SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT MONTHLY MEETING OF THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THURSDAY, MAY 26, 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 2 A P P E A R A N C E S 3 4 5 THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 6 7 NATALIE BERG 8 CHRIS JACKSON 9 MILTON MARKS III 10 ANITA GRIER 11 JOHN RIZZO 12 LAWRENCE WONG 13 14 15 DR. DON Q. GRIFFIN, CHANCELLOR 16 LEILANI BATTISTE, GENERAL COUNSEL 17 JEFFREY FANG, STUDENT TRUSTEE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MAY 26, 2011 3 1 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT ON THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011, 2 COMMENCING AT THE HOUR OF 7:00 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 MAY 26, 2011 4 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF 2 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 3 CAN WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 4 ARE YOU NOT -- ONCE YOU GET READY, COULD WE HAVE 5 THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 6 COUNSEL BATTISTE: DOESN'T THE CHANCELLOR DO IT? 7 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: HERE. 10 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HERE. 12 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. NATALIE BERG. 13 TRUSTEE BERG: HERE. 14 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. ANITA GRIER. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: HERE. 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE MILTON MARKS. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: HERE. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE STEVE NGO. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: ABSENT. 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE LAWRENCE WONG. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: HERE. 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: STUDENT TRUSTEE JEFFREY 23 FANG. 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: ALMOST ALL HERE. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: "ALMOST ALL HERE," WHAT DOES THAT MAY 26, 2011 5 1 MEAN? 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: FINALS. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. 5 CAN WE PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 6 (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECITED.) 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WE WILL NOW HAVE TEN 8 MINUTES WHERE WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT ARE 9 NOT ON THE AGENDA. 10 I HAVE TWO CARDS. ONE IS FROM KEN LEE. 11 MR. LEE: PRESIDENT RIZZO, CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN, 12 BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MY NAME IS KEN LEE, AND I AM FACULTY AT 13 CHINATOWN AND ALSO A PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR ONE OF OUR 14 GRANT PROGRAMS, FULLBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS COMMUNITY COLLEGE 15 INITIATIVE. 16 SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD LIKE TO THANK 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THEIR 18 EXPERIENCE HERE FOR THE PAST YEAR. 19 NOT ALL THE STUDENTS COULD COME BECAUSE OF 20 TESTING. SO THERE ARE NORMALLY ABOUT A DOZEN OF THEM, BUT 21 WE HAVE FOUR OF THE STUDENTS HERE. AND I WON'T SAY NO 22 MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 24 MR. ALI: HELLO. MY NAME IS MOHAMMED ALI. I AM 25 FROM PAKISTAN. AND I WANTED TO SAY A THANK YOU TO MAY 26, 2011 6 1 DR. GRIFFIN, AND ALL THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND JOANNE, 2 AND ALSO MY COORDINATOR KEN LEE. 3 YOU GUYS ARE LIKE -- WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT, 4 LIKE, WHO IS BEHIND OUR SCHOLARSHIP, BUT THE STATE 5 DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY IS BEHIND OUR SCHOLARSHIP, AND THE 6 PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING HARD TO JUST BRING US HERE. WE 7 WANT TO THANK YOU, ALL OF THAT ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE 8 GROUP. 9 AND I WOULD SAY LIKE THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS 10 DOING VERY GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS WHO ARE FROM THE 11 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY BECAUSE NOT ALL THE PEOPLE FROM OUR 12 COUNTRY CAN HAVE AN EDUCATION AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BUT 13 WE HAVE BEEN BROUGHT HERE TO GET EXPOSURE OF THE COMMUNITY 14 COLLEGE. 15 SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU, DR. GRIFFIN, AND 16 ALL THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND WE ALSO WENT TO THE MARCH 17 IN MARCH JUST TO GET -- YOU KNOW ALL THE BUDGET CUTS -- 18 JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ALL THE 19 STUDENTS SO THAT MORE STUDENTS CAN COME HERE AND HAVE ALL 20 THE SCHOLARSHIPS. SO I, AGAIN, WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU. 21 THANK YOU. 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. MAY 26, 2011 7 1 MR. LEE: ONE MORE SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. 2 MISS SADIA: MY NAME IS SADIA, AND I AM FROM 3 PAKISTAN TOO. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS 4 SCHOLARSHIP -- 5 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 6 -- WAS A GREAT INVESTMENT. AND THE RELATIONSHIP 7 OF PAKISTAN AND THE UNITED STATES, WE LEARNED A LOT. AND 8 WE TRIED TO DO JUSTICE WITH OUR SCHOLARSHIP TO TELL PEOPLE 9 WHO WE ARE, WHAT'S OUR CULTURE, AND LIKE HOW WE ARE 10 GROWING. NOW I WILL GO BACK TO PAKISTAN. I WILL JUST 11 FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE BEST FAMILY HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO, 12 THE BEST COLLEGE, AND THE BEST COUNTRY WHERE I CAME TO 13 REPRESENT MY COUNTRY. THANK YOU. 14 AND I WILL ESPECIALLY THANK YOU, CHANCELLOR 15 GRIFFIN, MY COORDINATOR KEN LEE, JOANNE, AND THE BOARD OF 16 TRUSTEES, IN FACT ALL THE SAN FRANCISCANS AND AMERICANS. 17 THANK YOU. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I HAVE JONATHAN MILLER. 19 MR. MILLER: HELLO. MY NAME IS JONATHAN MILLER. 20 I'M A STUDENT AT OCEAN CAMPUS AT CITY COLLEGE. 21 I'M BACK HERE TODAY AFTER THE LONG AND ARDUOUS 22 JOURNEY THAT HAS BEEN THE STUDENT ELECTION PROCESS. I AM 23 HERE TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO CARE ABOUT CITY 24 COLLEGE BEYOND THEIR OWN TRANSFER. I AM HERE TO SHOW THAT 25 THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO WILL NOT BE INTIMATED OR FOOLED AND MAY 26, 2011 8 1 TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS WITH THE RESOLVE TO SEE 2 THINGS THROUGH TO THE VERY END. WE ARE NOT FOOLS. 3 WHILE THIS FIGHT FOR IMPARTIALITY AND 4 TRANSPARENCY HAS COME AT THE PERSONAL COST OF TIME, 5 ENERGY, GPA, AND OVERALL HAPPINESS, IT IS THE RIGHT THING 6 TO DO AND HAS ITS OWN INTANGIBLE REWARDS. 7 INCOMPETENCE IS DEFINED AS THE LACKING OF 8 QUALIFICATION AND/OR ABILITY. THE INCOMPETENCE OF DEAN 9 HUNNICUTT, STUDENT DEAN SANTOS, AND KATIE GELARDI WAS 10 NOT -- 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE A POLICY 12 THAT WE DON'T DISPARAGE -- 13 MR. MILLER: OKAY. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- PERSONALITIES HERE. 15 MR. MILLER: OKAY. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM -- 17 MR. MILLER: SURE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- THAT. 19 MR. MILLER: OKAY. I AM HERE THEN TO DISCUSS A 20 MEETING I HAVE IN FULL RECORDING WHERE I WAS EXCORIATED 21 FOR COMING TO THIS MEETING BEFORE THAT I SKIPPED THE CHAIN 22 OF COMMAND. AND THIS MEETING GAVE ME EVEN MORE EVIDENCE 23 TO WHY I HAD TO DO THAT. 24 THE CONTRADICTIONS WITHIN THAT MEETING ARE 25 OBVIOUS AND APPARENT. AND I ENCOURAGE AND I AM HERE TO MAY 26, 2011 9 1 HOPE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TAKES MORE INTEREST IN THE 2 WAY THAT THE PROCESS IS BEING RUN AND THAT IN THE FUTURE 3 IT IS RUN MORE FAIRLY AND MORE TRANSPARENTLY. 4 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 5 AND I KNOW I'VE SENT E-MAILS TO YOU CHANCELLOR 6 GRIFFIN -- 7 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 8 MR. MILLER: -- AND TO DEAN MCKNIGHT. AND I 9 HAVEN'T GOT A RESPONSE FOR THAT AND SO THAT IS WHY I AM 10 HERE TODAY, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 12 R. FONG AND C. IRONS. THEY ARE BOTH ON ONE CARD 13 HERE. 14 DR. FONG: CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN, BOARD MEMBERS, 15 GOOD EVENING. DR. RAYMOND FONG, I AM THE COUNSELOR AND 16 COORDINATOR OF THE EOPS SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM. 17 I AM HERE TO JUST BRIEFLY -- AS I WAS THE LAST 18 TIME I SPOKE BEFORE THE BOARD -- TO PROVIDE INTRODUCTION 19 TO ONE OF OUR SECOND CHANCE STUDENTS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO 20 PUT IT INTO A CONTEXT OF WHY I AM GOING TO BE INTRODUCING 21 HIM. 22 YOU PERHAPS HAD SEEN THE CITY CURRENT ARTICLES 23 THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY ABOUT OUR PROGRAM. CARL IRONS IS 24 ONE OF THE STUDENTS THAT WAS FEATURED IN THOSE ARTICLES. 25 THIS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, HAS BEEN THE MOST MAY 26, 2011 10 1 INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL AND TRYING SEMESTER SO FAR FOR THE 2 SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM. WE HAVE REACHED CAPACITY OVER AND 3 OVER EVERY SEMESTER. THE NUMBER OF CRISES AND THE NUMBER 4 OF PERSONAL ISSUES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE CONFRONTED WITH 5 IS JUST INCREDIBLY OVERWHELMING. IT GOES WELL PAST, WELL 6 BEYOND ACADEMIC ADVISING. 7 WE HAVE ABOUT 40 OR 50 PEOPLE ON OUR WAITING 8 LIST RIGHT NOW TO GET IN THAT WE CAN'T TAKE BECAUSE OUR 9 CAP WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE 80. WE WENT UP TO 120. 10 WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO TAKE IN ANOTHER 20, BUT WE'VE GOT 11 40 OR 50 THAT WE ARE GOING TO HOLD OFF UNTIL PROBABLY THE 12 SPRING SEMESTER. 13 I BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION IN THE CONTEXT OF 14 THE FACT THAT I AM SURE YOU ALL SAW THIS IN THE NEWSPAPER 15 VERY SHORTLY FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THIS IS A 16 CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE. 30,000 INMATES ARE GOING TO BE 17 RELEASED INTO OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ARE LOOKING MORE AT 18 UPWARDS OF 40,000. AND I AM SURE MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS 19 ARE GOING TO END UP HERE AT CITY COLLEGE. AND WE DON'T 20 HAVE A PROGRAM THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE 21 COMING INTO OUR OFFICE. 22 THE REASONS FOR THE EARLY RELEASE IS WHAT MY 23 STUDENT CARL IRONS WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS AND HOW THAT'S 24 GOING TO IMPACT OUR PROGRAM. 25 AS INTRODUCTION, CARL -- MAY 26, 2011 11 1 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 2 DR. FONG: I'M SORRY. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. 4 DR. FONG: OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. MAY HE SPEAK? 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SURE. 6 DR. FONG: OKAY. 7 MR. IRONS: THANK YOU. 8 WHEN THE RECEIVER FIRST TOOK OVER AND WE WERE 9 FIGHTING THIS COURT BATTLE, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE 10 RECEIVER ASKED -- THE INMATES ESTIMATED THAT MAYBE ONE 11 INMATE A WEEK WAS DYING FROM LACK OF MEDICAL CARE. THE 12 STATE OF CALIFORNIA SAID THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE FOR THAT. 13 THERE WERE NO STATISTICS. WHEN THE RECEIVER TOOK OVER, 14 THEY STARTED KEEPING ACCURATE RECORDS. IT TURNS OUT TO BE 15 AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 75 A YEAR, ABOUT ONE EVERY FIVE DAYS. 16 IN ADDITION TO THAT, ABOUT ONE A WEEK COMMITS 17 SUICIDE FROM LACK OF PSYCHIATRIC CARE. THAT'S A HIGHLY 18 STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT TO LIVE IN. I CAME OUT OF IT AFTER 19 MANY YEARS. AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER 30,000 OR 20 40,000 PEOPLE, MEN AND WOMEN COME OUT OF THAT ENVIRONMENT. 21 LIKE ME, MANY OF THEM WILL SUFFER POST TRAUMATIC 22 STRESS SYNDROME FROM LIVING IN THOSE CONDITIONS FOR SO 23 LONG. MANY OF THEM, LIKE ME, WILL HAVE SOMETHING AKIN TO 24 SURVIVOR'S GUILT BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY MAKES IT OUT. THEY 25 ARE GOING TO NEED SUPPORT. MAY 26, 2011 12 1 I WOULDN'T BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT SECOND SUPPORT 2 FROM SECOND CHANCE. IN FACT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT I 3 AM GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. EVERYDAY IS A BATTLE. BUT 4 WITHOUT HELP, I KNOW I WOULDN'T MAKE IT. 5 RAY, THE SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM, THE PEER 6 COUNSELORS, THE FRIENDS I MEET THERE, ARE ENCOURAGEMENT 7 THAT HELP ME EVERYDAY. 8 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT 9 PROGRAM BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF MEN AND 10 WOMEN WHO REALLY NEED IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 14 DR. FONG: I'M SORRY. JUST VERY BRIEFLY WITH 15 THE -- CARL HE SAID THAT IT WAS OKAY TO SAY THIS. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I'M SORRY, BUT YOU HAVE HAD 17 YOUR TIME TO SPEAK. 18 DR. FONG: OH, I APOLOGIZE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THIS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. 20 DR. FONG: OKAY. I'M SORRY. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO WE DO NEED TO MOVE ALONG. 22 DR. FONG: WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I 23 APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU BOARD, CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN, THANK 24 YOU VERY MUCH. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. MAY 26, 2011 13 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND I JUST WANT TO JUST 2 FOLLOW UP. A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE, YOU 3 KNOW, COMING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY ARE GOING 4 TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR FREEDOM. AND I 5 WOULD HATE FOR THEM TO RE-OFFEND AND LOSE THAT OPPORTUNITY 6 PROBABLY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 7 AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT THE WAITING LIST, 8 YOU KNOW, BE IT 50 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IS GOING TO 9 DRAMATICALLY INCREASE AFTER THIS RELEASE. AND SO WE MUST 10 GIVE THOSE FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A 11 BETTER LIFE. 12 I MEAN I LOOK AT THIS JUST LIKE WE MADE A BIG 13 MOVEMENT FOR THE VETERANS, AS WE SHOULD HAVE, WHEN THEY 14 ARE LEAVING IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A 15 WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS THAT ARE COMING HOME TO OUR 16 COMMUNITIES. AND IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO REALLY MAKE THIS 17 INSTITUTION A WELCOMING INSTITUTION AND TO PROVIDE ALL THE 18 SUPPORT THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN GIVEN OUR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, 19 BUT WE NEED TO PROVIDE A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THESE 20 FOLKS. 21 AND SO I REALLY HOPE THAT THROUGH THE CHANCELLOR 22 AND THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION THAT WE CAN DO ALL THAT WE 23 CAN TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL. THANK 24 YOU. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: MR. PRESIDENT. MAY 26, 2011 14 1 TRUSTEE GRIER: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE WONG. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: I JUST WANT TO CONCUR WITH THE 4 COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUE. I REALLY FEEL SO HONORED AND 5 PROUD TO BE PART OF, A SMALL PART OF THE WORK THAT RAY 6 DOES WITH THE SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM WITH THE PEER 7 COUNSELORS. I WAS SO MOVED WHEN I READ ABOUT IT, 8 PATRICIA, IN CITY CURRENTS THAT I FORWARDED IT TO ALMOST 9 MY ENTIRE LIST WHICH IS QUITE SIZEABLE. BUT IT SPEAKS OF 10 HOW WE ACTUALLY SAVE HUMAN LIVES. 11 YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT IMPROVING THE 12 QUALITY, BUT ABOUT SAVING HUMAN LIVES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE 13 ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE. AND PLEASE REST ASSURED THAT I AM 14 SURE I SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES THAT THERE HAS TO BE 1000 15 PERCENT SUPPORT FOR SECOND CHANCE BECAUSE IT MAKES ALL THE 16 DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. WE ARE SAVING HUMAN LIVES SO 17 THANK YOU. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER, DID YOU HAVE A -- 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: YES, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RIZZO. 21 YOU'VE COME BEFORE US BEFORE TO TELL US ABOUT 22 THE SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM. AND WE ARE ALWAYS TOUCHED BY 23 THE STORIES THAT WE HEAR. AND THEN WE ARE FURTHER TOUCHED 24 AS A RESULT OF THE KIND OF WORK THAT THE PROGRAM OFFERS TO 25 THE COMMUNITY AND TO THOSE WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET MAY 26, 2011 15 1 INTO THE PROGRAM. 2 I WOULD ASK THE CHANCELLOR -- YEAH, RESOURCES 3 ARE FEW, BUT IN FACT WE KNOW WHAT THE PROGRAM DOES FOR SO 4 MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU COULD LOOK INTO HOW WE COULD HELP 5 EVEN MORE AND SOMEHOW ADDRESS THE NEED FOR ALL THE 6 STUDENTS THAT WE WILL GET AS A RESULT OF THOSE WHO WILL BE 7 COMING TO THE COLLEGE. 8 KEEP US APPRISED AND ABREAST OF WHAT WE CAN DO 9 AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING. 10 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I WILL. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 12 WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF 13 THE APRIL MEETING. 14 DO I HAVE A MOTION? 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON; 18 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 19 ANY DISCUSSION? 20 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY "AYE". 21 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) MAY 26, 2011 16 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 5 MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 6 ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA. 7 DO WE HAVE ANY ADDED OR REMOVED, ANY CHANGES TO 8 THE AGENDA? 9 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, WE DO. 10 AS TO REVISED RESOLUTIONS, THERE ARE NONE AT 11 THIS TIME. 12 AS TO ADDED RESOLUTIONS, WE ARE ADDING B2(A), 13 WHICH IS THE "AUTHORIZATION TO CONTRACT WITH THE FIRM OF 14 ORRICK, HERRINGTON, AND SUTCLIFFE, LLP, TO PROVIDE LEGAL 15 SERVICES TO THE DISTRICT IN PREPARATION FOR SUBMITTING A 16 FINAL PARCEL TAX BALLOT MEASURE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO 17 DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS ON AUGUST 12, 2011." 18 WE ALSO HAVE P2, WHICH IS THE "NOTICE OF 19 INTENTION TO AMEND THE SFCCD POLICY MANUAL BY ADDING PM 20 1.5, ON ATTENDANCE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES." 21 AND P3, "NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMEND THE SFCCD 22 POLICY MANUAL BY ADDING PM 1.17, AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER." 23 AS TO SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTIONS, THERE ARE NONE AT 24 THIS TIME. 25 AS TO WITHDRAWN RESOLUTIONS, THERE ARE NONE AT MAY 26, 2011 17 1 THIS TIME. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3 I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT I WAS JUST BEFORE 4 THE MEETING STARTED -- SOMEONE WAS LOOKING FOR A 5 RESOLUTION, AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS 6 GOING TO BE ON REGARDING STUDENTS AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD 7 ASKED TO REMOVE THAT ITEM. 8 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT'S NOT THE CASE. THAT 9 WAS THE FIRST I HAD HEARD OF IT. IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT 10 RECOGNIZING THE OUTGOING STUDENT PRESIDENT, SO I DON'T 11 REALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S -- I JUST 12 WANTED TO DISPEL THAT IF PEOPLE THINK THAT I TOOK A 13 RESOLUTION LIKE THAT OFF THE AGENDA. I JUST LEARNED ABOUT 14 IT, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP. 15 DO I HAVE -- IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE 16 RESOLUTIONS AGENDA? 17 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRIER (SIC). 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG OR 21 FANG? 22 TRUSTEE WONG: TRUSTEE FANG. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE FANG, OKAY. 24 ANY DISCUSSION? 25 ANY COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THIS AGENDA MAY 26, 2011 18 1 ITEM? 2 OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 3 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 12 OKAY, THE RESOLUTION AGENDA IS APPROVED. 13 WHY DON'T WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, APPROVAL OF 14 THE CONSENT CALENDAR. WE CAN GO THROUGH THESE. 15 THE GENERAL FUND ITEMS B1 AND B2, DOES ANYONE ON 16 THE BOARD OR IN THE AUDIENCE, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD 17 LIKE TO REMOVE THOSE FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 18 TRUSTEE WONG: HAVE WE DONE THE APPROVAL OF THE 19 MINUTES? 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, WE JUST DID. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: WE JUST DID, OKAY, I AM SORRY. I 22 WAS GOING TO ABSTAIN. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, OKAY, BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T 24 HERE. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: BECAUSE I WASN'T AT THAT MEETING. MAY 26, 2011 19 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, FOR THE RECORD WE ARE 2 BEING RECORDED. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: CAN YOU REMOVE B1 AND 4 B2, PLEASE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WE WILL REMOVE THOSE. 6 SO WE HAVE CAPITAL OUTLAY B3, B5, B6. 7 IS THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM WHO WISHES TO REMOVE 8 THOSE FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 9 OKAY, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE B3, B5, 10 AND B6. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO MOVED. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE FANG; 14 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 15 IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR 16 ITEM, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY "AYE". 17 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? MAY 26, 2011 20 1 OKAY, THOSE ARE APPROVED. 2 GRANTS AND CONTRACTS, WE HAVE B8 AND B9. 3 IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO REMOVE B8 AND B9 4 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 5 ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR B8 AND B9? 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 8 IS THERE A SECOND? 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 11 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 21 OKAY, B8 AND B9 ARE APPROVED. 22 EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND SERVICES, THERE'S C2 AND 23 C3. 24 DOES ANYONE WISH TO REMOVE EITHER OF THOSE FROM 25 THE CONSENT CALENDAR? MAY 26, 2011 21 1 HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO MOVED. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 4 SECOND? 5 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 7 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 8 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 17 OKAY, C2 AND C3 ARE APPROVED. 18 HUMAN RESOURCES, WE HAVE G1-13 AND H1-4. 19 DOES ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE OR THE BOARD WOULD 20 LIKE TO REMOVE -- 21 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I WANT TO REMOVE THAT 22 ONE. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHICH ONE? 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, THE WHOLE -- WHAT 25 IS THIS G1-13? MAY 26, 2011 22 1 CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN -- I JUST WANT A SIMPLE 2 EXPLANATION -- 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: G1-13? 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- BECAUSE I DON'T SEE 5 ANY NAMES HERE. SHOULDN'T THERE BE NAMES? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: THEY ARE ON THE INTERNET. 7 COUNSEL BATTISTE: THEY ARE IN THE RESOLUTION. 8 TRUSTEE BERG: THEY ARE ON THE INTERNET. THEY 9 DON'T POST THE NAMES -- 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I'M HERE ON THE 11 RESOLUTION, AND I DON'T SEE ANY NAMES. 12 AM I NOT LOOKING CORRECTLY? 13 THAT'S IT IN MY BOOK, SO I AM JUST SAYING. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WOULD YOU LIKE TO REMOVE IT? 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 17 SO THEN H1-4. 18 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, EXCUSE ME. YOU ARE MOVING 19 TO REMOVE THIS RESOLUTION? 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT DOESN'T TAKE A MOTION. 21 IT'S JUST ANYONE WHO WANTS TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT 22 CALENDAR. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: OH, FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, 24 OKAY. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE WILL VOTE ON IT. MAY 26, 2011 23 1 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: HOW ABOUT G -- H1-4. 3 IT LOOKS LIKE THE H1-4 IS THE SAME. 4 TRUSTEE MARKS: CAN I -- 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOU WANT TO REMOVE THAT AS 6 WELL? 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: NO, NO, NO, NO. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: I HAD THE -- TO SAVE PAPER, I 10 HAD THE NAMES REMOVED AND PLACED ON THE DISTRICT'S 11 WEBSITE. 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, OKAY. OKAY. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THAT KOSHER WITH THE BROWN 14 ACT AND EVERYTHING? 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: IT IS. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: IT IS, OKAY. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: DO YOU STILL WANT TO REMOVE 19 THAT? 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I HAVE NO BIG 21 OBJECTION. I JUST THOUGHT EVERY RESOLUTION HAD TO HAVE 22 THE NAMES THERE FOR PUBLIC. 23 TRUSTEE MARKS: YEAH. 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: BUT IF THAT IS SQUARE 25 WITH OUR SUNSHINE ORDINANCE AND OUR BROWN ACT, I MEAN I MAY 26, 2011 24 1 HAVE NO BIG OBJECTION. I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, FOR 2 SUNSHINE PURPOSES IT HAD TO BE THERE. I HAVE NO BIG 3 OBJECTION TO IT. I MEAN IT'S FINE. 4 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. SO WE WILL KEEP G1-13 6 AND H1-4 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SURE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A MOTION FOR THOSE? 9 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 11 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 13 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 14 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 23 OKAY, G1-13, H1-4 ARE APPROVED. 24 AND WE HAVE UNDER SETTLEMENTS AND GRIEVANCES, WE 25 HAVE Q1 AND Q2. MAY 26, 2011 25 1 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE THOSE? 