then -- also the treasure island, including that, i'm curious that p.p.s. and the pack, how are you going to outreach to treasure island families when they really have a tough time coming to the city to a particular summit that we may normally attend. what would we be doing particularly -- particularly for the families at treasure island. >> thank you, commissioner for that question. we're very lucky there's a great group of c.b.o.'s on treasure island. darlene and i have met with them multiple times to talk about this particular issue and the principals have already started partnering with the schools and had conversations and meetings. the schools that -- from treasure island will have tppings and -- transportation and has had discussions with the c.b.o.'s. it'll be from chin and scherrman, and those principals have already started outreach to

the treasure island community. flynn there's already high ridership. c.i.s., there's access to a cant fonees and chinese language program and we -- cantonees and chinese language program. we took ride time in selecting that. for k-8 access to bessy carmichael. the proposal does include. they also have a c-tip one. we had to make sure they had language to pathways and citywide schools. again i want to thank the principals and all of the c.b.o. 0's at treasure island because -- because they actually beep very proactive in these discussions. >> so the last comment is i do hope that we keep the district six supervisor in the loop. and she most recently is very familiar with perspective. treasure island i with with -- perspective. treasure island is within her jurisdiction.

com misser? >> focom misser? >> for you this presentation. this is tough mo me. my younger daughter attends rosa parks and my older daughter graduated from that program. the reason we chose it is because of the diversity of kids from all over -- all over the city representing different public schools. i wanted to touch on five issues. first, what enrollment impact this may have. working families in san francisco can't pick up their kids in the middle of the afternoon. i know many of them rely he have loin the service to pick up their kids in a safe way and deliver them to after school. some -- like my husband and i are in a position to pay for this, it is really supervaluable that we don't hire someone to take them to an afterschool program. i wanted to know if there was consideration of cost sharing options on a sliding scale for

those families who -- who really are in answer to pay for this like the free and reduced lunch program. i know other districts have a transportation card that they can prp to defray the -- can purchase, to defray costs. i'm concerned about language programs. clarnedof is on the list. and that's a city wide program. by eliminating bus service, you have a negative impact on who has the able to make it to the city we'd language program. thirdly, i'm concerned about the environmental impact. what if removing 19 buses results in a 200% increase this the carbon footprint? it is going to lead to more cars on the road. you though, can we put some thought into what kind of environmental impact that will have? number four, i'm concerned about students' safety, more chaos at drop off and pick up. if you don't have -- if you

don't have school bus service for families to -- to make their own arrangements. finally my concern is about timing. the new school assignment system is designed to alleviate this issue of busing kids from one party of the city to the other. in many instances, shouldn't we wait to see the fallout of the new school assignment system. those are my concerns. >> do you want to respond to any of those? >> yes. i think -- i think where possible i'll respond. i think in some cases it was an observation that i'm not sure -- but if there's a question & didn't get it, let me know. >> on the -- on the -- on the cost sharing, the first comment on the cost sharing. we actually did send -- spend a lot of time with that. i look -- i can forward to the board the information about

that. one of the key conclusions was that -- was -- that we're going to redesign our service to support our lowest income families so they would not be able to pay for service. at any fee that is would be associated with that for family that is could pay would be cost prohibitive. they're more expensive than other alternatives, it didn't seem like this was a feasible way to be able to create a cost structure for transportation services. on -- on the -- on the impact on the language programs. that's why a lot of the schools are listed -- are listed here, they provide support and opportunity. from clairdon it who provide transportation. and then a lot of other language biliteracy programs and immersion programs with have transportation. that transportation would be -- would be focused on children who

with living in the areas, the city with the lowest average test scores. that's the areas of the city with the hoest income level. the environmental impact, that's something i can't respond to immediately. it is something i will follow up with folks and get back to the board on that piece. as the -- and the same with the chaos of dropping off and picking up and these issues. so i'll explore those with staff and get back to you with more feedback from that. in terms of the timing of the new student assignment system, that's an advantage of doing it over three years. so we try to have the minimum impact while also meeting the budget obligationings of cutting six buses. we're going to impact about 8% of our current riders or maybe even less. the first year we're doing that. so we'll have a better sense of the work -- as the work involves, the interconnection between the assignment system

and the transportation and watt immicks are. >> commissioner -- commissioner martin. >> so, i want to -- i want to say yes. i can tell the way the phase in is designed is to take the lowest hanging fruit first and minimize the impact on the lowest number of students. i do appreciate that it was designed in that way. i continue to feel concerned about leaving families high and dry that depend on service to afterschool programs. i have to say to miss killman, my own daughter went through and learned to swim in the program and loved that program. it is -- it has been a wonderful experience for the kids that have done it. i would hate to see us lose access to -- families lose access to the program. do i agree that -- that this is something that we're going to have to do. i hope in the breach we're doing

