So, I'm going to call the meeting to order. First thing is to review and approve the agenda and we don't have a ton on our agenda tonight. Any thoughts on changes. Well, we can go into executive session if you choose. Sure, we as a discussion, you don't actually have to add this to agenda you have the action item is the appointment of this, the seat. So, an executive session doesn't have to be warned you can still vote to go into executive session anytime you want as long as you meet the criteria. I know, but we usually try to put it out of the knowledge that so I thought we're changing the agenda. That's fair. I think it's fair to assume that we probably won't. We'll get both sets of minutes because I'm looking at the email I sent out. I got to but I got one this July and one that's August 18 I didn't get a call. Oh, oh, oh, that was not right. Okay, sorry about that. So, so we want to include the minutes and the consent agenda. It's not. Well, we can. If you all didn't have a chance to look at it. Well, you emailed them to us. They were on the link for the meeting. Okay. Yeah, just those two. Oh yeah, no, they're there. Oh yes, thank you. Yes, I'm going to do that. Okay. I'm otherwise hearing no changes to the agenda. So we'll consider the agenda approved onto general business and appearances. This is an opportunity for any member of the public to address the council on a topic that is not otherwise on our agenda. If folks. Yeah, there will be an opportunity for public comment. Just prior to or as a part of the appointment to district three city councilor seat. So if you have a comment about that, then that can go then. Otherwise. Yeah, you have something. Not on the agenda. You'd like to save now would be good. If you would say your name where you live and try to keep your comments to two minutes that would be wonderful. Go ahead. I want to raise a couple things I've raised already that the, the task force meant homelessness task force meant today and their best effort for addressing the potential wave of over 100 people on house this winter is to try to use city money to buy some rooms of the city. And that is the most desirable option. I think you all need some executive level intervention in the effectiveness of that committee. You can continue to delude yourself and think they're making progress, but that is not the case in two years. The city needs to city manager needs to be directed to enforce the lease terms for the bathrooms at the transit center. We're not had or manage the bike path, the crack ceiling is going to go really destructive. There's no crack ceiling on the section between Taylor Street and the bridge. There's one inch wide cracks. There's a tunnel and that longitudinal that need addressing I brought it to public works and no action. The shelter has still not been power washed. Despite the health hazard that was acknowledged by our health officer fire chief. A month ago, six weeks ago. Somebody went through the multi use path with a mower looks like a drunk driver doing a hit and run operation. Just running over trash leaving it all the shredded trash etc. Just an abomination. The transit center handicapped doors I was following somebody in on in a wheelchair. The panels and the electrical wires are still hanging there how it got our building inspector certified that building is occupiable when we never bothered to finish the handicapped controls for the Taylor Street doors is Let's just say it's another example of America's most mismanaged small town capital. Thank you. Anyone else. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Go ahead, Peter. I'm Peter Kellman. I live in District three in Montpelier. And as a resident of that district, I would like to thank the city council for extending the deadline for applications to be appointed to fill the council vacancy created by the departure of Dan Richardson. I think it's clear that this extension resulted in four applications, all from well qualified individuals who collectively represent a considerably more diverse background experience than has generally been the case for city council members. And I would venture to say that without the extension, this would not have been the case. Indeed, you may have received as few as a single application by the time of the previously announced deadline. And I would urge the council to continue to be cognizant of the need for clear, timely and transparent communication to Montpelier residents, especially those may be directly impacted by matters before the council and those who may be underserved and represented. And in this regard, I'd like to repeat the concerns I voiced at the prior meeting that the city website and other communication efforts by city government are falling short of what is needed in today's complex media environment and should be reviewed and improved. In addition to the examples I cited at the last meeting, I mentioned two examples that arose in just this past week. The nearly citywide boil water notice, which many people did not see, or if they did, they did not understand it applied to them, because the long list of streets wasn't included in the notice itself, and proved to be quite difficult to access, particularly by smartphone. Moreover, there were no updates on the city website over the weekend, leaving many people anxiously asking if anyone knew whether it was still in force or not. The second is a consent agenda item on tonight's agenda labeled approval of a resolution for a VCDP planning grant application. Talk about a lack of transparency. Almost no one outside of this room would have any idea what this is about, unless they very carefully read today's rather long times artist article about tonight's meeting as I did, and or open the agenda items files and clicked on Habitat Resolution 2021. I'm not wrong. I'm very much in favor of such affordable workforce housing development, even in my neighborhood. But this is exactly the kind of project that raises NIMBY fears. And so it should be communicated about early and often to engage those who may be affected, both neighbors who might object, and people who might need such housing. To engage in effective folks at the early stages, will the city ever be successful in actually addressing issues like affordable housing and energy conservation. The parking garage fiasco shows what happens when people feel however inaccurately and unfairly that the city and the city council are pulling a fast one over the public and using tax dollars to support private enterprise. I don't believe that myself. In this resolution, I suggest that be removed from tonight's consent agenda, and then emotion be made and discussed to take this up in a subsequent meeting as a regularly discussed posted agenda item with a title that makes clear what it is about. I just want to add just a little bit further that the district three city counselors including the new one that will be named tonight, communicate with their constituents about this matter, and encourage them to learn more about this potential housing development project in their neighborhood, as well as the one on the Brown Derby property that hasn't been talked about, despite the fact that I tried to get it talked about publicly with people in our neighborhood. Thank you. Anyone else? I see. Zach Watson, go ahead. Thank you madam mayor I just wanted to. Thank you, Peter for his comments. I work for central one habitat for humanity. We have we, and are putting this resolution forward excited that the city council is looking at this for us. I just wanted to let folks know that we did have a public hearing on Monday. And unfortunately, nobody showed up. That was unfortunate that's part of the community development block planning process. We posted it as was required with the community development block grant program, which was in the newspaper, and it's just too bad that we didn't have some more folks there so, but we have been communicating with folks in the public about this. Just want to reiterate that this is a planning grant, which we have not received yet all this is doing is giving us permission to apply for it. So, Peter, when the, and forever for other folks, if the grant is approved, there will be plenty of opportunity for input from the community to make sure this is something that meets the needs and the desires and the culture here in Montpelier. But thank you for your comments on that, Peter. And I do hope the city council will take up this resolution tonight so that we can submit this application in it before the application deadline is due. Alright, thank you. Morgan, go ahead. Yes, Zachariah comments. No, not with ceiling. I second. Peter's comments and concerns about tonight's consent agenda and think it's worthy of consideration. Thank you. What I meant was Peter's comments about tonight's consent agenda is worthy of consideration. Thank you. Yep. Thank you, Morgan. All right. Any further comments? Okay. So we're going to move on then to the consent agenda and I actually need to recuse myself from item C. So is if we could, if there would be a motion without item C that would be great. I move we can send agenda without item C. Okay, so motion in a second. Any further discussion? Okay. Yes, Donna, go ahead. I just didn't hear a deadline for when we needed to have this done. I have what done the resolution in order to for item C. Yes. There, we could ask that Zach, are you still there. I'm still here. Good question, Donna. So the, the Vermont Community Development Program will be reviewing the applications in November. They would like to have applications in some time they have a goal of mid September. So basically, this is the last piece of the application we need to put forward and if after we submit it, there's still some additional information that's needed. That's why we're putting it forward now so that we can have plenty of time to address whatever requested Vermont Community Development Program needs. It's a big application is pretty happy lots of work went into it. Thank you. Does that clarify. We could do it at our next meeting. It would. So our next meeting is September 8. Would that be a sufficient date, Zach, I should probably not be talking about this. I should not be talking about this. Jack, you want to run this part. Yes, thank you. I would just suggest as a point of order that we have a motion to adopt the consent agenda without that item. I suggest we take that up and then take up an item from the habitat. That's fair. I think I can run this part then. Okay, sorry. Thank you. All right, so There's motion and a second about Parts A and B any for the discussion. Okay, all in favor please say aye. And great. Thank you. And opposed. All right, so that is that passes. I will leave you to the discussion or not about item C. Oh, I like it. I'm not going to call on me. So this is just about the previous just because we just approved the firefighters contract. Yes. I just, I just want to take a moment while we're doing something for the firefighters and just appreciate. I mean, I was just thinking back to when COVID started and, you know, our firefighters, paramedics, EMTs were out there in the community. I think back to when we knew