2 OKAY, HEARING NO ONE, IS THERE A MOTION FOR Q1 3 AND Q2? 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: SO MOVED. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 6 IS THERE A SECOND? 7 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: SECOND. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARKS. 10 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 11 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 20 OKAY, THAT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 21 WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS -- OH, ACTUALLY, WE 22 HAVE A CONSULTANT. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE B2(A) OUT OF 23 ORDER JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CONSULTANT HERE. 24 COUNSEL, COULD YOU READ THE TITLE OF B2(A) 25 PLEASE? MAY 26, 2011 26 1 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, B2(A) IS 2 AN "AUTHORIZATION TO CONTRACT WITH THE LAW FIRM OF ORRICK, 3 HERRINGTON AND SUTCLIFFE, LLP, TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES 4 TO THE DISTRICT IN PREPARATION FOR SUBMITTING A FINAL 5 PARCEL TAX BALLOT MEASURE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT 6 OF ELECTIONS BY AUGUST 12, 2011, FOR POSSIBLE PLACEMENT ON 7 THE NOVEMBER 8, 2011 BALLOT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 8 $15,000. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION FOR 10 B2(A)? 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO MOVED. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 13 IS THERE A SECOND? 14 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 16 IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THIS? 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: I WANTED -- 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE MARKS, PLEASE. 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: SO IS THIS IN ADDITION TO WHAT 20 WAS PASSED LAST MONTH OR IS THIS A -- 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT IS -- IS THERE SOMEONE HERE 22 WHO CAN SPEAK TO THIS? 23 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES. 24 MS. SMITH: LESLIE SMITH, ASSOCIATE VICE 25 CHANCELLOR OF GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS. MAY 26, 2011 27 1 IN JANUARY, THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION TO 2 HIRE A FIRM TO CONDUCT AN OPINION POLL. THIS IS AN 3 ATTORNEY FIRM THAT WOULD ACTUALLY DO THE DRAFTING OF THE 4 LANGUAGE SHOULD WE GO FORWARD WITH A BALLOT QUESTION, WITH 5 A MEASURE. 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: I THOUGHT THAT -- I KNOW I 7 MISSED JANUARY, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY MEETING THAT I 8 MISSED. SO -- 9 MS. SMITH: I DID DOUBLE-CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT 10 THE LANGUAGE THAT WE PASSED IN JANUARY COULD NOT ENCOMPASS 11 WHAT AN ATTORNEY WOULD DO IN THIS CASE AND IT DID NOT. IT 12 SPECIFICALLY ONLY REFERENCED THE CONDUCTING OF AN OPINION 13 POLL. 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: AND SO IS THIS FIRM -- 15 MS. SMITH: WE CAN ASK -- 16 JOHN. 17 COUNSEL BATTISTE: THIS IS A LAW FIRM, TRUSTEE 18 MARKS. 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: ARE YOU QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT AN 20 OPINION POLL? 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO, NO, NO. HE'S NOT 22 CONDUCTING THE POLL. 23 TRUSTEE MARKS: OH, OKAY. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THIS IS LEGAL COUNSEL 25 SURROUNDING IT. MAY 26, 2011 28 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 2 MS. SMITH: I AM GOING TO LET HIM TELL -- HE'S 3 GOING TO BE BETTER AT IT. 4 TRUSTEE MARKS: GOT IT. 5 MR. PALMER: GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES. 6 TRUSTEE MARKS, ORRICK, HERRINGTON AND SUTCLIFFE 7 IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FIRMS AND EVEN ONE OF THE OLDEST 8 BUSINESSES IN -- 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT. 10 MR. PALMER: AND WE'VE DONE SEVERAL PARCEL 11 TAXES, BOTH AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE 12 DISTRICT LEVEL. AND WE HOPE TO PROVIDE YOU GOOD ADVICE 13 AND COUNSEL AS YOU MOVE FORWARD. 14 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MR. PALMER, YOU MAY WANT TO 15 INTRODUCE YOURSELF. 16 MR. PALMER: MY NAME IS JOHN PALMER, AND I'M AN 17 ATTORNEY WITH ORRICK, HERRINGTON, AND SUFFCLIFFE. 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY, THANK YOU. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL JUST NOTE, TRUSTEE 20 MARKS, MY NOTES SAY THAT YOU WERE AT PART OF THE JANUARY 21 MEETING AND LEFT EARLY. PERHAPS I AM WRONG. 22 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 23 OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY "AYE". 24 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. MAY 26, 2011 29 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 8 OKAY. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T ASK FOR PUBLIC 9 COMMENT. 10 DID ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WANT TO COMMENT? 11 THANK YOU FOR COMING. 12 MR. PALMER: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE -- I 14 THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS UNDER THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL 15 REPORT. IT WAS -- I THOUGHT -- WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT 16 THE BUDGET. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET A DRAFT BUDGET AT 17 THIS MEETING, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A 18 DISCUSSION ITEM UNDER VI -- UNDER VII, ROMAN NUMERALS, BUT 19 I DON'T SEE IT LISTED HERE. I HAD ASKED FOR IT TO BE -- 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- A DISCUSSION ITEM. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OUR DRAFT BUDGET BOOK IS NOT 23 READY. WE EXPECT IT WILL BE READY NEXT WEEK. I 24 BELIEVE -- 25 DO YOU HAVE A BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT MAY 26, 2011 30 1 WEEK? 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YES. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE DO. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SO OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE IT FOR 5 THAT MEETING. WE CAN TALK -- WE CAN'T TALK SPECIFICALLY 6 ABOUT THE OVERALL STRATEGY THAT THE COLLEGE HAS FOR 7 BALANCING THE BUDGET UNDER THE FINANCIAL REPORT WHICH MAY 8 ALLOW YOU TO ASK WHATEVER QUESTIONS OR TOPICS YOU WANTED 9 TO BRING UP. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. I WANTED TO HAVE THIS 11 AGENDA ITEM AND HAVE IT EARLY IN THE MEETING WHILE PEOPLE 12 WERE STILL HERE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST 13 IN THIS. 14 SO WHY DON'T WE TAKE THE -- IF THERE'S NO 15 OBJECTION FROM THE BOARD, TAKE ITEM X, THE MONTHLY 16 FINANCIAL REPORT, OUT OF ORDER AND TAKE THAT UP NOW. AND 17 WE CAN -- PERHAPS YOU CAN OUTLINE THE DRAFT BUDGET. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE INTENT -- WHAT WE WERE 20 TRYING TO DO WAS TO HAVE A DRAFT BUDGET AT THIS MEETING 21 FOR THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT AND TO GIVE COMMENT TO US. AND 22 THEN WE WERE GOING TO REFER IT TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. 23 THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN JUNE 24 AND THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD AT THE JUNE BOARD MEETING 25 WITH ANY CHANGES THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MIGHT MAKE. MAY 26, 2011 31 1 SO WITHOUT HAVING A DRAFT BUDGET NOW, I THINK WE 2 WILL JUST TALK AS MUCH AS WE CAN ABOUT WHAT INFORMATION WE 3 HAVE. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IF YOU CAN -- PRESENT AS MUCH 6 INFORMATION AS YOU CAN. 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I THINK WE HAVE SOME MEANINGFUL 8 INFORMATION FOR YOU. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: FIRST ON THE STATE LEVEL, 11 THERE'S LITTLE NEWS EVERY DAY. AS WE ALL KNOW, THE 12 GOVERNOR RELEASED HIS REVISED BUDGET IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS 13 MONTH. AND THE CHANGE THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS CITY COLLEGE, 14 THERE ARE TWO KEY CHANGES. ONE HE ADDED, AS I'VE TRIED TO 15 EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, MORE CASH BUT NOT REALLY MORE BUDGET 16 FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. 17 AND BY WAY OF REMINDER, THE STATE HAS NOT BEEN 18 PAYING US THE MONEY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING US EACH 19 YEAR ON TIME. THEY HAVE BEEN PAYING SOME OF THAT MONEY ON 20 TIME, AND THEY HAVE BEEN DEFERRING A LOT OF IT. AND THOSE 21 DEFERRALS HAVE BEEN MOUNTING AND CAUSING SERIOUS CASH 22 PROBLEMS FOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS LIKE OURS, WHICH LEADS US 23 TO BORROW A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE THE STATE IS NOT PAYING 24 US ON TIME, AND THERE'S A COST TO THAT. 25 SO THE GOVERNOR, IN THIS MAY'S REVISE BUDGET, MAY 26, 2011 32 1 PUT $350 MILLION INTO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, BUT IN THE 2 FORM OF BUYING BACK SOME OF THOSE DEFERRALS. SO INSTEAD 3 OF PAYING US VERY LATE AFTER THE YEAR IS OVER, MORE OF THE 4 MONEY WILL GET HERE ON TIME. THAT'S THE BASIC BOTTOM LINE 5 OF THAT. THAT WAS ONE KEY ITEM. 6 THE SECOND KEY ITEM WAS THAT THERE'S 7 APPROXIMATELY $75 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX IN THE CURRENT 8 YEAR IN EXCESS OF THE STATEWIDE ESTIMATE AND THAT MONEY 9 WAS INCLUDED IN THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISION. AND AT LEAST 10 ORALLY, ALTHOUGH NOT IN WRITING THAT I'VE SEEN YET, THE 11 STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, WITH NEW LEADERSHIP, AS 12 OPPOSED TO THE OLD ADMINISTRATION, IS SEEMING TO BE IN 13 AGREEMENT THAT THAT $75 MILLION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE 14 COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO HELP ERASE A HOLE THAT APPEARED IN 15 THE CURRENT YEAR, SOMETHING CALLED "THE DEFICIT FACTOR" 16 THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. THAT IS A CHANGE. 17 IN THE PAST, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE HAS 18 KEPT THAT MONEY FOR THE STATE AND FORCED US TO CONTINUE TO 19 EAT THE DEFICIT FACTOR. THIS YEAR THAT DEFICIT FACTOR IS 20 BASED ON AN INACCURATE STATEWIDE ESTIMATE ON THE AMOUNT OF 21 STUDENT FEES THAT WE ARE PAYING. 22 WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A GENERAL 23 OUTLINE OF THE DISTRICT'S PLAN FOR ADDRESSING OUR BUDGET 24 SHORTFALL FOR NEXT YEAR. 25 THE SHORTFALL IS COMPRISED OF THREE BASIC MAY 26, 2011 33 1 COMPONENTS. HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE BEING CUT BUT THE 2 STATE, WHICH WE ARE NOW SAYING WILL RANGE BETWEEN EIGHT 3 AND A HALF MILLION AND $14 MILLION. AND BASED ON ALL OF 4 THE INFORMATION WE'VE GOTTEN SO FAR, WE ARE MILDLY 5 OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL BE CLOSER TO EIGHT AND A HALF 6 MILLION THAN 14 MILLION IN TERMS OF OUR FINAL CUT. 7 IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO FACE INCREASED COSTS 8 FOR NEXT YEAR, PRIMARILY RELATED TO FRINGE BENEFITS, BUT 9 ALSO FOR ANNUAL CAREER INCREMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES. 10 AND THEN FINALLY AS WE ALL KNOW, THE WORKFORCE 11 OF THE COLLEGE DIRECTLY SACRIFICED WAGES IN THE CURRENT 12 YEAR. AND THOSE SACRIFICED WAGE AGREEMENTS WOULD BE 13 EXPIRING ON JUNE 30TH. SO IN OUR BUDGET MODEL, WE HAVE 14 BUILT IN THE COST OF THOSE EXPIRING WAGE SACRIFICES. 15 SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN TERMS OF A PROBLEM, AGAIN 16 DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE LOSE FROM THE STATE WOULD 17 BE BETWEEN 16 AND A HALF AND $22 MILLION. 18 IN TERMS OF THE COLLEGE'S STRATEGY FOR CLOSING 19 THAT GAP, AND I KNOW I AM REPEATING MYSELF, BUT WE DON'T 20 EXPECT TO FACE THE FULL $22 MILLION. 21 ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WE HAVE SEEN SOME THINGS 22 THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW THAT ARE HELPING US. THE 23 BIGGEST ONE OF ALL IS ENROLLMENT GROWTH THAT WE ARE 24 EARNING IN THE CURRENT YEAR. THAT WILL INCREASE THE 25 AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE COLLEGE GETS IN THE BUDGET YEAR MAY 26, 2011 34 1 COMING UP. 2 WE HAVE A GROWTH CAP OF $3.7 MILLION IN THE 3 CURRENT YEAR. WE HAVE BUILT IN AN ASSUMPTION RIGHT NOW 4 THAT WE WILL EARN 3.4 MILLION OF THAT. WE WON'T KNOW OUR 5 FINAL NUMBER UNTIL ALL OF THE ENROLLMENT FOR SUMMER IS 6 COUNTED, BUT WE ARE DOING VERY WELL SO FAR. AND THE 7 COLLEGE WORKFORCE IS COOPERATING IN THAT EFFORT TO TRY TO 8 ENROLL AS MANY STUDENTS AS WE CAN DURING THE SUMMER. 9 IN ADDITION, SOME OF OUR SMALLER REVENUES, STATE 10 APPORTIONMENT OF COURSE BEING THE LARGEST, ARE EXPECTED TO 11 GROW NEXT YEAR. SALES TAX, LOTTERY, NONRESIDENT TUITION, 12 SOME COST OFFSETS FROM THE VATIA PROGRAM AND POSSIBLY PART 13 OF THAT ERASED DEFICIT FACTOR THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, 14 WHICH WOULD BE A PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT IF IT HAPPENS AFTER 15 JUNE 30TH, WOULD GIVE US ANOTHER $3.2 MILLION TOWARD 16 BALANCING OUR BUDGET NEXT YEAR. 17 WE ARE SAYING IN OUR MODEL THAT THE 18 $1.75 MILLION FUND-RAISING GOAL THE COLLEGE HAD FOR THE 19 CURRENT YEAR WOULD BE INCREASED TO 2.75 MILLION NEXT YEAR, 20 SO AN ADDITIONAL MILLION FROM FUND-RAISING AND FROM THE 21 FOUNDATION. PART OF THAT FROM ADDITIONAL FUND-RAISING. 22 PART OF THAT FROM TRYING TO RELEASE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS AND 23 CAPITAL GAINS THAT CAN BE RELEASED FROM EXISTING GIFTS. 24 AND THEN WE DO NOW FULLY EXPECT TO CLOSE OUT IN THE 25 CURRENT YEAR. WE'VE PUT DOWN 1,500,000 AS AN ESTIMATE AS MAY 26, 2011 35 1 WE MOVE FORWARD. 2 WE WILL BE -- NOT GETTING SOME REVENUES WE GOT 3 THIS YEAR NEXT YEAR PRIMARILY REBATES FROM OUR INSURANCE 4 PROGRAM KNOWN AS SWACC, STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY 5 COLLEGES. SO WHEN YOU NET THAT OUT FROM THE REVENUE 6 GAINS, WE EXPECT OVER $7 MILLION, $7.4 MILLION. AGAIN, 7 THE SINGLE LARGEST PIECE IS THE ENROLLMENT GROWTH STRATEGY 8 THAT WE FOLLOWED THIS YEAR TOWARDS SOLVING THE GAP FOR 9 NEXT YEAR. 10 IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE OUTLINED SOME 11 EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS. BY FAR, THE BIGGEST ONE IS THE 12 COMBINED SAVINGS IMPACT FROM ATTRITION AND FROM CLASS 13 SECTIONS. A LITTLE MORE ON THAT, THE COLLEGE HAS BEEN 14 FOLLOWING A STRATEGY OF ATTRITION FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS 15 NOW IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID LAYOFFS OF ANY OF OUR WORKERS. 16 AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT NEXT YEAR. WE EXPECT A 17 SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF NET RETIREMENTS AT THE END OF THIS 18 YEAR IN THE CLASSIFIED WORKFORCE AND SOME ADDITIONAL EVEN 19 BEYOND THE 15 ADMINISTRATORS WHO LEFT LAST YEAR. IN FACT 20 THERE ARE THREE RETIREMENTS ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT FOR 21 ADMINISTRATORS. 22 IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE STATE IS DEFUNDING 23 ENROLLMENT. THE STATE IS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR 24 ENROLLMENT, REDUCING AMOUNT OF MONEY TO SUPPORT CLASSES 25 AND REDUCING THE WORKLOAD MEASURE FOR THE COLLEGE MAY 26, 2011 36 1 CONCURRENT WITH THAT. 2 WE ARE NOT, IN OUR MODEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO 3 NOTE, WE ARE NOT PUTTING IN THE FULL REDUCTION THAT HAS 4 BEEN RECOMMENDED TO US BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FTES THE 5 STATE WILL DEFUND. WE ARE BUILDING INTO OUR MODEL A 6 REDUCTION IN CLASS SECTIONS OF BETWEEN SEVEN AND 800. THE 7 NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN WOULD INDICATE THAT THE COLLEGE 8 COULD CUT AS MANY AS 1200 SECTIONS. AND, OF COURSE, 9 TRYING TO KEEP WITH THE VALUES WE'VE ESPOUSED FOR SO LONG, 10 WE ARE NOT GOING TO BUILD A BUDGET BASED ON CUTTING THOSE 11 1200 SECTIONS. 12 THE SALARY DATA SPEAKS TO THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF 13 HIRING WE WILL DO NEXT YEAR. THERE WILL BE SOME FULL-TIME 14 FACULTY HIRED. THERE WILL BE SOME REPLACEMENT CLASSIFIED 15 STAFF HIRED. THEY WILL, OF COURSE, BE STARTING AT A MUCH 16 LOWER SALARY THAN THE FOLKS THEY FOLLOW WHO WILL TYPICALLY 17 BE RETIRING AT THE HIGHEST STEP. 18 WE HAVE IDENTIFIED NON-PERSONNEL REDUCTIONS. 19 VERY HARD TO ACHIEVE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY ACHIEVED A LOT 20 IN THIS AREA, BUT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED $1 MILLION MORE THAT 21 WE DON'T THINK WILL INTERRUPT ANY DISTRICT OPERATIONS. 22 AND THEN THERE'S A PLUG FOR OTHER SAVINGS WHICH, 23 AS I'VE SAID IN OUR COLLEGE BUDGET COMMITTEE, IS NOT A 24 CODE WORD FOR LAYOFFS. WE'VE ALREADY SAID THAT THAT'S NOT 25 A STRATEGY THAT WE ARE PURSUING. IT IS NOT A CODE WORD MAY 26, 2011 37 1 FOR OTHER CLASS REDUCTIONS. INSTEAD IT IS A SERIES OF 2 DIFFERENT MEASURES WE HOPE TO WORK OUT AGREEMENT WITH OUR 3 REPRESENTATIVE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS ON THAT WE ARE SOMEWHAT 4 OPTIMISTIC AT THIS POINT ABOUT ACHIEVING. 5 SO THOSE SAVINGS IN TOTAL UNDER THAT SCENARIO 6 ARE $11 MILLION. BRINGING THE TOTAL SOLUTIONS TO 7 $18.4 MILLION TOWARD CLOSING THAT GAP YOU SEE AT THE TOP. 8 SO YOU CAN SEE AT THAT POINT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH 9 SOLUTIONS ALREADY IN PLACE TO GO BEYOND THE $8.5 MILLION 10 CUT, THE WHOLE OPEN BY AN $8.5 MILLION STATE CUT BECAUSE 11 WE WOULD ONLY NEED $16.5 MILLION IN A SCENARIO TO DEAL 12 WITH THAT. 13 SO AT THAT POINT WE ARE ALREADY IN A POSITION TO 14 DEAL WITH OVER A $10 MILLION STATE CUT. AND THEN WE ARE 15 SAYING BELOW THAT THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD 16 WOULD APPROVE NOW FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW AN 17 ALLOCATION FROM THE RESERVE OF $2 MILLION TO CLOSE THE 18 REMAINING GAP IF IN FACT IT IS LARGER THAN THAT. 19 AND THEN OUR STRATEGY, IF WE DID THAT, WOULD 20 ONCE AGAIN BE TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH THE YEAR TO KEEP 21 SPENDING DOWN IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY AND END UP NOT 22 SPENDING THAT ALLOCATION FROM THE RESERVE WHICH WE ARE NOW 23 ABOUT TO DO SUCCESSFULLY TWO YEARS IN A ROW. IT DOES 24 PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A CUSHION IN BUDGETING IN A 25 $200 MILLION OPERATION. $2 MILLION REPRESENTS A $1 MAY 26, 2011 38 1 MILLION -- A 1 PERCENT LEEWAY AS YOU TRY TO MANAGE THE 2 BUDGET THROUGH THE YEAR. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: PLEASE. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I KNOW IN PREVIOUS 6 YEARS WE'VE ALSO SAID THAT WE ARE GOING TO ALLOCATE THE 7 RESERVE AND THEN WE GOT OUR CONCESSIONS AND THEN WE NEVER 8 DID DO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH THE RESERVE. 9 IS THERE A -- 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I DON'T -- 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: IS THERE AN 12 ANTICIPATION TO USE THE RESERVE THIS TIME? 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THAT I 14 WOULD -- I THINK I WOULD OFFER A REPHRASING OF THAT. WE 15 DID WORK CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE COLLEGE ACHIEVED 16 REMARKABLE COOPERATION, OUTSTANDING COOPERATION FROM OUR 17 LABOR UNIONS THAT INVOLVE CONCESSIONS AND DIRECT ACTIONS 18 THE BOARD TOOK RELATED TO WAGES THAT ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF 19 CONCESSIONS. 20 WE DID, AS PART OF OUR STRATEGY, HAVE AN 21 ALLOCATION FROM THE RESERVE AT THE FRONT END OF THE YEAR. 22 BUT I BELIEVE IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE BUDGET MESSAGE FOR 23 THE CURRENT YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, WE SAID RIGHT AT THE 24 BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT THE STRATEGY WAS TO PUT THAT IN 25 PLAY AT THE FRONT END, BUT TRY TO ACHIEVE SAVINGS DURING MAY 26, 2011 39 1 THE YEAR SO THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARY TO SPEND IT, SO I 2 THINK WE ACTUALLY ARE DOING WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOU DON'T HAVE -- YOU DIDN'T 4 BRING A SLIDE PROJECTOR I SEE. ARE THERE ANY COPIES FOR 5 THE AUDIENCE? 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES, WE'VE ALREADY CIRCULATED 7 THE COPIES. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AND WE WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE 10 OVERHEADS FOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHICH IS ON JUNE 2ND AT -- 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- AT THE OCEAN CAMPUS. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- 4:30. I BELIEVE WE DON'T 14 KNOW THE ROOM YET. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 16 POSTED YET. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S USUALLY AT THE MULTI-USE 18 140 OR WELLNESS CENTER -- 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- 103. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 23 I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I NOTICED THAT 24 THE TOTAL GAP IS 22 MILLION, BUT OUR TOTAL FILLING IT IS 25 20.4 MILLION. MAY 26, 2011 40 1 WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE OTHER 1.6 2 MILLION? 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I THINK WHAT YOU ARE SEEING 4 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF $1,600,000 AS YOU'VE STATED, 5 WHICH MEANS IN ESSENCE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH OF A PLAN 6 IDENTIFIED TO CLOSE THE GAP IF THE STATE REDUCTION IS 7 $12.4 MILLION. 8 IF IN FACT THE STATE REDUCTION TURNED OUT TO BE 9 14, WE WOULD NEED FURTHER ACTION. BUT BASED ON THE TIME 10 THAT I SPENT IN SACRAMENTO LAST WEEK, THE FOLKS THAT I 11 BELIEVE THE CHANCELLOR HAS SPOKEN TO, THE MESSAGE THAT 12 I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE HEAD OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE, 13 FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE IS 14 THAT THEY DO NOT -- THEY ARE TELLING US THAT IS THE WORST 15 CASE AND DON'T IGNORE IT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE 16 SAYING THEY DON'T EXPECT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING TO END 17 UP. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AND SO JUST TO ADD ONE MORE 20 THOUGHT. WE MIGHT BE ASKING THE BOARD TO PASS A TENTATIVE 21 BUDGET IN JUNE WHERE WE STILL DON'T HAVE A FINAL NUMBER. 22 SO WHAT WE WOULD BE COMING FORWARD WITH WOULD BE THIS PLAN 23 IF IN FACT A FINAL NUMBER DETERIORATED BEYOND THAT, WE 24 WOULD BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD IN AUGUST AND EARLY 25 SEPTEMBER WITH SOME CHANGES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO GET MAY 26, 2011 41 1 THAT FINAL PIECE OF THE BALANCE IN PLACE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, AS WE WERE SAYING FOR 3 ALMOST A YEAR, WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT TENTATIVE BUDGET 4 PRESENTED TONIGHT. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WITHOUT SEEING THE DETAILS, I 7 THINK 800 CLASSES CUT IS TOO MUCH. AND I THINK WE NEED TO 8 LOOK FOR CUTS IN OTHER PLACES TO BRING SOME OF THIS BACK. 9 I THINK THAT'S PRETTY SEVERE ON TOP OF WHAT STUDENTS HAVE 10 BEEN SUFFERING IN THE PAST FEW YEARS NOT BEING ABLE TO GET 11 INTO CLASSES, DELAYING THEIR EDUCATION, DELAYING THEIR 12 TRANSFER TO STATE. SO I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE IN THIS 13 BUDGET TO NOT HAVE SO MANY CLASSES CUT. 14 SO I'M -- AT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, I HOPE TO 15 LOOK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS AND PERHAPS MAKE SOME 16 PROPOSALS. 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE THEM 18 FOR YOU AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER -- TRUSTEES, ANY 20 COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? 21 TRUSTEE BERG: I HAVE A QUESTION. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: WAIT, PETER, THIS IS FOR YOU. 24 IF WE CUT 800 CLASSES ON TOP OF THE CLASSES 25 WE'VE ALREADY CUT, ISN'T THAT GOING TO EFFECT OUR ADA AND MAY 26, 2011 42 1 OUR APPORTIONMENT MONEY? 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. TWO THINGS, ONE, WE'VE 3 RESTORED CLASSES IN THE CURRENT YEAR. SO WE ARE TALKING 4 ABOUT CUTS BELOW THE RESTORED HIGH LEVEL WE ARE AT RIGHT 5 NOW. 6 SECONDLY, OUR ADA TARGETS ARE BEING DEFUNDED BY 7 THE STATE, OUR FTES. THEY ARE LOWERING THE DOLLARS AND 8 LOWERING THE FTES FOR EACH DISTRICT. 9 TRUSTEE BERG: SO DE FACTO THEY ARE TELLING YOU 10 YOU HAVE TO CUT SESSIONS. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S THE WAY I INTERPRET IT. 12 THEY ARE DEFUNDING ENROLLMENT. IT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD, BUT 13 THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE DOING. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, I MEAN WE DIDN'T ADD AS 15 MANY CLASSES AS WE CUT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR THOUGH. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, MAYBE THE CHANCELLOR 17 WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THAT'S A CORRECT STATEMENT. 19 WE ADDED APPROXIMATELY $4.5 MILLION OF CLASSES IN 20 2010-2011, WHICH WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 750 SECTIONS 21 THAT WERE ADDED THAT WERE CUT. WE CUT IN THE FALL AND THE 22 SPRING COMBINED ABOUT 580 SECTIONS OF CLASS FOR FALL AND 23 SPRING. SO WE PUT BACK MORE THAN WE CUT IN FALL AND 24 SPRING. 25 THE DIFFERENCE -- THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN TERMS MAY 26, 2011 43 1 OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN 2010-2011 VERSUS OTHER YEARS WAS 2 RESTORE THE SUMMER SCHOOL, AND THAT'S WHERE THE BULK WAS. 3 SO THIS SUMMER WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY 105 PERCENT SOMEWHERE. 4 IT WILL BE ABOUT 5 PERCENT LARGER THAN ANY SUMMER WE'VE 5 EVER HAD BEFORE. AND, OF COURSE, THE PLAN GOING FORWARD 6 IS TO RESTORE AS MANY CLASSES AS OUR BUDGET WILL ALLOW US 7 TO RESTORE. 8 BUT KEEP IN MIND, AND I THINK PETER HAS ALREADY 9 SAID IT CLEARLY BUT I WANT TO STATE IT AGAIN, THE STATE IS 10 ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM US FUNDING FOR ANYWHERE 11 FROM 1200 SECTIONS UPWARD. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE WILL 12 OFFER THE SECTIONS, BUT THOSE SECTIONS WILL HAVE TO BE 13 PAID FOR SOME KIND OF OTHER WAY BECAUSE THE STATE WILL NOT 14 PAY FOR THEM. THAT'S WHY WE ARE DOING THE FUND-RAISING TO 15 SAVE THE CLASSES AND OTHER EFFORTS. 16 SO BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TO 17 RAISE THREE TO $4 MILLION A YEAR THROUGH THE SAVE THE 18 CLASS CAMPAIGN TO PAY FOR THE CLASSES THAT THE STATE WILL 19 NOT PAY FOR. 20 BUT WE ARE NOT PLANNING IN THIS PLAN -- THIS 21 PLAN DOES NOT CALL FOR CUTTING THE 1200 SECTIONS THAT THE 22 STATE IS TALKING ABOUT. IT'S TALKING ABOUT A MAXIMUM OF 23 SEVEN TO 800 SECTIONS WHICH IS A HUGE AMOUNT AND WOULD 24 CAUSE MANY, MANY STUDENTS NOT TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO 25 CLASS. MAY 26, 2011 44 1 SO 700 SECTIONS THE ONLY OPTION I COULD SEE FOR 2 US IS TO TRY TO RAISE THE THREE TO $4 MILLION TO ACTUALLY 3 PUT THOSE CLASSES BACK IN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING 4 TO DO. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, THERE WERE OTHER OPTIONS 6 THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE IN 7 THIS BUDGET, BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CLOSING FOR ONE YEAR 8 SOME OF THE SATELLITE, THE 104 SATELLITE FACILITIES WE 9 HAVE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE CAFETERIA EITHER TEMPORARILY 10 CLOSING IT OR RAISING PRICES. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 11 THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT. SO I THINK THERE ARE 12 OPTIONS OUT THERE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: JUST POINT OF 14 INFORMATION, JUST FOR MY INFORMATION. 15 WHEN DID WE TALK ABOUT CLOSING SOME OF THE 16 SATELLITE LOCATIONS? 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, I'VE BROUGHT IT UP AT 18 BUDGET COMMITTEE HEARINGS. 19 OKAY, ANY OTHER TRUSTEES? 20 I HAVE A CARD FROM KAREN SAGINOR. 21 MS. SAGINOR: KAREN SAGINOR, ACADEMIC SENATE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO, I SHARE YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE 23 POSSIBILITY OF CUTTING CLASSES. ONE OF THE UNKNOWNS FOR 24 US THIS COMING YEAR IS WHAT EFFECT THE VERY STEEP INCREASE 25 IN STUDENT FEES IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS MAY 26, 2011 45 1 COMING TO TAKE OUR CLASSES. THE FALL SEMESTER THAT WE'VE 2 GOT LINED UP HAS ROUGHLY THE SAME SCHEDULE AS WE HAD LAST 3 FALL, BUT A DIFFERENCE IS INSTEAD OF -- WHAT WAS IT 20 -- 4 IT'S NOW 36 -- IT'S NOW 36. IT WAS $24 A CREDIT. 5 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: 26. 6 MS. SAGINOR: $26 A CREDIT, IT'S GOING TO $36 A 7 CREDIT. AND WE DON'T YET KNOW WHAT IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO 8 HAVE ON THE DEMAND FOR CLASSES. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, IN OUR BUDGET ASSUMES 10 GROWTH, OUR BUDGET DOES NOT -- OUR BUDGET FROM WHAT I'VE 11 SEEN IN THE PAST FEW BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN 12 PRESENTED IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEES ASSUME GROWTH, NOT A 13 REDUCTION. 14 MS. SAGINOR: WELL, YEAH. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THEY DO TAKE ACCOUNT THAT $36. 16 MS. SAGINOR: RIGHT. BUT IN TERMS OF DECIDING 17 ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN SPRING, RIGHT, ONCE THE 18 FALL SEMESTER STARTS, WE'LL ALL HAVE A BETTER IDEA I THINK 19 OF WHAT ENROLLMENT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE FALL AND SO FORTH. 20 SO I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ADD THAT. THANKS. 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE GRIER. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: I WANTED TO JUST MAKE A REQUEST. 24 THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME OR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVEN'T 25 HAD -- WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL. SO WITH THAT MAY 26, 2011 46 1 BEING SAID, THERE WAS ALWAYS A HIGH SCHOOL REPORT OR 2 SUMMARY, AN EVALUATION OF THE SUMMER PROGRAM. I AM ASKING 3 IF WE WILL DO THAT AGAIN, SO THAT WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT 4 HELPS US TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT THE NEXT SUMMER 5 SCHOOL. IT WAS VERY HELPFUL SO I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN 6 GET THAT KIND OF REPORT AGAIN. 7 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE WILL HAVE THAT REPORT AT 8 NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 11 DO WE KNOW -- JUNE 2ND WAS ONE BUDGET COMMITTEE. 12 DID WE HAVE A DATE FOR THE SECOND BUDGET COMMITTEE? 13 COUNSEL BATTISTE: IT'S PROBABLY JUNE 16TH, 14 ISN'T IT? 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WAS THAT A "YES" FROM SOMEONE? 16 COUNSEL BATTISTE: PETER, ISN'T IT JUNE 16TH, 17 TWO WEEKS AFTER? 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: JUNE 16TH. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: JUNE 16TH, OKAY. THANK YOU. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: AT WHAT TIME? 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: 4:30. 22 TRUSTEE MARKS: 4:30. 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT ONE SAYS 140 IN MY 24 CALENDAR. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THAT'S THE MULTI-USE MAY 26, 2011 47 1 BUILDING. 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND I JUST WANTED TO 5 FINALIZE OUR CONVERSATION. I KNOW THAT, TRUSTEE RIZZO, 6 SOME FOLKS -- I MEAN YOURSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE MAYBE HAVE 7 TALKED ABOUT CLOSING SOME OF THESE SATELLITE LOCATIONS. I 8 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD 9 UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE SATELLITE 10 LOCATIONS OR ACCESS POINTS, ESPECIALLY FOR MAYBE SOME OF 11 THE NONCREDIT CLASSES WHICH LEAD TO CREDIT CLASSES. AND 12 IT'S ALSO THE MAIN ENTRY POINT FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE 13 GOING TO TAKE THOSE TYPES OF CREDIT CLASSES. 14 SO IN TERMS OF ACCESS AND IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, 15 ASSUMING THE GROWTH, WHEN YOU CUT BACK ON SOME OF OUR 16 SATELLITE LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT GROWTH MODEL MIGHT BE 17 IMPACTED IN A WAY THAT WE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND. 18 AND SO I REALLY WANT FOLKS, YOURSELF, AND OTHER 19 FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU CUT SOME OF OUR 20 SATELLITE LOCATIONS -- AND I DON'T LIKE SAYING, 21 "SATELLITE." AND IF WE WANT TO PUT IT INTO A BETTER 22 PERSPECTIVE, THOSE ARE OUR COMMUNITY LOCATIONS. AND WHEN 23 YOU CUT BACK ON THOSE, YOU WILL SEE OUR GROWTH IS ACTUALLY 24 GREATLY DECLINED AT THAT POINT. 25 AND ON TOP OF THAT, I BELIEVE SOMETHING LIKE 20 MAY 26, 2011 48 1 LOCATIONS ARE GOING TO BE CONSOLIDATED WHEN WE PUT THE 2 CHINATOWN CAMPUS ONLINE BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE LOCATIONS 3 ARE IN CHINATOWN BECAUSE OF A LACK OF A CENTRALIZED 4 CAMPUS. AND SO A GREAT MANY OF THOSE LOCATIONS WILL BE 5 ALREADY CLOSING WHEN CHINATOWN CAMPUS COMES ONLINE -- 6 WHEN LAWRENCE? 7 TRUSTEE WONG: HOPEFULLY, APRIL OR JUNE OF NEXT 8 YEAR. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, SO JUST LOOKING 10 AT THAT MODEL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CLOSURE OF 11 SATELLITE CAMPUS, A LOT OF THEM ARE ALREADY GOING TO CLOSE 12 WHEN CHINATOWN CAMPUS COMES ON BOARD. 13 SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANT -- YOU 14 KNOW, A LOT OF THESE LOCATIONS SOMETIMES WE MAKE DECISIONS 15 TO CLOSE STUFF IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, AND I WANT TO 16 MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CLOSING THESE 17 SATELLITE LOCATIONS, THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE FULL IMPACT IN 18 PEOPLE'S COMMUNITIES WHEN YOU CLOSE DOWN AN ACCESS POINT 19 FROM CITY COLLEGE. JUST FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE 20 GENERAL, YOU KNOW, CAMPUS COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT POINT. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, I WOULD RESPOND THAT NOT 22 ALL OF THOSE 104 SATELLITES ARE IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. 23 I THINK THERE ARE MANY DOZENS OF THEM THAT ARE NOT. 24 SECOND, IF WE CUT 800 CLASSES, THOSE PEOPLE THAT 25 WE ARE TRYING TO SERVE IN THOSE LOCATIONS JUST WON'T HAVE MAY 26, 2011 49 1 THE CLASSES AVAILABLE TO THEM. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WELL, IT'S NOT A -- 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CLASSES WILL BE GONE IF WE 4 ELIMINATE -- IF WE TEMPORARILY MOVE THOSE -- WHAT'S TAUGHT 5 AT SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS SOMEWHERE ELSE LIKE THE OCEAN 6 CAMPUS, THEN THOSE CLASSES WILL ACTUALLY BE AVAILABLE. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WELL, IT'S NOT AN 8 EITHER OR WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A NUMBER OF CLASSES 9 TO A NUMBER OF SATELLITE LOCATIONS. THERE ARE MANY OTHER 10 WAYS TO FIND COST SAVINGS WITHOUT CUTTING SATELLITE 11 COMMUNITY LOCATIONS IN EVERY ONE'S COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, 12 RICH OR POOR, EVERYONE DESERVES ACCESS TO CITY COLLEGE. 13 AND SOME PEOPLE CAN'T DRIVE TO ONE OF THE -- TO BOTH OF 14 THE CAMPUSES. SOME PEOPLE CAN'T CATCH PUBLIC 15 TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THE BUS DOESN'T COME ALL THE TIME. 16 IF YOU GO TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE "T" SUCKS. 17 AND I AM JUST GOING TO SAY THAT ON THE PUBLIC RECORD. THE 18 "T" IS AWFUL. I WISH I HAD THE 15 AGAIN. BUT, YOU KNOW, 19 YOU CAN'T ALWAYS MAKE IT THERE. AND SO -- BUT YOU CAN GO 20 TO YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTER OR GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND GO 21 TO CLASS, IT'S ACTUALLY AN EASIER ACCESS POINT. 22 SO ONCE AGAIN, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 23 ACCESS, IF YOU WANT YOUR GROWTH NUMBERS -- IF YOU WANT US 24 TO HIT OUR GROWTH NUMBERS, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME TIMES 25 WHEN WE HAVEN'T COMPLETELY HIT OUR GROWTH NUMBER, AND YOU MAY 26, 2011 50 1 WANT TO BRING IN REVENUE, THOSE COMMUNITY LOCATIONS ARE 2 VERY IMPORTANT. AND I DON'T LOOK AT IT AS IF OR AND. WE 3 CAN HAVE -- KEEP OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, LOCATIONS OPEN 4 THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 5 AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR CLASSES 6 BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR A PARCEL TAX 7 ARE GOING TO KNOW THAT, HEY, JUST DOWN THE STREET IS A 8 PLACE WHERE I CAN GET CLASSES FROM CITY COLLEGE, SO THAT'S 9 REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I WOULD HATE THAT WE WOULD BALANCE 10 THE BUDGET USING THAT COEFFICIENT. THANK YOU. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, I WOULD HATE THAT WE 12 WOULD BALANCE THE BUDGET BY ELIMINATING 800 CLASSES. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT 14 AN "IF OR AND." 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, IT IS. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: IT REALLY ISN'T. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST 18 WHERE WE CAN OR HOW WE CAN SAVE SOME OF THOSE CLASSES, 19 MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I AM ON THE BUDGET 21 COMMITTEE. I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT MANY TIMES. THERE 22 ARE A LOT OF WAYS WE CAN GET COST SAVINGS. AND SO -- 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, PLEASE BRING A 24 RECOMMENDATION TO THE NEXT MEETING, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY 25 TO SUPPORT IT. MAY 26, 2011 51 1 TRUSTEE WONG: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: I THINK THE POINT, IF I MAY, THAT 4 TRUSTEE CHRIS JACKSON IS ASKING US TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT 5 ONE OF OUR MISSION STATEMENTS OR THE VISION THAT WE HAVE 6 FOR A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN SAN FRANCISCO IS ACCESSIBLE 7 EDUCATION, NOT ONLY LOW COST, BUT ACCESSIBLE. 8 AND FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR, MANY PEOPLE OF COLOR, 9 IMMIGRANTS, LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TO WORK, THEY 10 CAN ONLY GO TO A CLASS OR TAKE A COURSE IF THEY DON'T HAVE 11 TO TRAVEL TOO FAR. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT TRUSTEE 12 JACKSON IS SAYING. 13 LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE LOOK CAREFULLY AT 14 WHERE WE CAN CUT AND WHERE WE CANNOT CUT BECAUSE I KNOW 15 THAT WITH THE CHINATOWN COMMUNITY AND THE CHINATOWN 16 CAMPUS, WE HAVE ABOUT 20 LOCATIONS I BELIEVE IN CHINATOWN. 17 NONE OF THOSE STUDENTS PROBABLY WILL BE MATRICULATING IF 18 THOSE LOCATIONS WERE NOT IN EXISTENCE. THEY WOULD NOT BE 19 ON THE BUS FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET HERE -- I MEAN TO 20 THE OCEAN CAMPUS TO TAKE A COURSE. THEY JUST CAN'T 21 BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO WORK. SO I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA. 22 JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT CUTS IN 23 TERMS OF LOCATION. NOT ONLY THE FACT, OKAY, LET'S MOVE 24 THIS HERE AND MOVE THAT THERE, BUT ACTUALLY ACCESS NEEDS 25 TO BE VERY, VERY UPPERMOST IN OUR MINDS -- MAY 26, 2011 52 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I AGREE. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: -- FOR OUR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I AGREE. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: YEAH. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANYTHING FURTHER? 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG HAS ASKED THAT WE TAKE S2 7 OUT OF ORDER, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION. 8 COUNSEL, IF YOU COULD READ THE TITLE, PLEASE. 9 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, ABSOLUTELY. 10 YES, MR. PRESIDENT, "THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 11 CONGRATULATES THE JOURNALISM STUDENTS AND FACULTY FOR THE 12 20 AWARDS AND TWO SCHOLARSHIPS WON BY CCSF IN THE 13 JOURNALISM ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES, THE JACC 14 COMPETITION. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION? 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO MOVED. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 18 IS THERE A SECOND? 19 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 21 IS THERE A DISCUSSION? 22 MS. BOECKMANN: YEAH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF 23 PEOPLE. JUAN GONZALES, THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR IN THE 24 JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. MAY 26, 2011 53 1 MR. GONZALES: I WOULD LIKE TO -- FIRST OF ALL, 2 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMIC SENATE FOR PUTTING 3 FORTH THIS RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE JOURNALISM 4 DEPARTMENT. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. 5 YOU KNOW IT'S ABOUT THE STUDENTS. AND THEY 6 REALLY, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, HAVE DONE SOME WONDERFUL 7 THINGS IN TERMS OF COMPETING AND REPRESENTING THE COLLEGE 8 ON A REGIONAL BASIS AND ALSO A STATEWIDE BASIS. SO I AM 9 REALLY PROUD OF THEM, AS YOU SHOULD BE AS WELL, AS IN 10 TERMS OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. 11 I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE MANAGING EDITOR OF 12 THE GUARDSMAN, ACTUALLY THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, ALEX EMSLICE, 13 I WANT HIM TO INTRODUCE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE STAFF 14 THAT ARE HERE. 15 AND ALSO SUSAN BOECKMAN, WHO IS THE 16 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF ETC. MAGAZINE. AND THEY CAN INTRODUCE 17 THEIR STAFF THAT ARE HERE AS WELL FOR THIS GREAT HONOR. 18 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 20 I HAVE KAREN SAGINOR. 21 MS. BOECKMANN: (INAUDIBLE.) 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, I'M CALLING KAREN 23 SAGINOR. 24 MS. SAGINOR: COULD I DEFER AND LET THE STUDENTS 25 SPEAK FIRST AND THEN SPEAK. WOULD THAT BE OKAY? MAY 26, 2011 54 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY 2 CARDS. I HAVE A SUSAN BOECKMAN. 3 MS. BOECKMANN: SO HELLO AGAIN, I'M SUSAN 4 BOECKMAN. I'M PART STAFF AND PART-TIME STUDENT. AND I'M 5 REPRESENTING ETC. MAGAZINE, WHICH IS SORT OF HALF OF 6 WHAT'S HERE TODAY. WE HAVE THE GUARDSMAN AND WE HAVE ETC. 7 MAGAZINE. AND I HAVE BEEN TO YOU HERE IN THE PAST AND 8 HERE IS OUR NEW EDITION. 9 AND SINCE S2 IS ABOUT THE AWARDS THAT BOTH 10 PUBLICATIONS HAVE WON. IF YOU GO TO PAGE 3, YOU WILL FIND 11 A LIST OF WHO WON WHAT AWARDS AND THEN ALL THE AWARDS ARE 12 FROM THESE TWO ISSUES. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF 13 THE STAFF HERE RIGHT NOW. 14 FRANK LADRA, WHO IS OUR PHOTO EDITOR, IS HERE. 15 HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. HE WAS WITH THE MAGAZINE FOR TWO 16 SEMESTERS. 17 AND ALSO KRISTEN CONLEY. KRISTEN WON 4TH PLACE 18 FOR THIS DESIGN OF THIS MAGAZINE. AND SHE ALSO GOT AN 19 HONORABLE MENTION, ALONG WITH OUR PHOTO EDITOR FOR THE 20 COVER, WHICH IS HARRY CORDELLOS, WHO IS A BLIND ATHLETE. 21 THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T BE 22 HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING OR HAVE FINALS, BUT 23 I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF ALL OF THEM. IT WAS AN 24 INCREDIBLE SEMESTER. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER WORKED SO 25 HARD. AND WE ARE ALREADY HALFWAY TO THE NEXT EDITION MAY 26, 2011 55 1 WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE COMING OUT EARLY NEXT FALL. 2 AND I WAS WITH THE MAGAZINE MYSELF FOR TWO 3 YEARS. IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST INTENSE TWO YEARS OF MY 4 LIFE. I AM ACTUALLY SORRY AND GLAD TO BE STEPPING AWAY 5 AND HANDING IT OFF TO OTHER PEOPLE. I KNOW THEY ARE GOING 6 TO DO A FANTASTIC JOB. AND FROM THIS POINT ON, I KNOW I 7 AM GOING TO BE GETTING MORE SLEEP, SO THANK YOU. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: KAREN SAGINOR. 9 MS. SAGINOR: I JUST WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 10 THE MOTION. I HOPE THAT THE BOARD WILL APPROVE THIS 11 MOTION; THAT JOURNALISM FOLKS HAVE BEEN WINNING AWARDS FOR 12 YEARS AND DOING GREAT WORK YEAR IN YEAR OUT HELPING TO 13 KEEP THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS -- AND NOT JUST THEIR FELLOW 14 STUDENTS, BUT ALL OF US IN THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY INFORMED 15 ABOUT THINGS AT CITY COLLEGE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR 16 THE GREAT WORK YOU DO AND THANK YOU. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MS. BOB DAVIS. 18 MS. DAVIS: I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN 19 SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE NOTE 20 THAT THE RECORD OF THIS DEPARTMENT WINNING AWARDS 21 STATEWIDE AND REGIONALLY YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR HAS 22 BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE AND SUSTAINED FOR -- SUSTAINED BY 23 REALLY ONE MAN. 24 THE ONLY FULL-TIME INSTRUCTOR IN THE DEPARTMENT, 25 JUAN GONZALES, WHO THIS YEAR WAS GIVEN, TO THE SURPRISE OF MAY 26, 2011 56 1 HIMSELF, BUT NO ONE ELSE IN THE ROOM, A LIFETIME 2 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY THE STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION. AND I 3 THINK THAT THAT'S WORTHY OF MENTION. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT LOOKS LIKE ALEX. I CAN'T 5 REALLY READ THE LAST -- 6 MR. EMSLIE: EMSLIE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: EMSLIE, OKAY. 8 MR. EMSLIE: THANK YOU. I'M HERE REPRESENTING 9 THE GUARDSMAN. I'M IN THE SAME SITUATION AS SUSAN FOR 10 ETC. THIS IS MY LAST SEMESTER AT CITY COLLEGE. 11 IT IS THROUGH THE MERITS OF THE JOURNALISM 12 DEPARTMENT AND THE INSTRUCTION THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM 13 JUAN GONZALES THAT HAS ALLOWED ME TO BE TRANSFERRING TO 14 STATE NEXT YEAR. I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH FOR THE 15 DEPARTMENT AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD THERE. 16 AND SO IF I CAN JUST INTRODUCE MY STAFF THAT'S 17 HERE, THIS IS MY MANAGING EDITOR, RAMSEY EL-QARE. 18 LONGTIME NEWS EDITOR, DON CLYDE. 19 COPY EDITOR AND REPORTER, YOMI AKINYEMI. 20 OUR INCOMING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND MULTIMEDIA 21 DIRECTOR, JOE FITZGERALD. 22 PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR, FRANK LADRA. HE WORKED FOR 23 BOTH PUBLICATIONS. 24 AND VIDEOGRAPHER AND REPORTER, GARY JAY. 25 THANK YOU. MAY 26, 2011 57 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 2 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? 3 TRUSTEE GRIER. 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO 5 SAY, SUSAN, THAT YOU DO WEAR MANY HATS, AND YOU WEAR THEM 6 WELL. 7 I'D ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE JUAN GONZALES. 8 MANY OF YOU HAVE COME BEFORE THIS BOARD MANY 9 TIMES. AND JUST LIKE MS. BOB SAID, YOU'VE WON SO MANY 10 AWARDS. WHAT A WONDERFUL DEPARTMENT. ALL THE WORK YOU 11 DO, THE HARD WORK YOU DO, AND THE MAGAZINE, THE NEWSPAPER, 12 THEY ARE JUST WONDERFUL. YOU REPRESENT US WELL. YOU DO 13 SUCH A GREAT JOB. AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF 14 YOU AND TELL YOU TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: TRUSTEE RIZZO. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. I ECHO 18 THOSE WORDS FROM TRUSTEE GRIER, BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU 19 THAT I FREQUENTLY FIND THE GUARDSMAN BETTER READING THAN 20 THE CHRONICLE. 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: I CONCUR. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: THAT'S TRUE. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST 25 WANTED TO SAY JUST BETWEEN CITY COLLEGE AND SAN FRANCISCO MAY 26, 2011 58 1 STATE, THIS CITY IS REALLY WELL REPRESENTED BY STUDENT 2 JOURNALISM. AND, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES YOU GUYS HAVE 3 BROKEN STORIES, YES, BEFORE THE CHRONICLE AND EVEN BEFORE 4 THE GUARDIAN AND ALL OF THE OTHER FULL-TIME PUBLICATIONS. 5 IT REALLY DOES SHOW THAT EVEN IN THE STATE OF JOURNALISM 6 AS IT IS TODAY. YOU KNOW, JOURNALISM STILL HAS A REALLY 7 BRIGHT FUTURE WITH THE FOLKS THAT WE SEND OUT. 8 AND I'M REALLY AMAZED THAT ONE FULL-TIME FACULTY 9 MEMBER CAN REALLY DO THIS TYPE OF WORK. I THINK THIS IS 10 REALLY AMAZING, AND YOU SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF THE 11 ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT YOU'VE MADE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE MARKS. 13 TRUSTEE MARKS: SO I REALLY MISS THE MIMEOGRAPH 14 MACHINES. AND GIVEN THAT THOSE AREN'T USED, THIS WILL 15 PROBABLY HAVE TO DO. SO I WILL CONGRATULATE YOU, YOU 16 KNOW, AND JUST BRING BACK THE MIMEOGRAPH MACHINES. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT 19 I AM PROUD TO BE A READER OF THE GUARDSMAN. AND FOR ALL 20 THE AWARDS THEY'VE WON YEAR OVER YEAR, IT'S ABOUT TIME. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THANK YOU. 22 NO FURTHER COMMENTS? 23 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 24 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. MAY 26, 2011 59 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 8 IT PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JOURNALISM 9 DEPARTMENT. 10 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MR. PRESIDENT, I'M SORRY. I 11 HAD A QUESTION AS TO WHO MADE THE MOTION AND WHO SECONDED 12 IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS TRUSTEE FANG AND WONG. OKAY, I HAD 13 IT RIGHT, OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE CAN GO BACK TO ITEM IX, 15 REPORT FROM CONSTITUENT GROUPS. 16 IS ATTILA GABOR HERE FROM CLASSIFIED SENATE? 17 I DON'T SEE HIM. 18 HOW ABOUT THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS? 19 MS. GELARDI: HELLO. I'M KATIE GELARDI, 20 REPRESENTING THE MISSION CAMPUS. 21 AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE MISSION CAMPUS WOULD 22 LIKE TO THANK DR. GRIFFIN FOR HIS SUPPORT TO STUDENTS. 23 THE BOOK LOAN -- THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT COUNCIL 24 FROM MISSION CAMPUS CONTINUES TO BE VERY BUSY WITH THEIR 25 BOOK LOAN FUNDRAISING. IN FACT TONIGHT THEY ARE HAVING MAY 26, 2011 60 1 ANOTHER EVENT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE BOOK LOAN PROGRAM. 2 THE UNITY DAY PARTY MOTIVATES STUDENTS AND MAKE 3 THEM FEEL VERY MUCH A PART OF THE STUDENT COMMUNITY 4 BRINGING THE COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS TOGETHER. 5 THEY HAD THEIR FIRST IMMIGRATION FORUM TO LET 6 STUDENTS KNOW THEIR RIGHTS. THERE WAS A WELCOME TABLE 7 EVENT HOSTED BY PATRICIA MITCHELL AND HERB GREEN TO 8 CELEBRATE OUR CULTURES. 9 THE RECYCLING EVENT BY ELISABETH SILVER TO KEEP 10 MISSION CLEAN AND GREEN TO EDUCATE OURSELVES ABOUT THIS 11 IMPORTANT ISSUE. 12 THE STUDENT TRUSTEE ELECTIONS TO LET THE 13 STUDENTS KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO VOTE AND HOW WE MAKE 14 DECISIONS BY THE POWER OF VOTING. 15 THE MOTHER'S DAY CELEBRATION AT THE ESPLANADE 16 WAS TO LET WOMEN KNOW THAT THEY ARE VERY SPECIAL IN OUR 17 LIVES ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS. 18 AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO THANK MARIA 19 ROSALES-URIBE FOR HER CONTINUED SUPPORT AS AN ADVISOR TO 20 THE MISSION CAMPUS. 21 IN ADDITION TO WHICH THE MISSION CAMPUS HAS 22 DEVELOPED THEIR OWN MAGAZINE, WHICH IS SUPPORTED ALSO BY 23 THE LOCAL BUSINESSES BECAUSE MISSION CAMPUS UNDER THE 24 LEADERSHIP OF THEIR STUDENT PRESIDENT JUAN CONTINUES TO 25 SPEAK TO THE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND MAY 26, 2011 61 1 THEY HELP SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH THEIR BOOK LOAN PROGRAM 2 AND SUPPLYING FOOD AND DONATIONS TO THE PROGRAM. AND SO 3 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THANK YOU. 5 MS. GELARDI: AND ALL OF YOU TOO BECAUSE IT TOOK 6 A LARGE EFFORT. THANK YOU. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 8 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THANK YOU. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ELISABETH, DID YOU WANT TO -- 11 DO YOU HAVE A REPORT TO GIVE US? 12 MS. WEINBERG: HI, I'M ELISABETH WEINBERG. 13 THANK YOU FOR ASKING. I HAD NO PREPARED REPORT FOR 14 TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE ENTIRE COLLEGE 15 COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE CHANCELLOR, THE BOARD OF 16 TRUSTEES, THE FACULTY, EVERYONE HERE, THE STUDENTS, THE 17 ADMINISTRATORS, EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER THIS YEAR WITH A 18 VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET ECONOMIC SITUATION. 19 I'VE LEARNED A LOT THIS YEAR. I REALLY 20 APPRECIATED WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. AND IT'S BEEN AN 21 HONOR TO SERVE AS THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT 22 FOR OUR STUDENTS AT OCEAN CAMPUS AND FOR THE ENTIRE CITY 23 COLLEGE. 24 WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT. WE HAVE SOME 25 PROJECTS THAT WE WILL BE TRANSITIONING OVER. WE HAVE A MAY 26, 2011 62 1 NEW COUNCIL COMING IN IN ABOUT A MONTH, SO WE WILL BE 2 TRANSITIONING WITH THE NEW COUNCIL. AND I WILL CONTINUE 3 TO BE WORKING ON THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY. I WILL BE HERE 4 SUPPORTING IN SHARED GOVERNANCE AND OTHER CAPACITIES. 5 AND SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, MUCH APPRECIATED. 6 GOOD NIGHT. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: ELISABETH, IF I MAY. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CERTAINLY, TRUSTEE WONG. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU ARE STEPPING 11 OFF. THIS IS YOUR LAST TERM OR FINAL TERM. 12 MS. WEINBERG: FIRST AND LAST. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY, FIRST AND LAST. 14 MS. WEINBERG: FOR NOW. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT 16 ELISABETH IS A FORCE OF NATURE BECAUSE I SEE HER 17 EVERYWHERE I GO. AND I'M SURE SHE'S AT MANY, MANY PLACES 18 AND ORGANIZATIONS AND PART OF MANY GROUPS THAT I AM NOT 19 PART OF. AND MANY TIMES I'M WONDERING IF YOU ARE RUNNING 20 FOR POLITICAL OFFICE. 21 IT IS JUST THAT SHE IS SO DEDICATED, SO 22 COMMITTED TO SO MANY DIFFERENT CAUSES. AND SO IF ANY OF 23 YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY AND 24 OUR WORLD, YOU CAN TAKE HEART IN THE FACT THAT ARE PEOPLE 25 LIKE ELISABETH WEINBERG WHO I HAVE NO DOUBT WILL MAKE THE MAY 26, 2011 63 1 FUTURE BRIGHT FOR ALL OF US. 2 I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE LEAVING, BUT I JUST 3 HAVE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE SHE'S LIKE MY -- I THINK I CALL 4 YOU MY DOPPELGANGER BECAUSE EVERYWHERE I GO, THERE SHE IS 5 AND ALWAYS WORKING SO HARD. AND SO YOU ARE ACTUALLY AN 6 INSPIRATION, NOT ONLY TO ME, BUT I'M SURE TO MANY PEOPLE, 7 SO THANK YOU. 8 MS. WEINBERG: THANK YOU, LAWRENCE, YOU ARE AS 9 WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 10 I ACTUALLY WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY 11 MOM WHO IS HERE TONIGHT. I AM GOING TO EMBARRASS HER AND 12 SAY -- 13 TRUSTEE WONG: I'M GLAD I SPOKE UP. 14 MS. WEINBERG: -- HERE SHE IS. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: DID YOU RECORD THAT? 16 MS. WEINBERG: SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF 17 THIS. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: HOW NICE. 19 MS. WEINBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DID YOU SAY THIS IS -- YOU ARE 21 GRADUATING OR ARE YOU JUST LEAVING THE PRESIDENCY? 22 MS. WEINBERG: I AM GRADUATING AND I AM LEAVING 23 THE PRESIDENCY. AND I WILL ALSO BE HERE NEXT YEAR 24 COMPLETING A PARALEGAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, SO YOU ARE NOT 25 RID OF ME YET. I WILL BE BACK. MAY 26, 2011 64 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 2 ANY OTHER STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES HERE? 3 OKAY, ACADEMIC SENATE. 4 MS. SAGINOR: THANK YOU. ACADEMIC SENATE 5 PRESIDENT, KAREN SAGINOR. 6 I WAS HOPING TO CONGRATULATE STEVE NGO IN PERSON 7 TONIGHT, THE NEW FATHER, BUT I GUESS THAT GOES WITH BEING 8 A NEW FATHER THAT HE COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TONIGHT. 9 I WANT TO CONGRATULATE TRUSTEE NATALIE BERG, WHO 10 HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND IS GOING 11 TO BE SERVING CITY COLLEGE. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 13 MS. SAGINOR: I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN 14 INVALUABLE VOICE FOR CITY COLLEGE -- 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YES. 16 MS. SAGINOR: -- AND FOR ALL THE OTHER COLLEGES 17 OUT THERE THAT HAVE SIMILAR NEEDS AND STRUCTURES TO CITY 18 COLLEGE AND FOR ALL THE STUDENTS OF CITY COLLEGE AND FOR 19 ALL THE STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA WHO ARE VERY MUCH LIKE OUR 20 STUDENTS. 21 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WILLING TO TAKE 22 THIS ON. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I 24 AM VERY EXCITED TO REPRESENT CITY COLLEGE AND THIS STATE 25 BECAUSE I THINK IT IS LONG OVERDUE FOR US TO HAVE A MAY 26, 2011 65 1 STRIDENT VOICE FOR US. WE DID HAVE TRUSTEE GRIER THERE 2 FOR A WHILE, BUT SHE WAS KNOCKED OFF BY SCHWARZENEGGER, 3 AND THAT'S OKAY BECAUSE I KNOCKED OFF A SCHWARZENEGGER 4 APPOINTMENT. 5 MS. SAGINOR: ACCREDITATION, OF COURSE, I WOULD 6 NEVER GET UP HERE WITHOUT MENTIONING ACCREDITATION. 7 SECOND DRAFTS ARE ONLINE. I COULD READ THE URL, BUT 8 REALLY THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND 9 JUST PUT IN "ACCREDITATION" IF YOU CAN SPELL IT. AND THE 10 TOP ITEM THAT WILL COME UP WILL BE WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE 11 DRAFTS. AND, OF COURSE, WORK WILL CONTINUE OVER THE 12 SUMMER AND I WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE REPORTS. 13 THE ACADEMIC SENATE, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD 14 ELECTIONS FOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. JUST TO REPEAT FOR 15 THOSE WHO AREN'T ENTIRELY FAMILIAR WITH IT, ALL FACULTY 16 ARE MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE, FULL TIME, PART-TIME, 17 CREDIT, NONCREDIT. THE ACADEMIC SENATE IS ALL THE 18 FACULTY, BUT BECAUSE IT IS A LITTLE HARD TO GET ALL OF THE 19 FACULTY TO MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS, WE HAVE A 29 MEMBER 20 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 21 AND WE WERE -- WE HAD ELECTIONS THIS SPRING FOR 22 HALF OF THE SEATS, SO WE HAVE 15 NEW MEMBERS TO THE 23 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, INCLUDING NINE OR TEN FACULTY WHO HAVE 24 NEVER SERVED BEFORE ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SO WE REALLY 25 HAVE SOME FRESH FOLKS COMING ON. AND THEY WILL JOIN THE MAY 26, 2011 66 1 14 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE CONTINUING FROM LAST 2 YEAR. 3 THIS GROUP NOW REPRESENTS 20 DIFFERENT 4 DEPARTMENTS ROUGHLY, INCLUDING SOME DEPARTMENTS WHERE WE 5 HAVE SOMEBODY FROM ART. WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM NURSING. 6 WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT ON EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR AT LEAST -- I 7 DON'T KNOW 20 YEARS OR EVER. SO THIS IS WONDERFUL THAT WE 8 HAVE SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP AND FOR MANY CAMPUSES AND SO 9 FORTH. 10 WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO IN THE MEANTIME IN THE 11 PAST MONTH OR SO, WE'VE SPENT SOME TIME CLARIFYING SOME OF 12 OUR BYLAWS. 13 AS YOU KNOW, WE PASSED A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING 14 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE JOURNALISM. I WAS VERY HAPPY TO 15 SEE THAT RESOLUTION MAKE ITS WAY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 16 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 17 WE PASSED A RESOLUTION AT OUR LAST MEETING IN 18 SUPPORT OF INNOVATION FOR STUDENT SUCCESS. AND WE WILL BE 19 WORKING MORE ON THAT ISSUE THIS COMING FALL AND IN FACT 20 ALL KINDS OF STUDENT SUCCESS ISSUES I AM EXPECTING TO HAVE 21 ON OUR PLATE THIS COMING FALL, ALONG WITH THE APPROVAL OF 22 VARIOUS DOCUMENTS AND SORT OF THE DAILY BUSINESS OF THE 23 COLLEGE. 24 THIS COMING TUESDAY MORNING, ON BEHALF OF THE 25 ACADEMIC SENATE, I AM GOING TO BE TAKING PART IN A MAY 26, 2011 67 1 CONVERSATION THAT ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR LESLIE SMITH 2 HAS ARRANGED. THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES VICE CHANCELLOR OF 3 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS BARRY RUSSELL IS GOING TO BE COMING HERE 4 TO TALK WITH SOME OF US ABOUT REPETITION ISSUES. SO WE 5 ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP LEARN WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE 6 STATE LEVEL AND HELP INFORM HIM ABOUT HOW THOSE ISSUES 7 EFFECT OUR STUDENTS. AND I'M HOPING THAT'S GOING TO BE 8 VERY HELPFUL FOR EVERYBODY. 9 I HAVE BEEN DOING MY BEST TO KEEP FACULTY 10 INFORMED ABOUT THINGS, PARTICULARLY ABOUT BUDGET ISSUES. 11 FACULTY, AS YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD. I KNOW 12 YOU'VE HEARD THAT WE MADE THE ENROLLMENT GOALS FOR THIS 13 SEMESTER WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT FACULTY, OF COURSE, WANT 14 TO DO. 15 WE ALWAYS LIKE TO GIVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY, 16 BUT ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE'VE DONE THAT THIS YEAR IS 17 TO TAKE MORE STUDENTS THAN WE ARE REALLY REQUIRED TO TAKE. 18 THE CLASS IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE 35 STUDENTS. IT'S LIKE, 19 OKAY, FINE, I WILL TAKE MORE. 20 I KNOW OF SEVERAL INSTRUCTORS WHOSE RULE FOR HOW 21 MANY STUDENTS THEY WILL TAKE IS HOW MANY CHAIRS ARE IN THE 22 ROOM, WHICH HAS BEEN A LOT OF EXTRA WORK. THAT'S THAT 23 MANY MORE PAPERS TO GRADE AND TESTS TO GRADE AND STUDENTS 24 TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUALLY, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY VERY 25 EXHAUSTING ON THE FACULTY. MAY 26, 2011 68 1 THE FACULTY HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY FLEXIBLE ABOUT 2 SUMMER PLANS. I KNOW FACULTY WHO WERE, LIKE YOU KNOW, 3 ABOUT TO GO OUT AND BUY THEIR AIRLINE TICKETS AND THEN 4 WILL YOU PLEASE TEACH A CLASS, OH, ALL RIGHT. I WILL 5 TEACH A CLASS INSTEAD OF TAKING A TRIP, THAT KIND OF 6 THING. SO THE FACULTY HAVE REALLY BEEN VERY GIVING FOR 7 THE COLLEGE AND FOR THE STUDENTS THIS YEAR. 8 AND I DO TRY TO KEEP FACULTY AND REALLY OTHER 9 PEOPLE AS WELL INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I'VE 10 GOTTEN A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT 11 REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO THE FACULTY TO KNOW SORT OF 12 WHAT'S HAPPENING. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE BUDGET? WHAT 13 ARE THE ISSUES? 14 AND I'VE -- ONE OF THE AREAS IS KEEPING FOLKS 15 INFORMED ABOUT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 16 THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FACULTY THAT CAME TO THE LAST 17 BUDGET MEETING. THERE WILL BE FACULTY ATTEMPTING TO COME 18 TO MEETINGS DURING THE SUMMER. IT'S HARDER TO GET BACK 19 FACULTY TO COME TO MEETINGS DURING THE SUMMER. 20 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL TO TRY AND GIVE US 21 NOTICE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE 22 WHEN THEY KNOW ABOUT IT. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IF NOBODY 23 KNOWS WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA UNTIL JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE 24 THE MEETING. IT'S ALSO, OF COURSE, VERY DIFFICULT IF WE 25 COME TO A MEETING AND THEN THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE MAY 26, 2011 69 1 GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA AND PEOPLE MADE A SPECIAL EFFORT 2 TO GET TO THE MEETING AND THEN THOSE THINGS AREN'T ON THE 3 AGENDA AND SO FORTH. 4 I FOUND SOME MEETINGS A LITTLE CONFUSING LATELY. 5 THERE'S MAYBE SOME QUORUM ISSUES. I DON'T KNOW, BUT DO 6 WHAT YOU CAN TO TRY TO KEEP THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WELL 7 AS YOU CAN IF YOU DON'T MIND FOR US. THAT WILL BE VERY 8 HELPFUL. THE FACULTY WILL REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THINK COMMITTEE MEMBERS 10 WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. 11 MS. SAGINOR: I HAD THE GREAT HONOR LAST EVENING 12 OF ATTENDING THE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND GED GRADUATION AT 13 THE JOHN ADAMS CAMPUS. THERE WERE 50 VERY EAGER STUDENTS 14 GRADUATING, SOME OF WHOM ACTUALLY HAD REPETITION ISSUES. 15 ONE STUDENT TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES SHE HAD TO TAKE 16 HER ALGEBRA COURSE BEFORE SHE COULD FINISH. 17 IT WAS VERY WONDERFUL TO SEE STUDENTS GRADUATING 18 FROM THAT PROGRAM. AND I WOULD URGE YOU MAYBE NEXT YEAR 19 YOU MIGHT WANT TO ATTEND. THEY WOULD BE HAPPY FOR YOU TO 20 COME. IT WAS GREAT. 21 AND, OF COURSE, THIS COMING SATURDAY, THE 22 ASSOCIATE DEGREE GRADUATION. I WILL BE THERE FOR THAT 23 ONE. 24 AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ASK AFT PRESIDENT ALISA 25 MESSER TO SPEAK. THANK YOU. MAY 26, 2011 70 1 MS. MESSER: THANK YOU, KAREN. 2 GOOD EVENING. IT'S BEEN A PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY 3 AND DIFFICULT YEAR. 4 AND SO I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU AND THANK 5 THE FACULTY AND THE STUDENTS AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CITY 6 COLLEGE COMMUNITY FOR WORKING SO, SO DILIGENTLY TO WORK 7 TOGETHER AND TO TRY TO FIND WAYS THROUGH THIS CRISIS IN 8 WAYS THAT BOTH SUPPORT THE WHOLE OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY 9 THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS TO GET THEIR CLASSES, THAT SUPPORT 10 FACULTY AND OTHER EMPLOYEES AT THE COLLEGE TO BE ABLE TO 11 LIVE THEIR LIVES AND BE PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY AS WELL. 12 I THINK IT HAS BEEN RATHER EXTRAORDINARY. 13 SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT AS THE BUDGET HAS 14 DEVELOPED AND THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE GONE ON, WE WANT TO 15 COMMEND THE ADMINISTRATION FOR FINDING WAYS TO TRY TO DO 16 THAT AND SHARE THE SACRIFICE AND THE PAIN IN WAYS THAT WE 17 HOPE WILL CONTINUE TO BE WORKABLE AND ALSO THINGS ARE 18 LOOKING BETTER THAN THEY LOOKED A MONTH AGO PERHAPS A 19 LITTLE BIT. 20 SO I APPRECIATE, IN PARTICULAR, DR. GRIFFIN'S 21 OPTIMISM IN THAT REGARD WHICH I THINK IS BEGINNING TO SHOW 22 GOOD RESULTS. KEEP THINKING IN THAT DIRECTION. 23 I ALSO WANTED TO COMMEND THE BOARD FOR ITS 24 MOTION ABOUT AB 1130, WHICH IS THE SKINNER BILL, WHICH YOU 25 ALL PASSED LAST MONTH, A RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT IT TO MAY 26, 2011 71 1 ENDORSE THAT BILL. THAT'S THE 1 PERCENT ON THE 1 PERCENT, 2 RIGHT, A WAY TO GET BOTH EDUCATION AND FUNDING FOR OTHER 3 SOCIAL SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 4 SINCE THAT TIME, AS FAR AS I KNOW, YOURS WAS THE 5 FIRST BOARD TO ADOPT THIS. BUT SINCE THAT TIME, I KNOW 6 THAT SAN JOSE-EVERGREEN AND JUST THE OTHER DAY THE LA 7 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT HAVE ALSO ENDORSED AND ARE 8 SUPPORTING THE BILL. SO EARLY ADOPTERS ARE GOOD, SO THANK 9 YOU FOR THAT. 10 AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION AB 515, WHICH 11 IS A BILL BY BROWNLEY THAT WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND 12 TRYING TO EDUCATE FOLKS ABOUT BECAUSE THIS IS A BILL THAT 13 WE DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT IN WHICH WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT 14 CONCERN ABOUT. 15 SO AB 515 WOULD CREATE A TWO-TIER SYSTEM WITHIN 16 THE CALIFORNIA'S COMMUNITY COLLEGES. IT WOULD BE 17 EXTENSION PROGRAMS WHERE STUDENTS, CALIFORNIA CITIZENS, 18 COULD "CHOOSE" TO ACCESS CLASSES THAT WERE JUST LIKE THEIR 19 CREDIT CLASSES, EXCEPT THEY WOULD BE PAYING THE FULL COST 20 OF INSTRUCTION IN THOSE CLASSES. SO WE SORT OF HAVE THESE 21 TWO SEPARATE TRACKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND 22 THAT'S REALLY ALARMING TO THINK ABOUT. 23 WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE NEED TO DO FOR ACCESS. 24 THAT'S ONE OF -- SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALL VERY DEDICATED 25 TO, AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING. AND THE MAY 26, 2011 72 1 WAY TO DO IT IS NOT TO ASK THEN STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, TO 2 FIGURE OUT HOW THEY COULD AFFORD TO PAY $600 FOR A CLASS. 3 AND WE CAN'T LET THE STATE FEEL THAT ITS SOMEHOW DONE 4 SOMETHING ABOUT ACCESS BY PUTTING TOGETHER THESE EXTENSION 5 COURSES. SO A FEW STUDENTS, SOME STUDENTS WITH SOME 6 SIGNIFICANT MEANS OR ABLE TO GET STUDENT LOANS ARE ABLE TO 7 DO THIS. 8 SO WE ARE EDUCATING FACULTY ABOUT THAT AND 9 SENDING OUT MESSAGES ABOUT THAT AND ASK YOU ALSO TO BE 10 THINKING ABOUT THAT. 11 I JUST WANT TO SAY AS WE MOVE INTO SUMMER, I 12 KNOW YOU WILL BE SEEING ME, BUT YOU WON'T BE SEEING MANY 13 OF THE FACULTY AS KAREN MENTIONED BEFORE, SO I HOPE TO SEE 14 YOU THIS WEEKEND AT GRADUATION. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR 15 TIME. THANKS. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: TRUSTEE RIZZO. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 19 TRUSTEE BERG: CAN I SAY SOMETHING? 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG. 21 TRUSTEE BERG: I ALSO WANT TO WEIGH IN IN 22 THANKING ALL THE FACULTY AND IN FACT EVERYBODY WHO WAS 23 WORKING THIS YEAR. IT ISN'T JUST FACULTY. THIS HAS BEEN 24 AN EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT YEAR. YOU'VE CARRIED ON 25 EXTRA DUTIES, ALL OF YOU, WITHOUT EVER FLINCHING, WITHOUT MAY 26, 2011 73 1 EVER COMPLAINING, WITHOUT EVER GETTING UP HERE AND TELLING 2 US HOW AWFUL IT WAS. 3 THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY INSTITUTION. IT'S JUST 4 WONDERFUL. IT'S WHY I DEDICATED MY LIFE TO THIS COLLEGE 5 BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU SITTING HERE AND THE MANY LIKE YOU 6 WHO HAVE COME AND GONE. IT'S A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. AND 7 TO LOOK AT YOU, ALL OF YOU, WHO SHOW UP AT THESE MEETINGS. 8 IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO SHOW UP AT THESE MEETINGS. AND I 9 JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 10 AND I, OF COURSE, WILL BE AT THE GRADUATION. 11 AND I'M SORRY I MISSED JOHN ADAMS BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST 12 TIME I EVER MISSED IT, BUT THERE WAS A CONFLICT THAT WAS 13 REALLY VERY IMPORTANT THAT I BE AT. 14 SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE, AS A 15 BOARD, APPRECIATE YOU. AND WE DO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU DO AND 16 WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND I HOPE ALL OF 17 YOU HAVE A FABULOUS SUMMER AND A NICE VACATION. AND THANK 18 YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WE CAN MOVE ONTO THE 20 RESOLUTIONS AGENDA. 21 AND THE FIRST ONE IS B1. 22 TRUSTEE JACKSON, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FROM 23 EARLIER, THIS DID GO THROUGH THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE. 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: DID I MISS THAT? I 25 SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. MAY 26, 2011 74 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHAT'S THAT? 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: DID I MISS THAT? I 3 SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ON 5 THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITSELF. 6 IS THERE A MOTION FOR B1? 7 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE 11 FANG. 12 IS THERE A DISCUSSION? 13 COUNSEL BATTISTE: WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ANNOUNCE 14 THE -- 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: PLEASE, PLEASE. 16 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, B1 IS THE 17 "RENEWAL OF MAJOR MAINTENANCE SERVICE ACTIVITY FOR THE 18 TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $376,000 FOR 19 FISCAL YEAR 2011-2012." 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 21 ANY DISCUSSION? 22 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 23 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 24 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. MAY 26, 2011 75 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 8 OKAY, B1 IS APPROVED. 9 B2. 10 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS 11 AN "AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH A NEW AND SEPARATE BANK 12 ACCOUNT AT UNION BANK." 13 TRUSTEE BERG: MOVE B2. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE 17 FANG. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND I MOVED TO PULL 19 THIS OFF BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING A 20 BUDGET. YOU KNOW WE PAY I THINK IT'S EITHER 100,000 OR 21 $300,000, ONE OF THOSE TWO NUMBERS. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: 300. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: $300,000 IN BANKING 24 FEES, SO I WANT TO KNOW SINCE WE ARE ESTABLISHING THIS NEW 25 BANK ACCOUNT, ARE WE GOING TO BE CHARGED ADDITIONAL MAY 26, 2011 76 1 BANKING FEES FOR THIS ACCOUNT? 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, THIS IS WITH A DIFFERENT 3 BANK. THE NUMBERS YOU ARE REFERRING TO, TRUSTEE JACKSON, 4 WERE GIVEN TO THE BOARD RELATED TO OUR ACTIVITY WITH WELLS 5 FARGO. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I'M AWARE OF THAT. 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY FEES WE 8 ARE BEING CHARGED FOR THIS ACCOUNT. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 10 SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS IF WE ARE NOT BEING 11 CHARGED FEES HERE, THEN WHY DON'T WE JUST PUT ALL THE 12 MONEY FROM WELLS FARGO INTO THIS BANK? 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, WE NEED TO DO AN RFP TO 14 GO FORWARD WITH NEW BANKING SERVICES, BUT I BELIEVE THAT 15 WE ARE DUE TO DO THE NEW RFP WITHIN THE YEAR. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, SO THIS BANK 17 DOESN'T CHARGE THOSE BANK FEES? 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I AM NOT TRYING TO BE EVASIVE. 19 I AM JUST NOT AWARE OF ANY FEES WE ARE BEING CHARGED HERE. 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I CAN TRY TO FIND OUT AND GET 22 BACK TO YOU. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, IF YOU CAN GET 24 BACK TO ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T CHARGE FEES 25 BUT WELLS FARGO CHARGES FEES, THEN MY NEXT THOUGHT PROCESS MAY 26, 2011 77 1 IS SHOULDN'T WE BE PUTTING ALL OF OUR MONEY INTO THIS BANK 2 ACCOUNT -- 3 TRUSTEE BERG: NO. 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- SO THAT WE CAN SAVE 5 $300,000? CAN WE WAIT OR IS IT PREPARED? 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BY DELAYING THIS RESOLUTION, IT 7 WILL NOT CHANGE THE FEES YOU ARE PAYING AT A DIFFERENT 8 BANK. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THAT'S FINE. BUT, 10 OKAY. 11 AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING WHEN YOU DO THE BUDGET 12 STUFF, COULD YOU PROVIDE THAT ANSWER TO THE BANKING FEES? 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I WILL TRY TO GET YOU AN ANSWER 14 NEXT WEEK. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. THANKS. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 17 TRUSTEE BERG: YEAH, I WILL JUST WEIGH IN THIS. 18 FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO PUT ALL 19 OF OUR MONEY IN ONE BANK. I THINK THAT'S FISCALLY 20 IMPRUDENT. AND ALSO, PROBABLY NOT INSURABLE BECAUSE EVERY 21 BANK HAS A LIMIT OF HOW MUCH THEY WILL ENSURE, YOU KNOW, 22 WITH THE FDIC. SO IF THIS BANK ENSURES 250,000, YOU PUT 23 ANOTHER 250, IT'S NOT INSURED. 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WELL, ALL OF OUR MONEY 25 IS CURRENTLY -- MOST OF OUR MONEY IS CURRENTLY IN ONE BANK MAY 26, 2011 78 1 ALREADY. 2 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, I AM SURE IT'S ALL INSURED 3 IN THAT ONE BANK THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. BUT WHEN -- YOU 4 ARE GOING TO HIT A LIMIT AT SOME POINT BECAUSE THEY WILL 5 ONLY ENSURE UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT. 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OUR MONEY IS PRIMARILY WITH THE 7 COUNTY TREASURY. 8 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT WE DO NEED A BANK TO 10 PROCESS OUR CHECKS AND SUCH. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH. 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THIS ONE IS PARTICULARLY 13 RELATED TO THE THIRD PARTY CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE 14 WHEN SOMEONE FILES A CLAIM AGAINST THE COLLEGE. IT IS 15 JUST MONEY USED TO PAY EXPENSES RELATED TO INVESTIGATING 16 THOSE CLAIMS OR SOMETIMES SETTLING SMALL CLAIMS. 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS 18 NOT A FISCAL -- THIS HAS NO FISCAL IMPLICATIONS. I'M 19 SORRY FOR HAVING YOU KEEP ON WALKING BACK AND FORTH. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I SHOULD JUST STAY HERE. IT'S 21 MY FAULT. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH. 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I DO NOT SEE ANY FISCAL 24 IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR DISTRICT WITH THIS RESOLUTION. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M MAY 26, 2011 79 1 GOOD. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY FURTHER COMMENT? 3 THANK YOU, VICE CHANCELLOR. 4 PUBLIC COMMENT? 5 ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 15 B2 IS APPROVED. 16 THE NEXT ITEM IS B7, WHICH ALSO WENT THROUGH THE 17 FACILITIES COMMITTEE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: WHAT HAPPENED TO B4? 19 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, B7 IS THE 20 "ANNUAL ADOPTION OF THE DISTRICT'S FIVE YEAR CAPITAL 21 OUTLAY CONSTRUCTION PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE 22 CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE." 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I'M TOLD WE SKIPPED B4, BUT WE 24 ARE ON B7, SO LET'S JUST DO THAT NOW. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. MAY 26, 2011 80 1 TRUSTEE WONG: DID WE CALL THE QUESTION FOR 2 B2(A)? 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE DID. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: WE DID. AND WE ARE ON B7 NOW? 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE ARE ON B7 NOW. I 6 ACCIDENTALLY SKIPPED B4, BUT WE ARE ON B7. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: OH, ALL RIGHT. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE WILL GO BACK TO B4. 9 BEFORE -- ALL RIGHT. THERE WAS A MOTION. 10 IS THERE A SECOND? 11 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WANTED TO ASK THE 13 CHANCELLOR. WE HAD A BRIEF DISCUSSION AT THE CEREMONY OF 14 THE DIEGO RIVERA THEATER WHEN WE SIGNED THE -- WHEN YOU 15 SIGNED THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE MEXICAN 16 GOVERNMENT. 17 AND SO MY QUESTION IS DO WE WANT TO SEND THIS 18 BACK TO THE FIT COMMITTEE AND ADD IN SOME PLACE A BUILDING 19 FOR THE DIEGO RIVERA FACILITY -- OR A BUILDING TO HOUSE 20 THE DIEGO RIVERA ART? 21 THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE MEXICAN 22 GOVERNMENT WAS TO LOOK AT WAYS TO PRESERVE IT AND POSSIBLY 23 BUILD ANOTHER BUILDING. SO I AM JUST ASKING THE QUESTION. 24 MAYBE THE ANSWER IS "NO" AND THAT'S FINE, BUT I 25 JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. MAY 26, 2011 81 1 DOES IT NEED TO BE -- 2 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IT DOES ACTUALLY NEED TO BE 3 IN HERE. IT'S NO. 8. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, IT'S IN HERE. 5 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: BUT IT TALKS ABOUT IN TERMS 6 OF THE ARTS BUILDING -- 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, I'M SORRY. 8 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: -- PHASE 2 CENTER FOR 10 PAN-AMERICAN UNITY. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. IF YOU READ IN THE 12 DETAILED EXPLANATIONS, IT'S NO. 8. IT'S CALLED PAGE 3 OR 13 PAGE 16 ON THE BOTTOM. THE WORLD-RENOWNED DIEGO RIVERA 14 MURAL, ET CETERA, WILL REMAIN AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE 15 FACILITY. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. MY APOLOGIES. 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I'M SORRY, OF WHAT? 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OF THIS NEW REVISED FACILITY. 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YEAH, THE ONLY THING THAT I 20 THINK I WANTED CLARIFICATION ON IN TERMS OF IS THAT THE 21 WAY IT'S LINED UP, IS THAT FOR THE ARTS BUILDING OR WOULD 22 THAT ENCOMPASS THE POSSIBILITY OF A SEPARATE BUILDING ON A 23 DIFFERENT LOCATION? 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: DOES NO. 8 ANTICIPATE A 25 DIFFERENT LOCATION? MAY 26, 2011 82 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: A SEPARATE BUILDING. 3 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: A SEPARATE BUILDING. NO. 8 4 APPEARS THAT IT'S A REMODEL OF THE ARTS BUILDING. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. NO. 8 IS THE REMODEL ON 6 THE -- INTENDED FOR THE SAME SITE. 7 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I THINK WE DO NEED TO 8 BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT IS CLEAR ABOUT THAT. SO I THINK 9 WE NEED TO PERHAPS GO BACK TO THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE TO 10 HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON IT. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TO REWORD THIS. 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE CAN IF YOU GIVE US SOME 13 DIRECTION OF WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, WE CAN DO THAT. 14 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OKAY. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT WAIT A MINUTE. 16 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MR. LIGGETT. 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WHEN IS THIS DUE AT THE STATE? 18 BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE WON'T MEET AGAIN UNTIL THE 19 BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER PROBABLY. 20 MR. LIGGETT: DAVID LIGGETT, DIRECTOR OF 21 FACILITIES AND CAMPUS ARCHITECT. 22 THE REPORT IS DUE TO THE STATE BY JULY 1ST. I 23 NEED SOME TIME TO PREPARE IT. IF THE BOARD -- 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH. 25 MR. LIGGETT: -- DOESN'T DECIDE UNTIL ITS NEXT MAY 26, 2011 83 1 MEETING JUNE 23RD, THAT WOULD ONLY GIVE ME SEVEN DAYS TO 2 RESPOND. 3 THE PRODUCT AS DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT 4 CONTEMPLATES IT PRIMARILY AS REMODEL OF THE SPACES 5 EXISTING IN EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT ARE VACATED ONCE WE 6 OPEN A NEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, THE EXISTING THEATER 7 AND MUSIC SPACES THAT ARE BEING VACATED. 8 IF YOU READ IT AND LOOK AT THE LIST, IT ACTUALLY 9 TALKS ABOUT RENOVATION AND NEW. BUT AGAIN WHAT WAS 10 CONTEMPLATING WAS NEW CONSTRUCTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 11 EXISTING ARTS COMPLEX, SUCH AS MAYBE MOVING THE MURAL, 12 BUILDING A NEW FACILITY AT THAT LOCATION AND TURNING THE 13 ORIENTATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 14 SO IN CONCEPT, IT DOESN'T SPEAK EXPLICITLY TO 15 THAT AND WHERE IT WOULD BE SO YOU COULD EXPAND THAT TO 16 MEAN THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION COULD PERHAPS BE SOMEWHERE 17 ELSE. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SO IF YOU SUBMITTED IT TO 19 THE STATE IN JULY, COULD YOU AMEND THIS? 20 MR. LIGGETT: WE COULD AMEND THIS AND SPEAK TO 21 THAT, YES. 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WOULD YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT 23 TIME TO DO THAT? 24 MR. LIGGETT: YES, BETWEEN NOW, TONIGHT AND JULY 25 1ST, YES, ABSOLUTELY. MAY 26, 2011 84 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OKAY. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO IF WE APPROVED SOMETHING AT 3 THE JUNE BOARD MEETING, IS THAT SUFFICIENT OR ARE YOU 4 TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER -- 5 MR. LIGGETT: I'M TALKING ABOUT IF YOU WOULD 6 LIKE TO CLARIFY THIS TONIGHT AND AMEND THIS LANGUAGE TO 7 SAY, WHEN WE SPEAK TO ITEM 8, LOOK AT THE LIST WHERE IT 8 TALKS ABOUT -- I'M ON ATTACHMENT A WHERE IT SAYS, 9 "RENOVATION/NEW FACILITIES" UNDER "PROJECT TYPE". 10 IF THE DIRECTION TO STAFF IS TO CLARIFY THAT, 11 THAT MEANS PERHAPS A NEW FACILITY, NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE AT A 12 DIFFERENT LOCATION ON THE CAMPUS, THAT WOULD BE FINE. 13 THAT WOULD BE A SMALL ADJUSTMENT TO US. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, BUT I THINK WE WOULD 15 NEED APPROVAL, BOARD APPROVAL. 16 MR. LIGGETT: YES. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I MEAN WE COULD PASS IT 18 TONIGHT AND COME BACK AGAIN AND AMEND IT. I DON'T SEE THE 19 POINT OF THAT. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: CAN I? 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 22 TRUSTEE MARKS: I'VE UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS 23 KIND OF A MASSAGE. THIS LIST IS A MASSAGED LIST. SO 24 THERE'S THEREFORE SOME SORT OF -- THERE'S A CALCULATION -- 25 MR. LIGGETT: YES. MAY 26, 2011 85 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: -- GOES INTO THIS PREPARATION -- 2 MR. LIGGETT: THERE IS. 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: -- OF THE LIST. 4 MR. LIGGETT: YES. 5 TRUSTEE MARKS: AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE 6 THINGS MEAN. I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT, NO. 1, ENERGY 7 CONSERVATION, WHY THAT IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST? 8 I DON'T KNOW WHY PERFORMING ARTS COMPLEX IS A 9 THREE ON THE LIST. AND I DON'T KNOW WHY, YOU KNOW, NO. 12 10 IS 12TH ON THE LIST. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND. 11 MR. LIGGETT: I CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT OF 12 THIS. AND THE COMPLETE PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS ARE IN 13 ATTACHMENT B. SO ATTACHMENT A IS JUST THE LISTING. 14 ATTACHMENT B GIVES THE DETAILED EXPLANATIONS. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: NO. NO. I UNDERSTAND THAT. 16 MR. LIGGETT: AND SO THESE PRIORITIES ARE GIVEN 17 TO THE STATE EVERY YEAR AS A NOTICE TO THE STATE 18 CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE FACILITIES UNITS THAT THIS IS THE 19 DISTRICT'S PRIORITY OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD BE 20 PROCEEDING WITH. ENERGY CONSERVATION THINGS WE HAVE BEGUN 21 TO DO AND THAT WAS CHOSEN BY THE FACILITIES REVIEW, 22 PLANNING BUDGET AND THEN PASSED ON TO FIT. 23 TRUSTEE MARKS: ARE YOU WORKING WITH THE 24 CONSULTANT? 25 MR. LIGGETT: EXCUSE ME? MAY 26, 2011 86 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: ARE YOU WORKING WITH MERRILL? 2 MR. LIGGETT: MERRILL, YES. 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 4 MR. LIGGETT: AND SO NO. 2 IS ON THE LIST 5 BECAUSE ONCE A PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE STATE, THEN YOU 6 LIST THOSE IN THAT ORDER AND CHINATOWN IS ON THE LIST 7 BECAUSE IT IS FUNDED UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 8 PERFORMING ARTS IS NO. 3 BECAUSE THAT'S THE NEXT 9 ONE THAT'S BEEN FUNDED BY THE STATE. THEY GIVE US 10 PRELIMINARY PLAN MONEY. IT'S SET PERHAPS TO GO TO 11 CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. 12 STARTING WITH NO. 4, THEN THAT'S COMPLETELY AT 13 THE DISCRETION OF THE DISTRICT THEN TO SET THE PRIORITY AS 14 TO WHICH ONES THEY WOULD PROCEED AND IN WHICH ORDER. 15 AND THERE ARE SOME RAMIFICATIONS AS YOU MOVE 16 THESE AROUND, PARTICULARLY WITH MAJOR CHANGES AND NEW 17 SQUARE FOOTAGES THAT THE CONSULTANT THAT YOU SPEAK OF 18 MERRILL CANNON THEN HELPS ME ACTUALLY RUN VERY COMPLICATED 19 ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND CALCULATIONS TO SHOW HOW WE 20 WOULD JUSTIFY ANY NEW KIND OF NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE. 21 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 22 CAN I ASK, PRESIDENT RIZZO, IF YOU WENT THROUGH 23 THIS LIST? 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE DID. WE WENT THROUGH THIS 25 LIST. WE SPENT SOME TIME ON IT. AND WE DID MAKE A NUMBER MAY 26, 2011 87 1 OF CHANGES -- 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO 4 US. 5 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY, THANK YOU. 6 MR. LIGGETT: SO AGAIN, LET ME MAKE MYSELF 7 CLEAR. YOU COULD PASS THIS TONIGHT WITH DIRECTION AND 8 CLARIFYING PROJECT A. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND SO I ALSO KNOW OUR 11 FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN IS ALMOST MOOT WITHOUT ANOTHER 12 BOND, SO I JUST WANT TO ALSO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT IN 13 ORDER FOR US TO EVEN START THIS FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, WE 14 ARE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO -- THIS BOARD NEEDS TO LOOK 15 AT THE FEASIBILITY OF A BOND IN AT LEAST 2012, SO I WANTED 16 TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. 17 BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE FACILITIES 18 COMMITTEE FOR, YOU KNOW, REALLY DOING THIS WORK AND GOING 19 THROUGH THE LIST AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY WORKING ON THIS, SO 20 THANK YOU. 21 MR. LIGGETT: THANK YOU. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE WONG. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: DAVID, I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE 24 PERFORMING ARTS COMPLEX IS IN THE STATE'S 2011-2012 25 BUDGET. MAY 26, 2011 88 1 THE ISSUE OF THE LAND SWAP WITH THE PUC, WHAT'S 2 HAPPENING THERE? 3 BECAUSE THERE'S REALLY NOTHING WE CAN DO UNTIL 4 THAT IS OFFICIAL. AND I UNDERSTAND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE -- 5 IT'S NOT EVEN OFFICIAL YET. 6 MR. LIGGETT: I AM GOING TO DEFER TO VICE 7 CHANCELLOR. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. 10 WE BROUGHT OUR ATTORNEY DEBORAH KEETH MILLER I THINK IT 11 WAS EITHER TO THE FIT MEETING OR THE FULL BOARD MEETING 12 LAST MONTH TO UPDATE YOU. 13 TRUSTEE MARKS: THE FULL BOARD MEETING. 14 COUNSEL BATTISTE: IT WAS THE FULL BOARD 15 MEETING. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT WAS THE FULL BOARD MEETING, 17 RIGHT. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: I MISSED THAT MEETING. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WHERE HER STATEMENT WAS 20 BASICALLY THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROMISED YET ANOTHER DATE BY 21 THE CITY WHEN THEY WOULD BE FINISHED WITH THEIR PART OF 22 THE PROCESS. THERE APPARENTLY IS STILL NO OPPOSITION FROM 23 ANY CITY AGENCY OR NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. WE HAVE WE THOUGHT 24 WORKED OUT ALL THE DETAILS IN THE PLAZA LEASE AGREEMENT. 25 THE CITY ATTORNEY CAME BACK WITH SOME NEW STUFF MAY 26, 2011 89 1 THAT OUR ATTORNEY, I THINK, HAS ONCE AGAIN WORKED OUT WITH 2 THEM. AND WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE ON A TIMELINE WHERE 3 THE CITY WOULD FINISH ITS PROCESS BY THE MIDDLE OF JUNE. 4 AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING DIFFERENT. 5 THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR WHAT TWO YEARS? 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: TEN YEARS. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: NO. NO. SINCE RODEL BROUGHT IT 8 UP THE LAND SWAP, HAS IT BEEN TEN? 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO, SINCE WE FIRST MET WITH THE 10 CITY ATTORNEY TO TRY TO WORK OUT SOME DETAILS, IT'S BEEN 11 TEN YEARS. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY, SO YOU SEE ANY LIGHT AT THE 13 END OF THE TUNNEL -- 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: -- BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY DO 16 ANYTHING UNTIL THIS PART, THIS PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IS 17 DONE. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE HAVE. 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE HAVE. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE CHANCELLOR AND THE BOARD 21 PRESIDENT AND I MET WITH THE MAYOR TO URGE HIM TO PROVIDE 22 SOME ASSISTANCE TO MOVE THIS ALONG. HE WAS RECEPTIVE TO 23 THAT. IT DID ACTUALLY RESULT IN A LITTLE MOVEMENT AT THAT 24 POINT. I THINK IT IS TIME FOR US TO REMIND THEM THAT WE 25 ARE STILL WAITING. MAY 26, 2011 90 1 TRUSTEE WONG: LET ME KNOW. I KNOW HIM VERY 2 WELL. 3 BY THE WAY, GROUNDBREAKING, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT 4 THAT? 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER? 6 TRUSTEE WONG: YES. 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, ASSUMING IT STAYS IN THE 8 STATE BUDGET UNTIL THE VERY END, AND WE MAKE OUR WAY 9 THROUGH THE BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES, OF COURSE, WE NEED TO BE 10 GIVEN PERMISSION BY THE STATE TO GO OUT TO BID. AFTER 11 THAT IS DONE AND THEN WE NEED TO, OF COURSE, HAVE THE 12 BOARD APPROVE THE WINNING BID AND THEN GROUNDBREAKING I 13 THINK BEST CASE WOULD BE LATE FALL. 14 MR. LIGGETT: LATE FALL BEST CASE. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: THAT'S INCREDIBLE, OKAY. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT REMEMBER WE DO HAVE AN 17 APPROVED SET OF DRAWINGS THROUGH DSA FOR THAT PROJECT. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: GOOD. THANK YOU. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, TRUSTEES, I THINK WE DO 20 NEED THE BOARD TO -- WE DO NEED TO CHANGE THIS BECAUSE WE 21 DID -- THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND DISCUSSIONS 22 WITH THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ARE SUCH THAT WE ARE GOING TO 23 BE LOOKING INTO A NEW BUILDING FOR THE ARTWORK. AND SO I 24 THINK WE DO NEED TO TAKE CARE AND MODIFY THIS SO THAT IT 25 CLEARLY STATES THAT AND TO HAVE THE BOARD APPROVE IT AND MAY 26, 2011 91 1 NOT JUST HAVE IT MODIFIED. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT SINCE 2 WE HAVE THIS SIGNED MEMORANDUM. 3 SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE 4 THIS ITEM SO THAT WE CAN CHANGE THIS EITHER AT THE FIT 5 COMMITTEE OR THE ADMINISTRATION COULD JUST COME UP WITH 6 SOME WORDING FOR IT. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: CAN WE FIND OUT WHEN THE 8 LANGUAGE OF THE MOU WAS ADOPTED BY US? 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT WASN'T. THERE WAS A 10 CEREMONY. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: YES. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DO YOU WANT TO -- 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- TALK ABOUT THAT, 15 CHANCELLOR? 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THERE WAS A CEREMONY, AND 17 THERE WAS A -- GOSH, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE. 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: THE 18TH? 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YEAH, THERE WAS A CEREMONY. 20 BASICALLY THE MOU IS VERY GENERAL. AND IT'S JUST 21 BASICALLY STATING THAT CITY COLLEGE WOULD WORK TOWARD 22 PRESERVING THE MURALS AND THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT THE 23 POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A SERIES OF CLASSES OR STUDIES 24 PERTAINING TO THE MURAL AND THAT WAS WOULD BE IN 25 COOPERATION WITH MEXICO IN TERMS OF THE MURAL. MAY 26, 2011 92 1 AND WE TALKED AT THAT CEREMONY ABOUT POSSIBLY 2 LOOKING AT SOME FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD 3 ENCOMPASS BOTH THE US AND MEXICO IN TERMS OF RAISING 4 DOLLARS TO HOUSE THE MURAL. SO IT WAS VERY GENERAL. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I JUST GOT A POINT OF 6 INFORMATION. 7 SO WHAT YOU SAID, DAVID, WAS THAT IF WE -- SAY 8 WE JUST DO IT IN THE JULY MEETING, AND I KNOW THAT'S 9 REALLY -- I MEAN I'M SORRY, JUNE. 10 MR. LIGGETT: JUNE 23RD WOULD BE THE NEXT 11 MEETING. 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: NOW I GET THAT IT'S 13 PROBABLY BAD FOR FACULTY BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT 14 GOING TO BE HERE FOR THAT MEETING IF THEY HAD A VESTED 15 INTEREST IN THIS. BUT BESIDES THAT YOU REALLY, YOU KNOW, 16 THE IMPORTANT CONCERN IS COULD YOU MAKE IT BY YOUR JULY 17 1ST DEADLINE. 18 MR. LIGGETT: IT WOULD BE TOUGH BECAUSE THERE 19 ARE SQUARE FOOTAGE CALCULATIONS THAT DO RUN. AND REALLY 20 THOSE SQUARE FOOTAGE CALCULATIONS THAT YOU RUN SAY, WHAT 21 IS YOUR SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE DISTRICT? AND HOW ARE YOU 22 GOING TO ALLOCATE THINGS? AND HOW YOU ARE GOING TO 23 ALLOCATE ENROLLMENT? 24 SO ONCE YOU START ADDING ANY KIND OF NEW SQUARE 25 FOOTAGE, IT KIND OF COMPLICATES IT. AND SO THAT'S OFF -- MAY 26, 2011 93 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IN HERE THERE'S SQUARE 2 FOOTAGE. 3 MR. LIGGETT: I BELIEVE WHAT WE ARE TALKING 4 ABOUT IS NO. 8. IT'S THE ARTS BUILDING THAT WE ARE 5 TALKING ABOUT BESIDES JUST THE RENOVATION BUILDINGS, BUT 6 ACTUALLY BUILDING NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND SO MY POINT IS I 8 WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO PRESIDENT RIZZO'S NEED TO WANT -- 9 SO WHAT IF WE PASS THIS AND THEN PUT IN A SEPARATE 10 AMENDMENT, DOES THAT STILL MAKE IT TOUGH? 11 IF WE PASS THIS AND THEN WE JUST DID A SEPARATE 12 AMENDMENT AND ADDED THAT ON AT THE JUNE MEETING, IS THAT 13 STILL REALLY KIND OF TOUCH AND GO? 14 MR. LIGGETT: I GUESS I NEED A LITTLE 15 CLARIFICATION AS TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD'S 16 DIRECTION ON THE ARTS BUILDING PAN AMERICAN UNITY 17 RENOVATION NEW FACILITIES AGAIN. BESIDES THE RENOVATION 18 OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW 19 FACILITIES, AGAIN, THIS CONTEMPLATED AS PART OF THAT 20 COMPLEX. 21 I KNOW I'VE SEEN DISCUSSIONS AND PERHAPS SOME 22 VERY PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS OF SOMETHING MAYBE IN THE 23 RESERVOIR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OF A SCALE. THAT COULD 24 BE INCORPORATED ALL AS PART OF THIS AND DONE FOR THE JULY. 25 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SO, DAVID, YOU SAID THAT MAY 26, 2011 94 1 YOU ARE PREFERRING THAT WE APPROVE THIS TONIGHT -- 2 MR. LIGGETT: TONIGHT. 3 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: -- BUT MAKE SOME CHANGES -- 4 MR. LIGGETT: YES. 5 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: -- LATER WHICH COULD BE -- 6 THOSE CHANGES COULD BE APPROVED IN JUNE OR NO? 7 MR. LIGGETT: AND THEN WE CAN TRY TO INCORPORATE 8 THEM. 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: AND TRY TO INCORPORATE 10 THEM? 11 MR. LIGGETT: YES. 12 I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS 13 ONLY -- THIS IS ONLY AT A -- THIS IS AN IPP INITIAL 14 PROJECT PROPOSAL SO THE STATE -- THIS IS ON THE LIST. THE 15 STATE HASN'T DONE ANY ANALYSIS AT WHICH TIME THEY WOULD 16 LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WE ARE INTERESTED. THAT WE TURN INTO 17 A FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL. AT THAT TIME WE REALLY WOULD 18 NEED TO NAIL DOWN THE PROJECT SPECIFIC IN THAT YEAR. 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DAVID, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU 20 DON'T MAKE THE DEADLINE OF JULY 1? 21 MR. LIGGETT: IT'S ONLY HAPPENED ONCE. 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: LET'S MAKE THE DEADLINE. 23 MR. LIGGETT: YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. 24 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: JUST MAKE THE DEADLINE. 25 MR. LIGGETT: YEAH, THERE'S RULES. MAY 26, 2011 95 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YEAH, OKAY. 2 MR. LIGGETT: WE DO NOT WANT TO BE NOT IN 3 COMPLIANCE. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE DON'T WANT ANY RED 5 FLAGS. 6 MR. LIGGETT: YEAH. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. SO WHY DON'T WE 8 APPROVE IT TONIGHT SO JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE 9 WILL HAVE SOMETHING AND THEN WE CAN TRY TO COME BACK WITH 10 AN AMENDMENT TO REFLECT REALITY. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH. 12 MR. LIGGETT: THANK YOU. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A 14 FIT COMMITTEE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN AND THEN YOU 15 CAN TELL US, HEY, WE CAN'T DO IT OR HEY, IT'S GOING TO BE 16 TOUGH, BUT WE CAN'T, SO I THINK I AGREE WITH THAT. LET'S 17 JUST VOTE ON THIS NOW. 18 MR. LIGGETT: I WOULD TELL YOU THE IMPLICATIONS 19 OF WHAT IT MEANS, THE PROS AND CONS, SURE. ABSOLUTELY. 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT 21 THAT IN COMMITTEE LEVEL. 22 MR. LIGGETT: ABSOLUTELY. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 24 MR. LIGGETT: THANK YOU. 25 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THANK YOU. MAY 26, 2011 96 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO I MOVE TO APPROVE -- 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THINK IT HAS BEEN MOVED. 3 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, I DIDN'T 4 CATCH WHO MADE THE MOTION. I KNOW IT WAS SECONDED BY 5 TRUSTEE BERG. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I MADE IT. 7 COUNSEL BATTISTE: OKAY. THANK YOU. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 9 ANY COMMENT THE PUBLIC? 10 ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 11 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 20 OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: I MOVE B4. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE WONG; 24 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 25 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS MAY 26, 2011 97 1 THE "AUTHORIZATION FOR ONE CONTRACT MODIFICATION TOTALING 2 $66,400 FOR SPECIAL SERVICES CONTRACTS AND CONSTRUCTION 3 CONTRACTS." 4 TRUSTEE WONG: MR. PRESIDENT. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, ARE YOU MOVING? OH, IT 6 WAS MOVED, RIGHT? 7 TRUSTEE WONG: I'M ASKING A QUESTION. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: PETER, ARE WE GETTING MONEY BACK? 10 IS THAT THE REASON WHY THE 66,000 IS IN PARENTHESIS? 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S THE NET. THAT NUMBER IS 12 A NET OF A LONG SERIES OF CHANGES. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHAT? 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT NUMBER IS A NET AMOUNT FOR 15 A LONG SERIES OF CHANGES THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THAT LONG, 16 LONG PARAGRAPH. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: AND WHY IS IT IN PARENTHESIS? 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BECAUSE IT IS AN ACTUAL 19 REDUCTION. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: IT'S AN ACTUAL REDUCTION? 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. THE NET EFFECT IS A 22 REDUCTION -- 23 TRUSTEE WONG: OH, OKAY. 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT UNDER 25 THE CONTRACT. MAY 26, 2011 98 1 TRUSTEE WONG: ALL RIGHT. AND LET ME ASK YOU A 2 QUESTION. A PERFORMANCE BOND FOR THE CHINATOWN CAMPUS, 3 BOVIS LEND LEASE -- WE DIDN'T REQUIRE A PERFORMANCE BOND 4 FROM THEM? 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, THAT HAD BEEN AN ITEM 6 THAT WE ENDED UP NEGOTIATING FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND WILL 7 BE RESOLVED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: IT WILL BE RESOLVED. 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT WILL BE RESOLVED, YES. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: IS THAT UNUSUAL FOR US TO NOT 11 HAVE A PERFORMANCE BOND BEFORE WE APPROVE A CONTRACT? 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES, I WOULD SAY IT WAS 13 UNUSUAL. 14 TRUSTEE WONG: FOR SUCH A HUGE PROJECT. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. SO WE ARE 16 RECOMMENDING -- THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR 17 RECOMMENDING THIS RESOLUTION IS TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY, AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE 19 AN ISSUE WITH BOVIS LEND LEASE. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO. BOTH PARTIES, THE COLLEGE 21 AND BOVIS ARE IN AGREEMENT ABOUT THIS. AND I BELIEVE I 22 COULD ALSO SAY THAT SWINERTON IS ALSO RECOMMENDING THE 23 PASSAGE OF THIS TONIGHT. 24 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. IT'S 25 A SURPRISE THOUGH. OKAY. MAY 26, 2011 99 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 2 ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? 3 OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 13 B4 IS APPROVED. 14 THE NEXT RESOLUTION IS C1. 15 IS THERE A MOTION FOR C1? 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 18 IS THERE A SECOND? 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 20 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS 21 THE "EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND SERVICES PROCUREMENT OF 22 EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND SERVICES, LESS THAN $3,000." 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A DISCUSSION? 24 PUBLIC COMMENT? 25 ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF C1? MAY 26, 2011 100 1 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 10 C1 IS APPROVED. 11 C1(A). 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 13 TRUSTEE BERG: I MOVE C1(A). 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG; 16 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 17 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, C1(A) IS 18 THE "PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND SERVICES LESS 19 THAN $3,000 FOR MARCH 2011." 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 21 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 22 ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE -- OH, I'M SORRY. 23 TRUSTEE -- 24 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MARKS. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- MARKS. MAY 26, 2011 101 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHY PROVEN 2 IS ON HERE? 3 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MR. LIGGETT. MR. LIGGETT. 4 TRUSTEE MARKS: DAVID. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: DAVID. 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: WHY IS -- 7 COUNSEL BATTISTE: C1(A). 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: WHY IS PROVEN ON HERE? 9 MR. LIGGETT: WHICH ONE ARE WE ON? 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: WHY IS PROVEN ON HERE? 11 COUNSEL BATTISTE: WE ARE ON C1(A). 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WE ARE ON C1(A). 13 MR. LIGGETT: OH, I BELIEVE THEY ARE A 14 SUBCONTRACTOR WHICH -- I'M SORRY. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE REASON PROVEN IS LISTED 16 WITH A LARGE NEGATIVE NUMBER IS BECAUSE WE ENDED OUR 17 CONTRACT WITH THEM TERMINATING, AND THAT'S TO RELEASE THAT 18 AMOUNT OUT. IT'S A MINUS $2 MILLION NUMBER, MINUS 19 2,119,000. IT MEANS WE ARE NOT GOING TO PAY THEM THE LAST 20 $2,119,000. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. AND THIS WAS THE 22 PRACTICE FIELD. 23 MR. LIGGETT: PETER IS CORRECT. YOU KNOW, QUITE 24 A WHILE AGO WE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH PROVEN. 25 PROVEN STARTED THE PROJECT. WE STOPPED. SO THIS IS THE MAY 26, 2011 102 1 BALANCE OF THAT VERY LARGE CONTRACT THAT THEY NEVER 2 CONSTRUCTED. 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY, THANK YOU. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 5 ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 6 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF C1(A) SAY "AYE". 7 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 16 C1(A) IS APPROVED. 17 HUMAN RESOURCES, F1. 18 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS 19 THE "RESIGNATION WITH THE INTENT TO RETIRE AN EDUCATIONAL 20 ADMINISTRATOR." 21 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 22 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A DISCUSSION? 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I GUESS I JUST WANTED 25 TO SAY THIS IS DOC. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD. HE WAS MAY 26, 2011 103 1 AN INSTITUTION IN THIS COLLEGE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. 2 AND, YOU KNOW, HE DEALT WITH A LOT OF THE HARD ONES, A LOT 3 OF THE FOLKS THAT A LOT OF TIMES FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS 4 IN THIS COLLEGE. HE BROUGHT UP A LOT OF FOLKS THAT 5 ORDINARILY WOULD HAVE FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS. 6 IT'S REALLY SAD, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE 7 SOMEONE LIKE DOC, YOU KNOW, COME THROUGH THIS INSTITUTION 8 FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. AND HE TRAINED SO MANY OTHER 9 FACULTY TO COME BEHIND HIM. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A 10 MONUMENTAL LOSS, PARTICULARLY IN THE FACULTY AND THE STAFF 11 WHO ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WITHIN THIS INSTITUTION. HE WAS 12 A LEADER IN THAT COMMUNITY, SO I WISH WE COULD -- 13 THIS IS ONE OF THOSE YOU WISH YOU COULD TAKE IT 14 BACK AND REJECT IT AND VOTE "NO" ON THIS, BUT HE SERVED 15 HERE FOR SO LONG WITH SUCH A DISTINCTION. AND HE REALLY 16 DID WORK IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE THE HARDEST TO 17 SERVE. AND HE DID IT FOR SO LONG WITH A LOT OF GRACE AND 18 CARE, SO THIS IS A HARD ONE, BUT, YOU KNOW. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 20 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 21 PUBLIC COMMENT? 22 TRUSTEE BERG: NO, BUT -- 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK, I'M 24 SORRY. 25 TRUSTEE BERG. MAY 26, 2011 104 1 TRUSTEE BERG: I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID. 2 HE WAS REALLY AN INSTITUTION. AND HE WAS ALWAYS THERE. 3 AND HE WAS REALLY QUITE WONDERFUL AND DID A GREAT DEAL FOR 4 THE COLLEGE. BUT HE DESERVES HIS REST AND RELAXATION, SO 5 HE'S GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 7 COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? 8 ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 9 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 18 F1 IS APPROVED. 19 F2. 20 TRUSTEE BERG: I MOVE F2. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: WITH THE CAVEAT THAT I WOULD LIKE 25 TO TABLE THIS BECAUSE TALK ABOUT AN INSTITUTION. I DON'T MAY 26, 2011 105 1 KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO SURVIVE WITHOUT JIM KEENAN, 2 FRANKLY. 3 I MEAN HE WAS THE GO-TO GUY FOR EVERY ONE OF US. 4 I MEAN AS FAR BACK AS I'VE BEEN THERE AND FOR EVERYBODY. 5 I MEAN AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING YOU'VE GOT 6 SOMETHING, SOME WATER MAIN EXPLODING ON THE CAMPUS AND 7 THERE HE IS. HE IS REALLY WONDERFUL. HE IS GOING TO BE 8 SORELY MISSED, REALLY MISSED. BUT HE ALSO DESERVES TO 9 HAVE A REST. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO IF WE VOTE "NO," DOES THAT 11 MEAN HE CAN'T RETIRE? 12 TRUSTEE BERG: IT DOES. AND THAT MEANS WE DON'T 13 ACCEPT IT. WE DON'T ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION. I DON'T 14 THINK WE'VE EVER DONE IT. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CHOICE 16 ACTUALLY. HE'S GOING TO DO WHAT HE WANTS. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 18 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 19 PUBLIC COMMENT? 20 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 21 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) MAY 26, 2011 106 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 5 F2 IS CARRIED. 6 F3. 7 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS 8 ANOTHER "RESIGNATION WITH THE INTENT TO RETIRE A 9 NON-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATOR." 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A MOTION FOR F3? 11 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 15 IS THERE A DISCUSSION? 16 PUBLIC COMMENT? 17 OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 18 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. MAY 26, 2011 107 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 2 F3 IS APPROVED. 3 SO HAVE P1. 4 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS 5 THE SECOND READING OF P1. THIS IS TO "AMEND THE SFCCD 6 POLICY BY ADDING BOARD POLICY BP 2420 AUTHORIZATION TO 7 ENCUMBER THE DISTRICT." 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE DISCUSSION ABOUT P1? 9 COUNSEL BATTISTE: DID SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION? 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, I'M SORRY. 11 IS THERE A MOTION FOR P1? 12 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 14 SECOND? 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 17 OKAY, NOW IS THERE A DISCUSSION? 18 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, THERE IS DISCUSSION. 19 S3, I THINK IS REALLY PART OF P1. AND I THINK 20 THAT S3 REALLY OUGHT NOT BE AN S RESOLUTION, BUT SHOULD 21 REALLY BE A POLICY MANUAL REVISION OR ADDITION. SO I 22 THINK THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE P1 IS 23 AUTHORIZING PEOPLE TO ENCUMBER THE DISTRICT. AND S3 IS 24 GIVING THOSE PEOPLE -- LISTING THE PEOPLE, LISTING THE 25 TITLES OF THE PEOPLE. MAY 26, 2011 108 1 COUNSEL BATTISTE: CORRECT. 2 TRUSTEE BERG: AND I THINK THAT THAT REALLY 3 APPROPRIATELY SHOULD BE A PART OF P1. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN 5 COMMENT ON THAT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION? 6 MR. JAZAIE ISN'T HERE, IS HE? 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WE CAN'T EVEN TALK 8 ABOUT S3 UNTIL WE -- 9 TRUSTEE WONG: WE HAVEN'T MOVED IT. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- MOVE IT. SO WE HAVE 11 TO DEAL WITH -- 12 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, I KNOW -- 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- THIS POLICY. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: -- WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO 15 THAT TO TAKE S1 (SIC) AND MAKE IT PART OF P OR WE CAN 16 TABLE ONE OF THEM AND JUST ADD IT NEXT MONTH. WHATEVER 17 YOU THINK, BUT I AM JUST WEIGHING IN ON THE FACT THAT I 18 THINK S1 (SIC) REALLY IS MORE APPROPRIATELY PART P1. 19 SO WE CAN MOVE P1 AND THEN MOVE TO AMEND P1 BY 20 PUTTING S1 (SIC) INTO IT. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I UNDERSTAND. TRUSTEE BERG 22 WANTS TO INCLUDE S3 IN P1 AS A POLICY. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 24 TRUSTEE WONG: IS THERE ANY URGENCY FOR US TO 25 PASS P1 NOW? MAY 26, 2011 109 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, BECAUSE HE IS NOT 2 HERE. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: BECAUSE I AM THINKING PERHAPS IT 4 CAN BE REMANDED TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE -- 5 TRUSTEE BERG: AND BE REWRITTEN. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: -- TO BE REWRITTEN SO THAT IT 7 COMES TO US IN ONE CONCISE CLEAR RESOLUTION. YOU KNOW, WE 8 ARE COPYING AND PASTING HERE AS WE ARE GOING WHICH IS NOT 9 A GOOD THING WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AS 10 IMPORTANT AS THIS. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: SO I WOULD LIKE TO -- 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, AND THE PRIME 13 SPONSOR IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: SO I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE P1 TO 15 THE NEXT MEETING. AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN HAVE A 16 POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING IN BETWEEN. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WELL -- 18 TRUSTEE BERG: SO I WANT TO MOVE TO TABLE IT TO 19 A TIME CERTAIN TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION TO 22 TABLE. 23 THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ON A MOTION TO TABLE. 24 SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 25 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. MAY 26, 2011 110 1 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL AGREE WITH THAT. 9 OPPOSED? 10 I THINK AT THE POLICY COMMITTEE I WOULD LIKE TO 11 HEAR FROM SOMEONE WHO HELPED US CREATE THIS. THIS WAS IN 12 THE AUDIT COMMITTEE BEFORE IT WAS WITH THE POLICY 13 COMMITTEE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE RATIONALE AS TO 14 WHY IT WAS DONE THIS WAY. I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: SO WE WOULD BE THRILLED TO HAVE 16 YOU AT THE POLICY COMMITTEE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: SO THAT MEANS S3 SHOULD ALSO BE. 19 TRUSTEE BERG: WHEN WE GET TO THE S'S. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHY DON'T WE DO THAT NOW? 21 TRUSTEE WONG: I MOVE S3. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVE TO TABLE IT? 23 TRUSTEE WONG: YEAH, I MOVE TO TABLE IT -- 24 TRUSTEE BERG: TO A TIME CERTAIN NEXT MONTH. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: -- TO A TIME CERTAIN. MAY 26, 2011 111 1 TRUSTEE BERG: NEXT MONTH. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO IT'S THERE'S A MOTION BY 5 TRUSTEE WONG AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON TO TABLE ALSO 6 S3. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: CAN I ASK A POINT OF 8 INFORMATION? 9 DID THIS -- THIS WENT THROUGH THE POLICY 10 COMMITTEE BEFORE, RIGHT? 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: YEAH, IT'S FOR A FIRST MEETING. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HOW COME THAT WASN'T 14 CAUGHT? 15 TRUSTEE BERG: BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE S1 (SIC). 16 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER SEEN S1 (SIC) WHERE YOU 17 ACTUALLY -- 18 TRUSTEE WONG: YOU MEAN S3. 19 TRUSTEE BERG: I MEAN S3 -- 20 TRUSTEE WONG: YEAH. 21 TRUSTEE BERG: -- WHERE YOU'VE ACTUALLY 22 DELINEATED THE PEOPLE. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, OKAY. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT THEY 25 THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAPPEN, WHICH IS WHAT THEY GENESIS WAS MAY 26, 2011 112 1 FOR P1, BUT S1 -- S3 WASN'T THERE. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: NO PROBLEM. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 4 TABLING S3? 5 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 14 ALL RIGHT. SO P2 HAS NOT BEEN TO A COMMITTEE 15 YET. I WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I DON'T THINK WE NEED A MOTION 18 BECAUSE I THINK THIS HAS NOT BEEN TO A COMMITTEE. IT'S IN 19 OUR -- 20 IS THAT CORRECT? 21 TRUSTEE MARKS: YOU HAVE THE PREROGATIVE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, I WILL HONOR THE MOTION 23 THEN. 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I MEAN YOU CAN JUST DO 25 IT YOURSELF. MAY 26, 2011 113 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. WELL, BUT -- 2 TRUSTEE MARKS, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING 3 ABOUT IT BEFORE WE DO OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL IT 4 COMES BACK OR -- 5 TRUSTEE MARKS: WELL, I THINK THAT THERE ARE 6 TIMES WHEN THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW THE FREQUENCY WITH 7 WHICH MEMBERS OF IT'S ELECTED BOARD ARE SHOWING UP FOR THE 8 JOB. SO WITH THAT, I WILL SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: YEAH. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTION 12 THEN, THIS WILL GO TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE P2. 13 OKAY, P3. 14 COUNSEL, WOULD YOU MIND READING THAT? 15 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, P3 IS THE 16 "NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMEND SFCCD POLICY MANUAL BY 17 AIDING PM 1.17 AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER." 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NOW THIS ONE -- THIS ONE WAS 19 AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND ACTUALLY WORKED OVER BY THE -- 20 YOU KNOW, LINE BY LINE LITERALLY AT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, 21 BUT HAS NOT BEEN TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE. 22 TRUSTEE BERG HAS REQUESTED THAT IT GO TO THE 23 POLICY COMMITTEE. I THINK I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT. 24 BUT SINCE THIS HAS BEEN TO A COMMITTEE, I DON'T THINK THAT 25 I CAN, BUT THE CHAIR, CAN SEND THIS, SO I WOULD REQUEST A MAY 26, 2011 114 1 VOTE TO SEND THIS TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE IF THAT'S ALL 2 RIGHT. 3 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT 4 WE WOULD REALLY LIKE YOU TO JOIN US. YOU ARE ON THE AUDIT 5 COMMITTEE, RIGHT? 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I AM ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. 7 TRUSTEE BERG: SO TO GIVE US INPUT INTO WHAT 8 YOUR THINKING WAS. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 10 TRUSTEE BERG: I HAVE SOME CONCERNS AND 11 QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION. 12 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YEAH, MR. PRESIDENT, TO MAKE 13 IT CLEAN, YOU MAY WANT TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO TABLE IT AND 14 THEN SEND IT TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, THAT'S -- I AM ASKING 16 FOR THAT. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: THAT'S FINE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- TO TABLE IT AND SEND IT TO 19 THE POLICY COMMITTEE. 20 TRUSTEE BERG: I MOVE TO TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT 21 MEETING AND SEND IT TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I'VE GOT A POINT OF 23 INFORMATION. BECAUSE IF WE ARE FORWARDING THIS TO POLICY 24 COMMITTEE, I JUST WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE I AM NOT ON THE 25 POLICY COMMITTEE, HOW MANY -- DOES IT MEET REGULARLY OR MAY 26, 2011 115 1 NO? 2 TRUSTEE BERG: FAIRLY, YEAH. WE MEET ABOUT ONCE 3 A MONTH OR SO. WE ACTUALLY -- THE POLICY COMMITTEE 4 ACTUALLY MEETS WHEN THERE'S A POLICY TO BE CONSIDERED. 5 COUNSEL BATTISTE: RIGHT. YEAH. 6 TRUSTEE BERG: SO WE'VE MET. WE HAVE MET. WE 7 HAVE CONVENED. AND THIS SHOULD GO TO THE POLICY 8 COMMITTEE. AND IT WILL BE SCHEDULED BETWEEN NOW AND THE 9 NEXT MEETING. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: AND I WILL HAVE THE CHANCELLOR'S 12 OFFICE SEND OUT A MEMORANDUM. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: GOT IT. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO, TRUSTEE BERG, DID YOU MOVE 15 THIS? 16 TRUSTEE BERG: I DID. 17 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, SHE DID. I DON'T 18 BELIEVE THERE WAS A SECOND. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A SECOND? 20 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE WONG SECONDED IT. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SINCE THE CHANCELLOR 23 PUT IT OUT THERE, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TIME SENSITIVE IT WAS. 24 YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STUFF LIKE TRUSTEE NGO'S RESOLUTION 25 IS NOT TIME SENSITIVE, BUT IF THIS IS, THAT'S WHY I JUST MAY 26, 2011 116 1 WANT TO KNOW. NOT THAT YOU GUYS DON'T -- I JUST WANTED TO 2 CLARIFY IT. 3 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, I TABLED IT TO THE NEXT 4 MEETING SO IT HAS TO BE IN BETWEEN -- 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: PERFECT. 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: AND IT IS NOT TIME 7 SENSITIVE. AND I TOTALLY AGREE. LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE 8 OF IT, I DID RAISE SOME OBJECTIONS TO THIS IN THE AUDIT 9 COMMITTEE. AND SO I THINK BY GOING THROUGH THE POLICY 10 COMMITTEE WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 12 SO WHAT THIS IS IS THAT IT'S A CHARTER FOR THE 13 AUDIT COMMITTEE. IT'S KIND OF AN IDEA THAT OUR INTERNAL 14 AUDITOR AND OUR CPA, OUR VOLUNTEER CPA AUDIT COMMITTEE 15 MEMBER SUGGESTS AS KIND OF A BEST PRACTICE FOR THE AUDIT 16 COMMITTEE TO HAVE A CHARTER. 17 TRUSTEE GRIER: SO -- 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: -- PRESIDENT RIZZO, DID YOU SAY 20 THAT OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR AND SOMEONE ELSE HAD LOOKED AT 21 THIS. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY, BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO 24 BE MY RECOMMENDATION FOR -- ESPECIALLY THE INTERNAL 25 AUDITOR RIC JAZAIE -- MAY 26, 2011 117 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: -- WOULD BE THERE. 3 ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE MEETING IS 4 SCHEDULED FOR BECAUSE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE AT THAT 5 MEETING. I MEAN THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION 6 THAT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT VERY CLOSELY. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I MIGHT -- LET ME SEE IF I 8 HAVE THAT CALENDAR. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: POINT OF ORDER. CAN I -- 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: DON'T WE HAVE A CHARTER -- AN 12 AUDIT CHARTER? 13 TRUSTEE BERG: NO. 14 COUNSEL BATTISTE: NO. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I DON'T THINK SO. 16 TRUSTEE MARKS: I -- 17 COUNSEL BATTISTE: WHAT YOU PASSED I THINK TWO 18 YEARS AGO WAS AN INTERNAL AUDIT CHARTER THAT ALSO NEEDS TO 19 BE REVISED. 20 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, MAY I -- 21 TRUSTEE MARKS: AND DO WE HAVE A CPA ON -- 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE DO. 23 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: PRESIDENT RIZZO, MAY I COMMENT TO 25 THAT? MAY 26, 2011 118 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 2 TRUSTEE BERG: I THINK THAT I WOULD TAKE ISSUE 3 WITH AN AUDIT CHARTER. I THINK THAT I WOULD MORE 4 APPROPRIATELY SAY THAT THIS IS THE POLICIES AND 5 RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN AUDIT COMMITTEE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. I THINK MR. JAZAIE 7 SHOULD BE HERE. HE GAVE US REASONS WHY THIS WOULD BE 8 CALLED A CHARTER, BUT -- 9 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS 10 THAT WITH HIM. THAT'S FINE. 11 TRUSTEE GRIER: WERE YOU AT THIS MEETING? 12 TRUSTEE BERG: NO. NO. THIS IS NOT MY 13 COMMITTEE. 14 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S A 16 MOTION TO SEND THIS TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE. 17 COUNSEL BATTISTE: WELL, TO TABLE IT AND THEN TO 18 SEND IT TO THE -- 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TO TABLE IT, OKAY. 20 IS THERE ANY COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE? 21 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 22 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. MAY 26, 2011 119 1 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 6 OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES. 7 S1. 8 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, S1 IS A 9 "BOARD RESOLUTION FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES' MEETING 10 AGENDAS SHALL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AS SEPARATE FILES." 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. WE -- FOR A FEW MONTHS 12 THE BOARD AGENDAS WERE BEING POSTED AS ONE BIG PDF FILE. 13 AND I RECEIVED A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WHO WORK 14 AT CITY COLLEGE AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC 15 THAT A TEN MEGABYTE FILE WITH OUR ENTIRE AGENDA WAS 16 UNWIELDY WHEN SOMEONE WANTED A SINGLE RESOLUTION. 17 SO THIS ACTUALLY HAS BEEN CHANGED NOW. THEY ARE 18 BEING POSTED ON AS SEPARATE FILES AGAIN. BUT I WOULD 19 STILL LIKE US TO PASS A RESOLUTION JUST TO SHOW OUR INTENT 20 TO SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT THE BOARD IS BEHIND THIS AND THEN 21 WE WILL HAVE IT ON RECORD IN CASE THE ISSUE EVER COMES UP 22 AGAIN. SO I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION. 23 WAS IT MOVED? 24 COUNSEL BATTISTE: IT WAS NOT. 25 TRUSTEE MARKS: I MOVE. MAY 26, 2011 120 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE MARKS. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO BEFORE IT WAS PUT IN 5 PDF FORM AS ONE SINGLE FORM AND SO YOU COULDN'T CLICK ON 6 THE INDIVIDUAL RESOLUTIONS? 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CORRECT. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND NOW IT'S WHAT? 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NOW IT IS. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD 10 AN INDIVIDUAL RESOLUTION BY ITSELF. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND BEFORE, YOU COULD 12 DO WHAT? 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IF YOU WANTED AN INDIVIDUAL -- 14 AND THIS WAS ONLY FOR A FEW MONTHS. IT USED TO BE 15 INDIVIDUAL RESOLUTIONS -- 16 COUNSEL BATTISTE: RIGHT. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- AND THEN IT CHANGED. IF 18 YOU WANTED AN INDIVIDUAL RESOLUTION, YOU WOULD GET A PDF 19 FILE WITH THIS WHOLE THING. AND IT WAS -- 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YOU HAD TO SCROLL -- 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- A HUNDRED PAGES, AND YOU 22 WOULD HAVE TO SCROLL THROUGH ALL OF THEM -- 23 COUNSEL BATTISTE: HUNDREDS. 24 TRUSTEE RIZZO: IT WAS TEN MEGABYTES IN SIZE. 25 IT WAS VERY -- MAY 26, 2011 121 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: DID WE CHECK IN WITH 2 OUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY -- 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE DID. AND HE SOLVED THE 4 PROBLEM. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: CAN I ASK WHEN ARE THESE POSTED 8 ONLINE. FIVE O'CLOCK ON MONDAYS? 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I DON'T KNOW. 10 COUNSEL BATTISTE: USUALLY BY THAT TIME. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A LONG 12 TIME THAT WE POST THEM BY FRIDAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK BECAUSE 13 IT WOULDN'T BE THAT MUCH MORE EFFORT. AND IT WOULD ENABLE 14 THAT MUCH MORE ACCESS TO THEM THAT MUCH MORE TRANSPARENCY 15 SO -- 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. ANY FURTHER COMMENT 17 FROM THE BOARD? 18 ANY DISCUSSION? 19 KAREN SAGINOR -- STUDENT TRUSTEE. 20 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT 21 RIZZO. 22 AS I SAID, AS I AM PART OF THE FIT COMMITTEE, I 23 WAS DISCUSSING S1 IN THE RESOLUTION. THE FACT IS IT WAS 24 RESOLVED VERY QUICKLY. AND I KNOW THE PUBLIC IS CONCERNED 25 ABOUT THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE RESOLUTION AS THE MAY 26, 2011 122 1 STANDALONE PDF'S, BUT SINCE IT IS RESOLVED VERY QUICKLY 2 AND THE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE VERY NIMBLE 3 AND QUICK IN SOLVING THESE ISSUES, I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS 4 NECESSARY TO PASS THIS AS A MANDATE TO BE CREATED IN THAT 5 WAY. SO I WOULD THINK THAT WE CAN TRUST THE TECHNOLOGY 6 OFFICE TO BE ON TOP OF IT CONSTANTLY. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 8 PUBLIC COMMENT? 9 MS. SAGINOR: KAREN SAGINOR, ACADEMIC SENATE 10 PRESIDENT. 11 SO I NOTICED ON THE SHARED GOVERNANCE REVIEW 12 SECTION HERE IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING FILLED OUT ONE WAY 13 OR THE OTHER. I THINK THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE ON 14 THIS, IT PROBABLY WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET A SHARED 15 GOVERNANCE REVIEW. WE DON'T HAVE -- THERE'S NOT AN 16 IMMEDIATE NEED TO APPROVE IT TONIGHT. THE BACKGROUND 17 INFORMATION AT THIS POINT, OF COURSE, IS NOT QUITE RIGHT 18 BECAUSE IT SAYS, "NOW THEY ARE ALL IN ONE FILE" AND, OF 19 COURSE, RIGHT NOW THEY ARE NOT ALL IN ONE FILE. THEY HAVE 20 BEEN SEPARATED OUT. 21 ALTHOUGH THIS DEALS WITH INFORMATION PERTAINING 22 TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS YOU POINTED OUT, IT'S USED BY 23 THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. WE DO HAVE A 24 LOT OF EXPERTISE WITHIN SHARED GOVERNANCE, THE 25 COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE WHICH REPORTS TO THE COLLEGE MAY 26, 2011 123 1 ADVISORY COUNCIL. I THINK IF THERE ISN'T A RUSH TO 2 APPROVE IT TONIGHT, IT MIGHT BE VERY HELPFUL TO SEND IT TO 3 SHARED GOVERNANCE IF YOU WANT TO PURSUE IT. 4 IN ANY CASE WE DIDN'T SAY, AND I THINK THAT'S 5 ONE OF THE REASONS IT WASN'T CHECKED "YES" OR "NO". NO 6 ONE WAS REALLY QUITE SURE. IT'S LIKE, WELL, THESE ARE THE 7 PAGES THAT THE BOARD OWNS, SO IT DOESN'T NEED SHARED 8 GOVERNANCE OR BUT IT'S THE PAGES THAT ARE USED. IT'S PART 9 OF OUR WHOLE WHAT WE OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY THEN IT WOULD 10 BE SHARED GOVERNANCE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THOUGHT YOU WERE ONE OF THE 12 PEOPLE WHO ASKED FOR THIS ORIGINALLY. 13 MS. SAGINOR: I HAD ASKED FOR THIS ACTION TO BE 14 TAKEN PLACE. I HADN'T ACTUALLY ASKED FOR A RESOLUTION TO 15 BE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD, BUT SOMETIMES WRITING A 16 RESOLUTION CAN GET AN ACTION TO HAPPEN CERTAINLY. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THIS SOMETHING THAT 18 REQUIRES SHARED GOVERNANCE APPROVAL OR -- 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I WOULD JUST OFFER THAT 20 THIS --I MEAN THIS IS -- I MEAN IT'S ALREADY DONE. I JUST 21 WANT TO GET BACK TO PARTLY TRUSTEE FANG'S COMMENT. IT IS 22 ALREADY DONE. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH A PACKED 23 MEETING ALREADY. SO I WOULD HATE TO PUT AN EXTRA THING ON 24 SHARED GOVERNANCE'S AGENDA. SO I MEAN IF IT'S ALREADY 25 DONE AND WE ARE ALREADY OPERATING UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM MAY 26, 2011 124 1 ANYWAY, I WOULD JUST OFFER THIS IS NOT A HUGE DEAL. 2 SO MAYBE WE COULD JUST PASS THIS AND, YOU KNOW, 3 JUST MOVE FORWARD. NOT STEPPING ON ANY TOES, BUT KNOWING 4 THAT YOU GUYS HAVE A PACKED AGENDA, AND THAT IT'S ALREADY 5 KIND OF DONE ANYWAY. AND WE ALL KIND OF AGREE THAT THAT'S 6 SOMETHING WE WANTED TO DO. 7 SO I KNOW THERE WAS COMMENTS EVEN IN THE 8 COMMITTEE MEETING DID WE HAVE TO DO THIS RESOLUTION OR 9 NOT, SO I WOULD PREFER TO JUST MOVE FORWARD AND YOU 10 KNOW -- 11 MS. SAGINOR: THE ONE CONCERN I HAVE I THINK 12 ABOUT APPROVING IT WITHOUT A SHARED GOVERNANCE REVIEW IS 13 THAT IT SORT OF SETS A PRECEDENT AND IT'S SAYING, OKAY, 14 THIS IS HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE. SO AS THINGS CHANGE, 15 RIGHT, IF IT BECOMES ADVISABLE TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE 16 DIFFERENTLY THAN SOMEONE SAY, OH, BUT THERE WAS THIS 17 RESOLUTION. YOU CAN'T -- A, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE 18 BOARD TO GET IT CHANGED. AND B, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S 19 A SHARED GOVERNANCE ISSUE, SO IT'S -- 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BUT IS IT REALLY A SHARED 21 GOVERNANCE ISSUE? DOES IT FALL UNDER THAT -- THOSE 11 22 ITEMS? 23 I DON'T KNOW THAT IT DOES. 24 MS. SAGINOR: I'M SORRY. I WASN'T SAYING IT'S 25 AN ACADEMIC SENATE ISSUE. THE 11 ITEMS ARE THE ACADEMIC MAY 26, 2011 125 1 SENATE ISSUE. IT'S NOT ONE THAT THE ACADEMIC SENATE NEEDS 2 TO PASS ON. BUT IT'S THE PURVIEW OF SHARED GOVERNANCE, 3 RIGHT, OF THE COLLEGE ADVISORY COUNCIL. IT INCLUDES LOTS 4 OF ISSUES THAT ARE NOT ONE OF THE ACADEMIC AND 5 PROFESSIONAL MATTERS. THE COLLEGE PLANNING AND BUDGETING 6 COUNCIL INCLUDES ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ACADEMIC AND 7 PROFESSIONAL MATTERS. 