SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT MONTHLY MEETING OF THE HONORABLE BOARD OF TRUSTEES THURSDAY, JULY 29, 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 ANITA GRIER 7 CHRIS JACKSON 8 MILTON MARKS III 9 STEVE NGO 10 JOHN RIZZO 11 LAWRENCE WONG 12 13 14 DR. DON Q. GRIFFIN, CHANCELLOR 15 LEILANI BATTISTE, GENERAL COUNSEL 16 JEFFREY FANG, STUDENT TRUSTEE 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JULY 29, 2010 3 1 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT ON THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2 2010, COMMENCING AT THE HOUR OF 7:00 P.M. THEREOF, AT CITY 3 COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, 33 GOUGH STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, 4 CALIFORNIA, BEFORE ME, MICHELE M. SHEA, A CERTIFIED 5 SHORTHAND REPORTER FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE 6 FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JULY 29, 2010 4 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE 2 TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE MEETING AT 6:30, BUT DIDN'T MAKE 3 IT. 4 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE 5 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE 6 DISTRICT. TODAY IS THURSDAY, JULY 29TH, 2010. WE ARE 7 MEETING AT THE GOUGH STREET CAMPUS, AND IT 7:00 O'CLOCK. 8 CHANCELLOR, IF YOU COULD CALL THE ROLE, PLEASE. 9 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: PRESIDENT MILTON MARKS. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: HERE. 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: VICE PRESIDENT JOHN RIZZO. 12 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: HERE. 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. NATALIE BERG. 14 TRUSTEE BERG: (NO RESPONSE.) 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DR. ANITA GRIER. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: HERE. 17 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: CHRIS JACKSON. 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON: (NO RESPONSE.) 19 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: STEVE NGO. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: HERE. 21 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: LAWRENCE WONG. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: HERE. 23 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: STUDENT TRUSTEE JEFFREY 24 FANG. 25 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: HERE. JULY 29, 2010 5 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF A 2 ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE. 3 (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECITED.) 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: OUR AGENDA ALLOWS FOR TEN 5 MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT. AT THIS POINT, THE AREAS THAT 6 WE ASK PEOPLE TO ADDRESS ARE THOSE THAT ARE NOT ON THE 7 AGENDA TONIGHT, EXCEPT FOR S1, WHICH IS RECOMMENDING 8 ADOPTION OF THE DISTRICT'S INITIAL PROPOSAL TO THE SAN 9 FRANCISCO BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES UNION COUNCIL 10 FOR A SUCCESSOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. THAT 11 ALSO IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT IF YOU WANTED 12 TO. 13 SO THE CARDS I HAVE -- I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS 14 FOR THAT. I HAVE CARDS FOR THE PRESENTATION LATER ON. 15 SO IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO SPEAK DURING 16 THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? 17 WAS YOURS ON THE -- 18 GO AHEAD. SORRY, GUS. 19 GUS GOLDSTEIN. 20 MS. GOLDSTEIN: I THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS I WOULD 21 BE PRECEDED BY JEFFREY. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YEAH. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 24 AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. 25 MS. GOLDSTEIN: WOULD YOU LIKE TO -- JULY 29, 2010 6 1 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: OKAY, YEAH, SURE. I WILL 2 GO FIRST. 3 MY APOLOGIES FOR STILL KIND OF BEING A MESS 4 HERE. I BELIEVE IN FRONT OF EACH BOARD MEMBER THERE IS 5 TWO PACKETS OF MINUTES. ONE IS FROM THE OCEAN CAMPUS 6 COUNCIL, AS WELL AS ONE FROM THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, WHICH I 7 AM A CHAIR OF BY JOB DESCRIPTION. 8 MAINLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT IN 9 REGARDS TO THE PARCEL TAX BECAUSE WITHIN THESE TWO 10 MINUTES, THERE IS A POSITION OF SUPPORT FROM THE STUDENT 11 COUNCIL TO SUPPORT HAVING THE PARCEL TAX ON THE NOVEMBER 12 BALLOT MEASURE. AND YET, KNOWING THE DEADLINE IS COMING 13 UP, IT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. I'M A BIT CURIOUS AS TO WHY. 14 AND ALSO, I BELIEVE IT'S FITTING OF MY DUTY TO 15 ASK IF THIS COULD POTENTIALLY HELP RESTORE CLASSES, WHY 16 AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT IT? 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: AS LONG AS EVERYBODY 18 UNDERSTANDS, WE CAN ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, BUT WE CAN'T 19 REALLY DISCUSS ANYTHING THAT'S RAISED. 20 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST 21 SEEKING SORT OF AN ANSWER. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 23 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THAT'S ALL. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: GUS. 25 MS. GOLDSTEIN: GUS GOLDSTEIN, AFT 2121. GOOD JULY 29, 2010 7 1 EVENING. 2 I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WHEN I HEARD THAT THE 3 PARCEL TAX WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, I WAS SIMPLY 4 SHOCKED. WE'VE DONE SO MUCH WORK TRYING TO GET -- THE 5 GODBE POLL SHOWED THAT A PARCEL TAX OF $49 A PARCEL FOR 6 FOUR YEARS WAS SUPPORTED BY 71 PERCENT OF THOSE POLLED 7 EVEN BEFORE THEY WERE GIVEN ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST A 8 HIGHER TAX WERE PRESENTED THE ACTUAL SUPPORT FOR A PARCEL 9 TAX WENT UP BY SEVERAL POINTS. AND SO WHEN WE 10 PRESUMABLY -- YOU COULD ASSUME THAT THE SUPPORT AT $49 FOR 11 FOUR YEARS WOULD ALSO GO UP. IT DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY CHECK 12 AGAINST THAT ONE. 13 SO IT WAS A MINIMUM OF 71 PERCENT SUPPORT IN THE 14 PUBLIC WITHOUT EVEN TRYING TO CAMPAIGN. NOW IT'S POSSIBLE 15 THAT THERE COULD BE SOME CAMPAIGNS AGAINST IT. YOU HAVE 16 100,000 STUDENTS WHO WILL CAMPAIGN FOR IT. YOU HAVE 2000 17 FACULTY -- WELL ALMOST -- WHO WILL CAMPAIGN FOR IT. I'M 18 JUST SHOCKED. 19 AND SO I'M HERE TO REQUEST THAT THE BOARD 20 CONSIDERS VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY HOLDING A SPECIAL MEETING. 21 I KNOW THAT YOU COULDN'T GET ONE TOGETHER UNTIL MONDAY. 22 IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD TO RECONSIDER 23 AND TO PUT THE PARCEL TAX ON THE BALLOT, THAT YOU CAN DO 24 THAT ON MONDAY. THE WRITING THAT HAD TO BE DONE TO GET IT 25 ONTO THE BALLOT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY FRIDAY WHEN IT JULY 29, 2010 8 1 HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS. 2 I JUST -- YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FILL A 10 MILLION 3 OR MORE DOLLAR GAP. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU EXPECT TO DO 4 IT OTHERWISE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT SORTS OF 5 SACRIFICES -- 6 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 7 -- YOU EXPECT FACULTY AND STUDENTS TO MAKE IF 8 YOU DON'T DO THAT. THANK YOU. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 10 ARE THERE ANY OTHER CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT 11 THIS TIME? 12 IF NOT, IF WE COULD GO ON -- 13 TRUSTEE WONG: IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY 14 CLARIFYING STATEMENTS FROM -- 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: PARDON ME? 16 TRUSTEE WONG: -- ADMINISTRATION? 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANY EXPLANATION ABOUT THIS OR? 18 TRUSTEE WONG: WELL, CLARIFYING. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: I MEAN CLARIFYING STATEMENTS. 21 QUESTIONS WERE ASKED. I THINK WE ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE 22 CLARIFYING RESPONSES WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE DETAILS. 23 COUNSEL BATTISTE: NOT HAVING A DISCUSSION. 24 TRUSTEE WONG: NOT HAVING A DISCUSSION -- 25 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YEAH. JULY 29, 2010 9 1 TRUSTEE WONG: -- MAYBE A CLARIFYING STATEMENT 2 FROM THE BOARD IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST TO CLARIFYING 3 QUESTIONS. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: IF I COULD JUST ASK OUR 5 COUNSEL. I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE REASONS FOR ITS NOT 6 BEING ON THE AGENDA AND FOR US TO NOT BE PUSHING THIS 7 FORWARD. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY ANY OF THOSE 8 THINGS OR IF I CAN WITHOUT HAVING ANY KIND OF DISCUSSION, 9 BUT JUST TO SAY HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE 10 BOARD -- IT'S NOT THE QUESTION OF THE BOARD DECIDING, BUT 11 IT'S A QUESTION OF ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED AT VARIOUS 12 TIMES IN PAST MEETINGS. MAYBE JUST REITERATE THOSE. 13 COUNSEL BATTISTE: I THINK IF YOU JUST MAKE SOME 14 STATEMENTS, GENERAL STATEMENTS WITHOUT ENTERING INTO A LOT 15 OF DISCUSSION, I THINK YOU WOULD BE OKAY. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: I THINK EVERYBODY DID SEE THAT 17 THERE WAS SUPPORT, PARTICULARLY AT THE LOWER LEVEL FOR A 18 VERY SHORT DURATION. SO THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THAT 19 SHORT OF PERIOD OF TIME. 20 THE SECOND THING IS THAT TRUSTEE JACKSON TALKED 21 ABOUT A GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC BODIES GOING OUT 22 FOR A JOINT PARCEL TAX A YEAR FROM NOW AND CONCERNED THAT 23 WE SHOULD BE PART OF THAT RATHER THAN DOING OUR OWN NOW. 24 AND THEN THE THIRD PIECE OF IT IS SOMETHING THAT 25 FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THE DISTRICT WAS NOT CHARGED BY THE JULY 29, 2010 10 1 DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS FOR THE CITY HOLDING OR HOLDING 2 ELECTIONS ON THE DISTRICT'S BEHALF. THAT'S CHANGED. AND 3 THE DISTRICT HAS HAD TO PAY I THINK $700,000 -- 4 CAN I JUST FINISH? 5 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OH, YEAH. 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: -- FOR AT LEAST ONE PAST OR IT 7 MAY HAVE BEEN ONE PAST ELECTION. 8 THE CHANCES OF THE DISTRICT NOT HAVING TO PAY 9 OUT IN THE FUTURE ARE PRETTY SLIM. AND SO THE THOUGHT 10 THAT IT COULD BE ANOTHER $800,000 THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD 11 HAVE TO PUT OUT, PLUS THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING SOME SORT 12 OF EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN, NOT A CAMPAIGN PIECE, BUT AN 13 EDUCATIONAL PIECE OF IT, COULD ADD ANOTHER 100 OR 14 $200,000. 15 SO WITH THE DELAY OF WHEN THE PARCEL TAX COULD 16 BE COLLECTED AND THEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE DISTRICT, THERE 17 BEING A TIME LAG THERE, THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO FIND 18 SOMEWHERE UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS NOW TO PAY FOR THE 19 ELECTION AND FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING IN MONEY IN 20 THE FUTURE. SO THERE'S A PROBLEM JUST IN TERMS OF HOW TO 21 MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE WAY THAT WORKS. 22 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: THERE'S NOT TO BE ANY 24 DISCUSSIONS. 25 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OH, REALLY, SORRY. JULY 29, 2010 11 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: GO AHEAD. 2 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT JUST 3 LOOKING AT IT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF SUPERVISORS THAT 4 WITHDREW THEIR TAX MEASURES AS WELL LAST TUESDAY. AND IT 5 JUST, YOU KNOW, IN RECOGNITION THAT IT DIDN'T LOOK VERY 6 WELL FOR A LOT OF TAX MEASURES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF IN 7 THE POLLING DID IT ACCOUNT FOR ALL -- 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: I WANT TO STOP YOU. LET ME 9 JUST STOP YOU RIGHT THERE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD 10 BE DOING ANYMORE THAN THAT. 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OKAY. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: YOUR ANSWER WAS A GOOD RESPONSE 13 TO IT. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: BACK TO THE -- 15 TRUSTEE JACKSON: WE HAVEN'T HAD A DISCUSSION. 16 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT 17 THE BOARD HAS NOT MADE ANY KIND OF DECISION "NAY OR YEAH" 18 ON THIS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. WE HAVE 19 NOT DISCUSSED THIS OFFLINE. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: THAT'S TRUE. 21 TRUSTEE JACKSON: WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER 22 CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE SOME TIME 23 SOON. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 25 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE DEADLINE IS JULY 29, 2010 12 1 AUGUST 6TH. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: WE HAVE MINUTES FROM TWO 3 MEETINGS TO APPROVE TONIGHT. ONE IS FROM THE JUNE 24TH 4 REGULAR MEETING. AND ONE IS FROM THE JUNE 30TH SPECIAL 5 MEETING. 6 ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE 7 MINUTES? 8 IF NOT, IF SOMEONE COULD MOVE BOTH OF THEM. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL MOVE IT. 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO; SECONDED 12 BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 13 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES OF 14 JUNE 24TH AND JUNE 30TH, PLEASE "AYE." 15 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 17 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 18 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 20 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 24 THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 25 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT TRUSTEE JULY 29, 2010 13 1 JACKSON IS -- ALTHOUGH HE DID SPEAK, HE WASN'T PART OF THE 2 ROLE CALL, BUT HE IS PART OF THE MEETING TONIGHT. 3 THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ADOPTION OF 4 THE RESOLUTIONS AGENDA. 5 COUNCIL BATTISTE, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE 6 RESOLUTIONS AGENDA AS PROPOSED? 7 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, MR. PRESIDENT. THERE 8 ARE A NUMBER, NOT TOO MANY THOUGH. 9 AS TO REVISED RESOLUTIONS, THERE ARE NONE KNOWN 10 AT THIS TIME. 11 AS TO ADDED RESOLUTIONS, WE'VE ADDED F1, 12 "COMMENDING CHANCELLOR DR. DON GRIFFIN, AND AUTHORIZING 13 THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, INCLUDING INCREMENT AND DONATION 14 TO SAVE THE CLASSES PROJECT AT CITY COLLEGE OF SAN 15 FRANCISCO." 16 WE'VE ALSO ADDED S2, "RENEWAL OF SCHOOL 17 DISTRICT/COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT JOINT COMMITTEE BYLAWS 18 FOR THE YEARS 2010-2011, EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2011." 19 THERE ARE NO SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTIONS. 20 AND AT THIS TIME, B3, "AUTHORIZATION TO AWARD 21 CONTRACT TO INTERSTATE GRADING AND PAVING, INC. FOR 22 $3,569,500 FOR THE OCEAN CAMPUS PRACTICE FIELD PROJECT" 23 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: THERE WAS ALSO ON THE AGENDA, 25 WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT OUT, A PRESENTATION OR JULY 29, 2010 14 1 DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RECENT STUDENT ELECTIONS. SINCE I 2 REQUESTED THAT BE REMOVED AFTER THE DEADLINE FOR CHANGING, 3 THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT 4 PEOPLE KNEW THAT ISN'T GOING TO BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT. 5 SO NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT 6 ITEMS. THOSE ARE MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK AND A "C". ANY 7 MEMBER OF THE BOARD OR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN 8 REQUEST THAT THESE BE REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, SO 9 WE CAN DISCUSS THEM INDIVIDUALLY. 10 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR -- DOES ANYBODY 11 WANTS TO PULL B1 OR B2? 12 IF NOT, IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR B1 AND B2, 13 PLEASE. 14 TRUSTEE WONG: SO MOVED. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: SECOND. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE WONG AND 17 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE ON B1 AND B2. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF B1 AND 21 B2, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 22 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 24 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. JULY 29, 2010 15 1 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 2 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 5 THOSE TWO PASS. 6 B6. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: SO MOVED. 8 WAIT A MINUTE. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: IT'S B4, B5, AND B6. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE THAT. 12 B4, B5, AND B6, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO REMOVE ANY OF THOSE? 13 TRUSTEE WONG: I MOVE. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF B4, B5, 20 AND B6, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 21 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. JULY 29, 2010 16 1 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 4 THOSE PASS. 5 C1, C2, OR C3. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: SO MOVED. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRIER AND 9 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF C1, C2, 13 AND C3, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 14 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 19 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 22 THOSE PASS. 23 THE HUMAN RESOURCE RESOLUTIONS, G1-14, H1-H3, 24 AND N1, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANY OF THOSE? 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: POINT OF CLARIFICATION. IS IT JULY 29, 2010 17 1 G1-13 OR 14? 2 TRUSTEE WONG: G1-14. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: WHY DID YOU THINK 13? 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: BECAUSE MINE SAYS, "13." 6 TRUSTEE WONG: THE UPDATED AGENDA IS 14. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I WILL CHANGE 8 IT. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: I WILL MOVE. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 11 TRUSTEE GRIER: SECOND. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 13 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF G1-14, 16 H1-H3, AND N1, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 17 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 19 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 22 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 25 THOSE PASS. JULY 29, 2010 18 1 THAT'S THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 2 WE HAVE A SPECIAL DISCUSSION ITEM OF THE 2550 3 MISSION STREET PROPERTY THAT THE DISTRICT ENTERED INTO A 4 SALES AGREEMENT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TO DISCUSS THE 5 STATUS OF THAT. 6 I HAVE CARDS HERE FROM JAMES GALLAGHER, LARRY 7 DEL CARLO, DOUG SHOEMAKER, AND PJ JOHNSTON. 8 DO YOU ALL WANT TO COME UP AND TALK OR DO YOU 9 WANT -- TELL US HOW YOU WANT TO PRESENT THIS WITH THREE 10 MINUTES APIECE. IF WE COULD SPEAK IN THAT ORDER ACTUALLY. 11 MR. JOHNSTON: I'M SORRY. MR. PRESIDENT, IF WE 12 COULD SPEAK IN THAT ORDER. ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY. I'M PJ 13 JOHNSTON. I'M REPRESENTING AND WORKING WITH MR. GALLAGHER 14 AND MR. MURAD. I THINK MR. GALLAGHER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK 15 FIRST. THE OTHER TWO ARE HERE ON THEIR OWN, SO I CAN LET 16 THEM SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 18 MR. JOHNSTON: IF NECESSARY, I WILL COME UP AND 19 SPEAK AS WELL. 20 MR. GALLAGHER: GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT AND 21 TRUSTEES. I'M JAMES GALLAGHER, PRINCIPAL WITH GUS MURAD 22 ON THE PROPERTY WHICH WE PURCHASED FROM YOU FIVE YEARS 23 AGO. 24 WE ENTERED INTO BASICALLY A LARGE DIFFICULT 25 PROJECT WHICH MANY PEOPLE WOULD ARGUE THAT WE JULY 29, 2010 19 1 UNDERESTIMATED THE FINANCIAL NEED AND ALSO THE POLITICAL 2 NEED. WE TRIED BASICALLY FOR FIVE YEARS AND A HUGE AMOUNT 3 OF MONEY TO PUSH THIS PROJECT FORWARD. 4 FRANKLY, WE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THE ECONOMIC 5 PROBLEMS THAT WERE GOING TO HAPPEN SHORTLY AFTER 2008. AS 6 A PERSON IN CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, OUR 7 SOURCES OF FUNDING BASICALLY DRIED UP OVERNIGHT THROUGH 8 THE BANKING CRISIS. AND FRANKLY, THE AMOUNT OF CASH FLOW 9 THAT HAD AS THE SMALL BUSINESSES DRIED UP. IT JUST CAME 10 TO A HALT. 11 THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE REALIZED THAT WE WERE 12 GETTING FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND. AND OUR DREAM OF 13 DEVELOPING THE HOUSING PORTION OF IT AND RESTORING THE 14 THEATER BECAME MORE AND MORE OF A DREAM THAN A REALITY. 15 WE THEN WENT OUT TO LOOK FOR A PERSON TO BUY AND MAKE 16 WHOLE TO THE CITY AND TO CITY COLLEGE, AND BASICALLY OUR 17 OTHER LENDER. 18 WE STARTED THE PROCESS TALKING TO A NONPROFIT 19 DEVELOPER BECAUSE IT BECAME VERY APPARENT THAT THERE 20 WEREN'T MANY MUCH PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT COULD AFFORD TO 21 PURCHASE IT UNDER CONVENTIONAL LENDING SOURCES. WE 22 ENTERED INTO A LONG NEGOTIATION WITH A NONPROFIT GROUP, 23 BERNAL HOUSING GROUP, WHICH BASICALLY IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, 24 RAN OUT OF STEAM, BUT TOOK THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR TRYING 25 TO NEGOTIATE THAT FOR US. JULY 29, 2010 20 1 FROM THERE, WE WERE IN GOOD FORTUNE TO GET 2 INVOLVED WITH MISSION HOUSING, WHO NOW HAVE A PROPOSAL TO 3 BUY THE PROPERTY. AND WE HAVE HERE A MEMBER OF THE 4 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING WHO WE WISH TO PRESENT TO YOU 5 AND MISSION HOUSING. 6 I KNOW WE ARE BASICALLY BEHIND WITH OUR 7 PAYMENTS, AND WE ARE IN NOTICE OF DEFAULT FOR THAT. I 8 APOLOGIZE TO YOU AND TO THE COLLEGE. WE ARE TRYING TO 9 COME UP WITH BASICALLY A WAY TO MAKE WHOLE OR MAKE GOOD 10 AND PAY OFF THE NOTE IN THIS ECONOMIC CLIMATE THAT WE 11 HAVE. 12 AND WE JUST ASK FOR CONSIDERATION TO EXTEND THE 13 NOTICE OF DEFAULT TO ALLOW FOR THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO'S 14 AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO PURCHASE THIS GROUP. BASICALLY, 15 PURCHASE THE PROPERTY TO WORK WITH MISSION HOUSING 16 DEVELOPMENT AS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PORTION. THAT WOULD 17 FREE US UP TO HAVE -- TO DO FURTHER AND FURTHER 18 INVESTIGATION WHERE OPTIONS THERE ARE TO ACTUALLY DO 19 SOMETHING WITH THE THEATER, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS IN THE SAME 20 PLACE ONLY TO DETERIORATE MORE THAN WHAT WE BOUGHT IT FROM 21 YOU FIVE YEARS AGO. 22 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 23 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 24 CHANCELLOR ANDERSON: THANK YOU, MR. GALLAGHER. 25 MR. DEL CARLO: THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, FOR JULY 29, 2010 21 1 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT. MY NAME IS LARRY 2 DEL CARLO. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION HOUSING 3 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS STARTED 4 IN 1971 TO PRESERVE AND DEVELOP NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 5 SAN FRANCISCO AND PRIMARILY IN THE MISSION DISTRICT. 6 WE CURRENTLY OWN OVER A THOUSAND UNITS IN THE 7 IMMEDIATE AREA OF MURAD ASSOCIATES PROPERTY. AND WE 8 MANAGE EVEN MORE UNITS THAN THAT OF OUR OWN AND ALSO OF 9 OTHER NONPROFIT DEVELOPER HOUSING. 10 YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH VALENCIA GARDENS, WHICH 11 WAS ONE OF OUR PROJECTS THAT I THINK IS OPERATING VERY 12 WELL AND HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION AS AN EXCELLENT 13 PROJECT AND A NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGING PROJECT. 14 WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO BUILD 85 TO 100 15 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS SITE, THE GIANT VALUE 16 SITE AT 2550 MISSION. 