>> thank you supervisor breed our next accomodation will be provide by our 8th district colleague supervisor wiener. >> thank you, mr. president and today, i'm honoring an out going member of our city family wells lawson. come on up. colleagues, i know many of you know and have worked with wells

over time. i'm sure you're aware of wells was with the redevelopment agency and ocii since 2007 as a senior now a senior project manager with the redevelopment of hunters point shipyard with the candle stick park you know how critical this is the largest project happening in san francisco 10 thousand 5 hundred housing unit a third below market rate and a 3rd of redevelopment space and 3 hundreds acres of new parks and 11 though permanent jobs and new academic activity and wells unfortunately is leaving and going down cigarette to the other part of the state has

played a critical roll in keeping the project a mega project to keep it moving forward. he's played a key roll from the negotiations every step of the way. the approval process the community process working with the advisory committee and drafting the benefits plan resulting in $83 million in benefits for san francisco. he played a key really in the adaptation of the streetscape plan but ultimately it moved in a great direction because of wells work and leadership. wells were really going to miss you i know a lot of people are going to miss you, your a popular guy and there's a reason for that you're one of the people that gets it done and did

it in a intelligent way it's a major loss to the city but you're not far away and going on to bigger and better things in the great work you've already been doing so it's my honor to recognize you at the board of supervisors and i know that supervisor cohen has some words as well >> thank you yes. well this is a bittersweet moment i have to thank you for a lot of the projects i've inherited the as supervisor wiener dictated wells lawson has been a tremendous asset to san francisco i it's a pleasure to give you an opportunity to feel the love we have it is a loss i want to let you know that certainly on my staff andrea has been crying

(laughter) about this moment and you're an amazing project manager i know you guys worked hand to hand but thank you for your your due diligence wells was a project manager on the shipyard project and did a lot of the work in the redevelopment agency and i don't know if the co-sponsors have here but i want to recognize your work we're grateful and you'll be missed you're welcome to come back my time. >> thank you (clapping.) i'll keep my remarks short i've been reflecting last month what has occurred to me in the city this city's leadership and staff it is complex and everything it

is accomplishing is powerful it's been a wonderful thing in forming who i am today professionally and personally thank you to the city to the board and, of course, to ocii which i think is one of the most fundamental thing is the redevelopment over the last 2 years we've made it through and ocii is doing amazing work and i'm honored to be attached to that work so thank you

(clappin (clapping). >> supervisors our next accomodation by supervisor campos. thank you very much mr. president. and it is my pleasure to ask francisco to please come on up. and full disclosure we have a special connection with the gentleman because my chief of staff is married to him and they have the cutest daughter. but i'm really this is really honored to be able to present this certificate to francisco so

who is leaving his position as the legal director at delores street for a job he's had for more than 6 years. and i can honestly say having seen this time and time again that my time there's a need for an immigrant family in san francisco when legal services legal help is needed the person that we turn to time and time again is francisco. the good news is froops is not going far he has accepted a job with our deputy city attorney and he has a deportation defense

program at the public defender's office who are placed in deportation procedures it makes sense your representing the legal part for those people facing immigration things. francisco will be surprisingly kourndz on the various dispositions in criminal cases and his input will be invaluable it is hard to understand how important this is. and we're lucky francisco will be joining the public defender's office the public defenders gain is delores streets loss. over the last 6 years francisco is the person to go to with

immigration issues he's prchtd the deportation of hundreds of cabinets and keep e kept countless families together. he takes the toughest cases the ones that are nearly impossible to win and won every case he's taken. i know that i mean i'd like super heros there's a lot of super heros gotham has batman and immigrants in san francisco has francisco he is a moving lawyer he understands how the cases can spearhead and advance the individual case and the movement. his use of non-traditional lawyer skills lead to success with his clients human resources