8 IT CERTAINLY DEALS WITH THE KINDS OF WORK THAT'S 9 DONE THROUGH THE COLLEGE. IT'S NOT -- 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: COULD I? 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, TRUSTEE MARKS. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: I AM GOING TO READ OUT OF THE 13 POLICY MANUAL. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: "AN AGENDA SHALL BE POSTED IN 16 ACCORDANCE WITH THE DISTRICT'S SUNSHINE POLICY ADJACENT TO 17 THE PLACE OF MEETING AND HAVE EFFICIENT POSTS AND 18 LOCATIONS AND DELIVERED ALONG WITH ACCOMPANYING 19 RESOLUTIONS AND ANY EXPLANATORY MATERIALS IN COMPLETE AND 20 FINAL FORM TO TRUSTEES AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE 21 MEETING TIME FOR REGULAR MEETINGS. OFFICIAL POSTING 22 LOCATIONS FOR ALL MEETING NOTICES AND AGENDAS ARE THE 23 ENTRANCE DOOR AT 33 GOUGH STREET, THE ENTRANCE TO THE 24 LOBBY OF CONLAN HALL AT 50 PHELAN AVENUE AND THE 25 DISTRICT'S WEBSITE." MAY 26, 2011 126 1 "PUBLIC RECORDS RELATED TO AGENDAS: PUBLIC 2 RECORDS THAT CONCERN AN AGENDA ITEM FOR AN OPEN SESSION OF 3 A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD, IF DISTRIBUTED LESS THAN 4 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING TO A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS 5 OF THE BOARD, SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC 6 INSPECTION AT THE SAME TIME AS THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED TO 7 BOARD MEMBERS." 8 SO I WANT TO PUT THIS ON A SUBSEQUENT AGENDA. 9 HOW DO I DO THAT? HOW DO I RECONCILE WHAT'S IN HERE -- 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: -- WITH WHAT OUR PRACTICES ARE? 12 WHAT OUR PRACTICE TO DATE HAS BEEN SO FAR? 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AS FAR AS POSTING? YOU DON'T 14 THINK WE ARE DOING WHAT YOU SAID. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: NO, I DON'T. I DON'T. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: BECAUSE GOHAR OVER THERE, YOU 18 KNOW, SHE DELIVERED TO ME MY PACKAGE ON FRIDAY AT 19 FIVE O'CLOCK. BY THE TIME I WENT THROUGH IT, THEN THE 20 REST OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE HAD ACCESS TO WHAT I HAD 21 ACCESS TO. AND BY THE TIME, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD ACCESS TO 22 IT, THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TUESDAY MORNING AND SHE WOULD 23 HAVE HAD TO -- YOU SEE WHAT I AM SAYING? 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I DO SEE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. 25 YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE PUBLIC DID NOT GET ACCESS TO IT AT MAY 26, 2011 127 1 THE SAME TIME THAT THE TRUSTEES DID, WHICH WAS FRIDAY. 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: YEAH. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT 5 IT. IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER. SO WE 6 NEED TO LOOK AND SEE IF THAT'S FEASIBLE TO PUT IT UP ON 7 FRIDAY. 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I DON'T KNOW. 10 PETER, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 11 DR. HOTCHKISS. 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: POINT OF INFORMATION. 13 I DON'T THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT S1 IS 14 ANYMORE. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OH, I'M SORRY. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND SO I MEAN WE CAN -- 17 I MEAN WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OFFLINE, BUT RIGHT 18 NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT -- 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: I DON'T NEED YOU TO ANSWER RIGHT 20 NOW. 21 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, I DON'T THINK 22 THERE WAS AN ANSWER. SO CAN WE VOTE UP OR DOWN ON THIS? 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEES MARKS, WE WILL FIGURE 24 OUT A WAY TO SEE HOW WE CAN BRING THIS UP. 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: PRESIDENT RIZZO. MAY 26, 2011 128 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A 3 COMMENT AGAIN. 4 JUST ON S1, IT'S AT THE MOMENT AND TIME, LIKE I 5 SAID AGAIN, IT'S BEEN DONE. I AM NOT AGAINST THE 6 RESOLUTION IN PRINCIPLE. HOWEVER, AS MENTIONED, IT IS 7 ADVISABLE TO HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE BE ON TOP OF IT 8 RATHER THAN US SETTING IT AS A DECREE OF ANY SORT. THAT 9 KEEPS IT FROZEN. 10 AND THEN IN THE FUTURE IF ANOTHER METHOD THAT'S 11 BETTER FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS THE FILE COMES UP, WE NOW 12 NEED ANOTHER RESOLUTION. AND I DON'T THINK -- I THINK WE 13 CAN MAKE THINGS EASIER AND MORE EFFICIENT BY HAVING THE 14 TECHNOLOGY OFFICE TAKE CARE OF IT. AND IF WE NOTICE 15 ANYTHING DIFFERENT, WE'LL JUST GIVE THE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE 16 A CALL AND LET THEM KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED 17 ACCORDINGLY. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I WOULD JUST SAY I 19 DISAGREE WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT. NOT THAT -- THE ONLY 20 REASON I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DONE 21 IT BEFORE. BUT IF IT CHANGED, IT WOULD COME TO US ANYWAY, 22 SO THERE'S NO POINT. I MEAN IT WOULD COME TO US ANYWAY, 23 SO IF THE RESOLUTION IS JUST HERE RIGHT NOW, NOTHING IS 24 EVER FROZEN BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE ANOTHER 25 RESOLUTION. THERE'S ALWAYS A MONTH. THIS IS NOT TIME MAY 26, 2011 129 1 SENSITIVE. 2 EVEN IF THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY, THIS IS NOT 3 SOMETHING I WOULD THINK IS TIME SENSITIVE, SO SOMETHING 4 LIKE THIS CAN ALWAYS -- ANYTHING CAN CHANGE. I MEAN LIKE 5 I SAID, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A STATUE OF THE CHANCELLOR, 6 ALL IT TAKES IS A RESOLUTION TO DO IT. 7 SO HONESTLY, LIKE IT'S BOARD -- THIS IS BOARD 8 POLICY ABOUT OUR AGENDA. IF THAT'S NOT IN OUR REALM TO 9 CHANGE AS WE SEE FIT, THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH ELSE THAT'S IN 10 OUR REALM. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: TRUSTEE JACKSON, WHAT I 12 MEANT WAS THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE IT IN A 13 RESOLUTION. I BELIEVE IT CAN BE DONE WITH A PHONE CALL OR 14 AN E-MAIL. THAT'S ALL I MEANT. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: COULD I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT 16 THIS, PRESIDENT RIZZO? 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 18 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, IT SEEMS TO ME ONCE -- IN 19 ORDER TO PRINT THIS AGENDA, IT HAS TO BE ALREADY 20 COMPLETELY ON THE COMPUTER. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? 21 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 22 TRUSTEE BERG: ISN'T THIS ALL ON THE COMPUTER? 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: SO I WOULD THINK THAT WE ACTUALLY 25 MEET THE PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY BY JUST TELLING EVERYBODY MAY 26, 2011 130 1 THAT IT'S AVAILABLE ON THE COMPUTER FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S 2 THE PUBLIC. THAT'S OUR CONSTITUENCIES. AND I SUPPOSE 3 THAT'S FOR US. THOUGH IT WOULD KILL ME TO HAVE TO READ IT 4 ALL ON THE COMPUTER. I THINK IT'S HARD TO READ IT ALL ON 5 THE COMPUTER. I MEAN IT'S LOT OF MATERIAL. 6 BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IT'S AVAILABLE ON 7 THE COMPUTERS. I MEAN I DON'T THINK WE NEED A RESOLUTION. 8 IT'S THERE. JUST LET PEOPLE KNOW IT'S THERE. USE IT IF 9 YOU WANT, DON'T USE IT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. ARE WE READY FOR A 11 VOTE? 12 NO, WE HAVE -- 13 TRUSTEE WONG: I HAVE A COMMENT. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, TRUSTEE WONG. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING 16 ABOUT THIS FOR WHAT, 20 MINUTES, 25 MINUTES. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: AND IT'S NOT A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE, 19 BUT IT SURE SEEMS LIKE IT IS. AND I THINK THAT ALL SIDES 20 BRING UP GOOD POINTS. BUT I WOULD THINK THAT IN THE 21 SPIRIT OF COLLEGIALITY, THE FACT THAT THERE IS SOME 22 CONCERNS REGARDING SHARED GOVERNANCE AND THE PROCESS THAT 23 IT COULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE, MIGHT HAVE GONE THROUGH AND 24 THE FACT THAT THE SYSTEM HAS ALREADY BEEN CHANGED, THEN 25 WHY ENGENDER UNNECESSARY CONCERNS AND RANCOR BY PASSING MAY 26, 2011 131 1 THIS. 2 WHY DON'T WE JUST LET IT GO AGAIN, WITH 3 TREMENDOUS, WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS, THE COMMENT OF OUR 4 TRUSTEE FANG IS JUST TO ALLOW THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT TO 5 HANDLE IT. 6 IN THE MEANTIME, WE WON'T BE SETTING ANY 7 PRECEDENT IN TERMS OF MAKING THESE KINDS OF RESOLUTIONS 8 WITHOUT GOING THROUGH SHARED GOVERNANCE. SO I THINK THAT 9 WE SHOULD JUST VOTE THIS DOWN. 10 TRUSTEE BERG: OR TABLE IT. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: OR TABLE IT. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: I WILL SECOND THAT. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: I MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: I SECOND IT. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THERE'S MOTION TO TABLE. 16 TRUSTEE BERG: AND I SECOND IT. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, I WILL SAY THAT TO ALL 18 THE PEOPLE IN SHARED GOVERNANCE, IF THIS IS NOT PASSED 19 TONIGHT, THEN IT SHOULD GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS AS A 20 SINGLE DOCUMENT BECAUSE IT WAS THE PEOPLE FROM SHARED 21 GOVERNANCE WHO FIRST COMPLAINED TO ME THAT THERE WAS A 22 PROBLEM. AND NOW THERE'S NO SUPPORT FOR IT. I THINK IT 23 SHOULD GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS THEN IF THIS IS NOT 24 APPROVED. 25 OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MAY 26, 2011 132 1 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE MARKS: NO. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): NO. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 10 ARE YOU VOTING "YES" OR "NO"? 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: I AM OPPOSED. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I AM OPPOSED ALSO. 13 MR. FITZGERALD: I'M SORRY, GUYS, I DON'T MEAN 14 TO EXTEND THIS ANYMORE THAN IT NEEDS TO GO, BUT THE LINK 15 THING SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA. BEING IN JOURNALISM, 16 LOOKING AT THE MINUTES ALL THE TIME, TOO MUCH, RELYING ON 17 THEM TO WRITE ABOUT CITY COLLEGE STORIES AND BEING THE 18 BREAD AND BUTTER, ALONG WITH CITY CURRENTS WHERE WE GET 19 OUR IDEAS FOR OUR STORIES. HAVING IT LINKED TO SECTIONS 20 WOULD BE SUCH, SUCH A BURDEN OFF OUR SHOULDERS TO SEARCH 21 THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO FIND THESE STORIES. 22 THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT HELP AND AID TO US IN 23 JOURNALISM. 24 AND ALSO, GETTING THEM TWO DAYS EARLIER WHEN WE 25 HAVE A WEDNESDAY DEADLINE, AND I HAVE REPORTERS WHO ARE MAY 26, 2011 133 1 TRYING TO GET THERE AND GET OUT THERE AND HAVE THESE 2 STORIES DONE, AN EXTRA TWO DAYS TO COPY EDIT, AN EXTRA TWO 3 DAYS TO GO OVER THESE STORIES, IT HELPS A LOT. I DON'T 4 MEAN TO OVERBURDEN FOR A PROCESS FOR JUST OUR JOURNALISM 5 DEPARTMENT, I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT. BUT IF YOU WANT ONE 6 PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT WE NEED THIS AND ONE PIECE OF 7 EVIDENCE THAT IT COULD HELP, THAT'S YOUR PIECE. THANKS. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: YOU HAVE IT NOW. IT'S DONE. 9 IT'S ALREADY DONE. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: S4. WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE 11 NEXT ITEM. 12 THANK YOU. 13 MR. FITZGERALD: THANK YOU. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: S4. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: MY VOTE WAS "NAY." 16 TRUSTEE WONG: SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE? 17 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, S4 IS -- 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE VOTED. WE VOTED TO TABLE. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: OH, SO IT PASSED, OKAY. 20 COUNSEL BATTISTE: ALL RIGHT. MR. PRESIDENT, 21 SORRY, S4 IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE "BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO 22 AUTHORIZE THE CHANCELLOR AND HIS DESIGNEES TO IMPLEMENT A 23 NEGATIVE CHECK OFF FOR THE STUDENT REPRESENTATION FEE AND 24 TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS EXECUTIVE BOARD 25 TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IT IN ORDER MAY 26, 2011 134 1 TO EXPAND FUNDING FOR STUDENT ADVOCACY." 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS? 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO MOVED. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 5 IS THERE A SECOND? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY DISCUSSION? 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, I HAD SOMETHING. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: YEAH, PRESIDENT RIZZO. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE MARKS. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: I AM NOT CERTAIN THAT I AM 12 READING THIS RIGHT. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A DATE THAT 13 SHOULD BE 2010 AND IT'S 2009. AND THAT SEEMS TO BE 14 MATERIAL. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: TRUSTEE MARKS. 16 TRUSTEE MARKS: YEAH. 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: IF I MAY OFFER AN 18 EXPLANATION, I AM THE AUTHOR OF THIS RESOLUTION. IF YOU 19 ARE REFERRING TO THE "WHEREAS CLAUSE" IN TERMS OF THE VOTE 20 AND THE DATE OF THE VOTE, THAT IS THE YEAR IN WHICH THE 21 STUDENT ELECTION WAS HELD TO VOTE ON THIS PARTICULAR 22 PROPOSITION, AND IT DID PASS. 23 TRUSTEE MARKS: OH, OKAY. 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: AND THERE WAS A GAP YEAR 25 WHERE NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. HOWEVER, I'VE SPENT THE LAST MAY 26, 2011 135 1 SEMESTER CHECKING MULTIPLE TIMES WITH OUR COUNSEL LANI 2 ASKING WHETHER THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER ROUND OF STUDENT 3 ELECTION VOTING TO REAFFIRM THIS. 4 AND THE ANSWER WAS "THERE IS NO NEED TO HAVE 5 FURTHER VOTES ON THIS." IT WAS PASSED BY STUDENTS. ALL 6 IT NEEDED WAS ACTION FOR IMPLEMENTATION. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. DO YOU -- THROUGH THE 8 CHAIR IF I COULD ASK STUDENT TRUSTEE, HOW MUCH MONEY IS 9 THIS GOING TO RAISE AND TO WHAT USES CAN YOU ENVISION 10 USING IT? 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THE MONEY PROJECTION I 12 HAVE NOT DONE A CALCULATION. IT IS A $1 VOLUNTARY 13 DONATION. THE PHRASING FROM THE STATE IS STUDENT 14 REPRESENTATION FEE. HOWEVER, IN REALITY IT IS A VOLUNTARY 15 DONATION THE STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE TO MAKE. 16 AND HOW MUCH? I HAVEN'T DONE A PROJECTION YET 17 BECAUSE IT HAS NOT YET BEEN IMPLEMENTED. WHAT USES FOR IT 18 ARE SPECIFICALLY STUDENT ADVOCACY, AND IT HAS BEEN STATED 19 IN THE STATE REGULATION AND ED CODE ON WHAT CAN BE DONE 20 BASICALLY TO REPRESENT THE STUDENT'S VIEW IN FRONT OF 21 LOCAL AGENCY AND STATE AGENCY. 22 AND SO IT COULD BE -- AS FAR AS MY RESEARCH IS 23 CONCERNED, WHAT IT HAS THE ABILITY TO DO IS TO ENABLE THAT 24 THIS FEE TO ALLOW STUDENT REPRESENTATION TO THE STATE 25 LEVEL AND THE TRAVEL EXPENSE CAN BE COVERED, AND ALSO MAY 26, 2011 136 1 INFORMATION TRAINING ISSUES, AND INFORMATION RELATED TO 2 STATE THAT STUDENT CAN TAKE ACTION ON AND HAVE CONCERNS 3 OF, AND A FEW OTHER THINGS. 4 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY, THANK YOU. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO I GOT A COUPLE OF 7 QUESTIONS. SO FIRST, WHAT IS A "NEGATIVE CHECK OFF?" 8 IS LIKE "OPT IN, OPT OUT?" 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: A NEGATIVE CHECK OFF IS 10 CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES FEE WHICH IS 11 A $5 STUDENT ACTIVITY THAT IS CHARGED EVERY SEMESTER. 12 WHAT IT IS IS THAT IT'S AUTOMATICALLY LISTED AS FEES, AN 13 OPTIONAL FEE WHEN YOU REGISTER FOR YOUR CLASSES. AND YOU 14 CAN CHOOSE TO CHECK TO NOT PAY. SO UNLESS YOU CHECK IT -- 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO IT'S LIKE AN OPT 16 OUT. 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: IT'S LIKE "OPT OUT," YES. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND SO MY SECOND IS 19 BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO THE MARCH IN MARCH, AND I'VE HEARD 20 BACK FROM OTHER COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, LIKE, THEY SEND TWO 21 BUSES. WE SEND 60. AND SO I KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT 22 WHEN WE SPEND $30,000 TO GO TO SACRAMENTO WHICH, YOU KNOW, 23 AS A STUDENT I WAS ALWAYS A PART OF. BUT, YOU KNOW, 24 LOOKING AT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF MY 25 REALLY STRONG QUESTIONS IS, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO SPEND MAY 26, 2011 137 1 ABOUT $30,000 EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO GO TO SACRAMENTO AND 2 THEN THEY CUT US MORE. 3 SO I'M FIRST WONDERING HOW EFFECTIVE THAT 4 ADVOCACY IS. AND SECOND OF ALL, I'VE HEARD BACK FROM 5 OTHER STUDENTS FROM OTHER CAMPUSES THAT THEY WERE LIKE, 6 WELL, WE ARE NOT REALLY ON BOARD WITH IT, AND IT WAS DONE 7 ANYWAY. 8 SO, YOU KNOW, FIRST -- YOU KNOW, I MEAN THERE 9 WERE STUDENTS FROM OTHER CAMPUSES THAT WERE NOT ON BOARD 10 WITH GOING TO MARCH ON MARCH. AND, YOU KNOW, SPENDING 11 30,000, WE SENT "X" NUMBER OF BUSES, WE WERE 15 FOLD MORE 12 THAN THE NEXT CAMPUS. AND WHAT IT SAYS TO OTHERS, AND 13 I'VE TALKED TO OTHER STATE LEGISLATURES WHO SEE THAT 14 DISCREPANCY. I'VE TALKED TO OTHER COLLEGE BOARD TRUSTEES, 15 AND IT'S LIKE, WHERE ARE YOU GUYS GETTING THE MONEY FROM 16 BECAUSE WE ARE STRUGGLING OUT HERE TO SEND TWO BUSES. AND 17 YOU GUYS -- IT MAKES US LOOK LIKE WE ARE A LOT MORE 18 WEALTHY THAN WE ARE. 19 AND SO, YOU KNOW, I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MARCH ON 20 MARCH, BUT NOT AT THAT LEVEL. YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE 21 SENDING 30, 60 BUSES WHEN THE NEXT PERSON BRINGS FIVE. 22 ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO 23 UNDERSTAND WHO WOULD BE IN CONTROL OF THE FUND ITSELF. I 24 DON'T SEE -- I MEAN I'M ASSUMING A.S. WOULD DO IT, BUT, 25 YOU KNOW, GIVEN THOSE CONCERNS WHERE IS IT AS OCEAN MAY 26, 2011 138 1 CAMPUS? IS A.S. -- WHERE IS EVANS CAMPUS? WHERE IS 2 SOUTHEAST CAMPUS? WHERE IS MISSION CAMPUS? WHERE DO 3 THOSE OTHER CAMPUSES FIT IN TO PETITION A FEE BECAUSE I 4 KNOW OCEAN CAMPUS WANTED TO DO THIS. 5 MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE: (INAUDIBLE.) 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WELL, THE MAJORITY OF 7 OCEAN CAMPUS. AND I HEARD EVERYBODY ON OCEAN CAMPUS WAS 8 ON BOARD WITH SPENDING $30,000 TO GO TO A PLACE THAT'S 9 BROKE. BUT THEN OTHER CAMPUSES WERE LIKE, HEY, WE REALLY 10 DON'T WANT TO GO. 11 I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, EVANS CAMPUS AND SOUTHEAST 12 CAMPUS ASKED FOR MONEY SAYING, HEY, CAN WE HAVE SOME MONEY 13 TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AND THEY WERE GIVEN 14 $200. I'M SURE A THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE $30,000 THAT WE 15 SPENT TO GO TO MARCH IN MARCH WOULD HAVE MADE THEIR BLACK 16 HISTORY MONTH A LOT STRONGER AND A LOT BETTER, BUT THEY 17 WERE GIVEN ABOUT $214 TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH 18 WHILE WE SPEND $30,000 FOR ONE DAY TO SEND ABOUT 30 TO 60 19 BUSES TO A PLACE THAT'S DEAD BROKE. 20 AND I STRUGGLED TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTIVENESS 21 OF THAT WHEN WE COULD HAVE SPENT A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY 22 ON OTHER CAMPUSES AND THEIR ADVOCACY AND THEIR ABILITY. 23 SO I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND HOW DOES 24 THAT FIT INTO A VOLUNTARY STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE BECAUSE I 25 HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE POWER OF OUR OTHER MAY 26, 2011 139 1 CAMPUSES IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING THIS FEE. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO IF I MAY RESPOND, 3 TRUSTEE JACKSON. IN REGARDS TO MARCH IN MARCH, THAT WAS 4 FUNDED FROM STUDENT ACTIVITIES FEE, NOT THE STUDENT 5 REPRESENTATION FEE THAT'S ON PAPER TONIGHT. 6 SECOND, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO 7 SUPPORT MARCH IN MARCH. I BELIEVE THE CAMPUSES THAT HAD 8 CONTENTION WITH IT OR HAD ISSUE WITH IT WERE ABLE TO AIR 9 OUT THEIR CONCERNS IN THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, AND 10 THEY SUPPORTED MARCH IN MARCH ULTIMATELY. 11 AGAIN, THAT IS NOT -- I DON'T SEE THE COMPLETE 12 RELEVANCE TO WHAT THIS IS TONIGHT, BUT IT DOES FIT IN 13 TERMS OF STUDENT ADVOCACY. AND THIS REPRESENTATION FEE IS 14 DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENT ADVOCACY WHERE A STUDENT 15 ACTIVITIES FEE IS SUPPOSED TO FUND A VARIETY OF OTHER 16 STUDENT ACTIVITIES ON CAMPUS FOR STUDENT LIFE, CAMPUS LIFE 17 AND WHATNOT. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR ADVOCACY. AND 18 THOSE WHO ARE -- 19 THE STUDENT BODY THAT IS IN CONTROL OF THIS 20 FUNDING IS THE EXECUTIVE BOARD WHERE ALL CAMPUSES HAVE 21 REPRESENTATION. AND FROM THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, THERE IS A 22 TREASURER AND DECISIONS. MONEY WILL NOT BE SPENT UNTIL 23 THERE IS A DECISION OF A MAJORITY AT LEAST, FROM THE 24 EXECUTIVE BOARD. SO THERE IS FAIR REPRESENTATION IN TERMS 25 OF SPENDING THIS MONEY. MAY 26, 2011 140 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CHANCELLOR. 2 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: AS I UNDERSTAND IN TERMS OF 3 THE "WHEREAS," IT INDICATES THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 4 REVENUE -- IT SAYS HERE, "THE REVENUES WOULD BE 5 DISTRIBUTED TO A.S. EXECUTIVE BOARD BASED UPON A MUTUALLY 6 AGREED UPON PROCEDURE DEVELOPED BY THE A.S. 7 REPRESENTATIVES AND THE CHANCELLOR." 8 SO IT IS NOT AS THOUGH THEY WOULD HAVE THE 9 ABILITY TO DO THIS INDEPENDENTLY OF THE CHANCELLOR. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: MY MAIN QUESTION IS -- 11 I MEAN FIRST WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STUDENT FEE INCREASES 12 AND HERE WE ARE INCREASING A STUDENT'S FEE. 13 SECOND OF ALL, WE JUST SPENT $30,000 FOR ONE DAY 14 TO GO TO SACRAMENTO WHEN $30,000 IS PROBABLY PLENTY FOR A 15 STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE. I WOULD SAY MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE 16 PROBABLY SHOULD THINK ABOUT, DO WE NEED TO BRING 30 OR 40 17 BUSES TO MARCH IN MARCH AND USE THAT MONEY TO ACTUALLY 18 FUND STUDENT ADVOCACY? 19 SO IN MY MIND INSTEAD OF RAISING STUDENT FEES 20 WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN ACCESS ISSUE ONCE AGAIN, WHY 21 DON'T WE JUST USE THE MONEY THAT WE USE FOR MARCH IN MARCH 22 AND ACTUALLY FUND STUDENT ADVOCACY WITH THE EXISTING 23 DOLLARS BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE ALREADY GOING TO GET A $10 24 RAISE IN THEIR STUDENT FEES. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER DOLLAR 25 ON TOP OF THAT. AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT WE HAVE $30,000 FOR MAY 26, 2011 141 1 SPENDING IN ONE DAY IN SACRAMENTO. I MEAN WE CLEARLY HAVE 2 THE MONEY ALREADY IN EXISTING BUDGET TO FUND STUDENT 3 ADVOCACY. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: MAY I -- 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO, TRUSTEE JACKSON, I 7 KNOW THE CONCERN OF THE MARCH IN MARCH. I KNOW THERE WERE 8 VARIOUS ISSUES LOGISTICALLY. NOW I CAN GO INTO DETAIL ON 9 HOW IT COULD BE DONE BETTER. HOW STUDENTS HAD ISSUES, BUT 10 IT EVENTUALLY WAS WORKED OUT. BUT ULTIMATELY, NEXT YEAR 11 THE STUDENTS AGAIN WILL TALK ABOUT IT. THEY WILL GET TO 12 DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO GO TO MARCH IN MARCH AS IT IS EVERY 13 YEAR THEY TALK ABOUT IT. SO I THINK THIS DISCUSSION CAN 14 HAPPEN NEXT YEAR, BUT REPRESENTATION FEE IS IN FRONT OF US 15 TONIGHT. 16 AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST POINT OUT ONE THING. 17 I'VE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH FOR THE PAST YEAR AS STUDENT 18 TRUSTEE. AND I RESEARCHED LEGAL OPINIONS STATEWIDE AND 19 LOCAL. THIS FEE ONCE PASSED BY STUDENTS IN TERMS OF 20 IMPLEMENTATION WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED IS THAT I JUST NEED 21 TO ASK THIS ADMINISTRATION TO HELP ME IMPLEMENT. I PUT IN 22 FRONT OF THE BOARD A RESOLUTION TONIGHT SO THAT WE COULD 23 HAVE A COLLEGIAL DISCUSSION AND ALSO A COOPERATIVE SPIRIT 24 OF STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATION AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 25 WORK TOGETHER. MAY 26, 2011 142 1 BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS THE STUDENTS HAVE VOTED 2 ON THIS ALREADY. THEY PASSED IT TWO YEARS AGO. THEY WANT 3 THIS VOLUNTARY FEE DONATION TO BE AVAILABLE TO THEM IF 4 STUDENT ADVOCACY WORK IS NEEDED. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 6 TRUSTEE WONG: CALL FOR THE QUESTION. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? 8 OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 9 TRUSTEE BERG: WAIT A MINUTE. YOU'VE GOT PUBLIC 10 COMMENT. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 12 MS. WEINBERG: HI, ELISABETH WEINBERG, 13 ASSOCIATED STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT OCEAN CAMPUS. 14 I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT MARCH IN MARCH, 15 AND I THINK IT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE. AS TRUSTEE FANG 16 MENTIONED, THE STUDENT REP FEE IS A DIFFERENT FEE THAN THE 17 STUDENT ACTIVITIES FEE. AND THEY FUND DIFFERENT THINGS. 18 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PASSED TWO YEARS AGO. 19 AND IT'S JUST BEEN BASICALLY WAITING FOR IMPLEMENTATION. 20 IT IS AN OPT IN FEE OR OPT OUT FEE SO STUDENTS CAN DECIDE 21 IF THEY ACTUALLY WANT TO PAY THIS FEE OR NOT PAY THIS FEE. 22 BUT SPECIFICALLY IN SUPPORT OF STUDENT ADVOCACY IN TERMS 23 OF THE MARCH IN MARCH, THE DECISION MADE BY THE OCEAN 24 CAMPUS TO SUPPORT THE MARCH IN MARCH WAS BASICALLY EACH 25 CAMPUS IS ANTONYMOUS AND THAT WAS THE DECISION THAT THE MAY 26, 2011 143 1 OCEAN CAMPUS -- THOUGH DIVIDED, SOMEWHAT DIVIDED STEPPED 2 FORWARD AND DECIDED TO SUPPORT THE MARCH IN MARCH WITH 3 $30,000. 4 IF WE HAD NOT DONE THAT, WE LIKELY WOULD NOT 5 HAVE HAD A MARCH IN MARCH FROM THE STUDENTS AT CITY 6 COLLEGE. AND WE MOVED IT FORWARD THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE 7 BOARD, AND WE DID FINALLY COME TO A CONCLUSION. BUT THERE 8 WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS. THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION 9 ABOUT IT. 10 AND AGAIN, AS TRUSTEE FANG SAID, THE NEXT YEAR 11 THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WILL BE EVALUATED AGAIN. AND 12 THE STUDENTS WILL COME TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT AND DECIDE 13 IS THIS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO. HOPEFULLY, WITH MORE 14 TIME AND SPACE TO DO SO BECAUSE THIS TIME WE HAD SOMEWHAT 15 OF A TIME CRUNCH IN ORDER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BEFORE THE 16 MARCH IN MARCH. 