>> the meeting will come to
order.
We have 3 closed session items.
>> oh, roll
call.
>> Ms. Brown.
Mr. Martin.
Mr. Auster lynn --
>> thank you.
>> we have three items on the
closed session agenda.
Board President, board vice
President, an presented of
employee, superintendent
President.
Collective bargaining, pcc fa.
Superintended
President.
Public employee appointments.
We will read each one of them.
Assistant superintendent
instruction.
Assistant
superintendent/vice-President,
business and industry of
services.
Vice President, human resources.
Dean, business.
Dean, can assisi elegy, health
and athletics.
Dean, mathematics and computer
science.
Director, outreach and transfer.
Instructors -- sociology,
mathematics (40
).
Registered nursing (2).
Chemistry (2).
Computer science, and nutrition
of justice, anthropology,
business, life drawing, geology,
of basic education/ged, provides
industrial design, counselor,
financial aid, librarian.
Do we had any speaker cards?
Excuse me -- is there anybody
that would like to make public
comment on items in the closed
session agenda?
President Wah:
vice President Selvidge:
there
is no reportable
action from the
closed session.
We will begin with the pledge of
allegiance.
We now have a recognition.
Kelly bond
banh, will you please
join me at the lectern/
?
Secretary vurdien:
you have
completed one year as student
trustee.
The board of trustees would like
to recognize you for your
service to the district and to
the college and the leadership
that you have displayed.
And board
President, Dr. Ross
selvidge, will give you this.
Vice President Selvidge: for
those of you who have been
attending our board meetings,
kelly'
s contributions year have
gone far beyond test what you
see here at the board meetings.
She is extremely active in
various organizations that
promote the interests of
students, not just here at pcc,
but throughout the community
college system and we thank you
for that.
Trustee banh:
thank you.
[Applause]
Secretary vurdien: one more.
Vice President Selvidge: this is
going to be in the newspaper.
>> exactly.
That'
s good.
Thank you.
Vice President Selvidge: would
you like to say a few words?
[Applause]
Trustee banh: good evening,
everyone.
I would like to thank sd nestle
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fj
college for this award -- I
would like to thank pasadena
city college for this award.
Pres. Wah is not
here, but I
want to thank her.
I want to thank President
Vurdien
.
You inspire me, you truly do.
And Dr. Selvidge, I have
gotten
to know you but I want to get to
know you more as well as the
other members of the board.
I want to continue to work with
you guys as vice President Of
academic affairs.
I am excited for that.
So I will still be involved here
at pasadena city college.
Not as a trustee, but a part of
the associated students.
Thank you again very much for
everything that this college has
provided and
all the support
this college has given me this
year.
Thank you.
[Applause]
Secretary vurdien: this will
come later.
Vice President Selvidge:
it is
now time for public comment on
items not on the agenda.
Do we have any speaker cards?
Trustee fellow:
yes, Mr.
President.
First, martin
enriquez.
>> good evening.
i am martin enriquez.
I will read into the record
the
letter of monsignor rodriguez.
Into the record.
This letter was addressed to
walter t sheffer the
ii.
I e-mailed this letter in 1992
to a member of the board.
So what I read is not a
surprise
and hand-deliver the copy.
Monsignor english
'
s letter reads
as follows.
As the pastor of
saint andrew'
s
church, I am concerned about the
well-being of the chicano and
hispano
community, both in the
spiritual and worldly realms.
St. Andrews is the largest
church in western pasadena,
serving the spiritual needs of
its adherence.
The bulk of the congregation is
latino, of mexican heritage.
As
such, the interest of the
chicano and hispano catholic
community are the interest of
st. Andrew'
s catholic church.
He goes on to write
I found his
presentation forceful and
convincing.
I concur with his findings.
Then he urges
, I, meaning tobias
english, urged the board of
trustees to give serious thought
to the plan proposed by yours
truly.
Thank you very much.
Trustee fellow:
thank you.
