it lead by department of public works and also our wonderful police department i know that captain lazzaro and his staff as a conversation on in this district is safety everybody's safety during the holidays streets are filled are families and children timing to shop and buy new things and make sure we patries all the local shores the jr. idea years ago came from the merchant that was led and bias and benny to place a few more merchandise there but keep a high-level of safety this is a very, very busy corridor as you can see and that's not the last time the honking of a horn will interfere with any speak is where he have an important transportation system that the mta is fixing up our subway but while the construction is going on it adds to the construction to the cars and all the other public so everybody's coming together for the safety of our residents and the visitor and the shoppers and the celebration we have more of the ability of a small merchandise shop owners to present their goods for the new years for the next two years before the chinese new year begins this is a whole effort

>> (speaking foreign language.) >> thank you very much. >> in addition what we heard from captain lazzaro and aware of the logistics especially the ecology truck that came at 7 o'clock not 6 o'clock mar make sure everything is moved off the street all deliveries should be made by 8:30 we'll set up for the local businesses businesses that partnership is going to bring c y c to work with the police department they'll be ambassadors of the programs and make sure that the path is a clear for everyone all those details i'm placed if you have questions please make sure to get in touch with the department of public works we'll be here to make sure we have a safe event with that said, i'm going to introduce someone that is a friend of mine who at every meeting 1 or two or three inch for the march please well. >> thank you very much good morning mayor ed lee and commissioner christensen and director mohammed and department and ladies and gentlemen on behalf of the merchant doing business on stockton street i want to thank the mayor ed lee for supporting this special event 14 device before the chin

. >> captain lazzaro and folks if ecology it takes those people to make the celebration a successes even some of us who participate in the event don't realize how much organization it takes and communication so along with health and prosperity we wish a year of cooperation i'd like to really thanking thank those folks for the hard work they do (clapping.) so i'm looking forward to being here and working with the merchant and the resident and chinatown with the mayor's office and all the city departments so we keep making those things happen in chinatown and we're that happy and prosperous. >> thank you julie as you heard from julie and the mayor is takes a whole team won the key concerns we've had and worked hard to address it i want to thank the merchant is the safety of the pedestrians i want to ask the san francisco police department captain lazzaro to say a few words. >> good morning and welcome from the words of mayor ed lee i want to thank mohammed fro organizing this to echo what commissioner christensen said it's important that the police department be a partner we've excited abo