Paurif you have any questions about Small Business please see the all right. Get started. We get the good stuff first almost item onestop shop call to order and roll call commissioner adams commissioner dooley commissioner president dwight commissioner ortizcartagena commissioner toursarkissian commissioner yeeriley commissioner sanchez mr. Vice president we have quorum. Next item. Item 2 general Public Comment id like to welcome everyone to the Small BusinessCommission Meeting of new agenda items for the future consideration. Members of the public that note obtain tonight agenda seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Next item. Item 3 discussion and possible action an lesbian registry applications to approve the following proclamations to the legacy business registry arrow stamp and the castro street and golden gate and karate studio and project open hand the situated grounds cafe and San Francisco proximate athletic and valencia richard the Program Manager. Two minutes on this item; correct . Thank you. Sorry just a moment. Really challenged im sorry just give me one second there we go okay. Good afternoon commissioner president dwight and richard the lesbian Program Manager before you are 15 application fewer consideration for the businesses to be involved on the registry business i have a power point presentation. The application we are reviewed by me for completion and submitted to the Planning Department staff on october 17th for their review the Historic Preservation commission heard the applications on november 16th and made positive recommends to the Small Business commission each applicant the packet includes a staff report from the business legacy the application a case report from the Planning Department staff and a resolution from the Historic Preservation commission there are copies on the table for the public as well item 3 a arrow staff and coin company the business founded in 19556 buys and sells and appraise and has stamps and coincidence for collectors packages were sold in world war packet and the arrow Stamp Coin Company sells stamp for clerks collectors a fabric place in union square that has a large collection of buttons and other in 1952 fabrics from floor to ceiling and textures with a special emphasis on european fabrics the fabrics is one of the last family owned businesses in the union square area. Item 3 c classifying con o one features culture Music Lessons in western and chinese instrument a place for exotic and music instruments from all over the world has poetry and others educational classes and working groups and programs for youth San Francisco poetry opened the tv show has classifying i dont think in their home and 3d the cfo on castro street since 1971 and their commitment to the let the record reflect community the castro was the sponsor for the 19 san jose and a contributor to if you have any questions, well be happy to answer thems events and individual customers during the aids crisis over the years the business clefkd festivity of people in the neighborhood that decorated the walls of the restaurant it is a slide show on 3 tv screens in the restaurant item 3 e is dangles berry gated a local Dance Company that is socially Dance Theatre performances the dance bureau gated has a Cultural Center for art groups at affordable rates and off programs for adults and children and run Educational Programs and produce works nationally and abroad item 3 f golden gate fortune cookies established in 1962 commissioner makras handmade fortune cookies with cookie thinks outside the box that heat flat rounded cookies for someone to have a signature shape with 5 thousand plus a designation for tourists item 3 g a hamburger making that one of the oldest businesses in the Richmond District hamburger is known for the 1960s interiors the interior features a 1960 lay out with a mom current and original booths and yellow and orange strand glass and tiles and wood panelling item 3 h the karate studio it is a multi generational family was teaching Marshall Arts for the aerobics and it is known in the Mission District for the Important Role in keeping young teens and children engaged in positive activities as instilling a health had been they began the business and two of the children have been marshall artist and instructors. Item 3 i is project on hand a Nonprofit Organization that provide free healthy meals groceries and across town and education and social Work Services so for sentencing and critically ill Community Members that dates back to 1985 when the founder was moved to feed her neighbors suffering from aids today it provide over 2 hundred meals to clients that battle a arraigning of diseases and ailments item 3 j the cafe founded in 1972 a neighborhood coffee shop for poetrys and students and artists the sacrifices ground it thriving in the community through the weekly Poetry Reading and open mike events and book sunrise and is a place for comedy performance it is sam jordan bar an important local Community Leader it is served as a neighborhood gathering and hub for africanamerican communities since 1959 the jordan leadership they support the educational economic and political and cultural vital of the bayview africanamerican business lunches and brainstorming and a breakfast this