with a series of workshops that began with the liveable alleys to presenting a range of a plans we so you get to engage or solicit the community groups to come forward with the design for the gal let me see we'll use for the portfolio we received 4 plaques for the living alleys and end up with two with are still going forward and using these as prototypes we use to vet through various design criteria and technical perimeters we completed our last workshop last night through this process we established a series of goals to frame our discussions of living alleys the four goals the living alleys should be green and shared and vibrate and clean and safe we undertook through the prototypes designs that we have high impact on the feasibility of any improvements that people decide to pursue like hi draufkz and water through ultimately into the establishment sewer system road composition and other things and emergency vehicle access and disability or a universal assessable and parking concerns we also included in our tool kit a sampling of maps existing

. >> just another recap of one of our plaza project the alley was just a banner alley in the south of market in district 10 we know is the district of at least mulch of on space now the alley from the diverseable improvements in november of 2013 a cultural event place for the weekend and week days we've got a huge workforce that comes during the week and because people who live here there's a large senior population so the need for public space is just as necessary as any place else similar to those facilitated we've seen one week demonstrations that shows you what value this can delivery to the residents and everybody that comes both to work during the week this this is a couple of benefits from the yerba buena as moving forward we want to make sure our projects are tied to a larger corridor for streetscapes and one the alleys was one the projects produced by accident yerba buena community district that was issued in 2011 the graphic here shows all the alley spaces that were identified as part of the community planning process for potential experiencetion with creating open space a l

or two or three people to sit around and discuss what they're doing that's what i envision with the alley and as well as inviting the neighborhood in this is an excellent project and royals our packets didn't contain anything negative for a change i urge you to pass it. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm crying chris oirn i've been an employer employee in the neighborhood i'm a renter at the minnie storage site i saw the only posting on the exterior x i did not see the mailing well, that may not be pretty with the existing conditions that's an important space and usage i use it as a you might call a pdr business i salvage bikes i've been could go this for over 10 years and actually, one of the folks that was here was a client of mine with thousands of bikes that hit the city without this service i think or think it's important i provide a low cost bike in the city and i would be displaced and others would be displaced business people that keep our material as a storehouse the businesses are in the center core they need the materials to supply their businesses so

city there and said is it is updated for a permanent space with the capital fund we concluded in the alley my colleague worked on the possible then we're on for questions from you. >> so in the alley this is a case study south of market is really exemplar of our effort to increase public safety and create public space we have an expand asphalt this is in alley at mission street it was through the implementation and introduction of restoration or reverseable treatment and from the cultural fire department from 2 years that preceded the installation we had listed we had also implemented some trial deementsz here and days and week at a point at the alley from using the film screenings to daytime pinks and a lot of the business owners and installations were wanting to do and see more in the neighborhood this project came out of the street life that was created by yerba buena general district that identified alleys and streets throughout this district that could be a floor for potential to demonstrate new public spaces some are folded into the planning department is going to the eir as i mentio

the traffic of the aerials with the area plan market octavia plan enables and helps people with the alley improvements and this program is an extension of that in the mind a tool kit to provide resident owners and small businesses with achieving a liveable alley with a series of workshops that began with the liveable alleys to presenting a range of a plans we so you get to

and next one a meeting with the people from the very well he will as well as the hotel across the alley we've been working a there's been improvements and we kind of drift back the general manager kanthd us at general station having to - i met with her as well as ore director of security and when i wanted to hear from their point of view what the issues were and we talked about the i can go down through there are basically 6 smoking area on the sidewalk and alley way large cluster of 0 people the noise goes up so the recommendation to see if they can have the smokers move it out to stoelg street so the noise dissipates and not affect the hotel another observation that the hotel made the entrance to the club a large cluster of people and that have's caused the group to get loud so abstinence of the sidewalk so the guests will not be in an area and whatever security outside was checking applications rather than checking the lines so we asked them to check the lines as well too much vehicular traffic in the alley so the traffic can go through there we talked about trying to courage people

responsibility of the city yet no one was taking care of the alleys they personally went outeyways and published them in local newspapers to shame the adults the property owners and the restaurant owners and the merchant and city in taking care of the alleyways in the same way we are 10 years ago this program hired me this is the second annual community set up in san francisco while the work has expanded dpw has worked with them and you'll the neighborhood clean our streets and alleyway program south of market for example i want to thank you all for your work many of us get to go homes and schools and after-school programs there are actually people paid to clean whether it's a hall of school but that if mean we trash our schools and hallways or homes even though people are paid to clean up it is your home and this is our city our home it's our responsibility to keep this beautiful so in the new year actually many residents of the city particularly those from asian and asian-american cultural have a tradition we do a clean sweep and beautification of our homes to kind of the s

