calling content area, probably one of community schools, charter schools, school finance and so all of you who are delegates, three of you will be getting, you know, you'll get information when committees, appointments come up, even if you're not delegates please let me know. >> i wanted to just quick -- there has been a lot of things going on in the school district. but i thought one of the coolest thing that happened -- was it yesterday? was that nasa visited gallileo high, that's what i call it. so they had a live astronaut coming to talk to the kids. and it was such a great day. it's too bad other high schools didn't have the same benefit of having these speakers come to the school because they were pretty inspiring. i could see the kids thinking

in their heads, i want to be an astronaut. and it was that and i'm going to move on to item -- ok. i'm not going to end anything. commissioner mendoza? commissioner mendoza: so budget and businesses service committee is meeting tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. so be here for a third night in a row. and i also want to announce a -- the asian-pacific american heritage month. they're doing a student project and the club or group can win up to $750 for their club. and so we're looking forward for having them apply for this. it's going to be student clubs and association encouraged to enter into a service community project. it can meet the needs of the a.p.a. community and at the same time promotes the awareness and history of a.p.a.

history month. and so we're looking forward to getting this information to all of the high school student clubs and hope that they will take the youth service challenge. >> commissioner murase? >> i just want to make a comment and a couple of shoutouts. tonight was a really super tough meeting. i'm still kind of in shell shock. but i did want to state that the march 15th deadline is state law. there are some things that we criminal and some things that we don't control. i just want to say that we all need to be on the same team. teachers, support staff, i'm hopeful about the measures that will be on the november ballot. but i really invite folks who have possibly solutions to come to us. we heard a lot tonight about whatnot do, but i think we'd

love to also hear how we can work together to close the budget gap. a few shoutouts, many of us were at the honor roll event. i want to thank commissioner maufas for her leadership and virginia marshall. a number of commissioners were at sun set elementary school for read aloud day march 2nd. abraham lincoln had their b.s.a. performance. brotherhood, sisterhood performance on march 8th. and i attendanted the ignite performance on march 10th that brought young women, high school and college students from all over the bay area to get them activated in the political process. it was great. i met some young women from san francisco public high school.

let's see, claire had their starlight celebration on march 10th. and i also joined commissioner ye and commissioner fewer at the galley yo event. i had never met a u.s. astronaut before. so that was very exciting. and just a shoutout for the san francisco p.t.a. they're having their reflections award ceremony on april 14th and bike to school day april 12th. thank you. >> i'm shocked that you didn't mention that yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the founding of the girl scouts of america and both commissioner murase and i were there. the commissioner was instrumental in planning the event. it was the declared girl scouts day by the mayor. >> item t, report of closed session, none. no other staff reports tonight.

so item d, adjourn. yeah.

>> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of

supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price

until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made. something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart. but it is worth it to me. there are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former soviet union. these are blown up to a gigantic images. they lose resolution. i do not mind that, because my images are about the images, but they're also about the idea, which is why there is text all over the entire surface.

>> marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences around union square. for the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell, the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary

nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. amen. >> after the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the

historic home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian has maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future,

she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. ♪

>supervisor kim: good morning. welcome to the tpja meeting of march 8. go ahead and call roll. >> you do have a quorum. item number three, communications. i am not aware of any. item number four, board of directors new and old business. supervisor kim: any new announcements? to go item number five, executive director's report. -- >> item number five,

executive directors report. >> we will give you the quarterly report and various updates and a construction update. first, i want to mention in may we will be putting out a bid for a package that is coming up soon. secondly, i did want to mention we are going to be having the first-ever groundbreaking for a new development in the transbay neighborhood coming up soon. we have a date tentatively set for september 2. this would be blocked 1 11a. the project is a mid-rise. it is 120 units. it is going to have 108 studios. 121-bedrooms. there will be up to three retail spaces, a community room and outdoor space. the presidents of the building will be formally homeless individuals that are referred by

the department of public health that are offered subsidy and funding for services and the project. a joint program of ucf will provide on-site clinic calls in support of services for the residence. it will offer treatment, supportive counseling their peak and vocational training, etc.. we will be sending the board an invitation would we have confirmed details. tentatively we have it for april 2. our first-ever ground rate for the first development of the neighborhood, and i am happy it is a home for formerly homeless individual. that is the update. now i would like asked sarah to please come up and present quarterly reports. >> good morning. sarah gillate. >> the first report shows

