Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda. You will see on cable channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org the Public Comment callin number is streaming across your screen, your opportunity to offer Public Comment for each item will be available by calling 4156550001 and enter meeting i. D. 1461952214. Then press pound twice. When you hear your item, press star, three to be entered into the queue. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. My name is john carroll, and i am the clerk of the government audit and Oversight Committee at john. Carroll sfgov. Org, and your comments will be included in the file. You may also send comments to city hall, room 204, s carlton b. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. Supervisor mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Will you please read item one. Clerk item one is a resolution receiving and approving annual report for the Japantown Community Benefit District for fiscal year 20182019, submitted as required by the property and Business Improvement district law of 1994. To provide Public Comment, call 4156550001. When prompted, enter meeting i. D. 1461952214. Press pound twice, and star, three to enter the queue. Supervisor mar thank you. Here to present, we have chris corgis. Mr. Corgis, the floor is yours. Thank you. I will be sharing my screen right now. Please let me know when it comes up on your end. Supervisor mar cant see it yet. Supervisor peskin big week for mr. Corgis. Busy, busy, busy. There we go. All right. Next slide, please. Community benefit districts and Business Improvement districts are governed by two sets of law. Streets and law section 36650, and article 13 of the business and tax regulations code. This resolution will cover the only report for fiscal year 201819 where oewd ensures that all c. B. D. S are meeting their financial plans, and we provide the board of supervisors with a memo. The c. B. D. Was established in 2017 with a tenyear term and is set to sunset in 2023. I would like to point out, unli unlike most c. B. D. S, they have most of their budget focused on economic enhancements. Oewd reviews four benchmarks for all c. B. D. S, whether the variance for the budget amount within each category is within ten Percentage Points of the management plan, whether, in japantowns case of c. B. D. Case from assessments other than essential revenue, and whether the c. B. D. Is indicating the current funds inform be carried ocarried to be carried out from the Previous Fiscal Year and to be carried out in the current fiscal year. They raised 67 of their budget from nonassessment revenue and did meet the benchmark. Japantown c. D. B. Was under a 10 variance in all categories and did meet this benchmark. And four benchmark four, they indicated their Carry Forward in their annual report and what areas it would be allocated to and did meet this area, as well. So the japantown c. B. D. Has met ought requirements placed on it. The c. B. D. Was formed in 2017 thanks to the determined efforts of the steering committee. They have performed well in implementing the service plan for the district. They have established relationships with well known community groups, including the Japantown Task force, Japantown Merchants Association and other community groups. They maintain an active board of directors and several subcommittees, and theyre well positioned to carry out their missions into the future. If there are no questions, i would like to invite miss horakiri up to present on their accomplishments for this year. Thank you. Good morning, supervisors mar, peskin. I guess supervisor haney will be joining later. Japantown c. B. D. Covers approximately six city blocks, and within that, we have six movie threaters, nine nonprofits and 1 9 sma the nine nonprofits, and 169 Small Businesses, 11 of which are legacy. In fiscal year 1819, we received two grants from oewd, one for the branding of japantown and the big bellies. During the formation of c. B. D. , Property Owners were surveyed to find out what kind of improvements they wanted to see in japantown. Of course, keeping japantown clean and safe were the top two priorities. Next slide, please. In april 2018, a month before i came on board, our Community Ambassador program started, and we, block by block, during this time, we went through with our ambassadors. Our ambassadors also provide hospitality to the many visitors and are in Constant Contact with our Small Businesses. Thats something that was important then, and, you know, even more important now. Next slide, please. And oh, sorry. I skipped over. Looking at our screening staff, theres probably a lot less than other districts, but trash is trash, and making sure that its picked up is a feelgood thing to those that live and work in japantown. Every year, these stats are presented to the japantown community, and they see without these things, its just not going to be taken care of. In august 208, chris contacted me to let me know that the c. B. D. Was chosen to receive an anonymous donation of 750,000 to contribute towards the Security System within the district. At the end of december 2018, cameras on two properties were activated, and by the end of the fiscal year, we had completed phase two and three, installing 90 cameras. And during 201819, japantown saw an increase in auto boosts, and people leaving valuables