>> good morning everyone. the meeting will come to order. this is october 2nd, 2019, regular meeting of the budget and finance committee. i'm sandra lee fewer joined by supervisors catherine stefani and rafael mandelman. our clerk is linda wong. i want to thank sfgov tv. do you have announcements. >> pleaitems will appear on

october 8th board of supervisor agenda. >> thank you, item number one? >> resolution of amended for the java house restaurant and increasing the monthly base rent to 4,000 and no change to the initial term through august 31st, 2023. >> i believe we have mark to present today. >> madam chair, chair members and board members, i'm the assistant deputy director of real estate and development for the port of san francisco. the item before you today regards java house restaurant, a small restaurant at pier 40 1/2 located next to south beach harbor. the java house restaurant is a

long standing port restaurant which has been operated by the family for over 33 years. in 2006, by their daughter. the java house currently operates under a 15 year lease with the port that expires august 31st, 2023. the original lease covers approximately 14,090 square feet. the original lease provides for the port to receive the greater of guaranteed monthly based rent or percentage rent. the current base rent is $3,314. the percentage rent is set at 7.5% of gross sales for food and beverage. for the period ending 12 months, the 12 month period ending may

2019, the java house reported average monthly gross sales over $17,000, which did not result in percentage rent being paid to the board. percentage rate has not been paid to the board for quite some time under the lease. also, pursuant to the current lease, java house was required to make capital improvements of at least $346,000 to the facility. due to personal, family issues and difficulty in raising financing, the java house has not been able to complete the capital improvements currently under the lease. these are the signs of a struggling operation which is having a hard time making ends meet basically. in the latest phase of ongoing dialogue with the port regarding coming into compliance for capital improvements and overall

desire to improve the operational performance of the restaurant, the tenant has approached the board with a proposal to restructure ownership and bring in a new investor. under this proposal, the entity would complete the previously required capital improvements and construct an addition to allow outdoor seating and alcohol sales and to make amendments to the lease which improve the financial metrics to the port and provide the tenant with an initial lease term. to that end, the owners of the java house have engaged in negotiations to sell the original lease to a new entity which the current owners retain 15% ownership stake. the new entity would be called frankie's java house, llc with the owner being a well known business man associated with the insurance industry. the frankie's proposal seeks to

resolve the current issues related to the completion of capital improvements and reposition the restaurant into a viable business enterprise. the proposed amendment would require them to make a capital investment of no less than $737,000 into the facility and includes the previously not completed improvements of $346,000. he is willing to condition the extension of the lease on the successful completion of the capital improvements first and to provide a personal guarantee for the cost of all the construction. upon 100% of construction and completion of capital improvements, which must be completed in one year of commercement date of the amended lease, frankies has the right to extend the lease term for 10

years. the direct benefits to the port are the base rent increased to $4,000. the increase capital investment from the original $346,000 into the facility to $737,000 into the facility that also includes an expansion which doubles the seating capacity of the restaurant. so now that 737,000 is put toward an improvement that actually grows the business, creates more sales and hence brings more back to the port. the port will receive a 12% of the proceedings of the sale, which is approximately $63,000. the 12% was negotiated up from 10% originally in the lease.

that was negotiated up from 10 to 12. and finally the port will receive $51,000 as a penalty from the original tenent for not completing the tenant improvements in a timely manner on time. the port is 100% in accord with the budget analyst report and supportive of it. if there's nothing else, i have -- i'll be here for questions and i have a representative from the tenant to answer questions also. >> thank you very much. colleagues, any questions or comments, if not, let's hear from the ble please. >> good morning chair fewer and members of the committee. this resolution approved amended and restated lease between the board and a new buyer frankie's java house, llc for the java house location on pier 40 as the representative from the port

stated, this would set rent at $4,000 a month in the first year increasing subsequent years and provide 7.5% rent on gross sales. the new buyer would be required to put in about $737,000 in tenant improvements. if they put them in within the first year, they do have the option to extend the lease by an additional 10 years from 2023 to 2033. we summarized the rent component on table 2 page 4 of the report, it would be about $1.4 million to the port over the 10 years. we want to call out, this is a sold force lease. there was not a competitive process to select the tenant. there is a port retail policying that allows for sole source if it's a tenant in good standing and financially reasonable to do so. we summarize that on page 5 of

