mission they're doing the community ambassador program as a bar district it's critically useful and will help the hot teams we can be out there longer hours security is tremendously expensive but the community outreach workers are not as expensive. also i find that in having a cv d we're not only having a security but agencies and there would be an agent that could move forward with the project and not a loss as so often with the neighborhood districts if someone gets interested in what their could go they can only do it for 6 months and then the

information doorways. i think this is just so key to have we have a strong neighborhood association but there are many things i think a cv d could specifically do that would take us favorite. thank you very much >> next speaker. >> hi i kim letter a resident over 11 years in the lower polk neighborhood and part of the association. and i strongly support the cv d. >> hi my name is ron case. i feel like we are running a marathon and, see the finish line hopefully we'll get a little bit further.

12 years ago i was part of the founding members to try to improve this area for safety and beautification and security. the most of the years we've gotten a few grants and move a couple steps forward and get knocked back a step. we're doing a lot for our organization we want to be inclusive of everyone in the neighborhood and monetary reasons was not part of being part of our group. we looked at a number of years ago we looked at how to be self-sustaining in keeping things moving in a good direction. it came down to the cv d being the best option many people worked hard on this and trying to be inclusive with everyone in

the neighborhood that is very important. and where we're back to where we were a number of years ago so i highly support it thank you. thank you, mr. case >> next speaker >> president chiu and supervisors i'm laura are long time resident and a small business owner and i'm on the steering community at the benefits district. i'm here to express my strong support for the cv d moving forward thank you. >> next speaker >> hello, i'm carolyn i've been a resident and business owner and a past resident of the lower pomp neighboring neighbors we're proud because 95 percent of the buildings in lover polk have

under rent control nobody is displaced by the cleanlessness and beauty. we also know that security gates on businesses and glass are threatening only something like the cv d can replace the glass it is so expensive we can get low cost loans and so many things that a small volunteer no money but heartfelt organization like lower polk can do i look forward to this thank you >> next speaker >> i'm andrew i'm the chair of the lower polk neighborhood association. i'm very proud to be here with two former chairs mr. ron case and president chiu so and thank them for their work.

i'm here in support of the community district and a resident on sutter street as well. what strikes me since i've moved into this neighborhood 4 years ago the process establishing the community district really upped the ante in involvement with people tenants and business owners and, of course, larkin has been extremely supportive i feel like it represents a community grassroots driven endeavor. bottom line lower polk neighbors is very excited about working hand to hand hopefully with the community district board to continue our goals for a safer

cleaner and more beautiful neighborhood thank you very much. thank you. next speaker. . >> president chiu i supervisor kim i'm batter thomas my brother shell pass away last month it's been my honor to visit our city i come from texas and spent time in the military and seen parts of europe especially like san francisco that have renewed themselves i see the quality of life in the people. i realize that sometimes, people need money and help to infuse motivation and move forward and as i've spent time on lower polk and been around the area and had my hair cut and spoke with

artists there i see there are room for opportunities but needs someone to lead and ami i've been expressed with ron case and the lower polk neighbors and the business owners that are there. and their involvement with that. i wholeheartedly support this lower polk cd. thank you. next speaker. . >> hi i've been a merchant in the lower polk neighborhood for 13 years and i've seen it grow and improve and i hope we can get our support by passing the cv d thank you. thank you. next speaker. . >> supervisors i'm chris i'm a member of the steering committee

i want to be brief and thank you for the benefit district a i'm very proud of the steering committee we have nonprofits and business owners reflected the diverse population of the lower polk neighborhood and reflects the folks that will be benefiting from the community benefit district i ask your support in a few hours thank you. thank you. next speaker. . >> hello, i'm ray you will i have three children and 2 will be attending the lower polk i'm the president of the teachers club and school and recently joined the committee for the polk cv d i'm in support of it and grateful this is happening and very excited i know it will

definitely benefit this school so thank you very much thank you thanks. >> next speaker good afternoon, supervisors i'm john nolte. i'm here to represent san francisco 10 association of san francisco. i'm also a member for over 10 years at lower polk neighbors. the lower polk neighbors have been putting the pieces together starting with the planning process with the lower polk street put in trees and a number of things begun on for the residents over a 10 year process and actually this is the second cv d that was tried to be formed in that area. i've been working with the residents and the people in the area trying to get to this spot

