Γεια σας, είμαι Vicky εδώ και καλώς ήρθατε. Σήμερα θα συζητήσω το νέο σύστημα σύστημα που εγγραφίζω για τα γερναλία μου και θα σας δείξω πώς να δημιουργήσω ένα καστουμισμένο. Φυσικά, εγώ still work on my books. Λοιπόν, εγώ usually work on a Moleskine. Αυτό είναι ένα από τα μεγάλης σκέτσμου Moleskines, αλλά εγώ always have the restriction of having the spine in the middle και there are techniques that I usually avoid doing on a book such as applying too much water or playing with my sprays. Δεν μπορείς να το κάνεις, μπορείς να το κάνεις, but I'm always afraid that I might ruin the rest of the layouts. Είμαι also working usually on my Dilusions art journal, which I absolutely love, this paper is perfect. It takes any type of acrylic paint beautifully as well as the sprays of course. Lately I have been working on a disc-bounded system that I got from Jogles, so you see there are these discs and I can take off the pages easily, do whatever I want on them and then put everything back together. Now in this particular journal I work only on one page, but of course you can have a two page spread. In this case I would take out both pages, secure them at the back with some masking tape so that I have one continuous page, work on it and then I can put everything back together on my discs. In this system there are many advantages. For example you can do techniques you can't do on a book such as play on top of a jelly plate. You can apply as much ink or water as you like without being afraid that you will ruin the rest of the pages. Plus you can add as much bulk as you like because these discs give you this ability. Finally it's great for beginners because if you don't like the page you just don't put it back at the book. And this is the punch that I have to create my own custom sized Argenas. So this has nine holes and it is actually by me and my big ideas from the Happy Planner Collection. Now this punch is actually on sale right now so maybe you want to check it out. You will find links down below to this punch as well as to other options. For example We Are Memory Keepers has one and there are many other in the market. I'm just showing you the one that I have at home and I know that it works. Now you can play with this punch and work with any paper that you like. For example I know I would love to make an Argenal that could use this mixed media paper by Ranger. And today I'm going to work with watercolor paper. This is by Winsor & Newton and it's a cold pressed paper. It is 140 pounds which means that it's quite heavy and I'm going to create an 8x8 Argenal but just because I want to work on this size I love square journals and I don't have one. The Argenal that I'm currently working with disks is 6x6 and I want to have a slightly larger one. Now of course if you don't want to do all this job by cutting out all the pages and then putting everything together punch all the holes and put everything together then of course you can get these ready-made. They are really inexpensive and I get these from Jogles and I'm going to link you down below to different sizes that they offer. But I wanted to show you that you can be creative and you can create any size of Argenal that you like with this system.  I think I cut out 12 of those and they are all 8x8. And now of course I need to punch the holes and to use disks to put everything together. The large disks are by the Happy Planner system and I also love the smaller ones. These are by Jogles and you can get them separately. Of course depending on the size of the disks that you use you will be able to add more pages and also you will be able to add more bulk on your books. So what I love about the disks is that you can be as dimensional as you like. And of course if you start with small disks and find that your Argenal gets too bulk you can always switch to larger disks. And I really love this ability of interchanging things, moving pages from one Argenal and putting it on another. This system is full of advantages I believe and it gives you so much freedom. Now I'm going to punch the holes and I need to make sure that every hole is going to be at the same place for all the pages. Which means that when I stack them back together they will be nicely aligned. Of course you don't have to do that. I'm just kind of weird on this. So I'm going to put my page inside the punches try to align them so they are at the middle. You can easily slide your paper underneath as you can see. And once I'm happy with the placement I'm going to mark the sides with washi tape. This is going to make sure that every time I place the next page inside the punch I will place it at the exact same point. This punch was designed to punch out a thin paper for planners and it actually has a maximum of 3 papers at one time that you can punch. But as you can see I have absolutely no problem on punching those thick pages. These are 140 lbs. But of course I'm punching one at a time. So you see you do have the ability of creating your own Argenal and decide what size you want to make them. You can buy the colors of the disc that you like and the size that you like. But it is time consuming and you do have to invest on the punch and buy the paper and buy the discs. If you don't want to get in all that trouble I'm going to link you down below to different sizes of all these Argenals that you can get and they are actually on sale right now. And after punching all my pages I placed them one on top of the other and I was really happy with the whole alignment. Everything matches perfectly. So I have a nicely aligned book. Now I'm going to use the discs and I decided to go with those blue ones with the heart. I think that's absolutely adorable. There are different colors that you can get and different sizes. The discs that I'm using now are by the Happy Planner System and they are actually one inch and three quarters and the other smaller ones that I have for my 6x6 Argenal are one inch. So it is really easy to put everything together and here is my finished book with all my 12 pages. As you can see I can be quite dimensional because I have enough space there and I can always add more pages as my work grows. I can also mix and match paper so I can add different types of paper there or I can even add different sizes to make it look more interesting. You can see here the difference in size on my two discs. So that's it for today. Down below you will find links to the discs, the watercolor paper I used and even the punch. I'm also going to link you to other punches that are available in the market at the moment. You will also find links to art journals with discs that are premade for you if you don't want to get in all this trouble. But if you are planning to make your own leave me a comment below and let me know what size you are going for. I would really love to know. I hope this video was helpful. Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't done so already. I'm going to link you to a couple of videos here where I'm working on my 6x6 Disc Bound Journal. Thank you all for watching and I'll see you next time.


