called. next item, please. [agenda item read]. >> good evening, president adams, commission, small business staff. richard kurylo, office of small business manager. sfgovtv, i have a powerpoint presentation. before you today are three applications for the small business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion, submitted by department staff on december 18 and heard by the his torque preservation commission on january 13. there are copies on the table in the public binders. item 3-a is dianda's italian american pastry company. the business is a bakery established in 1962 in the mission district when spouses bought the italian american pastry company. note that dianda's extends back to before 1962, however, we do not presently have information about the original italian american pastry company. the family was from luca, italy, with the hopes of opening his own bakery. t in 1979, dianda's constructed a new building in its present location so the bakery could meet the growing demand for its cookies, pastries, and cakes. the new building continues to demonstrate loyalty, integrity, and an unending passion for commitment and quality to detail. item b is new delhi restaurant. it is located in the former hotel ramona, built in 1914, two blocks from union square. the owner started his career in the food business at age 14 at calcutta's park hotel as a vegetable cutter. after high school, he worked in calcutta, new delhi, and hong kong before settling in the united states and opening new delhi restaurant. it is a hub of the bay area indian community. named one of the finest indian restaurants in the united states by the new york times and featured on the galwill lo gourmet television show, the business continues to thrive. the last is pearl market, established in 1982. it stocks a wide range of products. pearl market has provided continual market services to most of the community's low-income residents, specifically low-income people of color, serving as a community focal point and anchor bringing together all races and income groups. many long-term low-income and senior residents rely on credit from pearl market to subsidize their monthly shortfall and purchase basic food supplies. the current owners emigrated from syria. it recently underwent improvement, including new registration units, with new fresh food items, and gourmet lunch items were introduced. all three businesses received a positive recommendation from the historic preservation commission. after reviewing the applications and the recommendation from h.p.c., staff finds the businesses have met the three criteria to qualify for listing on the legacy business registerly. there are three draft resolutions for considerations by the small business commission, one for each of the applicants. your support of the businesses should be a motion in favor of the resolutions. in the resolutions, please pay close attention to the core physical features or atritions that define the business. the businesses must maintain these features to remain in the registry. this concludes my presentation, and i'm happy to answer any questions, and there are business representatives in attendance who would like to speak on behalf of the applications. >> president adams: okay. do we have any questions before we go into public comment? okay. we are going to go into public comment. anybody want to make public comment on any legacy businesses? come on up. >> dottu, we're still very proud of you and your accomplishments, and we love you very much, and we hope that we can be the next generation to continue your business. tell you you love him. >> i love you, dottu. >> president adams: next speaker. mayor agnes, come on up. >> is it my turn? i like this commission. >> president adams: we like you. >> well, good evening and thank you very much for the opportunity to speak to you in a very timely fashion. let me start a little personal. i'm 82 years old. people ask me now, what are you doing with yourself? what are you doing since you left the mayor's office, and my answer is a very respectful one. it is anything that i want to because i'm not running for anything, i'm not looking for anything, and so when i come to an event at 5:30 in city hall, and i've just left my five-year-old grandson, it must mean something, and this application is an important one for our city, and that's why i came. because on november 3, 1988, i cut the ribbon for the new delhi restaurant, and frankly, i wondered, how is he going to do it? he took this old, kind of beat up place, and turned it into a magnificent facility, aesthetically speaking, and the food was outstanding. and he started to reach out to the community right away. in fact, sara, who's here with those little children that are hers, she was, like, that age when i cut the ribbon on this facility. so i go back a long time, and every five years, they come to invite me to celebrate another milestone. so here we are today, seeking another important milestone for the future of this business. the food is great, they have turned this facility into an iconic space to go to, and the only argument i've ever had with them is over who pays the bill. he always wants to pay, and i refuse to do that because i want to pay my way for this facility, which is so outstanding in this city. but the most importantly thing that brings me here is not what he has done with the decor and the presentation of this magnificent facility or the great food, it's what he's done with the community, especially the compassionate chefs program, where he works with poor kids in india and poor kids in the tenderloin and works with them so they can begin to develop a world citizenship. i think whatever else you're hearing that is more timely than perhaps i am is worthy of your legacy preservation. thank you very much. >> president adams: thank you very much. any other public comment, and any other businesses? >> thank you. if you have been involved in the restaurant business as long as i've been, time comes in your life when you wonder, man, is it really worth it? today, at this moment, is one such milestone which says yes. it is rare for the restaurant to honored to become a part of the historical legacy of an iconic city like san francisco. i'm humbled that all the trials and tribulations has been worth it. i'm looking to embrace the chaos that's coming towards me in the morning and being okay with it. the success story comes with many unseen sacrifices, especially from my wife, codi, and my daughters, sarah and kaitlyn. they are the ones who went without many important things in their lives so the restaurant