2020 meeting of the Police Commission. I think its probably fair to say that we all have our minds a little bit elsewhere tonight given everything thats going on in the world, and this being probably the consequential election of our lifetime. Were glad to be here with you all and we will all take the pledge of allegiance tonight with maybe a little more awareness of whats going on in the world. I will ask everyone to place their hands over their heart so we can say the pledge. [pledge of allegiance]. Thank you, and as always, if i could ask for the commissioners to mute their microphones. If you would like to be heard, just put your name in the chat box. Members of the public who are dialing in, i would ask you to please mute any background noise so that we can hear you and there is no feedback. The dial in number is [indiscernible] 0001, access code 146424 [indiscernible]. You will have two minutes for Public Comment. Please call the roll. [roll call]. You have quorum. [indiscernibl
Casting this meeting. To protect the employees and the public due to covid 19 the meeting in the chambers is closed. Due to state and federal orders and directives. You can participate in the meeting through video conference. Comments are available through each item on this agenda. Comments or opportunities to speak during Public Comment period will be available during. Best practices are to call from a quiet location, speak clearly and slowly. Turn down your television and radio. You can make Public Comment in the following ways. Provide Public Comments via email, it will be forded to the supervisors and be included in part of the decision file. Thank you very much. Can you please call items one, two, and three together. Sus spendin suspending the ct policy and recurring expenditures. Item number two all estimated receipts and expenditures of the city by july 31. Item no. 3 annual salary ordinance and annual budget ordinance for the fiscal years ending 2021 and june 302022. If you wis
Guidelines to go excavate to increase the ground floor of the property i can take that one i think that youre a homeowners; right . Not an engineer. Right. I think of the requirement is 7 foot of a headroom in regards to kitchens and closets and storage areas and corridors so 7 foot of your looking for so you know if you have 6 foot of have to go down a foot are you comploems the foundation thats the question so thats where you would you know talk with an engineer and the engineer will most likely say okay we have to dig and do testing so see where were at simple put the foundation may have to be holstered in whatever excavation to get the 7 foot 6 or your foundation maybe down far enough it is also lateral support if you dig down the function you take away the lateral support thats a construction concern and may need to upgrade did foundation to dig a foot this case. Hi thanks for doing this is the interesting im new from new york so im learning all it from im both a potentially homeo
And promotions staff within Population Health, and those folks are under this yellow block under operations, but that means that theyre also overseeing the Human Services, which is doing housing and feeding. [inaudible] within Population Health, and that modelling that theyre doing is both our normal work of taking in public results of Infectious Disease tests, but its also new work that i think is really an advancement of what we normally do in the department, working with outside assistance for modelling and making sure that we are able to project into the future. And that is led by jim marks, who is an anesthesiologist and many others in that structure. Go forward. Ill let you know that all of the guidance that comes out is part of the information and Guidance Group that is headed by reeta nguyen, dr. Rita nguyen, and she is part of Population Health and leads a team of doctors and physicians and they write all the research about what the current recommendations are. That group had
It is august. It Means Congress and the president are on vacation. Todays topic is not on vacation. And it wont be, at least to the 2020 election. The Wilson Center isnt putting off the conversation. That being said, this information is hardly a new problem that in the midst of this cold war the United States and soviet union both try to influence political and social narratives in other parts of the globe. For example, a new article published by the Wilson Centers history of Public Policy program has unearthed and related russian documents related to operation denver interesting name. Its a campaign in the 1980s to spread the life that hiv was created as a result of the pentagons biological weapons research. So, disinformation wasnt invented in 2016 and family, unlikely to be buried in 2020 but today we delve into the context and have the right moderator and speakers to do that. Our first battle, which starts right now, is on historical patterns. Moderating is the very talented, kate