the improvements include things like painting, upgrades to the elevators and escalators, new bathrooms, renovations, lighting, control to mechanical equipment, all of these improvements being in an effort to address concerns raised by the people granted for conventions. we have used a list of priorities to make determinations on funding improvements between private and public. based on that, we have developed a unique public-private partnership and we would like your approval to deliver the project in the same way. chapter 6 of the administrative code does not contemplate the liberal budgets in public and private funds, so we are here to see your approval for integrated project delivery that is different from what chapter 6 allows. in general terms, the way that it works is we will release the public funds to pay for contractors such as funding, elliptical, painting and so on, using other funds to pay for professional services, contractors, or hiring of legitimate contractors to manage the trade. once the public trade is bid out based on requirements, we would like to take both contrac

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why the bathroom, especially a new york city bathroom like the size of a coat closet. >> that's true.ly life and i lasted about an hour. i thought in new york city where is zero temptations and distractions, the only place i could come up with was my bathroom. >> your own bathroom. >> you say you were on it from the time you got up -- >> yeah. >> why did you feel the need to be constantly connected? >> i don't know just seven or eight years ago we didn't have this problem but for some reason i had to check multiple sites every hour and if people watch the video at mydamnchanl.com they can see this was a detox. >> nice plug for o your website. a bit of a twitter fanatic, christine, when you hear he will do this experiment, what's your initial reaction? >> i think i was horrified. >> you weren't happy he would give up the internet? >> no, i was happy he was going to work on his addiction but not exactly thrilled he would be living in our one bathroom. >> did you move out for five days? >> no, i lived there and used the bathroom. >> sort of brings you closer as a couple, doesn't it? >> k

bathroom. especially a new york city bathroom. that's like the size of a coat closet. >> true. last about an hour's i thought, in new york city, where is a place i can go, zero temptations and distraction, the only place i could come up with, my own bathroom. >> you said you were on from the time you got up until the time you went to bed. why did you have the need to be connected? >> i don't know. seven or eight years i had this problem. check sites, on e-mail everybody five minutes. if people watch the video, this was really a detox. the the first day i felt i was on an episode with "little house on the prairie" without technology, except the prairie was a little tiny bathroom. >> were you a twitter fanatic. when you heard he was going to do this experiment what was your initial reaction? >> i think i was horrified. >> weren't happy he was giving up the internet i. was happy he would be working on his addicti addiction. not thrilled he would live in our one bathroom. >> did you move out for five days? >> no. i lived there. i used the bathroom. >> it brings you closer as a coup

go through and say, don't do that, but painting this would be great, but don't put in a new counter in the bathroom or kitchen. it is item by item, neighborhood by neighborhood. sometimes, sellers are under the impression that if they agreed to the kitchen, that will add more value than they spent. oftentimes, it is the case that the buyer will not want what you as a seller chooses. in fact, it is a detriment. sometimes it will turn buyers away. it is already begun. i don't want to tear it out. i don't want to pay for someone else's remodel. a lot of times, money well spent is an old adage, but things -- just selling a house, paint is the best thing you can do. >> pete is the number one thing. it really is. >> i sold my own house a few years ago when the interesting thing was that of a beloved my house. ever the love that. i said, it it is not exactly in of -- everybody loved it. i said, it is not exactly universal. we had a 50's kitchen. we had a second garage. we put in storage. we always wanted to redo the kitchen. that was the main thing. people say, i love the kitchen. we sold that without red

bathroom. also the creation of a new indoor dining area and this would upgrade existing kitchen and also replace the floor. there was not too much disparity between the different respondence for the meal prices. as for the proposed menu, we have order established that all of the respondents error error. -- fair out there. this would feature predominately soup, salad, sandwiches. the ortega corp. would model their services on another salad bar that they operate which would have freshly made food from foods grown or raise to 40 miles away. consistent with what was made to the community, the department convened the following selection panel to review the proposals that were received. after reviewing the proposal,, the panel selected the ortega family enterprises as the highest ranked responding to and there was a gap between them and the second or third rank respondents. someone to give a brief overview on what we chose. the chart we see here is a list of their experience operating businesses. you can see that there is extended experience operating in public parks. you can see that one of the depar

