Those around me madam secretary, call the roll, and commissioner willie adams, here. Brandon, here. Katz, here; approval of minutes for july 12, 2016 meeting. All in favor say aye. Next item. Pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices during the meeting please be advised that the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar soundproducing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any personnss responsible for the ringing of or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundproducing electronic device. Announcement of time allotment for Public Comments please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda i
Please be advised that a member of the public has up to three minutes to make pertinent Public Comments on each agenda item unless the Port Commission adopts a shorter period on any item. Item 5, Public Comment on items not listed on thugenda. I dont have cards. Is there Public Comment on anything not on the agenda . 6 a, executive directors report good afternoon president adams and prez dependent adams. Im elaine forbes. My 1st report is a innovative project under development being spearheaded by tom esher of the red and white fleet. In terms the big picture, Climate Change and alternative energy, the connection between fossil fuel and Climate Change is very well understood. Truly clean energy means finding alternative fuels that dont produce green house gas. Solar and wind power are increasingly common. In San Francisco we are benefit from hydro eelectric power from hetch hetchy. Today we have electric cars powered by batterys. Many recall former governor schwarzeneggers hummer. This
Ok but deputies say all of this could have been worse. Investigators at this hour on the streets searching for the guy. It was pretty shocking. Not even a couple of blocks down the road. Reporter folks on lakeland on edge following a brazen carjacking at the popular bone fish grill along pipkin road. Especially this early in the morning or late at night. Getting out of my car all the time and making sure theres reporter on the Facebook Page the Polk County Sheriffs Office sending a major alert. Investigators say the woman was in her car at the time, a Toyota Avalon shortly after closing time early sunday morning, the suspect walked up to the car with a chain wrapped around his hand and forced her out of the vehicle. Thankfully she was not harmed. The suspect drove off about a mile down the way where he crashed that car and burned it. Of course this is an area with plenty of businesses and restaurants, folks we spoke with this morning simply just maybe should make you more aware. Ive be
Point out. This one just in from fhp, here in pinellas northbound 275 at gandy, roars we might have some lanes blocked although not really seeing anything. I looked and you can see were still in the green heading northbound on 275. A little slow here on 4th street and park, i also noticed a little bit of slowdowns as well. Could be due to some lingering construction from overnight. Opening up our cameras, this i275 around 54th avenue. Got blurry on this camera. Was looking clear a second ago but looks like they are making some focus changes there. Traffic looking great on 275. All the interstates in the green, i4, i75 and 275 in pinellas. 5 01. A dangerous carjacking suspect is on the loose in lakeland. The polk county slivers office sending out a major warning now. Sheriffs office. Abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan is live from the scene is the victim ok . Reporter thankfully she is. This could have been worse. Investigators say this happened shortly after closing time on sunday
Now, at 11 00, crafty move. A hand cuffed prisoner manages to escape out of a squad car. How he got away and the search to find him. And compelled to action. A restaurant staffs personal mission to help victims in floodravaged and what even surprised them. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im serena fazan. The search is underway for this man, joel carchola. He slipped out of a cruiser while handcuffed. It started when joel carchola and a friend crashed their car into a free near fifth street court near bradenton and then took off. Deputies spotted the men a block away and learned joel carchola was wanted for violating his probation on a drug charge. Put him in the squad car but as they questioned his friend, investigators believe he somehow rolled down the window and climbed out. The escape has many people nervous. Theres a lot of kids around here. So having my son, i would be a little bit worried that someones on the loose that obviously doesnt care about other people