i'm the interim executive director for the yerba buena garden conservancy. u'll hear from stakeholders and the strength of this interconnected community. as many are aware over the past many years, there's been an extensive community planning process where the yerba buena businesses and non-profits have worked together with ocii and city department of real estate to develop and plan this long-term vision for the yerba buena gardens. the outcome was the new non-profit organization with the sole intent to operate the yerba buena gardens. we work in conjunction with commercial tenant and the city and county of san francisco for the civic and public health and enjoyment of visitors and residents. i want to touch on key points. the city will maintain the role as landlord but it's a true public private partnership as the owner of the gardens and landlords and city would have the ultimate authority. leadership and the conservancy made of garden stakeholders by community and civic leaders. it brings the strength of community and the city into one governance structure

i'm the executive director of the yerba buena community direct and serve on the garden's conservancy. the neighborhood of yerba buena is an interesting eco system with a variety of uses including a large cultural, residential, you have gardens in the middle and the convention center, etcetera. the gardens serves all the populations as a respite in a concrete jungle of downtown. it's incredibly important to the residents that live in that neighborhood and employees and i don't think we can overstate the importance to the conventioneers. when redevelopment absolved we were surprised that we were meeting regularly for seven years to get to this point. i want to thank the neighborhood. i think you can see there is strong neighborhood buyin'. not only to get to this point but continue the operations forward. so much so that you have seen most the neighborhood institutions or a large percent ac put their money with their mouth is and contribute to costs getting to this point. i don't want to take that too lightly. we've also enjoyed work with the department of arrest and other departments t

i'm the interim executive director for the yerba buena garden conservancy. ar from stakeholders and the strength of this interconnected community. as many are aware over the past many years, there's been an extensive community planning process where the yerba buena businesses and non-profits have worked together with ocii and city department of real estate to develop and plan this long-term vision for