Ffwg oedd yn ymddangos gwaith. Byddwn ni'n rhanol, rhanol, fod yn dda o'r cyfnodeb. Byddwn ni'n mynd i'r brifysg yng nghymru. Ffwg o'r clubs mae'n ddweud oherwydd yn ddweud o'r cyfnodau. Mae'n ddweud o'r cymhwyntau ac oedd ymddangos gwaith. Felly, ar y ganddw i'r amser ymddangos gwirionedd, byddwn ni'n ddweud o'r amser yn ddweud o'r clubs Cymru mae'r llwyddoedd yn ysgolwch i'r llwyddoedd yma'r unrhyw eu lle o'r ystyried. Mae Llywodraeth Llywodraeth yn ystod o'r llwyddoedd yn ystod o'r llwyddoedd yma. Mae Llywodraeth yn Tatas, gan y sgolwch yng Nghymru llwyddoedd yma, yn gyfnod i'r llwyddoedd, ac yn unrhyw o'r llwyddoedd yn cymdeithas Cymru, yn ysgolwch ar y dyfodol. Yn ysgolwch ar y dyfodol, gan hynny'n gweithio'r llwyddoedd. Rhaid i'n dweud yw'r ei wneud yw'r cyd-fynol? Mae'r unwyddiad yw'r ddweud yw'r company a'r bobl yn gwybod. Mae'r unwyddiad yw'r amser yn adeiladau a'r hyn o'r cyd-fynol yw'r cyd-dweud. Mae'r unwyddiad yw'r company'r bobl yn ychydig ar gyfer y cerdyn nhw. Mae'n ddweud yr unwyddiad yw'r cyd-dweud eich mattele ar yw'r cyd-dweud. O bobl ydy'r ddweud i'w cyfan rai o'r ddweud â'r gweinidol a'r ddweud o'r ddweud o'r ddweud. Roedd ydych chi'n meddwl â'r ddweud, rwy'n meddwl heb 12 reges yng nghylch. Roedd ydych chi ddweud o'r ddweud o'r ddweud o'r Laleiga, o'r Barcelona, y Ryll-Madrid, a Ynddlych-Madrid. ac yn y ddechreu, mae gennym 3 clwps neu 5 o'r ddweud. Rwy'n meddwl 12, yna yna folf yn gwneud 3 o'r clwps fel yna 4 o'r 15 o'r ddweud, ac mae'n meddwl 5 o'r clwps rwy'n meddwl yn bwysig o'r ddweud, ac mae wedi yn gwneud yn bwysig mewn ddweud. Yn y gallwn, mae'n mynd i'n fath yma, mae'n gallu gydag i gydag iawn o'r gweithiau a rhan o'r grwg. OK. So, Mr Shalaja, looking at the whole coronavirus pandemic and how FIFA even announced that global soccer lost about $14.4 billion during the COVID-19 period in 2020, was their idea of a super league to make money such an entirely bad thing? Yeah, it's entirely bad because they actually plan to play among themselves alone, which means other clubs are already cut off from the pie that is supposed to be available for all. And if you also remember in their proposed competition, the 12 funding clubs will never be relegated. So, and that alone has already compromised open competition and sporting merit. How do you involve in a competition where you know that the opponent does not have, I mean, we never lose. Even if it loses, it will not go down. So only those five other clubs that joined them after that joined the funding clubs will be relegated or pushed out. So already, what is the essence of getting involved in such a competition? But the merit of their action is that it has also pushed FIFA into action to remove the current Champions League that is in existence. So that is the only merit I said where the action has taken. Otherwise, the old proposal was dead on arrival. Well, there's been a lot of casualties since all this drama started. Edward Ward, yesterday's announcer was resigning, Joseph Marino has been sacked. But there's conversations about these clubs being punished. Do you agree that there should be some type of punishment for these big clubs, especially in the EPL, that chose to start the super league? The punishment for them may not be severe in the sense that even the premiership, how did the premiership start? It's just the same way that this super league is trying to start. I'm sure they took their lead from what led to the existence of the current premiership. You remember the former division 1, division 2 league in Britain. The top clubs just in 1992 decided that they were not going to be part of it again, and the rest is history. That led to the creation of the English Premier League, which has now been sanctioned. But if these clubs are not punished, there is likelihood of a bigger problem coming. You will see national associations coming up to form their own world governing body. Just like you have a boxing, the professional boxing fragmented, where you have the WBC, the WBA, the WBO, and so on. You now discover that football will be fragmented in such a manner that especially the top national association, the seven that have won the World Cup, may feel that, oh, we don't need a charged republic in the World Cup. We don't need a Congo in the World Cup. A World Cup will yield more revenue if only top clubs are involved. And I'm sure that is the reason why FIFA is taking the proactive action by wielding the big axe to deal with the super league proponents. All right, so we know that FIFA's invention is now saying that this super league clubs will pay the consequences, and even though some of them are already pulling out. So what sort of consequences should we be expecting for these clubs who joined the super league? Well, I expect that they will be fine. They will be fine. And the fine will not depend on the length of period that they stayed before the pull-out. For instance, the six English clubs have pulled out their own punishment, maybe lesser, than that of the three clubs from the La Liga and the other three from the Suria. And this conversation has also let people talk about the love or the reason behind some of all these competitions. Does this in any way show that it is really not about the fans, but about money and about business? The old thing is just about money. As a matter of fact, the super league is better called the super grid, because the old thing is built, the foundation of it is the part of money that is available to them. Don't forget that they've already got in one big bank to give all of them loan to kickstart the league. That's the JP Morgan of the US. So that is their plan. And they are also planned to ensure that there will be strong monopoly in such that they will be the only one controlling the full ball at the IS level. I think the earlier they stop, the better. All right, Mr Sholajah, what are some of the lessons you think we can learn from this whole super league controversy? Would you say one of them would be emphasis on the fact that we do need to pay attention to our grass-root football and develop that? Exactly. There must be attention to grass-root football. And if you also recall, FIFA has already started that. That's what they said. For every player that featured in the World Cup, the originating club for that player, where that player actually began his career, will be compensated. So for instance now, Anigalu for instance, who started his football career from a local club in Oslo State, which is now Oslo United, has gotten some money from FIFA because Odio Anigalu featured in the World Cup. So that is the change. Otherwise, if that one is not allowed, you don't see the big clubs getting the big money, and the time will come when the sauce will be dry, and even the big club will have nowhere to sauce for players. All right. Yn rhaid i ddweud. Mr Sholajah, thank you so much for speaking with us this morning and for your time. Yes, indeed. Thank you. It's always a pleasure to be with you. Absolutely. All right. And this is where we say goodbye this morning and wrap up the breakfast. It's been a very interesting morning. We want to wish you a very beautiful day ahead. Yes, what he said. And remember to join us on our social media platforms. It's simply at plus TV Africa on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and our YouTube channel also at plus TV Africa. I am Annette Felix. Thank you for joining us today. The news comes up at 9am. Stay with us.


