and here are some proposed uses on the on the landscaped court yard. there's some concrete planters dual use for plants and also seeding and potentially raised planters and the trellis that networking area and there's some play equipment and fixed seating and this slide shows a proposed plan and most of these plants are native plants and drought drought resistant and they will be easier in terms of allergies and asthma and we have a big commitment to this and our community is really committed to this and getting the plants that are not only visual but an important health aspect to the project. >> this slide shows the existing versus the proposed square footages. it showcases the units that are existing right now and what is proposed in terms of the the one bedrooms the 2's and 3's and 4 bedrooms and rather than reading off of this i'd like to globally say in general all of the proposed square footage in the new units are larger than the existing square footages so for example if you take a look at the one bedroom flat the existing is -- and our propose

with me here is -- landscape architects they have been partners in this design exercise and we have a complete development team and bridge housing. >> so i want to start with the slide over 10 years ago as a result of the of the freeway coming down developed a plan for a new neighborhood transbay and rincon hill and you can see there this is our project block 9. as part of the plan in in accordance with the guidelines the concept for the tower was to take the scale of the neighborhood and repeat that into the tower as a series of mason ettes and identify it as a unique landmark in the city. there are a series of balcony notches and the podium itself is also a series of layered materials that breakdown the scale comprised of solid materials and as a way of bringing also the human scale and a more fine-grained set of materials and elements to the streetscape. a summary here and overview of the project -- there is a total of 545 total units. 436 of those units are market rate. 109 are affordable that is exactly 20 percent of the total. in terms of open space the project offers at the 9th

. >> she would agree to the sloping sidewalk with landscaping. that's what we've tried to get but for reasons we don't know they've refused that. this is what i've been banging my head on trying to convince them. it makes more sense and is more attractive and you could landscape this area and pave it and maybe widen it a little bit. taking a 15 foot sidewalk up here makes no sense whatsoever and it's unfair to the matulas and not legal. >> thank you. mr. brand, you have three minutes of rebuttal. >> a sidewalk that close to the house there would be no turning radius so that's r just not foing to happen. that's not the intention at this point. whatever happens with that will be way in the future because karen's planning on fibbishing this project and selling it. it is true. he's been trying to sell it for a long time now. hard to sell when you don't have access to it. doctor shoe said there'd been a bait and switch. we floated a whole bunch of ideas for the neighbors on how to make that driveway fly. we wanted to get a driveway in there, we offere

but the single most important way of packaging high country landscapes or really any landscapes anywhere in america for tourists was to link those landscapes up to a network of modern paved highways. paved highways had an extraordinarily powerful channeling effect on the flow of tourists because by midcentury, american tourists were overwhelmingly traveling by car. and despite the supposed freedom of automobility, these tourists were overwhelmingly confining themselves to paved roads. there was even a saying among highway planners that tourists will drive 200 miles out of their way to avoid 5 miles of dirt road. so at a time when many rural western roads including many in colorado -- this is not a good example -- were still dirt or gravel, local boosters lobbied endlessly for highway improvements that would channel tourists their way. every year local delegations from all over the state including from the high country counties would make this ritual trip to denver to bow down before the state highway commission to present their wish lists of projects of highway improvements that they wan

we often allow construction of less of a concrete sidewalk, you know, to include possible landscaping, additional information, but in this case due to the com cast box that currently exists, here's the existing cable box. we initially contacted com cast to relocate that box to provide for of a path of travel but they informed us that the box could not be moved, thus when i informed mr. brand of this information he asked what is the minimum path of travel that would be required and under ada the minimum path of travel is 4 feet and here again, providing 4 foot 7-and-a-half inches of unobstructed path between westerly -- what will be the curbline essentially and the wall from this cable box. . >> and the legislated sidewalk be placed elsewhere? >> no. . not typically. >> and some of the other instances where you mentioned earlier in your presentation talking about the >> if there's building within, behind or off that right of way andsome form of access is required for the closest sidewalk to their front door, yes, we often issue a street improvement permit for them to construct that sti

