and second with all due respect to commission moran we do not accept what is offered today. we had a point as to why the customers were not (inaudible) and to given the day of a flux of solar programs we would be happy to be part of the discussions in the future as to what this amendment means. and third and finally, a request for the commission in the broad and full support for sfpuc throughout the last year is to look at the workforce development portion which is a specific portion of go solar sf and how to improve that aspect by potentially piloting a new approach which is state certified apprenticship, and in suring that we can have a community workforce in solar which is part of the greens job division at the end of the day. >> thank you for your time and patience. >> commissioners, my name is (inaudible) and i am ceo of power tree services inc and i am involved with a solar installation company here. and between the two companies we have installed over 207 projects, in conjunction with the solar san francisco since the inception and totaling just about a mega wat of th

. >> commissioner moran has a question. >> i would like to make some pretty significant progress and i think that is pretty much what we have in front of us, and at the various issues that we have been talking about for a very long time, the one issue that has if anything, obsured the issues that the puc should take over the recreation activities and i know that some of the advocates very much want us to do that. and the mlu that is in front of us, are going in the other direction and it makes clear, that rec and park, is responsible for recreation decisions. and there are some other provisions as to how they should go about doing that but in general they say that is their job not ours. >> i think that is correct, if rec and park decides that you know, providing facility of north lake is a way of providing the relief at the boat house, god bless you and i think that is your decision and i don't want to get in the middle of that. and you are more in contact and in touch with the needs of the community than i am as respect to the recreation. and the mlu does make specific reference to

are you deferring to commissioner moran? >> he has the language. >> resolution, just restate your amendment. >> it is adding whereas the goal of the program currently accepts the applications from all private customers in san francisco, and newly resolves that it directs the new manager to provide further improvements for the program for implementation 26014, and the stake holders and the program, focused on our customers. >> all right. >> and so, i appreciate the amendment and because, one of the things that i think has come up repeatedly is the question of the tower and it feels like at least it gives us the opportunity to open up that conversation, and really see what that really means, and you know, i should think at this time, having all of the customers in here does not mean that at a future date we could not add an additional amend. but it collar identifies at least where we are with the variety of programs that we are looking at. and you know, opportunity, and really to unpack each of those customer classes and see w

moran: thank you, madam chairwoman. my colleague, john dingell, and i have another amendment that strikes in this case section 112 of this bill because section 112 would prevent the corps of engineers from upindicating regulations defining the terms fill material or discharge of fill material for the purposes of the clean air act. presently, the army corps issues a section 404 permit if the fill material discharged into a water body raises the elevation of that water body or converts an area to dry land. when congress first enacted the clean air act -- and that's why mr. dingell is so concerned about this -- the 404 permit process was supposed to be used for certain construction projects like bridges and roads where raising the bottom elevation of a water body or converting the area into dry land was simply unavoidable. but then some clever attorneys in the george w. bush administration found a way to allow mining waste to be dumped into rivers and streams without a rigorous environmental review process. they simply cha

moran and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: thank you, mr. chairman. i will yield myself three minutes. mr. chairman, the political and legal expediency of the detention center at guantanamo, cuba has not been worth the cost of america's reputation around the world or nor to the erosion of our ethical standards here at home. my amendment would unable the military to release the detainees who have been cleared by the intelligence community and the joint chiefs of staff to their home countries and bring those cleared not for release to the united states to be charged, tried and sentenced. those who advocate the continueance of guantanamo don't seem to relells that so many of the prisoners still held were in fact wrongly captured. the majority never engaged in hostile actions against the united states or its allies. the fact is that we know today guantanamo continues to serve as a rallying cry for extremists from around the world. until we try the detainees, there is no

moran of the ac waawaa. we appreciate your willingness to continue to do that. is there a motion >> so moved >> motion is carried. congratulations commissioner. report of the general manager. >> julie labonte has been named 2013 government civil engineer of the year by the american society of civil engineers. it's a great privilege to win such an honor and i wanted to personally thank her. she is going to go to charlotte, october 11th, where you will receive the award. it's an amazing accomplishment for julie and represents the department well. julie why don't you come up and say a few words and then you can do your presentation. [ applause ] >> >> thank you. the award certainly did come as a surprise, but i was obviously very pleased. as part of my update today i wanted to first go over some key milestones that were reached in the last month or so and two of those milestones relates to two agenda items on your consent calendar today. it's the closeout of the crystal springs pipeline no. 2 and pipeline no. 3 and 4 crossover and i'm pleased to report in both case

