MINUTES
of the
BACK STREETS BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD
Wednesday, June 28, 2005 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 Advisory Board staff member, Jill Lerner at 4:05 p.m.
Introductions were made. Greg Asay, office of Supervisor Maxwell and Gabe Cabrera, Office of the Legislative Analyst were in attendance. Voting members introduced themselves.
Present :
David Beaupre (PORT) Mark Klaiman
Peter Cohen Robert Legallet
My Do Al Lerma (MOCD)
Mark Dwight Jennifer Matz (MOEWD)
Mike Grisso (REDV) Michael O’Connor (SBC)
Louis Guidry Jasper Rubin (DCP)
Absent:
Oscar Grande
David Lupo
2. OVERVIEW OF LAWS AND RULES FOR CITY ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Deputy City Attorney Paula Jesson presented an explanation of the Sunshine Laws: the Public Records Act (State), the Brown Act (State) and the local Sunshine Ordinance
(public records and meetings). Basis of all of these laws is the public’s right to know.
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3. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE ADVISORY BOARD BY-LAWS
Ms. Lerner suggested that members review the By-Laws and vote approval at the next meeting. The group discussed what days would be acceptable for a regular meeting. Mr. Asay said he would reserve Room 278 for the group on a regular basis. Mr. O’Connor moved that the regular meeting be held the on first Wednesday of every month from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Seconded by Mr. Legallet, the motion passed unanimously.
4. SELECTION OF ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
Ms. Lerner and Mr. Asay explained the roles and responsibilities of the Chair. Having participated in the Bioscience Task Force, Mr. Cohen contributed his thoughts as to how the chair should perform. My Do, who also participated in the Bioscience Task Force stated that she did not have the time to fill the role of chair. The group agreed to defer selection of chair and vice chair until the August meeting.
5. OVERVIEWS OF ISSUES ADVISORY BOARD MAY CONSIDER IN FUTURE MEETINGS
Mr. Asay reiterated goals for Advisory Board set forth in the legislation that established this board.
Ms. Matz: Prop. I mandated an economic development plan for the City. Last Friday the City issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for consultants to draft that plan; assuming that the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development gets funds in the budget, it will hire the consultants who must produce a plan within a year.
Jasper Rubin, DCP: Planning Dept. will soon issue a policy and location paper, based on a report initiated by legislation from Supv. Maxwell’s office to provide an update on supply and demand for PDR (production, distribution, repair) businesses in the City. Had to evaluate how we classify PDR businesses, and then to look at what the department has been doing in the Eastern neighborhoods (where most industrially-zoned land and thus, PDR is) and what that proposed land use would to affect the supply of land in the future.
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Conclusions: that there will be growth in PDR in future; that there will be a 13% increase in those jobs; that certain sectors will increase, some will decline but it will be stable. Decline expected in garment industry. Major conclusion: there could be enough land to include future needs if Port property included; and, were City to adopt currently proposed land use plan, there is not enough building supply. Are now 17.5 million square feet of building space used by PDR businesses in Eastern neighborhoods. Current proposal to rezone would reduce that to about ten million.
Ms. Entine offered to come to the August meeting to report on what the City is doing to attract and retain other industry sectors and to talk about emerging sectors, e.g., research and development, media, digital/audio businesses that have elements in common with PDR.
Mr. Rubin: three main characteristics of PDR: the nature of the work, how a building space is being used, the ability to pay; also things that make PDR incompatible with housing: noise, odors, etc.
Ms. Do asked Mr. Rubin to come to the August meeting with PDR definitions that the Advisory Board can adopt.
6. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
