ellington. [laughter] >> you didn't say good-bye and it's important to maintain relationships with your former commissioners, so -- >> absolutely. no, there was -- in all transparency, there was a quick turn around. i had to hop on an opportunity that presented itself. i didn't want to break any policy that's set forth so i didn't want to go behind closed doors and communicate with commissioners and undue unfluns. didn't want that to come into question so -- >> i do wish, you know, good luck with your new job. >> thank you. >> i was just trying to give you a hard time. [laughter] you didn't say good-bye to us. >> yes, and i would add that the commission went on a diet, as you can see because there are no longer five, there's only three of us, and as a result having meetings is difficult at times because we have to coordinate schedules, but i will miss you as a commissioner but i will congratulate you on your work with the warriors. you did a fantastic job. >> thank you. >> we have in front of us

ellington, former commissioner ellington was a founding member and along with you and former commissioner johnson really jumped into and the details on the policy and helping communities, not only with job opportunities through your policies, but with affordable housing opportunities and continuing to right the wrongs of past actions of the former redevelopment agencies and the like. i too am sorry to see mr. ellington go and glad he's bringing that same lens to his new opportunities. with the commission's permission i'd actually like to read the resolution into the record, if i may. >> yes. absolutely. >> okay, great. be whereas on november 20, 2012, san francisco mayor, ed win m lee appointed mr. ellington as one of the founding members on the commission of community investment and infrastructure. he has served as the successor agency to the san francisco redevelopment agency of promoting community, economic and physical development in blighted neighborhoods and whereas during his tenure, mr. ellington has supported and the commission has approved numerous actions to implement ocii's en

commissioner ellington. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales. chairperson johnson. all members of the commission are present. the next order of business is announcements a the next meeting will be held on tuesday july 15th at 1 o'clock at city hall room 416 and announcement of the prohibition of the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. c nauchlt of the time allocate of the public members of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes on each agenda item. it is strongly recommend that pubs who wish to address the commission please fill out a card and submit it to the commission secretary. item 3 report an actions at the previous closed session if any. no reportable actions next order of business matters of unfinished business

ellington has been a strong supporter of ocii's efforts to provide affordable housing opportunities to members of low income house holds who were displaced and were eligible to revooef housing preferences through ocii's certificate preference program. on behalf of our executive director and employees, and by this resolution, expresses to mr. ellington its appreciation of work well done, its thanks for dedicated public service and its sincere wish for his success in all his future endeavors. >> very nice. thank you. madam secretary, do we have any speaker cards? >> we have one, antonio elmo mimms. >> speaking on the infrastructure what's going on in district 12, which is my district. i want to make sure we remember all the populations, like, if you're alive i feel like you have the right to hear about and know exactly what's going on, in which -- how it effects not only -- not only how it effects you, but how it's contributed towards the demise, because we are still poverty stricken in the bay view hunters point. no more smoke screens as far as commercial development and as far as so ca

. >> the people that have played here before us, duke ellington, lewis armstrongs, they say, wow, we're on that list too. >> reporter: 60 years later george wein is still in charge. was it difficult to get big names to come at first? >> no because the big names weren't getting that much money in those days. >> reporter: it hasn't always been smooth sailing, but wein's proudest moments have been watching careers blossom from this stage. >> we brought miles davis back. he was finished and played about midnight here in 1955. the next thing you know he was

. >> i would say do you know duke ellington's eight train? >> sure. >> let's play it. >> reporter: as i witnessed while admittedly mixing business with pleasure, he remains a vibrant and gifted jazz pianist. today, outdoor jazz festivals are held across the country, but all are rifts on a tune george wein has been playing since 1954. >> i'm going to be 89 years old

