MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CERRITOS COLLEGE >> GOOD EVENING.
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WELCOME TO THE CERRITOS COLLEGE DISTRICT BOARD MEETING FEBRUARY 16, 2022.WE WILL BEGIN WITH A ROLL CALL.
[1.01 Roll Call]
ANDREA?>> TRUSTEE DR. SANDRA SALAZAR?
TRUSTEE AVALOS WILL BE ARRIVING LATE.
>> PRESENT AND I WILL CIRCLE BACK TO TRUSTEE PACHECO?
>> TRUSTEE PACHECO, CAN YOU HEAR US? LET ME TRY HER AGAIN IN A MINUTE.
SHE MIGHT BE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
FOR NOW LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 1.02.
TRUSTEE PEREZ WOULD YOU MIND LEAVING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THIS EVENING?
>> PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED WAYS OF AMERICA INTO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
[1.03 Agenda Organization]
AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY AS POTENTIALLY BEING ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA THE DISTRICT MAP FINAL APPROVAL HAS BEEN MOVED TO A SPECIAL MEETING THAT WILL BE NEXT WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD PENDING FINAL APPROVAL.BUT, WE EXPECT THAT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AND FINALIZED AT THAT TIME.
THAT BEING SAID, IS THERE ANY TRUSTEE LOOKING TO ORGANIZE THE AGENDA ANY OTHER WAY THAN WHAT IS PRESENTED? SEEING NONE WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 1.04 COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
ANDREA, THIS EVENING DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE?
[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]
>> BEING SAID LET'S MOVE TO ITEM 1.05 REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM CONSTITUENT GROUPS BEGINNING WITH OUR FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT, DENNIS FALCONE.
>> THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT FIERRO.
MY COLLEAGUES RESPECTED COLLEAGUES IN THE CSEA AND MY COUNTERPART AND TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE A COLD AND I AM HERE AND I AM PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A REPORT SOME GOING TO FORGO THAT PART BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE DOING AS ALWAYS.
ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE IN THE CCFF AND ALL THE HARD WORK THEY BEEN DOING TO NEGOTIATE FOR US IN THIS CURRENT ROUND.
I LOOK FORWARD TO A VERY POSITIVE OUTCOME AND I TRUST THAT AT THE END CERRITOS COLLEGE WILL BE BETTER FOR IT AND ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.
I ASK YOUR FORGIVENESS FOR MY SCRATCHY VOICE TONIGHT AND I HOPE THAT IT IS A VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH PRESENT FALCONE.
AND NOW WE HAVE OUR CCFF DOCTOR WONG.
TRUSTEES IN THE EFFORT TO CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY CCFF HAS A POEM FOR YOU.
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE, INFLATION IS HIGH AND STIPENDS WON'T DO.
INCREASE OUR PAY JUST LIKE YOU DO AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND Q.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION, CSEA PRESIDENT LOPEZ.
>> GOOD EVENING BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ALL OF OUR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND GUESTS PRESENT TONIGHT SADLY I DO NOT HAVE A POEM AND I WAS NOT AS CREATIVE SO I DO
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APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.I WENT THROUGH THE COVID CLINIC LAST FRIDAY AND THE REGISTRATION PROCESS WAS FAIRLY EASY.
THE TESTING PROCESS IS 5 TO 6 MINUTES FROM START TO FINISH AND THE BEST PART WAS THAT THE RESULTS WERE AVAILABLE THE NEXT DAY.
MY EXPERIENCE WAS POSITIVE IN BOTH REGISTRATION AND TESTING PROCEDURES.
I DO WANT TO REMIND CLASSIFIED STAFF IF YOU ARE BOOSTER ELIGIBLE AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR BOOSTER I DO ASK YOU TO USE THE COVID CENTER ON CAMPUS.
ALSO WHERE YOU'RE IN 95 SURGICAL OR DOUBLE MASK ON CAMPUS AND IT IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL INSIDE THE BUILDING WHERE THE POTENTIAL TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS IS POSSIBLE.
WEARING A MASK SHOWS WE CARE ABOUT OURSELVES, OUR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.
WE THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THE STIPEND AND WE THANK YOU TO THE PAYROLL DEPARTMENT WILL BE WORKING HARD ON GETTING THE STIPEND TO EVERYONE.
KNOWING A TIME OF HIGH INFLATION AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES THE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON OUR REPORT.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL CIRCLE BACK TO OUR ROLL CALL ITEM 1.01 AND ANDREA, WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH TRUSTEE PACHECO, CAN YOU MIND CHECKING ON HER FOR ROLL CALL PURPOSES?
>> AT THIS POINT WE WILL MOVE TO THE OPEN SESSION AGENDA WE HAVE A
[2.01 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Classified Employee of the Month]
PRESENTATION OF THE RECOGNITION OF A CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH BRIAN CABLE.>> SUPERINTENDENT FIERRO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS?
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS.
THE OUTSTANDING CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE SELECTION COMMITTEE NAMED RYAN CABLE AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR JANUARY 2022.
RYAN BEGAN HIS CAREER AT CERRITOS COLLEGE WITH THE DIVISION IN JULY 2000.
THROUGH HIS CAREER AT CERRITOS COLLEGE RYAN HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL STUDENT ATHLETES AT SPORTING EVENTS AND IN THE TRAINING CENTER IN THE FORM OF INJURY PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION.
RYAN HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS IMPLEMENTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE STUDENT ATHLETES RETURN SAFELY TO CAMPUS FOR STUDENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
BRIAN, YOUR DEDICATION AND WILLINGNESS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL THE STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE EXCEPTIONAL.
WE ARE PROUD THAT YOU ARE A CERRITOS COLLEGE EMPLOYEE AND WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND DEDICATION.
I CAN 1ST AND TELL YOU THAT BRIAN IS AN INCREDIBLE PROFESSIONAL.
I CAN REMEMBER MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING I COULD BARELY GET OUT OF THE CAR.
I DID SOMETHING WHEN I WAS RUNNING I DON'T REMEMBER BUT I COULD BARELY WALK.
THEY HAD TO ESSENTIALLY TAKE ME IN THE CAR ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE AND BRIAN AND MARIA WORKED THEIR MAGIC AND GOT ME WALKING.[LAUGHTER] I WENT IN AND AFTER 30 MINUTES OR SO AND OBVIOUSLY THEY GAVE ME SOME EXERCISES BECAUSE APPARENTLY I WAS NEGLIGENT I AND I WAS IN BAD SHAPE.
I CAN TELL YOU HE'S AN INCREDIBLE PROFESSIONAL AND ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
I AM THANKFUL FOR THE CSEA AND BEING ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD THIS MONTH.
I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR FIERRO AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THE RECOGNITION AT THE BOARD MEETINGS.
I AM ONE I CONSIDER MYSELF ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES BECAUSE I AM LISTED AS AN ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEE AND I GET TO COME TO CAMPUS EVERY DAY TO STILL TRY TO DO MY JOB THE BEST I CAN.
OBVIOUSLY IT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED BUT I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO HELP OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ACHIEVE THEIR ATHLETIC AND ACADEMIC GOALS AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM.
AND SO, I WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT NOMINATED ME AND FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR DIVISION ARE MANAGERS AND ATHLETIC DIRECTORS.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND ALL OF OUR COACHES ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENT
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ATHLETES, ALL 500 OF THEM.IT IS A GREAT JOB AND I ENJOY WORKING WITH THEM SO I APPRECIATE THIS.
WE ARE MOVING TO ITEM 2.02 PRESENTATION ON THE TIMELINE FOR A NEW GO BOND MEASURE.
[2.02 Institutional Presentation: Timeline for new G.O Bond Measure]
VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION.>> THANK YOU BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
THE GOAL OF THIS PRESENTATION IS JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROCESS AS OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION YET BUT I WANTED TO KEEP THE BOARD UPDATED ON THE ACTUAL TIMELINES ON THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE PLAN IS TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE KEY DATE THAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF AND THEN WHAT SOME POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THAT AND THEN I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION.
SO, I'M SORRY, STARTING WITH SOME KEY DATE AND I LIKE TO WORK BACKWARDS.
OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE ARE SHOOTING FOR HERE WOULD BE THE ELECTION WHICH IS SCHEDULED ON NOVEMBER EIGHTH OF 2022.
IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE A BALLOT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT WE NEED TO DELIVER A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE ELECTION TO THE COUNTY NO LATER THAN AUGUST 12TH.
AND SO, THOSE ARE REALLY AUGUST 12TH IS THE KEY DEADLINE THAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WANTS TO PURSUE.
THAT WOULD BE THE LAST DAY THAT THIS RESOLUTION NEEDS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE COUNTY.
SO, IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT POINT, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE WILL HIGHLIGHT AS REALLY SOME NEXT STEPS TO GET US GOING ON THAT AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN THE BOARD ON WHAT YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS WOULD BE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO START DOING AS WE START PURSUING IS CONDUCT A VOTER OPINION SURVEY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN 2020 AND WE NEED TO DO THAT SO THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME BASELINE INFORMATION ON THAT.
SO, THAT WOULD HAPPEN LIKELY SOMETIME EITHER THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH ON THAT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PURSUE.
WE NEED TO ENGAGE IN A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT TO GET THAT INFORMATION GOING.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE WOULD BEGIN DOING SOME IMMUNITY OUTREACH.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON WHAT SOME POTENTIAL INFORMATION COULD LOOK LIKE WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE HERE WITH BLUGRASCAT'S SMILE WALKER'S OFFICE AND POTENTIALLY THAT INFORMATION WOULD START GOING OUT AGAIN SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
BY NEXT MARCH WE WOULD BE WORKING ON DRAFTING A POTENTIAL PROJECT LIST, COST AND POTENTIAL ON SIZE.
A LOT OF THIS WORK HAS SOMEWHAT BEEN DONE BECAUSE WE WENT TO THIS PROCESS TWO YEARS AGO.
WE JUST NEED TO UPDATE OUR INFORMATION, OF EIGHT FOR ESCALATION COSTS ON THE TOTAL PROJECT COST ON THAT BUT THE ACTUAL PROJECT LIST WOULD ACTUALLY NOT CHANGE AS MUCH UNLESS THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL PROJECTS ON THAT LIST.
THE LIST PRIMARILY FOCUSES AROUND THE UPDATED FACILITY MASTER PLAN WHICH WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD.
WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO INCORPORATES ANY ADDITIONAL PROJECTS TO THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD.
AND THEN, I APRIL IS EVALUATE THE VOTER OPINION RESULTS.
AGAIN WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON WHAT VOTER
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OPINIONS ARE SAYING OUT THERE AND PROVIDED PRESENTATION BACK TO THE BOARD AND THAT WOULD LIKELY HAPPEN AROUND SOMETIME IN APRIL.AND THEN BY MAY WE ARE LOOKING AT DIGITALLY FINALIZING A PROJECT LIST COST, BOND SIZE AND THEN DRAFTING A POTENTIAL BALLOT MEASURE LANGUAGE ON THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE ALL DONE SOMETIME IN THE MONTH OF MAY.
THEN, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD THEN WANT TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE BOND ELECTION LIKELY SOMETIME IN JULY OR EARLY, EARLY AUGUST.
REMEMBER THE DATE IS AUGUST 12TH TO DELIVER IN THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH FLEXIBILITY IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST IF THE BOARD CHOOSES TO I BELIEVE ON THE NEXT SLIDE I POINT OUT THE ACTUAL DATE THAT THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO ADOPT THAT FOLLOWING A TYPICAL BOARD SCHEDULING PROCESS.
YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAVE A QUESTION ON THE VOTER OPINION SURVEY.
