so you are moving as the school board to dissolve the corporation, but the school board must make a motion to dissolve itself, so your motion will go first. you'll open a public hearing, you'll convene as the finance corporation, and then you'll make a motion to dissolve the finance corporation. this is a two-part action. the board of ed can't by itself dissolve the corporation. you must convene the corporation to take a vote to do that. >> okay. great. thank you. are there any -- we don't have any public comment on this. any comments from the board or superintendent? okay. seeing none, roll call, please. >> clerk: thank you. [roll call] >> clerk: six ayes. >> thank you. item 8, now i call a public hearing to approve action items as noted on the financing corporation agenda. and now recess the regular session of the board of education. so now, we are going into a different hearing. so we commence with the formal roll call, miss casco. >> clerk: thank you. [roll call] >> clerk: thank you. >> thank you. mr. superintendent, is there a staff report on the status of projects? >> no staff report

the t t. i. d. a. board, you are correct that once it goes through the process it's a construction matter at that point. we will bring it back for reports through the process as a developer works through the per mitting process, but open to suggestions the board members may have. >> this has other steps to go through. it has to go to bcdc and they will do a thorough analysis on public access and the effects of the bay. >> as part deposit process the j. a. r. p. a., the army core of engineers, so there will be a review of the analysis of the proposed project process and dredging as well as their name embodies great conservation and development and the balance of uses bcdc will take further look at that. >> do you have further questions? >> i do. i agree that for the eel grass and dredging issue there are other appropriate agencies and regulatory bodies that will be involved, and that is exactly how the board of supervisor's resolution is laid out. the one task that the board, the board of supervisors did ask

the board quickly added a new paragraph two statement. as a result of the events of the last few days hundreds of thousands of jews lot while living under persecution have found a haven from death in hungary in the balkans are now friend with annihilation of hitler's forces defended more heavily on these lands. these innocent people who have already survived a decade of hitler's fury should perish on the very eve of triumph over the barbarous which the persecutions of license would be a major tragedy. we can't measure the results of psychological warfare. you can't count up the number of people who survive because of atrocities that are prevented. i did interview an elderly german man who remembered finding the leaflet containing his statement after an allied bombing in his town and that is how he learned about the holocaust and since all the other things in that leaflet and reports and he figured that was probably -- the us government through the war refugee board also laundered money to help refugees sneak into sweden. i talked to sancti

before you enter the board room. members of the public are reminded you can complete a speaker card prior to the item being called and present it to miss casco. speaker cards will not be accepted for an item before the board. i just want to repeat that. they will not be accepted if we are already in discussion for that particular item. item 2 is the superintendent's report. dr. matthews. >> thank you, president mendoza. good evening, everyone. welcome back. yes, i can hear the excitement in the room. next monday, august 20, our students return to our classrooms for the beginning of the 2018-19 school year. i hope and trust that all staff have had a restful summer and are ready for a great year. student staff have returned to their sites and are prepared to welcome back the students on monday. over the past few years staff have participated in trainings and professional development. we've had our all administrators institute where the theme was clarity from vision. this past week, we had bayview ignites for the second

at the controls is the board's legal assistant. we will also be joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before the board this evening. we expect scott sanchez the sceneing administrator, the senior building investor, amanda higgins and brett cohen. we ask you to turn off your cell phones. members have up to three minutes to address the board and no rebuttal. please speak into the microphon, . the board welcomes your comments and suggestions. if you have questions questions about requesting a board hearing . , please speak to board off after the meeting. this meeting is broadcast live on sfgovtv. any member of the public may speak without taking an oath pursue ant oath. [ [reading] ing] do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> thank you. we will move on to item 1, which is general public comment. this is an opportunity for anyone who would like to speak on a matter been the board's jurisdiction, but that is not

there are duties that the board needs to do. aside from that, and i don't know what the classification, maybe he can roll in, but aside that, he has to negotiate. >> larry said the "m" word he's making a mockery out of the sec. do you think he's making a mockery of the deal process here >> it seems to me he's made a mockery of disclosure practices and i would like to get back to the fundamentals in the stock because all we've been doing is talking capital markets and there's a reason why this capital market activity is happening. this is a stock that's not making money and this is the stock that some people think they're so far ahead of the competition that they can do whatever they want i see the german autos who have aspirations and execution that to me are not significantly farther behind and if you think tesla has a data pool that allows him to compete in this universe going forward, i think you're gone. >> is it the alleged property portfolio. >> it's sort of the great wild card, is it not? for the potential acquirer >> tim

