the bathroom facilities need a face lift. there are few stal doors on the interior of the restrooms, making it unfriendly. no changing tables for kids and there's no other amenities at the facility like children's play areas, picnic tables, barbecue pits and such. next? so the proposed benefits for this project as mentioned previous reply by another presenter, we anticipate we're going to triple the amount of play time at the facility with this project. currently we have 4,700 hours of play. we at this. being north of 14,000 once this is rhone vated. we're going to provide a family friendly facility and provide more field time on the northwest side of the city for children and adults playing sports. proposed improvements, obviously the core of president project is synthetic turf and life. we are proposing to add spectator benches and seating for all four fields, a children's plaza and play area around the structure, we're going to renovate the restroom, create safe walkways to and through the site and create new picnic and bar

the marina back. it is a beautiful facility. we are thrilled. we do manage our maritime assets well at the port, we want to continue to do so. the facility will be set up separately in away from the rest of the operation. jim and his crew have done a good job and we want them to continue to have success, set them up for success, going forward. the top news has to do with the finances. the facility, correctly, as we have budgeted it, going forward, has an $800,000 a year deficits in 2012-13. most of the revenue at the facilities are from berth rents. we were concerned, on an operating basis, that the facility was in the red, also concerned that there was no mechanism for the capital improvements, for the bcdc improvements, and for ongoing improvements at the facility ages, to enhance these facilities. the port knows -- if we know anything, if the do not spend money on maintenance, you have to defer to capital needs. that is something we want to avoid with this facility. we want to keep it fresh and updated but there is no financial mechanism in pl

and i think that was a key element of creating confidence that the facility, that the facility could be operated safely and that they could assure its citizens that, indeed, it would be operated safely. >> so instead of my way or the highway, federal government calling the shots, you've got the state in the car? >> yep. >> one of the front seats of the car. >> that's correct. >> and with the ability to put a foot on the brake. almost like in driver's ed when i was in high school, you'd have the student driver on one side and the instructor on the other side, both with a steering wheel and the pedals and everything. so -- >> right. and i believe the next panel others are likely to comment on the value of this. it does mean that whatever new entity is created by amendment to the policy act that it will be very important that it have the authority to negotiate and enter into these sorts of agreements on behalf of the federal government. another key thing that was done was that the federal government funded an independent scientific and technical evaluation group called the environmental

facility to replace the current facility. the problem was financing. to undertake this new structure, the marine unit was an essential piece of this. through a homeland security grant of approximately $1.8 million, we were able to secure the construction, which the port approved here approximately one year ago for the joint operation security building, the jos building. this was an essential piece to getting this building constructed. the building is located there. this is an example of what is contained in the marine unit. they will occupy roughly half of the facility. the project was started nearly a year ago and we are happy to report that a project was not only completed on time, but within budget. a very nice job to those two. the grant was secured and and now we have completed the building and we are here to have the mou for approval for the police department to occupy approximately half of the building. here is the new structure. and here is the floor plan on the last page. by approval of this mou, we feel there are sig

and you visited about the disposal facilities, citing for new mexico. are there positive outcomes, spain, finland, sweden? could you tell me about what the key common elements are that made those projects successful? >> well, i would say the key common elements are that the prospects were made to look positive in the eyes of the local communities. and they were an asset to the communities. and as i say, that's why there has actually been in some cases active bidding to hold -- to hold the site. so i think that's the key to it. to make it not a penalty that's being forced on you but an opportunity for the community. and that will differ for different communities, what they find attractive. but it seems to be working very well in all the other countries that we visit. as i say, none of them have the particular complications we do in our federal system. but given that, we're optimistic. >> talking about some of the particular complications in the federal system. and the written testimony you'd mentioned in terms of the epa, working with the nuclear regulato

the barriers to establishing a long-term storage facility for nuclear waste are the same barriers that interim storage facilities will face. so whether it's the cost of shipping the waste and building the storage facilities, whether it's the siting of the facilities, whether it's the transportation routes for the shipment of the waste or the environmental impact of shipping and storing the waste or the bureaucratic red tape of permitting the project across multiple governmental entities. none of these issues have yet gone away. even while advocating a new consent-based approach to siting the waste, we -- which we'll explore today -- the commission itself admits the crux of the challenge derives from a federal, state, and local issue and no simple formula exists for solving it. so the commission is attempting to solve this problem and offer solutions to the siting and storage. si cited kparm examples where there are possible templates for us to explore. i look forward to exploring these examples and see if we've found something new here that can work. but we must not lose sight of the u

