Staff Present:
Ms. Lynn M. Roberts, General Manager, Facilities
Mr. Ronald Prescott, Deputy Superintendent, Government Relations and Public Affairs
Dr. Santiago Jackson, Assistant Superintendent, Office of Legislation/Implementation
Mr. Olonzo Woodfin, III, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Gordon Wohlers, Assistant Superintendent, Policy Research and Development/School Management Services
Mr. Marty Varon, Budget Director, Budget Services and Financial Planning Division
Ms. Kathi Littmann, Acting Deputy Manager, Facilities Division
Mr. Rob Robinson, Proposition BB Program Manager
Mr. William T. Panos, Director, Environmental Health and Safety Branch
Mr. Jim Konantz, Director, Instruction Technology Branch
Mr. Richard R. Boyd, Chief Technology Officer, Information Technology Division
Ms. Tiffanie Heben, Legislative Advocate, Office of Legislation/Implementation
Mr. Roger Freeman, Staff Counsel, Facilities Services Division
Dr. Charles Schepart, Program Analyst, Independent Analysis Unit

Others Present: See attached list.

Mr. Gordon Wohlers presented a plan which would restructure schools in order to accommodate the student overcrowding and anticipated growth in the east San Fernando Valley. The restructuring would include converting two middle schools into high schools, reorganizing elementary schools, and building primary centers. Similar plans will be developed for other areas in the District.

Committee Members were supportive of the plan. They asked if future presentations and report could include:

• Total acreage of each site;
  
• Location of parks, libraries, and other public facilities;
  
• The operational costs of other school districts when estimating costs;
  
• Adjacent properties for possible site expansion;
  
• Whether the site would support building up (two or more stories);
  
• The number of students and acreage compared with successful schools such as Bravo and King Drew; and
  
• The use of closed schools for temporary facilities while expansion is being done prior to their reopening

Mr. Lew HolIman, Center for Law and Public Interest, was concerned with complying with the Rodriguez consent decree and urged getting away from the Concept 6 calendar;

Mr. Saul Gomez, Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., spoke of economic loss to the District and the community if jobs are lost because of site acquisition. He offered his assistance in the selection of sites and showed support for the plan to restructure schools.

Mr. Michael Johnson, Twin Plaza Neighborhood Alliance, opposed the Robinsons-May site for a high school. He asked that the site be permanently removed as a high school site. Ms. Young informed Mr. Johnson there would be a community meeting on January 20, 7:00 p.m., at Reed Middle School, where the Robinsons-May site will be discussed.

RESOLUTION OF FORMATION OF A COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT

There were no objections to this report going forward to the Board on January 11 with action anticipated on January 25, 2000.

CLASSROOMS FOR KIDS, COORDINATION OF RESURFACING GREENING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS

Mr. Guillermo Aguilar, Greening Coordinator, presented the status of the greening projects in progress. He stated that other projects, such as safety and technology, air conditioning, plumbing, etc. need to be packaged and coordinated with the greening projects. Packaging will cause a change in the master plan schedule. Some projects will be accelerated, some will be delayed.

CLASSROOMS FOR KIDS, DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL (DTSC)

Mr. Rob Robinson reported that four projects are in a delayed status. Ms. Kathy Littmann informed the committee that only the design is on hold pending program definition, that site acquisition is not on hold.

Mr. William Panos stated that some of the sites have been delayed because of the need to do a Preliminary Endangerment Assessment.

Mr. Lansing asked when six portables will be delivered to Jefferson Senior High and when the bleachers will be completed. Mr. Robinson will provide a report on the bleachers and Ms. Lynn Roberts will provide a report on the delivery of the portables.

Mr. Tokofsky asked for a schedule for all portable deliveries.

CLASSROOM FOR KIDS: E-RATE APPLICATIONS

Mr. Jim Konantz briefed the Committee on funding received by the District in Year 1 (1998- 99), Year 2 (1999-2000), and anticipated funding, in Year 3 (2000-2001). He also reviewed what costs are covered by the E-Rate program and what costs need to be covered by the District.

Ms. Roberts stated that staff expects Proposition BB and Proposition 1A will cover some of the costs not covered by the E-Rate program.

Mr. Richard Boyd provided the technical details of the program.

FACILITIES LEGISLATION

Dr. Santiago Jackson and Ms. Tiffanie Heben gave a brief description of selected school facilities legislation enacted in 1999 and proposed school facilities legislation for the year 2000 session.

The Committee requested the Legislation Office staff look into including the instructional effects of year-round schools on student achievement.in the grant program for year-round schools (SBl068).

INDOOR AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF PORTABLE CLASSROOMS‹FINAL REPORT

This item was postponed.

CHARTER SCHOOL POLICY ON FACILITIES

Mr. Wohlers informed the Committee that a final document should be ready for the Committee in January 2000.

STATE ALLOCATION BOARD MEETING (DECEMBER 8,1999)

Mr. Chuck Schepart informed the Committee that the School Allocation Board (SAB) approved $182,000 for a modernization project at Van Nuys Senior High, but will loose $132,000 set aside for administrative facilities under the Northridge Earthquake Program. He also stated that the Implementation Committee has prepared draft regulations for implementation of AB 387 which should go to the SAB for action in January.

SITE SELECTION PROCEDURE AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PROGRAM

Ms. Littmann gave a brief update and stated the final procedure should be ready for the January Facilities Committee meeting.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Ms. Littmann gave a brief update and stated a final report should be ready for the January Facilities Committee Meeting.

FACILITIES SERVICES DIVISION BUDGET

Mr. Marty Varon presented an overview of the Budget Division's operational and administered budget. The overview included the Division's structure, major functions, Earthquake Recovery Program, and the sources and uses of funds for capital projects. Future reports will be made to the Committee which will give more detail on the various parts of the budget and will include projected needs.

Speaker:

Mr. Gene Krischer spoke about air conditioning, historic buildings, and ethics.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.