like forestry and court resurfacing and irrigation improvement. future years i think these streams of decision making will be merged and this was our first run this year and our deadlines were out of sync and hope we will produce a more formal glossy report for submission to the board of supervisors as the charter requires in mid-january but this data will be included as part of that. with that, happy to answer questions. >> do we have public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner harrison. >> yes, dawn i have been around a long time and lived through most of what you reported on. >> yeah. >> and i am astounded all those years prior to your coming on and creating this division- >> you created the division and hired me. >> you put it together and made it a breathejug living thing and absolutely great. i'm very impressed. thank you very much. your staff and you putting that together, we are lodge clael using our money. now. correctly. >> yes. >> i really appreciate it and thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. c

the pima believe they are credited with building part of an intricate irrigation system used for the canal system we see today. it is located in the phoenix metro area. we are bordered by scottsdale, mesa in tempe. the western corner is our commercial corridor and that land is slated for economic development and web the residential space which is where our community members reside. we have 19,000 acres in natural reserves, it will never be touched. you can see our red mountains and river and showcases the mcdowell mountains. we have approximately 10,000 members. 4,000 of them live within the community boundaries today. it was established by executive order by rutherford b. hayes. we were given approximately 500,000 acres that spread all the way to the west valley. that was met with resistance from our community members. our leadership gathered together and went to visit the president himself and had conversations with him, explaining our ties to the land and who we are as a people and why it was important to have that land and access to it. and we were reestablished with the 52,000 a

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turbines are installed in the development work complete it is triple tripleount of electricity and irrigate the additional hectic errors of land with the construction of the new agricultural canal. th will this estimated at $3 trillion. recently, we became a member of the wto opening more trade opportunities for us. just in the last year we have secured commitments for investment of over 1. $1 billion from the private sector. 700 million of that is over timeframe.time frame. at the cynicism level we have instituted land crabs and property rights with the insecure occupancies situation the new citizen status program gives the publicly funded project allowing them to be held accountable 1 million new students were enrolled last year and that is 40 percent of all schoolchildren. the media is the freest in the region that peace program is in place and 5,000 communities creating 2.6 million days of labor and the empowerment program for women launches next were -- once as next month with a stronger legal status for women. we have replaced 25% of customs officials and more than 600 a judges to add

it will irrigate 50,000 family farms and provided cover to 40,000 families and to give a reliable source of electricity. this summer we finished the long delayed project on the power plant and we began work on the third part with a turkish firm to begin that work. when the new turbines are installed into the development work is complete it will produce triple the amount that it currently does come irrigate 100,000 additional and enable the construction of the agricultural canals. the oil, gas is estimated that $3 trillion. recently, it became a member of the world trade organization opening more trade opportunities for the afghan businesses. just in the last year we secured commitments for over $1.1 billion in the private sector alone. 700 million is the energy sector pledged over a 20 year timeframe. add the citizen level we instituted sweeping reforms to end the grand property rights to the urban residence with occupancy situations. .. >> >> 95% of government officials have publicly declared. the national procurement commission has saved $220 million went by blocking out -- blocking co

day, much of it flows into a steaming reservoir then down a canal and into neighboring orchards irrigatingl known brands of fruits and nuts. the discharge goes through various filters and booms to become what's known as produced water. but it still smells like crude and no one questions whether the practice is really safe until last year. something this state water official did not want to talk about. >> why are we done? >> we're done. turn the camera off! >> reporter: since then, a new panel of experts appointed by the water board has made progress on safety-related research. three rounds of tests have been completed this year. first, on almonds, pistachios and grapes. then on a variety of citrus. most recently, on carrots and potatoes. >> there is no really problem with any of the water usage at this point in time. >> reporter: david is with the water district one of three districts currently using oilfield water. he says in water tests for 70 petroleum-related chemicals, only 9 showed up at or below drinking water standards. food tests for those nine chemicals also came back clear. >> n