We have two requests to speak
about the armenian resident --
armenian genocide resolution.
Would you like to talk about it
now or when the item comes up?
Ok, both of you?
Ok.
There are no others.
Vice President Selvidge:
thank you.
The next order business is the
approval of minutes.
We have the approval of minutes
for a meeting number 10, meeting
number 11, May 10, 2016, meeting
number 12, session
meeting May
18, 2016.
Trustee banh: motion to approve.
Trustee brown: I second.
Vice President Selvidge: all in
favor?
The motion carried unanimously.
Item e,
approval of consent
items.
Are there any consent items that
any trustee was like brought out
separately?
Trustee fellow: motion to
approve consent items.
Vice President Selvidge: axa,
one item has been pulled from
the consent agenda.
This is consent item trustee
brown:
-- this is consent
item 234-b.
We have a motion to approve and
a second.
All in favor.
The motion carried unanimously.
Action items recommended for
approval item
f, oath of office.
Well nune c
aripian join me and
President Vurdien at the
lectern.
this
is the official oath of
office for student trustee.
I might add that
nune is a
political science major.
Or July to make any remarks?
Secretary vurdien:
nune garibian
has been a model student of the
college.
I was very impressed by how much
nun
e all it takes work at the
college level.
As mentioned by
trustee Dr. Ross
selvidge, nune will go
to law
school after completing her
degree in political science.
She will be transferring for the
fall of 2017.
During the two years that she
has been at the college, she has
made a very construct of
participation -- constructive
participation of not only the
department of associated student
affairs, but also the college at
large.
We congratulate you on your
election to trustee.
>> thank you.
Vice President Selvidge: raise
your right hand.
And I will read the oath and you
will repeat after me.
I do solemnly swear
-- that I
will support and defend --
the
constitution of the united
states and the constitution of
the state of california --
against all enemies foreign and
domestic --
that I will bear
true faith and allegiance --
to
the constitution of the united
states and the constitution of
the state of california --
that
I take this obligation freely --
without any mental reservation
or purpose of evasion
-- and
that it will well and faithfully
-- discharge the duties upon
which I am about to enter.
Congratulations.
[Applause]
Would you like to say something?
Secretary vurdien: you can sit
over there.
Vice President Selvidge: you
need to sign right here.
Thank
you.
Vice President Selvidge: the
next order of business is item
g, adopt resolution number 553
,
reserves for contingencies
2015-2016.
Dr. Vurdien?
Secretary vurdien: we are asking
that the board approve this
resolution, number 553.
And that is routine to adopt the
reserves for contingencies for
2015-20 16 in the amount of
$20,000.
Vice President Selvidge: is
there any discussion?
Trustee fellow: motion to
approve.
Trustee brown: I will second the
motion.
Vice President Selvidge: the
item has been moved and
seconded.
Any further discussion?
All in favor?
The item passes unanimously.
Is this a blanket vote?
[Laughter]
Item h,
approval of equal
opportunity fund, multiple
method allocation model
certification for fiscal year
2015-2016.
Secretary vurdien: it is
recommended that the board of
trustees approved this multiple
method allocation model
certification form.
What this does is informs the
chancellor'
s office that they
college has followed everything
that the chancellor'
s office
wants us to do and that we have
complied about the multiple
method allocation model when it
comes to the eeo
pasadena
college district.
Trustee fellow: it looks at we
have complied, so I move this
motion.
Trustee brown: I second the
motion.
Vice President Selvidge: any
further discussion?
All in favor?
The motion passes unanimously.
Think you.
Approval item I,
approval of
items and deletions to the
current -- seesmic, to the
credit curriculum.
Secretary vurdien: we are
recommending the addition of one
credit course and the deletion
of three other courses.
And as you will notice, the
deletions are due to the fact
that those courses are no longer
current and the addition is the
required
, one of the new courses
for the transfer degrees and
also to transfer to ucs.
Vice President Selvidge: thank
you.
are there any questions from the
board?
Do I hear a motion?
