To generate extra income. People who want kids to move out so they want them to get their jobs to pay their own rent. That means that we have to continue to invest in these communities. We have to get out thereinto the community, and i have to tell you i am overwhelmed buyer the number of people here and so appreciative of the different city departments and agencies and the Public Sector folks. I just talked to a gentleman who got hired on the spot. That makes me feel real good. [applause. ] when we talk about income and equality, when we talk about the achievement gap in the public schools, when we talk about all these things, this is just one small way to do something about it. Today we are changing o how we o business in San Francisco. We are changing how we do business in San Francisco. I want to just leave you with one last thing. When the door is open for you, dont shut it behind you. Open the door for the next person. When you are in those Job Opportunities and you hear about something and no someone looking, then make sure you reach back and help someone who is looking for an opportunity, too. Make sure that when you are working in these various industries you put your all into your work, that you do a good job and make your family and community proud. If you want be to start your own business or anything else that you put your all into it. I want to change the future of San Francisco, and changing the future of San Francisco starts today. It starts with making sure that anyone in this room who came for a Second Chance or an opportunity or a Career Change or anything else for that nature that you have an opportunity walking out this door to do whatever it is you want to do. That is what today is about. I want to thank the Public Defenders Office for being here as well. They are here to talk to anyone who, for example, may have challenges with their past and need some assistance inning what to do. They are here to work with you on record expunging and whatever you need. We have done a lot of things in the city. Let me break it down so you can understand some of the laws that, basically, that we got rid of to make it easier to get rid of barriers to employment. When you say you dont have a drivers license or you have something on your record or owe some money. In San Francisco we have given everyone a clean slate so you can get your license without paying excessive fees. Go and check that. I am really proud we have been able to do that. Also, we dont discriminate when it comes to employment. If it is working for the city or any other company that does accident in San Francisco against people who may have done something in their past that is following them and preventing them from seeking out opportunities. We have gotten rid of a lot of those things that get in the way of a job. Dont just walk away or give up. Make sure you ask someone. There are so many people who want you to succeed. We want everyone here to talk to whoever they feel they want to talk to, ask the questions they want to ask so you can get the results to change your life. Thank you all so much for being here. Thank you to our work force director, josh, just in case you dont find something here that works for you, call josh directly. He will pick you up, take you shopping to get you an outfit to do interviews. I want to also thank Joyce Armstrong and the pca. Joyce is a leader for all of our developments around San Francisco. She has been incredible to make sure resources are delivered to residents of Public Housing throughout San Francisco. Thank you marlene tran forgetting the word out as well. Thank you, drew, i hope you brought your kids to get them employed as well. I want be to touch on something else. I know this is a job fair. I want to introduce you to James Caldwell who is working in the Mayors Office now. Some of you already know him, but part of what he is going to focus on is dealing with the challenges around violence in our communities. Whether it is any of the shootings that occur, some of the issues around the Senior Community who have been attacked or what have you, we have got to change what happens in the community. It starts with us holding our families and kids accountable to keep each other safe. We have to look out for someone another. Anyone wants grandma to walk down the street without worries. We have to start working on the community. James is an important part. He used to work with sdip. He will work with this community. Not only do we want you to thrive in the work force, we want you to thrive in life and feel safe in your community. Thank you, james for being here. Thank you big rich and daniel forgetting the word out to the community. We will do these job fairs in all sorts of neighborhoods that have never had these before. We will not do them just once. We will come back time and time again. If there is anything you need when we are not here, again, joyce has the phone number, drew has the phone number. Folks around here can call anytime. It is really time to change the future of San Francisco and make sure that no one is left behind, and i need this community to do your part in working with us to make sure that we are investing in the things that you care about the most and this Community Needs the most, especially as we do rebuilding of sunnydale, make the changes we need. We want this community intact and that is what i am committed to doing. Have fun today, get a job, help somebody get a job and thank you all so much for turning out for us today. Mayor breed, before you leave i have a special guest. Because of the mayors vision, what came to fruition was the city drive program. 