we're now on item 8 eugene friend recreation center agreement with trust for public land and once this is done, we'll go back to item 7. >> good morning, commissioners. and director of policy and public affairs melinda stockman, capital and planning division. very excited this morning to be presenting to you for discussion and possible action the approval of an agreement between the city and county of san francisco and the trust for public land. under which tpl will provide rec and park department a grant including in-kind services with an estimated value of $310,000 to develop a feasibility study and concept design for the eugene l. friend rec center and cash in the amount of $50,000 to support rpd project management services. and secondly, to recommend that the board of supervisors authorize the rec and park department to accept and expend the grant. first of all i will start by saying as many of you know much better than i do, eugene l. friend was a long time public servant in the city of san francisco serving on the rec and park commission for 24 years and the recreation center at

we have done a lot of work with trust for public land and they have invested. they know how the community works and the community knows them. and they have the knowledge and the team to get this project done and this is something that the community has been working on for the last decade or so and to get it done, we really do need them on board and we do hope you support award of the contract. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon; commissioners, good afternoon, phil ginsburg and good afternoon members of the public. i'm going to be brief. i just want to emphasize how committed we are to the project and our partnership with the san francisco rec and park department to continue to create high-quality parks for san francisco residents. like all our projects, we don't do them alone. we not only work with rec and park and other community stakeholderss to ensure an inclusive project that comes up with a plan that is implementable and supported. although not part of this particular contract, we hope to bring additional programmatic resources to bea

america's public lands generate over $40 billion of recreational use every year. whether you're visiting a national park or hunting or fishing, the opportunities on these federal lands are important. and we can also enjoy the protection of our national special places while still maintaining a high level of energy production on federal lands. the president's budget reflects a strong commitment to increasing energy development and i'm especially pleased to see the department is also increasing the production of renewable energy resources on public lands. i want to bring up something, though that is missing in the budget. secretary jewell is taking an important step proposing reforms in how royalties are collected on federal resources but i am concerned that the discussion ends there. you it typically lease a ton of coal off federal land for $1 or less. the taxpayers get $1. then years late we have to deal with almost two tons of carbon dioxide from that one ton of coal and the government's current best guess is that two tons of carbon pollution will cost the america

herbert: you know, utah has always been a public land state and it will continue to be a public land state. the question is, who manages the public lands? is it the federal government or the state or a combination of both? i think the answer is it should be a combination. we have been concerned about the lack compatibility as to optimum use of some of our public lands. some lands ought to be preserved and protected and others ought to be developed. we sometimes think the east, particularly washington, d.c., is out of touch with the reality of the western lifestyle and what we're trying to do to contribute to energy development, for example. i applaud the fact we have one of our congressmen, rep. rob bishop along with congressman jason chaffetz, trying to resolve some of these conflicts that have been going on for 25 years in utah with what they call a "public lands initiative," which will resolve 18 million acres of utah to say, "this should be developed, this should be preserved and protected, this is for farming and ranching, this is for energy development." so, i think we are on t

doesn't make any sense at all. >> it's not necessarily easy to do business on federal public land becausee requirements we have as a federal land management agency. i will talk to the blm about this specific project and talk about the time frame they're talking about. the seven to ten years that you referenced and see if there is anything they can do to speed that up. the rules are different. >> we know neil cornsey. we have a good relationship with him. you've been doing it in a year and now seven to ten years. >> on coal? >> yes. i think they just did a tract. it was over 1,000 acres and it took less than nine months to a year. >> we'll take a look at it. >> something's going on. >> something needs to be checked on here. oil lease we're still working to expedite that process. you're still running 180 to 270 days for approval on blm land versus a few weeks on private. >> there is money in this '16 budget to automatic permits. it's paper based and more custom than we would like it to be. we have a pilot going in karl carlsbad new mexico. we'd like to take learnings from that and apply it.

