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ceiling. it is unliveable. we have to leave much of the time especially during the dinner hour when they are doing most of the cooking. i do want to emphasize they are open 364 days each year. they are closed on thanksgiving. i know that because on thanksgiving i have the door and window open and can breathe fresh air. the rest of the time they are open for lunch service. they start the grill at 11:00 a.m. when i am home i can tell when their grill is turned on when i don't have a window open. i think i have 30 seconds. i also suffer from as ma-- asthma and migraine headaches. they are exacerbated by smoke
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and oder. my doctor has said the smoke is bad for someone suffering migraines. i.e. could what my -- i echo what my neighbors said. they need to not be up held and fined. as my previous neighbor said. >> your time has expired. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i am anthony new land 55 page street. you heard about the 10 year full decade this issue has been going on even in the planning department records there are complaints for 10 years. commissioner honda summarized this best in a prior matter when he talked about a baby sitter. this is accountability. there needs to be a babysitter. my partner and i am seniors.
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i am asthmatic. he is a cancer survivor. diagnosed yesterday with pulmonary fibrosis. this smoke is a health hazard and definition of public new as soon as. i -- nuisance. i ask a babysitter to get this done. thank you. >> any other public comment? is anyone else here for public comment. no. we will move to rebuttal. we will hear from mr. zucker. >> you have six minutes. >> i will keep my follow-up brief. i recognize the residents' concerns we are sympathetic for them. ascot mentioned back in february
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we met to come to a resolution for this. we did agree to an aggressive timeline. we did such because we wanted to and continue today to come to figure out what the solution is and get that i ammented and in place. today we have the solution. it is before the city. through the permitting process it is working through the channels. once we get approval we are ready, willing and able to engage the contractor to have the unit installed. as mentioned earlier i did tell him we had selected a unit. that is what we did. we selected it. we have to go through the permitting to get it approved. unlike the previous appeal we did not order the unit and have to get entitlement. we are going through proper channels and processes. we recognize it is taking time. the processes we have to add
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here to them. >> question, sir. they alluded to a series of actions by the planning department in response to complaints going back to a year ago last may or perhaps before. i don't know if you were engaged with this project during that time. i want you to have an opportunity to speak to why it has taken this long to resolve this and what part the property owner delayed in the saga that has been the permitting process and the violation process. >> good question. thank you. you know, at first ascot mentioned the prompt owner wasn't involved. as soon as we did get involved we have been working to try to come to a resolution. i recognize there are a couple
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continuances due to it is hard to fine people who sell the machines and hard to find the contractor in the city to install the electro static precipitation systems. we ran into a problem with the plans to figure out where the roof would go. we had hiccups. the contractor had a problem. these are problems we have been keeping everybody appraised so we can let them know we are working diligently. we are seeking to get this resolved. a lot has been mentioned about the complaints from 2009 forward. a lot of those were unconfirmed from their district. it is brought to our attention since last year. i recognize in their minds it is a decades long saga.
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we have been made aware this last year in the fall with the property owner and since then we have been moving forward to resolve this. >> when you get the permits, walk us there what your contractor has described as the construction schedule. do these take a long time to make, manufacturing is it a few months to get made and delive delivered? help us understand the timeframe in the time the permit is in hand until it is done. >> we are working on finalizing the construction timeline. this is the original proposal from emcore. it is a five phase process. phase one is two to three weeks permits. once that is in place the rest of the phases are two to three weeks, two to three weeks, about a week, couple two weeks. it really even in the initial
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timeline we are looking at about 8 to 9 weeks. our most recent conversation with the contractor it is looking more along the lines of nine, nine and a half. that is again completely can did it. we don't have the firm timeline. that is what we are told. we are willing to stick to what can stick to but we are be holden to what the contractor can do. >> part of what is a thought in my mind is thinking about the small business working hard to about -- about customers and the high cost this is going to have. can you speak to the cost how the property owner has thought about approaching this or kind of what are we looking at in regards to $400,000 is what the report is tonight or possibly
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more? >> i can't speak to the arrangement of the cost. i just know it is a significants. several hundred thousand dollars. we are committed to developing forward with it if approved. how that is all dealt with on the back end i am not part of that conversation. >> i am not trying to beat a dead horse. the department from planning stated that you had -- your clients got the plan and are implementing it. the department implemented it was sitting on someone's desk for six months prior to getting to the planning department. you understand the sheer upsetting of the people behind you. you are saying they are working on this as quick as possible. the representative from planning indicated those plans were six months prior to them coming forward. what did you do.
