Good morning and welcome to the San Francisco county Transportation Authority meeting for today, november 17th, 2020. Our clerk is ms. Britney milton. Ms. Millton, can you please make any announcements and then call the roll. Clerk yes. I will call the roll and then follow it up with my Public Comment announcement. Commissioner. Supervisor fewer . Supervisor fewer present. Clerk commissioner present. Absent. Commissioner mar . Mar absent. Commissioner peskin. Chair peskin present. Clerk commissioner preston. Supervisor preston present. Clerk commissioner ronen. Supervisor ronen present. Clerk commissioner safai. Supervisor safai present. Clerk commissioner stefani. Supervisor stefani present. Clerk commissioner walton . Supervisor walton present. Clerk commissioner yee. Supervisor yee present. Clerk im sorry . Ill now make an announcement oh, thank you. Commissioner haney present. I will now make an announcement about Public Comment. Public comment will be available for each item on th
Process where families may apply to any Elementary School in the district. Despite our well intentioned efforts, the process has not worked as well as intended meeting goals related to diversity, predictability and proximity. In our Current System. Families must chose from 72 different schools and arent guaranteed an assignment to any of them. The families with the most time and resources are best able to figure out the application process, research schools, go on school tours, and ultimately receive one of the top choices. Despite the complicated process, our schools are just as segregated today as they were when we implemented the system. What weve heard we know that every family wants to send their child to a highquality school and that students assignment alone cannot create highquality stools but it does have a role to play in creating diverse robust enrolled schools. And sfusd our mission is to provide each and every student with the highquality instruction required to thrive in
Vice chair eaken. Here. Eaken present. Director heminger. Here. Have you a quorum. Though were legally required to have on the agenda to make its announcement because its clear were all using sound producing devices during the meeting we wont make the announcement. Approval of the october 20, 2020 meeting. Im ask the moderator to open the bridge and ask colleagues if theres amendments to the Meeting Minutes from october 20. Seeing none, is there Public Comment . Moderator is anyone on the line . Have you zero questions remaining. Well close Public Comment. So moved. Is there a second . Second. Chair borden secretary boomer please call the roll. [roll call] director eaken youre very faint. [roll call] madame chair, we can approve the minutes. Item 5, communications. Chair borden i lovely speech i get to give at every meeting. All members are participating Via Teleconference. This will ensure the safety of the sfmta board of directors and public. In the published notice for the meeting a
And up to 12,500 for the next two option years and if it were extended there is a small increase for the last two option years and it is a monthly retainer so that does not mean that we get a statement of the hours . And one of them, and just a trait line, although there is a weekly call and so we do know what they are doing on a weekly basis and the other one does detail out the hours to some extent. Okay. Thank you. And sorry. And director sartipi . Just to piggy back on the question and with respect to the advocacy. Do they do any analysis of any federal estate, legislation, that would in any form or shape change the qualifications of funding for the transbay. Something may become a barrier to qualify for certain types of funds . What they do is keep us informentd of upcoming opportunities and for example, and what would, if we notice an area for example, the department of Homeland Security and they give us funds for security and if we notice that we are not, and for example they te
Question . Sure does. Okay. I wanted to just confirm that i understand this correctly. And and negotiated with the original amount so that amount has not changed. And on the 12,500 per month, originally it was 12,000 per month but it was negotiated at the time of the original contract, so there was 12,000 a month for the first three years and up to 12,500 for the next two option years and if it were extended there is a small increase for the last two option years and it is a monthly retainer so that does not mean that we get a statement of the hours . And one of them, and just a trait line, although there is a weekly call and so we do know what they are doing on a weekly basis and the other one does detail out the hours to some extent. Okay. Thank you. And sorry. And director sartipi . Just to piggy back on the question and with respect to the advocacy. Do they do any analysis of any federal estate, legislation, that would in any form or shape change the qualifications of funding for t