Ms. Mcauliffe national and International Outreach is a newly created division of the library of congress that pulls together into one unit, all of the externally facing programs of the library. We started on october 1, so we are at startup mode at this point. The library is delighted to host todays session and sees this conference as an important step in the library punish mission of helping to preserve americas cultural mission. Staff members tell me the near includes canada and that the far includes australia. That is quite a span. There are around 100 organizations represented, with many more individual serving as Research Associates for this project. We at the library of congress are genuinely grateful for all the enthusiasm, planning, and the effort that has brought this about. We knew that radio has played a vital role in the last 100 years of our history. There are more than 14,000 radio stations in the United States. From the mid1920s until the 1950s, radio was the preeminent s
Your pile so the minutes should reflect the final resolution. Commissioners were prepared for a motion to accept the minutes and with the fact that the final version of the resolution will be in the minutes. Motion please. I move. There is a motion and a second already. Are there any corrections to the minutes . I had a question. Sure. On the request for follow up from Human Resources about progress on streamlining and making more effective hiring which seems to be a drag on progress in many of the departments in terms of meeting their objectives. When can we get that update . I believe the hr director will speak to you. Director. Good afternoon. We have a event in the last week of august and mapping it out and making improvements and i believe i asked to come back in september to give an update and i will check with mark to make sure im on the agenda. Perfect. Thank you. Youre welcome. Okay. Any other comments or questions on the corrections . If not all in favor say aye. The minutes
Here today for this wonderful event. Looks like the rain is going to hold off hopefully prayerfully. I am robert cowan and a pastor and were here and we are blessed to have many of our city officials including the mayor who is going to come and speak in a few moments as soon as everyone is gathered. Its great to see everybody. What a great compilation of folks. The children arent paying attention as it should be. How is the food . Great. [applause] sip did a wonderful job with the barbecue. Lets give them a hand. [applause]. A street violence intervention program. They did a wonderful job with the barbecue and the hamburgers and hot dogs and if you go away hungry you must be on a diet so water further delay lets welcome our mayor, mayor lee. [applause] thank you. Thank you reverend. Thanks for being here as well and blessing us. Good evening everyone. Welcome to herst play ground in sunnydale. I am grateful to the chief and supervisor cohen and park and rec and juvenile justice here. W
[gavel] the commission will please come to order and the second will call the roll. Commissioner singer. Present. Commissioner taylormcghee. Present. Commissioner chow. Present. Commissioner sanchez. Present. Car da. Commissioner karshmer. Applicant. The present. The second item and i was on vacation and the minutes are an earlier version of the resolution you passed. The updated version should be in your pile so the minutes should reflect the final resolution. Commissioners were prepared for a motion to accept the minutes and with the fact that the final version of the resolution will be in the minutes. Motion please. I move. There is a motion and a second already. Are there any corrections to the minutes . I had a question. Sure. On the request for follow up from Human Resources about progress on streamlining and making more effective hiring which seems to be a drag on progress in many of the departments in terms of meeting their objectives. When can we get that update . I believe th
And we were required to look at a 5year time window but we extended it to look at the full array of things that have happened on the water front to pride, education for the public, and there are 123 different projects that have been profiled in the report, and while that is a lot, that is not every project, that has happened, but we think that it is reflective of the breadth of the activities that have taken place and it all started after the citys effort to tear down the freeway and replace it with the transportation improvements and both projects were separate, but coordinated in time. And so, what we thought that we could do is just start out with just some images to give you a flavor for what the water front looked like back then in 1997. Verses what we enjoy today. And starting from Fishermans Wharf, this is one of the more recent accomplishments, but clearly, at pier 43, what we enjoy today and what was available for americas cup, was once a dilapidated parking lot that really bl