like forestry and court resurfacing and irrigation improvement. future years i think these streams of decision making will be merged and this was our first run this year and our deadlines were out of sync and hope we will produce a more formal glossy report for submission to the board of supervisors as the charter requires in mid-january but this data will be included as part of that. with that, happy to answer questions. >> do we have public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner harrison. >> yes, dawn i have been around a long time and lived through most of what you reported on. >> yeah. >> and i am astounded all those years prior to your coming on and creating this division- >> you created the division and hired me. >> you put it together and made it a breathejug living thing and absolutely great. i'm very impressed. thank you very much. your staff and you putting that together, we are lodge clael using our money. now. correctly. >> yes. >> i really appreciate it and thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. c

irrigation pipe washed away sand behind the sea wall making it weaker. eventually part of the wall collapsed. adrienne: new this morning, a car crashes into a fire hydrant leading to even more problems in albuquerque. crews are working to repair a water line that broke because of the crash. the flooding from the hydrant caused a sinkhole and even put a road nearby at risk. crews are warning drivers to stay away from the area while they get everything back to normal. ben: police in oregon say they've arrested a red kettle thief. they say a 19-year-old stole two salvation army donation kettles from two stores. investigators say they id'd him from surveillance video inside the stores and they later found one of the kettles at his home. police say there was around 170 dollars in the kettles. he's facing three different charges this morning. ben: the slice of ice at red arrow park opens for another season today. you can bring your own skates and skate for free or rent a pair. the official party to celebrate the holiday hoopla is now scheduled for december 21s

you constructed a tree with 1300 plants on it, and an irrigation system.really hard work, and electric. so it has everything going for t single largest thing we've ever constructed under glass. so we wanted to have this dramatic tree. the conservatives so big, scale is important to have something very large. we want nice strong focal point here on the fern floor. >> you stay took awe year in planning to put everything together, but how long does it take to put that tree snot. >> three days. >> no. >> yes, everything has to come together in three days. it is very organized chaos. so far we have 20 some project leaders, we have very organized document that says where you are supposed to be for those three days, because this display opens thanksgiving day. so we're open every day of the year. bumm by thanksgiving christmas has to be ready to go. >> i don't believe you, but i guess i have to. >> it is real. it happens. >> give us some information in people want to come out. i heard the number 400,000 people coming for this. ridiculous. >> very, very busy seaso

cement has been brought in to repair part of the sea wall dad rain runoff and a broken irrigation pipe washed away sand behind the sea wall making it weaker. eventually part of the wall collapsed. adrienne: new this morning, a car crashes into a fire hydrant leading to even more problems in albuquerque. crews are working to repair a water line that broke because of the crash. the flooding from the hydrant caused a sinkhole and even put a road nearby at risk. crews are warning drivers to stay away from the area while they get everything back to normal. they've arrested a red kettle thief. they say a 19-year-old stole two salvation army donation kettles from two stores. investigators say they id'd him from surveillance video inside the stores and they later found one of the kettles at his home. police say there was around 170 dollars in the kettles. he's facing three different charges this morning. this month we're checking out impressive holiday lights displays. here's one in west allis at 103rd and rogers. the house is all decked out with lights. you can help us light up the holidays.

that's right, on to the fields, where it gets 2500 hectares —— that's right, on to the fields, where irrigatesagricultural ground. the problem is notjust what is going into the river, but what is being taken out. welcome to reporters. i am philip thomas here at the bbc headquarters in london. in this special edition of the programme we are looking back at some of the best reports from this year from at some of the best reports from this yearfrom our at some of the best reports from this year from our network of correspondence around the world. coming up... stand off in the skies above the south china sea and finesse. we fly over one of the most contested areas in the world. you can't make no mistakes, it cost you your life, literally. ian pannell reports from barack 0bama's former hometown and finds gun crime is out of control. and how scientists are dealing with a shortage of organ donations. the bbc went to extraordinary lengths this year to get a rare glimpse of china's determined expansion in the south china sea, one of the most contested areas anywhere in the world. beijing is building hu

