Its wednesday the 25th of october. A United Nations agency which looks after Palestinian Refugees has warned it could stop its work in gaza tonight if it doesnt receive urgent deliveries of fuel. Last night, eight trucks carrying food, water and medicine crossed the rafah border between egypt and gaza, but israel has banned fuel from entering the territory, saying hamas would use it for military purposes. Hamas is designated as a Terrorist Organisation by many western governments, including the uk. There are now growing International Calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to allow aid to reach gazas residents. 0ur middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the latest. The slow trickle of aid. Just eight lorries carrying water, food and medicine made their way into gaza last night. But whats not getting in is fuel. Hospitals are struggling. Here, medics use their phones to light the way as a patient arrives, as theres no fuel for generators and theyre overwhelmed by casualties
Whether to disclose any portion of the closed session, discussed during the executive directors performance evaluation. Is there a motion not to disclose the Ethics Commission closed session deliberations regarding the performance evaluation of mr. St. Croix. So moved. Second. Public comment . No Public Comment, all in favor . Aye. Opposed . There is none, so the motion passes. Before we move on to the next agenda item, i do want to commend the executive director for his excellent performance this year. We had some trying issues come up and i think we had some real breakthroughs as well in terms of legislation and work we have been really trying to get done. And i think its a testament to his leadership. And i think we have all benefited from his great work and the great work of the staff that works with him. We know that you all have a lot to do and you do it extremely well, and you were asked to do things this year that im sure you did not expect to have to do when the year began. An
The time is now 2 07 p. M. And the meeting is being called to order. At this time, if members of the public can please turn off cell phones and put them on silent, there is a signin sheet at the front table if you would like to be added to our mailing list and speaker cards are available. Public comment will be taken at the beginning of the meeting and then there will be Public Comment on each item. We do ask that you fill out a speaker card and leave it at the front counter, here. First item is roll call. Commissioner adams . Here. Commissioner dooley . Here. Commissioner dwight is absent. Commissioner ortizcartagena . Commissioner obrien . Present. Excellent. Commissioner white . Here. Commissioner yee riley . Here. Mr. President we have a quorum. Great, next item. Item 2 is the approval of the october 1, 2012 minutes, explanatory documents draft october 22, 2012 minutes. Motion to approve. I move. Second all those in favor, say aye . Aye . Next item commissioners item 3 approval of
Residents. The probation department, dcyf, dph, police department, captain lum will be there for the potrero station. It will be a chance for the neighborhood to come together around the spike we had earlier this year in homicides in the omi and i think a lot of Committee Members will be discussing what they see needs to be implemented in the neighborhood. That will be 6 00 tonight at the rec Center Formerly called the ocean view rec center. I will be there of course in my office and that will start at 6 00 tonight. I just wanted to make that announcement and i think its part of the efrlt we have moving forward how we can really organize around a response at a neighborhood level for homicides here in our neighborhoods in San Francisco. So this item we can continue to the call of the chair, colleagues, do that without objection . Okay, do we have any other items for us . That completes the agenda. Then we are adjourned. Thank you. meeting adjourned . And the me to order. At this time, i