this is the first time that this contract has been before the board. it increases the amount from $9.8 million to $114.6 million and we showed the budget for the contract on page 15 of our report in table 2. you will notice that we actually have a recommendation to decrease the want exceed amount by $880,000. and so we recommend the resolution to reduce the contract increase -- not to exceed amount from $14.6 million to reduce to $13.7 million. and we recommend approval of the modification and we consider the approval of future modifications to be a policy matter of the board. >> supervisor cohen: great. colleagues, if there's no other discussion? >> you know, i think that we should accept the recommendation and fund these two item two and flythree, however, i think thate airport should come back and the charter says anything over $10 million in expenditures should come back for board approval and i think that is good fiscal practice. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. all right. let's take public comment on items 2 and 3, public comment is closed. a motio

anyway, the board, to your point, melissa, is relatively small. it's nine directors. a good handful of them have connections to elon. kimbell probably be the most close obvious example. there are spacex investors and directors on the board there was a situation where they were trying to establish this special committee to consider the go private transaction comprising independent directors. and they had three there was a fourth that was going to join the board but felt the relationship that that person had with elon musk was too close in order for that to truly be independent so, obviously, you've got a number of people who are fans of his, who are connected to him and may not be able to sort of exercise that autonomous judgment you're looking for as a judgment. >> tell us about his tone, kate, on the call. a lot of people are making a lot out of this in terms of how he sounded, the fact that he seemed like he was close to tears, on the verge of tears at some point. can you give us a little more? you heard what jim cramer -- you probably saw what jim cramer tweeted. th

a lot of this is messaging from the board. what is the message we want to send about residency fraud? and two families who have a lot of resources and go to a lot of extreme in order to gain access to our wonderful school? >> not all the families have a lot of resources or the circumstance. that is a generality. we have had cases come to us that we talked about that have come to meet directly that are not in that circumstance. i understand some of our homeowners in other places and things, but also, you know, talking about the children and the impact. >> go-ahead commissioner. >> i want to underscore that. we have a situation in this district where only seats that are available for midyear safety transfers, and students with i.e.p. tend to be at under enrolled schools, right? the over enrolled schools are full. if we believe that we want to create a mor more diverse schood have a student who, again, through no fault of their own but needed a different school in the middle of the year for note for any reason, it seems to be havi

the board -- 225 million. the board did so. we expect the remainor of that will be call -- remainder of that will be called, as well. you see the portfolio is up 6.5% on an annualized basis and that's at a period of time when the bond market is actually slightly down. i am very pleased to welcome ron manning, and ron, if you could please stand and perhaps come to the podium and introduce yourself. ron has -- ron played football at rice university, so he's going to make me a really good running back. he played offensive line, but he also previously served at the dallas-fort worth retirement system, and he's got a distinguished education, as well. >> i'll just tell you a little bit about myself. i'm raised in houston, texas. i went to rice university in houston, so -- and got my graduate degree at texas tech. my wife brought me out here. she's from the south bay area. she grew up down there. came out here, visiting her family a couple times, and really fell in love with the area. she found a good job. i followed her out here and f

of course the board wrote that. they planted the seed so they had the letters to show him to say the american people want to this. they obviously cannot that withs everything so they were just doing it anyway but that's probably why they scrubbed the records about sweden.public sndn to prevent such a public a public scandal in the future. i was trying to get morgantown papers also looking at the footnotes and found out they were not there. yes some of that is public but s lot of it was not. thank you very much speeseventeen. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> but at his house people gave for speeches. and let the people come to you. over the next four or five months and that's what happened. and with those delegations around the country. and whoever would come. and with their own interest. and then to take down what they said and to go over to make sure it's what you wanted to do and with the associated press the next morning was all over the country. >> i'm here to say that judge kavanaugh with

the board will go into closed session. i call a recess >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: justin, can you open the door? i know there were parents out there. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: we're on item p. reconvening to open session. item 1, we're going to be voting on student expulsions. i move approval where the parties agreed to waive the expulsion of one high school student. and where the term of the expulsion is for one year from the date of the agreement with the option to reduce the expulsion term to fall, if the student completes the rehabilitation plan and receives the support services described in the agreement. could i get a second? >> second. >> thank you. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: roll call. >> clerk: seven ayes. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: i move approval of a stipulated expulsion agreement where they waive the hearing of one high school student and where the term of the expulsion was for the spring 2018 and entire fall semest semester. second, please? >> second. >> president mendoza-mcdonnell: roll c

