>> good afternoon, thomas piccarello, last monday i was elected to the board of directors but today i speak as a resident of the c.b.d., and not reflect the views of the c.b.d. first let me say i appreciate the oversight. i think the c.b.d. does a lot of good things for the tenderloin, no question about it. but there needs to be greater transparency and there needs to be greater accountability. at the present time, the c.b.d. spends approximately 80% of their budget to one vendor who cleans the streets. this is on a noncompetitive basis. if -- i was given a packet of documents after my election. i was speaking about the noncompetitive contract. again, organization since its inception. i happen to be one of the founding members, board members, of the community benefit district. my name is michael nolte and i am a community leader and activist with 35 years track record of community service to low income communities in san francisco. i'm here today to express my disappointment with the operations of the north of market community benefit district. it started with overwhelming support fro