With passengers my is an entry cab theyre picking up and dropping off passengers wake up come on clapping. last speaker. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Ive been driving taxi like the almost 20 years i have a medallion first of all, since the economy has been tough were not making money it is a tough institution out there id like to request all of you to waiver this fee to make it possible now going back to the situation right now right now driving 5 to 6 days a week i mean, i work hard liquor every other colleagues and drivers the taxi is sports to be all over the city you know this is a city culture this city is losing the integrity of the city so many uber drivers and lift drivers breaking reputes right in front of me doing uturns im not to make uturn i cant find a passenger 20 or thirty minutes not or not anybody why is that why the funds what we need to do to meet the fundamentals the russ johnson and insurance why this is so frustrate everyone in this room look at their face why
That is the accounting that the faa has in the current budget. As much as we wish it would the budget picture will not change we will see more and more spending restraint with the impact of sequestration and layoffs with onagain and offagain stock in star funding from continuing resolutions. That is what the faa is confronted with nobody could or would bill the major new Technology Projects with those types of challenges. Here is the headline from last week and though it causes heart ache but commack the faa is not delivered as promised. The first of the modernization that is why change is needed the consensus of the stakeholders was we need to restructure to a Government Corporation for a Nonprofit Organization that has Stable Funding and the ability to control and finance the march to modernization we have now reached the Tipping Point i am not the typical spokesperson to come to the table to suggest that is the case i would weigh in to have the agency do it there will not be Stable
Eligibility. The lack of systemwide training for frontline staff has resulted in veterans receiving dated or misleading information to va continues must contain to improve this process and training to ensure that all veterans who are eligible for the program are given the opportunity to participate. Our second report found a decrease in satisfaction among veterans to receive nonva care. This is a direct result of veterans not being able to find Viable Options in the private sector. The 40mile standard used established geographic raised eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program was based on eligibility for tricare prime however there is a distinct difference between the veterans population in the military population. 36 of veterans enrolled in Va Health Care lipid rural areas. Thus measuring the distance servicemembers traveled to military Treatment Facilities and using that same standard to measure distance traveled by veterans to va medical facilities does not properly account for t
Please note that were going to table the nominating committee and could we have approval of the agenda with that change. So moved. Second. Its been moved and seconded that we approve the agenda as printed except item 3 the nominating committee report. All in favor . Aye. Ayes have it. Next item approval of the Consent Agenda. So moved. Second. Its been moved and seconded that we approve the Consent Agenda as printed. All in favor say aye . Aye. Opposes . The motion is carried. Can we have approval of the march 4 Meeting Minutes except that we have a change there commissioner katie loo had a change in the minutes which says in. Should be congresswoman. Okay. Could i have a motion to approve the march 4 Meeting Minutes with that correction. So moved. Second. Its been moved and seconded that we approve the march 4 Meeting Minutes with the correction. All in favor say aye . Aye. Opposes . The ayes have it and the motion is carried. Public comment. You have three minutes. General Public Com
Thought. So explain your logic in terms of not allowing them to make that choice than elves. We have spent a great deal of time talking about this. One of the things for us to keep in mind is that 81 of the veterans we provide care for have Medicare Medicaid or some form of private Health Insurance. Oftentimes what you see today, you mention this fact earlier that the veterans have given the option for toys and somewhat elect to stay in and that is precisely what happens today. Roughly half of 40 to 50 depending on whos the survey you are listening to. I would tell you my perspective part of those are deciding to stay because they are getting great care and they enjoy the camaraderie with other veterans, they have continuity of care because they have been receiving care for a long time and others come there because they have an economic and others come there. So they have 20 copay for a procedure and you look at that colonoscopy or whatever it happens to be where the Knee Replacement w