the report. the current tenant couldn't be considered a good tenant in standing, but the assumption if they make the improvements and get the additional 10 years, it will be a benefit to the port, because it's consistent with the port's retail policy, we recommend it. >> let's open this up for public comment? seeing none, closed. i have one question. just for clarification, so it looks as though there are 12 years left on the current lease. this started in 2007, is that correct? >> yeah, it expires in 2023. >> so, they would do improvements and if they do it within a year, they have the option to actually extend it for another 10 years.

>> correct. >> would that extend it not to 2023 -- >> but to 2033. >> at that time when they renegotiate -- have the option to extend it for another 10 years, a re-renegotiating then, another rental fee? >> you mean after the 2033? >> so if in a year, they decide to -- we offer them the 10 year extension and then -- are we then negotiating at another rate for the additional -- >> what happens when they exercise the -- if and when they exercise the option, the base rent would rachet up to basically 85% of the percentage rent experience for the past three years. so there's a racheting up and that also happens in year --

well, year five of the option. so half way through the option, there's a market -- it's a market to market adjustment. so the lease constantly goes up with the market. >> i think you mentioned, i could be wrong, 15% of ownership will be with the original owners or leasees, is that correct in. >> yes. >> if they extend it for 10 more years after the 2023 date, would 15% of the ownership still be -- would we still see the 15% of ownership is with the existing tenant now? >> that's probably no guarantee, if the person may sell out at some point. it's a partnership ownership. so it's hard to predict what would happen. >> there's no requirement. >> correct. >> this has been in the family hands for so long. this is the kind of thing that we actually -- this hand-off, of a struggling business, that

is an institution in san francisco. i think it has been recognized as very much beloved institution along our waterfront and the family has invested so much into the building of this, the name and also i think some of the great affection that san francisco has for the java house, right? so my question is just about the 15% ownership because it would be really nice if they could continue to be part still of what they originally developed. we are losing so many of these institutions in our neighborhoods and it would be nice to see that the original owners would still have 15% ownership. that's the only reason i ask. >> and i think they -- they have experienced personal family difficulties, you know, the spirit has gone away a little bit but they still want to hold on and be a part of it. >> kind of nice.

thank you very much. no more public comment. no questions or comments from colleagues, i would like to move it with a positive recommendation to the board and we can take that without objection. thank you colleagues. madam clerk. >> resolution approving bond or loan for california municipal authority not to exceed 65 million to refinance outstanding debt and refinance the acquisition construction and improvement located within the city owned and managed by healthright 360. >> and we have michelle from the office of public finance. >> thank you very much. good morning. from the controller's office of public finance. thank you for considering the item today. and in attendance, representing the healthright 360. he can speak in more detail about the project if there's specific questions about that.

just as a reminder for you and the public, the tax and financial act allows the tax exemption on interest of certain types of debts. in this case, proposed financing through the california municipal authority through which san francisco is a participating member. notes and bonds and certificate of depreciation. this resolution is before you because federal tax law requires that the governor body in which the project is locating approve the finances after providing opportunity for a public hearing before bonds can be issued on tax exempt basis. the city and county of san francisco is not obligated for payment on the bonds. hearing notice was published on september 6th. the public hearing held at the office of public finance on

september 16th and no comments from members of the public were heard or received. i'll give you background on the borrower. healthright 360 arose out of a merger between two clinics. they started in the 60s to serve adolescences and young adults and opened in 1967 as the first free medical clinic in the country. they were an innovator to giving healthcare services to those who could least afford it under the guiding principle that healthcare is a right and not a privilege. it was to help homeless and runaway adolescences. today it treats people with mental health and substance abuse problems at various centers throughout california,