Trustee fellow: motion to
approve.
Trustee martin: second.
Vice President Selvidge: we have
a motion to approve and a
second.
All in favor?
Thank you.
We need a rollcall on this.
Trustee martin:
that'
s what the
lights are for.
Vice President Selvidge: did you
record who had their lights on
for yes and no?
Thank you.
Item j, portman to measure p
citizens oversight committee.
Secretary vurdien: we currently
have four
vacancies.
Three of the vacancies are to be
appointed by trustees to
represent their respective
trustee areas.
And the fourth one to represent
the senior citizens
organization.
The board members have
nominated
Mr. Rick alvarez to represent
trustee area 3.
Dr. Bill opel to represent
trustee area 2.
And Dr. Joseph piza
ronian to
represent the senior citizens
organization.
We have another\_
ul vacancy to be
appointed for area 1.
Vice President Selvidge: with
the trustees like to make a
comment about the individuals
they have nominated?
Mr. Oesterle?
trustee osterling: I nominated
bill opel to serve as the person
on the committee to represent
trustee area 2 bill is very
financially sophisticated.
But also, bill has been actively
involved in the pcc foundation
for many years.
So I think he brings a great
balance of looking out for the
taxpayers interest, but also has
a passionate dedication to the
college.
Vice President Selvidge:
I would
like to add that, a long, long
time ago, bill opel and I both
belonged to the islanders -- the
highlanders club, the climbing
club here when we were students.
Trustee brown: I persuaded Mr.
Recall of ours -- rick
calaveras
olivarez
to serve because he loves pcc.
In fact, he was
graciously open
to welcome our President When he
first came here.
But the bottom line is that
he
is a city attorney and he really
wants to be involved in the
affairs of pcc.
And of course, he would be a
wonderful person to work on
[Indiscernible]
I'
m very proud to have him join
us.
Vice President Selvidge: thank
you.
With respect to Mr. Zero
nian, I
have known him for quite a long
time for various civic
activities here the city of
pasadena.
I am delighted that he is both a
graduate of the university of
southern california and a former
naval officer, as am I.
I am very pleased with that.
I have asked an individual to
formally accept my nomination of
him and I expect to present his
name at the next board meeting
for representation of area 1.
So do I have a motion for the
three individuals names to
be
appointed to the Mr. P
oversight
committee?
All in favor?
The motion passes unanimously.
Vitamin k, board policy
revisions.
-- item k, board policy
revisions.
It is a member of the committee
going to speak on these?
>> I'
m a member of the
committee.
There is nothing out of the
ordinary here.
It is just policies
policy statements.
Everything is up to date.
>> I would like to speak.
Vice President Selvidge: trustee
brown. Trustee brown: one
is the
student -- which is pretty
clear-cut.
The one that is impressive to me
is the one in articulation.
We had two sets.
The
articulation for high
schools and college, where
students can take ap classes.
To me
what came out very clearly
is the importance that the
articulation, classes, the
students, and the faculty of
high school and
faculty of
college have to agree that this
is something that is going to be
credited.
If there is a high
school -- if
students wanted to take college
credit classes, there has
to be
a written agreement between the
faculty from pcc
and the faculty
from the high school so these
classes will be honored.
I like this articulation.
Vice President Selvidge: thank
you very much.
Any of the trustees would like
to comment on this?
Do I hear a motion?
To prove the three policy
revisions?
-- to approve the three policy
revisions?
We have a motion and a second.
All in favor?
The passes unanimous.
-- the past is unanimous.
Item l, a
duct resolution 555 in
support of A.B. 2222
-- adopt
resolution number 555 in support
of A.B. 2222.
>> this would help the students
not only of our district but
also the community college
students
to have cards and make
a program that would help them
get those passes and transit
passes more easily at an
affordable rate.
Vice President Selvidge: this
came through the legislative
committee.
Trustee white? Do you have a
comment?
Trustee white: we felt this was
a very important bill, because
we have -- we know our students
have transportation costs.
