Unless otherwise stated. Thank you, madame clerk. Could you please, go ahead call i. 2 out of order. Yes, a resolution receiving and approving an annual report for top of Broadway Community benefit district for fiscal year 1415 and submitted by the Community Benefit district law of 1994. Thank you. So this morning well hear yet another report from one of our Community Benefit district. This Community Benefit district is one of the citys newer ones in district 3 on broadway. Finished its secondyear of operations and from the officer of workforce and economic development, mr. Chris corgis is here to present. Good morning. Good morning, chair peskin and good morning president breed and supervisor requestee. Im with the office of economic and Workforce Development and part of the team that over sees the cbd program. We have the fiscal year 1415 annual report for the top of Broadway Community benefit district. As you may know the Community Benefit districts or Business Improvement districts are governed by two acts the state law, which is commonly known as 1994 act. And our local law, which is the San Francisco business and tax regulations code, article 15. This resolution covers the annual report for 1415 and oewd is charged with ensuring all cbds are meeting Management Plans and specifically providing services as outlined in their Management Plans, and that they are spending assessment funds accordingly. These findings are detailed in the memo, in your packets and summarized in todays presentation. Top of broadway cbd is a propertybased district that primary covers broadway between osgood and columbus avenue. The top of broadway cbd generates over 106,000 in assessment funding and will expire in 2021. So is the staff of the cbd for fiscal year 1415 was primarily benjamin horn. However, due to a change in executive director, Dominic Landry is now the district manager and will be here presenting and will be presenting later on. The Service Areas are district identity which focuses on marketing, public relations, special events and street enhancements, beautification which include graffiti removal, sidewalk cleaning and periodic steam challenge the administration, organization and corporate operations, which are the governing parts of the cbd. Oewd reviews four benchmarks, comparing budget and second confirming cbd raised 1 of its budget from nonassessment revenue. The third benchmark confirming cbd budge to actual within 10 variance points and that contrary forward is identified and projects are designated with the carry forward. Top of Broadway Community benefit district failed to meet the benchmark and district identity was 10 variance points below its maximum variation and sidewalk operations was approximately 20 of the maximum allowable variance. This was due to the cbd being effective at obtaining nonassessment dollars. Since these funds are not generated from property assessments, they become board revenues that allow the board to Fund Services over and auto bov the servinglevel and frequencies outlined in the original district Management Plan. The second benchmark as can you see, 40 approximately of the cbds budget was from nonassessment revenue. They did a fantastic job of going above and beyond their nonassessment requirement. For fiscal year 1415 on benchmark 3, the cbd met this requirement. They were within 10 variance points on all budget categoris from their budget. And on benchmark 4, the cbd did indicate in their Management Plan their carry over amount, and their projects that they have designated for the future. So some recommendations for the top of broadway cbd based off the annual report and findings is to bring the allowable variance for soma and district identity and sidewalk operations into compliance. And and excuse me allergies and oewd will work with the cbd by developing assessment separating nonassessment dollars from assessment dollars to ensure that they are spent in accordance with the Management Plan. In conclusion, top of broadway cbd has performed well in implementing the service plan in the district. And they have an active board of directors and Committee Members. Now to continue the presentation is district manager dominic landsry. Questions for mr. Corgis or oewd . Seeing none, mr. Lamont, please come forward. Thank you, mr. Supervisor. I will make this brief. Top of Broadway Community benefit district was organized in november 2013 and started services in january 2014 which gives us a little over two years of operations. Dominic, if you could speak into that there you go. Store sorry, 39 parcels and 130 businesses and our operation budget has been about 775,000 and provide five day a week sidewalk cleaning and that is a service paid a living wage, and we provide weekly thursday through saturday security to supplement sfpd interactions within our district. So this is the breakdown real quick of our actual expenses for the fiscal year 20142015. We had a generous donation from the during the formation of the district for 100,000, pledged by the broadway entertain and Cultural Association. Those funds expired october 2015 and we also received 30,000 from a Community Challenge grant to install historical markers in and around the broadway district. Mainly it will be on the broadway corridor, but some on columbus street. Our Mission Statement is to make broadway to make the area around broadway, safe, beautiful, diverse and enjoyable place to work, live and visit to this end top of