Minutes . All those in favor . Aye. Opposed . The motion carries. The next item is general Public Comment. I have a few cards here. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, commissioners today, i want to recap, you know , when i come over here during general Public Comment, sometimes i reveal to you all a few things and then when i sit down, and, you know, i cannot be here forever, because i have other things to do, i leave. And other people come and they talk about your interns and this and that, and we the public, and the constituents and taxpayers of the bayview Hunters Point area, we are not fully cognizant of what is happening with large amounts of money, okay . So one of the commissioners, i will not name him, he did say the last time about the sewer system Improvement Project. Is started with a 6 billiondollar figure, and im telling you that at the rate things are happening, its going to be like 15 billion, i repeat , 15 billion. With what is happening in the economy, the tariffs, and so
That might be a bigger spot. Point well taken. I think we could do an investigation on that. Thank you very much. They are very open. I did have a couple things on the commission, though. As i mentioned last meeting, i watched that seven part series, it was made in 2006, a video on government t. V. Somebody will know the name of that series, but there is a seven part series. Are you talking about the battalion . It is about the Fire Department and all the things you do. It is under the title it was fascinating. I learned so much. I have seen bits and pieces of it before, but i watched the whole series. It was fantastic. I enjoyed that. If you have nothing to do at one in the morning, that is something to do. [laughter] im sure you can pick it up online. The other thing is, i wanted to say i attended chief turners Retirement Party at local 798. It was quite heavily attended. It was very nice. You had the former chief there, and everybody was happy. They were a big crowd and a lot of fun
We have a quorum. The next item is the approval of the minutes for july 23rd, 2019. Is there a motion to approve the minutes of july . So moved. Is there a second . Second. Any further comments on these minutes . All those in favor . Aye. Opposed . The motion carries. The next item is general Public Comment. I have a few cards here. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, commissioners today, i want to recap, you know , when i come over here during general Public Comment, sometimes i reveal to you all a few things and then when i sit down, and, you know, i cannot be here forever, because i have other things to do, i leave. And other people come and they talk about your interns and this and that, and we the public, and the constituents and taxpayers of the bayview Hunters Point area, we are not fully cognizant of what is happening with large amounts of money, okay . So one of the commissioners, i will not name him, he did say the last time about the sewer system Improvement Project. Is started
We have a quorum. The next item is the approval of the minutes for july 23rd, 2019. Is there a motion to approve the minutes of july . So moved. Is there a second . Second. Any further comments on these minutes . All those in favor . Aye. Opposed . The motion carries. The next item is general Public Comment. I have a few cards here. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, commissioners today, i want to recap, you know , when i come over here during general Public Comment, sometimes i reveal to you all a few things and then when i sit down, and, you know, i cannot be here forever, because i have other things to do, i leave. And other people come and they talk about your interns and this and that, and we the public, and the constituents and taxpayers of the bayview Hunters Point area, we are not fully cognizant of what is happening with large amounts of money, okay . So one of the commissioners, i will not name him, he did say the last time about the sewer system Improvement Project. Is started
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