he's collaborating with community-based organizations not only individuals cases but making sure we're passing the right legislation and i mean it's hard to imagine the immigration rights movement in san francisco without francisco. when it comes to passing laws at the local and state level francisco has played an important role and one could go on and on about all his accomplishments but we want to thank you for the opportunity as a strict supervisor to give you the certificate of honor creating one of san francisco's premium defense programs and for everything you've done being the communities go to people's lawyer and for doing our work

with tremendous love and passion and respect for your clients. on behalf of the city thank you for everything you've done (clapping) and i know that some of my colleagues perhaps want to say something. supervisor avalos >> yes. i want to say thank you for your great service francisco it's been really an honor to work with you. you've been part of my pieces of lvengs we've done at the board of supervisors protecting immigrants and it's axiliary because you've protected families by you've also lived up to the inspirations of a network and working with other attorneys

in the community to protect immigrants in the city i've sat down with a lot of folks you living up to the commitment and because of that work we have others people that have the capacity to do this work this is fantastic and part of your contribution so thank you and look forward to working with you in the public defender's office and congratulations an uncle part of a great career of service (clapping) >> supervisor mar. >> yeah. francisco i can supervisor campos said this but there's no better example of a people lawyer your empowering immigrants to stand up for themselves standing side by side really does by side with people

to give them more access and voice and power i look forward to continuing that with you, too thank you (clapping). >> and supervisor kim. >> i'm going to miss you, we had clients to end to you around immigration issues and also been a clearheaded and articulate voice on being able to punch this out for people in the community be fighting for what is best for the community. i'm really exciting it's important as we talked about the due process for all to make sure we have advocates that are able to understand the immigration and being the advocate inside the courtroom is critically important so thank you

(clapping) >> i'll make my comments brief i'm deep, deep honored and thank you supervisor campos for his leadership for immigration reporters and the board as supervisor kim said those issues get controversial and challenging but the board has comfortable supported immigration and i'm proud to live in the city. and also super they've for the board of supervisors for the island on the network none of my work would be possible without our support and being part of a network across rational and ethnic communities that fight for the rights now in delores street we've got 3 attorneys so the work will continue so i thank you all so much

(clapping) >> thank you francisco. and i have the honor of presenting the next two proclamation this month we have

the 50th event of the streets i want to bring someone up approximately a week before someone who helped to start sunday street and the hostility i'd like i'd like to invite up susan king. so colleagues, i know that all of us know susan as the director of sunday street since 2008 she brought this event from columbia to give it our san francisco flare and activate pedestrians and cyclists and kids and seniors and adults in every neighborhood from the embarcadero to the www.drnpa.org of town to the bayview to be part of the moment sunday streets has grown to now a

wonderfully large staff of interims and volunteers many of you know seung has been an amazing fundraiser you've hit up every one of you and anyone that has money to support in incredible event. when i heard you were going to be departing i was concerned i was sad but i know that sunday streets is a community experience that is going to live on for hopefully ever in san francisco. san francisco guarded referred to you at queen of the common sense you've done an incredible job of building something that is part of what our city is about and one of the most farther activities i engage in and on our city streets with that, i have are a proclamation

that we hereby honor you susan king for your commitment in san francisco and thus placement i proclaim this day susan king day in san francisco. thank you susan. >> well, thank you i'm honored and humbled by the out undergoing of support not only for sunday streets it's grown totaled from a two one route events so a program that people around the city anticipate and expect year after year. i couldn't be here without the strong support of the city family and the method of operation the board of supervisors, currently mayor and lee and his officers and the leadership of formerly mayor gavin newsom and his staff as

well as liveable city staff and board on my colleagues who will wish carrying that program forward are here led by the very capable leadership of two colleagues and tom is also provide a calm and supportive leadership behind the organization and don't worry about the fund raising we have a new development scott so when he calls pick up the phone it's important as well as my boyfriend and my brother jason king and jessica and his girlfriend i want to shout out to the municipal transportation agency they've carried the ball forward two colleagues. as well as a whole team mta,

department of public works and department of public health and rec and park and again, all the mayor's office and the other departments that really have put their shoulder to the bottle did care to push this program up a hill i'm confident this program will be part of the fabric of san francisco life i was talking to a supporter saying her 6-year-old grandson didn't know is streets without this program it is hard to understand this is such a great institution thank you all who have helped to get this program 0 our 50th event