17 WE WILL BUILD 100 PERCENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING 18 UNITS. THERE WILL BE NO HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES MADE 19 AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE. AND THERE WILL BE NO MARKET RATE 20 UNITS. AND THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FINANCING 21 TO DO THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS. AND ALSO, IT'S OUR MISSION 22 TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO. 23 SO I'M HOPING THAT THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER AN 24 EXTENSION FOR MURAD AND ASSOCIATES BECAUSE WE ARE VERY, 25 VERY CLOSE TO MAKING A DEAL TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT SITE. JULY 29, 2010 22 1 IT WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER SITES THERE SO THAT WE 2 WILL HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE 3 MUCH NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. 4 SO WE NEED FOR YOU TO CONSIDER, HOPEFULLY 5 FAVORABLY, THAT THERE WILL BE AN EXTENSION SO THAT WE CAN 6 HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO FINALIZE THE NEGOTIATIONS AND 7 TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY. THANK YOU. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 9 MR. SHOEMAKER: GOOD EVENING. DOUG SHOEMAKER, 10 DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: HI. 12 MR. SHOEMAKER: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 13 I WAS ASKED TO COME DOWN I THINK TO KIND OF GIVE 14 ALL OF YOU AN UNDERSTANDING OF SORT OF WHERE THINGS WERE 15 IN THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND A LOT HAS BEEN 16 DISCUSSED BACK AND FORTH, AND THERE'S A NEED FOR KIND OF A 17 CLARIFICATION FROM OUR OFFICE. 18 AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE BEEN IN A 19 SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WITH GUS AND PARTNER AND A COUPLE 20 OF DIFFERENT NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN LOOKING 21 AT WORKING ON DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THIS SITE. 22 I THINK WHEN IT FIRST CAME TO US, IT WAS MORE OF 23 A PACKAGE WITH THE THEATER, WHICH IS REALLY SOMETHING 24 BEYOND OUR CAPACITY TO HANDLE AS AN OFFICE. IT IS NOW -- 25 WE HAVE NOW BEEN TALKING NOW FOR A SOLID COUPLE OF MONTHS JULY 29, 2010 23 1 ABOUT A MORE LIMITED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON THE 2 NON-THEATER PART OF THE PARCEL WHERE THE GIANT VALUE IS. 3 AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION, I THINK WE ARE AT 4 A PLACE WHERE WE BELIEVE THERE IS A VIABLE PROJECT THERE. 5 WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION FINANCIALLY, I'M SURE LIKE THE 6 REST OF YOU, BUDGET WISE TO MAKE A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT 7 TODAY OR AT THIS TIME. 8 WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE WE BELIEVE IN THE 9 NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE WILL FIND OUT ENOUGH INFORMATION 10 FROM THE STATE IN TERMS OF VARIOUS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 11 THAT WE HAVE BEEN PURSUING AT THAT LEVEL THAT WILL HAVE A 12 MUCH CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR FINANCES IN SEPTEMBER 13 AND OCTOBER. AND AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD BE IN A POSITION 14 TO REALLY STATE MORE DEFINITIVELY WHAT WE ARE DOING. BUT 15 WE BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING 16 LOCATION. IT'S TAKEN US A LOT OF TIME. 17 AND I WOULD SAY THAT BOTH OF THE NONPROFITS 18 INVOLVED HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 19 WHAT WOULD WORK. WE BELIEVE SOMETHING COULD WORK THERE, 20 AND THAT IT WOULD BE A REAL ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. 21 AS YOU KNOW, THE MISSION DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE 22 MOST IN NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE MOST SUPPORTIVE 23 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 24 SO AGAIN, I KNOW YOU SHARE OUR INTEREST IN 25 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE DETAILS JULY 29, 2010 24 1 OF YOUR ARRANGEMENT WITH THE OWNERS OF THE THING, SO I 2 DON'T PRESUME TO STATE TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT, OTHER THAN TO 3 JUST LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER 4 ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE THEM, AT SOME FUTURE POINT IN 5 THE AGENDA OR IN THE FUTURE. 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 7 TRUSTEE NGO. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: SO THE FORECLOSURE FOR MURAD AND 9 ASSOCIATES TO CURE THE FORECLOSURE TO CURE THIS DEFICIENCY 10 IS SEPTEMBER 20TH. 11 MR. SHOEMAKER: THAT'S THEIR DEADLINE. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: RIGHT. SO DO YOU THINK SOMETHING 13 CAN HAPPEN BY SEPTEMBER 20TH? 14 MR. SHOEMAKER: I CAN'T TELL YOU DEFINITIVELY 15 THAT I WILL HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU BY SEPTEMBER 20TH. NO, 16 I CAN'T. 17 THE FEEDBACK WE GET WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER OR 18 OCTOBER AND THAT WILL MAKE CLEAR WHAT OUR BUDGET 19 LIMITATIONS ARE AND WHAT OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE, BUT I 20 CAN'T TELL YOU THAT IT WILL HAPPEN BY SEPTEMBER 20TH. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: SO THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ON -- 22 PETER, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION 23 INSTEAD. IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS NOW WHERE THE DISTRICT 24 HAS NOT GOTTEN PAID, FOR THE AMOUNT THAT'S OWED TO US. I 25 THINK THE TRANSACTION OCCURRED IN 2005. JULY 29, 2010 25 1 MR. SHOEMAKER: I'M ONLY FAMILIAR WITH THE 2 TRANSACTION. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: I'M GETTING TO IT. 4 MR. SHOEMAKER: OKAY. SORRY. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: THE REASON WHY I AM ASKING THIS IS 6 BECAUSE IF YOUR OFFICE IS INTEGRAL TO SOME SORT OF DEAL, 7 WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WHAT HAPPENED FROM 2005 8 TO 2010? 9 MR. SHOEMAKER: YOU KNOW, I'M SORRY YOU WILL 10 HAVE TO ASK SOMEONE ELSE. I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN A 11 DISCUSSION FOR THIS FOR MORE THAN I WOULD SAY 12 TO 14 12 MONTHS WHEN BERNAL HEIGHTS AND DOLORES STREET COMMUNITY 13 SERVICES FIRST CAME FORWARD WITH GUS AND THEN MORE 14 RECENTLY WITH MISSION HOUSING. I REALLY CAN'T TELL YOU. 15 I WOULD OFFER JUST BY WAY OF OBSERVATION THAT IT 16 IS TRUE THAT BETWEEN 2007 AND 2009, THE WORLD FELL APART 17 FROM A RESIDENTIAL FINANCING PERSPECTIVE AND SO I DON'T 18 KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THAT. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND WHAT 20 THE SITUATION WAS -- 21 MR. SHOEMAKER: YEAH. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: -- BETWEEN 2007 AND 2009. 23 MR. SHOEMAKER: YEAH. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: I'M NOT SEEING IT GETTING BETTER 25 FOR THIS SECTOR ANYWAY IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO, EVEN WITHIN JULY 29, 2010 26 1 THE NEXT 90 DAYS. 2 SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE THAT CASE, WHAT I'M 3 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WHEN WILL THERE EVER BE A DEAL IF 4 THAT'S THE PREMISE? 5 BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN 2005 AND 2010, 6 MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE CAN ANSWER IT. 7 MR. SHOEMAKER: JUST TO THE PART THAT IT IS FOR 8 ME, I WOULD SAY THERE REALLY IS FUNDAMENTALLY A DIFFERENCE 9 BETWEEN THE WAY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS FINANCED AND THE WAY 10 MARKET RATE HOUSING IS FINANCED. 11 AND I THINK NOT THAT OUR -- NOT THAT AFFORDABLE 12 HOUSING IS EVER EASY, BUT WE ARE IN A VERY STRANGE AND 13 SOMEWHAT UPSIDE SITUATION WHERE THERE ARE MANY MARKET RATE 14 DEALS THAT CAN'T WORK, BUT SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT 15 DOES. AND ULTIMATELY, IT COMES DOWN TO THE PRICE OF THE 16 PROPERTY AND WHAT GETS BUILT ON IT. SOME THINGS THAT 17 CAN'T WORK FROM A MARKET RATE PERSPECTIVE CAN. FROM AN 18 AFFORDABLE, WE ARE JUST LIMITED BY OUR RESOURCES. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY 20 ABOUT THIS? 21 MR. JOHNSTON: YES, PLEASE, MR. PRESIDENT. 22 TRUSTEE NGO, I WILL TRY AND ANSWER YOUR 23 QUESTIONS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE RECOGNIZING IT IS NOT GOING 24 TO BE ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE 25 ARE COMING HERE BEFORE YOU OFFER A MEA CULPA FOR NOT JULY 29, 2010 27 1 KEEPING UP WITH THE PAYMENTS. 2 WHAT I AM GOING TO ADDRESS IS YOUR QUESTION, BUT 3 I AM NOT PRESENTING THOSE AS AN EXCUSE FOR NOT KEEPING UP 4 WITH THEM. 5 THE FACT IS THAT WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED 6 AND FROM THE OUTSET OF ENVISIONING THIS PROJECT, IT WAS 7 GOING TO BE A MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT. THE ECONOMY WAS -- 8 THE OUTLOOK OF THE ECONOMY FOR REAL ESTATE WAS QUITE 9 DIFFERENT AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. THEN WE WENT THROUGH A 10 PRETTY ELABORATE GOVERNMENTAL AND POLITICAL PROCESS 11 SURROUNDING THE HEIGHT LIMITS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. FIRST 12 THE EASTERN NEIGHBORHOODS WERE LOOKING AT REZONING THE 13 BLOCK FOR HIGHER HEIGHTS WHICH, OF COURSE, WOULD ALLOW FOR 14 A LARGER PROJECT. THAT TOOK TIME AND DIDN'T NECESSARILY 15 RESOLVE ITSELF IN A POSITIVE RESULT FOR THOSE SPONSORS OF 16 THE PROJECT. 17 IT'S JUST AS MR. GALLAGHER MENTIONED AND THEN I 18 THINK THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS SPOKE TO. IT'S BECOME PRETTY 19 CLEAR THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THE GOVERNMENT 20 SUPPORTED FUNDING SOURCES AND OTHER NONPROFIT FUNDING 21 SOURCES THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO BARE TO DEVELOP AFFORDABLE 22 HOUSING, NOT TO MENTION, FRANKLY, THE GENERAL UNIVERSAL 23 POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAKES IT MUCH 24 MORE ACHIEVABLE. 25 AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT CHANGED, FRANKLY, JULY 29, 2010 28 1 IS THAT THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY RECOGNIZED THAT THEY 2 NEED TO MAKE GOOD ON THEIR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO YOU. 3 THEY NEED TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION. THEY ARE GOING TO BE 4 SELLING THIS PROPERTY TO MISSION HOUSING AT A LOSS. 5 BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PRESENTS ESSENTIALLY 6 THE LAST BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME. WE KNOW THAT HOUSING, 7 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THIS 8 UNDERUTILIZED, TO SAY THE LEAST, LOCATION. 9 WE KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING AT US SAYING, "HEY, A 10 LOT OF TIME HAS PASSED. WHY IS NOW DIFFERENT FROM SIX 11 MONTHS AGO AND 12 MONTHS BEFORE THAT?" WE LOST A LOT OF 12 TIME NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH WITH ANOTHER NONPROFIT 13 HOUSING DEVELOPER. WE GOT CLOSE. WE ALWAYS FELT WE WERE 14 VERY CLOSE, JUST AROUND THE CORNER. THAT LANGUISH IF NO 15 ONE SAID IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT IT DIDN'T 16 MATERIALIZED. 17 SO WE HAD TO MOVE ALONG TO A NEW QUALIFIED LOCAL 18 NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE GOT ONE. THEY ARE 19 EAGER. THEY ARE INTERESTED. THEY'VE CREATED PRO FORMAS. 20 THEY'VE CREATED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS. WE'VE ALSO DROPPED 21 THE SALE PRICE TO MAKE THIS WORK. AND WE ARE HOPING -- 22 (TIMER SOUNDS.) 23 -- THAT THAT WITH THE COMBINATION OF HOPEFULLY 24 GOOD NEWS COMING THROUGH THE CITY'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING 25 FUNDING SOURCES WILL CLOSE THAT GAP, AND WE WILL BE ABLE JULY 29, 2010 29 1 TO SEAL THIS DEAL, MAKING WHOLE AS NEEDS TO HAPPEN. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 3 TRUSTEE GRIER AND THEN TRUSTEE RIZZO. 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MARKS. 5 I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SOME OF THEM YOU 6 HAVE ANSWERED, BUT I WANTED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE 7 SPECIFIC ABOUT THE QUESTIONS I NEEDED ANSWERS TO. 8 YESTERDAY I WAS IN THE MISSION COMMUNITY AND 9 SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE JUST REALLY BUZZING ABOUT THE 10 POSSIBILITY OF MUCH NEEDED HOUSING IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 11 AND THE QUESTION THEY ASKED ME IS WHY CAN'T YOU 12 HELP US, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO THE 13 BOTTOM OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN. WHAT'S THE BEST 14 THING WE CAN DO? 15 SO MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH AN IDEA OF 16 TIMELINE. YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE PROBLEMS GETTING 17 STARTED. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMY. AND YOU TALKED 18 ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU HAD TO DO IN ORDER TO GET TO 19 THE POINT WHERE YOU ARE NOW. SO THE QUESTION HAS TO DO 20 WITH A TIMELINE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STARTING AND THE 21 POSSIBILITY OF FINISHING. 22 AND THEN I JUST KIND OF WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE 23 ARE IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS. THE PROCESS OF GETTING 24 STARTED, ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS, AND 25 OUR ATTORNEY HAS ASKED, JUST TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT JULY 29, 2010 30 1 ARE YOU GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO 2 BUILD A HOUSING IF THE ECONOMY IS EVEN WORSE THAN IT WAS 3 WHEN YOU STARTED. 4 MR. JOHNSTON: RIGHT. WELL, I TRIED TO ADDRESS 5 SOME OF THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE ECONOMY HAVING 6 WORSENED, AND THAT'S THE SPECIAL NATURE OF DEVELOPING 7 NONPROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT BRINGS FUNDING SOURCES 8 TO BEAR THAT COMMERCIAL HOUSING AT THIS POINT DOES NOT. 9 SO CERTAINLY THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR COMMERCIAL 10 DEVELOPMENT HASN'T CHANGED A WHOLE LOT FOR THE BETTER, BUT 11 THERE IS STILL NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORKS 12 IN THE CITY AND MORE TO COME AS MR. SHOEMAKER REFERENCED. 13 I WILL TRY TO ANSWER PART OF THAT AND MAYBE 14 MR. DEL CARLO WILL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO GET BACK TO 15 THE TIMELINE. 16 WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS BODY TO GIVE US AN 17 EXTENSION TO CLOSE THIS DEAL, SELL THE PROPERTY, MAKE YOU 18 WHOLE, GET OUT OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PART OF THIS 19 PROCESS. 20 WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT WITHIN 120 DAY PERIOD 21 RECOGNIZING THAT MR. SHOEMAKER CLEARLY DOES NOT -- WELL, 22 HE JUST HE COULDN'T DEFINITIVELY SAY HE COULD GIVE AN 23 ANSWER BY SEPTEMBER 20TH WHICH IS WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR AN 24 EXTENSION. 25 NONETHELESS, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AND JULY 29, 2010 31 1 OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DOING IS CLOSING THE DEAL DURING THIS 2 PERIOD, TURNING IT OUT OVER TO MISSION HOUSING, AND THEN 3 THEY DEVELOP. 4 I WILL ASK LARRY TO ADDRESS HOW LONG FROM THAT 5 POINT IT WILL TAKE TO ACTUALLY BUILD AND TURN THE KEY. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE RIZZO. 8 TRUSTEE GRIER: HE WAS GOING TO ANSWER THE 9 QUESTION. 10 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: WHATEVER THE CHAIR WANTS. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: IT DOESN'T MATTER. 12 MR. DEL CARLO: DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER TRUSTEE 13 GRIER'S QUESTION? 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: ARE YOU FINISHED? 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: NO, YOU WERE GOING TO FINISH THE 16 PART THAT HE JUST STARTED. 17 I THINK THERE ARE SORT OF NORMAL DEALS IN TERMS 18 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE 19 TIMING AND SO ON. THE 120 DAYS WILL ALLOW MISSION HOUSING 20 AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDS 21 THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE DEAL WITH 22 MURAD ASSOCIATES. 23 I THINK THAT IS WHEN WE BEGIN THE WHOLE 24 DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. ONCE WE OWN THE PROPERTY AND WE ARE 25 ABLE THEN TO PUT THE FINANCING TOGETHER FOR THE JULY 29, 2010 32 1 CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPERTY. NORMALLY, YOU KNOW, 2 PREDEVELOPMENT WOULD TAKE ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS AND 3 THEN CONSTRUCTION WOULD START. AND ABOUT 18 MONTHS AFTER 4 THAT, WE WOULD HAVE A COMPLETED PROJECT. 5 BUT I THINK THE FIRST CRITICAL PART HERE IS 6 ACQUIRING THE SITE. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT GOING TO 7 BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE UNTIL THE SITE IS ACQUIRED. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER: YES, THANK YOU. 10 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK 11 MR. SHOEMAKER A QUESTION. 12 SO YOU SAID YOU CANNOT GIVE US ANY KIND OF 13 GUARANTEE IN WRITING -- 14 MR. SHOEMAKER: NO. 15 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: -- THAT WITHIN THIS 120 16 DAY PERIOD THAT WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING. 17 MR. SHOEMAKER: I CAN'T. 18 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO WE ARE ACTING AS A 19 BANK AND BEING ASKED TO GIVE ANOTHER EXTENSION. WE HAVE 20 GIVEN EXTENSIONS BEFORE. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PAYMENT 21 SINCE 2008. AND WE ARE BEING ASKED TO GIVE YET ANOTHER 22 EXTENSION WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WRITTEN GUARANTEE. 23 IS THAT WHAT I AM HEARING FROM YOU? 24 MR. SHOEMAKER: I AM NOT A PARTY TO YOUR 25 TRANSACTION WITH MR. MURAD. SO I AM REALLY HONESTLY HERE JULY 29, 2010 33 1 TO DELIVER A VERY SIMPLE MESSAGE WHICH IS THAT WE SPENT A 2 LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THIS WITH ONE AND NOW A SECOND 3 NONPROFIT. 4 LIKE YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT FUNDS ARE GOING TO 5 BE AVAILABLE TO ME AT ALL TIMES, SO I HAVE A VERY FLUID 6 DYNAMIC SITUATION. I HAVE A PORTFOLIO OF I DON'T KNOW 7 MAYBE A DOZEN DEALS THAT ARE CURRENTLY MOVING IN SOME WAY 8 OR ANOTHER. AND DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MONEY THEY NEED 9 OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, I WILL THEN KNOW DO I HAVE MONEY 10 AVAILABLE FOR ACQUISITIONS OR DON'T I? 11 I KNOW IT'S A VERY UNSATISFYING ANSWER, AND I 12 CAN'T SATISFY ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED. I JUST WANTED YOU 13 TO KNOW IN THE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY POSSIBLE I THINK 14 IT'S A GOOD PROJECT. I THINK IT WOULD BE A REAL ASSET. I 15 THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING FOR THE COLLEGE TO BE 16 INVOLVED IN. AND I WISH I COULD PROVIDE YOU SOMETHING 17 MORE DEFINITIVE. I KNOW THEY WOULD LIKE IT TOO, BUT I 18 JUST CAN'T. 19 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: LET ME JUST SAY THIS. WE 20 ALL SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE 21 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS PLACE. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE 22 STUDENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE HAVE A MISSION CAMPUS A 23 FEW BLOCKS AWAY. WE HAVE STUDENTS IN NEED, FOSTER YOUTH 24 FAMILIES. WE HAVE HOMELESS STUDENTS WHO ARE ALL -- 25 HOUSING IS A MAIN ISSUE IN THEIR EDUCATION AND OFTEN GETS JULY 29, 2010 34 1 IN THEIR WAY OF THEIR EDUCATION. 2 OUR FIRST DUTY IS TO THEM, THE STUDENTS AND THE 3 DISTRICT. IT IS NOT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. THE MAYOR'S 4 OFFICE DOES GOOD WORK IN HOUSING, BUT OUR FIRST DUTY IS TO 5 THE STUDENTS. 6 MR. SHOEMAKER: OF COURSE. 7 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S WHAT WE WERE 8 ELECTED TO DO. 9 MR. SHOEMAKER: OF COURSE. 10 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND WE ARE AT RISK RIGHT 11 NOW BY HAVING NOT HAD A PAYMENT SINCE 2008. WE ARE AT 12 RISK. WE HAVE SEVERAL CAPITOL PROJECTS GOING ON ALSO, 13 GOOD PROJECTS. PROJECTS THAT ARE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. 14 THE CHINATOWN CAMPUS, FOR INSTANCE. PROJECTS THAT WILL 15 YOU KNOW ENRICH THE COMMUNITY. THAT IF THEY FAIL, IT 16 WOULD BE A SEVERE DEPRESSION TO THE COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T 17 PUT THOSE PROJECTS AT RISK. WE HAVE A LIMITED CAPITOL 18 BUDGET. 19 AND AT THIS POINT, THE SITUATION IS THAT ANY 20 COST OVERRUN COMES OUT OF THE PROJECT. YOU KNOW, IT'S 21 LIKE DIGGING THINGS OUT OF OUR VITALLY NEEDED PROJECTS, SO 22 THIS IS A RISK. 23 (CELL PHONE INTERRUPTION.) 24 THIS IS A RISK WE ARE BEING ASKED TO TAKE. 25 RISKING OUR OWN FACILITIES, OUR OWN PROJECTS, AND OUR JULY 29, 2010 35 1 MISSION TO OUR OWN STUDENTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT 2 FORWARD, AS MUCH AS WE SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 3 MR. SHOEMAKER: I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND AND I -- 4 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE 5 US DEVELOP AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 6 MR. SHOEMAKER: SURE. I DON'T -- FOR THE LIFE 7 OF ME, I DON'T HAVE A FEEL FOR ALL THE BALANCING ISSUES 8 THAT YOUR INVOLVED WITH AND LIKE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL 9 OF MINE. I TAKE YOU AT YOUR WORD THAT THIS IS SOMETHING 10 THAT THE COLLEGE AND YOU WOULD SUPPORT. I REALLY AM JUST 11 HERE TO PROVIDE YOU A LENS INTO IT. 12 I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOUR OTHER OPTIONS 13 ARE AT THIS STAGE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A FEEL FOR THE 14 NUANCES AND THE DETAILS OF THE TRANSACTION. I DON'T KNOW 15 WHAT ELSE IS POSSIBLE IF YOU FORECLOSE OR DEFAULT. SO YOU 16 GUYS HAVE A MUCH BETTER FEEL FOR WHAT YOUR OPTIONS ARE 17 THAN I DO. I AM JUST HERE TO TELL YOU OURS. 18 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO YOU DON'T KNOW THE 19 ANSWER. IF WE DEFAULTED, COULD WE WORK WITH THE MAYOR'S 20 OFFICE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING? 21 MR. SHOEMAKER: YOU KNOW, WE WOULD ALWAYS BE 22 HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YOU KNOW, 23 THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLICATED ISSUES INVOLVED WITH THIS 24 DEFAULT, AND I WOULD PREFER NOT TO INSERT MYSELF IN THE 25 MIDDLE OF THAT. JULY 29, 2010 36 1 WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE CURRENT 2 OWNERS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. WE WOULD BE 3 HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON ANY HOUSING YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE 4 TO DEVELOP WITH US. 5 I'VE SPOKEN TO CHRIS JACKSON ABOUT THIS IN THE 6 PAST. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT AMONG YOU, SO 7 HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. 8 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON: IT'S GREAT TO SEE NOW THAT I 11 KNOW WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD'S MUSIC TYPE IS NOW. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: YOU JUST HEARD ONE. 13 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YEAH, I KNOW. 14 WE ALL VALUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND I TRY TO 15 KEEP THIS FOCUS ON THE PROJECT ITSELF. AND, YOU KNOW, TO 16 BRING ONLINE 85 TO 100 UNITS OF AFFORDING HOUSING IS 17 IMPORTANT TO ME. IT'S IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF BOARD 18 MEMBERS. 19 AS I HAVE TALKED TO DOUG ABOUT STUDENT HOUSING 20 AS WELL I HAVE TALKED TO THIS ENTIRE BOARD ABOUT STUDENT 21 HOUSING, AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING. THAT'S ONE THING. 22 AND I THINK THAT DOWN THE LINE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE 23 CAN LOOK AT. 24 BUT JUST LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT NOW, AND THEN 25 LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS, IT'S EITHER FORECLOSURE OR WAIT JULY 29, 2010 37 1 FOUR MONTHS TO SEE IF A DEAL CAN HAPPEN. AND IF A DEAL 2 DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN IT'S FORECLOSURE ANYWAY. 3 SO I TRY TO THINK STRATEGICALLY. DO I WAIT THE 4 FOUR MONTHS TO ALLOW 85 TO 100 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING 5 TO COME ONLINE OR DO WE JUST FORECLOSE AND GET LESS 6 MONEY -- GET ANY MONEY? 7 ALSO I LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THIS MONEY WON'T GO 8 TO SAVE ONE CLASS. IT DOESN'T GO TO OUR OPERATING BUDGET. 9 IT GOES TO OUR CAPITOL BUDGET. AND, YES, IT IS IMPORTANT. 10 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T TAKE MONEY OUT OF ANY 11 OF OUR PROJECTS. AS A MEMBER OF THE FIT COMMITTEE, I 12 UNDERSTAND THAT. 13 BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS MONEY DOESN'T 14 ACTUALLY GO TO OPERATIONAL FUNDS. AND EVEN IF IT DID, IT 15 WOULDN'T GO INTO THE NEXT BUDGET BECAUSE WE JUST PASSED 16 THIS BUDGET. I JUST LOOK AT IT AND I COULD BE -- I'M NOT 17 A VERY, VERY PATIENT PERSON. 