SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT MONTHLY MEETING OF THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011 CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO GOUGH STREET CAMPUS 33 GOUGH STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REPORTED BY: MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 2 1 A P P E A R A N C E S 2 3 4 THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 5 6 NATALIE BERG 7 CHRIS JACKSON 8 MILTON MARKS III 9 ANITA GRIER 10 STEVE NGO 11 JOHN RIZZO 12 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 APRIL 28, 2011 3 1 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011, 2 COMMENCING AT THE HOUR OF 6:45 P.M. THEREOF, AT CITY COLLEGE 3 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 APRIL 28, 2011 4 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF 2 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 3 CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: JOHN RIZZO, PRESIDENT. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: HERE. 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: CHRIS JACKSON, VICE 7 PRESIDENT. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (NO RESPONSE.) 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: NATALIE BERG. 10 TRUSTEE BERG: HERE. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. ANITA GRIER. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: HERE. 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: MILTON MARKS. 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: HERE. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: STEVE NGO. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: HERE. 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: LAWRENCE WONG. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: (NO RESPONSE.) 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: ABSENT. 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: STUDENT TRUSTEE JEFFREY 21 FANG. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: HERE AND STILL ALIVE. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF 24 ALLEGIANCE. 25 (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECITED.) APRIL 28, 2011 5 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AT THIS POINT WE HAVE TEN 2 MINUTES ALLOTTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE 3 AGENDA. I HAVE A -- IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE A COUPLE OF 4 CARDS FROM PEOPLE. 5 IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, PLEASE FILL OUT A 6 CARD. 7 THE FIRST PERSON I HAVE IS LISA ROMANO. 8 MS. ROMANO: GOOD EVENING. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. 10 MS. ROMANO: HOW MANY? 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TWO MINUTES. 12 MS. ROMANO: I NEED 30 SECONDS. MY NAME IS LISA 13 ROMANO. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT RIZZO, AND MEMBERS OF THE 14 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 15 I AM THE CO-CHAIR OF ASIAN COALITION AND WOULD 16 LIKE TO EXTEND TO EACH OF YOU AN INVITATION TO OUR ANNUAL 17 SCHOLARSHIP DINNER WHICH WILL BE ON FRIDAY, MAY 6TH AT THE 18 NEW ASIA RESTAURANT. 19 OUR THEME THIS YEAR WILL BE CELEBRATING THE 20 ASIAN CREATIVE SPIRIT. AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE AS OUR 21 KEYNOTE SPEAKER AUTHOR ANGIE CHAU. SHE WROTE THE BOOK, 22 QUIET AS THEY COME. 23 SO WE HOPE THAT YOU FOLKS WOULD BE FREE AND ABLE 24 TO COME TO OUR DINNER. WE WILL BE AWARDING 17 25 SCHOLARSHIPS THAT EVENING. APRIL 28, 2011 6 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: COULD I ASK YOU A QUESTION? 2 WHY ARE EVENTS HELD USUALLY ON FRIDAYS? I SPEND 3 THOSE USUALLY AT HOME WITH MY FAMILY FOR SHABBAT. 4 MS. ROMANO: WELL, I GUESS FOR US AFTER THE END 5 OF A LONG WEEK -- 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: YEAH. 7 MS. ROMANO: -- AND FRIDAY JUST KIND OF WORKS 8 OUT FOR FOLKS. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 10 MS. ROMANO: AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE IT. BUT WE 11 WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND. USUALLY WHEN FOLKS ARE WORKING 12 TOO, THEN THEY CAN GO. AND SOME FOLKS COMING IN -- 13 TRUSTEE MARKS: YEAH. 14 MS. ROMANO: -- ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DOESN'T 15 ALWAYS WORK REALLY WELL. 16 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. THANK YOU. 17 MS. ROMANO: THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO LEAVE 18 THESE FLIERS. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: LISA, DID YOU GIVE US THE DAY? 20 IT'S THE 6TH, RIGHT? 21 MS. ROMANO: YEAH. FRIDAY, MAY 6TH. 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: ALL RIGHT. THANKS. IT'S ON MY 23 CALENDAR. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 25 NEXT WE HAVE CHARLOTTE ALLEN. APRIL 28, 2011 7 1 MS. ALLEN: HELLO, MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE. AND 2 ACTUALLY, I WAS A STUDENT AT CITY COLLEGE. I ALSO PLAYED 3 ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM AND NOW I HAVE CHILDREN. 4 WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN 5 THE BAYVIEW WAS ABOUT TO BE CLOSED, AND THE BOARD HAS 6 DECIDED TO CLOSE IT. WE ARE A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED AT 7 THAT. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE DIDN'T GET THE 8 OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO -- WE WEREN'T GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY 9 TO FIGHT FOR OUR SCHOOL. WE WEREN'T GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY 10 TO HAVE ANY SITDOWNS AND KIND OF SEE WHERE YOU GUYS WERE 11 COMING FROM. AND WHY YOU CHOSE TO CLOSE ONE OF THE LAST 12 CENTERS IN THE BAYVIEW DISTRICT THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR OVER 13 20 YEARS. 14 I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BUDGET CUTS. 15 HOWEVER, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU GUYS CAN DISREGARD THE 16 FACT THAT IF THAT SCHOOL CLOSES OR THE DEVELOPMENT CENTER 17 OR CHILD CARE CENTER, WHICHEVER WAY YOU WANT TO CALL IT, 18 THE REALITY IS A LOT OF THOSE KIDS WILL NOT HAVE AN 19 EDUCATION FROM THREE TO FIVE BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS WON'T 20 BE ABLE TO GET THEM WHERE THEY NEED TO GO. 21 SO IF YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT FIRST START AND THAT 22 SOLID FIRST STEP, THEN YOU ARE PUTTING THEM AT A 23 DISADVANTAGE WHEN THEY GET INTO KINDERGARTEN. SO WE WERE 24 JUST COMING HERE TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THE DECISION MAY 25 ALREADY BE MADE, HOWEVER, WE ARE REALLY SADDENED AND APRIL 28, 2011 8 1 DISHEARTENED BY THE DECISION THAT YOU GUYS MADE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I DON'T BELIEVE THE BOARD HAS 3 VOTED ON THIS. 4 MS. ALLEN: WE WERE TOLD YOU GUYS DID FROM OUR 5 DIRECTOR. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO, WELL, HE'S WRONG. 7 MS. ALLEN: REALLY? SO THE SCHOOL IS NOT 8 CLOSING? 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: ADMINISTRATIVELY WE HAVE 10 MOVED TO LOCATE OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE KIDS WHO ARE 11 THERE IN OTHER LOCATIONS. THE BOARD HAS NOT VOTED ON 12 THIS. IT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, NOT A BOARD 13 PROCESS. 14 MS. ALLEN: SO IS THE SCHOOL CLOSING OR IS IT 15 STAYING OPEN OR WHAT? I STILL DON'T GET IT. WHAT'S 16 HAPPENING? 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: ULTIMATELY, FROM AN 18 ADMINISTRATIVE POINT OF VIEW, WE ARE MOVING TO CLOSE THE 19 SCHOOL. THE BOARD HAS NOT DIRECTED US OTHERWISE. 20 MS. ALLEN: SO THE SCHOOL IS CLOSING? 21 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THE SCHOOL -- 22 MS. ALLEN: JUST TO BE ON THE -- BECAUSE IT 23 SEEMS LIKE I AM GETTING -- I'M GOING IN CIRCLES HERE. 24 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: NO, THE SCHOOL IS CLOSING. 25 (TIMER SOUNDS.) APRIL 28, 2011 9 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THE SCHOOL IS CLOSING. 2 MS. ALLEN: OKAY. WE JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO 3 KNOW HOW WE FELT ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR 5 COMING. 6 I THINK THAT'S ALL THE CARDS I HAVE. SO I THINK 7 I WANTED TO MOVE -- I WANT TO MOVE THE S RESOLUTIONS THAT 8 HONOR OUR ATHLETES OUT OF ORDER, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO 9 APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA FIRST. 10 IS THAT CORRECT? 11 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO I WOULD LIKE TO, WITH THE 13 BOARD'S INDULGENCE, SKIP OVER THE MINUTES FOR THE TIME 14 BEING AND GO TO ITEM V, ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AGENDA. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A SECOND? 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO AND 19 SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 20 SO ARE THERE CHANGES TO THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA? 21 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE 22 A NUMBER OF CHANGES. 23 AS TO REVISED RESOLUTIONS, THERE ARE NONE AT 24 THIS TIME. 25 AS TO ADDED RESOLUTIONS, THERE'S S8, THE APRIL 28, 2011 10 1 "RESOLUTION TO HONOR AND RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE 2 OF JAMES P. KEENAN ON HIS RETIREMENT." 3 S9, THE "RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION 4 FUNDING, AB 1130, AND PROPOSED TAX EXTENSIONS." 5 S10, THE "RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE FRISCO DAY," 6 WHICH IS TOMORROW. 7 S11, THE "RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE TRANSLATION 8 OF CITY COLLEGE'S WEBSITE." 9 AND W2, THE "AUTHORIZATION FOR LEASE OF REAL 10 PROPERTY WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, 11 SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS." 12 AS TO SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTIONS, THERE ARE NONE AT 13 THIS TIME. 14 AS TO WITHDRAWN RESOLUTIONS, THAT WOULD BE 15 B1(A), B1(B), B2, B3, B4, B11, C1, AND W1. THOSE ARE IN 16 THE -- I BELIEVE THEY ARE IN THE AGENDA PACKETS BACK ON 17 THE TABLE IN THE BACK, BUT THEY ARE NOW WITHDRAWN. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CAN YOU READ THOSE OFF AGAIN? 19 COUNSEL BATTISTE: SURE. I CAN GO THROUGH THOSE 20 AGAIN. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 22 COUNSEL BATTISTE: B1(A), B1(B), B2, B3, B4, 23 B11, C1, AND W1. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 25 OKAY, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? APRIL 28, 2011 11 1 IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MOTION? 2 ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY 3 "AYE". 4 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 13 OKAY, THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA IS APPROVED. 14 SO NOW LET'S SEE, WHERE ARE -- I'M LOOKING FOR 15 THE BASKETBALL -- 16 COUNSEL BATTISTE: STARTING WITH S5, 17 MR. PRESIDENT. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS IT S5? 19 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? 21 COUNSEL BATTISTE: S6. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: S6, GREAT. YES, WITH THE 23 BOARD'S INDULGENCE, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE S5 AND S6 OUT OF 24 ORDER. 25 TRUSTEE BERG: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE S5. APRIL 28, 2011 12 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A SECOND? 2 MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 5 COUNSEL, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE TITLE? 6 COUNSEL BATTISTE: ABSOLUTELY NOT. 7 S5, IS THE "BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SAN 8 FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ACKNOWLEDGES THE RAMS 9 MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM, HEAD COACH JUSTIN LABAGH AND 10 ASSISTANT COACHES ADAM D'ACQUISTO, TOM MCNICHOL, DEREK 11 LOTT, AND CHIBUZO EMEKA." 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG, THIS IS YOUR 13 RESOLUTION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF IT? 14 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, I WOULD. 15 I WOULD, ONCE AGAIN, LIKE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO 16 ARE HERE TONIGHT, WOULD YOU STAND UP SO WE COULD GIVE YOU 17 A GOOD ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 18 SPEAKER UNKNOWN: THEY ARE OUT IN THE HALLWAY. 19 TRUSTEE BERG: THEY ARE ALL OUT IN THE HALLWAY. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO THIS IS JUST -- 21 TRUSTEE BERG: COME ON IN GUYS. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- AS AN EXPLANATION, THIS IS 23 OUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, NO. 1 MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM. 24 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 25 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING APRIL 28, 2011 13 1 IN, A VERY IMPRESSIVE TEAM IT IS. IT IS REALLY WONDERFUL. 2 WE REALLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND TELL YOU THAT 3 YOU'VE DONE A REALLY WONDERFUL JOB BECAUSE ONE THING I 4 KNOW ABOUT THE P.E. DEPARTMENT IS THAT THOUGH YOU ARE 5 PLAYING OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL, YOU ARE ALSO PAYING 6 ATTENTION TO YOUR GRADES AND YOUR STUDIES AND THAT'S 7 EXTRAORDINARY. 8 YOU HAVE WONDERFUL COACHES. AND WE REALLY, 9 REALLY WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING 10 YOU DO. AND THE IMAGE THAT YOU SET FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, 11 FOR ALL THE OTHER YOUNG KIDS COMING UP AND THE HIGH SCHOOL 12 KIDS, THEY LOOK AT YOU, AND THEY WATCH YOU PLAY, AND YOU 13 ARE REALLY DOING A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING FOR 14 EVERYBODY. AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE 15 YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING PLAY AND FOR 16 YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU DO THE CITY, CITY COLLEGE PROUD. 17 THANK YOU. 18 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 19 MR. BROWN: GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. I 20 WOULD LIKE TO -- FIRST OF ALL, MY NAME IS HAROLD BROWN. I 21 AM ONE OF THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AT CITY COLLEGE. 22 I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BOARD FOR THEIR 23 SUPPORT AND LET THESE YOUNG MEN KNOW THAT WITHOUT YOU THIS 24 WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. OKAY, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU. 25 AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO GIVE THE BOARD APRIL 28, 2011 14 1 OF TRUSTEES A HAND. 2 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 3 MR. BROWN: AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW 4 OUR CHANCELLOR, DR. DON GRIFFIN. OKAY, LET'S GIVE HIM A 5 ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 6 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 7 MR. BROWN: ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY PUBLICLY 8 MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PLAYERS AND THE COACHING STAFF 9 BECAUSE I THINK FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS TO BE ON A SUCCESS 10 RUN MEN AND WOMEN THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON, 11 WHENEVER YOU ARE IN A COMPETITION WHERE YOU HAVE TO WIN 12 MULTIPLE GAMES TO GET TO THE ULTIMATE GOAL. 13 LAST YEAR STATE RUNNER UP MEN'S TEAM, LAST YEAR 14 WOMEN FINAL FOUR. THIS YEAR MEN'S TEAM STATE 15 CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS YEAR WOMEN'S STATE RUNNER UP. SO FOR 16 TWO YEARS IN A ROW, WE HAVE HAD EXCELLENCE. AND IT TAKES 17 A LOT TO ACHIEVE THAT. 18 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ACKNOWLEDGING 19 US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. 20 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 21 AND I WANT TO THANK THE COACHES BECAUSE WITHOUT 22 THE COACHES, THERE'S NO TEAM. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU 23 ALL. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I HAVE A CARD FROM KAREN 25 SAGINOR. APRIL 28, 2011 15 1 MS. SAGINOR: KAREN SAGINOR, ACADEMIC SENATE 2 PRESIDENT. 3 I JUST WANT TO BE SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS 4 RESOLUTION. THE ACADEMIC SENATE HAS HEARTILY ENDORSED IT. 5 THE ACADEMIC SENATE, OF COURSE, IS THE FACULTY OF CITY 6 COLLEGE. AND WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU 7 GUYS HAVE DONE. AND WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO GO ON TO DO 8 GREAT THINGS IN YOUR FUTURE CAREERS. THANK YOU ALL VERY 9 MUCH. 10 PLEASE VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION. THANK 11 YOU. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WAS GOING TO ASK THE 14 AUDIENCE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO OPPOSE THE RESOLUTION? 15 OKAY. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER. 17 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 18 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF 19 THE PLAYERS. I THINK IT IS JUST A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY 20 THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF WORKING OUT IN OUR NEW WELLNESS 21 CENTER. I HAVE COME TO SEVERAL OF THE PRACTICES. LAST 22 YEAR I WENT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT, BUT 23 THIS TIME YOU DID. 24 I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY WITH 25 THE COACHING STAFF AND YOUR PLAYING. YOU WON. YOU DID A APRIL 28, 2011 16 1 GOOD JOB. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF 2 YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. 3 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 4 TRUSTEE NGO: I WANT TO JUST ECHO THE COMMENTS 5 MADE BY THE TRUSTEES AND ALSO MS. SAGINOR. I READ 6 SOMEWHERE THAT ONE OF YOU OR AT LEAST SOME OF YOU ARE 7 GOING TO UCLA. THAT'S RIGHT? 8 SO I WILL ONLY VOTE FOR THIS IF YOU PROMISE YOU 9 WILL GET THE BRUINS A CHAMPIONSHIP WHILE YOU ARE THERE. 10 OKAY, GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE 12 TRUSTEES? 13 I WILL JUST SAY THAT I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE 14 THE TEAM FOR ITS HARD WORK. I KNOW WHAT AN AWFUL LOT OF 15 HARD WORK IT TAKES TO GET WHERE YOU ARE NOW. AND WE ARE 16 ALL VERY PROUD OF YOU. 17 I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR ATHLETIC 18 DEPARTMENT AND THE COACHES TOO. IT IS JUST AN AMAZING 19 FEAT I THINK TO DO THIS MULTIPLE YEARS, TO HAVE SUCH HIGH 20 WINNING TEAMS AND TO HAVE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TEAMS IN THE 21 SAME SPORT DO SO WELL. I THINK THAT'S REALLY A TRIBUTE TO 22 OUR COACHING STAFF. 23 SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 24 OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 25 OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY "AYE". APRIL 28, 2011 17 1 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 4 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 10 THE MOTION CARRIES. CONGRATULATIONS. 11 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE WILL NOW TAKE, WITH THE 13 BOARD'S INDULGENCE, S6 OUT OF ORDER. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE S6. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 16 TRUSTEE BERG: AND I WILL SECOND IT. 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 19 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY, THANK YOU. 20 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, "THE 21 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE 22 DISTRICT ACKNOWLEDGES THE RAMS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM 23 HEAD COACH JAMIE HAYES AND ASSISTANT COACHES DEREK LAU AND 24 KIM HOM." 25 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) APRIL 28, 2011 18 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL JUST SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 2 THIS. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WOMEN, THE WOMEN'S TEAM 3 FOR COMING IN SECOND PLACE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I 4 THINK IT IS QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT. AND I PERSONALLY AM 5 VERY PROUD OF YOU, AND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR 6 YOUR EXCELLENT WORK. 7 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG. 9 TRUSTEE BERG: AND I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND YOU. 10 I HAVE WATCHED YOU PLAY, AND YOU ARE AWESOME. YOU ARE 11 REALLY AWESOME. AND I WILL TELL YOU HOW AWESOME YOU ARE. 12 I HAD MY 12 YEAR OLD GRANDSON WITH ME. AND HE 13 SEE NOTHING BUT MEN AND BOYS. THAT'S ALL HE THINKS. BUT 14 HE WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH YOU GUYS PLAYING ON THE 15 COURT. IT WAS WONDERFUL. IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO 16 BEHOLD. 17 CONGRATULATIONS, TWO YEARS IN A ROW IS TOUGH. 18 THAT IS TOUGH WORK. IT REALLY IS. AND SO I REALLY 19 COMMEND YOU. YOU SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF YOURSELF. 20 AND YOU COACHES, YOU GUYS, THAT IS HARD, HARD 21 WORK. 22 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE GRIER. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY 25 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. I HAVE BEEN TO MANY OF YOUR APRIL 28, 2011 19 1 GAMES. I'VE SEEN YOU WORKOUT IN THE WELLNESS CENTER. YOU 2 ARE AWESOME. YOU ARE HARD WORKING. AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP 3 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK TO ALL 4 OF YOU. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DO WE HAVE SOMEONE -- 6 MS. GRADY: PEG GRADY, THE CO-ATHLETIC DIRECTOR 7 FOR THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT. AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR 8 COACHES JAMIE HAYES. 9 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 10 MS. GRADY: AND ASSISTANT COACH DEREK LAU. 11 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 12 MS. GRADY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 13 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THIS EVENING. I CAN'T SAY HOW PROUD WE 14 ARE TO HAVE BOTH OUR MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TEAM PLAY IN A 15 CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SAN FRANCISCO 16 WAS WELL REPRESENTED. I DON'T THINK IT'S EVEN EVER 17 HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL TO HAVE MEN 18 AND WOMEN IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. 19 SO IN HONOR TO BOTH PROGRAMS AND FOR THEIR HARD 20 WORK, FOR THEIR COACHES AND ALL OTHER ATHLETES, MANY OF 21 THEM ARE TRANSFERRING ONTO FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS AND FOR 22 THAT ACADEMICALLY AND ATHLETICALLY, THEY ARE VERY 23 SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 24 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS NO ONE TRANSFERRING TO APRIL 28, 2011 20 1 RUTGERS BY ANY CHANCE? 2 OKAY, THAT'S TOO BAD. 3 KAREN SAGINOR. 4 MS. SAGINOR: KAREN SAGINOR, PRESIDENT OF THE 5 ACADEMIC SENATE. 6 I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FACULTY. I 7 ASK THE BOARD TO PLEASE APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION, VOTE IN 8 FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION. WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOUR 9 ACHIEVEMENTS ON AND OFF THE COURT. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF 10 YOUR WINNING THE SEMI-FINALS. AND WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING 11 TO GO ON TO DO GREAT WORK IN THE FUTURE AS WELL AND THANK 12 YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR GOOD EFFORT. 13 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY FURTHER PUBLIC 15 COMMENT? 16 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD? 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 20 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 23 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. APRIL 28, 2011 21 1 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 3 OKAY, MOTION CARRIES. 4 CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 5 (APPLAUSE GIVEN.) 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. 7 WE APPRECIATE IT. 8 LET'S GET BACK TO -- 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: MR. PRESIDENT, AS YOU SEE FIT, 10 I RECOMMEND IF YOU CAN TAKE ANOTHER RESOLUTION AT SOME 11 POINT OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE THE ATTORNEY WHO IS WORKING FOR 12 US WITH REGARD TO THE RESERVOIR NEGOTIATIONS IS PAID BY US 13 FOR THE TIME THAT SHE IS HERE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SO WHEN YOU HAVE THE 16 OPPORTUNITY. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHY DON'T WE DO THAT 18 IMMEDIATELY. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: ALL RIGHT. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHAT RESOLUTION IS THIS? 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: W1? 22 COUNSEL BATTISTE: W2. 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: W2. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: W2. OKAY, ANY OBJECTION? 25 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. NO OBJECTION. APRIL 28, 2011 22 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 2 IS THERE A SECOND? 3 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 5 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, 6 "AUTHORIZATION FOR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY WITH THE CITY 7 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO SUBJECT TO COMPLETE AND OF 8 CONCERN CONDITIONS." 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER DEBORAH 10 KEETH MILLER FROM SHUTE, MIHALY, AND WEINBERGER. 11 MS. MILLER: GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES. YOU WILL 12 RECALL THAT TWO YEARS AGO IN DECEMBER OF 2008, THE COLLEGE 13 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE AN EXCHANGE AGREEMENT WITH 14 THE CITY FOR THE BALBOA RESERVOIR. RIGHT NOW THE CITY 15 OWNS THE NORTH PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE COLLEGE 16 OWNS THE SOUTH. UNDER THE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT, THE CITY 17 WOULD OWN THE WEST PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE COLLEGE 18 WOULD OWN THE EAST PORTION. THE EXCHANGE WILL ALLOW THE 19 COLLEGE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ITS PLANS UNDER THE MASTER 20 PLAN. 21 AFTER YOUR BOARD APPROVED THE EXCHANGE 22 AGREEMENT, THE CITY LET US KNOW THAT IT WOULD -- AS A 23 CONDITION OF ITS APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT, WOULD REQUIRE 24 THE COLLEGE TO AGREE TO PARTICIPATE IN A LEASE AGREEMENT 25 FOR A PLAZA THAT WOULD BE ADJACENT TO THE EXCHANGE PARCEL APRIL 28, 2011 23 1 AND COULD BE VIEWED AS A GATEWAY TO THE COLLEGE'S EXPANDED 2 CAMPUS. 3 SO WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING THE TERMS OF THE 4 LEASE AGREEMENT FOR SOME TIME. AND I HAD HOPED TO BE ABLE 5 TO BRING TO YOU TODAY A FINAL LEASE AGREEMENT FOR YOUR 6 APPROVAL. 7 WE DID PRESENT A TERM SHEET FOR THE LEASE TO THE 8 FACILITIES COMMITTEE. AND WE REVIEWED WHERE WE STOOD 9 UNDER THAT LEASE AGREEMENT. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: EXCUSE ME. YOU MEAN THE BOARD 11 OF SUPERVISORS FACILITIES COMMITTEE? 12 MS. MILLER: NO, YOUR -- 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, OUR COMMITTEE. 14 MS. MILLER: YES. YES. AND YOUR FACILITIES 15 COMMITTEE VOTED TO FORWARD THE LEASE TO THIS FULL BOARD, 16 BUT WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THE LEASE WAS NOT 17 COMPLETELY FINAL AT THAT TIME. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS 18 STILL NOT FINAL. WE HAVE PRESENTED OUR COMMENTS ON THE 19 LEASE TO THE CITY. AND THE CITY HAS PROVIDED SOME 20 FEEDBACK, BUT NOT ALL FEEDBACK AT THIS POINT. 21 I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE LAST DRAFT 22 OF THE LEASE AND THE TERM SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU. AND I 23 WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE LEASE AND LET 24 YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK THE OUTSTANDING POINTS ARE OR WE 25 COULD WAIT UNTIL I'M READY TO BRING YOU A COMPLETE LEASE. APRIL 28, 2011 24 1 THERE IS TIME SENSITIVITY TO HAVING THE COLLEGE 2 CONSIDER THIS LEASE. THE CITY WON'T PUT THE EXCHANGE 3 AGREEMENT ON ITS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CALENDAR FOR 4 APPROVAL UNTIL THE COLLEGE HAS INDICATED ITS APPROVAL OF A 5 LEASE AGREEMENT, AND THE EXCHANGE IS WHAT'S NECESSARY IN 6 ORDER FOR THE COLLEGE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ITS PLANS UNDER 7 THE MASTER PLAN. 8 I THINK THAT THE CITY WILL BE READY TO GIVE US 9 ITS FINAL COMMENTS IN THE NEXT WEEK. AND SO I HOPE THAT I 10 WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH A FINAL NEGOTIATED 11 LEASE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT YOUR MAY MEETING. THAT 12 WOULD THEN TRIGGER TAKING THE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT TO THE 13 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN EARLY JUNE. AND ASSUMING THEIR 14 APPROVAL, THAT WOULD BECOME FINAL IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE. 15 IT'S POSSIBLE IF YOUR BOARD IS SO INCLINED TO 16 CONSIDER IF WE ARE ABLE TO REACH THE FINAL TERMS ON THE 17 LEASE IN ADVANCE OF YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MAY MEETING, 18 TO CONSIDER PUTTING IT ON YOUR CALENDAR OF YOUR BUDGET 19 MEETING. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: I CAN'T FIND W2. 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: IT'S IN THE BINDER. 22 TRUSTEE MARKS: OH, OKAY. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DO YOU WANT MINE? 24 MS. MILLER: SO AS A POSSIBLE WAY TO MOVE THIS 25 ALONG A LITTLE BIT FASTER, IF WE ARE ABLE TO REACH FINAL APRIL 28, 2011 25 1 AGREEMENT WITH CITY STAFF ON THE TERMS OF THE LEASE WOULD 2 BE FOR YOUR BOARD TO CONSIDER TAKING THIS ISSUE UP AT THE 3 BUDGET -- 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: ACTUALLY, THE COMMITTEE. WHAT 5 DEBORAH AND I TALKED ABOUT WAS, BECAUSE TIME IS IMPORTANT 6 TO US IN TRYING TO RESOLVE THIS, AND THE CITY -- WE CAN'T 7 REALLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU ADOPT THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE THE 8 CITY STILL HAS NOT RESPONDED TO THE THINGS WE PUT DOWN IN 9 FRONT OF THEM. 10 SINCE YOU NOW HAVE AN EXPANDED BUDGET COMMITTEE, 11 IF YOU WERE INCLINED TO ON ONE OF THE UPCOMING BUDGET 12 COMMITTEE NIGHTS TO HAVE A SINGLE ITEM AS A SPECIAL 13 MEETING, YOU WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TRUSTEES THERE IF ENOUGH OF 14 THE COMMITTEE SHOWED UP TO ACTUALLY PASS IT. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 16 OKAY, I THINK IT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THESE 17 DELAYS KEEP HAPPENING. WE WERE TOLD BY THE CITY LAST YEAR 18 THAT THIS WOULD BE WRAPPED UP BY JULY OR EARLY AUGUST. 19 AND THERE'S DELAYS AND DELAYS AND DELAYS. 20 RECENTLY, WE WERE TOLD THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 21 WOULD VOTE ON IT AT THE END OF MAY. THAT'S NOW NOT GOING 22 TO -- MAY NOT HAPPEN. IT LOOKS UNLIKELY THAT IT WILL 23 HAPPEN SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE WHAT WE NEEDED FOR THEM 24 TODAY. 25 THE CITY IS HOLDING UP THIS VITAL CONSTRUCTION APRIL 28, 2011 26 1 PROJECT. IT'S VITAL NOT ONLY TO CITY COLLEGE, BUT FOR THE 2 ECONOMY OF THE CITY. THE CITY NEEDS A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION 3 PROJECT LIKE THIS FOR THE JOBS AND THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. 4 AND IT'S JUST REALLY A SHAME THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO 5 DELAY FOR YEARS THIS PROJECT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE 6 THAT COMMENT. 7 SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? 8 I DON'T THINK WE CAN VOTE ON IT TONIGHT. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, I'M JUST NOT CLEAR WHAT THE 10 RESOLUTION IS, BUT -- IF WE ARE NOT VOTING -- I FIGURED 11 THIS WAS JUST FOR DISCUSSION ONLY. 12 MS. MILLER: YES. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU 13 ACTUALLY VOTE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO YOUR NEXT MEETING OR 14 TO PERHAPS YOUR BUDGET -- 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE 16 THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO VOTE. WE THOUGHT WE 17 WOULD HAVE SOMETHING FROM THE CITY, BUT WE DON'T. 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: SO IF I COULD -- 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: WHERE ARE THE -- WHERE IS THE 21 MAP? THE MAP THAT'S ILLUSTRATING THE COMPLETION OF THE 22 LAND EXCHANGE AND -- 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S THE BACK OF THAT PACKET. 24 TRUSTEE MARKS: OH, I SEE IT'S IN WORDS. 25 IS THAT -- APRIL 28, 2011 27 1 MS. MILLER: THAT'S A -- 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: OH, I SEE. 3 MS. MILLER: -- WRITTEN LEGAL DESCRIPTION, AND 4 THERE IS ALSO THE -- YEAH. IT'S AN "L" SHAPED PIECE OF 5 PROPERTY. 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MR. GOLDSTEIN, IF I AM 8 CORRECT, THERE'S REALLY NO AREAS OF DISAGREEMENT HERE. 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO. IN FACT IT IS WORSE THAN 10 YOU SUGGESTED. WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN NEGOTIATING THIS I 11 THINK FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS. AND THERE'S REALLY NEVER BEEN 12 ANY OPPOSITION FROM THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANY 13 REAL OPPOSITION FROM THE CITY. YET, IT HAS JUST TAKEN 14 EXTREMELY LONG TO GET THIS FINISHED. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 16 SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. I WILL 17 ACCEPT A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS A MONTH. 18 TRUSTEE BERG: TO A TIME CERTAIN, NEXT MONTH'S 19 BOARD MEETING. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TIME CERTAIN NEXT MONTH'S 21 BOARD MEETING. 22 TRUSTEE BERG: YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT AT THE -- 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, OR OUR SPECIAL BOARD 24 MEETING. 