communication using the business community and the leadership structure, the chamber of commerce, the downtown association to purble the information back out and also to get feedback in. so we understood what were the big things that people needed. then, we had to build an ad hoc organization and another thing about disasters is they're bigger by definition something you can manage. it's not manageable. that's why it's a disaster, right? if it was manageable, it wouldn't be a disaster, it would be an incident, right? so we had about 15 or 20 people that i brought out of city hall, just picked people i kind of thought would be good at thinking on their feet and didn't need to read a book to now what the rules were. so we brought them and then we used hundreds of volunteers to support that. and the big project was trying to find a way to get policies and process in place to allow the downtown businesses to start their own recovery which meant faking acceptable risks which meant -- taking acceptable risks which meant, what are acceptable risks? the things that are dicey to trying to figure out and the fire c

communication using the business community and the leadership structure, the chamber of commerce, the downtown association to purble the information back out and also to get feedback in. so we understood what were the big things that people needed.

and page seven, number one, maintain the downtown gallery associated with buildings that have the significant privately owned public spaces. number 1a, maintain the existing requirement for on site art for nonresidential buildings with the open spaces over 3,000 square feet located on the ground floor. below that size or on the roof tops are not required to provide the public art. 1 bill clintons, allow the other projects to provide onsite art and that would be the developer's choice. 1c for large projects over $1 million art requirement and require the first $1 million be provided on site and 1d, this is the one that was not agreed to by the legislative sponsors but is part of the motion by commissioner miguel. the commission would then request that the board require this universally to noncommercial uses and if they are in other commercial districts not just the c3. the up withes mentioned are the soma mixed use and eastern neighborhood districts and not mentioned but always discussed by staff was the downtown residential and rincon district so if we could put that into the motion would be

not contested during the civil war, so it's kind of the same: >> reporter: finally, davis street in downtown culpeper. the american planning associationaid when the route 29 bypass was built, people did not have a reason to come here to downtown culpepper. they just kept on going and the business owners got together and made this a destination. >> this is just unique and there is so many, negotiation shops. i don't like chain stores. they have great restaurants here. >> and you're glad you moved here? >> yeah. i'm retired now and i will stay here in culpeper. >> reporter: reporting from some great streets. beth parker, fox 5 news. >> and if you -- if want to see the whole list, go to our website, www.myfoxdc.com. >>> and i will do this for all of you at home. high five for high pressure. >> all right. >> and do not yell at me for what happened over the weekend. >> okay. >> we're going say this is wonderful. >> right. >> and with all of the rain we have had, everything is going to be lush and beautiful. >> push forward. >> that is absolutely a wonderful forecast. and going to last a number of days and what is happy, the folks working a

. >> reporter: today some members of peta took their protests outside of the convention center in downtown d.c. the association of the united states army is holding its annual meeting this week and thousands of army officials, supporters and military personnel are gathering. peta's work to save the monkeys has already garnered some military sympathy. >> we have the former commander of the naval medical center in portsmouth, virginias, we have people very high up, former military, people that came onboard to that have come to us and said how can we help stop this crude laboratory. >> reporter: we spoke with the spokesperson of the convention that said he had no comment on peta being out here and protesting today. he said that the army fights to defend the freedom of and if this is what they choose to do they have every right. in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> new today, two more americans have been honored with a nobel prize. thomas sergeant and christopher sims won the nobel prize for economics. the royal swedish economy of sciences recognizings the men for research how economic growth and inflation

the -- few. >> reporter: and finally davis -- asphalt. >> reporter: and finally davis street in downtown culpeper. the american planning associationpass was built people didn't have a reason to come here to downtown culpeper. they kept right on going, but the business owners got together and made this a destination. >> it's just unique. there's so many different unique shops. i don't like chain stores and you don't have that downtown. all different restaurants. they got great restaurants down here. you're you're glad you moved here. >> oh, yeah. i'm retired and i'm staying right here in culpeper. >> reporter: reporting from some great streets, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> you can check out the entire list on www.myfoxdc.com. look under the local news tab. >> finally beautiful weather, perfect temperatures, lots of sunshine. it's been great. >> two words, payback time. we are ready for, it right? >> indeed. >> we earned it and we are in for a stretch of some of the most beautiful weather of the fall and it's going to last a while, too. tonight it's comfortable. the nights will continue to be cool if not chilly and it certainly is. t

