December 10 meeting of 2019. Any additions or corrections . Ill move approval. President caen any Public Comment on the minutes of december 10 . All those in favor . Opposed . Motion carries. Next item, please. Item 4, general Public Comment, members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. President caen i have three speaker cards here. The first is dave warner. I dont think i can present this, but can i hand it out. You can put it on the overhead. Im dave warner. Im a palo alto resident. Im also a participant in the mayors water supply stakeholder group. Some of you know ive been speaking at your meetings for three years now, which is a terrific honor. The sfpuc is not sharing draws. Its more important than after as you face major decisions. Should we invest an additional 2 billion or more to develop Water Supplies and raise the rates accordingly to cover the costs . Should we implement rationing as
December 10 meeting of 2019. Any additions or corrections . Ill move approval. President caen any Public Comment on the minutes of december 10 . All those in favor . Opposed . Motion carries. Next item, please. Item 4, general Public Comment, members of the public may address the commission on matters that are within the commissions jurisdiction and are not on todays agenda. President caen i have three speaker cards here. The first is dave warner. I dont think i can present this, but can i hand it out. You can put it on the overhead. Im dave warner. Im a palo alto resident. Im also a participant in the mayors water supply stakeholder group. Some of you know ive been speaking at your meetings for three years now, which is a terrific honor. The sfpuc is not sharing draws. Its more important than after as you face major decisions. Should we invest an additional 2 billion or more to develop Water Supplies and raise the rates accordingly to cover the costs . Should we implement rationing as
The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from the gentleman from oregon, mr. Blumenauer for five minutes. Mr. Blumenauer thank you, mr. Speaker. One of the most difficult and challenging situation any family faces is dealing with circumstances surrounding the end of life. Earlier this week, n. P. R. Ran a fascinating story on a little known fact that physicians die differently than the rest of us. They are more comfortable, theyre more likely to spend their final days surrounded by loved ones. They seldom die in an i. C. U. Or in a hospital setting. Thats because doctors understand what works and what doesnt. Doctors are very clear about their wishes, and they choose quality of life and concern for their families as well as their own well
Same way they have in the past decade. And will talk more about why this is. Make sure we discuss what our response is going to be to this evolving problem. Weekrchers just last published a major scientific report. The report made it clear if we are ever going to get ahead of the problem the Forest Service needs to respond to wildfires in a fundamentally different way. A self reinforcing cycle of counter effective actions. The same keep using tired approaches we have for the last 100 years. We need to make sure we are focused on getting different results. Common sense tells us our response these to be modified now that the problem is different. The Service Report does a great job tell great job summing up what the report needs to do. Altering the current trajectory will require a total system transformation. States thebluntly status quo increases losses we suffer from wildfires and significantly affects the ability to meet the core mission. We need new solutions. My chairg to work with
The collaboration that is what iron to reduce risk to firefighters, communities, and resources and some of the emerging technologies that are changing the way that fires are managed. We are now well into the 2017 fire season. It is certainly a very active one. My friend from montana, i think, is going to share some of what is happening in his state this morning. I think it is appropriate to recognize the heroic acts of the men and women who fight these fires throughout the season. And to recognize the firefighter from montana. And to recognize the firefighter from montana. I will talk about it in my remarks but we lost a firefighter last night in montana. It is our second fatality in two weeks. Know that our hearts and our prayers are with the families but again, this speaks to the realities that we face with our wildfires and are fires around the country, that this is dangerous and unpredictable work. Our thoughts and our prayers are with those who are serving. As of august 1, nearly