Jan 15, 2025 Board Meeting

[1.01 Roll Call]

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MEETING. ROLL CALL. VOTE. BOARD PRESIDENT. MARIANA PACHECO.

PRESIDENT. BOARD VICE PRESIDENT DON GREENE WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY.

BOARD CLERK ZURICH LEWIS. HE'LL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY.

I APOLOGIZE. STUDENT TRUSTEE JAMES CODY BIRKEY IS ABSENT.

TRUSTEE. DOCTOR SHIN LIU HERE. TRUSTEE MARIANA RIOS HERE.

TRUSTEE. DOCTOR SANDRA SALAZAR HERE. STUDENT TRUSTEE KATHIE LEE HERE.

AND PRESIDENT. SUPERINTENDENT. ZERO HERE. ITEM 11.02.

[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]

OKAY. PLEASE FOLLOW ME. PRESS YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ITEM 1.03. DOES ANYONE WANT TO REORGANIZE THE AGENDA?

[1.03 Agenda Organization]

[1.04 Comments from the Audience]

[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]

DOCTOR HUANG.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES. HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL IN GOOD SPIRITS.

I HOPE YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES HAVE NOT BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY THE WILDFIRES.

I STAND IN FRONT OF YOU TO DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REALITIES OF OUR THAT OUR FACULTY ARE FACING AS CERRITOS COLLEGE AS OF RIGHT NOW, I AM AWARE OF AT LEAST THREE FACULTY WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC LOSS FROM THE WILDFIRES.

OUR FACULTY HAVE LOST EVERYTHING THEIR HOMES, THEIR PERSONAL POSSESSIONS, AND TREASURED MEMORIES.

OUR FACULTY WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THESE TOTAL LOSSES ARE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO WORK AND ARE USING THEIR PERSONAL NECESSITY, LEAVE TO REMAIN IN PAID STATUS. WE AS A DISTRICT HAVE YET TO OFFER THESE FOLKS ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY RELIEF.

WE HAVE NOT EXPLORED EMERGENCY OR CATASTROPHIC LEAVE, EMERGENCY AID OR ANY OTHER MEANS TO SUPPORT THEM DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED TRAGEDY.

OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE OFFERED EMERGENCY AID TO THEIR STAFF.

ADDITIONAL PAID AND UNPAID LEAVES. A CATASTROPHIC EMERGENCY LEAVE POOL WHERE COLLEAGUES CAN DONATE SICK LEAVE TO THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN THIS CHALLENGING TIME. AND PASADENA CITY COLLEGE HAS OFFERED THEIR EMPLOYEES A NO INTEREST LOAN TO ASSIST THOSE WHO MAY NEED TO REBUILD. CFT AND AFT, OUR STATE AND NATIONAL UNIONS HAVE ACTIVELY ARE ACTIVELY CUTTING $1,000 CHECKS TO OUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS.

I KNOW THIS IS A FAST CHANGING SITUATION, AND MANY MAY AND MAY SEEM LIKE WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE WE CAN DO. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING.

A DIRECT DONATION TO STAFF WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC LOSS AND OR THOSE THAT HAD TO EVACUATE.

ADDITIONAL PAID LEAVE SO PEOPLE CAN EXPLORE LONGER TERM HOUSING FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILY, AND ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN IN NEW SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEIR HOME SCHOOL WAS BURNED, AND TO ENGAGE WITH RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ARE TAKEN CARE OF. I'M ALSO ENCOURAGING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A CATASTROPHIC DISASTER LEAVE POOL, WHERE EMPLOYEES CAN DONATE THEIR SICK LEAVE TO THOSE WHO MAY NEED IT.

I IMAGINE THE ROAD TO REBUILD IS A LONG ROAD, AND FOLKS MAY HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR LEAVE, OR WILL EXHAUST THEIR LEAVE BEFORE THE FINISH LINE IS EVER IN SIGHT. THIS MEANS THAT THEY WON'T RECEIVE A PAYCHECK OR POTENTIALLY BENEFITS, AS THEY STRUGGLE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND THE STABILITY OF THEIR FAMILIES.

I'M ALSO ASKING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER REMOTE OR FLEXIBLE, FLEXIBLE WORK PLANS FOR THOSE IMPACTED, REGARDLESS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND OR DIVISION THEY WORK FOR, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS, ATTEND TO OUR FAMILIES AS WELL. BEYOND THESE IMMEDIATE NEEDS, THERE ARE OTHER DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE AS WE ALSO PREPARE FOR THE TRANSITION TO A NEW PRESIDENT, WE MAY NEED TO ADDRESS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL DEPORTATION FOR OUR STUDENTS,

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HOWEVER, BEING DOCUMENTED DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY ARE IMMUNE TO DEPORTATIONS.

HOW WILL THE DISTRICT RESPOND IF AN EMPLOYEE IS ARRESTED, DEPORTED, AND OR WAITING FOR TRIAL THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN? WILL THEY BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN PAID BENEFIT STATUS WHILE WAITING FOR AN OUTCOME? DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE PAID OR UNPAID LEAVE? AND DOES THE DISTRICT PLAN ON COLLABORATING WITH RAIDS ON CAMPUS? I KNOW THAT ALL THE THINGS I'M ASKING TODAY ARE NOT EASY CONVERSATIONS TO CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO THE DISTRICT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT OUR FACULTY AND STAFF.

WE CAN'T HELP OUR STUDENTS IF WE DON'T MEET OUR BASIC NEEDS OF SAFETY, SAFETY OURSELVES.

IT MAY SEEM LIKE ALL DOOM AND GLOOM, BUT THERE ARE SOME BRIGHT SPOTS.

AS FACULTY, WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE DISTRICT FOR YOU TO EXTEND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE POLICIES TO OUR ELIGIBLE PART TIME FACULTY.

WE'RE CURRENTLY IN IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. CF AND HR STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER.

FOOD IS TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED TO ASSIST WITH THE PROJECT.

SINCE WE DON'T HAVE YET A FULL TIME BENEFIT SPECIALIST.

AS WE WORK THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION STAGE, WE'RE PEELING BACK THE ONIONS ON HOW AB 190 FUNCTIONS AND WE ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND ADDITIONAL WORK. MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS EFFORT CARRY ON SEAMLESSLY. WE ARE ONLY THREE DAYS INTO THE SEMESTER.

CCSF HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON ENSURING OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE FIRES HAVE SUPPORT OUR DACA MENTORED EMPLOYEES AND UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS ON CAMPUS KNOW THAT WE WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM.

WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING THE DISTRICT AND OUR PART TIME FACULTY DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PART TIME HEALTHCARE POLICIES.

OUR FACULTY KNOW THAT OUR UNION HAS THEIR BACK.

WE NEED YOU TO HAVE THEIR BACKS TOO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ITEM I BELIEVE IS YOLANDA LOPEZ. CALIFORNIA.

SHE'S NOT HERE. OKAY, SO THEN. AND I KNOW TERRENCE MULLINS, FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT, IS ALSO NOT HERE, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE ITEM 2.01, WHICH IS INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION.

[2.01 Institutional Presentation: Cerritos College Student Veterans Club at the 17th Annual Student Veterans of America (SVA) National Conference]

AND I'D LIKE TO CALL UP KATIE MR.. HI. YEAH. THAT'S ME.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. BOARD MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND GUESTS.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS KATIE MISHLER, AND I'M THE PROGRAM FACILITATOR FOR THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER AND THE CO-ADVISOR FOR THE STUDENT VETERANS CLUB. EARLIER THIS MONTH, I AND FOUR STUDENTS TRAVELED TO COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO FOR THE 17TH ANNUAL STUDENT VETERANS OF AMERICA, OR SVA NATIONAL CONFERENCE.

THE SVA IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH A NETWORK OF NEARLY 1600 ON CAMPUS CHAPTERS INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL.

OF WHICH CERRITOS COLLEGE IS ONE. THAT WORKS TO ENSURE STUDENT VETERANS AND MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS.

ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL. SVA ALSO CONNECTS STUDENTS WITH EMPLOYERS, CRITICAL VA RESOURCES, CAREER PLANNING, INTERNSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND MORE.

THE SVA ALSO HAS AN ACTIVE LEGISLATIVE TEAM THAT WORKS WITH CONGRESS TO SHAPE POLICY FOR OUR MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THERE'S ALSO AN ELEMENT FOR STUDENTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS AS WELL ONCE A YEAR.

THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, OR COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS NATCON, IS THE LARGEST GATHERING OF STUDENT VETERANS WORLDWIDE.

NATCON SERVES AS A FOCAL POINT IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR TO SHARE IDEAS AND BEST PRACTICES, AS WELL AS NETWORK WITH VETERAN AND MILITARY AFFILIATED STUDENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, SUPPORTERS, ALLIES. ATTENDEES ARE ALSO CONNECTED WITH CORPORATE, GOVERNMENT, AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS. WE DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK AHRQ FOR PROVIDING FUNDING TO ATTEND THIS FANTASTIC EVENT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THEIR STAFF WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL, HELPFUL IN NAVIGATING THAT TRAVEL PROCESS FOR ME, ESPECIALLY WITH STUDENTS.

WE HOPE THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY TRIPS TO NATCON, AND I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO BOTTLE THAT EXPERIENCE AND REALLY SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL.

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YOU DON'T GET MUCH SUPPORT NOR HELP, NOR INFORMATION.

AND YOU, HALF OF US DECIDED TO START WORKING.

HALF OF US DECIDED TO START GOING, PURSUING OUR EDUCATION.

BUT THAT'S ONE DECISION THAT IT'S HARD TO EVEN MAKE.

FOLLOWING AFTER THAT IS HAVING THAT DESIRE, THAT LEADERSHIP THAT YOU CAN LOOK UP TO SOMEBODY THAT IS JUST NOT THERE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RESOURCES.

AND THIS TRIP HELPED ME OUT SO MUCH. NOT JUST BEING THE PRESIDENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME BEING A FELLOW VETERAN, SEEING OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE BETTER THINGS AND THEY KEEP STRIVING.

AND I JUST IT WAS AN EYE OPENING. I WAS LIKE, IF THEY CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT.

AND IT WAS JUST IT WAS A LOT OF PASSION, A LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING GREAT THINGS.

AND THEN I WAS LIKE, THEY'RE DOING IT. WE CAN DO IT.

I CAN'T WAIT TO COME BACK. SHARE THIS INFORMATION.

BE ABLE TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE HELP, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE, JUST LIKE I HAD.

AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. HELLO, DOCTOR FARRAR AND ALL THE TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS JANET HARRINGTON. I'M THE PROBABLY ONE OF THE OLDEST VETERANS.

I'M VERY BLESSED THAT I GOT TO GO ON THIS TRIP.

MY GOODNESS, IT WAS JUST SO INFORMATIVE. I LEARNED SO MUCH.

EVEN FOR SOMEBODY OF MY AGE, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF RESOURCES OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR VETERANS AND WOMEN VETERANS.

I DID A LOT OF CONFERENCE THEY CALL THEM BREAKOUT SESSIONS.

I DID A LOT FOR FOR WOMEN VOLUNTEERING. I DID A ROUNDTABLE, WHICH IS PERFECT.

SO ONE OF OUR ONE A UNIVERSITY IN SAN BERNARDINO, THEY DO THE ROUNDTABLE FOR THEIR VETERANS.

SO WHAT THEY DO IS IT'S NOT REALLY ROUNDTABLE, BUT THEY SIT IN A CIRCLE AND THEY TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THEY WANT TO.

ANYTHING THAT'S BOTHERING THEM. NOBODY JUDGES YOU.

THEY TALK ABOUT IT AND THEY GET IT OFF THEIR MIND.

AND YOU GO OUT FEELING A LOT BETTER. AND I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.

WE DO A LOT OF THAT. WE'RE IN OURS, TOO. BUT I LEARNED A LOT, AND I.

I'VE LEARNED THAT I'M ELIGIBLE FOR A PTSD DOG.

SO I HAD I DID FIVE SESSIONS AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.

THEN WE HAD A WE HAD A MILITARY BALL SATURDAY NIGHT, SO THAT WAS PRETTY FUN.

BUT I FELT LIKE I WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST ONES THERE.

SO I KIND OF JUST DIDN'T FELT A LITTLE OUT OF PLACE.

BUT ANYWAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS J.R. FUIFUI AND I'M A NAVY VETERAN.

ATTENDING NATCON WAS AN INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH VETERANS AND OTHER MILITARY CONNECTED STUDENTS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS, FROM FELLOW UNDERGRADS TO DOCTORAL CANDIDATES, TO CORPORATE LEADERS.

I SAW MYSELF IN THOSE INDIVIDUALS. IT WAS A FANTASTIC REMINDER THAT THE SACRIFICES I MADE FOR THIS NATION WILL ONE DAY PAY OFF.

ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF MY TIME AT NATCON WAS A BREAKOUT SESSION THAT DISCUSSED THE EDELMAN VETERAN WELLBEING SURVEY.

THIS SURVEY STUDIED SOCIETY'S PERCEPTIONS OF VETERANS HEALTH, WELL-BEING, EMPLOYABILITY AND EDUCATION.

THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE VETERAN EXPERIENCE CONTINUE TO EXIST AND MAY IMPEDE THE VETERAN TRANSITION INTO CIVILIAN LIFE.

HOWEVER, THESE OBSTACLES CAN BE OVERCOME THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND PROGRAMING.

IN REGARD TO PROGRAMING, I CAN WHOLEHEARTEDLY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY SAY THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE IS LEADING THE WAY.

THE WAY THAT THIS INSTITUTION, ESPECIALLY OUR ADVISOR KATIE MISHLER, THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER, ASK ALL THE STAFF, THE FACULTY AND SO MANY MORE WHO SUPPORT US IS COMPLETELY UNMATCHED.

SPOKE TO SEVERAL VETERANS AND THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR INSTITUTIONS, AND I CAN TRULY SAY I WILL MISS CERRITOS WHEN I GO.

I KNOW THAT WHEN I TRANSFER IN THE FALL, THE STANDARDS AT MY NEXT INSTITUTION MAY NOT BE THE SAME.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT HERE AT CERRITOS, I WILL KNOW WHAT I AM WORTH.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION.

NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 2.02 INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION.

[2.02 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of the Cerritos College Women's Volleyball Team]

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I'D LIKE TO CALL UP DOCTOR FARRELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT PACHECO.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME.

OKAY. I AM VERY EXCITED TO HAVE KERI AND THE ENTIRE TEAM HERE THIS EVENING TO CELEBRATE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN QUITE LITERALLY 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

IT HAS BEEN 30 YEARS SINCE THE CERRITOS COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL TEAM MADE IT TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THIS PAST SEASON, WE HAD THE FORTUNE TO HAVE A TEAM THAT WENT WITH A RECORD OF 24 THE ENTIRE SEASON, WHICH IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, SO PLEASE GIVE THEM A BIG HAND.

SO THEY WENT IN AS A AS THE FOURTH SEED AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE PAIRED WITH THE NUMBER ONE TEAM.

BUT THAT DID NOT STOP OUR TEAM. THEY FOUGHT HARD AND THOSE GAMES WERE LONG AND REALLY REALLY HARD.

THEY LASTED I BELIEVE, OVER TWO HOURS AND 30 MINUTES AND WERE DEFINED BASICALLY BY POINTS.

SO OUR TEAMS REALLY, REALLY FOUGHT ALL THE WAY TO THE END.

WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU. WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND EXCITED TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU AFTER 30 YEARS.

THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT WE EXPECT YOU NEXT YEAR HERE AGAIN TO CELEBRATE YOU ONCE AGAIN.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WHY DON'T YOU COME FROM KERRY AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THE STORY BEHIND THIS WONDERFUL SEASON? THANK YOU, DOCTOR PIERRO. I'M KERRY HEMMERLING, I'M THE VOLLEYBALL COACH FOR THE INDOOR AND FOR OUR BEACH VOLLEYBALL TEAM THAT WE HAVE.

BUT WE JUST HAD A OUR MOST PHENOMENAL SEASON THAT WE'VE HAD.

LIKE DOCTOR VERA SAID IN THE LAST 30 PLUS YEARS.

WE JUST HAD A GROUP OF GIRLS THAT WHEN WE WALKED INTO THE GYM, WE NEVER WON THE OH, THEY LOOK INTIMIDATING.

OUR LIBERO IS NOT EVEN FIVE FEET TALL. WE HAVE 5 OR 6 MIDDLE BLOCKERS.

THAT'S NORMALLY AT LEAST A SIX FOOTER POSITION.

BUT WE KNEW HOW TO PLAY VOLLEYBALL AND THEY BUSTED THEIR BUTTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

WE PRACTICED EARLY IN THE MORNING, 7 TO 9 A.M.

THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE. NOT ALWAYS WITH A SMILE, BUT THEY ALWAYS WORKED HARD AND WE HAD A TON OF FUN.

AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS PREACH, IS THAT YOU CAN HAVE FUN AND YOU CAN GET BETTER AND YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST VOLLEYBALL AND IT'S A SILLY GAME TO MOST PEOPLE.

IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO. AND I'M TOLD THESE GIRLS, THESE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR BEST FRIENDS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. AND THE CORE OF OUR TEAM, THERE'S A FEW OF THEM THAT HAVE GROWN UP TOGETHER AND PLAYED VOLLEYBALL TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE TEN YEARS OLD.

AND I TOLD THEM ALL AT ONE OF THEIR CLUB PRACTICES. I SAID, HEY, YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T TEACH CHEMISTRY. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE FIVE FOUR.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE 411. PRISCILLA. OKAY? I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.

YOU CAN'T TEACH CHEMISTRY. AND THE BETTER THE CHEMISTRY, THE BETTER YOUR TEAM IS GOING TO BE. AND WE HAD A GOOD SEASON LAST YEAR, MADE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS, AND WE WERE STOKED ON THAT.

AND THEN THIS YEAR WE, WE MADE PLAYOFFS AND WE WON OUR FIRST ROUND IN.

WELL, WE HAD A BYE IN THE FIRST ROUND WHICH WE WERE LIKE OH OKAY. SO WE DIDN'T EXPECT THAT BUT WE'LL TAKE IT.

AND THEN WE WON THE NEXT SECOND ROUND IN THREE SETS WHICH THREE OUT OF FIVE.

AND SO THAT WAS FUN AND PRETTY IN CONTROL THE WHOLE TIME.

THERE WAS NEVER A DOUBT, I THINK, IN ANYBODY'S MIND. WE WERE PLAYING REALLY PRETTY GOOD VOLLEYBALL AT THE END. AND THEN OUR THE ROUND TO GET INTO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO PLAY NUMBER THREE MORE PARK, BUT THEY SOMEHOW GOT UPSET BY THE NUMBER 14 SEED.

AND SINCE WE WERE THE SIXTH SEED WE'RE LIKE WE GET TO HOST TWO PLAYOFF GAMES.