All right folks good afternoon and welcome on back here this Wednesday June 15th shortly after 2 30 p.m. Eastern time We got a hop right back to it folks here We have the phase two or phase one class continuing along today lesson number two That is great to see some of our students rejoining us like Norman and Michael have Jean who picked up 98 cents Just a moment ago on the AERC trade great to see him great to see Chris It's been a pretty good day today folks great to see Nina as well Don't want to exclude her of course, but great to see everybody and you know nonetheless Hey, it's been a great day if you have your expectations in check in line meaning I mean We knew that things were gonna be slow today for the most part up until 2 o'clock now That being said there's always going to be a chance to try and catch a runner a pop a nice move You know if there's a chance or maybe a good short otherwise, right? So, you know with that said it's been a pretty good day I mean the SIDU trade here pushing back on up right now ended up making a great push once the market did open So at first let's go over this trade, but we do have to you know, like I said continue class later on this afternoon so we'll kind of just My pre-market data set here I have to do that on both these charts give me a quick moment All right So the SIDU trade to kind of sum this up briefly ended up making a huge pop in pre-market then after the open It did pop But it got pretty choppy from there It was like a nasty move over three and for as much as it's like kind of just laying there Choppy in the sideways, you know range you don't want to follow it you expect for anything then more than anything it's just gonna drop and tank and Even worse like it still teased us it made a new high even after that point then it tanked Well throughout the afternoon it was flat. I was expecting a much bigger pullback down towards like 2 17 2 20 I was on a call to one of our students Joe earlier today on a coaching session and you know, we were following it together I said to him, you know, hey if it comes down there I'll have confidence to try and jump in because that's where I'm expecting support. That's a level. I plot it out in pre-market Well another level that I ended up plotting and another level that we were talking about From earlier today because Joe got like 16 cents on this trade I think they're 15 or 16 cents from three it was a nice entry he had but you know It ended up pulling back it died off and afterwards. Well, you don't want to force it You want to be patient with this thing if it ends up making this exact type of move, you know Again, I wanted this to you know kind of pull back a little bit lower towards 2 17 to 20 And there's still a chance it could do that even like live right now But it's to say that for as many times as this false broke above this line here 282 this was the other level I was following with Joe and from earlier when I was trading myself prior to the open And with that, you know, it took a few false breaks, but fortunately enough I ended up catching this at a really good time I ended up going break even at first. I took a really tight stop So, you know, unfortunately this actually gave me a second chance to enter because it actually took me out break even and started To pop I thought it was gonna go without me. I was pretty upset about that Only pulled back and then I just reposition if it could break back above if it could break back above Obviously keyword if and we got it nice nice break out after and from that point Well, I ended up taking half my trade out right at 301 I told Joe that right away. We finished up our coaching call after that point But no for right now. I still have half my position remaining on this trade So, you know, definitely hope to see this push up higher.  So I'm not gonna try and get fancy and hold on to this We're not following this live. If you're joining me in class. That is You know, I'll get out of this trade before class begins, but yeah, right now It's still looking good. Hopefully before class begins. We get a nice like 50 cent pot from here. How about that? so SIDU definitely for right now. I'll put back on our list now if it ends up tanking from this point forward as we go Through I have my stop set right from my entry point. So, you know, that's why I took half out So I'm not trying to get, you know, greedy. I'm not trying to get crazy with my trading I know I'm teaching class later today. I'm already up from the morning. It's been a decent day better than the last two So I took half profit even here if this tanks right now and stops me out at 280 Careless, it's all right. So as long as I have my stop set, I'm fine here Now I'll be watching this trade So if it does pop as we go through here, then I'll definitely hop back to it and likely close out But, you know, let's see what else we got here across the gainers list here first market coming off the Fed meeting I know they ended up raising the Discount rates 0.75 points to 1.75 percent They ended up changing the Fed funds range To 1.5 to 1.75 percent and the last headline I have here just for what it's worth Fed officials see unemployment at 3.7 percent at the end of 2022 3.9 percent at the end of 2023 says strongly committed to bringing inflation down to 2 percent percent We'll see about that All right, so for right now we ended up having a continued drop off early here So I would expect continuation, right? I don't think anything has changed since where we left off with our analysis of the S&P back From Monday of this week. I don't think anything will change from that for a little while So I'm gonna just resort back to that fifth channel as far as tech analysis goes You know as far as seeing you know potential dead cap bounces over time I'm sure we'll get them, but you know long-term. Yeah, I definitely expect continuous drop off over time on the S&P So for right now, let's see if there's any good shorts SIDU trying to eat back up here. So, you know, we'll follow this on the side The EVO K trade just as we go through not all of them look as good as the SIDU So EVO K was looking good Pre-market until it didn't look good So it ended up making lower highs snapped right back down lower low and you know We're gonna be covering that coming up later on this afternoon in class just for all of us attending live Talking about just simple trend recognition and identifying the trend what to do in a stock is you know Just trending throughout certain points of the day No, we have to talk about exhaustion and how volume incorporates into that So here the volume died off rather quick You know perhaps you had that final pop after 10 o'clock and then the volume really died off But yeah, I mean right now I don't I don't only expect this to kind of just flat here and then probably open up lower tomorrow Alright, so AERC another big move. I wish I could tell you I got in on this trade I then missed out ended up making a huge break over 15 15 25 then from there took off went back on the move And you know if you were following it at the time and really had your eye on it then you could have had an easy trade and I really say that because this is not an easy stock like 99% of the time This is not really an easy trade based off how illiquid the order book is so if you were watching the stock throughout the whole morning and you know You saw that resistance and notice the false breakouts much like I did on SIDU at 282 If you if you got in right off that breakout, it's an easy trade You know if you got in and like you chased it and then it ran after you know It's a gamble and it paid off, but you know, that's where strategy is different than you know gambling You're just you're there for the trade. You're watching it. I was not so ran without me I wanted to pull back down to 1750 and Obviously did not get that either so yeah I mean right now I'll put this on our list because believe it or not for as much as this ran not just today And not just from the last week or so if you folks recall back like a week or two ago at this point the stock was like 253 dollars at one point right well I'd expect to see at some point for this to begin to tank and pull back down and it's had its down days But if you look back on the daily chart This this was a hundred ten dollars, right? So for as much as this had dropped off back from mid of last year You know, perhaps you could see more recovery room I ended up actually doing a fifth retracement from top to bottom just for fun and Just so you know, I think the next line I think it's like the 20% retracement from bottom to top. It would be at like 2750 roughly So, you know, that's where I'm saying there's maybe a small chance for this to actually like push up there later on But the way this is trending right now to be transparent doesn't seem that great If anything you're only saving grace is that it's holding around 20 is support So, you know, that's the only thing there Ice so push back up on the S&P actually as we're watching this live my spy chart on the five minute here You know a nice little slingshot as we're going live actually so That's a nice breath of fresh air for right now. We'll see how long that could last and you know, I don't need to be pessimistic But you know just based off what we've covered here I still expect more of a drop-off long-term So, you know, hey if we get a couple of dead cat bounces along the way, I'll be happy, but we'll see Let's keep going through the folks. I mean, hey, we have the AERC It's like kind of reluctantly on our list right now. The SIDU is on our list. That still looks good for the meantime Let's see what else we got CMRA CMRA had a really nice pop earlier today and it's making a nice push-up as we speak So it's hard to ignore this one at this point Especially given how strong it looks across the last hour across the last 40 minutes or so So yeah, I'll put this on our list, but again be careful, you know Just when the volume dies off on this type of trade much like, you know, it will happen on the AERC It has happened day-to-day on the AERC, but you know, you should expect to see the this to really tank at some point So it ended up doing so already It just if it fails to break higher if it fails to make a clean break over four and flip that into support Then it's gonna repeat itself. That's what I mean there. So CMRA looks good Keep it going. Red box warrants here. We did trade red box earlier today We not as in me, but we isn't one of our students Chuck He killed it on that trade earlier today It called it out after the market opened and from there I mean not just him a few of us took it, but that was just one of a few that took off pretty nicely We'll get to that. I'm sure at some point See what else we got here. Just kind of skimming through the gainer side right now You got the D-wack warrants here. I'll check out D-wack in a bit. I know they got crushed I think yesterday perhaps making a dead cat bounce themselves I know Neo right now is breaking over 20 live as we speak. So, you know, that's definitely something we'll jump to in just a moment The rev stock I just wanted to look at just because it was a familiar name just last day or two So it's not really doing a whole lot right now Here's red box equity Nice pop right now breaking back over 11 making the test already of 1150. So I don't have my levels on this trade I'm not as prepared on this as I am on like Neo or like, you know, SID you but you know red box looks great for right now Right, how can we not so put this right back on our list red box? Beyond me. I'll take a look at I don't know how liquid it is or not, but You know, it's up big right now.  