All right cyber traders right back at it this Monday afternoon shortly after 2 30 p.m. Eastern time And I should say this Monday March 29th. Great to see all of our traders live inside our trading room Let's get a quick sound check just to begin make sure everybody could hear me loud and clear looks like Michael can run can great To see you both sure it can yep right aside them great to see you as well Donnie as well Bonnie to perfect alright, so let's hop right into the thick of things here We actually need to go pretty quick not as if I'm teaching today, but we have Fausto teaching today Of course for all over gold platinum diamond CTU students here You're eligible to join the live phase 3 course coming up this afternoon So well Fausto is trading in class. I'll be you know doing my normal business here in the trading room taking you into the Clothes, but I assume most of us will be you know with the man himself heading into the afternoon So I want to make sure that you folks are ready. I know the Fausto's in class right now He's scanning. He's prepping and lining his charts up. So let's hop right into it We have the CLD x-trait. We ended up seeing this make a huge squeeze going into like right around 12 o'clock We saw a drop off going into the open or rather I should say after the market opens We saw a drop off and you know We didn't really call it out too frequent off the open But it did drop very nicely steady down steady downtrend as it tailed down towards just about 1550 1537 the low of the day, but no hey if it's not breaking the lower There's only way it's gonna go and this provided a great opportunity at least as far as what we call a dead cat bounce Seeing a stock, you know make a short lived squeeze up You know as perhaps you know day traders buy in or you know investors just cover and take profits Ended up leading to this short lived squeeze so far for right now. I mean seal DX. I don't mind just adding to our list It's got a pretty illiquid order books. I'm not normally a fan of that but pretty volatile run up heading into the afternoon So we'll start this All right, so with that in mind, let's just go from top to bottom folks There are other stocks that are moving even better than this and if not better than just as well But have more you know volume on the order book to work off of so the SEAC trade without wasting any other time here This one's pushing up to the high of the day as we speak It's like a crawler very slow move pretty inexpensive Of course trade several thousand shares this stock ended up making a really nice pop right out of the gate once the market Opened up this morning ended up breaking out from like 130 ish 131 the opening print all the way up towards just about 175 and Man to see this stock make a second run up here heading into the afternoon I always say unless it's at the highs. I'm probably not that interested in it. This is right at the highs So the SEAC here hopefully will see this makers stronger push even taking us into the close I would assume major resistance off of to 140,000 share iceberg You could actually just see on the trade station matrix here All right, cool. So nice level one stock. I like this one a lot more than the CLDX, but you know, we'll see what else we got Hgenn I mean if you ended up doing well on this stock from earlier today I would assume that you're going to follow it going into the close But there's probably less room at least on both ends of this trade long or short Comparative to what we had today ended up seeing the stock break out right out of the right out of the gate here Ended up getting halted and when it reopens ended up pushing up that much more But you know ended up topping off and this stock is shortable So it ended up providing as just as good of a short opportunity as it was a long opportunity That's where I say I think just trading 79 plus million shares for a stock that prior to today barely traded over a million I'm gonna think it's gonna be pretty exhausted at this point You know, maybe if it makes a big popper drop while I go through here folks Then you call it out, but I'm probably not gonna check back in with it Otherwise The UPC trade unless you get short this the stock was shortable from trade station going into the market open So they had to have within that time market as a heart to borrow If you can get the shares to short this then definitely put this on your list It only seems as if it's gonna continue to drop back down Cph I this was a bust from earlier today. I mean it was tailing down going into the open So I'm not surprised by the end result to see it break down even more But just you know kind of disappointing as a cheap stock You want it to make the type of move that the SEAC ended up making, you know, not all of them can but Ended up kind of wasting our time there All right Hola fame don't waste any further time because this stock we were calling out going into the meeting and It ended up making for a nice push earlier This one ended up kind of going against the grain not just in terms of the market But I know that dolphin entertainment was a big move from last week They ended up you know making these big pops and drops and hall famous for the most part going with it last week So pretty interesting to see this go against the grain in that regard this afternoon still kind of holding strong near the highs I mean given the range of this stock has made the last week and a half You know, it's not right off 648 high the day, but pretty close You know, so I'll kind of read this to our list for right now Kind of choppy stock though I will say making higher lows higher highs over the last hour But you know, we'll look to see if this could re break above resistance coming up your head See what else we got here the EIQ stock that looks yeah ugly Ooh, our cons trying to make a comeback, but this thing has got such a big spread I'm not really too keen on like following. It's a stock like this heading into the close All right, I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna jump ahead to a stock. I'm currently in a stock I'm closing out right now I was calling it out pretty much all throughout the afternoon It's closed out Neo right here. I ended up lining up a level on my chart right at 3465 I just closed right now. I was in this trade off the break from 35 I had this on my other monitor here as I was going through the meeting Wanted to jump to this just as I closed it took long enough So really quickly to cover this trade while we're at it We're gonna follow this and put this stock on our list anyway, but you know, I just got out of it I was short from 35 I ended up taking a six cent loss at first and then I ended up jumping back in once it Rebroke below 35 about like eight minutes before I started so, you know, it took long enough But man this thing is you know out of support right now 3465 was holding pretty nicely from Friday's trading I you know, it's not to say that it won't break lower I'm definitely gonna put this on our list as it's at the lowest of the day right now And you know, hopefully this does make another move later on just for right now. I'm gonna take the profits and run All right, so I had that on my other screen here. I saw it slipping off I was like, well, I got to close this pretty quickly before I jump back and you know, just waste the profits So what we'll do is jump to the loser's list folks in just a moment We'll probably jump back to Neo to check back in on this stock at the end But I want to see what else we got from the gainer side here first The RLX really caught my eye before I'm still going The RLX trade here ended up making a nice pop You know shortly after the open and then squeezed up pretty nicely towards just about 11 You know high the day off 1087, you know for right now pretty flat It is short of all if it does crap out the other way. I guess that could be an opportunity, but Just good sideless stock. I'll definitely keep this in mind for tomorrow, you know pre-market All right, let's see what else we got across the gainers end here Mara is up six and a half percent just about Mara Mara Stripping over that. I just pretty choppy chart either way here. So I'm gonna pass on this That might just about do it across the gainers end here folks I mean hey the Dow is up 50 points, you know continuing to push up into the afternoon Hopefully we see continuation there, but there's no other real familiar names on the gainer side If there's anything that you see that's up then type it in the chat board. Let me know When a hop over to the losers list here first you would also be got though Check out the prices here first A bunch of stuff hard to borrow really I mean top 11 stocks top 10 stocks LIVX Stocks treated us pretty nicely over the last week That's with me taking a like I think it was like a 13 or 12 cent loss on it I think it was like Thursday ended up making the money back But not to say we're perfect on this trade, you know good sideless stock You know continue to be just you know pretty slow and murky right now off the lows not a whole lot to write home about there GSX Wow 33 dollars this stocks that now are you kidding me?  I could be wrong I'm gonna check Benzinga pro right now just because I am pretty interested you folks hear about the story about the Korean trader Investment firm. I think it was there. They were liquidated. They got margin called That was the main reason why 10 cent TME dropped off as much as it did going into the end of last week I think Viacom also a bunch of other stocks and of course it was in lieu with the relations between the US and China But that came out over the weekend. I don't know if anybody heard about that Jason and Taz you both did as well Really interesting story. I got a read-up more on it to be more knowledgeable on it myself But generally that is what happened at this very super successful and wealthy Korean trader ended up getting margin called by By a bank and they ended up liquidating his position at least on 10 cent I don't know if GSX had to do with it at the time But obviously ended up making a huge drop off going into the end of last week on Friday. Let's see No news in relation to that It more so had to do with like kind of the reason as to why at least TME IQ You know Neo a lot of the China stocks dropped off Viacom, of course with it But yeah, nonetheless the lows of the day right now taking you into the afternoon It's still a shortable and if it doesn't break lower much like we did on 10 cent back on Friday of last week We killed it on the short squeeze back on that trade going into the end of last week So if this doesn't break lower or if it doesn't breaks right back up then that could provide as a good short squeeze type of opportunity there Dead cat bound short squeeze that kind of go hand-in-hand here All right. Let's see what else we got here folks I'm gonna say short squeeze I don't really know the short interest on this trade but in terms of it dropping from like 80 down to 30 At some point that stocks got a squeeze back up N8c at the lows here. It seems like not a whole lot going on. All right, folks. I'm gonna know what you got Bloom energy SPW are off the lows here I guess I'll jump to those before I jump to the chat board and as usual every time I say that it's funny because every time I always go and say you know There's not as much on the losers list here. Bam There's always something that looks pretty damn good and the bloom energy trade is just that off the lows We are pretty familiar with this stock, you know, not really a big Iceberg order off the low of the day off that 2325 But I would assume that to be a minor support for right now then that but then the next major one to be off of 23 SPW are looking even better I'd say more liquidity on the book big support coming in off 29. I would assume probably out of a price range though Yeah, EMPH SPW are an EMPH these two tend to move together. We're not gonna trade EMPH though We'll put SPW are we'll put the bloom stock on there be Neo is trying to squeeze back up over my line there 3465 Mike says Li another China company but China EV company at the low of the day right now Hey, if Neo is dropping off as much as it is we're gonna put Neo on the list You know not surprising that Eli is gonna make this list to looks like and then perhaps expev This one's pretty choppy. Eli looks better. I like that one Mike. Good call Then Ken saying the on the 10 cent trade TME short off 20 So really quick since we're at it here I wanted to show because I had this lineup from Friday and I didn't realize I had it up when I turned over to the symbol earlier So I asked naturally I'm like, where's that from?  