ms. maufas? >> no. >> dr. mirafi? >> aye. >> ms. norton? >> yes. >> ms. wynns? >> yes. >> mr. yee? >> yes. >> ms. mendoza? >> yes. >> we are now with the new amended, amended resolution. ok. so now we are open for broad discussion on the amended amended. commissioner maufas did you want to start your -- all right. stay with us. we're almost there. so thank you, president mendoza. my comments are really for the superintendent. superintendent, i think a few years ago when this discussion was really at its height in san francisco politics, you had made a promise to us that you would stay out of this conversation. so i don't know why i'm looking at a superintendent's proposal. i mean, i think -- no, you've told me. but i -- i -- i think any of the board members would have brought this forward. and if it didn't come forward then the action that the board had taken would have taken effect. so again, i think board members here are savvy enough to write an amendment to an extended resolution. we've done it before. we'll do it many more times in the future. but if you promise to stay out of

ms. fewer? >> here. >> mrs. maufas? dr. murase, ms. norton, ms. wynns, mr. yee and ms. . commissioner mendoza: mendoza please join me for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] commissioner mendoza: come on, you guys. thank you. item a is the approval of board meetings. we have no adoptions tonight. item b is a presentation to the board of education by superintendent garcia. superintendent garcia: i wanted to let the board know that so far it looks like we have about 5500 young folks participating in summer school this summer and there's 45 schools offering summer school and a lot of credit goes out to community-based organizations with the deputy department of children, youth and their families, a partner with a lot of different folks to provide services. in the superintendent's zone alone, there's about 1500 kids served in summer school so it's great to see that the city and all our partners have come together and support in doing this because otherwise it would be very difficult for us to provide that due to the budget problems the state has. later tonight, o

ms. maufas? >> no. >> ms. norton? >> yes. >> ms. wynns? >> aye. >> mr. yee? >> aye. >> ms. mendoza? are >> yes. >> thank you everyone for joining us this evening. we do not want to see this back. so if you could -- we still have a board meeting going on and we still have quite a bit of the agenda to follow so if you could please exit quietly so that we can continue. ms. medina, so public comment should have happened some time back. i'd like to go back to public comment or should we -- what do we need to do in order to because we're past the time for public comments to have happened. >> under your board rules you do have the ability to move items out of order. >> ok. ok. so we actually -- general manager are up now. item nine is the board members proposal and there's none tonight. i have quite a few speakers i'm going to invite to the podium. so eileen chen. monique -- i'm sorry. i already have her. sandra sandoval. jose esetera. robert clothier, shadeck, maria flow rezz, -- flores, alejandra vieda. jacqueline reyes, theresa mcgwire and haste use. -- jesus. if you would please, to th

ms. maufas? >> no. >> dr. mirafi? >> aye. >> ms. norton? >> yes. >> ms. wynns? >> yes. >> mr. yee? >> yes. >> ms. mendoza? >> yes. >> we are now with the new amended, amended resolution. ok. so now we are open for broad discussion on the amended amended. commissioner maufas did you want to start your -- all right.

ms. maufas? dr. murase, ms. norton? ms. wynns, mr. yee, ms. mendoza. seven aye's. commissioner mendoza: thank you, welcome to the p.a.c. i've always wanted to say that, "welcome to the p.a.c." our next item -- but it wasn't that p.a.c. our next item is public comment on consent items and i have one speaker card. ms. plak. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, i'm linda plak, executive vice president of the united educateors san francisco. tonight i'm speaking to you on behalf of united educators. tonight you have a retainer for cbre, a real estate company. over the past couple of years, we have gotten to know cbre representatives very well. the backup for this item is that you have -- you tell us that this retainer is not all you're going to pay them and that you need to hire them because you no longer have a real estate department. presumably, you do not have a real estate department because of the cost involved in maintaining a full-time employee who has limited work to do for the district. why, then, hire a consultant who is going to cost you the lion's share o

commissioner maufas: thank you, ms. ford. i understand you have the implementation committee. are you working with the transitional-age youth? this was a task force. i think it has melted back into dcyf. are you working with them? >> we are working with them. commissioner maufas: you will have to come to the podium and state your name for the record. >> jacob moody, executive director, bayview hunters point foundation. as part of the 8010 group, i have a liaison with that group. it is separate from the steering committee, but we have a conversation going on. commissioner maufas: thank you. that is what i was looking for. that is good to know. thank you. >> good afternoon. supervisor cohen: you have to move the microphone closer to your mouth or speak up. thank you. >> i am kind of excited right now. i am a resident of district 10. i also happen to be a youth member of ace. to be honest, i have been working with john eller. he is a head member of ace. we have been talking about this program taking place being geared toward young adults, first 16 to 21, then 18 to 25. i happen t