It was trading way more volume per day and Now it's like around like three million or so, which I guess is tradable But the book is really thin because of that So it makes it like a harder stock to try and follow based off of level three and level four You do have a pretty big iceberg at least off of 26 right now I just saw that from the corner of my eye on the trade station matrix Sure'll pop back up here in just a bit, but he was about 26,000 shares on the ask at 26 conveniently enough We'll catch him, but uh, you know Chart looks all right up. There is 29,000. There we go, but uh, you know, I'll put it on our list for the meantime here I don't want to build too big of a list here, especially if the market's trending up There's gonna be a lot to focus on in that case So, you know again, that's where I don't want to trap myself and like put out like a 20 stock watch list here So, uh, Roku little expensive, but we'll at least check it out making the same type of slingshot right now as is I'm sure a lot of things so ACAD from earlier today at least just wanted to look at it pre-market.  It took my eyes off this for a little while Here's d-wack the equity this thing is not looking too great All right, so there's definitely gonna be a lot looking good folks You know what before I even jump to the losers list here, which there could be a few on there Let me jump to some sideless stocks right now Let me just see what's in the chat board right now And if there's anything on youtube right now that looks good just you know type it for me there From yohuda sofai. I mean that's a pretty sharp pot for a five dollar stock, right? No, it's like up 1% but like that's why exactly ask you folks like if there's anything that looks good This is making a pretty sharp move right now compared to like a lot of others that we've you know called out so far Steve saying snap Yeah snaps at the high of the day and it is up 12% right The reason I like this more than some of the others. I mean it's not moving a sharp But looking at the daily chart for as much as snap dropped off and michael I want to give credit to get called it out before we started this meeting michael d He said snap sets new yearly low today, but it's up over 9% now That was at 225 now. It's up 12 now. It's up 12% So I you know given how much this stock dropped off this could be in line for a bit of a short squeeze. So Right now it looks good The sofai i'm going to kind of hold off just for a quick second, but that does look pretty nice labu biotech etf So unless if you really trade etfs mic and this goes for anyone else Unless if you actually really trade etfs consistently and know how to trade them outside of reading level three Because you tell me if this looks easy to read on level three right now on my trade station matrix on the far right side Yeah, I don't know you might be lying. So that's where I say it's a sharp move. I like it.  For those of us that trade you vxy consistently your sqqq you know who you are, right? Speaking of which johannes Run is making a nice run. I like that It's up seven percent sun run So you know making a decent move. There's there's a lot that's going to look like this I feel like I can lean towards the sofai more because that one we're like collectively more familiar with here as a team Let's check out neo neo. Obviously I'd be at least interested in looking at neo You know making a push back up towards the highs from last week even But yeah, I mean all of these look pretty strong, right? AMC there's jeff riyadh There's AMC at the high of the day, right? So I can't put everything on here folks. So, you know what less is more Just check out that sofai trade lastly here I mean, yeah sofai look sharp But if the volume dies off then everything is going to die off So, you know just that's the biggest thing to be mindful of if we happen to see lack of momentum going forward and granted We have like an hour and 15 minutes left So there's time to you know see momentum die off then to see more momentum push into the market Right, and we know what time of the day that usually comes given what we go through in class So with that said I think rich will post the link one more time here coming up But the phase one stock course lining up later on this afternoon at 305 eastern time with the lesson number two There we go rich appreciate you Just make sure that you click the link right there You'll get uh all smoothed away with the tech and audio side of things just so you're good to go And then I'll be joining the class coming up as soon as we really finish up this meeting All right, folks nice squeeze up here on the s and p and on the spy right now. How long that will last I hope I hope it lasts as long as it will but uh, you know It's to say don't be surprised if you happen to have a bit of a pull back If not by the end of the day by the end of the day today, then maybe overnight Maybe futures will tank who knows but uh, we'll see what tomorrow brings At least all right folks for those of us not joining me in class later on today And our trading heading into the close best of luck and uh best trading all right folks But aside from that for all of a sudden social media facebook live youtube Just if you have any questions feel more than free to send over a quick email To josh at c2 trading dot com. 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Welcome, everybody. We now have a quorum, but we're going to wait another five minutes for a few board members to hop on And we will be sure starting shortly. Thank you Member fennel if you could do a mic check for us, please Can you hear me? Yes, thank you Member Garrett if you could do a video on a mic check for us, please Member Garrett if you could do a video in a mic check for us, please Can you hear me? Hello Great, we can hear you. Thank you Okay, there I am perfect and we can see you. Thank you so much. Uh-huh So I can leave right? I mean I can go back to stop the video. Yes, go ahead. Thank you member Huang if you could do a video on a mic check, please Hello Great, we can see and hear you. Thank you so much Great Hi, chair music. This is the host just want to let you know that staff is ready when you are it appears We do have a quorum and all members that are supposed to be here are here And just so other board members are aware We are doing a quasi hybrid meeting where chair Musa is in the chamber So if you can be a little patient with us, we are learning some new tech tonight But hopefully we'll run smooth. Thank you. We're ready to begin Hey, welcome everybody members of the public and Cultural Heritage Board like to call to order the August 4th cultural Heritage Board meeting and Mr. Maloney if we could do a roll call Thank You chair Musa let the record reflect that all commissioners are present except Board members are present except board member gale thank you, mr. Maloney and Before we get started just want to make a statement. We are doing the meeting a little bit different once again with COVID Our staff lays on Susie Murray and myself are at City Hall and with that we are following Protocol coveted protocols. So that's you will see us both wearing masks through the meeting We are trying out some new systems. So there may be a few hiccups along the way so hopefully everybody will just kind of bear with us and and We'll we'll get through this and eventually have a smooth run and ship With that I'd like to say that Due to the provision so the governor's executive order in 25 20 and in 29 20 which to spend certain requirements of the Brown Act and The order of the health officer of the county of Sonoma to shelter in place to minimize the spread of COVID-19 The cultural Heritage Board is conducting today's meeting in a virtual setting using zoom webinar Board members and staff are presenting from remote locations and or practicing appropriate social distancing Members of the public may view and listen to the meeting as noted on the city's website and as noted on the agenda members of the public wishing to speak during Any of the items Public comment or doing during public hearing items We'll be able to do so by raising their hand and will be given the ability to address the board Moving on to item 2 of the agenda Approval of the minutes. Do we have any? additions or changes from our fellow board members from the Last meetings minutes Chairman so we actually don't have any minutes to approve yet. I am still working on last meetings They'll be coming soon. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Lai At this time, I'd like to open a public comment We now open public comment for any item not included in this meeting's agenda If you wish to make a comment via zoom Please select the raise hand button if you are dialing in via telephone Please dial star 9 to raise your hand each speaker has three minutes a countdown timer will appear For the convenience of the speaker and viewers Please make sure you to unmute yourself when you are invited to do so your microphone will be muted at the end of that countdown Mr. Maloney if you less know if we have any members of the public would like to comment Thank You chair. Yes, sir. No one's raising their hand at this time. It looks like we have two members of public logged in with us tonight Okay, thank you, and we'll Just give them a couple minutes just in case They want a comment Okay, saying no members of the public wanted to comment. I will close the public comment period Moving on to item for board business I'll start out by reading our statement of purpose The cultural heritage board shall consider the following matters standards guidelines and criteria to the extent applicable in Determining whether to grant or deny a permit Whether proposed change is consistent or incompatible with the architectural period of the building Whether proposed change is compatible with any adjacent or nearby landmark structures or preservation district structures whether the color textures materials Finstrations Decorative features and details proposed are consistent with the period and or are compatible with adjacent structures Whether proposed changes destroys or adversely affects an important architectural feature or features the secretary of interior standards for rehabilitation and guidelines for Rehabilitating historic buildings Such other matters criteria and standards may be adopted by resolution of the cultural heritage board Staff ways on Murray. I believe that concludes our board business at that time. Are you aware of any other board business? I'm not aware of any other board business, but I have a few things when we get to the department reports Well, guess what we're up item 5 department reports, so Staff ways on Susan Murray. No department reports as as chair musir said