m [gave [gavel]. >> supervisor ronen: the meeting will come to order.

welcome to the january 28, 2019 meeting of the rules committee. seated to my right is supervisor shamann walton, and seated to my left is supervisor gordon mar. i'd like to thank the staff at sfgovtv for staffing this meeting, and our clerk, mr. victor young. mr. clerk, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. can you please call item number one. >> clerk: item number one is a hearing to consider appointing three members, term ending january 1, 2020, and two members, term ending january 1, 2021 to the shelter monitoring committee. we have five seats, six applicants. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. and unless my colleagues have

any initial questions or comments, then i would ask if we can hear from our first applicant today, gabriela avalos. and i understand that miss avalos was unable to be here, and has asked gordhoward chin the shelter monitoring committee to read a statement. >> miss gabriela avalos asked me to tell you that she regrets she cannot be here, but she asked that i read this to you. hello. thank you for allowing me to express my interest in becoming part of the shelter monitoring committee through the tone and voice of another person. my name is gabriela avalos, and i would be proud to be part of the shelter monitoring committee and share work with

the board of supervisors. my work is with clients who are housed by often clients share their experience about san francisco shelters while i am processing intake or simply recomme reminiscing about days when they were homeless. shelters provide lots of resources but not because case workers or case managers may not always be available to support. shelters keep stability, even if it's 30 days, but sometimes not because waiting lists can be longer or the beds are on a first come, first serve basis. as a single mother of a ten-year-old daughter, it is very important to me that everyone in san francisco be housed, but if this is not the case, then a common environment

should be provided. during the day, most of the individuals who are homeless get by. children are at schooled, adults are seeking employment and housing. then the night comes, and what happens? this is the part that i want to be a part of. the community needs to be assured that children and adults are rested for the next day. if i was selected to a chair on the shelter monitoring committee, i would love to collaborate and work in partnership with the public to make san francisco shelters as they can be. a shelter is defined as a place which provides safety, protection and accommodation. i would be grateful to be part of the san francisco sheltering monitoring committee who understands and monitors these believes. thank you for your consideration. regards, gabriela avalos. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. next, i'd like to invite up the

second applicant, denise feathers. okay. i do not have her. mr. chin, do you have any information from miss feathers? >> no. we just don't see miss feathers here today. we did not receive any information from her prior to the meeting. >> supervisor ronen: okay. thank you so much. so i'd like to call up the third applicant, dean deanna almanza. >> clerk: i'd just like to remind the applicants to limit your statements to three minutes. >> good morning. my name is deanna almanza, and i am the director for mission creek health services here in san francisco. prior to that, i was the c.e.o. for the domestic violence and rape crisis center for 20 years, and before that, i became a franciscan worker

where i served the homeless. in my current position, i still serve the homeless, and i would consider it a privilege to be a part of the solution. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. any questions? thank you. and then, next, i would like to invite up the fourth applicant, vixen yvonne. good morning, miss yvonne. >> hi. i'm vixen yvonne. ten years ago, if somebody said to me, hey, in a few years, you're going to be homeless, i would have laughed and told them to go to bellevue. the homeless experience for me was -- on both sides. i see both sides. i have a political science degree, and so i saw the bureaucracy side of it. they're underfunded. it's a nightmare to work there, and it's a nightmare to live there. and i mean, both sides need a

voice. i think i can bring that. i think i can bring an impartial voice to the committee. i -- i see a lot of changes that need to have. i mean, the system's broken. i don't know if it was ever whole, so -- and there's just a positive way to do that. i mean, screaming at each other about all the bad things that happen really doesn't do anything, and there's some wonderful things that happen. there are wonderful people that work in the shelter system. there's wonderful people that live in the shelter system. i was one of them. but we don't talk about those people. we only talk about the bad things, and i think there's just some way to make it better, and i hope that i can be a part of making that better. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. any questions? no? thank you so much. next, is ron summers here?

