We have a quorum. Next item is president s announcement. Welcome to the Building Inspection Commission for december 18, 2019. Happy holidays. I am Vice President filling in for president mccarthy who is away dealing with a family matter. I spoke to him this morning, and as i will get to later, this is the last meeting for many of us, and he has some he asked me to pass along greetings, and i will when i get to that matter. I would like to thank the Department Staff who have been and still are attending the California Building officials Training Classes this week. Every year our Staff Members almost all of them are required to take classes and be up to speed on current code and issues in the building industry, and our staff attends these trainings at least once a year to refresh and enhance Technical Skills to continue to provide excellent customer service. Everyone in the city benefits from these continuing education opportunities. Our opportunities that we on this commission enthusias
Away dealing with a family matter. I spoke to him this morning, and as i will get to later, this is the last meeting for many of us, and he has some he asked me to pass along greetings, and i will when i get to that matter. I would like to thank the Department Staff who have been and still are attending the California Building officials Training Classes this week. Every year our Staff Members almost all of them are required to take classes and be up to speed on current code and issues in the building industry, and our staff attends these trainings at least once a year to refresh and enhance Technical Skills to continue to provide excellent customer service. Everyone in the city benefits from these continuing education opportunities. Our opportunities that we on this commission enthusiastically support and encourage. It is important to stay up to speed because so many changes happen on a daily basis here in this industry. Thank you to david letta of plumbing inspection who assisted a cu
Duck dynasty. [ light laughter ] or as thats known in louisiana, fashion week. [ laughter ] at an event yesterday to honor President Trumps 150th judicial appointment, senator Lindsey Graham said Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh, quote, lived a life we should all be proud of. [ laughter ] seriously . Kavanaugh didnt even lead a life he remembers. [ laughter ] whoa, why am i wearing this robe . [ laughter ] republican lawmakers in oklahoma introduced a new bill on tuesday to designate a section of route 66 as the president donald j. Trump highway. The way it works is men can hit 73, but women cant go above 50 [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause bill gates said yesterday that he made a mistake when he met with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein while fundraising for his foundation. Adding, but if its any consolation, i killed him. [ laughter and applause thats right, bill gates said yesterday that he made a mistake when he met with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Gates realized his mista
Revegetated with natives. You get the idea that its going to be an exponentially more of an exponentially increasing function sooner rather than later. And finally, well end with some of the work that weve been doing on the ground currently with rubicon landscape. Theyre our master landscapers, as youre aware. We really over the last 2. 5 years have developed a Good Relationship with lourdes, their manager. They do do existing groundwork for us. Weve gotten them into a seasonal maintenance where they remove the invasive. They do work on kind of a regular management schedule. Peter and i also work with the citys i. P. M. Coordinator in making sure that rubicon stays in compliance with the i. P. M. Ordinance and implements that into their training opportunities. Over the last several years, they dont apply herbicide as part of their programs anymore. We felt that overall consistent with the citys i. P. M. Ordinance directives, which is to use application as a last resort, that was an env
Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you so much for joining for the grand opening of our public lobby. It has been a long process. Were so honored to have you all here today. First, before we get into our short speaking program, i first want to acknowledge a few parties that have worked really hard to make this all possible. Id first like to thank our budget analyst and project Management Team that have worked really hard to make this run smoothly. Thank you very much for that. [ applause ]. Theyve also worked very closely hand in hand with the mayors budget office. Id like to thank Kelly Kirkpatrick for coming here today. Thank you. [ applause ]. Next i would like to thank our public facing team who provides excellent Public Service. Our Public Service team and our recorder division. Thank you very much. [ applause ]. They provided Excellent Customer Service even throughout a lot of yay. They provided a lot of Excellent Service even throughout a lot of construction. Thank you for keep