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BOARD PRESIDENT. SANDRA SALAZAR.
[1.01 Roll Call]
BOARD VICE PRESIDENT. MARIANA PACHECO.TRUSTEE JAMES CODY BIRKEY PRESENT.
TRUSTEE. ZURICH. LEWIS PRESENT.
STUDENT TRUSTEE JACKIE STONE SCOTT AND PRESIDENT.
[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LEWIS.[1.03 Agenda Organization]
AGENDA ORGANIZATION.WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO CHANGE ANY ITEMS OR THE ORDER? NO. NO.
HEARING NONE. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 1.0 FOR COMMENTS FROM THE I THE AUDIENCE.
[1.04 Comments from the Audience]
WE DO HAVE TWO CARDS.THE FIRST ONE IS SAFETY ON CAMPUS LIGHTING AND CAMERAS.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND EVERYONE WHO'S HERE AND LISTENING TO THE SOUND OF MY VOICE HOARSE RIGHT NOW.
BEEN DOING A LOT OF TALKING TODAY, BUT I'M COMING TO YOU GUYS TODAY TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON AROUND CAMPUS IN TERMS OF SAFETY. WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE ACC SENATE ALONGSIDE WITH CABINET AND GOING TOWARDS THE TARGETED AREAS THAT WE HAVE ON CAMPUS, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO STUFF THAT HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT HERE, HAVING TO DO WITH FEELING WELCOME, ACCESSIBILITY, EQUITY AND DIVERSITY AND SAFETY. AND ON THE TOPIC OF SAFETY, RECENTLY, WE'VE BEEN HEARING CONCERNS FROM STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE NOT FEELING SAFE AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE PARKING LOT. ONE THING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO OUR ATTENTION TODAY IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO CAMERAS IN THE PARKING LOTS, WHICH IS VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE THERE'S POSSIBILITIES OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THE PARKING LOTS.
JUST BECAUSE WE ARE AN OPEN CAMPUS, AND WE WANT EVERYONE TO FEEL SAFE WHEN COMING ON CAMPUS, AND IF THESE STUDENTS ARE ALREADY ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES, TO ME, IT'S SOMETHING CONCERNING THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO YOU GUYS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER AS A COLLABORATIVE UNIT, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF MY GOALS AS VP THIS SEMESTER IS TO PROMOTE INNER BRANCH SUPPORT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FACULTY SENATE, AND ALL OF STUDENT GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HERE FOR THE SAME GOAL, WHICH IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE STUDENTS AND EVERYONE WHO COMES TO CERRITOS COLLEGE FEEL SAFE AND WELCOME.
AUDIENCE. THANK YOU, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
SO TO KIND OF EXPAND ON THE POINTS THAT MY COLLEAGUE MR. HERNANDEZ HAD MENTIONED IS THAT STUDENT SAFETY IS A BIG THING, AND TYING TO STUDENT SAFETY GOES INTO HOW STUDENTS FEEL WHEN THEY COME ON A CAMPUS.
AND SO KIND OF TYING INTO EVERYTHING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS WHERE ARE WELL INTO WHERE IS THAT? WHEN THE CHIEF CAME TODAY, A LOT OF THE POINTS THAT HE MADE IN REGARDS TO SAFETY SEEMED A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT.
HE'S KIND OF LIKE, OH, WELL, IT'S NOT A CRIME.
SO YOU DON'T WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK THAT MUCH INTO IT.
IT'S NOT REALLY OUR RESPONSIBILITY. WE'LL JUST START KIND OF ON TO TITLE NINE, YOU KNOW, AND ME AS BEING A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, YOU KNOW, THAT CAME ACROSS AS KIND OF DISMISSIVE TO THE ISSUES. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO THINK LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK INTO IT IF THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN.
IT MAKES US LOOK MYSTERIOUS, BUT AT THE EXPENSE OF STUDENT SAFETY.
WHERE ARE THEIR PRIORITIES? ARE THEIR PRIORITIES LOOKING MYSTERIOUS? AND, YOU KNOW, BEING COOL FOR THEIR COWORKERS OR THEIR MYSTERIOUS IS THEIR PRIORITY KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE.
AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK INTO ISSUES LIKE THAT.
PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS AND THREATENING, YOU KNOW, WORKERS.
AND SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE PARKING LOT WITH NO CAMERAS INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, SO WE DON'T IF WE CAN'T SEE THESE THINGS AND WE DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE HAPPENING, WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THEM.
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AND SO I THINK ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MY COLLEAGUE WAS TALKING ABOUT ARE VERY IMPORTANT, ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, CONTINUOUSLY PRIORITIZING STUDENT SAFETY.AND THEN TYING INTO THAT, ULTIMATELY, IT ALL COMES INTO SERVING STUDENTS FIRST.
AND I KNOW THAT'S A BIG FRAMEWORK THAT WE TALK ABOUT.
THAT'S THE MASTER PLAN IS STUDENTS FIRST.
AND SO I BELIEVE IF WE WANT TO PUT STUDENTS FIRST, THE SAFETY SAFETY SHOULD COME FIRST AND FOREMOST.
BECAUSE ULTIMATELY IF WE COME TO CAMPUS, THEY WANT TO FEEL WELCOME.
THEY WANT TO FEEL SAFE, AND PEOPLE COME HERE TO LEARN.
AND IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE, WHAT THEY LEARNED, NOTHING GETS DONE.
AND IT KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF SETTING THE OTHER GOALS IN THE FIRST PLACE, I APPRECIATE IT.
NEXT ITEM IS 1.05 REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM CONSTITUENT GROUPS.
[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]
WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM DENNIS FALCON, FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT, PLEASE.HONORED HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS, DOCTOR SALAZAR.
I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I GET TO ADDRESS YOU AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE YOU THERE.
AND IF YOU NEED TIPS ON HOW TO RUN A MEETING.
YEAH. COME ON. YEAH. ASK THIS GUY RIGHT HERE AND ALL THE REST OF YOU.
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. I DIDN'T GET TO SEE YOU AT THE LAST MEETING.
AND MY COLLEAGUES AND OTHER FACULTY STAFF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY WHO CAN HEAR MY VOICE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TONIGHT.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THINGS THAT FACULTY ARE INVOLVED IN ON CAMPUS THAT ARE DESIGNED, TRULY DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE INSTRUCTION AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT STUDENTS HAVE HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.
AND IT'S A NICE COHORT OF FACULTY WHO ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON A CONSISTENT AND REGULAR BASIS TO BASICALLY REDESIGN HOW WE APPROACH WHAT WE DO AS TEACHING.
AND EVEN FOR SOMEBODY LIKE ME WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG TO STILL THINK THAT I CAN LEARN AND CHANGE TO ADAPT TO MY STUDENTS AND TO THE WORLD THAT THEY LIVE IN AND THE WORLD THAT I LIVE IN AND WE ALL LIVE IN AS WELL.
REMEMBER CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY? THE ONE I DECIDED TO PICK TONIGHT TO SHARE.
AND IT'S SHORT SEEK LIBERATORY COLLABORATION.
DESIGN WORK CAN BE FRAUGHT WITH POWER AND IDENTITY DYNAMICS, ESPECIALLY AS AN INSTRUCTOR.
RIGHT? TO TO FULLY REALIZE THE POTENTIAL OF LIBERATORY DESIGN, IT IS CRITICAL TO REFRAME THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DESIGNERS LIKE FACULTY AND THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY ARE WORKING TO ONE OF PARTNERSHIP AND NOT EQUITY.
NO. PARTNERSHIP AND EQUITY AND NOT PATRONIZING EXPERTISE.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT JUST THIS WEEK, I WORKED WITH TWO OF MY CLASSES IN PERSON TO LOOK AT HOW WE COULD CHANGE THE SYLLABUS, MAKE CHANGES TO THE SYLLABUS WHERE IT WOULD BE, AND ON CANVAS SO THAT IT WOULD MAKE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING MORE, MORE UNDERSTANDABLE, MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND SOMETHING THAT THEY FELT OWNERSHIP IN.
IF I HAD DONE THAT, AND I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, IF I HAD DONE THAT 15 YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, TEN YEARS AGO, AND SOMEBODY CAME OUT AND SAID, YOU'RE CHANGING YOUR CLASS MIDSTREAM.
I THINK PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN AGHAST.
NO. MY STUDENTS THIS WEEK LOVED IT.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
THIS ONE PROGRAM THAT I'M WORKING ON WITH LEXI IS SHAKING HER HEAD.
SHE'S LIKE, YES, YES, DENNIS, LET'S DO MORE OF THAT.
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THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACROSS THE STATE.MANY COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACTUALLY GOT MONEY TO PROMOTE THIS INITIATIVE AMONG FACULTY.
AND IN OUR CASE, WE JUST RECENTLY, AS THE FACULTY SENATE, WE SETTLED ON A PRICE POINT OF $50.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER CAMPUSES AROUND US, THEY'RE EITHER AT THE $40 PRICE POINT, $50 PRICE POINT, AND THIS IS THE COST FOR TEXTBOOKS FOR CLASS.
NOT ALL TEACHING SUPPLIES TEXTBOOKS ALONE.
AND BY DOING THIS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY CLASSES AND LIST FOR STUDENTS IN FUTURE CLASS SCHEDULES THAT THESE ARE CLASSES THAT HAVE LOW COST TEXTBOOKS THAT HELP TO REDUCE THE BARRIERS TO EDUCATION THAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO REDUCE.
AND SO THESE ARE TWO OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
AND THE ZERO TEXTBOOK COST, LOW TEXTBOOK COST IS IS AN EXTENSION BASICALLY OF THE ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE INITIATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR NOW, WELL OVER FIVE YEARS, SEVEN YEARS ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO BASICALLY, AGAIN, TO DEMOCRATIZE THE CLASSROOM AND THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE BY PROVIDING RESOURCES TO STUDENTS FOR THEIR CLASSES.
SO THEY'RE NOT BEING ASKED TO SPEND 100, 200, $300 A CLASS JUST ON TEXTBOOKS.
WE FINALLY FIGURED OUT THAT THAT'S A DISSERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS.
AND FINALLY, I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT.
I WILL NOT BE RUNNING FOR FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT WHEN MY TERM IS UP THIS SEMESTER.
IN THAT TIME, I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE FACULTY UNION, MY COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE CAMPUS TO WORK WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF CLASSIFIED STAFF AND ALSO WITH BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE OPPORTUNITY, THE EXPERIENCE TO WORK AT AN INSTITUTION LIKE THIS AND HAVE THAT ACCESS, AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE INSTITUTION FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT, ONE THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T SEE.
BUT I GOT TO SEE THAT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER HIGHLIGHT TO GO OUT ON.
I'M NOT RETIRING YET. I'M NOT SAYING THAT.
OKAY. I SAW YOU LOOKING OVER THERE.
DOCTOR PIERRO LIKE, OH, GREAT.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT RETIRING YET, BUT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS THAT I HAVE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE I WANT TO SPEND THEM IN THE CLASSROOM.
I WANT TO I WANT TO GO OUT TEACHING STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM, BECAUSE TEACHING TWO FULL TWO CLASSES IN PERSON THIS SEMESTER FOR THE FIRST TIME, BASICALLY SINCE COVID, IT'S THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT.
STUDENTS ARE AMAZING, AND I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO GO OUT, SO.
I'M GOING TO BE HERE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU GET TO KEEP ME FOR A LITTLE LONGER.
I'M NOT FILING FOR RETIREMENT NOR REDUCE WORKLOAD.
AND MY TERM, I STILL HAVE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF LEFT.
YEAH. THANK YOU, BUT NO THANK YOU.
SALAZAR. SAME THING WITH DENNIS.
I WAS ABLE TO BE HERE IN PERSON.
BUT TONIGHT, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ACCOLADES AND THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS.
THAT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE WORK OF OUR FACULTY.
90% OF OUR INCOMING STUDENTS HAVE COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT EDUCATION PLANS.
I KNOW, I KNOW, MARISSA, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THAT DATA, RIGHT? SO I MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FRONT AND CENTER FOR YOU.
IT'S GOOD. HIGHEST NUMBER EVER.
RIGHT. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT INCLUDING ME.
I USED TO BE A CCEP QUEEN, BUT I'M NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE, SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? IF I WAS THERE, MAYBE 100%.
SO 90% SEE SEPARATE, WHICH IS DEVELOPED BY A CERRITOS COLLEGE COUNSELOR.
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FOR INNOVATION IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR INAUGURAL BACHELOR'S DEGREE, WHICH WILL ACCEPT THEIR FIRST COHORT IN FALL OF 2025.ALSO, DOCTOR JACQUELINE RONQUILLO IN PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT HAS SPEARHEADED IN BRINGING THE MENTAL HEALTH WORKER PROGRAM TO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGH DUAL ENROLLMENT.