300 were laid off. Mayor breeds vision and they went to s. F. M. T. A. I have a city drive candidate to speak on behalf of city drive. It is an honor. I am emotionally devastated. My husband and i both lost our jobs. Then the mayor came and spoke to us, and she put in some help for us. We received help from owd, faces sf to apply to muni. We were taught classes for license. Ithey drove us at 5 00 in the morning for the test. I felt the support from the mayor. She took the time and effort to help us in time of need. As a result, currently i drive a trolley coach in San Francisco and i am loving it. applause . From one loving family to another, thank you very much. [applause. ] muni is hiring still so good job, good benefits, good retirement and part of what we will do is help support you throughout the city drive academy, right . We also know that sometimes the challenge with people going through these programs is they cant afford to participate in the program. That is something that we are trying to change so that money is never a barrier to an opportunity that can help change your life. As someone who basically came from a community. As you know you grew up in fillmore, and the challenges there in the Public Housing i live in, it was really hard to see so many friends and family end up going down the wrong path because of lack of opportunity. That was so important to me. When we have an opportunity to change someones life, we have to put fort the resources they need to succeed. Not just put them in the program, pay them in the programming, make sure they have money for transportation so they dont leave the program. We have to change how we support people if we want them to succeed that is the goal today. I am excited to see one of my dreams come alive in serving this incredible community. Again, get a job and take care of mommy and daddy and have fun today. Thank you so much. [applause. ] thank you so much, mayor. Now, i need everybody to get a job. We have employers here. We are interviewing. Get the interview card and go to the second floor and get interviewed. The jobs are here. Thank you everyone. Good morning everybody. Thank you. It brings me such joy, gratitude, pleasure to welcome you to the rededication of ellis gardens. I hope you will join me in welcoming to the podium our mayor, london breed. Mayor breed i thought you were going to the project and talk a little about it. Fine, i will get started. Thank you everyone for being here today. I am excited about this project. This is the city and county of San Francisco working hard to fulfill a promise. A promise to so many people who live throughout San Francisco in Public Housing, in conditions that no one should have to live in. A few years back when i first started as a member of the board of supervisors, i met with mayor ed lee to talk about priorities. My number one, two, three priority as supervisor was Public Housing in San Francisco as a whole, not just my district. Mayor lee supported the fact that we needed to do Something Different because the kinds of conditions that existed for so many years and the amount of money that we received, there was no way to get to a better place. Over 20 years of my life in plaza east, i live in those conditions. The neglect, the bathrooms that didnt work, the mold, the conditions that you live in when you have had to live that way for over 20 years is something you never forget. This is why nothing is more important to me than changing the kinds of conditions that people live in. Here with 94 units of housing for people who are part of our very vulnerable community, our seniors, People Living with disabilities, people who have challenges, not only physically sometimes but also many of our low income residents. They deserve the kind of place that exists here today. They deserve to live in conditions where when they flush the toilet it will work. Where they have showers and some of the most basic things that some people take for granted. They have pest control so that they dont have to deal with the kinds of conditions that existed in the city in some places around Public Housing for far too long. When we brought in the program there were so many people who were skeptical. They were worried about displacement, what happened in the city in the past. There were some mistakes made in the past. I continue to go back to my own personal experience of living in Public Housing 300 units torn down and only 200 units built. Yes, a lot of people i grew up with were not given the opportunity to come back. That is why it is so important that we have partners and we work with each resident individually to help them understand that this is about them and to make the move and the transition while we are renovating these places as smooth as possible. That we make sure we are able to gain their trust and their support. In this city we have demonstrated through this program that we can be trusted to do the kinds rehabilitation work that is desperately needed to make sure people are living in great conditions, people are living in the kinds of conditions that they deserve. I just want to thank tndc for being our partners, for doing the work with compassion. This place, i dont know if you have been in here before. What we see now, i am overwhelmed by the walls and floors and everything i see today. It is so amazing. We know that San Francisco continues to have so many challenges. Yes, we have to build more housing because we know even outside these doors, sadly, there are people struggling with homelessness. We also have to make sure that we are taking care of the people who deserve a safe affordable place to call home. Preservation of existing Affordable Housing, building new housing in this city, that is what we have to do to make San Francisco a better place for each and every one of us. I am so grateful to be here, so proud of this work of this project, and i want to thank the people from project managers, to the financing. It does take a village that is expensive to do and to do rehappentation work in San Francisco. We rehabilitation work in San Francisco. I am happy for the residents. Congratulations on this incredible property and thank you, don, for all of the work you continue to do. This is not our first project together and it definitely wont be our last. [applause. ] i know i speak for a lot of people when i say we are grateful for your leadership, mayor. Join me in welcoming louise. [applause. ] good morning. I am the president of the ellis gardens council. I want to thank the mayor london breed for making it happening for providing housing. I came to San Francisco in 1962, when i was 12 years old from el salvador. Most of my life i lived in the Mission District before losing my housing. Thankfully, there was room for me at ellis gardens in 2012. Ever since i have moved to ellis gardens, i have become involved in the community such as volunteering in the boys and girls club. Volunteers is a positive and happy experience in my life. I love ellis gardens. It feels like an extension of the park now that the renovation is complete. It is now time to enjoy ellis gardens, have respect for one another and improve our community. On behalf of the residents we are very appreciative for the renovations and the support. Thank you very much. [applause. ] thank you. Please welcome supervisor matt haney. [applause. ] thank you, don, mayor breed. I want to give a special recognition to louise. He is not just the red of the Tenant Council here, he is one of the greatest Community Leaders in the tenderloin. He shows up in the neighborhood. You make