the media landscape is similar. internet companies get many subsidies from the tax issue you raised in the fact so much of the technology was financed by the state and the corporate sector reached their ward so we need to look at the subsidies go to the private sector and try to put some public interest conditions on them is not taking back some of the proceeds and investing them in ways that enhance our culture. >> i see we have aligned for questions so we are going to turn to our audience to continue the discussion. what we wanted to do so if you have a question for a particular member of the panel let us know who it's for. >> my name is scale and i don't really have a question for any particular person. we have been talking a lot about amazon and i'm a very big supporter of the arts in the author's dancers and painters etc. but when our local bookstores are being taken away from us. i live down in that aventura area. have to drive 45 minutes to an hour to go to a bookstore to even just browse to see what kind of

for more information about creating a water- efficient earth- friendly landscape in your yard, go tolocal library or online for ater efficient landscapingsolutions. now that makes sense! male narrator: funding for this program was made possible in part by ama waterways, offering european river cruises during the holidays and throughout the year, and by viewers like you. thank you. the danube river on a frosty winter's day. although once the wild borders of tribal communities, the river now connects magnificent cities that have been built on its banks over the centuries. we visit these cities at christmastime when the cold and dusky winter is brightened by colorful and festive traditions and celebrations. with outdoor christmas markets performances of joyful music creation of special sweet treats and dazzling decorations and illuminated displays the cities, towns, and villages on the danube embrace the season.

and pocket parks doesn't with the dog park at the end is part of a landscape from 18 to 20th street dog park is that area underneath of the overpass quite tall about 50 feet and 9 thousand square feet there closed the dog park and lighting is all maintained by avalon bay a great compliment to a streetcar and then in 3 dynamics if indiana you see the fingertips become 30 pieces of architectures which step back and open up all that carefully worked out with the neighborhood i'm going to turn it over to owen. >> thank you owen with the planning and architect the south side of the site and the building slides ranked the existing former railway it is the industrial pass when trains roll up indiana street our building gives express to this rail easement we've divided the building into two pizza piece other than the south side on the left is following the level of the easement and there it was originally planned to 5 stories we've lowered it down to 4 stories from feedback from the neighborhood it has actually a long internal property line but still a facade to the street and we've reconci

. >> i met two guys trying to understand how water can landscape. >>> i got the opportunity to meet with a student and is studying how smog forms, it's a lot more complexing than what i thought. being in l.a., smog is kind of an issue. let's look. >> reporter: air pollution in china could be described as a nuclear winter. health risks are severe, with the smog blocking sunlight, plant seedlings struggle to grow. in los angeles, smog is controlled because of reg u laces, because of research done in labs like this. >> i'm cal vin baits. >> reporter: what is your field of study and what are you working on? >> how does smog form. >> reporter: part of the answer includes trees, yes trees. don't blame them yet. >> trees given out a bunch of chemicals, obviously oxigep. >> reporter: including isopreen. >> we know that iceo preen is a main chemical emitted by trees and is responsible for a lot of smog we see. >> here is how it works. when iceo preen mixes with car and power plant exhaust, that forms ozones and other particles responsible for smog. getting to the bottom of how the process works i

for more information about creating a water- efficient earth- friendly landscape in your yard, go toour local library or online for ater efficient landscapingsolutions. now that makes sense! >> "euromaxx highlights." here is your host. >> greetings from the frozen german capital, where winter has finally arrived. we got these warming stories together for our next edition. why quality teas are becoming ever more popular. hungarian hideaway. a photographer who built himself a home in the forest. and, what makes kitzbuhel in austria a favorite. british artist emma fay might just as well be a magician. she manages a trick that usually only works in fairytales.

and again, anything i've done has been a merger with the landscape. it's not been about creating some large, powerful form that in a way supplants the land. so it's about working with. i mean, there's a real--there's sort of a harmony going on. and in a way, you know, i--i basically had wonderful agreements--disagreements with the architects of record kupelecci, because they could not understand why i wouldn't want to make such a thin, veneer surface. this is a monument. make those walls two to three feet thick. and i kept going, `no, no, no. i don't see it as like a physical presence inserted into the land. i literally see it as a geode. i'm polishing the earth and putting the names on that surface.' c-span: you can see there how thin it is. >> guest: yeah. how--it's very, very thin. c-span: you said that the black granite couldn't be bought from canada or sweden. >> guest: yeah. i mean, we--i mean, this is the funny thing. it was very odd. all of a sudden, we were working with the veterans about--everything got politicized, down to--we looked at swe