the increased vehicle on main street. this downtown project to improve safety, mobility and commerce was supported by the town of thatcher, the safford downtown association and the graham county chamber of commerce. so again, we have a situation here where i believe this amendment has very adverse consequences to our local people, to our states. right now, the way t.e. is in our bill, the old bill, it's really up to the states whether they want to do this. no one can force them to spend the money on this. they have the flexibility. so now seven ways of using these funds would be taken away from the states. so let's not -- let's be clear on it. this is a state decision how they spend this money. they don't have to take this money. they make the decision themselves. and this amendment would take away that ability. now, there's also a prohibition on controlling outdoor advertising in the mccain amendment, so that means if a state wanted to remove outdoor advertising, they couldn't use any federal funds to do it, and they couldn't effectively control their advertising, which is required under current law. so again, they are supposed to control outdoor advert

with the downtown development community and the preservation community at the same table the last quarter of a century and has not been at the table here. let me also say that i like to associate myself with the comments of the chinatown community development center, and on behalf of sue hester turned in their comments having to do with public process, and noticing and appreciation for the informational hearings. i think if we are going to do this as one huge package, i don't think this will be resolved by november 10 or november 17. there will have to be a real robust conversation with a wide range of interest groups, be they parking, the day with people with an abiding long-term interest in health and well- being of the waterfront. i encourage you, the commission, to do that. this book about the stems from the conversation that commissioner olague had about the need to streamline the code, and rationalize it, and i will commit. thank you. president olague: thank you. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public, disclosed. commissioner antonini? commissioner antonini: we all favor code simplification. when i read through these things, i read them within a cert

the parking association strongly object to the proposed elimination of the longstanding provision under section 184 that allows for the continued operation of parking lots that are grandfathered from the downtown plan when it was passed in the 1980's. those parking lots have then an illegal operation over 25 years, and that includes -- have been under legal operation over 25 years. they will be negatively affected by this proposed legislation. i have a letter here from nordstrom to supervisor chiu that i want to share with you. the interested parties also strong not object to the potential retroactive application -- strongly object to the potential retroactive application of this legislation. bumembers of the parking association have been in touch with supervisor chu's office about this, and it is clear this has not been well thought out or analyzed. for example, there would likely be an enormous loss of tax revenue, and we are wondering if that has been checked with mta. we also question if there has been look at the transportation impact, particularly with the loss of these parking lots during the america's cup. that -- we want to be clear that the five-year amortization process does not cau

the downtown core area. at this time, i would like to provide you with some basic statistics associated with bill -- building permit application review. in 2010, the department of building inspection received and reviewed over 20,000 building permit applications. the planning department was only required to review about 6300 of those permits. we were able to approve 50 percent of those -- 50% of those of the counter. of those, 16 required neighborhood notification. we conducted 261 project reviews. the zoning administrator and ministered 120 letters of determination, improved what -- approved 110 and not only one. in a bomb 129 and -- some additional process these we conduct our shadow studies over open spaces. there were 30 of those. 189 condominium conversions, 39 subdivisions, 29 planning code amendments, and 12 the zoning map amendments. the significant difference here is when a building permit application is submitted to the department of building inspection. if they are subject to the code when the permit was committed. the differences with all of these code amendments that go on throughout the year, w

the journal of american medical association. >>> a massive recall of ground beef out from southern california. the commercial meat company in downtowndiscovered possible e. coli contamination. it's issued an alert for nearly 400,000 pounds of ground beef that was shipped to restaurants here in california and nevada. the meat products were transported to restaurants between september 7 and this past thursday. >>> bullying is still a major problem at schools around the country. >> but now there is an eye- opening new study on the violence and it reveals why kids terrorize their peers. researchers interviewed more than 700 students and they found that a lot of times, aggressors are also victims of bullying. and socialists are now calling this social combat. >> it's pretty much a race to the top. by getting to the top, you view yourself as one of the important people of your school and that's the reason why bullying occurs. >> the study found that the higher kids get on the social ladder, the more aggressive they become but they also become more victimized. >>> and there's a local union outside of detroit that has rejected a contract ag

