. >> good morning, i'm maureen mcvary here on behalf of the friends of jackson park. time i thought i'd wear my heart on my chest. i am here asking that the full park remodel plan proposed and created by the friends of jackson park, with preinput and collaboration with the officials at park and rec and the community beyond the parkland measure. two months at this meeting i believe there was a discussion at that meeting regarding how the parks on the bond were chosen. has that been discussed further and communicated to the public? i'm interested in that answer. to me it's a simple decision to say yes to the full remodelled park. i ask you as a fellow citizen to drive over to our hood and witness the changes we have endured and are enduring. i previously lived in north beach. right away i noticed how our park was not served. our streets were really hard on your car's suspension and we were almost ignored. since 1984 thanks to your energy bringing bands and things to the park, many of the parks have been improved tremendously. mclaren park and all the rest and now it's o

i'm here in support of jackson park. be identified as a priority for the funds in the next park bond. as you mentioned, sir, the event this weekend that was very successful, and jackson park hosted a wonderful part of that. i've been a resident of the city since 1980. during that time i've played ball at jackson park in rec and park leagues. i've umpired many games and coached many games at jackson park. i've had the reward of being part of team camaraderie and sportsmanship there. i've seen children achieve triumph and learn from their strengths and find their gifts. i've cherished these experiences all along. i've also witnessed two very disturbing trends. one is because of social trends that promote highly competitive pay to play groups prevails, there is a drop in participation in youth separate and aparts. not every kid thrives in highly competitive environments and not every kid can play on these pay to play teams. why should these children miss out on the positive learnings of team play, camaraderie and sportsmansh

jackson for approximately 20 years. he was, along with j. chang and john park, the most successful proximitier into an asian-american clientele. the clientele here remains predominantly asian-american college students and young professionals. mr. chang has thrown large events and a lot of 18-and-over events at many different establishment establishments. mr. chang is here. no longer stuck in traffic. the -- they've moved into l.a. and mr. chang has been doing a lot of parties down in los angeles. i was lucky to be at the opening of arena k town, korea town, in los angeles in the spring of 2018. that particular venue took off like a rocket ship and is extremely successful and very non-problematic. jackson bought the shares -- or entered into an agreement to start promoting parties at the mission sports bar, and eventually we are now at the a.b.c. with a stock transfer application. but the biggest problem we've had with this particular venue is the first night they opened on a thursday night, 550 people were in line by about 9:00. they have a very large social me

. >> reporter: here in the corner of the northwestern park, people travel he hundreds of miles to see the jacksoner. nothing escapes the issue and the signage even explains what's going on behind it. >> it's gorgeous and we're worried about the receding glaciers. every time we come, we hope there will still be as much there as the next time but they're disappearing slowly. >> i think the oh, my god moment is going to be seeing the places they love, the places close to them and go down and realize their kids are not going to be able to experience that and that the quality of the lives of their kids and grandkids are going to go down and not up. >> reporter: that increase in temperature is having a profound effect across the park. we've seen a three-fold increase in the last 100 years in days over 90 fahrenheit. it's causing the trees to move uphill so that treeline you see behind me now constantly on the move because of climate change, chris. >> cal, the scientists you spoke to talked about the fires there. what are the warmth and heat done to the fire season out there? >> reporter: so compared to

. >> here in the northwest corner of the park, people travel to see one of the last 25 remaining glaciers, this is jackson moment is going to be seeing the places they love, the places close to them go down and realizing that their kids are not going to be able to experience that and that the quality of the lives of their kids and grandkids are going to go down and not up. >> that increase in temperature is having a profound effect across the park. we've seen a three-fold increase in the last 100 years in days over 90 degrees fahrenheit. it's causing the trees to move uphill so that tree line you see behind me now constantly on the move because of climate change, chris. >> cal, the scientists you spoke to talked about the fires there. what is the warmth and the heat done to the fire season out there? >> so compared to the 1970s, we've seen an increase in fire season of 70 to 80 days, they're burning hotter and longer. when you talk to scientists, professors, she'll tell you it's about these insects, these invasive species in these foresees. we worry about the tipping point. the forests are supposed to be