i invests in the public lands for the next generation of americans to enjoy. it's probably no surprise that chairwoman and i have different views on a variety of issues being discussed here this morning. and many of those do relate to the administration's energy and conservation proposals in the arctic. and secretary jewell, i know you have a tough job. one of the reasons i think the president appointed you is because you did have background as an executive in the oil industry as an engineer. so it does involve striking an appropriate balance e between increasing energy production, on shore and off shore in the united states as well as being sensitive to environmental areas. so i have long supported the arctic national wildlife refuge, especially in the coastal plane. so the fish and wildlife service rooenltly released a comprehensive conservation plan that takes important step of recommending a significant portion of the refuge to be designated as wilderness. this plan which is required by law and had not been updated for a quarter century i believe the new p

i certainly support opening up our public lands for recreation including for purposes related to hunting and fishing and i believe that land and water conservation fund could be used to applying the negative impact of federal regulations regulations on private property such as listings under the endangered species act. but reform isn't -- as likely to happen. reform may well be impossible if we allow this bill to pass as is without going through the proper procedures. this bill should be subject to debate and amendment first at the committee level and then on the floor of the united states senate. that's what needs to happen and on that basis, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the senator from colorado. mr. bennet: thank you, mr. president. i wanted to come to the floor to thank my friend from north carolina or his -- for his efforts and to echo a lot of points that he already made so well especially about how, you know as we stand here today having this very reasonable unanimous consent request that the senator from north carolina has asked for especially standing her

that passed in the last public lands bill. and the local communities that host these new units are incredibly excited to see these places finally come to fruition after literally decades of advocacy. at one of those, management is moving from an unsuccessful experimental model to a more traditional national preserve model under park service management. and what drove that was really a lack of adequate public access, and recreational opportunities under the previous arrangement. but the preserve has a very strong scientifically driven resource management program that the delegation certainly myself feel must continue under the new management model. and in particular the preserve has been a key partner in a collaborative landscape restoration project designed to reduce the risk of catastrophic fire, and to restore forest health after many years of relatively irresponsible high-grade logging that occurred years ago under -- when this land was actually private. adjacent land managers, including several tribes and the department of

have to go but i want to thank you in advance i do support this and i very much like the idea of public lands unused being activated for and by the community especially as a utility and i'm excited to learn more about the job angle as well so thank you. >> thank you. apologies for the technical difficulties i think we're going to try to work through it so if i could get the projector up -- the slides please. i apologize. it's very small, but we'll go from here. thank you commissioners. i'm delighted to be here today to give you an update on this very exciting and engaging pilot program and i'd also like to thank you for your vision in adopting this program back in 2011 because it really is a tangible example of our good neighbor policy in action and i'd like to start quickly by explaining the implementation approach and you initially identified 3 sites for us to explore urban agriculture or growing food on land and work closely with the local communities as well as with our sister agency at rec and park that now houses this broader citywide agriculture program to ensure that our work not only

connection to nature is a right that the trust for public land is fighting to preserve. from boulevards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds together we have saved over 3 million acres of land. a park is a gift that is worth protecting. help support the trust for public land and the gift of parks today. when i have an asthma attack... i feel like a fish with no water. learn how to prevent your child's next asthma attack. because even one attack is one too many. >>> for the first time the government is going to regulate the internet. the fcc voted to treat high-speed broad band as a utility. internet service providers won't be able to give fast internet connections to some companies that pay are for the privilege. president obama is among those celebrating the vote. opponents call it government meddling. >>> new movies debut on fridays, now new music will as well. new releases have dropped on tuesdays for decades in the u.s. with the internet though having different days around the world when albums would go on store outdated so they hope this will cut down on >>> new

america's public lands generate over $40 billion of recreation and use every year so whether you're visitinge opportunity on these lands are important and can enjoy the protection of the national special places while still maintaining a high level of energy production. the president's plan, i'm pleased to see the department is renewing energy resources on public lands. i want to bring up something that is missing. secretary jewell is taking an important tip in proposing reviews on how royalties are collected on federal resources but i am concerned the discussion end there. you can typically lease a lot of cool for $1 or less. the taxpayers get $1. then years later we have to deal with almost two tons of carbon dioxide from that one ton of cool coal and that will cost over $70 in damages so our fossil fuel leasing laws are passed long ago before we knew how bad the impacts were so i tend to follow up on this issue. i know my colleagues, senator wyden and murkowski, the gao, the interior specter, aim sorry, interior inte -- interior inspector general and i'm concerned we consider the real impa