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he had a an a billion had the m. >> in november before i was on site, there was a plan that was submitted to planning. it was dated in september. submitted in november. there was a little delay. i can't be speak to the delay. since then we have met with planning and come up with the solution to implement it. that was the next facet of the solution how do we get this on top of the roof 100 plus rear old building to support it and continue. that is where we ran into problems getting the rooftop plans and going from there so that we could prepare these for the rooftop units.
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>> going forward not so much a question. you know, this needs to be done expeditiously. i believe this body has ability to revoke. that would be tougher for everybody. thank you. >> last question. you heard testimony regarding the fines and members of the public. you have heard the members of the public talking about their desire to have this done quickly and accountability and the zoning administrator as long as you are in good standing the goal of the department is to work with folks to get compliance not penalties. what is your perspective on the matter of continues on fines what would you like to see happen this evening? >> we would like to have this
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however procedurally you would like to move this forward. continue it for approximately 10 weeks post permitting because we can't speculate when the permitting comes in. it is contingent on when the permitting is approved and have that 10 weeks or after. 8 weeks to get it built and deliver a week and-a-half to install. >> do you have complete materials submitted? is it fully submitted to the department? >> it has been fully submitted. there were comments requesting design confinements. they are resubmitted. as scott mentioned it was re-routed to planning to have their eyes on it as well. >> did you want to say somethi something, sir. >> i am paul klein.
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let me explain. why don't you do this before? because we go the city. we ask what kind of system we have to use up there. the city, we don't know what system you have to use up there because we have to do the homework to find out what system. if the city say you have to use a da restaurant. i know that, right? they don't know what system to use there. they have a wood burning and they have a system in place. why did the city say this system is in use. it is the same system in the place. the city the planning department didn't know what kind of system to use. you bring something to us and you approve. i don't think that is fair for us. you should say this is the system and you go after this
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system. right now it is on our shoulders because the city didn't want it. if the city said that system to use and the neighbors complain again. the city approve, not us. i don't know if you are following me here. >> ? i understand. >> that is why it was a delay. we go after the city. i sit down with the building guy, what is his name. >> inspector duffy. he is gone. >> i sat down with him a year ago. i asked him as a favor what system i use? he say i don't know. i want be to bring that to the table. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> anything further? thank you. we will hear from mr. sanchez. you have six minutes. >> i will try not to use all of it.
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>> timelines here. yes, we don't as planners have expertise in all of the possible ventilation mechanical equipment out there. that is why we rely on professionals. we asked espetus to get a consultant and get a proposal. they received that on july 5, 2018 from the same firm that said the equipment is at the end of the life they recommended the electro precipitatetor. that was not proposed by espetus until december 6th. they were looking for cheaper options. we said we would look at that and evaluate. the goal is not the most money possible, it is something effective. we had them submit proposals to us. i was concerned. one proposal was the end of september we received it in the
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middle of november. why couldn't we receive it sooner. we have reviewed it and working with the neighbors through their attorney. they may have specialists to make this collaborative effort for a solution for the best possible solution. we are very close to that. the plans submitted a couple weeks ago the neighbors have been reviewing them. i have not received full comments back as to any concerns. one of the issues was the location of the equipment on the roof. this is the building with three sides with the alley in the back and golf street in the front and market street at the front of the building. the equipment is right now at the back and basically off rose. it will still be at rose but moved closer to golf. hopefully it will be cleaner in terms of what is emitted it
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won't represent an issue for tenants. the building permits are corrected. i would like comments back from the neighbors we need it recorded and that permit will be ready for issuance and can be appealed if neighbors don't think it is adequate that can be appealed to this board of appeals. that can happen in the future. this is going to be expensive. early esi mats had -- estimate had several hundred thousand dollars. on the $165,000 may not reflect the costs. that is listed on the permit. in regards to the conditions proposed we are open. it is the board's direction to
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have a better definition as to the penalty timeline. if the board directed to have the penalties begin accruing upon issue once of the order and not abated until the cfc for equipment installation and final inspection that is the board's direction we are happy to have that or if they are given six weeks or a certain time to get it installed, we are open to that as well. the penalty is up to $250 per day. it could be reduced. the penalty is not going to make the air cleaner for the neighbors. we need the permit issued and get the work completed as soon as possible. i am available for questions. >> i have several questions. the permit holder brought up a good question. this has never come up in the city and county regarding noise and smell. >> i have only had one other
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enforcement case of similar matter, and that was resolved when the restaurant went out of business. yes, it is difficult. >> we have had noise in front of us, smoke in front of us several times. valencia street. is there a set standard they are to follow? he brought up a good point. you are asking the business owner to invest half a million dollars. this is not getting the standard we expect. >> there is no set standard. >> do you control it? the plans department has ability to control it but no set standard? >> is it the air quality management do they have a standard? >> from what i understand it was the density, not so much the
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odor. >> they passed that one but have the other issue. in the pictures it looks terrible. it looks like like a train. >> it is the responsibility of the restaurant to know what they need. they work with design consultants to know the filtration. >> there should be a standard. >> like the noise has a standard decibel standard. with smells there is a standard of cleanliness or what have you. >> it would be great if there was and public health would be the appropriate agency to deal with those, but there is nothing they have here that they can enforce on. we are doing our best and that is why we are the consultant. >> that is my question will this work. it will do something we are not sure what it will do.
