SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT MONTHLY MEETING OF THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010 CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO GOUGH STREET CAMPUS 33 GOUGH STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REPORTED BY: MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 2 1 A P P E A R A N C E S 2 3 4 THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 5 6 NATALIE BERG 7 ANITA GRIER 8 CHRIS JACKSON 9 MILTON MARKS III 10 STEVE NGO 11 JOHN RIZZO 12 LAWRENCE WONG 13 14 15 DR. DON Q. GRIFFIN, CHANCELLOR 16 LEILANI BATTISTE, GENERAL COUNSEL 17 JOSHUA NIELSEN, STUDENT TRUSTEE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JANUARY 28, 2010 3 1 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2 2010, COMMENCING AT THE HOUR OF 7:05 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 28, 2010 4 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I 2 WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF 3 TRUSTEES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 4 FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 2010. WE ARE MEETING AT 5 33 GOUGH STREET. IT IS 7:05 P.M. 6 IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE RISE, WE'LL DO THE 7 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FIRST. LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF A 8 ALLEGIANCE AND THEN WE WILL DO THE ROLL CALL. SORRY. 9 (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECITED.) 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: CHANCELLOR, IF YOU COULD CALL 11 THE ROLL, PLEASE. 12 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: PRESIDENT MARKS. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: HERE. 14 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: VICE PRESIDENT BERG. 15 VICE PRESIDENT BERG: HERE. 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. ANITA GRIER. 17 TRUSTEE GRIER: HERE. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 19 TRUSTEE JACKSON: HERE. 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE NGO. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: HERE. 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE RIZZO. 23 TRUSTEE RIZZO: HERE. 24 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE WONG. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: HERE. JANUARY 28, 2010 5 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE JOSH NEILSEN, THE 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE. 3 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: HERE. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: AS IS OUR PRACTICE, WE HAVE 5 TEN MINUTES SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING 6 OF THE MEETINGS OF TWO MINUTES, A MAXIMUM OF TWO MINUTES 7 PER PERSON ON ISSUES THAT ARE NOT BEFORE THE BOARD 8 TONIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE A LONGER TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT 9 THE END OF THE MEETING. 10 WE HAVE TWO CARDS. THE FIRST ONE IS PETER 11 SWING. 12 AND DON, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP RIGHT AFTER HIM, 13 THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BOTH OF YOU SAY YOUR NAMES BEFORE 14 YOU START. THANK YOU. 15 MR. SWING: GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 16 MY NAME IS PETER SWING. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF 17 COMMUNICATIONS AND DONOR RELATIONS AT THE ASIAN LAW 18 CAUCUS. THE NATION'S FIRST AND OLDEST LEGAL AND CIVIL 19 RIGHTS ORGANIZATION ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE 20 ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FOCUSSING ON LOWER INCOME 21 IMMIGRANTS, AND UNDERSERVED DEMOGRAPHIC. 22 THE REASON WHY MY COLLEAGUE AND I ARE HERE TODAY 23 IS TO INFORM YOU, AS PARTNERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ABOUT OUR 24 EFFORTS TO CHANGE THE STREET NAME THAT DIVIDES PART OF THE 25 CITY COLLEGE'S NEW CHINATOWN CAMPUS AND OUR NEW PERMANENT JANUARY 28, 2010 6 1 HOME AT 55 COLUMBUS AVENUE IN CHINATOWN TO FRED KOREMATSU 2 LANE. 3 THE NAME CHANGE WHOSE HISTORY MR. HESSE MIGHT GO 4 OVER BRIEFLY PRESENTS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR AN 5 IMPORTANT FIGURE, NOT ONLY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE 6 ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT AMERICAN HISTORY AS WELL. 7 IF YOU DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT FRED KOREMATSU, 8 HE WAS INTERNED IN 1942. HE WAS ARRESTED IN 1942 DURING 9 JAPANESE INTERNMENTS. HE BROUGHT HIS CASE ALL THE WAY UP 10 TO THE SUPREME COURT. AND HE WAS STILL CONVICTED AND 11 CHARGED. 12 IT WASN'T UNTIL 40 YEARS LATER IN 1983 THAT THE 13 ASIAN LAW CAUCUS AND OTHER COMMUNITY LAWYERS ADVOCATED ON 14 HIS BEHALF AND HELPED OVERTURN HIS CONVICTIONS IN THE 15 LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS CASE, THE CORAM NOBIS CASE OF 16 KOREMATSU VERSUS THE UNITED STATES. 17 ON BEHALF OF THE ASIAN LAW CAUCUS, WE HOPE THAT 18 CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO WILL NOT ONLY TAKE NOTICE OF 19 OUR EFFORTS TO HONOR THIS IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE 20 ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND AMERICAN HISTORY, BUT TO 21 SUPPORT US AS WELL. THANK YOU. 22 MR. HESSE: MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CHANCELLOR 23 GRIFFIN, THE ONLY THING I WANT TO ADD THERE IS -- 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: DON, IF YOU COULD JUST SAY 25 YOUR FULL NAME, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. JANUARY 28, 2010 7 1 MR. HESSE: I AM SORRY, DON HESSE. 2 THE PROCESS IS THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD 3 OF SUPERVISORS DAVID CHU WILL INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION TO 4 MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND THEN REFER IT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF 5 PUBLIC WORKS WHO WILL SURVEY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET THEIR 6 INPUT. 7 THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE ANY BUSINESS 8 ON THAT STREET IS CURRENTLY THE BUILDING THAT THE ASIAN 9 LAW CAUCUS LIVES IN WITH THE RESIDENTS UPSTAIRS AND THEN 10 THE CAFE THAT YOU WILL BE PUTTING IN AT THE NEW CHINATOWN 11 CAMPUS. 12 OBVIOUSLY, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT'S MOST 13 IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY IS WHO WAS MR. ILS? AND IS HE 14 GOING TO BE UPSET? 15 MR. ILS WAS A GERMAN IMMIGRANT WHO MOVED TO SAN 16 FRANCISCO IN 1850. HE WAS A BUSINESS MAN WHO RAN A VERY 17 SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS ON THAT BLOCK. AND AS FAR AS I CAN 18 TELL, THERE'S NO MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY THAT LIVE IN SAN 19 FRANCISCO ANY LONGER, SO WE DON'T EXPECT THAT ANYONE WOULD 20 RAISE AN OBJECTION TO THIS. 21 WE THINK IT'S TIME AND A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO 22 RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF FRED KOREMATSU. THANK YOU 23 VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: MR. PRESIDENT. JANUARY 28, 2010 8 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: YES, TRUSTEE WONG. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT 3 PRESENTATION. 4 FRED KOREMATSU WAS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE. 5 AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I FIRST RAN FOR THE COLLEGE 6 BOARD IN 1994, BEFORE MANY OF YOU WERE BORN. HE WAS ONE 7 OF THE FIRST TO ENDORSE ME ACTUALLY. HE IS AN ICON TO THE 8 ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. 9 I UNDERSTAND THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 10 AND THE ASIAN LAW CAUCUS HAVE GONE TO THE BOARD OF 11 SUPERVISORS AND OTHER GROUPS, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO 12 ALSO, AS I SAID BEFORE WHILE WE WERE TALKING, TO GO TO THE 13 CHINESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN CHINATOWN WHERE THE CAMPUS 14 WILL ACTUALLY BE LOCATED TO GET THEIR INPUT. THAT'S VERY 15 IMPORTANT. 16 AND I WOULD HOPE THAT BEFORE THE BOARD OF 17 SUPERVISORS TAKE ANY ACTION, THAT THEY WOULD ALSO GET 18 INPUT AND DO THE OUTREACH SO THAT IT IS COMMUNITY WIDE 19 SUPPORT FOR THE CHANGING OF ILS LANE TO FRED KOREMATSU, 20 WHO AGAIN, IS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE. 21 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 23 IF THERE ARE NO OTHER CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, 24 WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHICH IS 25 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 17TH, 2009 JANUARY 28, 2010 9 1 MEETING. 2 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SO MOVED. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 4 TRUSTEE RIZZO: SECOND. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE RIZZO. 6 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS 7 TO THE MINUTES AS PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EITHER BY THE 8 BOARD OR IF ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC HAS ANYTHING THAT WE 9 MISSED OR NEED TO CORRECT. 10 IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE 11 MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 17TH, 2009, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 12 VICE PRESIDENT BERG: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE NIELSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: IS ANYBODY OPPOSED? 21 THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 22 THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ELECTION OF 23 OFFICERS OF THE BOARD FOR THIS YEAR. AND I'VE ASKED 24 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN TO RUN THIS ELECTION. 25 CHANCELLOR. JANUARY 28, 2010 10 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT 2 PART OF OUR PROCESS PERIODICALLY AT THE BOARD. AND I WANT 3 TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING PRESENT TONIGHT FOR THIS 4 OCCASION. 5 I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME NOMINATIONS FOR THE 6 OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. IF ANY OF THE BOARD 7 MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE -- 8 TRUSTEE RIZZO: YES, CHANCELLOR. 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES. 10 TRUSTEE RIZZO: I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MILTON 11 MARKS. 12 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: MILTON MARKS HAS BEEN 13 NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. 14 ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? 15 CAN WE GO FORWARD IN TERMS OF THE -- IS THERE 16 ANY DISCUSSION? 17 TRUSTEE WONG: IS THERE A SECOND? 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON 19 THE ISSUE, FIRST. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: CHANCELLOR, I WILL SECOND IT. 21 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I'M SORRY. IT'S BEEN 22 NOMINATED AND SECONDED. 23 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? 24 NO DISCUSSION. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: I HAVE SOMETHING. JANUARY 28, 2010 11 1 MR. SCOTT: WHAT ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT? 2 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YOU WANT PUBLIC COMMENT? 3 TRUSTEE WONG: I WOULD LIKE TO SEED TO PUBLIC 4 COMMENTS FIRST. 5 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DO YOU HAVE A CARD? 6 MR. SCOTT: I AM FILLING IT OUT RIGHT NOW. I 7 JUST CAN'T WRITE AS FAST. 8 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THAT'S OKAY. GIVE IT TO 9 ME, AND WE WILL DO IT LATER. THANK YOU. 10 MR. SCOTT: WELL, I CAN'T HELP RECALLING THE 11 CATASTROPHE THE RUCKUS EXCHANGE THAT TOOK PLACE AT THIS 12 BOARD MEETING ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN MILTON MARKS CAME 13 IN FIRST IN THE ELECTION, AND THERE WAS A COUP TO PREVENT 14 HIM FROM BECOMING THE PRESIDENT AT LEAST I WOULD 15 CHARACTERIZE IT AS A COUP. AND THE EXCHANGE THAT I 16 THOUGHT WAS UGLY AND DISGRACEFUL AND CERTAINLY BENEATH THE 17 DIGNITY OF AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS. 18 I BELIEVE IT'S DEMOCRATIC TO SHARE THE POWER. 19 AND I THINK ANY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS COULD DO A GOOD 20 JOB OF CHAIRING THESE MEETINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE A 21 BRIEF COMMENT FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA LAST NIGHT. ONE OF THE 22 BEST COMMENTS WAS "WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS NOT 23 OUR AMBITION." 24 I THINK THIS EVENING YOU WOULD BE MUCH BETTER 25 SERVED TO ROTATE THE PRESIDENCY. IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO JANUARY 28, 2010 12 1 HAVE TWO-YEAR TERMS, BUT YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET. I 2 THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER IF ANY ONE OF YOU WOULD 3 SERVE TWO YEARS, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE A TWO-YEAR 4 TERM, RATHER THAN TO REPEAT THE SERVICE. 5 AND AGAIN, REALISTICALLY, WE KNOW HOW THESE 6 PROCESSES TAKE PLACE. AND IT'S NOT DEMOCRATIC IN MY 7 JUDGEMENT. IT'S LEGAL AND IT'S PERMISSIBLE; HOWEVER, WHEN 8 WE ARE IN A CRISIS SUCH AS WE ARE AT THE MOMENT, I THINK 9 THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY IS VERY DISHEARTENING AND A 10 SOURCE OF THIS UNITY. 11 SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER AND ELECT JOHN 12 RIZZO PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU. 13 TRUSTEE RIZZO: THANK YOU. 14 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? 15 SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT -- 16 TRUSTEE WONG: I DO. 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I'M SORRY. PLEASE, TRUSTEE 18 WONG. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: I CONCUR WITH THE ESTEEMED 20 MR. RODGER SCOTT WHO HAS SERVED THE DISTRICT FOR SO MANY 21 YEARS AND IN SO MANY WAYS. HE'S OUR RESIDENT CONSCIENCE 22 NOW. 23 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHARE THE GAVEL. I 24 THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT COLLEGIALITY. I THINK 25 IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS MR. SCOTT SAID IN THE PAST, JANUARY 28, 2010 13 1 THERE WAS TREMENDOUS ACRIMONY WHEN THE TOP VOTER WAS NOT 2 ELECTED PRESIDENT. AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT ANITA 3 GRIER SAID THAT FROM NOW ON, WE SHOULD ALWAYS ELECT THE 4 TOP VOTE GETTER TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE 5 OF SAN FRANCISCO HAD SPOKEN. 6 THE CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS SERVED HIS YEAR. HE 7 WAS THE TOP VOTE GETTER. THE SECOND TOP VOTE GETTER WAS 8 NATALIE BERG. 9 AND SO I THINK WE ALL HAD EXPRESSED THE 10 SENTIMENTS THAT YOU HAD EXPRESSED, MR. SCOTT, IN TERMS OF 11 TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE SENSE OF STABILITY. 12 AND SO I AM, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE CURRENT 13 PRESIDENT, QUITE TAKEN BACK BY THE CURRENT PRESIDENT'S 14 DESIRE TO BREAK FROM TRADITION, TO BREAK FROM -- OR THE 15 SENSE OF NON ADHERENCE TO WHAT WAS EXPRESSED BY TRUSTEE 16 GRIER IN TERMS OF THE TOP VOTE GETTER AND THEN THE SECOND 17 TOP VOTE GETTER SERVING THE SECOND YEAR. 18 IT SENDS A MESSAGE, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHY 19 THIS IS HAPPENING. THERE ARE NO OTHER CANDIDATES, SO THE 20 CURRENT PRESIDENT WILL BE PRESIDENT AGAIN, BUT I FIND THIS 21 ALL -- AND I HAVE TO BE HONEST, AND I DO NEED TO SPEAK MY 22 CONSCIENCE QUITE DISCONCERTING. 23 VICE PRESIDENT BERG: I WANT TO SPEAK. 24 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: VICE PRESIDENT BERG. 25 VICE PRESIDENT BERG: I WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS JANUARY 28, 2010 14 1 TOO. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH BOTH OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS 2 THAT IT'S UNPRECEDENTED TO HAVE SOMEBODY SERVE TWO TERMS, 3 TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS IN THIS DISTRICT. 4 NOW WE'VE ALL SERVED TWO OR THREE TIMES AND 5 SOMETIMES FOUR TIMES AS PRESIDENT OF THIS BOARD, BUT NEVER 6 CONSECUTIVELY. AND YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY, THERE ARE TWO 7 WOMEN ON THIS BOARD ONLY OUT OF SEVEN PEOPLE. THERE ARE 8 TWO WOMEN. AND IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO SEND A CLEAR 9 MESSAGE FROM THIS BOARD TO ELECT A FEMALE AS PRESIDENT. 10 MY CANDIDATE WAS ANITA GRIER. SHE'S BEEN 11 PRESIDENT. SHE'S A WONDERFUL PRESIDENT. AND I DON'T LIKE 12 THE WAY THIS GETS DONE. THIS GETS DONE ALL BEHIND CLOSED 13 DOORS. ALL THE VOTES ARE PUT TOGETHER. 14 FIRST OF ALL, IT PROBABLY IS SOME SORT OF 15 VIOLATION. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY DID IT, BUT IF THE 16 FOUR VOTES ARE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER, THAT'S MORE THAN 17 ALLOWED UNDER THE BROWN ACT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY 18 DID IT, BUT I WOULD VENTURE A GUESS THAT IT WAS IN 19 VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT. I CAN'T SAY THAT. I REALLY 20 DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. 21 BUT I AM JUST SAYING THAT I AGREE THAT THERE ARE 22 ONLY SEVEN OF US. THERE'S ONLY ONE PRESIDENT. AND THERE 23 ARE LOTS OF TIMES IN FOUR YEARS THAT PEOPLE CAN BE 24 PRESIDENT, BUT IT SHOULD BE ROTATED. IT SHOULDN'T JUST 25 STAY IN ONE PERSON'S HANDS. JANUARY 28, 2010 15 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I HAVE A COMMENT. 2 I KNOW FOR THE PAST TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT YEARS 3 WE HAVE BEEN FUSSING AND FIGHTING OVER WHO IS THE BOARD 4 PRESIDENT, AND WHO IS GOING TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENT. AND 5 YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS TO BE DISGUSTED OR INSULTED, FRANKLY 6 I'M INSULTED WHEN WE HAVE ABOUT A 25 PERCENT GRADUATION 7 RATE. THAT'S WHAT INSULTS ME. OR WHEN 50 PERCENT OF 8 STUDENTS OF CCSF'S CAMPUS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL AID 9 WHEN EVERYBODY IS ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL AID ON CCSF'S 10 CAMPUS. ONLY 50 PERCENT OF THOSE FOLKS ACTUALLY APPLY. 11 WHEN CLASSIFIED WORKERS ARE ACTUALLY IN LINE TO 12 GET A 7 PERCENT CUT IN THEIR PENSION AND WHEN FACULTY 13 MEMBERS HAVEN'T HAD A COST OF LIVING INCREASE IN AT LEAST 14 THE LAST TWO YEARS, THAT'S WHAT I GET DISGUSTED BY. I RAN 15 BECAUSE POOR FOLKS DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO CITY COLLEGE. 16 THAT'S WHAT I GET DISGUSTED BY. 17 THIS POLITICAL FOOTBALL THAT GOES BETWEEN WHO IS 18 BOARD PRESIDENT AND WHO IS NOT BOARD PRESIDENT, I THINK IN 19 THE EYES OF MOST FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC THAT THIS STUFF 20 DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. WHAT MATTERS IS THAT WE ARE MAKING 21 SURE THAT WE ARE UPHOLDING THE VALUES THAT WE SET FOR 22 OURSELVES AS A COMMUNITY AND AS CITY COLLEGE. 23 AND IN TERMS OF THIS ATTENTION, THERE HAS BEEN A 24 LOT OF ATTENTION ON THIS BOARD PRESIDENCY. YOU KNOW, AND 25 WE ARE HOLDING STUDENT EQUITY HEARINGS ABOUT THE STUDENT JANUARY 28, 2010 16 1 ACHIEVEMENT GAP WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. ON THE 2 9TH, 10TH, AND THE 11TH. AND I WANT TO SEE THAT SAME 3 ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THE FOLKS WHO ARE FALLING THROUGH THE 4 CRACKS HERE AT CITY COLLEGE. 5 AND SO YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE ME IF I AM A 6 LITTLE OFFENDED BY THE FACT THAT WE ARE SPENDING SO MUCH 7 TIME AND ATTENTION ON THE BOARD PRESIDENCY, WHEN REALLY 8 THE ATTENTION SHOULD BE REALLY FOCUSSED ON THE STUDENTS 9 AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE 10 ACCESS TO A HIGH QUALITY AFFORDABLE EDUCATION AND THAT OUR 11 CLASSIFIEDS ARE WELL COMPENSATED AND THAT OUR FACULTY ARE 12 TOO. THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT I CARE ABOUT. AND 13 THAT'S THE KIND OF PRIORITIES THAT I THINK THAT THIS BOARD 14 NEEDS TO SET MOVING FORWARD IN 2010 BECAUSE WE HAVE A 15 TOUGH YEAR AHEAD. 16 OBAMA MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN 17 THE STATE OF THE UNION, BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF 18 CHALLENGES COMING AHEAD IN A TOUGH BUDGETARY SEASON, SO I 19 THINK WE NEED TO REFOCUS OUR EFFORTS, NOT ON THE BOARD 20 PRESIDENCY AND NOT ON TITLES, BUT REALLY ON WHAT MATTERS. 21 AND THAT'S THE ISSUES IN MAKING SURE THAT CITY COLLEGE IS 22 THE BEST POSSIBLE COMMUNITY FAMILY WITHIN THIS CITY. 23 THANK YOU. 24 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THANK YOU. 25 IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE JANUARY 28, 2010 17 1 TO -- 2 TRUSTEE WONG: I DO HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. 3 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OKAY. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: TRUSTEE JACKSON, WE ARE 1000 5 PERCENT IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. I THINK THAT'S THE REAL 6 TRAVESTY. IT'S TRUE. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US AND 7 PUTTING EVERYTHING INTO PERSPECTIVE. 8 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO SET AN EXAMPLE 9 FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, IN TERMS OF 10 DEMONSTRATING THE GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT IN SHARING THE 11 GAVEL. 12 THE PRESIDENT CAN'T DO ANYTHING INDEPENDENTLY. 13 THE PRESIDENT PRESIDES. THAT'S WHERE THE WORD COMES FROM. 14 THE PRESIDENT PRESIDES, SO SHARING THE GAVEL, SHOWS A 15 TREMENDOUS GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT TO ROTATE IT AROUND TO 16 OTHER TRUSTEES. 17 I MEAN WE ARE BREAKING TRADITION HERE. WE ARE 18 GRANTING AN INDIVIDUAL THE PRESIDENCY FOR THE SECOND YEAR. 19 AND YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S THE WISH OF THE BOARD, THAT'S 20 FINE. I THINK WE ARE SETTING A PRECEDENT THOUGH. I THINK 21 THAT IT SHOWS A LACK OF GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT. 22 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE STEVE NGO. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: I DO THINK THIS ELECTION ACTUALLY 24 IS IMPORTANT. AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT GENEROSITY 25 OF SPIRIT AND ACTUALLY SAY THAT I THINK THAT I SECONDED JANUARY 28, 2010 18 1 THE NOMINATION BECAUSE I THINK PRESIDENT MARKS DESERVES TO 2 SIT FOR ANOTHER YEAR AS PRESIDENT. WE'VE BEEN VERY 3 PRODUCTIVE THIS PAST YEAR. SOME PEOPLE MAY DEFINE THAT 4 HOWEVER THEY WANT, BUT IN REALITY, WE HAVE BEEN DOING GOOD 5 THINGS. AND I THINK WE HAVE BEEN MAKING GOOD CHANGE AT 6 THE COLLEGE. 7 I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THE CHANGE. 8 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THESE 9 DIFFICULT TIMES, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME SORT OF 10 CONSISTENCY AND STABILITY, ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE BEING 11 PRODUCTIVE. 12 I ALSO WILL, AND I'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH 13 PROFESSOR SCOTT BEFORE ABOUT MY PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCE 14 WITH THIS TRADITION OF THE TOP VOTE GETTER AND SECOND VOTE 15 GETTER BECOMING PRESIDENT. I THINK EACH OF US ARE 16 INDEPENDENTLY ELECTED BY THE CITY AND EACH OF US HAVE A 17 VOTE. AND I THINK THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO HOLD TO THAT 18 STANDARD, WE SHOULD AT LEAST RECOGNIZE THE DEMOCRATIC 19 PRINCIPLE THAT SHOULD REQUIRE US TO ASK WHETHER WHEN 20 VOTERS MAKE THAT DECISION KNOWING IF THE HIGHEST VOTE 21 GETTER WILL IN FACT BE PRESIDENT IF THAT PERSON IS GOING 22 TO BE PRESIDENT. I DON'T THINK THAT ACTUALLY STATES IT ON 23 THE BALLOT. 24 AND IF THAT'S THE STANDARD, WE HAVE TO APPLY IT 25 AS A PRINCIPAL. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF JANUARY 28, 2010 19 1 NANCY PELOSI WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SPEAKER TODAY. EVERYONE 2 HAS AN INDEPENDENT BASIS MANDATE FOR BEING HERE. AND WE 3 ALL HAVE A VOICE THAT WE WANT TO ADD. AND I'VE ADDED 4 MINE, AND I HOPE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WILL DO THE SAME. 5 THANK YOU. 6 MR. SCOTT: I'D LIKE TO CORRECT SOMETHING. I 7 WAS MISQUOTED. I NEVER SAID THAT THE SECOND HIGHEST VOTE 8 GETTER SHOULD BECOME PRESIDENT AT THE NEXT ELECTION. THAT 9 WAS NOT MY VIEW. 10 I'VE HELD A POSITION AND STILL DO THAT BECAUSE 11 ELECTION YEAR IS EVERY OTHER YEAR AND FOR THE POSITIONS OF 12 BOARD MEMBER TRUSTEES AND ELECTIONS EVERY YEAR, THAT GIVES 13 PEOPLE WHO DON'T COME IN FIRST, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. 14 ANOTHER WAY TO SHARE, TO ACCEND THE PRESIDENCY BY BECOMING 15 VICE PRESIDENT AND THEN BECOMING PRESIDENT. THAT'S 16 HAPPENED ON MANY OCCASIONS. WE HAVEN'T HAD ONLY THE 17 HIGHEST VOTE GETTERS TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. 19 I WOULD NOW LIKE TO CALL FOR THE VOTE. 20 ALL IN FAVOR OF MILTON MARKS FOR PRESIDENT 21 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 22 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE RIZZO: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 25 JANUARY 28, 2010 20 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 2 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THOSE OPPOSED? 3 VICE PRESIDENT BERG: NO. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: NO. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: NO. 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: PRESIDENT MARKS, YOU ARE 7 THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. CONGRATULATIONS. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO 9 REFLECT THAT IT WAS NOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE. 10 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I'M SORRY. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT IT 12 WAS NOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE. 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: HE WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO 14 REFLECT IT WAS NOT UNANIMOUS. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: I DO WANT TO THANK THE 16 CONFIDENCE OF THE BOARD IN ALLOWING ME TO CONTINUE AS 17 PRESIDENT. I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT FROM HOW THE BOARD HAS 18 OPERATED IN THE PAST, BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE HAD A GOOD 19 YEAR. AND I DO THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER GOOD 20 YEAR THIS YEAR. 21 I WOULD NOW LIKE TO CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 22 OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT. 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I NOMINATE TRUSTEE JOHN RIZZO 24 FOR VICE PRESIDENT. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: SECOND. JANUARY 28, 2010 21 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: ARE THERE ANY OTHER 2 NOMINATIONS? 3 IF NOT, I AM GOING TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS AND 4 ALLOW FOR DISCUSSION. 5 DOES ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WANT TO COMMENT OR 6 ANYBODY ON THE BOARD -- WHY DON'T WE START WITH THE PUBLIC 7 FIRST. 8 IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND HAVE -- JUST COME ON. 9 MS. KOONTZ: I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S FINE. I 11 NEED YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME. 12 MS. KOONTZ: YES, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS 13 MARY JANE KOONTZ. I AM NEW HERE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 14 I'VE BEEN HERE. 15 COULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THIS PROCESS IS 16 DONE BECAUSE IT'S LITTLE BIT -- HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN 17 ELECTIONS -- SHOCKING TO ME THAT THERE'S ONE PERSON 18 NOMINATED AND ONE PERSON VOTED ON. SO I HEARD A LOT ABOUT 19 BEHIND THE DOORS AND BACK DOOR THINGS, SO I WOULD 20 APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE COULD EXPLAIN HOW THE WHOLE 21 PROCESS WORKS MAYBE IN ONE OR TWO MINUTES. 22 SHOULD I FILL THIS OUT STILL? 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK 24 YOU. 25 TRUSTEE RIZZO: THE CHANCELLOR SHOULD EXPLAIN. JANUARY 28, 2010 22 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: DID YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR 2 THAT OR DO YOU WANT ME TO? 3 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I CAN SORT OF GIVE MY 4 VERSION OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 5 THERE ARE SEVEN TRUSTEES. THAT'S THE POPULOUS 6 THAT IS IN CHARGE OF VOTING. AND DECIDING ON WHO THEY 7 WANT TO BE. THEY ARE HERE. WE PUT FORTH THE CANDIDATES. 8 THERE'S A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO GET NOMINATED AT THE BOARD 9 LEVEL. 10 IN REALITY, I'M SURE THAT ALL YOUR PEOPLE ARE 11 THINKING ABOUT THIS PROBABLY AT SOME LEVEL AND THEN WE 12 HAVE TONIGHT THE NOMINATIONS. 13 ANY BOARD MEMBER CAN BE NOMINATED FOR A POSITION 14 OF PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT AND THEN THERE'S A VOTE 15 TAKEN. IT'S TAKEN PUBLICLY IN THIS VENUE AND THEN THE 16 UNANIMOUS PERSON IS SELECTED. 17 AS FAR AS BACK DOOR STUFF, I'M NOT SURE IN TERMS 18 OF THE POLITICS OF WHAT BACK DOOR MEANS. THERE'S ALWAYS 19 DISCUSSION, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ABOUT ELECTIONS WE ALL 20 KNOW. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: I'M SURE THAT DOESN'T PROBABLY 22 ILLUMINATE THINGS ALL THAT MUCH, BUT -- 23 MS. KOONTZ: NO, IT DOESN'T. 24 TRUSTEE WONG: I THINK IF I MAY -- 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE WONG. JANUARY 28, 2010 23 1 TRUSTEE WONG: -- THROUGH THE NEWLY-ELECTED 2 PRESIDENT. 3 TO BE FAIR TO -- I'M SORRY. YOUR NAME WAS -- 4 MS. KOONTZ: MARY JANE. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: -- MARY JANE. WE DIDN'T ANSWER 6 HER QUESTION. I MEAN I HEARD THE QUESTION, BUT THE ANSWER 7 REALLY DIDN'T ANSWER HER QUESTION. 8 MS. KOONTZ: WHY IS THERE ONLY ONE PERSON 9 NOMINATED? 10 TRUSTEE WONG: YES. AND IF TRUTH BE TOLD, 11 UNFORTUNATELY -- WELL, IN AN IDEAL WORLD, THERE SHOULD NOT 12 BE A VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT. EVERYTHING IS DONE IN 13 PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT SOME 14 OF US GOT E-MAILS SAYING, "I HAVE THE VOTES. THAT'S IT." 15 SO WE JUST EXCEED. THAT IS NOT -- WE DON'T LIVE 16 IN A PERFECT WORLD. I MEAN THAT'S A TRUTHFUL ANSWER TO A 17 QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED WITH SINCERITY. 18 MS. KOONTZ: THANK YOU. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT -- WITH 20 ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE CHANCELLOR WHO TALKED ABOUT THE 21 PROCESS. THE ANSWER WITH ALL SINCERITY TO YOUR SINCERE 22 QUESTION IS WHAT I JUST SAID, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY 23 THERE'S ONLY ONE NOMINEE. 24 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WELL, FIRST OF ALL I DID 25 NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF WHETHER THERE COULD BE ZERO JANUARY 28, 2010 24 1 NOMINATIONS OR ONE OR TWO OR THREE. MY STATEMENT 2 ADDRESSED THE ISSUE OF NOMINATIONS. THAT NUMBER COULD BE 3 ZERO PEOPLE NOMINATED. IT COULD BE ONE. IT COULD BE ONE. 4 IT COULD BE TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, SEVEN 5 POTENTIALLY. BUT THESE NOMINATIONS ARE HELD IN THE MANNER 6 IN WHICH I SPOKE OF. 7 AND YOUR QUESTION WAS SPECIFIC TO ONE CASE, 8 WHICH IS WHY THERE'S ONLY ONE. BUT THE NUMBER ITSELF IS 9 OPEN IN TERMS OF WHAT THERE COULD BE. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION 11 ABOUT THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT? 12 DOES ANYBODY ON THE BOARD CHOOSE TO MAKE A 13 COMMENT? 14 IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR ALL THOSE IN 15 FAVOR OF JOHN RIZZO AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR THIS YEAR. 16 EVERYBODY IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 17 VICE PRESIDENT BERG: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 23 STUDENT TRUSTEE NIELSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 25 ALL SEVEN, PLUS THE STUDENT TRUSTEE. JANUARY 28, 2010 25 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3 SO JOHN RIZZO WILL BE THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR 4 THIS YEAR. 5 CONGRATULATIONS. 6 THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE ADOPTION OF 7 THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA AS IT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US. 8 COUNSELOR BATTISTE, DO WE HAVE ANY CHANGES TO 9 THE PUBLISHED PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AGENDA? 10 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. 11 AS TO REVISED RESOLUTIONS, ADDED RESOLUTIONS OR 12 SUBSTITUTIONS, THERE AREN'T ANY. HOWEVER, AS TO WITHDRAWN 13 RESOLUTIONS, AT THE REQUEST OF TRUSTEE RIZZO, P1 AND P3 14 ARE BEING WITHDRAWN. 15 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: F3. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: I THINK THERE WAS ONE MORE 17 FROM THE CHANCELLOR. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I'M SORRY, F3 IS ALSO BEING 19 WITHDRAWN. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO IF YOU COULD JUST SAY THOSE 21 ONE MORE TIME. 22 COUNSEL BATTISTE: P1 -- 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: P1. 24 COUNSEL BATTISTE: -- P3 AND F3. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. JANUARY 28, 2010 26 1 TRUSTEE WONG: AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ON 2 THE FOUNDATION THAT ARE HERE TO HEAR US EXPOUND ON S3, IT 3 HAS BEEN TABLED. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW SO YOU DON'T HAVE 4 TO SIT THROUGH -- 5 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I WANT TO PUT -- 6 TRUSTEE WONG: -- THE MEETING IF YOU DON'T WANT 7 TO. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND. 9 DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THAT OR 10 ARE YOU DONE? 11 TRUSTEE WONG: NO. WELL, I THINK YOU SHOULD AS 12 PRESIDENT TELL US WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: I WOULD, BUT I WASN'T PART OF 14 THE CONVERSATION THAT CAME UP WITH THAT RESOLUTION, SO 15 PERHAPS SOMEBODY WHO WAS IN THE CONVERSATION WOULD BE 16 BETTER PLACED. 