SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT MONTHLY MEETING OF THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011 CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO GOUGH STREET CAMPUS 33 GOUGH STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REPORTED BY: MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 2 1 A P P E A R A N C E S 2 3 4 THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 5 6 NATALIE BERG 7 CHRIS JACKSON 8 MILTON MARKS III 9 STEVE NGO 10 JOHN RIZZO 11 LAWRENCE WONG 12 13 14 DR. DON Q. GRIFFIN, CHANCELLOR 15 LEILANI BATTISTE, GENERAL COUNSEL 16 JEFFREY FANG, STUDENT TRUSTEE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JANUARY 27, 2011 3 1 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2 2011, COMMENCING AT THE HOUR OF 6:49 P.M. THEREOF, AT CITY 3 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, 33 GOUGH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, 4 CALIFORNIA, BEFORE ME, MICHELE M. SHEA, A CERTIFIED 5 SHORTHAND REPORTER FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE 6 FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JANUARY 27, 2011 4 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE 2 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO 3 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO ORDER FOR THURSDAY, 4 JANUARY 27TH, 2011. WE ARE MEETING AT THE GOUGH STREET 5 CAMPUS, AND IT IS TEN TO SEVEN. AND I'M REALLY VERY 6 PLEASED TO BE HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY FOR 7 ALL THE WELL WISHES. 8 CHANCELLOR, COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: PRESIDENT MILTON MARKS. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: HERE. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: VICE PRESIDENT JOHN RIZZO. 12 TRUSTEE RIZZO: HERE. 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. NATALIE BERG. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: HERE. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. ANITA GRIER. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: (NO RESPONSE.) 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE CHRIS JACKSON. 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON: HERE. 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE STEVE NGO. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: HERE. 21 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE LAWRENCE WONG. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: HERE. 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: STUDENT TRUSTEE JEFF FANG. 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: PRESENT AND PREPARED. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: THIS IS THE POINT AT WHICH WE JANUARY 27, 2011 5 1 ARE AT THIS MOMENT IS PUBLIC COMMENT. WE RESERVE TEN 2 MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETINGS FOR PUBLIC 3 COMMENT FOR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR AGENDA. THESE ARE 4 FOR ITEMS THAT ARE WITHIN OUR PURVIEW, BUT ARE NOT WITHIN 5 OUR AGENDA, SO DO WE HAVE -- 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF 7 ALLEGIANCE FIRST. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: OH, I'M SORRY. 9 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 10 (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECITED.) 11 MR. SCOTT: SOME DAY. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO NOW WE HAVE YELLOW CARDS. 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES, DO WE HAVE ANY YELLOW 14 CARDS? 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: DOES ANYBODY OUT THERE HAVE 16 ANY YELLOW CARDS? 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THAT'S A MIRACLE. NO 18 YELLOW CARDS. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF 20 MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 16TH REGULAR BOARD MEETING. 21 TRUSTEE RIZZO: I WILL MOVE THEM. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THEM 24 AS THEY WERE PROPOSED? 25 TRUSTEE WONG: I RECUSE MYSELF. I WAS NOT AT JANUARY 27, 2011 6 1 THAT MEETING. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. THEN DO WE HAVE -- 3 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY "AYE". 4 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 6 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 9 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: (RECUSED.) 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 13 OKAY, TRUSTEE WONG RECUSES HIMSELF. 14 THE ELECTION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. 15 DO I HAVE NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF 16 PRESIDENT? 17 TRUSTEE BERG: I'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION, 18 MR. PRESIDENT. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 20 TRUSTEE BERG: I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, TRUSTEE 21 RIZZO, TO BE PRESIDENT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL 22 ADJOURN THE MEETINGS AT A REASONABLE TIME. THAT'S 23 IMPORTANT. I BELIEVE HE WILL ALSO CONDUCT AN ORDERLY AND 24 RESPECTFUL MEETING. I ALSO BELIEVE HE WILL PROVIDE 25 BALANCE AND LEADERSHIP, SO I THINK HE WOULD BE A GOOD JANUARY 27, 2011 7 1 PRESIDENT. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL SECOND THAT NOMINATION. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: NOMINATIONS DON'T NEED TO BE 4 SECONDED. 5 ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? 6 SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TRUSTEE RIZZO 7 BEING ELECTED AS OUR PRESIDENT, PLEASE SAY "AYE". 8 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 13 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 17 TRUSTEE RIZZO: THANK YOU. 18 (TRUSTEE MARKS HANDS OVER THE GAVEL TO PRESIDENT 19 RIZZO.) 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 21 I JUST WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR 22 GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY AND PUTTING THEIR TRUST IN ME. 23 IT IS MOVING TO ME TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT. I DO TAKE THIS 24 SERIOUSLY. 25 AND I WILL TRY TO LIVE UP TO EVERYTHING THAT JANUARY 27, 2011 8 1 TRUSTEE BERG EXPECTS AND RIGHTLY SO. SO THANK YOU VERY 2 MUCH. 3 ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER OFFICER, THE 4 OFFICER OF VICE PRESIDENT. 5 IS THERE A NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT? 6 TRUSTEE NGO: MR. PRESIDENT, I NOMINATE CHRIS 7 JACKSON. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CHRIS JACKSON, OKAY. 9 ARE THERE ANYMORE NOMINATIONS? 10 ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, ANY COMMENT ON THAT? 11 OKAY, WE WILL GO FOR A VOTE THEN. 12 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOTIONING FOR TRUSTEE 13 JACKSON AS VICE PRESIDENT, SAY "AYE". 14 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 16 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 23 OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES. 24 CONGRATULATIONS. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND I JUST WANT TO JANUARY 27, 2011 9 1 THANK YOU GUYS. AND, YES, IT WILL BE QUICKLY. 2 THE TWO THINGS I AM GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON, AND 3 I AM GOING TO BEAT IT LIKE A DRUM, IS GOING TO BE BRINGING 4 IN MORE REVENUE TO SUPPORT OUR CLASSES AND TO SUPPORT OUR 5 SERVICES. AND IT'S GOING TO BE TO HELP UNIFY OUR CAMPUS 6 AND OUR BOARD. THOSE ARE MY TOP TWO PRIORITIES. AND SO I 7 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE ENTIRE CAMPUS COMMUNITY 8 ON THAT. 9 THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING 10 YOUR TRUST IN ME. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 12 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE, WITH THE BOARD'S 13 INDULGENCE, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ITEM 9 OUT OF ORDER. 14 IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM ON THE BOARD'S SELF-EVALUATION 15 WHICH IS IN OUR PACKETS. WE WILL TAKE IT UP NEXT. 16 DO WE WANT TO START WITH PAM MERY OR HOW WOULD 17 YOU LIKE TO START? 18 IS SHE HERE? 19 YEAH, DO YOU WANT TO START -- 20 MS. MERY: OKAY. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- AND GIVE AN INTRODUCTION. 22 MS. MERY: GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PAM MERY, 23 AND I WORK IN THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING FOR THE 24 COLLEGE. AND I HAVE BEEN HELPING TO FACILITATE, ALONG 25 WITH TRUSTEE MARKS, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUSTEE MARKS, THE JANUARY 27, 2011 10 1 BOARD'S SELF-EVALUATION WHICH WAS INSTITUTED INITIALLY IN 2 2009. AND THIS HAS BEEN THE SECOND ITERATION OF IT IN 3 2010. 4 THERE'S A COVER MEMO THAT EXPLAINS THE PROCESS, 5 SO I WON'T GO INTO IT IN DETAIL HERE, UNLESS THERE ARE 6 QUESTIONS. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PACKETS, THERE ARE 7 BOTH QUANTITIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESULTS. AND THERE ARE 8 RESULTS FROM THE BOARD ITSELF, AS WELL AS FROM THE COLLEGE 9 COMMUNITY. THERE'S QUITE A BIT TO DIGEST. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, CAN YOU KIND OF BRIEF US 11 ON THIS PROCESS? WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS NOW? 12 WE HAVE THIS. WHAT DO WE USE IT FOR? 13 MS. MERY: RIGHT. SO I HAVE A COPY ACTUALLY OF 14 THE RESOLUTION, THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS DATED 15 JANUARY 29, 2008. AND THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THE 16 RESOLUTION IS THAT THERE WOULD BE THE COLLECTION OF THIS 17 INFORMATION AND A DISCUSSION AMONGST BOARD MEMBERS, 18 INCLUDING A PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS. SO THE 19 RESULTS ARE PART OF THE SELF-EVALUATION, BUT THE 20 DISCUSSION IS ALSO PART OF THE SELF-EVALUATION. 21 BEYOND THAT, THERE'S NO FORMAL PROCESS 22 STIPULATED. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 24 TRUSTEE MARKS, DO YOU WANT TO -- 25 TRUSTEE MARKS: I AM TROUBLED BY -- I FIND THERE JANUARY 27, 2011 11 1 TO BE A NUMBER OF VERY POSITIVE THINGS WITHIN THIS DRAFT, 2 THIS DOCUMENT. AND I FIND SOME QUITE QUESTIONABLE THINGS 3 THAT ARE WITHIN IT THAT ARE KIND OF UNEXPLAINED OR 4 UNEXPLAINABLE. 5 I FIND THAT FOR EXAMPLE -- I'M JUST TRYING TO 6 SEE HERE. IT'S HARD TO SAY. 7 "WHAT ARE THE BOARD'S GREATEST STRENGTHS" FROM 8 THE CONSTITUENT GROUPS' OPEN-ENDED, PAGE 1. 9 "IT'S HARD TO SAY AT THIS POINT." 10 "THIS IS NOT A STRONG BOARD. IT IS A FRACTURED, 11 SELF-INTERESTED BOARD." 12 "AT THE MOMENT THERE ARE NONE. THE BOARD IS 13 RUDE, CRUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL. MEMBERS ARE ATTEMPTING 14 SUCH EGREGIOUS MICROMANAGEMENT THAT IT MAY COST US OUR 15 ACCREDITATION." 16 "THERE ARE NO STRENGTHS. BOARD IS COMPLETELY 17 DYSFUNCTIONAL." 18 "SOME INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS. THE NAMES GIVEN 19 VARIED." 20 WERE SOME NAMES GIVEN? 21 MS. MERY: YES, THERE ARE CASES WHERE 22 INDIVIDUALS WERE NAMED. THOSE NAMES WERE STRICKEN. IN 23 SOME CASES IT WAS BY THE CONSTITUENT GROUPS BEFORE THEY 24 FORWARDED THE RESULTS TO ME. 25 AND IN OTHER CASES I DID IT JUST FOR CONSISTENCY JANUARY 27, 2011 12 1 SO THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ISSUES AS OPPOSED TO TALKING 2 ABOUT INDIVIDUALS. 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: "WHILE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS 4 COULD BE THOUGHTFUL OR EVEN CARING, COLLECTIVELY THE 5 CURRENT BOARD IS A TRAIN WRECK." 6 I MEAN I FIND THESE TO BE DISTURBING. AND I 7 DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE BASIS OF THESE COMMENTS, 8 SO I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW TO RESPOND TO THEM. 9 I DON'T KNOW IF THESE ARE -- 10 ARE THESE THE THOUGHTS OF A PARTICULAR 11 CONSTITUENT GROUP? 12 I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE SWEPT ACROSS THE 13 BOARD, A REFLECTION OF ALL OF THE CONSTITUENT GROUPS. I 14 DON'T KNOW. 15 MS. MERY: WELL, MIGHT I SUGGEST THAT IT MIGHT 16 BE GOOD TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND TO LOOK AT THE QUANTITIVE 17 RESULTS -- 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 19 MS. MERY: -- BECAUSE THE QUALITATIVE RESULTS 20 HAVE SOME POSITIVE COMMENTS, AS WELL AS SOME VERY 21 CONCERNING COMMENTS AS YOU POINT OUT. 22 TRUSTEE MARKS: I AGREE. 23 MS. MERY: AND LOOKING AT THE QUANTITIVE RESULTS 24 MAY START TO GIVE A SENSE OF WHERE FOLKS FEEL THERE ARE 25 STRENGTHS AND WHERE FOLKS FEEL THERE ARE MORE CONCERNING JANUARY 27, 2011 13 1 ISSUES BECAUSE YOU DO SEE A FAIR AMOUNT OF RANGE IN THE 2 RESPONSES. 3 SO IF YOU LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, "BOARD 4 ORGANIZATION." 5 "THE BOARD CONDUCTS AN ANNUAL SELF-EVALUATION." 6 THERE ARE HIGH MARKS FOR THAT, RELATIVELY HIGH REMARKS FOR 7 THAT. 8 "THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS AND RESPECTS THE BROWN 9 ACT." THAT'S THE THIRD ITEM. THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF 10 CONGRUENCE BETWEEN THE TRUSTEES AND THE CONSTITUENT GROUPS 11 ON THAT. AND THAT IS TOWARD THE HIGHER END AT A THREE AS 12 OPPOSED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SECOND ITEM WHERE THERE'S 13 MORE CONCERN EXPRESSED BY THE CONSTITUENT GROUPS. 14 SO THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF RANGE IN THE 15 RESPONSES. THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL HERE. THERE'S 52 16 QUANTITIVE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: WELL, I GUESS I'M CURIOUS WHAT 18 YOU ARE SAYING. I'M CURIOUS HOW YOUR -- TELL ME HOW 19 YOU'RE READING INTO -- YOU'RE LINKING UP TO THIS 20 (INDICATING). HOW ARE YOU LINKING THIS? 21 MS. MERY: I AM RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTION 22 ABOUT WHAT'S THE OVERALL SENSE OF THINGS OR WHAT'S THE 23 OVERALL SENSIBILITY -- 24 TRUSTEE MARKS: YES. 25 MS. MERY: -- AND I THINK STARTING WITH THE JANUARY 27, 2011 14 1 QUANTITIVE RESULTS HELPS PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE OF THAT 2 PICTURE. 3 AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMMENTS, YOU CAN 4 GET A SENSE OF THE TEXTURE. AND THOSE COMMENTS MAY BE 5 RESPECTIVE OF A FEW PEOPLE OR MANY PEOPLE. 6 THE NATURE OF THE OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS IS THAT 7 YOU DON'T NECESSARILY GO AND REALLY READ THROUGH THEM AND, 8 YOU KNOW, COUNT THEM UP OR HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THEM. 9 I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, UNFORTUNATELY, ON THAT 10 PARTICULAR ISSUE. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: WELL, HOW ARE THEY 12 REPRESENTATIVE -- ARE THEY REPRESENTATIVE OF A TINY AMOUNT 13 OF PEOPLE OR ARE THEY NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF A TINY NUMBER 14 OF PEOPLE? 15 I DON'T KNOW. 16 MS. MERY: THE NATURE OF THE PROCESS IS THAT I 17 CAN'T TELL YOU PRECISELY HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATED 18 BECAUSE THE ACADEMIC SENATE COLLECTS THEIR RESPONSES. THE 19 AFT COLLECTS THEIR RESPONSES. CLASSIFIED SENATE COLLECTS 20 THEIR RESPONSES. AND I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHETHER 21 THEY DID IT AS A DISCUSSION IN A MEETING OR WHETHER THEY 22 ELICITED INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES AND PUT THEM TOGETHER, SO I 23 CAN'T GIVE YOU A NUMBER PER SE. 24 I DO KNOW, AND THERE ARE SOME FOLKS IN THE ROOM 25 I KNOW THAT AS PART OF THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS IN JANUARY 27, 2011 15 1 STANDARD FOUR, THEY ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE RESPONSES 2 AND HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS WITHIN STANDARD FOUR SO 3 THAT MAY BE ONE AVENUE FOR HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHERE 4 THE STRENGTHS ARE AND WHERE THE AREAS THAT SEEM TO NEED TO 5 BE ADDRESSED ARE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 7 I THINK TRUSTEE NGO WAS FIRST AND THEN TRUSTEE 8 WONG. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 10 WORK ON THIS. IT WAS VERY PAINFUL TO GET TRUSTEES TO 11 RESPOND TO YOU AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS SOME PROBLEM 12 GETTING SOME FACULTY AND STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION TO 13 RESPOND. 14 JUST QUICKLY, IN METHODOLOGY, HOW MANY BOARD 15 MEMBERS DID RESPOND TO YOU? WAS IT ALL SEVEN? 16 MS. MERY: NO, SIX. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: SO THERE'S ONE MISSING. 18 MS. MERY: SIX OUT OF EIGHT BECAUSE IT INCLUDED 19 THE -- 20 TRUSTEE NGO: OH, THE STUDENT TRUSTEE -- 21 MS. MERY: -- STUDENT TRUSTEE, YES. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: SORRY, JEFF. 23 OKAY, SIX OUT EIGHT. WAS THERE JUST NO RESPONSE 24 FROM THE TWO OTHER TRUSTEES? 25 MS. MERY: CORRECT. JANUARY 27, 2011 16 1 TRUSTEE NGO: OR DID THEY SUBMIT THEIR RESPONSE 2 UNTIMELY? 3 MS. MERY: NO, ALL THE RESPONSES WERE INCLUDED. 4 EVERYTHING I RECEIVED WAS INCLUDED. SO THERE WERE TWO 5 TRUSTEES WHO DID NOT RESPOND. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 7 MS. MERY: AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THOSE TRUSTEES 8 ARE BECAUSE A COUPLE OF THE RESPONSES WERE ANONYMOUS. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 10 SO THE SAME QUESTION GOES FOR THE COLLEGE 11 GROUPS. WHAT KIND OF SAMPLES DID YOU HAVE? 12 MS. MERY: SO THAT WAS FIVE COLLEGE GROUPS OUT 13 OF THE SEVEN. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: WELL, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE 15 (INAUDIBLE) IN EACH COLLEGE GROUP, DO YOU KNOW THAT? 16 MS. MERY: THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW THAT. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: OH, OKAY. 18 MS. MERY: I AM NOT PRIVY TO THAT. THE WAY THAT 19 THE RESOLUTION WAS WRITTEN IS THAT EACH GROUP IS ALLOWED 20 TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO POLL THEIR MEMBERS, HOW THEY 21 WANT TO ASSEMBLE A RESPONSE. AND I DON'T MONITOR THAT 22 PROCESS PER SE. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. SO YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT 24 COULD HAVE BEEN JUST 20 PEOPLE VERSUS 100 PEOPLE. YOU 25 JUST ASSUME THAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR OWN SYSTEM, JANUARY 27, 2011 17 1 EVEN IF IT'S 25 -- 2 MS. MERY: RIGHT. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: -- OR A LARGER SAMPLE OF 300. YOU 4 DON'T KNOW. 5 MS. MERY: I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS. I DO HAVE 6 THE SENSE THAT THE GROUPS SINCERELY TRIED TO GATHER -- 7 TRUSTEE NGO: OH, YEAH, I'M NOT SAYING -- 8 OBVIOUSLY, THE NUMBER OF OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS TO THE 9 QUESTIONS INDICATE THAT THERE WAS A ROBUST PARTICIPATION. 10 I THINK THIS IS GREAT. I LOVE GETTING THE 11 FEEDBACK. THERE'S CLEARLY NO -- WE SHOULD ALL GET THIS 12 FEEDBACK. I THINK IT IS FINE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL BOARD 13 MEMBERS TO GET FEEDBACK BY NAME IF POSSIBLE. 14 THESE ARE ALL VERY CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS. I 15 MEAN SOME I'M NOT SURPRISED BY, BUT I THINK THESE ARE VERY 16 CONSTRUCTIVE, AND I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY PERUSE THESE 17 AND THINK ABOUT THEM. 18 SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND ALSO THANK THE 19 COLLEGE GROUPS FOR GETTING THIS TO US. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE WONG. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: ACTUALLY, TRUSTEE NGO ASKED JUST 22 ABOUT ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. 23 IF I MAY, I THINK THAT PERHAPS FORMER PRESIDENT 24 TRUSTEE MARKS WAS PERHAPS -- AND I HAD THE SAME KIND OF 25 QUESTION IN MY MIND IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU ASSIGN VALUES TO JANUARY 27, 2011 18 1 THE FIRST FEW PAGES, ARE YOU DOING A NUMBERS GAME, WHEREAS 2 SO MANY COMMENTS EQUATED INTO A THREE AS OPPOSED TO A FOUR 3 OR TWO? IS THAT HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THESE VALUES FOR 4 THESE NUMBERS? IS THAT WHAT YOU DID? 5 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THESE OTHER PAGES ARE 6 COMMENTS, BUT IT CAN BE A COMMENT FROM ONE PERSON OR IT 7 CAN BE A COMMENT FROM MORE THAN ONE PERSON. SO WE HAVE TO 8 BE VERY CAREFUL REGARDING THE COMMENT SECTION. I THINK 9 YOU KIND OF ALLUDED TO THAT. 10 BUT IN TERMS OF JUST PUTTING VALUES INTO THE 11 MATRIX HERE, AND I THINK TRUSTEE NGO KIND OF ASKED HOW 12 MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THESE FIVE COLLEGE GROUPS? 13 HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATED? WE ALREADY KNOW SIX 14 OUT OF EIGHT TRUSTEES PARTICIPATED. 15 SO I THINK THE CONNECTION WHICH TRUSTEE MARKS 16 WANTED AN ANSWER TO, AND I ALSO HAVE THE SAME QUESTION, IS 17 HOW DID YOU ASSIGN THE VALUES OR THE METHODOLOGY THAT YOU 18 ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH? 19 MS. MERY: RIGHT. SO THE METHODOLOGY IS THAT 20 EACH GROUP IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE ME WITH AND DID PROVIDE 21 ME WITH A SINGLE RESPONSE FOR THAT GROUP. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: OH, OKAY, SO A SINGLE RESPONSE. 23 MS. MERY: SO IT MIGHT BE, RIGHT, THE CLASSIFIED 24 SENATE GAVE THIS NUMBER ON A PARTICULAR QUESTION. THE 25 ACADEMIC SENATE GAVE A DIFFERENT NUMBER. ASSOCIATED JANUARY 27, 2011 19 1 STUDENTS GAVE A DIFFERENT NUMBER. AND THOSE THREE NUMBERS 2 WERE, BECAUSE THERE WERE FIVE GROUPS, SO THEY WERE 3 AVERAGED. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: OH, OKAY. 5 MS. MERY: SO IF ASSOCIATED STUDENTS HAD FIVE 6 PEOPLE RESPOND, I'M SURE IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN THAT, BUT 7 EACH GROUP GOT EQUAL WEIGHT AS OPPOSED TO THE NUMBER OF 8 MEMBERS RESPONDING FOR EACH GROUP -- 9 TRUSTEE WONG: ALL RIGHT. 10 MS. MERY: -- AFFECTING THE RESULTS. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: SO IF I MAY PURSUE THIS A LITTLE 12 BIT MORE, WERE YOU PRIVY -- I THINK YOU JUST SAID THAT YOU 13 WERE NOT. BUT WERE YOU PRIVY AS TO HOW MANY RESPONSES IN 14 EACH GROUP? WERE YOU PRIVY TO THE NUMBERS? 15 LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE GROUP WE HAD 30 PEOPLE 16 WHO RESPONDED OR PARTICIPATED, JUST LIKE WE KNOW SIX OUT 17 OF EIGHT TRUSTEES RESPONDED. WERE YOU PRIVY TO THE NUMBER 18 OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN EACH GROUP? 19 MS. MERY: NO. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU SAID. 21 SO WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT COULD BE JUST A FEW 22 PEOPLE OR A LARGE NUMBER. 23 MS. MERY: RIGHT. I CAN'T PROVIDE THE NUMBERS. 24 I DO KNOW FROM TALKING WITH THE GROUPS THAT THEY MADE 25 SINCERE EFFORTS TO REACH OUT AND GET THE INPUT. JANUARY 27, 2011 20 1 SO IT'S MY SENSE THAT THIS IS NOT, YOU KNOW, ONE 2 PERSON SAYING I AM SPEAKING FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP. BUT 3 THAT THE GROUPS REALLY DID ATTEMPT TO POLL THEIR MEMBERS. 4 AND HOW THEY DID THAT WAS UP TO THEM. SO I AM NOT PRIVY 5 TO THE DETAILS. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: ALL RIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO 7 CONCUR WITH TRUSTEE NGO. I THINK THIS IS VERY, VERY 8 VALUABLE FOR THE BOARD. IT'S GOOD TO HEAR AND TO KNOW ALL 9 OF THIS. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GROW. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WANTED TO SAY THAT I THOUGHT 11 IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE QUANTITATIVE NUMBER SCORES ARE 12 NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE BOARD'S OWN SCORES OF 13 ITSELF. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE LOWER. THERE ARE SOME 14 THAT ARE HIGHER. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE STRIKINGLY THE 15 SAME, EXACTLY OR ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE BOARD'S 16 OWN NUMBER, WHICH SEEMS VERY INTERESTING THAT OVERALL 17 PEOPLE ARE THINKING THE SAME THING. 18 I ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE IS A WIDE DIFFERING OF 19 OPINION BETWEEN THE CONSTITUTE COMMENTS THAT WERE COMMENTS 20 ABOUT MICROMANAGING. BUT THERE WERE ALSO A LOT OF 21 COMMENTS PUTTING THE EQUITY HEARINGS AS A POSITIVE THING 22 IN HERE. SO IT SEEMS THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF OPINION 23 HERE. 24 I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT THAT THERE WERE COMMENTS 25 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD BEING ABLE TO MANAGE A FISCAL JANUARY 27, 2011 21 1 CRISIS. THERE WERE SEVERAL OF THOSE KINDS OF COMMENTS. 2 THAT WAS GOOD TO HEAR. IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR AN OUTSIDE 3 OPINION LIKE THAT. 4 AND THEN SOME OF THE AREAS IN WHICH WE COULD 5 IMPROVE, THERE ARE SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS AND SOME WELL 6 THOUGHT OUT COMMENTS I THOUGHT. SO I THINK THIS WAS A 7 VERY USEFUL THING. 