planning, that we're reaching out to the j.c.c. and working with them. and the scol sites themselves so the families are not left in the lurch. they depend on the afterschool care and there are afterschool options for the kids. was concerned about particularly, star king. i looked at it and i -- the last presentation has star -- has all of star king going to -- to -- for feeding into altos for the middle school. that's quite a ways. so -- i'm sort of curious what -- as far as the feeder patterns, what -- whether there's been any transportation thinking about. and then -- i want to just -- the question about the presideo c.d.c. and the morning bus. it sounded like if it is not in here and not affected. i'm not -- i wasn't sure if that also applied to the out years. i wondered if you could clarify that more. i didn't understand the answer,

i don't know if you did. okay, thanks. >> thank you commissioner. yes for the middle school feeder patterns, we're definitely looking at from the proposal that was shared tonight, we're looking at what the distances are, and defwrect access by muni. in your own words is there a direct no-transfer option what the muni ride time would be. and -- then in cases where -- where the transfers are required or the ride time is excessively long, we would look at bringing limited transportation and -- it would be so -- the star king access is something we would look at. it is noncontiguous, with we would need to support it. that's a lens. it is not included. we didn't get specific about pillingdscol here, because we have to wait -- middle school here, because we have to wait until that's finalized. for the presideo c.d.c., for year one, it is included. and i think the best way to --

for parents who have -- or anybody, for all of us that have questions about what will be in place in 2013 -- the slides that -- that start on page -- slide 42. where it says redesigned transportation, all of the slide after that describe what we're planning to build. so if it is not on here, and -- we would imagine it is going to be phased out in 2012 or 2013. we list the schools that would have service and the & that they would come from. there's some place -- times when we don't though. like those schools that are starkly underenrolled that would fold out. other than that, we would build around that plan. >> commissioner -- commissioner winn. >> thank you. i wanted to -- commissioner wynns. >> this is so difficult but i think this is a fairly good plan

considering some of the things that we have talked about in the -- in the past. i think this is -- i think this is -- this is thoughtful phase-in plan. i'd be interested in the community feedback before i would -- be sure that -- that we're taking the right steps and that there are -- there -- that there aren't more nuances. by the way, i appreciate that some of the things that we have discussed in the past have already been modified from some of the original proposals. but do i believe that -- that -- that -- i'm hoping that whatever if -- if certain trends begin to emerge from the community feedback that the board would be informed about that before -- before any modifications are made. so that we could -- sort of be in on those or know what the potential impact is, particularly as you said, this

is kind of a zero sum. so anything that we decide to change is going to knock down dominoes somewhere. >> that's it. thank you. >> okay. thank you. >> commissioner wynns. >> commissioner fewer. >> thank you for the presentation. commissioner fewer: i think it is thoughtful. it takes into consideration some of our students that -- that have you though, the lowest test scores. i think it is -- it is all priorities. i was -- i also echo what commissioner norton says is that -- i agree with -- with the proposal that we cannot provide transportation to off-soit afterschool prms and still may cut the budget by the extent that we want to. it is a hard choice but i feel like we have to do that. but i also wanted to know about cleveland because i know that cleveland has a lot of student that is come from the bay view. that's quite a distance. i didn't know what -- what the

ridership was. and also, star king too. there's -- star king is an isolated & with few -- with few options to bus transportation. and underenrolled and wanted to know what the numbers might have be for those schools. >> thank you, commissioner. for cleveland -- they use the same bus as -- as s.f. community. and combined for both schools, the total number of riders are 14. about eight of them are from c 2-1 areas. for star concerning the total number of riders is -- let's see, actually, we can give this whole list to the board so you could see for each school. but star king if i could find it

quickly, i could let you know. yeah. for star king, it is about 33 riders. 27 from c-tip one areas. okay. thanks. >> okay. so basically i'll probably echo commissioner wynns and fewer, i think the plan gets better. it is obvious to me, there's thought put behind this. for somebody listening -- and wanting this issue be tracied for five years, it is -- it is really nice to be able to -- to get -- get something to chew on. and realize that this is actually going to happen. so, move forward, with -- with what the feedback we've gotten

and with the additional feedback from the community. and -- you know, we know it is not going to be easy, anytime you want to change something or you lose some services somewhere, there's going to be -- some people that will well not be happy. but -- there's -- if we don't tchoig, there's more people unhappy when we find we have less money to support our classrooms. i said we with around 8:0. i want to end this and go into closed session. where is it at? five minutes, cheer the room please. thank you.