AND SO WE GOT TO HOST OUR SECOND PLAYOFF GAME AND WE WON THAT 1 IN 3 AS WELL TO GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

WE WERE ALL LIKE, WHAT JUST HAPPENED? WE'RE DOING THIS WELL.

WE GOT TO BOOK A HOTEL, OKAY, WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO THE STATE PLAYOFFS.

AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE. THE CHEMISTRY, LIKE I SAID ON THE TEAM, IS SUPER FUN.

WE ALL GET ALONG. I HAVE ONE OF MY ASSISTANT COACHES PLAYED FOR ME, ONE OF MY, I THINK MY SECOND OR THIRD YEAR THAT I WAS COACHING HERE.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF FUN, KIND OF FULL CIRCLE.

AND THEN MY OTHER ASSISTANT, I COACHED HER WHEN I WAS AT IRVINE VALLEY WITH MY DAD.

SO IT'S I'M LIKE, OH, I'M GETTING OLDER. AND WE'RE GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE MY FORMER PLAYERS ARE NOW MY ASSISTANTS.

BUT OUR RECORD, I THINK WE ENDED THE SEASON 21 AND FOUR.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT, WE HAD TO PLAY THE NUMBER ONE SEED FROM THE NORTH, FRESNO CITY, AND THEY WERE ALL BALLERS, AND THEY LOOKED THE PART.

THEY LOOKED LIKE A NUMBER ONE SEED TEAM. AND I TOLD ONE OF OUR OUTSIDE HITTERS, JASMINE, SHE'S HOW TALL ARE YOU? JAZZ FIVE. THREE AND A HALF. SEE, WE DON'T. WE?

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WHICH THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. THAT'S. THEY'RE YOUR BEAST.

THEY'RE YOUR ONE THAT GETS ALL THE KILLS. THEY'RE THE WORKHORSES THAT JUST HAVE TO DO ALL THE GRITTY WORK.

AND SHE'S WARM. WHEN WE WALKED IN THE GYM LIKE, OH, NUMBER 18 IS CUTE.

I'M LIKE, OH, THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT. AND JAZZ HAD A PHENOMENAL MATCH.

WE ALL THEY ALL DID. BUT THEN WE STARTED PLAYING AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THEY'RE NOT.

HE'S SHE'S CUTE, BUT SHE COULD KILL US. LIKE WITH WITH WHAT SHE DOES.

SHE'S JUST A KILLER. AND IT WAS JUST SUPER FUN.

THEY PLAYED GREAT VOLLEYBALL. VOLLEYBALL MATCHES ARE PLAYED THREE OUT OF FIVE.

THE FIRST FOUR GAMES WERE PLAYED TO 25. I THINK IT WAS 25, 23, 24, 26, 27, 25, 25, 21.

AND THEN THE LAST GAME YOU PLAYED, A 15. SO THE FIFTH SET PLAYED TO 15.

WE WERE DOWN 8 TO 5 AT THE SWITCH WHEN YOU SWITCHED SIDES.

AND THEN IT'S REALLY HARD. IT'S A SPRINT AND WE WERE DOWN 14 TO 12.

AND THEN SOMEONE HAD THEY HAD MATCH POINT AND I'M LIKE, I KIND OF NEED A MIRACLE.

WE TIE IT UP AT 14 ALL, THEN WE GET UP 1514. WE HAD MATCH POINT AT 1514.

THEN THEY TIE IT UP. WE HAD MATCH POINT AT 1615 AND THEY TIE IT UP.

AND THEN WE HAD MATCH POINT AT 1716. AND THEN WE WERE JUST TOAST AND THEY MADE A COUPLE OF GOOD PLAYS AND WE KEPT PLAYING WELL, BUT WE ENDED UP LOSING 1917. SO EXTRA POINTS AND THE EXTRA GAME AND THAT WAS THE ONLY MATCH THAT WE ACTUALLY LOST ALL SEASON.

ALL THE OTHER THREE MATCHES WE LOST, WE DIDN'T PLAY GOOD AND WE WERE LIKE, OH, WHATEVER.

THOSE MATCHES DON'T MATTER. THIS ONE, WE'RE ALL JUST LIKE, THAT IS ALL THAT WE HAD.

AND SO IT WAS JUST A REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE AND WE WERE ABLE JUST TO HAVE A GREAT SEASON.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, WE PLAN ON DOING IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT AT MOUNT SAC.

IT WAS NICE THAT IT WAS KIND OF A HOME COURT ADVANTAGE.

WE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDLY FACES CHEERING US ON, SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME. THANK YOU FOR HONORING US TONIGHT.

AND THANK YOU, GIRLS, FOR SHOWING UP. THANK YOU AGAIN.

KERRY. I CAN SEE YOUR ENERGY AND PASSION. AS YOU WERE RECAPPING THE GAME, YOU WERE GETTING ALL EXCITED.

SO THAT IS AMAZING TO SEE AND I'M SURE THAT IS CONTAGIOUS TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

JUST LAST WEEK, SOMEONE ASKED ME OF A FAVORITE ESSAY THAT I HAVE IN ORDER TO STAY DOING SOMETHING, EVEN WHEN IT'S HARD. AND I AND I SAID THE MY FAVORITE THING TO THINK ABOUT IS MOTIVATION GETS YOU GOING, DISCIPLINE GETS YOU TO THE END. AND IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE BUILT A VERY MOTIVATED AND DISCIPLINED TEAM THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID. THANK YOU LADIES FOR AN INCREDIBLE SEASON AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

THANK YOU. I THINK JUST MARIANA.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU.

CAN I HAVE. THE PHOTO? YEAH. AWESOME. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

YES. SORRY. THAT'S OKAY.

EVERYBODY'S SQUEEZING A LITTLE TIGHTER. OKAY.

READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. ONE DO YOU GUYS WANT TO HOLD THE AWARD OUT IN FRONT OF YOU? READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

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[2.03 Institutional Presentation: Enhancing Student Success through Cultural Experiences]

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DOCTOR FARRELL GO UP, AND I SEE YOU ALREADY GOT INTO THE THE SPIRIT OF THINGS.

ALL RIGHT. SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE ALL OF YOU HERE.

SO SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, THE LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER, WE HAD ALL THE INDIVIDUALS HERE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE ARTIST SYMPOSIUM IN GHANA.

AND WE WANTED TO SHARE THE EXPERIENCE WITH ALL OF YOU, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED AND SOME OF THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FUTURE AND THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, WE HOPE TO GIVE YOU A WINDOW INTO WHAT WE EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY FROM THE CULTURAL LEVEL, BUT FROM THE EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE.

AND WHY DO WE THINK THE CERRITOS COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHOULD CONTINUE TO INVEST ON THIS PROJECT OVER THE NEXT SIX, EIGHT YEARS? I'M SORRY. SO YOU SEE, THE TITLE THERE IS TIM, LARRY, AND I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO TO THE PRESENTATION.

I'M NOT GOING TO SPOIL IT FOR YOU, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THAT NONE OF US ARE NAMED LARRY.

BUT YOU WILL SEE WHY, AND I AM SURE YOU WILL ENJOY IT.

SO NEXT I'M GOING TO LET ME KNOW. I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO LET MICHAEL TELL ME WHAT TO DO. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, WE WERE IN GHANA IN OCTOBER.

THE FIRST TRIP TOOK PLACE DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND BECAUSE SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WE HAD AT THE TIME OR THE COLLEGE, SOME OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH, WE OPTED NOT TO APPLY TO THAT PARTICULAR TRAVEL DATE.

BUT WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY BECAME AVAILABLE IN 2024, WE DECIDED TO SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION AND TO TRAVEL TO GHANA AND PUT A TEAM OF EDUCATORS TOGETHER IN ORDER TO BRING THAT EXPERIENCE TO OUR CAMPUS AND HOPEFULLY MAKE WHAT WE LEARN PART OF OUR CURRICULUM ACROSS OUR CAMPUS. THIS PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE IS FULLY IMMERSIVE.

IT IS NOT JUST AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, BUT TOUCHES ALL LEVELS SOCIAL, ECONOMICAL, POLITICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IMMERSED AT THE LOCAL CULTURE, MEET A LOT OF LOCAL PEOPLE AND REALLY GET TO KNOW THE FLAVOR OF WHAT OUR STUDENTS COULD POTENTIALLY EXPERIENCE THERE IF WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH, FOR INSTANCE, A PARTNERSHIP IN WHICH ALL THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO SPEND THE SUMMERS OR A SEMESTER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA IN ACCRA.

SO, YOU KNOW, PRESENTERS, I HAVE WITH ME, DOCTOR SALAZAR TRAVEL COMPANION AND WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME.

DOCTOR PAIGE, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU CONTINUE? YEAH.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DOCTOR MICHAEL PAIGE.

I'M THE DEAN OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND MATH, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ALL HERE.

AT THE REST OF OUR TEAM WILL ALSO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AS WE'RE CONTINUING ON THROUGH THIS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE TASKED WITH IN ONE OF OUR FIRST AND ONE OF OUR FIRST DAYS THAT WE WERE THERE IS WE HAD TO DEVELOP A PROJECT.

WE HAD TO LOOK AT OUR CAMPUS, LOOK AT OUR STUDENTS, AND SEE IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEM IN A LONG TERM MANNER FROM A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE? AND SO YOU ALL HAVE SEEN MUCH OF OUR STUDENT SUCCESS DATA.

WE'RE SHOWING THIS PARTICULAR GRAPH BECAUSE THE LINE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAPH IN A LIGHT GREENISH COLOR IS THE SUCCESS RATE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT ONE IS ONE THAT TRAILS MANY OF THE OTHER GROUPINGS OF STUDENTS.

AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT OUR EXPERIENCE, OUR THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO JOIN US IN FUTURE TRIPS AND TO TALK ABOUT A PROJECT THAT WE'D LIKE TO DEVELOP STARTING NOW AND CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, CAN BE A NUMBER THAT WE'LL SEE OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT SUCCESS

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OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. I WAS ONE OF THE I THINK THERE WERE THREE TRUSTEES ON THE TRIP.

WE DID HAVE I THINK THE VARIETY OF OUR GROUP FROM DEAN, FACULTY, OUR PRESIDENT TRUSTEES, IT JUST BROUGHT GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REALLY MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION, FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN WHAT WE CAN DO THAT CAN HELP OUR STUDENTS HERE AND WHAT WE TAKE FROM THERE TO HERE AND WHAT WE CAN MAKE IT GROW.

SO I THINK THAT WAS GREAT. DOCTOR FERRO WAS ONE OF MAYBE I BELIEVE HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ONLY COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT THERE.

PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WERE THERE. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WE SENT A MESSAGE THAT WE'RE COMMITTED.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO REALLY BRINGING THIS BACK HOME, EXPANDING AND REALLY SEEING AN EFFORT WELL, IN CHANGE IN OUR STUDENTS AND HOW THIS CAN HELP THEM AS WELL.

SO WE DID MANY TRIPS. IT WAS FULLY IMMERSIVE.

SO ONE OF OUR. MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF OUR FIRST ACTIVITIES.

WE WENT AS A GROUP. IT WASN'T AN OFFICIAL ACTIVITY, BUT WE CAME.

WE WENT TOGETHER. WE WENT TO MAKOLA MARKET WHICH IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST MARKET I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

AND I THINK WE PROBABLY WALKED THROUGH A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF IT.

BUT IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE, LIKE THE VARIETY OF PRODUCTS SOLD IN THE MARKET.

AND IT. IT WAS JUST STREETS AND STREETS AND STREETS OF OF JUST GOODS AND PEOPLE.

AND MOSTLY THEY WERE ALL LOCAL. WE WERE ONE OF THE I THINK WE WERE SMALL AMOUNT.

OF PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT FROM THERE. EVERYONE WAS LOCAL.

MOST OF THE TRADERS WERE WOMEN. THEY WERE SELLING VARIETY OF PRODUCTS FROM PRODUCE, FOOD, CLOTHES, SHOES, TOOLS, MEDICINE THAT WE SAW. BED MATTRESSES, HOME GOODS, APPLIANCES.

SO REALLY THERE WAS JUST A BIG VARIETY. AND IT WAS, I THINK ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WHERE WE JUST FELT FULLY IMMERSED IN THE CITY AND KIND OF DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. BUT BUT I THINK IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

THE NEXT EXPERIENCE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE, WE WALKED THROUGH THE MARKET.

IT WAS PROBABLY 95 DEGREES AND 95% HUMIDITY. SO AT THIS POINT WE HAD WALKED I DON'T KNOW, A FEW MILES.

SO WE WERE DRENCHED SOAKING WET AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.

BUT WE CONTINUED ON. AND SO OUR NEXT STOP THAT WE DID ON THIS SAME DAY WAS TO VISIT THE PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM.

AND SO THE VERY FIRST PRESIDENT OF, OF, OF GHANA WAS DOCTOR KWAME NKRUMAH.

AND SO KWAME IN HIS FIRST NAME AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS.

KWAME IS THE DAY OF THE WEEK OF SATURDAY. SO HE WAS BORN ON A SATURDAY.

HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATIONAL TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES.

HE WAS THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER AND THEN THE FIRST EVENTUAL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY.

SOMETHING THAT I DO WANT, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS HE IS ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS OF A PAN-AFRICANIST THOUGHT IN THAT A UNIFIED AFRICA BEING ABLE TO USE ITS RESOURCES, ITS TREASURES, AND TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE ITS THE STUDENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WOULD LEAD TO AN ADVANCEMENT OF THE ENTIRE CONTINENT.

BUT IT GOES BEYOND THAT TO ALSO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS MYSELF, WHO ARE PART OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA THAT HAVE BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT THINGS YOU'LL HEAR WITH THE TRANSATLANTIC TRADE. SLAVE TRADE HAVE NOW BEEN DISPLACED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD.

AND SO HE REALLY HAD A THOUGHT THAT TOGETHER WE COULD BE ABLE TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN AFRICA AND ALSO ENHANCE MANY CULTURES FROM ACROSS THE WORLD IN THE BOTTOM.

SO ONE OF HIS THIS IS HIS INAUGURATION SPEECH IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE.

AND ONE OF HIS STATEMENTS STATEMENTS IS THAT AFRICA SHOULD ALWAYS MOVE FORWARD AND NEVER BACKWARDS.

AND THEN A SMALL QUOTE THAT IS IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS THAT I AM, I AM, JUST TO KIND OF PARAPHRASE, IT IS EVEN THOUGH WE INDIVIDUALS OF THE DIASPORA MAY HAVE NOT BEEN BORN IN AFRICA, AFRICA WAS BORN WITHIN OUR HEARTS. AND SO WITH THAT, THAT KIND OF STARTED TO MOVE OUR THOUGHT ON.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE AND SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK VERY SERIOUS TO THINK, HOW COULD WE BRING IT BACK TO CAMPUS AND BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS? SO THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. I'M DOCTOR CHERYL CARTER, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY EDUCATION DIVISION ON THIS

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HI EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. I'M DARA WORRELL, I'M A MATH PROFESSOR AS WELL AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF FACULTY SENATE.

THIS PARTICULAR MUSEUM HAD A LOT OF ARTIFACTS AND BOTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF MY THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS ONE OF THE PICTURES I TOOK MYSELF.

THEIR OUTFITS ARE AMAZING. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.

THEY TAKE VERY GOOD CARE IN AND DETAIL ON THE ACCESSORIES.

EVERYTHING IS WELL MEANING. AND IT WAS REALLY AMAZING TO SEE EVERYTHING IN THIS MUSEUM.

AT THE NEXT STOP ON OUR JOURNEY WAS THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MARKET.

MANY OF US ARE WEARING A AUTHENTIC GHANAIAN OR AKAN OUTFITS THAT WE GOT ALONG OUR JOURNEY.

BUT ONE OF THE MOST MONUMENTAL ASPECTS OF THIS TRIP WAS THAT EVERYONE IS AN ENTREPRENEUR.

THE GARMENTS AND THE MATERIALS ARE HANDMADE AND INTRICATELY DETAILED, AND THE COMMERCE OF THE MARKETPLACE IS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE COMMUNITY. EXCUSE ME. THE BOTTOM PICTURE SHOWS YOU THE BEACH.

WHILE THE ECONOMY IS THRIVING THROUGH TRADE AND MARKETPLACE EVERYONE IS NOT THRIVING BECAUSE THAT BOTTOM PICTURE SHOWS YOU LIFE AT A BEACHFRONT, AT A BEACH FRONT PROPERTY, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE EXPERIENCE HERE AS A BEACHFRONT PROPERTY, INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY LIVING ON THE BEACH.

SO THE TRIP WAS VALUABLE IN GAINING A PERSPECTIVE OF HOW INDIVIDUALS LIVE AND THEIR THIRST FOR EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE IS VAST THERE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS SLIDE IS PART OF OUR JOURNEY IN GHANA THAT TOOK US TO THE PLACE THAT THEY CALL THE LAST BATH ASSIN MANSO RIVER. AND SO THE DAY WE WENT HAPPENED TO BE, I THINK THE ONLY DAY THERE WAS INCREDIBLE RAINFALL.

SO BY THE TIME WE GOT OFF THE BUS, THE RAIN WAS JUST POURING DOWN HEAVILY AND SO MANY OF US WERE LIKE, ARE WE GETTING OUT AND GOING INTO THAT? BUT WHEN WE DID, WHEN WE WENT INTO THE SITE WITH THE RAIN FALLING DOWN ON US, I FEEL THAT IT JUST ADDED TO OUR EXPERIENCE THAT DAY.

WE WERE ABLE TO WALK BAREFOOT ON THE MUD, TO FILL THE EARTH, THE SAME EARTH AND GROUND THAT THE ANCESTORS OR MY ANCESTORS WALKED.

AND IT WAS JUST AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. AND SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT WORDS TO DESCRIBE THIS EXPERIENCE, OVERALL, IT WAS DEFINITELY A TRANSCENDING TYPE OF EXPERIENCE, ALLOWING ME TO CONNECT WITH SOMETHING FAR MORE THAN MY MYSELF AND SOMETHING DEEPER AND GREATER. IT WAS VERY SPIRITUAL. IT WAS VERY HUMBLING AS WELL.

MOVING, BUT AS I MENTIONED, ALSO VERY UNFORGETTABLE.

SO THE RIVER THAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE IS THE RIVER THAT SYMBOLIZES THE LAST BATH IN WHICH THE PEOPLE OF GHANA WERE DIPPED IN BEFORE THEY WERE SOLD OR AUCTIONED INTO SLAVERY AND SENT TO THE SLAVE DUNGEONS.

AND SO, TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS THE VERY PLACE THAT THIS HAPPENED, I WAS WALKING ON THOSE VERY GROUNDS.

I WAS IN THE STANDING IN THOSE VERY WATERS. AGAIN, I LIKE I SAID, IT WAS JUST AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE AND SEEING THE EMOTIONS OF EVERYONE AROUND ME. IT WAS A LARGE GROUP WITH US.

AND SO NO MATTER WHAT THE CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THE INDIVIDUALS THERE, I FEEL THAT WE ALL HAD A SENSE OF CONNECTEDNESS AT THAT MOMENT.

