SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT MONTHLY MEETING OF THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012 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 DR. NATATLIE BERG 7 DR. ANITA GRIER 8 CHRIS JACKSON 9 MILTON MARKS III 10 STEVE NGO 11 JOHN RIZZO 12 13 14 15 DR. DON Q. GRIFFIN, CHANCELLOR 16 SCOTT DICKEY, GENERAL COUNSEL 17 JEFFREY FANG, STUDENT TRUSTEE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JANUARY 26, 2012 3 1 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2 2012, COMMENCING AT THE HOUR OF 6:45 P.M. THEREOF, AT CITY 3 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, 33 GOUGH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, 4 CALIFORNIA, BEFORE ME, MICHELE M. SHEA, A CERTIFIED 5 SHORTHAND REPORTER FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE 6 FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JANUARY 26, 2012 4 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING 2 OF THE CITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 3 CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE 5 ROLL CALLED. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: HERE. 8 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: VICE PRESIDENT CHRIS 9 JACKSON. 10 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: HERE. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. ANITA GRIER. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: HERE. 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. BERG. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: HERE. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: STUDENT TRUSTEE JEFFREY 16 FANG. 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: HERE, BACK IN WRITING. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE STEVE NGO. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: HERE. 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE MILTON MARKS. 21 TRUSTEE MARKS: HERE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: COULD WE PLEASE RISE FOR THE 23 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 24 (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECITED.) 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ITEM III IS PUBLIC JANUARY 26, 2012 5 1 COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. AND WE HAVE TEN 2 MINUTES ALLOTTED FOR THIS. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO 3 TWO MINUTES PER PERSON. IF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP. 4 OKAY. SAM BROWN. 5 MR. BOWNE: BOWNE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BOWNE, I'M SORRY. 7 MR. BOWNE: I AM A TEACHER AT CITY COLLEGE IN 8 THE COMPUTER NETWORKING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. 9 I'VE TAUGHT THERE FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS. AND MY FIELD 10 IS COMPUTER NETWORKING AND COMPUTER SECURITY IS MY 11 SPECIALTY. I'VE GOT INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS AND TALKED AT 12 A LOT OF CONFERENCES AND SUCH, SO I WAS -- INTERESTING TO 13 ME THAT THE ARTICLES CAME OUT SHOWING THAT THERE WAS SOME 14 HUGE NETWORK SECURITY PROBLEM AT CITY COLLEGE IN THE 15 CHRONICLE. 16 BUT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THIS IS COMPLETELY 17 FALSE. IT'S THE -- HOWEVER WE -- THERE'S APPARENTLY A 18 SECRET REPORT FROM AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR WHOSE CORPORATION 19 LICENSE HAS EXPIRED OR BEEN SUSPENDED CLAIMING THAT SOME 20 TERRIBLE PROBLEM IS PRESENT AT CITY COLLEGE, BUT THERE IS 21 NO BASIS FOR THIS IN THAT ARTICLE. AND I CANNOT FIND OUT 22 ANY INFORMATION. AND FACULTY MEETINGS TO DETERMINE MORE 23 INFORMATION ARE NOT ENTITLED TO SEE THIS ARTICLE BECAUSE 24 IT IS CONFIDENTIAL. AND YET, IT GOES TO THE NEWSPAPERS. 25 SO I READ THE NEWSPAPERS AND ALL THEY SAY IS JANUARY 26, 2012 6 1 THAT SOME MACHINES IN STUDENT LAB WERE INFECTED WITH A 2 VIRUS, WHICH IS NOT A DISASTER AND DOES NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC 3 DISCLOSURE. IT IS A NORMAL THING THAT YOU FIND IN LABS. 4 WE HAVE ANTI-VIRUS PROCEDURES WHICH ARE UP TO INDUSTRY 5 STANDARDS AND SHOULD SAVE MOST MACHINES FROM GETTING 6 INFECTED, BUT THEY ARE NOT PERFECT. 7 SO WHEN YOU FIND AN INFECTION, YOU CLEAN A FEW 8 MACHINES AND YOU PERHAPS IMPROVE YOUR COUNTERMEASURES AND 9 YOU CARRY ON WITH BUSINESS AS USUAL. THIS IS NOT FRONT 10 PAGE NEWS. IT'S NOT EVEN NEWS AT ALL. 11 SO I AM VERY OFFENDED THAT WE ARE HUMILIATED 12 PUBLICLY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A BIG PROBLEM. AND 13 THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF PROPER COMPUTER PROFESSIONAL 14 SECURITY FUNCTIONS WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TELLING ALL 15 MY CLASSES. 16 THE REASON YOU HIRE COMPUTER SECURITY 17 PROFESSIONALS IS TO PREVENT YOUR COMPANY FROM BEING 18 HUMILIATED ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE CHRONICLE. THEY ARE 19 SUPPOSED TO DETECT PROBLEMS AND FIX THEM. 20 AND WHAT WE HAVE FOR SOME REASON IS COMPUTER 21 SECURITY PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO THROW THE 22 COLLEGE UNDER THE BUS AND HUMILIATE US PUBLICLY FOR 23 SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT A PROBLEM. WE HAVE THE OPPOSITE OF 24 COMPUTER SECURITY HAPPENING. THERE'S NOT A COMPUTER 25 SECURITY PROBLEM. THERE IS A -- JANUARY 26, 2012 7 1 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 2 MR. BOWNE: -- PUBLIC RELATIONS PROBLEM, AND 3 IT'S A SERIOUS ONE. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 5 MR. BOWNE: ALL RIGHT. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CRAIG PERSIKO. 7 MR. PERSIKO: HI, I'M CRAIG PERSIKO, THE CHAIR 8 OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. AND I SERVE ON THE 9 INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE. AND I AM 10 ALSO CHAIR OF THE TECHNOLOGY PLAN REVISION WORK GROUP 11 FOCUSING ON THE TECHNOLOGY DIVISION. 12 THE CTO IS ON BOTH OF THESE COMMITTEES WITH ME. 13 I AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE ON THESE COMMITTEES ARE CONCERNED 14 THAT THE ALLEGATIONS OF THIS VIRUS ATTACK ARE OVERBLOWN, 15 AND THAT THE CTO'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN TOO SEVERE. 16 WE ARE ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE CTO'S LACK 17 OF COMMUNICATION WITH HIS OWN STAFF AND WITH THE SHARED 18 GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES RELATED TO I.T. ALL OF US ON THESE 19 COMMITTEES AND ALL THE TECHNOLOGY DIVISION STAFF LEARNED 20 OF THIS VIRUS INFESTATION IN THE SF CHRONICLE. 21 RATHER THAN WORKING WITH THE EXCELLENT 22 PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC RESOURCES AVAILABLE HERE AT 23 CCSF, THE CTO IS WORKING ONLY WITH USD, INC. AN OUTSIDE 24 CONTRACTOR HE HAS A PRIOR RELATIONSHIP WITH. MOST OF 25 THESE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN OFFSITE, SO THE CTO HAS NOT BEEN JANUARY 26, 2012 8 1 IN HIS OFFICE FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. 2 A CONCERNED FACULTY MEMBER FOUND ON THE WEB THAT 3 USD, INC. IS A SUSPENDED CORPORATION IN THE STATE OF 4 CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF 5 STATE, FOR FAILURE TO PAY TAXES OR FILE INFORMATION. 6 I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS VIRUS THREAT WARRANTS ANY 7 MORE MONEY BEING SPENT ON ANY OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS. I ASK 8 THAT THE CTO BE DIRECTED TO SHARE ALL FINDINGS AND 9 SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY DIVISION STAFF AND 10 WITH THE SHARED GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES WHICH ARE CHARGED 11 WITH ENSURING THE NETWORK SECURITY OF THE COLLEGE. 12 THE CTO HAS UNDERMINED OUR TRUST BECAUSE OF HIS 13 LACK OF COMMUNICATION. THIS DISTRUST AND POOR 14 COMMUNICATION HAS LED TO HUNDREDS OF FACULTY AND STAFF 15 HOURS BEING WASTED IN MEETINGS AND CONVERSATION AS WE 16 COMMUNICATE AROUND THE CTO TRYING TO SHARE INFORMATION AND 17 STRATEGIZE. 18 THE CTO HAS BEEN SKIPPING MANY SHARED GOVERNANCE 19 MEETINGS, INCLUDING HIS OWN TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY GROUP. HE 20 REFUSES TO BE AT MEETINGS WHICH ARE RECORDED. HE WALKED 21 OUT OF OUR LAST ITPC MEETING AS SOON AS HE NOTICED THE 22 RECORDING DEVICE. 23 RATHER THAN A CLIMATE OF FEAR, DISTRUST, AND 24 HEIGHTENED SECURITY, I SEEK YOUR HELP TO BRING US BACK TO 25 A CLIMATE OF COLLABORATION AND RESPECTFUL COMMUNICATION SO JANUARY 26, 2012 9 1 WE CAN SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS TOGETHER. THANK YOU. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 3 CAROL REITAN. 4 MS. REITAN: HI, CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN, MEMBERS OF 5 THE BOARD. MY NAME IS CAROL REITAN. I TEACH IN THE 6 FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT AND WORK IN THE ED TECH 7 DEPARTMENT TRAINING TEACHERS IN THE DISTANCE LEARNING 8 PROGRAM. I AM ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY 9 GROUP THAT CRAIG JUST MENTIONED. 10 WE WERE CONVENED BY THE CHANCELLOR. OUR MEMBERS 11 REPRESENT VARIOUS CAMPUS CONSTITUENCIES, THE ACADEMIC 12 SENATE, THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS COMMITTEE, SEIU, AND WE HAVE 13 A FEW ADMINISTRATORS ALSO ON OUR COMMITTEE. OUR MISSION 14 IS TO ADVISE DR. HOTCHKISS ON COMMUNICATING WITH THE WIDER 15 CAMPUS COMMUNITY. 16 I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW SHOCKED I WAS WHEN I SAW 17 THE ARTICLES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE ABOUT THE 18 COMPUTER SECURITY SITUATION AT CITY COLLEGE. WHY SHOULD 19 WE FIRST LEARN ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN THE NEWSPAPER. EVEN 20 OUR COLLEAGUES WHO WORK IN I.T. LEARNED OF THIS IN THE 21 NEWSPAPER FOR THE FIRST TIME. 22 MEMBERS OF TAG WERE ESPECIALLY SURPRISED SINCE 23 JUST AFTER THE INFESTATION WAS SAID TO BE FOUND IN LATE 24 NOVEMBER, EARLY DECEMBER, WE HAD A TAG MEETING. ON THE 25 AGENDA WAS THE ISSUE OF NETWORK SECURITY. DR. HOTCHKISS JANUARY 26, 2012 10 1 DID NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, NOR DID HE SEND A 2 REPRESENTATIVE. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A PERFECT 3 OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO LET US KNOW THAT SOMETHING HAD 4 HAPPENED AND TO START GETTING OUT INFORMATION TO EVERYONE 5 AT THE CAMPUS WHO IS, YOU KNOW OF COURSE, CONCERNED. 6 INSTEAD, WE RETURNED TO CAMPUS AFTER WINTER 7 BREAK TO READ ABOUT ALLEGEDLY LAX PRACTICES, SUSPECT 8 RESEARCH, AND TEN YEARS OF DANGEROUS EXPOSURE TO VIRUSES 9 THAT NONE OF US NEW ABOUT. 10 IS THE SITUATION REALLY THAT BAD? 11 AT A MEETING OF THE ITPC COMMITTEE ON THE FIRST 12 DAY OF CLASSES, THERE WAS OF COURSE MUCH INTEREST IN THE 13 NEWSPAPER ARTICLES. DR. HOTCHKISS WAS ASKED QUITE A FEW 14 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THOSE ARTICLES, BUT HE TOLD 15 US HE COULD NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE FBI WAS 16 INVOLVED. THEN WE LEARNED THAT ONLY ONE STAFF MEMBER AT 17 CITY COLLEGE IS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT BESIDES 18 DR. HOTCHKISS AND THE VENDOR. 19 SOME OF OUR MAIN NETWORKING PEOPLE HAVE NO 20 ACCESS TO THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT THIS VENDOR IS DOING OR 21 WHAT WAS FOUND BY SECURITY MONITORING. THERE HAS BEEN NO 22 INFORMATION AVAILABLE -- 23 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 24 MS. REITAN: -- TO THE CAMPUS. AND WE SHOULD 25 REALLY BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THIS COMPANY IS THE COMPANY JANUARY 26, 2012 11 1 FINDING THE PROBLEM AND PROVIDING THE SOLUTION. AND THE 2 COLLEGE NEEDS TO DO DUE DILIGENCE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC -- 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 4 MS. REITAN: -- FUNDS. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 6 MS. REITAN: THANK YOU. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CRAIG PERSIKO. 8 MR. PERSIKO: I ALREADY WENT. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, I'M SORRY. I MIXED UP THE 10 CARDS THEN. 11 CARMEN LAMHA. 12 MS. LAMHA: GOOD EVENING. I AM CARMEN LAMHA, 13 CHAIR OF CNIT, COMPUTER NETWORK AND INFORMATION 14 TECHNOLOGY. 15 I TOO AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF 16 ACCURACY OF WHAT I AM READING IN THE NEWSPAPERS. AND I AM 17 ALSO CONCERNED THAT NOBODY IS ASKING US FOR HELP. WE HAVE 18 EXPERTS IN THE DEPARTMENT. WE TEACH THIS STUFF. WE WANT 19 TO HELP. NO INFORMATION IS BEING GIVEN OUT. WE HAVE 20 MCAFEE FOR FREE. WE HAVE A CONTRACT FOR EVERYBODY, 21 FACULTY, AND STAFF, AND STUDENTS TO GET FREE, FREE 22 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAMS. 23 AND I AM ALSO EMBARRASSED WHEN MICROSOFT CALLS 24 ME, AND THEY ASK ME IF WE NEED HELP, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW 25 WHAT THE STATUS OF WHAT WE ARE DOING IS AND IF WE NEED JANUARY 26, 2012 12 1 HELP, WE DON'T KNOW. 2 SO I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE USE US. LET US 3 HELP OURSELVES AS WE HAVE HELPED SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE 4 COUNTRY. THANK YOU. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 6 ESPANOLA JACKSON. 7 MS. JACKSON: GOOD AFTERNOON. ESPANOLA JACKSON. 8 I WANT TO KNOW WHERE MY DEAN IS FOR SOUTHEAST. 9 I AM HAVING PROBLEMS. AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE 10 INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE WITH PUC. 11 YOU KNOW, I START CHECKING TO SEE WHEN PUC IS 12 MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE COLLEGE. THAT COLLEGE IS UNDER 13 YOUR NAME AT 1800 OAKDALE. I CHECKED TO SEE WHO DID THIS 14 COLLEGE BELONGS TO, WHO THIS BUILDING BELONG TO. 15 AND WHEN I CALLED THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, THEY 16 HAD ME TO CALL 311. THEN I FIND OUT THE COLLEGE IS UNDER 17 YOU, CITY COLLEGE, 1800 OAKDALE. 18 I SAID, NOW, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW? WHAT 19 HAPPENED TODAY, I GOT A CALL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE -- 20 AND I AM TALKING ABOUT PUC. THEY WANT TO BRING IN 21 ORGANIZATIONS INTO THEIR COLLEGE WHEN THAT COLLEGE WAS SET 22 UP FOR A LEARNING AND TRAINING PROCESS FOR THE PEOPLE IN 23 THAT COMMUNITY. 24 AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A DEAN TO STAND UP AND TALK 25 AND REPRESENT YOU AND ME, THEN I MEAN I AM LOST WITH PUC. JANUARY 26, 2012 13 1 AND I AM SICK AND TIRED OF PUC MAKING DECISIONS FOR WHAT 2 GOES ON IN THAT COLLEGE. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DEALING 3 WITH WATER AND SEWAGE, NOT LEARNING AND TEACHING, NOT 4 TRAINING. 5 SO AS OF THIS NIGHT, EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT GOING 6 TO STAY FOR YOUR BUDGET, BUT I CAME HERE BECAUSE I WANT A 7 DEAN. I NEED A DEAN. I NEED HIM NOW BECAUSE I WAS 8 PROMISED A DEAN, A YOUNG MAN THAT COULD GO AND TALK TO THE 9 YOUNG PEOPLE OUT ON THEM CORNERS AND BRING THEM IN AND GET 10 THEIR GED AND GET TRAINING. THAT'S WHAT IS NEEDED. 11 NOW TODAY, SOME GROUP WAS SENT TO TOYE MOSES, 12 WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE COMMISSION THERE. AND THEY 13 SENT HIM TO TERENCE SAYING THEY NEED SPACE. 14 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 15 MS. JACKSON: TERENCE CALLED ME. I SAID I AM 16 NOT GOING TO SAY THAT OTHER WORD I WANTED I SAY. I SAID, 17 NO WAY. THEY CANNOT COME INTO MY COLLEGE. NOW -- 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MS. JACKSON -- 19 MS. JACKSON: NOW, I CAN'T CONTINUE DOING THIS. 20 I NEED YOU TONIGHT, IF YOU AIN'T GOT THE MONEY TO MAKE HIM 21 AN ACTING DEAN SO HE CAN HAVE A VOICE IN THAT COMMUNITY 22 AND WITH CITY COLLEGE AND GO TO TOYE MOSES INTO THAT 23 COMMISSION AND SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED. WHAT THE 24 COLLEGE NEED, NOT WHAT PUC NEED. THANK YOU. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JANUARY 26, 2012 14 1 OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 2 IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 3 DECEMBER 15TH, 2011 MEETING? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 8 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: I WASN'T HERE AT THE MEETING, SO 10 I RECUSE MYSELF FROM VOTING. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 12 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT OF THE MINUTES? 13 SEEING NONE, TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WILL ABSTAIN BECAUSE I 15 WASN'T PRESENT AT THIS MEETING. 16 TRUSTEE BERG: NEITHER WAS I. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, YOU WEREN'T -- 18 TRUSTEE BERG: I WASN'T HERE IN DECEMBER. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- PRESENT EITHER, OKAY. 20 SO IT'S TRUSTEE GRIER, JACKSON, AND NGO. 21 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THEN? 22 TRUSTEE BERG: ABSTAIN. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 24 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE MARKS: ABSTAIN. JANUARY 26, 2012 15 1 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): ABSTAIN. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE HAVE FOUR, YEAH, IN FAVOR 6 OF THE MINUTES. 7 OKAY, THANK YOU. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 8 TRUSTEE GRIER. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER: DID WE -- A QUESTION, PRESIDENT 10 RIZZO. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: DID WE USE UP ALL OUR TEN 13 MINUTES? 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE DID. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEONE 16 CAME ESPECIALLY TO TALK, TO SPEAK TO THE GROUP. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 18 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO 19 STAY IN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ANOTHER TWO MINUTES? 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SURE. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO 21 IT. 22 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: CAN I GET A SECOND? 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE 25 GRIER. JANUARY 26, 2012 16 1 THANK YOU. 2 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 3 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WITHOUT OBJECTION THEN. 12 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. AND IF YOU COULD, FILL 13 OUT A CARD WHEN YOU ARE THROUGH. 14 MR. CRAWFORD: OKAY. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 16 MR. CRAWFORD: MY NAME IS ELI CRAWFORD. 17 TWO MINUTES IS HARD FOR ME TO DO IT IN TWO 18 MINUTES, BUT I WILL DO THE TWO MINUTES. 19 THE THING IS I WANT TO PIGGYBACK WITH SISTER 20 ESPANOLA BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN DOING THE OUTREACH OVER THERE 21 IN BAYVIEW, THE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. AND THERE IS NO 22 LEGITIMATE BACKING FOR ME FOR THE SCHOOL. I AM TELLING 23 LIES. I AM TELLING THEM THAT I AM PART OF SECOND CHANCE 24 STILL AND GOING OUT SO PEOPLE CAN COME TO SCHOOL. I STAND 25 ON THAT CORNER ON 3RD AND PALOU AND STAND ON THESE CORNERS JANUARY 26, 2012 17 1 ON GOLDEN GATE AND FILLMORE EVERYDAY. 2 AND I TALK TO THE DEAN JORGE BELL AROUND THERE. 3 EVERYBODY BEEN TALKING ABOUT THEY NEED OUTREACH PEOPLE. 4 WELL, I AM THE OUTREACH PERSON. AND I HAVE BEEN DOING 5 THAT BECAUSE ANYBODY CAN'T GO. JUST LIKE THE SISTER SAID. 6 ANYBODY CAN'T GO UP ON AND HUNTERS POINT AND TALK ABOUT 7 EDUCATION. 8 AND RIGHT NOW, NOBODY IS DOING IT BESIDES ME AND 9 THE SISTER OVER HERE. THAT IS NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE I DON'T 10 EVEN HAVE MONEY PAYING FOR GAS. I'VE GOT YOUNGSTERS THAT 11 HELP ME PAY FOR GAS SO I CAN GET AROUND TOWN TO SOME OTHER 12 HOOD. SO I CAN TELL SOMEBODY ELSE TO STOP THE VIOLENCE. 13 THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. 14 AND IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE VIOLENCE, 15 THIS IS HOW WE GOING TO HAVE IT WHEN YOU DON'T REACH OUT 16 TO CERTAIN COMMUNITIES. BAYVIEW AND HUNTERS POINT AND 17 FILLMORE, POTRERO HILL, AND SUNNYDALE, AIN'T NONE OF THEM 18 GETTING NO SUPPORT. 19 AND THIS IS THE THINGS THAT REALLY NEED TO BE 20 ADDRESSED HERE ON SOME OF THE ISSUES BECAUSE WE GOT PEOPLE 21 THAT'S FALLING THROUGH CRACKS OUT THERE. AND THEY ARE 22 FALLING THROUGH THEM FROM -- 23 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 24 MR. CRAWFORD: -- SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM AND THE 25 EOPS OFFICE AS WELL. JANUARY 26, 2012 18 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY 2 MUCH. 3 MR. CRAWFORD: YOU KNOW, I HEARD THAT BELL. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 5 MR. CRAWFORD: I'M LISTENING. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 7 MR. CRAWFORD: SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK 8 EVERYBODY FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE MY COUPLE OF MINUTES 9 BECAUSE YOU ALL KNOW I AM LONG WINDED. I'VE GOT A LOT TO 10 SAY ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE IS DYING OUT 11 THERE. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 14 MR. CRAWFORD: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 16 OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF 17 THE BOARD. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: MAY I? 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, CERTAINLY, TRUSTEE NGO. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: I WANTED TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF 21 THE BOARD, I REQUESTED A WRITTEN REPORT ON THE ATTENDANCE 22 RECORDS OF OUR MEETINGS TO BE PRESENTED TONIGHT. 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IT WAS ENCLOSED IN YOUR 24 BOARD PACKET. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: GREAT. JANUARY 26, 2012 19 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WHICH SHOULD BE IN EACH 2 PACKET. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: GREAT. THANK YOU. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO WE ARE ON ELECTION OF 5 OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE PRESIDENT AND VICE 6 PRESIDENT. 7 ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF 8 PRESIDENT? 9 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I NOMINATE TRUSTEE 10 RIZZO FOR PRESIDENT. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: I SECOND IT. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE DON'T NEED A SECOND. 14 ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? 15 OKAY, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO MOVED. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: SECOND. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON; 19 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARKS. 20 IS THERE A DISCUSSION? 21 IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? 22 ALL RIGHT THEN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY 23 "AYE." 24 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. JANUARY 26, 2012 20 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: AYE. 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, THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, VERY MUCH. IT'S 9 MUCH APPRECIATED. 10 WE NOW WILL VOTE ON THE OFFICE OF VICE 11 PRESIDENT. 12 IS THERE A NOMINATION? 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I NOMINATE TRUSTEE 14 ANITA GRIER FOR VICE PRESIDENT. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 16 ARE THERE FURTHER NOMINATIONS? 17 TRUSTEE NGO: CHRIS JACKSON. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CHRIS JACKSON. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: YES. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 21 ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? 22 OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE NOMINATIONS? 23 TRUSTEE BERG: I MOVE TO CLOSE. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: I MOVE. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG; JANUARY 26, 2012 21 1 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 2 WELL, WHY DON'T HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THE 3 NOMINEES SINCE WE HAVE MULTIPLE NOMINEES. LET'S HAVE -- 4 IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. 5 TRUSTEE MARKS: I AM GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: I THINK THAT WHILE TRUSTEE GRIER 8 WOULD REALLY BE QUITE A FINE CHOICE, I THINK THAT CHRIS 9 JACKSON WOULD BE A BETTER CHOICE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO 10 ROCK THE BOAT RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT HE'S DONE A GOOD 11 JOB. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 13 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE 16 GRIER. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE NEED BETTER 17 REPRESENTATION FOR WOMEN IN THIS COLLEGE. TO BE HONEST 18 WITH YOU, THERE ARE FEW OF US UP HERE TO BEGIN WITH. AND 19 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. AND I 20 THINK TRUSTEE GRIER HAS MORE THAN EARNED THIS HONOR. SHE 21 HAS ALREADY BEEN A VICE PRESIDENT AND BEEN A PRESIDENT. 22 SHE HAS DEEP ABIDING LOVE FOR THIS INSTITUTION AND HAS 23 SPENT A LOT OF HER TIME AND ENERGY AND HAS PAID HER DUES. 24 AND I THINK SHE WOULD BE AN OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATIVE AS 25 VICE PRESIDENT OF THIS COLLEGE OF THIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES. JANUARY 26, 2012 22 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 2 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DISCUSSION I SHOULD SAY. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF 5 ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES WHO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR EITHER 6 NOMINEE. I DO RESPECT THE SERVICE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL 7 NOMINATED. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN STRONG LEADERSHIP. 8 THESE PAST THREE YEARS EXEMPLIFIED, NOT ONLY BY FORMER 9 PRESIDENT MARKS, BUT ALSO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT JOHN 10 RIZZO. 11 I THINK THAT TRUSTEE JACKSON HAS OVER THESE LAST 12 SEVERAL YEARS BROUGHT SUFFICIENT, IF NOT A RELENTLESS 13 ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES AND MATTERS CONCERNING VARIOUS 14 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY. I THINK THAT 15 RELENTLESS PURSUIT HAS YIELDED ACTUAL POLICY OUTCOMES THAT 16 HAVE TO MATTER TO THIS BOARD AND TO THE COMMUNITY AT 17 LARGE, WHICH I NOT ONLY RESPECT, BUT I KNOW FIRST HAND 18 THAT RESULTED FROM PERSISTENT EFFORTS AND LEADERSHIP OF 19 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 20 I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT PROMISE AND THOSE 21 RESULTS AND THAT LEADERSHIP. AND IN FACT BECAUSE TRUSTEE 22 GRIER HAS SERVED IN MANY LEADERSHIP ROLES ON THIS BOARD 23 OVER MANY YEARS THAT I DO WANT TO REMIND THIS BOARD THAT 24 IT IS IMPORTANT TO CULTIVATE LEADERSHIP IN THE DISTRICT, 25 NOT JUST WITHIN OR AMONG STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION AND JANUARY 26, 2012 23 1 FACULTY, BUT ALSO ON THIS BOARD. 2 AND I THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US AS A BODY TO 3 GIVE SOME LEGS TO LEADERSHIP THAT'S ONLY HAD REALLY A YEAR 4 TO DEVELOP AND GROW. AND I WANT TO GIVE TRUSTEE JACKSON 5 THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. THANK YOU. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: FURTHER COMMENT? 7 TRUSTEE BERG. 8 TRUSTEE BERG: I REALLY THINK I HAVE TO SAY THAT 9 BECAUSE I SUPPORT ANOTHER TRUSTEE, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT 10 I HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE FIRST TRUSTEE WHO WAS 11 NOMINATED. IT IS A VERY PERSONAL THING. AND IT'S 12 SOMETHING THAT I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT. AND I THINK 13 THAT TRUSTEE JACKSON WILL DO A FINE JOB, BUT IT WAS NOT 14 MEANT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM TO BE PEJORATIVE FOR 15 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 17 ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 18 IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? 19 WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A ROLL CALL. 20 WAIT. HOW DO WE DO THIS? 21 I GUESS WE SHOULD DO ONE -- THE FIRST ONE AND 22 THEN THE OTHER. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO 24 DO THE FIRST ONE AND THEN THE OTHER. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, SO LET'S -- JANUARY 26, 2012 24 1 TRUSTEE NGO: WHAT HAPPENS IF -- 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL. WE'LL 3 START WITH -- 4 TRUSTEE NGO: -- THE OWNER OF THE VOTE -- THE 5 ACTUAL HEARINGS MATTERS? 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I'M SORRY. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: IT DEPENDS WHO YOU TAKE UP FIRST. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHO DO WE TAKE UP FIRST? 9 I BELIEVE TRUSTEE GRIER WAS NOMINATED FIRST, SO 10 WE CAN START THERE. 11 SO LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL. 12 WHO WILL READ THE ROLL? WOULD THAT BE COUNSEL 13 OR -- 14 TRUSTEE NGO: CAN I -- 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, GO AHEAD. I DON'T WANT 16 TO CUT OFF DEBATE. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: -- RECOMMEND INSTEAD OF AN UP OR 18 DOWN ON EACH THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE AN OPEN UP OR DOWN AS 19 OPPOSED TO -- 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SHOULD WE DO AYE (INAUDIBLE). 21 TRUSTEE NGO: TOP THREE CHOICES, RIGHT. WELL, 22 YOU CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT, BUT I THINK, JUST TO MAKE IT 23 MORE COLLEGIAL, THAT WE EACH PERHAPS EXPRESS OUR FIRST 24 CHOICE AND OUR SECOND CHOICE RATHER THAN HAVE EACH TRUSTEE 25 ESSENTIALLY BE LAID BEFORE THE BODY IN SUCCESS OF VOTES JANUARY 26, 2012 25 1 THAT IT WOULD BE NICER. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, ISN'T THE SECOND CHOICE 3 THOUGH THE PERSON WHO YOU DON'T VOTE FOR. I MEAN IF WE 4 TAKE -- IF WE HAVE A VOTE AROUND AND THEN YOU VOTE, THE 5 PERSON YOU HAVEN'T TALKED TO -- HAVEN'T VOTED FOR IS THE 6 SECOND CHOICE. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: TRYING TO MAKE THINGS SMOOTHER. 8 THAT'S ALL. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: I THINK THAT. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE MARKS. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: I THINK THAT WE SHOULD EXPRESS 12 OUR INTEREST IN CHRIS JACKSON OR ANITA GRIER AND THAT 13 SHOULD BE OUR VOTE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 15 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I JUST WANTED TO ADD. 16 IF THE FIRST DOES, YOU KNOW, END IN A TIE, I HAVE 17 NOMINATED TRUSTEE GRIER. AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT DOES END UP 18 IN A TIE, I'D LIKE TO STEP BACK FROM THE NOMINATION AND 19 HAVE THE UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR TRUSTEE GRIER IF THE FIRST 20 VOTE DOES GO TO A TIE. AND, NO, I DIDN'T NOMINATE MYSELF, 21 SO I KNOW THAT'S UP TO THE PEOPLE WHO NOMINATED ME. BUT, 22 YOU KNOW, I AM JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: CAN I GET A CHANCE TO -- 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OF COURSE. 25 TRUSTEE BERG: THAT'S VERY GENEROUS. AND I JANUARY 26, 2012 26 1 WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR THE VOTE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, TRUSTEE GRIER WANTED TO 3 SAY SOMETHING. 4 TRUSTEE BERG: I BEG YOUR PARDON? 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE GRIER INDICATED SHE 6 WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: I WANTED TO SOMEHOW THINK ABOUT 8 WHAT I WOULD DO IF I WERE ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT. 9 ONE OF THE REAL CONCERNS I HAVE ABOUT THIS BOARD 10 IS THAT WE ARE SUCH A DIVIDED BOARD. THERE WAS A TIME 11 WHEN WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER, VERY 12 COLLABORATIVELY. 13 AND THE WAY THIS BOARD IS OPERATING NOW BRINGS 14 ABOUT A LOT OF PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FACULTY, WITH 15 THE STUDENTS, WITH THE CLASSIFIED STAFF, AND WITH THE 16 COMMUNITY. AND IF MY WITHDRAWING FROM RUNNING FOR VICE 17 PRESIDENT WILL HELP THE EFFORT OF COLLABORATION, UNITY, 18 AND WORKING TOGETHER, I WOULD WITHDRAW MY NAME FROM BEING 19 CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, DOES THAT MEAN YOU ARE 21 WITHDRAWING? 22 TRUSTEE BERG: I'M SORRY. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I AM NOT CERTAIN I UNDERSTAND. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: ARE BOTH OF THEM -- HAVE BOTH OF 25 THEM WITHDRAWN? IS THAT WHAT WE JUST HEARD? JANUARY 26, 2012 27 1 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO WE HAVE BOTH 2 WITHDRAWN. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY IDEAS? 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: WELL -- 5 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: DID WE BOTH WITHDRAW? 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT SOUNDS LIKE IT. 7 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, PRESIDENT RIZZO. I WOULD 8 LIKE TO RENOMINATE TRUSTEE GRIER BECAUSE I DON'T THINK 9 THAT IT WAS VERY CLEAR. I DON'T THINK IT WAS CLEAR. AND 10 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR THE VOTE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY, I'M SORRY. THERE WAS NO 13 ACTUAL WITHDRAW, WAS THERE OF ANYONE? 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: NO. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: I DIDN'T? OKAY, I DIDN'T. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, SO NO ONE IS WITHDRAWN 17 RIGHT NOW. 18 TRUSTEE BERG: NO, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, LET'S HAVE A VOTE, A 20 ROLL CALL. 21 WHO SHOULD -- 22 COUNSEL DICKEY: IT PROBABLY SHOULD BE THE 23 SECRETARY, BUT WE CAN DO IT ANY WAY. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MR. SECRETARY. 