8 BUT JUST THE FACT THAT THE SCORES WERE SO 9 SIMILAR TO THE BOARD'S OWN SCORES, I THINK IS KIND OF 10 ENCOURAGING TO ME THAT PEOPLE ARE AT LEAST THINKING ALIKE 11 ON THE AGGREGATE. 12 OKAY, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? WE HAVE -- 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: ONE QUICK THING, AND 14 IT'S SOMETHING I NOTICED. THEY TALKED ABOUT THE BOARD 15 SHARING ITS VISION AND THE BOARD'S ACTUAL VISION. AND I 16 THINK, YOU KNOW, SINCE OUR BOARD -- THIS SPEAKS TO US 17 NEEDING A RETREAT. AND YOU KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A 18 LOT. AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A TIME TO JUST SIT 19 DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CITY COLLEGE, I THINK A 20 LOT OF THE MISUNDERSTANDING AND THE MISTRUST BETWEEN THE 21 CAMPUS COMMUNITY AND THE BOARD IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T 22 REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AND TELL THEM AND TELL 23 CONSTITUENCIES IN THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY WHAT IS ACTUALLY 24 OUR VISION IN THIS COLLEGE. 25 AND I HOPE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE JANUARY 27, 2011 22 1 DO HAVE A TIME JUST TO HAVE A RETREAT TO SIT DOWN, AND 2 EXPLAIN WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM SOMETIMES WHERE WE ARE 3 TALKING ABOUT THESE POLICIES AND THESE COMMUNITY ISSUES, 4 AND EXPLAIN WHAT OUR VISION AND WHAT OUR GOALS AND 5 ASPIRATIONS ARE. AND THEN, HOPEFULLY, BY PROVIDING THE 6 CONTEXT FOR OUR CONVERSATION, WE WILL BE ABLE TO FOSTER 7 MORE TRUST WITH OUR CAMPUS CONSTITUENCY GROUPS. 8 BUT THAT'S THE ONE GLARING THING THAT I DID SEE 9 THAT I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING 10 TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY ARE THE BOARD'S ACTUAL VISION FOR 11 THIS CAMPUS. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THANK 13 YOU VERY MUCH. 14 MS. MERY: THANK YOU. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I APPRECIATE IT. 16 AND WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM. 17 ARE YOU TAKING OFF? 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: YES. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BEFORE YOU LEAVE -- ARE YOU 20 LEAVING? 21 TRUSTEE MARKS: YES. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I JUST 23 WANTED TO THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MARKS, FOR YOUR PAST TWO 24 YEARS OF LEADING THE BOARD AS PRESIDENT. THESE HAVE BEEN 25 MOST DIFFICULT TIMES TO BE IN THE LEADERSHIP ROLE, AND I JANUARY 27, 2011 23 1 KNOW YOU'VE PUT IN A LOT OF WORK OFF CAMERA SO TO SPEAK 2 WORKING WITH CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN AND TRYING TO FIND 3 SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THESE VERY CRITICAL TOUGH ISSUES THAT 4 THE BUDGET -- THAT WE'VE HAD. AND I JUST THINK WE ALL OWE 5 YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR THAT, SO THANK YOU. 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: GREAT. THANK YOU. 7 MR. SCOTT: ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR MILTON 8 MARKS AND HIS STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE. 9 (TRUSTEE MARKS LEAVES THE MEETING.) 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE CAMERA CREW WANTED ME TO 11 MOVE HERE, SO I AM GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE TO DO THAT. 12 OKAY, LET'S SEE, WHERE ARE WE? 13 THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTIONS 14 AGENDA. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 16 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR 18 CORRECTIONS? 19 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE 20 ARE. 21 AS TO REVISED RESOLUTIONS, THERE'S S3, WHICH IS 22 "THE AUTHORIZATION TO OFFER STRS DEFERRED COMPENSATION 23 403(B) ROTH OPTION PRODUCTS TO CITY COLLEGE EMPLOYEES." 24 THE 457(B) WAS STRICKEN. 25 THERE'S ALSO G5 WHICH CONCERNS "ACADEMIC JANUARY 27, 2011 24 1 EMPLOYEES, FACULTY, CREDIT/NON-CREDIT DISTRICT FUNDED CITY 2 COLLEGE TEMPORARY HOURLY ASSIGNMENTS." 3 ACTUALLY ON THE WEBSITE, THERE WERE NAMES THAT 4 WERE LISTED AS "FIRST-YEAR CONTRACT," WHEN IN FACT THEY 5 SHOULD HAVE BEEN LISTED AS "LONG TERM." 6 AS TO ADDED RESOLUTIONS, NOMINATION OF CANDIDATE 7 FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES. THE RESOLUTION ITSELF WAS 8 PUT IN IN TIME FOR THE 72-HOUR REQUIREMENT, BUT WE NEEDED 9 TO ADD THE NAME, WHICH WILL BE ADDED LATER IF YOU ALL 10 NOMINATE SOMEONE. 11 AS TO SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTIONS, THERE ARE NONE. 12 AND WITHDRAWN RESOLUTIONS, THERE ARE NONE AT 13 THIS TIME. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THANK YOU. 15 SO THERE WAS A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTIONS 16 AGENDA. 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YES. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT WAS SECOND AS WELL. 20 SO IT WAS MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON; SECONDED BY 21 TRUSTEE WONG. 22 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. JANUARY 27, 2011 25 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 2 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 7 OKAY, THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 8 WE WILL NOW MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA 9 ITEMS AS LISTED. 10 FIRST, WE HAVE ONE B RESOLUTION, B2. IS THERE A 11 MOTION FOR -- WELL, ACTUALLY, NO THERE'S ONE GENERAL FUND. 12 WE WILL DO THEM IN GROUPS LIKE THAT. 13 IS THERE A MOTION FOR B2? 14 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE IT OFF. 17 ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE". 18 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 22 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. JANUARY 27, 2011 26 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 2 OKAY, B2 CARRIES. 3 THE NEXT GROUP WE HAVE B3, B4 -- 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, I'M SORRY. B2. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: B2, DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT 6 OFF THE -- 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I JUST HAD A REALLY 8 QUICK COMMENT. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, WE HAVE TO TAKE IT OFF 10 THEN. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WE NEED TO TAKE IT OFF 12 THEN, SO I CAN MAKE A REALLY QUICK COMMENT. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WITH THE INDULGENCE OF THE 14 BOARD, WE WILL TAKE THAT OFF, AND WE WILL DISCUSS THAT 15 WHEN WE GET TO IT. 16 SO WHY DON'T WE DO THIS, ARE THERE ANY 17 RESOLUTIONS ON THE CALENDAR THAT PEOPLE ON THE BOARD OR 18 PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THE 19 CONSENT CALENDAR? 20 I WILL GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO TAKE A LOOK. OKAY, 21 SO I WILL TAKE THAT AS A NO. 22 SO THE NEXT GROUP IS B3 AND B4. DO I HAVE A 23 MOTION FOR B3 AND B4? 24 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE A SECOND? JANUARY 27, 2011 27 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 3 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 7 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THEY CARRY. 12 THE NEXT ONE IS B6. 13 IS THERE A MOTION FOR B6? 14 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 18 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 19 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 21 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 23 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. JANUARY 27, 2011 28 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 3 B6 CARRIES. 4 NEXT WE HAVE THE C RESOLUTIONS, C1, C2 AND C3. 5 IS THERE A MOTION FOR THOSE? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 10 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 15 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 20 OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES. 21 THE NEXT GROUP IS G1-13, H1-4 AND N1. 22 IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THAT GROUP? 23 TRUSTEE BERG: I MOVE ALL THE PERSONNEL 24 RESOLUTIONS, G, H, AND N. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. JANUARY 27, 2011 29 1 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 3 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY "AYE". 4 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 8 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 13 OKAY, THOSE CARRY. 14 AND THE LAST GROUP ARE S1, S2, AND S3. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: SO MOVED. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE A SECOND? 17 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 18 TRUSTEE BERG, DID YOU WANT TO TAKE -- S2 IS THE 19 APPOINTMENT OF THE CPA TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. DID YOU 20 WANT TO DISCUSS THAT? DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT OFF THE 21 CONSENT CALENDAR? I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED -- 22 TRUSTEE BERG: S2. YEAH, I DID WANT TO DISCUSS 23 THAT. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, SO LET'S TAKE THAT OFF 25 THE CONSENT CALENDAR. JANUARY 27, 2011 30 1 TRUSTEE WONG: SO I WILL JUST MOVE S1 AND S3. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: S1 AND S3, OKAY. 3 WAS THERE A SECOND? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: I WILL SECOND IT. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 6 OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 7 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 11 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 16 SO THAT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 17 SO THE NEXT ITEM, A SPECIAL PRESENTATION. WE 18 HAVE ONE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010 AUDIT REPORT FROM 19 VAVERINK, TRINE AND DAY. THE AUDIT REPORT IS BY THEM. 20 CFO BILMONT: GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT RIZZO. 21 JOHN BILMONT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 22 YES, THIS EVENING WE HAVE HEIDI WHITE AND BILL 23 RAUCH FROM VAVRINEK, TRINE AND DAY TO PRESENT THE 24 2009-2010 AUDIT REPORT. 25 I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO THE JANUARY 27, 2011 31 1 ACCOUNTING STAFF AND THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION FOR ITS 2 EFFORTS THIS YEAR TO BRING THIS REPORT FORWARD. WE HAVE 3 AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION ON THE STATEMENTS TAKEN AS A WHOLE. 4 BUT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF FINANCIAL ISSUES AND CONTROL 5 ISSUES WHICH WE WILL BE DISCUSSING SHORTLY. THANK YOU. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 7 MS. WHITE: GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 8 IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT YOUR AUDIT REPORT TO YOU 9 TONIGHT AND TO BE HERE IN JANUARY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 10 IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS THAT THE REPORT WAS ISSUED PRIOR TO 11 DECEMBER 31ST, WHICH IS THE DEADLINE BY THE STATE 12 CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. 13 SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THE TREMENDOUS EFFORT BY 14 THE STAFF HERE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE FOR GETTING THAT 15 ACCOMPLISHED. 16 I HAVE WITH ME BILL RAUCH, ALSO ONE OF MY 17 PARTNERS WHO HAS BEEN INTEGRAL IN A NUMBER OF AREAS OF THE 18 REPORT. AND WE DID WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS 19 AND FEATURES THAT ARE HERE. 20 AS JOHN MENTIONED, THE REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL 21 STATEMENTS IS AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL 22 STATEMENTS. THIS IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF ASSURANCE THAT WE 23 CAN PROVIDE TO YOU. AS THEY ARE PRESENTED, THE FINANCIAL 24 STATEMENTS MEET GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. 25 AND THAT IS ON PAGE 2 OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JANUARY 27, 2011 32 1 THEMSELVES. 2 SOME INFORMATION WITHIN THE BODY OF THE REPORT, 3 I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER SOME INFORMATION ON THE 4 ACTIVITIES, WHICH ARE ON PAGE 23. THIS IS A STATEMENT 5 THAT IS CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED WITH ALL ACTIVITIES OF 6 THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST THE GENERAL FUND OR THE CAPITAL 7 PROJECTS FUND, BUT ALL ACTIVITY THAT'S HERE. 8 A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS ARE THAT DURING THE 9 COURSE OF THE YEAR, THE DISTRICT PAID OUT OVER $49 MILLION 10 IN STUDENT LOANS, STUDENT GRANTS AND BOG FEE WAIVERS. 11 THAT'S MONEY THAT WENT DIRECTLY TO THE STUDENTS AT THE 12 DISTRICT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND 13 OBJECTIVES. 14 THIS ALL CAME AT A TIME WHEN THE STATE FUNDING 15 HAS BEEN CUT. YOUR CATEGORICAL GRANTS AND REVENUES 16 SUFFERED ALMOST 50 PERCENT CUTS IN SOME AREAS. DEFERRALS 17 OF STATE APPORTIONMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT 18 $22 MILLION, WHICH IS A SHORTAGE OF CASH DURING ONE YEAR 19 THAT CARRIES OVER ONTO THE NEXT ACCRUED DURING THE YEAR. 20 AND THERE WAS ALSO A REDUCTION IN FTES FUNDING 21 BY ABOUT $7 MILLION SO THAT STUDENTS THAT WERE ATTENDING 22 THE SCHOOL, YOU ARE NOT BEING PAID FOR BY THE STATE. 23 OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S A HUGE IMPACT TO YOUR BOTTOM LINE WITHIN 24 THE GENERAL FUND ITSELF. 25 SOME OF THE LIABILITIES TO THE DISTRICT I AM JANUARY 27, 2011 33 1 GOING TO HAVE BILL KIND OF GO OVER RELATED TO THE OPEB, 2 OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION. 3 MR. RAUCH: GREAT. IF YOU COULD TURN TO PAGE 49 4 IN THE AUDIT REPORT, THIS IS A FOOTNOTE DISCLOSURE THAT WE 5 ARE REQUIRED TO PUT IN THE AUDIT REPORT IN REGARDS TO THE 6 OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. IT'S ON PAGE 49 AND PAGE 7 50. 8 IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP OF PAGE 50, YOUR MOST 9 RECENT ACTUARY STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED IN OCTOBER -- I 10 WANT TO SAY IT WAS 2009. OCTOBER 2009 SHOWED THAT YOU HAD 11 A LIABILITY OF APPROXIMATELY $157 MILLION FOR OTHER 12 POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. 13 WHAT THE GASB REQUIRES YOU TO DO IS TO RECOGNIZE 14 THAT LIABILITY OVER A 30-YEAR PERIOD. SO IF YOU LOOK AT 15 PAGE 49 AND KIND OF GO ON THE TOP PARAGRAPH OF THAT 16 SECTION, RIGHT NOW OUT OF THAT 157 MILLION, YOU'VE 17 RECOGNIZED ABOUT $26 MILLION ON THE FACE OF YOUR FINANCIAL 18 STATEMENTS. 19 WHAT THAT'S DOING, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 22 ON 20 YOUR STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS ENTITY WIDE, THERE'S A 21 NEGATIVE $13 MILLION IN UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS. AND 22 THAT'S -- PART OF THE CAUSE IS DUE TO RECOGNIZING THAT 23 OPEB LIABILITY OVER TIME. SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF 24 YEARS, THAT NEGATIVE NUMBER IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO 25 INCREASE. JANUARY 27, 2011 34 1 RIGHT NOW, YOU GUYS ARE BASICALLY WHAT WE CALL 2 "PAY AS YOU GO". SO AS INVOICES COME IN FOR OTHER 3 POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, YOU GUYS PAY THAT. 4 APPROXIMATELY THIS YEAR THAT NUMBER IS ON PAGE 5 49, AGAIN. IT WAS ABOUT $5.5 MILLION IN INVOICES THAT 6 CAME IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 7 BUT AGAIN AS GASB REQUIRES, YOU HAVE TO 8 RECOGNIZE THAT $157 MILLION OVER 30 YEARS OR YOU ARE 9 ALREADY THREE YEARS INTO IT. 10 LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE ABOUT 11 $26 MILLION ON THE BOOKS AND THAT LIABILITY IS GOING TO 12 CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS SO THAT 13 IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I HAVE A QUESTION. 15 SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ONLY PAYING 5.5, OUR 16 BUDGET HAS TO SHOW IT BEING 13. 17 MS. WHITE: NOT YOUR BUDGET, YOUR FULL ACCRUAL 18 LIABILITY -- 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, OKAY. 20 MS. WHITE: THAT'S A PAYABLE THAT YOU WILL HAVE 21 IN THE FUTURE THAT PROBABLY IS NOT FULLY REFLECTED WITHIN 22 YOUR BUDGET. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND BEFORE THEY CHANGE 24 THE RULES, HOW WERE WE ABLE TO -- 25 MR. RAUCH: YOU STRICTLY PAY AS YOU GO, SO YOU JANUARY 27, 2011 35 1 DIDN'T HAVE TO RECOGNIZE ANY LIABILITY. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, OKAY. 3 MR. RAUCH: THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY WERE SEEING 4 IS THAT THEY KNOW THIS IS AN ACTUALLY LIABILITY THAT YOU 5 HAVE OUT THERE, AND SO THAT'S WHY THE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 6 WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE THIS LIABILITY. 7 THE REASON THEY WANTED YOU TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE 8 THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OTHER 9 (INAUDIBLE) AGENCIES EQUAL IN SOME WAY THAT THEY CAN 10 EVALUATE THEM FOR WHEN YOU GO OUT FOR A BOND, BOND RATING 11 AGENCIES. SO THEY ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME TYPE OF WAY 12 THAT THEY COULD LOOK AT THAT. 13 RIGHT NOW, THIS LIABILITY HASN'T EFFECTED BOND 14 RATINGS AT ALL. THERE HAS BEEN RUMORS THAT IT COULD 15 EFFECT THAT IN THE FUTURE. THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOME 16 TYPE OF PLAN TO HOW YOU ARE GOING TO FUND THIS LIABILITY 17 IN THE FUTURE, IT COULD EFFECT BOND RATINGS, BUT THAT 18 HASN'T COME TO PASS. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED 19 TO POINT OUT TO YOU. 20 CONTINUING ON PAGE -- 21 TRUSTEE WONG: PARDON ME, IF I MAY -- 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE WONG. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: -- THROUGH THE PRESIDENT. 24 ACTUALLY, THIS GASB LIABILITY, WHICH WE'VE HAD 25 FOREVER, AND NOW IT'S BEING REFLECTED IN OUR FINANCIAL JANUARY 27, 2011 36 1 DOCUMENTS. ACTUALLY, IT'S KIND OF REVOLUTIONARY. 2 FINALLY, WE ARE BEING MADE TO HAVE IT REFLECTED. BUT IT'S 3 IN ACTUALITY A FICTION. IT'S ON PAPER, BUT IT DOESN'T 4 REALLY EFFECT OUR BOTTOM LINE. 5 MS. WHITE: THAT'S PROBABLY NOT A TRUE 6 REFLECTION OF WHAT THAT LIABILITY IS. THIS BOARD, OTHER 7 BOARDS FOR THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS HAS PROMISED TO YOUR 8 EMPLOYEES THAT YOU WILL PAY THEIR BENEFITS -- 9 TRUSTEE WONG: YES. 10 MS. WHITE: -- AFTER RETIREMENT. AND SO IN 11 ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS THE ABILITY TO DO 12 THAT, THAT LIABILITY DOES NEED TO BE REFLECTED AND A PLAN 13 TO ADDRESS IT OBVIOUSLY FOLLOWS TRUE. 14 SO IT'S NOT TRULY THAT IT'S A PAPER NUMBER. IT 15 IS A REAL NUMBER. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT DOES NEED TO 16 BE ADDRESSED. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: AND WE DIDN'T DO THIS BEFORE? 18 MS. WHITE: CORRECT. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING 19 OVER THE PAST THREE -- IT WAS FIRST ADOPTED THREE YEARS 20 AGO. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN ON 22 THE BOARD FOR SO LONG, AND THIS GASB LIABILITY JUST KEEPS 23 GROWING AND GROWING AND GROWING. AND IT'S NEVER BEEN 24 ADDRESSED IN OUR FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS. AND SO THE STATE IS 25 REQUIRING THAT NOW. JANUARY 27, 2011 37 1 MR. RAUCH: RIGHT. 2 MS. WHITE: THE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS HAVE FOR 3 THE PAST THREE YEARS. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE FACT 5 THAT IN THE FUTURE IF WE GO OUT FOR A BOND MEASURE OR A 6 PARCEL TAX OR WHATEVER, HOW THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT. 7 AND YOU ARE SAYING AT THIS POINT IN TIME YOU 8 DON'T THINK IT WILL, BUT IT MAY. 9 MR. RAUCH: QUITE POSSIBLY. 10 MS. WHITE: IT COULD. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: AND WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT 12 ALSO. 13 MS. WHITE: YES. 14 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO STRESS 15 THAT. 16 MR. RAUCH: IN A ADDITION ON PAGE 51, THERE'S A 17 FOOTNOTE IN REGARDS TO YOUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND. 18 AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2010, YOU COULD SEE AT THE 19 BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, YOU HAVE A $4.8 MILLION ENDING 20 LIABILITY. BASICALLY, YOU HAVE CASH OF ABOUT $2.2 MILLION 21 TO FUND THAT LIABILITY SO THAT PUTS YOU AT A NEGATIVE FUND 22 BALANCE OF ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION. THAT ALSO IS 23 CONTRIBUTING TO THAT UNRESTRICTED NET ASSET THAT I 24 REFERRED TO EARLIER. 25 YOU WILL SEE IN THE AUDIT REPORT THAT WE DO HAVE JANUARY 27, 2011 38 1 A COMMENT REGARDS TO THAT. I THINK MANAGEMENT HAS 2 ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE SAYING THAT THERE'S A NEED TO 3 INCREASE RATES CHARGED TO THE OTHER FUNDS FOR WORKERS' 4 COMP TO HOPEFULLY SOMEHOW BE ABLE TO FUND THAT LIABILITY. 5 AGAIN, THAT LIABILITY IS ACTUALLY DETERMINED. 6 THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE COME UP WITH. THAT COMES FROM AN 7 OUTSIDE THIRD PARTY. THEY DETERMINE WHAT THAT LIABILITY 8 IS. 9 AND SO AGAIN, THERE'S A (INAUDIBLE) REPORT THAT 10 MANAGEMENT HAS ADDRESSED IN BOTH REPORTS. 11 MS. WHITE: EACH OF THESE ITEMS WITH OPEB AND 12 WITH WORKERS' COMP ARE UNIQUE TO SAN FRANCISCO CITY 13 COLLEGE DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY REFLECT THE PLANS YOU HAVE 14 IN PLACE FOR THESE LIABILITIES. 15 WE HAVE INCLUDED ON PAGE 55 OF THE REPORT A 16 FOOTNOTE THAT KIND OF PUTS IN CONTEXT SOME OF THE THINGS 17 THAT ARE HAPPENING STATEWIDE AS IT RELATES TO THE FUNDING 18 OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN GENERAL. 19 AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE HAS PUSHED BACK THESE 20 DEFERRALS OF YOUR APPORTIONMENT AT JUNE 30TH OF 2010. THE 21 STATE OWED THE DISTRICT OVER $22 MILLION. 22 I AM GOING TO POINT YOU TO ONE OTHER PAGE IN 23 JUST A MOMENT. AT JUNE 30TH, 2010, THE UNRESTRICTED 24 GENERAL FUND WAS ACTUALLY A $4 MILLION NEGATIVE CASH 25 BALANCE BECAUSE THE STATE OWED YOU SO MUCH MONEY. JANUARY 27, 2011 39 1 FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN OTHER FUNDS OF THE 2 DISTRICT, SO YOU ARE ABLE TO PAY PAYROLL. YOU ARE ABLE TO 3 PAY YOUR VENDORS. YOU ARE ABLE TO OPERATE AS YOU SHOULD. 4 BUT OBVIOUSLY, A $22 MILLION WITHHOLDING OF CASH IS 5 SOMETHING THAT IS EFFECTING THE DISTRICT IN A VERY 6 NEGATIVE WAY. THAT'S HAPPENING TO COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE 7 STATE. 8 THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THE DEFUNDING OF SOME 9 OF THE FTES. STUDENTS ARE ATTENDING YOUR CLASSES. AS 10 MUCH AS WHAT YOU MAY WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CUT 11 CLASSES, YOU ARE OPENING YOUR DOORS AND ALLOWING THEM TO 12 ATTEND. THE BOTTOM LINE EFFECT IS YOU ARE NOT REPEATING 13 THE FUNDING FROM THE STATE, AND THAT'S ANOTHER $7.6 14 MILLION THAT'S EFFECTING THE BOTTOM LINE. 15 IT'S TOUGH TO BE SUSTAINABLE OVER A LONG PERIOD 16 OF TIME. YOU CAN DO THAT FOR A YEAR OR TWO, BUT WHAT IS 17 THE PLAN IN THE FUTURE TO SEE HOW THAT GOES? 18 AND WHERE THIS IS TRULY REFLECTED IS ON A 19 SCHEDULE THAT'S ON PAGE 68 -- EXCUSE ME. 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, I'M SORRY. I HAD A 21 QUESTION. 22 SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT IF WE ALLOW STUDENTS TO 23 CONTINUE TO COME IN AN OPEN ENROLLMENT POLICY IN THE LONG 24 RUN, YOU KNOW IT'S DETRIMENTAL. 25 MS. WHITE: THAT STATE ISN'T FUNDING IT. THEY JANUARY 27, 2011 40 1 ARE HOPING TO DO SOME RESTORATION DURING THIS YEAR. AND 2 HOPEFULLY, AS THE ECONOMY TURNS BACK, THEY CAN GO AHEAD 3 AND RESTORE THAT FUNDING LEVEL. BUT AT THIS POINT IN 4 TIME, IT HAS HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: BECAUSE I AM ASSUMING 6 OUR FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN AMAZING. AND THEY HAVE BEEN 7 ROCK STARS ALLOWING MORE AND MORE STUDENTS TO COME IN, 8 EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BILLED FOR 30. THEY ARE PUTTING IN 9 40, SOMETIMES 50 STUDENTS AND ABSORBING SOME OF THAT 10 IMPACT. 11 SO I GUESS I AM A LITTLE SHOCKED THAT IT HAS A 12 NEGATIVE NUMBER BECAUSE I JUST FELT UP TO THE MAX POINT 13 THAT WE ARE GETTING ADA, FTE MONEY AND THEN FACULTY ARE 14 LETTING STUDENTS IN MORE AND MORE AND MORE. I GUESS I 15 DIDN'T EVEN THINK YOU HAD THAT BIG OF A NUMBER LIKE THAT, 16 BUT I GUESS THAT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT. 17 MS. WHITE: RIGHT. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THANKS. 19 MS. WHITE: IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 68, THIS IS A 20 THREE-YEAR TREND FOR THE DISTRICT'S UNRESTRICTED GENERAL 21 FUND, A SNAPSHOT BY ITSELF. YOU CAN SEE THE STATE HAS A 22 REQUIRE MINIMUM RESERVE LEVEL OF 5 PERCENT. 23 DURING 2010, YOU ACTUALLY MAINTAINED A 24 5.7 PERCENT RESERVE LEVEL. THAT MEANT THAT WHAT WAS 25 AVAILABLE WITHIN YOUR ENDING FUND BALANCE EXCEEDED WHAT JANUARY 27, 2011 41 1 THE STATE REQUIRED. HOWEVER, I WILL GO BACK TO SAY, 2 ENDING FUND BALANCE AND RESERVE LEVELS ARE NOT CASH. 3 DURING THAT SAME TIME, WHEN YOU WERE MEETING THE 4 STATE'S RESERVE REQUIREMENTS, YOU ALSO WERE A NEGATIVE 5 $4 MILLION OF CASH. SO THAT'S A BUDGETARY IMPACT THAT 6 DOESN'T ALWAYS GET REFLECTED WITHIN HERE AS WELL. 7 THESE ARE ISSUES THAT COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE 8 STATE ARE HAVING TO FUND -- TO DEAL WITH. ISSUING TRANS, 9 GOING OUT AND GETTING ADDITIONAL DEBT, HAVING TO MAKE SOME 10 OF THE CUTS THAT YOU ARE FACED WITH TODAY. 11 SO THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE HERE ARE NOT MADE 12 TO SAY THAT YOU ARE UNIQUE IN THIS SITUATION. IT IS 13 SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE. BUT I POINT 14 IT OUT TO YOU TO KIND OF RE-EMPHASIZE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE 15 ARE LOOKING NOW SIX MONTHS PAST WHEN THIS REPORT WAS 16 FINALIZED AND THESE NUMBERS WERE COMPLETED, THERE IS STILL 17 AN ONGOING EFFECT THAT YOU WILL BE DEALING WITH IN THE 18 FUTURE. 19 THIS IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE MORE 20 IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE SEE WITHIN THIS REPORT. I KNOW 21 THAT YOU'VE HAD IT FOR HOPEFULLY A COUPLE OF DAYS AND HAVE 22 HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 23 QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY QUESTIONS? 25 TRUSTEE NGO. JANUARY 27, 2011 42 1 TRUSTEE NGO: SO IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW ON 2 TRUSTEE WONG'S FRAMING OF THE LONG-TERM UNFUNDED 3 LIABILITY. I THINK WHAT WOULD HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT 4 THAT REALLY MEANS IS THAT WHEN HE SAYS THAT YOU KNOW THE 5 UNFUNDED LIABILITY HASN'T REALLY BEEN SHOWING UP IN OUR 6 BUDGETS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT HAVING TO TAKE CASH OUT THAT 7 YEAR TO PUT IT ANYWHERE, RIGHT? WE JUST ACKNOWLEDGE IT IN 8 THE FUTURE. THESE ARE YOUR PREDICTIONS OF WHAT WE WOULD 9 HAVE TO PAY SOME TIME DOWN THE ROAD. 10 SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO 11 ACTUALLY PUT IT INTO AN ITEMIZED PIECE OF THE BUDGET AND 12 ACCOUNT FOR IT ON A YEAR-TO-YEAR BASIS IN THE ACTUAL CASH 13 BUDGET; IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? 14 MS. WHITE: NOT ENTIRELY BECAUSE WHERE THE GASB 15 STOPS SHORT WAS IN SAYING THAT THIS LIABILITY HAD TO HAVE 16 FUNDING WITH IT; THAT YOU HAD TO MOVE ACTUAL DOLLARS INTO 17 ANOTHER ACCOUNT OR INTO ANOTHER FUND. IT WAS PRIMARILY 18 JUST SAYING ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RECOGNIZE THAT 19 THIS LIABILITY WILL BE IN THERE IN THE FUTURE. IT IS UP 20 TO EACH INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT TO DETERMINE, CAN WE MOVE 21 CASH? AT TIMES LIKE THIS IT IS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO FIND 22 WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO COME UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE 23 OF CASH SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS, BUT HOLDING ONTO THE COSTS, 24 LOOKING AT THE PLAN, ADDRESSING IT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS 25 ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LIABILITY JANUARY 27, 2011 43 1 IS ACCURATE. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY, SO THIS IS WHERE I THINK WE 3 HAVE DISCONNECT IN SOME WAYS BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING 4 TO US IS, HEY, LOOK AT THIS SIX OR NINE FIGURE NUMBER OUT 5 THERE. TAKE IT SERIOUSLY, BUT GASB ITSELF SAYS, WELL, YOU 6 DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT THIS YEAR. SO WE KIND OF THINK 7 IN OUR HEAD, WELL, YEAH, IT'S OUT THERE, BUT WE DON'T 8 REALLY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR. WE JUST 9 HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF RECOGNITION THAT IT IS THERE. 10 SO HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM? 11 THAT'S NO. 1. 12 BUT NO. 2 IS WHEN YOU SAY IT IS A LONG TERM 13 UNFUNDED LIABILITY AND YOU SAY THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY 14 FOR IT AT SOME POINT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 15 WHEN WILL WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT? 16 MS. WHITE: I THINK IF -- AND THIS MAY BE 17 SOMETHING YOUR STAFF MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A LITTLE BIT 18 BETTER, BUT I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR 19 BUDGET STARTS GOING TO YOUR BENEFIT PLANS AND THAT HEALTH 20 BENEFIT THAT YOU GIVE TO YOUR EMPLOYEES, AS YOUR EMPLOYEES 21 ARE RETIRING AND A GREATER NUMBER OF THEM ARE TAKING 22 ADVANTAGE OF THIS BENEFIT, THAT PERCENTAGE THAT THE 23 EXPENDITURE IS TAKING OUT OF YOUR BUDGET IS GOING TO GROW. 24 SO WHERE AT THIS POINT YOU MAY BE PAYING 25 $5.4 MILLION A YEAR, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THAT OUT INTO THE JANUARY 27, 2011 44 1 FUTURE AND SAY AT WHAT POINT ARE WE PAYING 6 MILLION, 2 8 MILLION, 10 MILLION AND THE PERCENTAGE THAT IT'S 3 ACTUALLY EATING OUT OF YOUR BUDGET AT THAT POINT IN TIME, 4 EVEN JUST ON A PAY AS YOU GO BASIS. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: SORRY, LAST ONE. 6 SO IN EFFECT, THERE IS A -- THAT NUMBER THAT YOU 7 WANT TO KIND OF PRESS UPON US WILL HAVE AT SOME POINT AN 8 IMPACT ON OUR ANNUAL BUDGET? 9 MS. WHITE: OUR BUDGET, RIGHT. ABSOLUTELY. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: AND THAT NUMBER IS REFLECTED IN 11 THE PAY AS YOU GO NUMBER? 12 MR. RAUCH: RIGHT. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 14 MS. WHITE: YES. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PAGES 16 CALLED, "FEDERAL AWARDS FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS." 17 MS. WHITE: YES. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ARE THESE FINDINGS THAT YOUR 19 AUDIT FOUND OR ARE THESE FINDINGS THAT THE FEDERAL 20 GOVERNMENT FOUND? 21 I'M JUST CURIOUS. 22 MS. WHITE: THESE ARE FINDINGS AS A RESULT OF 23 OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOUR AUDIT, OKAY. 25 MS. WHITE: YES. WE SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME JANUARY 27, 2011 45 1 ON THE COMPLIANCE COMPONENTS OF THE DISTRICT. AND LOOKING 2 AT STUDENT FINANCIAL AID AND LOOKING THIS YEAR THERE WAS 3 QUITE A BIT THAT CAME THROUGH THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND 4 REINVESTMENT ACT, THE ARRA DOLLARS. 5 NO MONEY COMES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT 6 DOESN'T HAVE STRINGS ATTACHED AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS 7 THAT ARE THERE. AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT 8 THOSE, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE I'S ARE DOTTED AND THE 9 T'S ARE CROSSED. AND IN SOME INSTANCES, WE FOUND SOME 10 WEAKNESSES AND AREAS THAT WERE NOT BEING PROPERLY 11 ADDRESSED. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 13 MS. WHITE: SO WE'VE MADE COMMENTS ON THEM HERE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 15 I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU. THANK YOU 16 VERY MUCH. 17 MS. WHITE: THANK YOU. 18 MR. RAUCH: THANK YOU. 19 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS A 21 REPORT FROM THE CONSTITUENT GROUPS. WE HAVE THE ACADEMIC 22 SENATE, KAREN SAGINOR. 23 MS. SAGINOR: GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE NEW 24 SEMESTER. 25 CONGRATULATIONS, PRESIDENT RIZZO -- JANUARY 27, 2011 46 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 2 MS. SAGINOR: -- VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON, WE ARE 3 VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. 4 FIRST, WE ARE STARTING THIS SEMESTER WITH DEEP 5 BUDGET CONCERNS. THE FACULTY IS IN KIND OF A SOMBER MOOD, 6 BUT STILL THE FACULTY IS VERY FOCUSED ON THE START OF THE 7 SEMESTER AND MEETING ALL THE STUDENT NEEDS. 8 WE DID SOME WORK A WEEK AGO, A LITTLE OVER A 9 WEEK AGO, THE MEETING OF THE BOARD'S BUDGET AND PLANNING 10 COMMITTEE. THAT WAS A VERY INTERESTING EVENING. WE GOT 11 TO TALK ABOUT PERFORMANCE BASED BUDGETING. 12 AND I ACTUALLY WENT HOME OVER THE WEEKEND AND 13 TOOK THE NOTES OF WHAT WE HAD DONE AND PREPARED A -- AT 14 THIS POINT A VERY DRAFTY REPORT, BUT BECAUSE IT IS A VERY 15 CURRENT TOPIC, I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE IT. I HAVE COPIES 16 OF IT. I WILL GIVE YOU THAT. 17 (COPIES OF THE REPORT ARE HANDED OUT.) 18 MS. SAGINOR: AND THE FACULTY ARE PREPARED FOR 19 THE ARDUOUS TASK THAT AWAITS US OVER THE COURSE OF THIS 20 SEMESTER OF CONSIDERING THE OPTIONS FOR THE 2011-2012 21 BUDGET. WE WILL BE WORKING, OF COURSE, WITH THE 22 ADMINISTRATION ON LOOKING AT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN AND 23 WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO OFFER STUDENTS WITH THE 24 FUNDING THAT WE HAVE. 25 I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ONGOING JANUARY 27, 2011 47 1 ISSUE FOR THE FACULTY ABOUT CONTENT FILTERING AND THE 2 BLOCKING OF WEBSITES. THERE WERE SOME CHANGES MADE TO THE 3 WAY THE COLLEGE HANDLES ACCESS FROM WITHIN THE COLLEGE TO 4 OTHER PLACES LAST FALL. 5 WHAT WE'VE GOT AT THIS POINT UNACCEPTABLY 6 IMPEDES FACULTY SELECTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND 7 ALSO LIBRARY RESEARCH WHERE WE TEACH COURSES, FOR 8 INSTANCE, ON NETWORK SECURITY. THE TEACHERS AND THE 9 STUDENTS NEED TO BOTH GET ACCESS TO THE WEBSITES THAT DEAL 10 WITH THAT. WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE 11 ADMINISTRATION UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS RESOLVED. 12 ACCREDITATION, THE STEERING COMMITTEE HAS 13 RECEIVED THREE OF THE FOUR STANDARDS IN A PRELIMINARY 14 DRAFT FORM, SO WE ARE ON SCHEDULE FOR THE WORK THAT WE ARE 15 DOING. WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE 16 SELF-STUDY PUT TOGETHER AND AVAILABLE TO THE COLLEGE 17 COMMUNITY AND IN FACT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN 18 MID-FEBRUARY. 19 AND I WANT TO THANK IN CONNECTION OVER 100 BUSY 20 PEOPLE WHO MADE CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. WE DID SORT 21 OF SEND OUT LITTLE THANK YOU NOTES TO THE FOLKS WHO HAD 22 DONE SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL, NOT JUST ANSWERED ONE 23 QUESTION, BUT SPENT DAYS WRITING SOMETHING OR HOURS 24 PUTTING INFORMATION TOGETHER. AND THIS WAS A LOT OF 25 PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED VERY SUBSTANTIALLY TO THAT. JANUARY 27, 2011 48 1 THAT ENDS MY PART OF MY REPORT, BUT I WOULD LIKE 2 TO YIELD SOME TIME TO GUS GOLDSTEIN FROM AFT 2121. THANK 3 YOU. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 5 MS. GOLDSTEIN: GOOD EVENING. GUS GOLDSTEIN, 6 AFT 2121 VICE PRESIDENT. 7 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW PRESIDENT -- 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 9 MS. GOLDSTEIN: -- AND TO OUR NEW VICE 10 PRESIDENT. 11 AND WE WANT TO SAY, AFT 2121 PARTICULARLY 12 APPRECIATES CHRIS JACKSON'S INTEREST IN STEPPING UP TO THE 13 PLATE IN WORKING ON THE PARCEL TAX, HIS COMMITMENT TO 14 DOING THAT. 15 GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. ALISA MESSER IS NOT 16 HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE SHE IS ATTENDING A KICKOFF FOR 17 THE JOBS WITH JUSTICE COALITION WHICH WE CONSIDER TO BE 18 QUITE IMPORTANT, AND WE THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT. 19 IT'S A COALITION BETWEEN LABOR AND COMMUNITY 20 GROUPS WORKING, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH LOCAL 2 OR WITH THE 21 HEALTHCARE COALITION, FOR EXAMPLE, IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE 22 THAT WORKERS' RIGHTS AT CPMC NEW CAMPUS ARE RESPECTED. 23 IT'S A VERY EXCITING GROUP. THERE'S A LOT OF 24 YOUNG ENERGY IN JOBS FOR JUSTICE. AND IT'S THE NEW 25 GENERATION OF WORKERS' RIGHTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE JANUARY 27, 2011 49 1 DEVELOPED, SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING. SHE PLANS TO JOIN 2 THIS MEETING WHEN THAT KICKOFF EVENT CONCLUDES THIS 3 EVENING. 4 I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT CURRENTLY AFT 2121 5 IS WORKING AT PLANNING WITH OTHER EDUCATION UNIONS IN SAN 6 FRANCISCO AN EVENT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN SAN FRANCISCO 7 FOCUSSING ON PUBLIC EDUCATION IN SAN FRANCISCO TO COINSIDE 8 WITH THE STATEWIDE ACTIVITIES ON MARCH 2ND. 9 MARCH 2ND IS A DAY OF ACTION IN DEFENSE OF 10 PUBLIC EDUCATION, SO WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR 11 PART WILL BE IN THAT. AND THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF 12 EVENT. 13 AND I KNOW THAT ALISA WAS PLANNING AND WORKING 14 WITH OTHER UNIONS JUST THE OTHER DAY. THEY ARE PLANNING 15 SOMETHING, SO YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. 16 AND THAT'S ALL I THINK I HAVE TO REPORT ON FOR 17 THE MOMENT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND THE ACTION ON THE 20 2ND OF MARCH, IS THAT GOING TO BE IN SACRAMENTO OR HERE? 21 MS. GOLDSTEIN: NO, THAT WILL BE A LOCAL ACTION. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, OKAY. 23 MS. GOLDSTEIN: AND THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE OF AN 24 ACTION ON MARCH 14TH. AND THE NATURE OF THAT ACTION ISN'T 25 CLEAR YET EITHER. THAT PROBABLY WILL BE IN SACRAMENTO, JANUARY 27, 2011 50 1 BUT IT MAY NOT TAKE THE SAME SHAPE AND FORM AS PREVIOUS 2 MARCH ACTIVITIES HAVE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. NEXT ON THIS AGENDA ARE 4 REPORTS FROM ASSOCIATED STUDENTS. 5 FIRST ON THE LIST IS -- 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: PRESIDENT RIZZO, WOULD 7 YOU LIKE ME -- 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: GO AHEAD. DO YOU WANT TO READ 9 THESE OFF? 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I JUST WANTED TO POINT 11 OUT THAT MEI MA CANNOT MAKE IT THIS EVENING. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, OKAY. 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: AND NEITHER COULD MIMI 14 RAPO. SHE COULDN'T BE HERE AT THIS PRESENT TIME. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: BUT INGRID IS IN CLASS. 17 SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD TRY TO MAKE IT. 18 BUT ON THIS, WE HAVE OCEAN AVENUE CAMPUS 19 PRESIDENT ELIZABETH, AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR 20 MISSION, KATIE. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ARE THEY READY -- 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I BELIEVE THEY ARE READY. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. 24 MS. WEINBERG: GOOD EVENING, CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN. 25 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE JANUARY 27, 2011 51 1 PRESIDENT. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR 3 THE RECORD. 4 MS. WEINBERG: I AM ELIZABETH WEINBERG. I AM 5 THE A.S. COUNCIL PRESIDENT FROM OCEAN CAMPUS. 6 AND I WOULD LIKE TO START BY WISHING A HAPPY 7 BIRTHDAY TO OUR VERY OWN STUDENT TRUSTEE, JEFFREY FANG. 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THANK YOU. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHAT A WAY TO SPEND YOUR 10 BIRTHDAY. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WAS TRYING TO HIDE IT. 12 MS. WEINBERG: IT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED TO THE WORLD. 13 JUST TO LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT 14 OCEAN CAMPUS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A 15 COUPLE OF OPEN POSITIONS ON OUR COUNCIL, SO WE ARE LOOKING 16 FOR A FEW GOOD SENATORS. WE ARE ALSO HIRING ELECTION 17 CO-COMMISSIONERS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TWO COMMISSIONERS. 18 AND WE WILL BE HAVING AN ONGOING ELECTION FORUM SO THAT 19 STUDENTS CAN GET MORE INFORMATION AND LEARN ABOUT 20 ELECTIONS. AND SO WE ARE DOING SOME OUTREACH AROUND THAT 21 AS WELL AND BASICALLY TRYING TO GET AS MANY STUDENTS 22 INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE. 23 WE ARE ALSO PREPARING FOR STATEWIDE ACTION. A 24 LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN THE SPRING AS WE HEARD 25 ABOUT. WE ARE WORKING ON THE SENATE CONFERENCES AND THE JANUARY 27, 2011 52 1 MARCH IN MARCH. WE ARE PREPARING FOR THAT. WE ARE ALSO 2 LOOKING INTO PARTICIPATING IN THE HANDS ACROSS CALIFORNIA. 3 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CAMPUS-WIDE 4 EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING ON AT OCEAN AND THE OTHER CAMPUSES 5 REGARDING STUDENT EMPOWERMENT AND THE ACTIVISM THAT'S 6 CURRENTLY GOING ON AT CITY COLLEGE. 7 WE ARE DEVELOPING PROMOTIONAL PLANS FOR SHARED 8 GOVERNANCE SO WE CAN GET A LOT MORE STUDENTS INVOLVED AND 9 ALSO FOR GENERAL OUTREACH AROUND THE CAMPUS FOR THE 10 SPRING. 11 WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE ORGANIC FARMER'S 12 MARKET, SO THAT'S STILL IN PROGRESS. COMPLETING A 13 BI-ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IS SORT OF A COMBINATION OF WHAT 14 THE A.S. COUNCIL HAS BEEN DOING AND WHAT OUR PROGRAMS HAVE 15 BEEN DOING IN THE FALL. 16 WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, 17 THE ICC, FINANCE, BOG, AND WE WILL BE JOINING ALL OF THE 18 CAMPUS COUNCILS AT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING ON MONDAY. 19 THE MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER HAS A NEW 20 ADVISORY BOARD WHICH WILL BE MEETING SOON. AND SO THAT'S 21 A NEW DEVELOPMENT. ONE THAT WAS PART OF THE INITIAL 22 DESIGN OF THE MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER TO ENHANCE THE 23 VISION OF THAT CENTER. 24 AND I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE QUEER 25 RESOURCE CENTER, THE QRC HAS FINALLY MOVED INTO THEIR NEW JANUARY 27, 2011 53 1 SPACE. I STOPPED BY TODAY. THEY ARE GOING TO BE SETTING 2 UP SHOP FOR A LITTLE WHILE IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT THEY'VE GOT 3 NEW COMPUTERS. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SPOT. AND IT LOOKS LIKE 4 THEY ARE GOING TO BE REALLY HAPPY THERE. 5 AND I WILL END ONCE AGAIN WITH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY 6 WISH TO JEFFREY FANG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THANK YOU. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE FANG, WHO WAS THE 9 NEXT -- 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THAT WOULD BE THE 11 REPRESENTATIVE FROM MISSION CAMPUS, KATIE. 12 MS. GELARDI: YES, GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO 13 ANOTHER TERRIFIC SEMESTER. I'M KATIE GELARDI. AND I AM 14 HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE MISSION CAMPUS. 15 I AM VERY EXCITED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEIR 16 EXTRAORDINARY EVENT THAT THEY HELD. WE RAISED $2,500. 17 TWO THIRDS OF THIS MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS THE 18 IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR BOOK LOAN PROGRAM WHICH IS GOING 19 TO BE TARGETING FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL ESL STUDENTS. AND 20 THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDS, THE OTHER THIRD, WILL GO TOWARDS 21 THEIR SAVE SUMMER CLASS PROGRAM. THANK YOU. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DO WE HAVE ATTLIA GABOR FROM 23 THE CLASSIFIED SENATE? 24 MR. GABOR: FIRST, I NEED TO ALSO CONGRATULATE 25 THE NEW PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. IT JANUARY 27, 2011 54 1 WAS VERY ENCOURAGING THAT VICE PRESIDENT CHRIS JACKSON WAS 2 MENTIONING ABOUT TO REFINE THE DISTRICT. I'M LOOKING 3 FORWARD TO THAT. 4 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO WISH HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO 5 JEFF. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THANK YOU. 7 MR. GABOR: I WANT TO SAY SO MUCH ON THAT TOPIC. 8 MY REPORT IS GOING TO BE VERY SHORT. THIS IS 9 REALLY NICE AFTER THREE MONTHS BACK. FIRST TIME AT THE 10 BOARD MEETING THAT I ALSO SAW TRUSTEE MILTON MARKS SO THAT 11 WAS NICE. 12 I AM STILL NOT READY QUITE FOR THE (INAUDIBLE), 13 WHICH USUALLY END UP BOARD DAYS. 14 AND MOST OF THE ITEMS I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE 15 COVERED WAS THE BOARD IS REALLY THROWING INTO THE REALM OF 16 THE SEIU, SO WE HAVE ANGELA THOMAS. AND SHE IS GOING TO 17 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THAT CLASSIFIED AND THE 18 DISTRICT IS FACING CURRENTLY. 19 MS. THOMAS: DID YOU ALL SEE WHAT ATTILA DID? 20 THE ONE WITH THE BIGGEST SMILE GETS TO TALK 21 ABOUT THE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT IS SEIU'S BIGGEST CONCERN 22 RIGHT NOW EVEN AS THIS CHAPTER AND CLASSIFIED WORKERS AND 23 SEIU ON A STATE LEVEL. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW BAD 24 THE BUDGET IS, BUT THE CONCERN IS HOW CONTINUALLY BAD IT 25 IS GETTING. JANUARY 27, 2011 55 1 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE TO HAPPEN AT 2 THIS COLLEGE AND EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL TO REMEDY IT. 3 NOW I CAN SAFELY SAY FROM THE STATE LEVEL, WHAT NEEDS TO 4 BE DONE, MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO IT. AND FROM THE 5 PEOPLE LEVEL, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WE DON'T WANT TO 6 RECEIVE IT. YOU KNOW, THAT PUTS US LIKE AT AN IMPASSE 7 BECAUSE IT IS JUST THAT BAD. 8 SO IT MAKES US OUT HERE BY OURSELF KIND OF 9 BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH MONEY THAT WE WILL GET FROM 10 PROP 98. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH MONEY THAT WE WILL GET FROM 11 VARIOUS SALES TAX AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT LEAVES US 12 OUT HERE TO TALK ABOUT PARCEL TAX, TO TALK ABOUT THE 13 FOUNDATION, TO TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS TO TRY TO GET 14 REVENUE FOR THIS SCHOOL. 15 THIS IS WHERE ME AND MY MEMBERS ARE VERY, VERY 16 CONCERNED BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS STRAPPED FOR CASH. AND THE 17 CONCERN THAT WE HAVE IS THAT EVERYBODY IS DOING THEIR DUE 18 DILIGENCE TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. AND THE PERCEPTION 19 OF SEIU BEING A LITTLE DIFFICULT, A LITTLE UNREASONABLE. 20 A LITTLE, YOU KNOW -- WE'RE NOT ON BOARD. AND SEIU IS 21 ALWAYS, ALWAYS ON BOARD FOR MAKING SURE THAT OUR MEMBERS 22 ARE TAKEN CARE OF, AND THE FINANCES OF THIS COLLEGE ARE 23 SOUND. WHERE THIS COLLEGE IS HERE AFTER MANY OF MY 24 MEMBERS RETIRE. 25 SO WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE JANUARY 27, 2011 56 1 PARCEL TAX, FOR EXAMPLE, SEIU SUPPORTS A PARCEL TAX. WE 2 DON'T NECESSARILY SUPPORT IT FOR JUNE BECAUSE WE THINK WE 3 WILL LOSE. IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. IT IS JUST THAT 4 SIMPLE. WE WANT TO WIN. AND I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS 5 SAYING, WHATEVER SEIU CRITICIZES, MORE OFTEN THEN NOT, WE 6 ARE NOT AGAINST THE PROGRAM. WE ARE AGAINST LOSING. WE 7 WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. BECAUSE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, WE 8 ONLY MAY HAVE ONE SHOT, ONE GOOD SHOT. 9 JUST LIKE WITH ALL THE OTHER MONEY ITEMS THAT 10 ARE GOING TO BE ON THE JUNE BALLOT AS IT IS, WE ARE 11 NERVOUS. WE ARE NERVOUS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TIRED. PEOPLE 12 ARE TAXED OUT. JUST THE THOUGHT OF, OKAY, I MIGHT NOT 13 HAVE TO PAY THESE FIVE TAXES ARE WONDERFUL. THAT'S OUR 14 HEAVY LIFTING THAT WE HAVE TO DO. 15 HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONVINCE THEM THAT THEY 16 STILL NEED TO PAY WHEN THEY ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS, AND 17 THEY ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES, AND THEY ARE LOSING THE 18 THINGS THAT THEY ARE LOSING. 19 YES, I DO HAVE A BIG SMILE. AND I LIKE A LOT OF 20 PEOPLE. I SIT BACK THERE AND KNIT, BUT I AM A VERY 21 REALISTIC WOMEN. I CAN CALL A SPADE A SPADE. AND THIS 22 FINANCIAL PICTURE THAT WE HAVE, LOCALLY, AND ON A STATE 23 LEVEL IS VERY, VERY GLOOMY. AND IT'S NOT GETTING ANY 24 BETTER. 25 AND UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THE WAY THE STATE JANUARY 27, 2011 57 1 FEELS ABOUT JUNIOR COLLEGES BECAUSE WE CAN RAISE FEES THAT 2 THAT IS A REVENUE STREAM FOR US, I DON'T THINK THAT'S 3 ACCEPTABLE BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE STUDENTS THAT 4 WE HAVE. A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE JUST BARELY ABLE TO 5 AFFORD WHAT THEY ARE PAYING NOW SO THAT WHOLE THING, I 6 HAVE ISSUES WITH. 7 SO I WISH ALL OF US THE BEST. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO 8 SEVERAL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. AND YOU GUYS HAVE LAUGHED 9 WITH US. WE KNOW THAT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE IN A GOOD SPOT. 10 AND I HOPE WE ARE ALL IN A GOOD SPOT BY THE TIME WE GET 11 THROUGH FIGHTING IT OUT. 12 OKAY, YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 14 OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT, 15 SPEAKING OF THE BUDGET. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, THERE'S BUDGET 17 (INAUDIBLE) SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS. IT'S 18 THE SAME PRESENTATION I MADE FOR THE BOARD'S BUDGET 19 COMMITTEE RECENTLY AND ALSO AT THE COLLEGE BUDGET 20 COMMITTEE. I AM SURE I CAN GET THROUGH THIS IN TEN 21 MINUTES OR LESS. 22 THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT EFFECT OUR 23 2011-2012 BUDGET. THAT'S THE FISCAL YEAR THAT WILL BE 24 BEGINNING ON JULY 1ST. I WILL START BY SAYING WE ARE 25 MANAGING OUR MONEY WELL STILL IN 2010-2011. OUR SPENDING JANUARY 27, 2011 58 1 LEVELS ARE WITHIN TARGET. WE CONTINUALLY REASSESS THAT, 2 BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MANY FORCES THAT WILL BE 3 WORKING AGAINST US IN THE COMING YEAR. 4 STARTING WITH THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, WHERE HE 5 PROPOSED A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION AND FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY 6 COLLEGES. I WILL SHOW YOU SPECIFIC NUMBERS FOR CITY 7 COLLEGE IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. 8 THERE ARE THE ONGOING COST INCREASES FOR FRINGE 9 BENEFITS, PRIMARILY HEALTH AND PENSION. I WILL SHOW YOU 10 SOME MORE SPECIFICS ON ONE OF THE PENSIONS, BUT ALL THE 11 PENSIONS ARE FACING PRESSURE. 12 THERE ARE THE COSTS OF ANNUAL SALARY STEPS. AND 13 I LOOK AT THE GROSS COST OF SALARY STEPS. THERE ARE 14 REPORTS SAVINGS FROM ATTRITION AS HIGHER PAID DISTRICT 15 EMPLOYEES LEAVE AND ARE REPLACED WITH FOLKS AT LOWER 16 STEPS. 17 THERE IS INADEQUATE STATE FUNDING FOR 18 CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS. WE ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THAT. 19 NEXT YEAR WILL BE THE THIRD YEAR. THE DISTRICT IS 20 SUBSIDIZING THOSE PROGRAMS RATHER HEAVILY RIGHT NOW. AND 21 THAT INTERNAL SUBSIDY WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REVIEW 22 GIVEN THE PARAMETERS WE HAVE COMING UP. 23 WE HAVE HAD REMARKABLE CONCESSIONS FROM THE 24 UNIONS THAT WE WORK WITH. AND THE BOARD HAS MANDATED 25 REDUCTIONS LIKEWISE FROM EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT IN UNIONS. JANUARY 27, 2011 59 1 AND ALL OF THOSE REDUCTIONS IN COMPENSATION EXPIRE AT THE 2 END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. 3 STATE BUDGET CUTS PROPOSED FOR THE NEXT YEAR. 4 THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED CUTS TO THE BASE FUNDING OF 5 COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AND AT THE SAME TIME PROPOSED 6 INCREASING STUDENT FEES, $10 A UNIT TO GENERATE ABOUT 7 $110 MILLION TO PAY FOR GROWTH. THE INCREASED FEE AT THIS 8 POINT, UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL, GOES FOR GROWTH. 9 THE $400 MILLION CUT OUT OF THE BASE ASSUMES A 10 SUCCESSFUL JUNE ELECTION. THAT IN OTHER WORDS IS THE 11 AMOUNT IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL THAT IS THE LOWEST 12 AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE CUT. IT WOULD BE CUT A GREATER 13 AMOUNT IF THE JUNE ELECTION THAT IS PROPOSED FAILED. 14 ULTIMATELY, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL MONEY COMING 15 TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES IF THE JUNE ELECTION PASSES. JUST 16 LESS MONEY IF IT FAILS. 17 THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE ESTIMATES THE NET 18 IMPACT ON CITY COLLEGE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY SENT 19 AN E-MAIL OUT TODAY, WHICH I HAVEN'T SEEN BECAUSE I WAS 20 OUT OF THE CITY TODAY. AT LEAST 8.25 MILLION, BUT I WAS 21 TOLD AT LUNCH THAT THOSE NUMBERS NEED TO BE ADJUSTED UP BY 22 ABOUT 5 PERCENT, SO MAYBE ANOTHER 400,000. 23 AND THAT ASSUMES THAT THE FEE REVENUE IS GIVEN 24 OUT PROPORTIONATELY TO EACH DISTRICT. IN OTHER WORDS, NOT 25 REALLY THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN. THE GOVERNOR IS SAYING KEEP JANUARY 27, 2011 60 1 IT IN GROWTH. AND THIS VERSION SAYS, BASICALLY ALL THOSE 2 DOLLARS GO BACK TO EACH COLLEGE PROPORTIONATE TO THE 3 NUMBER OF STUDENTS THEY ARE SERVING. 4 IF THE FEES ARE ONLY USED FOR GROWTH IN THE MOST 5 TRADITIONAL SENSE, THE GAP FEE WOULD BE AS LARGE AS 6 $11.38 MILLION. THERE IS A SCENARIO KIND OF IN BETWEEN 7 THAT DEALS MORE GROWTH. AND THEN THE GROWTH CAP FOR NEXT 8 YEAR FOR OUR COLLEGE, OF COURSE, IS NOT KNOWN YET. 9 VERY SKETCHY DETAILS ON THE PROPOSED -- 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IF I CAN JUST INTERRUPT YOU. 11 THOSE NUMBERS ASSUME THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED TAX 12 MEASURES PASS. IS THAT CORRECT? 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S CORRECT. THE 14 $400 MILLION REDUCTION ASSUMES A SUCCESSFUL JUNE ELECTION. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND AS I KNOW IT, IF THE TAX 16 MEASURES FAIL, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $500 MILLION. 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AS MUCH AS 500 MILLION. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I WILL SHOW THAT ON THE CHART. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, OKAY. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT THAT'S CORRECT. 22 SO SKETCHY DETAILS ON THE CUT. THIS IS LANGUAGE 23 I LIFTED FROM THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE MEMO. AND 24 WHAT YOU WILL NOTICE IN HERE IS WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT 25 PRIORITIES, THEY KEEP REPEATING THEMSELVES WHEN THEY TALK JANUARY 27, 2011 61 1 ABOUT VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS TO FOUR-YEAR 2 COLLEGES. VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATES, TRANSFERS, OVER AND 3 OVER IN THEIR WORDS. TRANSFER, VOCATIONAL SKILLS. 4 SO THEY ARE SENDING AROUND A LOUD MESSAGE OR AT 5 LEAST A MEDIUM MESSAGE NOW THAT COULD TURN INTO A LOUD 6 MESSAGE THAT THEY SEE DWINDLING RESOURCES NEEDING TO BE 7 FOCUSED IN PARTICULAR AREAS AND THE AREAS THAT THEY ARE 8 SPEAKING ABOUT ARE THOSE TWO. 9 IF THE JUNE BALLOT MEASURE FAILS, AS PRESIDENT 10 RIZZO JUST MENTIONED, A $400 MILLION CUT COULD GROW TO AS 11 MUCH AS A $900 MILLION. 12 K-12 WOULD NO LONGER BE PROTECTED FROM CUTS. AT 13 THIS POINT THEY ARE PROTECTED. THAT, OF COURSE, APPEARS 14 TO BE THE GOVERNOR'S STRATEGY TO TRY TO ACHIEVE A 15 SUCCESSFUL JUNE ELECTION TO BASICALLY GO TO THE VOTERS AND 16 SAY, IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO EXTEND THESE TAXES -- THEY 17 ARE NOT INCREASES. THEY ARE TAXES YOU ARE ALREADY PAYING. 18 IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO EXTEND THEM, THEN K-12 WILL BE 19 CUT SIGNIFICANTLY AS WELL. 20 SO HERE'S A CHART THAT TALKS ABOUT THE RANGE OF 21 THESE CUTS FOR CITY COLLEGE. THESE ARE NUMBERS PRODUCED 22 BY THE LEAGUE. AND AGAIN, THEY'VE ADJUSTED THEM. AND I 23 HAVEN'T SEEN THE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT THESE ARE CLOSE ENOUGH 24 FOR TONIGHT. 25 THE FIRST LINE TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN JANUARY 27, 2011 62 1 TALKING ABOUT, THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY PROPOSAL WITH A 2 SUCCESSFUL JUNE ELECTION. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO 3 NUMBERS IS WHETHER THESE PROPOSED FEES THE GOVERNOR HAS 4 PUT OUT AUTOMATICALLY COME BACK TO THE COLLEGE OR CAN ONLY 5 BE ACHIEVED THROUGH INCREASED ENROLLMENT. THAT'S THE 6 REASON FOR THE RANGE BETWEEN 8.2 AND 11.3. 7 THE NEXT TWO LINES TALK ABOUT A FAILED ELECTION 8 IN JUNE AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. AND THIS IS AGAIN 9 ACCORDING TO THE LEAGUE. AND THE DIFFERENCES OF WHETHER 10 OR NOT PROP 98 IS SUSPENDED OR NOT. SO THE MIDDLE 11 SCENARIO, PROP 98 IS LEFT ALONE. AND THE BOTTOM SCENARIO 12 IS IF PROP 98 IS SUSPENDED. AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE 13 BIG GAP IN THE NUMBERS. 14 SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT AN EXTRA 15 500 MILLION, A TOTAL OF 900 MILLION OF CUTS FROM THE 16 GOVERNOR, AND THE LEGISLATURE. AND THIS ONE HERE IS A 17 MIDRANGE PROPOSAL WHERE THE SECOND ROUND OF CUTS WOULD BE 18 LESS THAN $500 MILLION. 19 I THOUGHT I SAW A HAND UP. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, TRUSTEE JACKSON. 21 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT 22 YOU ARE SAYING, LOSS IF FEES ARE -- PROPORTIONATELY LOSS 23 OF STUDENT FEES ARE FOR GROWTH ONLY. DOES THAT MEAN WE 24 ARE NOT GROWING -- WE LOST GROWTH BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING 25 MORE. JANUARY 27, 2011 63 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS THIS IN 2 THE CURRENT YEAR, AND I THINK I SAY THIS IN A LATER SLIDE. 3 IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE GET BACK TO BASE AND TRY TO EARN 4 THE GROWTH DOLLARS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO US. 5 IF THE CUTS ARE POSITIONED NEXT YEAR AS IT'S 6 COMING RIGHT OUT OF YOUR BASE AND THAT REDUCES YOUR 7 WORKLOAD AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ADD MORE STUDENTS IN ORDER 8 TO EARN THAT EXTRA NEXT PIECE, EVEN THOUGH THE DIRECT COST 9 OF EDUCATION IS ONLY 51, 52 PERCENT, EVEN IN A DISTRICT 10 LIKE OURS. 11 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PLAY THAT GROWTH GAME AT 12 THAT POINT BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING AWAY MORE THAN THE 13 DIRECT COST OF ADDING THE CLASSES TO ACHIEVE THE GROWTH. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY, THANK YOU. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WORKLOAD MEASURES, REDUCE STATE 16 FUNDING CAN MEAN A REDUCTION. I BELIEVE THIS WILL HAPPEN 17 IF THE CUT STANDS. AND WHILE IT'S NOT YET KNOWN, AS I 18 SAID, IT REMAINS CRITICAL THAT WE ACHIEVE OUR BASE AND AS 19 MUCH GROWTH AS WE CAN IN THE CURRENT YEAR SO THAT WE GET 20 UP TO AS HIGH A POINT AS WE CAN BEFORE THEY START CHOPPING 21 US DOWN. 22 INCREASING COSTS STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, WE'VE HEARD 23 THESE WORDS BEFORE. NOTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED. WE FACE 24 ANNUAL INCREASES FOR HEALTH FOR CURRENT AND RETIRED 25 EMPLOYEES FROM A YEAR AGO. THAT'S AN AVERAGE AMOUNT. JANUARY 27, 2011 64 1 (INAUDIBLE) MIGHT BE COMING UP AGAIN THIS YEAR. SALARY 2 STEPS, A GROSS COST WHERE WE'VE NOT DEDUCTED OUT 3 ATTRITION. EVEN WHEN REVENUES DECREASE, WE EXPERIENCE 4 THESE COSTS. 5 MAYBE ANOTHER WORD ON THE RETIREES THAT MIGHT 6 HELP. THE COST OF PAYING THE RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS IS 7 REALLY A PENSION PLAN, BUT WE DON'T FUND IT LIKE A PENSION 8 PLAN. WE FUND IT LIKE WE ARE PAYING EMPLOYEES HERE AS IF 9 THEY ARE GOING AWAY AT SOME POINT. WE WON'T HAVE TO PAY 10 THE COST ANYMORE AS OPPOSED TO A PENSION PLAN WHERE YOU 11 ARE BUILDING UP THE SAVINGS SO YOU HAVE A COMBINATION OF 12 EARNINGS OFF THE SAVINGS, THE MONEY YOU DEPOSITED ITSELF, 13 MAYBE SOME ONGOING -- YOU'VE GOT ALL THAT MONEY COMING 14 TOGETHER, SO YOU HAVE A NICE MORE EXPECTED LINE OF WHAT 15 YOU PAY OVER TIME. 16 WE ARE PAYING STRICTLY PAY AS YOU GO. JUST THIS 17 YEAR'S BUDGET PAYING THIS YEAR'S COST. AND WHEN I STARTED 18 HERE, IT WAS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 PERCENT OF OUR OPERATING 19 BUDGET. IT IS NOW BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PERCENT OF OUR 20 OPERATING BUDGET. IT IS NOT THAT FAR OFF BETWEEN 3 AND 21 4 PERCENT OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET. THAT'S THE DIRECTION 22 IT'S BEEN GOING. I HOPE THAT HELPS. 23 THE LAST ACROSS THE BOARD SALARY INCREASE FOR 24 THE COLLEGE'S WORKFORCE OCCURRED BACK ON JULY 1ST, 2007. 25 THAT WAS SOME TIME AGO ALREADY. PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS JANUARY 27, 2011 65 1 INCREASED SHARPLY FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO EMPLOYEE 2 RETIREMENT SYSTEM, BOTH IN 2009-2010 AND 2010-2011. 3 I HAVE A CHART THAT I CAN SHOW YOU LATER ON 4 THAT. AND ANOTHER LARGE INCREASE FOR SEEKERS WILL OCCUR. 5 THAT'S NOT IT. THAT WILL OCCUR ON JULY 1ST. WE'VE 6 ALREADY GOTTEN THE NOTICE. THE EMPLOYER RATE WILL GO UP 7 TO 18 PERCENT ON EVERY DOLLAR COVERED IN THE PENSION. 8 A POSSIBLE INCREASE IN STRS RATES MAY OCCUR AS 9 WELL NEXT YEAR. THERE WAS AN INTERVIEW THAT I PASSED OUT 10 TO FOLKS WITH THE CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER FOR STRS, WHERE 11 HE MAKES IT QUITE CLEAR THAT STRS HAS A RATHER SIGNIFICANT 12 UNFUNDED LIABILITY OVER $40 MILLION. AND MORE MONEY HAS 13 TO COME FROM SOME PLACE. STRS HAS GOT TO GET BACK TO 14 SOLID (INAUDIBLE). 15 SOFTWARE LICENSES AND UTILITIES GENERALLY DO 16 INCREASE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. THEY ARE MUCH LESS ON SCALE 17 COMPARED TO THESE THINGS. 18 AND JUST A REMINDER, THAT CASHOUT FOR EMPLOYEES 19 LEAVING SERVICE ARE INCREASING. WE ARE DEPENDING ON 20 ATTRITION AS PART OF OUR SALARY AND STRATEGY. BUT WHEN 21 OUR EMPLOYEES LEAVE ON THE CLASSIFIED OR THE 22 ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, THEY OFTEN HAVE VESTED TIME THAT WE 23 HAVE TO PAY IN A LUMP SUM WHEN THEY GO. 24 PENSION PLANS, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO 25 A MOMENT AGO. AILMAN IS THE CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER FOR JANUARY 27, 2011 66 1 STRS. HE SAID THERE'S PRESSURE TO MAKE UP THE LOWER -- 2 THEY'VE LOWERED THEIR ASSUMPTION ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY 3 THEIR PORTFOLIO WILL GENERATE IN THE FUTURE. I THINK THEY 4 TOOK IT DOWN TO SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT. AND THEY'VE GOT 5 TWO BAD YEARS THAT JUST WENT BY, RELATIVELY BAD YEARS. 6 SO MORE MONEY HAS TO COME FROM THE SYSTEMS, 7 OTHER SOURCES OF INCOME, EITHER THE EMPLOYERS LIKE CITY 8 COLLEGE, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OR POSSIBLY EVEN 9 MEMBERS. AND THEN EVEN THOUGH THE RATES MAY GO UP FOR NEW 10 MEMBERS, I THOUGHT THIS WAS STARTLING WHEN HE SAID, NEW 11 MEMBERS MAY BE FACED WITH A 401K TYPE FUNDING. 12 I WANT TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT IF THEY ARE 13 VESTED, THEY WILL GET WHAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR. 14 AND THEN SFERS ACCORDING TO THE ACTUARY, THE 15 EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATE, THAT'S THE PART THAT THE 16 COLLEGE PAYS, WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. I MENTIONED IT 17 IS GOING UP TO 18 PERCENT THIS YEAR. IT WILL GO TO 21, 18 AND THEN 24 AND THEN 29 PERCENT BY 2015. THAT'S THE 19 PROJECTION RIGHT NOW. 20 ALSO IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THEIR 21 ASSUMPTION ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THE PENSION WILL EARN WITH 22 ITS INVESTMENTS. 23 SO I TRIED TO PIECE TOGETHER CITY COLLEGE'S 24 PROJECTED BUDGET GAP AT THIS EARLY DATE. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: CAN I ASK YOU A JANUARY 27, 2011 67 1 QUESTION? 2 SO I KNOW JUST, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE STOCK 3 MARKET AND THE S&P 500, I KNOW THE STOCK MARKET IT 4 GENERALLY GOING BACK UP. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT'S BEEN A GOOD 12 MONTHS. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH 7 LIKE WITH THE PENSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT 8 SEEMS LIKE THE STOCK MARKET IS GOING UP. SHOULDN'T OUR 9 CONTRIBUTIONS BE LEVELING OUT TO THE 2006-2007 LEVELS AT 10 SOME POINT. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT HELPS. REMEMBER THE STOCK 12 MARKET IS GETTING TO A POINT IT HASN'T BEEN AT FOR A 13 COUPLE OF YEARS BY GETTING TO 12,000. AND AT ONE POINT IT 14 WAS AT 14,000. 15 THEY'VE CHANGED THEIR ASSUMPTION BASED ON THE 16 PERIOD AFTER THE MELTDOWN FOR THE LONG RUN. THEY'VE 17 LOWERED THEIR ASSUMPTION OF FUTURE YEARS IN TERMS OF HOW 18 MUCH THEY CAN EXPECT TO EARN, AND THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING 19 THE CHANGE IN THE (INAUDIBLE). 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SO I TRIED TO CREATE TWO CASES. 22 THAT'S THE WORST. I WILL SAY OFF THE TOP, I DON'T BELIEVE 23 THIS IS THE NUMBER COMING TO CITY COLLEGE. THAT'S THE 24 WORST CASE STATE CUT. 25 THE GOVERNOR HAS A PLAN TO GO TO THE BALLOT. JANUARY 27, 2011 68 1 THE REPUBLICANS MAY NOT SUPPORT IT. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A 2 PLAN B TO GET TO THE BALLOT, EVEN IF THE REPUBLICANS DON'T 3 SUPPORT IT. THEY HAVE POLLING THAT SHOWS THAT THE WAY 4 THEY POSITIONED IT, IF YOU EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, THEY WILL 5 SUPPORT THE TAX SO THAT CUTS DON'T OCCUR IN THE K-12 6 SYSTEM SIGNIFICANTLY. SO I AM SAYING AT THIS POINT I 7 THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD STRATEGY IN TERMS OF POLITICAL 8 STRATEGY TO GET THE TAXES EXTENDED. 9 THE 8.25 MILLION SEEMS LIKE A SURE THING. I'M 10 SORRY TO SAY THAT, BUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 8 AND 11 MILLION 11 SEEMS LIKE A SURE THING AT THIS POINT UNLESS THE 12 LEGISLATURE LURCHES OUT AND RESHAPES THE CUT THAT THE 13 GOVERNOR MADE IN JANUARY. 14 WE ALL SEE THESE INTERVIEWS IN THE NEWS FROM 15 TIME TO TIME. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING OUT THERE TELLING ME 16 THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 40 DAYS OR 17 WHATEVER IS LEFT BETWEEN NOW AND THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. 18 WE HAVE THE COMPENSATION REDUCTIONS. I'VE 19 TALKED ABOUT BOTH NEGOTIATED AND MANDATED. IT WILL EXPIRE 20 JUNE 30TH, SO I'VE BUILT THEM BACK INTO THE BUDGET. WE 21 HAD AN INCREASED COST THAT I TALKED ABOUT FOR HEALTH, 22 PENSION, STEPS, GROSS COST FOR STEPS. 23 AND THEN WE HAVE OFFSETTING SOME OF THESE, 24 BECAUSE THESE ARE REALLY NUMBERS THAT ADD UP TO BE A 25 PROBLEM. WHILE THIS IS A NEGATIVE NUMBER, IT LOWERS THESE JANUARY 27, 2011 69 1 NUMBERS SORT OF. IT LESSENS THE PROBLEM. THOSE ARE 2 MODEST INCREASES IN SALES TAX, LOTTERY, SPECIFIC OTHER 3 REVENUES THAT WE HAVE. 4 AND SO THERE YOU GO. THERE'S $17.5 MILLION THAT 5 POPS UP AS A POSSIBLE GAP THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO 6 SOLVE FOR 2011-2012. IT'S A BIG NUMBER. THE OTHER NUMBER 7 IS GIGANTIC. AGAIN, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE NUMBER I 8 THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SO THEN THAT NUMBER 9 IS NOT WHAT I AM EXPECTING. 10 STATE FUNDING IS ALREADY INADEQUATE. AND NOW 11 IT'S BEING REDUCED AGAIN. I SHOULDN'T SAY, "AGAIN". IT'S 12 LIKELY TO REMAIN AT DIMINISHED LEVELS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 13 WE CONTINUE TO FACE ANNUAL UNFUNDED COST INCREASES 14 SIGNIFICANT OVER $6 MILLION A YEAR WITHOUT ADDITIONAL 15 FUNDING. THIS SPEAKS TO YOUR CONVERSATION LATER. 16 BALANCING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET WILL REQUIRE SEVERE 17 CHANGES. TO ACHIEVE THAT BIG OF A SOLUTION, EVEN ON A 18 $17 MILLION SIDE WITHOUT BRINGING IN MORE MONEY INTO THE 19 DISTRICT, WOULD REQUIRE SEVERE CHANGES. 20 AND SO I THINK IT IS APROPO FOR YOU TO BE 21 TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING SOMETHING ON THE 22 BALLOT TO ASK LOCAL VOTERS IF THEY ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT 23 THE COLLEGE BECAUSE THE MENTION OF THE PROBLEM WE ARE 24 FACING ON TOP OF THE DIMENSION OF THE PROBLEM WE JUST 25 FACED, MAKES IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO JANUARY 27, 2011 70 1 PROVIDE THE TYPE OF COLLEGE THAT WE PROVIDED FOR THIS 2 COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY 3 PRESENTATION. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 5 ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TRUSTEES? 6 WE HAVE ONE CARD, AND IT'S GUS GOLDSTEIN. 7 MS. GOLDSTEIN: GUS GOLDSTEIN, AFT 2121. 8 JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN 9 CAREFUL TO SAY THAT THE STEP INCREASES YOU ARE TALKING 10 ABOUT THE GROSS STEP INCREASES, BUT I JUST WANT TO 11 RE-EMPHASIZE THAT BY OUR CALCULATIONS WHEN YOU TAKE 12 ACCOUNT OF ATTRITION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REFRAME IT 13 BECAUSE IF YOU TALK IN TERMS OF STEP INCREASES, IT LOOKS 14 AS IF FACULTY ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE MONEY. BUT WHEN 15 IT COMES TO THE AMOUNT THAT IT'S GOING TO COST THE 16 COLLEGE, WE THINK IT'S GOING TO COME OUT ABOUT BALANCED TO 17 COME UP CLOSE TO ZERO. I DON'T HAVE THE FIGURES. I'M 18 RELYING ON OTHER PEOPLE IN THE LEADERSHIP. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: (INAUDIBLE) THE WHOLE DOLLAR 20 AMOUNT JUST THE (INAUDIBLE). 21 MS. GOLDSTEIN: YES, OKAY, THEN I AM ONLY 22 SPEAKING OF THE FACULTY. THANKS. 23 AND THE OTHER IS A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS I 24 THINK. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO FOLKS ON THE STRS BOARD, 25 AND THEY DO NOT ANTICIPATE AN INCREASE FOR THE EMPLOYERS JANUARY 27, 2011 71 1 NEXT YEAR. 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SHE'S GOING TO COME UP. 4 MS. THOMAS: THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MY 5 RAISED HAND. 6 I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE LAST LINE IN PETER'S 7 PRESENTATION WHEN IT SAID, "SEVERE CHANGES." 8 WITH THE BEST CARE SCENARIO OF 17 MILLION OR THE 9 WORST CASE OF 25, JUST TO FRAME A LITTLE BIT JUST HOW BAD 10 THIS IS. IF YOU LOOK AT PREVIOUS DOCUMENTS, THE 11 CLASSIFIED BUDGET IS $39 MILLION. 17 MILLION, THAT'S 12 ALMOST HALF OF OUR UNION. 25 MILLION, THAT'S TWO-THIRDS 13 OF OUR UNION. THESE ARE CATASTROPHIC NUMBERS. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: 36 IS THE WORST CASE AND THAT 15 IS YOUR BUDGET. 16 MS. THOMAS: YES. 17 AND I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE FOR ALL THE 18 CLASSIFIED NOT TO BE HERE JUST BASED ON WHAT COMES OUT OF 19 SACRAMENTO. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 21 ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? 22 DO YOU WANT TO COME UP? 23 MR. SCOTT: RODGER SCOTT, FACULTY AND AFT 2121. 24 I THINK IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO KEEP IN MIND THE 25 ABSURDITY, ECONOMIC AND HUMAN ABSURDITY, OF HAVING A 25 TO JANUARY 27, 2011 72 1 $28 BILLION DEFICIT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AT THE 2 SAME TIME, WE ARE SENDING AT LEAST $25 BILLION TO SUPPORT 3 THE UNDECLARED, UNWINNABLE WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. 4 AND WE SHOULD BE -- THAT'S THE BUSINESS OF EVERY 5 INSTITUTION WITHIN SOCIETY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TAKE 6 A MORE PROACTIVE VIEW OF THAT AND DEMONSTRATE THAT 7 POLITICALLY IN THE MONTHS TO COME. THANK YOU. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. WOULD YOU FILL OUT 9 A CARD, MR. SCOTT. 10 THANK YOU. 11 MS. SAGINOR: KAREN SAGINOR, ACADEMIC SENATE. 12 THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. 13 I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON ONE THING. AND SOME 14 OF YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ME SAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THE 15 STATE IS TRYING TO DO IS BASICALLY TO RESTRICT OUR 16 MISSION. THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY, WE WANT YOU TO PUSH 17 CERTAIN KINDS OF STUDENTS OUT. WE WANT YOU TO KEEP 18 TRANSFER, CERTIFICATE VOCATIONAL STUDENTS, BUT THOSE OTHER 19 STUDENTS. WE WANT TO KEEP ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. WE WANT 20 TO GIVE AN EDUCATION TO THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WANT 21 TO GO STRAIGHT ON TO COLLEGE. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GIVE 22 AN EDUCATION TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. AND THIS IS A VERY, 23 VERY TROUBLING TREND TO US. THANK YOU. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 25 OKAY, I THINK -- JANUARY 27, 2011 73 1 TRUSTEE NGO: MR. PRESIDENT. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DID YOU WANT TO -- 3 TRUSTEE NGO: PETER, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION 4 ABOUT KAREN'S POINT? THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS LEADING TOO. 5 THE STATEMENT BY SKINNER (PHONETIC) OR SOME 6 REFERENCE OF SKINNER -- 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: --THAT FOCUSSED ON THE NEW 9 COMPLETION THE CREDENTIAL OR THE TRANSFER. WHAT DOES THAT 10 ACTUALLY MEAN IN YOUR MIND? 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, AS SOMEBODY POINTED OUT 12 THE OTHER DAY, WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT PARTS TO OUR 13 MISSION. AND NOT JUST OUR MISSION, THE MISSION OF THE 14 COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM. 15 THEY ARE SPEAKING, NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME. 16 ACTUALLY LAST YEAR, JACK SCOTT SPOKE ABOUT HOW HE HOPED 17 COLLEGE'S IN THE SYSTEM WOULD BEHAVE WITH THE CUTS THAT 18 HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN TO FOCUS ON BASIC SKILLS AND 19 TRANSFER RELATED CLASSES. HE MAY HAVE SAID VOCATIONAL AT 20 THIS POINT ALSO. 21 SO THE MESSAGE IS GETTING REPEATED AND TIGHTENED 22 BY THE STATE CHANCELLOR. AND IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO 23 LOOK AT WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST RECOMMENDED ALSO, THE 24 TREND IS FOR THESE FOLKS TO START SAYING -- PUT IT THIS 25 WAY. JANUARY 27, 2011 74 1 FOR ME COMMONSENSE IS THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2 SYSTEM WAS BARELY FUNDED TO START WITH TO DO THE KIND OF 3 JOB THAT'S EXPECTED. SO IF THE STATE IS GOING TO TAKE 4 AWAY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THE MESSAGE TO THE 5 SYSTEM SHOULD JUST BE, WE ARE REALLY SORRY, DO THE BEST 6 YOU CAN UNTIL THINGS GETS BETTER AS OPPOSED TO WE ARE 7 GOING TO GET MORE PRESCRIPTIVE ABOUT HOW WE LET YOU SPEND 8 YOUR REMAINING DOLLARS, WHICH IS THE HALF THE PATH THEY 9 HAVE STARTED. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. THE 11 PRESCRIPTION, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, THERE'S NOTHING REALLY 13 OFFICIAL YET. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: WHAT WOULD IT BE DEPENDED ON? 15 WOULD IT BE THIS KIND OF ENROLLMENT, THAT SETS THIS 16 ISSUE-- 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, THERE ARE A -- 18 TRUSTEE NGO: -- OR WOULD IT BE SOME SORT OF -- 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- NUMBER OF WAYS. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: -- CATEGORICAL FUNDING? 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE MOST SEVERE VERSION WOULD 22 BE TO START SPECIFYING PROGRAMS. AND YOU KNOW, TO START 23 SPECIFYING WHAT THEY WILL NOT FUND OR TO REDUCE THE RATE 24 OF FUNDING FOR CERTAIN THINGS AS THEY PROPOSED WITH PHYS 25 ED A YEAR OR TWO AGO. JANUARY 27, 2011 75 1 YOU KNOW THE OTHER MYTH THAT THEY LIVE BY IS 2 THAT COLLEGES LIKE OURS CAN JUST KIND OF MAKE A RIGHT-HAND 3 TURN IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO CHANGE THE PROGRAM. IT 4 TAKES YEARS FOR A LARGE COLLEGE TO MAKE THE KIND OF SHIFTS 5 THAT THEY WANT TO TRY TO CREATE WITH THEIR FUNDING 6 DISINCENTIVES AND FUNDING INCENTIVES. 7 AND SO OTHER TYPES OF THINGS BEING PUT OUT THERE 8 ARE LIFETIME LIMITS ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS EACH STUDENT 9 COULD TAKE, WHICH SEEMS TO FLY RIGHT IN THE FACE OF IF YOU 10 WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM ONCE AND GOT A JOB YEARS AGO, AND 11 NOW YOU GOT LAID OFF, AND YOU NEED TO LEARN SOMETHING 12 ELSE. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH ROOM DO YOU HAVE LEFT? 13 IT'S ALL VERY PRESCRIPTIVE, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR 14 WHAT PATH THAT PRESCRIPTION WILL FOLLOW AT THIS POINT. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: I THINK THAT CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN 16 WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT 18 WE SHOULD START LOOKING AT THIS PROBLEM AS A 17-MONTH 19 PROBLEM AND NOT LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF IT BEING NEXT YEAR. 20 SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE TO START PLANNING 21 TODAY. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE 2010-2011 BUDGET AND SEE 22 WHAT WE COULD DO IN TERMS OF CHANGING THE 2010-2011 BUDGET 23 NOW BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO ENCOUNTER, IF YOU 24 RECALL A MONTH OR TWO AGO, WAS THAT THERE WOULD BE MIDYEAR 25 CUTS. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE MIDYEAR CUT. WE TALKED JANUARY 27, 2011 76 1 ABOUT THE MAGNITUDE OF 5, MAYBE 6, MAYBE AS MUCH AS 2 $7 MILLION MIDYEAR. 3 SO WHAT THERE IS IT'S KIND OF A TWO-PART THING. 4 ONE IS THERE IS SORT OF A COLLECTIVE SIGH OF RELIEF 5 SAYING, OH, WE DIDN'T GET THE MIDYEAR, BUT THEN WE LOOK 6 AND THE OTHER SHOE DROPS IN TERMS OF NEXT YEAR. AND WE 7 ARE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AS MUCH AS 12 TO $20 MILLION CUT 8 FROM -- THOSE ARE MY NUMBERS -- 12 OR $20 MILLION CUT FROM 9 THE STATE ON TOP OF THE $6.5 MILLION GROWTH AND 10 EXPENDITURES AND ALSO GETTING BACK THE CONCESSIONS OF 11 FOUR-POINT SOMETHING MILLION THAT WE PUT INTO THE 12 2010-2011 BUDGET. 13 THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS 14 IN TERMS OF BEING A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM. AND EVERYTHING 15 THAT WE LOOK OUT FROM THE REPORT THAT WE GOT FROM OUR 16 AUDITORS TO THE WAY IN WHICH WE LOOK AT ALL THE BUSINESS 17 THAT WE ARE DOING AT THE COLLEGE. IT IS ALL POINTING 18 TOWARD A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WHICH MEANS THAT IN 2012-2013, 19 WE COULD BE LOOKING AT 30 OR $40 MILLION-DOLLAR NUMBER IF 20 WE ARE NOT CAREFUL. 21 NOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A HUGE NUMBER TO YOU, BUT 22 THIS IS A HUGE NUMBER THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW. AND 23 IT WAS A $20 MILLION NUMBER THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 24 BEFORE. 25 CAN WE GET TOGETHER WITH A PLAN? JANUARY 27, 2011 77 1 WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS 2 THAT'S COMING FROM THIS BOARD AND FROM THE ADMINISTRATION 3 FOR WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO RELATIVE TO THE 2010-2011 4 BUDGET AND ALSO ARE PLANNING FOR 2011-2012 YEAR, AS WELL 5 AS A PLAN FOR THE 2012-2013 YEAR. 6 SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE ACTUALLY 7 HAVE A WINDOW THAT'S NEARLY THREE YEARS OUT. AND THREE 8 YEARS IS ACTUALLY NOT ENOUGH. 9 SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF CHANGE? 10 THAT MEANS THAT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE 11 TALKED ABOUT THE SACRED OF THE DISTRICT, THE SACRED COWS 12 THAT WE'VE WANTED TO MAINTAIN, REALISTICALLY WE WILL NOT 13 BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE THINGS. WE WILL HAVE TO START 14 TAKING A HARD LOOK AT OUR REVENUE AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT 15 WAYS OF GETTING REVENUE. 16 WE DEFINITELY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PLAN AND GET 17 THROUGH 2011-2012, BUT IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING VERY 18 DRASTICALLY IN TERMS OF THIS BUDGET PLANNING, 2012-2013 IS 19 GOING TO BE MUCH WORSE THAN 2011-2012 BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST 20 BEEN NIBBLING AROUND THE EDGES IN TERMS OF CHANGES THAT WE 21 NEED TO MAKE AT THE DISTRICT. 22 SO I THINK ALL OF US NEED TO PUT ON OUR THINKING 23 CAPS, BUT WE ARE ALL GOING TO COME TO PRETTY MUCH SOME OF 24 THE SIMILAR POINTS OF CONCLUSIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE 25 CHANGES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE I HOPE. JANUARY 27, 2011 78 1 AND IF WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES, WE ARE GOING TO 2 FIND THAT CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO SIGNIFICANTLY 3 REDUCED IN TERMS OF WHAT IT CAN ACTUALLY DO. AND WE ARE 4 GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN TERMS OF OUR 5 OPERATIONS. AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE FEWER ADMINISTRATORS, 6 FACULTY, AND CLASSIFIED WORKERS ULTIMATELY HERE AT THE 7 COLLEGE. 8 AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT LAYOFFS. THIS IS ABOUT 9 SAYING WHAT THE REALITY IS WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH A 10 SMALLER DISTRICT BECAUSE THE CRUX OF WHAT THE MESSAGE HAS 11 BEEN TO US FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS THAT WE NEED TO 12 REDUCE WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHETHER IT IS IN CATEGORICALS OR 13 WHETHER IT'S IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COLLEGE. AND WE HAVE 14 RESISTED THAT, AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY COURAGEOUS IN TERMS 15 OF SACRIFICE. AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CARRY ON FOR 16 30-PLUS MONTHS. 17 BUT I THINK WHAT THIS BUDGET IS TELLING US THE 18 MESSAGES THAT WE ARE GETTING FROM THE STATE IS EITHER WE 19 WILL HAVE TO FUNCTION LIKE UNDER THE CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE 20 BEING OFFERED BY THE STATE OR WE WILL HAVE TO RAISE A 21 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY LOCALLY. THINK ABOUT THAT IN 22 TERMS OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 23 THE PARCEL TAX, WHICH WE MUST DO, IS NOT GOING 24 TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEM LONG TERM. SO WE NEED TO SOLVE OUR 25 PROBLEM LONG TERM IN TERMS OF A VIABLE, SUSTAINABLE PLAN. JANUARY 27, 2011 79 1 SO WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, THE ADMINISTRATION 2 AND THE BOARD WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT I HOPE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 4 OKAY, WE HAVE OUR RESOLUTIONS NEXT. THE FIRST 5 ONE IS B1, "AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO SPECIAL SERVICES 6 AGREEMENT WITH A RECRUITING FIRM TO FIND QUALIFIED 7 CANDIDATES FOR THE CONTROLLER'S POSITION, NOT TO EXCEED 8 $36,000." 9 DO WE HAVE A MOTION? 10 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 12 IS THERE A SECOND? 13 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 15 PRESENTATION. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: JOHN BILMONT IS HERE WITH ME. 17 JUST BY WAY OF EXPLANATION, THIS IS A BIT OUT OF 18 THE ORDINARY FOR US TO DO THIS. BUT AS YOU NOTICED IN THE 19 AUDIT REPORT, WE HAD A NUMBER OF FINDINGS THAT MUST BE 20 ADDRESSED. WE'VE HAD A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF 21 RETIREMENTS OUT OF THIS BUILDING. AND ACTUALLY, A COUPLE 22 PEOPLE ALSO LEFT FOR A DIFFERENT JOB. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN 23 VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT JOBS WE FILL. THIS IS A JOB 24 THAT THE DISTRICT MUST FILL. 25 THE CHANCELLOR HAS HELPED US MOVE FORWARD ON IT. JANUARY 27, 2011 80 1 WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTRACT CANDIDATES. 2 WE ATTRACTED HOW MANY? 3 CFO BILMONT: THREE. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE LOOKED AT THE THREE 5 CANDIDATES. IT IS AN IMPORTANT JOB. WE WERE NOT 6 SATISFIED WITH THOSE THREE CANDIDATES. SO THIS IS ONE 7 WHERE WE ARE SAYING WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING OUT OF THE 8 ORDINARY. 9 I WILL POINT OUT FOR NEWER BOARD MEMBERS, WE DID 10 THIS ONCE BEFORE. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE WERE IN A SIMILAR 11 POSITION. AND WE HIRED WHAT PEOPLE COMMONLY REFER TO AS A 12 HEADHUNTER. THAT'S HOW WE FOUND JOHN BILMONT. AND WE 13 HIRED HIM BECAUSE WE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE AT THAT 14 POINT. 15 JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? 16 CFO BILMONT: NO. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DISCUSSION, TRUSTEES? 18 DR. GRIFFIN, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 20 ON THE SURFACE IT LOOKS AS THOUGH WE ARE NOT 21 EXPENDING MONEY WHEN WE DO INTERNAL SEARCHES, AND WE TRY 22 TO FIND PEOPLE FOR JOBS. BUT IN FACT, WE USUALLY USE UP 23 THE TIME OF A VERY LARGE COMMITTEE. WE DO ADVERTISE QUITE 24 A BIT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT GOES 25 INTO THIS. JANUARY 27, 2011 81 1 SO I KNOW THAT 30,000 OR $36,000 SEEMS LIKE A 2 HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE ARE IN. 3 BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY FOCUSED 4 ON OUR EXPENDITURES AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET VERY 5 CLOSELY. AND IT TAKES A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME TO MONITOR 6 THIS. 7 AS A MATTER OF A FACT, I SPEND PROBABLY 8 25 PERCENT OF MY TIME WORKING WITH THE FINANCIAL TEAM JUST 9 GOING OVER THESE NUMBERS AND SO FORTH. 10 I'M CONVINCED 100 PERCENT THAT WITHOUT A STRONG 11 CORE OF INDIVIDUALS ON A FINANCE TEAM, WE ARE NOT GOING TO 12 BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE 13 TO THE BOARD IN REGARDS TO HOW WE CAN MANAGE OUR BUDGET 14 AND SAVE DOLLARS. AND SO THAT'S WHY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 15 $36,000, I AM STRONGLY RECOMMENDING SUPPORT OF THIS. AND 16 I BELIEVE THAT THE COLLEGE AS WELL HAS AGREED THAT THIS 17 WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT EVEN AT A TIME WHEN THEY HAVE VERY 18 LITTLE DOLLARS FOR THEIR POSITION, THAT THIS IS A 19 CRITICAL, CRITICAL POSITION. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, I AGREE. THIS IS ONE OF 21 THOSE CASES WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT OR WE ARE 22 GOING TO END UP SPENDING MORE MONEY THAN THE INVESTMENT 23 WOULD BE, SO I AM GOING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS. 24 ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE. JANUARY 27, 2011 82 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN 3 FAVOR. 4 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 8 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 12 MOTION CARRIES. 13 OUR NEXT RESOLUTION IS B2(A), "CLARIFICATION OF 14 ACCOUNTING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXPENSES THROUGH A BOARD 15 BUDGET." 16 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE B2 17 WAS TAKEN OFF OF CONSENT. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: B2, YOU ARE RIGHT. IT WAS 19 REMOVED TO CONSENT. LET'S DO B2. 20 IT'S "RENEWAL OF CONTRACT WITH PEOPLE ADMIN, 21 INC. FOR ANNUAL LICENSING AND MAINTENANCE RENEWAL FEE AT A 22 COST NOT TO EXCEED $40,000." 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND I PULLED THIS OFF. 24 I WAS JUST READING. IT SAYS, "THE ANNUAL LICENSING AND 25 MAINTENANCE RENEWAL FEE FOR TECHNICAL AND CUSTOMER JANUARY 27, 2011 83 1 SUPPORT." AND IT TALKED ABOUT "WORKING WITH THEIR 2 SOFTWARE AND THE DATA BASE." 3 I MEAN I KNOW WE JUST HIRED A CHIEF TECHNOLOGY 4 OFFICER, AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT. 5 I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEY DO, AND WHY WE 6 CAN'T JUST DO IT IN-HOUSE? 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THIS SOFTWARE ATTACHES TO OUR 8 DISTRICT WIDE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. PEOPLE REFER 9 TO IT AS BANNER. IT ALLOWS US TO DO APPLICANT TRACKING 10 FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT JOBS THAT WE ADVERTISE FOR. IT'S 11 NOT AS MANY NOW AS IT USED TO, BUT IT IS STILL A LOT OF 12 FACULTY AND HIRING. 13 AND SO WHAT WE ARE PAYING FOR PRIMARILY IS THE 14 ABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE. IT'S PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE, 15 SO LICENSED. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO WE PAY FOR THE 17 SOFTWARE, RIGHT? 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THAT'S NOT THE END OF 20 IT. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT'S NOT A PURCHASE. IT'S LIKE 22 RENTING IT ESSENTIALLY. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WHY DON'T WE JUST 24 NEGOTIATE THIS TO HAVE THE SOFTWARE BECAUSE I MEAN $40,000 25 IS A LOT OF MONEY. JANUARY 27, 2011 84 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY 2 OFFER OR IF THEY DO, IT WOULD BE A MUCH HIGHER PRICE. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO TRY 5 TO CREATE OUR OWN PACKAGE TO DO OUR OWN CODING AND 6 PROGRAMMING AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND MAYBE THAT 7 COULD HAPPEN. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: BUT CAN'T THE CHIEF 9 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AND THE STAFF SURROUNDED AROUND THAT, 10 CAN'T THEY DO THAT? 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, CERTAINLY NOT AS WELL AS 12 THIS PACKAGE WHICH WE'VE USED FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, NOT 13 WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF TIME AND TESTING. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I MEAN BECAUSE THIS IS 15 A HUGE INVESTMENT THAT WE PUT INTO THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY 16 OFFICER -- 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- AND IT SEEMS LIKE 19 THIS WOULD BE PERFECT FOR THEM TO HAVE A PROJECT TO DO. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. EXCEPT THIS IS NOT AN 21 ADDITIONAL COST. WE HAVE BEEN PAYING THIS COST YEAR AFTER 22 YEAR FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. IT'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER 23 SOFTWARE PACKAGE WHERE WE GET A LICENSE FOR IT TO USE FOR 24 A YEAR. 25 SO THE CHANGE WOULD BE TO STOP USING IT TO GET JANUARY 27, 2011 85 1 THE $40,000 AND GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY OF TRYING TO TRACK 2 APPLICANTS, WHICH IS MUCH MORE MANUAL. 3 I ALSO THINK THAT THIS HELPS THE DEPARTMENT OF 4 HUMAN RESOURCES DEAL WITH THE REDUCED STAFFING THEY'VE GOT 5 THROUGH ATTRITION. THE OLD SYSTEM REQUIRED MORE OF THEIR 6 PERSON HOURS AS WELL. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE. 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 15 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 19 OKAY, THAT CARRIES. 20 THE NEXT ITEM IS B2(B) "CLARIFICATION OF 21 ACCOUNTING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXPENSES THROUGH A BOARD 22 BUDGET." 23 IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS? 24 TRUSTEE NGO: I THINK YOU MEANT B2(A). 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: B2(A), I'M SORRY. JANUARY 27, 2011 86 1 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A SECOND? 3 IT WAS MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 4 IS THERE A SECOND? 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE 7 FANG. 8 SO THIS IS -- I ASKED JOHN BILMONT TO SEE IF HE 9 COULD GET NUMBERS THAT BASICALLY -- THIS IS WHAT IT COSTS 10 TO RUN BOARD OF TRUSTEES. WE HAVE SALARIES AND BENEFITS 11 AND COSTS TO SET UP FOR THE MEETINGS, AND THAT'S ALL IN 12 PLACE, ALL ON HERE. 13 WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS JUST TO TRACK ALL 14 THIS TOGETHER SO THAT IF WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT COSTS TO 15 RUN A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WE DON'T HAVE TO ASK JOHN BILMONT 16 TO PULL NUMBERS EVERY TIME THAT WE'LL JUST HAVE THIS TRACK 17 TOGETHER. THIS RESOLUTION ALSO HAS US APPROVE IT FOR THIS 18 YEAR AND THE COMING YEAR, SO THAT'S BASICALLY IT. 19 THIS WENT BEFORE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND WAS 20 APPROVED. 21 SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 22 ALL RIGHT. ANY FROM THE AUDIENCE? 23 ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE. 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE. 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. JANUARY 27, 2011 87 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE, ALL RIGHT. 2 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 3 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 7 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 11 OKAY, THAT PASSES. 12 B2(B) IS A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY AND 13 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO TO SUSPEND FEES TO THE COMMUNITY 14 COLLEGE DISTRICT AND ACTIVELY SUPPORT AND PROVIDE AID TO 15 THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO. 16 THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING I TOOK TO THE BUDGET 17 COMMITTEE. THIS IS BASICALLY FORMALLY ASKING THE CITY FOR 18 SOME HELP. IN RECENT YEARS SEPARATE CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE 19 BEEN CREATING NEW CHARGES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CHARGING 20 CITY COLLEGE. THESE ARE STARTING TO ADD UP. AND IF WE 21 PASS THIS, WE WOULD BE ASKING THE CITY TO DROP THOSE OR 22 SUSPEND THOSE NEW CHARGES. 23 WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 24 WE WANT TO TALK WITH THE CITY TO ASK THEM AND SEE IF THEY 25 COULD PROVIDE SOME FUNDS. THE CITY DOES SUPPORT THE JANUARY 27, 2011 88 1 SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MANY WAYS. IT PROVIDES THEM FUNDS. IT 2 ACTUALLY PAYS FOR STAFF THAT WORK IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 3 BUT WE DON'T GET ANY HELP FROM THE CITY. WE GET CHARGED 4 BY THE CITY TO BASICALLY BE IN SAN FRANCISCO. 5 AND THE LAST THING THIS DOES IS IT ASKS THE 6 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO WORK WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN 7 A WAY THAT THEY WORK WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. SO 8 THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS. 9 AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MEET WITH SOME OF 10 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND TRY TO GET A MEETING WITH THE 11 NEW MAYOR WITH SOME TRUSTEES, WITH SOME CONSTITUENTS, WITH 12 THE CHANCELLOR TO SEE IF WE CAN PROMOTE THIS AND SEE WHERE 13 WE CAN GO WITH IT. 14 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 15 ALL RIGHT. 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: PRESIDENT RIZZO -- 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): -- AS I 19 REMARKED IN THE MEETING, AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING, I WOULD 20 LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A SPONSOR TO THIS. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, DID I LEAVE THAT OFF? 22 I'M SORRY. 23 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG IS A COSPONSOR, AND HE DID REQUEST JANUARY 27, 2011 89 1 THAT AT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. THAT WAS MY OVERSIGHT. 2 COUNSEL BATTISTE: DID YOU HAVE A MOTION? 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DID WE? 4 WE DID HAVE A MOTION. 5 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YOU DIDN'T. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE DIDN'T? 7 OH, I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT WE DID. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: IN THE EVENT THAT WE DID NOT, I 9 WILL MOVE IT. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO AND TRUSTEE 12 JACKSON FIRST AND SECONDED IT. 13 ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO DISCUSSION FROM ANYWHERE 14 IN THE ROOM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 19 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 24 OKAY, THAT MOTION CARRIES. 25 THE NEXT ONE IS B2(C). "AUTHORIZATION FOR JANUARY 27, 2011 90 1 CHANCELLOR AND/OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT TO 2 CONDUCT A PUBLIC OPINION POLL FOR THE PARCEL TAX, FOR AN 3 AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000." 4 IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS? 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A SECOND? 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON; 9 SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON, DO YOU WANT TO -- 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- SAY SOMETHING? 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I GUESS I JUST WANTED 14 TO START AND SAY, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY WE'VE ALREADY DONE A 15 POLL, BUT I THINK A LOT OF US WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE 16 CLARIFICATION ON WHERE WE ARE GOING TO STAND. 17 THIS RESOLUTION IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO ALSO 18 GIVE THE CHANCELLOR AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH A POLITICAL 19 CONSULTANT. IT WASN'T ADDED IN HERE. I GUESS WE CAN 20 RESOLVE THAT AT THE FEBRUARY BOARD MEETING. 21 BUT YOU KNOW, THIS JUST ALLOWS US TO SEE WHERE 22 THE PUBLIC IS AND TO GAGE WHAT KIND OF PACKAGE WE NEED TO 23 CRAFT IN ORDER TO WIN THE PUBLIC SUPPORT. YOU KNOW, HOW 24 BIG? HOW MANY YEARS? 25 AND I THINK WE WANT A LITTLE BIT OF A CLEARER JANUARY 27, 2011 91 1 PICTURE, AND SO THIS IS WHY THIS IS ON THE AGENDA, AND 2 THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. 