don't see him, so i will lastly invite up the sixth applicant, traci watson. >> good morning, board of supervisors. my name is traci watson, and i'm here for reappointment for seat six on the shelter monitoring committee. i have been working for the homeless community for the past ten years. i also started also working in in the shelter -- three popular shelters here in san francisco, and i'm currently working with the city of san francisco with the department of public housing with the home ward bound program placing homeless individuals on the street and relocating them back to their friends and their family. what i learned a lot on the committee was the standards of care, which is very important and i really would like to be

reappointed to continue working to help with the solution. so thank you. >> supervisor ronen: thank you so much. any questions, ma'am? thank you so much. with that, i wanted to open this up to public comment. is there any member of the public who would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor ronen: colleagues, and mr. young, tell me if i'm doing this correctly. seats two, four, five, and six -- there's only one applicant for each seat, should i make a motion first, and then consider an applicant for seat three? >> clerk: you can take these one at a time. you wou you -- would you like to make a motion regarding seat six? recommendation of traci watson for seat six? >> supervisor ronen: without objection we recommend tracey

watkins -- watson for seat six of the shelter monitoring. committee. [gavel]. >> supervisor ronen: thank you, miss watson. thank you so much for your service. and then, for seat five, can i entertain a motion to appoint ron summers -- or is there any concern because mr. summers isn't -- >> clerk: there's two applicants for seat five. it's vixen yvonne and ron summers. and i believe ron summers also applied for seat two. >> supervisor ronen: oh, i see. sorry. given that, maybe -- if we couldn't -- i would like to entertain a motion, then, to appoint vixen summers to seat five. sorry. this is my first time as rules chair. please, please bear with me

here. i'm so sorry. vixen yvonne. excuse me, miss yvonne. i'm so sorry about that. without objection, then, we will recommend the appointment of vixen yvonne to seat number five. [gavel]. >> supervisor ronen: thanks so much, miss yvonne, for your service. okay. got it. moving onto seat number two, then, i wanted to ask my colleagues, given that mr. summers wasn't here and didn't inform us, do you still feel comfortable moving him forward to seat number two? [inaudible] >> supervisor ronen: sure, that would be great. mr. chin? >> i think at this time we should -- because mr. summers did not previously inform us that he would not be able to attend this meeting today and also had previously notified myself that he would be here, i

think we should hold off until we get some more information on finding out what happened to mr. summers here will be formally appointed him to the committee. >> supervisor ronen: okay. can we continue this to the next meeting? >> clerk: there's no need to take action. if we don't appoint someone to seat two, it remains open, and we can take it up at a future time. >> supervisor ronen: okay. and then last but not least, i wants to see if -- i wanted to see if my colleagues had any questions about seat number two. i note that we have the same situation with miss feathers. maybe we can ask mr. chin if she was in contact with you prior to today's meeting?

>> unfortunately we didn't receive any communication from miss feathers prior to this meeting as to whether she would or would not be able to attend? >> supervisor ronen: okay. thank you. i would note that we did receive one letter of support from the deputy director of l.s.s. for california representing gabriela avalos. do either of my colleagues have any comments or want to make a motion regarding seat number three? [inaudible] >> supervisor ronen: without objection, this committee will recommend gabriela avalos appointment to seat three with a positive recommendation to the full board. [gavel]. >> supervisor ronen: and then

lastly, can i recommend deanna almanza to seat four? >> clerk: just to recommend, we have gabriela avalos to seat three, deanna almanza to seat four, and vixen yvonne to seat six. >> supervisor ronen: yes. thank you very much. can you call item number two? [agenda item read]. >> supervisor ronen: thank you. any comments from my colleagues? seeing none, i'll open this item up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor ronen: you want to make a motion? without objection, this

committee recommends the appointment of supervisor kathrin stefani to the bay conservation development commissi commission. [gavel]. >> supervisor ronen: can you please read item three. >> clerk: item three is a motion appointing shamann walton, term ending january 31, 2021 to the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district board of directors. >> supervisor ronen: i'm assuming that we need to excuse supervisor walton? >> clerk: yes. we need a motion. >> supervisor ronen: i'd like to make a motion to excuse supervisor walton from this item. >> clerk: do we have a second? >> supervisor mar: second. [gavel]. >> clerk: the motion to excuse passes. >> supervisor ronen: would you like to make a motion? >> clerk: public comment first. >> supervisor ronen: oh, i'd like to open this item up for