We're kind of testing the waters with the hybrid meetings coming up in the relatively near future I think our target at this point is to be online with hybrid meetings in October and I will look to or open the opportunity up for future meetings for any of the cultural heritage board members to Get their toes wet and come on in and try the electronics here in at City Hall Before then so in council chambers I have another big announcement and I will send this out to you. I'm fogging up here I will send that out to you via via text message and email and everything else as we get closer, but effective September 1st We are going to kick off with 430 start times on our meetings So staff has been working With the Planning Commission with the design review board and the cultural heritage board to get us all aligned with the same start Time and after pulling everybody it sounds like 430 is going to be the most workable time So if you have any conflicts, please let me know as soon as possible You don't need to do that tonight. You can email me privately but And if you could go ahead and update all your meetings so that you you are here. You're not here two hours early Let's see And then I have a request. I have a request that item 7.3, which is the procedures regulations and rules Document that that be continued to the agenda of September 1st When we will also be having the Rosenberg's rules of order and Conflict of interest discussion with the city attorney's office and a presentation from the deputy director of parks about Fremont Park So something to look forward to So with that I will wait until the item is presented for Chair Muser to recommend that we go ahead and continue that last item And that concludes my department reports Thank you miss Murray. I actually need to jump back up to 4.2 a board member reports I skipped over that just case any of our cultural heritage board members have anything they would like to report at this time I had two things just to mention I Positive this is the appropriate time, but I wanted to report on meeting with Peter Stanley about the 34 6th Street project I think a few other board members also met with him So I went down to the site and he gave me kind of the brief synopsis of the project I don't think there's anything substantive to share that people don't already know but just wanted to report that I did that And someone else reached out to me. I have not met with him yet, but it's scheduled for next week and that's for 320 College Avenue a proposal. He says that he has put it forward a few times Taking in comments from neighbors and the design review board and he wanted to show it to The cultural heritage board before it comes before us in the fall That's it for me. Thank you board member pretzels say any other members Or member born. I don't know why the little Little raised hand didn't go up but I also met with I went down to 6th Street and Saw the project and I also got the same email that Member pretzel said had so I don't have an appointment with them as yet Thank you board member born, okay, and the only other thing I'd like to mention is with this hybrid system It's really important that we have board members here and the council chamber in the future So I will always try to make a commitment to be here and come to the council chamber I'm hoping the vice chair if I can't make it will will come and any other board members that feel comfortable With coming down to City Hall and it will also join us It's they've got it set up pretty pretty well here Probably the only thing is you got to wear a mask versus at home. You wouldn't have to wear a mask, but anyway That concludes my report with with that. I'll I'll close board member reports And moving on to item 6 statement of its abstentions by board members. Do we have any statement of abstentions? Okay seeing none We'll move on then to our first item 7.1 downtown stationary historic resource the evaluation update and Our presenter is a city planner sharing meets Hi, good afternoon chair and user and members of the cultural heritage board I'm going to do the awkward shared screen. So bear with me for just a moment, please So tonight I'm before you to talk about the downtown stationary historic resource evaluation project and some of you are Well aware of the project, but we have some new faces on the board So it's a nice opportunity to introduce the project talk about how we got to Doing the project why we're doing it what we're hoping to accomplish with the project I'll give a little bit of information about where we are and then Big surprise not really a big surprise, but the reason we started doing this not only is it just a great idea Is the downtown stationary a specific plan includes a policy that we need to evaluate and Write a historic context statement about age eligible projects properties within the downtown station area And these are going to be projects that are outside of existing preservation districts But that are age eligible for potential listing out of california national or local level We're looking at properties that were constructed prior to 1975 in this project And there's about 627 plus or minus That are being considered and the reason we're doing the Properties that are outside of an existing preservation district is that properties in The preservation districts they have some protections and Certain things that have to be looked at prior to any type of alteration or Addition that type of thing and these other properties the 627 that we're looking at It's actually more than that, but We'll go with that as around as an estimate. They don't have any of those same protections So that's why we focused in on those particular properties And what's the evaluation include first step is the reconnaissance level survey and inventory and that has already been accomplished the fieldwork for that has been done The architects hit the ground running and we're out and about taking pictures and looking at Every, you know, every property that could potentially Show some signs of being historically significant And for each of the properties there will be a 523 a form filled out And pictures and a database and all that good stuff There the architects are in the process right now of drafting a historic context statement Which as you all know is really important in terms of determining Significance of a property. It's not just architectural. It's where does it fit into the community's history and and how we became the city that we are Once that's done, they're going to do an intensive level survey with all the background research You know who lived here, you know looking at anything that elevates the property Beyond just what kind of shape it's in or how old it is That could elevate it to being a significant resource After that, they're going to complete a historic resource evaluation report Which will detail all the methodologies What their findings are their suggestions maps database All of that good information and once we have that We'll bring it all back to you guys as a presentation of the final report and Just everything about the project that up until that point And why we're doing this uh multiple reasons where As everybody knows the downtown stationary specific plan was passed with an eye on increasing development downtown So that's been a goal to increase infill development and bring housing and an additional development downtown but we don't want that to be at the expense of Properties that are historically significant to our community and our community members So it's looking at both. It's looking at how we can increase infill development And how we can at the same time identify those properties that would need additional sequel review or You know Would require a lot more work to touch if you will so It's twofold and the ultimate goal is to Just really find out what we have that's considered significant And the background here We sent out a request for proposals in november of last year They were due to in december. We received four very qualified proposals We held interviews with all four firms on december 14th and the selection committee included The members that you see here. We even had former cultural heritage board member john mcqueo As a great contributor to that process After that we ranked them we scored them We looked at who we thought would do the best job for us and could do the job for us and architectural resources group was selected Council approved their uh contract in march of this year And we had the first meeting with them in april of this year and since then like i mentioned they've been on the ground running They've been in the office. They've been at the library. They've been at the county facilities getting any background information on all old building permits As well as doing the reconnaissance survey and actually looking at at buildings and neighborhoods So that's kind of a background for where we're at Mainly we we also want to have you join us if you can for a project kickoff meeting It's after your next cultural heritage board meeting And you'll hear some of the same stuff that i just reported probably in a little more detail because we're hoping a lot of members of the public will attend And they won't be as familiar with the vernacular And the architectural resources group staff will be able to give you an overview of what they've found And their process and goals We're also hoping to hear from the public About what they find important and what they're hoping to get out of this project And have the opportunity to ask questions about the project So the zoom information is here. It's also on the website Which is dedicated to the project at Let's connect sr.com downtown station area historic resource evaluation So that's a good place for people to Have an opportunity to even place on a map someplace they find That they want us to look more into provide stories about Why they consider a certain place important ask questions There's a frequent frequently asked question section where folks can go there and say well, what does this even mean? What are these forms you're talking about? So it's we're trying to keep that up to date and we'll obviously update it again after we have the public outreach meeting But yeah, that's pretty much all I came here to do was give you that little brief snapshot and answer any Hopefully easy questions the technical ones. I'm going to leave to the consultant And I'll stop sharing and come back and chat with you Thank you miss me at this time I'd like to Let's see. Should we go with public if there's any public that would like to comment on presentation Yeah, well, let's do that next So is there any members of the public who would like to make comment? We're not taking any action on this item. So it's just your opportunity to provide miss bees with some input Yeah, chair chair musry if you can open up the public comment officially public hearing Okay, so I'm opening public comment officially Thank you. And with that we have one hand raised it is a Denise H She's be one moment Just be one moment Thank you, Denise. We've now given you permission to speak if you can unmute your microphone. I want you to start We will start the timer Okay, can