could come first. it was with a lot of sadness that i had to make that decision so this recognition is shared by all of us in the family and all of us that worked in the extended family in new delhi restaurant for over 20 years. since our opening day, we have been honored and blessed to meet and form lasting connections with amazing personalities like former mayor, art agnos, who cut the ribbon on the 5th, tenth, 15th, 20th, 25th, and 30th anniversary. what began as an indian restaurant focused on serving incredible indian cuisine with a san francisco twist quickly turned into an irreplaceable stitch in the fabric of the community. we continue to serve incredible recipes while serving as a bridge to the wider san francisco bay area. we are humbled to be considered for the honor of the only indian restaurant and the only indian business receiving legacy business status in the whole history of san francisco. thank you very much. >> president adams: thank you. any other members of the public? >> good evening. i'm the owner of pearl market. thank you for bestowing pearl market with this great honor. as i stated before, we thank the city of san francisco and their support of small enterprises in the fabric of building a great city. thank you very much. >> president adams: thank you very much. any other members of the public? okay. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner ortiz? >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: new delhi, years ago, i worked in the area, and you were always in the oasis of what could be a ru rough patch in the neighborhood. us in the industry, we can work some crazy hours, and you were always there for us. dianda's, i'm from the mission. you're a staple. every time a communion, baptism, wedding, you're there, so i'm really proud that dianda's is getting the recognition today. >> president adams: thank you. commission commission commissioner zouzounis? >> commissioner zouzounis: dianda's, you're there at everything. i'm proud to see three generations on the registry. it's great to see a corner store on the registry. >> president adams: commission commissioner? >> i'm very happy to see dianda's being honored today. d >> president adams: any other comments? i just wanted to say thank you, everyone, for being a legacy business. each and every one of you, as one of our speakers said, is part of the fabric of this city. it's such an honor -- this is one of the funnest things that we get to do up here is hear about all these businesses. today, we have three distinct businesses, and each one of them plays a very important part in the one each one of them are at. so with that, do we have a motion to approve our three legacy businesses? >> i'll move. >> i'll second. >> president adams: who wants to second? >> i'll second. >> clerk: motion by commissioner dooley to approve all three businesses as legacy businesses, seconded by commissioner zouzounis. [roll call] >> clerk: motion passes, 7-0. >> president adams: great. congratulations. [applause] >> president adams: we're going to do a quick picture in the corner, then we need to resume our meeting. >> president adams: okay. so we are going to switch item number 4 and item number 5, so we're going to hear item number 5 first, and then item number 4 fifth. so with that, please call the next item. >> clerk: presentation, san francisco police department small business advisory forum. presenters are deputy chief david lazar with the sfpd. >> good evening, commission. as mentioned, i'm david lazar, chief deputy with the san francisco police department. one of my duties is to be the chair of the small business advisory forum. just to take you back briefly, in 2016, department of justice collaborative review with the san francisco police department. if you remember in 2016, there was a complete department review, and the department of justice had 272 recommendations for us, and one of the recommendations was recommendations 48, which stated that the sfpd needs to develop a robust, broad based community forum for policing across all communities. essentially, we needed to meet with different parts of the community, and we needed to have a sit down, dialogue, a conversation, so that we could receive input as a police department from the community as to what our strategies should be, how we can help others, etc. well, a lot of the forums were built, but this forum was finally built in the summer of 2019. and the chief is essentially the chair, but because he can't chair 12 selected meetings, he's picked us to serve as his designee. henry corneliowicz, is a chair, and another president of the council of district merchants association. we meet every -- once a month, on the first friday of the lunch. -- month. it used to be a lunch, sponsored by the department, but now, it's a breakfast. we invite a captain or foot beat officer or some sort of designee. our goal is to provide a voice to the small business community. we receive input regarding policing goals and strategies, and we develop crime prevention measures. and really, our goal as a police agency, as the sfpd, is to work to keep our small business community safe. and we remain safe, we believe, by having the ongoing conversation about safety. we also develop projects because we think crime prevention's important, one of the strategies that we can agree on. and one of the strategies that was agreed on was when to call police. modelled after japantown, and the work that goes on in japantown with grace and the community advisory -- community benefit district, i believe, in japantown, we've taken that model and we're building something out for the small business community. the other thing that we're doing is the small business program, a decal in your window, so if you need some help, you've got that, too. the other thing we want to do is participate in ride alongs, so we can have our small business owners ride along with a police officer for a day just so that he can see a day in the life -- so that they can see a day in the life of a police officer, attend a day of our police academy so they can see what we put our police officers through. but really, the go al is to hae a diverse group of business owners -- we want the same group to meet on a monthly basis to stay consistent and to really continue having the conversation. so in conclusion, our advisory forum is still new. we've met during the summer, so we meet once a month, and we're just continuing to explore ways to make our community better, our small business safer. i know the topic comes up quite often about theft and shoplifting and consequences how we can deal