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given the fact that we have the ability to do this and try to move two projects together at the same time presented an opportunity for us to do that, and it helped our project as well because with the bank, we can move two projects together. that was our goal. commissioner moore: 90. i want to make one more comment. -- thank you. i want to make one more comment. there seems to have been a
given the fact that we have the ability to do this and try to move two projects together at the same time presented an opportunity for us to do that, and it helped our project as well because with the bank, we can move two projects together. that was our goal. commissioner moore: 90. i want to make one more comment. -- thank you. i want to make one more comment. there seems to have been a
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it is essential for us to reduce the size, scope, and reach of government to achieve that. we are on a path toward doing that. this resolution we will be considering on tuesday is designed to get us where we said we would be, that is to funding levels before the bailout and before the stimulus. it is true. we want to have, the united states house of representatives, ourselves on record in support of our effort to resist -- to reduce the size and scope of government. it is a statement the house of representatives is making on this issue. there will be democrats who will join with us in saying this reduction is the right thing to do. we are beginning the process with that vote on tuesday. >> does this set a spot with you in terms of negotiations with the senate in terms of the continuing resolution? other people do not think this is going to happen. does this set a marker where you want to be? does it give you flexibility to negotiate a little bit? >> as you know well, for the first time ever since 1974, the federal government is operating without a budget having passed the congress. it is unprecedented.
it is essential for us to reduce the size, scope, and reach of government to achieve that. we are on a path toward doing that. this resolution we will be considering on tuesday is designed to get us where we said we would be, that is to funding levels before the bailout and before the stimulus. it is true. we want to have, the united states house of representatives, ourselves on record in support of our effort to resist -- to reduce the size and scope of government. it is a statement the house...
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what this also means is that for the first year, what they directed us to do, we created a separate component for the financial statement for hetch- hetchy water and also hetch- hetchy power, so that was part of the steps we took to get independent credit rating because of the hetch-hetchy operation. sfpuc and the finance team, in particular, got the distinguished and excellence in financial reporting award. that is for the comprehensive annual financial report. the audits again, as i mentioned, were all clean audits, and we went to get this back to you, soon, commissioner moran. we are getting very good value for the rates that we're collecting from customers. we are looking to finalize that. it is city. -- soon. we will discuss the budget situation later today and the outlook of our selection, so with that, i will turn it over to the audit manager, karen, and she has the presentation for you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i in the city manager, karen. -- i am the city manager. this is for one cycle. we have completed the audit of the water enterprise, the waste water entity, and as todd
what this also means is that for the first year, what they directed us to do, we created a separate component for the financial statement for hetch- hetchy water and also hetch- hetchy power, so that was part of the steps we took to get independent credit rating because of the hetch-hetchy operation. sfpuc and the finance team, in particular, got the distinguished and excellence in financial reporting award. that is for the comprehensive annual financial report. the audits again, as i...
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be dealing with, whether those things seem appropriate, or whether for some reason you would like us to do some research so that when we come back to you in january, the research has been done. i think, globally speaking, it is not going to be a significant year of growth for the puc. we will be doing a lot of capital work with bond money, but we will not be doing a lot of change, and i will let mr. rydstrom walk through some of that. >> there are some extras here for the public, as well. i would like to walk you through a couple of refreshers slides, and this will be mr. torres' first. commissioner torres: i will not be the excuse for a longer meeting. i am a fast learner. >> key policy initiatives to prepare the budget with, and we have included that here. we want to make sure that we come back to you in january and give you the budget documents presented in a way that you find most useful. i would like to mention that mr. harrington mentioned that in some ways, our budget may seem a little boring over the next couple of years because we of the operating under a relatively flat operating
be dealing with, whether those things seem appropriate, or whether for some reason you would like us to do some research so that when we come back to you in january, the research has been done. i think, globally speaking, it is not going to be a significant year of growth for the puc. we will be doing a lot of capital work with bond money, but we will not be doing a lot of change, and i will let mr. rydstrom walk through some of that. >> there are some extras here for the public, as well....