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large gatherings of hunters come together, and the most talked about issue was the filming on public lands, whether it's our park service lands our forest service lands and being able to film, and it is clear to me that there is an inconsistency that doesn't help and a real frustration with those who want to be able to show our amazing public lands through capturing videos and photographs and filming, and the requirements that are being placed on them. i will conclude my remarks here today with a statement that you just used in response to a comment from senator hoven, and you stated "it's not easy to do development on federal lands." i think this is where you hear the greatest frustration from those of us who have such great percentages of our states that are federally held, and i appreciate that there are differences, but it ought not be next to impossible, and in many instances, that's seemingly what our issue is, so how we make it easier and better, and more fair to do development on federal land is what i think we need to get to because as senator hoven says you're just going to go ar

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connection to nature is a right that the trust for public land is fighting to preserve. evards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds together we have saved over 3 million acres of land. a park is a gift that is worth protecting. help support the trust for public land and the gift of parks today. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> good tuesday morning at 4:28. thanks for waking up early and joining us. >> i am leyla gulen. >> i am eric thomas. >>> meteorologist mike nicco is checking the weather. >> "spare the air" is possible and record warmth with fog around santa rosa. more will develop through the morning. traveling across the bay bridge it is fog-friday. through the afternoon, partly cloudy and sunny in the south bay. low-to-mid 60's along the coast and low 70's for the rest of us. >> so far, so good with traffic. outside at the bay bridge toll plaza it is moving along fine. a couple of cars collecting in the far left lane. everyone else is moving fine. as we take to you san jose, beyond the shark tank, a couple of cars is all. >> thank

connection to nature is a right that the trust for public land is fighting to preserve. from boulevards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds together we have saved over 3 million acres of land. a park is a gift that is worth protecting. help support the trust for public land and the gift of parks today. >>> well, gas prices are up slightly by 8 cents from a week ago. the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.27. that's still a buck 11 lower than this time last year. gas prices typically rise at this time of year because of refinery maintenance but oil and gas prices are expected to remain at these bargain levels at least for the time being. >> not bad. >>> an embarrassing mistake for doughnut giant krispy kreme. a shop in britain advertised a kkk promotion. in this instance, the initials stood for krispy kreme klub with a "k" but they also, of course, stand for ku klux klan. after the outrage online the promotion was dropped and the company apologized. >>> the growing demand for healthier food is affecting the candy aisle. nestle is removing artifici

that edition now allows rio tinto to take over the previously protected public land at oak flats andbegin mining. environmentalists say that the mine would destroy wildlife habitat, water resources and leave behind a gigantic pit. >> according to the company's own figures, the crater would be 1,000 feet deep and two and a half miles in diameter. the lawmakers behind the bill including former presidential candidate senator john mccain. asked for comment the senator's office e-mailed a statement from mccain predicting the mine will create nearly 4,000 jobs in the nearby community of superior. apache tribal officials reject the economic argument. >> if we all want jobs, we all do. but we want jobs that will not destroy. >> rio tinto declined an on camera interview. native americans say they can't and won't compromise over their cultural heritage. >> all these different things that the government throws at us, it's really to get rid of us. you know, i can't see it any other way. our culture, it's what makes us unique. to get rid of it completely, you might as well just bomb us. >> enviro

