The committee will now come to order. Good morning. To rest of this hearing is examine how state policies like those in missouri are impacting residents access to comprehensive Reproductive Health Care Services including abortion. Without objections the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. For audience purposes we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn we request and we ask you to respect the proceedings as we go forward in todays hearings. With that i will recognize myself to give an Opening Statement. I would like to begin by acknowledging that this is the First Full Committee Hearing we have held since our friend, our colleague and our beloved chairman Elijah Cummings passed away. Chairman cummings spent his entire life fighting for justice and equality for everyone. He was a fierce champion for womens access to health care. Across the country, extreme forces and State Governments are taking draconian steps to violate womens rig
The committee will now come to order. Good morning to everyone. The purpose of this hearing is to examine how state policies , like those in missouri, are impacting residents access to comprehensive Reproductive Health care services, including abortion. Without objections, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. For audience purposes, we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we request and we ask you to respect the proceedings as we go forward in todays hearings. With that, i will recognize myself to give an opening statement. I would like to begin by acknowledging that this is the First Full Committee Hearing we have held since our friend, our colleague and our beloved chairman Elijah Cummings passed away. Chairman cummings spent his entire life fighting for justice and equality for everyone. And he was a fierce champion for womens access to health care. Across the country, extreme forces and State Governments are taking dracon
Legal process clerk and i am the boards executive director. We will also be joined with representatives from city departments that have cases before the board this evening. We expect scott sanchez, acting deputy Zoning Administrator also representing the Planning Department and Planning Commission and joseph duffy representing the department of building inspections. And we will have someone from the sentences go public works. The Board Meeting guidelines are as follows. We requested that you silence all cell phones and Electronic Devices so they not disturb the proceedings. Please carry on conversations in the hallway. The rules of the presentation are as follows. Appellants, permit holders and respondents are given seven minutes to respond and three minutes for rebuttal. People affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the seven or three minute periods. Members of the public have up to two minutes each to adjust address the board and no rebuttal. Please speak in
Bring you potentially a presentation on the hazard of Climate Resilience plan and the Sea Level Rise vulnerability assessment. Yes, i got that right. And potentially there were two natural gas electricity Building Code updates introduced today, within on municipal side and one on the private sector side so there could be more advocacy resolutions. We may ask you to weigh into show your support for the board and to the mayor. Those may be fourth coming as well. Any discussion . Any questions . Commissioner stevenson. In the past, weve messed around a little bit with the date of the tuesday before thanksgiving having a Commission Meeting during that week since the people making traveling. I wonder if we have any through the president. So both the policy committee falls on veterans day in november and the Commission Meeting falls on the week of thanksgiving. Before thanksgiving or after thanksgiving. So were going to send out a poll to the commissioners. In the meantime if theres any larg
Commission and joseph duffy representing the department of building inspections. And we will have someone from the sentences go public works. The Board Meeting guidelines are as follows. We requested that you silence all cell phones and Electronic Devices so they not disturb the proceedings. Please carry on conversations in the hallway. The rules of the presentation are as follows. Appellants, permit holders and respondents are given seven minutes to respond and three minutes for rebuttal. People affiliated with these parties must include their comments within the seven or three minute periods. Members of the public have up to two minutes each to adjust address the board and no rebuttal. Please speak into the microphone for rehearing requests, parties get three minutes each with no rebuttal. To assist the board in the accurate preparation of minutes, your aspen not required to submit a speaker card when you come up to speak. Four votes are required to grant an appeal or a rehearing req