chris buck with the public works. couple of points, and then kind of maybe some recommendations for consideration. one quick thing, let me just show the overhead site again. so one thing, if -- if both trees are approved by the commission, one recommendation i would make is the current permit is for the removal of these two trees with replacement of the two. they're only 15 feet apart. we really only need one tree where there's two pine trees right now. i would recommend one tree in the yard behind the fence again. it could be a medium stature tree that's never going to get near the size of these current ones. it won't overwhelm the property and it won't encroach on the property across the street. we really only need one tree. so what i would recommend is that we have removal of these two trees with one tree in this location. we can work with the property owner to either have them reduce the open -- open area here or get a landscaping permit if the desire is to keep it open. so that's one point. i do want to be reasona

but the public isn't so sure about that. i would also say it's worth noting that most of the responses to all of these questions, the plurality of the responses is in the number three or if you will, don't know kind of category. and that's a flag we need more information. don't really know how to answer this question. that's an opportunity. for making a connection. starting a conversation, aninqutions. moving on. we see that the american public believes it's important to fund international programs on the surveillance and detection of infectious disease outbreaks. this is the kind of work the cdc does. when people were given an opportunity to respond to statement a or b in terms of the roll of role of government in educating an people understand that when you say the government we're talking aut my tax dollars here. we know people ustand questions like this that way. many more people say that the federal government should do more to educate the public versus those who believe that the public is sufficient informed. it's proba

they believe as members of the public they have the right to the land. they don't think of it as a public resource that should benefit the nation. if you think about people imagining themselves as part of the people and constituting the public, maybe you imagined yourself in that way. this public land is yours because you are a member of the public. right? what they are doing they imagine to be legitimate. they are thinking the government is overstepping its boundaries by doing things like charging money for the land. why would they charge the public for land when they are the public? right? the idea of the people in the public gets blurry in causes conflict here. the statute is then aimed at stopping this collusion by groups of people who are trying to keep the prices down by doing other things. it is trying to cut down on all of this. but, as you can see in the next statute, they are not particularly successful year. -- successful here. people keep moving on to public land in the statute is an example of many preemption statutes that were passed by cong

any other comments or questions from the public? >> iust j want to thank you for raising those points because as we approach the census, because the data is beg taken online, every concern you mentioned is being lifted up there, and we thosere g toingerwar to fy, but thank you fora those points. >> president serina: thank you. any other comments or questions from the public? hearing none, call the question. all in favor? any opposed? thank you, the motion carries. item g. i'm sorry, we just did. item h. requesting authorization to renew the grant agreement self help for the elderly for the provision of naturalization services for older adults and adults withdisabilities, the period of july 1, 2018, to june 30, 2019, in the amount of $170,017, plus 10% contingency rant amount not to exceed $187,018. welcome back, paulo. may i have a motion? >> so moved. >> president serina: thank you, paulo. >> thank you. self help for the elderly naturalization program, cins esl classith the islandser program. one-on-one assistance is also available,

so directly rather than the government representing the public, it is the actual public. it is an interesting conflict. it is one that we still have with the use of western lands in particular. many settlers entering these territories before the lands are open for settlement and sale, the fraudulent issue as part of that. they will form a corporation and then they go out and settle land before they are open for sale with the idea that they are going to get the best land before they are open. so they are there before the federal government opens them up. so they will squat on this piece of land and start working at on the presumption that possession is 9/10 of the law. squatters come from that notion that if you squat on this land, and it is seen as a derogatory term at this time. squatters, squatting. that is not something you say to somebody if you want to be respectful. what is interesting is the u.s. congress often accommodates these people with the statutes. they're legitimizing settlers claims to the land. to me this is fascinating. the settlers go out there, and are

from the public? ok, moving on. item l. requesting authorization to enter into a new grant agreement with bayview hunters point multi-purpose senior services with the provision of case management services to seniors and adults with disabilities for the period of july 1, 2018, to june 30, 2021. in the amount of $730,437, plus 10% contingency, grant amount not to exceed 803,000, $480. thank you, a motion for discussion? >> so moved. >> thank you, monte. >> bayview hunters point is located in the bayview area of san francisco, and employs two full-time case managers, serve 110 unduplicated clients throughout the fiscal year. thank you. >> president serina: any comments or questions from the commission? any comments or questions from the public? commissioner loo. >> vice president loo: i have a question on the operating expense detail. i'm just wondering, $9,000 client support entails. seems a little high. >> yes, that's a great question. so, bayview hunters point moved to a new facility, i believe it was earlier last year, and

