[applause] >> welcome, welcome, welcome, one and all. >> the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. welcome to the front yard of city hall, and happy holidays to each and every one of you. make sure that you come back on december 9, sunday. we're going to be having so much fun. a lot of face painting activities and fun things for the whole family. hi, everybody! are you guys ready to light this christmas tree? >> let's do it, boys and girls. >> the hon. london breed: have you guys been naughty or nice? okay. presents for everybody. hi, mr. grinch. >> hi, mrs. mayor. >> the hon. london breed: hi, santa. >> hi, mrs. mayor. >> the hon. london breed: i've been good this year. >> don't worry. we have a very special gift for you, too. >> the hon. london breed: all right. come on over, everybody. can you help me count? okay. we're going to start with ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] >> the hon. london breed: thank you, everyone. happy holidays. >> merry christmas, boys and girls. thank you for coming out today. >> you guys ready to light a tr

welcome, monte cimino. it's been a while. >> good morning, president and commission and director mcspadden. i'm monte cimino with the office on the aging. i'm here to seek approval for the alzheimer's dementia care project and the purpose of this program is coming partially from findings and recommendations from the lgbt task force report issued in march of 2014. the services are provided in english, spanish and chinese. and through a three-tiered training module designed specifically for this contract, staff and volunteers from community-based organizations, hospitals and other professional organizations that provide services to lgbt seniors and adults with disabilities will be educated on current issues faced by these populations as well as gaining skills to ensure that their organizations are more safe, inclusive and welcoming to lgbt seniors and adults with disabilities. additionally at the end of the 2018-2019 fiscal year the alzheimer's group will have a meeting to evaluate the progress and to receive

welcome, guys.f you are going to san francisco ♪ ♪ be sure to wear some flowers in your hair ♪. >> how many people are morning people? do we have any morning people? 25 years in the nba we are nighttime people. these are amazing. i was thinking just sitting here the building got built. how many people lived here longer than 15 years? raise your hand. did you honestly think privately financed in san francisco for $1.6 billion, the ultimate arena in the world would be built right here? anybody believe that? we are here. let's start with joe on that. the ribbon-cutting yesterday. this is a sieve vick asset -- civic asset. this is the camp fire for 2019, a gathering place for sports and entertainment. can you believe it is here in believe me your thoughts that friday night metallica kicks it off? >> it is surreal, to be honest. yesterday was quite the day, thanks to rick and kim and all of the people that made this place happen. it is amazing that it went off as well as it did given how hard of a proces

welcome and a big thank you to all of our local, state and other dignitaries. very appreciative of your presence here today. mayor london breed, former mayor willie brown, former mayor art agnes, hi, melia. all right. former fire chief, former fire chief robert devens, former fire chief, paul tobacco, former fire chief ed, welcome. former deputy chief mar gonzales

please welcome darrell and d.plause] [singing] [singing] [singing] [singing] [applause] >> congratulations, nine. >> as we close the ceremony, please join me in one more big round to congratulate our 26th chief janine nicholson. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much for attending. please join she nicholson across venice at the greenroom of the veterans building for a reception. now i would like to ask all uniformed officers to make your way to the stage for a photograph. thank you so much. >> good evening, welcome everyone. we will start this meeting with our pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] >> welcome, all. thank you very much for your attendance this evening. >> this is a reminder to silence all electronic devices. the fire commission regular meeting of wednesday, may 22nd , 2019, and the time is 5:00 p.m. item one, roll call. [roll call]

welcome.applause] [speaking foreign language] [applause] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [applause] >> summarizing his comments, mayor lee is for the people. he always concerned about the low income communities and families. the low wages earners, and also he remembered mayor lee for raising minimum wage to $15, and he also remembered that mayor lee made it possible for all our elderly to have three munimobile and also they used. he misses him. thank you -- and also the use -- youth. >> something just hit me. i remembered mayor ed lee made fun of me because i say i tell everyone to say you are beautiful. sometimes he stole it from me. so i want everyone to turn to the person to their left and right and say you are beautiful. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [laughter] [speaking foreign language] >> and now, where are the t.v. cameras clot get ready. now we have the beautiful mayor london breed to say a few words in honor of ed lee. [speaking forei