inaudible] and reuse the water and save and preserve and use it for [inaudible] and use it for other irrigations. we have excess water to fill up [inaudible] >> there will be limited traffic impact during construction >> there is a 8 month period where we have to take a lane of traffic out from howard street so we can expand the tunnel. >> we anticipate the construction to be minimal. >> [inaudible] >> make the center statef the art and much more competitive. [inaudible] >> having the space. [inaudible] underneath howard. having [inaudible] >> this is a [inaudible] worked with the residential, the merchants in the neighborhood, the non profits to make sure this is a vibrant area. >> even if you don't come to the convention and enjoy the public space, it is something that helps revitalize the neighborhood and bring energy to the neighborhood and more people to the neighborhood and shops and retail and shocase san francisco around the world. . >> things for joining us toy and thank you all interface council and public safety and department heads to the police commission to all those that are work

like forestry and court resurfacing and irrigation improvement. future years i think these streams of decision making will be merged and this was our first run this year and our deadlines were out of sync and hope we will produce a more formal glossy report for submission to the board of supervisors as the charter requires in mid-january but this data will be included as part of that. with that, happy to answer questions. >> do we have public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner harrison. >> yes, dawn i have been around a long time and lived through most of what you reported on. >> yeah. >> and i am astounded all those years prior to your coming on and creating this division- >> you created the division and hired me. >> you put it together and made it a breathejug living thing and absolutely great. i'm very impressed. thank you very much. your staff and you putting that together, we are lodge clael using our money. now. correctly. >> yes. >> i really appreciate it and thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. c

inaudible] and reuse the water and save and preserve and use it for [inaudible] and use it for other irrigation uses. we have excess water to fill up [inaudible] >> there will be limited traffic impact during construction >> there is a 8 month period where we have to take a lane of traffic out from howard street so we can expand the tunnel. >> we anticipate the construction to be minimal. >> [inaudible] >> make the center statef the art and much more competitive. [inaudible] >> having the space. [inaudible] underneath howard. having [inaudible] >> this is a [inaudible] worked with the residential, the merchants in the neighborhood, the non profits to make sure this is a vibrant area. >> even if you don't come to the convention and enjoy the public space, it is something that helps revitalize the neighborhood and bring energy to the neighborhood and more people to the neighborhood and shops and retail and shocase san francisco around the world. okay. this is th meeting of the small business commission held on monday, december 12, 2016, this meeting is the meeting will come to order. at 535 thank

wasriver people knew erratic but they also knew it was a river that had a lot of potential for irrigation. when he came up here, i think he certainly saw the crossing. he would establish what was known as hayden's ferry shortly after. the one thing to keep in mind is the ferry business will only be part of the year. it will be seasonal. because of the fact it will be during high water times for the river. much of the rest of the year, you will have these freight wagons crossing and not waiting for a ferry boat but simply going across. there are freight trains and freight wagons crossing here, two and three wagons hitched to 18 or 20 mules or horses crossing at one time. if you have to wait for your whole team to cross with a ferry boat, people often try to find alternative ways. hayden recognize that was ideal because it was a suitable crossing location. he also saw there were other possibilities. freight wagons always need work and they can use things like services for wagons to fix parts of wagons and carry extra freight across as they were heading up to places like the town of prescott

the pima believe they are part of an intricate irrigation system used for the canal system we see todayit is located in the phoenix metro area. we are bordered by scottsdale, mesa in tempe. the western corner is our commercial corridor and that land is slated for economic development and web the residential space which is where our community members reside. we have 19,000 acres in natural reserves, it will never be touched. you can see our red mountains and river and showcases the mcdowell mountains. we have approximately 10,000 members. for thousand of them live within the community boundaries today. it was established by his active order in ages have denied by rutherford b. hayes. we were given approximately 500,000 acres that spread all the way to the west valley. that was met with resistance from our community members. our leadership gathered together and went to visit the president himself and had conversations with him, explaining our ties to the land and who we are as a people and why it was important to have that land and access to it. and we were reestablished with the 52,000 a