17 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT 18 THE SPECIFICS OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS 19 I ACTUALLY DO OPPOSE TAKING S3 OFF. I THINK THERE ARE A 20 LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC THAT CAME FOR A HEALTHY 21 DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I THINK IT IS A MATTER OF 22 VERY PERTINENT -- IN TERMS OF OUR TOUGH BUDGETARY 23 SITUATION. 24 I DON'T THINK WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF VOTING. 25 I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE A QUIBBLE ABOUT IT IF THE REST OF JANUARY 28, 2010 27 1 THE BOARD DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS 2 THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HEALTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 3 CURRENT MASTER AGREEMENT AND THEN WHAT STEPS ARE WE TAKING 4 TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. IF THE BOARD 5 DECIDES NOT TO GO THAT WAY, I'M TOTALLY OKAY. BUT I 6 PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: IF I MAY THROUGH THE PRESIDENT. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: SURE. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: I THINK THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE 10 FOUNDATION MEMBERS HERE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO BE HERE, AND 11 WE HAVE SET UP A PROCESS. AND I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE CHRIS 12 JACKSON, THAT IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TALK -- 13 WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PLACED 14 AS A MOTION ON THE TABLE. 15 CAN THEY SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT? 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS 17 ADOPT THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA WITH THE THREE RESOLUTIONS 18 WHICH WERE PULLED, UNLESS THERE'S A SERIOUS OBJECTION TO 19 NOT INCLUDING S3 AS ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S GOING TO BE 20 PULLED. 21 I ALSO WOULD LIKE THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION 22 TO HEAR SOME -- PARTICULARLY, NOT FROM THE BOARD, BUT FROM 23 OTHER CONSTITUTE REPRESENTATIVES. 24 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE 25 CHANCELLOR ON THIS. JANUARY 28, 2010 28 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE BERG. 2 CAN I HAVE TRUSTEE BERG FIRST AND THEN -- 3 TRUSTEE BERG: I HAVE TWO THINGS. ONE IS THAT I 4 BELIEVE WE AGREED THAT ONCE THIS GOT PULLED, WE DID NOT 5 WANT TO BRING IT TO THE OPEN FLOOR UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING 6 WHEN IT GETS PUT BACK ON BECAUSE WE DON'T YET KNOW WHAT WE 7 ARE GOING TO BE CHANGING OR NOT CHANGING. 8 AND I THINK IT'S NOT A USEFUL CONVERSATION TO 9 OPEN IT UP TO THE QUORUM WHEN WE REALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW 10 WHAT THE DOCUMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO I WOULD BE 11 VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO PUTTING THIS ON THE OPEN FLOOR AT 12 THIS POINT. THAT'S ONE THING. 13 THE SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY IS IF WE ARE 14 GOING TO PULL P1 -- AS I UNDERSTAND IT, P1, P3, I WANT TO 15 PULL ALL THE P RESOLUTIONS. I WANT THEM ALL OFF THE 16 TABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THEM TO THE NEXT MEETING. 17 SO I WANT TO TABLE P2, P4, AND P5. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: DO YOU NEED A SECOND? 19 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: I SECOND IT. 21 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: MAY I? 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO. 23 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: TRUSTEE BERG, WE WOULD 24 LIKE TO PULL P1 AND P3 IN ORDER TO SEND THEM BACK TO THE 25 FACILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. WE HAD A JANUARY 28, 2010 29 1 MEETING THIS MORNING WITH OUR CONTRACTOR SWINERTON AND 2 SOME OF OUR STAFF. AND WE'VE DECIDED THAT THOSE TWO 3 NEEDED SOME MORE WORK. AND WE WERE ALL AGREEABLE AND SO 4 THAT'S WHY WE ARE PULLING THOSE AT THIS TIME. 5 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY, PRESIDENT MARKS, CAN I 6 RESPOND TO THAT. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: YES. 8 TRUSTEE BERG: AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY I'M 9 PULLING THE REST OF THE P RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE I DON'T 10 THINK ANY OF THE P RESOLUTIONS SHOULD BE WRITTEN BY A 11 COMMITTEE. THERE IS AN ESTABLISHED COMMITTEE IN THIS 12 DISTRICT TO WORK ON REVISIONS OF OUR POLICY MANUAL. 13 YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE ANY COMMITTEE IN THE 14 DISTRICT SUDDENLY DECIDE THEY ARE GOING TO WRITE POLICY. 15 THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE AND NOT REALLY THE WAY THAT WE CAN 16 DEAL WITH IT IN THIS DISTRICT. IT HAS TO BE CONSISTENT. 17 THE PROCEDURE HAS TO BE CONSISTENT. AND IT HAS TO BE 18 PROPERLY VETTED. 19 SO I REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THESE FIVE 20 RESOLUTIONS THAT WERE WRITTEN IN A COMMITTEE. 21 TRUSTEE JACKSON: ARE WE -- 22 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: THEY WEREN'T WRITTEN IN 23 COMMITTEE. THEY WERE PASSED BY THE BOARD AT FIRST READING 24 LAST MONTH. 25 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE I WASN'T JANUARY 28, 2010 30 1 HERE OR I WOULD HAVE OBJECTED TO IT LAST MONTH. I'M SORRY 2 I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, SO I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND LAST 3 MONTH. BUT I'M NOT IN THE HOSPITAL NOW. AND I'VE GONE 4 OVER THESE RESOLUTIONS VERY CAREFULLY. 5 AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I'VE HAD MANY, MANY 6 YEARS OF POLICY EXPERIENCE IN THIS DISTRICT. AND THAT 7 THIS IS NOT THE WAY THAT YOU WRITE POLICY FOR ANYBODY OR 8 FOR ANY ORGANIZATION. IT'S A VERY INAPPROPRIATE WAY TO DO 9 IT. 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I JUST NEED TO GET A LITTLE 11 CLARIFICATION. SO ARE WE GOING ON RECORD AS SAYING A 12 BOARD COMMITTEE CAN'T WRITE POLICY? 13 TRUSTEE BERG: I'M GOING ON RECORD AS SAYING -- 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: CAN I JUST -- LET ME JUST STOP 15 THIS FOR A SECOND, OKAY? 16 I KNOW. I WANT YOU TO ANSWER, BUT I JUST WANT 17 TO MAKE CERTAIN I'M CLEAR, TRUSTEE BERG, ABOUT WHAT YOU 18 ARE REQUESTING. 19 ARE YOU REQUESTING THAT ALL OF THESE 20 RESOLUTIONS, WHICH WERE PASSED IN THE FIRST READING -- I 21 UNDERSTAND YOU WEREN'T HERE LAST MONTH -- SHOULD BE PULLED 22 AND SENT TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW? 23 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: AND THEN WOULD THEY THEN COME 25 BACK TO THE BOARD -- JANUARY 28, 2010 31 1 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: -- AS A FIRST READING OR A 3 SECOND READING AT THAT POINT IF THEY WERE NOT CHANGED. 4 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, IT WOULD DEPEND IF THEY 5 WERE CHANGED. AND THEN I SUPPOSE THAT YOU COULD TAKE THEM 6 BACK IF THEY ARE NOT CHANGED. AND I SUPPOSE YOU CAN TAKE 7 THEM BACK FOR A SECOND READING, BUT IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE 8 PUT BEFORE THE POLICY REVISION COMMITTEE. YOU CANNOT HAVE 9 TEN DIFFERENT COMMITTEES WRITING POLICY. THAT'S REALLY 10 INAPPROPRIATE. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO DID YOU WANT TO SAY 12 SOMETHING ELSE IN TERMS OF -- 13 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: MY QUESTION WAS ANSWERED. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 16 SO TRUSTEE RIZZO, I WOULD LIKE TO WRAP THIS UP, 17 BUT GO AHEAD. 18 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: THESE POLICIES WERE 19 PRESENTED, INTRODUCED AT THIS BOARD, SENT TO COMMITTEE AND 20 COME BACK TO THIS BOARD ENTIRELY WITHIN THE POLICY THAT WE 21 HAVE APPROVED. THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE APPROVED SAYS 22 INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS CAN INTRODUCE RESOLUTIONS AND 23 INTRODUCE POLICIES. IT IS THEN SENT TO COMMITTEE. WITHIN 24 60 DAYS, IT COMES BACK TO THIS BOARD. THAT HAS HAPPENED. 25 THERE'S NO REASON TO SEND IT BACK TO ANOTHER COMMITTEE. JANUARY 28, 2010 32 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: AT THE RISK OF CAUSING ANY 2 FRICTION BETWEEN THE TWO OF US. MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT 3 WHEN THESE RESOLUTIONS WERE INTRODUCED, I ASKED FOR THEM 4 TO BE GIVEN TO THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE AND THE POLICIES 5 COMMITTEE SIMULTANEOUSLY. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT 6 HAPPENED. I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A GLITCH THERE. 7 TRUSTEE BERG: WELL, I CAN TELL YOU IT DIDN'T 8 HAPPEN BECAUSE I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, AND I DIDN'T GET OUT 9 FOR A QUITE A WHILE. I DIDN'T GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR 10 QUITE A WHILE. AND I CHAIR THE POLICY REVISION COMMITTEE, 11 SO I KNOW IT DIDN'T GO BEFORE THE POLICY REVISION 12 COMMITTEE. 13 TRUSTEE NGO: POINT OF -- 14 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: WELL, WE HAD UNANIMOUS 15 SUPPORT FOR THESE. THE CHANCELLOR SPOKE STRONGLY IN FAVOR 16 OF THEM AND MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK YOUR OPINION HERE. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: POINT OF -- 18 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: THIS WAS NOT 19 CONTROVERSIAL. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: POINT OF ORDER. 21 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE 22 CHANCELLOR. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: GO AHEAD. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: POINT OF ORDER. 25 TRUSTEE JACKSON: MILTON, HE SAID, "POINT OF JANUARY 28, 2010 33 1 ORDER." 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE NGO. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: CAN SOMEONE CLARIFY -- THE POLICY 4 AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS THAT IT CAN BE REFERRED. BUT 5 WHETHER OR NOT A POLICY COMMITTEE MEMBER OR ANY COMMITTEE 6 MEMBER HEARS IT IS SEPARATE FROM THE FACT THAT IT HAS TO 7 REVERT BACK TO THE FULL COMMITTEE WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME 8 FRAME SO THAT REVIEW OF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT UNREASONABLY 9 DELAYED AND COUNTING FOR SICKNESS AND OTHER THINGS, SO 10 THAT WAS THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE POLICY. 11 AND IF IN FACT THAT TIME FRAME HAS BEEN REACHED, 12 THEN I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE IN VIOLATION OF OUR BOARD 13 OPERATING POLICY. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: EXCUSE ME, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE 15 ISSUE WITH THAT. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TIME 16 FRAME. WHAT IT HAS TO DO IS WITH THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE 17 BEING FOLLOWED. 18 AND I WOULD SUBMIT TO THIS BOARD THAT POLICIES 19 SHOULD NOT BE WRITTEN BY AD HOC COMMITTEES. POLICIES 20 SHOULD BE WRITTEN BY THE COMMITTEES TO WHICH IT'S BEEN 21 ASSIGNED AND WHICH HAS THE EXPERTISE AND WHICH HAS THE 22 EXPERIENCE. 23 I'M NOT SAYING THAT THESE ARE POOR POLICIES. I 24 JUST HAVE A PROCEDURAL DIFFICULTY WITH THEM. AND I THINK 25 WE NEED TO -- WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT PROCEDURE. IT'S BEEN JANUARY 28, 2010 34 1 GOING ON SINCE TIME IN MEMORIAL. THIS IS NOT A NEW 2 PROCEDURE AND TO SUDDENLY DECIDE TO VIOLATE IT AND LET ANY 3 COMMITTEE IN THE DISTRICT WRITE POLICIES I THINK IS NOT A 4 HEALTHY THING FOR THIS DISTRICT AND CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO 5 LEAD TO CONSISTENCY. 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: I WOULD LIKE THE CHANCELLOR TO 7 MAKE A COMMENT. 8 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I WILL MAKE IT VERY BRIEF. 9 THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IN THE INTERIM WE HAVE 10 BEEN WORKING ON POLICIES THAT WE WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD 11 REFER SOME OF THESE TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE, BUT I WAS IN 12 FAVOR VERY STRONGLY OF THESE OTHER POLICIES THAT YOU WANT 13 TO GO BACK. 14 I BELIEVE GOING FORWARD WE SHOULD BE VERY 15 CAREFUL IN TERMS OF HOW WE TRIAGE THESE TO THE VARIOUS 16 COMMITTEES. SOME COMMITTEES, SUCH AS THE FIT COMMITTEE, 17 IS LEGITIMATELY IN CHARGE OF DOING SOME DIFFERENT KINDS OF 18 POLICIES UNDER INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY AND SO FORTH. 19 BUT IN THE MEANTIME IF WE DECIDE THAT WE ARE 20 GOING TO REVERSE THINGS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT FORTH AS A 21 BOARD, IT IS GOING TO GIVE US A BIGGER PROCEDURAL PROBLEM 22 THEN WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF COMMITTEE. 23 SO I REALLY DON'T SUPPORT AT THIS POINT SENDING 24 ALL OF THESE BACK TO THE POLICY COMMITTEE. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: DOES ANYBODY ELSE -- JANUARY 28, 2010 35 1 TRUSTEE WONG AND THEN TRUSTEE NGO. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: MAYBE THE CHANCELLOR JUST 3 ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT 4 THERE WOULD BE TREMENDOUS DETRIMENT IF IN FACT WE JUST 5 EXCEEDED TO, AND AS A COURTESY, TO THE CHAIR OF THE POLICY 6 COMMITTEE TRUSTEE BERG TO HAVE THAT COMMITTEE LOOK AT IT 7 AGAIN. 8 ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE WOULD BE A DETRIMENT 9 AS OPPOSED TO SETTING UP A PRACTICE FOR A STANDARD? 10 I WANT TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THESE 11 RESOLUTIONS WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE A DETRIMENT IF 12 WE DIDN'T PASS THEM TONIGHT? 13 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I AM GOING TO CALL THE 14 QUESTION. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: CHANCELLOR, YOU CAN ANSWER -- 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU. 17 CHANCELLOR. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I ACTUALLY DO BELIEVE THAT 19 THERE IS GOING TO BE A DETRIMENT. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING 20 FOR MONTHS IN SOME OF THESE POLICIES. IT'S BEEN TAKING US 21 A REALLY LONG TIME TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND GET TO 22 WHERE WE NEED TO GET IN TERMS OF THE POLICIES. 23 I HAVE A CERTAIN URGENCY IN TERMS OF MY 24 EXISTENCE. I DO WANT TO GET THROUGH THESE THINGS IN A 25 TIMELY FASHION. IF WE GO BACK AND IN SEVERAL MONTHS JANUARY 28, 2010 36 1 BEFORE THESE COMMITTEES MEET AND PROCESS THESE THINGS, I'M 2 REALLY VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I'M ALSO VERY, VERY 3 CONCERNED THAT WE TOOK THE TROUBLE TO HAVE A FIRST READING 4 HERE AND VOTE ON IT AND NOW WE ARE GOING TO SEND IT BACK. 5 THAT IS PROBLEMATIC FOR ME. 6 SO WHATEVER THE BOARD CHOOSES TO DO, I WOULD 7 CERTAINLY TRY TO HONOR THAT. IF YOU FEEL THAT IT IS NOT A 8 DETRIMENT, BUT IT IS OVERALL PROBLEMATIC AND THAT'S WHAT I 9 AM SAYING. 10 TRUSTEE GRIER: PRESIDENT MARKS, I HAVE A 11 QUESTION. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: WE HAD TRUSTEE NGO AND THEN 13 TRUSTEE GRIER. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: I DO TAKE ISSUE THAT THERE IS ANY 15 VIOLATION OF ANY POLICY BY ADOPTING THIS TONIGHT OR 16 KEEPING IT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. IT HAS BEEN 60 DAYS AT 17 LEAST SINCE THESE POLICIES WERE INTRODUCED. 18 THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT WE ARE 19 NOT VIOLATING REQUIRES THAT THESE POLICIES COME BACK 20 WITHIN 60 DAYS AND THEY ARE. THERE'S NO VIOLATION OF 21 POLICY. 22 AND IN FACT, IF THERE'S ANY CONCERN ABOUT THESE 23 POLICIES BEING THOROUGHLY AND EXHAUSTIVELY HEARD, I 24 BELIEVE THE CHANCELLOR AND VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO HAVE MADE 25 IT CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGHLY HEARD BY A JANUARY 28, 2010 37 1 COMMITTEE THAT ACTUALLY HAS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION 2 OVER THESE POLICIES. AND I WOULD JUST REITERATE THAT. 3 JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE IS NO VIOLATION OF POLICY IN FACT. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY, HERE'S WHAT -- 5 TRUSTEE BERG, AND THEN I WANT TO STOP. 6 TRUSTEE BERG: THIS WILL END IT. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: I HAVE A -- 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: OH, SORRY, TRUSTEE GRIER, I 9 DID CALL YOU. 10 TRUSTEE BERG: IF THAT'S THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO 11 OPERATE, THEN I SUGGEST YOU REWRITE EVERYTHING THAT YOU 12 GAVE US IN TERMS OF WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL OF 13 OUR COMMITTEES ARE. AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE THAT EVERY 14 COMMITTEE IN THE DISTRICT CAN WRITE POLICY, THEN LET THEM 15 ALL WRITE POLICY. BUT I THINK IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. 16 I TOLD YOU IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE 17 POLICIES. I HAVE READ THEM ALL VERY CAREFULLY. I KNOW 18 THAT THEY ARE IN RESPONSE TO CRITICISMS FROM OUR REVIEWS. 19 BUT I WOULD SAY GOING FORWARD, EITHER YOU HAVE A POLICY 20 REVISION COMMITTEE OR YOU DON'T. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE GRIER AND THEN -- 22 TRUSTEE BERG: IT HAS TO BE VERY CLEAR. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I 24 APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: I JUST THINK FOR CLARIFICATION JANUARY 28, 2010 38 1 I'M LISTENING TO TRUSTEE BERG, AND SHE IS SAYING THAT THE 2 PROCESS -- WELL, SHE WAS QUESTIONING HOW IT WAS DONE, BUT 3 THEN ALSO WHAT SHE SAID THAT IT SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE 4 POLICY COMMITTEE AND THEY COULD REVIEW IT AND MAKE 5 ADDITIONS OR OMISSIONS OR WHATEVER, BUT AT LEAST PUT A 6 STAMP ON IT. AND I THINK IF WE HAD A DATE CERTAIN THAT WE 7 COULD DO THIS, THEN I THINK IT MIGHT BE A AGREEABLE TO 8 EVERYONE. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I 10 APPRECIATE THAT, TRUSTEE GRIER. 11 I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE 12 JUST TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING BECAUSE 13 I THINK -- WELL, I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WE PASS 14 RESOLUTIONS AND THEN THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE SOME SORT OF 15 FOLLOW UP OR REFER RESOLUTIONS TO COMMITTEES OR REFER 16 RESOLUTIONS TO SHARED GOVERNANCE, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN 17 THEY ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND THE SHARED GOVERNANCE 18 COMMITTEES DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED 19 TO BE DEALING WITH IT. 20 I DO AGREE THAT MOVING FORWARD THAT THE POLICY 21 COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED WITH THESE THINGS, BUT I 22 WOULD LIKE TO NOT GO BACK ON THESE. I WOULD LIKE THESE TO 23 GO THROUGH ON THE AGENDA. THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED 24 TONIGHT, BUT ON THE AGENDA, TAKE OFF P1 AND P3 AND ALLOW 25 P2, P4, AND P5 TO STAY ON THE AGENDA AND THEN WE WILL SEE JANUARY 28, 2010 39 1 AT THAT POINT IF WE PASS THEM OR NOT FOR THE SECOND 2 READING. 3 MY PLEDGE IS TO HAVE THE KIND OF PROCEDURE THAT 4 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TRUSTEE BERG IN PLACE VERY SOON. 5 TRUSTEE JACKSON: (INAUDIBLE). 6 TRUSTEE BERG: COULD WE HEAR THAT OUT LOUD, 7 PLEASE. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO NOW THE DISCUSSION ABOUT 9 THE MASTER -- 10 TRUSTEE BERG: COULD YOU REPEAT THE COMMENT? 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: I'M SORRY. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: CAN WE HEAR THE COMMENT? WE 13 CAN'T HEAR THE COMMENT OVER HERE. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: YOU CAN COMMENT IF YOU WOULD 15 LIKE TO, GO AHEAD. 16 TRUSTEE BERG: WHAT? 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A 18 COMMENT. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: SHE SAID, "HEAR THE COMMENT." 20 WE CAN'T HEAR. 21 TRUSTEE BERG: WE COULDN'T HEAR TRUSTEE 22 JACKSON'S COMMENT. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE JACKSON IS WONDERING 24 WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT S3. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: S3? JANUARY 28, 2010 40 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT 2 PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT -- 3 TRUSTEE BERG: COULD WE VOTE ON THIS FIRST 4 BEFORE WE -- 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: IT'S ALL ON THE RESOLUTION 6 AGENDA. IT'S ALTOGETHER. IT'S A PACKAGE. 7 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: IF SOMEONE CAN MAKE A 8 MOTION TO PULL JUST THESE OFF THE AGENDA. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT RIGHT 10 NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE -- 11 DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE ALL OF 12 THEM AND TO AMEND THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA THAT WAY, TRUSTEE 13 BERG, OR DO YOU NOT WANT TO DO THAT? 14 TRUSTEE WONG: I THINK SHE JUST DID. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: I DID MAKE A MOTION. AND IT WAS 16 SECONDED IT. 17 TRUSTEE GRIER: I SECONDED IT. 18 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO IN THAT CASE, I'M SORRY. 19 IS THERE ANY COMMENT FROM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC 20 ABOUT THE MOTION TO ALSO REMOVE P2, P4 AND P5 FROM THE 21 AGENDA. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: I THOUGHT THAT WAS A MOTION. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: THAT WAS MY MOTION. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: THAT'S FINE. 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN, YOUR VOTE ON REMOVING JANUARY 28, 2010 41 1 THESE THREE RESOLUTIONS. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF REMOVING 4 P2, P4 AND P5, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 5 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 10 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO. 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON: NO. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: NO. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: ACTUALLY, SORRY, PARDON ME, 14 "NAY" IS MY VOTE. MY VOTE IS A "NAY." I'M SORRY. 15 SO TRUSTEES WONG, BERG, AND GRIER WERE, "YES." 16 TRUSTEES NGO, JACKSON, RIZZO, MARKS WERE "NO." I'M SORRY. 17 OKAY, SO THE QUESTION OF S3, THE RESOLUTION ON 18 THE FOUNDATION, THE MASTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 19 FOUNDATION AND THE DISTRICT. 20 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM 21 THE CHANCELLOR AS WELL ON THAT. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. GO AHEAD. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: WAIT A SECOND. WHAT'S HAPPENED 24 HERE IS WE HAVEN'T VOTED ON P1 AND P3. WE ONLY VOTED ON 25 P2, P4, AND P5. JANUARY 28, 2010 42 1 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE. 2 TRUSTEE BERG: BUT THE MOTION WAS ALSO MADE TO 3 REMOVE THOSE TWO BY TRUSTEE RIZZO, SO YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON 4 P1 AND P3 SEPARATELY. MY RESOLUTION ONLY DEALT WITH 2, 4, 5 AND 5. 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: OH, WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE -- 7 TRUSTEE BERG: SO YOUR -- 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: THERE'S A MOTION FOR 1 AND 3, 9 THAT'S FINE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING -- 10 TRUSTEE BERG: WASN'T THERE A MOTION -- 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: PARDON ME? 12 TRUSTEE BERG: SO P1 AND P3 ARE STAYING ON? 13 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: THOSE ARE COMING OFF. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: SO YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT. WE 16 HAVEN'T VOTED ON THAT. 17 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO, WE DON'T. 18 PRESIDENT MARKS: NO, WE DON'T. 19 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE PULL RESOLUTIONS EVERY 20 MONTH. 21 TRUSTEE BERG: OH, YOU PULLED THEM? 22 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: CHANCELLOR, YOU WANTED TO SAY 24 SOMETHING ABOUT S3, PLEASE. 25 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO JANUARY 28, 2010 43 1 SAY THAT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE FOUNDATION FOR ALL 2 THE HARD WORK THAT IT'S DONE FOR THE COLLEGE FOR MANY, 3 MANY YEARS. AND WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE IN A PROCESS WHERE 4 WE ARE LOOKING AT AN AGREEMENT THAT HAS EXPIRED. WE HAVE 5 A COMMITTEE OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE BOARD THAT'S WORKING 6 VERY DILIGENTLY ON THIS. AND WE ARE HOPING THAT WITHIN 7 THREE WEEKS WE WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND ISSUES 8 RESOLVED. 9 I DON'T THINK IT IS A ISSUE OF VOTING ON S3 10 TONIGHT. I THINK YOU SHOULD ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO WORK 11 THROUGH ITS PROCESS. THERE IS A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD 12 THAT'S WORKING ON THIS. AND I THINK THAT'S -- TO HAVE ANY 13 DISCUSSION ON IT TONIGHT TO ME IS NOT PRODUCTIVE. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 15 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY EVEN BEYOND 16 OUR CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN FACULTY AND 17 STAFF THAT HAVE FOUND SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE MASTER 18 AGREEMENT THAT ACTUALLY I THINK WE'VE MISSED AS A BOARD IN 19 TERMS OF ANTI-WORKER, ANTI-LABOR LANGUAGE WITHIN THE 20 MASTER AGREEMENT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY JUST SEE, 21 YOU KNOW, HEAR FROM VARIOUS CONSTITUENCY GROUPS AND 22 VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS JUST THEIR OPINIONS BECAUSE WE 23 ARE NOT GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO HEAR THEIR OPINIONS 24 BEFORE THIS COMES BACK UP TO THE BOARD LEVEL, SO I JUST 25 WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT. JANUARY 28, 2010 44 1 I JUST WANT TO HAVE A PUBLIC CONVERSATION ABOUT 2 THIS SINCE THIS WAS IN THE PAPER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 3 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 4 THIS IS OF GREAT INTEREST TO THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION. I 5 THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. WE DO NOT HAVE TO 6 VOTE ON THIS. AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS PREPARED TO 7 VOTE ON THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A 8 PUBLIC CONVERSATION. WE CANNOT JUST HAVE ALL OF OUR 9 CONVERSATIONS IN THE BACK ROOMS. WE NEED TO HAVE SOME 10 CONVERSATIONS IN THE PUBLIC. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: FOR ME, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE 12 BACK ROOM, TRUSTEE JACKSON. I REALLY SINCERELY BELIEVE 13 THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FORMING A VERY GOOD MASTER 14 AGREEMENT. IT'S NOT A FINISHED PRODUCT. AND WE ARE 15 ENGAGING IN A LOT OF PRODUCTIVE COMMUNICATION ABOUT IT. 16 AND I THINK THAT THE FACULTY AND THE OTHER 17 MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY CAN BE PATIENT WITH ME ON 18 THIS UNTIL WE CAN GET IT IN FRONT OF YOU AND INFORM THE -- 19 I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO PUT MY INPUT INTO AND THE COMMITTEE 20 HAS, SO I'M ONLY ASKING FOR THAT PATIENCE. NOT FOR A LONG 21 PERIOD OF TIME, BUT A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 22 SO IF ANY OF THE FACULTY ARE FEELING REALLY 23 COMPELLED TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT THIS AND NOT IN SECRECY, 24 BUT TALK TO ME DIRECTLY, I WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE YOUR 25 INPUT. BUT TONIGHT I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A PUBLIC JANUARY 28, 2010 45 1 SITUATION ON THIS. AND I DON'T WANT A PUBLIC COMMENTARY 2 ON SOMETHING THAT WE ARE REALLY NOT PREPARED TO GO INTO 3 FULLY. I WILL WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE 4 INFORMATION IS BROUGHT FORWARD AND THAT WE HAVE A NICE 5 COMPLETE DOCUMENT THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE IN THEIR HANDS AND 6 TALK ABOUT IT IN ADVANCE. 7 YES, SIR. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: HAL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST COME 9 UP HERE. 10 MR. HUNTSMAN: JUST VERY QUICKLY. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: YOU NEED TO COME UP HERE OR 12 ELSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RECORDED, SORRY. 13 MR. HUNTSMAN: HAL HUNTSMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE 14 ACADEMIC SENATE. 15 I JUST WANT TO ASK MAY WE KNOW WHO IS ON THE 16 COMMITTEE. 17 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: SURE. 18 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: ABSOLUTELY. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE JACKSON, BERG, AND 20 RIZZO. 21 MR. HUNTSMAN: THANK YOU. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: I WANT TO RESPECT WHAT YOU ARE 23 REQUESTING, CHANCELLOR, AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT. 24 WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO DO IS THOUGH IS TO HAVE YOUR 25 COMMITMENT THAT WHATEVER CHANGES ARE MADE TO THE MASTER JANUARY 28, 2010 46 1 AGREEMENT ARE DISTRIBUTED FARTHER IN ADVANCE THAN NORMAL, 2 PARTICULARLY TO SHARED GOVERNANCE BODIES WHOSE SCHEDULE 3 MAY NOT LINE UP WITH OUR SCHEDULE AND WHEN THE AGENDA IS 4 PUBLISHED, THEY MAY NOT HAVE TIME TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO 5 DO. IF IT COULD BE PUBLISHED A COUPLE OF WEEKS EARLIER, I 6 THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 7 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I WOULD DO THAT, AS WELL AS 8 I WOULD ALSO MEET WITH EACH OF THE SHARED GOVERNANCE 9 GROUPS TO GO OVER THE DOCUMENT THROUGHLY WITH THEM PRIOR 10 TO US GETTING TO A POINT OF VOTING. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 12 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO. 13 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: I JUST WANTED SAY THAT I 14 ACTUALLY SHARED SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM 15 THE FACULTY. AND I ACTUALLY HAD THOSE CONCERNS BEFORE I 16 HEARD FROM THE FACULTY. THAT'S ONE REASON WHY WE ARE NOT 17 DOING IT TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS NEW EFFORT TO WORK 18 WITH THE FOUNDATION AND COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER THAT 19 WE ALL LIKE. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: I THINK -- 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE WONG. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: I THINK WHAT WE'VE CREATED, 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON, ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DIFFERENT 24 STAKEHOLDERS TO PARTICIPATE, AND THAT'S THE REASON WE 25 CREATED THIS BOARD'S AD HOC COMMITTEE. SO WE HAVE CREATED JANUARY 28, 2010 47 1 OPPORTUNITIES. 2 NOW ANYTHING THAT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD, 3 ULTIMATELY AS PRESIDENT MARKS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED, SHOULD 4 BE DISTRIBUTED FAR IN ADVANCE. AND ANYTHING THAT COMES 5 BEFORE THE BOARD, THERE WILL BE FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR 6 THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR SHARED GOVERNANCE TO 7 PARTICIPATE EXPRESSING THEIR OPINIONS. SO THIS IS NOT THE 8 ONLY TIME. 9 BUT I THINK WE'VE CREATED A PROCESS, BECAUSE 10 THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUENT 11 GROUPS TO PARTICIPATE AND PROVIDE INPUT. 12 (VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO LEAVES THE MEETING.) 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: I APPRECIATE THAT. 14 I WANT THE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION BOARD WHO 15 ARE HERE IF YOU COULD JUST EITHER STAND UP OR RAISE YOUR 16 HANDS BECAUSE I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT 17 GOING TO BE SPEAKING LATER. 18 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. 19 WHY I WANTED YOU TO DO THAT IS TO WORK WITH THE 20 FOUNDATION, THE PURPOSE OF THE FOUNDATION THERE ARE 21 IMPORTANT THINGS FOR CITY COLLEGE FOR THE SUCCESS OF CITY 22 COLLEGE AND THE STUDENTS. AND I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT 23 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE FROM THE FOUNDATION BOARD 24 UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE IS TO 25 FACILITATE A PROCESS WHICH IS GOING TO LEAD TO A GOOD JANUARY 28, 2010 48 1 MASTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND YOUR BOARD AND 2 THAT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN AN EVEN 3 STRONGER FASHION THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST. THAT'S WHAT WE 4 ARE TRYING TO DO. 5 TRUSTEE WONG. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: I JUST WANT TO ALSO ECHO 7 PRESIDENT MARKS. AND I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW THIS THAT 8 WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THE FOUNDATION FOR BEING A VOLUNTEER 9 ORGANIZATION. WE KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU ARE VERY, VERY 10 BUSY AND YET YOU HAVE DEVOTED SO MANY DAYS AND HOURS TO 11 HELPING CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO. SO NO MATTER WHAT 12 IMPRESSIONS ANY OF THE PUBLIC OR ANYBODY HAVE OF THE 13 FOUNDATION AND CITY COLLEGE OR WHATEVER THEY READ IN THE 14 NEWSPAPER, IT NEEDS TO BE KNOWN PUBLICLY AND WHOEVER SEES 15 THIS ON TELEVISION IS THAT THE FOUNDATION IS ONE OF THE 16 BEST ASSETS WE HAVE BECAUSE THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE 17 LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OUR STUDENTS FOR THE 18 PAST 10, 15 YEARS. 19 MS. MUELLER: 25 YEARS. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: 25 YEARS, THANK YOU MADELINE FOR 21 THE HISTORICAL MEMORY. 