>> (clapping) my second accomodation is national rec and park department month i want to offer accomodation to a program and group of young people that have

done an amazing job in improving our small business please step forward. for those who don't know their young people from our city is from our underserved community in san francisco. who have worked critically hard to volunteer to improve the experience of our parks and small businesses in san francisco. we've had this year i want to thank the 36 teenagers who transcribed over 2 thousand hours of service for research and plan habitat and restoration projects and 25 open green spaces primarily in the southeast areas of san francisco those young leaders have help with the workshops and engaging teamwork and vial education and park engagement i want to thank

you guys for your tremendous work and take a moment to thank the recreation and parks department that has made a difference in the lives of the people in san francisco and the port of san francisco and the park alliance force the fiscal year leaders which is one example of the value of our local parks in contributing to our city. with that, i want to invite up a number of folks from the green program but first brenda who is the volunteer outreach coordinate to speak on behalf of the program >> hi thank you so much it's a great honor to commend the greenacres program and thank you to the recreation and parks department greenacres comes from

all walks of life and have their personal journeys but the commonality of a drive to work and be youth advocates for their communities and improve their own lives and like president chiu mentioned we've had over 2 thousand hours of direct services for small business parks and for the community events in san francisco and a lot of the support tha that has been provided for the program has made this program a success since 2012 which was our beginning we have several people to thank at this moment we have a lot of stakeholders the port of san francisco for a partner and the joyce foundation the pg&e for awarding us a grant and also thanking all the community

groups that have support us like the friends of the parks and our recent partner institute that's provide the youth so what our programs they have a good resource to reach some of the students and also other agencies and thank you, again president chiu and supervisor cohen and commending us today. >> i want to acknowledge supervisor cohen but there's one student we want to hear from. >> i'm really wanting to appreciate brenda for that the amazing experience this is my first year i hope to come back next year. >> thank you. supervisor cohen >> thank you very much. brenda i want to take a moment and acknowledge our leadership in guiding the young minds of san francisco and to the young

people and our peers that are here today thank you for your leadership you set an example for young people tutor rolling up your sleeves >> i understand there is someone from the port. >> i'm delighted to thank the green agers half a it spent a lot of time to improve our parks their youthful energy and new commitment to serving their communities in participation in their parks i want to join you in thanking and honoring them today. >> with that, today, we're going to be celebrating july 29th and green teenagers

(clapping.) that concludes our special accomodation we have a number of special orders madam clerk call the first special order with the

benefit district item 45 and 46. item 45 and 46 is the special order prurient prusht to an order the board of supervisors will have a hearing to establish the business as the lower polk district pursuant to the improvement and tax registration codes article 15 >> colleagues ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of today is hearing to hear the testimony on the levy i didn't do takes the lower polk benefit district with a intention that was adapted as described in the management plan the proposed district will be approximately covering 3 hundred and 7 identified parcels on 22 partial

blocks at the conclusion of the public hearing we'll tabulate this and report to the board of supervisors members of the public may review the tabulation on the base at city hall the statement of the district if there's a majority protest the public testimony will hear if all speakers in support of the assessment districts 2 minutes per person and all speakers in opposition to the seams during the hearing a property owner wishing to thank e change their vote can speak to a person outside the chamber and after the hearing closes the ballots will be counted.

at this point, i want to say supervisor kim and i share some blocks within the community district i want to say a few quick words i've been supportive of the districts throughout our district 3 and this particular benefit has been in conversation for the better part of 10 years. lower polk is a difference and wonderful neighborhood in my district and district 6 but on the parts of polk has faced quality of life issues and vacant storefronts and homelessness and other conditions that have challenged the neighborhoods. there's almost no green and small business in the neighborhood and very few places for folks to come together there's been a lot of momentum to pull the folks