February 4, 2020 at 1 00 p. M. At city hall, room 416. Item b, announcement of prohibition of cell phones during the meeting. Please be advise ed this is prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised the chair may order the removal from the meeting room for any persons responsible for the use of a cell phone, pager or other similar soundproducing device. Time allotment of public devices, theres up to three minutes on each item, unless they adopt a shorter addendum. If you wish to addressright thrs and there are no reportable actions and the next order of business is item 4, matters of unfinished business, no matters of unfinished business. Item 5, matters of new business consisting of consent and regular agenda. First the consent agenda, 5a, approval of minutes from regular meeting of november 19th and december 1 17, 2019 2019. Any speakerrer cards . No. Hearing and seeing none, i will close Public Comment and turn to my fellow commissioner for comments or motions. No comments. I move
Prohibition of cell phones during the meeting. Please be advise ed this is prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised the chair may order the removal from the meeting room for any persons responsible for the use of a cell phone, pager or other similar soundproducing device. Time allotment of public devices, theres up to three minutes on each item, unless they adopt a shorter addendum. If you wish to addressright thrs and there are no reportable actions and the next order of business is item 4, matters of unfinished business, no matters of unfinished business. Item 5, matters of new business consisting of consent and regular agenda. First the consent agenda, 5a, approval of minutes from regular meeting of november 19th and december 1 17, 2019 2019. Any speakerrer cards . No. Hearing and seeing none, i will close Public Comment and turn to my fellow commissioner for comments or motions. No comments. I move approval of the minutes for november 19th and december. I second that. So moved
The real surprise was the pathetic action in the slowdown stock. We got powerful evidence the Global Economy is deteriorating and the stocks that should be rallying, they rolled over let me walk you through this one. Last time we got devastating news from basf its a german enterprise thats the Largest Companies on earth they make pesticides, consumer products, practically everything it was a very, very big deal when this Gigantic Company said they might need to slash the fouryear earnings forecast by 30 . Ouch what did they site for the outlook . Weak car sales and crop sales and our trade war with china it was a truck back and also a powerful reminder the trade conflict hurts more than american and Chinese Companies the damage is spilling all over the rest of the world. Now we got real concern, real reason to be worried while the Federal Reserve believes business is strong, something that chief powell might opine upon, the weak forecast from chemical giant basf suggestions that the Gl
[inaudible conversations] when i was growing up i read a lot of biographies. Interested of historical figures the computer field was young but already there were those who had done incredible work. There is a wonderful story that has done a great thing and i happen to believe the computer is the greatest invention ever. I liked history even before my machine that i had barely heard of with physical size is to look at the nomenclature of the switches. The industry has made bigger changes in a few decades than printing has over a few centuries. When i was a student at m. I. T. The computer took up half a building and caused tens of millions of dollars of the computer in your cellphone is 1 million times cheaper than 1,000 times more powerful. We are recording the events of this extemporaneously. Rarely in history do you have a chance to do that wouldnt you love to hear michelangelo talk about what it was like for the Sistine Chapel . It is important. That is what the museum is about to u
Look out because americas economy is headed for a lift off in 2015. The question is will the economic slow down in the rest of the world come here its a good question. The pace of americas growth slowed in the final three months of 2014 to an annual rate of 2. 6 compared to the previous three months. Thats according to newest mates put out by the Commerce Department by comparison. It was half the base during last years summer months when the economy leaped by 5 . That is the strongest growth weve seen in a decade. Whats more, the International Monitory fund is bullishing forecasting the rise of 3. 6 this year. Spending by consumers is up, thats good news. Spending makes up twothirds of all u. S. Economic activity, thats helping more jobs get created. Were seeing hints of upward movements on wages the one hold over that helps to make this recovery feel hollow by more americans. The rest of the world is seeing growth stagnate or retreat. Two of americas trading partners are not looking s