WILL THE BOARD BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT ON WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ASKED?
>> SO, DR. FIERRO HOWEVER YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR INPUT THINK A QUESTION THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IS GIVEN THE DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT FOR ON CAMPUS CLASSES IT'S NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS ALSO K-12, TOO.
DO WE THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THIS? WHOEVER WE WANT TO WORD THAT.
I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN GETTING BACK LIKE THAT FROM THE RESIDENCE BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISIONS.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A FAIR QUESTION AND I WOULD IMAGINE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT NOW WOULD LIKELY BE A QUESTION.
AND WHAT WE WOULD ALSO DO IS ONCE WE DRAFT WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT ON THOSE QUESTIONS HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE WITH THE BOARD PRIOR TO THEM ACTUALLY BEING RELEASED OUT.
WE WANT YOU GUYS TO SEE WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE BECAUSE YOU WILL LIKELY GET QUESTIONS FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS GROUPS, RIGHT? WE WANT YOU TO BE COMFORTABLE AND FAMILIAR WITH THE QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THEM GOING OUT BECAUSE THEY WILL LIKELY NOT CALL US, THEY WOULD CALL YOU.
>> I ASSUME THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF TICKLER INTEREST THAT WE CAN ENGAGE AROUND CERTAIN TYPES OF TOPICS I CAN IMAGINE IT MAY BE LOGICAL TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT AROUND AT RISK HOUSING FOR STUDENT PROFILES THAT KIND OF THING THAT IS ALREADY GERMANE TO WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
>> SOME OF THE NEW QUESTIONS BOARD PRESIDENT BIRKEY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING THAT IS TO FOCUS AROUND STUDENT HOUSING BECAUSE WE WANT TO GAUGE INTO WHAT THE INFORMATION IS FROM A VOTER STANDPOINT.
WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ANY INTEREST IN UTILIZING THAT TYPE OF DOLLAR TO BUILD HOUSING OR POTENTIAL THINGS.
THAT CAN ABSOLUTELY BE A QUESTION.
ON THAT WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW THAT ANYWAY BECAUSE GIVEN THE CLIMATE THAT WE ARE IN GIVEN SOME OF THE INITIATIVES AT THE STATE LEVEL ON HOUSING WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT THE OPINION OF THE VOTERS IS RELATING TO THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
>> ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN MATCH.
THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING COMING FROM THE STATE THAT IF WE ARE ABLE TO PUT MONEY ON THE TABLE COULD BE MATCHED AND WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN WAYS THAT OTHERWISE THAT OPPORTUNITY FINANCIALLY GOES AWAY.
>> YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD ON THAT.
THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE STATE DOLLARS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE MATCHING FUNDS AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MATCH THOSE DOLLARS.
THOSE DOLLARS WE GET FROM THE STATE ARE LIKELY NOT EFFICIENT FOR US TO FULLY BUILD OUT SOMETHING ON THAT.
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON THAT.
>> WE ARE NOT COMPETITIVE, EITHER RIGHT? THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY THAT A LOT OF INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE SO IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THAT MONEY AND BRING IT HOME WE WOULD NEED TO ABLE TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE.
RIGHT NOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS OVERTAXED.
THERE WAS AN OVERWHELMING APPLICATION AMOUNT TOO MANY TO FULFILL THE APPLICATIONS THAT THE STATE GETS.
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND THE DISTRICTS THAT DO GET MONEY THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EMPHASIS FOR THEM TO FULFILL THOSE PROMISES OTHERWISE THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE AWAY THE DOLLARS AND GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A DEMAND OUT THERE STATEWIDE.
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>> I WANT TO SAY AMONG OTHER THINGS ECHO TRUSTEE PRESENTS COMMENTS 100 PERCENT THAT NEEDS TO BE A QUESTION THAT WE ASK OUR CONSTITUENTS ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE GOING TO BE DIGITALLY PUTTING IN ANOTHER $25 PER HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THE HOUSING PRICES AND THEY HAVE SKYROCKETED IN JUST THE PAST TWO YEARS.
EVEN IN THAT TWO YEARS I THINK WE HAVE HAD TO SEE SO MUCH CHANGE IN HOW IT COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORKS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE AND FUNDAMENTAL REWORKING OF THE MASTER PLAN TO DECIDE HOW WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ATTRACT STUDENTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE STARTED TO DO PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC WAS REACHING OUT TO CREATE SITE AT DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
ESPECIALLY TODAY OR SO PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC WE ARE LOCATED RELATIVELY CENTRAL BUT IT STILL TAKES 20 MINUTES TO GET FROM THE OUTER CONCENTRIC RINGS OF OUR COLLEGE DISTRICT AND A LOT OF THOSE SAME STUDENTS WILL END UP GOING TO COMPTON OR GO TO FULLERTON OR CYPRUS OR EVEN LONG BEACH.
I THINK BY REWORKING AND THINKING ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON INNOVATION OF THE SITES THAT WE HAVE HERE, I THINK IS GOING TO ULTIMATELY ATTRACT STUDENTS TO COME TO IN PERSON CLASSES BECAUSE AS WE SAW LAST WEEK THOSE WHO DO COME TO IN PERSON CLASSES HAVE A LOT MORE STATISTICALLY, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER CHANCE OF SUCCESS AND I THINK THAT IS THE FOCUS AND THE VISION THAT WE SHOULD BE ADOPTING AS THE BOARD AND ADMINISTRATION GOING FORWARD.
I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE THE RESULTS AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT INPUT TO MAKE SURE THE QUESTIONS ARE FAIR AND WE GET AN ACCURATE RESULT.
>> THANK YOU YOUR ABSENTLY CORRECT.
THE MASTER PLAN WE NEVER, WE NEVER ENVISIONED LOOKING BEYOND THIS CAMPUS AND LOOKING OUTSIDE THIS CAMPUS AND INVESTING IN POTENTIAL WHATEVER YOU WOULD WANT LACKED FOR A BETTER WORD, A SATELLITE CAMPUS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS IS WE CAN INCORPORATES THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE IN A POTENTIAL BOND THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THAT BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE BOND DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DO THAT AT THE MOMENT.
BUT THAT WAS OF INTEREST AND THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE ONE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE A QUESTION ON, POTENTIALLY AND WE WOULD WANT TO INCLUDE IT IN THE BALLOT LANGUAGE BECAUSE IF SUCCESSFUL WE WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL ON THAT AGREEMENT.
I THINK THAT IS A GREAT POINT TRUSTEE LEWIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK THAT WENT INTO THE MASTER PLAN TO REALLY ASSESS WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE, ASSESS WHERE THE COLLEGE IS GOING AND TRY TO MAKE SURE OUR CAMPUS FITS THAT.
BUT AS WE ARE ALL AWARE THE MASTER PLAN WHEREAS I NO WAY WANT TO THROW IT OUT BUT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OBVIOUSLY A LOT HAS CHANGED.
IT WAS UNANTICIPATED FROM THAT TIME.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO THINK A LITTLE BIT ON OUR FEET IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE THAT MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS GENERALLY INTERESTED IN AND WHAT WE KNOW FROM A CAMPUS SPECIFIC STANDPOINT ABOUT WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE AND HOW WE CAN ACCOMPLISH BOTH THINGS.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THIS BOND MEASURE IF WE WERE TO PURSUE IT WOULD SIMPLY BE ABOUT MOVING THROUGH A NUMBER OF PROJECTS ON THE MASTER PLAN.
SOME MAY STILL BE THERE BUT IT MIGHT BE AROUND HOW DO WE RETOOL THE COLLEGE MORE GENERALLY SPEAKING AROUND THE POSTCODE IT WORLDS AND ABLE TO MEET FOLKS WHERE THEY ARE AT WHETHER IT'S PHYSICALLY OR TECHNOLOGY OR OTHER TYPES OF INVESTMENT.
>> ACCESSIBILITY IS A KEYWORD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE WE ARE ON THIS? THE NEXT SLIDE WAS REALLY KIND OF KEEPING IN MIND FROM THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE WHAT ARE THE KEY DATES FOR YOU? THE ONE THING THAT I DID MISS IS THAT ONE WOULD BE SEEING A PRESENTATION ON THE VOTER RESULT THE PUBLIC OPINION ON WHAT THE VOTERS ARE SAYING.
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INTO, ATOP BEING THE RESOLUTION AND SOMETIMES IN JULY OR A PUT IN HERE BY AUGUST SIXTH.AUGUST SIXTH IS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OR THE LAST WIND DAY BEFORE THE AUGUST 12 DATE.
I BELIEVE THAT AUGUST 12TH LANCE ON A TUESDAY SO THE DROP DEADLINE FOLLOWING THE TYPICAL BOARD SCHEDULE PATTERN WOULD GIVE US AUGUST SIXTH WOULD BE DROP DEADLINE DATE.
I BELIEVE THAT IS ACTUAL DILLY ACTUALLY A SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING.
>> WHEN IS IT THAT WE MADE IT TO THE LAST POSSIBLE BOARD MEETING TO ADOPT SOMETHING?
[LAUGHTER] >> WE ARE IN IT RIGHT NOW AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK WILL BE IN IT.[LAUGHTER] SO, JUST KEEP IN MIND OBVIOUSLY THAT TIMELINE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN JULY AND THE LAST DAY UP UNTIL THAT AUGUST SIXTH DATE.
THAT WOULD GIVE US ENOUGH TIME FOR ME TO RUN THE RESOLUTION OVER TO THE COUNTY REGISTRAR'S OFFICE.
>> ONE QUESTION, WHEN WE DO THAT DISCUSSION IN APRIL, MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME RESEARCH ON OTHER PROPERTY TAX INCREASES OR ANY TYPE OF UTILITY TAX INCREASE OR OTHER ANY TAX INCREASE THAT THE CITY WILL BE HEARING SO MAYBE YOU CAN REACH OUT WITH THAT, TOO.
I REMEMBER LAST TIME WE WENT TO THE BELLFLOWER SO WE COULD GET THE TOTALITY OF WHAT PEOPLE WILL BE EXPERIENCING WHEN THEY HAVE THAT.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS SURVEY IT AS WE KNOW IT AND WE MIGHT NOT KNOW UNTIL A CERTAIN DATE IN APRIL BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY SURVEY TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY POTENTIAL BECAUSE THEY ARE PROBABLY DOING POLLING AS WELL SO WE WILL HAVE OUR CONSULTANTS CAN JUST SEE IF THERE'S OTHER CITIES DOING ANY OTHER TYPE OF POLLING AROUND A POTENTIAL TAX AND WE WILL PROVIDE THAT ANALYSIS AS WELL.
OKAY? SO GIVEN THE DISCUSSION EVERYONE IS OKAY WITH ME PURSUING THE - DOING A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY?
>> I DON'T SEE ANY OPPOSITION TO DOING A SURVEY TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW FOLKS ARE FEELING THESE DAYS ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
AND, I THINK WE HAVE REALLY GOOD INPUT ON THE PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT IS ODD.
WE ARE ONLY PERMITTED TO DO THIS ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION EVERY TWO YEARS AND SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY OF WHEN WE WOULD GO OUT FOR THESE SORT OF.
THE LAST TIME AROUND WE ELECTED TO NOT GO FORWARD AND IN SOME WAYS THERE IS A BLESSING IN THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT WOULD BE USEFUL.
WAYS TO POTENTIALLY USE THAT TYPE OF MONEY AND I WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNITY THINKS IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL WAYS TO USE THAT MONEY.
IF WE WERE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT PUT TO USE.
