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SFGTV Board Of Education 91316 September 24, 2016

Objective third party accord toog city planning standard and believe it is accurate. Just trying to look at your plans. You got that setback on the third floor against the park of like 3 foot 7 where the master bedroom is. Im looking at page 3 of your plans in our package. Jes yes if that is extending ed to had walk in closet and that is adjusted and shortened to where the bedroom is, to give a sense what does that to do to the shadow . If you look at the shadow pattern and typically going cast toward the north and towards the east as the sun was sinking in the southwest. What you are talking about will reduce a nominal corner oof that shadow that may fall outside the baseline of the north side the tennis court. Im speculating, but looking at the shadow, the new shadow will take the shape the building. You with see that. What you are suggesting would cut the corner off that shadow. It would nt be an enormous impact. I dont think think there is net benefit to the public. That is a issue we are having. You can make minor changes but dont think they result in anything significant. Any third floor there will have a impact even your setback 15 feet from the front will have a impact. I should point out that the neighbors madethe rer line submitted a letter to planning where she fs in support of this as long as there were no living areas on the third floor expansion because she felt she had privacy concerns and as long as there are bedrooms oen the level she is satisfied with that. Right. I think and then you mentioned the possibility rh 2 district of adding a sectd second unit. Is that put on the ground floor . I dont center have the sheet numbers but if you look that ground level plans, the garage [inaudible] i can put it up on the screen for you. Ful a two car garage is part the added space. Ill clear up the volume question. Where is the conditioned unconditionedmaybe im missing that with all the figures on it. It is title page. All that data is there. It is normally there for you. It is in the electronic package page 9. Regardless, so we are expanding the garage, this is portion the unconditioned space and expand today had body of the house and trading off needed space for unneeded space to create the two car garage. With that in mind, the two cars park independently in this plan and if you look that remainder of this third level which was proposed as a bedroom, a bathroom and family room clearly it lends itself to being a one bedroom apartment with no changes and addition of a kitchen so it quite easy to contemplate adding a unit here. Okay. I think thats maybe where i am. If we allow the massing of this project to go forward in shadow to happenwe had the discussion of adding units to the city and increasing housing, i like to see a increase in rh 2 that bottom level becoming a unit. Weened end up with a two unit building. It is a inlaw unit. Or the flip side it stays a Single Family home but come up with a reduction to the shadow by reducing the size of that addition on the third floor and you using the ground floor space and integrating it as you do in the unit. I understand. I am curious about the politic squz legalities and would love to talk to you more about it at another time. Rh 2 district so it is a fairly substantial addition. A few of other commissionersto me that is the trade off. If there is shadow impact it is relatively small but happens at key times in key space, so i think it is significanti like to see a additional unit put in exchange for that and it is not just a extension of the existing home, fairly significant expansion that leads to the shadow or the flip side, additional mitigation by reducing the square foot age of the third floor addition, not necessarily any third floor addition that would reduce the shadow impact. You still have a shadow impact with the third floor. We are aware of the larger discussion aboutgent fiication thin city. That is qulie i made the comment that it a vecd second unit is possible and project sponsors are open to that discussion. Commissioner richards. There is a lot fwoeing on. There is Additional Units and reconfigering the living space. Public policy on the effect on the park, the time orphof day, the programming space. Reconfigure the unit because the neighbor is concerned about privacy and talk toog the folks thin park and potential redesignwhat i recommend is we table this item and have you go back and think about these and come back at your earliest convenience with options so we can sort and figure which is the best. I move to continue this. I second that. Commissioner richards, do you have a date in mind . I would love your opinion secretary. How long would you need . I should ask mr. Cane that question. How long do you think we will need . Have to come to the mic. I didnt get the entire shadow study. I got the cumulative for the year but didnt get the actual you didnt get a 80 page document . Ument can suggest[inaudible] recommend 3 months. This will be a larger discussion. My owners are at this for 18 months. They suffered extreme personal duress as they per sued the process and difficult in the neighborhood and part the dr reform you ought to contemplate is the kind of behavior this breed in the neighborhood and makes for a difficult neighborhood situation so this is something that needs to be contemplated and the reason im standing here today in some contradiction to planning staff advise which is continue the hearing prior to attending was because the project sponsors are at their whits end so came to speak today. I would recommend november 3 and i ran into germany pog and said he would work on this, is that true . I have spoken with mr. Pog about the project but he [inaudible] i dont think we can set up here given the hair on the egg. November 3. Is there is a second . Commissioner moore . I wanted