read. president chiu: are these prices -- >> it is the price to run and at once. supervisor campos: can i ask how is we have non-responsiveness in some cases? what's the level of outrage that happens to make sure the papers know that this is happening and to make sure where possible that there is a submission of proposal? >> the non-responsiveness here is -- it happens mostly because the neighborhood -- the outrage papers are required to be printed in san francisco. they all know about it and are

familiar with the process. we have been getting their bids for years. for that new neighborhood papers, that was my fault. i did not realize until late in the process that there were so many neighborhood papers interested in doing business with the city of san francisco. our outreach will be much better next year. i take responsibility for that because i did not notify them as early as i should have. supervisor campos: can you say more about what the level of outrage has been? i'm surprised to hear that. there have been sullied neighborhood papers in san francisco, that is what -- there have been so many neighborhood papers in san francisco. there have been so many as one of the great things about the city. what the plan to do going forward that has not been done?

>> the way it is announced is it goes on the internet, it goes to our historical bid list which gets larger from year to year. i became aware that there is an association of san francisco newspapers, and they will be on the bid list next year. that is what we have done up until now and next year, we will be better. president chiu: these ad prices seem to be all over the map. do they reflect the different ad prices -- to reflect circulation sizes or is there a way for us to treat all of these community- based papers equally? >> i do not have handy and correlation of the bid price with circulation. i could put something like that together but i do not have it with me.

president chiu: i don't know of that makes a difference to you, we have one paper that has at prices almost three times the size of others. i'm trying to think about the fairest way to sway distribution. i do think for the couple of papers for him the bid was late, because of the fact oca notified them after the bids were due, that should not be reason to not consider those papers. supervisor campos: -- >> as i a understand it, occur -- a clerk places ads in these papers generally twice a month. it would be twice those prices per month. but that is my guest. the clerk's office would be able

to get the better information. supervisor campos: why don't we open it up to public comment? is there any member of the public would like to speak? >> good morning. i am the publisher of "the marina times." i can answer some questions about the rates for you. our bid for the -- we are published monthly. most community newspapers are published monthly. so those prices are just for the month of the publication. i don't know if that is helpful. circulation is the driving force for rates. when you see a higher rate or

lower rate, it generally speaks to the circulation of that publication. it is proportionate. that is how the rates are determined. supervisor campos: what is your circulation? our circulation for "the marine at times" is 15,000 and for the other, it is 40. we are delivered door to door and every domicile in our community. that is how we are distinguished from the other publications. they are subscription, newsstand or rack distribution. we reach everybody in our target market area. president chiu: i don't know if anybody knows with a circulation sizes are for the other publications. >> i cannot speak to that. supervisor campos: is there any other member of the public who

like to speak? >> my name is ace washington. i'm happy and delighted we are bringing this up. history was made here at city hall for the first time. i pull together the black alternative press to meet with our current mayor in february. sec -- as you see, [inaudible] i am appalled and i'm glad you're mentioning about the african-american community. the outreach, the man admitted himself that there was an oversight. there is always oversight when it comes to the african-american community here in san francisco. if you ask me, i think it is a conspiracy. the thing what i am saying to

you is it is showtime right now. we in the african-american community have no time to waste. i am going to stand up with a bold stance. the black press needs to sit down with whomever is running this ship pier that does not know -- this ship here that does not know about oversight. anything other than that would be in dignity. here you have a department head saying it is an oversight. there has been an oversight on the african-american community for 40 years. my name is ace and i'm on the case. i have been here at silly call for 20 years and i have experienced the indignity of the african-american community. in the media, particularly. i meeting today with the city and county. i am in the city hall and now they are trying to get rid of me, y'all.

but i done made history. never, ever has there been an african-american organization here. [tone] supervisor campos: next speaker, please. >> i'm the publish -- the publisher of the "west portal monthly" newspaper and the chair of the san francisco neighborhood association newspaper. if you have any questions regarding some of the neighborhood papers, i can answer that. ida's want to encourage you to continue your our reach to the end -- i just want to encourage you to continue your outreach to the neighborhood newspapers. we are reaching people in your district and they read the neighborhood papers. as a way for the city to reach out to the community, there's no better way to outreach to communities than the community papers. also way to support the merchants. the neighbor had papers are some of the only vehicle for local merchants to advertise and help build the community, to have

city hall support the neighborhood papers is an outstanding way to get your message out and help the neighborhoods. did you have any specific questions about any particular publication i might be able to -- supervisor campos: i completely agree that these are terrific publications for the whole city. i love our neighborhood papers, but there is obviously a wide disparity in terms of ad rates. how do you think about, as an owner of your paper and representative of the collective body, what is your view on how different neighborhood paper's price them and as we think about a city paying ad dollars to these newspapers? >> i think they are the best bargains around. if you are looking at "central city extra."

