period and the impact in that time and i want to thank supervisor kim on the work on the amendments and acknowledge supervisor wieber for his long standing support on the changes we're making here on this legislation. supervisor kim, did you want to add any remarks? >> no. i believe everyone has copies of the amendments. i noticed a typo. i don't know if i had an older verse so i'm not sure if it's in your version and i would correct under two "conforming amendments" and it should be two and -- just in my copy? okay. i may have an older copy. and update the date to january 15 and that is in three places and there is one in the legislative digest of course and the title of the ordinance and again on page three within

the effective or operating date. changing that to january 15. >> thank you. so colleagues can we take the amendments without objection. supervisor -- >> mr. chair i should mention there is a third amendment and conforming changes in the planning code to ensure these apply to housing projects of ten units or more. >> thank you. so we heard the amendments. could we take the amendments without objection? thank you. on this item can we approve this without objection? thank you. thank you everyone. mis miller, are there any other items before us? >> no mr. chair there are no other items. >> thank you everyone. meeting adjourned.

>> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and

ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the

world come here. my fellow countryman came in first place and james is on the current team and he is the head man. >> it's unique. will not see anything like it where you go to compete in the world. competitions in ireland, scotland, norway, japan, russia each year, the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it. >> i'm here with bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the

9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate

park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play!

>> i love teaching. it is such an exhilarating experience when people began to feel their own creativity. >> this really is a place where

all people can come and take a class and fill part of the community. this is very enriching as an artist. a lot of folks take these classes and take their digital imagery and turn it into negatives. >> there are not many black and white darkrooms available anymore. that is a really big draw. >> this is a signature piece. this is the bill largest darkroom in the u.s.. >> there are a lot of people that want to get into that dark room. >> i think it is the heart of this place. you feel it when you come in. >> the people who just started taking pictures, so this is really an intersection for many

generations of photographers and this is a great place to learn because if you need people from different areas and also everyone who works here is working in photography. >> we get to build the community here. this is different. first of all, this is a great location. it is in a less-populated area. >> of lot of people come here just so that they can participate in this program.

it is a great opportunity for people who have a little bit of photographic experience. the people have a lot, they can really come together and share a love and a passion. >> we offer everything from traditional black and white darkrooms to learning how to process your first roll of film. we offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. we offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program.

>> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone. we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. >> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to be more creative with it. we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that? >> behind the city, behind the

houses, behind those hills. the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best. if their parents ever ask, we can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of thirds or that the shadows can give a good contrast. some of the things they come up with are fantastic. that is what we're trying to encourage. these kids can bring up the creativity and also the love for photography. >> a lot of people come into my

classes and they don't feel like they really are creative and through the process of working and showing them and giving them some tips and ideas. >> this is kind of the best kept secret. you should come on and take a class. we have orientations on most saturdays. this is a really wonderful location and is the real jewel to the community. >> ready to develop your photography skills? the harvey milk photo center focuses on adult classes. and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes.

>> roll call, please. thank you. >> miss norton. wynns? yee in >> here >> you may join me in the

pledge of allegiance. so, i am going to be moving in a very rapid pace, because several of the commissioners will have to leave a little bit earlier today because of other things that they have to take care of. so, item a, approval of the board minutes for the regular minutes of august 8th? >> is there a motion? >> any corrections? >> roll call, please. >> mendoza. >> yes. >> norton?

>> wyny. >> aye. >> 6 aye. >> item b. presentation to the board of education superintendent report. really superintendent's thoughts for the evening. superintendent richard a. carranza. >> thank you president yee and good evening to all of our parents and community. the year is in full swing. and i would like to come mend and congratulate all of our schools for continuing to provide enhanced academic experiences for our students. there are a couple of updates regarding our school district that i would like to inform our community about. first of all, i would like to give you an update for the initial plan for grad modification at international studies academy. (inaudible) isa this means that we will not recommend a change for the grade spans for the school year, we will take the next several months to review

the long range demographic projections and the variety of other factors including enrollment patterns and academic performance and other use of our building, this will allow us to come back to the board of education for spring that could result in changes for the 2014-15 school year, we welcome the communication with the ongoing change and keep you informed of all available meetings and informational sessions that will take place concerning this matter. i would also like to share some media regarding the recent media reports concerning the california state teachers retirement system report that was presented by the state controller. and speculation in that report that tensions spiking may have taken place within the san francisco unified school district. the report cited two retirees whose salaries were increased in close proximity to their