this such a wonderful place to live. Please give him a round of applause again. I have been friends with who louise for a few years. Last year he invited me to visit the believe. To visit the building. It looks so beautiful. This area back here, the units. I got to visit on the tenth floor. This building is gorgeous. This is what people in this community deserve. This is what people in the tenderloin need in terms of open space, green space, finally living up to the name of this building, ellis gardens. This is a beautiful building for a neighborhood that is truly experiencing a renaissance of Affordable Housing, renovation for a community on the move in a positive way. I had a couple friends who visited the city recently. They are worried about the tenderloin. I said i was Walking Around and saw gentrification. I said what are you talking about . He said i walked around taylor and eddy and saw the condos popping up. I am worried we are building condos and not Affordable Housing. I said those are Affordable Housing buildings. Yes, they are beautiful. Yes, they represent what people in this Community Need andy serve. People are going to walk by this and say, wow, i wish i could live there. That is what we want for everyone living in the city and the residents. Thank you for allowing us to celebrate. Thank you for going through this process. I am sure there was a level of disruption. Thank you to bank of america and all of the project managers. I live one block from here right on hyde and ellis. This is my neighborhood. I walk by here every day and i am so happy for the residents and this entire community that this building has been expanded in the way that it has. Thank you. applause . Thank you so much, matt. Please welcome the executive director of glide Community Housing. applause . Good morning everybody. It is my pleasure to be here today. Flied Community Housing is honored to be in partnership. Thank you, mayor london breed and supervisor haney. Welcome everyone. We are so proud of the building we are being presented to you today the new ellis gardens. This project has been a labor of love. I would like to just pause and highlight the Development Team for a minute. Thank you so much for your level of excellence devoted to this project. Ellis garden reflects a strong commitment of collaboration and the team went above and beyond to make this a beautiful project. As you tour the building you will see their efforts truly exceed the baseline for the project. The structure here is sound and we are providing units of quality housing for years to come. As a service provider, glide Community Housing believes communities like ellis gardens are built on the strengths and talents of the members in the community. We are here to provide Supportive Services through effective case management. The goal is housing stability for the entire population of not only this building but other believes in the community. Our service Team Develops programming offering an array of multidimensional services and opportunities to travel new pathways to health, autonomy and growth. We believe that housing is the essential first step in supporting individuals to reduce barriers and thus breaking the cycles of chronic homelessness. In closing, i want to thank a few people in the room today. I really want to thank our staff. Glide Community HousingSupportive Services staff has gone the extra mile. It was our first time delivering services in an active construction site. Not only did you take care of your yells, you continued to deliver Quality Services and make sure the folks here were taken care of. Bank of america we thank you. We were able to deliver welcome home kits to every individual that received a new apartment got a kit full of basic household needs, dish us, towels, bathroom supplies to help them settle into the community. Gabe, thank you. Your leadership on the Development Team is exceptional. You went the extra mile. We thank you for your leadership. D and H Construction exceptional work. San francisco arts commission. We applied for the Community Challenge grant and were ag ablo partner. There is a beautiful mural on the wall. We are proud of the mural. Our partners with hsh, thank you. You allow us to work through Supportive Services. This Community Means a lot to us. There is a tremendous amount of gratitude being a lot of thank u. S. From the residents coming to Services Every day. Very appreciative of what we have done as a team. Thank you. We appreciate you. applause . Bank of america played a crucial role not only at ellis gardens but across the entire portfolio of rental assistance demonstration properties. Please welcome our long time friend heidi. Good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for the warm welcome. Thank you mathank you, mayor br. For those who may not know, bank of america was founded here in San Francisco in 1904 as the bank of italy by the son of italian immigrants who wanted to serve immigrants, women, those who were just the common person, and not necessarily the financial elite. Fast forward over 100 years and bank of america represents over 4,000 teammates, clients, Community Partners in San Francisco and if it is iconic moments like financing the bay bridge or restoring the Ferry Building or providing almost 100 residents in the ellis gardens with a wonderful new Living Condition and the wellbeing that comes with a place that is truly a home, we are so proud to be part of it. How important San Francisco is to bank of america. It is fitting out of 4. 8 billion. I am a banker. I will talk about money. Invested in the Community Development across the country over 2. 2 billion is here in San Francisco. We are tremendously proud to be included today in the celebration. Congratulations to the entire resident bays, Community Partners and friends. Thank you all so much for including us. applause . Finally, gabriel, it is your turn. Thank you, don andthal you all for come thank you all for coming. My heart is filled with so much gratitude today. I recognize that i am the last speaker right before lunch. I will keep it quick. First, i want to thank the tenants especially for putting up witH Construction and relocation. Today is an open house of sorts. It is not the first open house. When we completed the first floor of the top floor we finished the first unit and held the apartment open for the tenants to come and take a look. Everything was done. We had it staged modestly with flowers. People came out on to check it out. I will never forget one tenant walked in to the apartment and said is this what you are doing to my home . The tenant reactions were great. I wish we had hgtv there to capture it. Those are a real reason why many of us are in this business and do the work we do. I will skip over the list of hundreds of people i want to thank. I would like to thank the dozens of people who will look after this building here on out and look after the health of the people in it. I am very proud what we accomplished together to be here today. We did so under budget, mind you. I am proud tha that we will accomplish all of this in the future. Thank you very much for coming. Thank you. I want to just offer a few reflections. One is that i hope you will hear from all of us just the expression of gratitude. We realize we are in a privileged position to do the work to serve others. That is what a lot of us are very motivated by while in this room. Seven years ago mayor lee and ed had a vision p. 29 properties. 