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Slamming the northeast this morning, bringing with it frigid forecasts for gusting winds, subzero windchills and blizzard conditions. The noreaster comes just as parts of the midwest and east coast restored power to tens of thousands of residents from the last storm. Boston specifically is under a snow emergency. As much as two feet of snow is forecast there. Steve kastenbaum is braving the bitter cold and snow in boston. When gus over 45 mi. Per hour. Visibility down to over a quarter of a mile...

Some of the key changes that are expected to be coming. And with that, id like to close my presentation and turn it over to carmel a frank. Thank you. Thank you. ~ thank you, supervisors. Did you have any other questions . Thank you very much. Colleagues, do we have any other questions on this item . No oh, supervisor i just want to make the point this can be very dry stuff, but its actually one of the most important functions that this committee performs. Youre making sure that there is an inde...

Mill caught fire. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman is in weed this afternoon and tell us people saw the fire and minutes later, it was moving on the town. Reporter residents here tell us the fire moved extremely fast. It moved according to one description a mile in 30 minutes going right through homes. Another person whose home [ inaudible ] told us a few moments ago these homes didnt just burn, they exploded, especially the ones that had propane attached to them. Three cal fire crew members w...

They lost staff. They lost continuity, okay. Thats one thing i see. The other thing and i guess they cant answer it is regarding some of the deficiencies that were found in terms of mta, in terms of the new pension standards. I believe they were given being given about two years to resolve that problem, not three quarters to one year, okay. So, theres a time element involved in terms of in terms of correcting the deficiencies. Finally, mta has some compliance problems that i heard the item speci...

Finding is internal cultural reporting. This is the process of submitting reports to the grantor. This is not a noncompliance finding, meaning we did not find any er rs in the reports themselves. It was part of the process. [speaker not understood] would not be reviewed before it was submitted and that could lead to a chance of errors. So, we wanted to bring out to the department as well as your attention. ~ and is there someone here from the department of Emergency Management . Good morning, co...

Finding is internal cultural reporting. This is the process of submitting reports to the grantor. This is not a noncompliance finding, meaning we did not find any er rs in the reports themselves. It was part of the process. [speaker not understood] would not be reviewed before it was submitted and that could lead to a chance of errors. So, we wanted to bring out to the department as well as your attention. ~ and is there someone here from the department of Emergency Management . Good morning, co...

They lost staff. They lost continuity, okay. Thats one thing i see. The other thing and i guess they cant answer it is regarding some of the deficiencies that were found in terms of mta, in terms of the new pension standards. I believe they were given being given about two years to resolve that problem, not three quarters to one year, okay. So, theres a time element involved in terms of in terms of correcting the deficiencies. Finally, mta has some compliance problems that i heard the item speci...

Testimony, turmoil was created in terms of transition. They couldnt keep track of they lost staff. They lost continuity, okay. Thats one thing i see. The other thing and i guess they cant answer it is regarding some of the deficiencies that were found in terms of mta, in terms of the new pension standards. I believe they were given being given about two years to resolve that problem, not three quarters to one year, okay. So, theres a time element involved in terms of in terms of correcting the d...

Closed, is it your judgment that the turmoil caused by the closure of the agency and the transition to a new body created a lot of problems in the sense that there wasnt a proper transition period . So, this is Public Comment, sir. You have two minutes to state your question. This is not an opportunity for a forum for them to rebuttal or answer your questions. So, what can happen is after we move this item ill make my own point. From what i see from the rda got shut down, from their testimony, t...

They cant answer it is regarding some of the deficiencies that were found in terms of mta, in terms of the new pension standards. I believe they were given being given about two years to resolve that problem, not three quarters to one year, okay. So, theres a time element involved in terms of in terms of correcting the deficiencies. Finally, mta has some compliance problems that i heard the item specifics, but would have warranted shutting down mta. Thats all. Thank you for your comment. Are the...