25 TRUSTEE BERG: OR AT THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE? APRIL 28, 2011 28 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHAT? I'M SORRY. 2 TRUSTEE BERG: THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE. DO YOU 3 WANT TO -- 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO, IT WOULD BE AT THE SPECIAL 5 BOARD MEETING JUST BEFORE THE NEXT BUDGET COMMITTEE -- 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- MEETING SINCE WE HAVE A 8 QUORUM OF BOARD OF MEMBERS -- 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. 11 WE COULD HAVE A SPECIAL -- WE CAN EASILY HAVE A TEN MINUTE 12 SPECIAL MEETING. 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE SAME MEETING, RIGHT. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: RIGHT. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: SO I WOULD MOVE THAT WE TABLE 16 THIS TO THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING. 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE -- 20 AT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL -- WE 21 WOULD CONVENE AS THE BOARD. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: ALL RIGHT. SPECIAL COMMITTEE AT 24 THE BUDGET -- 25 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL SECOND IT. APRIL 28, 2011 29 1 TRUSTEE BERG: -- COMMITTEE MEETING. 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I'M NO PARLIAMENTARIAN. DOES 3 THAT MEAN WE DON'T PUT A DATE CERTAIN ON IT? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: THAT IS A DATE CERTAIN. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THERE ARE TWO UPCOMING BUDGET 6 MEETINGS. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: THERE'S NO DATE -- 8 COUNSEL BATTISTE: WELL, I THINK SHE IS SPEAKING 9 OF THE ONE ON MAY 5TH. 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: WHICH ONE ARE WE SPEAKING OF? 12 TRUSTEE NGO: DO WE NEED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE 13 BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO IN MAY. 14 MS. MILLER: I DON'T. BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR THE 15 PURPOSES OF YOUR MOTION. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I DON'T. BECAUSE WE DON'T 17 KNOW WHEN WE WILL HEAR FROM -- 18 COUNSEL BATTISTE: RIGHT. 19 MS. MILLER: I WOULD SUGGEST -- 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- THE CITY. 21 MS. MILLER: -- YOUR NEXT IS MAY 5TH, I WOULD 22 PROBABLY PUT IT TO THE SECOND. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 24 MS. MILLER: REALISTICALLY. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. APRIL 28, 2011 30 1 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY, SO WE WILL MAKE THE 2 RESOLUTION TO GO TO -- WHAT IS THE DATE OF THE SECOND 3 MEETING? 4 TRUSTEE NGO: MAY 22ND. 5 TRUSTEE BERG: MAY 22ND? 6 TRUSTEE NGO: I'M SORRY. MAY 19TH, CORRECT. 7 COUNSEL BATTISTE: THE 19TH. 8 TRUSTEE BERG: WHEN IS IT? 9 TRUSTEE NGO: MAY 19TH. 10 TRUSTEE BERG: MAY 19TH, OKAY. THEN MY 11 RESOLUTION IS TO TABLE THIS TO MAY 19TH FOR THE BUDGET 12 COMMITTEE MEETING. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 14 IS THERE A SECOND? 15 TRUSTEE NGO: SECOND. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE 17 AUDIENCE? 18 DISCUSSION ON THE BOARD? 19 OKAY, STUDENT TRUSTEE. 20 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 22 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 25 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. APRIL 28, 2011 31 1 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 5 OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 6 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S GO BACK 8 TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 9 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MR. PRESIDENT. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 11 COUNSEL BATTISTE: JUST A QUICK QUESTION. DID 12 YOU MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, WE HAVEN'T. NO, THANK YOU 14 FOR REMINDING ME. WE HAVE NOT DONE THE MINUTES, SO WHY 15 DON'T WE DO THAT. 16 IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? 17 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 20 BY STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 21 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 22 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE? 23 ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 24 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. APRIL 28, 2011 32 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 8 OKAY, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 9 SO LET'S TAKE UP THE CONSENT CALENDAR. LET ME 10 PULL THAT UP. OKAY, THE CONSENT CALENDAR WE HAVE -- 11 COUNSEL BATTISTE: THE FIRST CONSENT ITEM, 12 MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD BE B5. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: B5, B7, B8, AND B9, CORRECT? 14 COUNSEL BATTISTE: CORRECT. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WOULD ANYONE ON THE BOARD OR 16 IN THE PUBLIC LIKE TO REMOVE ANY OF THOSE FROM CONSENT 17 CALENDAR? 18 OKAY, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE ITEMS. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO MOVED. 20 TRUSTEE BERG: EVERYTHING ON THE CONSENT 21 CALENDAR OR JUST THE B'S? 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE B'S. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: JUST THE B'S. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO MOVED. APRIL 28, 2011 33 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. MOVED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 2 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 4 OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 5 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. ACTUALLY THAT WAS JUST 14 THE FIRST PART OF THE B'S. THERE'S ALSO B12, B13, AND 15 B14. 16 DOES ANYONE IN THE ROOM WANT TO REMOVE THOSE 17 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 18 OKAY, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO MOVED. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 21 IS THERE A SECOND? 22 TRUSTEE NGO: SECOND. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 24 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 25 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. APRIL 28, 2011 34 1 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 9 OKAY, B12, B13, AND B14 ARE APPROVED. 10 THE C RESOLUTIONS, WE HAVE C2, C3, C4. 11 DOES ANYONE WANT TO REMOVE THOSE FROM THE 12 CONSENT CALENDAR? 13 OKAY, I WILL TAKE A MOTION. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SO MOVED. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE FANG; 17 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 18 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 19 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 21 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 22 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) APRIL 28, 2011 35 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 3 OKAY, THOSE ARE MOVED. 4 TRUSTEE BERG: I WILL MOVE ALL THE PERSONNEL 5 RESOLUTIONS G, H, N. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: G1-13, H1-4 AND -- 7 TRUSTEE BERG: N1. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- N1. 9 DOES ANYONE WANT ANY OF THOSE REMOVED? 10 NOPE, OKAY, SO WAS THERE A SECOND? 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE 13 FANG. 14 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 15 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 24 OKAY, THE HUMAN RESOURCES RESOLUTIONS ARE 25 APPROVED. APRIL 28, 2011 36 1 WE HAVE S3 WHICH IS THE LAST ONE. 2 DOES ANYONE WANT TO REMOVE S3 FROM THE CONSENT 3 CALENDAR? 4 ALL RIGHT. I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR THAT. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 7 IS THERE A SECOND? 8 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 10 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 11 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 20 OKAY, S3 IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. 21 I DO WANT TO TAKE ONE THING -- ANOTHER THING OUT 22 OF ORDER. AND THAT'S THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT. JUST 23 BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT OF AN ISSUE RIGHT NOW. AND 24 WHILE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE STILL TO HEAR IT, IT 25 USUALLY COMES MUCH LATER IN THE MEETING, SO I THINK IT APRIL 28, 2011 37 1 WOULD BE -- IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS. WE TAKE THAT OUT OF 2 ORDER. 3 THAT'S ITEM X. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. I WILL GIVE YOU THE 5 USUAL REPORT AND WAIT FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: STATE YOUR NAMES FOR THE -- 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: PETER GOLDSTEIN, VICE 8 CHANCELLOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION AND JOHN BILMONT, 9 OUR CFO IS HERE AS WELL. 10 WE ARE GETTING NEAR THE END OF THE CURRENT 11 FISCAL YEAR, SO OF COURSE OUR ATTENTION IS TURNING TOWARD 12 WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT ANY FUNDS AND 13 WHETHER WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR 14 WITHOUT TOUCHING THE RESERVE, THE BOARD DESIGNATED 15 RESERVE. 16 AND I THINK AT THIS POINT BARRING SOME DRAMATIC 17 CHANGE, THE ANSWER IS THAT WE WILL NOT BE USING THE 18 RESERVE THIS YEAR. AND WE WILL HAVE A CLOSEOUT FOR A 19 LITTLE HEAD START ON NEXT YEAR, ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY 20 FOR US TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH. 21 IN TERMS OF THE STATE BUDGET, IT WAS AN ALL-OUT 22 EFFORT BY THE GOVERNOR TO TRY TO GET THIS THING DONE FAST 23 AND NOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, AS 24 WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE IS A RANGE WITHIN WHICH WE CAN 25 LOOK AT TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY THE COLLEGE WOULD BE LOSING APRIL 28, 2011 38 1 NEXT YEAR FROM STATE CUTS. ACCORDING TO THE COMMUNITY 2 COLLEGE LEAGUE, ANYWHERE FROM 8.5 TO 23 PLUS MILLION 3 DOLLARS. ALTHOUGH THERE'S A CONSENSUS THAT WE WOULD NOT 4 BE FACING THE HIGH END NUMBER. IT WILL PROBABLY BE 5 SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. 6 THERE ARE MANY WHAT IF'S STILL OUT THERE. AND I 7 DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY KNOWS WHERE THE STATE BUDGET 8 WILL END UP AT THIS POINT. WE ARE WORKING ACTIVELY WITH 9 THE BOARD'S BUDGET COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS THE MID-RANGE CUT 10 LEVEL, SOMETHING IN THE 15 TO 16 TO 17 MILLION DOLLAR 11 RANGE. AND WE ARE WORKING ON SOLUTIONS FOR THAT WHICH WE 12 ARE DISCUSSING OPENLY AT PUBLIC SESSIONS OF THE BOARD'S 13 BUDGET COMMITTEE. 14 THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS THAT 15 CASH CONTINUES TO BE A GROWING CHALLENGE FOR OUR COLLEGE, 16 AND THAT'S WHY B1 IS ON YOUR AGENDA. IT IS EITHER B1 OR 17 B1(A). 18 CFO BILMONT: IT'S B1. 19 COUNSEL BATTISTE: IT'S B1. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: B1 IS ON THE AGENDA THIS 21 EVENING. IT'S ANNUAL RESOLUTION THAT WE ASK THE BOARD TO 22 ADOPT TO AUTHORIZE THE COLLEGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 23 ISSUANCE OF TAX REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES TRANS. 24 WE STARTED DOING THIS AS A SIMPLE WAY TO DEAL 25 WITH THE FACT THAT PROPERTY TAX COMES IN TWICE A YEAR IN APRIL 28, 2011 39 1 BIG LUMPS, BUT WE HAVE COSTS THAT GO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, 2 SO WE NEEDED CASH TO SMOOTH THAT OUT. BUT OVER THE LAST 3 SEVERAL YEARS, THAT'S REALLY BEEN DRIVEN BY DEFERRALS OF 4 STATE MONEY BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT, MONEY THAT WE ARE 5 OWED THAT THEY NO LONGER PAY US ON TIME. THAT KEEPS 6 GETTING PUSHED OUT TO A GREATER AND GREATER EXTENT. TEN'S 7 OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR NOW. 8 AT LEAST HOW MUCH THIS YEAR? 9 CFO BILMONT: $22 MILLION THIS YEAR. 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: $22 MILLION COMING UP. SO WE 11 BUILT IN A LARGE BORROWING AUTHORITY INTO THIS RESOLUTION. 12 WE MAY NOT NEED THAT MUCH, BUT WE ARE ASKING YOU TO 13 SUPPORT THAT WHEN THAT COMES UP ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD 15 MEMBERS? 16 I WANTED TO -- WELL, FIRST LET ME ASK, DOES 17 ANYONE KNOW HAS TRUSTEE JACKSON LEFT FOR THE EVENING? 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: HE'S BACK THERE. I DON'T QUITE 19 UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BECAUSE I HAVE SOMETHING FOR 21 HIM. IF SOMEONE CAN GET -- 22 (TRUSTEE JACKSON JOINS THE MEETING.) 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO THE QUESTION CAME UP THE 24 OTHER DAY ABOUT WHAT IS A RESERVE AND WHAT CAN A RESERVE 25 BE USED FOR. AND JOHN BILMONT DUG UP A MEMO FROM FOUR APRIL 28, 2011 40 1 YEARS AGO THAT I MADE SOME COPIES OF SO WE COULD KIND OF 2 LOOK AT THIS. 3 AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE CAN READ IT. DO 4 YOU WANT TO READ IT? IT'S VERY SHORT. 5 CFO BILMONT: SURE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: JUST SO EVERYONE CAN HEAR. 7 CFO BILMONT: WELL, THE COLLEGE HAS IN ITS 8 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND HAS A NUMBER OF DESIGNATIONS AND 9 RESERVATIONS. 10 UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, 11 THE TERM "RESERVE" SHOULD BE LIMITED TO INDICATE THAT 12 PORTION OF THE FUND BALANCE THAT IS NOT APPROPRIABLE FOR 13 EXPENDITURE OR, B, IS LEGALLY SEGREGATED FOR A SPECIFIC 14 FUTURE USE. AND THAT'S GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1800.123. 15 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MR. BILMONT, YOU MAY WANT TO 16 IDENTIFY YOURSELF. 17 CFO BILMONT: JOHN BILMONT, CHIEF FINANCIAL 18 OFFICER. THANK YOU, CHIEF COUNSEL. 19 THE CCSF BOARD DESIGNATED RESERVE, WHICH WE 20 CARRY IN OUR QUARTERLY REPORT AND ALSO LIST IN SOME OTHER 21 PORTIONS OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IS CURRENTLY AT 22 $6,652,000. AND IT'S BEEN DEFINED THROUGH THE BOARD'S 23 RESOLUTIONS AND IS SEGREGATED FOR SPECIFIC FUTURE USE AND 24 NOT APPROPRIABLE FOR AN EXPENDITURE WITHOUT A BOARD ACTION 25 OF A TWO-THIRDS VOTE -- APRIL 28, 2011 41 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 2 CFO BILMONT: -- TO REQUIRE ANY EFFECTIVE 3 CHANGE. 4 SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SUMMARY OF THAT. AND 5 THIS DISCUSSION USUALLY OCCURS IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT'S 6 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DESIGNATION AND A RESERVATION. 7 WE TALKED JUST ABOUT THE RESERVATION TONIGHT. IF THERE'S 8 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL ANSWER THOSE NOW. 9 DOES THAT HELP? 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, THAT HELPS. 11 CFO BILMONT: OKAY. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: PRESIDENT RIZZO AND I HAD THIS 13 SAME DISCUSSION ON -- YESTERDAY, BUT I STILL DON'T GET IT. 14 SO AT WHAT LEVEL IS THE $6.6 MILLION IN 15 PERCENTAGE TERMS, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE LEVEL OF THAT? 16 CFO BILMONT: IN RELATION TO? 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: TO THE -- WELL, I DON'T KNOW. 18 CFO BILMONT: WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT 19 MEASURES THAT WE USE. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: BUT 5 PERCENT OF BUDGETED 21 EXPENDITURES. 22 CFO BILMONT: RIGHT. THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S 23 OFFICE ISSUES A RECOMMENDED GUIDELINE FOR ALL COMMUNITY 24 COLLEGES. 25 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. APRIL 28, 2011 42 1 CFO BILMONT: THEY HOLD AS A MINIMUM RESERVE 2 ROUGHLY 5 PERCENT OR 5 PERCENT OR MORE OF THEIR -- OF THE 3 EXPENDITURE BUDGET THAT'S APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF 4 TRUSTEES IN ANY ONE YEAR. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: UNRESTRICTED FUND. 6 CFO BILMONT: UNRESTRICTED FUND, THAT'S CORRECT. 7 SO IN THIS CASE A .5 PERCENT RESERVE OF 8 193,600,000 WHICH IS 193,600,000 WHICH WE HAD LAST YEAR, 9 WOULD BE A BOARD DESIGNATED RESERVE OF $9,680,000. 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 11 CFO BILMONT: WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WE HAVE 12 6,652,000, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY LESS, BUT IS ABOVE THE 13 3 PERCENT THRESHOLD WHERE THE STATE MIGHT LOOK AT US -- 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. 15 CFO BILMONT: -- AND ASK US WHAT OUR PLAN IS IN 16 RELATION TO GETTING THE RESERVE BACK UP THERE, SO I HOPE 17 THAT HELPS. 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: AND WHAT I SEEM TO HAVE MEMORY 19 OF IS -- AND I DON'T HAVE A GREAT MEMORY, BUT YOU GUYS 20 SEEM TO COME TO US WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF AUTHORITY 21 AND YOU SAY, YOU GOT TO DO THIS. YOU GOT TO DO THAT. YOU 22 GOT TO TRANSFER THIS. YOU GOT TO TRANSFER THAT. AND WE 23 DON'T REALLY QUESTION WHY YOU ARE PRESENTING CERTAIN 24 THINGS TO US. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A 25 PARTICULARLY GOOD JOB OF QUESTIONING WHY YOU ARE APRIL 28, 2011 43 1 PRESENTING CERTAIN THINGS TO US. SO I CERTAINLY PLEDGE 2 TO, BUT -- 3 CFO BILMONT: I THINK PETER AND I BOTH AND THE 4 REST OF THE ADMINISTRATION REALLY WELCOME THE INTERACTION 5 AND QUESTIONS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT'S SOLICITED 6 FROM US ON A REGULAR BASIS. I AM VERY HAPPY TO CONTINUE 7 TO PARTICIPATE AND STILL DO THAT. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, AND I WANT TO 10 THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING UP WITH THIS DEFINITION. THIS 11 DEFINITION IS SO AMBIGUOUS TO ME. IT CAN MEAN ONE THING 12 OR THE OTHER. YOU KNOW, IN MY ESTIMATION OF RESERVE AS A 13 RESERVE AND, YOU KNOW, A RESERVE IS FOR, YOU KNOW, A BAD 14 DAY. I MEAN IT'S LIKE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT. AND WHEN YOU 15 HAVE A BAD DAY, YOU USE THE RESERVE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE 16 BIT BETTER UNTIL YOU HAVE A BETTER DAY AND THEN YOU 17 BACKFILL IT. 18 SO, YOU KNOW, IF THE STATE WERE TO EVER SAY, WHY 19 DID YOU FALL INTO THE 5 PERCENT? WE CAN SAY, HEY, WHY DID 20 YOU GUYS LOSE A COUPLE BILLION DOLLARS EVERY SINGLE YEAR 21 AND CUT US ALL THE TIME? 22 THERE'S A VERY SIMPLE EXPLANATION TO THE STATE 23 OF WHY WE WOULD FALL UNDER 5 PERCENT BECAUSE YOU GUYS 24 DECIDE TO TAKE $20 MILLION FROM US. THAT'S A VERY 25 CLEAR -- YOU'VE DONE IT MULTIPLE YEARS, AND THERE'S ONLY APRIL 28, 2011 44 1 SO LONG YOU CAN KEEP IT 5 PERCENT RESERVE. 2 CFO BILMONT: WE ARE ACTUALLY ABOVE THE 3 5 PERCENT RESERVE. 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH. 5 CFO BILMONT: I DO WANT TO SAY THAT. IT'S JUST 6 THAT IT'S NOT IN CASH. IT'S A BOOK BALANCE. SO WE ARE 7 OKAY AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE ARE ACTUALLY MUCH HIGHER 8 BASED ON MEASUREMENTS THEY APPLY. I JUST WANTED TO 9 MENTION THAT. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. AND THAT'S JUST 11 WHERE I AM COMING FROM IN SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE SEEM TO 12 HAVE A DECENT RESERVE. AND SO MY DEFINITION OF RESERVE 13 MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE'S 14 DEFINITION OF RESERVE. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS I'VE 15 SAID BEFORE, OUR RESERVE NEEDS TO BE PART OF ANY TYPE OF 16 STRATEGY THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO FOR THIS REALLY TOUGH 17 YEAR BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE ONLY UNALLOCATED SOURCES OF 18 REVENUE THAT WE DO HAVE RIGHT NOW. SO I AM JUST CANDIDLY 19 SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: I TOO APPRECIATE THE DEFINITION. 22 I DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY RELEVANT THOUGH. I DON'T THINK 23 THE ISSUE IS HOW WE DEFINE RESERVE. I THINK THE ISSUE IS 24 AS TRUSTEES, IS IT IN ONE'S INTERPRETATION IS IT SOMETHING 25 WE SHOULD BE DOING TAPPING A RESERVE THAT IN MY OPINION IS APRIL 28, 2011 45 1 STILL TOO LOW, EVEN THOUGH IT MEETS STATE REQUIREMENTS. I 2 STILL THINK IT IS TOO LOW. SO THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION. 3 YOU COME TO US EVERY YEAR, AT LEAST THE PAST TWO 4 YEARS I BELIEVE, AND YOU'VE ASKED US TO AUTHORIZE AN 5 ALLOCATION OR TO PROVIDE AN AUTHORITY TO ACCESS THE 6 RESERVE AS PART OF THE BUDGET -- 7 CFO BILMONT: SOLUTION. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: -- SOLUTION, CORRECT. 9 SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY -- THE DEFINITION 10 IS NICE, BUT IT IS NOT REALLY THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS ARE 11 WE AT THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO TAP THE RESERVE AND THAT 12 IS A QUESTION THAT EACH TRUSTEE HAS TO ANSWER ON THEIR OWN 13 IN THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THEIR DUTIES AS A TRUSTEE. AND 14 I THINK THAT'S THE REAL LARGER POINT HERE. 15 WE HAVE A RESERVE AT THIS LEVEL THAT MAY MEET 16 STATE REQUIREMENTS. BUT THE FACT IS, WE HAVE A LOT OF 17 OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR YET. WE HAVE 18 OPEB. WE HAVE OBLIGATIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR. 19 AND WHETHER THERE'S RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS OR IF IT'S 20 WORKERS' COMP LIABILITY -- 21 CFO BILMONT: SURE. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: -- THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE. WE HAVE 23 NOT EVEN SAID, OKAY, THAT'S A LIABILITY THAT WE HAVE TO 24 DEAL WITH. AND WE CAN'T IN MY MIND AS FIDUCIARIES START 25 LOOKING AT SPENDING MONEY THAT, ONE, WE DON'T HAVE. AND, APRIL 28, 2011 46 1 TWO, THAT IN A CONTEXT WHERE WE STILL ARE LIABLE FOR 2 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR, AND THAT NUMBER IS 3 GROWING. 4 CFO BILMONT: I THINK YOU SAID THAT WE HAVEN'T 5 ACCOUNTED FOR YET. I WOULD SAY IT A LITTLE BIT 6 DIFFERENTLY, WHICH IS WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR IT. WE 7 HAVEN'T FUNDED IT. AND WE HAVEN'T FUNDED OPEB. WE 8 HAVEN'T FUNDED SOME OF THE WORKERS' COMP COMPONENTS TO THE 9 EXTENT THAT WOULD BE PRUDENT. AND SO I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE 10 SAYING. I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD AND THE 11 CHANCELLOR NEED TO DECIDE. 12 WE ARE VERY EARLY IN THE BUDGETARY CYCLE OR 13 WE'RE TOO EARLY IN THE BUDGETARY CYCLE IN SOME WAYS TO 14 REALLY BE PUTTING THE RESERVE INTO THE PROCESS. WE KNOW 15 IT'S THERE. NO ONE IS GOING TO FORGET ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S 16 A LITTLE BIT PREMATURE I THINK TO BE FOCUSSING ON THAT. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD 19 JUST SAY THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR OBLIGATIONS, YOU 20 KNOW, IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 21 SYSTEM HAS AN OBLIGATION TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, EDUCATE 22 FOLKS. YOU KNOW WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS THAT WE'RE 23 PROPOSED TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, I SERIOUSLY QUESTION OUR 24 ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE ALL THAT COME. I MEAN WE 25 ALREADY REJECT PEOPLE. THERE'S NO CLASSES. AND, YOU APRIL 28, 2011 47 1 KNOW, HOW MANY MORE CLASSES DO WE NEED TO CUT BEFORE WE 2 SERIOUSLY HAVE TO QUESTION THE MISSION? ARE WE MEETING 3 THE MISSION OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM? AND SO 4 THAT'S WHERE I WOULD GET TO IS WE HAVE A HUGE OBLIGATION. 5 WE JUST HAD A PARENT GROUP, A BUNCH OF PARENTS, 6 YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM WHO ARE STUDENTS HERE WHO CAME HERE 7 TO TALK ABOUT THEIR CHILD CARE THAT'S ON THE PROPOSED 8 CHOPPING BLOCK. THE PBC DECIDED NOT TO FUND A CHILD CARE 9 CENTER IN THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT. I MEAN WE WANT TO 10 TALK ABOUT THESE OBLIGATIONS LIKE THEY ARE NOT REAL, BUT I 11 MEAN THEY ARE REAL PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO BE EFFECTED. 12 SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CLOSING 13 DOWN A CHILD CARE SITE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS, YOU 14 KNOW, PREDOMINANTLY THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ARE SINGLE 15 MOTHERS, I MEAN THAT'S A HUGE IMPACT. AND IF WE HAVE 16 SOMETHING THAT'S OVER WHAT OUR STATE IS REQUIRING US, I 17 THINK IT IS ALMOST UNCONSCIONABLE NOT TO USE THAT SOURCE 18 OF MONEY TO -- NOT TO USE IT ALL, NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT 19 GOING DOWN TO ZERO. 20 NO ONE IS EVEN TALKING ABOUT GOING DOWN TO HALF 21 OF IT, BUT NOT TO USE THAT AS A STRATEGY TO BACKFILL SOME 22 OF OUR CLASSES, TO ACTUALLY MAYBE HAVE SOME CHILD CARE 23 SLOTS IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE 24 OUR REAL IMPACTS AND WHAT IS OUR OBLIGATION FOR STUDENT 25 SERVICES. THOSE ARE WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT. APRIL 28, 2011 48 1 YOU KNOW, THE ACCREDITATION IS ONE THING. 2 THAT'S FINE. BUT I AM ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND 3 A POTENTIAL IMPACT BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS, ONCE YOU DON'T 4 HAVE A CLASS FOR THEM, THEY NEVER SHOW UP AGAIN. AND 5 THAT'S WHAT I AM ALSO WORRIED ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT IN 6 THESE TOUGH TIMES WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T FIND A JOB, AT LEAST 7 THEY CAN FIND A COUPLE CLASSES SO THEY CAN GET THE SKILLS 8 SO THAT WHEN THERE IS A JOB, THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE 9 MARKETABLE. AND THAT'S WHAT KIND OF INSTITUTION I WANT TO 10 CONTINUE TO HAVE. AND I SERIOUSLY QUESTION WHETHER WE CAN 11 CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF OPEN ACCESS TO A LOT OF 12 FOLKS. 13 WE ARE ABOUT TO HAVE A FRISCO DAY TOMORROW. 14 AND, YOU KNOW, HOW CRUEL IS IT TO BRING 1500 KIDS FROM SF 15 UNIFIED, MOST OF THOSE KIDS ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR -- ARE 16 STUDENTS OF COLOR FROM LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. AND THEN 17 THE CRUEL JOKE IS WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING BACK AND 18 CUTTING 1200 CLASSES. SO THOSE 1500 KIDS WHO JUST CAME 19 HERE SHOWING THAT THEY WANT TO GO TO CITY COLLEGE OR SOME 20 SORT OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, ALL OF SUDDEN 21 SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE DENIED ACCESS 22 BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT USING SOMETHING THAT WE 23 ACTUALLY HAVE. SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BRING THIS 24 CONVERSATION ABOUT A RESERVE. 25 I APPRECIATE ONCE AGAIN, JOHN, YOUR DEFINITION APRIL 28, 2011 49 1 OF A RESERVE. AND TRUSTEE NGO IS RIGHT. THE DEFINITION 2 MIGHT BE IRRELEVANT BECAUSE IT IS WHAT THE TRUSTEES ARE 3 WILLING TO DO. I AM WILLING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF 4 RESERVE SO A KID FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD CAN ACTUALLY ATTEND 5 CITY COLLEGE AND THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A CHILD CARE 6 SITE. AND THAT PARENT DON'T HAVE TO DRAG THEIR KIDS HERE 7 TO PROTECT THEIR CHILD CARE SITE BECAUSE WE PROPOSED TO 8 CUT THAT CHILD CARE SITE. SO THAT'S WHAT I AM WILLING TO 9 DO IN ORDER TO USE UP RESERVE. 10 SO WITH THAT, I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE ON FROM 11 THIS AND HAVE A REASONABLE DISCUSSION, A HUMANE DISCUSSION 12 ABOUT WHAT A RESERVE AND WHAT A BUDGET LOOKS LIKE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE MARKS. 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: YOU HAVE ON THE BOOKS THE 15 MISSION CAMPUS FUTURE RENT PAYMENTS. I THINK THERE IS 16 SOMETHING LIKE $7 MILLION THAT -- OR SIX PLUS SEVEN I HAVE 17 A FEELING THAT I RECALL -- 18 CFO BILMONT: YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YOUR 19 MEMORY IS RIGHT. ONCE UPON A TIME I BELIEVE IT WAS 20 2003-2004, WE DID HAVE THE MISSION -- A TRANSFER FROM THE 21 MISSION CAMPUS THAT CAME IN -- 22 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. 23 CFO BILMONT: -- TO SUPPORT THE RESERVE IN THAT 24 YEAR, BUT WE THEN MOVED IT BACK OUT IN SUBSEQUENT PERIODS. 25 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. APRIL 28, 2011 50 1 CFO BILMONT: SO THERE IS NO LONGER A MISSION 2 CAMPUS COMPONENT TO THE RESERVE. 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: SO WHAT DID YOU MEAN WHEN YOU 4 SAID THAT WE WERE AT THE -- WE WERE NOT FUNDING -- THIS 5 WAS A LARGER -- 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE 7 REFERRING TO. 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: -- A LARGER AMOUNT. 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. YES. IT'S PART OF OUR -- 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. I'M NOT CERTAIN EXACTLY 11 WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT. 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO. NO. YOUR QUESTION IS 13 FAIR. IT'S PART OF OUR FUND BALANCE. AND IT DOES COUNT 14 TOWARDS THE STATE MEASURE. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT THE NUMBER YOU ARE 17 REFERRING TO IS NOT MONEY THAT WE ARE HOLDING. IT IS AN 18 ACCOUNTING CONCEPT. WE PREPAID 75 YEARS FOR THAT SITE 19 WHERE WE HAVE OUR MISSION CAMPUS. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE GAVE THEM ALL THE MONEY UP 22 FRONT, AND WE GET TO STAY 75 YEARS. SO IT COUNTS AS IF WE 23 COULD AT SOME POINT SAY, OH, WE ARE LEAVING AND WE ARE 24 GOING TO SELL THAT RIGHT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. SO IT'S LIKE A 25 AN ASSET WE CAN TURN INTO MONEY. IN REALITY, IT IS NOT. APRIL 28, 2011 51 1 FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE NOT LEAVING THE MISSION. AND 2 SECONDLY, THAT'S NOT EXACTLY THE DEAL THAT WE'VE AGREED TO 3 HAVE THAT SITE. 4 SO FROM AN ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE, IT COUNTS AS 5 PART OF OUR FUND BALANCE. 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT IT'S NOT AN ASSET THAT YOU 8 CAN SOMEHOW PUT INTO PLAY TO ACTUALLY HELP US IN AN 9 EMERGENCY OR TO HELP BALANCE THE BUDGET. 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: AND WHAT IS THAT AMOUNT? 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT'S LARGE. 12 IS IT OVER $10 MILLION STILL THE VALUE OF THE 13 PREPAID LEASE? 14 CFO BILMONT: IT'S ABOUT 10 MILLION -- IT'S 15 APPROXIMATELY $10,500,000. 16 TRUSTEE MARKS: AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE 17 6 MILLION? 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT COUNTS AS PART OF OUR FUND 19 BALANCE IN ADDITION TO THAT, YES. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. THANKS. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, JUST ONE LAST POINT ON THIS. 23 I DO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A MAIN DISCUSSION ON 24 THE RESERVE AND THE BUDGET. BUT I THINK PART OF HAVING A 25 MAIN DISCUSSION IS BEING HONEST TO THE PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT APRIL 28, 2011 52 1 THESE EFFECTS -- WHAT THESE BUDGET CUTS ACTUALLY MEAN. SO 2 WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL IN A 3 LITTLE BIT, BUT LOOK, IT'S A ZERO SUM GAME. MONEY TAKEN 4 OUT OF SOMEWHERE WILL HAVE TO BE GIVEN SOMEWHERE ELSE, "A" 5 TO "B". AND IT MEANS THAT "A" MAY BE LOSING MONEY, BUT 6 BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING "B" MONEY. 7 I DON'T THINK IT IS HUMANE TO SAY TO PEOPLE THAT 8 YOU CAN HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WANT AND THERE ARE NO 9 CONSEQUENCES TO ANY OTHER COMMUNITY AT THIS COLLEGE. EVEN 10 THOUGH I DEEPLY RESPECT AND PROFOUNDLY RESPECT WHERE 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON IS COMING FROM, WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS 12 LIABILITIES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. AND WE HAVE TO BE 13 HONEST WITH OURSELVES SO THAT STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE AND 14 IN FUTURE YEARS DO NOT SUFFER BECAUSE OF OUR INACTION OR 15 OUR INABILITY TO BE HONEST WITH CONSTITUENCIES IN THIS 16 COLLEGE OR EVEN OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE. 17 I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO CHECK OURSELVES 18 BECAUSE IF WE ARE OPERATING A CENTER, IF WE ARE DOING 19 SOMETHING IN THE COLLEGE THAT'S MAKING US LOSE MONEY, IS 20 THAT REALLY THE BOARD'S PROBLEM. IT'S A MANAGEMENT ISSUE. 21 AND FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT HERE AND SAY THAT WE ARE 22 CLOSING DOWN A SCHOOL WHEN THERE'S NO CLEAR REVENUE 23 GENERATION FOR HOW A SCHOOL OPERATES, THIS IS NOT OUR 24 RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S GOTTEN TO THIS POINT BECAUSE OF THAT 25 LACK OF MANAGEMENT, LACK OF ADMINISTRATION. THAT'S APRIL 28, 2011 53 1 HONEST. AND LET'S BE HUMANE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE 2 SOME TRUTHS THAT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT. 3 SO IN CONTEXT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT 4 EVERYONE'S SUFFERING HERE. AND WE CAN'T STOP THE BLEEDING 5 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY. WE DON'T HAVE THE 6 ACTUAL POWER TO DO THAT. THE MONEY WE GET, A LOT OF IT IS 7 COMING FROM THE STATE. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO ASK 8 OURSELVES WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THE STATE LEVEL? WHAT ARE 9 WE SPENDING TIME ON TO LOBBY OUR STATE LEGISLATURES? WHAT 10 IS OUR VALUE AT AS A DISTRICT IF WE ARE TRYING TO GET 11 MONEY FROM AN INSTITUTION OR FROM AN ENTITY THAT HAS NO 12 MORE MONEY LEFT? AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT 13 PROCESS IS LIKE. 14 IF THE ISSUE HERE IS MONEY FROM THE STATE AND WE 15 ARE DEALING WITH THE CUTS FROM THE STATE, I WANT TO KNOW 16 WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE STATE TO STEM THOSE CUTS. AND WE 17 PAY PEOPLE TO DO THAT HERE, SO LET'S ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 19 GO AHEAD, CHANCELLOR. 