So I go back and it's pretty funny because back from Friday squeeze It held off those two lows before it ran up. We caught this back on Friday afternoon from 1750 But from those two lows look what happened throughout the day it ended up kind of holding it It a false breakdown below there and for right now. It's right back to that damn trend line It's not gonna hold perfect But it's pretty interesting that it had held as well as it did up until now So for the meantime, I guess I'll slip TME on our main watch list, you know It's just a good sideless stock at this point and one that can provide some good opportunity much like we had from Friday So I don't mind giving this a second look PLTR at the low of the day a little slow though for $21 stock. I like the LI stock a bit more at the You know, even the Neo a little bit more expensive, but making a pretty sharp move right now All right for all of us in social media Facebook live YouTube Let me know if there's anything that you folks want me to check out look at here pretty quickly before we finish up Check back in on maybe some of the crazy ones from before like UPC You know, I'd expect this to dump back down more if not just exhaust out There was one I said I was gonna jump back to either way. What was it? The was just hall of fame at the SEAC trade on the way up to two. That's for sure. That's already on our list Yeah, folks that just about does it from my end here I'll take a look at Benzinga pro see if there's anything I got otherwise But I'll just about do here making pretty good use on time again Folks for all of our gold platinum diamond C2 students live inside our trading room at least Faustos phase 3 stock course coming up in just about 15-20 minutes So I know that we're gonna post the link one more time for you just as we have throughout the day But once we do make sure that you click the link just to join the class. That's in a different different webinar room from the trading room here All right, folks. I think that just about does it for me looking at Benzinga pro I think that's pretty much it too. Maybe this one last one maybe No, no, not this one a AMA not AMA No, it's a little crazy and this one looks like crap, too. All right, so I'll tell you what folks I think that we're just about good to go here latest saying Mavis at the low of the day Down 10% drop it off a little bit here on the way down to 12 All right, I'll give this a look it's a little slow But it's breaking down pretty nicely so hopefully all kind of quicken up regardless of its direction going into the final hour I mean that in the sense of if it just breaks down more or if it's a false breakdown off of 12 and it squeezes back up Should that happen either way? Hopefully this this will provide a you know, good opportunity for us I don't mind slipping this on here at the end All right So for all of us on Facebook live YouTube first and foremost make sure the folks like subscribe Notify right on our YouTube channel that being YouTube comm slash cyber trading you and aside from that if you haven't ready Feel free to join us live inside our trading room Go right down to the link on the banner below to sign up for all this live inside the room Allow me allow me a couple of moments here. I'm gonna copy and paste the pics I'm gonna copy and paste the link for class coming up I'll jump back on the mic myself right around like three ten three fifteen taking you into like the final 45 minutes Or so of the afternoon take care


18 by 24 rainbow. All right, let's get it start with a good old purple on This 18 by 24. It's gonna be beautiful purple. All right guys. I'm feeling good about this piece. Let's get it Here we go


How do you even know what to say? Oh my god Will you marry me? Yes So I know this is not what you want to hear But I really messed up There's something huge that I totally screwed up on I was home in Chicago for two weeks And I didn't go up to Mariah's dad and ask for his approval To marry his daughter And I know for a lot of people you might say Well, you don't need anyone's approval It's just you too It's your thing Your decision I know that And honestly, I'm sorry But if her dad did disapprove of me I honestly would still probably go ahead And marry his daughter Mariah Coverubius Because I'm in love with her Finding your significant other And someone that you can be with all every day And I know this might sound super cringy But that is love And through the hard times Through the best times Like I don't want to go through it With anyone else except Mariah Going back to not asking her dad We went home for two weeks Because Hurricane Ian hit our neighborhood Hit our town of Southwest Florida I brought this ring with me I had it with me the entire time And it's honestly not that I forgot to do it I could not find the right time Without raising any suspicion to Mariah Or her sister That I was doing this Because I have recently booked our flights To go to the spot where I'm going to be proposing to Mariah I'm going to be FaceTiming her dad right now To ask for his approval To marry his daughter Some heavy words This is so crazy This is insane I'm trying not to be nervous I'm trying to stay calm But how calm can you be? So I told Mariah's dad that I wanted to FaceTiming Regarding something wrong in my house And I didn't want to raise any suspicion to him That I'm going to be calling But since I can't ask him in person This is the next best thing All right, I got to do this before Mariah Gets home from a nail appointment Oh, God I feel like I'm a throne What's up? How's it going?  Oh, my gosh It's snowing It's 25 degrees I got to build a step outside Well, do you have a minute to talk? Yeah, what's going on? Forge or what? So I have something to talk to you about So I was recently in Illinois for two weeks And I know you've been like, you know Thinking about this for a while And honestly, I was going to do this When I was down there But I just did not have the best of time And I basically what I'm saying is I wanted to ask if you would allow me to marry your daughter Well, of course, Bill Of course You got my blessing 100% I love her so much And I know you knew this was coming But like That's not good, bro You got my blessing 100% And I know you'll take care of her I wanted to I wanted to fly down there And ask you this But I didn't want to raise any suspicion Because the last thing I want is for her to find out So the next time you see her in person She'll probably be She'll probably I already have it all planned out Do you have to keep this between us? Please don't tell her sister Because I know She's going to be giggling And all right I'm not going to tell anybody Make a good lightning Holy s*** Look at that thing I don't know, it's hard to see But I think that would look good on her finger Oh, it looks perfect too Good job Thank you I appreciate you And you know I love you too And I don't know I just feel happy I feel like this is like You know This is it Good Good, no You guys are still young You know, I told Mariahs If you guys are still young You got living to do You don't need to You know Feel pressure to do it But you guys have been together long enough You know you're going to stay together So Yeah We need to get together with your parents too Yeah, we will We will I feel like we should all get together And you know go do something I love your mom and dad They're fun people to be around Well, I appreciate you And I appreciate everything that you've always done for us And I appreciate you Bill I mean, you're good to Mariah We're really good to Mariah We'll have to make a video where I tell you no I know, we should And then we could play it for Mariah afterwards You'll be like, yeah, your dad doesn't approve Well, thank you Well, no, thank you for taking care of Mariah And I feel For sure For sure and for the rest of my life What do you mean, dude? I appreciate what you do for good luck Well, thank you Looking forward to seeing you soon Sounds good, Bill Thanks for calling, man I appreciate it For sure, thank you Love you, buddy Love you Bye He said yes This is crazy, dude This is insane I don't know what to say All right, guys So I'm actually in Hawaii right now And I'm literally going to be proposing tomorrow Like tomorrow is the day I have to talk quiet Because our room is right down the way But I have one more person's approval That I need to get Before I do propose to Mariah And that is to get Mariah's mom's approval Her family means the world to me Just as much as my family means to me So I'm going to be FaceTiming Mariah's mom right now To ask her for her approval And marrying her daughter Because I'm already here I'm literally in Hawaii We are a half hour away from the place That I'm going to be proposing at Here we go I'm going to FaceTimer Hopefully she answers I'm nervous now Oh, the nerves are coming back Hi Are you alone? I just want to talk to you for a minute How are you doing? Yeah, isn't it crazy?  I love you This is it I've literally been playing this for months For months Everything this whole trip December rescheduling We're supposed to get to propose to And December 4th is going to be the day But So I don't even know what to say I'm like shaking I've always wanted to do that God are you freaking Well we gotta put the ring out We didn't even do that See if it fits Oh my god I'm like shaking Oh my god Bill are you freaking serious? Yes it's perfect You like it? Are you joking?


