commissioner dooley. commissioner dooley: yes. >> commissioner dwight. commissioner dwight: yes. >> commissioner o'brien. vice president o'brien: yes. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. commissioner ortiz-cargagena: yes. >> commissioner yee riley? commissioner yee riley:. where he yes. >> that passes 7-0. president adams: great. >> commissioners we're going back to item number 5, discussion and possible action to make recommendations to board of supervisors onboard board file number 120083, planning code and zoning map, 9th street power retail special use district, 555 9th street. in your packets is your list of questions, some data for you, the legislative sponsor provided a list of square footage and then there is a description of the district, a map and picture just for any of you who need to become familiar with it. we have legislative digest and lastly we have the ordinance. supervisor kim's office was scheduled to present. they regret that they had a last-minute thing come up and they're unable to be

dooley says it was self-defense. kanina james calls it murder. >> what person brings a gun to a park? when there's children. i mean, he killed my husband. he could have just stopped him. >> reporter: whether or not trevor dooley fired in self-defense is at the heart of this case. also central to the this story is dooley's defense. florida's stand your ground rule which allows a person to stand their ground and use deadly force if they fear someone could seriously harm them. here's what we witnesses say happened on that september sunday in 2010. 41-year-old david james was playing basketball with his daughter here. when witnesses say dooley who lived right across the street started yelling at a teenager who was skateboarding to get off the court. that's when witnesses say james intervened. james yelled back to dooley, asking him to show where any signs said no skateboarding. dooley then crossed the street to the park to confront james. a tennis player at the park, michael witt, testified things turned ugly when dooley

commissioner adams. >> yes. >> commissioner dooley. commissioner dooley: no. >> commissioner dwight. >> yeah. >> commissioner o'brien. >> yes. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> yes. >> commissioner white. >> yes. >> commissioneree riley. >> yes. >> commissioners, is passes 6-1. president adams: thank you commissioners. president adams: thank you allen. >> thanks for persevering. next item, mr. president. president adams: yes. >> commissioners, item 6, presentation on the central market economic strategy report by jordan klein, office of economic and workforce development and we'll have a powerpoint in just a moment. >> so commissioners, our new commissioners, while jordan is setting up, periodically we have our staff from departments come and report to the commission on projects that are underway with the city that affects small business so that you can be updated and kept apprised of the work that they're doing and be able to ask any questions about what's happening so that you're well informed. >> well, while this is leading, i say

on that motion, commissioner dooley commissioner dooley: yeah. >> commissioner dwight. commissioner dwight: yes. >> commissioner o'brien. vice president o'brien: yes. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> yes. >> and commissioner white. commissioner white: yes. >> commissioner yee riley was not on this vote. vice president o'brien: can i reintroduce the president back to take over the proceedings. president adams: commissioners, as announced at the start of the main items in the meeting, we're now moving to item eight, discussion and possible action to make recommend dagses to the board of supervisors onboard board file number 120188, planning, building codes, small business month fee waiver program and we have a presentation by, actually regina dick-endrizzi was scheduled, but we do have a representative from the supervisor's officey. and in your packet is a copy of the legislation. >> evening commissioners, katie tang on behalf of supervisor char men chu. she has introduced legislation that would provide fee waiver for two different things during small business month. w

on that motion, commissioner dooley commissioner dooley: yeah. >> commissioner dwight. commissioner dwight: yes. >> commissioner o'brien. vice president o'brien: yes. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> yes. >> and commissioner white. commissioner white: yes. >> commissioner yee riley was not on this vote. vice president o'brien: can i reintroduce the president back to take over the proceedings. president adams: commissioners, as announced at the start of the main items in theme

dooley says it was self-defense. kanina james calls it murder. >> what person brings a gun to a park? when there are children? i mean, he killed my husband. he could have just talked to him. >> reporter: whether or not trevor dooley fired in self-defense is at the heart of this case. also central to the story is dooley's defense, florida's stand your ground law, which allows a person to stand their ground and use deadly force if they fear someone could seriously harm them. here's what witnesses say happened on that september sunday in 2010. 41-year-old david james was playing basketball with his daughter here when witnesses say dooley, who lived right across the street, started yelling at a teenager who was skateboarding to get off the court. that's when witnesses say james intervened. james yelled back to dooley asking him to show where any sign said no skateboarding. dooley then crossed the street to the park to confront james. a tennis player at the park, michael witt, testified things turned ugly when dooley reac