broadway cbd members vote on such initiatives and staff facilitates those directives. The committees that i mentioned the three advisory committees are services and safety committee, the marketing and Identity Committee and finance committee and i wanted to notes that haul members of the committee are volunteers and its a good mix of Property Owners, Business Owners and Community Members. So there is of some highlights from our safety and services called sidewalk operations in the Management Plan. First and foremost, this is a big win for us decreasing sfpd interactions by over 70 within our district awl albeit our district is smaller than other districts and im glad to say that we had a [speaker not understood] and our security teams and our hired security contractors have done an excellent job coordinating with sfpd to reduce public drunkenness and vandalism and elements that create an unsafe environment within our district. So im glad that we have reduced those numbers by 70 . We have engaged with visitors, with the district, nearly 1300 hospitality interactions and we have conducted over check [kwraeupbz ] and Illegal Dumping incidents and those are been our main concern and challenges in terms of keeping the district safe and clean. Also, we have implemented monthly districtwide Pressure Washing of our sidewalks and the nature of the nightlife within top of broadway makes this pretty much an imperative to have our streets not only cleaned, but washed on a regular basis. As you can tell, we cant really rely on the rain too much this year we have. But for market identity we have hire a new Marketing Manager in march of 2015. Haze been very pivotal in moving things along and establishing social media and in and around the november beach area and when people see someone sweeping up outside and they top of broadway on their back they know its part of the cbd. We have developed street banners with a local artist jeremy fish and installed them in and around the district. On columbus, there is also one before the kearney steps. If you are ever in the area, please check them out. We have hung and maintained over 20 flower baskets as part of our efforts to beautify the streetscape and to make a more pleasant pedestrian experience and we have applied and received 30,000 from the Community Challenge grant to install historical markers in and around the broadway area. These are some general district highlights im run through real quick. We have raised 71,000 in new grants and donations for fiscal year 1415. This has been imperative because of our reduced budget. We have had to look towards donations and more inventive ways of harnessing capital. So donations and grants have been our bread and butter for that. We have expanded our board of directors to 11 to give us more of an accurate depiction of what is going on within the district and give more voice to Business Owners, Property Owners and residents within the district. We have hosted an august 2015 broadway popup event which brought a sizeable amount of people to the narn north beach area. It was hot that day and turnout wasnt as we would like, but well do better next year w. Of. We participated and helped with the tours of [troeurplt ] downtown and have flans to continue that partnership into 2016. We have participated in a bold italic event brings locals to the area and we have implemented a Pilot Program with four security cameras to monitor certain areas that have been problematic for us with regards to security concerns. And we used the information in coordination with sfpd to curb crime in our district. These are some of the challenges were facing on a consistent basis, Illegal Dumping and graffiti concentration is something that we deal with on a daily basis. Our porters are constantly calling the department of public works to have debris they cant handle themselves hauled away. So trying to keep our head above water with that, but its more about notification and spreading education than just remediation. So were hoping to hold business meetings in the next couple of months. Sir, sir, sir hey sir im not going to tolerate any outbursts. We called this item out of order, the sponsor of the first item was not here. So we called this out of order. You will show respect to the speaker. We will wrap this item up and well get to the next item. Go ahead, mr. Lamondrey. Let me see there is an overflow in the north light court downstairs. This room is already above capacity and for those who are standing up if you could go to the north light court and call on you and cycle people in and out for the homeless hearing. So please go to the north element court. Thank you. Go ahead, mr. Lamondrey. Thank you, mr. Supervisor. S so Property Owner engagement is another challenge getting Property Owners to attend the meetings and give valuable input. Its also a challenge that we have been coming up against, but with the change in management, things are looking good. We have Persistent Security concerns and we have ramped up our interactions and coordination of efforts with sfpd to make the district safer. We had a really good show of strength with our coordination efforts during super bowl week. The last problem that we face on a regular basis is diversity of district identity and that is something that a lot of people just associate the broadway corridor with the nightlife and were trying to show people there is much more culture and much more history of poetry, literature, and