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. >> here in the northwest corner of the park, people travel to see one of the last 25 remaining glashsz, this is jackson the state, nothing escapes the issue. the signage even explains what's going on behind it. >> it's gorgeous and we are worried about the receding glaciers. every time we come, we hope there's still as much there but they're disappearing. >> i think the, oh, my god, moment is seeing the places they love, the places close to them go down, and realizing that their kids are not going to be able to experience that and that the quality of the lives of their kids and grandkids are going to go down and not up. >> from montana we take you to mississippi. flooding this spring left parts of the delta under water. trymaine lee is in vicksburg. >> does it give you concern about what might happen next year or the year after that? >> wishing i was old enough for retirement. >> normally when the mississippi river floods, the army corps of engineers tries to redirect excess water through spillways. but this year the river was so swollen and the core opened louisiana's bonnie karcarrie spillway. it inc

the mountains like of jackson wyoming would be threatened by commercial development and overuse. he was the senator who proposed the bill to create teton national park. calvin coolidge signed an executive order creating teton national park. theas instrumental in creation of several dams. one of them is the dam outside of casper, wyoming. that's a big project. when you live in an in -- a windy, arid area, like central wyoming, having access to stored water instead of depending on rainfall is a big deal. brought toion farmers and ranchers allow them to produce crops and raise feed for the livestock. it would be called the kendrick project. they still refer to it as the kendrick project. backed legislation for arizona's boulder dam, now known as the hoover dam. he was elected to the senate in 1916 and served until 1933. he served for three full terms. helping getting teton national park and helping with these things that benefit ranchers even today, it leaves a lasting legacy. >> the c-span cities tour of sheridan, wyoming continues. the sheridan county museum to hear about the impacts call mining has had on the area. -- coal mining. -- coal mining has

park, calipa perry pic it up from here. >> reporter: here people travel to see one of the last 25 remaining glaciers, this the jackson glacierand in this part of the state, nothing escapes the issue. the signage even explains what is going on behind it. >> it is gorgeous. and we are worried about the receding glaciers. every time we come, we hope that they will still be as much there the next time. but they can disappearing slowly. >> i think the oh, my god moment is going to be seeing the places that they love, the places close to them go down. and realizing that their kids are not going to be able to experience that and that the quality of the lives of their kids and grandkids are going to go down and not up. >> and from montana, we'll take you to mississippi. flooding this spring left parts of the delta under water. and tremaine lee is in vicksburg. >> does it gives you certain about what might happen next year? >> wishing i was old enough for retirement. >> reporter: normally when the mississippi river floods, the arm coarmy core engineers trieso redirect the water. but this year the river was so swollen that the corps o

i was repeatedly told is the liberal part of the state, teton county is home to jackson hole and grand teton national park as well as a large chunk of america's legend yeah yellowstone -- legendary yell yellowstone national park. from there i went to dubois and then around to lake of the woods, to the wind river indian reservation, pine dale and to jackson. in teton county i met with local elected officials from jackson from the teton county council and from the wyoming legislature. i learned that roughly two-thirds of wyoming's revenues come from mineral extraction, mostly coal, oil and natural gas. with all this money pouring into its coffers, wyoming has no state income tax, sales tax of 4%, and one of the lowest effective property tax rates in the nation. indeed, i was told that wyomingites get around $9 in services for every $1 they pay in taxes. sweet deal, and fossil fuel picks up the rest of the tab. there are problems with this political economic power. first, it exposes wyoming heavily to boom-bust cycles. three coal companies have gone bankrupt just this year. and it exposes wyoming to the deva

mountains and lakes north of jackson, wyoming were being threatened by commercial development and overuse. he was a senator who proposed the bill to create teton national park. in 1929, president calvin coolidge signed an order creating teton national park. he was also instrument in the dams.on of several this was a big project because we live in a windy, arid area, and having access to stored water and septa putting on rainfall is a big deal. brought toion farmers and ranchers, allowing them not only to produce crops but ray's feed for livestock -- raise feed for livestock. people still refer to it as the kendrick project. the other dam he backed with arizona's boulder dam which is now known as the hoover dam. served in the senate until he passed away in 1933, so for almost three full terms. helping get teton national park started, helping with the dams that benefit ranchers, it really leaves a lasting legacy. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to sheridan, wyoming to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from sheridan and other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. you watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend o