wednesday night. we do begin with the deadly storm being called historic tonight. a state of emergency now, and at least seven dead. and the national guard moving in. drivers trapped for hours being rescued. and this pregnant woman carried to safety. and a harrowing drive home. a highway in wisconsin, that car sliding into that other car. and you can see the view through this garage door. and neighbors buried in several feet of snow, and more on the way. we begin with gio benitez, in the storm zone for us again tonight. reporter: after a monster storm that left the great lakes from new york to michigan buried, millions are digging out. how long is this going to take you to shovel out? well, not long because i m not going to do it much longer. reporter: he s smart to take a break. at least three of the reported seven deaths were from heart attacks related to shoveling snow. travel remains treacherous. the fire department forced to get around on snowmobiles. i believe w
good evening on this wednesday night. we do begin with the deadly storm being called historic tonight. a state of emergency now, and at least seven dead. and the national guard moving in. drivers trapped for hours being rescued. and this pregnant woman carried to safety. and a harrowing drive home. a highway in wisconsin, that car sliding into that other car. and you can see the view through this garage door. and neighbors buried in several feet of snow, and more on the way. we begin with gio benitez, in the storm zone for us again tonight. reporter: after a monster storm that left the great lakes from new york to michigan buried, millions are digging out. how long is this going to take you to shovel out? well, not long because i m not going to do it much longer. reporter: he s smart to take a break. at least three of the reported seven deaths were from heart attacks related to shoveling snow. travel remains treacherous. the fire department forced to get around on snowm
jurisdiction of this commission, you may speak on item 4, and then that will be heard for 15 minutes. and if you are unable to get in during that time, we will continue that item to item 10. last, just a reminder, when you do speak to the commission, please address your comments to the commission, and neither the commission, nor staff will answer questions during public comment. but they may ask staff to respond after public comment is done. with that, we are on item 2. the president s report. the president is going to ask a question before we formalize how many minutes we are going to speak. quite a few people entered the room since i made that just decision. how many people are anticipating testifying before the commission today? we ll keep it at 3 minutes. thank you very much. i will be very brief. first as it relates to the agenda, because we are missing commissioner levitan and commissioner bonilla is being excused at noon. i would like to take items 4, 5 and 7, so we
reality is that i think the staff is doing a super job and i wanted to point out that the public agrees with you. thank you, that concludes my report. what else am i supposed to say? nothing. thank you. [laughter ] is there any public comment on this item? okay. being none, public comment is closed. we are now going to go to item 4, general public comment up to 15 minutes. and this item will be continued to item 10, if we do not get through all the card right now. at this time members of public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject-matter jurisdiction of the commission and that do note appear on the agenda. with respect to the agenda items your opportunity to address the community will be afforded when the item is reached in meeting. before we get started, i would ask folks, we have a few seats left, if you could please, go ahead and fill the seats. and we can pull a few more chairs out from the back. but if we could get e
these cards first and will call for additional public comment after we go through the cards. each person commissioner, three minutes? three minutes. on each item under public comment. if you would like to address the commission on an item that is not on the calendar, but is under the jurisdiction of this commission, you may speak on item 4, and then that will be heard for 15 minutes. and if you are unable to get in during that time, we will continue that item to item 10. last, just a reminder, when you do speak to the commission, please address your comments to the commission, and neither the commission, nor staff will answer questions during public comment. but they may ask staff to respond after public comment is done. with that, we are on item 2. the president s report. the president is going to ask a question before we formalize how many minutes we are going to speak. quite a few people entered the room since i made that just decision. how many people are antici
commissioner low -here. commissioner harrison? here. commissioner levitan has an excused absence. just real quickly a reminder, we would welcome everyone, but ask that you turn off any electronic-sounding devices that could go off during the proceedings. if you are having secondary conversations, we would ask that you take them outside to allow the meeting to run as efficiently as possible. if you would like to speak on any item, we request that you complete a blue card. you do not have to fill out a blue card, but we go through these cards first and will call for additional public comment after we go through the cards. each person commissioner, three minutes? three minutes. on each item under public comment. if you would like to address the commission on an item that is not on the calendar, but is under the jurisdiction of this commission, you may speak on item 4, and then that will be heard for 15 minutes. and if you are unable to get in during that tim
the cadillac match play championship for $10 million in purse. more than 200 countries will be able to view the tournament on television. the course right now is in magnificent shape. i hope you will all come out and see it and the place has never been better and part of that is because of our partnership with the rec and park department and the laborers and teamsters who do the work on the course. so we re here today to fully endorse this resolution, we think this is a great opportunity for people to enter into programs that would teach them perhaps the skills necessary to have a career in golf course maintenance and golf course management. so we think it s a fantastic program and urge you to endorse and supportle program. thank you. thank you. chris. good morning president buell and commissioners, phil ginsburg, i m one of the trustees for the laborer s community training foundation and here on behalf of several private employers, such as webcor, and others. these typ
any item, we request that you complete a blue card. you do not have to fill out a blue card, but we go through these cards first and will call for additional public comment after we go through the cards. each person commissioner, three minutes? three minutes. on each item under public comment. if you would like to address the commission on an item that is not on the calendar, but is under the jurisdiction of this commission, you may speak on item 4, and then that will be heard for 15 minutes. and if you are unable to get in during that time, we will continue that item to item 10. last, just a reminder, when you do speak to the commission, please address your comments to the commission, and neither the commission, nor staff will answer questions during public comment. but they may ask staff to respond after public comment is done. with that, we are on item 2. the president s report. the president is going to ask a question before we formalize how many minutes we are
these cards first and will call for additional public comment after we go through the cards. each person commissioner, three minutes? three minutes. on each item under public comment. if you would like to address the commission on an item that is not on the calendar, but is under the jurisdiction of this commission, you may speak on item 4, and then that will be heard for 15 minutes. and if you are unable to get in during that time, we will continue that item to item 10. last, just a reminder, when you do speak to the commission, please address your comments to the commission, and neither the commission, nor staff will answer questions during public comment. but they may ask staff to respond after public comment is done. with that, we are on item 2. the president s report. the president is going to ask a question before we formalize how many minutes we are going to speak. quite a few people entered the room since i made that just decision. how many people are antici
quite a few people entered the room since i made that just decision. how many people are anticipating testifying before the commission today? we ll keep it at 3 minutes. thank you very much. i will be very brief. first as it relates to the agenda, because we are missing commissioner levitan and commissioner bonilla is being excused at noon. i would like to take items 4, 5 and 7, so we get full votes before we go to other administrative items that are information-only. having said that, i just wanted to comment that the chamber of commerce did a public opinion survey about local government, and a variety of issues, and the san francisco recreation and park department had the secondest highest favorable rating of any city department at 71%. while i would love to congratulate everybody for a very well done, we had the lowest unfavorable rating at 13%. that may come as a disappointment to some people that came to testify, but the reality is that i think the staff is doing a super