and the board of supervisors on expenditure of the fund. and the planning mandates that the funds be for soma residents for the impacts of the destabilization that includes affordable housing and community acts of building and other services. and the board of supervisors approved a resolution in 2008 approving the soma community stagization fund strategy plan and authorizing the administration to work with the soma fund c.a.c. on assuring r.f.p.s for non-profit organizations. last year in 2017 the board of supervisors approved a resolution approving the amount of $1.2 million to 22 soma-based non-profit organizations in year one. and based those, soma had a manager desarjoe and awarded the grant in year one for the performance expectations. and here we are today to propose with the same amount of funding for stabilization in the second year. therefore, i hope to get your support and move this item to the full board. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. well, miss derosay a joe rosarid your delivery for you. anything to add? >> i will add that we

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anything from the board? a lot of due diligence going on out there. >> any questions from the board? seeing none, we'll open it up to the public. any members of the public that would like to address the commission on the executive director's report? seeing none, we'll close public comment. is there a 16? >> yes. >> let's call item 16. anything from the board? >> the september 19 meeting of the investment committee is on september 19, following the deferred compensation meeting that morning. thanks to commissioners, we have a commissioner coming to speak at the meeting. we want to start promptly at 1:00 to take advantage of the amount of time we have with him. he's a world-class investor, very strong views on the credit market. so my request to the board, please be on time so we can start on time. if you can't be here at 1:00, sit in the back of the room and don't come waltzing up here. hopefully we'll start at 1:00. >> we'll send out a reminder to everyone. anything else from the board? seeing nothing, we'll

as a reminder these are just interim rates that will appear on the ballot and the board can revise the intro rates down at any time after passage before this goes into effect. i want to make sure that we consider the options. however, if any of my colleagues believe that this is inappropriate to do so, please, let me know. the amendments today would require that we have a special meeting on tuesday morning, july 31st. and with that i open up the discussion to colleagues. supervisor fewer. >> supervisor fewer: yes, so after review of what we have received today and actually i am of the belief that the board has the ability to amend this by ordering it to later on. and that it isn't imperative that we conclude this today. i ask the city attorney for his professional opinion on that and whether the legislation proposed allows the board to have the ability to actually make these changes later on. >> deputy city attorney john gibner. as i understand the roposa proco lower the rates for retail and non-retail and scale them up over the course of three years. between 2021 and 2023. >> chair co

to assist the board in preparation of the minutes. you are asked but not required to submit a speaker card to board staff when you come up to speak. speaker cards are available on the side of the podium. the board welcomes your comments. we are located at 1650 mission street, room 304. this meeting is broadcast live on sfgov tv, cable channel 78 and will be rebroadcast on fridays at 4:00 p.m. on channel 76. now we will swear in or affirm all those who wish to testify. if you intend to testify at any of tonight's proceedings and wish to have the board give your testimony evidentiary weight, please stand if you are able, and say "i do" or "i affirm" after you are sworn. okay. we will now move onto item number one. this is general public comment. this is an opportunity for anyone who would like to speak on a matter within the board's jurisdiction but that is not on tonight's calendar. is there any public comment this evening? general public comment? no. okay. we'll move onto item number two, commissioner comments and questions. >> yes, pl

items acted on today will be on the july 31 board of supervisors agenda. item 1 is a motion approving or rejecting malia cohen, nominations for the reappointment of dennis richards to the planning commission, for a four-year term. >> supervisor safai: unless there are additional comments, i would like commissioner richards to come up and address the committee. >> 2 or 3 minutes? >> supervisor safai: there's really no time. brevity is appreciated. >> i will be brief. it's weird being on this side of the railing. i'm nervous. to supervisor stefani, i always tell people, please don't call me or write me the morning of the commission meeting to try to talk to me or send some substantive communications, and i did the same thing with you this morning, so i apologize. i'm happy to meet with you any time day or night between now and the board vote if you would like to get to know me better. i would like to get to know you better. i turned in my community resume, which you have in front of you. there was so little space, the type font got so tiny that supervisor saf

