MINUTES
of the
BACK STREETS BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD
Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Place, Rm. 278
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order by Chair Peter Cohen at 4:20 p.m.
Present: Peter Cohen David Beaupre (PORT)
Oscar Grande Mike Grisso (SFRA)
Mark Klaiman Al Lerma (MOCD)
David Lupo Jennifer Matz (MOEWD)
Michael O'Connor (SBC) Jasper Rubin (DCP)
Michael Potepan Gabe Cabrera (OLA)
Absent: Mark Dwight Bob Legallet
Louis Guidry
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the meeting of January 11, 2006 were approved as written. The minutes of April 5, 2006 were approved as corrected
3. ANNOUNCEMENTS
MOEWD has scheduled a public meeting on Thursday, June 1 at 6:00 p.m. at the State Building to present the consultant's research for the City's Economic Development Plan and to solicit public feedback on goals and direction for the study.
4. COMMITTEE REPORTS
a. Business Outreach Committee, Mark Klaiman reporting. Survey results not yet completely compiled; has been difficult getting specificity on what businesses would want from the City. Seems to be a commitment to keeping businesses in SF; employee retention relative to business' investment of time and expense in training is a problem. Mike Grisso: skilled labor is a problem; Dave Beaupre: projects looking to hire local contractors, electricians in zip code 94124 but can't find any.
BSBAB
May 3, 2006
Minutes
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- Looking at linkage
analyses, which help portray importance of regional economic connections in supply and production. Boudin Bakery, a long-time local business is anexample. Linkage stories show how many businesses and numbers of workers can be involved in one kind of business. Michael Potepan: looking at data from 2000 census.
5. ADVISORY BOARD REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
Members discussed suggested issues for Advisory Report to the Board of Supervisors. Ideas included: finding land for truck and equipment parking for local businesses; space issues critical to Back Streets businesses; employer development programs; quality of life recommendations in additions to those for businesses and workers; insurance bonding for small start-up businesses in contracting work; looking at alliances for bulk purchasing; centralized pre-apprentice training.
It was agreed that the meeting notes would be incorporated into the preliminary recommendations list and refined further at the next meeting.
6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.
