our report, -- and shown on at the top of page four, approval would result in the first year rental reduction of 26,500 devaney $7 -- $26,877. on the bottom of page 8 of the report is the total cost of the proposed lease over the five years ranges from 707,896 to $750,624. that does not include some installation costs of $16,450. we recommend you approve this resolution. supervisor chu: thank you very much. let's open this up for public comment. any members of the public wish to speak on item number eight? seeing none, public comment is closed. to the item, can we move this forward with recommendations? we can do that without objection. thank you. do we have any other items before us? >> that completes the agenda.

supervisor chu: thank you. we are adjourned.

♪ >> hello, and welcome to the department of elections right choice voting instructional video. it is part of the department of elections right choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco rig franciscoht choice voting. today we will learn what it is and who is elected using this voting method. we will also talk about with the ranked joyce l. looks like and how to market correctly. finally, we will see how the ranked joyce voting process works and to you an example of an election using ranked choice of voting. so, what is ranked joyce voting? in march 2002 san francisco voters adopted a charter to implement ranked choice of voting, also known as instant runoff voting.

san francisco voters will use it to elect most local officials by selecting a first choice candidate in the first column on the ballot and deborah second and third choice candidates in the second and third columns resect to do -- respectively. this makes it possible to elect local officials with the majority of votes. more than 50% without the need for a second runoff election. in san francisco, ranked choice of voting is for the election of members of the board of supervisors, the mayor, sharon, just -- district attorney, city attorney, treasurer, this is a recorder, and public defender. ranked joyce voting does not apply to elections for local school and community college board members. number the election of state or federal officials. ranked choice of voting does not affect the adoption ballot measures. when voters received their

ballot, either at a polling place or an absentee ballot in the mail, it will consist of multiple cards. voters will receive cards with contests for federal and state offices, as well as for state propositions and local ballot measures. for ranked choice voting contest, voters will receive a separate ranked choice ballot card. it will have instructions to rank three choices, which is new. the ranked choice ballot is designed in the side by side column format that lists the names of all candidates in each of the three columns. when marking the ranked choice ballot, voters elect their first choice in the first column by completing the aero pointing to their choice. for their second choice, voters selected different wind by completing the arab pointing to their choice in the second column. for their third choice, voters elect a different candidate by completing the arrow pointing to

their choice. voters wishing to vote for qualified write-in candidate can write it in on the line provided. and they must complete the arrow pointing to their choice. keep in mind, it voters should select a different candidate for each of the three columns of the ranked choice ballot card. if the voters elect the same candidate in more than one column, his or her vote for that candidate will count only once. also, a voter's second choice will be counted only if his or her first choice candidate has been eliminated. and a voter's third choice will be counted only if both his or her first and second choice candidates have been eliminated. we have talked about how to mark the ranked choice ballot. now let's look at how ranked choice of voting works. initially, every first choice vote is a candidate.

any candidate that receives a majority, more than 50% of the first choice to vote, is determined to be the winner. if no candidate receives more than 50% of the first choice votes, a process of eliminating candidates and transferring votes begins. first, the candidate who received the fewest numbers of first choice votes is eliminated from the race. second, voters who selected the eliminated candidate as their first choice will have their vote to transfer to their second choice. there, all the votes are recounted. fourth, if any candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, he/she is declared the winner. if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the process of eliminating candidates and transferring votes is repeated until one candidate has a winning majority. now let's look at an example of

an election using ranked choice of voting. in this example, we have three candidates. candidate a, b, and c. after all the first choice votes are counted, none of the three candidates has received more than 50%, or a majority of the first choice vote cast. candidate a g-205% ofb the votes% received 40%. and c received 35% of the boats. because no candidate received a majority, the candidate who received the fewest number of first choice votes, a candidate a, is eliminated from the race. voters to pick a candidate a as their first choice candidate will have their but transferred to their second choice. and the voters to pick and a, 15% chose candidate b as their second choice, and 10% chose c as their second choice.