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so doing normal things like going to school used to be impossible. but now new robotic technology is making it possible to allow him to do what he's always wanted to do. be in a classroom with his friends. >> i never thought that, you know, when i was sick that i'd ever have any interaction, much less this kind. it's just like i am there in the classroom. >> just by a chance phone called a min straighters at knox city high came across the technology known as fego. >> we had a sales person call us and they said we have this product. we want you to see it. >> now that they have the vego for lynn den, they say it reminds them of why they started teaching in the first place. >> this is one of those cases where you have a dramatic improvement in the student pause he was. able to go to school. now he's able to attend class and that's something that most of us take for granted. >> when he's able to be in there and hear what everybody's opinion is plus the teachers and hear all of that classroom discussion and he gets that, and that's -- that's incredible to
so doing normal things like going to school used to be impossible. but now new robotic technology is making it possible to allow him to do what he's always wanted to do. be in a classroom with his friends. >> i never thought that, you know, when i was sick that i'd ever have any interaction, much less this kind. it's just like i am there in the classroom. >> just by a chance phone called a min straighters at knox city high came across the technology known as fego. >> we had a...
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this money you have budgeted for this use is not going to be used for that this year because we made a policy decision to do something else with it. that would be sufficient to me. but looked at the plan and look at what we did last year. a million dollars we thought we were spending on one thing is going to something else. that is bothersome to me. i think what commissioner wynns said about the way the budgeting is working -- it is not working for us. i think this discussion, although it feels a little bit painful because we are voicing frustration with staff, i think it is healthy. hopefully, it can be the basis for figuring out a better way to do things in the coming year. commissioner murase: i want to thank you for the side-by-side comparison of the previous year's proposal to this years. that is very helpful. in terms of the outcome, i do not see what it was we requested at the committee of the whole. i think one statement that comes close to it on one of the handouts is the question "is there is a significant difference of secondary school students all attendance rate in 2008 between students who par
this money you have budgeted for this use is not going to be used for that this year because we made a policy decision to do something else with it. that would be sufficient to me. but looked at the plan and look at what we did last year. a million dollars we thought we were spending on one thing is going to something else. that is bothersome to me. i think what commissioner wynns said about the way the budgeting is working -- it is not working for us. i think this discussion, although it feels...
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vice chair joseph: what have you used to do your test with. i want to be sure we're really clear here. do you use a sound meter? >> no, we have not. vice chair joseph: how did you test it? >> just by personal inspection. vice chair joseph: so sound travels and it travels through walls and it travels through buildings and you didn't use a proper device to test it so your test is inadequate and our guy will test your sound for sure. o.k., that's all of my questions >> what kind of sound equipment or speakers do you plan to use for your venue? >> we have two jbl-85 that service mains. they're basically around a 10-inch main-style speaker. one jbl-100 self-powered subwoofer, two small barges that are used as monitors on stage and a 16-band alesi amp. it's not rock concert material. >> are these the equipment you already have that you use for your one-time entertainment event? >> they were the equipment that we used for that event. >> are you planning to upgrade at all? >> it's been my experience that the equipment was adequate for the event. vice c
vice chair joseph: what have you used to do your test with. i want to be sure we're really clear here. do you use a sound meter? >> no, we have not. vice chair joseph: how did you test it? >> just by personal inspection. vice chair joseph: so sound travels and it travels through walls and it travels through buildings and you didn't use a proper device to test it so your test is inadequate and our guy will test your sound for sure. o.k., that's all of my questions >> what kind...
