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>> good morning everyone. the meeting will come to order. this is january 29, 2024 rules committee meeting and supervisor hillary ronan chair of the committee joined by committee member supervisor safai our clerk is victor young and i like to thank james from sfgovtv for broadcasting the

meeting. mr. clerk doia have announcements? >> yes, public comment will be taken on each item. when your item comes up and public comment is called line up to speak. you may submit public comment in writing. e-mail them to myself, the rules committee clerk at victor.young@sfgov.org. if you submit via e-mail it will be forward ed to the surprisers and included as part of the file. may submit written comments in city hall 1 dr. carlton b goodlett place, room 244 san francisco california 94102. please make sure to silence cell phones and electronic devices. documents to be included as part of the file should be submit today the clerk. items acted upon today are expected to appear on the board of supervisors agenda february 13, 2024. >> thank you so much. before we begin the meeting i

like to make a motion to excuse vice chair walton from today's meeting. >> on the motion to excuse vice chair walton, safai, aye. ronan, aye. walton excused. the motion passes without objection. >> wonderful. please call item number 1. >> item 1 is hearing to consider appointing one member term ending january 6, 2026 and two members term ending january 6, 2028 to small business commission. >> wonderful. i'll call the commissioners or the-up one by one based on the seat number so we'll start with miriam zouzounis. if you could tell us why you like to continue in this role,

you have been serving so well in my opinion on the small business commission. >> thank you supervisors. thank you supervisor ronan, supervisor safai for taking the time to hear us today. for me i'm seeking reaopponentment for seat 1 on the small business commission. the last four years since i sought reappointment have been the covid recovery years, and a lot of policies that we started talking about before the closures like parklets actually came into law shortly after a lot of things that i observed during that time show that there was a growing equity grap as much as we tried to focus on those most-vulnerable during that time so i feel like now the opportunity to address some of those structural and code

systematic issues that the small business commission has brought up in the past and recent members who also left the commission, i feel there is still a action item of policy that we are ripe to collaborate with that treasurer tax collector office is working on a lot of fee clean up and things we have been pitching for years and so i feel there is follow-through that i would like to contribute to and the small business commission is still useful to my community with me being seated and so i feel like i would love to continue serving in this capacity. i really thank the supervisors for giving me this opportunity as a board appointee, and yeah, i'm happy to answer any questions, but most importantly, i would like to

prioritize food access and supporting ebt licensed businesses in the next term if i am appointed and also supporting infrastructure for workers of small businesses, whether that's the vendors and contractors and also employees and figuring out how to better work with other commissions and offices and getting those resources a little more centralized. thank you. >> thank you so much. you actually answered all my questions. supervisor safai, do you have any questions? >> not really any questions, more just a statement. i'm happy to see ms. zouzounis wants to serve again. appreciate the work she's done. i think it is important given the make-up of our small business community to have a voice that has a connection to both immigrant owned and businesses that have been in

san francisco for more then a couple generations, i know she works with her family store in soma started by her grandparents so there is history there from her perspeckive and worked with immigrant commission for collaboration with immigrant right commission and small business commission. i think she can speak from the perspective of a small business owner and i think that is really important because of all the difficulties people have in san francisco operating a business and hurdles they face, so to have someone with that perspective and voice i think is really important, so i appreciate you put your name forward again and we look forward work wg you to continue to make san francisco a better place for small businesses mptd >> thank you supervisors and thank you both for all your support from small business and

office initiative over the years. >> absolutely. i just wanted to add to what supervisor safai said. i am so grateful that you are willing to continue to serve, because i think you have been incredibly effective in your role as commissioners of the small business commission. you are fierce advocate for small businesses, but you advocate with grace and skill that you know with, when you combine those two things, fierceness with grace it is just hard to say no to you. [laughter] i can't imagine saying no to you, because are extremely smart and you really really have your ear to the ground about what small businesses need to succeed and we know that your community is suffering right now and has been since the pandemic and it

is just-we are very lucky to have you in this role, so thanks again. >> so honored. thank you for your time. >> absolutely. and next, we are going to consider seat 2 and calling up dimitri thierry cornet a new applicant and look forward getting to know you and your interest in the seat. >> thank you and good morning. my name is dimitri [indiscernible] honored to stand before you as a small business owner who served san francisco vibrant business corridors over a decades. i navigated the challenge of small business ownership with resilience and determination. my journey is one och growth and learning as continuously adapted to the ever-changing landscape of diverse markets. through hard work and dedication i gained invaluable experience in retail, services education and community

engagement. during my journey, as a business owner and stylist i was given the opportunity toa decision for [indiscernible] nob i traveled the world creating and delivering educational content on stage jz salons for both consumer jz stylists. traveling allowed me to [indiscernible] other businesses and how they support each other. my expertise is retail, services, education and community involvement. i want to continue to help small businesses thrive and all dreams of small businesses to materialize. how do we do this? creative strategic inclusive ideas help bridge gaps and continue to grow the landscape of our beautiful city of san francisco. as a member of the lgbtq plus community and a person of color i understand the importance of representation and incluseativity in the business. [indiscernible] embracing difference jz celebrating shared humanity we can create a

more equitable inclusive society for. i thank you for allowing me to share my journey and excited to [indiscernible] represent the small business community moving together. >> wonderful. thank you so much. go mission businesses. can you talk about what might be priorities if you are appointed to this commission? >> priorities for me is how we help businesses to grow and understanding what is missing, what we have, what is working and not working so put our ear to the ground, do groundwork to understand what merchants are lacking and how we can creativity come up with ideas so both sides of the isle come together. >> supervisor safai, any questions? >> yeah. have you-thank you for coming today dimitri, appreciate you putting your name forward. one question i always ask new

[indiscernible] have they actually attended commission meetings that they are looking forward to applying for? >> yes, i have attended a few meetings in the past. >> what is your perception how the flow has been and what motivates you to be on the small business commission? >> the flow is great. i do love the challenging and pressing questions and thinking outside the box and pret ea much the floor is open to whatever questions and concerns that they have. would you repeat the second part of the question? >> why do want to serve on the commission? >> as the opportunity was brought to me in 2017 i was recommended i should done but i was on the education team so it was too many moving pieces. when the pandemic hit i told myself when the opportunity arise i would do it. there was a fire burning in my belly when i saw so many businesses struggling and going under and inequality and just

the need for small businesses and that's my drive and why i'm here today. >> okay, great. i appreciate you putting your name forward. i think it is important as supervisor ronan said to have representation from different parts thof city. what do you think different challenges are facing small businesses? i know you asked what your perspective is and what your goals and objectives are for being on the commission. what do you think biggest challenges facing small business in the city today? >> definitely funding. there are ideas but there isn't enough capital or streamline way to capital. also, making it easier for people to know what they can and cannot do so how to simplify the process more as well as coming up with ideas to createivity blend businesses. you can see how two business

come together. one of my friends in panama has a salon attach would a sushi bar and restaurant as well as a is salon and it operates well together. there are no health issues. the business operation from 8 a.m., lunch time guests can go through the salon and have lunch so the clients can have lunch and cocktails but when the salon shows down it is a show and marketing piece as you walk through and stay at the bar until 2 a.m. having dinner or drinks. just creative ideas how to bring multiple businesses together in the same space. >> okay. great. thank you. >> thank you so much. excited you applied for this position and looking forward to getting to work with you. >> thank you so much. >> absolutely. and last but certainly not least for seat 3 we have the reappointment before us of

william ortiz-cartagena. commissioner ortiz-cartagena is extremely sick today. texted him this morning, but i have no problem speaking on his behalf, because he's probably the small business commission where work the closest will. william ortiz-cartagena is one of a kind. he-his knowledge of all sorts of different small businesses, but mostly integration into communities is unparalleled, especially for the immigrant community, for communities that are looking to change their lives and start over and find a way to survive and make a good

living honesty in this city. commissioner ortiz-cartagena through his organization that he founded called, [indiscernible] has worked hand in hand with my office to create a storefront on mission street called, la [indiscernible] is the name of the storefront where he's providing a permanent space. he will be, he is opening the storefront but operated the current store front for street vendors who are just starting out their small business. don't yet have a store front and can really incubate themselves in the community in order to survive and have a way of making money.

commissioner ortiz-cartagena has a heart of goal, it is huge and constantly looking out for the most vulnerable members of our community and making sure that there is an entrance and entree into survival through entrepreneurship and i cannot appreciate him enough, so i am extremely excited to support his reappointment to the small business commission. any comments supervisor safai before we open up to public comment? >> yeah, i will add on to what you said. one thing i appreciate about commissioner ortiz-cartagena is you can be anywhere in the city in any small business and you will bump into him. he is literally everywhere and interfaces with the ownership of the community, owned businesses, small businesses in every corner of san francisco. i know he has a particular

focus with the founder of being the founder of [indiscernible] working with latino owned businesses, but he is in his scope his interest, he's pervasive, he interfaces with many many different businesses, is supportive and just generally has a very positive attitude, even though he knows there is a lot of bureaucracies and hurdles for small business he keeps a positive perspective and engaged with the legacy business programxer he is engaged with small business loan program, he is engaged with street vendors and worked on that with your office. i know in particular we have done a lot to work with illegal street vending, not just in the mission but over the city. supervisor ronan and i worked on that legislation initially and he is absolutely engaged in every aspect of that. for the new commissioner, part of what i was asking you was,

you operated a business in the city all most a decade. i think that is really important, but it is also important to engage with the commissioners like commissioner zouzounis and commissioner ortiz-cartagena to learn from them and see how you can be supportive of their efforts to make the environment for small businesses stronger and obviously have your own perspective and the things you bring to the table, but you have a really great team to work with and i think both of these commissioners that we are reappointing have been strong leaders and voices, so i really appreciate him and sorry he's sick, but i know he's sick because otherwise he would be here with his hat turned back, chilling, ready to go, telling us three things we need to work on. happy to reappoint him. >> thank you supervisor safai. you reminded me of something so important about commissioner ortiz-cartagena. the positivity is everything.