these votes are then applied to b and c, and the votes are recounted. candidate b now has 55% of the votes. candidate c as 45%. candidate b has more than 50% of the votes and is determined as the winner. >> thank you for watching. we hope you have ranked choice learned ranked choice of voting and was elected. you have seen the ballot, learned how to market, and learned how the voting process works. if you have any further questions about ranked choice voting, please contact us at department of elections, city hall, room 48, 1 dr. carlton be good lit place, sentences go, california, 94102. or 415-554-4375. visit our website, www.sfelections.org.

>> thank you for joining us. this is the regular meeting of the board of education. i am sorry. i woke the baby. september 13, 2011. the roll call, please. commissioner fewer: here. commissioner maufas: here. commissioner murase:. here. >> if you like, please join us for the pledge of allegiance.

thank you. the approval of board minutes from the regular meeting. any corrections? seeing none, roll call, p lease. >> yes. commissioner fewer: yes. commissioner wynns: yes. vice-president yee: yes. president mendoza: yes. >> six ayes. >> for the last few meetings all of you a separate hearing that we keep mentioning the state law that requires 7-12 grade students to show proof of a whopping cough and booster shots or they will not be able to attend school.

the deadline for the booster shot is this week. that is this thursday, september 14. our middle school and high- school students will be turned away from school if they do not have proof of the booster on file. there are a lot of kids that do not have that brewster. they have received several phone calls and letters. we sent another notice that was sent to every 7-12 grade student that did not have the shot on record. we also called homes. if your 7-12 grade student does not have this, you need to get on this right away. you need to contact your regular health care provider or call 311 for the health clinic

information. call 311 for the health clinic information. we do not want to turn students away from school. turning away students from school is not a good thing. we have are ready messed time due to the reduction of the school year. we have to get everybody shots. do not be surprised at if you get a call saying that you need to pick up your child to get the booster shot. i do not know how many times we can reiterate that. we looked at the data today and there are still a lot of kids that do not have the booster shots. the doctor will be providing

an overview of of the academic overview last year. while there were a lot of good things, there is still a lot of work to be done. we need to close the achievement gap. given the lack of funding for public education, this has become tougher. it limits our resources to do this. we are showing proof that it is being done. later this evening, we are going to be honoring some of our own folks, people who have contributed to making the school district a better place. waldo will be honored for creating a a better eating environment for our students. and karen bishop, who has

worked in this district for many years. she will be recognized for all of the contributions she has made throughout the school years. when we look at these two individuals, i hope that everybody stopped a moment to think about all of the unsung heroes, people like the two that are being highlighted. we cannot have such a great environment in san francisco if that were not for great people like this. let's start concentrating on all of the great things that people do here. the random acts of kindness that make the school district a much better place for everybody. >> members of the board had received the report on the tdap, the update on the shots.

some of it looks like it is going to be a big challenge. a school that has 35% compliance is going to be pretty empty. could you give us this electronically so that we know what these numbers mean? 85% means that there are 20 kids or 400 kids would be good to know. >> item c is our recognitions and resolutions. there are several people that we will be recognizing. we are going to thank dana woldow for serving as the co- chair of the physical activity commission since 2003.

in 2003 , sfusd adopted one of the earliest policiesh. ealth food replaced junk food. the year prior, and she helped form a schoolwide nutrition and system. she has been an advocate for funding school nutrition and was a recent recipient of the public award for service. we cannot thank you enough for all volunteer hours. we need to make sure that our children have healthy options. i would like to welcome up dana woldow. [applause] >> thank you, commissioner mendoza and all of the commissioners.