. >>> a man whose body was recovered today after he apparently drowned in the an irrigation canal endedafter seven hours when the body was recovered near almo drive. it started after several 911 calls about a person yelling for help. a caller told police he tried to help but was unable to. officers and firefighters could see a man ted in the water.>> we gained access to the canal but the man had gone under the water.>> police say they're puzzled how the man got into the can now which is fenced with barbed wire and is 10 feet deep. investigators likely say it was the cold water that was responsible for the death. the victim was only identified as an adult male. >>> san jose police are investigating a deadly stabbing. officers were called to the 700 block of 10th st. around 6:45. when they arrived they found a woman suffering from at least one stabbing. she was taken to the hospital where she died. one suspect is in custody. this is the city's 47th homicide of the year. >>> san rafael police are asking for help to identify a bank robber. officers were called to union bank on los kalyna's

. -- se it will irrigate 50,000 family farms and provide power to 40,000 rural families and provide a reliable source of the electricity. this summer we finished the long delayed projects on the power thet and we began work on third phase of that power plant with a turkish firm to begin the work. when these new turbines are installed, and the development work is complete, it will produce triple the amount of electricity that it currently does, irrigate hundred thousands hectares of land, and the construction of the new agriculture canals. the oil, gas is estimated at $3 trillion. recently, it became, we became a member of the world trade organization, opening more great -- trade opportunities for afghan businesses. just in the last year, we have secured commitments for investments of over $1.1 billion from the private sector alone. $700 million of that is in the energy sector pledged over a 20 year time frame. at the citizen level, we have instituted sweeping reforms to end land grabs and grant property rights to urban residents with insecure occupancy situations. our new citizens cha

consider alternatives to simply further expenditures of military power, whether it is solar panels or irrigationr some other program of economic development, ultimately nurturing, functioning, stable societies, he is going to require something other than simply dropping bombs and conducting military campaigns on the grounds. i think your question makes that point very nicely. >> host: colonel, is there a tendency toward groupthink in the pentagon in military circles? or is there a pretty robust debate that goes on before policies are implement it? >> guest: i don't have great insight to what they talk about in the pentagon these days because i've been out of the army for quite some period of time but i think there is groupthink with any institution. the older the institution, probably the tighter the grip of groupthink. certainly the united states military, understandably the united dates military wishes to sustain its status in our society, wishes to sustain its prerogatives which in simple terms, wishes to sustain the exceedingly high level of defense spending that has come to be routine. that

alternatives to simply further accident pendture of military power whether it's solar panels or irrigation or -- some other program of economic development, ultimately the -- nurtureing, functioning, stable society is going to require something other than simply dropping bombs and conducting military campaigns on the ground. and i think your question makes that point very nicely. >>, is there a tendency towards group thinking in the pentagon in a military circle or is there a pretty robust debate that goes on before policy or implement? >> i don't have great insight into what they talk about in the pentagon these days because i've been out of the army for quite some period of time. but i think, i think there's group think within any institution. and as a matter of fact the older the institution probably the tighter the grip of group think. certainly the united states military understandably the united states military -- wishes to sustain its status in our society. which is to sustain its prerogative in simple terms wishes to sustain the exceedingly high level of defense spending that has c

rain runoff and a broken irrigation pipe washed away sand behind the sea wall making it weaker. eventually part of the wall collapsed. ben: police in oregon say they've arrested a red kettle salvation army donation kettles from two stores. investigators say they id'd him from surveillance video inside the stores and they later found one of the kettles at his home. police say there was around 170 dollars in the kettles. he's facing three different charges this morning. wisn 12 news time now is 6:46. ben: the slice of ice at red arrow park opens for another season today. you can bring your own skates and skate for free or rent a pair. the official party to celebrate the opening has been delayed until next week. the holiday hoopla is now scheduled for december 21st. md adrienne: a doctor at children's hospital of wisconsin comes up with a unique way to help kids. here's his inspiration. we told you about it last week. nordstrom selling a rock for 85 dollars! doctor david margolis says there are better ways to spend that money, but if you still want the rock, he'll send you one stra

hey often have an irrigation privet so the field may have flooded. you will stand in water that is between ankle and knee deep. i 10:00 a.m. it will be 100 degrees. right now, when you're standing in the water pooled from underground, it is freezing cold . the corn is cold in the morning so you dress in sweatshirts and a ready-made poncho and wander through the fields. you start freezing cold and your buddies will tackle you into the corn so you will end up soaking wet. 10:00 a.m., you will have mildewed under your hefty bag. you will ditch your sweatshirt, and most of these guys doing this from fourth grade to eighth-grade will end up shirtless. the corn drying out will cut you open and you will break out with what looks like poison ivy but is corn rash from your face to your chest. he will go through the field caked with mud. you get home at 2:00 in the afternoon and your mom will announce you are not allowed in the house looking like that. so you strip out side, your mom poses you off, you sleep for 12 hours until you do it the next day. here is t