ANOTHER PART OF OUR JOURNEY INCLUDED A VISIT TO CAPE COAST.

AND SO, AS THE SLIDE SAYS, THE GOLD COAST WAS THE ORIGINAL CAPITAL OF GHANA, AND IT FEATURES FORTS AND CASTLES THAT HOUSED FOREIGN SOLDIERS IN CROWDED DUNGEONS. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY VISIT THOSE DUNGEONS AND AGAIN, UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE.

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AND I HOPE THAT OTHERS ARE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SAME EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE IT REALLY MAKES YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THE PAST, THINK ABOUT THE OPPRESSION, THINK ABOUT SYSTEMS AND FORCES THAT EXISTED THEN, AND SOME OF THOSE SAME SYSTEMS AND FORCES THAT EXIST TODAY. AND HOW AS EDUCATORS, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT, AND WE HAVE TO CREATE SPACES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE GREATNESS THAT THEY HAD IN THEIR ANCESTORS AND THE GREATNESS THAT THEY HAVE HERE TODAY.

SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT ANGLE OF THIS PART OF THE VISIT.

WE ALL ARRIVED TOGETHER AT GHANA AND FOR THE MOST PART, AS WAS DESCRIBED EARLIER, WE SPEND, I WILL SAY, 99% OF OUR TIME TOGETHER, UNLESS WE WERE SLEEPING.

REALLY. BUT WE WE DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.

OUR FIRST DAY, AS IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, IT WAS INFORMAL, BUT BUT WE DEFINITELY VENTURED OUT AND EXPERIENCED A LOT OF THE CITY. WHEN WE GOT TO THIS POINT, WE WERE ASKED TO DIVIDE INTO TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS.

THOSE SCHOLARS OF AFRICAN DESCENDANTS AND THOSE WHO WERE NOT.

WE DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT. SO WE ALL GOT TOGETHER THE DAY BEFORE PLANNED, JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENED AND BOARDED. SEPARATE BUSSES OR BOATS HAVE FEWER PEOPLE AND LEFT A LITTLE EARLIER, SO WE WERE ABLE TO ARRIVE TO THE LAST BODY. I WILL SAY MAYBE AN HOUR AND A HALF OR TWO HOURS EARLIER THAN THE MAIN GROUP.

WE WERE RECEIVED VERY WELL AND THE FIRST STOP WAS WHAT IT WAS THE LEFTOVERS OF.

IT LOOKS LIKE A CONCRETE PLATE ON THE SIDE WHERE APPARENTLY SOME OF THE REMNANTS OF THE SLAVE MARKET WERE, AND THE MAIN AREA WHERE SLAVES WERE AUCTIONED.

AND AFTER THAT WE WENT TO THE PATH THAT LEADS TO THE LAST BATHS.

AS YOU SEE THERE, THERE IS THERE ARE TWO ENTRANCES, THE ONE LABELED ON THE SCREEN, THE, THE LAST BATHS.

AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT WHERE PEOPLE WALKING BACK THAT GOES INTO THE RIVER.

TRADITIONALLY YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TO GET INTO THE RIVER.

THEY LET US GO IN THE RIVER, AND WE SPENT SOME TIME THERE REFLECTING OVER OUR OWN EXPERIENCES, AND AT LEAST FOR ME, IT WAS A VERY OPENING EYE EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT SIMILAR FACILITIES IN SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AND THIS PARTICULAR AREA. THE ASSIN MANSO RIVER WAS THE ENTRY POINT OF THE SLAVE TRADE IN AFRICA, AND HOW IT BECAME ESSENTIALLY A BUSINESS ACROSS THE ENTIRE GLOBE AND HOW HUMANS WERE BEING TRANSPORTED, SOLD, AND SO ON AS COMMODITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

SO FOR ME, IT WAS EYE OPENING TO SEE THE INFLUENCE THE AFRICAN CULTURE HAD IN SOUTH AMERICA.

FOR INSTANCE, IN COLOMBIA THERE ARE THERE IS A CASTLE THERE WHERE VERY SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS AS THE CASTLE.

THE TRUSTEE GREEN, DESCRIBED ON A CAPE COAST, IS LOCATED WITH SIMILAR DUNES AND AND AND ARRANGEMENTS TO TO KEEP SLAVE CAPTIVES. TO THIS DAY ONE OF THE PUREST LINES

[00:45:01]

TO THIS DAY, THEY CONSERVE A LOT OF THE DIALECTS THAT WERE BROUGHT FROM AFRICA, THEIR CULTURE, THEIR TRADITIONS, AND THEY HAVE DONE GENETIC STUDIES THAT REALLY PINPOINT THEIR ORIGINS TO MULTIPLE REGIONS, PARTICULARLY THIS PART OF THE COAST OF GHANA.

SO THEY INFLUENCE THE THE AFRICAN CULTURE HAS ACROSS THE WORLD IS INCREDIBLE.

AND THE WAY AND THE TRAFFICKING TOOK PLACE DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THE INHUMANE CONDITIONS IN WHICH ALL OF ALL PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT THAT WERE TREATED AT THE TIME IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE REPEATED.

AND PART OF OUR EXPERIENCE HERE IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED, HOW IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, SO WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND IT'S NOT REPEATED IN THE FUTURE.

MY NAME IS ABDULLAH ASANTE. MOST OF YOU KNOW ME AS SHALENA FISHER.

MY AFRICAN NAME MEANS BORN ON A MONDAY AND QUEEN OF GREAT WARRIORS.

THE NAMING CEREMONY WAS A CEREMONY THAT WAS LIFE CHANGING, MUCH LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST BATH GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, SITUATIONS THAT ARE VERY HEART TO THE HEART AND PULL ON YOUR HEARTSTRINGS. THIS ONE DOES AS WELL.

ONLY IT WAS A CELEBRATION RENAMING OF THE DIFFERENT AFRICAN INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE THERE AND TAKING PART IN THAT WITH OUR OTHER NON-AFRICAN DESCENT INDIVIDUALS THERE AS WELL WITH US.

SO IT WAS A LARGE PARTY RENAMING US BECAUSE OF THE GROUP WAS SO LARGE, MANY OF US WERE SPLIT UP INTO DIFFERENT VILLAGES.

SO WE ALL HAD A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THROUGH THAT NAMING PROCESS.

SOME OF US WERE IN SMALLER VILLAGES. SOME OF US WENT THROUGH HUTS.

SOME OF US WERE IN A PARKING LOT BUT ALL TOGETHER, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE JUST GOING THROUGH THAT RENAMING CEREMONY AND THOSE TRADITIONS IN GHANA SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU GO BY YOUR YOUR AFRICAN NAME, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT DAY YOU'RE KNOWN FOR.

THEY KNOW YOUR STORY. THEY KNOW WHAT THAT WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING FROM YOUR FAMILY AND THAT YOU'VE BEEN NAMED BY THE DIFFERENT KING OF THAT OF THAT THAT LAND, THAT VILLAGE. SO THOUGH WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF EMOTIONAL TYPE OF, OF EXPERIENCES THAT THAT DO REFLECT AND DO MAKE YOU REFLECT ON SADNESS, IT ALSO BRINGS HOPE.

IT BRINGS A SENSE OF WHO AM I NOW ROOTED IN THIS NEW IDENTITY AND UNDERSTANDING THAT AND BEING GROUNDED INTO THOSE ROOTS.

OKAY. WE VISIT THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA. WE MET MANY COLLEGE STUDENTS OVER THERE AND THE CONFERENCE HAPPENED ONE MONTH BEFORE THE GHANA'S PRESIDENT ELECTION.

SO WHEN WE MET THE STUDENT, I WAS VERY SURPRISED.

MANY STUDENTS, THEY WERE DISCUSSED ABOUT THEIR PRESIDENT CANDIDATE.

LIKE THE COMMON TOPIC IS LIKE WE TALK ABOUT DODGER GAME OR SOMETHING OR LA FIRE.

THEY ALL TALK ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THEIR PRESIDENT CANDIDATES.

CANDIDATES. AND WE WE SAW A DEBATE WE WILL INVITE TO WATCH A DEBATE FOR THE STUDENTS TALK ABOUT THEIR PRESIDENT CANDIDACY.

AND I WAS IMPRESSED BY THEIR PASSION AND HOW MUCH THEY CARE ABOUT GHANA'S THAT'S FUTURE.

ANOTHER THING IS, YOU PROBABLY CAN SEE DRUMMING AND DANCING IS VERY COMMON IN GHANA.

CELEBRATION. AND GOOD THING IS, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE VERY GOOD IN DANCING AS I'M NOT GOOD.

BUT I WAS VERY HAPPILY PARTICIPATE FOR THIS TRIP.

I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT GHANA'S CULTURE AND ALSO HOW TO TREAT MY STUDENTS.

[00:50:03]

AND IT IS UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY FOR ME. THANK YOU.

IN CLOSING, I WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OUR PROJECT.

MY AFRICAN NAME IS KOJO ONOWU. SO A MAN BORN ON MONDAY WHO IS IN TOUCH WITH HIS ROOTS.

WHAT YOU CAN HEAR FROM THIS ENTIRE STORY IS THAT WE HAD A LIFE ALTERING EVENT.

MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES PUBLICLY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DIGEST THE EMOTIONS AND UNDERSTAND THINGS AND ACTUALLY SHARE IT IN A COHERENT MANNER WITHOUT TEARS, BUT OFTENTIMES WITH A LOT OF SMILES AND LAUGHS IN WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE.

AND SO FROM THIS, WE SAW OUR ANCESTRAL LAND. WE EXPERIENCED THE POLITICS, THE CULTURE, THE FOOD, THE DANCING, THE VILLAGES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND SO WE BEGAN TO THINK THAT OUR PROJECT SHOULD TAKE PORTIONS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE EXPERIENCED AND FOR US TO CONSIDER.

HOW MIGHT WE, BECAUSE OF OUR EXPERIENCE MANY, MANY MILES ACROSS THE GLOBE.

HOW CAN WE WELCOME ON BOARD INCLUDE AND TEACH OUR STUDENTS IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY? WITH THIS PERSPECTIVE IN MIND, SO THAT THEY MAY HAVE A STUDENT CENTERED APPROACH THAT IS ALSO GROUNDED IN THEIR ANCESTRY, AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE FRUITS OF THEIR SUCCESS IN VARIOUS DISCIPLINES ACROSS CAMPUS.

BECAUSE OF THIS SMALL SHIFT THAT'S HAPPENED AMONGST US, BUT THEN ALSO AMONGST OUR COLLEAGUES.

SO IN DOING THAT, THIS IS AN INVITATION TO THOSE IN THE ROOM AND THOSE WHO MAY SEE THIS PRESENTATION LATER IN ITS RECORDING TO JOIN US TO BE PART OF THE EFFORT TO DESIGN. WHAT WILL THIS BECOME? AND SO MY EMAIL IS LISTED THERE. FEEL FREE TO TO REACH OUT AND PAGE AT CERRITOS.

EDU. AND THERE'S A FANTASTIC TEAM WHO WILL REVIEW THOSE MESSAGES TOGETHER.

BUT WE NEED MORE THAN JUST US TO HELP THIS GO FORWARD.

AND AND IN THAT, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT THE TRUSTEES AND CAMPUS WILL LOOK INTO FINANCING ANOTHER GROUP TO GO IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW AND POSSIBLY INCLUDE STUDENTS.

AND FOR US TO POSSIBLY THINK OF TRAVEL ABROAD TYPE OF EXPERIENCES, BUT ROUTE THAT IN THE WAY IN WHICH WE WELCOME AND ONBOARD OUR STUDENTS IN THEIR FIRST YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING SUCCESSFUL.

SO WITH THAT, WE SAY OR THANK YOU. AND JUST TO EXPLAIN SOME OF OUR SOME OF OUR HOTELS AND SOME OF OUR EXPERIENCE, THERE WAS A SMALL LIZARD AND MAYBE NOT THAT SMALL THAT WAS IN SOME OF OUR ROOMS. AND SO WE STARTED TO THINK THAT TEAM LARRY THAT LARRY IS PART OF OUR PART OF OUR GROUP, BUT THAT ACTUALLY IS ROOTED IN AN AFRICAN SYMBOL OF LIZARDS ARE VERY ADAPTABLE CREATURES. AND THAT'S HOW WE WANT IT TO BE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING. SO I KNOW WE'VE GONE OVER TIME, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS AN INVITATION TO THOSE ACROSS CAMPUS TO JOIN US AND POSSIBLY BE PART OF THE SECOND DELEGATION TO KEEP THIS WORK MOVING FORWARD FOR YEARS TO COME.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF TEAM LARRY. GREAT JOB, AND I'M PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU ALL. IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D LOVE TO ANSWER THEM IF THERE'S ANY TIME. OKAY. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

I CAN SEE THAT. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF YOU AND FOR SOME OF YOU, FOR ALL OF YOU, ACTUALLY, IT WAS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE AND IT WILL TRANSLATE TO OUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 2.04, INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION OF STUDENT HOUSING.

FELIPE. OH.

OH PICTURE, I GUESS BEFORE THEY LEAVE TAKE A PICTURE.

[00:55:11]

GREAT JOB. OKAY, FELIPE. YOU'RE ON. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT UPDATE TO YOU. I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING A HARD TIME. WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

ANDREA, IS THIS THE ONE I SENT? TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

NOT TECHNICAL. IT'S JUST. IT'S MISSING SOME SLIDES.

SOMETHING HAPPENED. THERE. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

SO. I CAN DO THE FINAL ITEMS. SO I GUESS WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT ITEMS. 2.05. OKAY. TO 2.05, RECEIVE THE INITIAL

[2.05 Receive the Initial Proposal of the Cerritos Community College District to the California School Employees Association (CSEA), Chapter #161 for the mutually agreed re-opener of the CSEA-District Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027, and Notification of a Public Hearing at the February 19, 2025 Regular Board Meeting]

THIS IS INFORMATIONAL. ITEM 206.

[2.06 Receive the Initial Proposal of the Cerritos Community College District to the Cerritos College Faculty Federation (CCFF), AFT Local 6215, for the mutually agreed re-opener of the District-CCFF Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Period of July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027, and Notification of a Public Hearing at the February 19, 2025 Regular Board Meeting]

CCSF AFT LOCAL 6215 FOR THE MUTUAL AGREED REOPENER OF THE DISTRICT CCSF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST, 2024 TO JUNE 30TH, 2027 AND NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC HEARING AT THE FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025 REGULAR BOARD MEETING. AGAIN, THIS IS INFORMATIONAL.

AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE. NO. OKAY. WE CAN MOVE ON TO CONSENT

[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 Student Services]

[7. Consent Items - Office of the President]

DOES ANYONE WANT TO PULL ANYTHING FROM ANY OF THOSE ITEMS TO BE PULLED? WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL ANY? NO. OKAY. HEARING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL 3.01.

3.3.02. NO 13.01. ANY OTHER ITEMS? SEEING NONE, CAN I PLEASE HAVE A VOTE? SO MOVED.

SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. NONE OPPOSED.

ITEMS. ALL ITEMS PASS. LAST ITEM 3.01. NEW COURSES AND PROGRAMS AND

[3.01 New Courses and Programs, and Modifications to Existing Courses and Programs]

[01:00:07]

THANK YOU. THE THESE ARE THE FORCES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH CURRICULUM.

IT'S A LIST OF COURSES THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED OR NEW COURSES.

I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT DOCTOR, WHY DON'T WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS OF HOW THE CURRICULUM IS REVIEWED AT THE COLLEGE.

LIKE A BRIEF VERSION OF IT AND AND HOW THE ITEMS GOT HERE.

SO TRUSTEE. RIOS, GET THE FULL PICTURE. IS THAT.

IS THAT OKAY? TRUSTEE. JEFF. SURE. THANK YOU.

SO. COURSES GO TO CURRICULUM FOR TWO REASONS.

ONE, THEY'RE A NEW COURSE CREATED BY FACULTY.

THEY'RE BROUGHT THROUGH THE CURRICULUM PROCESS.

ONCE APPROVED BY THE CURRICULUM PROCESS, THEY'RE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND THEN SENT TO THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.

WHEN A COURSE IS MODIFIED THEY ARE THEY DEPENDING ON THE MODIFICATIONS, THEY ARE BROUGHT THROUGH TO THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE AGAIN, BROUGHT FORTH TO THE BOARD AND THEN SENT TO THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.

AND THEN THERE'S JUST A PERIODIC REVIEW OF COURSES AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE KEPT UP TO DATE.

AND AGAIN, THAT PROCESS IS THROUGH THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE AND TO THE BOARD AND THEN TO THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. THANK YOU.

THE REASON I PULLED THE ITEM IS BECAUSE AS I WAS REVIEWING THE COURSES, PARTICULAR ATTENTION CAUGHT MY MY PARTICULAR ATTENTION WAS CAUGHT ON THIS NEW PICKLEBALL CLASS. AND I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN LEARNING NEW LANGUAGE.

AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS PICKLEBALL? SO I HAD MYSELF TO LOOK UP WHAT PICKLEBALL IS, AND I'M SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT PICKLEBALL IS.

IT SEEMS IT'S A NEW WAVE OF INTEREST IN THIS NEW SPORT, SO THAT'S WHY I PULLED IT.

YOU CAN EXPLAIN PICKLEBALL. ARE YOU AWARE OF PICKLEBALL? IT'S A BIG DEAL, MIKE. YEAH, PICKLEBALL. I CAN TELL YOU NOW.

I'VE PLAYED PICKLEBALL ONE TIME, BUT IT IS. IT IS A COMBINATION, I WOULD SAY, OF TENNIS AND PING PONG.

YEAH. AND THE BALL IS LIKE A WIFFLE BALL, AND THE PADDLE IS LIKE A LARGE PING PONG ABOUT THE SIZE OF A RACQUETBALL RACKET, BUT LOOKS MORE LIKE A PING PONG PADDLE.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER ALL OF THE RULES, TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE I WAS BREAKING MOST OF THEM, BUT WHILE WE WERE PLAYING. BUT WE PLAYED IT AT A EXECUTIVE COUNCIL RETREAT.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME. I KNOW THAT FOLKS AROUND HERE HAVE BEEN GATHERING AND PUTTING THE JUST TAPING UP THE COURT ALREADY AND PLAYING. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT PICKLEBALL.

WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT I USED TO PLAY RACQUETBALL.

I USED TO DO A LOT OF THINGS, AND YOU AND I CAN STILL DO PICKLEBALL.

SO THAT MADE ME FEEL GOOD ABOUT PICKLEBALL ALSO.

GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT NOW. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM? SURE. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. OKAY, THEN WE WILL BE REFERRING BACK.

YOU READY? YES. OKAY. TO ITEM 2.04, INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION ON STUDENT HOUSING UPDATE.

[2.04 Institutional Presentation: Student Housing Update]

I INADVERTENTLY SENT THE WRONG PRESENTATION SO YOU PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND ONCE YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE REAL ONE.

SO THE OTHER ONE ONLY HAD FOUR SLIDES. THIS ONE HAS MORE LIKE 40 SLIDES.

SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE QUICK. ON IT. SO REALLY HERE'S THE AGENDA.

SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY PROJECT UPDATE.

SO I HAVE MY COLLEAGUES FROM WEST GROUP HERE TO GO OVER THE ACTUAL STATUS OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROJECT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME PROJECT COST SOME NEXT STEPS WHERE WE'RE AT AND THEN GO THROUGH A RECOMMENDATION ON THAT.

SO PROJECT UPDATE PRESIDENT PACHECO TRUSTEE MEMBERS.

PRESIDENT. SUPERINTENDENT PIERRO, MY NAME IS KENNETH ONG.

GOOD EVENING WITH WEST GROUP DESIGNS. HAPPY TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON OUR TEAM'S EFFORTS OVER THE PAST YEAR.

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AND THE FOUR FLOORS THAT THOSE UNITS ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST.

AND SO AS YOU'LL RECALL, THE PROJECT ORIGINAL PROGRAM WAS 396 BEDS.

IN OUR OPTIMIZATION OF THE DESIGN, IN BASICALLY THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE, WE ARE ACHIEVING A 402 STUDENT BEDS. AND SO WHAT IS SHOWN HERE IS ON THE GROUND FLOOR PRIMARILY A COMMON AREAS THAT ARE SHARED BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING MEETING SPACES FOR WRAPAROUND SERVICES LIKE COUNSELING AND OTHER, AS NEEDED SERVICES AND A MEETING SPACE, A STUDENT LOUNGE, A TELEHEALTH SPACES, TUTORING SPACES, AS WELL AS A LAUNDRY ROOM THAT SUPPORTS THE ENTIRE STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT.

IT'S BROKEN UP INTO ESSENTIALLY THREE WINGS. THE LARGEST WING BEING THE ONE THAT'S AT THE TOP.

THAT'S THE EAST WING. WE HAVE A SMALLER WING THAT'S ALONG THE SOUTH WEST CORNER THAT IS ON THE SORT OF LOWER RIGHT OF EACH PLAN, AND THEN A WESTERN WING THAT IS ALONG STUDEBAKER.

AND SO THIS SUMMARIZES THE DIFFERENT UNIT TYPES.

WE ARE ACHIEVING ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PROPORTION THAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM.

THIS BEGINS TO GET INTO SOME OF OUR VISUALIZATION FOR THE PROJECT.

THIS IS KIND OF AN AERIAL VIEW OF OUR ROOF AND THE SITE.

SO THE PROJECT, AS YOU'LL RECALL, OCCUPIES THE AREA DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING AND WHAT IS CURRENTLY PARKING LOT EIGHT.

AND SO AS YOU SEE, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PROJECT IS LOADING MORE OF THE BEDROOMS ON THE INTERIOR SIDE OF THE PROJECT FACING THE HEALTH SCIENCES ALONG STUDEBAKER, WHERE A BREAKING DOWN THE SORT OF MASS OF THE PROJECT TO BE HAVE LESS FRONTAGE. AND SO IT PRESENTS ITSELF IN A DIFFERENT FASHION.

WHAT YOU SEE IS THE PROJECT IS ORGANIZED AROUND A CENTRAL COURTYARD, A NORTHERNMOST COURTYARD THAT FACES FALCON WAY AND A SOUTHERN COURTYARD. AND THE TWO OF THEM HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO IN SOME OF THE SUBSEQUENT RENDERINGS.

IT'S DIVIDED BY A BRIDGE THAT OCCUPIES THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH FLOORS, SO THAT COURTYARD SPACE IS CONTINUOUS BETWEEN THE TWO. TO THE SOUTH END, YOU HAVE YOUR CURRENT COW BUS TRANSIT STOP, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CAMPUS AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE STUDENT HOUSING.

THE NORTH SIDE ALONG FALCON WAY, THAT ENTRY POINT HAS BEEN RECONFIGURED WITH A LANDSCAPED ISLAND THAT ALLOWS FOR BASICALLY AN ENTRY DRIVE TO THE FRONT MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE STUDENT HOUSING, AND ALSO PROVIDES AN AREA FOR DROP OFF AND A FEW PARKING SPACES THAT ARE SERVING THE STUDENT HOUSING.

THE BULK OF THE PARKING FOR THE PROJECT WILL BE FROM PARKING LOT SIX SEVEN

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THIS IS FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF STUDEBAKER AND NEW FALCON AT THE COW BUS STOP.

AS WE KIND OF CIRCLE AROUND TO THE OTHER END OF THE PROJECT WHERE THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE FOUR STORY MASSING OF THE STUDENT HOUSING IS ORGANIZED.

WE LOCATED THE LOBBY ON THIS SIDE AS THE PRIMARY SINGLE POINT OF ENTRANCE FROM A SECURITY AND SAFETY STANDPOINT.

BUT ALSO THAT'S THE PATH OF TRAVEL TO ALL OF THE CAMPUSES EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.

SO AS WE KIND OF DROP DOWN LOWER ONTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF STUDEBAKER, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE PROJECT IS HANDLING THE MASSING BY HAVING A STEP BACK. FOURTH FLOOR.

THERE'S SOME STUDY SPACES AS PART OF THAT CORNER.

THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR CAMPUS BRANDING FOR CERRITOS LOGO AND OTHER SIGNAGE ELEMENTS THAT WE WILL BE STUDYING FURTHER AS THE PROJECT ADVANCES. AS PART OF THE ARTICULATION HERE, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SOME CONTROL ELEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE ARCHITECTURE TO MITIGATE HEAT GAIN TO THE FACADE AND THE WINDOWS.

THIS IS A VIEW OF THE MAIN LOBBY INTO THE STUDENT HOUSING.

SO IT IS A CONTROL POINT WITH A FRONT DESK TO ONE SIDE IS ACCESSING OFFICES AND MEETING SPACES FOR SOME OF THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES. AND CONTROLLED ACCESS BEYOND TO THE AMENITY SPACES AND THE ACTUAL UNITS. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE KIND OF MAIN SOCIAL LOUNGE THAT'S ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A ADJOINING KIND OF COMMUNAL KITCHEN THAT SUPPORTS THAT SPACE.

THERE'S ALSO A SORT OF SMALLER OUTPOST OF FRANCO'S MARKET AS PART OF THE PROGRAM SUPPORTING STUDENT FOOD INSECURITIES.

THIS IS A VIEW OF ONE OF THE TYPICAL KIND OF CORRIDORS THAT LEADS TO THE UNITS.

EACH FLOOR IS KIND OF FINISHED WITH DIFFERENT COLOR THEMES AND FINISHES TO MAKE UNIQUE WAYFINDING BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT FLOORS AND WINGS. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE SOUTH COURTYARD, WHICH IS VIEWED MORE AS A PASSIVE COURTYARD.

A LITTLE BIT QUIETER IN TERMS OF ITS FEATURES.

IT'S ADJOINING THE LAUNDRY ROOM, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A SOCIAL HUB IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

AND SO IT ENGAGES BOTH THE COURTYARD SPACE AS WELL AS BEING ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, SO YOU CAN ACCESS IT THROUGH THE CORRIDORS AND THE ELEVATORS TO GET TO THAT.

OR YOU COULD COME THROUGH THE COURTYARD. YOU SEE HERE.

SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT ARE PART OF THIS COURTYARD INCLUDES A SYNTHETIC TURF ACTIVITY LAWN FOR WHETHER IT'S LAWN BOWLING OR OTHER SPORTS THAT COULD BE PART OF THAT. THE NORTH COURTYARD IS VIEWED AS MORE OF AN ACTIVE COURTYARD IS THAT DIRECTLY OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN SOCIAL LOUNGE? AND SO THERE COULD BE ACTIVITIES LIKE PING PONG TABLES AND OTHER FEATURES.

WE COULD PROBABLY EVEN FIT IN A PICKLEBALL COURT WITHIN HERE.

AND THE LAST VIEW THAT I HAVE FOR YOU IS FROM FALCON WAY, AND THAT MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE LOBBY AND A VIEW TOWARDS THE COURTYARD SPACE. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT COST ON THAT. SO ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WILL BE PRESENTING IS WE RAN INTO SOME SOME ISSUES REGARDING OUR PROJECT BUDGET PRIMARILY REALLY DUE TO COST ESCALATIONS. AND THIS IS REALLY PRIMARILY DUE TO THE STATE'S DELAY IN BEING ABLE TO FUND THE ACTUAL GRANT. AS YOU RECALL, WE WASTED OR WE WENT THROUGH ROUGHLY A WHOLE YEAR WAITING FOR THE STATE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO FUND THIS WHEN WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION. SO BECAUSE WE ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED THIS PROJECT AND SUBMITTED IT TO THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE BACK IN JANUARY,

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AND THEN WITH THE FINAL SUBMISSION THAT WAS DONE IN EARLY JANUARY OF 23.

SOME OTHER THINGS THAT PERCOLATED REGARDING THAT CAUSED OUR BUDGET TO INCREASE WAS LIQUEFICATION ON THIS PROJECT. WE ANTICIPATED NOT NECESSARILY HAVING TO DO A SIGNIFICANT SOILS IMPROVEMENT, BUT BASED ON INITIAL SITE STUDIES THAT WE HAD TO DO FOR THE PROJECT, CONFIRMED, IN FACT, THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO SOME SOME EXTENSIVE FOUNDATION WORK FOR THIS PROJECT ON THAT.

AND WE YOU KNOW, TRADITIONALLY, IF WE BUILT IT, THE OLD FASHIONED TRADITIONAL WAY SITE BUILT WE WANTED TO STEER AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE THAT ALSO INCREASED COSTS.

AND SO AS YOU RECALL, THIS PROJECT IS UTILIZING OF OF BIOMETRIC MODULAR CONSTRUCTION AND SO BASICALLY STACKABLE MODULARS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER TO HELP MITIGATE COST ON THAT.

AND SO BY DOING SO, WE ACTUALLY CAN LOWER THE COST.

BUT EVEN WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION METHOD WE'RE FINDING OURSELVES SHORT ON, ON THIS PROJECT.

SO THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES WHAT WE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED TO THE STATE, WHICH IS THAT FIRST COLUMN CALLED JCAP 32 THAT WAS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE $80 MILLION PROJECT BUDGET ORIGINALLY STARTED FROM.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE ON THAT YELLOW SHOWS OUR TOTAL OF.

OF $80 MILLION. AND THAT REPRESENTS US. BUILDING THE 396 BEDS AND AS AND GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF BUDGETING. TILDEN COYLE ALSO DID A, A COST ESTIMATE, ASSUMING WE WERE GOING TO.

BUILD THIS PROJECT ON SITE THE OLD FASHIONED WAY.

ON THAT. AND BY DOING SO, THAT BROUGHT UP A COST OF ROUGHLY $111 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO IN WORKING WITH WITH WESTGROUP AND THEIR THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT IN TILDEN, COYLE, WE WERE COMING TO THE CONCLUSION THAT BECAUSE OF ESCALATION, BECAUSE OF THE SOYUZ WORK, IT REALLY NOW IS PUSHING OUR BUDGET FROM AN $80 MILLION PROJECT TO ABOUT ROUGHLY $100 MILLION PROJECT. AND SO AND THEN WE AND THAT KIND OF PUT US INTO A SPOT.

OKAY. WHAT DO WE DO? RIGHT NOW TO KIND OF FIGURE THAT OUT.

AND SO KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IS REALLY KIND OF COMING UP WITH TWO OPTIONS WE HAVE HERE.

SO THE STATE DOES ALLOW TO DO A WHAT THEY CALL A SCOPE REDUCTION.

WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN I'LL GO INTO DETAILS ON THAT ON THAT.

SO WE CAN EITHER DO A SCOPE REDUCTION ON THE PROJECT OR WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT BED COUNT DESIGN AS IS.

AND BUT WE'LL COME WE'LL HAVE TO FINANCE IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

YES. SORRY. BEFORE WE GO FURTHER, I WANTED TO SEE HAVE WE ADDED WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS ARE ON THE COST OF LABOR MATERIALS NOW WITH THE FIRES AND THE NEED THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED BASED ON THE DELAY.

RIGHT. AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE THIS WORK BASED ON THE DELAY.

BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE. EVERYTHING GOES UP BASED ON THE NEED AS PART OF WHAT WE WERE ALSO DISCUSSING AND KIND OF THE URGENCY THAT WE'RE GOING, WHY WE WANT TO PROCEED, THE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IS THAT REASON WHY BECAUSE NOT JUST THE FIRES. BECAUSE I THINK THE FIRES BRING IN ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF YET.

BUT WHAT WE'RE ALSO CHASING WITH, WITH THE PREVIOUS NOVEMBER ELECTION AND THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BOND ELECTIONS THAT WERE PASSED WITHIN OUR WITHIN THIS AREA, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT DSA IS GOING TO GET OVERWHELMED WITH ADDITIONAL PROJECTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON THAT.

AND SO IF WE WAIT TOO LONG, THIS COULD CAUSE SOME ADDITIONAL ESCALATION COSTS OR DELAYS IN GETTING THROUGH DSA.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MOVE VERY QUICKLY SO WE CAN KIND OF BYPASS A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE COULD BE PROBLEMS FOR US ON PROJECTS AS AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON IT. BUT TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE FIRES RIGHT NOW ARE GOING TO IMPACT.

IT'S A LITTLE EARLY TO SAY ON THAT. I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TOO LONG BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TO START REBUILDING, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO KIND OF GO THROUGH ALL THE INSURANCE AND PAPERWORK AND, AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.

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SO DEFINITELY IS ON ON OUR RADAR RIGHT NOW. SO, SO WHAT'S OUR TIMELINE.

RIGHT. BECAUSE THINGS ARE GOING TO START PICKING UP AS PEOPLE START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT.

RIGHT? SO WHAT'S OUR TIMELINE IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT ARE LEFT.

SO IF I IF SO REALLY WHAT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING SO IS OPTION ONE IS AN OPTION.

BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. THIS IS ACTUALLY WOULD REQUIRE US TO DO A SCOPE REDUCTION.

SO WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS WE WOULD HAVE TO REQUEST THE STATE TO REDUCE OUR BED COUNT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DO NOT WANT TO DO WITH ONE OF OUR DISTRICTS IN LA COUNTY ALREADY GIVING BACK.

STATE DOLLARS AND GIVING UP THEIR BEDS. WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACT TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OR WITHIN THE LA COUNTY IF WE REDUCE OUR BED COUNT.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR NEIGHBORING COLLEGES, BOTH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE AND COMPTON, MOVING FORWARD ON STUDENT HOUSING AS WELL.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE PUT IN IN A PREDICAMENT WHERE WE'RE FIGHTING FOR ENROLLMENT AND STUDENTS ARE GOING TO THOSE COLLEGES BECAUSE THEY HAVE STUDENT HOUSING AND WE DON'T.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MOVE WITH OPTION TWO, WHICH IS MAINTAIN THE CURRENT PROJECT AS IS, SO WITH WITH THE 400 BEDS. AS AS WE DISCUSSED, HOWEVER, WE HAVE A POTENTIALLY $20 MILLION BUDGET GAP THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ON THAT. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, DOCTOR FIERRO AND MYSELF AND ANDREA HAVE ALREADY BEEN PROACTIVELY ADVOCATING AT THE STATE LEVEL. WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, A NUMBER OF LEGISLATURES, LEGISLATORS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, ALL SUPPORTING US TO OUR REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL MONIES IN THERE.

AND THERE IS ADDITIONAL MONIES AVAILABLE BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW THAT COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS HAVE GIVEN BACK THEIR GRANT MONEY, WHICH IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $80 MILLION. THEY ALSO HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT STATE HAS ROUGHLY ABOUT 60 MILLION UNALLOCATED DOLLARS.

SO THERE'S ROUGHLY OVER WELL OVER $100 MILLION OF UNALLOCATED DOLLARS THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR AND GET THIS BECAUSE OF THESE ESCALATED COSTS THAT REALLY WEREN'T OUR FAULT.

IT WAS JUST BECAUSE OF THE STATE'S INABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SECURE HOW THEY WERE GOING TO FUND THIS PROJECT ON THAT.

SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO PROCEED WITH THE CONTINGENCY OF US STILL ADVOCATING AT THE STATE LEVEL.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT WITH THROUGH THAT, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME LEVEL OF DOLLAR AMOUNT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF DOCTOR FERRO WANTS TO CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT ON THE ADVOCACY OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.

AND TWO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE STILL LEFT TO THAT IS TO SELF-FINANCE THAT THROUGH WHAT THEY CALL A COP OR CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION. ON THAT. SO WE WOULD BASICALLY USE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO GO OUT AND FINANCE THE DIFFERENCE OF THAT. WHAT'S GOOD THING THAT WE CAN DO ONCE WE FINANCE THAT LATER ON DOWN THE LINE, WE CAN ACTUALLY FINANCE AND GET RID OF COP DEBT THROUGH OUR BOND. IF THAT'S A DECISION THAT WE WANT TO GO TO THAT.

SO REALLY THAT WOULD IF WE DO THAT ROUTE WE WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT TO OUR GENERAL FUND.

SO SO THAT IS WHERE WE FEEL IS OUR BEST OPTION.

ONE, FROM A TIMELINE STANDPOINT, WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE ON WORK ON OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TO GET IT SUBMITTED TO DSA, PROBABLY WITHIN ABOUT THREE AND A HALF, FOUR MONTHS.

TO BE ABLE TO BEAT THE TIMELINE THAT WE NEED TO TO DO THAT AND THEN ALLOW US TO START DOING SOME PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES WITHIN THAT SITE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT YOU KNOW, 4 TO 6, SIX MONTHS ON THAT.

SO WE WANT TO KEEP THE BALL GOING. WE AND THE ADVOCACY WILL GO UNTIL PROBABLY WE WON'T KNOW ANYTHING FOR SURE UNTIL REALLY THE GOVERNOR SIGNS HIS BUDGET, WHICH IS GOING TO BE BY JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR.

SO IT GIVES US SOME TIME TO STILL ADVOCATE. THE BEAUTY PART ABOUT IT IS WE DON'T NEED A FINANCE RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE, AGAIN, WITH THE STATE'S DOLLARS, THE 68 MILLION WE'RE GETTING, PLUS THE 12 MILLION THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FUNDED, IT GIVES US 80 MILLION OF DOLLARS STILL TO WORK WITH TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS PROJECT AS IS.

AND SO DOWN THE LINE, EVENTUALLY, A YEAR OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO LOCALLY GO FINANCE IT.

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YEAH. SO GOING BACK TO THE. TO THE TIMELINE IT IS ONGOING.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING THIS, HOWEVER WE ARE KIND OF ON A STANDSTILL TEMPORARILY, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO DE-ESCALATE THE PROJECT OR MAKE IT SMALLER TO MAKE IT VIABLE WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE, OR TO FIND A WAY TO FINANCE OR GET AN ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION FROM THE STATE, AS FELIPE MENTIONED.

WE STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LEGISLATION.

