We did have a lot of major media that came into this event and this room has been bursting through the seams. When you go back to the newsroom please insist your editors like you do their job. [applause] thank you for coming we have a special treat for you. Those red tickets, those are for a complimentary beverage that are served over at the bar. Appear they should have been here, seek them out and talk to them. The important part of the conference is about to begin and we want to remind you the audio of all of these presentations will be available on that website. Thank you so much for coming. [applause] one more thing i would like to thank the washington report publisher whos been sitting here and his whole generation of leaders, ralph nader who is here come the Harriet Fulbright and others in this room and the many students that came to. Audience members, exhibitors and advertisers we couldnt have had this without your help. Thank you. Enjoy your drinks. [inaudible conversations] [i
Recommendations, and theyre in the process of doing them. Thats correct. We had informal discussions as well as the formal letter responding to our recommendations. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to thank our two witnesses. Lord knows where we would be if we didnt have gao and Inspector Generals. The alarming malfeasance and incompetence of the rollout of this plan is just stunning. And here we are, you know, we cant just simply brush it off and say, well, this was a bad start, but everythings going great now. The cost to the taxpayer probably well never know. But thank goodness that we have your organizations providing us information and spurring on a seemingly bureaucratic nightmare that exists within the federal government in terms of handling these kinds of programs. Anybody in the private sector that had done this would have been bankrupt. Investors would have lost all their money. Its just stunning to continue to observe what it takes to get these agenci
Issue this is where we should be approving some of the merits mr. Eir son you and your reputation are platinum in this town you have a great responsiveness to protect the children you indicated your utmost concerns are very, very believable it creates the market octavia plan and affordable it is the plan i like bike parking gets rid of the bad conditions and maybe we can call the neighborhood these youve got a agreement with the school all very positive some of the things id like to hear from any other commissioners are 4 things one youre sitting pretty much a block away from major transit hub on eloquently bus lines in the neighborhood youre asking for a variance on the conditional use on the parking to add additional 5 hundred cars since ive been sitting on the commission weve not been approving those you have car spaces for 4 hundred residents id like to see a different portion youre using starkers one other concern i want to see the 3d drawings looking west on 55 polk and north on
Can call the neighborhood these youve got a agreement with the school all very positive some of the things id like to hear from any other commissioners are 4 things one youre sitting pretty much a block away from major transit hub on eloquently bus lines in the neighborhood youre asking for a variance on the conditional use on the parking to add additional 5 hundred cars since ive been sitting on the commission weve not been approving those you have car spaces for 4 hundred residents id like to see a different portion youre using starkers one other concern i want to see the 3d drawings looking west on 55 polk and north on the other area so the rendering to look those ways i want to see how the zoning relates to the shorter you mentioned the principle from the market octavia plan the mass articulation on the treatment on that i think a minor one the ground floor entrances on hayes street you had a great example included in the packet or emerald put it in the packet it remind me in portl
Like bike parking gets rid of the bad conditions and maybe we can call the neighborhood these youve got a agreement with the school all very positive some of the things id like to hear from any other commissioners are 4 things one youre sitting pretty much a block away from major transit hub on eloquently bus lines in the neighborhood youre asking for a variance on the conditional use on the parking to add additional 5 hundred cars since ive been sitting on the commission weve not been approving those you have car spaces for 4 hundred residents id like to see a different portion youre using starkers one other concern i want to see the 3d drawings looking west on 55 polk and north on the other area so the rendering to look those ways i want to see how the zoning relates to the shorter you mentioned the principle from the market octavia plan the mass articulation on the treatment on that i think a minor one the ground floor entrances on hayes street you had a great example included in th