nothing about COVID and they were have been going out, you know, into people's homes have been out there in the community helping people in need. And I know I'm grateful and the community. People I've talked to have just been so grateful for, you know, all that they've been doing for us. And so I just want to take a moment to appreciate and thank our firefighters and the team over there for for being there through really hard times. And, you know, so just want to take a moment to say thanks. Yep, I agree. Thank you. All right, Jack. Okay, thank you. We're now on to item C of the Consent Agenda. What's your pleasure on this item? Is there a second? I'll second it. Any discussion. Let's see if there's discussion from the council. Lauren. I have a quick question. I think, Zach, so you, you alluded to that there's a lot of public input opportunity, like during so this is a feasibility study, the grant of the project, just, just wondering if you could talk like a little bit more just to, you know, Peter's point and Morgan, just curious like what that might look like so people would have a better sense of how they might engage in the process from here. Certainly. Thank you, Lauren. So, just, I think it's important to keep in mind this is a feasibility study. It's funds for a feasibility study for a fairly complicated parcel of land. And at this point, we are looking to determine whether it is even possible to build anything on this parcel. So that's stormwater. We're looking at stormwater mitigation plans. We're looking at, you know, what access might look like this is be an extremely difficult property to access. We're looking at how many houses we can build up there. Ultimately, all of that will contribute towards the determination of whether acquiring this property and building houses on it is even feasible. So, it's, at that point, if there is, if it is determined that this is a feasible project, then then we will actually talk, then we'll go through the DRB to, and there'll be public opportunities for public input at that point. Obviously, neighbors will be abutted. You know, the abutters will be notified of things like this. But this is going to take a lot to actually make this process, this project feasible. There's been a lot of discussion. And I know support from from folks in the community about the need for affordable housing. And I can tell you right now that community pushback and delays are going to make this even more challenging of a project. So, we just need to figure out if we can even do anything on this project to begin with. Yeah, thanks. I appreciate that perspective. I do think that, you know, I support moving forward with doing a feasibility study, but at the same time, I also want to make sure that we're making sure we're not limiting the community progression to just the abutters, because I think that you've got a really tight community geographically in that area. And so I know that there are obligations just to invite abutters but I think that we want to make sure that that I mean, if things do progress forward that we're looking at a broader outreach, whether it's by the city or whatever mechanism that's needed that we're making sure we're including folks in that whole area of the Northfield Street. Thanks. Any other comments from members of the council. Any comments from members of the public. Stephen Peter. Steve Whitaker. I came in Monday and looked at the city bullet board and for looked at all the meetings that were worn there. I didn't see a warning for a public hearing on this CDBG grant. And part of my concern is that we have a almost a chronic history of cutting corners. And while I support in concept habitat for humanities goals. I don't want to perpetuate this cutting corners. John, do you recall having a, a posting on the bullet board for a meeting that we were told was warned of public hearing on the CDBG application. No, but they're usually on my board. I don't really want to interrogate Zach about it, but my point is that the last grant that I spoke about was the 750,000 for stem for another way to put in a bathroom and showers that was three years ago and that bathroom and shower still isn't done. So, the, you all are well aware of the garage fiasco and the corners that were caught on that we can argue about that another day. But that didn't go unchallenged. Corners were not cut on the garage project. And there was ample, there are ample public hearings and. Okay, there was no traffic study of the truck impact. I have a comment that's germane to the ID. Well, you just, you just made the cut. You just opened it up. Just a little bit. I have a comment that's germane to the. It's germane to what you're you just challenged my comment that opened it up for it's now germane. You're a lawyer you should know that it's not germane. The other comments relating to.  If you have a comment related to the feasibility study to help with you to make it. Yeah, I just want to echo what, what Jay, what Jay said about a broader than just the butters. And it's not just because this is Northfield speed or it's my district. I think this is a really important thing that I want the council to think about. Zach said, is true that this is very preliminary, and it will go before the DRB. And there are all these procedures. The problem is, I think that the council needs to go beyond the, the legally required procedure. I think it's required about having a meeting for our neighborhood about the about the brown derby situation. I was told, well, that's just for the butters. No, it's not just for the butters. It is the these kind of projects affect a major artery and a pretty intact neighborhood. This will be true no matter what the neighborhood was. I really think, Zach, in all due respect, going through the usual procedures. That's why there was nobody at your meeting, because you went through the usual procedures. You didn't make an affirmative effort to get people from the neighborhood. I'm not blaming you. But I think it's very important to make an affirmative effort to engage the people. In fact, engage the very people who are likely to, let me say it this way, have concerns. I went around my neighborhood and asked about the brown derby. Almost nobody in my neighborhood knew about it. And when I provided them with the information that I'd gotten from the development group, people raised questions. Nobody said, I don't want that. They raised questions about traffic, they raised questions about parking. They raised questions about whether there was really room for that many things. They raise legitimate questions. This is the time to engage them. I don't mean this moment.  Part of the feasibility study should be, will there be that kind of pushback that Zach talked about? Yeah, there will be.  Head it off by engaging people right away. And Jack, the point isn't that corners were caught. The point is that that's the perception. I think it's incorrect. You think it's incorrect. But that's the perception and you guys can do something about heading off that perception. And that's what I would urge you to do. I'm not saying to put this off. It should be, you should approve this. But I'm not sure you should approve it tonight. I think you should. But let's really say we're going to change the way we do these things. We're going to really make an effort to talk about these things very thoroughly, even when they're just an idea, please. Thank you. Thank you. Patrick, if you're trying to say something, you're muted. Anything further from the council? Are we ready for a vote? All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. The chair votes aye. And at this point, chair is returned to the mayor. Okay, thank you. All right, so we are up to the appointment for district three. All right, so we had four applicants for this position. And I see two of them here. And I am not sure if any of the others are joining us virtually. Cameron, are you running the virtual stuff? Is there another page or not? There's not. Okay, thank you. All right, well, so I at this point, I would love to invite the candidates who are here to come up and introduce themselves. Tell us about your interest in the city council. And I have a few questions. I have a couple of questions I'm going to ask of every candidate and so you're prepared. The questions I'm going to ask you are what are your top three priorities for the city? Or things that you would like to see changed in the city. And then second question. When you disagree with someone, how do you normally handle it? Just so you're prepared. That's what I'm going to ask. I don't know if other folks have questions that you're going to ask. If you do, if you'd like to offer them now, that's great. Otherwise, I mean, we can obviously spontaneously ask questions as well. Anybody else want to jump in? Okay, just checking. All right, so with that, either of you could go first. Good evening. My name is Alice Colts. I try to run for this position before I wind up getting 222 votes. I live in public housing. So I know what it's like to struggle. My concerns are about housing. My concerns are about with the mentally challenged, where there has been issues with the police and the shootings. I feel that there should be a social worker should escort them. I'm going to help. So things like this don't happen. I have to stand what it's like to struggle as a parent. Because I have a school crossing guard. So I see the kids every day and I talk to the parents. So I know how it is to struggle. I also know how it is to struggle as being disabled and being a parent. So I can be a support to other parents. And I feel that I want to help my constituents in this community. Thank you for your time. Yeah, thank you. If I can ask you one question. You kind of answered my question about things you'd like to see change in the city or your priorities. But any thoughts on like when you disagree with someone, how do you normally handle that? Well, when I disagree with somebody, I try to talk it out with them. Like I may not agree with everything you say. I may either tell them, well, let's talk about it. Let's try to come up with a resolution. Great. All right, well, thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Any other questions for Alice? Okay. Great. Thank you. Is this all right? Yep. Hi, everybody. I'm Kerry Burnham. Thank you for your consideration for this position. I am a 25 year resident of Montpelier. I'm married to the city clerk. Many of you know, and I just want to address any kind of possible conflicts right up front about that. He and I have talked about this and my hope would be that the council could work out something where the city clerk's budget was separated from the rest of the municipal budget. So I would like to be involved in discussions about my husband's salary. And that's an obvious conflict. And if there are other potential conflicts or appearances of conflict that would come up from that, I'd be very open to working those out and very sensitive to that. So this is a position that I thought about pursuing at various times over the years, many times in the past. And this time seems like a good opportunity. I just want to acknowledge that you