public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. [inaudible] >> supervisor ronen: without objection, that motion passes. [gavel]. >> supervisor ronen: can you please read item number four. >> clerk: item number four is a motion appointing matt haney, term ending june 30, 2020, to the association of bay area government executive board. >> supervisor ronen: like to open this item up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] [inaudible] >> supervisor ronen: without objection, this item passes. [gavel]. >> supervisor ronen: can you please call item number five. >> clerk: yes. i just had a reminder from our friends down at sfgtv to please pull your microphones close. they're having a little trouble hearing you. item number five is a motion

appointing supervisor matt haney to an indefinite term to the transbay joint powers authority. >> supervisor walton: motion to move supervisor haney's name forward. >> supervisor ronen: i'd like to open this up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor walton: i'd like to make a motion to move supervisor haney's name forward. >> supervisor ronen: seeing no objection, this motion passes. [gavel] [agenda item read]. >> supervisor mar: make a motion to appoint supervisor haney to the location agency formation commission. >> supervisor ronen: seeing no

objection, item passes. [gavel]. >> supervisor ronen: please call the next item. [agenda item read]. >> supervisor ronen: i'd like to make a motion to excuse supervisor mar. without objection, that motion passes. [gavel]. >> supervisor ronen: i'd like to open this up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> supervisor walton: i'd like to make a motion to appoint supervisor mar. >> supervisor ronen: without objection, that motion passes. [gavel]. >> clerk: with that, supervisors, there are no further items on the agenda today.

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hi, i'm one the owners and is ceo of cafe trespassing in north beach many people refer to cafe trees as a the living room of north beach most of the clients are local and living up the hill come and meet with each other just the way the united states been since 1956 opposed by the grandfather a big people person people had people coming since the day we opened. >> it is of is first place on the west that that exposito 6 years ago but anyone was doing that starbuck's exists and it created a really welcoming pot. it is truly a legacy business but more importantly it really at the take care of their community my father from it was formally

italy a fisherman and that town very rich in culture and music was a big part of it guitars and sank and combart in the evening that tradition they brought this to the cafe so many characters around here everything has incredible stories by famous folks last week the cafe that paul carr tennessee take care from the jefferson starship hung out the cafe are the famous poet lawrence william getty and jack herb man go hung out. >> they work worked at a play with the god fathers and photos he had his typewriter i wish i were here back there it there's a lot of moving parts the meeting spot rich in culture and artists and musicians

epic people would talk with you and you'd get >> chances are if you are in san francisco visiting one of our vibrant neighborhood does, you'll see one of our workers wearing one of our vests. usually, the corridors are the busiest travels areas of the cities, so we want to keep san francisco a world-class destination for everyone. >> my duty is to go around, making sure that i'm getting

everything up off the ground. i pick up everything from cigarette butts, sweeping gum. >> we find needles on the floor, drug paraphernalia, trash, sometime feces. it gets pretty dirty out here. >> my job is pretty much -- it's unpredictable. >> i'm a san francisco native. i grew up in the bayview. you know, i'm just appreciative of just helping my neighborhood. even places i don't live it, sometimes i'm out there, helping, too. >> i'm a san francisco native, so it is really important for me to keep the city clean and try to make a difference. >> it makes me feel a part of the city more because i'm a native here, i was born and raised here. so i know what san francisco should be and should look like. >> as much as possible, i try to keep the neighborhood a

place for everybody, not just the people that live here because everybody contributes to making the neighborhood. >> i know there's a lot of camaraderie between everybody, and that makes for a good days work. >> how are you? >> good. good. thank you. thank you. >> there's still good people in the world. >> oh, always. there's always. >> how you doing? >> good. all right. >> there's a lot of merchants that's very happy with the job that we're doing here. they've noticed that since we've been out here, that the streets have been a lot cleaner. >> he is one of the happiest people i know, just doing his job, that is keeping the trash out of the street and keeping our neighborhood clean. so he's our little hero, super hero.