25 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YOU WANT ME TO DO A ROLL JANUARY 26, 2012 28 1 CALL? 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, BECAUSE IF WE ALL SAY 3 "YES" AND "NO" THEN -- 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE NGO. 5 TRUSTEE BERG: WAIT. WHO ARE YOU -- 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE ARE VOTING FOR TRUSTEE 7 GRIER RIGHT NOW. 8 "YES" OR "NO" ON TRUSTEE GRIER. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: NO. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE MARKS. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: NO. 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 14 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: I WANT TO SAY "C", BUT 15 YEA. 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES? 17 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: YES. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE BERG. 21 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. GRIER. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: YES. 24 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. BERG. 25 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. JANUARY 26, 2012 29 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 2 TRUSTEE BERG: IT'S UNANIMOUS. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE "AYES" 4 HAVE IT. IT LOOKS LIKE THE "AYES" HAVE IT. 5 MS. JACKSON: WHAT WAS THE VOTE? 6 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WAIT A MINUTE. 7 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YOU VOTED, "YES." YOU 8 SAID, "AYE." 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOU VOTED "YES" FOR TRUSTEE 10 GRIER OR -- 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON: FOR TRUSTEE GRIER, YES. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OR YOU DID. 13 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: WELL, THE FIRST ONE WAS 14 FOR JUST TRUSTEE GRIER, RIGHT. 15 MS. JACKSON: YES. 16 VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON: SO I NOMINATED HER, SO 17 I VOTED "YES" FOR TRUSTEE GRIER. 18 TRUSTEE BERG: IT'S UNANIMOUS. IT'S A UNANIMOUS 19 VOTE. 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: THERE WERE TWO NOS. 21 TRUSTEE BERG: AND HOW MANY YEAS? THEN IT'S 22 DONE. 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IT'S DONE. IT'S TWO TO 24 FOUR. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TWO TO FOUR. JANUARY 26, 2012 30 1 TRUSTEE BERG: WE HAVE THE VOTES. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE VOTE IS FOUR TO TWO, SO 3 TRUSTEE GRIER IS THE VICE PRESIDENT. 4 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 5 ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA. 6 COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? 7 COUNSEL DICKEY: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE A 8 NUMBER OF CHANGES TO THE AGENDA. 9 THE FIRST AS TO ITEM VII, CONCERNING THE 10 DISCUSSION ITEM ON DISCUSSION OF DISTRICT NETWORK 11 SECURITY. THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE DISCUSSION TODAY 12 UNTIL SUCH TIME THE BOARD HAS SUFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE TO 13 DISCUSS THE MATTER. 14 THERE IS ONE REVISED RESOLUTION. THAT'S 15 RESOLUTION B4, "AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE NEW CONTRACTS AND 16 MODIFY EXISTING CONTRACTS." 17 AND THERE ARE SIX ADDED RESOLUTIONS. B1(A), 18 "ADOPTION OF NONRESIDENT TUITION FEE RATE OF $187 PER UNIT 19 FOR SUMMER 2012 AND FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013. NO INCREASE 20 FROM THE CURRENT YEAR." 21 ITEM B1(B), "APPROVAL TO SOLICIT AND RECEIVE 22 BIDS FOR SERVICES OF A PRIVATE FIRM TO ASSIST IN THE 23 ACTIVITIES RELATED TO HIRING A NEW CHANCELLOR, AND 24 APPROPRIATION OF UP TO $150,000 FOR ALL ACTIVITIES RELATED 25 TO HIRING A NEW CHANCELLOR FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY JANUARY 26, 2012 31 1 COLLEGE DISTRICT DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY 27TH, 2012 2 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH 2012." 3 ITEM S5, "THE APPOINTMENT OF RAFAEL MANDELMAN TO 4 THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT'S CITIZENS' 5 BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE." 6 ITEM S6, "CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF 7 TRUSTEES FULLY SUPPORTS THE 2012 MILLIONAIRES' TAX AS A 8 WAY TO RESTORE EDUCATION FUNDING FOR REHIRING TEACHERS, 9 FUNDING FOR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, AND RESTORING THE 10 CALIFORNIA HIGHER EDUCATION MASTER PLAN." 11 ITEM S7, "CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF 12 TRUSTEES EXPRESSES ITS PROFOUND GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION 13 TO THE CHINESE COMMUNITY FOR RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF THE 14 COLLEGE AND RAISING THE $800,000 TO BENEFIT THE NEW 15 CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH CAMPUS IN EIGHT WEEKS FROM THE 16 ENTIRE CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY." 17 AND ITEM S8, "RESOLUTION TO HONOR THE LATE 18 WALTER JOHNSON FOR HIS PROFOUND AND INSPIRING LEADERSHIP 19 IN THE SAN FRANCISCO LABOR COMMUNITY." 20 THAT COMPLETES THE RESTITUTION OF THE CHANGES 21 AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 23 IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS 24 AGENDA? 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: MOVE TO ADOPT. JANUARY 26, 2012 32 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A SECOND? 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: SECOND. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG; 4 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARKS. 5 IS FROM A DISCUSSION? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE BERG. 8 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 9 ON BEHALF OF TRUSTEE WONG WHO IS ILL TONIGHT, I 10 TOLD HIM I WOULD SPEAK ON BEHALF OF S7. AND IT'S SIMPLY 11 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHINESE COMMUNITY FOR HAVING RAISED AN 12 EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE SPACE OF ONE WEEK. 13 SO THEY MATCHED THE GRANT. THE CHALLENGE GRANT WAS 14 MATCHED. AND THEY'VE GOT MONEY TO REALLY GET STARTED NOW, 15 AND WE REALLY WANT TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO THANK THE 16 COMMUNITY PROFUSELY FOR DIGGING VERY DEEP IN YOUR POCKETS. 17 AND IT WAS REALLY -- WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL 18 BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ICON FOREVER. IT'S GOING 19 TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S JUST SO SPECTACULAR. EVERY TIME I 20 GO NEAR THAT CAMPUS, I JUST STOP DEAD IN AWE. IT'S 21 WONDERFUL. IT'S WONDERFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S 22 WONDERFUL FOR THE COLLEGE. AND I REALLY HIGHLY COMMEND 23 YOU ALL AS A COMMUNITY FOR PULLING TOGETHER, SO THANK YOU. 24 AND IT'S GOING TO BE SO WORTH WHILE. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 25 IT OPENS. THANK YOU ALL. JANUARY 26, 2012 33 1 OKAY, THANK YOU. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 3 ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? 4 PUBLIC COMMENT? 5 TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 8 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 9 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 16 OKAY, THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 17 WITH THE BOARD'S PERMISSION, I WOULD LIKE TO 18 SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE RESOLUTION S1 OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE WE 19 HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE WAITING FOR THAT. 20 COUNSEL, COULD YOU READ THE TITLE OF S1, PLEASE. 21 COUNSEL DICKEY: ITEM S1 IS A "RESOLUTION TO 22 ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECOGNIZE THE CITY COLLEGE OF SAN 23 FRANCISCO FOOTBALL TEAM, HEAD FOOTBALL COACH GEORGE RUSH, 24 OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR DANIEL HAYES, DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR 25 ANTHONY FELICIANO, AND THE ENTIRE COACHING STAFF." JANUARY 26, 2012 34 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS 2 RESOLUTION? 3 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SO MOVED. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A SECOND? 5 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: SECOND. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IT'S ON THE TABLE. 7 MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON; SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 8 DISCUSSION? 9 TRUSTEE BERG. 10 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, IT PRETTY MUCH SAYS WHAT WE 11 FEEL. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL FOOTBALL TEAM, AN ABSOLUTELY 12 INCREDIBLE STAFF THAT WORKS WITH THAT TEAM. AND IT GIVES 13 US ALL A LOT OF JOY, NOT TO MENTION GREAT SATURDAY 14 AFTERNOONS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU ARE A LOT NICER THAN 15 THE 49ERS. 16 SO WE REALLY -- WE HIGHLY COMMEND YOU. YOU ARE 17 SUCCESSFUL. YOU ARE WONDERFUL. AND YOU REALLY DO A GOOD 18 JOB. IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK. HAVING BEEN THE DEAN OF 19 THAT DEPARTMENT, I CAN ATTEST FOR THE FACT THAT IT IS 20 REALLY A LOT OF HARD WORK. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: GO RAMS. 22 TRUSTEE GRIER -- OR TRUSTEE FANG, I'M SORRY, WAS 23 AHEAD. 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES, OF COURSE, I WOULD 25 LIKE TO ECHO TRUSTEE BERG'S COMMENT. BUT TO ADD, I WAS JANUARY 26, 2012 35 1 THERE AT THE GAME THAT DAY. IT WAS -- IT WAS SENSATIONAL. 2 IT WAS AWESOME. PLUS THE FACT THAT I FINISHED A BORING, 3 BORING REGION 3 MEETING FOR STUDENT SENATE AND THEN TO BE 4 ABLE TO COME TO THE GAME AND WATCH US WIN THAT THING, IT 5 WAS GREAT. SO, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THE 6 RESOLUTION. YOU GUYS ALL DESERVE IT. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE GRIER. 8 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT 9 RIZZO. 10 I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND ALL OF THE HARD WORK ON 11 THE PART OF THE STAFF, FACULTY, AND THE TEAM. IT WAS 12 WONDERFUL GOING TO THE GAMES FROM THE BEGINNING TIL THE 13 END. I DON'T REMEMBER, AND YOU WILL HAVE TO HELP ME WITH 14 THIS, COACH RUSH. 15 WHEN WE DID WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, 16 WHETHER OR NOT WE ALWAYS HAD THIS FLAWLESS RECORD OF 17 WINNING ALL OF THE GAMES. THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST EXCITING 18 OF ALL THE GAMES THAT I'VE GONE TO OVER THE 12 SEASONS 19 THAT I HAVE BEEN ON THIS BOARD. IT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL. 20 THE HARD WORK ON THE PART OF THE PLAYERS. 21 AND YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT THE PARENTS, THE 22 COMMUNITY WAS 100 PERCENT BEHIND YOU. I'VE NEVER SEEN SO 23 MANY PEOPLE AT OUR GAMES. I MEAN EVEN STARTING FROM THE 24 BEGINNING. I THINK THEY MUST HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING THAT I 25 DIDN'T KNOW, AND THAT WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO WIN. JANUARY 26, 2012 36 1 SO I SAY CONGRATULATIONS, AND I WAS SO HAPPY TO 2 BE A PART OF IT. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 4 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU 5 KNOW, ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS. EVERYBODY KNOWS MY 6 FEELINGS ABOUT, ESPECIALLY OUR P.E. AND ATHLETIC 7 DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, THE KIDS THEY TAKE OUT OF THE 8 NEIGHBORHOODS AND, YOU KNOW, GET THEM TO CCSF, YOU KNOW, 9 AND GET THEM TRANSFERRED TO FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES. 10 BUT I ACTUALLY WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THESE 11 EXPERIENCES. YOU KNOW, WAKING UP AT, YOU KNOW, 5:00, 6:00 12 A.M. GOING TO PRACTICE. YOU KNOW, SOME TWO A DAY. I 13 THINK THOSE TWO A DAYS ARE BANNED ALMOST NOW. BUT, YOU 14 KNOW, DOING SOME OF THOSE TWO A DAYS IN. 15 YOU KNOW, JUST THE DEDICATION OF DAY IN AND DAY 16 OUT, YOU KNOW, AND PRACTICE AND SEEING THIS COME TO 17 FRUITION. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE EXPERIENCES THAT THOSE 18 YOUNG MEN ARE GOING TO TAKE FOREVER. WHEN THEY ARE GOING 19 TO BE TELLING THOSE KIDS, YEAH, I REMEMBER IN 2011 WE WON 20 THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL 21 ABOUT. YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO SEE WHAT TEAMWORK. IT'S 22 NOT JUST -- FOOTBALL IS THE ULTIMATE TEAM SPORT. AND IT'S 23 NOT JUST ABOUT ONE PERSON, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE ENTIRE TEAM. 24 AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE LIFELONG LESSONS. 25 AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, FROM THE JANUARY 26, 2012 37 1 BOTTOM OF MY HEART, YOU KNOW, AND FROM THE BOARD OF 2 TRUSTEE'S HEARTS, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR 3 VICTORY AND, HOPEFULLY, GET MANY, MANY, MANY MORE. THANK 4 YOU. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: COACH RUSH, WHY DON'T YOU COME 6 TO THE PODIUM. 7 MR. RUSH: CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN, PRESIDENT RIZZO, 8 TRUSTEES MEMBERS, WE ARE VERY, VERY HONORED TO BE HERE 9 TONIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE ME ABOUT 10 FIVE MINUTES OF INDULGENCE. THERE'S SOME THINGS I WOULD 11 REALLY LIKE TO SAY THAT I THINK ARE REALLY RELEVANT TO 12 THIS COLLEGE. 13 FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE MEN 14 THAT ARE HERE. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS DANNY HAYES, WHO 15 IS THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION. HE IS OUR 16 OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. OUR OFFENSE 17 LED THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BOTH IN TEAM OFFENSE AVERAGING 18 520 YEARS YARDS A GAME AND A TEAM SCORING AVERAGING 48 19 POINTS A GAME. DANNY DID A MARVELOUS JOB PUTTING THAT 20 TOGETHER. 21 JIMMY COLLINS, WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND REAL 22 QUICK. JIMMY IS ONE OF OUR FORMER STARTING QUARTERBACKS 23 AND TRANSFERRED TO PORTLAND STATE, GRADUATED, AND IS NOW A 24 PART-TIME FACULTY MEMBER HERE AND IS OUR QUARTERBACK 25 COACH. JANUARY 26, 2012 38 1 BUT THE REAL MESSAGE IS THE MEN THAT ARE HERE IN 2 FRONT OF YOU. I MEAN IT'S OUR JOB. IT'S WHAT WE DO. 3 IT'S OUR CHOSEN VOCATION. 4 THE MARVELOUS THING ABOUT CITY COLLEGE, AND I'VE 5 SAID IT BEFORE WHEN I HEAR, IS CITY COLLEGE IS A COLLEGE 6 OF OPPORTUNITY. OKAY, MOST OF THESE MEN ARE HERE BECAUSE 7 OF ACADEMIC REASONS. THEY WERE OVERLOOKED COMING OUT OF 8 HIGH SCHOOL, BUT CITY COLLEGE IS THE PLACE THEY CAME TO 9 THAT OPENED THE DOOR FOR SUCCESS. AND EACH OF THESE GUYS 10 HAS A GREAT SUCCESS STORY. 11 AND I THINK I AM GOING TO REALLY CAPSULIZE IT, 12 BUT AS I -- JUST RAISE YOUR HAND SO EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU. 13 ROMAN RUNNER IS OUR STARTING WIDE RECEIVER. HE 14 IS FROM BRENTWOOD, CALIFORNIA. AND IT APPEARS THAT HE 15 WILL BE RECEIVING A SCHOLARSHIP TO BOWLING GREEN 16 UNIVERSITY. 17 TAMASAMOA TAUAI IS OUR STARTING DEFENSIVE 18 TACKLE. HE IS A FRESHMAN, SO I WON'T WORRY ABOUT WHERE HE 19 IS TRANSFERRING TO NOW. I AM JUST HAPPY THAT HE IS BACK 20 WITH US. BUT HE WAS A SENSATIONAL PLAYER FOR US THIS 21 YEAR. 22 BLAIR WISHOM IS OUR STARTING SAFETY, TWO-YEAR 23 STARTER. HE STARTED 24 GAMES FOR US. HE IS FROM DE LA 24 SALLE IN CONCORD. AND HE JUST ACCEPTED A FULL SCHOLARSHIP 25 TO NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY. JANUARY 26, 2012 39 1 IN THE BACK ROW IS DANIEL MCKINNEY WHO IS REALLY 2 THE STAR OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. HE CAUGHT THE 3 WINNING TOUCHDOWN PASS WITH 40 SECONDS TO GO IN THE GAME. 4 AND DANIEL HAS ACCEPTED A SCHOLARSHIP TO WEST VIRGINIA 5 UNIVERSITY. 6 IN THE FRONT, LOOKING LIKE HE IS TOM BRADY, IS 7 OUR TOM BRADY, TURNER BATY. TURNER IS AN AMAZING 8 STATISTIC AS A FRESHMAN. NOW THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. HE 9 IS A FRESHMAN. HE THREW 35 TOUCHDOWN PASSES, RAN FOR 10 SEVEN AGAINST SIX INTERCEPTIONS AND THREW FOR 3,500 YARDS 11 AND IS VISITING UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS THIS WEEKEND AND PENN 12 STATE NEXT WEEKEND AND WILL ACCEPT A SCHOLARSHIP AT ONE OF 13 THOSE TWO UNIVERSITIES. 14 AND ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE PLAYERS OF ALL TIME 15 BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING GUYS I'VE EVER 16 HAD. HE PLAYS AS HARD AS HE CAN. HE DOES EVERYTHING AS 17 HARD AS HE CAN. AND TODAY ACCEPTED A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO 18 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY IS OUR STARTING DEFENSIVE END MARCUS 19 PIERCE-BREWSTER, MARCUS. 20 AND TO ME, MY MESSAGE TO THE BOARD, TO OUR 21 FACULTY, AND OUR STAFF THAT ARE HERE, TO OUR PUBLIC, OUR 22 FANS, IS THIS IS CITY COLLEGE. THIS IS THE VERY, VERY, 23 VERY BEST WE HAVE TO OFFER. I AM SO PROUD OF THESE GUYS. 24 I AM SO PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I AM PROUD OF 25 WHAT THEY DO IN SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ACADEMIC JANUARY 26, 2012 40 1 WHEREWITHAL TO ACCEPT THE SCHOLARSHIPS, NOT JUST PLAY 2 GREAT FOOTBALL. 3 I AM VERY PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND 4 NOT EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, STARTED LIFE ON EQUAL FOOTING. 5 AND SOME OF THESE GUYS, THE HURDLES THEY CAME OVER IN 6 ATHLETICS MAY HAVE BEEN THE DOOR, THE AVENUE THAT THEY 7 PASSED. 8 AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND 9 OUR ADMINISTRATION FOR THE SUPPORT THEY HAVE GIVEN OUR 10 ATHLETIC PROGRAM, NOT JUST FOOTBALL OVER THE YEARS, 11 BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN HUNDREDS OF HUNDREDS 12 OF LIVES AND TURN PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL 13 INTO HUGE SUCCESS STORIES. AND AGAIN, TO ME THAT IS THE 14 CITY COLLEGE STORY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WAIT. HOLD ON. 16 TRUSTEE MARKS. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: COACH RUSH AND ALL OF THE GUYS 18 WHO ARE HERE, I COULDN'T MAKE IT TO ANY GAMES THIS YEAR. 19 I AM -- I REGRET THAT. YOU KNOW, I HAD SOME HEALTH 20 PROBLEMS. AND ANYBODY KNOWS THAT I'VE HAD HEALTH 21 PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY YOU, COACH RUSH AND COACH DAN HAYES. 22 BUT I WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU PEOPLE THAT I DO 23 REGRET HAVING NOT SEEN YOU IN ACTION. BUT I WANT TO 24 CONGRATULATE YOU TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND TO 25 VOTE "AYE" FOR THIS RESOLUTION. I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN JANUARY 26, 2012 41 1 ACTION NEXT YEAR, BUT I WILL BE THERE. THANKS. 2 MR. RUSH: THANK YOU. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE 4 PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO, THEY SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE 5 49ERS. THEY SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT CAL AND STANFORD 6 BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE CITY COLLEGE RAMS TO BE PROUD OF. 7 AND I WANTED TO JUST READ A FEW OF THE THINGS IN 8 THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE THEY'RE WORTH REPEATING. I WON'T 9 READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT OUR TEAM WON THE 2011 CALIFORNIA 10 COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY 11 WERE THEN PROCLAIMED THE 2011 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. THIS IS 12 THE SEVENTH TITLE OF NATIONAL CHAMPION SINCE 1994 AND THE 13 NINTH IN THE HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL. THEY HAD A PERFECT 14 SEASON IN 2011. THEY RANKED FIRST IN THE STATE OF 15 CALIFORNIA IN BOTH TEAM OFFENSE AND TEAM DEFENSE AVERAGING 16 519.5 YARDS AND 44.8 POINTS PER GAME. AND HEAD COACH 17 GEORGE RUSH WAS NAMED CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 18 FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION COACH OF THE YEAR, AS WELL AS 19 THE -- 20 (APPLAUSE INTERRUPTION.) 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- AS WELL AS THE NORCAL 22 CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR. 23 SO THIS IS THE RESOLUTION, TRUSTEES, THAT WE ARE 24 ABOUT TO VOTE ON, AND I URGE YOUR SUPPORT. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER. JANUARY 26, 2012 42 1 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: IN ADDITION TO OUR VOTE, 2 COULD WE TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE WINNING TEAM. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. 4 IS THERE A CAMERA? 5 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: YEAH, THERE'S A CAMERA. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY 7 PUBLIC COMMENT? 8 OKAY, TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): IT WOULD BE AN 10 HONOR TO GO FIRST, AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 13 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 20 OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. 21 SO TRUSTEE GRIER WOULD LIKE US TO TAKE A PICTURE 22 AND HOW DO WE DO IT? 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE HAVE TO GO OVER THERE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OVER THERE, ALL RIGHT. 25 (PHOTO WAS TAKEN.) JANUARY 26, 2012 43 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 2 OKAY. 3 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: DID YOU GET MY NOTE? 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOU WANTED TO TAKE RESOLUTION 5 S8 OUT OF ORDER? 6 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: YES. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. 8 TRUSTEES, I WOULD ALSO AFTER S8, I WOULD LIKE TO 9 TAKE THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT NEXT BECAUSE THERE ARE 10 PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT AS WELL. 11 SO TRUSTEE GRIER. 12 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: THANK YOU. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WAIT. LET ME TAKE A MOTION. 14 MOTION BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 15 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: TO TAKE S8 OUT OF ORDER. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TO APPROVE S8, WE HAVE TO PUT 17 IT ON THE TABLE. 18 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: OKAY. 19 COUNSEL DICKEY: SHOULD I READ THE -- 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, READ IT PLEASE, YEAH. 21 COUNSEL DICKEY: OKAY. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 23 COUNSEL DICKEY: ITEM S8 IS A "RESOLUTION TO 24 HONOR THE LATE WALTER JOHNSON FOR HIS PROFOUND AND 25 INSPIRING LEADERSHIP IN THE SAN FRANCISCO LABOR JANUARY 26, 2012 44 1 COMMUNITY." 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION FOR 3 THAT? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. I MOVE S8. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 6 SECOND? 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER. 10 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: THANK YOU. 11 IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO CO-WRITE THIS PROCLAMATION 12 ON BEHALF OF WALTER JOHNSON. I WANT TO READ THIS 13 PROCLAMATION TO YOU BECAUSE IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US, THE 14 COLLEGE AND TO THE BOARD ALL OF THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT 15 BROTHER JOHNSON DID WITH CITY COLLEGE. HE WAS ACTIVE IN 16 ALL AREAS. THE MOST RECENT OR THE LONGEST RUNNING ONE WAS 17 THE KIND OF SUPPORT HE GAVE TO THE CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH 18 CAMPUS. 19 AND THE LAST TIME WE WENT OUT AND HAD FUN WAS AT 20 AFT 2121'S CHRISTMAS PARTY. HE WAS THERE. HE WAS JOVIAL. 21 HE WAS ALWAYS THE HIT OF THE PARTY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO 22 READ THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CITY 23 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO IN RECOGNITION FOR THE MANY 24 CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY WALTER JOHNSON. 25 "WHEREAS, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SAN JANUARY 26, 2012 45 1 FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT WISHES TO CONVEY TO 2 THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF BROTHER WALTER JOHNSON OUR DEEP 3 APPRECIATION FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS, NOT ONLY TO THE LABOR 4 COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT DIVERSE CITY, BUT ALSO 5 TO OUR ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; AND 6 "WHEREAS, WALTER JOHNSON WAS A GREAT HUMAN BEING 7 WHO SERVED THE PEOPLE WITH HIS INTELLECT, HUMANITY AND 8 WIT. WHENEVER WE NEEDED HIM, HE WAS ALWAYS THERE; AND 9 "WHEREAS, WALTER OPPOSED UNDECLARED, IMMORAL 10 WARS AND STRUGGLED HIS ENTIRE LIFE FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN 11 RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY. HE KNEW THAT POLITICAL 12 DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY ARE INSEPARABLE; AND 13 "WHEREAS, HIS RELIGIOUS FAITH AND UNION 14 PRINCIPLES BROUGHT HIM RESPECT FROM THOSE WHO DIDN'T SHARE 15 HIS VIEWS IN EITHER REALM, AND SOME OBSERVED THAT A 16 UNIONIST WHO DIDN'T SMOKE, DRINK OR SWEAR COULD NEVER LEAD 17 THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO OR ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT 18 WALTER CONSISTENTLY, BRILLIANTLY AND HUMANELY PROVED US 19 WRONG; AND 20 "WHEREAS, HE WAS OUR LEADER, MENTOR AND FRIEND. 21 WE SALUTE AND THANK HIM FOR MAKING US BETTER AND WISER 22 PEOPLE; AND 23 "WHEREAS, WALTER WAS MODEST AND DEFERENTIAL 24 TOWARD TEACHERS. FROM HIS LIFE RATHER THAN FROM SCHOLARS, 25 OR IDEOLOGUES OR PHILOSOPHERS, WE HAVE A BETTER JANUARY 26, 2012 46 1 UNDERSTANDING OF THE POWER AND INTEGRITY OF UNITED 2 STRUGGLES AND THE HUMAN SPIRIT; 3 "THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: THAT THE BOARD OF 4 TRUSTEES HEREBY HONORS AND RECOGNIZES THE LATE WALTER 5 JOHNSON FOR HIS PROFOUND AND INSPIRING LEADERSHIP IN THE 6 SAN FRANCISCO LABOR COMMUNITY." 7 AND I HAVE SIGNATURES FROM ALL OF THE BOARD 8 MEMBERS. AND I WILL PRESENT THIS TO HIS FAMILY. THANK 9 YOU. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SO FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO BE 12 ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TO THE RESOLUTION. 13 AND, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO KNOW WALTER AS A 23 YEAR 14 OLD PERSON STARTING AS A RESEARCHER AT THE SAN FRANCISCO 15 LABOR COUNCIL. AND HE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST PERSON I 16 SAW. AND HE SAID, "EXCUSE ME, YOUNG MAN. WHO ARE YOU?" 17 AND THAT'S KIND OF THE STARTER OF OUR RELATIONSHIP. 18 A WEEK LATER HE TOOK ME TO HIS FAVORITE JOINT, 19 YOU KNOW, RED'S HOT DOGS AND GAVE ME A HOT DOG. I 20 ACTUALLY DON'T LIKE HOT DOGS, BUT I WAS LIKE, MAN, I DON'T 21 THINK I CAN REALLY DENY. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I CAN 22 REALLY TELL THIS MAN I DON'T WANT A HOT DOG. AND HE 23 PROCEEDED TO TAKE ME THERE ANOTHER 15 TIMES AND SO EVERY 24 TIME HOT DOG. 25 BUT, YOU KNOW, I LOVE WALTER. HE WAS A GREAT JANUARY 26, 2012 47 1 MAN. AND YOU KNOW, VERY UNCONVENTIONAL. HE HAD A GREAT 2 SENSE OF HUMOR. AND SOMETIMES LABOR ISN'T KNOWN AS HAVING 3 A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE REALLY CARED 4 ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE. HE REALLY CARED ABOUT FOLKS WHO 5 WERE UNDERSERVED. AND HE REALLY, YOU KNOW, AS A MODEL OF 6 HOW THE PROGRESSIVE LABOR MOVEMENT, YOU KNOW, REALLY NEEDS 7 TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. 8 SO, YOU KNOW, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS 9 RESOLUTION. AND HE IS A HUGE LOSS TO THE LABOR MOVEMENT. 10 AND I JUST HOPE THAT WE ALL COULD DO GOOD WORK TO HONOR 11 HIS MEMORY. THANK YOU. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 13 I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH WALTER 14 JOHNSON ON A PROJECT. WE FORMED A NON -- A LITTLE 15 NONPROFIT TOGETHER WITH THE LATE BILL HUFF AND JUSTICE 16 HARRY LOW. AND THE MAIN PURPOSE OF IT WAS TO HONOR THE 17 MEMORY OF PHIL AND SALA BURTON, THE FORMER CONGRESS 18 PEOPLE. AND WALTER WAS VERY DEVOTED TO THAT CAUSE. AND 19 WE PUT ON LITTLE EVENTS TO DO THAT, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS 20 CHASTISING ME FOR NOT WEARING A TIE CLIP. SO I SHOULD 21 HAVE WORE A TIE CLIP TONIGHT IN HIS HONOR, BUT I FORGOT 22 THAT. 23 BUT WALTER WAS A GREAT PERSON IN ADDITION TO, 24 YOU KNOW, ALL HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT 25 WHICH WERE SIGNIFICANT. HE WAS JUST A GREAT PERSON TO BE JANUARY 26, 2012 48 1 AROUND AND HANG OUT WITH. 2 THERE'S SOME PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE ALISA 3 MESSER. 4 MS. MESSER: ALISA MESSER, AFT 2121. 5 I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERING 6 THIS RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF WALTER JOHNSON WHO WAS VERY 7 SPECIAL TO AFT 2121 AND WAS AS TRUSTEE GRIER MENTIONED, WE 8 SAW HIM RECENTLY AT OUR DECEMBER HOLIDAY PARTY, SO MANY 9 FACULTY SAW HIM THEN AS WELL. IT WAS THE LAST TIME WE SAW 10 HIM, AND HE FELL ILL SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. HE WILL BE 11 MISSED QUITE A LOT IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT. 12 AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO REMIND US HE WAS AN 13 AMAZING FRIEND TO CITY COLLEGE. HE LOVED CITY COLLEGE 14 REALLY TRULY DEEPLY. LIKE MANY SAN FRANCISCANS DO, BUT IN 15 A WAY THAT HE DEMONSTRATED IT ALL THE TIME AND TALKED 16 ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, SO THANKS. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE MARKS. 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: I AM CARRYING THIS AROUND IN MY 19 POCKET BECAUSE I CAN'T FIT IT AROUND MY NECK. AND I AM 20 NOT WEARING A TIE CLIP TONIGHT. SO I AM GLAD HE IS NOT 21 HERE, BUT I MISS HIM ANYWAY. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY FURTHER COMMENT? 23 MR. VAN LINK: I DO. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE 25 RECORD, PLEASE. JANUARY 26, 2012 49 1 MR. VAN LINK: GLENN VAN LINK (PHONETIC). 2 ACTUALLY, I'M A MEMBER OF THE CITY COLLEGE LABOR CHORUS. 3 WALTER WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF OUR CLASS AND THE CHORUS. 4 WE HAD OUR SEMESTER -- END OF SEMESTER SONGS CONCERTS. HE 5 AND HIS WIFE WERE ALWAYS THERE. IT WAS QUITE AN ABRUPT 6 AND TRAGIC NEWS. AND I AM VERY -- AS A MEMBER OF SEIU, AS 7 A FORMER CHAPTER OFFICER, IN THE ABSENCE OF OUR CURRENT 8 CHAPTER PRESIDENT, I WOULD ALSO GIVE SEIU'S CHAPTER THANK 9 YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 11 MS. JACKSON. 12 MS. JACKSON: WHILE I WAS SITTING THERE, I WAS 13 THINKING ABOUT YOUR RESOLUTION. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO 14 AMEND YOUR RESOLUTION TO ADD, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THE 15 COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS, THE TEACHERS, EVERYONE 16 THAT HE WORKED WITH. I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR LIKE 50 YEARS, 17 AND I KNOW WHAT HE REPRESENTED. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU 18 TO ALSO ADD "AND THE COMMUNITY." 19 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: MOTHER JACKSON -- 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 21 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: -- WE HEARD YOU, AND WE 22 WILL ADD THAT TO THE RESOLUTION. 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON: THANK YOU. 24 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: THE PROCLAMATION. THANK 25 YOU. JANUARY 26, 2012 50 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY FURTHER PUBLIC 2 COMMENT? 3 SO I WILL TAKE THAT AS A MOTION TO ADD THAT TO 4 THE RESOLUTION. 5 IS THERE A SECOND? 6 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 8 DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT? 9 PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AMENDMENT? 10 OKAY, STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG, ON THE AMENDMENT, 11 HOW DO YOU VOTE? 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 14 THE AMENDMENT, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 15 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 16 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE 19 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 23 OKAY, THE AMENDMENT IS INCLUDED IN THE 24 RESOLUTION. 25 FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE RESOLUTION? JANUARY 26, 2012 51 1 SEEING NONE, TRUSTEE FANG. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 5 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE 8 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 12 OKAY, THE RESOLUTION CARRIES. 13 THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GRIER, FOR BRINGING THIS TO 14 US. 15 OKAY, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THE MONTHLY 16 FINANCIAL REPORT OUT OF ORDER, ITEM X BECAUSE IT'S A VERY 17 IMPORTANT ISSUE THIS MONTH. 18 TRUSTEES, I'M SORRY. VICE CHANCELLOR, WE HAVE A 19 GUEST HERE. S5 THE APPOINTMENT OF RAFAEL MANDELMAN TO THE 20 CITIZENS' BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. HE IS HERE. AND IF 21 WE COULD TAKE THIS OUT OF ORDER FIRST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 22 INDULGENCE. 23 TRUSTEE MARKS: SO MOVED. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE MARKS. 25 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. JANUARY 26, 2012 52 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 2 IS THERE A DISCUSSION? 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: THIS IS -- THANK YOU. 4 THIS IS MY APPOINTMENT OF RAFAEL MANDLEMAN WHO 5 IS TAKING THE PLACE OF MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN WHO SERVED OUT 6 HIS TERM ADMIRABLY IN SPITE OF THE -- HIS ILLNESS. HE 7 COULDN'T HAVE GONE ON MUCH LONGER, BUT THIS IS HIS 8 REPLACEMENT. 