THIS ALLOWS STUDENTS TO HAVE STREAMLINED PATHWAYS FOR THEIR TRANSITION INTO THE WORKFORCE AS PARAPROFESSIONALS UPON COMPLETION OF THEIR CERTIFICATES. FURTHERMORE, IT ESTABLISHED A FOUNDATION FOR FURTHER ACADEMIC PURSUITS BY OFFERING TRANSFER DEGREES IN PSYCHOLOGY.
THESE PROGRAMS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR FACULTY, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FACULTY SUPPORTING THESE PROGRAMS ARE BOTH FULL TIME AND PART TIME IN THE DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAM.
SIMILARLY, THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM BENEFITS FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF DOCTOR RONQUILLO AS THE SOLE FULL TIME FACULTY MEMBER, SUPPORTED BY A TEAM OF SEVEN PART TIME FACULTY WHO SHOULDER SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITIES.
PART TIME FACULTY ACROSS CAMPUS ARE DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS, AND CONSEQUENTLY, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE INVEST IN OUR PART TIME FACULTY.
IN CONCLUSION, COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE FOR OUR PART TIME FACULTY IS ESSENTIAL FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS AND EXPANSION OF OUR ACADEMIC OFFERINGS, REFLECTING OUR DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION AND ENSURING THE HISTORIC, I'M SORRY, HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STUDENTS COMMUNITY AND IF WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE, LONG BEACH CITY JUST OFFER COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE FOR THEIR PART TIME FACULTY.
THANK YOU. DENNIS AND LYNN, DO WE HAVE CHRISTINE SCENARIO? SANCHEZ. YES.
THANK YOU. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? OKAY. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THESE THINGS.
GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATION AND OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINE SCENARIO SANCHEZ, AND I'M THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF CSEA.
FIRST BOARD MEETING, NOT MY LAST.
I WILL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.
OUR MICROSOFT OFFICE MICROSOFT SUITE OFFICE TRAINING IS OPEN FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.
YOU MAY COMPLETE THE INTEREST FORM.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR JANUARY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
AND WELCOME TO ALL OF OUR NEW CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT JOINING THE CSEA CHAPTER, YOU MAY REACH OUT TO ME.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
WE'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE.
I'M GOING TO GO SEE TONY DANZA IN HOLLYWOOD.
ON STAGE, HE SINGS AND DANCES JUST.
THAT'S IT. I WAS EXCITED FOR THAT.
I HOPE WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR EVENING WITH TONY.
[2.01 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Classified/Confidential Employee of the Month]
CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL HONOR JANET YANEZ, PROGRAM ASSISTANT TO IN THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS, AS THE ASTOUNDING OUTSTANDING CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY 2024.
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JANICE. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A RECORD.I WAS LOOKING, AND I DON'T REMEMBER READING AND AWARDING THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
OF SOMEONE THAT STARTED ONLY ONE YEAR INTO FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT.
SO NOW SIX MONTHS IS THE NEXT ONE.
JANET WAS SELECTED FOR A CATEGORICAL PROGRAM ASSISTANT TO POSITION FOR A TEACHER TRACK GRANT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, BEFORE WORKING FULL TIME IN EP, JANET WAS AN HOURLY FOR MANY YEARS, INCLUDING FILING A TEMPORARY FULL TIME FILLING A TEMPORARY FULL TIME POSITION IN THE LIBERAL ARTS DIVISION OFFICE.
JANET IS TRULY UNIQUE WITH ALL THE GROWING PROGRAMS ON EP.
SHE QUICKLY BECAME AN ASSET IN EVERY PROGRAM.
SHE DEVELOPED SEVERAL EXCEL PIVOT TABLES TO OPTIMIZE DUAL ENROLLMENT, TEXTBOOK INFORMATION, TEACHER TRACK SUPPORT, AND LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
JANET TRULY CARES ABOUT EVERY STUDENT.
AND IT'S ONE OF OUR CAMPUS MOST FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING INDIVIDUALS.
THE ADMINISTRATION, STAFF, AND STUDENTS APPRECIATE YOUR ATTRIBUTES AND OUTSTANDING EFFORTS.
THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
NOW THE QUESTION THAT I'M SURE IS IN EVERYONE'S HEAD HOW DID YOU BREAK THE RECORD, PLEASE? I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IF YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS.
I'M DOCTOR PIERRO. BOARD MEMBERS.
COLLEAGUES. I'M A BIG CRYBABY, SO I'M GOING TO KEEP IT SHORT.
I'M TRULY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE HERE TO MY EPP FAMILY.
YOU GUYS TOOK ME IN AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
TO MY FAMILY, ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME AND BEING THERE AND ALL THE MENTORS I HAVE ALONG THE WAY.
DOCTOR MIXON, YOU DON'T ESCAPE THIS ONE.
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BELIEVING IN ME AND PUSHING ME TO DO MORE.
YOU GUYS HAVE ALL BEEN A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE.
CERRITOS COLLEGE HAS BEING A STUDENT HERE, BEING AN ATTORNEY HERE.
AND I HAVE A FULL TIME, I'M TRULY APPRECIATIVE.
WHAT ABOUT. WHAT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY? ALL OF MY FAMILY.
PLEASE. YOU CAN DO WITH EVERYONE.
YOU CAN DO ONE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
CONGRATULATIONS. AND NEXT ITEM IS 2.02.
[2.02 Institutional Presentation: Economic Value of Cerritos Community College District report by the Los Angeles Regional Consortium (LARC)]
INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION ECONOMIC VALUE OF CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT REPORT BY THE LA REGIONAL CONSORTIUM.[00:25:12]
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AGAIN.AND FOR I DON'T KNOW FOR HOW LONG, BUT FOR A VERY LONG TIME I TALK ABOUT HOW WE IMPACT THE REGIONAL ECONOMY.
SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMISSION A REPORT.
THE ANALYSIS, THE IMPACT IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY OF OUR COLLEGE.
AND I ALREADY KNEW A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING HERE.
JUST BY SIMPLY BEING HERE AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND OUR GRADUATES AND OUR FACULTY AND OUR OR CLASSIFIED STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS, EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE ECONOMY OF THE DISTRICT.
AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY VISIONS AND I WAS LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT WORD BECAUSE NOW IT SOUNDS WEIRD THAT I SEE THINGS AND I HEAR PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE VISIONS THAT I HAVE FOR THE DISTRICT IS THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS A CENTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN OUR REGION, AND THE NUMBERS THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU TODAY SUPPORT THAT.
AND IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE ALREADY AN ENGINE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
DO WE NEED TO BE BETTER SHARING THE INFORMATION? SURE. BUT THIS REPORT IS GOING TO HELP US START THAT PROCESS AND CREATE AWARENESS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS, ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE COLLEGE HAS WITHIN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND OUR REGION.
SO. AS WE KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE STUDENT FIRST FRAMEWORK AND THE STUDENT FIRST FRAMEWORK HAS FRANK, VERY ELOQUENTLY PUT IT YESTERDAY, HAS FOUR LEVERS THAT WHEN YOU MOVE THEM, IF THE COGS ARE ALIGNED AND SYNCHRONIZE, YOU GET THE RESULT YOU WERE EXPECTING ON THE OTHER SIDE, IF IF YOU MOVED IT AND THE COGS ARE NOT SYNCHRONIZED AND ALIGN AND ALIGN, YOU GET A RESULT.
BUT IT MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THAT PART OF THE RESULT, THE OVERALL IN THE LONG TERM IS ACTUALLY AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENGINE. AND WITH THIS PROCESS, WE ARE QUITE LITERALLY FIRING UP THAT ECONOMIC ENGINE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO CERRITOS COLLEGE HAS ROUGHLY 1200 EMPLOYEES, AND WE HAVE A BUDGET OF ABOUT 140 SOME MILLION DOLLARS, GIVE AND TAKE.
THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND AT CERRITOS COLLEGE, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DOLLARS GO INTO SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND A LARGE PORTION OF THEM LEAVE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND SPEND IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
SO THE DOLLARS THAT ARE GENERATED AT CERRITOS COLLEGE SUPPORT ABOUT 1192 JOBS ONLY ON PAYROLL, CONSTRUCTION AND DAY TO DAY PURCHASES.
SO IF CERRITOS COLLEGE WAS NOT HERE AND IT DID NOT HAVE THE PAYROLL AND THE CONSTRUCTION EXPENDITURES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THERE WILL BE A SHORTFALL OF NEARLY 1200 JOBS IN OUR IN OUR REGION.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPERATION ONLY ONLY THE OPERATION SIDE, WE BRING ABOUT 1000 EMPLOYEES, ABOUT 30%.
ROUGHLY 30% OF THEM LIVE IN A LOCAL COMMUNITY.
1100, NEARLY 1200 OF THEM TO 1200 OF JOBS ARE GENERATED AS A DIRECT IMPACT OF THE EXPENDITURES OF THIS DISTRICT.
NOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER, BUT NO LARGER THAN THE $378 MILLION THAT WERE CONTRIBUTED DURING THE 2021 2022 YEAR BY OUR ALUMS. SO THOSE WHO GRADUATE FROM CERRITOS COLLEGE SUPPORT 4200 JOBS, WITH AN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION
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TO THE REGIONAL ECONOMY OF $378 MILLION ANNUALLY.WHY IS IT SO HIGH? WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF GRADUATES, AND TWO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNEW FROM THE DATA.
AND HE GAVE ME PERMISSION THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF NORWALK, JESUS GOMEZ.
HE IS A CERRITOS COLLEGE GRADUATE.
HE IS THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF NORWALK.
AN AN EMPLOYEE OF OUR REGION AND TWO.
OUR COMMUNITY GENERATES INCOME IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE'S ONE OF 12 PROFESSIONAL ADULTS WHO ALL GRADUATED FROM CERRITOS COLLEGE THAT ARE TAX PAYER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT IS HOW WE GENERATE 378 MILLION ANNUALLY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO NUMBERS COMBINED, OR THE IMPACT BETWEEN WHAT WE SPEND AND WHAT IS PRODUCED BUT OUR GRADUATES IS $537 MILLION PER YEAR, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THE SUPPORT OF 5600 JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
OR IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, IT'S 2% OF THE GDP OF OUR REGION, 2% OF THE GRP OF OUR REGION IS LARGER THAN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY IN OUR ENTIRE REGION.
IT IS LARGER THAN ALL COMBINED DEALERSHIPS THAT PRODUCE TAX REVENUE IN OUR REGION.
SO 2% IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CERRITOS COLLEGE EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, WHEN YOU SAY 2%, YOU MEAN 2% INCREMENTAL INCREASE RIGHT NOW TO 2% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT IS GENERATED WHEN A REGION IS PRODUCED BY CERRITOS COLLEGE ON ALL OF OUR CITIES COMBINED THAT WE SERVE.
WHEN YOU PUT THE REVENUE COMBINED FOR THE ENTIRE REGION, WE PRODUCE 2% OF IT.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DIRECT PAYROLL, RIGHT? YOU'RE TALKING GROSS REVENUE PRODUCT FOR THE REGION.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREMENTAL IMPACT OF THE LIKE IF THE COLLEGE WERE TO DISAPPEAR TOMORROW.
RIGHT? OUR ECONOMY IN THE REGION WOULD BE 2% SMALLER.
NO, IT WILL BE PROBABLY 0.75, BECAUSE WHAT IT WILL DISAPPEAR WILL BE ROUGHLY $180 MILLION FROM THE 537, BECAUSE THE ALUMNI ARE ALREADY GRADUATES WHO LIVE HERE, WHO CONTINUE.
YEAH. SO WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BY GENERATING OVER OVER HALF $1 BILLION PER YEAR IN WHAT WE SPEND AND WHAT OUR GRADUATES PRODUCE.
STUDENTS. STUDENTS TALKING TO YOU TOO.
WHEN YOU COME TO A SCHOOL, YOU'RE MAKING AN INVESTMENT.
ABOUT $68 MILLION A YEAR IS THE LOSS OF REVENUE OF ALL OUR STUDENTS BY CHOOSING TO COME TO SCHOOL AND NOT GOING TO WORK.
THE COMBINED EXPENDITURES, LUNCHES, DIET COKES AND SNACKS, GAS, BUS TICKETS AND SO ON TO BE HERE IS ROUGHLY $17 MILLION MORE.
WHICH BRINGS US TO $83.7 MILLION A YEAR THAT OUR STUDENTS INVEST IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
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$11,000 IN AVERAGE, WHICH IS ABOUT $1 MILLION OVER YOUR LIFETIME.BUT THE BEST PART IS WHEN YOU TRANSFER.
SO YOU GO FROM EARNING 1.9 MILLION TO EARNING NEARLY $3 MILLION OVER THE LIFETIME. THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO GO TO GET A MASTER'S DEGREE ABOUT $3.5 MILLION DOCTORAL DEGREES, $4 MILLION OF LIFETIME EARNINGS, AND THOSE THAT EARN PROFESSIONAL DEGREES, $4.5 MILLION IN LIFETIME EARNINGS.
SO GOING TO SCHOOL HAS A SIGNIFICANT RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
IS 23%, WHICH BEATS THE AVERAGE RETURN OF THE STOCK MARKET.
AND WE HAVE OUR APPLICATION PROCESS OPEN AND CERRITOS COLLEGE, OR THEY DO NOT TRULY HAVE YOUR BEST INTEREST IN MIND, BECAUSE THERE IS TONS OF DATA THAT CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THAT.
YOUR INVESTMENT RATE AGAIN IS 23%, WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE MARKET AVERAGE.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO INVEST THAT MONEY IN THE STOCK MARKET.
SO WHEN WE SPEND THOSE DOLLARS OR YOU SPEND THOSE DOLLARS AS A STUDENTS, YOU SEE $6.4 IN RETURN FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU SPEND.
SO AGAIN, GOING TO SCHOOL PAYS.
NOW FROM THE TAXPAYER PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT DO OUR TAXPAYERS GET RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT WE ARE A PUBLICLY FUNDED INSTITUTION, AND I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE SPEND ABOUT $140 MILLION A YEAR IN THIS INSTITUTION, NOT INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION.
TAXPAYERS RECEIVE EVERY YEAR FOR THE MONEY THAT THEY INVEST IN OUR SCHOOL $241 MILLION.
SO ROUGHLY $100 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT THEY PUT IN.
NOW, THE INCREASE IN INVESTMENT HERE IS NOT QUITE AS BIG AS WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE, BUT WHEN YOU SPEND MONEY IN GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTION OR STATE INSTITUTIONS, FOR THE MOST PART, THAT IS NOT A NET RETURN ON INVESTMENT UNLESS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION.
HOW DO YOU SEE THIS HAPPENING? ONE HIGHER REVENUE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT OUR GRADUATES PRODUCE $378 MILLION A YEAR IN REVENUE.
THE MORE YOU MAKE, THE MORE YOU PAY.
THEREFORE YOU PAY MORE MONEY IN TAX REVENUE TOO.
WE TEND TO LIVE AT THE LEVEL THAT WE GET PAY.
THEREFORE YOU SPEND MORE IN GOODS AND SERVICES.
GET TAXES, BUY A NEW HOUSE, PAY A HOUSE, PAY A TAX, GO TO EAT, PAY TAXES.
THE BEAUTY OF THAT IS NOT ONLY THAT YOU'RE INVESTING IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY, BUT EVERY TIME YOU GO TO A LOCAL BUSINESS AND YOU'RE PAYING THOSE TAXES AND YOU BUY THE NEW CAR, YOU'RE GENERATING EMPLOYMENT.
SO ALL THIS IS CONNECTED TO WHAT WE DO.
THE BEST PART OF ALL, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION, OUTSIDE OF THE MONEY, IS THAT IN THOSE 240 MILLION, YOU SEE OVER $30 MILLION THAT WE SAVE THE STATE IN SUPPORT SERVICES, HEALTH CARE, THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND INCOME ASSISTANCE.
WHY THOSE WHO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE ARE MORE LIKELY TO NO GO TO JAIL OR TO GET INTO LEGAL TROUBLES.
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THEREFORE, YOU'RE NOT TAXING THE LEGAL SYSTEM.THOSE WHO GRADUATE TO COLLEGE ARE MORE LIKELY TO STAY AND REMAIN EMPLOYED, SO THEY HAVE A LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, WHICH MEANS NOT INCOME ASSISTANCE, WHICH SAVES MONEY TO THE STATE AND HEALTH CARE.
SO WHEN YOU CALCULATE ALL THIS AND YOU PUT ALL WHAT WE DO FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR BUSINESS, FOR OUR LOCAL AREA, FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE INVEST AT CERRITOS COLLEGE, THE COMMUNITY AND THE STATE GET AN AVERAGE RETURN OF $10.50 FOR THE WORKING LIFE OF THAT PARTICULAR GRADUATE. YOU DO NOT FIND THIS TYPE OF REVENUE IN ANY OTHER INVESTMENT BUT EDUCATION.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS OUR WHAT IS OUR GREATEST IMPACT WITHIN OUR REGION AND THE GREATEST IMPACT WITHIN OUR REGION IS THE KNOWLEDGE, THE CREATIVITY, THE IMAGINATION, AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CHIP OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR GRADUATES.
THAT IS WHAT GENERATES THE BIGGEST REVENUE WENT IN OUR REGION.
YES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THE BEST WE CAN IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
BUT WHAT WE REALLY TALK ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE STUDENTS ARE POSITIONED TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE AT THE HIGHEST STEP POSSIBLE BECAUSE AS THEY ENTER AT THE HIGHEST STEP POSSIBLE, NOT ONLY WE ARE CHANGING THEIR LIFE, BUT WE ARE OPENING THE DOOR FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
THE TAKEAWAY OF THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE CREATES A POSITIVE NET IMPACT ON THE REGIONAL ECONOMY, AND GENERATES A POSITIVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE STUDENTS TAXPAYERS AND SOCIETY.
AND WE DO ALL THAT THROUGH THE POWER OF EDUCATION.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE THE FORMAL REPORT AVAILABLE? YEAH, I CAN SHARE IT WITH THEM.
SO IF I WERE TO SUMMARIZE THIS INTO LIKE ONE TAKEAWAY FOR THE SKEPTIC IT WOULD BE THAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CERRITOS COLLEGE IS OVER HALF $1 BILLION A YEAR IN OUR LOCAL AREA.
CORRECT? AND THAT I YIELD MY TIME.
I HAVE A HALF $1 BILLION A YEAR.
THE, THE THE STEPFATHER OF THAT TAKEAWAY IS THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO, LET'S SAY, INCREASE OR GRADUATION RATE, THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT WE GRADUATE, LET'S SAY BY 50%, YOU COULD PROBABLY EASILY GENERATE ALL THEIR $100 MILLION A YEAR ON INCREASED REVENUE FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
NOW, THE OTHER ASPECT OF THAT IS THE 61% OF THE STUDENTS THAT COME TO CERRITOS COLLEGE COME FROM OUT OF AREA, BUT THEY SPEND MONEY IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
SO THEIR BUSINESSES AROUND HERE WHO DEPEND OF THE STUDENTS THAT COME TO CERRITOS COLLEGE TO STAY OPERATIONAL AND TO EMPLOY THOSE WHO WORK THERE IS CERRITOS COLLEGE WAS NO HERE.
THOSE STUDENTS WOULDN'T COME HERE, SO THEY WILL TAKE THEIR DOLLARS ELSEWHERE.
AND A PRETTY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THAT 61% OF THE STUDENTS END UP MOVING TO THE LOCAL AREA.
IT'S LIKE THE OPPOSITE OF A BRAIN DRAIN, CORRECT? YEAH. YES.
DOCTOR SIERRA. A COUPLE OF TIMES DURING THE PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED NOT COUNTING CONSTRUCTION.
BECAUSE THE MONEY THAT WE SPEND ON WE AS A COMMUNITY ON THE BOMBS AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
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HOW IS THAT FIGURED IN HERE? AND IF IT'S NOT, HOW MUCH MORE WOULD IT BE? I KNOW IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF LIKE WHERE WE GET THE MONEY AND HOW IT'S FINANCED AND ALL THAT, BUT JUST LOOK AROUND US, AND MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO COME TO WORK HERE ON THOSE JOBS ARE LOCAL UNION PEOPLE, TRADE PEOPLE.SO THERE IS ABOUT A $20 MILLION EXTRA IMPACT ON THE CONSTRUCTION BASED ON WHAT WE SPEND EVERY YEAR.
BUT PART OF THE REASON THAT'S AN AVERAGE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, PART OF THE REASON THAT IS NOT FULLY INCLUDED HERE, ONLY $4 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION ARE INCLUDED HERE BECAUSE THAT REPORT WAS DONE WITH DATA COVID THAT WE HAD DURING COVET.
BUT THE AVERAGE PRIOR TO THAT, WE SPENT ROUGHLY 20,000 $20 MILLION A YEAR IN CONSTRUCTION.
AND DUE TO SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DID 20 1516 WITH THE PLA, A LOT OF THAT MONEY IS ACTUALLY SPENT WITHIN THE LOCAL ECONOMY BASED ON THE BANDS IN WHICH WE HAVE TO DO OUR CONTRACTS.
YEAH. REAL QUICK COMPARED TO OTHER EMPLOYERS IN OUR SURROUNDING AREA BECAUSE LIKE I THINK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I'M A NERD, BUT I THINK ABOUT LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT HOME DEPOT OR OTHER LARGE EMPLOYERS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A CHAIN, KIND OF LIKE A CHAIN TO IT.
DOES IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE EMPLOY AND PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR.
YEAH. WE SEPARATE I MEAN, WE ARE IN OUR REGION.
WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST EMPLOYERS WE EMPLOYED.
FORMERLY EMPLOYED ABOUT 1200 INDIVIDUALS.
THERE ARE ONLY A COUPLE EMPLOYERS THAT ARE LARGER THAN WE ARE.
AND YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE? I THINK ONE OF THOSE IS THE KAISER IN DOWNEY.
I THINK THEY EMPLOY MORE PEOPLE THE THAN WE DO.
YEAH, WELL, JUST THE DOCTORS IS 500.
SO THAT'S NOT INCLUDING NURSES AND OTHER STAFF.
SO THE ONLY LIKE THE, THE EMPLOYERS THAT ARE ABOUT THEIR SIZE ARE, FOR INSTANCE NORWALK-LA MIRADA DOWNEY UNIFIED BELLFLOWER.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE WE HAVE NOT BEEN PROACTIVE POSITIONING OURSELVES AS PART OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF THE REGION BECAUSE THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE IS HIGH.
THE NET NUMBER OF GRADUATES THAT WE WILL HAVE WILL BE NEARLY DOUBLE, WHICH MEANS THAT THAT 378 COULD BECOME TWICE AS MUCH. AND THAT WOULD BE JUST A DIRECT IMPACT OF THAT.
SO I THINK IT'S IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO TO TELL THIS STORY.
BUT TO THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE CITIES AND WITH LOCAL ECONOMIC GROUPS TO SHOW THAT VALUE.
I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE TOOK THE TIME AND ENERGY TO QUANTIFY THIS, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT A LOT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE MORE THAN JUST ANECDOTES. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING IT.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AND WE'LL BE DOING SOME PRESS RELEASES AND MEDIA BLITZ WITH SOME OF THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE I, I KNEW THAT WE CONTRIBUTE.
I WAS VERY SURPRISED BY THE SIZE OF OUR CONTRIBUTION, SO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIERRO.
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NEXT ITEM IS 2.03 INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION, HUMAN RESOURCES DEA UPDATES.[2.03 Institutional Presentation: Human Resources' DEIA Updates]
DOCTOR GUTIERREZ.I WILL KEEP THE PRESENTATION BRIEF.
THERE WAS A REQUEST TO BACK IN NOVEMBER TO DISCUSS SOME UPDATES REGARDING THE EVALUATION COMPONENTS AND CHANGES UNDER THE LAW THAT TOOK PLACE REALLY, OVER THE COURSE OF SINCE 2019, TO GET TO 2023, WHEN THE DEA REGULATIONS FINALLY TOOK EFFECT AND IMPLEMENTATION BY ALL OF OUR COLLEGE DISTRICTS.
AND REALLY WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT WE NOW HAVE A LEGAL OBLIGATION UNDER TITLE FIVE TO INCLUDE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS IN ALL EVALUATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE EVALUATIONS, FACULTY EVALUATIONS, AS WELL AS CLASSIFIED SERVICE EVALUATIONS.
WE ARE REQUIRED ULTIMATELY TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR POLICIES, PROCEDURES KEEP IN MIND THAT WE IMPLEMENT DIA COMPETENCIES. THESE HAVE BEEN DEFINED BY THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AND HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US AND REALLY TO INCLUDE HOW WE ARE WORKING TOWARD MAKING PROGRESS IN THE CONVERSATION REGARDING THESE COMPETENCIES.
THESE COMPETENCIES ARE ACTUALLY BROKEN INTO THEMES WHICH INCLUDE CULTURAL COMPETENCY, DATA SELF REFLECTION, SELF IMPROVEMENT, AS WELL AS KEEPING IN MIND THE CORE MISSION OF THE INSTITUTION.
AND SO REALLY, WHEN WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THE WORK UNDER THE STUDENTSFIRST FRAMEWORK AND THE INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH COMPONENT, THE CONVERSATIONS ON EQUITY ARE REALLY AT THE CORE OF THE WORK THAT HR IS DOING TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THAT COMPONENT UNDER THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.
SO AS WE'RE MOVING ALONG IN THIS CONVERSATION AND AS WE'RE WORKING TOWARD ON OUR EEO PLAN, WE ARE DOING WORK BOTH WITH OUR WITH ALL OF OUR CORE GROUPS, ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF BY STAFF.
I'M SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO OUR CONFIDENTIAL AND CLASSIFIED.
WE DID NOT LIST FACULTY BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER NEGOTIATIONS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT IS A SEPARATE CONVERSATION.
AND SO WE WE WANTED TO RESPECT THE PROCESS.