SO, AS MUCH AS I WAS PERSONALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT WE DIDN'T GO OUT AT THAT TIME I THINK THERE'S SOME ADVANTAGE TO GOING OUT NOW VERSUS THEN AND SO, IN SOME SENSE IT IS A BLESSING.
WE WILL BEGIN PUTTING TOGETHER THE VOTER OPINION SURVEY AND THEN ONCE IT IS IN DRAFT FORM WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATES ANY OF YOUR COMMENT AS WELL AND YOU ARE AWARE OF WHAT QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE IT OUT AND THEN REPORT BACK AS A RESULT.
BACK TO YOU SOMETIME IN APRIL.
>> TO CLARIFY FOR OUR VIEWERS, WE ARE NOT APPROVING A BOND AT THIS TIME OR GOING OUT FOR A BOND AT THIS TIME.
WE ARE SIMPLY HAVING A CONVERSATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL CONSIDER ISSUING A BOND IN THE FUTURE.
RIGHT NOW WHAT THE BOARD IS APPROVING IS SIMPLY DOING A PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY WHICH MEANS THE COMMUNITY, YOU VIEWERS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLYING ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING A BOND.
I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING OUT FOR A BOND AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
THE BOARD IS NOT AUTHORIZING US TO GO OUT FOR A BOND.
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>> THANK YOU DR. FIERRO FOR MAKING THE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR.
THAT DECISION IF IT WILL BE MADE WILL BE MADE MONTHS FROM NOW.
VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ ARE YOU STAYING HERE FOR THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM?
>> SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON 2.02 WILL MOVE TO 2.03 A POTENTIAL CAMPUS
[2.03 Institutional Presentation: Potential Campus Solar Project]
SOLAR PROJECT.DO YOU HAVE SOME WORDS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US BEFORE WE MOVE?
AGAIN, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO IN DECEMBER WE PROVIDED A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD ON WHAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE AND SO, WE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE HAVE IN MEETING BOTH ON-SITE AND WORKING THROUGH SOME NUMBERS AND WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU AN UP DATE ON WHAT SOMETHING LIKE A SOLAR PROJECT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND SO, INCORPORATING SOME FEEDBACK WE HAD WE MET WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE MOTORCYCLE GROUP THAT USE LOT 10 SO WE DID A FULL WALK-THROUGH.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLAN DID NOT IMPACT THEM AND WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS ACCORDINGLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT IMPACTING THAT PROGRAM.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO RE-WALK THAT WITH OUR COLLEAGUES FROM FOREFRONT AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE AN UP DATE.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN UP DATE.
NOTHING IS SET IN STONE AT THIS TIME.
WE ARE STILL NEGOTIATING RATES AND CONTRACTS AT THE MOMENT BUT I WANTED TO GIVE THE BOARD AND UP DATE AND MORE OR LESS FINE-TUNE THE POTENTIAL LOCATION OF WHERE A SOLAR PROJECT WOULD BE ON OUR CAMPUS AND THEN WE WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE KEVIN FROM SPUR HERE AND KEVIN IS NATE JOINING YOU?
>> I KNOW HE WAS IN THE WAITING ROOM.
MAYBE HE NEEDS TO BE ADMITTED?
AND SO, WE ALSO HAVE NATE FROM FOREFRONT AND NATE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND I WILL ALLOW YOU TO SHARE YOUR SCREEN YOUR PRESENTATION AS WE GO THROUGH IF YOU DON'T MIND?
>> ARE YOU STILL SCREEN LEASING MY SCREEN?
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING TONIGHT.
WE ARE REALLY PLEASED AND EXCITED TO OFFER A QUICK DATE ON THE SOLAR PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD WITH PHILIPPE A AND ANTHONY TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AS A REMINDER I AM NATE SMITH HYDE AND I REPRESENT A COMPANY CALLED FOREFRONT POWER.
WE ARE THE SOLAR AND BATTERY HELPER THAT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE COLLEGE AND I AM JOINED BY KEVIN FLANAGAN.
KEVIN FLANAGAN PRESENTS THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY THE OFFERS THE PIGGYBACK RFP THAT THE COLLEGE IS ABLE TO UTILIZE TO PROCURE THE BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM AND SOLAR PROJECT SYSTEM.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE SINCE THE LAST MEETING WHICH WAS IN DECEMBER WE WERE APPROVED TO SIGN A LETTER OF INTENT BETWEEN THE COLLEGE AND FOREFRONT POWER.
TO MOVE FORWARD TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD SUBMITTED OUR CONNECTION APPLICATIONS FOR THE BATTERY STORAGE PROJECT TO SCE WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THE DISTRICT IS NOW SECURED EXISTING NET ENERGY METERING RULES FOR THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD IS ESSENTIAL TO SAVINGS.
AND THEN, AFTER THAT IN JANUARY PHILIPPE WAS ABLE TO GATHER FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD IN TERMS OF THE EXACT LAYOUT OF THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE DONE HERE IS I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT THAT INVOLVED THE HONDA LOT IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE CAMPUS.
WE ARE NOW REMOVING THAT FROM THE SCOPE OF THE SOLAR PROJECT AND WE ARE FOCUSING EXCLUSIVELY ON LOT 10.
SO THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THIS.
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THERE'S A BUNCH OF INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE.I HAVE INDICATED THAT THE MOTORCYCLE DMV LANES IN RED - THAT IS WHAT IS DICTATING THOSE SHORTER LENGTHS RIGHT THERE.
INSTEAD OF GOING ALL THE WAY OVER IT YOU MIGHT BE ASKING YOURSELF WHY NOT? THOSE ARE CUT SHORT TO ALLOW FOR THE MOTORCYCLE DMV LANES.
THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT.
THIS SECTION UP HERE YOU MIGHT BE ASKING YOURSELF AS WELL, THIS IS COVERING SOME ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS WHICH IS GREAT.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT DISPARATE FROM THE REST OF THE SYSTEM.
THIS IS AGAIN OUR CONTINUED WORK IN PROGRESS BUT WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN FOR THE SOLAR PROJECT.
>> NATE, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO ADD HERE, WE CHOSE NOT TO PUT THE PANELS ALL THE WAY UP TOWARDS THE FRONT.
OBVIOUSLY AVENUE PERFORMING ARTS BUILDING THAT WE STILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE AND VISUALLY SEE SO WE PURPOSELY STOP THE SOLAR PANELS GOING ALL THE WAY UP TOWARDS IT.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE IT GIVES US A PRETTY SIZABLE AMOUNT OF SPACE OR RAKE UP BETWEEN THE PERFORMING ARTS BUILDING AND WHERE THE ACTUAL SOLAR PANELS WOULD BE.
SO IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHY PART OF THIS THERE IS A GAP IN THE FRONT END OF IT THAT WAS PRIMARILY DONE ON PURPOSE.
>> IN TERMS OF SYSTEM OFFSET AND ALSO EXPECTED SAVINGS YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A SYSTEM IN PARKING LOT 10 AGAIN THE TOTAL SIZE IS ABOUT 4206 HE SEVEN KILOWATTS OR ABOUT FOUR MEGAWATTS FULL OF SOLAR ENERGY AND THAT WHOLE SYSTEM WILL BE OFFSETTING APPROXIMATELY 54 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CONSUMPTION FROM SCE THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ON CAMPUS.
AND THEN, YOUR YEAR ONE SAVINGS ABOUT THREE PERCENT AND PROJECTING ROUGHLY $12 MILLION OVER 20 YEARS AND THAT IS IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDER PROMISE AND OVER DELIVER SO WE HAVE TAKEN SPECIAL PRECAUTION TO PROJECT SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE SAVING VALUES AND WE HAVE THOSE HERE OUTLINES IN OUR ANNUAL SCE ESCALATION RATE WHICH WILL LIKELY ESCALATE MORE THAN 2.7 PERCENT ANNUALLY BUT JUST TO BE CAREFUL THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENERGY CHARGE AND DEMANDS CHARGE?
>> ENERGY CHARGE IS YOUR KILOWATT HOUR CHARGE YOUR VOLUME METRIC CHARGE FOR LESS TO SAY AT YOUR HOME YOU CONSUME 5000 KILOWATT HOURS PER MONTH.
YOUR DEMAND CHARGE HAS TO DO WITH HOW MUCH POWER YOU ARE ASKING FROM THE GRID TO DELIVER TO YOU THAT IS A UNIT OF KILOWATTS.
THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE UNITS SO YOU HAVE YOUR DEMANDS AND YOU HAVE YOUR ENERGY.
>> THE NEXT STEP WHAT WE BEEN WORKING THROUGH.
LOOKING AT THE MAP OF LOT NUMBER 10 THUS THE ONLY SECTION WHERE WE COULD CONSIDER THE PANELS NOTHING ON THE FRONT LOT?
NATE WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN THE INTERCONNECTION AND THE REASON WHY LOT 10 WAS CHOSEN VERSUS OTHER LOT IN PHILLY AND THE DIRECTION OF THE PANELS AND SO ON.
SO, IN GENERAL WE WANT SOLAR PANELS TO BE FACING SOUTH BECAUSE THE SUN TRACKS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION RIGHT THERE OF YOUR CAMPUS.
SO, LOT 10 IS A PERFECT AREA FOR A SOLAR PROJECT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THESE LONG ROWS OF PARKING AND THEY ARE DIRECTLY SOUTH FACING.
ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT FEATURE OF LOT 10 WHY WE ARE CONSIDERING IT AS WELL IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE DOUBLE BAY PARKING IN HERE AND YOU CAN SEE A CAR CAN PARK HERE AND THEN THE OTHER NOSE OF THE CAR CAN PARK THERE AND YOU CREATE A STRUCTURE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS WITH A POLE AND THEN 18 STRUCTURE LIKE THAT.
THAT IS THE BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK IN TERMS OF STEEL AND PRODUCTIVITY FROM YOUR
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SOLAR PROJECTS.WE EVALUATED THE LOT TO THE NORTH AND IN GENERAL THEY REPRESENT SMALLER OPPORTUNITIES TO FIT MORE CAPACITY OF SOLAR INTO YOUR LOT AND A LOT OF THE LOTS ALSO HAVE SINGLE BAY PARKING.
SO, JUST ONE DAY OF PARKING LIKE THAT AND IN THAT IN WOULD BE WORKING WITH WHAT IS CALLED AN L STRUCTURE WHICH LOOKS LIKE THIS AND I AM SCRIBBLING ALL OVER MY SCREEN.
THIS STRUCTURE HERE, THIS L IT REQUIRES THE SAME AMOUNT OF STRUCTURAL STEEL AS THIS T STRUCTURE BUT REDUCES HALF OF THE KILOWATT HOURS ON A YIELD BASIS.
IT IS NOT AS ECONOMICALLY FAVORABLE FOR THE DISTRICT.
THAT IS REALLY WHY WE TRIED TO CONSOLIDATE THE SYSTEM IN LOT 10 BECAUSE YOU ARE MAXIMIZING YOUR CELL FACING PARKING AND YOUR DOUBLE BAY PARKING AND ADDITIONALLY YOU HAVE A SOMEWHAT REASONABLE PROXIMITY TO YOUR MAIN SCE GEAR WHICH IS BEHIND MY LITTLE TOOLBAR HERE.
WE ANALYZED ALL OF THE LOTS AND I'VE BEEN TO THE CAMPUS SEVERAL TIMES TO WALK THE ENTIRE CAMPUS WITH ANTHONY AND PHILIPPE A.
>> I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT TO REPLACE WHAT YOU ARE SHOWING HERE I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT IN ADDITION TO.
PARTICULARLY ON LOT C1 WHICH GOES FROM THE STADIUM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE GYM?