18 AND AS PETER CAN TELL YOU, I HAVE BEEN SOMEONE 19 WHO HAS BEEN VERY DILIGENT IN SAYING WHEN ARE WE GOING TO 20 GET PAID? WHEN ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET PAID? 21 BUT CAN I BE PATIENT ENOUGH FOR 85 TO 100 UNITS 22 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I CAN WAIT THE FOUR MONTHS THAT IT 23 TAKES TO GET THIS DEAL DONE. AND AFTER FOUR MONTHS IF 24 THIS DEAL DOESN'T GET DONE, I WILL BE THE FIRST ONE TO BE 25 VERY DISAPPOINTED. I WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED. JULY 29, 2010 38 1 BUT I JUST SAY WE SHOULD BE PATIENT. WE SHOULD 2 WAIT THE 120 DAYS. WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THIS DEAL 3 TO HAPPEN AND FOR US TO BE MADE WHOLE. 4 AND I WOULD JUST URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT 5 THIS. YOU KNOW HAVING LIVED IN THE MISSION FOR A FEW 6 YEARS, I DO KNOW THAT THAT COMMUNITY IS RAPIDLY 7 GENTRIFYING DUE TO THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YOU 8 KNOW, DUE TO THE MARKET PRESSURES THAT FORCE HOUSING TO GO 9 UP AND UP AND UP. 10 AND IF THIS ONE PROJECT CAN HELP KEEP SOME OF 11 THAT MARKET PRESSURE OFF AND TO PROVIDE WORKING FAMILIES 12 WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME OWNERSHIP, I THINK THIS IS 13 SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD REALLY ALLOW THIS PROCESS TO 14 HAPPEN. 15 NOW IF THIS WAS A MARKET RATE PROJECT, I WOULD 16 ACTUALLY HAVE A DIFFERENT MINDSET. I AM NOT GOING TO HELP 17 A DEVELOPER EARN A QUICK BUCK AT THE EXPENSE OF A CITY 18 COLLEGE PROJECT. BUT SINCE THIS IS A NONPROFIT DEVELOPER, 19 SINCE THIS IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, MY MINDSET 20 TURNS DIFFERENTLY. AND I THINK THIS IS FOR THE PUBLIC 21 GOOD. AND, YES, WE DO SERVE THE STUDENTS, BUT THERE ARE 22 VERY FEW TIMES WHERE YOU GET TO HAVE VALUES OUTSIDE OF 23 HIGHER EDUCATION. AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THEM. 24 AND SO I JUST URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO REALLY 25 CONSIDER THIS, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT VOTING, JUST TO JULY 29, 2010 39 1 CONSIDER THIS AS A PUBLIC GOOD. THANK YOU. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: BEFORE TRUSTEE NGO, I KNOW YOU 3 WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. I WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT 4 EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS NOT ON OUR AGENDA FOR 5 ACTION TONIGHT. IT'S A PRESENTATION, AND SO WE ARE NOT 6 TAKING ANY ACTION. 7 BUT I DO WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION. I'M NOT 8 CERTAIN THAT ANYBODY HAS REALLY ADDRESSED THE ISSUE ABOUT 9 WHAT HAPPENS -- WHAT WOULD THE DOWNSIDE BE OF CONTINUING 10 WITH THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS? HOW IS THAT IN DISCUSSIONS 11 WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND WITH THE APPLICATIONS TO THE 12 STATE FOR FUNDING? HOW WOULD THAT IN ANYWAY BE HARMFUL TO 13 THE PROJECT? 14 MR. JOHNSTON: IF I UNDERSTAND, YOU MEAN HARMFUL 15 TO US AS -- 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: COMPLETING THE PROJECT OF THE 17 SALE TO NATC AND -- 18 MR. JOHNSTON: YEAH, I THINK WHAT OUR CONCERN IS 19 THAT THE LOOMING DEADLINE OF SEPTEMBER 20TH WOULD COME 20 BEFORE MR. SHOEMAKER'S WORK COULD BE COMPLETED TO FINALIZE 21 THE PROJECT. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: THIS SEPTEMBER 20TH BEING THE 23 DATE OF PUBLIC SALE OR THE DATE OF THE BEGINNING PERIOD 24 FOR THE 30 DAYS BEFORE IT WOULD FORECLOSE. 25 MR. JOHNSTON: YEAH, WHEN LOSING CONTROL OF THE JULY 29, 2010 40 1 PROPERTY IF THAT WERE THE CASE. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 3 MR. JOHNSTON: AS FAR AS OTHER RISKS, MAYBE YOUR 4 OWN STAFF IS BETTER SUITED TO ADDRESS THAT WHETHER OR NOT 5 IF YOU FORECLOSE WHETHER IT DOES IMMEDIATELY BECOME 6 AVAILABLE TO YOU TO DEVELOP AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND GET 7 INTO THE BUSINESSES YOURSELVES. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: IS THERE ANYBODY WHO COULD SAY 9 WHY TO JUST CONTINUE WITH THIS PROCESS AS YOU CONTINUE 10 YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND NATC ABOUT 11 WHY THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM? 12 MR. GALLAGHER: I -- 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: YOU NEED TO COME UP HERE 14 MR. GALLAGHER. 15 MR. GALLAGHER: THANK YOU. JAMES GALLAGHER 16 AGAIN. 17 REAL ESTATE AND POLITICS IN THE CITY IS LIKE TWO 18 MOVING TARGETS. AND THERE'S A CERTAIN RISK FACTOR IN 19 EVERYTHING. 20 THE SALE OF THIS RIGHT NOW BASICALLY IS ENOUGH 21 TO TAKE CARE OF THE CREDITORS. SO BASICALLY, THE 22 INVESTMENT THAT WE PUT IN -- WE LOSE IN THAT INVESTMENT, 23 BUT WE ARE MAKING WHOLE. 24 SO IN SOME WAYS NO MAN IS AN ISLAND. AND IN 25 SOME WAYS IF YOU TOOK IT BACK FROM ME, IT COULD BE A JULY 29, 2010 41 1 BLESSING IN DISGUISE. BUT ALSO IN LIFE WE HAVE CHOICES TO 2 MAKE. AND THAT'S THE CHOICES WE ARE TRYING TO 3 BASICALLY -- I DON'T PERSONALLY THINK THERE'S A -- I MEAN 4 TO FIND A PRIVATE BUYER OUTSIDE IF THE BOARD DECIDED. 5 I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I'M LIKE A RUNNING MOUSE ON A 6 TREADMILL RIGHT NOW. I'M TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO 7 NOT GO INTO FORECLOSURE. AS A PERSON THAT BORROWS MONEY 8 FOR A LIVING AND HAS A SMALL BUSINESS, IT'S A BAD THING 9 FOR ME. BUT, YOU KNOW, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT DUE TO THE 10 MARKET, THIS IS THE BEST OPTION. BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE 11 OPTION THAT SOMEBODY WILL COME IN TOMORROW ON THE PRIVATE 12 SECTOR AND WANT TO BUY IT. 13 I CAN'T ANSWER YOU WHAT YOUR RISKS ARE. I MEAN 14 WE HAVE -- YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN A SEMI-GOOD 15 POSITION BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE WHOLE ALL THE DEBT ON THE 16 PROJECT WHICH MAKES -- IT HAS A LOT TO SAY THAT WE ARE NOT 17 IN A SITUATION WHERE WE OWE YOU AND WE OWE THE BANK AND 18 THE PROPERTY IS GONE AND WE STILL OWE MONEY. SO FOR US, 19 IT'S THE BEST AND HONORABLE WAY TO GO. YOU KNOW, TAKE OUR 20 CAPITOL LOSS. WE GOT INTO THIS THING, MAYBE TOO AMBITIOUS 21 AND WITH TOO MANY WISHES, BUT IT WOULD SERVE US IN GOOD 22 STEAD IF WE BASICALLY FOLLOW THROUGH AND YOU KNOW COMPLETE 23 ALL OUR OBLIGATIONS TO YOU AND THE OTHER LENDER. 24 I WOULD BE ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE ABOUT 25 GETTING INTO THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS. JULY 29, 2010 42 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: I GUESS ONE OF THE REASONS -- 2 I APPRECIATE THAT. AS VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO AND TRUSTEE 3 JACKSON SAID, BUT WE HAVE OBLIGATIONS TO PEOPLE -- 4 MR. GALLAGHER: RIGHT. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: -- THAT WE SERVE. AND THEY 6 ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM OBLIGATIONS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE. 7 PEOPLE HAVE OBLIGATIONS. AND FOR US TO STOP THE PROCESS 8 HERE WOULD PUT SOME OF WHAT WE DO AT RISK. 9 AND I THINK OUR HOPE IS THAT CONTINUING ALONG 10 THIS PROCESS, WHILE YOU ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS YOU ARE 11 HAVING, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY IS VERY HAPPY TO HEAR 12 ABOUT WOULD -- IF IT DIDN'T WORKOUT AND WE WAITED TO 13 CONTINUE OR JUST TO RESTART THE PROCESS, THEN THAT PUTS US 14 BEHIND IN TERMS OF DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 15 WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE ARE POSSIBILITIES FOR 16 US TO EXTEND A SALE TOO, SO IT'S NOT THAT THE MOMENT, I 17 THINK IT'S SEPTEMBER 20TH OR OCTOBER 20TH, I'M NOT CERTAIN 18 THE DATES ARE RIGHT, THAT WE ARE CERTAIN THAT WOULD 19 HAPPEN. 20 SO I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO FROM MY 21 PERSPECTIVE, KIND OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO, YOU NEED TO DO 22 WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT ANY OF 23 US ON THE BOARD CAN DO TO HELP FACILITATE THE PROCESS, I 24 THINK WE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO DO IT. 25 AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE VERY GLAD TO JULY 29, 2010 43 1 SEE THE PROJECT HAPPEN. I DON'T THINK -- THE DISTRICT IS 2 NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF REAL ESTATE. SO IF WE CAN 3 ENCOURAGE THE TRANSACTION, I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR THE 4 GOOD. 5 MR. GALLAGHER: AND FOR US, I PERSONALLY AND GUS 6 WE'VE COME TO REALIZE THAT WE HAVE MADE A MISTAKE, WHICH 7 IS NOT YOUR MISTAKE. AND THE WHOLE ACHIEVEMENT IS TO MAKE 8 WHOLE ON THE DEBT. AND THAT'S REALLY -- 9 AND IF I COULD HAVE PRODUCED THE SIGNED CONTRACT 10 WITH THE PERFORMANCE DATE, I WOULD HAVE DONE THAT TODAY. 11 AND IF I HAD THE FINANCIAL MEANS TO MAKE YOU WHOLE, WE 12 WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, 13 THESE ARE WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH FOR THE MOMENT. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: I APPRECIATE THAT. 15 MR. GALLAGHER: THANK YOU. 16 MR. JOHNSTON: MR. PRESIDENT, WITH YOUR 17 PERMISSION BECAUSE THE QUESTION OF WHAT THE DOWN SIDES OF 18 FORECLOSURE COULD BE IS KIND OF A BROAD ONE. AND I WANT 19 TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO SPEAK TO WHAT POTENTIALLY ARE UP 20 SIDES OR DOWN SIDES FOR YOUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS. 21 PRESIDENT MARKS: RIGHT. 22 MR. JOHNSTON: IF YOU WANT TO GET IN THE 23 BUSINESS OF DEVELOPING HOUSING, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE LOAN 24 IF YOU TOOK CONTROL OF IT? WHAT THE COST ISSUES MIGHT BE 25 FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION? THAT'S NOT MY PLACE TO SPEAK. JULY 29, 2010 44 1 BUT THE ONE RISK I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT I 2 THINK IS DEFINITELY A REAL RISK IS THAT IF THE PROPERTY IS 3 FORECLOSED UPON, THE EXISTING VALUE GIANT TENANT PLAYS 4 INTO THIS TOO. AND I THINK THERE IS A VERY REAL 5 POSSIBILITY NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL ULTIMATELY COME TO 6 THIS SIDE. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: WE KNOW THAT. 8 MR. JOHNSTON: SO THAT'S JUST ONE THING. AND I 9 THINK LARRY WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE FUNDING ISSUES. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 11 MR. DEL CARLO: YEAH, I DO. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 13 MR. DEL CARLO: THANK YOU, AGAIN. 14 I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO 15 FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITES, ESPECIALLY IN THE MISSION. 16 ESPECIALLY IN A SITE LIKE THIS WHERE IT'S BETWEEN TWO BART 17 STATIONS AND WE HAVE A BUS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RIGHT ON 18 THE STREET. A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES SERVING BUSINESSES ON 19 THAT STREET AND IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS SOCIAL 20 SERVICE AGENCIES THAT COULD HELP PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE 21 RESIDENTS THERE. 22 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK 23 WITH YOU ABOUT AND ALSO WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING 24 IS HOW THE UNITS WOULD BE OCCUPIED. WHO WOULD OCCUPY THE 25 UNITS? JULY 29, 2010 45 1 BECAUSE THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF 2 UNITS BEING SET ASIDE FOR TRANSITIONAL YOUTH. FOR 3 EXAMPLE, THOSE THAT HAVE TURNED 18 WHO ARE POST FOSTER 4 CARE YOUTH WHO HAVE BECOME HOMELESS WHO MAY BE STUDENTS. 5 I CAN'T SAY TODAY THAT WE WOULD DO THAT, BUT WE 6 CERTAINLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ABOUT IT. AND ALSO 7 WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS 8 A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY, AS WELL AS WITH THE COMMUNITY 9 COLLEGE DISTRICT. 10 SO TO LOSE THIS SITE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, REALLY 11 WOULD BE DEVASTATING. WE CANNOT COMPETE WITH THE FOR 12 PROFIT DEVELOPER. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET SITES IS THIS 13 PROCESS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH NOW. SO THIS IS REALLY 14 GOLD FOR US AS A NONPROFIT DEVELOPER THAT WISHES TO 15 DEVELOP MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THANK YOU. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: WE HAVE BEEN GOING FOR 35 17 MINUTES, AND SO I JUST WANT TO TRY TO BRING THIS TO A 18 WRAP, BUT TRUSTEE NGO. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: LAWRENCE WAS FIRST. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE WONG. 21 TRUSTEE WONG: THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. 22 MR. SHOEMAKER SUGGESTED THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 23 IS GOING TO NEED UNTIL SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER, THAT YOU ARE 24 GOING TO HAVE A SENSE OF YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STATE 25 WHETHER OR NOT THE FUNDING IS GOING TO BE THERE. JULY 29, 2010 46 1 IS THAT CORRECT? 2 MR. SHOEMAKER: IT REALLY JUST COMES DOWN TO MY 3 DEVELOPMENT BUDGET. WE HAVE, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, A 4 SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ALL PENDING DIFFERENT TYPES OF 5 FINANCIAL -- 6 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY, THE CONCERN IS THAT YOUR 7 RESPONSE IS VERY GUARDED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. 8 MR. SHOEMAKER: YEAH, I CAN'T MAKE A FINANCIAL 9 COMMITMENT TO YOU. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: I KNOW. WE AREN'T ASKING FOR A 11 COMMITMENT. I THINK PERHAPS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE 12 MORE REASSURANCE. 13 BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 14 STATE -- 15 MR. SHOEMAKER: OUR OFFICE FUNDS AFFORDABLE 16 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. A NUMBER OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE 17 APPLIED FOR FUNDING FOR THE STATE. I AM WAITING FOR OTHER 18 FUNDING DECISIONS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. AND 19 DEPENDING ON HOW THOSE UNFOLD, I WILL KNOW WHETHER OR NOT 20 I HAVE THE WORKING CAPITOL. SO IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO THIS 21 PROJECT. IT'S RELATIVE TO A WHOLE SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT 22 I AM GOING TO GET INFORMATION BACK ON FROM A SERIES OF -- 23 TRUSTEE WONG: AND WILL BASICALLY INCREASE THE 24 MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING BUDGET. 25 MR. SHOEMAKER: IT WOULD EITHER LEAVE ME WITH JULY 29, 2010 47 1 FUNDING AVAILABLE TO INVEST OR WITHOUT. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY. AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT 3 SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. 4 MR. SHOEMAKER: THAT'S WHEN I EXPECT TO GET THE 5 MAIN INFORMATION THAT WOULD ENABLE ME TO REALLY KNOW WHERE 6 MY BUDGET STANDS. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: AND THEN WE ARE HEARING FROM 8 PJ JOHNSTON THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED 120 DAYS EXTENSION, 9 WHICH IS FOUR MONTHS MORE OR LESS. AND THE REALITY IS 10 THAT -- AND WE ARE ALSO HEARING THAT WE DON'T WANT ANY 11 KIND OF A FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING THAT WILL CONTINUE ON THE 12 DISTRICT'S PART TO TAINT WHAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE NOW. 13 MR. SHOEMAKER: YES. 14 TRUSTEE WONG: IS THAT CORRECT IN TERMS OF WHAT 15 I AM HEARING? 16 AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT PERHAPS -- AND PETER, 17 IF YOU ARE HERE -- THAT PERHAPS SOME OF OUR PROJECTS, 18 OTHER PROJECTS AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY TRUSTEE RIZZO THAT 19 THE CHINATOWN CAMPUS AND OTHER PROJECTS MIGHT BE AT RISK. 20 I SAW SOME CLARIFICATION FROM OUR VICE 21 CHANCELLOR, PETER GOLDSTEIN, WHETHER OR NOT FOUR MONTHS IS 22 GOING TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IT'S GOING TO PUT US 23 AT RISK. WE NEED SOME CLARITY HERE BECAUSE STATEMENTS ARE 24 BEING THROWN OUT, AND WE NEED TO DETERMINE THE VERACITY OF 25 THOSE STATEMENTS. JULY 29, 2010 48 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE BEST ANSWER THAT I COULD 2 GIVE THE BOARD IS THAT THERE IS A PRESUMPTION IN OUR BOND 3 BUDGETS THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD BE SOLD AND PAID FOR -- 4 TRUSTEE WONG: BY -- 5 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- IN FULL BY MR. MURAD AND HIS 6 PARTNERS. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: GIVE US A -- SO FOR EXAMPLE. 8 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE -- 9 LET ME FINISH. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AND THEN I WILL ANSWER YOUR 12 NEXT QUESTION. 13 THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN A WHILE AGO. IT WAS 14 SUPPOSED TO COINCIDE FAIRLY CLOSELY WITH WHEN THE MISSION 15 CAMPUS WAS OVER THERE BECAUSE THE PROPERTY WAS LOOKED UPON 16 AS AN ASSET THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET 17 FOR THE MISSION PROPERTY. 18 WE'VE GOTTEN PARTIAL PAYMENT. WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN 19 FULL PAYMENT. WE ARE STILL PRESUMING WE WILL GET FULL 20 PAYMENT. IF IN FACT THE DISTRICT DID NOT GET FULL PAYMENT 21 FOR THE PROPERTY WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DOWN, HOWEVER THAT 22 OCCURS, THEN THAT REMAINING HOLE WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE UP 23 IN THE BOND FUND, SO INDIRECTLY TRUSTEE RIZZO IS CORRECT, 24 FROM SOME OTHER SOURCE OF FUNDING STILL AVAILABLE FOR 25 ANOTHER BOND PROJECT. JULY 29, 2010 49 1 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY. AND I REALLY WANT TO THIN 2 SLICE WHAT YOU JUST SAID BECAUSE IF WE EXTEND FOUR MONTHS, 3 IT REALLY IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH 4 CAMPUS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, 5 ULTIMATELY, IF WE DON'T GET THE FUNDING BACK THAT WORK 6 IT'S GOING TO IMPACT VARIOUS PROJECTS, AND WE ARE GOING TO 7 HAVE TO FIND IT SOMEWHERE. 8 BUT THE FOUR MONTHS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS 9 NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE CHINATOWN CAMPUS AT THIS POINT IN 10 TIME. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE BEST ANSWER I CAN GIVE THE 12 BOARD ON THAT QUESTION IS THAT I AM NOT SETTING A DEADLINE 13 FOR WHEN OTHER PROJECTS WOULD HAVE TO FILL IN THE HOLE, 14 BUT CERTAINLY THE SOONER THE BETTER. 15 TRUSTEE WONG: EVERYBODY IS GIVING US VERY 16 GUARDED ANSWERS AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. 17 THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW TO 18 MAKE A REALISTIC DECISION. AND I AM ACTUALLY WITH TRUSTEE 19 CHRIS JACKSON HERE IN THAT FOUR MONTHS, I DON'T THINK IS 20 GOING TO MAKE OUR BREAK THE DISTRICT. 21 WE DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE BUSINESS 22 OF REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT AND ALL THAT ENTAILS. AND 23 I PERSONALLY KNOW WHAT THAT ENTAILS. IT CAN GO ON FOR 24 YEARS. I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. 25 I AM ONE OF THE FEW TRUSTEES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE JULY 29, 2010 50 1 FOR A LONG TIME, LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW WHEN WE PURCHASED 2 THAT PROPERTY ON MISSION. AND THEN THERE WAS A CERTAIN 3 GROUP DECIDED THAT THE THEATER NEEDED TO BE PRESERVED AND 4 BASICALLY PUT THE KABOSH ON OUR EFFORTS TO CREATE A 5 MISSION CAMPUS ON THAT MAIN LATINO COMMUNITY STREET. 6 AND WE WERE JUST SCRAMBLING AROUND LOOKING FOR 7 SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BUY THAT PROPERTY SO THAT WE COULD MOVE 8 ON. IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. AND WHEN GUS 9 MURAD STEPPED FORWARD, THERE WERE TWO ACTUALLY PROSPECTIVE 10 BUYERS AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THERE WERE THREE. WE WERE 11 JUST VERY GRATEFUL BECAUSE THEN WE COULD GET ON WITH 12 SELLING THAT PROPERTY AND MOVING ON WITH THE BUSINESS OF 13 THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS EDUCATION AND EDUCATING OUR 14 STUDENTS. 15 SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. AND THE REALITY 16 IS I DON'T THINK FOUR MONTHS IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 17 TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE A 18 DIFFERENCE. 19 AND A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH. 20 I MEAN TO TALK ABOUT PROSPECT THAT WE ARE GOING INTO THE 21 BUSINESS AND THIS PROSPECT OF BUYERS OUT THERE AND BLAH, 22 BLAH, BLAH, IT'S EASIER SAID THEN DONE. 23 SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN MAKE IT 24 HAPPEN, IF THE COMMUNITY COULD MAKE IT HAPPEN, IF MISSION 25 HOUSING AND GUS MURAD CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN 120 DAYS, THEN JULY 29, 2010 51 1 WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: WE HAVE NOW GONE 45 MINUTES, 3 ALMOST 45 MINUTES. WE HAVE A POLICY, AS VICE PRESIDENT 4 RIZZO TOLD ME, OF 30 MINUTES FOR ANYTHING. SO IF PEOPLE 5 WHO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU DO IT VERY, VERY QUICKLY 6 BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO MOVE ON. 7 TRUSTEE NGO HAD HIS HAND UP FIRST. 8 TRUSTEE NGO: PETER, CAN I ASK YOU ANOTHER 9 QUESTION? 10 HOW MANY EXTENSIONS HAVE WE GIVEN MURAD AND 11 ASSOCIATES SINCE 2005? 12 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I BELIEVE WE'VE HAD TWO FORMAL 13 EXTENSIONS, AND NOW WE ARE IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD WHICH WAS 14 NEVER GRANTED. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: SO THE MONEY THAT WE -- THE 16 AMOUNTS OWED AT THIS POINT, THAT WOULD GO BACK INTO THE 17 FUNDS FOR FACILITIES AND GO TO THE CHINATOWN CAMPUS, FOR 18 EXAMPLE, OR OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT SPECIFICALLY GOES BACK INTO 20 THE -- IT'S REALLY A RECEIVABLE IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS 21 USED TO CONSTRUCT THE MISSION CAMPUS. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: IS IT NOT BETTER NOW TO KNOW 23 WHETHER OR NOT THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO COME IN 24 ANTICIPATION OF BASICALLY COMPLETING THE CHINATOWN CAMPUS, 25 THEN PERHAPS WAITING FOR ANOTHER DELAY AND HAVING TO FORCE JULY 29, 2010 52 1 THE SALE AT SOME POINT. 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: A CERTAINTY OF PAYMENT IS WHAT 3 WE NEED. I WOULD SAY THAT CERTAINTY OF PAYMENT MAKES THAT 4 POTENTIAL PROBLEM OF WHERE WOULD YOU FILL IN THE HOLE GO 5 AWAY. THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE MORE THAN JUST THE CHINATOWN 6 CAMPUS AS AN UNFINISHED PROJECT RIGHT NOW. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: I KNOW THAT. AND I THINK THAT 8 POINT IS VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT THE MONEY THAT IS OWED US 9 WOULD GO INTO THOSE PROJECTS AND WOULD IN TURN BETTER 10 SERVE OUR STUDENTS THROUGH THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. AND 11 I THINK THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT TO MAKE, AND THAT'S 12 OUR OBLIGATION. AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED EARLIER 13 THAT THE $1.6 MILLION OR HOWEVER MUCH IS OWED. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: $2 MILLION. 15 TRUSTEE NGO: THE $2 MILLION, INCLUDING 16 INTEREST. THAT'S NOT JUST MONEY THAT WE ARE GOING TO JUST 17 PUT SOMEWHERE AND NOT USE. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO. 19 TRUSTEE NGO: THAT'S MONEY THAT'S VERY USEFUL -- 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: -- TO STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT. 22 AND THE FACILITIES THAT THEY IN FACT ARE LEARNING IN 23 AREN'T VERY GOOD AND THEY NEED IMPROVEMENTS. 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: AND THEY'VE BEEN NEEDING JULY 29, 2010 53 1 IMPROVEMENTS FOR A LONG TIME. 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S CORRECT. 3 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT'S NOT DIFFERENT THAN ANY 4 OTHER DOLLAR THAT'S GONE INTO THE CAPITOL CONSTRUCTION 5 CAMPAIGN THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS UNDER GONE FOR SEVERAL 6 YEARS NOW. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: THANK YOU. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE RIZZO. 9 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 10 MR. GOLDSTEIN, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT WE 11 ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS OF DEVELOPING REAL 12 ESTATE. WE BUILT THE MISSION CAMPUS. WE BUILT THE 13 WELLNESS CENTER AND SO ON AND SO ON, THE MULTI-USE 14 BUILDING. BUT WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF IS PROVIDING 15 REAL ESTATE LOANS TO PEOPLE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE 16 SHOULD NOT DO. 17 OH, WE ALSO HAVE HOUSING IN OUR CAPITOL PLAN 18 THAT THIS BOARD PASSED. THIS BOARD SAID WE ARE GOING TO 19 BUILD HOUSES. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: AND I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT 21 PROJECT AND TIME FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE 22 THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SOMETHING GOOD 23 HAPPEN. AND AS I SAID, IF THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO, I'M 24 NOT TALKING ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS NECESSARILY, BUT 25 IF THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO HELP TO MAKE THIS COME TO JULY 29, 2010 54 1 PASS, LET US KNOW. WE THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SPEAK WITH 2 US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. 3 THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA ARE TWO 4 PRESENTATIONS ABOUT LOCAL HIRING. ONE FROM ANDERS AND 5 ANDERS FOR THE MULTI-USE FACILITY AND ONE FOR THE 6 CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH CAMPUS AND CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE 7 ACTION. 8 MR. ANDERS: CHANCELLOR, TRUSTEES, I'M TERRY 9 ANDERS OF ANDERS AND ANDERS FOUNDATION. I'M THE MONITOR 10 AT THE JOINT-USE FACILITY. HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING HAS AN 11 INFORMATION PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU. I WILL START WITH THE 12 SUMMATION THAT DEALS WITH A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 13 ONE, DOES LOCAL HIRE WORK? 14 DO COMMUNITY MONITORS WORK TO THE BEST INTEREST 15 OF COMMUNITY WORKERS? 16 AND SHOULD SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE 17 RETAIN COMMUNITY MONITORS ON THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE JOB 18 SITES? 19 FOR ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, I WOULD SAY, YES, YES, 20 AND YES. I WAS FORTUNATE TO. AND I REALLY MEAN THAT IN 21 ALL SINCERITY ABOUT BEING A COMMUNITY MONITOR AT THIS 22 PARTICULAR JOB SITE. WHAT I WAS ABLE TO BUILD AND WHAT I 23 WAS ABLE TO SEE WAS THE CULTURE OF THE JOB PLACEMENT. THE 24 CULTURE OF THE JOB SITE CHANGE AS FAR AS MY INVOLVEMENT 25 WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND THE SUBCONTRACTORS, AS WELL AS JULY 29, 2010 55 1 THE WORKERS. BECAUSE UNLESS WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE AT 2 THAT PARTICULAR JOB SITE, MONITORING IT TO MAKE CERTAIN 3 THAT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTEREST WAS BEING LOOKED AT 4 AND BEING DEALT WITH. THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO 5 BRING TO THE JOB SITE NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. AND I 6 HONESTLY FEEL IN MY GUT BECAUSE WE WERE THERE. 7 I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE UP ALL THE TIME. AND I 8 COULD SPEAK ON THIS -- I WILL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF 9 EXAMPLES BECAUSE ONE OF THEM WAS COULD WE DEAL WITH THE 10 40 PERCENT. PROBABLY NOT AS A WHOLE 40 PERCENT, BUT LET'S 11 LOOK AT SOME OF THE ASPECTS ON SOME OF THE JOBS. 12 LIKE SPINITAR, THEY DEALT WITH THE AUDIO AND 13 COMMUNICATION. THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE. ONE OF THE THREE 14 WAS OURS SO THAT WAS 40 PERCENT. 15 ANOTHER ONE WAS -- I WILL GIVE YOU AN 16 ILLUSTRATION OF ONE OF THE FEMALES THAT WAS ON SAN 17 FRANCISCO INTERIORS. SHE WAS THE ONLY FEMALE AND HAPPENED 18 TO BE AFRICAN AMERICAN SO THAT WAS A PLUS. AND SHE'S 19 WORKING NOW. NOT NECESSARILY WITH THAT COMPANY, BUT SHE 20 WAS ABLE TO BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT THAT JOB 21 SITE. 22 THE EXAMPLE GOES ON AND ON. WE WERE ABLE TO 23 HAVE SOMEONE, A YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE WORK WHO 24 NEVER WORKED IN HER LIFE. 25 SO I WAS PART OF A PROCESS. AND I HONESTLY FEEL JULY 29, 2010 56 1 THAT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SET A PRECEDENT. I COULD ONLY 2 HOPE THAT OTHER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOLLOW SUIT 3 BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD PRECEDENT. 4 YES. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 6 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I'M READING THE REPORT ON 7 SUMMATION ON PAGE 2. AND IT TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE 8 COMPANIES THAT DID NOT WANT TO BE POSITIVE WITH LOCAL 9 HIRES. AND YOU TALK ABOUT BLUE SKY PAINTING, B.T. 10 MANCINI, AND NIBBI BROTHERS. AND YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT 11 COR-O-VAN MOVERS AND THAT UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT. 12 WHAT KIND OF POLICIES WOULD YOU GUYS SUGGEST 13 BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM -- IT IS ONE THING TO ADDRESS 14 THEM WHEN THEY ARE ALREADY ON A SITE AND NOT HIRING PEOPLE 15 LOCALLY. 16 WHAT DO YOU DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T EVEN 17 MAKE IT THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS TO EVEN GET ON SITE? 18 HOW DO YOU WEED THE BAD CONTRACTORS OUT? 19 WHAT POLICIES DO YOU GUYS KNOW TO WEED THE BAD 20 CONTRACTORS OUT? 21 MR. ANDERS: HONESTLY, I FEEL THAT MUCH MORE 22 CONCERTED EFFORT NEEDS TO BE MADE WITH THE CONTRACTORS AND 23 THE SUBCONTRACTORS BEFORE THEY GET TO THE JOB SITE ABOUT 24 WHAT COMMITMENT THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO DEAL WITH, 25 INCLUDING LOCAL HIRES AND NOT JUST A VERBAL EXCHANGE OR JULY 29, 2010 57 1 SOME KIND OF JOB. 2 I HONESTLY FEEL THAT, IF POSSIBLE, MORE TEETH 3 COULD BE PUT IN SOME KIND OF CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE DEALING 4 WITH THE LOCAL HIRE AND WHAT IS THEIR COMMITMENT AS FAR AS 5 NUMBERS OF THE CORE GROUP THAT THEY ARE BRINGING, THE 6 DIVERSITY THAT THEY WOULD BRING BY GETTING THIS CONTRACT? 7 SO I FEEL UPFRONT THAT IF THE COLLEGE WAS ABLE 8 TO DEAL WITH SOME CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE, THAT THEY WOULD 9 MAKE AN AFFIRMATIVE. THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DEAL 10 WITH THIS CHANGE. 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON: DO YOU FEEL THE CONTRACTORS 12 WERE UNEDUCATED ABOUT LOCAL HIRE OR THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT 13 TO PARTICIPATE? 14 WAS IT THE EDUCATION OR WAS IT THE WILL? 15 MR. ANDERS: I THINK IT WAS MORE OR LESS WAS THE 16 WILL. 17 TRUSTEE JACKSON: GOT IT. 18 MR. ANDERS: I THINK THAT THEY ALL HAD A 19 PARTICULAR SELF-INTEREST. AND WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO THEIR 20 ATTENTION THAT WE WERE JUST AN EXTENSION OF THE COLLEGE, 21 AND IT WOULD BE THEIR BEST INTEREST TO ALSO DEAL WITH SOME 22 DIVERSITY. AND BY US ENGAGING THE CONVERSATION ON A 23 WEEKLY BASIS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO POSSIBLY CHANGE THEIR 24 MINDS. 25 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OKAY. THANK YOU. JULY 29, 2010 58 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 2 GREAT WORK. 3 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YEAH, YOU'VE GUYS HAVE DONE AN 4 AMAZING JOB. AND IT'S WONDERFUL WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE 5 AND BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE. 6 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: YES, I WANTED TO ECHO 7 THAT. I WANTED TO THANK -- THIS IS YOUR LAST 8 PRESENTATION. THE PROJECT IS DONE. IT'S OPENING UP IN A 9 FEW WEEKS, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU. YOU ARE OUR VERY 10 FIRST COMMUNITY HIRE IN THIS EXPERIMENT FOR LOCAL HIRING. 11 YOU WERE MAKING IT UP, I THINK, AS YOU WENT ALONG. 12 MR. ANDERS: YES. 13 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: BECAUSE YOU'VE NEVER DONE 14 THIS BEFORE. BUT I THINK YOU REALLY WENT ALL OUT ON IT, 15 AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 16 MR. ANDERS: GREAT. AND I HOPE TO MAKE CERTAIN 17 THAT I CAN GIVE SOME PHOTOS THAT WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO 18 TAKE FROM THE TIME WE GOT ON THE SITE TO THE FINISHED 19 PRODUCT NOW. 20 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 21 MS. KENER: I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING. 22 IT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT SWINERTON AND 23 BOVIS BECAUSE THEY REALLY HELPED COLLABORATE, DEALING WITH 24 THE SUBCONTRACTORS, BRINGING THEM INTO MEETINGS, TALKING 25 TO THEM WHEN THEY SAW THEM ON SITE AND WHO WAS THERE. I JULY 29, 2010 59 1 UNDERSTAND. SHE'S NEW. LET'S GIVE HER SOME EXTRA HELP 2 HERE. SO THAT WAS A BIG PART OF IT AS WELL. THANK YOU. 3 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. 4 THANK YOU. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE NGO. 6 TRUSTEE NGO: I JUST WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY 7 COMMEND ON TAKING SOME OF THE PRESENTATION MODIFICATIONS I 8 RECOMMENDED. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, EVEN IF IT'S DONE OR 9 NOT. THANKS FOR INDULGING ME. 10 MR. ANDERS: THANK YOU. 11 MS. LAM: GOOD EVENING. JENNY LAM, THE DIRECTOR 12 OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AT CHINESE ASIAN FOR AFFIRMATIVE 13 ACTIONS. TONIGHT I AM GIVING YOU AN UPDATE AROUND THE 14 LOCAL HIRING STATUS OF THE CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH CAMPUS. 15 YOU SHOULD HAVE A HANDOUT THERE. 16 SO OVERALL, THE WORK HOURS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE 17 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING 18 AT 15 PERCENT LOCAL HIRING HOURS. 19 WE ARE EARLY ENOUGH INTO THE PROCESS WHERE WE 20 ARE SEEING WHICH CONTRACTORS ARE MORE LIKE THE 21 SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE RESPONSIVE OR MORE SO 22 NONRESPONSIVE. 23 AND SO YOU WILL SEE FROM THE PERIOD OF APRIL 24 THROUGH JUNE OF 2010 WHICH STARTS ON PAGE 5. YOU WILL SEE 25 THAT BOTH CUMULATIVELY, AS WELL AS THE DURATION OF THE JULY 29, 2010 60 1 PERIOD THAT WE ARE REPORTING ON BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE IS 2 STILL VERY MUCH THE SAME AT 15 PERCENT. 3 WE HAVE A VERY INTEGRATED COORDINATION PROCESS 4 WHICH IS ALSO KIND OF JUMPING AROUND WHICH IS THE VERY 5 LAST PAGE OF YOUR REPORT. THAT REALLY DETAILS WHAT AN 6 INTEGRATED EFFORT THIS IS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY MONITOR, 7 THE PROJECT MANAGER OF SWINERTON, BOVIS AS THE LEAD 8 CONTRACTOR, AND ALL THE EDUCATION THAT GOES INTO WORKING 9 WITH THE SUBCONTRACTORS. 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON, AS FAR AS YOUR QUESTION AROUND 11 IS IT A MATTER OF EDUCATION OR LACK OF WILL, I THINK AS WE 12 ARE STARTING SO EARLY ON WITH THE CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH 13 CAMPUS, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE THE WILL OF THE SUBS. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OKAY. 15 MS. LAM: AND THAT'S WHY IT IS CRITICAL THAT AS 16 WE GET READY TO LOOK AT WHICH SUBS ARE COMING IN AND THE 17 LARGE CHUNK OF HOURS THAT ARE COMING ON TO THE PROJECT HOW 18 CRITICAL IT REALLY IS FOR THOSE SUBS TO STEP UP. 19 AND SO SOME OF THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OR AT 20 LEAST THE NEXT STEPS FOR STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE 21 RECOMMENDING NOW COMING FROM THE MONITORING SITE INTO THE 22 ENFORCEMENT AREA IS REALLY BRINGING THOSE SUBS. AND WE 23 RECOMMENDED AT THE LAST FULL BOARD OF TRUSTEES' MEETINGS 24 FOR THE SUBS TO COME IN AND SPEAK SPECIFICALLY WITH THE 25 FIT COMMITTEE. JULY 29, 2010 61 1 RIGHT NOW, I WILL HIGHLIGHT WHICH OF THOSE 2 SUBCONTRACTORS I THINK WOULD BE CRITICAL TO BRING IN. 3 THAT'S ON PAGE 7. 4 YOU WILL SEE, AGAIN, THERE ARE CONSTRUCTION 5 EMPLOYEE HOURS BY PERCENTAGE. SO THE ONES THAT WE ARE 6 REALLY HONING IN ON RIGHT NOW IS WEBCOR, CMC REBAR, AND 7 TRANSWORLD. WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING A MEETING WITH THE 8 THREE OF THOSE SUBCONTRACTORS, ALONG WITH BOVIS AND 9 SWINERTON WITH ED TOMORROW MORNING TO REALLY FIND OUT WHAT 10 IS THEIR LOCAL HIRING PLAN. 11 AS YOU SEE, THERE'S ALSO AN ADDENDUM AFTER 12 PAGE 10. YOU WILL SEE ALSO ALL OF THE WORKFORCE HIRING 13 PLANS THAT THE SUBS MUST SUBMIT TO CAA, AS WELL AS CITY 14 BUILD AROUND HOW THEY ARE COMING ALONG IN THEIR 15 COMPLIANCE. AND THE MAJORITY ARE IN PROGRESS OR 16 NONCOMPLIANT. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION. 18 ON PAGE 3, THE SUBCONTRACTORS HAVE SOME RESPECT 19 I GUESS OR THEY GET OTHER CITY PROJECTS CREDIT FOR HOURS 20 WORKED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS ON OUTSIDE PROJECTS. 21 IF CITY COLLEGE WERE TO DO THE SAME THING, DO 22 YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH MORE THAT WOULD ADD TO THE 23 PERCENTAGE OF LOCAL HIRES? 24 MS. LAM: WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANALYSIS, BUT 25 THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH JULY 29, 2010 62 1 THE TRUSTEES ON. AND WE ARE REALLY RECOMMENDING THAT 2 WORKING CLOSELY WITH FIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS 3 OTHER TRUSTEES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN REALLY LOOKING AT THE 4 LONG TERM POLICY. AND I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S REALLY 5 ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT THAT'S REALLY GOING TO -- BECAUSE 6 RIGHT NOW, THE POLICY IS BASED UPON GOOD FAITH EFFORTS. 7 AND I THINK OFTENTIMES THE SUBCONTRACTORS DON'T 8 NECESSARILY FEEL THERE'S INCENTIVES OR PENALTIES THAT WILL 9 COME TOWARDS THEIR COMPANIES. AND THAT'S WHY IT IS SO 10 CRITICAL FOR LOOKING AT LONG-TERM POLICIES AND STRATEGIES. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 12 TRUSTEE JACKSON AND TRUSTEE NGO AND THEN TRUSTEE 13 RIZZO. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE DIFFERENT 15 AGENCIES, BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE STRENGTHS THAT ANDERS AND 16 ANDERS DID HAVE WAS WHEN THEY DISCOVERED A DEFICIENCY -- 17 AND I GUESS THAT'S A LIGHT WAY TO PUT IT -- OF LOCAL HIRES 18 THEY HAD A POOL OF PEOPLE OF CLIENTS THAT THEY NORMALLY 19 WORK WITH TO ACTUALLY GO POLL THEM AND BRING THEM TO THE 20 SITE AND SAY, "HEY YOU ARE DEFICIENT. HERE IS SOMEBODY TO 21 MAKE YOU WHOLE." 22 DO YOU GUYS HAVE STRATEGIES IN TERMS OF IF YOU 23 DO FIND, AND YOU GUYS ARE FINDING, CONTRACTORS DEFICIENT? 24 DO YOU GUYS HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER 25 AGENCIES WHO WERE -- I KNOW YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JULY 29, 2010 63 1 CITY BUILD, BUT DO YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER 2 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY 3 DIRECTLY PUT CLIENTS INTO, YOU KNOW, THE WORK SITE WITHIN 4 A DAY OR SO TO MAKE THEM LESS DEFICIENT. 5 MS. LAM: ABSOLUTELY. SO THAT'S ALSO PART OF 6 THE INTEGRATED EFFORT THAT WE HAVE ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS, 7 RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHARITY CULTURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES. 8 WE ARE WORKING WITH ANDERS AND ANDERS ON BUILDING OR 9 CONTINUING TO BUILD OUR OUT-OF-WORK LIST AS WELL. 10 SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE HELD OVER 90 ORIENTATIONS 11 ALREADY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT WITH WORKERS TO 12 REALLY TRY TO GET THEM ON SITE. 13 IT'S REALLY AT THIS POINT, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE 14 THE DATA THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH WORKERS IN SAN FRANCISCO 15 CONSTRUCTION IN THE VARIOUS TRADES TO BE PLACED IN JOBS IN 16 THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE JOBS. IT'S REALLY ABOUT, AGAIN, 17 THE WILL OF THE CONTRACTORS TO MATCHING THE WORKERS AND 18 THE SKILLS THAT ARE NEEDED ON SITE. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE NGO. 20 TRUSTEE NGO: SO LAST TIME WE HAD A 21 PRESENTATION, THE NUMBERS WEREN'T LOOKING GOOD EITHER. 22 AND WHAT I AM TRYING TO, AND WHAT SWINERTON TOLD ME, WAS 23 THAT -- I THINK THEY ARE HERE. 24 IS SWINERTON HERE? 25 MS. LAM: ED IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. JULY 29, 2010 64 1 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS THAT 2 THESE NUMBERS WILL GET BETTER AS THE PROJECT GETS CLOSER 3 TO COMPLETION. 4 NOW MY CONCERN OBVIOUSLY IS THAT WE WON'T KNOW 5 IF THAT'S TRUE UNTIL THE PROJECT IS DONE. 6 SO MAYBE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT AND TELL ME 7 WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 8 MS. LAM: IT HAS TO HAPPEN. SO MEANING THAT WE 9 HAVE LAUNCHED WHAT'S CALLED THE LHOC, THE LOCAL HIRING 10 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. AND SO THAT BODY IS MADE UP OF CITY 11 BUILD, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY, THE TWO COMMUNITY 12 MONITORS, ANDERS AND ANDERS AND CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE 13 ACTION. IT INCLUDES THREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE FROM 14 THE IMPACTED ZIP CODES OF THE CITY COLLEGE PROJECTS, AS 15 WELL AS THE BUILDING TRADES CONSTRUCTION AND SMALL 16 BUSINESS. AND THEN BOVIS IS ALSO PARTICIPATING. THEY ARE 17 INVITED TO COME TO THOSE LHOC MEETINGS, THE MONTHLY 18 MEETINGS, AS WELL AS SWINERTON. 19 AND SO REALLY FROM THAT INITIAL LHOC MEETING, WE 20 CAME UP WITH STRATEGIES, POSSIBLE STRATEGIES OF HOW TO 21 ENSURE THAT THE NUMBERS KEEP INCREASING. 22 ONE THING THAT WAS LOOKED AT WAS THE LHOC 23 MEMBERS WANTED TO EXAMINE WHAT ARE SOME POSSIBLE 24 ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES TO START EXPLORING INTO THE PLA, 25 THE CITY COLLEGE PLA, REALLY LOOKING INTO DOES THE JULY 29, 2010 65 1 GRIEVANCE PROCESS ALLOW FOR THE CITY COLLEGE AS THE OWNER 2 OF THE PROJECT TO BRING GRIEVANCES AGAINST THE CONTRACTOR. 3 SO THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT JUST HAPPENED 4 THIS MONTH. WE ARE HAVING A FOLLOW-UP SUBCOMMITTEE 5 MEETING TO REALLY HASH OUT SOME MORE OF THOSE DETAILS 6 AROUND THOSE POLICIES TO KIND OF TURN UP THE HEAT. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WHAT I AM 8 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS WHEN DO YOU THINK -- AT WHICH 9 POINT DURING THE DELIBERATIONS PROJECT, WHEN THE NUMBERS 10 DON'T LOOK GOOD, AND YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY SAY TO US, 11 "COME IN. WE NEED HELP." 12 MS. LAM: OUR INITIAL THRESHOLD RIGHT NOW IS 13 LOOKING AT THE 25 PERCENT COMPLETION OF WORK HOURS FROM 14 THE CITY COLLEGE. AND SO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT -- I WISH 15 ED WAS HERE TO CONFIRM IT, BUT IT'S BETWEEN 10 AND 16 15 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL HOURS. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: OKAY. AND WHEN DO YOU EXPECT US 18 TO REACH THE 25 PERCENT? 19 MS. LAM: I DON'T KNOW THAT OFFHAND, BUT I THINK 20 THAT'S A GOOD FOLLOW-UP THAT WE COULD PROVIDE TO THE NEXT 21 FIT COMMITTEE MEETING. 22 TRUSTEE NGO: WELL, I AM CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN 23 EXPLORING, AND WE'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, EXPLORING AND 24 CREATING. EXPLORING THE CREATION OF SOME SORT OF 25 DESIGNATION. I MEAN WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE IN BREACH BY JULY 29, 2010 66 1 NOT COMPLYING IN GOOD FAITH. WHAT POTENTIALLY OUR 2 POSITION IS AT THAT POINT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT IF THEY ARE 3 NOT COMPLYING IN GOOD FAITH, THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE 4 PLA AND WE CAN TERMINATE THE CONTRACT IS WHAT I BELIEVE. 5 IF THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN, IF WE CAN'T PASS THAT 6 POLICY OR GET THE BOARD TO AUTHORIZE THAT. YOU KNOW, 7 THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF RECORD THAT I HOPE YOU ARE 8 KEEPING TO SHOW THAT THERE IS NOT GOOD FAITH IN FACT SO 9 THAT ANY OTHER FUTURE PROJECT, ANY OTHER CITY COLLEGE 10 PROJECT TO IDENTIFY THEM AS BAD FAITH AND NONRESPONSIVE 11 BIDDERS, RIGHT? 12 SO I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU ARE 13 TALKING ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE 14 GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF IT. AND I DO WANT TO WORK WITH 15 YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS 16 OPERATIONAL IF WE HAVE TO BEFORE THE THRESHOLD IS REACHED 17 WHERE IT'S TOO LATE. 18 MS. LAM: ABSOLUTELY. AND AGAIN, THE LHOC WAS 19 VERY MUCH ENGAGED AT OUR LAST MEETING TO REALLY RAMPING UP 20 HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEET THIS GOAL AND HAVING THOSE 21 TANGIBLE BENCHMARKS. AND IF WE DON'T MEET THEM, WHAT 22 TRIGGERS WILL WE HAVE FOR STEPPING UP THOSE POLICIES. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE RIZZO. 24 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: TWO QUESTIONS. 25 ONE IS WE HAVE OVERALL 15 PERCENT LOCAL HIRE FOR JULY 29, 2010 67 1 THE CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH CAMPUS. AND WE JUST GOT A 2 REPORT THERE'S 25 AT THE MULTI-USE BUILDING. IS THERE 3 SOME DIFFERENCE? IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT DIFFERENCE, 4 25 PERCENT HOURS VERSUS 15 PERCENT HOURS? IS IT THE STAGE 5 OF CONSTRUCTION? 6 TRUSTEE WONG: IT'S THE PHASE OF THE 7 CONSTRUCTION. 8 MS. LAM: YES, IT'S THE PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION. 9 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: THE TYPE OF WORKER THAT 10 IS THERE. 11 MS. LAM: SOME STATISTICS THAT WE'VE HEARD IS 12 THAT IF THERE IS NO INTERVENTION, GENERALLY LOCAL HIRING 13 IS ABOUT 20 PERCENT. AND SO WE RECOGNIZE AT HOW CRITICAL 14 IT IS FOR THIS EFFORT TO REACH BEYOND MUCH HIGHER AND GET 15 CLOSE ENOUGH TO THAT 40 PERCENT THAT WAS SET BY -- 16 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: I BELIEVE IT WAS ACTUALLY 17 LESS THAN 20 PERCENT FOR THE MISSION CAMPUS. 18 MY SECOND QUESTION IS OUR NEXT FACILITIES 19 COMMITTEE IS THE SECOND THURSDAY OF AUGUST. AND CAN YOU 20 ASK THOSE THREE COMPANIES WEBCOR -- 21 TRUSTEE WONG: TRANSWORLD AND CMC REBAR. 22 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: COULD YOU ASK THOSE THREE 23 COMPANIES TO BE AT THAT FACILITY COMMITTEE? IS THAT 24 SOMETHING YOU OR SWINERTON CAN DO OR -- 25 MS. LAM: I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST FOR IT TO JULY 29, 2010 68 1 COME FROM SWINERTON AS THE PROJECT -- 2 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 3 MS. LAM: -- MANAGERS. 4 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: CAN YOU COMMUNICATE THAT 5 FOR ME? 6 MS. LAM: YES, ABSOLUTELY. 7 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT 8 TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 9 MS. LAM: YES, THANK YOU. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: I JUST WANTED TO READ OUT A 11 POLICY CHANGE THAT WE MADE IN 2009. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 12 NO INCENTIVES AND NO PENALTIES. AND THIS IS NOT THE 13 STRONGEST PENALTY IN THE WORLD, BUT WE PASSED A POLICY 14 CHANGE THAT SAYS: 15 "THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DIRECTS THE DISTRICT WITH 16 EVALUATING FIRMS SEEKING CONTRACTS WITH THE DISTRICT TO 17 INCLUDE IN ITS CONSIDERATION TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY 18 LAW PAST PERFORMANCE TOWARDS SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND 19 SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GOALS AND PREVIOUS 20 CONTRACTS WITH THE DISTRICT AND RECOMMEND FUTURE CONTRACTS 21 TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 22 "THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES REQUIRES THAT IN ANY 23 RESOLUTION WHERE THE RECOMMENDED CONTRACTOR HAS HAD PRIOR 24 CONTRACTS THAT INCLUDED SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND/OR 25 SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GOALS, RESOLUTIONS FOR FUTURE JULY 29, 2010 69 1 CONTRACTS MUST ALL PASS SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND/OR 2 SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CONTRACTUAL GOALS AND 3 PERFORMANCE TOWARDS THOSE GOALS SO THAT THE BOARD COULD 4 CONSIDER TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW PAST PERFORMANCE 5 IN AWARDING A NEW CONTRACT." 6 I THINK WE NEED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THAT 7 EXISTS. AND WE NEED TO REMIND THE DISTRICT THAT AS BIDS 8 COME IN WHAT CAN BE DONE TO -- THE INCENTIVE IS THE 9 CONTRACT. THE PENALTY IS THAT THEY MAY NOT IF THE BOARD 10 DECIDES THAT THEIR PAST PERFORMANCE DISQUALIFIES THEM IN 11 SOME WAY. 12 TRUSTEE WONG. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MARKS. 14 I THINK JENNY MADE THE ASSUMPTION HAS TO BE THAT 15 UNLESS -- THE ASSUMPTION HAS TO BE THAT THEY ARE REALLY 16 NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING UNLESS WE MAKE THEM DO IT BECAUSE 17 THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE HISTORY OF CONTRACTORS AND 18 SUBCONTRACTORS. IT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE. 19 I KNOW THAT BOVIS HAS INVOLVED SOME COMPANIES 20 THAT ARE REALLY OUT-OF-STATE ON SOME OF THE CONTRACTS. 21 AND THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTRAINTS, LEGAL RESTRAINTS IN 22 TERMS LOWEST AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER. AND SOMEHOW WE 23 UNDERSTAND THAT, AND WE NEED TO ABIDE BY THAT, BUT IT IS 24 ALSO A LAW THAT THEY HIDE BEHIND UNFORTUNATELY. 