>> please welcome the hon. gavin

newsom and larry ellison, team owner, oracle racing. [applause] [applause] ♪ ♪

♪ >> please welcome are masters of ceremony, johnnie moseley. [applause] >> mayor newsom, distinguished guests, welcome. you might be wondering what i'm doing up here, but i did sail as a kid. at some point, i thought i could be a world class sailer. and then i got last place and i figured out skiing was for me.

i would like to be involved. i'm honored to be here. i would like to be actually sailing, but this is the gig that i have got. thank you very much. these are incredible. i think that's what is bringing a lot of excitement to the america's cup that is coming to the city. it is amazing. they are fast. i may freestyle skiier. when i watch them, it is exciting. it reminds me of an extreme sport. it's going to bring a lot of excitement to this city. i've been to a lot of events that are big. i saw what the olympics did for salt lake city, and what it is still doing, all the youth programs, and the ski jumps. 2010 ended with the news we had all been hoping for, that the 2013 america's cup would come to san francisco, and, indeed, it

has. are really pleased with that. [applause] today is really a celebration. today is really a celebration to honor the people who have done so much hard work to bring it to this city. mayor gavin newsom. [applause] richard worth and fred thompson of the america's cup event authority. board of supervisors president david chiu. [applause] oracle racing team owner, larry ellison. [applause] we also have representatives of

two of the teams that will be competing. from oracle, john. [applause] and paul. [applause] so let's start with the man who made this all possible, under his watch, america's cup and a world series, san francisco's mayor gavin newsom. [applause] >> thank you. welcome, everybody. this is a day many people did not think was going to happen. i could not been more proud of that so many of you took the time to be here to truly celebrate and reflect on an extraordinary moment in san francisco's history. this is a big deal. i will confess, though at my own

peril, that i did not understand what a big deal this was when we started down this path and we walked down the steps, larry, about a year or so ago in february 2010. i've always loved sailing. as a vestige of my youth, i remember becoming more aggressively engaged in the defense of the america's cup as it was held in san diego and back east. i truly never understood how transform give a could be to a city into a region and to a state, and to this country. how many people came up to us, people i never imagines were so support of an enthusiastic, and engaged. it really represented the diversity of our great city and our state. i just want to say on behalf of each and every one of you, those that came together, those that fought so hard, those that organized so courageously around

this effort -- you deserve all the credit. to all the community groups, the community leaders, the environmental organizations, the labor leaders, to our extraordinary staff, the city attorney's office that worked so diligently on this, and every single member of the board of supervisors that came together around this, particularly president david chiu and ross mirkarimi. the incredible support we received from gov. george naarnd schwarzenegger. to our own secretary, secretary george shultz, who was so enthusiastic and supportive, and to our real leaders, with mark buell at the helm of the advisory committee. thank you. thank you to tom perkins.

thank you to all of you for your hard work. to the business community that lined up strong support regionally and locally, and across the state. former mayor willie brown, who was my first phone call in encouraging the support for this race. he will take all the credit when he arrives. to the great leadership, and to my office, to my chief of staff, steve, who gave up a good portion of his christmas break. he is up your summer. steve, thank you. to the project manager -- [applause] [applause] they love you. she is going to be on the cover of "sailing illustrated" or something soon. and to jen from my economic

develop office. thank you for your great leadership. [applause] most importantly, and sincerely, to larry ellison. a lot was said and a lot was written. a lot of words were exchanged. not necessarily a negative, but positive back and forth in a very public way. san francisco is a unique place. we're very transparent. we are process driven. the process was a very inclusive process. there was one person, and i said this throughout -- this was not patronizing. this was not just a mayor saying what he needed to say to move the process along. there was one person who was completely steady throughout the process, and that was larry. through each stage of this effort, i always knew that he wanted to be here. at the same time, i always knew that we had to go through a

process that was appropriate for an investment of this type. you have to remember, we are talking about hundreds of millions of dollars that will be invested in the city and county of san francisco. $1 billion of economic activity. tens of thousands of people will be coming to the city from all over the region. hundreds of thousands of people from all over this country, and potentially millions of people from all parts of the world. they had a lot to offer. when you have something extraordinary to offer and you are going to make investments that are without precedent, you have every right to make sure you are being treated with respect, and traded in an appropriate matter. regardless of what some folks have said or wrote, you could not ask for a better partner

then larry and his team. i mean that. larry, thank you for your commitment to our city. [applause] i will end with this. we were here a couple of months ago. we were celebrating the giants victory, which was a pretty big thing for all of us. we waited half a century for that. i hope you all take the time, because the world series trophy is here today, as is the america's cup trophy. how about that? eat your heart out, new york city. [applause] but one thing we all discovered is that sense of spirit, that sense of pride and optimism that only sports can provide. you cannot legislate spirit.

you cannot legislate pride. sports have a way of elevating human spirit. when people come together and celebrate a common cause, a common experience. it was a remarkable thing. we saw world series. i remember we saw larry. we joked and said, we can do all this soon with the america's cup. that is what we are about to experience. 7.2 million people in this immediate region. a race that is oftentimes hard to see will be impossible to miss here in san francisco. [applause] people that had no idea -- they think it is a big deal. they are enthusiastic about the economic investment, excited about the transformation that's about to take place on our peir -- i still think they do not

know what is about to happen. they are going to fall in love with something they may never have experienced or knew. they're going to see things they never could have imagined. they're going to come together, not just as san franciscans for californians, but as americans, around this extraordinary 34th america's cup. i could not be more proud in more honored by this moment and the extraordinary moment that we will share together over the course of the next few years. it's in that spirit of optimism, in that hope and expectation that all of you will be part of this, because you have brought us this far, and now, as they will remind me every day, there's an extraordinary amount of work that needs to be done. we all