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director to do the best you can, you know, belling, borrow, steal if you have to and get us what you need to do this. and he knew what the mission was. he knew what our goal was. and, you know, with our i.t. grids and our software vender, they really came together and pulled it together for us. it made it possible for us to be able to serve as many couples as we have been. >> so once you're ready, you and your husband to be or wife need to be need to check in here and check in again, ok. are you also going to get married today? >> yeah. >> let's process you one by one. do your license in, exit and re-enter again check in at that desk. >> our wedding is at 3:00. >> as long as we get you in today. >> we're getting married at 2:30. >> don't worry about the time line. we're greeting people at the doorway and either directing them to the services they need on this side which is licensing or the services on this side which is actually getting the ceremony performed. >> this is an opportunity to choose to be a part of history. many times history happens to us, but in this case, you can choos
director to do the best you can, you know, belling, borrow, steal if you have to and get us what you need to do this. and he knew what the mission was. he knew what our goal was. and, you know, with our i.t. grids and our software vender, they really came together and pulled it together for us. it made it possible for us to be able to serve as many couples as we have been. >> so once you're ready, you and your husband to be or wife need to be need to check in here and check in again, ok....
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given the fact that we have the ability to do this and try to move two projects together at the same time presented an opportunity for us to do that, and it helped our project as well because with the bank, we can move two projects together. that was our goal. commissioner moore: 90. i want to make one more comment. -- thank you. i want to make one more comment. there seems to have been an unwillingness from staff to really keep the neighborhood groups, which strongly supports shaping this project, to inform them this was coming up. i think this commission strongly relies on staff and its proactive interaction with neighborhood groups, and i encourage staff on all projects to keep the neighborhood groups informed, ask them for, and participation, because those comments will come back to us. and the voice of the neighborhood groups, where we see a lot of frames and reasons for supporting a project one way or the other, but if you would not mind passing that on, i would appreciate that. thank you, and thank you for setting this example of how to deal with offsite inclusionary. i do not know if we can put this in condition
given the fact that we have the ability to do this and try to move two projects together at the same time presented an opportunity for us to do that, and it helped our project as well because with the bank, we can move two projects together. that was our goal. commissioner moore: 90. i want to make one more comment. -- thank you. i want to make one more comment. there seems to have been an unwillingness from staff to really keep the neighborhood groups, which strongly supports shaping this...
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this is something that i used to do at the federal level. paul -- i will be supporting the nomination of mr. lee. in a time of budgetary restraint, it is good to know every facet of san francisco. both of these men have served the city. i would like to thank them for serving the city and county of san francisco. >> i would like to thank colleagues for engaging in this deliberation. i would like to think all of you for crossing the political aisles that exist here and understanding the decision. i would like to thank all of you from the public to come out here today for your engagement in this very important discussion over the past two months which will impact the future of our city not just this year but for years to come. at least reflect our shared progressive values. he has fought for working folks and for seniors. this is a historic moment. this is an historic moment for the chinese-american community, for a community that has been in the city for 160 years. a community that has struggled. a community that has seen discrimination. a comm
this is something that i used to do at the federal level. paul -- i will be supporting the nomination of mr. lee. in a time of budgetary restraint, it is good to know every facet of san francisco. both of these men have served the city. i would like to thank them for serving the city and county of san francisco. >> i would like to thank colleagues for engaging in this deliberation. i would like to think all of you for crossing the political aisles that exist here and understanding the...
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do to put off the inevitable. >> ...where patients, families, and doctors face the hardest decisions... >> if you're tired and you don't want us to do this anymore, it's okay with me. >> ...the moments of hope... >> people surprise us all the time. patients that we didn't think could breathe do breathe. >> patients with severe illness will go with you to the edge. >> ...the will to fight... >> we'll make it through this. have to. >> why give up? what's that going to do? >> ...and the courage to let go. >> i think doing nothing is a very important consideration. it really depends on what you want. >> tonight on frontline, "facing death." >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. > major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan. committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation. committed to raising public awareness. and
do to put off the inevitable. >> ...where patients, families, and doctors face the hardest decisions... >> if you're tired and you don't want us to do this anymore, it's okay with me. >> ...the moments of hope... >> people surprise us all the time. patients that we didn't think could breathe do breathe. >> patients with severe illness will go with you to the edge. >> ...the will to fight... >> we'll make it through this. have to. >> why give up?...