i hope to get an update and also see what more can be done for the public access. the lands around crystal spring a remarkable incredible sources of floor and it's something that more people can see and get there without having to have special permits to do so. the last measure i have is legislation that i'm introducing an ordinance that would add the board of supervisors and other citywide elected officials for the public calendar requirement for the sunshine ordinance. this would require elected officials to identify people who come to our meetings with exception of some that attend the meetings. this requires the city attorney and department heads to make calendar listing their official meetings. but for some reason, the board of supervisors and other elected officials were not included in the public calendar requirement. recently the your recommended the board take this action so we know who we are meeting with. last month the board voted against this because supervisor already willingly disclose our calendars but we are not required to and we can frequently ignore the p

protesting a deal that allows a multinational mining organization to begin a giant copper mine on public land♪ >>> at least 45 people have been killed in several explosions in eastern libya. five were egyptians. the blasts took place in the town 250 kilometers east of benghazi. army officials say one car bomb went off at a petrol station, a second reportedly targeted the home of the parliament speaker. the security headquarters were also attacked. militants claiming loyalty to isil have claimed responsibility. >>> hundreds of libyans have rallied to protest against the egyptian air strikes on libya. the attacks followed the brutal murders of 21 coptic christians by an isil-linked group. >>> let's get more now from hoda abdel hamid who joins us near the libyan border with tunisia. does this mean isil's influence is growing in libya? >> reporter: that's what a lot of libyans would tell you, and actually the main question now is how -- how much of a footprint does isil or its affiliates have around the country? there was this bold triple attack this morning. we have seen isil's presence in sirte

where people now -- that the federal -- the federal lands -- the federal government has too much public landcould do a better job of it and i think we're seeing the obama administration and congress now trying to counter-act that and trying to get 10 million young and urban kids into parks and public lands by the year 2017 and putting through seven new national park designations in the recent defense authorization bill. so they are taking a stand in a way that we haven't seen in recent years. >> thanks for the photographs we've been showing of our national parks and they are just gorgeous and they are selling me on wanting to go and get out in that great outdoors. >> the grand tetons. >> that is just gorgeous. i can't believe that is in america. and tell us i'm going to make you pick amongst your children which one are your favorites. what are the three must-see parks that every american should put on their bucket list? >> well i think -- first and foremost you have to see yellowstone. it is a vision of america and at its founding. if you are a patient-- a parent from new jersey, you can dri

can we stop the giveaways of our vast commonwealth assets and become better stewards of the public lands, better investors of trillions of dollars in worker pension moneys, and allow broader access to the public airwaves and other assets now owned by the people, but controlled by corporations? can we counter the coarse and brazen commercial culture, including television, which daily highlights depravity and ignores the quiet civic heroism in its communities, a commercialism that everywhere insidiously exploits childhood and plasters its logos everywhere? can we plan ahead as a society so we know our priorities and where we wish to go? or do we continue to let global corporations remain astride the planet, corporatizing everything from genes to education to the internet to public institutions, in short planning our futures in their coporate images? if a robust civic culture does not shape the future corporatism surely will. to address these and other compelling challenges, we must build a powerful, self-renewing civil society that focuses on ample justice so we do not have to desperately

be extensive to keep the buildings in shape in rad longed affordability is guaranteed through a public landrust model where the owners continue to own the land and release the improvements to a limit partnership those partnership mike will be made up of nonprofit organizations based in the community and developer partner some of which in this case are nonprofit and some of which are full profit so the developers were selected by the housing authority and the mayor's office of housing last spring the housing developers are best most experienced in the housing departments for many of the 17 thousand affordable units the mayor's office is now managing now as you all knows under ownership by the housing authority those units previous previously have not been uniformly made to the building code nor to the planning code in some cases projects have gone through improvements liken elevator updates because of their status of semi governmental agency they have not been subject to local codes now this is going to change with the project go to rad they'll be privately owned and really joined the city f