have some really very, very strong candidates for this role in front of you right now. I would hope that you don't hold it against anybody who's not here to speak for themselves tonight. I'm here because I have a very good sense being married to the city clerk having lived here for a long time and serving on the board of civil authority for many years. They're really good sense of how things work and what's going on. I wouldn't necessarily have known that it was an expectation that I'd be here tonight if I want that plugged in. So there may be other folks who aren't necessarily. So just a little bit about myself. I'm on the board of civil authority as I mentioned, I've been at Justice of the Peace since 2002. I work here in Montpelier as the executive director of the Vermont Commission on Women. And I've been doing that for nine years. And I have two kids. One has graduated from Montpelier High School and the other is in senior year at Montpelier High School. I live on St. Paul Street. We've lived there for 20 years, 21 years. Wow, 21 years. And I would say that my, really my big concern about Montpelier is about the livability of the city. And I have found this to be a wonderful place to live and to raise kids in many, many ways. I think that there are, there are a lot of folks though in our city who have had a harder time with that. Being able to find affordable housing, quality housing, being able to access educational opportunities, being able to access transportation, things like that, I think are easier for some of us in the city than for others. So I come from a position of relative privilege. And so that makes things easier for me. That's not been the case for a lot of other folks in Montpelier. So I am very appreciative of the work that you've done lately looking at our homeless neighbors and feel very encouraged about that and anything that we can do to make Montpelier inclusive and equitable and a welcoming place is very, very high up to me. I also would say that my concerns about transparency and open government are really high and up there. And I wouldn't say that Montpelier is doing a terrible job with that, but it's always something that needs to be kept at a very high value. And I mean just, you know, the example of not my, not necessarily knowing that being here tonight was, was important is just an example of a little bit of communication that could really probably serve to be a little bit more welcoming to the people who aren't in Montpelier as tuned in.  And so for instance, I know that you all have been working on updating and kind of cleaning up city ordinances for quite a while now. And I know there's a lot more to do on that.  Because the ordinances haven't been cleaned up and looked at in a while and I would, I would love to get in there and dig around, try to fix stuff like that. And even if I weren't part of city council, that's actually something I would love to be involved in. If it's something you're going to take up again, that's important. So as far as handling this agreement, I'm not a particularly conflict oriented person. I'm also not likely to just kind of let things go by. If I disagree with them, I will speak up and say, say something about it. I think from what I've observed at this group, this seems like a pretty well-functioning group where people have, I'm making some assumptions, but if you look like you share common values and you share common goals, and so that always makes it easier when there's agreements about how to get to those goals when there isn't disagreement about these wonderful goals. And so that certainly helps. And then I would just want to say one more thing, which is that I know that among the other applicants for this position, there are people who represent perspectives that I, as a white woman of some privilege, could never represent on this, on this body. And if I were in your shoes, I would be seriously considering those perspectives as incredibly valuable. And so that's all I have. Happy to answer any questions. Great. Thank you. Any other questions? You go ahead, Donna. No matter what, you may be on that committee for audiences. Honestly, we hear things like that and we remember. Great. Great. Well, thank you very much. And just to check, Lauren, I didn't turn around to see if you had anything, but Lauren, no questions. Okay. Great. Thank you. All right. And also just want to check in to see if, if either Jean Leon or Jennifer Morton are with us virtually. And I don't see them. I just want to check. I'm assuming this hand from Brian Pete is not, but he wants to say something. I think that's the mouse. Thank you. Okay. That's a new one. I don't know. Okay. And for, for now, this is, it's still okay for folks from the public to comments. So go ahead, Morgan. Morgan Brown. District three president. I just want to voice my support for Alice Colts. She was a former neighbor of mine and I consider her a friend. She does a lot of work behind the scenes. Many people might not be aware of. What she quietly does. On behalf of others. And she's very diligent. She takes the time. And she asks a lot of questions. And. I think. She's worthy of consideration. And I would ask you to. If I had a vote, I'd be vote for Alice. I signed her petition. This time around and also when she ran for her election. And as she mentioned. She did get 222 votes, you know, in her first time out. And I think that was impressive. And it speaks to. You know, the many people that. Already know her and, and that she's been involved with over the years. So. Please. Consider her for appointment. Thank you. Thank you, Morgan. Mayor, this is that cues. Go ahead, Zach. I think you guys have a very. Very different perspective. I think it's a very different person for his service. On the council. And I'm sorry to see him. Go. But I wanted to say you guys have, you all have a unique opportunity tonight. To bring a very. New perspective to the council. That will. That is very. She's very diligent.  And basically being very passionate about the issues. And I think this is a very unique opportunity for the council tonight. To look at bringing. Alison. Provide a very unique perspective. That is. Rarely seen. Here. Thank you very much. I'm in support of Alice Colts. Thank you. Thank you, Zach. Anyone else. Okay. All right. So. With that. I am in anticipation that we would go into executive session. Jack. I move that we go into executive session to. Discuss. Appointment of a public officer or employee pursuant to one DSA section. 313. I'll second it. Okay. It's been a motion and a second. Any further discussion. Okay. All in favor, please say aye. And a post. Okay. And Lauren. We will. See you in the executive session. Thank you. Okay. See you. See you soon. And someone's going to bring a laptop. Yep. And we will return to. This room. In a bit. We're able to get in touch with one of them. Who has since joined. On the. In the zoom. Oh, okay. Great. Thank you. I keep talking. So you can. Great. Okay. Thank you. All right. So. I believe I saw Jennifer Morton. Join us here in the zoo. Welcome Jennifer. So we would love to. Hear from you about your interest in joining the city council. And then just to, to give you a heads up. I have a couple of questions I'd like to ask. One is. What are your top three priorities for the city? Or top three ways in which you'd like to see the city change. Second question is when you disagree. With someone. How do you see the city change? Okay. So the second question is when you disagree with someone, how do you normally handle that? Hopefully that's clear enough through my mask. And. All right.  Okay. Thank you, everybody. I'm sorry. I had no idea that you were all meeting tonight and that I was. Even a contender still. So I apologize. Thank you. And also I'm not prepared at all because I didn't know this was going to happen. So. You know, I work for the youth. I've worked at the youth service bureau in Washington County years ago. I've worked for spectrum and I work for the family center of Washington County. So, you know. Folks that are precariously housed or unstably housed or homeless. I've worked for the youth service bureau in Washington County. I've worked for the youth service bureau in Washington County. I've worked for community members. I've worked with for over 20 years, both here in Vermont and in Oregon. So anything to help support those communities. And uplift those communities. Really important. For me. As is affordable housing. You know, there's not a lot of infrastructure right now for that. But those are things that are really important to me because. You know, there's not a lot of infrastructure. You know, there's not as much as much as they say. Also, you know, equity for the BIPOC community. I'm an indigenous woman and moving to Vermont from. A place where there was a much larger. Indigenous community. In Oregon and then coming here to central Vermont. And I've been on the commission for Native American affairs for the state of Vermont for the last four years. We've made a lot of wonderful changes, but I think having some sort of. Community center or place to gather. Would be really important for a lot of indigenous people that live. Here in Montpelier. We all stay in our houses and we would like to gather. So. I'm not a homeowner. Also, I've talked to a lot of my neighbors and there's a lot of talk about the roads. I'm not a homeowner. I'm a renter. And I think I'm in the minority. As far as. Central city council folks. But I would like to be a homeowner. And so talking to my neighbors about the roads and. You know, various issues is still something that I'm working on. I'm not a homeowner. I'm not a homeowner. I'm not a homeowner. I was nominated by a neighbor. So this is all very new to me. And I apologize. What was your final question? Well, yeah, no worries. The last question was when you. Disagree with someone. How do you normally handle that? Or what does that look like for you? You know, I approach everything. And I think what I'm trying to, what I'm trying to do is to be a homeowner. And so I'm not sure is, is how I walk through the world. Right? So. I know that a lot of people don't agree with. My thoughts and that's okay. Everybody's, you know, allowed to have their own opinions and thoughts and. You know, in a perfect world, we would all be able to have good conversations where everybody's communicating in a good way and hearing each other. And sometimes that happens and sometimes it doesn't. myself calm and try to just actively listen to the other person Try and understand where they're coming from and you know staying calm Staying calm is important. I have two small kids. So that is something that I am working on every day Not just as a social worker, but as a parent and a neighbor and Great, thank you so much So I don't want to if you have more to say I don't want to Cut you off. Oh, no, you're good. You're good. Thank you. Okay. Any other questions that folks from the council may have for Jennifer Connor, go ahead. I think I probably ask all three candidates here while we have them in the room by no means is a binding, but this term only goes to March at what point there'll be another election. Maybe start with Jennifer Is your intention again, you can always change your mind. Would you would you run for election for the seat. If you were appointed tonight. You know, that's something that I was talking to my husband about and also my ceremony community because I'm really engaged in my ceremony community and actually, yes, I think I would try to stay on. I don't want to just Halfway do something.  