i want to welcome everyone here today. elected officials, department heads and thank you media, i know you're getting wet. thank you for being here. first of all, happy up coming lunar new year of the dog. some characters are loyalty and honesty and principles in helping and serving others, thus they make good police officers, scientists, politicians and judges. the office at central station must be convinced i was born in the year of the dog because of the barking i do at the station but i was born in the year of the monkey. i had the fortune of taking over the station. i worked at central station for retired deputy chief tom, the captain for the years of the dragon, the snake and the horse. during the dynasties, they worked vigorously to end extortion, reduce overall crimes and increase public safety in chinatown. we work hard to continue to build on their successes and legacy. they built great relationships and friendships in the chinatown community and our city family. chinatown has been known as an underserved communi

i wanted to welcome everyone here. did want to say thank you to our fiscal sponsor for being here and supporting us through the project. and i want to thank the ecs collaboration, which is extremely critical and important and that dish is fiercely committed to ending homelessness and the case managers, desk clerks, janitors, people at the ground level to welcome our veterans home. we have 11 veterans -- we're going to wrap this up, i have a move-in a little later. we'll make it 12. and happy holidays to everyone and thank you for all of your work and collaboration and i am extremely, extremely grateful that the auburn is here. and we're looking forward to having the building leased up by the end of february is our goal. thank you. and whoever wants a tour, we'll be there. thank you. (applause) ♪ welcome home, man. >> good morning. >> it's such an amazing, wonderful, wonderful morning. thank you for coming to this incredible event. i'm the director from the office of the mayor. i want to do a few house keeping notes bef

please welcome darrell and d. [applause] [singing] [singing] [singing] [singing] [applause] >> congratulations, nine. >> as we close the ceremony, please join me in one more big round to congratulate our 26th chief janine nicholson. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much for attending. please join she nicholson across venice at the greenroom of the veterans building for a reception. now i would like to ask all uniformed officers to make your way to the stage for a photograph. thank you so much. captioning starting. good afternoon and welcome to the mayor's disability council this friday may 17 in room 400 of san francisco city hall. city hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. wheelchair access is provided at the grove, van ness and mcallister street via ramps. wheelchair access at the polk street, entrance is provided through a wheelchair lift. assistive listening devices are available and our meeting is real captioned and sign language interpreted. please ask sta

>> good afternoon, everybody, and welcome to city haul. my name is london breed. i'm president of the san francisco board of supervisors, and i represent district 5, the amazing district that houses the incredible 3rd baptist church, which we plan to make official landmarking status today. aren't we excited? i just want to say one, praise god, right? praise god, thank you for being here, thank you for supporting this ceremony. we are honored here to have the mayor here to perform the ceremony who will speak in just a little bit, but i want to thank my colleague, aaron pes k kin for sponsoring this legislation, and thank you for supervise cohen for joining us here today, as well as our city administrator, naomi kelley. this is a wonderful day today. i'm so excited. remember when we celebrated with reverend brown and lady jane brown at the celebration with bill clinton, and i told you we would make this happen, and we made it happen, and look how quickly we made it happen? well, i didn't have a choiz because reverend brown was calling me every single day, every day

please welcome darrell and d.applause] [singing] [singing] [singing] [singing] [applause] >> congratulations, nine. >> as we close the ceremony, please join me in one more big round to congratulate our 26th chief janine nicholson. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much for attending. please join she nicholson across venice at the greenroom of the veterans building for a reception. now i would like to ask all uniformed officers to make your way to the stage for a photograph. thank you so much. >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lo

welcome to the southeast sector of san francisco, welcome to bayview, welcome to india basin where weave always known that the sun always shines. what you see here today is one of the most amazing gems that we have in district ten, and for the next four years, next eight years, next 20 years, next 13 years, we will continue to highlight the beauty of district ten, the beauty of the southeast sector of san francisco, not only because we know how amazing it is, but because we deserve it , and we deserve to make sure that everyone knows that we are here. thank you for coming out today. [applause] >> i definitely want to acknowledge our board of education members. thank you for showing up. we also have commissioner richardson and i will be remiss if i did not mention a long-term resident geo- fox who worked hard to make sure that we highlighted india basin, highlighted its beauty, and thank you for being out here today. like mayor breed said, projects like this happen because we need the resources to get it done. of course, we want to thank our donor we want to say that donations like tha

