3. President s report and announcements. President hyland i have no report. Jonas item 4, consideration of adoption of draft minutes. President hyland open Public Comment. Would any member of the public wish to comment on the Meeting Minutes from august 21, 2019 . Seeing none, close Public Comment. Commissioners . Jonas on that motion to adopt the minutes, commission black . Johns . Pearlman . Matsuda . Hyland. So moved. That passes unanimously, 50. Item 5, commission comments and questions. Commissioner pearlman me. I have, as in my practice as an architect, ive been approached by someone who has a property that has a legacy business in it. Its a one Story Building and they want to take advantage of the home sf program to build 2030 units of housing, which would require that building to be demolished. Its something for future discussion. Im in the early stages of this. I guess the question is, if the owner is willing to retain that business back in the new building after its completed i mean, what would the stand be for the Historic Commission relative to the processing of that project which would cause the demolition of an approved legacy business . And then, you know, depending on its future, you know, how would we look at that . This is a staff question. I posed this to caltagirone and she said we havent had that circumstance yet, so it is something that would have be to discussed. I wanted to bring that up as something to think about. And maybe we could have a short discussion of this on a later agenda. President hyland okay. Jonas nothing further . We can move onto consideration of items for continuance excuse me, do we want to talk about the future meetings, jonas, and closed session october 2. Make sure we have a quorum. Jonas i polled everybody except for president hyland you also did that . The city office is requesting a closed session before the commission on october 2. I didnt hear confirmation from yourself or the suspevice presi but i believe everyone is available. I anticipate being here because the time is what im more it would start probably before 12 30, around 10 30, 11 00. My preference is a little later. 11 would be fine. Do we anticipate it being more than an hour . No. So if we could do 11. On october 17, just want to make sure so in response to the Public Comment on us trying to be more efficient in our agen s agendas, were not necessarily going to one meeting a month, but if we only have agenda items for one meeting a month, thats what weve been trying to do to take advantage of our time here for a fuller agenda. But at the moment, october 16, we have nothing on the calendar. Jonas currently there is nothing on october 16. There is an a. R. C. Meeting for november 6 and full calendar on the 2nd and 6th. But, yes, we dont cancel one of the meetings in a month. If something needs to be heard, well youll hear it. Well address that on the second if we need to put something on the agenda for the 16th . Jonas sure. Anything else, commissioners . I have a question about that. If we get into a situation where we only have one meeting a month and somebody has something that for some reason had to be heard, is there some provision for us to call a special meeting . We could. I would suggest we dont cancel the meeting formally, and we send out cancellation agenda. We would probably do that a week in advance, though the rules say we need to provide 72 hours notice minimum, but that way, it provides for that opportunity to have items to be heard, if they need to be. Okay, thank you. Jonas anything else . If not, commissioners, we can move on to consideration of items proposed for continuance. Items 6a and b. I have no speaker cards. Does any member of the public wish to speak to the continuance . Closed Public Comment. Back to the commission. I move we continue them. Second. Jonas thank you. On that motion to continue item 6a, commissioner black . Johns . Pearlman . Matsuda . Hyland . So moved that passes unanimously 50 if the acting Zoning Administrator could continue item 6b. So so move to continue to october 2. Very good. That will place this under the item 7. Item 7, 2622 jackson street. This is a certificate of appropriateness. Good afternoon, commission. Shannon ferguson, department staff. The item before you is request for certificate of appropriateness for the property. Also known as the george gibbs residence. The building is on the north side of jackson street between scott street and pierce street in the Pacific Heights neighborhood. The house was designed by willis polk and constructed in 1895. The proposed project is a facade restoration, window replacement and the replacement of the portion of the front retaining wall. The scope of work for the facade restoration includes limited inkind replacement of sandstone, cladding and the portico elements. Where the stone units are deteriorated beyond repair. Limited inkind of deteriorated portions of the sandstone, facade cladding and portable elements. Pinning of delaminated sandstone. Repair of the smaller areas of cladding that needs patching. Repairing the cracks on the stone facade cladding and portico and underpinning for larger cracks. Replacement of a portion of the front retaining wall with new stone cladding, with a cap to match the existing retaining wall. And finally, selected inkind replacement of 19 existing wood windows with new wood windows. The