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it will do whatever the cut sheet says it will do. if that will mitigates is question, is that fair? >> based on the equipment it is our understanding this is the best possible equipment thi this the standard. >> $500,000? >> if you look at the earlier proposals on the spec sheets it is not met for charbroiling. some of the manufacturing equipment will detail the uses it is for. >> can you refresh the applicant said that you had all of the permit materials with planning and you were viewing them and they are with the public. are all of the materials there or are there further materials you need from the applicant? >> the only item outstanding is
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notice of special restrictions documented. i heard today or yesterday from mr. zucker that they are okay with the draft language. we need to get that finalized. i haven't heard from the neighbor's attorney other than the location. that is the only place on the roof where it could be located. orotherwise if you move further away you need larger equipment and the roof wouldn't be able to support that. that is what i have been told by the attorney this is the location it has to be. >> assuming the nsr language is finalizedded and the neighbors respond, what is the timeline to issue? those are the two last things. >> days. it is a matter of the comments to see if there are other changes. we are trying to make this as
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collab berrative as possible. it is the best solution to have a conversation to get the plan that we can agree upon that there will be no appeals. >> all bodies have approved? >> on this plan set they had a permit issued. they have an issued permit for this. we had asked them because we needed to review it. if there are any other issues to address and special restrictions which is important. >> building, fire, is all done. >> that is reviewed and now it is for planning to impose conditions. >> any other questions? >> yes, going back to where i was before. the matter before us is whether we hold the notice of violation. i am having a hard time connecting that with the solution where the nexus is so we make sure the solution is in place. do you have a suggestion on?
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it doesn't sound like continues is a way to go. >> no, they are two separate action items. the question is if they are in violation. we agree they are in violation we suggest you uphold the notice of violation and then to correct the nov that is valid is the permit that is forthcoming. whether or not that is appealed. it would be great to get feedback from neighbors of the response of the permit. that is the next step. >> i am less concerned about that than additional delays not necessarily on your part but somebody else has a problem. is there any way and maybe the city attorney needs to addvation of other conditions that we can impostor anyways we can in some ways i don't want to say keep it
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under the jurisdiction because the permit isn't. do you know what i'm driving at. >> if you want to compel compliance as soon as possible, you can direct the penalties will accrue immediately. you can give that direction to the department or that there is a set time. they have six weeks. you could grant the appeal, uphold the notice of violation amend such that penalties begin on this date if they have not obtained or completed the project. >> i am willing to do that. that financial amount is a major incentive. if that is what we can do, that is what we can do. >> i would do this add mince the straighttively. >> we look for you guidance. >> i have had the nov you continued for years. i don't know. >> it has been years. >> i am happy if the board is
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going to give a timeline and wants us to implement that for the notice of violation penalties will begin at this date if it hasn't been completed or you can make that as part of you're decision. >> you talked about tieing to cfc. >> final inspection for work on the corrective permit by a certain date how ever many weeks out. that would be helpful for our department if that is the board's guidance. >> thank you. >> i would like to speak to the project sponsor's attorney. so you guys have a permit. you know what you want to put in. when could you get it in? >> we are waiting on the final permit before planning right
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now. if we get approval we could get in contract with emcore. >> the owner would like to speak to that? >> yes. >> i think we could do it 12 weeks after approval we could have it installed and working. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. any questions. >> no. >> this matter is submitted. the standard every view is error or abuse of discretion. >> i will start. it is a tough situation. i understand and no disrespect to the owners of the building or tenants in there. you know, they know it is causing a problem. i am sure they don't want to hear this either. it is just tough.
