they provide a backdrop for access that is so important and vital to these unique cities. if there is one spot where you would build a building to transition to the edge of the financial district, this is it. it is the right place for this kind of project. third point is density. even though the zoning law loss 600 units across the entire site, the project includes 134 in order to give over blocks to win three to recreation and open space with heights below 35 feet. even though the zoning allows a 34 foot high roof, the project modulates its height and steps back from 59 feet up to 136. even though it eliminates surface parking lots, it replaces that parking underground. the back is now the front like these other sites along the embarcadero. this has the opportunity to make the embarcadero and world- class boulevard. thank you. >> good afternoon. i object to this whole project because it is totally unnecessary. we have open space which i created at free parking we do not need it anymore. it is seriously flawed and violates all the rules and the height is obscene. we do not

recology if we need to work with the state to create special requirements to san francisco due to our unique city, i am happy to work on that as well. supervisor olague: grade, thank you. i'd like to open it up for public comment at this time. with 81 like to speak to this issue? -- would anyone like to speak to this issue? >> tom is my name. i am president. -- i am a resident of the fillmore heritage, which is a condo complex. what i am concerned about is the noise when the illegal scheme address come in the middle of the night right outside my window -- the illegal scavengers, in the middle of the night right outside my window, and it weeks me up during the middle of the night. the reason these guys have access is because recology forces the businesses in the buildings and the homeowners association to leave the recycling out on the streets in these dumpsters. what would be preferred iis if they could collect it from the secure loading docks we have at the building. that building was recently designed and built. but for some reason, recology refuses to collect from those loading docks. they say

san francisco is a unique city and our paratransit program reflects this. we have a network of services, including sf access van service, paratransit taxi, including wheelchair accessible ramp taxi and group van which serves groups of individuals going to a single location like a senior center. [music] >> i'm elsa scott and i'm a retired federal employee and i'm a native of san francisco. i use paratransit because, i've been using it for about six years because six years ago i had to start dialysis treatments at cpmc. so i'm very dependent on paratransit three times a week, coming and going.. my current driver is brian berquist.; he's just such a friendly, sort of a teddy bear kind of a guy. i don't know what it is about brian, but all of us old ladies want to feed brian. [music] >> hi, my name is fred lein. i'm most proud of driving a ramp taxi since the beginning of the program in 1994. [music] >> fred, you are the absolute best! thank you fred for providing transportation for me and opening up my social life, and taking care of medical appointments, taki

a very unique city. .'re with john paterson patriotism, old bay, baltimore, a break it all. >> baltimore has a unique flavor. it is old bay. >> we will talk about the baltimore accent. kind of a mix of cement accents. let's go over some of the words. >> i have a quiz. how would you say, "did you eat yet?" what kind of vehicle rushes into the hospital? >> an ambulance. >> pretty good. what is the name of the clear liquid that comes out of the faucet? >> water. i am o for three. you guys are slowly adopting me. i have to work on the a ccent. digit heat water and go to the ambulance -- did you eat water and go to the ambulance? down to the ocean. >> your becoming a baltimore native -- you are becoming a baltimore native. that is tough. we all have to learn that. a cold front but off the coast. -- a cold front went off the coast. 46 out in oakland. ms. 50's in the northern suburbs -- mid 50's in the northern suburbs. if you're sensitive to the cooler temperatures, you might want to take a light jacket. it is cr

eek eek city has unique -- oklahoma city has unique honor voted the most manliest.has the number of pink houses and home improvement scores to make the decision. >>> staeak and potatoes. >>> it is quarter to the top of the hour. they fear for their lives. now ten passengers are filing suit over a march jetblue flight where the captain had to be locked out of the cockpit and restrained after yelling about al qaeda. you remember this story. do those passengers have a case? we are going to ask attorney and former prosecutor elliot. do they have a case here? >> i think this is completely frivolous. >> why? >> because life is full of scary moments. we don't have to lawyer up every time we experience one. i am in favor of criminal prosecution of the pilot. he's going prosecuted been indicted facing 20-years in prison. i am in favor of the faa looking at the airlines to make sure they do everything they are required to do to make sure they are physically able to do. >> did they? >> they are required to have two physical exams every year. by all accounts he did have those.

