No oral report was made.

APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION TO FILE NEW CONSTRUCTION ELIGIBILITY ON A DISTRICTWIDE BASIS

Beth Hamby, Director of Facilities Grants and Funding, presented a Board Report recommending approval of a resolution which would allow staff to refile new construction applications under the State School Facility Program on districtwide basis in lieu of high school attendance area. This will maximize the District's new construction eligibility.

The report was approved to go forward to the Board with action anticipated on February 27, 2001.

RESOLUTION ON USE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION GRANTS FOR ALDAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW ADDITION, BELL NEW PRIMARY CENTER NO. 3, BELMONT/HOLLYWOOD NEW PRIMARY CENTER NOS. 2 AND 3, VAN NUYS NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NO. 1, HOBART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW ADDITION, AND LANKERSHIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW ADDITION

Ms. Hamby presented a Board Report recommending approval of a resolution which would allow the District to apply for State construction funding in excess of the traditional housing capacity of the project.

The report was approved to go forward to the Board with action anticipated on February 27, 2001.

DEFAULT OF CONTRACTOR, JUGE COMPANY INC., AND DECLARATION OF NONRESPONSIBILITY

Tom Leslie, Chief Construction Inspector, presented a Board Report recommending Juge Company Inc. be defaulted on a fire damage repair project at Russell Elementary School and be declared a nonresponsible bidder for five years because 9 percent of the work is complete and 114 percent of the contract time has elapsed.

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Gregory Bordo, Attorney with Freeman, Freeman, Smiley, LLP, submitted documentation to the Committee which he believes supports his client's claim that the delays have been caused by unanticipated conditions and the District's failure to expeditiously resolve the conditions.

Mr. Juge and Mr. Holmes responded to the Committee's questions.

The Committee then requested staff and legal counsel to provide Board Members with a response to Mr. Bordo's letter to the Committee by February 13, 2001. Staff was also directed to provide a copy of its response to Mr. Bordo by February 13, 2001.

The report was approved to go forward to the Board with action anticipated on February 27, 2001.

AUTHORIZATION TO PAY CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER THE RELOCATION COST BALANCE (MANUAL ARTS NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NO. 1)

Rick Hijazi, Project Manager, presented a Board Report recommending paying the balance of relocation payments to the California Science Center. If the space saver school is not developed, the $2 million will be returned to the District.

The report was approved to go forward to the Board for action on February 13, 2001.

APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC SITE FOR VALLEY NEW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NO. 1, 55.98032, (CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY NORTHRIDGE)

Bassam Raslan, Project Manager, presented a Board Report recommending approval of a site located on CSUN campus. This would be the first high school built on a University campus and will share various CSUN facilities. In exchange for the five-acre site on the CSUN campus, the District will either sell or lease Prairie Street Elementary School to the University.

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Charles Brink supported an Academy School but strongly opposed the proposed location and the loss of Prairie Elementary School. He would support a high school for 3,000 students at a different location on the University campus.

Dr. Philip Handler, Vice Provost, CSUN, strongly supported locating the school on the University site called Zelzah Court. He stated he is proud and pleased to be full partners in this project and will contribute the University's experience and resources to the planning of a new high school.

Anita Santo Spirito opposed the location of the school and the demolition of Prairie Elementary School.

Sandra Kardos opposed the loss of Prairie Elementary School, didn't oppose a high school but did oppose the location. She suggested the District buy 10-15 acres of the North Campus and build a high school for 3,000 students.

Edmund Peckham strongly favored the academy and its partnership with the University.

Bonnie Ericson, representative for the Dean of College Education at CSUN, strongly supported the academy.

Mirian Korasikis supported the high school.

Sylvia Gonzalez supported the school and urged approval.

Alvin Kusomoto, Special Assistant for Senator Alarcon, stated the Senator feels it is very important to increase the number of qualified teachers in the State, therefore, he supports the academy being located on the CSUN campus.

Tom Tindall, Head of Facilities Management at CSUN, encouraged support for the school.

A short discussion followed on design, entrance requirements, and criteria for a teacher academy.

The report was approved to go forward to the Board with action anticipated on February 27, 2001.

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOL FACILITIES

Julie Korenstein read the last two resolves of the Resolution.

The Committee requested staff to look at incorporating the design criteria for energy efficient schools into designs currently being developed.

The Resolution was approved to go forward to the Board on February 13, 2001.

STATUS OF E-RATE AND EXISTING FACILITIES MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS

Paul Homes, Director of Existing Facilities, summarized the status of the modernization, E-rate, safety and technology, paving and greening projects, local district reorganization, and rebaselining.
He stated that the updated schedules for these projects should be completed next week.

Mr. Holmes and Mr. Buxbaum responded to the Committee's questions on options available to change E-rate vendors, completion schedules, Cool Schools schedule, and reconciliation of the cost forecast and schedule percent complete (items on the program summary cost).

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY BRANCH SEMIANNUAL STATUS REPORT

Angelo Bellomo, Director of Environmental Health and Safety Branch, stated his report to the Facilities Committee will focus on environmental review of proposed new school sites and that the Committee will receive from him later today a copy of the slide presentation he is about to make, which is different from the materials in Board Members' packets.

He then reviewed the status of the assessment of 12 existing schools, the criteria for selection of new school sites, and the environmental review process. Next he showed time and costs for new school projects, the status of projects received from Facilities Division for review, key issues for timely completion, default budgets, and projected costs for the 200 projects received for review.

Discussion followed on adequate staffing and the need to keep all projects moving.

STATUS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Robert Buxbaum noted the districtwide eligibility report approved by the Committee earlier will give the District's projects highest priority level for State Allocation Board review and the report on new construction grants (also approved earlier in the meeting) will allow seven applications to be submitted to the State Allocation Board for funding at its next quarterly funding meeting in June.

He also stated that only five projects do not have a site identified and the budgets for the projects which have specific sites are being reviewed in order to improve the quality of the budgets for those sites.

Mr. Buxbaum responded to questions on budget, consolidation of projects, and ready for design category on the summary. He agreed to add the status of the projects to the remarks column on the monthly status report.