17 AND SO THINKING ABOUT THIS AND TALKING ABOUT 18 THIS EARLIER IN THE SEMESTER IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE 19 DECISION MAKING PROCESS BRINGING IT TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD 20 EARLIER SO ALL THE CAMPUSES CAN WEIGH IN. 21 AND DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO RESPECT ALL 22 OF THE CAMPUSES AUTONOMY AND ALL OF THE CAMPUSES AS EQUAL 23 ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODIES. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT 24 UP. 25 IN TERMS OF THE STUDENT REP FEE, IT IS, YOU MAY 26, 2011 144 1 KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE STUDENTS WOULD -- 2 IN SOME WAYS YOU COULD SAY, WAITING FOR. IT'S SOMETHING 3 THAT I BELIEVE THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS, THE CAMPUSES -- I 4 CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CAMPUSES, BUT I BELIEVE 5 THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STUDENTS WILL SUPPORT. AND IF 6 THEY CHOOSE NOT TO PAY IT, THEN THEY CAN OPT OUT SO THAT 7 IS THEIR OPTION. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: BUT THEY'RE ALREADY 9 OPTED IN, AND WE ALREADY KNOW THE REASON YOU GUYS DIDN'T 10 SAY, YOU HAVE TO CHECK IN OR ELSE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN 11 BECAUSE MOST STUDENTS DON'T EVEN PAY ATTENTION TO IT. SO 12 I WANT TO FIRST PUT THAT ON. 13 I REALLY THINK THERE SHOULD BE A PROVISION. AND 14 IT JUST SHOULD BE NOTICED IN A CATALOG AND THAT THERE 15 REALLY SHOULD BE A PROVISION TO OPT OUT RETROACTIVELY 16 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I AM JUST VERY CONCERNED. YOU KNOW, 17 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AUTONOMY, WE SAY, OH, WE ARE ONE CITY 18 COLLEGE, BUT THEN WE ARE AUTONOMOUS. THAT DOESN'T MAKE SO 19 MUCH SENSE BECAUSE MOST STUDENTS GO TO EVANS AND GO TO 20 SOUTHEAST, MOST STUDENTS GO TO MISSION. THEY ALSO GO TO 21 OCEAN BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIMES YOU CAN'T DO ALL YOUR 22 CLASSES THERE, SO IT'S REALLY AN IDENTITY NOT LIKE I TAKE 23 ALL OF MY CLASSES AT SOUTHEAST BECAUSE LORD KNOWS YOU 24 PROBABLY COULDN'T GET TOO MUCH TAKING JUST ALL YOUR 25 CLASSES AT SOUTHEAST. MAY 26, 2011 145 1 SO I MEAN IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GO THERE, THE 2 SAME STUDENTS THAT GO TO EVANS AND SOUTHEAST AND MISSION, 3 THEY PROBABLY TAKE CLASSES AT OCEAN TOO. SO IN TERMS OF 4 THE LION SHARE OF THE DOLLARS, IT REALLY IS AT OCEAN 5 CAMPUS. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT. 6 AND THE REASON THAT YOU HAVE THE OPT IN AND OPT 7 OUT CLAUSE IS BECAUSE YOU REALLY KNOW THAT STUDENTS AREN'T 8 GOING TO MOST OF THE TIME OPT -- YOU KNOW, THEY ARE NOT 9 GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO IT. SO IT REALLY SHOULD BE 10 NOTICED AND STUDENTS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO OPT OUT 11 RETROACTIVELY. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 13 MS. WEINBERG: I DON'T KNOW THE DATA ON HOW MANY 14 STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO OPT OUT, BUT I BELIEVE THE STUDENT 15 ACTIVITIES FEE WHICH IS AN OPT OUT SYSTEM NOW HAS -- MANY 16 STUDENTS HAVE CHOSEN TO OPT OUT. 17 YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS 18 HAVING A CAMPAIGN TO BASICALLY EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT 19 THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES FEE IS. AND I IMAGINE IT WOULD BE 20 THE SAME WITH THE STUDENT REP FEE EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT 21 WHAT THE STUDENT REP FEE IS AND WHAT IT'S FOR SO THAT THEY 22 CAN MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION ABOUT WHETHER TO OPT IN OR 23 OPT OUT. THANK YOU. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 25 TRUSTEE FANG, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO IS THIS FEE MAY 26, 2011 146 1 SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT BE USED FOR THE MARCH IN MARCH OR 2 IT COULD BE? 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: IT COULD BE USED FOR 4 MARCH IN MARCH IN TERMS OF -- BECAUSE IT RELATES TO 5 ADVOCACY. MARCH IN MARCH IS AN ADVOCACY EVENT. 6 HOWEVER, THAT'S AGAIN, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR 7 LEARNING FROM THIS YEAR PARTICULARLY, WHEN IT COMES TIME 8 TO MAYBE EVEN APPROACHING THE TIME WE MIGHT WANT TO TALK 9 ABOUT THE MARCH IN MARCH, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD WILL TAKE IT 10 UP, AND WE WILL SEE IF WE WANT TO DO IT. AND THIS FUND 11 COULD BE USED FOR IT. 12 AND THE FACT IS, AGAIN, THE STUDENTS HAVE VOTED 13 TWO YEARS AGO. AND IT PASSED THE THRESHOLD. THEY WANT TO 14 HAVE THIS. 15 AND IN TERMS OF THE OPT OUT FEATURE, CURRENTLY 16 THERE IS A ROBUST SYSTEM OF OPT OUT IN PLACE ALREADY FOR 17 THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES FEE. THE STUDENT REPRESENTATION 18 FEE WILL MERELY JUST BASICALLY REPLICATE THAT. AND I 19 BELIEVE DEAN SANTOS KNOWS THE PROCEDURE FOR OPT OUT. AND 20 IT'S QUITE ROBUST. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE 22 THIS ITEM. 23 IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN 24 FAVOR SAY, "AYE". 25 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. MAY 26, 2011 147 1 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: NO. 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: NAY. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THINK IT CARRIES. 11 THE LAST RESOLUTION IS W1. 12 IS THERE A MOTION FOR W1? 13 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 14 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: YES. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 18 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT -- 19 TRUSTEE BERG: YOU MISSED Q, THERE'S Q1. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: THAT'S CONSENT. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S ON THE CONSENT. 22 TRUSTEE BERG: OH, IT'S ON THE CONSENT, OKAY. 23 COUNSEL BATTISTE: ALL RIGHT. YES, W1 IS THE 24 "AUTHORIZATION TO RENEW FOR ONE YEAR OFFICE SPACE LEASE 25 WITH 300 MONTGOMERY ASSOCIATES TO HOUSE THE OFFICES OF THE MAY 26, 2011 148 1 SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, A PROGRAM OF THE CCSF 2 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS." 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 4 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM? 5 PUBLIC COMMENT? 6 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 7 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: (ABSENT.) 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 16 W1 CARRIES. 17 I THINK THAT'S IT FOR MY AGENDA. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THAT'S IT. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S IT FOR THE RESOLUTIONS. 20 I THINK WE ARE AT TRUSTEE REPORTS. 21 IS THAT CORRECT? 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH. 23 TRUSTEE MARKS. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE MARKS. 25 TRUSTEE MARKS: FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MAY 26, 2011 149 1 MANDY LAM FOR KNITTING THIS FOR ME. 2 TWO DAYS AGO WE HAD AN INSTITUTIONAL 3 EFFECTIVENESS COMMITTEE, AND I TOLD KAREN SAGINOR THAT I 4 WOULD BE USING THE IN BETWEEN TIME TO WRITE OUT A LIST OF 5 WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE MONITORING. AND SO I'VE GIVEN 6 HER THIS LIST, AND I'VE -- I'M GOING TO READ IT. 7 "PERCENTAGE OF STUDENT WORKERS WHO EARN A LIVING 8 WAGE OR WHO APPLY FOR A PELL GRANT, I THINK THAT THAT'S 9 THE APPROPRIATE WORD. 10 "THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING 11 NONCREDIT/CREDIT COURSES BY DISCIPLINE. 12 "NONCREDIT CREDIT STUDENTS BEING SERVED BY 13 SERVICES USED, WHICH COULD BE LISTED IN A COLUMN WHICH 14 WOULD BE ADDED TO THE COLUMN WITHIN ON PAGE 14. 15 "AN EXPLANATION OF TABLES ON -- OF TABLES OF 16 5.1. THIS IS A FINANCIAL AID TABLES, AND THEY ADD UP 17 TO -- AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ADD TO 54,000 18 FOR CREDIT STUDENTS ONLY AND 95,000 FOR ALL STUDENTS 19 CREDIT AND NONCREDIT, AND WHY IN ADDITION THEY ARE 14 AND 20 A HALF THOUSAND FOR EACH -- AND I STILL DON'T QUITE 21 UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE ARE SO LOW. 22 "ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN 2010 TABLE XXX. I'M NOT 23 EXACTLY CERTAIN WHAT THAT REFERS TO. 24 "SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENT, I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD 25 BE PUTTING THAT ON TOP OF THE CALIFORNIA RESIDENT MAY 26, 2011 150 1 FOREIGN/NONRESIDENT AND OUT-OF-STATE RESIDENCY ON TOP OF 2 THAT PARTICULAR TABLE. 3 "HOW MANY FACULTY AND STAFF ATTEND FLEX DAYS? 4 "IF THIS IS A PROPER ORDER OF -- ON PAGE 5 IF 5 THAT'S IN THE PROPER ORDER OF ENGLISH LEVELS BELOW 6 TRANSFER AND WHY WAS THIS NUMBER PICKED UNDER EIGHT YEARS 7 PERCENTAGE OF NEW FIRST-TIME ENROLLMENTS COMPLETING A 8 TRANSFER LOGO COURSE IN EIGHT YEARS." I'M WONDERING WHY 9 THAT NUMBER IS PICKED. 10 "NO MOVEMENT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO INCREASE THIS? 11 "I SAID THE OTHER DAY THAT IN 2.1 THAT UNLESS WE 12 CAN SHOW THE CURRENT YEAR, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY IT'S 13 2.2. I READ THE STUDENTS WHO OBTAIN TWO OR MORE DEGREES 14 CERTIFICATES OR COUNT THEM MULTIPLE TIMES AND I WANT THEM 15 COUNTED INDIVIDUALLY. I WANT TO SHOW PRIVATE 16 INSTITUTIONS." 17 SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT WE CAN 18 TALK ABOUT THIS. AND I THINK RATHER THAN REDUCING THE 19 TABLES INCLUDED, THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT WAYS OF 20 INCREASING THEM TO GIVE A BROADER PICTURE. 21 SO I'VE ASKED FOR THERE TO BE A SCHEDULING OF 22 INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS COMMITTEE MEETINGS BETWEEN NOW 23 AND -- BETWEEN NOW AND -- SO I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT 24 SOMEBODY IS HANDLING THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. MAY 26, 2011 151 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HI, AND I GUESS TO 3 START MY REPORT I WANT TO REITERATE THE WORDS THAT TRUSTEE 4 BERG HAD SAID EARLIER ABOUT REALLY WANTING TO THANK 5 FACULTY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING. 6 AND LIKE KAREN SAID, YOU KNOW, CLASSES THAT ARE 7 SET UP FOR 35 PUTTING IN 40, 45, EVEN MORE STUDENTS. I 8 THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, REALLY AMAZING AND IT'S REALLY 9 PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH MORE ACCESS TO, YOU KNOW, OUR 10 EDUCATION. 11 I JUST READ A REPORT THAT OVER A HUNDRED 12 THOUSAND STUDENTS STATEWIDE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF 13 THE BUDGET CUTS ARE BEING DENIED ANY ACCESS TO CLASSES. 14 AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS REALLY A TESTAMENT TO 15 OUR FACULTY TO SAY, HOW MANY EVER SEATS WE HAVE, THAT'S 16 HOW MANY FOLKS WE CAN TEACH. AND I THINK THAT IS, YOU 17 KNOW, SOMETHING THEY SHOULD REALLY BE COMMENDED BECAUSE 18 LORD KNOWS THEY ARE NOT GETTING EXTRA COMPENSATION FOR IT. 19 SO I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK FACULTY. 20 AND ON TOP OF THAT, I WANT TO THANK OUR 21 CLASSIFIEDS AND OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR OTHER PROGRAMS ON 22 CAMPUS. YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE 23 SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SLATED TO 24 80, AND THEY ARE AT 120 WITH 40 PEOPLE ON A WAITING LIST. 25 AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY HAVE ADDED PRESSURE BETWEEN MAY 26, 2011 152 1 30,000 AND 40,000 EX-OFFENDERS COMING OUT INTO OUR 2 COMMUNITIES. YOU KNOW, BUT THEY STILL CONTINUE TO SERVE 3 AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO FOLKS. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO 4 THANK THE FOLKS WITHIN OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF 5 AND OUR CLASSIFIEDS FOR DOING MORE WITH LESS AND FOR LACK 6 OF A BETTER TERM PUNCHING ABOVE OUR WEIGHT AT THIS POINT. 7 ON, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY 8 NEIGHBORHOODS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHERE I AM AT ARE 9 TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE ESL AND VESSEL CLASSES. 10 AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT AND 11 FOCUS ON. WE WERE AT ONE OF -- MYSELF THE CHANCELLOR AND 12 TRUSTEE NGO WERE AT A HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING 13 ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED LOOK AT, 14 ESPECIALLY THE VESSEL CLASSES BECAUSE THOSE ARE CLASSES 15 THAT ARE ACCESS FOR JOBS FOR PEOPLE. 16 I ALSO WANT ON THE NEXT AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT 17 CLASS DISTRIBUTION. LIKE, WHERE ARE THE CLASSES GOING? 18 WHAT IS OUR FALL SCHEDULE GOING TO BE LOOKING LIKE? 19 BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ONE AND A HALF 20 PAGES ONLY OF, YOU KNOW, SOUTHEAST CLASSES AT THE 21 SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MYSELF AND OTHER 22 TRUSTEES HAVE TALKED ABOUT. THAT WOULD BE A SERIOUS 23 DISAPPOINTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE HEARD -- 24 STARTING TO HEAR THE MESSAGE THAT WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE 25 SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A SEVERE MAY 26, 2011 153 1 DISAPPOINTMENT TO THEM IF THEY SAW THAT FOR THE FALL. 2 I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO HAS GRADUATED 3 OR GRADUATING. I WANT TO MENTION TWO GRADUATIONS IN 4 PARTICULAR, THE GATEWAY TO COLLEGE GRADUATION AND THE 5 ADULT ED TRANSITIONAL STUDIES GRADUATIONS BECAUSE THOSE -- 6 NOT THAT EVERYONE IS EQUAL AND EVERYBODY IS REALLY 7 IMPORTANT, BUT THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WHO 8 HAVE ALREADY PROBABLY FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS AND ARE 9 ACTUALLY CLIMBING THEMSELVES OUT OF THE CRACKS THAT THEY 10 FELL THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THAT STRENGTH IS 11 REALLY AMAZING AND THE FACULTY AND THE STAFF THAT REALLY 12 SERVE THOSE FOLKS. YOU HAVE TO GO -- I MEAN YOU HAVE TO 13 DRAG THEM TO CLASS, CHECK IN ON THEM, ALMOST BE A SOCIAL 14 WORKER TO MAKE SURE THOSE FOLKS DON'T FALL THROUGH THE 15 CRACKS AGAIN IN THEIR JOURNEY FOR EDUCATION. 16 AND SO I REALLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE THOSE 17 STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS WHO ARE OFTENTIMES SECOND 18 PARENTS TO THESE FOLKS AND THE CLASSIFIEDS AS WELL SO 19 REALLY, YOU KNOW, A BIG THANKS TO THOSE FOLKS. 20 AND LASTLY, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATE 21 SOMEONE. WE ACTUALLY HAD A GOSPEL CONCERT. AND I THINK 22 THAT'S AWESOME. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE 23 ARE -- IN TERMS OF TOUGH BUDGETS. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR 24 MORALE HAS BEEN LOW TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOSPEL CONCERT. 25 YOU KNOW, TO REALLY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO DO SOME MAY 26, 2011 154 1 OF THIS WORK, THAT'S HAPPY WORK. I WANT TO SAY THAT 2 THAT'S REALLY AMAZING. 3 AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, YOU KNOW, HAVING 4 OUR FIRST FRISCO DAY, AS WELL. AND THE TWO PEOPLE WHO DID 5 IT ARE SITTING TOGETHER WITH EACH OTHER RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S 6 REALLY EASY TO THANK BOTH OF THEM. YOU KNOW, HAVING A 7 REALLY GOOD, YOU KNOW, FRISCO DAY AND KNOWING THAT THAT'S 8 GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S INSTITUTIONALIZED WITHIN OUR 9 INSTITUTION AND PROVIDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH THEIR 10 FIRST ACCESS POINTS TO COLLEGE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 11 SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, WHILE THIS 12 IS OUR LAST MEETING BEFORE SUMMER BREAK, I REALLY WANT TO 13 THANK THE FACULTY AND THE CLASSIFIED THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS 14 DONE THIS WORK. THIS HAS BEEN PROBABLY OUR WORST IN TERMS 15 OF BUDGET YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. AND YOU 16 GUYS HAVE MADE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE BETTER FOR THE 17 STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE SERVING. SO I JUST REALLY 18 WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THAT'S THE 19 END OF MY REPORT. 20 (TRUSTEE MARKS LEAVES THE MEETING.) 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE GRIER. 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: OH, THANK YOU. 23 USUALLY WHEN IT GETS TO BE 10:00 OR 24 11:00 O'CLOCK, I DON'T GIVE A REPORT. BUT IF I HAD TO 25 WAIT UNTIL IT WAS AN EARLIER TIME, IT MIGHT BE MUCH LONGER MAY 26, 2011 155 1 BEFORE I GET TO GIVE A REPORT. SO I AM GOING TO GIVE A 2 REPORT. IT'S GOING TO BE A BRIEF REPORT. 3 I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL EVENT I 4 WENT TO. I'VE GONE TO MANY WONDERFUL EVENTS. I WENT TO 5 THE SPRING CONCERT IN THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT THAT WAS JUST 6 OUTSTANDING. 7 AND I ALSO WENT TO THE GRADUATION OF THE 8 GUARDIAN SCHOLARS PROGRAM. AND IT'S A PROGRAM FOR FOSTER 9 YOUTH. AND THEY HAD STUDENTS THERE WHO WERE JUST SO HAPPY 10 TO BE THERE, SO HAPPY TO HAVE GOTTEN THAT FAR IN TERMS OF 11 THEIR EDUCATION. AND WE MET THE SUPPORTERS OF THE PROGRAM 12 WHO HELPED THOSE STUDENTS TO GET THAT FAR BY BUYING BOOKS 13 FOR THEM, CLOTHING, HOUSING, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL 14 CLOTHING CLOSET WHERE THEY ARE ASKING FOR COATS AND 15 SWEATERS FOR MANY STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT IN ORDER TO GET 16 TO THEIR CLASSES. 17 ALSO, I FOUND OUT THAT THE GUARDIAN SCHOLARS 18 PROGRAM STARTED JUST AS AN IDEA HOW DO WE HELP FOSTER 19 YOUTH. AND THE NUMBERS HAVE TRIPLED OR QUADRUPLED. THEY 20 HAD ABOUT 200 STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM NOW. 21 AND I WANTED TO ASK THE CHANCELLOR, AND WE CAN 22 TALK ABOUT THIS LATER. IF THEY ARE IN SUCH A PROGRAM, DO 23 THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE SINGLE STOP PROGRAM, WHICH IS 24 ANOTHER WONDERFUL PROGRAM. AND I KNOW THAT THE SINGLE 25 STOP PROGRAM IS AT THE OCEAN CAMPUS, THE MISSION CAMPUS, MAY 26, 2011 156 1 AND THE ALEMANY CAMPUS. 2 AND IN ORDER TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THESE 3 WONDERFUL PROGRAMS, I AM GOING TO BE TALKING TO THE 4 PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, TRUSTEE RIZZO, TO SEE WHEN WE CAN 5 HAVE THE -- WHAT'S HIS NAME, MICHAEL MCPARTLIN AND CAROL 6 BELLE-THOMAS TO COME TO A BOARD MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE 7 GUARDIAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 8 AND THEN ALSO -- I CAN'T THINK OF THE PERSON WHO 9 DOES THE ONE STOP PROGRAMS, BUT TO COME AND TALK ABOUT 10 THOSE PROGRAMS AS WELL. WE DO SO MUCH FOR SO MANY, AND WE 11 DON'T OFTEN GET A CHANCE TO JUST STOP AND LOOK AT THE 12 SUCCESS, LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND TO THANK THE PEOPLE 13 WHO DO ALL THE HARD WORK. 14 SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 15 THIS YEAR. IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL YEAR. IT'S BEEN A HARD 16 YEAR, BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR, SO THANK 17 YOU. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG. 19 TRUSTEE BERG: I WILL BE REALLY VERY BRIEF. I 20 WANT TO ISSUE WISH YOU ALL A WONDERFUL SUMMER AND A GREAT 21 VACATION. AND I HOPE YOU ALL GET A GOOD WELL-DESERVED 22 REST. AND I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU BACK AT 23 THE END OF THE SUMMER, BUT HAVE A GREAT TIME. 24 I WILL SEE YOU AT THE GRADUATION, BUT ENJOY. 25 ENJOY YOUR SUMMER. IT IS WELL, WELL EARNED. MAY 26, 2011 157 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE WONG. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT RIZZO. 3 THANK YOU ALL FOR SITTING THROUGH THIS VERY LONG 4 MEETING. AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE SITTING UP HERE AND WE 5 SMILING BECAUSE WE KNOW THE CAMERAS ARE ON, I SEE THE LOOK 6 ON YOUR FACES, AND IT LOOKS PAINFUL SOMETIMES. SO THANK 7 YOU VERY MUCH FOR -- AND I AM JUST BEING HONEST. IT'S 8 LATE FOR SITTING THROUGH THIS MEETING. THANK YOU ALSO FOR 9 ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 10 THERE ARE SOME RESOLUTIONS TONIGHT IN WHICH SOME 11 OF THE PEOPLE THAT I GREW UP WITH, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE 12 COLLEGE BOARD FOR 17 YEARS. AND THESE PEOPLE WERE WITH 13 CITY COLLEGE 20, 30 YEARS BEFORE I EVEN STARTED. 14 SO, HENRY AUGUSTINE, WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU. 15 JIM KEENAN, WHO IS GOING TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS. 16 ACTUALLY, LINDA JACKSON IS ONE OF THE ONES WE 17 HIRED ACTUALLY. 18 A FRIEND OF MINE MO-SHUET TAM IS RETIRING. 19 SO MANY JUST ON THIS AGENDA, THAT WE HAVE ALL 20 GROWN UP THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST. WE REALLY DO NEED 21 THEM AND WISH THEM ALL A FANTASTIC RETIREMENT BECAUSE LIFE 22 IS SHORT AND YOU REALLY NEED TO ENJOY LIFE. 23 CONGRATULATIONS TO DIANE GREEN, CHAIR OF OUR 24 FASHION DEPARTMENT. AND NATALIE SMITH FOR AN INCREDIBLE 25 10TH ANNIVERSARY FASHION SHOW. AND I AM A SECRET MAY 26, 2011 158 1 FASHIONISTA. AND, NATALIE, WE CAN TELL HATES JEWELRY. 2 BUT IN ANY CASE, THERE WERE A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN 3 ATTENDANCE. IT WAS A 10TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT, AND SOME OF 4 OUR FOUNDATION MEMBERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE. IT WAS A VERY 5 GOOD EVENT. IT WAS ALL STUDENT PRODUCED. IT WAS DONE BY 6 ALL THE STUDENTS. SO 1,000 PEOPLE, FANTASTIC. 7 AGAIN, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUE, 8 SOMEBODY THAT I ADMIRE THAT WE ALL ADMIRE, NATALIE BERG, 9 FOR BEING APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN TO THE 10 CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF GOVERNORS. THAT'S 11 ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. IT'S WELL-DESERVED. 12 ALSO, SHE WAS JUST NOMINATED TO BE HONORED BY 13 THE SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING AND URBAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATION 14 SPUR IN THEIR ANNUAL DINNER OCTOBER 31ST. BUT IT IS ONE 15 OF THE MOST RESPECTED MOST PRESTIGIOUS HONORS THAT ONE CAN 16 HAVE BESTOWED UPON ONE'S SELF IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE ALL 17 KNOW SPUR AND THE IMPORTANT WORK THEY DO. SO, NATALIE, IT 18 IS WELL-DESERVED. CONGRATULATIONS. WE LOVE YOU. 19 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK 20 YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME 23 TO SPEAK ONCE MORE. AND AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, I JUST 24 WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE TRUSTEE MEMBERS AND 25 ALSO THANK YOU, CHANCELLOR, AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO MAY 26, 2011 159 1 IS HERE EVERY MEETING FOR THE PAST YEAR. IT'S BEEN A 2 GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE. I'VE LEARNED A LOT. I'VE ALSO 3 LEARNED TO OBSERVE A LOT. 4 SO I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY THIS TIME THAT I RAN 5 FOR RE-ELECTION FOR THIS YEAR'S STUDENT ELECTION, AND I 6 WAS RE-ELECTED STUDENT TRUSTEE. THANK YOU. 7 SO IT'S NOT A MOMENT OF VANITY, BUT RATHER 8 WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, I WILL BE HERE ANOTHER YEAR SO 9 HERE I AM. 10 IT'S CONTINUED TO BE THE GREATEST HONOR IN MY 11 LIFE SO FAR TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU, SO THANK YOU. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: AND THANK YOU. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I JUST QUICKLY WANT TO 15 REITERATE THE NEED FOR US TO NOT CUT AS MANY CLASSES AS 16 WAS PROPOSED TONIGHT. CUTTING THESE CLASSES IS DENYING 17 ACCESS. I MEAN WE SHOULDN'T SUGARCOAT IT. WE ARE DENYING 18 ACCESS BY CUTTING ALL THESE CLASSES. WE JUST APPROVED 19 TONIGHT $40,000 FOR ONE OF THESE SATELLITE FACILITIES, AND 20 IT'S NOT IN CHINATOWN. IT'S NOT IN THE BAYVIEW. IT'S ON 21 MONTGOMERY STREET. SO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD CALL MONTGOMERY 22 STREET A COMMUNITY IF WE WANT, BUT I THINK WE WOULD BE 23 SUGARCOATING IT. I THINK THERE ARE MORE LIKE THAT OUT 24 THERE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT. THAT $40,000 IS SIX CLASSES 25 THAT STUDENTS WOULD HAVE. MAY 26, 2011 160 1 I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS. GRADUATION 2 IS SATURDAY. AND I THINK GRADUATION DAY IS A GREAT DAY. 3 IT'S WHY WE ARE ALL HERE. IT'S WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO HERE. 4 I THINK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. AND I AM JUST SO PROUD OF 5 THE INSTITUTION AND PROUD OF THE STUDENTS EVERY YEAR ON 6 GRADUATION DAY, SO I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 7 THANK YOU. 8 I'VE LOST MY AGENDA AGAIN. IS THAT IT? 9 OH, CHANCELLOR'S REPORT. 10 DO YOU HAVE A REPORT TO GIVE? 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: NOT TONIGHT. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NOT TONIGHT, OKAY. 13 CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS. 14 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE 15 NO ANNOUNCEMENTS IN CLOSED SESSION. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 17 REQUESTS TO SPEAK. OKAY, YOU ARE SPEAKING? 18 MR. HOLMBERG: YES. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: GO AHEAD. 20 MR. HOLMBERG: AARON HOLMBERG, FROM THE 21 BROADCASTING DEPARTMENT. AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS 22 ANY WAY YOU CAN PERMANENTLY MOVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT TO 23 EARLIER IN THE AGENDA. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 25 I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION MYSELF. MAY 26, 2011 161 1 MR. AKINYEMI: I'M YOMI AKINYEMI, FROM THE 2 GUARDSMAN. I JUST HAD A COMMENT, NOT MORE OF A QUESTION. 3 IT'S ABOUT THE CUTTING OF THE SATELLITE LOCATIONS. 4 IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN MOVE THE PHYSICAL 5 LOCATIONS FROM LIKE HIGH-INCOME AREAS? 6 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, LIKE 7 MOVE THEM MORE INTO LIKE AN ONLINE MEDIUM BECAUSE THEY 8 HAVE MORE ACCESS. AND THEY PROBABLY WOULD BE MORE WILLING 9 TO ACCEPT THAT AND LEAVE THE PHYSICAL LOCATIONS FROM THE 10 LOW-INCOME AREAS, LIKE THE KIDS ARE LIKE -- THE COMMUNITY 11 THAT DON'T HAVE, LIKE, MAYBE AS MUCH AS A, LIKE, AN ONLINE 12 MEDIUM OF ACCESS TO THAT. WOULD THAT BE -- IS THAT 13 SOMETHING THE COLLEGE IS LOOKING AT? 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. WE 15 REALLY CAN'T DISCUSS IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S A -- I'M IN 16 AGREEMENT WITH YOU. 17 MR. AKINYEMI: OKAY. THANKS. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 19 ALL RIGHT THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED. 20 (MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:30 P.M.) 21 22 23 24 25 MAY 26, 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: JUNE 13, 2011 ______________________________ MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 STATE OF CALIFORNIA