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Potrero Dogpatch Merchants AssociationGeneral Membership Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Businesses in attendance:Pet Camp, Ashbury Images, Alter Images, The Good Life Grocery, The Potrero View, ProLocal,Recology, Goat Hill Pizza, Allpointe Insurance Services, Sports Basement, Dick Millet Architect, St.

Theresa Church, RAMS- Hire-Ability, Joni Esien Cake Portraits, Potrero Chiropractors & Acupuncture,Jerry Meyer, Potrero Hill Archives Project, Joe Boss, San Francisco Auto Repair, Rickshaw Bagworks,

Potrero Boosters, Skool Restaurant, Events by Collette, SF Natural Medicine, Liberty Credit Card

Solutions, Pat’s Garage, Urban Green Development, JCarpinelli Design, Direct Mortgage Funding, FeiTian Academy of the Arts California, Walden Development, Savenatire.org, Zephyr, Paul Terry &Associates, and ACTCM.

Guest businesses in attendance:SFPD, Bayview Thursday’s pop up Food Market, BRITE, California College of the Arts, and Andrea

Bruss from Supervisor Cohen’s office.

Police Update – SFPD

• Property Crime (car burglaries, garage thefts, cell phone thefts) is a major concern for thisneighborhood.

• Ask a question of any suspicious person you see hanging around your place of business that you

do not know. One question makes them know that you are aware of their presence.

• Video cameras are a great tool to assist in catching criminals. There is good information on NextDoor Potrero on how to install, monitor, and maintain a video surveillance system.

• Feel free to contact Officer Michael Chantal if you witness anything suspicious. Or if you have

any safety concerns regarding your business. He is one of the new beat officers for Dogpatch and

Potrero Hill. Please email him at [email protected] , or call him at 415-696-0501.

• Officer Chantal reminded us to not leave anything in our vehicles at any time.• Please communicate with the police department whenever you need to, have the opportunity to,

or see anything suspicious. There are over 155 officers in the district. Three newsletters are sent per week to over 4500 recipients, please contact Sergeant Hart to get on the mailing list; you can

reach him at [email protected].

• Please contact Officer Sue Mann who is in charge of homeless / garbage / illegal camper issues.

You can reach Sue at 415-850-9740 and if she does not answer leave a message.

Potrero Hill Festival

The Festival is on Saturday October 19. See the website.

Parking Management Plan for the NE Mission & Showplace Square

A number of blocks in the NE Mission, and nearly all blocks in Showplace Square, feature light-industrial, design showroom, and wholesale businesses. There are few residential units, virtuallyno destination retail, and the areas operate as most industrial districts do from 7am – 5 pm onweekdays. The areas are very quiet on evenings and weekends. There is little capacity toincrease off street parking, and limited public transit.There is parking congestion on the streets during working hours, largely from out-of-towncommuters driving alone and then parking all day as they continue to jobs downtown. We need



parking management on these streets, to reduce commuter traffic and protect the at-risk Production/Distribution/Repair businesses and workforce.

The NE Mission Coalition and Showplace Square Businesses proposed the following:

In the NE Mission:

• Establish the Residential Permit Parking area and program presented at the MTA’s March 21neighborhood meeting.

• Limit planned parking meter locations to blocks where businesses request them, as describedat the NEMBA meeting of July 25.

• In the remaining spaces without parking management, establish a new PDR Permit zone,described below. Limit public parking in this zone to 4 hours without a permit.

In Showplace Square:

• Establish parking meters with 4-hour limits on major streets such as 16th

Street, 7th

Street,and Kansas Street where there are curbs, sidewalks and other ADA compliant surfaces (andthere are very few loading docks).

• On side streets, establish a new PDR Permit zone, described below. Limit public parking inthis zone to 4 hours without a permit.

The PDR Permit Zone.

• Establish a Transit Management Association (TMA) to create and administer transferablePDR parking permits, and assign revenue to MTA operations in the permit zones.

• PDR parking permits would only be made available to Production/Distribution/Repair businesses located in PDR Permit zones, limiting the potential application of this practiceelsewhere in the City.

• PDR parking permits would be priced from $200 annually to $900 annually, on a progressivescale – additional permits cost much more than initial permits. Market-pricing principleswould limit the oversubscription of parking permits.

Last month we did not have enough information at the time on how this proposal affects PDMAmembers so we decided not to take a vote in favor of the proposal.

The executive committee since then has voted to: ADD EXEC COMMITTEE VOTE

Cathe Cornelio brought the motion to support the proposal brought by NEMBA and MCMA.Seconded by Frank. Unanimously approved.

Government Affairs Update

• The Family Friendly workplace ordinance has passed

• We ask that all members keep themselves informed by reading the monthly member

newsletter that is sent out once a month on the Monday before the general membershipmeeting. It is a valuable resource for information concerning all out businesses. To get

involved with these issues, attend the next Government Affairs Committee Meeting atMacKenzie Warehouse. Contact Keith [email protected] for more info.

Membership / Marketing Updates:

• We have a marketing / membership meeting this coming MONDAY at the RAMP



• We have approximately 160 new members

• New postcards are out now. Please distribute them and help us recruit members.

• We’re working on producing a short shop-local video featuring member businesses inadvance of the holiday season. The goal is to stimulate local shopping for the holidays

• Locals First is a FREE marketing tool available to all members. Every month we direct our

1000+ mailing list to our new website. So far a whopping 42% of recipients have followedthe link and viewed the new deals on our homepage. A monumental number by even the most

stringent of marketing standards and expectations. Take advantage of this amazing

opportunity and get your business noticed for doing what it does best• Our new website is up and running. With just one click all member updates are posted to our

homepage, our Facebook page, and to the East Bay Express. Email [email protected]

for information on how to post events, announcements, and coupons on our new website. We

also advertise monthly in the Potrero View.

• Kieron will be organizing and representing PDMA at the Potrero Hill Festival. Please email

him if you’d like to get involved [email protected].

• We currently have over 1200 likes on Facebook. Tell all your friends, employees, and

customers about how they can spread the love for local, independent businesses in PotreroHill and Dogpatch. Take advantage of the increased exposure by using our new website to

post all your events, coupons, and announcements. All posts flow through to our Facebook Page.

• Email any publicity links to Kieron at [email protected].• We are always looking for more members to join marketing and membership committees.

Contact Collette to get involved. Email: [email protected]

Community Events / Member Announcements:

• Dogpatch Neighborhood Association meeting is tonight.

• Email [email protected] to have your events included in the monthly member newsletters.

• See website www.pdma-sf.org for additional community announcements and upcomingevents.

Next General Membership Meeting: Tuesday, November 12, 9:45-11am at Goat Hill Pizza.

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