including prison treatment programs and providing drug and alcohol treatment and mental health services for people transitioning back into their communities. like the free clinics, they have served people who are underserved, homeless and those with h.i.v. and aids. they merged in 2012 and have subsequently added additional clinics and programs that serve san francisco to its portfolio, including asian american recovery services, lion martin health services and women's community clinic. so the project, proceeds from the sale of the bonds will be loaned for the following purposes, to refinance all or portions of outstanding debt obligations financed and refinanced, furnishing of clinics and treatment facilities at hayes street, buena vista

west, haight street, coleridge all within the city of san francisco managed and owned by healthright 360, a california public non benefit corporation with residential treatment services in the city and equipping and maintaining such facilities may capitalize interest on the bonds and pay certain expenses incurred with the issuance of the bonds. they would issue the bonds to not exceed $69 million. bond council on the transaction, the bonds do not con constitute a debt of the city. if there are questions, i'll be happy to answer and the borrower is here as well. >> that was very thorough.

thank you. there is no b l.a. required on this. opening up for public comment. any public comment on item number two? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, any questions or comments? seeing none, i would like to move it to the board with a positive recommendation. thank you good to see you. thank you madam clerk. call item number three. >> resolution retroactively approving the contract for electric monitoring program for term of three years from august 1st, 2019, through 2022 with two one year options to approve. >> we have the sheriff's department here. >> good morning supervisors. i'm here requesting retroactive approval of a contract we have

with sentinel. we were here in july and this body approved the program scope and legislation today approves the contract as a whole, not simply the scope. otherwise it is unchanged. but still i'll give program history. electric monitoring program to provide alternatives to incarceration. fee structure was originally based on ability to pay. in february of 2018, the sheriff waived fees for sentenced participants and in february 2018 an apellet court ruling required courts to consider ability to pay and non monetary alternatives when setting bail or release conditions. this resulted in a significant increase in the number of people who came on to and into electric

monitoring as ordered by the courts. monthly participation increased from about 100 before the ruling to roughly about 400 per month now. and as i said, we were here in july, this body approved the program scope for the contract to begin august 1st and we're here today simply to approve the contract as a whole, which we should have done back then. i have two other slides that -- before you that show the growth and monthly participation that resulted from the appellate court ruling. fees went up, we struggled with this for the budget last year but have budgeted for it in the current year. the mayor's office, mayor's budget office was generous in their funding of this, thank you. and finally this last slide before you, just shows the increase in releases on

alternatives. back in september, late september 2016 we had total justice involved population of about 2150 of which 1350 were in jail and about 800 were out on some sort of alternative. in september 2019, the total number of justice involved people is up to over 2700, the jail population has gone down by about 75, but the individuals out of custody on pretrial release or sentenced to alternatives has gone up. that means that our -- the percentage of people on alternatives has increased from 37 to 53% which is higher than you'll find in other counties in the bay area. >> thank you. yes? supervisor stefani. >> thank you chair fewer and thank you for the presentation.

can you talk about the success rates of electric monitoring? have you noticed anything -- obviously we know why the number of people on electric monitoring have gone up, but i'm just wondering if there's been problems and if you could briefly touch on the success rates? >> well, there's been quite a bit of -- there have been news reports about some of issues that have come up, but overall, for people who are put on some form of pre-trial release, over 90% show up to court. i think overall the program has been successful. continues to be successful. >> and what happens -- i know it says something about the sheriff's department staff will respond and enforce compliance of the program's rules. if -- in that 10% situation,

what happens then? >> then we have a warrant services group and the warrant services group responds as needed. >> okay. >> to people who are not responding in the way they should. >> thank you. >> any other comments or questions. bla please? >> yes, the proposed resolution retroactively approves the program as stated -- excuse me. as was stated, the board did previously approve the terms and conditions of the program but not the contract itself. it is below the charter threshold for board approval but the california penal code does require approval. it would be for three years with a maximum amount of 3.4 million.