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I HAVE BEEN AT THE STATE 21 LEVEL, AND I HAVE MET WITH MOST OF THE CEO'S OF ALL OF THE 22 COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AS WELL AS SCOTT LAY, AS WELL AS JACK 23 SCOTT. AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE ARE ALL IN 24 THE SAME BOAT THIS YEAR IN REGARDS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH 25 STATE CUTS. APRIL 28, 2011 54 1 THE COLLEGE HAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE 2 MOST HORRENDOUS YEAR IMAGINABLE COMING UP IN 2011-2012 3 THAT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO COME UP WITH AS MUCH AS 4 $26 MILLION WORTH OF CUTS AND ADDED COSTS AS FAR AS THE 5 DISTRICT -- $26 MILLION ON A BUDGET THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN 6 DECREASED BY OVER A MAGNITUDE OF ALMOST $10 MILLION PRIOR 7 TO THAT. SO IF YOU ADD THOSE TWO NUMBERS TOGETHER, WE ARE 8 TALKING ABOUT WITH A COURSE OF A TWO-YEAR PERIOD BEING 9 REDUCED 30 SOME ODD MILLION DOLLARS AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL. 10 SO WHETHER WE ALL WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON THIS 11 OR NOT, WE ARE NOW IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION, A SURVIVAL 12 SITUATION AND NOT US ALONE, BUT ALMOST EVERY COMMUNITY 13 COLLEGE DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND THAT'S 14 WHY WE HAVE GONE OUT TO TRY TO DO AS MUCH ADVOCACY AND GET 15 THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE 16 COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM BECAUSE WE'VE TRIED IT IN TERMS 17 OF TALKING TO OUR OWN GOVERNOR AND OUR LEGISLATURE. AND 18 THEY'RE TELLING US THE SAME THING IS THAT YOU GUYS, 19 COMMUNITY COLLEGES, WE CAN'T HELP YOU VERY MUCH IN TERMS 20 OF THESE CUTS BECAUSE WE ARE CUTTING EVERYTHING. THEY ARE 21 CUTTING EVERYTHING. 22 SO AS A COLLEGE, WE ALL HAVE TO BE TOGETHER. 23 AND I THINK THE BOARD IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB IN TERMS OF 24 THE BOARD HEARINGS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BUDGET 25 IN THE MOST AWFUL PERIOD OF TIME. APRIL 28, 2011 55 1 IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO IT 2 OR ATTEMPT TO DO IT BY ITSELF. IT HAS TO HAVE STRONG 3 BOARD SUPPORT. THIS BOARD IS STRONG IN TRYING TO SUPPORT 4 THIS PROCESS BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE, AND WE HAVE 5 RECOGNIZED THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO CLOSE $28 MILLION 6 WITHOUT A LOT OF PAIN AND A LOT OF SUFFERING FROM EVERY 7 GROUP IN THE COLLEGE, A LOT OF PAIN, A LOT OF SUFFERING, 8 AND SO IT'S ALL ABOUT TRYING TO SURVIVE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION. I 10 WANTED TO POINT OUT TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE. WE GET 11 SOMEWHERE AROUND $170,000,000 FROM THE STATE. THAT'S WHAT 12 WE GOT LAST YEAR. FOR NEXT YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT 13 $156 -- 14 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- MILLION FROM THE STATE 16 INSTEAD. THAT'S QUITE A DROP. 17 BUT MY QUESTION IS BACK TO THE RESERVE. TWO 18 QUESTIONS, THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT -- LAST YEAR -- I THINK 19 IT WAS LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE, YOU DID RECOMMEND 20 TAKING SOME MONEY OUT OF THE RESERVE. WE DIDN'T END UP -- 21 IT WAS LAST YEAR, AND WE DIDN'T END UP DOING THAT. WE 22 WERE ABLE TO NOT TO -- 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BOTH OF THE LAST TWO YEARS. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO WHY DID YOU RECOMMEND IT 25 THEN, BUT YOU ARE NOT RECOMMENDING IT NOW? APRIL 28, 2011 56 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, WE RECOMMENDED A MORE 2 COMPLETE THOUGHT BOTH TIMES. IT WAS TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE, 3 BUT FROM DAY 1 TO TRY TO REDUCE SPENDING SO THAT WE WOULD 4 NOT HAVE TO USE IT. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT WAS THE MESSAGE IN BOTH 7 YEARS, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I SEE. 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THIS YEAR WE ARE TRYING VERY 10 HARD TO BUDGET MORE ACCURATELY TO FIND THOSE SAVINGS 11 SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED TO THE FRONT END OF THE YEAR SO 12 THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT SAME COURSE OF BASICALLY 13 BUILDING IN THAT BUFFER AT THE FRONT END AND THEN FINDING 14 THE SAVINGS AS WE GO ALONG. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE 16 PREVIOUS YEARS? 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S OUR GOAL. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I WANT TO SAY WE ARE NOT THERE 20 YET. THAT'S JUST A GOAL. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND 23 OF COURSE IS NOT ONLY ARE THEY CUTTING US SIGNIFICANTLY, 24 WE CAN'T COUNT ON THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO EVEN PAY US 25 THE MONEY THEY TELL US THEY ARE GOING TO PAY US. APRIL 28, 2011 57 1 I ASSUME YOU RECALL THAT A COUPLE OF BOARD 2 MEETINGS AGO I CAME TO YOU WITH A BAD SURPRISE WHICH WAS 3 WE HAVE A DEFICIT COEFFICIENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR OF 4 OVER $1 MILLION FROM THE STATE. AND WE ARE JUST GOING TO 5 HAVE TO ABSORB THIS DURING THE REST OF THE YEAR. THAT 6 COULD HAPPEN TO THE LEVEL OF DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THAT NEXT 7 YEAR. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW. 8 IN SOME STRANGE WAYS, IT'S POLITICALLY BETTER 9 FOR THE STATE TO PUMP UP SOME NUMBERS WHETHER THEY REALLY 10 BELIEVE THEY WILL BE THERE OR NOT BECAUSE FOR THE 11 COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, THERE'S NO CONSTITUTIONAL 12 GUARANTEE THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY GIVE US THE MONEY AS 13 OPPOSED TO K-12. SO THEY CAN KIND OF MOVE THE PROBLEM A 14 LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. I'M NOT SAYING THEY 15 DELIBERATELY DO THAT. I AM JUST SAYING THAT POTENTIAL IS 16 ALWAYS THERE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO THAT FEEDS INTO MY NEXT 18 QUESTION WHICH IS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE MIGHT USE 19 A RESERVE FOR? LIKE, WHY DO WE HAVE THIS? 20 SO YOU JUST ANSWERED. ONE OF THEM IS -- 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- IN CASE THE STATE GIVES US 23 LESS MONEY THAN THEY SAID -- 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- AND WAS BUDGETED. APRIL 28, 2011 58 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. AN UNFORESEEN -- 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IF WE DON'T HAVE A RESERVE, WE 3 WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO -- 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO, WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE 5 ABLE TO GO TO THE STATE AND ASK THEM TO HELP US. THAT'S 6 PRETTY FAIR. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: RIGHT. 8 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SO THE LOSS OF A REVENUE IN THE 9 MIDDLE OF YEAR, YOU CAN JUST BROADEN THAT TO -- 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, WHAT OTHER THINGS WOULD 11 WE WANT TO USE IT FOR. 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: JUST AN ESTIMATE THAT TURNS OUT 13 TO BE WRONG. IF THE ECONOMY STAGNATES OR GOES DOWN BACK A 14 LITTLE BIT, WE ARE BUILDING UP SOME OF OUR REVENUE 15 ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW IN THE BUDGET MODEL FOR SALES TAX, 16 NONRESIDENT TUITION, LOTTERY MONEY, ALL THE THINGS THAT 17 SHOULD BE GROWING AS A RECOVERY GOES ALONG, BUT THERE IS 18 CERTAINLY NO GUARANTEE THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SO 19 THE ONLY PROTECTION THAT YOU HAVE AGAINST HAVING TO MAKE 20 MORE CUTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT 21 HAPPENS IS TO HAVE RESERVE MONEY AVAILABLE AT THAT POINT. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I SEE. THANK YOU. 23 ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 24 THIS WAS THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT, SO I 25 DON'T WANT TO LIMIT DISCUSSION TO JUST THIS, BUT I DID ASK APRIL 28, 2011 59 1 FOR THIS JUST BECAUSE SOME OF US DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THE 2 ANSWER TO THIS. 3 SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENT, THEN IS THERE 4 ANY COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM? 5 OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON THEN. THANK YOU VERY 6 MUCH. 7 SO LET'S GET BACK TO THE REGULAR SCHEDULE HERE. 8 WE HAVE NO DISCUSSION ITEMS. WE HAVE NO SPECIAL 9 PRESENTATIONS, SO WE CAN GO TO THE REPORT FROM THE 10 CONSTITUENT GROUPS. 11 CLASSIFIED SENATE, WE HAVE ATTILA GABOR HERE. 12 MR. GABOR: GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, CHANCELLOR, 13 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS ATTILA GABOR. I AM THE 14 PRESIDENT OF THE CLASSIFIED SENATE. 15 ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS THAT WE WORKED ON AT OUR 16 LAST SENATE MEETING AND WAS ALSO LATER ON RATIFIED BY THE 17 CHANCELLOR IS THAT WE HAVE CHANGED OUR BYLAWS. BESIDES 18 OUR USUAL COSMETIC CHANGES THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE, THERE 19 WERE SOME MAJOR CHANGES TO THE ELECTION PROCESS FOR THE 20 CLASSIFIED SENATE MEMBERS ARE ELECTED AND ALSO THE 21 MEMBERSHIP. 22 WE HAVE REDUCED OUR OFFICERS NUMBERS FROM SIX TO 23 FOUR. BASICALLY THE PARLIAMENTARIAN ROLE WE ROLLED INTO 24 THE -- MERGED IT WITH THE PRESIDENT, THE FIRST VICE 25 PRESIDENT. AND THE SECOND -- AND ALL THE WITH THE ROLE OF APRIL 28, 2011 60 1 THE SECRETARY. WE ALSO HAVE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF THE 2 SENATORS BY SIX. 3 THE REASON WE HAD TO DO THAT, AND YOU HEARD IT A 4 MILLION TIMES AND I HATE TO REPEAT IT, BUT THAT'S JUST THE 5 REALITY. BECAUSE OF THE WORKLOAD, WE JUST -- WE ARE NOT 6 ABLE TO GET ACTUALLY THE SENATORS TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS. 7 SO VERY FREQUENTLY -- AS A MATTER OF FACT, THERE WERE A 8 FEW MONTHS THAT WE DID NOT GET ANY QUORUM. AND THERE'S 9 JUST -- IT'S JUST UNSUSTAINABLE AT THIS CURRENT FISCAL 10 SITUATION FOR US. SO RATHER THAN JUST SIMPLY REMOVE 11 SENATORS AND THEN JUST HAVE A LOWER NUMBER AND WORK WITH 12 THAT, WE ACTUALLY REVISED OUR BYLAWS. AND WE WERE ALSO 13 HOPING TO SEND THE MESSAGE TO THE DISTRICT THAT WE 14 UNDERSTAND THAT ON ABSOLUTELY EVERY LEVEL THERE ARE BUDGET 15 CONSTRAINTS. 16 THE ELECTION ITSELF CHANGED THAT WE HAVE TIERED 17 UP HOW THE OFFICERS ARE ELECTED. UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM, 18 ALL SIX OFFICERS WERE ELECTED AT THE SAME TIME WHICH LEFT 19 A TREMENDOUS VOID BECAUSE SUDDENLY YOU HAVE A NEW 20 PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT, SECOND 21 VICE PRESIDENT, ET CETERA. WHAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO DO IS 22 THAT THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AND THE SECOND VICE 23 PRESIDENT WILL BE ELECTED AT THE SAME TIME. AND THE 24 ALTERNATE YEAR WILL BE THE PRESIDENT AND THE TREASURER. 25 THAT WAY WE HAVE SOME CONTINUITY. APRIL 28, 2011 61 1 ANOTHER BIG DISCUSSION FOR US WAS THE SHORT 2 FORM, THE ADMINISTRATORS EVALUATION SHORT FORM. YOU KNOW 3 THAT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE CLASSIFIED WERE ABLE 4 TO DO THAT. 5 WE MIRRORED THE WAY THE FACULTY IS DOING IT. WE 6 HAVE LEARNED QUITE A BIT AND ARE GOING TO EXPAND IT FOR 7 THE NEXT YEAR. BUT EVEN THIS YEAR, WE HAD WAY OVER 100 -- 8 I WOULD SAY PROBABLY 150 CLASSIFIED PARTICIPATED. THERE 9 WERE SOME ADMINISTRATORS WHERE WE HAD 30 AND 40 10 RESPONDENT. 11 UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM, EVERY CLASSIFIED IS 12 ONLY ALLOWED, BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR PILOT, EVALUATE ONLY 13 ONE ADMINISTRATOR. NEXT YEAR WE ARE GOING TO BE JUST LIKE 14 THE ACADEMIC SENATE. WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND IT TO AS MANY 15 AS THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO DO. 16 AND FINALLY, OF COURSE, WE HAVE BEEN NON-STOP 17 TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. IT IS A BIG CRISIS FOR ALL OF 18 US. IT IS A VERY DIRE SITUATION FOR THE CLASSIFIED. 19 WE ARE GOING TO LOSE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE 20 BETWEEN -- WHAT IS IT 70? 21 MY UNDERSTANDING -- AROUND 70 CLASSIFIED WHO ARE 22 GOING TO RETIRE. WE ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY, WE ALSO LOST 23 SOME CLASSIFIED. ACTUALLY, THEY DIED THIS YEAR. AND SOME 24 OTHER WAYS. THEY TRANSFERRED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO 25 BASICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLASSIFIED, APRIL 28, 2011 62 1 WHICH IS AROUND I WOULD SAY BETWEEN EIGHT AND 900. IF YOU 2 LOOK AT THAT POSSIBLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE ARE 3 LOSING 80 CLASSIFIED. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE FILLED. 4 THAT MEANS ACTUALLY THAT CLASSIFIED MEMBERSHIP IS GOING 5 REDUCED BY 10 PERCENT. AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST YEAR 6 THAT THIS IS GOING ON. 7 SO OBVIOUSLY IT IMPACTS NOT ONLY THE CLASSIFIED, 8 THEIR WORKLOAD, BUT HOW THEY CAN SERVE, PROVIDE SUPPORT 9 SERVICE TO THE FACULTY, HOW CAN THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT TO 10 THE STUDENTS. 11 SO THESE ARE THE MAJOR ITEMS THAT WE HAVE 12 DISCUSSED. YOU ARE AWARE OF THE BUDGET SITUATION. AND WE 13 URGE YOU TO BE VERY PRUDENT WITH THE BUDGET BECAUSE AS 14 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN MENTIONED, IT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. WE 15 ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES. AND I AM NOT AS OPTIMISTIC AS 16 SOME PEOPLE THAT IT MIGHT BE BETTER NEXT YEAR BECAUSE WE 17 HAVE BEEN HEARING IT FOR YEARS. IT IS GOING TO BE BETTER 18 NEXT YEAR. AND I HOPE THAT PROPHETS -- WHEN YOU DO SAY 19 THAT, BUT I AM JUST A LITTLE BIT TAKING MORE CONSERVATIVE 20 STAND ON THAT. THAT'S MY REPORT. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 22 THE ACADEMIC SENATE, KAREN SAGINOR. 23 MS. SAGINOR: GOOD EVENING, ACADEMIC SENATE 24 PRESIDENT KAREN SAGINOR. 25 SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY. THE BUDGET, OF APRIL 28, 2011 63 1 COURSE, HAS BEEN A BIG CONCERN FOR ALL THE FACULTY AS 2 WELL. WE HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE COLLEGE 3 IN TERMS OF HELPING TO PUT TOGETHER A GOOD SUMMER SCHOOL 4 PROGRAM. I HOPE YOU LIKE MY BUTTON. THIS IS A RECYCLE, 5 REUSE PROJECT ALSO. THIS IS THE POSTCARD THAT CAME TO MY 6 ADDRESS IN THE MAIL. AND I JUST TAPED IT ONTO A BUTTON I 7 ALREADY HAD. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING 9 MORE SLEEK? 10 MS. SAGINOR: WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE 11 POSTCARD. IT GETS ATTENTION. SO I ACTUALLY HAD GOTTEN 12 SOME GOOD RESPONSES FROM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS OUT IN THE 13 COMMUNITY AS I WALK AROUND. IT'S LIKE, OH, YES, SUMMER 14 SCHOOL IS ON. THAT'S RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO SIGN UP. SO 15 IF I WEREN'T GLUED TO MY DESK ALL THE TIME, I WOULD 16 PROBABLY BE BETTER PR, BUT ANY RATE. 17 THE FACULTY, AS I SAID, IN GENERAL HAVE BEEN 18 VERY RESPONSIVE IN TRYING TO RESPOND TO AS THINGS CHANGE 19 WITH THE BUDGET AND THE NEEDS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL AND SO 20 FORTH. THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, IN PARTICULAR, HAVE BEEN 21 BUSY PROVIDING DATA FOR FUTURE BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS. 22 SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS PUT TOGETHER DATA ON THEIR ACTIVITIES 23 FOR THE BOARD'S BUDGET AND PLANNING COMMITTEE OR PLANNING 24 AND BUDGET COMMITTEE RATHER. SO WE HOPE THAT'S BEEN 25 HELPFUL TO YOU. APRIL 28, 2011 64 1 SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON 2 IS, AGAIN, THE ADMINISTRATIVE EVALUATION. THE ACADEMIC 3 SENATE OFFICE ENCOURAGED AND FACILITATED PARTICIPATION IN 4 THAT. 5 WE GOT 200 RESPONSES FROM FACULTY, ALTOGETHER 6 200 SHORT FORM EVALUATIONS TURNED IN ON ADMINISTRATORS. 7 WE'VE ALSO, OF COURSE, ENCOURAGED AND FACILITATED THE 8 PARTICIPATION IN THE EVALUATION OF THE CHANCELLOR. WE ARE 9 IN THE PROCESS OF COLLATING THE RESULTS FROM THAT. 10 WE ARE ALSO CURRENTLY IN THE ELECTION PERIOD FOR 11 THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE 12 COUNCIL. HALF OF OUR SEATS ARE OPEN, SO THERE ARE 13 ACTUALLY 15 SEATS THAT ARE OPEN. I AM VERY PLEASED THAT 14 THE CANDIDATES THIS YEAR COME FROM A WIDE RANGE OF 15 DEPARTMENTS, SO WHOEVER WINS THAT ELECTION, WE ARE GOING 16 TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM DIFFERENT AREAS 17 OF THE COLLEGE ON THE COUNCIL NEXT YEAR. I THINK IT IS 18 GOING TO BE A REALLY GOOD THING. 19 IN THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING 20 ON SOME CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS OR PERHAPS SOME POTENTIAL 21 CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS. WE EXPECT TO CONCLUDE THAT AT OUR 22 MEETING NEXT WEEK. 23 I ATTENDED THE STATE ACADEMIC SENATE PLENARY ON 24 APRIL -- I GUESS IT WAS 14TH-16TH. AND I CAME HOME WITH A 25 SHEATH OF RESOLUTIONS TO FOLLOW-UP ON. SOME ARE APRIL 28, 2011 65 1 RECOMMENDATIONS TO LOCAL SENATES OF THINGS THAT WE ARE 2 BEING ADVISED TO LOOK AT BY THE STATE, THE ACADEMIC SENATE 3 AT THE STATE LEVEL. SOME OF THE THINGS I CAME BACK WITH 4 ARE ACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT ARE 5 GOING TO HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON US. AND I WON'T GET 6 INTO MOST OF THOSE, BUT I WILL COMMENT A LITTLE BIT ON THE 7 STATE CHANCELLOR'S STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE. 8 I ACTUALLY REPORTED TO YOU ALL ABOUT THAT IN 9 JANUARY WHEN IT WAS FIRST FORMED. ONE OF THE MOST 10 INTERESTING BREAKOUTS THAT I WENT TO AT THE PLENARY WAS A 11 BREAKOUT ON THAT WITH THE FACULTY THAT THE STATE SENATE 12 HAS APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF THAT TASK FORCE CAME AND 13 PRESENTED AND TOLD US WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AT THE TASK 14 FORCE AND SO FORTH. IT WAS REALLY VERY INFORMATIVE FOR 15 US. 16 AS YOU KNOW, THAT TASK FORCE WAS CREATED BY 17 SENATE BILL 1143 IN SEPTEMBER OF 2010. ITS TASK WAS 18 DEVELOPING A PLAN THAT IS GOING TO BE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD 19 OF GOVERNORS AND PRESENTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE. AND 20 THOSE THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN -- THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO 21 BE ADOPTED OR THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CONCLUDE THEIR WORK IN 22 DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS A VERY QUICK TURN 23 AROUND AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE LEGISLATURE IN MARCH 24 OF 2012. 25 ONE OF THE CHARGES TO THE TASK FORCE IS TO MAKE APRIL 28, 2011 66 1 RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING FUNDING OPTIONS FOR PROMOTING 2 STUDENT SUCCESS. AND SO FAR, THE FOLKS TELL ME THAT THE 3 DISCUSSIONS THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT TYING FUNDING TO 4 SUCCESS, HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON HOW TO ADD MONEY TO PROMOTE 5 STUDENT SUCCESS. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY THAT 6 THEY ARE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT, WELL, LET'S TAKE 7 MONEY AWAY FROM COLLEGES THAT ARE NOT SUCCEEDING IN THAT 8 WAY. THERE'S BEEN A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE 9 ANOTHER PIECE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT. WE 10 ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WATCHING THAT. 11 THE KINDS OF METRICS THAT WILL BE USED TO 12 MEASURE PROGRESS TOWARDS GOALS. THIS ACTUALLY, OF COURSE, 13 IS VERY IMPORTANT. HOW DO WE MEASURE WHETHER WE ARE 14 SUCCEEDING OR NOT? 15 THERE HASN'T BEEN A DETAILED DISCUSSION ABOUT 16 THAT YET, BUT IT IS EXPECTED THE TASK FORCE WILL RECOMMEND 17 MULTIPLE MEASURES. THAT'S, OF COURSE, VERY IMPORTANT TO 18 US. AND THE KINDS OF MEASURES THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE 19 COMPLETION, CERTIFICATES, DEGREES, TRANSFER, MOVING FROM 20 ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER, MOVING FROM BASIC SKILLS TO 21 TRANSFER, ACCUMULATION OF UNITS AND SO FORTH. SO IT 22 SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE A LONG LIST ALREADY, BUT WE ARE 23 CONCERNED THAT THE LIST OF METRICS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO 24 LOOK AT IS NOT LONG ENOUGH. IT WILL NOT COVER ALL THE 25 KINDS OF SUCCESS THAT WE HELP STUDENTS ACHIEVE. APRIL 28, 2011 67 1 AND ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT AT 2 THAT BREAKOUT SESSION FROM ANOTHER COLLEGE, BUT IT'S THE 3 SAME KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS HERE, WAS HOW DO WE 4 MEASURE SUCCESS FOR THE EXAMPLE THAT SOMEONE BROUGHT FROM 5 ANOTHER COLLEGE WAS A POLICE OFFICER WHO HAD COME TO TAKE 6 ENGLISH BECAUSE HIS SUPERVISOR HAD TOLD HIM, WELL, THE 7 REASON YOU ARE NOT GETTING PROMOTED IS YOUR REPORTS AREN'T 8 WRITTEN WELL ENOUGH. YOU NEED TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH 9 SKILLS. SO HE SIGNED UP FOR A CREDIT ENGLISH CLASS. HE 10 GOT ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE SEMESTER AT 11 WHICH POINT HE WAS READY TO WRITE MUCH BETTER REPORTS AND 12 HE DROPPED OUT OF THE CLASS. HE DIDN'T NEED TO FINISH THE 13 CLASS. HE HAD GOTTEN WHAT HE NEEDED. HE GOT HIS 14 PROMOTION, WHICH WAS WHAT HE WANTED, AND WENT ON. AND A 15 TERM I HADN'T HEARD BEFORE IS THIS IS CALLED NOW "JOBBING 16 OUT." 17 THEY STAY UNTIL THEY GOT WHAT THEY NEED FOR THE 18 JOB OR THEY GET HIRED IN A NEW JOB BECAUSE NOW THEY HAVE 19 THE SKILLS FOR THAT NEW JOB, SO JOBBING OUT. 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HOW DO YOU GET THAT 21 INFORMATION? HOW DO YOU GET THOSE -- LIKE A JOB -- 22 MS. SAGINOR: THAT IS REALLY A GOOD QUESTION AND 23 WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I WISH I KNEW THAT. 24 RIGHT NOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AND BASICALLY 25 ANECDOTAL. APRIL 28, 2011 68 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, BECAUSE 2 (INAUDIBLE). 3 MS. SAGINOR: THE STUDENT SAID -- 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- AND FILTER THOSE OUT 5 FROM THE DROPOUTS AND THEN WE CAN GET A MORE ACCURATE 6 NUMBER. 7 MS. SAGINOR: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BASICALLY 8 THE STUDENT SAID TO THE INSTRUCTOR, YOU KNOW, I AM NOT 9 COMING BACK NEXT WEEK. I GOT PROMOTED. THANKS SO MUCH. 10 THIS WAS JUST WHAT I NEEDED AND OFF HE WENT. BUT THAT'S 11 NOT A STATISTIC. 12 SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THE TASK FORCE AT THE STATE 13 LEVEL IS, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED THEM TO GET MEASURES, DEVISE 14 MEASURES SO HOW DO WE GET THAT MEASURED? HOW DO WE SEE 15 WHERE WE ARE SUCCEEDING IN THAT WAY, RIGHT? 16 MANY TIMES IF A STUDENT STOPS COMING TO CLASS, 17 WE DON'T KNOW. IS THIS A SUCCESS OR A FAILURE? DID THEY 18 STOP BECAUSE COMING BECAUSE THEY GOT WHAT THEY NEEDED AND 19 THEY ARE DONE OR BECAUSE THEY GOT DISCOURAGED AND GAVE UP? 20 AND WE REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT 21 BECAUSE WE WANT TO RESPOND -- WE WANT TO INCREASE SUCCESS 22 FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. WE WANT TO INCREASE SUCCESS FOR 23 THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE TRANSFERRING, WHO ARE GETTING AA 24 DEGREES. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US TO GET THEM THE 25 SUCCESS THAT THEY NEED. WE ALSO WANT TO GET THE SUCCESS APRIL 28, 2011 69 1 FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF STUDENTS. AS WE KNOW, OUR 2 STUDENTS ARE JUST VERY, VERY DIVERSE AND WE WANT TO HELP 3 ALL OF THEM. 4 SO I WILL SORT OF CONTINUE TO REPORT BACK TO YOU 5 IN THE FUTURE ON THIS COMMITTEE AS I FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, 6 IF THINGS PROGRESS THERE. AND ALSO ON WHAT WE ARE GOING 7 TO BE DOING HERE IN OUR CITY COLLEGE IN TERMS OF STUDENT 8 SUCCESS AND IN SOME OF THESE OTHER -- THERE'S REALLY A LOT 9 OF ISSUES. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ALL EVENING, BUT 10 THERE'S THINGS HAPPENING WITH THE NUMBER OF TIMES STUDENTS 11 ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO REPEAT COURSES AND THERE'S A 12 LOT OF BIG ISSUES OUT THERE THAT ARE COMING AT US, BUT I 13 THINK I'VE TALKED ENOUGH FOR RIGHT NOW. SO UNLESS YOU 14 HAVE QUESTIONS. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I DO. HOLD ON. 16 MS. SAGINOR: SURE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. 18 IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON AND VERY 19 IMPORTANT I THINK FOR ME TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN 20 SACRAMENTO ALONG THOSE LINES WITH WHAT'S SHAPING UP, SO I 21 AM JUST GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE GIVING THESE REPORTS. 22 MS. SAGINOR: MY TWO SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR 23 THIS ARE THE STATE ACADEMIC SENATE AND ALSO LESLIE SMITH. 24 ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR LESLIE SMITH, WHO IS VERY GOOD 25 ABOUT KEEPING ME IN THE LOOP ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE COMING APRIL 28, 2011 70 1 UP IN REGARDS TO -- IN FACT I HAVE AN E-MAIL FROM HER 2 RIGHT NOW ON ONE OF THESE TOPICS THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 4 TRUSTEE NGO IS FIRST AND THEN -- 5 TRUSTEE NGO: SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO YOU SAID THAT 6 ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH THE COMPLETION DATA THAT WE HAD WAS 7 THAT WE ARE PUSHING TOO MANY -- TOO MUCH FINANCIAL AID ON 8 THESE STUDENTS. DID YOU HEAR ANY OF THAT AT THE TASK 9 FORCE OR THE SUMMIT WHEN YOU WERE THERE? 10 MS. SAGINOR: I'M SORRY. PUSHING FINANCIAL AID 11 ON STUDENTS? 12 TRUSTEE NGO: SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO, YOU WENT 13 OVER THE DATA. I THINK IT WAS STEVE SPURLING. AND YOU 14 SAID, IT MAY BE SKEWED BECAUSE WE MAY BE PEDDLING 15 FINANCIAL AID OR PUSHING TOO MUCH FINANCIAL AID ON THESE 16 STUDENTS AND THEY ARE OVERSOLD ON THIS CONCEPT OF COLLEGE 17 AND THEY DROP OUT. IT WAS A BIG --IT KIND OF CAUSED A 18 RUCKUS, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER SOME PEOPLE WERE UPSET WITH 19 WHAT YOU SAID. 20 I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE HEARD THAT SAME 21 RATIONALE AT YOUR STATE CONFERENCE. 22 MS. SAGINOR: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE SEEN 23 IS THAT COMPARED ACROSS THE NATION WHEN THEY LOOK AT, YOU 24 KNOW, STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, SAY THEY ARE COMING TO 25 SCHOOL TO TRANSFER, TO COME TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO APRIL 28, 2011 71 1 TRANSFER, CALIFORNIA'S RATE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO 2 SAY, I AM AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE BECAUSE I WANT TO TRANSFER 3 IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT IN OTHER STATES. AND I AM NOT 4 SURE WHAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT IS. 5 I COULD FOLLOW-UP ON THIS MORE, BUT I DON'T KNOW 6 IF I SHOULD BE TAKING UP THE BOARD'S TIME WITH THIS. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: MY QUESTION WAS DID YOU HEAR THAT 8 RATIONALE THAT YOU HAD UTTERED TO US SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO, 9 DID YOU HEAR THAT AT YOUR STATE CONFERENCE THAT PEOPLE 10 WERE GETTING TOO MUCH FINANCIAL AID AS A REASON WHY 11 COMPLETION DATA WAS SKEWED? 12 MS. SAGINOR: THE BREAKOUT SESSION WAS REPORTING 13 ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THAT TASK FORCE MEETINGS. IT 14 WASN'T ACTUALLY A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT 15 DIFFERENT COLLEGES AROUND. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY, SO YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT 17 THEN? 18 MS. SAGINOR: NO, I DID NOT HEAR THAT AT THAT 19 CONFERENCE. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: THANK YOU. 21 MS. SAGINOR: THANK YOU. BUT I COULD FOLLOW-UP 22 ON IT WITH YOU. LET ME SEND YOU AN E-MAIL ACTUALLY TO 23 CLARIFY THAT. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: IF YOU NEED TO DO THAT, THAT WOULD 25 BE FINE. APRIL 28, 2011 72 1 MS. SAGINOR: THANKS. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 3 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: NO. NO. I HAD A 5 QUESTION. 6 MS. SAGINOR: YES. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I KNOW THAT -- AND I 8 WAS READING A NEWSPAPER, AND IT WAS MOSTLY STATED ABOUT 9 P.E. BUT THE REPEATING OF COURSES AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO 10 POTENTIALLY IMPACT P.E. DEPARTMENTS. YOU KNOW, WE JUST 11 CELEBRATED OUR P.E. DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, OUR ATHLETICS 12 WINNING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EVERYTHING. AND I KNOW 13 THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT -- 14 MS. SAGINOR: YES. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- ON THEIR ABILITY TO 16 FILL ATHLETIC TEAMS. HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST ON -- 17 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT -- PARTICULARLY WITH THE P.E. 18 DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF A REPEAT OF COURSEWORK AND STUFF 19 LIKE THAT. 20 MS. SAGINOR: SO THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING 21 THAT'S SOMEWHAT UNDER THREAT, THE REPEATABILITY. THERE IS 22 LANGUAGE THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO TITLE V ABOUT 23 REPEATABILITY. THERE'S BEEN LANGUAGES THAT'S BEEN 24 PROPOSED, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE LANGUAGE THAT'S 25 GOING TO GO INTO TITLE V. AND BASICALLY, PEOPLE ARE APRIL 28, 2011 73 1 STILL, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE GOING TO 2 BE AND HOW IS IT ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK? THERE'S A LOT OF 3 NEGOTIATION GOING ON. AND I'M SORRY I CAN'T TELL YOU ON 4 WHERE IT IS. IT IS A FAST MOVING TARGET. 5 THE INFORMATION I GOT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO, RIGHT, 6 AND ALREADY SINCE THEN THINGS HAVE CHANGED. AND, YOU 7 KNOW, I HAVE SO MANY E-MAILS STACKED UP. I HAVEN'T READ 8 THAT ONE. 9 WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE INFORMATION I'VE 10 GOTTEN ON THAT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN FORWARDING IT TO THE 11 FOLKS WITHIN CITY COLLEGE, SO I HAVE BEEN IN CONSULTATION 12 WITH OUR FOLKS IN THE P.E. DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE 13 CURRICULUM PEOPLE AND SO FORTH ON MAKING SURE THAT WE GET 14 THE RIGHT KIND OF RESPONSE TO IT. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND ALSO -- 16 MS. SAGINOR: AND I'M SORRY, WHAT I WILL DO IS 17 THE NEXT E-MAILS I GET ON THAT, I WILL FORWARD THEM TO 18 YOU. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, NO PROBLEM. AND 20 ALSO NON-P.E. RELATED -- LET'S SAY A STUDENT GETS A D. 21 THEY MIGHT NOT FAIL IT, BUT IF THEY GET LIKE A D AND THEY 22 WANT A BETTER GRADE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GO TO A NEXT LEVEL 23 OF A CLASS UNLESS YOU GET A CERTAIN GRADE. YOU CAN'T GO 24 TO ANOTHER CLASS WITH A D. SO DOES THAT MEAN YOU CAN'T 25 REPEAT THAT CLASS OR ARE YOU STUCK? SO THAT'S WHERE I AM APRIL 28, 2011 74 1 TRYING TO GO TO. 2 MS. SAGINOR: OH, OKAY. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YOU HAVE TO GET A 4 CERTAIN -- A C IN ORDER TO ADVANCE TO ANOTHER CLASS AS A 5 PREREQUISITE, IF YOU GET A D AND YOU CAN'T GO TO THE NEXT 6 LEVEL OF A CLASS, AND YOU CAN'T REPEAT THAT CLASS, WHAT -- 7 MS. SAGINOR: I CAN ANSWER THAT. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, WHAT DOES THAT 9 LOOK LIKE? 10 MS. SAGINOR: OKAY, SO THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO 11 KINDS OF REPEATABILITY AND THEY ARE BOTH ISSUES RIGHT NOW, 12 AND THEY ARE BOTH MOVING TARGETS. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 14 MS. SAGINOR: ONE IS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. 15 IF YOU GET A SUBSTANDARD GRADE, CAN YOU TAKE THE CLASS 16 OVER AGAIN? 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YES. 18 MS. SAGINOR: AND THE ANSWER IS "YES." 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, OKAY. 20 MS. SAGINOR: AND THERE HAD BEEN EITHER A VERY 21 HIGH LIMIT OR NO STATE LIMIT AT ALL ON HOW MANY TIMES YOU 22 CAN DO THAT. YOU COULD TAKE THE CLASS AND FAIL IT. TAKE 23 THE CLASS AND FAIL IT. TAKE THE CLASS AND FAIL IT. AND 24 KEEP DOING THAT. THEY ARE GOING TO PLACE A LIMIT ON HOW 25 MANY TIMES YOU CAN DO THAT. AND THE LIMIT IS, I BELIEVE, APRIL 28, 2011 75 1 THE ONE THEY ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS THAT IF YOU TAKE 2 IT AND FAIL IT, YOU CAN TAKE IT AGAIN AND FAIL IT AGAIN. 3 THE THIRD TIME IS IT. 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 5 MS. SAGINOR: AND BASICALLY THE WAY THE STATE IS 6 DOING THIS IS BY SAYING WE -- YOU CAN SET DIFFERENT RULES 7 FOR YOUR LOCAL COLLEGE, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO FUND THAT. 8 YOU KNOW, ONCE THE PERSON HAS TAKEN IT FOR THE THIRD TIME 9 IF THEY'VE FAILED IT THE THIRD TIME AND THEY WANT TO TAKE 10 AGAIN, WE ARE NOT GOING TO REIMBURSE THE LOCAL COLLEGE TO 11 COVER THAT STUDENT'S TAKING IT AGAIN. YOU EITHER COME UP 12 WITH THE MONEY YOURSELF OR YOU CAN CHARGE THE STUDENT MORE 13 MONEY IF THEY WANT TO TAKE IT A FOURTH TIME, SOMETHING 14 LIKE THAT. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, BECAUSE WHERE I 16 GOT THAT FROM IS I THINK THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING 17 THE EQUITY HEARING. YOU KNOW, ESL STUDENTS WHO WERE IN 18 THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WERE TAKING SOME OF 19 THE -- I THINK IT WAS LIKE MATH, AND THEY WEREN'T PASSING 20 IT. AND THEY WERE CONSISTENTLY NOT PASSING IT. AND THEY 21 WERE JUST STUCK THERE. THEY COULD NOT GET TO THE NEXT 22 LEVEL WITHIN THEIR CHILD DEVELOPMENT STUDIES BECAUSE THEY 23 COULDN'T PASS THE MATH PORTIONS OF THEIR STUDIES AND SO 24 THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE A LIMIT TO THAT. 25 MS. SAGINOR: RIGHT. APRIL 28, 2011 76 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THAT'S FINE. PLEASE 2 JUST KEEP ME UPDATED ON THAT. 3 MS. SAGINOR: OKAY. 