project sponsor has completed studies, including a report that details the areas in need of restoration and recommended Treatment Options for each feature. Mortar color recommending the color and type of mortar to be used youll also find a material sheet in the packets, that shows the new stone will match the existing as close as possible. Staff has determined that the proposed work will be in performance with the quotes. The secretary of the interior standards and will be compatible with the characterdefining features of the landmark. Based on this analysis, staff recommends approval with the following conditions. The project sponsor shall accommodate site visits. With the approved project description and conditions approval. And in addition to regular site visits, mockups and repairs and the replacement materials provided prior to completion of work for Planning Department review and approval. This concludes my presentation. The architect is also here and would like to make a brief presentation. Welcome. Would five minutes be sufficient . I think less will be fine. Okay, perfect. Im louis butler, the architect and lead member of the team fort restoration. Incidentally, one of the restorations we did was ellenwood, thats the landmark on the corner of pacific and divisadero. It was a fascinating exercise, actually and we expect this to be at the same level. I just like to emphasize this starts with the portico restoration. The portico is in very, very bad shape and has been temporaried braced for a while. You have the letter from the Structural Engineers on that process. The scaffold will be starting the restoration. Well be doing sounding surveys and the south elevation will be cleaned as outlined on page 7 of the report. The entire portico will be carefully numbered. A steel ring will be inserted. And we will stabilize the columns and the bases with steel plates. We have to core existing steel columns to allow existing columns to have steel. Only one column, number 3, will be new. The sourcing of the stone is interesting. Weve done that in an exhaustive way that will be satisfactory. All the stove will be carved to match exactly the detail on sheet 8. 1. We move onto the west facade, then the rear and east. Those involve micro pinning. The square feet of the amount of repair is on age 42 for the south. 76 for the west. We also have qualification sheets for all of the team members. You heard from shannon ferguson. Weve also brought actual samples with us if you have interest in the carved stone and wood windows. We have additional detail. The project architect is here with me and id like to move this quickly to specific questions. I think thats the important part of the discussion. So thank you very much. President hyland do we take Public Comment on the item . Any member of the public wish to comment on 2622 jackson . Closed Public Comment. Bring it back to the commission. Commissioner black i just want to begin by and we can get into the details later, but i wanted to begin by commending the team for working so hard on a house that is a very significant house and very special in superb especially its cladding, which is the subject of a lot of the work proposed. This appears to be a very wellresearched and thoughtthrough process that the team put into it. And i wanted to commend the team and the client for going through these steps to preserve such an important house. Its why we get pleasure serving here, is when a team of people and a client get together to do Something Like this. It did have one comment on a window. It seems so petty in the grand scheme of everything that is being done. On sheet a3. 4. There is a single glazed kitchen window. Probably a double hung window originally. And theyre proposing to put a single pane window in. Its right next to an existing double pane. N104 . Yes, n104. Its a side elevation. Its not a streetfacing elevation. It would be bring this house into perfection if i guess the question is, why is it not a double hung . Commissioner black that is a good question. President hyland please come to the mic. Youve got to come to the mic. Im dave stern. That existing window is covered up on the interior. There is a pantry there. Its long been covered. So it exists currently on the facade, but its no longer truly a window. We were going to keep it, of course. That certainly could become a doublehung if it needed to be replaced. Commissioner black since its being replaced, if that at all helps it pair up with its neighbor . I dont know. Subject to the. The statement on the obvious. We didnt come this far to not do that last little bit. So if you feel strongly, thats fine with us. I would agree with commissioner black, its a tiny gesture, but that would from the outside at least it would look authentic. Just the matching window to existing 105. Agreed. Okay. By the way, this is the posting affidavit. Okay. Sorry. Questions or comments . Yeah, i also want to compliment the team. This is extremely impressive. I was particularly interested and just find it fantastic that not only is the stone from calusa county which is where it was originally not from there originally sorry [laughter]. Sorry to make you jump up and down. Actually its from the akiana bay in oregon. We did try to source sandstone in calusa, but there was a limited quantity. And what were going to actually use is a barea sandstone