Managing Director of Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority at Denea Ramosa is the development authorities to be repositioned for better service delivering areas of food production to guarantee food security. I will make the disclosure shortly after a three-day capacity training for 90 officers of the agency in Loury, the Quaristate capital. We want to find a way of making food available to all officers in Nigeria at an affordable price. But once the cost of production is reduced, you know the end product will also reduce. So that's our own way as River Basin Development Authority, reducing the cost of production and ensuring food security. Once you have enough food, perhaps we will even export some of the ones we have produced. So we have been able to train 90 staff who are still going to train the field officers and then to the farmers in their local languages. Participants note that if further training is timely coming at a time the cost of food items remain on the high side. Really being impactful, insightful, we have really benefited a lot and it has been refreshing. The emphasis of the training is actually institutional strengthening and our focus is on team collaboration. How to ensure that we don't work in silos, we leverage on the expertise of the river professionals and be able to bring about the definition to service delivery at the workplace. So that's the focus, team collaboration and effective information sharing. That will make sure that information from the top gets to the bottom effectively and then it is leveraged upon to implement that renewed hope agenda of the president.


Hi and welcome to the session. I am Asha and I am going to help you solve the following problem which says give possible expressions for the length and breadth of each of the following rectangles in which their areas are given. So as we know the area of a rectangle is equal to length into breadth. So what we will do in this problem is try to reduce 25a square minus 35a plus 12 and 35y square plus 13y minus 12 as the product of two binomials such that one is the length and another one is the breadth. So this is the key idea. We are going to use in this problem to find the possible length and breadth. Let us now start with the solution and the first one is area is equal to 25a square minus 35a plus 12 which can further be written as 25a square minus 35 can be written as 15 plus 20 into a plus 12 which we have written by splitting the middle term to 20 is equal to the product of 25 into 12 also 15 plus 20 is equal to 35. Now opening the brackets we have 25a square minus 15a minus 20a plus 12. Now taking 5 a common from the first two terms and minus 4 common from the next two terms it can further be written as 5a into 5a minus 3 left in the bracket now taking minus 4 common we have 5a minus 3 in the bracket. Now taking 5a minus 3 common it can be written as 5a minus 3 into 5a minus 4 and thus the area is equal to 5a minus 3 into 5a minus 4. And now as we know area of rectangle is equal to length into breadth so one of these two binomials is length and another one is breadth so one possible answer is equal to 5a minus 3 breadth equal to 5a minus 4. So this completes the first part and now proceeding on to the second part where area is equal to 35y square plus 13y minus 12. Now this can further be written as 35y square plus 13 can be written as 28 minus 15 into y minus 12. Now opening the brackets we have 35y square plus 28y minus 15y minus 12. Now taking 7y common from the first two terms and minus 3 common from the last two terms this can further be written as 7y into 55 plus 4 minus 3 into 5y plus 4. And now taking 55 plus 4 common this can further be written as 55 plus 4 into 7y minus 3. And thus area is equal to 55 plus 4 into 7y minus 3 and since area is equal to the length into breadth so any one of this can be the length and another one is the breadth so a possible answer is equal to 7y minus 3 breadth is equal to 55 plus 4. So this completes the solution hope you enjoyed this session take care and have a good day.


Hey there friends things for checking in it's time for another handgun showdown This is a battle of the budgets here We have sky versus diamond back and I think this will be a good one now I had to tell you I was going to scrap this series But then I did a poll on my community tab and with over 2,700 people voting 91% said they enjoy this series So I'm going to keep it going but before we get into this I have to report the results from the last handgun showdown where we had Glock versus CZ and I thought it would actually be closer than it was, but by a fairly large margin CZ ran away with this one people love CZ's and they are very diverse with their handguns They have all different sizes and striker and hammer fire guns and they keep innovating even more So CZ won this one, but let's get into the battle of the budgets sky versus diamond back and we will start with sky I have two sky handguns to feature. Let's start with the 380 model called the CPX3 This is a nice handgun. I did a torture test with it last summer I ran 500 rounds consecutively through this gun and it performed excellent The grip is a little thinner than the CPX2 and it has a nice feel to it It comes with three 10 round magazines and they have what they're calling the quad lock system Which means it locks up into four different places each time the slide is manipulated keeping everything nice and tight Skies are making hammer fire guns although they do have a new model coming out It's not released yet that will be a striker fire gun and I'm very excited about that But the trigger pull double action only we're looking at between 7.5 and 8 pounds a little heavier But it's a nice handgun with three dot sights a barrel length at 2.96 and the unloaded weight is 15 ounces So people are carrying this and enjoying it and it shoots very nice Over here we've got a CPX2, but this is the RD model. The RD stands for red dot. This is a crimson trace 1500 it comes installed just like this so you don't have to worry about any slide plates or mounting or anything like that Similar trigger system. This is also a hammer fired gun. We're looking at the same trigger weight and basically the same profile But a little little wider with the grip but people love sky handguns. They're definitely a budget gun You know this one here has a barrel length of 3.1 also comes with 10 round magazines So the capacity is there and as for the red dot, you know, it's an auto dimming red dot that is said to have 20,000 hours of Activity time, I guess is the way to say it and you know people are moving toward red dots with their ccw guns Now let's get to those diamond backs. I am featuring two diamond backs as well Let's start with the db9 Gen 4 9 millimeter handgun extremely small and lightweight It's loaded weight with seven rounds is 16 and a quarter ounces. Check that out 0.81 inches wide on the slide This is in my opinion a pocket carry handgun finger extension there On the magazine base plate gives three finger contact, but the gen 4 has some improvements They changed the grip texturing. You can see that it's got Front serrations, but the trigger is a little bit heavier on the first pull but check this out Very short reset. I think that is for pocket carriers to make it a little more safer Three dot sights. This is plus p rated Once again very small very lightweight and a nice all-around handgun for deep concealment. No question about that The diamond back that I am so impressed with is the am2. I don't think this gets the respect it deserves It's a very nice shooting handgun both these budget priced It has 12 rounds in the mag 3.5 inch barrel. This has a 3.1 inch barrel I don't know that I mentioned that it's got a matte finish on the slide some black Along the serrations and a top with A sight hole indicator a striker fire indicator Three dot sights with an orange front dot a pick rail nice overall feel and texture and a Striker fire trigger with trigger bar safety there that breaks And a real nice point and you know that I shoot this gun Extremely well overall a good looking gun a nice shooting gun and like I already mentioned These are budget priced the skies are budget priced so I think this is going to be a real good handgun showdown and Much respect to both of these companies So which of these companies do you think makes the better handgun? Is it sky or is it diamond back? Let me know in the comments I'll tell him up and report the results for the next handgun showdown If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe


So we'll be good to start at 1.30. Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to call the meeting of the Board of Public Utilities for the city of Santa Rosa to order. If we may have a roll call, please. Yes. Board member Wright. Here. Board member Watts. Board member Walsh. Here. Board member Barthelot. Here. Board member Bannonfort. Here. Vice Chair Arnone. Here. And Chair Galvin. Here. Let the record reflect that all board members are present. So good afternoon, board members. So obviously, I'm not with you. I'm appearing virtually under the just cause provisions of AB 2449 due to the fact that I have a contagious illness. So there is no one here in my house with me, other than my 14-week-old dog. Then I will keep my camera on during the entirety of the meeting. So I apologize for any inconveniences may cause you, but couldn't be helped, unfortunately. So we'll now move to item number two, which is the Board Reorganization. I want to announce that Mayor Rogers has reappointed me as the chair. So we now need to elect the vice chair for a two-year term, which will end in February of 2025. And I would ask for a motion and a second. I'd like to make a motion. Please. I move that member Arnone be the vice chair of the Board of Public Utilities. I will second. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Mr. Arnone, do you accept the nomination? I do so humbly. Very well. So we have a motion and a second to appoint Vice Chair Arnone as, reappoint him as vice chair. Are there any additional nominations from the floor? Very well, hearing none. Then there's being only one motion. It will be by unanimous consent that Vice Chair Arnone is reappointed. And congratulations. Thank you very much. Do we need to do any oath, Secretary Manus? No, we do not. Very good. All right, so we have a motion and a second. And we don't need to roll call vote because it was by unanimous consent. So that it takes care of item number two. Item number three is statements of abstention by board members. Do we have any hearing none? We have no study session. Item number five is the approval of the minutes. We're now taking public comments on item number five, which is approval of the minutes of February 16, 2023. If you wish to make a comment via zoom, please raise your hand. If you're dialing in via telephone, please dial star nine to raise your hand. Secretary Montoya, do we have anyone? I see no one moving for public comment in chamber and no hands raised on zoom. Very good. Then the minutes will be approved and entered. We'll now move to item 6.1, which is a staff briefing and Deputy Director Shavone, if you would introduce the speaker, please. Thank you, Chair Galvin. Introducing item 6.1, Creek Protection, Care and Restoration. Kellan Johnson, environmental specialist, will be presenting. Well, thanks. I am filling in today for Steve Brady. I wanted to acknowledge his effort in putting together this slide show. He can't be here today though. I'm pleased to be here with you all to share information about all the creek work that's being completed by the city's stormwater and creeks team and our residents to protect care and restore creeks. Oops, here we go. So we have over 100 miles of creeks around the city. So no matter where you are in the city, you are near a creek. Most creeks drain into Santa Rosa Creek, which then drains into the Laguna de Santa Rosa and eventually to the Russian River. In the southwest part of the city though, the creeks drain directly into the Laguna. They don't go into Santa Rosa Creek. For restoration projects and plans, we have a long history here in the city of working on creek restoration. It all dates back to the committee for restoring Santa Rosa Creek. And that photo on the lower left is the committee in 1989. They're standing in Santa Rosa Creek. They're concerned about the condition of the channelized and concreted reaches of Santa Rosa Creek where it runs through downtown. And so this was a grassroots effort and it gave creeks a voice and eventually encouraged the city, county, and Sonoma water to work together to develop a Santa Rosa Creek master plan in 1993. And that was with the intention of improving creek habitat and adding trails. Then in 1996, the city adopted a waterways plan which greatly changed the way creeks were treated within the city. One example is the plan required all new development to front onto the creeks, to create a public space rather than tuck the creeks away behind fences and backyards where they were hidden. This plan also required protection for creeks and outlined ways to enhance and restore creek areas. So over the years, the city has worked really hard on creek restoration. We started by restoring Brush Creek from the confluence of Santa Rosa Creek at Flat Rock Park upstream to Highway 12. Then came the Prince Memorial Greenway and Santa Rosa Creek through the downtown reach and this added, this project removed the concrete and greatly improved habitat there for fish and wildlife as well as added paved trails and parks. Then the city shifted our focus to developing a citywide creek master plan in 2007 with an update in 2013. So the citywide creek master plan covers all creeks in the city and identifies reaches for restoration, enhancement and preservation. It also plans improvements to the creek side trail system to link with other systems and to provide safe and efficient routes for trail users. The plan consolidated most creek related policies to provide clarity to property owners. More recently, we have focused on the Colgan Creek Restoration Site in Southwest Santa Rosa. So this project covers 1.3 miles and it stretches from L.C. Allen High School up to Victoria Drive. This reach was channelized and straightened in the 1970s so you can see there where it's taking that hard right turn, that's not natural for a creek. The project is a complete channel realignment so we're going to be removing that sharp corner, adding back in meanders and we're going to add a lot of in-stream habitat features as well as a paved pedestrian and bicycle trail and increased flood protection. Currently the channel is sized for a 25-year storm and it will be increased to carry the 100-year storm. Two of the three phases are already complete and we're planning for the last phase now. We've been grant funding for that and so that should be coming up soon and that last phase as you can see in the image here is going to be adjacent to a future city park that's being developed as well. Photo here on the lower left shows what Lower Colgan Creek used to look like prior to restoration, that's phase one and you can see it's pretty degraded. And all the other photos show the habitat improvements and the volunteer work days and the youth crews and the different L.C. Allen High School students who have participated in this project. The L.C. Allen High School students come out and use this as an outdoor classroom regularly. We were just there yesterday working with them and they come out as part of our creek education program and do all kinds of science in the creek. So our program has really been going after grants over the last many years. They've been extremely important to construct all of our restoration projects. So in total we've raised over $19 million that have been secured usually from the state and also from Sonoma County Ag and Open Space. Our approach has been to use our creek restoration funding from the stormwater assessment for design and planning and then use grant funding for the construction. The Creek Stewardship Program is a really special program we have here in the city for over 20 years. The city has partnered with Sonoma Water to enhance creeks and engage with our residents. So the goals of the program are to increase the awareness of creeks, support volunteers and provide one place for residents to report issues and provide timely responses to creek issues. So prior to the program residents sometimes would have to go back and forth between the water agency, Sonoma Water and the city for creek issues because many of the creeks are jurisdictionally underneath the water, Sonoma Water but they run right through the creek. So it was kind of confusing for people to go back and forth. So now we really strive to provide a much higher level of customer service and to get issues resolved and answers given out to folks that need them as soon as possible. And as part of that program the Creek Stewardship Program has been really successful. The accomplishments of the program are pretty impressive every year and we've really greatly improved the habitat conditions of water quality and the level of cleanliness of the creeks in Santa Rosa for everyone to enjoy. Last year alone the program removed over 1,100 cubic yards of trash and debris and that was a combination of efforts from our team, supervised adult crews that we help lead, youth core crews and volunteers. And we have amazing volunteers here in Santa Rosa that come out and spend a lot of time with us.  