mr. bryant speaks, we have a lot of new introductions today and this introduction is new as of yesterday. mayor lee has appointed a new senior advisor on the environment. he is with us. he is a leader from the community, environmental justice, has an amazing body of work he has done and is going to contribute a lot to the environmental policy of the sdi f. it's appropriate we would like to start off the public comment by introducing roger kim. (applause) >> an honor and pleasure to be on the mayor's staff and working with him to extend sf's leadership on the environment and to work with all of you doing that as well. as joshua mentioned, i come from the community, spent eight years working at the asia pacific environmental based in oakland organizing low-income people of color, asian immigrants and refugees to be champions on the environment. and working on environmental policy from climate change to energy too big fossil fuel facilities like the refinery in richmond, and looking forward to bringing that experience and work to san francisco and really broadening our scope of who is involv

mr. bryant? >> i'm sorry, i actually don't know the answer to that question. as to what a maximum penalty is. >> so, given that we heard this case a while ago, do you recall whether the proposal to plant 10 trees in lieu of 5 being taken out, is that a proposal that the board came up with at that hearing or was it a proposal that the permit holder proposed to us? >> yeah, it was a proposal that the permit holder proposed. >> okay. thank you. >> how do you feel about one tree? >> personally i feel fine about one tree. i do feel that even one tree would soften the look of that sidewalk and there is an additional phase to this project. we are required to address the conditions on this particular project. so i think there is an intention to plant additional trees. they will be required by the planning code as well. it will only be one tree, a lonely tree for a short time as that next phase gets built i believe they will have some friends out there. >> when did they come to you and tell you that they were unable to satisfy what they had? >> i would have to -- i can

item on the agenda is eric reid and michael gains for intermission for 2050 bryant street, applying for an entertainment permit, mr. reid and gains, go ahead -- no, [inaudible]. >> this is the forber space, they'd like to go for a full place entertainment permit so that in addition to circus and skating and dance classes, they can offer entertainment which would include live bands and mission statement that provided documentation that you will find in your folder. >> so, mr. reid and mr. gains? >> i am mike gains? >> unfortunately, mr. reid, there's only one microphone for the two of you. >> and i'm eric reid, and this is our partner, zack carson as well. >> so, go ahead and tell us why you want this permit. >> great. well, to give you a little back story on our existence at the facility formerly known as cell space, we joined about four years ago and assumed some managerial responsibility there and saw that we needed to become a legitimate venue in all rights, so on that note, that prompted us to instigate a full compliance program which included the change of the use of the property from light industrial to a pl

mr. speaker, on july 30, our nation lost ronnie jackson, a community tresher of bryant, texas. mr. jackson was a longtime public servant and the role of neighborhood and youth services director for our city. mr. jackson passed away at the age of 63 after fighting lung cancer for 17 months. mr. jackson spent his life as an educator and worked tirelessly for many organizations, including the mhmr authority of brazos valley, big brothers and big sisters of the brazos valley. he spent time volunteering for youth, seniors. mr. jackson was recognized for his service when he was a 2010 national finalist for the jefferson award which is the nobel prize for community and public service. he was well-known in bryan and impacted the lives of many throughout the community. ever selfless, even while battling cancer, mr. jackson still made time to work and serve in his community. he was described by many as hard working, devoted and a kind man. in fact, bryan city secretary, berry lynn stratus, said in a newspaper that mr. jackson was the heartbeat of the programs that he led. my thoughts and pra

gets caught wearing a dress and leather mask in a public restroom at bryant park, you don't say he has issues, he is a creep. sorry, mre it clear. >> definitely. >> peter is in the washington bureau, a normal person. >> all right. this is an interesting one. a 37-year-old chimpanzee entered an online art contest, there he is, the future picasso, and won. he won $10,000. what did everyone else do this week? can you believe that? that's the painting that won the chimpanzee from a sanctuary in louisiana, the winner of 10,000 big ones. greg, you also entered that under the name snuggles. >> i did it to pick up an artist not to enter. >> i have done similar work like that. usually after a night of drinking. >> that was a good piece of artwork. >> it is pretty amazing. like your tie, juan. >> look at that! quite similar to the tie! >> and used his tongue to do it. that's the detail i left out. greg it as well. thanks for watching, everybody. be sure to tune in monday for the special day labor day edition of "the five." have a great holiday weekend. "special report" is up next. >>> welcome to "red eye." it is like what i lik

bryant who is not here tonight. and we will definitely be pow wowing with you both. >> thank you so much for your passioner patience. >> miss ly? >> fewer >> yes. >> mr. haney. >> yes. >> murase. >> yes. >> mendoza. >> yes. >> maufas. >> aye. >> wynns. >> norton. >> yes. seven ayes. >> we are going to move right along to item m, discussion of other educational issues there is none tonight. item n, none tonight. >> item 0, vote on the consent calendar which was moved and seconded under section f. >> roll call, ly. >> yes. >> fewer? >> yes. >> haney >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes, except for abstaining on k0. >> mendoza. >> yes, except on k19 which is a well over do retroactive request. >> dr. murase? >> aye >> wynns? >> aye. >> norton. >> yes. >> thank you. >> item p. there were several consent calendar resolutions severed for board discussion. by commissioner wynns. if you want to take the contracts since i believe that we addressed the questions. >> the items are the contract that are to the two and so we can. >> we will roll call on c2. >> thank you. >> ly. >> yes. >> fewer. >> yes. >> haney >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes. >> mendoza. >> yes. >> murase. >> a

mr. palmer, where are you. >> good morning, bryant, jane, i can see how tough it's been for you guys all the pool deck. >> reporter: a native of kingsport, tennessee, john spent nearly 40 years at nbc. a career news man that covered wars. a voice of reason in unreasonable times. >> john palmer, nbc news. >> see row, damascus, the eifle tower. >> his experience landed him at the white house where he would go on to cover five presence. john loved fishing, golf and was a sucker for old blue eyes. but his greatest love was his family. john met his wife nancy in nbc's washington bureau in 1979 where she worked for nightly news. they raised three daughters, molly a producer here at "today," carter that works in the entertainment industry and hope, a budding journalist at the nbc washington bureau. he never missed an opportunity to boast about his beautiful daughters. >> she was born on december 10th and now she is proudly with the "today" show. >> john's legacy lives on in his family and ours. >>> bryant gumbel and jane pauley are with us. >> how are you. >> great. seven years were were a team