. >> commissioner ellington. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales. commissioner johnson the vote is 5 i's >> i'd like to entertain the motion for bartley. >> madam secretary please call the roll. >> commissioner ellington. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales. commissioner johnson madam chair the vote suicide 5 i's >> thank you very much. next item. >> thank you, madam chair the next order of business is item of public comment on non-agenda items. >> thank you. do we have any public comment nobody in the room. thank you very much >> next item. >> or you're in do you want to comment. >> okay. >> she's an interim. >> oh, come and say hi. too bad for you, you should have left when everything everybody left >> i'm ann i'm the sgirm for the summer 83 at ocii. >> where you from. >> from washington high school. >> oh, very nice. >> i'm becoming a senior next year. >> what college are you going to (laughter). >> i don't know yet. >> good answer. you're going right (laughter) not yet. >> wow. pressure. probably the rest of her famil

. >> commissioner ellington. commissioner mondejar. commissioner singh. commissioner rosales. chairperson johnson. madam chair the vote is 5 i's >> thank you all for coming today call the next item. >> the next order of business is item 5 e and it will be called together. 5 e authorizing a personal contract with the jones a professional last night for the services in an amount not to exceed $122,000 related to the issuance of sfoifg finance authority revenue bonds and taxable allocation refunding bond. discussion and action resolution number 49, 2014 and item 5 f authorizing a personal contract for the bartley a professional law firm for the consulting in an amount not to exceed 15 thousand for the revenue bonds series 20 12k4 will 14 b and the bond series discussion and action resolution number 5014. madam director >> thank you. this is the refunding of bonds we have an opportunity to refund bonds given the current market that refunding will save us monies our debt portfolio will taper down those are professional services contract that is enable us to refund and with that, i'

. >> the people that have played here before us, duke ellington, lewis armstrongs, they say, wow, we'ren that list too. >> reporter: 60 years later george wein is still in charge. was it difficult to get big names to come at first? >> no because the big names weren't getting that much money in those days. >> reporter: it hasn't always been smooth sailing, but wein's proudest moments have been watching careers blossom from this stage. >> we brought miles davis back. he was finished and played about midnight here in 1955. the next thing you know he was the biggest thing. >> reporter: under wein's direction the festival is now focusing more on jazz's future than its past. relative newcomers like recent grammy nominee vocalist cecile mclorin salvant. >> to be here, to perform here, is something pretty surreal. also, the view when you're on stage is really calming. >> reporter: as founder of the newport jazz fest, wein has been described as the most important non-player in jazz, which is not at all accurate. >> i would say do you know duke ellington's eight train? >> sure. >> let's play it.

a bridge in washington, the duke ellington bridge and a visible bridge and when a suicide prevention barrier was placed there there were no transfers of jump to the neighboring bridge, so here's an artist's rendition of what the project will look like when it's completed in 2014. and we're both here to answer any questions. >> commissioners. commissioner singer. >> so congratulations on getting this done. this is 10% of the suicides in san francisco. what's next on your list? >> the two most sail yenlt things you can to do is removing lethal means and educating primary care physicians so we would like to move into linkages with health care and institutions and emergency facilities, so that there is an educational cross fertilization there and people can recognize the signs of suicide. of people that tried suicide 75% saw a physician three months prior to their death. >> thank you. >> commissioner sanchez. >> again along with my colleagues i would just like to complement you for your sustained and critical efforts over the years in really addressing and providing a focus on this illne

would be a potential beneficial change that could have a beneficial impact on former commissioner ellington, i think. >> yes, i think so. >> okay. >> but that's the state of your policyings that exist at the time then, you know, moving forward that's what we'd implement under. so if you decide to change that policy it certainly would be applicable, but we want to look at that -- >> yeah, yeah. >> because i'm also curious about why we have a two year policy versus one year, which is with the city so would just be interested to finds out why that was, why that happened, since we're going to approve it, what the reasoning was of the previous commission or whoever proposed that. i also have a question about -- since we're talking about personnel, how are you on hiring? are we fully staffed? i know last time you said your trying to ramp up your staffing. >> we have a good deal of recruitment still underway for project manager positions, compliance positions, really any position that was vacant in the budget we're almost in the process of actively recruiting for all of them. there's a tipping poi