Volunteer events and hours have really rebounded since the pandemic so we're feeling grateful for that. Our residents are spending thousands of hours caring and learning about our creeks. Creek Week is held each year in September and 2022 was another successful year with nearly 300 residents participating in cleanups, creek walks and tours of the Laguna Treatment Plant. And that's it, does anybody have questions? Thank you, Ms. Johnson, I'll open it up now for any questions from the board. Great, it looks like- Very well. Yeah, I don't know if you can see me tonight, Chair. No, I can't, sorry. My only question is, did the phase three of the Colgan $5 million, did we actually secure that or we only applied for that grant? Yes, we did secure. We got 4.4 million for the Urban Streams grant program and another, I think it's 1.2 from Sonoma Ag and Open Space for land acquisition there. Good, well congratulations. Thank you. Jump in if there's any other board member questions or comments since I can't see it. All right, hearing none, thank you for your presentation, Ms. Johnson. I think the work that's being done is fabulous, the amount of volunteer hours and especially the participation of the youth and the students at LCL and high school is really impressive. So I hope that continues. Thank you so much, appreciate it. All right, before you leave, we're now gonna open it up for public comments on item 6.1. If you wish to make a comment via Zoom, please raise your hand. If you're dialing in via telephone, please dial star nine to raise your hand. Secretary Montoya, anyone? There is no one in chamber for public comment and no hands are raised on Zoom. Very good, then that will take care of item 6.1. We'll now move to item 6.2, which is the Consent Calendar. We have one item on the Consent Calendar. If there are any board questions, now is the time, otherwise I'll entertain a motion. I'll move the Consent Calendar. I will second that motion. We have a motion and a second to approve the Consent Calendar. I'll now open it up for public comment. If you wish to make a comment via Zoom, please raise your hand. If you're dialing in via telephone, please dial star nine to raise your hand. Secretary Montoya. There is no one in chamber wishing to make public comment and no hands are raised on Zoom. Very good, then we have a roll call vote, please. Yes. Board member Wright. Aye. Board member Watts. Aye. Board member Walsh. Aye. Board member Barthalo. Aye. Board member Badenfort. Aye. Vice Chair Arnone. Aye. And Chair Galvan. Aye. And that passes unanimously. Very good, thank you. That'll take care of the Consent Calendar. We'll now move to item 8.1. Deputy Director Savoni. Thank you, Chair Galvan. Item 8.1, or introducing item 8.1, recommendation to rescind stage three of the City of Santa Rosa Water Shortage Contingency Plan. Deputy Director Peter Martin, presenting. Good afternoon, Chair Galvan. Members of the Board, just a moment while I pull up the presentation here. Okay, I guess we're all ready now. Yeah, my name is Peter Martin, Deputy Director of Water Resources. I'll start this presentation today and really just highlight some of the work that's been done over the last few years, some of the conditions we've dealt with in the watershed. I'll take a little bit of a look ahead at what we're seeing for the next coming year and talk about a potential recommendation for pulling back some of the actions that we've done previously in response to the drought. So this is a very busy slide, but I just want to capture the past few years and just all the actions that have happened and occurred in the Russian River watershed until today. So really 2021, well, 2020 and 2021 water year was perhaps one of the driest on record in more than 128 years of record keeping. We really started to see some concerns and we began a dry year campaign early in that winter. And then it became really dire in the upper Russian River watershed in the spring. As you all recall, Governor Newsom stood in the dry lake bed of Lake Mendocino on April 21st of 2021 and declared a drought emergency in Sonoma and Mendocino counties, the first two counties in the state to receive that drought declaration. Shortly thereafter, we began our drought is here, save water campaign. And on May 18th, coinciding with Sonoma water filing, temperature change petition, the city of Santa Rosa and the water advisory committee both voted to adopt a resolution requesting voluntary cutbacks. As time went on, the state water resources control board issued a temperature change order and with that came 20% reductions in their diversions. So the city council acted appropriately and instituted stage three of our water shortage contingency plan consistent with a 20% reduction in community-wide and water use and then instituted allocations for all their contractors, including Santa Rosa water. Things looked pretty good for a moment in October. We saw some of the most intense rainfall in October, 2021. And but shortly thereafter, we saw some of the second driest record, January and February and early 2022. With that, we knew things were still looking not great in our water supply picture. And so we continued the efforts from 2021 into 2022 and launched the drought is here, still here, save water campaign, just reminding folks to stay diligent for that second year drought. And again, Sonoma water file, another temperature change petition, very similarly, they had institute allocations. For all the contractors, and throughout the last summer and fall of 2022, we continued to ask our customers to cut back as much as possible to allow us to help us meet those allocations. And scarily, Lake Sonoma fell to the lowest levels in its operational history during this timeframe. So things were not looking good by the fall of last year, but things can change very rapidly and beginning December 26th, there was a series of storms that occurred and Lake Sonoma gained more than 145,000 acre feet and is actually above its dedicated water storage pool today. So I'll talk a little bit more about that, but quite a change in events. The reservoir is acting just as intended, acting as a flood control and water storage supply. So in the meantime, I do wanna highlight that the State Water Resource Control Board did issue two emergency water conservation regulations, one that they issued in January of 2022 and re-extended it again in December of 2022. It was a emergency regulation to prohibit wasteful water uses. And there was a series of regulations and excuse me, prohibitions on water use. We were already in stage three of our water shortage contingency plan. So the vast majority of these were already being implemented by the city. Surely thereafter, they issued another emergency conservation regulation per the direction of Governor Newsom. He was recognizing that folks were not conserving as much as had been hoped for. Our water supply situations were getting pretty concerning throughout the state. And the State Water Resource Control Board, and excuse me, I'm gonna advance the slide here. In June of 2022, issued another emergency regulation called the Emergency Regulation to Reduce Water Demand and Ban Decorative Grass Watering. I briefed the board about this last summer when it was put into place, but it prohibited irrigation of non-functional turf, what they termed non-functional turf. The state board enforces that regulation, but we did message all of our CII customers and put out the messaging about this regulation to our customers since the middle of 2022. And furthermore, that regulation required all utilities, instituted demand reduction actions consistent with a shortage of up to 10 to 20%. So those reduction actions have to be in place and they are what the state calls stage two, which is consistent with our stage two here at the City of Santa Rosa and our Water Shores Continuity Plan. Again, we were already in stage three covering most of this. And then I just wanna highlight the regional drought response. We're very lucky to have the Sonoma Rensaving Water Partnership. It allows us to create a consistent message across the entire watershed. It represents 13 utilities in Sonoma Run counties and we achieve a lot together. There's a lot of coordination and a lot of things that go on behind the scenes with this group and a lot of effort put into it and a lot comes out of it too as well. But really this drought response, the water contractors adopted those resolutions for voluntary cutbacks back in May. And then it allowed all these contractors and partners to implement their own water shortage plans at the same time and achieve up to this 20% savings. And we did, we did together achieve more than that in terms of the amount of water that was reduced from the diversions as required by Sonoma Water's Temporacy Change Orders. There was significant outreach and education. We coordinated our drought drop by events to make sure there was coverage throughout the entire watershed and it really worked out well and we saw us meeting those targets together. And for our own drought response, as I mentioned, we issued a drought emergency and implemented stage three of our water shortage contingency plan in June of 2021, June 29th, 2021. And it included a lot of prohibitions and restrictions. We dedicated a ton of outreach to customers, began water waste patrols. Those are the things that get you in the newspaper and get a lot of attention. We had a great tool in terms of our water waste reporting. We received over a thousand water waste reports via our online submission forms. And we really utilized the new tool which was automatic metering infrastructure. Through that, we are able to take a look at what we call continuous use cases where we know a customer has a significant leak and we were able to monitor and develop reporting mechanisms so we could let customers know that, hey, you might have a substantial leak. And they were grateful and it also helped us to sort of work on water waste and any other issues that were out there in the community without having to deploy too much folks out on the street.  