AND AS YOU ALSO KNOW ISSUES INVOLVING EVALUATION CRITERIA ARE UNDER TEN PLUS ONE, WHICH MEANS THAT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, BOTH THROUGH THE ACADEMIC SENATE AND THEIR EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIVE, NEED TO ALSO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AT THE TABLE WHERE THAT CONVERSATION NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE LAW TO HAVE EVALUATION COMPONENTS FOR OUR ADMINISTRATION.
THAT THAT INCLUDES ANTI-RACIST PRINCIPLES, WHICH INCLUDE UPDATES TO OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES, KEEPING IN MIND THE IMPACT TO FISCAL ALLOCATIONS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION, KEEPING IN MIND AS WELL THE IMPACT THIS HAS IN DECISION MAKING, PLANNING AND PROGRAM REVIEW.
AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THE COMPONENTS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR CLASSIFIED, INCLUDING CONFIDENTIAL, THE STATUTE IS VERY CLEAR THAT WE MUST INCLUDE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE DIA PRINCIPLES THAT HELP NURTURE AND CREATE A RESPECTFUL, INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE LEARNING AND WORK ENVIRONMENT.
WHAT DOES THAT TRANSLATE? HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE, WE HAVE ACTUALLY INITIATED CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH ACMI AND HAVE ASSESSED THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, WHICH I HAVE FOUND TO BE VERY COMPREHENSIVE BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, IT ACTUALLY CREATED INDIVIDUAL COMPETENCIES.
SO WE'VE EXTRACTED THE ONE THAT ADDRESSES THE AREA OF INCLUSIVITY, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN ACME TO BE ABLE TO FLESH OUT THAT PARTICULAR COMPETENCY TO ADDRESS THE COMPONENTS OF IT.
IT COMES WITH A SELF ASSESSMENT.
IT COMES WITH A THREE 60 PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK MODEL.
AND THE AUTOMATION IS REALLY BECAUSE HR JUST WANTS TO AUTOMATE.
AND FOR OUR PARTNERS IN THE CONFIDENTIAL GROUP, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY CONVENED WITH OUR OFFICE.
WE'VE EXPLAINED THE REGULATIONS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE COMPETENCIES, AND THEY ARE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO US IN AN UPCOMING MEETING WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE. THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN A WORKFLOW AND AUTOMATION.
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SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE NEEDS WITHIN OUR OFFICE, AND ALSO UTILIZING THE CORE MISSION OF MAKING ASSURANCES THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THESE COMPETENCIES.BUT WE ARE BEGINNING THE CONVERSATIONS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT FORMULATING CHANGES WITHIN SOME OF OUR FORMS AND AS OUR PARTNERS IN CLASSIFIED WITH CSC, WHERE WORKING ALSO ON BEGINNING THE CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT THESE COMPETENCIES LOOK LIKE, WE'VE PENCILED OUT SOME IDEAS THAT HR WOULD LIKE TO, TO FULLY SPEAK WITH CSC ON.
BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
AND THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION ON EVALUATIONS AND DIA COMPETENCIES.
THANK YOU. DOCTOR GUTIERREZ, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION IN REGARDS TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS EVALUATE THEM ON THESE LOCALLY DEVELOPED DIA COMPETENCIES, HOW DO WE TRAIN OUR EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY WILL BE PROFICIENT ON THE COMPETENCIES AS A WHOLE? ONE OF THE INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WE'VE ASKED OURSELVES THAT QUESTION AS A GROUP, AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF IT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF IT THROUGH EMPLOYEE RETENTION THAT WE SEE THROUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, FALCON LEADERSHIP.
WE'VE DONE THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PROMOTED THROUGH THE FALCON DAY, AND A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN FALCON DAY HAVE REALLY FOSTERED THE CORE MISSION OF WHAT ARE WE DOING, FOR EXAMPLE, ON OUR SELECTION PROCEDURES, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO CREATE MUTUAL RESPECT ONTO ON THE CAMPUS AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE TWO WAY COMMUNICATION CONVERSATIONS? WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO JUST CODIFY INTO THIS EVALUATION FORM, WHICH IS WHY WE WERE STARTING TO MAP OUT, OKAY, WE DO SO MUCH ON THIS INSTITUTION. NOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PUT THIS PAPER TO PEN? AND SO SOMETIMES WE THINK WE'RE OVERTHINKING WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THESE COMPETENCIES.
WHEN WE'RE REALLY AT THE MISSION OF WE ARE DOING IT, BUT LET'S MAP IT OUT.
THE MOS CERTIFICATION IS PART OF OUR PROCESS IN MEETING DEA.
WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE MISSION OF PROCESSING INFORMATION, DATABASE CREATION, PROCESSING, ALL OF THAT HELPS US CREATE THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR WORKFORCE SO THAT THEY CAN MEET THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS, BECAUSE STUDENTS COMES FIRST WITH OUR PARTNERS IN FACULTY, AND NOT THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, SHARING A WHOLE LOT, BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE DO THE CONVERSATION ON THE LOW COST BOOKS THAT IS TO PUSH THE CONVERSATION ON EQUITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
HOW DO WE REPRESENT THAT ON OUR EVALUATION FORM? HOW DO WE REPRESENT THAT IN A TEN YEAR REVIEW PROCESS? THOSE ARE THE PIECES THAT WE NEED TO SIT AT THE TABLE AND UPDATE THESE THESE FORMS AND PROCESSES ON.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GUTIERREZ.
THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
[3. Consent Items]
BEFORE WE MOTION. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS? ME? I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 3.14 AND THEN 3.25.I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE NOTED THAT I NEED TO ABSTAIN.
SO THAT'S IT. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO PULL IT THOUGH.
OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR -3.14 AND TRUSTEE.
PEREZ ABSTAINING FROM 3.2 5.15 OR 3.14.
OKAY. THANK YOU. GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND.
SO WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON 3.14.
[3.14 Ratification of Change Order No. 1 [Existing Unforeseen, Owner Request], (Contract No. PW2300000008), Resource Environmental Inc., Health Science Renovation – Category 01]
YES. DO WE NEED TO VOTE? VOTE ON THE REMAINING.YEAH. DID WE? WE DID A MOTION.
OH, OKAY. YEAH. WE DID OKAY I OKAY.
VERY QUICK. MY ONLY QUESTION IS, IS REALLY JUST A COMMENT.
I NOTICED THAT WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO 10%, RIGHT.
THAT'S THE CHANGE ORDER, MAX, I JUST WANTED TO JUST TO NOTE THAT JUST 9.8%.
SO I ASSUME THIS IS GOING TO BE MANAGED TO NOT REACH THAT POINT.
IT IS. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LAST CHANGE ORDER FOR THE PRIME CONTRACTOR.
PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I'LL MOVE THE ITEM.
THANK YOU. AND NEXT ITEM, OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.
[4.01 College Coordinating Committee Minutes: November 27, 2023, December 11, 2023, January 22, 2024]
4.01 CERRITOS COLLEGE COMMITTEE MINUTES NOVEMBER 27TH, 2023, DECEMBER 11TH, 2023 AND JANUARY 22ND, 2024. AND WE JUST RECEIVE AND FILE.CORRECT? YEAH, YOU CAN TAKE THEM ALL.
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OKAY. THEN WE'LL DO 4.02 REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES 4027 41, OH TWO, 4103 5010 5012.[4.02 Revised Administrative Procedures 4027, 4102, 4103, 5010, and 5012]
THEN ITEM 4.03 REVIEW OF BOARD POLICIES BP 4027 4060, 41, OH TWO, 4110 AND[4.03 Review of Board Policies: BP 4027, 4060, 4102, 4110, and 4226]
FOUR 4226.[4.04 Associated Students Cerritos College (ASCC) Financial Report for the Period Ending December 31, 2023]
ITEMS. THEN WE'RE MOVING ON TO ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS.[5.01 Second Reading Revised Board Policy 4230 titled Grading and Academic Record Symbols]
5.01 SECOND READING REVISED BOARD POLICY 4230, TITLED GRADING AND ACADEMIC RECORD SYMBOLS.MICROPHONE NEEDS TO BE CERRITOS LEWIS.
THE WELL THERE'S NOTHING HERE FOR ME BUT THERE'S A THE FOLKS AT HOME.
YEAH, IT'S ON THE BOARD POLICY IS REFERRING TO THE ACADEMIC RECORDS.
AND THIS IS HAS TO DO WITH THE CREDIT AND NONCREDIT AND THESE ELEMENTS OF THE AND WE'VE THE F W AND SO WE'VE, WE AND THE E W SO WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE SYMBOLS THAT WE WERE USING.
AND THOSE ARE INDICATED IN THE BOARD POLICY HERE.
THE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WE HAVE A WE HAVE AN E-W WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY WITHDRAWAL. AND THEN WE HAVE THE WITHDRAWAL.
UNDER THE UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE STUDENTS IT DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST THEIR GRADE POINT AVERAGE.
AND THE W DOES COUNT AGAINST THE GRADE POINT AVERAGE.
GO AHEAD. THE STUDENT DID NOT FORMALLY WITHDRAW THEMSELVES.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY JUST STOPPED PARTICIPATING IN CLASS.
SO AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER, AS AN INSTRUCTOR, I CAN EITHER CHOOSE TO ASSIGN AN F OR AN F W.
RIGHT. SO F W JUST MEANS THAT THEY STOPPED PARTICIPATING.
SO FOR GPA CALCULATION IT'S CONSIDERED THE SAME THING.
A F AND F W IS TREATED LIKE AN F.
THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION OF A LOT OF DREAMS I HAVE ABOUT A MATH CLASS FOR MANY YEARS.
SO I THINK WE HAD A MOTION TRUSTEE PEREZ DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? NO. I'M SIGNALING FRANK TO BE READY FOR THE.
I THINK HE JUST COMMITTED AN F TWO.
THERE'S NOTHING. I NEED SOMETHING ON MY SCREEN HERE.
WELL, NEXT ITEM IS 5.02 CERTIFICATION OF THE 2024 MIDTERM REPORT TO BE PROVIDED TO THE ACJC
[5.02 Certification of the 2024 Midterm Report to be provided to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)]
AND WASC.SO WE HAVE PREPARED THE MIDTERM REPORT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
IT GOES THROUGH THE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WANTED TO.
I'M SORRY, I GO, I GO, I GO RIGHT INTO MY TEACHING MODE, I APOLOGIZE.
AND I WAS ALWAYS SELF-CONSCIOUS STANDING BEHIND THE PODIUM WHEN I WAS TEACHING.
THE. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE MIDTERM REPORT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE MIDTERM REPORT IS TO TELL TO GIVE THE COMMISSION A UPDATE ON HOW WE'VE DONE SINCE OUR LAST INSTITUTIONAL SELF-EVALUATION.
AND SO PART OF THAT REPORT IS ACTION ITEMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WANTED TO WORK ON.
WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS ON THOSE.
IT ADDRESSES THE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY GAVE US.
WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS ON THOSE INSTITUTIONAL SET STANDARDS.
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WE'RE MAKING VERY GOOD PROGRESS.AND TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND WE WILL WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING APRIL 16TH TO KICK OFF THAT SET OF PLANNING EVENTS TO GET READY FOR THE 2027 INSTITUTIONAL SELF-EVALUATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? AND AND JUST A COMMENT.
MAYBE WE RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS.
SO WE'VE HAD WE HAD MICHELLE SIMOTAS KICKED IT OFF.
SHE HAS JUST LEFT US, BUT SHE DID A VERY NICE JOB.
GETTING THE MIDTERM REPORT STARTED.
WE HAD LEANNE MCELROY, WHO IS THE SLO COORDINATOR, AND SHE DID A LOT OF WRITING ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE MADE AROUND STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES.
AMBER ROCK HAS DONE THE WRITING AROUND THE INSTITUTIONAL SET STANDARDS AND DID SOME WORK ON THE ON THE ACTION PLANS.
AND GARY PRITCHARD HAS WORKED ON THE FINANCIAL HEALTH.
SO I THINK I HIT EVERYBODY LYNNE AND DENNIS ARE ON THE ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE AND READ THE REPORT, AND LEN MARKED IT UP NICELY FOR US EVEN VICIOUSLY AT TIMES.
BUT BUT WE APPRECIATE IT'S A BETTER REPORT FOR IT.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, DOCTOR MIXON, DO YOU KNOW IF ANYBODY FROM CERRITOS COLLEGE HAS EVER SERVED ON A VISITING TEAM OR ON THE COMMISSION? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COMMISSION, BUT I KNOW THAT SEVERAL FOLKS HAVE BEEN ON A VISITING TEAM, AND I WILL BE SERVING ON ONE BEFORE WE HAVE OUR NEXT ESSER I CAN I WILL PROMISE YOU THAT, AND I WILL ENCOURAGE OTHERS ON THE TEAM TO DO THE SAME.
I THINK WE WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT INSIGHT.
AND DID WE GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? A SECOND.