music that the broadway area can afford people. But we need to distinguish ourselves and highlight those assets. So these are some of the opportunities and projects were looking forward to in 2016 kearny street Improvement Project is something that we are very excited about working with the department of public works to facilitate, and establish within the community. Were looking to do art installation in and around the broadway corridor working with north beach citizens to enlist some of the more artistically inclined individuals to give back and the content will be decided by Northern Beach citizens. We hope to have installation within the year those events will highlight some of the diversity of character that were looking forward within the broadway corridor. Our last opportunity is the district expansion of the jackson square. As of right now, the Financial Model of the top of broadway cbd is not financially sustainable, and were looking to district expansion to remedy that instability through increased revenue and extension of services to hopefully seven days a week. So our vision and plan knowing these opportunities and projects, our vision and plan has been refined and formed by such. So excuse me well be emphasizing the following directives the expanded district have a larger impact and financially sustainability organization. I mentioned that. Further integrating wst surrounding community with more merchant checkins and more coordination among Community Members, Business Owner areas and Property Owners. We want to create a safe atmosphere for locals and residents to enjoy our north beach area. We want to promote the diversity of the district and highlight the direct as not only a nightlife, but cultural distancing within San Francisco and increase the walkability of the district and have a much more pedestrians oriented district rather than serve as a district that services to major automobile corridors. So to achieve this ends, were partnering with fellow entities within San Francisco, oewd, San Francisco public works, sfpd, Chinatown Community development center, north beach business association, broadway entertainment and Cultural Association and north beach citizens and we believe that takes people from all walks of life to effectively manage a district and we look with our outreach to harness people with different talents from all different backgrounds. Thank you for your time, mr. Supervisor and panel. Thank you, are there any questions from colleagues for the executive director of the top of broadway cbd . Seeing none, let me just thank you for your work. Broadway has been a perennial challenge for this supervisor from 20002008 and to my successor supervisors and the mere fact that you have, in the last twoyears, reduced Police Interactions on broadway by 70 speaks volumes to the great work that you are doing. I live around the corner. Its cleaner. The graffiti is abated quickly and i want to thank you for your work and encourage you to work with the folks in jackson square. It would be great to see a southerly expansion of the cbd and my office is open to you and your colleagues and Board Members and to give you profound thanks and encouragement. Mr. Chair, would you like to hear Public Comment . Yes, i would. Any members of the public who would like to speak on the top of Broadway Community benefit district . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Oh, come forward, maam. Good morning. First i came for the homeless i just heard bits and pieces about department of public works and how they clean the streets. I just heard that tuesday night and tomorrow they are going to diversion street taking medication maam this is a hearing on the top of Broadway Community benefit district. They breaking the walkers look, where i work, i make sure that the floors are clean, that the alarm is set on friday. So im not against making sure that everybody is safe, but cmon, we have got to house the homeless this is ridiculous. We have to have heart, you guys thank you. Any other members of the public thank you maam. Any other members of the public who would like to testify on item no. 2 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. And colleagues, if there is no objection, motion made by supervisor yee, well send this item to the full board with recommendation without objection. Madam clerk, could you please call item no. 1. Item no. 1 is a hearing to receive an update from the citys progress in addressing the state of homelessness citywide including, but not limited to progress in establishing the department of Homeless Services including project mile stones, timeline, budget, staffing and primary mission objectives. Supervisor cohen brought this hearing to us. Supervisor cohen, the floor is yours } thank you very much good morning everyone and colleagues thank you for hearing this item. Over the last year, and especially in recent months, many of us own the board have received an unprecedented amount of call and emails from constituents all over the city about the status of homelessness in our city and what we are doing to respond to this crisis . This hearing today is to give you a reportback as to what the status is and what we are doing, and the strategy moving forward. There is no doubt that we need to provide the Homeless Population a pathway to transition into shelter, and permanent housing. And permanent housing options, but its critical that were responsive to Public Health and safe