Hi, everyone. Im the executive director of the Richmond Neighborhood Center , and i want to welcome you all today. Thank you for coming. [cheers and applause] we are so excited to be hosting this budget signing today. I want to tell you a little bit about the Richmond Neighborhood Center for those of you who might not know. Then Neighborhood Center offers a number of programs for families, children, seniors, and adults in the richmond. We strive to be a hub of resources, providing services directly and working with our partner nonprofits at this location. Whether through our afterschool program, our food pantries, or our community festivals, like our upcoming autumn the moon, we are a center for Building Community and a sense of belonging for everyone. These are the values that our mayor is committed to and has prioritized in her budget, which she will be signing here today. We are excited to continue partnering and working with the city to create opportunities and strengthen our suppo
Well mention again later, they also gave quite a big gift to the campaign. Thank you. Its now my pleasure to really move us into thanking the other people who really put down significant mark er s and donatn s and pledges to this campaign and invite other people who have really lifted for me so long to come up and thank people who have participated, thats russ flin and hjose allen. [ applause ]. Thank you, ashley. Good morning, everyone. I am hjose allen. Im a member of the board of meals on wheels frisk San Francisco, and along with russ flin, i co chachaired the 50th s anniversary capital campaign. Us russ and i are proud to be part of this vital project and to be able to thank each of you for your support of meals on wheels. Clearly to be successful in r e raising almost 41, dlr 42 needed for this project require s extensive jen rgenerosity for, many support er s. Luckily we have been successful in raising the funds necessary to move forward and have secured 80 of our goal. We have
Implore you all to consider dori this morning. Thank you very much. Supervisor walton thank you. Any other Public Comment on item number six . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Again, i definitely just want to take this time to tell you it is very difficult when you do have two good candidates in front of you, working, like daily said, to volunteer. These roles are volunteer roles, but theyre very important roles, so i just want to take the at the satime to t candidates for showing up this morning and being prepared and for having a conversation in why you would be prepared to take this role. Supervisor mar, do you have any comments . Supervisor mar yes. I would like to thank both candidates for your leadership that youre already showing and contributions to our city in your respective areas and still young leaders, yeah, its just great to have you, you know, so actively involved in our city and our communities. I appreciated mr. Williams perspective on how entertainment is import
Please follow up with our Deputy Director for next steps. Congratulations. Okay. Great. The final item on the agenda is item number eight, commissioners comments and questions. Okay. Nothing. You must have something. I do have something. I knew you would. Go ahead. Make your so starting this sunday for eight weeks, waverley alley, theyre going to be doing sunday play streets, and were going to be doing things for the kids, and also, theres line dancing for the tourists to see. And on the other alley, therell be activation of different nonprofits. In fact, on the 18, theyre going to be doing a big safety the sfpd will be there for the recruitment team. Fire department will be doing first aid and c. P. R. Its kind of a healthy safe chinatown promotion, but theres a lot of Different Things happening, so come down. Its the launch party. And how many weeks . Eight weeks starting the 11, so itll be finished on the 29 of september will be the last one. Beiokay. Id like to open this up to Publ
Elderly and other half our family. 937 clay is sponsored by Chinatown Community Development Center and is in district three. This project will rehab and preserve 71 s. R. O. Units while adding two new larger units and preserving one groundfloor retail space. Prior to acquisition, the tenants were facing evictions and harassment threats. The crew the tenants are chineseamerican individuals, families and seniors with incomes averaging 30 a. M. I. The next project is 3198 24th street on the corner of south van ness and 24th. It is sponsored by Mission Economic development agency, also in district nine. The project is fully occupied with eight residential units and incomes ranging between 13 a. M. I. And 100 and 5 a. M. I. , with the overall average being 52 . The funding will preserve provide seismic and life safety upgrades and will enable five longstanding Community Businesses to be preserved. Finally, we have 654, street, which upon completion will include seven residential units inclu