25 SO THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM NEEDS TO BE JULY 29, 2010 70 1 PARAMOUNT. AND THE PENALTY MECHANISM NEEDS TO BE 2 PARAMOUNT. AND THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO 3 DO ANYTHING UNTIL THEY FEEL ACTUALLY THREATENED. 4 NOW, PETER, I THINK AT ONE POINT IN TIME DIDN'T 5 WE TALK ABOUT -- AND WHAT PRESIDENT MARKS TALKED ABOUT WAS 6 FUTURE CONTRACTS AND WE REVIEWED THEIR HISTORY IN TERMS OF 7 AWARDING FUTURE CONTRACTS. BUT WE DIDN'T TALK AT ONE 8 POINT IN TIME ABOUT IN TERMS OF PAYMENT THAT WE WILL LOOK 9 TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT ACTUALLY ADHERED TO DISTRICT 10 POLICY REGARDING LOCAL HIRING OF GOOD FAITH EFFORTS 11 BECAUSE MANY TIMES WE WILL MAKE THESE PARTIAL PAYMENTS. 12 ISN'T THERE SOME DISCUSSION AROUND THAT TWO 13 YEARS AGO? 14 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT ALLOWS US TO WITHHOLD 15 PAYMENTS IF THEY DON'T PERFORM WORK IN THE FIELD BASED ON 16 THESE PARTICULAR GOALS. AT LEAST THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY, BUT DO YOU RECALL THE 18 DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE 19 EXPLORED WHETHER OR NOT -- WHETHER WE DID IT OR NOT IS 20 SOMETHING ELSE, BUT WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS I WANT TO 21 GIVE SOME TEETH TO THIS ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM THAT CAA AND 22 OTHERS ARE ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP. 23 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. I THINK THE DIRECTION 24 THE BOARD WAS ASKING US TO GO DOWN WAS SIMILAR TO THE ONE 25 THAT PRESIDENT MARKS -- JULY 29, 2010 71 1 TRUSTEE WONG: I REMEMBER THAT PART. 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- WAS QUOTING FROM WHICH IS 3 PERTAINING TO SBE/SLBE TYPE GOALS. AND PERHAPS WHAT YOU 4 ARE LOOKING FOR IS TO TRY TO MIRROR THAT FOR LOCAL HIRING. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: IT WAS EVEN BEFORE THAT. EVEN 6 BEFORE THAT DISCUSSION -- 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: -- I VAGUELY REMEMBER THAT. 9 OKAY, WE WILL LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS 10 ANY GOOD FAITH EFFORT. IF NOT, THEN WE WILL RETHINK, 11 OKAY, PERHAPS THERE MIGHT BE -- THE PAYMENT MIGHT BE 12 DELAYED OR WE WOULD THINK ABOUT HOW THE PAYMENT SHOULD BE 13 MADE BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A GOOD FAITH EFFORT ON THE PART 14 OF THE SUB -- 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WE CAN'T CONFUSE THE SLBE/SBE 16 PROGRAM WITH LOCAL HIRES. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: I KNOW. I KNOW. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE 19 PROGRAMS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS AS I THINK QUICKLY 20 ABOUT IT WITH THE SBE/SBLE, THEY PROPOSED CERTAIN 21 COMPONENTS AND CERTAIN PERCENTAGES IN PAST PART OF THEIR 22 BID. AND IF THEY ARE MAKING ANY CHANGES FROM THAT, WE ARE 23 SUPPOSED TO BE GRANTING THEM THE RIGHT TO OR TELL THEM 24 THEY CAN'T IN CERTAIN -- SO THE CONTROL STILL RESTS WITH 25 THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF THEM MAKING CHANGES ON THAT. JULY 29, 2010 72 1 TRUSTEE WONG: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 2 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT THIS PROGRAM IS NEWER. AND 3 I THINK THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: CAN'T THAT BE PART OF THE 5 ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM, WHAT YOU JUST OUTLINED? 6 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I WOULD NEED SOME LEGAL ADVICE 7 ON HOW TO ENFORCE IT. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE 9 POWERFUL WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT DOLLARS. ALL RIGHT, 10 THANK YOU. 11 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 13 GOOD WORK. WE APPRECIATE IT. 14 MS. LAM: THANK YOU. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: WE ARE NOW HAVING REPORTS FROM 16 CONSTITUENT GROUPS. I DON'T SEE ATTILA GABOR. 17 IS SOMEBODY HERE FROM THE CLASSIFIED SENATE? 18 IF NOT, THE ACADEMIC SENATE. 19 KAREN SAGINOR. 20 MS. SAGINOR: GOOD EVENING. PLEASE FORGIVE THE 21 SUNGLASSES. I AM RECOVERING FROM CATARACT SURGERY, SO 22 THAT'S WHY. TWO DAYS I WAS WEARING TWO PAIRS OF 23 SUNGLASSES, SO THIS IS A BIG IMPROVEMENT. 24 I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THIS MONTH I 25 ATTENDED TRUSTEE NGO'S EQUITY MEETINGS, ALONG WITH VICE JULY 29, 2010 73 1 PRESIDENT TETI. HE WAS ABLE TO GO TO BOTH OF THEM. I WAS 2 ONLY ABLE TO GO TO THE FIRST ONE. THEY WERE VERY 3 INFORMATIVE. IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. 4 CLEARLY, THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE WORK TO BE 5 DONE. IT'S THE HIGHEST PRIORITY OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE 6 THAT WE WILL BE ADDRESSING BOTH THE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT 7 THE CHANCELLOR'S REPORT ADDRESSED. AND WE'LL BE 8 ADDRESSING THOSE THINGS THROUGH SHARED GOVERNANCE. AND 9 WE'LL BE ADDRESSING OTHER EQUITY ISSUES AS WELL THIS FALL. 10 THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR 11 PLATE FOR THIS FALL. STRATEGIC PLANNING WILL BE GOING 12 THROUGH SHARED GOVERNANCE. WE NEED TO START UP THE 13 ACCREDITATION, SELF-STUDY PROCESS, AND MANY, MANY OTHER 14 THINGS. AND SO I WILL BE BRINGING YOU BACK REPORTS OF 15 WORK WE ARE DOING ONCE FALL STARTS AND WE ARE DEEP INTO 16 THAT WORK. 17 I WANT TO SAY A LITTLE ABOUT HOW THE COLLEGE -- 18 MANY PROBLEMS EFFECT US AND HOW WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE. 19 IN THE ACADEMIC SENATE OFFICE, YOU WILL BE PLEASED TO HEAR 20 THAT WE WORKED HARD ON IMPROVING THE CONTRACT FOR THE 21 OFFICE PHOTOCOPY MACHINE. AND THE WORK WHICH WAS MOSTLY 22 BY ANTONIO TRINK, OUR OFFICE SECRETARY. HE WORKED VERY 23 HARD ON THIS. WE SIGNED A CONTRACT TODAY THAT WILL SAVE 24 US 38 PERCENT OVER WHAT WE WERE PAYING IN PREVIOUS YEARS 25 FOR A PHOTOCOPY, SO REALLY A COUPLE THOUSAND A YEAR LESS. JULY 29, 2010 74 1 AND, OF COURSE, THE FACULTY, AS A WHOLE, WILL CONTINUE TO 2 BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO SAVE MONEY AND SO FORTH. 3 WE LIKE THE IDEA OF TRYING TO DO MORE WITH LESS, 4 BUT AS SOMEONE HAS TOLD ME, REALLY WE ARE PROBABLY GOING 5 TO END UP DOING LESS WITH LESS. 6 SO I DO NEED TO SUPPORT THE REQUEST THAT YOU 7 RECEIVED FROM AFT, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER THE PARCEL TAX TO 8 LOOK AT OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT CAN HELP THE COLLEGE 9 MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS. WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO 10 BE TURNING STUDENTS AWAY. 11 AND AS WE KNOW, WE ARE ALREADY TURNING STUDENTS 12 AWAY. MANY CLASSES ARE ALREADY FULL. PEOPLE'S 13 REGISTRATION DATES HAVE NOT ARRIVED YET. AND YET, ALL THE 14 SECTIONS ARE ALREADY FULL. IT'S ALWAYS VERY SAD FOR US TO 15 BE SEEING THAT SITUATION. THERE ARE STILL MANY PEOPLE WHO 16 ARE OUT OF WORK OR WHO ARE THEREFORE LOOKING TO GO BACK TO 17 SCHOOL, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE CLASSES FOR THEM THAT THEY 18 NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR JOB SKILLS AND ADVANCE THEIR 19 EDUCATION. SO AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CONTINUING PROBLEM. 20 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WORKING ON THAT PART 21 OF THINGS AND WE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER. AND I WOULD 22 LIKE TO YIELD SOME TIME -- 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: BEFORE YOU DO THAT -- 24 MS. SAGINOR: OKAY. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: -- YOU LISTED A NUMBER OF JULY 29, 2010 75 1 THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP IN THE FALL. I'M 2 NOT CERTAIN I HEARD YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE EDUCATION 3 MASTER PLAN. 4 MS. SAGINOR: THAT'S ALSO ON THE LIST. THERE 5 WERE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR OTHER THINGS I COULD THINK OF 6 THAT ARE ON THE LIST TOO, BUT -- 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: IT'S -- 8 MS. SAGINOR: YES. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: -- PRETTY SEVERELY OUT OF 10 DATE. 11 MS. SAGINOR: YES. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: AND GIVEN THAT THE MISSION OF 13 THE DISTRICT IS EDUCATION -- 14 MS. SAGINOR: YES. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: -- IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE 16 SOMETHING LIKE THAT CURRENT. 17 MS. SAGINOR: YES. AT THIS POINT, ACTUALLY, I 18 BELIEVE THE THRUST IS TO GET A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG IN THE 19 STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN GO TO THE MASTER PLAN -- 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 21 MS. SAGINOR: -- BECAUSE THOSE TWO THINGS NEED 22 TO RELATE TO EACH OTHER. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. THANK YOU. 24 NOW YOU WANT TO YIELD. 25 MS. SAGINOR: OKAY, THANK YOU. JULY 29, 2010 76 1 I AM GOING TO YIELD TO GUS GOLDSTEIN, VICE 2 PRESIDENT OF AFT. 3 MS. GOLDSTEIN: GOOD EVENINGS, AGAIN. GUS 4 GOLDSTEIN, AFT 2121 VICE PRESIDENT. OUR PRESIDENT ELISA 5 MESSER IS ON A WELL-DESERVED VACATION. SHE WAS WORKING IN 6 THE OFFICE VIRTUALLY EVERYDAY THIS SUMMER AND GOING TO 7 MEETINGS AND GETTING UP TO SPEED ON ALL THE ISSUES. ONE 8 OF WHICH AGAIN WAS, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE PARCEL TAX. AND 9 SO I WILL MENTION IT AGAIN IN A MOMENT. 10 IN GETTING READY FOR THE FALL ELECTIONS, THERE 11 IS GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF ISSUES OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO 12 US. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE SUPPORT FOR THE 13 MAJORITY BUDGET INITIATIVE, WHICH IF IT HAD ALREADY BEEN 14 PASSED, IF IT WERE IN EXISTENCE NOW, WE WOULD HAVE A 15 BUDGET PASSED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I UNDERSTAND 16 TODAY WAS THE DAY COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAD TO START 17 BORROWING MONEY. 18 IS THAT CORRECT? 19 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: YEAH. 20 MS. GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID ON THE 21 CALIFORNIA REPORT. IF WE WERE TO PASS THE MAJORITY BUDGET 22 INITIATIVE, THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. SO 23 THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 24 I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT A SPECIAL 25 RETIREMENT AND FINANCIAL PLANNING DAY THAT CLIFF LEE IN JULY 29, 2010 77 1 OUR OFFICE AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN PLANNING. IT'S OUR SECOND 2 ONE. OUR SECOND ANNUAL ONE. IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE 3 SECOND INDEPENDENT FLEX DAY, THE DAY BEFORE THE PLANNED 4 FLEX DAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST THE 12TH. I DON'T THINK WE 5 WILL BAR THE DOOR TO ADMINISTRATORS WHO WANT TO COME. 6 FACULTY ARE INVITED TO COME AND ATTEND A NUMBER 7 OF DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS BY ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT 8 FINANCIAL PLANNERS. SOME OF THEM WOULD BE GERMAINE ONLY 9 TO FACULTY SINCE IT'S THE STRS RETIREMENT, BUT THERE ARE 10 DIFFERENT FINANCIAL PLANNING AND RETIREMENT WORKSHOPS 11 TAKING PLACE THAT DAY. 12 LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED THIS YEAR BY AFT 2121. 13 UNLIKE LAST YEAR, WHERE EVERYONE HAD TO SCRAMBLE FOR 14 THEMSELVES. 15 ALSO ON AUGUST 11TH, THE LAST OF THREE OPEN 16 COLLEGE DAYS WILL BE HELD. STUDENTS HAVE BEEN COMING IN 17 OUT OF THEIR OWN INTEREST IN LEARNING. AND TEACHERS HAVE 18 BEEN VOLUNTEERING TO TEACH INTERESTED STUDENTS ON SPECIFIC 19 TOPICS THAT THE TEACHERS FOUND INTRIGUING AND HOLDING 20 CLASSES FOR FREE ON THREE SPECIFIC DAYS THIS SUMMER. THE 21 LAST ONE IS AUGUST 11TH. 22 MS. GOLDSTEIN: YES. 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. 24 HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE OPEN COLLEGE? 25 MS. GOLDSTEIN: UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE BEEN JULY 29, 2010 78 1 KEEPING A LOW PROFILE, AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. I 2 DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE DOES HERE. I HEARD THE FIRST 3 ONE WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. 4 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OKAY. 5 MS. GOLDSTEIN: I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH 6 THE SECOND. 7 TRUSTEE JACKSON: THAT'S JUST REALLY REMARKABLE. 8 MS. GOLDSTEIN: YEAH, PEOPLE WERE VERY 9 ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT. 10 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: MAY I? 11 I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT FIGURE. BUT FROM THE 12 MAIN STUDENT ORGANIZER, IT'S IN THE HUNDREDS. 13 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OKAY. 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: AND THE SECOND ONE AS 15 WELL. 16 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 17 MS. GOLDSTEIN: THAT'S GREAT. 18 AND THEN RETURNING ONCE MORE TO REITERATE AND 19 EXPAND ON THE ISSUE OF THE PARCEL TAX, I SIMPLY WANTED TO 20 POINT OUT THAT MAKING NO DECISION AT THIS POINT WILL 21 RAPIDLY BECOME A "NO," A SIMPLE "NO" BY DEFAULT IF THERE'S 22 NO ACTION BY NEXT WEEK FOR EARLIER FOR SUPPORT OR A 23 DECISION AGAINST. BUT IN ANY CASE, NO DECISION WILL 24 BECOME KNOWN IF NO ACTION IS TAKEN. 25 SO AGAIN, WE HOPE THAT THE BOARD WILL FIND JULY 29, 2010 79 1 REASON TO HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING AND SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER 2 OR TO CONSIDER. I ASSUME THAT IF NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN 3 THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME SORT OF -- IF IT'S NOT A DECISION, 4 IT'S BEEN SORT OF A NON DECISION NOT TO GO FORWARD. AND I 5 KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS. I UNDERSTAND THE 6 CONCERNS. THE ESTIMATED COST OF HOLDING THE ELECTION. 7 I SUSPECT THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS WOULD NOT 8 CHARGE AS MUCH AS WAS ESTIMATED, THE $800,000. I BELIEVE 9 THAT'S AN ESTIMATE FOR AN ELECTION IN WHICH WE ARE THE 10 MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE ELECTION. THERE ARE SO MANY MEASURES 11 ON THIS BALLOT. USUALLY, I BELIEVE, THEY CHARGE SOMEWHAT 12 PROPORTIONATE TO YOUR ROLE ON THE BALLOT. WE WOULD HAVE A 13 RATHER SMALLER ROLE ON THE BALLOT WITH ALL THE OTHER 14 MEASURES. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD CHARGE THAT 15 SAME AMOUNT. SOME ELECTIONS, IT'S MORE. SOME IT'S LESS. 16 THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO PREDICT. 17 ALSO I THINK AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN COULD BE 18 MOUNTED WITH SOME COLORFUL POSTCARDS THAT STUDENTS WOULD 19 BE HAPPY TO DISTRIBUTE. AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD COST 20 ANYWHERE NEAR THE $200,000. SO I THINK WE COULD EASILY 21 CUT THE 1 MILLION IN HALF. IT'S A GAMBLE, BUT I DON'T 22 THINK IT'S A BIG GAMBLE BECAUSE CITY COLLEGE IS VALUED BY 23 THIS CITY. THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY LIKE CITY COLLEGE. 24 THEY SUPPORT CITY COLLEGE. THEY WANT CITY COLLEGE TO BE 25 THERE FOR THEM. AND I THINK THEY WILL BE THERE FOR US AND JULY 29, 2010 80 1 I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO DO. THANK 2 YOU. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 4 SO I DON'T KNOW WHO IS HERE -- I KNOW SOME OF 5 YOU BY SIGHT, BUT I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY. SO IF I COULD 6 HAVE THE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CAMPUSES IF YOU COULD JUST 7 ALL COME UP HERE AND THEN SPEAK ONE AFTER THE OTHER, THAT 8 WOULD BE GREAT. 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I BELIEVE IN ALPHABETICAL 10 ORDER MANDI LAM FROM DOWNTOWN -- 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: I'M SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOU. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I BELIEVE IN THE ORDER 13 LISTED MANDI LAM FROM DOWNTOWN WILL GO UP. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: I JUST WANT TO REMIND 15 EVERYBODY -- NO, NO, DON'T TOUCH IT. EVERY TIME PEOPLE 16 TOUCH THE MICROPHONE IT MAKES A TERRIBLE SOUND, WHICH WE 17 CAN'T HEAR, BUT THESE GUYS WILL ADJUST THE VOLUME, SO YOU 18 DON'T NEED TO MOVE IT AT ALL. THANK YOU. 19 MS. LAM: MANDI LAM, A.S. PRESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN 20 CAMPUS. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE 21 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF DOWNTOWN CAMPUS. 22 CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A DEAN IN OUR CAMPUS 23 SINCE DECEMBER OF '09. SO I WAS WONDERING WHAT IS THE 24 STATUS OF HIRING A NEW DEAN? 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: GO AHEAD. I THINK YOU MIGHT JULY 29, 2010 81 1 WANT TO GIVE AN ANSWER. 2 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SURE. THE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS 3 HAS BEEN DIVIDED IN TERMS OF RESPONSIBILITIES. VICE 4 CHANCELLOR ALICE MURILLO HAS TAKEN THE PLACE OF DEAN 5 GLICK. AND SHE'S ALSO DESIGNATED -- SHE DID DESIGNATE 6 GARY TOM IN THE SPRING TO DO IT. AND SHE WILL CONTINUE 7 THIS FALL IN TERMS OF THAT. 8 WE ARE PUTTING THE JOB ANNOUNCEMENT OUT IN 9 AUGUST FOR THE PERMANENT DEAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS. 10 AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE A PERMANENT DEAN HIRED IN LATE 11 NOVEMBER -- I'M SORRY. LATE OCTOBER OR EARLY NOVEMBER. 12 MS. LAM: OKAY. THANK YOU. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU FOR COMING. 14 SO IS SUSAN LIU HERE? 15 OR MANDI LAM? 16 OH, WAIT. THAT'S YOU. 17 HOW ABOUT INGRID? 18 I SAW INGRID WYNN. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YEAH, INGRID WILL BE UP. 20 BEFORE THOUGH, THERE IS AN ERROR HERE. I WOULD JUST LIKE 21 TO ANNOUNCE THAT INGRID IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHEAST 22 CAMPUS, NOT EVANS. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: WE KNEW THAT. 24 MS. WYNN: GOOD EVENING. 25 MY NAME IS INGRID WYNN, PRESIDENT FOR THE JULY 29, 2010 82 1 SOUTHEAST CAMPUS. PRETTY MUCH OUR UPDATES ARE IN THE NEXT 2 WEEK WE ARE GOING TO BE MEETING DR. AUGUSTINE AND CAPTAIN 3 SUHR, AS WELL AS OUR CHIEF OF POLICE FOR CITY COLLEGE. 4 BECAUSE TECHNICALLY WE ARE PUTTING OUT A SAFETY PROGRAM 5 WHERE WE ARE BASICALLY IMPLEMENTING A NEW PROGRAM. 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: STOP DOING THAT. 7 MS. WYNN: SORRY. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: THEY ARE VERY GOOD AT PICKING 9 UP THE SOUND. 10 MS. WYNN: SORRY. WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A SAFETY 11 PROGRAM BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, SOUTHEAST AND EVANS AND 12 OTHER AREAS ARE NOT THE SAFEST. SO WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A 13 PROGRAM WHERE TECHNICALLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR 14 THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL WHEN STUDENTS COME IN, WE WANT TO 15 DO AN ORIENTATION. AND IN THAT ORIENTATION, WE ARE 16 ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING A BUDDY PROGRAM. SO IN THAT BUDDY 17 PROGRAM, IT REALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW TO BE SAFE. WE ARE 18 ACTUALLY -- CAPTAIN SUHR IS ACTUALLY DOING AN ON-CALL FROM 19 8:30 TO 9:30 OF THE AREAS JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE POLICE 20 EVERY FIVE MINUTES GOING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS JUST TO 21 HELP US WITH THE SAFETY IN THOSE AREAS. 22 AND THAT'S MY REPORT FOR NOW. THANK YOU. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 24 TRUSTEE JACKSON: CAN I MAKE JUST A QUICK 25 SUGGESTION? JULY 29, 2010 83 1 INSTEAD OF THEM IN THEIR PATROL CARS, CAN YOU 2 SUGGEST THAT THEY MAYBE JUST WALK THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS, 3 INSTEAD OF JUST KIND OF CRUISING AND PATROLLING AROUND. I 4 MEAN THIS CREATES A DIFFERENT KIND OF SCENARY. MAYBE IF 5 THEY ARE JUST WALKING AND INTERACTING WITH THE STUDENTS 6 AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE STUDENTS, MAYBE THAT WOULD 7 CREATE LIKE -- I DON'T KNOW IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THEM 8 DRIVING AROUND -- 9 MS. WYNN: YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT 10 IDEA AND I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE 11 CAN'T BRING UP. 12 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OKAY. 13 MS. WYNN: SO NEXT MONTH I WILL LET YOU KNOW 14 EXACTLY WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WITH THE MEETING. AND JUST 15 TO HAVE OFFICERS PATROL AS FAR AS WALKING UP AND DOWN, I 16 CONCUR WITH THAT. 17 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AT LEAST THEY GET TO KNOW WHO 18 THE OFFICERS ARE AND WHO THEY CAN CONTACT IF SOMETHING 19 COMES UP. IF THEY DRIVING AROUND, THEY NEVER REALLY GET 20 TO SEE THE OFFICER. AND IT JUST BECOMES THAT CAR THAT'S 21 JUST PATROLLING AROUND. YOU KNOW, THE OFFICERS GET TO 22 KNOW THE STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS GET TO KNOW THE OFFICERS, 23 IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A BETTER TYPE OF PUBLIC SAFETY. I 24 DON'T KNOW, BUT HOPEFULLY -- 25 MS. WYNN: NO, I MEAN THAT'S PERFECT. AND YOU JULY 29, 2010 84 1 KNOW, WITH THAT SAME TOKEN, I'M HOPING THAT EVENTUALLY WE 2 HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS FOR CITY BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE 3 PATROLS FROM OUR CAMPUS AS WELL ACTUALLY COMING IN THEIR 4 VEHICLES THAT REPRESENT THE CITY AT NIGHT INSTEAD OF JUST 5 THE OFFICERS THAT WE DO HAVE RIGHT NOW. JUST TO MAKE SURE 6 YOU HAVE A BACKUP SYSTEM OR A BUDDY SYSTEM AS WELL. 7 SO I MEAN THIS BUDDY SYSTEM ACTUALLY 8 INCORPORATES THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, OFFICERS OF EACH 9 CAMPUS TO SAY, "HEY, WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR 10 EVERYBODY'S SAFETY." SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. I WILL 11 BRING IT UP. 12 TRUSTEE JACKSON: THANK YOU. 13 MS. WYNN: THANK YOU. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: NO PROBLEM. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: MAYBE YOU SHOULD CALL THE 16 PEOPLE UP. GO AHEAD. 17 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THE NEXT WOULD BE OCEAN 18 CAMPUS PRESIDENT, ELISABETH. 19 MS. WEINBERG: GOOD EVENING, CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN, 20 PRESIDENT MARKS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND CCSF COMMUNITY. 21 I WOULD LIKE TO JUST REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES AT 22 THE OCEAN CAMPUS. SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN MEETING SINCE JUNE. 23 WE HAD OUR FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING ON JULY 1ST. WE HAVE 24 ELECTED OUR VP'S. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR VP'S ON 25 JULY 7TH. JULY 29, 2010 85 1 WE ARE NOW MOVING FORWARD IN PREPARATION FOR 2 WELCOME WEEK. WE HAVE A GREAT COMMITTEE THAT'S WORKING ON 3 THAT WITH A LOT OF REALLY GOOD IDEAS FOR WELCOMING THE 4 STUDENTS AND INCREASING THE PARTICIPATION OF THE ENTIRE 5 CAMPUS AND THE EXTENDED CAMPUSES. 6 WE ARE SETTING UP FOR THE HIRING OF THE A.S. 7 POSITIONS FOR COORDINATOR AND PROGRAM POSITIONS. 8 WE RECENTLY DID VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE PARCEL 9 TAX AT A RECENT A.S. COUNCIL MEETING AS WAS MENTIONED 10 EARLIER. WE ARE HAVE AN ONGOING DIALOGUE GOING ON IN 11 REGARDS TO STUDENT EQUITY. AND I GOT A LOT OF REALLY 12 GREAT RESPONSE FROM THE RECENT MEETINGS. SO THANKS TO 13 EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT. 14 I'M REALLY PLEASED REGARDING THE RESULT OF THE 15 UPCOMING HEARING REGARDING AB-540 STUDENTS AND 16 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. 17 LET'S SEE, CAMPUS OUTREACH IS ANOTHER PROJECT 18 REACHING OUT TO ALL CAMPUSES. AND SENDING AMBASSADORS, 19 HAVING LIAISONS TO THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, THAT'S 20 SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON PRETTY REGULARLY. 21 WE ARE WORKING ON SETTING UP OUR FIRST FINANCE 22 MEETING. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS ON 23 WEDNESDAYS. THE TIME IS VARYING FROM MORNING TO 24 AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE SET ONCE THE FALL TERM STARTS. 25 OPEN COLLEGE IS COMING UP. I PARTICIPATED IN JULY 29, 2010 86 1 THE TWO PREVIOUS OPEN COLLEGES. WE WILL BE DOING A 2 WORKSHOP IN THE UPCOMING. WE HAD GOOD ATTENDANCE I THINK 3 AROUND 200 THE FIRST, 100 OR SO AT THE SECOND. AND WE ARE 4 HOPING TO HAVE SOME GREAT PARTICIPATION AT NEXT WEEK'S 5 OPEN COLLEGE. 