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I DON'T WANT TO KEEP 5 YOU -- 6 MS. SAGINOR: THE OTHER KIND OF REPEATABILITY 7 THAT'S ALSO AN ISSUE HAS TO DO WITH COURSES WHERE IT'S 8 NORMAL TO TAKE THE COURSE MORE THAN ONCE. YOU JUST -- 9 THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LEARNING, RIGHT? 10 THERE'S SOME KINDS OF LEARNING WHERE YOU 11 BASICALLY YOU NEED TO GRASP SOME CONCEPTS. AND ONCE 12 YOU'VE GRASPED THOSE CONCEPTS, YOU ARE DONE. AND THERE'S 13 OTHER KINDS OF LEARNING THAT ARE MORE KINESTHETIC. AND 14 P.E. IS ONE OF THOSE WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE DOESN'T SHOW 15 YOU HOW TO PLAY BASKETBALL AND NOW YOU KNOW THE RULES AND 16 YOU ARE DONE. YOU ARE DONE WITH THE CLASS. IT'S ONE 17 WHERE SOMETIMES THESE ARE CALLED "ACTIVITIES" OR 18 "PERFORMANCE" OR THERE'S OTHER KINDS OF COURSES THAT 19 REPEAT. 20 ONE THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT AT THE STATE ACADEMIC 21 SENATE MEETING, AND I AM NOT SURE HOW WE DO IT HERE, BUT 22 IN THEATER COURSES SOMETIMES YOU TAKE THE THEATER COURSE, 23 YOU CAN TAKE IT FIVE OR SIX TIMES. THE FIRST TIME YOU DO 24 THE LIGHTS. THE SECOND TIME YOU TAKE THE COURSE AND YOU 25 LEARN HOW TO DO THE SCENARY, YOU KNOW, THE STAGE SETS. APRIL 28, 2011 77 1 AND THEN YOU DO IT FOR THE COSTUMES. AND THEN YOU DO IT 2 TO BE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE. SO YOU CAN -- IT'S THE SAME 3 CLASS, BUT YOU ARE ACTUALLY LEARNING A DIFFERENT SET OF 4 SKILLS EACH TIME. AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT THE STATE 5 IS GOING TO SAY, NO, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO DO 6 THAT. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 8 SO WE HAVE TO WORK OUT HOW THAT WILL HAPPEN. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THANK YOU. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THINK YOU'RE -- 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: PRESIDENT RIZZO, IF I 12 MAY. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: QUICKLY. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: JUST A VERY QUICK 15 COMMENT. 16 MS. SAGINOR: YES. 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THANK YOU, KAREN, FOR 18 STATING THE REPEATABILITY ISSUE. IN FACT THIS IS WHERE I 19 WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE REST OF THE BOARD IF YOU CAN IF 20 YOU HAVE TIME TO WORK WITH ME ON THIS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN 21 GOING UP TO STATE -- SACRAMENTO WITH LESLIE WITH THE 22 SSCCC, AS WELL AS TO THE LEGISLATURE, TO FIGHT ON THIS 23 ISSUE BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO EFFECT OUR STUDENT 24 POPULATION HERE GRAVELY. 25 SO IF YOU HAVE TIME, I WOULD INVITE ANYONE TO APRIL 28, 2011 78 1 WORK WITH ME ON THIS. THANK YOU. 2 MS. SAGINOR: THANKS. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: QUESTION. 5 MS. SAGINOR: SURE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME 7 THAT WE'VE ALLOTTED FOR THIS. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: I KNOW, BUT DO WE AUTHORIZE THAT 9 LOBBYING EFFORT THROUGH LESLIE? DID THE BOARD SAY WE ARE 10 GOING TO FIGHT REPEATABILITY THAT ISSUE? DID WE EVER DO 11 THAT? 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I DID IT ON MY OWN 13 INITIATIVE, OUT OF MY OWN INITIATIVE BECAUSE -- 14 TRUSTEE NGO: I DON'T THINK WE DEBATED THAT 15 ISSUE TO SPEND RESOURCES LOBBYING ON THAT LEGISLATION OR 16 THAT ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVER DEBATED THAT ISSUE. 17 JUST RAISING A POINT. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 19 MS. SAGINOR: MAY I YIELD SOME TIME TO AFT 20 PRESIDENT, ALISA MESSER. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 22 MS. SAGINOR: THANK YOU. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IF YOU COULD BE BRIEF, WE 24 WOULD APPRECIATE IT. 25 MS. MESSER: I WILL BE BRIEF. THANK YOU. APRIL 28, 2011 79 1 I DID WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING VERY PARTICULAR 2 THAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR PART-TIME FACULTY STARTING NEXT 3 WEEK THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE. AND 4 THAT'S WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT TO RUN AN SDI 5 ELECTION SO THAT PART-TIME FACULTY CAN GET STATE 6 DISABILITY INSURANCE, RIGHT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 7 THAT FULL-TIME FACULTY HAVE ACCESS TO DISABILITY, BUT 8 PART-TIME FACULTY DO NOT PARTICULARLY GOING BEYOND THE 9 SEMESTER. 10 SO STARTING NEXT WEEK THE DISTRICT HAS HELPED US 11 TO RUN AN ELECTION AND PART-TIME FACULTY WILL BE ABLE TO 12 VOTE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO OPT INTO SDI. THEY WILL 13 HAVE TO DO IT AS A GROUP. THIS IS SOME NEW LEGISLATION 14 THAT CAME DOWN LAST YEAR. AND SO THAT'S HAPPENING NEXT 15 WEEK, AND IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT TO US. IT MEANS THAT 16 IT'S ENTIRELY AT THE COST OF THE PART-TIME FACULTY. IT'S 17 ABOUT 1.2 PERCENT OF THEIR SALARY, BUT WOULD AFFORD THEM A 18 HUGE BENEFIT THAT THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE. SO THAT'S AN 19 IMPORTANT THING GOING ON FOR US RIGHT NOW. 20 I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION IN RELATION TO THE 21 STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE THAT I HAPPENED TO CATCH FRESH 22 AIR TODAY ON NPR AND DIANE RAVITCH I THINK WHO WROTE THE 23 LIFE AND DEATH OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL SYSTEM IS REALLY A 24 VERY IMPORTANT VOICE ON THIS ISSUE. AND I WANTED TO 25 MENTION IT IN THE CONTEXT OF STUDENT SUCCESS BEING LINKED APRIL 28, 2011 80 1 TO FUNDING BECAUSE SHE WAS IN FACT SOMEONE WHO WAS VERY 2 MUCH IN SUPPORT OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. AND SHE WAS WITH 3 THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AT THE TIME. BUT SHE HAS SORT OF 4 COME TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE OF PRIVATIZATION AND REALLY 5 IS ONE OF THE BEST VOICES OUT THERE IN TERMS OF THE 6 AMERICAN SCHOOL SYSTEM TODAY AND WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE 7 SCHOOL SYSTEM. 8 AND SO I DON'T SAY THAT LIGHTLY. I KNOW WE'VE 9 TALKED ABOUT PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING AND TALKED A LITTLE 10 BIT ABOUT WHAT IT HAS LOOKED LIKE IN ECK-12, BUT THAT'S 11 PART OF WHAT'S BEGINNING TO HAPPEN HERE. AND THINK I 12 THINK THE STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE LINKING -- WE SHOULD 13 ALWAYS BE TALKING ABOUT STUDENT SUCCESS, BUT LINKING IT TO 14 FUNDING. AND RIGHT NOW, I AM TALKING ABOUT LINKING IT TO 15 POSITIVE FUNDING, RIGHT. 16 WE DON'T WANT TO SEE FUNDING LINKED IN PUNITIVE 17 WAYS IN THE WAYS THAT IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE SCHOOL 18 SYSTEM. 19 SO IN TERMS OF FUNDING, RIGHT, THAT'S THE ONE OF 20 OTHER THING, OF COURSE, THAT I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT 21 FOR A MOMENT. WE ALL RECOGNIZE WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW 22 IN TERMS OF THE DIFFICULTY OF THE BUDGET. AND I ACTUALLY 23 THINK THAT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT THE BOARD IS HAVING 24 ABOUT HOW TO BE HUMANE AND HOW TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 25 RESPONSIBLE AND ALL OF THAT, IT IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY. APRIL 28, 2011 81 1 AND WE ALL NEED TO TAKE PART IN THAT AND IN FIGURING OUT 2 HOW TO GET THROUGH THIS PERIOD AND HOW TO GET THROUGH IT 3 WELL AND HOW TO GET THROUGH IT HUMANELY BOTH FOR OUR 4 STUDENTS AND FOR ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES AND THE ENTIRE 5 COLLEGE COMMUNITY. 6 I THINK, TRUSTEE NGO, YOU TALKED ABOUT WE NEED 7 TO STOP THE BLEEDING OR WE CAN'T STOP THE BLEEDING. WE 8 ALONE CAN'T STOP THE BLEEDING. AND I GUESS I WANTED TO 9 SAY, BUT WE CAN STOP THE BLEEDING IF WE ARE WORKING 10 TOGETHER AND WE ARE WORKING ON A STATE LEVEL. AND WE NEED 11 TO BE LOOKING FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THOSE BALANCES 12 IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT -- YOU KNOW, I THINK THE STATE IS 13 READY TO DO MORE. 14 AND WE'VE MENTIONED TO YOU THE CFT RECENTLY DID 15 A POLL THAT SHOWED THAT IN FACT 78 PERCENT OF LIKELY 16 VOTERS SUPPORT THE IDEA OF ACTUALLY TAXING THE EXTREMELY 17 WEALTHY. SO THIS IDEA OF 1 PERCENT, A 1 PERCENT TAX ON 18 THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT. SO I CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO S9, 19 WHICH FOLLOWS UP ON THAT IDEA. 20 AND THEN I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AFT 21 2121 AND OTHERS IN SAN FRANCISCO, UESF, AND THE LABOR 22 COUNCIL WILL BE WORKING IN -- WILL HAVE A WEEK OF ACTION 23 BETWEEN MAY 9TH AND MAY 13TH. AND THIS WILL BE HAPPENING 24 ALL OVER THE STATE. AND SO WE WILL BE LETTING YOU KNOW 25 ABOUT SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES, BUT THAT'S GOT TO DO WITH APRIL 28, 2011 82 1 TRYING TO LOOK AT THE EMERGENCY WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT 2 NOW ALL ACROSS THE STATE IN TERMS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND 3 THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND REALLY TRYING TO 4 WORK ON THAT STATE RESPONSE BECAUSE WE THINK CALIFORNIANS 5 ARE READY TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. THANK YOU. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: IS THIS THE STUDENT SUCCESS TASK 8 FORCE OR -- 9 MS. MESSER: ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT OUR STUDENT 10 EQUITY TASK FORCE LOCALLY? 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: YEAH. 12 MS. MESSER: I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENT 13 SUCCESS TASK FORCE THAT KAREN HAD MENTIONED, THE STATEWIDE 14 TASK FORCE. THAT'S LOOKING AT HOW TO MEASURE, RIGHT, HOW 15 TO ASSESS AND HOW TO MEASURE. BUT IT'S DOING -- LIKE I 16 SAID, WE NEED TO BE TALKING ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW TO HAVE 17 MORE STUDENT SUCCESS, BUT IT'S LOOKING TO LINK THAT WITH 18 FUNDING. AND WE THINK THAT'S LOOKING IN THE WRONG 19 DIRECTION. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: THEY ARE LOOKING IN THE WRONG 21 DIRECTION. 22 MS. MESSER: THAT THE LEGISLATURE AND THE TASK 23 FORCE -- IF THAT'S HOW THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE GOING TO 24 BE FUNDING, THEN WE REALLY ARE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD THAT 25 K-12 HAS ALREADY SADLY ENDED UP. APRIL 28, 2011 83 1 SO AGAIN, I JUST -- LISTEN TO FRESH AIR TODAY IF 2 YOU CAN GET THE PODCAST AND LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH. IT'S 3 JUST A REALLY -- IT'S JUST AN EXCELLENT OVERVIEW AND WELL 4 WORTH 40 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME. THANKS. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 6 DO WE HAVE MIMI RAPO OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: PRESIDENT RIZZO, MIMI 8 RAPO IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT -- 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: -- BECAUSE SHE LIVES TWO 11 HOURS AWAY. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, HOW ABOUT MANDI LAM, THE 13 PRESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS ASSOCIATED STUDENTS. 14 MS. LAM: HI, GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 15 WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY THIS MONTH. 16 FIRST OF ALL, APRIL 17TH WE HAD THE HANDS ACROSS 17 CALIFORNIA. SORRY THAT'S THE DISADVANTAGE OF BEING SHORT. 18 ON APRIL 17TH WE HAD THE HANDS ACROSS 19 CALIFORNIA. SO WE HAD ABOUT 100 STUDENTS SHOWING UP. AND 20 THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR 21 WEEKEND SCHEDULE TO BE PART OF THIS. AND WE HAD JEFFREY 22 TO HELP US. AND LESLIE SMITH ORGANIZED THIS. I FELT LIKE 23 THIS WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE DOWNTOWN WAS VERY UNIFIED 24 BECAUSE WE WORKED TOGETHER. 25 AND THEN RECENTLY WE HAD AN ELECTION FOR THE APRIL 28, 2011 84 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE, THE PRESIDENT, AND THE VICE PRESIDENT. 2 SO THERE WERE ABOUT MAYBE 1,000 STUDENTS THAT VOTED. SO 3 THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL TOO. 4 AND TODAY WE HAD A FUN BOWLING PARTY. IT WAS 5 FOR THE STUDENTS FOR THE AFTERNOON. THAT WAS THE FIRST 6 TIME THEY HAD ANY SOCIAL FUN PARTIES. SO A LOT OF THE 7 STUDENTS WERE THERE. THERE WERE NEW IMMIGRANTS. AND THAT 8 WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY EVEN DID BOWLING. SO THEY HAD 9 FUN. 10 AND ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT I ASKED THE 11 BOARD BEFORE. WE STILL HAVEN'T HAD A DEAN. SO I WOULD 12 LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT? 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? 14 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: FOR THE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS? 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THERE'S BEEN A JOB 17 ANNOUNCEMENT OUT. THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED. THEY 18 ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE PAPER SCREENING AND 19 LOOKING AT APPLICATIONS. AND SO WE ARE PROJECTED FOR THE 20 DOWNTOWN CAMPUS TO HAVE THAT PROCESS COMPLETED EITHER BY 21 THE END OF MAY OR ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF JUNE. 22 SO WE ARE PRETTY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE WILL HAVE A 23 DEAN POSITION IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR THE BOARD TO 24 CONSIDER AND VOTE ON NO LATER THAN THE JUNE BOARD MEETING. 25 MS. LAM: OKAY. THANK YOU. APRIL 28, 2011 85 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THANK YOU. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 3 INGRID WYNN OF EVANS CAMPUS. 4 MS. WYNN: HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS INGRID 5 WYNN. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE EVANS CAMPUS. 6 THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THANK 7 YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT WORKED TOGETHER 8 TO ACTUALLY LET EVANS HAVE SUMMER CLASSES THIS YEAR AFTER 9 EIGHT YEARS. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. AND A LOT OF 10 OUR STUDENTS ARE EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 11 ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUDGET 12 CUTS. 13 NORMALLY I GET UP HERE AND REALLY JUST GO HARD 14 AND GIVE YOU GUYS THE BUSINESS, BUT AFTER REALLY 15 CONSIDERING WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND THE CHANGES AND 16 EVERYTHING THAT THE SCHOOL HAS SACRIFICED FOR US TO 17 LITERALLY MAINTAIN OUR CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT 18 THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A BLESSING, SO I WOULD ACTUALLY 19 LIKE TO SAY, "THANK YOU" ACTUALLY TO EVERYBODY WHO HAD 20 SOME INVOLVEMENT IN THAT. NOT JUST THE BOARD AND THE 21 CHANCELLOR, BUT TO EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT. 22 RIGHT NOW, WE ARE DOING OUR STUDENT -- WELL, 23 ACTUALLY IT IS OVER WITH -- THE STUDENT TRUSTEE ELECTIONS. 24 AND WE HAD TWO GREAT COMMISSIONERS KATIE GELARDI AND PEDRO 25 ALFORKE, AND THEY REALLY WORKED HARD. THEY HAVE BEEN APRIL 28, 2011 86 1 LITERALLY SUPPORTING THE CANDIDATES. THEY HAVE BEEN ALL 2 OVER THE VARIOUS CAMPUSES WE HAVE. IT DOES NOT MATTER. 3 THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ENDLESSLY TO SUPPORT EVERYONE WITH 4 THIS, AND IT'S A BIG DEAL. 5 THEY ALSO ACTUALLY HAD A GREAT LEADER WITH THAT 6 AND THAT WAS DEAN SANTOS. SO IT WAS GREAT WORKING WITH 7 EVERYBODY. HE IS ALSO JUST INVOLVED IN STUDENTS, IN 8 SUPPORTING STUDENTS, AND IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH HIM 9 BECAUSE HE IS VERY SUPPORTIVE. HE IS SOMEONE THAT WE 10 ACTUALLY WANTED AND NEEDED FOR A LONG TIME, SO THESE 11 STUDENTS AND DEAN SANTOS, WHEN YOU GUYS SEE THEM, JUST LET 12 THEM KNOW THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE A WONDERFUL JOB. 13 AND ALSO WITH STUDENT SUPPORT, CHIEF BARNES HAS 14 ALSO BEEN A WONDERFUL ASSET. GOING TO SOUTHEAST AND EVANS 15 CAMPUS, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO FIND WAYS TO WORK WITH 16 WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD MEETINGS DURING 17 THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR WITH CAPTAIN SUHR BECAUSE AT BOTH 18 CAMPUSES, THERE'S ONE OFFICER. AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO 19 MAINTAIN CAMPUSES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES OUT THERE WITH JUST 20 HAVING ONE OFFICER. SO WE WENT -- I HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS 21 WITH CAPTAIN SUHR TO ACTUALLY SEE IF THEY COULD HELP 22 SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AT NIGHT AND HAVE EXTRA PATROL FROM 23 8:00 O'CLOCK WHEN STUDENT START TO GET OUT OF THE CLASSES 24 IN THE EVENINGS ALL THE WAY UNTIL 9:30. 25 AND OUR CRIME RATE HAS BEEN CUT ALMOST TO APRIL 28, 2011 87 1 ZERO PERCENT. SO THESE GUYS ACTUALLY WORKED HARD. WE ALL 2 HAD MEETINGS. WE GOT ON BOARD. WE WORKED WITHIN OUR 3 COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE AND PUSH THAT SUPPORT FORWARD. 4 SO I AM ASKING THAT WITH THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT 5 THAT WE ACTUALLY ACHIEVED THIS YEAR IF THERE'S A WAY 6 POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BRING CAPTAIN SUHR AND CHIEF 7 BARNES AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS AN APPRECIATION NOW. 8 WE REALLY WANT TO SAY A THANK YOU BECAUSE THEY BASICALLY 9 HELPED SUPPORT THE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENINGS 10 FOR BOTH OF THESE CAMPUSES AND IT IS A BIG DEAL. SO I 11 APPRECIATE IT, AND I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE ARE 12 GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE. 13 WE KNOW THAT THE STAFF HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF AND 14 EVERYBODY IS WORKING TEN TIMES HARDER THAN USUAL, FACULTY, 15 ADMINISTRATION. YOU GUYS ARE NOT GETTING ANY TYPE OF 16 REST. AND OUR STUDENT SERVICES ARE IMPORTANT, SO I KNOW 17 THAT WHEN YOU GUYS LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET, AND YOU GUYS ARE 18 LOOKING AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE CUT, THE STUDENT SERVICE, THE 19 STUDENT DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT 20 WE'VE BASICALLY NEEDED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I AM VERY 21 GRATEFUL THAT THE CHANCELLOR BROUGHT ON VICE CHANCELLOR 22 JORGE BELL BECAUSE NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING AN 23 OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY HAVE A FINANCIAL AID SECTION 24 WHERE -- IT'S SMALL, BUT IT'S STILL BIG BECAUSE IT 25 ACTUALLY SERVES BOTH EVANS AND SOUTHEAST. AND IT IS A BIG APRIL 28, 2011 88 1 TO DO FOR US BECAUSE FOR A CAMPUS THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY 2 FINANCIAL AID TO UTILIZE BECAUSE ONE PERSON, ONE DAY, TWO 3 HOURS REALLY AIN'T CUTTING IT. BUT JUST TO ACTUALLY HAVE 4 THAT, IT'S NICE. SO IT'S COMING DOWN THE LINE. AND, 5 HOPEFULLY, WE CAN REARRANGE THINGS TO MAKE THINGS A WHOLE 6 LOT BETTER IN THE SOUTHEAST SECTOR, PERIOD. 7 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED AS I 8 HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND CAMPAIGNING IS THAT MISSION CAMPUS 9 AND THEIR LEADERS HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB WITH OUTREACH 10 AND WORKING WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND JUST LISTENING 11 EARLIER ABOUT GRADES AND ITS CUTBACKS OR POTENTIAL, 12 WHICHEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE. I WAS LOOKING AT THEIR MODEL, 13 AND I WAS HOPING THAT IF IT BE POSSIBLE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY 14 COPY THE MODELS THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AND THAT THEY'VE 15 CREATED. IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE THEY'VE CREATED IT, AND 16 IT'S WORKING OUT. 17 I MEAN IF YOU LITERALLY WALK AROUND WITH THE 18 CAMPUS PRESIDENT, EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS LIKE, 19 THERE'S OUR PRESIDENT FOR CITY COLLEGE MISSION CAMPUS. 20 THAT'S WONDERFUL WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE STUDENTS, 21 THEIR HARD WORK, AND THEIR COMMUNITY'S ACTUALLY WORKING 22 WITH THE STUDENTS AND SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL. 23 AND I BELIEVE WE CAN ACTUALLY DO THE SAME THING. 24 MAYBE WE CAN ACTUALLY SAVE GRACE SOME HOW, SOME WAY WITH 25 WORKING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THE JOE LEE YMCA, APRIL 28, 2011 89 1 THE BAYVIEW NEW LIBRARY, THE T TRAIN, UCSF, I MEAN I THINK 2 WE NEED TO LITERALLY TRY TO FIND SOME WAYS TO WORK WITHIN 3 THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND 4 ACTIVITIES AND STUDENT SUPPORTS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUT 5 THERE. SO I MEAN THE QUESTION WAS IF WE CUT, WHAT ELSE 6 CAN WE OFFER? SO THESE ARE SOME JUST SUGGESTIONS AND 7 IDEAS. 8 THE CHANCELLOR HAS SAID EARLIER, WE NEED TO GET 9 OUT THERE AND EDUCATE. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, WE 10 NEED TO REALLY GET OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW, SEND A MEMO 11 TO EVERYBODY AND BE LIKE, LOOK, THIS IS OUR NEW PLAN. 12 LET'S EDUCATE THINGS, OUR PEOPLE, AND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND 13 THESE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS AND STRATEGIES THAT WE CAN ALL 14 USE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SOME OF THESE HAPPEN. SO 15 USING OUR OWN RESOURCES WITHIN WOULD BE GREAT. 16 AND THEN AT THE STATE LEVEL WHAT WE REALLY NEED 17 TO FIND OUT FROM THEM IS WHAT LEVEL IS THE PRIORITY OF 18 EDUCATION. IF EDUCATION IS NOT A PRIORITY, THEN OF COURSE 19 WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN BE EVIL AND JUST CUT 20 BECAUSE WE DON'T CARE. BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS CARE 21 BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE ALL HERE. AND WE ALL WORK LATE. AND 22 EVERYBODY IS GETTING HURT. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE 23 NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, ASK THE STATE, AND ASK THE 24 LEGISLATORS WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THESE CUTS. 25 SO YEAH, IT HURTS. OUR EDUCATION IS BEING APRIL 28, 2011 90 1 CUTBACK. CLASSES ARE BEING CUT OUT. SERVICES ARE BEING 2 CUT DOWN AS WELL. AND THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WE DO? 3 AND LITERALLY, HOW CAN WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO LET THEM 4 KNOW WHY DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT EDUCATION AND HOW COME IT IS 5 NOT A PRIORITY, AND HOW COME IT IS NOT ON THAT LIST FOR US 6 TO ACTUALLY PROTECT AND SAVE? 7 AND ON MAY 7TH, WE HAVE A BARBEQUE AT EVANS. 8 YOU GUYS ARE INVITED TO COME. IT'S OUR BARBEQUE. AT THE 9 END OF EVERY SEMESTER, WE LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU. AND 10 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING A SATURDAY 11 CLASS. SO WE ARE GOING TO DO A THANK YOU FOR THEM ON 12 SATURDAY. YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO COME. 13 ALSO WEEKDAYS, IF YOU GUYS CANNOT MAKE IT, WE 14 ARE ALSO HAVING ANOTHER BARBEQUE MAY 11TH FOR THE STUDENTS 15 TO ACTUALLY COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE. 16 AND THE MISSION CAMPUS HAS INVITED EVERYBODY FOR 17 TOMORROW NIGHT. THEY ARE HAVING THEIR EVENT THE LATIN 18 EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP DINNER. SO PLEASE GO 19 OUT THERE AND SUPPORT THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD 20 NIGHT. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 22 OUR NEXT ITEM IS B1. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: MOVE B1. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. APRIL 28, 2011 91 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 2 COUNSEL, COULD YOU READ THE TITLE, PLEASE. 3 COUNSEL BATTISTE: ABSOLUTELY. I'M SORRY ABOUT 4 THAT. B1, MR. PRESIDENT, IS A RESOLUTION "AUTHORIZING AND 5 APPROVING THE BORROWING OF FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 6 2011-2012; THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF A 2011-2012 TAX AND 7 REVENUE APPLICATION NOTE, THEREFORE AND PARTICIPATION IN 8 THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S FINANCING AUTHORITY TAX 9 AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES PROGRAM." 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 11 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE BOARD? 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS 13 IN LAYMAN'S TERMS? 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: VICE CHANCELLOR. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE HAVE TO BORROW CASH SO THAT 16 WE CAN MEET OUR PAYROLL AND ALL OF OUR EXPENSES BECAUSE 17 THE REVENUES THAT WE GET DON'T COME IN ON TIME. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HOW MUCH WAS THE 19 INTEREST ON IT? AND FIRST, WHO ARE WE BORROWING IT FROM? 20 AND THEN WHAT IS THE INTEREST? 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE ARE BORROWING IT FROM WALL 22 STREET. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. AND THEN WHAT'S 24 THE INTEREST RATE ON IT? 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT NOW, LESS THAN 1 PERCENT APRIL 28, 2011 92 1 OR ABOUT 1 PERCENT. 2 CFO BILMONT: JOHN BILMONT, CHIEF FINANCIAL 3 OFFICER. THE INTEREST RATE THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE LOOKING 4 AT OUT IN AUGUST IS ROUGHLY BETWEEN .008 PERCENT. THAT'S 5 .008 TO 1 PERCENT. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AM I NOT MISTAKEN, LAST 7 YEAR OR SO WE BORROWED, BUT IT WAS FROM THE CITY. 8 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S RIGHT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE 9 TO DO BOTH. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THIS MONEY WON'T BE AVAILABLE 12 UNTIL AUGUST. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE STATE WILL NOT BE PAYING US 15 IN JULY. SO THE CITY ACTUALLY ALSO FILLS IN A HOLE FOR 16 US, NOT FOR FREE. WE PAY THEM WHATEVER THE RATE THEY ARE 17 EARNING AT THE TREASURY AT THAT POINT. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, MY THING IS I 19 KNOW JOHN -- I KNOW TRUSTEE RIZZO AND THE CHANCELLOR HAVE 20 DONE A REMARKABLE JOB OF ADVOCATING FOR THE CITY NOT TO 21 CHARGE US FEES. AND I WAS WONDERING MAYBE WE CAN JUST 22 BORROW THE MONEY FROM THE CITY AND THEN HAVE THEM CHARGE 23 US 0 PERCENT INTEREST. 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THEY HAVEN'T MADE THAT OFFER TO 25 US, SO -- APRIL 28, 2011 93 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I THINK MAYBE WE 2 SHOULD -- 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE 4 SOMETHING WE KNOW WE CAN DEPEND ON. IT'S NOT -- WE CAN 5 TALK TO THEM, BUT I WOULD STILL URGE YOU TO GO FORWARD 6 WITH THIS AUTHORITY TONIGHT. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THIS IS $80 MILLION? 8 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: UP TO. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: UP TO $80 MILLION? 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND WHAT PERIOD DOES IT COVER? 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT'S A 12-MONTH PROGRAM FOR THE 13 TRANS. THAT WAY WE WOULD GET THE MONEY IN AUGUST AND THE 14 NEXT -- AND THE REPAYMENT IS DUE 12 MONTHS LATER. 15 CFO BILMONT: THAT IS CORRECT. AND ALSO THIS 16 WITH THE TIME FRAME FOR THIS RESOLUTION COVERS 12 MONTHS. 17 THERE'S SEVERAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT HAVE BEEN DOING 18 WHAT ARE CALLED, "MIDYEAR TRANS." SO IN THE EVENT, LET'S 19 SAY, WE MAKE A DETERMINATION TO BORROW $30 MILLION IN 20 AUGUST AND THEN IN THE SPRING THE STATE IS LATE ON ANOTHER 21 CASH HOLD PAYMENT, WE HAVE THE OPTION UNDER THIS 22 RESOLUTION TO BORROW ADDITIONALLY IN THE SPRING. 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT WE WOULD, OF COURSE, TELL 24 YOU WE WERE DOING THAT BEFORE WE WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT. 25 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SO WE ARE -- JUST TO BE APRIL 28, 2011 94 1 CLEAR IN MY MIND. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE HAS 2 COMPELLED US TO DO. WE ARE NOT GETTING THE PAYMENTS -- 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: -- THAT THEY OWE US FOR OUR 5 APPORTIONMENT AND SO FORTH. 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 7 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SO IT'S BASICALLY SAYING, 8 WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MONEY UNTIL SIX MONTHS 9 FROM NOW OR WHATEVER NUMBER OF MONTHS. 10 SO MANY COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE FORCED NOW TO 11 BORROW MONEY TO PAY THEIR BILLS BECAUSE THE STATE IS NOT 12 PAYING THEM THE MONEY. 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I WOULD SAY ALMOST ALL OF THEM 14 IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ARE DOING EITHER WHAT WE ARE DOING 15 OR WORKING WITH THEIR COUNTY FOR THE CASH OR BOTH. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 17 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 18 ALL RIGHT STUDENT TRUSTEE. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 21 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. APRIL 28, 2011 95 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 4 NEXT IS B5, WHICH WENT THROUGH THE FACILITIES 5 INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. 6 IS THERE A MOTION FOR B5? 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, WAS IT ON THE CONSENT 9 CALENDAR? 10 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, IT WAS. YOUR NEXT ONE, 11 MR. PRESIDENT, IS B6. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY. THANK 13 YOU. 14 B6, IS THERE A MOTION FOR B6. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE B6. 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: COUNSELOR. 18 COUNSEL BATTISTE: THAT WAS SECONDED BY -- 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BY TRUSTEE -- 20 COUNSEL BATTISTE: FANG? 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- FANG. 22 COUNSEL BATTISTE: OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. 23 YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THE "AUTHORIZATION FOR ONE 24 CONTRACT MODIFICATION TOTALING $139,987 FOR SPECIAL 25 SERVICES CONTRACTS AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS." APRIL 28, 2011 96 1 TRUSTEE NGO: IS THERE ARE A REASON WHY THIS 2 WASN'T ON CONSENT? 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE HEARD THIS ITEM AT THE FIT 4 MEETING. AND AS I RECALL, THIS WAS PART OF A MUCH LONGER 5 PROPOSAL THAT WAS WIDDLED DOWN TO JUST THIS ONE ITEM AT 6 THIS POINT. I GUESS THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T PUT IT ON 7 CONSENT. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO 9 VOTE "NO" ON THIS. I VOTED "NO" AT THE FIT COMMITTEE. 10 THIS WAS -- STAFF HAD RECOMMENDED AGAINST THE LARGER -- 11 APPROVING THE LARGER ITEM OR THE GROUP OF CONTRACTS THAT 12 THIS WAS FOR AT THAT TIME. YOU KNOW, JUST TO PUT IT OFF 13 UNTIL SOME THINGS WERE IRONED OUT. AND THIS ONE WAS 14 PULLED OUT FROM THE REST. 15 THIS WAS -- IF I REMEMBER, THERE WAS A DESIGN 16 PROBLEM FROM OUR ARCHITECT. AND IT COULDN'T BE BUILT. 17 THIS COULDN'T BE BUILT IN ACTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE, 18 IF I AM THINKING OF THE RIGHT ONE. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH, YOU ARE RIGHT. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR, NOT 21 THE ARCHITECT, BUT THE CONTRACTORS AND BOVIS ARE ASKING 22 FOR MONEY TO COMPENSATE THESE DEFECTIVE DRAWINGS FROM 23 EHDD. SO WE WANTED TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THE 24 WHOLE LIST, WHICH WE DID, AT WHICH ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA 25 TONIGHT, BUT JUST ONE OF THE WHOLE LIST IS -- APRIL 28, 2011 97 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. I THINK AS YOU MAY 2 RECALL, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES RELATED TO 3 HARDSHIP FOR THIS PARTICULAR SUBCONTRACTOR WHICH IS WHY -- 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: RIGHT. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- YOU ALLOWED IT TO MOVE 6 FORWARD. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S RIGHT. 8 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND, YEAH, WE DID HAVE 10 A FAIRLY HARDY DISCUSSION. I'VE NEVER HAD A DISCUSSION 11 THAT LONG ABOUT ONE CONTRACTOR. YOU KNOW, I ULTIMATELY 12 WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE, A, 13 NEED TO BE HOLDING THE ARCHITECT, YOU KNOW THEIR 14 DESIGNS -- WE NEED TO REALLY HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. WE 15 NEED TO HOLD A LOT OF FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE THAT GIVE US 16 SHOTTY WORK. 17 THESE FOLKS DID THEIR JOB EVEN THOUGH THE WORK 18 FROM A PREVIOUS ARCHITECT WAS BAD. I UNDERSTAND THE 19 BUSINESS CLIMATE THESE DAYS WHERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IF WE 20 DON'T PAY FOLKS ON TIME IT'S A CASH FLOW ISSUE. AND IF 21 THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CASH FLOW, FOLKS GET LAID OFF OF 22 WORK. 23 THIS IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. I THINK, YOU KNOW, 24 WE JUST NEED TO START HANDLING FOLKS WHO GIVE US BAD WORK. 25 I MEAN WE'VE SEEN IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS ON MISSION APRIL 28, 2011 98 1 CAMPUS. WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT 2 WE NEED TO JUST START HANDLING FOLKS WHO DO US BAD, BUT WE 3 ALSO NEED TO COMPENSATE PEOPLE WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND 4 THEIR SCOPE. 