to ask that difficult to toss the Public Interest for preserving the few open spaces we have against adding a additional unit. One, i think the case for a additional unit needs to be made other than what is currently relative to street access and independent [inaudible] at this moment you get to the unit through the garage or through the private entrance of the laundry room of the family above, so this needs to be rethought in a manner that creates a equitable unit. I throw that out because you have [inaudible] in other presentations that is a minimum requirement this commission is looking for. I think the issue of really coming to toorkt with the department is policy issue of what we are doing with open spaces and how to protect them given there is no additional room to squeeze out open space. Sthis is something we are stuck with and for you to have a shadow analysis on the critical day zs to reflect the height but that isnt what is in front of us. I put that forward to the department. I think i do not hear anybody wants to deny the praunlect it just needs to be more [inaudible] commissioner hillis. There is a motion seconded to continue this matter to november 3 with the commissions direction. [roll call vote] so moved, motion passes unanimously 70. Places on item 17 for 2015000487. This is discretionary review. Good evening. [inaudible] umit was brautd to our attention that the poster for the notice blew off thin wind wednesday and was not replaced by the applicant was out of town. After speaking with the Zoning Administrator we need to continue this because it has not been complete noticed so the project sponsor representative and dr representative are here and think they have come to an agreement upon date i believe it was december 15 but think if the commission has questions they can probably formally request a date if the Commission Secretary can accommodate that. Can the Commission Secretary accommodate that sh i can pencil it in but strongly advice against december 15. The reason be is you are scheduled for a joint hearing with rec and park at 1 p. M. Expected to take all day. You have 3 items currently that we will try to sceez squeeze add 10 a. M. Before rec and park, squeezing in a dr is up to you. If we cant get to it the condition it is continued to the new year, that would be my advise. I like tocan we look at the first date in january . Assuming you dont cancel. January 5, right . Right. Motion to continue to jan 5. Second. Commissioner moore. Could you clarify we have what meeting on the third and one on the 17th because earlier today i heard we have a closeed meeting on aau on the third and somebody said the 17th. November 3. You have meetings both days. The closed session november 3 and you say we have a meeting with the Health Department . There is a couple Different Things. December 15th is when you have the joint hearing with rec and park on the natural areas plan which we expect to be a multihour hearing. There is a joint hearing with the Health Commission i forget what day that is. With the Health Commission that is coming november 17 and i will note if you take a peek at your calendars when i send thept out there is a number of joint hearings and will be a additional joint hearing with rec and park. Your calendaryou are very full through the end of the year. As long as we have it somewhere. Appreciate your clarifying it. Very good. There is motion seconded to continue the matter to jan 1, 2017. Actually january 5. Sorry. [roll call vote] that motion passes unanimously. Judgeeral Public Comment. I have no speaker cards. Any jen rg Public Comment. Not seeing anyone thin in the room. Meet ing is adjourned. [meeting adjourned] you will ple in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag to the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We want to welcome everyone who joined he this evening in person want for anyone that wishes to address the board of education i will request that you fill out one of speaker cards that looks like this in the hallway and once you fill them out be sure to note item you want to speak on and give them to our assistant. We wont do that after the meeting is called. First item is approval of the minutes. So moved. Second. Roll call vote. [inaudible] ms. Fewer. Here. Ms. Mendoza mcdonnell. Yes. [inaudible] ms. Norton. Yes. Mr. Walton. Yes. [inaudible] mr. Haney. Yes. Seven ayes. The next item is the interim superintendent report and the first one. Thank you mr. Haney and if i commissioners would indulge me tonight i wanted to share some perspective as i take the roll of the interim superintendent for the first time officially in this Board Meeting tonight so this is an usually long comments on my part and i want to do it in two part and one is share some Broad Perspective and also some exciting reports about two events, one of which took place earlier this week last night and another one on saturday both at Mission High School as part of the africanamerican and Leadership Initiative and first i want to start by thanking audio is not clear and i want to thank superintendent carranza for his leadership and he has left an indelible imprint on the district and senior staff and on me as well and i want to say [inaudible] in his leadership over the four years as superintendent and the seven years he has been with us total he has given voice to our values and really he called on us to take action to change the life course for all of our students for the better and especially for those who are most vulnerable in our schools. I also want to thank all of the commissioners for your support and encouragement for me and over the last several weeks. I definitely needed to be pushed to step into this role and its meant a great deal to have your confidence and support and practical support in a lot of ways want. I was in a comfortable zone and superintendent for policy and operations for several years and my