Speaker at the Commonwealth Club api ive been every speaker says to them this is a series group of people so think it over having something worthwhile to say dont try a lot of b. A. Lesson theyll see through it youve got to be careful and fact bans, you know, youre going to get good questions and not someone getting up and making a speech theres a system and ask the questions and the questions are not high their exploring more doping what youre talking about so . A process of education its a process open to people that come to listen and learn to be a better citizen so i think in this sense as ive said this is an important moment in the history of democracy because it provides for the Commonwealth Club a new home its going to be a wonderful place and going to, conducive to see people sitting around talking and lincoln to prepared speeches and, of course, at the Commonwealth Club its not just the audience we have a great Radio Network to we reach millions of people. I think this is a gr
Governors on the Commonwealth Club and also the chair of the finish Line Committee what do that mean the finish Line Committee is charged with the fundraising effort to complete that beautiful building we currently have 16 plus Million Dollars of money committed to the project the total cost is 25 million so weve got another 8 one half million to raise mary gave us a Firm Foundation to bring this foundation to completion so were 2 3rds of what you there. I would say to thank our expanding campaign counselor Shawn Richards who is where it is shawn hes back here you want to hold up your hand hes the president of greg by the fundraising consultants from the beginning. We also would like to thank pat as mary less mentioned a member of the clubs board and president of the tom by foundation the largest and very generous donor to the project please welcome tale of two cities to tell us why it is so important that the Commonwealth Club complete that project. Tale of two cities please clapping
Hartz was right about that. On two other points that were raised and then i will wrap up. The statement that the 150word statements or summaries as the ordinance provides, are not generated or validated by the city commission, that whose minutes they are part of, does seem to me to be a useful notification to the public. To understand the difference between minutes that were generated by the official recording secretary, or responsible employee, and approved as you know the report of the meeting or the Business Decisions that were made. As distinguished from statements prepared by the public. As long as that is done consistently with regard to every statement that comes before them, i dont think that that is an effort to be demissive. I think that it is truly saying that these are Something Different from the minutes that we wrote. Their statements were written by someone else. All of that said, i think that these comments were very revealing about the statement of frustration that has
Make a written statement that he or she wanted in the record. So, that i think Going Forward, certainly from my point of view, if the library were to retreat from this policy of putting the exact verbatim, 150, or whatever the number nottoexceed but the speakers written statement that is handed in, putting it in where the speaker appeared in the minutes, put it in, i think that as they go to some other policy, they clearly are willfully violating at least as i read the sunshine ordinance. But i dont find that their conduct in the past in view of the City Attorneys opinion constituted willfulness conduct. Commissioner liu . I concur with both commissioner studley and commissioner renne on the conclusion. I also did appreciate mr. Chaveys Historical Perspective on this issue. Because you know, i have only been on the commission for two years. And i did appreciate knowing what the history of it was. But, at the same time, i think that it also highlights that the ordinance itself is a litt
150word statement verbatim to be included in the bod y of the minutes. Yekt if they do that, havent they complied with the requirement that the written statement be included in the body of the minutes . But they have not done that. If they do. It is a hypothetical question. I know that your complaint is that they did not do it for everybody. What mr. Renne is saying, that if they included everyones 150word summary in the body of the minutes, would that in your mind, remedy the issue . Going forward, yes. But it does not answer the fact that they spent the last two years avaiding it, avaiding it, and i dont think that the law is intended to be something where they go along for two years, and only when mr. Herrera has the chance of being found in willful violation, does he actually even show up at the hearings. He sends miss blackman to the hearings to represent him and that is the lowest and the biggest exhibit of lack of integrity, sending a subordinate to answer for your behavior. Com