9 THIS IS -- HE'S WELL QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION. 10 HE'S RECEIVED DEGREES FROM YALE, HARVARD, THE UNIVERSITY 11 OF CALIFORNIA, AND I THINK THAT HE WILL BE A WELCOME 12 ADDITION TO THE CITIZENS' BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THANK 13 YOU. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 15 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 16 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE BERG. 18 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, I WILL ALSO SPEAK IN FAVOR 19 OF MR. MANDLEMAN. I KNOW HIM WELL. AND I'VE WORKED WITH 20 HIM ON A NUMBER OF BOARDS. AND I KNOW THAT HE WILL BE A 21 GREAT ASSET AND WILL BE WELL QUALIFIED TO DEAL WITH THE 22 BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. WE ARE VERY HONORED AND PLEASED 23 TO HAVE YOU JOIN US. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WOULD LIKE TO THANK TRUSTEE 25 MARKS FOR NOMINATING MR. MANDLEMAN. AND I WOULD LIKE TO JANUARY 26, 2012 53 1 THANK MR. MANDLEMAN FOR ACCEPTING. AS EVERYONE KNOWS, I 2 BELIEVE THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS A VERY IMPORTANT 3 FUNCTION OF OUR DISTRICT BOND PROGRAM, OUR CAPITAL 4 PROGRAM. THE MEETINGS ARE NOT THE MOST EXCITING MEETINGS. 5 I WAS ON IT MYSELF. BUT I THINK IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT 6 ROLE THAT THEY PLAY TO ENSURE TO THE TAXPAYERS THAT THINGS 7 ARE GOING AS THEY SHOULD BE. 8 SO IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS MOTION? 9 TRUSTEE NGO: I -- 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, TRUSTEE NGO. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: I HAVE CONCERNS THAT THE HARVARD, 12 YALE, AND CAL DEGREES JUST AREN'T ENOUGH. THERE SHOULD BE 13 SOME OTHER TEST, STANDARDIZED TEST OR SOMETHING THAT WE 14 SHOULD USE FOR THIS COMMITTEE. 15 I KNOW RAFAEL AS WELL. I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC 16 NOMINATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM ON THIS 17 VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND I JUST WANT TO DIDDY THIS 19 OUT A LITTLE BIT HERE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW MICHAEL 20 GOLDSTEIN. HE REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUSHED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY 21 ON THAT BOARD. HE, YOU KNOW, REALLY I THINK ON HIS TENURE 22 HAD ONE OF THE BEST, YOU KNOW, BOND OVERSIGHT REPORTS TO 23 THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE EVER HAD, AND I REALLY TRULY 24 BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, RAFAEL MANDLEMAN WILL REALLY SERVE IN 25 THAT SAME SPIRIT IN TERMS -- AND IN THESE DAYS, WE JANUARY 26, 2012 54 1 DEFINITELY NEED A LOT OF ACCOUNTABILITY ON THIS BOARD. 2 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROPOSED SERVICE. AND YOU 3 KNOW, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU HAD EDUCATION AT YALE, 4 HARVARD, AND BOLT, FANCY, FANCY. 5 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE GRIER. 7 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: I WOULD LIKE TO JUST 8 CONGRATULATE MR. MANDLEMAN ON BEING ON THIS BOARD. 9 I KNOW HIM FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND I DIDN'T 10 REALIZE IT WAS YOU. SO WELCOME. I THINK YOU WILL BE A 11 GREAT ADDITION TO OUR BOARD, OUR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. AND 12 WILL WORK AS HARD AS I SEE YOU WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY 13 WITH THE LGBT COMMUNITY AND WORKING ON THE BOARD OF 14 APPEALS AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. AND THE CENTRAL 15 COMMITTEE, THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE I KNOW YOU FROM. SO 16 WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? 18 MR. MANDLEMAN: THERE IS. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT, MR. MANDLEMAN, I 20 WAS JUST GOING TO INVITE YOU UP, BUT PLEASE COME UP. 21 MR. MANDLEMAN: I WILL TRY TO GET UP WITHOUT 22 TRIPPING. 23 I JUST WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE MARKS AND THANK ALL 24 OF YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I 25 AM HONORED TO BE TAKING MICHAEL'S SPOT. JANUARY 26, 2012 55 1 AND NOW MORE THAN EVER, I THINK SAN FRANCISCANS 2 WANT TO HAVE FAITH IN THEIR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. AND I 3 THINK THIS OVERSIGHT BOARD OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP 4 MAINTAIN FAITH IN ONE OF OUR GREATEST PACIFIC INSTITUTIONS 5 WHICH IS CITY COLLEGE, SO THANKS A LOT. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 7 OKAY, SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, NO FURTHER 8 PUBLIC COMMENT. 9 TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE. 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 13 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 20 OKAY, THE MOTION IS CARRIED. MR. MANDLEMAN IS 21 APPOINTED. THANK YOU. 22 SO LET US NOW MOVE TO THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL 23 REPORT. 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BY THE WAY, MR. MANDLEMAN, THE 25 COMMITTEE IS MEETING ON FEBRUARY 8TH FOUR O'CLOCK HERE IN JANUARY 26, 2012 56 1 THIS ROOM. 2 MR. MANDLEMAN: LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU 3 THERE. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SORRY I THINK I MESSED THAT UP. 5 EACH BOARD MEMBER HAS A STAPLED PACKET THAT I AM 6 GOING TO USE FOR TODAY. JOHN'S HELPING ME HAND OUT THE 7 SAME MATERIAL TO THE AUDIENCE. 8 I WILL START OUT BY SAYING IT IS CERTAINLY NO 9 FUN TO BE A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEE ON THIS SUBJECT 10 THESE DAYS BUDGET. I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE HANDING YOU 11 EACH A CRASH HELMET BEFORE I SPEAK ABOUT IT. 12 BUT THE NEWS AS IT IS, THE FIRST PAGE THAT YOU 13 SEE WHICH THE AUDIENCE IS ALSO RECEIVING IS AN E-MAIL THAT 14 SCOTT LAY FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE PUBLISHED ON 15 JANUARY THE 18TH WHERE IN THE MOST IMPORTANT PART FOR THE 16 CURRENT YEAR, HE INDICATED IN A PARAGRAPH IN BOLD WHEN HE 17 SPEAKS ABOUT THESE FINANCE ISSUES. 18 QUOTE, "THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE WILL SOON 19 PROVIDE DISTRICTS WITH A VERY SIGNIFICANT ONE-TIME DEFICIT 20 FACTOR FOR THE CURRENT YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, POSSIBLY IN 21 THE 2 TO 2.5 PERCENT RANGE." 22 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 23 WHEN THE BOARD ADOPTED A BUDGET BACK IN 24 SEPTEMBER FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAD BEEN WARNED BY THE STATE 25 CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AS YOU WILL SEE ON THE BACK OF THE JANUARY 26, 2012 57 1 NEXT SHEET. THE OTHER SHEET THAT'S GOING AROUND IS AN 2 E-MAIL FROM DAN TROY, AND IT'S ON THE BACK OF THAT. THAT 3 THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE BELIEVED THAT THE ESTIMATED 4 TOTAL STATEWIDE FOR STUDENT FEES WAS HIGHER THAN IT REALLY 5 WOULD TURN OUT TO BE. 6 AND AS A RESULT, SINCE WE HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL 7 PROTECTION WHEN PROPERTY TAX OR STUDENT FEES ARE SHORT, 8 THAT COLLEGES SHOULD PLAN ON THAT. AND IN FACT, SHOULD 9 USE THAT LITTLE COMPLICATED DECIMAL NUMBER THERE .99548485 10 OR IN OTHER WORDS DEDUCT BETWEEN FOUR -- NEARLY A HALF OF 11 1 PERCENT OFF OF THE MONEY YOU THINK YOU ARE GETTING FROM 12 US EVEN AFTER THE BIG STATE CUT OR REPHRASED, YOU ARE 13 BEING CUT A LOT THIS YEAR. AND YOU CAN'T EVEN COUNT ON 14 THAT FULL AMOUNT THAT YOU ARE LEFT WITH AFTER THAT. 15 SO WE DID ACTUALLY BOOK THAT NUMBER, BUT THAT'S 16 A HALF OF 1 PERCENT. AND MR. LAY'S E-MAIL SAID TWO TO TWO 17 AND A HALF PERCENT. AND WHILE THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A 18 LOT, THAT'S ON A BASE OF OVER $150 MILLION FOR CITY 19 COLLEGE. SO IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 20 AND THEN IN THE E-MAIL DATED THIS WEEK 21 JANUARY 24TH FROM DAN TROY, CURRENT YEAR DEFICIT. 22 MR. TROY IS THE FINANCE PERSON FOR THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S 23 OFFICE. HE ANNOUNCED TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACROSS THE 24 STATE IN THE MIDDLE PARAGRAPH. 25 IT LOOKS LIKE EVEN THAT ESTIMATE WAS OPTIMISTIC JANUARY 26, 2012 58 1 AS FEES ARE RUNNING MORE THAN $100 MILLION BELOW THE 2 BUDGETED ESTIMATE. A SHORTAGE OF $100 MILLION WOULD 3 EQUATE TO A DEFICIT OF APPROXIMATELY 1.8 PERCENT. THIS IS 4 IN ADDITION TO THE $30 MILLION TIER 1 TRIGGER DEFICIT. 5 THE TWO COMBINED EQUATE TO A CURRENT YEAR HIT OF ABOUT 2.4 6 PERCENT. 7 NOW BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR 8 BUDGET, WE ACTUALLY BOOKED THE TIER 1 TRIGGER CUT. WE 9 DEDUCTED THAT FROM ANY MONEY SO THE FACT THAT THAT IS 10 HAPPENING NOW DOES NOT IMPACT OUR ESTIMATE OF OUR OWN 11 MONEY, BUT THE REST OF IT DOES. 12 AND SO SPECIFICALLY, THE 1.8 PERCENT FIGURE THAT 13 HE IS ALLUDING TO, THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND 1.8 PERCENT 14 DEFICIT FACTOR MEANS WE WOULD LOSE ANOTHER $2 MILLION, 15 EFFECTIVE NOW IN THE CURRENT YEAR WITH -- YOU CAN QUICKLY 16 SEE THE CALENDAR IN FRONT OF YOUR HEAD, JUST A FEW MONTHS 17 LEFT BEFORE THE YEAR IS OVER. CERTAINLY NOT THE KIND OF 18 NEWS THAT WE NEEDED OR I'M SURE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY 19 COLLEGE. 20 WE'VE GOT MORE HANDOUTS COMING. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO IS THE DEFICIT FACTOR 22 1.8 PERCENT OR THE 2.5 PERCENT THAT SCOTT LAY -- 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH, WHEN -- IT'S -- THEY ARE 24 ACTUALLY CLOSE, THE 2.4, 2.5. BUT IN FACT ONE PIECE OF 25 THAT WE HAD ALREADY DEDUCTED. AND I GUESS NOT EVERY JANUARY 26, 2012 59 1 COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAD, WHICH IS WHY HE TOOK THE TROUBLE TO 2 POINT THAT OUT IN HIS MEMO. 3 I CALLED HIM AFTER I SENT IT OUT AND MADE DOUBLY 4 SURE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT THING THAT THE 5 TIER 1 CUT THAT WE HAD DEDUCTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 6 YEAR WAS THE SAME CUT HE IS TALKING ABOUT IN HIS MEMO. 7 SO THE PART THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, GOING 8 BACK TO HIS MEMO, IS THE 1.8 PERCENT AND NOT THE 9 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1.8 AND THE 2.4. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: GOT IT. 11 SO WE ARE LOOKING AT -- WE HAVE TO FIND -- 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: ANOTHER $2 MILLION. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANOTHER $2 MILLION BETWEEN NOW 14 AND JUNE. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. AND I WILL PROVIDE A 16 LITTLE DETAIL ON THAT. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 19 SADLY, AND EVERYONE KNOWS THIS. THIS IS NOT THE 20 FIRST CUT OR THE SECOND CUT OR THE THIRD CUT WE'VE GOTTEN 21 FROM THE STATE IN RECENT YEARS. 22 SO THE NEXT HANDOUT I HAVE IS A SUMMARY OF STATE 23 CUTS SINCE THE START OF THE RECESSION. AND THERE ARE FOUR 24 BOXES I'VE OUTLINED ON THAT CHART. 25 ONE TALKS ABOUT OUR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS. AND JANUARY 26, 2012 60 1 THESE NUMBERS ARE SPECIFIC TO CITY COLLEGE OF SAN 2 FRANCISCO. 3 THE FIRST BOX SHOWS YOU FROM THE HIGH POINT 4 2006-2007 TO 2010-2011, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY LAST YEAR, BUT 5 THE NUMBERS ARE GETTING REPEATED THIS YEAR. WE LOST $10.6 6 MILLION IN OUR FUNDING FOR CATEGORICALS. THAT WAS OUR 7 SHARE OF STATE CUTS, AND IT'S NEVER BEEN RESTORED. 8 IN THE SECOND BOX, APPORTIONMENT, WHICH IS THE 9 MAIN FUNDING WE GET FROM THE STATE FOR ENROLLMENT, THE 10 HIGH WATERMARK FOR US, WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IN 11 2008-2009, WHICH WE DIDN'T GET FULLY PAID FOR EITHER, WAS 12 $168 MILLION. THIS YEAR WITH THE NEWS FROM SACRAMENTO, WE 13 WILL DOWN ALL THE WAY TO $150.7 MILLION, A DIFFERENCE OF 14 MORE THAN $17 MILLION. THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE CUTS. SO 15 YOU CAN ADD THEM TOGETHER IN THE THIRD BOX. AND YOU GET 16 THE TOTAL REDUCTION IN STATE FUNDING FOR CITY COLLEGE. 17 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE WILL ACTUALLY 18 RECEIVE IN 2011-2012 AND WHAT WE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED IF 19 NONE OF THESE STATE CUTS HAD HAPPENED. $27.9 MILLION. 20 AND THEN BECAUSE I'M SURE SOMEONE WOULD HAVE 21 THOUGHT OF THIS. I ADJUSTED IT FOR INFLATION BECAUSE WE 22 HAVE NOT GOTTEN A STATE COLA SINCE 2007-2008, SO I WENT TO 23 THE BLS WEBSITE AND ADJUSTED IT UPWARD. NOT THE 27.9 24 MILLION, BUT THE ENTIRE BASE. THAT'S WHAT WE USUALLY GET 25 A COLA ON, THE 150 TO 160, $168 MILLION. AND SO ADD JANUARY 26, 2012 61 1 ANOTHER 6.8 MILLION TO THAT, AND YOU GET THE TRUE PICTURE 2 OF IF THERE WAS NO RECESSION. 3 HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD CITY COLLEGE BE GETTING 4 THIS YEAR? 5 ALMOST $35 MILLION MORE THAN WE ARE ACTUALLY 6 GETTING. SO THAT'S JUST AN ASTOUNDING NUMBER. AND IT 7 DOES NOT INCLUDE ONE-TIME FUNDS GIVEN ANNUALLY IN NORMAL 8 YEARS THAT WE'VE ALSO LOST. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY IN THE 9 ONE TO $2 MILLION RANGE. THEY VARIED FOR EQUIPMENT AND 10 FOR MAINTENANCE, BUT THOSE WERE WIPED OUT DURING THESE 11 YEARS ALSO. AND IT'S JUST A DRAMATIC VIEW OF HOW MUCH 12 MONEY THIS COLLEGE HAS LOST ON AN OPERATING BUDGET AS YOU 13 KNOW FROM THE RECENT BUDGET THAT WE ADOPTED ABOUT $190 14 MILLION. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: PETER. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: SO IF THAT'S -- I AM TRYING TO 18 CONCEPTUALIZE THIS. THAT IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME AS OF 19 2010-2011 OR IS IT A ACCUMULATIVE BUDGET CUT FROM 20 2006-2007 TO 2010-2011. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT'S NOT -- I DESCRIBE IT AS A 22 MEASURE FROM THE HIGH WATERMARK TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. IT'S 23 NOT ADDING UP THE DOLLARS IN EACH YEAR. 24 IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU LOSE $10 MILLION AND YOU 25 NEVER GET IT BACK, AFTER FOUR YEARS, YOU COULD SAY I'VE JANUARY 26, 2012 62 1 LOST $40 MILLION. THAT'S NOT WHAT I AM SAYING HERE. THE 2 NUMBER WOULD BE WAY HIGHER IF I DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I AM SIMPLY SAYING, GIVEN WHAT 5 WE EARNED BEFORE THE CUTS STARTED AND WHAT WE ARE WERE 6 BEING PAID FOR CATEGORICALS BEFORE THE CUTS STARTED AND 7 WHAT WE ARE BEING PAID TODAY, AND YOU ADJUST THAT FOR 8 INFLATION, WE LOST 10.6, PLUS 17.3 ADD THE 6.8 FOR THE NO 9 COLAS AND YOU GET THE REAL LOSS OF 34.7. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: SO WHAT I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND 11 AGAIN BACK TO THE CONCEPT IS THAT IN 2010-2011 IF YOU LOOK 12 AT THE 2010-2011 FISCAL YEAR FOR BASIC SKILLS FOR EXAMPLE. 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: THAT $970,000 THAT'S AN ACTUAL 15 DELTA. THAT'S NOT THE NET ALLOCATION. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S THE NEW ALLOCATION. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: OH, THAT'S THE NEW ALLOCATION. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. THE OLD ALLOCATION WAS 19 2.98 MILLION. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: OH, I SEE. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE NEW ALLOCATION IS $970,000. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: SO I CAN'T DO THE MATH THAT FAST. 23 WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO LOSS OF FUNDS, YOU ARE NOT ADDING -- 24 YOU ARE SKIPPING A STEP BASICALLY, RIGHT? 25 YOU ARE ADDING THE DIFFERENCE -- JANUARY 26, 2012 63 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I AM SUMMING UP HOW MUCH WE GOT 2 IN 2006-2007. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: RIGHT. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: 19.6 MILLION AND I AM SUMMING 5 UP HOW MUCH WE GOT IN 2010-2011. WE WILL LIKELY GET 6 ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT THIS YEAR IN 2011-2012. 7 AND I AM SAYING 19.6 MILLION VERSUS 9 MILLION. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 9 THE OTHER THING TOO IS THAT IS THERE A REASON 10 WHY YOU PICKED 2010-2011? 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FINAL 12 NUMBERS FOR 2011-2012 YET, BUT I EXPECT THEY WILL BE VERY 13 CLOSE TO THE 2010-2011 NUMBERS. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. AND THIS DOESN'T -- AS A 15 CAVEAT, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DIP IN THE MONEY WE LOST 16 FROM THE LOCAL SALES TAX. 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: DURING THE -- IN SOME OF THOSE 18 MIDDLE YEARS, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. DURING THE 2008-2009, 19 THE SALES TAX WENT DOWN. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: RIGHT. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT'S BACK UP NOW TO ABOUT WHERE 22 IT WAS. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: BUT IN TERMS OF ASSESSING THE 24 TOTAL -- REALLY DEVASTATION -- 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OH, YEAH. JANUARY 26, 2012 64 1 TRUSTEE NGO: -- TO THE DISTRICT YOU ARE LOOKING 2 NOT JUST THE STATE CUTS, BUT YOU ARE LOOKING AT -- 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: ALL OF THE FUNDING. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: -- LOCAL SALES TAX THAT WE GET -- 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: -- FROM SAN FRANCISCO THAT WAS 7 REDUCED SINCE 2006. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SNAPSHOT IN 8 TIME WHETHER 2010-2011 OR ITS LOW POINT, YOU COULD COUNT 9 THAT TOO. 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: SO THIS DOESN'T -- I MEAN -- 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I COULD DO A YEAR BY YEAR -- 13 TRUSTEE NGO: RIGHT. 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- AND SHOW THE LOSS IN EACH 15 YEAR AND COULD YOU HAVE IT ALL LAID OUT, AND YOU CAN TOTAL 16 IT IF YOU WANT. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: AND WHY I AM ASKING IS AS WE 18 CONSIDER THE PARCEL TAX, I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE 19 TOTAL NET -- REALLY -- DEFICIT THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH. 20 I MEAN HOW MANY LESS TEACHING TIME DO WE HAVE IN THE 21 CLASSROOM, HOW MANY LESS ADMINISTRATORS DOING THE WORK, 22 CLASSIFIED STAFF AND WHATNOT, DOING ESSENTIALLY AS MUCH AS 23 WE CAN. AND A WAY TO MEASURE THAT IS LOOKING AT THIS 24 FIGURE. $34 MILLION PLUS WHATEVER YOU WANT TO COUNT FOR 25 THE SALES TAX LOSS. THAT'S A REAL HARD LOSS THAT THE JANUARY 26, 2012 65 1 PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN FUNDS ANYMORE 2 SINCE 2006-2007 WHEN WE'RE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL, RIGHT? 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I AM GOING TO MOVE ONTO THE 6 NEXT SHEET. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: LET ME JUST POINT OUT THAT 8 JUST RE-- TO CLARIFY THAT THIS IS THE THIRD CUT FROM THE 9 STATE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S CORRECT. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH, WE WERE CUT RIGHT AWAY AT 13 THE BEGINNING. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: RIGHT. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE HAD THE TRIGGER CUTS WHEN 16 THE GOVERNOR'S REVENUE PLAN DIDN'T MATERIALIZE. AND NOW 17 WE ARE GETTING THE DEFICIT FACTOR BECAUSE THE STUDENT FEES 18 HAD BEEN OVERESTIMATED. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S CORRECT. 21 ON THE NEXT PAGE, WHICH I THINK WAS ALSO PASSED 22 AROUND IS AN UPDATE FOR THE BOARD ON THE CURRENT FISCAL 23 YEAR. AND I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THAT QUICKLY. 24 THE ADOPTED BUDGET IN TERMS OF REVENUE THAT WE 25 GOT FROM THE STATE THIS YEAR BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE JANUARY 26, 2012 66 1 BOARD ADOPTED THE BUDGET. AS A WAY OF REMINDER, WE KNEW 2 THE TIER 1 AND TIER 2 CUTS WERE COMING, THE TRIGGER CUTS. 3 WE REDUCED OUR EXPECTED REVENUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT. 4 WE WERE WARNED ABOUT THE HALF OF 1 PERCENT ON THE OTHER 5 PAGE I GAVE YOU. SO WE MADE ALL THOSE REDUCTIONS, AND WE 6 ONLY COUNTED ON $152.8 MILLION. 7 ALL OF OUR OTHER REVENUES COMBINED SALES TAX, 8 LOTTERY, NONRESIDENT TUITION, ABOUT A DOZEN OTHER THINGS 9 WERE ABOUT 32.2 MILLION. SO WE BUILT A BUDGET BASED ON 10 185 MILLION IN INCOMING REVENUE AND THEN WE ADDED THREE 11 VERY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HELPED US OUT TREMENDOUSLY THIS 12 YEAR. 13 ONE, A LARGE CLOSEOUT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR OR 14 BEGINNING BALANCE OF OVER 3 MILLION. TWO, A RELEASE FROM 15 CORPUS IN THE ARRANGEMENT THAT THE BOARD NEGOTIATED WITH 16 THE FOUNDATION WHERE SOME OF THE ASSETS ARE BEING RETURNED 17 TO THE COLLEGE. A SUBSET OF THOSE ASSETS BASED ON OUR 18 ACCOUNTING AND LEGAL REVIEW CAN BE RETURNED TO THE COLLEGE 19 FOR OPERATING COSTS, AND THAT WILL BE DONE THIS YEAR, 1.1 20 MILLION. AND THEN FINALLY THE BUDGET THAT THE BOARD 21 ADOPTED AUTHORIZED $2 MILLION TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE 22 BOARD DESIGNATED RESERVE INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET. 23 THOSE THREE ACTIONS WHICH TOTALED A LOT $6.2 24 MILLION. IT'S MY FIRST TIME TO REMIND YOU THOSE WILL NOT 25 BE AVAILABLE TO US NEXT YEAR. THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY ONE JANUARY 26, 2012 67 1 TIME ACTIONS. BUT THAT ALLOWED US TO GET UP TO 2 191.2 MILLION. AS WE REVIEW ALL OF OUR REVENUES OUTSIDE 3 OF STATE APPORTIONMENT, WE THINK THERE'S A NET INCREASE OF 4 $800,000 SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET. SO WE GET UP 5 TO 192 AND 14,000 AT THIS POINT. 6 AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SPENDING SIDE, THE 7 PICTURE IS NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE RIGHT NOW. 196.8 IN 8 OUR FORECAST MODEL IS THE NUMBER WE ARE WORKING WITH BASED 9 ON DATA TO DATE AND A FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 10 YEAR. 11 SO WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE. THERE ARE A SET 12 OF SOLUTIONS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS IDENTIFIED 13 WORKING WITH THE COLLEGE'S PLANNING AND BUDGET COUNCIL, 14 SUCH AS CHARGE OFFS TO OTHER SOURCES OF MONEY. ONCE 15 AGAIN, ONE TIME SOLUTIONS THOUGH. 16 FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS AN ACCUMULATED SURPLUS IN 17 SOMETHING CALLED, "MA" (PHONETIC) MONEY THAT WE HAVE 18 EARNED BACK FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR ASSISTING WITH 19 EFFORTS FOR STUDENTS TO BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID. AND 20 THAT MONEY HAS NO RESTRICTIONS ON IT. THAT WOULD BE ONE 21 OF THE PIECES OF THE $3.35 MILLION SET OF MONEY THAT WE 22 COULD USE TO TAKE EXPENDITURES WE ARE INCURRING AND ON A 23 ONE-TIME BASIS CHARGE THEM TO OTHER SOURCES WHICH WOULD 24 BRING OUR SPENDING IN THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND DOWN 25 TO 193.45. NOW THAT'S NOT 192 EVEN. IT'S ABOUT 1.4 JANUARY 26, 2012 68 1 MILLION AWAY FROM THAT AS YOU SEE, 192 MINUS 193.4. AND 2 THERE ARE REDUCTIONS CURRENTLY BEING IMPLEMENTED TO CLOSE 3 DOWN THAT LAST PIECE. 4 AND, OF COURSE, I REMIND YOU THAT OUR FORECAST 5 MODEL IS A FORECAST MODEL. SO THAT'S NOT NEWS TO US. 6 THAT NUMBER ACTUALLY WAS WORSE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. 7 AND OUR FORECAST HAS BEEN SHOWING SOME IMPROVEMENT SINCE 8 THEN. SOME OF THE CHANGES WE MADE ARE SHOWING SAVINGS 9 NOW. 10 BUT AS I PUT IN THAT BIG BOLD BOX BELOW, AS OF 11 JANUARY 24TH AND THAT WAS TWO DAYS AGO, ADDITIONAL DEFICIT 12 COEFFICIENT ANNOUNCED BY THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE 13 WOULD REDUCE OUR CURRENT YEAR FUNDING BY ABOUT $2 MILLION. 14 AND SO WE ARE GOING TO NOW NEED TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO 15 DEAL WITH THAT $2 MILLION. 16 AND I THINK THE CHANCELLOR HAS MADE IT CLEAR IN 17 THE PLANNING BUDGET COUNCIL AND OTHER FORUMS. IT'S THE 18 MONTH OF FEBRUARY. WE NEED TO HAVE A STRATEGY DEVELOPED 19 OVER THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS TO ADDRESS THE NEW PROBLEM THAT 20 HAS POPPED UP THIS YEAR. 21 AND THEN I WAS JUST REMINDING YOU ON THE BOTTOM 22 OF HOW MUCH WE ARE LOSING FROM THE STATE IN THE CURRENT 23 YEAR. 24 SO I WILL PAUSE THERE BECAUSE I DO WANT TO MAKE 25 SURE FOLKS GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WALKTHROUGH. THE JANUARY 26, 2012 69 1 BOTTOM LINE, THERE WAS A GAP GREATER THAN 1.4 MILLION 2 ABOUT A MONTH AGO. IT'S CLOSED SOME DOWN TO THE POINT 3 WHERE OUR CURRENT YEAR GAP IS 1.4 MILLION. WE HAVE 4 CHANGES WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE TO TRY TO REDUCE SPENDING 5 RIGHT NOW TO GET RID OF THAT, BUT WE'VE GOT TWO DAYS SO 6 FAR TO THINK ABOUT THE LOSS OF $2 MILLION AND THAT'S GOING 7 TO HAVE TO GET ON AN ACCELERATED TRACK TO SOLVE OVER THE 8 NEXT FOUR WEEKS. 9 I KNOW THAT TRUSTEE NGO IS GOING TO BE 10 SCHEDULING A MEETING OF THE BOARD'S BUDGET COMMITTEE. AND 11 THE CHANCELLOR HAS CREATED SUBGROUPS IN THE COLLEGE'S 12 PLANNING BUDGET COUNCIL TO IMMEDIATELY GET STARTED. IN 13 FACT SOME OF THEM OF THEM ALREADY MET TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT 14 SUBJECT AREAS WITHIN THE COLLEGE OR I SHOULD SAY ACTIVITY 15 AREAS PERHAPS TO LOOK FOR SAVINGS IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND 16 BEYOND. 17 TWO MORE HANDOUTS AND THAT WILL BE IT. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: HOLD ON. 19 TRUSTEE MARKS. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 21 TRUSTEE MARKS: CAN YOU EXPLAIN SOME OF THE 22 SUBJECT AREAS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED? 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SURE. WELL, WE WILL START OUT 24 WITH ONE IMPORTANT ONE WHICH IS THERE IS A SUBCOMMITTEE 25 THAT IS SPENDING THEIR TIME GOING THROUGH NOT JUST THE JANUARY 26, 2012 70 1 KIND OF NUMBERS I AM SHOWING YOU HERE, BUT ALL THE DETAIL 2 BEHIND THAT SO THAT WE CAN REACH A POINT WHERE THEY CAN 3 INDEPENDENTLY TELL THE COLLEGE BUDGET COMMITTEE. WE'VE 4 SEEN ALL OF THE BACKUP. WE'VE SEEN ALL THE DETAIL. WE 5 DON'T CHALLENGE THE NUMBERS. THEY ARE -- SAY WHAT THEY 6 ARE. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: WHAT ARE THEY? 8 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WHAT ARE -- 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: WHAT ARE THEY? 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- THEY? 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: WHAT ARE THE SUBJECT AREAS THAT 12 ARE BEING PROPOSED? 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS, 14 SCHEDULING -- 15 DO YOU REMEMBER SOME OF THE OTHERS? 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THERE WAS AN OVERALL 17 FINANCE. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT 18 DIVISION IN TERMS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH IT. WE ARE 19 LOOKING AT ALL OF THE CAMPUSES AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH 20 THEIR EXPENDITURES. WE ARE LOOKING AT -- 21 CFO BILMONT: NON INSTRUCTIONAL. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: NON INSTRUCTIONAL 24 ASSIGNMENTS. AND IS THERE ONE MORE? 25 MS. SAGINOR: CLASSIFIED. JANUARY 26, 2012 71 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: AND, YES, WITH ALL OF THE 2 CLASSIFIED ATTRITION THAT'S GOING ON, WE ARE LOOKING AT 3 CLASSIFIED POSITIONS TO SEE HOW WE CAN REASSIGN OR ASSIGN 4 PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT AREAS SO THAT THE UNEVENNESS OF 5 CLASSIFIED SUPPORT AT THE COLLEGE CAN BE ADDRESSED. 6 THESE ARE SUB -- THESE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING 7 GROUPS. THEY ARE NOT SUBCOMMITTEES. AND THEIR FOCUS IS 8 TO WORK VERY HARD FOR ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS SO THAT WE 9 CAN ACTUALLY GET IN PLACE SYSTEMS THAT WILL HELP US IN 10 TERMS OF FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN REDUCE OUR EXPENDITURES. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 12 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE 13 IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE $2 MILLION REDUCTION IS IF YOU 14 CAN -- BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR A 15 WHILE -- IS A CAMPUS BY CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, BUDGET AND SHOW 16 THE REDUCTION. SO IF YOU ARE TAKING "X" AMOUNT OF 17 JANITORS OUT OF THE MISSION CAMPUS OR OUT OF OCEAN CAMPUS, 18 I WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT POTENTIAL IMPACT ON EACH 19 INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS WOULD BE. SO IF WE COULD HAVE OUR 20 BUDGET, YOU KNOW, DIVIDED INTO CAMPUS BY CAMPUS SO WE CAN 21 KNOW WHAT THAT $2 MILLION IMPACT IS GOING TO BE ON A 22 CAMPUS BY CAMPUS BASIS. 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 25 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE ARE EXACTLY -- THAT'S JANUARY 26, 2012 72 1 EXACTLY ON TRACK IN TERMS OF THE CAMPUSES. THE LEAD 2 PERSON ON THAT IS VICE CHANCELLOR JORGE BELL. AND HE IS 3 WORKING WITH SEVEN OR EIGHT PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY COME DOWN 4 TO -- IT'S NOT JUST SO MUCH WHAT WE ARE TAKING OUT OF 5 CAMPUSES, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CLEAR 6 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY EXPENDING AT 7 CAMPUSES. 8 MY PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS SHOW THAT WE ARE 9 ACTUALLY SPENDING A LOT LESS AT CAMPUSES THAN PEOPLE 10 ACTUALLY REALIZE. SO THIS IS -- HAVE A CLEAR 11 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE EXPENDING SO THAT 12 WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THOSE EXPENDITURES RELATIVE TO WHAT WE 13 ARE DOING LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, AT OCEAN THEY HAVE SOME 14 REAL INFORMATION. 15 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YEAH, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IN 16 THE THEORY OF SHOCK DOCTOR, AND I DON'T WANT TO LET THIS 17 CRISIS ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO THINGS LIKE PROPOSE CAMPUS 18 CLOSURES, ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS BECAUSE IN 19 PREVIOUS BUDGET CRISIS, WE HAVE USED THAT CRISIS TO 20 ATTEMPT TO CLOSE DOWN THE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. 21 AND AS YOU KNOW WITH MOTHER JACKSON AROUND, 22 THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR FOLK. AND SO 23 I DEFINITELY WANT TO JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE IN ADVANCE 24 AND THANK YOU. 25 AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, VICE CHANCELLOR BELL JANUARY 26, 2012 73 1 IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB COORDINATING THE CAMPUSES. AND 2 SO WHENEVER THAT PRODUCT GETS THERE, I LOOK FORWARD TO 3 READING THE REPORT. THANK YOU. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY, THE NEXT PAGE IN YOUR 5 HANDOUT IS FROM THE LEAGUE. AND THIS ONE SPEAKS TO NEXT 6 YEAR. 7 THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED HIS BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR 8 AS WE ALL HEARD. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: HOLD ON. SO NOW WE ARE 10 JUMPING TO -- 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: 2012-2013. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- 2012-2013. 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AND THAT WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS 14 AGO NOW. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: BEFORE YOU GO ON. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: SO CHANCELLOR OR PETER, HOW SOON 18 SHOULD WE SET UP A BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING SO THAT THOSE 19 TASK FORCE OR THESE WORKING GROUPS WILL BE READY TO 20 PREPARE TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE SO FAR? 21 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THE DIRECTIVE THAT I HAVE 22 GIVEN THE GROUPS IS TO BE PREPARED WITHIN TWO WEEKS FROM 23 NOW TO GIVE A REPORT TO THE PLANNING AND BUDGET COMMITTEE 24 OF THE BOARD, AND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT IN TWO 25 SEGMENTS. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO DEAL WITH THE 2011-2012 JANUARY 26, 2012 74 1 YEAR, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO DO IT THE 2012-2013. SO WE ARE 2 HOPING THAT THERE CAN BE TWO MEETINGS OF THE PLANNING AND 3 BUDGETING COUNCIL OF THE BOARD. AND WE WILL HAVE A 4 DETAILED PLAN FROM THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE BOARD WITHIN 5 THAT TIME FRAME. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW 8 WORDS ABOUT THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR BASED ON THE 9 GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL. THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL INCLUDES 10 GOING TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER, AS WE KNOW, FOR A BALLOT 11 MEASURE TO RAISE REVENUE. 12 IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT IF THE GOVERNOR'S 13 PLAN SUCCEEDS AT THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, WE ACTUALLY WILL 14 GET BACK VERY LITTLE OF THAT MONEY THAT I SHOWED YOU THAT 15 WE LOST. WHAT IT MEANS IS WE WON'T BE CUT ANYMORE 16 ESSENTIALLY. 17 AND SO THAT FIRST SHEET WHERE I HANDWROTE FY 18 2012-2013, THERE'S A BOX IN THE MIDDLE. A QUICK 19 COMPARISON AGAIN, THIS IS CITY COLLEGE. 