oawd is over seeing the [inaudible] program and the program is governed by 2 laws, the first is the 1994 act and local law, which is article 15. in terms of the review process with respect to union square improvement, we are covering 4 fiscal years from fy 2010 to close of fy 2014. we are responsible for insuring all cv and bids meet their plans and conduct a annual review of reports [inaudible] provides a memo >> student the board of supervisors which you all should have in your packets. here is a map of the union square [inaudible] there are over 500 businesses assessed in this district. in terms of the formation when it was originally formed, we will have it be expired in june 30, 2019 and it is property base squd cleths just over 3 million dollars. in terms of operations, there are several staff members, 2 of which are here today, caryn [inaudible] executive director and genie hunt gibbon who is marketing and quhunication manager. in terms of service areas they center 3 main areas that are clean and safe, marketing advocase [inaudible] and management and operations. in terms of the b

we work with oawd, mta planning and also a number of non profits that share or vision for clean safe and slibeerant uniunion scare and city. we have augmented 3.3 million budget with a number of grants. year 1 we got a million forado to extend theide walk [inaudible] we also got grants from [inaudible] a gate way to the district to make it a vibrant and welcomeing area. finally, we raised additional money 3 sponsorship and fund raising. now i will go through year by year and capture a few events each year. the first year we did a stuteejic plan. we got the board members in the room and decided what are the priorities. [inaudible] we also spent time representing community interest on the central subway and in particular the design of union square station and you can see a picture. we also keep track of statistics when they provide service we count the number of interaction of the tourist. we cleaned 5 thousand miles of side walk. we keep track of this avenue year. year 2, 2011, to 12 chblt we opened the [inaudible] we also hired a social media and communications director who is here t

oawd is over seeing the [inaudible] program and the program is governed by 2 laws, the first is the 1994 act and local law, which is