Thanks. And I just asked the other to the same question. Okay. Thanks so much. Are there any other questions or comments from council. Okay, great. Thank you. And thank you so much, Jennifer for for joining us in a sort of last minute way. I'm glad that we were able to get in touch with you. Oh, I think you're muted sorry. Thank you. Good. Okay, so at this point, we are probably going to go back into executive session. We'll have some further conversation and then we'll come back. Okay, so is there emotion will be enter executive session to discuss the appointment of the public official pursuant to one VSA 31383. I'll second it. Okay, further discussion. All in favor please say aye. Aye. And opposed. Okay. Thanks very much we will be back. Second. Hi. Hi. We are in regular session. I just wanted to check more time just to see if Jean had joined us. Not as that accurate. Okay. So. Yep. So I want to make a motion that we appoint Jennifer Morton to fill the vacant. District three seat until. The election at Tom meeting day in March. It's really. It's wonderful to have wonderful, qualified candidates. So thank you and best of luck for the future. Yes, go ahead. My name is Alex and I don't think it was very clear that this woman came into this, um, into this meeting at the last second. You know, I don't think it was fair to me or the other person. And I think that this should be, this should be another meeting about. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. I believe that the, this is a, an example of the way this council does business. This is cutting corners to in effect install somebody. This has happened with Jack seat. This happened with, you know, Y'all are manipulating the process when you call a person who didn't show up. It's just totally improper use of executive session. And then extend and go hold a second executive session. In order to install that person. Uh, it's just totally improper. It reeks of the, the constant, uh, unethical and improper actions by this. Thank you, Stephen. I guess I would also just like to add that. We wanted to do everything we could to ensure that. Everybody who. Wanted to be involved to be involved. And we were able to reach out to both candidates, but for that. So anyway, there we are. Thank you again. And I think that is the end of our regular business. We are on to council reports. Don, you don't have to go first. It's really great to be back live and hope that I can continue to be here. We will probably alternate being quarantined for one reason or another, but it's good to be here. Yep. Okay. I just want to thank. Just want to thank the people who. Applied. We have great public service among. More than one of the candidates and I. Appreciate your application and your. Desire to serve. Lauren. Yeah, I would just echo gratitude for everyone who put themselves out there and, um, And I know it's great to be here. Um, I'm just going to start off with, uh, carry on our ordinance updates and many other things and, um, our other folks as well. Um, and other than that, I will pass. Uh, all right. And I will pass for the evening, John. Okay. Um, Bill. Just see you all next week for strategic planning. Come with your big, big vision hats on. Is it. Yes. I'm Bill. I'm the city manager. If you can get in touch with our office tomorrow, when you chance to give us contact info, maybe we can find a time to talk before next Wednesday to try to get you up to speed at least a little bit. Absolutely. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome aboard. Thank you very much. Yeah. All right. So that is, that is it. All right. So without any further objection, we will adjourn 839. Thank you. I just didn't just got this thing around to be signed. So make sure you go.


Being texting done before driving Because we're gonna be safe on the road today and always guys not hitting the trash cans this time doing great So I am venturing out into the world again today And I've been thinking about this comment that I get over and over and over again on social media People will repeatedly say to me things that I think are meant as compliments, but What they say is wow, you're so strong if that happened to me. I would just kill myself And as I think about that for just a second I think there are a variety of ways that one could take that comment I think to some extent you could take it in a really kind of insulting way like wow someone thinks my life is so worthless That they would end theirs instead of living mine But that's honestly not how I take it and if you've ever said that no ill will whatsoever I think that people Strongly underestimate their ability to live through things and survive and underestimate the strength of their own human spirit I think that's one of the big reasons why people idolize and use the word inspirational when talking about people who are like living with disabilities but still doing things which is the vast majority of People who are living with disabilities or who have suffered through extreme trauma and are still living life Which is a lot of people who have lived through trauma Sands me for them to some extent to think that someone can't picture a future for themselves If something drastic happened because the reality is is that no one knows what's gonna happen tomorrow and Bad things happen. I have personally had my fair share of them. I have learned to adapt and survive and Honestly, you would too. It is my sincere desire that nothing ever happens to you that is so Life-changing in such a negative way. I hope that you never have to go through trauma I hope that you've never had to I hope that you never lose a body part, but Know that if you ever did know that if you ever do You would find a way through you could find a way through that is possible when people say things like that to me They would literally rather die than learn how to live life without a leg It honestly like it just like honestly makes my heart sad for them because I really feel like they are so Underestimating their own power their own strength and their own like will to overcome and survive because it exists in them Just as much as it exists in me and they and you are just as capable of doing What I am doing as I am like I don't have some special power that doesn't exist in you as well I'm choosing to live life. I'm choosing to figure it out and it's hard That's it and and you could too if you were ever in my shoes So to everyone who has made those comments no ill will no issue whatever but the next time you think about Saying something like that. I would just stop and like think about the last really really hard thing you've had to go through and Before you went through it. You probably thought that you could never survive it I can think of so many things that I've gone through where I Didn't think there was any way I could ever see the other side of it I never wanted to see the other side of it But then I did then I got through it then I found a way to keep putting one foot in front of the other and Keep waking up which is like the biggest part of making it through anything horrible and and you find a way so I That's kind of a random rant for today But I kind of just want to address that because I kept seeing that message come up in that comment come up and guys We're so much stronger than we think we are you are so much stronger than you think you are whatever you are facing Even if it seems completely insurmountable and like you can't get through it You can and what I'm facing on days when I feel like I cannot get through it like there is no hope There is no way like it's never going to end. I can and I will and you will too and I'm just about to be late By the way, people always told me French press coffee is better than normal coffee. I never believed them I never put in the extra work. I ran out of size for coffee filters today Which means I was only left to pull out the French press that I was given Three years ago when I got married that I've never used I used it My life is forever changed everyone you guys were right. I was wrong French press coffee is amazing


Welcome back to the classification videos. In this particular video, we're going to continue with our interpretation, but here we're going to specifically look at how the number of trees can influence the resulting accuracy. So the first step is to store the training logs. So we say model.makeinspector, open and close parenthesis.traininglogs. And so if we look at these logs, it sort of gives us all of these options here, which are not like we can see the accuracy in them, but there's not much that we can do there. But eventually we want to plot these. So we need to turn them into a data frame. So we say PD, data frame. And in particular, I'm interested in the number of trees and the accuracy. Now we need to extract both of these values from this logs dataset. So I'm actually going to create a for loop in a single line. So we say log.num trees. So this is our dataset. And we say for every log in logs, print this data and store it in num trees. And so the important part is that this log matches that. So we could say x, we could say i, we could say number, but here we're saying log. So for every element in our logs dataset up here, store.numTrees here. And then we're going to do that exact same thing here, but we're going to change numTrees to evaluation.accuracy. And then if we come down here and print logsDF, we can see that it's now got this nice data frame where we've got the number of trees and the accuracy. And so then we want to plot that data. So we're going to use ggplot. And so we're going to plot logsDF and we're just going to do a basic line plot where our x data is numTrees and our y data is accuracy. And so we can see here that as the number of trees increases, so does the accuracy, but eventually it starts to sort of even out. And that sort of point where the accuracy starts to plateau is sort of the optimal number of trees. So the more trees you add to a model, the longer it's going to take to run, but also the greater chance that you have of overfitting the data, but if you have to view trees, well, then the accuracy is going to be worse because there's not enough trees there to give it that accuracy. So there's always the sweet spot and normally we look at where that is here. And so maybe you could argue that 30 trees, but somewhere maybe 31 might be the optimal, but at 50, we're probably okay because we haven't had too many additional trees beyond that analysis, but we certainly wouldn't want to go back and add more. And so this is a way that while you are running your own random forest models, go in and see if maybe there's an opportunity for you to improve the accuracy by changing the number of trees, which we specified all the way up here in our model definition.