vice president o'brien: commissioner dooley? commissioner dooley: actually, i agree with what commissioner dwight says, and i don't really see requiring a c.u. process is going to be a hardship. these are large corporations, these are not mom and pop companies that will have a problem dealing with the c.u. process. really, this is just a loophole that is being closed. and in our packets, we see that this was supported by a majority, or a large amount of merchant organizations. the c.u. process does work, and i don't feel that there's a reason why banks need to be allowed to go into spaces without a c.u. when smaller independence, all kind of people are required to do c.u.'s. so i just think that it's a good piece of legislation, and it's going to prevent banks from taking over more retail spaces in our neighborhoods. vice president o'brien: ok, any other commissioner comments? what about our new commissioners? any comments? no, ok. i don't mean to put you on the

commissioner dooley: may i ask for one clarification. are you saying prevent the roll-up or it would trigger it? >> that's a good question out of my general knowledge base here. >> i think trigger. >> you want to trigger a review. for example, i can imagine some cases where we wouldn't want 258 square feet to sit idle because no one wanted 258 square feet. if peer one said, well, i'll take that, maybe that's ok under a conditional use. so why don't i restate my proposal. >> vice president o'brien: you're doing a great job. >> third time is a charm. >> the rookie, commissioner dwight. do you want to restate it commissioner dwight: i will move that we approve this legislation with the 75,000 square foot cap and the provision that any situation that would cause the consolidation of any of these existing spaces would require conditional use. vice president o'brien: second. >> and just to confirm, nothing permitted over 75,000 square foot, but then consolidation of spaces under that threshold would be conditional use, correct? i have that sec

. >> commissioner dooley? >> here. >> commissioner dwight? >> here. >> commissioner o'brien? >> here's. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena? >> here. >> commissioner white? >> here. >> commissioner yee riley? >> mr. president, all commissioners are present and before we go to the next item would you like to make some comments? president adams: i want to welcome monetta white and william ortiz-cartagena. welcome to your first small business commission and welcome to the commission and this is exciting. we have some really good people with mark dwight now on the commission so i'm looking forward to working with each and every one of you so thank you very much. and i want to apologize to regina -- and i'll get to this. but regina and i were in a meeting just now dealing with small business impact for the new -- not new but payroll versus gross receipts tax that's being floated around. so thank you all for accommodating us and scheduling this meeting an hour late. that's it. >> all right. >> president? can we ask the new commissioners to tell us something about themselves. president

commissioner dooley: i attended a meeting of the small independent pet store owners, and i invited someone to meet with them, and that was very excited for those members to realize there are groups supporting small business issues, and it was well- received. the pet stores are becoming new members, so i think it was a good hook croup. commissioner dwight: that reminds me, i went to the meeting at petrero hills, and there were not a lot of people there, but i was there, and the owner of sports baseman, who is very involved, and i learned they are not formally organized, and i wondered if it could be organized in the same way because and made available funding options, so i am going to try to help the organization get organized whatever is the right way, but we are meeting this friday to talk about whether there is an opportunity to be set up in a way that could provide other funding methods, because they have really struggled to have any staff, and retail isthmus a major regional retail is a major employer -- and retail is a major employer, and if they could organize themselves not as a typ

commissioner dooley: thank you for your work. did you have numbers -- i am curious about how many people are residents ansd not. >> we do not have the numbers on that. i have spoken to so many case workers in the neighborhood. if i were to venture a rough guess, i would say certainly fewer than 20% of the people on market street itself. half our house in the immediate neighborhood. -- half are housed in the immediate neighborhood. this is conjecture, would be my guess. >> any other comments? >> thank you all. >> next item. good >> item 7, presentation on small-business week, 2012. this is a discussion item. >> welcome, mr. strauss. >> i have a power point. what is the best way to do noth? >> you can try. >> proceed at your own risk. but thank you for having me here this evening. >> adam, if you are going to talk, we need to have you got into the microphone, since we are live. four new commissioners, just so you are aware, we are required as city government -- for individuals who are hard of hearing, we have a closed captioning, s

