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tv   SFCTA TIMMA Board  SFGTV  February 4, 2020 11:15am-11:30am PST

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okay. thirded by commissioner yee. all right. seeing no further nominations, nominations are now closed. is there any public comment on this item? all right. can we have a vote for chair. >> clerk: we can take that -- oh, yes -- >> chair haney: same house, same call. all right. is there a nomination for vice chair? commissioner mandelman? >> supervisor mandelman: i nominate shamann walton. >> chair haney: all right. is there a second? commissioner ronen seconds the nomination. is there any public comment on election of vice chair? seeing none, public comment is closed, and we can also take this same house, same call. congratulations, and thank you, vice chair walton. excited to serve with you for another term. and with that, mr. clerk, can
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you please call items 6 and 7 together. >> clerk: item 6, seek final approval on first appearance, audit report for the fiscal year ended june 30, 2019. item 7, internal accounting report for the six months ending sept 1 seember 1, 2019. >> thank you, chair haney, for allowing me to present this. the report for 2019, it was a clean audit. they had no recommendations or adjustments. this item is up for action. i'd also like to present the quarterly financial statements for the six months ending december 31, 2018. in terms of revenues, we have collected $1.2 million of revenues for grant funded sources for timma. we have also incurred $383,000
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for expenditures for the first six months. both amounts are within the timma budget, and with that, i'm happy to answer any questions. and item number 6 is an action item, item 7 is an info item. >> chair haney: great. thank you. any questions or comments from colleagues? seeing none, any members of the public that would like to speak on -- commissioner yee? >> president yee: so i looked through the financial report, which is great. it seems all positive, but this is an audit, and it's kind of odd that it seems like more of a program audit than a fiscal audit. >> this one is the fiscal audit. the program audit normally consists of 16 different compliance areas. that is audited with the
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t.a.s -- the san francisco transportation authority's audit. >> president yee: so generally, when i see audit on there, when it's a fiscal audit, that they have findings, and it doesn't say anything about findings or satisfactory or whatever, which is kind of odd. >> that will be covered in the opinion, in the first couple of pages where they say there's an unknown modified audit, which is the opinion. where you see that is the t.a. audit because they only selected t.a. programs to audit this year. >> president yee: okay. got it. thank you. >> chair haney: any public comment on this item? all right. seeing none, public comment is closed. and we can take this also same house, same call. >> clerk: house has changed.
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>> chair haney: oh, the house has changed. roll call. >> clerk: we need a motion and a second. >> chair haney: motion by commissioner yee, seconded by commissioner mandelman. >> clerk: on item 6 -- [roll call] >> clerk: we have final approval. >> chair haney: thank you. mr. clerk, will you please call the next item. >> clerk: item 8, introduction of new items. this is an information item. >> chair haney: is there any new items to introduce, commissioners? seeing none, any public comment? public comment is now closed. mr. clerk, will you call the next item.
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>> clerk: item 9, general public comment. >> chair haney: is there any members of the public who want to comment generally? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [gavel]. >> chair haney: mr. clerk, we can call the next item. >> clerk: item 10, adjournment. >> chair haney: thank you. this meeting is now adjourned.
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>> the hon. london breed: hello, everyone. aren't we excited today? [applause] first of all, i want to thank all of you for being here today. this is a really special occasion to celebrate someone who has been working in education and improving the lives of so many children throughout san francisco for more than 20 years. jennie lamb is my choice for the board of education. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: and we all know that making decisions like this are very
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difficult, but we know that the board of education is an important institution, one that former members of the board of supervisors, like shamann walton and matt haney have served on. i want to thank matt heaney or feedback that you provided on filling the term of your seat. i think we have someone that may not be able to fit in your h shoes but will fill your shoes. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: so i want to thank susan solomon and ken tray and others from uesf. really appreciate you all being here as well as members of the school board who i see, my deer friend, rachel norton, thank you so much. and one of the newest members
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of the board of educations, allison collins. i see city college member ivy lee, thank you so much for being here, as well as members of the board of supervisors, gordon mar and ahsha safai for an individual we know is going to do a great job on the board of education, supporting or children, supporting our teachers and doing what's necessary to close the achievement gap to make sure that no student is left behind. now let's start with the most important qualifications that brings us here today. jennie lamb is a parent, and she has two children, two beautiful children, jackson and simone -- am i saying their names right? okay. i just want to make sure i have the names right, jackson and
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simone, who actually are in our public schools here. in fact, jackson, this is your school, roosevelt, right? are your friends jealous? a little bit. in fact, it's critical that the board of education as we know are represented by parents serving on this body. parents are the ones who know firsthand the impacts of decisions that get made. she knows too often that parents are too busy struggling with some of the challenges that i know a lot of parents here are dealing with with trying to get their kids ready, trying to get them to listen, looking at their report cards, looking at their homework. a lot of times, we forget that just because parents are not showing up to the board of education meeting, doesn't necessarily mean they don't care. so they need someone, she need an advocate, they need a voice. i just realized, dr. vince
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matthews, who is the superintendent of our public schools is here today. thank you, dr. matthews, for being here today. ultimately, i want to make sure what we do here in san francisco is push for equity, push for closing the achievement gap. as a parent, she understands firsthand, but not just as a parent. her whole life, her whole career, and what she's done as someone who has pushed to change for education. working with affirmative action, working with education super highway making sure schools have access to high speed internet services in states across this country. her work is local, her work is on a national level in trying to advocate for kids who,
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again, too often get left behind. so i am really excited, and i'm also really glad that our board of trusties commissioners here, ivy lee, you remember the work his lamb has done around fighting to make sure that city college is supported, the advocacy she will continue to do as someone who will work collaboratively with her colleagues on the board of education. she will focus on making the best decisions, and they will be her decisions ultimately as it relates to anything that she chooses to do because i trust her judgment. so many of you who have worked with her over the years in the world of education, you know her, you trust her judgment, as well, and you know that our kids and our schools will be at the forefront of her thoughts in any decision that she makes moving us forward. so with that, i want to take this opportunity -- oh, and
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also recognize jennie's dad, mr. lamb. thank you so much for being here with us today. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: with that, i am going to swear in our new commissioner for the san francisco school board. are we ready? all right. please raise your right hand and repeat after me with your name. i do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and
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domestic. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter. and during such time as i hold the office of member of the board of education for the city and county of san francisco.
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congratulations. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: ladies and gentlemen, your newest commissioner for the board of education. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: it's