22 BUT MORE RECENTLY, ESPECIALLY THE LAST TEN 23 YEARS. AND YOU ARE SITTING OUT THERE, AND YOU ARE LOOKING 24 AT US, AND I HOPE YOU ARE NOT WONDERING WHY YOU ARE HERE 25 AND WHY YOU ARE ON THE FOUNDATION. I HOPE YOU HAVE A JANUARY 28, 2010 49 1 RENEWED COMMITMENT BECAUSE WE NEED YOU. WE ARE GRATEFUL. 2 AND I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY -- AND I KNOW THE ENTIRE BOARD 3 EXPRESSES THIS SENTIMENT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4 STAND UP AGAIN. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 6 SO WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE S3. IT SOUNDS LIKE 7 THAT IS THE CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD ANYWAY. WE ARE GOING 8 TO REMOVE S3, AND IT WILL BE BACK, HOPEFULLY, NEXT MONTH. 9 THAT'S OUR INTENTION, AND THAT'S WHAT I AM GOING TO HELP 10 TO PUSH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY 11 WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING ANYWAY. 12 SO WE NOW HAVE A RESOLUTIONS AGENDA WITH P1, P3, 13 AND S3 REMOVED. 14 DO YOU HAVE ONE AS WELL, CHANCELLOR. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: F3. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: AND F3 AS WELL ARE REMOVED. 17 SO STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN, YOUR VOTE ON THE 18 APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA AS AMENDED. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY 21 "AYE." 22 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. JANUARY 28, 2010 50 1 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 2 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 3 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 5 THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 6 I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE RECORD SHOWS 7 THAT TRUSTEE RIZZO LEFT BEFORE THAT VOTE AND HE IS GOING 8 TO BE GONE FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. 9 THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF 10 CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS LISTED. THOSE ARE MARKED WITH AN 11 ASTERISK AND A "C" ON THE AGENDA. ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD 12 OR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS TO HAVE A MORE 13 LENGTHY CONVERSATION CAN ASK TO HAVE THESE CONSENT 14 CALENDAR ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 15 SO IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO REMOVE B1, B7, 16 B10, B11, B12, B13, OR B15? 17 ACTUALLY, I SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN -- 18 COUNSEL BATTISTE: AND S2, MR. PRESIDENT. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: -- SOMEONE TO MOVE THOSE, ALL 20 OF THE B RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 21 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 23 I NEED A SECOND FOR THAT, PLEASE. 24 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NEILSEN, EVEN THOUGH HE 25 DOESN'T REALIZE IT. JANUARY 28, 2010 51 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: SECOND. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3 SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE B RESOLUTIONS ON 4 THE CONSENT CALENDAR, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 5 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 10 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 11 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE NIELSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 14 THE B RESOLUTIONS ARE APPROVED. 15 CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR C1 AND C2, PLEASE. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: SO MOVED. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 18 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRIER; 19 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 20 ANY DISCUSSION -- DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANY 21 OF THOSE? 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 23 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF C1 AND 25 C2, PLEASE SAY "AYE." JANUARY 28, 2010 52 1 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 6 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 7 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE OPPOSED? 9 NOBODY IS OPPOSED. 10 THOSE TWO PASS AS WELL. 11 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR G1-7, H1 AND 2 AND 12 N1. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: SO MOVED. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRIER; 16 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 17 DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANY OF THOSE? 18 IF NOT, STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF G1-7, H1 21 AND 2, AND N1, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 22 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. JANUARY 28, 2010 53 1 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 2 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 3 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 5 THOSE PASS. 6 AND THE FINAL CONSENT ITEM IS S2. IF I COULD 7 HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT, PLEASE. 8 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 9 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG; 11 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 12 DOES ANYBODY WANT TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE 13 AGENDA, CONSENT CALENDAR AGENDA. 14 IF NOT, STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF S2, 17 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 18 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 23 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 24 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? JANUARY 28, 2010 54 1 S2 PASSES. 2 THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS SPECIAL 3 PRESENTATIONS. 4 I'M NOT CERTAIN -- LET ME DO THE -- 5 TRUSTEE BERG, BEFORE YOU STEP OUT, WHEN I WAS 6 SELECTED AS PRESIDENT LAST YEAR AND I RECONFIGURED THE 7 COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR, I PUT YOU IN CHARGE OF THE POLICY 8 COMMITTEE. AND I DID THAT BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF YOUR 9 HISTORY ON THIS BOARD AND THE BREATH OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND 10 ALSO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF POLICY 11 TO WHAT THIS BOARD DOES. IT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED 12 TO BE DOING. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WRITING POLICY. WE 13 ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING CERTAIN THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTED. 14 AND SO I'M PLEASED THAT YOU TOOK THAT ON. THAT 15 YOU'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS. THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 16 MANY MORE POLICIES ADOPTED THIS YEAR THAN IN PREVIOUS OR 17 CERTAINLY IN THE RECENT PAST, SO I THINK THAT'S BEEN YOUR, 18 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOUR GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO THIS 19 BOARD FOR THE LAST YEAR AND TO THIS DISTRICT. YOU SERVED 20 AS VICE PRESIDENT AS WELL. 21 I THINK I MAY NOT HAVE MISSED A MEETING SO THE 22 GAVEL DIDN'T COME DOWN TO YOU, BUT I KNOW YOU WERE THERE. 23 SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVING AS VICE PRESIDENT AND YOUR 24 CONTINUED SERVICE ON THIS BOARD AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU 25 THIS TO GO ALONG WITH YOUR OTHERS. JANUARY 28, 2010 55 1 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: IT SAYS, "IN APPRECIATION TO 3 DR. NATALIE BERG FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION OF VICE 4 PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD IN 2009." 5 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. AND THANKS, PRESIDENT 6 MARKS, FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. AND YES, I WILL ADD IT TO MY 7 OTHERS. BUT EACH ONE IS CHERISHED AND EACH ONE IS HARD 8 EARN. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: WELL, IF YOU LEAVE, WE ARE 10 GOING TO LOSE OUR QUORUM, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 11 I AM JUST GOING TO TAKE THAT AND I'M GOING TO 12 SAY THAT BEING REELECTED AS PRESIDENT IS THE HONOR THAT I 13 REALLY APPRECIATE AND THAT'S ENOUGH FOR TONIGHT. THANK 14 YOU. 15 SO WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION ABOUT THE ANNUAL 16 FINANCIAL REPORT FROM THE DISTRICT'S EXTERNAL AUDITORS. 17 JOHN, ARE YOU GOING TO SAY SOMETHING FIRST? 18 CFO BILMONT: YES. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 20 CFO BILMONT: PRESIDENT MARKS, THANK YOU. 21 GOOD EVENING. WE ARE ABOUT TO PRESENT THE 22 ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY 23 COLLEGE DISTRICT. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE HEIDI WHITE, THE 24 PARTNER IN CHARGE OF THE AUDIT, ALONG WITH BILL ROUSCH THE 25 FIELD PARTNER. AND SO WITH THAT SAID, I WILL TURN THE JANUARY 28, 2010 56 1 FLOOR OVER TO HEIDI AND WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION AND 2 QUESTIONS. 3 MS. WHITE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S REALLY 4 GREAT TO BE HERE TO PRESENT YOUR AUDIT REPORT TO YOU. I 5 HAVE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO 6 GO OVER AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR JUST SOME QUESTIONS. SO 7 IF YOU HAVE SOME DETAILS OR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 8 THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 9 THOSE AS WELL. 10 I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE 11 OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WHICH IS ON PAGE 2. 12 THIS IS OUR REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE 13 INFORMATION THAT IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE REPORT. 14 THE THIRD PARAGRAPH DOWN STATES THAT IN OUR 15 OPINION THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REFERRED TO ABOVE 16 PRESENT FAIRLY AND ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS THE FINANCIAL 17 POSITION OF SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT. 18 THIS IS AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION. AND IT IS THE HIGHEST 19 LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT THE 20 INFORMATION HERE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPER STANDARDS. 21 IT IS MATERIALLY STATED. AND IT MEETS ALL OF THE 22 REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, FEDERAL 23 CLEARING HOUSE AND OTHER AGENCIES WILL BE READING YOUR 24 REPORT. 25 THE NEXT SECTION OF THE REPORT IS MANAGEMENT'S JANUARY 28, 2010 57 1 DISCUSSIONS AND ANALYSIS. AND I WOULD CALL THAT OUT AS 2 SOMETHING THAT REALLY SHOULD BE READ IN DETAIL. IT 3 PROVIDES A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE NARRATIVE FORMAT 4 REGARDING THE PROGRAMS, THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITY OF THE 5 DISTRICT. IT IS PREPARED BY MANAGEMENT. WE REVIEW IT TO 6 MAKE SURE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER REPRESENTATIONS 7 IN THE REPORT. IT IS THEIR WORDS AND THEIR DESCRIPTIONS 8 OF SERVICES. 9 WITHIN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THEMSELVES, 10 THERE IS A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR 11 ATTENTION TO, SPECIFICALLY ON THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES 12 EXPENSES AND CHANGES AND FUND BALANCE. THIS IS THE INCOME 13 STATEMENT. 14 PRIMARILY, THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE 2008-'09 15 YEAR, THE DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO AWARD OVER $36 MILLION IN 16 GRANTS, LOANS, FINANCIAL AID, REDUCED FEES AND TUITION TO 17 THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTENDING CITY COLLEGE THROUGHOUT 18 THE DISTRICT. 19 THIS IS THE MONEY THAT GOES THROUGH THE STUDENT 20 FINANCIAL AID OFFICE AND IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY AREAS THAT 21 WE FOCUS OUR COMPLIANCE ATTENTION ON. WITHIN THAT AREA, 22 WE HAD NO COMMENTS OR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAD FOR YOU. 23 SO THAT PART OF THE REPORT DID NOT HAVE ANY EXCEPTIONS FOR 24 ELIGIBILITY, REPORTING OR DELIVERY OF THE FINANCIAL AID TO 25 YOUR STUDENTS. JANUARY 28, 2010 58 1 I AM GOING TO SKIP THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE TO 2 THE BACK OF SOME OF THE SUMMARY INFORMATION AND CALL YOUR 3 ATTENTION TO PAGE 59 OF THE REPORT. THIS IS THE 4 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND. IT IS A SUMMARY OF THE PAST 5 THREE YEARS. IT INCLUDES SOME INFORMATION ON THE BUDGET. 6 AS YOU CAN SEE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAS 7 BEEN A SMALL DEFICIT IN SPENDING WITHIN THE UNRESTRICTED 8 FUND. THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL 9 AGREEMENTS THAT WERE BOOKED AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT 10 CAUSED ADDITIONAL PAYABLES TO COME ON TO THE ACCOUNTS. 11 IT ALSO REFLECTS SOME OF THE REDUCED SPENDING 12 FROM THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE IN THE FORM OF 13 APPORTIONMENTS AND OTHER FUNDING THAT COMES THROUGH THE 14 GENERAL FUND. 15 THE DISTRICT IS MAINTAINING ABOUT 4.7 IN 16 RESERVES, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN THE MANDATE FROM THE 17 DISTRICT AND THE BOARD FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. 18 ADDITIONALLY, WE OFFER OPINIONS ON FEDERAL 19 AWARDS. THE OPINION ON THE FEDERAL AWARDS IS QUALIFIED. 20 WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS RELATED TO YOUR CTEA PROGRAM AND 21 TIME AND EFFORT REPORTING BY EMPLOYEES WORKING ON SPECIFIC 22 PROGRAMS. THOSE AREAS ARE BEING ADDRESSED. 23 AND AS YOU READ THE COMMENTS, I THINK YOU CAN 24 SEE MANAGEMENTS RESPONSE TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION THAT 25 WILL BE COMING FORWARD. JANUARY 28, 2010 59 1 WE ALSO SHOW YOU HERE THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS ON 2 PAGE 72 THAT ARE AUDITED SPECIFICALLY. THE DISTRICT 3 RECEIVES ALMOST $40 MILLION IN FUNDING RELATED TO FEDERAL 4 GRANTS AND CONTRACTS THAT GO THROUGH THE DISTRICT'S BOOKS 5 AND RECORDS. AND THESE PROGRAMS REPRESENT ABOUT 6 $30 MILLION WORTH OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TESTED 7 FOR COMPLIANCE IN VARIOUS AREAS. 8 THE STATE ALSO PROVIDES FOR SOME SPECIFIC AREAS 9 THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT FOR COMPLIANCE. WE DO HAVE SOME 10 COMMENTS IN THAT AREA AS WELL RELATED TO STUDENT 11 INVOLVEMENT AND THE ACCOUNTING FOR THE STUDENT'S CLEARING 12 THE RECORDS OF THE ROLLS BY CENSUS DAY. 13 BUT AGAIN, MANAGEMENT HAS INCLUDED THE RESPONSES 14 TO THOSE AREAS. AND I THINK IF YOU READ THROUGH THOSE, 15 YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE PROACTIVELY LOOKING AT HAVING 16 THEM CORRECTED WITHIN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 17 WE DO START LOOKING AT THE COMPLIANCE AREAS AND 18 THE PROGRESS TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION WHEN WE COME BACK OUT 19 IN THE SPRING. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REPORT TO MANAGEMENT 20 THE PROGRESS OF THOSE, HOPEFULLY, BY THE END OF JUNE SO 21 THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD CENSUS TO WHETHER THEY ARE BEING 22 IMPLEMENTED AND FULLY TAKEN CARE OF. 23 THIS IS A REAL BRIEF OVERVIEW. I KNOW WE'VE MET 24 FROM TIME TO TIME TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE DRAFT AND THE 25 PROGRESS TOWARD THE AUDIT. THE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED JANUARY 28, 2010 60 1 TO THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TO THE VARIOUS FEDERAL 2 REPORTING AGENCIES AND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THEIR 3 REQUIREMENTS. 4 SO I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU 5 MIGHT HAVE ON SPECIFIC AREAS OR ON THE PROCESS OF OUR 6 AUDIT ITSELF. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT 8 THE BOARD HAS? 9 I GUESS KIND OF THE MORE GENERAL QUESTION -- TWO 10 GENERAL QUESTIONS. ONE IS THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE 11 HAD AN AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY 12 RESPONSE TO HOW THE COMMITTEE OPERATED AND IF THERE ARE 13 THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING TO ASSIST YOU IN YOUR 14 FUNCTION. 15 I WOULD IMAGINE YOU DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW HOW 16 MANY MORE YEARS YOU HAVE ON YOUR CONTRACT. 17 MS. WHITE: AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE TALKED WITH 18 THE CHANCELLOR ABOUT THAT THIS AFTERNOON. SO I'M SURE HE 19 WILL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO YOU. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR WORK -- 21 MS. WHITE: THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IS AN EXCELLENT 22 RESOURCE I THINK BOTH FOR US AND FOR YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS 23 TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT AND PROVIDE COMMENT ON AREAS OF 24 CONCERN THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, QUESTIONS ON COMMENTS THAT 25 ARE BEING MADE AND THE DIRECTION THAT THEY ARE GOING IN TO JANUARY 28, 2010 61 1 BE IMPLEMENTED AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 2 I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A 3 MORE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT, MAYBE MEET TWO OR THREE TIMES A 4 YEAR, RATHER THAN JUST WAITING UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR 5 WHEN THE AUDIT IS COMPLETE. I THINK YOU WILL SEE IT AS A 6 MUCH STRONGER RESOURCE FOR YOU. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. 8 THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WAS I 9 THINK IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE NOT AUDITORS 10 OR CPA'S TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU 11 HAD OR CONCERNS PERHAPS MAY BE ANOTHER WAY TO PUT IT AND 12 TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED AS THE BOARD 13 OR NOT. SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S WAY -- I 14 DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE TONIGHT, BUT I'M 15 JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY SINCE SOME OF 16 THEM ARE CONTINUING ISSUES HOW WE AS A BOARD REPRESENTING 17 THE PUBLIC HAVE THE BEST SENSE THAT ISSUES THAT ARE BEING 18 IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE AUDIT ARE BEING HANDLED IN A WAY 19 THAT THEY SHOULD BE. 20 MS. WHITE: I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS 21 THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THOSE DURING THIS NEXT 22 YEAR IS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED 23 DURING THE '08-'09 AUDIT YEAR WAS THE POSITION OF YOUR 24 INTERNAL AUDITOR. THE COMMENTS THEMSELVES ARE PRETTY MUCH 25 LAID OUT, BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONES ARE FIRST, JANUARY 28, 2010 62 1 CONTROLLED EFFICIENCIES ARE MORE TOWARD THE BACK, BUT 2 THERE ARE SOME COMPLIANCE ISSUES AS WELL. 3 BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE FROM AN INTERNAL 4 AUDIT STANDPOINT, BEING ABLE TO REPORT INFORMATION BACK TO 5 YOU THAT THESE AREAS ARE BEING ADDRESSED, I THINK WILL 6 GIVE YOU A SENSE DURING THE YEAR THAT THEY ARE BEING ACTED 7 ON. 8 COMMENTS THAT ROLL OVER FROM ONE YEAR TO THE 9 NEXT ARE OBVIOUSLY A HIGHER LEVEL OF CONCERN. SOME 10 COMMENTS WILL NOT BE IMPLEMENTED IN ONE YEAR. AND WE 11 RECOGNIZE THAT. IT'S MORE OF A PROCESS CHANGE. BUT 12 SEEING THE IMPROVEMENT IN THOSE AND SEEING THAT THE 13 COMMENTS ARE ACTUALLY BEING REVIEWED AND ADDRESSED AND 14 FOLLOWED UP ON I THINK IS THE MAIN PART THAT YOU WANT TO 15 LOOK FOR. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: AND THEN THERE'S ONE QUESTION 17 OF THE CHANCELLOR AND THEN ANYBODY ELSE. 18 WHEN YOU GET THE AUDIT FOR THE DISTRICT, HOW IF 19 AT ALL, ARE RECOMMENDATIONS CONSIDERED THROUGH THE BUDGET 20 PROCESS BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE FOR SOME OF THESE, MAYBE 21 MOST OF THEM, THERE ARE BUDGETARY REASONS WHY MANY OF 22 THESE CAN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF STAFF. 23 SO HOW DO YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THESE THROUGH THE 24 PBC TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THEM NEED TO HAVE EXTRA 25 RESOURCES APPLIED TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BE ADDRESSED. JANUARY 28, 2010 63 1 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: ACTUALLY, I DON'T BELIEVE 2 THAT -- PROBABLY NO MORE THAN A FIFTH OF THESE, MAYBE A 3 QUARTER AT THE MOST, REQUIRE EXTRA RESOURCES FOR THE 4 DISTRICT. IT REALLY CALLS FOR US TO CARRY OUT THE PROCESS 5 AND PROCEDURES DIFFERENTLY. IT'S ABOUT GETTING AREAS 6 FOCUSED ON WHAT WE THINK ARE THE PROPER AREAS TO BE 7 FOCUSED ON AND SO FORTH. 8 SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A STANDING COMMITTEE THAT I 9 MEET WITH IN TERMS OF THE INTERNAL AUDITOR. THE LEGAL 10 COUNSEL, ASSISTANT LEGAL COUNSEL, MYSELF, WE HAVE BEEN 11 BRINGING IN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO TALK ABOUT THESE 12 AREAS AND GET THEM REFOCUSED ON. 13 IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE 14 FINANCE TEAM TO DEAL WITH THIS. AND IF THEY DO COME IN 15 TERMS OF A BUDGET IMPACT, THAT IS DISCUSSED AT PBC. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. THANK YOU. 17 ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? 18 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 19 MS. WHITE: GREAT. THANK YOU. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: WITH THE BOARD'S INDULGENCE, 21 AND PARTICULARLY TRUSTEE GRIER, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AT 22 THIS POINT IS ACTUALLY INSERT THE ADOPTION OF THE REST OF 23 THE RESOLUTIONS CALENDAR -- 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: ABSOLUTELY. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: -- BECAUSE OFTENTIMES PEOPLE JANUARY 28, 2010 64 1 ARE HERE FOR SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS AND IT GETS VERY LATE 2 FOR PEOPLE TO STAY FOR ONE OF THESE. 3 SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MOVE TO THE 4 ADOPTION OF B2, SO IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR B2. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: SO MOVED. 6 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE 8 GRIER; SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 9 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON B2 EITHER BY THE 10 BOARD OR BY THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? 11 IF NOT, STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF B2, 14 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 15 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 18 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 20 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 21 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 23 WE NEED TO SHOW THAT -- IS TRUSTEE WONG HERE? 24 TRUSTEE NGO: I BELIEVE HE IS IN THE BATHROOM. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: WELL, FOR THIS ONE HE IS JANUARY 28, 2010 65 1 OUTSIDE AND WHEN HE COMES BACK, WE WILL NOTE THAT. 2 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR B3, PLEASE. 3 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG AND 6 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 7 IS THERE A DISCUSSION? 8 TRUSTEE NGO: POINT OF INFORMATION. DID YOU SAY 9 C3? 10 TRUSTEE BERG: B3. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: I THOUGHT HE SAID, "C3." 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: IF NOT, STUDENT TRUSTEE 13 NEILSEN, YOUR VOTE ON B3, PLEASE. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: B3 OR C3? 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: B3, SORRY. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: "B" AS IN BOY, MR. PRESIDENT. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: PARDON ME. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: "B" AS IN BOY? 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: "B" AS IN BOY. 20 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THESE IN FAVOR OF B3, 22 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 23 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. JANUARY 28, 2010 66 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 3 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 4 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 6 B3 PASSES. 7 TRUSTEE WONG IS BACK. 8 COULD I HAVE A MOTION FOR B4, PLEASE. 9 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG; 12 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 13 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON B4? 14 IF NOT, STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THESE IN FAVOR OF B4, 17 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 18 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 23 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 24 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? JANUARY 28, 2010 67 1 B4 PASSES. 2 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR B5, PLEASE. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 6 BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 7 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON B5? 8 IF NOT, STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF B5, 11 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 18 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 20 B5 PASSES. 21 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR B6, PLEASE. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 25 BY TRUSTEE BERG. JANUARY 28, 2010 68 1 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON B6? 2 I DO HAVE ONE CARD ON THIS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF 3 ANYBODY ELSE -- IF ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS, IF 4 YOU COULD FILL OUT ONE OF THESE YELLOW CARDS. BUT I'M 5 GOING TO HAVE THE BOARD SAY SOME THINGS FIRST. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS 7 FIRST. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, SPEAKERS FIRST. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. THE ONE CARD I HAVE IS 10 FROM ERIK LIU. 11 MR. LIU: GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 12 MY NAME IS ERIK LIU. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO 13 HEAR ME OUT ON THIS. 14 I'M WITH TRANSWORLD CONSTRUCTION. I AM A SAN 15 FRANCISCO BASED GENERAL CONTRACTOR WORKING AND OWNED BY 16 MINORITY CHINESE CONTRACTORS. WE ARE SUBCONTRACTORS TO 17 WEST BAY BUILDERS WHO ALSO BID ON THE BID PACKAGE 5.4, 18 WHICH IS LISTED HERE UNDER B6 AS POSSIBLY BEING AWARDED TO 19 RJS AND ASSOCIATES FOR $3.5 MILLION. 20 WE OR I OBJECT TO THE AWARD TO RJS AND 21 ASSOCIATES. BASED ON THE IDEA THAT THEIR PACKAGE AND 22 THEIR GROUP OF CONTRACTORS DO NOT REPRESENT LOCAL SMALL 23 BUSINESSES SUCH AS TRANSWORLD CONSTRUCTION. 24 LAST YEAR THE BOARD ENACTED A POLICY TO 25 ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESS, LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS JANUARY 28, 2010 69 1 PARTICIPATION IN YOUR CAPITOL PROJECTS AND THAT INCLUDES 2 THE CHINATOWN PROJECT. 3 AND THE REALITY IS THAT POLICY HAS NOT BEEN 4 IMPLEMENTED VERY WELL. NOT SO MUCH TO THE EXTENT THAT 5 PEOPLE HAVE NOT TRIED, HOWEVER, THE SIZE OF THE BID 6 PACKAGES ARE SO LARGE THAT THE SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE HAD A 7 VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND 8 PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROJECTS. 9 TRANSWORLD IS A SMALL BUSINESS AND WE HAVE 10 WORKED WITH OTHER LARGER BUSINESSES TO TRY TO JOINT 11 VENTURE, IN THIS CASE, WITH WEBCOR TO KIND OF TEAM UP AND 12 DO THE CONCRETE PACKAGE. WHILE RJS WAS THE LOW BIDDER ON 13 THE PROJECT, THEY WERE THEN PROTESTED BY WEBCOR BECAUSE OF 14 SOME OF THEIR LISTED SUBCONTRACTORS AS IDENTIFIED AS SMALL 15 BUSINESSES. SO THAT INVESTIGATION WENT THROUGH AND IS 16 BEING PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, HOWEVER, I STAND HERE BEFORE 17 YOU TODAY OBJECTING TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SMALL 18 BUSINESS. 19 ALTHOUGH QUESTIONED, AND I DON'T KNOW THE 20 QUALIFICATIONS WITH REGARDS TO THAT IS NOT A LOCAL 21 BUSINESS. AND I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE IMPRUDENT UPON THE 22 BOARD TO EVALUATE THIS BID TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT IS 23 PROPERLY BEING AWARDED TO A SMALL BUSINESS THAT IS NOT 24 LOCAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. JANUARY 28, 2010 70 1 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTED 2 TO SAY THAT OUR COUNSEL WHO ASSISTED US ON THE BID PROTEST 3 ON THIS PARTICULAR PACKAGE IS IN THE AUDIENCE IF THE BOARD 4 WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD 6 IDEA. THANK YOU. 7 IF YOU COULD JUST SAY YOUR NAME WHEN YOU COME ON 8 UP. THANK YOU. 9 COUNSEL HIGGINS: GOOD EVENING. I'M MICHAEL 10 HIGGINS OF THE LAW FIRM WULFSBERG REESE COLVIG AND 11 FIRSTMAN. THE DISTRICT RETAINED OUR FIRM TO ASSIST WITH 12 BID PROTESTS. 13 WE WORKED WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE HERE 14 AT THE DISTRICT TO EVALUATE BID PROTEST MATERIALS, TO 15 ESTABLISH A FAIR HEARING PROCESS SO THAT EVERYONE INVOLVED 16 IN A BID PROTEST WOULD HAVE A HEARING WITH THE GENERAL 17 COUNSEL, MR. LEE PRESIDING. THE HEARINGS WERE RECORDED BY 18 AUDIO MEANS SO THAT WE CAN GENERATE A TRANSCRIPT IF 19 NECESSARY. 20 EACH SIDE IN THE HEARING RECEIVED THE 21 OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT 20 MINUTES OF INFORMATION AND 22 EVIDENCE IN ADDITION TO THE WRITTEN MATERIALS ALREADY 23 SUBMITTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROTEST AND RESPONSES. 24 THIS PARTICULAR BID PROTEST GENERATED AN INITIAL 25 PROTEST, A RESPONSE, A REPLY, A RESPONSE TO THE REPLY, AND JANUARY 28, 2010 71 1 SUR-REPLY. WEBCOR AND RJS AND ASSOCIATES WERE BOTH 2 REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEYS AT THE HEARING. RJS AND 3 ASSOCIATES BROUGHT REPRESENTATIVES OF ITS SMALL BUSINESS 4 ENTERPRISE SUBCONTRACTOR TO THE HEARING TO PRESENT 5 INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE AS WELL. 6 NOW RJS SUBMITTED THE LOW BID OF SLIGHTLY OVER 7 3.5 MILLION. WEBCOR'S BID WAS ABOUT $100,000 MORE. THE 8 SBE, THE SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION GOAL FOR 9 THIS CONTRACT WAS 9 PERCENT. RJS ACHIEVED 47 PERCENT SBE 10 PARTICIPATION BY INCLUDING A SUBCONTRACTOR, BUILD GROUP A 11 FAIRLY RECENTLY FORMED COMPANY. EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN THE 12 PROTEST MATERIALS AND AT THE HEARING, ESTABLISHED THAT 13 BUILD GROUP IS A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CERTIFIED BY 14 THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES IN THE STATE OF 15 CALIFORNIA. BUILD GROUPS CURRENT OFFICE IS IN SAN 16 FRANCISCO. 17 WE WORKED WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE 18 DISTRICT TO EVALUATE ALL OF THE EVIDENCE, A FULL COMPLETE, 19 I BELIEVE, WRITTEN DECISION ISSUED I BELIEVE IT WAS ON 20 JANUARY 20TH. AND THAT HAS A GREAT DEAL MORE DETAIL. AND 21 THAT'S THE STATUS OF THE EVIDENCE AND OF THE FINDINGS NOW. 22 BUILD GROUP IS PROPERLY CERTIFIED AS THE 23 EVIDENCE ESTABLISHED AS A SMALL BUSINESS. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? 25 COUNSEL HIGGINS: CERTAINLY. JANUARY 28, 2010 72 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: ONE OF THE -- I HAVE BEEN 2 CONTACTED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF WEBCOR. AND ONE OF THE 3 THINGS THAT THAT PERSON CONTENDED WAS THAT BUILD GROUP IS 4 A COMPANY FORMED BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO OWN RJS. 5 AND I GUESS THE QUESTION FOR ME IS DOES THAT 6 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RJS AND THE SUBCONTRACTOR ON ITS 7 TEAM, DOES THAT IN ANY WAY VIOLATE THE PURPOSE OF HAVING 8 AN SBE INVOLVED OR IS BUILD GROUP BECAUSE IT IS A SEPARATE 9 CORPORATION REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS THE SAME 10 INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED WITH IT AND CERTIFIED AS AN SBE, IS 11 THAT ENOUGH TO ENABLE IT TO QUALIFY WITHIN THE BID? 12 COUNSEL HIGGINS: THOSE CONTENTIONS WERE AIRED 13 AT THE HEARING AND IN THE BID PROTEST MATERIALS AT LENGTH. 14 RJS AND ASSOCIATES HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR A LONG TIME. 15 SOLID EVIDENCE ESTABLISHES THAT RJS AND ASSOCIATES HAD NO 16 RELATIONSHIP TO THE PEOPLE WHO FORMED BUILD GROUP UNTIL A 17 COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THE PEOPLE WHO FORMED BUILD GROUP 18 CAME FROM WEBCOR. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: BUT THAT -- 20 COUNSEL HIGGINS: AND THEY PROVIDE SERVICES TO 21 RJS, BUT THERE IS NO -- THE FINDINGS BASED ON THE SOLID 22 EVIDENCE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AT THE HEARING AND IN THE 23 WRITTEN MATERIALS SHOWS THAT THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP, 24 OWNERSHIP RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RJS AND ASSOCIATES AND 25 BUILD GROUP. THE PEOPLE WHO FORMED BUILD GROUP, THE JANUARY 28, 2010 73 1 EVIDENCE ESTABLISHES CAME FROM WEBCOR. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: CAME FROM? 3 COUNSEL HIGGINS: WEBCOR. AND IN FACT THERE HAS 4 BEEN LITIGATION BETWEEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND WEBCOR 5 RELATED TO THE BREAK UP OF THE PARTNERSHIP OF WEBCOR AFTER 6 IT WAS PURCHASED BY A MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATION. 7 IF YOU LOOK AT THE WRITTEN LETTER OF DECISION 8 DATED JANUARY 20TH, 2010, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE 9 EXPRESS FINDINGS ON EXACTLY THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE 10 RAISED. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: I'M LOOKING HERE BECAUSE 12 EARLIER TODAY I FOUND SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET THAT SAID 13 THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF RJS FORMED BUILD GROUP, AND I'M 14 GOING TO COME TO THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE ON 15 THE BOARD HAS ANY -- 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: TRUSTEE BERG. 17 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 18 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE BERG. 19 TRUSTEE BERG: I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I 20 ALSO HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION AS TRUSTEE MARKS. BUT I 21 WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WEBCOR BECAUSE YOU'VE TOLD US ABOUT 22 RJS, BUT YOU DIDN'T TELL US ABOUT WEBCOR. I FIRST OF ALL 23 WANT TO KNOW WHERE RJS IS HOME-BASED. 