therefore creating less public participation in the planning process, and less public accountability for private development. this is a step backwards in the planning process where the private sector already has a tremendous advantage over the public in terms of what gets built in local communities. what is needed in the planning and developing process in san francisco are ways to increase public control and put in discussion over planning in their communities, not weaken it. there are other serious issues with the proposed amendment what it -- what includes to be the loosening of approvals requirements for projects seeking exemptions for growing units exposure unusable open space requirements. this is directed to developers and unacceptable. this amendment is carrying components that are outside of what has largely been publicly stated as intention of streamlining affordable housing approval. as it is currently written, this amendment should not be approved. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is jack. i am an architect here in the city, but more

finally, at the heart of public health are data. bold would direct the cdc to expand its data collection of cognitive decline, caregiving, and health disparities. today, the bold act has 35 co- sponsors. but i know by the time the members of this audience are finished with all their hill visits, we will be up to 50. the challenge i gave you last night. or better yet, 60. the number that assures senate passing. i am proud of the actions that the state of maine is taking to promote early detection and improve data collection. the maine centers for disease control and prevention has distributed the state plan for alzheimer's, including a special insert with cognitive assessment tools to help primary care professionals make early diagnosis. maine cdc has collected data through the cognitive decline and caregiver modules in its surveillance system. in bangore, maine, the public health department has distributed of hundreds of know the 10 signs brochure. the public health nurses are hosting talks on alzheimer's to connect people with resou

we produce the public notices. we assure the legal text is ready for the committee and the board and produce the meetings with agendas and accompanying information. the other item is to ensure that the public has access. our interaction with the public is equivalent it a hitter getting on base. the reliable driver, answering questions efficiently. you can see our gold standard on slide two. it shows the various ways we're creating value for the public. we have the youth commission, as you saw through their presentation last month. they've been hard at work around civic engagement, housing, and employment. the clerk's office has undergone a quiet restructuring. we've reviewed and reset our positions and i'm happy to report that we've position the the organization to grow more effectively and take on more projects within the existing, full-time employees envelope, through efficiency and diligence. we're taking on complex processes such as the permit appeals, autonomous delivery service appeals. these were affectuated

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put us in a bad spot point to stay that, because i represent the public. i felt very strongly about that. that's our activity throughout the course he week that i was involved in commissioners. commissioner hirsch. >> commissioner hirsch: and i t was the first meeting of the state ag working with the state and the department meeting was overseen by the d.c. conley. we spent little over an hour talking about the roles people would play and the what the organizations will be doing -- thank you. >> i attended the townhall last week regarding the ois, the officer involved shooting that wa about three blocks from my house. i had both professional and personal interest in it. i wanted to stay that i thought -- i'm obviously not going to be commenting on any of the substance of the presentation. as far as the presentation, i wanted to say that i thought that chief scott and the department did a really good job in keeping the presentation neutral. coming to this is somebody has been on the commission for only a few weeks. i had concerns about the manner in which ot

any other members of the public that would like to address the commission? seeing none, we'll close public comment. any other discussion regarding the consent calendar? seeing none, is there a motion on the floor? >>> i'll move it. >>> there is a motion, do we have a second? >>> second. >>> motion and a second. can we take that in without objection? item passes, thank you very much. next item, please. >>> good afternoon again, commissioners. our private equity program has enjoyed tremendous performance since its inception over a period that spans three decades now. the board and the beneficiaries and the taxpayers of the city should be quite proud of that. we have tried over the last five years to position the portfolio so that it continues to deliver superior risk adjusted returns for the coming decades. and cambridge is here to give you guys a bit of a picture of what we've done and what the portfolio looks like today. >>> this will be referencing our materials. i'm anita ing and i'm referencing the private equity overview update materials from cambridge. i

the lady's right, the public. if there's something in our building code and there's this ordinance, why wasn't this -- now, we are going to set something up, but this is the first that i'd say anyone at d.b.i. ever heard of this. i've never heard a tobacco license case or anything to do with our department, but i think it does happen. i can look up 34(b) for you. >> no. it sounds very vague. >> i know. >> at least for me personally, i'm leaning towards, but we have to have some kind of solid base on this. i'm not trying to throw the department under the bus. >> yeah, i understand. i do think you really have to look at the soft story aspects of it more than the mandatory seismic upgrades for change of use or occupancy which in this case isn't happening. >> okay. >> okay. >> thank you. >> any other questions? all right. so it's over. thank you. as a design professional, when i hear the term "sheer calls ", "hold downs," "gray beams," to me, that makes me think of soft story. the fact is that any type of improvement l