their circulation is 8000. some of the others are up to 10,000. some of the other papers are upwards of 20 or 25,000. -- 20,000 or 25,000. whether these tables are actually delivering door-to- door, that actually drives up the price of a little bit. i also have news racks, and that delivery option helps to drive up the price a little bit for some of the paper. are there any ones in particular -- dale seem pretty close. i cannot speak to the -- they all seem pretty close. they are pretty in line with where their circulation is and the distribution model. >> are these all of the

newspapers in the city? >> there not. we of about 40 members of the association. some of them were reluctant to go to the bidding, but that targeted at outreach has been to their ethnic papers. especially in particular languages. most of them are english and targeted at specific neighborhoods. they are not aware of the outreach policies are evolving here. i will be talking to mark because he has good ideas about how to get the neighborhood association more involved to reach all the target areas. the "san francisco bay view" is a member of the association as well. we target the african-american community and they are an

excellent option. supervisor campos: thank you. is there any other member of the public to what like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. president chiu: has there been any discussion about doing neighborhood outreach -- for example -- if we were able to set the rate on which newspapers can get the word out, as opposed to having a widely varying rates coming to us on how we approach bids? >> i'm not sure i'm getting the concept. president chiu: i'm wondering if

there is a way to be a little more uniform about how we think about that neighborhood outreach. >> the price for newspapers, the administrative code is silence -- is silent on consideration of price as far as a warning that contract. outrage newspapers have different and more standards. what we could easily do for this presentation or certainly for next year is to include on the information we provide you is something like cost per household to deliver the ad. the would take the ad price and abide by the circulation and give an idea of how much the holocaust. you could perhaps make that a

policy spread and a site where -- how much they cost. supervisor campos: is that information you could get to us quickly? >> i will do my best. president chiu: we could afford this item to the board and get it in time, prior to event meeting? my motion was around african- american and chinese newspapers. i would agree that the papers that have been recommended in his district make sense. i want to consider the "western edition" but i'm curious about the price per ad. i am comfortable if we have some rational basis about moving forward, but i think it is important.

the question is whether we amend it now or whether we differ the neighborhood-based question for the board? supervisor farrell: i am probably ok doing either. i would probably boil down to cost per household, but we have to keep in mind that maybe it's more expensive to reach certain neighborhoods we deem appropriate, regardless. i don't know where we would ultimately go with that in terms of -- i would say rejected paper because it's more expensive -- but maybe it's a community we want to reach out to. i am comfortable doing either, i simply want to make sure we include the ones that have been responsive during the process or late because of the lack of outrage. my focus would be on next year and making sure we do more appropriate outrage to the

entire base of neighborhood papers out the city, whether it's the associations to make sure this discussion next year is not fragmented and more of a comprehensive view. i think we can learn that going forward. i would be comfortable right now -- supervisor campos: perhaps we go with the recommendations right now and we recommend day -- and we go based on the data we get from oca. the recommended papers -- supervisor farrell: the ones we would consider going forward? supervisor campos: the three who submitted bids but submitted late bids in part -- in large part because they did not see -- they did not receive notification. we have a motion.

can you clarify the motion? president chiu: it would be to include it -- i understand supervisor farrell once to include "north side san francisco" and we will consider the others based on the information we receive from oca. supervisor farrell: i was not sure if there were going to add it -- supervisor campos: we have a motion, if we can take that without objection. thank you. madame clerk, can you please call the next item?

why don't we come back -- is there a way you could provide the information we are requesting later on in today's meeting so we can deal with this here? >> how much longer is the meeting going? >> i think at least another hour. supervisor campos: go back to item number four. we have a motion to reset the prior vote, if we could take that without objection. why do we hold off on item no. 4 right now call item no. 5. >> item #5, a resolution for the expansion and renaming of the fillmore jazz community benefit district. supervisor campos: before we

continue, i would ask you to take your conversations outside. this is an item that has been introduced by supervisor mirkarimi and we have been joined by him. the floor is yours. supervisor mirkarimi: i supported the community benefits district on the filmore approximately five years ago. i did that with great reservation. that's why when we structured the community benefits district, we structured this unlike any other cbd unlike any other in san francisco. i put this in a five-year window is a pilot to see what its efficacy would amount to. i have strong concerns because

it is coming close in its coinciding existence to a post redevelopment world where redevelopment is beginning to wind up in government and land use in the folder -- in the fillmore and parts of the japan town area. that put lots of responsibility of cbd to shoulder the kinds of challenges that redevelopment had a hard time addressing for more than 40 years. in that span of time, there has been a lot of lessons learned by both the mayor's office, oawd and to community leaders within the fillmore and western addition. as to how the cbd should run more smoothly and democratically. i am now supporting the renewal of the cbd, because of the last

two years, there has been considerable progress in the direction of the -- the direction of cbd is going. i decided to give it a bonus. i put it on a seven-year renewal. that was not the request, but we negotiated to seven years. that is fitting for the track record the cbd is on right now. i would ask that we go ahead and hear the presentation and continue from there. supervisor campos: good morning. >> good morning. i'm with the office of economic and work-force development. we have provided packages for your review sponsored by supervisor mirkarimi, the

resolution of intent for the fillmore community benefit district. i want to share my presentation with the chair of the cbd renewal committee who will go over the management plan and said different aspects the renewed cbd would be providing in terms of services to the cbd area. reverend townshend is here to represent the outrage conducted and it was the lead on the outreach in that community for the petition phase. they have submitted petitions representing over 56% support for the renewal of the fillmore cbd, which is set to expire at the end of this fiscal year. in order for them to continue providing services, they need to be renewed. they are in the process right

now. with that, i would like to introduce the chair of the cbd renewal committee. supervisor campos: good morning. >> i would like to thank supervisors campos, farell, and a supervisor mirkarimi. on behalf of the fillmore jazz community benefit district, which we are renaming it to the fillmore community benefit district, its property owners, residents, community partners and visitors, we urge you to support the renewal, expansion and renaming of the cbd. i would like to ask members of our board and several committee stakeholders in attendance today to stand and be recognized.

we are out in force with the intent of getting your affirmative vote. i would especially like to thank couple members of the community who have tirelessly assisted us in our efforts to achieve this renewal. the chair and the board of directors, members of the cbd renewal committee, mjm management, major property owners, including filmore center, represented here and at western commercial properties. last, but not least, i would like to recognize the community at large, which has been supportive in shaping the agenda

and holding us to a high level of accountability. in the film more jazz district, our neighborhood transformation continues. as recently as five years ago, we were a place rich on history but short on a curb appeal. today, the fillmore is alive with music, community spirit, pride and participation. you see it among the hundreds of visitors enjoying the sun day free events and our farmers market. there is a joy of people's faces as they streamed out of the myriad of dining and entertainment venues or during the filmore art walk, use art show, salsa festival, or are many new restaurants and shops. we have a verdict -- we have overcome still perceptions by having a management plan that focuses on specific targeted areas -- street cleaning beautification, marketing and identity, and public safety. because of our initiatives to

promote a seamless transition from filmore north of gary, today, fillmore street is one of the top destinations in the city. our most popular event of the year, the fillmore street jazz festival, is the hallmark of this reality. our continued success is made possible by working with the city and county of san francisco. supervisor mirkarimi, the mayor's office and work force development our key leaders in our endeavors. for example, we received a marketing grid in january aimed at promoting not only are larger dining and entertainment establishes com -- establishments, but the small businesses that rely on daytime patrons. that is due to events like the farmers' market on saturdays. furthermore, we have experienced a significant increase in tourists bust -- tourist bus visitors. the cbd has played a significant

role in our transition period with this comes positive change, change in perception, awareness and a belief in what can be accomplished and how everyone can benefit when a community comes together. we are implementing a street ambassador program, akin to union square, that will enhance all three aspects of our operations. with a commitment of our property owners and residents, we can sustain our positive momentum. looking ahead, we also realize that as the cbd matures, we need to expand marketing to focus on the full diversity of our merchants, both large and small. we are committed to doing that. in the years ahead, there are new opportunities before us to create more seamless community, not just when the annual jazz festival brings us together. the infield project is the key to achieving that goal. so is our storefront improvement

and streetscape beautification programs as well as the safety and marketing efforts. the vision is to connect fillmore as a destination for business. we moved one step closer to renewal for the next seven years and the continuation of the economic revitalization efforts. and the legacy of urban renewal. the reverend will now help to provide an overview of the outreach to the district property owners and the community at large. >> good morning, welcome. >> thank you. these are just work clothes. i wanted to give you with the

outreach. this is not difficult. i know a young man who sells these. this was really twofold. i have been here for about 40 years. and this is sadly not even all of my life. this is about two-thirds of the spent there. we are excited about what is going on, and one reason we are excited is because we can live in the past or try to make something out of the future. it would be a long presentation if i tried to talk about this,