Welcome, everyone. Good afternoon to the january 23rd meeting of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. Madame secretary, role call, please. President kwon, Vice President courtney and item three . Item three is approval of the minutes of january 9, 2018. We have a motion for that. So moved. Ok. Second. Any discussion, commissioners . Is there any Public Comment . In all favour . Ae. Opposed . It passes. Item number four is general Public Comments. So members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction but are not on todays agenda. So, do we have any folks from the public who would like to come up . Ok. Item five. Item five is communications. Any discussion, commissioners . Any Public Comment . Item six. Item six is other commission business. I have one item. I just i know that were in the midst of budget hearingses and i just wanted to make sure that the Green Infrastructure offline meeting that we had requested will happen
In all favour . Ae. Opposed . It passes. Item number four is general Public Comments. So members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction but are not on todays agenda. So, do we have any folks from the public who would like to come up . Ok. Item five. Item five is communications. Any discussion, commissioners . Any Public Comment . Item six. Item six is other commission business. I have one item. I just i know that were in the midst of budget hearingses and i just wanted to make sure that the Green Infrastructure offline meeting that we had requested will happen before our february 13 date. Yeah. Were actually trying to schedule that. I know brian and team is putting everything together. To have an offline conversation with you. Brian henderson, acting a. G. M. Were looking at trying to schedule for friday. This week. Friday this week. Ok. If you could let us know sooner rather than later. Because i dont know if friday this week w
Meetings. Her commitment to the department , herren enthusiasm learning everything a department does. All of the challenges that it faces and her willingness to get in there and try to solve or to advance ordeal with those challenges all the while maintaining her wonderful sense of humor. And because i think this is a job that takes well more than a year to master. Ive been really impressed by the degree to which she has mastered the jobs and the inns and outs of the department and the commission and the confidence she shows now in running meetings with lots of people in the room, compared to when she did it in the beginning i think that shes earned another year in this position. I think she deserves another year in in this commission. I think we will all benefit from having her as our president again. I am so humbled. We need a second. Commissioner. Do you accept the nomination . I do, yes. Thank you. [laughter] gladly. I was surprised. Thank you. Any further discussion . It would be
Civil war. Historians discuss how africanamericans remember and interpret the civil war. This is an hourlong event. We are here for our fourth and final panel to discuss africanamerican opinions on the war. We want to begin with a discussion of the scope and significant. Maybe you want to get us started. The u. S. Color troops are more than anyone imagined. Massachusetts had three state registrants. There are over 140 of various kinds. They are a significant military force. What is interesting that i think in the beginning of the war none of the white northerners would have imagined you had black northern soldiers. They turned many patriotic northern freemen away. It is only the process of the war. The high death count, the sickness, and the fact that it did not go well. It prompted people to think about arming africanamericans. The emancipation proclamation was authorized. You had over 180,000 troops, which on one hand, people always say there were 2 Million Union troops, but they cam
The virginia sesquicentennial organized this hourlong event. Welcome back everyone. We are here in our fourth and final panel. I am joined by fitzhugh brundage, barbara gannon, and Thavolia Glymph we want to begin with a discussion of the scope and significance of the service in the u. S. Army of African American troops. Barbara, maybe want to get us started. Prof. Gannon u. S. Colored troops are more than anyone ever imagined. The u. S. Colored troops are federal volunteer units, theres over 140 of them of various times. They were a significant military force. Its interesting, at the beginning of the war, none of the white northerners would have ever imagined you would have had black northern soldiers. In fact, they turned many, many patriotic northern free men away. Its only the process of the war, the high discounts, sickness, and the fact that it didnt go well, that prompted people to really think about arming African Americans. The emancipation proclamation was authorized. You had