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to find a solution for everything. i agree with george will. we do not need to do that. we used to talk about politics in a limited manner. now, any social policy has an adjoining public policy to it. this is a place where the industry is doing well without our help. we need to exercise restraint and humility. >> where does the fcc need to exercise regulatory control? >> our traditional guideline is radio, television. we have public interest responsibilities, localism and broadcast responsibilities. we have additional responsibilities. we regulate the infrastructure. >> the think congress needs to revisit the rules that govern the right to carry? >> good question. congress has given us a limited role. in many years of change, it could be right for them to revisit it. we should have some perspective on this. it is a $1 billion program in industry. of the reach transmission dispute, most of them gets solved without any sort of high- profile problems. we do here several per year, a handful per year. -- we do hear a handful per year. you have broadcasting that is changing. you have
to find a solution for everything. i agree with george will. we do not need to do that. we used to talk about politics in a limited manner. now, any social policy has an adjoining public policy to it. this is a place where the industry is doing well without our help. we need to exercise restraint and humility. >> where does the fcc need to exercise regulatory control? >> our traditional guideline is radio, television. we have public interest responsibilities, localism and broadcast...
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us to pick it. the young people do not listen to us. will the people were not educated and we know nothing about the world. the young know the value of money and the are replacing us. >> the verdict in the murders is expected in february. until then, the village will have to survive without its young men. many will question whether it is worth relying on the drive to change their lives. -- a drug to change their lives. >> for much more and the international news, bbc.com. thanks for watching. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you?
us to pick it. the young people do not listen to us. will the people were not educated and we know nothing about the world. the young know the value of money and the are replacing us. >> the verdict in the murders is expected in february. until then, the village will have to survive without its young men. many will question whether it is worth relying on the drive to change their lives. -- a drug to change their lives. >> for much more and the international news, bbc.com. thanks for...
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this slide on page 9, if we do nothing, right now the best option is to adjust service and to use these which backed on occasion -- switch back on occasion. failure to do so causes an imbalance on the line. on the next page, it is important. we have a recommended procedure under which we would conduct a switch back and are conducting switchbacks. there are essentially three groups that participate in managing service, the control center, line management center, the condition of all three of those are all coordinated and work together on a decision. a first, they determine on how big a gap is, the direction, and then the best location. the other points to be made, we should not and will not do switchbacks unless there is a train in near proximity. if we are asking somebody to get off, there needs to be a vehicle right behind it. supervisor avalos: what is near proximity, and is that time or space? >> as a guideline, we say five minutes. that depends on a couple of factors, like the location of the delay, severity of the delay. depending on what causes the delay, we could have more than o
this slide on page 9, if we do nothing, right now the best option is to adjust service and to use these which backed on occasion -- switch back on occasion. failure to do so causes an imbalance on the line. on the next page, it is important. we have a recommended procedure under which we would conduct a switch back and are conducting switchbacks. there are essentially three groups that participate in managing service, the control center, line management center, the condition of all three of...
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understanding of local and watershed products and continue to do model reliable sets garbage in and garbage out projects and it's incumbent on us to do that. the academic is doing a lot of work but we need a local handle on our information. the current models are not as reliable for precipitation as they are for global. if we saw precipitation events it would change the consumption patterns considerably and the need for future supply capacity. until we understand whether or not that's a real possibility it's hard for us to make capitol investment decisions. finally, we need models that address increasing complex models and we have multiple systems and portland we have a hydro facility on both our damages and we're planning and are in the process for providing fish flows. other systems dealing with navigation and the whole, gamut of things that go on we need models to address that level of complexity. that's it for me i look forward to our on going conversation. [applause] >> good morning., jarrod said in his introduction that this panel was going to talk about how we're planing for the worst and how we're planning for disasters
understanding of local and watershed products and continue to do model reliable sets garbage in and garbage out projects and it's incumbent on us to do that. the academic is doing a lot of work but we need a local handle on our information. the current models are not as reliable for precipitation as they are for global. if we saw precipitation events it would change the consumption patterns considerably and the need for future supply capacity. until we understand whether or not that's a real...