moran of the ac waawaa. we appreciate your willingness to continue to do that. is there a motion >> so moved >> motion is carried. congratulations commissioner. report of the general manager. >> julie labonte has been named 2013 government civil engineer of the year by the american society of civil engineers. it's and i wanted to personally thank her. she is going to go to charlotte, october 11th, where you will receive the award. it's an amazing accomplishment for julie and represents the department well. julie why don't you come up and say a few words and then you can do your presentation. [ applause ] >> >> thank you. the award certainly did come as a surprise, but i was obviously very pleased. as part of my update today i wanted to first go over some key milestones that were reached in the last month or so and two of those milestones relates to two agenda items on your consent calendar today. it's the closeout of the crystal springs pipeline no. 2 and pipeline no. 3 and 4 crossover and i'm pleased to report in both cases those were completed on schedule and

. >> commissioner moran? >> here. >> we have a quorum. >> any comments on the minutes? >> june 25th? >> i will look. >> by moran and second by courtney. all by aye. >> all of those opposed. the motion approves to carry the minutes. public comment, item number four, any public comments?

>> commissioner moran? >> here. >> we have a quorum. >> any comments on the minutes? >> june 25th? >> i will look. >> by moran and second by courtney. all by aye. >> all of those opposed. the motion approves to carry the minutes. public comment, item number four, any public comments? >> communications? >> item number four, public comment? >> what i want to say is that as we live in the sewer system improvement project and as we look at especially back on the (inaudible) we need to have a plan for the community and a good out reach for the community. some of it have already started it on our own and we need to, the assistance, of the sfpuc, to really have the community, because, again, and again, as we notice with the water system, improvement projects, and everything was left for the 11th hour. and with the community benefits of the water system improvement project, if you evaluate that, it was done and again and again and again, that is on the commission but we need to address the sewer system improvement

by commissioners moran and caen. >> all of you significant by aye? >> aye >> opposed? >> the motion is carried. >> item eleven. adopt the final mitigated negative declaration, the mitigation monitoring and reporting program and the findings as required by the california environmental quality act for the san joaquin valley communication system upgrade project; and approve hetchy system improvement program-funded project no. cuh10201, san joaquin valley communication system upgrade project; and approve the solicitation of design build proposals pursuant to administrative code section 6.61. >> welcome mr. richty. >> thank you, president and commissioner this is really a straight forward item and i am happy to answer any questions that you might have on the item. >> does anyone have any questions? >> is there public comment? >> all right, entertain a motion? >> so moved >> moved by commissioner moran. >> second, >> thank you. >> finally. >> all of those in favor aye? >> aye. >> opposed? motion carries. >> item 12. recommend to board of supervisors to adopt the construction

. >> commissioner moran. >> thank you. i tried to remove my request for speaking but the computer didn't operate. >> i am eager to hear from the public because i know there is a lot of people from the public here and i want to make sure that we can hear as many comments as possible. i think this is a historic day. i have been on this commission for five years. it was already half baked at that time and marine energy authority was already off to the races and it was a big question mark about whether that program was going to success and now we looked into this program and said it looks like they are on the verge of success and we decided to model with this model and it was at that time that the shell contract and the programs and what they can really provide as far as renewable energy as far as in-house gas reductions and jobs which is something that we all want to move towards. i am a big believer in this promise of the local build out. icon occur with commissioner campos on the rec's, as many know that's been a little of

. >> commissioner moran? >> here. >> we have a quorum. >> any comments on the minutes? >> june 25th? >> i will look. >> by moran and second by courtney. all by aye. >> all of those opposed. the motion approves to carry the minutes. public comment, item number four, any public comments? >> communications? >> item number four, public comment? >> what i want to say is that as we live in the sewer system improvement project and as we look at especially back on the (inaudible) we need to have a plan for the community and a good out reach for the community. some of it have already started it on our own and we need to, the assistance, of the sfpuc, to really have the community, because, again, and again, as we notice with the water system, improvement projects, and everything was left for the 11th hour. and with the community benefits of the water system improvement project, if you evaluate that, it was done and again and again and again, that is on the commission but we need to address the sewer system improvement project in a very wholistic manner because as you commissioner