>> only thing that's going to get in my way is the trash, and i know how to sweep that out of the way. like i said, if people is fine, we have nothing to worry about. life is what you make of it, and that's for real. friday, it's raining. so? i'm out here. i love what i do. >> our corridor program is made up with a combination of employees, and human resources agency who are helping people get back on their feet in the workforce. >> as a homeless person, i'm glad that public works has

given me the opportunity to work, and give me a job and -- so i give it 110%. >> public can really help by picking up their trash and not throwing it in front of me. >> i make sure i even encourage my own kids to -- you know, if you're outside, you see something, go and pick it up. don't leave it there. go put it in the garbage. it doesn't hurt to do that. >> you can't get it all, but you can get most of it. >> help us keep san francisco clean. it's a beautiful city. it seems like it's hard to keep it that way, but it's not if everybody be a team player and work together. ♪ >> about two years ago now i had my first child. and i thought when i come back,

you know, i'm going to get back in the swing of things and i'll find a spot. and it wasn't really that way when i got back to work. that's what really got me to think about the challenges that new mothers face when they come back to work. ♪ >> when it comes to innovative ideas and policies, san francisco is known to pave the way, fighting for social justice or advocating for the environment, our city serves as the example and leader many times over. and this year, it leads the nation again, but for a new reason. being the most supportive city of nursing mothers in the work place. >> i was inspired to work on legislation to help moms return to work, one of my legislative aids had a baby while working in the office and when she returned we had luckily just converted a bathroom at city hall into a

lactation room. she was pumping a couple times a day and had it not been for the room around the hallway, i don't know if she could have continued to provide breast milk for her baby. not all returning mothers have the same access, even though there's existing state laws on the issues. >> these moms usually work in low paying jobs and returning to work sooner and they don't feel well-supported at work. >> we started out by having legislation to mandate that all city offices and departments have accommodations for mothers to return to work and lactate. but this year we passed legislation for private companies to have lactation policies for all new moms returning to work. >> with the newcome -- accommodations, moms should have those to return back to work.

>> what are legislation? >> we wanted to make it applicable to all, we created a set of standards that can be achievable by everyone. >> do you have a few minutes today to give us a quick tour. >> i would love to. let's go. >> this is such an inviting space. what makes this a lactation room? >> as legislation requires it has the minimum standards, a seat, a surface to place your breast on, a clean space that doesn't have toxic chemicals or storage or anything like that. and we have electricity, we have plenty of outlets for pumps, for fridge. the things that make it a little extra, the fridge is in the room. and the sink is in the room. our legislation does require a fridge and sink nearby but it's all right in here. you can wash your pump and put

your milk away and you don't have to put it in a fridge that you share with co-workers. >> the new standards will be applied to all businesses and places of employment in san francisco. but are they achievable for the smaller employers in the city? >> i think small businesses rightfully have some concerns about providing lactation accommodations for employees, however we left a lot of leeway in the legislation to account for small businesses that may have small footprints. for example, we don't mandate that you have a lactation room, but rather lactation space. in city hall we have a lactation pod here open to the public. ♪ ♪ >> so the more we can change, especially in government offices, the more we can support women. >> i think for the work place to

really offer support and encouragement for pumping and breast feeding mothers is necessary. >> what is most important about the legislation is that number one, we require that an employer have a lactation policy in place and then have a conversation with a new hire as well as an employee who requests parental leave. otherwise a lot of times moms don't feel comfortable asking their boss for lactation accommodations. really it's hard to go back to the office after you have become a mom, you're leaving your heart outside of your body. when you can provide your child food from your body and know you're connecting with them in that way, i know it means a lot to a mommy motionlely and physically to be able to do that. and businesses and employers can just provide a space. if they don't have a room, they can provide a small space that is private and free from intrusion to help moms pump and

that will attract moms to working in san francisco. >> if you want more information visit sfdph.org/breastfeedingatwork. ♪ ♪ >> [inaudible] i'm a illustrator by day and a [inaudible] composition

teacher. right now i'm practice by transscribing [inaudible] that is what i have been doing the past couple years, teaching myself. california college of the arts, illustration there has really great teachers. robert hunt, vance story taught me a lot. what i'm working on is a portfolio [inaudible] riding a donkey unicorn in the process. >> my name is dawn richardson and musician, drummer and drum teacher. i guess i would say i started my professional path quh i started playing in bands and teaching drum lesson when i was in college. they were definitely not that many women that would do what is doing. in 198 8 i graduated