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let's dump in $250,000 to flip a coin to see if it works. no one is saying we have model 455 the way to do it. i would like them to fix it tomorrow. the reason why i had the permit holder come up is if we also have to be respectful of what can physically happen here. i heard them say 12 weeks. you know, i would give them 12 weeks. at which point the penalties to accrue shortly there after. you know, i will tell my 55 story you grew up in the city and my best friend owned that lot and 60s other auto parts stores. we played in the parking lot and i scuffed my knee and one day there was a big apartment
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building there. don't feel bad i am thinking 12 weeks. they can't get it done earlier. >> we agree it is tough for the residents and tough for the restaurant and no one is happy about the situation we have. i think we want to see clean air, we want to see a business profitable and continue to keep the area busy and not have a vacancy there. i agree with commissioner honda to have the penalties accrues after 12 weeks. i would keep it at $250 amount which is our discretion or whatever the statute states that would be the normal planning amount for penalties to accrue every day after, which the completion is not obtained for thetic permit. >> i would have the penalties retroactive to the date of the issuance of the nov.
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>> i can make the argument they have been getting the complaints for nine years. >> it is true only 24 substantiated by the air quality district. it is true. >> anyone ever remember the guy hitting the little soda cap in the corner with the golf club? >> what? >> i will go with yours if you think that is fine. do you think that 12 weeks is good enough for you guys? i have four people saying yes. if she is going to lower the womb on 12 weeks, i am telling you. >> we ask the planning department whether it is their position they would have authority to impose penalties going back. >> the decision would state that
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penalties accrue on the date that the corrective permit is issued. if the work is not completed within 12 weeks of the date of the permit issued to correct the matter, then the penalties will be collected. we have the ability to waive the penalties if the work is completed within 12 weeks. >> it will be collected between the time of the issuance date to 12 weeks later. >> it would start assessing on the date that the corrective permit is issued and if the department would wave the penalties if the work is completed within 12 weeks. >> i think commissioner lazarus is proposing from the date. >> no, from the date the board issues the decision and order.
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penalties on the date of the notice of decision order and if work is not completed within 12 weeks it would be collected. >> the motion. >> can we clarify what does completion of work mean? >> for me issuance of the cfc. >> final inspection by the defendant of building inspection. >> do we have to grant the appeal. >> grant appeal and find he did not impose this timeline the zoning administrator. >> amend notice of violation. >> we would support the motion. >> that is my motion. >> i will try to repeat. we have a motion by commissioner
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lazarus to grant the appeal and amends the notice of violation on the basis the zoning administratorrerred in mott impose -- in not imposing penalties. >> continue. >> if the permit holder does not obtain a cfc within 12 weeks of permit issuance, penalties will start accruing on the date the permit is issued collected if not completed in 12 weeks of issuance at $250 per day. >> i don't know if the permit. >> retroactive to when the permit is issued.
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>> abuse of discretion. >> that is less harsh tha than. >> under 176c. >> what are you saying? are you adding more. >> certain factors that the zoning administrator and board are to consider in reevaluating these cases. >> it com ports wit com come 17. commissioner honda, commissioner o tanner. >> that carries. >> with the decision as amended.
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we will memorialize this and send it out. there is a 10 day period every hearing request so the decision won't go out until after that time period elapsed. >> thank you. meeting adjourned.
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good evening. this is the regular meeting of the board of education of the san francisco unified school district for may 14, 2019. the meeting is called to order. roll call. (roll call).
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>> give it up for delores swarta. she'll be with us friday when we have our official ceremony for her at 1:00 p.m. so if you can make it, please join us. with no objection, i'll take section j which is the introduction of proposals and assignment to committee. this will be heard in section b. we'll just wedge it in right after we do the minutes, i think. and then we'll have public comment on agenda items after that. section a, general information, section b opening items.