many people have been working for many years and to improve the food in san francisco. that has gotten us to where we are today. i would love to see sfusd to take on the job of making scratch coat -- cooked meals from locally grown food right here in seven francisco. that dream is years and millions of dollars away. it will take a new generation of parents to make that fight happen. to all of the parents, if you care about better school food,

jump in and get involved. do not wait for somebody else to do it. do not ever doubt that a small group of small, committed citizens can change the world. it is the only thing that ever has. >> the nutrition department has worked very closely about this. do you want to come up? >> this is never the right height for me. commissioners, superintendents, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, it is with great privilege that i join everybody in honoring dana woldow and her

service for all of the children of america, not just to our children in san francisco. nine years have passed since we responded to a growing epidemic of obesity and chop the diabetes before other districts. so much could be said. i am sure you do not want to hear me go through all of that nine yearsd. ana -- years. dana has been there from the beginning. she served as the subcommittee chair. while dana has stepped down from her service, her work in child nutrition has not ended. it continues today at much higher levels. there is much work left to be

done. i have had the privilege of working with dana for the entire nine years. i would like to express my gratitude for the work that she has contributed to student nutrition services. not only have we developed a personal working relationship, we have become friends. i wish to stand here and thank you for everything across the years that we have done together. [applause] >> i am a parent in the district. by last year as a parent in the district. i was a parent at the school in the 2002-2003 school year when it became clear that it was not ok to see children walking

around with a 20 ounce pepsi and french fries. she was the one who conceived the pilot project to get the junk food out of the schools. and really got things going. she got approval from the superintendent. she started a committee, i join the committee. it would not have happened without her. she got thing started and put san francisco on the forefront. now dana has basically moved to a larger arena. she has started a web site. i can never remember quite what it stands for. parents, educators, and advocates connection for help the school for.

-- school food. we should have a lot of faith and that this will make changes on a nationwide scale. i just wanted to do that. thank you. >> my name is mark. i am in the student support services department. i have had the pleasure of being hurt co-chair for the last couple of years. i am happy to see water and fresh fruit sitting in front of the desk. being a role model is important. i wanted to buy some flowers. i bought some succulents. they thrive in a rocky, sandy soil in times of drought. you grow them for the beauty of

their leaves that they will produce a bright, brilliant blossoms at some point. that is what dana's work has been. it has been a pleasure to serve with you. >> good evening to members of the board of education. i am what the department of public health. i wanted to publicly thank her for all of her leadership. you are getting e-mails at 6:00 a.m. and then again at 11:00 a.m. she is making an impact here and also at the national level. people always ask me if i know dana and they really have appreciated all of her writing. we are looking forward to all of the future work.

>> thank you. >> board members. >> i would like to publicly thank dana for the work that she has done and the example she has been. this is the best example of how we can do something important because other people help us and demanded of us at the same time. i have been privileged enough to go to national conferences and talk about the things that we are doing here. always been clear that it has been the community that has helped us do this. this has been my most important example of how policy making is not what we want or what we do. it is about what we do in response as a company. i am so proud of all of the work

we have done. i am so proud of all of you. you are not going to get away. i treasure that. there is lots of work to do. with your friends and community leaders, you can do that. commissioner norton: i would like to echo the appreciation of my colleagues. you have been an example. when i got involved as a parent, you were already in there in the trenches telling us how we could make this better. this year, my daughter started middle school. we had a fight about which day she gets to buy lunch and which

days she does not. she wants to buy lunch every day. there is no bigger compliment. thank you for the work you have done and your advocacy. i have every confidence that others will step up and continue the work you have started. >> thank you. i just wanted to extend my warm affection to you as well. you took the rent -- nutrition task force on much further than we expected. we have had many food tastings. some went well and some did not. your persistence and your commitment to our kids is just overwhelming. you have turned our district on its head. we appreciate all of that. with that, our love and

affection and wealth of thanks to you and all you have done. thanks very much, dana. we have 2 action items that will take place. i need a motion and a second for commendation to karen bishop. i am sorry. you guys answered before i was stunned. this is being introduced by commissioners fewer, maufas, and yee. and yee. >>