from southwest ohio. And it matches. I like that the stone carver is nick fair play. Thats impressive, too. All right. Yeah, i endorse this. I think this is very impressive and you know kind of the could be a guide for how this kind of restoration work should be done. Not often done, but should be done. I really compliment the owner for wanting to take it on at that level of detail. So, thank you. President hyland any other comments, questions . Motion . I would move to approve this with conditions as written. And with the amendments of commissioner to replace or to replace the opening at 104 with a matching doublehung at window 105. Commissioner black second. Jonas thank you, on that motion to approve with conditions as amended to condition of replacing 104 to match double hung window on 105. Black . Johns . Pearlman . Matsuda . President hyland . So moved, that motion passes unanimously 50. That will place is us on items 8a through g. For case numbers 2019515652lbr, 2019154657, 662lbr, 683lbr, and for properties at 313024th street. 857 geary street. 57 post street. 772 pacific avenue. 1555 pacific avenue. 510 green street. These are legacy businesses registry applications. Hello, commissioners. Shelly caltagirone. We have seven applications. Ill give you a quick summary of each and note what were recommending for safeguard. We have several applicants here ready to speak. The first is the dobey books arts cooperative. 316, 16th street. Facing a large rent hike, a group of supporters came together to form a cooperative Business Structure to preserve the store. It moved to 3130 24th street where it joined independent book stores adding to bookstore row. The cooperative is interested in building a connection between the bookstore and the exhibition space by encouraging artists to make sitespecific works of reference or engage with the bookstore. Were recommended dedicated gallery space, cooperative Business Model and commitment to live events. The next applicant is the hara club. I did not check the pronunciation. The club was opened at 857 geary street in the tenderloin in 1956. By a boxer and henry hank hampstead, a wrestler. The name comes from a combination of the names hank and ralph. The club was owned solely by ralph until 1987 when he passed it to his son rick. Rick owned it until 2015 when it was sold to an ownership group. With the closure of the gangway, the club has become the neighborhoods longest running bar. The property is also a contributor to the National Register listed uptown tenderloin district. Were recommending the following features to be safeguarded. The geary facade with the brick walls, the original brick floors, wooden bar, and the reproduction of red wallpaper. The next applicant is the Mechanic Institute located at 57 post street. It is the oldest surviving library in california, and the oldest chess club in the nation. It was conceived on december 11, 1854 by a group of mechanics, artists, craftsman and laborers who was satisfied with the lack of libraries and Educational Opportunities for adults. In 1908, they hired someone to design the current home. A nineStory Building finished july, 1910. It was declared local landmark in 1981. Were recommending the following features to be safeguarded. There are Library Events and chess departments, the landmark building and characterdefining features and independent learning, grassroots, Community Building and social responsibility and cultural exploration. The next applicant is new asia restaurant established in february 1987 by a husband and wife. 772 pacific avenue to chinatown. It is the largest restaurant in the neighborhood, with seating of 100 tables. In addition to banquets, many fundraisers, beauty pageants and Lunar New Year celebrations are held. It is the last remaining Chinese Restaurant of its size in chinatown now that the empress of china and Gold Mountain have closed. The current owners of new asia restaurant purchased the business in february 2002. Were recommending the following features to be safeguarded. The southern chinese cuisine, the push carts, the large floor space, including the dance floor and the script above the center stage, meaning Double Happiness in chinese script. The next applicant is National Picture framing centers. It was established on july 1, 1974 by peter im going to mispronounce this as a result of his personal experience looking for accessible and affordable framing. The company consists of frame, located at 1920 polk street. Plus the companys Production Facility and headquarters at 1545 and 1555 pacific avenue. Peter called is first store do a rama. In between 1974 and 87, the format of the store evolved as a result to customer needs, becoming a full framing business. We recommend that all four locations are noted for the applicant and that the following features are safeguarded. The business with a wide array of picture framing options and support for local workers, Small Businesses and families. The next applicant is sodinis green valley restaurant. That has operated since 1906. It was originally known as green valley restaurant. It has maintained its italian roots and traditions. The restaurant is known for serving classic dishes that provide traditional with their simplicity and 90 of the clientele are north beach residents. It was constructed in 1910. It appears to be eligible for listing on the National