people want to rebuild a deck or they need to fix the bathroom and put new materials and tile and so on and a lot of that work is work that could be -- extend the life of what you have if it had been properly maintained. not to say we don't like you to do bork in your homes, we -- to do work in your homes, but maintenance will help home repair. i have some slides here. let's take a quick peak here -- peek here. we'll look at the outside buildings first and inside buildings next. outside buildings are typical maintenance issues. a whole plethora of maintenance issues. the siding, the windows, the doors, the stairs, the sidewalk, the landscape. so let's just look at a couple different kinds of buildings and the typical problems they might have. so, for example, here's a building with final siding. what kind of maintenance do we need with the vinyl siding? we have to wash the thing, that's for darn sure. what do you think? >> it's got to be washed, caulked, checked to make sure water is not getting behind the siding. >> caulking is not a replacement for good flashing. caulk something so

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new plumbing and ventilation services. it is an old style who tell with bathrooms down the hall for most of the units, which has proven to be a less stable environment for the population we are trying to serve than one where folks have their own bathroom and acked to cooking. for these reasons we are asking specifically for an exception for the arlington hotel of this specific requirement. in our mind, the risk to be assessed is whether or not we will be able to count on it fulfilling its public purpose for the length of time we would be making this loan. it would be a 55-year deferred payment loan like all of our own loans. the question to ask would be whether mers could, with the assistance we put in place for operating costs, would they be able to do that. they have a very strong track record of serving this population. in any event, if they for some reason went out of business or were able to continue to serve the population we have in mind, we have in our loan documents the right to replace with with another service provider and owner. for these reasons, we ask your approval on this ordinance. we have someone from hous

bathroom. [ female announcer ] why wait? ask about toviaz today. >>> finally tonight, our making a difference report comes to us frompstate nework. it's about a mon who took it upon himself to keep as many kids as he could off the street, out of trouble and in a place where there are few other good options. and a lot of parents aren't home yet. our report from nbc's jeff rolison. >> it's to make myself become a better pern. >> i find the gym is my perspective of staying out of trouble. >> reporter: for some of tse kids the only lessons they've learned are on the streets of rochester's inner city. that is, until they met phil green. >> this program is not just about about boxing, it's about strengthening the body, strengthening their mind. one, two, hook. that goes together. when you've got a strong body, you t a strong mind. >> reporter: and you have a successful kid. >> yeah, you definitely have a successful kid then. >> reporter:hil runs a program call future boxing, an after school escape for ds on the brink. he's a construction worker. green grew up in one of rochter's most dangerous projects, supporting his two sisters a

certainly a historic show, but we were also just new cast members trying to figure out where the bathroomsferent capacities is awesome. >> larry: was it hard to write after 9/11? >> it would have been so hard to be new on the show. for the new cast members we have now, it's not right after 9/11, but they're going to go through the toughest time they've ever had. you have to perform in front of a live audience. there's nothing that is like it. there's no practice you can have to figure it out. so to have that sort of both at once was a really tricky thing. on one hand though, it let us give us a little bit of time to figure it out, because no one was paying attention to us. >> larry: how did you approach that? >> the hardest part -- there were two things that were hard. one was finding the right way to start. i sort of thought i would start with music. i asked paul simon if he would sing the boxer which is a new york city song about renewal. we had to start with a laugh. >> can we be funny? >> why start now? >> so that's the moment and the problem, as a dress rehearsal, we're doing it, and