in the third, the alley-oop party continues. king james -- look at the this. the reverse alley-oop. 0 suspense in the game, but okc's russell westbrook outshining everyone. he scored 41 points. he was the mvp game of the. the western conference beats the east. 163-158. >> and john's serving notice he's annish heat point guard. >> yes, top three point guard in >>> a reminder of our breaking news now. no flights taking off at dulles airport after a pipe broke at what they're calling a federal aviation administration tower. we don't know if that's a control tower but that's what the people at dulles are telling us. the tower had to be evacuated. crews are working to fix the problem. no word on what caused it to break. probably the weather or when it will return to normal. watch for an update. >>> we've got a couple of -- >> flights could be grounded for different reasons tomorrow. >> absolutely. tomorrow night into tuesday morning, snow moves through the area. the d.c. metro area under a winter storm warning because of this. now the track can change. that will change these amounts. you

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this happened when a pipe burst inside an unoccupied home sending water down the alley way. the water department says it's the homeowner's responsibility to picks that leaking pipe. problem there. >>> keep track of the temperatures on 6abc.com/weather. we have hour and seven-day forecasts plus live radar to track this weekend's snow. >>> one man is in custody tonight in connection with the stabbing death of a member of rapper nicki minaj's tour group and police say the motive was a woman. early wednesday morning 29-year-old devon picket from new york city was killed and his friend eric parker of there would was critically injured. one person of interest is in custody. two other men are being sought s. >> both of the parties both knew a female that worked at the bar p and the argument centered around her. >> picket was in town for rehearsals for minaj's upcoming tore of europe. >>> homicide detectives are on the case of a man found shot to death in his car. this was the scene on west silver street in north philadelphia. investigators say the gunman fired seven times at point b

the snow and ice that weaved had has've we've had has made it difficult for the crews to get down the alleys and collect the trash. as a result, some still have a lot of trash that hasn't been picked up. so what they will will be doing here in the next couple of day, they will add additional crews. so folks who normally do leaf collection they will be on rash collection duty. they are also going to bring in private contractors and there is also going to be a push to really salt and clear the alley ways so that this they can get in there and pick up the garbage. the hope here is that with this blitz and the added help that they will have is that they will be able to pick upkck up all of it within the last 72 hours. so help is on the way. you should be seeing the collection crews shortly. the blitz getting under way here this morning. megan mcgrath, news 4. >>> and we're helping you get a better idea of how much time you may need to get to work today. amelia segal is tracking the conditions you'll face out on the roads. she's in the storm team 4 x 4. we'll see her in about ten minutes. >>> tod

trash stacked up waiting for a thaw. >> that they will not pick up trash as long as we have ice in the alleys. it's piling utch >> she says she has called the department of public works repeatedly and found out trash collectors make the call. >> if they feel there is some type of possibility of injury they will not enter the alley. >> so district alleys if you see ice chances are you will find lots of trash. >> yes. it's been a few weeks it's been building up. >> some district residents wonder can it really be so dangerous for workers to pick up trash in alleys days after it snows? >> i would like the trash removed. that's part of paying taxes. >> others say it just makes winter a little harder in the nation's capital. >> it's a beautiful city and i think it's just gross. >> the mayor aims to have all of this trash removed within 72 hours. reporting live abc 7 news. >> now only on 7. ever since the article appeared in "rolling stone" last fall u.v.a. has been ground zero for the issue of sexual assault on campus. but debate is spreading r to colleges all over the country. northern virginia bu

i could show you some frozen cars but there's a truck blocking the view but look up this alley behind me. you see that? that is a glacier of ice caused by a leak coming from an unoccupied house for days. the cold has become invented and down right dangerously. >> it's super cold out here, very cold reporter: what are you doing out here. >> i'm about to go see my grandmom see how she's doing. >> reporter: a won't reason to be outside today. the streets of center city were just about deserted as others stayed inside as long as they could. when they did venture out they tried to get where they're going as quickly as possible with as many layers as possible. >> i'm wearing lots of layers today. it's helping. >> reporter: and sunshine is helping a little bit. >> a little bit. i mean, my face is cold but i'm good otherwise. >> reporter: it was a day for ear muffs on the ear buds. are you listening to bob marley right now. >> i am not. >> reporter: something warm, though right. >> no, unfortunately not. >> reporter: not frozen. >> no, not frozen. i am frozen but i'm not listening to frozen.