20 SCENARIO A, GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND TAX PACKAGE, 21 ZERO. NO NEW MONEY, NO CUT. SCENARIO B, GOVERNOR'S 22 BUDGET FAILURE OF TAX PACKAGE, CITY COLLEGE WOULD LOSE 23 ANOTHER $8 MILLION NEXT YEAR FROM OUR APPORTIONMENT 24 FUNDING. IF THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN PASSES, NO CUT. IF THE 25 GOVERNOR'S PLAN FAILS, MINUS $8 MILLION. JANUARY 26, 2012 75 1 THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST HAS CHALLENGED THE 2 GOVERNOR'S NUMBERS SO FAR AND HAS STATED PUBLICLY THEY 3 DON'T BELIEVE THAT HIS PLAN WILL RAISE AS MUCH MONEY AS HE 4 SAYS IT WILL RAISE. I HOPE THEY ARE WRONG. 5 IN TERMS OF THE BIG PICTURE FOR CITY COLLEGE, 6 THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. AND THEN ON OUR NEXT PAGE WE HAVE 7 A SUMMARY, AND I KNOW THAT THESE NUMBERS WILL BE 8 STARTLING, BUT I MUST PRESENT THEM TO YOU. 9 THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 10 2012-2013, BEST CASE, WORST CASE. THIS IS ON THE SMALLER 11 SHEET. THE TOTAL STATE APPORTIONMENT, OTHER REVENUES, 12 TOTAL UNRESTRICTED 186,264,000. IN THE BEST CASE, OUR 13 EXPECTED SPENDING WOULD BE $200 MILLION. WE ARE SPENDING 14 196.8 RIGHT NOW. WHEN YOU BUILD IN INCREASES FOR HEALTH 15 INSURANCE AND DENTAL INSURANCE FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES ON 16 THE EMPLOYER'S SIDE, WHEN YOU BUILD IN ANOTHER INCREASE 17 FOR STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, WHICH WE ARE AT THIS 18 POINT AND IS BEING DEBATED IN SACRAMENTO, WHEN YOU BUILD 19 IN AN INCREASE FOR THE JUST ANNUAL PAYMENT FOR RETIREE 20 HEALTHCARE, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT, YOU COME UP TO ABOUT 21 THREE PLUS MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW COSTS FOR NEXT YEAR. 22 WE ARE NOT BUILDING IN ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THE 23 ANNUAL STEP INCREASES FOR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WE ARE 24 ASSERTING ESSENTIALLY THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH ATTRITION 25 TO BALANCE THAT OFF. BUT WHEN YOU BUILD IN THE COST THAT JANUARY 26, 2012 76 1 I DID OUTLINE, THE EXPECTED LEVEL OF SPENDING GOES TO 2 $200 MILLION. AND IF WE ONLY HAVE 186, THEN WE WOULD BE 3 SHORT $13.7 MILLION IN BUILDING A BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND THIS IS THE BEST CASE IF 5 THE TAX PASSES. 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. IF THE TAX FAILS, THEN 7 TAKE AWAY ANOTHER $8 MILLION. 8 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SO POINT OF INFORMATION, SO IF 9 I AM READING THIS RIGHT, BEST-CASE SCENARIO, WE ARE DOWN 10 13 MILLION. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S CORRECT. AND I WILL 12 SHOW YOU WHY AS KIND OF A REMINDER. ON THE BIG PAGE, THE 13 BEST CASE AND WORST CASE ARE IN COLUMNS Y AND Z AT THE 14 END. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND THE WORST CASE IS 16 23 MILLION -- 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S CORRECT. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- OF THE DEFICIT. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AND THE REASON THE BEST CASE IS 20 AS BIG AS IT IS IS BECAUSE FROM LINE 47 TO LINE 53, 21 THERE'S THAT $6 MILLION PLUS THAT WE USE THIS YEAR THAT IS 22 NOT AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR. 23 AND REMEMBER, WE ARE USING ANOTHER $3.3 MILLION 24 IN ONE-TIME SOLUTIONS TO TRY TO CLAW OUR WAY BACK DOWN ON 25 SPENDING IN THE CURRENT YEAR. THAT'S ABOUT $10 MILLION JANUARY 26, 2012 77 1 WORTH OF ONE TIME THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING NEXT YEAR -- 2 THIS YEAR. THAT WE ARE DOING THIS YEAR, SORRY. THAT ARE 3 NOT AVAILABLE TO US NEXT YEAR. AND THEN IF WE HAVE 4 $3 MILLION IN EXTRA COSTS, YOU CAN QUICKLY SEE HOW WE 5 COULD BE AT $13 MILLION OR MORE. 6 AND THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO 7 COLUMNS. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENCES ACTUALLY. ONE IS AT THE 8 VERY TOP. THERE'S THE LOSS FROM THE STATE ONLINE 11 MINUS 9 $7.9 MILLION. AND THEN THE OTHER DIFFERENCE IS ONLINE 20. 10 THIS DEFICIT FACTOR THAT I STARTED MY PRESENTATION WITH, 11 WE HAVE BEEN BURNED NOW YEAR AFTER YEAR BY THE STATE. 12 I WILL SAY IN FAIRNESS IN GOOD TIMES, WHEN A 13 DEFICIT FACTOR WOULD APPEAR THROUGH LOBBYING EFFORTS BY 14 THE STATE CHANCELLOR, INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS, ET CETERA, THE 15 LEGISLATURE WOULD APPROPRIATE A LITTLE MORE MONEY AT THE 16 END OF THE YEAR TO ERASE THE DEFICIT FACTOR IN THE YEAR 17 THAT IT APPEARED. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. 18 IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. I 19 POINT BLANK ASKED MR. TROY AND SOMEBODY AT THE LEAGUE WHAT 20 THEY THOUGHT OUR CHANCES WERE OF GETTING BACKFILL FROM THE 21 LEGISLATURE TO ERASE THIS YEAR'S DEFICIT FACTOR THAT HAS 22 GROWN, AND THEY BOTH SAID CLOSE TO ZERO AS THE STATE IS 23 FINISHING THE YEAR IN THE NEGATIVE AND HAS A NEGATIVE 24 PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR. NOT ZERO, BUT CLOSE TO ZERO. 25 SO THE DIFFERENCE THEN BASED ON WHAT I JUST SAID JANUARY 26, 2012 78 1 IS ONLINE 20 WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE BUILDING IN NOW. AND 2 THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE VERSION THE CPBC SAW 3 THIS WEEK. A SMALL DEFICIT FACTOR FOR EACH OF THOSE YEARS 4 WALKING IN, A HALF OF 1 PERCENT IN THE BEST CASE AND 5 1 PERCENT IN THE WORST CASE. PEOPLE CAN DISAGREE ABOUT 6 THAT, BUT WE THINK IT IS WISE TO FRAME OUR THINKING THAT 7 WAY RIGHT NOW. 8 AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 9 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, TRUSTEE GRIER. 11 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: I WAS OUT OF THE ROOM AND 12 I DIDN'T GET ALL OF YOUR PRESENTATION. BUT ONE OF THE 13 QUESTIONS, AND YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED IT BEFORE, THE NEW 14 INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM THE STATE IN TERMS OF THE 15 MONIES THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED TO US, HOW DOES THIS WORK IN 16 TERMS OF OUR RESERVE AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE TIMELINE? 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SURE. WHEN THIS YEAR STARTED, 18 WE HAD $6.6 MILLION IN OUR RESERVE, OUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT 19 CALLED THE BOARD DESIGNATED RESERVE. 20 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT'S NOT OUR ENTIRE 21 FUND BALANCE AND ACCOUNTING CONCEPT BUT AN IMPORTANT ONE 22 THAT THE STATE CHANCELLOR LOOKS AT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR 23 NOT THE DISTRICT LOOKS HEALTHY FINANCIALLY. 24 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: OKAY. 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT IN TERMS OF REAL CASH TO JANUARY 26, 2012 79 1 SPEND, THE RESERVE IS WHAT WE GENERALLY THINK ABOUT. 2 WE TOOK $2 MILLION OUT OF THE RESERVE IN OUR 3 BUDGET THIS YEAR. WE DID THAT THE YEAR BEFORE AND THE 4 YEAR BEFORE THAT AS WELL AND MANAGED NOT TO SPEND IT. AND 5 WE HAD HOPED WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF AGAIN THIS 6 YEAR, BUT CLEARLY THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN WITH ALL THE 7 STATE CUTS THAT WE'VE HAD. 8 AND SO AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE WOULD END UP 9 WITH $4.6 MILLION IN THE RESERVE INSTEAD OF THE 6.6 WE 10 STARTED WITH. IT IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO 11 EVERYTHING WE CAN TO AVOID TAKING MORE MONEY OUT OF THE 12 RESERVE BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING TO INVITE THE KIND OF 13 SCRUTINY THAT WOULD CHALLENGE HOW WE FEEL ABOUT OUR PLANS 14 FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING 15 OURSELVES FINANCIALLY. 16 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AND BECAUSE OF YOUR 17 EXPLANATION, ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS I WOULD HAVE IS HOW 18 THE RESERVE AND THE ACCREDITATION WOULD LINE UP -- 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 20 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: -- IN TERMS OF WHAT WE 21 ARE DOING HERE AT THE COLLEGE. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I WOULD SAY THE MOST FAVORABLE 23 POSITION THE COLLEGE CAN PUT ITSELF IN FOR ACCREDITATION 24 WITH RESPECT TO THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT HAPPENS -- 25 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: YEAH. JANUARY 26, 2012 80 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- IS TO NOT SPEND MORE MONEY 2 OUT OF THE RESERVE OR AT LEAST NOT A LOT MORE MONEY OUT OF 3 THE RESERVE. 4 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: EXACTLY. THANK YOU. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CHANCELLOR OR -- 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: GO AHEAD. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 8 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE JACKSON, PLEASE. 9 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I GUESS MY FIRST COMMENT IS I 10 DISAGREE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE RESERVE IS WHAT IT IS 11 SUPPOSED TO BE, A RESERVE, AND IT'S FOR THE RAINY DAY. 12 AND I JUST KEEP ON SAYING THERE'S NO DAY THAT'S RAINIER 13 THAN THE NEXT DAY WITHIN THE AREA OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN 14 TERMS OF FUNDING. AND, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE 15 ACCREDITATION DEPARTMENT IS THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY 16 CERTIFY FOLKS BUT THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME SENSITIVITY IN 17 THE BONE CRUNCHING, YOU KNOW, CUTS THAT WE'VE MADE. 18 AND, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A RESERVE WHEN WE ARE 19 DENYING STUDENTS ACCESS TO CLASSES IS JUST UNCONSCIONABLE 20 TO ME. RESERVE IS MEANT TO HELP YOU. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT 21 MEANT TO HOARD IT. AND RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE -- 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH. 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON: -- THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE 24 NOT HAVING ACCESS TO CLASSES. WE ARE CUTTING CATEGORICAL, 25 STUDENT SERVICES, AND TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A RESERVE AND JANUARY 26, 2012 81 1 THE ACCREDITATION FOLKS, YOU KNOW, HOLD THAT OVER US, YOU 2 KNOW, IS REALLY JUST DISAPPOINTING FOR ME. 3 I ALSO WANT TO JUST GO BACK OVERALL, WE HAVE, 4 YOU KNOW, A STATE CHANCELLOR. YOU KNOW, HE IS A FORMER 5 STATE SENATOR. YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE YEAR HE'S ACTUALLY 6 BEEN STATE CHANCELLOR, WE CONTINUE TO LOSE MONEY. AND I 7 REALLY QUESTION THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS GUY. YOU KNOW, 8 CENTRALIZES, YOU KNOW, STUDENT AND ACADEMIC POLICY, BUT 9 YET HE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, BRING IN ANY MONEY. SO HE 10 INFRINGES UPON US WHEN IT SUITS HIM, BUT HE DOESN'T 11 INFRINGE AND GET US MORE MONEY. 12 AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE A HUGE ISSUE YOU 13 KNOW. I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE STATE 14 CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE DOING TO PRESERVE THIS -- I MEAN THE 15 BEST-CASE SCENARIO UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S BECAUSE I DON'T 16 REALLY SUPPORT THE GOVERNOR'S, YOU KNOW, TAX PROPOSAL. I 17 THINK WE COULD DO A LOT MORE PROGRESSIVE, YOU KNOW, FORM 18 OF TAXATION. 19 SO THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO IS WE ALL PAY SALES 20 TAXES. WE ALL PAY HIGHER SALES TAXES, REGRESSIVE TAXES 21 AND WE STILL LOSE 13 MILLION. THAT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. 22 AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A STATE CHANCELLOR THAT 23 SEEMS TO BE DOING TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN 24 CONCENTRATING POWER WITHIN HIS OWN OFFICE. YOU KNOW, I 25 JUST -- I MEAN WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS JANUARY 26, 2012 82 1 ON OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND I REALLY THINK, YOU KNOW, 2 IT'S KIND OF TIME FOR US TO THINK ABOUT DO WE NEED A NEW 3 STATE CHANCELLOR. HE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING BUT TAKE OUR 4 LIBERTIES AND HE DOESN'T REALLY GIVE US ANY MONEY IN 5 RETURN. 6 I AM SORRY THIS IS JUST JARRING FOR ME SEEING 7 BEST-CASE SCENARIO 13 MILLION IN THE HOLE, SO I AM SORRY 8 TO RANT ON THAT, BUT WE REALLY SHOULD DEMAND THAT THE 9 STATE CHANCELLOR DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TO FUND LOCAL 10 COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S. THANK YOU. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CHANCELLOR. 12 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OF COURSE, I AGREE WITH A 13 LOT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAD IN THIS CURRENT YEAR AS 14 PETER JUST POINTED OUT TO YOU, 15.4 MILLION TO COME UP 15 WITH. WE ARE SHORT OF THAT 15.4 MILLION BY, AT THIS DATE, 16 THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WHICH WE HAVE TO FIGURE 17 OUT HOW TO GET TO. WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVING ANOTHER 14 TO 18 $23 MILLION PROBLEM NEXT YEAR. IF YOU TAKE THOSE TWO 19 NUMBERS AND YOU COMBINE THEM, BEST CASE, WORST CASE FOR 20 JUST 24 MONTHS AT CITY COLLEGE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 21 29 MILLION AT THE LOWER END AND $38 MILLION TAKEN FROM OUR 22 BUDGET AT THE HIGHER END. THERE'S NO CAVALRY THAT'S 23 COMING TO OUR RESCUE. 24 THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE HAS MADE IT VERY 25 CLEAR. THE CHANCELLOR HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR. THE JANUARY 26, 2012 83 1 CAVALRY IS NOT COMING. CITY COLLEGE WILL HAVE TO TAKE 2 CARE OF THIS PROBLEM ITSELF. WE ARE IN SHOCK, BUT WE 3 CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM WITH SCISSORS WHERE WE CUT A 4 LITTLE BIT HERE AND CUT A LITTLE BIT THERE. YOU CANNOT 5 DEAL WITH A 29 MILLION OR A $38 MILLION PROBLEM WITH 6 LITTLE SNIPS AND SO ON. WE HAVE TO DEAL OUR PROBLEM, AND 7 IT'S UNPLEASANT AND SHOCKING AS IT IS, THE REALITY IS HAD 8 WE USED FROM THE RESERVE FOR 2011-2012, ALL $6.65 MILLION 9 IN BUILDING INTO OUR BUDGET AND USE THAT MONEY, WE WOULD 10 BE WITHOUT MONEY WHATSOEVER IN THE RESERVE, AND WE WOULD 11 BE TAKEN OVER BY THE STATE IN A VERY SHORT ORDER. 12 WE ARE FACED WITH A MAJOR PROBLEM. WE HAVE THE 13 WHEREWITHAL AT THE COLLEGE TO GET TOGETHER AND DEAL WITH 14 IT. WE WILL HAVE A VERY EXPLICIT PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE 15 DEVELOPED BY THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY. WE FORMED THESE 16 GROUPS SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COLLEGE CAN HAVE A 17 DIALOGUE IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE ARE GOING. 18 WE KNOW, AND MANY OF YOU THINK WELL THIS IS 19 IMPOSSIBLE. WE WERE FACED WITH 16, $17 MILLION LAST YEAR. 20 BEFORE THAT, ANOTHER BIG NUMBER. YES, WE ARE GETTING 21 KILLED HERE. WE ARE DYING. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WE 22 HAVE TO FUNCTION, AND WE HAVE TO KEEP THE COLLEGE GOING. 23 AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A REALISTIC PLAN THAT'S GOING TO WORK 24 FOR US. WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT PET PROJECTS. WE CANNOT 25 TALK ABOUT TAKING 150,000 OR 400,000 OR ANYTHING. WE HAVE JANUARY 26, 2012 84 1 TO KEEP OUR EYES FOCUSED ON SURVIVAL. 2 AND WE ARE NOT ALONE. EVERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 3 IN THE STATE IS SEEKING SURVIVAL. GET ON THE INTERNET AND 4 CHECK OUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 5 TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE STRATEGIES AND COME UP WITH A PLAN. 6 WE NEED A UNITED FRONT HERE IN TERMS OF THE COLLEGE 7 COMMUNITY. WE NEED A UNITED BOARD IN TERMS OF DEALING 8 WITH OUR FISCAL SITUATION. AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT 9 ACCREDITATION. IT'S ABOUT CITY COLLEGE KEEPING ALIVE. 10 THE PARCEL PLAN, PARCEL TAX HAS TO PASS. IF WE 11 GET A PARCEL TAX PASSED, IT WILL HELP US BECAUSE WE ARE 12 TALKING ABOUT $15 MILLION IF WE COULD GET IT PASSED IN 13 NOVEMBER. THAT'S REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE 14 TO WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT CITY COLLEGE IS FULLY SUPPORTED 15 LOCALLY. ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE CITY COLLEGE, AND 16 THERE'S ACTUALLY LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 17 IN SAN FRANCISCO, NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO 18 US BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THEY ARE SAYING BASICALLY 19 YOU HAVE TO GO LOCAL. IF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WILL NOT 20 SUPPORT YOU COMMUNITY COLLEGES, WE WILL NOT DO IT. 21 AND SO THEREFORE SAN FRANCISCO, WHO HAS ALWAYS 22 SUPPORTED COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THEY NEED TO SUPPORT US IN 23 TERMS OF THAT PARCEL TAX WHEN WE GO OUT THERE BECAUSE WE 24 ACTUALLY ABSOLUTELY NEED THE 15 MILLION. 25 REMEMBER THE 15 MILLION ONLY TAKES CARE OF ABOUT JANUARY 26, 2012 85 1 HALF OF WHAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITHIN 24 MONTHS. WE ARE 2 GOING TO ALSO HAVE TO PULL TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT 3 HOW WE ARE GOING TO SURVIVE IN TERMS OF GETTING THE OTHER 4 HALF. IT CAN BE DONE. IT WILL BE DONE. WE WILL HAVE A 5 PLAN, BUT THIS PLAN IS GOING TO GO BEFORE THE COLLEGE'S 6 PBC. IT WILL HAVE THEN GONE THROUGH THE WHOLE COLLEGE. 7 AND WE NEED THE BOARD TO HELP US IN TERMS OF DOING THIS. 8 WE HAVE TO BE TOTALLY UNITED THIS TIME AROUND. 9 WE CANNOT HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE NOT UNITED. 10 THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. WE CANNOT SAY THIS IS A MINOR 11 PROBLEM. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MOST MAJOR THREAT 12 FINANCIALLY THAT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE -- THIS COMMUNITY 13 COLLEGE HAS EVER FELT IN ITS HISTORY. JUST IMAGINE THAT. 14 $30 MILLION, POSSIBLY $38 MILLION TAKEN AWAY 24 MONTHS. 15 WE NEVER HAD TO FACE THAT ON TOP OF MORE THAN $16 MILLION 16 IN PRIOR YEARS. WE ARE DEALING WITH ALMOST A CATASTROPHIC 17 SITUATION IF WE DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS AS ADULTS. 18 WE THOUGHT WE HAD ELECTED A SITUATION WHERE 19 PEOPLE IN SACRAMENTO WOULD ACT AS ADULTS. THEY HAVE NOT. 20 SO THEY PUT IT TO US WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BAN TOGETHER 21 AND SHOW WHAT WE CAN DO. 22 EVERYBODY IN THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY 23 EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR MAKING SURE THIS HAPPENS. WE JUST 24 HAVE TO GIVE THE DETAILS IN TERMS OF THE ADMINISTRATION 25 AND PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD SO THAT THE BOARD CAN JANUARY 26, 2012 86 1 HELP US RATIFY AND COME UP WITH A PLAN. WE HAVE TO HAVE A 2 PRELIMINARY PLAN AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED BY MARCH 15TH. 3 THE IDES OF MARCH. WE NEED IT BY THEN AT THE LATEST. 4 SO THAT MEANS THIS IS A SIX-WEEK SPRINT THAT 5 EVERYBODY IN THE COLLEGE IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN. AND 6 THEY ARE PARTICIPATING. THEY ARE ALREADY MEETING IN THEIR 7 GROUPS. THEY ARE ALWAYS DISCUSSING THIS THING. THEY WANT 8 AN EQUITABLE AND FAIR PLAN SO THAT EVERY PART OF THE 9 COLLEGE CONSTITUENCY PARTICIPATES AND DOES ITS FAIR SHARE. 10 IF WE ALL DO THAT, AND WE FEEL THE PLAN IS EQUITABLE, WE 11 WILL ALL GET BEHIND IT AND PULL TOGETHER ON IT. 12 BUT IF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY FEELS THAT WE ARE 13 NOT DOING THAT OR THAT INDIVIDUAL PERSONS ON THE BOARD ARE 14 FORCING US TO NOT FOCUS ON THIS, IT BECOMES A REAL 15 PROBLEM. AND I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT CLOSING DOWN A CAMPUS 16 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I AM JUST TALKING ABOUT EVERYBODY 17 BEING FOCUSED ON THE SAME PROBLEM SO THAT WE CAN SOLVE IT. 18 SO AS MUCH AS I RESPECT THE DIVERSION OPINION OF 19 PEOPLE ON THE BOARD TALKING ABOUT THIS OR THAT, 20 ULTIMATELY, THIS IS ABOUT SURVIVAL OF CITY COLLEGE AS WE 21 KNOW IT. WE MUST HAVE HELP FROM SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY. 22 AND WE MUST HAVE HELP FROM EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM. 23 EVERYBODY AT THE COLLEGE, PERIOD. NOBODY CAN BE SELFISH 24 IN THIS CASE. NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO BE SELFISH. WE HAVE 25 TO DO IT. JANUARY 26, 2012 87 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE MARKS. 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHY THERE ARE 3 SO MANY BLANK SPACES ON THIS. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES, WHICH LINES ARE YOU 5 LOOKING AT? 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: WELL, NINE THROUGH -- 7 TRUSTEE NGO: COLUMN -- 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: COLUMN H AND COLUMN V AND Y. 9 THIS HAS BEEN SQUISHED. I HAVE A FEELING THIS HAS BEEN -- 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: LET ME -- MAYBE THIS WILL HELP 11 YOU. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: YEAH. 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE FIRST TWO COLUMNS ARE TWO 14 YEARS AGO AND -- 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: THIS -- I AM LOOKING AT THE 16 FIRST TWO COLUMNS, COLUMN H AND COLUMN -- I'M NOT 17 CERTAIN THAT YOU -- I DON'T SEE A HEADING FOR THIS. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: LOOK AT THE VERY TOP ROW. 19 THERE ARE LETTERS. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: THERE ARE V AND Y AND Z. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 22 TRUSTEE MARKS: SO THERE ARE BLANK SPACES -- 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 24 TRUSTEE MARKS: -- THERE -- 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I CAN ANSWER THAT. JANUARY 26, 2012 88 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: -- AND V AND Y -- 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES, I -- 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: THIS IS A BLANK. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I UNDERSTAND THAT. 5 TRUSTEE MARKS: SO HOW DO YOU ARRIVE AT 197 6 MILLION? 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS CASE 10 SAY THAT WE KNOW BASED ON DATA SO FAR AND OUR FORECAST FOR 11 THE REST OF THE YEAR HOW MUCH MONEY THE COLLEGE WILL SPEND 12 THIS YEAR, OKAY. 13 AND WE ARE SAYING ABSENT ANY CHANGES, THAT'S 14 WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT THE COLLEGE TO SPEND NEXT YEAR, 15 UNLESS YOU KNOW OF CERTAIN EXPENSES THAT ARE GOING TO GO 16 AWAY OR NEW EXPENSES THAT WILL COME IN. WE ARE NOT AWARE 17 OF ANY THAT WILL GO AWAY. AND THE NEW ONES ARE SUMMARIZED 18 IN THAT $3 MILLION. 19 SO ON LINE 78, $197 MILLION, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT 20 WE ARE SPENDING RIGHT NOW, A $197 MILLION. AND WE ARE 21 SAYING JUST ADD THE THREE FOR HEALTH, DENTAL, OPEB, SFERS, 22 ET CETERA, AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET 200 MILLION. 23 NOW IN A BUDGET, THAT NUMBER WILL BE BROKEN OUT 24 INTO ALL THOSE CATEGORIES AND MORE THAN YOU SEE IN FRONT 25 OF YOU. BUT AT THIS POINT, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET. JANUARY 26, 2012 89 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: I WOULD SUGGEST THAT TRUSTEE NGO 2 NEEDS THOSE NUMBERS. 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OF COURSE. WE ALL NEED THOSE 4 NUMBERS. 5 TRUSTEE MARKS: BUT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. 6 CFO BILMONT: YES. 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: I WAS NEXT. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, THANKS. 13 I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THE CHANCELLOR, AND 14 I AM ON BOARD WITH HIS SENTIMENTS AND WHAT HE IS ASKING US 15 TO DO. 16 JUST BEFORE I GET TO MY GENERAL STATEMENTS, I 17 WANT TO CLARIFY THESE NUMBERS HERE FOR MYSELF. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SURE. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: IT LOOKS LIKE IF THE STATE REVENUE 20 MEASURES PASS, AND I AM LOOKING AT COLUMN -- I'M SORRY. 21 ROW 21. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: AND WE CAN EVEN LOOK AT ROW 21 OR 24 ROW 45. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL BE A NET INCREASE IN 25 REVENUE, THOUGH NOT MUCH, IN THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO EITHER JANUARY 26, 2012 90 1 153 MILLION OR 186 MILLION. AND WHAT I AM HEARING YOU 2 SAY, THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED YOU TO CONFIRM -- 3 THE SECOND THING IS WHAT I AM HEARING YOU SAY IS 4 THAT THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO THAT YOU CITED -- I MEAN THE 5 BEST-CASE SCENARIO THAT YOU CITED 8 MILLION TO 13 MILLION, 6 THAT DELTA REALLY IS A REFLECTION OF THOSE ONE-TIME 7 SOLUTIONS THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE. SO I AM TRYING TO 8 SEGMENT WHAT ACTUALLY CAN WE POINT TO FOR THE REVENUE 9 MEASURES PASSING AND WHAT IS THE ACTUAL NET TOTAL IN THE 10 BEST-CASE SCENARIO? 11 DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING? 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NOT THE LAST PART, NO. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS 14 CHART, WHAT I AM HEARING IS THAT IN A BEST-CASE SCENARIO 15 IF THE REVENUE MEASURES PASS -- 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE STATEWIDE REVENUE. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: THE STATEWIDE REVENUE MEASURES 18 PASS. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: THERE IS ACTUALLY A SMALL INCREASE 21 IN OUR REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S CORRECT. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY, THE REASON WHY -- 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IN OTHER WORDS ON LINE 19, THAT 25 NUMBER GOES UP BY ABOUT $917,000. JANUARY 26, 2012 91 1 TRUSTEE NGO: RIGHT. 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE REASON IS BECAUSE IN THE 3 GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL, HE ACTUALLY IS RESTORING SOME MONEY, 4 BUT IT'S BY VIRTUE OF STUDENT FEES GOING UP $10 MORE THAN 5 THEY ARE RIGHT NOW. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY, SO JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT'S 7 HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT IS THE NET -- THAT IS 8 THE RESULT AND THAT IS THE EXPLANATION. 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: BUT LOCALLY WHAT YOU ARE TELLING 11 ME OR TELLING US IS THAT EVEN ASSUMING THAT IN THE 12 BEST-CASE SCENARIO, THE DEFICIT GETS CREATED AT THE 13 DISTRICT LEVEL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THESE ONE TIME -- 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: -- OPTIONS ANYMORE, RIGHT? 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE DON'T HAVE -- 17 TRUSTEE NGO: NO. 1 AND NO. 2, WE HAVE THESE 18 STRUCTURAL COSTS THAT CONTINUE TO BUILD UP EVERY YEAR. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF THE 21 STATE REVENUE MEASURES PASS, IT REALLY HAS NO NET EFFECT 22 IN TERMS OF WHAT WE GET FROM THE STATE. THE REAL DEFICIT 23 GETS CREATED BECAUSE OF OUR LOCAL, OUR OWN SOLUTIONS 24 HERE -- 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH. JANUARY 26, 2012 92 1 TRUSTEE NGO: -- THAT WE HAD USED LAST YEAR THAT 2 ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO US THIS YEAR. AND THE 3 STRUCTURAL COST THAT HAVE INCREASED YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR A 4 DECADE OR SO AT LEAST. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I THINK WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS 6 BASICALLY RIGHT. I WOULD PROBABLY SAY IT A LITTLE 7 DIFFERENTLY, BUT I WILL JUST SAVE THAT. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF 9 WANTED TO CLARIFY. 10 I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IF WE LOOK AT THIS BUDGET 11 PROCESS GOING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A TWO 12 TIER APPROACH LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR. WE HAD A BEST-CASE 13 SCENARIO BUDGET AND A WORST-CASE SCENARIO BUDGET. IT 14 LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE A GRID OF FOUR BOXES, NOT 15 JUST BEST-CASE SCENARIO, WORST-CASE SCENARIO, BUT 16 BEST-CASE SCENARIO -- WELL, MAYBE THREE, BEST-CASE 17 SCENARIO, WORST-CASE SCENARIO AND THEN ASSUME THE VARIABLE 18 OF THE PARCEL TAX MEASURE PASSING OR NOT. 19 SO A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE UP IN 20 THE AIR IS WHAT I EXPECT TO HAPPEN. I DON'T THINK YOU 21 DISAGREE WITH ME. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE TAKE ON 24 THIS TASK, WE REALLY NEED I ASSUME THERE WILL BE FIVE 25 MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AGAIN THIS YEAR. WE JANUARY 26, 2012 93 1 REALLY NEED EVERYONE THERE. AND WE ARE GOING TO MEET MORE 2 FREQUENTLY SO THAT WE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. BUT LIKE 3 LAST YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF JUST 4 MOVING PARTS. AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ADOPT A BUDGET 5 AT SOME POINT WHICH I ASSUME WILL HAVE TO BE THE 6 WORST-CASE SCENARIO SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE DRASTIC 7 CHANGES IN THE FALL OR IN JANUARY. WHAT I WANT TO SAY TOO 8 IS THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL TAKE UP THAT WORK. 9 BUT AS I SAID LAST YEAR AND NOT JUST ME AND 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON AS WELL AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, 11 IT'S HARD TO MAKE THE CASE TO THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY IF WE 12 ARE GOING OUT FOR PARCEL TAXES THIS YEAR. AND IF WE ARE 13 GOING TO CAMPAIGN, I AM SURE EVERYONE WILL TO GET THESE 14 STATE MEASURES PASSED. WE HAVE TO MAKE THE CASE THAT WE 15 HAVE FOUND AND DONE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE -- 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: -- TO CLOSE THE DEFICIT OURSELVES 18 TO MAKE THE CASE. 19 NOW YOU MAY RECALL THAT LAST YEAR IT TOOK THREE 20 MONTHS FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THOSE NON 21 INSTRUCTIONAL FUNDS. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD AN ESTIMATE, NO 22 ONE REALLY COULD IDENTIFY -- 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: -- OR CATEGORIZE WHAT WAS IN A 25 FUND THAT HAD ABOUT 6-POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS IN JANUARY 26, 2012 94 1 IT IN A USUAL TIME, AND THAT WAS SLATED FOR CUTS TO 4.5 2 MILLION. 3 WHAT I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN DO AGAIN THIS YEAR 4 IS APPLY THE SAME DILIGENCE. I AM SURE WE WILL TO THE 5 SAME BUDGET AND THE SAME NUMBERS IN ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS 6 BEFORE WE LOOK AT THOSE REALLY HARD CUTS WE HAVE TO MAKE 7 WHICH IS WHY TOWARDS THE END OF THE BUDGET PROCESS LAST 8 YEAR, TRUSTEE RIZZO PUSHED BACK AND PUT SOME CLASSES BACK 9 INTO THE BUDGET 1.9 MILLION AND THEN WERE OTHER 10 INVESTMENTS THAT WE MADE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE 11 THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET -- BEFORE WE 12 GET TO THE STUDENTS, THE DIRECT IMPACT ON STUDENTS, WE HAD 13 TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING ELSE WAS IN ORDER. 14 AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S THE SAME THEME, NOT 15 INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE CHANCELLOR SAID JUST NOW, THAT 16 AT LEAST IN MY VISION AS CHAIR THIS YEAR FOR THE BUDGET 17 COMMITTEE, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE LOOKED EVERYWHERE. WE 18 KNOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 19 THE NUMBERS BEFORE WE TAKE THEM TO THE PUBLIC. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: THERE ARE NO MORE SACRED COWS THAT 22 WE JUST LEAVE ON THE TABLE, JUST BECAUSE AS THE CHANCELLOR 23 SAID, BEFORE WE REALLY PINCH THE STUDENTS. AND I EXPECT 24 THAT NOT TO BE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY AS WE PLAN 25 TO ANYWAY GO OUT FOR A PARCEL TAX. JANUARY 26, 2012 95 1 I WILL NOT SUPPORT A PARCEL TAX IF I DON'T 2 BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT DILIGENCE THIS YEAR. I CAN 3 NOT TAKE A MESSAGE OR A VISION TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE 4 MONEY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO TO THESE STUDENTS WHEN I 5 KNOW THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME SACRED COWS THAT WE HAVE 6 NOT TOUCHED. AND I AM TALKING ABOUT MINE. AND I AM 7 TALKING ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE'S ON THIS BOARD AND ALSO IN 8 THE COLLEGE. WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT THAT. 9 SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY THE 10 CHANCELLOR SAID MOST OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, BUT I WANTED 11 TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNEW THAT. I HOPE WE HAVE THE 12 SAME VISION GOING INTO THIS YEAR AS WE HAD IN LAST YEAR'S 13 BUDGET. 14 AND AS A RESPECTFUL REQUEST, WHAT I HOPE IS THIS 15 YEAR, UNLIKE LAST YEAR, THAT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER FUNDS 16 OR OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO MOVE MONEY FROM RESTRICTED FUNDS 17 TO FUND GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE 18 THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE THAT WE KNOW ABOUT IT BEFOREHAND -- 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: -- AS WE START THE PROCESS AND NOT 21 AT THE END TO SOLVE A PROBLEM. 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WELL, I THINK ONE THING WE CAN 23 DO IS TO GO THROUGH THOSE THREE PAGES IN THE BUDGET BOOK 24 THAT WHERE THOSE ONE-TIME SOURCES ARE COMING FROM THIS 25 YEAR AND JUST GO THROUGH THEM LINE BY LINE SO THAT YOU JANUARY 26, 2012 96 1 FEEL SATISFIED BY THAT. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: OR ANY OTHER SPACES THAT MAY -- 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: -- HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 5 CLOSE THE GAP. THANK YOU. 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. 8 TWO THINGS. ONE IS THAT IF THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO WORK, 9 IT HAS TO BE COLLABORATIVE WITH THE BOARD. WE CAN'T HAVE 10 A SITUATION WHERE THE EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT COME UP 11 WITH IT AND SAY, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT. THAT'S IT. WE 12 HAVE TO BE INVOLVED. WE HAVE TO -- WE ARE THE ONES WHO 13 ARE ON THE LINE BY STATE LAW. WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE 14 ACCOUNTABLE. AND WE HAVE TO BE PART OF THIS PROCESS. SO 15 WE CANNOT HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT WE 16 HAVE TO PASS SOMETHING, AND THAT'S IT BECAUSE WE ARE 17 LOOKING OUT FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE TAXPAYERS OF THE 18 STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SO WE HAVE TO -- WE MUST BE INVOLVED 19 IN THIS, AND I WILL, YOU KNOW, DEMAND THAT. 20 THE SECOND THING IS THAT LAST YEAR THE BOARD 21 ASKED THAT WE HAVE TWO READINGS OF THE BUDGET IN MAY AND 22 IN JUNE. AND THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN LAST YEAR. WE DIDN'T GET 23 A BUDGET BY MAY. AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN 24 THIS YEAR. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A BUDGET BOOK BY THE 25 MAY MEETING THAT WE COULD VOTE ON. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT JANUARY 26, 2012 97 1 WE CAN'T MAKE CHANGES. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S SET IN 2 STONE. THE IDEA IS TO HAVE TWO READINGS LIKE WE DO WITH 3 POLICIES. THE BUDGET IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY 4 POLICY THAT WE PASS AND POLICIES GET TWO READINGS. THIS 5 SHOULD HAVE TWO READINGS. 6 IF WE FIND AFTER MAY THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT 7 NEED TO BE CHANGED OR UPDATED BECAUSE OF NEW INFORMATION 8 OR BECAUSE WE CHANGED OUR MIND, WE CAN DO THAT. BUT WE 9 HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE BY MAY. AND SO I AM GOING TO ASK 10 THAT WE RESPECT THE WILL OF THE BOARD AND DO THAT AND TRY 11 TO DO THAT THIS YEAR. 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: ALL RIGHT. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S ALL. THAT'S MY ONLY 14 COMMENT. 15 ANY FURTHER BOARD COMMENTS? 16 CHANCELLOR. 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: ABSOLUTELY. THERE WAS A 18 LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN CERTAIN ITEMS ON THE BUDGET LAST 19 YEAR. AND IF HAD WE BEEN MORE TRANSPARENT OBVIOUSLY, SOME 20 OF THE EXPENDITURES AND SOME OF THE FORECASTS WOULD BE A 21 LITTLE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO I WOULD 100 PERCENT 22 ENDORSE THAT WE DO ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY 23 TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF ALL THE BUDGET ITEMS. 24 THE PROCESS WAS A GOOD PROCESS LAST YEAR. I 25 DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE ACTUALLY CAME WITH A BUDGET THAT'S JANUARY 26, 2012 98 1 FAIT ACCOMPLI. ALL I AM ASKING THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY TO 2 DO IS TO WORK ON THE PLAN. THE PLAN IS A LITTLE BIT 3 DIFFERENT FROM THE BUDGET. AND THAT IS THAT IF WE DON'T 4 COME UP WITH A PLAN TO PRESENT TO PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN 5 FOLLOW, THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. WE 6 CAN'T COME TO ACCREDITATION WITHOUT A PLAN. 7 NOW AS FAR AS THE DATES ARE CONCERNED, I AM 8 PUSHING THE COLLEGE PLANNING AND BUDGET COUNCIL TO DO 9 THEIR WORK IN TERMS OF PLANNING WITHIN SIX WEEKS. BY MAY 10 FOR CERTAIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BUDGET WORKING WITH 11 THE BOARD. 12 I THINK THE COLLEGE FULLY UNDERSTANDS AND I 13 FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S THE BOARD THAT DEALS WITH THE 14 BUDGET. IT IS THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE 15 THAT WE ARE FINANCIALLY STABLE AND THAT WE HAVE A GOOD 16 PLAN. SO THAT'S NOT TO BE -- THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE 17 DEBATED AT ALL. 18 BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB IN 19 TERMS OF GETTING ALL THE NUMBERS THERE FOR THE BOARD TO 20 SEE. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SAY THAT 21 THERE'S NO HIDDEN AGENDA GOING ON AS FAR AS THE COLLEGE OR 22 THE ADMINISTRATION IS CONCERNED. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 23 WE ARE TRYING TO DO. 24 NOW OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM THIS YEAR 2011-2012 WAS 25 NOT IN TERMS OF HOW WE WE'RE ESTIMATING THE REVENUE. OUR JANUARY 26, 2012 99 1 BIGGEST PROBLEM SO FAR HAS BEEN IN TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE 2 BEEN DOING AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES. OUR EXPENDITURES HAVE 3 BEEN VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE REVENUE. AND WE HAVE GONE 4 OVER AS FAR AS EXPENDITURES. 5 I HAVE TO SAY, BECAUSE I HAVE ALL THE DATA THAT 6 WOULD DEMONSTRATE THIS, IS THAT IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF 7 STUDENTS SERVED OVER THIS LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE 8 BEEN SERVING THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS, SAME NUMBER OF 9 FTES AS WE HAVE HISTORICALLY. 10 IN FACT, I WANT TO REPEAT THAT THE SPRING OF 11 2011 AND THE SUMMER OF 2011 WERE RECORD SIZE AS FAR AS 12 SERVING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. THOSE WERE THE LARGEST 13 NUMBER OF STUDENTS FTES-WISE THAT WE HAVE SERVED THAT IN 14 MY 25 YEARS OF LOOKING AT IT AND 42 YEARS OF BEING HERE. 15 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CORRECT THE 16 IMPRESSION AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WE 17 ALL ARE FOCUSED ON DOING THE RIGHT THING BY STUDENTS AND 18 NOT TRYING TO SHUT THEM OUT EVEN THOUGH OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE 19 BEING SHUT OUT BY OTHER FOLKS WHO WANT TO MAKE SURE THE 20 STUDENTS CANNOT COME TO CITY COLLEGE AND THE NUMBERS THAT 21 THEY SHOULD BE COMING TO. 22 BUT ON THE RECORD, THIS BOARD AND THIS COLLEGE 23 HAS SERVED THE STUDENTS, HAVE NOT CUT STUDENTS, HAVE NOT 24 CUT THE CATEGORICALS, HAVE NOT CUT A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT 25 OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DONE. AND WE HAVE THE NUMBERS TO JANUARY 26, 2012 100 1 SHOW THAT. THAT WE NEED TO BE PROUD OF BECAUSE IN SOME 2 CASES, WE ARE WORRYING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT 3 DONE. AND AGAIN, I DO HAVE THE NUMBERS TO SHOW THAT IN 4 TERMS OF STUDENT SERVE FTES, ET CETERA. 5 MY MESSAGE REALLY IS THAT THE GOVERNOR AND THE 6 LEGISLATURE HAVE TWICE NOW ASKED US TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF 7 THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED. ONE TIME ALMOST 6 PERCENT. 8 THEY ARE ASKING AGAIN 5.56 PERCENT. EACH TIME WE'VE SAID, 9 "NO." 10 THE STATE ALSO TOLD US THAT OKAY, WE ARE TAKING 11 AWAY ALMOST 50 PERCENT OF THE CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS. WE 12 HAVE NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS HAVE SAID "NO" TO THAT. 13 THE ISSUE IS ARE WE ABLE TO STILL DO THAT, AND 14 THE ANSWER IS WE PROBABLY CANNOT. SO I AGREE 100 PERCENT, 15 LET'S CUT ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS FIRST BEFORE WE START 16 LOOKING AT STUDENTS AND WHAT WE ARE DOING TO STUDENTS AND 17 STUDENT SERVICES. ONCE WE DO THAT, THE REALISTIC PICTURE 18 IS WE STILL WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH. 19 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MESSAGE IS OUT 20 THERE SO NO ONE SAYS, HE DIDN'T TELL US. HE WAS MUM. HE 21 SHOULD HAVE TOLD US DAY ONE. I AM TELLING YOU DAY ONE SO 22 YOU COULD KNOW THE REALITY. 23 THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE GOT GOING AT CITY 24 COLLEGE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING WE'VE DONE SO WELL FOR 25 FOUR YEARS, WHY DO WE EVER HAVE TO CHANGE? JANUARY 26, 2012 101 1 WELL, WE'VE DONE WELL BY MIRACLE ALMOST IN TERMS 2 OF WORK THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE. BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 3 SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET BY WITH IN TERMS OF PLANNING FOR 4 THIS 2012-2013 YEAR BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE JUST 5 ASTRONOMICAL. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I WAS JUST REMINDED THAT I 8 SHOULD HAVE ALSO MENTIONED BY WAY OF INFORMATION THAT 9 THERE ARE OTHER MEASURES THAT MAY BE ON THE BALLOT. THEIR 10 CHANCES ARE NOT KNOWN. ONE IS RELATED TO OIL EXTRACTION. 11 THE OTHER RELATED TO THE MILLIONAIRES' TAX. 12 OBVIOUSLY, IF ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE PASSED, IT 13 WOULD MAKE AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES 14 AND FOR CITY COLLEGE WITH, YOU KNOW, MANY MILLIONS MORE 15 THAN WE ARE RECEIVING RIGHT NOW. BUT THE CHANCES OF THAT 16 HAPPENING ARE CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SUGGEST 17 WE COULD DEPEND ON AT THIS POINT. 18 MR. SCOTT: PUT MORE (INAUDIBLE). 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE'LL WORK ON IT. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE FURTHER BOARD 21 DISCUSSION? 22 I HAVE ONE CARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 23 CARMEN LAMHA. 24 MS. LAMHA: THANK YOU. I CANNOT HELP BUT TALK 25 ABOUT THE VERY THRIVING I.T. INDUSTRY THAT WE HAVE IN SAN JANUARY 26, 2012 102 1 FRANCISCO AND THE BAY AREA. 2 SALESFORCE.COM, WHICH IS A LOCAL COMPANY, THEY 3 HAVE GIVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO UCSF FOR CHILDREN'S 4 HOSPITAL, A VERY GOOD CAUSE AND ZYNGA RIGHT NOW IS WORKING 5 WITH THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE MAYOR TO ACTUALLY 6 START A TRAINING CENTER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH 7 TRAINED PEOPLE AND ACTUALLY WE DO SO MUCH OF THAT. 8 SO I THINK AND I URGE YOU TO HELP US IN BEING 9 MORE IN TOUCH WITH THIS INDUSTRY AND ACTUALLY AGGRESSIVELY 10 ASK THEM FOR MONEY BECAUSE THEY GAVE -- THEY GIVE MONEY TO 11 A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT CAUSES, SO THANK YOU. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC 13 COMMENT? 14 CAN YOU FILL OUT A CARD? 15 MR. FITZGERALD: YEAH. JOE FITZGERALD, STUDENT. 16 I JUST WANTED TO SAY REALLY QUICKLY THAT I WAS 17 AT THE RECENT CONSULTATION COUNCIL MEETING UP AT 18 SACRAMENTO AND A FEW THINGS THAT THEY MENTION THAT MAY 19 BARE ON THIS AT ALL. 20 IT'S THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT REEVALUATING USING 21 FTES TO LIKE CALCULATE FUNDING AND A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT 22 WERE REALLY ALARMING. MAYBE YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY AWARE. 23 YOU PROBABLY ARE. I AM JUST UP HERE MENTIONING IS REALLY 24 KIND OF FRIGHTENING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE 25 PASSING DOWN. JANUARY 26, 2012 103 1 AND DOES THAT BEAR INTO THE CURRENT FISCAL 2 SITUATION OR IS THAT EVEN WORSE ON TOP OF THAT? 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT COULD BE WORSE ABSOLUTELY. 4 MR. FITZGERALD: YEAH, PRETTY BAD. ALL RIGHT. 5 THANKS. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, THANK YOU. 7 FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 8 OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO ANOTHER ITEM. 9 TRUSTEE JACKSON HAS REQUESTED THAT WE TAKE S6 10 OUT OF ORDER. 11 COUNSEL, COULD YOU READ RESOLUTION S6. 12 COUNSEL DICKEY: RESOLUTION S6, IS ENTITLED 13 "CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF TRUSTEES FULLY 14 SUPPORTS THE 2012 MILLIONAIRES' TAX AS A WAY TO RESTORE 15 EDUCATION FUNDING FOR REHIRING TEACHERS, FUNDING FOR 16 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, AND THE RESTORING THE CALIFORNIA 17 HIGHER EDUCATION MASTER PLAN." 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND I THINK WE SHOULD JUST 19 RENAME THIS THE MITT ROMNEY TAX. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE 20 GOVERNOR HAS A TAX OUT THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE 21 FACT THAT I ALREADY PAY MORE IN PERCENTAGE OF TAXES THEN 22 MITT ROMNEY DOES AND THIS, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR'S TAX 23 WOULD INCREASE THAT EVEN MORE. YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK 24 IF WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT REVENUE, WE REALLY NEED TO 25 TALK ABOUT RAISING PROGRESSIVE REVENUE BECAUSE WE JANUARY 26, 2012 104 1 OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CUTBACKS AGAINST OUR 2 CLASSIFIEDS, OUR FACULTY, AND PUBLIC SECTOR, YOU KNOW, WE 3 OFTENTIMES FORGET THAT IT WASN'T US THAT CAUSED THIS 4 ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. IT WAS THE MILLIONAIRES. IT WAS THE 5 MITT ROMNEYS OF OUR SOCIETY THAT CAUSED THIS. 6 BUT YET, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT -- WHEN WE FINALLY 7 TALK ABOUT REVENUE, IT'S ALWAYS HOW ARE WE ALL GOING TO 8 COLLECTIVELY PAY FOR IT. AND WE ONLY REALLY EVER GET THE 9 SALES TAX. 10 WELL, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I COULD SAY I AM KIND OF 11 TIRED OF CHIPPING IN. I THINK I'VE DONE MY PART. AND I 12 THINK ITS -- I THINK FOLKS IN A COMMUNITY AND THE 13 99 PERCENT HAVE DONE ITS PART. IT'S TIME FOR THE 14 1 PERCENT TO KICK IN A LITTLE BIT. 15 AND SO, YOU KNOW, I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. I 16 THINK IT HAS STRONG COALITION WITH AFT, WITH CTA, WITH 17 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND 18 IF WE ARE GOING TO REALLY HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION ABOUT 19 REVENUE, IT MIGHT AS WELL BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT 20 PROGRESSIVE REVENUE AND REALLY SUPPORTING THE OCCUPY 21 MOVEMENT. 22 YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, IMPRESSED BY 23 THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION. I WAS LIKE, WELL 24 THAT'S THE DUDE I VOTED FOR THREE YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, 25 WELCOME BACK, MR. PRESIDENT. JANUARY 26, 2012 105 1 AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY 2 IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC EQUALITY, YOU KNOW, IN SAN 3 FRANCISCO AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE. SO, YOU KNOW, I PUT 4 THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD SO WE COULD SUPPORT IT. I THINK 5 IT WOULD PUT US ON RECORD AS THE FIRST COMMUNITY COLLEGE 6 TO SUPPORT THE MILLIONAIRES' TAX. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, 7 YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE ON RECORD TO SUPPORT PROGRESSIVE 8 REVENUE THROUGHOUT THE STATES. SO I ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO 9 PLEASE SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: FURTHER DISCUSSION? 11 PUBLIC COMMENT? 12 I DON'T HAVE THE CARDS. I DON'T HAVE BLANK 13 CARDS. 14 MS. MESSER: ALISA MESSER, AFT 2121. 15 THANK YOU, TRUSTEE JACKSON, FOR THAT VERY NICE 16 INTRODUCTION TO THE MILLIONAIRES' TAX. AND YOU ALL 17 REMEMBER THAT I WAS HERE LAST BOARD MEETING WITH THE 18 MILLION DOLLAR BILL THAT THEN EVERYBODY STARTED FIGHTING 19 OVER. 20 THIS IS REALLY -- THIS IS REALLY I THINK ONE OF 21 THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE WHICH COULD REALLY HELP 22 US OUT. ITS GAINED A LOT OF MOMENTUM, SO I WANTED TO GIVE 23 YOU A COUPLE OF NUMBERS. I WON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE 24 THING AND HOW IT WORKS AGAIN. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO 25 ME LATER OR READ ALL THE PUBLICATIONS WE'VE BEEN PUTTING JANUARY 26, 2012 106 1 OUT. 2 SO IN THE 2012-2013 BUDGET YEAR, THE ESTIMATES 3 ARE THAT THIS WOULD BRING -- THAT THE MILLIONAIRES' TAX 4 WOULD BRING $9.5 BILLION BACK INTO OVER 18 MONTHS BACK 5 INTO THE STATE BUDGET. AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT THAT 6 WOULD BE TO EDUCATION, INCLUDING ALL SECTORS OF HIGHER 7 EDUCATION AND ALSO TO COUNTIES FOR VARIOUS SERVICES. 8 AND THEN YEARLY, THE ESTIMATE FOR 2013 TO 2014 9 IS $6 BILLION. SO JUST THINKING ABOUT COUNTIES FOR A 10 MOMENT. TO SAN FRANCISCO, TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 11 FRANCISCO FOR VARIOUS VITAL SOCIAL SERVICES, FOR ROADS AND 12 BRIDGES AND RECONSTRUCTION, FOR ELDER CARE, CHILD CARE, 13 DISABILITY, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THERE WOULD BE ABOUT 14 $52 MILLION EXTRA INTO SAN FRANCISCO'S BUDGET, AND THAT 15 WORKS OUT TO ABOUT $64 PER PERSON BY ESTIMATE. THAT WOULD 16 BE IN THE PERIOD OF A YEAR. AND TO CITY COLLEGE, IT WOULD 17 BE MORE THAN $13 MILLION, WHICH I THINK THERE WAS A 18 13 MILLION SOMEWHERE ON ONE OF THOSE. 19 SO THERE WAS ALSO -- AND JUST ONE OTHER REALLY 20 BRIEF SET OF NUMBERS. THERE WAS A POLL LAST WEEK. THERE 21 ARE, AS WAS ALREADY POINTED OUT, VARIOUS REVENUE MEASURES. 22 THERE ARE IN FACT VARIOUS REVENUE MEASURES THAT ARE JUST 23 ON PERSONAL INCOME TAX. THERE WAS A POLL LAST WEEK THAT 24 WAS LEAKED. IT WAS AN INDEPENDENT POLL THAT WAS ACTUALLY 25 CONDUCTED BY THE THINK LONG COMMITTEE WHICH HAD A VERY JANUARY 26, 2012 107 1 REGRESSIVE INCOME TAX THEY WERE LOOKING AT -- 2 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 3 MS. MESSER: THEY'VE SINCE DROPPED OUT. THEY 4 WERE AT -- THEY WERE BELOW 50 PERCENT. THE MONGER 5 INITIATIVE IS AT 52 PERCENT. BROWN'S INITIATIVE IS AT 6 62 PERCENT. AND THE MILLIONAIRES' TAX IS POLLING AT 7 70 PERCENT. SO WE THINK IT'S A GOOD OPTION. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 9 I SUPPORT THIS MOTION. I AM A CO-SPONSOR. THIS 10 IS OF ALL THE PROPOSALS, THIS IS THE FAIREST TAX BY FAR. 11 IT IS THE BEST FOR CITY COLLEGE. IT IS THE BEST FOR SAN 12 FRANCISCO. AND I THINK IT IS THE BEST FOR CALIFORNIA SO I 13 WILL WHOLEHEARTEDLY VOTE FOR "YES" ON THIS. 14 FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 15 TRUSTEE NGO: ALL WE ARE MISSING IS THE MOTION. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THERE'S NO MOTION? 17 COUNSEL DICKEY: THERE'S NO MOTION. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, I'M SORRY. I'M NOT DOING 19 MY JOB. 20 ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION? 21 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 22 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO AND 24 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 25 TRUSTEE JACKSON: THAT'S WHY WE HAVE HIM THERE. JANUARY 26, 2012 108 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZE FOR 2 THAT. 3 OKAY, TRUSTEE FANG. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 7 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 14 OKAY, S6 IS APPROVED. 15 NOW TRUSTEE FANG HAS A REQUEST TO TAKE SOMETHING 16 OUT OF ORDER. THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE WHO 17 HAS TO LEAVE. IF WE COULD TAKE HIS OR HER REPORT. 18 ARE THEY STILL THERE OR DID WE LOSE THEM? 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THEY MAY -- WELL, THEY 20 ARE STILL HERE. SOME OF THEM ARE STILL HERE. SO I THINK 21 THEY DO WANT TO GO. AND THEY HAVE TO GO. 22 MR. ARENAS: THANK YOU. I WAS WAITING 23 PATIENTLY. I HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME, 25 PLEASE. JANUARY 26, 2012 109 1 MR. ARENAS: I'M SORRY. ROBERT ARENAS, A.S. 2 PRESIDENT OF THE OCEAN CAMPUS, CITY COLLEGE OF SAN 3 FRANCISCO. 4 HAPPY NEW YEAR, FIRST OF ALL. I HOPE YOU GUYS 5 ALL ENJOYED YOUR BREAKS, CHRISTMAS, NEW YEARS. 6 SO LAST YEAR, A LOT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. A LOT 7 IS HAPPENING THIS YEAR. I ENJOYED MY BREAK. IT WAS A 8 GOOD TIME AND THEN I WOKE UP THE MORNING I HAD TO GO TO 9 SCHOOL. I WAS EXCITED AT FIRST AND REALIZED ALL THE STUFF 10 THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP, ALL THE BIG THINGS 11 HAPPENING, STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE, MARCH IN MARCH. 12 AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT A LOT OF THE STUFF 13 THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST YEAR, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT 14 THE STUDENTS HAD, AND THERE'S A LOT. THERE'S MANY. YOU 15 KNOW, WE ENDED THE SEMESTER AND THE GOOD FIGHT, AND WE ARE 16 GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. A LOT OF THE STUDENTS ARE 17 STILL HUNGRY. THEY STILL WANT THEIR EDUCATION. THEY 18 DON'T WANT ANY FEE RAISES. AND THEY ARE NOT FORGETTING 19 ABOUT IT DEFINITELY. AND I AM REMINDED BY THAT 20 CONSTANTLY, AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 21 MOST OF ALL, IT STARTED OFF GOOD. THE BOOK LOAN 22 WAS OFF TO A GREAT START. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST A.S. 23 PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT THEIR BOOKS. 24 WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE DONATIONS EVERY SINGLE TIME, 25 WHICH GAVE ME A CHANCE TO CONGRATULATE THE FOOTBALL TEAM. JANUARY 26, 2012 110 1 WE ARE LOOKING ALL GOOD. 2 LET'S SEE, WE HAD ONE MORE THING THAT'S REALLY 3 GOOD SO FAR THIS YEAR. CAMPUS CLEAN UP. CAMPUS CLEAN UP 4 IS SOMETHING WE JUST STARTED THIS PAST SEMESTER. SO WE 5 ARE STARTING OUR SUCCESSFUL SECOND ONE COMING UP, WHICH WE 6 GET AS MANY STUDENTS AS WE CAN RALLIED UP, CLEAN UP THE 7 CAMPUS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. AND WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO 8 MAKE IT A MONTHLY THING. SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET 9 REALLY PROGRESSIVE, GET THINGS THAT ARE REGULARLY 10 SCHEDULED, SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN MONTH BY MONTH GET 11 THE STUDENTS OUT THERE TO SEE US AND KNOW WHO WE ARE AND 12 NOT JUST DO LITTLE PROJECTS HERE AND THERE, BUT THEY KNOW 13 WHERE TO FIND US ON ANY GIVEN DAY. JUST MAKE SURE THEY 14 KNOW WE ARE HERE FOR THEM AND THEY CAN COME TO US TO VOICE 15 THEIR CONCERNS. 16 MOST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY 17 THAT WE ARE HERE FOR THE FIGHT. WE ARE ALL IN THIS 18 TOGETHER. AND I AM NOT SEEKING ANY SORT DIVISION THAT IT 19 SEEMS LIKE THAT ADMINISTRATION GOT A LITTLE DIVIDED FROM 20 THE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT A LOT OF STUFF. A LOT OF THINGS 21 GET VERY CONVOLUTED WHEN THERE'S HIGH TENSION. AND I JUST 22 WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WE ARE ALSO ON THE SAME SIDE. 23 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR OUR 24 STUDENTS LIKE NO OTHER, SO THANK YOU. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. JANUARY 26, 2012 111 1 TRUSTEE FANG. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I BELIEVE MISSION CAMPUS 3 REQUESTED -- THEY REALLY WANTED, BUT THEY REALLY DID HAVE 4 TO LEAVE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THEY DID HAVE TO LEAVE. I'M 6 SORRY. I'M SORRY WE COULDN'T HEAR THEM. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: BUT THE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS 8 REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE EVEN KNOW THEY ARE NOT ON THE 9 ROSTER IF THEY MAY SPEAK. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. WE WILL TAKE THE 11 STUDENTS. 12 MR. YATES: PRESIDENT RIZZO AND CHANCELLOR 13 GRIFFIN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS AL 14 YATES, AND I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHEAST 15 CAMPUS. 16 I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE 17 YOU AN UPDATE OF THE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. WELCOME BACK, 18 HAPPY NEW YEAR. 19 BASED ON MY OBSERVATION, THE SPRING SEMESTER 20 STARTED OFF GOOD FOR US AT THE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. OUR 21 CLASSES ARE FULL. WE ARE OVERFLOWING WITH STUDENTS. 22 WE'VE HAD THE AMBASSADORS AT OUR CAMPUS. THEY'VE DONE A 23 WONDERFUL JOB FOR OUTREACHING INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND WE 24 ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE STUDENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND 25 FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY COMING TO SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. JANUARY 26, 2012 112 1 I DO WANT TO SAY THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF 2 MS. JACKSON IS STILL HERE. 3 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: SHE'S GONE. 4 MR. YATES: SHE'S GONE, I'M SORRY. VICE 5 CHANCELLOR BILL -- MR. BYNUM, TORRANCE BYNUM, I KNOW HE IS 6 OUR COORDINATOR, BUT IS ACTING AS OUR DEAN. I KNOW SHE 7 REQUESTED THE DEAN AT OUR CAMPUS. WE DO -- SHE DOESN'T 8 KNOW THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE CITY COLLEGE BECAUSE OF 9 BUDGET RESTRAINTS AND EVERYTHING. AND IT'S KIND OF HARD 10 FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND NOT KNOWING 11 THAT BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET RESTRAINTS, IT'S HARD FOR US TO 12 HAVE A FULL-TIME DEAN AT OUR CAMPUS, BUT WE WILL BE TRYING 13 TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW HOW THE STRUCTURE OF THE CITY 14 COLLEGE IS GOING ON. 15 I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN. AT THE 16 END OF THE FALL SEMESTER, WE WERE GIVEN OUR COMPUTER 17 REPAIR CLASS BACK. AND WE ARE VERY -- WE ARE FULL TO THE 18 BRIM. THE ROOM IS OVERFLOWING. AND SO -- AND WE REALLY 19 DO NEED TO HAVE A LARGER ROOM. 20 THAT BEING SAID, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE PUC IS 21 LIKE OUR BIG BROTHER. BIG BROTHER'S WATCHING US OVER 22 THERE. AND WE SORT OF LIKE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S REALLY 23 COMING. WE ARE SPECULATING, WELL, WHO ARE THEY? WHERE 24 ARE THEY? ARE THEY GOING TO DO THIS? ARE THEY DOING 25 THAT? YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS CHANGED AND EVERYTHING. JANUARY 26, 2012 113 1 BUT WE ARE GOING TO WORK THROUGH IT. IT'S GOING -- WITH 2 YOUR HELP, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE ALL OF THESE CHANGES 3 COME ABOUT. 4 AND ALL IN ALL, I AM FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE 5 SOUTHEAST CAMPUS RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 7 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: PRESIDENT RIZZO. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: VICE PRESIDENT GRIER. 9 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: I WANTED TO ASK MR. YATES 10 A QUESTION. 11 I REMEMBER ALL OF YOUR E-MAILS. AND I HAVE COME 12 BY THE CAMPUS MANY TIMES. I AM HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE 13 COMPUTER CLASS. I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE SEWING CLASSES. 14 AND THERE WERE SOME OTHER CONCERNS THAT YOU HAD. 15 MR. YATES: YES. 16 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AND I ALSO WANT TO KNOW 17 WHEN WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNE TIME TO COME AND SEE THE 18 OVERFLOWING CLASSES THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT? 19 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IT FOR MYSELF. 20 MR. YATES: OKAY. RIGHT. AS FAR AS -- IT SEEMS 21 LIKE TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS ARE OUR BIGGEST DAYS. I KNOW 22 THAT OUR COMPUTER REPAIR CLASS IS BEING HELD ON TUESDAY AT 23 THE PRESENT TIME FROM 9:00 TO 12:00 P.M. AND THAT'S 24 WHEN -- I MEAN MONDAY IS KIND OF SLOW. 25 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: YEAH. JANUARY 26, 2012 114 1 MR. YATES: WEDNESDAY -- 2 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AND FRIDAYS. 3 MR. YATES: BUT TUESDAY AND THURSDAY -- 4 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: OKAY. 5 MR. YATES: -- WE ARE UP AND RUNNING. 6 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: ALL RIGHT. 7 MR. YATES: WE ARE UP AND RUNNING BIG TIME, 8 OKAY? 9 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: THE SEWING CLASS? 10 MR. YATES: AND THE SEWING CLASS, FROM WHAT I 11 UNDERSTAND, THE SEWING CLASS IS THE SEWING CLASS. AND 12 THEY ARE KIND OF STABLE, BUT THERE'S A GROUP OF LADIES WHO 13 HAVE A SEWING CLUB. AND IT'S THE SEWING CLUB -- AND THOSE 14 ARE THE COMMUNITY LADIES. AND THEY REALLY NEED TO HAVE 15 THE -- IF WE COULD GET THEM SOME SORT OF SUPPORT, 16 NONCREDIT OR WHATEVER, TO SPECIALIZE -- SORT OF LIKE THEIR 17 GROUP BECAUSE THEY ARE QUILTERS. 18 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: OKAY. 19 MR. YATES: THEY SIT THERE LIKE IN THE OLDEN 20 DAYS SO TO SPEAK. THEY LIKE TO SIT AROUND. AND THEY MAKE 21 BEAUTIFUL QUILTS AND IT'S A SOCIAL HOUR FOR THEM. AND 22 THEY NEED A LITTLE -- JUT A LITTLE SPECIAL ATTENTION, SO 23 IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. 24 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: THANK YOU. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. JANUARY 26, 2012 115 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND YOU KNOW, MR. YATES, THANK 2 YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. IT IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, INFORMATIVE 3 AND EDUCATIONAL. YOU KNOW, I LIVE LIKE LITERALLY A COUPLE 4 OF BLOCKS AWAY, SO IT WAS REALLY JUST HAVING STUDENT 5 LEADERSHIP JUST TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE CAMPUS 6 AND WHAT'S GOING ON. THAT, YES, OUR CLASSES ARE FULL. 7 MR. YATES: YOU KNOW, IT'S CHANGING. 8 TRUSTEE JACKSON: IT'S VERY EDUCATIONAL BECAUSE 9 NOT EVERYBODY ALWAYS HEARS. AND PEOPLE JUST HEAR THESE 10 RUMORS. AND THEY ARE LIKE ALL THE CLASSES ARE HALF FULL, 11 BUT, YOU KNOW, SEEING IT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE GROUND 12 IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND REALLY INFORMATIVE. AND, YOU 13 KNOW, I KNOW THAT PUC IS LIKE BIG BROTHER. AND THERE'S 14 ONLY REALLY ONE WAY TO ALLEVIATE THAT AND THAT IS BUILDING 15 A NEW CAMPUS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND GETTING AWAY FROM IT. 16 MR. YATES: I AM BEGINNING BELIEVE YOU. I AM 17 AGREEING WITH YOU. 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM 19 THAT BUILDING AND LET THE PUC DO WHATEVER THEY ARE GOING 20 TO DO WITH THAT. 21 BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. I WANT 22 TO THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, GIVING US AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S 23 GOING ON ON THE GROUND AT SOUTHEAST. AND I REALLY 24 ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME EVERY MONTH IF YOU CAN. 25 MR. YATES: AND I WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT NOW. JANUARY 26, 2012 116 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND MAKE SURE YOU KEEP ON 2 EDUCATING US ON WHAT'S GOING ON AT SOUTHEAST -- 3 MR. YATES: RIGHT. 4 TRUSTEE JACKSON: -- BECAUSE WITHOUT YOUR 5 REPORT, WE WON'T KNOW. 6 MR. YATES: WE ARE COMING ALONG. 7 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YES. 8 MR. YATES: WE ARE COMING ALONG. 9 TRUSTEE JACKSON: PERFECT. 10 MR. YATES: THANK YOU. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, THANK YOU. 12 LET'S TAKE UP ITEM VII, APPROVAL OF CONSENT 13 ITEMS. 14 THE FIRST ONE IS THE GENERAL FUND, B1. 15 COUNSEL, WOULD YOU MIND, PLEASE. 16 COUNSEL DICKEY: B1 IS A "RENEWAL OF CONTRACT 17 WITH PEOPLEADMIN, INC. FOR ANNUAL LICENSING AND 18 MAINTENANCE RENEWAL FEE AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $40,000 19 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013." 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE 21 THAT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? 22 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE? 23 OKAY, SO WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MOVE IT? 24 COULD I HAVE A MOTION FOR B1? 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: MOVE FOR APPROVAL. JANUARY 26, 2012 117 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, MOVED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE 3 FANG; SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 4 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 5 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 6 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 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: OPPOSED? 14 B1 IS APPROVED. 15 NEXT IS CAPITAL OUTLAY, B2. 16 COUNSEL DICKEY: B2 IS AN "AUTHORIZATION FOR ONE 17 CONTRACT MODIFICATION TOTALING $450,000 FOR SPECIAL 18 SERVICES CONTRACTS AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT." 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE ANYONE ON THE BOARD 20 OR IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE 21 CONSENT AGENDA? 22 TRUSTEE JACKSON: WHAT ITEM WAS IT 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S B2. 24 OKAY, NO ONE. 25 I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR B2 THEN. JANUARY 26, 2012 118 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: SECOND. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARKS. 5 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 7 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 15 GRANTS AND CONTRACTS, WE HAVE B3, B4. 16 COUNSEL. 17 COUNSEL DICKEY: B3 IS "AUTHORIZATION IS TO 18 CONDUCT A SUMMER 2012 STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN CULINARY 19 ARTS IN OAXACA, MEXICO, AND TO CONTRACT WITH CAPITAL 20 TRAVEL SOLUTIONS, CTS, FORMALLY KNOWN AS KRISTENSEN 21 INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURS, LTD., KITT, FOR TRAVEL AND 22 LOGISTICAL PROGRAM ARRANGEMENT." 23 ITEM B4 IS AN "AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE NEW 24 CONTRACTS AND MODIFY EXISTING CONTRACTS." 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. JANUARY 26, 2012 119 1 IS THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO 2 REMOVE B3 OR B4 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION 4 FOR B3 AND B4? 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: MOVE FOR APPROVAL FOR B3 6 AND B4. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 8 IS THERE A SECOND? 