BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Governing Board of the Los Angeles Unified School District

CLOSED SESSION MINUTES
12:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 17, 2002

On call of the President, the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles, acting as the governing board of the Los Angeles Unified School District, met in public prior to Closed Session on
December 17, 2002, at the Los Angeles Board of Education Administrative Offices, 333 South Beaudry Avenue, Los Angeles, in the Board Room.

President Caprice Young called the meeting to order at 12:27 p.m.

The following Board Members were present: Ms. Marlene Canter, Mr. José Huizar, Ms. Julie Korenstein and President Caprice Young. Ms. Genethia Hudley Hayes, Mr. Mike Lansing and
Mr. David Tokofsky were absent.

Mr. Richard Sheehan, Special Counsel to the Board, was present.

Mr. Huizar led the Pledge of Allegiance.

CLOSED SESSION PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY (Government Code Section)

Mr. Jefferson Crain, Executive Officer of the Board, announced that the Board would be considering the following in closed session:

1. Conference with Legal Counsel (Section 54956.9)

Existing Litigation

Eliezer Williams, et al. v. State of California, et al.
San Francisco County Superior Court Case No. 312236

Helix Electric, Inc. v. Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC 235029

2. Labor Negotiations (Sections 3549.1 and 54957.6) Negotiator: Staff Relations

Employee Organizations: Associated Administrators of Los Angeles
California School Employees Association
Los Angeles City and County School Employees' Union (SEIU Local 99)
Los Angeles County Building and Construction Trades Council
Los Angeles School Police Officers Association Teamsters
United Teachers Los Angeles
District Represented Employees and Contract Management Personnel

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At 12:35 p.m., the Board recessed the public portion of the meeting to begin the closed
portion. Closed Session discussion began at 12:46 p.m. and ended at 2:28 p.m.
All Board Members were present during the closed portion of the meeting.
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The Board reconvened the public portion of the meeting at 3:04 p.m. The following Members were
present: Ms. Canter, Ms. Hayes, Mr. Huizar, Ms. Korenstein, and Mr. Tokofsky. Mr. Lansing and
Ms. Young were absent.

At the request of Vice President Huizar, Mr. Sheehan announced the following actions:

The Board approved the settlement in the matter of Helix Electric, Inc. v. Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC 235029, for payment

to the District by the original plaintiff of $1,500,000, by the District agreeing to release in installments the total amount of $2,769,453 to complete the contractual requirements and by Helix Electric agreeing to complete the repair of the defective site conditions in the Manual Arts project site.

The vote was 7 ayes.

On motion by Ms. Canter, seconded by Mr. Tokofsky, the meeting adjourned by general consent at 3:09 p.m. in memory of Bonnie Wallace. Mr. Lansing and Ms. Young were absent.

APPROVED BY THE BOARD: January 28, 2003

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CAPRICE YOUNG JEFFERSON CRAIN
PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOARD