Item number 2 is approval of the minutes for the september 22nd Port Commission meeting. So moved. Clerk it looks like we may have lost the commissioner. Lets see if she can rejoin us. [no audio] commissioner, are you able to call in with audio . Commissioners, are you able to dial in using the phone number on the teams link . We have your video, just not your audio. Hi, i can barely hear you commissioner brandon. Oh, im sorry. Can we use indiscernible signal . Yes, if its visible. So people would need to indiscernible yes. Okay. So ill so, commissioner wuho is here. I got back into the own meeting, doreen. Right, right. Okay. Trying to give you hand signals. Great. Okay. Now we have a quorum. Can i have a second to approve the minutes . Second. All in favor . Oh, no roll call vote, please. Clerk sure. [roll call] thank you. Item number 3 is Public Comment on executive session. We will open up the phone lines to Public Comment. The members of the public joining us on the phone, jennife
When your item of interest comes up, dial star three to be heard. Speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. You can also submit your Public Comment by email. It will be forwarded to the committee and will be included in the files. I will go ahead and call roll. [ roll call ]. Clerk at this time we have a quorum and its 9 38 a. M. Can you call the second item. Clerk opportunity for the public to comment on any matters within the committees jurisdiction that are not on the agenda. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment should call the number listed with the access code. If you havent done so, please dial star three to line up to speak. A system prompt will prompt you to begin speaking. Please note that you have three minutes. Give me one second as i go to see if we have any Public Comments. We have one hand raised at this. I am dr. Derek kerr, a whistleblower. Later you will hear about the report related to the d. P. W. Corruption scandal. These r
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Commissioner to see if she needs help. President bernal with the quorum present, we move on to the next item. The approval of the meetings of the minute of september 1st. Wrong date, im looking at the minutes. The minutes of the meeting of september 15. Upon reviewing the minutes and without amendment, do we have a motion to approve or any amendments from the commissioners . So moved. Second. Before you all vote there is nobody on the Public Comment line, so there is no need to take Public Comment. I can take a roll call vote, commissioner. President bernal yes. Commissioner green yes. Commissioner chung yes. Commissioner chow yes. And lets see if okay, i will call her as we move into the next item. That looks like the minutes passed. The next item is the directors report. Director colfax. Good afternoon. The director report, grant cocolfax. One item of note, september 30, state department of Public Health released details regarding a Health Equity metric to help continuing efforts to