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: SECOND. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MARKS. 11 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 13 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 21 B3 AND B4 ARE APPROVED. 22 EQUIPMENT SERVICES AND SUPPLIES, C3 AND C5. 23 TRUSTEE MARKS: I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THOSE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I'M SORRY. 25 TRUSTEE MARKS: C3 AND C5. JANUARY 26, 2012 120 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOU ARE REMOVING THEM BOTH? 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: YES. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. BOTH ARE REMOVED. 4 HUMAN RESOURCES, WE HAVE G1-13, H1-3, AND N1 AND 5 N2. 6 RATHER THAN READ THE TITLES OF ALL THESE, THESE 7 ARE -- HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT? 8 TRUSTEE MARKS: EMPLOYEES -- 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ASSIGNMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES 10 BASICALLY. 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SO MOVED. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: LET ME ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE 13 WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ANY ONE OF THESE OFF THE AGENDA ON 14 THE BOARD OR OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR I SHOULD SAY, ON THE 15 BOARD OR IN THE ROOM? 16 SEEING NONE, THERE WAS A MOTION. 17 TRUSTEE JACKSON, IS THAT YOUR MOTION? 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SO MOVED. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A SECOND? 20 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 22 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 23 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 24 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. JANUARY 26, 2012 121 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 7 OKAY, THE HUMAN RESOURCES ITEMS ARE APPROVED. 8 AND THAT IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 9 SO WE CAN MOVE TO OUR -- WELL, THE NEXT ITEM 10 IS -- THAT'S TAKEN OFF. 11 NEXT WILL BE CONSTITUENT GROUPS. 12 CHANCELLOR, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD TAKE THE -- 13 THE RESOLUTIONS? DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE RESOLUTIONS? 14 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YEAH, WE WILL. CAN WE TAKE 15 THE F'S BEFORE THE CONSTITUENT GROUPS? 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE F RESOLUTIONS, OKAY. THE 17 CHANCELLOR REQUESTS TO TAKE -- 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON: DID WE DO B1 YET? 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: B1 WE DID, YES. 20 THE CHANCELLOR REQUESTS THAT WE TAKE F1, F2, F3 21 AND F4 OUT OF ORDER. 22 SO WITH THE BOARD'S -- IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 23 WE WILL DO THAT. 24 COUNSEL COULD YOU READ F1, PLEASE. 25 COUNSEL DICKEY: F1 IS ENTITLED HUMAN RESOURCES, JANUARY 26, 2012 122 1 "ADMINISTRATIVE EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENT, INTERIM VICE 2 CHANCELLOR OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS." 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CHANCELLOR, DID YOU WANT TO 4 SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS OR NOT? 5 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES, I CAN SAY A COUPLE OF 6 WORDS I HOPE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: HOLD ON, LET'S TAKE A MOTION. 8 I'M SORRY. 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OKAY. I'M SORRY. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: MOVE F1. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 14 BY TRUSTEE FANG. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OKAY, AS YOU ALL MAY OR MAY 16 NOT BE AWARE, SINCE NOVEMBER 1 OF LAST YEAR, I'VE ACTUALLY 17 BEEN FUNCTIONING AS THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF ACADEMIC 18 AFFAIRS, IN ADDITION TO MY OTHER DUTIES AS CHANCELLOR. 19 IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION. WE NEED A FULL-TIME 20 PERSON THERE. WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A SEARCH WITHIN A YEAR 21 OR LESS, BUT FOR NOW WE NEED AN INTERIM INDIVIDUAL. 22 THIS RESOLUTION IS CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF 23 ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, JOANNE LOW, 24 TO THIS POSITION. JOANNE LOW IS A LONG-TIME ADMINISTRATOR 25 AT THE COLLEGE WITH LOTS OF EXPERIENCE IN ACADEMIC JANUARY 26, 2012 123 1 AFFAIRS. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS ABSOLUTELY 2 NEEDED AT THIS POINT, SINCE I OBVIOUSLY CAN'T CONTINUE TO 3 DO BOTH ASSIGNMENTS. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 5 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 6 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 7 YES, TRUSTEE NGO. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: I AM HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS 9 RESOLUTION AS WELL AS THE OTHER F RESOLUTIONS BEFORE US. 10 I WANT TO URGE THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A 11 POLICY THAT WOULD REQUIRE UP OR DOWN VOTES ON INDIVIDUAL 12 ADMINISTRATORS ON REAPPOINTMENTS AS WELL, NOT JUST INTERIM 13 APPOINTMENTS. BUT YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE'VE HAD ON 14 MULTIPLE OCCASIONS HERE THE BOARD ADOPT A RESOLUTION OR 15 RESOLUTIONS THAT ESSENTIALLY HAVE ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS 16 ON FOR A VOTE. 17 AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER AN 18 ADOPTIVE POLICY THAT DOES THE SAME THING THAT WE ARE DOING 19 FOR THE INTERIMS WITH THE REAPPOINTMENTS. AND I THINK 20 THAT'S JUST A BETTER PRACTICE FOR THE DISTRICT. AND 21 ACTUALLY, I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY BETTER FOR THE CHANCELLOR 22 AS WELL. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ARE YOU -- WILL YOU BE 24 PRESENTING A POLICY RESOLUTION FOR US TO CONSIDER? 25 TRUSTEE NGO: I'VE GOT LIKE 20 OF THEM READY TO JANUARY 26, 2012 124 1 GO. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: EXCELLENT. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: THAT'S ONE OF THEM. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. 5 TRUSTEE MARKS. 6 TRUSTEE MARKS: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN 7 THAT THIS IS NOT AN EXCLUSIVE RESOLUTION OR POLICY FOR 8 JUST THE INTERIM APPOINTMENTS, BUT FOR ALL APPOINTMENTS IN 9 GENERAL TO ADMINISTRATORS. 10 YES? 11 TRUSTEE NGO: I'M SORRY. WHAT? WAS THAT A 12 QUESTION? IT WAS A QUESTION. 13 TRUSTEE MARKS: YES. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: YES, I PLAN TO BRING FORWARD A 15 POLICY THAT WOULD REQUIRE ON NOT JUST INTERIM 16 APPOINTMENTS, BUT ALL REAPPOINTMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATORS TO 17 BE PRESENTED IN A RESOLUTION INDIVIDUALLY AND NOT GROUPED 18 IN AN OMNIBUS FASHION. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 20 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: POINT OF CLARIFICATION. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE GRIER. 22 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT 23 RIZZO. 24 COUNSEL DICKEY. 25 COUNSEL DICKEY: YES. JANUARY 26, 2012 125 1 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: MAY I ASK A QUESTION? 2 I AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WHEN WE DO A 3 RESOLUTION AND WHEN WE GET THE INFORMATION AND A LOT OF 4 TIMES WE DISCUSS THIS IN CLOSED SESSION JUST THE PROCESS, 5 DOING SOMETHING LIKE WHAT TRUSTEE NGO IS SUGGESTING, DOES 6 THAT VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT? 7 COUNSEL DICKEY: MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT 8 TRUSTEE NGO IS SUGGESTING IS THAT THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF 9 EXISTING ADMINISTRATORS BE HANDLED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS 10 RATHER THAN AS A SORT OF A GROUP REAPPOINTMENT WHICH 11 WOULD, I BELIEVE, PROVIDE MORE TRANSPARENCY AND 12 INVOLVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PROCESS THAN OUR CURRENT 13 SYSTEM. SO, NO, I DON'T SEE THAT IT WOULD BE A VIOLATION 14 OF THE BROWN ACT. 15 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: OKAY, THAT'S CLEAR. 16 AND WHEN WE WERE -- I HAD ASKED THE QUESTION 17 EARLIER TONIGHT. THE QUESTION WAS WOULD WE VOTE 18 INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH PERSON? 19 AND THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING, RIGHT, WITH 20 THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE NOW? 21 YES? 22 COUNSEL DICKEY: I BELIEVE THAT'S THE PROPOSAL 23 FOR GOING FORWARD. WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE F 24 RESOLUTIONS, I BELIEVE, IS ALSO DEALING WITH INDIVIDUALS 25 TONIGHT. JANUARY 26, 2012 126 1 LET ME SAY, AS WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS THOUGH, 2 THAT WE HAVE KIND OF VEERED OFF OF THE AGENDA ITEM. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY. 4 WE CAN'T BE DEBATING THIS. 5 COUNSEL DICKEY: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING 6 THAT HASN'T COME UP TO US YET. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: RIGHT. 8 COUNSEL DICKEY: SO WE REALLY SHOULD BE FOCUSSED 9 ON THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT F1 IS, WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT 10 OF JOANNE LOW TO THE INTERIM VCAA POSITION. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE MARKS. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: GENERAL COUNSEL, I HEARD YOU SAY 13 IN THE CLOSED SESSION THAT -- 14 COUNSEL DICKEY: WHAT -- 15 TRUSTEE MARKS: NO. NO. THAT IT WOULD VIOLATE 16 THE ED CODE, WHAT I PROPOSED. 17 COUNSEL DICKEY: WE CAN'T DISCUSS CLOSED SESSION 18 DISCUSSIONS IN OPEN SESSION. 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: WELL -- 20 COUNSEL DICKEY: I WILL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU 21 ABOUT IT AFTER THE MEETING. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 23 IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? 24 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: NO. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. JANUARY 26, 2012 127 1 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: THANK YOU. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON 3 THIS ITEM? 4 OKAY, TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE. 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 7 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 8 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 15 F1 IS CARRIED. 16 F2, COUNSEL. 17 COUNSEL DICKEY: F2 IS ENTITLED HUMAN RESOURCES, 18 "ADMINISTRATIVE EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENT, INTERIM DEAN OF 19 COUNSELING, STUDENT SUPPORT, AND OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT 20 SERVICES." 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A MOTION FOR F2? 22 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 24 IS THERE A SECOND? 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FANG. JANUARY 26, 2012 128 1 IS THERE DISCUSSION? 2 IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? 3 OKAY, SEEING NONE, TRUSTEE FANG. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 6 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 7 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 14 F2 IS APPROVED. 15 F3, COUNSEL. 16 COUNSEL DICKEY: F3 IS ENTITLED HUMAN RESOURCES, 17 "ADMINISTRATIVE EDUCATIONAL POSITION, TRANSFER OF DEAN OF 18 FACULTY SUPPORT SERVICES/COURSE/ROOM SCHEDULING TO DEAN OF 19 CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH CAMPUS AND SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL 20 EDUCATION AND ESL." 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION? 22 TRUSTEE BERG: YEAH, I MOVE F3. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 24 IS THERE A SECOND? 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. JANUARY 26, 2012 129 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE 2 FANG. 3 DISCUSSION? 4 TRUSTEE -- 5 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE 6 THAT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO JUST REITERATE SOME OF 7 THE COMMUNITIES COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY -- 8 ABOUT THE NECESSITY FOR A DEAN OF THE SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. I 9 HOPE THAT WE CAN PLACE IN NEXT -- A SPOT FOR THAT IN NEXT 10 YEAR'S BUDGET. I KNOW WE ARE IN BUDGETARY CRISIS NOW. 11 BUT, HOPEFULLY, IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET THAT WE CAN FIND THE 12 SPACE TO BE ABLE TO HIRE A FULL-TIME PERMANENT DEAN OF THE 13 SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. 14 SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT F3, BUT I HOPE FOR 15 THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE WE COULD FUND THAT POSITION. 16 SPEAKER UNKNOWN: THANK YOU. 17 TRUSTEE JACKSON: IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THANK 18 YOU. 19 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: CAN WE DISCUSS -- 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: VICE PRESIDENT GRIER, DID 21 YOU -- 22 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHAT DID YOU -- 24 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: A VERBAL THOUGHT, BUT 25 IT'S OKAY. JANUARY 26, 2012 130 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: IS THIS F3? 3 COUNSEL DICKEY: YES. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: F3, IT IS. 5 TRUSTEE NGO. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: CAN I ASK COUNSEL, AND I THINK 7 THIS IS SOMETHING I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP IN POLICY. 8 DO YOU -- WHAT I -- WOULD ANY BOARD MEMBER HAVE 9 TO RECUSE THEMSELVES IF ANY OF THESE ADMINISTRATORS GAVE 10 US CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS? 11 I FIND IT MAY NOT BE ILLEGAL, BUT I FIND IT VERY 12 PROBLEMATIC THAT IT'S A COMMON PRACTICE AT LEAST AMONG 13 SOME ADMINISTRATORS THAT THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE 14 GIVEN TO BOARD MEMBERS AND A VERY SPECIFIC FEW THAT 15 THEN -- OR WHO THEN VOTE ON THESE VERY APPOINTMENTS. 16 YOU MAY RECALL THAT IN 2009, I INTRODUCED A 17 POLICY CHANGE THAT'S STUCK IN COMMITTEE, AND NOT BECAUSE 18 OF ANYONE, BUT JUST BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME LEGITIMATE 19 ISSUES AROUND THEM, THAT REQUIRED DISCLOSURE FOR EVERY 20 ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT OF THEIR DONATIONS TO ANY OF 21 THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WILL BE VOTING ON THEIR CONTRACTS OR 22 THEIR APPOINTMENTS. SO I KNOW FOR SURE THERE IS NO POLICY 23 THAT REQUIRES DISCLOSURE OF THOSE FACTS. 24 I WONDER IF COUNSEL KNOWS OF ANY LAW OR 25 REGULATION CURRENTLY, OTHER THAN WHAT'S IN OUR POLICIES, JANUARY 26, 2012 131 1 THAT PROHIBIT ANY ONE OF US FROM VOTING ON A CONTRACT OF 2 AN ADMINISTRATOR WHO HAS GIVEN US DONATIONS FOR A 3 CAMPAIGN. 4 COUNSEL DICKEY: GENERALLY CAMPAIGN 5 CONTRIBUTIONS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST 6 RULES. BUT I CANNOT -- THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO 7 TALK ABOUT OFFLINE. I CAN'T GIVE YOU THAT ADVICE. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: I HOPE THAT SOME OTHER BOARD 9 MEMBERS WILL JOIN ME IN REINTRODUCING OR AT LEAST BRINGING 10 BACK TO LIFE THAT OLD POLICY PROPOSAL I INTRODUCED IN 2009 11 THAT DOES REQUIRE THAT EVERY TIME AN ADMINISTRATOR IS 12 BEING APPOINTED OR THE BOARD IS GOING TO VOTE ON 13 ADMINISTRATIVE BENEFITS OR AN APPOINTMENT, THAT EACH 14 RESOLUTION REQUIRES DISCLOSURE OF WHETHER THAT 15 ADMINISTRATOR HAS GIVEN TO ANY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF ANY 16 OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE ABOUT TO VOTE ON THAT 17 RESOLUTION. 18 I AM FINE WITH VOTING FOR THIS NOW, BUT I THINK 19 AS A MATTER OF POLICY, WE SHOULD REALLY THINK ABOUT THE 20 PRACTICE OF THE BOARD. AND IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH SCHOOL 21 BOARD MEMBERS, THEY FOUND IT HORRIFIC THAT 22 ADMINISTRATORS -- WELL, WHEN AN ADMINISTRATOR FROM THEIR 23 DISTRICT HAD GIVEN TO A SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE, THEY 24 THOUGHT IT WAS HIGHLY UNUSUAL AND NOT CUSTOMARY. AND I 25 HOPE WE CAN HAVE THE SAME EXPECTATION HERE GOING FORWARD. JANUARY 26, 2012 132 1 THANK YOU. 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: I WILL JOIN YOU ON THAT. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL ALSO JOIN YOU ON THAT. 4 PLEASE DO BRING IT. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: IT'S ONE OF MY 20 RESOLUTIONS. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ONE OF YOUR 20 RESOLUTIONS, 7 OKAY. GREAT. 8 OKAY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 9 PUBLIC COMMENT ON F3? 10 ALL RIGHT, STUDENT TRUSTEE. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 13 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 14 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 21 F3 IS APPROVED. 22 F4, COUNSEL. 23 COUNSEL DICKEY: F4 IS ENTITLED HUMAN RESOURCES, 24 "ADMINISTRATIVE EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENT, INTERIM DEAN OF 25 FACULTY SUPPORT SERVICES/COURSE/ROOM SCHEDULING." JANUARY 26, 2012 133 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A MOTION FOR F4? 2 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE 6 FANG. 7 TRUSTEE JACKSON: CAN I GET A BRIEF DESCRIPTION 8 OF -- I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS POSITION BEFORE. 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THIS IS THE -- I'M SORRY. 10 THIS IS THE POSITION THAT WAS HELD BY DR. MINH TA, THE 11 SCHEDULING POSITION. I ALSO WAS THE DEAN OF THAT POSITION 12 FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS AT ONE POINT. TERRY HALL WAS 13 THE DEAN OF THAT POSITION FOR TEN YEARS AT THE COLLEGE. 14 IT'S A VERY KEY POSITION. ALL OF THE COLLEGE'S WORK 15 ASSIGNMENTS GO THROUGH THERE. ALL OF THE SCHEDULING OF 16 CLASSES GO THROUGH THERE. PUBLICATION OF THE TIME 17 SCHEDULE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY THERE. KEEPING TRACK OF 18 THE LOADS OF FACULTY, BOTH THE POSITIVE LOW BALANCES, 19 NEGATIVE LOW BALANCES THERE. IT'S THE KEY VEHICLE OR 20 OFFICE FOR SIGNALING OR GIVING ASSIGNMENTS TO PAYROLL AND 21 AUTHORIZING THE PAYROLL DEPARTMENT TO PAY FROM THE 22 ASSIGNMENTS AND THE SCHEDULE. 23 SO LITERALLY, EVERY FACULTY, EVERY ASSIGNMENT 24 GOES THROUGH THAT OFFICE. AND IT'S A VERY TIGHTLY -- IT'S 25 A SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE VERY CLOSELY MONITORED. AND JANUARY 26, 2012 134 1 I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THIS PARTICULAR PERSON THAT I AM 2 PUTTING THERE AS THE INTERIM. AN ENGINEER BY TRAINING, A 3 DEPARTMENT CHAIR FOR MANY YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 4 ENGINEERING. AT ONE POINT WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE DCC, 5 WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT CHAIR COUNCIL AND HAS WORKED ON 6 MANY, MANY OF OUR COMMITTEES WITHIN THE COLLEGE AND ALSO 7 IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY EXCELLENT 8 PERSON TO FILL THIS REALLY CRITICAL POSITION. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY FURTHER COMMENT? 10 OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT? 11 OKAY, TRUSTEE FANG. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 14 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 15 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 22 F4 IS APPROVED. 23 TRUSTEES, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO NOW IS RECESS 24 FOR TEN MINUTES JUST FOR A BREAK. IF THERE'S NO 25 OBJECTION, WE WILL RECONVENE AT 9:35. JANUARY 26, 2012 135 1 (RECESS TAKEN.) 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. 3 OUR NEXT ITEM IS REPORT FROM THE CONSTITUENT 4 GROUPS. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE DONE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS. SO 5 WE HAVE THE ACADEMIC SENATE. 6 KAREN SAGINOR, PRESIDENT. 7 MS. SAGINOR: GOOD EVENING. IS THIS ON? OKAY, 8 THANKS. 9 I WANT TO START BY COMMENTING JUST A LITTLE BIT 10 ABOUT THE BUDGET. WE ARE, OF COURSE, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT 11 BOTH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. I REALLY 12 APPRECIATE THE REMARKS THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE MADE IN YOUR 13 UNDERSTANDING OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION. THE 14 CHANCELLOR'S REMARKS ABOUT HOW WE NEED CUTS THAT ARE FAIR 15 AND WE NEED REAL CUTS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CANNOT 16 BE DEALT WITH BY SNIPPING AROUND THE EDGES. 17 I HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALL MY THOUGHTS ON SOLUTIONS 18 THAT INVOLVE RAISING REVENUE. THE MILLIONAIRES' TAX IS A 19 FABULOUS THING. AND I HAVE GREAT, GREAT HOPE FOR IT TO 20 PASS. 21 BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE TO MAKE A REALLY 22 VERY SINCERE AND CONCERTED EFFORT TOGETHER TO WORK ON IT 23 TOGETHER AND TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE FEEL 24 THAT IT IS FAIR AND FEEL THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PUT 25 THEIR HEART INTO THEIR WORK AS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUTTING JANUARY 26, 2012 136 1 THEIR HEART INTO SERVING OUR STUDENTS AT CITY COLLEGE. 2 AS YOU'VE SEEN, WE HAVE BEEN SERVING MORE 3 STUDENTS PER DOLLAR OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND HOW DO 4 WE DO THAT? WELL, BECAUSE REALLY PEOPLE JUST PUT MORE OF 5 THEMSELVES INTO IT. 6 ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES OF CITY COLLEGE HAVE WORKED 7 VERY HARD ON THIS AND DESERVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF 8 APPRECIATION FOR IT. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO YOU ALL FOR 9 SUPPORTING US GOING FORWARD IN THIS AREA. 10 I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT 11 ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE CHRONICLE. AND THAT SOME TIME AGO 12 WE WERE ASKED, WELL, IS IT REALLY TRUE THAT ACADEMIC 13 FREEDOM IS UNDER ATTACK? 14 AND IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THAT ARTICLE 15 WAS AN ATTACK ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM. THERE WERE SOME 16 COMMENTS ABOUT SAYING THAT FACULTY COMPLAINED THAT 17 STUDENTS NEEDED ACCESS TO PORN SITES, PERIOD, FOR 18 RESEARCH. A VERY DISRESPECTFUL CHEAP SHOT. AND I WOULD 19 LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU IN CASE YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH 20 OUR POLICIES, COMPLETELY UNTRUE. 21 ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A POLICY AGAINST STUDENTS 22 USING CITY COLLEGE COMPUTERS OR CITY COLLEGE NETWORKS FOR 23 PORN. IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THE COLLEGE CATALOG. AND I 24 COULD GIVE YOU THE PAGE NUMBER, BUT YOU PROBABLY DON'T 25 REALLY NEED THE PAGE NUMBER AT THE MOMENT. JANUARY 26, 2012 137 1 THERE WAS AN ISSUE ABOUT CONTENT FILTERS, AND I 2 WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS SO WHEN THIS COMES UP 3 AGAIN, YOU WILL KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. 4 CONTENT FILTERS BLOCK LARGE NUMBERS OF WEBSITES 5 BY CATEGORY. THIS IS THIRD PARTY PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE. 6 IT IS NOT UNDER OUR CONTROL. THE CRITERIA IS INVISIBLE TO 7 US. WE CAN'T SAY, WELL, WE WANT TO ADJUST IT A LITTLE BIT 8 FOR OUR OWN NEEDS. THE FILTERS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE 9 WERE, YOU KNOW, AS I SAY, NOT UNDER OUR CONTROL. 10 THE FILTERS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE INCLUDED 11 SEVERAL CATEGORIES. AND THE CATEGORIES WERE CALLED -- 12 ADULT AND PORNOGRAPHY WAS THE NAME OF ONE OF THE 13 CATEGORIES. GAMES WAS ANOTHER CATEGORY. HACKING, SPYWARE 14 AND ADWARE, ET CETERA. 15 SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT CATEGORICAL CONTENT 16 FILTERS WORK IS REALLY BY CENSORING ANYTHING THAT HAS 17 ASSOCIATED BAD WORDS, RIGHT. THE SOFTWARE DOESN'T, FOR 18 INSTANCE, KNOW WHETHER SOMETHING IS PORN OR NOT. IT 19 DOESN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF SOPHISTICATION TO LOOK AT 20 IMAGES, SO IT JUST BLOCKS OUT THINGS THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY 21 BE PASSED BASED ON CERTAIN KINDS OF WORDS. AND THE SAME 22 IS TRUE IN THE OTHER CATEGORIES. 23 SO AS A RESULT OF THIS, FOR INSTANCE, THE 24 SPYWARE/ADWARE CATEGORY WHEN WE HAD THOSE ON THE SYSTEM 25 WERE BLOCKING REPUTABLE SOFTWARE FOR SPYWARE PROTECTION SO JANUARY 26, 2012 138 1 THAT STUDENTS WHO WANTED TO GET SOFTWARE OFF THE WEB TO 2 PROTECT THEIR COMPUTERS FROM REPUTABLE SITES COULDN'T DO 3 THAT. 4 THE GAME CATEGORY BLOCKED THE CALIFORNIA 5 GOVERNMENT PAGES FOR THE CALIFORNIA LOTTERY, AMONG OTHER 6 THINGS, NOT I THINK A RISKY SITE FOR MALWARE, BUT IT HAD 7 SOMETHING TO DO WITH GAMES, SO IT WAS BLOCKED. 8 THE ADULT AND PORN CATEGORY BLOCKED SITES SUCH 9 AS THE SAN FRANCISCO SEX INFORMATION PAGE. IT BLOCKED 10 TRANSGENDER SUPPORT GROUP PAGES. IT BLOCKED MANY OTHER 11 INFORMATIONAL PAGES THAT ARE USED BY STUDENTS STUDYING 12 HUMAN SEXUALITY, LGBT STUDIES, SOCIOLOGY, AND OTHER 13 SUBJECTS. 14 AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T THINK THEY WERE 15 ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE AGAINST PORN BECAUSE AFTER HOTCHKISS 16 STARTED, AND HE SAID THAT THESE FILTERS WERE PUT IN PLACE 17 BEFORE HE STARTED, WE HAD TO ENFORCE OUR POLICY AT THE 18 LIBRARY. AGAIN, WE HAVE A POLICY AGAINST STUDENTS USING 19 PORN. THEY USE LITTLE CARDS. AND I COULD GIVE YOU COPIES 20 OF THIS BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO. 21 WE HAD A CASE OF A STUDENT WHO WAS LOOKING AT 22 PORN IN THE LIBRARY. AND WE HAD TO REPRIMAND THEM AND 23 REMIND THEM HERE IS WHAT THE POLICY IS AND YOU WILL GET IN 24 TROUBLE IF YOU EVER DO IT AGAIN. 25 SO THAT HAD GOTTEN THROUGH THE FILTER I GUESS JANUARY 26, 2012 139 1 WHICH WAS ACTUALLY PORN WHERE AS ALL THIS OTHER STUFF THAT 2 WAS NOT, BUT WAS ACCORDING TO THIS THIRD PARTY PROPRIETARY 3 CENSORING SOFTWARE WAS BEING BLOCKED. AND THAT WAS WHY WE 4 HAD -- WE HAD WENT THROUGH QUITE SOME PROCESS. I TALKED 5 TO HOTCHKISS AT LENGTH. WE CONSIDERED IN THE ACADEMIC 6 SENATE. I THINK IT WENT TO ITPC AS WELL. THE COLLEGE 7 ADVISORY COUNCIL CONSIDERED THE ISSUE AND VOTED TO ASK FOR 8 A POLICY AGAINST BLANKET CATEGORICAL CONTENT CENSORING OF 9 INFORMATION. 10 ACTUALLY, THE RESOLUTION AS APPROVED BY THE 11 COLLEGE ADVISORY COUNSEL, CAME TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 12 MARCH 21ST, 2011. WE CAME TO YOU ALL. IT WAS WITHDRAWN 13 AND SENT TO THE FIT COMMITTEE, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT ON A 14 FIT AGENDA. SO I DON'T THINK WHAT THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME OF 15 THAT POLICY IS RECOMMENDED BY US WILL BE. 16 IN THE MEANTIME WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING INSTEAD, 17 CONTENT FILTERS HAVE NOT BEEN ON. THERE IS CASE BY CASE 18 BLOCKING AS APPROPRIATE. THERE WILL BE REPORTS THAT SOME 19 PARTICULAR WEBSITE HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH MALWARE AND 20 THEN THAT WEBSITE GETS BLOCKED. 21 I KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THESE BECAUSE ON OCCASION 22 SOMEBODY WILL REPORT TO ME, WOW, THERE'S THIS SITE I NEED 23 FOR MY CLASS, AND WE ARE GETTING THIS BLOCKED MESSAGE. 24 THE WEBSITES THAT HAVE REPORTED TO BE AS BLOCKED THAT HAVE 25 BEEN DONE CASE BY CASE HAVE NOT INCLUDED ANY FROM THE JANUARY 26, 2012 140 1 SUPPOSEDLY BAD CATEGORIES. INSTEAD THERE WAS A WEBSITE 2 ABOUT CAPPADOCIA, A WEBSITE ABOUT LEGISLATION AND SERBIA. 3 IT'S CALLED LEDGE INFO OR SOMETHING OR RATHER. AND A 4 WEBSITE ABOUT FRENCH VOCABULARY PRACTICE. 5 AND APPARENTLY, YOU KNOW, MALWARE CAN GET 6 ASSOCIATED WITH ANYTHING. MY UNDERSTANDING ACTUALLY IS 7 THAT THE LARGEST VECTOR FOR MALWARE IS ATTACHMENTS ON 8 E-MAIL. BUT NO ONE WOULD SAY, LET'S BLOCK ALL THE 9 ATTACHMENTS ON E-MAIL. THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED. 10 SO CLEARLY BLOCKING BY LARGE CATEGORIES IS NOT 11 THE ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEMS. INSTEAD IT HAS TO BE DONE IN 12 A MORE SOPHISTICATED WAY. AND BY IMPLYING THAT ACADEMIC 13 FREEDOM IS THIS OBSTACLE TO HAVING A SAFE NETWORK, I WOULD 14 CONSIDER THAT AN ATTACK ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM BECAUSE IT WAS 15 SO INACCURATE. IT'S CLAIMING THAT ACADEMIC FREEDOM MEANS 16 FACULTY WANTING STUDENTS TO LOOK AT PORN. 17 WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY ON A MORE PLEASANT 18 SUBJECT. I HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE A MORE PLEASANT SUBJECT, 19 ACCREDITATION. 20 THE ACCREDITATION VISIT WILL BE MARCH 12TH 21 THROUGH 15TH. THE SELF-STUDY REPORT IS, OF COURSE, ON THE 22 WEBSITE, AND IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE IN PRINT. THE VISITING 23 TEAM ROSTER IS NOW ONLINE. IF YOU -- I BELIEVE THIS 24 INFORMATION WAS ALSO SENT TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY, BUT IF THE 25 TRUSTEES OR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHO IT JANUARY 26, 2012 141 1 IS WHO IS GOING TO BE COMING IN FROM OTHER COLLEGES TO 2 COME TAKE A LOOK AT US. THAT ROSTER IS ON THE WEBSITE. 3 THERE'S FACULTY. THERE'S ADMINISTRATORS. THERE'S A 4 TRUSTEE THAT WILL BE COMING TO VISIT US. 5 AND GO AHEAD AND PUT DOWN ON YOUR CALENDARS FOR 6 THURSDAY, MARCH 15TH AT 1:30. THAT WILL BE THE POINT IN 7 WHICH THE VISITING TEAM WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION OF GIVING 8 US PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE THEIR 9 RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY CAN'T DO IT THAT FAST. THAT COMES 10 SOME MONTHS LATER. BUT ON MARCH 15 AT 1:30 IN THE DIEGO 11 RIVERA THEATER, THE TEAM WILL MAKE A PRELIMINARY 12 PRESENTATION TO US ABOUT THAT. 13 OF COURSE, MY REPORT WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE 14 WITHOUT MY MENTIONING THE STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE 15 RECOMMENDATIONS. SINCE YOUR LAST MEETING IN DECEMBER, THE 16 FULL REPORT DID COME OUT ONLINE. I ATTENDED, ALONG WITH 17 MANY OTHERS, THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING ON 18 JANUARY 9TH. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION 19 I THINK PRESENTED AT THAT MEETING. THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS 20 WAS -- DID APPROVE IT. 21 I REALLY APPRECIATE DR. BERG'S BEING THERE AND 22 LISTENING TO WHAT WAS SAID. AND I KNOW THAT GOING FORWARD 23 THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE TO HELP 24 OTHER FOLKS ON THE BOARD UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE ISSUES 25 ARE. JANUARY 26, 2012 142 1 JANUARY 19TH, THERE WAS A CONSULTATION COUNCIL 2 WHERE A LEGISLATIVE PLAN WAS PRESENTED, MEANING HERE ARE 3 THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SENT TO THE 4 LEGISLATURE AND WHEN. IT INCLUDED MANY ITEMS THAT ARE OF 5 GREAT CONCERN TO US, INCLUDING THE BOG FEE WAIVER. 6 THERE WAS A REPORT THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY SAYING 7 THAT LAST YEAR 50 PERCENT OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS 8 WERE ELIGIBLE FOR BOG FEE WAIVERS, GETTING BOG FEE 9 WAIVERS. 50 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS COULD NOT PAY OUR 10 FEES. AND THIS YEAR, 70 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT 11 ABLE TO PAY THE FEES AND NEED TO GET FEE WAIVERS. 12 SO IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING TO ME THAT THE 13 RECOMMENDATIONS STILL INCLUDE A RECOMMENDATION TO SAY, 14 WELL, THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PAY THE FEES, THERE'S EXTRA 15 REQUIREMENTS FOR THEM. THE PEOPLE -- 30 PERCENT, THE TOP 16 ECONOMIC 30 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS WHO CAN THE PAY THE 17 FEES, IF THEY'VE TAKEN MORE THAN 110, WE'LL CONTINUE TO 18 SUBSIDIZE THEM. WE KNOW STUDENTS WHO PAY FEES ARE NOT 19 PAYING THE FULL PRICE, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDIZE 20 THE STUDENTS IN THE TOP 30 PERCENT, BUT WE WON'T -- WE 21 WILL CUT OFF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE POORER THAN THAT. 22 THAT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING TO ME THAT THAT'S STILL IN THE 23 RECOMMENDATION. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT. 24 THIS COMING WEEK FEBRUARY 1ST, THERE WILL BE A 25 HEARING AT THE STATE EDUCATION ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION JANUARY 26, 2012 143 1 COMMITTEES AT A JOINT HEARING. AND I PLAN TO GO TO THAT 2 TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. I KEEP PUTTING UP INFORMATION ON 3 THE WEBSITE, SO I WON'T TELL YOU LOTS OF DETAILS NOW, BUT 4 I PUT UP A LOT OF STUFF AT WWW.CCSF.EDU/ACADEMIC-SENATE. 5 AT THIS POINT THE TASK FORCE INFORMATION DOMINATES THAT 6 PAGE. 7 THAT'S NOT ALL WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE 8 ACADEMIC SENATE. WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO OTHER WORK. OUR 9 FIRST MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING THIS YEAR 10 WAS YESTERDAY. AND WE APPROVED RESOLUTIONS ON 11 REGISTRATION PRIORITY FOR STUDENTS IN THE GATEWAY TO 12 COLLEGE PROGRAM TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO GET INTO 13 THEIR CLASSES. 14 WE APPROVED RESOLUTIONS TO ESTABLISH A STUDENT 15 LEARNING OUTCOMES COMMITTEE TO HELP US PREPARE FOR WHAT 16 ACCREDITATION WANTS AND WILL CONTINUE TO WANT FROM US. 17 AND A SUBCOMMITTEE TO SUPPORT VETERANS AT CITY COLLEGE. 18 AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. I WOULD LIKE TO 19 ASK ALISA MESSER TO COME UP. 20 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: IS IT POSSIBLE I ASK HER 21 A QUESTION -- 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 23 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: -- PRESIDENT RIZZO. 