3 AND WHEN I TALKED ABOUT BRINGING IN MORE 4 REVENUE, THIS IS THE FIRST REAL STEP TO BRINGING IN THAT 5 REVENUE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: BUT I MEAN IF AT ALL 8 POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO GIVE THE CHANCELLOR 9 AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH A POLITICAL CONSULTANT IF THE 10 BOARD AUTHORIZES ME TO MAKE THAT -- 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WITH A POLITICAL CONSULTANT? 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WITH A CONSULTING FIRM 13 TO HELP, YOU KNOW, GUIDE THE BOARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS 14 BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS BOARD RIGHT NOW IS BUILT TO 15 JUST DO THIS BY OURSELVES. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DO YOU MEAN A POLLSTER OR -- 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: NO, A CONSULTING FIRM 18 TO HELP US THROUGH THIS POLITICAL PROCESS. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I BELIEVE A POLITICAL 20 CONSULTANT WOULD WORK WITH A CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE AND NOT -- 21 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I DON'T KNOW HOW TO -- 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. 24 LET ME JUST CLARIFY FOR MYSELF THE MEANING OF THIS 25 RESOLUTION. JANUARY 27, 2011 92 1 I'M ASSUMING THAT WHEN YOU SAY YOU WANT TO 2 CONTRACT -- ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR $50,000 THAT THE 3 ASSUMPTION IS YOU WILL DO AN RFQ AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT WILL 4 BE -- OR AN RFP EITHER ONE, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST AN RFQ 5 BECAUSE IT'S A FASTER PROCESS. BUT IT WILL BE 50,000 FOR 6 THE CONSULTANT WHO IS GOING TO PUT TOGETHER THIS. THAT'S 7 WHAT THE INTENT IS. 8 YEAH, IS THAT RIGHT? 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I THINK. YEAH, THAT'S 10 THE INTENT. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 13 TRUSTEE NGO. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, I HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT 15 THE RESOLUTION. I THINK WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHETHER WE 16 AS A BOARD AND AS A COMMUNITY FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT'S 17 GOING TO BE, IF WE ARE GOING TO PUSH FOR A PARCEL TAX, IF 18 IT IS GOING TO BE JUNE OR NOVEMBER. 19 IF WE DO A POLL NOW, OKAY, THAT COINCIDES WITH 20 AN ELECTION IN JUNE WITH OTHER TAX MEASURES IN JUNE, AND 21 THEN WE DECIDE NOT TO DO THE PARCEL TAX FOR SOME REASON, 22 OKAY, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO ISSUE ANOTHER POLL FOR THE 23 NOVEMBER ELECTION. IT'S A DIFFERENT ELECTION. DIFFERENT 24 ISSUES. 25 I THINK IT IS A LITTLE PREMATURE FOR US TO JANUARY 27, 2011 93 1 AUTHORIZE SPENDING FOR A POLL WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN WE 2 ARE GOING TO GO OUT FOR A PARCEL TAX IF WE DO. WE HAD 3 THIS PROBLEM LAST TIME. WE HAD A POLL -- RESOLUTION FOR A 4 POLL, FUNDING THE POLL, AND THEN CAPTURED AS A SNAPSHOT IN 5 TIME AS POLLS DO. 6 AND IT WAS FULLY -- NOT USELESS, BUT IT LOST ITS 7 UTILITY OVER TIME. SO I THINK WE SHOULD COINSIDE THE 8 SPENDING OF IT, DECIDING TO SPEND IT, WHEN WE ACTUALLY 9 DECIDE IF AND WHEN WE DECIDE WHEN WE ARE REALLY GOING TO 10 GO OUT FOR A PARCEL TAX. IF WE ARE GOING TO SPEND ANOTHER 11 50K AGAIN IF WE DON'T DO IT IN JUNE. 12 HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH THIS RIGHT NOW. WE 13 DON'T KNOW IF IN JUNE IF THE VOTERS WILL APPROVE OR NOT 14 APPROVE THE REVENUE MEASURES. WE DON'T KNOW THAT. 15 SO IF WE ARE GOING TO PUSH FOR A JUNE PARCEL TAX 16 AND A JUNE POLL, OKAY, AND COME JUNE INSTEAD OF BEING 17 $8 MILLION IN THE HOLE, WE ARE GOING TO BE 15. WHAT 18 UTILITY WAS THIS POLL FOR THE PARCEL TAX? 19 I'M IMPLYING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK FOR A NOVEMBER 20 PARCEL TAX IF WE DO, NOT THE JUNE ONE. BUT I DON'T WANT 21 TO HAVE TO FORK OUT ANOTHER 50K FOR ANOTHER PARCEL TAX. 22 SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHEN THIS -- FIRST 23 OF ALL AS A VERY THRESHOLD WHEN THIS POLL WOULD ACTUALLY 24 BE CONDUCTED. 25 AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ASSUMING WE FIGURE OUT JANUARY 27, 2011 94 1 WHAT ELECTION WE ARE GOING TO PUT THE BALLOT MEASURE ON. 2 AND I THINK UNTIL THOSE ISSUES ARE RESOLVED, THERE'S NO 3 HARM IN PUTTING THIS OFF AS A DISTRICT OVER THE NEXT 4 SEVERAL WEEKS. SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT, OKAY, IS IT GOING 5 TO BE JUNE OR NOVEMBER? AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? HOW 6 MUCH ARE WE GOING TO ASK FOR? 7 WE ARE GOING TO ISSUE A POLL NOT KNOWING HOW 8 MUCH WE ARE GOING TO ASK FOR OR ARRANGE OR WHAT WE ARE 9 GOING TO BE FACING IN JUNE OR NOVEMBER. I THINK IT IS A 10 LITTLE PREMATURE, SO I WOULD RATHER SAVE THE 50K AND LET'S 11 SIT AND THINK ABOUT IT SOME MORE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG. 13 TRUSTEE BERG: THE PROBLEM WITH THIS RESOLUTION 14 IS IT'S OPEN-ENDED. IT ISN'T SAYING ANYTHING. ALL IT IS 15 IS AUTHORIZING $50,000 TO CONDUCT A POLL. BUT IT DOESN'T 16 SAY, WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO DO THAT, HOW YOU ARE GOING TO 17 DO THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE. 18 SO IF WE VOTE ON THIS TODAY, IT JUST MEANS THAT 19 IT'S OPEN-ENDED. IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN JUNE AND 20 WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THIS, IF WE WANT TO DO THIS IN 21 NOVEMBER, THEN IT'S ALREADY PASSED. 22 BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND IN THE FUTURE THAT WHEN WE 23 DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT WE DO IT TIME CERTAIN BECAUSE 24 YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST OPEN-ENDED. THERE'S 25 CLEARLY NO EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH THAT. JANUARY 27, 2011 95 1 AND QUITE FRANKLY, PART OF THE PURPOSE OF HAVING 2 THIS KIND OF A POLL IS TO TELL US WHETHER WE WANT TO DO IT 3 NOW OR WHETHER WE WANT TO DO IT IN NOVEMBER. THAT'S THE 4 IMPORTANCE AN OPEN-ENDED OR -- I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHY 5 IT WAS DONE, BUT THAT'S THE EFFECT OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN. 6 AND I THINK TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE THOUGH IF WE 7 WERE GOING TO LOOK AT SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY, WE NEED TO DO 8 IT IMMEDIATELY. I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF WE 9 AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF SOMEBODY TO DO THIS. 10 RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST $50,000. IT DOESN'T REALLY 11 STIPULATE ANYTHING. IT'S SO OPEN-ENDED THAT IT IS REALLY 12 TROUBLESOME TO ME. 13 BUT I THINK THAT WE REALLY WANT TO -- WE DON'T 14 NECESSARILY HAVE TO NAME A CONSULTANT, BUT WE DO HAVE TO 15 STIPULATE THAT'S WHAT THE USE OF THIS $50,000 IS FOR. IT 16 WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE TIGHTER. THIS IS A $50,000 JUST 17 KIND OF FLOATING OUT THERE. IT MAKES ME A LITTLE 18 UNCOMFORTABLE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON. 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I MEAN THE REASON I AM 21 GIVING THE CHANCELLOR THE POWER IS THAT I TRUST THE 22 CHANCELLOR TO CONDUCT THIS WITH LESLIE AND WITH THE 23 CONSTITUENCY GROUPS AND KIND OF TEASE THIS OUT. 24 THE REASON THAT IT'S A LITTLE OPEN-ENDED IS 25 BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. STEVE IS RIGHT. WE DON'T KNOW IF JANUARY 27, 2011 96 1 WE ARE GOING TO DO IT IN JUNE OR NOVEMBER. I THINK A 2 CONSENSUS IS STARTING TO DEVELOP AROUND JUNE OR NOVEMBER, 3 BUT WE STILL DON'T KNOW. AND I WANT TO KEEP OUR OPTIONS 4 OPEN AND KEEP US AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE. 5 BUT THIS IS REALLY A PLACEHOLDER BECAUSE THE 6 LAST TIME WE GOT DINGED BECAUSE WE TRIED TO GO ON THE 7 BALLOT, AND THEN THERE WERE ALREADY THREE OR FOUR REVENUE 8 MEASURES ON THE BALLOT ALREADY. AND WE WERE TOLD BY MAJOR 9 CONSTITUENCY GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY, HEY, WAIT YOUR TURN. 10 SO THIS IS KIND OF US JUST SAYING, HEY, WE ARE 11 PUTTING OUR FLAG IN THE SAND NOW, OUR MARKER HERE AND JUST 12 SAYING, WE ARE GOING FOR THIS. WE ARE GOING TO COME OUT 13 THERE AND START EARLY AND OFTEN ON THIS. AND SO THAT'S 14 WHY WE ARE HAVING THE MEASURE. IT'S NOT DECIDED JUNE OR 15 NOVEMBER. 16 BUT HOPEFULLY, LIKE YOU SAID, TRUSTEE BERG, THIS 17 POLL WILL HELP US DECIDE WHETHER JUNE OR NOVEMBER IS AN 18 ACCURATE TO GO TO DATE. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: I THINK THAT A LOT OF THIS HAS TO 22 REVOLVE AROUND HOW MANY OTHER BALLOT MEASURES, REVENUE 23 BALLOT MEASURES, WILL BE ON THE JUNE BALLOT. THAT'S PART 24 OF IT. 25 WHAT WE NEED TO EXPLORE ALSO IS AS WE SPEAK, JANUARY 27, 2011 97 1 THERE ARE POLLS BEING DONE NOW ABOUT PROSPECTIVE BALLOT 2 MEASURES FOR THIS COMING JUNE AND EVEN NOVEMBER. WHAT WE 3 NEED TO LOOK AT IS HOW WE CAN TAG ON THIS QUESTION TO 4 THOSE POLLS ALREADY PAID FOR. OKAY, COULD YOU JUST ADD 5 THIS QUESTION AS YOU ARE DOING THIS POLL. AND IT WOULD BE 6 MUCH MORE, I THINK, INEXPENSIVE THEN TO JUST GO AHEAD AND 7 DO OUR OWN. THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO EXPLORE ALSO. 8 WHETHER OR NOT WE DO IT IN JUNE OR NOVEMBER, I 9 THINK IS ALL DEPENDENT ON WHETHER WHAT OTHER BALLOT 10 MEASURES ARE GOING TO BE ON THOSE IN JUNE OR NOVEMBER, BUT 11 THERE IS SUPPORT, I KNOW, FOR CITY COLLEGE. THERE IS A 12 LOT OF GOODWILL OUT THERE. THE LAST ONE INDICATED THAT AT 13 A CERTAIN LEVEL IT WOULD IN FACT BE SUPPORTED AND PASSED. 14 BUT LET'S LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE OTHER 15 POLLS BEING DONE NOW WHERE WE CAN JUST TAG ON THIS 16 QUESTION. IT WOULD BE LESS COSTLY. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I HAVE A QUESTION. 18 WHY IS THIS $50,000? 19 THIS IS MORE THAN THE LAST POLL COST. I THOUGHT 20 WE COULD SAVE SOME MONEY SINCE WE HAD SOME DATA FROM THE 21 LAST POLL, SO WHY IS THIS A HIGHER AMOUNT? 22 COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? 23 MS. SMITH: IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT LONG, BUT 24 OKAY. YES, YOUR -- 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME? JANUARY 27, 2011 98 1 MS. SMITH: -- FIRST QUESTION IS "YES" THAT IT 2 CAN BE IN FACT LESS THAN THE LAST TIME IF WE FOCUS IT 3 DOWN. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR 5 THE RECORD? 6 MS. SMITH: I'M SORRY. LESLIE SMITH, ASSOCIATE 7 VICE CHANCELLOR GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. IT CAN BE LESS IF 8 WE DO A BUILD OFF OF THE LAST POLL. WE DON'T HAVE TO REDO 9 EVERYTHING, BUT JUSTIFY FINALIZE OR FINE TUNE THINGS LIKE 10 AMOUNT, DURATION, AND WHAT YOU WANT TO PUT SPECIFICALLY ON 11 THE 75-WORD BALLOT MEASURE. 12 IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT KINDS OF PROGRAMS AND STUFF 13 DO YOU SPECIFICALLY WANT TO -- YOU WANT TO POLL ON THAT TO 14 FIND OUT WHAT THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO SUPPORT. 15 SO IF WE DO IT THAT WAY, BUILDING OFF THE LAST 16 POLL, IT CAN BE LESS. IF WE PULLED IN A POLITICAL 17 CONSULTANT TO ADVISE US IN STRATEGY UNDER THE PUBLIC -- 18 THIS IS PUBLIC DOLLARS. SO YOU CAN ONLY DO NON-POLITICAL 19 STRATEGY. THIS IS MORE INFORMATION GATHERING. IF WE WANT 20 TO ADD THAT, WHICH WE DIDN'T DO BEFORE. 21 SO THAT'S WHY WE PUT UP TO. I MEAN THAT'S WHY 22 IT'S AN UP TO AMOUNT AND WHAT IT'S FOR. WE WANT TO JUST 23 DO THE POLL. 24 AND LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT TIMELINE. YOU HAVE 25 TO HAVE IT 88 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. THE ELECTION JANUARY 27, 2011 99 1 HASN'T BEEN CALLED. AS WE ALL KNOW, IT HAS TO GO TO A 2 TWO-THIRDS IN THE LEGISLATURE, AND THAT'S NOT HAPPENING 3 YET. BUT IF IT'S 88 DAYS OUT AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT A 4 JUNE 15TH, WHICH IS WHAT THE WORD ON THE STREET IS, YOU'VE 5 GOT TO BE READY TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT IN MARCH IF YOU 6 WANT THAT OPTION LEFT OPEN. 7 SO THAT'S WHY IF YOU WAITED SEVERAL WEEKS YOU 8 WOULD CLOSE THAT OPTION OUT AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT 9 TO DO. BUT THAT WAS WHY YOU WOULD DO IT NOW IS TO FIND 10 OUT WHAT THE PUBLIC FEELS ABOUT, WHAT AMOUNT. I MEAN THE 11 AMOUNTS WE ARE FACING NOW AFTER VICE CHANCELLOR 12 GOLDSTEIN'S PRESENTATION IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WE 13 ANTICIPATED LAST YEAR. SO I WOULD THINK WE WOULD WANT TO 14 POLL AND FIND OUT IF THE PUBLIC WOULD SUPPORT A LARGER 15 AMOUNT THEN WE DID LAST TIME. 16 I DO WANT TO MENTION THE PPIC POLL, IN CASE YOU 17 HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IT CAME OUT LAST NIGHT AT 9:00 O'CLOCK. 18 IT SHOWED THAT THE CALIFORNIANS HAVE COMPLETELY SHIFTED 19 BEHIND THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL TO GO FOR AN ELECTION. 20 YOU'VE GOT TWO-THIRDS OF SUPPORT NOW TO GO TO A JUNE 21 BALLOT AND 58 PERCENT CURRENTLY SAY, "YES" ON THE MEASURE. 22 SO THAT'S BEEN A BIG SEA CHANGE SINCE EVEN A MONTH AGO. 23 AND THE WAY THAT THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CAPITOL 24 IS LET THE PEOPLE VOTE, LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE. SO THERE'S 25 PRETTY STRONG PRESSURE TO GO TO JUNE AND GET THE JANUARY 27, 2011 100 1 TWO-THIRDS OUT. 2 THEN THE SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION IN THE POLL, K-12 3 IS IN THE 72, 73 RANGE, MAYBE 75. HIGHER ED IS AT 63 4 SUPPORT, SO IT'S A VERY POSITIVE POLL THAT IS MAKING SOME 5 PEOPLE RETHINK JUNE HAS SOME TAILWIND BEHIND IT. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 7 MS. SMITH: DID I ANSWER WHAT YOU WANTED? 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 9 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 10 TRUSTEE NGO. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: I THINK THIS A PROBLEM WITH HOW WE 12 ARE GOING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OF AN ENORMOUS PRESSURE YOU 13 JUST STATED THAT THERE'S PERSUADABILITY IN A WAY. THERE'S 14 A LIKELIHOOD THAT WE COULD PROBABLY PREVAIL ON THE BALLOT 15 IN JUNE BECAUSE OF THE POLLING OUT THERE. 16 I THINK IF WE ARE GOING TO DECIDE WHETHER IT'S 17 GOING TO BE JUNE OR NOVEMBER, THEN WE SHOULD JUST DECIDE 18 THAT. 19 I KNOW YOU ARE SAYING THAT THIS LEAVES AN OPTION 20 OPEN, BUT -- LET ME FINISH. 21 THE PRESUPPOSE IS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO GO IN 22 JUNE BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE ARE SPENDING -- REMEMBER 50K 23 TIMES TWO IS ONE POSITION AT THIS COLLEGE, PERHAPS TWO. 24 WE ARE MOVING TO LAYOFFS HERE AND ATTRITION. I WANT US TO 25 BE VERY THOUGHTFUL OF HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY. THIS 50K IS JANUARY 27, 2011 101 1 ONE POSITION, ANOTHER 50K FOR NOVEMBER IS ANOTHER 50K, SO 2 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE VERY DELIBERATE ABOUT THIS. 3 THE CHANCELLOR CAN ISSUE -- CAN DO THIS WITHOUT 4 A RESOLUTION. WE DON'T NEED A BOARD RESOLUTION. HE CAN 5 DO IT IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF AN EMERGENCY. 6 WE HAVEN'T HAD A BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING YET. 7 WE HAVEN'T SAT DOWN WITH THE LEADERS -- 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE DID. WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE 9 A BUDGET COMMITTEE. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: -- POST THIS LEADERSHIP, POST THE 11 BOARD. WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE COLLEGE 12 AN OPEN ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AND HOW WE ARE GOING 13 TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. 14 I THINK WE ARE JUST DOING IT A LITTLE BIT 15 BACKWARDS, AND WE SHOULD BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW WE 16 SPEND THE MONEY. I AM NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS THE WAY 17 IT'S WRITTEN. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I DON'T SUPPORT 18 A POLLING FOR A PARCEL TAX IN JUNE. IT JUST MEANS I THINK 19 WE SHOULD DO IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF 20 PROCESS. 21 I MEAN IF WE DON'T GO FOR IT NOW, THE CHANCELLOR 22 CAN GO AND ISSUE THIS IN FEBRUARY OR TWO WEEKS FROM NOW IF 23 WE DECIDE IN THE ITERUM THAT WE SHOULD DO IT. AFTER 24 HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD AND THE COLLEGE 25 COMMUNITY, THERE'S NO NEED TO DO THIS SO SOON. JANUARY 27, 2011 102 1 AND AGAIN, I WANT US TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT 2 WHAT 50K MEANS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. 3 MS. SMITH: CAN I JUST SAY ONE THING THAT IS 4 SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD SUGGEST 5 THAT YOU WANT TO POLL BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO GO OUT OR NOT. 6 THAT ALL. THE POLLING IS THE FIRST STEP. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR 8 QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? 9 I HAVE A CARD HERE. 10 KATIE GELARDI. 11 MS. GELARDI: THANK YOU. 12 ACTUALLY, YOU CAME TO EVOLVE AND ANSWERED MY 13 QUESTION IN BITS AND PIECES BECAUSE IN THIS TIME OF 14 FINANCIAL CRUNCH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF 15 MONEY. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO WHAT THE OPTIONS WERE, 16 AND I WAS JUST HOPING YOU'D ADDRESS THAT. THANK YOU. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 18 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? 19 ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE ARE ALL COMMENTED OUT. 20 STUDENT TRUSTEE. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR 23 SAY "AYE". 24 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) JANUARY 27, 2011 103 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 3 TRUSTEE NGO: NO. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 7 TRUSTEE NGO: NO. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE HAVE ONE OPPOSED, BUT THE 9 RESOLUTION PASSES. 10 WE ARE NOW INTO THE S RESOLUTIONS. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: LET'S DO W1. THAT'S 12 PROBABLY THE LAST ONE HERE. THEY'VE BEEN WAITING. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. LET'S DO W1, WHICH 14 IS AN AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE 15 SAN FRANCISCO ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY FOR LIMITED AND 16 SPECIFIED USE OF THE CITY COLLEGE TRACK FOR FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: FEBRUARY. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BOTH THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR DAN 20 HAYES AND THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR HAROLD BROWN IS HERE TO 21 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. BUT AS THE 22 RESOLUTION INDICATED, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO 23 REPLACE VANS THAT THE DEPARTMENT USES TO CARRY STUDENTS, 24 THIS WAS A STRATEGY TO TRY TO GENERATE REVENUE TO HELP 25 REPLACE THE AGING VANS. JANUARY 27, 2011 104 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES? 2 ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? 3 TRUSTEE BERG: I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE BERG. 5 TRUSTEE BERG: I JUST WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6 THIS BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE SOME MAJOR LIABILITY ISSUES IF 7 WE ARE BRINGING OUR TEAMS TO GAMES IN VEHICLES THAT ARE 8 REALLY THIS OLD. I MEAN THOSE VEHICLES WERE AROUND WHEN I 9 WAS THEIR DEAN, SO IT'S REALLY OLD. SO I THINK THAT THIS 10 IS NECESSARY FOR OUR INSTITUTION. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL JUST MENTION THAT THE 12 FACILITIES COMMITTEE TOOK THIS UP AND APPROVED AND 13 FORWARDED IT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 14 COUNSEL BATTISTE: I THINK YOU NEED A MOTION. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHAT'S THAT? 16 TRUSTEE BERG: I MOVE W1. 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, LET'S HAVE TRUSTEE BERG 21 AND TRUSTEE WONG MOVED AND SECOND. YOU ALL THREE SAID IT 22 AT THE SAME TIME. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CHAIR'S PREROGATIVE. 25 SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, STUDENT TRUSTEE, JANUARY 27, 2011 105 1 YOUR RECOMMENDATION. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL IN FAVOR. 4 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 8 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 12 OKAY, THAT PASSES. W1 PASSES. THANK YOU. 13 MR. BROWN: THANK YOU. 14 MR. HAYES: IF I MAY -- 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 16 MR. HAYES: I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF 17 YOU -- FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH GENTLEMEN. 18 WHEN YOU WATCH THE SUPER BOWL NEXT WEEK, ONE OF 19 THE STARTING PLAYERS FOR THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, NO. 55 IS 20 ONE OF OUR OWN. SO IT MIGHT ENHANCE YOUR ENJOYMENT WHEN 21 YOU WATCH THE GAME, BUT -- 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SAY HIS NAME. 23 MR. HAYES: DESMOND BISHOP. 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, DESMOND BISHOP. 25 MR. HAYES: HE RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP FROM CITY JANUARY 27, 2011 106 1 COLLEGE TO CAL. AND SPENT THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH THE 2 GREEN BACK PACKERS. HIS FATHER, TWO BROTHERS, TWO UNCLES, 3 AND FIVE COUSINS WERE ALSO FORMER CITY COLLEGE STUDENT 4 ATHLETES. 5 AND ONE THING YOU WILL REALLY ENJOY IS TWICE 6 THIS YEAR WHEN GREEN BAY PLAYED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION, 7 WHEN THE PLAYERS KIND OF INTRODUCE THEMSELVES ON NBC 8 ACTUALLY. SO A LOT OF HIS TEAMMATES CAME AND INTRODUCED 9 THEMSELVES AND THE FOUR-YEAR SCHOOL THEY CAME FROM, THE 10 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY 11 OF TENNESSEE. WHEN DESMOND'S TIME CAME, HE INTRODUCED 12 HIMSELF AS DESMOND BISHOP, CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO. 13 I GOT AN E-MAIL FROM AN ADMINISTRATOR AT A 14 COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN IOWA AFTER THE FIRST TIME HE HAD 15 INTRODUCED HIMSELF THAT WAY. AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED, AND 16 SO PROUD, AND SAID, HOW PROUD WE MUST HAVE BEEN AS AN 17 INSTITUTION TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAD SUCH A GREAT 18 EXPERIENCE AS OUR PLAYERS DO TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. SO 19 I JUST THOUGHT YOU WOULD ENJOY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: DOES THAT MEAN WE GET TICKETS? 21 WAS THERE A PART B TO YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT? 22 MR. BROWN: I'M HAROLD BROWN, COATHLETIC 23 DIRECTOR. I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT RIZZO 24 AND VICE PRESIDENT CHRIS JACKSON. 25 BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR JANUARY 27, 2011 107 1 VOTE. IT MEANS A LOT, NOT ONLY TO I THINK THE STUDENTS, 2 THE STUDENT ATHLETES, BUT ALSO THE STUDENT BODY AS A WHOLE 3 FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE THIS AND VOTE, "YES." SO THANK YOU 4 VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 6 S2, THIS WAS PULLED OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 7 THE APPOINTMENT OF TRACY TEALE, CPA, TO SERVE ON THE 8 BOARD'S AUDIT COMMITTEE AS A CPA ADVISOR AND FINANCIAL 9 EXPERT. 10 IS THERE A MOTION? 11 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AND I WILL SECOND IT. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE 14 NGO; SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: MAY I SPEAK TO THIS? 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, PLEASE. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: THE REASON I PULLED IT OFF WAS 18 BECAUSE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CAME ABOUT. HOW WE 19 CAME ABOUT FINDING SOMEBODY? WHAT THE PROCESS WAS? WHICH 20 I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE GOING TO ADDRESS. 21 AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT I WOULD ACTUALLY 22 RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT AN AMENDMENT ON THIS RESOLUTION 23 STIPULATING SPECIFICALLY THAT IT IS AN UNPAID POSITION 24 BECAUSE IT IS NOT IN THIS RESOLUTION AND THAT MEANS IT'S 25 WIDE OPEN. AND THEN FOR SOMEBODY TO SAY, WELL, I'VE GOT JANUARY 27, 2011 108 1 THIS POSITION, AND WHERE'S MY SALARY? 2 NOW WE ARE ASSUMING THIS WON'T HAPPEN, BUT I 3 THINK IT'S BEST THAT WE PROTECT OURSELVES BY PUTTING THAT 4 IN THERE. 5 MR. JAZAIE: AN AMENDMENT IS FINE. THE CPA 6 ADVISORS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE I STARTED WORKING 7 HERE TO HAVE AN ADVISOR FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. WHEN 8 TRUSTEE WONG BECAME THE CHAIR, THE FIRST CHAIR OF THE 9 AUDIT COMMITTEE, THAT MATTER WAS DISCUSSED WITH HIM. I 10 DISCUSSED IT WITH THE CHANCELLOR AND WITH THE BOARD 11 MEMBERS MULTIPLE TIMES. 