6 I ALSO WELCOME OUR NEW DEAN SAMUEL SANTOS AND 7 ALSO VERONICA HUNNICUTT. I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE BOTH OF 8 THEM HERE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO REPORT, SO 9 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: ELISABETH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 12 REPORT. 13 ARE YOU STILL THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 14 NATIONS CLUB? 15 MS. WEINBERG: YES, I AM. 16 TRUSTEE WONG: IS THAT GOING TO CONTINUE -- 17 MS. WEINBERG: YES, IT WILL. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: -- IN THE FALL? 19 MS. WEINBERG: YES, IT WILL. 20 TRUSTEE WONG: HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GROW IT -- 21 MS. WEINBERG: YES. 22 TRUSTEE WONG: -- BECAUSE WE HAVE A FANTASTIC UN 23 COURSE. ONE OF THE FEW ACTUALLY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 24 WITH A UN COURSE ACTUALLY. 25 MS. WEINBERG: THAT'S RIGHT. JULY 29, 2010 87 1 TRUSTEE WONG: SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT NOW WE 2 FINALLY HAVE A UNITED NATIONS CLUB. 3 MS. WEINBERG: YES. 4 TRUSTEE WONG: AND YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT. 5 MS. WEINBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL CONTINUE. 7 MS. WEINBERG: YES, WE WERE FOUNDED IN SEPTEMBER 8 OF '09, SO WE WILL BE COMING UP ON OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY 9 AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE UN 10 CLUB. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: GREAT. 12 MS. WEINBERG: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: I HAVE A QUESTION, PRESIDENT 14 MARKS. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE GRIER. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: ELISABETH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 17 OPEN CAMPUS OR OPEN COLLEGE? 18 MS. WEINBERG: OPEN COLLEGE. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT 20 OF INFORMATION ABOUT IT? AND COULD YOU TELL ME IF IT'S AT 21 ALL OF THE CAMPUSES OR JUST AT THE OCEAN CAMPUS? 22 MS. WEINBERG: SURE. IT IS AT THE OCEAN CAMPUS, 23 BUT IT'S OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS. IT'S FREE. IT'S BASICALLY 24 A DAY OF FREE CLASSES. IT STARTS AT 10:00 O'CLOCK AND IT 25 GOES UNTIL 5:00 P.M. IT INVOLVES STUDENT PARTICIPATION JULY 29, 2010 88 1 AND ALSO THE PRESENTERS CAN BE STUDENTS. THEY ARE 2 STUDENTS. THEY ARE FACULTY. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF 3 DIFFERENT PEOPLE DOING PRESENTATIONS, BUT IT'S A GREAT 4 OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO STEP UP AND TEACH AND TEACH 5 OTHER STUDENTS AND SHARE WITH OTHER STUDENTS. THIS WILL 6 BE THE LAST. 7 THERE WERE THREE, AND SO THIS WILL BE THE FINAL 8 ONE. BUT, YEAH, IT'S OPEN TO ALL THE CAMPUSES. AND WE 9 HOPE TO HAVE PARTICIPATION FROM ALL THE CAMPUSES, SO ANY 10 OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? 11 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 12 MS. WEINBERG: OKAY. THANK YOU. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: ARE WE DONE? 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: YES. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH 16 ALL OF YOU. 17 THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE MONTHLY 18 FINANCIAL REPORT. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE TWO 20 NOTEWORTHY ITEMS IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT. 21 ONE, WE'VE GONE INTO A NEW FISCAL YEAR. AND SO, 22 OF COURSE, WE ARE IN THE CLOSEOUT PROCESS FOR THE OLD 23 FISCAL YEAR. IT'S OF COURSE NOT COMPLETED YET. 24 SO FAR THERE ARE NO BAD FINANCE PROBLEMS THAT 25 HAVE TURNED UP IN THAT CLOSEOUT, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. JULY 29, 2010 89 1 AND, OF COURSE, WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE SOME POSITIVE 2 CLOSEOUT TO HELP US WITH OUR FINAL BUDGET FOR 2010-2011, 3 BUT IT'S TOO SOON FOR ME TO SUGGEST THAT WE DO. 4 SECONDLY, AS SOMEBODY MENTIONED THIS EARLIER IN 5 THE EVENING ABOUT THE STATE NOT PAYING THE COMMUNITY 6 COLLEGES AND BORROWING MONEY. LITERALLY, AN HOUR BEFORE 7 THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED SESSION, I SIGNED THE FINAL PAPER 8 FOR US TO BORROW $27.5 MILLION IN THE TRANS POOL. IT'S 9 ABOUT DOUBLE OF WHAT WE USED TO BORROW IN THE TRANS POOL. 10 YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS, AND IT'S VERY MUCH 11 RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THE STATE IS NOW CONTINUALLY AS 12 PRACTICED DEFERRING PAYMENTS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND 13 EVEN WORSE NOW, JUST NOT MAKING THEM BECAUSE OF THE LACK 14 OF A STATE BUDGET AND NO CONTINUING AUTHORITY. WE ARE NOT 15 RECEIVING OUR APPORTIONMENT PAYMENT THAT WAS DUE TO US 16 THIS WEEK. 17 QUESTION? 18 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND I KNOW THAT THEY DELAYED 19 IT MAYBE BECAUSE THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE A BUDGET. I MEAN 20 WHAT IS THE ADDITIONAL COST TO DELAYING THE -- TO US 21 BORROWING AND FOR THEM TO DELAY THE MONEY? 22 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: ALL OF THE COSTS IS ON US OF 23 COURSE. WE ARE BORROWING MONEY THROUGH A POOL. AND WE 24 ARE PAYING INTEREST ON THAT MONEY. 25 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND WE ARE NEVER REIMBURSED. JULY 29, 2010 90 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WHEN THE STATE FINALLY GIVES US 2 THE MONEY WE ARE ENTITLED TO, THEY WILL NOT GIVE US ANY 3 INTEREST EARNED ON THAT MONEY. THEY WILL JUST GIVE US THE 4 FLAT AMOUNT. 5 SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S A LITTLE TOO SOON FOR ME TO 6 TELL YOU WHAT OUR FINAL OUT OF POCKET INTEREST COSTS ARE 7 FOR THE YEAR, BUT THEY WILL BE AT LEAST A FEW HUNDRED 8 THOUSAND DOLLARS I WOULD IMAGINE THIS YEAR. AND THAT IS 9 SOMETHING IF THE STATE COULD JUST GET ITS PAYMENT SCHEDULE 10 ON TIME AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE, WE COULD AVOID IT. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: AND ACTUALLY, IF I MAY THROUGH 12 THE CHAIR. WE'VE HAD TO BORROW MONEY EVERY BUDGET CYCLE. 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: RIGHT. 14 TRUSTEE WONG: BUT THIS YEAR THOUGH, IT IS 15 REALLY BEING DRAGGED OUT, SO THE INTEREST IS MOUNTING. 16 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THE INTEREST RATES ARE, OF 17 COURSE, LOW. I HAVE TO SAY THAT. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: YEAH. 19 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: BUT THE AMOUNT WE ARE 20 BORROWING, THE PRINCIPLE IS INCREASING. AND WE ALSO STILL 21 FIND OURSELVES AT TIMES DURING THE YEAR WHERE WE NEED TO 22 WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY TREASURY 23 THROUGH THEIR CONTROLLER'S OFFICE TO BORROW MONEY ON A 24 SHORT-TERM BASIS FROM THEM AS WELL. ALL OF THOSE PROBLEMS 25 BORROWING THROUGH THE TRANS, SHORT-TERM BORROWING FROM THE JULY 29, 2010 91 1 POOL, AND THE CITY AND COUNTY, THEY ARE ALL FAR WORSE THAN 2 THEY USED TO BE BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STATE. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT -- ARE 4 THEY AT RECESS NOW IN SACRAMENTO? 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: THE LEGISLATURE? 6 TRUSTEE WONG: YEAH, OR ARE THEY TAKING -- 7 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: WHETHER THEY ARE AT RECESS OR 8 NOT, NO ONE SEEMS TO BE WORKING ON THE STATE BUDGET. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: THAT'S WHAT I AM SAYING. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: I HEARD -- I READ SOME PLACE 11 THAT THE GOVERNOR THINKS THAT HE MAY LEAVE OFFICE BEFORE 12 SIGNING THE BUDGET. 13 TRUSTEE WONG: AND THEY SHOULD JUST LOCK THEM 14 ALL IN THAT ROOM UNTIL THEY COME OUT WITH A BUDGET. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THERE'S A LOT OF RHETORIC, A 16 LOT OF POSITION PLAYING. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: RIGHT. 18 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: NO ONE SEEMS TO REALLY HAVE A 19 CLEAR IDEA WHEN THE STATE BUDGET WILL BE FINISHED. 20 ONCE AGAIN, AS I READ IN THE PAPER THIS MORNING, 21 WE ARE THE ONLY STATE IN THE NATION THAT STILL DOESN'T 22 HAVE A BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010-2011. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: THANK YOU. 24 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: COULD I ASK A REQUEST? 25 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR BUDGET -- THAT IN OUR JULY 29, 2010 92 1 BUDGET THE PAYMENTS THAT WE MAKE TO THE CITY AND COUNTY OF 2 SAN FRANCISCO, A LIST OF PAYMENTS PER DEPARTMENT. 3 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 4 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT 5 THOSE ARE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM SEEM PRETTY ARBITRARY. I 6 KNOW I AM JUST TRYING TO GET AN ANSWER ABOUT WHAT THE RATE 7 IS FOR RECREATION AND PARKS FOR US TO USE PUBLIC PARKS. 8 AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ANSWER ON WHAT THE RATE 9 IS. IT JUST SEEMS VERY ARBITRARY. 10 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: OKAY. 11 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A 12 LIST OF -- 13 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THAT WE 14 PAY. 15 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: I MEAN WITHIN REASON. I 16 MEAN IF IT'S SMALL THINGS. 17 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: I THINK WE CAN LIST THEM ALL, 18 FRANKLY. 19 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 20 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: AND I NEGLECTED TO MENTION 21 WHILE WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY AND COUNTY FOR THEM 22 HELPING US WITH SHORT-TERM BORROWING NEEDS, THEY DO CHARGE 23 US FOR THAT ALSO. THAT'S NOT FOR FREE. 24 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: OKAY. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: I KNOW I THOUGHT I SAW THE JULY 29, 2010 93 1 SWINERTON FOLKS, BUT I THINK THEY'VE GONE. I JUST THOUGHT 2 IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THEY ARE GONE SO. 3 OKAY, THANK YOU. 4 WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX 5 RESOLUTIONS LEFT ON THE AGENDA. 6 SO IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR F1. 7 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SO MOVED. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 11 TRUSTEE JACKSON: HEY, MILTON, ARE WE SKIPPING 12 P1 AND P2? 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: PARDON ME? 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: ARE WE SKIPPING P1 AND P2? 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: NO, I'M ON F1. 16 TRUSTEE JACKSON: OH, I THOUGHT YOU. I'M SORRY. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: NO, F. 18 AS THE BOARD SOLE EMPLOYEE, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE 19 FOR WORKING WITH THE CHANCELLOR ON HIS EVALUATION. 20 I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, THE 21 COUNCIL, THE ACADEMIC SENATE, THE CLASSIFIED SENATE, AND 22 ADMINISTRATORS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE EVALUATION AS 23 WELL. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH THE CHANCELLOR ON 24 MONDAY TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS. 25 AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS RESOLUTION, WE AS JULY 29, 2010 94 1 WELL AS ALL THE OTHER GROUPS, CAME TO THE NOT SURPRISING 2 CONCLUSION THAT HE IS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AND THAT WE 3 ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT HE IS DOING. WE ARE VERY 4 GRATEFUL THAT HE IS THE CHANCELLOR AT THIS TURBULENT 5 MOMENT IN THE STATE'S HISTORY AND CITY COLLEGE HISTORY. 6 SO WE HAVE THIS RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA TO 7 THANK HIM FOR HIS WORK, TO RECOGNIZE OFFICIALLY THAT HE 8 HAD MET THE THRESHOLD THAT'S IN HIS CONTRACT FOR 9 TRIGGERING A NUMBER OF ITEMS WITHIN HIS CONTRACT. 10 BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS 11 ON HERE THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE 12 PUBLICLY. 13 ONE IS THAT THE CHANCELLOR HAS REQUESTED THAT HE 14 FORGO THE SIX -- THE INCREMENT THAT'S IN HIS CONTRACT. 15 AND ALSO, AN ADDITIONAL 6 PERCENT FOR THIS YEAR, WHICH WE 16 ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR HIS GENEROSITY IN THAT. AND THAT 17 THE EXTRA 6 PERCENT IS GOING TO BE GIVEN TO THE SAVE THE 18 CLASSES PROJECT. IT'S CERTAINLY A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE FOR 19 ALL OF US. 20 HAVING SAID THAT, I HAD A MEETING -- JUST OFF OF 21 THIS FOR A SECOND -- ABOUT THE SAVE THE CLASSES PROJECT. 22 I HAD A MEETING ABOUT A WEEK AGO WITH DEAN ALIOTO ABOUT 23 THE BOARD'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SAVE THE CLASSES PROJECT. 24 AND I COMMITTED TO HER THAT I WOULD BE COMMUNICATING WITH 25 THE BOARD TO ENCOURAGE US AS A BOARD INDIVIDUALLY THAT JULY 29, 2010 95 1 100 PERCENT OF US DONATE TO THIS CAMPAIGN AS WELL SO THAT 2 WHEN SHE IS GOING OUT TO OTHER DONORS, THAT SHE CAN SAY 3 THAT THE BOARD HAS CONTRIBUTED. 4 THERE IS NO SET AMOUNT, BUT IT'S THE PERCENTAGE. 5 THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO. SO I WANTED TO 6 MENTION THAT. 7 I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE ON 8 THE BOARD WHO WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE 9 WE -- 10 TRUSTEE WONG. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: I JUST WANT TO ECHO YOUR 12 SENTIMENTS, PRESIDENT MARKS. IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT 13 TIME. AND I THINK WE ARE JUST VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE 14 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN TAKE ON THIS POSITION, WHICH HE DIDN'T 15 HAVE TO ACTUALLY. I'M NOT SURE IF I WAS IN HIS POSITION I 16 WOULD HAVE BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR AT 17 EVERY LEVEL PSYCHOLOGICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY AND 18 ALL THAT. AND WE KNOW. 19 AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE GENEROSITY, THE 20 6 PERCENT, I THINK REALLY SPEAKS VOLUMES OF YOU, 21 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN, AS A ROLE MODEL FOR NOT ONLY ALL OF 22 US, BUT FOR OUR STUDENTS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 24 I WANTED TO PASS ALONG ON THE TABLE HERE THE 25 COPY OF A RESOLUTION. AND I WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO SIGN JULY 29, 2010 96 1 THAT SO THAT I CAN TURN IT IN TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES 2 DEPARTMENT IN THE CHANCELLOR'S FILE. SO IF YOU CAN JUST 3 START DOWN THERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 5 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WOULD JUST LIKE TO 6 PUBLICLY THANK THE CHANCELLOR FOR THE OUTSTANDING JOB THAT 7 HE'S DOING IN TERMS OF REALLY LEADING BY EXAMPLE THAT WE 8 HAVE SEEN. 9 SINCE I'VE TAKEN OFFICE AND EVEN AS A STUDENT, 10 WE'VE SEEN CHANCELLOR JUST REALLY GETTING OUT THERE AND 11 TRYING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION 12 AND EVERYBODY IS TALKING TOGETHER. EVERYBODY IS WORKING 13 TOGETHER AS PART OF THE SOLUTION. AND I AM STILL VERY 14 MUCH IMPRESSED BY THE ROUSING SPEECH LAST THURSDAY. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 16 TRUSTEE NGO. 17 TRUSTEE NGO: I TOO WANT TO ADD MY NAME TO THE 18 EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION AND ADMIRATION FOR THIS 19 CHANCELLOR. I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER CHANCELLOR, BUT 20 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN AS A BOARD MEMBER. HE IS THE BEST 21 CHANCELLOR I'VE KNOWN. 22 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST REMARKABLE TO ME THAT 23 HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO REALLY KIND OF GUIDE THIS INSTITUTION 24 IN VERY TURBULENT TIMES. WE LOOKED AT 25 SOMETHING 25 MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE PAST TWO FISCAL YEARS, AND THAT'S JULY 29, 2010 97 1 NOT EASY TO DO. AND IT'S NOT EASY TO DO WITH A LOT OF THE 2 ADMINISTRATORS COMING AND GOING AND ALSO THE CHALLENGES 3 THAT THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS FACE IN GENERAL. THEY ARE 4 UNDER ATTACK. AND HE HAS SHOWN HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND 5 I HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED BY THEM. 6 BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK HE HAS SHOWN HIS 7 INTEGRITY. HE HAS BEEN VERY COMMITTED TO SEEING THROUGH 8 THE PRIORITIES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND WE DEMAND A 9 LOT. AND WE KNOW THAT AS WELL. HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO 10 REALLY TAKE OUR PRIORITIES AND IMPLEMENT THEM ANYWHERE 11 FROM PURSUING THESE MUCH NEEDED REFORMS AND FACILITIES 12 AREA THROUGH THE BUDGET OF COURSE AND THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP. 13 SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE HIS LEADERSHIP AND 14 LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR WITH HIM OR TWO. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 16 TRUSTEE JACKSON: IN COMING INTO THIS JOB, I 17 MEAN I OFTEN THINK THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS A WORSE JOB 18 THAN THE CHANCELLOR IS PRESIDENT OBAMA. AND SO WHEN WE 19 LOOK AT THE JOB THAT THIS CHANCELLOR HAS DONE. 20 YOU KNOW WITH THE SITUATION THAT WE ALL CAME 21 INTO IN TERMS OF HAVING A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, 22 INDICTMENTS. YOU KNOW, WE WERE CONSTANTLY IN THE 23 NEWSPAPER. AND TO SEE NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY 24 TALKING ABOUT A PARCEL TAX. WE HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS 25 TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GAP. WE HAVE BEEN JULY 29, 2010 98 1 TALKING ABOUT CLEANING UP OUR TRANSPARENCY AND ACTUALLY 2 BEING ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ACTIONS AND DECISIONS THAT WE 3 TAKE. AND WHEN THOSE DECISIONS ARE NOT MET, WE ACTUALLY 4 NEED TO TAKE SWIFT ACTION. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S BEEN 5 PRIMARY TO THE LEADERSHIP OF HIS CHANCELLOR. 6 YOU KNOW, THIS BOARD HAS TRANSITIONED TO A MORE 7 HANDS-ON ACTIVIST TYPE BOARD. AND, YOU KNOW, TO DEAL WITH 8 THAT TRANSITION. WE HAVE NEEDED A CHANCELLOR THAT IS 9 HANDS-ON AND THAT IS ACTIVE, BUT THAT IS ALSO STRATEGIC 10 AND VERY THOUGHTFUL AND VERY UNDERSTANDING OF EVERYBODY'S 11 OPINIONS AND NOT JUST OF HIS OWN. AND THAT IS THE 12 CHANCELLOR THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN. 13 AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER CHANCELLOR THAT IS 14 AN EXAMPLE TO NOT JUST BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO STUDENTS 15 THEMSELVES OF WHAT LEADERSHIP REALLY IS. AND SO I 16 DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK THE CHANCELLOR FOR HIS EFFORTS. 17 AND I THINK THEY ARE VERY WELL NEEDED. 18 AND IN TERMS OF THIS REFORM ERA OF CITY COLLEGE, 19 I DEFINITELY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS CONTINUE. 20 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHANCELLOR, FOR BEING THE 21 PERSON THAT YOU ARE. THANK YOU. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE GRIER. 23 TRUSTEE GRIER: I JUST HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY. 24 I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHANCELLOR FOR HIS 25 COMMITMENT AND HIS TIRELESS EFFORT THAT HE PUTS FORTH. HE JULY 29, 2010 99 1 CERTAINLY IS A MODEL FOR ALL OF US. 2 AND AS A BOARD DOING THIS EVALUATION, I THINK WE 3 SHOULD -- WE KNOW THAT HE IS NOT REALLY MOTIVATED BY THE 4 MONEY BECAUSE HE GIVES MOST OF IT AWAY TO NEEDED PROJECTS, 5 BUT I THINK WE SHOULD FIND WAYS LIKE INCENTIVES FOR HIM TO 6 MAKE SURE HE STAYS WITH US AND CONTINUES ON THE ROAD OF 7 GOOD LEADERSHIP. SO AS A BOARD, WE ARE GOING TO BE 8 COMMITTED TO FINDING INCENTIVES TO ENSURE THAT OUR 9 CHANCELLOR STAYS WITH US. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? 11 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: DON'T TOUCH IT, RIGHT? 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: PARDON ME? 13 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YOU SAID, "DON'T TOUCH IT." 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME. 15 YOU ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES. 16 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: I DON'T NEED THREE MINUTES. 17 I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR EFFORT IN 18 TERMS OF DOING THIS EVALUATION. 19 I ALSO THANK THE CONSTITUENT GROUPS THAT 20 PARTICIPATED. IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN REVEALING IN TERMS OF 21 THE INFORMATION I'VE GOTTEN BACK. AND I'M TRYING ALREADY 22 TO INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF MY WORK. SO THERE 23 WILL BE A DIFFERENT ME TO SOME EXTENT THIS YEAR THEN WAS 24 LAST YEAR, NOT COMPLETELY I HOPE. BUT CERTAINLY THERE ARE 25 SOME AREAS THAT WE DO NEED TO IMPROVE AND AREAS I HAVE JULY 29, 2010 100 1 CONTROL OVER. 2 I'M ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE FACT THAT THE BOARD 3 HAS BEEN EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN TERMS OF WORKING AND 4 SUPPORTING THE ROLE OF THE CHANCELLOR, SPECIFICALLY I 5 THINK THE COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY 6 IN TERMS OF THAT EFFORT, SO IT'S MADE FOR A BETTER 7 FACILITIES KIND OF EFFORT. IT'S MADE FOR A BETTER BUDGET. 8 IT'S MADE FOR BETTER POLICIES. AND IT'S MADE FOR, I 9 BELIEVE, A BEGINNING JOURNEY ON GREATER INSTITUTIONAL 10 EFFECTIVENESS FOR THE COLLEGE. 11 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTERACTION BETWEEN 12 FACULTY ON A LOT OF ISSUES AND SO THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN 13 VERY EXCITING AND VERY STIMULATING FOR THE COLLEGE. IT'S 14 PROBABLY GOING TO BE LOOKED UPON IN THE COMING DECADE OR 15 SO AS ONE OF THE MOST INVIGORATING AND CREATIVE PERIODS IN 16 THE COLLEGE. AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE PARTICIPATING IN 17 THIS EFFORT AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT. 18 I'VE MADE AN EFFORT TO AND I WILL CONTINUE TO 19 MAKE AN EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO PERFORM THROUGHOUT TO THE 20 END OF MY CONTRACT RATHER THAN -- IF ANYONE HAS HEARD A 21 RUMOR THAT I PUT OUT THAT I WAS LEAVING SOONER, JUST 22 IGNORE MY PRIOR STATEMENTS BECAUSE YOU ARE STUCK WITH ME 23 UNTIL THE END. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY. 25 THE NEXT RESOLUTION. JULY 29, 2010 101 1 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE HAVE TO VOTE. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: OH, SORRY. WE DO HAVE TO 3 VOTE. I'M SORRY. I TOOK IT OUT OF MY BINDER ALREADY. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG, YOUR VOTE ON THIS 5 RESOLUTION. 6 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): A RESOUNDING 7 AYE. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF F1, 9 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 10 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 11 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 12 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 15 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 18 F1 PASSES. 19 THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO, FOR REMINDING 20 ME ABOUT THAT. 21 THE NEXT RESOLUTION IS P1. IF I COULD HAVE A 22 MOTION FOR THAT. 23 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO MOVED. 24 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: CO-MOVED BY PRESIDENT RIZZO JULY 29, 2010 102 1 AND TRUSTEE NGO AND SECONDED BY -- 2 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SECOND. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: -- TRUSTEE JACKSON. 4 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE ARE CO-MOVERS. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO DO EITHER OF THE 6 ORIGINATORS WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE 7 VOTE? 8 TRUSTEE NGO: JUST I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS 9 MENTIONED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING. I WASN'T HERE AT THE 10 LAST BOARD MEETING, BUT I WANT TO URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO 11 ENDORSE P1. IT SIMPLY IS A RESTATEMENT OF THE LAW THAT 12 HAS BEEN THROUGH THE AUDIT AND POLICY COMMITTEE I THINK 13 TWICE NOW. 14 IT SIMPLY ADDRESSES CONFLICTS OF INTEREST RULES 15 THAT WE ARE ALREADY OPERATING UNDER, BUT WE HAVE NOT 16 ADOPTED AS BOARD POLICY. THIS MAKES IT EXPLICITLY BOARD 17 POLICY. 18 I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE JOHN RIZZO FOR 19 COSPONSORING THIS. THIS IS PART OF A PACKAGE THAT WE ARE 20 ALMOST ABOUT TO GET THROUGH THAT PRESIDENT MARKS, TRUSTEE 21 RIZZO, AND MYSELF INTRODUCED LATE LAST YEAR TO ADDRESS 22 SOME OF THE ISSUES RAISED IN PERFORMANCE AUDITS AND OTHER 23 INCIDENTS THAT CAME UP DURING THE YEAR THAT NEED TO BE 24 RECTIFIED, SO I WANT TO COMMEND THEM FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP 25 AND AGAIN URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE "AYE." JULY 29, 2010 103 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2 IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, TRUSTEE FANG, 3 YOUR VOTE ON P1. 