> tonight, some tragic news out of vacaville where a man's body o body has been recovered in an irrigation canal this is video taken by the vac arkville police department. a man was seen yelling for help in that canal. witnesses told crews that it appeared the man was drowning. someone in the area told authorities they tried to help the man but were unsuccessful. emergency crews say the victim was submerged in 10 feet of water. they're still trying to figure out how that man got in that water. >>> in tonight's news check around the bay, police are asking for your help to identify a man who stole package from a home in belmont. it was all caught on camera. these are images of the theft captured on video surveillance camera. it happened tuesday afternoon at a home on marine avenue near lorrie meadows park. police say the suspect arrived at the scene on a black bicycle, took the package, and then demaine a difficulted off. he's described as a light- skinned man wearing a black t- shirt, qar go pant, and a police cap. if you recognize this man, the belmont police department would love to hear

police have recovered a man's body from an irrigation canal in vacaville.but were unsuccessful. emergency crews say the victim was submerged in ten feet of water. they're still trying to figure out this morning how the man got in the canal. çááámartyáááÑ[take: on cam] çáááon camáááÑ on the peninsula.. police are asking for your help to identify a man who stole a package from a home in belmont. it was all caught on camera.[take vo]çááávoáááÑ watch this video of the thief. it happened tuesday afternoon at a home on marine avenue near laurie meadows park. police say the thief arrived to the scene on a black bicycle and took the package and then peddled off. he is described as a light skinned man wearing a black t-shirt, tan cargo pants and black baseball cap. çááámartyáááÑ[take: ots] çáááotsáááÑ other big news we're following this morning... carrie fisher's family say the actress remains in intensive care in a los angeles hospital. the actress and author is fighting to recover from an apparent heart attack she suffered while traveling to california on friday.

. >>> some tragic news out of vacaville where a man's body has been recovered in an irrigation canal. this is video taken by the vacaville police department around 7 am. a man was seen yelling for help in that canal. witnesses told crews it appeared the man was drowning. someone in the area told authorities they tried to help that man. they were unsuccessful. crews say the victim was submerged in 10 feet of water. they are still trying to figure out how the man got in that water. >>> coming up at eight, we're tracking snow. next we will check on the sierra and even southern california where snow shut down a major freeway for a short time. plus, christmas at the vatican, we'll go inside the popes christmas eve mass. >>> we're tracking santa. we will tell you where norad says he is at right now. >>> some tragic news, we're going to move off of that. police are on the hunt for a suspect in connection with the san rafael bank robbery. these are images of the thief captured on video surveillance cameras. it happened yesterday at 5 pm attie union bank on lost gelinas avenue. the suspect ent

also an area with a lot of potential for irrigation. when he came up here, he saw the crossing. he would establish what is known as hayden's very shortly thereafter. in mind isng to keep your fairy business is only going to be part of the year. that it's the fact going to be during high water times in the winter. much of the rest of the year, you are going to have these waiting for a not ferry boat to cross but simply going across because there are basically trains of freight wagons crossing here. hitched toee wagons 18 or 20 mules crossing at one time. if you have to wait for your whole team to cross, people try to find alternative ways. because it was a good, suitable crossing location, he saw there were other possibilities. freight wagons need work and could use things like services for wagons to fix parts of wagons and to carry extra weight across as they were heading up to places like the town of escott where they were going to fort mcdowell or any number of mining camps or ranches north of the river. the possibilities of that without a doubt. starting ande people were star

it will strengthen irrigation for agriculture while also protecting habitat. i want to commend the black feet tribe and its chairman harry barnes who have been diligent and patient in seeing this settlement forward. i commend our state for its commitment to the black feet tribe in indian country, montana and i urge my colleagues' support in passage of this wrda bill. mr. president, i yield my time. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas city. more i want to call to the attn of my colleagues s. 290 passed by the senate committee on veterans' affairs. it's a bipartisan bill that was crafted by the ranking member, the senator from connecticut, senator blumenthal and me. it deals with accountability at the department of veterans affairs. mr. moran: this legislation has a number of components but the one i want to focus this evening on is one that has a consequence to those in senior executive positions at the department of veterans affairs who commit felonies in the scope of their employment at the department of veterans affairs.