Register as well. We are recommending the following features to be safeguarded. Their classic italian cuisine, the original bar, the 7up sign, the neon blade sign, the floor plan and the decorating of walls. Last applicant. Anresco laboratories, founded in 1943. It continues today as a family owned business with his son and grandchildr grandchildren. The lab provides food nutritional analysis, including testing foods for pesticide and herbicide residue. It is only one of two lab tories in california that is accredited for all analytical procedures requireded by the bureau of cannabis control in california. Were recommending their location on van dyke avenue and the following two feature. Their food and Cannabis Laboratory for consumer safety and their expertise in micro biology. That concludes the presentation. Questions . Go ahead and open this to Public Comment. Member of the public, just step up. We dont have any cards at the moment. Hi, thank you for having me. My name is karen edwards. I worked for the Mechanics Institute for 12 years as a librarian. The decision to found the San Francisco Mechanics Institute was made on december 11, 1854 in city hall. Then it was located at ports smith square. From the beginning, our directors knew what sort of institution they wanted to create. They wanted to offer a library with open stacks, so that the books were accessible to all members. That is commonplace in libraries now, but with it was a revolutionary idea in 54, because the public needed to be shielded from what those books might contain. They also wanted to host a gameroom, where folks could spread out their chess and checker boards. They wanted to offer classes that stretched the mind and taught new skills and to be an organization that welcomed everyone, regardless of race or gender. And to cost as little as possible. One has to keep in mind this was some 25 years before public funding for libraries came into play here in california. And far before there were there was public funding for adult schools and community colleges. Today, in our landmark building, we continue these aims and were one of the few Mechanics Institute in the world that continues to operate on its original mission. We have a beautiful library, a rich calendar of cultural events, and a Chess Program that is world renowned and reaches over 30 schools of children, teaching them the game of chess. Which is fantastic, not only for the skill of the game, but it also improves their concentration, selfesteem, and it fosters good citizenship. Over 164 years, Mechanics Institute has contributed in innumerable ways as we know and enjoy here in San Francisco. Its a place that where ideas have come to fruition that have changed our world, whether it be the cable car, the San Francisco public library, or perhaps more importantly [bell ringing] funding for californias library. As it did with the rogers act of 1878. It has been our privilege to serve San Francisco for 164 years and we are very proud to be considered for the legacy business registry. And we look forward to the opportunities that it will afford us. Most importantly, it will adding us to the registry will make achieving our goal easier [bell ringing] to support the intellectual and social needs of the San Francisco bay area for generations to come. Thank you. President hyland thank you. Any other members, please, step up. Hi. My name is mark sodini. Im here on behalf of sodinis green valley. Its pretty simple. Its open in the early 1900s. Weve had it for 28 years. It was green valley for almost 100 years. Its been in the neighborhood forever. And its 90 local. Everyone that works there is within a threeblock radius. We were just featured on check, please, actually, so, yeah, its a staple in the neighborhood and i just appreciate your time. And thank you for everything. President hyland thank you. Hi, i wasnt prepared to say anything today, but felt like i should. Im jim dragga. I own cheap petes. I worked for peter for 10 years before that. Its a very exciting time for us. And we were when shelly came to us and the store manager and asked about the legacy business, we jumped at the chance. We thought it would be great for our business and employees. We currently employ about 45 employees that live and work in San Francisco. And the other 30 are in the rest of the bay area. So we wanted to just make sure we had a say in what happens on our street and what happens to our building in the future. And were hoping this would help us with that. Thats all i want to say. President hyland thank you. Anyone else like to address the commission . I apologize for being slow. Im david eisenberg, president of anresco lab tories. My father founded the business 76 years ago after getting his ph. D. From stanford university. My fathers mission in life was to increase the stock and store of human knowledge. I joined my dad 45 years ago. At that time, there was four of us. My father, myself, one chemist and one secretary. Today, were about 85 people in total. We are one of four laboratories that accounted for the testing of food to meet f. D. A. Requirements, a couple of years ago when i had data im the only nonasian member of the food association, which ties in, because my mother could speak mandarin. Im terribly grateful for anresco being considered for the legacy status. And we have a beautiful Analytical Laboratory which we