if there are no questions, i'd like to bring up kristen martin to present on the program achievement. >> thank you, i did not know about your storefront office. it is outside of my district. that will be my excuse. >> no problem. thank you, chair kim. supervisor brown for allowing us to come and present the fiscal year 16-17 bor17 lower polk annl report. this was the tail end of our first year and the beginning of our second year of operations. we were still in the process of building the foundation for the c.b.d. establishing our programs and our internal systems and controls. we are happy to say that i think we've made some significant progress and progress that you can see, smell and feel in the lower polk. i'll walk you through some of our highlights from the year. so, we rebranded and promoted our art walk. we provided information to merchants, pedestrians and sponsored the lower polk wine walk to bring foot traffic to our merchants. we redesigned and took part in the funding for fern and austin allies which have been a priority for the neighborhood to reinvent our back allies an

with central market and civic center and simon bertrand for north of market and tenderloin and kristen martin from the lower market benefit who will offer remarks on their annual report. i want to congratulate all the c.b.d.s and it's been a pleasure to work with each of you. >> thank you chair different gookim, goodmorning supervisors. if the interest of facilitating each c.b.d.'s discussion we'd like to do the presentation on civic center and allow the executive director to present on civic center. is is that ok? >> yes, we'll do each of the community benefits separately and helen will present on the last two and we'll open up for general public comment on all of these items together. >> thank you. >> so we're here today with the fiscal year 2016-'17 annual report for the civic center community benefit district. the civic center community benefit direct is in district 6. also, etches in a little bit into district 5. it is a property based assessment district with a initial assessment budget of $691,000. it was established in 2011 and will expire in june 30th of 2021. the c.b.d. is tracy eve

kristen, mila, and channing. this is our fourth year doing this and no red benefit special would be complete without a special duet. in the past, we've heard music from chris martin flowers. tonight, prepare to experience the music of the bee gees, like you've never heard it before. performed by two men with no last names, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome bono and pharrell. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ well, you can tell by the way i use my walk i'm a woman's man ♪ ♪ no time to talk music loud and women warm i've been kicked around ♪ ♪ since i been born, now it's all right it's okay and you may look ♪ ♪ we can try to understand "the new york times" affect our all man ♪ ♪ whether you're a brother, whether you're a mother, it's staying alive, staying alive ♪ ♪ feel the city breaking, everybody shaking, staying alive, alive ♪ ♪ people stayin' alive stayin' alive ah, ha, ha, ha ♪ ♪ stayin' alive stayin' alive ah ha ha, stayin alive ♪ ♪ we're alive, we're alive ♪ ♪ i get low, i get high, if i can't get you, i'm going try ♪ ♪ the wings of heaven on my shoes, i'm a handsome man, i just can't lose ♪ ♪ it's all right, it's okay, we can live another day ♪ ♪ see another