it will irrigate 50,000 family farms and provide power to 4000 rural families and give us a reliable source of electricity. this summer, we finished the long-delayed kentucky hydropower plant and we began work on the third part of that hydropower plant with a turkish clan to begin network. when these new turbines are installed, and development work is complete, it will produce triple the amount of electricity it currently does, irrigate 100,000 additional hectares of land and enable the construction of new agricultural canals. afghanistan's oil, gas and mineral wealth is estimated at $3 billion. recently, it became, we became a member of the wto, opening more trade opportunities for afghan businesses. just in the last year we have secured missions for investments, over $1.1 billion from the private sector alone. 700 billion of that is an energysector , pledged over a 20 year timeframe. at the citizen level, we have instituted sweeping reforms to end land grabs and property rights to urban residents . with insecure occupancy situations. our new citizen starter program gives local comm

the six rows that you will pull the tassels out of, having irrigation so that they get stuck. the field may have flooded. you may stand in water that is at aroundnee-deep 10:00 a.m.. it is freezing cold water, so you tend to dress in sweaters or some kind of poncho. you wander through these fields, and you start off freezing cold. your buddies are going to tackle you into the corn, so you are going to end up soaking wet on your whole body. by 10:00 a.m., you will have molded under your hefty bag. you will ditch your hefty bag and sweatshirt. most of us guys will end up shirtless. with the corn drying out at 100 degrees at 10:00 a.m., it will cut you wide open. you will break out with something that looks like poison ivy or is it. it is actually corn rash from your face to your neck. your mom will announce that you are not allowed back in the house looking like that covered in mud. mom hoses you often you fall off, and then you fall asleep by 4:00 in the afternoon and usually sleep for 12 hours until the next morning when you do it all again. here is the tragedy with technologi

like forestry and court resurfacing and irrigation improvement. future years i think these streams of decision making will be merged and this was our first run this year and our deadlines were out of sync and hope we will produce a more formal glossy report for submission to the board of supervisors as the charter requires in mid-january but this data will be included as part of that. with that, happy to answer questions. >> do we have public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner harrison. >> yes, dawn i have been around a long time and lived through most of what you reported on. >> yeah. >> and i am astounded all those years prior to your coming on and creating this division- >> you created the division and hired me. >> you put it together and made it a breathejug living thing and absolutely great. i'm very impressed. thank you very much. your staff and you putting that together, we are lodge clael using our money. now. correctly. >> yes. >> i really appreciate it and thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. c

. >>> in vacaville crews have recovered the body of a man who drowned in an irrigation canal. police were called to the canal behind persimmon circle at 7 a.m. the man was heard yelling for help and crews searched the canal most of the day. they didn't find the body until about 2 p.m. the victim's identity hasn't been released yet. >>> two men are under arrest in a deadly stabbing in hayward. two men are now charged with murder. police think that back in august they stabbed a man to death on a hayward street corner. investigators have not revealed the motive. the victim, jason villegas, was 42. >>> in other bay area headlines a light late night house fire displaces a father and son in santa rosa. investigators believe it started in a wood-burning stove being used to heat the house. the fire scorched a living room and caused smoke and heat damage. firefighters got it under control in about 20 minutes. >>> san rafael police say this man is a bank robber. they say he went into a union bank branch late yesterday claimed to be armed and demanded money. he is in his 30s about 6 feet