to form a cv d and get the improvements we need in this corridor to help the merchant and the residents and to help the growth in the neighborhood. and see i urge that the board of supervisors support this and move it forward thanks for your time >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi him michael nolte n o l t y for 3 seven years i've been working along the corridor of polk street with the stakeholders i'm a co-founder of the larkin street committee and helping with the various stakeholders dealing with improving the neighborhood. i've been a part of now 5 different cv ds formulations this is the 5 and i support the

lower polk management pan for the lower polk cv d and i also want to give my kudos to the various people that have been involved in the steering committee in forming this this is hard work and hope that the one of the cv ds once formed there will be more people involved in the community benefit district and find an adequate leader to move forward. thank you very much >> thank you any other members wish to speak in support of the district. >> hi, i'm larry i live in the tenderloin we're talking about the lower polk of main which is

definitely as unification starts there's a lot of racial tension and fights but the lower polk used to be the old castro it was a navy peer and that's when they moved all the gaze to what used to be the black and career area. but this was also the area where people of all there was a place called mr. boo ganlz where blacks and gaze and straits went there and associated that's a international place now we call it the industrial peacock you're looking for straight or gay or young girl or boy it's a

international place that area should be a place for san francisco should know its culture and history as a native of san francisco percent of natives it's a place that needs to be remain historically connected to all generations. and polk street is a good place and it's right down here in near city hall which is dr. carter be good it's part of that it's renamed after the greatest dr. in the state our honorable mayor former mayor willie brown ran for office this is a why the bay bridge is inflamed after the former mayor willie brown

>> sir anyone else, sir you've spoken already. any other members from the public. why not hear from the opponents if you could step forward >> hello. my name is paul, i represent the architecture firm in the neighborhood we object to the cv d don't find it would act with usefulness we're able to maintain your building and sidewalks and we're fine doing so in the future.

this is an expense we couldn't afford and we've hired someone that lives in the neighborhood on the block to help us maintain the sprrp sidewalks a couple of times a week so that's what we're comfortable with if we're part of the cv d we couldn't continue to pay him that's unfortunate. also i have two object to the business model of the cv d it appears to be a model where the city services are prioritized organized organization. and i think a better solution is to hire city employees to actually perform those services >> thank you any public comment on that item on the opposition of the formation of the cv d

okay. seeing none i'd like to make a couple of concluding remarks and acknowledge one of our staff i want to thank the public who engaged and we'll find out the results there were a tremendous amount of vision and work that's gone into a period that lasted over a decade in particular ron and the other for their energy and vision and hundreds of volunteer hours over the years. i also want to thank other leaders within the neighborhood from chris to andrew and others who not only testified today but have for many years i want to close i asked our board to

journey a few weeks ago in memory of shell he devoted his life to creating art walks and purely inhabits and greening activity and bringing a soccer field on top of a garage and others activities in our alleys. he was smomg someone who i hoped might have had an opportunity to staff the cv d and all of us we know his spirit is with the neighborhood as we hopefully move forward. with that, i'd like to take a moment to thank the mayor's office of economic workforce development who helped us to spearhead this and give her an opportunity to speak >> thank you president chiu and supervisor kim for your leadership on 0 the lower polk cv d and thank you to the staff

they're my partners in crime judy son and others have been critical to this effort. i'd like to recognize kathy and others of m bs consultant. there are several departments that support those i'd like to recognize robert from the city attorney's office and others my colleagues lisa and to pay tribute to the late shell thomas and our work in our communities and his passion are a model for all of us thank you very much >> thank you i'd like to ask supervisor kim any further comments. >> it's great to see the support coming from the neighborhood and talking about the history of polk street to

san francisco and how to work and preserve that and do a quick thank you to chris shulman forming from office of small business and jamie from larkin street employment and so on i didn't who kept up our work and most importantly want to acknowledge shell thomas for his vision i he worked hard on his project and thank you to him. >> colleagues any other comments without objection i'd like to close this public hearing and we'll tabulate the ballets that have been cast with the department of elections they'll tabulate and the board we'll continue the activities

