i'd like to introduce the staff that's here, kathy davis from the bay view hunters point. we would be happy to answer any questions you might have. thank you. >> thank you. is there any public comment on this item. >> i have one speaker card. >> good afternoon commissioners. my name is oscar james. this is a proud day for me to support this project. i have only one problem with it. i hope it be named after doctor davis and have a picture of doctor davis on there so when people pass by it they can see his picture, how he fought to have this train become a reality. and i also like to thank mrs. davis for all of her hard work in doing everything she can do to make this project a success. one other thing, i like the part where you have homeless would be a part of this particular project. i'm sorry i won't be able to be a part of the project because of the agency giving me a nice salary, retirement salary, but i will be able to go participate with the other seniors being that i'm 67 now. thank you. >> thank you. any further speaker cards? thank you very much. we've heard a lot

i'm kathy davis. director of senior services. our agency has been around for 42 years. what i want to do first is describe our agency services and then call our president of our board of directors to talk about the legacy of our agency. basically bay view hunters point senior services is a provider throughout those 42 years. we now operate three senior centers, we have a nutrition program that serves over 250 meals a day. over all we serve 2,000 seniors a year. we have the first senior program in the united states who focus on ex-offenders coming out of prison. we operate a money management program where we help people manage their finances and do direct pay services. we operate a case management program with the network connections and with elders and able to help people navigate. recently we've been focusing on housing. we have found that if we don't focus on housing, we won't have african american seniors to serve. we have been trying to create opportunities for seniors to get into housing process by helping them with their application by looking for rental housing a

actually to that end, we have kathy davis who's the executive director of bay view hunters point and she is probably the single most successful person outreaching to our certificate of preference holders. she started working with the bridge housing, she continued it with the mary helen rogers development and now she gets to do it with our own development. i'll let her talk about her outreach efforts. >> thank you. well, the issue that i have, and i will do my best to find as many certificate holders i have. issue i have is the same issue you have, prioritizing the neighborhood. we have other ideas that we would like to add to this that are not part of them now, and one is to use the entire cni neighborhood, but that hasn't been act senned /kwraoet. accepted yet, but i'm not giving up. those are not things we can put into this particular at this particular time, but i think it's something it should be explored and addressed and we are going to do as aggressive outreach as we can, but as you know the numbers of african americans when you open senior housing, they just don't meet it in

kathy davis helped us test what happens when chicken is washed. >> you can trace germ with s with this. >> she used a substance to trace where bacteria spreads. we have a roaster that we covered with glow germ that we rinse offend in the sink. >> after you wash chicken, the sink and counter might look clean. but watch what happens when the light goes off. >> a black light illumeinates the glow germ. >> even if i take my gloves off, i'm going to be spreading bacteria. >> these are all the places that salmonella can be lurking that you can't see to clean up. bacteria that could be dangerous to your health. >> the centers for disease control has not gotten any reports of salmonella poisoning from foster farms chicken so far in maryland. >>> a husband told police that he shocked his wife with a stun gun because she lost a bet. >> are we videoing? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> the husband is a chicago bears fan. his wife is a packers fan. the husband told officers she agreed to let him use his stun gun on her, if his team won. but when they went outside a bar in wisconsin to settle the bet, someo

kathy davis helped us test what happens when chicken is washed. >> you could trace germs with this. >> reporter: she uses a substance called glow germs to trace where bacteria spreads. we have a hoster, covered with glow germ that we rinse off in the sink. >> reporter: after you wash a chicken, the sink encounter might look clean. but wait until you see what happens when the light goes off. >> reporter: a black light illuminators the glow germs everywhere. and that's not all. >> my hands were a mess. it even went up my arms. even if i took my gloves off, i'm going to be spreading salmonella. >> these are areas that you can't see to clean up. bacteria that can be anxious dato your health. >> fascinating. researchers say the heat from the cooking process kills any bacteria that is present. >>> check in with eyewitness news at 6:00 for these stories and more coming up, denise is standing by with a preview. hi, denise. >> hi, kai. it is probably the strongest storm ever to make landfall. thousands are likely dead. and the survivors are now struggling to stay alive. wjz's complete coverage