they would tie them on a piece of rope and they'd have a pivot grazing system instead of a pivot irrigation system, and plow behind a team of oxen out there, just kind of sfor sport, out in the -- for sport, out in the field working. i asked to tag around. i got to do that and got a picture of that, mr. speaker. that eeled had digressed so much that the tractors were parked and the animals had been put back to work. hugo chavez decided he would prop up the cuban island with a wealth of his oil. of course when chavez himself went to his maker, thankfully, and the prosperity that venezuela enjoyed collapsed around the failed ideology of a marxist-controlled economy, that then shut down the subsidy for cuba, who should come along to save the day, barack obama. who decides he's going to open up trade with cuba, establish an embassy there, and let american dollars come down into cuba so that the island could become prosperous again. we needed to let the marxist regime finally be starved out. that was the purpose of the sanctions against cuba. and that's why it's never been wise to open up free t

wasriver people knew erratic but they also knew it was a river that had a lot of potential for irrigation. when he came up here, i think he certainly saw the crossing. he would establish what was known as hayden's ferry shortly after. the one thing to keep in mind is the ferry business will only be part of the year. it will be seasonal.

every spring, the snows melt in those mountains, fill the lake, run over into the streams, and irrigate our lands. we live by that water. without it, we're done. - the newspaper interview quoted you quite fully, mr. ritchie. lake, aqueducts to their city, stealing our water. - well, let's say with their political poweweand influence they're usurping your water, and it sounds like you have a good reason to be angry. - you know about this situation, huh? - it's an unfortunately common condition in the west. - tell the truth, i'd just about decided on joe marsh. - oh, you want some killing done. - no, no, absolutely not. to stop the construction of that dam. - head engineer, very tough man. - well, if he's that tough, you aren't gonna beat him by scaring off a few of his construction hands. - maybe not. but we make the cost of the project so hihi, the city'll give it up. - if you hire joe marsh, it'll be by the gun. he doesn't think another way. - do you? - mr. ritchie, i never use this gun unless i have to. that's why you'll find my feeeeomewhat high. - how would you do it? - shall l say

back to help native americans by repairing -- or authorizing the repairing of their aged dams and irrigation canals. it finalizes native american right settlements in california and oklahoma and in montana and it also has some land exchanges and transfers to native american communities which were successful. in addition, it goes to lake tahoe with sound force management areas that have been added into this particular pill -- bill, and it also helps other communities in the west battle the drought simply by authorizing storage and even a local alternative, like desalination and water resick -- recycling but the basic , premise behind our section of the bill is the water is going to be raining down, catch it and store it for the future. i hope you got the idea that we have an indian water settlement in oklahoma, i want to make that very clear. [inaudible] rep. bishop: all right. there also is the ability of doing some provisions in there so that if you have a reclamation project and you wish to pay it back early it , authorizes you to do that. that could bring up to $600 million yearly into ad

eir claims native plants are more tolerant more adapt active to climatic change and require less irrigationevidence is provided the fact over thirty species are non-native i despite being hit are peshz it is a gardening preference and one that is opposite of sustainability it requires constant application of toxic herbicides to maintain them number 3 the eir is inaccurate because that states that the blue eucalyptus is not invasive the eir makes many references to eucalyptus being inner 58 the california plant society says eucalyptus has a limited and blue gum trees are not causing heartache harm which is the standard to see invasiveness and eir is inaccurate abused 39 what occurs states that 39 encourages the growth in the forest health the response to comments indicates it helps impregnate but 39 is only beneficial when trees are young and vigorous enough to take advantage of the competition otherwise the benefits from 39 maturity tree is negligible so the rec and park commissioners i'm urging to support the maintenance alternative that limits the number of trees less than 18 thousand and

understood by the way those modules still have not been demonstrated "seal team six" day will be told me irrigating great prices that the industrial base needs this. id my view for that by a is a pretty loose construct for accountability. you don't have to say how much your savings or held accountable there is an instrument that is called multi-year procurement the abel moonves and davey was able to do that for the four submarines then you know, your savings in test through the stability of the design and is a commitment before the forget we will use the same contracts as we know how will they work. but with the industrial base we have seen a lot of decisions made but we did not think we would create this because of commercial firms. but now my question is have a lead done enough and is in a time for them to come through for us? can we get one shipped on time or one ship delivered without the serious reliability or quality problems? that is my question. once approved your oversight is marginalized. what you'll be hit with thin the future is a great prices but we have to protect the industrial base

