Vice chair eaken. Here. Eaken present. Director heminger. Here. Have you a quorum. Though were legally required to have on the agenda to make its announcement because its clear were all using sound producing devices during the meeting we wont make the announcement. Approval of the october 20, 2020 meeting. Im ask the moderator to open the bridge and ask colleagues if theres amendments to the Meeting Minutes from october 20. Seeing none, is there Public Comment . Moderator is anyone on the line . Have you zero questions remaining. Well close Public Comment. So moved. Is there a second . Second. Chair borden secretary boomer please call the roll. [roll call] director eaken youre very faint. [roll call] madame chair, we can approve the minutes. Item 5, communications. Chair borden i lovely speech i get to give at every meeting. All members are participating Via Teleconference. This will ensure the safety of the sfmta board of directors and public. In the published notice for the meeting a
President yee good afternoon. And welcome to the october 6th, 2020, regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer. Commissioner fewer present. Clerk supervisor haney . Supervisor haney present. Clerk supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman present. Clerk supervisor mar. Supervisor mar present. Clerk supervisor peskin. Supervisor peskin present. Clerk supervisor preston. Supervisor preston present. Clerk supervisor ronen. Supervisor ronen present. Clerk supervisor safai. Supervisor safai present. Clerk supervisor stefani. Supervisor stefani present. Clerk supervisor walton. Supervisor walton present. Clerk and supervisor yee. President yee present. Clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Will you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United St
Here on cspan3, well take you live now to a hearing on amtraks response to the coronavirus pandemic. This hearing is already in process. While possibly only saving amtrak 213 million. Overall, the damage could top 3 billion if amtraks planned nine months of Degraded Service stretches another quarter to a full year. Ill finish. Thank you. The amtrak community was hit especially hard because several airlines say theyll drop service when the c. A. R. E. S. Act expires. Thats 67 cities facing air cutbacks. Nearly half, 31 of them, would all flew the same, sacramento, tampa, these routes touch nearly every corner of our country. On the empire builder on eight states from illinois to washington, those towns face a nearly 400 million blow. The north south city of new orleans between louisiana now produce nearly 134 million in economic benefits. It could wipe out as much as 88 million of that. Simply put, this drastically reduced utility of a nationwide Network Operating three days a week, mak
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