5 IT WAS TOLD TO ME, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 6 THAT THERE WAS MUCH MORE HARDSHIP. THEY'VE WHITTLED THIS 7 DONE TO A NUMBER THAT MADE A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE. 8 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S CORRECT. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THAT THERE WAS MUCH 10 MORE THAN WHAT THIS NUMBER INDICATES. 11 AND ON TOP OF THAT, THESE FOLKS ARE LOCAL. AND 12 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LOCAL 13 HIRE, AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ON THIS BOARD WERE 14 REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT LOCAL HIRE. LOCAL HIRE MEANS 15 EMPOWERING OUR LOCAL CONTRACTORS BECAUSE LOCAL CONTRACTORS 16 EMPLOY LOCAL PEOPLE ON MOST PARTS. AND SO I THINK THIS IS 17 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON. AND AFTER WE 18 MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, DIRECTLY HOLD -- 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH. 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- THE ARCHITECT 21 ACCOUNTABLE FOR CAUSING THIS HARDSHIP BECAUSE THIS IS 22 SOMETHING THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. THE POINTS THAT YOU ARE 24 MAKING, TRUSTEE JACKSON, EACH OF THEM IS CORRECT. AND WE 25 ARE PER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT NIGHT APRIL 28, 2011 99 1 CONTINUING TO PURSUE THE ISSUE OF A CLAIM AGAINST THE 2 INSURANCE OF THE ARCHITECT. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 4 ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 5 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: I'M STILL NOT CLEAR WHAT THE ISSUE 8 IS BECAUSE I THINK I JUST HAVE A B6, AND THERE'S NO 9 EXPLANATION OF WHAT -- 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THEY ARE HERE. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: -- IN THE COMMENTS. 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THIS SUBCONTRACTOR IS HERE SO 13 IF YOU WANT A TECHNICAL ANSWER, THEY WOULD BE PROBABLY 14 BETTER AT GIVING IT TO YOU THEN I WOULD BE. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 16 SO I DON'T MEAN TO REDO THE WORK OF THE 17 COMMITTEE BECAUSE I NORMALLY WOULDN'T BECAUSE I WOULD 18 DEFER TO THE COMMITTEE -- 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BUT -- 20 TRUSTEE NGO: -- AND IT'S NOT ON CONSENT NOW 21 SO -- 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BASICALLY -- 23 TRUSTEE NGO: -- THE CHAIR IS NOT VOTING FOR IT. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: RIGHT. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: BUT THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBER IS APRIL 28, 2011 100 1 VOTING FOR IT, WHICH IS WHY I NEED A LITTLE MORE 2 INFORMATION. 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BASICALLY THERE WERE DESIGN 5 ERROR -- THE DRAWINGS WERE WRONG. AND WORK HAD TO BE 6 REDONE BECAUSE THE DRAWINGS WERE WRONG. 7 MY ISSUE IS NOT -- I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD NOT 8 PAY THE CONTRACTOR WHO HAD TO DO MORE WORK. I AM SAYING 9 WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM BOVIS FROM THE 10 ARCHITECT. WE ARE TRYING TO -- I THINK THE ARCHITECT 11 SHOULD PAY FOR THIS MYSELF. AND WE ARE JUST KIND OF 12 LOOKING INTO THESE THINGS, AND SO THAT'S WHY I AM VOTING, 13 "NO". 14 IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T THINK THE WORK WASN'T DONE 15 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST THAT I THINK WE NEED TO 16 WAIT UNTIL -- 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I THINK THERE WAS SOME 18 LIKE -- 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S MY OPINION. 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I THINK THE ARCHITECT 21 MADE SOME HOLES. AND THE HOLES DIDN'T FIT WHAT NEEDED TO 22 BE AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO FORCE THEM IN THERE. 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I THINK THESE GUYS COULD 24 PROBABLY TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. APRIL 28, 2011 101 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE 2 THAT WE ARE PURSUING THAT DIRECTION -- 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- OF THE ARCHITECT'S 5 INSURANCE. AND WE DID ESTABLISH THAT WE WOULD NOT 6 JEOPARDIZE PURSUING THAT CLAIM BY GOING AHEAD WITH THE 7 PAYMENT THAT THE SUBCONTRACTOR WE BELIEVE SHOULD BE 8 ENTITLED TO. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: SO WHY DOES IT SAY, "BOVIS" AS 10 OPPOSED TO THE SUBCONTRACTOR HERE. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BECAUSE WE NOVATE THIS 12 CONTRACT. WE BID THE SUBCONTRACTOR DIRECTLY AT THE 13 COLLEGE AND THEN WE ASSIGN IT OR NOVATE IT TO BOVIS AS THE 14 CM FOR THE PROJECT TO GET THE BUILDING DONE. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: CAN I JUST -- I AM GOING TO VOTE 16 FOR IT. 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: I KNOW THAT MODIFICATIONS COME UP 21 ALL THE TIME. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME VALUE TO 24 A CONTRACT. RIGHT? AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE WITH THE 25 PREVIOUS CONTRACT THAT WE HAD DEBATED AT MULTI USE. APRIL 28, 2011 102 1 COUNSEL BATTISTE: FOR THE ARCHITECT. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: FOR THE ARCHITECT, CORRECT. I 3 MEAN THERE HAS TO BE SOME VALUE TO A CONTRACT. WE'VE 4 ACTUALLY MANAGED RISK ON THE FRONT END, AND WE CAN'T 5 CONTINUE TO ACCOMMODATE -- I KNOW IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT. 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT I AM 8 VERY DISTURBED BY THE RECORD OF THESE ARCHITECTS. I SAID 9 LAST TIME THAT I WOULD BE VERY SKEPTICAL OF ANOTHER 10 MODIFICATIONS. AND IT DISTURBS ME THAT THEY CAN READILY 11 POINT TO THE CAMPUS ALMOST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT 12 FINISH THIS IF YOU DON'T MODIFY THIS CONTRACT AGAIN. 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: SO I AM JUST EXPRESSING MY GENERAL 15 DISMAY FOR THE RECORD. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: BUT I PLAN TO VOTE FOR THIS. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: AND I AM SORRY THIS HAPPENED TO 20 THIS CONTRACTOR. BUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS BRINGING 21 IN THE ARCHITECTS. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU 24 GUYS? HAVE YOU GUYS CONTACTED -- MAYBE YOU KNOW THIS. 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE WILL REPORT AT THE NEXT FIT APRIL 28, 2011 103 1 COMMITTEE MEETING. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WHERE WE ARE WITH RESPECT TO 4 THE ARCHITECTS. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THANK YOU. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER COMMENT FROM THE 7 BOARD MEMBERS? 8 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 9 OKAY, SEEING NONE. 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 13 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 21 I WILL OPPOSE. 22 THANK YOU. 23 SO THE NEXT, I HAVE B10. 24 COUNSEL BATTISTE: CORRECT. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR APRIL 28, 2011 104 1 B10. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE B10. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 4 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A 5 RESOLUTION FOR THE "AUTHORIZATION TO PAY PACIFIC GAS AND 6 ELECTRIC COMPANY A ONETIME UTILITY CONNECTION FEE OF 7 $97,654 TO CONNECT ELECTRIC AND GAS SERVICES TO 628 8 WASHINGTON STREET, LOT 5." 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHICH, OF COURSE, IS THE NEW 10 CHINATOWN CAMPUS PROJECT. 11 OKAY, THAT WAS MOVED. IS THERE DISCUSSION? 12 TRUSTEE NGO: JUST A TYPO. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: JUST A TYPO. 14 COUNSEL BATTISTE: OH. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHERE? 16 TRUSTEE NGO: I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S PACIFIC 17 GAS AND ECLECTIC. I DON'T WANT THEM GETTING ANY MONEY 18 INSTEAD. THEY MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR SOME MONEY. AND 19 SOMEONE MIGHT JUST FOR PACIFIC GAS AND ECLECTIC AND TRY TO 20 GET SOME OF THIS PAY OUT. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO I SEE THE FIRST RESOLVED 22 CLAUSE, "PACIFIC GAS AND ECLECTIC" SHOULD BE -- 23 TRUSTEE NGO: IT'S JUST A FRIENDLY CHANGE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- ELECTRIC. 25 ALTHOUGH I THINK I LIKE THIS ONE BETTER. APRIL 28, 2011 105 1 MR. WESTON: ED WESTON, WITH SWINERTON 2 MANAGEMENT. THIS IS NOT FOR GAS SERVICES. THIS IS FOR 3 ELECTRIC SERVICES ONLY, SO THERE IS A SECOND -- 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, CAN WE STRIKE THAT THEN 5 FROM THE RESOLUTION TITLE. 6 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: AND THE CONTENT. 8 COUNSEL BATTISTE: AND IT'S ALSO IN THE 9 BACKGROUND IT LOOKS LIKE. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S ALSO IN THE BACKGROUND. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: IT'S IN THE "RESOLVED" AS WELL. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, IT'S IN THE FIRST 13 "RESOLVED" CLAUSE, "ELECTRIC AND GAS SERVICES." 14 MR. WESTON: CORRECT. WELL, NO, IT'S -- 15 TRUSTEE BERG: IT'S ALSO IN THE SUBJECT. 16 MR. WESTON: IT'S ONLY FOR ELECTRIC. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I KNOW, BUT IT SAYS -- 18 MR. WESTON: OH, OKAY, I'M SORRY. 19 TRUSTEE BERG: IT'S ALSO IN THE SUBJECT. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: RIGHT. IT'S ALSO IN THE 21 SUBJECT. 22 COUNSEL BATTISTE: RIGHT. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: DO WE NEED A MOTION TO -- 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, WE NEED A MOTION TO 25 AMEND. APRIL 28, 2011 106 1 COUNSEL BATTISTE: TO AMEND. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE A SECOND -- 4 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- TO AMEND THOSE CORRECTIONS? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 8 BY TRUSTEE BERG. 9 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? 10 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AMENDMENT? 11 OKAY, TRUSTEE FANG, ON THE AMENDMENT. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, NOW ON THE RESOLUTION 22 ITSELF, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 23 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 24 OKAY, TRUSTEE FANG. 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. APRIL 28, 2011 107 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 2 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 5 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 10 B10 IS APPROVED. 11 I THINK WE ARE UP TO C1. 12 COUNSEL BATTISTE: ACTUALLY, MR. PRESIDENT, C1 13 WAS WITHDRAWN. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT WAS WITHDRAWN, OKAY. 15 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YOUR NEXT ONE IS P1. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: P1, NOW IF YOU COULD READ IT. 17 I WILL JUST READ IT. "NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMEND THE 18 SFCCD POLICY MANUAL BY ADDING BOARD POLICY BP 2420." 19 TRUSTEE NGO, DO YOU WANT TO -- 20 TRUSTEE NGO: YES. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THIS WAS BEFORE THE AUDIT 22 COMMITTEE. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: CORRECT. THIS A P RESOLUTION 24 THAT'S A LONG TIME COMING. AN ISSUE HAD BEEN RAISED BY 25 OUR INTERNAL AUDITOR THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE APRIL 28, 2011 108 1 PRACTICES THAT GOVERN HOW EMPLOYEES CAN ENCUMBER THE 2 DISTRICT TO THIRD PARTIES, THERE WAS NOTHING WRITTEN. 3 THERE WAS NO WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION MATRIX THAT WOULD 4 CLEARLY SPECIFY WHICH CATEGORY OF EMPLOYEE, BUT WHICH 5 EMPLOYEE COULD ACTUALLY ENTER INTO CONTRACTS OR SIGN 6 INVOICES ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT. AND THIS ISSUE WAS 7 RAISED TO US SOME TIME LAST YEAR. 8 AND THIS P1 IS THE FIRST READING. I FULLY 9 EXPECT IT TO GO TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE. IT HAS BEEN 10 HEARD IN AUDIT. AND IT PASSED WITH A RECOMMENDATION. AND 11 SIMPLY IT DIRECTS THE DISTRICT TO MAINTAIN WRITTEN 12 AUTHORIZATIONS THAT SPECIFY HOW EMPLOYEES CAN ENCUMBER THE 13 DISTRICT. IT IS A STANDARD SYSTEM THAT WE DO NOT HAVE AT 14 LEAST WRITTEN EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE IN PRACTICE THAT WE 15 OPERATE IN A CERTAIN WAY, OPERATE IN A CERTAIN PROTOCOL. 16 YOU MAY SEE THAT LATER ON IN THE AGENDA THAT 17 THERE IS AN S RESOLUTION THAT SEEKS TO ESTABLISH A MATRIX 18 IMMEDIATELY AND THAT MATRIX WAS DEVELOPED BY THE 19 ADMINISTRATION, BY THE CHANCELLOR, AND VICE CHANCELLOR 20 GOLDSTEIN, AND THE CFO WORKING WITH, AS A COURTESY, 21 WORKING WITH CONSTITUENT GROUPS TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM THAT 22 FATALLY REFLECTED OUR PRACTICE. ALTHOUGH I'VE TRIED TO 23 ALSO WORKOUT SOME KINKS IN THE WAY WE DO OPERATE THIS 24 SYSTEM. 25 SO I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO LOOK AT THIS APRIL 28, 2011 109 1 ISSUE. IT IS NOT THAT COMPLICATED. IT'S SOMETHING WE 2 SHOULD HAVE DONE A LONG TIME AGO. I WANT TO COMMEND THE 3 ADMINISTRATION FOR PUSHING THIS INTERNALLY AND MOVING IT 4 FORWARD FOR FIRST READING. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING 5 IT BACK NEXT MONTH. AND IN THE MEANTIME, COMING TO A 6 COMMITTEE, A POLICY COMMITTEE, IF NECESSARY, TO EXPLAIN IT 7 IN MORE DETAIL. THANK YOU. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT 9 WE VOTE ON P1 TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST READING. IF WE PASS 10 IT TONIGHT, THEN WE SEND IT TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE. IF 11 THE POLICY COMMITTEE APPROVES IT WITHOUT ANY SUBSTANTIVE 12 CHANGES, THEN WE WOULD VOTE ON IT, THE SECOND READING NEXT 13 MONTH. 14 IF THE POLICY COMMITTEE CHANGES IT 15 SUBSTANTIVELY, THEN WE WOULD DO A FIRST READING AGAIN NEXT 16 MONTH. IF THAT'S AGREEABLE TO THE POLICY CHAIR. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: THAT'S FINE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: GREAT. 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: I -- 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE MARKS. 21 TRUSTEE MARKS: WHAT DOES -- IS THE ACADEMIC 22 SENATE GOING TO TAKE THIS UP IN ANY PARTICULAR FORUM? DO 23 YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR REACTION TO THIS? 24 YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO REACT. 25 MS. SAGINOR: SHOULD I ANSWER? APRIL 28, 2011 110 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IF YOU WOULD LIKE. I THINK 2 THE TRUSTEE WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER. 3 MS. SAGINOR: OKAY. IT'S THAT I HADN'T BEEN 4 CALLED ON. I JUST DON'T WANT TO -- KAREN SAGINOR, 5 ACADEMIC SENATE. 6 THE CONCERNS WE HAD HAVE BASICALLY BEEN 7 ADDRESSED AT THIS POINT. 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 9 MS. SAGINOR: THERE MAY END UP BEING CONCERNS 10 RISING DOWN THE LINE, BUT THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD BROUGHT 11 TO YOUR ATTENTION I THINK IT WAS LAST SUMMER, I THINK HAVE 12 BEEN ADDRESSED. 13 TRUSTEE MARKS: SO ARE YOU GOING TO CHECK OFF 14 "YES" AND "NO"? I MEAN I THINK YOU NEED TO CHECK OFF A 15 "YES" OR A "NO." 16 TRUSTEE NGO: POINT OF ORDER. THIS IS NOT -- 17 THIS DOESN'T FALL UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE ACADEMIC 18 SENATE. IT'S -- 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: I THINK IT DOES. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE 22 POLICY DOESN'T, BUT THE MATRIX DOES. 23 MS. SAGINOR: I WILL LOOK AT IT MORE CLOSELY. 24 THANK YOU. 25 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. APRIL 28, 2011 111 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT WAS REALLY MORE OF AN 2 OPERATIONAL ISSUE FOR THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS BECAUSE THEIR 3 THE ONES WHO ARE TRYING TO BUY THINGS FOR THEIR 4 DEPARTMENTS. AND SO I DID MEET WITH THEM. I THINK I 5 ACTUALLY MET WITH THEM TWICE. AND WAS ABLE TO WORK 6 THROUGH THEIR CONCERNS TO THE POINT WHERE I'M FAIRLY 7 CERTAIN THEY ARE OKAY WITH THE VERSION THAT YOU HAVE IN 8 P1. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS 10 POLICY BASICALLY SAYS, WE WILL HAVE A MATRIX THAT DEFINES 11 WHO HAS SIGN OFF, WHO CAN SIGN CONTRACTS, WHO CAN SIGN 12 INVOICES. 13 THIS POLICY DOESN'T SAY WHAT THAT IS. S7, IF 14 THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. THIS JUST SAYS, THIS IS A POLICY 15 THAT SAYS, WE SHOULD DO THAT, WHICH THE INTERNAL AUDITOR 16 HIGHLY RECOMMENDS OR MIGHT HAVE COME OUT OF AN AUDIT AND 17 NOT AN EXTERNAL AUDIT. 18 SO I THINK ANY CONCERNS THAT ACADEMIC SENATE 19 MIGHT HAVE WOULD BE WITH THE MATRIX ON WHO WOULD HAVE THE 20 AUTHORITY. 21 IS THAT A CORRECT ASSUMPTION? 22 MS. SAGINOR: YES, THAT'S BASICALLY RIGHT. AND 23 I THINK ALTHOUGH TRUSTEE MARKS' COMMENT THAT THE SHARED 24 GOVERNANCE REVIEW, THERE SHOULD BE A BOX MARKED THERE. IT 25 SHOULD BE MARKED AS "NO." APRIL 28, 2011 112 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT SHOULD BE MARKED "NO," 2 OKAY. 3 MS. SAGINOR: IT SHOULD BE MARKED "NO." THIS IS 4 SOMETHING THAT THIS PART OF IT DOES NOT NEED -- 5 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. 6 MS. SAGINOR: -- TO SIGN OFF OF THE ACADEMIC 7 SENATE. 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: RIGHT. YEAH. 9 MS. SAGINOR: THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY 10 MUCH. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CAN THAT BE MARKED FOR THE 12 RECORD WHEN THIS GOES -- WHEN IT'S PUBLISHED. THANK YOU. 13 TRUSTEE BERG. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: I HAVE A QUESTION. I MEAN THIS 15 IS FINE. THIS IS A POLICY THAT SAYS THAT THIS SHALL 16 HAPPEN BASICALLY, BUT WHERE'S THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT? 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S S7 IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT 18 IT. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: ARE WE CALLING OUT OF ORDER. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, I'M JUST POINTING OUT 21 WHICH ONE IS THE MATRIX. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: I'M SORRY. POINT OF ORDER, 23 MR. PRESIDENT. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: WAS THIS MOVED? WAS P1 MOVED? APRIL 28, 2011 113 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WAS P1 MOVED? I BELIEVE -- IT 2 WASN'T MOVED? 3 COUNSEL BATTISTE: I DON'T HAVE A NOTATION IF IT 4 WAS. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 6 TRUSTEE BERG: I THOUGHT IT WAS. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, I THOUGHT IT WAS. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T REMEMBER. 9 TRUSTEE BERG: I THOUGHT IT WAS. I THINK I 10 MIGHT HAVE MOVED IT. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: SECOND. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. 13 COUNSEL BATTISTE: IT IS NOW. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO NOW IT'S BEEN MOVED. 15 SO THE -- 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: DID YOU ALREADY VOTE ON S7? 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO, WE HAVEN'T. WE ARE ON P1. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: WE ARE STILL ON P1. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. LOOKING AT IT, IT DOES 20 NOT CONTAIN THE COMPROMISE WE REACHED WITH THE DEPARTMENT 21 CHAIRS, SO WE DON'T END UP HAVING THAT WHOLE ARGUMENT ALL 22 OVER AGAIN BECAUSE WE SETTLED IT. IT BASICALLY AS IT'S IN 23 FRONT OF YOU, GIVES THEM NO DOLLAR AUTHORITY AT ALL. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT S7. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: WAIT. APRIL 28, 2011 114 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: WE ARE NOT THERE YET. 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I KNOW. I JUST WANTED TO -- 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I DIDN'T -- I'LL WAIT. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 7 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON P1? 8 OKAY, TRUSTEE JACKSON. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, SO I AM TRYING TO 10 FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS. SO THIS WAS DISCUSSED BETWEEN, 11 YOU KNOW, THE TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATION AND THE 12 DEPARTMENT CHAIRS AND NOT SHARED GOVERNANCE BECAUSE PETER 13 JUST SAID, THERE WAS A COMPROMISE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: S7 WAS DISCUSSED WITH SHARED 15 GOVERNANCE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: SO P1 IS THE GENERAL POLICY -- 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: -- AND S7 IS THE EXECUTION OF THAT 19 POLICY. 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I GET THAT. I GET 21 THAT. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: ALL I'M SAYING IS THERE 24 WAS A COMPROMISE. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: WELL, I THINK -- APRIL 28, 2011 115 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ON S7, NOT ON P1. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: WE CAN GET TO THAT ON S7. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: BUT THERE IS NO COMPROMISE ON P1. 5 IT'S JUST THREE -- I THINK TWO SENTENCES. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: AND IT WAS NOT -- THERE WAS NO -- 8 IT WENT THROUGH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: ON S7, COULD YOU TALK 10 ABOUT THE PROCESS OF GETTING TO THIS POINT? 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SURE. 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THANKS. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YOU CAN VOTE. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 16 ANY OTHER COMMENT? 17 TRUSTEE BERG: DO YOU WANT TO VOTE ON IT? 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, I DO WANT TO VOTE ON IT? 19 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON P1? 20 OKAY, TRUSTEE FANG. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 23 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. APRIL 28, 2011 116 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 6 OKAY, P1 PASSES. 7 LET'S DO S7. LET'S TAKE S7 OUT OF ORDER NOW SO 8 WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY 12 TRUSTEE NGO AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT I WAS 14 REFERRING TO -- 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: VICE CHANCELLOR. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- ON S7 EARLIER -- 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- WAS WE WORKED OUT ALL THE 19 PRACTICAL SITUATIONS THAT REALLY WERE TRUE; THAT 20 DEPARTMENT CHAIRS WERE PRESENTING TO US BY GIVING THEM 21 SOME LIMITED AUTHORITY TO ENCUMBER MONEY AS OPPOSED TO 22 ACTUALLY SIGN CONTRACTS. 23 CFO BILMONT: RIGHT. THERE'S ACTUALLY -- IN 24 ADDITION TO EVERYTHING THAT PETER SAID, WE DISCUSSED THIS 25 I BELIEVE ON APRIL 8TH AT OUR INTERNAL AUDIT COMMITTEE APRIL 28, 2011 117 1 MEETING. 2 AND I TURNED THIS PAGE OVER IN THE DOCUMENT THAT 3 WE ARE LOOKING AT, I WOULD EXPECT TO -- 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THERE'S NO OTHER SIDE. 5 CFO BILMONT: AND I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THE 6 ENCUMBRANCE MATRIX -- 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT'S MISSING. 8 CFO BILMONT: -- WHICH I HAVE IN THE APRIL 8TH 9 WORK PAPERS IF WE -- 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BUT IT IS NOT IN THE AGENDA. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. SINCE YOU ARE ONLY ON A 12 FIRST READING FOR P1 TONIGHT -- 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- I WOULD SUGGEST YOU TABLE 15 THIS UNTIL THAT RESOLUTION -- 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THINK WE HAVE TO. 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- COMES BACK AND DO THEM AT 18 THE SAME TIME. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: THAT'S FINE. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AND THEN WE'LL HAVE IT RIGHT. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO WHAT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE 22 PASSED WAS THIS SIDE PLUS THE OTHER SIDE. 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 24 CFO BILMONT: CORRECT. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHICH IS NOW -- APRIL 28, 2011 118 1 TRUSTEE NGO: WHICH YOU DON'T SEE HERE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- WHICH WE DON'T SEE HERE. 3 TRUSTEE BERG: WE DON'T HAVE THE OTHER SIDE. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: ACTUALLY, THERE IS SOMETHING HERE. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: ALL YOU HAVE IS A POLAR BEAR IN 6 A SNOW STORM. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: OUR MATRIX IS BLANK. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THERE'S TWO PAGES TO IT, AND 9 WE ONLY HAD ONE PAGE. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: THAT'S WHAT WE PASSED. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WHAT WAS ON THE SECOND 12 PART? 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE SECOND PART WAS THE 14 INVOICES. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: IT WAS THE INVOICES, NOT THE 16 CONTRACTS. THE FRONT PAGE IS THE CONTRACTS, THE CONTRACT 17 AUTHORITY. AND THE PAGE BEHIND IT SHOULD BE THE INVOICES. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO 21 TABLE THIS. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 23 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: TO TABLE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TO THE NEXT MEETING, YES. APRIL 28, 2011 119 1 MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRIER (SIC); SECONDED BY 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE ON TABLING. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 14 OKAY, WE WILL TAKE THIS ONE UP. S7 WE WILL TAKE 15 UP NEXT MONTH. 16 THE NEXT ONE I HAVE IS Q1, IS THAT CORRECT? 17 COUNSEL BATTISTE: THAT'S CORRECT, YES. 18 MR. PRESIDENT, IT'S A SETTLEMENT GRIEVANCE 19 "AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO A SETTLEMENT 20 AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS BETWEEN AFT LOCAL 2121 21 AND THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT." 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A MOTION FOR Q1? 23 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED APRIL 28, 2011 120 1 BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 2 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 3 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 4 ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, TRUSTEE FANG. 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 7 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 15 Q1 IS APPROVED. 16 Q2. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: MOVE Q2. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 21 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS 22 ANOTHER AUTHORIZATION SETTLEMENT A GRIEVANCE, "AUTHORIZING 23 THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 24 AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS BETWEEN AFT LOCAL 2121, WENDY 25 MILLER, AND THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT." APRIL 28, 2011 121 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 2 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 3 SEEING NONE, TRUSTEE FANG. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY "AYE". 6 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 14 OKAY, Q2 HAS CARRIED. 15 Q3. 16 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, 17 "AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION TO ENTER INTO A SETTLEMENT 18 AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS BETWEEN AFT LOCAL 19 2121, RICHARD COMPEAN, AND THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY 20 COLLEGE DISTRICT." 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: MOVE Q3. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: Q3 IS MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 23 IS THERE A SECOND? 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. APRIL 28, 2011 122 1 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 2 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 3 ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEE FANG. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 14 OKAY, Q3 IS APPROVED. 15 WE ARE NOW UP TO S1. 16 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A 17 RESOLUTION "RECOMMENDING ADOPTING A SUCCESSOR COLLECTIVE 18 BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY 19 COLLEGE DISTRICT AND THE SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING AND 20 CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL UNION FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 JULY 1ST, 2010, THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2011." 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: MOVE S1. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. APRIL 28, 2011 123 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. I 2 THINK SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF YOU. SORRY. 3 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 4 ALL RIGHT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 8 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 16 S1 IS APPROVED. 17 S2. 18 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS 19 "RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF A SUCCESSION COLLECTIVE 20 BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY 21 COLLEGE DISTRICT AND STATIONARY ENGINEERS LOCAL 39 FOR THE 22 PERIOD OF JULY 1ST, 2010, THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2011." 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: MOVE S2. 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE -- MOVED BY TRUSTEE APRIL 28, 2011 124 1 GRIER; SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 2 ANY DISCUSSION? 3 PUBLIC COMMENT? 4 SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE. 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 7 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 15 OKAY, S2 IS CARRIED. 16 S3. 17 COUNSEL BATTISTE: ACTUALLY, WE PASSED THAT ON 18 CONSENT. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, THAT'S CONSENT. I'M 20 SORRY. 21 COUNSEL BATTISTE: THE NEXT ONE IS S4. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: S4. 23 COUNSEL BATTISTE: WHICH IS THE "APPROVAL OF NEW 24 COURSES AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS RECOMMENDED BY THE 25 COLLEGE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE." APRIL 28, 2011 125 1 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE S4. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 3 IS THERE A SECOND? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 6 DISCUSSION? 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: YES. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE GRIER. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER: THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF S4 10 BECAUSE IT WAS PRESENTED, WASN'T IT, AT THE LAST BOARD 11 MEETING? 12 MR. BOEGEL: GOOD EVENING. TOM BOEGEL, DEAN OF 13 CURRICULUM. 14 WE ACTUALLY HAD A DIFFERENT RESOLUTION LAST 15 MONTH WITH DIFFERENT CURRICULUM. THE RESOLUTION FROM LAST 16 MONTH COVERED CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN THE 17 BEGINNING PART OF THE SEMESTER. THESE ARE COURSES OR 18 PROGRAMS THAT WERE PASSED IN THE LAST -- IN THE MONTH OF 19 APRIL BY THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT 20 COURSES AND PROGRAMS. 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: OH. 22 MR. BOEGEL: THE FRONT PAGE IS THE SAME. THE 23 LIST OF COURSES ON THE SECOND PAGE ARE DIFFERENT. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: WAS THIS THE ONE THAT WE 25 DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING? APRIL 28, 2011 126 1 MR. BOEGEL: THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF A 2 SIMILAR RESOLUTION LAST MONTH, BUT AGAIN, LAST MONTH WE 3 HAD DIFFERENT COURSES AND PROGRAMS -- 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY. 5 MR. BOEGEL: -- AND WE'VE HAD ANOTHER -- 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: ALL RIGHT. 7 MR. BOEGEL: -- COUPLE OF MEETINGS, AND WE HAVE 8 EVEN MORE NOW. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY, WILL THIS BE THE LAST -- 10 MR. BOEGEL: THIS IS THE LAST FOR THIS SEMESTER. 11 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY, SO THE COMMENTS, THE 12 SUGGESTIONS, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AT THAT 13 MEETING, WHEN WOULD WE GET ANSWERS OR A RESPONSE TO IT? 14 BECAUSE ONE OF MY CONCERNS HAD TO DO WITH HOW 15 THE COURSES WERE, NOT SO MUCH DECIDED ON, BUT I JUST 16 DIDN'T SEE ANY CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS OR THE ISSUES THAT 17 WERE ADDRESSED OR QUESTIONED AT THE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS AND 18 THE EVANS CAMPUS. 19 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. AGAIN, THIS RESOLUTION 20 IS -- 21 TRUSTEE NGO: I'M SORRY. POINT OF INFORMATION. 22 WHAT MEETING -- WAS THIS A BOARD MEETING? 23 MR. BOEGEL: THIS WAS A BOARD MEETING. 24 COUNSEL BATTISTE: LAST MONTH. 25 MR. BOEGEL: LAST MONTH. APRIL 28, 2011 127 1 TRUSTEE NGO: THE LAST BOARD MEETING ON THIS? 2 MR. BOEGEL: YEP. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: I WASN'T SURE IF THERE WAS A 5 SEPARATE -- 6 MR. BOEGEL: NO. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 8 MR. BOEGEL: NO. 9 AGAIN, THE RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF 10 US IS ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF COURSES AND PROGRAMS AND ABOUT 11 THE CURRICULUM, ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO PRINT IN THE 12 COLLEGE CATALOG. 