the department of public health found that this application complies with the article 25 public health compliance standard. the planning department found this application complies with the t.r.b. compatibility standard so based on this public works tentatively approved the application on december 19, 2017. they noticed the approval through a mailing in a posting. public works held a public hearing to consider protests and based on the hearing officer's findings, the director of public works approved the permit. i wanted to clarify that one of the appellant's concerns was about notice prior to the tentative approval. so under article 25, there actually is no required notice prior to an application being tentatively approved. also regarding the required noticing of the tentative approval i have code 25 section 1512 -- >> that's you, gary. >> it does say the notice of mail of notice to approval is to any person owning property or residing within a 150-foot radius and we interpreted that to be properties within 150 feet need to be mailed noticed. also, in terms of the notice of the posting

comments from the public?o, n. and do have the k fe about 15 years we are specific to the asian pacific island community because we recognize the shame involved in the issue and it's essential. materials through the city has been provided to the department pth l.e.a., asian ice,ct duce written materials in spanish, chinese, english, and vietnamese. not yet russian but something we eride quarterlynews we do different c.b.o.s 20,000 and clinics. so, that's way to reach. besides our legal, we do think we want to look forward the nextycle to tryomprove and strengthen and reach out better better these clients. to your question, whether or not it does result in any kind ofs, us, i did have a so share with you and they are vy heart wrenching the fact that these are like a recent clienho elder abuse restrainierng ord s ceith a 91-ycantonese speake beaten by a 48-year-old drunk patient in the same hospital. the client is feeble and requires either a wheelchair walks slowly ergen ribs ando y hosl their mobility difficulty, an

or $5,000 an hour to do this, and i think we heard that from the public. the other thing that jumps out at me is hearing all this back and forth, and the severe disagreement. effective, we want to approve all this and getting it rolling, and go back and design the postcard. i've gotten a lot of input on that, too. why not do all the outreach, get all the stuff teed up, and then, come back in october. then, we can say, we love that. we've got a postcard and we're doing all this, rather than doing it backwards. that's just one thing that i'm thinking of. as for the affordable housing part, go for it. i don't think there's anything there i can't disagree with it at all. i actually violently agree that we should be getting that stuff, and i completely trust the organization and staff to get that going. i don't want to see affordable housing projects when we've had d.r.'s, i kind of rolled my eyes and thought why are we seeing these? they were just things that were completely baseless and they were just delaying things even more. on these other things, they shou

one of our great partners and enforcement in the public right-of-way and really in the management is san francisco public works and we worked with them in the permit program and application and will continue to work with them as this plays out. i would like to pass the mic. to our director of public work. >> i am excited that we are putting a pilot permit program in place as many of you know when these scooters handed in our secretos in fran, we have been working really hard to try and make sure that at least they are following some kind or order and since they handed we have had to pick up over 500 scooters on the streets that have been parked inappropriately, means not put in a safe place and created trip and falls or not been parked in the right place, so this permit process that will be in place is one that will help the city understand if these actually belong on our streets in san francisco. starting june 4, we will then be picking up scooters anywhere because the good lines have been set forth as we have heard. we will pick them up and not an easily retrievable process. they wi

>> thank you for the question mr chairman. we have a public meeting on tuesday night at the green room across the street in the veteran building. tuesday at six, i believe. and then we intend to respond to a number of boards and commissions over the following few weeks. planning commission is as early as june and other boards are coming up. we want to make sure, since this is our recommendation at this point, we want to make sure we are hearing from the public and other agencies and their feedback on that recommendation before the city takes a final position. however, what we hope to do, given that, and given that the initial feedback from our sister agencies has been quite positive, to date, we would like to get to you, as a board, and to the mayor, either in late july, or right after your september recess. so that the city is making an official decision, if you will, in that timeframe. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. thank you for your incredible amounts and quality of work. either questions from commissioners? commissioner few where? >> su

in the end, the north korean ships ordered the public low to surrender. they tried to escape but the engines didn't work very well. they were hardly outgunned, couldn't maneuver well, not prepared in any capacity. in the end they surrendered. there was a brief gun battle. the public low was fired upon by korean ships. one american was killed. a number wounded. the ship was surrendered. tied it one a tow land and drove it into wonton harbor. they were in prison for almost a year when they were released by this crazy diplomatic solution and the ship remains. it's still in north korea now where it is a leading tourist attraction. >> that was a surprise to me hat it's a popular tourist area. what should we take away about north korean culture than? -- -- then? mitchell the stands as a great symbol of the cold war. the american policy and intelligence committee -- community never really thought of this as a dangerous mission. the soviets ran these kind of operations. we can run them. soviet ships would spy on the united states ships, they were never captured. h