provide hot meals to School Children item 3 l the Prosthetic Service the business established in 1984 manufacturers and sells the devices for patients the business prize itself on living wages to the employees they provide Pro Bono Services to the Excelsior Medical clinic and document the prosthetics to people in need and treats pets one of the only two remaining businesses that have custom artificial limbs item 3 m the valencia whole seafoods was established by a two cousins that bring organic foods to the Mission District valencia whole foods officer fair products and offers a salad bar and many Different Health foods the business is an important commercial anchor in the neighborhoods for 26 years and theyre at risk for displacement and met the criteria for the Eligible Program and 3 m the cake and coffee shop established in 1985 was within the first hong kong cafes in the country offering cantonese cuisine the vip coffee and cake shop caters to a low Income Community including seniors it is commit to keeping the prices low and keeps the cafe open late to serve workers item 3 o the business is a Cocktail Lounge opened in 1941 with the definition 1940s decorative materials designing the interior with the mural depicting a persian love story for the congress tails like mary teens and manhattans as well as strict standards of bar etiquette with the personality ever former owner the son of the original owner bruno didnt like the looks or attitude of a patron heed sends the person away all 15 businesses received a positive recommendation from the Historic Preservation commission after reviewing those application on the recommendations from the Historic PreservationCommission Staff finds the businesses have met the criteria for the legacy Business Register there are 15 dwraft resolutions for the Small BusinessCommission One for each of the legacy business registry applicants note that a motion in support should be a motion in support of that concludes my presentation. Ill be happy to answer any questions you may have. And there are a number of representatives that would like to speak on behalf of. Fantastic thank you, richard what another great list of businesses i love this part of our meeting it is like a magical history tour the history is still alive were here to try to keep that that way this is a fitting finale that the legacy businesses induction you guys are a great new addition to the legacy business rosters, of course, if youre approved at the end of this session anyway commissioners any comments before you we open up for Public Comment okay. Well lets have Public Comment just a reminder that during Public Comment it is limited to two minutes we dont need to be rude in one and a half minutes youll hear a gong and that means 30 seconds the second time well politically regardless of where you are ask you to step aside encourage you to read our remarks no style for reading and looking down at your paper the point to get this into the Public Record and entertain us lets get started. Speaker cards ill read 5 at a time calling names . Okay first up. My name is dennis im the owner and Sole Proprietor of coin Stamp Company located on 26th avenue near terryville in the sunset district been since the founding in 1955 by my father question deal in stamps and coincidence of the world and the principles including myself and parents have do you see this person in court roots in the communities any gathering in 1886 my mom was involved in the business had was from the stanford campus and my dad had his mba we have a hotel concentrated primary in the sunset all parts of San Francisco and basically because of the specialized nature of our business we have clients not only from the bayview but all part of state and nation and amends people from Foreign Countries weve tried to work with the tools of the libraries in the city to promote an educational tool for the young people especially during the times when the budget kits have been tough for the schools that is a great and painful way for the students to learn history and geography and 2, 3, 4 closing id like to say that the post Office Services has not forgotten San Francisco and issued for the panama in 1915 the 19389 golden gate worlds fair an Treasure Island the famous bridges are on postage stamp the trans clipper one of the statements that is a sfta San Francisco off of Treasure Island with postal admissions and many famous san franciscans on stamps like harvey milk on a 0. 49 stamp and joe montana and authors jack london when associated with San Francisco have been. All right. And in closing, i want to mention that even our famous 49ers have been on a postal issue and, of course, the signing of the unk45e6r789 in 1945 in the opera house has been the subject of many postal admissions thank you very much thats great. clapping. i learned about geography in history in stamps. Welcome. Good afternoon i dont know what to say were here and glad you, you guys choose us. Who are you. Im from the factory all over the place right now you should know how famous and we the contributed to the city that he opened 7 days a week a lot of people asked me why are you on 7 days a week are you greedy for more money. No towards i dont know when the tourists are coming we dont want to close down before