ANOTHER REASON AND NATE, HE CAN CHIME IN ON THIS.
IT'S BECAUSE THE ACTUAL CONNECTION WE NEED TO TUNNEL TO SIT RIGHT THERE OFF OF LOT 10.
WE WOULD HAVE TO BASICALLY TUNNEL OR TRENCH CLEAR ACROSS OUR CAMPUS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT THAT POWER GRID INTO THAT AND I THINK ECONOMICALLY THE COST JUST START TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO, LOT 10 WAS IN PRETTY CLOSE PROXIMITY IS LIMITED TRENCHING NEEDED TO GET TO THAT CONNECTION.
AND SO, NO MATTER WHERE THAT SOLAR IS WE HAVE GET TO THAT POINT ON CAMPUS AND THAT'S PRIMARILY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY LOT 10 WAS ATTRACTIVE ON DOING SO.
OTHERWISE, IF WE LOOKED AT OTHER LOTS GIVEN THAT LOT ONE FRONT OF THE FOOTBALL IS A PRETTY SIZABLE LOT THAT WOULD TAKE A PRETTY SIZABLE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ON THERE AND FROM THE ECONOMIC STANDPOINT IT AUTOMATICALLY WOULD OFFSET A LOT OF THE SAVINGS.
NATE, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
>> LEE BAIT WELL SPOKEN AND CORRECT.
TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR, NOT TRENCHING BUT UNDERGROUND BORING SO MAKING SURE THAT THIS ELECTRICAL RUN, IT'S INDICATED BY BLU-RAY HERE IT IS AN UNDERGROUND BOARD.
IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT A CONSOLIDATED SYSTEM HAVING ONE UNDERGROUND BORE BACK TO YOUR INTERCONNECTION YOU HAVE A MEDIUM SERVICE HOLD LOOP AROUND CAMPUS.
IF YOU START ADDING MORE SMALLER ISLANDS SYSTEMS TO THE CAPACITY THEN THOSE SPECIFIC SYSTEMS ALSO HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE POINT OF COMMON COUPLING TO THAT POINT OF INTERCONNECTION AND AS PHILIPPE A MENTIONED CAN BE EXTREMELY COSTLY.
>> NO QUESTION ABOUT THE SAVINGS.
I'M WONDERING IN ADDITION TO THE ENERGY OFFSET AND THE ACTUAL DOLLAR SAVINGS IF YOU CAN ALSO ADD SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES? ESPECIALLY IN THE CARBON FOOTPRINT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER KEY BENEFIT TO TRY TO GET US TO GET THOSE THINGS ON CAMPUS THAT HAVE A DIRECT BENEFIT FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT.
I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE SPOKEN LOUD AND CLEAR ABOUT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE ANOTHER COUPLE PIECE OF DATA TO INCLUDE ON THIS.
YOU CAN QUANTIFY ALL OF THAT WITH YOUR CARBON OFFSET METRICS AS WELL.
>> ANOTHER REASON THAT WE ARE ENTERTAINING THIS PROJECT IS ON ONE OF THE FIRST PRESENTATIONS THAT PRESENTED I TALKED ABOUT THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS REGULATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED WHICH WOULD REQUIRE US BY 2025 TO GET OR OFFSET 25
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PERCENT OF OUR ENERGY FROM SOME TYPE OF GREEN ENERGY.AND BY 2030 50 PERCENT OF OUR ENERGY OFFSET IT BY UTILIZING SOME GREEN ENERGY.
WITH THIS PLAN THAT WE ARE PRESENTING HERE, IT OFFSETS 54 PERCENT OF THAT.
SO IT WOULD GIVE US INTO COMPLIANCE FOR THAT 2030 FIGURE.
WE ARE NOT SURE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN EVEN MAKE THE 2025 YET AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG PROCESS.
WE WENT AHEAD AND SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON BECAUSE ONE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE GRANDFATHERED IN THE SYSTEM ITSELF.
JUST BECAUSE WE SUBMIT AN APPLICATION DOES NOT COMMIT US TO ANYTHING YET.
WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GRANDFATHERED INTO THE CURRENT RULES IN WHICH WE ALL KNOW ARE CHANGING THIS YEAR SO THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT MOVING TO NAM 3.0.
THAT WAS ONE CHECKMARK WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THE MOST FAVORABLE RATES POSSIBLE.
AND THEN, TO, ONCE CALIFORNIA EDISON EXCEPTS OUR APPLICATION IS A LINK PROCESS.
IT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE TO 12 AND 24 MONTHS FOR THEM TO APPROVE US TO MOVE FORWARD.
AT THAT TIME WOULD INITIATE CONSTRUCTION AND IT COULD BE ANOTHER 12 MONTHS BEYOND THAT.
SO, WE ARE EASILY RIGHT AT THAT 2025 MARK ON THAT.
AND SO, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE TARGETS BUT OUR ANGLE IS MEETING THE 50 PERCENT BY 2030 AND THIS WOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE WAS AROUND THE MOTORCYCLE DMV LANES.
WHAT IS THE RATIONALE OF KEEPING THEM AT THIS LOCATION VERSUS ELSEWHERE ON CAMPUS? WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER SURFACE PARKING.
I LEARNED A LOT WALKING WITH THE MOTORCYCLE GROUP AND WALKING OUR LOTS AND YOU DON'T REALLY RECOGNIZE EVERYTHING THAT IS ON A PARKING LOT UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY WALK IT AND SAY THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT HERE.
WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PARKING LOT WHEN I STARTED LOOKING AT IT AND IT DAWNED ON ME AND I STARTED NOTICING THAT MOST OF OUR OTHER LOT HAVE A PLACEMENT OF EITHER THE LIGHTS OR THE CONCRETE BARRIER.
YOU KNOW, THE CAR STOPS WHEN YOU PULL UP THEIR? MOST OF THE OTHER LOTS SOME OF THOSE HAVE THOSE BUT LOT 10 DOES NOT.
IT ALLOWS A LOT MORE USE OF LOT AND SO I THINK IT WAS PRECISELY DESIGNED THAT WAY TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY WITH THE MOTORCYCLE GROUP.
ANOTHER REASON WHY LOT 10 WAS CHOSEN VERSUS A LOT ONE BECAUSE IT COULD WORK OVER THERE.
IT'S BECAUSE LOT ONE TYPICALLY THESE PROGRAMS ARE OPERATED HEAVILY DURING THE SUMMERTIME.
ATHLETICS USES THAT FOOTBALL FIELDS QUITE A BIT IN THE SUMMERTIME AND ON THE WEEKENDS.
THE MOTORCYCLE CLASS WOULD HAVE TO COMPETE AND BLOCK OFF THE PARKING BECAUSE THERE CLASS IS ACTUALLY OPERATING FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
AND SO, THAT IS FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE ATHLETIC FIELDS AND LIKELY THEY ARE NOT COMPETING WITH PEOPLE PARKING THERE BECAUSE IF WE HAVE PEOPLE PARKING THERE THEY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE TRACK AND THE COURSE.
BY PUTTING IT UPFRONT WHICH IDEALLY WOULD MAKE SENSE IT ACTUALLY CAUSES SOME OTHER ISSUES BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD BE PARKING THERE.
OUR FACILITIES ACTUALLY GET USED QUITE OFTEN AROUNDS.
THAT WAS THE PRIMARY REASON WHY AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY WALK THE TRACK IS A LARGE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE ON THE TRACK ITSELF.
THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRACKS THAT THEY HAVE THERE'S ONE A BEGINNERS TRACK AND THEN THERE IS AN EXPERT TRACK AND ALONG WITH THIS THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL THE LOLLIPOP THE ACTUAL DMV DRIVE TO US WHERE YOU DRIVE DOWN THE LANE DUAL
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LOLLIPOP AND COME BACK.SO WE WANTED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT WE TALK TO ACTUAL INSTRUCTORS TO MAKE SURE WHAT CLASSES THEY HAVE, WHERE THEY SET UP, AND HOW MUCH THEY ACTUALLY UTILIZE ON THE REAL ESTATE AND SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT OR REDO ANYTHING, MOVE LIGHTS OR MOVE CONCRETE BARRIERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE OTHER LOTS.
IF WE WERE TO MOVE THAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO DO IT.
AND SO, IDEALLY LOT 10 MADE ULTIMATELY THE MOST SENSE TO PUT THE MOTORCYCLE CLASS WHERE IT IS AT.
>> IS ALSO TRUE FOR THE NORTH AND OF LOT 10? JUST LOOKING AT LOT 10 I'M NOT SURE IS THAT THAT THERE IS ANOTHER USE DURING THE WEEKENDS AT THE NORTH END IN TERMS OF CONSOLIDATION?
THE NORTH AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT THE PARKING, WE HAVE A LOT OF HANDICAP WORKING AT THE NORTH END OF THE LOT AND SO MOST FOLKS THAT DO COME TO CAMPUS IF THERE GOING TO USE LOT 10 ARE GOING TO PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LOT 10 WAY AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL MIDWAY PART OF LOT 10 BECAUSE NOW YOU ARE TALKING YOU ARE ALMOST IN FRONT OF THE CDC AND GETTING CLOSE TO THE FACILITY AREA ON THAT.
IT IS REALLY OUT OF THE WAY OF EVERYONE PARKING AND UTILIZING THE LOT.
>> IS SEEMS THAT VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ IS GOING TO PURCHASE A MOTORCYCLE AND ROLL INTO THE CLASS.
>> I'VE ALREADY HAD THAT DISCUSSION AND I WILL BE ENROLLING IN THE CLASS, SOON.
I KNOW YOU GUYS ALREADY WORKED THE PARKING LOTS BUT I FEEL LIKE IT COULD BE SOME TIME FOR US TO LOOK AROUND THE STADIUM.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COST SAVINGS WILL NOT NECESSARILY BE THE SAME BUT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO LOOK AT THE PROJECTIONS.
BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH $12 MILLION OR 20 YEARS IS NOT NECESSARILY BAD OR SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD NOT CONSIDER WERE TALKING ABOUT $500,000 OR SO I MEAN SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE WITH THAT PERIOD OF TIME, I AM MORE INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN REDUCE OUR CAMPUS CARBON FOOTPRINT AND CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE MANAGE OUR ENERGY.
SO OBVIOUSLY I WANTED TO KEEP THE COST DOWN BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE POSSIBILITIES THERE, POTENTIALLY LOOK AT AN ANALYSIS AND WHAT IS THE COST BENEFIT, NOT ONLY IN DOLLARS BUT ALSO ON OUR CAPACITY OF REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT AND GOING A LITTLE MORE GREEN.
>> IF I CAN PARAPHRASE YOU PART OF WHAT I AM HEARING YOU SAY DR. FIERRO IS IF WE HAVE TWICE AS MANY SOLAR PANELS CAN WE BE TWICE AS OFFSET IN TERMS OF OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION?
>> IF WE GO TO 54 TWO 108 PERCENT?
IF WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL COST RATHER THAN SAVING 12 MILLION WE END UP SAVING 10, I WOULD SAY OVER A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS BEING ABLE TO OFFSET OUR CARBON FOOT PRINT BY A LARGER MARGIN WILL COMPENSATE FOR NOT SAVING 2 MILLION OVER 20 YEARS.
>> OBVIOUSLY THE MORE PANELS YOU PUT ON THE MORE POTENTIAL SAVINGS GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE PANELS ARE SELF-EFFACING BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT THAT COULD OBVIOUSLY NOT PROVIDE AS MUCH SUNLIGHT POWER AS IF THEY WERE SOUTH FACING.