thank you for welcoming us. it was a great and productive meeting. >> our next meeting will be on january 28th at 5:00 p.m. a public council and anyone is welcome to attend. if you would like to attend, make a presentation or like a copy of our agenda contact our sac supervisor mr. salvador lopez barr, thank you. >> thank you for that report. number six, we have recognitions and resolutions of accommodation. we have none tonight. number seven, recognizing all valuable employees. we have none tonight. number 8, advisory committee reports and appointments to the advisory committee by board members. number one we have a report from the parent advisory council. if you could please make your way. >> good evening, commissioners. supesuperintendent matthews. i want to say welcome to the new commissioners. we look forward to meeting with you soon. look forward to working with you to support our students and our families. so the role of the parent advisory council is to represent and bring parent voices to the board of e

welcome chief bill scott, please. >> good morning. it is hard to follow mayor breed and mayor brown so i want to echo a few things said. i want to thank everybody for being here. these are moments we can remind ourselves how this city comes together. san francisco has a rich illustrious history of rising to the occasion. in times like these, that is exactly what we do. i want to put a plug i for our program. we get by with volunteers. people come together and they work and they volunteer. thank you all for being here. i want to recognize the men and women of the san francisco police department standing on the perimeters. [applause.] >> i want to recognize our great sheriff and law enforcement partners and all of our san francisco sheriffs. this is the sheriff's last year at the celebration. i want to recognize vicky. give her a round of applause. thank you. >> chief scott, come on now, we are getting close. >> right now it is time to bring up a person that is really cool. she is the head of the department of emergency management. woul

also in way that's welcoming and inclusive. [applause] >> one question before i ask the commissioners. >> president bermejo: are the welcome cards in other languages other than english? >> they are only in english. >> president bermejo: commissio? commissioner stephenson. >> vice president stephenson: t. that was fantastic. exciting. was there any digital backup to it? did any digital stuff go out as well as the postcards? >> not along with the postcards. the postcard pointed to digital resources. it was like the briefest summary of the exact digital resources that you need. we wanted to keep things streamlined. >> vice president stephenson: d? can can you track a list those areas. >> unfortunately, we relied on our partners website as opposed to our own. we do not have the data on whether theyhad bump in that. >> vice president stephenson: we can have one of the cards come back to us as a mechanism to maybe reach more people. i'm so glad you did the survey. it's one the things it the department is doing extraordinarily well. m

all are welcome.te. >> and now we are pleased to introduce six fabulous performers from move school. the theatre education program. they perform a medley of timeless holiday classics by -- classics by ervin burling. >> i love that one. >> now playing through december 22nd at the gateway theatre. >> welcome to the stage... [cheers and applause] [♪] [singing] [singing] [singing] [singing] [singing] [singing] [singing] [♪] [singing] [singing] [singing] [cheers and applause] >> let's give another big round of applause for moon school. [cheers and applause]. >> weren't they wonderful? >> they were so wonderful. i love all of those songs. >> our next act has appeared on national and international television. they have toured internationally to england, argentina, and mexico. >> ages seven, 10, 11, and 13. here they are. the most musically talented siblings, stars aligned! [indiscernible] [♪] [♪] [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [cheers and applause] [♪] [♪] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> all ri

, welcome. pansie for being here, thank you for being here. 94 years young and she traveled from seattle to be with us today along with other members of the family. i understand ed's brothers and sister are here, edmond and manny, welcome and thank you for being here. it is a real honor for me to be here as well as the airport director and to celebrate this wonderful commemoration of our late mayor ed lee and his life time and legacy. such an important place to have this commemoration. this is an appropriate dedication to our late mayor, as he was such a driving force in connecting our city to the rest of the world for business as well as cultural enrichment. he was so supportive and proud of our efforts to create such an amazing passenger experience and create the standard of a world-class airport. he would say he wanted everyone to feel like you were walking through a five-star hotel lobby when you travel through our airport. i think we achieved that vision. with a coalition of asian-pacific c

