Democracy. , next on Affordable Housing before the House Financial Services Committee Topics include landuse regulation, zoning policies, homelessness, access to Affordable Housing in the role of congress and housing policy. The hearing is about two hours and 20 minutes. ■k ■h4e subcommittee on housing and insurance will come to order, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time, this hearing i e affordability, government barriers and marketbased solutions. Without objection all members will have five legislative days wi submit entry materials to the chair for inclusion in the record, ilf recognize myself for five minutes to give an openingstate. Today the subcommittee will hold a hearing to discuss the lack of Affordable Housing in many communities across theng countr. In particular we will examine vel as marketbased solutions to bring down the cost of housing. Americans spend more on housing ■0 representing 33 of the familys budget. Families in many areas would love t
Writing from methodist hospital, 58 yearold rick rauzi saying on facebook quote i have to say that yesterday i came as close to death as i ever want to be. Not to be melodramatic, but its a heavy thing to actually say goodbye to your wife and kids and face death alone. I shouldnt have made it. But he did make it. Thanks to these two guys. 18 45 44 it started off like any other day. But catching fish and having a good time would soon give way to a rescue rescue mission. After damian bells son konnor said he heard someone screaming for help. 18 48 06 it was hard to make out anything besides geese really at that point. We said buddy, i think its just the geese. But the screaming continued. The conditions were such that you couldnt see anything across the lake, and it was snowing really hard. So damian and jesse left their boys with a phone and told them to stay put. 18 50 0613 we knew the kids were safe where they were because of the testing of the ice we had done. We put them both in one
A rain snow mix is moving across the state this morning. Temperatures will hover around 32 degrees. By the commute in, the heaviest precipitation should be done but roads may be wet or slick in spots. Well stay in the middle to upper 30s tuesday and wednesday, with upper 40s to lower 50s through the weekend. Besides the rain snow mix early tuesday first on 13. Drivers are waking up to very slick roads this morning. Last week we dealt with strong winds and blowing snow. This morning, most of the metro will have to commute through a nasty rainsnow mix. Us now live from ames with an iowa state patrol who says Road Conditions there in the past few weeks are some of the a busy morning for Des Moines Police as they dealt with two overnight chases. The first started around 130 on the citys east side. And led officers on a chase at interstate at one point. The driver eventually crashed at east 21st and university. Just minutes later. Officers responded to another chase. This one started on 24t
Multiclarity base and there was a transparency resolution passed by the board of supervisors and that claims be moved to all payers claims data base and in june the Health Service board approved the wellness plan and a key component of that wellness strategy of the wellness plan is the database. Some of the work weve been doing in items now coming in together. As we look at our milestones, i have already just called out some of the first few ones dating back in 2012 to 2013 and really we have spent all this year trying to realize that goal out of those resolutions, to that end we did in january of this year bring to the board our recommendation on the 205 budget which included the claims data base. In february of this year we included the blackout notice for the rfp and did release that in march. In june the wellness plan which is an integral part for our Going Forward strategy and also in june the rfp process wrapped up and we noted our notice of intent and we have spent direction neg
Not asking for the actual bids. I was with a public candidate for a substantial part of my career, i know that we had vendors provide a public response and one for proprietary. Im not down to that detail, im just suggesting that upon conclusion of a project of this nature it would be helpful to know who the panel was and what the criteria were used to make this selection. Its very simple. I went on the website trying to find this document and spent couple of hours trying to do so and i couldnt find anything say all claims data base. I think we get kicked out of here at 4 00. Im sure we can do this in the future. I think its a great idea. I think we need to think about before we bring contracts to you because there are many, that we provide all the information to make it so that you are informed, and i totally agree with that. I dont mean to be argumentative. I think its great and being over the contract area we can provide the information that you want. Great. Thank you. Any other ques