I AM SURE THAT I COULD WORK WITH NATE AND THE CREW ON MAY BE - NATE ARE YOU UP FOR ANOTHER SITE VISIT? TO WALK THE AREA AND SEE IF WE CAN EXPLORE OTHER AREAS TO ADD ONTO THIS AND SEE WHAT MAKES SENSE?
>> MORE THAN HAPPY TO WALK WITH WHOEVER WOULD LIKE AND WE CAN DO THE WHOLE THING AND DO SOME FUN ANALYSIS.
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>> MAKE IT TO SOLAR PROJECTS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.
>> NATE, IF YOU WANT TO FLIP TO THE LAST THING.
THIS IS WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.
WE ARE STILL RIGHT NOW REVIEWING CONTRACTS AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH LEGAL ON BOTH SIDES OF OUR HOUSE AND WE HAVE ALREADY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THAT AND WE MADE SOME PRETTY GOOD PROGRESS AND WE DON'T SEE ANY MAJOR HURDLES ON THAT.
AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY AS WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO CONTRACTS OBVIOUSLY WE WILL TRY TO EVALUATE ANY POTENTIAL ADDITIONS RELATIVELY QUICK BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL PLAY A FACTOR IN THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS.
THE NEXT STEP AFTER THAT ONCE WE ARE FINALIZING CONTRACTS IS BRINGING A CONTRACT FOR APPROVAL TO THE BOARD RELATIVELY SOON.
I THINK - NATE, CORRECT ME THINK WE ARE IN THE MONTH OF MARCH SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT WE ARE SHOOTING FOR EITHER MARCH OR APRIL FOR THE BOARD DATE FOR APPROVAL?
WE HAVE BEEN ORIGINALLY TARGETING THE NINTH OF MARCH BUT WE CAN DO SOME EXTRA ANALYSIS AND LOOK AT SOME FRONT LOCATIONS AND THAT SHOULD PUSH US OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK LATER IN MARCH THAN GREAT.
OTHERWISE WE CAN KEEP EVERYONE ABREAST OF THE PROGRESS AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE ALL OF THIS FEEDBACK, PUT TOGETHER AN UPDATED ANALYSIS.
COME BACK AND SHOW THAT UPDATED ANALYSIS AND HOPEFULLY GO FOR FINAL APPROVAL TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACTS AND ACTUALIZE A SAVINGS EARLIER AND OFFSETTING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT EARLIER.
BECAUSE, AS FELIPE A HAD MENTIONED, WE WANT TO GET AROUND THAT LENGTHY SCE INTERCONNECTION CLAUSE.
THE FASTER WE CAN GET GOING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THE SOONER WE CAN CAPTURE SAVINGS AND CAPTURE THE OFFSET.
>> IT DOES RAISE AN INTERESTING POINT AND JUMPING AROUND FROM DR. FIERRO! OF A POTENTIAL SECOND COMPONENT OF SOLAR.
IF WE WERE TO DO THAT IS IT ADVANTAGEOUS TO COMBINE IT WITH THIS PROJECT OR LET THE TWO RUN SEPARATELY?
>> THAT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
BEFORE - IT IS HARD TO ANSWER THAT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THAT PHASE II SYSTEM WOULD LOOK LIKE.
IF IT IS REALLY SMALL THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE CURRENT DESIGN.
IF IT IS OF SIGNIFICANT SIZE THEN IT CAN MOVE ON ITS OWN.
HOWEVER, IF WE WERE TO BIFURCATE THE TWO SYSTEMS WHAT WE WOULD BE UP AGAINST IS A NEW NET ENERGY METERING FRAMEWORK FOR THAT SECOND SYSTEM.
IF WE DRAG OUR FEET AND WE DON'T SUBMIT INTERCONNECTION APPLICATIONS FOR THAT SECOND SYSTEM THE FIRST SYSTEM IS ALREADY IN.
IT HAS SECURED EXISTING NET ENERGY 2.0 RULES.
DRAG OUR FEET INTO A PHASE II THAT SYSTEM WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THEN A NET ENERGY THREE .
WE CAN GET THAT SYSTEM INTERCONNECTED AND PERMITTED AND CONTRACTED.
THE SAVINGS WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THE SYSTEM WE ARE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING ONLY BECAUSE THE NET ENERGY METERING DIFFERENCE AND I WOULD IDENTIFY THAT AS THE PRIMARY RISK OF BIFURCATING THOSE TWO RATHER THAN COMBINING THEM INTO ONE.
>> ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL COME BACK AND TRY FOR ANOTHER UPDATE AND ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE FIND AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.
>> ITEM 2.04 IS THE INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION ON OUR COVID-19 CAMPUS
[2.04 Institutional Presentation: COVID-19 Campus Safety Protocols Update]
SAFETY PROTOCOLS.>> THANK YOU BOARD PRESIDENT BIRKEY.
AS WE ARE PROBABLY AWARE THE MASK MANDATE AT THE STATE LEVEL EXPIRED YESTERDAY.
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TODAY IS THE OFFICIAL FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE MASK MANDATE STATE-LEVEL.NOW, PLEASE DO REMEMBER THAT LA COUNTY STILL HAS A MASK MANDATE AND WE DO, TOO.
SO EVEN IF LA COUNTY WAS GOING TO LIFT THE MANDATE HOURS IS STILL CURRENT.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT OUR MANDATE IS STILL CURRENT ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE SPRING SEMESTER.
AND, THE MANDATE FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING.
WE DID HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL CONTINUE TO BE IMPLEMENTED ON CAMPUS.
AS YOU KNOW SOCIAL DISTANCING WAS LIFTED FROM THE COUNTY FROM THE LATE SPRING LAST YEAR AND SO THIS SPRING WILL BE A YEAR PASS THE TIME WERE SOCIAL DISTANCING WAS LIFTED.
WE ARE OBVIOUSLY CONSIDERING SOME CHANGES AS WE MOVE FORWARD BUT THESE CHANGES WILL NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL THE SUMMER SEMESTER AND FALL SEMESTER.
FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER AS YOU WOULD RECALL, WE COMMITTED TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE IMPLEMENTED FOR FALL 2021.
TESTING ON CAMPUS IS READY HERE.
I THINK THE CSEA PRESIDENT MS. LOPEZ TESTED LAST WEEK AND SO DID I.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE PARTNERS BUILDING WHERE WE HAVE MORE TESTING PARTNERS AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
I GOT THERE, I HAD MY REGISTRATION AND THERE WAS A GLITCH WITH MY REGISTRATION BUT THEY DID NOT SEND ME AWAY, THEY CORRECTED IT RIGHT THEN AND THEY TESTED ME AND MY RESULT SHOWED UP LESS THAN WHAT HE FOUR HOURS LATER.
WE ARE HOPING TO CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE IF YOU NEED TO BE TESTED, REGISTERED YOU CAN JUST COME IN.
WE ALSO OPENED THE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE SO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY COULD COME TO THE CAMPUS AND GET FREE TESTING.
WE WILL HELP THEM WITH REGISTRATION PROCESS.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TEST FOR FREE AT OUR CAMPUS.
STARTING FEBRUARY 2021 FOUR LOGIC H HQ WILL CHANGE.
WHEN YOU CHECK-IN TODAY YOU SEE VERY CLEARING YOU TO COME TO CAMPUS AS LONG AS YOU HAVE UPLOADED YOUR APPROVAL VACCINATION.
BY FEBRUARY 21ST THE LOGICAL CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM WILL RESPOND TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE BOOSTER LEGIBLE OR IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED YOUR BOOSTER SHOT.
IF YOU SUBMITTED YOUR BOOSTER SHOT YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT CONTINUE TO REGISTER DAILY TO COME INTO WORK AS YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IF YOU HAVE NOT SUBMITTED YOUR BOOSTER SHOT AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET VACCINATED GO AHEAD AND GET VACCINATED.
UPLOAD YOUR CARD AND YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO AFTER FOR SIX MONTHS.
>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED BUT YOU DO NOT WISH TO GET A BOOSTER SHOT YOU WOULD HAVE TO TEST WEEKLY.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO TEST ONCE A WEEK.
THIS WILL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 21ST.
THIS IS PART OF THE GUIDELINE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.
>> THIS IS PART OF THE GUIDELINE FROM THE LA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR HIGHER INSTITUTIONS.
IF YOU ARE ROOSTER ELIGIBLE OR CHOOSE NOT TO GET A BOOSTER YOU WILL HAVE TO TEST WEEKLY AND THIS APPLIES TO ALL OF US.
SO, WE HAVE CURRENTLY 865 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE UPLOADED THEIR VACCINATION CARDS WITH BOOSTERS.
AND WE HAVE 797 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BOOSTER BUT HAVE NOT UPLOADED
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VACCINATION CARDS.SO, IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN TO UPLOAD YOUR VACCINATION CARD PLEASE DO SO BEFORE FEBRUARY 21ST OTHERWISE WHEN YOU CHECK-IN ON THE SYSTEM AFTER FEBRUARY 21ST YOU WILL BE GIVEN A RED BADGE AND THAT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE TO GO TEST AND TEST NEGATIVE IN ORDER TO ENTER CAMPUS.
STUDENTS- WE HAVE 2129 STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED VACCINATION CARDS WITH SISTERS.
WE HAVE 2022 STUDENTS WHO ARE BOOSTER ELIGIBLE AND HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THEIR CARD OR HAVE NOT GOTTEN BOOSTER.
THAT MEANS THAT 2022 STUDENTS IN ADDITION TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE EXEMPTIONS FOR VACCINATION WILL ALSO HAVE TO TEST WEEK TO COME TO CAMPUS.
WE HAVE 818 STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED VACCINATION CARDS.
BUT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR BOOSTER JET.
SO, THE NUMBER OF BOOSTER ELIGIBLE WILL INCREASE DAILY AS THEY BECOME DUE FOR BOOSTERS.
I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE ARE NOT MANDATING BOOSTER VACCINES AND YOU ARE CONSIDERED FULLY VACCINATED WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND DOSE OF EITHER PFIZER AND MODERNA OR WITH THE FIRST DOSE OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON.
YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A BOOSTER VACCINE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE AND YOU CHOOSE NOT TO GET IT YOU WILL HAVE TO TEST WEEKLY.
THE CASES OF COVID-19 CONTINUE TO DECLINE AND HAD TO DECLINED 50 PERCENT SINCE THE NUMBERS I REPORTED LAST WEEK.
AND MONDAY WE REPORTED 25 CASES TO STAY UNDER 2500 CASES AROUND 3300 FOR AN AVERAGE OF 2600 CASES.
PLEASE DO REMEMBER THAT WE WERE IN THE 4000 AND 5000 LAST WEEK SO THEY CONTINUE TO DECLINE WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A REALLY GOOD INDICATION THAT ARE SETTLING DOWN AT LEAST FOR NOW.
IN THE LAST PART OF THE UPDATE WE WILL BE COMING BACK ON MARCH SEVENTH.
PLEASE PLAN TO BE HERE MARCH SEVENTH AND THE SCHEDULES THAT WERE SUBMITTED AT THE END OF THE FALL SEMESTER FOR AVAILABILITY ON SPRING SEMESTER WILL BE AFFECT MARCH SEVENTH.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
>> THE LA COUNTY GUIDELINES ARE THEY SIMPLY GUIDELINES OR ARE THEY MANDATED THAT WE FOLLOW THEM UNDER ANY PARTICULAR STATUTE?
>> THEY ARE CONSIDERED A HEALTH ORDER? BECAUSE THIS IS CONTINUING TO PUT SO MANY BARRIERS FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT IF THEY CAN'T GET THE BOOSTER SHOT IF THEY HAVE NOT EVEN GOTTEN THE VACCINATION ARE THEY GOING TO BE FORCED TO GO ONLINE FOR THEIR CLASSES AS WE HAD SEEN LAST WEEK? KEEP POUNDING THE DRUM.
