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Participated on the bridge line, we have allowed that. I will get into a little bit of weeds here, were a passive meeting body. Were not a policymaking body. The City Attorney of the berkeley and state the city of berkeley fought having a bridge line for their Disability Council and were successful with the state. They said that having a bridge line for Council Members to vote is a violation of the brown act and that to have a bridge line you have to declare the individual Council Members home a...

But in any case, we have that. Other public bodies dont and they dont have to. So they are not obligated to have these phones . That is correct. They are not obligated to have those phones that. Is an extra benefit you are getting from your Mayors Office on disability. Thank you for answering that for me. Sure. Anyone else on the bridge line . No. Okay. Before we move on, i want to encourage those who have joined us since the beginning of the meeting to fill out a card, if they miss to speak at ...

Sups if i wanted to make a Public Comment over the phone, is that available to me . Hi, mr. Dennis, i apologize to you, there is a problem with our bridge line. If we could have someone from the control room come up here and mr. Dennis, if you wouldnt mind staying on the line. Were going to get the bridge line working and then try to get back to you. Perhaps we can go to our next item and as soon as we get the bridge line working, we want the people in the room here and the Council Members and t...

Manufacturing jobs. And Infrastructure Bank. With me on the podium is the chairman of the policy committee. Who Will Champion the infrastructure which the president mentioned a few minutes ago. We need to facilitate the efficient, private Sector Investment and infrastructure. We need to compete from broadband systems. With an Infrastructure Bank, we will be able to outbuild a partnership between the Public Sector and private sector. Clean energy. Clearly, that is the future. That is the vision w...

Ever called Martha Washington martha. She was always called patsy as Lady Bird Johnson was never called claudia. So i was just wondering, you mentioned in his letters when he referred to her in his letter that it was just mentioned on the telephone that he did call her patsy. And i also wanted to mention that in the story that im reading about martha and George Washington that the house, mt. Vernon, was originally the home of his half brother, George Washingtons half brother. That he lived in a ...

Conducting about one what does that mean youre out there on the porch out and how do you work well i go out i was a band i make and thats the best we think was the m. To win it back and then i conducted a small course so you with. Your palace and up with that and then you come out. Yes i marched with them yes yes not sorry these are all new terms for me inspection. So every year the Coltrane Guardsman are in for one of the biggest events in the british calendar the true colors celebrate the quee...

Focusing development with improved pedestrian connectivity and having a discussion about a twoway folsom street, which i know the community has been waiting for a long time and incentiving Affordable Housing and industry use and office space while embracing the entertainment corridor on 11th street which you will be hear more about with plans presentation. I am very interested in a conversation that came out of longterm negotiations not longterm, the yearlong negotiation s around prop c with inc...

From. I am sympathetic to the businesses that will be impacted and every time we do major infrastructure work that in the long run will be hugely beneficial for the city or a neighborhood, sometimes there is disruption and we try to mine minimize that and do everything that we can to minimize the disruption. I believe this plan compared to other proposals does. Its using muni funds for expanding muni and improving transit service. And i would encourage the folks who have sent in those letters, i...

New housing. So it is so critical that as we add new population and grow, that our Transportation System is keeping pace. And that means investing in the system that we have today, and expanding its capacity and all of that takes quite a bit of funding. Now transit Impact Development fees, are a very important part of that equations, as were adding housing and office space and development, were generating funding to pay for those transportation improvements to keep pace. One of the provisions in...

Supervisor kim for her work on the plan. This is not a plan that was initiated when she was in office. And she has done an enormous amount of work on it and i am not envious for steping into a plan as controversial and complicated as this plan, but supervisor kim, i think, has done a very good job taking into consideration a number of the concerns that have been raised and asking if it can be steered to a resolution that people can live with. So thank you, supervisor. I have had some significant...