24 IS IT HOME-BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO? 25 COUNSEL HIGGINS: NO. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING JANUARY 28, 2010 74 1 THAT RJS AND ASSOCIATES IS BASED IN HAYWARD. 2 TRUSTEE BERG: HAYWARD. AND WEBCOR? 3 MR. WESTON: THE SAME. 4 TRUSTEE BERG: IS BASED IN HAYWARD? 5 MR. WESTON: YES. 6 TRUSTEE BERG: I WAS TOLD THAT WEBCOR WAS A SAN 7 FRANCISCO FIRM. IS THAT NOT TRUE? 8 MR. WESTON: THEY HAVE AN OFFICE IN SAN 9 FRANCISCO, BUT THEY ARE BASED IN HAYWARD. WEBCOR CONCRETE 10 IS BASED OUT OF HAYWARD. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY. 12 IN TERMS OF WEBCOR, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THEM 13 BECAUSE I AM PERSONALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK THAT WEBCOR 14 DOES. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT RJS, BUT I DO KNOW 15 PERSONALLY THAT WEBCOR IS VERY HIGH CALIBER. 16 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS BOARD HAS PASSED OR 17 ABOUT TO PASS RESOLUTIONS THAT SPECIFY THAT WE REALLY WANT 18 TO DO SAN FRANCISCO WHEN WE SAY "LOCAL" WE MEAN REALLY SAN 19 FRANCISCO-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. AND YOU ARE TELLING ME 20 THAT BOTH OF THEM HAVE OFFICES IN SAN FRANCISCO OR ARE 21 THEY BASED -- WHEN I WORKED WITH WEBCOR, WEBCOR WAS BASED 22 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THAT WAS ABOUT -- 23 MR. WESTON: WELL, THEY STILL HAVE AN OFFICE IN 24 SAN FRANCISCO. THEY ARE OWNED BY A THIRD PARTY FIRM 25 OBAYASHI. JANUARY 28, 2010 75 1 TRUSTEE BERG: OKAY. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE WONG, DO YOU HAVE ANY 3 QUESTIONS? 4 TRUSTEE WONG: NO, I THINK MOST OF MY QUESTIONS 5 HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. 6 TRUSTEE BERG: THANK YOU. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: I'M HAVING TROUBLE FINDING 8 THIS. SINCE I CAN'T AND YOU HAVE YOUR PRESENTATION. 9 TRUSTEE NGO. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED 11 WHEN ANYONE, ESPECIALLY FROM THE COMMUNITY, COMES AND 12 RAISES AN ISSUE ABOUT HOW BIDS ARE DONE. WE'VE HAD OUR 13 OWN KIND OF EXPERIENCE AT LEAST SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE 14 BOARD FOR THE PAST YEAR ISSUES COMING UP WITH BIDS. AND I 15 AM -- MY DEEPEST CONCERN IS -- AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO 16 ANSWER THIS QUESTION. 17 BUT FOR ME, MY ISSUE IS WHETHER OR NOT AND TO 18 WHAT EXTENT WE HAVE POTENTIAL ISSUES OF EXPOSURE THAT MAY 19 DELAY THE PROJECT BECAUSE OF THIS POTENTIAL DISPUTE. AND 20 IF THAT IS OR MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE CASE WITH REGARD TO 21 SOLICITING OPINION FROM COUNSEL AND OPEN SESSION, I DON'T 22 WANT YOU TO DO THAT. BUT THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS NOW GIVEN 23 THE HISTORY OF HOW WE HAVE BEEN DOING THINGS THIS PAST 24 YEAR. AND I DON'T WANT THIS CAMPUS DELAYED ANYMORE. I 25 WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DOT OUR I'S AND CROSS OUR T'S. JANUARY 28, 2010 76 1 THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN. 2 SO I DON'T KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT HAVING A VERY -- 3 HAVING THIS ISSUE RESOLVED IN A WAY THAT COULD AVOID THAT 4 WOULD BE HELPFUL OR IF THAT WOULD ACTUALLY DELAY ANYMORE 5 THE WORK OF THE CAMPUS THAT I DO WANT SEEN -- I DO WANT TO 6 SEE BUILT ON TIME. 7 I AM JUST GOING TO LEAVE THAT COMMENT OUT THERE 8 AND DEFER TO MY OTHER COLLEAGUES IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. 9 MR. WESTON: MAY I RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENT? 10 TRUSTEE BERG: FILL OUT A CARD. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: CAN YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF 12 FIRST. 13 MR. WESTON: I'M ED WESTON. I'M WITH SWINERTON. 14 I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE DISTRICT ON THE CHINATOWN 15 PROJECT. 16 IT WILL DELAY -- WELL, DELAY IS OF SOME GREAT 17 CONCERN TO US BECAUSE THE RJS CONTRACT IS FOR THE ANNEX 18 BUILDING WHICH WAS RIGHT FOLLOWING BEHIND THE FOUNDATION 19 WORK THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO START AND GET IN FULL MOTION ON 20 THE MAIN BUILDING. 21 SO OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE CALLS FOR THE ANNEX 22 BUILDING TO ACTUALLY BE FINISHED BEFORE THE MAIN BUILDING, 23 SO THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL DELAYS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT 24 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE IN TERMS OF PROCESS, YOU KNOW, 25 FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TONIGHT. BUT THERE WILL BE A JANUARY 28, 2010 77 1 DELAY. I MEAN EVERYTHING IS SET AND READY TO GO AS WE NOW 2 SIT. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: PRESIDENT MARKS, MAY I BE 4 RECOGNIZED? 5 THROUGH THE PRESIDENT, I THINK WE NEED TO BE A 6 LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC HERE BECAUSE -- AND I APPRECIATE 7 TRUSTEE NGO'S COMMENTS. WE DON'T WANT ANYMORE DELAYS. 8 AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE CHINESE-AMERICAN 9 COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CALLING ME AND LEGITIMATELY BEEN 10 ALARMED THAT THE WORK HAS STOPPED FOR A WHILE. IT IS JUST 11 STARTING AGAIN JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO. SO, OF COURSE, WE 12 DON'T WANT ANY DELAYS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T 13 WANT THIS BOARD, THIS DISTRICT, EXPOSED TO ADDITIONAL 14 LITIGATION. 15 AT THE SAME TIME WHEN YOU SAID THERE MIGHT BE 16 DELAYS, THAT'S NOT SPECIFIC ENOUGH BECAUSE WE DO HAVE -- 17 AND TRUSTEE RIZZO IS NOT HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE A FACILITIES 18 COMMITTEE. AND THE NEXT ONE IS -- 19 WHEN IS THE NEXT MEETING? 20 COUNSEL BATTISTE: FEBRUARY 11TH. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: PARDON ME? 22 TRUSTEE WONG: FEBRUARY 11TH. 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THEY CAN'T APPROVE THE 24 CONTRACT. 25 COUNSEL BATTISTE: NO. IT HAS TO GO TO THE FULL JANUARY 28, 2010 78 1 BOARD. 2 MR. WESTON: SO WE ARE TALKING A MONTH. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FEBRUARY -- 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: UNLESS WE HAVE A SPECIAL 5 EMERGENCY MEETING. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY. THE LEVEL OF LEGAL 7 EXPOSURE NO. 1, AND WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY HERE WHO CAN SPEAK 8 TO THAT. 9 NO. 2, THE COMFORT LEVEL OF CONTRACTORS OF COLOR 10 OR LOCAL CONTRACTORS IN TERMS OF THIS PARTICULAR BID 11 PACKAGE. 12 AND NO. 3, IN TERMS OF THE TIME LINE, WHEN YOU 13 SAY, "IT WOULD DELAY THE PROJECT," IF WE HAD A FACILITIES 14 COMMITTEE MEETING WHERE THIS IS MORE THROUGHLY FLUSHED 15 OUT, AND WE VOTED AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, WOULD THAT 16 CREATE A MAJOR PROBLEM? 17 WE NEED TO BE VERY SPECIFIC HERE BECAUSE WE 18 ARE -- 19 MR. WESTON: I CANNOT ANSWER THAT WITHOUT 20 EVALUATING THE SCHEDULE AND KNOWING WHAT EXACTLY THE 21 PROCESS IS THAT YOU ARE ASKING US TO DO. 22 I MEAN I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE TALKING REBID, 23 THEN WE ARE TALKING, NOT JUST ONE MONTH, WE ARE TALKING 24 THREE TO FOUR MONTHS POTENTIALLY. IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL 25 PROTESTS BEYOND THAT, THAT'S THE DANGER THAT WE NOW FACE. JANUARY 28, 2010 79 1 AND I, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I KNOW -- GO AHEAD, 2 YOU FINISH, SIR, BECAUSE I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU FOR THE 3 BOARD. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: I'M SORRY. 5 MR. WESTON: I SAID I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE 6 BOARD. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: BEFORE YOU SPEAK, I WANT TO ASK 8 THE LEGAL COUNSEL A QUESTION. 9 WHAT IS OUR LEVEL OF EXPOSURE HERE IF WE DO NOT 10 PROCEED, LEGAL EXPOSURE. 11 COUNSEL BATTISTE: TRUSTEE WONG, I WANT TO 12 CAUTION YOU AGAINST ASKING THE QUESTION THAT WOULD SOLICIT 13 LEGAL ADVICE FROM OUR COUNSEL IN OPEN SESSION. THAT IS A 14 CLOSED SESSION TOPIC. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH 16 FOR THAT REMINDER. 17 COUNSEL HIGGINS: THERE IS ONE PROCEDURAL LEGAL 18 ISSUE THAT IS WORTH CONSIDERING AND THAT IS THAT THERE WAS 19 A PROTEST PERIOD. WEBCOR DID FILE A TIMELY PROTEST. AND 20 THEN THERE WAS THE PROCESS THAT I DESCRIBED. RJS AND 21 ASSOCIATES BROUGHT THEIR SUBCONTRACTOR TO THE HEARING. 22 WEBCOR DID NOT BRING THE SUBCONTRACTOR TO THE HEARING, BUT 23 WEBCOR WAS REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. 24 TRUSTEE WONG: THE SUBCONTRACTOR WAS TRANSWORLD. 25 COUNSEL HIGGINS: YES. JANUARY 28, 2010 80 1 AND NOW THERE'S A DECISION ON THE BID PROTEST 2 FROM THE DISTRICT. SO THIS PROCESS, THE BIDDING PROCESS 3 TO A CERTAIN EXTENT -- 4 TRUSTEE WONG: I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED MY 5 QUESTION. WE HAVE CROSSED OUR T'S AND DOTTED OUR I'S. 6 MR. WESTON: MY QUESTION TO THE BOARD WAS WHAT 7 IS THE NATURE -- I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE WHEN YOU 8 STARTED THIS. THAT'S MY FAULT. BUT WHAT IS THE NATURE OF 9 THE CONCERN? 10 I MEAN HAVE WE HEARD -- HAVE "WE," MEANING THIS 11 GROUP, DO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NATURE OF THE CONCERN IS 12 AND WHY YOU ARE RAISING THESE ISSUES THIS EVENING? 13 TRUSTEE WONG: I THINK THE CONCERN IS AS WAS 14 SUGGESTED TO US BY THE SUBCONTRACTOR WEBCOR IN THE 15 PROCESS. I THINK THE CONCERN IS WHETHER OR NOT RJS IS 16 LOCAL OR WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A LARGE MINORITY. THAT'S 17 THE UNDERLYING CURRENT. I KNOW LEGALLY WE NEED TO BE 18 CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. 19 BUT IF I SPEAK FRANKLY, I THINK THAT "LOCAL" 20 ALSO MEANS PARTICIPATION BY THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE ARE 21 GOING TO DEFINE THE COMMUNITY. 22 MR. WESTON: ALL I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP IF I 23 MAY RESPOND TO THAT, I'M NOT IN DEFERENCE TO WHAT YOU ARE 24 SAYING. THE PROCESS WHICH MR. HIGGINS HAS OUTLINED, WHICH 25 IS IN ALL THE BID DOCUMENTS, WHICH OUTLINES A PROTEST, JANUARY 28, 2010 81 1 WHAT THE PROCEDURES ARE FOR PROTEST, THE TIMING OF THAT 2 PROTEST, ALL OF WHICH WERE FOLLOWED TO THE T. WHEN THE 3 BIDS WERE OPENED, EVERY SUBCONTRACTOR AND, IF NECESSARY, 4 THE RELEVANT SECOND TIER SUBS -- ALTHOUGH, I DON'T KNOW IN 5 ALL CASES WERE THERE -- THEY ALL RECEIVED COPIES OF THE 6 BIDS, SO EVERYONE KNEW WHERE THEY FIT WITHIN THAT PROCESS. 7 YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY WERE LOW, JUST WHERE THEY RANKED. 8 YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALL BASED UPON NUMBERS. 9 THEY THEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WAIT AND COME 10 BACK WITHIN FIVE DAYS, FIVE CALENDAR DAYS. IT WAS VERY 11 CLEARLY OUTLINED IN THE DOCUMENTS. AND THEY COULD FILE A 12 PROTEST. 13 WHAT WE THEN DID WAS TAKE THOSE PROTESTS AND WE 14 BROUGHT THEM TO THE PUBLIC HEARING TO MR. HIGGINS AND WE 15 HEARD BOTH SIDES AT THE SAME TIME. THEY WERE GIVEN EQUAL 16 TIME, EQUAL VOICE IN THE PROCESS -- 17 TRUSTEE WONG: LET ME, IF I MAY THROUGH THE 18 CHAIR, STOP YOU HERE BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE ARE VERY 19 COMFORTABLE THAT IT WAS A VERY GOOD PROCESS. I FEEL 20 COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, SO WE DON'T NEED TO HEAR -- 21 MR. WESTON: OKAY, THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANTED 22 TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS -- 23 TRUSTEE WONG: -- THE LITANY OF IT. 24 MR. WESTON: -- SATISFIED. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME JANUARY 28, 2010 82 1 CONCERNS AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THIS BOARD HAS 2 THE LUXURY OF EXPLORING THIS MORE AT COMMITTEE LEVEL. AND 3 YOU ARE SAYING YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WILL 4 BE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST WOULD BE. AND IT PUTS 5 US IN A BIND. 6 MR. WESTON: OKAY. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT PROVIDING US 8 WITH THE INFORMATION FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER OR 9 NOT WE SHOULD SUPPORT THIS AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS SHOULD 10 MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE I GET A SENSE FROM SOME OF THE BOARD 11 MEMBERS AND SOME WHO ARE NOT HERE NOW, THAT THEY DO HAVE 12 SOME CONCERNS. AND, OF COURSE, WHENEVER THERE ARE 13 CONCERNS, THERE NEEDS TO BE OPPORTUNITIES TO DELVE INTO TO 14 INVESTIGATE TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS. BUT TO HAVE THAT 15 LUXURY, WE NEED TO KNOW ALSO THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO 16 DELAY THE PROJECT, AND WE ARE NOT GETTING A RESPONSE FROM 17 YOU THAT IS SATISFACTORY FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION. SO I 18 DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROCEED AT THIS POINT. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: I KNOW TRUSTEE GRIER WANTED TO 20 SAY SOMETHING AND THEN TRUSTEE NGO. AND THEN I WANT TO GO 21 BACK TO MY QUESTION, WHICH YOU ANSWERED IN A WAY THAT 22 DOESN'T HELP ME AT LEAST. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: I THINK MY QUESTIONS ARE PRETTY 25 SPECIFIC. I DID GET SEVERAL CALLS TODAY. AND I WAS CLEAR JANUARY 28, 2010 83 1 IN TELLING THEM THAT THIS WAS AN AGENDA ITEM AND IF THEY 2 HAD CONCERNS THEY WERE WELCOME TO COME TO THE MEETING. I 3 COULDN'T ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS. AND NONE OF THE CALLS 4 THAT I RECEIVED OF THE PEOPLE WHO DID CALL, THEY ARE NOT 5 HERE. 6 SO I'M GOING TO START OUT WITH QUESTIONS, BUT I 7 ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER A SOLUTION OR AN OPPORTUNITY 8 FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE CHINESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY FROM 9 SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND WOMEN OWNERS WHO HAVE CALLED ME. 10 I ONLY GOT THREE CALLS. 11 I WANTED TO KNOW MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SBE 12 PROCESS. 13 MR. WESTON: OKAY. 14 TRUSTEE GRIER: AND YOU PROBABLY CAN IDENTIFY 15 THE LOCAL FIRMS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN OR NOT. THIS IS 16 A PRETTY BIG BID PACKET. 17 THE OTHER THING I AM GOING TO APOLOGIZE FOR IS 18 NOT BEING AT THE LAST FACILITIES COMMITTEE BECAUSE I'M 19 SURE AT THAT TIME YOU PROBABLY DISCUSSED THIS IN DEPTH. 20 IS THAT CORRECT? 21 MR. WESTON: WELL, NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE 22 EVERYTHING HAD BEEN VETTED. YOU SEE EVERYTHING -- THIS IS 23 IF I MAY SAY THIS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN AS TRUSTEE WONG HAS 24 POINTED OUT, WE HAD TO DOT THE I, CROSS THE T PROCESS. WE 25 GAVE EVERYBODY EQUAL TIME. WE GAVE EVERYBODY THE SAME JANUARY 28, 2010 84 1 RULES AND CRITERIA. 2 NOW, AND AGAIN IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WANT TO 3 LOOK AT THIS, WE ARE WELL BEYOND ANY, YOU KNOW, PROTEST 4 PERIOD AND YET WE ARE STARTING AGAIN. AND THAT TO ME DOES 5 GET A LITTLE DANGEROUS IF I MAY SAY THAT BECAUSE, YOU 6 KNOW, THE -- WELL, AT ANY RATE THE POINT IS WE KNEW 7 NOTHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE I WALKED IN THE DOOR AND HEARD 8 ABOUT IT AT 5:00 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. SO I COULDN'T 9 POSSIBLY RESPOND TO ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO TIME OR MONEY 10 IN TERMS OF BEING AN IMPACT IF IN FACT WE START AND GO 11 BACK AGAIN. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY. WE ARE VERY COGNISANT OF 13 THE DELAYS. 14 MR. WESTON: I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND 15 THAT'S WHY I CAN'T PROVIDE THE INFORMATION BECAUSE WE 16 DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I WOULD HAVE BEEN GLAD TO 17 DO IT HAD I KNOWN. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: WELL, WE UNDERSTAND DELAYS AND 19 WE KNOW HOW IT DOESN'T BENEFIT US AT ALL. IT'S 20 PROBLEMATIC. BUT THEN WE'VE HAD EXPERIENCE IN GOING 21 FORWARD BEFORE MANY OF THESE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED AND 22 THE DELAYS HAPPENED ANYWAYS AND THAT WAS VERY COSTLY. 23 SO I THINK WHAT TRUSTEE WONG IS SAYING IS THAT 24 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T REPEAT SOME OF THE SAME 25 MISTAKES THAT WE MADE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MISSION CAMPUS. JANUARY 28, 2010 85 1 IT COST US A LOT OF TIME, AND IT COST US A LOT OF MONEY. 2 MR. WESTON: OKAY. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: SO MY SUGGESTION THAT I WANT TO 4 MAKE IS THAT THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE IS A REAL GOOD PLACE 5 FOR US TO GO BACK TO AND CHANGE THE DATE IN TERMS OF -- WE 6 SHOULD MOVE UP THE DATE BECAUSE TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. 7 SO THAT'S GOING TO BE MY RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE 8 I STILL THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED OF ME WERE 9 VERY IMPORTANT. 10 I THINK THE QUESTIONS THAT TRUSTEE WONG IS 11 ASKING ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN 12 ANSWER THEM NOW. 13 WITH THE IDEA IN MIND THAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING 14 FOR A DELAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE COSTLY TO 15 THE DISTRICT. BUT I AM RECOMMENDING THAT WE HAVE A DATE 16 CERTAIN TO HAVE THE FACILITY MEETING COMMITTEE CONVENE SO 17 THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THE QUESTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC IS 18 ASKING THE BOARD. 19 MR. WESTON: OKAY. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE NGO AND THEN THE 21 CHANCELLOR. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: I WANT TO REITERATE. MY 23 FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN, OBVIOUSLY, IS TO GET THIS CAMPUS 24 BUILT IN DUE TIME. AND THE REASON WHY I AM A LITTLE 25 PARANOID IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN BASIS FOR US TO ACTUALLY JANUARY 28, 2010 86 1 HAVE THIS PROJECT DELAYED BECAUSE OF THIS TYPE OF THING OR 2 SOMETHING LIKE IT. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 3 PROCESS IS DONE CORRECTLY. 4 I'M SATISFIED THAT YOU HAVE DOTTED YOUR I'S AND 5 CROSSED YOUR T'S BASED ON YOUR PRESENTATION. AND THE 6 CHANCELLOR HAS SUGGESTED TO ME, AND I WILL ASK HIM TO MAKE 7 THIS STATEMENT TO THE REST OF THE BOARD, THAT THIS 8 PROJECT, THIS BID DOES NEED TO GO THROUGH FOR US TO GET 9 THIS PROJECT IN ON TIME. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF HIS 10 RESPONSE TO THAT VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. 11 IF WITHOUT -- IF I HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HOW 12 THE PROCESS WAS ACTUALLY CONDUCTED, I WOULD PROBABLY FEEL 13 DIFFERENTLY. BUT YOUR EXPLANATION IS VERY IMPORTANT AS 14 OUR COUNSEL. YOUR RELUCTANCE AS THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER 15 IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT IN WHY WE SHOULD NOT DELAY IN 16 MOVING THE PROJECT FORWARD OR APPROVING THIS BID. 17 AND ESSENTIALLY, THE CHANCELLOR'S EXPRESSION 18 THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE DELAYED IF WE DO NOT MOVE ON 19 THIS BID TONIGHT IS WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IN 20 FACT DO THIS AND GET ON WITH THIS BUSINESS. 21 SO WITH THAT, I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT 22 THIS RESOLUTION. 23 MR. WESTON: THANK YOU. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: CHANCELLOR. 25 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: OKAY, NO. 1, IS THAT THE JANUARY 28, 2010 87 1 CHINATOWN PROJECT HAS BEEN DELAYED. IT HAS BEEN DELAYED 2 FOR NEARLY SEVEN MONTHS. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE BIDS FOR 3 THE MAIN CONCRETE WORK IN CHINATOWN, IT WAS WEBCOR THAT 4 GOT THAT CONTRACT BY 11 SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS. WE 5 REVIEWED THAT CONTRACT VERY, VERY CAREFULLY AS WE HAVE 6 BEEN DOING ALL CONTRACTS. NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER CONTRACT 7 WHICH WE REVIEWED VERY, VERY CAREFULLY AS WELL. 8 NOW WHAT HAPPENS IN TERMS OF -- THIS ISN'T A 9 CRITICAL LINE, A PATH IN TERMS OF GETTING THINGS 10 DEVELOPED. WHEN WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS, IT'S 11 NOT DONE. WE GO TO THE STATE. WE COULD BE DELAYED FOUR 12 WEEKS, FIVE WEEKS, SIX WEEKS AT THE STATE OR LONGER. 13 NOW WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE SEVEN 14 MONTHS BEHIND IN TERMS OF THE CHINATOWN PROJECT. WE 15 DECIDED TO SET UP WHAT I CONSIDERED TO BE AN EXCELLENT 16 PROCEDURE TO PRETTY MUCH BULLET PROOF US AGAINST THE 17 ACCUSATION THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING A FULL HEARING IN TERMS 18 OF THESE PROJECTS. 19 AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT OUTSIDE TO GET THIS FIRM 20 TO REPRESENT AND TO SET UP A PROCESS WHICH HAS WORKED 21 EXTREMELY WELL FOR US IN TERMS OF OUR BIDS. WHERE ALL 22 PARTIES GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND AIR THEIR 23 COMPLAINTS. IT IS ACTUALLY BEING -- IT HAS BEEN RECORDED. 24 IT CAN BE REFERRED TO AND LOOKED AT. BUT ABSOLUTELY, FOR 25 CERTAIN THIS WILL DELAY OUR PROJECT. JANUARY 28, 2010 88 1 AND IF YOU WANT IT, I CAN SAY THAT FOR CERTAIN. 2 IF YOU CAN SAY, WELL, YOU ARE ONLY 95 PERCENT, BUT I WILL 3 TELL YOU WE HAVE BEEN DELAYED. AND WE CAN NO LONGER DELAY 4 THE CHINATOWN PROJECT ON WHAT I CONSIDERED TO BE NOT 5 SOMETHING THAT'S MATERIAL BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH 6 EVERY PROCESS THAT WE SHOULD GO THROUGH IN LOOKING AT 7 THIS. 8 AND TO ME, IF YOU SAY, AS A BOARD WHICH I KNOW 9 YOU WOULD NOT SAY, LET'S JUST HOLD OFF ON THIS, THEN YOU 10 ARE ACTUALLY CAUSING US A REAL PROBLEM BECAUSE OUR 11 PROCEDURE THAT WE WENT THROUGH IN TERMS OF SECURING AN 12 OUTSIDE ATTORNEY, AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY FIRM THAT'S AN 13 EXPERT IN THIS AREA IN MAKING SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING 14 BY THE BOOK, ABSOLUTELY BY THE BOOK IS EXACTLY WHAT WE 15 HAVE DONE HERE. THAT IN ITSELF HAS GIVEN US A DELAY. WE 16 HAVE HAD TO TAKE EXTRA TIME AND WEEKS TO SET THIS PROCESS 17 UP. 18 NOW IF YOU WANT TO CRITICIZE THE PROCESS, FINE. 19 BUT I THINK WE CAN BE FAIR IN THIS PROCESS IN ANY OTHER 20 ARENA, PERIOD. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: CAN I RESTATE MY QUESTION AND 22 THEN I WILL COME BACK TO YOU, TRUSTEE WONG. 23 SO MY QUESTION TO YOU WAS WOULD A RELATIONSHIP 24 BETWEEN THE PRIME AND THE SUB WHERE THEY ARE THE SAME 25 INDIVIDUALS OWNING BOTH, WOULD THAT MATTER IF THE SUB OR JANUARY 28, 2010 89 1 THE SBE IN THIS CASE WAS CORRECTLY CERTIFIED AS A SMALL 2 BUSINESS? 3 COUNSEL HIGGINS: THE DISTRICT HAS SAID IN ALL 4 OF ITS BID PACKAGES AND ALL OF ITS SBE PROGRAMS THAT A 5 CERTIFICATION OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE STATUS FROM THE 6 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES IS SUFFICIENT TO 7 ESTABLISH A SUBCONTRACT AS AN SBE FOR PURPOSES OF BIDDING 8 ON DISTRICT CONTRACTS. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE. 9 THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS IN THE RECORD THAT RJS AND 10 ASSOCIATES HAS AN OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN BUILD GROUP. THE 11 EVIDENCE, SOME OF IT UNDER OATH AND IN DECLARATIONS, SHOWS 12 THE CONTRARY. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: LET ME JUST -- THIS IS JUST 14 VERY BRIEF. 15 FORMER WEBCOR EXECS TARGET MID-SIZE PROJECTS. 16 THE NEW VENTURE IS BEING CALLED BUILD GROUP. THIS MAY 17 JUST BE COINCIDENCE IN TERMS OF THE NAMES. THE NEW 18 VENTURE IS BEING CALLED BUILD GROUP AND IS BEING 19 SPEARHEADED BY ROSS EDWARDS, JUNIOR. 20 COUNSEL HIGGINS: YES. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: LET ME JUST FINISH. 22 AND THEN ROSS EDWARDS, JUNIOR, PRESIDENT RJS 23 STRUCTURES. THEY MAY BE UNRELATED. THAT MAY BE A 24 PROBLEM. 25 COUNSEL HIGGINS: THIS WAS, IF YOU WILL, AIRED JANUARY 28, 2010 90 1 COMPLETELY. RJS STRUCTURES IS A SHELL. IT'S 2 ESSENTIALLY -- WE FOUND EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE FINDINGS, 3 AND THEY ARE IN THE WRITTEN LETTER, ESSENTIALLY RJS 4 STRUCTURES IS A RED HERRING. IT IS NOT RJS AND 5 ASSOCIATES. IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE BID. 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 7 SO BEFORE I GET TO YOU, TRUSTEE WONG, WE ARE 8 CONFRONTED WITH A CHOICE IN TERMS OF PUBLIC POLICY. THE 9 BOARD AND THE DISTRICT IS HIGHLY COMMITTED TO GETTING WORK 10 INTO THE HANDS OF COMPANIES THAT ARE NOT ONLY IN SAN 11 FRANCISCO, BUT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THESE 12 CAMPUSES ARE BEING BUILT. SO WE HAVE THAT ON THE ONE 13 HAND. 14 ON THE OTHER HAND, WE HAVE AS THE CHANCELLOR 15 SAID VERY CLEARLY, ANOTHER DELAY IN THIS PROJECT AND WE 16 DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. SO IT'S A DIFFICULT CHOICE FOR 17 US TO HAVE TO MAKE ON THE SPOT. 18 TRUSTEE WONG. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: THANK YOU FOR THAT, PRESIDENT 20 MARKS. THAT IS THE CUNUNDRUM. 21 BUT IF I MAY SPEAK AS A MEMBER OF THE 22 CHINESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, I THINK I DO HAVE CERTAIN 23 COMFORT LEVEL NOW AFTER THE CHANCELLOR SPOKE BECAUSE 24 THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE 25 DEFINITIVE IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE A JANUARY 28, 2010 91 1 DELAY. I THINK THE MAJOR CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN 2 THERE WAS THIS DELAY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THERE WAS 3 NOTHING BEING DONE AT ALL ON THE SITE THAT I WAS GETTING 4 PHONE CALLS FROM CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS, COMMUNITY 5 LEADERS, WHO WERE ALARMED THAT THERE WAS THIS DELAY AND IN 6 THEIR IMAGINATIONS THAT THIS PROJECT WAS GOING TO NOT BE 7 FULFILLED. 8 SO EVEN THOUGH THERE IS THIS CUNUNDRUM 9 DIFFICULTY WE TRY TO DO THIS BALANCING ACT, AS SO WELL PUT 10 BY PRESIDENT MARKS, I NEED TO ALSO EXPRESS THE CONCERNS 11 THAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS FROM THE 12 COMMUNITY THAT THEY DO NOT WANT ANYMORE DELAYS. 13 THE CHANCELLOR WAS VERY EMPHATIC THAT THERE 14 WOULD BE A DELAY. SO I WOULD SUPPORT THE APPROVAL OF THIS 15 BID PACKAGE. AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: I HAVE TWO CARDS FROM MEMBERS 17 OF THE PUBLIC. IT'S ALMOST 9:00 O'CLOCK. I WOULD LIKE TO 18 GET THIS BEHIND US BY 9:00. 19 VICE CHANCELLOR GOLDSTEIN. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY CLARIFY 21 WHAT IS CONFUSING. 22 THE DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE A SMALL LOCAL 23 BUSINESS POLICY FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. THEY HAVE A 24 SMALL BUSINESS POLICY. WE HAVE A SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS 25 POLICY FOR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. JANUARY 28, 2010 92 1 THE REASON THEY ARE DIFFERENT IS BECAUSE THAT'S 2 ALL THE LAW WILL ALLOW US TO DO. SO WHEN ALL OF THESE 3 CONSTRUCTION BIDS COME FORWARD, WE ARE ALL HOPING THAT 4 THERE ARE SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESSES THERE, ALL OF US. 5 BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A LEGAL AUTHORITY TO MAKE 6 THAT A REQUIREMENT. THE POLICY THAT WE HAVE WRITTEN IS 7 THE ONE THAT HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE LAW, A SMALL BUSINESS 8 POLICY. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 10 THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOTH OF YOU. 11 THE TWO CARDS I'VE ARE ONE FROM GUS GOLDSTEIN 12 AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS FROM MINH-HOA TA. 13 IF BOTH OF YOU COULD COME UP, THAT WOULD BE 14 GREAT. 15 MS. GOLDSTEIN: GUS GOLDSTEIN, PRESIDENT OF AFT 16 2121. 17 IT LOOKS AS IF THE WINDS ARE SHIFTING IN THE 18 RIGHT DIRECTION NOW. I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK THAT THE 19 BID PROTEST PROCESS WAS WELL CONDUCTED, AND I DON'T THINK 20 THERE SHOULD BE ANY DELAYS. THANK YOU. 21 MS. TA: HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MINH-HOA 22 TA. I'M WITH THE ASIAN COALITION. 23 ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THE ASIAN-AMERICAN 24 COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR TOO LONG. PLEASE MOVE 25 FORWARD. IT SOUNDED LIKE A PROCESS. WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE JANUARY 28, 2010 93 1 PROCESS, SO I URGE THE BOARD TO PLEASE MOVE FORWARD. 2 THANK YOU. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: CALL FOR THE QUESTION. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: NO, OTHER COMMENTS. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN, YOUR VOTE ON B6, 7 PLEASE. 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON IS NOT HERE FOR THIS VOTE. 11 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF B6, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 12 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 18 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 20 B6 PASSES. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO IF I COULD HAVE -- 22 THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATION IN THAT 23 DISCUSSION. 24 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR B8, PLEASE. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. JANUARY 28, 2010 94 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: SECOND. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE 4 NEILSEN. 5 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE BOARD OR THE 6 PUBLIC ON B8? 7 IF NOT, STUDENT TRUSTEE -- 8 TRUSTEE GRIER: I THINK THERE WAS A -- 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. 10 DOES SOMEBODY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? 11 TRUSTEE BERG: NO. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF 13 B8, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 14 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 19 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 20 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: IS ANYBODY OPPOSED? 22 B8 PASSES. 23 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR B9, PLEASE. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. JANUARY 28, 2010 95 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 2 BY TRUSTEE WONG. 3 ANY DISCUSSION ON B9? 4 IF NOT, STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF B9, 7 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 8 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 13 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 14 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 16 B9 PASSES. 17 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR B14, PLEASE. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: SECOND. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 21 BY STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 22 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR -- 23 ANY DISCUSSION ON B14? 24 TRUSTEE NGO: WELL -- 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE NGO. JANUARY 28, 2010 96 1 TRUSTEE NGO: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT JUST 2 VERY QUICKLY ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. I KNOW THAT TRUSTEE 3 RIZZO HAS BEEN WORKING ON GREEN JOBS, ALONG WITH TRUSTEE 4 JACKSON ACTUALLY, THE GREEN JOBS EFFORT WHICH I THINK 5 WOULD INCLUDE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS AND TRAINING FOR 6 ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS. 7 I WOULD JUST LIKE A QUICK SUMMARY ON WHAT THE 8 NATURE OF THIS INITIATIVE IS AND HOW IT'S GOING. 9 ANYONE? 10 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I DON'T HAVE IT. PHILLIS 11 IS NOT HERE. I CAN'T ANSWER. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: ANYONE WHO WORKS WITH PHYLLIS? 13 CHANCELLOR, I WILL JUST FOLLOW UP WITH HER AT 14 SOME OTHER TIME OR YOU. THANK YOU. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 16 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: CALL THE QUESTION. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN, B14. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF B14, 20 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 21 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. JANUARY 28, 2010 97 1 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 2 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 4 B14 PASSES. 5 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR B16, PLEASE. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 8 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: SECOND. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY STUDENT TRUSTEE 10 NEILSEN. 11 ANY DISCUSSION ON B16? 12 IF NOT, STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN? 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF B16, 15 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 16 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 21 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 22 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 24 B16 PASSES. 25 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR F1, PLEASE. JANUARY 28, 2010 98 1 TRUSTEE BERG: SO MOVED. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 5 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON F1? 6 IF NOT -- 7 TRUSTEE BERG: I FEEL STRONGLY -- 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SAY 9 ANYTHING? 