when we start in a city such as san francisco, we look at what makes the city unique and seek out experiences and personalities and guides for the site that can really tell the city to tourists and locals alike. a couple of examples of the -- there's a passionate street artist in the mission will had offered tours to friends and family and people in the community. he had become an expert. he discovered our platform and is not able -- not only able to monetize and make money to do what he loves that he had already been doing the sharing the expertise and knowledge will be on his own network of family and friends. we have tourists coming from japan and france, and instead of just seeing pier 39, they are also venturing into the mission, spending money at the local readers shop and gaining knowledge about something they have now become passionate about. one other example is a homeless man who lives in the tenderloin at a shelter. him volunteering in the tenderloin. realized that there was a huge opportunity for people to educate themselves about homelessness in san francisco because it is someth

factors, does that give -- because of the immigration both from europe and within, give american cities a uniqueness that's not found's in cities elsewhere, or -- >> well, i would say this rural to urban migration is schull lay worldwide phenomenal. the explodesing cities of other parts of the world today are part of the same world to urban migration, but i don't disagree with the premise of the question. american cities felt very different in the 19th century and early 20th century than the european citizens that would have been their nearist analogs early on. partly because they were so koss ma tall pin, so polygloth, the religious faiths expressed on the lanscape, and could you say that although the concept of the melting pot is a very complicated and in some ways problematic way of thinking about the immigrant experience, it is one of the challenges that the united states. to grapple with. for decades and decades and decades. what does it mean to be an american. how does one become an american in this complicated, convergence of peoples from all over the world that made this nation, calmed it in

because these are outside elevators -- these are unique to the city. >> and this is going away with the upgrade. >> that is right. none of these will be here. we have retrofitted three elevators so far and now we're doing the outside cars. >> so this is what will be replacing -- >> this will be replacing the generator controller and control system. we are down to about 15 or 20 relays, down from about 100, which means much less maintenance. this thing had been running for about six months now, but we still have eight cars here to do. >> great job. >> we have looked at past the elevators and present. now let's look at the future. we are taking a look at some of the most exciting technologies in elevators. george, tell us about destination elevators. >> this is the technology of the future. probably the biggest single investment in elevators. san francisco has embraced the technology more than any other city in the country. a big advantage with us is passengers get to their floors sooner and there is more opportunity of customization of features for individual service. four issues of secu

we're working on a unique richmond and city-wide work force program at the high-school level along with other groups. it will allow paid and local manufacturing internships for high-school students and others taking the pathways and other tech 21 programs in the city. but particularly, the odder shop and pathways programs for schools. irish -- the auto shop and pathways programs for schools. i urge support of that. i also want an acknowledgement of the passing of a longtime member, district leader susan hall. i urge the closing of the meeting in her honor. susan hall was a democratic activist who for years with the heart and soul of the richmond democratic club. she was also a two- she was the dedicated secretary for the d triple c and passed away last thursday evening. she graduated as valedictorian of her culpeper, virginia high- school and give to san francisco in 1959 where she lived a bohemian life with her husband and devoted much of her life to kenya in africa and worked with the former british colonial government for five years as kenya was working to gain independence. at san f

we're working on a unique richmond and city-wide work force program at the high-school level along with other groups. it will allow paid and local manufacturing internships for high-school students and others taking the pathways and other tech 21 programs in the city. but particularly, the odder shop and pathways programs for schools. irish -- the auto shop and pathways programs for schools. i urge support of that. i also want an acknowledgement of