>> it really is. >> he's not- >> a complainer. >> not only not a complainer, but he's very practical. he realizes all the challenges, but instead of complaining about the challenges, he is always ready to find solutions to problems, and is a can do-favorite description, a can do person. we can fix this. here are ideas. that is by far my favorite quality of any public servant in the city is, a positive attitude, a can do attitude and someone who is willing to roll up their sleeves, come up with good ideas and get to work. that describes commissioner ortiz-cartagena very well, so thanks for reminding me of that. >> especially, he is very present in my community as well in particular and i know he does a lot of work in the mission but a tremendous amount of work in the excelsior.

i tink is good for xhishzers to adopt certain parts of the city as well. we have commissioner zouzounis who does a lot of work with corner grocers in soma and tenderloin, but that ist nowhere she is limited, she is working in all corners and commissioner ortiz-cartagena working in the mission and [indiscernible] i'm excited to reappoint both of these folks. >> great. easy day for once in our lives. i will note for the record that applicant michael hinckley did withdraw his application today. with that, if we can open this item up for public comment. >> members of the public who wish to speak should line up to speak at this time. each speaker will be allowed two minutes. there does not appear to be any public commenters for this matter. >> public comment is now closed.

i would like to make a motion to recommend the reappointment of miriam zouzounis to seat 1. dimitri thierry cornet to seat 2 and william ortiz-cartagena to seat 3. >> on the motion, safai, aye. chair ronan, aye. vice chair walton excused. the motion passes without objection with vice chair walton being excused. >> thank you so much. pass this. congratulations and again, thank you for all the work. excited to work with you all. mr. clerk, do we have any other items on the agenda today? >> that completes the agenda for today. >> the meeting is adjourned. [meeting adjourned] offer.

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hi, i'm chris and you are watching san francisco rising. this is about rebuilding and reimaging the city. we will talk about revitalizing downtown. >> thank you for having me. >> the initiatives in the downtown area and enjoy businesses. perhaps you can tell us about your plan. >> yeah, sure. well, you know, first i'd like to acknowledge we are here

visiting union scare. this is the heart of the city and people come to celebrate life's greatest moments whether it's the holidays or buying your prom dress or getting married. you always think about union square as a place to celebrate. we would like to continue in that celebration especially postpandemic. this is a great place to celebrate life. we want to be creative getting people outdoors. we are still coming out of the pandemic and enjoying what we have to offer think about the beautiful hotel and historic district. we have world class shopping destinations and theater here we are using our strike thattic plan there was a time

when weus people want r want a bit of everything appeared experience. one of the newest initiatives is union square. in you come down you will see blooms cascading from hotel awnings and blooms on historic building fronts. you will see them on bus stops. you can go to many of our restaurants and they have cocktails. they have food and of course, being connected withification we have our bloom gown that's behind me. so, a announcement f ways to celebrate blooms. this is another great time of year for union square we are

kickoff the holiday celebrations. they bring out the animal window. we have ice skating. music is another great way to come and enjoy union scare. we are a recipient of the latest grant. this is bringing it into the public life. we are doing it here. this is in our park. it's really show this is great when it comes to music. >> we have been ignoring the fact for the districts it's a pretty common place across the

country and opportunity to transform our spaces. >> yeah, i agree with you 100%. >> we have 13,000 hotel rooms. what if we had a school or soccer this is something we couldn't do before. our rates prior to the pandemic was under10%. we are higher now. >> we have businesses like cable car a lot of history and innovation here as well. we want to be ready for the opportunities. this is where some office spaces will come. we are seeing office leases in union square. the cable car comes through

it. why not come to work in a vibrant space. >> a lot of the businesses have been remarkably resilient. can you share success stories and talk about how they have been supporting them. >> this aligned with what i just said about historic neighborhoods. they have seen everything from the great depression on. in fact, the earthquake of 1906. we have been around for hundreds of years. celebrating 116th birthday. open to the public in october. they are not gone. they are just down the street a beautiful store where people find great fabrics. contemrare just here on powell

street. a lot of the luxury retailers are expanding neighborhood print. >> we talk about the area with a rich history. what about the spaces and stronger sense of community. >> yeah, you know. i have to say these challenging times brought the community together. we had a unique opportunity here. was an opportunity to look at the district and assess where we might need something. we need a bit more of everything. we broke it down into different categories. we looked at economic development and change offering. people were accessing, you know, nightlife, food, or shopping differently out of the pandemic.

we wanted to look at marketing and what it meant to get the news out about what we were doing in the district. looking at our own organize as well and what we would need to get that out there. also creating a safe space. we are creating a safe and secure area. our locals in particular you can go shopping anywhere in the bay area. any of those places will look like any other place. in san francisco, you are somewhere special. this is a unique place and we needed to get it right. we have done that work and continue to support our district and see different ways to do business here. to be creative and

innovative. we were able to change the planning code to make it more flexible to do business here. we are the c3r. we have three floors of retail maybe today we don't want two levels maybe we just want one level instead of too much retail we need a school or something else. very exciting times and really interesting people and ideas. >> that's great. >> so, i guess, finally, what do you have for san francisco residents and businesses to be apart of this. >> this is the gateway of san francisco. it only drives. right now, we are so many and still love our great city and

what we would like to see. this is san francisco and the residents. look around, have a coffee. listen to music on the weekends. we have so much to offer union square. with that, support these businesses. we have a number of openings, a number of businesses betting on union square. in fact, we have a new hotel. the owner is from back of house, that's the name of the organize. they brought us several other residents and now this wonderful restaurant, i italian restaurant. this is on top of the old

restaurant. it will have a rooftop and one of the largest in san francisco. it's a london based business abdomen and betting on n square. we have a great bar scene popping up and speak easy and pch. hawthorne, school. this is the place to come down and enjoy. come, don't forget union square is the place to be. certainly in the years to come. a very difficult time of course for any major city. we are dealing with the same thing. explore and support our businesses here. we'll continue to thrive. come on down, you will be wildly, also surprised at how beautiful it is since we are still blooming. >> thank you, that's great. it's great to hear your optimistic outlook on restoring this part of time. >> thank you for having me and taking a little time to

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>> i think a lot of times we get in adult lives we are afraid to follow our passions and think life can't be that easy. but i truly do believe i followed my heart this time in my journal in city government i did not know that is where my passion lied. i kept following it and ltd. to great opportunity to serve the city. [music] >> i'm katy tang the executive director of the office of small business. >> small business contributes to san francisco's economy. they provide the bulk of employment in the city and employing a million people in san francisco. and roughly 90% of the businesses are defined as small

businesses. so, they contribute to the economy but also just the quality of life. small businesses are more then and there a place of transaction it is a community center. a play where people gather. know each other and form memories about the city. >> at the office of mall business i run a team this helps report all mall businesses in san francisco whether they are looking to stfrt a new business or expand or perhaps they are feeling with issues. our office is here as a point of information for anyone with a business that has 100 or nower employees. >> i was growing up i had many ideas of when i wanted to do. i wanted to being an olympic swimmer. and i wanted to men be an architect, you name it i had many ideas for what i wanted do when i grew up.

and i never anticipated entering in politics. this opportunity came along wh started working for former supervisor carmen chu and she became the district 4 sunset district supervisor. that was my firstent row in politics and government in a different level. and so when i was finishing up my time working for legislative aid i thought, i will go off and do something else. may be explore opportunity outside of city government what was then approached by this opportunity to also serve as a district 4 supervisor. if not the traditional route that many people think of when you enter in politics. a lot know that is manage than i want to do and run for office. that was not part of my culture and upbringing with manage my parents were wondering why i

wanted to go in that role this legislation and important because so many women when have it return to work after having a child feel embarrassed or don't feel comfortable asking their supervisor for will any lactation accommodations. i saw it as an opportunity you could use the position where you have tools creating legislation and pass laws and where people listen to to you help the community and pass cause catharsis important to the city and individuals. my family immigrated to the united states from taiwan. and they came here in pronl probably late 20's almost 30. and so, they came also in the knowing english limp barely read or write but had to quickly understand english to i can't haveigate services and find a job in america. i grew up in the san francisco

sunset district i spent most of my childed hoo up until i went off to college. so when i started working in city government, i think i had mixed reactions about my involvement working government because for some of our parents generation, there is i bit of distrust in government. i think there are questions about why i was entering in this field of work. i think you know when i went in city government i thought about my parents like so many other who is have to navigate city services and resources english first language and help the individuals both navigate, intercept that is on an application approximate signage. it is fulfilling to mow to help people like my parent and feel like government is there to support them and not to harm them. my parents are happy that i

retired early from politics and being a district 4 supervisor i could have continued on for a couple more years approximate decided to leave early. i think that over all they were able to see some of my work appear in the chinese newspaper. through that they were able to see i was able to help communities in a tangible way. >> the member of the board of supervisors. >> transportation authority. for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. >> i think about one importance when i was worn in as district 4 supervisor. years ago, and someone actually came up to me during the swear nothing ceremony and said, wow, i'm traveling here from canada, and i just i could not believe i saw an asian female worn in in this role a leadership role this meant so much that someone would say that and felt they were

inspired by the scene. so -- i hope that as more people see people that look like them and more women coming in positions of leadership than i feel they can doing the same. person this inpyred me is carmen chu who is our city add administrator but also was district 4 supervisor when i worked with her as a legislative aid. at this point, i too, was skeptical of going in politics. i saw someone who had herself never seen herself in politics. got thrown into it and put her heart and soul and dedication to serve people. and it gave me the confidence to pursue that same job and i honestly would not have either chosen or accepted or considered serving on the board of supervisors were not for carmen. >> if you want to make your

business accessible. >> in my role in city government where i have seen the most challenge is people who don't know you and you are here to serve and help them that they classify you as our city government and here to hurt you. so, people will talk to you and -- and just you know treat you disrespectfully. and sometimes i noticed that they might do more to me as a female compared to my male colleagues. but you know i try to be empathetic. one of the most significant barriers to female empowerment we feel like we have to be 100% meeting all of the qualifications before we think that we are qualified to do a job. if we look at a job description or an opportunity to come your way well is self doubt about whether you can fulfill the obligations of that role. i think that the confidence is

huge and sometimes i think we make up for it by trying to gain more experience. more and more and more in whatever we can put under our belts we'll feel better. that may not be the case. we might be qualified with when we have already accomplished. i started rock climbing indoors a couple years ago as an activity to try to spends time with my husband and also to try something new and i finds that rock climbing there are so many parallels to life. you know when i'm on the wall i'm concentrating and trying to make it to the next piece without falling. there are daying you think i'm not making progress. you come back and wow, i hit another level. and so i feel like in our daily lives and w we think we are not

making enough of i change in the city. and sometimes we have to take out time to reflect every day as long as you try and give it your all and you look back you will have made a significant contribution there is no limit to where you go in terms of rock climbing. i want to reminds myself of that in terms of daily life. >> follow what it is you are interested in, what makes you feel excited about wake up every day. you never know and be open to all the possibilities and opportunity. [music]

>> good morning, the meeting will come to order and welcome to the february 1, government audit and oversight committee, i'm supervisor dean preston chair of the committee. joined by supervisor matt doresey our clerk is and thank you for staffing this meeting. and before we get into business, understand that some recognition of my colleagues birthday are in order. so happy birthday supervisor dorsey and thank you for

sitting in for our usual vice chair, stefani, so thank you. any other announcements, other than that one? >> yes, public comment will be taken on this item on this agenda. when public comment is called, please line up to speak on your right. alternatively you may commit public comment in writing, email them to the committee clerk at monique--if you submit public comment via email it will be forwarded to the supervisor and included as part of the official file. you may also send your comments in city hall, one dr. carleton, room 244 san francisco california, 94102. if you have any documents that you would like to be included as part of the file, please

submit them to me before the end of the meeting. please be sure to silence all cell phones to prevent any interruptions. finally, items after today are expected to appear on the supervisor board of supervisors on the agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you, madam clerk. and i would like to make a motion to excuse supervisors stefani and chan for today's meeting. call the roll. >> clerk: on that motion to excuse members chan and stefani, member dorsey. member melgar. >> supervisor melgar is visiting but for roll call i

believe it's just supervisor dorsey and myself on the first item. >> chair preston. >> aye. >> and vice chair, dorsey. i have two ayes. >> thank you, that motion passes and let's go ahead and call item 1. >> item 1 is a resolution authorizing the san francisco police department to enter into a memorandum understanding to provide supplemental law enforcement services for the period beginning on january 1, 2021 through december 31, 2023. >> thank you, madam clerk. this item is sponsored by the mayor and i understand we have

giana director of policy and public affairs for san francisco police department. who will be speaking to this item and thank you for the information provided before the hearing. welcome, the floor is yours. please proceed. >> thank you, chair preston. my name is dia na and i'm the director of public affairs for the san francisco police department. i'm also accompanied by our former cfo patrick who is the sheriff c.f.o. just a couple of areas to introduce, i'll be very brief. we are moving forward with asking a request to support a resolution that allows us to be able to look at a reimbursement for the relationship with the united states capitol police. currently right now, we have officers that are off duty that are providing support to the residents. we like to ensure that the 1.8 million dollars currently today, get reimburses so we can

offset some of the cost to the general fund. what we would like to do is to move forward with the existing resolution in terms of the supported then and move into alignment with the mou signatures which we need to bring back to the capitol police in order for them to be able to first sign off and then our chief of police and therefore after with our city approving it by the mayor signature. that is the process, we're hoping that this committee passes a resolution so we can continue moving forward. chair preston, i understand you had questions related to what happens in the future in terms of after december of 2023, and our plan, we are still provoiding services that we would have to come back to be able toll ask for another resolution to continue providing the actual reimbursements that we need. so right now, currently today, we're coming just for the time period of the two calendar years. and then should we continue

offering other services in 2024, that would be another separate resolution, but we would amend the mou. >> i see, so our services currently being provided but there is not an mou covering this period of time now. >> so currently right now websinger do not have an m.o. u existing we are just moving forward with the actual service correct. >> got it and any, estimate of when you expect the new mou, and let me make clear, i asked a few questions and i do want to get some of this on the record, not an issue with the substance of the arrangement in mou. it is i think the question of the board has generally, preferred and this sort of retroactive approach is disfavored and generally accompanied about why that is. i understand that what is before us is retroactive approval through december but

the questions i was trying to get at going forward is, when just making sure that whenever that mou is finalized that it comes to us as quickly as possible and is more, we're approving something moving forward as opposed to this one proofing something that is already done. >> absolutely, the problem with service that's are provided in this fashion is that, given the dynamic of what happened back in to 23 and some of the safety concerns sometimes our officers need to respond immediately, and understand we have come back and do a retro stekt i have approval. since we understand that this is on going support to the pelosi residents, we'll continue to move forward with how that time frame will be. we were recommended to put a clause that in the event that the services are not needed to look at a terminating the mou

or either party wants to move away, there is not option in order to make sure that we also end at a certain time if it's not needed. >> thank you and i believe we had asked and i think you answered this. we're trying to figure out if the mou before us, are on duty or off duty. i think you, i think you said they're all for off duty. >> correct, in case there is an emergency, correct. >> then one of the other questions, we had asked was around this, in the resolution states that the, sfpd expects to generate revenues of over a million dollars but given where we are since we're now a month beyond that period, just wondered if there is an updated number. i understand when that was introduced, it may have been a

projected number. at this point, do you know the total amount? >> yes, so they will give you a amount. >> with your many hats, i'm impressed that you're in your new department and still appearing to testimony in these matters as well. so the overwork, i understand. >> as of, as of current we don't have a specific exact number but approximately 1.8 million based on the total overtime hours that were worked for the services. >> great. >> and just to clarify as of january 19th. >> the, well the hours would be specific to the through december 31. 2023. >> right, 1.8 is an estimate of what is before us. >> i'm just trying to update the clause that projected about a million, it soubds that the period is done, it's actually 1.8 million. >> correct.

>> thank you. those are my questions and i will say that unfortunately our current climate, i imagine, but let's hope that these services are not needed but i think we're going to need that mou in place and yeah, i wish it were different, i think we all do. but i appreciate the responses to our questions, i don't know if mr. dorsey if there is no questions, let's open this item up for comment. >> clerk: thank you. members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up along the side of the windows. all speakers will have two minutes to speak.

>> speaker: good morning, i placed the united states passport on to the screen as well as privileged two to three minutes, law and social control arizona state university; thank you. >> any further public comment? mr. chair, it seems we have no further comment. >> thank you, madam clerk, with no furred public comment, public comment on this item is now closed. and i would like to make a motion that we send this item with recommendation to the board of supervisors. >> clerk: motion to send this item with recommendation to the board of supervisors, member dorsey. >> aye. >> chair preston. >> aye.

>> clerk: chair preston aye, i have two ayes. >> thank you, that motion passes. and madam clerk, please call items 2 and 3 together. >> clerk: item 2 is a hearing to discuss the audit of the ocean avenue association. issued on june 29, 2023 and requesting the office of the controller office of economic and workforce development and ocean avenue association to report. >> thank you, madam clerk. >> clerk: item number 3. item number 3 is a resolution receiving and approving an annual report for the ocean avenue community benefit district for 21-22. and the district manage's agreement with the city. >> thank you, madam clerk, anding as mentioned earlier, we

have supervisor melgar joining and appointed to the committee for these two items. so thank you, supervisor melgar for being here and for your work on this. and i'll turn it over to you, the floor is yours. >> thank you so much chair preston and thank you colleagues for hearing this item. i'm joined to join the committee today as we look at many of the community benefits district in san francisco. we know they're working day in and day out to make our commercial corridor shine. district 7 is home to only one cbd which it chairs with district 11, the corridor for ocean avenue. it's home to many restaurants and cafes. city college of san francisco where faculty and staff are really important part of economic fabric of this corridor. also the balboa bart station, public spaces like the unity

plaza. in 2022, i requested this audit of the ocean avenue association along with supervisor safai because several merchants and communities and members were concerned about transparency issues. we are here now to learn the results of this audit, thank you so much for your work on this. and po to* pave the way forward. for the ocean avenue association to improve services to their surrounding services and community members. i also want to acknowledge that collaboration with the district 7 office, that we have developed with a new staff at the ocean avenue association and i look forward to supporting their progress on issues that have been identified in the audit, of areas of growth. so first i would like to call out helen, thank you so much for being here from the office of the controller to present the audit process and the

results that took place. so welcome. >> and i'll begin supervisors, good morning, chair preston, supervisor dorsey and melgar, mark del rosa director of audits bit controller office. i'm joined by helen ho who worked on the association that we issued back in june of 2023. and we do have a few slides, if we can hold it up, thank you so much. our audit objectives for this engagement were to determine whether oaa, ocean avenue association appropriately complied with and administered grant agreement sxz effectively managed the community district. our audit contained for over arching findings over which the office of work development concured with implementing as

part of our normal process, we do follow-up on all of our audit recommendations every six months from the time of issuance. and with that, i will turn it over to helen to go over our findings and recommendations. >> thank you, mr. dela rosa. i don't think your mic is on. >> now. >> clerk: speak into the mic, it's on. >> better? >> yes. >> good morning, helen with the controllers office. i'm here to provide a brief background of the audit as well as some high level of findings and recommendations. on this slide here, you will see details of the background as well as the relationship of the parties involved namely the city. the office of economic and

workforce development. the ocean avenue community benefit district and the ocean avenue association which is the nonprofit organization form to manage the ocean avenue cbd. it was formed and approved by the board of supervisors in 2010. in 2011, the board approved the management agreement between the city and the ocean avenue association and oew manages this. per california code, the ocean association developed its management plan which includes programs for improvement and activities. the scaoet cleaning and beautification program. the table you see on this slide shows the annual budget during the audit period which was july 18 through 2022 broken down by

revenue expenses. the audit contained four over arching findings. the first kinding discusses how the ocean avenue associations board of directors does not effectively govern the organization or the ocean avenue cbd. a little more specifically, ocean avenue lacks adequate controls over critical operational functions. some members of its board of directors did not always exit a tone that promotes important internal controls. the organizational structure was inaffective with unclear roles and responsibilities. during the audit the procedures had not been established. gold method and metric to evaluate the program had not been implemented the second finding, ocean avenue association does not fully comply with some key provisions

of its management agreement mainly relating to the annual mid-reports, the budget allocations and accounting records. also during field work testing of a sample of 29 expenditures totally roughly 114,000, ocean avenue association was only able to provide partial support for four of those 29 sample expenditures. the third relates to the strategic plan. although ocean avenue association implemented many of the plans recommendation at the time of the audit, the board was still in the process of implementing a few more including adopting an annual budget with scheduled updates. the first work plan is scheduled for this fiscal year, 2023-24. and lastly, during the audit period, oaa executed six grant

agreement wtz city. the exhibit details the six grant agreements as well as the revenues we see from july 2018 through june 2022. they found that they don't always administer the grant agreements and failed to implement grant manlagement policies creating an environment in which key grant documents cannot be supported. o a a also paid some of their consultant without support for the services provided and could not justify some expensed associated with their staff efforts. to address the four over ash fpg findings, the report includes 19 recommend as to oawe covering the areas you see here. the recommendations help to ensure that the association first and for most improves its

controlled environment, ensure its obligations and responsibilities are fulfilled. complies with provisions, implements the strategic plan recommendations and improves its grant management and administration. and with that, i will now turn it over to jackie with oawe to go over the status of each of the audit recommendations. >> great, thank you ms. bell. and welcome ms. hazelwood. also welcome to the job. >> thank you. >> yeah, and before you start, let me just, i do want to thank you for these annual reports on community benefit districts are a ton of work. and i will say that the board of supervisors, all of they always come to aego on the board and we redie on oewd that

plays a function and really checking in with cbd and flagging, you know, compliance and non compliance issues with usz. and this usually falls on the gentleman on the first row mr. coast guarder--corgus who has executed that for many years but we're thrilled to work with you. i just want to thank you and recognize all the work leading up to these hearings and all, the briefings and discussions with my team with my legislative aid melissa hernandez and great to have you on board and look forward to your presentation and the others on the agenda. >> thank you very much, chair preston and happy birthday to supervisor dorsey and hello supervisor melgar. i'm jackie, the new cbd director starting in august.

and as you said, it's a lot of work and i appreciate the team. so with that, i will go ahead and provide a quick thank you to mark and the staff of the controllers office for this report and leading up to and following this audit. it's a lot of work. so building off of the background that mark and hello provided i want to provide more detail immediately up to the audit. so in an early effort to set the stage, they recommended and funded the creation of the ocean avenue strategic plan which was completed in january 2021. the report was designed to fix systemic and structural issues that the organization was facing and focus on financial stability and developing an affective structure and board staff relationships. through this plan, though this

plan spurred some corrective action from oaa, progress was slow. so based on the slow progress and concerns echoed in the neighborhood about the organization compliance with their management plan, supervisor melgar requested an audit of the organization to utilize its budge tote have the office controller complete the audit in fiscal year 22-23. as result, the office produced the reports with these recommendation to see ensure ooa improved its controlled environment. and so, as also described by the controller's office, they focused on the following areas here. and as of january 2024, 12 of the recommendations have been implemented. the remaining 7 are largely pending based on the receipt of annual report from ocean avenue which has not been submitted as ocean avenue is undergoing financial audit for the period,

of fiscal year 22-23 on behalf of the audit for the auditors. this financial audit is expected to be complete at which point ooaw will set a deadline. and at this point, i would like to touch on each of the recommendations to provide more detail on the how and why if they're still pending. recommendation one, setting a tone at the top that demonstrate accountability to all procedures. marked implemented ooa to address this through board development training. training for complete in february of march of 2023 and topic including best practices and vision statement insight and board policy review. moving on to recommendations number 2. this is in process and it is still marked as open.

so formerly established a clear vision and understanding of its members and responsibilities and how they differ from those director and staff. so this is marked as in process largely due to the fact that we're waiting on this annual report and that is needed to formerly evaluate and record the executive job performance. moving on to recommendation number 3. still requiring that a comprehensive easy to locate policies be created and implemented for all operational areas and activities. this was implemented of these internal policies as observed by oode. moving on to recommendation four, this was also marked to implemented due to similar reasons. so the board approved these updated policies during a board meet thating was attended. recommendation 5 is another one of our pending items that is

largely being tracked and ooa expects significant but not complete fiscal year of 24 and 25. moving on to recommendation number 6. this has been implemented requiring the director to summarize in writing and distribute to the board all, all application of state code focusing on avoiding complex of interest. recommendation number 7, this was marked as implemented and enclosed. implementation of policies related to conflicts of interest for the boarding staff. this is implementing and confirmed by oawwds. recommendation number 8, this was also implemented and closed. and it is based on the research and implementation of best practices of city committees and/or scope and what state law

requires to help ensure the board fully complies with guidance from oewd, they have worked to improve in this area and they have been able to build from other others. recommendation number 9, considering establishing term limits for its members, o a a did implement this and observed by oewd at a resent meeting. this is due to the received of the fiscal 22-23 report and this is going to be for the next couple, recommendation number 11 is also pending on the fiscal report. recommendation number 11 continuing with efforts to implement a time process by activities. this was marked as implemented and observed by oewd, and by

the firm. recommendation number 13 ensuring annual reports regarding cumulative reserve balance. this is pending due to awaiting the receipt of that fiscal year 2022-23 report. similarly number 14, they're in the process of completing this fiscal year report and that is why it's pending. recommendation number 15, implementing a system such as an electronic management system to support documentation for all expenditures this was observed onsite via with a check in there. recommendation number 16, this is also in process and it is largely based on the fact that we are awaiting that fiscal year 22-23 report. it's also pending based on conversation with the recently

contract cpa firm and ocean in terms of appropriate budget items. moving forward. recommendation number 17 ensuring policy requirement with consistent with those practices, for example, must be consistent with authorized centers, this is marked as implemented for the following reasons here. recommendation 18, holding paying grant for services provided and only reimbursement when able to justify expenses. this one for the cpa and firm has introduced a system that has proven to be sufficient spore for reimbursement in oewd has worked with staff to grant deliverables are met and on schedule. it's marktd as implemented now, though there was a circumstance in october 2023, surrounding the day of neighborhood event.

through discussion of oaa staff and documentation, oewd established that this cannes late was to at fault but rather logitic al challenges including a truck break down by its subcontracter for its event. moving on to recommendation number 19, implementing affective grant management and procedures including those that will result in strong record management policies. they should require that agreement financial documents project documents obtain and retain this was implemented again for the same reasons, the oewd's work and also investment and work with the cpa firm that they have contracted. in terms of looking forward, this is you know, a lot these two of 19 recommendation that's were complete it's been a lot of work, but, looking ahead again, we do need that fiscal year report to close out the

remainder of the recommendations. and though it's been building for years, the association has seen some faster moving progress in the last one to two years highlighting organizational improvement. they have new policies in place and some key partnership including that one with the cpa firm that i've referenced several times. they've been great in providing that structure and support in terms of tracking and support compliance as well. they also did hire a board consultant which was founded through the oewd grant. and, both that organizational improvement actively supports compliance efforts and overall mission of the organization. additional there is been leadership transition, the new executive director christian martin who is here today brings a wealth of experience based on

his work with other cbds including that of the last cbd. so as the organization continues to work on the audit, under the guidance of oaa is well positioned and--renewal. so that concludes this presentation from oewd, i'll here to answer any questions from the city. so for the controllers office and i do want to highlight that christian martin from ocean avenue is here as well. >> thank you, ms. hazelwood. i don't have any questions for you, but i want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of this hard work. and i want to thank chris because this has been a project of ours for the last three and a half years. since i became supervisor, the level of care and attention and collaboration with oewd and for you in particular has been outstanding.

and that, i also want to say thank you for this process because, you know, sometimes when we see things that are not working, it's really easy to complain but this was focused in identifying what areas we need to improve and doing the technical assistance and support to do the training of the board, to you know, guide folks to where they need to be. and it is palpable differences. and we still have challenges in our areas of growth but everything from the leadership transition and supporting the collaborative relationship with oewd has been outstanding. i want to say thank you so much and let's keep going. they're up an renewal, we need to keep supporting this organization so that they can

successful and that the businesses op the corridor are as successful as well. thank you. oh, supervisor dorsey. >> i just wanted express my gratitude for this. it's interesting to me, because in my district, i have a few cbds and i think they're all well reguard but it's fascinating to great to know that if there is ever an issue, there is a process to remedy those. this is been en lighting. and one of the reasons that the cbds are so well regarded are one of the people being hired as the executive director here and i have known, christian martin for first by reputation then just as a resident and now supervisor, i think highly of him.

i have lofty ambitions about his career. i think this is a well pick and i think it will be well served. >> thank you. so next, chair, if it's okay with you, i would like to call up christian martin, the newish executive director of the ocean avenue association. so we can get a better understanding of the current structure and the remaining challenges at the cbd. i want to thank you so much from the time i first met you until now, you have done a really great job. but you also have been outstanding at the relationships at which is a very important part of running a successful cbd. so if you could, just talk to us a little bit about, the context of your work at the ocean avenue association and what you still see, what you've

done, because you've obviously done a lot and what remains as challenges? >> yes, thank you supervisor melgar, supervisor preston, supervisor dorsey. so i joined oaa at the end of 22 and it's been a challenge, certainly. oewd laid out what the challenges were but the biggest challenge was dealing with the stakeholders and kind of, smoothing those ruffled feathers and getting people back to the table who had left and ensuring that the organization is on the right track and worth contributing their time and resources once again. so we set out, to establish you know, all of the things that oewd established.

so at the top internal safeguards and controls and procedures that made any kind of sense and establishing a presence in the corridor including daily cleaning and maintenance operations and ambassador program, bike safety patrol, that let's merchants know that we're there and we're supportive. yeah, that they, they can call on us when things pop up, graffiti, you know, cleaning, you know, feces that type of thing. so we recently started to do more place making. we, set up string lights along the corridor, we've got banners coming out, hanging flower baskets things that beaut fight corridor and encourage visitors and residents to come out and,

you know, walk around and and take part in the community. it's been a process, it's been an experience for me, even though i've been doing this for quite sometime. every new district is a challenge and you know, it's been, it's been a pleasure getting to know the people of ocean avenue. >> council president: thank you, you also opened on office. >> we did. >> that's really significant. >> we did open an office at 1720 ocean avenue. we host sfpd and merchants as well as art pop ups and wine festivals and things of that nature. and our monthly board meetings of course where the community can come and tell us how we're doing and what we can do better.

so that's been a big part of it. >> thank you, mr. martin. and can you tell us a little bit about what happens on that day in october when the cancellation of phoenix day happened, so abruptly. i think a lot of community members were disappointed. >> yeah, unfortunately, we made a payment to what was a trusted vendors and that individual let us down. at the last minute with a bunch of excuses and unfortunately, we haven't been able to track him down to get him to refund the resources. but, we rebounded with another event in holidays to let people know that we're still but

unfortunately phoenix day was a disappointment and we're still trying to recupe the funds. >> well fortunately, we have lunar festivals coming up. i would like to tell you what i would like to you to address about our areas that are sort of seen as challenges. one of them is that you know, the corridor is very diverse as you know. we have a number of merchants who cantonese speakers and there is a perception that we lack that capacity in the oaa to communicate with these businesses. can you tell me what your thoughts and plans are around that? >> yeah, that's the reality and we're reaching out as we speak to supplement our current staffing with cantonese speakers. it's a process that we're

working closely with with the community to resolve, it's an issue that we're working on. >> i also will work with oewd to make sure that we support you and see if there is any things that can be made available. so the other area that has been talked about is promoting in the corridor. i will say that in the past year, there is been a marked improvement in the number of vacancies. there is been a lot of store fronts that have been filled with new businesses and that's really great. there is still a couple of large. and so i'm wondering.

>> and letting our stakeholders know that those availabilities on the corridor exist and to help get the word out anyway that they can. we're hoping to see some progress on those vacancies and then, you know, in the next quarter or two. but, you know, it's a challenge, commercial vacancies are a big issue.

>> yeah, they are but thank you so much for your work on that. my last que, chair, about your renewal and a possible expansion, i know others are jumping at the bit, i know you're doing work with them on a contractual basis, but given what you've been through and the heavy lift of bringing policies and procedures, and formal accounting, to the organization do you think that it is strong enough to, you know, have an expansion? >> i do, i think we've built a strong foundation that can support the expansion certainly lakeside village, you know, we've been cleaning that area three days a week. and have a good relationship with the merchants and the owners down there.

and i think they're, excited about the prospect of joining and, i think you know, we'll accept them and any other kind of fringe areas with open arms when the expansion occurs. >> okay, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> that's it for my questions, mr. martin, i don't know if supervisor dorsey. >> thank you, i did have one question, and thank you mr. martin, thank you for that. and you were here last year when you had just started and people were saying, wonderful things about you as you were taking this on. and i want to echo the thanks for this, not the easiest role to step into with the various challenges here. i want to thank you for your work on that and your close collaboration with supervisor

melgar's office and oewd. i did have a question to follow-up on supervisor melgar's question around, and this is for oewd on the 1, 10,000, and i understand that you're pursuing that, i don't know if this is a vendor that is doing other business with the city and i just wanted to get on the record and make sure that this has been escalating beyond oewd so that the controller and other departments are aware of the situation in case it would impact other contracting decisions with that. >> so i do want to flag that this had been asked internally in terms of our leadership and also for our contract team who are the ones that approve moving forward with formal contracts. the sub, the subcontracter does not have any active contracts with the city or with oewd at

this time. and that addresses your question. >> thank you for clarifying. and i understand, my staff had asked about that and you had clarified, i just want to make sure that the extent to which they're approaching and others. >> and the contracts did confirm that in terms of what they were after, they were not on that list. so in terms of their awareness of whether, there was any bad action, it is obviously, they just were going in good spirits and in good faith that they were going to be a good vendor for this project, it turns out it was not the case. >> thank you. >> thank you, ms. hazelwood would you want to stay up. thank you mr. martin, i appreciate the presentation. so ms. hazelwood will present on the number 3, the annual report.

>> bare with me as i'm moving slides around. and i would like to flag for you all, that i'm going to move through a high level overview for just for all the cbds and i'll stop over ocean avenue and then move over to the ocean avenue programmatic slide so that supervisor melgar can move along, can you wish. >> that's fine, but just to be clear, you're going to give the overview and then start with ocean avenue but then, we have not called the others, so you'll hold. >> exactly, so i'm going to give the overview of the cbd and then we'll move on to ocean avenue. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> okay. so as noted in prior items during today's agenda and as you know, cbds are governed by two piece of legislation, the

first being highway code section known as the 1994 act, the second thing that tax regulations article 15. the oewd is charged with ensuring that they are providing services as outlined in their plan and that they are spending assessment funds accordingly. those findings are detailed in the memo in your packet and summarized in today's presentation. so this slide provides an overview of all cbds that will be reviewed today, a majority of cbd, and there is a large range in the budget. and again i will return for those high level slights after we go through ocean avenue. so as a part of our process, reviewed the following budget benchmarks for each cbd and bid.

to manment, benchmark confirms that non assessment revenue were met. benchmark 3 compares current year to actuals and benchmark four is whether they identify that designated projects were identified. so ocean avenue, ocean avenue met the first two benchmarks and missed benchmarks three and four. to dive in a little bit more in terms of the missing benchmark, they miss benchmark three which compares to actuals. oaa budget were not wnt ten percentage points as they over spent and their cleaning maintenance in category by 4.3 percent. so this quo ko* have been prevented had they followed through. and feedback before making a proposal.

they did not meet benchmark four, it was due to a reporting error. as they did not provide the report and spend down as required so it's more clerical piece and just move forward and include that in future reports. in terms of the findings and recommendations on the organization, as was referred to in a prior agenda items, we focused on the fiscal period, there is a foix on the funded strategic plan. this period also saw a change in leadership. this is prior to christian martin, tlfls a new directive that xlud support but ultimate low did resign after this reporting concluded. oewd also received multiple complaints. surrounding with the brown act. as noted these were factors to

request for audit of the organization and although not in this reporting weird, oewd would like to acknowledge. now i'm going to go ahead and skip ahead to ocean avenue slides for christian martin to come forward. >> hello again. i'm going to briefly cover year 21-22 because i was not there. and that year, they the number of things including worked with clean escapes, we don't know how much because they didn't keep good records. i worked with dpw to add 5 trash cans, a number of traffic

calming, programs including respecting the 20 miles per hour on ocean avenue, printed a bunch of posters and placed them in a businesses and they developed a series of events to bring neighbors to ocean avenue. collected 25,000 pounds. 1300 clean ups. they developed a database of all businesses and produced the business directory, i'll skip ahead and 40% increase on twitter and instagram.

point the void was engaged to provide murals on the corridor beautifying and we worked with mta to regularly steam clean unity plaza. a number of business assistance, initiatives were engaged and and in march of 202 2, they showed 20% vacancy. that report showed vacancy had fallen to about 20%. so we're hoping to get a similar reduction this year. that's an activations including national night out, ocean after-hours, open the gate. got to love ocean avenue art show were produced.

and continuing a number of events and activations, engaging limiting school and, doing some community service with the turkey drive with saint anthony's. looking forward, at the time they were looking to improving the board member handbook since we've done an extensive training on how to be a good board member and we've actually had some addition by subtraction removing some problematic board members. and again, financial policies have all been revamped, we dismissed the bookkeeper who was there during the problematic areas and have completely redone all of that.

we've already started to work from nbs to set our groundwork for renewal and working with the community partners. parks and rec and barton, it's not big enough but, make the most of it. so thank you, any questions? >> i have no other questions, the ones other than the ones i already asked. but my colleagues might, i just want to say thank you so much for taking this by the horns and making the progress that you've made. i appreciate that. >> thank you, seeing none, let's open up public comment on

items 1 and 3. >> members want to go speak on this item, should line up now, all speakers will have two minutes to speak. >> speaker: public comment, sun devil 1206666989, if the display can be showed. two minutes i plant cactus. thank you. >> speaker: good morning, mary president of all my neighbors in action. help start this cbd, so if tried to keep track of it, but

i've had, a conflict with another board that was on so now i can pay more attention. overall i love the cleanliness of the corridor, people that come and visit, we mark on it and i'm very love that. love the hanging baskets thought moving on up when i saw those. the two things that i'm happy about, i'm having a having a permanent director. i would like to see more when when a business opens, a bigger announcement a celebratory activity so that people know that hey, we have this new store come and support this small business on the corridor. and i also like to see when there are small business week, if we can have more attention to that, the saturday after thanksgiving and i think there is another week there.

other than, that i look forward to the expansion and the renewal next year. thank you. >> clerk: mr. chair, that completes public comment. >> thank you, public comment on these items now closed. supervisor melgar. >> thank you, chair. i would like to make a motion that we file the hearing item number 2 and sented item number 3 to the full board with a positive recommendation. >> thank you, madam clerk? >> clerk: i'm sorry, member, can you repeat that motion. >> sure, my motion is that we file the hearing for item number 2 and that we send item number 3 to the full board with

a positive recommendation. >> clerk: on that motion to file the hearing for item number 2 and send the recommendation to the board for item number 3, with a positive recommendation, member dorsey? member melgar. >> aye. >> chair preston. >> aye. >> i have three ayes. >> thank you, the motion passes. and thank you again supervisor melgar for your work on this and for being here. let's go ahead and call items 4 through 9 together, madam clerk. jaolt 4 through 9 are res loosesing receiving and improvement annual report for fisherman's wharf soma west, fisherman's wharf, union square, improvement district

and downtown community district, excuse me community business district. for fiscal year, 21-22. >> thank you, madam clerk, so we have the remainder of our benefit district annual reports, looking forward to hearing these again, thank you for all the work on this as well as the thorough briefing of our office in advance of the hearing. and these items are sponsored some of them by supervisor dorsey and some by supervisor peskin we're covering six different cbds here. i want to thank all the

executive directors, i know we'll be hearing but thanks to all the folks leading this. let's go back to ms. hazelwood, you can continue and thank you for the initial overview of uh cbd reporting works and i think you can pick it up with the remaining cbds. >> perfect, will do. so moving along with soma west, they met benchmarks 1 and 2, in terms of benchmark 2, confirms that non assessment revenue were met. so they suspect that soma missed this due of that this is their first year. it should be noted that the cbd has had no trouble in raising

grant and donations. soma west also missed benchmark four and that it was due to a reporting error. they did not include this in their aoun report. and that they utilize the template moving forward. in terms of findings about the, about the district itself, and a little bit about service delivery soma concluded its first year of operations during this period and highly successful in implementing service dmrifr' completing 27.12 percent of 311 service request within their geographic boundaries. so with this, they believe they would be able to handle a request. either from city grant dollars or donations to hire additional staff to hire through 311

request that come in. the cbd established itself as a strong community partner particularly as it related to the pandemic and responding to that and met standard requirement during the period. moving along, to fisherman's wharf. met all benchmarks. fisherman's wharf is a transition year and marks the first year that cbd operated solely as a land portion. during this period, the organization focused on op miezing their digital presence and marketing the district. they launched a partnership with the association and their fiscal year saw a 142 percent increase in number of users. cbd does employ surveillance technology and did comply regarding this technology.

there were no reported violations of the brown actor public records act and they're well positioned. moving on to lower pole being, met all four benchmarks. during this review period, the cbd included their covid-19 response that work of the prior year expanding their clean team and training staff on pbe use. they did board attendance challenges and hired a consultant which continues today. they also continue to face challenges to submit ar annual report on time. this is something that they prioritize in terms of their deadline and financial partners. moving on to union square. union square met all bench marks. union square alliance continue to prioritize needs and solution to see bring both

local and international to the area. the period also saw smooth transition from former direct tore former head of cannabis. the organization was in compliance on surveillance technology and no reported violations of brown actor records act and overall care on point to carry out its mission. moving on to the massconi district, the tid and med, they met all benchmarks and you see there are only three benchmarks which was the second benchmark references in prior for prior cbds. le so the tid and the med are different from other districts as you may be aware. being reported today on business base districts and hotel taxes and with this in

mind, they were both impacted by the pandemic which can be seen during the actual during this period. the tid contracts with sf travel for services and though the actual renewal, of the tid took place just outside of reporting period, there is a strong emphasis throughout fiscal year 21-22 through this work and this is outside of the renewal of fiscal reporting period but the tid did complete in 2022 and with this the district is set to expire in december of 2028. no reported vie layings the brown actor california public records act for the tid or med and the district continue to succeed in attracting tourism to san francisco. our last district here, downtown partnership met all four benchmarks.

so this year marks the first annual report for the downtown partnership although new, the down toup partnership quickly merged while also responding well to the service needs within their district. they were able to respond and complete 47.28 percent within the service area. they also prioritize attracting folks downtown through public space activation as this is their first year of let's glow which we've seen since then. the cbd, did not xloi and no reported violations during their period and overall cbd is carried with commission. --submission. and with this, i would like to go to somo west to move to presentation and we'll move forward with the presentation from there.

>> mr. martin, welcome back wearing a different hat, the floor is yours. >> thank you, sir. briefly 2021-22 was soma west was our full year of operations. so the couple of miss marks were function of growing pains and it will not happen again. services, so we established like i said, our 7-day a week cleaning and maintenance operation, our night crew or out reach operation. did a number of street improvements, number of marketing initiatives and neighborhood advocacy, here are some shots of the crew in action. we broke up our 107 block cbd into ten micro neighborhoods. and we tried to have an ambassador or cleaner in each

one of the ten zones. we have a 6-truck fleet, two pleasure washers, thank you supervisor dorsey for your support on that second pleasure washer unit. one street vacuum, a dump truck, we employ, landscapers, and there is our night team, we were operating until 2 p.m. we truncated the hours to 9:00 p.m. for safety peaces. our out reach team goes out and provides care packets and welfare checks on folks living in the streets, on the streets, making sure that they're not in crisis and we can help them where ever possible.

our clean team did 825,000 pounds of trash this year. last, calendar year we did a million. we cover every block including caltrans even though we're not compensated for that. some numbers our operating task are bulk, pickup, corridor sweeping, graffiti removal, landscaping trash removal and hazardous waste removal. did a number of street escape and art projects, including lights over clemingtina and 8th. a number of cleaning efforts, murals including our farmers

market and made goods to plaza. any questions? >> thank you, i just want to really no question just to express my appreciation for the work of this cbd. in many ways, i don't know if this is unique to the market area, at a time when there is not a lot of time, there is really high conference in this community benefit district. and is appreciate the work that you're doing. one of the things too, i think

there is at least two cultural districts. and i think you got a little transgender culture district as well. the work that the cbd does to support the lgbt cultural district and some of summer filipinos is extraordinary too, just bringing the whole neighborhood together. i value the work that you're doing and i'm doing everything that i can. there is some things that i will not get into now but there are some things to make sure that cbd is compensated. so we're working behind the scenes to try to get funding for that, i keep making the point to people, there is a lot of bang for your buck. so i just appreciate it. >> thank you so much.

thank you and, we call and held a hearing around community ambassadors generally last year, pleased to see a lot of that work getting consolidated in better coordinated through dem but i think in that hearing, highlighted all the different programs, some of them have really been sort of a work in progress and seeing how that works and how it does not work and how we can do better and make sure that we're covering as many area as possible. and we will be having a follow-up on that. it's a really challenging, you in soma tenderloin, tenderloin

is outside of your area but we've had similar efforts, tenderloin is doing some of the night time ambassador. it's both essential but also in terms of safety of ambassadors, it a real challenge. i just want to encourage you to share information, as we approach our follow-up hearing around ambassador with dm and we've been working with them, hearing from all folks who have been doing night time ambassador work and i appreciate your leadership, i would like to see how the city can best support that work. we've made a lot of progress by day in having a presence of ambassadors but it's different scene as we know. so if you want to share any

reflexes. >> certainly and thank you for those comments. i know we're working closely with dem on that effort to help kind of coordinate all the ambassador programs. we're happy to show with some of the newer ambassador programs and the city itself. so happy to be part of the process. >> great, thank you very much. and i believe next up is fisherman's wharf, cbd, welcome. >> good afternoon, i think it's still morning, chair preston supervisor dorsey, i think this will work. yeah, there we go.

i took over at summer 2018 and at that time, we were coming up with renewal and renewed in 2020. and it was mentioned that the cbd did not renew. again we took our budget from 1.2 million. i was concerned that they may have an issue renewal. with the board we thought that through and realized that that was, you know, an option and the pandemic hit and it was business, really took the wind out of the sales.

our biggest invest with the wharf association which was struggling at the time during the pandemic, we partnered with them to merge the two urls. and we invested in a sophisticated website, we did invest in fde. and the result was reflickable and huge. 143 percent in in, attendees and then the users jumped 240 percent. the events every one is very familiar with, just draw your attention down to the evergreen

event. that was very unique, we were asked to be part of a public library believe or not, and to lean in the every green trying to get more tourism for the district. ironically, we ran across, a book called home baked and pot brownies started at fisherman's wharf, it's just absolutely bizarre. if you have not read this, it's a great read. it's an audible as well and olivia volkswagon is the daughter, marijuana of san francisco, that's the title, highly recommend it. so we had a book signing there, that was our contribution to evergreen.

when they did not renew, we started because a lot of port site businesses, came up with the affiliate program, as you can see, a lot of people sign on. to contribute to the marketing effort. we still don't do clean and safe during 21-22. advertising, the, we had a good job advertising, i didn't hire a new marketing director until 23. but you know, the numbers kind of speak for themselves. one thing i want to point out, is we do get 120,000 for google. we can spend 10,000 a month in market ining google ads. it's tough to get, it's called a quick, cpr, what does that mean? it means, how many people spend

time on your website in industry average is about 3 percent. in order to maintain, you want 5 percent. our average was ten percent which was huge. we do have a firm that manages us that. cost us about 6,000 a year, but the advertise thating we get as you can tell is phenomenal. and our numbers, you know, we're a different district. we have 4 cleaning and hospitality ambassadors, that's not four per day, that's four ambassadors, 8:00 am to 8:00 p.m. and they generate these numbers, they work very very hard and they're the backbone of our organization, the face of our organization and i cannot say enough about our guys, so. it's as you can tell you divide these numbers by four, they do their work.

and by the numbers, as you heard, we meet our benchmarks per year. we have a number of checks and balans to make sure that any money that goes out the door, usually three to four. and do you have any questions? >> i don't thank you very much. the odd thing is the odd time that we end up spending, how many hours that consumes their time and how many, just how much time it takes at the hearings and we don't, spend as much time for obvious reasons

when the benchmark right side met. so we want to identify that and, commend you on your leadership and more generally, we move through often we move through them quickly, it's because there is a confidence that things are being run smoothly and effectively. so thank you for your presentation and your work, very much appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and next up, lower polk, i believe we have mr. tomson. >> every one is so much tailer than i am. yes, i would like to thank the committee for having us here and thank oewd for generating the memo and writing the memo and taking a look at what we're doing and giving us some positive feedback, we did meet all four benchmarks. the one thing that we, do need to work on is we are we're late

in getting our reporting done and that was kind of a cascading event that was caused by a and so just held everything back. that will not happen again, we have implemented new procedures and has indicated, they have helped us groet board. as you know, as an obvious insider, because i work there, i can tell you that it is happening. let's go through the presentation here. we're between rich area can and a poor area, that gives us a

lot of challenges. one challenge is helping our merchants recover from covid. the other challenge is as we get more towards the tl, maintaining cleanliness particularly in larken and the alleys, we've done with the worked with the city to do a lost out reach. we have a hp that we hire to provide the community there. with respect to the board, we did elect some new board members and again we're working to get our board back up to size. we did pass all of our

benchmarks, it's not an issue. let's see. we have continued during that period, we continue to do despite the challenges presenteded by window should ied, there is some staffing challenges, we continue to keep the district clean and run a crew. based on some grant money that we received from oewd, we maintained outside company to provide ambassador and we've gotten great feedback in fact, we've maintained the program and that's hospitality ambassadors. and clinic, that's my project. that's one of the main taskers that we've had there.

and some other partners, we helped literally thousands of people get more information or retain their place of a vote. financial data, financial data and again there is a note that talks why our annual report was late. >> so if there are any questions. thank you very much for our work. and this cbd includes a sliver of my district, literally a block or couple of block but it's enough for me asked to be added for this as a cosponsor along in president peskin, so

madam clerk, please add me as a cosponsor on this item and thank you very much, mr. thomson. >> thank you very much. and let's move to our next one, union square, i believe. ma risa rodriguez, executive director of union square. >> i'm also short. >> there are no height requirements one way or the others. on oning cbds. it's nice to be here and report together. here we go. what we're talking about 27 city blocks here in san francisco, the heart of the city i like to call it our

iconic union square that we support. and i always like to give a little information about our assessment mythology just sort of how we get here which is outlined in this slide. but also where we spend the most of our budget, you know, 72%. the vas majority on clean and safe, that is direct service to see our community ambassador program, cleaning program, all of those things, we're a direct service organization. i always complain the work of the cbd by saying we're glorified h.o.a., we continue to innovate. the 2021 time frame, is that right?

2021, let's take us back. this is we're coming out of almacorn. these are challenging times for our community and specifically for union square in that i started the roll in october of 21, and three weeks later, the mass looting happened and it was a really challenging time, it was almost as if we were just starting to hear more and more about that hate to say it narrative, the narrative that we're trying to pull away from. so this was a difficult time and like i said, we're pivoted all the time, we're pushing resources where we need to address concerns. so we ended up at this time, choosing new leadership in this time period for our operations and services which was wonderful. it was a great partner, we decided to add 24-7 member

services support because we were on the only boots on the ground and our community really needed us. additional security cameras, we brought more hours with our security company. i do want to take a little moment here to read, about miracle messages which was an incredible organization and unfortunately, they no longer do direct out reach like they did, it was not a safe environment for them. miracle benefits launched in 2021 and her achievement included 249 engagement, 191 service referrals and 60 miracle front sign ups which is

significant she was able to bring people on board and grain her trust. miracle messages is an organization to try to get people connected with relatives that they may have lost in touch with over the years. and here's a overview trying to meet our community where they are and do that bit of extra work. so we removed almost 500,000 pounds of prafk from the street, units 871, graffiti tags. the gift goes on.

and always lead with yes, we're here. marketing, this was an important time for us. we were known as the union square business improvement district and then came in 21, we introduced our new name, it was union square alliance and have been since then. you might remember us as a red coats, i like that because it was very much in keeping in heart with the city. but we brought in this vibrant blue. at this time we were rolling out our new marketing director and we had some really incredible opportunities with add campaigns one with local gateways and the second digital add in magazine, really trying to build our presence and let people know that we're here and there is a voice here in union

square. okay, also our social media approach took off. so public realm, we support or public realm every way we can. that is our lantern projects, ornament project, new initiative this is where we rolled out union square and blum and that is a treasured tradition and we're very excited about that and hope you can enjoy bloom this week as well. so i mentioned about the challenging time, fox news set up shop right in front of louie vuitton for about three months. every one else's signs were down and community was looking fine. louie vuitton was waiting to

get the board fixed they really went up with the boarded look and we've been dealing with that ever since. but what we did, we worked with the city, we want to thank our city partners, our the mayor, the police department for really supporting the community at this time. this is when the mobile command band was born. this is when we realized, we do have challenges. we need to figure out what may be failed policies need to be relooked at. i know that came up in another presentation about economic development, we need tenant attraction and recruitment and we only do that when it's clean and safe. and then i was hired in this time period, i just want it say, it's a privilege, of course the downtown recovery, this is not easy subject, the state of the city but i'm

thrilled to be here and i feel, proud of the ability to be able to fortify our district to get the confidence of our community and be able to move forward the last few years with a clear direction especially with our strategic plan which you'll hear about the next time here, thank you very much. >> thank you so much, ms. rodriguez, i appreciate it. supervisor dorsey. >> thank you chair preston. first if i can be added as a cosponsor as well there is a portion, a little over a block that comes into my district, just to express my appreciation to you for the work that you do. and i know, i think we have had some conversations about this, but i think we, are like minded on with police redistricting coming up this year and next. i do think it will be important to work with you and some of the other cbds just to make sure that there is alignment

because sometimes when police district lines are composed, challenges and maybe there is a better way to address it. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. appreciate your presentation, and your work and let's go to the next and by the way, i think i may have referred to you as a cbp as opposed to district improvement. let's move to the next one and we are going to hear i believe from mr. frenzo's at the tourism improvement district in moscone district. >> i'm the chief operating in the travel association and i'll be presenting on the tid and mid today.

first of all, thank you to oewd on your reports. i think you may have noted on the first bullet point on the report, the impact of the pandemic on the revenue to the tourism improvement district to the moss coney, it's important to there is a benchmark in a very okay fant' year compared to 21-22. we're looking at almost a 75% decrease in revenues.

if you think about 2015, there were 18moscone, so it was a rough year and it impacted every one in terms of visitation to the city. but despite our sales team was still able to book a significant amount of nights for future years and continued to do so. during that time, we could not do a loted of travel because of the family, so there were a lot of virtual meet that'sing being held to meet with wedding planners. so it too was challenging, we could not bring the people here to do the normal inspections. so it made it challenging. and with marketing and

promotion leisure visitors comprised--closer to 65% and you have a lot more meeting attendees. and the visitor center the staffing was funded through the assessment and due to lack of funding, it was closed at the time. and in regards to the marketing efforts, there were 17 million visitors in that reporting period, that's about 40% decrease and the amount of visitor that we had from 2019. despite that, the team was able to work on median and due to the pr teams spends a lot of time trying to negate the negative press out there.

it's a pretty tough task to continue to work with the media and make sure that we can get positive stories out there. the website is a really powerful tool for us. the amount of visitors and planners that use the website really helps aid in meeting planning and visit icing. we had a lot of 3.1 unique visitors that generate about 780 million in economic impact. and the social media efforts that we, that we use at the sf travel help generate over 1.8 million followers on all the different plat forms and that number continues to grow. and then moving to moscone expansion district. the expansion of the center, certainly finished in 2019 is helped the city attract a lot

bigger groups, there were groups that we never had the opportunity to attract because the center was not big enough. so the expansion gives the sales team a competitive advantage to bring in different types of groups that we have not been able to bring before. and also in this reporting period, we had a tremendous opportunity, we hosted the mpi western conference in june of 22, oar 2000 meeting planners and suppliers were here for that event. it was a great time for us to showcase, the city the center and getting meeting planners thinking about san francisco and coming back to san francisco. also, due to the last assessment collected for the moscone district, the incentive that we have to offset the rent to be competitive, was much lower only at a million dollars, it's been as high as 5 million dollars.

but it is fund that we use to offset rent at moscone center. and any questions? >> thank you. for the presentation and for your work. i just one thing, the alarming numbers we're all aware on the plummeting number of moscone events are a reminder of the public that we're a year behind on this. fiscal year, 2021 and i'm curious not formerly as part of this report but for our benefit in the public, just comments on any trends, obviously, you said from 56 to so last year. >> so last year, there were 33 events at moscone, positive growth not at the numbers that we had before. i'm sure you're aware that

there are challenges to attracting business to the city. you know, outside of just the center itself, street conditions and other issues and you know we worked very closely with the city and the mayor and every one to try to help partner and help, change that image but you know, we're, for 2024, it we don't have any growth in terms of number of meetings, 25, 26 look much healthier. the reason it varies from year to year, there is a lot of meet that'sing come as a rotation al so it may come every two to three years. so it's not going to be any growth from 23-24 but 25 and 6 look much much better. >> thank you, there was one thing that i was hoping you could explain what this is, one

that received 14.8 million in incentive discounts to attract new businesses to moscone center. is that cash grants or in what are those incentives? >> so, it was provided by the city, after the pandemic, so similarly to this last built point, the moscone that is used to offset rent. the city gave us a credit towards rent at moscone center, so it was used to offseting rent. >> thank you for clarifying yes, helpful. supervisor dorsey. >> no questions, i just want to express my appreciation to you for your presentation and just ask the clerk that i also be added as a cosponsor for items 8 and 9 because they're also

come into district 6, so thank you for everything you're doing. >> thank you for your support. >> thank you and let's go to our last which is the downtown community district. and we republic executive director. >> thank you, so much for hanging on today. thank you chair preston, thank you supervisor dorsey. as mentioned earlier and thank you jackie and chris for all your hard work in reporting. this is our first time presenting an annual report to oaa. thank you so much for us. you notice our name is now downtown partnership. we were formed as downtown cbd but when i started at the

organization, i got a lot of emails about cannabis wanting to move downtown. so therefore pitch is within our values. i have a very confusing district to describe. here's a map it's about 43 square blocks that represent the traditional financial district as well as the historic jackson square neighborhood. you can see i do cover some south of market and embarcadero so everything you see, supervisor dorsey south of market and embarcadero is also in your district but primarily in supervisor peskin's. during this time, we worked with the board of directors to produce i strategic plan that was much more encompassing to move on the narrative of the

downtown core, the financial has to be 9-5. so here we're, we're really trying to create a neighborhood that is for all bay area resident to see come here and feel welcome and explore and make memories. we launched our operations in january of 2020. had a lot of positive impact. that's our term that was established through 2034, our bijt is million it's closer to 4.1. we did not increase assessments this year but we have tond do so to keep wup cost of business

and inflations. i'm proud to say, that we now have 7 full-time staff members, during my period, we had three. so we have doubled in size from from a capacity perspective for our organization. or not the clean and safe side, power washer and special projects stuff, very similar to the rest of the cbds. and i love showing this image because this was my first day on the job. i started as a deputy director in september of 2020 and then appointed as a full-time executive director in early 2021 and this is on front street which was initially a big hotspot for us and now is, you know, trying to thrive

again with bars and restaurants and new hospitalities coming to the area. i've been proud based on the results after that first image, we calculated about a 52 percent decrease and quality of life issues, 85 reduction in graffiti and waste and so feces and needles on the street and 94% reduction from the first year in operation to this current fiscal year that i'm reporting on. amazing results, we really just hit the ground running to try to reopen downtown. another very important project for us is we partnered with side lap local studio local here in san francisco to produce our public realm action plan and it's about 14

three-page on our website. it's an outline to help us reimagine what downtown san francisco can be in the post covid world. this is the rendering of commercial and light store streets. i'll be reporting on that next year and during this period, we received the pandemic innovation award for fast company for this project. our first public realm is called battery bridge. it was a site that was closed as part of better market street on the corner of bush and market. and we worked closely to allow us to create a new social destination right in the heart of market street. so this is claudio this is peruvian artist here in the mission and he produced about

1900 square foot mural right on the street. and you can see this as an aerial image on the right-hand side and we activate the space with lunch time concerts during the summer. another public realm improvement project that we're proud of is belt in place, one of the first alleys in our city that was closed. and allow the restaurants to really have the european style to serve the stores. we worked to fabricate the gateway sign and brought back the still day which was previously paid for by the restaurants. it was a block party back then but we leaned on the cheesy history and french scene of the quarter. and as you can see, we have a

dancing mime, people bring out their doubts and gave out berets and the restaurants saw a about 30% increase in revenue for that evening. and our proudest achievement is let's glow sf, which during this period in december 2021, o mercon had just hit so it was bad timing, but we wanted to do something that was not done in the west coast covid festival to try to see if we can get families and their dogs out in the financial district after 5:00 p.m. and for the first year, 36,000 people came down down for the activation. the last holiday season, we increased to 67,000 in attendees which created about 10 million dollars impact.

so are we heading as an organization? it's further implementation of the plan. we're currently challenged with the fact that our management plan and program and services were designed precovid. so we're relying on fundraising efforts and grant to really help us implement our public realm action plan as quickly as possible. one alley is great but we need 20 of them and for that model to be expanded in all downtown neighborhoods. we're also planning additional events and activations we're bringing back our second annual drag me downtown where we partner with the drag community and we have pop up performances and downtown bars. we also redesigning our whole cleaning and safety services in 2024, and we'll be enhancing those as well.

and trying to do some business attraction, market report and get people back to the office again. the photo here at the bottom is, happened this last september where we opened landing at lightle store in partnership. thank you again for your time allowing us to present our first report and i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you very much, supervisor dorsey. >> i don't have any questions, but just to express my appreciation to robby also, to chair preston for an excellent and informative hearing today on all of these and to everybody who presented, thank you and thank you for the great work that you're doing for our city and as well my gratitude

for oewd, if it's okay, i make a motion. >> sure, i just want to echo the thanks to all the directors who took time to be here mr. martin, mr. scott, mr. tomson, ms. rodriguez, mr. franzo and mr. silver and yeah, go ahead. >> okay, i would like make a motion to send items 4 through 9 to the full board with the positive recommendations. thank you, madam clerk. >> clerk: chair preston, should we call for public comment. >> oh thank you. absolutely. thank you for catching that, madam clerk, let's open public comment on these items. >> clerk: members of the public who wish to speak on the item should line up alongside of the window. all speakers will have two minutes to speak. mr. chair, it appears we have no public comment. >> thank you, public comment on

this is now closed and let's go ahead and call the roll on supervisors dorsey's motion. >> clerk: would you like to restate the motion. >> this is to send the 4 through 9 to send for positive reamation. >> clerk: okay. member dorsey. >> aye. >> chair peskin. >> aye. >> we have two ayes with members chan excused. >> that motion passes and clerk, is there any other business of the committee. >> clerk: there is no other business today. >> with that, we are adjourned. thank you very much.

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