10 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF 11 THIS. AND I THINK IT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL. SO I URGE US 12 TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: GOHAR MOMJIAN, WHO IS THE 14 PERSON BEING PROPOSED IN THIS RESOLUTION HAS WORKED IN THE 15 CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE BEFORE. AND HE IS WORKING IN THE 16 INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT OFFICE AND MAYBE ANOTHER PLACE, 17 SO SHE HAS BEEN AROUND THE DISTRICT FOR A WHILE, ALWAYS TO 18 GOOD REVIEWS. 19 SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, STUDENT 20 TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF F1, 23 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 24 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. JANUARY 28, 2010 99 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 4 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 5 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 7 F1 PASSES. 8 COULD I HAVE A MOTION FOR F2, PLEASE? 9 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 12 BY TRUSTEE WONG. 13 ANY DISCUSSION ON F2? 14 TRUSTEE WONG. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I 16 REMEMBER WHEN WE HIRED DEAN STEPHEN GLICK. HE HAS BEEN AN 17 EXCELLENT ASSET TO CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO. AND I 18 KNOW I SPEAK ALSO ON BEHALF OF THIS ENTIRE BOARD AND THIS 19 ENTIRE DISTRICT THAT THE CITY COLLEGE FAMILY HAVE HIM IN 20 OUR THOUGHTS AND THAT WE WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY. 21 TRUSTEE BERG: I WANT TO SPEAK TOO. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE BERG. 23 TRUSTEE BERG: I'VE ACTUALLY FOR A LOT OF YEARS 24 WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH STEPHEN GLICK. AND HE HAS BEEN 25 JUST A WONDERFUL RESOURCE FOR THE DISTRICT. HE'S A VERY JANUARY 28, 2010 100 1 CAPABLE PERSON. HE RAN A WONDERFUL CAMPUS, AT THE 2 DOWNTOWN CAMPUS. I WORKED NEAR THERE, SO I HAD A LOT OF 3 OCCASION TO JUST DROP IN AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. THEY 4 RAN WONDERFUL PROGRAMS. HE IS VERY CREATIVE, VERY 5 TALENTED AND VERY DEDICATED. AND HE IS SORELY MISSED IN 6 THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE IT HAS LEFT A BIG HOLE WHILE HE HAS 7 BEEN ABSENT. 8 I ECHO THE WORDS OF TRUSTEE WONG THAT WE DO WISH 9 HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND WE HOPE TO SEE HIM BACK SOON. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO THE CHANCELLOR REMINDED US 11 LAST MONTH, I THINK MANY OF US FOR THE FIRST TIME, THAT 12 STEVEN WAS NOT DOING WELL. AND WITHOUT MUCH DETAIL, WHICH 13 I THINK IS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE, BUT IT SOUNDS FROM WHAT 14 I'VE UNDERSTOOD THAT SOMETHING CAME UP QUITE SUDDENLY AND 15 QUITE SEVERALLY. AND IT'S REALLY QUITE FRANKLY THAT 16 SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN AND COULD HAPPEN TO ALL 17 OF US, SO WE DO WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY AND WITH 18 REGRET, I THINK WE WILL PASS THIS RESOLUTION. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 20 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF F2, 22 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 23 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE JACKSON: (ABSENT.) JANUARY 28, 2010 101 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 3 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 4 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 6 F2 PASSES. 7 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR F4, PLEASE. 8 TRUSTEE GRIER: MOVE F4. 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: F3. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: F3 HAS BEEN PULLED. 11 COUNSEL BATTISTE: IT WAS WITHDRAWN. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: SECOND. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR -- 14 TRUSTEE BERG: NO, IT'S PULLED. IT'S PULLED. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRIER AND 16 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 17 SO CHANCELLOR, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING 18 ABOUT F4 OR -- 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: WE DO HAVE A JOB 20 ANNOUNCEMENT OUT FOR THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. THIS 21 IS A POSITION THAT'S ESSENTIALLY BEEN VACANT IN THE 22 DISTRICT FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS THAT I CAN RECALL. 23 IT'S A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT POSITION. AFTER A 24 LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH THE ACADEMIC SENATE WITH OTHER 25 MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY, WE FELT THAT IT WAS JANUARY 28, 2010 102 1 IMPORTANT THAT IT HAD ITS OWN SALARY SCHEDULE. AND IT'S 2 UNTITLED, SO THIS WILL BE A CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. IT 3 DOESN'T REALLY FIT INTO THE SCALE. WE'VE CREATED OUR OWN 4 SCALE. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON F4? 6 SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF F4, 9 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 10 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE JACKSON: (ABSENT.) 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 15 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 16 TRUSTEE WONG: (ABSENT.) 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 18 I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM OF 19 TRUSTEE NGO, TRUSTEE BERG, TRUSTEE GRIER AND ME, SO 20 HOPEFULLY WE WON'T LOSE THE QUORUM. 21 NOW I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. I THINK WE LEFT -- 22 WE'VE TAKEN P1 OFF AND LEFT P2. SO IF I COULD HAVE A 23 MOTION FOR P2, PLEASE. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 25 TRUSTEE BERG: SECOND. JANUARY 28, 2010 103 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO AND 2 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BERG. 3 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON P2? 4 CAN SOMEBODY GET OR ASK TRUSTEE JACKSON TO COME 5 IN. 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: I DON'T KNOW IF TRUSTEE WONG 7 IS AROUND. I JUST SAW HIM THERE SO. 8 DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON P2 WHILE WE 9 ARE WAITING? 10 TRUSTEE NGO, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. 11 TRUSTEE BERG: I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING 12 ABOUT P2. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: P1 IS OFF SO WE ARE DOING P2. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: ALTHOUGH I OBJECT TO THE WAY 15 THESE ARE DONE, I THINK THAT THIS IS NECESSARY BECAUSE 16 THIS WILL EXPEDITE OUR PROCESS. IF WE CAN VEST THE 17 AUTHORITY IN THE CHANCELLOR, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH 18 THE CONVOLUTED PROCESS OF COMMITTEE WORK AND BACK AND 19 FORTH THAT THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP EXPEDITE OUR 20 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, SO THIS -- 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: I'M NOT CERTAIN WE ARE -- 22 TRUSTEE BERG: -- PARTICULAR RESOLUTION IS -- 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: I'M NOT SURE WE ARE TALKING 24 ABOUT THE SAME THING. 25 TRUSTEE BERG: ARE WE TALKING ABOUT P2? JANUARY 28, 2010 104 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: P2. 2 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES. 3 TRUSTEE BERG: POLICY MANUAL. OH, THIS IS SPLIT 4 BIDS. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: THAT'S WHY I DON'T THINK YOU 6 WERE -- 7 TRUSTEE BERG: NO. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE NGO. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: I WANT TO SAY THIS. THIS POLICY, 10 A SERIES OF THESE POLICIES WERE INTENDED TO DISCOURAGE AND 11 OBVIOUSLY PROHIBIT PRACTICES THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY ILLEGAL 12 AND AGAINST OUR OPERATING POLICIES. IT DOES THAT BY 13 INCENTIVIZING OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF THIS OR IN 14 CHARGE OF MANAGING IT TO ACTUALLY RENDER SPLIT BIDS BY 15 REQUIRING THEM TO INDEMNIFY THE DISTRICT FOR ANY DAMAGES, 16 JUST ANY THAT MAY BE INCURRED FOR VIOLATING THE SPLIT 17 BIDS. 18 I WANT TO SAY THAT THE STANDARD FOR THIS IS NOT 19 NEGLIGENCE. IT'S NOT ACCIDENTS. IT'S NOT MISHAP, BUT IN 20 FACT IT'S A WILLFUL STANDARD. IT'S A CONSCIENCE 21 DISREGARD, MEANING THERE WAS AN ACTUAL INTENT TO DO THE 22 SPLIT BIDS, WHICH IS WHY I BELIEVE THAT CONDUCT ACTUALLY 23 FALLS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE AND COURSE OF ONES EMPLOYMENT AT 24 THE DISTRICT, WHICH I THINK WOULD CREATE A BASIS TO HAVE 25 THAT EMPLOYEE INDEMNIFY THE DISTRICT AND POTENTIALLY BE JANUARY 28, 2010 105 1 LIABLE FOR SUCH CONDUCT. THAT'S ALSO THE SAME ACTUALLY 2 FOR P3, BUT WE'VE TAKEN THAT OFF. SO I ENCOURAGE MY 3 COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE MEASURES. THANK YOU. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE WONG. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I DO SUPPORT 6 THE TWO RESOLUTIONS, THIS ONE AND THE ONE THAT'S COMING UP 7 AFTER THAT. WE CLEARLY NEED TO ADHERE TO THE LAW AND NOT 8 TO EXPOSE THE DISTRICT TO ANY UNNECESSARY LITIGATION. 9 BUT VICE CHANCELLOR GOLDSTEIN -- 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: PETER. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: PETER. 12 COUNSEL BATTISTE: VICE CHANCELLOR GOLDSTEIN. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: -- REGARDING THE SPLIT BIDS. WE 14 ARE ON P1 NOW. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YES. 16 COUNSEL BATTISTE: P2. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: I MEAN P2, THE SPLIT BIDS. 18 WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT OR NOT AND 19 WE HAD. I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN GET INTO THAT. BUT CORRECT 20 ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT 21 COMMUNITIES CONTRACTORS WHO CAME BEFORE THE BOARD 22 SUGGESTED TO US, AS ONE INDIVIDUAL DID TODAY, THAT OUR BID 23 PROJECTS WERE TOO LARGE -- 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: YEAH. 25 TRUSTEE WONG: -- AND THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO JANUARY 28, 2010 106 1 BID ON OUR PROJECTS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT -- 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: A DIFFERENT ISSUE. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: -- IF I MAY BE SO BLUNT, 4 CONTRACTORS OF COLOR. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO BID ON OUR 5 PROJECTS BECAUSE THE PROJECTS ARE TOO LARGE. AND WITH A 6 LOT OF CONTRACTORS, YOU HAVE TO GET BONDING AND YOU HAVE 7 TO HAVE THE MANPOWER. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THAT. 8 AND OUR EFFORTS PERHAPS, I'M JUST SAYING -- I'M 9 USING THE WORD "PERHAPS" SO IF THERE'S ANY LEGAL EAGLES 10 OUT THERE. PERHAPS SOME EFFORTS WERE MADE TO CREATE 11 SITUATIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW THESE SMALLER CONTRACTORS TO 12 PARTICIPATE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OR WHATEVER PROJECTS THAT 13 WE HAVE. 14 AM I CORRECT IN CHARACTERIZING THIS SITUATION AS 15 I JUST HAVE? 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING I THINK 17 ACCURATELY SUMMARIZES A POINT THAT'S BEEN MADE ABOUT LARGE 18 SUBCONTRACTS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SOMETIMES. AND THE FACT 19 THAT IF YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS -- AND THE DEFINITION OF 20 SMALL BUSINESS ACTUALLY CAN BE SORT OF BIG. BUT 21 NONETHELESS, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MARSHAL UP THE 22 RESOURCES TO COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY FOR THAT BIG OF A 23 CONTRACT OR THE CONTRACT COULD EVEN BE SO BIG THAT YOU 24 COULDN'T EVEN BE ONE OF THE SUBS ON THAT BIG, BIG 25 CONTRACT. JANUARY 28, 2010 107 1 IT REALLY IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE. WHAT THEY ARE 2 SAYING IN THOSE CASES IS CAN YOU BREAK UP THOSE COMPONENTS 3 INTO PIECES THAT ARE SMALLER, BUT THEY WOULD STILL BE 4 COMPETITIVE BIDS. 5 WHAT THIS SPEAKS TO IS REALLY SMALL ENGAGEMENTS 6 UNDER $15,000. AND WHAT HAPPENED, WHICH WAS DOCUMENTED IN 7 THE PERFORMANCE DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH 8 IN COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WAS THE PERFORMANCE AUDITORS 9 IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF SITUATIONS -- 10 TRUSTEE WONG: I REMEMBER THAT. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- WHERE THERE WERE A SERIES OF 12 $14,999 -- 13 TRUSTEE WONG: CORRECT. 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- ENGAGEMENTS. AND THAT 15 CLEARLY INDICATED THAT SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO AVOID GOING 16 OVER $15,000. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS SPEAKING TO. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: THAT CLARIFIES IT FOR ME. THANK 18 YOU. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: ALL RIGHT. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO IF THERE'S NO MORE 21 DISCUSSION ON P2, STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF P2, 24 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 25 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. JANUARY 28, 2010 108 1 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 5 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 6 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 8 I JUST WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE RECORD 9 SHOWS THAT TRUSTEE JACKSON AND TRUSTEE WONG ARE BACK. 10 TRUSTEE BERG: SO NOW I'LL MOVE P3 AND DO MY 11 SPEECH. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: P3 WAS PULLED. 13 TRUSTEE BERG: OH, IT WAS PULLED. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO YOU ARE MOVING P4. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: NO. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE P4. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 18 I NEED A SECOND. 19 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 21 IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON P4? 22 IF NOT, STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 23 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: AYE. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF P4, 25 PLEASE SAY "AYE." JANUARY 28, 2010 109 1 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 6 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 7 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 9 P4 PASSES. 10 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR P5, PLEASE. 11 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 12 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO AND 14 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 15 ANY DISCUSSION ON P5? 16 SEEING NONE, STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 18 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF P5, 19 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 20 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 25 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) JANUARY 28, 2010 110 1 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 3 P5 PASSES. 4 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR S1, PLEASE. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 8 BY TRUSTEE WONG. 9 DEAN BOEGEL. 10 MR. BOEGEL: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S 11 ALWAYS MY PLEASURE TO BRING -- I'M SORRY. TOM BOEGEL, 12 DEAN OF INSTRUCTION. 13 IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BRING THIS 14 RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD. THIS RESOLUTION IS THE RESULT OF 15 A LOT OF WORK ON BEHALF OF THE FACULTY WHO HAVE BEEN UNDER 16 TENURE REVIEW AND THEIR TENURE REVIEW COMMITTEES. AND I 17 APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN SUPPORTING TENURE HERE AT CITY 18 COLLEGE. THANKS. 19 WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THOSE FACULTY WHO 20 GET TENURE TODAY TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, SO THEY COULD 21 BE RECOGNIZED IN FRONT OF THE BOARD. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: SO I HAVE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. 24 WHEN IS THE PARTY? 25 MR. BOEGEL: I'VE ASKED. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN -- I JANUARY 28, 2010 111 1 DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT IS YET. WE MAY NEED TO FIND SOME 2 MONEY. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: ALL RIGHT. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 5 SO STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN, S1 -- I'M SORRY. 6 I'M SORRY, HAL, YOU DID HAVE ONE. 7 HAL HUNTSMAN. 8 MR. HUNTSMAN: THANK YOU. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: SORRY. 10 MR. HUNTSMAN: HAL HUNTSMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE 11 ACADEMIC SENATE. 12 MR. BOEGEL: NOT THAT HE HAS -- 13 MR. HUNTSMAN: JUST A SECOND THERE. 14 IT'S CUSTOMARY FOR THE ACADEMIC SENATE PRESIDENT 15 TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND TO SAY SOME GOOD WORDS 16 WELCOMING THE NEW FACULTY INTO THE COLLEGE, BUT I WOULD 17 LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THAT AND ASK MY VICE PRESIDENT 18 EDGAR TORRES UP TO THE PODIUM. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: BUT, HAL, WHO IS STEVEN 20 HUNTSMAN? 21 MR. HUNTSMAN: THAT'S ME. 22 MS. TORRES: IF I COULD JUST INDULGE YOU AND 23 HOPEFULLY CONGRATULATE HAL PREMATURELY ON RECEIVING TENURE 24 SHORTLY. I CAN SAY TO YOU THAT YOU ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE 25 FACT THAT THE LIST OF SOON-TO-BE-TENURED FACULTY REPRESENT JANUARY 28, 2010 112 1 THE FUTURE OF THIS COLLEGE. 2 AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE 3 INSTRUCTORS, I WOULD BE MOST HAPPY TO SEE THEM TEACH MY 4 DAUGHTER WHO HAPPENS TO BE HERE. THAT'S HOW STRONGLY I 5 FEEL ABOUT THAT. 6 I ALSO WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT DEAN BOEGEL 7 SAID. I THINK THAT YOU WILL FORMALLY INVITE ALL OF THESE 8 FACULTY TO YOUR NEXT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING SO THAT 9 THEY COULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS THEY SHOULD BE. THANK YOU. 10 TRUSTEE GRIER: ABSOLUTELY. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE BERG. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MY OWN 13 PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ACADEMIC SENATE PRESIDENT. 14 THAT IS A WELL-DESERVED AND WELL-EARNED HONOR. I KNOW 15 IT'S HARD TO GET TENURE. IT'S A HARD JOB. AND TO ALL OF 16 THESE PEOPLE, I CONGRATULATE EVERY ONE OF THEM. I'D BE 17 HAPPY TO DO IT NEXT MONTH WHEN WE HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF 18 US. 19 BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT ONE. I JUST WANTED TO 20 CONGRATULATE YOU. REALLY, CONGRATULATIONS. 21 MR. HUNTSMAN: THANK YOU. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? 23 IF NOT -- 24 TRUSTEE BERG: WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: I KNOW. JANUARY 28, 2010 113 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 2 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I ALSO JUST WANTED TO 3 CONGRATULATE HAL. AND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE 4 FACULTY MEMBERS WHO ARE UP FOR TENURE. THIS IS TRUE THAT 5 THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF OUR COLLEGE. AND, YOU KNOW, IN 6 TERMS OF INCREASING THEIR INVOLVEMENT, IN TERMS OF ALL OF 7 OUR COLLEGE ACTIVITIES, I SPECIFICALLY LOOK FORWARD TO 8 SEEING THEM AT BOARD MEETINGS AND GETTING THEM ENGAGED AND 9 ACTIVE AND EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 10 SO CONGRATULATIONS. AND I GUESS NOW YOU GUYS 11 ARE PERMANENTLY PART OF OUR FAMILY FOREVER AND EVER AND 12 EVER. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN (ADVISORY): AYE. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF S1, 17 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 18 TRUSTEE BERG: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 23 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: (ABSENT.) 24 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? JANUARY 28, 2010 114 1 S1 PASSES. 2 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. 3 SO THAT COMPLETES THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA. NOW 4 WE ARE BACK TO ITEM NO. 9 THE DISCUSSION OF THE 5 CHANCELLOR'S EVALUATION. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: POINT OF ORDER. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: PARDON ME? 8 TRUSTEE NGO: I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATION US 9 ON GETTING THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED BEFORE 9:30. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: WE HAVE MORE TO DO. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: ACTUALLY, THROUGH THE CHAIR -- 12 TRUSTEE NGO: I AM HOPEFUL WE WILL BE DONE SOON. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: ACTUALLY, TRUSTEE NGO, YOU TOOK 14 MY THUNDER AWAY BECAUSE I HAVE TO SAY THAT MANY OF US HAVE 15 BEEN FEARFUL ABOUT COMING TO SOME OF THESE MEETINGS 16 BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TURNING OUT SO LONG. WE ARE VERY 17 DEDICATED. AND I THINK OUR PRODUCTIVITY JUST DIMINISHES 18 AS EVERY HOUR GOES BY. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SUCH IMPORTANT 19 DECISIONS, AND WE WANT TO BE ON TOP OF OUR GAME WHEN WE 20 MAKE THESE DECISIONS. AND WHEN IT BECOMES MIDNIGHT, 21 1:00 A.M. I THINK WE ARE ALL A BIT GROGGY. 22 SO CONGRATULATIONS, MR. PRESIDENT, FOR BRINGING 23 US IN BY 9:15. WE'VE GOT MORE, BUT NOT MUCH LONGER. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: I THANK YOU. I THINK PERHAPS 25 A CHANGE IN THE ORDER MIGHT BE A GOOD THING TO DO. JANUARY 28, 2010 115 1 SO TRUSTEE GRIER. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: YES. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A 4 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CHANCELLOR'S EVALUATION. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: OH, OKAY. 6 JUST AN UPDATE TO REMIND YOU THAT RIGHT BEFORE 7 THE HOLIDAY, WE DID PASS OUT THE PROPOSED TIME LINE FOR 8 THE CHANCELLOR'S EVALUATION. AND I'VE GOTTEN SOME 9 COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT QUESTIONS AND ABOUT 10 SUGGESTED CHANGES. AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M 11 STILL ASKING FOR INPUT FROM YOU RELATED TO THE 12 CHANCELLOR'S EVALUATION. 13 LET'S SEE, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED 14 TO -- SOMEHOW I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO OVER THIS 15 IN CLOSED SESSION AS WELL, BUT I WAS DELAYED. AND I'M 16 WONDERING FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS IF IN FACT WE MIGHT 17 DISCUSS THIS IS MORE DURING CLOSED SESSION AT OUR NEXT 18 BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS WHAT DATE, LINDA? 19 MS. SHAW: FEBRUARY 25TH. 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: FEBRUARY 25TH. 21 BUT THEN ALSO I WOULD ASK THAT THE CONSTITUENT 22 GROUPS GIVE ME FEEDBACK AND GIVE ME INPUT. THE PROCESS 23 DOESN'T START UNTIL MARCH 1ST, BUT IN FACT I WOULD LIKE TO 24 HEAR YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR CRITICISMS, YOUR QUESTIONS BEFORE 25 THAT TIME, PLEASE. JANUARY 28, 2010 116 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: HAL. 2 MR. HUNTSMAN: THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GRIER. 3 I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PRELIMINARY 4 FEEDBACK RIGHT NOW THAT I'VE GOT FROM FACULTY SO FAR, AS 5 WELL AS MY OWN PERSONAL REFLECTIONS AND THEN I AM 6 COLLECTING FURTHER FEEDBACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND 7 ANY OTHER FACULTY I COULD GET TO COMMENT. 8 AND SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IS THAT I 9 THINK GENERALLY FACULTY THAT I'VE TALKED TO SO FAR FEEL WE 10 COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER INSTRUMENT, A SOMEWHAT 11 SHORTER INSTRUMENT THAT IF YOU PROVIDE ENOUGH SPACE FOR 12 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN 13 ADDRESSED, THAT IN THE QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ADD 14 SOMETHING. BUT I THINK SHORTER IS BETTER. I THINK YOU 15 ARE GOING TO GET A BETTER RESPONSE RATE. 16 I ALSO THINK THERE'S SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE 17 SCALE THAT I BELIEVE THE TOP SCALE IS OUTSTANDING. WE 18 HAVE A 5-POINT SCALE, OUTSTANDING BEING NO. 5 AND 19 EXCELLENT BEING NO. 4. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: EXCELS. 21 MR. HUNTSMAN: EXCELS BEING NO. 4. AND THE 22 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUTSTANDING AND EXCELS DOESN'T SEEM 23 THAT SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF EVALUATING THE CHANCELLOR. I 24 MEAN WE COULD TALK SYMANTECS HERE, BUT I DON'T THINK 25 THAT'S THE POINT OF THE EVALUATION. THE POINT IS TO HAVE JANUARY 28, 2010 117 1 MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK. AND SO I THINK THAT REDUCING THE 2 SCALE OR CHANGING TO MAYBE A 4-POINT SCALE, SOMETHING LIKE 3 THAT. THIS IS PRELIMINARY. I WILL GIVE YOU A MORE 4 DETAILED FEEDBACK VIA E-MAIL OR OTHER WAYS WE MIGHT TALK 5 ON THE PHONE. 6 THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAIN COMMENTS SO FAR THAT 7 I HAVE RECEIVED FROM FACULTY. AND UNLESS YOU HAVE A 8 QUESTION RIGHT NOW. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER: NO. NO. I APPRECIATE THE 10 COMMENTS. WHEN WE DEVELOPED THIS THE FIRST TIME, WE 11 THOUGHT WE WERE DOING WHAT WAS ASKED OF US BEFORE AND THAT 12 WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCALE REFLECTED -- WASN'T 13 ANSWERED TO THE QUESTION BECAUSE THERE WERE COMMENTS THAT 14 SAID THAT EITHER IT WASN'T BALANCED OR THEY DIDN'T FEEL 15 THAT THE WAY THAT IT WAS STRUCTURED YOU WERE ABLE TO 16 DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN NOT DOING A GOOD JOB, DOING AN 17 EXCELLENT JOB, MEDIOCRE. AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIND THAT 18 BALANCE. THIS IS HELPFUL. 19 MR. HUNTSMAN: ANOTHER WAY OF DOING THAT WOULD 20 BE JUST I THINK TO -- SOME FACULTY ACTUALLY RESPONDED WHEN 21 WE DO OUR OWN FACULTY EVALUATIONS, OUR SCALE AND CORRECT 22 ME -- 23 TOM, DID YOU STAY? 24 HE DIDN'T STAY. 25 BUT OUR OWN SCALE IS ESSENTIALLY 3 POINTS. YOU JANUARY 28, 2010 118 1 ARE DOING A SATISFACTORY JOB OR YOU ARE NOT PRETTY MUCH. 2 OR YOU NEED SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY. 4 MR. HUNTSMAN: SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE GO TO 5 THAT EXTREME. I'M JUST SUGGESTING YOU COULD HAVE 6 SATISFACTORY AND YOU COULD HAVE EXCELLENT, YOU KNOW, 7 THAT'S -- PROBABLY AND THEN NOT SATISFACTORY. THOSE ARE 8 THE BASICS OF WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR. WE WANT TO HAVE 9 SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GREAT AND REALLY, REALLY 10 BAD, MAYBE YOU WANT THAT, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THAT'S 11 WHAT WE ARE AFTER. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER: VERY HELPFUL. I WILL BE 13 CONTACTING YOU AND TOM AS WELL TO GET FURTHER INPUT. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: IF I COULD -- 15 MR. HUNTSMAN: OH, HE'S BACK. 16 MR. BOEGEL: I'M SORRY. 17 MR. HUNTSMAN: I WAS JUST REFERRING TO THE 18 FACULTY EVALUATION, TOM, AND SCALE FOR US IS -- 19 MR. BOEGEL: IS PRETTY NARROW. 20 MR. HUNTSMAN: VERY NARROW, YEAH. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: WELL, WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS 22 PIGGYBACK ON SOME OF HAL'S COMMENTS, PARTICULARLY AROUND 23 THE ISSUE OF SCALE AND RANKING. 24 THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT I HAVE. ONE IS ARE 25 THESE THE RIGHT NUMBERS AND THE WORDS THAT GO WITH THE JANUARY 28, 2010 119 1 NUMBERS MAKE SENSE. 2 BUT THE SECOND THING IS I'M REALLY CONCERNED AND 3 I'VE BEEN CONCERNED FOR A WHILE ABOUT THE CONSISTENCY OF 4 THE APPLICATION OF THESE SCALES WITHIN GROUPS OF THE 5 BOARD, WITHIN THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENT GROUPS THAT DO IT. 6 AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO DEVELOP SOME SORT OF WAY TO 7 COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT WHAT THE SCALE MEANS AND 8 HOW IT'S GOING TO BE APPLIED. 9 AND THAT RELATES TO MY SECOND POINT WHICH HAS TO 10 DO WITH THE CHANCELLOR'S OBJECTIVES. AND I THINK THESE 11 ARE ALL WORTH WHILE OBJECTIVES THAT WE PASSED LAST YEAR. 12 BUT MY CONCERN IS, AND IT RELATES TO THE WHOLE 13 ISSUE OF RANKING, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE CAN BE 14 RANKED BECAUSE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE -- THEY ARE NOT 15 VIABLE. THEY ARE FAR MORE SUBJECTIVE. 16 AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD HAVE 17 ABOVE WHICH THE CHANCELLOR IS EXCELLENT, BELOW WHICH IS HE 18 IS NOT. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT WAYS OF HAVING 19 SOME SORT OF OBJECTIVE AND PERHAPS QUANTIFIABLE WAYS OF 20 IDENTIFYING THE RANKING SCALES. OTHERWISE, I THINK WE ARE 21 GOING TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND THAT'S UNFAIR TO HIM 22 IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ALL ARE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE. 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I HAVE ONE COMMENT. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: I THINK IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL 25 PROCESS. AND I THINK PERHAPS THERE MAY BE SOMEONE WITHIN JANUARY 28, 2010 120 1 THE FACULTY OR THE CLASSIFIED STAFF WHO ACTUALLY COULD 2 HELP TO EDUCATE ALL OF US. 3 MR. HUNTSMAN: CAN I RESPOND TO THAT OR -- 4 TRUSTEE JACKSON, GO AHEAD. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: GO AHEAD. 6 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I 7 APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT TRUSTEE GRIER HAS DONE. AND THIS 8 IS A VERY DIFFICULT TASK. AND I KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY 9 INITIALLY SWITCHED ROLES. AND I WAS HAPPY -- I WAS VERY 10 HAPPY TO GIVE HER THIS. I ACTUALLY LOVED BEING THE CHAIR 11 OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS. 12 BUT I DO SEE THESE OBJECTIVES. THEY ARE 13 SUBJECTIVE, BUT I THINK THE ENTIRE EVALUATION BY NATURE IS 14 SUBJECTIVE. BY YOUR MEASURE, YOU ARE SUBJECTIVELY 15 DECIDING THE SCALE, AND YOU ARE DECIDING WHAT POINT THE 16 CHANCELLOR IS AT. IS HE A 1 OR 2 OR 3 OR 5? IT'S ALL 17 VERY SUBJECTIVE TYPE OF EVALUATION, SO I DID WANT TO SAY I 18 WANT TO LET TRUSTEE GRIER, YOU KNOW, WORK THROUGH HER 19 PROCESS ON THIS. I AGREE THAT THIS IS SUBJECTIVE. THE 20 OBJECTIVES ARE SUBJECTIVE. THAT RHYMES. 21 SO I THINK TRUSTEE WONG'S POINT IS THAT I AM 22 GETTING LESS EFFECTIVE RIGHT NOW. 23 THE POINT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE OBJECTIVES 24 ARE SUBJECTIVE BECAUSE THE ENTIRE EVALUATION IS 25 SUBJECTIVE, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. JANUARY 28, 2010 121 1 AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT TRUSTEE GRIER IS DOING A LOT 2 OF WORK THAT GOES SOMETIMES UNDER THE RADAR, BUT SHE IS 3 DOING AN AMAZING JOB ON THIS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT 4 THE EVALUATION IS WHAT IT IS SO. 5 MR. HUNTSMAN: CAN I RESPOND? 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: SHE'S RUNNING THIS PART OF THE 7 MEETING. 8 TRUSTEE GRIER: WHAT? 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: I JUST SAID THAT TRUSTEE GRIER 10 IS RUNNING THIS PART OF THE MEETING. 11 MR. HUNTSMAN: OH, I APOLOGIZE. 12 TRUSTEE GRIER, MAY I RESPOND? 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: ABSOLUTELY. 14 MR. HUNTSMAN: AND I DO WANT TO ECHO TRUSTEE 15 JACKSON AND SAY WE DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU GETTING 16 THIS NEW DOCUMENT, THIS NEW EVALUATION TO US. IT'S BEEN 17 VERY HELPFUL. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER, 18 SO I DO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. 19 I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO TRUSTEE MARKS' 20 REMARKS A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, THE FACULTY AT CITY 21 COLLEGE AND FACULTY ALL OVER, WE ARE PROFESSIONAL 22 ASSESSORS. THAT'S THE WORD I GUESS. AND SO WHEN WE GET 23 TOGETHER AND DECIDED ON HOW TO MAKE THINGS CONSISTENT, WE 24 CALL THAT NORMING. IT'S A VERY INVOLVED AND COMPLEX 25 PROCESS. JANUARY 28, 2010 122 1 FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW IN THE ENGLISH 2 DEPARTMENT, THEY DO COMMON EXAMS AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE 3 YEAR. THEY GET TOGETHER AND THEY SPEND THE WHOLE DAY 4 NORMING THEIR EXAMS. THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE THING TO DO. 5 AND SO I WOULD SUGGEST IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO THE KIND OF 6 THING THAT YOU ARE SUGGESTING. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT 7 TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING, I'M NOT GOING TO FIGHT WITH YOU 8 ABOUT IT. 9 HAVING SAID THAT, I DO THINK THAT WE ARE ALL 10 PROFESSIONALS. I THINK WE CAN ASSESS AND MAKE THIS 11 EVALUATION EFFECTIVE WITHOUT HAVING TO DO THAT. THAT'S MY 12 PERSONAL OPINION. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. THAT WAS VERY 14 HELPFUL. 15 IF THERE ARE NO OTHER -- ARE WE FINISHED? 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANKS VERY MUCH. I 17 APPRECIATE THAT. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: WELL, I'M ASKING THAT WE PUT 19 THIS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE CLOSED SESSION. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: BOTH CLOSED SESSION AND THE 21 OPEN SESSION. 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: WELL, NO CLOSED SESSION BECAUSE 23 I'M GOING TO -- WELL, NO, CLOSED SESSION ONLY. THANK YOU. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANKS VERY MUCH. 25 REPORT FROM CONSTITUENT GROUPS ASSOCIATED JANUARY 28, 2010 123 1 STUDENTS. 2 IS RYAN HERE? 3 MR. VANDERPOL: HERE I AM. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: I SEE YOU. NOW I SEE YOU. 5 MR. VANDERPOL: HELLO, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT 6 MARKS, TRUSTEES, AND CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN. I'M RYAN 7 VANDERPOL, PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS ON OCEAN 8 CAMPUS. 