Violent crime on metro has prompted Transit Police to step up patrols all over the subway system. Today at lenfant plaza, a show of presence as transit officers board trains, check them off, and get off again. The step on, step off program is about security and a sense of r reassurance for officers. They will step on, make sure everything is okay, check with passengers to confirm that, and then step off. Reporter it will take some time to see whether policies like this deter crime on the system. Its up slilly this year over the same time last year. Now, stay away orders are nothing new to metro, but this is the first time theyve gotten them against juveniles and it will be in place at least until these kids go to trial in april. Now, coming up later on news4, we will talk to people about how they feel about the stepped up presence of metro Police Stepping on and then stepping back off the trains. Were live in lenfant plaza, derrick word, news4. Chopper4 just arrived over the scene of a
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Place. Id start with that and then find out why you cant get on public wifi in this building. Thank you. I want to thank professor hendricks and marc lamont hill, importantly want to thank all of you for attending here today your participation is then cached in a 10 fantastic manner. Thank you so much. If you want to get a copy of these discussions, there will be books outside a little bit later. So that is available and also very quickly we will be doing this in the book signing room. And so finally the reading series is in the auditorium next door in the Edison Jackson and they will go to the front desk and it lets you now. You can get your book signed. Next from the National Black writers conference, in brooklyn, a panel on black literature. [inaudible conversations] without further delay, ladies and a woman, brothers and sisters, those of you who are standing and not idle, those of you engaged in great conversations, please Pay Attention and welcome our panel and the moderator will
Expanded and more broadly applied. The proposed ordinance would create a path to legalize what appears to be an illegal accessory kitchen located at 2601 2 noe street, which supports the very small kitchen at cafe floor. And as proposed, this provision would sunset after one year. And during that one year the operator could obtain all necessary permits, go through 312 notification, and then that use when the provision when the ordinance sunsets would become a legal nonconforming use. The Department Recommends that the commission recommend a modification that it would expand the provision in very specific ways and that would, first, it would remove the sunset provision. Secondly, it would require that Food Processing as an accessory use either be very active and visible to the street front consistent with planning code section 145. Or that it be completely screened from view behind an active use so that the active street frontage is maintained. Next, we also recommend that the ordinance
The [speaker not understood] property formerly the gold stem property, which is seeking to expand the gym and also add apartments above. And, so, the rezoning proposes to go up to 65 feet. I believe that this project should be capped at actually 62 feet. 60 foot height plus a twofoot bonus because the ground floor is 12 feet instead of 10 feet. But planning staff advises that 62 feet is not an actual planning height category. And, so, the legislation at the request of the planning staff says 65 feet that my understanding, my belief and desire is that the actual limit of the project would end up being 62 feet, not 65 feet. And this aspect of the legislation is supported by muncie as well as the castro to market cbd. And i will note that some have indicated that the this rezoning of the height for the fitness property should not happen until there is a specific project pending at the Planning Department. And i dont agree with that argument because when you look at market octavia, the ado