enlighten james dooley will recall will range look at the forecast didn't talk about your 7 day around a bit forecast in just a little bit. >>yoli: you can see the conditions are very wet and slick. it is raining very lightly, but since it has been constant, the roads are very wet. be careful out there when you're driving today. >>mark: the morning commute is starting to build, let's get the latest on traffic. >>george: things are already starting to back up westbound. 580 is backed up beyond the 880 over crossing into approach to the bridge. the commute is unfolding in a little bit better than what we saw yesterday. 101 southbound is moving a little slower than usual because of the rain. the ride on 80 is already starting to slow for the stretch between highway 4 and albany at golden gate fields. it is building up a little earlier than usual, likely because of the rain. 680 still looks good southbound, so does westbound highway 24. 101 traffic from marin county is still fine with no problems or delays between a bottle and the closing date. >>justine: delays at sfo because of the bad w

not widespread, not expected to be severe, but dooley noted, take your umbrella if you're going to be out tomorrow. thursday's temperature, 65 degrees. a nice, bright sunny day, no rain expected on thursday and friday looking good. again, the big headline for tomorrow is warmer but not a washout. just a couple of showers and thunderstorms around. and that is in the the 50s tonight, and we do have clear skies and very dry air. we're going to see the temperatures dropping again. call your attention to this. look at chicago on the edge of the warmth there, it's 73 degrees and beckley, west virginia issue 68; warmer air is going to make another run at us during the day tomorrow. may not be that warm in the morning. we're dropping into the mid-30s and low 40s. not as chilly tonight. a few clouds roll in and mostly it's the wind direction changing to start warming us up. breezy out of the warm direction tomorrow. and so that meaning a couple of showers transported in on the warmer winds and a spotty thunderstorm. not out of the question. but it starts out chilly at 8 in the morning, only 44

to recognize the hard work and leadership of commissioner di pasquale and presidents carriuolo and dooley. our success as a state depends on strong institutions of higher education, and your commitment and dedication to our students is a tremendous asset for rhode island. [applause] and, of course, pension reform. general treasurer raimondo has led an overhaul of the state pension system. and i honestly do not think this would have happened without the wise decision of senate president paiva weed and speaker fox to call a special session of the general assembly. [applause] i can't remember when that last occurred, but with total focus on one issue and the courage of the legislature, the work was done. as governor, i am proud to have worked with these good people during the past year. the second of the abcs of economic recovery is having an honest budget, a budget that requires efficiencies, ensures a civil state, and prepares for the future. well, the future is today for our cities and towns in rhode island. this is particularly true for those that disproportionately depend on state aid -

assured that we will have more c consultation and more participation and legal authority from the dooley elected representatives -- >> believe me, we will. you know, we don't have a corner on the market with regards to, you know, issues involving our defense. we want to consult with the congress. we want to get your best advice and your guidance. and when we take action, we want to do it together. >> and do you think that you can act without congress and initiate a no-fly zone in syria? without congressional approval. >> you know, again, our goal would be to seek international permission and we would come to the congress and inform you and determine how best to approach this whether or not we would want to get permission from the congress, i think those are issues we would have to discuss as we decide what to do here. >> well, i'm almost breathless about that because what i heard you say is we're going to seek international approval and then come and tell the congress what we might do and we might seek congressional approval. i want to just say to you, that's a big -- when you agree, you

dignity of every individual and called the bill, this is equal protection under the law, and then dooley announced, let's sign the bill. it took little while to sign the bill. there was silence, the cameras were going off, and then you heard the applause when the governor announced the bill is signed. maryland becomes the eighth state in the nation to legally recognize same-sex marriage. they are allowed to marry in civil ceremonies, get the full cut illegal benefits that other married couples have, and several supporters pointed out that this will in the state sanctioned discrimination. the bill extends legal protection to religious leaders and institutions, further limits punitive actions against religious organizations for failing to perform same-sex marriage. the petition has been organized to put this to a referendum. >> now to washington, republicans fell to block president obama's new boat control world. it requires -- requires all employers to offer contraception even if the employer objects on religious grounds. >> senate democrats say the obama birth control plan. after republi

assured that we will have more c consultation and more participation and legal authority from the dooley elected representatives -- >> believe me, we will. you know, we don't have a corner on the market with regards to, you know, issues involving our defense. we want to consult with the congress. we want to get your best advice and your guidance. and when we take action, we want to do together. >> and do you think that you can act without congress and initiate a no-fly zone in syria? without congressional approval. >> you know, again, our goal would be to seek international permission and we would come to the congress and inform you and determine how best to approach thishether or not we would want to get permission from the congress, i think those are issues we would have to discuss as we decide what to do here. >> well, i'm almost breathless about that because what i heard you say is we're going to seek international approval and then come and tell the congress what we mht do and we might seek congressional approval. i want to just say to you, that's a big -- when you agree, you served