Community > Bonds and Construction > Measure F > Minutes

SJUSD Measure F
Citizens Bond Oversight Committee 

MINUTES
(Approved)

 January 12, 2004
Lincoln High School
555 Dana Avenue, San Jose

The Committee gathered at 5:30 and was given a guided tour of the Lincoln High School campus by John Cimino, focusing on work to be done under Measure F.

1. Call to Order

Chairman Fadness, called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

2. Roll Call: The requirements for a quorum were met.

Committee Members Present: Stephen Bantillo, Jill Escher, Dave Fadness, Dave Ferguson, Allen Rice, Al Roosma, Fred Schorr, Sally Souders, C.C. Su, Charles Tate, Greg West, Alan Williams

Committee Members Absent: Dennis Reid.

Board of Education Representatives to the Committee Present: Veronica Lewis and Carol Myers.

SJUSD Staff Representatives Present: Bruce Collins, John Cimino, Pat Day, Florence Eng, Jerry Matranga, Ada Poon, Paul Rische, and Ty Williams.

Others Present:  Lincoln High Principal Chris Funk, Curtis Matthews – Moss Adams, Linda Todd – Vavrinek, Trine and Day.

3. Adopt Agenda

It was moved (Tate) and seconded (Bantillo) to adopt the agenda. Motion passed unanimously.

4. Approval of Minutes

It was moved (Schorr) and seconded (Tate) to approve the minutes of the November 10th meeting. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Public Comment

There was no public comment.

6. Consent Calendar - Items marked (*) [Items 9.1, 9.3, and 10.2]

Item 9.1 was pulled from the consent calendar at the request of Ms. Escher. Item 9.3 was pulled from the consent calendar at the request of Mr. Ferguson.

It was moved (Ferguson) and seconded (Su) to approve the remaining item (10.2) on the consent calendar. Motion passed unanimously.

7. Old Business

(There was no old business pending)

8. New Business

8.1 Measure F Financial Audit Report.

Linda Todd of Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co. presented the Financial Audit for Measure F funds (Exhibit A). Ms. Todd reported that the financial statements were a fair representation of the Measure F Building Fund. Questions and responses follow:

 1) an asset, "Accounts Receivable" (page 2) - this was interest due from the County, which holds the actual bond cash; 2) a liability, "Due to other fund" (page 2) - this was to repay a "loan" from the COPS fund used to start the Family Early Learning Center; and 3) an expenditure, "Services and operating expenditures" (page 3) - this is the cost to administer and obtain the bond funding.

 It was moved (Schorr) and seconded (Tate) to accept the report. Motion passed unanimously.

 8.2 Measure F Performance Audit Report.

Curtis Matthews of Moss-Adams presented the Performance Audit Report (Exhibit B) . The Performance Audit found no exceptions with Measure F expenditure purposes or compliance. There were three areas requiring attention as expenditure of the Bond ramps up. They are:

1)    Better definition and documentation of control processes. (The District and several CBOC members sit on a committee which is working to correct this problem.)

2)    Current staffing is judged too low to effectively manage construction and expenditures as construction ramps up. Hiring for this should begin now. (Staff will be taking a recommendation to the Board of Education to address this issue.)

3)    The District's current data management systems do not readily deliver useful management data. (Some of the $30M appropriated from Measure F for Technology will go toward correcting this problem.)

It was moved (Escher) and seconded (Schorr) to accept the report.  Passed unanimously.

8.3 Disposition of Surplus District Equipment & Furnishings.

Mr. Day distributed material containing policies and regulations governing the disposition of these items (Exhibit C). It was stated that the District expects that there will be very little equipment and/or furniture that will be declared surplus as a result of Measure F activities. It was moved (Tate) and seconded (West) to accept the report.  Passed unanimously.

9. District Reports

9.1. Administration. Mr. Matranga’s report (Exhibit D) was sent to the Committee prior to the meeting. It was noted that the Implementation Plan has been posted on the web site. Mr. Matranga reported that the district was seeking an opinion from the State Attorney General on the types of soft costs, in particular the use of Measure F funds to pay project administrative salaries, that are appropriate for Measure F funds. Mr. Matranga will keep the CBOC apprised of progress on the AG's review.

It was moved (Bantillo) and seconded (Tate) to accept the report.  Passed unanimously.

9.2 Program. Ty Williams presented the Program Report (Exhibit E1,E2,E3). Discussion ensued as to concerns on the part of some committee members as to how the District knows that they are receiving the "best" pricing. After extensive discussion, aand Mr. Su’s concurrence, Chairman Fadness referred this issue to the Bid Process Review Committee for handling. Ty Williams and Mr. Tate are to meet with Mr. Su’s committee to further discuss this issueand report any recommendations to the CBOC on a subsequent agenda.

It was moved (West) and seconded (Rice) to accept the report.  Passed unanimously.

9.3 Finance. Ms. Eng's presented the Finance Report ( Exhibits F1 through F22 ). It was explained that a transfer of funds to Deferred Maintenance was an accounting mechanism to qualify the District for state matching funds.

It was moved (Ferguson) and seconded (Su) to accept the report.  Passed unanimously.

10. CBOC Reports

10.1 Chair's Report. There was no report. The Chair thanked Mr. West for chairing the November meeting and the Bid Process Review and Annual Report Drafting Committees for their ongoing work.. The Chair noted the CBOC member Dennis Reid had missed several meetings in a row, and asked Staff to confirm whether Mr. Reid will continue as a member, or to recommend to the Board that a replacement be appointed.

 10.2 CBOC Web Liaison. Mr. Rice’s distributed his report (Exhibit G). Committee's website hit count for the month of November was 408 and for the month of December 240. Mr. Rice provided directions for accessing the IP, and urged CBOC members to verify that the schools for which they were liaisons were properly displayed.

10.3 Deferred Maintenance Sub-Committee. There was no report. Mr. Tate is in the process of establishing a meeting schedule.

 10.4 District's Measure F Performance Audit Steering Committee. There was no report.

 10.5 Annual Report to the Public Writing Subcommittee.  Mr. Rice distributed a draft of the annual report. It was moved (Williams) and seconded (Tate) to accept the report with the caveat that Mr. Rice would modify the report per suggestions of the Committee and/or District. Mr. Rice will then email the updated draft report to the committee. If there are no subsequent material changes, Mr. Rice will publish the report. Motion passed unanimously.

11. Items for Future Agendas.

 11.1 Review of Deferred Maintenance Plan

11.2 Change Order Process – Best Practices

11.3 District Report on Job Descriptions and Responsibilities of Program, Project and Construction Management.

11.4 Report on Professional Services contracting process.

11.5 Plan to redistribute IP funds if any schools are closed

12. Adjournment.

Meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.  Next meeting is February 9, 2004.