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Yes, luckies pay more, millions of dollars more than official parody prices for fine tobacco. So for more real deep down smoking enjoyment from every puff, every pack, smoke that smoke of fine tobacco, Lucky Strike. Prove to yourself how much finer, milder, more enjoyable luckies really are. You'll agree, in all the world, there's no finer cigarette than Lucky Strike. First Rochester dynasty and yours truly, Don Wilson. Our way to the studio, Rochester is driving. Gosh, it's certainly a warm day, isn't it, Jack? Yeah. You know it was hot yesterday, too, and Friday the temperature reached 105. Yeah. Say, Jack, wasn't it thrilling that the Hollywood baseball team won the Pacific Coast pennant this year? Uh-huh. And the National League pennant race is tighter than it's been in years. Yeah. For heaven's sake, Jack, put down that knitting and talk to me. I'm sorry, Mary. I'm trying to finish these socks for Phil. It's only 90 days till Christmas, you know. Jack, Phil has been with you 12 years, and you're giving them socks for a present? They ain't no present. Mr. Harris hired them. That's right. You know, Mary, it is warm today. I wonder if we could try it. Rochester, how'd you know I wanted the top down? I didn't. We just went under a low tree. Well, leave it. It's nice this way. And Rochester, you better slow down. I can't, boys. We haven't got. What do you do when you come to a railroad crossing?  Don't be funny. Just drive. Say, Mary, do you think Rochester, you're not making a turn? Why have you got your hand out? I'm feeling for the studio. You're feeling for the studio? Yes. I was just thinking of something. It's been a long time since you sang a song on the program. How about doing one today? Oh, not today, Jack. I was in the Navy-USC football game yesterday, and I cheered so much, I'm hoarse. Well, we won't have the sportsman quartet there at the Orpheum Theater this week. Boss, if you want more music on the program, why don't you play your violin? I think I will. I just put four new strings on it. You did? Yes. You'll hear them all on CBS this fall. I can hardly wait. Thanks. Oh, Rochester. Rochester, we're only a block from the studio. You better start looking for a parking space. Look for a space? Are you kidding, Mary? Rochester, drive it right into the studio lot. Mr. Paley, the head of CBS, assigned a reserve parking space, especially for me. Gee, they sure treat you nice, don't they, Jack? Mary, all the networks are nice. And it's about time people realize that there's no animosity between them. There isn't? Of course not. Now, take CBS. They even put Johnson's wax on the floor. Jack, CBS didn't put it there. So many stars have come over. They've cracked it in on their heads. On their shoes. They must be acrobats coming in. That's now walking on their heads. Shoes. Come over. They've cracked it in on their shoes. Oh, we don't have to do it through it. The fact that it's not there proves that. Rochester, here's the studio lot. Turn right in. My parking space is third on the left. I know. Rochester, what did you stop here for? There's another car in there. And imagine anyone leaving his car and mark my parking space. What a nerve. When I came to CBS, this space was assigned to me. And if anyone else thinks they can use it, they're crazy. Oh, boy. Boy, who does that car belong to? Mr. Paley. Well, don't just stand there. Dust it off. Wait for me. You can have the rest of the day off. I'll eat my salad today instead of tomorrow. Yes, I can do that. As a matter of fact, Rochester, I have your pay all ready. Here's your envelope. Thanks. Now, come on, Mary. Let's hurry. Oh, say, boss. What is it, Rochester? You always pay me in dollars. How come it's pounds this week? Brother, you don't miss a trick, do you? Never mind. Just walk in on your head. I feel good today. Again. This couldn't happen again. Da-da-da-da-da. Oh, darn it. I forgot to get my violin out of my car. Again. I hope it happens again. Da-da-da-da-da. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not funny. Now, let's go in. Hello, Mr. Benny. I've been waiting for you. Oh, Mel Blank, waiting for me? Yeah, you've got a part that I can do on your show today. Mel, I gave you a part of my show last week. Yeah, but I didn't get a chance to do my imitations. I imitate Mickey Rooney, Lionel Barrymore, and Al Jolson. I program for imitations of Mickey Rooney, Lionel Barrymore, or Al Jolson. I have a part for you. I'll let you know.  Well, here's my dressing room. I wonder, well, what do you know? I've got a visitor, Edgar Bergen. Hello, Edgar. Welcome to CBS. Well, thank you. You know, you know, I don't do my first program until next Sunday night. Oh, still rehearsing, eh? Well, I've already started my season. I did my first show on the 11th. Did you hear it? No, no. But on the 12th, CBS sent for me. Will you get me out of this football uniform? USC doesn't need me anymore. No, I see. I'll move down. Yes, I know you will. Charlie, we've got company now. Oh, have we? Hello, Charlie. Little doll, you. Oh. There up your lips. I'm coming in for a landing. Rrr. Oh. Charlie, you should be ashamed of yourself.  I'm sorry. When a gentleman meets a lady, first he should tip his hat. And then says, how do you do? Then he should inquire as to her well-being. And then he should gently take her hand and respectfully bow from the waist.  Is that so?  All right, Charlie, please, please.  There's someone else here. Yeah? Yes, that's Mr. Benin. Now, hello, Charlie. Welcome to CBS. Shake. Put it away, Bob. I'll pick my friends. You can stop. And stop fluttering those big blue eyes, too. They don't do a thing to me. Now, where were we, Mary?  Let me put my arms around you a little. Oh, no, no, no, Charlie, please don't kiss me again. When you're late, let's meet mine. My blood goes to my head. A cold iciness goes to my feet. And a wild wave of emotion rushes to my fingertips. I got this dame going in all directions. Mary, Mary, stop teasing him. Your blistering is a mammal. If you don't mind, I've got a lot of things to do now. Well, thanks, Jack. We're dropping into my dressing room. No, no, Edgar, this is my dressing room. No, no, this was your dressing room. What do you mean, was? This is my dressing room. When I came over here, Mr. Paley gave it to me. I'm sorry, Jack, but they've switched you to dressing room four. All my things are here, and they're going to stay here. Well, I'll throw them out. You lay one hand on those clothes, and don't take it. Oh, yeah, put up your suit. Oh, boy, boy. Let them fight, Livy. Let them fight. The most they can do is lean on each other. This dressing room, there's only one thing I can say to you. I'll dress somewhere else. I come to say goodbye. I've been drafted. Don't stand there. Salute me. Mary, you stay out of this. Let me handle it. Now, Dennis, look at me. I just want to ask you one thing. The war has been over four years now. How come you got a draft notice? I want it on a quiz program. Yeah, I got a bicycle, a refrigerator, and two glorious years in the army. You're going to stay out of it. Now, Dennis, forget this silly talk and get into the studio. Oh, I can't. I got a report to my regiment. We're being sent overseas. You mean? Mary, you won't listen to me, will you? Now, for your own good, let me ask him. I'm gray anyway. Your regiment are going to be sent overseas, Dennis. Uh-huh. To Germany to take over supplies? No, to Stromboli to bring back Ingrid.  Well, Mr. Benny. What is it? Good yon'tif. Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. They put two stars on the door. I guess they're trying to make me feel good. Let's go in. Fellas, it seems you could have done that in your own dressing room. This is our dressing room. Yeah, sir. This dressing room here was given to us by the head man of this network. And he said if anybody comes in, gives us trouble, that we should very gently, uh, throw on his shoes. He told us one thing. He requested that we keep the bouncers down to a minimum anyway. Fellas, nobody's going to start any trouble. Obviously, there's been a mistake. Anyway, you don't do your opening program the next Sunday. What are you doing here so early? Well, we don't like to leave things at last minute. So we're down here at the studio to test the acoustics. The acoustics?  Yeah, that's what's known as a three cushion shot. Well, I still can't understand them giving you my dressing room. Anyway, I'll take it up with Mr. Tate and Paley. Come on, Mary. Say, Amos, Mr. Benny was a little upset because we got this dressing room. Yeah, well, that ain't what's bothering him. He's upset because the day they stop daylight saving time. Well, what's that got to do with him? When they stop any kind of saving, Mr. Benny takes it personal. And it's closer than the pupils on a cross-eyed flea. Yeah, lift up the mattress and see if the crease in our pants is as sharp as we are. Oh, pardon me, boys. I left my hat in here. Oh, yes, sir. Here you are. Thanks, Andy. So long, Amos. I understand why I'm being pushed around here. They take my parking space, my dressing room. What next? Oh, Jack. Jack. Oh, hello, Doc. Oh, Jack, I've been looking all over for you. Boy, am I excited. Why now? What happened? Well, you know how hard I've been trying to reduce? Yes. Well, I finally made it. I'm down to 165. 165? How did that happen? I weighed myself on an English scale, and they cut the pound in half. I'm not questioning the value of that little gem. It has its points.  