mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. [roll called] >> mr. yee? >> present. >> ms. kim? >> here. >> thank you. president kim: if you'd like, please join news the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance recited] president kim: frank you. first on the agendas is approval of minutes for the meeting of august 24, 2010. may i have a motion? >> so move. >> second. president kim: are there any corrections? roll call, please. >> thank you. [roll call] president kim: next is a presentation by superintendent garcia. >> yes. thank you. first of all, if you didn't catch it on the news yesterday, i think we have a lot to celebrate this year. not only did we start out the school year getting our great test results and seeing student achievement increase tremendously. but in the a.p. rankings, we learned that our district went up 16 points, the largest gain in the past five years, with schools serving some of the most vulnerable students in our district and actually had the h

mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> good afternoon. i would like to welcome everyone back from the summer break. all of our staff was hard at work during this hiatus we have had. it is wednesday -- it is tuesday, september

mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor avalos: mr. clerk, do we have any announcements? >> please turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to speak during the proceedings, please present cards to myself and if your presenting documents, please include copies for the file. items presented here will appear september 28, 2010, unless otherwise stated. supervisor avalos: great, thank you. please call item no. 1. >> item #1, resolution retroactively approving the grant agreementsan francisco and the non-profit institute on aging to provide case management, linkages program services to seniors and adults with disabilities during the period of july 1, 2010, to june 30, 2014, for a total not to exceed amount of $16,144,866. supervisor avalos: thank you, victor. last week, colleagues, before us we had a technical amendment to make sure that the resolution language that the total amount for t

mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. >> welcome to culture wire. did you know the city of san francisco has an art collection consisting of 3500 objects? the collection ranges from painting and public buildings to murals, and from bronze busts in city halls, to cite specific structures. at this time, many of the large works are in desperate need of repair, and a long-term innovative solution is needed to make sure these public treasures will be cared for. >> the story of the arts commission program begins with ruth fromstein. 2010 marks her 50th year as an art dealer. at the helm of the county, she had represented some of the most notable of bay area artists, and continues to look for new talent. >> the artists that i represent, what do i choose them, if asked to do with a background of what the gallery is about. i love the idea of finding new guys and watching them grow. it is the old fashioned way of having a nunnery, which is having a stable. what you have is

mr. william koblets. that concludes our business for today. commissioner chiu: colleagues, we are adjourned for today. >> welcome to "culture wire." i'm your host meg. for years, free jazz concerts have been providing entertainment in downtown san francisco. people pay local musicians to perform for lunchtime crowds. the goal is not just entertainth. people in plazas are trying to create neighborhoods. what began as a forum for performers who were paid by passing the hat has become a program that provides wide exposure and more than 500 paid gigs annually for local musicians. from july through september, people in plazas produces almost 300 free performances in the lunchtime hour. the mission of people in plazas generates social congregation. and by having these events, we encourage people to make these plazas everybody's neighborhood. >> recently, the san francisco arts commission was awarded a $ 250,000 grant for the national endowment for the arts. to establish an arts district in the central market corridor between fifth and 10th street. t

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