you hear me? Yes, we can Okay, great Hey, I had two questions one is where can we get more information on the company that's doing the Surveys the architectural resources group is that posted their bio posted somewhere on the city website And my second question is on this On the evaluations once they're done And the report is out. Does that mean that a developer can develop On a site that is potentially historic and avoid having to do a sequa portion of The process It's will that excuse them from being able to do the sequa portion of any process that involves with that development And those are my two questions Through the chair Would you like me to answer? Thank you so much. Yes. Go ahead jump in there. Sure. Hold on before we before we answer any questions We need to close public comment Go through and then you can answer questions at the end Okay, we'll we'll give you an opportunity after we close public comment. So Mr. Mulaney, do we have any other public comment? Thank you chair Muser at this time. No one else is raising their hand Okay with that I'd like to officially close public comment. Thank you. Thank you So the two questions that were asked, um, I don't believe there is a bio posted on the project website That's actually a fantastic idea and I will make sure that that gets put up there Um And in terms of avoiding sequa on projects that are potentially historic absolutely not that this is not going to This would only streamline sequa for Properties that are not significant if they are significant They will absolutely have to go through a much more detailed An intensive secret process this time. Let's turn it back then to the board Do we have any board members that have any questions for? That's me. If so raise your hand. Okay, sing na It looks like we do have a hand raised. Oh, we do have a great zealous Can I go? Oh, there it is board member. No or no Sorry, we're having technical difficulties here. Just so the board's aware. Uh, member pretzelis. Let's start with you Just so the board's aware. This is uh the host. Um, like I said, we are working on some new tech tonight the Board members that are sitting at the dais don't have an easy screen that they can see your hands raised They're having to look across the room at tv's that technology will be changing soon But just so you're aware chair muser does not have a good visual of you guys at this time So you might have to speak up if you do want to Be called on I I'll also suggest that maybe you just wave your hand Do it the old-fashioned way because we can see you real clearly. We just can't see the little electronic hand All right, so you have the chair Okay, my question really kind of piggybacking on uh, the other question, you know, what what role does the cultural heritage board have in Uh, responding to any recommendations or evaluations that are put forth in this report Um, because obviously it does have significance for you know development down the road So if you know, is there a room for us to respond to evaluations? That are made by this firm That was a wonderful question. Um, I don't have a specific answer for that and I will look into it and get back to you guys I know we plan to bring the draft Report to you before it anything happens, you know becoming a final draft But I will would you like to actually see Say the dpr forms before we even get to a draft report. Is that what you were hoping for? I think I think it would be important that we do stay involved and we do know kind of what you know, what direction the report's taking So yes, I think Yes, I I agree also board member borne um What are the parameters of the downtown area? Is there an app is there our street? um The definitions of the area There's actually a map. Um on the the website that I posted to you We also have planning planner nickle son On who is going to be giving a presentation later who actually gives you exactly where that is um So she'll be able to fill in the blanks as well And it's important when you consider that that you there are a lot of overlaps between the preservation districts And those properties like I mentioned before because there are already certain levels of protection involved for them They weren't included in this process it will only be the areas within the area that planner nickle son will show to you that are Outside of the preservation districts Yeah, there are board member questions Not seeing any I just have um one question And that involves actually the communication towards the property owner of um of the Structures that are identified in this survey as far as what type of communication and also Implications for the property owners So that uh for example if And maybe you can answer this if it becomes if it's identified As a significant structure and I wanted to Do something that would within a historic district require a major landmark alteration would would these structures then require to have a major landmark alteration and and uh, I know when the neighborhoods Were formed there was a lot of communication, you know with homeowners as to what implications would be if they became a historic district And I'm just wondering if if there's communication being planned or already may be Being done with the property owners of the identified Structures We actually just have not gotten there yet. We've only done the initial reconnaissance level survey and have not reached out to any of the The property owners that are flagged as potentially significant um the consultants will know more about their plan in terms of how to Reach out to the we'll work together in other words to develop a You know a plan for that and a process for that But that isn't something we've gotten to yet Um, and I apologize this meeting was actually just supposed to be like an introduction and some of these text Questions I can get answers to and I'm happy to and bring them back to the board Um, but I just don't have the information at this time and um, yeah, and and I'm sorry if we're really barraging you with uh, with a lot of questions and stuff but we really appreciate you taking the time and uh, we know you'll Look into these things and and I know we'll have a time that we'll be able to get back together and and go further with this So this just you know first step absolutely So please if there are other questions just I apologize that I can't answer them off the top But I I will do the research and get back to you. So feel free to answer the ask the questions any board members have anything else if we can close item 7.1 and move to item 7.2 bear with me here Chair Muser I can you speak up just a little bit louder? I'm having a really or yeah get closer Okay. Yeah, sorry about that Is that better? Much. Thank you. It's the mask Okay, 7.2 study session downtown station area specific plan overview and training Um, so staff will provide an overview of the recently adopted downtown station area specific plan And highlight changes to the zoning code That affect the cultural heritage board and I think for our board members. It's important to to recognize that The zoning code changes Which then affect our rules and regulations Which is 7.3 That's going to get Continued but These zoning code changes are it's it's kind of Water under the bridge. It's already been adopted by this so the this station area A specific plan has already been adopted Um, I think the purpose of the study session is because we have new board members is to bring everybody kind of up to date and give opportunity for you to Clarify and ask questions Especially regarding areas where historic districts overlap, you know, commercial areas within the Station area plan. So anyway Without rambling any further We'll go ahead. Amy plan our Amy Nicholson as our presenter and Amy will you've got the floor Great. Thank you so much. Jeremy sir and members of the cultural heritage board I'm going to go ahead and pull up my presentation here Just a moment. I want to make sure my display is right Okay Sorry about that So as I've mentioned this the purpose or this presentation is on the downtown stationary specific plan and recent zoning code amendments and then How those amendments Affect the historic preservation districts and also the cultural heritage board As term user mentioned the downtown stationary specific plan Has been adopted. It was presented to this board last summer and then the zoning code text amendments were presented in the fall These were adopted by the council in October November of last year And the purpose of this presentation today is really just to provide an overview of the specific plan And to detail some of the changes that were made to the zoning code Which impact decisions that the sport makes This slide here shows the land uses within the downtown station area specific plan area And this area is Roughly based on a half mile radius from the smart station site It's bounded by college avenue to the north and dutton avenue and emwally gardens to the west sabastopol avenue and highway 12 to the south And brookwood avenue to the east The downtown plan created four new land use designations and zoning districts And so those are the ones that are bulleted on the right portion of the slide these land use designations allow for a broader range of land uses and they also Have their own set of development and design standards If you look at this graphic, you'll note that there are large areas of yellow and orange and these are colors that Um represent our low and medium low and medium density residential areas So those areas which are primarily within our preservation districts did not Experience any change with the adoption of this plan The new land uses are shown in the brown pink and red shades And our those areas are primarily outside of the preservation districts, but there is some overlap So i've circled those areas in yellow. So in these cases These new standards that i'm going to be walking through what apply to projects within preservation districts But again, these are just these areas shown in yellow here This slide here shows Floor area ratio maximum the floor area ratio or far was introduced as a part of this downtown station area specific plan and it helps to regulate building mass and form But in in a different way than what the city typically does which is through density and height standards So this map Shows the various far maximums that are assigned to the properties that Have the new land use designation And these range from as low as two which is shown in the kind of light purple color All the way up to eight which is around kind of the core of downtown And courthouse square So floor area ratio gives essentially a number which is What's the total allowable building area that can be constructed on a site? And this number is derived from the product of the site in square footage To multiplied by the far value. So for example, if there is a project site that is 40,000 square feet and the far is two Then an 80,000 square foot building could be constructed And this can be broken up into A number of different stories. So it could be To a two-story building with 40,000 square feet per floor or it could be You know go up further and In height, but the the overall