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one approval of board minutes of the regular meeting of april 23, 2019 and special meeting of may 7, 2019 and we need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> second. >> any corrections? roll call. (roll call). speaker cards are necessary if you wish to address the board of education. an individual can complete a speaker card prior to the item called and presented to the executive assistant, to my right. members of the public have two minutes to address the board and/or time set by the president or, in this case, vice president according to board rules and procedures and speaker cards will not be for the items before
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the board. dr. matthews? >> good evening, everyone. >> good evening. last week was national teacher appreciation week. since this is the first board meeting since then, thank you to all of the san francisco unified school district teachers. thank you for fostering the 21st century skills and thank you for being a role model for continuous learning, thank you for caring about both your student's academic growth and social and emotional development. thank you for peein for being af this community redefining school in service of all of our students. please join me in recognising our school nurses. lead give them a big round of applause. [cheers and applause] >> we have several in the audience and thank you, school nurses.
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[cheers and applause] >> may 8 was national school nurse day and on that day, we celebrated the 55 school nurses and three licensed vocational nurses who work everyday for over 100 years who have played a critical role in improving school health and ensuring academic success. in our district, we have made school health a priority. there is a school district nurse in all of our middle and high schools. on any given day, our nurses are providing direct care and support to students and their families. put so far, in this school year within san francisco nurses have provided over 88,000 direct services to our students. i whole-heartedly thank the
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district nurses for service in keeping our students safe, healthy and ready to learn. let's give them a big round of applause. [cheers and applause] i would like to share news from the office of counseling and post-secondary success. first, the high school commitment days for all of our eighth graders will take place between may 21st and 24th at all of our middle schools and facilitated by the eighth grade councillor. students will review and agree to six commitments, the 2023 creed that support high school success and finalize their commitment through social media via #2023 creed and #my tv futuremfuturemyhand.
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my future in my hand, be positive, be patient and persistent will be mailed to all eighth grade students over the next three weeks. it's information and links to help all studentses an studentsy begin high school with success and achievement. students from brettheart, drew academy and willie brown middle school will displace their talents through creative expression at the fourth annual bayview art's showcase. the visual performing arts hosted event will include choir, ukulele, and hip-hop dance performances along with a joint win and string instrument performance by students from the four school. student artwork will also be on display. the goal of the programme is to provide access and equity in education for every san francisco unified student at every school day. this friday, our district students will create food for show at the san francisco unified school district food advisory showcase.
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the annual student nutrition services event will take place here at 555 franklin and will feature 18 fellow students from high schools across the district as they present ideas they have developed for building a students centered food system over the course of the semester. the sfa's goal is to integrate school student voice in decisions made by our student attrition service and increase student satisfaction in overall interaction the school mill's programme. finally, all districts will be closed monday may 27th in commemoration of member day. that ends my announcement. >> item three, student delegate report. >> thank you. before we start our report, we would like to congratulate or super senior, mr. sal, for recognised as the mentor of the year of the sitting county of san francisco awarded by youth works. thank you for everything you do
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for us, mr. sal. [cheers and applause] >> this is to mentor students over the summer break. thank you to our community-based organization for partnering up on this project. >> sac is hosting a leadership celebration ceremony on friday, may 31st to acknowledge dedications and hard works of student leaders in the past year. each student will receive 250 hours of community service time and an award certificate. each senior student in addition to what we mentioned will receive a sash. thank you to all student leaders for being great representatives for creating a better school
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community. >> last night student leaders in sac amended healing and hands resolution presented about the chinese association. the sac recognises our student's mental well-being. mental wellness is a crucial factor of personal and academic success and we think students deserve mental health when they need it. thank you for your presentation. >> the student delegate candidate for the 2019-2020 school year kicked off their campaign at this year's annual youth summit in march. we now have the results. so mr. truett, would you like to come up?
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we need a drum roll. congratulations betsy herrera. >> from mission high school! yes! [cheers and applause] >> this is the first time the board has ever had a delegate from mission high school. >> congratulations.