The cost has gone up for
students.
This is a bill that would
correct that
.
For us it is an important
component of community
education.
The cost of transportation, the
cost of books.
These are all something we are
working on and supportive of.
There was a question from one of
our trustees about the back of
the bill and sponsorship.
That was the shortcoming of our
recommendation, what we didn'
t
do and what we should have done
is include a link to the
legislative council digest so
you can be fully informed about
the bill.
That is something we will pay
attention to as we move forward.
Trustee brown:
is this the bill
that was brought through by
holden?
I know there was a lot of
lobbying to try to get this bill
through for our students.
So I am definitely in support of
it.
Vice President Selvidge: any
other questions?
Trustee osterling: I support
this and just want to point out
here in california the way our
community college system works,
the price of tuition is
relatively low.
Sometimes the barrier of
difficulty
to college education
such as books, and it don'
t
delay when I have been here and
talking to students on campus,
-- anecdotally
when I have been
here and talking to students on
campus, we can'
t change the
length of time it takes to get
here, but we can support and
subsidize the cost to do that.
Vice President Selvidge: I
have
one question, what does the bill
say with respect to the course
load or the full-time, part-time
break? And the funds that would
be dedicated?
And ike knowledge this May be
complicated because state lie
there are transit agencies here
and there.
That is a bit of interest to our
students.
>> if you are not aware last
week the -- passed a pilot
project that is connected to
this.
And they reduce their course
load requirement to eight units
for student eligibility for
their current college student
past.
Eight units is what is expected
to right now.
In the bill itself there is no
unit requirement.
There is
a low income
requirement, but I believe most
community colleges meet that.
Based on a percentage of
students on few other waivers.
Vice President
Selvidge: any
other comments?
Do I hear a motion?
>> I move approval.
>> second.
Vice President Selvidge: all in
favor?
Passes unanimously.
adopt resolution number 55 six
in commemoration of the first
100th anniversary
--
commemoration of the 101st
anniversary of the armenian
genocide, April 2016.
>>
under President Of the
armenian association here at
school.
I would like to say a few words
about how much this resolution
is important to the club.
Our club consists
of 160
students and way more alumni we
had that were all regularly
attending different events and
fundraisers.
We have done many things this
year including cultural
education and entertaining
events.
Educational such as the
corporation -- as the
cooperation we have with
educational committee,
the
relations committee from the
pasadena district here.
And entertaining the
-- we are
going to santa barbara every
year annually and having it
games with other schools such as
usc.
This is a very big deal for our
club, because we don'
t consist
of only armenians.
Our goal is to bring together
armenians and non-armenians and
teach to the pcc
people, our
cause, our tradition, our
culture.
And how much we have been heard
from these -- from this
genocide.
i would like to look him you as
well to our next event that we
are going to have next semester
to learn more.
I really appreciate your time.
Thank you.
Vice President Selvidge: our
next speaker is --
>> good evening board of
trustees and President
Superintendent.
I am
part of the armenian
national committee pasadena
chapter.
I
want to start off by saying
thank you for passing a
resolutions in the past.
It has been a tremendous support
to see the board of trustees and
pcc has been so supportive to
the armenian community and
making sure our history and
culture has recognized, not only
by pcc but our students and
supporting our students,
including the armenian student
association.
He has been very
active as the
past President Here, in making
sure the armenian student
association has a presence here
on campus
, as well as the
greater community of pasadena.
He has partner with the city of
pasadena human relations
commission and has actually held
several forums here at pcc.
These events,
including the
resolution, show how important
it is for the armenian community
and the armenian students to
have a voice.
Bo7
I do encourage you to pass it
again this time around.
we are looking forward to our
continued partnership with the
armenian national committee of
america and the board of
trustees.
Thank you so much.
Vice President Selvidge: thank
you, Dr. Vurdien?
Secretary vurdien:
the college
or commenced the board of
trustees passes this resolution
in support of not only the
armenian students at pasadena
city college, but also the 1.5
million men and women
.