so please, welcome to the stage the christmas tree tappers. >> let's hear it again for the christmas tree tappers. [applause] >> weren't they fantastic? what about you, kids? did you take the tappers? yeah. so much fun, right? they brought them because they knew i couldn't dance, and they knew i needed some help. the next group is the san francisco girl's chorus. they won five grammy awards, performing at the 2009 inauguration of president barack obama. the sfgc continues to empower young women from all across the bay area with its chorus school, which trains over 250 young girls and women in vocal training each year. please welcome to the stage the san francisco girl's chorus. [applause] chore [singing "deck the halls"] [singing "silent night"] [applause] >> let's hear it for the san francisco girl's chorus. hi, folks. how great were they? fantastic, don't you think? [applause] >> okay. before we go any further, i want to let jeanette know, we've found tatiana. so mom, come back stage, and we have tatiana for you. i want to give a couple of a

we welcome the flying falafel to the neighborhood. there's a vacant food service place right across the street. i hope they choose to open there or somewhere down the block. what this case is about i'm going to quote one of the speakers in opposition to this dr. he said, we shouldn't enable retail when retail is not viable anymore. i'm not willing to accept that. that is what this is really about. is retail viable? if retail is viable it's going to need quality retail spaces for them to go into. this space at 463 castro is the last really good retail space available on that block. and it needs to be preserved for a retail user. and we welcome the flying falafel to be it it fourth falafel business elsewhere on this block. thank you. >> thank you. sponsor would you like a rebuttal as well? okay. we'll close that hearing. commissioner richards. >> in the six years i've been on this commission, we've only heard two change of use drs. the other was filed by a woman who you may know named sonia. she filed it on the laundromat on octavia mar

welcome. >> hello. >> so i'm nicholas chen. i'm here on behalf of my parents. we're 2521 steiner street, and we're the neighbor on the other side. i wanted to go back to some of these documents that i put underneath the projector which shows the view from our back yard on the far left. the view of the, i guess you'd call it the appellant's provided graphic and then, the view of the developer's provided graphic, so i think you had a question about how far it goes back, so you can see it's basically the same in both of these. i think this one may have been moved back a little bit further, but kind of my main concern here is no matter where it goes back being to, you're these decks. that's our house right here. there's a bedroom where my brother -- where we grew up up here, and on both sides, you're looking directly from those decks even if you move it to a line over here or over here, those lines are looking directly into these rooms and are also obstructing light from those rooms, so i think that's one t

welcome. >> good afternoon. i am here as a representative of the san francisco bay chapter chapter water committee. i will reiterate the things that we have heard this afternoon. first off, i am really speaking for constituents. the residents of the counties deeply care about our environment. and they would like to see you reflect that position in what you vote on as far as water. you are a pointed officials. you are not elected as an elected official. you, one would hope you would be aligned and to reflect the viewpoints of your constituents. and also, as a pointed officials , maybe you have an even greater need to really look at what everyone is saying. you have heard from the river trust, you've heard from the sierra club. you have heard from san francisco residents. you have heard from fisher people. and to really take some more time to look at what the water board is proposing. i am not an expert on water. i do know that tom spoke to you earlier and he is an expert on water. but i but i think you really nee

and welcome to the neighborhood. welcome home. [ applause ] >> okay. believe it or not, we're almost through our program. there are a couple of people from the mayor's office. i want to call out ruby harris, the project manager. there she is in the back. joe mcnamara and theresa younga i don't know if it is the right word and helped this project come to be, mid-wifed it or something. we would not be here were it not for theresa. so thank so you much. and ms. menendez and the management company who will hopefully take care of this building as well as they do everywhere else. we do a lot of these openings with bank of america. they are probably, i would say, the most active bank right now in san francisco in terms of financing and investing in affordable housing. for the last month or so, ary has been a very busy man and as i follow the mayor and as we celebrate the reopening of a lot of the buildings that have been renovated around downtown. he's done a great job of making the bank a partner with affordable housing and. >> all prospective jurors: of oth