opened in 2014, which i think is a work of modern functional industrial art and all of you are welcome at any time to visit if youd like to see a beautiful laboratory which has architectural merit. We continue our research in numerous areas, water treatment, which is one of my dads issues from his work at stanford so many years ago. The food chemistry, the cannabis testing and we manufacture analytical tracers for animal feed and for human drugs. If we can get the tracers for human drugs off the ground, we may save lives, by allowing anybody on the street to test a pill or tablet to know if its authentic. These are some of the interesting things we continue to work on. The great thing of being in San Francisco is there is so many qualified capable young scientists and experienced scientists available. And thats what we continue to do. Thank you so much. President hyland great. Thank you. Anyone else . Hello. My name is heather holt and im representing the dolby books cooperative. I want to say as a member of the cooperative, ive been involved since 2003, when it was still a sing singleowner shop. We continued to be open and nonjudgmental space for artists, poets, writers and every human that wanders through the store door. Im grateful for the opportunity. Thank you. President hyland thank you. Anyone else . Close Public Comment. Bring it back to the commission. Commissioners . Commissioner johns this is really such an interesting collection of businesses. I personally have patronized four of them and for 15 years had an office in the Mechanics Institute. As a matter of fact i was just there a week ago when the Mechanic Institute and the San Francisco Historical Society did a joint program on music from the mid winter fair of 1894. Those of you who missed it, approximately, everybody in this room, really missed a great event. [laughter]. Its so wonderful to see the variety of these businesses that really keep San Francisco, San Francisco and strengthen the fabric of our society. So i would definitely move that we move these applicants forward. Commissioner pearlman i agree. This is just such a range of types of businesses. Just a few quick comments. I think it is the hara club. I think thats right. The facade on that and the sign are just fantastic. Ive been by there a number of times. It has wonderful gothic period ornament on it that is really quite great. Im wondering if Mechanics Institute is the longest legacy business we have for the longest number of years. I couldnt remember boudins 164 years is pretty much back to the beginning, so thats an amazingly impressive thing. And the building itself is quite exquisite. The new asia restaurant, ive been there for a number of times. Its the host of the cong pow. Thats what we did on christmas day, go for chinese food. Thats appropriate. And mr. Jocelyn and i went one year. We were in line next to each other as we were going in. I also wanted to comment is it mr. Ize eisenberg, sorry. Im so impressed with the pride you exhibit about your business. I think that comes through with all of the people who come to talk about their businesses. And something as, you know, kind of obscure, because its not on any tourist map youre going to go down the avenue, but you have the same, you know, presence of this is what San Francisco is about, is our business. Which just makes the whole Legacy Program so enchanting for the city. And so i just congratulate you on your business and really a thank you from all of us for all of you being in business and bringing yourselves to the city and to us. Thank you. President hyland anything else . Commissioner matsuda i also want to thank all of you for being for persevering during these very challenging times to have a Small Business. I especially liked the summary that shelly did on the acobo books and the structure. I thought that was a difficult way of dealing with a tough challenge. Being displaced in the neighborhood. Im wondering if we can maybe schedule an agenda item to have an update about what is happening in the Small Business legacy world. And then maybe to have some, i dont know, things on the website to share. I dont know, theyre not tips, but just to share some stories about how Small Businesses have been able to overcome many challenges. If i can speak to that. One of our partners at oewd is initiating a program right now to do more educating in the community about the succession planning and moving into cooperative workerown models as a way of continuing business. I can reach out to our colleague and see if she is interested in including the commissioners in the dialogue, or even presenting the findings of the work. I believe they have a grant i know its called a seed grant, but i cant remember what it stands for. I can get back to you. That would be great. It would be great if the commission i dont know if we can be an official sponsor, or at least some sort of partner to that. You dont have to pay any money, right . [laughter]. I will second the motion. President hyland thank you. There is a motion that is seconded to adopt recommendations for approval for the legacy business. On that motion, commissioner black . Johns . Pearlman . Matsuda . And president hyland . Thank you, commissioners. That motion passes unanimously, 50. Commissioners that places us on item 9, case 2013. 0225u

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