His work to make sure weve actually got the funds to pull this off, jose cisneros. applause ~ but its the passion of all of us. And i also want to give a big shout out to the entire city family for their role, Mohammed Nuru and folks at department of public works had a role, lindsay hirsch. applause with all due respect to dpw and everybody else who is here, the hardest working staff in government is rec and park. Gk, construction manager, mary hobson, project manager. [cheering and applauding] director of capital planning, don. Our great operations staff, zach taylor, judy auberry who is here, and everyone else who has contributed to this incredible project. So, at rec and park, were encoloneling people to get out and play. Thats our tag line, get ready, 1, 2, 3. Get out and play. We say that because of the importance of keeping our families active and healthy. This is a real serious issue. According to the center for disease control, Childhood Obesity has more than doubled in our chi
Fisher all the sensors in the field come into this location. These two operators behind me operate the entire water system, 24 7. So we can see all of our reservoirs, their elevations, whether theyre going up or down, how much water were getting from our two Treatment Plants. We try to move it very quickly through the system and serve it to our customers in the most economic and efficient manner. Narrator las vegas serves as an example for cities across the country, whether they have a limited supply or not. And many utilities can identify with the struggles that come with maintaining underground assets to support a growing population. One of the most common issues that municipalities share is water loss. Melosi because its not a catastrophic issue, we dont think much about it. But there is a 10 , 20 , 30 water loss or leakage in some systems. Allbee already treated water that youve invested money in, youre losing before you actually delivered it. Narrator so many utilities are employi
In jails in San Francisco and i am an attorney and i am also an exoffender. And one of the things that i have been working here for 15 years that mike hennesse pointed out to me when i started working here is people who go to court from outside from the street, usually stay out of jail. I was one of those lucky people many years ago. I came from a family who was able to bail me out of jail and i was able to get out, and eventually get my life together and show the court that i was worthy of staying out, part of that was the color of my skin and part of that was the Socio Economic family that i came from, the majority of the people in our jail dont have those resources. They dont have the opportunity to bail out and we can and then on the other issue that i want to talk about was the District Attorney brought up the people with prior serious crimes. Now, someone could have a prior serious crime from 20 years ago, not have money, and not be able to get out of jail. If for something minor
Family for their role, Mohammed Nuru and folks at department of public works had a role, lindsay hirsch. applause with all due respect to dpw and everybody else who is here, the hardest working staff in government is rec and park. Gk, construction manager, mary hobson, project manager. [cheering and applauding] director of capital planning, don. Our great operations staff, zach taylor, judy auberry who is here, and everyone else who has contributed to this incredible project. So, at rec and park, were encoloneling people to get out and play. Thats our tag line, get ready, 1, 2, 3. Get out and play. We say that because of the importance of keeping our families active and healthy. This is a real serious issue. According to the center for disease control, Childhood Obesity has more than doubled in our children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years. In 2010 more than onethird of our children were overweight or obese. It is important that we get our kids outside. Our children toda
We have about 25 of our population thats at or below the poverty line, so you have to look at rate structures that are tiered so the people can pay their bills. Franklin we would love to have Something Like 75 federal money. We do get some federal aid and we are thankful, but on the other hand, were paying for this primarily with new rates. We have increased our rates to among the highest in america. But not nearly as much as if we hadnt passed a onecent sales tax dedicated to water and sewer infrastructure. Hunter that sales tax counts for about a third of the revenue of the department right now. Franklin we got 75 of the voters to agree to tax themselves so that their children and their childrens children could have clean water because were investing in it now. Hunter there were no alternatives. The infrastructure was in dire straits. A lot of people didnt want to believe it had to be done, but it had to be done. What came out of those lawsuits by the upper chattahoochee river keeper