welcome. welcome mr. santos. >> commissioners, happy new year why now from the neighbor? we are interactive with the neighbor when we started this process. why now from mr. buskovery much. i talked to him a few months ago we have a system that covers precisely what mr. buskovich suggested. we have a sequence of construction. we have a shoreing design, we have a method of implementation. we can do all that work within our boundaries. we have a properly-issued permit fully veted by d.b.i. and more importantly, by a licenseed geo technical engineer who will be on site during the implementation. or delay it for two more weeks, let's meet two weeks from now. why? it's going to rain in the next few days. we have a contractor. we have a permit. we've spoken to d.b.i. what's time going to do for us? we're building a retaining wall that is required. we're building a retaining wall, at my client's cost. we're not asking to share for this wall. that's usually what happens in this situation. they share the cost. that foundation wall is helping us both. we're not asking for that. my c

public comment is welcome. item 7. information item. in honor of hearing loss awareness month, age related hearing loss, age related hears loss effects one-third adults over the age of 65. we need to raise awareness on the impact this has on patients, significant others, as well as in a clinical setting if left untreated. presentation by jessie johnson. clinical practice manager. and shannon simonson, direct other of education and social services. hearing and speech center of northern california. public comment is welcome. break, the council will take a 15-minute break. 8 a, information item, shared scooter permit program, starting in june. the sfmta will be authorized to issue permits for shared scooter programs. sfmta is in the process of finalizing the detailed requirements for these systems and want to gather feedback on our recommendations for how to ensure that these scooters do not continue to pose a threat to the safety and accessibility of our sidewalks. presentation by miriam so rel. 8 b, information

welcome melissa mcgee. >> good morning. i am melissa mcgee, program manager with the offers of community partnerships at the department of disability and aging services. i am here today to enter into contract with resource development sociates or rda for the provision of consulting services to conduct a city-wide case management system assessment for older adults and adults with disabilities. the 2018 dignity funds community needs assessment highlighted the importance of case management in the community. it clearly noticed service providers identified a need for increased capacity and consumers provided difficulties of the navigation. they will conduct an analysis of the city-wide case management system to identify unnet needs and gaps in services and assess streamlining. they will work closely with dos and community-based partners to provide the department with a comprehensive systems assessment report. this will be accomplished through a broad range of data collection and analysis activities. the outcome will be a systems

on behalf of tabernacle cbc, i'm here to welcome you. i'm here to welcome someone who needs no introduction, the first african american mayor of san francisco, but more important, a woman who is fore, by and of this community. a leader not only of this community, but of the whole city. our honorable and future mayor, london breed. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. thank you so much for being here. first of all, i just want to say to the people who live in westside courts, congratulation do -- congratulations. this is truly your victory. i know we're going to be swearing in the resident council here, and we'll get to that in just a moment. i just want to start by saying this is pretty amazing. i grew up, as many of you know, in the western addition community, and i grew up in public housing in plaza east, and the conditions of plaza east were over 20 years where i live were similar to the conditions that exist right here in westside court before this renovation. when i first became supervisor, i talked to mayor ed lee

welcome to the mayor's noon, ev. disability council this friday, may 18, 2018. >> could you speak into the mic? >> co-chair blacksten: this one, ok. ok, is this good? all right. good afternoon, and welcome to the mayor's disability council this friday, may 18, 2018 in room 400 of san francisco city hall. city hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. wheelchair access is provided at the grove, van ness and mcallister streets via ramps. wheelchair access at the polk street, dr. carlton b. goodlett entrance is provided via wheelchair lift. assistive listening devices are available and our meeting is open captioned in sign language interpreted. you are agendas are also avaien large print and ease ask staff for any additional assistance. to prevent electronic interference with this sound room system and to respect everyone's ability to focus on the presentations, please silence all mobile phones and tdas. your cooperation is appreciated. we welcome the public's participation du