We have also recommend that the
board works
two and a credible
constructive, stable, and --
armenian-turkish relations.
>> motion to approve.
>> first of all I wanted to
commend the armenian community
in general for constantly
reminding us if we forget about
the events of history we are
doomed to repeat them.
Secondly our requests to --
if you could give us e-mail
notification to the trustees of
coming events.
I would also like to say
congratulations to you on this
resolution.
I think it is a very grim
reminder to all of us of events
occurring right now around the
world and we always have to be
mindful of fellow human beings.
>> any other comments?
Last year I did a certain
amount
of reading up and I mentioned
last year when the resolution
came before the board that one
of the starkest ways that
somebody can get an appreciation
of what went on
in the eastern
ottoman empire is to read the
diplomatic dispatches of
ambassador morgan fall.
He was sent to the state
department into diplomatic
dispatches.
There is a lot of of strife
going on there now.
I know one location that was
mentioned by ambassador morgan
anthall.
A very prominent city and
trading center in that area, you
read about it in his dispatches.
They are in the news today.
Any other comments?
>> I would move approval.
Vice President Selvidge: all in
favor, it passes unanimously.
Information item,
superintendent, rep for it --
superintendent President Report.
Secretary vurdien: I want to
start by thanking the board by
approving the item, the
whole
number of administrators and
faculty and staff.
I know we are looking forward to
the three new vice President'
s
approved today to join us, Dr.
Lisa norman as vice President
For human resources, vice
President Of instruction, and
Dr. Richard -- vice President Of
business and administrative
services.
And we also have in the same
list four new deans
that have
been approved by the board.
Two of them are not with us
today.
They are Dr. Natalie russell for
esl and foreign languages and
missed the on miller --
Miss The
on miller -- Miss Dion
miller.
We have our new
dean for the
business division.
Play stand to be reckoned --
please stand to be recognized.
[Applause]
We also have the dean of
mathematics.
[Applause]
And in the same list we also
have our new director,
permanent director of transfer
and outreach.
[Applause]
And I know we have Miss
-- in
the business division.
[Applause]
And we have our new permanent
counselor
, now to become a
permanent counselor --
[Applause]
And I hope I did not
-- if there
is anyone in the general public
please raise your hand so we May
recognize you.
That'
s true.
Our new entry, my executive
director of information
technology.
[Applause]
I apologize to you.
I forgot you just got this new
position.
I also wanted that -- also want
to take a moment to thank all
the faculty members [Applause]
And our staff and
administrators.
I am proud to say that
the way
the hiring happened this
semester, pasadena city college
should probably be a role model
for the state that has been
wanting for a long time to be
pushing colleges and diversify
their faculty.
As of now we have
probably 67
through 70% of new hires come
through groups that have been
underrepresented in higher
education and administration.
We work diligently to ensure
that our faculty and staff and
administration kept the
appropriate training when it
comes to cultural sensitivity.
I would like to
congratulate the
associated students and dean of
student life, as well as
everyone else who worked to have
the new pass receive
approval at
last thursday'
s metro board
meeting.
We have
partnered for many years
in finding ways to reduce
transportation costs for our
students.
Today we saw our board as a
resolution -- our board pass a
resolution in support of that.
The trustee, Dr. Foster, myself,
and Mr. Alex,
our executive
director for strategic planning
and communications
will be going
to sacramento.
Next tuesday we will have an
opportunity at lunchtime to
share with business and city
leaders
the project that the
pasadena city college is working
on.
We know it would be an
opportunity for us to inform the
community as to the vision
and
the district has put future of
education
in this area of
california.
We significantly helped the
economic workforce in the
region.
Finally I would like to
congratulate our
restorative
program, which was recently
named as the recipient of the
--
for the foundation of laboratory
technology.
It is a testament to the quality
of our faculty, staff and
students.
Also the same program had a 100
pass rate at the board exam,
which not to many colleges can
boast of.
That concludes my report.
Vice President Selvidge:
announcement by shared
governance for presented as an
board of trustees.
Academic senate? >> nothing to
announce.
Vice President Selvidge:
management association?
>> we will be sponsoring a
classified appreciation day
-- a
class appreciation day to
accommodate the two morning and
evening shifts.
Vice President Selvidge: --
senate?
We have a
new face representing
the associated students.
>> good afternoon to the board
of trustees.
My name is julia russo
.
I am the newly elected President
Of associated students.
I look
forward to working with
each and every one of you this
upcoming year.
Our entire board has switched
out
.
In addition I
would like to give
a short message on irving'
s
behalf.
He would like to thank everyone
for a great year and for the
support.
I'
m honored to have the
opportunity to sit.
I know julia russo will do a
fantastic job
and let'
s work
together to make sure we achieve
our goals at pasadena city
college.
Vice President Selvidge: I met
julia at an event at the pacific
asian museum, our us -- our
local simply men had sponsored
it.
I believe I was right after the
election.
Congratulations and thank you
for taking on the workload you
are going to assume this
upcoming year.
Item keep.
-- item he --
item p.
Any comments by board members?
Trustee osterling?
Trustee osterling:
our prayers
go out to the village college --
to the fellow college campus at
ucla and other colleges that
have experienced violence.
Trustee
martin: I'
m going to
send a versatile complementing
congratulations to Dr.
Vurdien,
but for all the campus for these
new hires.
I know from what we read there
were 75 applicants for each one
and we were just reading one.
What would 75 times
this be?
That would be pretty high.
A lot
of people did a lot of
work to get through that many
applicants through the process
and properly screen
from our
pression on the board.
-- our impression on the board.
Particularly Dr. Vurdien.
I am thrilled he has had the
opportunity to in some ways
choose his team.
And I'
m very excited for him and
for us, because I
know my
lessons and management,
kind of
in the old japanese model, the
ability to be able to work
|
ollaboratively is higher value
than even competency.
It appears we have the best of
both, so I am very excited about
all of this.
I wanted
to commend you and you
are groups, particularly Dr.
Vurdien, because you have been
running with one hand behind
your back.
You managed to get
it all done,
get it through.
Trustee fellow: I want to fit --
I want to say thank you to kelly
for being a great student
trustee.
Three weeks ago we had -- three
weeks ago I had to have some
very minor surgery.
they are all graduates
of pcc,
and surgery shouldn'
t be fun but
we had a lot of fun.
I want to say they have
such a
great love for this institution.
They are professors of nursing,
which I had high reese back for.
There just outstanding.
Thank you.
Trustee: I wanted to reiterate
the announcement about the
meeting on tuesday with regard
to the centennial master plan
and a very exciting prospects we
have to the future of the
college over hopefully the next
generation.
I encourage your support for
this process going forward.
Trustee brown: I'
m in the same
situation as Dr. Fellow
.
I'
ve been having some dental
work right here
.
I'
m sitting in this office and
this nice young looking -- nice
looking young man came to start
working on me.
And said where did you go to
school?
Pcc.
I said, you'
re kidding me.
There is another young man over
there.
I was just beside myself.
Kudos
to the dental program.
Vice President Selvidge: thank
you.
Any inaugural comments you would
like to make?
>> I would like to thank
everyone for having me.
I look forward to being your
student trustee and I'
m looking
forward to getting to know each
one of you individually.
Thank you.
Vice President Selvidge: thank
you, welcome.
Vice-President Wal
h is
traveling.
I don'
t have any other comments
except I would like to reiterate
the message that trustee martin
made about
hiring a first-class
slate of the new instructors at
pcc and we are not finished yet.
Item p, proposed future board
meeting dates
.
We have wednesday June 15,
wednesday July 20, and
wednesday, August 17.
Other any comments or
observations?
Dr. Vurdien?
No.
Any proposed future agenda
items?
Hearing
none --
this meeting is adjourned.