or visit the board office. this meeting is broadcast live. cable channel 78 and will be rebroadcast on fridays at 4:00 pm on channel 26. dvds off this meeting are available for purchase. now we will swear in or affirm all those who intend to testify. any member of the public may speak without taking an oath. if you intend to testify at any of the proceedings and wish to have the board to give your testimony evidentiary weight, stand, if you are able, raise your right hand and say i do after you have been sworn in or are affirmed. please stand. do you swear or affirm the testimony are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? thank you. ok. we will now move on to item number 1 which is general public comment. this is an opportunity for for anyone who would like to speak on a matter within the board's jurisdiction but that is not on today's calendar. is there anyone here file for public comment? ok. we will move item number 2 at a later time on the agenda. so that commissioner wi

the board of supervisors will either levy the assessment -- the board of supervisors will neither levee the assessment nora prove the establishment of a district if there is a majority protest. without objection, the public testimony will be as follows. we will first hear from those in support of the district. we will then hear from all speakers in opposition of the assessment. you all will have two minutes. during the hearing, a property owner wishing to change his or her vote or who has not yet voted may speak with the department of elections staff, at the table outside of the board chamber, and they will provide you with an affidavit ballot at that time. after the hearing is closed, the ballots will be counted. supervisor peskin, i wanted to see if you wanted to provide any comments, please. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, madam president, colleagues, first of all, i wanted to regale us with a little bit of history. the union business district was established. when it came up for renewal, i was a member of this board, and we saw that the benefits brought to that part of the city, an

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the original contract was approved by the board for $32.3 million. there have been seven amendments to this contract. six of the amendments came below the charter threshold of $500,000 for board approval, but amendment 6 was for $1.3 million. because this a is retroactive approval, we consider this to be a policy matter for the board of supervisors. and then file 18-046, this is a retroactive approval of the amendment number 1 and approval of amendment number 4 to the contract with central subway design group. the original contract was approved in 2010 for $40 million. there have been three prior amendments and amendment number 1 did exceed the $500,000 threshold set by the charter. amendment number 4 is pending before the board now. it's $6.3 million increase in the contract. we do give the budget details on page 33 of this report. we recommend approval of amendment number 4, we consider approval of amendment number 1 to be policy matter because it is retroactive. >> supervisor kim: thank you. at this time, we'll open up public comment for items 9 an

but that is not the board. that is just the staff. >> i would guess -- i mean, if they say that, probably the board. i'm not aware of votes. i am just trying -- >> at their representative to the organization also spoke at the meeting last week in support of the plan. and council said no. we will support the bay delta plan. what happens is there is a groupthink. if we keep talking about these voluntary settlements, maybe they will magically work out. if we keep talking about the river management plan, may be able happen. if it doesn't, there is no fallback plan. that is a big difference between the states proposing and what s.f. p.u.c. are proposing. but if these nonslip measures work, if you go down to 30% of impaired flow. there is a backup. it is all about getting results. our concern is that the s.f. p.u.c. alternative is about checking things off a list. and hay, gosh it did not work out. i'm sorry. >> i am interested in this conversation of negotiated settlements. i'm trying to understand -- i do believe th

and if awarded they'll return to the board for issuance short three there after. and here in support of the project are annie wong with the department of infrastructure and william ho from mercy, and on behalf of them we'd like to thank you for your consideration here today and we look forward to having your support for this project. our colleagues and i will answer any questions that you may have. >> chair cohen: this is pretty straightforward and an easy item. and any member of the public to comment on item 8, come on down. seeing none, this item is closed. i off approve this and send it a committee report. without objection. call items 9 through 12 together. >> clerk: item 9, approving the amendment number 1 to the domestic terminal food and beverage program lease between the bay restaurant group and the city to extend the term for five years with an option for early termination and no change to the city minimum annual guarantee of approximately $169,000. and item 10, resolution to approve item 1 for the terminal food and beverage program lease between the city

the statement from the board did no reaffirm that explicitly. one can't help wondering that if the discussion was opened with the board just last week, that putting together that kind of funding in a short amount of time frame would feel unlikely now, it's certainly possible that in conversations with make shareholders, elon had floated this idea and major shareholders were supportive and said they would roll over their shares into a private structure, and perhaps that has confidenced the confident, and perhaps he's had expressions of interest from other people, but what exactly secure means is difficult to say. i think when most investor it is hear the words "funding secured" they believe it's lined up as best we can tell, and as many third parties have sort of put on the feelers, there's no evidence of that happening so if it is the case, it would suggest that it's with existing shareholders and/or with a very small group of equity providers. >> what do you make of the whole regulatory side bar now that surrounds the story in and of itself, wit