Anything on the calendar that you want us to look into. All right. Next item. Adjournment. Ill accept the motion to so moved. All in favor, say i. I. Opposed . We adjourned 525 happy new year good afternoon mr. Clerk are we ready to call ill officially call the meeting to order wednesday, january 11, 2017, it is one 13 in the afternoon please rise and join me for the pledge of allegiance and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you and welcome happy new year to you all mr. Clerk, please call the roll commissioner cohen commissioner stansbury commissioner bridges that sxementd think outside the box commissioner makras commissioner paskinjordan will not be here we have quorum. Lets take Public Comment before you go into closed session first of all, i wanted to say that you should say with the session you are going into executive session my name is steve with the united public for action i see a i could thinkcy tha
Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you and welcome happy new year to you all mr. Clerk, please call the roll commissioner cohen commissioner stansbury commissioner bridges that sxementd think outside the box commissioner makras commissioner paskinjordan will not be here we have quorum. Lets take Public Comment before you go into closed session first of all, i wanted to say that you should say with the session you are going into executive session my name is steve with the united public for action i see a i could thinkcy that will not be beneficial to the city and county workers and residencies you kept secret our investments are this is unconscionable the city and completed have a right to know where their pension money is invested this is unacceptable and outrageous and i think also you have members of this board who are officers and female on much overtime commissioner stansbury commissioner driscoll who are City Employees and basically getting extra overtime on our
You go to a Department Store and as a young person youre not afraid to ask questions of your parents. I would say, why is there a colored restroom, why is there a white restroom . Why do signs there for, and water fountains and white water fountains . I was told that that was the way his. I said, why . Arts we all people arent we all people . I did not go to school with any africanamerican or other ethnic groups. That has greatly changed. Much to my delight. I went to undergraduate school at clemson university. I went there for Architecture School and they were one of the first to admit an thecanamerican into african and Architecture School. It has been a wonderful experience for me personally to see the change that is happened. I first worked with the native american community, we did a Cultural Resource center for the smithsonian. Over 12 years, you learn a lot. You learn a lot about the culture that is different than yours. Hoping that will be the case when people come to this museu
Other. And recognize the common humanity that makes america what it is. [applause] that is a lot of weight to put on one institution. But michelle and i have taken michelles mom and our daughters to see it, we feel confident that it will not just meet expectations, but far exceed them. It would not have happened without all of you. You should be very proud. Congratulations. God bless you. [applause] [cheers] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] now, a press preview of the Smithsonian National museum of African American history and culture. We will hear remarks by founder, lonnie bunch of the smithsonian. This is about 25 minutes. [applause] good morning and welcome. What a crowd. We are delighted to have you here and i have good reason to believe that when you spend some time here, you will say that you have been delighted to be i
Cooperation, and not by human suffering but by human progress, a world that is safer and more prosperous and more secure and more free than the one that we inherited. Lets get to work. Thank you very much. [applause] francine that was president barack obama, speaking where leaders are gathering to try to thrash out an agreement for Climate Change. President obama warning of submerged cities if no action is made on Climate Change. We understand the u. S. Will not sign a legally binding agreement. He also talked about the future generation. Starting friday, surveillance will be broadcasting live from for thehe top 21 cop 21 talks in paris. the u. S. Jobs report may lead the fed to raise them. China may be finally getting the respect it has wanted. Showdown in paris. Global leaders meet to resolve their differences and come up with a deal on Climate Change. But the conference itself is a security nightmare. Bricks and clicks beat bricks over the weekend. David welcome to bloomber blg. Im