Heard from countless individuals in the public about their concerns ranging from Health Concerns, anesthetic concerns, underground conditions and private concerns and i think many of these are quite legitimate expressions to members of this board. Its been a frustrating topic of discussion. Ive had the pleasure and pain of participating in these discussion and appeals over the last two decades. Largely in part because the Telecom Industry has, as i said to ms. Blackstone, fairly and squarely purchased a lot of influence at the federal and state levels to tie local governments hands and our ability to regulate this industry responsibly and commence rat with the desires of our citizens. Beginning when i was twoyearsold, with the federal Telecommunications Act, im sorry, i just missed that by 32 years. The Telecommunications Act of 1996, it was the first overhaul of Telecom Regulations in a half century and extending to changes to our state Public Utilities code and Public Utilities commi
Second. Public comment on the minutes hearing none, emphasize. Opposed . Minutes are approved next item is general Public Comment i have a card from mr. Da costa. So commissioners in general reading the record act and focusing on our hydro electricity we now have a serious issue with pg e theyre going to raise your rates as they deem necessary and we need to express upon them which weve not had at commissioners meetings that hetch hetchy power belongs to the public which this is the hoodwinks took over we dont have the pressure on, on pg e linked in the rincon hill act as we use our water to flush our toilettes having no sense at this late date in 2016 using gray water if not for the older and newer buildings we dont seem to mind b that he we have an infinite water to flush our toilets so im making a few comments i come from a time i will not be able to come from fremont once in three or four months because i need to pace myself on other important things i do our city is going through
Commissioner courtney commissioner caen Department Commissioner kwon and commissioner caen will be arriving shortly. Thank you the approval of the minutes im hoping commissioners had a chance to review the minutes is there a 340gs to adopt the minutes. So moved madam chair second. Public comment on the minutes hearing none, emphasize. Opposed . Minutes are approved next item is general Public Comment i have a card from mr. Da costa. So commissioners in general reading the record act and focusing on our hydro electricity we now have a serious issue with pg e theyre going to raise your rates as they deem necessary and we need to express upon them which weve not had at commissioners meetings that hetch hetchy power belongs to the public which this is the hoodwinks took over we dont have the pressure on, on pg e linked in the rincon hill act as we use our water to flush our toilettes having no sense at this late date in 2016 using gray water if not for the older and newer buildings we dont
By law to assist the tndc project to come to frustrate shut up ultimately the 75 howard project that was approved pay the Planning Commission was a code compliant project and as such the new fee is 20 percent those project approvals again are not properly before the board this evening, however, the project sponsor still wishes to make a contribution to produce Affordable Housing and is therefore offered to pay additional money above and beyond did 20 percent required by law we submit both the record a letter from the project sponsor that offers the 75 howard is constructed to pay an additional amount of money to total to 33. 3 percent this the project sponsor believes is consistent with the policy direction adapted by the city voters in 2014 by prop k turning now to the issue that is properly before the board this evening the eir for the 75 howard project is it is studyingly thorough only 3 impacts identified for the final issuing one cumulative traffic impact that happens only from th
An error that he fixed some of the other comments made we taking into consideration and i would like to say were confident that the budget before you is consisted with the intention of the impound account and meets those requirements. One of the discussions that we had in our oh im sorry, i want to say per nancys question were going to respond to her directly and specifically to have those specific discussions to make sure were all on the same page youll see a detailed back and forth but the discussions in the future and we have time to make the adjustment the commission had a very spirited discussion at the Operation Committee over a couple of Operation Committee over a challenge you saw in our budget that was a structural problem that had to do with 45 percent of our budget comes from grants and grant will not also cover alley all the expenditures theyre called nonlibrary if someone goes on ma 2er7b89 we have a deficit in some of the areas that are very important to the mayor and fin