chris shulman, chairman of the steering committee. i'll be very brief. i think cheryl thomas and [speaker not understood] covered everything very thoroughly. i just want to lend my support to the cbd and thank you for your consideration. >>> good morning, supervisors. my name is lauren martin. i also believe everything ha been covered, but i am a small business owner located on polk between pine and california. and i believe the cbd will allow business to flourish a little more fully. i am present in maiello indication from 9:30 in the morning till 2:30 in the morning. so, i have a coffee business during the day and then i have a bar in the evening. so, i am eyes and ears on the street for most of the day. and this is what i feel would be beneficial for a small business. if we he could get the vulnerable population in our neighborhood the help that they need, i think the average resident would feel a bit safer coming out on polk street at night and during the day. i think if it's cleaner, that would also be beneficial and it would take some pressure off

just want to take a moment and thank shell thomas for his work to put together this effort and chris shulman and other leaders from the lower polk neighbors. and with that, colleagues, unless there are any initial comments or questions, i'd like to invite up from oewd [speaker not understood] to give an overview of what we're talking about and then potentially a brief description of the cbd from cheryl thomas and then move on to public comment. >> good morning, president chiu and supervisor tang. chrisy otano from oewd, [speaker not understood]. as stated, we are presenting on a resolution of intention sponsored by president chiu to establish the lower polk cbd. members of the steering committee have been working very diligently to determine the interest of forming this district, setting the boundaries, determining the services and working very closely with an assessment engineer to look at the assessment methodology. on may 12 our office received all the petition and reviewed all of them concerni

just want to take a moment and thank shell thomas for his work to put together this effort and chris shulman and other leaders from the lower polk neighbors. and with that, colleagues, unless there are any initial comments or questions, i'd like to invite up from oewd [speaker not understood] to give an overview of what we're talking about and then potentially