. >> good morning, my name is catherine barnett and i was shocked by the disarray of the condition of the streets and as a concerned resident i became involved in the cbd, now serving on the board and executive committee. every month we go through stacks of documentation of all the graffiti that they have cleaned up, the homeless people that they have gotten into services. at some points even saving them from suicide. they are really, really great and they have the smiling faces. we also work on getting the area of arts and cultural center, so we have all kinds of programs of the arts in the street and the ballet and theater district and getting performances happening and greening the park, little parklets. as a tenant in the area, i am all for the cdc. they have really done great work. thank you >> thank you very much. next speaker we'll have brian smith followed by ralph lee. richard lewis perry. robin anderson. and nick berg. >> hi, thank you board, i am brian smith, the owner of blackberry bicycles on 6th and we opened a little over a year ago. we have been very successful and i d