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Without objection so ordered. This is a hybrid hearing i want to remind members of key regulations from the House Committee on rules to ensure that the hearing goes mooths smoothly. Members must be visible on screen for the purposes of identification when joining this hearing. Members must also continue to use the video function on todays Software Platform cisco web x for the remainder of the time attending this hearing unless experiencing connectivity issues or other technical problems. If a me...

Chair borden no, not on just that item, temporary versus permanent changes in ceqa. Yes, there is also an exemption for a Pilot Program and then there is the statutory exemption for emergency projects. Chair borden great. Thank you for clarifying that. Directors, are there other questions for the directors report, or comments . Great. With that, we can move on to the next item. I can say im personally excited about the extension of the 30 bus line. Madame chair, there was a request by a member o...

Here on cspan3, well take you live now to a hearing on amtraks response to the coronavirus pandemic. This hearing is already in process. While possibly only saving amtrak 213 million. Overall, the damage could top 3 billion if amtraks planned nine months of Degraded Service stretches another quarter to a full year. Ill finish. Thank you. The amtrak community was hit especially hard because several airlines say theyll drop service when the c. A. R. E. S. Act expires. Thats 67 cities facing air cu...

Nations rail Service Needs 4 billion to stay afloat for fiscal year 2021. He made the comments in testimony before the house transportation subcommittee on railroads. The subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair declare a recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection so ordered. I also ask unanimous consent that the subcommittee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee at todays hearing and ask questions. Without objection so ordered. This is a hybri...

Okay. So, madam secretary, can you call the next item. Clerk yes. Item 4 is board of directors new and or old business. Im not aware of any, and directors would indicate if they had something at this point. I see no hands. All right. Shall we call your next item . Yes, please. Clerk all right. Item 5 is the executive directors report. Good morning, directors. First, i would like to update you on our continued efforts to reopen during the continuing covid19 health crisis. As you probably know [in...

You have chair borden how many . You have zero questions remaining. With that, well close Public Comment. Directors, do i have a motion . Secretary boomer, please call roll . Chair borden aye. Director brinkman aye. Vice chair eaken aye. Director heminger aye. Director lai aye. Madame chair, the minutes are approved. Item 5, communications. Madame chair. Chair borden as many of you have learned, our heart was broken this weekend with the untimely passing of one of our own. Antonio, a muni operat...

Order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair declare a recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection so ordered. I ask unanimous consent that [ inaudible ] the subcommittee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee at todays hearing and ask questions. Without objection so ordered. This is a hybrid hearing i want to remind members of key regulations from the House Committee on rules to ensure that the hearing goes mooths smoothly. Members must be visible on screen for the purposes ...

Dismissal, dismissal at zuckerberg, theres only blacks and asians that were dismissed. Laguna seems to be kind of consistent. You see three for filipino, but we also know last year there was a patient abuse scandal, and it did affect a number of people who were filipino. That may be why that number seems to be higher than the others. But i think that we still need to do more work in terms of where the disparity is in terms of blacks, asians not so much asians, but dispanics. It goes back to the ...

Good governance to avoid soul sourcing and have many of the earlier activities have been identified to be proactive rather than reactive . Right, and thank you for the question. It certainly its an issue, right, for us, that we dont have the gec on board and we are procuring and we understand why thats necessary to support that. Some have the onall bert benchh perhaps through the Engineering Resources might be able to back receive fill a few areas, but really, we do rely on the gec contract for ...

I would rather be proactive instead of catching up with the project. Could not agree with you more and the esc has discussed this as a potential risk item. You have asked for this, an ongoing risk register and just tracking and i know thats something director lipkin will do and project development, as well as vice chair. So were all aware and appreciate your interests in getting ahead and not just reacting and playing catchup and that way were doing the best work we can to try to get ahead of th...