this is a unique partnership with the city of san was a bit that the bulk of the cost paying $2 million, the school district picked up the other half a million the public will have access from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on weekdays and all day weekends. >>> it is exciting >>> it is awesome >>> we can by soccer, football at night we have lights and all weather track, starting today our community has what other communities that we have it here we are proud. >>> i mentioned the partnership at the alum rock school system has had a lot of land and no budget to do something about that the city of san jose has been trying to deal with the increasing amount of demands for its field especially for those planes opera. joe vasquez cbs 5. >>> turning the bay bridge to a work of art the thief that would change the way you look at that. >>> the california law that may have you think twice before you write a check. >>> nick in the care drier home how one small hair dryer can eat an entire bay area house on the coldest night of the year. ,,,,, >>> you go out on the night and part in the apartment and then

city of wichita. we definitely don't live in a perfect environment. we live in a unique environment here. very rare when you look at the city of wichita, some of the demographics you have, when you look at 71% of the population is caucasian in the city of wichita, and i think 11.3% hispanic. when you look at the leadership, it is unique. improbable a perfect example sitting with you today. if you look at our police chief, our fire chief, and our director of all our federal funding and our housing, and you take that and public information person for the city of wichita is african-american, all these people are in key leadership positions, and we're african americans. so that kind of sends a message that we are unique, and there is something different about us, that we're not like a lot of the other cities, in that we are open to change and we are respectful of each other. >>> this weekend, we join our cable partners cox to show case its rich history. to learn more about local content vehicles and the 2012 tour, visit cspan.org/localcontent. we continue with a look at wichita kansas. this is

narrator: each city faces unique situations, so they must determine the asset management approach that best addresses these challenges. inspections can be done with various technologies, often by a robot... or personally by a technician on a bicycle. sensors detect breaks, cracks, and weaknesses in the pipe. man: we have roots at this cap lateral at 79. narrator: tree roots can grow into the pipe, splitting it apart. man: more light roots at 69. narrator: sometimes they may even find fully collapsed sections. after gathering the data, utilities can assess the need for rehabilitation. sinha: you have to choose the rehabilitation technique so that the life of the pipe can be extended 30 years, 40 years, 50 years. allbee: any asset has an optimal investment strategy. if you're making investments in that asset too early, or too late, you're wasting money. it costs about three times as much to fix a system once it's failed. so it's all about finding that right point where the dollars should flow toward that asset. narrator: but finding the funds to evaluate and rebuild these assets is an on

another unique thing that the city is doing in terms of helping our businesses and dealing with capital needs is as a city, sometimes, we implement regulations, and you would think that might require some substantial capital for small businesses to do an understanding that a lot of our very small businesses may not have the capital means to be able to implement those regulations. a new one that has just been implemented is there is the fats, oils, and greece requirements that restaurants are going to need to have for their restaurants, and many businesses may have to install new equipment -- fats, oils, and grease. we parted with opportunity loan fund to help provide a specific program for this new regulation for businesses, and we have also had many businesses experience some drive-by lawsuits, and understanding some of the financial needs in dealing with the losses, making the 88 improvements. again, we partnered with opportunity loan funds to help businesses comply and to deal with their legal needs and with these losses. also, we held businesses understand, if you want to do busines

as my colleague mentioned district 11 is unique and we invite the city to put more into the city than in the past. we have been an under servserve resource district and we need greater investment from the city. as community partners of district 11 we're committed, organized and we have capacity. we are willing to work with the city to improve our district and a asking for a meeting with the mere workforce development and other departments to set a plan of action in place. we want to make district 11 an equally inviting and welcoming part of strap -- of san francisco as other districts. i have 43 community members that would be involved in helping us make this better. so, i'm not going to read them out loud but i want to thank you. >> we want to thank adaora, patty, al and neil for representing both districts and keeping closely to the time they were given. now will be the fun part of this this morning because we get the opportunity to hear from everybody here or to hear from a lot of you hear in the audience. again i want to go over the ground rules. we have two minutes, two minutes p