to provide the ability to do more on the ground training for controllers in that particular facility and with the unique air space requirements that it has. that went into place earlier in year, in march and i think that we are seeing some benefit associated with that, but we have to continue to focus on that. the new york area is critical for us, and newark liberty is part of that. most of the delays in the air traffic system have as their starting point the new york area. and so, focusing on ensuring that we have the appropriate technology, the appropriately trained staff in place is something that we have to continue to focus on. >> you were asked a question some minutes ago about what you are -- what performance we might expect if there's less funding. can things get better with less funding? >> clearly, funding is essential in our ability to deliver the next generation air transportation system, and this committee and the congress have been very supportive of those efforts. but we in the agency bare the responsibility to do it as efficiently as possible and to ensure that we are

the subsidiary. prot posed project known as ofc two involved power facilities in the state of nevada. all three facilities will provide power to a 20-year nevada power company using the proprietary technology. the technology has been installed and used in multiple power plants and our electricity-generating system around the world. prot ject was designed to proceed in two stages. each upon completion would generate a combined total of 220 mega watts of complete power. we had the commission for a partial guarantee just under a year later in june 2011. we believe this is a strong fit with the objectives of the 1705 program. economic condition at the time of the application made it difficult to secure commercial data to develop the facilities. the guarantee enabled us to deploy and create more than we have been able to achieve without it. the two reports were committed in the investments as the overall success did not hinge entirely on the success of one facility. up to 350 million in debt partners was approved by john hancock. it occurred in october of 2011 with approximately $151 millio

an employee of the facility says she first started in the accounting section. she then received qualification to become a care worker. >> translator: she was paid about $11 per hour. she worked hard, changing diapers for the elderly. although it took her a long time. >> her daughter says she no long believes in the cult founder. he said she is telling the police the truth. she says she feels a sense of relief that she no longer has to live on the run. >>> next, an update on one of japan's nuclear plants. nuclear crisis minister has met the governor to discuss restarting the facility. he urged that the prime minister noda explain to the public why the plant must be put back online. he explained the government's efforts to enhance nuclear safety and sought the governor's support. >> translator: the government has worked to increase nuclear safety since the accident at fukushima daiichi. some safety standards are provisional and have not yet been legislated. restarting the reactors will require special monitoring. >> translator: such new arrangements must take eff

the facility is working as expected. what is before you today are two new agreements for the second $150 million. assuming that action is taken today, we will have the four agreements in place of $75 million each. the slide shows a little bit of a comparison and i want to share this with you. what is being proposed is, in the first column, for union bank agreements for $150 million, it is 0.65%, $975,000 a year. the fee will be covered by the waste water capital program. the term is for three years. i will speak a moment about the downgrade protection. the other two colonies show you a comparison of the agreements we have with j.p. morgan and u.s. bank. also with the prior agreement of the water enterprise. as it relates to the bank hundred protection, that is an important thing. they provide us with the ability to terminate the agreement. i want to pause here to reiterate the importance of adequate bank ratings. you may have heard about moody's downgrading several banks last week. we have an agreement with bank of americ

with the facilities has diminutive and a discreet as possible. you have seen this in the package, the festive nature of what goes on inside teatro zinzanni comment as i believe many of you are aware. now i want to get to the urban criteria and how it is formed. this is an exploded metric of the site. the design approach to the program elements as related to distant parts. modest scale pavilion sit on a three-foot pace that rests on the existing parking lot. there are no considerable foundations or disruption to the ground except for a few utility requirements. we are holding everything done by weight. the centerpiece is the historic peace, the focal point for the composition comment on the inside as well as from the urban criteria. we're introducing a secondary tent as the pre and post- function space. also reflecting the interim nature and tied together the design and material with the historic 10th. excess restructure's will contain all of the support capabilities. we have also advanced it so that the tense it's been three pocket parts as it mee

>> my husband and i live across the street from this facility. what i can tell you is on the roof of this address, they have installed two antennas already. what does at&t have to concentrate all the antennas in one area? second, i do not have pictures, but i just explain to you, these antenna, they look very ugly. how you can do this, i do not know. and all our neighborhood tis against this installation.