Then listen, Jack.   What is it, Don? What is it? You can tell me we're out here anyway. What is it, huh? Well, come on. Let's get away from this crowd. Don, that's you. What's the joke, Don? What is it? Well, uh, the way it was told to me, it seems that a traveling salesman's car broke down and right in front of a farmer's house. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Now, this farmer had a beautiful daughter. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So the salesman knocked on the door, and when the farmer opened it, he told him his car broke down and that he was a salesman. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, go ahead. So the farmer's daughter who was standing there said to a salesman, and he said, yes, I sell lucky strike cigarettes that are made of that fine, that light. And naturally, fine tobacco and lucky strike... I know, Don. I know, I know. Oh, you heard the story. No, no, no, look, I know that lucky strike pays more than the official parody price. But what about the salesman and the farmer's daughter? Well, just then, get this, just then the phone rang. Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh. And when the farmer left the room to answer it, the salesman walked over to the farmer's daughter and said... Yeah, yeah, yeah. What did he say? What did he say? What did he say? What did he say? I think we're alone anyway. I've been smoking lucky strikes for nine and 25 bucks, so free and easy on the draw. And then? Yes, yes, and then? The daughter was so happy she fixed the salesman's car and he drove away. Not the original version. I told it to the sponsor and he switched it all around. Like the story. I just remembered the original one. The sponsor changed it. It was about lifesavers. But it's so good it would be worth your marrying me, just to hear it. Will you stop following me around and go home? Some home. My wife has never asked. She's always up playing bridge. Bridge? Yeah, she plays with Mrs. Bob Hope, Mrs. Ray Malan, and Mrs. Al Joltson. Please go away and leave me alone. Come on, Mary. Let's get into our studio. I wish Mel would stop bothering me. Hi, Jack. Red skin. I'm ready, OK.  Sure. Then let him start the show. Jack. I'm going to teach them a lesson. Mary, there's a radio. Turn on. 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No. Yeah hand in hooker Say flowers Micah Parsons nice one there light the beacons NFC East Jalen Hertz Uh names of the game nice one there What is this? Is this a short print now? Yeah names that they get like super. I think it's all the SSPs. Yeah SSPs It's that luminosity moments and then um animation and far out Yeah names of the game nice one there congrats Eagles NFC East. That's a Donnie card right there Yeah, I go find it 250 Matt Stafford Ryan Breeze the 150 fusion Lamar to 50 I was telling Kyle like I think I'm probably gonna go for the 50s To collect for the base and the rookies out of 50. Yeah, that makes sense. 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All right guys going to roll the dice Whatever divisions, uh the top five divisions after 10 times will get the points one Two three four five six seven eight nine ten There we got NFC south AFC east NFC north and then both the AFC and NFC west What both the AFC and NFC west get one each? Congrats on that one everybody Who got the points?  That's awesome My empty brv Rashaun Johnson Sean Clifford Brenton Strange Jameer Gibbs Christian Gonzalez Justin shorter Darnell Washington mags cards. We had year one Bijan Robinson And Justin Jefferson portrait signatures three of five I'll do it for the break guys. Thanks again for the fill up next. We've got pytnt


So thank you so much for taking the time for this interview and we welcome you to Qatar. And first we'd like to know about the role of ICANN and what ICANN does. So can you tell us a brief about it? Sure. ICANN is a global coordinator of the Internet domain name system. That includes all domain names and it includes all Internet addresses and it also includes what are called the protocol and parameter registries. And we're a coordinator of that with policies. We have some operational roles but we mostly work with all the different operators around the world. Okay. So in which countries do you operate and which countries do you have you worked in? Well we have working relationships with 240 countries and territories in the world. Virtually every country and territory wants to have what's called a country code operation and if they have that then they're coordinating with us because we coordinate the root of the Internet.  Yes we're a non-profit multinational organization so we have legal establishment in California, in Europe and we have staff spread in different places around the world. That's great. So how do you see the future of ICANN as an organization? Will it evolve in the future do you think? Sure I see ICANN evolving and growing with the Internet. We're very much shaped and driven by the ICANN community. We're a multi-stakeholder organization and so we have many different stakeholder groups that include groups such as the ISPs or the country code operators or the governments that have formed the government advisory committee, civil society, nonprofits all different kinds of business groups etc. We're a very rich multi-stakeholder organization and I see that continuing but we see more parties getting involved in working with ICANN particularly with international domain names helping to spread far and wide around the world. Okay so what's the impact of the internationalized domain names in the region? How do you see the impact happening in the Arab region? Sure well the uptake has been very good. As we see we're thrilled to see Qatar launched here in Qatar and we hope that that will be very popular amongst users and businesses here. That's up for the local users to decide. Other countries in the region are adopting internationalized domain names as well and around the world we have 22 internationalized domain names have been entered into the route already and there's others that are in the application pipeline. So the program is off to a good start and it helps the users because if for example you're using your keyboard in Arabic that word processing or document well then you can type a web address in Arabic if the company or the group, the website has an Arabic address without having to switch keyboard modes. So it's really about user convenience and it's about operating in your own language. So how does that impact the availability or probably the increase of Arabic e-content in the region? Well we'll see. You know the program is still early in terms of it's only been in the last year that we've been making these additions to the route. So we haven't heard any formal reports on content. We've heard it is popular. Like for example in Russia I think they added over a half million new domain names in Cyrillic just in the first six months. So very successful program which obviously shows the popularity in that geography and we'll see in others. But at least it gives consumers and businesses the choice. Okay. And there has been a meeting between ICANN and some governments regarding the new GTLDs. So can you update us on the progress that's taking place now regarding the new generic top level domains? Sure. There's a group of governments called the Government Advisory Committee that has approximately 109 governments involved that advises the ICANN board and that's defined in our bylaws which is a multi-stakeholder document that our board must consider advice from what we call the GAC or Government Advisory Committee. So we just had a meeting for two days in Brussels and it was one of the first formal pre-consultations between the board and the GAC. We had excellent discussions. No final decisions were taken but before we went into the meeting the GAC provided 28 pages of detailed information on changes they would like to see in the program and the ICANN board met with them and met privately and had many intensive sessions to try to see which areas that some changes might be made in and hopefully there'll be more news on that front soon. Okay. So what's the benefits of the GTLDs and some people can say that they're confusing. Is that true and why do you think they're useful? Well, you know, in general technology benefits humans when it gives them more choices and when humans can go and innovate and the beautiful thing about the internet and technology is that when you open up new spaces and new technical options you often can't predict where that innovation is going to go which is why we call it innovation because it's not predictable, it's creative. So fundamentally we just see it with more choices to consumers and when ICANN was established in 1998 it was drafted in the original concept papers the white paper and the green papers that we should be creating new generic top-level domains to add consumer choice. We have done that. We've already added others to the root of the internet and this will be the third round of adding new generic top-level domains when the program opens. Okay. So for the IPv6 what's the ICANN role in speeding the adoption of the IPv6 in the region? Sure, we have a limited role I would say in speeding adoption we do some awareness. Clearly we have an important technical role in allocating and assigning the IPv6 addresses to the regional internet registries