February 12, 2001

Small Business Advisory Commission City and County of San Francisco

SBA Commissioners Stephen Cornell - Interim President Marivic Bamba - Interim Vice President Gwen Kaplan, Dick Mak, Jose Najar I. Lee Murphy-Reed, Yasin Salma

City and County of San Francisco

SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSION

Notice of Meeting & Agenda for Monday, February 12^th , 2001

1 DR. CARLTON B. GOODLETT PLACE, San Francisco, CA 94102 - Room 400- 5:30PM

SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSION

Stephen Cornell - President

Jose Najar - Vice President

Marivic Bamba, Gwen Kaplan, Dick Mak, Yasin Salma, I.Lee Murphy-Reed

Director - Daniel Hwang

Commission Secretary - Hillary Amsberry

Call to Order

1. ROLL CALL

Call of roll of the Small Business Commissioners

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Action Item

Presentation of, discussion of and possible action to approve the minutes for the January 10^th 2001

Small Business Commission meeting.

Explanatory Documents: Draft Minutes from the January 10^th meeting.

3. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT Discussion Item

This item allows members of the public to comment generally on matters within the

Commission’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Commission’s future

consideration

4. REVIEW OF THE TIMELINE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FORUM RECOMMENDATIONS

[Presentation from Daniel Hwang] Action Item

Presentation, discussion and possible action to approve the timeline for completing the recommendations

from the Small Business Forum.

Explanatory Documents: Implementation Timeline Draft

5. PRESENTATION ON THE ENERGY CRISIS, THE POTENTIAL AFFFECTS TO THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS Action Item

[Presentation from Cal Broomhead, Department on the Environment]

Presentation, discussion and possible action to urge small businesses to implement some of the proposed solutions..

6. PRESENTATION ON THE COMMISSION AND THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS AFFAIRS BUDGET FOR THE 2000-2001 AND 2001-2002 FISCAL YEARS Action Item

[Presentation from Daniel Hwang]

Presentation, discussion and possible action to approve the budget for the Commission and the Office of Small Business Affairs.

City and County of San Francisco

SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSION

7. REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT OF $50,000 TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S BAD CHECK PROGRAM Action Item

[Presentation from Scott Hauge, Chair of the Bad Check Task Force]

Presentation, discussion and possible action to approve the request for supplemental support of $50,000.

8. PRESIDENT’S REPORT Discussion Item

This item is to allow the President of the Commission to report on recent small business activities and

make announcements. This report will include status on the meetings with the Board of Supervisors and

discussion on the Proposed Downtown Truck Restrictions from Department of Parking and Traffic.

9. DIRECTOR’S REPORT Discussion Item

Presentation from the Director of OSBA. This presentation shall include status on the Tax Collector’s legislation (re: waiver of tax return filing requirements and minimum filing amount), Website for the Office and the Commission, and other updates on the Office of Small Business Affairs activity.

10. NEW BUSINESS Discussion Item

This item is to allow the Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for future consideration

11. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT Discussion Item

This item allows members of the public to comment generally on matters within the

Commission’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Commission’s future

consideration

12. ADJOURNMENT Action Item

Requires motion and public comment

* Public Comment will be taken before or during the Small Business Commission’s consideration of each agenda item.

** Explanatory Documents: Copies of explanatory documents listed in this agenda, and other related materials received by the SBC after the posting of the agenda, are available for public inspection and/or copying at City Hall room 448. Please call Hillary Amsberry (415) 554-6134 to make arrangements for pick up or review.

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