. >> commissioner moran? all right, thank you, mr. ritchie, if you can get me those answers later, that would be great. welcome. >> >> good afternoon. art jensen with [pwa-ufrpbgs/]. >> and here we thought you were retiring. >> pardon me? >> and we thought you were retiring. >> not yet. >> good. what do you mean "good? [ laughter ] >> okay. sorry, i couldn't resist that. >> for the sake of the decisions that our bode will are have to make we're adding the word "with certainty." businessstitions or policy decisions that the board is going to be forced to make investments of public money and they want to make those decisions with some certainty and that doesn't mean all certainty and doesn't mean we'll be able to predict hide rawling, but it means what you or anyone else would reasonably thin as i said to our board policy commit, i never got to quote linc, but the one i like, the best way to predict your future is to create it and we're in the process of create our future. second, it's certainly one of the least expensive supplies avail

. >> commissioner moran? >> here. >> we have a quorum. >> any comments on the minutes? >> june 25th? >> i will look. >> by moran and second by courtney. all by aye. >> all of those opposed. the motion approves to carry the minutes. public comment, item number four, any public comments? >> communications? >> item number four, public comment? >> what i want to sis at as we live in the sewer system imovement project and as we look at especially back on the (inaudible) we need to have a plan for the community and a good out reach for the community. some of it have already started it on our own and we need to, the assistance, of the sfpuc, to really have the community, because, again, and again, as we notice with the water system, improvement projects, and everything was left for the 11th hour. and with the community benefits of the water system improvement project, if you evaluate that, it was done and again and again and again, that is on the commission but we need to address the sewer system improvement project in a very wholistic manner because as you commissioners know

it pretty much eliminated moran from being a suspect. what we'll do is we'll close it out. we'll do a confidential or closure chronos. we'll submit that to committee. and they'll make a decision. we pretty much have a knowledge of who it might be. we're trying to gather more evidence and more facts on that. >> carlton was subsequently released from ad seg but declined to talk to our producers any further due to fear of retaliation. >>> america's prisons, dangerous, often deadly. there are 2 million people doing time. every day is a battle to survive and to maintain order. >> down, on your feet! down! >> among the nation's toughest, california state prison corcoran, severely overcrowded and plagued by racial tension. we spent months inside, where officers try to maintain order

moran of virginia. amendment number 2, mr. moran of virginia. amendment number 7 of mr. takano of california. amendment by mr. perry of pennsylvania. first amendment by mr. broun of georgia. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for any electronic votes after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request of a recorded vote on amendment number 1 printed in congressional record offered by the gentleman from virginia, mr. moran on which the proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. moran of virginia. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of

. >> president torres, commissioner cane present, commissioner moran, and commissioner courtney is excused today. >> mr. chairman, we have a quorum. >> very good. thank you very much. if you can call item no. 3, please. >> item 3: opening remarks and discussion of expectations for the joining meeting. sf lafco chairperson john avalos and sf puc president art torres.sf 31234 >> thank you very much. as chair of local agency formation commission, i would like to thank you for joining us at this meeting. we are at a very critical juncture now to approve the water program. we have received a lot of information from people across san francisco and even across california that we are an approving a shell contract today and that is not the case. we are here to approve a rate for clean for sf program. it's well within the ability to negotiate a contract for our clean four sf program. what we have here today is well within the parameters of the program. it's very significant that that vote that we had in september wast by the majority of the supervisors and the concern of people in san francisco. not

[inaudible] ,> while his terence moran because of death threats, zimmerman remains in hiding for fear of his safety. he pleaded not guilty to second degree murder, always saying he killed martin in self-defense. legal experts say based on the case laid out by the state, the jury's decision to acquit was no surprise. >> talking about just that moment he shoots and the amount of evidence there was that george zimmerman had been beaten by trayvon martin, it was difficult to see how the prosecution was going to win this case. rex the department of justice released a statement saying their investigation into martin poss death is ongoing and they will continue working through the evidence to see if it reveals any civil rights violation. as soon as the verdict came down, we saw plenty of reaction on social media. thousands of people took to the streets in protest. we actually saw some protest right here in d.c.. .ur team coverage continues now >> this has become the spot for prod -- for spontaneous celebrations. but as the light of day comes, we are talking to a lot of folks who are trying t