THEY ARE 20 PERCENT LESS LIKELY TO SUCCEED IN CLASS IN AN ONLINE CLASS.
THE FACT THAT SO MANY CARRIERS ARE BEING PUT UP FOR STUDENTS FOR A VACCINATION PASSPORT TO HAVING TO TEST WEEKLY EVEN IF THEY ALREADY GOT A VACCINATION THE COVID CASES HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY GONE DOWN AND THE GENERAL STUDENT POPULATION THE AVERAGE AGE OF STUDENTS ON CAMPUS ANYWAY ARE AT A MUCH LOWER RISK THAN OTHERS.
SO, UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CHANGE AT THIS POINT BUT WHAT WE COULD DO AND WHAT WE COULD CONSIDER IS AT THE EARLIEST TIME THAT WE DO NOT CONTINUE ON LAST MANDATES, OUR OWN RESTRICTIONS SO THAT AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY WHEN LA COUNTY DECIDED AND FOLLOW THE OTHER COUNTIES, THE OTHER STATE EVEN, TOO, AND LIFTING THESE RESTRICTIONS AND BARRIER THEN WE CAN DO THE SAME THING FOR THE STUDENTS AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY CAN NO LONGER HAVE OUR OWN MANDATES AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS WHEN THE
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COUNTY DOES IMPACT TO SO.WE CAN SWITCH WE MOVE FORWARD.
IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING TO SEE MORE BARRIERS FOR OUR STUDENTS WHICH IS WHY WE REALLY NEED TO RECONSIDER OUR MASTER PLAN SO WE HAVE THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE STUDENTS.
BECAUSE AT THIS RATE WE SEE THEY ARE 25 PERCENT LESS LIKELY TO SUCCEED IF THEY ARE ONLINE.
NEED TO TURN THAT AROUND EITHER ONLINE OR BRING IT TO THE CLASS AND HAVE MUCH MORE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE STUDENT IN THE DISTRICT.
>> WE EXPECT THE LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE NEW GUIDELINES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW LIKELY IT WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM TESTING BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT THEY WILL BEGIN MAKING A TRANSITION FROM PANDEMIC TO ENDEMIC SINCE WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE DECLINE YET FROM THE GOVERNOR TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
ALSO THE POSITIVITY RATE IN LA COUNTY IS HIGHER THAN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON THAT THEY HAVE MAINTAINED THEIR INTERNAL MASK MANDATE.
NOW, THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION GUIDELINES OPERATE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE COUNTY GUIDELINES.
THEY ARE BOTH ISSUED BY THE SAME BODY BUT SOMETIMES THE HIGHER EDUCATION GUIDELINES TEND TO BE A LITTLE MORE STRICT THAN THE ONES FOR THE COUNTY AT LARGE.
PARTIAL REASONS FOR THAT IS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT ON REPORTING PAIRED FOR INSTANCE, A CONCERT VENUE.
THEY SIMPLY ALLOW PEOPLE IN AND OUT AND THEY GO WHERE THEY GO AND THEY DO THE REPORTING WHEREVER THEY END UP GOING LAST IT COULD BE ALSO WE END UP DOING THAT TRACKING AND THEREFORE WE HAVE MECHANISMS TO BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO THE COUNTY BASED ON THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
DR. FIERRO, CAN YOU PLEASE REMIND ME RECAP THE LAST MEETING ABOUT THE CHOICES THAT THE STUDENTS ARE MAKING IN REGARDS FOR THE SELECTION PROCESS.
I ALSO SEEM TO MEMBER THAT THEY ARE CHOOSING MORE TO TAKE REMOTE CLASSES OR HYBRID CLASSES VERSES IN PERSON.
AGAIN, CAN YOU REMIND ME OF THAT DATA?
THAT IS THE BALANCE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIND.
SO THE STUDENTS RIGHT NOW ARE SEEING HIGHER PERFORMANCE LEVELS ON FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES PAIRED WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES IS THE LOWER THAN THOSE WHO DID NOT TAKE CLASSES.
WE DID MAKE A SIGNIFICANT MOVE TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS ON CAMPUS BUT WE HAVE LAST-MINUTE SWITCHING TO SECTIONS BECAUSE STUDENTS WERE HOLDING TO ENROLL ON THE FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES, WAITING IN LINE FOR ONLINE CLASSES.
IN ORDER TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STUDENTS WE HAD TO SWITCH SEVERAL CLASSES TO SHORTER SECTIONS ONLINE IN THE SAME LENGTH OF SECTIONAL LINES SO THEY SEEM TO BE PREFERRING ONLINE CLASSES MORE AT THIS POINT THEN ON CAMPUS CLASSES WHICH WAS PART OF THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE LAST TIME AROUND.
WE NEED TO INVEST A LITTLE WITH MORE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ONLINE PROGRAM.
I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
OUR FACULTY HAS IMPROVED SEVERAL POINTS ON ONLINE PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO THE NUMBERS WE USED TO SEE WITH THE PANDEMIC BUT THE GAP IN THE PROGRAM STILL EXISTS.
IF THE STUDENTS CONTINUE TO PREFER ONLINE MODALITY IT'S IMPORTANT TO US TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT ON INFRASTRUCTURES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF FACULTY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENT IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FREQUENCY IS SO I WILL LET YOU TELL US WHAT'S BEST BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A REGULAR WRITTEN
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REPORT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIMES I FORGET THE INFORMATION YOU TOLD US VERBALLY.I NEED A WRITTEN REPORT ON ENROLLMENT AND NOT JUST IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER WHICH YOU DID ELABORATE ON A LITTLE BIT BUT WHAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER? WE ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCED A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROP THEIR CLASSES AS WELL.
MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU CAN LAY OUT WHAT YOU THINK WOULD BE THE PLAN TO READ THE REWARD ON REGULAR BASIS.
THE OTHER REASON I ASK THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S ALL TIED TO THE BUDGET.
THE INFLUX OF BUDGET SERVICE HAS REALLY STABILIZED A LOT OF COMMUNITY CAMPUSES ACROSS THE STATE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ONE-TIME FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ENDING.
ENROLLMENT IS VERY KEY TO HOW WE FUND OUR COLLEGE, HOW WE PAY OUR SALARIES AND PAY FOR OUR BENEFIT.
AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE MORE AWARE OF ESPECIALLY AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE BUDGET.
I WILL BRING SOMETHING UP NEXT TIME AROUND AND IN THE MEANTIME I WILL ADD ON THE FIRST PART OF MY REPORT THAT I MAILTO THE BOARD 'S SECTION ON ENROLLMENT.
I DO HAVE ALREADY THE ENROLLMENT THAT WE MONITOR WEEKLY AND I CAN PUT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION RIGHT AWAY SO YOU CAN SEE.
THE MY SECOND QUESTION IS IF YOU COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE ON THE LATEST BUDGET EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAD DURING THE COVID PROTOCOL.
I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT AS WELL, TOO.
I WILL NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP FROM VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS GETTING SUPPLIES FOR NEXT YEAR.
NOT ONLY DISINFECT VINCE BUT MASKS.
WE ARE TRYING TO PLAY SEVERAL ORDERS OF MASKS PARTICULARLY THE AND 95 WHICH ARE LITTLE HARDER TO FIND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE VENDORS SO REPLACE THOSE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
THE NEXT PART WE HAVE INVESTED ON IS ON SANITATION EQUIPMENT.
SO THE GROUND TEAM HAS GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT TRAINING IN WHICH THEY LEARNED HOW TO USE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE PURCHASED AND SOME OF THE MICROBIAL SPRAYS THAT WE WERE USING.
SOMETIMES YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU SEE IT ON THE TABLE THERE ARE SOME DRIED DROPLETS ON THE TABLE AND WE ARE USING THE STATE-OF-THE-ART ANTI- MICROBIAL WHICH IS BIODEGRADABLE NOT HARMFUL FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND AT LAST 24 HOURS PER APPLICATION.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S BEING USED ON AIRPLANES.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLY FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
THE REASON WE ARE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THIS IS EXPIRING ON MAY 11.
ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE NOT WILL TO THOSE ACCOUNTS WILL GO AWAY.
IF THAT MONEY GOES AWAY OBVIOUSLY WE WILL HAVE TO ABSORB MANY EXPENSES THAT WE ARE INCURRING.
NOT JUST TO DIRECT COVID PROTOCOLS BUT TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTION THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS DUE TO COVID.
I WILL LET VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS AND FIGURES.
I KNOW I'M GOING TO MISS A LOT AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION IN A FUTURE MEETING.
MOST OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN CURRENTLY USING THE DOLLARS FOR IS OBVIOUSLY AS DR. FIERRO SAID THOSE OF THE THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON WITH THE MASK MANDATES THE HIGHER GRADE WE WERE ACTIVELY PURCHASING THOSE.
AND THEN ESPECIALLY AS WE START INCREASING PARTICIPANTS ON THE CAMPUS, SOME TYPICAL STUFF THAT WE USE ALL THE TIME ALL THE SYSTEM WE USE, OPTIMUM HQ
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HOW WE CHECK-IN BOTH OF THOSE FROM THE HR SIDE AND STUDENT SERVICES SIDE ARE ALL FUNDED THROUGH THAT.THE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT WE DID IN THE STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES, ALL THE KIOSK STATIONS IN THE MANPOWER WE INCLUDED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE CONTRACT TRACING AND COMPLIANCE RELATED TO COVID THOSE ARE ALL FUNDED BY THOSE DOLLARS.
YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER TYPICAL EXPENSES WE HAVE DONE IS OFFSET LOST REVENUE.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT CHARGING FOR PARKING.
THESE FUNDS ARE ALSO OFFSETTING THOSE LOST DOLLARS.
ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL PAY THAT WE HAVE TO DO FOR ANY EMPLOYEES RELATED TO COVID THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED FOR THAT.
SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES COULD BE THE HYBRID PAY.
ANYTHING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIRECT EFFECT RELATED TO COVID WE ARE UTILIZING.
USE A LOT OF SOFTWARE FOR WHAT THEY CALL VIRTUAL LABS AND PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE ALL BEING ENDED THROUGH COVID.
ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY, ALL THE SOFT PHONE HAVE AT HOME IN ORDER INDICATE LIKE THEY WERE IN THE, ALL THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE DOLLARS.
LAPTOPS, STUDENTS, WI-FI PAIRED WE MADE ANOTHER ORDER THIS WEEK 200 WE ROUGHLY ORDERED I THINK THE ESTIMATE WAS $200,000 FOR LAPTOPS FOR STUDENTS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER FOR THEM.
THE PURCHASE FOR THE LOCKERS IN THE LIBRARY TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO CHECK OUT BOOKS WAS FUNDED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.
I CAN GO ON AND ON IF I CAN THINK FAST ENOUGH ON THE BUT THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLE OF THINGS THAT WE UTILIZED IN THE FUNDS AND AGAIN AS LONG AS IT IS DIRECTLY TIED TO A RESPONSE RELATED TO COVID WE ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE OF COVID WE ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT.
DR. FIERRO MENTIONED THAT UNFORTUNATELY THIS PROGRAM INS ON MAY 11.
I AM WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEAD RIGHT NOW ON A POTENTIAL EXTENSION AND I WOULD SAY POTENTIAL LIGHTLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT GIVING THEM AWAY ON THAT.
I AM NOT ANTICIPATING GETTING APPROVAL BUT WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO SEE IF WE CAN GET IT EXTENDED IF POSSIBLE.
