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I WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS SPECIAL BOARD MEETING OF FEBRUARY TWENTY FIVE, TWENTY TWENTY TWO. CAN WE BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
[1.01 Roll Call]
YES, BOARD PRESIDENT JAMES CODY BIRKEY, PRESENT.PRESENT, BOARD CLERK, SANDRA SALAZAR.
TRUSTEE ZURICH LEWIS PRESENT TRUSTEE MARIANA, PACHECO TRUSTEE, MARISA PEREZ AND PRESIDENT SUPERINTENDENT PIERRO COMPLETE, YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW.
YES, THANK YOU. ZURICH, WOULD YOU MIND LEADING US IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ABSOLUTELY. FACE TO FACE OR FACE EAST THAT WE ALREADY BEGIN.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LEWIS I'VE.
NOW WE'LL OPEN UP TO FOUR COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THIS EVENING? NO, WE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT.
SO NOW WE'RE ON TO ITEM TWO POINT ZERO ONE, THE ONLY ITEM FOR A DELIBERATIVE ITEM FOR
[2.01 Consideration of Adoption of Trustee Area Map D]
THIS EVENING, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF A TRUSTEE AREA MAP.THE TRUSTEE AREA MAP CAN BE FOUND AT A LINK THAT'S POSTED ONLINE THAT IS HTTPS COLON BACKSLASH BACKSLASH.
REDISTRICTING PARTNER WP CONTENT UPLOADS BACKSLASH TWENTY TWENTY TWO OH TWO BACKSLASH CERRITOS CD DRAFT PLAN D HTML, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN OUR BOARD AGENDA, AS WELL AS AVAILABLE ON CERRITOS DOT EDU BACKSLASH REDISTRICTING. THE CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IS REDISTRICTING.
REDISTRICTING IS THE PROCESS OF ADJUSTING DISTRICT LINES EVERY 10 YEARS AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE U.S. CENSUS DISTRICTS PROPOSED TRUSTEE AREAS ARE BASED ON THE 20 20 CENSUS DATA.
REDISTRICTING PROCESS WILL ESTABLISH NEW TRUSTEE AREAS BASED ON TRUST BASED ON CRITERIA USED NATIONALLY AND UPHELD BY COURTS.
THE DISTRICTS SHOULD NOT JUMP OR HOP.
THEY FOLLOW CITY COUNTY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LINES.
THEY ARE RELATIVELY EQUAL IN SIZE PEOPLE, NOT CITIZENS.
THEY MAINTAIN COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AND THE DISTRICTS SHOULD BE KEPT COMPACT IN APPEARANCE AND FUNCTION.
PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE HELD AS FOLLOWS JANUARY 12 AT SEVEN P.M., THIS DISTRICT HELD OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT DRAFT MAPS STUDY SESSION UNTIL JANUARY 19. AT SEVEN P.M.
WE HELD OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DRAFT MAPS, AND WE'RE HOLDING A VOTE TONIGHT REGARDING THIS PROPOSED REDISTRICTING AHEAD OF OUR FEBRUARY 20 8TH MANDATED DEADLINE TO ADOPT A UPDATED MAP.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS OR ANYONE ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO OFFER BEFORE THE A MOTION? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES AND TO REDISTRICTING PARTNERS AND EVERYONE AT THE COLLEGE AS WELL FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE A NEW SET OF MAPS THAT TRULY REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH YOU AND ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, I WILL BE INVOLVED AGAIN IN 10 YEARS, EITHER AS A BOARD MEMBER OR AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.
ANYONE ELSE? ANY FINAL QUESTIONS FOR GARCIA? ALL RIGHT. JUST AN ECHO, A TRUSTEE LEWIS, THIS HAS BEEN A BIT OF A PROCESS AS IT SHOULD
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BE, BUT I'M EXCITED THAT WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE MAPS THAT WERE ADOPTED 10 YEARS AGO. AND WITH THAT.WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION FROM TRUSTEE PACHECO, ITS SECOND SECOND FROM DR.
SALAZAR. WE GET A ROLL-CALL VOTE.
THE MOTION PASSES. THANKS AGAIN.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THE MAP THAT HAS BEEN DRAFTED BY REDISTRICTING PARTNERS THAT D..
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR TECHNICAL WORK AND ALL THE BOARD'S WORK IN THIS PROCESS.
HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND WHAT I DON'T NORMALLY GET TO SAY.
GREAT WEEKEND. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.