and when those are tabulated we're report on that publicly and move forward depending on the results of that election. with that, madam clerk why not go to 57 to 58 >> pursuant to a motion the board of supervisors will convene a committee for a public hearing to consider the resolution containing a report of diligent charges fore assessment costs by the dshg dock of department of building inspection for associated fees for building sections. >> so colleagues this is a report provide by the director of dbi that i want to ask the staff to summarize and then hear if the public. >> good afternoon president chiu and members. the department of building inspection we requested the

special assessment for the properties. precisely transmitted to you what t what the delinquent charges to discuss their outstanding fees. the delinquent fees is a costs recovery tool i want to thank angela and rick for their support >> okay. colleagues unless there's questions we want to hear from the members of the public if you could line up on the right-hand side of the chamber you'll have two minutes to express our prospective please start with our name and address after the public comment you'll go out into the halfway and discuss more specifically around our case is an result

will be brought back to the chamber so first member of the public. >> hello board. >> please speak into the microphone. >> hello board i'm renée i'm here on two matters i got a notice for the order numbers i assume that's with what you operate on. and one zero 637 a. and those have to do with a notice of violation that was posted by the department. i've had a lot of difficulty dealing with the department in trying to get clear information about how they process that with the order of clearing up that

and the proper mailing from the departments this is why it is taking so long. they've been sending those notices to an incorrect address i'm trying to resolve those permit issues through a process that the department has for in-law units and bringing in-law units into compliance with the new legislation. my understanding of that from the department is that they wave those types of actions i've here to request this be waived and ending the final approval of the in-law unit. thank you very much. >> and again, i, please take a seat at the end of the hearing you'll meet with the dbi staff.

>> next speaker >> thank you you president chiu and the honorable board of supervisors. i'd like to thank the board of supervisors for allowing 33 me to request the notice of violation imposed on my property to be closed. for the past couple of years i've made every effort to address and correct the code violations on my property on car street i've spoken to the department and obtained the necessary paperwork and provided the required documents. on some of the notices have been closed that i the department of building inspection and i continue to receive the code violations although i've been in

compliance. my property if it becomes vacant or abandoned i'm required to fill out an application. the building is not nor has obedience vacant or abandoned. unfortunately due to health issues i was unable to maintain the exterior and cited for blight i take care of the blight and got to the necessary permit to may 16, 2014, to correct the violation with the exterior of any property during that time i continue to receive violation notices although the building ordinance shall not be considered vacant or banded if there's a permit for the property. i recently discovered by going

to the department yesterday that there's 5 violations that i have on file and two of them was on rescinded or will be rescinded >> thank you very much. >> thank. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors my name is ron daily. i'm here on a property 45, sir let's it was described as a result as i understand it was a result of neighbors complaints some 9 code violations were noted 3 of which spoke of abandoned property of private property on the premises. the premises are security by a

fence nothing that's on the property has been abandoned it's continued for my use at some future time. several of the other violations are violations which could be cured without a permit there are there the monetary predicament e permit there was a hearing that approximately resulted in this assessment by the dbi some $1,300 the hamburger was conducted on july 9th. there was a scheduled hearing in june of 2013 i asked for an extension to allow me to do some investigation of the codes at the law library i was allowed on

extension and from there another hearing was scheduled for july 9th, however, on july 3rd i had a total knee replacement and unable to attend the july 9th meeting it's my understanding that the results of the assessment came from the decision that was made on july 9th when i wasn't there. i was basic denied due process of law to - >> thank you very much. >> next speaker >> good afternoon, board of supervisors my name is cove vacancy williamson i'm here representing the san francisco senators community organization. the address for the property is 164 will 54 kirk wood. this is a site of the heather's

leon assistance center being null constructed to serve the citizens the san francisco senators was a 40 year history of community service it's been duly cited by the board of supervisors from the recreation life of the community. we have missed some mailings from the department of building inspection due to a wrong post office box we've cleared up that matter. we're here asking the board of supervisors our great representative if bayview supervisor cohen to be mindful of the work of the san francisco senators and to know that the site is not vacant or abandoned it's insured and secure and safe

and clean. we've met with we've been with with the board we've met with the city attorney and put together a 20 day action plan to complete the construction we ask for the patience of the board of supervisors and the dbi as we continue our work thank you >> next speaker good afternoon. >> good afternoon president chiu i'm victory gilbert representing the property on howard street we've been buying for the last 40 years. it's on howard street between 5 and 6 street that was formerly a automobile repair shop