Sep 11, 2024 Board Meeting

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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER TODAY'S REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024. AND I'D LIKE TO START WITH 1.01. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

[1.01 Roll Call]

BOARD CLERK. DAWN GREEN HERE. TRUSTEE JAMES CODY BIRKEY IS ABSENT.

TRUSTEE ZURICH. LEWIS PRESENT. TRUSTEE SHIN LIU HERE.

TRUSTEE. MARISA PEREZ. STUDENT TRUSTEE KATHIE LEE HERE.

AND PRESIDENT. SUPERINTENDENT PIERRO HERE. THANK YOU.

[1.02 Pledge of 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. NEXT ITEM IS 1.03 AGENDA ORGANIZATION.

[1.03 Agenda Organization]

[1.04 Comments from the Audience]

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. AND WHEN I WAS TOLD FIRST SPEAKER, LITERALLY THE FIRST SPEAKER OF THE NIGHT. SO SORRY FOR THAT.

JEFF FREITAS, PRESIDENT OF CFT. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE FACULTY UNION TO TALK ABOUT THE TA THAT YOU WILL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER ON TONIGHT.

I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT. WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN THIS TA IS HISTORIC FOR THIS COLLEGE.

I'VE BEEN COMING TO THIS COLLEGE. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THIS BOARD TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND BENEFITS AND THE PAY OF THE WORKERS THAT ARE HERE. AND THIS SPEAKS TO THE STUDENTS AS WELL, BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT PROVIDING FOR THE WORKERS THAT WE EMPLOY, THEN WHAT CAN THE STUDENTS EXPECT WHEN THEY GO OUT IN THE WORLD AFTER THEY GET THEIR EDUCATION? THIS IS ONE OF THANK YOU OR THE TEAM THAT AGREED TO THE CCA.

WE ASKED THE BOARD TO REVIEW IT AND ADOPT THE TA AND MOVE FORWARD.

THIS IS ABOUT HEALTH CARE FOR BOTH THE FULL TIME AND PART TIME FACULTY, AND IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING, AS WELL AS SO IMPORTANT, THAT THE GOVERNOR PUT MONEY THERE TO PAY FOR PART TIMERS TO GET THIS HEALTH CARE THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY THERE, AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY THERE.

AND THIS IS AN AMAZING POINT TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE STAND FOR PAY AND HEALTH CARE FOR OUR WORKERS.

AND THIS IS GREAT. SO THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE FOR IT.

PLEASE VOTE FOR IT. PLEASE JOIN US ALL IN PROVIDING FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE WENDY BRILL WYNKOOP CCF 2427 CBA. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WENDY BRILL WYNKOOP I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY ASSOCIATION OF THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES, OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FAC. FAC IS A STATEWIDE PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING COMMUNITY COLLEGE INTERESTS FOR OVER 65 YEARS.

WE FOCUS ON STATE LEVEL ADVOCACY AND POLICY. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CERRITOS COLLEGE AND THE CERRITOS COLLEGE FACULTY FEDERATION, FAC, ALONG WITH OUR UNION PARTNERS, ADVOCATED TIRELESSLY TO THE STATE TO SECURE FUNDING FOR PART TIME FACULTY HEALTH CARE. THE STATE RESPONDED BY PROVIDING THESE RESOURCES WITH CLEAR EXPECTATION THAT LOCAL DISTRICTS WOULD NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH TO IMPLEMENT THIS CRUCIAL BENEFIT. AS YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS CONSISTENTLY FIGHT FOR TWO THINGS MAINTAINING LOCAL CONTROL AND SECURING MORE RESOURCES. IN THIS CASE, THE STATE HAS PROVIDED THE RESOURCES.

NOW IT'S UP TO YOU TO EXERCISE YOUR LOCAL CONTROL RESPONSIBLY.

I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT AT THE STATE LEVEL.

LEGISLATORS ARE ALREADY FRUSTRATED BY HOW LONG THIS PROCESS HAS TAKEN ACROSS CALIFORNIA.

IF WE DON'T WANT POLICY MANDATES IMPOSED FROM SACRAMENTO, WE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE HEALTH CARE AND FAIR COMPENSATION TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE FACULTY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THIS AGREEMENT REPRESENTS A HISTORIC WIN FOR FACULTY.

IT SECURES 100% HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR ELIGIBLE PART TIME FACULTY, MAINTAINS ZERO OUT-OF-POCKET HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR FULL TIME FACULTY, AND PROVIDES ON SCHEDULE SALARY INCREASES FOR THREE YEARS.

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AND THESE ARE. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. THESE ARE CRUCIAL STEPS TOWARDS EQUITY AND FAIRNESS IN OUR SYSTEM.

WHEN YOU APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT, YOU'RE NOT JUST SUPPORTING FACULTY.

YOU'RE INVESTING IN THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

YOU'RE ENSURING THAT FACULTY CAN FOCUS ON TEACHING RATHER THAN WORRYING ABOUT THEIR HEALTH OR FINANCIAL SECURITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS DAN ROCHA, CCF 2427 CBA.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAN ROACH. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

I AM PROUD TO BE ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER FOR ARTESIA CITY COUNCIL.

I JUST WANTED TO COME HERE TO QUICKLY EXPRESS.

A LARGE MAJORITY OF ARTESIA RESIDENTS ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT, AND WE URGE YOU TO VOTE YES ON IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER, LYNN SHERWIN ON FULL TIME HEALTH CARE.

HI, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS LYNN SHERWIN. I'M A FULL TIME FACULTY MEMBER HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AND THE FULL TIME HEALTH CARE THAT'S IN THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

THE OUT OF POCKET FOR FULL TIME FACULTY IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME.

I AND FOR MY FAMILY. MY HUSBAND HAS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.

HE'S IN CHRONIC PAIN, AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT COVERED FOR US ALLOWS HIM TO BE ABLE TO SEE SPECIALISTS WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A REFERRAL FROM A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO LIVE IN CONSTANT PAIN.

THE CONTINUED COVERAGE OF THIS HEALTH CARE WILL MEAN THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SUDDEN OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES, WHICH FOR US WOULD BE UPWARDS OF $13,000 FOR A YEAR, AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SCRAMBLE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT WAS GOING TO COME FROM TO MEET THE PREMIUM. AND MY HUSBAND CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT HE HAS ENJOYED.

AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE NEGOTIATING TEAM, FOR THE THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

AND I WOULD URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, ANA VALCARCEL, A FULL TIME HEALTH CARE. HELLO. I WORK OVER AS FULL TIME FACULTY IN THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. I SPOKE HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ABOUT FULL HAVING FULL TIME HEALTH CARE AND WHAT IT MEANT TO ME.

I HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS SON. HE WAS BORN THREE MONTHS EARLY.

WE SPENT THREE MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL. I LIVED WITH HIM, AND I LAST TIME I SPOKE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, I GOT ONE BILL FOR $1 MILLION. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT KIND OF WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE TO CHANGE MY HEALTH CARE. PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN MIGHT NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH WORK IT TAKES TO GET THE HEALTH CARE THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR CHILD.

MY SON IS ON THE SPECTRUM. IT TOOK ME A YEAR BASICALLY WORKING A SECOND FULL TIME JOB, TRYING TO GET HIM DIAGNOSED AND THEN TRYING TO FIND THE SPECIAL THERAPY THAT HE NEEDED. AND THEN NOW THAT WE'VE HAD IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, IT'S BEEN LIFE CHANGING. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO LOSE MY JOB BEFORE BECAUSE I WOULD GET PHONE CALLS EVERY DAY THAT I HAD TO COME PICK HIM UP.

HE COULDN'T GO TO SCHOOL. HE NEEDED HELP. AND YOU CAN'T JUST GO GET A THERAPIST.

YOU HAVE TO GET ON A WAIT LIST SOMETIMES FOR SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR TO GET YOUR CHILD HELP.

SO IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE HEALTH CARE, IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF SAYING, OH, WE'LL JUST GET A NEW THERAPIST.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR YEARS. EVERY KID ON THE SPECTRUM IS DIFFERENT, AND IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME TO ADJUST THE THERAPY FOR MY CHILD, AND I CANNOT JUST CHANGE THAT. IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE.

LIKE HE WENT FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND GEN ED CLASSES.

HE NOW HAS A ONE ON ONE HE'S IN GEN ED CLASSES.

HE'S IN HONORS MATH IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT IT TAKES US GETTING THERAPY EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL FOR HOURS AND HOURS. WE'VE MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS. BUT IT IS.

IT WILL BE A HUGE DISRUPTION AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ON THE SPECTRUM, CHANGE IS VERY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING.

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IF MY CHILD HAS TO CHANGE MEDICAL DOCTORS, PSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, ABA THERAPISTS, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE INVOLVED WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM. IF THAT'S CHANGED AND TAKEN AWAY FROM US, IT WILL BE DEVASTATING.

AND SO THERE'S A FINANCIAL ASPECT TO THIS. DEFINITELY.

I'M A SINGLE MOM. WE LIVE OFF OF MY INCOME ALONE, BUT EVEN MORE, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT MY CHILD GETS THE CARE THAT HE NEEDS, AND IT'S NOT DISRUPTED BECAUSE WE'VE MADE AMAZING PROGRESS WITH THE SPECIAL THERAPY THAT HE GETS.

AND IT'S BEEN LIFE CHANGING. AND I JUST PEOPLE MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS FAMILY MEMBER DISRUPTING THAT IS JUST I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO US IF THAT'S DISRUPTED. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS ADRIANA LA FUENTE. PART TIME HEALTH CARE.

HELLO. I WILL SAY I'M A VERY EMOTIONAL PERSON AND FOR ME, THIS IS VERY EMOTIONAL, SO I WILL TRY.

MY NAME IS ADRIANA AND I DO WANT TO SAY I AM A PROUD ALUMNI FROM CERRITOS COLLEGE NOT TOO LONG AGO.

THANK YOU. I GRADUATED IN 2020, SO THAT'S FOUR YEARS AGO.

AND I WILL SAY THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE CHANGED MY LIFE.

I LIVE IN COMPTON, WHERE EDUCATION IS NOT PROMOTED, AND WHEN I CAME HERE, I FELT WELCOMED, I FELT ACCEPTED, AND I FELT ENCOURAGED. AND THAT'S WHAT PUSHED ME TO NOW BECOME AN EDUCATOR, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD OF. SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY OF CERRITOS, IT SAID THAT THE COLLEGE PREPARES INDIVIDUALS FOR FULL PARTICIPATION IN COMPLEX DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY AS CITIZENS AND LEADERS, FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF PERSONAL NEEDS AND FOR THE FUTURE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION IS TO CULTIVATE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS AND TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO I WANT US ALL TO REMEMBER THAT ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE.

AS A SINGLE PARENT, AND I KNOW A LOT OF US WILL UNDERSTAND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

SO WHEN I WAS OFFERED A JOB HERE, I WAS ECSTATIC BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE CARE ABOUT.

WE CARE ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND THAT'S WHY I MADE IT HERE, BECAUSE CERRITOS COLLEGE ENSURE MY SUCCESS AT THE BEGINNING OF MY SUCCESS.

AND WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR PART TIMERS, THAT BROKE MY HEART.

NOT ONLY BECAUSE. WE'RE NOT STANDING TO OUR WORD OF QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE MY SON HAS TYPE ONE DIABETES.

AND TO TAKE CARE OF TYPE ONE DIABETES IS APPROXIMATELY AROUND $25,700 A YEAR, AROUND $2,000 A MONTH.

AND FOR A SINGLE PARENT WHO JUST GRADUATED GRAD SCHOOL, IT'S ALMOST MY PAYCHECK JUST TO KEEP MY SON ALIVE.

SO AS YOU ALL WILL COVER WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT, I JUST WANT TO URGE YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE STANDING FOR. PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE EMPLOYEES, FOR THE STUDENTS, AND FOR ALL OF US TO COME BACK AND TRY TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

THIS IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR US WHO ARE IN THIS ROOM, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR OUR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE AT HOME AND THEY WANT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND PLEASE KEEP THOSE STORIES IN YOUR MIND WHEN YOU MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, BECAUSE WE'RE REAL PEOPLE TOO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, MARIE BENSON, PART TIME HEALTHCARE.

I'M PROBABLY GOING TO CRY, TOO. MY NAME IS MARIE BENSON, AND I'VE BEEN A PART TIME DENTAL HYGIENE FACULTY FOR GOING ON 12 YEARS.

I'M A PRODUCT OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, AS I AM A DENTAL ASSISTANT, GRADUATE OF LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, AND A DENTAL HYGIENE GRADUATE OF WEST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE.

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YES, IT WAS MY CHOICE TO WORK IN SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT AND LUCKILY, ASIDE FROM MONTHLY PREMIUMS, MY HEALTH NEEDS HAVE BEEN MINIMAL. BUT NOW I AM APPROACHING AN AGE THAT LIKE DRIVING AN OLDER CAR.

MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ARE COSTING MORE AND MORE.

HEALTH CARE BENEFITS ARE BECOMING MORE IMPORTANT, AND THIS OFFER OF HEALTH CARE FOR PART TIME EMPLOYEES AND FACULTY ARE A GAME CHANGER, AND FOR MYSELF, COULDN'T COME AT A BETTER TIME.

MY INDIVIDUAL PREMIUM AT KAISER GOES UP EVERY YEAR, AND I FEAR A TIME WILL COME WHEN I CAN NO LONGER AFFORD IT.

I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR CONSIDERING A HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR PART TIME EMPLOYEES.

BEING SEEN AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CERRITOS COLLEGE LANDSCAPE IS A WONDERFUL COMPLIMENT TO ALL OF US, PART TIME FACULTY AND EMPLOYEES. WE WORK HARD TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS, AND OFTENTIMES THE PART TIMERS ARE THE ONES KEEPING THE PLATES SPINNING AND THE BALLS IN THE AIR WHEN TIMES GET VERY BUSY FOR THE FULL TIMERS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CCSF TEAM FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.

YOU HAVE ALL MADE ME VERY PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF TEAM CERRITOS.

THANK YOU. NEXT PERSON IN IS IS IT DHL? DHL JOHNSON.

MICHELLE JOHNSON. YEAH. MICHELLE JOHNSON, PART TIME HEALTH CARE.

YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DASHIELL JOHNSON AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AFT LOCAL 1521 A WE'RE HERE TO TO EXPRESS OUR SOLIDARITY WITH CERRITOS FACULTY AND THEIR TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

AND I'M THE FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ADJUNCT FACULTY, UNITED OF THE NORTH, ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.

THE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT APPROVED A SIMILAR HEALTH CARE AGREEMENT OVER A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN PAID FOR 100% BY THE STATE, AND HAS ALLOWED HUNDREDS OF OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE INSURANCE. THIS HAS ALLOWED THE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO BETTER RECRUIT AND RETAIN QUALITY PART TIME FACULTY. DENYING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IS IMMORAL AND WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT CCF'S TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, JEFF JOHNSON, PART TIME HEALTH CARE. JEFFREY JOHNSON.

JEFF. SORRY, IT'S MISSING SOME LETTERS. HI. MY NAME IS JEFF JOHNSON.

I'M AN ADJUNCT REP AT SAN DIEGO MESA COLLEGE AND ALSO AT SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

AND I WAS ON THE LEGISLATIVE TEAM TO PUSH FOR THE $200 MILLION IN FUNDING AND THEN THE CREATION OF BILL AB 190 TO HELP GET PART TIMERS HEALTH CARE.

I DROVE UP HERE DROVE UP HERE FROM SAN DIEGO TODAY.

AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHY. AND IT KIND OF RELATES, I'M NOT SURE IF MY STORY IS ANY BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE'S, BUT I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THE TIME I WAS IN A SITUATION WHERE I WAS REALLY STRUGGLING AS AN ADJUNCT.

MY WIFE AND MY SON, WE WERE BASICALLY LIVING OFF LIKE MILK AND CHEESE.

AND BY CHANCE, WE MANAGED TO GET DEPENDENT HEALTH CARE.

I'D HAD HEALTH CARE FOR MYSELF. NOT SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT, MY WIFE CONTRACTED TYPE TWO DIABETES AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PAY FOR HER INSULIN PENS. AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT DRIVING UP HERE 2 TO 3 HOURS IN TRAFFIC IS ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT.

AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THESE OTHER PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU IS THAT VALUE? AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING VALUE FOR YOUR YOUR ADJUNCT FACULTY.

AND I DON'T JUST MEAN WITH REGARD TO PART TIME HEALTH CARE.

I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT, IF YOU KNOW THE AGREEMENT, WHAT YOU'VE DONE, INCREASING THE PAY FOR ANCILLARY DUTIES AND EXTENDING THAT TO SHARED GOVERNANCE. AND I WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY AN ACADEMIC SENATOR AT SAN DIEGO MESA COLLEGE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES LIKE DUAL ENROLLMENT OR CTE EDUCATION, IT IS OUR ADJUNCT FACULTY THAT ARE ON THE FRONT LINES.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ADDED IN A LONGEVITY STEP FOR THOSE FOLKS AS WELL, BECAUSE BY ADDING THAT, THAT SHOWS THAT YOU VALUE EFFORT, EXPERIENCE, THE WAY THAT THESE PEOPLE COME OUT AND DO THIS WORK FOR YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN.

