1200 african american students on the honor roll. >> i just wanted to mention to our public that we will have a curriculum meeting on monday, march 5, at 5:30. is that right? is it 5:30? ok. we will be discussing the graduation requirements. president yee: any other announcements? i would like to say that last saturday, the district was involved with the pre-k through 3 alliance planning summit. [applause] thank you. we have not gotten all of the final feedback yet, but the feedback we have gotten has been very positive with what people

felt they got out of this and how we can move forward. it was attended by about 300 people and discussions of the small groups were very rich. the keynote speaker was great. superintendent garcia did a great job wrapping everything up. president kelly was facilitating the panel discussion and did a real great job. he was pretty entertaining. usually, when you have panelists, it is not easy. people were talking about -- mayor lee was there. he was very excited about the whole notion and wanted to push us to have more than one or two courier. -- per year.

i imagine there have been staff members talking about this around the city. hopefully, there will be a report that will come back to the full board in april. just to give a summary of what happened and so forth. it will be a little bit more detail. there will be a video presentation for 5 for 6 minutes. i asked the videographer to introduce a short one so we do not have to look at a one-hour peace. unless you want to. commissioner mendoza asked me to do two announcements for a couple of activities coming up. one is the summer resource fair, which is sponsored by sf kids. sfusd, dcyf examiner, and it

would be at the concourse from 10:00-3:00 this saturday, march 3. >> that is at brennan and 8th st. president yee: is it 8th or 7th? >> in between. the opening is at eighth street. president yee: has anybody seen the enrollments here? ok. the asian pacific american heritage month is coming up. there are going to the community service awards on april 1. that is the deadline. if you are interested in that,

go to www.apasf.org. ok. any other announcements? item t is the report of closed session actions. for close sections actions of february 28, 2012, we approved the the stipulated expulsion agreements of two high school students, w.t. and s.j. the board of education approved contracts for 16 principals, five assistant principals, 3 site managers, and to administrators. we approved an amendment to supplement paragraph 6bi, titled

additional retirement in the school's contract to read, contributions should be made within 10 days -- this is the superintendent announcement of retirement. he will remain employed with the district. by a vote of 7 ayes, the board of education enacted pursuant to education code 44951 to authorize the superintendent not to notify a certain administrators and classified managers of the possible release and reassignment from their positions for the 2012- 2013 school year. item u, other informational items, posted in the agenda is the staff report on information on classified personnel transactions.

before we adjourn, i would like tothank my colleagues on the board for tonight. making tough decisions and being respectful of each other's opinion. i also -- we like to say that happy birthday to someone who is 13 years old or something like that. leap year, 13 years old or 12 years old carried i know we have terrible voices, but i think it is worth singing for her birthday. ♪ happy birthday to you happy

birthday dear esther happy birthday to you ♪ [applause] >> can i explain why she is only 13? her birthday is tomorrow, february 29. president yee: leap year girl there. i will change gears a little bit. in memory of suzanne sweeney, commissioner norton will speak to. vice president norton: not to return to the somber mood, but i like to close this meeting in member of my friend and neighbor, who passed away last week at the age of 85. she worked for many years as a teacher and administration in the district.

she served at john chin and francis scott key elementary. by the time i met her, she had been retired for many years but i enjoy hearing about what was happening -- but she enjoyed hearing about what was happening in the schools. she grew very frail and a bit eccentric but never lost her sharp intellect and fierce independence, her love of music and npr news and her pride in her sister's in the teachers' surety. she left no close family but will be missed by her many friends and neighbors. i would like to thank the many retired administrators who shared their recollections of working with her, including jenny, phil, caroline. thank you. president yee: meeting adjourned.

>> good evening and welcome to the february 29th leap year addition of the board of appeals meeting, 2012. the presiding officer is president michael garcia and joining him its vice-president chris hwang, commissioner rich hillis, and we welcome our newest board member, arcelia for toronto -- arcelia hurtado. the bill are also joined by the deputy district attorney. she is sitting to my left and

will provide the board with any legal advice this evening. we're also joined by the senior board executive director. scott sanchez is here, the zoning administrator, and john quan is here representing the department of works. and we are joined by the san francisco entertainment commission appeared at this time, i will go over the boards guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. the board conducts that you turn off all electronic devices. please carry on conversations in the hallway. appellant, permit holders, and department respondents each have seven minutes to present their case, and three minutes for rebuttal. people affiliated with these parties must include their comments in these seven-minute or three-minute time frames.

members of the public -- have three minutes to address the board and no rebuttal. you are not required to submit a speaker cards or board card when you come up to speak. speaker cards are available on the left of the podium. the board welcomes your comments and suggestions and their satisfaction survey cards on the podium for your convenience. if you have any questions about requesting the board's rules or hearing schedules, please speak to staff the after the meeting or call the office. we are located at 1615 mission st., room 300 four. this meeting is to broadcast live on sfgtv cable 78 and rebroadcast on friday. dvd's are available to purchase from sfgtv.