[5.03 Consideration of Adoption of Resolution 24-0221B in Recognition of Black History Month]
DOCTOR GUTIERREZ WILL GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW BEFORE THE APPROVAL OF.THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS MERELY TO HONOR, ONCE AGAIN OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY ON OUR CAMPUS AS WE HONORED BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WHICH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR BLACK EXCELLENCE COMMITTEE, WE AS AIR LAUNCHED OFF THE KICKOFF LUNCHEON EARLIER THIS MONTH WITH WITH THE BLACK EXCELLENCE CALLING IT BLACK FUTURES.
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COMMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
THERE'S A QUOTE THAT READS, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THE PAST OPENS THE DOOR TO THE FUTURE.
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK OR WHEN WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, YOU KNOW, IT ALSO, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, IT DOES CELEBRATE OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR DIVERSITY.
IT CELEBRATES UNITY BECAUSE IT UNITES US.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO KIND OF LEARN MORE AND GET MORE INSIGHT BEYOND THE TEXTBOOKS, AND ALSO HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE STORIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
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CAN I GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION A SECOND.[5.04 Non-Resident Tuition Fee and Non-Resident Student Capital Outlay Fee for 2024-2025]
NONRESIDENT TUITION FEE AND NONRESIDENT STUDENT CAPITAL OUTLAY FEE FOR 2024 AND 2025.VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ WILL GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE ITEM BEFORE IT'S UP FOR APPROVAL.
YES. THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIERRO.
SO THIS IS EVERY YEAR WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO APPROVE THE BOARD, APPROVE AND ESTABLISH THE NEXT YEAR'S FISCAL YEAR'S NONRESIDENT TUITION AND CAPITAL OUTLAY FEE.
AND EVERY YEAR, THE STATE SUBMITS OUT A CALCULATION BECAUSE THIS IS FEE IS GOES THROUGH A PROCESS.
IT'S. WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PICK A FEE THAT WE WANT.
IT ACTUALLY HAS TO BE WITHIN SOME PARAMETERS ON THAT.
AND SO IN THE NONRESIDENT FEE IS DRIVEN OFF OF THE TWO DIFFERENT CALCULATIONS.
AND THEN THAT FORMULATES A RANGE OF WHERE THE FEE HAS TO LIE IN THAT.
SO THIS CALCULATION GOES THROUGH DIFFERENTLY ON EACH, EACH CAMPUS.
SO EACH CAMPUS HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
EVERYONE UTILIZES THE SAME STATEWIDE AVERAGE, WHICH IN THIS YEAR'S CASE, THE STATEWIDE STATEWIDE AVERAGE CALCULATED A NONRESIDENT FEE AT $406 PER UNIT.
AND THEN WHEN WE WENT THROUGH OUR COST OF EDUCATION AND LOOKED AT OUR EXPENSES, THAT NONRESIDENT TUITION WAS CALCULATED AT $392 PER PER UNIT.
SO 392 BEING THE LOWEST AMOUNT THAT WE COULD CHARGE 406 BEING THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF CHARGE.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO EITHER PICK ONE OR THE OTHER.
AND SO HOWEVER, IN LOOKING AT THIS TO AND WORKING WITH THE STATE, THE STATE ALSO ADDED A, AN ADDITIONAL PROVISION BECAUSE WITHIN ED CODE, THE ED CODE SPECIFIES THAT THE NONRESIDENT FEE SHOULD REPRESENT A GRADUAL MODERATE INCREASE FROM PRIOR YEAR.
SO WE IN TAKING THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE SOMETIMES DEPENDING ON HOW OUR EXPENDITURES HAPPEN FROM ONE YEAR TO ANOTHER, OUR DISTRICT AVERAGE COSTS COULD SPIKE. IN ONE PARTICULAR YEAR AND COULD ACTUALLY THROW THAT CALCULATION OUT OF WHACK.
SO WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER OPTION TO COMPARE WHAT WE CHARGED FROM LAST YEAR AND ADD A GRADUAL INCREASE.
THE GRADUAL INCREASE IS REALLY FLEXIBLE.
THERE'S NO PARAMETERS IN THAT.
IN LOOKING AT THIS FEE, WE DECIDED TO UTILIZE THE OTHER OPTION, WHICH IS THE FEE REPRESENTED, OR TAKING OUR LAST YEAR'S FEE AND ADDING A MODERATE INCREASE, OF WHICH WE DID OF 5% INCREASE TO TO ARRIVE AT WHAT WE'RE ASKING TODAY FOR BOARD APPROVAL TO APPROVE A NONRESIDENT FEE OF $359 WITH A CAP UNCHANGED CAPITAL OUTLAY FEE OF $38.
OUR MAXIMUM, MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE CAN CHARGE FROM A CAPITAL OUTLAY FEE STANDPOINT IS $56 PER UNIT.
WE HAVE DEFAULTED TO KEEP THE $38 REMAINING THE SAME UNCHANGED FROM LAST YEAR.
SO THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE ARE EFFECTIVELY ASKING IS JUST THE NONRESIDENT FEE OF 359. AND I BELIEVE IN THE ITEM THAT ONLY REPRESENTS I FORGET THE ACTUAL DOLLAR FIGURE INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. I WANT TO SAY IT'S I THINK 14 GIVE ME.
THIS REPRESENTS A $17 INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
SO SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW THE THAT CALCULATION IS DERIVED FROM.
SO. WHEN WAS THE LAST INCREASE PRIOR TO THIS PROPOSED ONE.
I THINK LAST YEAR'S INCREASE, IF IT MISTAKENLY WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, IT WAS MORE I THINK IT INCREASED ABOUT 20 OR $30 PER UNIT. PRIOR TO THAT IS THAT IT GRADUALLY IS INCREASING YEAR AFTER YEAR EVERY EVERY YEAR.
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YEAH. YEAH. SO IT IT VERY RARELY GOES DOWN JUST BECAUSE OUR COST KEEPS CLIMBING AND OUR BUDGETS KEEP CLIMBING OBVIOUSLY KEEPS DRIVING THAT, THAT, THAT COST UP.SO, BUT WE HAVE THAT PARAMETERS TO KIND OF STAY WITHIN REALLY WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE? MOTION. SECOND.
[6.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]
REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT OFFICIALS.WE WILL START WITH TRUSTEE SCOTT.
I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT.
AS WAS SPOKEN BY EARLIER, IT IS BLACK FUTURES MONTH, AND AS THE BSU VICE PRESIDENT, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN PLANNING ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT OUR CLUB HAS BEEN A PART OF.
OUR NEXT EVENT WILL BE TOMORROW, AND WE WILL BE HAVING OUR LAST MEETING OF THE MONTH.
AND TO CONCLUDE, BLACK FUTURES MONTH, WE WILL BE INVITING ALL FACULTY AND ALL STUDENTS ANYONE'S WELCOME TO COME AND DISCUSS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLACK IN AMERICA.
NOW, NOT NOT EVERYONE IS BLACK IN AMERICA, BUT EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN HARDSHIPS.
OUTSIDE OF THAT, BASED ON OUR LAST MEETING STUDENT GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP WITH KPIS. AMONGST OUR PEERS.
AND THAT'S AN ONGOING DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING.
AND I'M SURE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
I DON'T THINK I'M MISSING ANYTHING, BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT.
YES. AND ALSO, I WANT TO THANK JOSE AND DANTE FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALWAYS HAVING A VOICE AND SPEAKING UP ABOUT THE STUDENTS NEEDS AND WANTS.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
THAT'S IT. EARLIER THIS WEEK, ACTUALLY, THURSDAY LAST WEEK WE RECHRISTENED OR OTHERWISE HAD A REOPENING OF OUR LA MIRADA SITE FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE CAN FINALLY REUTILIZE THOSE FOUR CLASSROOMS THAT I HOPE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW FOR SERVING THE STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF JUST OUR CAMPUS HERE. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE PROGRESS THAT'S CONTINUING.
THERE'S A LOT THAT WAS GOING ON PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC AND THAT GOT FROZEN, UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN RESTARTING AND GOING TO BE BETTER THAN EVER.
SO THANK YOU TO THE FACULTY, THE STAFF AND OTHER FACILITIES AND CSIA FOR MAKING THAT EVENT HAPPEN AND FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF JUST THIS SINGULAR CAMPUS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAD EARLIER TODAY THE GROUNDBREAKING WITHOUT BREAKING ANY GROUND.
OFFICIALLY, THE STORM ALREADY DID THAT FOR US.
MADE A LAKE. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN DRAIN THAT BEFORE WE START BUILDING.
RIGHT? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
BUT NONETHELESS, WE HAD A GROUNDBREAKING AND WE WERE WE HAD THE SPEAKER EMERITUS HIMSELF COME AND BE A PART OF OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH NAMING THE STUDENT SERVICES PORTION OF THE BUILDING AFTER HIM.
SO THAT'S A VERY NICE, GENEROUS SHOWING AND I THINK IS WELL DESERVED.
FOR SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ONLY CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN OUR COLLEGE, BUT HIS CAREER WAS PARTLY, I'D SAY MOSTLY, MAYBE GENERALLY, GENEROUSLY SPEAKING, WAS BECAUSE OF OUR INVESTMENT IN HIM MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
BUT EVEN BEST IF YOU STAY IN OUR SERVICE AREA.
RIGHT, RIGHT. I ALSO ATTEND THE REOPENING AT LA MIRADA.
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AND BEING WEDNESDAY I ALSO ATTEND THE COLLEGE.LAST WEEK, I ALSO ATTEND A CULINARY ART PROGRAM.
AND ALSO THE GROUND BREAK TODAY, IT WAS GREAT EVENT.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LIU TRUSTEE.
I ATTENDED ALSO THE NORWALK-LA MIRADA REOPENING, EVEN THOUGH I WAS A LITTLE LATE.
I ALSO ATTENDED A FENTANYL AWARENESS EVENT WHICH WAS IT HAD QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT PEOPLE ATTENDING.
CHP WAS THERE AND THEY GAVE A PRESENTATION IN REGARDS TO FENTANYL AND THE DANGERS OF TAKING IT.
AND ALSO DOWNEY PD AND FIRE, THEY GAVE STATS AND THEY WENT OVER EXACTLY THE EFFECTS OF FENTANYL ON ESPECIALLY ON SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND ALSO THERE WAS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THERE THAT WENT OVER IN REGARDS TO FENTANYL AND THE COST TO US AS A COMMUNITY IN REGARDS AS TO WHAT IT DOES.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT.
AND THEN I ALSO WENT TO THE NORWALK, LA MIRADA REOPENING AND OF COURSE, THE GROUNDBREAKING OF TODAY, WHICH WAS GREAT TO SEE.
AND I THINK ALL OF US WERE KIND OF THERE.
AND THAT'S IT. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE PACHECO WILL START ON THIS SIDE.
SORRY. I WAS WRITING NOTES, SO I DON'T FORGET ANYTHING, BUT I WANTED TO START OFF FIRST BY SAYING I TRULY APPRECIATE MY FELLOW PEERS ON THE BOARD, DOCTOR PHARAOH AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT OUR WONDERFUL COLLEGE ON BOTH THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL.
IN ALL OF MY YEARS IN EDUCATION, THIS WAS ACTUALLY MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, AND SO IT WAS TRULY AN HONOR TO SERVE ON THE TEAM AS WE USED OUR VOICES TO TAKE ACTION ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS SERVICES AND PROGRAMS HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.
I FEEL VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE ARE YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE TRULY MADE AN IMPACT.
WE HAD A GREAT RAPPORT AND REPUTATION WITH ASSEMBLY OF PERSONS AND CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE OUR ADVOCACY TRULY MADE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I HOPE THAT WE SEE THE OUTCOMES IN OUR FAVOR FROM THE VISITS THAT WE MADE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THEY FEEL JUST AS I FEEL ABOUT HOW GREAT CERRITOS COLLEGE IS.
I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION, AND IT WAS AMAZING.
SO I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME CELEBRATING CULTURE THROUGH UNITY AND FELLOWSHIP.
HERE WITH OUR STUDENTS AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.
YESTERDAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OUR FAMILY, OUR CERRITOS FAMILY, AS CHANCELLOR.
CHRISTENSEN PRESENTED ON THE VISION 2030.
AND WHILE SHE WAS PRESENTING, I WAS JUST THINKING, WOW, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE ALREADY DOING THE WORK LIKE WE ARE.
WE ARE ALREADY PREPARED TO MEET THAT VISION FOR 2030.
SHOUT OUT TO DOCTOR MIXON AND HIS PRESENTATION YESTERDAY.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING THE ANSWERING WOODSON'S CHALLENGE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH TOMORROW, AS WELL AS THE R&B YOGA.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT ON THE 27TH.
THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GREEN TRUSTEE PEREZ.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
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WE STARTED RIGHT EARLY AND WE ENDED VERY LATE TOO, BUT THEY WERE ALL VERY GOOD DISCUSSIONS.IT'S EVERYBODY CAN RECALL MY LACK OF ENTHUSIASM.
IT'S VOLATILE. RIGHT. IT'S A VERY VOLATILE PERIOD RIGHT NOW IN SACRAMENTO.
