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also ask for your support. and then if the petitions come in, if we receive 30% support, we can ask the board of supervisors to have the department of elections send out ballots and so by the end of the year, potentially the district could form if theres enough support from the property owners in the district. and so the city parcels comprise 24% of the district, the city parcels under the board of supervisors jurisdiction and city civic park center and garage is one of the parcels and...

center plaza. we have looked to formulate the boundaries of the district and what the services would be. lisa will get into this more, but it would include extensive security, street cleaning -- excuse me, sidewalk cleaning, graffiti removal, ambassadors, as well as a full-time staff to pursue grants on behalf of the district. staff feels this is a wonderful opportunity and with that, ill pass it off to lisa and either she or i will answer any questions you may have. >> good evening, c...

commission today and well be going to the other city department commission to inform everyone whats going on and also ask for your support. and then if the petitions come in, if we receive 30% support, we can ask the board of supervisors to have the department of elections send out ballots and so by the end of the year, potentially the district could form if theres enough support from the property owners in the district. and so the city parcels comprise 24% of the district, the city pa...

petition phase, were asking for your support, some of us went to the city hall preservation advisory commission and they approve -- they supported having city hall be part of this, were also going to the library commission today and well be going to the other city department commission to inform everyone whats going on and also ask for your support. and then if the petitions come in, if we receive 30% support, we can ask the board of supervisors to have the department of elections send...

year, potentially the district could form if theres enough support from the property owners in the district. and so the city parcels comprise 24% of the district, the city parcels under the board of supervisors jurisdiction and city civic park center and garage is one of the parcels and the assessment. the proposed assessment for the civic center parking garage is $32,000. its our hope with increased feeling of safety there will be more patrons coming to the garage at nighttime so thos...

d.p.w. and their services would happen, there would be no duplication of services, this would be above and beyond that. beautification and greening, so fundraising could be focused on getting capital improvements in the area, street furnishings, planting, lighting, these districts tend to fundraise for those kinds of capital improvements throughout the district where needed. and they have, again a $743,000 proposed budget annually to serve this district as a whole and right now were in...

and some of the other tangential services that go into supporting a particular park. i was trying to kind of articulate, if you were to look at the cost of operating that park would be, what would have happened had this commission not pursued a strategy of raising revenue rather than cutting service? it would have been potentially another -- one less gardener in the park or one less custodian in the park. that was the point i was trying to make in that meeting. in a nutshell, this is a...