9 I HAD A NICE RELAXING BREAK, AND I HOPE YOU ALL 10 SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENT. THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT COUNSEL 11 ON OCEAN CAMPUS IS OFF TO A STRONG START. WE HAD A NUMBER 12 OF EVENTS ALREADY PLANNED. WE ARE HOSTING A TOWN HALL 13 MEETING AND A TEACH-IN ON FEBRUARY 24TH. IT IS TO INFORM 14 STUDENTS ABOUT THE CCSF BUDGET. WE HAVE OUR SEMESTER, 15 ONCE A SEMESTER UNITY DAY COMING UP. THAT'S INTENDED TO 16 SHARE WITH STUDENTS BOTH A GOOD MEAL AND INFORMATION ABOUT 17 CAMPUS RESOURCES. WE ARE HOSTING A STUDENT UNION OPEN 18 HOUSE WHERE CITY COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN LEARN ABOUT THE 19 OFFERINGS OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS. 20 I ALSO HEARD THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME 21 PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WHERE YOU COME 22 AND HEAR THE CONCERNS OF STUDENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO 23 LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT AND ENCOURAGING STUDENT 24 PARTICIPATION. THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS ARE ALSO IN THE 25 PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A CCSF TOLERANCE PROGRAM. JANUARY 28, 2010 124 1 THIS IS AIMED AT STOPPING IGNORANCE AND INTOLERANCE THAT 2 HAPPENS ON OUR CAMPUS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE GEARING UP A 3 FUNDRAISING EVENT TO BENEFIT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN 4 HAITI. 5 SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS ARE 6 EXCITED TO SERVE ALL THE STUDENTS OF CCSF, AND WE HAVE A 7 LOT GOING ON THIS SEMESTER. 8 A COUPLE OF THINGS, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO TALK 9 ABOUT THE HIRING AND REHIRING PROCESS OF STUDENTS. THIS 10 IS A PROBLEM. 11 ALL OVER CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, NOT JUST 12 AT OCEAN CAMPUS, THE STUDENT HIRING AND REHIRING SYSTEM IS 13 BROKEN. CURRENTLY, CITY COLLEGE EMPLOYEES WHO DEAL WITH 14 STUDENT HIRING AND REHIRING, THEY ARE WORKING HARD, BUT 15 THEY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE INSUFFICIENCIES OF THE BROKEN 16 SYSTEM. BECAUSE OF THIS BROKEN SYSTEM OF HIRING AND 17 REHIRING STUDENTS, MANY STUDENTS HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE 18 CLEARANCE FOR PAY DESPITE THEIR OWN BEST EFFORTS. 19 THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO MAKE 20 SURE THEY GET HIRED. THEY'VE BEEN HIRED FOR SOMETHING. 21 THEIR DIRECT SUPERVISOR SAYS, YOU'RE HIRED AND THEN IT 22 TAKES THREE WEEKS FOR THEM TO GET ON, FOUR WEEKS FOR THEM 23 TO GET ON TO GET ALL THEIR PAPERWORK PROCESSED. WE CAN'T 24 PAY SOMEBODY WITHOUT, OF COURSE, THEIR PAPERWORK BEING 25 PROCESSED, THEREBY AFTER WE SAY WE WANT YOU TO BE HIRED, JANUARY 28, 2010 125 1 WE WANT TO HIRE YOU, IT'S FOUR WEEKS. AND OFTENTIMES, 2 THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. 3 THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. 4 AS ONE STUDENT ACTIVITIES EMPLOYEE DESCRIBED, I 5 THINK APTLY SHE SAID, "IT'S CHAOS." SO YOU LOOK FORWARD 6 TO SEEING SOMETHING IN FRONT OF YOU IN THE FUTURE ABOUT 7 HOW WE ARE GOING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. 8 I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE 9 WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THIS IN BRINGING THAT 10 FORWARD. 11 PERHAPS THE MAIN THING, I MENTIONED A LOT OF 12 THINGS THAT THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS AT OCEAN CAMPUS ARE 13 DOING. AND PERHAPS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THAT WE ARE 14 DOING ARE PLANNING FOR THE MARCH 22ND RALLY IN SACRAMENTO. 15 YOU CAN SEE THE FLYERS IN FRONT OF YOU. 16 WE ARE EXCITED TO TAKE STUDENTS UP TO SACRAMENTO 17 AND MARCH ACROSS THE CAPITAL ALLEY MAKING OUR VOICES HEARD 18 TO THE LAWMAKERS. OUR VOICES ARE OF DISGUST. WE ARE 19 DISGUSTED THAT BUDGET CUTS HAVE RESULTED IN CLASSES THAT 20 ARE FULL AND OVERFLOWING. OUR VOICES ARE TIRED. WE ARE 21 TIRED OF 30 STUDENTS FRANTICALLY TRYING TO ADD A CLASS 22 WHEN THERE'S ONLY ONE SEAT AVAILABLE. OUR VOICES ARE 23 GROWING. DAILY STUDENTS ARE ORGANIZING IN GROWING 24 NUMBERS. OUR VOICES ARE LOUD. THERE ARE NEARLY 3 MILLION 25 COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA. AND OUR VOICES JANUARY 28, 2010 126 1 ARE SERIOUS. WE WILL NO LONGER LET OUR EDUCATION BE A 2 BACKSEAT ISSUE. 3 THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS, ALONG WITH OTHER CAMPUS 4 ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE THE CCSF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WILL LOOK 5 FORWARD TO TAKING ACTION THIS SEMESTER. WE MAY HAVE MANY 6 DIFFERENT IDEAS, DIFFERENT APPROACHES, DIFFERENT LEADERS, 7 AND EVEN DIFFERENT PLANS AND OBJECTIVES. BUT YOU CAN BE 8 GUARANTEED THAT WE ARE DEDICATED TO THE SAME IDEAL, MAKING 9 SURE THAT OUR RIGHT TO EDUCATION IS NO LONGER IGNORED BY 10 THOSE MAKING BUDGETS. 11 THANK YOU. AND I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD SOME OF MY 12 TIME TO KATIE. SHE IS ALSO A STUDENT. 13 MISS KATIE: HI, WELCOME BACK, DR. BERG. THANK 14 YOU. 15 I'D LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR 16 RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO STEPHEN GLICK. YOU KNOW, 17 THE RECOGNITION OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS. THANK YOU. 18 WELL, I HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS FOR EVERYONE. THE 19 ASSOCIATED BOOK LOAN PROGRAM AT OCEAN CAMPUS HAS GIVEN OUT 20 APPROXIMATELY 2000 BOOKS TO A THOUSAND STUDENTS. 21 I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF BEING A LINE 22 MONITOR. I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE STUDENTS AS THEY CAME 23 THROUGH THE DOOR. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IT JUST 24 TOOK MY BREATH AWAY BECAUSE THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW 25 IMPORTANT BEING ABLE TO GET A FREE BOOK MEANT TO THEM. JANUARY 28, 2010 127 1 THEY'VE HAD TO CUT BACK ON THEIR FOOD BUDGETS TO 2 BUY BOOKS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE. THEY'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH 3 THE ADDED COSTS OF THE REGISTRATION AND THE CLASSES. 4 AND CLASSES BEING CUT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TO 5 DELAY GRADUATING, WHICH MEANS FOR MANY OF THEM THAT MEANS 6 THAT IT DELAYS THEM FINDING JOBS TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES, 7 TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, TO BE SELF-SUPPORTING, TO GET 8 OFF WHAT ONE WOULD CONSIDER THE SYSTEM. 9 I'M HOPING THAT THE BOARD WILL FIND WAYS TO 10 SUPPORT THIS EXTRAORDINARY ASSOCIATED STUDENT BOOK LOAN 11 PROGRAM AND SET AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES OF 12 HOW TO REALLY RESPECT THE STUDENTS IN TIMES OF CRISIS. 13 THANK YOU. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: COULD I ASK YOU A QUESTION? 15 MISS KATIE: YES. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: I THINK THE BOOK LOAN PROGRAM 17 IS A GREAT ONE, AND IT SHOULD BE EXPANDED. BUT I GUESS I 18 AM NOT QUITE CERTAIN WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO 19 EXPAND IT. AND IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU AND YOUR FELLOW 20 STUDENTS COULD SITDOWN, AND MAYBE YOU'VE DONE IT ALREADY, 21 AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DEMAND IS -- 22 MISS KATIE: OKAY. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: -- AND THEN SHOW WHAT THE COST 24 WOULD BE OR WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER 25 TO EXPAND IT IN VARIOUS POINTS. JANUARY 28, 2010 128 1 MISS KATIE: SO I GUESS YOU ARE OFFERING US AN 2 INVITATION TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION TO YOU. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: OH, DEFINITELY. 4 MISS KATIE: DID YOU WANT THAT NOW -- 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: NO. NO. NO. 6 MISS KATIE: -- OR LATER? 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: DO YOU HAVE IT? 8 MR. VANDERPOL: CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON 9 THIS? 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: SURE. COME ON UP. 11 I THINK WE SHOULD FIND A TIME TO DEVOTE ENOUGH 12 TIME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THIS. 13 MR. VANDERPOL: I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. THE A.S. 14 BOOK LOAN PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT I'M A HUGE FAN OF AND 15 VERY PROUD OF. AND AS KATIE WAS DESCRIBING, AN EXCELLENT 16 WAY TO PUT MONEY DIRECTLY IN THE POCKETS OF STUDENTS. 17 WE WERE FORTUNATE ACTUALLY, THE ASSOCIATED 18 STUDENTS APPLIED FOR A FIPSY GRANT, SO BASICALLY WE GOT A 19 QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS TO EXPAND THE BOOK LOAN AND 20 WE ARE GOING TO BE EXPANDING IT IN VARIOUS WAYS, INCLUDING 21 INCREASING TECHNOLOGY. 22 ONE THING THAT IS IN RATHER GRAVE DANGER IS WE 23 LOSE A LOT OF MONEY BY STUDENTS NOT BRINGING BOOKS BACK. 24 IT MAKES AN UNSUSTAINABLE MODEL. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T RUN 25 A BUSINESS IN DEFICIT. AND THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS ARE JANUARY 28, 2010 129 1 LOOKING INTO WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE STUDENTS BRING 2 BOOKS BACK. SO YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY EXPECT TO SEE A REPORT 3 ABOUT THE BOOK LOAN AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE IT. 4 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK 5 COMMENT. WHEN I WAS STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AT SAN 6 FRANCISCO STATE, WE ACTUALLY CREATED OUR BOOK LOAN 7 PROGRAM. AND IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T COST ANY MONEY BECAUSE 8 STUDENTS INSTEAD OF TURNING IN THEIR BOOKS FOR 10 CENTS ON 9 THE DOLLAR, THEY ACTUALLY JUST VOLUNTARILY GIVE THEIR 10 BOOKS BACK. AND SO WE ARE ACTUALLY IN A POSITION WHERE WE 11 HAD MANY MORE BOOKS THAN WE EVEN KNEW HOW TO STORE. 12 WE ACTUALLY LOANED THOSE BOOKS OUT. I THINK WE 13 HIT ABOUT 3,000 STUDENTS PER SEMESTER. AND IT'S ACTUALLY 14 FREE. WE JUST HAD TO FIND THE STORAGE SPACE WITHIN THE 15 STUDENT CENTER TO DO THAT. 16 SO IF YOU CHECK IN WITH PROJECT CONNECT, THE 17 ASSOCIATED STUDENTS PROJECT CONNECT, THEY HAVE A 18 SUSTAINABLE BOOK LOAN PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY LITERALLY 19 COSTS NO MONEY, EXCEPT THE STUDENTS THAT VOLUNTEER THERE. 20 WE WORK WITH ETHNIC STUDIES TO FIND, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS 21 WHO HAVE TO PUT IN THEIR SPECIFIC HOURS. AND SO THOSE 22 STUDENTS VOLUNTEER. THEY CATALOG THE BOOKS. AND IT'S 23 ACTUALLY A VERY FREE AND SUSTAINABLE WAY BECAUSE IF 24 SOMEONE DOESN'T RETURN A FREE BOOK, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH DID 25 THAT COST. JANUARY 28, 2010 130 1 SO YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT MODEL. 2 AND CHECK IN -- HIS NAME IS MARIO FLORES. YOU SHOULD 3 CHECK IN WITH HIM. AND, YOU KNOW, SEE THAT MODEL AND THEN 4 SEE IF THAT'S A MODEL THAT YOU CAN INCORPORATE BECAUSE 5 THAT'S A FREE MODEL. STUDENTS WILL SOMETIMES STICK IT TO 6 THE BOOKSTORE AND NOT RETURN THEIR BOOKS AND OTHERS JUST 7 DONATE THEIR BOOKS AND GIVE THEIR BOOKS AWAY AND 8 VOLUNTARILY DONATE THEIR BOOKS. 9 I THINK WE HAVE BINS THROUGHOUT THE STUDENT 10 CENTER AND THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS WHERE YOU CAN JUST DROP 11 YOUR BOOK IN THERE AND THEN WE COLLECT THEM PERIODICALLY 12 EVERY WEEK OR WHEN THE BIN GETS FULL. CATALOG THE BOOK 13 AND MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 14 ARE NOT REISSUING NEW EDITIONS, KEEP THE SAME EDITIONS, 15 AND THAT'S HOW WE KEEP A SUSTAINABLE BOOK LOAN PROGRAM AT 16 SAN FRANCISCO STATE. 17 SO CHECK IN WITH THEM AND SEE IF THAT'S A MODEL 18 IN TERMS OF FIGURING OUT HOW TO EXPAND BECAUSE THERE IS A 19 GREAT NEED WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY A MONETARY PORTION OF IT. 20 MR. VANDERPOL: YES, I ACTUALLY LAST SUMMER -- I 21 CAN'T REMEMBER THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME. WAS THAT IN THE 22 STUDENT UNION? 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YEAH. 24 MR. VANDERPOL: YEAH, I WENT OVER AND TALKED TO 25 THEM AND WE LOOKED INTO THAT. AND WITH PART OF THIS GRANT JANUARY 28, 2010 131 1 MONEY, WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE 2 TALKING ABOUT THAT BEING HAVING A BIG PUSH WHERE STUDENTS 3 DONATE THEIR BOOKS. 4 OF COURSE, THERE IS A BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN TERMS 5 OF STUDENTS AND ECONOMIC NEED. THEY LOVE TO MAYBE STICK 6 IT TO THE BOOKSTORE, BUT IT'S KIND OF TRICKY. YOU KNOW, 7 YOU CAN DONATE A BOOK TO THE BOOK LOAN AND GET NOTHING OR 8 YOU CAN SELL IT BACK AND GET $40 DESPITE IT BEING $150 9 BOOK. 10 SO I AGREE. YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN TERMS 11 OF TRYING TO APPEAL TO STUDENTS TO GET THEM TO DONATE 12 THEIR BOOKS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOKING AT 13 DOING. SO THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING 15 TO WORK EITHER, BUT WE KEPT ON GETTING BIOLOGY. THERE WAS 16 SO MANY BOOKS THAT WE GOT BACK. I NEVER WANT TO 17 UNDERESTIMATE THE GENEROSITY OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IN 18 TOUGH TIMES. THEY WILL DONATE THOSE BOOKS, MAYBE NOT ALL 19 OF THEM OR MAYBE NOT THE MAJORITY OF THEM. BUT THE BOOKS 20 YOU GET FOR FREE ARE VERY MUCH VALUABLE. AND IT'S A NON 21 COST WAY TO EXPAND THE SERVICES AND TO MEET THE GROWING 22 DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE BOOKS. 23 MR. VANDERPOL: YEAH, THANK YOU. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: PRESIDENT MARKS. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE GRIER. JANUARY 28, 2010 132 1 TRUSTEE GRIER: I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT DON 2 NEWMAN IS THE PERSON IN THE BOOKSTORE. HE IS ALSO A PART 3 OF THE BOOK LOAN PROGRAM. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW 4 THAT HE'S GIVEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS AT THE STATE 5 LEVEL. AND I THINK WE WERE IN WASHINGTON, WE WERE IN 6 SACRAMENTO AND IT'S STANDING ROOM ONLY. SO HE REALLY IS 7 GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE BOOK LOAN PROGRAM. 8 AND HE ALSO HAS A PAMPHLET. HE ALWAYS GIVES OUT 9 THE PAMPHLET AND HE'S IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH MANY, 10 MANY COLLEGES IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE 11 SUPPORT THEY NEED TO HAVE SUCH A SUCCESSFUL BOOK LOAN 12 PROGRAM LIKE THE ONE WE HAVE HERE. 13 MR. VANDERPOL: YES, DON NEWMAN HAS BEEN 14 SUPPORTIVE OF US. AND WE'VE WORKED WITH HIM. AND 15 ACTUALLY, NEXT WEEK HE'S FLYING OUT TO DC WITH OUR BOOK 16 LOAN COORDINATOR TO LOOK AT THE GRANT THAT WE ARE GETTING. 17 SO HE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS. AND WE 18 ARE WEIGHING WHAT ROLE DOES THE BOOKSTORE PLAY IN THIS. 19 AND, YOU KNOW, IN SOME SENSES THEY ARE KIND OF OUR 20 COMPETITION JUST IN TERMS OF DOES A STUDENT DONATE A BOOK 21 TO US OR DO THEY BRING IT BACK TO THE BOOKSTORE? 22 SO I'M NOT TRYING TO BE DIVISIVE BY ANY MEANS. 23 I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY, IT'S US OR THEM. BUT AT THE SAME 24 POINT, YES, HE IS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE AND WE NEED TO 25 LEARN HOW WE CAN REALLY PUT TOGETHER A WINNING COMBINATION JANUARY 28, 2010 133 1 WITH HIS KNOW HOW AND THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. 2 THANK YOU. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 4 DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE MARCH IN 5 MARCH? 6 MR. VANDERPOL: YEAH. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: AND YOU MENTIONED THE TRUSTEES 8 HAVING A PANEL. WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED 9 AND WOULD IT BE IN SACRAMENTO OR WOULD IT BE ON CAMPUS? 10 MR. VANDERPOL: I'M NOT REALLY SURE THE NUTS AND 11 BOLTS OF IT. THE STUDENT TRUSTEE BRIEFLY CAME INTO OUR 12 MEETING AND MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I HAVEN'T BEEN 13 ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AT ALL OF ITS DEVELOPMENT, SO I 14 CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT. 15 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: I THINK SHE IS 16 REFERRING TO A TOWN HALL WHICH YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS 17 BUDGETARY PROCESS INFORMATIVE. 18 MR. VANDERPOL: I'M SORRY. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 19 THE TRUSTEE'S HEARINGS OR THE TOWN HALL LIST? 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: WELL, JUST WHAT YOU STATED 21 EARLIER. YOU SAID, THE TRUSTEES WERE GOING TO BE DOING A 22 PANEL. AND THAT'S ALL I HEARD. 23 MR. VANDERPOL: THE HEARING, YEAH, IT'S MY 24 UNDERSTANDING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MR. NEILSEN WAS 25 PUTTING TOGETHER. JANUARY 28, 2010 134 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: IF I COULD SPEAK TO 2 THAT ACTUALLY. 3 MR. VANDERPOL: CERTAINLY. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE NEILSEN. 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: YOU MADE SOME COMMENTS 6 ACTUALLY IN REFERENCE TO STUDENT EMPLOYMENT AT CITY 7 COLLEGE. AND I ACTUALLY MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT YOUR 8 ASSOCIATED STUDENT COUNCIL YESTERDAY. WE WILL ACTUALLY 9 HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW AT 2:00 P.M. 10 AT THE OCEAN CAMPUS WITH THE VARIOUS A.S. COUNCILS. 11 SO WHAT THIS IS ENTIRELY IS MYSELF, CHRIS 12 JACKSON, STEVE NGO, AND I BELIEVE MILTON MARKS. WHAT IT 13 IS WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING THESE HEARINGS AT YOUR CAMPUS 14 ON THE SECOND FLOOR IN THE STUDENT CAFE AREA. THIS IS AN 15 OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO COME IN ON FEBRUARY 9TH FOR 16 FINANCIAL AID PURPOSES SO STUDENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED AS 17 FAR AS THE STUDENT EMPLOYMENT, HOW TO GET ACCESS TO JOBS 18 ON CAMPUS, THE STUDENT WIDE DATA BASE, ALL THOSE VARIOUS 19 ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE AND OTHER STUDENTS AS 20 WELL, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ACTUALLY OUTREACH TO YOUR 21 COMMUNITY. 22 IN ADDITION, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE 23 HEARINGS FOLLOWING THAT WHICH IS THE 10TH, STUDENT 24 SERVICES, STUDENT SUPPORT, HOW CAN WE REALLY UTILIZE THE 25 SPACE THAT CITY COLLEGE ACTUALLY PROVIDES TO ALL STUDENTS. JANUARY 28, 2010 135 1 AND WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ONE FEBRUARY 11TH, 2 WHICH IS RETENTION PROGRAMS AND EXPANDING BEYOND THAT. 3 THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF HEARINGS COMING 4 UP, AND I REALLY ADVISE AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY 5 OUTREACH WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY AT OCEAN CAMPUS. I THINK 6 TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE A MORE INDEPTH DISCUSSION WITH YOUR 7 OCEAN CAMPUS, ALONG WITH DOWNTOWN WHICH KATIE IS ACTUALLY 8 THE VICE PRESIDENT OF HERE TODAY. 9 THANKS FOR BEING HERE, KATIE. 10 AND, HOPEFULLY, WE WILL HAVE THE JOHN ADAMS AND 11 MISSION AS WELL TOMORROW, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT 12 DISCUSSION. 13 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YEAH, AND FURTHER I'M GOING 14 TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THESE STUDENT EQUITY HEARINGS 15 DURING MY COMMITTEE REPORT IN THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 17 TRUSTEE GRIER: I JUST HAVE ONE LAST QUICK 18 QUESTION. 19 MR. VANDERPOL: PLEASE, YES. 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE 21 COLLECTING GOODS AND THINGS FOR HAITI. AND I WANTED TO 22 KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU ARE IN NEED OF. AND I WANTED 23 TO VOLUNTEER TRUSTEE BERG AND MYSELF JUST TO HELP COLLECT, 24 ESPECIALLY FROM BOARD MEMBERS. 25 MR. VANDERPOL: BRILLIANT, THANK YOU. JANUARY 28, 2010 136 1 SO I THINK I SAID WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN 2 COLLECT DONATIONS. THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES. I 3 COULDN'T JUST GO OUT AND PUT A SIGN IN THE GROUND SAYING, 4 "ASSOCIATED STUDENTS DONATIONS FOR HAITI" AND HAVE 5 STUDENTS GIVE ME MONEY. OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BREAK A LOT 6 OF RULES. SO WE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 7 ONE IDEA THAT A CENTER HAD WAS MAYBE HAVING LIKE 8 A FUND-RAISING LUNCHEON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE THE 9 PIERRE COSTE CAFE OR THE CAFETERIA CHARGES DOUBLE WHAT 10 THEY NORMALLY WOULD AND THEN WE GIVE THE DIFFERENCE THERE. 11 YOU KNOW, A $5 PLATE OF SPAGHETTI WOULD COST $10 AND THE 12 STUDENTS WOULD KNOW THAT $5 WOULD GO TO THE HAITI RELIEF 13 OR MAYBE JUST A COOKIE, YOU KNOW. BUY A COOKIE FOR $5, 14 YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COST 30 CENTS TO MAKE AND THEN 15 IT'S SHAPED LIKE KATIE AND THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE RED 16 CROSS. 17 WE ARE LOOKING FOR IDEAS. WE ARE LOOKING FOR 18 CREATIVE ENERGY HERE. AND NOTHING HAS BEEN SET IN STONE. 19 I WOULD LOVE, LOVE, LOVE TO ENGAGE THE TWO OF YOU IF YOU 20 WANT TO WORK WITH US. 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: WE DO. 22 MR. VANDERPOL: BRILLIANT. LET'S SET THAT UP 23 AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 24 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY. 25 MR. VANDERPOL: I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. JANUARY 28, 2010 137 1 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 2 MR. VANDERPOL: THANK YOU. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: ATTILA GABOR, FROM CLASSIFIED 4 SENATE. 5 MR. GABOR: GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS ATTILA 6 GABOR. AND I HAVE TO ADMIT I JUST WAS TALKING WITH ANGELA 7 AND THAT COOKIES FOR $5 BROUGHT A SMILE TO MY FACE. 8 SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST OF ALL CONGRATULATE THE 9 NEWLY-ELECTED PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT WHO IS NOT 10 PRESENT AT THE MOMENT AND ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR 11 LAST YEAR'S EXCELLENT JOB FROM NOT JUST THE MEMBERS OF THE 12 TRUSTEES, BUT ALSO FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT 13 OF THE BOARD. 14 ALSO I WANT TO -- I HAVE A HUGE LIST TODAY. I'M 15 SORRY. I WANTED TO THANK ALSO PRESIDENT MILTON WHEN HE 16 WAS TALKING ABOUT THE MASTER AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT 17 IT DOES TOUCH ON THE SHARED GOVERNANCE PROCESS. IT'S VERY 18 IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF US HAVE A LOOK AT IT. 19 AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, DR. GRIFFIN WAS 20 MENTIONED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THE CONSTITUTE 21 MEMBERS. 22 THE CLASSIFIED SENATE IS GOING TO MEET ON 23 FEBRUARY 10TH FROM 3:00 TO 5:00. THAT'S ALSO WHEN THE 24 ACADEMIC SENATE MEETS. UNFORTUNATELY, IT ALSO COINCIDES 25 WITH THE PBC, THE STRATEGIC LISTENING SESSION, SO I DON'T JANUARY 28, 2010 138 1 KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED. ALSO I KNOW THAT THE ASSOCIATED 2 STUDENT MEETING IS AT THE SAME TIME. I'M NOT SURE HOW 3 THAT HAPPENED. 4 BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU ARE WELCOME TO 5 ATTEND. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE OR TRY TO MAKE SURE 6 THAT THE SEIU IS GOING TO BE ALSO AT THAT MEETING SO THEN 7 YOU CAN KILL TWO FLIES WITH ONE BLOW SO TO SPEAK. 8 THE NEXT ONE IS THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF 9 CALIFORNIA IS WORKING ON -- THEY HAVE A DEADLINE OF 10 MARCH 10TH TO MEET CERTAIN. THERE IS A PROCESS. THE 11 CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR SO THAT THEY CAN WORK ON 12 THAT AWARD. 13 IN THAT PAST AT CITY COLLEGE, THE CLASSIFIED 14 SENATE AND SEIU DID NOT PARTICIPATE BECAUSE WE HAD SOME 15 PHILOSOPHICAL -- WE LOOKED AT IT AS OKAY, HOW CAN YOU 16 REALLY JUSTIFY PICKING ONE PERSON AS THE BEST WHEN WE ALL 17 FEEL THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CLASSIFIED WORK VERY 18 HARD. 19 BUT NEVERTHELESS, AS EVERY YEAR WE ARE GOING TO 20 TALK ABOUT IT, AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE WHAT THE MEMBERS 21 SAY AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO IF MEMBERS CHOOSE TO 22 PARTICIPATE, THEN WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO FOLLOW THAT 23 PROCESS, AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO LOOK AT 24 IT BECAUSE THE FINAL NOMINATION, ACCORDING TO THE PROCESS, 25 NEEDS TO COME FROM THE BOARD. JANUARY 28, 2010 139 1 AND NOW WE HAD SOME KIND OF CONVERSATION ABOUT 2 THAT. AND SOME WERE ASKING, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S 3 WRONG WITH THAT TO NOT NOMINATE THE CLASSIFIED. WELL, WE 4 ALL SAW BACK IN NOVEMBER THE UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT WHEN 5 EDGAR VERY RIGHTFULLY GOT OR WAS SUPPOSED TO GET HIS 6 REWARD. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD FOR IT. 7 AND IT GOT OUT OF HAND IN A VERY -- I DIDN'T LIKE WHAT 8 HAPPENED. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I EVEN -- SOME PEOPLE 9 APPROACHED ME WHICH WAS VERY CRAZY, AND I WANT ALL OF YOU 10 TO HEAR THAT INCIDENTALLY THAT I WAS OUT THERE LOBBYING 11 THE TRUSTEES SO THAT EDGAR WON'T GET THAT AWARD. 12 SO YOU ARE HERE. YOU HEARD IT. AND I BELIEVE 13 THAT THE DIRT SHOULD BE AIRED PUBLICLY. AND THE DIRT HERE 14 IS THEY CAN PUBLISH IT. SO YOU HEARD IT. AND PLEASE, IF 15 YOU FEEL THAT I WAS LOBBYING ANY ONE OF YOU THAT EDGAR 16 SHOULDN'T GET THAT, PLEASE SPEAK UP. I KNOW THAT YOU 17 CAN'T BECAUSE I DIDN'T. 18 ANYWAY, NEXT VERY INTERESTING AGENDA ITEM THAT 19 WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT IS VERY FUNDAMENTAL FOR THE 20 CLASSIFIED. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR A LONG TIME HOW CAN 21 CLASSIFIED GET PROMOTED WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND WE 22 USUALLY LOOK AT OKAY, HOW CAN YOU GO FROM MAKING 18.40 TO 23 18.42, ET CETERA. 24 WELL, AT THE LAST COLLEGE DIVERSITY MEETING, 25 THERE WAS A VERY INTERESTING IDEA THAT STARTED TO TALK JANUARY 28, 2010 140 1 ABOUT THE GROW YOUR OWN. AND THAT IS -- CURRENTLY, IF YOU 2 ARE A FULL-TIME CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE, BUT YOU HAVE -- SOME 3 OF US MASTERS OR PHD'S, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TEACH EXTRA 4 AT CITY COLLEGE. YOU CAN GO TO DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE TO 5 TEACH. YOU CAN GO TO ANY OTHER COLLEGE, BUT NOT CITY 6 COLLEGE. 7 AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN BE A CLASSIFIED 8 EMPLOYEE ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND 9 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND TEACH PART-TIME AT CITY 10 COLLEGE AND NOT LOSE YOUR JOB, EXCEPT IF YOU WORK AT CITY 11 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED. SO WE ARE 12 GOING TO REVISIT THAT AND HOW CAN THAT BE CHANGED, WHAT 13 CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER AVENUE 14 POSSIBILITY FOR CLASSIFIED MAYBE TO BECOME FACULTY OR JUST 15 TO TEACH PART-TIME OR ANY OTHER WAY TO BECOME EVEN MORE 16 EFFECTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY. 17 NEXT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER 18 IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT, NEITHER THE CLASSIFIED SENATE NOR THE 19 SEIU GOT ANY INFORMATION ON THE CHANCELLOR'S EVALUATION. 20 SO THE DIFFERENT FACULTY GOT THOSE PRELIMINARY EVALUATIONS 21 THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. NOBODY, NOT ONE CLASSIFIED, 22 EITHER THE LEADERSHIP OR THE MEMBERS, WE HAVE NOT SEEN IT 23 YET SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME 24 FROM. IF YOU COULD GET -- WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED. 25 WE LOVE OUR CHANCELLOR. JANUARY 28, 2010 141 1 I HAVE TO TELL YOU. I WAS JUST SAYING THE OTHER 2 DAY. HOW MANY BOSSES HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT YOU CAN GET 3 DOLLED UP IN THE PUBLIC, CRITICIZE HIM, AND THAT TOMORROW 4 HE IS STILL GOING TO SMILE AT YOU. SO DEFINITELY, WE LOVE 5 OUR CHANCELLOR. WE LOVE TO CRITICIZE HIM, BUT WE ALSO 6 LOVE TO GIVE HIM THAT PAT ON THE SHOULDER WHEN HE DESERVES 7 IT BECAUSE HE DOES MOST OF THE TIMES. 8 YEAH, I THINK I HAVE NOTHING ELSE. I WOULD LIKE 9 TO YIELD ALSO THE FLOOR FOR ANGELA THOMAS BECAUSE THERE 10 WERE SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS IT WAS 11 MENTIONED EARLIER BY TRUSTEE CHRIS JACKSON. AND SHE IS 12 GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE 13 SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE, 14 NOT JUST AT CITY COLLEGE, BUT MOSTLY THE LARGER PICTURE. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: ATTILA, WE DO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU 16 LOVE THE CHANCELLOR AND YOUR WHOLE GROUP. AND IN FACT IT 17 WASN'T AN OVERSIGHT. WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE EVALUATIONS 18 WERE GIVEN OUT AT THE DECEMBER MEETING. 19 MR. GABOR: I SEE. 20 TRUSTEE GRIER: AND I KNOW YOU COULDN'T ATTEND. 21 THE EVALUATIONS WERE SENT, BUT THEY WERE JUST DELAYED. SO 22 IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR E-MAILS TOMORROW MORNING, YOU WILL 23 HAVE THEM. 24 RIGHT LINDA? 25 MS. SHAW: YES. JANUARY 28, 2010 142 1 MR. GABOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 3 MS. THOMAS: HELLO, EVERYONE. I WOULD JUST LIKE 4 TO PUT OUT THERE, THE REASON ATTILA WAS SMILING IS WHAT 5 COULD BE IN THE COOKIES THAT WOULD MAKE THEM $5. I LOVE 6 MY MEMBERS. THEY ARE SO FUNNY. 7 WELL, AS SOME OF YOU DO KNOW AND OTHERS OF YOU 8 MAY NOT KNOW. THE CITY IS IN CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL OF 9 THE UNIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO ABOUT THE RETIREMENT. WE ALL 10 KNOW THAT SAN FRANCISCO'S BUDGET IS JUST RUNNING OFF A 11 CLIFF. AND THERE'S NO NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS 12 BECAUSE THEY CHANGE EVERYDAY. AND WHATEVER I SAY TODAY 13 WOULD BE A LIE TOMORROW OF WHAT THE DEFICIT IS, AND THAT'S 14 EVERYBODY'S DEFICIT. 15 BUT WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING, ONE OF 16 THE SUPERVISORS IS CHANGING THE CHARTER. THIS IS HOW IT 17 IMPACTS US. THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE CHARTER SO THAT 18 EMPLOYEES STARTING IN THE EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY EFFECTIVE 19 JULY 1 WILL PAY THEIR PORTION OF THE RETIREMENT. RIGHT 20 NOW, THE CITY BEING THE EMPLOYER PAYS THE EMPLOYEE PORTION 21 OF THE RETIREMENT. AND THEY WANT NEW HIRES FOR THAT TO 22 CEASE. 23 WHERE IT GETS TO BE A PROBLEM, AND WE ARE 24 WORKING ON LANGUAGE WORDSMITHING IT. EVERYBODY IS 25 BRINGING THEIR ATTORNEYS AND ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF JANUARY 28, 2010 143 1 BECAUSE AS THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, MORE 2 AFFECTIONATELY I CALL THE BEAST, LAYS OFF PEOPLE AND PUTS 3 THEM ON THE HOLD OVER LIST. WHEN DO YOU START OR CEASE TO 4 BE A NEW EMPLOYEE WHEN YOU GET PULLED OFF OF THE HOLD OVER 5 LIST TAKING YOUR CURRENT CLASSIFICATION OR YOUR PREVIOUS 6 CLASSIFICATION, LOWER CLASSIFICATION, OR A HIGHER 7 CLASSIFICATION. THAT'S ONE TANGENT. 8 ANOTHER TANGENT OF IT IS HOW THEY WANT TO 9 CALCULATE HOW THEY FORMULATE YOUR RETIREMENT. RIGHT NOW, 10 IT'S THE HIGHEST 12-MONTH PERIOD, THEN THEY WANT TO GO TO 11 THE HIGHEST 36 MONTHS. 12 THERE WAS ALSO A CONCERN OF HOW MUCH THE FLIP 13 WAS GOING TO BE. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE PAYING SEVEN AND A 14 HALF. WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE SEVEN AND A HALF, SIX OR 15 SEVEN AND A HALF AND ALL OF THIS KIND OF STUFF WHICH ARE 16 SOME VERY HEATED ITEMS IN THE CITY BASED ON THE FACT THAT 17 THE CITY HAS BEEN LAYING OFF. THE CITY HAS SAID THEY WERE 18 GOING TO LAY OFF AGAIN A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER IN MARCH. 19 AT ONE POINT, THEY WERE SAYING THEY WERE GOING 20 TO PIECEMEAL IT BECAUSE THE 600 PEOPLE THAT THEY LAID OFF 21 LAST YEAR WAS A CATASTROPHE FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. NO 22 ONE HAS SEEN THAT MAGNITUDE. AND I'M JUST SAYING THAT 23 FAIRLY. NO ONE HAS HAD SEEN THAT MAGNITUDE, SO TO GET 24 THAT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE PROCESSED WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR 25 EVERYBODY INVOLVED. I THINK CITY COLLEGE DID PRETTY WELL JANUARY 28, 2010 144 1 PERSONALLY. 2 BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WAS ON THE PHONE. AND 3 LIKE I SAID, IT WAS GOOD TO SEE CITY COLLEGE IN ACTION 4 BECAUSE HR AND THE UNION WAS JUST ON THE PHONE DAILY. AND 5 I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WHERE I HAD SEEN 6 PREVIOUS HOSTILITIES. IT REALLY WENT AWAY. AND PEOPLE 7 THAT HAD TO FIGHT BECAME FRIENDS BECAUSE IT'S LIKE WE ARE 8 REALLY IN THIS TOGETHER. AND IT WAS A REALLY COOL THING 9 TO SEE. 10 BUT THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS TAKING THE 11 POSITION TO CHANGE THE CHARTER IS CONCERNING BECAUSE THEN 12 THAT PUTS IT INTO THE POSITION TO TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS. 13 AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A TREND THAT IS GOING LIKE FROM 14 SACRAMENTO DOWN THAT WE FIND CONCERNING. AND IT'S KIND OF 15 LIKE DODGING A BULLET. IT'S LIKE I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. 16 I AM GOING TO THROW IT OUT THERE TO THEM. IT'S SIX OF ONE 17 AND A HALF A DOZEN OF THE OTHER. 18 SO THAT'S WHAT IS GOING ON. ME PERSONALLY, I 19 FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL CHARTER CHANGES 20 BECAUSE IT TAKES THE RESPONSIBILITY OFF OF THE BOARD IN 21 SOME WAYS BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN WITH THE 600 PEOPLE. THE 22 BOARD VOTED NOT TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW. AND THE MAYOR 23 VETOED IT. SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF POLITICS THAT GOES ON 24 WITH HOW THINGS ARE VOTED ON. YOU NEED FOUR VOTES FOR 25 THIS, SIX VOTES FOR THIS, NINE VOTES FOR THIS, DEPENDING JANUARY 28, 2010 145 1 ON WHAT IT IS. EVERYTHING IS VERY FLUID. SO THAT'S 2 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 4 HAL HUNTSMAN. 