SO I FEEL REALLY HOPEFUL, THOUGH, THAT WE AS A AS A COLLEGE, REALLY PRESENTED ALL OF YOUR GREAT WORK ON WHAT WE ARE DOING IN REGARDS TO BASIC NEEDS AND HOW THE HOUSING WOULD COMPLEMENT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
I THINK THE MAY REVISE AT THE EVERYBODY IN THE ENTIRE STATE WHO WORKS IN GOVERNMENT, I GUESS IS WAITING FOR THE MAY REVISE, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON SO MANY DECISIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL, EVEN FOR OUR COLLEGE, FOR THE ONE TIME REVENUE FUNDS THAT WE GOT FOR SEVERAL YEARS RELATED TO COVID, BUT THEY HAVE REALLY PUT PUBLIC AGENCIES IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION NOW BECAUSE ALL THOSE ONE TIME FUNDS ARE GONE AND WE ARE REALLY BEING FORCED TO MAKE VERY, VERY TOUGH DECISIONS.
SO AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'LL STAY TUNED.
BUT I JUST AGAIN, REALLY FELT VERY HOPEFUL.
WE AGAIN, THE THE AREAS WE FOCUS ON IN ADDITION TO HOUSING WAS ALSO REALLY RAISING UP OUR VETERANS OR STUDENT VETERANS IN ALL THE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE PROVIDED HERE AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR OUR STUDENT VETERANS.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY IMPACTFUL.
AND I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 200, RIGHT, 200 STUDENT VETERANS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHO WE SERVE.
I ALSO REALLY I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE MANIFESTED THAT WE MET CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA OCASIO CORTEZ. ARE THERE AOC? YES, WE MANIFESTED IT.
YES. SO SHOUT OUT TO OUR FORMER STUDENT, BRANDON.
NOW ESPERANZA, WHO TOLD US A STORY LAST YEAR IN THE SACRAMENTO TRIP ABOUT HOW AOC'S OFFICES IS VISITED SO MUCH THAT SHE HAS POST-IT NOTES ALL OVER THE DOOR OF HER OFFICE.
SHE'S IN LONGWORTH. SO ALL DAY LONG I WAS LIKE, DOCTOR PIERRO, WE NEED TO GO.
DOCTOR FIERRO, WE NEED TO GO, RIGHT? HE WAS LIKE, OKAY, I'LL TAKE YOU THERE.
I'LL TAKE YOU THERE. RIGHT. YOU KNOW. BUT OF COURSE, LIKE, ANDREA HAS THIS LIKE 20 MILLION MEETINGS.
SO WE'RE RUNNING AROUND EVERYWHERE.
AND FINALLY WE FINALLY THE END OF THE DAY, I'M LIKE, CAN WE GO BY NOW? AND HE'S LIKE, OKAY. SO HE TAKES US.
AND SURE ENOUGH, THERE WERE TWO STUDENT TRUSTEE LEADERS FROM SIERRA COLLEGE, FROM ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, AND THEY WERE TAKING THEIR TIME TO WRITE THEIR POST-IT NOTES AND ACTUALLY HAVE A MOMENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SHE LIKE HER OR NOT, SHE HAS A LOT OF FANS, ESPECIALLY AMONGST YOUNG WOMEN.
RIGHT? SO SURE ENOUGH, WE FINALLY GET READY TO WRITE OUR POST-IT NOTES, AND WE TURN TO THE LEFT.
I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOSH, BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE TIMING WAS PERFECT.
LIKE, IF WE WOULD HAVE GONE EARLIER, WE PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN HER.
SO WE DID MANIFEST IT, RIGHT? DON? YES, GO.
GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. I JUST FELT IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WAS WITH US.
AND FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO GREET HER AND MEET WITH HER, IT WAS JUST.
IT JUST BROUGHT YOU KNOW, A WARMNESS TO MY HEART.
SO IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT FOR US.
SO I'M SURE SOME OF YOU HEARD THAT SENATOR ROTH, OUT FROM INLAND EMPIRE, HAS OFFERED A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WILL ALLOW A CERTAIN A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS TO OFFER A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE.
SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE EXPRESSED OUR INTEREST IN COMPETING.
THERE'S STILL A LOT HAS TO BE DONE, BUT I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT TOO.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN AS WELL.
SO YOU REALLY CAN TAKE AWAY SOME OF HER, HER BIG POINTS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FEEL THAT WE DO REALLY WELL AT CERRITOS COLLEGE IS REACHING THOSE HARD TO REACH POPULATIONS THAT SHE'S ALREADY TALKING ABOUT DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENTS, FOSTER YOUTH VETERANS, THOSE WHO, AGAIN, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
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SO I DO FEEL THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF HEAD START AND A LOT OF THOSE POPULATIONS AND IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE.YOU KNOW, THE MORE WORK THAT EVERYBODY HERE AT THE CAMPUS DOES TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS.
THAT'S I DON'T I DON'T HAVE ANY COOL STORIES LIKE THAT.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT YEAH.
AND I WAS LATE TO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
SO I JOINING IS PROBABLY AN OVERSTATEMENT.
BUT YEAH, OTHER THAN THAT NO REPORT.
TRUSTEE. I'M SORRY, DOCTOR FIERRO.
SO I TEXT YOU BEFORE WE GET THERE.
WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE ON OUR WAY, SO LET'S GET IN NOW.
IT'S A VERY GOOD TIME AND I SUPPOSE IT'S ALL ABOUT TIMING.
AND THAT WAS REALLY A NICE THING.
AND THEN I WILL ASK VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THE STUDENT COMMENTS.
SO SO JUST BE READY FOR IT TO YOU.
SO THE FIRST PART ON THE BUDGET, AS TRUSTEE PEREZ MENTIONED, IT IS INCREDIBLY INTERESTING TO SPEAK WITH PEOPLE AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH THE BUDGET.
AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN GOING BASICALLY EVERY YEAR THERE FOR THE BUDGET.
AND EVERY YEAR THEY TELL YOU THERE'S NO MONEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU ANYTHING.
BUT THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES AND EVENTUALLY SOMETHING HAPPENS.
THIS YEAR, THE CONVERSATION HAS STOPPED AT THE POINT OF EVEN ASKING IT.
IT'S IMMEDIATELY REDIRECTED TO SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY ALSO SEEM NERVOUS AND CONCERNED.
THE GOVERNOR PRESENTED ABOUT $38 BILLION DEFICIT.
IT'S STILL VERY LARGE DEFICIT.
THEY DID SOME PROJECTIONS WE COLLECTED.
WE MEAN THE PROVERBIAL THE ROYAL.
SO YESTERDAY THE ILO MENTIONED THAT THE DEFICIT HAS GROWN TO $73 BILLION.
SO RATHER THAN SHRINKING, IT HAS GONE UP BY ABOUT OVER 15, I THINK 17 BILLION DOLLARS.
THESE PROJECTIONS ARE AS OF TODAY, WITH TODAY'S NUMBERS.
HOWEVER, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT HOW TAXES WERE COLLECTED IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, THEY BELIEVE THAT THESE, RATHER THAN GETTING BETTER, COULD GROW BY THE TIME WE HAVE THE MAY REVISE.
A PRIOR REPORT FROM THE ILO ALSO CHOSE THE BECAUSE THE TAXES FROM 2223 WERE COLLECTED SO LATE THE LEGISLATION OVER THE SPAN.
THE PAST YEAR TO GIVE US MONEY THIS YEAR, WHICH IN TURN IS GOING TO ADD TO OUR CURRENT DEFICIT.
AND IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE ALLOW PROJECTS THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE COVERED OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS WITH ROUGHLY $30 BILLION A YEAR.
AND THOSE ARE NUMBERS BASED SIMPLY ON PROJECTIONS.
THAT MAKES IT COMPLICATED FOR THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATION TO AGREE ON SOMETHING.
BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE RECORDED IN THE BOOKS IN ADDITION TO THE LOWER TAX REVENUES.
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THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, ASIDE OF THE MONEY IS THAT, REMEMBER, WE'RE IN AN ELECTION YEAR AND THE GOVERNOR ONLY HAS TWO YEARS LEFT.SO THE LEGISLATION IS GOING TO BE VERY SKEPTIC OF SIGNING A DEAL THAT TAKES MORE THAN TWO YEARS TO LEVEL THE BUDGET. WHY? BECAUSE BY THE TIME THAT IS SIGNED, THE GOVERNOR WILL BE GONE.
BUT IT STILL WILL BE THE PROBLEM OF THE LEGISLATION.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, THE LAST COHORT OF LEGISLATION, THE LEGISLATORS THAT CAME WAS OVER 100 OF THEM, WHICH MEANS ALL OF THEM ARE LIKELY TO BE HERE AND OWNING THAT BUDGET FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING NEGOTIATION FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW.
THE OTHER POINT, THE IMPACT K-12 IS A SMALL DISCREPANCY OF $1 BILLION ON PROP 98.
SO THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE PROP 98 IS NOT GOING TO BE TOUCHED.
JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MIND, PROP 98 IS WHERE WE GET OUR ALLOCATION FROM.
THE PROBLEM IS THE LAST YEAR THE LEGISLATION GAVE US $1 BILLION MORE THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE GIVEN US BECAUSE THE TAXES WERE NOT CALCULATED CORRECTLY BASED ON LATE RETURNS.
SO RATHER THAN COLLECTING THE EXTRA MONEY THEY GAVE US, THE GOVERNOR IS PROPOSING NOT TO TAKE THE MONEY AWAY AND CONTINUE TO FUND US NEXT YEAR BASED ON CURRENT ALLOCATION.
NOW, YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELF, HOW IS IT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET $1 BILLION AND NO ONE IS GOING TO CHARGE US FOR IT? I'M GOING TO TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY, BUT IT'S VERY COMPLICATED THAT I'M NOT REALLY SURE I'M GOING TO DO IT JUSTICE.
SO WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS PROPOSING IN THE CURRENT BUDGET IS NOT TO CUT OR RESOURCES THE $1 BILLION THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO US, BUT HE'S ALSO PROPOSING NOT TO RECORD THEM IN THE BOOKS.
AND IF YOU DO NOT RECORD IT IN THE BOOKS, TECHNICALLY YOUR BUDGET SAVES $1 BILLION CARRYING OVER THE NEXT YEAR.
THE LEGISLATION BUDGET IS ONE YEAR BUDGET.
NO PROJECTIONS DO NOT COUNT ONE YEAR BUDGET.
AND OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE GOVERNOR WILL ALLOCATE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND $1.6 BILLION INTO PROP 98 ABOVE THE GUARANTEE.
THERE ARE A FEW ISSUES WITH THAT ONE.
TWO, WE ALREADY HAVE A $73 BILLION DEFICIT FOR THE LEGISLATION CANNOT APPROVE THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUDGET YEAR.
AND THREE THIS WILL ADD TO YOUR DEFICIT OF THE $30 BILLION.
LONG STORY SHORT, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE VERY REALISTIC AS TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, BECAUSE WHATEVER WAY, ULTIMATELY THIS BUDGET IS BALANCED, WE EITHER GET SOME SORT OF DEFERRAL OF DEFICIT FACTOR IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NUMBERS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO PROJECT.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY IF THE BUDGET AND TAX REVENUES DO NOT IMPROVE, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE, THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO IMPROVE.
HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY THAT MAKE SENSE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AFTER.
NOW TO THE COMMENTS ON ON SECURITY.
SO I WILL JUST ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS AND I WILL ASK FELIPE TO, TO EXPAND.
ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE ON CAMPUS IS BASED ON EFFICIENCY, ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
THIS IS DONE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE FOOTPRINT AND TO MINIMIZE ENERGY CONSUMPTION.
IT IS NOT DONE TO MAKE ANYONE LOOK MYSTERIOUS.
AND IF SOMEONE IS SAYING THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW, BECAUSE THE ACTUAL REASON OF HAVING THE SLIDES IS TO MINIMIZE THE FOOTPRINT, THEREFORE LOWER THE IMPACT IN OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION TWO
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HARASSMENT PIECES.THERE ARE TWO WAYS IN WHICH DATA THAT ADDRESS ONE THERE IS A LEGAL DESCRIPTOR OF THAT.
AND WHEN THE POLICE CAN INTERVENE, AND TWO, WHERE IT BECOMES A TITLE NINE ISSUE.
THOSE REPORTS ARE USUALLY DONE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES OR THROUGH THE OFFICE OF DOCTOR LIZ MILLER. AND THEN SHE WILL BE ABLE TO SORT OUT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ROUTED THROUGH HR OR THROUGH THAT OFFICE, IF IT CROSSES THE LINE TO A LEGAL DEFINITION, OFTENTIMES IT'S HANDLED BY BOTH ENTITIES OR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR TITLE NINE INVESTIGATORS OUT OF HR.
THERE IS A THERE IS A THERE IS A DELINEATION OF WHERE THEY SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT INTERVENE BASED ON THEIR BOUNDARIES AND BASED ON HOW WE WANT TO INTERACT WITH CAMPUS POLICE.
WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY, FOR INSTANCE, IN WHICH THERE WAS SOMEONE PLAYING LOUD MUSIC.
SO WE WILL CALL CAMPUS POLICE.
AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS CAMPUS TO ENSURE THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN.
SO ALASKA VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CAMERAS AND SO ON. WE CANNOT TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE THE CAMERAS ARE, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THEIR CAMERAS, THEIR, IN FACT, THEIR CAMERAS IN OTHER PLACES ON CAMPUS.
BUT SOME OF THOSE YOU CANNOT SEE.
AND THANK YOU, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
JUST TO KIND OF EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
AND THIS IS ALWAYS AN EVOLVING PROCESS ON IT.
SO FIRST OF OF FOUR FOREMOST, YOU KNOW SAFETY IS ALWAYS AT THE VERY TOP OF OUR LIST OF ENSURING THAT NOT ONLY OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR EMPLOYEES FEEL SAFE AND A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT HERE ON CAMPUS ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, LIGHTING IS ALWAYS A PET PEEVE OF MINE.
I, I'M PROBABLY A STICKLER ON LIGHTING ON THAT, AND I'M CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT LIGHTING ON THAT, WHETHER IT'S INTERIOR, OR EXTERIOR.
ON THAT. AND SO WE SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME PROCESSES THAT WE GO THROUGH EVERY NIGHT PART OF THE DUTIES OF OUR CAMPUS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TO IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL DARK SPOTS, LIGHT BULBS THAT GO OUT, BECAUSE, AGAIN, LIGHTS DO GO OUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S RAIN, EXCESS RAIN. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MANY TIMES WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN, WE SHORT OUT AREAS OF OUR CAMPUS ON LIGHTING AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY REPAIRING AND UPDATING LIGHTING ON THAT.
SO THIS IS ALWAYS AN EVOLVING PROCESS.
THEN THAT GETS SUBMITTED TO OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY HAVE A RUNNING TALLY OF WHAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED ON IT.
I ALSO PERSONALLY GO AROUND MONITORING LIGHTS MYSELF PARTICULARLY AT LEAST ON A MONTHLY BASIS SINCE I AM HERE DURING LATE NIGHTS ON BOARD MEETINGS. AND SO THAT IS PART OF WHAT I DO.
SO BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, WHEN I ADDRESS LIGHTING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT NECESSARILY I TRUST MY FOLKS, BUT TO ME, I LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF IT WHEN I ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY SEE IT MYSELF.
AND SO I CAN ADDRESS IT A LOT BETTER.
SO FROM A DISTANCE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING OUT AT A LIGHT AND I CAN SEE THIS A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY IN LIKE LOT ONE OR LOT TEN ON THAT, THAT IT LOOKS OH MAN, I WISH THERE WAS MORE LIGHT OUT THERE.
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WELL, THAT'S DESIGN ON PURPOSE BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTS.AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION ON THAT.
SO THOSE ARE DESIGNED TO POWER DOWN AT 50%.
WHEN IT DOES SENSE MOVEMENT THEY DO POWER BACK UP TO 100%.
ON THAT. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT OUR LIGHTING SYSTEM IS, DOES, YOU KNOW, IN THE INTERIOR OF OUR CAMPUS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING PRETTY EXTENSIVELY TO UPDATE SOME OF OUR LIGHTINGS ON, ON ON THAT.
WE HAD OLD INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULBS STILL SURROUNDING THAT THAT WERE ACTUALLY BURNT OUT.
WE ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY JUST GOT THOSE REPLACED BY NEW LED LIGHTS ON THAT.
IF THERE IS EVER A LIGHTING SITUATION OR A PARTICULAR AREA, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PEOPLE TO TO REPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, EITHER GET REPORTED TO FACILITIES, CAN WE SURELY REPORT IT TO MY OFFICE, BUT ALSO BE SPECIFIC ON THE AREAS? BECAUSE IF YOU SAY, OH, THERE'S A LIGHTING PROBLEM WE'RE AT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO HELPFUL TO, TO BE SPECIFIC OF WHAT AREAS, WHAT LIGHTS YOU'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY.
SO WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES ON THAT.
REGARDING CAMERAS, WE HAVE OVER 300 CAMERAS ON CAMPUS.
ON THAT. AND SO CAMERAS ARE NOT DESIGNED.
CAMERAS ARE REALLY A DETERRENT THERE.
WE DO NOT HAVE PERSONNEL THAT ARE MONITORING CAMERAS 24 SEVEN.
IT'S JUST WE DON'T HAVE MANPOWER LIKE THAT.
BUT CAMERAS ARE UTILIZED AS A ONE, A DETERRENT.
AND TWO, IF SOMETHING IS, WE CAN ACTUALLY REPORT BACK AND LOOK AT SITUATIONS ON THAT.
WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL CAMERAS IN THE PARKING LOTS I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD WE DO BETTER OF HAVING CAMERAS OUT IN LOTS? OF COURSE WE ALWAYS CAN.
DO WE HAVE CAMERAS THAT DO CAPTURE ACTIVITY IN OUR PARKING LOTS? ABSOLUTELY. AND SO ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY BLUE PHONES HAVE CAMERAS ON THEM.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY BLUE PHONES THAT WE HAVE BEEN INSTALLING IN PARKING LOTS ON THAT, PARTICULARLY IN LOT TEN, THERE'S FOUR, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT FOR EMERGENCY BLUE PHONES THAT SURVEY THE PARKING LOT, JUST THAT LOT TEN ITSELF ON THAT.
SO WE DO HAVE LIGHTS THINGS ON THAT.
BUT WE CAN ALWAYS EXPAND ON THAT.
SO EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING OUR FOOTPRINT WHEN IT COMES TO CAMERAS ON THAT.
SO BUT YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE CAMERAS IN EVERY AREAS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AREAS THAT ARE DEEMED SENSITIVE THAT WE CANNOT PUT CAMERAS, WE DON'T HAVE CAMERAS IN CLASSROOMS. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T THAT'S THAT'S NOT A THING THAT WE DO.
AND WE. I'M SURE FACULTY DON'T WANT CAMERAS IN THEIR IN ANY OF THEIR THINGS.
BUT WE DO HAVE CAMERAS IN HALLWAYS GOING IN AND OUTSIDE OF OUR CAMPUS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT AGAIN, CAMERAS ARE USED AS A DETERRENT.
THEY'RE THEY'RE MANAGING THE DISPATCH PHONES, NOT NECESSARILY CAMERAS, BUT WE USE THEM IN CONJUNCTION WHEN THERE IS INCIDENCES ON CAMPUS THAT WE CAN TAP INTO THE CAMERAS AND LOOK AND SEE THINGS GOING ON WHEN THERE IS A SITUATION ON, ON CAMPUS.
AND SO WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUS.
AND, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE THAT ON THAT.
AND ANY THREAT THAT IS DONE ON OUR CAMPUS, WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
I, I THERE WAS A MENTION OF THE INCIDENT IN THE MISSIONS AND RECORDS OFFICE ON THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE USE THE TERM BECAUSE I FOLKS USE THIS ALL THE TIME.
WORD ON THE STREET TENDS TO GET MISCONSTRUED A LOT.
BUT AT LEAST THE INITIAL REPORT I HAVE RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM THE CHIEF.
THIS INCIDENT WAS LOOKED INTO AND FOUND NOT TO BE A THREAT AT ALL.
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ACTUAL COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OF THE STAFF.
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THAT ON THAT.SO. BUT OUR OFFICERS HAVE LOOKED INTO THE SITUATION.
THIS PARTICULAR STUDENT IN QUESTION WAS DROPPING A CLASS, DROPPING HIS ONLY CLASS ON CAMPUS.
PERSONALLY CALLED SEVERAL TIMES.
STILL NO ANSWER. BUT WE'LL STILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP JUST TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS REALLY NO THREAT, BECAUSE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE GATHERED DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A THREAT ON THAT, BUT WE GO WE GO BEYOND THAT CALL TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND FACULTY ON CAMPUS.
SO JUST JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE INSIGHT INTO THAT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, I'M PRETTY CLOSE TO ANY INCIDENT THAT HAPPENS ON CAMPUS, AS USUALLY THE CHIEF IS CALLING ME RIGHT AWAY IF THERE'S A SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
SO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ANY OF THE BOARD MAY HAVE, BUT THANK YOU.
WHO DECIDES LIKE WHERE TO PLACE CAMERAS OR LIGHTING? LIKE, IS THIS ALL INTERNAL? HAVE WE EVER USED THE CONSULTANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHO.
THAT'S THEIR EXPERTISE AND CAN GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF AN EVALUATION? YEAH. GREAT QUESTION.
WE HAVE CAMERAS SITUATED IN CERTAIN AREAS FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
FOR INSTANCE WE DO HAVE SOME CAMERAS POSITIONED IN CERTAIN CLASSROOMS. CERTAIN PROGRAMS, BECAUSE THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD SOME ISSUES IN THEM EITHER THEFT OR IT COULD BE JUST SOME DISAGREEMENTS WITH STUDENTS ON THAT.
SO WE'VE HAD TO PUT CAMERAS TO HELP MONITOR THAT SITUATIONS.
AUTO TECH HAS A LOT OF CAMERAS IN THAT AREA.
GIVEN THE NATURE OF OF THEIR THINGS ON THAT THINGS, HAVE, YOU KNOW, BEEN STOLEN OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, SO CAMERAS IN THOSE SITUATIONS HAVE PUT THERE DIRECTLY TO HELP DETER SOME BAD ACTORS THAT THAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD TO DEAL WITH REGARDING CAMERAS IN GENERAL.
SO WE DO USE A CONSULTANT, LIKE FOR OUR EMERGENCY BLUE PHONES.
THAT WAS AN ACTUAL PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO STRATEGICALLY PUT THEM IN AREAS THAT LIKELY WOULD IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE A SITUATION WHERE STUDENTS COULD HAVE THE ABILITY OR OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET TO QUICKLY.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE THOSE KIND OF IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF OUR EMERGENCY BLUE PHONES, THEY KIND OF NOT ONLY HAVE ACCESS IN THE CORE OF IT, BUT ALSO ACCESS OUTSIDE THE CORE, BECAUSE LIKELY IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUTDOORS, LIKELY GOING TO YOUR CAR IN THE PARKING LOT.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ACCESSIBLE CLOSE BY TO ANY OF THE PARKING LOTS.
SO ALL THE PARKING LOTS HAVE A BLUE POLE NEARBY ON THAT.
THERE'S ALSO EMERGENCY BLUE PHONES INSIDE.
EACH FOR, I WOULD SAY, MAJORITY OF THE BUILDINGS, YOU CAN GO INTO THE MAIN HALLWAY AREAS ON THAT TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A BLUE, A BLUE EMERGENCY PULL IN THAT IN ANY CONSTRUCTION OF ANY NEW BUILDING, WE WORK WITH CONSULTANTS TO STRATEGICALLY PUT CAMERAS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
WE ALSO HAVE BOTH OUR CAMPUS POLICE INVOLVED IN THAT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, WHERE WHERE WOULD THEY WANT THEM SO THEY CAN SEE ONCOMING PEOPLE GOING EITHER IN OR OUT OF THE BUILDING ON THAT.
SO WE USE MULTIPLE USE A VENDOR FOR THEIR EXPERTISE, BUT ALSO USE THE CAMPUS POLICE FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW, WHICH BEST WORKS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO TO, TO MONITOR THAT.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF THOSE AND ANY IMPLEMENTATION, ANY BUILDING WE WE ALSO INCORPORATE A NEW EMERGENCY BLUE PHONE AROUND THAT BUILDING ON THE OUTSIDE OF NOT ONLY IN THE INSIDE, BUT ALSO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING.
SO SO THAT IS PART OF THE CONSULTING PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH WHEN WE'RE EXPANDING.
AND, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF EMERGENCY BLUE, WHAT I WOULD SAY EMERGENCY BLUE TOWERS, BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TOWERS, WHICH ARE THE POLES, THE EIGHT FOOTERS THAT YOU OR NINE FOOTERS THAT YOU SEE OUTSIDE VERSUS VERSUS THE EMERGENCY BLUE PHONES THAT ARE INSIDE THE ACTUAL BUILDING ITSELF.
AND SO IT'S A EQUIPMENT THAT SITS ON A BOARD, A WALL ABOUT YAY HIGH.
AND IT'S LIT UP THIS BLUE LIGHT ON THAT, THOSE ARE INSIDE.
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE OUR BLUE EMERGENCY TOWERS.
WHICH ONE IS RIGHT HERE? RIGHT OUTSIDE? THE ADMIN BUILDING RIGHT HERE.
