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We have a quorum. Thank you, colleagues. I have a request from commissioner valley brown to be excused from todays meeting. Is there a motion to that effect made by commissioner stephanie and seconded by commissioner mandelman and we will take that without objection, even though it might upset council. With that, can we go to the Citizens Advisory Committee. Mr. Larsen, good morning. Turn your microphone on, john, and go ahead. Good morning. Im the care of the Citizens Advisory Committee and im here to report on the most recent meeting of the cac. Beginning with item 5, allocation and appropri...

Good morning, everybody. For those who arent from south side, welcome to the south side of des moines, or as the rest of us like to call it, gods country. [laughter] you are part of a family when you are in the south side, because we on the south side are really a working class family. We are a workingclass family who believes that if you work hard for a living, if you play by the rules, do what is right, you deserve a little dignity in your life. Absolutely. [applause] we are a diverse family, with italians living next irish living next to latinos living next africanamericans living ays, next...

During Public Comment, the cac was reminded the balboa park station is the se second largest transit hub in the city. We were encouraged to link better transit lines and take note of the comparative left of investment in this outer naked neighborhood in the city versus downtown. Lastly, there was an update on a regional measure and the faster freedom affordability speed transparenctransparency equity. The branding strategy might be met with public skepticism given the recent history of delays in big transportation projects and relatively small gains in transit speed people have experienced ove...

Teenager. Shooting happened when she was just 16 years old but she was tried as an adult. The after years of protest, she was granted clemency by former tennessee governor bill haslam. She was released just two months ago at the age of 31 and has now published her memoir free cyntoia my search for redemption in the american prison system. To any young women and girls who find themselves in the situation i was in, i would say that there are people that hear you. There are people who understand what youre going through. I understand. I have been through it myself. And there were times i did not ...

Slavery as a child and sentenced to life in prison after been convicted of firstdegree murder for shooting her rapist as a teenager. Shooting happened when she was just 16 years old but she was tried as an adult. The after years of protest, she was granted clemency by former tennessee governor bill haslam. She was released just two months ago at the age of 31 and has now published her memoir free cyntoia my search for redemption in the american prison system. To any young women and girls who find themselves in the situation i was in, i would say that there are people that hear you. There are p...