the way. street closures associated with this will be in place until 1:30 this afternoon. if you're traveling downtown, something to be aware of. if you're coming down to watch the runners finish up, there's time to get over there to the memorial. live in arlington. back to you. >> derrick, we know you want to run that race so bad. we'll put in the request for next year to take part in 2012. >> i'm saving up for my shoes as we speak. >> all right. tkaeubg ward reporting from the marine corps. marathon. thank you. >>> police in alexandria are investigating a string of bank robberies in route 1. a woman held up suntrust around 11:00 a.m. a woman and a man demanded money a short time later from the wells fargo at the 6300 block. after that, a man robbed bb&t just a few blocks away. only the third attempt was successful. >>> authorities are investigating another attempted abduction in just two weeks. it happened yesterday afternoon in the governors green subdivision. a 20-year-old woman said a car with at least three men inside stopped as she walked along innisbrook circle. she says a man opened the back

the water. i'm seeing business come back to life. i'm seeing a lot of development downtown. equipme kwint studier is building stuff around. >> we're in a renaissance. we have the pensacola associatede building. our lifestyle is superior. quality of life is superior. >> collier, you were driving us around yesterday, but there's a sense of history here, at preserving it, which is lovely to see. >> i love mika, we took her to the historic district. she's been here before. she said joe and i had it nice today. been here many times, never seen it all. went to the oldest church, behind us 200 feet. we talked about the battle of galvez. they defeated the british and occupied here for 40 years until the territory was transferred to florida -- to the united states for the first time. >> with andrew jackson. >> who was the governor here for a number of years in pensacola. tons of history. >> you know what's so stunning to me is the fact that in the past, we haven't promoted history like we should. we're starting to do it. judy bens has been doing it for years. pensacola is the first european settlement in america. 1559, pensacola was here before shakespeare was born. yet, we haven't gotten

the same for downtown san francisco. as a look forward to what is coming tomorrow, the system is in the pacific and coming our way. a lot of cold air associated with it. 7:00 p.m. is when the rain will begin. the north they will experience a light rain and that will move to san francisco by 9:00 p.m. and bay area wide by 10:00 p.m.. intense rain coming in past that point. at 1:00 a.m. on wednesday, that is when we expect a moderate- heavy rain. the front will continue pushing it through and be out of our here by 4:00 a.m.. that is the steady rain that is gone. then we will be left with scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout wednesday. that does include your evening commute at 5:00 p.m. where we expect light- more rain. here is your forecast. conditions will dry up as we head into thursday. this system will take us into thursday at noon. things will dry out and this slowly warm-up as we had to saturday and sunday. let's get an update on traffic. >> it took a while. our potential hot spots became realized on the peninsula. we have had a couple of accidents that we have been tracking. one southbound and 1 northbound. both have backed up

the restaurant association. that was for a few days the response. we went to him at the organization. he would not comment. finally, yesterday i went to the cbs washington bureau in downtown d.c. and asked mr. cain directly about the allegations. he did not respond. he was asking for more information, and names. i gave him one of the names involved. he would not comment. then i asked very directly -- sir, have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? he did not answer the question. i asked him three more times. have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? he would not say, no. host: written up in politico, politico.com. we are speaking to jonathan martin, one of the reporting team. mr. cain had been planning lots of stops in washington today. we are going to be covering him at the american enterprise institute at 9:00 on c-span2 talking about his 999 tax plan. we will also cover him at the press club later ron at 1:00 here on c-span2. how do you expect the events to come out? guest: even if it is not act the actual event, i am sure it is going to come up at some point. either on the way into the event or leaving. again, the campaign had 10 days to respond to some v

the restaurant association. that was for a few days the response. we went to him at the organization. he would not comment. finally, yesterday i went to the cbs washington bureau in downtown d.c. and asked mr. cain directly about the allegations. he did not respond. he was asking for more information, and names. i gave him one of the names involved. he would not comment. then i asked very directly -- sir, have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? he did not answer the question. i asked him three more times. have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? he would not say, no. host: written up in politico, politico.com. we are speaking to jonathan martin, one of the reporting team. mr. cain had been planning lots of stops in washington today. we are going to be covering him at the american enterprise institute at 9:00 on c-span2 talking about his 999 tax plan. we will also cover him at the press club later ron at 1:00 here on c-span2. how do you expect the events to come out? guest: even if it is not act the actual event, i am sure it is going to come up at some point. either on the way into the event or leaving. again, the campaign had 10 days to respond to some v