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welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. im kim brunhuber. we begin in gaza where israel has been ratcheting up the military pressure with expanded ground operations. explosions were heard reverberating across the enclave through the night. the idf says it struck 150 underground targets overnight. this is said to be the most intense israeli bombardment since the war started. >> translator: in addition to offensive operations we carr...

polantz at the federal court in washington. >> and this is cnn hello, and welcome to allow viewers watching from the united states and around the world. im anna coren. >> we begin with relentless severe storms that continue to threaten millions across the us. this memorial day weekend. especially hard hit overnight texas and oklahoma well, this is whats left of a gas station in valley view, texas, north of dallas and its just one of several reports of major damage in the area officials...

I was dennis casey. Oh, sorry. Too many pieces of paper here. Go ahead. My name is chris hinkey and i have had my Building Three years. There has been three floods there. After the first flood, i realized its going to be a lot of work to get this fixed. I spent almost million on the building to prevent water getting in with doors and floodprevention systems and pumps and everything. I urge you to get this motion passed so all the other residents can do the same things to protect their buildings....

Dbi. We believe these modifications reflect the needs of the affected communities and hope you will consider approving this important resolution to help Property Owners lower their risk of damage due to flooding. We have a lot of public speakers, but commissioners, any comments . Yes, i have a question and comment. So the uptake from the First Program two years ago because i remember we spent some time reviewing right, right. Has it been pretty successful . It sounds like you have done a bunch o...

Is the timeline and how will it be communicated to the effected neighborhoods i want to put that out there you dont have to answer that but i have a question about the Grant Program every 10 million 2 additional rate. 2 in annual expenditures and how quickly were spending the money. Okay and i think you answered my question about the Grant Program but you touched on 13 applicants so i do work on any house hoimg before i get reimbursed. It is a multiple step youll submit an application until we g...

Special meeting january 26th and january 29th special meeting is there a motion to approve the minutes. So moved and second any comes, questions. All in favor, say i. I. Opposed . The minutes are approved next item, please. General Public Comment mr. Da costa good afternoon. Good afternoon commissioners first and foremost i want to thank the commissions and others that attended the services for dr. Espanola jackson so i hope i heard the people that spoke at that service judge quinton and george ...

Call the roll. Commissioner Vice President moran commissioner courtney commissioner kwon we have quorum. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Item 3 is pitifully special meeting january 26th and january 29th special meeting is there a motion to approve the minutes. So moved and second any comes, questions. All in favor, say i. I. Opposed . The minutes are approved next item, please. General Public Comment mr. Da costa good afternoon. Good afternoon commissioners first and foremost i want to thank th...

In eight different projects in each of the watersheds to see which once are most effective and coming back to invest another 4 million in those types of projects to see if they improve the overall performance of the system so having said that we are committed to continue to work on that this. We have invested in this area and committed to another 10 Million Investment that didnt solve the problem and studying the connector tunnel and if thats the policy of the puc and the city to move forward in...

Lot was done to alert people during the december storms but i worry as you were saying from your great presentation the change Climate Change and when did you say . By 2100. And you alluded to super storms and the number of large storms coming so i think projects like youre proposing i could see the urgency of it especially for people that live in the area but thank you for the great presentation. And just looking at our agency on the whole we have these challenges where we have these 25 and hun...

Under public law challenges with making improvements to private property using public funds. We found a way around that by creating this Grant Program which would allow residents to go out and purchase the water gates and we would reimburse them and put in the back flow preventers and we would reimburse them. The sand bags we provide to the residents during the storms. The Flood Insurance i talked about and operationally during the storms were doing what we can. Midterm actions were looking at a...