he laid out in his state of the city folks on public sites construction of new housing and using public land as a key vehicle to get the level of affordability we need and fast tracking of production and i'll see a key focus only public housing and the rehabilitation of public housing but commissioner, i agree that the context between housing and the small business is important because people who live in houses shop at our small businesses so one the problems we're talking about one of the important things we did with the office of small business the shop and dime program when the mayor calls on san franciscans to spend their money logically during the will holidays those dollars supported the businesses in to so ideas that help to drive more spending logically is a key part. >> commissioner riley. >> thank you, very much. all of you for the presentation it's helpful and i want to thank you for that continued to focus on the priorities to help us small businesses i also want to thank laura for being one of the speakers with the asian bankers she gave an insightful talk and we appreciate it a

it was primarily public land. when my grandfather started it in 1880, that area was part of the new mexico territory. it was in the area acquired by the united states in the gadsden purchase, just before the civil war, and that ha--had belonged to mexico. the southern pacific railroad wanted to put a line through from new orleans all the way to los angeles, and the best route went through that area, south of the gila river. and congress eventually a--approved the gadsden purchase. mr. gadsden had been sent down to negotiate it. and so in 1880, the land was basically unoccupied, except for the railroad, and if somebody wanted to acquire livestock and put out there and develop water, then it was possible to homestead a certain amount of land around the water that was developed, and the rest of the land could be basically just used. and arizona became a state--when?--in 1914, something like that, and at that point coming into the union, the state was given a certain amount of state land and the same with new mexico.

it is claimed he is responsible for the destruction of tens of thousands of square kilometers of public landnow to the philippines where the government is trying to rehouse the city's poorest. tens of thousands of people live in shantytowns. margo reports. >> reporter: coming home has never felt so good for this 53 year old. it's the first time she has ever lived in a popper house, she says with walls, a ceiling, and even a door. >> translator: the house we used to live in was near the river. it wasn't made of stone. the top parts were all just scraps of wood patched together. every time it rained we feared our house would get swept away. >> reporter: but they aren't afraid anymore. like thousands of other people from their old neighborhood they got 400 usd from the government to move here and begin a new life. they were even helped to find ways to earn a living like taught how to run a store or work with their hands. some 19,000 people live in this government-built community just on the outskirts of manila all of them informal settlers on squatters moved here from areas within the city that

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one of the goals for the coming here is to identify unused public land to convert into housing. >>> from the midwest to the northeast people are digging out. parts of mass received well over a foot of snow yesterday. this follows last week's storm which dutched adds much as three feet of snow on many states. the snow has moved out and bitter cold temperatures are becoming a major concern. temperatures are expected to plunge throughout the northeast with some areas dipping below zero. >> and then a half an hour, 40 minutes the temperature dropped at least probably 15-20 degrees. >> black ice is expected to be a major concern for drivers today and schools are closed in parts of the area. since sunday 7,000 flights have been canceled due to the weather and hundreds more are expected to be canceled today as well. we checked in on our local airports. sfo is reporting only about 12 cancellations. they are not expecting anymore. yesterday they had 60 cancellations. san jose and oakland are not reporting any cancellations at this time. >>> the weather is forcing the city of boston to postpone a

. >> reporter: charles korta sued the city over the project built on public land and miami dade county given $98 million. >> the closest you can get is maybe the empire state or the eiffel tower. the numbers he's using for checks more visitors per capita let's say, than either of those two very iconic world famous structures. >> reporter: burke wits points to new development and entertainment around the tower site and constant cruise ship traffic coming next door. >> the economics appear to be extremely promising. >> reporter: early groundwork at the site is just beginning but investor in dubai is very strong. that's because regardless of tourist demand the payoff u.s. citizenship, is already built in. for "nightly business report," i'm diana olick in miami. >> another way to raise funds for a real estate project is through equity crowd funding that allows people or the crowd to fund a project in exchange for an equity stake. kate rogers reports now on the growing interest in one project, just a stone's throw away from wall street. >> reporter: a couple of years from now, 17 john stree