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Wilson will be absent and brighten will provide the board with any legal advice at the controller is gary the boards legal assistant im Cynthia Goldstein the boards executive director were joined by were joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before this board. Sitting at the table is Scott Sanchez representing the Planning Department and Planning Commission and gene that the department of public works for street use please be advised the ringing of and use of cell p...

Hasz, commissioner johnck, commissioner johns, commissioner matsuda will be absent today. Directors announcements . Good afternoon. I would like to mention the Mission Moratorium which of course did not move forward yesterday. What i wanted to let you know is that we are continuing and will continue and i made this commitment on behalf of the department that we will continue to do our work in the mission 2020 plan which we have been working for some time with a series of neighborhood groups to w...

Commissioner swig commissioner wilson will be absent this evening to my left is robert bryan the City Attorney with legal advice and im Cynthia Goldstein the boards executive director we will also be joined by were joined by representatives from the City Departments that have cases before this board. An easter person and anticipating Joe Duffy Rincon point the department of building inspection and Scott Sanchez representing the Planning Department and Planning Commission and from the tragically ...

Jim thompson discussing his new who is billy lee, George Washingtons mulatto man. Toward acquired, in his words, 1767. Atto man, in he was wellknown known to washingtons staff, including lafayette. Thompson presents an analysis of washingtons complex relationship with billy lee and discusses a deeper relationship between the two. Mr. Thompson is the author of a number of books on the arts and history, among them being the birth of virginias aristocracy and Thomas Jeffersons enlightenment. After ...

Youre watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend, on cspan 3. Follow us on twitter for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history dues. History news. William lee, known as billy lee, was short washingtons personal slave. Washington granted billy lee land and freedom in his will. Next, author James Thompson discusses his theory explaining why washington may have taken this action. The daughters of the American Revolution hosted this onehour event. Today, we a...

Number of books on the arts and history, among them being the birth of virginias aristocracy and Thomas Jeffersons enlightenment. After his presentation, there will be a q a and mr. Thompson will be happy to sign copies of his book. Please take the opportunity to explore our library and museum with its new exhibition, remembering the american to 1890. N, 1776 period rooms31 detecting life in early america. All these resources are free and open to the public. Without further ado, please welcome j...

Opposes . The motion is carried. Could we have approval of the september 2, 2015 Consent Agenda so move. Second it is moved and second that approve the Consent Agenda. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Ayes carries next is approval of the august 5 meeting minutes. There is a typo on the second page. The sentdance is incomplete and that will be amended the second page under tact the last paragraph. Okay. Could i have a motion to approve the minutes as amended . Moved and second that we approve the mi...

Commissioner roy. Commissioner neal sims and please note [inaudible] could i have a motion to approve the agenda for september 2. So moved second. It has been moved and second that we approve the agenda of september 2. All in favor . Opposes . The motion is carried. Could we have approval of the september 2, 2015 Consent Agenda so move. Second it is moved and second that approve the Consent Agenda. All in favor . Aye. Opposed . Ayes carries next is approval of the august 5 meeting minutes. There...

And i am really as john stated, i was for, and i am a supporter of washington, and i was a supporter of the mills corporation, and i was cheered when we chose the development for the building and for the renovation of pier one and for the wonderful projects that we do have along the water front and while, we are not always right on everything as you said, we are not always going to agree. But, what we have accomplished over the last 17 years, i just want to applaud everybody in this room for bei...

An amazing job of community out reach. Of meeting with anyone who has, or who wants to understand anything about what is going on with the water front. And so i do believe that the boaters have made a statement and i do believe that maybe, there are some things that we could do differently, and i just dont want to take away from the amazing work that this team has done and created along the water front, thank you. Commissioner woo ho . I am going to take a different tact, and i certainly dont ta...