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[cheering and applauding] cheers >> so, a few years back there was this little idea to take back the bayview and really began to rewrite the history and the narrative that we often hear about in bayview. and it actually started, ironically, with a small little abandoned swath of land that has grown up to become the cuseda garden. and its the thought child and the physical manifestation of hard work, of a few community leaders that got together and rolled up their sleeves and got to wor...

is when we decided we were going to have a new branch library. ruth wallace came up with the idea of a garden tour and a lot of us thought, a garden tour? our neighborhood? who is going to come? well, we had every -- weve done it for six years. every year weve grown incrementally. after the first two years of raising money for the library -- theres our new library -- we then it was such a great community builder that we recently decided to keep wanting to volunteering and do it. we est...

>> john said almost everything i wanted to say. but i do want to thank specifically mohammed nuru because hes been incredible. his toehold, everyone. francis and john avalos office, without her nobody would know what we were doing because she helps us with all of our fliers and everything that we need to do. john has been tireless. he comes to my house on fridays at 5:30 for meetings. hes a great, great supervisor and a champion for our district. and were excited about this year. were ...

with us. so, the lifetime achievement award is for someone we feel we should take this moment in time and thank in person for their contributions to the city. and i think we have this years winner epitomizes the kind of person that we should take the time to acknowledge and to go further into that id like to actually take a moment and invite now our supervisor district 8 malia cohen who would like to share her opening thoughts on this award. (applause) >> can i just tell you how good i...

>> experiencing technical difficulty; please stand by >> here is the other linda to accept the award on behalf of the group. (applause) >> thank you. my name is linda light haiser and i work with help mclaren park. alioto-pier here to accept the award on behalf of the founders of the organization, the real movers and shakers who couldnt be here tonight, chuck and [speaker not understood]. [cheering and applauding] >> their family is in peru, which is where [speaker not understood] h...

honor to present today what i think is one of the most important ones. every award here is important. but were recognizing the work of a young person, and i think that any time that we involve young people in this effort you know that not only are you making a difference today, but youre actually making a difference for the future. and on a side note, id have to say that im very proud as the district 9 supervisor, that includes the portola, because so many of the awards are going to th...

and praise the people that call me stop, that e-mail me, find me on facebook, send me a twitter and pick, found me on next door. i tell you, this is your day. put your hands together. hang in there, were almost done. but this is the day that we get to celebrate -- (applause) >> im calling it the nen-ers. you know whats interesting? ive been around city hall long enough to watch the nen awards grow and mature into what it is today. so, i also want to give a special shout out to daniel h...

so, i would strongly advise everyone to start a neighborhood watch group. its great. and thanks to patricia, shes done an outstanding job and im so happy she took over as block captain for me. i appreciate it. thanks a lot. (applause) ♪ (applause) >> our next award is for the best community -- green community project. and id like to just sort of jump forward a little bit and invite darlene zane to come up and give the award. here she comes. [cheering and applauding] >> hello, everyon...

>> experiencing technical difficulty; please stand by >> here is the other linda to accept the award on behalf of the group. (applause) >> thank you. my name is linda light haiser and i work with help mclaren park. alioto-pier here to accept the award on behalf of the founders of the organization, the real movers and shakers who couldnt be here tonight, chuck and [speaker not understood]. [cheering and applauding] >> their family is in peru, which is where [speaker not understood] hail...

>> thank you very much. thank you. ♪ >> you can see the user bringing back the bow tie. without further ado, id like to introduce supervisor john avalos to introduce our next award. (applause) >> thank you, daniel. and thank you all for being here for this great, great event. it is my honor and bridge to help bring up the folks who are part of the outstanding neighborhood watch group, part of the nay street neighborhood watch of district 11. (applause) >> we can bring up linda cook a...