AND SO WHAT I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND IS THIS I REALLY STRONGLY URGE THAT YOU VOTE FOR THIS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT,

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AND THINK OF WHAT EVEN MORE AMAZING THINGS THEY CAN DO FOR YOU IF YOU CONTINUE TO SHOW THEM VALUE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, JAMES MCKEEVER. PART TIME HEALTH CARE.

I DON'T THINK HE'S A NURSE. OKAY, THAT'S OUR LAST SPEAKER.

HE'S CLEARLY ON HIS WAY. AND I DO MY STATEMENT FIRST.

OH, YOU WANT TO DO YOUR REPORT? OH, OKAY. SO HE'S LITERALLY WALKING IN RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, SO WE'LL START WITH REPORTS FROM DOCTOR WANG.

[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]

AS I WAS PREPARING FOR TONIGHT, IT DAWNED ON ME THAT SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT ME.

I AM DOCTOR LIN WANG, FULL TIME FINANCIAL AID COUNSELOR, CCF PRESIDENT AND ALSO ALUMNUS OF CERRITOS COLLEGE.

PROUD CLASS OF 2006. OKAY, IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE.

2006. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE OF CERRITOS COLLEGE, I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.

AS A FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT WITH A SINGLE MOTHER'S INCOME, MY FAMILY COULD NOT AFFORD TO SEND ME TO A UC CAMPUS.

SO AT THE AGE OF 18, I CHOSE TO ATTEND CERRITOS COLLEGE BECAUSE OF ITS AFFORDABILITY.

BECAUSE OF CERRITOS COLLEGE, I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN MY BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM UC BERKELEY AND EVENTUALLY A DOCTORATE FROM CAL STATE FULLERTON, WHERE I FIRST MET OUR LEAD NEGOTIATOR, DOCTOR APRIL BRACAMONTES.

YEAH. DID YOU KNOW THAT? FUN FACT. CERRITOS COLLEGE ALSO HELPED ME ACHIEVE MY AMERICAN DREAM WHEN I WAS HIRED AS A FULL TIME TENURE TRACK COUNSELOR IN 2015. PRIOR TO THAT, I HAD BEEN WORKING PART TIME AT MULTIPLE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN ADDITION TO MY FULL TIME JOB AS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR IN THE NOT FOR PROFIT SECTOR.

TO KEEP MYSELF AFLOAT AND TO ENSURE I HAD HEALTH CARE.

BUT ALL THAT CHANGED WHEN I WAS HIRED IN 2015.

SO THANK YOU, TRUSTEES AND CERRITOS COLLEGE FOR PROVIDING ME WITH HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE, WHERE I ONLY NEED TO PAY A COPAY OF $15 TO SEE MY THERAPIST.

AT SOME POINT, THAT IS ONCE A WEEK. YEAH. AND THANK YOU.

BECAUSE OF THE 22% SALARY INCREASES WE ACHIEVED IN THE LAST ROUND OF NEGOTIATIONS, IT HAS KEPT FULL TIME FACULTY SALARIES COMPETITIVE ACROSS THE STATE. TRUSTEES, I SHARE MY STORY.

BECAUSE OF CERRITOS COLLEGE, I'M ABLE TO HAVE THE ECONOMIC MOBILITY.

DOCTOR FARRELL OFTEN TALKS ABOUT CCF AND THE DISTRICT HAVE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FACULTY. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MAKING PROGRESS.

THE 2427 CBA WILL, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE TO ELIGIBLE PART TIME FACULTY. THIS IS THE HISTORIC MOMENT.

THIS SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WILL MEAN THAT WE CAN SAY TO OUR STUDENTS LIKE ADRIANA, COME BACK AND TEACH US CERRITOS COLLEGE.

WE VALUE OUR PART TIME FACULTY BY OFFERING COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE CURE AND COMPETITIVE PAY FOR TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY.

TRUSTEES. TONIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND CCSF.

AND I HOPE YOU VOTE YES ON THIS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

THIS TO IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS THE FRUIT OF BOTH TEAMS LABOR.

SINCE OUR LAST BOARD ACTION ABOUT A MONTH AGO, CONVERSATIONS STARTED HAPPENING.

INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH MEDIATION, BOTH PARTIES STARTED TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND COLLEGIATELY TO COME UP WITH A NEW WAY OF MOVING FORWARD IN ORDER TO SAVE EVERYONE'S HEALTH CARE.

THE NEGOTIATIONS TEAM ON BOTH SIDES MADE SIGNIFICANT SACRIFICES.

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SO, FOLKS, HEALTH CARE PLANS ARE NOT IMPACTED.

FRANK, I AM APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR TRANSPARENCY, AUTHENTICITY, AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO CODIFY REASSIGN TIME FOR D COORDINATORS, PERFORMANCE COACHES, AND FINALLY ALLOW AUTOMOTIVES TO HAVE A PROGRAM DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU FELIPE. I AM APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO MY CREATIVITY WHEN IT COMES TO, QUOTE UNQUOTE, BALANCING THE BUDGET. I ALSO PARTICULARLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU ALWAYS TELL ME YOU'RE GOING TO THROW ME OUT OF YOUR OFFICE.

BUT IF. WHEN I CONTINUE TO PUSH. BUT YOU NEVER DID.

SO THANK YOU. MERCEDES, I AM APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR ULTIMATE TASK MANAGING SKILLS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD, BUT THANK YOU. IF IT WAS NOT FOR YOU, WE WOULD NOT HAVE CLOSED THE CBA ON TIME.

AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT ALL BEFORE OPEN ENROLLMENT.

DOCTOR FIERRO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO APPROACH CCSF AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

EVEN THOUGH I MIGHT HAVE MAYBE ALMOST CALLED YOU AN IMPASSE PRESIDENT.

MAYBE. SORRY. AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR HIRING ME.

2015 SO, TRUSTEES, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS A PRODUCT OF SWEAT, TEARS, A LOT OF EYE ROLLING, AND ULTIMATELY A COLLEGIAL HANDSHAKE AT THE END.

JUSTICE. IT IS TIME TO CLOSE THIS CHAPTER. THIS IS YOUR LEGACY.

SUPPORT THE DISTRICT AND CCSF ON THIS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.

SO STUDENTS LIKE ME AND ADRIANA ARE INSPIRED TO PURSUE A CAREER IN TEACHING AND PUBLIC SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JAMES MCKEEVER. I'M PRESIDENT OF AFT 1521 FACULTY GUILD IN LOS ANGELES.

WE HAVE NINE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, AND I'M HERE TO ONE CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT AND COMING TO THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT I'M ALSO HERE TO TELL YOU THAT ADJUNCT HEALTH CARE WILL HELP YOU BALANCE THE BUDGET, RIGHT? WE IN IN OUR DISTRICT WITH NINE CAMPUSES, WE HAD TO CONVINCE OUR ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH ADJUNCT HEALTH CARE.

AND THIS WASN'T AN EASY ASK WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT OUR DISTRICT IS SO LARGE, WITH OVER 6000 FACULTY AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM BEING ADJUNCTS, THEY WENT FROM PAYING OVER $2 MILLION A YEAR IN HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR ADJUNCTS TO GETTING THAT FULLY REIMBURSED.

WE ACTUALLY HELPED THEM BALANCE THEIR BUDGET THROUGH THIS SYSTEM.

IT DOES WORK AND IT WILL HAPPEN. AND I WANT TO SAY THIS IT THE WAY WE WANT.

IT WAS BRINGING ADJUNCTS TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETINGS EVERY SINGLE WEEK, TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE WITHOUT HEALTH CARE FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, THE EXTRA CLASSES THEY HAVE TO TEACH JUST TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE, THE ABILITY TO NOT SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES OR NOT SPEND TIME WITH THEIR STUDENTS.

THEY HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN THOSE TWO, AND THEY NO LONGER HAD TO DO THAT.

AND AS A PERSON WHO GREW UP LOW INCOME WITH NO HEALTH CARE AS A CHILD, NO HEALTH CARE AS A YOUNG PERSON WHEN I WAS A YOUNG FATHER.

HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT THAT CHANGES LIVES.

YOU HAVE THE ABILITY RIGHT NOW TO CHANGE THE LIFE OF MANY OF YOUR ADJUNCT FACULTY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF AS A PRESIDENT OF AFT.

1521 AND OUR CHANCELLOR, WHO IS NOW RESIGNED AND HE'S MOVING DOWN.

IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS HE'S MOST PROUD OF, OF BRINGING FORWARD TO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE QUALITY OF TEACHING FOR OUR FACULTY, BECAUSE NOW THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO TEACH THOSE ADDITIONAL COURSES JUST TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE.

THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO TEACH THOSE ADDITIONAL COURSES AND THEN MAKE A CHOICE NOT TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY, OR NOT TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR STUDENTS. PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH WITH APPROVING THIS AGREEMENT.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

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WE'LL CONTINUE WITH REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM CONSTITUENT GROUPS.

WILL GO WITH TERRENCE MULLINS, PLEASE. FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT.

SO TO SAVE TIME, I'LL HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT AT THE OCTOBER MEETING.

BUT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT WHEN YOU IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS AND THAT'S WHAT'S REPRESENTED BY THE FACULTY UNION, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR FACULTY TO FOCUS ON ACADEMICS, WHICH IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FACULTY SENATE.

AND WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT CHANGES THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY, WHEN YOU'RE AN INSTRUCTOR OR A LIBRARIAN OR A COUNSELOR, WORRYING ABOUT HEALTH CARE GETS IN THE WAY OF THAT, RIGHT? AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE STUDENTS FIRST FRAMEWORK BE SUCCESS, THEN I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO SUPPORT AND YOU VOTE YES ON A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT THAT OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM YOLANDA LOPEZ, CSC. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

AND TO EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. AS YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT MY FOLKS.

BUT BEFORE I DO THAT I DO WANT TO WANT I DO LIKE TO SEE THE FACT THAT THERE'S A SENSE OF RESPECT FOR THE FACULTY AND DURING THEIR PROCESS AND THE NEGOTIATIONS. AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND EXTEND THAT COURTESY TO CLASSIFIED STAFF AS WELL, AS WE BEGIN OUR NEGOTIATIONS ON MONDAY. OUR CLASSIFIED ARE VERY INTEGRAL TO THE PART OF OUR INSTITUTION.

MOST OF OUR STUDENT SERVICES, IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, DO HAVE AN EXTENDED DAY THEY? DURING THE WEEK WHERE THEY HAVE EVENING HOURS.

AND WE'RE THE ONES THAT ARE OUT HERE 6:00 AT NIGHT.

WE'RE THE ONES WORKING IN DIVISION OFFICES DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL, WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK.

SO OUR STAFF WORKS REALLY HARD, AND WE HOPE THAT THAT SENSE OF RESPECT IS EXTENDED TO THEM.

WHEN YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING THE FULL PACKAGES FOR ALL OF THE BARGAINING UNITS, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS AS WELL, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE POLICIES IN PLACE DON'T ACTUALLY BENEFIT SOME OF THE CLASSIFIED.

AND YOU WILL SEE TODAY THAT YOU ARE APPROVING SOME OF OUR FOLKS TO TAKE TIME OFF OF THEIR CLASSIFIED STAFF IN ORDER TO TEACH JUST ONE CLASS, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A NICE LIVELIHOOD, GAIN AN ABILITY TO TEACH ON CAMPUS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GAIN SOMETHING ELSE AND HAVE A BETTER LIFE. RIGHT. IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION INTO A FACULTY ROLE, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOSE TO, WHETHER IT'S HERE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WHILE THEY DO EXIST, YOU'RE DO LIMIT US IN THOSE CAPACITIES.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT RESPECT FOR THE CLASSIFIED, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO, IS SOMETIMES WE FEEL THAT SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT IN PLACES DON'T BENEFIT CLASSIFIED WHOLLY IN TERMS OF RESPECT.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT TELECOMMUTING, RIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT POLICY IN PLACE.

WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE BEING OFFERED TO SELECT SHORT TERM EMPLOYEES ON A FULL REMOTE ASSIGNMENT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE POLICIES, WE'RE LOOKING AT THEM HOLISTICALLY BECAUSE THEY DO IMPACT CLASSIFIED SEPARATELY.

WE DON'T GET TO WORK 100% REMOTE. NOT ONE POSITION AS A CLASSIFIED PERSON GETS TO WORK 100% REMOTE.

BUT WE'RE OFFERING THOSE BENEFITS TO SHORT TERM, HOURLY, PART TIME EMPLOYEES.

AND SO WHEN I'M ASKING YOU THESE THINGS, I AM ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY.

AND HOW DOES IT IMPACT US IN THE GREATER GOOD? WHEN I ASKED ABOUT SHORT TERM HOURLY WORKING IN THE EVENING HOURS, I WAS TOLD, WELL THEY DON'T HAVE THE SENSE OF BEING ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE STUDENT UNDER DURESS, UNDER STRESS, AND UNDER THOSE WORKING CONDITIONS, BUT CLASSIFIED STAFF ARE LEFT HERE, SOMETIMES WITHOUT MANAGEMENT, TO BE ABLE TO TO SUPPORT THEM IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

AND SO THEY'RE LIKE, DON'T CALL CAMPUS POLICE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT PART OF THEIR ROLE.

SO WE'RE LEFT TO DO A LOT OF THESE THINGS ON OUR OWN.

AND SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE THING, WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU LOOKING AT NOT JUST THE ECONOMIC PACKAGE, BUT OUR WORKING CONDITIONS, LOOK AT THEM HOLISTICALLY BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE DO FEEL THAT THE POLICIES IN PLACE DON'T TRULY BENEFIT.

AND SOMETIMES IF IT COULD BENEFIT A CLASSIFIED PERSON, IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD STEER AWAY FROM IT.

SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND. SUPPORT THE CLASSIFIED STAFF.

WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS AND WE LOOK FOR THAT TO BE COLLEGIAL.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING IN ON MONDAY TO START NEGOTIATING WITH, WITH THE DISTRICT AS WELL.

AND AGAIN, I DO LIKE TO BRAG ABOUT MY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING SHIRLEY WIDJAJA FROM FISCAL SERVICES AND WE ARE SO AWESOME.

SO SO GLAD TO TO SEE MORE OF OUR CLASSIFIED BEING REPRESENTED, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.

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SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM CONSTITUENT GROUPS.

[2.01 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Classified/Confidential Employee of the Month]

RECOGNITION OF CLASSIFIED. CONFIDENTIAL. CONFIDENTIAL.

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL HONOR SHIRLEY WIDJAJA, BUDGET TECHNICIAN FISCAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR AUGUST 2020 FOR.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE SHIRLEY THIS EVENING.

SO SHIRLEY BEGAN HER CAREER WITH CERRITOS COLLEGE IN 2021 AS A BUDGET TECHNICIAN WITH THE FISCAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

SHIRLEY CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND ON HER ROLE AS A BUDGET TECHNICIAN TO ASSIST OTHERS.

THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT SHIRLEY IS THAT SHE EXCELS IN HER DEMANDING WORK AND TAKES EXTRA TIME TO ASSIST AND EDUCATE OTHERS.

SPECIFICALLY, SHIRLEY HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING MANY EMPLOYEES ON CAMPUS UNDERSTAND THEIR BUDGETS BY PATIENTLY EXPLAINING THE PROCESS AND DEMONSTRATING HOW IT WORKS. WE MADE HER JOB A LOT HARDER THIS YEAR WITH ALL THE CHANGES AND THE BUDGETS.

SHIRLEY'S DEDICATION, KINDNESS AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP MAKE HER AN ABSOLUTE DELIGHT TO WORK WITH.

SHIRLEY EMBODIES THE QUALITIES OF AN OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE AND A TEAM PLAYER.

SHIRLEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CAMPUS AND ENSURING ITS STUDENT SUCCESS.

WE ARE PROUD THAT YOU ARE A CERRITOS COLLEGE EMPLOYEE AND COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING DEDICATION.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SHIRLEY WIJAYA AND FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DOCTOR FIERRO, ZERO FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO JOIN CERRITOS COLLEGE THREE YEARS AGO.

IT WAS DURING PANDEMIC TIME, SO IT WAS A SPECIAL TIME WITH ZOOM AND EVERYTHING.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK PHILIPPE LOPEZ, VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICES, FOR HAVING ME IN FISCAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

I TRULY ENJOY WORKING IN THIS DEPARTMENT UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALI DELAWALA, DIRECTOR OF FISCAL SERVICES, AND ALSO CONRAD SOLORIO, BUDGET MANAGER, WHO IS MY DIRECT SUPERVISOR FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE ALL THE TIME.

THEY REALLY SUPPORT ME IN AND OUT EVERY DAY, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BUDGET TEAM MEMBERS AND PROBABLY MANY OF YOU KNOW, US ALSO ALWAYS WORKING.

THREE OF US AROUND CAMPUS AS TRACY CHOW, BUDGET ANALYST, AND MARIA CONTRERAS, BUDGET TECHNICIAN.

FOR THEIR WONDERFUL JUST BEING A WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE.

WE WORK WELL TOGETHER AS A TEAM, AND WE HAVE A STRONG BONDING AS A TEAM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PERSON WHO NOMINATED ME, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS.