that then assign and allocate them to their customers and members in their regions around the world. So we have mostly a coordination role globally in allocating. We do some education and some outreach but most of that's really done by our partners the regional internet registries and by the technology companies around the world that are pushing the adoption and embedding IPv6 into their technology and their offerings. And for those who are not really aware about the difference between IPv6 and IPv4 so can you tell us the difference in a brief? Sure, technically the difference is that IPv4 addresses are 32 bits or zeros and ones in computer terms and IPv6 addresses are 128 bits or numerically IPv4 we have approximately 4.3 billion addresses and ICANN has allocated all of those to the regional internet registries except for a small block that we handle technically in some coordination roles. On IPv6 there's more IPv6 addresses than there are stars in the universe. There's 340 trillion, trillion, trillion because the number is approximately two raised to the power of 128. So my final question would be when do you expect the GTLDs application process to start and what are you doing in that regard? Well we're working extremely hard with our board, with the GAC. We've worked very hard historically with all the different groups in the communities that have provided input and we're seeking to resolve the last issues in the program successfully so that the board can reach a decision. The program will launch after the board takes a decision to do so and we can't predict at this time when that will be because it depends on exactly how they choose to work on any remaining issues and the staff's role and the organization's role to support the board in that deliberation process and develop the documents and what we call the draft applicant guidebook and other information for the program. That was really an insightful interview. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Thank you very much.


Well, I'm going to begin with you Comrade Balazaka. What was your first reaction to the news of the suspension of the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government? Are there any positives or negatives? I really appreciate it. I don't know what the definition of subsidy is. Well Comrade, I'm not sure we can hear you clearly so I'm just going to direct the question to the Chairman of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria. Mr Olumide, I'm sure you can hear me. I can hear you loud and clear. Can you hear me? So what was your first reaction to the news of the suspension of the fuel subsidy removal? I think that I had the reaction of a lot or a lot a few more people before I had the opportunity to form mine. I got a lot of concerned messages from my constituency, the major marketers, as well as associated or prospective members of Moment who are disappointed with the news. But my personal view is that actually the grave things we have done would have been for this administration to deregulate on its way out, making and creating an easier pathway for the President-elect and his team. But in the absence of that, I suppose the next best thing is for us to see how high up the priority, which it must be, it is along the new administration's priority list. I'm sure you know that there have been calls for fuel subsidy. Don't you think there are any positives or negatives? So in terms of positives, I guess as a nation we get to buy petrol at a very discounted price. For those of us that are able to afford it, that's even better news. I think for the common man, the average Nigerian who's impacted by this, it's also good news. What we have to think beyond the present, this is really the issue, is that we have been on the verge of this thing for a very long time. The other piece of good news, I suppose, the other positive out of it, and I've been very sarcastic here, is that our neighbours will also enjoy it because they'll get to buy petrol that's subsidised by the Federal Republic of Nigerian citizens. What we really need to focus on is how best to get this done. We're talking about putting in the plans ahead of time. Well, those plans, we have been talking about this for quite some time. As I said that the recently completed NIES, the operators are ready, the industry is ready, the stakeholders are ready. We have even proposed some very easy to implement solutions that are means tested and targeted at individuals, people, the community groups that need the subsidy the most. So it's mixed reactions. There are positives, there are negatives from a Nigerian point of view. I'm afraid it's mostly negative that we are pushing this out. I'm hoping we could hear Mr Balazaka clearly now. I'm going to direct the next question to you. According to the Minister of Finance, Board of National Planning, the next administration has a decision to make on the matter, and of course the President-elect has said subsidy will be removed. What's your take on this? I think I'm just going to push the question back to you, Mr Olumidi. Let's have your take on this. Look, it's, I think it's kind of bleeding to the previous question. They said it's going to be done. We hope it's high up on their priority list of things to be done. It's a matter that is obviously urgent for the future of Nigeria, and it's only that needs to be taken very seriously as a matter of priority. All right. Nigerians, particularly the labor unions, have over time resisted the removal of field subsidy with protests. And of course, we all remember the big protests that had Professor Shoika, Mr Femi Falano, and a host of others rejecting the removal. Don't you think we are hoped for more trouble? Yeah. I mean, big decisions are always tough to make, right? There will be pockets of resistance in most of these things. I think it's important to say that more than anybody else, my constituents, the major marketers, the operators, the depo associations, as we understand the plight of Nigerians, and we are, we are very much focused on how we will help to alleviate it. But the truth of the matter is that if you look at the way this matter has been presented, petrol is not the only thing that's keeping the underprivileged in penury, right? There are food issues that I don't see people that are going up in arms about that there is something quite political about fuel. And I think if these people are honest and truly genuinely honest with themselves, they will appreciate that actually the fuel that we use, that the working fuel, the working man's fuel is diesel, because that's what is used to push public transport. It's what the wagons that take food stock up and down the country's use. Petrol is really the reserve of smaller volume transporters, and there are provisions that can be made for that, as well as as well as private citizens. And by Nigerian standards, you know, if you have a car that you're using for transportation, that's one thing. But if you have a car that you use either because of a privilege of office or because you can afford one, then you really are in the upper percentile of the citizens of this country. And therefore, there must be an obligation to pay some or all of what that petrol actually costs to deliver to you. I'm hearing we have Balazaka back on the line. Mr. Balad, just coming to you, what was your first reaction to the news of the first subsidy, the suspension of the removal? Well, the first thing I did was I appreciated the government for reasoning with the voices of the minorities like me, because if you look at it, a lot of the people that are staying remove subsidies on the only remaining product, which is Petrol, if you ask them the definition of subsidy, what do you mean? They don't know. If you ask them the difference between deregulation and liberalization, they don't know. If you ask them the difference between commercialization and privatization, they don't know. If you ask the same people that, okay, before subsidy was removed on the price of a diesel, it was $89 per liter. And we were told then that once subsidy was removed, investors were going to come in, they were going to the competition, and the price of diesel was going to go down to lower than $80 per liter. So then, diesel is almost $780 or $800 per liter. Where are the investors? If you ask them, they don't have the answer. Before the price of aviation fuel was increased and subsidy was removed. We knew what the cost of flight was. Today, go to the aviation sector and see. You will only see mass attacks. You will see serious delays. We are only lucky that we've not experienced airline crashes. And on this diesel, put me, go to manufacturers and see. All the strategic industrial sectors have collapsed. Strategic domestic sectors have collapsed. Strategic commercial sectors have collapsed. That is why you go to banks now. They open banks at eight o'clock, before three o'clock.  And they have made big mistakes. People are doing what some of those proponents. If you look at them closely, all they are asking, they want Nigeria to keep importing. Want to talk to them and see whether major marketers, minor marketers, or whatever. They have forgotten that one thing about subsidy is this. You graduate out of subsidy. I mean, look at all the opaque nations, as I speak to you. Nigeria is a member of opaque. Mention one opaque country that is having the kind of issues we are having with petrol. One. And if some of them put the prices of liters of petrol in diesel in those countries, ask them how much the minimum wage is in those countries. In the context of Nigeria, a minimum wage today, monthly minimum wage is about 30,000 Nigerian naira. 