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EACH OF THEM ARE LIGHT UP AND WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF TESTING THOSE VERY FREQUENTLY TO MAKE SURE ONE THERE'S GOOD COMMUNICATION.ACTUALLY, WE JUST TESTED THEM OVER THE WEEKEND AND WE REPORTED BACK SOME, SOME SOME UPDATES THAT WE NEED TO DO TO THEM CHANGING VOLUME ON THAT, EITHER, YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
SO AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU KIND OF LOOK BACK AND SAY, DO WE NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING OR ADD OR TAKE AWAY OR MOVE? SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO ADD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T UNLESS YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU KNOW ACTUALLY WE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO ONE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY PUT IT IN AN AREA AND IT WAS ACTUALLY MONITORED BY SOLAR, BUT WE HAD A BIG TREE THAT KEPT GROWING AND GROWING AND CREATING SHADE, AND WE COULDN'T KEEP THE DARN BLUE PHONE ACTIVATED BECAUSE THE BATTERY WOULD DRAIN, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SUNLIGHT ON THAT.
SO WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS OF EVALUATING THEM.
BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO EXPAND, AS YOU KNOW, WE FIND AREAS THAT ON THAT WE HAVE A PRETTY SINCE THE PROJECT THAT WE INITIALLY DID A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TO EXPAND CAMPUS WIDE.
WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST BLUE PHONES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CAMPUS.
WHEN YOU HAVE OR THE I GUESS, WHAT WE WOULD CALL, LIKE A SAFETY PLAN UPDATE.
DO YOU HAVE STUDENTS SIT ON THAT LIKE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO GIVE INPUT? WE DO HAVE A SAFETY A CAMPUS SAFETY PLANNING COMMITTEE.
IT'S CO-CHAIRED BY THE CHIEF AND THE DIRECTOR OF OUR PHYSICAL PLAN AND CONSTRUCTION.
AND THERE IS A AT LEAST A STUDENT THAT SITS ON THAT, THAT COMMITTEE.
SO ALL OF OUR SHARED GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES DO HAVE STUDENTS THAT SIT ON THEM AS WELL.
AND SO THAT, THAT THAT COMMITTEE IN PARTICULAR ON IT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ON THAT, BUT THAT DOES THAT COMMITTEE DOES HAVE A STUDENT ASSIGNED TO IT.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF CAMPUS POLICE HAS ACCESS TO THE CAMERAS OR.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHO EXACTLY SHOULD WE GO TO TO CONFIRM? SO WAS THE SO WAS A QUESTION ASKED DO WE HAVE CAMERAS? AND THE ANSWER WAS NO, WE DON'T HAVE CAMERAS I WOULD I IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT FOR YOU.
SO I AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONTEXT OF THE CONVERSATION WAS, BUT YEAH, GO AHEAD.
SO THE CHIEF OF POLICE DID SAY THAT THERE WAS CAMERAS, BUT THAT THERE WAS NO CAMERAS IN THE PARKING LOTS, THAT THERE WERE SOME CAMERAS THAT WERE POINTED TOWARDS THE PARKING LOT. BUT THE VISION WAS VERY BLURRY.
YEAH. SO THERE WAS NO REAL WAY OF FIGURING OUT IF A CAR GOT BROKEN INTO OR STOLEN OR VANDALIZED? RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD US.
WE DO HAVE CAMERAS THAT FACE PARKING LOTS.
LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, COULD COULD THE CAMERA ON THE PARKING LOTS BE BETTER? ABSOLUTELY. BUT WE DO HAVE EMERGENCY BLUE PHONES IN PARKING LOTS THAT DO CAPTURE PARKING LOTS.
BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE CAMERAS THAT CAPTURE EVERY SINGLE FOOTPRINT OF OUR PARKING LOTS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS ON THAT.
SO DEPENDING ON WHAT LOT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WOULD DEPEND ON HOW THE AVAILABILITY OF ACCESS WE HAVE TO, TO LOOK TO, TO LOOK AT THAT PARKING LOT.
OKAY. I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
AND I'M NOT I DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN CONTROL OF THAT.
I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
AND THAT'S WHY STUDENTS ARE COMING HERE AND SAYING THEY'RE NOT FEELING SAFE.
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AND THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE THAT.I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
IF I COULD JUST ECHO STUDENT TRUSTEES.
I MEAN, I THINK I KNOW WE HAVE SOME SECRET CAMERAS, APPARENTLY.
BUT I THINK VERY VISIBLE CAMERAS IN THE PARKING LOTS WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
AND I THINK IT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT, LIKE, WE'RE, WHAT, 130 ACRES IS A CAMPUS.
IT'S REALLY BIG. PROBABLY 40% OF THAT IS PARKING LOT, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT EQUALS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY DOZENS AND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ACRES OF PARKING. THAT BEING SAID, PARTICULARLY FOR FEMALE STUDENTS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF FEMALE STUDENTS THAT MAKE UP OUR STUDENT POPULATION BEING ABLE TO FEEL SAFE AND KNOW THAT THERE'S VISUAL DETERRENTS.
I, I DON'T SEE ANY DOWNSIDE TO MAKING SURE WE HAVE SOME LEVEL OF ALLOCATION OF EXPENDITURE FOR IMPROVING THE VISIBILITY OF CAMERAS, AND BOTH THE HOW WELL CAMERAS SEE AND HOW VISIBLE THEY ARE TO SEE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT.
AND ONE OF THE THE ISSUES OR AT LEAST THE YOU KNOW, WHY THERE ISN'T AS MANY AS WE WANT IS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN PARKING LOTS WERE BUILT, THEY WEREN'T BUILT WITH THAT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR US TO DO IT, TO PUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN MEANT THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO TRENCH IN.
EVP. WHERE WERE WE? DID YOU FINISH? OH, SORRY. DID YOU FINISH YOUR REPORT? YES. VICE PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT TITLE NINE, BUT THAT IS THAT'S.
WE CAN SKIP IF YOU WANT RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IF DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO SKIPPING IT AND MAYBE SAVING IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING? WE DON'T. IT'S HIS REPORT.
IT'S HIS. OH, THAT'S HOW THIS IS ALL BURIED IN.
IN THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT HERE.
MY REPORT WAS BRIEF, AND IT WAS ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT.
I MEAN, I THINK PRIORITY IS, IS KIND OF WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT, TO KIND OF ACTIVELY HEAR THEIR CONCERNS OR HAVE, YOU KNOW, SENDING OUT NEWSLETTERS OF OCCURRENCES SO THEY KNOW, LIKE THE CAMPUS IS SAFE, RIGHT? IF THERE'S REALLY NO COMPLAINTS TO, YOU KNOW, CAMPUS POLICE OR THERE'S NO EVENTS OR, YOU KNOW, NEGATIVE EVENTS OR THEN THE STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW THAT AS WELL, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY MIGHT FEEL UNSAFE, BUT BUT THE NUMBERS MIGHT SAY THAT THE CAMPUS IS SAFE, RIGHT? OR IS THERE A QUESTION OF UNDERREPORTING? SO I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS WE CAN WORK ON.
AND I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF SOMETIMES CAMERAS MAYBE ARE BETTER WHEN THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE VISIBLE.
LIKE YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON.
LIKE WERE THERE THINGS HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THINGS STUDENTS ARE SAYING, LIKE BECAUSE THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN KIND OF PRETTY STABLE, RIGHT? THIS FOR YEARS. SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT'S GOING ON THAT THE STUDENTS ARE FEELING UNSAFE.
SAFE. ONE THING THAT I DID WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THAT'S TYING THIS ALL TOGETHER, THAT WE ACTUALLY JUST DID NOT TOO LONG AGO WE ACTUALLY ADDED SIGNAGE IN ADDITION TO THAT.
SO WE HAVE OVER 50 SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS THAT IDENTIFY THAT, HEY, WE'RE WATCHING YOU.
SO BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT AS WELL.
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VIDEO FOOTAGE GOING ON.SO AND I THINK, I THINK THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.
DOCTOR SALAZAR. SO WE'LL GET THE CHIEF TO COME BACK NEXT TIME.
WE DO HAVE SAFETY REPORTS AND THEY ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.
SO I THINK OUR LAST REPORT IS JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS OLD AT MOST, AND IT SHOULD BE IN OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE POLICE TAB.
AND IF I RECALL CORRECTLY IT'S BEEN A BIT SINCE I READ IT.
WE CAN'T SAY BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE A SAFE CAMPUS AND THE OR INCIDENTS OF CRIME ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
BUT NEVERTHELESS SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU FEEL, NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOW WITH NUMBERS.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE CHIEF COME BACK.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADD CAMERAS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY WE HAVE ADDED, BUT IF YOU RECALL, WE DID NOT HAVE BLUE LIGHTS PRIOR TO 16. AND FROM THERE, AS WE DEVELOP OUR OPTICS.
AND EVERY TIME THAT WE DO A PROJECT, WE TRENCH AND WE THROW MORE, MORE FIBER OPTIC IS THE SOME OF OUR AREAS THAT ARE FARTHER AWAY FROM THE MAIN BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO DATA.
SO WE HAVE BEEN IN OUR PLAN CONTINUE TO EXPAND.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPAND BECAUSE TODAY THEY'RE NECESSARY AND, AND AS THE TECHNOLOGY IS AVAILABLE, PLEASE DO KNOW THE WE DO NOT DISAGREE WITH THE COMMENTS.
AND AND YOU WILL SEE MOST OF MORE CAMERAS AS OBVIOUSLY THE TECHNOLOGY IS AVAILABLE AND TWO WERE ABLE TO TO, TO MAKE MORE HOLES ON THE GROUND TO LAY MORE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THOSE BUT THERE CONTINUE TO INCREASE, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
AND THAT IS NOT DISAGREEMENT WITH THE COMMENTS ABOUT MAKING SURE THE THERE MORE LIGHTS AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FOCUS ON THAT AREA.
HELLO AGAIN. SO JUST TO REITERATE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE AS THE STUDENTS CAN DO, I KNOW THAT THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE SENSE OF WANTING TO ENSURE THAT THESE TARGET AREAS ARE MET FOR THE AGAIN, FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL, NOT JUST THE STUDENTS, BUT FOR FACULTY, STAFF, EVERYONE WHO COMES ON CAMPUS.
JOSE. AND PLEASE COME BACK AND LET US KNOW.
MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US A LITTLE REPORT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
KIND OF MORE INFORMATION KIND OF WITH THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE IS.
AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS TOPIC? HEARING NONE. DOCTOR FIERRO.
YEAH, I JUST HAVE A QUICK REPORT. I'LL KEEP IT.
SHE. IT WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL.
SHE GAVE US A WHOLE BOOKLET WITH INFORMATION AND REALLY KIND OF GUIDED US THROUGH THAT SINCE A LOT OF US DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, LEGISLATING IN SACRAMENTO. SO I WANTED TO THANK HER FOR THAT AND ALL THE EFFORTS.
SHE DID A FABULOUS JOB WITH THAT.
ALSO, I ATTENDED THE NORWALK-LA MIRADA REOPENING WITH MY FELLOW TRUSTEES.
I WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE GROUNDBREAKING TODAY.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WE SHOULD THANK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AND THEIR STAFF AND ALL THE STAFF THAT MADE THAT EVENT HAPPEN, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS INDOORS, WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW OFF THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE SCREEN. SO I THINK IT WAS STILL A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
ALSO, DOCTOR ANTHONY RENDON, SPEAKER EMERITUS AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER, BLANCA PACHECO PRETTY MUCH FOR GIVING US A LARGE CHUNK OF MONEY TO REALLY MAKE THAT BUILDING HAPPEN. AND AND IMPORTANTLY, MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEY VOTED YES FOR MEASURE CC RIGHT.
SO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY WE THIS WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING AS WELL.
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THE FUTURE. AND THEN TILDEN COIL AND HPA ARCHITECTS AS WELL, FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.WE WERE ALL THERE. WE ALL WERE IN THE PICTURE.
SO IT WAS A IT WAS A GOOD EVENT.
AND WITH THAT WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION.
[7. Closed Session]
DO WE HAVE A READOUT? ONE ONE READOUT.IT'S 7.01 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS.
ACTING DEAN, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES 7.03.
LIABILITY CLAIMS ANTICIPATED LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FIVE, FOUR, NINE FIVE, 6.9, E ONE AND WE WILL BE BACK ONCE WE FINISH CLOSED SESSION. THANK YOU.
[8. Closing Items]
THE READOUT FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS 7.02 PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT GC NUMBER 54957 ACTING DEAN, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.ACTION. THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SEVEN YESES, ZERO NO, ZERO ABSTENTIONS.
WITH THAT, WE WILL CONCLUDE THE MEETING.
WHICH ONE? WHICH ONE? HERE. YEAH.
THE GREATER, THE GREATER THE PAY.
OKAY. SORRY, I FORGOT TO ADD EXECUTIVE CONTENT.
IT'S REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RATIFIED THE APPOINTMENT OF COLLEEN MCKINLEY AS ACTING DEAN, ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AT GRADE 42. STEP SIX 18,755 PER MONTH OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024, AND NOT TO EXCEED ONE CALENDAR YEAR.
THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SEVEN YESES, ZERO NO'S, ZERO ABSTENTIONS.
WITH THAT, WE WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S MEETING.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.