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>> special thank you to all candidates this year. you all did amazing campaign and i like your campaign. may 282,019t 282,019th is theout 6:00 p.m. four award's obtain yet. the public council and anyone is welcome to attend our meetings. make a presentation or would like a copy of our up and coming sac agenda contact the supervisor mr. salvador lopez-barr. thank you. >> thank you, student delegates. regularecognition of designatio. >> we recommend the mission high
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boy's varsity soccer team for winning the first northern california title in the division 5 title. cheer cheer. [cheers and applause] >> they defeated hilmar sacred heart cathedral and the would like to bring the principal up to introduce the time. >> thank you, dr. matthews and good evening to everyone. i really appreciate being here, and mostly i appreciate these gentlemen right here. they are amazing been so just real quickly, i've been doing this a long time and i've seen a lot of championship teams, but i have to say that you are and please don't tell every championship team this, but you are my favorite championship team by far. [ laughter ] >> there's a reason for it. first of all, they're lovely
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human beings but in the middle of the championship season, they won the championship game, went on to state championship and did beautifully and i can't remember the team from winners, california and two days later they were met for semifinals and a tragedy struck and it impacted everyone one of you here and impacted our entire community. the night of the tragedy was the night of the oakland's game and they said we'll go and win it for the family that went through a terrible tragedy and not only did they win it but two days later, they went to hillmar and dedicated the game to the family and i think the goal within of , was winning but at the center of this was love and i am so proud of you all. [cheers and applause]
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>> with that, none of this could happen without our amazing coaching team lead by a mission graduate, coach mendosa. [cheers and applause] >> this is my third year coaching. i enjoy being back and after going to college, i wanted to come back and being out there with the kids and they're not kids any more. but yeah, i think the first two years coaching, most of these guys were with me since they were sophomores and we were close to the championship but i
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think we got stuck in the semis but this year we're able to pull through and go to the city final and then, i had the opportunity to finally play in state and they showed everyone, you know, that the public schools in san francisco are able to compete with the best schools in all of northern california. and i just hope, you know, other public schools can go out and do the same. [cheers and applause] >> good evening, everyone and the team from mission high school. it's an honor to be here tonight and i would like to say thank you for having us here. i would like to say thank you to my teammates. for me, it was an honor to play with them. allowing my teammates are from many different countries, and when we came, we were thinking of the free exam of the english
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test and my teammate didn't know english at all. we did not know one day we would be here at the championship voice and now we here. the championship was a dream at the beginning but the in end it came true. go bears! [cheers and applause]
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>> thank you mission varsity soccer's boy's team. >> the next recognition is our rave award. it's recognising all valuable employees. our first rave award winner tonight is from er taylor elementary school, josie verano is the literacy coach and
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esanina will be presented josie violenverano to us. (applause). >> good evening, commissioners it is a great honor to present this award to josie. she is in her 23rd year as an employee of san francisco unified school district and 20 of the years were spent at sunset elementary. and she came to us with park pan and commitment to teach literacy and at every turn, she shows up as a courageous leader. she also brings students at the
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center of the work and makes sure we are data driven and makes sure that we make decisions in support of our teachers so that they can have an impact on our students. so it is a great honor to honor you today. she is hard working and worked with the most challenging students and adjusts to the needs of the studentses. literally she'll follow a student on the yard and makes sure she is searching that students. that's how much i admire your resiliency. so i would like to present this award to you and again, we are very honoured, the students' families were honored to have you as a member of out team. [cheers and applause]
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>> the final rave award for this evening is from hoover middle school. go hoover! my middle school. this is for a professional at who'ver middle school, tanisha hudson and this will be presented by her principal, liz pierce. >> good evening, members of the board, superintendent matthews, my name is liz pierce and i'm the principal of the middle school and i'm so proud to introduce our valued staff member, tanisha hudson. she's been both students and stt her greatly and she tends to be the preferred allied adult for her students and most known for
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passionate commitment, not just in academics but in life. in the word of or nomination, she extends herself far beyond her duties to make sure her students feel loved and supported and she's care, want hard-working and extremely collaborative and she has her own children in usfc and has her own sense of humor. tanisha, congra congratulations! [cheers and applause]
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>> we're moving up an item j. so this is introduction of proposals and assignment to committee and we'll do the whole item together this is for the crowd for board member's proposal 195-14a1, healing and hands. creating school as faces of youth-driven healing, tran transformation and growth. we have a number of folks.
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when i call your name, make your way to the podium. as we heard, there are so many people on this item, that you have two minutes each, but you don't need to take two minutes each. so lay wawu, jacque. (names being called). >> we have others but we'll start with these.
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>> good evening board of ed members. i am a lead organization and an intergenerational organization focusing on developing leaders, work-class, primarily chinese american youth and workers. cpa has worked on multiple levels throughout the city and state, from state-wide legislation to city-wide policies, like hospital closures, ordinance 310 to serving on healthcare alliances like communities creating healthy alliances. i'm here today as an adult ally because i support young people leading their healing in their hands. healing studentses and students of colour are on the front lines of trauma. when students become agents at their own healing and well-being, our entire expect grows stronger.