husband mark thinks i am crazy [inaudible] former job was a comfortable one but compared to what the last month of have felt like it feels like a comfortable memory and one that i am going to happily return to so i have to say being called upon to serve in this role has been extremely humbling. It is not something that i spent a lot of time thinking about or planning and its been frankly a little bit nerve racking and certainly humbling and at the same time i think [inaudible] with a clear eye and profound sense of responsibility. audio is not clear . There is little as i can as far as to say about the big picture how this experience is. I want to thank all of our Central Office colleagues, the superintendents Leadership Team, all of the department heads, all of the folks that we worked closely together for years. I want to thank the site leaders. I definitely feel your support in this time of transition. Our partners, parents, Community Organizations, community leaders, the mayor, elected officials, Philanthropic Partners, business partners, so many individuals and organizations have extended themselves so generously to support the district and the team and also me in particular, so it really does feel like were in this together and we all want the same thing. We want a Better Future for the students we serve and a more just society where everyone prospers from the collective well being so i definitely feel that. I want to comment on the big picture which to me is a profile [inaudible] which all of us most of us worked for quite a long time to develop together and this was a Community Wide effort, and to me the graduate profile is the center piece of vision 2025, and there are some copies for those in the audience who have not seen this document before. Theres copy of the graduate profile available for you so its a clear compelling and inspiring statement of the hopes that we have all for our students and a definition by which we measure our own success as educators. And in a nutshell we see in the profile a statement of all of our graduates and following. One, master of content knowledge, Critical Thinking skills and webcor state comp pentancies. Two [inaudible] audio is not clear three, global local and Digital Identity to engage in the 21st Century Global society that is interconnected and inclusive. Number 4, leadership empathy and collaboration and the ability to positively influence others. Number 5, creativity, the freedom and confidence and ability to express themselves and finally in no particular order but theyre all of equal importance. Last but not least a sense of purpose and self to see themselves filled with purpose and values. Thats what were committing to for all of our students so some wonder whether our school in our districts care about all students [inaudible] whether were only concerned with closing achievements rather than serving all students to get their highest potential. Although this is tough to hear this is feedback but i want to reassure you plan to challenge and inspire and support every child, not just some. What i find powerful about being 2025 and our graduate profile is we state an ambitious and high vision for all students if achieved will enable them to succeed in our increasingly complex world. Were making changes in Computer Science k12 to travel, increasing technology, Arts Education offered everyday for every student and school and expanded resources for career and College Readiness. At the same time however we know that students need different types of support to achieve this ambitious vision. In sfusd we study the work of uc berkeley work of Professor John a powell who wrote about Structural Racism and targeted generallism among other things. Here is a definition racism from the Aspen Institute paused to perpetuate inequity. Its not something that a few people or institutions choose to practice. Instead it is been a feature of the social economic and political systems in which we all exist. In San Francisco and in sfusd we see signs of Structural Racism all too often. More over this is a broader pattern of systemic oppression which we use the term in our district which is very good and empower to see, so the patterns include systemic oppression based on gender, language, immigration history, disabilities, sexual orientation, religion and class and many other aspect of identity and difference. We are not immune from this oppression just because we live in San Francisco and we have a special responsibility to combat it intentionally. Targeted universalism is one strategy we can pursue to do this. Heres professors definition of this. This is an approach that supports the needs of the particular while reminding us were all part of the same social fabric. Targeted universalism targets blanket universal that different groups are situated differently relative to the institutions and resources of society. It also rejects the claim of formal equality that would treat all people the say as a way of denying difference. In other words, because the Playing Field is not level we must act intentionally to support the most vulnerable and marginalized among us. Picture any student and every student at the center of our graduate profile and lets picture what it takes for us to deliver that promise to her or him. Its almost overwhelming to imagine and yet it is our responsibility. To that point i have to thank all of the incredibly hard working staff who work in our schools and our district in our departments. Thomas edison said and deputy superintendent gar arrow and i think he will like the quote vision without execution is hallucination. As grand as the vision is achieving it depends on the abilities, dedication hearts and minds of our teachers, paraprofessionals, site leaders social workers and counselors and facility staff, nutrition staff, District Office teams and all other sfusd

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