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it is up to us to do this. i would like to mandate disconnection of existence monitors infrastructure here. thank you. >> thank you, next beaker. good afternoon. -- next speaker. and during the last 18 months of my volunteering, i have provided about three -- nine hours of exclusive in the pot for the bay area. -- indie pop in the bay area. i was saddened by our change of not being on the air because i will not able to provide exposure for bands in the area. also for longtime listeners, i came to san francisco in 1980. it was a requirement of my job to listen to the current and sore. now listening to other programming, i came -- i became excited about what our community is. if you do look san francisco and made a radio show out of it, we would be it. almost as much so as cable cars, the towers, we are a part of the cultural landscape. that is what brings me to my outrage at the decision of the university of san francisco to virtually singlehandedly changed that landscape. this is tantamount to one person decidin
it is up to us to do this. i would like to mandate disconnection of existence monitors infrastructure here. thank you. >> thank you, next beaker. good afternoon. -- next speaker. and during the last 18 months of my volunteering, i have provided about three -- nine hours of exclusive in the pot for the bay area. -- indie pop in the bay area. i was saddened by our change of not being on the air because i will not able to provide exposure for bands in the area. also for longtime listeners, i...
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i can't do everything i used to do. but there's a lot i can do that i was struggling with.nnouncer: ask your doctor if once-daily spiriva is right for you. until the combination of three good probiotics in phillips' colon health defended against the bad gas, diarrhea and constipation. ...and? it helped balance her colon. oh, now that's the best part. i love your work. [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. i love your work. did you know - after age forty, your body can lose up to eight percent of muscle per decade? try... each serving provides twenty-six vitamins and minerals. plus it has fifteen grams of protein to help maintain muscle. compare it to the leading competitor. boost high protein also has calcilock blend, with calcium and vitamin d to help maintain strong bones. get complete, balanced nutrition so you can stay active. try boost high protein. also available in powder. this has been medifacts for boost. >>> we're back on this tuesday night with more on those new comers and returning members of the incoming congress many have been very public about wanting
i can't do everything i used to do. but there's a lot i can do that i was struggling with.nnouncer: ask your doctor if once-daily spiriva is right for you. until the combination of three good probiotics in phillips' colon health defended against the bad gas, diarrhea and constipation. ...and? it helped balance her colon. oh, now that's the best part. i love your work. [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. i love your work. did you know - after age forty, your body can lose up to eight...
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be dealing with, whether those things seem appropriate, or whether for some reason you would like us to do some research so that when we come back to you in january, the research has been done.
be dealing with, whether those things seem appropriate, or whether for some reason you would like us to do some research so that when we come back to you in january, the research has been done.
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to turn on each other. [applause] the that we cannot do. [applause] mthat we cannot do. as we discussed these issues, let us each to do so with a good dose of humility. rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let us use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations and to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for sympathy and remind ourselves of all of the ways that our hopes and dreams are bound together. [applause] after all, that is what most of us do when we lose someone in our family. especially if the loss is unexpected. we are shaken out of our routines and we are forced to look inward. we reflect on the past and we spend enough time with an aging parent and we express our gratitude for all the sacrifices that they made for us. we tell this house just how desperately we love them, not just once in awhile but every day. -- we tell our spouse how much we love them. some things cause us to on the -- some things cause us to reflect on the present and the future. we nurture our relationships with those who are still with us. [applause] we might ask ourselves if we have sh
to turn on each other. [applause] the that we cannot do. [applause] mthat we cannot do. as we discussed these issues, let us each to do so with a good dose of humility. rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let us use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations and to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for sympathy and remind ourselves of all of the ways that our hopes and dreams are bound together. [applause] after all, that is what most of us do when...
