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Today we will begin with a reminder that the Small Business commission is the official Public Comment to run to voice your concerns about policies that affect the Small Businesses in San Francisco. Before item is call i would like to start by thanking media services. Please call item 1. Item 11 roll call. Commissioner benitez . Present. Commissioner cornet. Present. Commissioner dickerson is absent. Commissioner hub bert. President. President huey. Present. Commissioner ortiz. Here. And Vice President souzana. Present. President , you have a quorum. Thank you. The San Francisco Small Business commission and office of Small Business staff acknowledges that we are on on the unceded homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the origin hab tate. As indin news stewart of the land, they have never seeded lost nor forgotten their responsibility. As well as for all people to reside in their traditional territory. As guest we recognize that we benefit, we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging our ancestors and by affirming their soverne rights as first people. Please call item 2. Item 2 approval of business registry applications and resolutions, this is a discussion and action item, the commission will discuss and possibly take action to approve legacy registry application. We have richard karri la with the office of Small Business. Thank you, welcome rick. Speaker good afternoon, president huey, Vice President , commissioners. City staff and members of the public. Im Richard Carrillo Legacy Business Program manager. I would like to acknowledge my colleague who provides official assistance. As f gov. Tv, i have a power point presentation. Before you today are five applications for your consideration. For the legacy business registry. Each application includes a staff report, a draft resolution, the application itself and document frz the planning department. The applications were submitted to planning on may 8th and heard by the Prehistoric Preservation Commission on june 5th. Item 246 a is bobs bo nuts and pastry. The business is a doughnut and pastry shop in the pole being street neighborhood. A second location in the north of panhandle neighborhood opened in 2019. Bobs donuts and pastry sd San Francisco staple and destination. They specialize in apple fritle and novemberity giant donut, a delicacy that has gone viral videos. Theyre open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Bobs donuts has contributed to the history and identity of the city and history and destination and Gathering Place for many people. The core future tradition must maintain to maintain on a business registry is baker featuring donuts. Item 2b is joanns beauty boutique. The business is a black and woman owned hair salon. Since its established joannie beauty beau boutique has provided care hair. At the time it opened, one of the only hair salon thats catered to the hair types with pressing curls and hair relax ant as most popular services. With the prime location on filmore street, the salon functions as a cultural hub and Strong Community with residents. Joanns beauty boutiques and commitment to the community is notable. Item 2c is m. P. A design. The business was established in 19679 by forward thinking michael painter. M. P. A design is an acclaimed and urban design firm with a portfolio of consisting of over 3000 projects. Its one of the oldest design firms in the west coast and provides a holistic design approach to the projects that is site specific. Mpa design has contributed to the vibrancy to the San Francisco bay area through producing design projects, including the doyle plan redefined plan, the saint regis hotel, the Uc Medical Center facility, the John F Kennedy gravesite and the great highway and ocean beach restruction plan. Mpa design counts among its clientele many nonprofit institutions. Founder michael painter pass add way in 2019 and business is now directed by his wife, susan painter. Item 2d wholesale meat distributor specialized in the processing and conferring of cured baef and pork, corn beef bacon and happen. Corned meats is a 5th generation owned business. And one of the oldest in the bay area. And a love for great feed. Famous for their inhouse, also offers dozens of other incredible products to chefs, restaurants, grocery markets, distributors and the meat loving public. Among the most loyal customers are the San Francisco Fire Department and San Francisco Police Department, who come by for corned beef yearround and loyal customers since the business was founded. The core tradition business must maintain the tradition of corned meats. Item 2e is a club that was founded in 1916 in the middle of wwi 1 as italianamerican social club. The club birdie club was chosen because of how it was to the i tal nann meme not only for its revolutionary operas but also as a work of italian vert fickation. In 19 34, tremendous proceed which opened in may 19 35. The venue featuring a 2500 square foot venue, offices for parties, weddings, graduation, comedy shows and a variety of weekly events. Ownership is by members governed by board of electors. Business must maintain social club and entertainment venue. All of the businesses met the three criteria existed for business registry and all have received a positive recommendation from the prehistoric recommendation. Staff recommends adding the businesses to the registry and is drafted a resolution for each business for its consideration. A motion and support should be framed in favor of the resolutions. Thank you. This concludes my