comment before you take the vote, commissioner. >> commissioner mazzucco: any public comment before we take the minutes? hearing no comment, all in favor. next line next line [agenda item read] [agenda item read] >> commissioner mazzucco: commissioners, why your packet are the memos related to these fts-- and f the new commissioners, we approve everything from $20 give cards to large boats from the coast guard to horses to -- to horses to police dogs to air conditioners for the police dogs, so we have to approve all of this. so these are in your packet. are there any questions or concerns? hearing none, do i have a motion? >> i have a question on the furniture. >> commissioner mazzucco: sure. >> i have a question on the furniture. maybe it's to the chief or maybe it's to -- [inaudible] >> hi. thank you for being here tonight. i was just surprised to hear that our furniture's worn out and that we use that until it literally falls apart, and that the stations are really in need of furniture for community meetings for officers themselves. i just wonder, do we have a budg

but the neighborhoods and the public were left out. we hope -- i know this wasn't something you guys did -- but we hope you will encourage the planning department to start a process of outreach for the neighborhoods for all the legislation that's going to be coming through. after all, this does concern us. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi. laura clark, m.b. action. really excited about this legislation. streamlining affordable housing is something that i hope that san francisco can agree on. bringing us into co withnotications around the downt, etown y fix. the thing i'm most excited about is streamlining the notifications. it means that by contacting tenants we have the opportunity to notify more people of their rights. we can include and start to think creatively about what kinds of content can be included in those notifications. a lot of people do get worried when they see the construction is going to happen in their neighborhood. it's a good opportunity to put know your rights materials into the hands of tenants

this allows members of the public to check out mifi devices. this enncemen around $91,000 would allow us to grow that program by 170 devices. that would bring the total deces available to the public to 300. this would allow the patrons to check t out muche ou physical materials and take them up for up to a three week period and provide connect activity and access to those in need. another key investment in digital strategies is for the modernization of our collections management system, where we would transition to the industry standard of radio frequency identification systems. the goal of this is about improvingat rvic, so it's allowing them to check out the materials faster but also to help our staff process the materials more quickly, get them back out on the shelves, be respove hold requests fr our patrons. this was approved by coit in -- earlier this month, and just as a point of clarification or information, about 75% of the bay area libraries already use is technology. our other investments are growing our laptop lending kiosk program th

before he speaks, are there any other members of the public who would like to address the board duringgeneral public comment? please come up to you're right. next speaker, please. >> hello. good evening. i am the director of the library users association. i feel a little bit like bedtime stories at camp at 615. congratulations to all of those who ran, or whether you ran or did not. we care about the city being sanctuary city. we hear about privacy measures being introduced for the members of the public benefits. what is the meaning of that if we allow the library to impinge on people post as privacy and enable the tracking of not only what people are reading, but also there is tracking throughout the e.f.f. that they have mentioned, and described in its writings at the rfid location which the library wants to install. it will enable the tracking on a selective basis of where people go with their items, whether or not the person tracking cares about what the title is. i felt encouraged by the first meeting of the budget and finance committee through hearing about people post as objectio

the board? no. seeing none. do we have public comments? >> yes, madam chair, aledapray. >> chair brinkman, members, director riskin, thank you. the matter of scooters was brought up and i'm very passion at about the scooter person as i as a person of disabilities feel the scooters are helpful to me. as a last-mile solution. i do not see them detracting from my use of muni. you generally get a $38 monthly pass from me ever month i'm here. so you are getting paid. i don't think you need to worry about that. i personally, in my time of seeing caters scooters have not witnesses irresponsible behavior. i've talked to some people who have ridden scooters. find them to be pretty considerate, agree able people. type of people i would be willing to share a lunch. as we plan for these scooters to come, that the permits, approval or denial, should not be based on personal feelings. if a company approaches and they meet the requirements of law, objectively, in the permit must be granted. i know there's a lot of bad feelings out there. we cannot let it

