colleagues, can we please have a motion to excuse supervisors catherine stefani and raphael mandel and? we can take that without objection. thank you very much. are there any announcements? >> silence all cell phones and

colleagues, can we please have a motion to excuse supervisors catherine stefani and raphael mandel and? we can take that without objection. thank you very much. are there any announcements? >> silence all cell phones and electronic devices. completed speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. there are eight supervisors in the chamber. we are now convened as the special meeting of the board of supervisors. >> call item number one. >> a motion for an election to be held and an ordinance amending the business and tax regulation on persons keeping ground floor commercial spaces and commercial districts and for neighborhood commercial -- [indiscernible] >> thank you very much. supervisor ronen? >> i am happy to make a motion to move this. >> great. >> thank you, chair fewer, members of the special budget and finance committee. i don't think i have ever been more nervous to talk about something given the amount of work it has taken to get to me. first and foremost, thank you again on behalf of supervisor peskin. his regrets for not being able