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I will read his statement. Very good. Before we get started i request unanimous consent that a member of the full committee be allowed to join us, mr. Brown, who is behind me and participate in the questions. And there is a formal unanimous consent that a nonsubcommittee member participate in the hearing after all of the subCommittee Members have had an opportunity to ask questions. Objection . There being none the nonsubcommittee member is recognized at an appropriate time for fiveminute questioning. All right. With that, committee will come to order. Ladies and gentlemen, i call the committe...

Second is Revenue Bonds not to exceed 87 million to provide Construction Financing for the residential project. The hearing was held in june of this year. The bond allocation was approved october 16th and to note this financing is conduit and does not require the city to pledge repayment of the bonds. Third resolution requests approval of amended restated grant to provide 13. 4 million to finance construction of the city owned and operated Homeless Services center to the mercy affiliate developing that project. Of the financing structure to maximize noncity resources to support the homeless ce...

Allocation of no place like home funding targets to create the permanent housing for chronic homeless with serious Mental Illness. Second is Revenue Bonds not to exceed 87 million to provide Construction Financing for the residential project. The hearing was held in june of this year. The bond allocation was approved october 16th and to note this financing is conduit and does not require the city to pledge repayment of the bonds. Third resolution requests approval of amended restated grant to provide 13. 4 million to finance construction of the city owned and operated Homeless Services center ...

What has happened is storefronts have been left vacant longer and longer as Property Owners have held the property off market for unknown reasons or are holding out for higher rents. The circumstances that have left a situation where every block has at least one and usually multiple vacancies, and that has led to blight, trash, graffiti and has pressed foot traffic. At one point had five vacant storefronts including two which would remain vacant since 2015 and have not been actively marketed in that time. Before i listen i listen to ted egans report on the amazon effect. It is important to exp...

Consideration in all the questions that you posed around protecting the Small Businesses. That is really what we want to see here. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Next speaker, please. My name is kristin. I wear multiple hats. I am a resident of the haightashbury and i own im here to speak on support of the vacant storefront tax. Something i have been speaking with. I assumed the role of owner nearly 12 years ago. We have seen a Record Number of vacancies more than even from the lean years of 2008 and 2012. There have been any of the number of reasons for the business closure including...