square footage of each floor is reduced um, so as I I mentioned just a moment ago all of the properties with those new land use designations do have far values with the exception of a few Contributor properties which are found along b street in the st. Rose preservation district and many of the board members will remember that discussion And again the areas within the preservation districts that have far values assigned to them are circled here in yellow another item to note Although far doesn't regulate height directly properties that are within one of the city's preservation districts are within what's called a historic combining district and so these areas Do not allow for building heights that exceed 35 feet unless the cultural heritage board Or the city council makes specific findings to allow that height increase. So that standard still applies regardless of the downtown plan There are a number of new site design and building placement standards And these are again implemented through those four new land use designation And these standards address items like building setbacks and tower separation requirements the location of on-site parking and also Requirements for shadow analysis Building design is also regulated through these four new land use designations This is a little bit atypical for the city of santa rosa We typically have a lot of development standards for things like setbacks and height and lot coverage But not so much for design design is typically We typically look at the design guidelines, which are more discretionary or flexible in nature But there are a number of design standards that are now included in the zoning code for properties That fall within those new land use designations And these design standards address A variety of concepts including dimensional relief and the requirement for four-sided architecture or consistent material use Transparency and also the inclusion of ground level elements The downtown stationery specific plan also includes What are called transition areas and an overlay area? So this map here shows Where those additional standards apply and i'm going to walk through Each of these spending more time on the neighborhood transition Which is most I think relevant to this board But this map shows the triangles for where these standards apply And so you will note that there are a number of blue triangles that are around the preservation districts The preservation districts are shown on this map in that kind of beige color So the neighborhood transition was developed to reduce the visual impact of new development On most of the lower density residential areas in particular the preservation districts Depending on the location of the new development Either the first two bullet points or sub bullet points would apply Or the third one So this transition requires Front setbacks that are more extensive than what would typically be required. They also require building step backs over Three stories and a daylight plane over six stories This transition also prohibits surface parking areas between the sidewalk and the building frontage In cases where a new development would impact Existing preservation districts For example, like on santa rosa avenue Where we have burbank gardens We would apply these standards to the rear side of that development And so those step backs would help to reduce the visual impact Just to quickly walk through other transitions. There's a downtown transition Which requires building step back An additional amount above certain segments of Fourth and fifth street There are three segments along the santa rosa creek with an activation area And so those any new development there is required to promote Both the use and visibility of the creek And then there's the active ground floor overlay. This applies pretty broadly throughout the downtown It doesn't regulate allowed uses But it does require that new development enhance the pedestrian experience some other changes made to the Zone encode as a result of this plan include Some additions to the historic combining district This is basically all of our preservation fall within this combining district and it includes those additional protective standards like the 35 foot height requirement It also includes a number of character defining elements for our eight preservation district and So essentially this section on character defining elements was bolstered up with a lot of information from a cultural heritage board resolution 209 this was adopted back in 2006 which helps to Set the historic context for our preservation district for any developer architect or property owner and then these district specific frameworks can be used by city staff This board the city council when evaluating projects within these specific preservation districts There were also some amendments made to our historic and cultural preservation chapter of the zoning code One is minor It looks small, but it's important and it's that the 2017 secretary of interior standards is cited But there was also an addition of a few minor exemptions from the landmark alteration process One example being the addition of of skylights that could not be seen From the public right away One of the the bigger changes that I wanted to spend some time talking through Was the change to the design review and landmark alteration process so One change is that if there is a project which requires both design review and cultural heritage board approval They that project would come before Both boards at the same time For concept review and so this concept review provides an opportunity for Both of the boards to provide comments That are specific to that board's purview And then the applicant team can take that information Modify their plans and when they come back Hopefully they've been able to Include some of those those considerations So in the past this was actually an optional process for it to be a joint review meeting, but staff has found that it is effective to hear From both the boards at the same time and so that is now memorialized in the code And then we also made a modification to the design review approval process in the past the cultural heritage board acted on the design review entitlement with the design review board members now They those processes are entirely separate So the cultural heritage board acts independently on landmark alteration permits and the design review board acts independently on design review permits And then one additional change The cultural heritage board quorum section was modified in the past we had to have four Four board members vote in favor of a project or deny a project for that action to be considered Now that requirement has been modified to be the majority of the quorum voting one way or another And this just helps to keep projects moving through the process Either way This slide here reflects some added or amended criteria for decision When the cultural heritage board receives a resolution that staff has drafted recommending either approval or denial of a project These are things that staff has considered through their review And then also that the board considers prior to taking action on a landmark alteration permit So these four bullet points on this slide reflect what actually has been added or amended And then the next slide will show all of the criteria So two additions are for zoning code consistency and also general plan and specific plan consistency these weren't previously included but considering that You know the cultural heritage board and staff are really looking that projects are are implementing these guiding documents in the city code This felt like to be an important add another change relates to compatibility of proposed development And and so the first part of this criteria remains the same The modification is that The compatibility occurs with the new development and Properties that have been identified as contributors to that respective district that defines that criteria a little bit more And then the fourth change was updating that secretary secretary of interior standard year So this slide reflects each of the criteria with the unchanged ones called out here in bold So this Just for informational purposes One is that the consistency of the proposed change Is consistent with the original architectural style and details of the building the consistency And or compatibility of the proposed textures materials Venestration and decorative features and details with the time period of the building's construction Whether the proposed change will destroy or adversely affect important architectural features And then the last one which would be other matters or criteria adopted by resolution by the board And i'm not aware of anything that falls into that category But miss murray might be able to add more to that So that concludes my presentation. I'll stop screen sharing and i'm happy to answer any questions Okay, thank you miss at this time. I'd like to open a public comment And this is opportunity if we have any members of the public who would like to Ask any questions or make any comment miss nickle son Thank you chair music At this time no one is raising their hands and we have one member of the public in attendance on the zoom meeting Okay, thank you, mr. Mulaney I'm not seeing any members of the public wanting to comment. I'm closed officially closed public comment And um like to uh turn this back to our board members If any of our board members have uh questions for miss nickle son Okay, not seeing any at this time. I do have one and if you'll bear with me just for a second And I just got to find it here Okay, um and and not Not to put you on the spot. Hopefully and if if you don't have an answer to this, it's that's okay But um on the criteria is for decision um, I was just wondering if you could um On the item that says whether proposed change implements the general plan And any applicable specific plan um If you could expand on that a little better, maybe give a little better definition of what what that what that statement means I'm just pulling up that slide so I could Read it. Um, so that And susie or miss burry might be able to add um on to to my comments, but essentially we're Looking to make sure that a project is consistent with um Goals and policies that are in the general plan and any specific plan So if you know and if we're talking about the downtown We would want to make sure that a new development Is consistent with the plan as a whole so it's um The the design the the youth If they're if we're not talking about properties with far that the proposed Density falls within the the density range that's within the general plan. Um, and these are things beyond just um Development standards and design and density too. They also include um consistency with policies circulation policies or open space policies, so it is um A lengthy review that planning staff do When we're looking at projects, we want to ensure that they're consistent with those vision documents that the city has for Specific areas such as a specific plan area or just the broader city at large Not sure if that helps to answer that question Oh, yes. Thank you very much Any other board member questions