I WANT TO SAY AT SOME POINT IN OCTOBER, AND THE CONVERSATIONS ARE VERY POSITIVE.

THEY HAVE BEEN VERY OPEN TO WHAT WE PROPOSE, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE FACT SOME COLLEGES ARE RETURNING THEIR DOLLARS AND THE MONEY HAS BEEN ALREADY EARMARKED AND RETURNED TO THE STATE.

SO THIS IS MONEY THAT THE STATE ALREADY HAS IN ITS COFFERS THAT HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR HOUSING.

THE. THE ONLY WRINKLE HERE IS THE THE THERE IS A NOTION AT THE STATE LEVEL MAY BE TRUE FOR SOME DISTRICTS. FOR US, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS PRETTY ACCURATE.

THE SOME DISTRICTS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS THAT WERE MUCH LOWER THAN THEIR COST OF CONSTRUCTION.

THEREFORE, THEY CANNOT ATTRIBUTE THE GAP TO ESCALATION COST ALONE.

SO THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE IS PROPOSING THAT WHEN WE SUBMIT THE PROPOSAL TO BE FINANCED OR TO BE FUNDED FOR THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BASED ON ESCALATION COSTS THAT WE HAVE TO SHOW OR WORK BASICALLY TO SHOW HOW WE GOT TO OUR CALCULATIONS AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE ACTUALLY NEED ON ESCALATION.

AND THEY WILL PROPOSE SOME SORT OF FORMULA WHICH WILL GET PART OF THE MONEY BACK, OR ALL OF THE MONEY BACK BASED ON WHATEVER CALCULATION IS MADE. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THE BOARD TO CONSIDER CONTINUING THE PROJECT AS IS, AND LET US CONTINUE WITH THE ADVOCACY AT THE STATE LEVEL.

AND WHEN THE TIME GETS HERE, WHATEVER THE GAP, IF ANY, THE STATE DID NOT MEET WHEN WE FINISHED THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN JUNE 30TH. WE CAN GO OUT AND FINANCE IT. WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE FINANCING, EVEN IF IT IS THE $20 MILLION, BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE 80% PAID OFF.

SO THE LETTER, THE MORTGAGE, IF YOU WILL, IS NO OVER $100 MILLION IS OVER THE 20.

THERE WAS NO A FULLY FINANCED. AND OUR CALCULATIONS ARE AROUND 7,580% OCCUPANCY CHOSE THE. WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS IF WE ARE UNABLE TO MEET THAT GAP IN IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

OF COURSE, IT WILL REQUIRE SOME FORWARD THINKING AND PLANNING AHEAD TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THOSE DUES, LOCK THEM UP IN ACCOUNTS THAT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE.

AND PERHAPS SOME OF US WILL NOT BE HERE IN 30 YEARS, AND PAYMENTS STILL WILL BE DUE EVERY YEAR OF OF THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING.

SO WE NEED TO SET UP ALL THE MECHANISMS AND MECHANISMS AHEAD OF TIME.

SO THE DOLLARS FROM THE REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE OUT OF THE BUILDING ARE USED TO ONE, MAINTAIN THE BUILDING AND TWO, MAKE THE PAYMENTS. WE FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD ACROSS THE STATE.

OF COURSE, WE AT THAT POINT, WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS, WE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE FIRE.

SO OF COURSE THINGS COULD CHANGE. BUT BUT BUT AS I SAID BEFORE THIS, THIS MONEY WAS RETURNED ALREADY TO THE STATE IS EARMARKED AS OF TWO YEARS AGO TO EXCLUSIVELY BE INVESTED IN HOUSING.

AND I THINK AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, IT WILL BE COMPLICATED FOR THE STATE TO DEFINE HOUSING PROJECTS, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALREADY IN A HOUSING CRISIS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR REGION IS GOING TO MAKE IT EVEN WORSE.

SO WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A RISK. WE DO UNDERSTAND THE THERE IS A GAP ON THE BUDGET DUE TO ESCALATION PROCESS, BUT WE ASSURED YOU THAT WE HAVE DONE THE MATH A MILLION TIMES AND WE HAVE ASKED A MILLION QUESTIONS,

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HOWEVER, WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND OF THE DISTRICT AND THE PROFITS OF BEING ABLE TO FILL ALL THE ROOMS AND THE REVENUES AND SO ON, THAT GAP BECOMES DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE CONTEXT THAT IS BEING PLACED UPON.

SO WE FEEL AS, AS COMFORTABLE AS WE CAN FEEL AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME WITH THE DATA THAT WE HAVE TO RECOMMEND.

THE LET US CONTINUE WITH THE PROJECT THE WAY IT IS.

LET US CONTINUE WITH THE ADVOCACY AT THE STATE TO RECOVER AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE FROM THE ESCALATION COSTS AND IF NEED BE TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT THAT WE NEED TO FINISH UP THE PROJECT WE, WE GET A LOAN, BASICALLY TO COVER THE REST. AND AT THAT POINT, WE CREATE THE STRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO DO THE REPAYMENTS.

THROUGH THE PROFITS. OR THROUGH BOND DOLLARS.

BUT WE KNOW THAT IT CAN BE DONE THROUGH THE PROFITS OF THE BUILDING, EVEN WITH FILLING RATES AT 75 TO 80%, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT IS PRETTY LOW BASED ON OUR NEED.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

MADAM PRESIDENT, SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT TO DIGEST WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IN A STUDY SESSION IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE TO REALLY DIVE INTO, YOU KNOW, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AS TO EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT ONCE IT'S ALL BUILT, BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS ONE CHALLENGE, OF COURSE, BUT THE MAINTENANCE OF IT, HOW MUCH SECURITY WE NEED, ANY RAISE THAT WE MAY NEED, HOW WE'RE GOING TO ORGANIZE IT BETWEEN ANY, YOU KNOW, GENDERS OR AGES BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE A REGULAR COLLEGE WHERE MOST PEOPLE END UP BEING, YOU KNOW, OF SIMILAR AGE AND SIMILAR GOALS. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BELIEVE EVERYBODY IS, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, HAS THE BEST INTENTIONS.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, HUMAN NATURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LIVING TOGETHER. IT'S NICE TO SEE OUR COWORKERS AND OUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, BUT THEN GO HOME COULD BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON AS WELL.

AND THAT'S, OF COURSE, ANOTHER CONVERSATION TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I WANT TO ASK OF THE LEADERSHIP HERE IS, WHY ARE THOSE OTHER COLLEGES RETURNING THEIR MONEY? AND I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO THAT. THEY JUST, QUITE FRANKLY, HAD POOR PLANNING ON HOW THEY BID THIS PROJECT TO THAT.

BUT ARE THERE OTHER THINGS OTHER THAN ESCALATION THAT HAVE LED THEM TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S JUST ABANDON THE PROJECT ENTIRELY. FIRST QUESTION, THE THE THE POOR PLANNING IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT WE HERE THROUGH THE STATE ARE.

WHAT WE KNOW FACTUALLY IS THE COLLEGE OF THE CANYON.

THEY RETURN THE MONEY HAD A VERY RECENT TRANSITION OF LEADERSHIP.

THEY LED TO A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF INSTABILITY ON THE CAMPUS.

AND THE INTERIM PRESIDENT, ALONG WITH THE INCOMING BOARD, DECIDED THAT THEY DID NOT WANTED TO FOCUS ON THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT THEY WERE BUILDING, I THINK, 120 BEDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THEY WERE RECEIVING NEARLY THE SAME MONEY AS WE WERE.

SO I THINK ESCALATION COST PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THEIR MAIN ISSUE AT THAT POINT.

I THINK IT WAS PERHAPS THE INSTABILITY AND THE TRANSITION THEY WERE EXPERIENCING AT THE TIME.

AND THEY TOOK THE DECISION TO SEND THE MONEY LAST YEAR.

AND AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID, AND THEY KEPT IT THAT WAY.

IS THAT THE ONLY COLLEGE IN OUR AREA THAT HAS DONE SO.

YES. WITHIN THE REGION? YES, WITHIN OUR REGION.

HOW ABOUT THE BAY AREA? BECAUSE WE HAVE A SIMILAR KIND OF URBAN, SO TO SPEAK.

I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER RETURN OF MONIES.

THAT'S THE ONLY COLLEGE THAT I'M AWARE OF. GENERALLY SPEAKING, YES.

SO IT'S JUST THE ONE. YEAH. SO YOU KNOW IT. WHAT IS THE POINT OF NO RETURN ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE START PUTTING PYLONS DOWN, ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CERTAIN INVESTMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO ANSWER.

AND THOSE ANSWERS ARE ONLY GOING TO COME FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS TO EXACTLY HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, FROM, YOU KNOW, BIG ISSUES OF HOW WE ORGANIZE IT, HOW WE MAINTAIN IT TO WHETHER WE HAVE A PICKLEBALL COURT THERE OR NOT.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, SO SO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE AT THAT POINT THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.

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WE, ARE WHEN, WHEN WHEN WE SAW THIS HAPPENING, WE BEGAN OUR CONVERSATIONS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

BUT THE PREVIOUS BUDGET HAS BEEN ALREADY ALLOCATED, AND WE REQUESTED THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE AND THE PRO TEM OFFICE TO TAKE EARLY ACTION. BUT WE KNEW THAT THESE TYPES OF REQUESTS ARE VERY UNLIKELY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR EARLY ACTION, AS RECEPTIVE AS THEY WERE LIKE, I CANNOT SAY THAT THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO TALK TO US AND WORK WITH US.

WE WE DID NOT GET ANY NEGATIVE RESPONSES, A LOT OF VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION, BUT THEY WERE VERY CLEAR IN SAYING THAT THESE TYPE OF REQUESTS ARE NOT EMERGENCIES. THEY WILL REQUIRE EARLY ACTION AND THAT THE BEST THEY COULD DO IS WORK WITH US DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN THE SPRING SEMESTER TO GET SOMETHING DONE BY THE TIME THE FINAL BUDGET IS FINAL.

SO IF WE KEEP HOLDING THE PROJECT OBVIOUSLY THE ESCALATION COSTS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS EITHER WE SCOPE THE PROJECT AND AND ESSENTIALLY HAVE A SMALLER FOOTPRINT.

THE WE CAN FINANCE WITH I MEAN, WE CAN COVER IT WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OR DO THE SECOND OPTION THAT IS CONTINUING OR ADVOCACY AND RECOVER AS MUCH DOLLARS AS WE CAN DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION SEASON FINISHING ON JUNE 30TH. BUT WE ARE IN A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION MAKING POINT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING THE PROJECT FOR ABOUT 3 OR 4 MONTHS TO DO ALL THE RESEARCH AND SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF SOLUTION WE COULD PRESENT.

PART OF THE REASON THAT WE DECIDED TO, TO, TO GO WITH FINANCE IS BECAUSE THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT DO PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS.

AND WE DID THE MATH. AND WHEN YOU FIGURE THAT SOMEONE IS WILLING TO GIVE YOU $20 MILLION FOR A CUT OF THE PIE, A FINANCIER IS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT MONEY IF THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE A GAIN.

SO WE DECIDED TO DO THE MATH AND SEE IF IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THE PROJECT, DO THE PAYMENTS, AND STILL HAVE MONEY TO OPERATE THE PROJECT.

AND ACCORDING TO OUR NUMBERS, THE MATH ADD UP.

YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK TRUSTEE SALAZAR BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT ABOUT HOW WE'VE HAD THESE EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW, FIRES THAT HAVE CREATED AND WILL CREATE A VERY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT IN OUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

BUT ON TOP OF THAT, WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER THAT THERE'S DECLINING ENROLLMENT FOR THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NOT JUST OUR OWN FEEDER SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER IN THOSE MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS WHETHER WE CAN FILL ALL THE BEDROOMS THAT WE HAVE GOING INTO, YOU KNOW, CREATING THIS LARGE OF A BUILDING THAT WE HAVE HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE STATE ALSO DIPPED INTO THEIR RESERVES FOR THEIR MOST RECENT BUDGET.

AND I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAD TO DIP INTO OUR RESERVES TO COVER OUR BUDGET AS WELL FOR THE LAST YEAR.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO DOWN THE ROUTE OF YOU KNOW, HAVING TO MAKE PAYMENTS WITH INTEREST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER NOT ONLY GETTING THIS BUILDING CREATED.

CONGRATULATIONS. YOU NOW HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE BIG BUILDING THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, RENDITION, OF COURSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF OTHER COSTS FOR MAINTENANCE FOR, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT NEED TO COME UP IF THERE'S ANY YOU KNOW, HOLDOVER TENANTS THAT DON'T WANT TO LEAVE EITHER BECAUSE THEY CAN'T OR BECAUSE THEY WON'T YOU KNOW, THERE'S IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO ME THAT THERE'S A GUARANTEE THAT A $20 MILLION IS GOING TO COVER EVERYTHING AND IT'LL BE DONE. THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT CAN HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD ACTUALLY A VERY SIMILAR CONVERSATION LAST YEAR RIGHT HERE AT THIS DAIS ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD GO FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF SO MANY UNCERTAINTIES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STATE. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A GIANT SHORTFALL OF, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER MANY BILLION DOLLARS THAT OF COURSE, GOT, YOU KNOW, COVERED PARTIALLY BY, YOU KNOW, RESERVES HERE AND THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S TO, TO TO START, YOU KNOW, TO ASK US THE QUESTIONS WITH ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, ISSUES THAT REALLY NEED TO BE STUDIED AND TO DIVE IN AND TO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR LIKE A LITERAL VOTE TONIGHT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LOCK IN TODAY OR NOT. I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD BE READY TO LOCK IN AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY OUT THERE THAT WE DON'T KNOW, EVEN IF WE BUILD THIS HOUSE WITH THE $20 MILLION, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FINANCE THEM WHEN WE HAVE COST OF LIVING IS INCREASING FOR FACULTY,

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OUR FOCUS IS ALWAYS AND SHOULD BE STUDENTS FIRST.

TO CONTINUE TO BREAK OUR RECORD OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES AWARDED TO HAVE THE BEST EDUCATION OUT THERE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO ATTRACT PEOPLE MUCH MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, HOUSING.

WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATIVES. AND AGAIN, WE CAN EXPLORE THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE PROJECT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

THAT'S ALREADY A WILD SUCCESS FOR THE THE BUILDING OVER IN BALTIMORE.

BARNEWALL WITH HOVHANESS. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOT PREPARED TO LOCK IN TODAY TO SAY, LIKE, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT, ESPECIALLY AT THE CURRENT TOTAL BED COUNT.

SO, YOU KNOW, UNLESS AND UNTIL THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OTHER ALTERNATIVES OR OTHER THERE CERTAINTIES THAT WE CAN FIND, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO ASK THE COMMUNITY EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT IN A STUDENT HOUSING? BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK LIKE A UNIVERSITY BECAUSE IT CAN'T.

THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE. WE'RE WE WILL PREPARE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, BUT WE'RE NOT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S MY POSITION, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MY OTHER COLLEAGUES COMMENTS.

SO SO I WANT TO I I'M SORRY. MY MISTAKE. I PROBABLY WAS NOT CLEAR ON THE WAY THAT I EXPLAINED THIS. SO A COUPLE OF POINTS.

THE FIRST ONE, WE ARE CALCULATING EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE OPERATION OF THIS BUILDING TO COME OUT OF THE PROFITS. BASICALLY, THE RENT THAT IS PAID BY THE STUDENTS WHO WORK IN THE BUILDING.

SO WE ARE BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR OPERATIONAL EXPENSES, INCLUDING PAYMENTS, CAN BE COVERED WITH THE OCCUPANCY. SO OUR GOAL IS NOT TO IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE OPERATION OF THE BUILDING. TWO THE FILLING CAPACITY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE LESS THAN ONE THIRD OF OUR CAPACITY ON HOUSING.

SO WE COULD BUILD ANOTHER THREE OF THESE BUILDINGS.

AND PROBABLY AT THAT POINT WE WILL MEET CAPACITY BASED ON THE SERVICE OF HOME INSECURE AND HOMELESS STUDENTS IN OUR CAMPUS.

SO, SO WITH 396 BEDS, WE FEEL PRETTY COMFORTABLE ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MEET ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR NEED THERE IS A RENT MINIMUM THAT WE HAVE TO CHARGE BASED ON THE PAPERWORK THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT TO THE STATE.

HOWEVER, THAT ONLY APPLIES TO THE DOLLARS THAT WERE SUPPLIED BY THE STATE.

SO BEING ABLE TO COVER MORE BEDS WITH DIFFERENT SOURCES OF REVENUE.

FREE UP BEDS TO MARKET THOSE BEDS IN A DIFFERENT WAY, GENERATING ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REVENUE TO MAINTAIN THE, THE OPERATION AND AND I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WAS.

THAT'S FINE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THE MATH HAS BEEN YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE MATH INCLUDES THOSE OPERATIONAL COSTS AND POTENTIAL, OTHER SORTS OF THINGS. SO WAS THAT PROVIDED TO US IN A RECENT.

IT WAS PROVIDED TO US LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR? WELL, SURE.

AND I REMEMBER THAT. YEAH. NO, I REMEMBER THOSE.

AND I KNOW THAT I, I KNOW JAMES CODY IS NOT HERE AND HE'S OUR NUMBERS PERSON, BUT HE ALREADY TEXTED ME THAT FELIPE DID A GOOD JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS WILL NOT IMPACT US LONG TERM.

SO BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S PROBABLY LISTENING TO ALL THIS, I'M SURE.

SO HE ISN'T ALREADY. HE'S HE'S ALREADY TEXTING ME.

OKAY, SO HE FEELS THAT YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT NUMBERS WISE, IT DOESN'T IMPACT US BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY FIGURED OUT EXACTLY HOW THOSE NUMBERS, HOW TO COVER THE COST WITHOUT IMPACTING OUR BUDGET IS WHAT? HE BASICALLY. WELL, SO ARE THOSE NUMBERS FROM LAST YEAR STILL CURRENT.

WE'VE ACTUALLY UPDATED THE CURRENT NUMBERS. SO EVERY EVERY YEAR WE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THOSE TO THE CURRENT LEVEL ON THAT.

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SO WE'RE NOT USING OLD NUMBERS. WE'RE TAKING THE SAME FORMAT.

BUT I HOPE SO. YEAH, IT'S WE'RE DEFINITELY INCREASING AND UPDATING EVERY YEAR.

WILL THAT BE PROVIDED TO US. WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE.

YES WE CAN. OKAY. AND I REMEMBER THE PART THAT I DID NOT MENTION WHEN WE ASKED HIM TO FINANCE UP TO $20 MILLION. THAT MEANS IF WE HAVE FINANCED $20 MILLION, IT MEANS THAT THE STATE GIVES US NOTHING, WHICH IS UNLIKELY. AND WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS TO DO THE REPAYMENT.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CLEAR. SO IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE SECURITY TO THE DECISION WE'RE MAKING.

THE FIRST ONE WE PAY AGAINST THE REVENUES OF THE BUILDING.