. >>> still ahead on fox 5 morning news, when nature calls, why not head to the best bathroom in thell show you which john won top honors. >>> if we can rye to top that, maybe on the commute. october right now on the 14th street bridge. we'll see how it is elsewhere. we'll check in with julie after the break. it is a little wet out there but tony says the rain has passed. should get nicer as the day goes on. we're back after this. ksgo ts,rc >>> we take a live look over your morning commute this morning. hopefully, the roadways will try up here soon as the temperatures tend to increase as we go on throughout the day. but summer officially drawing to a close here pretty soon. and you know, we've had a great time being able to send some of you to concerts at jiffy lube live for free. today is our last giveway to see rush tomorrow night at 70. you need to correctly answer the trivia question on your korean to win a -- on your screen to win a pair of tickets. >> to enter, go to our web site at myfoxdc.com. find the contest on the entertainment page. can you enter until 10:00 this morning

new reports show that she went to a park and bathroom and applied drain cleaner to her own face.old detectives she wanted to kill herself. in sympathy for her like a local businesses raised more than $25,000 for her. the parents say her money will be returned. >> i do not think anyone is really mad. it was more sad. why would someone really do that to themselves? >> prosecutors say she uses some of the money to buy her parent'' dinner, a train ticket, and go on a shopping spree. she now faces felony theft charges. >> a florida father who stormed onto a school bus to defend his disabled daughter after being bullied has apologized. james jones says he knows he was out of line for boarding the bus from using profane language, and had become so upset that she did not want to get on bus after being harassed about having some rouble calls it. -- cerebral palsy. >> my daughter was breaking my heart standing there crying. maxey bases two this -- misdemeanor charges. >> still ahead, gm is recalling another set of vehicles. >> more concern over online privacy. the latest on the debt tracki

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news. >> when i woke up this morning and i'm shaving and malia knocks on my bathroom door and she peeks iner head and she says, "did you plug the hole yet, daddy?" >> reporter: proving that this modern american first family is pretty traditional behind closed doors. norah o'donnell, nbc news, the white house. >>> when we come back, they say some men have a problem asking for directions. now they say it's costing some serious money. my grandkids, i'. i'm friend, secret-keeper and playmate. do you think i'd let osteoporosis slow me down? so i asked my doctor about reclast because i heard it's the only once-a-year iv osteoporosis treatment. he told me all about it and i said that's the one for nana. he said reclast can help restrengthen my bones to help make them resistant to fracture for twelve months. and reclast is approved to help protect from fracture in many places: hip, spine, even other bones. [ male announcer ] you should not take reclast if you're on zometa, have low blood calcium, kidney problems. or you're pregnant, plan to become pregnant or nursing. take calcium and vitamin d da

bathroom. [ female announcer ] why wait? ask about toviaz today. >>> >>> and now, a "world news" investigation.ry young girls, from good families, lured into the sex trade. and if we ask you to name a city that's become the hot bed of sex trafficking, chances are you would never have guessed portland, oregon, but sharyn alfonsi traveled there, and she's here tonight. >> reporter: well, it is places you don't expect, and girls you don't expect. we found girls as young as 12 years old, not runaways, but girls from the suburbs being targeted by pimps and forced to work at pros tults. we are on portland's 82nd avenue. they call it the track. police believe there are as many as 100 underage girls here, working the streets, the strip clubs, deployed to hotel rooms, rented and traded by pimps. how old are these girls and what do they look like? >> i have seen them as young as 12. >> reporter: police say young girls are being carefully targeted. >> they look for them in malls, they look for them on myspace and facebook. they look for them in the schools. they strike up a friendship with them and the ta