way for community members to get involved and shape what we want their community to look like and the alley to bring the open space and create pedestrian safety where there's not as much spates thank you to the staff for this program and your time today. >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors first, i thank you for having this hearing for this awesome and creativity program i'm here with the san francisco beautiful to wage my support for the program there's no doubt this helps the better streets plan by encouraging beautifying and pedestrian safety i'd like to before your accident to the finding of the programs for the citywide reports that from the productive of san francisco beautiful it helps us to realize this program is good and want to support it's permanent 90 percent of the parklets used to spend money wildly but you know the physical improvements like the parklets and plaza impact the offer all feel, and, secondly the study found socially the new parklets rated highest amongst the people and one of the highest observed activities in the parklets and adjacent sidewalks to the

way and it is such a intgle part of the corner and alley. i have always loved the building let alone there is fantastic hitry behind it. is there a project queued up for this? >> not that i'm aware of, but i will look into it. the building is for sale >> commissioner jones. >> do you think this planning commission this report from the commission, do you think mr. fry would present that? >> normally mr. fry does present it, but i think it would be great from our side of our discussions that we had here. that is just my feeling. there was really nice back and forth. i think it also speaks more about planning department as a whole rather than these big separate entities. exactly. nothing else than we'll move on >> item 4 consideration of adoption minutes for the cultural heritage assets committee for february 4, 20 15 and the regular hearing [inaudible] >> i vote they be adopted. >> second. >> thank you. be we go to vote, any member oof the public wish to speak on the item. none. we have a motion of 2nd othen floor with no corrections or alterat

the houses in the alley, the value increased. it improved the clean up in the area. it gave the economy a new chance. for those that lived through the kabul's dark past of the the clean-up gis them something to pass on. even if it is fresh air at sunset >>> two were killed and more injured in south korea's capital on wednesday when cars collided at a bridge near the airport. bad weather was connected to the file up. thick fog limited disability to 10 metres at the time of the accident. apple submitted its position as the world's most valuable company after a surge in share price pushed the valley beyond the 7 billion milestone. last month the corporate product. >> in argentina conspiracy theories are floated after the death of prosecutor alberto nisman. he was found dead after accusing president kimp of covering up a 1994 bombing at a community center. 85 people were involved in the attack. we have this report. they are seeing closure. >> reporter: sophia lost her daughter in the bomb attack on the jewish center at 9:53am on 18 july 1954. she's been waiting, fighting

we're not adding we're keeping the magnolias and adding more magnolias and ivy street is part of the alley we've started to establish another our project on 450 hayes. >> thank you. >> okay. we'll hear from the department. >> good evening, commissioners chris buck with the public works urban forestry i'll outline a come up of items in the brief we've provided at the hearing on november 24th last year in precipitation for the hearing we evaluated the two ficus trees both trees had poor structure at the time of the hearing due to an going health of the ficus and the limb flurdz we were finalizing the guidelines guidelines which were going to be issued so the same day of the hearing on november 24th-hour public works issued titled tree removal. ficus the orders outlines the concerned about the species pattern of flurdz and have large mature ficus adjacent to 580 hayes street with the stems with the bark are prone to experiencing large limb failures they have poor structure with limbs that included the barbara total of 6 photos i'll put on the overhead this image is subject tree number one and

to work with folks i know i help them draft because 5 m we're going to lose the whole feeling of the alley; right? >> appreciate the usual work you're doing. >> commissioner moore any public comment? i'm glad this is happening with the one sloth it's important i want to acknowledge the professional qualifications this group has it stakdz up high >> where i was on the 4ru8d preservation committee this is the most depth of professionalism we have so thank you all right. that's correct very much we'll see you soon thank you. >> commissioners that places you under general public comment is closed. commission on items of interest injured with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission for up to 3 minutes. image i have a couple of speaker cards we'll see. >> police and steve. >> the subject matter is 460 fulsome if you want to speak to that matter this is the time. >> good afternoon, commissioners my name is a list i'm a resident on district 6 i'm here to speak

smith throws the alley-oop watch your head. georgetown up why 8. later in the second, the freshman comes through. isaac copeland with the short jumper in the paint. georgetown wins, 68-63. gw has a chance to turn things around against richmond today. first half, the drive come he cannot get it, but kevin larson is therefore the follow, the colonials up 4. second half, kendall anthony hits this 3. gw dropsfour in a row, 56-48. acc, virginia tech, n.c. state. the wolfpack, finishes with the trey. n.c. state cruises 69-63. another big day for gw's jones perfect from the field finishing with 22 points, six boards. the colonials improve to 24-3 with a victory over fordham. the capitals hosting the metropolitan division leaders the new york islanders. the caps looking for four straight for the first time this season. it would take more than regulation. in the first, 1-0 islanders. nicklas backstrom, who leads the league in assists gets another. we are tied at 1-1. in the third, still tied, brooks laich leaves it for eric fehr the wrister scores. 2-1 cap s