Good afternoon. I would like to call the regular meeting of the Public Utilities commission to order. Mme. Sec. , would you please call the roll . May i have everybody sit down . Present vietor. Here. Vice president moran . Here. Commissioner caen . Commissioner courtney herehere. Commissioner kwon . Here. Present vietor. Here. Commissioner kane is expected shortlyand commissioner courtney will not be able to be here today. Mme. Sec. Next item please. Item number three is approval of the minutes of august 9, 2016 all those in favor say, aye. Opposed, nay the motion passes unanimously. Mme. Sec. Can you call item for please . Item 4 is gen. Public comments. Members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. Now,the way that the watershed is at Crystal Springs measures are taken to protect it and we have a system, a unique system and we have a gentleman here who has been working on that since 1993 and i h
A pedestrian was stuck and killed by a vehicle. In this particular case, the driver actually fled the scene but later came back and turned himself in. Investigators say that alcohol was a factor. Its also important to note that the pedestrian was not using a crosswalk at the time so he was jaywalking. Metro says that this is the 14th fatality this year. 6 of those have involved pedestrians. 2 have been motorcyclists slash bicycles and the other 6 were automobiles. Investigators say they are begging pedestrians to use crosswalks sgt. Richard strader, metro fatal detail pleading as i have done hundreds of times to our public, pedestians, stay out of the roadways, there are specific places that you should be crossing, thats where we want you to cross. I am sorry there are not enough crosswalks for you but dont take your life into your own hands. You are going to lose the battle every time when you get struck by a car. metro also wants to remind drivers of the new laws if you leave the sce
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It takes to fight this epidemic. We will attack supply, we will work to reduce demand, we will do our best to empower communities. I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you and look forward to answering any questions you have. Again, well get to questions after all the witnesses. Let me recognize ms. Enomoto, the deputy administrator for Substance Abuse Mental Health services at the department of health and human services. Welcome. Youre recognized. Thank you. Good morning, acting chairman mica. Good morning, Ranking Member cummings and members of the committee. I am the Principal Deputy administrator and honored to have been delegated the authorities of the administrator by secretary burwell. Many thanks to all of you for your leadership to raise awareness and catalyze action on the nations opioid crisis. As you have noted, this truly is a matter of life or death. I know Prescription Drugs, heroin and illicit fentanyl has devastating consequences in your districts. I know t
In april, one of the top 21 entries will air on cspan. All winning entries is available for viewing online at student cam. Org. White House National drug policy director Michael Botticelli testified tuesday on the federal governments efforts to combat heroine and prescription opioid addictions. This hearing is about three hours. Id like to call the hearing to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. The order of business this morning will be as follows. We will begin the hearing with Opening Statements from myself, the Ranking Member, and other members are welcome to submit Opening Statements, and with mr. Comings support we will leave the record open for five days, legislative days, for additional comments or statements. Without objection, so ordered. When we complete the Opening Statements, we will turn to our panel of witnesses. The have five distinguish Witnesses Today, three at the federal level, one at the state and one of the local, for ou