AND AND ALSO THE CONFIDENTIAL AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH COMMITTEE FOR SELECTING ME TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD TONIGHT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND NOW, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TO MY FAMILY FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR ME EVERY DAY, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. I REALLY ENJOY WORKING HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE WITH VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT I MEET AND WORK WITH. SO I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AND I'M ALSO GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THE TEAM, NOT ONLY BUDGET TEAM, NOT ONLY FISCAL SERVICES TEAM, BUT ALSO CERRITOS COLLEGE TEAM. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYONE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.

THANK YOU. VERY. MUCH.

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SORRY. ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE MORE. THANK.

YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT ITEM IS 2.02. INSTITUTIONAL

[2.02 REVISED: Presentation: Native Plant Sanctuary]

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO START THE PRESENTATION OVER, DOING A KIND OF A OVERVIEW ON THAT.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO MY COLLEAGUES, BOTH PROFESSOR ANA AND JUNIOR, HERE TO PROVIDE A FACULTY STUDENT PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE NATIVE PLANT SANCTUARY THAT WE HAVE HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW.

WE HAD TO RELOCATE. WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A NATIVE PLANT GARDEN HERE ON CAMPUS.

BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY GOT TAKEN OVER WHEN WE BEGAN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE HEALTH SCIENCE RENOVATION PROJECT.

SO DURING, I WOULD SAY, A 22 AND EARLY 23. WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION, BOTH WITH MYSELF, PARTICULARLY WITH ANNA, AND FACILITIES ON LOOKING AT SPACE AROUND CAMPUS OF WHERE WE CAN EXPAND AND PROVIDE A NEW OPPORTUNITY TO PUT ANITA GARDEN HERE ON CAMPUS ON THAT. HERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE A PICTURE OF WHEN IT WAS JUST COMPLETED, WHEN WE DID THE FINAL DESIGN OF THAT.

SO WE FINISHED THIS PROJECT LATE 20, IN 23. BUT THIS IS ALL KIND OF STEMS FROM A BIGGER PHILOSOPHY, AS IF THE BOARD RECALLS BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 23 YOU, WE YOU APPROVED THE SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK, WHICH MARKS A SOME SIGNIFICANT STEPS TOWARDS ENHANCING THE UNDERSTANDING OF NATIVE SPECIES HERE ON CERRITOS COLLEGE ON THAT.

SO PART OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF THAT FRAMEWORK IS WHAT KIND OF FOCUS ON WHAT DROVE THIS THIS PROJECT HERE? AND LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE RELOCATION WAS DUE TO THE HEALTH SCIENCE RENOVATION ON THAT.

AND ONCE WE ESTABLISH A LOCATION, WE WORKED WITH OUR COLLEAGUE, FACULTY COLLEAGUES ON THE DESIGN, WHAT WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE ON THAT. AND DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 23, WE BEGAN THAT PROJECT TO CLEAR OUT AND GET IT READY FOR THEM. BY THE END OF 2023. THIS IS NOT A EXHAUSTIVE LIST, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS SANCTUARY SERVES MULTIPLE PURPOSES, IDEALLY TO PROVIDE A HABITAT FOR FOOD, FOR IT PROVIDES A HABITAT AND FOOD FOR LOCAL WILDLIFE.

REQUIRES LESS WATER AND MAINTENANCE. AND IT SERVES A VALUABLE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND SO I'M KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE THIS PHOTO.

AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THESE ARE KIND OF WALKWAYS.

SO THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS KIND OF HAVE LIKE A WALKING GARDEN WHERE YOU ACTUALLY WALK AND STROLL THROUGH THAT AND BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE GARDEN AT ITS FULLEST. AND THEN JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON SOME NEXT STEPS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON THIS GARDEN.

ON THAT. AND SO ONE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS TO AGAIN EXPAND THE STUDENT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ON THAT.

WE ARE LOOKING AT ENHANCING AND WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN STUDENT HEALTH OF POTENTIALLY UTILIZING THIS SPACE AS A WELLNESS WORKSHOPS. AND SO ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEGAN ENTERTAINING AND TALKING THROUGH AND BE WORKING THROUGH A DESIGN IS PUTTING SOME TYPE OF SHADE STRUCTURE, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, COULD BE LIKE A GAZEBO FOR AN EXAMPLE ON THAT.

SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY KIND OF HAVE A KIND OF A SANCTUARY SPOT WHERE YOU'RE UNDER THE SHADE AND BE ABLE TO FULLY EMBRACE THE PLANT LIFE AND WILDLIFE AROUND THE, THE GARDEN ITSELF.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IT WE WERE COMPLETED FROM THE FACILITY STANDPOINT.

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AND I ACTUALLY TOOK THIS FROM THEIR INSTAGRAM POST THAT THEY ALSO OFFER SOME VOLUNTEER HOURS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO THERE, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

AND SO HERE'S SOME HOURS THAT ARE POSTED ON THAT.

AND I'M SURE BOTH JOY AND ANN WILL. ANNA WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

AND SO BUT AGAIN, I WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO BOTH PROFESSORS AND, AND JOY FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND ASSISTANCE OF WORKING WITH WITH STAFF, ALSO WITH FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. ON THAT BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAD A ROLE IN THE DESIGN AND BUILDING OF THAT.

AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BOTH ANN AND.

OH, IT'S RIGHT THERE. SORRY. THANK YOU. AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PIERRO AND TRUSTEES FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING.

IN PARTICULAR, PRESIDENT SANDRA SALAZAR FOR INVITING US TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW NATIVE PLANT SANCTUARY.

I'M JOY TSUHAKO, SOCIOLOGY FACULTY, ALSO CERRITOS COLLEGE ALUMNUS AND ADVISOR TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB.

AND I'M HERE WITH THE PERSON WHO STARTED IT ALL, BIOLOGY PROFESSOR ANA VALCARCEL.

HELLO AGAIN. I TEACH IN THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

I TEACH ONE OF THE CLASSES I TEACH IS HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND SO PART OF WHAT I WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH WITH ESTABLISHING A NATIVE PLANT SANCTUARY WAS TO PROVIDE A HANDS ON LEARNING SPACE FOR MY STUDENTS, BECAUSE IT'S NICE TO LEARN. POWERPOINTS ARE GREAT, BUT HAVING STUDENTS GET OUT AND HAVING NATURAL SPACES AVAILABLE TO THEM TO LEARN WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND ALSO TO SEE THAT SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT I'M SOME OF THE ISSUES I'M TEACHING ABOUT IN CLASS, THE CLIMATE CRISIS, EXTINCTION CRISIS, THEY'RE OVERWHELMING.

AND A LOT OF TIMES STUDENTS FEEL THAT IT'S SOME FARAWAY RAINFORESTS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

BUT REALLY, I WANTED THEM TO FEEL EMPOWERED. AND WITH THE NATIVE PLANT SANCTUARY, THE IDEA WAS TO FOR THEM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND REALLY SEE PRETTY IMMEDIATE RESULTS.

SO I WAS REALLY LUCKY TO TEAM UP WITH JOY. I FEEL LIKE IT WAS THE PERFECT PARTNERSHIP.

SHE BRINGS HER KIND OF VIEWPOINT, WHICH I ALSO FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND SHE'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

AND SO WE'VE REALLY ENTERED INTO A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

AND AND IT'S JUST GROWING. SO WE STARTED PLANTING IN JANUARY ALONG WITH JOY AND HER ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB STUDENTS.

AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE VERY YOUNG PLANTS THEY WILL EVENTUALLY FILL OUT.

JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. WE HAVE OVER 50 DIFFERENT NATIVE PLANT SPECIES PLANTED IN THAT SPACE.

AND THE MISSION OF THE SANCTUARY FOCUSES ON THREE THINGS FIGHTING EXTINCTION AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS BY CULTIVATING A SANCTUARY OF MOSTLY REGIONAL CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS TO SUPPORT HABITAT FOR THE NATIVE WILDLIFE AND TRY TO BUILD BIODIVERSITY IN THE SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES AREA TO INCREASE NATIVE INSECTS, BIRDS, MAMMALS AND THAT IN TURN WILL REHABILITATE THE SOIL AND INCREASE CARBON CAPTURE AND WATER CAPTURE.

AND THEN I'LL LET JOYCE SPEAK TO. YEAH. SO THE SECOND PART OF OUR MISSION IS TO HONOR NATIVE LAND.

SO WHEN FORMER STUDENT TRUSTEE HECTOR LEDESMA ASKED REBECCA ROBLES, WHO IS AN HASHIM AND CULTURE BEARER AND CO-FOUNDER OF FRIENDS OF PUVUNGA, WHICH WORKS TO PROTECT SACRED TONGVA LAND THAT CSULB IS BUILT ON.

HOW CERRITOS COLLEGE CAN HONOR NATIVE PEOPLE.

HER RESPONSE WAS TO PLANT NATIVE PLANTS ON OUR CAMPUS.

SO HONORING NATIVE LAND STEWARDED BY THE TONGVA GABRIELINO PEOPLE WHO FOR 10,000 YEARS OR MORE RESIDED AND CARED FOR THIS LAND. OUR GOAL IS TO LEARN RIGHT FROM THEIR WISDOM TO HELP MODEL RESPONSIBLE LAND STEWARDSHIP DEVOID OF TOXIC CHEMICALS LIKE PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS, AND USING MINIMAL IRRIGATION, JUST AS THE TONGVA HAVE DONE, INCLUDING NO USE OF GAS POWERED EQUIPMENT.

AND ANNA HAS SPOKEN A BIT TO THE THIRD PART AS WELL IN TERMS OF BUILDING EMPOWERED COMMUNITY.

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AND THIS EXTENDS BEYOND CAMPUS TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

TO HAVE A PLACE FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND ANYONE TO COME VISIT AND RELAX WHERE THEY CAN FEEL EMPOWERED AND USE THIS AS A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY THAT EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTHEAST LOS ANGELES AREA CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH PRETTY EASY STEPS.

AND LIKE I SAID, MY STUDENTS, WITHIN A WEEK WE HAD MONARCHS COMING IN, LAYING EGGS.

THERE WERE CATERPILLARS. THEY WERE GOING THROUGH METAMORPHOSIS.

WITHIN A WEEK THEY HAD FOUND THE GARDEN AND IT WAS JUST FILLED WITH COCOONS AND BUTTERFLIES.

AND AND THAT WAS JUST A WEEK. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT THEY CAN SEE THAT IMMEDIATE EFFECT AND THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AND WE WANT THAT FOR THE WIDER COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED PARTNERS ACROSS CAMPUS IN THIS HEALING PROJECT.

CERRITOS COLLEGE FACILITIES, OBVIOUSLY. BUT ALSO THE CENTER FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE HAS HOSTED SUMMER INSTITUTE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE COHORT.

THIS YEAR WILL ALSO BE PLANTING IN THE SANCTUARY LEARNING COMMUNITY COURSES HAVE ALSO INTEGRATED THIS INTO THEIR CONTENT STUDENT CLUBS.

OBVIOUSLY WE MENTIONED STUDENT HEALTH. WE'RE WORKING NOW ON A PARTNERSHIP WITH WELDING AS WELL, TO PROVIDE SO THAT STUDENT PROJECTS CAN BE SHOWCASED IN THE SPACE, IN PARTICULAR STARTING WITH LABELS FOR THE PLANTS THAT INCLUDE NOT JUST THE COMMON NAME, THE LATIN NAME, BUT ALSO THE INDIGENOUS NAME FOR THAT, FOR THOSE PLANTS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LEARN ABOUT THEM.

THE FACULTY UNION HAS ALSO PROVIDED FUNDING FOR AN EVENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO INVITE YOU ALL TO.

COMING UP HERE, WE MENTIONED THE WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ACC IS ALSO GROWING.

SO WE HAVE INVITED FATIMA, OREGON, WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF ACC FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS FATIMA, OREGON, AND I AM THE CURRENT ACC VICE PRESIDENT.

I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE NATIVE PLANT GARDEN, WHICH IS A PROJECT WITH A LOT OF PASSION BEHIND IT FROM NOT ONLY FACULTY, BUT STUDENTS AS WELL. OUR PRESIDENT REALLY WANTED TO BE HERE, BUT SHE'S RECOVERING FROM A REALLY BAD COLD.

SO I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF BOTH OF US. YEAH.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER ASC'S GOALS AND PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIVE PLANT GARDEN.

WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN STUDENT SUCCESS, AS IT ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR SOCIAL SPACES ON CAMPUS, IN TURN FOSTERING A SENSE OF BELONGING FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE LEARNED FROM STUDENTS WHILE WE WERE CAMPAIGNING FOR OUR ELECTION WAS HOW MUCH THEY WERE ADVOCATING FOR MORE SPACES TO BE ABLE TO STUDY, TO BE ABLE TO RELAX, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH FELLOW STUDENTS AND CONNECT WITH FELLOW STUDENTS AS THEY FEEL THAT THE ONLY SPACE THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM RIGHT NOW IS A LIBRARY. SO THE GARDEN COULD BE A PERFECT SPACE WHERE THEY CAN SHARE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, SOMETHING THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE STILL IN POST PANDEMIC ERA AND SO BUILDING COMMUNITY AND BUILDING CONNECTIONS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THEIR SUCCESS. DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THE LONGEST STUDY FOR HAPPINESS FOUND THAT HAPPINESS RELIES MORE ON THE QUALITY OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS, RATHER THAN OUR MONEY OR STATUS? SO WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT THE NATIVE PLANT GARDEN AS ASC PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S A RESOURCE THAT CAN IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR STUDENTS. SO ASC ROLES ARE AS FOLLOWS. WE ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE BRANCHES CABINET, COURT AND SENATE.

CABINET IS LED BY OUR PRESIDENT ASHLEY YIM, WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY.

AND CABINET WILL MAKE SURE TO DO STUDENT OUTREACH, COLLABORATE WITH DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GARDEN IS INTEGRATED INTO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ON CAMPUS, AND THEY'LL ALSO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT EXPANSION AND MAINTENANCE.

COURT IS IN CHARGE OF UPHOLDING THE ACC'S CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS, SO THEY'LL MAKE SURE THAT ANY GARDEN RELATED ACTIVITIES ARE ALONGSIDE THOSE. SENATE, WHICH IS WHAT I'M IN CHARGE OF, AS THE VP WILL DRAFT AND PASS LEGISLATION THAT ENSURES THAT THE GARDEN IS BEING INTEGRATED INTO CAMPUS, JUST LIKE STUDENTS WANT.

SO AS A PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, WE REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS PROJECT THAT AS ONCE AGAIN, I CANNOT HIGHLIGHT ENOUGH HOW MUCH PASSION IS BEHIND IT AND HOW MUCH WORK HAS GONE BEHIND IT.

AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT WILL JUST ADD TO THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ON CAMPUS.

SO THANK YOU. SO WE DID WANT TO INVITE TRUSTEE

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I MENTIONED CCSF IS ACTUALLY GOING TO PROVIDE SOME FUNDING FOR FOOD.

WE'LL BE GIVING AWAY NATIVE PLANTS AND SEEDS AND PROVIDING EDUCATION TO FOLKS ABOUT HOW TO CARE FOR THEM, PLANT THEM, GROW THEM, AND ENJOY THEM JUST AS MUCH AS AS WE HAVE IN THE SANCTUARY.

SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE OF THE SANCTUARY IS LIMITED ONLY TO OUR OUR IMAGINATION.

THE SPACE THAT WE OCCUPY NOW WAS PREVIOUSLY UNUSED, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THAT SPACE THAT IS CURRENTLY UNUSED.

AND SO WE'D LIKE TO THANK DOCTOR FIERRO FOR HIS SUPPORT.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EXPANSION OF THE SANCTUARY, WHICH I THINK WILL HELP MEET ALL OF THESE NEEDS.

OF COURSE, WE WANT TO THANK AGAIN, FELIPE LOPEZ FOR HIS SUPPORT THROUGHOUT, AS WELL AS ANTHONY PARKER, WHO'S BEEN PIVOTAL IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW SHADE STRUCTURE, TO THE STORAGE SHED, TO ALL THESE TOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO ENHANCE THE SPACE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF STUDENTS.

WE HOPE TO CONTINUE GROWING THE CAMPUS INVESTMENT.

CAMPUS INVESTMENT IN THIS WONDERFUL SPACE THAT HAS ALREADY GIVEN SO MUCH TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY.

SO THE LAST LITTLE THING THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU IS ACTUALLY A VIDEO THAT WE PUT TOGETHER SO THAT YOU COULD HEAR FROM SOME STUDENTS AND SEE THE SANCTUARY YOUTUBE LINK WORKS AS WELL, JUST TO.

MAKE SURE THE VOLUME IS THIS IS JUST LIKE THE CLASSROOM, JUST ALL THE.

YEAH, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE QUIET. IT'S OKAY. IT WAS A GREAT BONDING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF US.

WE ALL FELT CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER, TO THE EARTH.

WE FELT THAT IT WAS A WONDERFUL WAY TO. HONOR THE LAND AND TO HONOR OUR CONNECTIONS THAT WE MADE THROUGH THE.

SUMMER INSTITUTE. AND EVER SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN VISITING THE SANCTUARY TWO TO.

THREE TIMES A WEEK. I TAKE LITTLE WALKS IN BETWEEN MY CLASSES AND.

AND IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE THAT JUST REMINDS ME OF OF MY MY CONNECTIONS WITH THE PEOPLE THAT I MET DURING THE SUMMER INSTITUTE.

IT ALSO REMINDS ME THAT I'M THAT I'M CONNECTED TO THE EARTH, THAT I'M CONNECTED TO THE SCHOOL.