THE LONGEST WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EXTEND IT IS ANOTHER 12 MONTHS.
WE ALSO GAVE PART OF THE INSTITUTIONAL PEACE WE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL AID TO OUR STUDENTS AND I KNOW WE GAVE ROUGHLY 5 TO $7 MILLION THAT WERE RELATED TO THE INSTITUTION OVER TO OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM.
WE ALSO OFFSET STUDENT DEBT THAT WAS ON THE BOOKS THAT PREVENTED STUDENTS FROM COMING TO CAMPUS.
THAT WAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS I DON'T KNOW THE FIGURE ROUGHLY 2 MILLION OR SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RELIEVE STUDENTS THAT HAD HOLES ON THEIR ACCOUNT ALLOWED THEM THE ABILITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE CAMPUS BECAUSE OF THE DOLLARS.
WE ARE BEING AS CREATIVE AS POSSIBLE TO COME UP WITH IDEAS, TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES ON USES OF THESE DOLLARS TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO COME IN AND REGISTER AND TAKE CLASSES ON AND TRY TO ELIMINATE AS MANY ROADBLOCKS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN ON THAT.
GIVEN THE SITUATION WE ARE DOING ALL WE CAN ON THE.
>> IT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK IN THEIR SONY PEOPLE ON THAT.
PIGGYBACKING ON THE POINT MADE BY TRUSTEE PEREZ WE ARE ALSO INVESTING IN OUTREACH AND ADVERTISING.
REALLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAKE UP FOR OUR ENROLLMENT LOSSES DUE TO COVID MAY BE A STRUCTURAL ADVANTAGE FOR US IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
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I KNOW THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL DECISIONS ON PURCHASES TO THAT END.>> WHEN IT COMES TO EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES YES THE TIME IS RUNNING OUT BECAUSE OF SUCH A LONG LEAD TIME ON THE BIGGEST ITEMS. WHAT WE HAVE IN THE QUEUE NOW WE HOPE WE CAN GET BY ME BECAUSE OF THE CAN'T GET IT BY MAY AND WE DON'T GET AN EXTENSION WE EITHER HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE TO CANCEL THE ORDER OR USE DISTRICT RESOURCES ON THAT BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THE DOLLARS.
>> EVEN IF WE PURCHASED IT AND IT DOESN'T ARRIVE ON CAMPUS - >> FROM A COUNTY STANDPOINT BUT GOODS OF SERVICES IS DEEMED WHEN WE RECEIVE UNLESS WE ORDERED IT AND HAVE SPECIAL GUIDELINES FOR ALLOWANCES AND OBVIOUSLY WE WILL REACH OUT TO OUR ANALYSTS THAT'S ASSIGNED TO EACH OF THESE GROUPS AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT AS AN ENCUMBRANCE VERSUS THE ACTUAL GOODS OR SERVICES BECAUSE FOR US WE REPORT EXPENDITURES SO EVEN THOUGH IT IS ENCUMBERED IT DOESN'T HIT OUR GENERAL LEDGER UNTIL THE GOODS OF SERVICES IS RECEIVED OR RENDERED.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REPORT THE EXPENSE AT THAT TIMELINE.
IF IT IS ENCUMBERED AND WE HAVE A PURCHASE ORDER OR AGREEMENT AND IT HASN'T GOTTEN HERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO GET AUTHORIZATION ON THAT AND TYPICALLY THAT IS NOT HOW IT WOULD GO.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO GRANT US THE ABILITY TO DO THAT IF THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THEM.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL PIECES TO UPDATE? THANK YOU VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ.
WE MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS.
[3. Consent Items]
WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE CONSENT ITEMS THIS EVENING? ALL RIGHT PAIRED WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL?>> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 3.01 AND 3.04.
THEREFORE A HERE WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS 3.01 AND 3.14 IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT.
>> TRUSTEE DR. SANDRA SALAZAR?
[3.01 Faculty Stipends for Distance Education Teaching Requirements]
>> ACTUALLY THIS ITEM IS RELATED TO THE EDUCATION STIPEND AND DOCTOR FIERRO BROUGHT THAT UP EARLIER ANYTHING IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE RELOOK AT THIS AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE BEGINNING OF COVID THAT WE KNEW WE WERE MAKING THIS TRANSITION VERY QUICKLY TO ONLINE EDUCATION AND THAT WE WANTED TO SUPPORT OUR FACULTY MEMBERS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO WE DEDICATED FUNDING FOR TRAINING ONGOING TRAINING TO REALLY UPGRADE THE SKILLS AND TO HELP OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED.
I THINK WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT ONLINE, VIRTUAL, HYBRID EDUCATION IS HERE TO STAY.
I WANTED TO SEE IF DOCTOR FIERRO AND IF VICE PRESIDENT MARANDA COULD COME BACK BUT WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP: WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO CHOOSE VIRTUAL HYBRID CLASSES THAT THEY ARE STILL GETTING THE SAME QUALITY EDUCATION THAT THEY GET HERE WHEN THEY MEET WITH THEIR FACULTY MEMBERS IN PERSON AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ALL THE FACULTY AND STAFF MEMBERS THAT INTERACT IN THIS VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT COME BACK TO US.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW BUT WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP BECAUSE THERE HAS TO BE CONTINUED WORK ON THIS AND IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION WORLD BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE IS FACING NOT JUST COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN CALIFORNIA OR CAL STATE UC, IT EVERYWHERE.
WERE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL IDEAS.
>> THINK YOU FOR THE QUESTION IT IS INDEED VERY IMPORTANT AND OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THESE HQ THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO BRING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORK WITH PARTNERS THAT IS
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CALLED A Q AND WHAT THEY DO IS ESSENTIALLY THEY DEVELOP PROGRAMS ONLINE PROGRAMS IN WHICH FACULTY MEMBERS BECOME STUDENTS OF THE PROGRAMS AND THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IN THE WAY THAT THE MASTER MODEL EXEMPLARY CLASS ONLINE SHOULD BE TAUGHT AND AT THE SAME TIME THE ASSIGNMENT FOR THE FACULTY THAT ENROLL IN THE PROGRAMS ARE ENROLLING WITH EXPECTATIONS.WE HAVE HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS WITH A NUMBER OF FACULTY INTERESTED TO BE ON CAMPUS AND IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE MOVING TO DO OUR FIRST PILOT.
>> AS DOCTOR FIERRO MENTIONED A Q IS ONE AVENUE WE ARE PURSUING.
WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE CTX THE CENTER FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE FACULTY CAN SEE WHERE WE HAVE A ONE-STOP PLACE WHERE IT'S ALWAYS DONE AND WE ALSO IN WOODED THE CHAIR OF THE DIGITAL LEARNING COMMITTEE HERE THE DIGITAL LEARNING COMMITTEE IS VITAL.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY DEVELOPING TRAINING NECESSARY FOR THE ONLINE CERTIFICATION BUT ALSO FOR THE ONGOING CERTIFICATION MOVING FORWARD.
IT IS A SUGGESTION THAT THE FACULTY RENEW THEIR CERTIFICATION FOR >> AMOUNT OF YEARS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THEY WILL BRING BACK AS A SUBCOMMITTEE AND SENATE.
THAT COMMITTEE HAS ALSO BEEN INTRODUCED TO A Q.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE HAD SOME MATH FACULTY WAS INTERESTED IN A Q AS WELL SO WERE GOING TO LOOK AT HOW WE SUPPORT THAT.
NOW, A Q DOES HAVE THE COST ASSOCIATED THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH BUDGETS MOVING FORWARD.
THERE IS UNIT PLANTINGS, DIVISION AND AREA PLANS SO WE WILL SEE HOW WE CAN DO THIS BUT IT WON'T BE DONE IN A VACUUM MEANING IT WON'T BE DONE BY SOMETHING THAT IS JUST SOLELY IN MY OFFICE.
I'LL MEET WITH THE SENATE PRESIDENT TO UPDATE HIM ON THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE WITH CTX ALREADY AND SEE IF WE COULD HAVE A SURVEY TO ASK FACULTY WHAT THEY NEED AND THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET MOVING FORWARD.
>> WE WILL ALSO BRING YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT OUR MARCH MEETING WITH WHAT ARE WE DOING AND FROM THERE WE WILL GIVE YOU A DATE FROM WHICH WE WILL HAVE A ROADMAP GOING FORWARD.
>> AND TRUSTEE DR. SANDRA SALAZAR.
>> MOVING TO ITEM 3.14 TRUSTEE PEREZ?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ COULD RECAP HERE THIS WAS THE
[3.14 Amendment No. 5 to the Agreement for Program and Construction Management Services with Tilden-Coil Constructors, Inc.]
EXTENSION? I THINK IT WAS IN ENDING MARCH OF 2022 AND WE WERE TRYING TO EXTEND IT TO THE END OF DECEMBER?SO, WE ARE REQUESTING TO EXTEND IT TO THE END OF THIS YEAR AND THE REASON WHY WE ARE MAKING THAT REQUEST IS ORIGINALLY WHEN WE SET THAT UP THIS WAS ON THE PROGRAM SIDE EITHER WAY.
WE ANTICIPATED A LOT OF THINGS BEING ALREADY DONE AND SO RIGHT NOW ON THE PROGRAM SIDE THEY DO HEAVY MANAGEMENT OF THE DESIGN WITH OUR INSPECTOR OF RECORDS PRECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT AND ALSO THEY ARE THE KEY PLAYER IN MANAGING THE CONTRACT 'S FORMER PREQUALIFICATION PROCESS ON THAT AND ALSO COORDINATION WITH THE DESIGN TEAMS. WE STILL HAVE TWO PROJECTS IN THAT PROCESS.
THIS IS THE LEAD ON EATING THE PROJECT THROUGH THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AND DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ON THAT AND ENSURING THAT WE OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT THAT THEY TAKE THE LEAD BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE CONTRACTED TO DO.
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THEY ALSO, THE PROGRAM STILL MANAGES THE PROGRAM BUDGET PROJECTIONS AND TRACKING OF THE DOLLARS AND WE STILL HAVE ROUGHLY $75 MILLION LEFT OF THE BONDS.WE ARE AT THE VERY TAIL END OF THAT.
WE BELIEVE THE PROGRAM SIDE WILL INTO SHORTLY ONCE WE ARE IN CONSTRUCTION MODE AND IDEALLY IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL OF GETTING ANOTHER BOND THERE IS AN INTENSE FOR US TO GO OUT AND DO AN RFP FOR THE PROCESS IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO DO THAT.
AND IF THAT'S STILL THE GOAL THAT'S THE PLAN.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET US FROM POINT A TO POINT D TO GET US THROUGH THE END OF THIS WE ARE AT THE VERY TAIL END OF OUR BOND DOLLARS FOR MEASURE G AND WERE TRYING TO WRAP THAT OUT.
WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE FURTHER ALONG WHEN GIVEN THE FIRST THREE MONTH EXTENSION BUT GIVEN THE PLANS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE THEY ARE STILL MANAGING AND DOING THE RFP PROCESS FOR THE SOILS WORK THAT WE ARE DOING OUT HERE AND THEY ARE STILL MANAGING THE DEMO OF THE BOOKSTORE AND ACTIVITIES AND ALL OF THE SWING SPACE RIGHT NOW.
THERE STILL A TON OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THIS IS GOING TO PUSH US ALL THE WAY INTO THE FALL ON THAT.
AND SO, THE HOPES ARE THAT I DON'T LIKE TAKING AN AMENDMENT AFTER AMENDMENT OVER BUT WE ARE AT THE TAIL END AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS WILL GET US TO THE END AND IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL ON A POTENTIAL BOND AS WE ARE LEADING UP TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND WE ARE PRETTY CONFIDENT WE CAN BEGIN THE RFP PROCESS AT THE TAIL END OF THIS YEAR.
