>> the clerk's always asked to include that language when we submit our resolutions because the agreement is already, you know, it's an amendment to change an agreement. that's already in place. >> seni would you like us to continue. >> supervisor peskin: i've made a motion to continue this so we can have real and meaningful answers. madame clerk, if you would like to weigh in as to why this is retroactive. i'm sorry this has become so challenging. >> to the president, staff are conferring on the topic, so a continuance is a good idea at this point.

>> there has been a motion meant to continue and seconded. if there is no -- seconded by supervisor safai. no objection then the motion to continue passes. >> supervisor yee: madame clerk, 303. so why don't we go to the clock special order item 1 through 44. >> 41 through 44 comprise the public hearing of persons interested in the decision of public works dated january 4, 2019. approving a tentative map for three-unit condominium project. item 42 is the motion approve the department's decision to approve the map for the project and make the appropriate findings. item 43 is to disapprove the

department's decision subject to written findings in support of the disapproval and item 44 is a motion to direct the preparation of findings. >> thank you, president preside. i'm asking that we continue matters 190039, 190041, 42, to march 5 with the hearing remaining open so we can continue to hear from the parties and the public at that meeting. we've been meeting with the appellant and my office is working directly with her. this is not an old case. the appeal was filed just last month, so allowing for continuance will not prejudice either party. >> supervisor yee: thank you. the department's staff, do they

wish to make comments? i don't see a department rep here. these items will be continued and we'll take public comment. >> mr. president, i believe aaron star is here from planning although this is public works. >> aaron star, manager of legislative affairs for the planning department. no comments to the issue that the appellant brought up are issues that are dealt with the during the entitlement process and our response lays out that process and when she had an opportunity to respond. i'm here for questions if you would like. >> supervisor yee: thank you. with that understanding, these items will be continued. we'll take public comments on the continuance. are there members of the public that wish to speak on this -- madame clerk, question?

developers of this project. so, yes, aaron is correct, this is just a mapping of a three-unit condo project that was previously a one-story warehouse that we've been -- we're almost finished with construction and we're simply now going through the city for the approval process on the condominium so they can go for sale in a few months. so this is a standard procedure. >> supervisor yee: thank you. any other public comments?

seeing no other speakers, public comment is now closed. so, colleagues, there is a motion on the floor to keep the hearing open and continue these items to tuesday, march 5, 2019. can i have supervisor stefani, did you have a comment? it's been seconded by supervisor peskin. i need a roll call. can we have the same house, same call? seeing no objection, then the motion passes. madame clerk, we have special order items 45 and 46. >> clerk: yes. item 45 was scheduled pursuant to a resolution adopted on december 11, 2018 where the board of supervisors will convene a committee of the whole, a public hearing today to consider the resolution

contained in item 46, the establishment of a property-based assessment district to be known as the soma west community benefit district and to order the levy and collection of assessments against properties located in that district commencing with the fiscal year 2019-20 and specified conditions and to make the appropriate findings. >> supervisor yee: okay. we're now sitting as committee-of-the-whole. the purpose of this is to hearing on the proposed levy, improvement district named the soma west community benefit district. pursuant to the intention adopted december 11, 2018. as described in the management district plan, the proposed district is an estimated 2738 identified parcels, located on approximately 100 whole or

partial blocks. details of the covered area are in the file. at the conclusion of the public hearing, the department of elections will tabulate the ballots and report to the board of supervisors. members of the public may view the public tabulation by the department of elections on the basement level of city hall in room 59. the board of supervisors will either levy the assessors, nor approve the establishment of the district if there is a majority protest. we will proceed as follows. first, the office of economic and workforce development will be allowed to present and provide information. then we will hear from all speakers in support of this district, two minutes each. then we'll hear from all spokers in opposition -- speaker in opposition to district. during the hearing, a property owner wishing to change their

vote or who has not yet voted, may speak with the department of elections staff at the table just outside of the board chamber. they will provide you with the affidavit and ballot. after the hearing closes, the ballots will be counted. supervisor haney, will you -- would you like this share remarks right now? >> i can share them after the presentation. >> supervisor yee: okay. would the office of economic workforce development like to share comments? >> sure. chris core kvist, i am part of the team that oversees the community benefit program. i'd like to thank supervisor haney and his staff. i'd like to acknowledge and thank former supervisor kim and

her staff for their support during the early days of the formation process. i'd like to thank the soma west steering committee, including the chair and the drive through the campaign. i'd like to express gratitude for the work of irving place consulting and their work on this. the process could not be accomplished without the support of city departments. i'd like to thank the clerk's office. city attorney's office. the department of elections. and from oewd. any questions for oewd? >> supervisor yee: seeing none, i guess we will continue by having public testimony. okay. would the public in support

of -- in support of this assessment district come on up? >> steve gibson, president urban place consulting. you know for the last two and a half years i was the director of the tenderloin cbd. and that is relative when we look at the programs and services that the soma west cbd has designed into their program. particularly, i want to stress the idea that the guiding principle of most cbds and definitely soma west, we have it designed as all district stakeholders housed and unhoused have the right to live, work in a clean, healthy safe neighborhood.

that is what cbds are about. and we're looking to building it on the tenderloin model where we employ with the downtown streets team. we work with them to get people off the streets and into employment. in the past year, in the tenderloin we've hired five of the downtown street teams to provide. they have full-time job, benefits and were able to get into housing. so it's all about making the neighborhood safer, healthier, and a better place for everybody, not just those who own property or businesses, but all the stakeholders who are in the district and become a vibrant community for all. [bell ringing] thank you for your support and we look forward to working with you as we go forward. we have a number of stakeholders here to express their support also. thank you. >> supervisor yee:

next speaker, please. >> my name is james. i'm the chair of the soma west community benefit district. myself and our volunteer steering committee has been working tirelessly over the past many years to outreach to property owners, businesses, renters, workers, organizations and non-profits, big and small. while we connected with these people, they all live or work in the neighborhood and they have hopes and beliefs for this neighborhood. they believe in the western part of soma, but they all started to express their same frustrations. the same issues, the same problems. we were able to work with them, collaboratively, to put this together. it wasn't one person. it wasn't a single organization. it was everyone coming together to have a vision of a safer, cleaner, more vibrant neighborhood. this has been my most rewarding

experience in my entire life. and it is all of the people that i have spoken with who want something better for our neighborhood. it's so frustrating to actually hear people in this process that if this doesn't pass will probably move out of the neighborhood. and i don't want that. i don't think it's safe. i don't think it's right to have people fear for their lives. i don't think it's right to have people stepping over problems with shit and trash on the streets. this has been a culmination of everyone's efforts and i'm very excited with the opportunity that presents itself today. i support the soma west community benefit district. >> supervisor yee: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i'll be brief. my name is amy leduc. i can the manager of the st.

joseph art society, the nonprofit foundation that just reopened the newly restored church on the corner of howard and 10th. we're here to say we're in support of the soma west community benefit district. we're excited to work with the neighborhood, to work with community organizations and to work with the community in which we live and work to make the neighborhood a better place. so thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i'm ryan jackson. i'm a renter in the area and appointee to the west soma seat for the advisory commission. and i'm really, really happy to be part of this steering committee that is putting together the soma west cbd. one of the reasons i'm so happy to participate is because it marks a milestone for a lot of different groups. for those who frequent our neighborhood, this takes us one step closer to having cleaner and safer streets that we all

deserve. a lot of us spend tireless hours picking up feces, needles, you name it. we could use organized help. this marks two years of outreach. we have worked tirelessly to touch base with our really dense landscape of political leaders and organizations that call soma west home and make sure they have a full understanding of what they're planning and we have their support. for longtime residents, this hearing makes good on years of planning that we've undertaken with the planning department and others. those hearings and meeting date back to chris daily and we're hopeful after asking for the community benefit, that we actually accomplish that today. thank you for being part of our milestone and thank you for your vote. >> hello. my name is liz. i am the owner of a building in

the 700 block of clem tina street. >> pull down the microphone. >> that's better. i own -- my building is called liz land, i'm an artist. my gallery is there. in the 20 years since i bought it, i've seen a change for the better, but it could be so much better than it is. there are times where it feels very unsafe. there are people living there with children, whether they own the building or whether they rent. that's not good for them. there are needles left around. and when the public comes to my gallery, you know, we sometimes have to walk over human or animal waste. it just isn't right. i'm willing to pay the extra money to see cleanliness implemented. and i thank james for getting this off the ground. he's done a great job with it.

i support the cbd. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is teedo. i serve as airbnb global operations. would thank you for the opportunity to speak and the support of the cbd formation. as a member of the steering committee, we have a meaningful way to work with all neighborhood stakeholders, deep rooted non-profits, small business owners and area residents. we believe it will ensure the vitality and cleanliness and safety of the neighborhood for years to come. we're proud to stand with residents and business owners, small and large, and property owners and tenants to form a district that will address the pressing issues of our neighborhood. we ask that they support the formation of the soma west cbd. thank you.

>> thank you, next speaker. >> hi, my name is alex. i'm neighborhood renter and have been participating in the working committee for the last two years. i'd like to emphasize that over the last two years, we've held at least three dozen, if not many more, public meetings, all of our -- we had information sessions. we invited the public to all of our working meetings. we issued multiple surveys that we adjusted the format on in order to increase input from