ms. norton. >> yes. >> thank you. >> okay. now we have item p, consent calendar discussion severed for board action and discussion. we had three and listed at j, k, and l but they're 10, 11 and 12. >> thank you president norton my apologize for not listing them correctly so i just have a question. i know that the city has had difficulties in getting their own projects done based on the confusion of who will actually do the work so i wanted to know how we're addressing that in the contracts who actually install the solar panels and are they on track to do it and i think there has been a huge delay 18 months or more on city projects already? >> good evening commissioners. i am david goldman chief f officer. you know that we have a strong relationship with the puc and receive the water and power at 1/3 the cost everybody pace for in their house they fund our sustainability and sponsor a number of projects. they have some funding to come in and do solar installations at certain sites in our district that they deem to be appropriat

ms. norton. >> yes. >> seven aye's. >> all right. item i board members proposals. there are none tonight and it's everybody's favorite part of the meeting. item j, request to speak for general matters. i have a number of cards. i'm going to read your name. i tried to group them by -- there are some groups here tonight. first card eric smith when i believe just spoke out of turn but i'm not sure. was that mr. smith? okay. i don't believe there is another eric -- >> [inaudible] >> reverend smith. okay. eric smith doesn't seem to be getting to the podium. all right. (calling speakers). you will each have two minutes to speak. >> steve seldz swrer. we on a little out burst today about what is going on at martin luther king school and this board has covered up criminal activity from the staff of the school. he makes a joke about psychological testing and pearson to evaluate the students here in san francisco. pearson is under investigation for corruption in new york state and will be investigateed in california for corruption because you're spending more time on testing

ms. norton: to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. norton: mr. speaker, ms. collins was not the first black woman owe leekted to the house, when i was elected in 190, along with three other women, the numbers had dwindled to one. today there are 13. a third of the congressional black caucus. but ms. collins was more than prepared to hold the fort by herself. although she got the seat when her husband died in a plane crash, she managed to transform herself from a greefing widow to -- grieving widow to a highly effective illinois congresswoman, chair of the congressional black caucus, democratic whip, and champion of women and minorities. she retired in 1997 as the longest serving black female in congress, having gotten 79% of the vote in her last he election. she left congress at the top of her game with a record that will long survive her. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yield back. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? without objection. mr. cummings: mr. speaker, i rise today in opp

ms. norton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. ms. norton: i thank my friend from maryland for yielding. a furtherance -- in furtherance of a point he was making you can cite different studies on this question, so let me cite the authoritative study, the federal salary council, 2012, finding that federal employees were paid nearly 35% less than employees in similar occupations in the private sector. and this study was compiled by experts in labor relations and pay policies and it used data from the bureau of labor statistics. federal employees have not asked for a pass, but there is no way to justify singling them out as a solitary target, alone, repeatedly, picked out and picked on for cuts apart from the rest of the federal budget. three years of freeze in pay is a punishing cut in pay. yet our federal work force, although much smaller than it was 25 years ago, is so efficient that they are serving millions more here and abroad. each of these hardworking civil servants, the best educated and most specialized public employees in the c

ms. norton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and, mr. dodaro, i want to thank you for what is always an illuminating report, but particularly for adding climate change for the first time as a risk for the federal government. this has come at a time when it could not be more needed. we needed the -- [inaudible] of a objective government agency. climate change is not political, and we make it political at our own risk. i recall in the past two congresses we've been dealing with 100-year flood. kind of a silly thing to even think about calling it now. and even as we did label it 100-year flood in four states to update how they go about preparing for flooding, we recognize that 100-year was a term of -- simply to make people understand what was regarded as a rare event. at least in terms of floods. well, we've gone from rare to routine. and to unheard of. sadly, during the -- after sandy there was a very contentious debate in here about what to do, and i think part of that comes from the unpredictability of budgeting for such events. now, no

ms. murase. >> aye. >> president norton. yes. >> seven aye's. >> commissioners, if you will do the honors with the certificates. thank you. >> all right. the next item we have recognition of mentoring for success. mr. superintendent. >> thank you president norton. i would like to ask kim coats and the staff of mentoring for success to please come forward. [applause] and mr. kevin [inaudible] >> good evening superintendent, commissioners, i am can i havein trin from the support department and i promise said we would be quick today so my reputation is on the line so we have two programs in the department we are very proud of. yes peer resources. thank you very much for honoring peer resources. they're a great part of my department and also parenting with them is our mentoring for success programs. we have four grants. we had a [inaudible] with the district attorney's office and this is one of the projects we're partnering with the district attorney on. we currently have 640 mentors in the city mentoring 740 students but there

ms. norton. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr.ou think he would do so is an illuminating the court, but friday in chronic change for the first time as a risk for the federal government. this has come at a time when it could not be more needed. we needed an objective government agency. climate change is not political in the may apolitical after unrest. i recall the last two congresses dealing with hundred year flood. kind of silly thing to even think about calling it now. even as we did label it and force states to update how they go about preparing for flooding, we recognize it is a term assenting to make people understand what was regarded as a rare event, at least in terms of flood. we've gone from rear to retain and to unheard-of. sadly, after sandy, that was a very contentious debate in your about what to do. part of that comes to me and predict the ability of a gene for such event. nothing of the kind in memory has been seen by new york state, so there's no way to plan for that and certainly no way to budget for that. it was

ms. norton. >> yes. >> seven aye's. >> thank you. okay. we will move on to item q, superintendent's proposals first reading. can i hear a motion and a second for guiding principles regarding practices for the san francisco unified school district. item listed here. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. this item will be referred to the rules committee for consideration, and i believe that is it for item q. item r board member proproposals and there are none tonight. next item i will read the stapding committee and read them into the record so for the year business service will be chaird by commissioner wynns and commissioner haney and mendoza will be members. buildings grounds and service be chaired by commissioner mendoza and vice mayor fewer and president norton will be members of that committee. curriculum and program will be chaired by commissioner murase and vice mayor fewer and commissioner maufas will be members of the that committee. rules and policy and legislation chaired by commissioner haney and president norton will be members