moran said. this law that we're drastically changing was really the result of a bipartisan agreement with regard to the congress and was authored by former congressman tom davis from northern virginia. we voted on this one other time. a similar amendment was offered by mr. garrett last year and it 243.ed by a vote of 160- in 2008 the congress made a 10-year commitment as the federal partner to provide capital funds for the needs of the metro system. it was a commitment, it's in the law, we voted on it, we worked on it, it was bipartisan and now we come up with the garrett amendment. these funds are matched, as the gentleman said, mr. moran, by the regional partners, virginia, maryland and washington, d.c. and again, as i said, it was voted on before, overwhelmingly in the last congress, and failed by a vote of 160-243. eliminating this funding means that congress would be choosing to go back on its commitment to provide money needed to manage safe and reliable system used by many of your constitu

>> commissioner moran? >> on the motion to amend, i don't have any comments. >> okay. >> i am sorry. >> all right. >> all signify by saying aye? >> aye. >> opposed? >> no opposition, vote to reduce the amount from 11.9 to 11.5. >> all right. >> you had a comment? >> well, i have a motion and that is that given the discussion that we had this morning, that we continue this item to return to this commission, no later than august 13th, if we can get it back around the 23rd that will be great but the motion will be no later than august 23. >> and to extend to the general manager and staff to sit down with the labor representatives? >> yes. >> thank you. >> second? >> all right. >> any public comment? >> yes, so, i just want to make a quick comment to fill in, first of all the thing that i was saying about the energy efficiency and the other thing that the staff said in its memo and it was back to the labor is that you did not expect that energy efficiency was provided enough of its own revenue source that it ca

. >> commission moran? >> thank you. you have discussed the rates a couple months ago and i want to make sure i understand that there are four elements as i understand it that have changed. the energy mix which is basically the rec's issue, admin cost, stretching out the reserve recovery period and then adding in the build out margin and the map you gave me earlier walks it's from the 14 down to the 11.50. those are the same issues that we looked at a couple months ago and when we looked at it and did the math, the results were higher. i want to make sure that those are still the four that we were looking add and that we have not included a fundamental change of the program in terms of reducing the amount of reserve or things that would fundamentally change for something that we've been looking at now. >> no, commissioner, i think you named all the different revenue requirement changes, all the different items that change the requirement revenue and the rate. >> it's a passage of time and sharper pencil will get you thro

they were on the front >>> from new york city, this is "nightline" with terry moran. >>> hello, everybody, and thank you for joining us on our nation's independence day, and honoring those who fought. and the drawdown in afghanistan, and the longest war america has waged, continues. tonight, we'll meet a father, a husband, a staff sergeant, and a man amazingly on the front lines, despite repeatedly cheating death. >> reporter: we're flying on a blackhawk helicopter, to a remote part of eastern afghanistan. the gunner's bullets are in response to the taliban shooting at us down below. we come here to tell the story of the last americans fighting this longest american war. meet staff sergeant chad joiner, he should not be here, not on this patrol, not in afghanistan, in fact, he shouldn't even be alive. joiner has survived not one, not two, but seven roadside bombs like these, the deadly weapons that have claimed nearly 2500 american lives and injured thousands more in iraq and afghanistan. >> for the normal person, it is mindblowing. people don't understand it. i don't think there really i

keep it here, america, >>> from new york city, this is "nightline" with terry moran. >> hello, thanks for joining us. few have fallen as far or as hard as former nfl star aaron hernandez, the hands that caught so many touchdown passes in handcuffs today as he was led into court, charged with the brutal murder of his friend, odin lloyd. how did two men from such different worlds even meet and how are they united by the two women in their lives? john trippen brings the report for the series crime and punishment. >> reporter: aaron hernandez practicing with his former team, the new england patriots. odin lloyd practicing with semi pro boston bandits. similar plays, similar moves. but on game day, hernandez and the patriots were cheered on at gillette stadium by almost 70,000 fans. the bandits. >> you get maybe 200, you got a big, big game. hopefully you get 300. >> biggest amount in the stands, 300 people. >> i would say. >> reporter: they were two men from two vastly different universes. hernandez signed a mouth watering contract worth $40 million. odin lloyd. >> these guys here, how mu

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