SO ESSENTIALLY THE OCCUPANCY AND SO ON THE PROFIT OF IT.

WE PAY THE OPERATION AND THEN WE COVER THE LOAN.

THE SECOND ONE WE GET THE LOAN AND WE MOVE THAT LOAN TO OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, WHATEVER THE BALANCE IS THERE.

AND WE USE BOND DOLLARS TO COVER THE TOTALITY OF THAT, BRING IN THE IMPACT EITHER TO THE GENERAL FUND OR TO THE OPERATION OF THE BUILDING TO ZERO, BECAUSE IT'S COVERED THROUGH THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

SO THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS TO PLAY TO, TO TO COVER THIS COST ONE TO THE REVENUE, TWO BY LATER ON MOVING WHATEVER THE BALANCE IS TO THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

IT WILL NOT REQUIRE US TO GO OUT FOR BONDS. IT WILL NOT REQUIRE US TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT.

IT JUST SIMPLY MOVES THE OBLIGATION THAT WE HAVE ON THE GENERAL FUND TO THE BONDS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SECURED IN THE 2022 ELECTION. SO. WELL, I'M NOT SAYING DO ONE OR THE OTHER.

I'M SAYING THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT AVENUES.

THEY COULD POTENTIALLY COVER THIS COST AND PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL SAFETY NET FOR THE DISTRICT.

SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DESCOPED OR POSSIBLY EVEN CUT FROM THE BOND DOLLARS AND THE BOND CONSTRUCTION? YEAH, I DON'T I'M NOT SURE I KNOW THAT THERE'S NO PARTICULAR ANSWER TO THAT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE IT FROM ONE COFFER TO ANOTHER, THERE'S GOING TO BE LESS IN THAT COFFER FOR BUILDING THE BUILDINGS THAT WE HAD ALREADY GONE TO THE VOTERS AND SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD.

SO. IT'S MORE OF A RHETORICAL THING. SALAZAR.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THE NUMBERS.

AND EVEN WITH THE GAP, WE CAN FUND IT IN A WAY WHERE IT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR, YOU KNOW, BUDGET IN TERMS OF STUDENTS.

AND WHAT WOULD THE STUDENTS NEED? AND THEN I'M ALSO CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN FILL THE BEDS.

I MEAN, I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS.

IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. PEOPLE ARE ALREADY INCREASING RENTS.

SO THE FACT THAT WE WOULD BE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR STUDENTS, IT'S A WIN WIN.

SO I'M OKAY WITH THAT. CAN YOU GIVE US. I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD, LIKE, A TIMELINE.

LIKE, WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN? WHAT'S THE LIKE, THE MONTH OR THE YEAR? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE MORE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF IT NOW BEFORE THINGS ARE TIME.

TOUGH TIMES ARE COMING FOR MANY REASONS. POLITICALLY, FINANCIALLY.

YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY IS IS GOING TO BE HURTING, RIGHT? SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD, FULL STEAM AHEAD TO AVOID ANY FURTHER DELAYS AND INCREASING COSTS. RIGHT? SO I'M STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING LIKE TIMELINE AND WHAT WHAT ARE THE STEPS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TO START CONSTRUCTION.

GO AHEAD. YES, I THINK FOR OUR TEAM, IT'S TO GET OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TO A POINT WHERE IT COULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION OF STATE ARCHITECT FOR PROJECT APPROVAL. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD TAKE US APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR MONTHS TO GET TO THAT POINT.

DSA TYPICALLY TAKES ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO DO THEIR REVIEWS AND APPROVALS, AT WHICH POINT THE PROJECT COULD BE GOING OUT TO BID. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AND THEN WITH THE BIDDING PROCESS, THAT MIGHT TAKE ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS.

RIGHT. RIGHT. SO THEN WE WOULD SAY IF EVERYTHING WENT WELL WE WOULD START CONSTRUCTION.

WHAT YEAR IN 26. 26. AND WE'RE PROBABLY AHEAD OF THE GAME RIGHT NOW.

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FURTHER BACK. AND JUST THINGS ARE GOING TO BE MUCH MORE CHALLENGING THE LONGER WE WAIT.

YES. THE CRITICAL ITEM IS GETTING INTO DSA. THAT THAT IS OUR BIGGEST HURDLE RIGHT NOW IS.

AND THEN WHEN CAN WE LIKE LIKE HE SAID LIKE WHAT IF SOME I DON'T KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT OTHER ISSUES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN CALIFORNIA.

BUT IF WE GO THROUGH DSA OR WE'RE NOT, CAN WE AT WHAT POINT CAN WE SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS NOT THE TIME. SO BECAUSE AT DSA WE HAVEN'T BID ANYTHING RIGHT.

SO WE CAN STILL DO DSA DO. AND STILL EVEN IF WE SPEND MONEY ON IT, THAT'S FINE.

EVEN IF WE PAY FOR THE PLANS, THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE WE CAN STILL SAY DSA APPROVES AND THAT'S STILL ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S MOVE FORWARD. CORRECT. YEAH. SO IF DSA APPROVED, THEN THAT GIVES US CLEARANCE TO GO TO BERLIN, LET'S SAY. SO WE STILL HAVEN'T EVEN LET'S SAY WE GO TO BERLIN.

AND RATHER THAN BEING 100 MILLION BECOMES 110, 120, WE CAN JUST SIMPLY SAY THIS IS JUST NOT GOING TO WORK OUT.

SO I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WHY ARE WE DELAYING ALL THIS? LIKE, BECAUSE EVEN IF WE PUT A LITTLE BIT OF AN INVESTMENT, IT'S A WIN WIN.

IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS, WE WILL BE BRINGING SMALL INVESTMENTS OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING PRE-CONSTRUCTION WORK ON IT, JUST TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OF AHEAD OF THINGS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THINGS TO FALL IN, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING LARGE AMOUNTS AND ALL THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL ANYWAYS.

AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. BUT THE BULK OF IT ONCE, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN BID THE ENTIRE PROJECT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE DSA DRAWINGS ON IT.

BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT BRINGING IN SOME WHAT WE CALL PRE-CONSTRUCTION WORK.

ON THAT SO WE CAN AT LEAST GET SOME STUFF GOING IN THE MEANTIME THAT WE DON'T NEED DSA FOR.

AND THEN ALLOWS US TO KIND OF SPEED UP THE PROCESS.

DOES THAT INCLUDE SOIL AMENDMENT? THAT DOES NOT.

NO. I DON'T THINK WE COULD DO SOILS AMENDMENTS. NOT WITHOUT DSA.

OKAY. SO I'M IN FAVOR. JUST MY LAST COMMENT. I'M IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD, EVEN IF IT MEANS, YOU KNOW, WE SPEND SOME MONEY BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THIS IS A WIN WIN SITUATION.

RIGHT? AND IF WE'RE AHEAD OF COMPTON AND LONG BEACH, WE NEED TO STAY AHEAD.

YES. RIGHT. OR ELSE. YEAH. YEAH I AGREE. YEAH.

WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE LONG BEACH ACTUALLY AT A QUOTE FROM THEM IS THE ONLY REASON THEY'RE DOING STUDENT HOUSING IS BECAUSE WE'RE DOING STUDENT HOUSING.

SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S CHASING EACH OTHER. HONESTLY, IT'S A BATTLE BETWEEN IT'S A LITTLE TRIANGLE RIGHT NOW WITH.

BUT WE'RE AHEAD. WELL, TECHNICALLY FROM A BIDDING STANDPOINT COMPTON IS AHEAD BECAUSE THEY WERE THEY WERE ON THE THEY ACTUALLY GOT THEIR MONEY ON PHASE ONE.

WE GOT OUR MONEY ON THE PHASE TWO PART, BUT THEY'VE RAN INTO SOME COMPLICATIONS ON THEIR END, WHICH IS DELAYING SOME STUFF. SO THEY HAVEN'T EVEN BROKE GROUND YET ON THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP TO THEM AS QUICK AS WE CAN.

THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY QUESTION, KIND OF DOING A LITTLE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, BECAUSE YOU DID SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD KIND OF BE IN COMPETITION.

WE ARE WITH WITH THE STUDENTS. DO THEY HAVE PROJECTED PROJECT COMPLETION DATES, YOU KNOW, FOR THE OTHER. WELL, RIGHT NOW, LONG BEACH HAS NOT THEY HAVEN'T EVEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE DESIGN PLANNING PROCESS.

THEY HAVEN'T STARTED RFQ. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE BEING WAY BEHIND ON IT.

SO THE ONLY ONE WHO ACTUALLY IS AT LEAST BID OUT THEIR JOB IS COMPTON.

SO THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THEIR PROCESS RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO BREAK GROUND.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY WENT THROUGH THE DSA APPROVAL PROCESS.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET TO THAT DSA APPROVAL PROCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO BY CHANCE HAVE THEY ENCOUNTERED SOME OF THE SAME YOU KNOW, BARRIERS THAT WE HAVE AND HAVE THEY HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND RECEIVE THEM? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE ADVOCATED I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DETAILS OF THEIR PROJECT, BUT I KNOW THEY HAD SOME OTHER COMPLICATIONS WITH IT IN THEIR BIDDING PROCESS.

BUT I DON'T KNOW FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT WHERE WHERE THEY WERE AT, SO ON IT.

SO I KNOW LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE ISN'T GOING THROUGH THE STATE GRANT PROGRAM.

THEY'RE USING STRICTLY THEIR BOND DOLLARS THAT THEY APPROVED ON THEIR RECENT BOND MEASURE.

IN THIS PAST NOVEMBER TO, TO BUILD OUT THEIR STUDENT HOUSING.

OKAY. I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT OUR ADVOCACY FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT.

IF THERE ARE OTHERS YOU KNOW, THAT ARE CLOSE TO US OR NEAR US WHO ARE ALSO, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. I'M NOT AWARE OF COMPTON ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY TO STAY AHEAD.

AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AS THE NEWEST TRUSTEE.

JUST AS A VISUAL VALUATION. NOT THAT I PUT IN THE INITIAL CONCEPT.

I RECENTLY TRAVELED TO SEATTLE AND THEY HAVE AMAZING DESIGNS ON THE ROOF.

IF YOU NOTICE, THE ROOFS ARE ALL GREEN, SO THAT WAS JUST LIKE, HOW AMAZING WOULD IT BE IF WE INCLUDED SOME OF THAT? I'M NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND IT YET BECAUSE RIGHT, I'M COMING INTO LATE INTO THE PROCESS, BUT OUR AREA REPRESENTS EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, THAT WE HAVE VISIONARIES THAT WE STEP AHEAD.

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WE ARE A PUBLIC INSTITUTION. WE WILL PROVIDE A SAFE SPACE FOR STUDENTS.

AND HOW AMAZING IS THAT? HOW VISIONARY IS THAT? WHAT KIND OF A SAFE SPACE ARE WE CREATING? I UNDERSTAND THE THE RISKS AND THERE'S ALWAYS RISKS IN PROPERTY.

BUT AS I UNDERSTAND, THE BEST INVESTMENT IS PROPERTY, RIGHT? IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE. SO IT'S JUST TO ME, AS A NEW TRUSTEE.

I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS LIKE YOU'RE REQUESTING LOOKING AT THE REPORT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE AN AMAZING PROJECT AND AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS. IF WE TAKE A VOTE OR CAN WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE FOR A VOTE? MADAM PRESIDENT, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S A VOTE.

SPECIFICALLY. CONSIDER IT'S ON A PRESENTATION ITEM.

AS LONG AS I'M GETTING A CONSENSUS THAT WE CAN MOVE.

IT'S AN INFORMAL CONSENSUS. YEAH. YOU'RE GETTING AN INFORMAL CONSENT OR YOUR POLL FROM THE BOARD? YEAH. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE THE INFORMAL CONSENT OF THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARDS.

YEAH. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

RESERVATION. THERE'S RESERVATIONS. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT A NO VOTE BECAUSE I'M NOT AGAINST STUDENT HOUSING.

I JUST AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROMISES THAT WE MADE TO THE TAXPAYER WITH OUR BOND.

YOU KNOW, ANY GENERAL FUND, YOU KNOW, OBLIGATION AND JUST A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE HOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE MAINTAINING AND HAVING STUDENT LIFE IN THIS BUILDING SIMULTANEOUSLY.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER ASPECT OF THAT.

THAT IS WORKING IN TANDEM. I'M ALL FOR BEATING ALL OUR SISTER COLLEGES, SO.

RIGHT. RIGHT. AND I WOULD BE HAPPY. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PRESENT UPDATES ON OUR ADVOCACY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL AS, AS WE MOVE ALONG ON THIS PROCESS, ON THAT. AND SO WE CAN GIVE UPDATES ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO START HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND ACTUALLY GETTING IT INTO THE BUDGET ITSELF. YEAH. AND TO, TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFIDENCE ON THESE IF THE MAP CHANGES, IF WE GET TO THE BIDDING PROCESS AND THE SCOPE HAS CHANGED AGAIN, I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO BRING IT TO YOU TO SAY NO.

AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST ADVOCATE OF THIS PROJECT FOR HOUSING BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NEEDED.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH OUR DOLLARS.

SO IF IT GETS TO A POINT THAT BECAUSE OF THE MULTIPLE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING IN L.A.

AND THE ESCALATION COSTS AND SO ON, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 100 BUT 110 15 AT THAT POINT.

THE CONVERSATION IS NO, LET'S FIND MORE MONIES.

WHAT CAN WE DO WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE? SO, SO, SO WE CAN DELIVER SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD ON THE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE.

FOR COMPARISON, I THINK OURS IS THE LARGEST PROJECT IN LA COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY OR COMPTON COLLEGE I THINK IS 230 BEDS. THE COLLEGE OF THE CANYON CLOSE. THERE IS NO PROJECT APPROVED AT THIS POINT IN ORANGE COUNTY.

SO WE ARE THE ONLY PROJECT IN BOTH COUNTIES THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING.

SO PART OF OUR COMMITMENT ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TO MAKE THAT EFFORT TO GET OUT THERE.

OBVIOUSLY RESPONSIBLE, BUT I COMMIT TO YOU THAT BY THE TIME IF BY THE TIME WE GET TO BIDDING ESCALATION COST HAS REALLY DRIVEN US OFF THE BUSINESS, WE WE WILL BRING A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLAN.

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU OR THE DISTRICT OBVIOUSLY IN A POOR SITUATION.

MOVING FORWARD. AND I ECHO DOCTOR FIERRO'S COMMENTS THAT I WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE RAISING THE ALARM, SAYING I, YOU KNOW, MY JOB IS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT DONE, BUT IF I CAN'T GET IT DONE, I'M GOING TO BE THE FIRST TO SAY, HEY, THE MATH JUST DOESN'T WORK.

WE NEED TO STEP AWAY. AND SO AND THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION TO HIM TO TO PROVIDE TO YOU.

SO MY ADVICE IS TO MOVE QUICKLY. YES ASAP. TO SEE WHERE THIS TAKES US.

AND THE COUNCIL CLARIFIED THE LAST BOND WE PASSED DID INCLUDE STUDENT HOUSING.

IT DID INCLUDE STUDENT HOUSING LANGUAGE PER SE IN THAT, BUT THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT ALLOWS US SOME FLEXIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER RELATED TYPES OF DEBT ON THAT. SO BECAUSE I THINK ZURICH BRINGS UP, YOU KNOW, HE KEEPS BRINGING UP THE BOND AND THE VOTERS AND THE COMMUNITY AND TECHNICALLY IT'S NOT IN THERE. SO WE'RE USING STATE FUNDING, WE'RE USING OUR OWN FUNDING.

SO WE'RE KIND OF NOT AT THIS POINT USING THE BOND OR TAX DOLLARS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE, I MEAN, AS WE DO WANT COMMUNITY OUTPUT, YOU KNOW,

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AND WE HAVE WE'RE ON A TIMELINE. RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, TECHNICALLY, THE BOND DOLLARS.

LAWYERS. FAVORITE WORD? WELL, YEAH, WE COULDN'T USE IT DIRECTLY, BUT THERE IS OTHER, OTHER AVENUES OF HOW.

BUT IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE PRESENTED OR ADVERTISED WITH OUR BOND.

THE LAST TIME. YEAH, RIGHT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING NEW, INNOVATIVE THAT'S HAPPENED AFTER THE BOND PASSAGE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. SO NOW THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN THE DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD AND MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN OUR COSTS AND IT DOESN'T ESCALATE ANY FURTHER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.

[8.01 Revised Administrative Procedures: AP 6550 and AP 7210]

RECEIVE AND FILE 8.02 REVIEW OF BOARD POLICIES.

[8.02 Review of Board Policies: BP 6550 and BP 6900]

[8.03 Associated Students Cerritos College (ASCC) Financial Report for the Period Ending June 30, 2024]

AGAIN, INFORMATIONAL RECEIVE AND FILE. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEMS 9.01 THROUGH 9.05 TOGETHER AS

[9.01 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption Revised Board Policy 3420]

[9.02 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption Revised Board Policy 3540]

[9.03 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption Revised Board Policy 5180]

[9.04 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption Revised Board Policy 5400]

[9.05 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption Revised Board Policy 5410]

9.0 I APOLOGIZE, 9.01 IS ACTUALLY SECOND READING CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF BOARD POLICY. 3420 9.02 IS THE SECOND READING AND CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF REVISED POLICY 3540 AND 9.03. AGAIN, SECOND READING FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF REVISED BOARD POLICY. 5189 .04 IS SECOND READING AND CONSIDERATION OF ADOPT REVISED BOARD POLICY 5400, AND THE LAST ONE IS 9.05. SECOND READING CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF REVISED BOARD POLICY 5410. ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO BRING ANYTHING UP? NONE, CONSIDERING. NOT. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED AS TO ITEMS 9.01, 9.02, 9.03, 9.04 AND 9.05.

SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE. OKAY, SO THEN WE MOVE ON TO ITEM

[9.06 Receive and Accept Independent Audit Report for the Cerritos Community College District for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2024]

[9.07 Receive and Accept Independent Audit Report for the Cerritos Community College District Measure G for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2024]

VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW OF ITEMS 9.067? AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE MY FAVORITE ITEMS. I SAID QUICK, QUICK OVERVIEW.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE OUR YEAR END AUDIT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH OF OF 2024. SORRY ON IT. AND SO, ANDREA, IF YOU CAN POP IT UP, I'LL GO REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY. THERE'S ONLY A FEW PAGES I WANT TO GO OVER ON THAT.

SO I'LL MAKE THIS SHORT AND SWEET. FOR THE PEOPLE.

YEAH. IF YOU TURN IT, I CAN. I CAN OPEN IT UP.

IF YOU COULD TURN ON THE MONITOR. YEAH. NO PROBLEM.

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. SO THAT WAY YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG A LOT EASIER.

IF I, IF I DO IT THIS WAY. LET ME GET TO THE RIGHT ONE.

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AND SO EVERY YEAR WE REQUIRE TO GO THROUGH AN ANNUAL AUDIT, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW.