[cheers and applause] >> thank you so much and welcome >> mayor breed: thank you, everyone and welcomeo san francisco city hall! [cheers and applause] >> mayor breed: thank you, vanessa for that kind introduction. i am honored to be here with so many people from around the world so many mayors from so many different countries. this is going to be an amazing week in san francisco. many of us are here because we, unfortunately we know about a lack of leadership around climate change in washington, d.c. that is why, this week, we are joining an unprecedented gathering of leaders from cities around the world to send the message that climate change is too important for us not to act. we are already seeing the impacts of global warming here in california and all over the planet. it poses significant threats to our most vulnerable communities and the critical infrastructure so many of our cities. the decisions we make today, the partnerships we form, and the commitments we advance are critical to ensuring we leave our communities and our planet a better place for the next generation. yes, you

you're welcome to give mer finley a handshake, but we want everybody to feel welcome, and so we don't want applause or boos or anybody's noise. this is the city hall, open forum. so, mr. finley, thank you for your brevity and your eloquence. if you want to show support, throw your hands up, but please let's be respectful of all speakers. >> jordan davis, mitch concord, and duncan bailey. >> my name is jordan davis, and i live in district 6. and what happened with tess rosstein, that should not happen. i live in a high-injury area. i live on geary avenue. i take my life in my hands even going to the laundromat. i do have a driver's license, but i never drive anymore. i just don't believe -- i believe that with, of course -- we have only 12 years left to curb the cycle of global warming, and i want to say anything that pisses off motorists is a good thing, anything that helps pedestrians is a good thing. anything that would help prevent these bicycle and pedestrian deaths is a good thing. this is also an equity and racial justice issue because district 6 is a very diverse area in terms

so i want to welcome -- we are welcoming our president, the commission on the status of women, the strongest country. let's give that a cheer. [cheering] >> the president the lifelong advocate for women and girls and has acted as a champion for policy change in education and community and economic development. she just stepped off a plane from india, so please help me welcome president rhianna zawart >> hi, everyone. i am very honored be here and to represent the strongest commission in the country. i'm joined tonight by our vice president, commissioners. can we give it up for our commissioners? [applause] the reason why this commission and this department is so important is because every day we live the theme of this month which is building pathways to safety. according to the national coalition against domestic violence, an average of 20 americans experience domestic violence every minute. that is 10 million victims in a single year in the u.s. and according to the coalition, domestic violence survivors receive 8 million -- lose 8 million working days. the numbers are there and they are sc

we welcome questions that people may have. this is going to be primarily a place for people to be able to have conversations about their different systems and how they work together. following that, we'll produce an action plan and the intent is that a year from today or so, we'll have implementation plan we can bring back to the committee with some specific recommendations on not just how our lifelines are performing, but how to improve their performance. with that, i will take questions. >> the don't of technology and -- department of technology went after grant funding for sat lie wi-fi trailers to support communications and especially applications that rely on communications like what's ap app tt. and we received funding for that. that is multicounty. so we're going to figure out the government structure, but the short of it, you'll hear more about the wi-fi trailers and the new asset we have to share among counties. >> great. thank you. >> i just want to announce the executive direct ivgive that -- directive that the mayo

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when we welcome that diversity, we welcome everybody with whatever problems they have. whatever things they're experiencing. whatever things they can't solve. they hop on muni. for that short period of time, we experience their lives. and the first person are the muni. let's thank the transport workers union and every driver every day that has to put that smile on and make sure they're the fun face of our municipal transportation agency. that is why we're celebrating the family of larry martin. we'll say a few more words about that in a moment. i know iris is here as the daughter of larry b. martin. but i just wanted to begin with that praise and give the praise to people who work every day in the system. and we honor them by getting their input in this design as well. so, these l.r.v.s are not just a train that came from some. they were literally design with the expert engineering at siemens, complimented by all of our experience in making sure that there were less parts to deal with. it will give us better diagnostics and maintenance and seating arrangements, color ar

it is my honor to welcome our fantastic chief of police, chief scott. >> thank you. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. i couldn't have said it better than mayor lee. [kids shouting] and this place is fun in here. i'm not a big ice cream eater, but my entire family is. i'm sure i will be here many times during the holidays. this is my favorite time of year and it is my favorite time of year because the holiday season, thanksgiving, the holiday season, it brings out the best in communities. it is a time where we're selfless, we give, we come together as a community. and definitely shop and dine in the 49 is, i think, the way to go. this time last year, even before i got hired by mayor lee to be the chief here, we were here during this period last years and i remember walking around, basically walking around this area and just going to the different businesses and it was an experience. for those of you who have lived here all your lives, when you come here from another city and experience this great city, it is really something to behold. so, we want to make sure th