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it was important for us to be together, but it was also important for us to send a message that no act of violence was going to deter us from doing the job that the congresswoman wanted us to do. >> reporter: sara hummel rajca is an outreach coordinator and staff photographer. last saturday, she was snapping pictures of the representative as she met with voters. she says the gunman stepped right next to her and shot the congresswomen in the head. >> i saw it, i heard it and i just ran. and its a miracle that he didn't shoot after me. a miracle. >> reporter: how have you and your colleagues been holding up? >> i think we just know that it's what gabriel zimmerman and congresswoman giffords would have wanted, to have the office continue, for us to be helping constituents. >> reporter: randy gardner is a semi-retired former mental health worker who went to the safeway to talk to his congresswoman. he was standing about 20 feet way from hummel-rajca, talking to 79-year old phyllis schneck, when the shooting started. >> then we heard the pop, pop, pop very quickly. and it was difficult to see. i never saw the shooter, and yet he was s
it was important for us to be together, but it was also important for us to send a message that no act of violence was going to deter us from doing the job that the congresswoman wanted us to do. >> reporter: sara hummel rajca is an outreach coordinator and staff photographer. last saturday, she was snapping pictures of the representative as she met with voters. she says the gunman stepped right next to her and shot the congresswomen in the head. >> i saw it, i heard it and i just...
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i think she will bring another set of skills to the work before us. i do want to take a moment and say that i would welcome, if the directors could do this, to bring forward before the mta board, the issue of citizens' safety. we have a new safety director, who has been with this agency, i believe, six or seven months. to my knowledge, there has not been a safety presentation, and i do want to underscore that in 2009, there were a number of issues that came before the board where we had hearings around safety, and jim doherty, who was the safety director at the time, responded ably about the accidents that took place in my district, in district 8, and i think it would be very worthwhile to look at some of the to-do's that jim outlined, combining safety and training andy pettitte -- and the rules. i really think it would be a worthwhile endeavor to of a comprehensive presentation and see where we're at, because there has been a lot of transition in leadership over the last seven or eight years, and i think it is important that we stick with that issue so th
i think she will bring another set of skills to the work before us. i do want to take a moment and say that i would welcome, if the directors could do this, to bring forward before the mta board, the issue of citizens' safety. we have a new safety director, who has been with this agency, i believe, six or seven months. to my knowledge, there has not been a safety presentation, and i do want to underscore that in 2009, there were a number of issues that came before the board where we had...
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the teacher read the book to us and asks us to answer questions from the book, which i can do by myself. he asks us why we are not asking questions. i am in class to learn and be shown experiments, to be taught in a group, and to be excited about learning the subject. if a lot to learn anything, i have to do it on my own. the school is very cold. when i asked my teachers if we can turn on the heat, i was told that the only person in the district to could turn on the boiler was on vacation. it has been a cold winter and it is as cold inside as it is outside. superintendent, please tell me were going to do something about this. thank you. [applause] >> i have asked jeannie pond, who is in charge of the middle schools -- i would like you do have a discussion with her. david goldman as well. we will get them involved in making sure your heating works. president mendoza: thank you for coming out. we are very sorry you have been called. we will take care of it. thank you. >> my name is ted mawskle. i just returned to my home town with my 2 your children, aged 12 and 10. they attended marina a
the teacher read the book to us and asks us to answer questions from the book, which i can do by myself. he asks us why we are not asking questions. i am in class to learn and be shown experiments, to be taught in a group, and to be excited about learning the subject. if a lot to learn anything, i have to do it on my own. the school is very cold. when i asked my teachers if we can turn on the heat, i was told that the only person in the district to could turn on the boiler was on vacation. it...