josh johnson found bruce ellington. ellington dove in for a 13-yard play.nished with three touchdown passes. 9ers routed the texas 41-13 to finish with a record of it every 2-2 in the preseason. >>> raiders, derek carr drove the offense against the seahawks last night. and the former fresno state star did not disappoint. here's a deep ball to moore and a dive into the black hole, 14- 7. later in the 1st, it all bounced his way. michael rivera, look what i have! the deflect pass for a score. carr 11 of 13, 143, and 3 touchdowns. it's the jets for real next week. raiders won 41-31. >>> over to the giants, yusmeiro petit on the verge of a major league recognized against colorado. he struck out culberson in the third to set a major league record of retiring 46 consecutive batters. giants with offense, andrew singles, pablo sandoval chugs on to score. giants win 4-1. they stay a game and a half up in the wild card race. >>> finally last night in anaheim, the a's were visiting first of four. here's how the a's climbed out of a 3-0 deficit. josh donaldson a six-in

sugar hill is inspired by duke ellington and traditional southern recipes and is served in the apollots across the globe. and now she's looking to make her company go to the next level by opening her own brew house. harlem brewing company founder celeste beatty joins us now. >> good to see you. >> i love you have your hops earrings. >> yes. >> here you are this woman in what's seen as a male driven, not just seen as it is statistically the numbers showing male driven industry. how did you find the courage and inspiration to leap in? >> i love good beer, and i love cooking, and i started making the beer in my apartment in harlem because i love cooking with beer and i was cooking with a lot of other great beers and started experimenting. the harlem renaissance was taking off, or the second one, and i was encouraged to take the brand further and try to build a brewery in harlem. >> for those at home who may have a good idea who may, for example, be cooking up some kind of product in their home. a skin care cream. and wonder, how do you take it from a dream in the kitchen, a dream in your

. >> commissioner ellington. >> thank you, mr. thoreau for the presentation just a few questions or comments i'll not comment on the color scheme. >> even your director is wearing purple today. >> beyond my control. i wanted to be sure i was in the purple. the retail can you go over briefly the size of the retail space and just the types of retail that may be appropriate for this setting. >> it's presidential 12 to 15 hundred square feet and that's the exact size will be based on further study to have a convenience store you guys know from being familiar with hunters point shipyard that shipyard is new and there are are not many retail you opportunities this is one of 2 retail opportunities block one about a 9 thousand square feet retail but this is something that is like 23 blocks walking distance from the heart of the hill tape community. >> got you awesome. the next is about the parking i was confused is the parking on the lower opted and the units above what's the parking look like. the buildings one and two the smaller ones t

stevie johnson slipped and bruce ellington hurt his left ankle on loose grass. the coach moved practice to the training facility. the company ta cultivated the turf told the 49ers not to talk to the media. the same company is replacing the sod. the owner of the sod farm can only give an educated guess what the problem is. >> it's warm enough to establish the root system. maybe they pushed too close in terms of the deadline in terms of what they wanted to have and how fast they wanted to use the field. it may have needed more time to heal in. >> reporter: to have the field game ready, the sod may be cut with two to four inches of root. a turf expert we consulted estimated replacement could cost the niners or sod contractor $100,000 to $200,000. the team has been assured the field will be ready. >> we will go into the pregame routine of walking on the field with the right cleats on. it's no different than any other game we are playing. >> david louie, abc 7 news. >>> starting next week, high school athletes will get to shine under the big lights. in is football pr

would be a potential beneficial change that could have a beneficial impact on former commissioner ellington, i think. >> yes, i think so. >> okay. >> but that's the state of your policyings that exist at the time then, you know, moving forward that's what we'd implement under. so if you decide to change that policy it certainly would be applicable, but we want to look at that -- >> yeah, yeah. >> because i'm also curious about why we have a two year policy versus one year, which is with th

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