What does mayo Keisha Lance Bottoms say now . Firing lineth wi Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by. Corpate funding is provided by. Welcome to firing line, mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. Thank you for having me. You are the 60th mayor of the city of atlanta, anyour National Profile has risen as you have faced more crises in the past several months than many Politicians Face in an entire lifetime. From the pandemic to these fatal shootings, both at the hands of polic and civilians in your city, to the protests that rocked your city in the wake of the murder ofeorge floyd. You are also considered to be a top v. P. Contender for a biden ticket. And so we have a lot to talk about. T rst, i want to talk to you about what happened more than a week ago en you tweeted this out to the world. How are you feeling now, mayor . You know, i feel good. Across the countryts happening and theres so much death and ckness, i count myself very fortunate. My husband and i dont have Underlying Health c
Provided and into the record to the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for 5 minutes for Opening Statements. Let me find my Opening Statement here. I believe this hearing is long overdue. Suffering terrible inequalities. Unreliable access to the energy grid, little or no broadband connectivity, and reliable funds for the federal government and other systematic problems that created unnecessary hardship and turmoil and covid19 is exacerbating these long existing problems. One third of tribal members are at high risk of serious covid19 complications due to Underlying Health factors and Navajo Nation has seen higher infection rates than those in china at the peak of the pandemic. Despite this stark reality the impact of covid19 on tribal communities, weve seen the struggles of tribal communities and access to personal protective equipment and testing to protect against covid19. Is this pandemic redesign and covid19 cases continue to rise in many areas of the Country Access to p
Second. All in favor. Aye. The motion to not to disclose what we discussed in executive session. Second. All in favor. Aye. Onto item 6, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Item 7 aannouncements. Please be advised the use of cell phones, and pagers and other sound producing electronics are prohibited during the use of this meeting. Please be aware members of the public have up to three minutes to make a Public Comment on each item of the agenda unless otherwise stated. Onto item 8 Public Comment on items not on the agenda today. Is there any Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you. Item 9a, executive directors report. Good afternoon members of the public and port staff, im elaine, the ports executive director. The first item is i wanted to report on fleet week, which wa
Second. All in favor. Aye. The motion to not to disclose what we discussed in executive session. Second. All in favor. Aye. Onto item 6, pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Item 7 aannouncements. Please be advised the use of cell phones, and pagers and other sound producing electronics are prohibited during the use of this meeting. Please be aware members of the public have up to three minutes to make a Public Comment on each item of the agenda unless otherwise stated. Onto item 8 Public Comment on items not on the agenda today. Is there any Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Thank you. Item 9a, executive directors report. Good afternoon members of the public and port staff, im elaine, the ports executive director. The first item is i wanted to report on fleet week, which wa
Now of drafting the document. In fact in two or three weeks we will have an internal draft out. And then in about three weeks, three to four weeks well have a Public Comment draft that will be available. And then in december well be submitting it to fema. So that was a lot of information. I hope i didnt speak too quickly. But im happy to answer any questions you may have before passing onto adam who will talk about one of the big strategies that the hazard resilience plan is proposing and wants to see moved forward. Thank you. Good afternoon commissioners. Adam from the planning department. And im here to give an update on the Sea Level Rise vulnerability and consequences assessment. Its actually a good thing we had brian start because the hazard and Climate Resilience plan he presented is sort of looking broadly at the climaterelated hazards that are affecting the city. And this work, it started earlier because we were thinking about Sea Level Rise and we werent necessarily as aware o