Earlier today, American History tv was live from detroit to look back 50 years. Our guests joined us at a Detroit Free Press room to talk about what happened and why and to answer viewer questions. This is about two hours. You are watching American History tv on cspan3. 50 years ago today, riots erupted in the city of detroit, michigan, sparked by a police raid on an illegal bar known locally as a blind pig. Five days later, 43 people are dead and 7000 have been arrested. President lyndon b. Johnson sent 5000 federal troops. Property damage was estimated at more than 30 million. The affected areas still bear the scars of the riots today. Green spaces mark where a thriving commercial district once stood. There are lingering questions about how far detroit has come addressing the issues that led to the rioting. We are here with the Detroit Free Press. And we are joined by professor Heather Ann Thompson a detroit editor. Ss we will be live for the next two hours taking your calls, tweets,
Taraval in response to the merchants concerns about parking and a petition about the bus stops due to the stop spaces consideration so the Parking Spaces at those locations will be retained during the pilot period the proposal for the eastbound stop on taraval were not preceding at the moment so well let you know if this is a way to retain that stop and in the full project the goal of pilot a reminder for safety particular for the people on and off the muni vehicles awhile preserving the parking in the commercial areas and not only the painting on the ground but coupled with education and enforcement so over the next 6 months well be vaulting how this works whether the markings and signage are effective in getting the drivers to stop behind the strain that is the main goal here our specific goal do get compliance up to 90 percent about 72 percent for the pilot if we cant get the compliance up with the various measures the education and the enforcement the signage and the striping then
Director rubke directors please stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance. That director nolan will not be that madam chair we have quorum announcement of prohibition of soundproducing devices during the meeting. Please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones meeting room meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phones set on vibrate can cause interference with the microphones, we respectfully ask they be turned off. Item 4 approval of minutes march 21, 2017. Regular meeting of. Do i have any Public Comment on the minutes. No mama motion to approve. Without hesitation ask for the officials when mr. Fan arrived he saw that was dire and directed her to call 911 and Colby Peterson to the statement calmed down and told me his problem the man stepped down from the ledge they held each others hand she went above and beyond in counseling chofbt to a man no dough their actions saved his life on behalf of sfmta thank you for commitment and please accept the certifi
That madam chair we have quorum announcement of prohibition of soundproducing devices during the meeting. Please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones meeting room meeting room responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phones set on vibrate can cause interference with the microphones, we respectfully ask they be turned off. Item 4 approval of minutes march 21, 2017. Regular meeting of. Do i have any Public Comment on the minutes. No mama motion to approve. Without hesitation ask for the officials when mr. Fan arrived he saw that was dire and directed her to call 911 and Colby Peterson to the statement calmed down and told me his problem the man stepped down from the ledge they held each others hand she went above and beyond in counseling chofbt to a man no dough their actions saved his life on behalf of sfmta thank you for commitment and please accept the certificates and going above and beyond the call of duty. clapping. mr. Fan thank you so much is gives me chills to he
The first item . The first order of business is item 1, roll call. Commission members please respond when i call your name. Commission mand har is absent. Commissioner [inaudible] present. Commissioner sing rr, here. Commissioner booustoes, here. Madam chair rosales, here. Commissioner mondejar is absent and all other members are present thmpt next order of business is item 2, announcements. A, the next regularly scheduled meeting of november 3, 2015 is held at 1 p. M. At city. Announce of prohibition of sound producing Electronic Devices. The rings of and use of cell phones, pagers and similarly sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised the chair mayordser removal of the meeting room of any persons responsible for the ringing of or use of cell phones recollect pagers or other sound producing Electronic Devices. C, announcement of time allotment public comability. Be advised the member of piblic has up to 3 minute to make Public Comment on eac