We didn't wanna prevent folks from continuing construction and other economic activities. We issued variances for those folks that needed power wash for certain health safety and construction activities. And all this combined with the efforts of our community represents an 18% community wide reduction in water use since June of 2021 when you compare it to 2020. In total, that's about 1.8 billion gallons. So really, this is where we start to say thank you to the customers for all that they've done. They had to make hard choices. It was a difficult, I imagine, to add these stresses on in the middle of a pandemic. But in all, they reduce their water use and save more than 1.8 billion gallons of water during this emergency. In the meantime, we upped our cash for grass rebate program and converted more than 400,000 square feet of turf to low water use landscape during the same timeframe. Completed more than 450 water smart checkups in homes and businesses. And we hosted virtually and in person more than 22 water use efficiency workshops throughout our community. And then furthermore, we've installed more than 20,000 gallons of new rainwater capture utilizing available rebate programs. There's so much more that was done. And I just, you know, again, thank you to the customers but also to the staff of Santa Rosa Water. It was a monumental effort. And thank you to this board for your support for launching into this activity over these last couple of years. So as I said, we'll look ahead a little bit here. The water supply outlook for 2023. Lake Minasino and Lake Sonoma have recovered after just last fall reaching critically low levels. Lake Sonoma as of today is 249,600 acre feet, meaning they're storing about almost 5,000 acre feet above their dedicated storage pool. So about 101% of their dedicated storage pool in Lake Sonoma. In terms of Lake Minasino, it's about 85,300 acre feet. And so they're continuing to see an increase in their ability to store water using their forecast informed reservoir options and rations of Sonoma water. And they can store about 12,000 acre feet above and beyond their dedicated storage pool under their agreements with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. And so to take this all home, Sonoma water-existing temperature change orders still remains in effect. But the water year classification is normal. According to that. And I don't see any situation where that's gonna change barring some very critical emergency where they'd have to release a bunch of water very fast. So Sonoma water is utilizing their forecast informed reservoir operations. And that allows them to store additional water above and beyond the Army Corps' storage curves for flood control purposes. So there's an opportunity now to store additional water above and beyond the typical flood control curves. And then just wanted to note that prior analysis, Lake Sonoma has three to four years of water supply for the region and the contractor's demands when it's full. So it's quite a turn from where we were a few months ago. So what does that mean in terms of water use efficiency measures? We really no longer need to ask our community to reduce water use by 20% compared to 2020. That was an action that was related to these cutbacks and allocations we were receiving from Sonoma water. However, the elimination of water waste and efficient use of water is always needed. And we're always gonna ask that of our customers. And there are a lot of factors that go into a declaration of drought. Our water supply is good right now, but it may take some time for other factors that contribute to drought declaration to recover over time. We also offer our WaterSmart tips, tools and resources. And we're gonna continue to push those out as much as possible when we have been doing so. They still remain very popular. Customers still are asking and calling our water use efficiency team a lot. So the demand has not gone down over the last few months. We still need to comply with the statewide water, emergency water conservation regulations. Those established in Title 23, Section 996 of the California Coder Regulations. And that specifically is, we've been in stage three up to this point, but Santa Rosa still must implement demand reduction actions, not reductions in water use, but demand reduction actions, consistent with a shortage of up to 10 to 20%. And so our stage of our Water Short Continuity Plan that aligns with that is stage two, which would require our staff to continue to implement communication protocols, provide customer service and assistance, make operational changes as needed. Obviously you're gonna continue to ask that our compliance and enforcement of all of these ordinances and prohibitions. And then our water waste ordinance is always in effect.  And then restaurants will continue to message about serving water only upon request. And we'll work through the hotel and lodging industry to message with them about the requirements of the regulations as well. We always have outreach and water resources available to our customers. We'll have updated water use restrictions on srcity.org slash save water. And then we'll continue to highlight some of the workshops and community events we have coming up this summer, very excited about. And those are srcity.org slash water smart, or you can contact them at the phone number or email above. So with that, staff are recommending that the board of public utilities that by resolution recommend that the city of council adopt a resolution rescinding that June 29th drought emergency declaration. And then rescind the implementation of stage three of our water shortage contingency plan. With that, they also should at this point remove the authorization for the use of the catastrophic reserves and direct staff to, of course, implement demand reductions that are consistent with the emergency regulations from the state as long as they are in effect. I should note that we are scheduled to go to the city council on March 14th. Should the BPU continue with this recommendation too. With that, I'm happy to take any questions from the board or otherwise. Thank you, Deputy Director Martin. We'll open it up now for any more member questions or comments. Feel free to jump in since I can't see you. I have a question. Is Santa Rosa the first of the contractors to take this kind of an action or are other contractors taking similar actions to recognize the changed in conditions? Yeah, thanks for that question, Vice Chair Arnani. You know, at the last WAC-TAC meeting, it was discussed that many of the contractors had interest in starting to do the same. We will be the first contractor to take this action that I know of. The exception being, well, Moran Municipal has their own reservoirs. They've been managing things a little differently for a while now. Other board member questions or comments? I have a comment. So in 2008 or 2009 or whatever I sat where you're sitting now and gave similar reports, and that was the first major drought that we'd had since, I think, 1976. So we'd kind of forgotten about droughts. And then it rained and holy smokes, another drought came along. And then even after our retired, then Chair Dowd said, Glenn's been a pretty good deputy director, but Doug Garner, ever since he's been deputy director, we've had nothing but droughts. So I guess my point is, we've had nothing but droughts since then, too.  