there are two, one year extensions subject to board approval if they exceed the $3.4 million maximum. we recommend approval. >> i'm sorry. thank you very much. supervisor mandelman. >> thank you chair fewer. this is a little outside the scope of the contract, but i'm curious if the sheriff's department has thoughts on what accounts for this pretty significant increase in the estimated job population without alternatives to incarceration. you don't have to answer that. it's not related to the contract. >> i think actually if i were the one answering -- asking the question, it would be why is the justice involved population going up so much. i think the fact that alternatives to incarceration have gone up speaks to the city's commitment to alternatives to incarceration. but the increase in the total justice involved population?

i'd speak to any number of issues but i would be -- my expertise is finance. i'm not sure i would want to venture into that area. >> i didn't totally expect you to answer that. but it is a marked increase. thank you. >> certainly. >> i think that there are many questions that i have about this and just about the program in general and why are there some people who can be released without it and why courts are requiring it and what is behind that and have we done analysis or advocacy for those who don't need to be electronically monitored who are employed, have families, stable. i think it's a larger question and the question that supervisor

mandelman had, i don't think you have the answers to that today. but it think it calls for a larger and deeper discussion about the demographics of the people released and the ones not released and for what offenses and the outcomes, too. anyway, today i know you are in charge of finance, open up for public comment. any members of the public like to comment on item 3? seeing none, it is closed. i will move to the board with a positive recommendation and take without objection. thank you. good to see you again. madam clerk, item 4. >> resolution authorizing the execution and acceptance of the first amendment to a lease buy between lexington lion of san francisco and the city for the real property at 350 rhode island street north facilitating the provision of rent credit to

the city in consideration of waiver of real estate afforded to the city under the lease. >> thank you very much. i'm going to make a motion to continue the item but before i do that, i would like to open for public comment. any members of the public want to comment on item 4? seeing none, it is closed. i would like to make a motion to move -- this item to the next meeting next week. thank you madam clerk. thank you. madam clerk, call item 5. >> resolution approving easement agreement between pacific gas & electric company for the exchange of easement areas at airports west of bay shore for the replacement of a natural gas pipeline. >> so we have deanna with us today. i'm sorry, my notes say kathy

wagner. please. >> the airport is requesting approval of the quick claim agreement with pg&e over the airports west of bayshore property. the original easement was conveyed in 1953, it includes a natural gas line, in accordance with u.s. department of transportation departments concerning pipeline integrity. it's necessary to bring the facility into compliance with the federal mandate. a 3700 foot section of gas pipeline will be replaced installing alignment. i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you. there's no bla required on this. open for public comment. any members of the public want to comment? seeing none, it's closed.

i would like to make a motion to move to the board with a positive recommendation. thank you madam clerk. item 6. >> item 6, resolution approving a 2011 lease agreement between the city and el al israel airlines limited, effective the following day of the first month and expire june 30, 2021. exclusive use space and joint use space and rent and landing fees. >> thank you very much. >> the airport is requesting your approval of a new lease with el al israel airlines as a significanttory to the 2011 lease agreement for approximately 1 year nine months. through june 30, 2021. this agreement is the mechanism that allows airlines to provide flight operations and rent terminal space at the airport and has a common set of lease

provisions such as rent and fees and terminal space and provides legal framework to make an annual service payment to the city. the airport projects 1.1 million in exclusive space rent over the term of the lease and 889,000 in joint use rent which is determined annually by formula. i'm happy to answer questions. >> thank you very much. can we get a report please? >> yes, the proposed resolution approves adding el al israel airlines to the agreement at the airport, this is the agreement that all airlines sign on to that are operating at the airport, they started operating under permit of may this year. this lease agreement sets the terms for rent and for landing fees and as you see in table 2, page 15 of the report, rent over the remaining term of the lease

agreement through 2021 is $1.1 million in addition to allow paying landing fees to the airport. there will be the total lease agreement for all airlines does expire in 2021 and a new document coming forward to the board. >> any members of the public? seeing none, it is closed. any questions or comments supervisors? >> only to say if my grandma were alive, she would be excited about this item and i want to move forward. >> we can take that without objection. thank you very much. madam clerk any other items? >> no other items. >> this meeting is adjourned. >> thank you. ♪

>> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's elected assessor. in our seven mile by seven mile city, we have over 210,000 properties and close to 90% of

their are residential like the homes you and i live in, so you might ask, how can we possibly value all these properties? well, to better understand our work, we need to explain the state's proposition 13 law. in 1978, california voters passed proposition 13. under prop 13, we value your property at market value when you first buy it. every year after, that value goes up by the c.p.i. or the california consumer price index. but if the c.p.i. is more than 2%, prop 13 caps the increase at 2%. we'll walk-through the maximum increases prop 13 would allow. let's take a home with initial value of $400,000. in the second year your assessed value grows by a maximum of 2%, growing from $400,000 to $408,000. in year three, that $408,000 is increased by 2% to roughly

$416,000. every year, the value grows by the maximum rate of 2%, and that is called your prop 13 value. keep in mind as time goes by your prop 13 value may not be the same as market rate. what do we mean by that? let's say over the last ten years, home prices in san francisco have gone every roughly 10% every year. despite that, your prop 13 value is capped at 2% growth creating a difference between your market value and prop 13 value. know that the value recessed when there's a change in ownership. a change in ownership means that the property has a new zoner. maybe through a -- new owner. maybe through a sale, a gift or adding or dropping names through title. at that time the home will be assessed a new market rate. that value becomes a new starting point for the property. just like before, the growth continues to be limited at 2%

until the next transfer happens. remember, the new owners are responsible for paying taxes at the new level from the first day that they own it. value might also be added when construction happens on your property. that would be another instance when growth in your value might exceed 2%. here, we would add the value of construction on top of your existing prop 13 value. every july, we'll let you know what your assessed value is by sending you a letter called a notice of assessed value. you can use that information to estimate your property taxes early. please note that a separate office called the treasurer tax collector's office will send you a letter in october and they're responsible 230r collections. for more information, visit our website, >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses, and challenges residents to do their shopping within the 49 square

miles of san francisco. by supporting local services in our neighborhood, we help san francisco remain unique, successful, and vibrant. so where will you shop and dine in the 49? >> i am the owner of this restaurant. we have been here in north beach over 100 years. [speaking foreign language] [♪] [speaking foreign language] [♪]

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apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers

who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors,

lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how they're made. >> my name is jefferson mccarly, and i'm the general manager of the mission bicycle company. we sell bikes made here for people that ride here. essentially, we sell city bikes made for riding in urban environments. our core business really is to build bikes specifically for each individual. we care a lot about craftsmanship, we care a lot about quality, we care about good design, and people like that. when people come in, we spend a lot of time going to the design wall, and we can talk about handle bars, we can see the

riding position, and we take notes all over the wall. it's a pretty fun shopping experience. paragraph. >> for me as a designer, i love the control. i can see what's going on, talk to my cutter, my pattern maker, looking at the designs. going through the suing room, i'm looking at it, everyone on the team is kind of getting involved, is this what that drape look? is this what she's expecting, maybe if we've made a customization to a dress, which we can do because we're making everything here locally. over the last few years, we've been more technical. it's a great place to be, but you know, you have to concentrate and focus on where things are going and what the right

decisions are as a small business owner. >> sometimes it's appropriate to bring in an expert to offer suggestions and guidance in coaching and counseling, and other times, we just need to talk to each other. we need to talk to other manufacturers that are facing similar problems, other people that are in the trenches, just like us, so that i can share with them a solution that we came up with to manage our inventory, and they can share with me an idea that they had about how to overcome another problem. >> moving forward, where we see ourselves down the road, maybe five and ten years, is really looking at a business from a little bit more of a ready to wear perspective and making things that are really thoughtful and mindful, mindful of the end user, how they're going to use it, whether it's the end piece or a he hwedding gown, are they going to use it

again, and incorporating that into the end collection, and so that's the direction i hear at this point. >> the reason we are so enamored with the work we do is we really do see it as a platform for changing and making the city something that it has always been and making sure that we're sharing the opportunities that we've been blessed with economically and socially as possible, broadening that >> the goal is simple. it's to raise women's voices. >> learn a little bit about what you should be thinking

about in the future. >> we had own over 300 -- over 300 people who signed up for the one-on-one counseling today. >> i think in the world of leading, people sometimes discount the ability to lead quietly and effectively. the assessor's office is a big one. there are 58 counties in the state of california and every single county has one elected assessor in the county. our job is to look at property taxes and make sure that we are fairly taxing every single property in san francisco.