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so when you look at the broader landscape and traditional retail landscape, it is all about price and convenience and next day delivery and many of the companies who are successful in that ecosystem are all about squeezing suppliers, going to the lowest cost labor, that sort of thing. the etsy economy we

he worked closely with the architects to achieve stunning landscape effects. two years prior to the exposition, he built six greenhouses in the presidio and cultivated the plants that would adorn the grounds. more than one million bulbs were planted. the flowers in the part tears -- parterres were changed three times over the course of the exposition so they were always in bloom and coordinated with the color scheme. this is two postcards of the same view of the tower of jewels showing entirely different types of plantings. another notable feature of the grounds was the immense hedge fence that ran for four city blocks from the fillmore street gate to the scott street main entrance seen here. it was grown in boxes and then affixed to a vertical framework. the hedge was eight feet thick and 20 feet high. it rose in 36-foot arches of the main entrance of the fair. this beautiful color picture is from donna huggins. walter darcy ryan was appointed chief of illumination. his spectacular lighting effects included the tower of jewels and the mosquito fleet of spotli

new lighting, seating, landscaping. i think a great complement to the existing useds at esprit park and briefly just looking at the experience from the park roughly in the middle of the park on a november afternoon you see the overpass, that stand of trees and before the project. when the project is add you see a little in fill by the overpass and that area there -- next slide, thank you joe -- and again before the project and with the project essentially the view is of that project is just below the overpass modest impact as experienced from the park. thank you very much and i am here for questions and i will turn it over to joe. >> thank you commissioners. i am joe with avalon bay the project sponsor and the owner and manager of this building when it's complete. so you heard from peter. peter showed photos of the project. what it's going to look like. you heard from staff about the the shadow impact. i want to talk about the benefits this project is going to bring to the dog patch community so to begin one of the most

so when you look at the broader landscape and traditional retail landscape, it is all about price and convenience and next day delivery and many of the companies who are successful in that ecosystem are all about squeezing suppliers, going to the lowest cost labor, that sort of thing. the etsy economy we see is really about creating an economy where everyone wins at every step of the way. so the way etsy works we're obviously an internet platform, but when you sell something on etsy etsy's cut is 3 1/2%, the artist cut is 96 1/2%. all the money is going back to communities everywhere. there is not a great sucking sound to bentonville arkansas, for example. not to name names. we really see this our 3.5%, as etsy become more successful, we have, that fee has not been raised really since the company started. so the etsy economy sees a really fair economist. where it is also getting into off-line retail. so i mentioned sara and milk and honey luxuries. we have also built a wholesale program. boutiques and retailers are now buying from etsy sellers and we're brokering the wholesale deal an

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we've removed landscape reducing it and the reduction of 12 over 12 hundred square feet this is achieved by removing a complete floor and the garage and reducing it to a two car garbage the removal of the basement required us to redesign the lower unit as ms. chang said we realized it to make it 2 nine hundred square feet flat in the general configuration it is the fourth floor so the manufacturing is a 3 story building in relationship to the adjacent neighborhood regarding square footage there has been discussion about this we've done an analysis based on the city records we've identified 3 units and 3 of them across the street from the project we've alternated the window and replied them with scaled windows and signage of the stucco to create a modest building with commissioner moore's comments and maintained the garage space and we've cooperated the escaping with the neighbors to the west that requests we do so we received an appraisal from bridges appraiser that awe operated the project this is an be affordable project we building this has been addressed with all concerns and we've p

so i would prefer whatever the details are, that they include landscaping. thank you. >> thank you. >> catherine. >> now it's afternoon, commissioners. the five-year plan state to look for a different material for infield and it brings up interesting questions. why this sudden decision to choose a different infill? the tire waste infill alternatives have been available for years, and yet over and over again rec and park has repeatedly said and we wonder what caused this change and hypothesized it was the nbc news report. a soccer coach in washington took in one of her players for cancer treats and as they were chatting a nurse came over and said are you a soccer goalie? you are the fourth person that we hooked up this week. making the decision after ignoring public [kp-erpb/]s for years why only the few fields listed on the handout? what will the new and repudiated noxious playing field and mission playground? don't they all deserve a healthy surface and why wait? what about beach chalet? this will avoid putting in grass now -- will avoid having the expense