inside cars were easy targets. These cameras have been an important tool in helping Law Enforcement investigate and make arrests. Next slide, please. One of the important works of c. B. D. Has been outreach and having public meetings. We even had a sit down with the office of Small Businesses and Building Inspections, and that was proving really key for our Small Businesses who had to comply with the accessible building entrance requirements. Next slide, please. Supporting our Small Businesses and making them a priority are really why the people come to japantown. Next slide, please. It, you know, those kinds of communications are really important, and we really strive to continue building those relationship with our Small Businesses. Next slide, please. In closing, you know, with the covid pandemic, thats taken a top priority. With new orders and measures coming in every day, we want to make sure our Small Businesses have the opportunity to apply for grants and small loans. Weve taken the effort to translate a lot of this into japanese and korean because the city doesnt translate their documents into those languages. Im proud to say that our enewsletter has been shared by many people. Support by chris has helped our community grows. Our community relies on us and has become an important resource for Small Businesses, and we look forward to continuing strengthening those ties, and again thank you to supervisors mar, peskin, and haney for this opportunity, and happy holidays, everyone. Supervisor mar thank you thank you so much, miss horikiri, for your hard work supporting the japantown community and particularly the small neighborhood businesses, the legacy businesses there. Thats important not just for our community but for the entire city, especially the Asian American community. Thank you so much. Before we go to Public Comment, do you have any comments . Supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin yeah. I just want to start by thanking the jtown c. B. D. For all of their good work. But i just wanted to pursue one area kind of larger Public Policy as it relates to a couple of things. One is the role that c. B. D. S play around Security Cameras and wanting to ensure that our privacy laws and surveillance laws particularly as it relates to facial Recognition Technology are adhered to, so i just want to check on that. And the second issue is insofar as c. B. D. S are creations of the city and the board of supervisors and terminate them and allow them or not allow them, as we saw on tuesday, with regard to the top of broadway c. B. D. That we sunsetted, the anonymous donation in this time is troubling to me. Normally, when we accept a donation to the city, we know who the donor is. Everybody saw the revelations in yesterdays newspaper regarding a former disgraced public official. It is very important to know where those donations are coming from, and the notion of having anonymous donations that go to a c. B. D. Rather than through the city where we know who the donor is, and i think we all know that the donor is chris larson because thats what hes been doing. But im a little troubled that anonymous donations can go through c. B. D. S and not through the city, so i think as a matter of Public Policy, i think thats something we need to get our hands around, so those are the two things that i wanted to ask about. Thank you, supervisor peskin. Im happy to have a conversation with you and your office and see how we can implement your goals with our policy director, lisa pagan. Supervisor peskin yeah. And maybe i can ask miss pearson to jump in, but its my understanding that all of our city laws, whether its the admin code at chapter 12, whether its our surveillance laws, actually, by matter of each and every c. B. D. , they have to adhere to that, as well. Deputy City Attorney ann pearson. Im not sure. I think it depends on the c. B. D. Itself and whether it folds under the citys contracts. If you look at those documents, it contains all of the requirements that a city is required to maintain in all of those documents. Supervisor peskin so heres what im want to be very clear on. Insofar as as our surveillance laws in San Francisco require certain things and exclude one thing in particular, which is technologies, i dont want to see chriss larson making an en run around our law which is essentially making an anonymous donation to the city. I sent out a survey two weeks ago to all the Community Benefit districts in San Francisco regarding those who do have Security Cameras, and from my understanding, and it was selfreported, none of them have activated facial Recognition Technology on their Security Cameras. Supervisor peskin okay, well, thats a start. Why dont we, mr. Corgis, offline, make sure that every one of our c. B. D. S adheres to and follows the law that we passed as supervisors. Absolutely. Supervisor peskin thank you. And this, by the way, a reflection on jtown c. B. D. ; these are just larger Public Policies that i would think we need to grapple with. Supervisor mar thank you, supervisor peskin, for those really good questions. Actually, i have questions around the donation that led to the Security Camera installation in japantown. Have there been other c. B. D. S that received anonymous donations . Supervisor peskin yes, union square. Yes, several did. As supervisor peskin just mentioned, Union Station, but i would have to follow up with each b. C. D. To find out the source of their donations. Chair mar thank you. Ill open this up for Public Comment. Clerk for those who have already connected to our meeting by phone, please press star, followed by three for those who want to speak on this item. For those of you already in the few, please wait for the system to indicate that your line has been unmuted when you would like to speak. To call in to enter Public Comment, call 4156550001, then enter the meeting i. D. , 1461952214 1461952214, pound, and pound again. Then press star, three to be entered into the queue. Mr. Q, do we have any callers in the queue . Operator there are no callers in the queue. Chair mar okay. Seeing no Public Comment, Public Comment is now closed. Roll call vote, please. Clerk on the motion [roll call] clerk there are three ayes. Chair mar okay. Mr. Clerk, can you please call item 2. Clerk item 2 is a resolution receiving and approving an annual report for the yerba buena Community Benefit district for fiscal year 20182019, submitted as required by the property and Business Improvement district law of 1994. Members of the public who would like to enter Public Comment, call 4156550001, enter meeting i. D. 1461952214. Press pound, and pound again, then press star, three to enter the queue to speak. Chair mar thank you, mr. Clerk. Mr. Corgis, the floor is yours. Good morning, supervisors. Im here for the fiscal year 201819 yerba buena Community Benefit district report. They are governed by two sets of law. The state law, 1994 act, which is 36600 section, as well as our local law, article 15 of the business and tax regulations code. This resolution covers the annual fiscal year report for 201819. Oewd ensures that all c. B. D. S are meeting their management plans, that theyre meeting their requirements for an annual report, and from that, we provide a memo. Their assessment roll submission in 201819 was a little over 3 million. The district is currently set to expire on december 31, 2030. The executive director of the c. B. D. Is kathy moffin, and their primary Service Areas is street sweeting and security, branding, and Small Business priorities. For benchmark one, the c. B. D. Did meet the requirement and has historically met this requirement as well. For benchmark two, they raised a little over 11 of their revenue from nonassessment sources. For benchmark three, they were in compliance in fiscal year 1819 and have historically been compliance with the exception being a slight variance in that in fiscal year 1718, which they have corrected for, and for benchmark four, they did indicate their Carry Forward and projects that it would be spent on. In conconclusion, they have met all requirements through the state code and the c. B. D. S agreement with the city. They have performed well in implementing the service plan in the district. They continually support art, Public Safety improvements, and streetscape enhancements. They participate their community and Numerous Community stakeholders, began new Marketing Campaigns to raise awareness of yerba buena places in culture and maintain an active board of directors and several subcommittees. If there are no questions, i would like to turn the presentation over to miss moffett. Chair mar please go ahead. Thank you, chairman mar and the supervisors about the opportunity to talk about the yerba buena c. B. D. Today. Im going to try to hit a few highlights from fiscal year 18 and 19. Im going to take little walk down memory lane because it feels so long ago when life was normal, if you will, so lets take a little walk down memory lane. Next slide, please. What is the yerba buena district . This is a multicolored slide, and it basically reflected the multicolored use portion of this neighborhood. We are home to Moscone Center and seven of the leading cultural organizations in San Francisco. We also have many hotels and restaurants, including three michelin star restaurants in the neighborhoods, and we have a pretty large residential population that has more than doubled over the last ten years. In addition to both large shopping opportunities, small momandpop shops, and a very active Office Environment back in 20182019. So what do we do . Next slide. This is a slide of the activities that we do, but i want to highlight what we do that is different from other c. B. D. S. The first one is our Community Benefit fund that was established back in 2010, and we give grants to businesses in the thabd that are working to improve the neighborhood, and we really work with others to help improve the neighborhood. We also engage what we call a Sexual Service specialist that is part of our clean and safe team that really focuses on our unhoused population, our street population, if you will, to build relationships, build trust, and help them navigate the citys services to improve their condition. Next slide, please. Going to walkthrough these slides and dig deeper into services. In 201819, we removed about 2700 pounds of trash and 17,000 syringes in the neighborhood. This is what our team picked up, not what the city team picked up or the aids Foundation Team picked up. We work 247, 365 days a year, from 7 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. For safety, we are a threepart tripod, if you will, for safety. We have our community guides, which are our hospitality ambassadors, helping people