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part of the order and this is for us to show leadership to the apartment and this is what we prioritize. we prioritize using a training rather than other ways of doing it. thank you. bernanke. >> i want to second that. we had a discussion about what we wanted from the leadership a couple of weeks ago and i would like to commend the commissioner for listening. this sends a powerful statement. no one solution is to use a taser on someone or shooting them. the issue after we deal with this is whether or not and officers and extreme circumstances should have to available with very tight restrictions and to this says the department and the public that mental-health is a distinct issue an important issue and what comes first. >> i'm not on the committee so i have not had enough to aid and what will be presented. i'm not sure if you're talking about presentation or if we can have speakers come and speak as well. so, i guess we can get some clarity >> i think that that is a good time for us to bring in not just the department but people went to memphis and los angeles and saw the different models and those who are versed in this area. certainly we have to b
part of the order and this is for us to show leadership to the apartment and this is what we prioritize. we prioritize using a training rather than other ways of doing it. thank you. bernanke. >> i want to second that. we had a discussion about what we wanted from the leadership a couple of weeks ago and i would like to commend the commissioner for listening. this sends a powerful statement. no one solution is to use a taser on someone or shooting them. the issue after we deal with this...
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do a checkup. when all of us go for our checkup, we want our doctor to tell us that we're great, we're fine. ur doctor to tell us that if that isn't the truth. because then, what's the point of going for the checkup? so if we do get a report back that says, for example for me, "your cholesterol is 300," that's not good. but then, what does the report say? it says there's something you can do about it. you can take statins, you can change your diet and you can exercise. the parallel-- - and in the case of retirement, i guess it means you can up your contributions. i mean, let's face it, there's not a ton of solutions here. - yes. basically, there are only 3 tools that we have for improving our chances of achieving the goals we want. we either have to save more or we have to work longer or we have to take more risk. those are the only 3 ways--there's no other magic. and so, what we provide for in choice are meaningful choices. if you increase the amount of your saving to improve your chances of achieving your goal in retirement, you'll see in your paycheck that the next month will be smaller be
do a checkup. when all of us go for our checkup, we want our doctor to tell us that we're great, we're fine. ur doctor to tell us that if that isn't the truth. because then, what's the point of going for the checkup? so if we do get a report back that says, for example for me, "your cholesterol is 300," that's not good. but then, what does the report say? it says there's something you can do about it. you can take statins, you can change your diet and you can exercise. the parallel--...
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ground floor, they have also acknowledged that it causes a problem for them and they would prefer us not to do such. we have parcels 5, 6, 7, and f still in front of us. we would recommend keeping the facility outside of the transit center. director cohen: that is helpful. director ford: all those in favor say aye? post? >> item 10 is approved. no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on that item. item 11 is approving the minutes of the december 9, 2010 meeting. director ford: moved by director lloyd. seconded by director cohen. all those in favor? >> that concludes the items on the agenda today. director ford: thank you very much, madame secretary. that concludes our meeting for january 13.
ground floor, they have also acknowledged that it causes a problem for them and they would prefer us not to do such. we have parcels 5, 6, 7, and f still in front of us. we would recommend keeping the facility outside of the transit center. director cohen: that is helpful. director ford: all those in favor say aye? post? >> item 10 is approved. no members of the public have indicated they want to address you on that item. item 11 is approving the minutes of the december 9, 2010 meeting....
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we are good to go? do i use this one? ok. as lisa said, the thenva was a step -- the nva was established five years ago. i want to be able to look at the slide. i cannot. great. it was established five years ago. we had a tough time of it. we had to go 25 feet by 25 feet by 25 feet, which is the no small feat. reluctant property owners wondered why they should be paying for this. you had to explain to them that they were responsible for the maintenance of their sidewalks, which not all of them agreed to. let's go back to the other one. we will go to the next slide. the first thing that we did, once we got established, we had a community -- we hired urban ecology. we did a five-year plan. that was the only way we could get the grants and funding we wanted for projects. we had such a small budget, 70% of which was spent on this is a picture of the community plan. we are about to look for funding that to redo another plan because we have already done everything that was initiated five years ago. most of you are probably familiar
we are good to go? do i use this one? ok. as lisa said, the thenva was a step -- the nva was established five years ago. i want to be able to look at the slide. i cannot. great. it was established five years ago. we had a tough time of it. we had to go 25 feet by 25 feet by 25 feet, which is the no small feat. reluctant property owners wondered why they should be paying for this. you had to explain to them that they were responsible for the maintenance of their sidewalks, which not all of them...
