Thats how unconventional all these polls are right now. Were also going to follow more as the markets sort of i digesting the news we got out of the likes of alphabet, amazon and apple. By and large, the numbers were pretty solid, they just werent solid enough, and its weighing on the techheavy nasdaq as a result. Much more on that in a second. Now back to the cases at hand that are getting a lot of attention. 12 states now are reporting record oneday increases including illinois, indiana, maine, michigan, minnesota, missouri, nebraska, new mexico, North Carolina, north dakota, oklahoma, ohio, oregon. These are not just with oneday blips. These are new causes, the highest cases, the highest ever recorded since the pandemic began. Furthermore, 91,248 americans, more americans just tested positive for the virus. It is the highest of the pandemic period. Thats whats weighing more on the markets than anything else, the idea that these expanded cases and the kind that were seeing in europe
In indonesia, the number of daily new cases has recently exceeded 3,5,500. Authorities in the capital of jakarta have tightened restrictions that had bebeen ead since june. They require companies to raise the number of teleworking employees to three quarters for most industries. Gatherings of five or more people are also banned. In israel where new daily infections have surpassed 5,000 and nationwide lockdown will be imposed again beginning friday afternoon. In brazils largest city of sao paulo, 18 of children have brn been infected with the virus. Local authorities had been planning to reopen Public Schools next month for the First Time Since mid may, now that has been pushed back to november or later. A former member of the White House Coronavirus task force has acaccused u. S. President drum o placing priority on his reelection rather than containing the outbreak. Olivia troy was an adviser to mike pence untilil this summer. She made the accusation on thursday. Towards the middle of
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The case, please, please, please, send your proposal requests to people who are capable of doing the work well. We will now hear from josh klipp. Can you hear me. Does commissioner swig have a question . You are on mute. Let me unmute you. I think id like to interrupt the process, please. That was a very important point. I need to ask a question to mr. Buck about pruning. Yes, we have heard redundantly that its a low cost bid process. Mr. Buck. And i never built a bridge before would i get award the bid, probably not. Its the same level of Due Diligence on contractors doing or pruning throughou throughout. This is chris buck. We absolutely have those requirements, they have a contract license and they possess a certified or borrist credential so we have not have anyone bid on contracts. They can bid on them but if we were not satisfied with their qualifications they would be disqualified. Is we have customers that have been maintaining their own trees for decades and we have to have co
[inaudible] clerk okay. That motion carries 40. The matter is continued to august 12. Okay. So now, we are moving onto item number 1, which is general Public Comment. This is an opportunity for anyone who would like to speak on a matter within the boards jurisdiction but is not on tonights calendar. If you do want to speak in general Public Comment, please raise your hand. We do have a comment from zach karnazes. Alec will queue up the video. Im having to read this Public Comment from bed because im having some Health Problems right now. I want to thank Julie Rosenberg for her help in making sure that access is improved for board of appeals meetings. She has done more than almost any City Employee that i know of to help with the disabled accessing public meetings. I think theres still a ways to go for large volumes of people, like over 50 or over 20. Its still really hard, but for the smaller volume meetings, its been extremely helpful, and im very grateful to here. Im concerned at the