SO IF ONE IS SUCCESSFUL WE CAN BE ALREADY MAKING HEADWAYS ON POTENTIAL INTERVIEWING AND MAKING SELECTIONS FOR A POTENTIAL NEW CM OR PM ON OUR CAMPUS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH I WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
>> THANK YOU DO I HAVE A SECOND?
>> TRUSTEE AVALOS? BOARD PRESIDENT BIRKEY? TRUSTEE LEWIS? VP DR. SHIN LIU? TRUSTEE PACHECO? TRUSTEE PEREZ? TRUSTEE DR. SANDRA SALAZAR? I WILL GO BACK TO TRUSTEE PACHECO? THE MOTION PASSES.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
LIVING TO INFORMATION ITEMS 4.01 THE COLLEGE COORDINATING COMMITTEE
[4.01 College Coordinating Committee Minutes: December 6, 2021 and January 24, 2022]
MEETINGS FOR DECEMBER SIXTH 2021 AND JANUARY OF 2022.>> TRUSTEE AVALOS? BOARD PRESIDENT BIRKEY? TRUSTEE LEWIS? VP DR. SHIN LIU? TRUSTEE PACHECO? TRUSTEE PEREZ? TRUSTEE DR. SANDRA SALAZAR? TRUSTEE AVALOS? AND TRUSTEE PACHECO? I THINK SHE MIGHT BE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
>> SHE SAID THAT HER COMPUTER IS NOT WORKING SHE'S VOTING YES.
>> EITHER WAY CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH A SIX VOTE?
[4.02 Associated Students Cerritos College (ASCC) Financial Report for the Period Ending December 31, 2021]
ITEM 4.02.RECOMMENDED THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE ASCC FINANCIAL REPORT ENDING IN DECEMBER 31, 2021.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE? THIS IS CARMEN.
>> TRUSTEE AVALOS? BOARD PRESIDENT BIRKEY? TRUSTEE LEWIS? VP DR. SHIN LIU MET TRUSTEE PACHECO? IS ABSENT FROM THE ZOO MEETING AT THIS TIME.
TRUSTEE PEREZ? AND TRUSTEE DR. SANDRA SALAZAR?
[5.01 Non-Resident Tuition Fee and Non-Resident Student Capital Outlay Fee for 2022-2023]
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NON-RESIDENT TUITION FEE AND NON-RESIDENT STUDENT CAPITAL OUTLAY FEE FOR 2022 AND 2023.IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE PER-UNIT NONRESIDENT TUITION OF $282 AND THEN PER-UNIT NONRESIDENT STUDENT CAPITAL OUTLAY FEE OF $38 FOR A TOTAL OF $320 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR INCLUDING THE .
A TOTAL OF THREE AND A $20 REPRESENTS A $10 INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
DR. FIERRO DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT REGARDING THIS ITEM?
EVERY YEAR WE HAVE TO REEVALUATE THE OUT-OF-STATE TUITION AND TRADITIONALLY WE HAVE TAKEN THE AVERAGE WHICH IS USUALLY HIGHER THAN THE PER CREDIT INCREASE THAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE.
THE LAST TWO YEARS WE HAVE CHOSEN TO GO WITH THE LOWEST INCREASE IN THIS YEAR IS NOT AN EXCEPTION.
SO, THEY WILL GIVE US THE ACTUAL FIGURES AND DETAILS WHICH WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS THEY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY INCREASES IF WE DON'T HAVE TO.
EVERY YEAR PART OF OUR PROCESS INCLUDES DOING AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT OUR NEIGHBORING COLLEGE IS DOING ON THEIR END BECAUSE AGAIN WE ARE ALL COMPETITIVE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME REASONABLE ASPECTS ON THAT.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE NONRESIDENT TUITION THAT IS ACTUALLY DONE BASED ON A STRAIGHTFORWARD CALCULATION THAT THE STATE PROVIDES.
WE CAN EITHER UTILIZE WHAT THEY CALL THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE WHICH WE HAVE HISTORICALLY ALWAYS USED EXCEPT LAST YEAR.
WE BEGAN TO USE WILL THEY CALL A DISTRICT OUTREACH.
THE REASON WHY WE MADE THAT CHANGE IS BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY LOWERED THE AMOUNT BY MOVING AWAY FROM THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE.
IF WE CHOSE TO USE THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE THIS YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE MADE A $60 INCREASE TO NONRESIDENT FEES AND AFTER A DISCUSSION WE CHOSE TO STICK WITH THE LOWER DISTRICT AVERAGE ON WHICH WE ARE PROPOSING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
THAT IS ONLY A $10 INCREASE FROM WHAT THE FEE IS CURRENTLY SET AT.
THE OTHER FEE THAT IS ON THERE IS WHAT THEY CALL THE CAPITAL OUTLAY FEE.
THAT IS BASED AGAIN ON THE CALCULATION THAT IT COULD VARY DRAMATICALLY BE BASED ON A DISTRICT.
A DISTRICT THAT HAS A MORE ROBUST CAPITAL OUTLAY PROGRAM OR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER MUCH HIGHER CAPITAL OUTLAY FEE.
OUR CALCULATED OUTLAY FEE IS $88.
AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE PROPOSING $38 AND THAT HASN'T BEEN CHANGED FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THE REASON WE ARE KEEPING IT SLOW OR COMPRESSED IS AGAIN TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.
MOST DISTRICTS CHOOSE A MUCH LOWER RATE ON THAT AND SO WE TRIED TO GET THE RATE OF WHAT NORTH ORANGE IS DOING, WHAT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE IS DOING AND WHAT REAL HONDA IS DOING AND MAKE OUR BEST EFFORT TO BE AS COMPETITIVE RIGHT IN LINE OR IF POSSIBLY BELOW.
THE ONLY INCREASE THAT YOU CAN SEE IS IT IS BASED ON THE CALCULATION THE NONRESIDENT FEE OF $10 IS THE ONLY INCREASE EVERYTHING ELSE IS STAYING THE SAME.
$30 FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY FEE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ENTITLED TO CHARGE UP TO $88 PER UNIT.
WE ARE CHOOSING TO STAY AT A MUCH LOWER RATE TO AGAIN BE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICT OUT THERE.
>> TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? TO APPROVE?
>> TRUSTEE AVALOS? BOARD PRESIDENT BIRKEY? TRUSTEE LEWIS? VP DR. SHIN LIU? TRUSTEE PACHECO? TRUSTEE PEREZ? TRUSTEE DR. SANDRA SALAZAR? AND TRUSTEE AVALOS?
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ITEM 5.02 FORD POLICIES REVIEW CHAPTER 2.
[5.02 Board Policies Review - Chapter 2 (Policies 2310, 2330, 2340, 2350, 2360, 2365, 2410, 2430, and 2431)]
CAN WE HAVE A FEW BRIEF WORDS ON THIS? IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE ARE CHANGING ANYTHING AS REVIEWED.THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU SEE THIS DOCUMENT.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE PRESENTED IT TO YOU AND WE WERE ONLY MAKING A SMALL UPDATE BASED ON THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES BY LEGAL REVIEW AND THIS IS PART OF OUR CONTINUOUS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE REVIEW ALL OF OUR BOARD POLICIES IN ONE CYCLE RATHER THAN REVIEWING THEM THE YEAR BEFORE OF ACCREDITATION.
>>YOU WILL SEE THESE ON THE AGENDA AS WE WORK THROUGH THE CHAPTERS TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO ENSURE WE HAVE COMPLIANCE AHEAD OF TIME.
>> GREAT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?
>> TRUSTEE AVALOS? BOARD PRESIDENT BIRKEY? TRUSTEE LEWIS? VP DR. SHIN LIU? TRUSTEE PACHECO? TRUSTEE PEREZ? TRUSTEE DR. SANDRA SALAZAR? AND TRUSTEE PACHECO? THE MOTION PASSES.
[6. Reports and Comments from District Officials]
WITH THAT WE MOVE TO OUR REPORT AND COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT OFFICIALS.TONIGHT WE WILL START WITH THOSE ONLINE.
WE DON'T HAVE OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE, RIGHT END IN MY CORRECT IN THAT? VP DR. SHIN LIU WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO KICK US OFF IN TERMS OF REPORTS FOR TONIGHT?
>> NO REPORT BUT THINK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> TRUSTEE PACHECO, ARE YOU TECHNICALLY ON BOARD?
I DECIDED TO SWITCH TO MY PHONE.
>> TRUSTEE DR. SANDRA SALAZAR?
>> I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE HAVING THE EARLY COLLEGE PRESENTATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 22ND VIA ZOOM SO ANYONE WHO IS AVAILABLE OR INTERESTED AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS TAKE A LOOK AT THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS WEBSITE WITH ALL THE DETAILS.
I ALSO WANTED TO ASK FOR EVERYONE TO PLEASE TRY TO PRIORITIZE TIME TO MEET WITH THE STATE LEGISLATORS.
I KNOW ANDREA HUSBAND WORKING WITH MAIA AND THE TEAM TO PUT TOGETHER MEETINGS TO ADVOCATE ON OUR PRIORITIES SO PLEASE GET A GOOD DELEGATION TO CARRY THE STUDENT VOICES.
>> THANK YOU BOARD PRESIDENT BIRKEY.
I WANT TO GIVE A BIG THANKS TO THE CITY OF NORWALK THE CITY COUNCIL THE CITY OF CERRITOS CITY COUNCIL.
AND, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NORWALK FOR THE INVITATION TO SHARE WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT OF THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.
IT IS ALWAYS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO GO AND SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND BEFORE THE DIFFERENT CHAMBERS AND SHOWCASE THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING.
THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND ALTHOUGH I GET TO HEAR FIRSTHAND HOW EXCITED THEY ARE THAT WE ARE MAKING SUCH GREAT PROGRESS AT THE COLLEGE AND THE STUDENTS ARE OUR PRIORITY NUMBER 1 I LIKE TO PASS THAT TO EVERYONE ON CAMPUS.
IT DOES TAKE A VILLAGE FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN STUDENT BE SUCCESSFUL.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THEIR SUPPORT BUT EVERY TIME I HAVE GONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO PRESENT IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY WELL RECEIVED SO THANK YOU TO THE FACULTY, TO THE STAFF, TO THE ADMINISTRATORS, CONFIDENTIAL, EVERYONE AT RIOS COLLEGE TO MAKE OUR STUDENTS A PRIORITY AND IT
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IS EVIDENT WHEN I GO AND DO 100 PERCENT OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING SO THAT IS MY UPDATE FOR TODAY.NO UPDATE FOR ME EXCEPT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING NEXT WEEK TO RATIFY OUR DISTRICT MAP.
>> I BELIEVE IT IS WEDNESDAY BUT WE WILL CONFIRM SHORTLY.
>> IT WILL BE NEXT WEEK EITHER WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY.
AND, THAT WILL BE A SINGLE ITEM MEETING HELD VIRTUALLY.
AND, IF ANYONE HAS ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK ON THE MAPS AND DISTRICTING THAT REMAINS WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE ANDREA, WHILE WE HAVE YOU, DO WE HAVE A CONFIRMATION ON WITH DAY OR FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK FOR THE FOLLOW UP MEETING?
>> IT WILL BE EITHER WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT SHORTLY.
DO YOU HAVE A READOUT? ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR OPEN SESSION FOR TONIGHT'S CERRITOS
[7. Closed Session]
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT MEETING.THANK YOU EVERYONE AND
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.