2 billion and where was that going to come from . How was it going to happen . A new program that none of us knew or understood very well. I understand the housing director at the time telling me five singlespaced pages of exceptions to the rules. Like this is what it took. That speaks nothing of all of the people and the institutions who are part of it. I hope you will takethe time to not just read but to grasp what is involved with every one of the people. Most of you here and everyone on the list made a real contribution. I hope you will feel that you own this, if you will, because we were in this role at the center of the work but it is other people doing the work. I dont know what it means to own ellis gardens. This is a community asset. This is Affordable Housing forever to serve people with low incomes forever. There will be a whole generation of people here 40 or 50 years from now celebrating the next rededication. It is a profound moment that i hope we can all appreciate how important not just the rededication but renewal. Grateful to be a part of it. Thank you all for coming. [applause. ] five, four, three, two, one. [cheers. ] i lived in the Mission Neighborhood for seven years and before that the excel see your district. 20 years a resident of the city and county of San Francisco. I am the executive director of a local art space nonprofit that showcases work that relate to the Latino Community and i have been in this building for seven years and some of my neighbors have been here 30 year. We were notified from the landlord he was going to sell the building. When we realized it was happening it was no longer a thought for the landlord and i sort of had a moment of panic. I heard about the Small Sites Program through my work with the Mission Economic agency and at met with folks from the mayors Housing Program because they wanted to utilize the program. We are dealing with families with different needs and capacities. Conversations were had early in the morning because that is the only time that all the tenants were in the building and finally when we realized that meda did have the resources to buy the building we went on a Letter Writing Campaign to the landlord and said to him we understand you want to sell your building, we understand what you are asking for and you are entitled to it, its your land, but please work with us. What i love about ber nell height it represents the diversity that made me fall in love with San Francisco. We have a lot of mom and pop shops and you can get all your resources within walking distance. My favorite air area of my homes my little small patio where i can start my morning and have my coffee an is a sweet spot for me and i hi today we have a special edition of building San Francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about San Franciscos earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. The next episode of stay safe, we have Alicia Johnson from San Franciscos department of emergency management. Hi, alicia thanks to coming it is a pleasure to be here with you. I wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in San Francisco. Well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. Having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. How long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in San Francisco. It depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. What kind of neighborhood and Community Involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have the support that you need. It is important to have a Good Relationship with your neighbors and your community. Go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. It is important to have a batteryoperated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the Community Around and how you can communicate with other people. One of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. Yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. So a title to a home, a passport, a drivers license, any type of medical records that you need need, back those up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any Vital Information on your computer. Back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. In your home you should be prepared as well. Absolutely. Lets take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. We have no water, what are we going to do about water . It is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. We have this big container and also in peoples homes they have a hot water heater. Absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering, drinking and bathing as well what other things do people need to have arent their home. It is important to have extra every day items buy a couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. Here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. And this, a manual can opener, your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. Yes. So in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. Having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. It is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. And here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. I hope that you have an alternative one at home. Oh, i forgot. And in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. I have them right here. Good. Excellent. That is great. Additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. Markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. I am okay and i will meet you at. Exactly. Exactly. Water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. We have matches here. And my spare glasses. And your spare glasses. If you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. If