chaplain karen hallett served the 411th engineer brigade as the brigade chaplain. originally enlisted in the army in 1983, enlisted in the army, went on to graduate from the united states military academy in 1988. chaplain hallett is an ordained and licensed nondenominational minister of the gospel, with credentials and endorsements from international ministerial fellowship, minneapolis, minnesota. she has more than 20 years administered to an missionary experience, which in addition to military service as a chaplain includes organizing and directing missionary efforts in the united states, and gonna, west africa. the recipient of this year's chaplain of the year award goes to chaplain captain karen hallett, united states army reserve. [applause] >> you hold it. now let's get everybody in the picture. >> you may be seated. >> no, no, no. don't run away. don't be shy. members of the association, it's with great honor that i'm about to announce to you that our outreach, our congressional outreach this year has grown much food as relates to our strategic partnership w

hallett, united states army reserve. chaplain? [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> now, let's get everybody in the picture. [background sounds] >> you may be seated. [inaudible conversations] no, no, no, don't run away. members of the association, it's with great honor that i'm about to announce to you that our outreach, our congressional outreach this year has borne much fruit as it relates to our strategic partnership with the united states house of representatives. for the first year, all of our schedules have aligned to where when our members are on the hill visiting with their legislators, chaplain hallett who has been chosen to be the guest chaplain for the house of representatives by her congressman, the honorable scott garrett from new jersey. [applause] and with that note, i would like to encourage all members and anyone who will be in the vicinity of the house of representatives on wednesday to, please, ask your members if they could -- or their aides if they could escort you to the gallery

in the past, i have worked with the residents in the ring, hallett area. one of the issues that keeps coming up -- rincon hill area. one of the issues that keeps coming up is a lack of infrastructure in that part of the city. these funds will be reallocated to cesar chavez, haight and market. i am wondering, how were these prioritized? who made the decision to reallocate those funds to these two projects? commissioner campos: mr. moskowitz. -- moscovich. >> if you vote on this today, you will be making the decision. that is the problem i have with this. you are given only one chance to vote. the reality is, when an item is displayed and urgent, it is often times are defined projects ready to absorb the money. that is the issue. at least the cesar chavez project could absorber parts of these funds and release other funds. that was a product that was already fully funded. it essentially creates a bit of movement of different kinds of money, and that becomes available to go back into the second street project, but does not account for the full cost of the pro

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