presentation. Im happy to answer any questions and business representatives who would like to speak on behalf of applications during Public Comment. Great, thank you so much. Commissioners niz questions or comments right now . Seeing no comments right now, lets start with Public Comment. Good afternoon, im president of the birdie club and im delighted to be here today. With you today to apply for and and be a part of this Wonderful Program that you all have created for Small Businesses that are a rich history in San Francisco. So thank you for that. We are finally emerging from for us is our second pandemic, im sure youve heard before from other businesses that have been through covid, of course, and have managed to survive for us, we survived also the influenza pandemic of 1916, so we are hard to keep down. But its exciting that were in a position to be able to celebrate, not just the return of business, but the return of people interested in preserving the history of the birdie club and legacy and also make iting all inclusive space for people of all capabilities and back grounds. Our biggest challenge will be making our front entrance accessible. And im going to ask my colleague about what that challenge is going to be for us and for what we would greatly appreciate your help and support going forward. Thank you very much. Speaker hi, im bonnie so you know a great deal about the birdie club now. I would like to filet few pearls in that you meet Small Businesses, that have run by committee and by that, i mean, we are run by membership, which is really, a kind of a hara for us that were able to endure all of this time, run by a group of people who are so aligned with keeping the club alive but now we face challenges that weve never faced before, hello . And that is this ada compliant and we applaud president bush number 1 for the 1990, ada legacy that he brought forward but now were really concerned, we have to convert a 1935 art decco building. We so to hired a architect, we have to work with permit works. And more permits and more delays and were little bit concerned about our sullivan see so much like my colleague before me, would i ask for any assistance, guidance, anything that you can offer us that would keep us moving through this process with some utility and speed, primarily because well be closed during this construction when we do get to it. We also have to apply for a perm toyota use the part of the sidewalk. Slr there are so many moving parts. Thats why i ask for help and a big hurrah for rick, he is amazing, he shepherded us and we really appreciate his help. Thanks. Thank you. Speaker good afternoon, we are with brorts of change. Better get the application in. Shes not only the last africanamerican business but the last business in the filmore business that still owned, still doing business, still here. My motherinlaw gets her hair done there. And we support all of these businesses, thats why were here, were legacy business. Like the birdie club going through the construction, unfortunately these landlords are trying to come down with the pandemic. So bob is moving but corned meats, bringing everybody together. And the architect can design the tables and support ody. I just thank you and Legacy Department of taking on this task; you know, because it was a rough one. It was a rough one getting all of these applications, especially dealing with elders, betty had to go on some files, she had to get her daughter to do some stuff. So i thank you guys for taking on this task and thanks again to the Legacy Department. Thank you. Thank you. Hey, my name is on rebecca and my family owned bobs donuts, i want to thank the members for adding us to the business registry today. Bobs has been in our family for three generations now and over 50 years. Again for this opportunity and, we enjoy serving people, i know nobody need donuts but why not. We bring fun and laughter to the community. Sxefsh has a story about bob which is so sweat. And thats what we do, not just for the money but community. My name is greg dixon and i want the commissioners for canedinger our business, robert corned meats for inclusion. A big thank you to rick, obviously for his guidance and assistance through the application process, he was a big help and pleasure to work with, so our business a Small Business, has been the part of the district in the entire city landscape for years. Established by my strep great great grandfather an immigrant from new zealand named george henry, gh came to america and eventually settled in little rock arkansas. It was there he met my family, a widowed family with two boys and moved to San Francisco. It was g. H. s dream to play his violin and he want today plays in San Francisco symphony and also had experience making in the work business and had experience with salted meats and corned beef. G. H. Started a business of oind and named roberts corned meat, while his twos stepsons, one of my was great great grandfather worked for him. The business began on 5th street, which we still operate today. We are famously known our corned beef and become synonymous with the Saint Patricks day holiday. My father james dixon always joked that if we had two Saint Patricks day every year, we would have it made wha. Brings us joy is to bring stories to generations past with their parents and grandparents. It is that deep connection that leaves me to believe that robert belongs to many other great historic businesses here in San Francisco. Gh would be honored to see after 115 years and four generations my sister debbie and i are at the helm of making corned beef and concerning the public here in San Francisco for another 100 years. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Hello. Speaker my name is barbara decks and im hear to speak on behalf of betty cooks. Ive known betty for over 45 years, and during that time, ive gone to her to have my hair done when hi hair, now no hair. But what i want to say is how long, betty has worked with my family in 1986, i began bringing my 9yearold daughter to betty to do her hair and she went to betty up until she felt like she was beautician, age 18 and started doing her hair. And one of my daughters, the middle daughter began bringing her daughter to betty when she was 8 years old. And she went to betty for i guess, she was about 13 when she stopped going. And then, i had a great granddaughter, and i started bringing her to betty when she was about 8 years old as well. And she went up until covid hit when everything closed down. But through the years and history shes had, shes been a stable in our community. She kept her prices reasonable when a lot of the other pair of dresses around her was going up in prices in there with their prices. She was very good with the kids, the young children, she did a lot of them in our neighborhood. I appreciate her and i hope that the Committee Considers her and let her become one of the legacy especially for our community. Thank you for your time. Have a good day. Thank you, thank you very much. Any other Public Comment . No pressure. A little pressure. Okay. Well, seeing no further Public Comment, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners, questions comments . Commissioner herbert . I just want to say its a pleasure to sit up here and see the variety of Small Businesses that we have and the longevity of those businesses, its inspiring, i have good bumps so thank you all for coming and presenting, i appreciate it. Commissioner ortizcartena. Speaker i want to ditto the sentiments. Youre what makes San Francisco so great and inclusive. I remember bobs donuts, i have a colleague we would always have to eat donuts, i dont how many donuts the guys could eat. If he is watching, you know, corned baef corned beef, there is no other, to soak up the beer with the sandwich and keeping prices reasonable, at maybe even at the cost of Small Business but community first. And one last thing, ive always been in there and have never been in there, so thank you very much for coming out today. Ive got many experience wz some of the business thats were presenting today from bobs to the birdie club and also just hearing the generational experience at the beauty salon and how important it is not just business tractions because they keep the inventory fresh but just as important is the human transaction and i think just as important as well. And i live kind of in that district, so its a very important neighborhood as well. Thank you for presenting. Thank you for everybody to come together. Congratulations on putting together an application and thank you to again, rick and i love that,. We hope this Program Works for you as well. I want to reiterate that Small Businesses are also preservers of the culture and family traditions in San Francisco. Thank you again for being here. This is my favorite part. All of you have talked about generation sxz history of businesses. I encourage everybody including the Small Businesses to write down the histories. You never know who is going to be a legacy business. These stories are really important and theyre in the making and youre all carrying it on and putting your own stamp on the business as well, even a very longstanding business. I think recording your history and sharing all of those is important for all of us. We dont hear enough about all of these what people are doing everyday. Just getting up and opening the door. I remember having bobs donuts when i really shouldnt have been eating a apple fritter at 2 00 am in the morning. But thats what is great, to be among other people, just a sweet treat. Here you can just throw a fantastic party of the many many years that youve committed to your community. I encourage after todays meeting to celebrate to celebrate with your team, your families and to be part of this beautiful club that i think San Francisco has really grown through the efforts of rick and celebrate being part of this establishment that weve created as a city as the legacy club that were in. I appreciate you all and i hope you enjoy your evening celebrating yourself. With that being said, any other comments or questions . No, i think, i think we have to take a vote seeing no further comments. Oh yeah, somebody has to make a motion. Ill make a motion to approve all legacy businesses. I second the motion. Motion to approve legacy business registry application sxz resolutions by commissioner ortiz, seconded business commissioner herbert, commissioner benitez . Yes. Commissioner cornet. Yes. Commissioner dickersonson is absent. Commissioner hub bert. Yes. Commissioner ortiz. Yes. And Vice President. Yes. Motion passes, congratulations. [applause] regular stating itself for off site consumption. Hi. Speaker good afternoon, i think its great that im after the legacy businesses, its very apropos. Otherwise referred to as d. A. O regulations. Administrative code chapter 26 was passed in 2006 to ensure that businesses that sell alcoholic beveragages are not the source of nuisance in the community. Ads mrd the daemd approved alcohol use education and out Reach Program and its related costs. According to the department of Public Health, the annual fee was 310 dollars and the fee is tied to