trying to interpret that in a camera manner we've looked at the front stoops and creates a in my landscapeoffer and it's a great improvement to the ralph this is the rear yard we've spent a lot of time looking at the rear yard we have duplicate a good job of articulating that looking at the tree improvement as mentioned we had a meeting with the neighbors and hoped the graphics are better or in your screen backing take the do you believe and extend it to 60 feet to one hundred and 25 feet and that will bring it down to our residential lobby there's a rendering we're proposing some sort of enhancement that would be a enhanced painting or a raised crosswalk which will help to discourage people if cutting through the alleys thank you very much. >> thank you well opening it up for public comment once again we'll be limiting public comment to one minute and (calling names). >> if your name has been called feel free to approach the podium. >> hello commissioners good afternoon. i'm brendon smekt a homeowner an on ralph street i'm not in favor anymore continuances on this i'm in favor of the they

much happening on the street but on the next street the street park development that has the wide landscape opportunity this neighborhood daich is a great accomodation building character so our approach to replace the large fingertip with 3 ding buildings restore it and have a mid block building each designed by a different architecture team and they share a common and active frontage along the townhomes and four shared common spaces and a pattern of openings between building in the mid block and opportunities for the endangered pocket plaza punk waited by a plaza and the park that joe talked about under the underpass the streetscape has rich landscape and pocket parks doesn't with

to signing off on the project, whatever was constructed whether it was just ripping through some landscaping, that needs to be restored to its original condition before we seen off on the project. thus, at this point we're still expecting that that temporary path will be restored. as a matter of fact, i believe we conditioned the permit upon that. however, in talking to mr. william, just now, i mean, he informed me that they're willing to allow construction of it to address mark brand's point. yes, we can a allow this under an encroachment permit, we can make it permanent, so to speak, provided he gets consent from the two neighboring properties. in this case consent is required because it's something that's not constructed to city standards. the 15 foot wide #150id walk is proposed per city standards, thus no consent is required, it's already legislative sidewalk. for this additional path consent would be required from the conjoining property owners. if that is obtained we can issue that as a minor encroachment permit. i have nothing else to add. any questions i'd be glad to answer. >> than

simpson trial for examples of alliterative everything in terms of the attention of the media landscape in 1995. but terrorism was low-level but it wasn't a nagging concern. just a couple of years before the oklahoma city bombing and less than that actually the first attack of the world trade center happened and that really put terrorism in on the front burner for many americans. also at that time, though you know bonner was still at large and in 1995 his manifesto was released. he issued a manifesto and demanded "the new york times" and "washington post" published a manifesto and they did. they went ahead and published it in its entirety in a special section in the "washington post." so, terrorism was on the table, and domestic terrorism was perhaps less so is the reaction to the oklahoma city bombing was such that most people immediately initially thought that it was the work of international terrorism, middle east terrorism in the first hours and in the first days after the attack. but it really was a devastating attack. not only the deadliest attack of domestic terrorism in united s

the modern surveyors have discovered evidence of other activity. >> also imagine this in the landscape in the '80s. so a lot of material, particularly in this area. little semi combustible little pieces. >> what they haven't found, though, is meaning. no machine can do that. >> elements to do with solar line that are alignments, marking time. it's almost certainly a temple but also has all these other sort of functions. so when we start saying, what's the mean go of stonehenge? how many reasons do you need? >> the technical survey increased appetite for more traditional archaeological study. now they have so many more places to dig. >> mystery lives on. >> absolutely. >> >> long may it live on. >> osgood: remind that you stonehenge empire is later today on the smithsonian channel. what we eat and drink can stain our teeth. new colgate total lasting white mouthwash strengthens teeth and has an invisible shield that helps block stains like this. for a healthy white smile that lasts. new colgate total lasting white. ♪ how do you turn an idea into something real? ♪ it takes passion... ♪ in

lives you've heard about today last year, we launched the blue heroin berry gated that teaches the landscape and water conservatism and advocacy through high school students this program allowed 15 district 10 youth to you participate in the paid interimship and not only did we keep the illinois kr0rd streets cleans those youth provided testimony to the port what we learned about the water conservative and how they'll learn the crazy they left with a standing no vacation our grant fund through the community benefits program i am honored to work with the nptsdz that have similar goals to really help get the young folks to think and learn and grow into our fallout leaders thank you inform the puc as well as the benefits team staff. >> thank you, ms. flynn. >> are there 0 any other speakers seeing none comments from commissioners. >> first of all thank you outlining you'll for coming and staff for putting the program and presentation together and i have seen bits and pieces of the program it's impressive and responsibility and vibrant program to be proud of we'll move along sorry. >> you know i