from cal state los ang and studied mostly classical percussion and music education but at the same time i was in hollywood so played at night in rock bands so was doing two different things. >> the reason i'm [inaudible] the people. there is a extremely vibrant art community especially arounds the red poppy art house [inaudible] as a artist in the past 2 or 3 years there is a event called the [inaudible] every 3 months a free art music festival that i usually play at and just met so many people. >> i was teaching a little bit and doing odd jobs like waitressing and going at night and playing in bands and meeting a lot of people. i chss in ban that had cool break jz get

parts on tv shows or things like that. a friend of mine, we had mutual friends that got signed to a record deal in san francisco called 4 nonblaunds and i addition frd the bands and moved to the bay area. i think things are different now than 30 years ago, the world evolved a lot. it could be a challenge but have to know how to negotiate everything and sometimeatize is [inaudible] it was great to get to a point where i was just treated like another one of the people, a musician not a female musician and that is always what [inaudible] >> you don't hear stuff on the radio [inaudible] i need to write music [inaudible] be more conscious in their

decisions and somehow make that poetic so they will be convinced. i think i will do that. [singing in backgrounds] drawing and writing music since i was a really little kid and fortunate enough to have a good education in art and parentss who supported me. i hope my life will continue to allow me to do both. >> for me now having all male, female girls, boys students it shows the world has changed a lot and people areope toon open to a lot more than they were in the past. you can get a deep satisfaction from responding a lot of year practicing in one thing and becoming really good at something. sometimes i think that it is better to get lost. you have to practice and become good at what you do, so if you

have everything together then go out in the world and do what you do and then i think people weal accept that. >> self-planning works to preserve and enhance the city what kind hispanic the environment in a variety of ways overhead plans to fwied other departments to open space and land use an urban design and a variety of other matters related to the physical urban environment planning projects include implementing code change

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feedback and participation that is important to us not everyone takes this so be proud of taking ann >> welcome. my name is caroline, i am the director of community real estate at mission economic development agency. happy new year, welcome to 25 sanchez who have not been here before. i returned to the -- as we turn the calendar to 2019, it is a perfect time to reflect on new beginnings, and that is definitely the case. looking around at this refurbished property, i'm delighted to see a prime example of collective impact. it was four and a half years ago when taking on the city's call for nonprofits to take on the rental assistance demonstration, rad for short, it seems like a daunting process for us. after all, this was a brand-new process for us. that is why the support of many

partners was enlisted. it meant city officials, funders , community members, and the residents of 25 sanchez itself, and to you, i now offer thanks for the key role you all played in making today a reality please give yourselves a round of applause. [applause] >> it should be noted that when taking a difficult project and putting all the pieces together, such as 25 sanchez, it takes a trusted partner, and/or codeveloper co. developer, bridge housing, has been that trusted partner. thank you bridge. we could not have undertaken this work without such an experienced player in the fields [applause] >> it is interesting to note that the last two mayors of san francisco grew up in public housing. the late mayor ed lee championed the rehabbing of public housing

and his beloved san francisco, having grown up in seattle public housing, and our new mayor, mayor london breed, is furthering that dynamic vision. we are honored she is with us today to cut the ribbon. [applause] >> what was our vision for the r.a.d. properties, it was to create functional, quality homes for senior and disabled residents, welcoming community spaces, and community ownership of those spaces. redefining public housing was our goal, and i'm proud to say that that goal has been met. twenty-five sanchez is just one of five r.a.d. properties we have now successfully rehabbed. all part of the mission castro clustered that totals 349 homes pervert -- preserved for seniors and disabled san franciscans. we sincerely think their residence -- we thank the residents for letting us become part of their lives. your input was vital, and engagement was high, as

evidenced by how interactive this building was during our teatime community meeting when we translated in our multiple different languages and in our many one-on-one conversations. additionally, throughout construction, we learned lessons based on your feedback. during the last three construction phases, you shared with us how we could consolidate our construction and then you worked together to prepare yourself for the changes as neighbors and as roommates. thank you for all that you have done. thank you also for your community input on these beautiful murals, on the plans and the plants in the garden, choosing paint colors, and basically making this warm your home, which it already has been. thank you so much for making yourselves part of this.