retirement it is important for the community to understand that the two employees in question had the unique positions where they took on positions that were vacant at times of leadership transition in our school district in both of these cases, the district needed these veteran employees to assume critical management roles while the district conducted a hiring process that would determine the permanent employees that would serve in these roles. the district does not con tone tension spiking. we have a salary schedule and procedures that are specifically aimed at standardizing salaries for unreported managers which creates a consistent and fair process for documenting salaries. on a musical note this past thursday i was very honored to join over 300 of my school

district administrators, teachers and their family members as we were hosted by the opera. it was a wonderful opportunity to experience the thief of live opera in one of the most fabulous houses in the world right here in san francisco. what is more special is that our children have an opportunity to experience writing and performing their own productions under the expert guidance of the san francisco opera and their wonderful director of education ruth knots and her staff. my thank you to her and the opera general director and to our department for assisting with the organization and plans for the event.

in the san francisco unified school districts, we truly believe that the arts are an essential part of life and are a critical component to a well-rounded education. i was particularly moved to hear so many of our adult staff members say that as long life san franciscoans this was the first time that they had attended the opera, so we are changing life by the day. so i am pleased to announce that sfusd has been selected as the host district for the nation alanty bully summit. it will open with approximately 3,000 of our district 6 to 12th grade students attending a viewing of the movie bully at various theatres throughout the city on thursday, on friday a local state and national leaders will be meeting here in san francisco to shine a spot light on the anti-bullying effort and to raise awareness and increase participation for stop bullying now. we are very proud to show case

the great work that the school district is doing around this topic and we look forward to sharing with the board the highlights from the summit. lately, 11 years ago today on september 11th, 2001 our sense of security, our freedom and even our way of life under attack as our nation suffered from a act of terrorism on that day. as today is the nais national day of remembrance of our fellow brother and sisters that were lost on this day, i ask you all to join me in a moment of silence in their memory. thank you very much. >> thank you, superintendent

richard a. carranza. so, let's move on to item c, recognition and resolutions of come men daysing, none tonight. we will go to item d. student delegates report. and of course, everybody knows megan long who has been the delegate for a few months now. and she is going to introduce our new student delegate today so last night we had our student advisory council meeting and there we elected our committees and also our cabinet members and our new student delegate is cindy lee. >> hello i'm wendy lee, i am a senior at the academy of arts and sciences high school. i am really excited to have this opportunity to serve as the student delegate this year to represents the students and

to voice out the opinions of my peers. i look forward to working with the board this year and make some positive changes to sfusd, thank you. >> commissioner wants to mention that student delegate wendy lee was also the student representative on the peace committee. >> a student with experience. >> so tonight, we would like to start off the report for the evening. yesterday we met last night for our fac meeting and we talked about finalizing our committees. we have five committees, the health, budget, curriculum and public relations committee and also a joint youth commission

with a cc committee. >> and as a said we also announced our new cabinet members, wendy, being our student delegate and our president is richard lee, he is from mission high school. our vice press is carry sang. and secretary maria portio from the academy of arts and sciences and our public relations officer (inaudible) and historian is jaeden brassil. >> thank you very much and welcome, wendy. >> let's move on to item e, parent advisory council report. the pac representative?

good evening, commissioners. superintendent richard a. carranza and student delegates my name is john odonell, i have daughter who started middle school and i have advocated for her and joined. my first action was to represent our group with several other pac members and ruth gabrowski in a workship in early august. now to break the school to prison pipeline. we took this opportunity to inform the parents about the group and to select information through an ongoing survey that we have about communicating. pac at its first meeting of the year two weeks ago and various

school districts. >> continue to work on is the practices. and to continue strengthens the information of our story of

practices and the number of members have joined the pac because of this and so we are very excited to have more members involved in the project. and as we are seeing the bill for the approach across the district. we have already been contacted by several schools to continue working with the communities and the first event will be at visitation valley elementary school late they are month and we will keep you posted about that. and over the past few weeks is very exciting we have a member who worked to develop an essay about her experience and her story was recorded by kqed who was broadcasting this part of their program and we are proud of amy and heidi for bringing this idea to life. and about the potential work for doing more work with both traditional and newer media and you will be able to hear and

see that piece, it is very exciting. and we will be able to reach more and different communities and audiences by doing so. and lastly, we are having a meeting next week, and we will be missing the committee of the whole meeting and you will be presenting the data, but we will be looking at it and commenting on that as well. and looking forward to many conversations with everybody, thank you. >> thank you, for your report. >> we look forward to seeing you again, next week. >> okay. let's move on to item f, public comment on consent items. i don't have any cards or speakers for that. >> item g, content calendar, the following summary pages, okay, is there a motion and a second for it? >> move, second. >> any