their arrive i hope they understand our duties to all the city for the community and for the people thank you for inviting us and giving us a chance making us survival. Thank you, thank you very much. I love your place. We have a new items that i created kevin custom make our own fortunes just instantly so try 2 when you have a chance. It there an app for that. No. laughter . Much appreciated thank you clapping. calling names hi ami terrance he walked into sams company been 1957 or 58 a couple of years after founded a part of San Francisco they studied stamps and coins and frankly thats part of history of San Francisco frankly the spanish opted out california in 1769 largely because of silver trade in the far east traded mexican and spanish silver and the fact from the mid 15 hundreds to the late 1800s the spanish empire was the largest producer of silver producing 85 percent of silver produced worldwide the spanish dollars was thats what our american dollars is derived from a germany coin taylor from the Eureka Valley they that was a silver mine there and they had coincidence the same size as our silver dollars all over europe with the folks that came in and the opening of silver mines in bolivia and mexico the world was flooded with silver and the spanish dollars was ever where and in case of sams jordan bar midmarket a wonderful guy dead now that was an institution im an elected Community Man and both institutions are well worth considering and endorsing thank you very much. Thank you very much. clapping. nice bit of history for the season of silver and gold. Hello hi there so the emails said 2 to 3 you may have to cut me off im the daughter of the valencia whole foods thank you for the opportunity to speak my father was born in the middle east and extremely close to his grandparents a garner with looftsdz fruits and vegetables and created catch22 decencies he came back ca came and opened businesses pizza and dellly but found a business that made his heart sink it was the valencia i could give you a bunch of stories but ill pick one a months ago my father told me about the fact he couldnt get avocados he knows vegetation he said an individual that is not doing well and is not responding to foods so this individual really responds well to the graik if i dont have the avocados i scant make the jake and that really bothers me this is one story of a story of thirty years as you may know mohammed businesses are struggling thats why youre here and my father is no different for several years struck but all the things happening in but the people of the San Francisco are the mohammeds stores my dad gets up everyday and works for the individuals he knows them by names and compassionate he is supporting other businesses in the area and more importantly he supports the entire community by nourishing them i hope all the goodness he can continue to drive and serve the communities thank you. Thank you very much. clapping. vego for the jacque. We offer workshops in support and voice and acting this is on the corner in chinatown but not with the multicultural were starting up ive in the the business for thirty years im a residence of this company and the latino thank you very much. Thank you clapping. next. Great. Next up. calling names is number 6, 7 calling names . We have a timer right there so im dan brady representing this i host the open mike ill come and read so situated poetry weve been serving up good food since 1972 the longtime open mike known every wednesday night between 7 oclock and 7 30 we participated in a lot of local events palms under the dome and have screening for the hate ashbury the ecology peace and hope and some international an international escape in a person if england right r read to the open mike really, really cool mr. Natural a real perch created the iconic character and johan was host the open mike for 20 years created things over that period a lot of poetry going over there the best is supportive and keeps the place open for musician and poets and really a wide variety of artist if old and young and men, women, and children and all sorts of the diversity is one of our hallmarks everyone has a chance to read and gets on the open mike every types of poetry and weve had some 12 views on the Youtube Channels we have it is really great and fun and encourage people to come he be heard of you cant say that there why show up if you can say it say what you mean and mean what you say there we go. Thank you very much. clapping. calling names clara. My name is carlos i started the business in a garage like many, many businesses and i had to move the rents space in the Mission District and now the services i started with the march of selfdefense and got kids interested necessary like it but nonwe can say we started the directing did services to the youth and at the same time i had the opportunity to be working along with some of the former mayors in San Francisco they knew what we were doing and started coordinating with services and had to go back to the mayor he knew what we were doing and we had Dianne Feinstein and the books a lot of history right there and, of course, harvey milk was very structural to the especially the Mission District with the youth number one number one so, anyway i have so many people involved