AND SO AUDITORS GIVE OPINIONS ON THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS. THEY GIVE AN OPINION ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND OUR STATE PROGRAMS. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE AUDIT OPINION AND FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE KEY ITEM UNDER THE BULLET POINT OPINION.

THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, IT SPECIFIES, IN OUR OPINION, THE ACCOMPANYING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REFERRED TO ABOVE PRESENT FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS, THE RESPECTIVE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES OF THE CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AND SO ON AND SO ON. AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THIS IS WHAT IS CONSIDERED A CLEAN AUDIT OR WHAT THEY CALL AN UNMODIFIED AUDIT.

THIS IS A HIGHEST ASSURANCE AN AUDITOR COULD PROVIDE A DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD, GOOD THING. ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF PAGES IS IF YOU EVER WANT TO GET THE GIST OF AN AUDIT REPORT I SUGGEST LOOKING AT WHAT THEY CALL THE MDNA, THE MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS ON THAT.

BUT TO BORE YOU, BECAUSE MOST OF THIS IS JUST FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON THAT, I WANT TO FLIP TO OUR OTHER AUDIT OPINIONS REAL QUICK SO I CAN HIGHLIGHT THOSE.

SO THIS PAGE IS CALLED THE SUMMARY OF AUDITORS RESULTS IF YOU WANT TO SEE AGAIN, I JUST WENT OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT WHICH WAS UNMODIFIED OPINION. THERE WAS NO AUDIT FINDINGS NOTED.

SO NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IDENTIFIED, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.

AND THE NEXT SECTION IS OUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS AWARDS.

IT SPECIFIES HERE WHAT FEDERAL PROGRAM WAS AUDITED, WHICH IN THIS CASE WAS A STUDENT FINANCIAL AID ASSISTANCE CLUSTER, WHICH IS THE LARGEST FINANCIAL PROGRAM WE HAVE HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

THIS WAS ALSO UNMODIFIED OPINION. THERE WAS NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IDENTIFIED.

HOWEVER, WE DID HAVE ONE AUDIT FINDING THIS YEAR, WHICH IS CLASSIFIED AS A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED BUT NOT CONSIDERED A MATERIAL WEAKNESS. ON THAT AND THIS AUDIT FINDING IS RELATED TO REPORTING.

SO ENROLLMENT STATUS WITH FOR PARTICULAR STUDENTS DID NOT MATCH A ENROLLMENT OF OUR SYSTEM TO A NATIONAL DATABASES.

AND SO ON THAT SO WE ARE IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT THOSE JUST NEEDED TO BE UPDATED ON THAT.

SO NOTHING THAT WAS EARTHSHATTERING, NOTHING THAT AFFECTED THE NUMBERS OF THAT OR ANY TYPE OF WARDS.

IT WAS REALLY KIND OF A A REPORTING ISSUE. THE FOLLOWING SECTION IS OUR STATE COMPLIANCE AUDIT, WHICH ALSO IDENTIFIED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION AND AGAIN NOTED NO AUDIT FINDINGS ON THAT.

SO OVERALL, A VERY GREAT AUDIT ON THAT WITH THE, YOU KNOW, ALMOST A NO FINDINGS EXCEPT FOR ONE.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, A REALLY SOLID AUDIT ON THAT.

AND SO OTHER THAN THAT, I'M ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE SECOND LETTER TO THAT.

AND SO THIS LETTER IS WHAT THEY CALL A GOVERNANCE LETTER.

AND SO THIS IS A LETTER FROM OUR AUDIT FIRM TO DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

AND THIS IS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY IS IN HERE.

AND IT GOES THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS ON HERE.

AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY THE SCOPE OF WORK ON THIS.

THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED WITH MANAGEMENT, WHICH NONE WERE NOTED. THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO REPORT ANY UNCORRECTED OR CORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS IF THEY FOUND ANY.

BUT IN THIS CASE THERE WAS NONE NOTED, WHICH IS SPECIFIED HERE IN THE LETTER, AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT.

THEY'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT, BUT THERE WAS NONE NOTED HERE ON THAT.

SO JUST A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THERE WAS NOTHING HERE TO REPORT THAT WOULD RAISE TO WARRANT ANY OF YOUR GUYS'S ATTENTION.

SO THIS IS A REQUIRED COMMUNICATION LETTER THAT WAS ALSO PROVIDED ON THAT.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY. DO WE NEED AN ACTION ON THAT ONE? YES. OKAY.

SO CAN I PLEASE HAVE A TO RECEIVE RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND

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I COULD DO A 9.07. SO THIS IS LITERALLY THE SAME THING.

BUT THIS IS FOCUSED STRICTLY ON OUR MEASURE G BOND.

SO AS REQUIRED WE ARE REQUIRED TO ALSO DO AN ANNUAL AUDIT SEPARATELY JUST ON MEASURE G.

WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO TWO TYPES OF AUDITS A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT AND WHAT THEY CALL A PERFORMANCE AUDIT.

THIS FIRST SECTION HERE IS THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SIMILAR TO THE AUDIT OPINION I SHOWED BEFORE.

SAME THING HERE. AGAIN, THE AUDITORS AUDITED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE BOND BUILDING FUND MEASURE G FOR THE DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH. ON THAT, IN THEIR OPINION, THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REFER TO PRESENTED FAIRLY IN ALL MATERIAL ASPECTS.

AND AGAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES.

AGAIN, UNMODIFIED OPINION THE HIGHEST ASSURANCE AUDIT FIRM CAN PROVIDE US ON HERE.

AND SO THIS IS RELATED TO JUST MEASURE G. SO AS OF JUNE 30TH 2024 IT SHOWS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE BALANCE OF CASH WITHIN THE BOND FUND OF $24.9 MILLION ON THAT.

SO THAT IS THE LAST BIT OF DOLLARS WITHIN MEASURE G AS OF JUNE 30TH OF 2024.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ALMOST MOVING TO SEVEN MONTHS AGO.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SPENT DOWN A BIG CHUNK OF THAT SINCE THAT TIME.

BUT AS OF THAT DATE, THAT'S THE AVAILABLE BALANCE THAT WE HAD ON THAT.

THE REST OF THE PAGES ARE JUST NOTES THAT SUPPORT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

NOTHING REALLY TO HIGHLIGHT HERE. AND THEN AGAIN, MOVING INTO THE NEXT SECTION THERE.

AS I NOTED BEFORE, NO AUDIT FINDINGS. THIS IS THE PERFORMANCE AUDIT.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AUDIT SCOPE. AND THIS IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS IS TO LOOK AT AND TEST ACTUAL EXPENDITURES TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE'RE UTILIZING THE BOMB FOR IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE TAXPAYERS ELECTED ELECTED WITHIN THE THE AUDIT IS. SO IT GOES THROUGH A NUMBER OF DETAILS, THEIR METHODOLOGY OF HOW TO SELECT IT.

IT TALKS ABOUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURES THEY ACTUALLY PULLED IN THEIR AUDIT SAMPLE.

IN THIS CASE, THEY PULLED AND TESTED 61% OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF, OF THAT.

SO A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE BOND FUNDS WERE TESTED.

HERE IN THIS NEXT SECTION, IT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE DOCUMENTS THEY PULLED AND REVIEWED.

AND THEN THE BEST THING THE GIST OF EVERYTHING IS THE AUDIT RESULTS IN HERE.

AND SO AND HERE WITHIN THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH, IT STATES THE AUDIT RESULTS.

THE RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT TESTS INDICATED THAT IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS, THE CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT HAS PROPERLY ACCOUNTED FOR THE EXPENDITURES HELD WITHIN THE BOND BOND FUND MEASURE G, AND THAT SUCH EXPENDITURES WERE MADE FOR AUTHORIZED BOND PROJECTS.

AGAIN, NOTHING NOTED OUT OF COMPLIANCE ON THAT.

AND THIS WAS WHAT WE CONSIDERED A CLEAN AUDIT WITH NO AUDIT FINDINGS.

ALSO AS REQUIRED, AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE DISTRICT AUDIT, IS THERE COMMUNICATION WITH GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE, SIMILAR DOCUMENTS BUT JUST RELATED TO MEASURE G GOES THROUGH THE SAME THING.

AGAIN, THERE WAS NO DISAGREEMENTS, NO UNCORRECTED ITEMS, NO MISSTATEMENTS.

NOTHING TO REPORT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

BUT IT IS HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW. AND THEN AGAIN, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY. FOR ITEMS 9.06 AND ITEMS 9.07. CAN WE CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT BOTH OF THESE AUDITS REPORTS? I'LL MOTION TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT 9.06 AND 9.07.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. SEEING NO OBJECTIONS.

THESE ITEMS ARE BOTH RECEIVED AND FILED. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.08

[9.08 Resolution No. 25-0115B in Recognition of Cerritos College's Commitment to Professional Growth]

YES, I WILL HELP. THANK YOU. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESOLUTION IS AS PART OF SEVERAL INITIATIVES THAT HUMAN RESOURCES IS

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AS PART OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL HEALTH, IN TERMS OF CREATING RETENTION PROGRAMS AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GROWTH OF OUR EMPLOYEES, IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING THROUGH OUR FALCON DAY, THROUGH FALCON LEADERSHIP.

BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE. THERE'S ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF POTS OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR CLASSIFIED AND CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES THAT WE REMINDED THEM OF AT LAST YEAR'S FALCON DAY, AND BECAUSE WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE LONG TERM GROWTH OF EMPLOYEES, ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IS NOT ONLY FOR OUR STUDENTS.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO WANT TO TAP INTO GOING FROM THE BACHELOR'S TO THE MASTER'S OR FROM THE ASSOCIATE'S TO THE BACHELOR'S, BACHELOR'S TO MASTER'S, MASTERS, MASTERS TO ED.D. OR OTHER ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS. THERE IS SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE. WE WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE, AND THIS RESOLUTION HONORS OUR COMMITMENT TO THE GROWTH OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT ALSO LEADS TO OTHER EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER THEY ARE HERE AND WE GET A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT OR WE ARE HELPING THEM TO THE NEXT PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY OF THEIR CAREERS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 0115B IN RECOGNITION OF CERRITOS COLLEGE COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL GROWTH.

CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.09, RESOLUTION NUMBER

[9.09 Resolution No. 25-0115A to Offer a Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (SERP)]

GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AGAIN I'LL MAKE THIS REAL QUICK.

SO THIS RESOLUTION IS TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PROGRAM. ON THAT. THIS IS SIMILAR TO ONE THAT WE DID BACK IN 2018.

FOR ANYONE THAT'S NEW, YOU MAY ASK, WHY WOULD A DISTRICT DO THIS? WELL, THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY. PRIMARILY THOSE COULD BE ADDRESSING BUDGET CONSTRAINTS.

ASSIST IN PROACTIVE STAFF PLANNING, ENHANCED RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND COMPENSATE LONG TERM EMPLOYEES.

IN OUR CASE, IT'S MORE FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT.

AND AS THE BUDGET IS SOMEWHAT UNKNOWN AND WE DIDN'T GET ANY NEW FUNDING THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, BUT OUR BUDGET SOMETIMES IS CONSTRAINED TO THIS YEAR, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FUND ANY ADDITIONAL BUDGET REQUEST ON THAT.

SO THIS IS A WAY TO HELP MITIGATE AND AND CREATE SOME BUDGET MONEY WITHIN OUR BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS ON THAT. IT'S NOT REALLY A THIS ISN'T IT DOES COST MONEY, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES A COST SAVINGS IN THAT SO THIS WHAT THIS RESOLUTION DOES IS IT REQUIRES BOTH IN ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS TO RETIRE. THEY MUST BE AT LEAST 55 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE FIVE YEARS OF, OF SERVICE WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND RETIRING BY JUNE 30TH OF 2025. ON THAT IN GOING THROUGH OUR ANALYSIS ON THIS WE HAVE YOU WANT TO SHOW IT? YEAH. OKAY. SORRY.

LET'S SEE. CLICK IT. IT'S OPEN. OH. IT IS. SORRY.

YEAH. IT'S OKAY. I GET IT RIGHT HERE.

SORRY. I THOUGHT IT WAS UP. SO. SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ROUGHLY ELIGIBLE TO TO RETIRE. WITHIN THIS INCENTIVE, WE HAVE A ROUGHLY ABOUT 196 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE. WE DO ANTICIPATE ROUGHLY, WE CAN GET ROUGHLY ABOUT 50 OF EMPLOYEES IN TOTAL IS WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING.

IF WE CAN GET 50, THAT WILL GENERATE ROUGHLY $3.5 MILLION OF COST SAVINGS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD ON THAT.

SO THIS IS THE PRIMARY REASON WHY WE DO THAT, TO HELP CREATE COST SAVINGS WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

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THE OTHER, OTHER THING IS HERE'S KIND OF A SUMMARY OF BENEFITS.

WHEN A EMPLOYEE ELECTS TO DO THAT, THEY GET A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT BENEFIT.

AND SO THE MOST COMMON BENEFIT SELECTION IS, IS PAYMENTS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

AND SO WHAT THEY GET IS THEIR BASE SALARY 75% OF THEIR CURRENT BASE SALARY.

AND THEN THAT GETS PAID TO THEM OVER FIVE YEARS.

ON THAT. SO SO THIS IS EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT ANNUITY OPTIONS AND EMPLOYEE CAN SELECT.

BUT LIKE I SAID MENTIONED BEFORE, THE MOST COMMON HIGHLY SELECTED IS THE FIVE YEAR OPTION.

AND THEN THE OTHER SPECIALIZATIONS IN THE IN THE RESOLUTION, WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID IN 2018, IS WE CREATED SOME THRESHOLDS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES GENERATE COST SAVINGS. SO FOR THIS WE ARE THIS RESOLUTION OUTLINES THAT AT LEAST 25 FACULTY PARTICIPANTS AND THEN THAT AND AT LEAST 25 CLASSIFIED AND CONFIDENTIAL PARTICIPANTS TO BE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS THING WORKED OUT.

THE BOARD MAY HAVE THE OPTION CAN HAVE THE OPTION IF IT DOESN'T COME IN THAT LEVEL TO STILL PROCEED.

ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE EXACT NUMBERS, WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD TO GIVE YOU THE FINAL ANALYSIS OF THAT IS RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE ALL BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS. WE'LL PROVIDE A FINAL ANALYSIS, LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE FINAL COST SAVINGS WILL BE OR WILL NOT BE BASED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATE. AND THEN WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION TO SAY, YES, LET'S PROCEED BECAUSE IT'S GENERATING THIS MUCH COST SAVINGS ON THAT.

SO BUT WE DO PUT THOSE LIMITS IN THERE TO PROTECT OURSELVES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IF IF THIS IS GOING TO ACTUALLY COST US MONEY, NOT SAVE US MONEY ON THAT. SO, SO THOSE THINGS WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION.

AND THEN OTHER THAN THAT THAT, THAT, THAT IS IT.

ON THAT. SO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.

SEEING NONE IS IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 0115A, AND AUTHORIZED THE DISTRICT TO OFFER A SUPPLEMENTAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLAN TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES.

CAN I GET A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM

[9.10 Nominee for CCCT Board Election]

MY VOICE IS NEARLY GONE. SO.

TRADITIONALLY, WE HAVE KEPT A VERY ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AT THE LEAGUE EVENTS AND THE STATE EVENTS.

AND MARISA HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS LEFT ON HER TERM, AND SHE DECIDED TO ENJOY HER LIFE OUTSIDE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE STATE OBLIGATIONS.

SO THERE IS A POSITION THAT IS GOING TO BE OPEN AT THE CITY BOARD, AND I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER SUBMITTING A NAME IN ORDER TO CONTINUE OUR REPRESENTATION AND OUR PARTICIPATION AT THE STATE LEVEL.

OBVIOUSLY THE NOMINATION. OKAY. OBVIOUSLY THE NOMINATION WILL NOT GUARANTEE THE ELECTION, BUT BUT BUT IT WILL GIVE US A CHANCE TO GET BACK ON THE TABLE.

OKAY. I NOMINATE MYSELF FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE CORE ELECTION.

OKAY. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN. OH, AND ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I'M SORRY. SEEING NONE. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SHE NOMINATED HERSELF. CAN I GET A SECOND OR SECOND? SECOND? SECOND TO HER NOMINATION? YEAH, SURE.

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[9.11 Consideration of Approval of Updated Cerritos College Foundation Bylaws]

SO THE FOUNDATION IS ASKING AND RECOMMENDING THAT YOU SUPPORT THE CHANGES ON THE BYLAWS.

ANYTHING ELSE OR SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD? DOCTOR GUTIERREZ? SURE. SO PART OF THE CHANGES IN THE BIG THING WITH THESE, THESE CHANGES IN TERMS OF OFFICE IS THE ROLE OF EACH BOARD OF DIRECTOR. WE DO. AND I CURRENTLY SIT AS THE PRESIDENT'S DESIGNEE TO THE BOARD.

WE HAVE A TWO YEAR TERM LIMIT WITH AN EXPECTATION.

THE OTHER PIECE IS THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT WE ARE ACTIVE IN OUR FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.

SO EACH MEMBER OF THE BOARD IS EXPECTED TO EITHER DONATE OR FIND $5,000 WORTH OF DONATIONS TOWARD THE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FOUNDATION. WE'VE ALSO SOLIDIFIED OTHER AREAS, SUCH AS DISMISSALS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR LACK OF PARTICIPATION. ONCE THOSE SYSTEMS WERE IMPLEMENTED, THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE COMING IN WITH A FRESH SET OF EYES AND JUST VERY HAPPY AND EAGER TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO NOT ONLY THE DONATION AND THE FUNDRAISING ASPECTS OF IT, THE PHILANTHROPIC PIECES OF IT, BUT ALSO THE WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC COMPONENTS OF THE ROLE THAT THE FOUNDATION WOULD LIKE TO PLAY, AND THEN GENERATING THOSE OTHER REVENUES TO HELP THE INCREASE THE ROLE OF THE COLLEGE AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND IS APPROVAL? EVERYONE APPROVES.

I, I OKAY. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE TO 10.01, WHICH IS REPORTS AND

[10.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]

OKAY. DOCTOR LOU, I WENT TO THE 2025 STUDENT LEADERSHIP AT THE LAKE ARROWHEAD WITH STUDENT TRUSTEE AND THE SENATE, AND WHICH I THINK THAT MAKES DOCTOR FIERRO SICK.

OKAY. BUT HE HE DID A GREAT JOB AND INFLUENCED A LOT OF STUDENTS.

IT'S A GREAT CONFERENCE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GREEN.

ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO WISH OUR CERRITOS COLLEGE FAMILY, OUR FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS A HAPPY 2025 WHERE WE ARE.

HOW MANY DAYS IN 15. YEAH. YEAH, 15 DAYS IN. IT SEEMS MUCH LONGER ALREADY.

BUT I'M WISHING US A WONDERFUL 2025 HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING SOME GREAT, AMAZING THINGS.