4 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: IS IT FOR A VOTE OR 5 COMMENT? 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: PARDON ME? 7 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: IS IT A VOTE OR COMMENT? 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: FOR A VOTE ON P1. 9 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF P1 FOR 11 THE SECOND READING, PLEASE SAY "AYE." 12 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 20 P1 PASSES AND BECOMES POLICY. 21 COULD I HAVE A MOTION FOR P2, PLEASE. 22 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: SO MOVED. 23 TRUSTEE NGO: I WILL SECOND IT. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO 25 AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE NGO. JULY 29, 2010 104 1 AGAIN, WHY DON'T YOU -- 2 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: I WILL SAY SOMETHING. 3 THANK YOU AGAIN. 4 THE WORD DOESN'T APPEAR, BUT WE CALL THIS THE 5 WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY. IT BASICALLY PROTECTS EMPLOYEES 6 WHO MAY WANT TO REPORT SOMETHING TO THEIR SUPERIOR. IT 7 PREVENTS OTHERS THEIR -- IT PREVENTS THEIR SUPERIORS FROM 8 THREATENING OR FROM HAMPERING ANY KIND OF REPORTING OF 9 INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVITY COERCION. IT JUST BANS ALL THAT. 10 IT STATES STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATION. IT 11 CITES IT. AND WE JUST WANTED -- WE THINK THIS IS NEEDED 12 IN OUR POLICY, SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT AND KNOW THAT THIS 13 KIND OF COERCION PREVENTION OF WHISTLE BLOWING IS JUST NOT 14 ACCEPTABLE. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 16 IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, STUDENT TRUSTEE 17 FANG, P2 ON THE SECOND READING. 18 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF P2, 20 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 21 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 25 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. JULY 29, 2010 105 1 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 2 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 4 P2 PASSES. 5 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR S1, PLEASE. 6 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SO MOVED. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE JACKSON. 8 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 9 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 10 I DON'T KNOW IF, CHANCELLOR, YOU WANTED TO SAY 11 ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS PART OF THE BARGAINING 12 PROCESS OF HAVING THE BOARD RECOMMEND THE ADDITIONAL 13 PROPOSALS TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH THE BUILDING 14 AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL. 15 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT'S A COMBINATION WITH THE 16 STATEMENT YOU MADE EARLIER, MR. PRESIDENT. IT'S AN 17 OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT. THIS ACTION IS 18 REQUIRED SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN BARGAINING. 19 PRESIDENT MARKS: IF THERE ARE NO OTHER 20 COMMENTS, STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 21 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF S1, 23 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 24 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. JULY 29, 2010 106 1 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 4 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 6 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 7 S1 PASSES. 8 IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION FOR S2. 9 TRUSTEE GRIER: MOVE S2. 10 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 13 THIS IS RENEWING THE BYLAWS RESPECTIVE OF OUR 14 BOARD. THE SCHOOL BOARD NEEDS TO DO THE SAME THING. WE 15 APPROVED BYLAWS FOR THE JOINT COMMITTEE BETWEEN THE TWO 16 DISTRICTS, AND THEY NEEDED TO BE RENEWED. THEY EXPIRED AT 17 THE END OF JUNE, SO THIS IS THE RESOLUTION TO RENEW THOSE. 18 AND IF THERE'S ANY DISCUSSION -- 19 I SEE TRUSTEE JACKSON WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. 20 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I JUST WANTED TO BE ADDED AS 21 AN ORIGINATOR. 22 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY, SO IF WE COULD ADD 23 TRUSTEE JACKSON'S NAME AS ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS, THAT 24 WOULD BE GREAT. 25 ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? JULY 29, 2010 107 1 IF NOT, STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 2 TRUSTEE JACKSON: POINT OF INFORMATION. HAS THE 3 SCHOOL DISTRICT RENEWED THEIR BYLAWS? 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: I ASKED, BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN 5 A REPLY. I WILL ASK AGAIN. 6 TRUSTEE JACKSON: BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED 7 ABOUT -- BECAUSE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DEDICATE A STAFF 8 PERSON TO MAKE SURE THIS WORKS AS WELL. AND SO I AM JUST 9 MAKING SURE, A, WE HAVE STAFF PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THIS 10 WORKS A LITTLE BIT MORE FREQUENT AND THAT THEY STAFF -- 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: DIDN'T YOU ADOPT A CALENDAR OF 12 WHEN MEETINGS WAS GOING TO BE? 13 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YEAH. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: I THINK YOU MISSED ONE BECAUSE 15 OF A LACK OF QUORUM. I KNOW THAT TRUSTEE GRIER IS WORKING 16 TO RESCHEDULE THAT. 17 TRUSTEE JACKSON: IT'S MORE NOT THE FREQUENCY OF 18 MEETINGS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF DOES THE WORK IN 19 BETWEEN OUR MEETINGS. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: OH, OKAY. 21 TRUSTEE JACKSON: SO WE HAVE DEDICATED STAFF TO 22 DO THE WORK THAT WE DELEGATE AND STUFF. 23 PRESIDENT MARKS: I UNDERSTAND. 24 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. 25 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER JULY 29, 2010 108 1 COMMENTS, STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG. 2 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF S2, 4 PLEASE SAY "AYE." 5 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 9 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 10 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 11 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 13 F2 PASSES. 14 AND OUR FINAL RESOLUTION IS W1. 15 TRUSTEE GRIER: MOVE W1. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE GRIER. 17 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 18 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 19 THIS IS PART OF THE ONGOING DISCUSSION THAT THE 20 DISTRICT HAS BEEN HAVING SINCE BEFORE I GOT ON THE BOARD 21 IN 2001 ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY, THE 22 RECONFIGURATION AND THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY SO THAT THE 23 DISTRICT COULD DEVELOP THAT PART OF THE CAMPUS ON OCEAN 24 AVENUE -- OR PHELAN ON OCEAN CAMPUS TO MAKE SURE THAT CAN 25 MOVE FORWARD. JULY 29, 2010 109 1 THIS IS ABOUT A PIECE OF A PUZZLE TO DEVELOP 2 SOME PROPERTY CLOSER TO OCEAN AVENUE, DEVELOPING A PLAZA, 3 AND A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING SOME HOUSING. AND 4 THIS IS TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION SO THAT THAT PART OF 5 OCEAN AVENUE CAN BE WELL SERVED. 6 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: IF I MAY, THIS RESOLUTION 7 CAME OUT OF A MEETING IN SUPERVISOR SEAN ELSBERND'S 8 OFFICE. I WAS THERE. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WAS THERE. AND 9 PETER GOLDSTEIN WAS THERE. 10 IF YOU REMEMBER SOME MONTHS AGO, THE FIT 11 COMMITTEE AND THIS BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION ON WHAT IT 12 WANTED TO SEE. IT WANTED TO SEE THE ISSUE OF THIS PLAZA 13 THAT THE CITY WANTED US TO BUILD SEPARATED FROM THE ISSUE 14 OF THE LAND SWAP AT THE BALBOA RESERVOIR. 15 SO AFTER MANY MONTHS, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 16 HAD NOT TAKEN IT UP. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STILL NEEDS 17 TO APPROVE THE BALBOA LAND SWAP. AND THEY NEED TO DO IT 18 THIS YEAR. 19 SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD 20 FOR ALL -- FOR BOTH SIDES I BELIEVE. THE FACILITIES 21 COMMITTEE VOTED TO FORWARD THIS UNEDITED AT LAST TUESDAY'S 22 MEETING. 23 BASICALLY THE PLAZA, THE CITY IS NO LONGER 24 ASKING US TO BUILD IT OURSELVES. THEY ARE GOING TO FUND 25 IT. WE WILL HAVE SOME INPUT INTO THE DESIGN. THEY ARE JULY 29, 2010 110 1 ASKING US TO MAINTAIN IT, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE US 2 THE RIGHT TO LEASE THE PLAZA SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO EARN 3 SOME FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PLAZA. SO WE 4 CAN LEASE IT TO VENDORS OR TO A FARMER'S MARKET OR TO 5 WHATEVER WE THINK WOULD WORK. THE CITY HAS COME A LONG 6 WAY ON THIS. WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD OUTCOME. 7 NOW SUPERVISOR ELSBERND PROMISED US THAT HE 8 WOULD GET THIS THROUGH TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, 9 APPROVED FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BEFORE THEY GO ON 10 THEIR BREAK. 11 SO HOPEFULLY, MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE HIM A CALL AND 12 REMIND HIM. 13 BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD OUTCOME TO A LONG, 14 LONG, LONG DISCUSSION OF MANY YEARS, AND IT WILL BE OVER 15 SOON. 16 TRUSTEE GRIER: I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE GRIER. 18 TRUSTEE GRIER: TRUSTEE RIZZO, THE PLAZA IS THAT 19 STILL THE TURNAROUND AREA ON OCEAN AVENUE? 20 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: OCEAN AVENUE, YES. 21 TRUSTEE GRIER: SO ALL OF THAT AREA IS THAT THE 22 AREA -- 23 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: NOT ALL OF IT, BUT -- 24 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: IT'S SMALL. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER: PART OF IT. JULY 29, 2010 111 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THERE ARE TWO HOUSING 2 DEVELOPMENTS GOING IN. ONE WHERE KRAGEN WAS -- 3 TRUSTEE GRIER: YES. 4 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: -- AND ANOTHER ONE JUST TO THE 5 EAST OF KRAGEN. 6 THE BUS ROUTE IS GOING TO BE CHANGED. I HOPE 7 THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR. YOU GO AROUND BACK TO THE 8 FIREHOUSE. BUT THERE WILL BE A SPACE BETWEEN THE 9 FIREHOUSE AND THE SECOND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD 10 BECOME THE PLAZA LEADING UP TO OUR REGULAR PROPERTY. 11 TRUSTEE GRIER: OH, OKAY. 12 SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE THAT THE BOARD OF 13 SUPERVISORS WOULD APPROVE THIS AND PASS IT. 14 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: APPROVE THE LAND SWAP. 15 NOW WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WAS THAT THEY 16 WOULD HAVE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS ON THEIR AGENDA. ONE WAS 17 THE LAND SWAP AND ONE WAS THIS PLAZA ISSUE BECAUSE WE DID 18 NOT WANT THEM BUNDLED TOGETHER. 19 TRUSTEE GRIER: DO WE HAVE A -- 20 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: WE WILL SEE IF THEY DO 21 THAT. 22 TRUSTEE GRIER: DO WE HAVE AN EXPECTED DATE FOR 23 STARTING THIS PROJECT? 24 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: NO, I DON'T THINK WE DO. 25 DO WE? JULY 29, 2010 112 1 VCFA GOLDSTEIN: THAT WOULD DEPEND ON WHEN THE 2 CITY HAD ITS FUNDING AVAILABLE. ALTHOUGH THEY SEEM TO BE 3 FAIRLY CERTAIN ABOUT THE FUNDING JUST BASED ON THAT 4 MEETING. AND THEN OF COURSE THE DESIGN PROCESS WOULD HAVE 5 TO GET COMPLETED. 6 AS TRUSTEE RIZZO INDICATED, WE WERE ASSURED THAT 7 THE COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WOULD HAVE A ROLE IN THAT 8 DESIGN PROCESS SHARED WITH THE CITY. AND TRUSTEE RIZZO 9 ALSO MADE A SPECIAL POINT OF SAYING THAT WE WANTED TO HAVE 10 SOME PROVISION FOR PUBLIC INPUT INTO THAT PROCESS AS WELL. 11 BUT ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN BEFORE ANY 12 CONSTRUCTION COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN OVER THERE. 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: IT'S VERY EXCITING. THANK YOU 14 FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 15 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: THANK YOU. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE JACKSON. 17 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I JUST WANT TO ECHO SOME OF 18 THE COMMENTS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS BE LIKE A FARMER'S 19 MARKET OR I MEAN EITHER THIS SPACE OR MAYBE EVEN OUR 20 PARKING LOT BE A FARMER'S MARKET, BUT THIS PLAZA COULD BE 21 USED AS THAT AND MAYBE WE CAN LEASE THE SPACE OUT AND 22 RECOUP COSTS TO DO SOMETHING ELSE GOOD. 23 THE ENTIRE BALBOA PARK PROJECT HAS BEEN VERY 24 CONTROVERSIAL, ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE IN THE OMI 25 NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY HAVE SEEMED TO RENIG JULY 29, 2010 113 1 ON THE FACT THAT THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A GROCERY STORE 2 THERE. A LONG TIME AGO BEFORE KRAGEN CAME, IT WAS 3 ACTUALLY A SAFEWAY. AND THEN THE SAFEWAY CLOSED AND THEN 4 THEY BUILT A KRAGEN. AND EVER SINCE THEY HAD THAT THERE, 5 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A GROCERY STORE. AND SO A LOT 6 OF PEOPLE ARE VERY PUT OFF BY THIS ENTIRE BALBOA PLAN 7 BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF A GROCERY STORE COMMITMENT. 8 AND SO I THINK THAT IF WE COULD AT CITY COLLEGE 9 MAYBE CREATE A FARMER'S MARKET THERE, IT WILL AT LEAST 10 ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE NEED FOR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 11 FOR PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I THINK THAT'S 12 SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY CONSIDER IN THE 13 FUTURE. 14 AND I WOULD CONSIDER PUTTING FORTH A RESOLUTION 15 TO NEGATE THAT, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS. MAYBE SOME OF 16 OUR STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY COULD USE IT AS 17 A FARMER'S MARKET OR SOMETHING. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING 18 THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO BECAUSE A LOT OF THE 19 NEIGHBORS ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS PLAN, SO THANK YOU. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 21 IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, STUDENT TRUSTEE 22 FANG, W1, YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. 23 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF W1, 25 PLEASE SAY "AYE." JULY 29, 2010 114 1 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 2 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 3 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 5 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 6 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 7 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: ANYBODY OPPOSED? 9 W1 PASSES. 10 LET'S GO BACK TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES' REPORTS. 11 WHY DON'T WE START WITH TRUSTEE NGO. 12 TRUSTEE NGO: I AM REPORTING THAT I WAS IN 13 ISRAEL ON THE WEST BANK FOR THE LAST BOARD MEETING, SO 14 THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T BE HERE. BUT BY LOOKING AT THE 15 MINUTES, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS DID JUST FINE WITHOUT ME. 16 SO I APPRECIATE YOU HANDLING THE PUBLIC'S BUSINESS WHILE I 17 WAS ABROAD. 18 I HAD AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE THERE. AND COMING 19 BACK I APPRECIATE SO MUCH DIVERSITY THAT OUR INSTITUTIONS 20 OF HIGHER EDUCATION OFFER TO STUDENTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY 21 FOR PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS TO ENGAGE WITH EACH 22 OTHER, BECOME FRIENDS WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND OTHERWISE 23 SHARE EACH OTHER'S EXPERIENCES. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING OVER 24 THERE AT ALL. THERE IS NO INTERACTION BETWEEN YOUNG 25 PALESTINIANS AND YOUNG JEWISH ISRAELIS, EVEN JEWISH JULY 29, 2010 115 1 ISRAELIS AND ARAB ISRAELIS, THERE'S NOT MUCH INTERACTION 2 AT ALL. SO I CAME BACK WITH A GREATER APPRECIATION FOR 3 OUR DIVERSITY AND ALSO THE DIVERSITY OF OUR INSTITUTIONS 4 THAT WE PROMOTE AND WE BELIEVE IS A PUBLIC GOOD. 5 THE REPORT I WANT TO SHARE JUST QUICKLY. I 6 THOUGHT WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE SERIES OF EQUITY REPORTS 7 THIS WEEK. I HAVE TO REPORT ONE AND TWO ON THE 8 CHANCELLOR'S PLAN. I FELT THERE WAS SOME EXCITING CHANGES 9 THAT I THINK WE CAN ALL APPRECIATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO ON 10 THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE TO BEGIN THIS FALL WITH THIS 11 ENTERING CLASS OF STUDENTS. 12 I THINK THEY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND I 13 THINK THERE ARE CHANGES THAT ARE OVERDUE BECAUSE OF THE 14 WORK OF THE CHANCELLOR AND THE ADMINISTRATORS OVERSEEING 15 THOSE PROJECTS RANGING FROM FINANCIAL AID TO STUDENT 16 EMPLOYMENT TO STUDENT SERVICES. AND I'M JUST VERY 17 OPTIMISTIC AND GLAD THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN THAT 18 AREA. 19 I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ENGLISH AND MATH 20 DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR WORK THAT WE HEARD ON TWO THURSDAYS 21 AGO ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND PACE OF SOME OF THE CURRICULAR 22 CHANGES THAT ARE COMING FOR SPRING 2011 AND BEYOND. WE 23 DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO REALLY GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. 24 THERE WERE SOME GREAT IDEAS THAT WERE DISCUSSED 25 FOR IMPLEMENTATION ON A LONGER TIME FRAME OR EVEN JULY 29, 2010 116 1 DISCUSSION ON A LONGER TIME FRAME, BUT I WAS VERY EXCITED 2 TO SEE THESE DEVELOPMENTS. AND I THINK THOSE CHANGES WILL 3 REALLY CHANGE FOR THE BETTER OF A LOT STUDENTS LIVES AND 4 TRAJECTORIES HERE AT THE COLLEGE. AND I SUSPECT 5 GRADUATION RATES. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 6 AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT 7 CHAIRS, THE DEPARTMENTS THEMSELVES, AND THE CHANCELLOR, 8 AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE MOVING THOSE ALONG. 9 OTHERWISE, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT. 10 OH, A COUPLE MORE THINGS. ONE IS THAT WE ARE 11 EXPECTING A RESPONSE FROM THE CLIP GRANT LATER THIS MONTH. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: YOU MAY WANT TO SAY A LITTLE 13 BIT MORE OF THAT IS. 14 TRUSTEE NGO: THE CLIP GRANT IS A GRANT THAT IS 15 FUNDED THROUGH THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE 16 LEGISLATORS FUNDED BY THE BILL AND MELINDA FOUNDATION THAT 17 IS TRYING TO GET COUNTIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 18 COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO PARTNER TOGETHER BECAUSE YOU KNOW 19 THE TRAJECTORY AND THE GRADUATION RATES OF THIRD GRADERS 20 AND WHETHER THEY MAY GET TO COLLEGE AND SUCCEEDING 21 COLLEGE. AND WE KNOW THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE 22 SURE THAT THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL WHICH REQUIRES THE 23 PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND COORDINATION 24 BETWEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH UNIFIED AND THE COMMUNITY 25 COLLEGE. JULY 29, 2010 117 1 AND IN FACT THOSE ISSUES HAVE COME UP DURING THE 2 EQUITY HEARINGS AND EQUITY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE 3 CORRELATION BETWEEN -- OR THE CONNECTION BETWEEN OBVIOUSLY 4 WHEN STUDENTS COME IN TO COLLEGE, WHERE THEIR SKILL SETS 5 ARE AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THEM. 6 SO THERE IS A EMERGING SCHOLARSHIP OR AN 7 ESTABLISHED SCHOLARSHIP IN THIS AREA THAT THERE NEEDS TO 8 BE SOME PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN LOCALITIES AND UNIFIEDS AND 9 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS IN ORDER TO ADVANCE OR 10 INCREASE GRADUATION RATES. 11 THIS PARTICULAR GRANT IS GIVEN TO PARTNERSHIPS 12 THAT AIM TO DOUBLE THE GRADUATION RATES OF HIGH SCHOOL 13 STUDENTS INTO EITHER AA'S OR TRANSFER BY THE TIME OR ON 14 THE PATH SET ON THAT PATH. 15 WE MADE THE FIRST ROUND WHERE WE HAD SEVERAL 16 HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. AND THERE 17 WAS A COMPELLING PRESENTATION I HEARD THAT WAS MADE IN 18 SEATTLE -- CHANCELLOR TO BRING ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS 19 EACH YEAR FOR THREE YEARS BETWEEN THE UNIFIED, THE COUNTY, 20 AND CITY COLLEGE TO AGAIN TACKLE THIS -- NOT JUST THE 21 ACHIEVEMENT GAP OBVIOUSLY, BUT TO INCREASE THESE 22 GRADUATION RATES. 23 I HEARD THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF 24 THE TOP TWO PRESENTATIONS. AND I DON'T WANT TO JINX US, 25 BUT WE ARE FEELING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE JULY 30TH REPORT JULY 29, 2010 118 1 BACK AND THE AWARD, SO WE WILL SEE. THAT'S ALL. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: SINCE YOU WERE IN ISRAEL, THE 3 YIDDISH FOR JINX IS THE SHRY (PHONETIC). 4 TRUSTEE NGO: THE SHRY. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO YOU DON'T WANT TO SHRY THE 6 OUTCOME. I HOPE IT WILL BE GOOD. 7 TRUSTEE NGO: THANK YOU. I LEARNED THAT. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 9 TRUSTEE JACKSON. 10 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AND IT'S BEEN AN ADVENTURE FOR 11 ME THIS MONTH. SINCE WE LAST WERE HERE, I HAD A CHANCE TO 12 WORK WITH TRUSTEE RIZZO AT THE SOUTHEAST JOBS COALITION 13 WHICH ACTUALLY INCLUDES TERRY ANDERS AND MINDY KENER. 14 IN TERMS OF WORKING OUT OUR FINAL AGREEMENTS 15 WITH SOLAR CITY IN TERMS OF FINDING THE PAID INTERNSHIP 16 PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE 25 YOUTH FROM 94124 EACH YEAR FOR 17 THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND PUT THEM ON THE WAY OF HAVING A 18 PAID INTERNSHIP TO BECOME CERTIFIED SOLAR PANEL 19 INSTALLERS. AND SO WE GOT A CHANCE TO WORK WITH YCD AND 20 TO FINALIZE SOME OF THAT -- SOME OF THE COORDINATION 21 THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. 22 I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE EQUITY REPORT. I AM 23 VERY ENCOURAGED BY THAT TO SEE THAT IT IS GOING TO HAVE A 24 REAL DIRECT IMPACT ON STUDENTS THIS COMING FALL AND IN THE 25 FUTURE. AND SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND, YES, JULY 29, 2010 119 1 BATTLING IT OUT WAY BACK IN MARCH AND APRIL AND EVEN IN 2 MAY AND JUNE, I WAS LIKE, OH, MAN WHEN IS THIS EVER GOING 3 TO COME TO FRUITION, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I AM VERY PROUD 4 OF. 5 AND I THINK ONCE EVERYBODY SEES THE STUDENTS IN 6 FINANCIAL AID IN A CENTRALIZED LOCATION SEE THAT THE 7 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE MUCH MORE STREAMLINED. AND 8 THE OTHER POLICY CHANGES AND ADMINISTRATOR CHANGES, I 9 THINK THAT EVERYONE WILL AGREE THAT THIS CONVERSATION WAS 10 ACTUALLY FOR THE BETTER. AND THAT THIS CONVERSATION 11 ACTUALLY MADE THIS INSTITUTION STRONGER. AND THAT'S 12 ACTUALLY ONE OF THE KEY REASONS WHY WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO 13 HAVE THE CHANCELLOR THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CRITICAL 14 JUNCTURE. THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE MY REPORT FOR TODAY. 15 I THANK YOU. 16 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE RIZZO. 17 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: SINCE THE LAST BOARD 18 MEETING, THE FACILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY 19 COMMITTEE HAS MET TWICE. ONCE ON OUR REGULAR MEETING DATE 20 AND ONCE THIS PAST TUESDAY. WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING IN 21 CHINATOWN AT THE GORDON LAU SCHOOL TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY 22 AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE CHINATOWN CAMPUS. IT WAS 23 A GOOD MEETING. WE HEARD FOR THE FIRST TIME WHAT PROGRAMS 24 WOULD BE GOING INTO THE CAMPUS. IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY 25 WELL-BALANCED CAMPUS WITH SCIENCE AND MATH IN ADDITION TO JULY 29, 2010 120 1 THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY TALKED 2 ABOUT THERE. NEW PROGRAMS THAT OUR CHINATOWN/NORTH BEACH 3 CAMPUS DOESN'T HAVE NOW. WE ALSO GOT AN UPDATED SCHEDULE. 