eir claims native plants are more tolerant more adapt active to climatic change and require less irrigationo evidence is provided the fact over thirty species are non-native i despite being hit are peshz it is a gardening preference and one that is opposite of sustainability it requires constant application of toxic herbicides to maintain them number 3 the eir is inaccurate because that states that the blue eucalyptus is not invasive the eir makes many references to eucalyptus being inner 58 the california plant society says eucalyptus has a limited and blue gum trees are not causing heartache harm which is the standard to see invasiveness and eir is inaccurate abused 39 what occurs states that 39 encourages the growth in the forest health the response to comments indicates it helps impregnate but 39 is only beneficial when trees are young and vigorous enough to take advantage of the competition otherwise the benefits from 39 maturity tree is negligible so the rec and park commissioners i'm urging to support the maintenance alternative that limits the number of trees less than 18 thousand a

understood by the way those modules still have not been demonstrated "seal team six" day will be told me irrigating great prices that the industrial base needs this. id my view for that by a is a pretty loose construct for accountability. you don't have to say how much your savings or held accountable there is an instrument that is called multi-year procurement the abel moonves and davey was able to do that for the four submarines then you know, your savings in test through the stability of the design and is a commitment before the forget we will use the same contracts as we know how will they work. but with the industrial base we have seen a lot of decisions made but we did not think we would create this because of commercial firms. but now my question is have a lead done enough and is in a time for them to come through for us? can we get one shipped on time or one ship delivered without the serious reliability or quality problems? that is my question. once approved your oversight is marginalized. what you'll be hit with thin the future is a great prices but we have to protect the industrial base

like forestry and court resurfacing and irrigation improvement. future years i think these streams of decision making will be merged and this was our first run this year and our deadlines were out of sync and hope we will produce a more formal glossy report for submission to the board of supervisors as the charter requires in mid-january but this data will be included as part of that. with that, happy to answer questions. >> do we have public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner harrison. >> yes, dawn i have been around a long time and lived through most of what you reported on. >> yeah. >> and i am astounded all those years prior to your coming on and creating this division- >> you created the division and hired me. >> you put it together and made it a breathejug living thing and absolutely great. i'm very impressed. thank you very much. your staff and you putting that together, we are lodge clael using our money. now. correctly. >> yes. >> i really appreciate it and thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. c

the development work is complete, it will produce triple amount of electricity that it does and irrigate hundred thousands of land and the construction of the new agriculture canals. the oil, gas is estimated at $3 trillion. recently, it became, we became a member of the world trade organization opening more , opportunities for afghan businesses. just in the last year we have , secured commitments for investments of over $1.1 billion from the private sector alone. 700 million dollars of that is in the energy sector pledged over a 20 year time frame. at the citizen level, we have instituted sweeping reforms to end land grabs and grant property rights to urban residence with insecure occupancy situations. our new citizens charter program gives local community counsel over the publicly funded projects and empowers them to hold ministries accountable for state services. a million new students were enrolled in schools leisure, and women make up 40% of schoolchildren. our media is the freest in the region, and our jobs for peace program is in place in 5,000 communities and has created 2.6 mill

we just need fresh watered irrigate to -- we need carbon free energy to dieselnate the water. resist pretending it's someone else's problem to fix and resist despair there's no solution. resist the cynics and the nay sayer and resist distraction from our goals, resist. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> tom kaburkey. with a little imagination, you can measure the operate i can over tons we could have here. some of our supervisors are leaving. farewell. help keep us safe. heroes, the core as, fire, police, neighbors don't shoot us anymore. supervisor avalos, how about a marrow -- the next mayor ask you to build us a public bank. empathy. there's been ' em at the -- ' em pathetic moments here. cohen was be wielders you weren't voting for her police reform measure and it got -- that angry and that volcanic and i felt that moment. another empathy moment when air b and b was given more time to ravish whatever they wanted to do, and supervisor campos said gee, you gave air b and b but you couldn't give the mission when it was being ravished and devastated. the lamest