the criminals broke into the secured facility on the weekend by cutting a hole in the roof. then, repeling into the storage area. they disabled the alarm system and loaded dozens of crates onto a tractor trailer. experts have said that this heist shared many traits with warehouse thefts of pharmaceuticals last year in richmond, virginia, memphis, tennessee, and olive branch, mississippi. those thieves also cut through ceilings and sometimes used trap ease-style rigging to get inside -- inside and they sprayed dark paint on the lenses of security cameras. in others they removed disks from the security recording devices. this bill increases sentences for theft, transportation and storage of medical product cargo. enhances penalties for those who knowingly obtain stolen medical products for resell in the supply chain, increases sentences when death results from the injection of a stolen substance or when they are employed by an organization within the supply chain, provides law enforcement with such tools such as wiretaps and provides restitution for victims injured by stolen m

the proposed facility would consist of 11 roof staff -- roof-mounted antenna as. the cabinets would be located within an equipment room inside the building at the ground floor. the project sites two locations. to date, the department has received 36 signatures from neighbors opposed to the project, citing primarily health concerns with the facilities in missions. however, we have reviewed the r f report and determined it complies with the current fcc guidelines. the project complies with the applicable requirements of the planning code and general plan policies. it will be compatible because the antennas will be screened from view. it will improve at&t's wireless mobile phone coverage and signal strength in the immediate area. this concludes my presentation and i'm available for questions. thank you. >> any public comment? the project sponsor. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i'm here with the consulting engineers who conducted the radio frequency tests and analyses. the report is in your packet. i'm also here with a consultant. approval of the gop will approve at

or facilities. the establishment of a first in line priority for the movement of spent fuel and other material being stored at permanently shut down reactor sites to those licensed, consolidated storage sites, and the prompt initiation of programs to coordinate federal, state and local efforts to plan for the transportation of this material to consolidated storage and disposal facilities. the blue ribbon commission noted the success we enjoy with our citizens advisory panels at the yankee companies that help demonstrate how a community-based process works to address issues in meaningful discussions that yield results. some summary, the blue ribbon commission agreed that it makes no sense to keep this material scattered around the nation. we believe that fy '13 efforts should even more aggressively advance the resolution of issues identified in the brc report. we are pleased to see the department has committed to restore funding for the regional transportation planning groups, is beginning site specific

the final level. it's not like a boys' camp. it is like a prison. it's a hard core, hard lock facility the segregation unit is a controlled unit. you know, the people in here they have assaulted staff in the past or they have -- you have overt sexual behavior, stealing, theft. there are some murderers that we have here. they are violent. we've got chaos going on constantly. >> this inmate's rage in general population brought him time in segregation. >> i got in a fight and gave somebody 15 stitches in his eye. i got an anger problem. i don't really think before i act. that was the main problem. >> every anarchy of prison you can think of with adults, we have the same sub-systems here. >> with as many as 48 violent teens kept in a confined area of the facility, the segregation unit has a society all its own. where cell phones and ipods are replaced by a fast paced secretive process called cadillacing. >> sometimes it takes awhile. you got to tear a hole in your mat. then put string about it. put some paper around it. make it in a square. slide it out your door. so you can pass food and

. >> kentucky state penitentiary has the only death-row facilityre nearly 40 men whose cells are a stone's throw from the execution chamber. one of them is randy haight. >> this is no way to spend your life. one thing about being in prison and being on death row, especially, because there's so much idle time, is you've got a lot of time to examine yourself, think about the things that you've done, think about the opportunities you had in life and squandered them. >> haight ended up here after he escaped from another jail and robbed and killed two people. >> the jury found me guilty of a double murder and robbery and being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun, and that's what i'm on death row for. i know that what i done was wrong. i deserve to be where i'm at, whether they execute me or i spend the rest of my life in prison. i've accepted that. >> the men who share the death row facility rarely break the rules of the castle. >> their basic behavior is directly related to them being able to say in their clemency plea that we were good guys w

perimeter is approximately a mile and a half around the facility. we have maximum security, medium security and minimum security offenders. what probably sets us apart is the different segregation units. >> offenders who assault staff or other inmates are moved to the secure housing unit, a prison within the prison, known as the shu. >> there have been discipline problems, they've been assaulted and they've had issues at other facilities. so they send them here. >> designed to look and function like pelican bay, a maximum security prison in california, the shu is composed of windowless, concrete cells measuring 7 by 12 feet. of the 288 inmates housed here, 179 have been diagnosed by psychiatric staff as mentally ill. >> i heard the horror stories of this place back when it first opened up. >> sergeant dan haskins is a veteran of the secure housing unit. >> out of sight, out of mind. the outside world, out of sight, out of mind. they don't -- probably don't want to know what goes on in here. >> the population of the shu lives on 23-hour lockdown. leav