so the more regulatory landscape remains on schedule. that is why a regulatory scheme permitting underground storage is in place there are gaps in areas like the ownership and long-term liabilities some of which are being addressed by individual states and here again leadership is the thing that is required. returned to the electricity market, the electricity sector was the focus and the final report has taken up. today ten regional transmission organizations operate across a large proportion of the united states and canada. the structure has delivered many benefits such as efficient access and minimization electricity costs. the electricity system is fragmented with less efficient use of existing assets. despite the success of markets, trade of a lecture city is utilities that remain difficult. the balance between consolidation of system operators and coordination between systems is needed. the need will become more critical when solar power continues to grow and the greater access to balancing is required. electricity is no longer just

simpson trial, for example, just obliterated everything in terms of media attention and media landscape in 1995. but the terrorism was a low level but a nagging concern. a couple years being of the oklahoma city bombing, less than that actually -- the first attack of the world trade center happened. and that really puts terrorism international terrorism, hon the front burner for many americans. also at that time the unibomber was still at large, and in 1995, his manifesto was released. he issued his manifesto and demanded that "the new york times" and the "washington post" publish that man fest to, and after a lot of hand-wringing they did in its entirety in a special section in the "washington post." so terrorism was on the table and domestic terrorism was perhaps less so, because the reaction to the oklahoma city bombing was such that most people immediately initially thought it was the work of international terrorists, middle east terrorism was to blame in the first hours, the first day after the attack. it was a devastating attack. not only the deadliest single attack of domestic te

it says "provide protection for existing landscape planting, to remain including, but are not limited to trees shrubs and ground cover." all trees shall be enclosed by fencing on the work site where tree protection zone is located within 10' of the limit of work prior to demolition, grubbing or grading. on the next page, temporary protection shall be kept in play for the duration of the project, maintained during construction and temporarily relocated as required by the progress of the construction. it also requires 6" of organic mull, cover over exiting grade within the fencing. when you go out there you will see mature trees and there is nothing between them and these -- i mean these machines are as big as this room going up and do you know the field and there is nothing between the equipment and the trees that the department said it wasn'ted wanted to save. i have been to a lot of construction sites and contractors hate protecting trees and hate to do this stuff. it slows them down and costs them many, but this is our park and we need to protect the trees that are there, we were pr

: this is what was left of the landscaper's leaf blower after fending the animals off. >> they wanted to kill. they are going for the kill. >> reporter: san mateo police say the dogs had escaped their owner's yard shortly before going on a blood thirsty rampage. they had gone several blocks, bitten one person and attacked several others. they hurled themselves at an officer's car. scratching, biting, and pawing until the door of the police cruiser looked like this. >> i have never seen two dogs let alone one, but two dogs attack a patrol vehicle the way it did. >> reporter: officers used air horns and their voices to stop the dogs, but in the tend. >> he used his vehicle and struck the two dogs. one of them was killed instantly. one of them was knocked to the ground, regained its balance and retreated to the resident. >> reporter: the an animal who lived has been turned over to animal control. the dog's owners are cooperating. in san mateo, christin ayers, kpix5. >> there is no word on whether the owner could face charges. >>> a new kpix5 poll tonight shows most people in the bay area

the united states is one that has a continuous stream of minority groups who have been targeted landscape goaded and victimized by abuses of power, african-americans being the most common and consistent example, but other groups as well, whether immigrants or accuse communists were japanese-americans during world war ii have been similarly targeted based on the knowledge that these marginalized minority groups that the government can seize power without anyone much caring about it. the air is an argument that the muslims are the latest in this continuum, the current example that has replaced communists and other groups as this favorite group from the u.s. government to target and demonize to justify abuses of power. there is an argument that one should look at it that way. i actually think there are some unique attributes about this persecution that distinguish it from those other prior examples. i think is very difficult to compare injustices quantitatively to see which are better or worse. it's not profitable to do that, there are unique attributes to the way in which the civil libertie