AND IT'S ALSO A BEAUTIFUL TIME OF OF REFLECTION AND A BEAUTIFUL TIME TO, TO HONOR THOSE THAT WERE HERE BEFORE US.

SO IT'S A VERY COMMON PLACE, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE PLANTS, I THINK IT GROUNDS YOU AS WELL.

AND I THINK THIS CAN BE A VERY GOOD PLACE FOR LIKE, MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN STUDENTS COME OR LIKE WHEN EXAM SEASON STARTS TO ROLL IN.

I THINK THIS CAN BE A REALLY GOOD WAY TO, LIKE, CLEAR YOUR MIND.

AND I'M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT BIOLOGY, BUT SPECIFICALLY ANIMALS AND INSECTS IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ANIMALS IN THE GARDEN.

I SEE INSECTS THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, NOT ONLY IN A GREAT QUANTITY, BUT ALSO IN GREAT DIVERSITY.

I LIVE IN LINWOOD AND THERE'S ALMOST NO ACCESS TO NATURE NEARBY.

I ACTUALLY WANTED TO BE A FINANCE MAJOR, BUT I ACTUALLY SWITCHED TO BIOLOGY, SO IT MADE ME REALIZE WHAT MY TRUE PASSION WAS.

WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN THE SANCTUARY IS THAT AS MUCH WORK AS I PUT INTO IT, I'M LEARNING JUST TO PUT AS MUCH WORK INTO MYSELF.

AND THIS IS THIS IS NOT JUST NOT STUDENTS JUST LEARNING SOMETHING JUST COGNITIVELY, BUT THIS IS A DEEP EMBEDDED LEARNING, RIGHT WHERE THEY'RE THEY'RE EMOTIONALLY AND ETHICALLY LISTING. LEARNING THIS STUFF. IT'S NOT JUST COGNITIVE STUFF.

SO IT IS DEEP LEARNING. AND THIS IS IDEALLY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT STUDENTS TO GO AWAY WITH, RIGHT. LEARN SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY TRANSFORMS THEM.

I HOPE THAT WE GET BIGGER AND HELP THE SANCTUARY GET BIGGER AND MORE PEOPLE GET INVOLVED.

I KNOW THAT IT'S LIKE VERY GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEN ALSO FOR LIKE THE ECOSYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE SANCTUARY GROW BY EXPANDING.

RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SPACE, BUT I FEEL THAT WITH MORE SPACE, WE CAN INTRODUCE MANY MORE PLANTS AND MORE PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED WITH MORE SPACE AND ALSO EXPAND AROUND THE SCHOOL, NOT ONLY JUST IN THIS LITTLE AREA, BUT AROUND THE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR, THESE LITTLE AREAS THAT HAVE POTENTIAL TO PLANT EVEN MORE PLANTS AND DIVERSIFY.

[01:00:16]

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DOCTOR FIERRO, THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU. THIS IS ONE OF THE THOSE EXAMPLES IN WHICH COLLABORATION YIELDS ARE REALLY GOOD INITIATIVE.

I THINK, ANA, YOU WERE RELENTLESS ON GETTING THIS BACK, AND THAT WAS A GOOD THING.

AND I THINK THE DIALOG BETWEEN ALL INVOLVED LED TO A BIGGER INITIATIVE THAT I THINK WE COULD HAVE DONE IF WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THAT TYPE OF DIALOG.

I REALLY ENJOY SEEING ALL STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES INCLUDED ON THIS.

AND PART OF WELL, I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE SPACE BY NOW EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT I INITIALLY HAD IN MY HEAD, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SEE, OBVIOUSLY, IS THE GROWTH.

BUT FINDING A SPACE IN WHICH WE CAN COMBINE WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING WITH SOME SELF-CARE, IF YOU WILL, IN WHATEVER DEFINITION MAY BE FOR ANYONE AROUND CAMPUS.

SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WANTS TO FIND A PLACE TO PRAY, SOME A PLACE TO MEDITATE, SOME A PLACE JUST TO GET SOME PEACE AND QUIET.

AND I THINK THIS GARDEN, AS WE GROW IT AND THE GAZEBOS AND THE WALKING PATH WILL ALLOW FOR ALL THOSE NEEDS TO, TO BE MET. TO ME, THE, THE THE COOL PART ABOUT HAVING IT IN A LARGER OPEN SPACE IS THAT AS THE VEGETATION GROWS, IT WILL LOOK MORE SECLUDED.

AND I THINK THAT FEELING OF BEING SECLUDED IN NATURE GOES A LONG WAY, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE LIVE IN SPACES THAT ARE FULL OF CONCRETE, BASICALLY EVERYWHERE. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GROWTH.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GAZEBO AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE SOME MORE OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE LOOKING INTO EITHER PLAY SPACES OR MEDITATION SPACES TO USE IT FOR, FOR THAT PURPOSE AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY INFORMATIVE AND VERY INTERESTING. I ACTUALLY JUST WAS IN THE CITY OF BISHOP WHERE THEY HAVE AN AMAZING NATIVE GARDEN JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM SCHATZ'S BAKERY.

MY KIDS AND I KIND OF VENTURED IN TO KIND OF SEE THE PARK THERE BECAUSE WE HAD OUR DOG.

BUT WHEN WE FURTHER WENT REALLY, REALLY FAR IN, I MEAN, IT WAS AN AMAZING PARK, BUT THEY HAD A VERY LARGE NATIVE GARDEN, VERY MUCH HOW YOU'RE DESCRIBING IT WITH THE GAZEBOS, WITH EACH ONE IDENTIFYING THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS.

THEY HAD DIFFERENT TYPES OF AREAS. IT WAS JUST VERY INFORMATIVE AND YOU COULD TELL IT WAS VERY MUCH LOVED BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT THERE AND VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME. SO I REALLY ENJOY THAT. SO I CAN DEFINITELY SEE THE VISION BEHIND IT.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO REALLY LIKE THE IDEA ABOUT BRINGING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME TO THE WORKSHOPS.

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MY GIRL SCOUT TROOP, WE DID THE ECO GARDENER WORKSHOP WITH RWD AND REALLY ENJOYED IT.

AGAIN, JUST REALLY KIND OF OPENED THE GIRLS MINDS TO KIND OF HOW YOU PLANT DIFFERENTLY AND WHAT TYPE OF PLANTS AND THE WATER.

AND IT JUST IT WAS A VERY GOOD WORKSHOP. AND I WOULD LOVE THE IDEA THAT YOU GUYS MENTIONED ABOUT BRINGING MORE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY USE THE FACILITY AND LEARN FROM THE FACILITY. AND, YOU KNOW, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOT OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND AGENCIES WHO REALLY ARE RIGHT ON POINT WITH THIS AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, WORKING ON SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION.

I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN IT, BUT I DON'T THINK I SAW IT.

SO I DEFINITELY WILL WALK OUT THERE ONE DAY WHEN I'M ON CAMPUS AGAIN TO CHECK IT OUT.

SO AMAZING WORK. THANK YOU. WELL, I WANT TO THANK YOU, PROFESSOR ANNA AND JOY FOR COMING AND PRESENTING. I WAS INTRODUCED TO THIS BY PROFESSOR NAMALA FROM THE ECON DEPARTMENT, SO I WAS ABLE TO VISIT IT. I ENCOURAGE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO GO AND VISIT.

I SAW NATURE. I SAW JUST I SAW A STUDENT THERE WHO BROUGHT.

I FORGET WHAT HE BROUGHT, BUT HE BROUGHT AN INSECT FROM HOME TO BRING IT TO THE TO THE GARDEN.

I FORGET WHAT IT WAS, BUT HE HE BROUGHT SOMETHING FROM HOME IN A LITTLE JAR AND LET IT HE PUT IT ON A PLANT, AND I JUST SAW THE WAY HE CARED FOR THE PLANTS AND HE WAS PICKING OUT THE WEEDS.

AND I THINK THAT AS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT, THIS MIGHT BE OUR ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY CONNECT WITH NATURE.

[01:05:06]

WE HAD THAT STUDENT FROM LYNWOOD. I CAME FROM SOUTH CENTRAL, SO IT MIGHT BE THE ONLY TIME THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY CONNECT WITH NATURE, LEARN ABOUT NATURE AND WHETHER YOU USE IT AS MENTAL HEALTH, AS LEARNING, AS CONNECTING WITH OUR LAND, WHATEVER THE CASE IS, I THINK, LIKE DOCTOR FIERRO SAID, THERE'S MULTIPLE BRIDGES TO BE MADE, INTER DEPARTMENTS WITH OUR STUDENTS, WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I REALLY SEE THE POTENTIAL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT GROW AND HOW WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.

AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. THANK YOU. SO OUR NEXT

[2.03 Public Discussion and Presentation of the Initial Proposal of the California School Employees Association (CSEA), Chapter #161, to the Cerritos Community College District for Negotiation of the CSEA-District Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period July 1, 2024-June 30, 2027]

[2.04 Public Discussion and Presentation of the Initial Proposal of the Cerritos Community College District to the California School Employees Association (CSEA), Chapter #161, for Negotiation of the CSEA-District Collective Bargaining Agreement for the period July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027]

HEARING NONE. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE? A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION TO CLOSE. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WHICH WILL ENCOMPASS ITEM NUMBER 3456.

[3. Consent Items - Office of Academic Affairs]

[4. Consent Items - Office of Business Services]

[5. Consent Items - Office of Human Resources]

[6. Consent Items - Office of the President]

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS? I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEMS 3.03 AND 4.03.

OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS? EXCEPT FOR 3.03 AND 4.03, PLEASE. SO MOVED. CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

ITEM PASSES AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS 3.03, PLEASE.

[3.03 Faculty Stipend for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practices (CRPP) Initiative]

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CRP INITIATIVE, WHICH IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND PLEASE TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT IT IS PAID FOR THROUGH THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.

AND WE ARE GETTING AT LEAST $4,000 IN THIS CURRENT DISBURSEMENT.

IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT. FOR THIS EXPENDITURE.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AT LEAST SINCE, ACCORDING TO THIS NOVEMBER 15TH OF LAST YEAR.

SO HAVE FIRST OF ALL, FIRST QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S IT CALLED, DISSOLVED OR OTHERWISE DISTILLED TO SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD? AND WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN THAT SORT OF THING? THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE LEWIS. AND THE ANSWER DEPENDS ON HOW LONG YOU WANT TO HEAR FRANK SPEAKING ABOUT THIS.

FRANK HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THE TEAM. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE CULTURAL RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES, ALONG WITH DOCTOR FISHER AND LYDIA ALVAREZ. THEY THEY'RE LEADING THE CENTER.

BUT LONG STORY SHORT, WILL FRANK GETS READY FOR IT IS WE HAVE A GROUP OF FACULTY THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS IN WHICH WE UPDATE. LET ME USE A DIFFERENT WORD.

[01:10:01]

JUST JUST A LITTLE NUGGET OF THE OF THE WORK.

BUT BUT THE ENGLISH PROFESSOR. OH. ALL RIGHT.

BUT WE CAN ALSO IN A LATER MEETING BRING A COUPLE OF OUR FACULTY MEMBERS TO.

SO, SO YOU CAN HEAR FIRSTHAND SOME OF THE WORK THEY HAS BEEN DONE DURING THE WORKSHOPS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW THAT WORK HAS IMPACTED THEIR TEACHING METHODOLOGIES IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO THE LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST COHORT, RIGHT? OH I'M SORRY. FALCON BLUE. IT'S ONLY MILDLY LOUDER THAN MY REAL VOICE.

IS IT FALCON BLUE? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH.

SO THE THE FIRST COHORT WENT THROUGH LAST YEAR.

IN FACT, SOLOMON WAS PART OF THAT COHORT. JOY WAS PART OF THAT.

AND LYNN AND ME. OH, AND LYNN AND WHAT THE FOCUS OF THAT PROGRAM IS TO CREATE EQUITY MINDED CLASSROOMS. AND SO WE SO THEY GO THROUGH WHAT IT IS TO BUILD AN EQUITY MINDED SYLLABUS. EQUITY MINDED ASSIGNMENTS AND EQUITY MINDED GRADING PRACTICES.

AND SO FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE SYLLABUS, THE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS BUILD, GIVE, GIVE STUDENTS A SENSE OF CONNECTEDNESS TO THE CLASSROOM AND MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE.

AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING LONG LISTS OF, OF RULES, WHICH IS WHAT I WAS GUILTY OF WHEN I WAS INSTRUCTING, MINE SOUNDED A LOT LIKE A DIVORCE DECREE WHEN THEY CAME IN.

WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT IN THE CLASSROOM WHERE THEY FEEL WELCOMED, CARED ABOUT AND, AND, AND AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND EACH OF THEIR CHALLENGES IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM IN BEING SUCCESSFUL. SO THE SYLLABUS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST CONNECTION THAT THE STUDENT HAS TO THE CLASS.

WE ALSO WORK ON THE EQUITY MINDED ASSIGNMENTS, AND THAT CAN GO IN MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS DEPENDING ON THE DISCIPLINE AND THE AND THE INSTRUCTOR. BUT AGAIN, THE POINT THERE IS TO CONNECT THE STUDENT TO THE CONTENT OF THE COURSE SO THAT THEY SO THAT THE LEARNING BECOMES MEANINGFUL. AND THEN FINALLY WITH THE GRADING PRACTICES SOME OF THESE TRADITIONAL GRADING PRACTICES PROVED TO BE REALLY UNFAIR. AND SO PEOPLE ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT SORTS OF GRADING PRACTICES TO TRY TO FIND WAYS FOR STUDENTS TO WHO ARE FACING SERIOUS CHALLENGES TO, TO ALSO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND I'M I'M GIVING YOU THE FIVE MINUTE NUGGET OF IT.

I KNOW THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH ANTI ANTI-RACISM AND ANTI-COLONIALISM AND TRYING TO LIVE HERE. SHE HAS THE ENTIRE SLIDE THERE.

BUT AND WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS A SECOND COHORT IS COMING THROUGH.

SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE PREVIOUS COHORT ARE, ARE MENTORING THE FACULTY THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS COHORT.

AND SO WE ARE WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO BUILD A CAMPUS OF EQUITY MINDED CLASSROOMS SO THAT WHEN STUDENTS COME, THEY FEEL CONNECTED TO THIS INSTITUTION, TO THEIR INSTRUCTOR THEY FEEL CARED ABOUT.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS THE KIND OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL LEAD TO GREATER STUDENT SUCCESS.

I LOVE THIS. I HAVE A QUESTION. VERY GOOD. THAT WAS DOCTOR SALAZAR.

I HAVE A QUESTION TOO. YEAH. IF I MAY. YES. SO IS THERE A TEMPLATE FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY HEAVILY, I GUESS, LOCALLY CONTROLLED? THIS THIS IS HOMEGROWN. THIS WAS DEVELOPED AND IT'S GROWN, BUT THIS WAS HOMEGROWN DURING THE PANDEMIC.

AND THROUGH THIS THROUGH WE WE STARTED IT WITH JUST EQUITY IN THE CLASSROOM AND THESE THREE MODULES,

[01:15:05]

BUT THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT BEING DRIVEN BY ANY CHANCE.

I MEAN, THERE'S A GENERAL SPIRIT OF, OF INCLUSIVENESS AND, AND EQUITY, BUT THERE'S WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY DIRECTION FROM FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. WE'RE THIS IS THIS IS BUILT BY OUR FACULTY.

AND IF I MAY EXPAND. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO. AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS AND EXPECTATIONS ON EQUITY AND DIVERSITY THAT ARE COMING FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.

AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS TAKE CONTROL ON HOW WE DEFINE, TRAIN AND LOOK FOR OUTCOMES IN ORDER TO ADJUST. THERE ARE SOME EARLY CONVERSATIONS AND I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL TERMS UPDATE ON OCTOBER, BUT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME ROBUST CONVERSATION AS TO HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS MEANINGFUL FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE AND MAKE IT INCLUSIVE SO WE GET THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR US PART OF THESE INITIATIVES IS THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

BUT THE OUTCOME OF WHETHER OR NOT THE WORK THE STRATEGIES ARE WORKING IS WHETHER OR NOT THE STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM AND COMPLETING PROGRAMS. SO THIS IS ONE OF SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES.

WE WERE TRYING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE DEFINITIONS, TAKE CONTROL OF THE ASSESSMENTS AND OUTCOMES.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE WORD THAT I'M LOOKING FOR DEFINITIONS. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF BUZZWORDS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN HERE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, ANTI-RACISM, DECOLONIZATION, EQUITY.

AND THAT CAN MEAN A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES AND SUBSETS OF THOSE IDEOLOGIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT I SUPPORT ACADEMIC FREEDOM AS A PRINCIPLE 100%.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST MY CONCERN THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SHARED GOVERNANCE AS A BOARD TO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING A PRAXIS OF WHAT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN ANY CHANGES FROM PRIOR TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE HAD.

AND. AND AGAIN, I'M ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE GRADING AS A MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND HAVING ENGAGING NEW CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION WITH, YOU KNOW, FRESH IDEAS FOR HOW TO BRING THAT INTO THE CLASSROOM FOR A 21ST CENTURY STUDENT AND PROVIDING MULTIPLE PATHWAYS FOR THAT STUDENT TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT THEY LEARNED IN THE CLASSROOM, RATHER THAN JUST SIMPLY LISTEN TO A LECTURE, TAKE A WRITTEN TEST, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE CHOICE, SO ON AND SO ON.

AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN OUTDATED, OF COURSE, FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.

EVEN WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL. BUT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS THE PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING AND CHANGING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SO SUBSTANTIAL AS OUR, YOU KNOW, PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE, AS A PART OF THAT HEALTHY DEBATE, RIGOROUS STANDARDS FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO GO TO UNIVERSITIES, GO INTO THE WORKFORCE AND MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE LOOKING FOR JUST SIMPLY AN OUTCOME OR EVEN EQUAL OUTCOMES, RIGHT? WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE OUTCOME THAT IS SUCCESSFUL FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL STUDENT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WE ARE GOING TO THEIR LEVEL, AND WE'RE NOT ARTIFICIALLY PUTTING ANY KIND OF ADVANTAGE OVER ONE PERSON OVER ANY OTHER.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE INVOLVEMENT, I GUESS, OR AT LEAST SOME, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT HEALTHY DISCUSSION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR ULTIMATE GOAL AS TRUSTEES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS SERVING THE STUDENTS THAT LARGELY COME FROM, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR AREAS, EXCEPT PICO RIVERA, WHICH IS OUR SECOND MOST BIGGEST PLACE.

RIGHT, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY OUTSIDE, BUT WE STILL REPRESENT THEM AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HELP THEIR INTERESTS.

SO HAPPY TO TAKE THAT RIO HONDO. BUT, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AND MAKE SURE THAT I, YOU KNOW, WENT ON THE RECORD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY DEBATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WHOLESALE IMPLEMENTING ANY KIND OF IDEOLOGY THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TOO EXTREME.

LET'S JUST SAY THAT WE MAY HAVE SEEN IT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.

AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE FROM DOCTOR MIXON AND ANY OTHER FACULTY MEMBERS IN A FUTURE MEETING TO DISCUSS HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AS A COLLEGE. I'LL WORK WITH DOCTOR FIERRO TO HAVE WHEN WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A HAVE THE GROUP COME

[01:20:08]

I THINK THAT YOU ENJOY THAT. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.

I'M A REALLY BIG SUPPORTER OF THIS, AND I SPENT SEVERAL YEARS WORKING ON THE CHANCELLOR'S TASK FORCE ON DEA, AND THIS IS EXACTLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO WORK WITH.

OUR FACULTY IS REALLY TRYING TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THIS WITHIN THEIR OWN PRACTICES.

I ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A COPY OF THE BOOK, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE EXTRA BOOKS AROUND.

WHO'S EVER IN CHARGE GRADING FOR EQUITY. VERY CURIOUS HOW YOU GRADE FOR EQUITY.

I MEAN, THAT'S AN INTERESTING TERM, RIGHT? BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, REALLY? I AM ALSO REALLY INTERESTED WHEN YOU GUYS DO THE PRESENTATION AND MAYBE SOME SAMPLE SYLLABUSES, BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED AGAIN, AND I DO THINK THAT THE SYLLABUS TELLS A LOT ABOUT THE CLASS, ABOUT THE PROFESSOR, ABOUT HOW ACCESSIBLE THE THE STUDENT IS GOING TO BE AND WORKING WITH THEIR FACULTY MEMBERS.

SO I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT HOW THOSE ARE UPDATED TO REFLECT SOME OF THIS CURRENT THINKING.

ALSO THE GRADING TO AND AGAIN, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE I KEEP ON GOING, REFLECTING BACK TO MY OWN COLLEGE AND I THINK LIKE, HOW WOULD YOU GRADE FOR EQUITY? LIKE I'M AN ENGINEERING MAJOR.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS IN MY FIELD. RIGHT.

SO I'M VERY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK GOING BACK TO WHAT DOCTOR FIERRO MENTIONED TO ARE THE OUTCOMES, RIGHT. BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS ALL GOOD PRACTICES.

IT'S ALL GOOD INFORMATION. IT'S VERY CURRENT RIGHT NOW.

BUT HOW DOES IT IMPACT OUR STUDENTS? RIGHT. ARE OUR STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THESE CLASSES AND THEN ARE THEY, YOU KNOW, TRANSFERRING COMPLETING YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ALL THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, MOMENTUM POINTS THAT WE ARE TRACKING.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE PART THAT I'M REALLY MOST INTERESTED IN IS WHAT DO ALL OF THESE CHANGES MEAN TO OUR STUDENTS.

SO AGAIN REALLY CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS YOU KNOW LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IT.

AND YEAH, I'M VERY CURIOUS. GIVE ME THAT BOOK.

I REALLY WANT IT. DOCTOR FIERRO, WHOEVER, WHOEVER CAN GET ME THAT.

I'M SURE WE HAVE A COUPLE FLOATING AROUND, SO.

OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE 44.03, PLEASE? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. OH, SORRY. I'M JUMPING.

SORRY. 3.03. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION PASSES.

[4.03 Ratification of Approval of Jovenes, Inc. License and Management Agreement]

MAYBE. I GUESS THEY'RE LEGAL QUESTIONS. I MEAN, I'M A LAWYER, RIGHT? SO I HAVE TO ASK SOME OF THOSE THINGS. SO OUR HOVIND IS CONSIDERED THE PROPERTY MANAGER OF THIS PROPERTY ON OUR BEHALF.

YEAH. YES, YES, THEY ARE THE PROPERTY MANAGER.

AND. THEY ARE THE PROPERTY MANAGER. AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF RUNNING THE FACILITY ACCORDING TO THE RULES. BUT THERE IS A SHARED UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS STILL OUR STUDENTS AND THAT THERE ARE RULES THAT THE STUDENTS MUST FOLLOW BASED ON THE COLLEGE POLICY AND PROCEDURE.

SO FROM THE TECHNICALITY OF WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FACILITY AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FACILITY IS HOLINESS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STUDENTS? IT'S A JOINT AGREEMENT.

AND ANY DISCIPLINE, ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION, ANY SUPPORT IS DONE IN CONJUNCTION TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR NEEDS AT HOME ARE ADDRESSED. AND WHEN THEY TRANSITION TO CAMPUS, THOSE NEEDS ARE UNDERSTOOD AND ADDRESSED HERE AS WELL.

YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. SO I MEAN, AGAIN, IT CALLS FOR A LEGAL CONCLUSION, BUT LIKE, IS THERE A LANDLORD TENANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US AS A COLLEGE DISTRICT AND THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT? NO.

NO. SO ESSENTIALLY, WE GIVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO HOVHANESS, AND IN SOME CASES, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY HOSTING THE STUDENTS IN THEIR PROPERTY, AND IN SOME CASES THEY HAVE INDIVIDUAL LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH THE STUDENTS. IT JUST DEPENDS WHEN WHERE ON THEIR LEARNING CURVE THEY ARE.

AND WHAT I MEAN WITH THAT IS THAT DEPENDING ON THE STUDENT'S ABILITY OF DEPENDING OF THE STUDENT SKILL AND THEIR LEARNING ABILITY ON HOW TO LIVE AT THEIR OWN, THEY ARE PLACED IN DIFFERENT UNITS WITH DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS.

SO AS THEY TRANSITION THROUGH THE UNITS, THEY CAN TRANSITION FROM BEING A GUEST IN THEIR PROPERTY, IF YOU WILL, TO BECOME A LESSEE ON THEIR PROPERTY A ROOM OR SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT.

[01:25:01]

ULTIMATELY, IT'S STILL OUR PROPERTY THAT WE'RE HAVING SOMEONE LIVE ON, RIGHT? YEAH. SO I'M NOT GONNA ARGUE THE TECHNICALITIES OF THAT WITH YOU, BECAUSE PROBABLY I WILL LOSE.

BUT NO, LONG STORY SHORT, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES.

STUDENTS UNDERSTAND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THE EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR AGREEMENT WHEN THEY LIVE THERE AND THE INABILITY OF MEET EXPECTATIONS LEAD TO THEIR DISMISSAL AFTER INTERVENTIONS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE, WE HAVE HAD TO UNFORTUNATELY DISMISS A FEW STUDENTS, BUT IT HAS BEEN AN A STEP PROCESS TO GET THEM TO THAT POINT.

THIS IS THE PART THAT I'M NOT NECESSARILY SURE FROM THE LEGAL ASPECT WOULD WORK.

WE ARE I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE SOME LEVEL OF LIABILITY FOR BEING THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.

BUT ON THE RENTAL AGREEMENT, ESSENTIALLY THEY ARE LEASING FROM HOVHANESS, NOT FROM CERRITOS COLLEGE.

SO THEY THEY ARE THE OCCUPANTS, NOT JUST THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, BUT THE OCCUPANTS OF THE FACILITY.

SO WE ARE. IN OTHER WORDS, LEASING AND IN SOME CASES ARE SUBLEASING TO SOMEONE ELSE.

SO I DON'T KNOW THE LEGALITIES. NO NO NO NO. AND THAT WOULD, I WOULD BE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IF POSSIBLE, A LEGAL MEMO FROM OUR COUNSEL TO KIND OF JUST OUTLINE, LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, IN CASE OF SOMETHING, BECAUSE I'D HATE TO GO THROUGH IT AFTER THE FACT.

WHAT EXACTLY IS OUR RELATIONSHIP? WHAT EXACTLY IS OUR LIABILITY? YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, ANY HABITABILITY ISSUES THAT MIGHT COME UP ON TOP OF SOMEONE WHO IS A HOLDOVER TENANT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SO YOU KNOW, JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR AS TO SOME IN CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE HAD THIS GOING ON NOW FOR THREE YEARS 20 BEGINNING OF 2020.

SO ALMOST. ALMOST FOUR. FIVE. 45. YEAH. AND I'M GLAD THAT IT'S ALL WORKED OUT.

AND EVEN FOR THOSE WHO DID BECOME AN ISSUE THAT NEVER BECAME SUCH AN ISSUE, WHERE WE HAD TO GO.

YEAH. AND THERE ARE SOME SAFETY NETS WHEN WE DO THAT.

WE DON'T SIMPLY TAKE THE THINGS OF THE STUDENTS AND SAID, GOOD LUCK.

WE TRANSITION THEM TO OTHER FACILITIES. THEY ARE PROVIDED WITH VOUCHERS AND OTHER HELP.

BECAUSE IN ORDER TO STAY THERE, NOT ONLY THEY HAVE TO MAKE PROGRESSION HERE AT THE COLLEGE, BUT THEY HAVE TO MEET OTHER BENCHMARKS LIKE WORKING OR PLANNING FOR WORK.

RIGHT. LEARNING HOW TO LEAVE A HOME. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW HOW TO DO, LIKE, CLEAN OUR BEDROOMS AND MAKE UP THE BED AND PAY BILLS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

IN MANY CASES, SOME OF OUR STUDENT TENANTS ARE UNAWARE OF HOW TO DO THAT ON THEIR OWN.

SO THEY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN WHICH THEY GIVE THEM THE SKILLS TO PUT THEM IN A POSITION IN WHICH HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T FIND THEMSELVES IN THE SAME SITUATION AGAIN.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING CLEAR THAT WE NEED TO MAKE CLEAR AS WELL, IN ADVANCE OF, IN ANTICIPATION OF OUR STUDENT HOUSING THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING AND HOW THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, CREATE SOME POLICIES THAT CLEARLY OUTLINE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE, BRINGS UP HABITABILITY ISSUES OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LEGAL MATTER THAT WE CAN DO A LITTLE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH SOME PLANNING IN ADVANCE THERE.

I AGREE, HAVING WORKED IN A RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS BEFORE, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DESCRIBED WILL SHOW UP.

ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, IF I COULD GET A MOTION TO APPROVE 4.03, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. ALL IN FAVOR? OH, SORRY. SECOND. SORRY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. HEARING NONE.

MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECTION SEVEN.

[7.01 College Coordinating Committee Minutes: May 6, 2024]

COLLEGE COORDINATING COMMITTEE MINUTES. MAY 6TH, 2024 AND 702.

[7.02 Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee 2022-2023 Annual Report to the Board of Trustees]

[8.01 Presentation and Consideration of Approval of the 2024-25 Adopted Budget]

8.01 PRESENTATION AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE 20 2425 ADOPTED BUDGET.

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SO, AS YOU MAY KNOW GOVERNOR SIGNED THE BUDGET ACT OF 2024 ON JUNE 26TH OF THIS YEAR.

THIS BUDGET REFLECTED APPROXIMATELY $300 BILLION OF LESS EXPENDITURES FOR THE FOR THE YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

SO THAT'S ROUGHLY A 4.2% DECREASE IN THEIR OVERALL BUDGET.

AND ONE OF THE MAIN ASPECTS OF THIS BUDGET CUT ON THAT WAS REALLY FELT ACROSS ALL STATE AGENCIES.

SO ROUGHLY EVERY STATE AGENCY WAS TAKING ROUGHLY ABOUT A 8% REDUCTION ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND PART OF THAT $300 BILLION OF, OF DECREASED EXPENDITURES, A LOT OF THAT WAS THOSE BUDGET GAPS WERE BEING ELIMINATED THROUGH WHAT THE STATE WAS, WAS DOING WAS ELIMINATING THOUSANDS OF VACANT POSITIONS ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ON THAT. AND SO IN ADDITION TO TRYING TO FILL BUDGET GAPS, THE STATE ALSO CUT ROUGHLY $1.1 BILLION OF VARIOUS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS. LUCKILY, THEY DIDN'T DID NOT CUT STUDENT HOUSING FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

THAT WAS INCLUDED, WHICH I HAVE A SLIDE LATER ON ABOUT ROUGHLY ABOUT 750 MILLION OF HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE PROGRAMS WAS CUT, AND THEY ALSO ELIMINATED THE ENTIRE $500 MILLION PROGRAM FOR STUDENT HOUSING REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM.

AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR WHEN THE STATE HAD IT IN THE BUDGET, THEN TOOK IT OUT, ONE OF THEIR FIXES WAS, OKAY, LOCAL DISTRICTS, YOU'RE GOING TO FRONT THE COST AND THEN WE'LL PAY YOU BACK.

AND THEN THEY ALSO PROVIDED SOME WHAT THEY CALL BRIDGE FUNDING, WHICH WAS THAT REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAMS. SINCE NO DISTRICT PARTICIPATED IN THAT PART OF THAT BUDGET CUT BUDGET TO FILL THOSE BUDGET GAPS WAS TO ELIMINATE THAT ENTIRE PROGRAM. THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDED A 1.07 COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

ALSO HAD A COST OF LIVING. ADJUSTMENTS WERE ALSO APPLIED TO CERTAIN CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS. AS YOU KNOW, NOT ALL THE CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS GET COLA ADJUSTMENTS.

ONLY THE CERTAIN CERTAIN ONES. SO WE KNEW YOU PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY THIS SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE YEAR THAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING SOME PROGRAMS BEING CUT, RIGHT? OR AT LEAST GIVEN BACK. SO ULTIMATELY IT WAS REALLY DOWN TO TWO PROGRAMS ON THAT.

WE HAD ROUGHLY LIKE A LIST OF HALF A DOZEN OF THEM THAT WE'RE TRACKING THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE ON THAT.

SO WHAT TWO THINGS HAPPEN HERE. ONE, THE STATE EXPANDED NURSING PROGRAM CAPACITY.

AND THAT WAS DONE THROUGH FUNDING THROUGH A STRONG WORKFORCE PROGRAM.

SO SINCE THERE WAS EXCESS MONEY AND STRONG WORKFORCE, THEY ACTUALLY TOOK AWAY AND REALLOCATED OR UTILIZED SOME OF THAT EARMARKED MONIES TO HELP EXPAND NURSING PROGRAMS. SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT THEY DID WAS ANY UNSPENT MONIES RELATED TO THE YEAR 2020 ALLOCATION FOR STRONG WORKFORCE AND YOUR ALLOCATION.

IF YOU HAD ANY UNSPENT DOLLARS FROM YOUR 2022 ALLOCATION FOR STUDENT SUCCESS COMPLETION GRANT, THOSE MONIES WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN BACK TO THE STATE ON THAT.

LUCKILY FOR US, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN BEING ABLE TO FULFILL THE SPEND HOURS SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GIVE ANY, ANY FUNDS BACK TO THE STATE. BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT THEY ENDED UP DOING SOME CLAWBACKS FOR THIS YEAR.

WE DID ANTICIPATE THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS ONE OF ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNEW WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WAS DEFERRALS.

AND SO THERE'S TWO SETS OF DEFERRALS. ONE IMPACTED THE 23, 24 YEAR, AND THEN ONE IS GOING TO IMPACT THIS CURRENT YEAR, LATER IN THE YEAR IN THE 2425. SO GIVEN OUR RESERVES AMOUNTS AND CASH FLOW THAT WE MONITOR,

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AND THEN WE ALSO ANTICIPATING THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE TO DO ANY BORROWING.

TYPICALLY DURING DEFERRALS, DISTRICTS USE MECHANISMS LIKE A TRAN, WHICH IS A TAX REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTE TO DO BRIDGE FUNDING ON THAT. BUT IN OUR CASE WE'LL HAVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR RESERVES TO, TO OFFSET ANY POTENTIAL COSTS TO US.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD FOR US. SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THIS FISCAL YEAR IS AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IS THIS IS THE YEAR WHERE THE STATE IS REBUILDING WHAT THEY CALL HOLD HARMLESS OR WHAT THEY CALL THE FUNDING FLOOR.

AND SO WHATEVER WE'RE FUNDED THIS FISCAL YEAR WILL BE OUR BASELINE MINIMUM ON THAT.

SO WHICH IS A GOOD THING FOR US BECAUSE CURRENTLY OUR HOLD HARMLESS.

AND WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY FUNDED IS A PRETTY LARGE GAP.

IT'S OVER $20 MILLION. SO WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO IS IT'S GOING TO BRING THAT FLOOR UP TO WHERE OUR CURRENT LEVEL IS AND HOLD US THERE.

THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. THE BAD NEWS ABOUT THIS NEW PROCESS WITH THE STATE'S DOING IS PAST PRACTICE.

THE FLOOR WAS ALWAYS ADJUSTED BY COLAS EVERY YEAR, SO THAT FLOOR WAS ADJUSTED ANNUALLY.

THIS NEW FLOOR DOES NOT HAVE ANY COLA ADJUSTMENT.

SO IT'S A FIXED AMOUNT. SO WHATEVER OUR FUNDING IS FOR THIS YEAR THAT IS GOING TO BE OUR MINIMUM FUNDING.

IT WILL NOT CHANGE. AND SO THAT WILL UNFORTUNATELY DOESN'T GO UP.

IT JUST BE A FIXED AMOUNT. AND THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE THAT IS THROUGH LEGISLATION OR THROUGH THE BUDGET ACT ON THAT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WE'LL HAVE TO NAVIGATE IN THE FUTURE IF WE RUN INTO THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE TO UTILIZE HOLD HARMLESS OR THE FLAW WHICH IN PAST PRACTICE, THE LAST HANDFUL OF YEARS, WE HAVE NOT YET HAD TO USE THAT MECHANISM.

ANOTHER KEY THING THAT I MENTIONED HERE THAT IS GOING TO COULD IMPACT THE BUDGET, AND I WANTED TO PUT IT HERE BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL.

IS THE STATE APPROVED OR BASICALLY REVISED THE STANDARD ATTENDANCE ACCOUNTING METHOD.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR SYSTEMS BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING YOU MAY HEAR THE TERMS WISH AND DISH CLASSES THAT THAT TERMINOLOGY IS GOING OUT THE DOOR. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A STANDARDIZED CALCULATION FOR ALL CLASS CLASSES NO MATTER WHAT THE CLASS IS ON THAT.

AND SO WHAT THESE DATES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE AT A MINIMUM WE WE NEED TO UPDATE OUR SYSTEMS GOING INTO THE 2627 YEAR AT A MINIMUM. THAT IS THE LAST DROP DEAD DATE THAT WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT.

SO BASICALLY JULY 1ST OF 2026, WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THESE CHANGES.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT THEM. NOW IF WE CHOOSE TO WE CAN IMPLEMENT THEM NEXT YEAR IF WE CHOOSE TO, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THEM NO LATER THAN JULY 1ST OF 2026 ON IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG PROJECT, SO WE WANT TO KIND OF GET AT IT SOONER THAN LATER BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TOUCH POINTS THAT THIS THESE CHANGES ARE GOING TO HIT. SPEAKING OF STUDENT HOUSING, SB 155 WAS APPROVED AND THIS APPROVES THE STATE TO UTILIZE A STATEWIDE LEASE REVENUE BOND FOR THE 13 APPROVED STATE PROJECTS FOR AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING PROJECTS, WHICH WE'RE ONE OF THE 13. AND SO THIS MECHANISM HAS BEEN APPROVED.

I'VE ALREADY HAD INITIAL DIALOGS AND THIS AUTHORIZES THE STATE PUBLIC WORKS BOARD IS THE FINANCING MECHANISM.

WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FINANCING DOING THE STATE LEASE REVENUE BOND? SO I HAVE ALREADY HAD DIALOG WITH BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND THE STATE PUBLIC WORKS BOARD ON, ON HOW THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO WORK. KIND OF LONG STORY SHORT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A LEASE LEASEBACK PROCESS IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT. SO YOU'LL SEE AGREEMENTS COMING TO YOU FROM THE BOARD BETWEEN US AND THE STATE WHERE WE BASICALLY LEASE LAND TO THEM, AND THEN THEY LEASE IT BACK TO US. AND SO THAT'S THEIR MECHANISM OF HOW TO GO THROUGH A LEASE REVENUE BOND.

SO MORE TO COME ON THIS. SO YOU'LL BEGIN TO SEE ONCE WE START GOING DOWN THIS PROCESS AGREEMENTS THAT WILL REQUIRE BOARD APPROVAL FOR US TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FUNDING ON THAT. SO MORE TO COME ON THIS AS WE GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO SECURING FUNDING FROM THE STATE. SO NOW THAT WAS THE ENACTED BUDGET.

NOW FOCUSING ON OUR BUDGET AND SOME OF THE PRIMARY BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS THAT I WANT TO TO, TO HIGHLIGHT.

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AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO CAUGHT UP IN IT. BUT THE REALITY IS, IS CURRENTLY WE'RE NOT FUNDED OFF THE CURRENT FORMULA THE WAY WE'RE FUNDED RIGHT NOW. IS FUNDED OFF OF LAST YEAR'S FORMULA, ADJUSTED BY COLA ON THAT.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT NUMBER IS LESS THAN THE AMOUNT THAT WE GOT LAST YEAR.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A DECREASE IN REVENUE THIS YEAR.

AND I'LL KIND OF GO I HAVE A SLIDE THAT KIND OF ILLUSTRATES THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY ADDITIONAL NEW MONEY THIS YEAR.

WE ALSO ARE NOT APPROVING ANY RESOURCE ALLOCATION ITEMS THIS ROUND.

SO NO ADDITIONAL IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. SO WE'RE NOT INCREASING THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES OF GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT RECEIVING ANY NEW MONEY THIS YEAR.

ANY NEW MONEY GREATER THAN WHAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR.

ALSO EMBEDDED IN THE BUDGET IS 51 VACANCIES, WHICH TOTAL ROUGHLY ABOUT $6.4 MILLION OF COST SAVINGS ON THAT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THOSE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ON THAT.

AND THAT NUMBER 51 IS GOING TO CHANGE SLIGHTLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE POSITIONS CURRENTLY IN THE QUEUE THAT WERE ALREADY PRE-APPROVED ON THAT.

SO THIS WILL FLUCTUATE, GIVE OR TAKE ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN, BUT NOT TOO MANY BEYOND THAT.

I MENTIONED ABOUT THE DECREASE IN REVENUE, SO THIS IS KIND OF ILLUSTRATING WHAT WE GOT LAST YEAR IN THE 2324 YEAR.

SO ROUGHLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $146.9 MILLION WAS OUR TOTAL COMPUTATIONAL REVENUE.

THAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT'S FUNDED OFF THE FUNDING FORMULA COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE GETTING THIS YEAR.

AND SO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SET TO GET $146.3 MILLION.

SO THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT $582,000 LESS MONEY THIS YEAR THAN WHAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR.

WHY IS THAT THE CASE? WELL, THE PRIMARY REASON WHY WE'RE GETTING LESS MONEY IS BECAUSE THE WAY WE'RE FUNDED, WE'RE FUNDED ON A THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.

AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE ILLUSTRATION HERE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, YOU CAN SEE OUR THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE HAS BEEN DECREASING.

THE PRIMARY REASON THIS HAS BEEN DECREASING BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE EMERGENCY CONDITIONS ALLOWANCE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO.

AND WHAT THAT EMERGENCY CONDITIONS ALLOWANCE ALLOWED US TO DO WAS TO FREEZE, IN A SENSE, OUR FTES.

AND WE WERE FUNDED AT THAT LEVEL. WE WERE FUNDED AT OUR LEVEL DURING THE 2019, 2020 LEVEL.

AT THAT YEAR, WE GENERATED 17,362 FTES. SO THAT WAS OUR FUNDING BASE.

NO MATTER WHAT, EVEN THOUGH WE DIPPED DURING COVID, WE WERE PROTECTED AT THAT LEVEL.

SO THAT BASICALLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE WERE BASICALLY GETTING FUNDED MORE FTES THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAD.

AND WE DID THAT STRATEGICALLY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SAFEGUARD ALL THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ON CAMPUS, BECAUSE THEN IF WE ACTUALLY DID NOT PARTICIPATE, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SOME HEAVY REDUCTIONS TO OUR BUDGET.

SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. BUT ECA WAS ONLY SHORT TERM, RIGHT? SO BEGINNING IN 2324 WAS THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR WHERE WE NO LONGER PARTICIPATED IN THE THREE YEAR OF ECA. SO THE 2324 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT PARTICULAR YEAR WAS NOW BEING UTILIZED AS OUR THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.

AND SO WHEN YOU TAKE AWAY A A FTES YEAR OF THAT HAD 17, THREE, 62 AND YOU REPLACE IT WITH A MUCH LOWER NUMBER, THAT OBVIOUSLY DROVE DOWN OUR THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.

AND IT'LL KEEP BECAUSE WE'RE OUR ACTUAL FTES RIGHT NOW ISN'T AT THAT 17,362 YET WE'RE CLIMBING CLOSE TO IT, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE. SO ANY NUMBER WE SWAP OUT OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO DRIVE DOWN THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE.

AND SO THAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON WHY OUR FUNDING IS IS WHERE IT'S AT.

SO TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER IS THIS IS THE ACTUAL FTES.

THIS DOESN'T REPRESENT WHAT WE'RE FUNDED AT. BUT THIS IS SHOWING YOU WHAT HAPPENED DURING THOSE ECA YEARS.

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THAT'S WHERE OUR FTES WAS FROZEN. AND YOU CAN SEE WHY WE WE DID PARTICIPATE IN ECA BECAUSE LOOK AT THE YEARS AFTER THAT, WE WE FELL OFF THE CLIFF JUST LIKE MAJORITY OF THE COLLEGES OUT THERE BECAUSE OF COVID.

WE WANTED TO PROTECT OUR FTES AND OUR CURRENT FUNDING LEVEL.

THAT'S WHY WE DID WHAT WE DID. BUT STARTING IN 2324, YOU BEGAN TO SEE OR ACTUALLY STARTING IN 22, 223 WE STARTED TO BUILD BACK RIGHT. OUR LOW YEAR WAS 2122.

SO BEGINNING IN 2223 WE STARTED TO BUILD BACK SLOWLY.

WE BUILD IT BACK EVEN MORE. WE GREW ROUGHLY IN 22, 23, 4.4% IN FTES, AND THEN IN 2324 WE GREW ROUGHLY 8.4%. SO WE WERE GROWING BACK. AND WE'RE EVEN PROJECTING TO CONTINUE THAT GROWTH TO GROW ROUGHLY ABOUT 16,800, NEARLY 900 FTES THIS YEAR. SO WE ARE CLIMBING BACK, BUT WE'RE NOT AT THAT PRE-PANDEMIC LEVEL OF 17 362 ON THAT. SO THAT WILL TAKE TAKE A YEAR OR SO TO GET THAT.

BUT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. DOCTOR FIERRO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP PRE-PANDEMIC IN CONTEXT OF THE 1920 BECAUSE THE 1920 YEAR HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR HIGHEST YEARS IN ENROLLMENT. WE ARE TRADITIONALLY AT THE ACTUALLY EVEN BELOW OF THE 16 A THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE. SO WE HOVER ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1604 TO 16 EIGHT DEPENDING ON THE YEAR.

SO THE CONTEXT OF PRE-PANDEMIC IS SPEAKING ONLY TO THE HIGHEST POINT OF FUNDING.

IF WE GO BACK, ACTUALLY THE FUNDING IS ABOUT 6700 FTES SMALLER THE PRIOR YEAR AND EVEN ALL THE WAY, I THINK UNTIL THE 17 THAT WE HAD ANOTHER 17.

YEAH, WE HAD A FEW COUPLE YEARS WHERE WE DID HIT 17, BUT HITTING THE 17,000 MARK IS IS NOT TRADITIONALLY DONE.

WE'RE USUALLY, YOU KNOW, A MID 16,000 FTES TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW, 16 EIGHT RIGHT AROUND THAT RANGE HISTORICALLY.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I THINK THAT PROJECTED NUMBER, WE'RE GOING TO HIT IT AND AND QUITE POSSIBLY EXCEED IT AS WELL.

THE WAY THINGS ARE ROLLING RIGHT NOW, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'VE BEEN ON CAMPUS LATELY, OUR CAMPUS IS ROCKING AND ROLLING.

IT'S BOOMING. WE HAVE STUDENTS EVERYWHERE. I, I TEND TO ROAM THE THE BUILDINGS JUST TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE AT THE THIS WEEK I WENT THROUGH THE LIBRARY AND THAT PLACE IS BOOMING AND THERE IS LOTS OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.

SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS. AND IT SHOWCASES ON THE NUMBERS.

THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. THAT ENROLLMENT IS UP.

FOR SURE. AND IT'S VISUAL OUT THERE ON THAT. SO WE ARE TRENDING, TRENDING.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YES, OUR BUDGET IS RIGHT NOW FLAT ON REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE.

HOWEVER, WE ARE BUILDING FTES YEAR AFTER YEAR AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE IN THE RIGHT, RIGHT DIRECTION ON THAT.

SO. SO OVERALL, OUR TOTAL REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND THIS YEAR IS $164.4 MILLION. THAT'S BROKEN DOWN THE BULK OF THIS COMING FROM STATE REVENUE SOURCES OF 122.7.

AND THEN THE REST COMING FROM LOCAL RESOURCES, WHICH IS $41.7 MILLION.

WANTED TO COMPARE THAT TO WHAT OUR ACTUALS WERE THIS PAST YEAR WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR OVERALL REVENUE IS AGAIN DOWN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. SO ROUGHLY ABOUT SEVEN, $907,000 LESS IN TOTAL REVENUE WE'RE GETTING THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR ON THAT, BUT AGAIN, CONTRIBUTED MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE EXPENSE WISE, WE HAVE TOTAL EXPENSES OF 163.3 MILLION FOR OUR BUDGET. ROUGHLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 91% OF THAT IS DEDICATED TO SALARY AND BENEFITS.

THIS CHART SHOWS BOTH REVENUE AT THE TOP, EXPENDITURES AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH WE'RE ANTICIPATING ROUGHLY ABOUT A $1.2 MILLION SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR.

BUDGET INCLUDES 9 OR 719 FULL TIME POSITIONS.

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OUR QUALIFYING FACULTY POSITIONS CURRENTLY THAT THAT QUALIFY UNDER THE FUND IS TECHNICALLY 272.

WE DO HAVE 274 POSITIONS, BUT TWO OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE NONCREDIT, WHICH ARE NOT ELIGIBLE AS PART OF THE FALL COMPLIANCE.

SO ELIGIBILITY IS IS 262. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TEN PLUS ABOVE OUR FUND REQUIRED FUND AMOUNT RIGHT NOW.

SOME TAKEAWAYS THAT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH.

NO NEW MONEY. NO NEW INCREASES THIS YEAR. NOT PROVIDING ANY DEPARTMENTAL INCREASES.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE OUR REVENUE SITUATION, WE'RE STILL CAUTIOUS BECAUSE WE STILL BELIEVE THE STATE STILL IS FACING SOME SERIOUS BUDGET PROBLEMS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO WE WANT TO GO INTO THIS WITH SOME CAUTIOUS MEASURES.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR CURRENT HIRING FREEZE RIGHT NOW.

LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAD THE 51 POSITIONS, WHICH ABOUT HALF A DOZEN OF THOSE ARE IN THE QUEUE WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT ALREADY WERE PRE-APPROVED ON THAT. BUT AFTER THOSE WILL, THOSE OTHER POSITIONS WILL BE FROZEN.

AND UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS WHERE WE NEED TO TO MOVE ON THAT WHY WE'RE DOING THAT? BECAUSE NEARLY EVERY. FOR EVERY $100 WE SPEND, 91 OF THAT IS FOR SALARY AND BENEFITS.

SO THAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO REALLY SAFEGUARD OUR RESOURCES AND ALLOCATE FUNDS TO OUR EXISTING EMPLOYEES.

SO OUR OVERALL GOAL HERE IS TO MAINTAIN OUR STATUS QUO, MAINTAIN POSITIONS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, MAINTAIN OPERATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS. WE DON'T WANT TO DECREASE THE LEVEL OF SPENDING WE WANT.

WE JUST WANT TO MAINTAIN. UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T INCREASE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE SITUATION WE'RE IN, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAINTAIN AND GET THROUGH THESE, THESE A COUPLE OF YEARS OF POTENTIALLY SOFT BUDGETS ON THAT.

BUT FROM A ENROLLMENT STANDPOINT, WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO WE DO BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS AND START CLIMBING AND INCREASING REVENUES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF HELP THIS BECAUSE REALLY, WHAT GETS THE QUICKEST WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS PROBLEM IS GROW ENROLLMENT. AND SO A COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS THAT I'VE ALWAYS HIGHLIGHTED HERE IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS AS THEY CAN.

COUNSELING HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OVER THE LAST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTING PROCESSES TO ENSURE THAT ALL INCOMING STUDENTS HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY ENSURING THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, CONTINUING OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS, WHICH I SAY ALL THESE ARE ALL TIED INTO OUR STUDENTS FIRST FRAMEWORK.

SO AS LONG AS WE'RE PUSHING THAT INITIATIVE ON THAT, AND THE VP'S AND I OR US HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OUR GOALS ALL DRIVEN OFF OF WHAT DRIVES THE NEEDLE FORWARD WITH THE STUDENTS FIRST FRAMEWORK.

SO AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE NEEDLE FORWARD ON THE STUDENTS FIRST FRAMEWORK, WE'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL OF BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT AND HELP GROW ENROLLMENT AND GET US UP AND OUT AND GROWING INTO OUR BUDGET A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. PRESENTATION. PART OF THIS ITEM TWO IS MORE OF THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET ARE IN THE ITEMS ITSELF.

SO IF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO GO OVER THEM.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S WHAT I HAD FOR YOU TODAY.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ONE, IN REGARDS TO THE STATE FACILITIES BOND THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

HOW WOULD THAT INTERPLAY HERE WITH OUR BUDGET AND WITH OUR FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.

SO RIGHT NOW IT DOES NOT IMPACT OUR OVERALL BUDGET.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO OF OUR PROJECTS ARE IN IPP STAGES FOR THEM TO BE QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE BOND IF THE STATE BOND PASSES, WE HAVE TO CONVERT THOSE IPS TO PHPS.

SO WE DO HAVE TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO GET THEM INTO FPP STATUS.

AND SO AND THAT'S KIND OF IF THAT'S A DESIRE, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH CONVERTING THOSE IPS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND TPP I'M SORRY, INITIAL PROJECT PROPOSALS.

SO THE WAY THE STATE FUNDS PROJECTS IS THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

SO WE WERE IN THE Q IN A SO WE SUBMITTED TWO PROJECTS.

ONE ARE CTE BUILDING AND ONE IS OUR BUSINESS BUILDING, WHAT WE USED TO CALL BELLA.

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SO THAT WOULD BE WHERE THE LOCATION OF THAT BUILDING.

SO THOSE ARE THE TWO INITIAL PROJECT PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED IN THE STATE.

FOR US TO GET ONE OF THOSE QUALIFY, WE'D HAVE TO CONVERT ONE OF THEM INTO A FINAL PROJECT PROPOSAL, WHAT THEY CALL A FPP. AND BASED ON THAT, THEN IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH A RUBRIC AT THE STATE LEVEL.

AND IT'S ALL DRIVEN BASED ON POINTS SIMILAR TO KIND OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR STUDENT HOUSING.

AND SO WHATEVER, HOWEVER, OUR PROJECT RANKS AND THEN BASED ON THE FUNDING AND HOW MUCH FUNDING THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WILL GET, THEN THE STATE WILL ALLOCATE POTENTIALLY TO THOSE PROJECTS ON THAT.

SO CURRENTLY WE DON'T WE'RE NOT IN THE QUEUE FOR ANY OF THAT MONEY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A FPP IN PLACE RIGHT NOW.

BUT TO GET ON THAT LIST, WE HAVE TO AT LEAST CONVERT ONE OF OUR IPS INTO AN FPP.

YEAH. I MEAN, THAT'S MAYBE SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONSIDER AND TAKE A LOOK AT, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO TURN ANY MONEY DOWN, ESPECIALLY AS, YOU KNOW, A MATCH TO ALL THE LOCAL MONEY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET VOTER SUPPORT FOR. SO THAT'D BE INTERESTING TO FOLLOW UP ON.

THANK YOU. AND THEN MY I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT MY SECOND QUESTION WAS.

NOW I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT DOWN, BUT IT WAS THE SECOND QUESTION, CAN WE COME BACK TO ME AND MAYBE I'LL REFRESH MY MEMORY.

SO WHAT IT WAS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? I REMEMBER CAN YOU PUT BACK THE SLIDE RIGHT BEFORE THAT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I NEEDED. OKAY.

ON GROWING THE ENROLLMENT, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF, LIKE, POTENTIAL STUDENT POPULATIONS.

WHO ARE OUR TARGETS NOW BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ADULT ED AND DUAL ENROLLMENT, GETTING THEM TO TAKE MORE AND GETTING STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE CLASSES.

IS THERE ANYTHING CHANGED BASED ON OUR NUMBERS OR WHAT ARE WHAT'S KIND OF OUR TARGET? THERE ARE SOME ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, BUT AND THIS IS MOSTLY MY OPINION I HAVE SHARED WITH SOME, BUT IT'S NOT IN EXECUTION FULLY YET. SO IT WILL REQUIRE SOME CONVERSATION WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS.

BUT WHAT I SEE, AND THIS IS BASED ON GRADUATION TRENDS, IS BASED ON THE CLOSURE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN RURAL AREAS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, IS DIVIDING OUR ENROLLMENT AND AND RETENTION PROCESS INTO DIFFERENT ASPECTS, AN EXTERNAL AND AN INTERNAL ASPECT.

SO THE INTERNAL ASPECT, WHEN WE TRACK THE STUDENTS FROM FALL TO FALL, WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT LOSS FROM STUDENTS TO BEGIN THE FALL THAT THEY DON'T COME FALL NEXT YEAR. IT'S A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE TO RETAIN THOSE STUDENTS.

A LOT LESS A LOT MORE MEANINGFUL TO RETAIN THEM AND HELP THEM CONTINUE.

AND EASIER TO WORK WITH SOMEONE THAT WE ALREADY KNOW THAN GO AND GET SOMEONE NEW.

SO ACCORDING TO MY VERY POOR CALCULATIONS, I DIDN'T REALLY DOUBLE CHECK THIS TOO MANY TIMES.

IF WE WERE ABLE TO RETAIN ROUGHLY 10% OF OUR STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS THAT WE LOSE FROM FALL TO FALL, WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANY ENROLLMENT ISSUES.

THE OUTSIDE ENROLLMENT, THE POPULATION IS LIMITED BASED ON GRADUATION RATES, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING OUT.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO MEANINGFULLY INCREASE ENROLLMENT, IT IS NECESSARY TO DO TWO THINGS.

THE FIRST ONE IS INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENTS WE GET AN INCREASE IMPACT THAT ONE, WE GET STUDENTS WHO ARE VERY UNLIKELY TO COME TO CERRITOS COLLEGE.

SO WHEN WE OFFER DUAL ENROLLMENT IN HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE TRADITIONALLY ALL A FOUR YEAR TRANSFER OR FOR THE MOST PART, FOUR YEAR TRANSFER, WE CAPTURE THE STUDENTS THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT COME TO CERRITOS COLLEGE.

TWO STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT CONSIDERED IN COLLEGE STATISTICALLY BECOME MORE LIKELY TO COME TO COLLEGE ONCE THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED DUAL ENROLLMENT.

AND THE LAST PART OF OUR EXTERNAL OUTREACH SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON THE TRADITIONAL BRANDING AND SCHOOL RELATIONS AND GOING TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND SO ON. BUT IN MY OPINION, WE NEED TO INVEST A LOT OF OUR RESOURCES ON INTERNAL CAMPAIGN.

THEY KEEP ALL THE STUDENTS AND HELP THEM COMPLETE BECAUSE THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A WIN WIN.

THEY GET TO STAY, THEY GET TO MAKE PROGRESS, AND WE GET TO INCREASE OUR ENROLLMENT IN A MUCH EFFECTIVE WAY.

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RIGHT. I KNOW ONE OF YOUR LATEST UPDATES, DOCTOR FARROW, YOU KIND OF GAVE US AN UPDATE ABOUT OUR CERRITOS COMPLETE, AND I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT COHORTS AND EACH COHORT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE LIKE A 9 OR 10 NOW, RIGHT? I MEAN, LIKE, THEY, THEY THEY'RE DIFFERENT NUMBERS, BUT JUST LIKE IN GENERAL, LIKE LET'S JUST SAY THE NUMBERS WERE KIND OF OFF.

I SAW THAT LIKE SAY WE HAD 2000 CERRITOS COLLEGE COMPLETE CERRITOS COMPLETE STUDENTS FOR THIS YEAR.

THE COHORT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE HAD ALREADY DROPPED BY ABOUT 50%.

I MEAN, IT WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT. I MAY BE WRONG LIKE MY NUMBERS TO LIKE AGAIN, BUT I WAS JUST THINKING, GOSH, THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO GET HERE, RIGHT? I MEAN, AGAIN, LIKE TO BE A CERRITOS COMPLETE STUDENT, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT STEPS, RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK. YOU HAVE TO MEET ALL THESE CLASSES, TAKE MATH AND ENGLISH, DO YOUR ACCOUNTING CLASS. YET THEY'RE STILL DROPPING.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL DROPPING FROM THE FIRST YEAR TO THE SECOND YEAR.

AND THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, WELL, WHAT DO WE DO? BECAUSE THESE ARE KIND OF THE STUDENTS WHO WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME AND IN MONEY INTO.

SO HOW DO WE GET THEM TO STAY? SO I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THAT.

I THINK THE DUAL ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SHARE MY LOVE STORIES WITH AP AND DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES BECAUSE I'M LIVING IT.

JUST THIS WEEK, I GOT AN INVITE FROM OUR MAYFAIR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TO CELEBRATE ALL THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED AN AP TEST.

THEY'RE HAVING A CELEBRATION FOR THEM MONDAY MORNING AT 8 A.M.

AND I'M LIKE, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY PASS A CERRITOS COLLEGE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS? YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY NEVER LVC. BUT AGAIN, LIKE, WHY AREN'T WE CELEBRATING THEM? AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A STRUGGLE. YOU KNOW, THE AP CONTINUES TO BE PUSHED AT SEVERAL OF OUR CAMPUSES.

AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO SEND A RESPONSE, BUT SOMETIMES I'M LETTING SMALLER THINGS GO.

BUT AGAIN, LIKE, WHY ARE WE CELEBRATING A PASSAGE OF AN AP TEST THAT MAY OR MAY NOT EVER TRANSFER TO WHATEVER THE COLLEGE THEY'RE GOING TO.

WHEN WE KNOW IF YOU TAKE A CERRITOS COLLEGE CLASS AND GET A C, IT WILL PRETTY MUCH GO ANYWHERE WITH YOU, WHEREVER YOU GO. YOU KNOW, WITHIN THIS CALIFORNIA, YOU SEE CSUS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT WAYS TO CHECK TO SEE YOUR CLASSES.

WE HAVE WONDERFUL COUNSELORS WHO CAN HELP YOU DO THAT TOO.

SO AGAIN, I JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO HARP ON THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, MY NEXT ROLE, I WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PARENT ADVOCATE BECAUSE THIS IS I MEAN, THIS FOR ME IS A HUGE GAME CHANGER, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR 13 CITIES.

AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID, ONCE THEY COME, THEY TAKE A CLASS HERE, THEY KNOW THEY CAN SUCCEED AND THEY KNOW THEY'RE WELCOME HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. SO YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY WORK ON THAT.

CERRITOS COMPLETE. YES. WE LOSE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FROM FALL TO FALL.

HOWEVER, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S A GREAT NUMBER.

HOWEVER WE LOSE FEWER STUDENTS IN THE CERRITOS COMPLETE COHORT THAN WE DO ON OUR REGULAR STUDENTS, BUT IN AVERAGE, WE LOSE NEARLY 50% OF OUR STUDENTS FROM FALL TO FALL.

SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO RETAIN AN ADDITIONAL TEN, WHICH ISN'T NECESSARILY A HUGE ASK WE SHOULD SEE A SIGNIFICANT ENROLLMENT INCREASE ON ENROLLMENT. AND I THINK ONE OF THOSE PIECES HAS TO BE INTENTIONALITY.

I THINK AT THE MOMENT, A LOT OF OUR ENROLLMENT GROWTH HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THAT HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE BECAUSE WE CAN ONLY GET WHAT WE CAN GET ON GRADUATION.

WE ALSO NEED TO START SERIOUSLY LOOKING AT RESKILLING THE WORKFORCE AND OLDER ADULTS.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A SECRET FOR ANYONE. THE BIRTH RATES HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

I THINK THEY ARE LESS THAN 50% OF AND WHAT THEY USED TO BE IN THE PEAK IN THE 1950S.

I THINK IN THE 1950S, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 120 OR 25 FOR EVERY 1000.

AND I THINK WE'RE LESS THAN 50 FOR EVERY 1000.

SO SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME NUMBER OF STUDENTS GRADUATING TO OCCUPIED OUR CLASSROOMS. SO SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO CHANGE THE STRATEGY.

AND AS I SAID, MY PERSONAL OPINION AND I HAVE SHARED WITH A FEW, BUT IT'S NOT EXECUTED YET, IS DIVIDE BETWEEN INTERNAL RECRUITING AND RETENTION.

AND AN EXTERNAL AND EXTERNAL HAS TO BE BASED ON DUAL ENROLLMENT, TRADITIONAL RETENTION AND ADULT POPULATION.

I THINK THE ADULT POPULATION IS VERY INTERESTING AND INTRIGUING. I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT THAT TOO.

BUT I DO THINK I KNOW WHEN WE COME TO LIKE NATIONAL AND STATE CONFERENCES, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES WHO REALLY SUCCESSFULLY KIND OF HONED IN TO THAT ADULT POPULATION, RIGHT? RETRAINING UP, YOU KNOW, UP, UPSCALING.

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AND AGAIN, JUST GOING BACK TO WHO THE RESIDENTS WE SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AGAIN, TAKING EVEN A CLOSER LOOK AND TRYING TO FOCUS IN ON WHAT, WHAT CLASSES SOME OF OUR ADULTS MAY WANT TO TAKE THAT MAY BE INTERESTING AS WELL.

SO YEAH, I THINK WE WE CAN BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT.

OR THE STUDENT POPULATION IS VERY YOUNG OR FOR A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR AVERAGE AGE IS IS VERY YOUNG. THE COLLEGES THAT YOU MENTIONED USUALLY TEND TO HAVE HIGH 20S.

WE ARE IN THE LOW 20S FOR FOR, FOR AVERAGE AGE.

SO I THINK WE CAN BE, CAN AND SHOULD BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT OUTREACH, WHICH WILL REQUIRE SOME CHANGES ON, ON, ON HOW WE BUILD OUR INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE, THE SCHEDULES PROGRAMS AND CONNECTION TO THE WORKFORCE.

I THINK IT'S A LITTLE EASIER NOW WITH THE EXPANSION OF MODALITIES, THE HYBRID AND THE ONLINE.

BUT BUT WE CLEARLY HAVE TO BE A LITTLE MORE INTENTIONAL BECAUSE OUR AVERAGE AGE IS VERY YOUNG.

WE WE WE LOOK LIKE A VERY TRADITIONAL FOUR YEAR CAMPUS RATHER THAN OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

YEAH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. HEARING NONE. IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2024 2025 ADOPTED BUDGET.

OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. PHILLIPE. AND NEXT ITEM 8.02 REVISED LISTS.

[8.02 Revised List of Minimum Qualifications and Local Standards by Discipline]

SO THIS IS THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR AUTO TECHNOLOGY.

AND WHAT WHAT AUTO IS TRYING TO DO IS THEY WANT THEIR INSTRUCTORS TO HAVE SHOP EXPERIENCE. SO THEY THE EXPERIENCE FROM THE PREVIOUS INSTRUCTORS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE RETIRED IN THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS.

THEY KNEW A LOT ABOUT AUTOMOBILES, BUT THEY HAD NOT WORKED IN ACTUAL AUTO SHOPS.

AND SO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO NOW IS MAKE SURE THAT THE INSTRUCTORS ARE WORKING IN THESE DEALER DEALERSHIPS AND, AND PRIVATE SHOPS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP THEIR STUDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR JOBS, WHAT THEIR CAREERS WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY GO INTO THE WORKFORCE. SO THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE ADDITION TO THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATION FOR THE THAT LAST FIVE YEARS, PROFESSIONAL AUTOMOTIVE, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S WHAT WAS ADDED TO IT. OKAY. CAN I GET A SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM 8.03, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 0911B IN RECOGNITION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE LATINX

[8.03 Resolution No. 24-0911B in Recognition of Hispanic Heritage/Latinx Month]

THERE ARE MANY ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE. IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

WELL, IN THIS MONTH PROFESSOR WALTER FERNANDEZ SENT SOME RECAPPING EMAILS AND SOME OF THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND SO ON, BUT HE DOES IT TRADITIONALLY FOR FOR ALL THE RECOGNITIONS THAT WE HAVE.

SO IF YOU CATCH ONE OF HIS EMAILS PLEASE DO TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT.

THEY'RE VERY INFORMATIVE AND BRING A LOT OF THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AS TO WHY THE MONTH IS CELEBRATED THAT WAY.

SOME OF THE STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PROVIDE SOME RECOGNITION THIS RESOLUTION IS BASED ON THE CONTEXT THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE IS 69% AND NEARLY 70% ARE LATINO OR LATINX POPULATION.

AND CALLS IN THE FACT THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CALL YOURSELF LATINO, LATINA, LATINX,

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CERRITOS COLLEGE IS ALSO A HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION THAT RANKS FIFTH AMONG 50 THE TOP 50 HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. SO WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL AND SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED. JUST A QUICK QUESTION AS TO LIKE THE PREVIOUS CELEBRATIONS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS TIME AROUND.