ALSO JUST WANT TO EXTEND MY PRAYERS AND HEARTFELT SYMPATHY TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE FIRES RECENTLY HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I KNOW A FEW FAMILIES PERSONALLY WHO DID LOSE THEIR HOMES, AND SO OVER THE WEEKEND, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE ALTADENA PASADENA AREA AND VOLUNTEER.

AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING TO SEE THE NUMBERS OF VOLUNTEERS OUT AND JUST THE THE SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO WERE AFFECTED.

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SO IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DONATE, I HAVE A FEW FAMILIES WHO ARE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, FUNDRAISING FOR REBUILDING.

AND SO THAT'S IT. THAT'S MY REPORT. TRUSTEE LEWIS.

I ALSO WANT TO I ALSO WANT TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WITH THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES, WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVELIHOOD, AND ANY FAMILY MEMBERS, ANY PETS THAT MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED BY THE FIRE AS WELL.

SO THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF SMALL AND LARGE ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN NEEDED TO BE REHOMED.

SO IF ANYONE IS WILLING AND ABLE TO ALSO CONSIDER THE THE PETS WHO MAY HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES AS WELL TO BE A HOME TO THEM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE SAYAKA AND DOWNY SHELTER, ON TOP OF ALL THE OTHER SHELTERS IN THE L.A.

COUNTY AREA, HAVE FOR YOU. SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WELL.

AND KEEP ALL THE HUMANS AS WELL IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SURPRISINGLY, IN MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE RIOS. DITTO TO DITTO TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID.

HOWEVER, THERE WAS A CONCERN BROUGHT UP TO SPECIFIC TO CERRITOS COLLEGE OUR FAMILY OF TEACHERS.

PROFESSORS? EXCUSE ME, NOT TEACHERS. PROFESSORS.

AS TO WHAT CAN BE DONE, I KNOW OUR NEXT MEETING IS UNTIL FEBRUARY 19TH.

HOWEVER, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE PRIOR TO THAT, OR ARE WE GOING TO AGENDIZE IT? DOCTOR GUTIERREZ HAS AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING AND I WILL DISCUSS WITH YOU OTHER ITEMS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ALREADY WORKING ON A FEW THINGS.

WE'VE HAD WE'VE WE'VE DONE SEVERAL THINGS. AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST BE ON THE RECORD CLARIFYING SOME INFORMATION.

ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENCY GROUPS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, INCLUDING OUR CLASSIFIED, CONFIDENTIAL AS WELL AS MANAGEMENT. THAT SAID, WE HAVE ROUGHLY 13 EMPLOYEES AMONGST THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM AFFECTED. AND BY AFFECTED, IT'S NOT ONLY INCLUSIVE OF THE LOSS OF HOMES, OF WHICH THERE WERE ABOUT THREE THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT IN A MINUTE. HOWEVER, WE ALSO HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT CAME TO WORK AND SUSTAINED A SERIES OF BREATHING ISSUES.

JUST BECAUSE OF THE OVERALL AIR QUALITY IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

WE DID WORK ON ACCOMMODATING THOSE EMPLOYEES AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS.

AND SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE PLACED ON REMOTE WORK ASSIGNMENTS.

AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER SEVEN EMPLOYEES THAT WERE ON SOME FORM OF AN EVACUATION ORDER AND ANYONE THAT WE WERE MADE AWARE OF.

WE WENT AHEAD AND PRETTY MUCH MADE ADJUSTMENTS.

THERE WAS AN EMPLOYEE THAT ASKED FOR PERSONAL NECESSITY OF TWO DAYS.

EVERYONE ELSE WAS GIVEN A REMOTE WORK ASSIGNMENT IF THEY CONTACTED OUR OFFICE OR WORKED WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE MANAGERS.

THAT SAID, WE DID. IMMEDIATELY UPON KNOWLEDGE OF SOME OF THE IMPACTS THE FIRES WERE HAVING TO, OUR EMPLOYEES WORK AS AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, TO PUT OUT A COMMUNICATION ON JANUARY 9TH IN THE AFTERNOON, INDICATING THAT WE HAD RESOURCES AVAILABLE, INCLUDING OUR EAP FOR OUR FREE COUNSELING, WHICH WE HAVE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.

WE ALSO MADE N95 MASKS AVAILABLE TO ANY AND ALL EMPLOYEES, AND WITHIN MINUTES OF THE NOTIFICATION, WE HAD A LINE OF EMPLOYEES COMING OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR TO HR TRYING TO GET THE MASKS.

SO WE GAVE THEM OUT AND WE STILL HAVE PLENTY.

ANYONE THAT ASKED TO BE ACCOMMODATED DUE TO AIR CIRCULATION WAS PROVIDED A PURIFIER AS WELL AS AN INSPECTION OF OUR AIR FILTRATION A SYSTEMS AND AIR. PHILIPPE, THE WRONG WORDS ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF MY MOUTH.

BUT THE AIR PURIFIERS AND FILTRATION WERE DEEMED ADEQUATE FOR ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, SO WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING ALL THOSE CONSISTENTLY.

ANYONE THAT HAS COME TO OUR OFFICE, WE HAVE NOT TURNED AWAY.

WE HAVE ASSISTED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.

WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL OF OUR MANAGERS EVERY SO OFTEN WHO WE KNOW HAVE THE DIRECT COMMUNICATION IN LINE WITH THE EMPLOYEES, AND WE ARE GETTING CONSTANT UPDATES. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING.

WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR BASIC NEEDS DEPARTMENT WITH PAMELA SEPULVEDA, WHO ACTUALLY WHILE WE WERE COORDINATING ALL THIS,

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AND SO SHE WAS ALSO AMENABLE TO PROVIDING THE FOOD PANTRY SUPPLIES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.

SO THAT ALSO WAS MADE AVAILABLE UPON NOTIFICATION TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND DOCTOR BRAMMER, MY PARTNER IN STUDENT SERVICES ALSO PUT OUT A VERY SIMILAR COMMUNICATION TO OUR STUDENTS THE FOLLOWING DAY.

SO WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH BOTH OF OUR EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS STUDENTS, REGARDING ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE TO STUDENT SCHEDULES DUE TO THE ONGOING FIRES WITH RESPECT TO DACA.

DOCTOR GUTIERREZ. YES. ONE MORE THING. THERE IS ALSO AID AVAILABLE.

THE FOUNDATION GIFT CARDS TO SUPERMARKETS, GROCERY STORES, TWO DAYS AT LOCAL HOTELS THAT ARE DIRECTLY PAID TO VENDORS, MEALS THAT ARE PAID TO VENDORS AS WELL. AND THE FOUNDATION STARTED A FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP CERRITOS COLLEGE EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS THAT WENT OUT TODAY.

AS PART OF OUR CERRITOS COLLEGE FOUNDATION. YEAH.

ALSO, I WAS NOTIFIED EARLIER TODAY THAT THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HAS RAISED ALREADY OVER $20 MILLION THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR VICTIMS OF THE FIRES. SO IT'S A MATTER OF CONNECTING OUR TEAMS TO RESOURCES IN ADDITION TO THE RESOURCES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON CAMPUS. DOCTOR GUTIERREZ AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THESE 13 MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY.

WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM ON BLAST IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, PUT ON BLAST.

WE ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF RESPECT AND CONFIDENTIALITY AS WE MAKE AS MUCH EFFORT AS WE CAN TO MEET THEIR NEEDS.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE DEANS OR ONLINE SUPERVISORS, SO IF THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE SPEAKING TO US DIRECTLY, WE HAVE THAT THAT TRIAGE GOING ON. AND THIS AFTERNOON DOCTOR GERARDO URBINA FROM THE FOUNDATION ACTUALLY ASKED IF I COULD GIVE HER THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR HOMES SO THAT SHE CAN GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM HAVE SOME TYPE OF APPLICATION PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN WORK ON THE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS AND ANY DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO WHICH I WANT TO CAUTION OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT ALTHOUGH WE WANT TO BE VERY GENEROUS, WE ARE ADVISING FOLKS TO GO THROUGH THE FOUNDATION.

IF PEOPLE ARE STARTING THESE GOFUNDME ACCOUNTS OR JUST PERSONALLY TRYING TO GATHER FUNDS, WE JUST WANT TO CAUTION FOLKS THAT THERE COULD BE OTHER IMPLICATIONS THAT THEY MAY NOT BE AWARE OF, OR THEY COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT FEMA FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS.

SO WE ARE WORKING OUR BEST TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS COORDINATED THROUGH THE FOUNDATION, IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE OF THE NONPROFIT STATUS.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MEAN, I KNOW I'M JUST STUNNED, RIGHT? I THINK WE ALL ARE TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, AND I KNOW THAT MAUREEN IS GOING TO KEEP COMING THROUGH, BUT IT'S JUST WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS JUST THE POSITIVENESS.

AND THANK YOU FOR EXEMPLIFYING ALL THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE, AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE DONE IN THE FUTURE FOR JUST THE HORRIFIC STUFF THAT HAPPENED. UNBELIEVABLE TO ME. FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER THAN THAT, I WILL BE TRAVELING TO SACRAMENTO FOR A NEW TRUSTEE TRAINING, SO I WILL COME BACK AND GIVE MORE OF A REPORT.

THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SALAZAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I, I FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS JUST SPRUNG INTO ACTION, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY FOR FOR DOING THAT.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR STAFF AND OUR COLLEGE COMMUNITY.

I DIDN'T HEAR A LOT ABOUT STUDENTS, THOUGH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY NEW INFORMATION LIKE ON THE STUDENTS OR HOW THEY'VE BEEN IMPACTED.

I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER APART FROM, YOU KNOW, FARTHER AWAY, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE STUDENTS AFFECTED.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY INFORMATION ON THAT.

AND MY ONLY REQUEST WOULD BE MAYBE TO AGENDIZE IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING JUST SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AND KIND OF SEE HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING, AND MAYBE SEE HOW AS A COLLEGE, WHAT WE CAN DO COLLECTIVELY AND I DON'T KNOW, NEXT STEPS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY, UNCERTAINTY. BUT AT LEAST IF WE START TALKING ABOUT IT, WE CAN BRAINSTORM TOGETHER.

YEAH, WE WE DID SEND OUT THAT NOTE THE NEXT DAY, AND WE WERE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE WAYS THAT WE COULD HAVE PRACTICAL HELP.

SO PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE BUS PASSES.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE AVAILABLE WAYS OF GETTING AROUND THE LA BUS SYSTEM, EVEN STEPPED UP TO TRY AND HAVE FREE BUSSING TO FACILITATE PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO

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WE HAD FOOD VOUCHERS WE COULD USE IN ADDITION TO GIFT CARDS THAT WE COULD PASS OUT.

AND THEN WE WERE ALSO FOCUSING ON THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECT.

SO WE WERE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEEDED TO SEE A COUNSELOR OR A THERAPIST BECAUSE THEY WERE TRAUMATIZED BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AROUND THE AREA. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TO APPROACH FROM A MULTIFACETED ELEMENT, BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF COMING BACK AND PROVIDING MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS FOR ME, I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE OUR FIRE CHIEF ACTUALLY RETIRED FROM DOWNEY, SO I WENT TO CHIEF HURLOCK'S RETIREMENT CELEBRATION FOR THE CITY. AND I HE'S SOMEONE THAT I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH IN THE CITY.

AND I ALSO, THE NEW POLICE CHIEF JUST GOT SWORN IN FOR OUR ARE FOR OUR CITY.

AND I KNOW DONNIE WAS THERE. FIRST RESPONDERS.

THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT WENT OUT TO PACIFIC PALISADES.

THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE LOCATED. SO I KNOW ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS, FIRST RESPONDERS, THEY CAME FROM ALL OVER.

AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO HELPING AND DURING THESE FIRES. AND MY HEART GOES OUT AND MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO THOSE THAT LOST THEIR HOMES AND THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED RIGHT NOW.

AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR STUDENTS, TO HELP OUR FACULTY, THAT RIGHT NOW THEY NEED US.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER THAT.

AND I KNOW MENTAL HEALTH IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE DO NEED TO FOCUS IN ON, AND I WANT TO THANK THE COLLEGE FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE SO FAR AND LIKE TRUSTEE SALAZAR FINDING OUT MORE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO, MAYBE AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND GETTING A REPORT WOULD BE GOOD.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO THAT. IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT DACA.

SO I KNOW DOCTOR WARREN KNOWS THIS VERY WELL.

AND IT WAS I'M SURE IT WAS NOT MEANT WITH ANY ILL INTENTIONS JUST TO CREATE AWARENESS.

SO I CLARIFIED A COUPLE OF PIECES. THE FIRST ONE, THE LAW IS STILL THE SAME AND WE STILL LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.

SO THAT MEANS THE DACA STUDENTS AND UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS, ACCORDING TO THE LAW TODAY IN CALIFORNIA, IS STILL ABLE TO COME TO SCHOOL AND TO CERRITOS COLLEGE AND ARE PROTECTED BY THE SAME PRIVILEGE RIGHTS THAT EVERY OTHER STUDENT ON CAMPUS. PERIOD. WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY.

WE CONTINUE TO DO IT THAT WAY. WE DID IT THAT WAY IN 2016, AND WE'RE PLANNING TO DO THE SAME TODAY.

A MISCONCEPTION THAT IS OFTEN FLOATED IS THAT DACA WOULD IMMEDIATELY END IT IF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IS SIGNED OR THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN. THAT IS UNLIKELY. THERE IS A NUMBER, A NUMBER OF LEGAL CHALLENGES THEY WILL NEED TO OVERCOME.

THEY NEED TO BE OVERCOME. AND THOSE WHO ARE CURRENTLY DACA STUDENTS ARE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR STATE. SO THOSE STUDENTS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM THE SAME EXACT WAY WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TO THIS POINT.

THERE IS A LAW IN OUR BOOKS THAT WAS PASSED IN 2016, THAT IS, SB 54 PREVENTS ESTATE AGENCIES FOR USING ESTATE FUNDING TO REPORT ANYTHING RELATED TO UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ACCORDING TO THIS PARTICULAR BILL.

SB 54, THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS ONLY TO TAKE DIRECTIONS FROM ME AND I TAKE DIRECTIONS FROM THE BOARD, SO ANY CHANGES TO THAT HAVE TO COME DIRECTLY FROM ME AND FROM THE BOARD.

AND TO THIS DAY, I HAVE HEARD NOTHING TO THE EFFECT THAT WILL REQUIRE ME TO DIRECT THE CHIEF TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT.

THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH OUR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS AT THE END AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.

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THE CHIEF EXPLAINED WHAT THE LAW SAYS, WHAT THE LAW DOESN'T SAY, AND HOW WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. WE ALSO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH HR AND THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE.

AND WE ARE SCHEDULING A WORKSHOP THAT IS CALLED KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

AND THIS PARTICULAR WORKSHOP IS INTENDED FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR FACULTY, STAFF AND ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND PARTICIPATE ON IT. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH ELECTED LOCAL OFFICIALS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED DOLLARS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE ACTIVITIES. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE WORKED WITH LOCAL AIDS, LEGAL AIDS, SO THEY CAN ASSIST THE STUDENTS WITH ADDITIONAL LEGAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCES. SO THEY ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN'T ALLOWABLE WITHIN THE LAW.

I WANT TO SAY AGAIN THAT WE STILL LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.

SO WILL DEPORTATION. IT IS A THING AND IT COULD PROBABLY HAPPEN COME JANUARY 20TH.

THE MASSIVE DEPORTATIONS THEY ARE BEING MENTIONED IN THE NEWS PROBABLY WILL NOT BEGIN IN CALIFORNIA.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE VIGILANT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW SB 54 TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE IN OUR CAMPUS. WE ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO REPORT THAT INFORMATION ACCORDING TO TODAY'S LAW. AND BEFORE HE FINISHES LOSING HIS VOICE BECAUSE WE STILL NEED HIM FOR CLOSED SESSION WE WANTED TO ALSO ADD THAT WE ARE RESEARCHING WHAT WE CAN DO AS AN EMPLOYER WITH REGARD TO THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP, IN TERMS OF WHAT PROTECTIONS WE HAVE, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A COMPLICATED PROCESS JUST BECAUSE WE ARE IN CONSULTATION WITH IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS, BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY SPECIALIZED.

SO I WANTED TO JUST ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE OVERLOOKING.

IT'S JUST IT'S RESEARCH BECAUSE IT'S THE NATURE OF BEING IN AN UNCHARTERED WATER RIGHT NOW.

AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS WE BRING FORTH TO YOU ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT AND ENSURE THAT WE CAN EITHER IMPLEMENT OR ADVISE YOU ACCORDINGLY. BUT WE ARE WE ARE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE COVERED EVERY CORNER IN TERMS OF PROTECTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, WHETHER THEY ARE IN THE SHORT TERM HOURLY STATUS OR IF THEY ARE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YES. DOCTOR WONG I USED TO WORK DOCUMENTED, I THINK, LOOSELY BECAUSE THAT IS A VOCAB THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IN REALITY, MAJORITY OF OUR YOUTH TODAY ARE NOT DOCUMENTED BECAUSE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE DACA, THEY HAVE TO BE IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN CERTAIN TIME.

SO DOCUMENTED PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE MY AGE LIKE LONELINESS, GERIATRIC ONES.

OUR STUDENTS DON'T HAVE DOCUMENTS WHICH I UNDERSTAND DACA.

ALSO, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE NOT MEAN FOR DEPORTATION, BUT THEY ARE THE LAST PRIORITY.

I THINK WHAT I'M ALSO TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT OUR STUDENTS DON'T EVEN HAVE THE PROTECTION OF DACA.

THEREFORE THEIR RISK IS EVEN HIGHER. AGAIN, NOT YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE'RE DOING SO MUCH MORE.

BUT I THINK I WANT TO FLAG THAT IN CASE FOLKS ARE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE DACA, WHICH THEY DON'T. THAT'S ALL. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING

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CORRECT. AND SO WE WILL COMPLETE. I HAVE FOUR READOUTS.

OH THANK YOU. I HAVE FOUR READOUTS. SO WE WILL BE MOVING INTO CLOSED SESSION.

OKAY. IN CLOSED SESSION. ITEM 11.02. IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RATIFIED THE

[12. Closing Items]

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IT IS REPORTED IN CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RATIFIED THE APPOINTMENT OF JEFFREY MYRA OF ASKED AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR GRADE 32. STEP FOUR OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 16TH, 2025. THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SIX YES ZERO NO'S ONE.

TRUSTEE. ABSENT. TRUSTEE BIRKEY 11.04. IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF SOHAIL NAEEMI AS MANAGER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY GRADE 28, STEP THREE OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCALE, EFFECTIVE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 16TH, 2025.

THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SIX YES ZERO NO'S ONE ABSENCE TRUSTEE BIRKEY 11.05.

IT IS REPORTED IN CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DENIES THE CLAIM FROM CLAIMANT BOBBY LEE AND LINDSAY LEATHERBURY. THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SIX YES ZERO NO'S ONE ABSENCE TRUSTEE BIRKEY.

THIS CLOSES. THIS ENDS OUR TWO HOUR SESSION. THERE YOU GO.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.