bathroom cleaner. >> larry: back with bill maher. a new opinion research poll shows only 1 in 4 americans, 25%, say they trust the federal government to do what's right most of the time. 1 in 4. what does that say, bill? >> it says more people are trusting than should be. >> larry: you think 25% is high? >> well, considering what our government has done lately. but on the other hand, the democrats who have had a pretty successful legislative season don't really get credit for it. >> larry: why not? >> because it hasn't reached people yet. i mean, the big one was health care. as soon as it passed, obama went up in the polls because people love a winner. they love a winner, larry. if tiger woods had come back and won the masters, he could have murdered those women. but it kind of faded. because the benefits have not been known yet. >> the car companies paid bark the loans, they're selling cars. . >> well, they also passed financial reform. you know, they eliminated the banks as the middle man for student loans which was long overdue. but dem

bathroom? a look at the worst offenders. not too up close and personal. plus, a new trend in shopping and all you need is an on-line connection. quick fingers and passion for competition. we'll explain. everyone knows a fee is a tax. you raised some taxes during that period, particularly the property tax as well as a lot of fee increases. as you know, there's a big difference between fees and taxes. but...they're the same. it's a tax. it's a tax. it's a tax. it's a tax. there's a big difference between fees and taxes. fees and taxes are one in the same. if it comes out of my pocket, it's a tax. now he says it isn't true. we didn't raise taxes. what? still doing the same thing, paying out more money. typical politician. definitely. >>> sobering news about the most popular sport for american children. basketball. when you think of the hazards of basketball you think of sprained ankles or explained fingers but a -- sprained fingers but a study in the journal of pediatrics says the number of teens suffering brain injuries from basketball is soaring. as sharon alphonisi t

news tonight out of l.a.x. right now the fbi is investigating a bomb threat found in the bathroom of a plane.he flight took off from bangkok, landed safely less than three hours ago. thai airways says that someone scrawled a message on the lavatory mirror saying there was a bomb on the plane. the threat was in english. the note apparently contained poor grammar and passengers have gotten off that plane. authorities are interviewing them now along with the crew. luggage is also being screened. >>> also in the news tonight three east bay schools in danger of shutting down are looking to their own city for help again tonight. the schools are grant and olinda elementaries and kennedy high all in richmond. the campuses serve more than 1,600 students. robert lyles shows us the classmates warrant closures could lead to violence. >> reporter: we are live outside richmond city council chambers and inside there have been more than 40 speakers who spent the past two hours offering commentary as to why all three of those schools should remain open. now the richmond city council must figure out or at leas

it beat out bathrooms in mandalay bay and new york's bryant park. do we have the pictures?ly adds to the story. apparently not. let's just get past it. chandeliers. nice doors. here we go. this is in missouri. and the contest itself. for the best bathroom in the nation, is sponsored by a bathroom supplies company. that is going to do it for me on this friday morning. tony will be joining allison in the 10:00 morning. they'll have the latest on two breaking stories. one, a shooting on capitol hill. >>> also, two of the stories coming up. have a great weekend. america needs clean energy and america needs jobs. wind power can deliver on both - but only if the senate encourages investment by passing a strong renewable electricity standard. with a strong res, we can keep 85,000 wind power workers on the job and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, too. jobs that america could really use right now. for american jobs, tell your senators to pass a renewable electricity standard today. >>> welcome back. coming up in the 9:00 hour this morning. here's a look at what we're workin

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if you put new solar energy systems until january 1, 2010, like solar hot water heating, that does not trigger additional taxes. bathroom renovations, which include structural changes or plumbing changes, kitchen structural changes and upgrades of the system, taking the entire house or a portion of the house down to the studs, or a change in use from one to another -- residential to commercial or whatever -- they will consider the new assessed bellevue. repair, replacement of fixtures with similar quality is not assessible. plumbing to copper is not. replacement of circuit breakers. dry rot or termite repair is a non-assessible maintenance. replacing windows, doors, roofing, and ventilating and air-conditioning repairs. >> i could have a kitchen remodel. a home owner may get their permits and have their permits signed off and eventually the department of building inspection notifies the assessor's office that the homeowner did a kitchen remodel and they have a formula. the up their property tax a little bit. the home owner, depending on the type of remote -- i do not know where in the process i just described it is desc