one of the big things that we do is as a result of our work, we bring in a lot of revenue, about 2.6 billion worth of revenue to the city. often, people will say, what do you do with that money, and i like to share what we do with property taxes. for every dollar we collect in property taxes, about 68 cents of it goes to support public sstss, our police officers, our fire departments, our streets, our cleaning that happens in the city. but i think what most people don't know is 34 cents of the dollar goes to public education. so it goes to the state of california and in turn gets allocated back to our local school districts. so this is an incredibly important part of what we do in this office. it's an interesting place to be, i have to say. my colleagues across the state have been wonderful and have been very welcoming and share their knowledge with me.

in my day-to-day life, i don't think about that role, being the only asian american assessor in the state, i just focus on being the best i can be, representing my city very well, representing the county of san francisco well. by being the only asian american assessor, i think you have a job to try to lift up and bring as many people on board, as well. i hope by doing the best that you can as an individual, people will start to see that your assessor is your elected leaders, the people that are making important decisions can look like you, can be like you, can be from your background. i grew up with a family where most of my relatives, my aunties, my uncles, my parents, were immigrants to the united states. when my parents first came here, they came without any relatives or friends in the united states. they had very little money, and they didn't know how to speak

english very well. they came to a place that was completely foreign, a place where they had absolutely nobody here to help them, and i can't imagine what that must have been like, how brave it was for them to take that step because they were doing this in order to create an opportunity for their family. so my parents had odd jobs, my dad worked in the kitchens, my mom worked as a seamstress sewing. as we grew up, we eventually had a small business. i very much grew up in a family of immigrants, where we helped to translate. we went to the restaurant every weekend helping out, rolling egg rolls, eating egg rolls, and doing whatever we need to do to help the family out. it really was an experience growing up that helped me be the person that i am and viewing public service the way that i do. one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots.

we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long as you go back to your core,

and you remember why you're doing what you're doing, you know, i think you can't go wrong. it's funny, because, you know, i never had thought i would do this. i became a supervisor first for the city under very unusual circumstances, and i can remember one day, i'm shopping with friends and really not having a care in the world about politics or running for office or being in a public position, and the next day, i'm sworn in and serving on the board of supervisors. for many of us who are going through our public service, it's very interesting, i think, what people view as a leader. sometimes people say, well, maybe the person who is most outspoken, the person who yells the loudest or who speaks the loudest is going to be the best leader. and i think how i was raised, i like to listen first, and i like to try to figure outweighs to work with -- out ways to

work with people to get things done. i hope that time goes on, you can see that you can have all sorts of different leaders whether at the top of city government or leading organizations or leading teams, that there are really different kinds of leadership styles that we should really foster because it makes us stronger as organizations. >> take advantage of all the wonderful information that you have here, at the vendor booth, at our seminars and also the one-on-one counseling. >> i wouldn't be where i was if i didn't have very strong people who believed in me. and even at times when i didn't believe in my own abilities or my own skills, i had a lot of people who trusted and believed i either had the passion or skills to accomplish and do what i did. if there was one thing that i can tell young women, girls, who are thinking about and dreaming about the things they want to be, whether it's being a doctor or being in politics, running an organization, being in business, whatever it is, i think it's really to just trust yourself and believe that who you are is enough, that you are enough to make it work and to

make things successful. >> good evening. this is the system for 205th, 2019 meeting of the board of appeals. to my left is the city attorney who will provide the board with any needed legal advice this evening. at the controls is the board's legal process clerk and i am the board's executive director. we will also be joined with representatives from city departments that have cases before the board this evening. we expect scott sanchez, acting deputy zoning administrator also representing thela