13 THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE IS INVOLVED WITH 14 EXAMINING THE RIGOR OF THE COURSE OUTLINES THAT ARE PUT IN 15 FRONT OF IT AND THE COMPOSITION OF CERTIFICATE AND DEGREE 16 PROGRAMS. IT IS BEYOND THE PURVIEW OF THE CURRICULUM 17 COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH SCHEDULING. REALLY THE SCHEDULING 18 OF COURSES IS WORK THAT'S DONE BY DEPARTMENTS AND 19 DEPARTMENT CHAIRS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SCHOOL DEANS AND 20 CAMPUS DEANS AND THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS. 21 SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS. AND 22 SEVERAL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS BROUGHT UP CONCERNS ABOUT 23 SCHEDULING ISSUE LAST MONTH. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WILL 24 BE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S REALLY BEYOND 25 THE SCOPE OF WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US AND WHAT'S IN THIS APRIL 28, 2011 128 1 RESOLUTION HERE. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: WELL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE 3 SAYING -- 4 MR. BOEGEL: OKAY. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: -- AND I DO AGREE TO A POINT. 6 THE QUESTIONS WERE REALLY DIRECTED AT -- 7 IS VICE CHANCELLOR MURILLO -- 8 MR. BOEGEL: I'M SORRY. I DON'T SEE HER. 9 COUNSEL BATTISTE: SHE LEFT A WHILE AGO -- VICE 10 CHANCELLOR MURILLO. 11 MR. BOEGEL: OH, DEAR. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: AND THEN IT'S REAL CLEAR WHEN 13 IT'S LISTED THAT THIS IS A NEW MAJOR. 14 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: IT'S REAL CLEAR WHEN THERE'S AN 16 EXTENSION OF A COURSE OR AN ADDITION OF A COURSE BECAUSE 17 OF THE POPULARITY OR THE NEED, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. 18 BUT THE QUESTIONS I ASKED, CHANCELLOR, HAD TO DO 19 WITH SOME OF THE NEEDS LIKE AT THE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. 20 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO ADDRESS 22 IT. AND I KNEW THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD RESPOND TO. 23 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: BUT CERTAINLY THE VICE 25 CHANCELLOR AND YOU, CHANCELLOR, SHOULD -- APRIL 28, 2011 129 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: ABSOLUTELY. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: -- GIVE ME AND THE PUBLIC SOME 3 IDEA ABOUT THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 5 PROCESS OF SCHEDULING COURSES AT VARIOUS CAMPUSES. THAT'S 6 THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT CURRENTLY IS OVERSEEN BY THE VICE 7 CHANCELLOR OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS. 8 I WILL BE CERTAIN THAT SHE IS HERE AND HAVE A 9 REPORT FOR YOU NEXT TIME IN REGARDS TO HOW WE ARE DOING IN 10 TERMS OF PUTTING CLASSES AT ALL OF THE CAMPUSES, INCLUDING 11 SOUTHEAST. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: YEAH, ESPECIALLY THE QUESTIONS 13 HAD TO DO WITH SOME OF THE COURSES THAT WERE DEVELOPED AND 14 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HEALTH COMMUNITY. WHAT WAS 15 IT UCSF? 16 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 17 TRUSTEE GRIER: AND IT JUST MADE A LOT OF SENSE. 18 IT WAS LOGICAL. THERE WAS A NEED. THEY TALKED ABOUT 19 WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE HOSPITALS AND THE NEEDS 20 OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I JUST THOUGHT THAT THE NEEDS OF 21 THE COMMUNITY AND THE SOUTHEAST SECTOR WASN'T ADDRESSED. 22 AND SO -- AND I CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC WHEN WE HAVE THAT AS 23 A TOPIC ITEM SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT, SO ALL RIGHT. 24 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: AND WE ALSO HAVE BEEN 25 ENGAGED IN A SERIES OF LISTENING SESSIONS THAT ENCOMPASSES APRIL 28, 2011 130 1 SOUTHEAST, VISITACION VALLEY, CHINATOWN, AND VARIOUS OTHER 2 COMMUNITIES TO TRY TO GATHER THE INFORMATION FROM THE 3 ACTUAL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS STUDENTS AT THESE CAMPUSES AND 4 THESE LOCATIONS TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON IT. 5 WE'VE ALSO HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THE PUC 6 IN REGARDS TO SOUTHEAST IN ESTABLISHING COURSES THERE. 7 VICE CHANCELLOR, INTERIM VICE CHANCELLOR JORGE BELL HAS 8 BEEN ENGAGED IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNICATIONS TO TRY TO DEAL 9 WITH THESE ISSUES AS FAR AS SOUTHEAST IS CONCERNED. 10 MR. BOEGEL: I WILL MENTION THAT ONE OF THE 11 COURSES THAT YOU SEE ON OUR LIST HERE THE CONSTRUCTION 110 12 "ADVANCED PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION." THAT'S GOING TO BE 13 OVER AT THE EVANS CAMPUS. 14 TRUSTEE GRIER: YES. 15 MR. BOEGEL: AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THE 16 PRESENTATION OF THAT AT THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE. THIS IS 17 A VERY HIGH END COURSE THAT'S GOING TO PREPARE STUDENTS 18 FOR A CERTIFICATION THAT IS NOT VERY WELL -- THAT IS NOT 19 VERY WIDELY HELD. AND IT IS GOING TO -- I BELIEVE THE 20 DEPARTMENT MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE EXTRAORDINARILY FEW 21 PEOPLE WITH THESE SORTS OF SKILLS IN REALLY THE STATE OF 22 CALIFORNIA. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHICH ONE IS THAT? 24 MR. BOEGEL: THIS IS THE ADVANCED PHOTOVOLTAIC 25 INSTALLATION CLASS. APRIL 28, 2011 131 1 A FEW YEARS AGO WE CREATED A COURSE FOR PB 2 INSTALLATION, INSTALLING SOLAR ELECTRIC SYSTEMS. IT'S A 3 SKILL THAT REQUIRES ROOFING KNOWLEDGE AND ELECTRICAL 4 KNOWLEDGE, AND CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEDGE. AND THERE'S SOME 5 INDUSTRY-WIDE CERTIFICATIONS. AND AGAIN, THERE'S AN 6 ADVANCE CERTIFICATION THAT THIS COURSE WOULD PROVIDE FOR 7 THEM. 8 OTHER NOTABLE THINGS IN THIS RESOLUTION, WE HAD 9 TALKED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE NEW ASSOCIATE DEGREES 10 FOR TRANSFER. AND YOU WILL SEE PSYCHOLOGY AND PHYSICS ARE 11 BOTH LISTED HERE AS MAJORS THAT WILL APPLY TO THAT DEGREE. 12 AND UNDER THE MATH DEPARTMENT, YOU WILL SEE THAT 13 EXPERIMENTAL COURSE FOR PREPARATION FOR STATISTICS 14 PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE 15 TRANSFER LEVEL -- TO PREPARE FOR TRANSFER LEVEL 16 STATISTICS. 17 TRUSTEE GRIER: I THINK THEY ARE ALL EXCITING 18 COURSES AND MUCH NEEDED. AND SO I COMMEND THE COMMITTEE 19 FOR DOING THIS, BUT I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER 20 CAMPUSES -- 21 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: -- THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T 23 SEEM THAT THEIR NEEDS WERE ADDRESSED. 24 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: AND WE WILL DO THAT AT ANOTHER APRIL 28, 2011 132 1 TIME. 2 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: SO I'M READY TO VOTE FOR IT. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, I'M ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT 6 THESE CLASSES, ESPECIALLY THE MATH 45X. I KNOW THAT CAME 7 OUT OF THE EQUITY WORK THAT THE MATH DEPARTMENT IS DOING. 8 I THINK THAT'S ALSO VERY EXCITING. 9 I THINK YOU, TOM -- 10 MR. BOEGEL: YES. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: -- OF COURSE YOU GOT CAUGHT IN 12 SOMEWHAT OF THE CROSSHAIRS AGAIN ON THIS VERY ISSUE -- 13 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: -- OF HOW DO WE SERVE OUR 15 COMMUNITY -- 16 MR. BOEGEL: RIGHT. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: -- AS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND 18 YOU KEEP ON COMING UP WITH THESE RESOLUTIONS. AND YOU GET 19 CAUGHT INTO THESE DEBATES. 20 BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY 21 COLLEAGUES TO TAKE UP THAT VERY QUESTION OF WHERE AND HOW 22 THESE CLASSES GET ASSIGNED AND OBVIOUSLY ASK THE VICE 23 CHANCELLOR OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS TO PRESENT HER PLAN FOR 24 THESE COURSES AT VARIOUS COMMITTEES. IT COULD HAPPEN IN 25 INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OR EVEN IN THE JOINT UNIFIED APRIL 28, 2011 133 1 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT COMMITTEE THAT I KNOW TRUSTEE 2 GRIER CHAIRS. AND IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO GET A SENSE WORKING 3 WITH UNIFIED WHEN STUDENTS COME OUT OF UNIFIED, WHERE ARE 4 THEY INCLINED TO GO AND WHAT COURSES MAY SERVE THEM? 5 SO A LOT OF THAT COMMITTEE WORK CAN BE DONE AND 6 PERHAPS CAN AVOID THESE KIND OF AWKWARD, THESE DISJOINTED 7 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THESE PROCESSES WORK, SO I 8 OBVIOUSLY WILL BE VOTING FOR THIS. 9 MR. BOEGEL: THANK YOU. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE 11 COMMENTS BECAUSE I THINK THIS POINT WAS RAISED AGAIN AT 12 THE PREVIOUS MEETING. AND WE'VE HAD SOME HEARINGS ON ESL 13 IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK ARE VALUABLE IN SOME -- I 14 HAD FOUR OF THEM. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE TRUSTEES TO TAKE 15 UP THESE ISSUES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES BECAUSE I 16 THINK THEY ARE IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND WE HAVE MENTIONED, 19 YOU KNOW, THE SCHEDULING DEALING ISSUES AT INSTITUTIONAL 20 EFFECTIVENESS. EVERY TIME TOM COMES UP HERE WE TALK ABOUT 21 SCHEDULING, BUT I THINK THE PROBLEM IS I DON'T THINK OUR 22 QUESTIONS ARE EVER ADEQUATELY ANSWERED. I MEAN TOM HAS AN 23 IDEA THAT THIS NEW ADVANCED PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION IS 24 GOING TO BE HERE. 25 I CAN TELL YOU THAT MARKET IS A LITTLE SATURATED APRIL 28, 2011 134 1 AT THIS POINT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SUBSIDY IN SAN 2 FRANCISCO BEING CUT SO DRASTICALLY. THERE ARE NOT A LOT 3 OF NEW HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO PUT 4 THOSE SOLAR PANELS ON THEIR HOMES. SO THAT MARKET IS NOW 5 SATURATED, AND THEY ARE LAYING OFF SOME OF THE SOLAR PANEL 6 INSTALLERS. 7 SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WITH THE FULL KNOWLEDGE 8 THAT I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS DEVELOPING, YOU KNOW, ALL THE 9 COURSEWORK. BUT I THINK THE PROBLEM IS, OUR ANSWER IS 10 HEY, WHERE ARE THESE CLASSES GOING? EITHER THAT QUESTION 11 GETS ANSWERED OR EVERY TIME TOM COMES UP HERE SOMEONE IS 12 GOING TO ASK HIM, HEY, WHERE ARE THESE CLASSES GOING 13 BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE TIME YOU GET TO SEE YOU JUST 14 DEVELOPED NEW CLASSES WHICH I FIND INTERESTING BECAUSE WE 15 ARE ABOUT TO CUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF CLASSES, BUT WE JUST 16 CREATED SOME NEW CLASSES, WHERE ARE THESE CLASSES ABOUT TO 17 GO TO? 18 THAT'S THE MOST NATURAL QUESTION, ESPECIALLY 19 WHEN I LITERALLY CAN JUST FLIP A PAGE AND I AM DONE WITH 20 THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST CATALOG OF CLASSES. LIKE LITERALLY, 21 THERE'S ONE PAGE. I TURN THE PAGE. A HALF A PAGE LATER, 22 THERE'S NO MORE CLASSES AT SOUTHEAST CAMPUS BEYOND THAT. 23 AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE FRUSTRATION. 24 AND, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE NGO AND THE CHANCELLOR 25 SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PENT UP NEED FOR CLASSES IN THE APRIL 28, 2011 135 1 COMMUNITY LAST NIGHT. AND YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME 2 UP HERE AND YOU SEE INGRID TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND A 3 LOT OF OTHER FOLKS TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES. UNTIL WE GET 4 A HANDLE AND UNTIL YOU BRING WHOEVER MAKES THESE DECISIONS 5 UP HERE AND SAYS, WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING "X" NUMBER OF 6 CLASSES IN SOUTHEAST AND THAT IS MORE THAN -- THAT IS 7 50 PERCENT OR 100 PERCENT MORE THAN YOU PUT THE NEXT YEAR, 8 YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET THESE QUESTIONS. 9 SO I WOULD URGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO SERIOUSLY 10 PUT SOMETHING IN THE AGENDA THAT TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING 11 TO BE ON THIS SCHEDULE BECAUSE I CAN'T SAY THAT I AM GOING 12 TO VOTE -- THAT I'M GOING TO APPROVE THE NEXT SEMESTER 13 SCHEDULE UNLESS I GET AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF CLASSES IN THE 14 SOUTHEAST CAMPUS AND IN THE EVANS CAMPUS AS WELL BECAUSE, 15 YOU KNOW, IT IS GROSSLY UNDESERVED. THANK YOU. BUT I 16 WILL BE APPROVING THIS -- 17 MR. BOEGEL: THANK YOU. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: -- BUT I THINK YOU'VE 19 DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN ACTUALLY DEVELOPING NEW COURSES 20 AND NEW MAJORS. I THINK IT'S AMAZING, SO I WILL BE VOTING 21 FOR THIS. 22 MR. BOEGEL: THANKS. 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: BUT UNTIL THEY GET 24 SOMEONE ELSE UP, MAN, YOU ARE JUST THE GUY THAT'S HERE 25 THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO FEEL THIS FRUSTRATION. APRIL 28, 2011 136 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE CLASS, ADVANCED 2 PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION, USUALLY THAT PROVIDES A 3 CERTIFICATION THAT IS NOT COMMON. 4 MR. BOEGEL: IT HELPS PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THIS 5 CERTIFICATION. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHICH CERTIFICATION? 7 MR. BOEGEL: YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY, I DON'T 8 REMEMBER THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 10 MR. BOEGEL: JUST ONE SMALL THING. WE CONTINUE 11 TO DEVELOP NEW COURSES REGARDLESS OF THE BUDGET BECAUSE -- 12 AND REALLY WITH THE DEPARTMENTS IT'S OFTEN A ZERO SUM 13 GAME. 14 I REMEMBER IN MY TIME WHEN I WAS THE COMPUTER 15 SCIENCE CHAIR, WE DEVELOPED NEW COURSES BECAUSE NEW THINGS 16 WERE HAPPENING AND THEN WE DIDN'T OFFER SOME OF THE OLD -- 17 WE STOPPED OFFERING COBALT PROGRAMMING AND WE STARTED 18 OFFERING OTHER THINGS. 19 SO THE COMMITTEE'S WORK CONTINUES REALLY 20 REGARDLESS OF THE ECONOMY. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S NICE TO SEE PHYSICS ON 22 THE LIST. WE DID NOT HAVE A PHYSICS MAJOR BEFORE? 23 MR. BOEGEL: NO, WE DID NOT. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO WE NOW HAVE A PHYSICS 25 MAJOR. APRIL 28, 2011 137 1 MR. BOEGEL: WE HAVE A PHYSICS MAJOR DESIGNED 2 FOR -- AGAIN, FOR STUDENTS WANTING TO TRANSFER. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, OF COURSE. 4 MR. BOEGEL: PHYSICS IS FUN. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I AGREE. I THINK PHYSICS IS 6 FUN. 7 OKAY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE BOARD? 8 COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? 9 ALL RIGHT. STUDENT TRUSTEE, YOUR VOTE. 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: NO. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: NO. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE MARKS VOTES "NO," BUT 22 THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED, S4. 23 WE ARE NOW AT S8. 24 COUNSEL BATTISTE: ACTUALLY, MR. PRESIDENT -- 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DID I MIS ONE? APRIL 28, 2011 138 1 COUNSEL BATTISTE: -- S8 WAS PASSED UNDER 2 CONSENT. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: S8 WAS CONSENT. 4 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YOU ARE FINISHED WITH THE 5 RESOLUTIONS AGENDA. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: POINT OF INFORMATION, 7 MR. PRESIDENT. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO, WE ARE NOT. 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: NO. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO. NO. NO, WE ARE NOT 11 FINISHED. 12 COUNSEL BATTISTE: I THINK WE ARE. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: I THINK -- 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: DID YOU SAY THERE WERE FOUR VOTES 16 FOR THAT? 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I DID NOT SAY THAT. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: YOU DIDN'T SAY, "FOUR"? 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: FIVE. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THERE'S ONLY ONE "NO" VOTE. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: I THOUGHT YOU SAID, "FOUR," OKAY. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ARE YOU SURE S8 WAS ON THE 24 CONSENT. 25 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES. YES, IT WAS. OH, I'M APRIL 28, 2011 139 1 SORRY. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I'VE GOT S9, S10, AND 3 S11 HERE. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: S9, S10, AND S11. I DON'T 5 RECALL S8 EITHER. 6 COUNSEL BATTISTE: OH, I'M SORRY. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN. 8 COUNSEL BATTISTE: I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT, WE 9 DO HAVE S8, S9, S10, AND S11. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 11 COUNSEL BATTISTE: I HAVE A RESOLUTION THAT'S -- 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THOUGHT SO. OKAY, SO S8 -- 13 COUNSEL BATTISTE: I DON'T HAVE IT. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: S8 IS A "RESOLUTION TO HONOR 15 AND RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING SERVICE OF JAMES P. KEENAN 16 ON THIS RETIREMENT." YOU COULD SEE WHY WE WOULD NOT WANT 17 TO DO THAT AS A CONSENT ITEM. 18 I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR THAT. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 21 IS THERE A SECOND? 22 TRUSTEE NGO: SECOND. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 24 DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: JAMES KEENAN. APRIL 28, 2011 140 1 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, I DO. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG. 3 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF 4 WORKING WITH HIM FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS IN MANY 5 DIFFERENT ITERATIONS AND HE'S AMAZING. HE IS REALLY 6 AMAZING. HE IS VERY CAPABLE WITH WHAT HE DOES. AND HE 7 CAME FROM QUOTE, UNQUOTE "RATHER HUMBLE BEGINNINGS" AND 8 WORKED HIS WAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE HEAD OF FACILITIES 9 AND PLANNING. 10 AND WHENEVER WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH ANY OF THE 11 BUILDINGS, HE WAS THERE IMMEDIATELY. AND HE RESPONDED 12 QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY. HE IS GOING TO BE A GREAT LOSS. 13 ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE HIS DAUGHTER TEACHING FOR 14 US, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. THAT'S A GOOD THING. 15 BUT HE REALLY WAS A WONDERFUL ASSET FOR THIS 16 INSTITUTION. AND HE IS GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED. AND I 17 HOPE WE CAN FIND SOMEBODY EQUALLY COMPETENT TO REPLACE 18 HIM. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY A FEW 20 WORDS. IT'S JUST COMMENDABLE THAT FOR 41 YEARS HE HAS 21 WORKED AT THE COLLEGE AND WORE SO MANY HATS. AND FROM 22 WHAT I KNOW, HE'S DONE THEM EQUALLY WELL. A WELL DESERVED 23 RETIREMENT. AND WE WISH HIM GREAT SUCCESS IN HIS NEW 24 ROLE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. APRIL 28, 2011 141 1 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD? 2 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 3 WHEN YOU ARE DONE, COULD YOU FILL OUT A CARD FOR 4 THE RECORD? 5 MS. THOMAS: YES. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 7 MS. THOMAS: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY CLEARLY SEIU 8 LOST THE FIGHT OF BEGGING JIM TO STAY BECAUSE WE WORKED AT 9 THAT FOR A FEW MONTHS. WE BEGGED AND WE PLEADED AND WE 10 CRIED. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: I BELIEVE THAT. 12 MS. THOMAS: AND I TRULY STAND HERE WITH A SMILE 13 ON MY FACE BECAUSE I LOVE MEETING GOOD PEOPLE, SINCERELY 14 GOOD PEOPLE. AND I THINK BECAUSE HE DID COME FROM SUCH 15 HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT MADE HIM WHO HE WAS 16 BECAUSE HE NEVER FORGOT THAT. 17 WE ALWAYS FELT LIKE HE UNDERSTOOD US, EVEN IF HE 18 DISAGREED WITH US. AND I THINK THAT IS A VERY POWERFUL 19 ATTRIBUTE FOR A LEADER. WE KNEW SOMETIMES THERE WAS 20 NOTHING HE COULD DO, AND HE WOULD HOLD HIS GROUND, BUT WE 21 COULD STILL SENSE THE COMPASSION IN HIS "NO." 22 AND SO I THINK IT IS VERY WELL SAID WHEN IT SAYS 23 HERE THAT "HE WORKED SIDE BY SIDE" BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS 24 TRUE AND ACCURATE OF HIM. I AM VERY HAPPY THAT HE IS 25 HAPPY, BUT I AM SAD FOR US. AND I DO WISH HIM WELL AND APRIL 28, 2011 142 1 SEIU WISHES HIM WELL. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 3 PHYLLIS MCGUIRE. 4 MS. MCGUIRE: HI, I'M PHYLLIS MCGUIRE. I AM THE 5 INTERIM VICE CHANCELLOR OF POLICY AND RESEARCH. 6 AND I HAVE KNOWN MR. KEENAN FOR OVER 28 YEARS 7 BECAUSE I MET HIM WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE AT CITY 8 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO. AND I CAN TELL YOU AS A VERY 9 YOUNG INEXPERIENCED NEW DEPARTMENT CHAIR FOR THE HOTEL AND 10 RESTAURANT DEPARTMENT, MR. KEENAN SAVED MY BACON SO MANY 11 TIMES I JUST CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU. 12 AND I THINK THAT I SPEAK FOR FACULTY, DEPARTMENT 13 CHAIRS, AND ADMINISTRATORS IN SAYING THAT JIM KEENAN WAS 14 THE KIND OF COLLEAGUE THAT YOU COULD CALL HIM AND FIRST 15 OFF HE ANSWERED HIS CELL PHONE. AND SECONDLY, WHEN YOU 16 CALLED HIM AND SAID, JIM I HAVE A PROBLEM. CAN YOU HELP 17 ME? HE STOPPED AND LISTENED TO YOUR PROBLEM, AND HE IS 18 ONE OF THOSE RARE PEOPLE THAT REALLY, REALLY HELPS US 19 SOLVE PROBLEMS AND DO IT IN SUCH A WAY THERE'S NO DRAMA. 20 THERE'S NO WITH WEEPING AND WAILING. 21 BUT TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO BE VERY, 22 VERY MUCH MISSED BY ALL OF US HERE AT CITY COLLEGE OF SAN 23 FRANCISCO. THAT'S JIM KEENAN. AND I AM PROUD TO HAVE 24 BEEN ABLE TO HAVE HIM AS A COLLEAGUE AND A FRIEND. 25 AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING APRIL 28, 2011 143 1 HIM HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE HE IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL 2 PERSON. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 4 ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 5 ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR 8 SAY "AYE". 9 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE GRIER: SADLY, AYE. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 17 RELUCTANTLY, THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED. 18 S9, I'M GOING TO -- WELL, S9 IS THE "RESOLUTION 19 IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION FUNDING, AB 1130, AND PROPOSED TAX 20 EXTENSIONS." 21 I AM GOING TO HAND THE GAVEL TO TRUSTEE JACKSON 22 SO I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS. 23 (PRESIDENT RIZZO HANDS OVER THE GAVEL TO VICE 24 PRESIDENT TRUSTEE JACKSON.) 25 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. APRIL 28, 2011 144 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY -- OH, SORRY. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THAT'S OKAY. 3 IT'S BEEN MOVED. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: YES. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND THEN DO I HAVE A 6 SECOND? 7 MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED BY -- 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL SECOND IT. 9 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S MY RESOLUTION. I WILL 12 SECOND IT. 13 TRUSTEE BERG: YOU CAN'T SECOND IT. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO THIS IS ABOUT FUNDING FOR 15 EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IT PUTS THE 16 TRUSTEES -- THE TRUSTEES, NOT THE DISTRICT, IN FAVOR OF 17 THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED TAX EXTENSIONS WHICH WOULD 18 DRAMATICALLY HELP NOT ONLY OUR BUDGET, BUT IN EDUCATION 19 HIGHER AND K-12 THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 20 THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS AB 1130, WHICH IS BY 21 NANCY SKINNER, ASSEMBLYWOMAN FROM THE EAST BAY. AND IT'S 22 CALLED, THE SUBTITLE OF AB 1130 IS CALLED, "THE 23 REAGAN/WILSON TAX RATES." 24 AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT PROPOSES TO SET THE TAX 25 RATES OF THE UPPER INCOME TO ALMOST, BUT NOT QUITE WHAT APRIL 28, 2011 145 1 THEY WERE UNDER THE REAGAN AND WILSON ADMINISTRATIONS 2 WHICH ARE HIGHER THAN THEY ARE NOW. SO REAGAN AND WILSON 3 ACTUALLY RAISED TAXES ON THIS UPPER INCOME BRACKET. AND 4 IT SEEMS A TOTALLY REASONABLE PUBLIC POLICY DECISION FOR 5 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO PUT THOSE TAX RATES BACK TO 6 WHAT RONALD REAGAN AND PETE WILSON THOUGHT THEY SHOULD BE. 7 SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS. 8 TRUSTEE BERG: I WANT TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO 9 THIS. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: IT'S SOMEWHAT NITPICKING, BUT 12 BASICALLY THIS RESOLUTION FOR US TO PASS IS ILLEGAL IN ONE 13 PORTION. IN THE LAST "RESOLVED" -- 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: -- WHERE WE WILL PUBLICLY -- WE 16 "WILL WORK WITH ALL INTERESTED PARTIES TO PUBLICLY 17 ADVOCATE" FOR AB 1130. 18 WE CAN'T DO THAT PUBLICLY. WE CAN'T LEGALLY AS 19 A BOARD ADVOCATE. WE CAN EDUCATE. 20 SO I AM GOING TO OFFER IN RETURN SOME VERY 21 CONVOLUTED LANGUAGE, BUT IT WILL JUST MAKE THE RESOLUTION 22 LEGALLY APPLICABLE FOR US. 23 SO I AM JUST GOING TO SAY, "THAT THE BOARD OF 24 TRUSTEES WILL WORK WITH ALL INTERESTED PARTIES TO EDUCATE 25 THEIR PUBLIC ADVOCACY." APRIL 28, 2011 146 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND WE DO WE NEED TO 2 TAKE THAT AS AN AMENDMENT? 3 TRUSTEE BERG: BECAUSE WE CAN DO THAT. 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HOLD ON. 5 TRUSTEE BERG: WE CAN EDUCATE, BUT WE CANNOT 6 ADVOCATE. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO ARE YOU OFFERING 8 THAT AS AN AMENDMENT. 9 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, JUST TO CHANGE THAT ONE 10 SENTENCE TO MAKE IT LEGAL FOR US TO DO IT. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL SECOND THAT. 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: POINT OF ORDER. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL SECOND THAT. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: THAT IS TRUE. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY 18 TRUE. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY, WELL, THE MOTION 20 HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. 21 TRUSTEE BERG: AND THAT'S ETHICS. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: THE WAY IT'S PHRASED -- 23 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HOLD ON. HOLD ON. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: THAT I KNOW IS A FACT IS TRUE. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. APRIL 28, 2011 147 1 TRUSTEE BERG: AND I COULD PROBABLY FIND YOU THE 2 LEGAL DOCUMENT. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: TRUSTEE NGO. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: WE'VE PASSED RESOLUTIONS BEFORE. 5 WE'VE ADOPTED A POSITION TO SUPPORT OR AN OPPOSITION TO 6 ACTUALLY A RANGE OF LEGISLATIONS. 7 TRUSTEE BERG: WE CAN EDUCATE. WE CAN EDUCATE 8 AND WE CAN SAY IT THAT WAY, BUT WE CAN'T PUBLICLY 9 ADVOCATE. AS PUBLICLY ELECTED OFFICIALS, WE ARE NOT 10 ALLOWED TO DO THAT. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: BUT WE DO THIS -- 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AND THAT'S COME UP AGAIN AND 13 AGAIN AND AGAIN. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I NEED YOU GUYS TO 15 SPEAK ONE AT A TIME, OKAY. THANKS. 16 STEVE. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE OUR STAFF GOING 18 TO SACRAMENTO TO ADVOCATE ALL THE TIME AND PRESUMABLY AT 19 OUR DIRECTION. WE TAKE POSITIONS ON VARIOUS ISSUES ALL 20 THE TIME ON BALLOT MEASURES OR STATE INITIATIVES OR 21 LEGISLATION. I DON'T THINK THAT'S -- I DON'T THINK THAT'S 22 COMPLETELY ACCURATE THAT WE CAN'T PHRASE THIS THAT WAY. 23 I THINK WHAT WE CAN'T DO, CERTAINLY AS A BOARD, 24 IS WE CAN'T ELECTIONEER, BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN 25 ADVOCATING FOR OR AGAINST SOMETHING. I THINK WE'VE PASSED APRIL 28, 2011 148 1 RESOLUTIONS LIKE THIS BEFORE THAT'S BEEN PHRASED EVEN 2 STRONGER THEN WHAT'S HERE. 3 SO, YOU KNOW, IN THE END, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT 4 TO PUT "EDUCATE," IT'S FINE WITH ME. BUT I ACTUALLY WOULD 5 LIKE TO HAVE OUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS 6 BILL AND SEE WHY WE CAN'T ADVOCATE -- IF WE ARE ADVOCATING 7 ALREADY ON THE REPEATING STUDENTS ISSUE WITHOUT DIRECTION 8 FROM US, THEN WE SHOULD AT LEAST DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION 9 TO CONSIDER PUTTING SOME ADVOCACY OR EDUCATION TIME ON 10 THIS VERY IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. 11 SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FULLY CORRECT -- 12 ALTHOUGH I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE TRUSTEE BERG IS COMING 13 FROM -- FULLY CORRECT THIS LANGUAGE, THIS RESOLVED IS 14 ILLEGAL AS IT'S WRITTEN. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY, I THINK THE 16 CHANCELLOR HAS SOMETHING TO SAY AND THEN DR. GRIER -- AND 17 THEN TRUSTEE GRIER AND TRUSTEE BERG. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I WAS GOING TO ASK OUR 19 GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR LESLIE 20 SMITH TO COME UP AND ENLIGHTEN US A LITTLE BIT. 21 MS. SMITH: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO ALL SIDES, 22 FOR ADVOCATING I DON'T THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM IN TERMS 23 OF LEGISLATION. I THINK WHERE THE LINE GETS CROSSED IS 24 WHEN WE ARE ASKED TO GO OUT AND ADVOCATE FOR A BALLOT 25 MEASURE. THAT'S WHERE THE LINE IS A PUBLIC AGENCY. WE APRIL 28, 2011 149 1 CAN'T CROSS. 2 BUT IN TERMS OF AB 1130, WE ARE ALREADY IN 3 COMMUNICATION WITH THE AUTHOR. SHE ACTUALLY IS MY PERSON 4 IN SACRAMENTO BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE EAST BAY. AND WE'VE 5 ALREADY NOTIFIED THEM THAT I WAS GOING TO ASSUME PASS THIS 6 TONIGHT AND SO THERE FOR SUPPORT. 7 SO WE DO TAKE POSITIONS FREQUENTLY AND ADVOCATE 8 FOR LEGISLATION. THE LINE CROSSES WHEN IT'S AN ELECTION. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY, ALL RIGHT. I 10 GOT -- 11 MS. SMITH: BUT WE CAN TAKE A POSITION ON A 12 BALLOT INITIATIVE, JUST NOT ADVOCATE FOR THEM. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I HAVE TRUSTEE GRIER, 14 BERG, AND RIZZO. 15 MS. SMITH: BUT I DON'T WANT TO -- 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: I LIKE THAT EVERYBODY IS 17 WEIGHING IN ON THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR 18 LEGAL COUNSEL. 19 COUNSEL BATTISTE: I RECALL LOOKING INTO THIS 20 ISSUE ABOUT -- WHAT WAS IT EIGHT MONTHS AGO -- 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: ALL RIGHT. 22 COUNSEL BATTISTE: -- AND I AGREE WITH MS. SMITH 23 THAT THAT IS CORRECT. THAT OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD CAN'T 24 PUBLICLY CAMPAIGN FOR A BALLOT MEASURE, BUT YOU CERTAINLY 25 CAN ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATION. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE APRIL 28, 2011 150 1 DO WHEN WE GO TO SACRAMENTO AND TRY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE 2 LEGISLATURE TO TAKE PARTICULAR ACTIONS ON THE BUDGET. 3 MS. SMITH: THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN TAKING A 4 POSITION ON A BALLOT MEASURE, YOU JUST CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR 5 IT. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: ARE YOU DONE? 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: THAT WAS JUST MY FIRST PART OF 8 MY QUESTION. I HAVE ANOTHER PART. 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: CONTINUE. 10 TRUSTEE GRIER: IT HAS TO DO WITH -- I SEE WHO 11 THE ORIGINATORS ARE AND IN THINKING ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION, 12 WAS THERE ANY CONCERN OR THOUGHT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT 13 OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE DOING THIS AND WHETHER WE 14 SHOULD EVEN JUST COMMUNICATE WITH THE BAY 10 JUST TO MAKE 15 THE CALL FOR THIS RESOLUTION OR KNOW WHAT OTHER COMMUNITY 16 COLLEGES ARE DOING AND WHAT ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED 17 SCHOOL DISTRICT? IS THIS SOMETHING THEY ARE GOING TO DO 18 AS WELL? IS THERE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITY 19 COLLEGES OR K-12? 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THINK ALISA MESSER CAN 21 ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 22 MS. MESSER: ALISA MESSER, AFT 2121. I THINK I 23 CAN AT LEAST BEGIN TO ANSWER THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL 24 COMMUNITY DISTRICTS OR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL BE DOING, 25 BUT I KNOW THIS IS PART OF A COORDINATED CAMPAIGN. APRIL 28, 2011 151 1 I MENTIONED BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF 2 TEACHERS RECENT POLL THAT SHOWED THAT 78 PERCENT OF LIKELY 3 VOTERS NEXT YEAR ARE HAPPY, INCLUDING BY THE WAY 4 60 PERCENT OF REPUBLICANS LIKE THE IDEA OF TAXING THE 5 WEALTHY AS OPPOSED TO CUTTING EDUCATION AND CUTTING PUBLIC 6 SERVICES. SO THIS IS PART OF THAT EFFORT TO EDUCATE 7 PEOPLE, BOTH ABOUT THE BUDGET CUTS AND ABOUT WHAT'S 8 HAPPENING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALSO 9 TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE. WE DON'T HAVE TO 10 HAVE AN ALL CUTS BUDGET. WE DON'T HAVE TO CUT OUR WAY ALL 11 THE WAY OUT OF THIS. THERE IS ACTUALLY MONEY IN THE 12 STATE, SO IT IS PART OF THAT CAMPAIGN. 13 AND I THANK TRUSTEES RIZZO AND MARKS FOR PUTTING 14 THIS FORWARD. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: TRUSTEE BERG. 16 TRUSTEE BERG: JUST TO MAKE ME HAPPY AS A 17 TRUSTEE, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE ACTUAL OPINION ON -- I AM 18 GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS. I AM ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF IT. 19 THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM. 20 BUT I WOULD LIKE ONCE AND FOR ALL, I BELIEVE IT 21 IS IN THE BROWN ACT. I WOULD WANT AT THE NEXT BOARD 22 MEETING, I REALLY WANT TO SEE IN WRITING EXACTLY WHAT WE 23 CAN AND CANNOT DO BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE HAVE REALLY BEEN 24 DONE FOR DOING THIS. AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO DO THIS 25 AND NOT TO ADVOCATE AND TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN THE WAY WE APRIL 28, 2011 152 1 PHRASE OUR POSITIONS. AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT IS TRUE 2 THAT YOU CAN'T ADVOCATE FOR A BALLOT MEASURE. I FIND THAT 3 KIND OF TRICKY TO NOT -- YOU CAN EITHER ADVOCATE OR YOU 4 CAN'T ADVOCATE. IT IS ONE OR THE OTHER. 5 SO I, AT THE NEXT MEETING, I REALLY WANT TO HAVE 6 THIS CLARIFIED SO THAT ALL OF US HAVE THE PARAMETERS. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I'VE GOT TRUSTEE RIZZO. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, I GUESS WHAT I WAS 9 HOPING WAS THAT WE WOULD DIRECT OUR PEOPLE, AS I WROTE IT, 10 TO BE ABLE TO SAY IN SACRAMENTO LESLIE SMITH, THAT WE DO 11 SUPPORT THIS; THAT THE DISTRICT SUPPORTS IT. THAT WAS MY 12 INTENT WHEN I WROTE IT. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN ADVOCATE 13 FOR LEGISLATION AND I THINK WE DO. I THINK WE CAN DO IT. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 15 YOU KNOW -- ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE -- 16 ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AND 17 THEN I AM GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE LEGISLATION 18 ITSELF. 19 WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT ON THE TABLE. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS SECONDED. 21 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, IT'S BEEN MOVED 22 AND SECONDED ALREADY. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I'M NOT SURE WE NEED THE 24 AMENDMENT AFTER WHAT LESLIE SMITH SAID. 25 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WE HAVE TO JUST VOTE APRIL 28, 2011 153 1 "NO" BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALREADY. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT COULD BE WITHDRAWN. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LANGUAGE 4 WAS. CAN WE CLARIFY WHAT THE LANGUAGE WAS FOR THE 5 AMENDMENT? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: NO, I AM GOING TO WITHDRAW MY 7 AMENDMENT. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. 9 TRUSTEE BERG: JUST LET IT GO. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: IT MAKES IT MUCH 11 EASIER. 12 MY COMMENT IS AND, ACTUALLY, IT'S MORE OF JUST A 13 QUESTION. I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN AN RFP FOR POLLING TO 14 POSSIBLY DO A PARCEL TAX THIS NOVEMBER. SO LIKE WE'RE 15 EVENTUALLY GOING TO VOTE TO EITHER GO FOR A PARCEL TAX OR 16 NOT GO FOR A PARCEL TAX. WOULDN'T THAT BE LIKE ADVOCATING 17 FOR A POSITION SIMILAR TO THIS? 18 TRUSTEE BERG: NO. 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: THAT'S JUST MY 20 QUESTION. AND THEN AFTER I GET THAT ANSWERED, I WOULD 21 JUST LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS AND MOVE FORWARD. 22 MS. SMITH: OKAY, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE'RE 23 WORKING IN THE LEGISLATURE ADVOCATING TO THE LEGISLATORS. 24 WE ARE NOT GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN AN ELECTION AND 25 ADVOCATING TO THE PUBLIC. APRIL 28, 2011 154 1 TRUSTEE BERG: RIGHT. 2 MS. SMITH: THAT'S WHERE THE LINE GETS CROSSED. 3 AND FOR THE PARCEL TAX, WHEN WE ARE WORKING ON 4 THAT, THAT WILL ALL BE OFF COMPANY TIME. YOU WILL NOT BE 5 ACTING AS PART OF THE DISTRICT. YOU WILL BE ACTING, AS 6 WILL EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS WORK ON THE PARCEL TAX, WITHOUT 7 TAXPAYER SUPPORT. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OKAY. THANK YOU. 9 ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, 10 CONCERNS, WORRIES? 11 NO, ALL RIGHT. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE HAVE ONE. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH -- 14 IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 15 I AM SO UNDEMOCRATIC. 16 (TRUSTEE MARKS LEAVES THE MEETING.) 17 MS. SAGINOR: I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS RESOLUTION. 18 I JUST WANT TO COMMENT, AND I KNOW IT IS SOUNDING VERY 19 PICKY, BUT IN TERMS OF HAVING CONSISTENT PRACTICES THAT 20 THE S9, S10, S11, NONE OF THEM HAVE THE SHARED GOVERNANCE 21 STATEMENT ON IT SAYING, WHETHER IT DID OR DID NOT GET 22 REVIEW, AND DID IT NEED REVIEW AND SO FORTH. AND I WOULD 23 LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT AS A CONSISTENT PRACTICE THAT THAT 24 STATEMENT GET ON TO ALL OF THE S RESOLUTIONS. THANKS. 25 THIS IS A GOOD ONE. AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE APRIL 28, 2011 155 1 IT HERE, BUT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THAT. THANKS. 2 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND IT IS SO GOOD THAT 3 I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THIS. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND YOU KNOW, IF THERE 6 ARE NO OTHER COMMENT -- IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 7 I AM SEEING NONE. 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE, HOW WILL YOU VOTE? 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, 11 PLEASE SIGNIFY YOUR VOTE BY SAYING, "AYE". 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 19 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 20 THE MOTION PASSES. 21 (VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON HANDS BACK THE GAVEL 22 BACK TO PRESIDENT RIZZO.) 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JACKSON. 24 S10. 25 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. APRIL 28, 2011 156 1 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE S10. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY -- 3 I THINK WE SHOULD READ -- I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 4 THE TITLE READ BEFORE WE MOVE IT. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: SORRY. 6 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A 7 "RESOLUTION TO CELEBRATE FRISCO DAY," WHICH IS TOMORROW. 8 AND I, PERSONALLY, AM PARTICIPATING. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NOW I WILL TAKE A MOTION. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 11 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 13 BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND JUST FOR -- KAREN, 15 JUST FOR YOUR SAKE, FOR S10, YOU KNOW, THIS RESOLUTION IS 16 FOR FRISCO DAY. YOU KNOW, WE DID CHECK IN WITH MS. LINDY 17 MCKNIGHT AND MS. LAURIE SCOLARI. AND THEY GAVE ME BULLET 18 POINTS, AND THEY GAVE ME A LOT OF TALKING POINTS FOR THIS 19 RESOLUTION. SO I DID CHECK IN WITH THEM. ALTHOUGH IT 20 DOESN'T SAY, "SHARED GOVERNANCE," I DID AT LEAST GO 21 THROUGH SOME FORM OF, YOU KNOW, CITY COLLEGE FOLKS. SO I 22 JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. 23 BUT NEXT TIME, I DEFINITELY WILL MAKE SURE THAT 24 ANY RESOLUTION I PUT OUT THERE AT LEAST HAS THAT STAMP OF 25 SOME SHARED GOVERNANCE TOUCHING. APRIL 28, 2011 157 1 BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY AMAZING. 2 AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, TO THE HEART OF, YOU KNOW, WHY I, 3 YOU KNOW, REALLY TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET IN A WAY BECAUSE 4 THIS DAY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE BRINGING 1500 KIDS TO THE 5 CAMPUS TO TELL THEM, A, HOW TO ENROLL. AND, B, WHAT 6 RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE. AND THIS IS REALLY A WAY THAT 7 CITY COLLEGE IS PUTTING ITS BEST FOOT FORWARD. 8 AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN THIS ERA OF 9 CUTBACKS/SLASH BACKS, YOU KNOW, THE CONDEMNATION OF PUBLIC 10 INSTITUTIONS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS IS REALLY CITY 11 COLLEGE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE GOING TO BUCK THAT 12 SYSTEM, AND WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE A BIG DAY. AND 13 WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO CONNECT WITH THE STUDENTS AND 14 CONNECT WITH THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY SHOW 15 FOLKS THAT WE WANT ACCESS, AND WE CELEBRATE OPEN ACCESS. 16 AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CLEARER STATEMENTS OF 17 OUR VALUES THAT WE AT CITY COLLEGE CAN MAKE WITH HAVING 18 EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, REALLY PARTICIPATE IN THIS. 19 SO, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE FACULTY 20 AND THE CLASSIFIED STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION. THEY ARE 21 PUTTING A LOT OF THEIR SWEAT EQUITY IN THIS. 22 AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HAVING THE MAYOR -- I MEAN 23 IT'S ACTUALLY GREAT BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING THE MAYOR, THE 24 SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE CHANCELLOR SPEAK AT THIS EVENT. 25 SO IT'S REALLY SHOWING A NEXUS US BETWEEN THE CITY, THE APRIL 28, 2011 158 1 K-12, AND CITY COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, STARTING TO REALLY WORK 2 TOGETHER ON REAL ISSUES. THESE STUDENTS WILL ACTUALLY 3 HAVE FIRST PRIORITY OVER EVERYONE TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, 4 APPLY TO SCHOOL. AND STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY ARE 5 75 PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO ATTEND COLLEGE IF THEY ACTUALLY 6 ENROLL IN SOME COLLEGE COURSES WHILE THEY ARE IN HIGH 7 SCHOOL. 8 AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN I GOT 9 ON THE BOARD I TALKED ABOUT AND THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE 10 TO DO. I KNOW TRUSTEE NGO AND A LOT OF OTHER TRUSTEES 11 LIKE TRUSTEE GRIER AND RIZZO AND ALL THE TRUSTEES HERE 12 REALLY PUSH AND REALLY WANT, YOU KNOW, THESE TYPES OF 13 EVENTS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND TO CONTINUE TO WORK 14 BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY US KIND OF THUMBING OUR NOSE AT THE 15 CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THAT SAYS ALL PUBLIC ENTITIES ARE BAD 16 AND ALL PUBLIC ENTITIES NEED TO CUTBACK AND COWER BEFORE, 17 YOU KNOW, THE CUTS THAT ARE COMING. 18 SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY AND URGE 19 EVERYONE TO COME TOMORROW AT 10:00 O'CLOCK. THE BUSES 20 WILL BE THERE. AND TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST SMILE AND 21 SAY, HI, TO A LOT OF STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO 22 EVERYONE IN THIS INSTITUTION. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: TRUSTEE RIZZO. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: MR. PRESIDENT. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG. APRIL 28, 2011 159 1 TRUSTEE BERG: YEAH, I NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. 2 I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT MY BODY AND SOUL 3 ARE WITH YOU, BUT I WILL NOT BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT DUE TO 4 A FAMILY EMERGENCY. BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM 5 WITH YOU AND I SUPPORT YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I'M SORRY I 6 CAN'T JOIN YOU. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND I HAVE JUST BEEN 8 INFORMED TRUSTEE NGO WOULD LIKE TO BE A CO-SPONSOR ON THIS 9 RESOLUTION. 10 AND DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT -- 11 TRUSTEE NGO: I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK. 12 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, I'M SORRY. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: BUT, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY. 14 WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING 15 TOMORROW. AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE ADMINISTRATION AND 16 THE ENTIRE COLLEGE COMMUNITY FOR MAKING SURE THIS HAPPENS. 17 AND ESPECIALLY THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHING 18 AND COORDINATING ALL OF THIS, LAURIE SCOLARI AND LINDY 19 MCKNIGHT, IN PARTICULAR, AND A LOT OF THE RETENTION 20 CENTERS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE PARTICIPATION BY MOST 21 RETENTION CENTERS. AND I WANT TO THANK THOSE RETENTION 22 CENTERS FOR DOING SOME VERY IMPORTANT WORK, ESPECIALLY ON 23 THIS DAY. 24 I WANT TO ACTUALLY QUICKLY MAKE A TYPE -- 25 CORRECTION ON THE RESOLUTION. ON THE FIRST "WHEREAS," I APRIL 28, 2011 160 1 THINK IN THE PARENTHETICAL THERE IT SHOULD SAY, "FRIDAY 2 EQUALS SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES." 3 AM I WRONG ABOUT THAT? IT SHOULD BE "FRIDAY." 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: IS IT "FRIDAY" AND NOT 6 "FRISCO"? 7 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH. 8 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I THOUGHT IT WAS 9 FRISCO. 10 COUNSEL BATTISTE: NO, FRISCO STANDS -- 11 TRUSTEE NGO: FRISCO STANDS FOR FRIDAY EQUALS 12 SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OH, I'M SORRY. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: I'M SURE THAT'S A FRIENDLY 15 AMENDMENT. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: OF COURSE. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: AGAIN, THIS WAS -- THIS IS A 18 RESULT OF A MULTI-YEAR EFFORT BY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN 19 WORKING JOINTLY WITH UNIFIED AND THE CITY TO APPLY FOR 20 THESE FUNDS FROM THE GATES FOUNDATION. AND WE WERE ONE OF 21 THE FEW PARTNERSHIPS THAT RECEIVED THIS FUNDING 22 NATIONWIDE. AND THE CREDIT REALLY BELONGS TO THE 23 CHANCELLOR AND THE FOLKS WORKING ON THAT COMMITTEE TO MAKE 24 SURE THIS IS HAPPENING TOMORROW. 25 I WANT TO URGE THE JOINT COMMITTEE, THE UNIFIED, APRIL 28, 2011 161 1 I WANT TO URGE TRUSTEE GRIER, WHO CHAIRS THE JOINT 2 COMMITTEE ON UNIFIED AND THE COLLEGE, TO ADD THIS TO THE 3 AGENDA, THE AGENDA AT YOUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING TO 4 DISCUSS HOW THIS DAY WENT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE -- 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: SURE. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: -- A VERY HELPFUL THING TO 7 EVERYONE INVOLVED. AND I KNOW THAT THE GATES FOUNDATION 8 ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY AWARDED THIS GRANT WAS BECAUSE 9 OF THAT STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NOT JUST THE STAFF AND 10 ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERS AT UNIFIED AND CITY COLLEGE AND THE 11 COUNTY, BUT ALSO AMONG THE ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENTING 12 ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ENTITIES. 13 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO -- I HOPE YOU ACCEPT MY 14 RECOMMENDATION TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AT THE NEXT JOINT 15 COMMITTEE MEETING. 16 AND I WILL BE THERE TOMORROW TO WELCOME THE 17 STUDENTS AND TO LAUNCH THIS VERY EXCITING PROGRAM. AND I 18 WANT TO AGAIN COMMEND THE COLLEGE FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. 19 THANK YOU. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE ANY OTHER 21 DISCUSSION? 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE FANG. 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO 25 REQUEST TO BE ADDED AS ORIGINATOR TOO. APRIL 28, 2011 162 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 2 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 3 IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? 4 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: UNFORTUNATELY, LINDY 5 AND LAURIE, THEY ARE SO BUSY WORKING ON GETTING THE FINAL 6 TOUCHES TO THIS DAY, SO THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY REGRET THAT 7 THEY CANNOT BE HERE, BUT THEY DEFINITELY WANTED TO BUT 8 THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY GET THE EVENT UP AND RUNNING FOR 9 TOMORROW, SO THEY HAD TO GET THEIR SLEEP. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR 11 VOTE. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY "AYE". 14 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 18 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 22 S10 IS CARRIED. 23 S11. 24 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS A 25 "RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE TRANSLATION OF CITY COLLEGE'S APRIL 28, 2011 163 1 WEBSITE." 2 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SECOND. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 5 BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AND THIS IS REALLY, YOU 7 KNOW, CONGRATULATING OUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR THIS 8 EFFORT. I MEAN IT WAS MARCH'S FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE 9 AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE TALKED. YOU 10 KNOW, I HEARD FROM SOME MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HEY, 11 YOU KNOW, CITY COLLEGE'S WEBSITE IS ENGLISH ONLY. AND 12 IT'S VERY RESTRICTIVE. AND WE HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION TO 13 GIVE TO THE STUDENTS AND TO THE COMMUNITY ON OUR WEBSITE. 14 AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION 15 ABOUT THE PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 16 SO I MENTIONED IT TO OUR CHIEF TECHNOLOGY 17 OFFICER IN MARCH. AND HERE WE ARE AT APRIL'S BOARD 18 MEETING, AND IT'S THERE. AND I WANT TO FIRST CONGRATULATE 19 THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER ON DOING SOMETHING I HAVE NO 20 IDEA HOW HE DID IT. I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING INVOLVING 21 GOOGLE TRANSLATIONS. THAT'S ABOUT THE EXTENT THAT I 22 UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I WANTED TO HAVE HIM HERE TO ACTUALLY 23 SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS MORE FOR THE PUBLIC'S 24 DEMONSTRATION ON HOW TO ACTUALLY TRANSLATE, YOU KNOW, THE 25 WEBSITE AND HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS. APRIL 28, 2011 164 1 ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR BEING 2 OUT THERE AND OPEN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, 3 IT'S FREE, BUT IT PROVIDES SO MUCH OF AN IMPACT TO THE 4 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. 5 AND, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING UP ON THE CONVERSATION 6 THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY AND THAT TRUSTEE NGO SPEARHEADED, 7 YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THIS ABOUT ESL AND VESSEL CLASSES. I 8 THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TANGIBLY SHOW TO THE 9 ESL COMMUNITY AT CITY COLLEGE AND AT CITYWIDE THAT, YOU 10 KNOW WHAT, WE HEAR YOU GUYS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE CITY 11 COLLEGE'S RESOURCES AND INFORMATION MORE ACCESSIBLE TO 12 EVERYONE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING 14 TO GET A LOOK AT IT. IS THAT THE IDEA? 15 MR. HOTCHKISS: DAVID HOTCHKISS, CHIEF 16 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. 17 THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JACKSON, FOR THAT. 18 WE TRIED TO, AS ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS, WE 19 SOMETIMES GET BORED WITH THE MUNDANE. AND SO WHEN WE ARE 20 GIVEN A CHALLENGE TO DO SOMETHING, WE JUMP ON IT RATHER 21 QUICKLY. SO I TOOK YOUR REQUEST BACK TO MY OFFICE AND THE 22 VERY NEXT DAY I CALLED A MEETING WITH MY STAFF, AND WE 23 TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS. 24 WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A BETA SITE OF THE 25 TECHNOLOGY DIVISION'S WEB PAGES. THE ACTUAL LAUNCH OF APRIL 28, 2011 165 1 THIS WILL BE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. BUT DURING OUR 2 DISCUSSIONS, FINANCES WERE FIRST AND FOREMOST ON OUR 3 MINDS, SO WE SAID HOW COULD WE DO THIS CHEAPLY. SO GOOGLE 4 TRANSLATE IS ACTUALLY A FREE SERVICE THAT WE CAN USE, AND 5 THAT'S HOW WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS. 6 AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE GOING TO PUT THE 7 GOOGLE TRANSLATE ICON IN THE HEADER OF THE COMMUNITY 8 COLLEGE WEB PAGE, THE BIG RED AREA HERE SO THAT NO MATTER 9 WHERE YOU NAVIGATE TO ON THE WEBSITE, IT WILL ALWAYS BE 10 THERE. 11 THE OTHER FEATURE THAT WE'VE ADDED WHICH DOESN'T 12 COME EASILY, BUT WE'VE ADDED IT ANYWAY, IS THAT ONCE YOU 13 SELECT A LANGUAGE ON A PAGE, NO MATTER WHAT OTHER PAGE YOU 14 GO TO, THE LANGUAGE WILL BE THERE AFTER IT JUST CATCHES 15 UP. 16 AND I WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT NOW. GOOGLE 17 TRANSLATE, BY THE WAY, HAS OVER 54 LANGUAGES. I KNOW 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON TALKED ABOUT TWO LANGUAGES WHEN HE ASKED 19 ME FOR THIS. 20 SO AS THE CHANCELLOR KNOWS, I SOMETIMES GO 21 OVERBOARD ON SOME OF THE THINGS I DO. ONE OF THEM IS, YOU 22 KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE THE WIDEST DISSEMINATOR OF INFORMATION 23 AS POSSIBLE, SO 54 LANGUAGES SEEMS APPROPRIATE. 24 IN THE HEADER IN THE UPPER-RIGHT HAND CORNER, 25 YOU'LL SEE IT SAYS, "SELECT LANGUAGE." ONCE YOU PULL THAT APRIL 28, 2011 166 1 PULL DOWN MENU DOWN, THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF LANGUAGES TO 2 CHOOSE FROM. 3 AND DON'T BLAME ME FOR SOME OF THE LANGUAGE 4 DEFINITIONS. I KNOW THAT AS AN EXAMPLE I SPEAK TAGALOG, 5 WHICH IS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE OF THE PHILIPPINES, BUT 6 THERE'S 247 OTHER LANGUAGES THERE. BUT HERE THEY CALL IT 7 FILIPINO. SO JUST BECAUSE IT'S ONE LANGUAGE I UNDERSTAND, 8 I WILL CLICK ON THAT. AND IF YOU WATCH THE LANGUAGE, 9 WITHIN SECONDS IT CHANGES TO THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'VE 10 SELECTED. 11 NOW IF YOU GO TO ONE OF THE -- AND IF YOU MOUSE 12 OVER IT, YOU WILL GET THE ORIGINAL TEXT. AND THAT'S 13 ANOTHER FEATURE THAT WE'VE ADDED. 14 THE OTHER THING NOW IS IF YOU PICK ANY OF THE 15 OTHER PAGES THAT YOU WANT TO GO TO AS I SAID BEFORE, LET'S 16 JUST PICK "PROJECT MANAGEMENT" AS AN EXAMPLE. I CLICK ON 17 THAT. IT COMES UP IN ENGLISH INITIALLY, BUT AS QUICKLY AS 18 YOU CAN BLINK YOUR EYE, IT CONVERTS INTO THE NEXT LANGUAGE 19 AND TO THE SELECTED LANGUAGE. SO THIS IS NOW WRITTEN IN 20 PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE OF TAGALOG. 21 AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE LIST AND PLAY WITH IT 22 ALL YOU WANT, AND IT WILL STAY IN THIS. IT EVEN GOES 23 FROM -- AND WE STILL TODAY HAVE LINKS FROM OUR NEW WEBSITE 24 TO THE OLD WEBSITE. AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE TRANSLATION 25 WILL GO WITH YOU AS WELL. THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE APRIL 28, 2011 167 1 ENGINEERED INTO THIS SYSTEM. 2 SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HOW IT'S COMING ALONG. 3 IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK OR SO TO GET IT 4 FINALIZED. WE ARE GOING TO RUN IT BY THE COMMUNICATIONS 5 COMMITTEE BECAUSE OF THE -- THEY ARE THE SHARED GOVERNANCE 6 FOR THE WEBSITE. BUT I'M SURE THAT THEY SUPPORT THE BOARD 7 IN GETTING TRANSLATIONS DONE. SO THAT'S THE QUICK 8 DEMONSTRATION. 9 I'VE SENT THE BOARD SOME LINKS. AND I WOULD 10 EXPECT THAT AFTER THE BOARD -- AFTER THE COMMUNICATIONS 11 COMMITTEE MEETING, WE WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE THIS READY 12 FOR LAUNCH. 13 SO I THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS. AND I AM 14 VERY HAPPY THAT MY STAFF WAS ABLE TO DO THIS SO QUICKLY. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YEAH, I LOOKED AT IT 16 AND SO MY WIFE SPEAKS JAPANESE AND SPANISH. SO SHE PUT IT 17 IN THOSE LANGUAGES, AND SHE PUT IT IN SPANISH, AND IT 18 WORKED OUT REALLY WELL. 19 SO WHEN I ACTUALLY LEARN A SECOND LANGUAGE, I 20 WILL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO USE THE ACTUAL TRANSLATION. BUT 21 I THINK THIS REALLY DOES DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION OUT 22 TO VARIOUS COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. 23 SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU 24 FOR YOUR ENTIRE TECHNOLOGY TEAM. 25 MR. HOTCHKISS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APRIL 28, 2011 168 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S VERY GOOD. THAT'S VERY 2 IMPRESSIVE. 3 TRUSTEE NGO. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND 5 TRUSTEE JACKSON FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO ASK ABOUT 6 THIS ISSUE BECAUSE ACTUALLY AT OUR HEARING IN VISITACION 7 VALLEY LAST NIGHT WHEN HE SAID THIS WAS HAPPENING, I THINK 8 WE GOT THE LOUDEST APPLAUSE FROM THE AUDIENCE. 9 DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? 10 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN WAS THERE AS 12 WELL. 13 AND SO IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT WE CAN DO 14 SOMETHING SO SIMPLE, AND IT COULD IMPACT THE LIVES IN A 15 POSITIVE WAY OF SO MANY PEOPLE. I MEAN THEY NOW HAVE 16 ACCESS TO ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE 17 BEFORE. THEY CAN READ OUR WONDERFUL BIOS. IT'S A JOKE. 18 AND ALL THE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, ALL THE 19 IMPORTANT INFORMATION, BUT I THINK THIS IS A PHENOMENAL -- 20 I THINK YOU DID A PHENOMENAL JOB ON THIS. 21 THANK YOU, GOOGLE, FOR JUST ALWAYS TURNING OUT 22 SOMETHING CUTTING EDGE ALL THE TIME. 23 I THINK THIS IN AND OF ITSELF IS AN ESL 24 LANGUAGE, AN ENGLISH AS A SECONDS LANGUAGE LESSON. I AM 25 VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR APRIL 28, 2011 169 1 WORK. 2 AND THANK TRUSTEE JACKSON FOR THIS LEADERSHIP IN 3 THIS AREA AND BRINGING FORWARD THIS RESOLUTION ALONG WITH 4 TRUSTEE RIZZO. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY NAME AS A 5 CO-SPONSOR AS WELL, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 6 MR. HOTCHKISS: THANK YOU. 7 ONE OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 8 WITH THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT'S ACTIVITY AND JOANNE LOW 9 AND HER GROUP. AND THIS IS DEFINITELY ALSO AN OUTREACH TO 10 OUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, NOT JUST OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, 11 BUT IT HAS WIDE-RANGING EFFECT ACROSS THE GLOBE, SO WE ARE 12 VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 15 TRUSTEE FANG. 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES, THANK YOU, 17 DR. HOTCHKISS, FOR CREATING THIS. 18 AND THANK YOU PRESIDENT RIZZO AND VICE PRESIDENT 19 JACKSON. 20 WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO BE ADDED 21 AS AN ORIGINATOR AS WELL BECAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN I RAN FOR 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE, I CAMPAIGNED ALSO ON TRYING TO HAVE 23 MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, SO THANK YOU. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, SO ANY FURTHER COMMENT? 25 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? APRIL 28, 2011 170 1 MS. THOMAS: I WILL BE QUICK. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. 3 MS. THOMAS: ANGELA THOMAS. I AM THE SEIU REP. 4 FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU 5 BECAUSE THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES IN YOUR STATEMENT YOU 6 GAVE A PLUG TO YOUR STAFF. AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT UP HERE 7 TO PIGGYBACK ON IS THAT IN THE RESOLUTION THAT THEY ARE 8 ADDED IN THERE BECAUSE I KNOW IT WASN'T DONE INTENTIONALLY 9 BECAUSE I CAN TELL FROM THE AUTHORS THAT YOU DIDN'T MEAN 10 TO LEAVE ANYBODY OUT. BUT EVERYBODY IS WORKING MORE WITH 11 LESS, AND THIS IS GREAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE MOST 12 FRUSTRATING THING IS TO GET LOST IN A WEBSITE. SO I KNOW 13 IT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE. 14 SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND LIKE I SAID, I 15 KNOW IT WASN'T INTENTIONALLY DONE THAT THE STAFF AND THE 16 DEPARTMENT OR HOWEVER YOU GUYS CHOOSE TO PHRASE IT WAS 17 LEFT OUT. 18 AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THEM. 19 MR. HOTCHKISS: THANK YOU. 20 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I JUST WANT TO ADD -- 21 IF I COULD ADD SOMETHING RATHER QUICK. 22 IT JUST SAYS, THE FIRST "LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT 23 CITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF OUR 24 CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AND HIS STAFF IN TRANSLATING CITY 25 COLLEGE'S WEBSITE." APRIL 28, 2011 171 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THAT A MOTION FOR AN 2 AMENDMENT? 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YES. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A SECOND? 5 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL SECOND. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY DISCUSSION ON THE 7 AMENDMENT? 8 MR. HOTCHKISS: I WANT TO JUST ENDORSE IT. YOU 9 KNOW, YOU GUYS HIRED ME. AND MY JOB DESCRIPTION SAYS, "BE 10 AN IDEA MAKER" AND "BE A SOLUTION MAKER," BUT I DON'T 11 PROGRAM IT ALONE. AND MY STAFF -- MY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND 12 MY STAFF OF VERY HARD WORKING PEOPLE CONTRIBUTED A GREAT 13 DEAL TO THIS, AND THEY ALL DESERVE RECOGNITION. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 15 ANY FURTHER COMMENT ON THE AMENDMENT? 16 TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE 19 AMENDMENT? 20 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 24 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. APRIL 28, 2011 172 1 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 3 OKAY, THE AMENDMENT HAS PASSED. 4 NOW ON THE RESOLUTION ITSELF, ANYMORE PUBLIC 5 COMMENT? 6 TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION. 7 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YOU'VE GOT A PUBLIC 8 COMMENT. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DO WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? 10 MS. WEINBERG: HI, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH 11 WEINBERG, AND I AM THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT COUNCIL 12 PRESIDENT FROM OCEAN CAMPUS. 13 AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO GRATEFULLY COMMEND THE 14 EFFORTS ON THIS RESOLUTION AND BRINGING THE LANGUAGES, 54 15 LANGUAGES. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 16 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. HOTCHKISS FOR TURNING 17 TWO INTO 54. I THINK THAT IS AMAZING AS WELL. SO TAKING 18 A PROJECT AND RUNNING WITH IT. 19 AND I THINK THIS REALLY GREATLY REPRESENTS THE 20 DIVERSITY OF CITY COLLEGE, SO THANK YOU. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 22 OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT? 23 TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE. 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY "AYE". APRIL 28, 2011 173 1 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 3 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 5 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 9 OKAY, IT CARRIES SO THAT IS THE END OF OUR 10 RESOLUTIONS AGENDA. 11 WE CAN GO TO TRUSTEE REPORTS, ITEM XII. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR 13 US? 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO 15 REPORT THAT THE HANDS ACROSS CALIFORNIA WAS BY ALL 16 MEASURES A -- WELL, I WOULD SAY, A MEASURED SUCCESS IN THE 17 SENSE THAT WE REALISTICALLY HAD ABOUT ONE WEEK OR SO TO 18 ORGANIZE. AND WE DID MANAGE TO HAVE, WITH OF COURSE WITH 19 THE EFFORT OF WILLIAM WALKER ALSO STUDENT TRUSTEE 20 CANDIDATE AS WELL AS I BELIEVE INGRID WAS HELPING TO AND 21 ELISABETH WEINBERG OF COURSE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT 22 ABOUT A THOUSAND OR SO STUDENTS IN ONE WEEK'S NOTICE WHICH 23 ALMOST MATCHED THE ATTENDANCE FOR MARCH IN MARCH, SO I 24 WANTED TO JUST GET A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE HELPED. 25 AND TO THAT END, THE ADVOCACY EFFORT IS QUITE APRIL 28, 2011 174 1 DAUNTING. AND OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, I MAY HAVE 2 SEEMED TO GONE FREELANCE AT TIMES, BUT GOING UP TO 3 SACRAMENTO QUITE OFTEN, HOWEVER, ALL WITH THE INTENT OF 4 ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS. 5 AND SO I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THE 6 BOARD HAS GIVEN ME SO FAR AND THE CHANCELLOR AS WELL. 7 THANK YOU. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 9 TRUSTEE BERG, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? 10 TRUSTEE BERG: NO. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE GRIER. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: BECAUSE OF THE LATENESS OF THE 13 HOUR, NO REPORT. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 15 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: TWO THINGS, FIRST, I 17 ACTUALLY WANT TO COMMEND TRUSTEE BERG. HER AND MYSELF 18 WERE ACTUALLY AT A HEARING JUST TODAY ABOUT A PROJECT THAT 19 WOULD HOUSE 24 FOSTER CARE YOUTH. IT WAS BEING OPPOSED BY 20 A FEW FOLKS THAT DIDN'T WANT FOSTER CARE YOUTH TO BE 21 SOMEWHERE IN THE UPPER FILLMORE MARINA AREA, BUT I WANT TO 22 COMMEND TRUSTEE BERG FOR BEING THERE IN SUPPORT OF THAT 23 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT. 24 IT WAS GOING TO CREATE A GYMNASIUM FOR 25 BASKETBALL AND FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES. AND MOST APRIL 28, 2011 175 1 IMPORTANTLY, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF SERVICES FOR 2 TRANSITIONAL YOUTH. A LOT OF THOSE TRANSITIONAL YOUTH ARE 3 STUDENTS HERE AT CITY COLLEGE. SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN 4 EDUCATE A LOT OF THEM, BUT IT'S REALLY -- IF THEY DON'T 5 HAVE A SUPPORTIVE HOME ENVIRONMENT THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD 6 GIVE, WE SOMETIMES LOSE THOSE KIDS. 7 AND SO I WANT TO JUST COMMEND TRUSTEE BERG FOR 8 BEING THERE BEFORE I WAS TOO. I MEAN I GOT THERE SHE HAD 9 A SEAT, AND I HAD TO STAND UP. BUT I WANT TO COMMEND HER 10 FOR BEING AT THAT BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS THE WHOLE 11 SPECTRUM OF EDUCATION, NOT JUST THE ACTUAL CLASSES WE 12 DELIVER, BUT HOW ARE WE ALSO SUPPORTING STUDENT HOUSING 13 AND ALL THE OTHER WORKS, SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT. 14 THE SECOND PART IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN 15 TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S THOSE 16 PARENTS THAT CAME AND ONE PARENT SPOKE IN PARTICULAR. YOU 17 KNOW, THERE'S ACTUALLY A POTENTIAL CLOSING OF A CHILD CARE 18 SITE THAT CITY COLLEGE RUNS THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE 19 BAYVIEW. 