LIKE I REMEMBER IN THE PAST THAT WE'VE CELEBRATED EACH OF THE DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES WITHIN THERE, AND THERE WERE CERTAIN EVENTS DEDICATED TO SOME OF THOSE.

IS THAT GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR AS WELL, AT LEAST IN THAT RESPECT OF HOW WE CELEBRATE? YES, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT THERE'S A BUT NO.

THIS YEAR WE AS YOU KNOW, YOU SIGNED OFF ON AN EEO PLAN AND PART OF OUR OUR IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS IN TRYING TO CREATE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPOSE THE COLLEGE CAMPUS TO OTHER CREATIVE WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING OUR CULTURE IS FOR OUR HR SPONSORED LUNCHEON, WHICH IS HAPPENING TUESDAY, BY THE WAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART, WHO WILL BE COMING TO THE CAMPUS AND DOING THE LUNCHEON.

AND AS PART OF THEIR KEYNOTE, THEY WILL BE TAKING FOUR ARTISTS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND THEN DOING AN ACTIVITY TO REPRESENT EACH ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE CULTURES OF THOSE PARTICULAR ARTISTS. SO WE ARE DOING MORE TO ENHANCE AND DIVERSIFY.

WE ARE TRYING TO BE CREATIVE IN WORKING WITH OUR COLLEGE PARTNERS ACROSS CAMPUS, AND OBVIOUSLY WE CELEBRATE WITH FOOD, BUT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT WORKING MORE IN ALIGNMENT AS WELL WITH OUR OUR KCTCS FOLKS, IN PARTICULAR, LYDIA ALVAREZ, TO ALSO ASSIST WITH CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GO FULL CIRCLE AS WE IMPLEMENT OUR EEO PLAN.

AND THE RESOLUTION WAS ONE STEP IN IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR EEO PLAN.

DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF ONE OF THOSE ARTISTS IS FROM CUBA? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION I DON'T KNOW. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE REPRESENTED.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE? SO WE CAN ALWAYS GO THERE TOO.

OKAY OKAY, OKAY. REMEMBER THAT THERE'S HAVANA NIGHTS IN DOWNEY, OCTOBER 4TH.

SO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO CELEBRATE ME, I'LL BE THERE.

THANK YOU. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE? SO MOVED. SECOND. THANK YOU. I'LL UPLOAD. SORRY.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. MOTION PASSES.

NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 8.04, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 0911A AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.

[8.04 Resolution #24-0911A Authorizing the Issuance of Cerritos Community College District (Los Angeles County, California) Election of 2022 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2024A, and Actions Related Thereto]

[8.05 Resolution No. 24-0911C Authorizing the Issuance of Cerritos Community College District (Los Angeles County, California) 2024 General Obligation Refunding Bonds]

YEAH. SO ACTUALLY THERE'S TWO RESOLUTIONS, THE ONE THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED BEFORE, AND I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THE ITEM FIVE.

THE ONE BELOW IT. ON THAT RESOLUTION. SO THE VERY FIRST ONE IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NEW MONEY OFF OF OUR 2022 MEASURE CC, THAT AUTHORIZES US TO ISSUE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF $100 MILLION ON THAT, AND THAT WILL BE UTILIZED TO FUND CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY MOVING ON RIGHT NOW. SO THAT WILL GET US TO SPEND THROUGH OUR STADIUM PROJECT, OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT EXPANSION PROJECT, AND OUR CAMPUS POLICE. CURRENTLY, WE'VE PROBABLY SPENT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN SPENDING ON THOSE PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT A -$12 MILLION ROUGHLY IN THAT FUND FOR THAT, BECAUSE WE DO ANTICIPATE ISSUING THESE DOLLARS.

SO THE FIRST RESOLUTION WOULD AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF NEW MONEY ON THE MEASURE.

CC THE NEXT RESOLUTION IS AUTHORIZING A MAXIMUM AGGREGATE OF 138,200,000 OF REFUNDING BONDS. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE GOING TO BE REFUNDING CURRENT BONDS THAT WE'VE ALREADY ISSUED TO MAXIMIZE TAXPAYER SAVINGS ON THAT. SO WE'RE IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES ON THAT.

BUT WE RAN SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY SAVE ROUGHLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 12 AND $14 MILLION TO THE TAXPAYER BY US

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SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE BOARD ONCE WE START GETTING DETAILS ON THAT, START FIRMING UP THE ACTUAL DATES AND TIMES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ISSUING THESE DOLLARS.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE I HAVE PART OF THE FINANCE TEAM HERE, BOTH RBC AND RAMIREZ GROUP, OUR UNDERWRITING TEAM IS HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON IT, BUT THIS IS REALLY JUST AUTHORIZING US TO PROCEED ON THAT.

ONCE THIS RESOLUTION, IF APPROVED I AM EMAILING THESE OVER TO THE COUNTY TREASURER LA SUPERVISORS ON IT SO IT CAN GET ON THEIR MEETING BOARD AGENDA, MEETING ON THAT SO IT CAN GET ADOPTED.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS, AND WE'LL BRING FUTURE INFORMATION ON THAT ONCE WE FIRM UP INTEREST RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OF WHAT THE ACTUAL RATES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET.

SO IT'S STILL A LONG PROCESS. I THINK WE'RE LOOKING POTENTIALLY TO ISSUE MONEY SOMEWHERE IN NOVEMBER ISH, LATE OCTOBER. SO SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING US TO PROCEED WITH BOTH THE REFUNDING AND THE ISSUANCE OF NEW MONEY.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I HAD TO LEAVE LAST MEETING, SO I DID NOT GET TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN WE ISSUED THE CONTRACTS TO RAMIREZ AND TO RBC.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO SPLIT THE WORK AMONGST THE TWO COMPANIES? SO WE IN THE CONTRACT, IT IS RIGHT NOW THIS ISSUANCE IS SPLIT 7030.

AND SO AND THAT WAS BOTH BOTH RFP FROM BOTH FIRMS. THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THEM OUT OF THAT.

AND WE AGREED WITH THAT. SO WE WENT WITH THAT INITIAL.

IT DOES GIVE US SOME LATITUDE TO TO CHANGE THAT.

AND SO I ACTUALLY TOLD THE TEAM THAT IT WAS MY GOAL TO STAY WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS WITH WHAT WAS SPECIFIED IN THE RFP.

BUT AS WE KIND OF WORK BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW TEAM WORKING TOGETHER, IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT WELL, WE COULD CHANGE THAT IN THE FUTURE, WHERE IT'S MORE OF A EQUITABLE 50/50 SPLIT ON THAT.

AND SO BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S CURRENTLY SPLIT 70 3070.

RBCG30 RAMIREZ OKAY. YES, RBC WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS THE SENIOR MANAGER AND THEN RAMIREZ AS THE CO-MANAGER.

OKAY. YEAH, DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE.

I HAVE THE OTHER QUESTION, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MANY, MANY TIMES, IS THAT WHEN WHEN THIS WILL SHOW UP ON A TAXPAYERS BILL.

RIGHT. BECAUSE I ALWAYS GET THOSE QUESTIONS RIGHT. EVERYONE'S ALWAYS LIKE MY TAXES, MY PROPERTY TAXES.

SO WHEN YOU COME BACK TO US, COULD YOU PROVIDE US WITH THAT INFORMATION? BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE GETTING READY LATER OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. JUST AND JUST LIKE A SAMPLE LIKE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR A PERSON? AND I CAN'T REMEMBER. IS IT THE ASSESSED VALUE? IT'S I MEAN, THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT TERMS, RIGHT. THEY USE. SO MAYBE JUST LIKE LIKE A, LIKE A PRIMER 101 THEN PLEASE, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT NON-TECHNICAL JUST BECAUSE, AGAIN, WHEN WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL SCHOOL BONDS THAT ARE BEING CONTEMPLATED WITHIN OUR K THROUGH 12 DISTRICTS, TOO.

SO WE I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE OUR RESIDENTS.

AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS HOLISTICALLY. AND THEN I WILL SAY, OH, BUT HAVE YOU GONE BY THE CAMPUS? AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S SO WONDERFUL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY VISUAL. RIGHT.

BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO GOES DOWN ALONDRA AND IT'S EXCITING TO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN NORWALK IS DOING TO I MEAN THAT SPROUTS EVERYBODY COMES TO THAT SPROUTS NOW, WHICH I THINK IS VERY INTERESTING TOO. BUT EVERYBODY WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO SPROUTS, THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL SAY. LIKE WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON CAMPUS? RIGHT. AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, ASK FELIPE. I'M ALWAYS LIKE, OH, WE CAN ASK HIM THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS.

BUT AGAIN, LIKE, IT'S JUST IT'S A REALLY GOOD. BUT I THINK MAYBE LIKE A, A PRIMER 101 FOR US AS WE GET READY TO ISSUE THIS NEXT BIG BOND.

WELL, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE TERMS ARE. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO I'LL WORK WITH BOTH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND OUR BOTH TEAMMATES HERE I'M PROVIDING IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE WHAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM A DEBT SERVICE STANDPOINT, SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE MORE FIRM NUMBERS OF WHERE WE THINK THE ACTUAL COST SAVINGS IS GOING TO BE.

AND THEN AT THAT TIME, WE'LL GO THROUGH KIND OF HOW THE TAX ROLLS WORK AND OUR COMMUNICATION WITH BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE AUDITOR CONTROLLER'S OFFICE ON WHETHER OR NOT ARE WE GOING TO ISSUE NEW NEW BONDS.

AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO AND I GET THOSE LETTERS EVERY YEAR ASKING THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW, HEY,

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SO IT CAN KIND OF GET IN THE TAX ROLLS. AND WHEN THAT WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW UP ON A PROPERTY OWNER'S TAX BILL.

SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE KIND OF SOME ANALYSIS OR HOW THAT ACTUALLY ALL WORKS OUT.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. HEARING NONE WILL TAKE 8.04 AND 8.05 TOGETHER. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANYONE. SECOND. OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. PHILLIPE. NEXT SECTION IS REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT OFFICIALS.

[9.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]

I WENT TO THE CONVOCATION, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST BEFORE I WENT THERE, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE, A BORING PARTY, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

AND IT WAS FUN WITH THE THE LITTLE KIND OF, LIKE, SIMILAR, I THOUGHT, LIKE THE GAME SIMILAR TO KAHOOT.

THAT WAS REALLY FUN. I LOVED THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE UP TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAD.

I NEVER I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE HAD LIKE GREAT PROGRAMS LIKE THAT.

I KNOW THERE WAS A TEACHER TRACK, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS LIKE AN AUTO TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM OR A RETAIL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT PROGRAM IS REALLY GOOD, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, LIKE SINGLE MOTHERS, LIKE MY MOM'S A SINGLE MOM AND WHO CAN'T LIKE, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR THEIR BILLS AND, YOU KNOW, GO TO SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME. SO I REALLY LIKE THAT.

ALSO FOR THE BUDGET, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE SCHOOL REALLY NEEDS STUDENT ENROLLMENT TO INCREASE BUDGET. I THOUGHT THAT WAS I WAS LIKE, WOW. AND TO ADD TO THAT, LIKE HOW WE CAN INCREASE ENROLLMENT, LIKE MY PERSPECTIVE I FEEL LIKE RELATING IT TO THE PROGRAMS. I FEEL LIKE IF WE ADVERTISE SUCH GREAT PROGRAMS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GET INTO AUTOMOBILE BILL.

AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GO TO LIKE PHARMACY, WHICH I SAW LIKE ON THE NEWSLETTER TOO.

AND SO IF STUDENTS REALLY KNOW ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I WANT TO GO SERIOUS COLLEGE BECAUSE SERIOUS COLLEGE IS THEY BASICALLY PROVIDE FREE EDUCATION FOR FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, LOW INCOME STUDENTS LIKE ME.

SO I REALLY LIKE THAT. ALSO TO I'M SORRY, I'M TALKING TOO MUCH.

OKAY. SO FOR THE NATIVE GARDEN, I REALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE I USED TO WORK AT DOMINGUEZ HILLS, CSU AND I REALLY LIKED THEY HAVE AN URBAN FARM THERE, AND THAT WAS WHERE I USED TO WORK AT.

AND I REALLY LIKE HOW I REALLY LIKE THAT THEY PROVIDED A VERY NATURAL SPACE FOR STUDENTS TO COME AND, YOU KNOW, LEARN ABOUT EVERYTHING, LIKE TAKE A BREAK, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A RELATION TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ALSO TO NATURE, YOUR ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU'RE IN BECAUSE LIKE, I KNOW THAT I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR LIKE, LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, LIKE CITIES, THEY'RE THE ENVIRONMENT IS NOT REALLY GREAT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO RICH COMMUNITIES.

SO I, SO I REALLY LIKE THAT WE HAVE A NATIVE GARDEN NOW AND THAT AS SOON AS WE COME, I REALLY WANT TO SEE IT GROW TO MAYBE TO ALSO PROVIDE PRODUCE FOR STUDENTS, FRESH PRODUCE FOR STUDENTS THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE FALCON'S NEST.

SO. YES. OKAY. I'M DONE. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE LEWIS I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY DENTIST, GERALD ROODZANT, WHO IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CERRITOS COLLEGE FOUNDATION, FOR HAVING HIS OFFICE AGREE WITH US AS PART OF THE CONTRACTS LISTING THAT WE JUST VOTED ON TODAY TO PROVIDE CLINICAL PRACTICUM EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAM. SO, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN VERY, VERY STRONG IN HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COLLEGE FOR DECADES. I WANT TO SAY LONG, LONG BEFORE I EVEN STARTED GOING TO HIM.

BUT HE'S A GREAT DENTIST. AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED IN HIS OFFICE AND EVEN OTHER OFFICES THAT I'VE GONE TO.

AS FOR, YOU KNOW, DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND DENTAL ASSISTANTS, I HAVE MADE IT A PRACTICE OVER THE YEARS ASKING THEM, WHERE'D YOU GO? AND ABOUT 80% OF THEM HAVE ALL SAID CERRITOS COLLEGE.

AND I'M LIKE, HOW'D YOU LOVE IT? AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH MY GOD, IT WAS THE BEST TIME. I LOVED IT ALL MY PROFESSORS.

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AND ONE OF THEM IS THE DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAM, IN PART BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, OUR FACULTY THAT WE HAVE HERE AND MR. ROODZANT, DOCTOR ROODZANT FOR CREATING THIS PARTNERSHIP.

SO THAT'S GREAT FOR HIM AND FOR OUR COLLEGE AND OUR STUDENTS.

SO ONE OTHER THING I HAD IN MIND, BUT I IT ESCAPES ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL JUST LET IT GO.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LIU, NO REPORT. TRUSTEE PACHECO.

I WENT TO THE REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY FOR NINE OVER 11 AT DOWNEY.

AND JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT TIME, AND I DO REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT I WAS DOING AT THE TIME WHEN IT HAPPENED AND HOW WE AS A NATION CAME TOGETHER.

AND WE JUST NEED TO, AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT AND THAT WE'RE ALL TOGETHER AND WE'RE ONE PEOPLE AND REMEMBER THE DEATHS AND THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES DURING THAT TIME.

THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WENT IN TO SAVE LIVES AND THAT THEY LOST THEIR LIVES SAVING OTHERS.

SO IT'S ALWAYS THIS TIME IS ALWAYS HARD FOR ME.

AS A HEALTH CARE WORKER, IT'S IT REALLY DOES HIT YOU AT HOME BECAUSE YOU SAW EVERYTHING, THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. PEREZ. THE ONLY THING I JUST WANTED JUST TO, AGAIN, WAS A REALLY GOOD MEETING. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR COMING HERE TODAY. REALLY APPRECIATED ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR FACULTY MEMBERS AND FROM OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND THE NATIVE GARDEN. I ALSO WANTED JUST TO RECOGNIZE DOCTOR FIERRO FOR TOMORROW.

BEING HONORED BY THE CITY OF CERRITOS. I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR YOU.

I'M SORRY I CAN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE I HAVE. I HAVE OTHER COMMITMENTS, BUT IT IS AGAIN, JUST WANTED JUST TO RECOGNIZE YOU.

AND I'M SO GLAD THAT OUR CITY OF CERRITOS IS RECOGNIZING ALL OF YOUR WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR FOR NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS OF CERRITOS, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COLLEGE DISTRICT. SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

VERY EXCITED FOR YOU. VERY PROUD OF YOU. SO THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE GREEN. NO REPORT. GREAT. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, DOCTOR.

FEAR. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE RECOGNITION TOMORROW.

WHAT IS IT? ANOTHER RESOLUTION FOR LATINO HERITAGE MONTH.

OH. GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S THE END OF OUR REPORTS.

I WANT TO THANK THE PROFESSOR JOSE, PROFESSOR NAMALA, PROFESSOR ANA, FOR COMING OUT TO PRESENT TO US AND SHARING ALL THIS INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATIVE GARDEN.

I APPRECIATE IT A LOT. AND WE DO HAVE SOME ITEMS IN CLOSED SESSION.

[10. Closed Session]

WE WILL HAVE A READOUT. SO THANK YOU ALL AND WE'LL SEE YOU AFTER CLOSED SESSION.

IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE EMPLOYMENT OF BRYAN CABLE AS THE INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.

[11. Closing Items]

TRUSTEE BIRKEY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING TODAY.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.