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Team. Can i comment . Yes, please. I did leave it high level to work identifying who would sit on that task force. So, i did not specify it but depending on the discussion here with my colleagues, they feel it would be best serving. Its the super inten department is creating the task force, not lowell in and of itself. So, just president sanchez, i would be supportive of examining and evaluating the letter that i had read into the record including evaluating the culture. Sorry if im dragging this on. Since its made by the superintendent, would it ensure student representation is on this task force . Yes. Yes, is this dated in the amendment. It has including but not limited to students, families, educators, administrators and communitybased organizations. Students are first mentioned. So, to clarify, like, im just, theres a letter but im not clear on how specifically the staff is supposed to implement the task force based on a letter that was not written for this purpose. So im confused ....
Next speaker, please. Yes, hello. Speaking for equity for older students sm wstudents. We can be reached at equity forr older students dot org. The issue is public land being sold privately forever. City college is in very dire straights. The board of trustees and administration have made massive class cuts including the almost complete disruption of the older adults program. Three hundred classes cut last fall. Five hundred in the year before. This year, huge cuts in the esl program. Campuses are closing. Now theres to be another cut to existing use and potential growth including Affordable Housing and other uses by city college. We urge you to consider that many of the staff and teachers of city college are opposed to this as well. I would lake to bring your attention to two letters that were recently sent to the committee. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Im in support of the reservoir project. I hope you ....
Supervisor fewer good afternoon, everyone. This is the appropriations committee. I am joined by Committee Members supervisor walton, mandelman, president norman yee and supervisor matt haney is subbing today for supervisor ronen. Our clerk is linda wong who is assisted today by grant philippa. We would like to thank [inaudible] sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Madame clerk . Mr. Clerk. I think that we need to make a motion to excuse supervisor ronen. Id like to make a motion to excuse supervisor ronen. A second please . Second. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. Could i have a roll call vote . Im sorry, could you clarify who is the second . Walt supervisor walton walt supervisor walton. Walton aye. Mandelman absent. Yee aye. Ronen sorry, were excusing her. Fewer aye. Clerk chair fewer, aye. Supervisor mandelman . Mandelman absent. You have three ayes. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. I believe supervisor haney is ....
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On the motion, supervisor walton . Walton aye. Mandelman aye. Fewer aye. Three ayes. Supervisor fewer thank you very much. City attorney . I just wanted to clarify one thing. The motion was just to accept the modified d. A. Into the board file. It was not because the changes were substantive, just to accept it into the board file. Just wanted to clarify that point. Supervisor fewer thank you very much, madame city attorney. And now i in closing i just want to say to president yee, a very happy birthday, president. Thank you for joining us. And we have another meeting that were very late for. Were over an hour late, but i am going to call a recess for 15 minutes. I would say supervisors have been sitting at this meeting and i think we also sfgovtv wants to transition. So lets take a 15minute break. Lets come back at 2 25. Excuse me, madame chair. I just wanted to clarify that the motion so the motion that were taking, were on item number 4, can we also take a motion on item number 5. Su ....