20 I MEAN I HAVE 98 PETITIONS SIGNED RIGHT NOW HERE 21 IN MY HAND THAT SAYS, PLEASE KEEP THIS CENTER OPENED. AND 22 THEY'VE ALSO PROMISED TO GET MUCH MORE THAN THAT BY THE 23 END OF THE MONTH. AND SO I REALLY WANT PEOPLE -- AND I 24 DON'T SAY THIS BUDGET TALK IN A VACUUM. YOU KNOW, THESE 25 BUDGETS HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO COMMUNITIES APRIL 28, 2011 176 1 THAT EVEN WHEN TIMES WERE GOOD, DIDN'T GET A LOT OF 2 SERVICES FROM THIS PLACE. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO TALK 3 ABOUT THAT IN A REAL WAY. 4 AND IN BAYVIEW MOST OF THE PARENTS ARE SINGLE 5 MOMS WHO ARE ACTUALLY AT WORK AND GOING TO WORK. AND SO 6 IF YOU SHUT DOWN CHILD CARE, HOW ARE THEY EVER GOING TO 7 GET TO WORK. THEY GET CAN'T GO TO WORK. YOU KNOW, I RUN 8 THE VISITACION VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER. AND SO I NOW HAVE 9 A NEW APPRECIATION. WE HAVE 240 SLOTS OF CHILD CARE. A 10 LOT OF THOSE PARENTS IF WE SHUT DOWN OUR CHILD CARE, THEY 11 ARE NOT GOING TO WORK. IT HAS AN ENORMOUS IMPACT, 12 ESPECIALLY SINCE THE REALM OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CHILD 13 CARE IS AN IN DEMAND INDUSTRY THAT PEOPLE REALLY DO NEED. 14 SO I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT I 15 DEFINITELY HOPE TO WORK WITH THE CHANCELLOR ON COMING UP 16 WITH A REASONABLE SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE. YOU KNOW, I 17 DON'T WANT TO CREATE A RESOLUTION TO PUT IN FRONT OF THIS 18 BOARD. BUT IF NEED BE, I WILL HAVE TO DO THAT BY THE NEXT 19 BOARD MEETING. BUT I REALLY WANT TO WORK WITH EVERYONE ON 20 THE BOARD AND WITH THE CHANCELLOR TO, YOU KNOW, COME OUT 21 WITH AN EQUITABLE SOLUTION SO THAT THESE PARENTS AND THIS 22 COMMUNITY CAN ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO 23 AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. 24 SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN SAY, THANK 25 YOU FOR THE STAFF AND THE FACULTY AND THE ADMINISTRATION APRIL 28, 2011 177 1 HERE. YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB UNDER ENORMOUS 2 PRESSURE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT 3 YOU GUYS ARE DOING. AND THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE MY 4 REPORT. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 6 TRUSTEE NGO. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: I WOULD SAY THAT, TRUSTEE JACKSON, 8 IF YOU DO BRING A RESOLUTION, IF YOU COULD BRING IT 9 THROUGH MY COMMITTEE FIRST AT LEAST FOR A HEARING. THAT 10 WOULD BE IDEAL, SO WE CAN REALLY COULD DISCUSS THESE 11 ISSUES AND WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN OBLIGE A REQUEST ON THE 12 MERITS. 13 I WANT TO -- JUST REALLY QUICKLY WHAT WE DID 14 THIS MONTH TO CONFORM WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED 15 IN APRIL 2010 ON ESL TO CTE PROGRAMS, WE CONDUCTED 16 COMMUNITY HEARINGS THAT WERE SPONSORED REALLY AND LED BY 17 CBO'S, ESL CITYWIDE WORKGROUP. AND WE CONDUCTED HEARINGS, 18 LISTENING SESSIONS IN THE MISSION AND PORTOLA AND 19 VISITACION VALLEY AND CHINATOWN. 20 AND I WANT TO THANK THE CHANCELLOR AND ALSO THE 21 ESL DEPARTMENT AND THE STAFF WHO CAME OUT TO MAKE SURE 22 THOSE SESSIONS WERE PRODUCTIVE AND IN FACT TOOK PLACE. I 23 THOUGHT WE LEARNED A LOT. 24 TRUSTEE JACKSON WAS KIND ENOUGH TO JOIN US FOR 25 THE LAST SESSION. CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN CAME TO ALL FOUR APRIL 28, 2011 178 1 SESSIONS. THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR, THE ESL DEPARTMENT CHAIR 2 CAME TO ONE OF THE FOUR SESSIONS. AND THE ESL DEPARTMENT 3 WAS OTHERWISE REPRESENTED IN THE REMAINING SESSIONS. WE 4 HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IN A VERY IMPORTANT WAY, 5 ESPECIALLY THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAD NOT BEEN -- HAD FELT 6 THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN HEARD BEFORE OVER THE LAST 30 7 YEARS. AND I THINK THE FIRST STEP IN DEVELOPING SOME WAY 8 TO APPROVE OUR DELIVERY OF ESL EDUCATION TO THIS 9 POPULATION IS TO LISTEN TO THEM. AND WE DID THAT THIS 10 MONTH. 11 AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE ESL WORKGROUP FOR 12 MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENED. 13 THAT IS MY REPORT. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 15 I HAVE A FEW THINGS. 16 FIRST I'M INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION THAT I AM 17 GOING TO SEND TO THE FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE AND 18 TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. 19 SO WE'VE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE BOARD AGENDA 20 ON THE WEBSITE. AND I WANT TO FIRST APOLOGIZE FOR THIS 21 MEETING. THERE WAS SOME GLITCHES. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT 22 SEVERAL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA WERE ACTUALLY 23 ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ON THE WEBSITE. THE 24 WEBSITE IS WHAT I USE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. 25 WHILE THAT DID NOT BREAK THE BROWN ACT OR GO APRIL 28, 2011 179 1 AGAINST THE BROWN ACT, IT DID VIOLATE OUR OWN SUNSHINE 2 POLICY. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO 3 CORRECT. AND I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE PUBLIC ON 4 THAT. 5 ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE WEBSITE IS THAT 6 RECENTLY WE'VE STARTED POSTING THE ENTIRE AGENDA PACKET, 7 WHICH IS THIS BINDER, EVERYTHING ALL THE RESOLUTIONS AND 8 EVERYTHING IN ONE GIANT PDF FILE. IT'S 10 MEGABYTES OR 9 BIGGER IN SIZE. AND IT IS JUST UNWIELDY FOR THE PUBLIC TO 10 GO UP AND FIND A RESOLUTION AND THEN FORWARD THAT 11 RESOLUTION AROUND. 12 I'VE MADE SOME NOISE ABOUT THIS THAT THIS IS 13 JUST NOT WORKING. BUT I'VE DECIDED TO INTRODUCE THIS 14 RESOLUTION, WHICH SIMPLY SAYS, "RESOLVED, THE BOARD OF 15 TRUSTEES' MEETING AGENDA SHALL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AS 16 A SET OF SEPARATE FILES. EACH RESOLUTION AND ATTACHMENT 17 SHALL BE UPLOADED AS A SEPARATE FILE." 18 SO THAT'S ALL IT SAYS. WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT AT 19 THE FIT COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT WILL SOLVE A PROBLEM. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: TRUSTEE RIZZO, I WOULD LIKE TO BE 21 A CO-SPONSOR. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I'M SORRY. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: IF YOU NEED A SECOND TRUSTEES, I 24 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I DO NEED A SECOND TRUSTEE, APRIL 28, 2011 180 1 AND I WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THAT BY THE FIT COMMITTEE. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: NO, I MEAN I SAID THAT I WOULD BE 3 HAPPY TO CO-SPONSOR IT. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, YOU WOULD BE? THAT'S 5 SUPER. THAT'S GREAT. 6 TRUSTEE NGO IS COSPONSOR. 7 I HAVE -- 8 TRUSTEE NGO: CHANCELLOR'S REPORT. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOU WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT? 10 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 12 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: PARDON ME FOR JUST ONE 13 SECOND. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: I'M SORRY. WE ARE ON THE 15 CHANCELLOR'S REPORT, RIGHT? 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO. NO. NO. 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I JUST WANT TO COMMENT 18 ON -- 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: HE IS COMMENTING MY -- I HAVE 20 MORE. 21 CHANCELLOR. 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA 23 ON THIS RESOLUTION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT 24 RIZZO HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT FOR QUITE A WHILE. AND I 25 THINK WE ARE GOING TO USE OUR MIRACLE WORKER, APRIL 28, 2011 181 1 DR. HOTCHKISS, TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT THIS HAPPENS 2 CORRECTLY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE ALSO MENTIONED TO 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO. 4 SO NEXT MEETING, MIRACLE NO. 2. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANYTHING 6 FROM YOU. 7 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING FROM 8 YOU. JUST A MIRACLE. 9 MR. HOTCHKISS: IT'S ALREADY IN THE WORKS. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, THANK YOU. 11 THE REST OF MY REPORT I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE 12 FRISCO DAY HAPPENING TOMORROW. I AM VERY HAPPY THE MAYOR 13 IS INVOLVED AND WANTS TO BE INVOLVED. THAT'S GREAT TO 14 SEE. I AM ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE INTEREST FROM THE MAYOR 15 IN CITY COLLEGE. 16 ALONG THOSE LINES, THE CHANCELLOR AND I ARE 17 CONTINUING TO LOBBY TO GET THE CITY TO FORGIVE $2 MILLION 18 IN FEES THAT CITY COLLEGE PAYS TO THE CITY. WE HAVE BEEN 19 DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. AND TODAY WE HAD A 20 MEETING AND THEN WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE BOARD PRESIDENT 21 A FEW DAYS AGO. SO I JUST WANT TO REPORT ON THAT. WE ARE 22 CONTINUING ON THAT. AND I AM HOPEFUL WE WILL -- SOMETHING 23 WILL COME OUT OF THAT. 24 ALSO, I WENT TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION, THE SAN 25 FRANCISCO YOUTH COMMISSION, WHICH IS MADE UP OF HIGH APRIL 28, 2011 182 1 SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AGED STUDENTS. AND THEY -- I ASKED FOR 2 THEIR SUPPORT. AND THEY UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED OUR 3 RESOLUTION ASKING THE CITY FOR THIS. 4 SO I THINK WHAT REALLY PUT THEM OVER WAS THAT 5 SEVERAL CITY COLLEGE STUDENTS TESTIFIED ABOUT WHAT CITY 6 COLLEGE DOES FOR THEM. AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEM. 7 WE HAVE A CITY COLLEGE STUDENT JOSH ZUCKERMAN, 8 WHO IS A COMMISSIONER ON THE YOUTH COMMISSION TOO AND THAT 9 WAS VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR HIS STORY, FOR THE OTHER 10 COMMISSIONERS TO HEAR HIS STORY. 11 THERE WASN'T -- THERE WERE ACTUALLY PEOPLE AT 12 THE MEETING WHO WERE NOT SO EXCITED ABOUT -- IT WASN'T 13 REALLY OPPOSITION, BUT THEY WERE TALKING IN WAYS THAT WERE 14 NOT -- NOT THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE 15 NOT SO THRILLED ABOUT THIS IDEA SO. 16 THE OTHER THING IS I JUST WANT TO ASK THAT WE 17 CLOSE THE MEETING IN A FEW MINUTES IN MEMORY OF MARIN 18 SUPERVISOR CHARLES MCGLASHAN, WHO PASSED AWAY VERY 19 UNEXPECTEDLY OF A HEART ATTACK A FEW WEEKS AGO. 20 SUPERVISOR MCGLASHAN WAS REALLY ONE OF THOSE 21 GREAT ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT REALLY GOT A LOT DONE. HE 22 WAS AN ARDENT ENVIRONMENTALIST. HE WAS REALLY THE PERSON 23 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MARIN CLEAN ENERGY GETTING UP AND 24 STARTED. HE COAXED THE TAXPAYERS. HE COAXED A LOAN FROM 25 THE TAXPAYERS OF SOMETHING LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS. HE HAD APRIL 28, 2011 183 1 IT PAID BACK AHEAD OF SCHEDULE JUST MONTHS LATER WITHIN A 2 YEAR. I MEAN IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL. AND HE WILL BE 3 SORELY MISSED. SO JUST AS IN THE ELECTED FAMILY, I WANTED 4 TO RECOGNIZE HIM. 5 OKAY, SO WHERE IS MY AGENDA? 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 8 TRUSTEE GRIER: JUST AN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU 9 JUST SAID, WE LOST A VERY PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE 10 COMMUNITY. THIS WAS THE OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT MELANIO'S 11 ON OCEAN AVENUE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: AND I AM SORRY I DON'T KNOW HIS 14 FIRST NAME. 15 MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE: MELANIO DUARTE. 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DUARTE IS HIS LAST NAME. 17 MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE: HIS LAST NAME IS 18 DUARTE. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: AND I KNOW THEY ARE HAVING A 20 MEMORIAL FOR HIM. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THIS SUNDAY OR 21 NEXT SUNDAY, BUT IT IS AT THE CHURCH RIGHT ACROSS THE 22 STREET. AND I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION. BUT IF WE CAN 23 CLOSE IN HONOR OR IN MEMORY OF DUARTE, HIS LAST NAME. 24 THANK YOU. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CHANCELLOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY APRIL 28, 2011 184 1 REPORTS? 2 MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE: THE ANSWER TO THAT IS 3 IT'S NEXT SUNDAY. IT'S ON THE 8TH. IT'S AT 3:00 P.M. AT 4 THE INGLESIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 5 PRESIDENT GRIER: THANK YOU. 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THERE ARE A NUMBER OF 7 THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON. AND I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT 8 SHORT. A LOT OF IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY STUDENT FOCUSED 9 WHICH IS EXCELLENT. 10 THE STUDENT ELECTIONS WHICH IS A REALLY BIG DEAL 11 HAVE BEEN GOING ON, AND WE WILL HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS 12 ABOUT THE OUTCOMES SOON AS FAR AS THOSE ELECTIONS ARE 13 CONCERNED. 14 I THINK THE FRISCO DAY THING IS PROBABLY ONE OF 15 THE LARGEST EVENTS OF THIS KIND. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 16 AND HAS GROWN OUT OF A LOT OF FOLK'S EFFORT, SO WE LOOK 17 FORWARD TO THAT TOMORROW. 18 WE'VE HAD A SERIES OF ESL, CTE LISTENING 19 SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND I THINK THE CONTENT 20 I'VE TAKEN -- I'VE BEEN THERE TO ALL FOUR, AND THEY HAVE 21 TAKEN COPIOUS NOTES ABOUT WHAT THE STUDENTS, THE PARENTS, 22 THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING. AND THIS IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING 23 IN TERMS OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE HEARING FROM THE 24 COMMUNITY. 25 AND I DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE ALSO THE APRIL 28, 2011 185 1 COMMUNITY IN HERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE OTHER COMMUNITIES 2 THAT WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO AND HEAR. AND THAT'S SOMETHING 3 I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP AN EXTREMELY OPEN MIND ABOUT AS 4 FAR AS GETTING INPUT. AND WE DO THAT IN TERMS OF 5 STRATEGIC PLANNING. SO I SEE THIS AS AN EXTENSION OF THAT 6 AS FAR AS LISTENING TO WHAT'S GOING ON. 7 I KNOW THE ESL DEPARTMENT WILL BE COMING UP WITH 8 A SERIES OF SUGGESTIONS AFTER HAVING REPRESENTATIVES AT 9 EVERYONE OF THESE HEARINGS, AND THEY ALSO HAVE SOME VERY 10 EXCITING IDEAS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO PRESENT. 11 BUT I THINK IT IS VERY WELL WORTHWHILE TO HAVE HAD THOSE 12 HEARINGS. 13 ALSO IT'S BEEN GRATIFYING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY 14 WITH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS TO PURSUE THINGS THAT HAVE 15 BEEN VERY, VERY POSITIVE FOR THE COLLEGE. 16 I THINK THAT CHRIS JACKSON, TRUSTEE JACKSON IS 17 TRYING TO KEEP US ALL ON FOCUS IN TERMS OF THE STUDENTS, 18 IN TERMS OF THE STUDENT'S NEEDS, AND WHAT WE HAVE TO 19 CONSIDER AS FAR AS THE BUDGET. 20 AND ALTHOUGH SOME OF US MAY LOOK AT THINGS A 21 LITTLE BIT SOMETIMES TOO MUCH IN TERMS OF DOLLARS AND 22 CENTS BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE, BUT AT THE SAME 23 TIME, HE IS SAYING WITH PASSION, YOU NEED TO ALSO CONSIDER 24 COMMUNITIES AND STUDENTS AND THEIR NEEDS AS WELL SO THAT 25 WE DON'T LOSE OUR VISION FOR THE COLLEGE. WE DON'T LOSE APRIL 28, 2011 186 1 OUR PURPOSE. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A VIGOROUS DISCUSSION 2 ABOUT THE BUDGET. 3 WE'VE HAD A VERY EXCITING SERIES OF MEETINGS ON 4 THE BUDGET. AND I THINK WE'VE HAD PROBABLY THE BEST SET 5 OF DISCUSSIONS ON THE BUDGET THAT I'VE ENCOUNTER THIS 6 YEAR. ANYTIME THAT I CAN RECALL IN THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS 7 IN TERMS OF REALLY LOOKING AT THE ISSUES. 8 AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF A DARING CONCEPT TO GO 9 TO THE CITY AND SAY, GIVE US $2 MILLION TO HELP THE 10 COLLEGE, BUT THAT'S AN IDEA THAT PRESIDENT RIZZO HAS BEEN 11 VERY FIRMLY PUSHING, AND IT'S BEEN GRATIFYING TO GO TO 12 THOSE MEETINGS WITH HIM AND TALK TO THE CITY ABOUT WHO WE 13 ARE. WE ARE ONE OF THE GREAT INSTITUTIONS OF THE CITY. 14 ONE OF THE GREAT INSTITUTIONS OF THE CITY, AND WE DESERVE 15 SOME CONSIDERATION AS WELL, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF BEING A 16 GREAT INSTITUTION. 17 AND WE KNOW FOR A FACT, AND THIS IS FROM OUR 18 LAST POLLING, THAT 54 PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN SAN 19 FRANCISCO STATED THAT EITHER HAD COME TO CITY COLLEGE 20 THEMSELVES OR SOME MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY HAD ATTENDED 21 HERE. THAT'S A HUGE FOOTPRINT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE 22 CITY. AND SO I THINK THAT ALMOST EVERYBODY WE'VE TALKED 23 TO HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED HOW IMPORTANT THIS INSTITUTION IS. 24 AND I WANT TO ALSO COMMEND THE STUDENTS BECAUSE 25 THE STUDENTS HAVE SAID TO ME, TO THEIR FACULTY MEMBERS, APRIL 28, 2011 187 1 AND TO CLASSIFIED AND OTHERS THAT THEIR SPIRIT WILL NOT BE 2 DAMPENED BY WHAT'S GOING ON AS FAR AS THE ECONOMY AND 3 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD. 4 AND MANY OF THE TEACHERS ARE SAYING, ONE OF THE 5 THINGS THAT HAS UPLIFTED THEM THE MOST IS SUCH A POSITIVE 6 ATTITUDE ON THE PART OF THEIR STUDENTS. THEIR STUDENTS 7 INVARIABLY HAVE BEEN SUPER, SUPER POSITIVE DURING THIS 8 PERIOD THAT WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH. 9 SO IN TERMS OF APPROACHING THE BUDGET AND 10 LOOKING AT THIS, I THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE, 11 BUT WE HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY 12 CUT OUT A LOT OF STUFF THAT IN PRIOR YEARS WE HAVE NOT CUT 13 OUT FIRST BEFORE WE START TO LOOK AT STUFF THAT'S 14 PERTAINING TO STUDENTS, STUDENT SERVICES. 15 AND BELIEVE ME, THERE ARE THINGS WE SHOULD BE 16 LOOKING AT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING 17 TO HAPPEN IN THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR. AND WE ARE ON 18 OUR WAY TO A MUCH BETTER SOLUTION IN TERMS OF HOW WE DEAL 19 WITH THIS. IT'S BEEN A VERY EXCITING WEEK, A VERY 20 EXCITING MONTH. AND, HOPEFULLY, IT WILL BE -- IT WILL 21 CONTINUE TO BE VERY EXCITING AND REWARDING. THANK YOU. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OTHER CLOSED SESSION 23 ANNOUNCEMENTS. 24 COUNSEL BATTISTE: NO, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE 25 NO ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION. APRIL 28, 2011 188 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, REQUESTS TO SPEAK FROM 2 THE PUBLIC. I HAVE ONE CARD. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS 3 SOME MORE. 4 JONATHAN MILLER. 5 OKAY, COUNSELOR, IF YOU COULD TIME THESE. WE 6 HAVE TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. 7 MR. MILLER: TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 9 JONATHAN MILLER. 10 MR. MILLER: MY NAME IS JONATHAN MILLER. I AM A 11 STUDENT AT OCEAN CAMPUS. I AM HERE TO BRING TO YOUR 12 ATTENTION SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROMOTIONAL 13 ISSUES THAT I HAVE SEEN AND BEEN A PART OF IN BEING A 14 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AT OCEAN CAMPUS. 15 ORGANIZATIONALLY-WISE, THE SITES OF THE VOTING 16 CAMPAIGNS WERE NOT DETERMINED UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE 17 THE VOTING DAYS. THIS CAUSES A LOT OF STRIFE WHEN WE ARE 18 TRYING TO PROMOTE OUR CAMPAIGNS AND TRYING TO GET THOSE 19 THINGS OUT WHEN WE CAN'T TELL VOTERS WHERE THEY ARE GOING. 20 ALSO, THE PAPER VERSUS ELECTRONIC BALLOTING WAS 21 NOT REALLY DECIDED UNTIL ABOUT TEN DAYS BEFORE THE 22 ELECTIONS. 23 ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS HARD TO DETERMINE AND TO 24 PROMOTE AND TO CAMPAIGN IF WE CANNOT TELL PEOPLE WHAT'S 25 GOING ON IF WE DON'T KNOW OURSELVES. IF WE ARE SUPPOSED APRIL 28, 2011 189 1 TO BE THE ONES OUT PROMOTING, WE CAN'T DO THAT. 2 THE DEFINITION OF WHAT COUNTS AS A VOTE WAS NOT 3 DECIDED UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO. WE HAD TO GET STATE BYLAWS 4 TO KIND OF GET THINGS COMING AND GOING TO KIND OF FIGURE 5 OUT WHAT EXACTLY COUNTS AS A VOTE. 6 AND HOW THE BALLOTS WERE TO BE COUNTED AND WHO 7 THEY WERE TO BE COUNTED BY WAS NOT DECIDED UNTIL A FEW 8 DAYS AGO EITHER. THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT STEM DEEPLY INTO 9 NOT ONLY CAMPAIGNING, BUT TO THE TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT THE 10 ELECTION REPRESENTS. THE RULES OF THE ELECTION AND 11 PUNISHMENTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THESE RULES WERE NEVER 12 DEFINED TO ME IN CLEAR ORDER. 13 AND THE VOTING SITES, SOME OF THEM WERE SHUT 14 DOWN EARLIER OR MOVED WITHOUT NOTIFICATION. AND SO WE HAD 15 TO DIRECT STUDENTS TO THE CORRECT PLACES. THEY WERE 16 PROMOTING IT FROM 8:00 TO 7:00 AND SOME SITES WERE CLOSED 17 DOWN AT 6:00 O'CLOCK. SOME SITES WERE MOVED DO TO WEATHER 18 RELATIONS INSIDE, BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. I HAD TO FIND 19 OUT ON MY OWN. 20 SOME OF THE OTHER PROMOTIONAL ISSUES WERE THAT 21 THE ELECTION COUNCIL POSTERS PROMOTING THE ELECTION ITSELF 22 WITHOUT BIAS FOR ONE SLATE OR ANOTHER HAVEN'T BEEN PUT UP 23 OR WERE ONLY PUT UP ABOUT A WEEK AGO. THAT'S NOT A GOOD 24 IDEA FOR PROMOTING STUDENT ELECTIONS FOR PROMOTING 25 STUDENTS TO GET OUT THERE AND VOTE. APRIL 28, 2011 190 1 THE STUDENT E-MAIL FOR REMINDER FOR ELECTIONS 2 WAS NOT SENT OUT UNTIL ABOUT 4:00 P.M. OF THE FIRST VOTING 3 DAY. THAT'S APRIL 27TH -- 4 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 5 -- THAT'S YESTERDAY. BUT THAT'S MY TIME. THANK 6 YOU. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. I THINK WE GET THE 8 IDEA. 9 LET'S SEE, HOW ABOUT WILLIAM WALKER. 10 MR. WALKER: HI. MAY I START? 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DON'T TOUCH. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, DON'T TOUCH IT. 13 MR. WALKER: DON'T TOUCH IT? 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DON'T TOUCH IT. 15 MR. WALKER: SORRY. I USED TO WORK IN RADIO. I 16 LIKE TOUCHING MIKES. SORRY. 17 MY NAME IS WILLIAM WALKER. I AM ONE OF THE 18 CANDIDATES FOR STUDENT TRUSTEE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT 19 JONATHAN HAD SOME CONCERNS. 20 I WASN'T PRIVY TO A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT 21 JONATHAN WENT OVER, BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT 22 SEEMED THAT A LOT OF THE -- IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST -- IT 23 WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST ELECTIONS THAT I'VE PARTICIPATED IN 24 CONSIDERING THIS IS MY THIRD ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO DO 25 OFFICE HERE AT CITY COLLEGE, AND I WAS SUCCESSFUL THE APRIL 28, 2011 191 1 FIRST FEW TIMES. I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL BE SUCCESSFUL 2 TONIGHT, BUT I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A GREAT JOB 3 CONSIDERING THAT ALL OF THE CAMPUSES WERE VERY EXCITED 4 ABOUT THE PROCESS. AND IT WAS -- I THINK THERE ARE A LOT 5 OF STUDENTS A LOT MORE EXCITED THEN IN THE PAST AND, 6 HOPEFULLY, WE HAVE A RECORD BREAKING TURN OUT. 7 AS FAR AS THE ELECTRONIC BALLOTING, I DON'T 8 THINK THAT THERE WAS EVER A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT 9 THERE WOULD BE ELECTRONIC BALLOTING THIS YEAR, SO I AM 10 NOT -- I CAN'T SPEAK ON ALL THE OTHER CONCERNS THAT WERE 11 MENTIONED, BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE 12 WERE SOME POSITIVE OUTCOMES TO THE ELECTION. 13 I THINK THAT WHEN YOU HAVE TRANSITION IN A 14 DEPARTMENT AND YOU HAVE DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP, THAT THINGS 15 CHANGE, AND YOU HAVE TO JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP BUILDING 16 AND, HOPEFULLY, WE CAN DO A DEBRIEF OF THE PROCESS AND SIT 17 DOWN AND MAKE THE PROCESS BETTER. AND I THINK A LOT OF 18 THOSE POINTS CAN BE ADDRESSED. 19 BUT BY ALL MEANS, I THINK THE ELECTION WAS AS 20 FAR AS ONE COULD PUT TOGETHER. AND I COMMEND THE ELECTION 21 COMMISSIONERS AND THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFICE FOR ALL 22 THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. THANKS. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 24 INGRID WYNN. 25 MS. WYNN: EXCUSE ME. APRIL 28, 2011 192 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. 2 MS. WYNN: THANK YOU. 3 HI, MY NAME IS INGRID WYNN. AND I COULD SPEAK 4 ON THE ELECTION BALLOTS VERSUS PAPER BALLOT. I WAS ONE OF 5 THE STUDENTS THAT LITERALLY WAS AGAINST THE ELECTION 6 BALLOTS BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY STARTED IT LAST YEAR. AND 7 LAST YEAR WAS A HORRIBLE MESS. 8 ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES, EVANS CAMPUS, WHERE WE 9 ACTUALLY HAVE ASSOCIATED STUDENT COUNCIL, WE DON'T HAVE 10 COMPUTERS THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN UTILIZE TO DO THE ELECTION. 11 AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAIRNESS, WELL, WHAT WAS THE POINT 12 OF SITTING UP HERE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO ELECTIONS, 13 ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS TO ACTUALLY VOTE. 14 SO WITHOUT QUESTION, I WAS AGAINST IT. I 15 BROUGHT MY CASE FORWARD THE REASON WHY. IT WAS JUST LACK 16 OF COMPUTERS. WE HAD ONE PERSON ACTUALLY TO MAN IT. THAT 17 WAS ME. AND THAT WAS AN ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT JUST TO 18 ACTUALLY HAVE STUDENTS COME OUT THERE AND VOTE. SO, NO, 19 WE HAD TO BORROW A COMPUTER. IT WAS UNFAIR. SO TO MAKE 20 IT AS FAIR AS POSSIBLE, WE WENT WITH THIS PAPER ELECTION. 21 AND WE ACTUALLY DID DISCUSS THIS AT OUR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 22 MEETING. 23 RIGHT, JEFFREY? 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES, WE DID. 25 MS. WYNN: THANK YOU. APRIL 28, 2011 193 1 SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS 2 CLEAR. 3 AND AS FAR AS THE ELECTIONS, THE ELECTION 4 COMMISSIONERS, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD. THEY ARE 5 STUDENTS. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DEAN SANTOS. AND 6 LITERALLY, THE THING WAS GETTING PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE 7 FROM VARIOUS CAMPUSES TO ACTUALLY GET INVOLVED IN THIS HAS 8 BEEN DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T DO IT 9 AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LIVES. AND WE ASKED 10 A LOT OF EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE KNOW WE ARE 11 SHORT STAFFED, SO WE DID THE BEST JOB POSSIBLE WITH THE 12 RESOURCES THAT WE HAD. 13 I WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN STUDENTS ARE 14 INVOLVED, AND THEY ARE HELPING, AND THEY ARE PROMOTING, 15 AND THEY ARE PUSHING, AND ALL THE CAMPUSES ARE GETTING 16 INVOLVED AND EVERYBODY IS ACTUALLY PUSHING AND WE ARE 17 HAVING A GREAT ELECTION, I MEAN LET'S LOOK AT THE POSITIVE 18 SIDE AS WELL BECAUSE WE ARE ALL OUT THERE TRYING -- AND WE 19 DO THE BEST -- 20 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 21 -- WE CAN. THANK YOU. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 23 AARON HOLBERG. 24 MR. HOLBERG: HI, MY NAME IS AARON HOLBERG. I 25 WORK IN BROADCASTING UNDER FRANCINE PODENSKI. APRIL 28, 2011 194 1 AND, PRESIDENT RIZZO, YOU MENTIONED THE 2 CHALLENGE OF DOWNLOADING YOUR GIANT PDF OF YOUR BOARD 3 PACKET. AND WE ALREADY HAVE A SOLUTION FOR YOU. 4 I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR TIMESTAMPING THIS MEETING 5 TO MATCH YOUR AGENDA TO THIS BROADCAST. AND IF YOU GO TO 6 CCSF.EDU/BOARDLIVE, YOU CAN ALREADY CLICK ON YOUR AGENDA, 7 WHICH IS AN HTML DOCUMENT. AND YOU CAN CLICK ON ALL THE 8 ATTACHMENTS AND IT WILL OPEN UP, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE 9 ATTACHMENTS ALREADY. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE CAN'T DISCUSS THIS. WE 11 WILL DISCUSS IT AT THE FIT COMMITTEE, BUT I HAVE A 12 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THAT. 13 MR. HOLBERG: THANK YOU. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: FRED TETI. 15 MR. TETI: WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IS DEPENDANT ON 16 WHAT KAREN HAS TO SAY. MAY I ASK THAT YOU CALL ON HER 17 FIRST? 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. 19 KAREN SAGINOR. 20 WE ARE DOING TWO MINUTES. 21 MS. SAGINOR: YES, I UNDERSTAND. 22 I WAS QUITE DISTRESSED EARLIER IN THIS MEETING 23 TO HEAR THAT I HAD ACCUSED THE COLLEGE OF PUSHING 24 FINANCIAL AID ON STUDENTS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DO 25 LIKE AT DEVRY UNIVERSITY WHERE THEY TRY TO GET STUDENTS TO APRIL 28, 2011 195 1 SIGN UP FOR FINANCIAL AID. 2 I DID GO BACK AND CHECK THE RECORD FROM THE 3 DECEMBER TRANSCRIPT. AND WHAT I HAD BEEN SAYING IS THAT 4 STUDENTS WHO WANT FINANCIAL AID ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE 5 SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOAL SET. AND THAT 6 THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOAL -- THEY WILL ONLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR 7 FINANCIAL AID IF THEY HAVE CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL GOALS, AND 8 THAT'S THE POINT THAT I HAD BEEN MAKING. 9 AND THERE HAD BEEN A CHANGE IN HOW THAT 10 INFORMATION WAS CONVEYED TO STUDENTS SOMEWHERE ALONG THE 11 LINE, AND WE STARTED MAKING SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT WHO 12 WANTED FINANCIAL AID WAS TOLD IF YOU WANT FINANCIAL AID, 13 YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE OF THESE EDUCATIONAL GOALS. 14 SO I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE RECORD THAT I 15 REALLY HAD NOT -- IT REALLY FLUMMOXED ME TO HEAR THAT I 16 HAD SAID THAT. THANK YOU. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 18 FRED TETI. 19 MR. TETI: FRED TETI, SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF 20 THE ACADEMIC SENATE. 21 ONE OF THE REASONS THIS IS AN ISSUE IS THAT WHEN 22 WE ARE JUDGED IN OUR TRANSFER RATE AND OUR DEGREE 23 COMPLETION RATE, WHAT'S TAKEN IS THE BASELINE IS HOW MANY 24 STUDENTS INDICATE THAT THEY ARE DEGREE SEEKING OR TRANSFER 25 SEEKING WHEN THEY APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID. APRIL 28, 2011 196 1 AND TRUSTEE NGO ASKED IF THERE WERE STATEWIDE 2 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS. AND WHEN I WAS ACADEMIC SENATE 3 PRESIDENT, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND 2006, THE FIRST I 4 HEARD ABOUT THIS CONCERN THAT PERHAPS THE NUMBER, THE 5 BASELINE NUMBER WAS INFLATED BECAUSE STUDENTS WERE 6 ACTUALLY SEEKING FINANCIAL AID, NOT NECESSARILY A DEGREE 7 OR TRANSFER, WAS FROM MARK WADE LIEU THEN THE VICE 8 PRESIDENT OF THE STATE ACADEMIC SENATE, LATER THE 9 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, NOW HE IS DOING OTHER THINGS, AT 10 A STATEWIDE BREAKOUT SESSION. 11 FURTHERMORE, IN FEBRUARY 2007 SOME RESEARCHERS 12 AT CSU SACRAMENTO CAME OUT WITH A FAMOUS REPORT KNOWN AS 13 THE RULES OF THE GAME IN WHICH THEY DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS 14 FACT, AND THEY RECOMMEND THAT INSTEAD OF -- ONE OF THE 15 ALTERNATIVES THEY PROPOSE IS INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT BOX 16 CHECKED OFF, HAVE STUDENTS INDICATE THEIR DEGREE, THEIR 17 INTENT TO COMPLETE BY COMPLETING AT LEAST 12 UNITS IN 18 ATTEMPTING A TRANSFER OR DEGREE LEVEL IN ENGLISH OR MATH 19 COURSE. SO PERHAPS A BETTER MEASURE AGAINST WHICH TO BASE 20 OUR STUDENT SUCCESS RATE. THANK YOU. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 22 AND THE LAST CARD I HAVE IS KATE GELARDI. 23 MS. GELARDI: THANK YOU. 24 MY NAME IS KATIE GELARDI, AND I HAVE THE 25 PLEASURE OF BEING ONE OF THE CO-COMMISSIONERS FOR THE CITY APRIL 28, 2011 197 1 STUDENT ELECTIONS. 2 AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I AM VERY SORRY AND 3 DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE STUDENTS' COMMENTS BECAUSE 4 WE HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN AND HAVE MADE EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR 5 THE STUDENTS TO MAKE ANY CONCERNS TO US WHICH HAVE BEEN 6 ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. 7 AND I AM JUST SURPRISED. THAT'S ALL. THAT THEY 8 DIDN'T COME TO US WITH IT DIRECTLY IN A FORMAL COMPLAINT 9 SO WE COULD TAKE CARE OF IT. THANK YOU. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 11 OKAY, THAT WAS OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION ITEM. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: OKAY. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE REALLY CAN'T DISCUSS IT. 16 WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORIES OF 17 SUPERVISOR CHARLES MCGLASHAN AND MELANIO DUARTE. WE WILL 18 TAKE -- MELANIO DUARTE AND CHARLES MCGLASHAN. JUST A FEW 19 MINUTES -- A FEW MOMENTS HERE. 20 (A MOMENT OF SILENCE OBSERVED.) 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED. 22 (MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:45 P.M.) 23 24 25 APRIL 28, 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: MAY 20, 2011 ______________________________ MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 STATE OF CALIFORNIA