30,000 Nigerian naira cannot buy one bag of rice. 30,000 Nigerian naira cannot buy a 50-liter jenikan of diesel.  They don't even know the meaning of subsidy. Oh, well, I'm sure the chairman of the major oil marketer's association, head vote, Mr. Balazaka, said, what's your reaction to what he said? I'm actually not quite sure where to start, because if I listen to Mr. Zaka, Nigeria is a microclimate and nothing that's happening in the rest of the world means anything. I listened to, there was a lot in there to be quite frank, and I don't think any of it was really addressing the issue. The truth of the matter is that diesel, if you cannot compare diesel to petrol, as a country we consume three billion liters of diesel, right, a year, and we consume an increasing 20 billion liters and rising of PMS a year. So you can't compare the two products at all. Again, the people that drive cars in Nigeria really are people that should not be subsidized. The amount of petrol that NMPC is importing is increasing because much of this product does not stay in Nigeria. So who are we subsidizing? Who is he fighting for? Really, we need to, and I don't want to set up a debate directly with Mr. Balazaki. I was really hoping that this would be a conversation with the people of Nigeria. So I mean, I've heard what he said, but I stand behind everything I have said. The weather one, if you understand, if you recognize I've never used the word subsidy. Really, this is about deregulation. This is about government taking its hands out of private enterprise and letting private enterprise design, the PIA provides very clearly for what the role of government should do be. It also creates agencies such as the FCCPC, the Federal Consumer Protection Agency, to protect the rights of consumers. So there are enough safeguards in there. Within the Act, it has been contemplated for over 20 years. It addresses all of these issues. So I agree with the Minister of Finance when she says that the preparation needs to happen. We cannot move until we have the preparation done. Otherwise, we'll end up with the same fiasco as we did with the currency. But whether we're going to move on deregulation or not, that's not subject to debate unless you're living under a rock and you have no interest in the progress of Nigeria as an economic force in Africa and the world. Okay, so back to you, Vala. You heard what Iya said. Please just wait. Let me quickly respond because I had some of the points he made. Okay. And I respect that my colleague, even though I don't know his name, but I respect him. But this is what I want to say. The reason why we are spending so much or we are consuming so much petrol is because there is no electricity. So most of the petrol people are buying is to run generators. And when he is saying we are, most of the people using cars are not the people we are supposed to be subsidizing. That is a big mistake many people are making. The fact that you see somebody being called a commissioner or minister does not mean that if you see him riding a car, all his relations are doing well. When I was in Pottaikot, most of the people who became commissioners and governors, in the evening they go to rural and local areas, those are the places their parents are and those were the places they were sent before they got the political appointment. So as long as this is a country of 200 million citizens and you are having less than 10,000 megawatts of electricity, there is no way citizens will not be looking for other sources of energy. And that is why you can see somebody can buy 25 liters of jerry can of petrol and use it for a week in his house. But because of lack of electricity, that person will buy about 100 liters to run generators. And because it is because they cannot afford diesel and let it also address that area, they are saying, who are you subsidizing? That is another big mistake. Most of the people using petrol today, I can tell you they don't even have cars. They don't have cars.  But the time you make the price of petrol so high and they become criminals and arm-robbers, can Nigeria be able to handle it? And another question I want to ask, why are they insisting on Nigeria to keep importing? Why can't we fight the economic vampires that are making the system not to work? Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. 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Hello, my name is Malala and I'm from Pakistan. We have a very urgent mission to complete by 2030 and you can help us. Together, we must fight inequality, end extreme poverty and the spectra of the planet. I'm determined to do this, are you? Excuse me, hello? Have you got a minute? This is important, we need your help. Imagine you're travelling in space.  You've been travelling for a while because space is very spacious. You've already spotted millions of planets with no life at all, lots of acid, lava, that sort of thing. But nowhere you'd go for your holidays. And then you see it. Earth. A tiny island in space. A little speck of water, rock and soil with a thin veil of air that we can breathe.  On the land, in the water, in the air. Plants, insects, birds, fish and every type of living creature. Some beautiful, some frankly a bit weird. And people, billions of people like you and me.  Well, I'm just saying. In most ways, we're just like the rest of life on Earth. We start from tiny seeds and with the right conditions, we grow and mature. To do that, we all need the same basic things. No, not mobile phones, trainers and Facebook. But fresh water. Clean air. And healthy food. Without those, we don't last long, no matter how smart our phones are. The good news is that Earth has enough for all of us. The bad news is we've got some serious problems in our way. The first is climate change. The way we're living on Earth now is damaging the very things we need to live. The fuels we burn are choking the atmosphere with gases we can't breathe. We're running out of clean drinking water. That's some of us wasting on things that we don't need. And all of this is changing the weather. And that's not even the half of it. The second problem is inequality. Some people on Earth have far more than they need and most people don't have nearly enough. Many live in terrible poverty. It's just not right. Millions of people are unable to get medicines or healthcare that could stop them from getting sick or cure them if they do. In some places, children complain about having to go to school. In others, millions of children can't go to school at all. Is that fair? The thing is, we're causing these problems. So we can fix them, too. If we all work together and get creative. Let me explain. If you think about it, all living things have superpowers. Birds can fly. We can't. Dogs can smell things we can't, which is not always a bad thing. Plants absorb gas that we can't breathe and turn it into air that we can. But human beings have a power that other creatures don't. We are the most creative creatures ever. Our heads are full of ideas and we're great at making things, too. And with that power, we've already changed the world over and over and solved thousands of problems. So now we can do it again. The good news is that we have a plan. A plan that can only succeed with your help. There is one organisation in the world that represents the people of 193 countries. And it's entirely dedicated to keeping us peaceful and working together. You may have heard of it. The United Nations. They have just announced the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. These are 17 goals to protect the planet against climate change and make the world safer, fairer and more just for everyone. We have to achieve these goals by 2030. The great thing about a plan is that we can check how we're doing as we go along. Give ourselves a pat on the back if we do well and try harder if not. 2030 isn't so far away. So we need to start right now. There's a lot we can do if we work together and get really creative. We can start by making these goals famous. So find out what they are and tell everyone and ask everyone to tell everyone else. Then, and this is the exciting bit, see if there's something practical you can do to actually help. If we don't waste food, water or electricity, that would help protect the planet. If we all stick up for people who aren't being treated fairly and respect each other's human rights, that would make a big difference too. There are 17 goals altogether, so lots of different ways in which you can help. We also need some new ideas and new ways of doing things. What if being a girl or a boy made no difference to how safe you feel, the friends you have or the places you could go? What if we found new ways to make water clean and drinkable? What if we could recycle all of our waste? What else do you think we could do? We all live on Earth and we depend on the Earth to live. We have so many different cultures, but we only have one planet. We take care of it and each other and share what we produce fairly and sustainably. Everything we need is right here. Someday we may find the teller of life on other planets. In the meantime, let's see how intelligent we can make it down here for all of us, at home, on Earth. I'm just saying.