if they are, they are no better than the public school. broken promises, they hurt, not just a student, but hurts the parents as well. it is the case that charters do. >> i've only got six seconds left. i want to ask the chair, i submitted the record from brooking institute on how their prolonging segregation. >> thank you mr. courtney. mr. banks, you a recognized for five minutes. >> thank you madam chairwoman. >> as mrs. reese is well aware, national association of public schools is ranked indiana charter school law as the best in the country for three years in a row. as mr. richman was aware, the association of charter school authorizer's charter the best the nation. is from the data that the study found that students in indiana charter schools gained 36 days of learning and reading. year end 13 days of learning in math, both above the national average. i was proud to be involved in the effort to expand access to charter schools during my time as a state senator by sponsoring the bill that created the indiana school board and allowed pri

so let's get comments from the public, if there are any. hearing none, what is the pleasure of the board? >> okay, so, i am making a resolution and there is an amendment proposed by bob beck and i would want that sentence to be added to this resolution as read earlier. we are going to reiterate this will go back to the steering committee. for their assessment. >> good. and do i have a second? >> second. >> it's been moved and seconded all in favor say aye. all those opposed? the aye's have it. thank you, jill. >> thank you so much commissioners and director beck. >> item 8, street naming convention. >> this an informational item, i believe. and for the north/south streets alpha, a-avenue, b, c, etc. when you get into residential neighborhoods, there were a variety of existing street names depending upon the era in which the housing was constructed. some of them drawing from names of naval officers and others drawing from names of fishes, chinook, halibut, flounder, sturgeon, etc. so with those conventions. but in planning for the future of t

any other members of the public? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item, please. >> clerk: item 3, approval of legacy business registry applications and resolutions, discussion and action item. the applicants are the animal company and v.i.p. grooming, sf, inc. the presenter is richard kurylo, legacy program manager. >> good evening, president adams, commissioners, office of small business staff. richard kurylo, legacy program manager. sfgovtv, i have a presentation. before you today are two applications for your consideration for the businesses to be included on the legacy business registry. the applications were reviewed by me for completion, then submitted to planning department staff on may 9 for their review. historic preservation commission heard the applications on june 6 and made positive recommendations to the small business commission. for both applicants, you have been provided a staff report, a draft tionlu the application, a case report from planning department staff, and a resolution from the historic preservation commission. there

comment on the sound inspector report? seeing none, public comment is closed. move on to item number five. report from the senior analyst, mr. rice. >> good evening, commissioners. dylan rice, senior analyst for community and cultural events. i have a few updates, not too many, but some big ones. and i have received final edits and feedback from all the departments on the outdoor events guide and permit fee estimator and it includes nine deputy city attorneys and rec and park, sfpd, we have all their feedback and edits. great points were brought up to make the guide. clear and user friendly and drive home the idea of that you can apply for x, y, and z and do x, y, z steps but it doesn't guarantee you are going to get the permit approved. just so these points that are sort of larger legal conversations are being taken into account. and i am working with commissioner perez next week to incorporate the edits and make the design sing, look beautiful. and so we are on schedule for a publication at the beginning of july. and i am really excited about that. there will

for students and the public school system. congresswoman virginia foxx, cheers the education and workforce committee. this is two hours and 15 minutes. >> the morning. >> did morning. the committee on education will come to order. welcome to today's hearing. i wanted to thank our panel witnesses in our members for being here today. as we talk about charter schools and the invaluable role that these institutions play in the lives of the students. all students, regardless of zip code, deserve access to high- quality education. and giving students the opportunity -- opportunity to drive in eight learning environment that best suits their unique educational needs. every student is different, and family should be empowered to choose whatever school best suits their child strengths rather than being forced into one-size-fits-all approach. for many, charter schools are the best option for their students. to hone his or her individual ability andbud a successful life. those are still relatively new on the scene. with the first having o

are there any other members of the public that would like to address the commission? seeing then we will close public comment. next item, please. >> item ten is a discussion it item. >> good afternoon commissioners and welcome. i'd like us to go through the monthly activity review report that is before you. just a brief refresher, on the first page, you can see our current assets. we have about 3.4 billion with the plan. moving on to the next page, you can see benchmark performance of our investments, currently. on page 3, we have some participation rate information, as well as employee information as well, that includes a number of folks that are currently contributing, on the number of folks who are retired or terminated. we have approximately 30,000, or 40,000, 38,000, actually, participants in the plan at the moment. moving on to slide four, it shows a stable value crediting rate. we report out on this because the stable value fund is nearly a third of our assets. and so we decided to report on the crediting rate on a quarterly basis. moving on to slide five, we ha