Board member borne Um, yeah, I was just curious what your time frame on all of this are any projects in the works? Is it all still being planned so the changes that I just went through have been in effect for I guess about nine months now But we're we do have projects that are coming in in our downtown plan area and um, so we're We're getting the experience of using these new sections of our zoning code and reviewing Development review projects for consistency with the new specific plan And and this is uh, suzie And I'm just going to go ahead and chime in and say that um, there are actually several projects that are Coming down the pike to you guys right now, which is a part of the reason for all these trainings So you do have several um larger residential projects coming to you for review and the other thing that I would like to comment on is that during um During those concept design meetings that are now required for those types of projects downtown that require both a landmark alteration and a design review It's really the cultural heritage cultural heritage boards opportunity to let Not just the applicant, but the design review board and staff know what it is about those projects That you think needs to be protected character defining elements if it's not consistent in the neighborhood That it's in and and whatnot So express your concerns at that point and give the applicant and staff An opportunity to report back to when that project comes to you as um a hearing item an action item um So and when it does come to you as an action item It will only be to the cultural heritage board As a landmark alteration you will not be involved going from this point forward or since the the the approval of these changes You will not be involved in the design review so And if I can chime in also the nice thing is the um, there's a zoning code Um That's applicable to the design review board that identifies historic areas as well So the design review board actually has some responsibilities um when looking at uh applications that are within historic districts or if they're um have been identified as a historic structure Any other question for board members? I guess I should ask also board member born. Did that answer your question? Okay Well, I guess with that then um, I'd like to thank Um, miss nixson for excellent presentation. I really appreciate you taking the time to Come in and inform us. I know it's going to be an ongoing process these overlaying um districts h districts, you know within The station area plan. I I know of two projects on my mind right now that are that are coming up and um It'll be uh, it'll be an interesting process when we they come before us at the board Thank you very much for the opportunity and I'm happy to answer any Follow-up questions that the board might have Okay, with that we'll close out then item 7.2 Move on to item 7.3 and item 7.3 Which was Introducing the cultural heritage board procedures rules and regulations Which will supersede the existing rules and regulations We have been requested by staff to continue this item to a future meeting so that There can be some further research and evaluation. It also gives Us as board members an opportunity to communicate with miss murray As we read these the new zoning changes and zoning codes and have have questions And just you know Just to say again the way this The sequence of events has happened is the station the downtown station area plan created the zoning code changes that affected the cultural heritage board and those zoning code changes then affected our rules and regulations and so it's kind of the That a tumble down effect Some of the things there's probably some flexibility in and the rules and regulations and other things there may not be because the zoning code dictates, you know that particular item, but anyway, but don't hesitate to ask questions or make comment or suggest changes To miss murray. She's very good at getting back to us and letting us know what we can do what we can't do So with that continuing That item I think that's the last item on our agenda and I'd like to go ahead and call for adjournment And thank everybody for their presence today and invite you to come sit with me at city hall at the next meeting. So If you feel free This meeting's adjourned Thank you Great job


The probable starters for game one of the ALDS brought to you by your local Ford store Boston expected to start Chris Sale against the Yankees and Jay Hap Expected to start could be a lot of talk about that could be a game one and a game five guy But bottom line Jack, that's one of the reasons they went hard and got him I when they made that acquisition from the Toronto Blue Jays one of the narratives about that acquisition was the fact He has pitched so well against the Red Sox this season and in his career He faced them on Friday through five scoreless innings then gave up that grand slam to Steve Pierce You can't say oh, he also added a grand slam a grand slam is a grand slam But for those first five innings he looked very sharp I think he has a ton of confidence against the Red Sox and in Fenway Park There are more question marks about Chris Sale right now than there are about Jay Hap He's been that productive and that reliable. Yeah, I think the numbers bear it out But the eye test also showed us on Friday right for those five innings Just dominated a lineup for the Red Sox that's been intimidating all year long Did a good job against Martinez getting the ball in Mookie Betts was raving about Jay Hap So it tells you that he's kind of got their number a little bit and the bottom line as he won him to pitch game one and Game five if you needed it's either Tanaka or Hap my money is on Hap All right guys. Well, we know they're headed to Boston Friday night for game one for more thoughts on that Let's get it back to Michael K and Ken Singleton And now the fun begins now the Yankees will play the Boston Red Sox and it's gonna be an interesting matchup They played 19 times this year in Boston by winning the last game of the season won the season matchup by Tally of 10 to 9 but these teams match up very well They certainly do if you look at the numbers over the years you can see that the very tight games I think what you saw in the last series in Boston last three games of season Yankees took the first two out of three to get themselves to a hundred wins a lot of players took care of our goals Team took care of a goal of hitting the record for home runs I just think this is gonna be a very exciting series as it usually is very hard fought You're gonna face Chris sale in that first game. We're gonna have to see what kind of Chris sale We're gonna see there've been reports. He has been his shoulders been fatigued in the second half of the season So that should be very interesting to see in game one And I also think that in this upcoming series the pressure now shifts to the Boston Red Sox I think all the pressure on the Yankees today. They had to win this game They could not have gotten eliminated in the wild card after going to the seventh game of the ALCS last year So the Red Sox now have to validate a hundred and eight wins season And I remember Paul O'Neill's told me many many times in 1998 Postseason it was almost joyless because if they didn't win the whole thing the hundred and fourteen didn't mean anything I think the Red Sox is gonna feel a little bit as well Well, I think the Yankees had a lot to do with the Seattle Mariners prior to that and winning a hundred and sixteen games They couldn't pay it off because the Yankees knocked them out of the playoffs So the situation for the Red Sox is yeah, they had a big big year, but now it starts all over again It's ramped up as I said before You have to play pressure filled ball games against your bitter rival in your home park Maybe that's a bit of advantage for the Red Sox to be at Fenway Park to get things started But there'd be enough Yankee fans on hand. I will tell you what there's some keys in this the Red Sox have a great lineup They've got up and down power. They can also steal bases Which the A's weren't able to do that's something that the Yankees gonna have to control But the health of sale how close he is to the real sale and also the bridge to the bullpen Those are the questions about the Boston Red Sox and one other thing too. How was David Price gonna perform against the Yankees? He hasn't pitched well against the Yankees in just about forever ever since he's been in Boston So maybe the Yankees you know are in his head a little bit like years ago What did Pedro say the Yankees are my daddy and Pedro is in the Hall of Fame I will tell you this of all the pitchers that the Red Sox have all the guys that start now One of those starters has ever won a game in the postseason as a starter So the Yankees would like to keep that streak going and it all starts on Friday And it should be an unbelievable time at Fenway Park Bob


When you're a kid and you're growing up, the people around you seem to have it all figured out.  And in this video, I wanna share some really essential keys to building an incredible life by ignoring some of that advice.  Alex Hein here over at Modern Health Monk. So before we jump in, I've put together a free journaling worksheet right below this video, that first link. If you're trying to figure out how to get your life together, how to design your dream most ideal life, check it out right below this video and it'll help you have some simple exercises you can do today. Now, if you want to transcend a mediocre life, if you wanna do anything other than what you see the people around you doing, I would not advise you to take advice from the masses. And look, chances are your parents and your advisors fall into the category of the masses. When I was 21, I wanted to book a one-way ticket to China and become a monk and a kung fu master. Now, how the hell do you think my parents took that, right? Did they think that was a good idea, a practical idea, a financially sound idea, a safe idea, you know? You can guarantee that they didn't think that was a good idea on any front. But for me, my gut feeling was that if I don't do this now, I'm never gonna do it. And this was my deepest, most exciting, passionate childhood dream that I always wanted to do. When we talk about our friends and our advisors and our people around us, what they often want you to do is often what they did, which is usually follow the safe, secure path in life. So I bought this one-way ticket to China and you better believe, even when I got to China, people were saying, when are you coming back? What are you doing with your life?  Something that has traditional security and stability. The problem is, almost everyone is gonna be giving you advice from their perspective, which is, they want to see you be stable. They wanna see you be successful. They wanna see you be a productive member of society, whatever your culture is programming you to believe. But the problem is, a lot of those same people giving you advice, they themselves are not happy. They themselves are not fulfilled. They themselves have not a small twinge of regret, but a bucket, a sea of regret, because they didn't do the things that they always wanted to do. And so it becomes just a familial curse where my dad was an immigrant and so he took the safe, secure job, but there was something else he always wanted to do.  