expenditures are within budget through the second quarter of this fiscal year we of spent approximately 67 million. about 467,000 and operating expenditures and 172,000 going into operating reserves. the second report is the contract status report showing that all contracts are within their authorized amount. it shows the percentages for each contract. we are at 15% dbe awards. the third report is our investment and interest earnings report. you might notice the format has changed. it is related to the block 11 supportive housing that was just

mentioned, the groundbreaking. it is now invested in u.s. treasury notes. of that will give an update on the project labor agreement. -- bob beck. >> thank you, members of the board. the board in november, and we have taken a number of steps implementing this. most significantly, we have the first quarterly meeting of the joint administrative meeting, which is including two representatives of the of tpj and two representatives of the

labor union. their representatives from turner construction from the project -- program management team, and the project. that meeting went very well, and recovered a number of items there. and -- we covered a number of items there. the key terms are covering work stoppages. we have not had work stoppages or disputes with the union at this point. the unions are reporting they do not have any problems meeting its labor demands for the project. we did have one of safety incident this past quarter, which was a sprained ankle. the employee in question went for treatment and returned to decide the next dthe site the n in december the executive

directors, members of the labor union, the contractor, turner construction attended the opening of the new vocational training carpenter shop and john o'connell high school. the carpenters coming out of that session agreed to donate textbooks for the program, and the general contractor's donated a number of pieces of equipment, several toolboxes and other equipment to the facility. more recently last week the remembers of our team went to john busraharah burton high schd presented to groups of ninth graders on engineering and construction trades in the importance of math and science curriculum. we are also looking to carry

forward our high school internship program this summer, both with program management team and tpja for what will be our fifth year. earlier last month we meant with the executive director of the of hellman's for hard hats director. he met with representatives of the labor union to give us details on the program, how they identify prospective candidates who ardee leaving the military r recently left the military and trades they would be interested in, so those can be dovetailed with apprenticeships programs at local unions. upcoming in august there is going to be a job fair on the uss hornet that we will be attending to look to connect with potential candidates as

well. there was also a job fair at the veterans building march 2 that dog holly from the program management team attended to distribute information on our project and the hellman's for hard hats program. in terms of updates on apprenticeships opportunities in utilization, carpenters have reported to us they have nine apprentices currently working on the project. operating engineers have reported they have for apprentices and city build graduates working on the project, and a labor union has identified they have 36 apprentices working on the project in the month of november and december. that concludes my report on progress to date. if you have any questions, i would be happy to answer. >supervisor kim: i appreciate

you went to buto highrton high school. i am curious how you plan on recruiting students and how big is selected? >> we have an open the application process, and we typically have a people come in for interviews with potential people they would be managing or mentoring. it is throughout review of applications and potential interest in match with the particular -- >supervisor kim: you are just recruited ninth graders? >> no. there was an opportunity at the school for people to come and speak. we have established dialogue with the district office, and we

are trying to match up -- match up whenever there is an interest from one of the schools for presentation, and speaking opportunities or site-visit opportunities. we're making that wide open. we tend to focus more on juniors and seniors, people who are making decisions about college. supervisor kim: are you looking for specific backgrounds or skill sets you have a criteria to pick from? >> it is open, so it is somewhat of a broad net. we are looking for people who potentially have an interest.

supervisor kim: who are you working with dspecifically in the district? >> doug holly is the point person for the veteran's component in the school district. he has been for the last number of years. doug, why don't you answer the questions. supervisor kim: who are you working with specifically at the school district? >> james coal. when we went to get the presentations, we did work directly with the read of the high school teachers. >>supervisor kim: i am curious s to -- it is already march, and usually internships in turn have been in march and april. i am worried if we do not have a specific plan -- i would love to

see the application, i just want a sense of how the out reach will happen. when the net is too broad, you often do not get students to apply. it is not really clear who this is being directed to and what the students need. it is usually helpful to target specific academies. it does not sound like there is an actual plan. >> there is in a plan. why don't you give the plan. >> in working with the sacramento unified school district, they -- san francisco unified school district, they provide candidates who are interested. obviously the teachers' work directly with the students. the candidates are interviewed, and they interestingly enough, they go through a hiring process -- supervisor kim: i am curious about this today even gets

there. the interview point. clearly you have a selection process laid out. and >> >> we do. the program has three different elements to it. reaching out to the ninth graders, we do not try to get them interested in math and science, because 10th and 11th grade will be the times when that will come math will come i. the presentations are part of the process. i did have a note on that. athis summer interns is the second part i just described to you. we have them for six weeks on the job. then we have office and job site