24 KAREN, A VERY THOROUGH GOOD REPORT. 25 MS. SAGINOR: THANK YOU. JANUARY 26, 2012 144 1 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: COULD YOU LATER ON GIVE 2 ME THE SOURCE OF YOUR REFERENCE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 3 STUDENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM THE BOG FEE WAIVER. 4 MS. SAGINOR: THANK YOU. I WILL DO THAT. 5 MS. MESSER: AND ACTUALLY, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE 6 BOG FEE WAIVER, I THINK ONE OF THE PIECES OF INFORMATION 7 YOU GOT TONIGHT IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT ACTUALLY INCLUDED 8 THAT INFORMATION FROM SCOTT LAY. 9 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: OKAY. 10 MS. MESSER: SO IT'S -- AND IT'S ACTUALLY 11 70 PERCENT OF THE UNITS IN ALL -- IN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY 12 COLLEGE SYSTEM AT THIS POINT ARE ON BOG WAIVERS. 13 AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE SMALL ADDENDUM TO 14 THAT, WHICH IS THAT HOW THE SYSTEM SEEMS TO HAVE RESPONDED 15 TO THAT FACT AND THE FACT THAT THAT'S CREATED THE BUDGET 16 DEFICIT, THE NEWEST CUT THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT THE DEFICIT 17 COEFFICIENT. THE SYSTEM HAS RESPONDED TO THAT BY SAYING, 18 WELL, LET'S CHANGE NOT ONLY WHAT KAREN WAS TALKING ABOUT 19 WITH THE TASK FORCE, BUT THE SYSTEM HAS ACTUALLY DECIDED 20 TO CHANGE THE RULES FOR HOW PEOPLE QUALIFY TO MAKE IT 21 HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO QUALIFY FOR BOG WAIVERS. AND THEY 22 DID THAT, YOU KNOW, IN A WEEK AS FAR AS I KNOW AND DECIDED 23 TO DO IT VERY QUICKLY. 24 SO IN ADDITION TO THAT THE TASK FORCE, THERE IS 25 THIS SET OF ASSUMPTIONS THAT WILL CLEARLY IF THIS IS JANUARY 26, 2012 145 1 COSTING US MONEY, WE SHOULD JUST MAKE SURE THOSE STUDENTS 2 HAVE TO WORK A LOT HARDER TO BE ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO AN 3 EDUCATION. SO IT'S RATHER ATROCIOUS. AND IT'S A 4 CONTINUING PROBLEM I THINK THAT WE NEED TO FIGHT. 5 ON THAT NOTE, I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE YOU 6 ONE OTHER SET OF NUMBERS FOR TODAY WHICH IS MARCH 1ST 7 THROUGH MARCH 8TH. IT WILL BE A WEEK OF ACTION ACROSS 8 CALIFORNIA FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND EDUCATION OVERALL 9 DEFENDING PUBLIC EDUCATION. 10 SO MARCH 5TH IS THE ANNUAL MARCH IN MARCH DAY. 11 WE WILL BE GOING UP TO SACRAMENTO. HOPEFULLY, MANY OF YOU 12 WILL JOIN US THERE. AND I THINK MUCH OF THE EDUCATIONAL 13 COMMUNITY AROUND THE STATE MAY BE JOINING US THERE. IT'S 14 A MUCH BIGGER JOINT PROJECT THIS YEAR. 15 AND MARCH 1ST WILL BE A DAY OF ACTION HERE 16 LOCALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THEN ALSO AROUND THE STATE. 17 SO YOU WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT AS THAT DEVELOPS. 18 THANKS. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 20 WE NOW HAVE A REPORT FROM THE CLASSIFIED SENATE, 21 JAMES ROGER PRESIDENT. 22 MR. ROGERS: GOOD EVENING. JAMES ROGERS, 23 PRESIDENT CLASSIFIED SENATE. 24 HONORABLE TRUSTEES, DR. GRIFFIN, CLASSIFIED 25 SENATE RECENTLY MET AT THE FLEX DAY PLENARY. IT TURNED JANUARY 26, 2012 146 1 OUT TO BE A LIVELY DISCUSSION ON A FRONT PAGE CHRONICLE 2 REPORT ON NETWORK SECURITY. THE ALARMIST NATURE OF WHAT 3 WAS READ WAS CONCERNING AS WAS LISTENING TO THE RECORDING 4 OF THE FIT COMMITTEE MEETING. 5 WE ARE TAKEN ABACK BY WHAT WE CAN ONLY 6 CHARACTERIZE AS AN EFFORT TO THROW OUR CITY COLLEGE 7 PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY UNDER THE BUS BY A FEW INDIVIDUALS, 8 PERHAPS TO GET MORE FUNDING DURING A SEVERE BUDGET CRISIS 9 WITHOUT THE REGARD OR THE PANIC THIS DID CAUSE TO MANY 10 COLLEGE STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATION. THE 11 LANGUAGE USED IS REMINISCENT OF TACTICS USED TO TERRORIZE 12 SOMEONE INTO ACTION THAT THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE 13 TAKEN. 14 STATE LAW REQUIRES CYBER VICTIMS BE NOTIFIED 15 WHEN PERSONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN STOLEN. TO DATE, THE 16 FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANY 17 BREACH. WHY WAS THERE NO CONCLUSIVE FINDINGS DISCUSSED 18 WITH ANY OF THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE OR TEAMS WHO COULD HAVE 19 ADDRESSED THESE ISSUES AND THE PUBLIC RESPONSE? 20 WE WORK HARD AND TAKE ISSUE WITH UNSUBSTANTIATED 21 AND UNTRUE STATEMENTS ABOUT OUR LACK OF CONCERN FOR 22 NETWORK SECURITY. WE CAN BEST DO OUR JOBS WHEN 23 INFORMATION IS PROVIDED. WE ARE AN EDUCATIONAL 24 INSTITUTION. WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY CRITICAL 25 INFORMATION IS WITHHELD. JANUARY 26, 2012 147 1 MOVING ON, THE GLOOMY BUDGET UPDATE OUT OF 2 SACRAMENTO HAS US VERY CONCERNED. WE ENCOURAGE THE BOARD 3 TO TAKE A FOCUSED APPROACH. THE FACULTY, STAFF, AND 4 ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK TOGETHER TO BRING YOU OUR BEST 5 THOUGHTS ON THE BUDGET FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND DO 6 APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ALL OF YOU HAVE MADE TONIGHT. 7 THANK YOU. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 9 OUR NEXT ITEM IS XI, ACTION ON OTHER RESOLUTION 10 AGENDA ITEMS. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS HAS ASKED IF WE COULD TAKE UP C3 12 AND C5. SO C3 IS ENTITLED SIMPLY, "ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS." 13 IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR C3. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 15 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE 17 NGO; SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 18 TRUSTEE MARKS. 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: I'D LIKE THE ATTACHMENT TO BE TO 20 BE AMENDED TO SAY -- FROM THE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS, "NEW 21 CHINATOWN CAMPUS" TO SAY, "NEW CHNB CAMPUS." I AM 22 CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE -- THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE 23 MISREAD. AND IF IT'S NOT AMENDED, IT'S A CONCERN TO ME 24 BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT? JANUARY 26, 2012 148 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: THE NEW CHINATOWN CAMPUS. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OH, ALL THROUGHOUT, OKAY. 3 TRUSTEE MARKS: YEAH. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY 4 IT'S SAYING THE "NEW CHINATOWN CAMPUS" THROUGHOUT, BUT IF 5 SOMEONE COULD EXPLAIN IT TO ME. 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IT COULD BE CHANGED. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: YEAH, IT COULD BE CHANGED. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S A GOOD CHANGE, AND I 9 WILL ACCEPT THAT AS A MOTION -- 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- TO AMEND. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: SECOND. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 14 WELL, LET'S JUST -- CAN WE JUST ACT ON THAT. 15 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION TO 16 AMEND IN C3 WHEREVER IT SAYS, "NEW CHINATOWN CAMPUS," IT 17 WILL SAY, "NEW CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH CAMPUS." 18 DISCUSSION? 19 NO DISCUSSION. 20 IS FROM PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT AMENDMENT? 21 ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 24 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 25 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. JANUARY 26, 2012 149 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 7 OKAY, SO THAT AMENDMENT IS NOW PART OF THE 8 RESOLUTION. 9 SO IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, TRUSTEE MARKS, THAT 10 YOU -- 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: NOT ON C3. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NOT ON C3. 13 TRUSTEE MARKS: I WANT TO DO C5 TOO. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I HAVE A QUESTION ON C3. AND 15 THAT IS, DO ALL OF THESE DONATIONS ADHERE TO OUR POLICY 16 REGARDING CONTRACTORS -- RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRACTORS TO 17 THE COLLEGE AND DONATIONS? DO WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE ALL 18 CLEAR? 19 COUNSEL DICKEY: THE RESTRICTION ON CONTRACTOR 20 DONATIONS APPLIES ONLY TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. AND I 21 DON'T -- LOOKING THROUGH THIS, SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD 22 BE -- 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 24 COUNSEL DICKEY: -- CONSIDERED A POLITICAL 25 CAMPAIGN, SO I DON'T SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM. JANUARY 26, 2012 150 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 2 OKAY, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN RESOLUTION? 3 IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE RESOLUTION? 4 ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEE FANG. 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 7 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 8 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 15 C3 IS APPROVED. 16 C5, COUNSEL, WOULD YOU -- 17 COUNSEL DICKEY: SURE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- READ THE TITLE, PLEASE. 19 COUNSEL DICKEY: C5 IS ENTITLED, "DESTRUCTION OF 20 RECORDS AUTHORIZING DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS DETAILED IN 21 ATTACHED LIST." 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, TRUSTEE MARKS. 23 TRUSTEE MARKS: I PULLED THIS BECAUSE THIS IS 24 EXCLUSIVELY THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID. IT REFLECTS 25 EXCLUSIVELY THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID RECORDS. AND I AM JANUARY 26, 2012 151 1 CONCERNED THAT IT'S TOO FEW. IT'S FIVE, AND I WANT TO SEE 2 THERE BE A -- DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE A POLICY REGARDING 3 DESTRUCTION OF FORMAL RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING 4 A PROCEDURE FOR CLASSIFICATION, RETENTION, AND DESTRUCTION 5 OF ITS RECORD. I AM ASKING THAT OF THE CHANCELLOR. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CHANCELLOR. 7 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE CAN ACTUALLY CHECK ON 8 THAT. I THINK WE DO HAVE POLICY IN TERMS OF THE RECORDS 9 ASSOCIATED WITH ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS AND OTHER RECORDS, 10 BUT WE NEED TO BRING THAT IN MORE DETAIL BACK TO YOU. 11 TRUSTEE MARKS: ALL RIGHT. 12 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A REPORT 13 BACK -- 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: -- IN TERMS OF THAT. 16 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. IT'S A CONCERN TO ME 17 BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS OF WEAKNESS THAT WERE 18 POINTED OUT TO US SIX YEARS AGO -- 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OKAY. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: -- IN THE ACCREDITING TEAMS 21 VISIT FOLLOWING THAT ACCREDITING TEAMS REPORT, AND WE 22 STILL HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OKAY, WELL, I WILL WORK 24 WITH VICE CHANCELLOR BELL AND WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT. ALL 25 RIGHT. JANUARY 26, 2012 152 1 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. THANK YOU. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WAS THAT REFLECTED IN -- I 3 DON'T KNOW YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER THIS, BUT WAS THAT 4 REFLECTED IN THE ACCREDITATION SELF-STUDY, DO WE KNOW? 5 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I DON'T RECALL, BUT I'M NOT 6 THE EXPERT ON IT. IT WAS THERE, RIGHT? 7 MS. SAGINOR: YEAH. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT WAS, OKAY. 9 MS. SAGINOR: I AM GOING TO LOOK ONLINE RIGHT 10 NOW. I THINK THERE IS A POLICY IN PLACE. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YEAH, I THINK THE POLICY 12 MAY BE PLACE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE LAST 13 ACCREDITATION. WAS THAT A FINDING THAT WE GOT? 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: I THINK I MISSPOKE. I THINK IT 15 WAS THE MIDTERM REPORT. BUT IF ANYTHING, IT WASN'T AS FAR 16 BACK AS THAT, BUT I THINK IT WAS PROCEEDED BY SOMETHING 17 FAR MORE DISTANT. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OKAY, WELL, WE DEFINITELY 19 WILL COME BACK AND TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR 20 DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS. 21 TRUSTEE MARKS: OKAY. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE ANY FURTHER 23 DISCUSSION? 24 PUBLIC COMMENT ON C5? 25 ALL RIGHT. TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. JANUARY 26, 2012 153 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. BOARD MEMBERS, ALL 3 IN FAVOR? 4 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 5 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE MARKS: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: IT WASN'T -- 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I'M SORRY. 14 TRUSTEE MARKS: IT WASN'T MOVED. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT WASN'T MOVED? 16 COUNSEL DICKEY: THERE WAS NO MOTION AND SECOND. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I THOUGHT IT WAS, BUT OKAY. 18 IS THERE A MOTION? 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: SO MOVED. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: A SECOND? 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WILL SECOND IT. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 23 ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 24 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 25 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. JANUARY 26, 2012 154 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 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, SO WE WILL GO BACK TO B1(A). 9 (TRUSTEE BERG AND TRUSTEE MARKS LEAVE THE 10 MEETING.) 11 COUNSEL DICKEY: B1(A) IS ENTITLED, "ADOPTION OF 12 NONRESIDENT TUITION FEE RATE OF $187 PER UNIT FOR SUMMER 13 2012 AND FISCAL YEAR 2012-2013 NO INCREASE FROM CURRENT 14 YEAR." 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION? 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: MOVE FOR ADOPTION. 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 18 SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? 19 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL SECOND IT. 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 21 DISCUSSION? 22 TRUSTEE JACKSON: WHAT WAS THE FEE LAST YEAR OR 23 LAST SEMESTER? 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: (INAUDIBLE) LAST YEAR $187. 25 TRUSTEE JACKSON: 182? JANUARY 26, 2012 155 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO. IT'S UNCHANGED. 2 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OH, IT'S UNCHANGED. OKAY. 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 4 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OKAY. GOT IT. THANKS. 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH, CURRENTLY THE FEE IS 187. 6 AND THIS IS SAYING, IN THE FUTURE IT WILL REMAIN AT 187 7 UNTIL WE COME BACK A YEAR FROM NOW. 8 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OKAY. 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: CAN I ASK THIS IS -- WE ARE 10 NOT RAISING THE TUITION. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE ARE NOT RAISING IT. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE ARE VOTING TO NOT RAISE THE 13 TUITION. 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. YOU ARE REQUIRED EVERY 15 YEAR TO SET THE FEE. SO TECHNICALLY, AT LEAST THAT'S HOW 16 WE UNDERSTAND THE REGULATIONS. YOU NEED TO TAKE AN ACTION 17 EVERY YEAR TO SET THE FEE. AND WE HAVE TO SHOW THAT WE'VE 18 LOOKED AT ALL THE AREAS CALCULATIONS THAT THE STATE ALLOWS 19 FOR THE FEE TO BE SET BY. AND WE'VE DONE THAT. 20 THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING THAT BASED ON 21 THOSE CALCULATIONS AND BASED WHAT OUR NEIGHBORING 22 DISTRICTS ARE CHARGING THAT YOU LEAVE THE FEE AT THE SAME 23 LEVEL IT'S AT RIGHT NOW. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, I SEE THAT OTHER 25 DISTRICTS ARE CHARGING AS MUCH AS $12 MORE. JANUARY 26, 2012 156 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES, AS MUCH AS $20 MORE. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: $20 MORE? 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: MARIN IS CHARGING 207. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE TALKING 5 ABOUT A MASSIVE BUDGET DEFICIT NEXT YEAR AND AN INCREASE 6 BUDGET DEFICIT THIS YEAR, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT VERY 7 PAINFUL SOLUTIONS TO CLOSE THE BUDGET DEFICITS. 8 I JUST CAN'T SEE ANY JUSTIFICATION FOR NOT, YOU 9 KNOW, RAISING THE STUDENT FEE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. 10 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE -- I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO 11 SERVE OUR LOCAL STUDENTS FIRST. AND WHAT OUR BUDGET 12 DEFICIT IS GOING TO MEAN FOR STUDENTS IS LONGER WAIT TIMES 13 TO GET INTO CLASSES. IT'S GOING TO MEAN LONGER WAITING 14 LISTS AND MORE STUDENTS NOT BEING ABLE TO GET INTO 15 CLASSES. 16 AND WE WERE JUST SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO 17 LOOK AT EVERYTHING, BUT NOW THIS IS OFF THE TABLE. YOU 18 KNOW, I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE STUDENTS OF THE STATE OF 19 CALIFORNIA TO, YOU KNOW, GET FUNDING FROM EVERYWHERE WE 20 CAN. 21 YOU KNOW, THESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HAVE 22 OPTIONS. IT'S NOT LIKE CITY COLLEGE IS THEIR ONLY OPTION. 23 I MEAN THEY HAVE -- YOU KNOW, THEY ARE COMING HERE FROM 24 ANOTHER COUNTRY, BUT A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS DON'T HAVE ANY 25 OPTIONS. CITY COLLEGE IS THEIR PATH TO A BETTER LIFE, A JANUARY 26, 2012 157 1 PATH TO EDUCATION. SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE TO VOTE 2 "NO" ON THIS. 3 TRUSTEE JACKSON: STEVE. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: CAN I -- 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH, TRUSTEE NGO. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, CAN I CLARIFY IF IN TERMS OF 7 TIMING, DO WE NEED TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION TODAY? WHAT'S 8 OUR OUTER LIMIT? TODAY? 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IF WE ADOPT IT TODAY WE'RE -- 10 WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ACTUALLY I THINK I CAN'T 11 REMEMBER HOW MANY YEARS AGO. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH. 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE WOULD BE COMPLIANT WITH THE 14 STATE REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LATE AT TIMES 15 BECAUSE THE BOARD MEETS AT THE END OF FEBRUARY. 16 DO YOU REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, JOHN, THE DUE 17 DATE? 18 CFO BILMONT: WHEN IT'S DUE? 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH. 20 CFO BILMONT: I THINK IT'S DUE BY JANUARY 31ST. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: I SEE. 22 CFO BILMONT: AND THEN THE IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE 23 IT GETS INTO THE COURSE CATALOG. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: I SEE. 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT I CAN TELL YOU FOR CERTAIN JANUARY 26, 2012 158 1 THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS WHERE THE BOARD ADOPTED IT IN 2 FEBRUARY, NOT IN JANUARY. AND THAT WAS TYPICALLY DONE TO 3 ACCOMMODATE THE NEED TO MEET WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 4 STUDENTS ASSOCIATION AND EXPLAIN TO THEM THE REASON FOR AN 5 INCREASE THAT WAS PENDING AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO 6 HEAR ABOUT THAT AND ASK QUESTIONS, ET CETERA. 7 THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION WAS NOT 8 RECOMMENDING ANY INCREASE, WE DID NOT GO THROUGH THOSE 9 MEETINGS. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: SO IF IT FAILS TONIGHT, IS THERE A 11 DE FACTO RATE AS ESTABLISHED BY THE DEADLINE OR DO WE HAVE 12 TO AFFIRMATIVELY ACT? 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I THINK WE WOULD BRING BACK 14 ANOTHER RESOLUTION NEXT MONTH AND TRY TO GET THAT ADOPTED 15 IF IT FAILED TONIGHT. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. SO I THINK PRESIDENT RIZZO 17 RAISES A VERY FUNDAMENTAL POINT WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY 18 BALANCING THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF STUDENTS IS OUR LAST 19 OPTION AS WE'VE STATED FOR THE PAST 18 MONTHS NOW. AND I 20 THINK ITS -- BUT I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO 21 FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CONSIDER ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE, 22 ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CONTEXT OF THIS FEE OF THIS RATE. 23 IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR US TO AND MAYBE NOT 24 LOGISTICALLY POSSIBLE, BUT TO GO FORWARD IN OUR BUDGET 25 NEGOTIATION AND DISCUSSIONS. AND AS WE SAID BEFORE, HAVE JANUARY 26, 2012 159 1 NOT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT ALL OPTIONS. 2 AND AGAIN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF MOVING IT UP $5 3 OR $2 WILL INCREASE DEMAND. AND THEREFORE, YOU WILL HAVE 4 NO NET REVENUE INCREASE. 5 SO I WOULD PREFER TO WAIT AND NOT ADOPT THIS 6 YET. BUT IF YOU THINK THAT WE CAN DO A MIDYEAR 7 ADJUSTMENT, IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE, I WOULD LOVE -- I 8 WOULD PREFER TO DO THAT INSTEAD. 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT SEEMS LIKE SHAKIER GROUND 10 TO ME. YOU KNOW, BEING A MONTH LATE BECAUSE THE BOARD WAS 11 NOT ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT IN JANUARY I THINK IS A 12 VERY EXPLAINABLE OUTCOME, BUT I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH 13 MAKING -- 14 TRUSTEE NGO: YOUR JUDGEMENTS. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- YOUR SUGGESTION. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: SO CAN I JUST CLARIFY -- HAVE YOU 17 DONE THE ANALYSIS ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK THE 187 IF 18 IT WAS NOT WORTH IT REVENUE ASSUMPTION WISE TO GO TO 189 19 OR 199. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO ONE -- CERTAINLY NO ONE HAS 21 EVER MEASURED THE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES 22 WITH INTERNATIONAL. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: IT SEEMS PRETTY (INAUDIBLE) GIVEN 24 THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE HAVE BEEN DOING WELL. JANUARY 26, 2012 160 1 BY THE WAY, IT'S ALSO OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS. I 2 THINK IT IS NOW GETTING CLOSE TO 50/50. AND WHO ARE OFTEN 3 STUDENTS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHO WANT TO MOVE 4 TO THIS AREA, BUT THEY CAN'T ESTABLISH RESIDENCY FOR A 5 WHILE UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN HERE. 6 BUT CERTAINLY WE ARE WILLING TO CONSIDER 7 WHATEVER THE BOARD IS -- 8 TRUSTEE NGO: I DON'T WANT TO -- I WANT TO SEE 9 IF WE HAD AN ANALYSIS OF THE ELASTICITY -- 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: -- OF DEMAND. I THINK ALL WE HAVE 12 IS KIND OF SOMETHING, NOT ANECDOTAL, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME 13 DATA -- 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: -- OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, 16 THAT IT DOES APPEAR RELATIVELY IN AN ELASTIC AND NOT 17 COMPLETELY ELASTIC. 18 I WILL JUST DEFER. I AM JUST GOING TO DEFER TO 19 THE ADMINISTRATION ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS AN 20 APPROPRIATE TIME TO RAISE THE FEES FOR NONRESIDENTS OR 21 NOT, AND I AM GOING TO VOTE "YES" FOR THIS THEN. 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN 23 (INAUDIBLE). 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S CORRECT. 25 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. JANUARY 26, 2012 161 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SO I AM ACTUALLY HAPPY TO 2 SUPPORT THIS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT DIDN'T RAISE A FEE. YOU 3 KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN BALANCING THE BUDGET ON THE BACKS OF 4 STUDENTS SINCE THE LAST DECADE. I MEAN THIS IS AN UNHEARD 5 OF NUMBER FOR A HUMAN BEING THAT'S TRYING TO GO TO COLLEGE 6 TO GET A JOB TO PAY. THAT'S A HELL OF A NUMBER PER UNIT. 7 AND I JUST HAVE TO BE CLEAR, THOSE FOLKS THEY 8 MIGHT COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEY ARE NOT ALL COMING 9 FROM INTERNATIONAL. THEY ARE ALSO COMING FROM THE OTHER 10 STATES SEEING CITY COLLEGE AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM. 11 AND, YOU KNOW, TO PAY THAT FEE MEANS THEY'RE 12 MOST LIKELY GOING TO TAKE OUT A STUDENT LOAN OR SOMETHING 13 ELSE TO FINANCE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE COMES A TIME 14 WHERE WE JUST HAVE TO SAY -- AND I AGREE, WE HAVE BEEN 15 SAYING "NO." I AGREE WITH THE CHANCELLOR'S STATEMENTS. 16 YOU KNOW, WE'VE SAID, "NO" TO CUTTING CATEGORICALS 17 50 PERCENT. WE'VE SAID, "NO" TO WHOLESALE CUTS IN OUR 18 CLASSES. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD SAY 19 "NO" TO EVEN IF THEY ARE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. 20 YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A SHAME 21 WHAT ARE -- NOT JUST -- YOU KNOW, THE UC SYSTEM AND THE 22 STATE SYSTEM DOES WITHIN OUR STUDENTS. THEY ARE USED AS 23 CASH COWS NOW. 24 I MEAN THERE ARE ACTUALLY MORE INTERNATIONAL 25 STUDENTS BEING ADMITTED TO UC THEN ACTUALLY IN STATE JANUARY 26, 2012 162 1 STUDENTS NOW. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY JUST ALL OF A 2 SUDDEN LIKE NONRESIDENT STUDENTS. IT'S BECAUSE THEY 3 ACTUALLY PAY MORE FEES. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T TREAT 4 STUDENTS AS CASH COWS. I ACTUALLY THINK COMMUNITY COLLEGE 5 SHOULD JUST BE FREE. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT A VERY 6 RADICAL IDEA. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DECADES AGO, IT WAS 7 FREE. 8 AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THIS IS AN ENTRY LEVEL 9 TO HIGHER EDUCATION. IT REALLY SHOULD BE A FREE 10 INSTITUTION. AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, SINCE I HAVE A 11 FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT WITH STUDENT FEES THAT THEY 12 SHOULDN'T EXIST PERIOD, YOU KNOW, I WILL NEVER SUPPORT, 13 YOU KNOW, AN INCREASE IN A NONRESIDENT STUDENT FEE, 14 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FEE, RESIDENT STUDENT FEE, OR ANYONE 15 ELSE'S STUDENT FEES BECAUSE I JUST THINK FUNDAMENTALLY 16 THIS INSTITUTION SHOULD BE FREE FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED 17 OPPORTUNITY. 18 YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T COME FROM A DIFFERENT 19 COUNTRY. YOU DON'T COME FROM A DIFFERENT STATE TO COME 20 HERE BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING GREAT. IF YOU WERE DOING 21 GREAT, YOU WOULD STAY WHERE YOU ARE AND JUST DO GREAT. 22 YOU CAME HERE BECAUSE YOU NEEDED AN OPPORTUNITY. AND THIS 23 IS JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF YOU KNOW -- 24 I HOPE THAT WE LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND NOT RAISE 25 THIS FEE. I KNOW HOW MUCH WE ARE STRUGGLING. I KNOW WE JANUARY 26, 2012 163 1 NEED TO MAKE TOUGH BUDGETARY DECISIONS, BUT YOU KNOW THERE 2 COMES A TIME WHERE WE NEED TO START FORCING FOLKS AT THE 3 STATE LEVEL, ESPECIALLY OUR STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TO 4 ACTUALLY STAND UP FOR US. 5 AND RIGHT NOW, WE MAKE ALL THE HARD CHOICES AND 6 WE LET THE FOLKS OUT IN THE STATE LEVEL GET AWAY WITH 7 MURDER WITH OUR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. AND WE 8 NEED TO JUST STAND UP AND NOT RAISE STUDENT FEES. THANK 9 YOU. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE FANG. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES, I URGE MY COLLEAGUES 12 HERE TO VOTE FOR THIS RESOLUTION AS IS BECAUSE THE FACT 13 THAT -- AND I VERY MUCH WELCOME THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT 14 RAISING INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FEES. WE HAVE BEEN RAISING 15 IT INCREMENTALLY FOR MANY YEARS. 16 NOW IF THAT'S NOT BALANCING BUDGET ON THE BACK 17 OF STUDENTS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. SO THIS IS A WELCOME 18 RELIEF. 19 ON TOP OF THAT, IF WE TAKE A STAND AS A COLLEGE 20 THAT WE OPPOSE ANY FEE INCREASE, I BELIEVE THAT WAS 21 MENTIONED MANY TIMES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE RESOLUTIONS AND 22 WE OPPOSE ANYMORE FEE INCREASE ON STUDENTS, THEN WE TREAT 23 ALL STUDENTS ALIKE THEN IF WE HAVE THE POWER TO SET THIS, 24 WE SHOULD DO IT THAT WAY. 25 AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, TAKING IN CONSIDERATION JANUARY 26, 2012 164 1 HERE WE HAVE OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST YEAR PAY 2 THIS RATE, AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WHO WILL 3 ALWAYS PAY THIS RATE. OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS, COME HERE. 4 THEY FACE HIGHER COSTS OF LIVING. AND SO A FEW DOLLARS 5 HERE JUST MIGHT BE THE LAST STRAW TO BREAK THEIR BACK. 6 AND ALSO I KNOW AT LAST THREE OR FOUR -- AND 7 THERE'S PROBABLY WAY MORE STUDENTS, INTERNATIONAL 8 STUDENTS, WHO THEIR PARENTS MORTGAGE THEIR HOUSE, SOLD 9 THEIR HOUSE WHERE THEY ARE FROM, JUST SO THEY CAN HAVE A 10 FEW THOUSAND MORE TO FINISH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SO THEY CAN 11 TRANSFER. 12 SO IT'S NOT, YES, THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT 13 MIGHT HAVE CHOICES, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THEY COME FROM 14 WEALTH EITHER. SO WE ARE HERE TO -- WE ARE HERE BECAUSE 15 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIKE WHAT TRUSTEE JACKSON SAID, IS AN 16 ENTRY LEVEL WHERE MANY, MANY STUDENTS SEE AS A VIABLE 17 CHOICE TO GET IN TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. 18 SO IF WE HAVE AN OPTION TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF 19 FOR ALL STUDENTS, OUT OF STATE, INTERNATIONAL, ALL 20 INCLUDED, WE SHOULD TAKE IT. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, I JUST WANT TO RESPOND. 22 AS THE AUTHOR OF THE RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE FEE 23 HIKES FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, I WILL POINT OUT THAT 24 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS DOING THE OPPOSITE OF THE 25 RESOLUTION THAT I AUTHORED AND IS RAISING CALIFORNIA JANUARY 26, 2012 165 1 STUDENTS HIKES BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, THE CALIFORNIA 2 STUDENT FEES. 3 SO CALIFORNIA STUDENTS ARE GETTING A HUGE FEE 4 HIKE FROM 36 TO $46 A CREDIT. WE ARE SAYING INTERNATIONAL 5 STUDENTS, NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU -- WE ARE GOING 6 TO PUT IT ALL ON THE CALIFORNIA STUDENTS. THEY HAVE TO 7 BARE THE BRUNT OF IT. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR. 8 THIS ALSO SHOWS THAT THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION 9 ABOUT PAYING AND ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER ON THE BUDGET AND 10 THAT EVERYTHING IS ON THE TABLE THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE. WE 11 ARE STARTING OUT RIGHT AWAY OFF THE BAT SAYING, THERE 12 ACTUALLY ARE SACRED COWS. THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TOUCH 13 THESE THINGS. AND SO DOES THAT MEAN WE ARE GOING TO 14 EXPECT TO SEE MORE SACRED COWS. I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT. I 15 HOPE THIS IS THE LAST SACRED COW THAT WE SEE. 16 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, 17 I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY ARE SACRED COWS. I 18 THINK THEY ARE PROTECTED PEOPLE. I THINK EVEN IN TOUGH 19 BUDGETARY TIMES, WE HAVE TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE 20 PEOPLE. AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN I'VE BEEN HONEST ABOUT THE 21 FOLKS I'VE TRIED TO PROTECT. 22 AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK TRUSTEE FANG IS SPEAKING 23 FROM THE HEART BECAUSE HE COMES FROM THAT POPULATION OF 24 STUDENTS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T STAND UP 25 FOR THE FOLKS THAT YOU COME FROM, THEN YOU ARE NOT WORTH JANUARY 26, 2012 166 1 THE LICK TO BE ON THE BOARD. 2 AND SO YOU KNOW -- I THINK THAT THERE'S NOT 3 SACRED COWS, BUT WE SHOULD ACTUALLY TRY TO PROTECT OUR 4 MOST VULNERABLE FOLKS. AND, YEAH, SOME FOLKS DO COME 5 FROM -- THEY DON'T COME FROM WEALTH AND THEY COME FROM OUT 6 OF STATE TO FIND OPPORTUNITY HERE. AND IF WE RAISE 7 STUDENT FEES WHEN WE SAY WE ARE AGAINST IT, THEN I AM LIKE 8 ARE WE JUST AGAINST STUDENT FEES FROM LOCAL PEOPLE OR ARE 9 WE JUST AGAINST -- I AM AGAINST STUDENTS FEES FOR ALL 10 STUDENTS BECAUSE I JUST DON'T FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE IN 11 STUDENTS FEES FOR STUDENTS COMING INTO ENTRY LEVEL 12 COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THAT'S MY POSITION. 13 YOU KNOW, JEFF -- TRUSTEE FANG HAS, YOU KNOW, 14 EVERY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AND 15 SHOULD BE A PROTECTED CLASS, THAT WE PROTECT WITHIN OUR 16 BUDGET. AND WE HAVE THE POWER TO ACTUALLY AFFECT STUDENT 17 FEES WHICH WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE THE POWER RIGHT NOW TO 18 AFFECT A STUDENT FEE, WE SHOULD TAKE IT. 19 SO I ACTUALLY URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT, YOU 20 KNOW, B1(A) AND, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST MOVE FORWARD. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL JUST SAY THAT I DON'T 22 THINK IT'S TRUE TO SAY THAT THESE ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE 23 STUDENTS. I THINK A LOT OF THEM ARE MIDDLE CLASS STUDENTS 24 WHO ARE TRAVELING ABROAD. THEY WANT TO SPEND, YOU KNOW, 25 SOME TIME IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS A GREAT THING TO JANUARY 26, 2012 167 1 DO. I THINK IT IS WONDERFUL THAT PEOPLE FROM OTHER 2 COUNTRIES WANT TO BE HERE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS TOO 3 MUCH TO ASK THEM TO PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE THEY ARE 4 NOT -- MOST OF THEM ARE NOT OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. 5 AND THEY ARE GETTING A BETTER DEAL AS FAR AS HIKES GO, 6 THAN OUR CALIFORNIA STUDENTS WHO ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE 7 STUDENTS. 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: IF I MAY ADD, AS FAR AS 9 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, THIS IS NOT JUST FOR THEM. IT IS 10 ALSO FOR OUT OF STATE. 11 AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ADD AND REMIND OUR 12 COLLEAGUES THAT IF WE RAISE THIS FEE, WE ARE NOT RAISING 13 JUST WHAT THE STATE IS RAISING ON THE LOCAL STUDENTS 14 BECAUSE EVERY -- THIS TUITION RATE APPLIES FOR THIS RATE, 15 PLUS WHATEVER LOCAL STUDENTS PAY. SO EVERY UNIT IS THIS 16 PRICE, PLUS THE LOCAL FEE THAT A STUDENT PAYS. 17 SO IF THE STATE RAISED $10 ON LOCAL STUDENTS, IT 18 WILL PASS THROUGH TO ALL STUDENTS, INTERNATIONAL, AND OUT 19 OF STATE ALREADY AS IS. 20 SO RAISING A FEW DOLLARS HERE WILL BE 21 BASICALLY -- I WOULD SAY TAXING MORE COMPOUNDING, MORE 22 MONEY THAT WE MAKE OUT OF STATE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS 23 PAY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 25 TRUSTEE NGO: LET ME CLARIFY THIS. JANUARY 26, 2012 168 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: THERE IS NO AMENDMENT ON THE TABLE 3 TO RAISE THE FEES. THIS RESOLUTION -- AND I AM TRYING TO 4 CORRECT THE STUDENT REPORTER NOW. BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON 5 THE TABLE THAT WILL ENABLE THE ADMINISTRATION TO RAISE THE 6 FEE. THAT'S THE VERY POINT. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SOMEONE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO 8 THAT -- 9 TRUSTEE NGO: RIGHT, BUT ANYONE HAS. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- AFFECT, BUT IT IS NOT ON 11 THE TABLE. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: I THINK WE SHOULD STOP THE A 13 ALARMIST RHETORIC AND GET BACK TO EARTH HERE. WE HAVE 14 NOT -- THAT'S NOT EVEN ON THE TABLE. 15 THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S ON THE TABLE IN THE LONG 16 RUN? AND IT'S SIMPLE DISCUSSION. WE SHOULD HAVE IT. IF 17 WE ARE GOING TO ASK SEIU AND AFT TO MAKE SACRIFICES, 18 BELIEVE ME I AM GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT 19 THEY COULD GIVE. AND I WISH THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE 20 EVERYTHING OFF THE TABLE. 21 SO LET'S JUST CALM BACK DOWN. I DON'T THINK 22 ITS -- THERE'S NO MOTION ON THE TABLE. THERE'S NO 23 AMENDMENT. VICE CHANCELLOR GOLDSTEIN I THINK TRIED VERY 24 HARD TO EXPLAIN THAT IT WAS NOT AN INCREASE. AND THERE 25 WAS NO NEED TO MEET WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS THIS YEAR, JANUARY 26, 2012 169 1 SO LET'S MOVE ON. I HOPE WE CAN GET TO THE RESOLUTION AND 2 VOTE ON IT. IT HAS MY SUPPORT. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: PUBLIC COMMENT? 4 KAREN SAGINOR. 5 MS. SAGINOR: JUST A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO 6 POINT OUT. ONE IS THAT I'VE ALSO TALKED TO INTERNATIONAL 7 STUDENTS. AND MY ORIGINAL PICTURE OF THEM IS FOLKS WHO 8 CAME FROM MONEY BACK HOME WAS IN FACT NOT WHAT SEEMS TO BE 9 THE CASE. A LOT OF THEM, IT IS TRUE THAT THEIR PARENTS 10 SOLD THE HOUSE TO GIVE ONE OF THEIR KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY 11 TO GET AN EDUCATION HERE AND THEN TRY TO HELP THE REST OF 12 THE FAMILY BACK HOME. 13 I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH RECENTLY IN TALKING 14 ABOUT THE TASK FORCE STUFF INTO HOW MUCH DOES CITY COLLEGE 15 ACTUALLY NEED PER STUDENT IN TERMS OF -- AND IN FACT, WE 16 ARE EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS FOR LESS THAN $180 PER CREDIT A 17 PIECE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE REVENUE WE GET AND WHAT 18 WE OPERATE ON. WE ARE ABLE AMAZINGLY TO ME TO DO IT FOR 19 LESS THAN $180 A PIECE PER STUDENTS FROM THE FIGURES THAT 20 I WENT OVER WITH PETER AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST. 21 SO AS TRUSTEE -- STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG HAS 22 POINTED OUT, WHEN YOU ADD ONTO THIS THE FEES THAT THE 23 STATE PAYS IN ADDITION, WE ARE ALREADY CHARGING THEM MORE 24 THAN WE ARE SPENDING ON GIVING THEM THAT EDUCATION. 25 AT THE SAME TIME AS WE SAID EARLIER TODAY, IT IS JANUARY 26, 2012 170 1 IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY MAKE SOME CHANGES SOMEWHERE. SO 2 I AM NOT MAKING THIS EASIER. I SEE THINGS FROM BOTH 3 SIDES, BUT JUST A PIECE OF INFORMATION THANKS. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO 5 OVER THE NUMBERS THAT THE ACADEMIC SENATE PRESIDENT 6 CALCULATED OFFLINE. 7 I WILL JUST POINT OUT THERE IS -- ONE THE 8 CALCULATIONS WE DO IS THE COST TO CITY COLLEGE AND THAT 9 ONE WAS 186 NOT LESS THAN 180. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 11 FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 12 ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE ARE READY TO VOTE. 13 TRUSTEE FANG. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 16 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 17 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 20 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 23 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 24 I WILL OPPOSE. 25 B1(A) IS APPROVED. JANUARY 26, 2012 171 1 B1(B), COUNSEL. 2 COUNSEL DICKEY: B1(B) IS ENTITLED, GENERAL 3 FUND, "APPROVAL TO SOLICIT AND RECEIVE BIDS FOR SERVICES 4 OF A PRIVATE FIRM TO ASSIST IN THE ACTIVITIES RELATED TO 5 HIRING A NEW CHANCELLOR, AND APPROPRIATION OF UP TO 6 $150,000 FOR ALL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO HIRING A NEW 7 CHANCELLOR FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE 8 DISTRICT DURING THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 27, 2012 THROUGH 9 SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2012." 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A MOTION FOR B1(B)? 11 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 13 IS THERE A SECOND? 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 16 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 17 CHANCELLOR, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OR YOU 18 DON'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I DON'T CARE. I COULD SAY 20 SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE. 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I AM VERY PLEASED THAT THIS 23 RESOLUTION IS HERE, AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET UNDERWAY 24 IN TERMS OF THE CHANCELLOR SEARCH PROCESS. AND WE ALL 25 HOPE -- I'M SORRY I HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE ABLE TO BE JANUARY 26, 2012 172 1 ACHIEVED AT LEAST BY THE 30TH OF SEPTEMBER BUT, HOPEFULLY, 2 BY AUGUST. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COLLEGE 3 COMMUNITY SHOULD GET REALLY INVOLVED IN. SO SEVEN OR 4 EIGHT MONTHS SHOULD BE PLENTY OF TIME TO DO A REPLACEMENT 5 SEARCH. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? 7 I WILL JUST SAY THAT IF I VOTE FOR THIS THAT 8 MEANS DR. GRIFFIN IS A SHORT TIMER. I AM NOT SURE HOW I 9 FEEL ABOUT THAT. 10 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: BUT I GUESS I WILL VOTE FOR 12 IT, BUT -- 13 TRUSTEE NGO: IT WILL BE A BITTERSWEET "YES" 14 VOTE. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? 16 MS. SAGINOR: THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION RATHER 17 THAN A COMMENT. 18 I WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS MORE INFORMATION 19 AVAILABLE ABOUT THE KINDS OF SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TO BE 20 SOLICITED? 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IT WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE 22 RECRUITING FIRM THAT SPECIALIZES IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE CEO 23 SEARCHES AND, YOU KNOW, AN RFP WILL GO OUT SPECIFYING 24 THAT. 25 MS. SAGINOR: WHO IS GOING TO BE DRAWING UP THE JANUARY 26, 2012 173 1 RFP? 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN DRAWN UP. 3 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YEAH, WE HAVE -- 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: HUMAN RESOURCES. 5 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: HR HAS ALREADY DONE SOME 6 WORK ON THAT. 7 MS. SAGINOR: I'M SORRY. HR? 8 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THE HR DEPARTMENT HAS 9 ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON THAT. AS YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU 10 DON'T KNOW, BUT IT HAS HAD SOME HISTORY IN THIS. AND SO 11 WE WILL GET OUR RFP OUT. AND IT WILL BE ONLINE AND 12 AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. 13 MS. SAGINOR: THANKS. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 15 OKAY, TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): RELUCTANTLY, 17 AYE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 19 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 20 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 23 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) JANUARY 26, 2012 174 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 2 OKAY, B1(B) IS APPROVED. 3 I THINK WE ARE UP TO S2 IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN. 4 COUNSEL DICKEY: S2 IS ENTITLED, "ADMINISTRATIVE 5 DEPARTMENT OF REALIGNMENT, REALIGNING THE HUMAN RESOURCES 6 DEPARTMENT FROM THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF FINANCE AND 7 ADMINISTRATION DIVISION TO THE CHANCELLOR'S DIVISION." 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION FOR 9 S2? 10 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 14 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 15 OKAY, IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT? 16 OKAY, TRUSTEE FANG. 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 19 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 20 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 23 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) JANUARY 26, 2012 175 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 2 S2 IS APPROVED. 3 S3, COUNSEL. 4 COUNSEL DICKEY: S3 IS ENTITLED, "ADMINISTRATIVE 5 DEPARTMENT REALIGNMENT, REALIGNING MATRICULATION, 6 ASSESSMENT, AND ENROLLMENT SERVICES FROM THE VICE 7 CHANCELLOR OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT DIVISION TO THE VICE 8 CHANCELLOR OF CAMPUSES AND ENROLLMENT SERVICES DIVISION." 9 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 11 IS THERE A SECOND? 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE FANG. 14 DISCUSSION? 15 PUBLIC COMMENT? 16 ARE YOU COMMENTING ON THIS ONE? 17 MS. SAGINOR: YES, WHICH ONE DO I WANT? 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT S3. 19 MS. SAGINOR: S3, NO I WANT S -- 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC 21 COMMENT ON S3? 22 MS. SAGINOR: S3 IS THE ONE I WANT. IT WILL BE 23 QUICK. 24 I JUST WANT WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SINCE 25 THIS REALIGNMENT EFFECTS FACULTY WHO REPORT IN THIS JANUARY 26, 2012 176 1 DIVISION. IT WAS CONSIDERED BY THE ACADEMIC SENATE. AND 2 WE ENDORSE THIS. THANK YOU. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THANK YOU. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 6 ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEE FANG. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 9 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 10 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 13 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 17 S3 IS APPROVED. 18 S4. 19 COUNSEL DICKEY: S4 IS ENTITLED, "ADMINISTRATIVE 20 DEPARTMENT REALIGNMENT, REALIGNING THE INFORMATION 21 TECHNOLOGY AND DISTRICT POLICE/PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS 22 FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S DIVISION TO THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF 23 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION DIVISION." 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION? 25 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. JANUARY 26, 2012 177 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: SECOND. 2 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 3 BY TRUSTEE FANG. 4 DISCUSSION? 5 PUBLIC COMMENT? 6 TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 9 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 10 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 13 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 17 S4 IS APPROVED. 18 THE NEXT ITEM IS S7. 19 COUNSEL DICKEY: S7 IS ENTITLED, "CITY COLLEGE 20 OF SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF TRUSTEES EXPRESSES ITS PROFOUND 21 GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO THE CHINESE COMMUNITY FOR 22 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF THE COLLEGE, AND RAISING THE 23 $800,000 TO BENEFIT THE NEW CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH CAMPUS 24 IN EIGHT WEEKS FROM THE ENTIRE CROSS SECTION OF THE 25 COMMUNITY." JANUARY 26, 2012 178 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: IS THERE A MOTION? 2 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: MOVE FOR APPROVAL. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, I THINK TRUSTEE NGO BEAT 5 YOU, TRUSTEE FANG. 6 IS THERE DISCUSSION? 7 TRUSTEE NGO: I HAVE A QUESTION. 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: PETER, SO THE MONEY THAT WAS 10 RAISED WAS FOR FURNITURE I UNDERSTAND AND ALL THE OTHER 11 KIND OF -- 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT WAS FOR THINGS THE STATE 13 DOESN'T PAY FOR. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY, SO HOW HAVE OTHER FACILITIES 15 BEEN FURNISHED BEFORE? 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: GOOD QUESTION. WE RAN INTO 17 THIS ISSUE WITH MISSION BECAUSE WE WERE ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE, 18 OPENING SCIENCE LABS IN MISSION. AND THE STATE GIVES US 19 FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT MONEY, FIXTURES, FURNITURE, AND 20 EQUIPMENT THAT COULD NOT BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE BEAKERS 21 AND TEST TUBES, ET CETERA. 22 BUT AT THAT TIME BEFORE THE ECONOMY STARTED 23 MELTING, REMEMBER MY NOTE ABOUT ONE-TIME FUNDS AND 24 ACTUALLY ABOVE THAT WERE SOME OF THE ONGOING FUNDS. WE 25 USED TO GET AN ALLOCATION FOR INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT JANUARY 26, 2012 179 1 EVERY YEAR. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THAT 2 MONEY. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME OLD BLOCK GRANT MONEY AT 3 THAT TIME ALSO. SO WE WERE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT IN OTHER 4 WAYS. 5 BUT IT WAS SIMILAR TO THE CHINATOWN CAMPUS. THE 6 STATE PAID FOR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT THAT WAS NOT EVERYTHING 7 WE NEEDED TO OPEN THE CAMPUS. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: SO IS THAT DISTINCT FROM WHAT A 9 LOCAL BOND MONEY CAN PAY FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, OR IS THAT ONE 10 OF THE SAME TO YOU? 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT IS VERY SIMILAR. WE HAVEN'T 12 TRIED TO USE LOCAL BOND MONEY TO -- I NEED THE BOND 13 COUNSEL TO REALLY OPINE ON THAT, BUT -- 14 TRUSTEE NGO: IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO. NOT FOR GLASSWARE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY, WITH OTHER CAMPUSES. 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. THANK YOU. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 20 I WILL POINT OUT THAT THERE IS AN ERROR IN THE 21 SECOND "WHEREAS." IT SAYS, "THE NEW CHINATOWN CAMPUS 22 FACILITY." THAT SHOULD READ "THE NEW CHINATOWN/NORTH 23 BEACH FACILITY." THE SAME ERROR THAT WAS CORRECTED IN C3. 24 THAT IS THE ONLY TIME IT APPEARS IN -- THE REST OF THE 25 RESOLUTION IS CORRECT. JANUARY 26, 2012 180 1 WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MOVE THAT CORRECTION JUST 2 TO ADD THE WORDS "NORTH BEACH." 3 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE THAT. 4 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 6 BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 7 IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT, THE 8 CORRECTION? 9 IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AMENDMENT? 10 SEEING NONE, TRUSTEE FANG. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 13 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 14 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 17 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 18 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 20 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 21 OKAY, SO THE AMENDMENT, THE CORRECTION IS 22 APPROVED. 23 ON THE MAIN MOTION, S7, AS CORRECTED, IS THERE 24 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 25 TRUSTEE NGO: I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY THAT WHEN JANUARY 26, 2012 181 1 IT SAYS, "CHINESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY" THAT THE FUNDRAISING 2 WASN'T -- I TRIED LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND THE ID'S, BUT 3 IT'S NOT JUST THE CHINESE AMERICANS, I THINK. BUT I KIND 4 OF GET WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY HERE. 5 PRESIDENT RIZZO: DO YOU WANT TO SAY ASIAN 6 AMERICAN. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: NO. I'M JUST -- NOT AT ALL. I 8 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WASN'T JUST CHINESE AMERICANS 9 THAT DONATED TO THE CAMPUS. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S TRUE. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH. THANK YOU. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, PUBLIC COMMENT? 13 TRUSTEE FANG. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, BOARD MEMBERS, ALL THOSE 16 IN FAVOR? 17 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 18 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 21 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 25 OKAY, S7 IS APPROVED. THAT IS -- THAT TAKES US JANUARY 26, 2012 182 1 THROUGH OUR RESOLUTION AGENDA. 2 AND THE NEXT ITEM IS BOARD OF TRUSTEE REPORTS. 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WILL KEEP IT BRIEF. 5 FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR 6 VOTING TO NOT INCREASE THE NONRESIDENT TUITION BECAUSE AS 7 I'VE STATED, IT'S NOT ABOUT PROTECTED CLASS. IT'S SIMPLY 8 THAT IF THE STATE RAISED TUITION ON RESIDENT TUITION, IT 9 IS ALREADY PASSED THROUGH TO NONRESIDENT ANYWAY. 10 THE SECOND THING IS I THINK THAT I HOPE THE 11 BOARD IN THE FUTURE WILL BE CONSCIENCE OF THE FACT THAT 12 THE STUDENT LEADERS WHO ARE HERE TO MAKE CONSTITUENT 13 REPORTS EVERY MONTH ARE ON THEIR OWN TIME, VOLUNTEER TIME. 14 AND THE FACT THAT A LOT OF TIME THEY HAVE TO 15 WAIT THREE HOURS PLUS TO GET TO SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES 16 WOULD VERY MUCH DELAY THE TIME THEY NEED FOR STUDYING AND 17 EVERYTHING ELSE. SO IN THE FUTURE, IF WE COULD KEEP THAT 18 IN MIND SO THAT AT LEAST THIS -- SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE 19 CONSTITUTE REPORT, WE COULD AT LEAST GET IT OUT OF THE WAY 20 QUICKER. THAT WOULD BE A WELCOME CHANGE. THANK YOU. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE GRIER. 22 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: JUST A BRIEF REPORT, A 23 COUPLE OF THINGS. 24 I WANTED TO SAY "THANK YOU" TO THE BOARD MEMBERS 25 AND THEIR SUPPORT FOR MY CANDIDACY -- WELL, AS A MEMBER OF JANUARY 26, 2012 183 1 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. 2 ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO IS 3 SERVING IN AN UNBIASSED, COLLABORATIVE, AND INCLUSIVE WAY, 4 SO I MAKE THAT COMMITMENT TO YOU. 5 ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE CLOSE OUR 6 MEETING IN MEMORY OF WALTER JOHNSON, WHO IS A WARRIOR, WHO 7 WAS A WARRIOR FOR LABOR AND FOR EDUCATION. 8 IN ADDITION, I'D ASK YOU TO CLOSE IN THE MEMORY 9 OF BOB PRICE WHO WAS A SENIOR SUPERVISOR OF VOCATIONAL 10 TRAINING FOR THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT. 11 WE USED TO HAVE SUCH A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP 12 WITH YGC WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND 13 OUR STUDENTS. AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF BOB PRICE'S 14 LEADERSHIP. 15 SO THAT ENDS MY REPORT. THANK YOU. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 17 TRUSTEE JACKSON: NO REPORT. I DON'T HAVE 18 ANYTHING IMPORTANT TO SAY RIGHT NOW. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE NGO. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: I AM GOOD. THANKS. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS TO 22 REPORT FROM THE FIT COMMITTEE. WE ARE MAINTAINING A 23 35 PERCENT LOCAL HIGHER AT THE CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH 24 CAMPUS WHICH IS VERY GOOD, MORE THAN TWICE WHAT WE HAD ON 25 THE MISSION CAMPUS. I THINK IT SHOWS THAT OUR PROGRAM IS JANUARY 26, 2012 184 1 WORKING AS INTENDED. 2 THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WE ARE -- WE HAVE 3 NOW TAKEN THAT UP AT THE FIT COMMITTEE, THE FACILITIES 4 INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY AS A REGULAR ITEM. THERE'S 5 AN RFQ, A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS WAS RELEASED FOR 6 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR THAT FACILITY, SO WE ARE 7 ACTUALLY MOVING. 8 WE MAY HAVE IN MARCH A RECOMMENDATION FOR A 9 CONTRACTOR TO DO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. THE BUILDING IS 10 SLATED TO OPEN IN FALL OF 2014. SO THAT'S A PRETTY 11 EXCITING DEVELOPMENT. 12 AND THE CHINATOWN CAMPUS SHOULD NOW BE TOTALLY 13 ENCLOSED, ALL THE EXTERIOR WALLS. AND THAT IS STILL ON 14 TARGET, ON BUDGET, ON SCHEDULE. AND SOME OF THE INTERNAL 15 ELEVATORS ARE OPERATIONAL. AND IT'S JUST MOVING ALONG 16 SWIMMINGLY. WE SHOULD BE ALL READY FOR A RIBBON CUTTING 17 LATER THIS YEAR. 18 OKAY, THAT'S MY REPORT. 19 CHANCELLOR, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: NO REPORT. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 22 CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT. 23 COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY CLOSED SESSION 24 ANNOUNCEMENTS? 25 COUNSEL DICKEY: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MET IN JANUARY 26, 2012 185 1 CLOSED SESSION AT 5:00 O'CLOCK TODAY TO DISCUSS THE 2 MATTERS LISTED ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA. THERE ARE NO 3 REPORTABLE ACTIONS TAKEN SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 5 ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK FOR ITEMS NOT ON 6 THE AGENDA? 7 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 8 MR. SCOTT: I WILL TURN IN MY CARD AFTERWARD IF 9 THAT'S OKAY. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 11 MR. SCOTT: RODGER SCOTT. 12 I AM SORRY I MISSED THE RESOLUTION COMMENDING 13 WALTER JOHNSON. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF BRIEF 14 COMMENTS AND READ SOMETHING. 15 MANY OF US TRIED TO BE AS GOOD OF FRIEND TO 16 WALTER AS HE WAS TO HUMANITY, BUT I DON'T THINK ANY OF US 17 SUCCEEDED. 18 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I WROTE SOMETHING TO 19 WALTER SINCE HE LIKED MUHAMMAD ALI AND CHARLES OSGOOD, THE 20 GREAT NEWS COMMENTATOR. HE HAD A GREAT CAPACITY TO 21 DELIVER MUNDANE MESSAGES IN RHYME TO MAKE THEM A LOT MORE 22 ACCEPTABLE. 23 TO WALTER JOHNSON, WHEN IT COMES TO SUBTLE 24 VERBAL ASSAULT, NOBODY IS BETTER AT IT THEN WALT. HIS 25 IRONIC WIT CONFIGURATIVELY KNOCKED POMPOUS PEOPLE OUT JANUARY 26, 2012 186 1 BEFORE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. 2 OF HIS SKILLS AND CONVICTION, I HAVE NO DOUBT, 3 AND HE NEVER INDULGED THE IMPULSE TO SHOUT. 4 EACH OF WALT'S ADVERSARIES CERTAINLY KNOWS THAT 5 HE'S QUICK TO TELL THE EMPEROR HE IS WEARING NO CLOTHES. 6 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT TURNS WALT ON, IT'S 7 MAKING SURE WORKERS NEVER STRUGGLE ALONE. 8 WHEN THE GOOD OLD BOYS WANT WOMEN TO SERVE, IT'S 9 TOO OFTEN COFFEE AND DONUTS, NOT WHAT THEY DESERVE. 10 WALT EDUCATES THE BROTHERS OR TELLS THEM GOODBYE 11 REMINDING THEM THAT WOMEN HOLD UP HALF THE SKY. 12 HIS GENEROSITY IS WELL KNOWN AND IMAGINE HIM IN 13 PACIFIC HEIGHTS, HE WILL CERTAINLY NEVER OWN. 14 WALT'S DEMOCRATIC DYSLEXIA TELLS HIM RIGHT MAKES 15 MIGHT WHEN UNIONIST OF COLOR JOIN THE FIGHT. 16 HIS MESSAGE ON THE PICKET LINE AND IN THE UNION 17 HALL IS THAT UNION SOLIDARITY MUST INCLUDE US ALL. 18 ON THE LABOR MOVEMENT, HE'S HAD QUITE AN EFFECT 19 AND EVEN HIS ADVERSARIES SHOW HIM RESPECT. 20 WHEN HE REACHES THAT TIME ZONE INFINITELY LONGER 21 THAN THIS, HE MAY NEED TO RENEGOTIATE OR REDEFINE BLISS. 22 IF WALT ENDS UP ON THE WRONG EXTRATERRESTRIAL 23 JET AFTER GIVING UP HIS DEFINE BOARDING PASS TO SOMEONE HE 24 HAS NEVER MET, HE WILL QUICKLY ADJUST TO THE HEAT AND LOOK 25 FOR THE ARROGANT BOSSES HE EXPECTS TO MEET AND DEFEAT. JANUARY 26, 2012 187 1 AND ON THE WAY, HE WILL STOP TO SAY, I DON'T 2 KNOW IF JOE HEAL IS HERE, BUT HIS MESSAGE IS STILL STRONG 3 AND CLEAR, DON'T -- 4 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 5 MR. SCOTT: -- AGONIZE, ORGANIZE. 6 I AM GOING TO FINISH. 7 BECAUSE IF WE WORK HARD AND FOLLOW JOE'S ADVICE, 8 HE WILL MAKE HEAVEN AND HELL BOTH A WORKERS PARADISE. 9 IF GOD ARBITRATES WITH MORE AUTHORITY THEN 10 HUMANITY, WALT WILL FIND A WAY TO ISSUE THESE ORDERS. 11 HEAVEN AND HELL SHALL PROVIDE EQUAL 12 ACCOMMODATIONS AND HAVE OPEN BOARDERS. 13 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 14 MR. SCOTT: THANK YOU. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN, 16 BUT DON'T ANYONE LEAVE BECAUSE AFTER THE ADJOURNMENT, WE 17 WILL BE MEETING AS THE -- THE BOARD WILL BE MEETING AS THE 18 SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FINANCING 19 CORPORATION. SO WE WILL ADJOURN NOW IN MEMORY OF WALTER 20 JOHNSON AND BOB PRICE. 21 (A MOMENT OF SILENCE OBSERVED.) 22 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE ARE ADJOURNED. 23 (BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:48 24 P.M.) 25 JANUARY 26, 2012 188 1 (SFCCD FINANCING CORPORATION MEETING CALLED TO 2 ORDER AT 10:49 P.M.) 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE 4 MEETING OF THE SFCCD FINANCING CORPORATION ANNUAL MEETING. 5 IS SOMEONE HERE TO KIND OF GUIDE US THROUGH 6 THIS? 7 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IS PETER STILL OUT THERE? 8 PRESIDENT RIZZO: PETER. 9 THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR I BELIEVE. 10 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YEAH. 11 PRESIDENT RIZZO: PERHAPS WE COULD NOTE FOR THE 12 RECORD FOR THIS MEETING THAT TRUSTEES NGO, JACKSON, GRIER, 13 AND STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG AND MYSELF, TRUSTEE RIZZO, ARE 14 HERE. 15 VICE CHANCELLOR, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THIS IS 16 ALL ABOUT? 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. MANY YEARS AGO WE FORMED 18 THE FINANCING CORPORATION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF BOND 19 COUNSEL TO ASSIST US IN THE SALE OF CERTIFICATES OF 20 PARTICIPATION. 21 WE WERE ADVISED AT THAT POINT THAT IF WE EVER 22 NEEDED THAT VEHICLE AGAIN, IT WOULD BE WISE TO JUST HAVE A 23 SIMPLE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING IN JANUARY OF EVERY YEAR AND 24 KEEP THAT ESSENTIALLY THAT SEPARATE ENTITY ALIVE. AND WE 25 WOULD AVOID PAYING ATTORNEYS TO FORM ONE FOR US IN THE JANUARY 26, 2012 189 1 FUTURE IF WE EVER NEEDED IT. 2 SO EVERY JANUARY, WE HAVE THIS LITTLE ITEM ON 3 THE AGENDA WHERE THE ONLY ACTION THAT'S NEEDED IS FOR THE 4 AUTHORITY TO CONVENE, NAME ITS PRESIDENT -- NAME ITS 5 OFFICERS, VOTE ON THEM, AND ADJOURN. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 7 ANY QUESTIONS? 8 SO WE HAVE ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS. I GUESS IT 9 COULD BE ANYBODY. 10 DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MOVE A PRESIDENT? 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I WILL BE PRESIDENT. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: YOU NOMINATE YOURSELF? 13 TRUSTEE JACKSON: A KING -- 14 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL NOMINATE YOU. 15 TRUSTEE JACKSON: THANK YOU. 16 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: I NOMINATE PRESIDENT RIZZO AS VICE 18 PRESIDENT. 19 PRESIDENT RIZZO: LET'S DO ONE AT A TIME. SO 20 FOR PRESIDENT, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? 21 OKAY, NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED. 22 DISCUSSION? 23 PUBLIC COMMENT? 24 STUDENT TRUSTEE. 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. JANUARY 26, 2012 190 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 2 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 3 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 6 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 7 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 10 OKAY, TRUSTEE JACKSON IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE 11 SFCCD FINANCING CORPORATION. 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I THINK IN THE PAST WE'VE NAMED 13 THE CHANCELLOR AS VICE PRESIDENT AND ME AS THE TREASURER. 14 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO 15 MOVE -- 16 TRUSTEE NGO: PETER, DO YOU WANT TO VOTE? 17 PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- FOR VICE PRESIDENT? 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT. 19 THAT'S JUST WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN PAST. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: WE SHOULD JUST DO THAT AS A MATTER 21 OF PRACTICE. 22 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: IT WORKED THE LAST TIME. 23 LET'S KEEP WITH SOMETHING THAT WORKS. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. IS SOMEONE GOING 25 TO MOVE A VICE PRESIDENT? JANUARY 26, 2012 191 1 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 2 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: MOVE THE VICE CHANCELLOR. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: THE CHANCELLOR AS THE VICE 5 PRESIDENT. 6 PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE CHANCELLOR AS THE VICE 7 PRESIDENT. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: AND VICE CHANCELLOR GOLDSTEIN AS 9 TREASURER. 10 PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, WE SHOULD DO IT ONE AT A 11 TIME. 12 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECRETARY. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: SECRETARY AND TREASURER. 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SURE. 15 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS 16 FOR VICE PRESIDENT? 17 OKAY, NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED? 18 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? 19 DISCUSSION? 20 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 21 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 22 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 25 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. JANUARY 26, 2012 192 1 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 4 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 5 OKAY, CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN IS NOW VICE PRESIDENT 6 OF THE SFCCD FINANCING CORPORATION. 7 IS THERE A MOTION FOR SECRETARY/TREASURER? 8 COUNSEL DICKEY: I THINK HE NOMINATED -- 9 PRESIDENT RIZZO: NOMINATIONS. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE VICE CHANCELLOR 11 GOLDSTEIN. 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY, ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? 13 OKAY, DISCUSSION? 14 PUBLIC COMMENT? 15 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? 16 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 17 VICE PRESIDENT GRIER: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE MARKS: (ABSENT.) 20 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 21 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 23 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 24 PRESIDENT RIZZO: OPPOSED? 25 OKAY, SO VICE CHANCELLOR GOLDSTEIN IS THE JANUARY 26, 2012 193 1 SECRETARY/TREASURER. 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YOU CAN ADJOURN THAT MEETING. 3 PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND WE WILL ADJOURN THIS 4 MEETING. 5 ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANYTHING NOT ON THIS 6 AGENDA? 7 SEEING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. 8 (SFCCD FINANCING CORPORATION MEETING ADJOURNED 9 AT 10:52 P.M.) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JANUARY 26, 2012 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER I, THE UNDERSIGNED, A DULY AUTHORIZED CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTER, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING PROCEEDINGS WERE TAKEN DOWN BY ME IN STENOTYPE AND THEREAFTER TRANSCRIBED INTO TYPEWRITING BY COMPUTER, UNDER MY DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION, AND THAT THIS TRANSCRIPT IS A TRUE RECORD OF THE SAID PROCEEDINGS. DATED: FEBRUARY 17, 2012 ______________________________ MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 STATE OF CALIFORNIA