Quorum call mr. Coons mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from delaware is recognized. Mr. Coons i ask unanimous consent that the proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Coons mr. President , i come to the floor this afternoon because this week, the senate has a chance to take another crucial step away from the political cliffs and manufactured crises of previous years and to get back to the regular order, to get back to the considered, measured, orderly process on this floor that for so long was characteristic of this body, in past considered the greatest deliberative body on earth, but in recent years, it has ground to a halt. It is critical that we return to regular order and that we return to the steady consideration of appropriation bills in a way that will move not just the senate, this congress, but this country forward. Id like to thank the chair and ranking members of the appropriation committee, sen
Thank you, ms. Huggins. Any further comments . Yes, i didnt realize you wanted to comment on this. Go ahead. Espanola jackson from bayview Hunters Point. Dr. Espanola. Yes, thank you, sweetheart. I want to say this, we need to know the history of the Housing Authority like you need to know your history, you know, how you came to being. In the 40s, Public Housing did not pay pg e and our gor garbage, that didnt change until the 70s and we need to find out why did it change in the 70s because during the wartime, and you can check and find out for yourself, when i bring you information, you know i know what im talking about, also one of the things we really need to think about, you saw what happened in florida, the sinkholes, you know San Francisco is having some of the same problems. Right in front of my house. What you need to do, sir, is get staff to go to the city and get the maps of this city because this city has nothing but streams running all through it, so the water is going unde
We can start using it and the use of that is when we came for the notice of change, we explained to you that these are the potential or pending change orders, approved change orders, i think was approved somewhere in april 12, so thats what this item is, i would be glad to give you the response to your questions and reasons for these changes, you already have been briefed by julie, the gas tunnel is the water seepage as well as the harder rocks which we are encountering, for your information, the project now is 83 complete. We have lost less of 900 feet to do it, but this seems to be the most challenging at this moment because of the water seepage. Not the harder rock, the water seepage . The harder rock is also part of it but i think water is whats most challenging now. Any questions . Any Public Comment . Is there a motion . So moved. Moved by commissioner caen, seconded by commissioner moran, all those in favor, signify by saying aye. Er aye. Opposed . Thank you very much. Item 10,
Seepage. Not the harder rock, the water seepage . The harder rock is also part of it but i think water is whats most challenging now. Any questions . Any Public Comment . Is there a motion . So moved. Moved by commissioner caen, seconded by commissioner moran, all those in favor, signify by saying aye. Er aye. Opposed . Thank you very much. Item 10, approve the increase in the construction contract cost contingency for contract number wd2551 in the amount of 449 million 443, 646 dollars. Okay, this item is similar to what i did discuss earlier. It was approved in april and what we are asking is that the approved amounts you had done in april was 88. 7 Million Dollars, were asking part of that money to be transferred to the construction contingencies to cover all these pending change orders or potential change orders, trends and to some extent, some of the risk. Alright. Any Public Comment . Is there a motion or discussion by the board . So moved. Moved, seconded. Seconded. Commissioner
Water seepage . The harder rock is also part of it but i think water is whats most challenging now. Any questions . Any Public Comment . Is there a motion . So moved. Moved by commissioner caen, seconded by commissioner moran, all those in favor, signify by saying aye. Er aye. Opposed . Thank you very much. Item 10, approve the increase in the construction contract cost contingency for contract number wd2551 in the amount of 449 million 443, 646 dollars. Okay, this item is similar to what i did discuss earlier. It was approved in april and what we are asking is that the approved amounts you had done in april was 88. 7 Million Dollars, were asking part of that money to be transferred to the construction contingencies to cover all these pending change orders or potential change orders, trends and to some extent, some of the risk. Alright. Any Public Comment . Is there a motion or discussion by the board . So moved. Moved, seconded. Seconded. Commissioners, all those in favor, signify by