5 MR. HUNTSMAN: GOOD EVENING, ONCE AGAIN, 6 TRUSTEES AND CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN. 7 FIRST, LET ME ALSO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO 8 YOU PRESIDENT MARKS. 9 AND MY APPRECIATION TO YOU, OUTGOING VICE 10 PRESIDENT BERG. 11 AND, OF COURSE, OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO VICE 12 PRESIDENT RIZZO. 13 THE FACULTY ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY ENGAGED WITH OUR 14 NEW SEMESTER. AND ITS THE BUSINESS OF TRYING TO GET AS 15 MANY PEOPLE INTO THE CLASSES AS WE CAN AND WORK WITH OUR 16 STUDENTS FOR THEIR SUCCESS. 17 IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE STILL -- 18 WE HAVE REDUCED THE NUMBER OF SECTIONS THAT WERE OFFERED 19 LAST SPRING, AND THAT WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 20 SIGNIFICANT BUDGET IMPACTS IN THE COMING PHYSICAL YEAR AND 21 THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING A SUMMER SCHOOL. I JUST WANT TO 22 REMIND US OF THAT. 23 I THINK IT IS VERY MUCH ON THE MINDS OF FACULTY, 24 ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT -- WE ARE BEING ASKED TO LOOK AT 25 OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE. AND AS I KNOW YOU ARE ALSO, JANUARY 28, 2010 146 1 YOU RECEIVED SOME IN THE CHANCELLOR'S REPORT. HE HAS 2 GIVEN YOU ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS WHICH INCLUDE SOME NEW 3 ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AND ALSO THE CHANCELLOR HAS ASKED 4 US TO CONSIDER REPLACING SEVERAL ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE 5 LEAVING THE COLLEGE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 6 THESE THINGS ARE VERY MUCH ON THE MIND OF THE 7 FACULTY. AND WE ARE -- ACTUALLY, I'M HAVING A SPECIAL 8 MEETING TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS NEXT WEEK OUTSIDE OF OUR 9 REGULAR SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 10 GIVING AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE 11 ISSUES IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT SPENDING 12 MONEY THAT COULD BE USED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR 13 STUDENTS AND SUPPLY MORE CLASSES FOR THEM. WE REALLY, 14 REALLY WANT TO TAKE OUR TIME WITH THAT. 15 ON A RELATED NOTE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU 16 ARE AWARE. I THINK WE ARE EXCITED. WE ARE EXCITED FOR 17 MANY DIFFERENT REASONS FOR THE UPCOMING STUDENT EQUITY 18 HEARING. I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF 19 PARTICIPATION FROM THE FACULTY. AND I'M HOPE ALSO FROM 20 THE STUDENTS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE TRUSTEE NEILSEN'S 21 REMARKS EARLIER REGARDING THAT. 22 I LOOK FORWARD TO -- PERSONALLY, I LOOK FORWARD 23 TO PARTNERING WITH THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO ALL 24 THAT WE CAN FOR STUDENT SUCCESS HERE AT CITY COLLEGE. 25 AND, OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS DO, BUT NEW IDEAS CAN SOMETIMES JANUARY 28, 2010 147 1 BE VERY HELPFUL. AND I HOPE WE HEAR FROM STUDENTS AND 2 COME FORWARD WITH NEW IDEAS. 3 FINALLY, ALL OF THIS IS IMPACTED BY OUR BUDGET, 4 OF COURSE, AS I SORT OF STARTED OFF WITH. AND IT HAS BEEN 5 HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE OF TIMES. AND I HOPE GUS IS STILL 6 HERE. I'M SURE SHE WILL BE TALKING TO YOU MORE ABOUT THE 7 MARCH 22 EVENT THE MARCH IN MARCH IN SACRAMENTO AND ALSO 8 THE MARCH 4TH EVENT HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. IT IS VERY 9 IMPORTANT. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIG FACULTY 10 SHOWING AT BOTH EVENTS AND, OF COURSE, LOTS OF CLASSIFIED 11 AND STUDENTS. AND I HOPE SOME TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATORS 12 TOO. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR 13 OURSELVES AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS AND NOTHING COULD 14 BE MORE IMPORTANT. 15 WITH THAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE COLLEGE 16 COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 17 MS. GOLDSTEIN: THANK YOU, HAL. 18 GUS GOLDSTEIN, AFT 2121 PRESIDENT. GOOD EVENING 19 TO THE BOARD AND DON GRIFFIN, OUR CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN. 20 I WANTED TO START BY THANKING CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN 21 FOR THE REFERENCES IN HIS WELCOME SPEECH ON FLEX DAY TO 22 THE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS. HIS COMMITMENT NOT TO CEASE IN 23 HIS EFFORTS AND IN OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS TO CONSOLIDATE 24 PART-TIME POSITIONS INTO FULL TIME. IT IS SOMETHING WE 25 CAN RIGHTLY BE PROUD OF THAT EFFORT IN CONTRAST WITH MANY JANUARY 28, 2010 148 1 DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE WHO EXPLOIT PART-TIMERS BADLY 2 AND CONSEQUENTIALLY SERVE THEIR STUDENTS BAD, SO THANK YOU 3 VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 4 I WANTED TO SPEAK OF THE NEWLY-TENURED FACULTY 5 AND TO CONGRATULATE THEM. I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT MONTH'S 6 MEETING SO WE CAN CONGRATULATE THEM MORE DIRECTLY. AND 7 CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW AND OLD OFFICERS ALL AROUND. 8 I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE MARCH 4TH 9 ACTIVITIES. I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND 10 WITHOUT TAKING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT IT'S A 11 LITTLE BIT COMPLEX. 12 MARCH 4TH WAS CHOSEN AS A DAY OF ACTION BY A 13 GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT WAS HELD IN BERKELEY ON 14 OCTOBER 24TH. AND THESE WERE BASICALLY SELF-PURPORTED 15 PEOPLE, VOLUNTARY PEOPLE, WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO 16 DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE BUDGET CUTS. WE ARE SICK AND TIRED 17 OF IT. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION. 18 WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS. THEY 19 DECLARED MARCH 4TH A DAY OF ACTION. 20 THE WAY THAT WORD CAME BACK TO US AT AFT 2121 21 WAS THAT WAS TO BE A DATE OF LOCAL ACTIONS ALL AROUND THE 22 STATE. AND SO WE STARTED ASKING OURSELVES HOW WE COULD 23 PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LOCAL, HOW WE COULD HELP CREATE 24 SOMETHING LOCAL, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE CONTACTED BY 25 PEOPLE FROM PERALTA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS IN THE EAST BAY JANUARY 28, 2010 149 1 IN OAKLAND SAYING WE WANTED TO MARCH. WE DISCOVERED THAT 2 WASN'T GOING TO WORK OUT, SO COULD WE DO SOMETHING WITH 3 YOU IN SAN FRANCISCO TO MAKE A LARGER RALLY. AND IT HAS 4 BEEN GROWING EVER SINCE. THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING THAT. 5 AND SO WE PAID THE FEE TO RESERVE THE CIVIC 6 CENTER ON MARCH 4TH FROM 5:00 O'CLOCK TO 7:00 O'CLOCK IN 7 THE EVENING. AND WE ARE BEING JOINED BY UNIFIED AND BY 8 UNITED EDUCATORS OF SAN FRANCISCO. THAT'S THE K-12 UNION. 9 PERALTA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS. THE SAN FRANCISCO LABOR 10 COUNCIL HAS GIVEN IT ITS BLESSING. WE KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE 11 COMING UP FROM SKYLINE, FROM DALY CITY AND THE CALIFORNIA 12 FEDERATION OF -- I'M SORRY. CALIFORNIA FACULTY 13 ASSOCIATION, CFA. THAT'S THE UNION FOR THE CAL STATE 14 SYSTEM. SOME PEOPLE FROM UC, STUDENTS FROM ALL OF THESE 15 INSTITUTIONS COMING TOGETHER, PLANNING TO SHOW UP AT 16 5:00 O'CLOCK, POSSIBLY PARTICIPATING IN OTHER ACTIVITIES 17 EARLIER IN THE DAY, BUT SHOWING UP ALTOGETHER FOR A RALLY 18 AT 5:00 O'CLOCK IN CIVIC CENTER. 19 THERE WAS A RESOLUTION PREPARED, BUT SLIPPED 20 THROUGH THE CRACKS FOR YOU TO JOIN AND ENDORSE. SO I HOPE 21 YOU WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT RESOLUTION AT THE 22 NEXT MEETING AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THIS ACTION 23 AND THAT YOU WILL JOIN US THERE. 24 AND IN FACT, IF SOMEBODY FROM THIS BODY WOULD 25 LIKE TO SPEAK, I THINK AFT IS MORE OR LESS THE ONES -- I JANUARY 28, 2010 150 1 MEAN IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHO IS REALLY HOSTING THIS AT THIS 2 POINT BECAUSE SO MANY -- THERE ARE SO MANY ACTORS AND SO 3 MANY PEOPLE INTERESTED. 4 IN FACT, I WAS COUNTING UP THE NUMBER OF 5 DIFFERENT MARCH 4TH COMMITTEES I HAVE ATTENDED, NOT 6 MEETINGS OF THE SAME COMMITTEE, BUT DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, 7 AND THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR OF THEM. AND I'M AWARE OF TWO 8 OTHERS THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ATTENDING BECAUSE THIS IS A 9 GRASSROOTS EFFORT. AND SO YOU WILL HEAR SOMEWHAT 10 DIFFERENT MESSAGES FROM SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT GROUPS. YOU 11 MAY HEAR THAT IN FACT THERE IS A GROUP ON CAMPUS OF 12 STUDENTS WHO ARE DIRECT DESCENDENTS OF THE GENERAL 13 ASSEMBLY IN BERKELEY WHO ARE PLANNING TO DO SOMETHING ON 14 CAMPUS EARLIER IN THE DAY ON MARCH 4TH. 15 I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ABOUT IT IN A 16 SENSE THAT SOME OF THEM ARE QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING 17 HEARD. AND SO IT MAY TAKE A CERTAIN KIND OF LENIENCY TO 18 TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PERSPECTIVE ABOUT POSSIBLY SITTING 19 IN ON THE LIBRARY OR SITTING IN ON CLASSES. THEY MAY DO 20 SOMETHING THAT OTHERS WOULD SAY, WHY ARE THEY DOING THAT 21 BECAUSE -- IN FACT I SPOKE AT ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS 22 YESTERDAY SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT'S SACRAMENTO THAT'S THE 23 PROBLEM. THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM AND THAT'S 24 WHERE WE NEED TO -- THAT'S WHO WE NEED TO ADDRESS. 25 BUT THEY WANT TO BE HEARD. AND IT'S A LOCAL JANUARY 28, 2010 151 1 ACTION, SO THEY WANT TO MAKE A NOISE. AND YOU WILL 2 PROBABLY HEAR THAT THERE WILL BE A NOISE ON CAMPUS THAT 3 DAY. AND WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT WITH THE INTENT THAT'S 4 INVOLVED WHERE THE INTENTION THAT IS BEHIND IT WHICH IS 5 THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO HEAR AND THE POLITICIANS NEED TO 6 HEAR AND THE MEDIA NEED TO HEAR THAT WE CAN'T GO ON WITH 7 BUSINESS AS USUAL IN SACRAMENTO. WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES. 8 THERE WILL BE ACTIONS ON CAMPUS. THERE WILL BE 9 ACTIONS IN THE CIVIC CENTER MARCH 20. AND ALL THIS IS 10 BUILDING ALSO TOWARDS MARCH 22ND. WE ARE HOPING TO SEND 11 MAYBE 80 BUSES TO SACRAMENTO AND BE JOINED BY MANY, MANY 12 OTHER BUSES IN SACRAMENTO. THE FOCUS ON MARCH 22ND WILL 13 BE MORE ON HIGHER EDUCATION. THE FOCUS ON MARCH 4TH IS 14 MORE ON EDUCATION AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES. AND ON 15 MARCH 22ND, ALTHOUGH THE HIGHER EDUCATION WILL BE THE 16 FOCUS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO 17 GOING TO SACRAMENTO, IT WILL DEFINITELY BE WITH THE INTENT 18 NOT TO CAUSE DIVISION BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION AND K-12 19 AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES, BUT JUST TO EMPHASIZE HOW 20 IMPORTANT HIGHER EDUCATION IS TO THIS STATE. 21 SO WITH THAT, I THINK THAT'S MORE OR LESS WHAT I 22 HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 24 GO AHEAD. 25 MR. GABOR: I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT WE WERE JANUARY 28, 2010 152 1 TALKING ABOUT IT AT THE CLASSIFIED SENATE AND THE 2 CLASSIFIED SENATE IS ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE MARCH 4TH 3 RALLY IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 5 NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL 6 REPORT. 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AND THERE'S A SPECIAL ITEM IN 8 THERE TOO, ISN'T THERE? 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: PARDON ME? 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE PAYMENT FOR THE -- 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: DISCUSSION OF PAYMENTS 12 REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS FOR PAST AND 13 FUTURE ELECTIONS. 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IF WE COULD DO THAT FIRST. 15 I HOPE IT SOUNDS FAMILIAR. SOME TIME AGO, THERE 16 WAS ACTUALLY A HEARING AT CITY HALL WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 17 ELECTIONS AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 18 WERE SUGGESTING THAT THE COLLEGE SHOULD PAY OVER $800,000 19 IN TOTAL FOR ELECTIONS DATING BACK TO 2002. BY THE 20 ADMISSION OF THE CITY, THEY NEVER BILLED US FOR 2002 OR 21 2004. THEY DID BILL US IN 2006 UNDER THE PRIOR 22 ADMINISTRATION AND WE REFUSED TO PAY THAT BILL. 23 I'VE GOT TO GIVE CREDIT TO OUR GENERAL COUNSEL 24 RON LEE WHO WORKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS ISSUE 25 AND CONVINCED THEM THAT THEY CANNOT BILL US FOR 2002 OR JANUARY 28, 2010 153 1 2004 UNDER STATUTES THAT HE WENT OVER WITH HIM. 2 SO THE CITY IS AGREEING NOW THROUGH MY 3 DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE THAT THEY WILL NO 4 LONGER PURSUE COLLECTION OF THE 2002 AND 2004 PAYMENTS. 5 THAT'S GOOD NEWS. 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: THAT'S GREAT. 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: SO THAT MEANS ONLY THE 2006 8 PAYMENT, WHICH IN FAIRNESS TO THEM, THEY DID SEND US A 9 BILL IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR THAT ELECTION. WE DID SET 10 ASIDE MONEY IN OUR CLOSEOUT FROM FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009 TO 11 COVER, IF NECESSARY, THE WHOLE AMOUNT. AND SO WE WILL BE 12 ABLE TO RELEASE SOME OF THAT. 13 AND I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD AND, OF 14 COURSE, THE CHANCELLOR AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN 15 LENGTH. AND WHAT WE WILL BE DOING NOW IS COMMUNICATING 16 BACK TO THE CITY, OKAY, WE ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT IF YOU 17 ARE NOT GOING TO PURSUE THOSE OLD ELECTIONS, WE WILL BE 18 PAYING YOU FOR THE ONE ELECTION THAT YOU DID BILL US FOR 19 ON TIME AND THEN ON A GO FORWARD BASIS, WHAT WE'VE SAID TO 20 THEM IS WE RATHER JUST PAY AN AMOUNT EVERY YEAR, NOT FALL 21 BEHIND, A FAIR AMOUNT AND THAT WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T MAKE 22 THE FIRST PAYMENT TO THEM UNTIL JULY SINCE THERE IS NO 23 BOARD OF TRUSTEE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THAT WOULD BE 24 A HALF PAYMENT. AND THEY'VE INDICATED THAT WOULD BE 25 ACCEPTABLE TO THEM AS WELL. JANUARY 28, 2010 154 1 QUESTION? 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE JACKSON, AND 3 THEN I WANT TO ASK SOMETHING TOO. 4 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I WAS WONDERING IS THERE 5 ANYWAY THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT IN KIND DONATIONS? 6 YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE AT CITY COLLEGE DO SOMETHING 7 FOR THE CITY. I MEAN WE ARE EDUCATING THEIR WORKFORCE. I 8 MEAN SILLY US. BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER KIND OF IN KIND 9 DONATION THAT WE CAN DO IN LIEU OF PAYING FOR THE 10 DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS. I MEAN WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM, BUT 11 I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN -- AT THIS TIME I DON'T KNOW HOW 12 MUCH WE CAN AFFORD TO PAY WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. 13 IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT MAYBE IN 14 KIND DONATION, SOME KIND OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES WE GIVE. 15 SOME KIND OF SERVICE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SAVE SOME 16 MONEY. IS THERE ANY TALK OF THAT TYPE OF WORK? 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO. NO, THERE HASN'T BEEN. WE 18 HAVE IN THE PAST DONE SOME -- WELL, WE HAVE AGREEMENTS 19 THAT GO FROM YEAR TO YEAR WITH RESPECT TO TRAINING FOR 20 POLICE AND FIRE. 21 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YEAH, SO I WAS FIGURING MAYBE 22 IF WE CAN WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT IN FUTURE ELECTIONS WHERE 23 WE DO SOME IN KIND SERVICES IN LEIU OF PAYING ELECTION 24 FEE. 25 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I GUESS I COULD RAISE THAT JANUARY 28, 2010 155 1 ISSUE, BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO KNOW FROM US WHERE WE STAND 2 ON THIS AND NOT TO HAVE KIND OF A PROLONGED WHAT IF -- 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE NGO. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: COULD YOU JUST STATE PUBLICLY HOW 5 MUCH WE ARE GOING TO BE SAVING THE DISTRICT. 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I THINK -- 7 JOHN, DO YOU (INAUDIBLE) -- 8 CFO BILMONT: (INAUDIBLE.) 9 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT'S THE MAXIMUM THAT WE'VE 10 RELEASED. IF WE WERE TO MAKE THE FIRST GAP PAYMENT BEFORE 11 JUNE 30TH, YOU WOULD TAKE ANOTHER 140,000 PERHAPS OFF OF 12 THAT AS WELL. 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: THEIR BILL WAS 809,000, BUT 14 WE ARE AGREEING TO PAY WITH YOUR CONCENT IS 339,000. SO 15 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE ABOUT 550,000 IN TERMS OF 16 NEGOTIATIONS THAT RON LEE DID. 17 HOWEVER, IF WE GO FORWARD WE WOULD PAY HALF NEXT 18 YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 140,000 TO 19 150,000 NEXT YEAR, A HALF PAYMENT. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AND THAT WOULD BECOME AN ANNUAL 21 ITEM IN THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR. I HAVE CHECKED WITH OTHER 22 DISTRICTS AND THEY BEING BILLED BY THEIR COUNTIES FOR 23 ELECTION COSTS. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: THANK YOU. 25 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I MEAN I GUESS I WAS THINKING JANUARY 28, 2010 156 1 OF A DIFFERENT MODEL. 2 I GUESS GUS IS GOING TO CHOKE ME, BUT IN KIND 3 TEACHING OR SOMETHING, PRO BONO TEACHING OR SOMETHING. 4 I'M SORRY. I'M JUST BRINGING OUT JUST VARIOUS 5 WAYS THAT WE CAN MAYBE VOLUNTEER SOME OF OUR WORK AND SOME 6 OF OUR SERVICES. 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I THINK IT WILL GO WELL. 8 TRUSTEE JACKSON: THAT'S JUST A HECK OF AMOUNT 9 MONEY TO PAY. AND I KNOW MAYBE OTHER DISTRICTS DO IT, BUT 10 I'M THINKING MAYBE THERE'S SOME COLLABORATIVE WAY WE CAN 11 WORK WITH THE CITY IN TERMS OF NOT HAVING TO PAY THE 12 ELECTION FEE. I MEAN WE HAVE TO BE ON THE BALLOT EVERY 13 TWO YEARS. AND YOU KNOW TO PAY OUT THAT MUCH MONEY EVERY 14 TWO YEARS IN A TOUGH BUDGET SEASON. I MEAN I WOULD LIKE 15 TO AT LEAST SEE A DISCUSSION. THEY MIGHT TURN US DOWN, 16 BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A HEALTHY DISCUSSION. 17 IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN DO VOLUNTEER OR IN KIND 18 SERVICES? AND THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO SEIU AND AFT 19 AGREEING ON THE ACTUAL LABOR. I MEAN I'M NOT GOING TO BE 20 VOLUNTEER FOLKS FOR FREE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S BAD. BUT I DO 21 WANT YOU KNOW I DO WANT THERE TO BE A DISCUSSION AMONGST 22 OURSELVES AND WITH THE CITY TO TALK ABOUT IS THERE A WAY 23 THAT WE CAN VOLUNTEER SERVICES. I MEAN I CAN'T FATHOM 24 PAYING THAT MUCH MONEY. I MEAN WHEN WE ARE CUTTING SUMMER 25 SCHOOL. JANUARY 28, 2010 157 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I GUESS I DEFER TO THE 2 CHANCELLOR. 3 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND I'M NOT TRYING TO GIVE A 4 HARD TIME I'M JUST SAYING IS THERE AN OUT OF THE BOX WAY 5 THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT COMPENSATING THE CITY? 6 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: GOING FORWARD I WOULD BE 7 VERY HAPPY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN 8 DO IN EXCHANGE. 9 THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. ONE IS THAT WE 10 DID SET ASIDE THE $889,000 IN THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET SO 11 IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE TALKING MONEY OUT THAT WE DIDN'T 12 ALREADY PLAN FOR. 13 THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED A 14 PRETTY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY THIS 15 YEAR AND HAVE BEEN WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ON ABOUT 16 $6 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS, INCLUDING A $3 MILLION GRANT 17 THAT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH THEM IN COLLABORATION AND ALSO 18 A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT THAT WE HAVE. SO IT'S COOPERATIVE 19 RELATIONSHIP, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO COOPERATE ON SOME OF 20 THESE THINGS. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FORGE A VERY STRONG 21 RELATIONSHIP. THEY WILL CONTINUE DO THAT. AND WE ARE 22 GOING TO PUSH THAT. 23 BUT I THINK WE WERE GIVEN A BILL IN 2006, WHICH 24 WE DELIBERATELY DID NOT PAY. SO MY ETHICS ARE SUCH THAT 25 IF YOU ARE BILLED FOR SOMETHING THAT'S A LEGITIMATE THING, JANUARY 28, 2010 158 1 AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS LEGITIMATE AT THE TIME, BUT WE JUST 2 SAID, NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO PAY IT, THEN WE SHOULD 3 PROBABLY PAY IT. BUT GOING FORWARD, WE SHOULD NEGOTIATE 4 SOMETHING. BUT I THINK THAT ONCE YOU SORT OF AGREE TO AND 5 GOT INTO THINGS, IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH TO SAY AT THAT POINT, 6 NO, I'M NOT GOING TO PAY IT. 7 I THINK WE CAN WORK SOMETHING, ACTUALLY, WHERE 8 WE COULD DO A SWAP FOR SERVICES BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF 9 GOOD THINGS THAT WE COULD DO IN TERMS OF ENROLLING OF 10 THEIR WORKFORCE INTO OUR CLASSES AND GIVING THEM SOME 11 CONSIDERATION ON THE BASIS OF THAT. 12 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YEAH. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE REGULAR REPORT, I WILL BE 15 BRIEF. 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: PETER, YOU NEEDED AN OKAY 17 ON THIS. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT'S NOT LISTED AS AN ACTION 19 ITEM. I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR A CONSENSUS. 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: A CONSENSUS OF THE BOARD. 21 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: EXACTLY. 22 REGULAR FINANCIAL REPORT, SINCE THE BOARD LAST 23 MET, THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, OF COURSE, WAS RELEASED. AND 24 WHILE HE TRIED TO PORTRAY IT AS SOMETHING THAT WAS 25 PROTECTIVE OF EDUCATION, NONETHELESS, THERE ARE CUTS IN JANUARY 28, 2010 159 1 THERE. 2 FOR EXAMPLE, AS OPPOSED TO THE ZERO COLA, THIS 3 YEAR HE IS PROPOSING A MINUS 0.3 PERCENT COLA, SO IT'S 4 LESS THAN COLA FOR NEXT YEAR. 5 IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE DID PROPOSE MONEY FOR 6 GROWTH. HE PROPOSED RESHUFFLING THE DECK ON CATEGORICAL 7 PROGRAMS, WHICH I KNOW HAS BEEN OF IMPORTANCE TO THE 8 BOARD. I'M MORE IN FAVOR OF THE PROGRAMS HE CARES ABOUT 9 MORE. AND AT THE SAME TIME DID NOT PROPOSE ANYTHING TO 10 FILL BEHIND THE FEDERAL MONEY WHICH WAS NOT ALL THAT 11 LARGE, BUT THERE WAS SOME FEDERAL MONEY WE GOT TOWARD OUR 12 CATEGORICALS THIS YEAR, AND HE IS NOT PROPOSING ANY. HE 13 FELL BEHIND ON THAT FOR NEXT YEAR, SO THAT'S A CUT AS 14 WELL. 15 THE PROCESS IS IN ITS EARLIEST STAGES, OF 16 COURSE. YOU'VE HEARD THAT MANY TIMES, SO IT WILL CHANGE 17 OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT IS GOOD THAT WE ARE NOT HIS 18 TARGET. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THE STATE BUDGET WOULD NOT 19 DO ANYTHING REALLY NEARLY SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO CHANGE OUR 20 SITUATION NEXT YEAR AS PROPOSED. 21 AND SO WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU SOON WITH 22 FIRMING UP OUR ESTIMATES TO WHERE WE STAND FOR NEXT YEAR. 23 WE HAVE PLANNING AND BUDGET COUNCIL MEETINGS STARTING. 24 PERHAPS THE BOARD WOULD WANT TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE JOINT 25 MEETINGS AGAIN THIS YEAR. I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S ALL JANUARY 28, 2010 160 1 GOING TO START TO MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY VERY SOON. 2 IN THE CURRENT YEAR WE THINK WE ARE GOING TO BE 3 OKAY. WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE TO SAVE MONEY. WE WILL BE 4 SQUEEZING VERY HARD ON OUR NON PERSONNEL SPENDING. I WILL 5 BE MEETING VERY DIRECTLY WITH A LOT OF COST CENTER 6 MANAGERS IN THIS COLLEGE STARTING NEXT WEEK BECAUSE JUST 7 BECAUSE IT'S IN YOUR BUDGET THIS YEAR, DOESN'T MEAN YOU 8 CAN SPEND IT. WE NEED TO SAVE THAT MONEY, SO WE COULD 9 HOPEFULLY NOT SPEND ALL THE MONEY THAT WE PUT ON THE TABLE 10 FROM OUR RESERVE AND HAVE THAT AS IN TACT AS POSSIBLE FOR 11 NEXT YEAR. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANKS VERY MUCH. 13 BOARD OF TRUSTEES' REPORTS. LET'S START DOWN 14 THERE WITH TRUSTEE NGO. 15 TRUSTEE BERG: YES, I'M -- 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE NGO, FIRST. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: NO. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. 18 PRESIDENT MARKS: NOTHING, OKAY. I'M SORRY. 19 TRUSTEE BERG. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE 21 ANYTHING. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: I DON'T HAVE A REPORT. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 24 TRUSTEE BERG: I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK 25 THINGS I WANT TO SAY. IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK. I WANT TO JANUARY 28, 2010 161 1 THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL AWARD OR MOMENTO. I 2 DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED, A PLAQUE I SUPPOSE. IT'S BIG 3 AND IT'S REALLY VERY BEAUTIFUL, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR 4 IT. 5 I WANT TO RECOMMEND OR SUGGEST THAT WE ADJOURN 6 THE MEETING IN MEMORY OF TOM HAYES. I THINK ANITA IS 7 GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. WE WILL GIVE YOU HIS FULL NAME. 8 HE WAS AS MUCH AS ANY OF US PART OF THIS 9 DISTRICT. HE NEVER MISSED A FOOTBALL GAME. HIS SON IS 10 DANNY HAYES, WHO IS OUR FOOTBALL COACH AND DEPARTMENT 11 CHAIR. I GUESS ASSISTANT COACH AND DEPARTMENT CHAIR FOR 12 THE PE DEPARTMENT. HE JUST DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO CITY 13 COLLEGE. HE WAS REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL. AND I WOULD 14 LIKE TO SEED SOME OF MY TIME TO DEAN LINDA SQUIRES-GROHE 15 WHO IS GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 17 MS. SQUIRES-GROHE: TOM WAS AN INCREDIBLE MAN. 18 AND ANY OF US WHO KNEW HIM WILL GREATLY MISS HIM. HE WAS 19 A MAN OF INTEGRITY. HE WAS A FAMILY MAN. HE WAS HONEST. 20 HE WAS JUST A GOOD MAN. PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST MEN I'VE 21 EVER MET. AND HE STARTED BY COMING FROM COUNTY LIMERICK 22 TO SAN FRANCISCO AT AGE 19. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT HE WAS 23 LATHER AND PLASTER, AND HE WORKED ON CLOUD HALL, SO HIS 24 ROOTS AT CITY COLLEGE GO WAY BACK. 25 AND I THINK IT IS JUST FITTING THAT THE JANUARY 28, 2010 162 1 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, WHO HE WAS A NO. 1 FAN OF, WE 2 SHOULD HONOR HIS MEMORY TONIGHT. I CAN'T THINK OF A NICER 3 GESTURE. AND I KNOW HIS FAMILY WOULD APPRECIATE IT, SO 4 THANK YOU. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU, LINDA. 8 I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THOMAS 9 FRANCES HAYES AND REQUEST THAT WE CLOSE OUR MEETING IN 10 MEMORY OF HIM. 11 THERE ARE THREE WORDS THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT IN 12 TERMS OF DESCRIBING THIS MAN. HE WAS THE KINDEST, 13 GENTLEST GENTLEMAN I'VE EVER MET. AND IN ADDITION TO 14 HAVING A WONDERFUL SON IN DAN HAYES, HE ALSO HAS A 15 WONDERFUL DAUGHTER, FIRE CHIEF JOANNE HAYES-WHITE. 16 TRUSTEE BERG: AND TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS. 17 TRUSTEE GRIER: I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAMES. AND 18 SO IF WE COULD CLOSE IN MEMORY OF THE FINEST MAN I THINK 19 I'VE EVER KNOWN TONIGHT, I WOULD THANK YOU FOR IT. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 21 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 22 TRUSTEE JACKSON: IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY REPORTS 23 IN THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH 24 SOLAR CITY. I DON'T KNOW -- THEY WERE IN THE NEWSPAPER A 25 FEW MONTHS AGO IN TERMS OF THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE JANUARY 28, 2010 163 1 THE COMMUNITY WITH A TRAINING CENTER IN TERMS OF SOLAR 2 POWER AND THEY NEVER DID. 3 WE, WORKING WITH THE DEAN OF EVANS CAMPUS AND 4 WORKING WITH THE SOUTHEAST JOBS COALITION SUPERVISOR 5 DALY'S OFFICE, WE WERE ABLE TO COME TO A SEMI AGREEMENT. 6 WE WERE JUST WORKING OUT THE VERY MINOR DETAILS, BUT IT 7 ACTUALLY HAD CITY COLLEGE AS A TRAINER. AND IT WILL 8 PROVIDE CITY COLLEGE WITH ABOUT $50,000 OVER THE NEXT 9 THREE YEARS IN TERMS OF TRAINING, ALONG WITH A SIGNIFICANT 10 AMOUNT OF ACTUAL SOLAR PANELS AND SOLAR EQUIPMENT, 11 EQUIPMENT THAT WILL HELP US BOOST AND REALLY QUICK START 12 AND CONTINUE OUR SOLAR PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 13 AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST 14 REALLY SIGNIFICANT WITH CITY COLLEGE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH 15 THE COMMUNITY TO HOLD PRIVATE COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE IN 16 TERMS OF THEIR TRAINING PROMISES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, 17 ESPECIALLY UNDESERVED COMMUNITIES. 18 SECOND, THERE IS A NEW PLAN WITH THE SAN 19 FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE BAYVIEW HUNTERS 20 POINT EMPOWERMENT PLAN. AND IT IS WORKING WITHIN THE 21 SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND IT IS GOING TO BE A WAY TO PROVIDE 22 IN KIND SERVICES FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES. AND THEY 23 DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE CITY COLLEGE TO PARTICIPATE. THEY 24 WILL BE HAVING A PANEL ABOUT THIS PLAN AT THURGOOD 25 MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL. IT WILL BE AT 6:00 P.M. ON JANUARY 28, 2010 164 1 FEBRUARY 4TH. THAT'S ON A WEDNESDAY. AND SO I DEFINITELY 2 URGE EVERYONE WITHIN THIS DISTRICT TO ATTEND. 3 I DEFINITELY WILL BE GETTING THAT BACK BECAUSE I 4 KNOW A FEW FOLKS THAT DEFINITELY EVEN ON THIS BOARD THAT 5 SHOULD SIT ON THAT PANEL AND TALK ABOUT DEFINITELY HOW 6 CITY COLLEGE AND SF UNIFIED COULD WORK TO IMPROVE THE 7 EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. 8 AND BEFORE I GET TO MY LAST ITEM, I ALWAYS FEEL 9 BAD EVERY TIME PETER COMES UP HERE, HE ALWAYS GIVES A 10 REALLY SAD REPORT. I IMAGINE BACK IN THE 90'S HE USED TO 11 GIVE US GOOD REPORTS ABOUT THE SURPLUSES WE HAD. YOU 12 KNOW, I WILL REQUEST. I ACTUALLY WANT TO REQUEST A CD 13 BACK IN THE LATE 90'S JUST WHEN PETER USED TO GIVE GOOD 14 REPORTS ABOUT OUR FINANCES, SO I WILL REQUEST THAT. 15 BECAUSE I DO WANT TO -- MAYBE PETER HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE 16 HAIR, AND HE GAVE US SOME MORE. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: EVEN IN THE GOOD DAYS, THEY 18 WERE KIND OF SAD. THAT WAS WRONG. 19 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YOU KNOW, BUT SO I JUST ALWAYS 20 THOUGHT, DANG, EVERY TIME I SEE PETER HE ALWAYS HAS BAD 21 NEWS. 22 SO I SAY THAT TO WARM ME UP SO THAT I COULD GET 23 TO THE MAIN CRUX OF MY REPORT IS THAT WE WILL BE STARTING 24 OUR STUDENT EQUITY HEARINGS IN TERMS OF THE STUDENT 25 ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND OTHER ITEMS. AND THOSE WILL BE JANUARY 28, 2010 165 1 FEBRUARY 9TH, FEBRUARY 10TH, AND FEBRUARY 11TH. 2 I KNOW TRUSTEE NGO WHO WILL BE CHAIRING THE 3 OTHER PORTION OF THOSE HEARINGS. I WILL LET HIM REPORT ON 4 SOME OF THOSE DATES IN TERMS OF THAT. 5 BUT FEBRUARY 9TH WILL BE FOCUSED ON FINANCIAL 6 AID. FEBRUARY 10TH WE WILL FOCUS ON STUDENT SERVICES OF 7 SUPPORT AND SPACE ALLOCATION. AND FEBRUARY 11TH WE WILL 8 BE FOCUSING ON OUR RETENTION PROGRAMS. 9 I GO INTO THIS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, JUST 10 WANTING TO FIND OUT THE DATA, WANTING TO FIND CONSTRUCTIVE 11 SOLUTIONS, NOT ONE FACTION OR ANOTHER FACTION OF THE SAME 12 OLD POLITICS. I THINK I WANT TO FIND REAL SOLUTIONS THAT 13 EVERYBODY CAN COME AROUND TO AND SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN 14 IMPLEMENT IN A TIMELY MANNER SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO 15 THE CHANGE THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT. AND THAT MANY, MANY 16 OF OUR FACULTY AND STAFF DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND SO I 17 DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE HEARINGS. 18 I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO A VERY CONSTRUCTIVE 19 AND A VERY POSITIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. AND THIS IS 20 WHY I LOOK AT THIS AS NOT A DEBATE OR I DON'T EVEN LIKE 21 THE WORD "HEARINGS" BECAUSE THAT REMINDS OF ME OF JUST 22 COURT HEARINGS. BUT I DO WANT THIS TO BE A CONVERSATION 23 IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE CONTINUE -- HOW DO WE PREVENT FOLKS 24 FROM FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS WITHIN OUR INSTITUTION IN 25 THESE TOUGH, TOUGH TIMES. JANUARY 28, 2010 166 1 SO WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT. AND IF 2 TRUSTEE NGO HAD ANYTHING HE WANTED TO ADD TO THE STUDENT 3 EQUITY HEARINGS, I WILL YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME. 4 TRUSTEE NGO: YEAH, I'M WORKING ON AN AGENDA FOR 5 THE EQUITY HEARINGS AS IT RELATES TO THE CURRICULUM, THE 6 BASIC SKILLS CURRICULUM. AS SOON AS WE DEVELOP IT, WE 7 WILL GET IT OUT TO THE DISTRICT AND TO THE CHANCELLOR FOR 8 HIS REVIEW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 9 I WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT TRUSTEE JACKSON SAID 10 AS TO HOW IMPORTANT THIS ISSUE IS TO US, AND I KNOW TO 11 PEOPLE AT THE DISTRICT. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WHY WE RAN FOR 12 THIS OFFICE. AND WE INTEND TO PURSUE IT, TO ENGAGE IN 13 DISCUSSION, AND TO GET THE RIGHT ANSWERS, AND TO MOVE 14 FORWARD AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO 15 HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH EVERYONE. AND I WANT TO THANK 16 EVERYONE AND THE CHANCELLOR AND THE CITY COLLEGE 17 COMMUNITY, AND ALSO TRUSTEE JACKSON FOR COCHAIRING THESE 18 HEARINGS OR DISCUSSIONS -- 19 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YES. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: -- WITH ME. 21 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE 22 CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, LINDA SHAW, AND CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN. 23 THEY HAVE BEEN -- THEY'VE SHOWED IMMEASURABLE SUPPORT IN 24 TERMS OF HELPING US EVEN JUST SECURE THE SPACE, GET THE 25 E-MAILS OUT TO THE REST OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY. THEY'VE JANUARY 28, 2010 167 1 SHOWED SOME SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK 2 THEM FOR THAT TOO. THANK YOU. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE NEILSEN: I HAVE NO REPORT. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: I JUST WANTED TO ASK -- TERRY 6 ANDERS I KNOW WAS HERE EARLIER AND HE LEFT WITH MINDY 7 KENER AND LEFT SOME MATERIALS ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY ARE 8 DOING ON THE JOINT-USE FACILITY AND TRYING TO INCREASE AND 9 CREATE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAN FRANCISCANS. 10 I KNOW THE CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS 11 DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR THE CHINATOWN CAMPUS. AND I 12 THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR BOTH OF THEM TO COME AND GIVE 13 US A REPORT AND AN UPDATE. FROM WHAT MR. ANDERS SHOWED 14 US, HE'S PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT TO REACHING OUT TO 15 PEOPLE, TO SITTING DOWN, AND REMINDING CONTRACTORS OVER 16 AND OVER AGAIN THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO 17 CAN DO THIS WORK AND SHOULD BE DOING THE WORK. AND I'M 18 SURE CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS DOING SOME OF THE 19 WORK. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO HEAR ABOUT 20 ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS, SO THANKS. 21 GO AHEAD. 22 TRUSTEE JACKSON: EVERY TIME I GIVE MY REPORT, I 23 ALWAYS FORGET AND LEAVE OUT A COUPLE OF PIECES. 24 THROUGH SHARON HEWITT ACTUALLY, SHE INTRODUCED 25 ME TO TWO STUDENTS AT CITY COLLEGE RUTH SANCHEZ AND TENICE JANUARY 28, 2010 168 1 DILLARD. AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY -- AND IT'S 2 ACTUALLY BEEN A PROCESS THAT'S HUMBLED ME IN TERMS OF 3 HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THROUGH SOME OF THE PROCESS IN TERMS 4 OF CITY COLLEGE. THEY TOLD ME THE STORIES IN TERMS OF THE 5 JUST THE FIRST COUPLE DAYS OF SCHOOL, IN TERMS OF THE 6 CLASSES, IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL HELP THAT THEY'VE GOT FROM 7 FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS. 8 I KNOW TENICE SAT DOWN WITH THE CHAIR OF THE RN 9 PROGRAM. AND SHE ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AND TALKED AND TOLD 10 HERE SHE IS ACTUALLY AN ASPIRING NURSE. AND SHE GOT A 11 CHANCE TO SITDOWN AND TALK AND HAD A WONDERFUL 45-MINUTE 12 CONVERSATION JUST ABOUT HOW DO I NAVIGATE THROUGH CITY 13 COLLEGE AND THE CLASSES I NEED TO TAKE, WHAT BASIC SKILLS, 14 WHAT TESTING PREPARATIONS. I WAS THERE RIGHT WITH HER. 15 BUT IT'S BEEN A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE TO BE BACK INTO THE 16 SHOES OF A STUDENT AND TO SEE WHAT'S IT LIKE. 17 AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE FACULTY AND 18 STAFF BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING A REMARKABLE JOB, ESPECIALLY 19 UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO I FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT 20 PIECE, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK FACULTY AND STAFF 21 ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TAKEN THESE TWO STUDENTS 22 THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND THEY WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT 23 WITHOUT THE HELP OF FACULTY AND STAFF, SO THANK YOU SO 24 MUCH. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. JANUARY 28, 2010 169 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON: THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN. 4 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YES, FIRST OF ALL 5 CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT MARKS AND ALSO TO VICE 6 PRESIDENT JOHN RIZZO. 7 ALSO I THINK THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE PRETTY HAPPY 8 WITH THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AT CITY COLLEGE. WE ARE 9 SERVING A HUGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. MANY OF THEM ARE 10 FRANTICALLY TRYING TO GET INTO CLASSES. MANY FACULTY ARE 11 ACCEPTING 15 TO 20 STUDENTS MORE THAN THEY HAVE ALMOST 12 CAPACITY TO ACCEPT. THE LIBRARIES ARE FULL. EVERYBODY IS 13 WORKING EXTREMELY HARD TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS NEXT 14 PERIOD OF TIME. 15 AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING WELL IN TERMS OF GETTING 16 THROUGH THIS, BUT WE ALL RECOGNIZE, AND I HOPE WE WILL 17 CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE, THAT WE ARE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH 18 THE TUNNEL AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. AND WE STARTED 19 TALKING ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ALMOST NOW. SO 20 WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO MAYBE TWO MORE YEARS OF PRETTY TOUGH 21 TIMES AS FAR AS THE COLLEGE IS CONCERNED. 22 THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING FOR US 23 BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR US TO MAKE 24 OURSELVES, REINVENT OURSELVES IN CERTAIN AREAS AND TO THAT 25 END, I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT WHAT TRUSTEE JACKSON CALLS A JANUARY 28, 2010 170 1 VERY TOUGH BUDGET SITUATION AND THINGS THAT HAS CAUSED 2 PETER GOLDSTEIN TO LOSE HAIR, WHICH IS A PROBLEM THAT I 3 DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER FROM SINCE MY HAIR IS PRETTY MUCH 4 GONE. 5 BUT THE DEAL IS THAT WE WERE FACING CLOSE TO $18 6 MILLION DEFICIT SHORTFALL LAST YEAR. WE COULD BE BETWEEN 7 $12 AND $15 MILLION THIS YEAR. WE DO HAVE A PLAN FOR 8 THAT, BUT THE PLAN IS A VERY TOUGH PLAN. THERE ARE 9 ELEMENTS OF IT THAT ON DISPLAY TONIGHT. 10 I DID GIVE A ADMINISTRATIVE SALARY IN RELATED 11 CONSULTING SERVICES HERE. THERE IS AN UPDATE THAT I WILL 12 GIVE TO THE BOARD BECAUSE THEIR COPY IS SLIGHTLY MODIFIED 13 IN TERMS OF A COUPLE OF THINGS. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE HERE 14 IS THAT WE CAN NO LONGER GO FORWARD WITH THE SAME 15 ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SO MANY YEARS. 16 IT DOES HAVE TO GET MODIFIED, AND WE HAVE TO SPEND LESS 17 MONEY ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE THAN WE HAVE IN THE 18 PAST. 19 WE HAVE ACTUALLY CUT $2 MILLION THAT'S 20 DOCUMENTED IN THIS DOCUMENT. CAN WE CUT TWO MORE MILLION 21 DOLLARS FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE? 22 PROBABLY NOT, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN STRIVE TO 23 CONTINUE TO CUT SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES THERE. 24 NOW THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS IS STEP 1 OF 25 SEVERAL STEPS IN TERMS OF REBALANCING THE COLLEGE RELATIVE JANUARY 28, 2010 171 1 TO HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE SPENDING ON WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE 2 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS VERSUS CLASSROOM COSTS. 3 WE ACTUALLY ARE OUT OF PHASE, OUT OF BALANCE. 4 AND WE HAVE BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS OUT OF BALANCE IN 5 THE PROPORTIONAL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE SPENDING FOR 6 VARIOUS THINGS. SO THIS IS 2 MILLION, PERHAPS WE WILL BE 7 ABLE TO GET ANOTHER HALF A MILLION OR SO ON THIS IF I CAN 8 WORK THIS OUT WITH EVERYONE IN THE COLLEGE. 9 BUT WE ALSO HAVE A HUGE NUMBER OF CLASSIFIED 10 MANAGERS. AND I'M NOT PICKING ON ANYONE, BUT I WILL PICK 11 ON THIS BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO THE $8 TO $10 MILLION THAT 12 WE ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATION, WE HAVE 13 ANOTHER $6 TO $7 MILLION IN CLASSIFIED MANAGERS. 14 I WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD AND THE 15 COLLEGE CONSTITUENT GROUPS AND PBC HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE 16 ABLE TO ACTUALLY START TO SHAVE OFF MILLIONS, NOT HUNDREDS 17 OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, BUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM 18 THIS. IT IS GOING TO BE HARD, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE. IT 19 HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOCUSSING ON 20 CLASSROOM AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES. AND THAT WE ARE 21 DOING IT IN THE MANNER THAT IS FAIR TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 22 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO SO WE NEVER AGAIN HAVE TO 23 BE FACED WITH A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE OUR 24 SUMMER SCHOOL OR DO SOMETHING OF THIS NATURE THAT HAS SUCH 25 A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON OUR STUDENTS AND ON OUR COMMUNITY, JANUARY 28, 2010 172 1 BUT WE DO HAVE TO REBALANCE THAT. 2 THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE 3 LOOKING AT. IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE HIRE A CHIEF 4 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE 5 GROWN IN A VERY HAPHAZARD WAY IN TERMS OF THAT FUNCTION AT 6 THE COLLEGE. WE PROBABLY ARE BELOW THAT. AND I'M GOING 7 TO USE THAT WORD "ADVISABLY" IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF 8 OVERLAPPING SITUATIONS THAT WE HAVE AT THE COLLEGE, NOT 9 EFFECTIVE, NOT EFFICIENT. 10 AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TRYING TO CRITICIZE ANYONE IN 11 PARTICULAR, BUT WE ALSO HAVE IN THAT STRUCTURE PROBABLY IN 12 THE MILLIONS, NOT LESS THAN THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE 13 DOING. WE NEED TO ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THESE THINGS BECAUSE 14 IF WE DON'T FOCUS ON ELIMINATING THOSE COSTS AT THIS DOWN 15 PERIOD OF OUR BUDGET, WE WILL NEVER GET IT UNDER CONTROL. 16 SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS. 17 WE ALSO HAVE ENHANCED OUR GRANTS INITIATIVE. 18 AND I AM VERY MUCH PROUD OF IT, AND I MENTIONED IT IN MY 19 FLEX SPEECH, THE WORK OF THE TEAM LED BY KRISTEN CHARLES, 20 DEAN CHARLES. $11 MILLION IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR 21 IN TERMS OF GRANTS THAT COME INTO THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE A 22 TARGET OF 20 MILLION IN TERMS OF GRANTS. THAT DOES HELP 23 THE COLLEGE STUDENT PERIOD WHEN THEY NEED THESE GRANTS TO 24 SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN SO DEVASTATED WITH 25 THESE CUTS AND SO THE GRANTS ARE VERY BENEFICIAL TO US IN JANUARY 28, 2010 173 1 THAT WAY. BUT DIRECTLY THEY ARE A BENEFIT AS WELL BECAUSE 2 SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING OFF THE GENERAL FUND CAN 3 WORK OFF THE GRANT. 4 I'M FOCUSSING ON THE DOLLAR SITUATION BECAUSE I 5 THINK THERE IS A TENDENCY FOR PEOPLE TO LET UP. WE COULD 6 LOOK AT OUR BUDGET AND SAY, YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT 7 THROUGH THIS TOUGH FISCAL YEAR THAT WE ARE NOW, BUT ARE WE 8 GOING TO LET UP AND SAY NOW WE CAN KIND OF REST ON OUR 9 LAURELS. WE CANNOT DO THAT, SO IT'S LOT OF BUDGET TALK. 10 LAST YEAR WE TOOK SEVEN MONTHS OF CONTINUING 11 BUDGET CONVERSATIONS TO GET WHERE WE NEEDED TO GO. IT'S 12 LIKELY IT'S GOING TO BE FIVE OR SIX MONTHS OF 13 CONVERSATION. IT'S CRITICAL. THE STUDENTS HAVE SPOKEN. 14 THEY SAID WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT 15 BUDGET. WE NEVER WANT TO BE CAUGHT SURPRISED IN TERMS OF 16 ANY BUDGETARY ISSUES. 17 SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SERIES OF HEARINGS 18 THAT WILL INVOLVE THE STUDENTS IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET. 19 AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING THIS AT PBC. AND I'M 20 SURE THE BOARD WILL ALSO, THROUGH IT'S PBC, BE INVOLVING 21 STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS AS WELL AS THE OTHER CONSTITUENT 22 GROUPS. 23 SO ON THAT NOTE, I WILL STOP. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 25 COUNCIL BATTISTE, ARE THERE ANY CLOSING SESSION JANUARY 28, 2010 174 1 ANNOUNCEMENTS? 2 COUNSEL BATTISTE: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE NO 3 REPORTS FROM CLOSED SESSIONS. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 5 I HAVE ONE CARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SHARON 6 HEWITT. 7 MS. HEWITT: FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY 8 SAYING HAPPY NEW YEARS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM 9 SIGNIFICANTLY IMPRESSED THAT ANYBODY IN MY AGE RANGE COULD 10 BE UP THIS LATE. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: THIS IS EARLY FOR US. 12 MS. HEWITT: WELL, I'M EXCEEDINGLY IMPRESSED. 13 BOARD OF TRUSTEES, EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, CHANCELLOR 14 GRIFFIN, I HAVE ONLY SEVERAL COMMENTS TO MAKE TONIGHT FOR 15 YOUR CONSIDERATION. 16 ONE I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE 17 ARE IN EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT TIMES. WE FEEL AND 18 EXPERIENCE THAT ON THE STREET. 19 BUT I AM IMPRESSED HAVING LISTENED TO EVEN 20 PETERS COMMENTS WITH REGARDS TO THE AGGRESSIVE NATURE WITH 21 WHICH THIS BODY HAS TAKEN IN SECURING THE NECESSARY FUNDS 22 TO MAINTAIN VITAL SERVICES THROUGH THE COLLEGE. 23 I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SOME UNSOLICITED FEEDBACK 24 CHARACTERISTICALLY REGARDING WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING ON 25 THE GROUND AND THE IMPACT OF YOUR POLICY DECISIONS HERE. JANUARY 28, 2010 175 1 FOR THE FIRST TIME, EVEN THOUGH THE BUDGET IS TIGHT AND 2 CLASSES ARE CUT, THERE'S A REAL SENSE AND PRESENCE OF CITY 3 COLLEGE'S COMMITMENT TO SOME OF THE MOST DISENFRANCHISED 4 PEOPLE IN THE CITY. 5 I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME, I'M 6 SEEING PEOPLE WITH HEIGHTENED ASPIRATIONS, EVEN THOUGH 7 THERE ARE CUTS, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO SUMMER SCHOOL, 8 THAT THIS COLLEGE IS DOING EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO 9 BAIL ITSELF. I'M PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH SOME OF THE 10 VISIONS AND SOME OF THE PRE THOUGHT THAT'S GOING INTO THE 11 CHANCELLOR'S OBJECTIVE. AND TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO 12 COMMENT THAT THE LEADERSHIP IS REAL, AND WE ARE FEELING IT 13 ON THE STREET. 14 I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE AN INSTRUMENT. THOSE 15 OF YOU WHO ARE DOING THE EVALUATORY INSTRUMENTS THAT ALLOW 16 FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE BEEN MONITORING THIS PROCESS 17 FOR MANY YEARS TO GIVE UNSOLICITED FEEDBACK. AND SO 18 WITHOUT THE INSTRUMENT AND WITHOUT THE -- LET ME GIVE IT, 19 HE IS DOING A DAMN GOOD JOB AND SO ARE YOU. 20 I WOULD LIKE TO ADDITIONALLY COMMENT ON THE 21 COMMUNITY RELATIONS ASPECT OF THIS BODY AND IT'S DEEPER 22 PENETRATION INTO PLACES WHERE FOLKS HAVE DARED NOT GO. 23 I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO COMMENT ON AND ENCOURAGE 24 THE CONTINUED ARTICULATION AND THE PUSH FOR CITY COLLEGE 25 TO NOT OPERATE IN A VACUUM BUT CONTINUE TO AGGRESSIVELY JANUARY 28, 2010 176 1 PURSUE ITS GRANT FINDING ACTIVITIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH 2 THE CITY. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY NEXUS 3 THAT I THINK THAT ARE CRITICAL FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND. 4 ONE IS THERE HAS BEEN A HEIGHTENED LEVEL 5 ENGAGEMENT THROUGH TRENT'S DEPARTMENT AROUND JOBS NOW. 6 AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WORK. AND WHILE IT IS TIME 7 LIMITED AND MANY OF THOSE JOBS WILL BE UP IN OCTOBER, THEY 8 WANT TO COME RIGHT HERE. 9 THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED DIFFERENTLY. AND BECAUSE 10 OF THAT ENGAGEMENT, THERE WILL BE A GREATER RELIANCE ON 11 YOUR SYSTEM. THAT'S ALREADY TAXED. 12 I THINK IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE ENCOURAGE AND 13 AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY, EVEN 14 THOUGH WE ARE STRUGGLING. IT'S EASIER IF WE STRUGGLE 15 TOGETHER AS ONE FAMILY. 16 I AM PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ENSURING THAT WE 17 LOOK AT REALLY AGGRESSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIES 18 AROUND SIGNIFICANT SECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND OUR RELATIONSHIP 19 TO THAT SO THAT WE HAVE THE CURRICULUMS AND THE 20 OPPORTUNITY TO PUSH PEOPLE WHERE ACTUAL HIRING IS GOING TO 21 OCCUR. WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT MECHANISMS TO DO THAT. 22 I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT WE AGGRESSIVELY DO THAT. 23 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AS PART OF THE 24 CHANCELLOR'S SUBSEQUENT OBJECTIVES, HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT 25 OUR GRANT MAKING ACTIVITY, THE CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE JANUARY 28, 2010 177 1 BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THIS BODY. AT THE LOWER SCHOOL 2 LEVEL, THERE'S A JOINT COMMITTEE BETWEEN THE BOARD OF 3 SUPERVISORS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE NO SUCH 4 ENTITY. AND WE MIGHT WANT TO EXPLORE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN 5 BRING A HIGHER LEVEL OF INSPIRATION. 6 AGAIN, YOU KNOW THE ISSUES OF SOCIAL SERVICES 7 AND THE KIND OF SUPPORT AND WRAP-AROUND SERVICES TO BE 8 RESPONSIVE TO POPULATIONS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN LEFT 9 OUT IS CRITICAL. FROM THE CLEAREST PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE 10 ALSO ASKING THAT WE DO A DEEPER ANALYSIS IN TERMS OF TAX 11 CREDITS. AND SPECIFICALLY, SOME OF THE EMERGING 12 OPPORTUNITIES THAT IS BEING FACILITATED BY THE CITY IN 13 TERMS OF THE SOUTHEAST SECTOR AND THE TAX CREDITS THAT MAY 14 BE AVAILABLE THAT WE MAY FURTHER EXPLOIT. 15 LASTLY, I WANTED TO -- I WANTED TO SAY THAT IN 16 RESPONSE TO WHAT I HEARD EARLIER REGARDING THE HAITI 17 EFFORTS BEING COORDINATED BY THE COLLEGE THAT I WANTED TO 18 REMIND FOLKS THAT WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES -- I'D LIKE 19 TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES IN 20 RELATIONSHIP TO HAITI. AND THAT IS, WORKING WITH SOME OF 21 THE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS IN TERMS OF PROVIDING SOME 22 SHORT-TERM RELIEF BY VIRTUE OF SOME OF OUR LVN STUDENTS, 23 SOME OF OUR EDUCATORS, THAT WE LOOK AT SAN FRANCISCO AS A 24 MODEL AND THIS PARTICULAR ENTITY AS A MODEL TO PERHAPS, 25 NOT NOW, BUT PERHAPS AS THE OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT ITSELF JANUARY 28, 2010 178 1 TO LOOK AT SENDING SOME OF OUR NURSES OVER, SOME OF OUR 2 EARLY EDUCATION SPECIALISTS IN TERMS OF PREPARING FOR THE 3 REBUILD. 4 I THINK THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE 5 HAS SAID. AND YOU KNOW SAN FRANCISCO, WE LIKE TO DO 6 THINGS FIRST. BUT I DO THINK IT IS A WORTH WHILE EFFORT 7 THAT COULD GO MUCH FURTHER THAN JUST SENDING A BLANKET. 8 WE DO HAVE PEOPLE -- I THINK IT WOULD CONNECT PEOPLE IN A 9 MORE GLOBAL SENSE. AND AGAIN, BEGIN TO LOOK AT SOME MORE 10 OPPORTUNITIES. 11 SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE AT LEAST SOME LEVEL 12 EXPLORATION THAT WE DO SOME SUBSTANTIVE WORK IN TERMS OF 13 LINKING IT. SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WITH THAT PARTICULAR 14 LEVEL OF NEED. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SHORTLY SAY THAT 15 WHILE WE HAVE HAITI AND THE WORLD IS LOOKING AT HAITI, 16 SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS THAT I WORK WITH WERE ALSO 17 DEVASTATED. 18 BUT WE HAVE SHORT-TERM MEMORY, AND SO IT'S OFF 19 THE MAP. AND THAT'S WHEN THE US AND WESTERN SAMOA WAS HIT 20 BY AN ENORMOUS TSUNAMI JUST SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. AND I'M 21 WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAVE GONE TO 22 THE ISLAND. CLEARLY, THERE WAS SOME DISPARITY IN TERMS OF 23 THE RESOURCES THAT WERE DIRECTED AT US MORE VERSUS WESTERN 24 SAMOA WHICH IS SOLVENT NATION. BUT THE NEEDS THERE ARE 25 STILL TREMENDOUSLY GREAT. AND SO LET'S NOT PICK ONE JANUARY 28, 2010 179 1 TRAGEDY OVER ANOTHER, BUT LET'S LOOK AT ENHANCING OUR 2 GLOBAL INTERFACE WITH COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE 3 RELATIONSHIPS WITH RIGHT HERE. 4 AND LASTLY, I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR 5 CONTINUING TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RESPOND TO 6 THIS ENORMOUS DIFFICULTY THAT WE ARE HAVING IN TERMS OF 7 OUR FISCAL STATE. 8 AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMIT -- WELL, FIRST 9 ABOUT TERRY ANDERS, HE IS DOING SOME GOOD WORK OUT THERE. 10 AND SO WHILE HE HAD TO LEAVE, I WANT TO SAY THAT CHINESE 11 FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, TERRY ANDERS ARE THE KINDS OF 12 PARTNERSHIPS WE REALLY NEED TO NURTURE AND DEVELOP IN 13 TERMS OF PENETRATING THE COMMUNITIES AND TWEAKING OUT 14 ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. 15 AND LASTLY, AND VERY LASTLY, I JUST CAN'T THANK 16 YOU ENOUGH FOR THE DEGREE OF ENGAGEMENT THAT THIS BOARD OF 17 TRUSTEES HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN, SPECIFICALLY THEIR MEMBERS OF 18 THIS BODY THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH AND CALLING LATE 19 AT NIGHT. 20 AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE TO BRING US A TIGHTER 21 LEVEL OF CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL OF 22 THE CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, IT'S A STRUGGLE WITH THIS BODY 23 AND OUR CITY. WE NEED A GREATER LEVEL OF CONTINUITY SO 24 THAT OUR KIDS WHO WERE DISENFRANCHISED, THAT OUR 25 EX-OFFENDERS THAT ARE COMING OUT, THE KIND OF THE PARENTAL JANUARY 28, 2010 180 1 SUPPORT THAT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE THROUGH 2 THESE SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE. AND THAT IS NOT THE ROLE OF 3 ANY ONE INSTITUTION. 4 AND AGAIN, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT, I WOULD LIKE 5 TO HEAR MORE AT THESE MEETINGS WITH REGARDS TO HOW THOSE 6 PARTNERSHIPS ARE BEING DEVELOPED. 7 AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PERSONALLY JUST REALLY 8 A HEART FELT PERSONAL THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN 9 UNDERTAKEN WHILE WE LOOK AT HAITI, WHILE WE LOOK AT THIS 10 FINANCIAL SITUATION, LET US ALSO PREPARE OURSELVES IN THE 11 EVENT OF A NATURAL DISASTER AND LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE, EVEN 12 OUR CAMPUSES IN TERMS OF PREPARATION FOR THAT. 13 THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, BUT NOT SINGLY. 14 AGAIN, LOOKING OUT OF THE BOX, USING THE COMBINED WISDOM 15 AND EXPERTISE FROM MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD WHO HAVE BEEN 16 HERE, LOOKING OUT OF THE BOX TO SOME NEWER VOICES AND 17 ENSURING THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TIGHTEN UP THE 18 CONTINUITY OF OUR COLLECTIVE RESOURCES BECAUSE WE ARE 19 GOING TO SURVIVE. WE ARE GOING TO SURVIVE THIS. 20 AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES THAT 21 ARE ORGANIZING THE MARCH 4TH DAY. 22 AND, LINDA, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM NOT AN 23 OFFICIAL BODY, BUT I REPRESENT A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE 24 CALLED MOMS AND GRAND-MOMS. AND SO AS A MOM AND A 25 GRAND-MOM WHO HAS A GRANDDAUGHTER WHO MIGHT BE COMING TO JANUARY 28, 2010 181 1 THIS INSTITUTION, I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART. AND I WOULD 2 LIKE TO ORGANIZE MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS WHO CARE ABOUT 3 THIS ISSUE DEEPLY TO BE IN SUPPORT. AND WE DON'T NEED A 4 VOICE. WE WILL JUST BE THERE IN PRESENCE. I WOULD LOVE 5 TO HELP ORGANIZE THAT. 6 AND ONCE AGAIN ON BEHALF OF MY COMMUNITY, ON 7 BEHALF OF ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, WE AS A FAMILY WILL 8 SURVIVE. THANK YOU. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 10 MS. HEWITT: I THINK HE IS DOING A GOOD JOB. 11 TRUSTEE GRIER: SHARON, DON'T LEAVE, PLEASE. 12 YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES. THIS TIME YOU 13 TALKED ABOUT VERY SPECIFIC THINGS THAT WE TOUCHED ON 14 TODAY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE MARCH. I HEARD WHAT YOU JUST 15 SAID ABOUT THE INVOLVEMENT. WE NEED TO DO MORE COMMUNITY 16 INVOLVEMENT. 17 WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE 18 INTEGRATION OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED 19 AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN 20 TRYING TO DO AND THEN OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN TRYING 21 TO DO. BUT I THINK THERE IS A MISSING LINK. AND I THINK 22 YOU CAN FILL THAT LINK AND HELP US TO GET WHERE WE WANT TO 23 GO. 24 IN TERMS OF THE HAITI SITUATION, I THINK THAT 25 COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE JANUARY 28, 2010 182 1 WHEN YOU TALK TALKED ABOUT PREPARATION, YOU KNOW, HOW WE 2 SHOULD BE PREPARED. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF 3 COLLABORATION, THAT KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER. AND I KNOW 4 THE POPULATION THAT YOU WORK WITH. I KNOW THE COMMUNITY 5 THAT YOU WORK IN. 6 AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH YOU. SO LET'S 7 NOT JUST HAVE YOU TALK TODAY AND THEN HAVE YOU COME BACK 8 ANOTHER TIME. LET'S WORK TOGETHER. LET'S PLAN TOGETHER. 9 MS. HEWITT: YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE 10 PUBLICLY AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW OR MAY NOT KNOW, THE 11 CLEAR PROJECT WAS BASICALLY BORNE OUT OF A RESPONSE TO THE 12 BURGEONING HOMICIDES IN THE CITY. VERY EARLY ON BORN AT 13 SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, WE DECIDED THAT WE 14 CONCURRENTLY FOCUS ON A PUBLIC POLICY RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 15 INFRASTRUCTURE. 16 AND TO THAT END, I WOULD SAY AND YOU WILL SEE A 17 MUCH CALMER SHARON FROM THIS POINT ON. I WOULD SAY THAT 18 WE HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY LEVEL OF SUCCESS THIS YEAR. SOME 19 OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD, RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, 20 THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT SAID FOR THE FIRST TIME 21 IN 50 YEARS THE HOMICIDES IN THE CITY HAD DROPPED 22 UNPRECEDENTLY AND THAT WE WERE LOWER THAN WE HAD BEEN 23 EVER. 24 AND WE ATTRIBUTE THAT NOT TO OUR POLICE CHIEF, 25 ALTHOUGH WE UNDERSTOOD PUBLIC SAFETY WAS IMPORTANT, BUT TO JANUARY 28, 2010 183 1 MOSAIC, A COMPREHENSIVE MOSAIC OF INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 2 FROM GUN DAY IN SAN FRANCISCO, A MARCH, ET CETERA. THE 3 SERVICES THAT WERE ENACTED HERE AT YOUR SCHOOL. BUT IT 4 WAS A MOSAIC THAT LEND ITSELF TO THAT RESULT THAT NOW. 5 IT'S ALL RELATIVE. IF YOU WERE A VICTIM, WE HAD 48 6 HOMICIDES AS OPPOSED 106 FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IF YOU 7 WERE VICTIM NO. 40, IT DIDN'T MATTER. AND SO WE HAVE A 8 ZERO TOLERANCE TO THAT. 9 BUT IN REGARDS TO YOUR SPECIFIC AREA OF 10 ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, WHAT WE ARE HOPING IS THAT WE ARE 11 BUILDING A CADRE OF LEADERSHIP. THAT'S NOT DEPENDANT ON 12 ONE PERSON OR ONE INDIVIDUAL. AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO 13 HELP FACILITATE THE CONVERSATIONS. 14 MANY OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT CHRIS 15 JACKSON WAS A STUDENT OF MINE AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE. AND 16 OUR CURRICULUM AND CLASS THAT WAS DEVELOPED. MY FIRST 17 INTERACTION WITH MR. JACKSON WAS NOT A FRIENDLY ONE. HE 18 WAS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. AND I WAS LECTURING, AND I 19 TOLD HIM, "NOT ON MY WATCH." IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE 20 COLORFUL THAN THAT, BUT WE WILL LEAVE OUT THE DETAILS. 21 THE POINT OF THE MATTER IS OUR CAREER FOR EIGHT 22 YEARS HAS BEEN THE CRYING VOICE AROUND THIS UGLY SYMPTOM, 23 AND WE THINK WE'VE SUCCEEDED IN OUR JOB. 24 IN ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF I WILL BE GOING ON 25 SABBATICAL TO DO MORE WORK. THE PROJECT WILL BE JANUARY 28, 2010 184 1 TRANSCENDING AND, HOPEFULLY, FOCUSSING MORE ON POLICY 2 DEVELOPMENT, GETTING AT THE ROOT CAUSES AND REALLY 3 ALLOWING ME TO THINK OUT LOUD ABOUT SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS. 4 SO TO THAT END, I WILL BE AVAILABLE. I WILL BE WORKING, 5 HOPEFULLY, WITH USF IN ONE OF THE THINK TANKS IN TRYING TO 6 LOOK AT HOW WE CAN MESH THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 7 GROUND WITH MORE COMPREHENSIVE POLICIES. AND TO END, I 8 WILL BE MORE AVAILABLE. 9 THE PROJECT WILL BE TAKING ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL 10 OF ENGAGEMENT AND THAT REALLY IS MUCH ON THE GROUND 11 BECAUSE WE THINK WE'VE GOT VEHICLES OUT THERE TO DO THAT. 12 BUT I CERTAINLY ADMIRE THIS LEADERSHIP, AND I 13 THINK AN OLD LADY LIKE ME THAT THINKS OUT LOUD WOULD BE 14 MORE THAN HAPPY TO JOIN ANY CONVERSATIONS TO THAT END. 15 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 16 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND SHARON, BEFORE YOU GO, I 17 JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. I KNOW WE WERE 18 HONORED AT YOUR LAST EVENT. YOU KNOW TO HAVE THE 19 CHANCELLOR SPEAK THERE, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HONORED THAT 20 WHEN YOU COME HERE AND YOU SPEAK TO THAT STUFF, MYSELF AND 21 OTHER TRUSTEES THAT DO TALK ABOUT A CLOSER NEXUS BETWEEN 22 CITY COLLEGE AND THE COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT JUST US SINGING 23 A SOLO SONG, BUT THAT YOU ARE GIVING VOICE TO THE CHOIR OF 24 FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE SAYING THAT WE 25 REALLY WANT THIS AND THAT YOU ARE PROVING THAT WHEN JANUARY 28, 2010 185 1 MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT WE ARE 2 NOT JUST SPOUTING OFF OR SAYING IT OR BEING A COMMITTEE OF 3 ONE, THAT WE ARE REALLY BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT 4 FOLKS ARE REALLY TELLING US. 5 AND AS A RECIPIENT OF MANY LATE NIGHT CALLS, YOU 6 KNOW I AM HAPPY THAT YOU FEEL THAT I FEEL MOST PROUD THAT 7 YOU FEEL THAT WE ARE MAKING A DEEPER PENETRATION IN THE 8 COMMUNITY. I KNOW IT'S NOT ENOUGH. AND I KNOW WE HAVE TO 9 DO MUCH, MUCH MORE. 10 IN LOOKING AT THE 11:00 O'CLOCK HOUR, I AM GOING 11 TO STOP. BUT I DO KNOW THAT MUCH MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE 12 DONE, BUT KNOWING THAT YOU FEEL THAT WAY, THAT WE ARE 13 DOING A BETTER JOB AT PENETRATING INTO THE COMMUNITY MEANS 14 THAT SOME OF OUR EFFORTS ARE PAYING OFF. 15 MS. HEWITT: AND ALL I WOULD ASK FROM MY FAMILY 16 HERE IS THAT WE WORK JUST CLOSER TOGETHER ON WHAT WE KNOW. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: YES. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 20 TRUSTEE BERG: SHE NEEDS TO FILL OUT A CARD. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: I NEED TO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES 22 THAT WE HAVE TO ADJOURN AND THEN RECONVENE FOR A VERY, 23 VERY QUICK MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT'S 24 FINANCE AND CORPORATION, WHICH WE ALWAYS DO IN JANUARY. 25 SO IN ADDITION TO ADJOURNING TONIGHT IN MEMORY JANUARY 28, 2010 186 1 OF TOM HAYES, I WANT TO ADD TO THAT. NOT IN MEMORY OF 2 SOMEBODY, BUT IN THE HOPE THAT SHE IS STILL ALIVE, A WOMAN 3 I DON'T KNOW, EXCEPT THROUGH TWITTER. 4 IN THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI, THERE WAS A WOMAN 5 WHO WORKED IN A SUPERMARKET WHO STARTED TEXTING HER COUSIN 6 IN CHICAGO. AND THE COUSIN'SCOLLEAGUES STARTED SENDING 7 OUT THE WORD THROUGH TWITTER THAT THIS WOMAN WAS TRAPPED 8 IN THE SUPERMARKET. AND SHE WAS HEARING THE RESCUERS 9 LEAVING. 10 AND SO I JOINED OTHER PEOPLE IN TRYING TO TRY TO 11 REACH OUT AS MUCH AS I COULD ELECTRONICALLY. I WENT TO 12 TRY TO FIND REPORTERS WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE AS MUCH AS 13 POSSIBLE TO GET THE WORD OUT. HER MOTHER CAME. THE 14 RESCUERS STARTED COMING. AND AFTER SEVERAL DAYS, THEY DID 15 NOT FIND HER. THEY FOUND OTHER PEOPLE WHO GOT OUT. HER 16 FAMILY STILL HAS HOPE THAT SHE IS ALIVE. HER NAME IS 17 RAJEEV MAJARE. SHE WORKED IN THE SUPERMARKET. AND ALSO 18 IS A VOCALIST AND VIOLINIST. 19 I WANT TO ADJOURN IN THE HOPES THAT HER FAMILY 20 WILL FIND HER, AND SHE WILL FIND HER FAMILY. 21 LET US TAKE A MINUTE TO THINK OF THESE TWO 22 PEOPLE AND THEN WE CAN ADJOURN AND RECONVENE. SO IN THE 23 MEMORY OF TOM HAYES. 24 (A MOMENT OF SILENCE OBSERVED.) 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. WE ARE ADJOURNED. JANUARY 28, 2010 187 1 IT IS 10:55. 2 (MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10:55 P.M.) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JANUARY 28, 2010 1 2 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER 3 4 5 I, THE UNDERSIGNED, A DULY AUTHORIZED CERTIFIED 6 SHORTHAND REPORTER, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING 7 PROCEEDINGS WERE TAKEN DOWN BY ME IN STENOTYPE AND 8 THEREAFTER TRANSCRIBED INTO TYPEWRITING BY COMPUTER, UNDER 9 MY DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION, AND THAT THIS TRANSCRIPT IS A 10 TRUE RECORD OF THE SAID PROCEEDINGS. 11 12 13 DATED: FEBRUARY 15, 2010 14 15 16 ______________________________ MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 17 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JANUARY 28, 2010