with that. in 2020, i think we're going to link with the district attorney's office to figure out a way that there can be some accountability for individuals who continue to shoplift and steal from the various businesses. i think the other thing we need to do is to figure out how to stream line reporting of crime. many people like they don't want to wait a long time for the police, but how can we use our on-line tools like cop logic or 311 to really get a feel of what's happening in a community in terms of theft or crime? so that's what we can do, and we're excited to have that conversation, and as time goes on, we feel we're going to make a big impact partnering with the community. >> president adams: thank you. commissioner comments? commissioner laguana. >> commissioner laguana: chief, it's great to have you here. just a quick question. how can the small business commission help you and the small business advisory forum? how can we make this grow? is there anything we can bring to the table or contribute here? >> yeah, there's a couple of ways. one, if you feel there are individuals that should be on this advisory, i really well come your suggestion on what should participate. we have a really good group of individuals now, but as you know, sometimes people will move on, and there will be vacancy. and secondly, i think it's important that we're looping you in, letting you know what we're working on. and then, the two-way is to have this commission share what your concerns are in regards to safety and crime prevention and let us work on something together so we can come up with new and innovative ideas to deal with some of the issues that come up in our city. i think this is something new in the police department that we're kicked off. >> president adams: commissioner dooley? >> commissioner dooley: yeah. thank you for coming and presenting. i think it's a great idea. you've got a good group working and on board with all the different communities, so kudos for you. thank you. >> thank you. >> president adams: commissioner huie? >> yeah. i just wanted to say thank you for coming and presenting to the commission. i think it's exciting this is happening, and it's great to here about some of the projects listed so far, and i think it'll be exciting to see how more dialogue building can help more of our neighborhoods. as a retail shop owner, i've dealt with some shoplifting and things like that. as a merchants association president, i've heard of a lot more in the neighborhoods around me and at other businesses in different -- you know, varying degrees, and you know, we've always kind of struggled with that, i think, in terms of how to -- how to make it a priority for somebody, knowing that it is a -- you know, it's a property crime, right? and it might not be ranking on the highest of somebody's attention, but it really does hurt the community. it creates a real sense of insecurity, and i think it really jeopardizes how much people want to be in the neighborhood. and as a business owner, you do feel very violated. and so i think this is a wonderful step towards really talking about it together and seeing if we can find some solutions to some very tangible issues that i think many business owners are dealing with. >> i thank you for your comments, commissioner, because it seems like every meeting, that item comes up with shoplifting, how do we deal with theft, how do we deal with the recidivism? how do we deal with the prosecution? what should be the punishment, and what other creative things can we do to prevent shoplifting from happening to begin with? and tonight confirms that i think that should be a project we work on in 2020, is to come up with some good ideas, so that -- yeah, thank you. >> president adams: commissioner ortiz? >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena: deputy chief lazar, thank you for your time. they sent us a blessing because we know you are very innovative, and i know you have an open mind. i'm excited because i know things are going to get done. this is not a show and pony. you're a smart man, and i know henry and the guys over there, so i'm excited. >> this is an honor to be a part of this. thank you very much for your kind words. [inaudible] >> -- to the meeting. i'm also still trying to figure out the mic. my business is on 16th street, at the corner of 16th and valencia, and one of the things we did early on was develop a relationship with the beat officers that work our part of the mission. and it's been illuminating to really hear from them and also speak to them, specifically, brandon rock, officer paul rhodes, the folks that work 16th and valencia and mission street every day. you know, a lot of the citizens complain about what's going on in this city, and it's the small business owners that are exposed to the suffering on our streets every day, especially those with brick and mortar businesses like mine on 16th street. so i'm heartened to see that the police department is working with businesses to develop an eyes and ears relationship. beat officers can only be so many places at so many times. also, for many of us, we are developing relationships on the street with the same people that officers develop a relationship with. i think this could be a very important partnership with finding out who is having a bad day, and who is intentionally trying to do harm. a strong working relationship between the police and the small businesses can assist with that somewhat, and i'm heartened to know this is happening. i just want to say i've been very impressed by the folks who work the valencia street corridor. i only hope that this grows and gets stronger, and that there can be a real honest dialogue between the small business community and the police. >> i want to thank you very much for your comment because you hit the nail on the head in several of your comments. the relationships between the small business owners and the community and police is essential. i don't want the small business owners to feel deflated, i want them to feel encouraged because we're working together. the other thing i want to say, especially for those watching tonight, is if you're a small business owner, you need to get to know your local beat officers. you need to meet your police captain. you need to attend the monthly meeting that the captain hosts, and you need to continue to form a relationship so that we can form trust to build a relationship and work on problems and solve problems together, and that really is the key. when we're isolated, we're less safe, so thank you very much. >> president adams: commissioner zouzounis.