12 I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A CPA ADVISOR FOR OVER 13 TWO YEARS NOW. THIS IS THE FIRST PERSON WHO ACTUALLY 14 COMMITTED HERSELF TO WORKING WITH US. IN THE PAST IT'S 15 BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL THAT THIS IS GRATIS. 16 THEY WILL NOT CHARGE US FOR ANYTHING, RATHER THEY JUST 17 WANT TO DONATE THEIR TIME AND THEIR EXPERTISE TO AN AUDIT 18 COMMITTEE. 19 IT'S VERY USUAL EVEN UNDER THE SARBANES-OXLEY 20 ACT, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW, BUT THEY DO REQUEST 21 AND REQUIRE IN PUBLIC ACCOUNTING TO HAVE AN EXPERT AS AN 22 ADVISOR TO THE COMMITTEE. THEY ARE NOT ELECTED. THEY ARE 23 JUST AN ADVISOR. AND THEY ONLY SHOW UP WHEN YOU ASK THEM 24 TO SHOW UP. 25 IF THERE ARE MATTERS THAT YOU NEED THEM TO JANUARY 27, 2011 109 1 DISCUSS WITH YOU OR HELP YOU, THEY ARE HERE TO ADDRESS 2 THAT. TONIGHT WE HAVE THE AUDITORS, THE EXTERNAL AUDITORS 3 HERE. SHE CAN PLAY A GREAT ROLE IN KIND OF EXPLAINING 4 CERTAIN TERMS OR IF THERE'S DISAGREEMENTS, SHE WILL BE ONE 5 THAT WOULD ADVOCATE FOR YOU AS A BOARD AND FOR THE 6 COLLEGE. 7 IF YOU WISH TO ADD THAT, I SPECIFICALLY LEFT IT 8 OUT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IF THERE WAS, GENERALLY SPEAKING AS 9 I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST IF THERE IS SALARY INVOLVED, WE HAVE 10 INCLUDED THAT SALARY IN THE RESOLUTION. BUT IT DOESN'T 11 HURT TO ADD AND SAY, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO CHARGE. 12 IN FACT SHE'S NOT EVEN CHARGING US FOR 13 TRANSPORTATION OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S FULLY ON HER TIME. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THINK WE COULD ADD THE WORD 15 "VOLUNTEER." JUST THE WORD "VOLUNTEER" AND SAY, "TO SERVE 16 THE BOARD'S AUDIT COMMITTEE AS A VOLUNTEER CPA ADVISOR." 17 I WOULD SUGGESTED THAT. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL SECOND TRUSTEE BERG'S 19 AMENDMENT AS OPPOSED TO TRUSTEE RIZZO. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 21 TRUSTEE BERG: THIS IS FOR CLARIFICATION. I'M 22 UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT EVEN WHEN WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO 23 ARE DOING JOBS FOR US AS VOLUNTEERS, THAT WE NEED TO TREAT 24 THEM IN SOME REGARD AS EMPLOYEES ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF 25 LIABILITY. THAT AS LONG AS THEY ARE ON OUR PREMISES, AND JANUARY 27, 2011 110 1 AS LONG AS THEY ARE WORKING WITH OUR CLASSES, THEN WE HAVE 2 A LIABILITY ISSUE. 3 THIS IS NOT TO GO INTO THE RESOLUTION. THIS IS 4 JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THIS PERSON COMES ON BOARD, 5 THAT ALL THAT PAPERWORK IS DONE. SO THAT SHE DOESN'T JUST 6 SHOW UP ONE DAY AND WE ALL FORGET THE FACT THAT SHE REALLY 7 DOES HAVE SOME RIGHTS IN THE DISTRICT LEGALLY. 8 IT'S JUST A REMINDER. 9 MR. JAZAIE: SURE. I WILL TALK TO OUR HUMAN 10 RESOURCES DIRECTOR TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER THAT NEEDS TO BE 11 DONE GETS HANDLED FROM THEIR END. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 14 MR. JAZAIE: THANK YOU, SIR. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO THE MOTION, WE ARE VOTING 16 ON THE AMENDMENT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE 17 AMENDMENT. 18 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY COMMENT ON THE AMENDMENT 20 FROM THE AUDIENCE OR FROM THE BOARD? 21 SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. THE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) JANUARY 27, 2011 111 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 3 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED. 7 OKAY, THE AMENDMENT IS ADDED. 8 NOW WE WILL VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION ITSELF. 9 IS THERE ANY COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE? 10 AND NO FURTHER COMMENT FROM THE BOARD? 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 18 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 22 IT CARRIES. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: I THINK WE NEED TO DO B5 ALSO. 24 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DID I SKIP B5? JANUARY 27, 2011 112 1 I SKIPPED B5. THANK YOU. 2 "AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE CONTRACTS AND CONTRACT 3 MODIFICATIONS." 4 I BELIEVE THIS WENT BEFORE THE FACILITIES 5 COMMITTEE. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO AND 9 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 10 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 11 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 12 SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE. 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN 15 FAVOR. 16 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 20 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 24 B5 CARRIES. 25 OKAY, SO BACK TO THE S RESOLUTIONS. S4, JANUARY 27, 2011 113 1 "AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO WORKLOAD AND 2 COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN AFT LOCAL 2121, AS 3 SPECIFIED IN ATTACHMENT A AND THE DISTRICT." 4 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 7 BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 8 IS THERE ANY TRUSTEE COMMENTS? 9 ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE? 10 ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN 13 FAVOR. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 18 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 22 S4 CARRIES. 23 S5 IS "APPROVAL OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES TRAVEL, NOT 24 TO EXCEED $3,000, TO THE ACCT NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT 25 AND COMMITTEE MEETING IN WASHINGTON DC." JANUARY 27, 2011 114 1 I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR TRUSTEE GRIER, WHO IS 2 STILL ON THE BOARD. 3 IS THAT CORRECT? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AM I CORRECT, ON ACCT? 6 WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR OWN ON THAT 7 BOARD, SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR S5. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON AND 11 SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 12 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 13 TRUSTEE NGO: I DO. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE NGO. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: YES, CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN, I HAVE A 16 SUGGESTION FOR (INAUDIBLE). 17 LOOK, WE WERE JUST TOLD -- IT MAY NOT SEEM AND 18 IT MAY NOT SEEM A LOT, BUT WE WERE JUST TOLD THAT WE COULD 19 BE $36 MILLION IN THE HOLE AT WORST. 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: AND $17 MILLION AT BEST FOR NEXT 22 YEAR'S BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE 23 TRUSTEE GRIER OR ANY OF OUR TRUSTEES THERE IN DC. 24 I THOUGHT WE HAD BANNED BOARD TRAVEL. AND 25 ACTUALLY ELIMINATE THE TRAVEL BUDGET IN GENERAL FOR JANUARY 27, 2011 115 1 EVERYONE AT THE COLLEGE. I DON'T THINK IT SENDS A VERY 2 GOOD MESSAGE, ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE DELIBERATING OUR PARCEL 3 TAX, THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO TRAVEL WHEN 4 WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR PLAN AS TO WHY HE OR SHE WOULD BE 5 THERE WHEN IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER HE OR SHE COULD PAY FOR 6 SOME OF THE OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS TO TRAVEL. 7 I THINK IF WE ARE GOING TO ASK THE DISTRICT TO 8 SACRIFICE, AND IF WE ARE GOING TO ASK THE PEOPLE TO 9 SACRIFICE IN THE FORM OF A PARCEL TAX, EVEN FOR PEERS 10 INVOLVED REASONS, AND I THINK IT IS NOT JUST (INAUDIBLE) I 11 THINK THERE ARE SOME SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES WITH THIS. WE 12 SHOULD ASK FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO SACRIFICE. WE DON'T NEED 13 TO TRAVEL TO DC, ESPECIALLY IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO WHY 14 WE ARE GOING THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHY. 15 ARE WE GOING TO LOBBY FEDERAL LEGISLATORS FOR 16 MONEY? ARE WE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH GRANT MAKERS 17 OUT THERE? 18 I HAVE NO CONCEPT TO WHY WE ARE SPENDING $3,000 19 JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS A MEMBER OF A NATIONAL 20 ASSOCIATION. ANY ONE OF US COULD BE DOING WORK IN 21 FURTHERANCE OF THIS DISTRICT AND THE STUDENTS AT ANY 22 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ANY TIME THIS YEAR. THAT WOULD NOT 23 JUSTIFY US FOR THE DISTRICT TO PAY FOR OUR TRAVEL AND OUR 24 LOBBYING. I'M SORRY, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS. 25 THAT'S MY SUGGESTION FOR A (INAUDIBLE) CUT. JANUARY 27, 2011 116 1 (INAUDIBLE) STRAIGHT FROM ANY BENEFIT OF THE BOARD. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG. 3 TRUSTEE BERG: I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT. 4 FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A VERY PRESTIGIOUS 5 COMMUNITY COLLEGE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. 6 SECONDLY, THE CONTACTS THAT ARE MADE AT THIS 7 EVENT ARE INVALUABLE TO US ON EVERY SINGLE LEVEL. AND ON 8 TOP OF THAT, THEY ARE GOING TO LOBBY. THEY ARE NOT THERE 9 PARTYING. THEY ARE THERE LOBBYING. THEY WILL HAVE AN 10 EXECUTIVE SESSION. 11 I HAVE, IN THE PAST, OCCASIONALLY ATTENDED THESE 12 SESSIONS, AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD. THEY DO A GREAT DEAL OF 13 GOOD FOR OUR INSTITUTION. WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE 14 ONE OF OUR OWN, AS WAS POINTED OUT, A MEMBER OF THIS. 15 THIS IS A STATEWIDE ELECTION. 16 YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE NEXT RESOLUTION IS A 17 NOMINATION FOR THIS OFFICE. IT'S A STATEWIDE NOMINATION. 18 SHE HAS A HIGH NAME RECOGNITION, AND THEY DO GO AND SPEAK 19 TO LEGISLATORS, PARTICULARLY OUR OWN LEGISLATORS. THEY DO 20 GIVE EVENTS WHERE YOU GET TO MEET OTHER LEGISLATORS AND 21 YOU PLEAD YOUR CASE. 22 SO I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY PENNY-WISE AND 23 POUND-FOOLISH NOT TO APPROVE THIS. WE ARE VERY, VERY 24 LUCKY TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO GO THERE AND NOT 25 ONLY SPEAK ON BEHALF OF STATEWIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, BUT JANUARY 27, 2011 117 1 SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO. AND I 2 THINK THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE JUST CAN'T 3 AFFORD NOT TO DO. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE WONG. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: THIS IS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. 6 THE RESOLVE SHOULD READ, "FEBRUARY 12-16," NOT "JANUARY." 7 TRUSTEE BERG: THERE'S A TYPO. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S A TYPO. I DON'T THINK 9 WE NEED TO -- 10 TRUSTEE WONG: NO, WE DON'T. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- AMEND THE RESOLUTION. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: JUST LETTING EVERYONE KNOW IT'S 13 FOR THE RECORD. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: FOR THE RECORD, YEAH. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: IT'S RETRO. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT STATES FEBRUARY AT THE TOP, 17 SO GOOD CATCH. 18 ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 19 TRUSTEE NGO: I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY REPORTS EVER 22 ABOUT WHAT TRUSTEE GRIER OR ANY ONE OF OUR OTHER TRUSTEES 23 WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE ASSOCIATION HAS DONE IN FURTHERANCE 24 OF THE COLLEGE AT OR THROUGH THE ASSOCIATION. 25 I UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WILL BE LOBBYING, OKAY, JANUARY 27, 2011 118 1 WHICH IS WHY I ASSUME THAT. BUT SHE WON'T BE THE ONLY ONE 2 THERE. AND IF SHE IS GOING TO BE LOBBYING, WOULD IT BE 3 THOUGHTFUL OR PERTINENT TO THINK ABOUT ANY OTHER TRUSTEE 4 OR ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATOR OR STAFFERS OR FACULTY MEMBERS 5 WHO MAY BE BETTER ADVOCATES THAN A TRUSTEE WHO MAY HAVE 6 SOME RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE IN DC OR WITH ANY OTHER 7 WHILE THEY ARE OUT IN WASHINGTON. 8 I DON'T THINK IT'S PENNY-WISE AND POUND-FOOLISH. 9 I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SET THE EXAMPLE RIGHT 10 NOW GIVEN THIS DREADFUL REPORT THAT WE GOT, THAT WE SET 11 THE TONE WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THAT WE SACRIFICE 12 THIS. 13 IT'S NOT ASSUMED THAT -- SHE CAN PAY FOR SOME OF 14 THIS OUT OF HER POCKET. I DON'T KNOW. BUT FOR US TO ASK 15 THE COLLEGE TO MAKE THESE SACRIFICES, LARGE SACRIFICES, 16 AND THEN TO PAY FOR A TRIP THAT'S NOT QUITE CLEAR IN MY 17 MIND FOR A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO TAKE TO 18 WASHINGTON DC FOR LOBBYING, NOT EVEN PARTIAL COST. 19 THERE'S NO PROPOSAL TO PAY FOR MAYBE HALF THE HOTEL STAY 20 OR ONE DAY IN THE HOTEL OR PARTIAL AIRFARE. WE SHOULD 21 MAKE THAT EFFORT HERE. 22 I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE 23 CHRONICLE AND OTHER PAPERS HAVE DONE STORIES ABOUT BOARD 24 MEMBER TRAVEL, BOARD MEMBER EXPENSES AND PERKS OVER THERE 25 AT UNIFIED. IT WOULD BE WISE TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER THIS JANUARY 27, 2011 119 1 BOARD ON THE SAME NIGHT WE HEARD THIS REPORT ALSO PAID FOR 2 A TRIP FOR SOMEONE TO GO OUT TO DC AND WHETHER THAT 3 ARTICLE PERHAPS WOULD APPEAR IN SOME PUBLICATION IN 4 JUNE 2011 OR NOVEMBER 2011. I DON'T THINK IT IS JUST 5 INVOLVED. I THINK IT IS SUBSTANTIVE THAT WE VOTE THIS 6 DOWN OR SUBSTANTIALLY AMEND IT. AND I WOULD URGE MY 7 COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, LET ME JUST SAY THAT I 9 THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR TO ASK TRUSTEE GRIER TO GIVE HER 10 REPORT AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING DURING HER TRUSTEES' REPORT 11 BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT TOO. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: IN FACT IN THE PAST, SHE HAS 13 GIVEN REPORTS. SHE HAS ALWAYS GIVEN A REPORT AFTER EVERY 14 SINGLE MEETING. 15 THE INSTANCES THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ABOUT 16 PEOPLE WHO WERE FROM UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, FROM THE 17 EAST BAY. THOSE PEOPLE WHO WENT ON TRIPS, AND THEY WENT 18 ON TRIPS THAT WERE PRESUMABLY NOT ALL WHAT THEY WERE 19 SUPPOSED TO BE. WE HAVE NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM. WHEN 20 SPONSOR ANYBODY TO GO ON A TRIP, AND IT'S RARE THAT THIS 21 COLLEGE SPONSORS ANYBODY TO GO ON A TRIP. WE STOPPED THAT 22 A LONG TIME AGO. WE USED TO HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE GOING. 23 WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE. WE HAVE A SINGLE PERSON WHO IS 24 AN ELECTED PERSON TO BE THERE. 25 I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE JANUARY 27, 2011 120 1 REPRESENTED. I THINK IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT. IT MAKES A 2 DIFFERENCE IF IT'S CITY COLLEGE AS OPPOSED TO THE BROAD 3 SPECTRUM OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES, SO WE WILL ALSO BE 4 REPRESENTED. AS I SAID, IT'S AN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 5 IT'S NOT JUST A LOCAL ASSOCIATION. 6 SO I REALLY THINK THAT WE, AS A WHOLE, DON'T 7 SEND ANYBODY ANYWHERE. WE DON'T. YOU TELL ME THE LAST 8 TIME ANYBODY HAS TRAVELED ANYWHERE IN THIS DISTRICT. 9 NOBODY. THEY HAVEN'T. 10 SO THIS IS AN EXCEPTION. AND THIS IS AN 11 EXCEPTION THAT I THINK IS WELL MEANT BECAUSE IT GIVES A 12 GREAT NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WOULD NOT OTHERWISE 13 HAVE. IT JUST WON'T. THIS IS EVERYBODY AT ONE PLACE AT 14 ONE TIME WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM ALL AND DO IT ALL. 15 SO I REALLY RECOMMEND THAT WE DO IT. I DON'T 16 SEE IT AS AN EGREGIOUS ACT FROM CITY COLLEGE TO SPEND 17 $3,200 ON A POTENTIAL OF GETTING 100,000 BACK. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE WONG. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: IT'S GOOD TO HAVE INSTITUTIONAL 20 MEMORY BECAUSE I REMEMBER A TIME WHEN WE DID HAVE A LITTLE 21 BIT MORE MONEY. AND THAT IT IS PART OF THE ACCREDITATION 22 THAT TRUSTEES CONTINUE, AT THAT TIME ANYWAY, TO CONTINUE 23 TO PARTICIPATE IN CONFERENCES AND SO FORTH TO EDUCATE 24 THEMSELVES ON HOW TO BECOME BETTER TRUSTEES AND SO FORTH. 25 AND ACTUALLY, THE CONCERN THAT TRUSTEE NGO HAS JANUARY 27, 2011 121 1 JUST BROUGHT UP WAS BROUGHT UP MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. AND 2 THAT'S WHEN THE BOARD DECIDED THAT WHOEVER IS FUNDED WHO 3 GOES TO THESE CONFERENCES, MUST MAKE A REPORT. AND WE ALL 4 VOTED ON THAT. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT PRESIDENT RIZZO 5 JUST SAID. 6 SO THAT'S IN PLACE IF YOU CHECK THE RECORDS. 7 THE BOARD VOTED TO SAY, "YES." IF WE ARE GOING TO SPEND 8 THIS MONEY, THEN THE TRUSTEES WHEN THEY COME BACK THEY ARE 9 GOING TO MAKE A REPORT ON EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID, WHAT 10 DECISIONS WERE MADE, AND HOW IT BENEFITS THE DISTRICT. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, COMMENTS FROM THE 12 AUDIENCE? 13 COUNSEL BATTISTE: DID YOU GET A MOTION? 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I DID HAVE A MOTION, YES. 15 MR. SCOTT: SHOULD I FILL OUT A CARD? 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT WOULD BE GOOD. 17 MR. SCOTT: RODGER SCOTT, AGAIN. 18 I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND A COUPLE OF 19 SUGGESTIONS. I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HEAR FROM 20 THE CHANCELLOR REGARDING THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I THINK HE IS 21 PROBABLY IN A BETTER POSITION TO COMMENT ON THE VALIDITY 22 OF THE TRIP THEN ANY OF THE REST OF US, INCLUDING OUR 23 DISTINGUISHED BOARD MEMBERS. 24 I COMMEND TRUSTEE NGO FOR HIS ECONOMIC 25 VIGILANCE. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING. JANUARY 27, 2011 122 1 I ALSO AGREE -- I WOULD PROBABLY AGREE MORE 2 OFTEN WITH TRUSTEE NGO THEN WITH DR. BERG, BUT I THINK 3 THAT HAVING PEOPLE IN IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS IN A PLACE 4 LIKE WASHINGTON DURING THIS TIME OF CRISIS DOES OFFER 5 SEVERAL ADVANTAGES, SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. 6 AND I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT IF TRUSTEE NGO, 7 WHO IS A SMART PERSON AND VERY RESOURCEFUL, I THINK YOU 8 COULD PROBABLY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MINIMIZE THE EXPENSE OF 9 THIS TRIP BY HELPING DR. GRIER GET A BETTER PRICE ON 10 AIRFARE AND ACCOMMODATIONS. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU 11 WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT SINCE YOU MADE THAT 12 SUGGESTION. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: MAY I RESPOND? 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: PLEASE. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: TRUSTEE GRIER IS FULLY CAPABLE OF 16 DOING THAT HERSELF. SHE'S GOING ON THE TRIP. 17 MR. SCOTT: AND ONE FINAL POINT. I THINK THE 18 RESOLUTION SAYS, "NOT TO EXCEED" A CERTAIN AMOUNT. UNION 19 PEOPLE ALL THE TIME HAVE LIMITATIONS ON WHAT WE CAN SPEND, 20 AND WE OFTEN SPEND LESS. AND I THINK THE BOARD MEMBERS 21 ARE JUST AS CAPABLE AND RESOURCEFUL. THANK YOU. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. 23 YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING. 24 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I DON'T MIND SAYING 25 SOMETHING. JANUARY 27, 2011 123 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IF YOU WANT TO SAY 2 SOMETHING, GO AHEAD. 3 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I APPROVE ALL OF THE TRAVEL 4 IN THE DISTRICT. EVERY TRAVEL REQUEST THAT COMES THROUGH 5 FROM ANYONE IN THE COLLEGE, INCLUDING ANYTHING FROM THE 6 BOARD, COMES FROM ME. AND SO I THINK IT IS AN ISSUE OF 7 BALANCE. 8 THE BOARD HAS NOT BEEN SPENDING ANY MONEY FOR 9 TRAVEL FOR A LONG TIME. AND I THINK WE CAN HAVE JOHN 10 BILMONT COME UP AND SHOW YOU THAT REALLY THERE IS NO MONEY 11 TO SPEAK OF SPENT. THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SPENDING ANY 12 MONEY. 13 THERE WAS A TIME BRIEFLY WHERE FOUR OR FIVE 14 PEOPLE WOULD BE GOING TO THIS CONFERENCE, INCLUDING 15 MYSELF. SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL 16 AS BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE 17 REDUCED SEVERELY. WE JUST BASICALLY HAVE CUT OUT AND WE 18 ARE SENDING ONE PERSON WHO IS DR. GRIER, WHO HAS AGREED TO 19 TALK TO ME AND GIVE ME A LOT OF INFORMATION IN DETAIL WHEN 20 SHE RETURNS, AS WELL AS GIVING A REPORT TO THE BOARD. 21 I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GO THERE AND TO 22 ADVOCATE, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO GO THERE AND ADVOCATE 23 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO HAVE THE -- I NEED TO BE HERE 24 AND I NEED TO BE WORKING VERY MUCH SO. 25 SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT IS DR. GRIER OR JANUARY 27, 2011 124 1 SOME OTHER MEMBER OF THE BOARD. SOME MEMBER OF THE BOARD 2 SHOULD BE GOING TO THIS KIND OF A CONFERENCE AND 3 REPRESENTING THE COLLEGE. 4 I GET THIS ALL THE TIME FROM FACULTY AND 5 CLASSIFIED IN TERMS OF ARE YOU BEING VERY JUDICIOUS IN 6 TERMS OF HOW YOU ARE SPENDING THE MONEY, AND WE ARE TRYING 7 TO BE EXTREMELY JUDICIOUS. BUT I THINK UP TO $3,200 OR 8 WHATEVER IT IS, IS MONEY WELL SPENT IN THIS CASE, SO I DO 9 VERY MUCH SUPPORT THIS. AND IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE NOT 10 PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION IN MONITORING THIS VERY 11 CLOSELY BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE 13 WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 21 TRUSTEE NGO: NO. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 25 TRUSTEE NGO: THAT WOULD BE ME. JANUARY 27, 2011 125 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT WOULD BE YOU, OKAY. 2 THE MOTION CARRIES. 3 S6 IS "NOMINATION FOR CANDIDATE FOR CALIFORNIA 4 COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES BOARD OF DIRECTORS." 5 SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS CAME FROM. 6 TRUSTEE BERG: I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE ANITA 7 GRIER. SHE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 8 SHE IS WELL-CONNECTED AND HAS HELD OFFICES IN THIS 9 ORGANIZATION, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE HER FOR AN 10 ADDITIONAL -- 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: MILTON HAS ADVISED ME 12 THAT YOU CAN'T SECOND NOMINATIONS, BUT IF I COULD, I WOULD 13 DEFINITELY SECOND THE NOMINATION. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: YOU CAN SECOND IT. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, YOU CAN? 16 TRUSTEE BERG: YEAH. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE HAVE TO SECOND THE 18 RESOLUTION. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I WILL DEFINITELY BE A 20 PROUD SECOND FOR THIS. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO TRUSTEE GRIER (SIC) MOVES 22 AND TRUSTEE JACKSON SECONDS. 23 COUNSEL BATTISTE: BERG. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHAT'S THAT? 25 COUNSEL BATTISTE: BERG MOVES. JANUARY 27, 2011 126 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, I'M SORRY. 2 FURTHER DISCUSSION? 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: GO AHEAD. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I JUST HAD A QUICK 6 DISCUSSION COMMENT. I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO -- 7 BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT TRUSTEE NGO IS TALKING ABOUT 8 HAVING A REPORT, BUT ALSO SEEING HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE 9 RECEIVE FEDERALLY, YOU KNOW, FROM FINANCIAL AID. AND 10 MAYBE TRYING TO SEE SOME -- WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF OUR 11 STATEWIDE LOBBYING DAYS? WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF OUR 12 FEDERAL LOBBYING DAYS? 13 SO I WOULD ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME TIME 14 DOWN THE LINE, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE BUSY AND WORKING SO 15 HARD, BUT MAY WE SEE A REPORT ON WHAT ARE WE GETTING 16 THAT'S NOT JUST ADA FUNDING, LIKE WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY 17 GETTING FROM NON-FTES FROM OUR LOBBYING IN THE STATE AND 18 LOCALLY WITH SOME OF OUR GRANTS THAT WE ARE GIVEN LOCALLY. 