council member sally coghlan mcdonald. >> present. counsel member orkid sassouni? absent. council member helen smolinski? absent. council member kate williams? absent. >> co-chair blacksten: all right, i think there is supposed to one or two of the council members who may be joining us by the bridge line a little later on. so we will proceed. i don't believe in this is a quorum but we'll proceed with the meeting. second action item is reading and of the agenda. >> item number 1, welcome, introduction and roll call. item 2, action item, reading and approval of the agenda. item 3. public comment. items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. we welcome the public's participation during public comment peods. there will be an opportunity for public comment at the beginning and end of the meeting as well as after every item on today's agenda. each comment is limited to three minutes and the council will respond your comments following the meeting if you princess diana your contact information. you may complete a speaker's card, available in the front of t

council member sally coghlan mcdonald present. council member orkid sassouni here. council member helen smolinski. [interference [ >> co-chair blacksten: all right. ll, we'll take a deep breath and move forward from there. next item is -- are we ready? we're not done. >> clerk: i'm going finish roll call and there was feedback in the room, my apologies and i needed to contact media services to assist with that, but it seems to beng again, thank you. so orkid sassouni is here. council member helen smolinski is absent. >> here. >> clerk: i'm sorry, here. and kate williams is absent. reading of the agenda. item 1. welcome, introduction and roll call. item 2, action item. reading and approval of the agenda. item 3, public comment. items not on today's ajeopardied, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. we welcome the public's participation during public comment periods. there will be an opportunity for public comment at the beginning and end of the meeting as well as after every item on today's agenda, except for agenda items 8 a and 8 b. public comment for that item w