Electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the january 2nd board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. So colleagues one of the items are go bond for Public Health and state of were waiting on language from the City Attorney so madam clerk item 3. Ordinance retroactively 30 years the department of technology and the depth the Contract Administration to enter spots third amendment between the city and the at t coordination for the services by extending the term of the agreement only immediately 5 years not to exceed one hundred and 20 million come on up thank you. inaudible . For finance and administration for the department of technology i appreciate the chance to present e present the item before you the third amendment to the contract with at t local Long Distance tell and Data Services and professional services and becoming we agree with the budget Analyst Recommendations a
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All politics is local. So it is not the ideological economic situation. It is difficult to make sure governments advice. Because they can be a politically very, very painful process. And no wonder in india it took election and very powerful, very determined Prime Minister to make progress recently. In nigeria is a bit political. So i dont think, i dont think theres a very clear understanding, a very clear consensus on it. Im not aware of one single government which will save no, no, no. We definitely think is a good idea. It is just that the Prime Ministers and finance ministers are looking for the political tactics to do that. And again if you post that come in this country talk about a very substantial proportion of the economically average person to you should not be surprised it is a couple good process but i do think they have made progress. I think i wouldnt characterize it as a failing. If i could you share an anecdote empty chair at the National Press club theres a meeting with
How extensive is the damage . We are going to find out. Were going to walk every trail, stream, or swamp we come across to see whats out there. Im phil torres. Im an entimologist. Ready . Yes. Ill share it with a biologist. Thats our team. Now lets do some science. Hey, guys, welcome to techknow. You guys know, ive spent a lot of in the jungles. I do my research in the tropics and usually im looking at spiders and butterflies. But this time i went down to costa rica to look at something different. We know there are a lot of scientific issues out there protecting our rain forest is one of them certainly but maybe its not quite high enough on the list. Because were realizing now that rain forests are doing Incredible Services for us in society. And theyre doing them for free. Completely for free. We dont usually think about ecosystems like rain forests providing fundamental services. It takes so much to keep new york running, so many systems, the rain forest is so much more complex. What
Variance report to you, its not a requirement. It doesnt say that we absolutely have to keep a certain level of can reserves given how much revenue were generating within the year versus taking fund balance out of the equation so the money is actually held in reserve and invested with the the citys treasurers pool and not idol or lost in that regard but showing that the credit markets that were able to with stand now and the water enterprise. Some of the reserves, once you have built them, you dont have to keep build them. Thats right. You can fill it up and stop filling it up at some point when you think you have enough so that when we talk about the amount of money that needs to be added its a target to achieve over time. Thats right. Are you suggesting that you would be coming back to us at some future meeting with proposed changes to the reserve policy . I think based on this conversation, if there is if it sounds like that is something that would be acceptable i would at a minimum