And that trip to China maybe just like, wait til you're like 60 or 65 or something. Inevitably, if you don't want to live the average mediocre life, but you take advice from people who are living that life, you're gonna get the same advice that produced the average, regular, picket white feds 2.5 kids life. And if you don't want that, maybe you should be very careful about taking that advice. So your friends and your family, they honestly cannot give you advice that they don't embody. I know that sounds maybe obvious, but are you taking financial advice from people who aren't financially secure or let's say wealthy? Are you taking advice on how to be a millionaire from people that aren't millionaires? I mean, I once sat down with someone that was just a regular worker and we were talking about money and finance and my plans for financial security in the future and always increasing my income over time. And he was like, yeah, you know, that's funny. You say like, when I become a millionaire, like that's cute. Don't you know that people only inherit that money or are born into it or get lucky with a Lado? He actually believed that the only way to make a million dollars a year or have a million dollar net worth or a million dollars in the bank was to inherit it or win the Lado. He literally believed that. But even when you look at the research done on most millionaires, they're entrepreneurs. The majority of new millionaires each year are entrepreneurs that build their own businesses. So if I was an impressionable young kid, which thankfully I've never been, if I was this authority figure who is 60, I could easily project on him and say, wow, he knows life. That's so discouraging. He said, I have to inherit it or I have to play Lado. But that isn't true. And so when you take advice from people, it's very important to see, are they living the life that I actually want?  You'll never have the travels you want. You'll never reach the potential to do the things you actually want to do in life because some authority figure around you said that it wasn't possible. Or this is how it is. These are the rules, right? And reality is, that's probably not true. Now in my mind, there are only two things that stand between where you are or who you are and where you want to be or who you want to be. And those two things are the same throughout time. They will always be the same things through time. And they will be these recurring sort of roadblocks. And those two things are fear and social pressure. Now the story of Paulo Coelho, the author of The Alchemist is really interesting because you can see how it embodies both of these two barriers. With Paulo Coelho, he grew up and he always wanted to be an author. He wanted to be a creative, an artist. He grew up in Brazil and his parents committed him to a mental institution multiple times.  And especially in a country that's corrupt, that was very important to his family, you know, middle-class family that wanted that stability. But he always knew internally what he wanted to do. Every time they committed him, apparently, he said that he had escaped these mental institutions. But deep down, he always had the feeling of what he wanted to do. And he was brave enough to follow that Dharma, to follow that personal legend, to follow that calling to do something other than what he'd seen everyone else around him doing, which is always the hardest thing. Because anytime you're doing something where you don't see anyone else doing it, it's extremely scary because it's almost like being socially excommunicated.   And he had passed the first test, which is the test of fear. The fear of what if I do what I really wanna do and it doesn't work out and I'm in a worse place later? Or it doesn't work out and then everyone excommunicates me, right? I get made fun of by my friends. My parents say, see, I told you so, it wouldn't work out. Or there's something else where I become different from the people around me. That's test number one. And the second one is social pressure, which is the voices of your friends and your family and whoever that really do have your best interests at heart, but they're operating from this very limited perception of life. They themselves make all their decisions from fear and social pressure, right? Your parents do the same thing. Are they working the job they want? Or are they working the job that's financially secure to support their family? It's understandable. We don't need to hate them for it, but are they themselves embodying those two traits? Bravery, doing what you want and not being afraid where other people think. Those two things are the things that will set you free, especially if you're following an unconventional path that no one else has done. If you follow a traditional path, it's easy. Everyone knows it. But when you follow an unconventional path, there is no map. And so you have to be the cartographer. You have to be the person who's designing the map and then even following the trail on the map. So whether it is you want to do an unusual career or go on an unusual trip or have an unusual relationship, if you can conquer these two things, fear and social pressure, which is also just fear, you'll be able to be that one in a million that follows their Dharma, follows their soul path, their gut to build whatever life is their absolute dream life. And that's something that ironically, when you reach that mountaintop, suddenly all those same people that told you to stay safe and play it safe and be small, will suddenly admire you and respect you because you were brave in a way that they were not brave enough. And you were brave enough to fulfill your Dharma and your calling in a way that 99% of people are not able to. And then you will become the advisor for them on their own soul path. And that's a pretty incredible place to be. I'm gonna leave you there for today, guys. Don't forget to check out the free journaling worksheet that will help you clarify what you really want in your dream life right below this video. And I'll see you in the next video.


So let's try and solve the equation log to base 4 x squared plus 3x minus log to base 4 x plus 5 equal to 1 So we need to express this as a single logarithmic expression So the first thing to notice here is that this is a difference of logs So we pull in our rules of logs and we see that if we have a difference of logs It's the same as the log of a quotient And so we can rewrite this as the log of x squared plus 3x over x plus 5 And we're still equal to 1 Remember definitions are the whole of mathematics. All else is commentary So every logarithmic equation corresponds to an exponential equation And so using the definition of logs gives us the equivalent equation 4 to power 1 Equals x squared plus 3x over x plus 5 And we can simplify this because we know that 4 to power 1 is equal to 4 And if it's not written down it didn't happen. So we'll record what we actually did over here on the left hand side And now we have a rational equation So we can start to simplify a rational equation by Multiplying by the denominator to eliminate the fraction. So our denominator is x plus 5 We'll multiply the left hand side by x plus 5 and because we have an equation We'll do the same thing to the right hand side And now we can simplify this Denominator factor of x plus 5 and this new factor of x plus 5 Well, they're common factors so we can remove them both leaving us with x squared plus 3x On the right hand side we can expand for times x plus 5 And now we have a quadratic equation So let's get all of our terms onto the one side or the other our x squared is already on the left So let's get rid of all the terms from the right hand side So we want to subtract 4x and subtract 20. We've got to do the same thing to both sides And we get our quadratic equation in a kind of gentle universe. We know that this was guaranteed to factor But one we don't live in that universe and two even if this was guaranteed to factor We usually have to go through a lot of trial and error to find the solutions So we're not going to waste our time factoring. We're going to instead solve using the quadratic formula Which gives us the solutions x equals 5 and x equals negative 4 Now if you don't want to use the quadratic formula because it's too easy to apply and always gives you an answer You could try to solve this by factoring And if it's a slow Friday night and you have nothing better to do and you've binge watched everything you can on Netflix Then solving by factoring is a great idea to occupy your time But solving using the quadratic formula always works and is always faster So there's no obvious reason why you do anything else Now it's important to remember that we should always check our solutions And this is true in general But it's especially true when we deal with things like equations that involve logs or square roots or exponents or Fractions or well really pretty much anything Here our concern is that since we're taking logs We can't take the log of a non-positive number. So we check our two solutions We check x equals minus 4 in the original equation and ask our self self Is it true that the log to base 4 x squared plus 3x minus the log to base 4 of x plus 5 is equal to 1 So we'll substitute in our values of x We'll do a little bit of arithmetic Simplification and we do need to know the log to base 4 of 4 and the log to base 4 of 1 Fortunately, we know the definitions because definitions are the whole of mathematics all else is commentary And so the log to base 4 of 4 is something So according to our definition 4 to power b should give us 4 And so we sit and stare at this equation and after a moment We realize that if b is equal to 1 this will be a true statement so b equals 1 and log to base 4 of 4 will be equal to 1 Similarly, we need to know the log to base 4 of 1 And so our definition says that whatever the log to base 4 of 1 is We know that 4 to that power gives us 1 And we stare at our equation and we remember that if I take a number and raise it to the 0 power I get 1 so this exponent b must be 0 Equals means replaceable so log to base 4 of 1 must be 0 And so we have to ask ourselves is it true that 1 minus 0 is equal to 1 And it is so x equals negative 4 is a solution We need to go through the same process with our other possible solution x equals 5 So we'll substitute x equals 5 into the original equation Do a little arithmetic Now at this point strictly speaking we should find the log to base 4 of 40 and the log to base 4 of 10 But because both 40 and 10 are Positive numbers we know they have a log so we can combine those logs because this is the Difference of two logs. We could rewrite it as the log of the quotient 40 over 10 And we can simplify this a little bit 40 divided by 10 is 4 And remember paper is cheap So of course you wrote down our earlier discovery that log to base 4 of 4 was equal to 1 And so this is also a true statement So x equals 5 is also a solution and so we verify that both are solutions