Not present yee not present you have a quorum thank you. Can we please join us for the pledge of allegiance. [pleage of allegiance] speaking no mdm. Clerk, any communications . Yes. Where in the receipt of its litigation dated speaking no mdm. Clerk, any communications . Yes. Where in the receipt of its litigation dated february 22, 2016 pertaining to item 2629 todays agenda. Regarding the proposed commuter shuttle permit program appellant representing their Legal Environment of transit have formally withdrawn their appeal. Colleagues, any changes to the have formally withdrawn their appeal. Colleagues, any changes to the january 12, 2016 Board Meeting minutes . Seeing none, is their motion to approve those minutes. Moved and seconded. Colleagues, can we take this without objection . Without objection those Meeting Minutes will pass after public comment. [gavel] madam clerk, please read the consent agenda. Items 14 comprise of consent calendar if any members of the board would like to
And jim. Welcome back. You were so dynamic, both of you, that we were on youtube for the first time. Wow youtube celebrated its 10th Year Anniversary last month and they celebrated by having us on there. I didnt get any word that we went viral. I know a lot of people knew a lot about easter at that time because of you folks here. Hopefully theyll feel the same after hearing about pentecost. Before we do that carroll, tell us about your background and ministry. Okay. I am a native San Francisco, very proud to have been born and raised here in the city. I was close to golden gate park. I graduated from the Graduate Theological Union in berkeley. I serve as a chaplain for Palliative Care department of kaiser and i am also Senior Pastor at elmhurst United Methodist church in east oakland. Great. I am a son of the intermountain west, born in salt lake city, grew up in western colorado, college in oregon and ultimately graduated from American Baptist seminary of the west. I am chair of the b
Our lord. Its a great privilege to continue that theme with my good friend and colleague. Good morning ron. Great to have you jim. Its really good to see you again. Its been too long. You are a good friend of mosaic. You have been here before. I have been honored to be here before and i look forward to our discussion. Great. I know a lot of people know you in the bay area. There are always some guests seeing you for the first time particularly in my commune. Tell us a little bit about your background. I have been honored to be pastor at lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church for 26 years. I came in april of 1989. I am a native of salt lake city, utah, grew up in the mountain west, attended college of oregon and graduate of Pacific University in fresno. I am a graduate of American Baptist seminary of the west. I spent six years as associate pastor at the great first Baptist Church of los angeles near Downtown Los Angeles when i was there. We counted members from 28 Different Countries and our
Pacific school of religion in berkeley. I was there three years and became president of lancaster seminary and then was called back to pacific School Religion for three years as president. Then last year i became president of the Graduate Theological Union. Before we get into the gtu your experience as a parish minister first. You were saying something about they deal in housing for the homeless . Yes. In the San Fernando Valley there were a group of about 35 churches and synagogues and they became interested in the vulnerable population of single women with children who were homeless. So we ended up buying a motel and converting it to a shelter. From that we went on to develop in the project of this organization to build some additional shelters and also some lowincome housing or Affordable Housing so that some people could actually find a trajectory towards independence. So a lot of funds were raised as a result . We had to raise about 1 million a year in the beginning. Of course, ho
Then i went to Pacific School of religion which is a seminary. I was there 10 years. Then became president of Lancaster Theological Seminary in pennsylvania. And then was called back to Pacific School of religion for three years as president. Starting last summer, i became president of the graduate Theological Union. Before we get into the gtu, your experience as a parish minister first. You are saying something about you did a great deal in housing for the homeless . In the san fernando valley, there were a group of about 35 churches and synagogues. And they became interested in the vulnerable population of single women with children who are homeless. So we ended up buying a motel and converting it to a shelter. From that, we went on to develop and build a some additional shelters and also some low Income Housing or affordable housing. So that some people could find a trajectory toward independence, looking into this. A lot of funds were raised as a result . We had to raise about 1 mi