So we need to obviously change our habits. And I think that's what you're talking about. Furthermore, I wanna point out, and one thing that you didn't say, which I think is important, is that from a financial standpoint, the customer has control over the amount of money they pay at their bill by reducing their water usage. They can do that for the water itself and also for the sewer cap. So there are further incentives for our customers rather than just for the community at whole. So anyway, I am very happy that we're at least for now out of the drought zone. And I definitely support this. Thank you. Thank you, Board Member Wright. Any other Board Member questions or comments? Yes, Chair Galvan. I have just a couple of comments. First, I wanna echo Member Wright's comments on the ability to know how much water you're using on any given day. I think with your encouragement, you had used it, Member Wright had used it. And when you get your sewer cap lowered every year, you get it at the end of that party building, you're happy with it, but it really does work. We had a broken hose and then we find out, you get a text to your phone, you go, no, better go figure this out, but it really does work and helps reduce the bill. Also, the whole city staff coordinating the Department of Water, the creeks, the city administration, and coming up with the new fees, it wasn't easy to do that. And so it did a lot of work, the city attorney and the staff, but I gotta say, Deputy Director Martin, you did a fantastic job. And when you walk in here, we'll be kind of afraid for what you're gonna say. And it's just so happy to see you get through this and be very successful. I appreciate your leadership and I wanna thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Board Member Walz. Other Board Member questions or comments? Chair Galvin. Yes. Let's have a couple of comments as well. I just really wanna echo the appreciation. Each step of the way through this, the team, really with kind and careful and consistent communication about not just what the guidelines were, what the requirements were gonna be, but really deliberately providing the tools and the training and the services to help our customers achieve those goals and achieve those requirements. And so I think that there's a little bit of a breathing room right now for where we're at, but even over the last couple of years, I can see how you also help prepare the city and prepare the board for what would it look like in potential future stages, even more extreme stages. So I feel like we have a good baseline, a tremendous team, and thank you for putting us in the right spot, thank you guys. Thanks. Thank you, Board Member Badenfort, other comments? Yes, thank you. I just had a kind of an echo off of, I think what Board Member Wright was discussing about the connection of the cost of water versus usage and maybe being able to focus some of our efforts in that way, we are in a period of high inflation, and so the utility costs for every household is hitting them harder these days, just like everything else. So if we are able to direct some of our wonderful resources and talent that we have with all of the type of messaging that we've done around the drought, maybe we can continue to market in the way that helps people understand that the usage associated with the cost and maybe help keeping the rates lower for some of these households, but I mean, I'm excited that we're out of the drought and that you were able to present us this recommendation today, and I do think that staff should feel really proud of that crazy timeline that you had on your first slide of all the work that's gone into this, so thank you. Thank you, Board Member Watts. Other comments? Yes, Chair Galvin, I have a quick comment. I'm gonna join in the group Psi of Relief, the community Psi of Relief, and thank you for the great presentation, and though I was not on the BPU during the worst part of this latest drought, I am also grateful for all the work that went into it. I also hope that the messaging still in a drought, remember, we're still in a drought, maybe becomes, remember, we're likely to be in a drought, again, and from your presentation, it looks like there are a lot of things that are continuing to happen that will provide that message, so great, well done. Thank you, Board Member Bartholome. Chair Galvin, if I could chime in. I too wanna express just phenomenal gratitude and appreciation of the Santa Rosa Water Team. I think the efforts that were put in by staff and the leadership by the BPU really helped change the culture, and going back to Director Wright's comments, or Member Wright's comments, I think we are starting to change culture. I think we've seen some substantial movement, whether it's in the Cash for Grass program, in many of the implementation aspects that the water team has done. I'm hoping, Board Member Wright, that we are not gonna see some of the challenges in the future, even though drought is still gonna come, because I think we've, I'm hoping we've really started to change people's mindsets, but I am very impressed with the work that Santa Rosa Water's done over the last several years through the drought, and hope that the next few years it'll be a little easier on all of us. Yeah, I should mention that there is a playbook that was created back when Board Member Wright was working for the City of Santa Rosa, and we just bring that playbook out, dust it off, and try to continue to make it better every time. So there is a foundation there too as well that's been very, very helpful for me. Thank you, Assistant City Manager Knud for your comments. Anyone else? All right, well, I would certainly echo all the comments of my colleagues and the Assistant City Manager. I hesitate to say that I don't think we're out of the drought yet, and I'm sure that we'll have opportunities in the future to address these issues, but the response that we've received from our community and the dedication of our staff has shown forth in where we're at today, and hopefully moving forward. So with that, we have a resolution. I'll entertain a motion. I'd like to move adoption of a resolution of the Board of Public Utilities, recommending that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa adopt a resolution rescinding the June 29, 2021 drought emergency declaration, rescinding stage three of the city's water shortage contingency plan, removing authorization for Santa Rosa water to utilize the Water Enterprise Fund, Catastrophic Reserve, and directing staff to implement demand reduction actions consistent with the requirements of Title 23, Section 996C1 of the California Code of Regulations for the duration of this emergency regulation is in effect and waive the reading of the text. I'd like to second all that. Thank you. We have a motion from Vice Chair Arnone and a second from Board Member Bartholo. At this time, I will open it up for public comments on item 8.1. If you wish to make a comment via Zoom, please raise your hand. If you're dialing in via telephone, please dial star nine to raise your hand. Secretary Montoya. There are no attendees in chamber wishing to make public comments and no hands raised on Zoom. Thank you. May we do a roll call vote, please? Yes. Board Member Wright. Aye. Board Member Watts. Aye. Board Member Walsh. Aye. Board Member Bartholo. Aye. Board Member Baden-Fort. Aye. Chair Arnone. Aye. And Chair Galvan. Aye. And that passes unanimously. Great. Thank you. And thank you again, Deputy Director Martin. That'll take care of item 8.1. We'll now move to item nine, which is public comments on item nine. If you wish to make a comment via Zoom, please raise your hand. If you're dialing in via telephone, please dial star nine to raise your hand. Secretary Montoya. If there's no one in chamber wishing to make a public comment and no hands raised on Zoom. Thank you. We have no referrals. Item 10, we have no written communications. Item 11. I don't know, Board Member Watts, is there any report from the Budget Review Subcommittee? Yes, thank you. The Budget Review Subcommittee we met on February 23rd, and we received an update on the 2023-2024 budget overview with anticipated increases, preliminary revenue projections, staffing changes, budget processes, and set some of the budget schedules. So we'll be coming back with more budget committee meetings as well as we'll be presenting to the BPU. Thank you. Any Board Member questions or comments for the Budget Review Subcommittee? All right. We'll now take public comment on item number 12. If you wish to make a comment via Zoom, please raise your hand. If you're dialing in via telephone, please dial star nine. Okay, and there is no one in chamber wishing to make a public comment and no hands raised on Zoom. Thank you. That'll take care of item number 12. Any Board Member reports? Item 13. Then we'll move now to the Director's Report, Deputy Director Savoni. Thank you, Chair Galvin. Unfortunately, I do have some sad news to share. I am deeply saddened to report that a member of our water team passed away yesterday following a medical emergency and a vehicle accident.  Arrangements are being made for grief counselors, for staff, and our thoughts are with Erin's family, friends, and teammates. That's all I have to report. Very good. Any Board Member questions or comments for the Deputy Director? All right. We'll now take public comments on item number 14. If you wish to make a comment via Zoom, please raise your hand. If you're dialing in via telephone, please dial star nine to raise your hand. Secretary Montoya. There is no one in chamber wishing to make public comment and no hands raised on Zoom. All right. That concludes our agenda. I would like at this point to have a moment of silence in memory of Erin DeLaMontagna. Thank you. And we will now adjourn the meeting in memory of Erin DeLaMontagna and our best condolences and wishes to his family. We are now adjourned. Thank you.