to do today. i would like us to take a moment of silence
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to help do that. in our neighborhood, there are a lot of young professionals, like myself, and most of us live there so we can walk to work. it is very easy with the transit center be in there and also the financial district, the jobs being right there to walk to work -- the transit center being there. and children, there are kids living in the towers, and i assume there will be many more in the future. for them to be able to exercise and build their muscles is very important. the street scape is also important. supervisor kim has already mentioned that street safety is very important. speaking of cookies, we make a lot of cookies in rincon hill. it provides millions in property taxes every year. we are just looking for a little bit of reinvestment in our neighborhood for the quality of life. thank you. supervisor mar: think you, mr. whitaker. -- thank you. >> dan murray -- murphy, stakeholder in the eastern neighborhoods. i was appointed to be on the eastern neighborhood infrastructure finance work group, which was actually the group that recommended this half -- this ifd tool for transitioning areas
to help do that. in our neighborhood, there are a lot of young professionals, like myself, and most of us live there so we can walk to work. it is very easy with the transit center be in there and also the financial district, the jobs being right there to walk to work -- the transit center being there. and children, there are kids living in the towers, and i assume there will be many more in the future. for them to be able to exercise and build their muscles is very important. the street scape...
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given the fact that we have the ability to do this and try to move two projects together at the same time presented an opportunity for us to do that, and it helped our project
given the fact that we have the ability to do this and try to move two projects together at the same time presented an opportunity for us to do that, and it helped our project
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more electricity, use gravity and other things to do what we have to do. unfortunately now that we have this climate change problem and rising tides and so on, it kind of turns us around where one sort of solution that you just think of is more pumps, but how is that becoming more sustainable? i don't really know what the answer is yet and i think that's why we, you know, convene summits like this. i think all of us are going to be facing very similar kinds of situations and it's the kind of thing we all need to think through together and figure out how to resolve. so to recap, the specific problem from a utility management point of view that we face in the near future is the notion of salt water back flowing into our current sewage system. this will basically cause our treatment systems to fail catastrophically. we will have for large periods of time sewers that are completely full, which will not allow drainage to happen in a consistent way. having said that, i think there is a way we can resolve the problem in the immediate future. i
more electricity, use gravity and other things to do what we have to do. unfortunately now that we have this climate change problem and rising tides and so on, it kind of turns us around where one sort of solution that you just think of is more pumps, but how is that becoming more sustainable? i don't really know what the answer is yet and i think that's why we, you know, convene summits like this. i think all of us are going to be facing very similar kinds of situations and it's the kind of...
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do that. let's make it pefrl clear the job is open and we're accepting applications. i would ideally like to see us give mayor some time so that he can spend some time vetting the candidates. april 1, i just don't like that day for a lot of reasons. so what i would like to do, i think we can do this. i think reasonably. we're going to have to dedicate time like we did last time. it became a full time job for the commissioners in. i spent more time with the commission than my family last time doing interviews. we get it written on february 2. i suggest between that time, i would like to see us gets this to the mayor by tuesday, march 15. it is two less weeks than what commissioner hammer is looking for. commissioner hammer: you're ambitious. >> i amleto beneficiaries but given the -- aam ambitious. but given program terse. >> if we can get this written one out by the 21st, two weeks from the 21st is february 4. that is my only concern. if you don't get the written one out on the 21st you're given a week and two days, three days to get the application in. it is less than two weeks. that's all i'm say
do that. let's make it pefrl clear the job is open and we're accepting applications. i would ideally like to see us give mayor some time so that he can spend some time vetting the candidates. april 1, i just don't like that day for a lot of reasons. so what i would like to do, i think we can do this. i think reasonably. we're going to have to dedicate time like we did last time. it became a full time job for the commissioners in. i spent more time with the commission than my family last time...