if you intend to testify at any of tonight hearings and wish to have the board give your testimony evidentiary weight, please stand, raise your right hand, and say "i do" after you have been sworn in. any member of the public may speak without waiting these rights pursuant to the sunshine out. do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? great, thank you. commissioners, we will move to item number one, which is public comment. is there any member of the public that wishes to speak on an item nine on two nights calendar? seeing none, public comment is closed. and then we will move to comments from commissioners. >> it is my privilege and honor to move -- to recognize the newest commissioner. her name is arcelia hurtado, and

she is the deputy director of the lesbian rights council. prior to joining, she was the executive director of equal rights advocates, a nonprofit legal organization dedicated to expanding economic and educational opportunities for women and girls. she is a former public defender with the state of california as well as santa clara and san francisco counties. she has served as an adjunct professor at san francisco law school, and the new college school of law, teaching courses in constitutional and criminal law. commissioner hur tanah has served on the boards of numerous professional and nonprofit organizations, including san francisco la rasa, our family coalition and women defenders, where she found a fellowship to

support law students pursuing careers in indigent criminal defense. in 2010, she was named a pioneer in justice by the levi strauss foundation, which recognizes leaders shaping the next wave of social justice work. pretty impressive so far. the commissioner lives with her family in the glen park neighborhood. she was appointed to the board by supervisor david chiu, who last week's for her in. her term begins july 1st. we welcome her. >> thank you. any other commissioner comments or questions? any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. we will move on to the adoption of minutes. let's move on to the adoption of the minutes from february 15th,

2012. >> si no comments, i accept -- i move that we accept the comments as written. >> any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. that we will move to calling the roll. commissioner fung: aye. commissioner hillis: aye. commissioner hurtado: aye. movement is adopted. we move to jurisdiction request at subject property 644 morse street and 43 brussels street. letter from a.f. & doland dahlstrom, requestor, asking that the board take jurisdiction over wireless box permits

numbers 10wr-0145, which were issued on january 18th, 2011, and december 21st, 2010, respectively. there were two requestor, so they will get six minutes total. you can wait for the clerk. to see if she is ready with the six minutes. you may begin. >> good afternoon. i am the rich and earn their of this jr request at referred to as af and the documentation. i would like to take this opportunity to request that the appeal timeframe be reopened for the wireless boxes noted in the request. this request was filed on behalf

of the neighbors on polk street in question. we feel deprived of our rights and to be informed and what goes on in our neighborhoods, especially of matters that affect our health and aesthetics of the spaces. we are aware of the appeal. for the permits filed, -- of the appeal time frame for the permit fire, however with all due respect, how could an appeal be fired -- be filed when there was a no dedication during that timeframe. also, there was just as the mandate of wireless permits. that notification was intended to protect people like me and my neighbors from this kind of situation, but there are still no notification. the day after i wrote complained, the street sign had been manipulated -- the day after i complain that the streets and had been manipulated, someone came and fixed it appeared the day after i complained about the signage, they came and moved it. i know i am being heard by

somebody. i love living in san francisco. i love the unique freedom that the city provides two individuals and the environment that supports that lifestyle. when a company is allowed to legally utilize space that is "in the public way" of the city, we as residents rely on yourself to protect our safety. have we seen what this looks like on the street level in person? if not, i would like to invite you over to my home and you can see what this looks like on street level. it is awful. would you want to live directly next to this? is this the standard of living in san francisco? just because the company is allowed to do what they please with in public space, does not necessarily mean it is the best interest of the city or those who live here. i am all for upgrading to 4g networks, but not at the detriment of quality of life or

health. the with wireless light pole installations are inconsistent with the values embodied in san francisco. i thank the board for your time and i wholeheartedly urge you to hear this request thank you. >> good afternoon. pretty much just to add to what she said, i am born here in san francisco. i own my own house. i was very upset to see this happening. i know there are a lot of people on my block who are also upset about this and would like to have fair time to appeal this. i would very much appreciate this to be reopened and for us to take care of this legally and responsibly. thank you president garcia: thank you. director goldstein: we can hear from the permit holder now. she will also get six minutes.

>> thank you, president garcia, commissioners. my name is natasha and i director of government relations for next g networks. we are here today about two permits that are slightly different. there is the one near 43 brussels street and the other near 644 morse street. the permits at brussels street is not particularly relevant anymore, due to the particular location. it is going through the article 5 permitting process, which as you know, perhaps there is extensive notice, protests, further notice, and then again, another board of appeals process

that will be available again during the article 25 process. this permit has either been submitted or is in the process of being submitted. i was not able to confirm that. but i do know for sure that this side is going to day -- this site is going to stay on hold and then go through the article 25 process. is for that reason that we ask you to deny the jurisdiction request because it will have to do with that insulation. in regard to 10wr-0145, it is in regard to those that did not have notice process, which understand that you most likely will grant that today. and that is fine. we put into our comments some substantive issues regarding permits, but i do not feel i need to discuss them here because i expect that we can go

into more detail during the appeal timeframe where those issues are more on point. now it is 8 -- an issue of notice, which we know is not part of that process. in regard to just general community complaints and in regard to these two locations, i spoke with both of the residence prior to this hearing. they both requested to have radiofrequency verification done when the units become functional, so we can verify in their homes that they are in compliance with the sec requirements. there is also under the article 25, new ways of the permits -- noise of the permits. even though 10wr-0145 is under the old permit, i told them that we would do it under the new verification as well so that she can see that we are in compliance with the in house

standards. and also with the same -- the other location at 43 brussels street. the unit may not be on until the firm -- full permit is on. if you have any questions for me about any of the other issues raised, i am happy to answer them. president garcia: ms. ernst. >> yes back president garcia: normally, the ink is drying on the permit. this was almost a year. what was the rush in this? >> it has been a fair amount in the public record that the end users, the carriers, the wholesalers where the carriers are, they have dealt with some issues having to do with their