Comment for items that arent on the agenda. We ask that you fill out a speaker card and hand them to me and i hand them to the president and the president will call folks in order that we receive them and you have a right to speak anonymously. Well call folks if they like to speak anonymously. With that, well move to item one call to order and roll call. [roll call] theres a quorum. Next item is two 2. This item is for discussion. Good evening and thank you everyone who made it to meeting tonight on commission on the environment. You want to begin by welcoming our newest commissioner, tiffany chu. Commissioner chu is a design and planner and cofounder of the company remix. I was excited. They created a fantastic technology and process for helping cities to figure how how to manage transportation issues. Its wonderful to have her here on the team with us. Did you want to say a couple of words . Commissioner chu im just so pleased to be here. This is my first ever commission that i ever
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Been doing mostly to issue a very large number of temporary working permits but colombia has so far doesnt want to recognize them as refugees something that the u. N. Says now the International Community should do when discussing ways to deal with this extra there is the largest possibly that last you know mike has ever seen now we also know that the mayors and governors of the cities and regions along the border between colombia and business well are asking for more help they say thats the social services are under huge strain extensionally medical services that their hospitals are collapsing and thats because now were seeing a large number of venice what is that riding with more complicated that the season is. Only says that its very difficult for these small towns in colombia to deal with its a very complicated that is to ation and of course what colombia is hoping for is that a change of regime or at least the beginning of a transitional period going towards new elections inside bu