That has been many years and i think a great labor of love for all of the organizations or all of the organizations that have been involved. I always say about projects like this it is the ones that are the hardest that you end up liking in the end. This will be one of those truly special buildings that people look back on and say, boy, it was really hard but, boy, is it worth the effort. Were here to celebrate the opening of arc mercy at page. This has gone through many twists and turns and started in one direction and come back to the use today. There will be a group of speakers. Well try and move through this relatively quickly. The first among them is the number one house in chief. He doesnt need an introduction. Hes done a lot of these. For those of you who dont know who has done a lot more than most mayors in the country and that is mayor lee. Yeah, yeah. Very good. Yeah. If i would have had a role in this i would have said ice cream for everyone this. Is how i celebrate another
Converted to electric vehicle that we would be potentially able to pilot Going Forward. My last comment is following what has been going on the Ev Working Group meetings and based on what i have observed during the budget season. There is a lot every assistance to switch to different typings of vehicles or to zero emission vehicles. I hope that we can push these departments to see this is the direction we absolutely have to go. It is not an option. We need to be creative in reaching the climate goals here. Thank you for the comments. There was some recent articles with regard to automatic shut off systems in the m un i fleet and have the fleet has these. I discussed this with mr. Riskin. The other half of the fleet do not have them. What is the status of procuring those . That is a question the transit colleagues are better equipped to answer. I can look into that and get you a response to the status of those switches. That would be great. Any steps we can take relative to our fleet. W
Between channel and channel basins street on fourth. Right now this is the view from news chapper two over that sight. You can see it is still a very active scene. There are also still flames burning and firefighters as you can see here are pouring waters on whats left of the building. We have coverage beginning with Ken Pritchett. Ken you just learned a firefighter was injured tonight. Reporter i talked to a Fire Department spokesperson. And he said that engine was on the last ladder truck to arrive. The fire was too hot. The flames too intense they had to retreat. They had to leave their truck behind for fear that the building would collapse down on the trucks location. That injured firefighter continued to fight this fire for hours. Only later to report that he had minor to moderate burns to his face. As you can see, they are still pouring water on this building. At this point there are still hot spots. Before this fire in mission bay was an inferno, a 911 call came in at 5 01. This
There. Heres where that building is located just south of at t park between channel and channel basins street on fourth. Right now this is the view from news chapper two over that sight. You can see it is still a very active scene. There are also still flames burning and firefighters as you can see here are pouring waters on whats left of the building. We have coverage beginning with Ken Pritchett. Ken you just learned a firefighter was injured tonight. Reporter i talked to a Fire Department spokesperson. And he said that engine was on the last ladder truck to arrive. The fire was too hot. The flames too intense they had to retreat. They had to leave their truck behind for fear that the building would collapse down on the trucks location. That injured firefighter continued to fight this fire for hours. Only later to report that he had minor to moderate burns to his face. As you can see, they are still pouring water on this building. At this point there are still hot spots. Before this
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