and emily could be today with more l g b t representatives in the public eye we discuss what impact they have so tell us who you are proud of why the west the world should know about them too just so leave your comments in our live chat maybe you could also be in the street. names of a democratic candidate for the kansas third congressional district and you are in the street. politicians are slowly gaining visibility and reaching their nation's highest offices something that was on thousand mobile until very recently well why they're all four heads of government two are also part of the community and twenty seventeen thirty three representatives were elected to the british parliament and the united states so over four hundred candidates running for office in this year's elections so what does it take to be out in the public eye and what impact does that have on all of us we're here to discuss just that in caracas venezuela we have tomorrow adrian a member of the venezuelan national assembly and the country's first transgender person to be elected to office in denver colorado leslie harri

to the british public why. yeah and the entire system there as the article in the guardian knows ok the guardian is important as i can come right back to that the report has circulated privately among regulators and law enforcement officials for years it has not been made available to the public who chose not to release that to the public from it doesn't get released to the public well because of all these regulations against that sort of speech where or basically providing information to the peasants that are the public that form of speech in other words if the when they say public they mean peasant member in the u.k. less of that's important yet the subjects so also like look at this tone here's a so-called progressive newspaper called the guardian and they're called that's the left wing of the right wing is the telegraph well look out this is their own sentence written in this article about lloyds this report released by a kaiser report regular neil mitchell this is shows you the difference between the likes

theo online to look at mayor's commission on the public art. i will show you what i am talking about quickly. there are some values and guidelines that we came up with that are a little different than how the national park service did them. i feel this was the best part of what came out of our deliberation. we talked about these five values that need to be part of the criteria of evaluating current monuments, markers, and public arts, but all future monuments and markers. each one has its own definition. this is an edited and compressed version. each one, you will see, kind of builds on the other. it actively tries to grapple with this additive language. if you add more monuments, that will somehow address these questions, but it does not deal with them. the question of power and complexity and relationality and intersectional natures of how power operates, these are all things that as historians, now with the women's march, it comes -- in how do we begin to engage with these complex questions that ultimately have to deal with justice? these are

even though that particular moment was between the public and "new york times" annd the president is could be evidence of other things. the other thing relevant is one of the articles of impeachment against richard nixon talked about, as one of the items against him, lying to the public and trying to mislead the public about whether there was anything there to the watergate investigation. even if it's not a crime in terms of federal statutes and what you could be prosecuted for in court, lying to the public about -- there is precedent in american history for lies in an investigation like this to be part of what was the bill of particulars in an impeachment proceeding. >> stand by. as always great reporting. if you don't mind, two or three minutes. we're going to bring in the legal panel. all going to join charlie savage, as well as we are in this breaking news cycle right now. a revealing 20-page memo coming from the trump legal team. we're going to dig deeper. stick around. (vo) what if this didn't have to happen? i didn't see it. (vo) what if we could go back? what if our car... co

and i wish that more of that were done in the public schools. so i thank you for calling our attention to many issues that need to be resolved, but also reminding people that we have to hold accountable all along the chain those who are responsible for different things. so, thank you very much for being here. there being no further business, this hearing is adjourned. >>> tomorrow, president trump's pick, to lead the veterans affairs, robert wilkie's testimony begins 2:30 eastern here on c-span 3. >> this past week, as part of our 50 capitals tour across alaska to our next stop in fairbanks. >> c-span program something especially valuable for alaskans. for the most of us it's the only way to get to see our delegation hard at work in washington. gci is proud to carry c-span for a number of reasons, especially for their emphasis on education. from lesson plans to handouts, the c-span classroom program offers so many resources to teachers and has a great deal of value to today's classrooms. >> thank you for being part of it. bringing your awesome bu

i'm the planner for dog patch public realm. the leader of the design group will say a few words and i believe there will be introduction as well. >> president hillis, vice president melgar, commissioners, good afternoon. it's my pleasure to be before you today. i'm the principal urge -- urban design group. the public realm is not a topic that we have the opportunity to come before you very often, but clearly is a critical element in our effort to build and create a city that's socially vibrant, connected, resilient, and a joyful place to be. and the central waterfront is one of those areas that is receiving new development recently as a result of the 2008 central waterfront area plan. it's initiated a lot of changes in the neighborhood. it's really the central waterfront area plan that helps to speed the transition from industrial heritage to one that's mixed with a lot of new housing coming in, especially with the north end of the neighborhood, while the p.d.a. base in the south remains. now the city really needs to ensure that