4 EVERYTHING IS STILL ON TIME AND ON BUDGET SO THAT WAS GOOD 5 NEWS. 6 I ALSO WANT TO MENTION ONE THING THAT I HAVE 7 BEEN I.T. DIRECTOR. AND WE NOW HAVE AN I.T. DIRECTOR, 8 DAVID HOTCHKISS. AND HE IS IN THE AUDIENCE HERE SITTING 9 THROUGH OUR MEETING. AND I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME HIM TO 10 THE FAMILY. THANK YOU. 11 PRESIDENT MARKS: TRUSTEE FANG. 12 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO 13 REPORT. 14 NO. 1, THANK YOU, ELISABETH, FOR BRINGING IT UP 15 EARLIER. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE 16 WHOLE BOARD, IF YOU DO HAVE THE TIME, TO COME TO OPEN 17 COLLEGE THE FOURTH OF AUGUST. THAT WILL BE ALL DAY. 18 ALSO, THE OCEAN CAMPUS IS PLANNING A WELCOME 19 WEEK AS MENTIONED. AND LIKEWISE, PLEASE COME IF YOU HAVE 20 THE TIME. THAT WILL BE THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. 21 AND ALSO FOR THE STUDENT EQUITY HEARING, I WAS 22 HONORED TO TAKE PART. I WAS VERY PLEASED TO HEAR THAT 23 THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL HEARINGS SCHEDULED IN AUGUST FOR 24 AB-540 AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ISSUE AS WELL SO THAT 25 WAS VERY ENCOURAGING ON TOP OF WHAT'S ALREADY GOING ON. JULY 29, 2010 121 1 SO THANK YOU TO CHANCELLOR, TRUSTEE NGO, AND ALL 2 THE DEPARTMENTS THAT PARTICIPATED. 3 NO. 3, CCSF DAY. THE GIANTS HAVE AGREED TO HAVE 4 SEPTEMBER 29 BE CCSF DAY. THAT DAY THE TICKET SALES -- OF 5 COURSE, WE ARE ASKED TO TRY TO GET SOME TICKETS SOLD -- 6 50 PERCENT OF EACH TICKET WILL BE GOING TO THE COLLEGE SO 7 THAT WILL BE UPCOMING. 8 LIKEWISE, I WILL BE HELPING TO PUSH THE SALES. 9 I HOPE THE BOARD WILL JOIN ME IN THAT EFFORT. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: WHEN IS IT? 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: IT'S SEPTEMBER 29TH. 12 TRUSTEE JACKSON: POINT OF INFORMATION. WHO IS 13 PLAYING? 14 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THE ARIZONA DIAMOND 15 BACKS. 16 TRUSTEE JACKSON: I THOUGHT THEY MIGHT HAVE 17 GIVEN US THE PITTSBURG PIRATES AND THEN THERE WOULD BE 18 A -- 19 TRUSTEE WONG: WE ARE GOING TO SEND A MESSAGE TO 20 ARIZONA. WE ARE GOING TO BEAT THEM. 21 TRUSTEE NGO: THAT'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 22 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: THAT'S A WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 23 YES. 24 AND THE GIANTS WILL BE PROVIDING US WITH THEIR 25 MASCOT, AS WELL AS THEIR ORANGE AND BLACK ATTACK FAN TO JULY 29, 2010 122 1 UTILIZE AS WELL. SO THERE WILL BE INFORMATION UPCOMING. 2 I WILL COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE BOARD, SO IT WILL BE OPEN. 3 AND IN FOLLOW-UP TO MY COMMITMENT TO 4 COMMUNICATIONS, ALL OF THE STUDENT MINUTES, CAMPUS MEETING 5 MINUTES, I WILL TRY TO HAVE THAT BE SENT TO THE BOARD IN 6 THE FUTURE SO EVERYONE WILL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE 7 STUDENTS. 8 AND I WILL BE TAKING PART -- I'M ALMOST DONE. 9 IT'S A SHORT REPORT. I GUARANTEE THAT. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: YOU'RE OKAY. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WILL BE ACTING AS A 12 TOUR GUIDE FOR THE VISITING DELIGATION OF CHINESE 13 PROFESSORS AND DEANS, ASSOCIATE DEANS. 15 OF THEM ARE 14 VISITING CITY COLLEGE NEXT WEEK. IT'S SPONSORED BY THE 15 EAST WEST CENTER. AND I WILL BE ACCOMPANYING THEM THROUGH 16 THE CITY AND PARTICIPATING IN A PANEL AT PIERRE COSTE 17 DINNING ROOM LATER NEXT WEEK. 18 LET'S SEE, I'M DOWN TO MY LAST ITEM. YES, YOU 19 WILL HEAR THIS AGAIN PARCEL TAX. I WILL BE VERY QUICK ON 20 THIS. 21 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXPLAIN A BIT TO THE BOARD 22 THAT THE STUDENTS VOTE ON THE PARCEL TAX WAS TO SUPPORT 23 THE SCHOOL TO GO FORTH IN THIS ENDEAVOR IN THIS NOVEMBER 24 BALLOT ELECTION. IT IS THE HOPE THAT WE REALLY URGENTLY 25 NEED THIS MONEY. JULY 29, 2010 123 1 TO QUOTE RYAN, "CAN THEY SEE WE ARE DYING HERE? 2 WE NEED THE MONEY." 3 SORRY, RYAN, IF YOU ARE WATCHING THIS CHANNEL. 4 SO PLEASE BE AWARE OF THAT. AND IF POSSIBLE, 5 KNOWING THAT THE ANSWER WAS GIVEN, I THANK THE BOARD FOR 6 TRYING TO GIVE ME THE ANSWER AS WELL. THOUGH I HAVE TO 7 SAY THAT I DO NOT FEEL THAT A STUDENT WOULD BE SATISFIED 8 BY THE ANSWER GIVEN TODAY. THEREFORE, IF POSSIBLE, WE 9 COULD -- I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A SPECIAL MEETING RATHER 10 SOON, SO WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE IT ANNOUNCED AND HAVE MANY 11 STUDENTS WHO ARE VERY MUCH WILLING TO COME AND LISTEN AND 12 SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. I'M SURE OTHER CONSTITUENCY GROUPS 13 LIKEWISE. 14 SO WITH THAT, I WILL ALSO BE DEVOTING MY ENERGY 15 TO FUND-RAISING. I AM PART OF THE DREAM TEAM. THAT'S 16 PART OF THE SCHOOL'S FUND-RAISING EFFORT. THANK YOU. 17 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 18 TRUSTEE WONG. 19 TRUSTEE WONG: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT MARKS. 20 I'M REALLY QUITE IMPRESSED WITH OUR NEW STUDENT 21 TRUSTEE JEFFREY FANG HERE. I THINK YOU ARE A TREMENDOUS 22 ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS AND THE DISTRICT, SO I THINK WE ARE 23 VERY HONORED TO HAVE YOU. 24 AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHANCELLOR FOR THE 25 EXCELLENT EVALUATION AND ALSO YOUR GENEROSITY HAS NOT GONE JULY 29, 2010 124 1 UNNOTICED, AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. 2 THE END OF JUNE WAS PRIDE WEEK. AND WE HAD A 3 PRETTY GOOD CONTINGENT. WE HAD ABOUT 30 PEOPLE WHO 4 MARCHED IN THE PRIDE PARADE REPRESENTING CITY COLLEGE. 5 KAREN SAGINOR THERE. FREDDIE TETI WAS THERE. 6 TRUSTEE RIZZO WAS THERE. 7 AND A SPECIAL THANKS -- AND, MARTHA, IF YOU ARE 8 WATCHING THIS, THANK YOU MARTHA FOR HELPING TO ORGANIZE 9 BECAUSE -- I'M LOOKING INTO THE CAMERA NOW -- BECAUSE YOU 10 ARE AND WILL BE MISSED BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT 11 JOB. AND I THINK YOU NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT. 12 YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF PRIDE, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR 13 CITY COLLEGE BECAUSE WE ARE PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST 14 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WITH A LGBT STUDIES PROGRAM. AND 15 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE PROUD OF AND 16 CONTINUE TO HELP GROW. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. 17 AND JUST A REMINDER, MY FELLOW COLLEAGUE, ANITA 18 GRIER, WHO IS ALWAYS AT THE PARADE AND ALWAYS VERY 19 SUPPORTIVE -- 20 AND WHO ELSE, KAREN? 21 MS. SAGINOR: AND WALKED THE WHOLE WAY WITH BAD 22 KNEES. 23 TRUSTEE WONG: SHE WALKED THE WHOLE WAY WITH BAD 24 KNEES, SO KUDOS TO OUR COLLEAGUE TRUSTEE GRIER. 25 TRUSTEE GRIER, YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN VERY JULY 29, 2010 125 1 SUPPORTIVE. ON BEHALF OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY, YOU REALLY 2 ARE APPRECIATED, SO THANK YOU. AND THAT'S IT. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 4 TRUSTEE GRIER. 5 TRUSTEE GRIER: TWO QUICK ITEMS SINCE IT'S ONLY 6 9:30 P.M. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: LET'S TAKE A LONG RECESS AND 8 STAY FOR A WHILE. 9 TRUSTEE WONG: THE PRIDE PARADE WAS SO MUCH FUN 10 THIS YEAR. WE HAD WEATHER THAT WAS WONDERFUL AND ALL OF 11 THE PEOPLE OUT CELEBRATING LGBT COMMUNITY, IT WAS JUST 12 FABULOUS. 13 I ALSO WANTED TO THANK THREE STUDENTS. WE 14 PICKED THEM UP. THERE WERE SEVERAL YOUNG LADIES AND BOY 15 THEY WERE SO MUCH FUN. I HAD THEIR NAMES WRITTEN DOWN AND 16 I KIND OF LOST IT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO WRITE THEM A LETTER 17 OF THANKS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. AND IF THEY ARE NOT 18 STUDENTS AT THIS COLLEGE, I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE FOR THEM 19 TO BECOME STUDENTS. 20 THE SECOND ITEM IS A SOLEMN ONE. I WANT TO TELL 21 YOU THAT KERVAN L. CARTER WAS A FACULTY MEMBER HERE, A 22 PART-TIME FACULTY MEMBER FOR 24 YEARS. HE PASSED AWAY. 23 HE STARTED IN 1986 AT THE JOHN ADAMS CAMPUS. HE WAS A 24 PART-TIMER. AND HE WAS A BUSINESS INSTRUCTOR WHO HAD A BA 25 DEGREE IN JOURNALISM. JULY 29, 2010 126 1 SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK PRESIDENT MARKS IF WE 2 COULD END OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF KERVAN L. CARTER. 3 PRESIDENT MARKS: COLEMAN? 4 TRUSTEE GRIER: KERVAN, K-E-R-V-A-N. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: OKAY. 6 TRUSTEE GRIER: THANK YOU. 7 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN. 8 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: FOR THE AUDIENCE, THERE IS 9 A REPORT ON THE REVIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATOR'S EVALUATION 10 PROCESS. THERE'S A COPY FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS. THERE IS 11 A GRID THAT'S MISSING THAT WE WILL E-MAIL OVER NEXT TIME. 12 BASICALLY, THIS IS A REQUEST THAT THE BOARD HAD 13 MADE IN MARCH TO LOOK AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE EVALUATION 14 PROCESS AND ALSO TO PROVIDE TO THE BOARD A GRID OF THE 15 NUMERICAL RATINGS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS OF 16 ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAVE SERVED DURING THAT PERIOD. 17 I CAN SAY THAT THE MEAN SCORE OUT OF THE -- IT'S 18 A LIKERT SCALE THAT GOES FROM ONE TO FIVE, ONE BEING LOW 19 AND FIVE BEING HIGH. AND THE MEAN SCORE OVER THAT PERIOD 20 IS BETWEEN 4.3 AND 4.4, BUT I WILL GIVE THE EXACT NUMBERS 21 WITH ALL THE ADMINISTRATORS. 22 THERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THE OVERSIGHT 23 COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED. ONE OF WHICH IS THAT A GREATER 24 INPUT, GREATER WEIGHTING OF SCORES FOR THE SUPERVISOR. 25 THE CURRENT EVALUATION PROCESS HAS A VERY LOW JULY 29, 2010 127 1 WEIGHT FOR THE SUPERVISOR AND A VERY HIGH WEIGHTING FOR 2 THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 3 WAS SUGGESTED. 4 IN TERMS OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, ALSO IN 5 DOING THE SURVEY, WE FOUND THAT NO OTHER COLLEGES HAVE THE 6 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THAT WE ARE THE ONLY DISTRICT THAT 7 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THAT HAS AN OVERSIGHT 8 COMMITTEE, SHARED GOVERNANCE INDIVIDUALS THAT LOOK AT THIS 9 PROCESS. SO ATTACHED THERE ARE SOME COMPARISON COLLEGES. 10 WE NEED TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE ADMINISTRATOR'S 11 PROCESS AND RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO OUR SHARED GOVERNANCE 12 BODY SO THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN COME BACK 13 WITH A MORE EXTENSIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. THIS 14 IS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED AT THE MARCH 15 BOARD MEETING. 16 ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE YEAR 17 WAS LAST WEEK WHEN THE MEXICAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED 18 STATES CAME TO CITY COLLEGE FOR THE PURPOSE OF COURSE 19 SEEING CITY COLLEGE, BUT ALSO SPECIFICALLY, TO SEE THE 20 DIEGO RIVERA MURAL. HE WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE 21 COLLEGE AND VERY EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH THE MURAL. AND 22 ACTUALLY SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF WITH US, ALONG 23 WITH CONTINGENTS OF OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE AMBASSADORSHIP. 24 WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE FACULTY -- I MEAN 25 I'M SORRY. WILL MINUS, WHO I ALWAYS THINK OF AS FACULTY JULY 29, 2010 128 1 MEMBER WHICH I GUESS HE'S NOT, BUT HE GAVE A REALLY 2 EXCELLENT PRESENTATION ON THE MURAL. AND ALSO MADE A VERY 3 PASSIONATE PLEA TO SEEK FUNDS FROM THE AMBASSADOR WHO 4 TWEETED BACK AFTER. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAY, TWEET BACK? 5 TWEETED? IT'S TWITTER. TWEET, THERE YOU GO. I'M ALMOST 6 CATCHING UP. 7 HE SENT BACK A MESSAGE SAYING IT WAS VERY 8 EXTRAORDINARY. HE IS VERY IMPRESSED. AND THAT HE IS 9 GOING TO APPROACH MAJOR DONORS IN MEXICO TO BACK DEALING 10 WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF THE MURAL. 11 SPECIFICALLY, AS YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY THAT 12 BUILDING IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SEVERALLY MODIFIED LIKE 13 ERADICATED. WE HAVE TO PROTECT AND MOVE THE MURAL. AND 14 THAT PROCESS COULD TAKE SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF 15 DOLLARS. AND WILL MINUS, WHO HAS BEEN KIND OF THE PERSON 16 WHO HAS BEEN SPEARHEADING THIS, HAS ALREADY LINED UP A 17 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COMMITMENT FOR THIS PROJECT AND ALSO 18 DOLLARS. I MEAN HE HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY IN TERMS OF 19 DOING THIS. AND I THINK IT WAS PART OF HIS DOING AS WELL 20 AS JULIA BERGMAN. THEY ARE ONE OF THE REASONS THE 21 AMBASSADOR CAME HERE. SO THAT WAS A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL 22 VISIT. AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF WHAT OCCURRED AND OF THE 23 MURAL. 24 I WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT THIS YEAR FUND-RAISING 25 HAS BECOME REALLY A VERY CRITICAL PART OF OUR MISSION. JULY 29, 2010 129 1 AND IN OUR BUDGET, WE INITIALLY WANT TO PUT IN $3 MILLION 2 IN FUND-RAISING. I THINK WE ULTIMATELY HAVE RECOMMENDED 3 IN A PRELIMINARY BUDGET $1.5 MILLION OF FUND-RAISING. I 4 HAVE GOT A COMMITTEE GOING. AND THAT COMMITTEE CONSISTS 5 OF SOME OF THE MAJOR FUND-RAISERS AT THE COLLEGE 6 ADMINISTRATIVELY SPEAKING, INCLUDING DR. KATHLEEN ALIOTO. 7 AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS 8 VERY INCREMENTALLY. AND WE ARE SAYING THAT WE WOULD LIKE 9 TO RAISE WITHIN THE COLLEGE BETWEEN 60 AND $100,000 PER 10 MONTH. SO EVERY MONTH WHEN I COME HERE, I AM GOING TO 11 GIVE YOU A REPORT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE RAISED. AND I'M 12 HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED OUR FIRST $100,000 FOR 13 JULY SO THAT PART IS IN THE BANK. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: THAT'S GREAT. 15 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: SO WE ARE GOING TO GET THE 16 REST OF IT. WE REALLY HAVE VERY MUCH CONFIDENCE THAT AS 17 FAR AS WITHIN THE COLLEGE, WE WILL BE RAISING THAT KIND OF 18 MONEY. 19 WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY -- I'M GOING TO JUST BRING 20 IN NEXT -- BECAUSE IT INVOLVES SEVERAL DONORS. AND DONORS 21 HAVE SOME VERY SPECIFIC REQUESTS IN TERMS OF HOW THEY ARE 22 MENTIONED. SO I AM NOT GOING TO START MENTIONING, BUT WE 23 HAVE JUST THIS MONTH BEEN NOTIFIED OF A $250,000 SAVE THE 24 CLASSES GRANT WHICH EXTENDS OVER FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE 25 ANOTHER $200,000 AMOUNT THAT'S BEEN DEDICATED WHICH IS JULY 29, 2010 130 1 GOING TO EXTEND OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS. WE HAVE A $39,000 2 GRANT THAT GIVEN TO US, SPECIFICALLY TO A DEPARTMENT. AND 3 THAT DOESN'T COUNT THE INDIVIDUAL GRANTS THAT WE'VE LINED 4 UP. PLUS, WE ALSO HAVE A COMMITMENT, AN ANNUAL COMMITMENT 5 OF FOR SAVING CLASSES FROM ANOTHER DONOR OF $50,000. 6 SO KNOW NOW THE DEAL IS TO SEE HOW HIGH WE CAN 7 GO AND SEE HOW MANY CLASSES WE CAN SAVE. IN FACT ALMOST 8 ALL OF THE CLASSES ARE TOTALLY ENROLLED. WE HAVE 6 9 PERCENT -- TO THIS DATE, WE HAVE 6 PERCENT MORE CREDIT 10 UNITS BEING TAKEN THEN LAST YEAR THIS TIME, 6 PERCENT. 11 SO WE ARE STILL IN THE ADD/DROP PERIOD. THE 12 ADD/DROP PERIOD IS GOING TO START. IT HASN'T STARTED YET. 13 SO THERE'S GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS PRESSURE ON CLASSES AND 14 INSTRUCTORS. SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD PINPOINT 15 A FEW EXTRA DOLLARS SO WE CAN OPEN UP A FEW EXTRA SECTIONS 16 IN TERMS OF SAVE THE CLASS SO THAT'S BEEN GOOD. SO I 17 THINK WE ARE DOING WELL. 18 THE OTHER PIECE OF OUR FUND-RAISING, OF COURSE, 19 IS WITH THE FOUNDATION, NOT JUST INTERNAL TO THE COLLEGE. 20 SO THE FOUNDATION HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS THAT 21 THEY ARE EXECUTING, SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO 22 MAKING A REPORT ON WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS THE FOUNDATION 23 FUND-RAISING EACH MONTH AS WELL BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WAS 24 THE DESIRE, MAYBE NOT THE EXPLICIT DESIRE OF THE BOARD, 25 BUT I THINK IT WAS -- JULY 29, 2010 131 1 PRESIDENT MARKS: I SEEN THAT IT WASN'T ON THE 2 AGENDA. WE NEED TO PUT IT BACK ON. 3 CHANCELLOR GRIFFIN: YEAH, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE 4 THERE TOO. SO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT. 5 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 6 TRUSTEE WONG: I UNDERSTAND THE BASIC SKILLS 7 LUNCH IS SEPTEMBER -- 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: I DON'T REMEMBER. I DON'T 9 KNOW WHEN. I KNOW IT'S IN SEPTEMBER. 10 TRUSTEE WONG: IT'S COMING UP. IT'S ONE OF THE 11 MAJOR FUND-RAISING EVENTS. SO I ENCOURAGE ALL THE 12 TRUSTEES TO PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE IF YOU POSSIBLY 13 CAN. 14 PRESIDENT MARKS: THANK YOU. 15 SO COUNSEL BATTISTE, I DON'T THINK THAT I ASKED 16 YOU ABOUT CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS WHEN WE CAME OUT OF 17 CLOSED SESSION WHICH WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING NOW AT 18 THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETINGS. SO NOW HERE WE ARE AT THE 19 END. IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY 20 ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION. 21 COUNSEL BATTISTE: YES, THERE ARE, 22 MR. PRESIDENT. JUST ONE. 23 THE BOARD MET IN CLOSED SESSION TODAY JULY 29, 24 2010 AND TOOK THE FOLLOWING ACTION: 25 THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE DEFENSE FOR THE JULY 29, 2010 132 1 DISTRICT IN THE CASE OF AARON KING VERSUS SAN FRANCISCO 2 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, ET ALL. THIS IS A NEW LAWSUIT 3 BROUGHT AGAINST THE DISTRICT BY I BELIEVE A FORMER 4 STUDENT. 5 THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS: 6 TRUSTEE BERG: YES. 7 TRUSTEE GRIER: ABSENT. 8 TRUSTEE JACKSON: YES. 9 TRUSTEE MARKS: YES. 10 TRUSTEE NGO: YES. 11 TRUSTEE RIZZO: NO. 12 TRUSTEE WONG: YES. 13 PRESIDENT MARKS: FOLLOWING UP WITH CHANCELLOR'S 14 GREAT REPORT ABOUT FUND-RAISING EFFORTS, I DON'T KNOW IF 15 PEOPLE NOTICED LAST WEEK THAT LOUISE ROSENBERG PASSED AWAY 16 ON JULY 21ST. BUT SHE AND HER HUSBAND CLAUDE ROSENBERG 17 WERE REALLY EARLY DONORS TO CITY COLLEGE LONG BEFORE A LOT 18 OF OTHER PEOPLE WERE GIVING SUBSTANTIAL SUMS OF MONEY TO 19 THE COLLEGE. THE LIBRARY IS NAMED AFTER THE TWO OF THEM. 20 CLAUDE ROSENBERG WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL REAL 21 ESTATE INVESTOR. AND ONCE HE STARTED STEPPING AWAY FROM 22 HIS BUSINESS LIGHT, HE STARTED ENCOURAGING PEOPLE OF MEANS 23 TO GIVE MORE THEN THEY WERE ALREADY GIVING. HE SAID THAT 24 PEOPLE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO DO IT AND THAT THEY NEEDED 25 TO PLAN FOR GREATER AND GREATER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR JULY 29, 2010 133 1 COMMUNITY. 2 SO AS I SAID, LONG BEFORE MANY PEOPLE WERE 3 DONATING TO CITY COLLEGE, IN 1994 THEY GAVE THE MONEY TO 4 COMPLETE THE LIBRARY AT THE COLLEGE. AND I DO REALLY 5 BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THE GOOD FUND-RAISING EFFORTS THAT 6 ARE HAPPENING NOW ARE THE RESULT OF THEIR LEADERSHIP WHICH 7 LED TO THE BASIC SKILLS LUNCH, WHICH STARTED BRINGING IN A 8 LOT OF PEOPLE INTO CITY COLLEGE TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF 9 THE COLLEGE TO THE DISTRICT. AND FROM THAT BASIC SKILLS 10 LUNCH, WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE, MORE PHILANTHROPISTS WHO ARE 11 LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP CITY COLLEGE, AND IT'S ALL GREAT. 12 LOUISE AND CLAUDE WERE THE ONES IN MANY RESPECTS WHO 13 STARTED THAT TREND. 14 THE COLLEGE GOT A NOTIFICATION TODAY THAT 15 THERE'S GOING TO BE A HALF-MILLION DOLLAR GIFT FROM THE 16 TRUST THAT THE ROSENBERG'S SET UP, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 17 LIBRARY FOR THINGS SUCH AS FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS, BOOKS, 18 EQUIPMENT, COMPUTERIZED RESOURCES, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR 19 OF THE LIBRARY. 20 THEY WERE ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO COULD BE TURNED TO 21 WHENEVER THERE WAS A SHORTAGE IN TERMS OF SUMMER SCHOOL OR 22 ANY OTHER RESPECT WHEN THE COLLEGE NEEDED TO HAVE LARGE 23 SUMS OF MONEY. 24 SO WE ARE SADDENED BY THE PASSING OF 25 MRS. ROSENBERG. AND WE WANT TO THANK HER AND HER FAMILY JULY 29, 2010 134 1 FOR ALL THEIR GENEROSITY. 2 SO TONIGHT IF WE COULD ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF 3 KERVAN CARTER AND OF LOUISE ROSENBERG, THAT WOULD BE 4 APPROPRIATE I THINK. 5 IF THERE ARE NO REQUESTS TO SPEAK, IF SOMEONE 6 WANTS TO MOVE TO ADJOURN. 7 OH, I'M SORRY. 8 MS. WEINBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD 9 JUST LIKE TO ADD ON THE UNITED NATIONS CLUB, THERE WILL BE 10 A CELEBRATION OF THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED 11 NATIONS. AND THE CITY COLLEGE UN CLUB WILL BE WORKING IN 12 COLLABORATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION ON AN 13 EVENT. 14 THERE'S SPECIFICALLY AN EVENT ON FRIDAY, 15 OCTOBER 22ND, WHICH IS GEARED TOWARDS STUDENTS AND YOUNG 16 PROFESSIONALS. SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION OF THE 17 STUDENTS ON THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW 18 THAT THAT'S HAPPENING AS WELL. 19 ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMEMBER 20 FRANK TOWNSELL, WHO I LEARNED RECENTLY PASSED AWAY. HE 21 WAS A BELOVED PIANO TEACHER AT CITY COLLEGE IN THE MUSIC 22 DEPARTMENT AND WILL BE SADLY MISSED. SO THANK YOU VERY 23 MUCH. 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: BEFORE WE ADJOURN -- 25 COME ON UP. JULY 29, 2010 135 1 MS. BOECKMAN: I'M SORRY. I TOTALLY FORGOT. I 2 AM SUSAN BOECKMAN. I AM NOT ONLY STAFF AND A STUDENT, I 3 AM ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SWING CITY DANCERS STUDENT 4 CLUB. 5 I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ON 6 AUGUST 28TH WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A BENEFIT FOR HAITI 7 RELIEF AND YOU ARE ALL INVITED. I WILL BE SENDING OUT A 8 GENERAL E-MAIL PRETTY SOON. AND I WILL BE TALKING TO 9 ELISABETH HOPING TO GET SOME PUBLICITY THROUGH THE 10 ASSOCIATED STUDENTS, SO THAT'S ALL. 11 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG: I WILL BE THERE. 12 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT 13 ABOUT THE PARCEL TAX AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXPRESSING A 14 DESIRE FOR THE BOARD TO POTENTIALLY HOLD A MEETING NEXT 15 WEEK BEFORE THE CLOSE OF FILING FOR HOLDING THE ELECTION 16 FOR THE PARCEL TAX, THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT 17 POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT THURSDAY AS A MEETING DATE. AND WE 18 WILL GET SOMETHING OUT TO SEE IF PEOPLE CAN MEET IN A 19 SPECIAL MEETING, AN OPEN MEETING ON THURSDAY. THE CLOSE 20 OF FILING, I BELIEVE, IS THE NEXT DAY. SO IF PEOPLE CAN 21 GET TOGETHER AND SEE IF THE PARCEL TAX IS SOMETHING THAT 22 WE CAN DO AND WANT TO CONSIDER ON THE BALLOT FOR THIS 23 YEAR. 24 SO WITH THAT, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MOVE TO 25 ADJOURN. JULY 29, 2010 136 1 TRUSTEE NGO: SO MOVED. 2 PRESIDENT MARKS: MOVED BY TRUSTEE NGO. 3 TRUSTEE WONG: SECOND. 4 PRESIDENT MARKS: SECONDED BY TRUSTEE WONG. 5 WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN TONIGHT IN THE MEMORY OF 6 FRANK -- 7 MS. WEINBERG: TOWNSELL. 8 PRESIDENT MARKS: -- TOWNSELL, KERVAN CARTER, 9 AND LOUISE ROSENBERG. 10 SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADJOURNING -- I'M 11 SORRY. IT'S TEN TO TEN. IT'S VERY EARLY. 12 TRUSTEE BERG: (ABSENT.) 13 TRUSTEE GRIER: AYE. 14 TRUSTEE JACKSON: AYE. 15 PRESIDENT MARKS: AYE. 16 TRUSTEE NGO: AYE. 17 VICE PRESIDENT RIZZO: AYE. 18 TRUSTEE WONG: AYE. 19 STUDENT TRUSTEE FANG (ADVISORY): AYE. 20 PRESIDENT MARKS: SO IF WE COULD JUST PAUSE FOR 21 A MINUTE BEFORE LEAVING AND THEN HAVE A GOOD NIGHT 22 EVERYBODY. AS I SAID, IT'S TEN TO TEN. 23 (A MOMENT OF SILENCE OBSERVED.) 24 PRESIDENT MARKS: GOOD NIGHT. 25 JULY 29, 2010 137 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JULY 29, 2010 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER I, THE UNDERSIGNED, A DULY AUTHORIZED CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTER, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING PROCEEDINGS WERE TAKEN DOWN BY ME IN STENOTYPE AND THEREAFTER TRANSCRIBED INTO TYPEWRITING BY COMPUTER, UNDER MY DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION, AND THAT THIS TRANSCRIPT IS A TRUE RECORD OF THE SAID PROCEEDINGS. DATED: AUGUST 20, 2010 ______________________________ MICHELE M. SHEA, CSR NO. 11345 STATE OF CALIFORNIA