in similar cases where they leased the grounds for the facility for the long-term lease, and i believe the construction time frame is something that the partner is also amenable to. when we first negotiated this project from our -- we came close to covering our current expenses, and the passage of time is what created the imbalance. >> the fact that this has come up is because we have been delayed for six years. we will be happy to sit down and talk about that promote the amount of money and the benefits. chairperson chu: thank you. if there are no questions for the budget analyst or to report for the project sponsor at this time, i would like to open it up for public comment. i will read the cards off any order they came in. if you hear your name, please line up in the center aisle. for each speaker will have two minutes. >> can we please have three minutes? people have been waiting for two hours chairperson chu: sure, we will give you three minutes. >> madam chair and members of the committee, my name is eric. i'm here to recommend, or suggest that this is not a very good deal for th

our customers have said that the most important infrastructure in the city's tourism facilities that is missing is an farina -- arena. we have no place to hold these events, whether it is beyond basketball like gymnastics finals, or the democratic convention or the n.c.a.a. finals -- things like that that san franciscans can enjoy, but bring dollars and revenue into the city in a very needed time in our economy. if you look what this complements, the new cruise ship terminal being built down the here, the very building, the exploratory and that will be opening next year, at&t park, and now this project, a this beautifularena, state of the art, world class -- this beautiful arena. it is something our customers will be very happy about. we did a survey of our clients from a run the world, and delegates spent $3 billion in san francisco a year, which is a large amount of money. we asked what they would use the facility for. 80% said the complex would add value to san francisco as a destination. that is really significant. what this project means to us beyond basketball -- and basketball

, the suffolk county jail. >> i grew up not far from the facility. i have found numerous people i have known from childhood, from high school, and just from the neighborhood itself. >> inmates, too, often find themselves among friends and relatives. >> we're brothers, that's right. >> though not all inmates are housed in the same facility. those who have only been charged with the crime and are awaiting trial are held at the nashua street jail until the resolution of their case. those who are convicted and receive sentences of two and a half years or less will usually serve their time four miles away at the house of correction. top of the world, 15 minutes. i told you i was going to be knocking. >> it's a place sal giuliano has become very familiar with over the years. >> keep a small circle. >> my buddy shayne, mini me. >> the boys! >> south boston in the house over here. we got one for you. >> he's a character. what's up? >> these guys i grew up with them, from the same hometown. i don't want to make any more friends. i have 13 commitments, i've bee

state warriors on a potential transaction that would allow the team to construct a few from the waterfront facility. this is merely the opening tipoff. the action before you is limited in scope and authorizes only the following preliminary -- finding that the competitive bidding policy in the ad man code does not apply in this coast and allowing the city and that in detailed discussions with the warriors' organization on a potential real-estate transaction, recognizing oewd as the leader for negotiating the project, working with board staff and at the direction of the commission, urging all parties to engage in our reach to all affected and interested neighbors and stakeholders, including the san francisco giants, urging oewd and teh port to work closely with the state lands commission and urging staff to make this project a high priority. the authorizations outlined above are the full extent of the proposed action in front of you today. nothing in this resolution approves or endorses any aspect of a potential future real estate transaction with the warriors. i would like to take this opportunity b

many of the most violent events took place in a facility called the old main. >> inmates had to prove themselves just to survive. >> you had almost 1,200 inmates in that facility that was built for 750. >> you have people living on top of each other, pushing each other. i mean, there was a lot of tension. >> carlos cervantes was first brought to this prison in 1975. >> there was a lot of harshness as far as punishment. back then, you had a hall which they called the hold which was a prison cell with nothing but a hole in the middle, and they would throw you in there buck naked. >> tired of the overcrowding and abuse inside the prison, inmates reached their boiling point on february 2nd, 1980. what ensued was one of the deadliest prison riots in u.s. history. inmate carlos cervantes saw it all happen. >> it was like a bomb exploding, just went off and the whole prison system was taken over, the whole facility. >> for 36 hours, the riot raged out of control. finally, when national guardsmen entered the facility, they found the interior in ruins. 8 officers and over 100 inmates were inju

it is not enough to look at the facility after and has been cleaned. what else could you require? >> hasenin repeating myself, the operational issues were proven over a long time and we have documented that and that has been prevented -- presented in front of the board. what i would be going there for its did someone clean -- for is did someone clean? we would not take a severe action we did if it was -- we did not think it was more than if you swept the floor or looked good for when i walked in. >> are there other things we can add to get more of -- something that would help you, what you were looking for earlier at the abatement conference that could happen? >> i mentioned to commissioner fung, if he is determined to continue this. the most reasonable option would be to have him reapply for another permit. bring in partners who are accountable. the continuance of this would put mr. lei as a forefront person. if he should be the captain of a ship that has gone down on several occasions. if he wanted to come back in, to bring active partners, not just silent partners. the health de