19 SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT DOWN THE LINE. AND I THINK 20 THAT MIGHT HELP, YOU KNOW, SHOW THE SERVICE AND SHOW THE 21 GOOD THAT SOME OF THESE TRIPS DO HAVE AND BEING ON THESE 22 BOARDS DO HAVE. 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I THINK -- MAY I? 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, PLEASE. 25 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I THINK THE FIRST THING WE JANUARY 27, 2011 127 1 DID IS CUT OUT I THINK ALMOST ALL THE LOBBYING. I THINK 2 THERE MAY BE A SMALL -- AND WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU 3 EXACTLY HOW MUCH IS LEFT. WE HAD THE WASHINGTON LOBBY. 4 WE ENDED MOST OF THE STATE AND LOCAL. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: (INAUDIBLE). 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: BUT -- 7 MS. SMITH: WE ELIMINATED THE (INAUDIBLE). 8 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE ELIMINATED ALMOST ALL. 9 I CAN THINK OF ONE AT THE STATE LEVEL, SO I DON'T KNOW 10 WHAT ELSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. BUT WE WILL GET THAT IN 11 FRONT OF THE BOARD SO THEY CAN SEE EXACTLY THE TOTAL 12 EXPENSES AND WHAT THE RESULTS ARE IN TERMS OF THESE 13 LOBBIES, BUT WE ARE BASICALLY OUT OF THE LOBBYING BUSINESS 14 FOR THE MOST PART. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, TRUSTEE NGO. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE TRUSTEE 17 GRIER IS TONIGHT? 18 TRUSTEE BERG: SHE'S ABSENT. SHE'S SICK. SHE 19 IS REALLY QUITE ILL. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: DOES SHE EVEN WANT THIS 21 NOMINATION? 22 TRUSTEE BERG: I THINK SHE DOES, YES. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: YOU THINK SHE DOES OR -- 24 TRUSTEE BERG: NO, I TALKED TO HER LAST NIGHT. 25 SHE REALLY IS SICK. SHE SOUNDS TERRIBLE. JANUARY 27, 2011 128 1 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT, 2 BUT (INAUDIBLE). 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, SHE DOES WANT TO DO IT. 4 ALL RIGHT. WAS THIS MOVED? 5 COUNSEL BATTISTE: TRUSTEE BERG MOVED IT AND 6 TRUSTEE JACKSON SECONDED IT. 7 TRUSTEE BERG: CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING. LET ME 8 EXPLAIN SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. THE REASON IT IS IMPORTANT 9 IN MY OPINION TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS DONE THIS AND HAS 10 RUN THIS BEFORE AND BEEN ELECTED BEFORE, IT'S A STATEWIDE 11 ELECTION BECAUSE NEW PEOPLE TEND NOT TO GET ELECTED. IT'S 12 SOMEBODY THEY KNOW AT EVERY DISTRICT, AND SO IT'S EASIER 13 TO PUSH THOSE PEOPLE. AND WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF 14 MAKING SURE THAT CITY COLLEGE IS PERSONALLY REPRESENTED 15 THEN PUTTING SOMEBODY ELSE FROM HERE ON IT AND HOPING THAT 16 THAT PERSON WOULD GET ELECTED. IT'S HARD TO GET ELECTED. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: THIS IS JUST FOR A NOMINATION. 18 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, IT'S A NOMINATION. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: IS SHE ON IT NOW? 20 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: YES. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: WHEN WAS OUR LAST REPORT FROM HER 23 ON THAT? 24 TRUSTEE BERG: I'M SORRY. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: WHEN WAS OUR LAST REPORT FROM HER JANUARY 27, 2011 129 1 ON THAT -- 2 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL -- 3 TRUSTEE NGO: -- TO THE BOARD. 4 TRUSTEE BERG: -- SHE REPORTS ONLY WHEN SHE GOES 5 TO THE MEETINGS. AND YOU ONLY GO TO THE MEETINGS ONCE A 6 YEAR. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: RIGHT. DID SHE GIVE A REPORT LAST 8 YEAR? 9 TRUSTEE BERG: YEAH, SHE DID. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: SHE DID, OKAY. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN 12 MOVE ON THIS. 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN 16 FAVOR. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 21 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 25 OKAY, TRUSTEE GRIER IS NOMINATED. JANUARY 27, 2011 130 1 ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE END OF OUR RESOLUTIONS 2 AGENDA, SO NOW WE WILL HAVE REPORTS FROM TRUSTEES. 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG, WHY DON'T YOU START. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SURE. TWO THINGS. 5 OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, I HAVE BEEN TO 6 SACRAMENTO TWICE. FIRST TIME WAS TO ATTEND A FORMATION 7 EVENT FOR WHAT WE CALL THE CCCAST, CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY 8 COLLEGE ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT TRUSTEES. SO THAT'S 9 ACTUALLY -- IT'S UNDER THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA. IT'S FOR 10 THE FIRST TIME EVER ALL THE STUDENT TRUSTEES HAVE COME 11 TOGETHER AND DECIDED WE WANT TO HAVE AN ASSOCIATION OF OUR 12 OWN, SO I WAS VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND 13 PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT, DRAFTING THE CONSTITUTION AND 14 BYLAWS AND ALL THAT. 15 SO HOPEFULLY, THERE WILL BE GREAT THINGS TO COME 16 SO THAT ALL THE STUDENT TRUSTEES COULD BE ABLE TO LINK UP 17 UP AND DOWN THE STATE TO WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE AND 18 ADVOCATE. 19 SECOND, THE SECOND TRIP WAS ACTUALLY JUST TWO 20 DAYS AGO TO ONE OF THE STATE SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING. IT 21 WAS AN INFORMATION SESSION. IT WAS ON THE BUDGET CUT. 22 AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A VERY QUICK COMMENT. 23 THE NUMBER OF UNITS, WHICH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 24 BRIEFLY TONIGHT, MY COMMENT -- I TOLD THEM THAT I MYSELF 25 AM A REENTRY STUDENT. I HAVE 160 OR SO UNITS THAT ADD UP JANUARY 27, 2011 131 1 FROM MY PREVIOUS TIME AT CITY COLLEGE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I 2 AM TAKING MY CLASSES AND MOVING THROUGH THE SYSTEM, SO WE 3 NEED LOCAL FLEXIBILITY. 4 I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENTAL 5 RELATIONS OFFICE TO ADVOCATE AND STATE IF NEED BE TO LET 6 THEM KNOW WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE IN OUR DISTRICT, SO THANK 7 YOU. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE WONG. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RIZZO. 10 FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STUDENT TRUSTEE 11 JEFFREY FANG. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THANK YOU. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: THANK YOU FOR SPENDING IT WITH 14 US. CONGRATULATIONS. 15 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT 16 RIZZO, AND NEW VICE PRESIDENT, CHRIS JACKSON. 17 AND I AM LOOKING AT THE CLOCK NOW. IT'S 9:30. 18 THE BOARD SELF-EVALUATION I THINK HAD AT LEAST TEN 19 COMMENTS WERE ABOUT LENGTHY BOARD MEETINGS. I THINK THAT 20 IF WE ARE GOING TO END IN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES OR SO, WE 21 HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR A MORE EFFICIENT BOARD 22 MEETING, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE TO BE EFFICIENT AND 23 TO BE PRODUCTIVE IS IMPORTANT, RATHER A LONG MEETING AND 24 NOTHING PRODUCTIVE, SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. 25 I ALSO WANT TO SAY GUNG HAY FAT CHOY SHEN TI JANUARY 27, 2011 132 1 JIAN KANG, WHICH MEANS, "HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR, GOOD HEALTH 2 TO ALL." THANK YOU. 3 TRUSTEE BERG: I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND OUR NEW 4 PRESIDENT AND CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEING ELECTED OUR 5 PRESIDENT AND ALSO TO OUR NEW VICE PRESIDENT. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 7 TRUSTEE BERG: BUT WHAT I LOVE THE MOST IS THAT 8 YOU ARE IN FACT KEEPING THE MEETING WHEN YOU SAY YOU WOULD 9 KEEP IT AT A RESPECTABLE HOUR, SO I AM REALLY, VERY HAPPY 10 ABOUT THAT. 11 AND ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME BACK ALL OF THE 12 FACULTY AND STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION TO CITY COLLEGE 13 BECAUSE I WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR. I HOPE THIS 14 IS GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR. IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH 15 YEAR. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT AND IS PREPARED FOR 16 THAT. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE 17 JOB THAT YOU DO BECAUSE IT IS TOUGH IN THESE YEARS. IT'S 18 TOUGH. 19 WE KNOW THAT, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND 20 WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE 21 CARRYING DOUBLE DUTY SOMETIMES TRIPLE DUTY. YOU ARE 22 TAKING EXTRA STUDENTS INTO YOUR CLASSES, AND I THINK 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON SAID, YOU ARE ROCK STARS, AND I ABSOLUTELY 24 AGREE WITH THAT. YOU ARE DEFINITELY ROCK STARS. 25 WHEN I TALK ABOUT CITY COLLEGE IN THE CITY TO JANUARY 27, 2011 133 1 CITY OFFICIALS, I TALK ABOUT ALL OF YOU WHO TAKE ON EXTRA 2 LOADS AND HOW LUCKY WE ARE AS A DISTRICT TO HAVE THE 3 FACULTY AND STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE 4 EVERYONE HERE IS DOING FAR MORE THEN WHAT WOULD NORMALLY 5 BE THE CASE AND IS PROBABLY THE CASE IN OTHER COMMUNITY 6 COLLEGES, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE SO OUTSTANDING. I MEAN IT 7 REALLY IS DUE TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND ALL YOU DO, AND 8 I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE YOU BACK. SO HAVE A GREAT YEAR. 9 THANK YOU. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT 12 TO COMMEND MY BOARD MEMBERS FOR ELECTING ME VICE 13 PRESIDENT. 14 I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND, ONCE AGAIN, THE FACULTY 15 AND STAFF WHO ARE HANDLING MORE AND MORE WITHOUT GETTING 16 PAID FOR IT. 17 AND ALSO COMMEND TRUSTEE RIZZO FOR HAVING THE 18 BALANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, IN UNPRECEDENTED 19 TIMES, SOMETIMES WE NEED TO HAVE UNPRECEDENTED 20 CONVERSATIONS OF UNPRECEDENTED (INAUDIBLE). BUT ALSO, YOU 21 KNOW, HAVING AN EFFICIENT MEETING BECAUSE SOME OF THESE 22 PROBLEMS, LIKE A PARCEL TAX, IS GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN 23 TEN MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT. BUT TRUSTEE RIZZO IS VERY GOOD 24 AT MAKING SURE WE DON'T TALK MORE THAN THE TEN MINUTES IT 25 TAKES. JANUARY 27, 2011 134 1 THROUGH THE VARIOUS -- THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, I 2 HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST 3 ABOUT THEIR TWO CAMPUSES. AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN, YOU KNOW, 4 CONTINUING TO TALK WHAT DOES A NEW FULL-TIME DEAN LOOK 5 LIKE? 6 A LOT OF ISSUES HAVE COME UP AS TO SUBLEASING 7 THE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO END 8 THAT SUBLEASING SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A FULL LOAD OF 9 CLASSES AND THEN ACTUALLY HAVE FULL PROGRAMS IN THERE, NOT 10 JUST PIECEMEAL PROGRAMMING CLASSES HERE, BUT THEN YOU HAVE 11 TO GO TO OCEAN CAMPUS TO FINISH IT UP. A LOT OF PEOPLE 12 HAVE REALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND ALSO HAVING FULL-TIME 13 FINANCIAL AID COUNSELORS AT EITHER EVANS OR SOUTHEAST 14 CAMPUS OR PREFERABLY BOTH, AND SO PEOPLE REALLY TALKED 15 WITH ABOUT THAT. 16 AND ALSO OVERALL, I THINK TRUSTEE FANG TALKED 17 ABOUT THIS. I'VE GOTTEN NUMEROUS CALLS FROM PEOPLE 18 TALKING ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL AID. THEY'VE TAKEN TOO MANY 19 UNITS, AND THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL AID. WHEN 20 A LOT OF THOSE STUDENTS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WENT TO SCHOOL 21 TEN YEARS AGO, LEFT, WORKED, AND NOW HAVE TO COME BACK 22 BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES. THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO 23 UPGRADE THEIR SKILLS TO GET A BETTER JOB IN THIS TOUGH 24 ECONOMY OR BECOME MORE MARKETABLE. AND I THINK THAT IS AN 25 ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO HANDLE STATEWIDE, AND WE NEED JANUARY 27, 2011 135 1 LEADERSHIP ON THAT. 2 I LOVE THE FACT THAT TRUSTEE FANG HAS STEPPED UP 3 AND HAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT. 4 AND I HOPE THAT TRUSTEE GRIER IN HER POSITION AS 5 A STATEWIDE LEADER ON HIGHER EDUCATION ISSUES, STEPS UP 6 AND REALLY TALKS ABOUT THAT ISSUE OF NOW THAT THIS ECONOMY 7 IS SO TOUGH, STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE UNITS THEN 8 THEY USED TO DO, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT MAKE THEM INELIGIBLE 9 FOR FINAL FINANCIAL AID. SO THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT I LOOK 10 FORWARD TO WORKING ON, ALONG WITH BRINGING RESOURCES INTO 11 THIS SCHOOL AND HAVING A UNIFIED CAMPUS COMMUNITY WHEN WE 12 TALK ABOUT HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY, SO 13 THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD NIGHT. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: NO REPORT. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, THANKS AGAIN, TRUSTEES, 17 FOR THE ELECTION OF YOUR CONFIDENCE. I DO APPRECIATE. 18 MY REPORT WILL TAKE THREE HOURS. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE BY 20 YOURSELF. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I JUST WANT TO -- I'VE TALKED 22 TO EVERYONE ABOUT COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, AND I JUST WANT 23 TO PUT THOSE FORWARD HERE. 24 SO THERE IS ONE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, THE 25 CHANCELLOR BOARD RELATIONS COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S BASICALLY JANUARY 27, 2011 136 1 A COMMITTEE FOR THE CHANCELLOR'S REVIEW. 2 THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, THAT WAS A COMMITTEE OF 3 THE WHOLE, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT A FIVE-PERSON 4 COMMITTEE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET A QUORUM. THE PEOPLE 5 ON THAT ARE TRUSTEES BERG, GRIER, JACKSON, NGO, AND 6 MYSELF. TRUSTEE NGO WILL BE THE CHAIR. 7 THE FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY 8 COMMITTEE IS STAYING THE WAY IT HAS BEEN THE PAST YEAR 9 WITH TRUSTEES GRIER, JACKSON, AND MYSELF. I AM ASSIGNING 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG AS AN ALTERNATE. HE HAS BEEN COMING 11 TO A LOT OF THE MEETINGS ANYWAY, SO WHENEVER WE HAVE A 12 SEAT OPEN, WHICH IS QUITE OFTEN, TRUSTEE FANG WILL BE 13 THERE TO FILL IT. 14 THERE'S THE JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CCSF 15 COMMITTEE WHERE WE HAVE THREE TRUSTEES AND THREE BOARD OF 16 EDUCATION MEMBERS MEETING TOGETHER. THAT IS TRUSTEE BERG, 17 GRIER, AND MARKS. I'M APPOINTING TRUSTEE NGO AS AN 18 ALTERNATE FOR TRUSTEE MARKS. TRUSTEE GRIER IS THE CHAIR 19 OF THAT. 20 THERE'S AN AUDIT AND POLICY COMMITTEE THAT IS 21 GOING TO BE A THREE PERSON COMMITTEE AND NOT A COMMITTEE 22 OF THE WHOLE. AND THAT WILL BE TRUSTEES NGO, WONG, AND 23 MYSELF. TRUSTEE NGO IS THE CHAIR OF THAT. 24 THERE'S AN INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS 25 COMMITTEE. TRUSTEE MARKS WILL CHAIR THAT. TRUSTEES NGO JANUARY 27, 2011 137 1 AND WONG ARE ALSO ON THAT. AND TRUSTEE JACKSON WILL BE 2 THE ALTERNATE CHAIR WHEN TRUSTEE MARKS CAN'T ATTEND. 3 THERE'S A POLICY IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE. 4 TRUSTEE BERG WILL CHAIR THAT. TRUSTEE MARKS AND MYSELF 5 WILL BE ON IT. AND STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG IS THE ALTERNATE 6 FOR TRUSTEE MARKS. 7 I AM ELIMINATING ONE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE OF 8 RELATIONS COMMITTEE. IT NEVER MET LAST YEAR. THERE 9 DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A NEED. NONE OF THE TRUSTEES FELT THAT 10 THERE WAS A NEED FOR IT. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: E-MAIL THAT. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL. I WILL HAVE THAT IN 13 WRITING. I THINK IT SHOULD BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE TOO 14 FOR THE PUBLIC. 15 OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CHANCELLOR AND STAFF 16 REPORTS. 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I TOO WOULD LIKE TO 18 CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT RIZZO. 19 I THINK MOST OF US HAD OBSERVED THAT HE HAS DONE 20 A WONDERFUL JOB -- ACTUALLY, ALL THE EFFORTS THAT HE HAS 21 BEEN INVOLVED IN, INCLUDING THE MANY EFFORTS, AND SO IT'S 22 REALLY GREAT TO HAVE HIM ASSUME THE HELM OF THE LEADERSHIP 23 OF THE BOARD AS PRESIDENT. 24 AND I PREDICT, OF COURSE, THAT IT WILL BE A 25 GREAT NEED THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AT THIS TIME WHICH IS JANUARY 27, 2011 138 1 NOT A VERY ORDINARY TIME IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE. 2 IN SOME WAYS, I FEEL A LITTLE BIT SAD FOR HIM OR SORRY FOR 3 HIM THAT HE IS GOING TO DO ALL OF THIS STUFF, BUT THAT'S 4 JUST A REALITY. 5 AND, OF COURSE, VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON, I WANT 6 TO CONGRATULATE HIM AS WELL. HE HAS CERTAINLY GIVEN US A 7 LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND PASSION. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 8 HIS ENERGY AND PASSION IN THAT ROLE. 9 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE 10 LIST IN TERMS OF THE BOARD EVALUATION, AND YOU KIND OF 11 LOOK PAST A FEW OF THE THORNS, AND LOOK AT ALL THE ROSES 12 THAT ARE IN THERE, YOU REALIZE THAT THE BOARD WORKING WITH 13 THE COLLEGE HAS MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES DURING A VERY 14 DIFFICULT PERIOD OF THE LAST 25 OR 30 MONTHS. AND A LOT 15 OF THAT WOULD NOT BE THE CASE IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE 16 LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT MILTON MARKS WITH HIS VISION OF 17 SETTING THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE, ALLOWING PEOPLE THE 18 FREEDOM TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP AND BE CREATIVE, AT THE SAME 19 TIME REINING PEOPLE IN AT THE APPROPRIATE MOMENT. I THINK 20 REALLY AN EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP THAT WE ARE ALL GRATEFUL 21 FOR. 22 I JUST THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE 23 VERY REALISTIC ORIENTED AND LOOK AT THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS 24 WHICH WITHOUT HIS LEADERSHIP, I THINK WOULD HAVE BEEN 25 QUITE DIFFERENT OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME. JANUARY 27, 2011 139 1 WE'VE ALREADY COME THROUGH A REMARKABLE JOURNEY, 2 AND MAYBE IT'S BEEN A JOURNEY THAT IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT 3 US 24 MONTHS AGO AND SAY, WELL, DO YOU THINK WE COULD HAVE 4 GOTTEN THROUGH ALL OF THIS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, 5 MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY SKEPTICAL, PROBABLY JUST 6 AS SKEPTICAL ABOUT SOME OF YOU ARE GOING FORWARD. 7 BUT I THINK THAT WE DO HAVE A COLLECTION ON THE 8 BOARD THAT IS PROVIDING US WITH THE KIND OF STABILITY AND 9 THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT THIS COLLEGE NEEDS AND 10 DESERVES. 11 AND SO, I'M ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN TRUSTEE NGO SPEAKS 12 BECAUSE WE NEED A HARDHEADED BUSINESS PERSON HERE TO 13 REALLY HELP US THROUGH THIS. AND HE IS GOING TO HELP US. 14 AND I THINK IN THE TERMS OF THE ROLE OF THE BUDGET AND 15 PLANNING, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THAT COMING OUT VERY 16 STRONGLY. AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THERE TOGETHER 17 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF VERY TOUGH MINDED DECISIONS IF WE 18 ALL ARE GOING TO LEAD THIS COLLEGE IN THE DIRECTION THAT 19 WE WANT IT TO GO. 20 I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE, OF COURSE, THE 21 STUDENTS, AND THE FACULTY, AND THE CLASSIFIED. WE DON'T 22 SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY ARE 23 WORKING EXTREMELY HARD AND EFFECTIVELY. AND THAT WE ARE 24 GETTING A GREAT DEAL DONE. 25 AND IN THE FLEX SPEECH, I WANTED TO POINT OUT A JANUARY 27, 2011 140 1 COUPLE OF PEOPLE, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO POINT OUT EVERYONE. 2 BUT I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR KAREN SAGINOR IN TERMS OF HER 3 LEADERSHIP. I MEAN SHE IS WORKING HER LITTLE FINGERS TO 4 THE BONE FOR THIS DISTRICT. AND SHE IS DOING A WONDERFUL 5 JOB. I AM JUST PICKING ON ONE PERSON. I COULD PICK ON 6 HER PEOPLE, BUT I JUST THINK WE NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND 7 THE LOAD THAT SHE IS CARRYING. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 8 THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 9 MR. SCOTT: I WOULD ADD TO THAT OUR CHANCELLOR 10 AND ALISA MESSER. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WELL, WE CAN ADD ANYBODY 12 YOU WANT, BUT I'M THE ONE THAT'S SPEAKING. 13 MR. SCOTT: I KNOW THAT. 14 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: GOOD. KEEP THAT IN MIND. 15 THAT WOULD BE MY REPORT. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THANK YOU. 17 COUNSEL BATTISTE, ARE THERE ANY CLOSED SESSIONS 18 ANNOUNCEMENTS? 19 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE NO 20 ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS 22 TO SPEAK FROM THE PUBLIC? 23 NO. 24 BEFORE WE LEAVE, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN, BUT WE 25 ARE GOING TO RECONVENE AS THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FINANCING JANUARY 27, 2011 141 1 CORPORATION. 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. WE WILL HAVE A 3 30-SECOND MEETING. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE WILL HAVE A 30-SECOND 5 MEETING. I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO JUMP UP FROM THEIR 6 CHAIRS. 7 I DON'T THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE 8 NEVER DO THAT. SO I AM GOING TO ADJOURN IF THERE'S NO 9 OPPOSITION TO THAT. 10 (THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 11 ADJOURNED AT 10:00 P.M.) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JANUARY 27, 2011 142 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE ARE NOW CONVENED AS THE 2 DISTRICT FINANCING CORPORATION, OUR ANNUAL MEETING. 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. I SEE WE 4 HAVE A QUORUM BECAUSE THE BOARD IS THE FINANCING 5 CORPORATION BOARD. 6 THE ONLY TIME WE'VE EVER USED THIS, WHICH WAS 7 YEARS AGO, WAS TO ISSUE COP'S. IT WILL SAVE US MONEY IN 8 THE FUTURE IF WE EVER HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN IF WE JUST KEEP 9 IT ALIVE EVERY YEAR. WE WILL AVOID THE STARTUP COSTS 10 RELATED TO COUNSEL AND FILING. 11 SO ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HAVE NOMINATIONS FOR 12 PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND SECRETARY/TREASURER. 13 IN THE PAST, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY. 14 THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN THE BOARD PRESIDENT. THE VICE 15 PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CHANCELLOR. AND I HAVE BEEN THE 16 SECRETARY/TREASURER, BUT IF YOU PREFER TO CHANGE THAT, 17 THAT'S FINE WITH ME. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE THAT. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: ALL RIGHT. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO MOVES THAT. VICE 23 PRESIDENT JACKSON SECONDS. 24 ANY COMMENTS? 25 NO COMMENT. JANUARY 27, 2011 143 1 ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? 2 I SEE NONE. 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 6 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: (ABSENT.) 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 10 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 14 THAT MOTION CARRIES, AND THAT'S OUR ONLY AGENDA 15 ITEM FOR THAT MEETING, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. 16 (FINANCE CORPORATION MEETING ADJOURNED AT 17 10:03 P.M.) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JANUARY 27, 2011 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER I, THE UNDERSIGNED, A DULY AUTHORIZED CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTER, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING PROCEEDINGS WERE TAKEN DOWN BY ME IN STENOTYPE AND THEREAFTER TRANSCRIBED INTO TYPEWRITING BY COMPUTER, UNDER MY DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION, AND THAT THIS TRANSCRIPT IS A TRUE RECORD OF THE SAID PROCEEDINGS. DATED: FEBRUARY 18, 2011 ______________________________ MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 STATE OF CALIFORNIA