it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. Inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. Very important. We have a little first aid kit. And lots of different kinds of batteries. And another spare flashlight. So, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we dont have damage . One of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. Make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. Also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. Becoming prepared is not that difficult. Taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra everyday items on hand helps to make the difference. That contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. Absolutely. If you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. We are all proud of living in San Francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. So, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. Absolutely, it is my pleasure. And thank you for joining us on another edition of building valencia has been a constantly evolving roadway. The first bike lanes were striped in 1999, and today is the major north and south bike route from the Mission Neighborhood extending from market to mission street. It is difficult to navigate lindsay on a daily basis, and more specifically, during the morning and evening commute hours. From 2012 to 2016, there were 260 collisions on valencia and 46 of those were between vehicles and bikes. The mayor shows great leadership and she knew of the long history of collisions and the real necessity for safety improvements on the streets, so she actually directed m. T. A. To put a pilot of protected bike lanes from market to 15th on valencia street within four months time. [ ] valencia is one of the most used north south bike routes in San Francisco. It has over 2100 cyclists on an average weekday. We promote bicycles for everyday transportation of the coalition. Valencia is our mission fits our mission perfectly. Our members fall 20 years ago to get the first bike lane stripes. Whether you are going there for restaurants, nightlife, you know , people are commuting up and down every single day. I have been biking down the valencia street corridor for about a decade. During that time, i have seen the emergence of ridesharing companies. We have people on bikes, we have people on bike share, scooters, we have people delivering food and we have uber taking folks to concerts at night. One of the main goals of the project was to improve the overall safety of the corridor, will also looking for opportunities to upgrade the bikeway. The most common collision that happens on valencia is actually due to double parking in the bike lane, specifically during, which is where a driver opens the door unexpectedly. We kept all the passengers the passenger levels out, which is the white crib that we see, we double the amount of commercial curbs that you see out here. Most people arent actually perking on valencia, they just need to get dropped off or pick something up. Half of the commercial loading zones are actually after 6 00 p. M. , so could be used for fiveminute loading later into the evening to provide more opportunities or passenger and commercial loading. The five minute loading zone may help in this situation, but they are not along the corridor where we need them to be. One of the most unique aspects of the valencia pilot is on the block between 14th street. We worked with a pretty big mix of people on valencia. On this lot, there are a few schools. All these different groups had concerns about the safety of students crossing the protected bikeway whether they are being dropped off or picked up in the morning or afternoon. To address those concerns, we installed concrete loading islands with railings railings that channel channeled a designated crossing plane. We had a lot of conversations around how do you load and unload kids in the mornings and the afternoons . I do like the visibility of some of the design, the safety aspects of the boarding pilot for the school. We have painted continental crosswalks, as well as a yield piece which indicates a cyclist to give the rightofway so they can cross the roadway. This is probably one of the most unique features. During the planning phase, the m. T. A. Came out with three alternatives for the long term project. One is parking protected, which we see with the pilot, they also imagined a valencia street where we have two bike lanes next to one another against one side of the street. A twoway bikeway. The third option is a Center Running twoway bikeway, c. Would have the two bike lanes running down the center with protection on either side. Earlier, there werent any enter lane designs in San Francisco, but i think it will be a great opportunity for San Francisco to take the lead on that do so the innovative and different, something that doesnt exist already. With all three concepts for valencias longterm improvement , theres a number of tradeoffs ranging from parking, or what needs to be done at the intersection for signal infrastructure. When he think about extending this pilot or this still this design, theres a lot of different design challenges, as well as challenges when it comes to doing outreach and making sure that you are reaching out to everyone in the community. The pilot is great. It is a nobrainer. It is also a teaser for us. Once a pilot ends, we have thrown back into the chaos of valencia street. What were trying to do is incremental improvement along the corridor door. The Pilot Project is one of our first major improvements. We will do an initial valuation in the spring just to get a glimpse of what is happening out here on the roadway, and to make any adjustments to the pilot as needed. This fall, we will do a more robust evaluation. By spring of 2020, we will have recommendations about longterm improvements. I appreciate the pilot and how quickly it went in and was built, especially with the Community Workshops associated with it, i really appreciated that opportunity to give input. We want to see valencia become a really welcoming and comfortable neighborhood street for everyone, all ages and abilities. Theres a lot of benefits to protected bike lanes on valencia , it is not just for cyclists. We will see way more people biking, more people walking, we are just going to create a really friendly neighborhood street. [ ] i took part here, but that would not be entirely true. Would you please call the roll. [ roll call ]. Clerk you have a quorum. Its be advised supervisor pemiger. Please be advised that the ringing of personal Electronic Devices are prohibited at the meeting. The board respectfully requests