you epitomize what it means to be a community. you entrusted us as stewards of your longtime home, and that was a true gift. today we rededicate this building which represents the beginning of a bright future for this community. thank you. [applause] >> i would like to introduce cynthia parker, president and c.e.o. of bridge housing. [applause] >> thank you caroline. we were talking earlier about when we first met, i guess it was almost five years ago, to talk about our partnership and how we might approach the potential of becoming partners and rehabilitating some of the public housing under the r.a.d. program. i'm very pleased to say that it has been a great success, and i thank you for your partnership, and i thank the city also for their incredible dedication to making this happen. this kind of public housing facility, which was originally built in 1972 really, due to a

lack -- lots of factors had fallen behind, and really needed to have someone from the city and the housing authority champion it and say we are going to make a difference, we are going to put money into these projects, we are going to seek out federal funds, we will do what we need to do in order to make this place the kind of home that people believe in, and that will help them succeed in life, and unfortunately, i love that dog. [laughter] >> i wish i had mine here. the kind of home that people have is the type of place that they need to be able to age in place in. this building had fallen behind, and now i think it is significantly better. i think with our partners, and our partners at bank of america who helped finance, we were all able to make incredible

improvements to people's lives and improvements in this community room, and i think that with that, everyone can call this a place that they are proud of, and one they can call home. with that, i just said i would make a few comments on the kind of dedication it takes for this type of rehab of a public housing facility. the city of san francisco is just an incredible safety, and it is supportive housing. i wanted to make a comment about that because we do have a mayor in london breed who is a champion. as with ed to lead, but certainly she is taking that mantle further, and also knows from personal experience how important a home is for someone. with that, i wanted to thank the office of housing, bank of america, our partner, and mayor breed, you really have made a difference in people his' lives, and i know you will continue to

do so as mayor. i would like to introduce mayor london breed today. [applause] >> thank you and good morning. is that morning still? good morning everyone. i am so excited to be here today every time we do a dedication or rededication ceremony in one of our public housing developments where we are rehabbing them all over the city, 3900 units, i get really excited, but i also think about mayor lee because when i first started on the board of supervisors, and he and i sat down and talked about what my priorities would be as a member of the board of supervisors, i made it clear that my top three priorities was public housing. because i lived in public housing, as was stated to, for more than 20 years of my life. we never had a shower, we had a lot of challenges with our

bathroom and mould, we had a lot of issues with the plumbing in general, we had roaches, we had stuff that really, when you have to live like that for so long in your life, you never forget it. it becomes a part of who you are , so when you are in a position where you can change that for someone else who sadly is still living in a really terrible conditions, there is nothing you wouldn't do to fight for the people that you know deserve better, and i am so proud and honored to now be a mayor who is continuing that fight for so many of our residents throughout san francisco who need us to be champions, who need us to focus on changing the lives of people who we know need for us to invest and improve the conditions of many of our public housing developments in our city so that people don't feel as though they are not part of san francisco, because as i said,

growing up, i did not always feel like i belonged in san francisco, or didn't feel like i was part of the city, and i want residents of the city, no matter where you live, to feel like yes , you are part of san francisco, and today's investment is just one step in making sure that the seniors and the folks with disabilities who live in this community can live in place indignity, and know that we are here to support you with the many great services and things that we will continue to do. this community here will not be forgotten. i want to thank so many amazing people who made that possible. starting with bridge and their partner. they really worked with the community and the people who live here to really ensure the residence that we are not trying to displace you, we are trying to work with you to make this community a better one, and i

think, again back to my childhood, and when the property that i lived at just over the hill, 300 units of public housing. we were told they were going to be completely torn down and rebuilt, and only 200 units were being rebuilt, and that clearly meant that some people weren't coming back. it was important to us to make sure that we worked with a partner that would work with the residents to ensure people that the whole point of this is to make sure that you have a place to live and that this place is taken care of and i know this community had a lot of inputs in the rehabilitation process, including developing this amazing community room, which is absolutely incredible, and also double pane windows, which i actually don't have myself. so i am just so happy about the little things that will make a huge difference in the quality of life for the residents here and i want to thank bank