Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee
MINUTES
(Approved)

5:30 p.m. December 16,2002
Room 337
855 Lenzen Avenue
San Jose, CA 95126

1. Call to Order
Vice-Chairperson Fadness called the meeting to order at 5:33 p.m.

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

CBOC Members Present: Martin Cohen, Todd Elliott, Jill Escher, Dave Fadness, Dave Ferguson, Allen Rice, Fred Schorr, C.C. Su, Greg West.

CBOC Members Absent: Helen Solinski, Lisa Ferras, Charles Tate.

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

Board of Education Representatives to the Committee Absent: Gary Rummelhoff.

Other Board Members Present: Carol Myers.

Staff (SJUSD) Representatives Present: Joe Aversano, Bruce Collins, John Cimino, Charles Corr, Jerry Matranga, Dr. Linda Murray, and Ty Williams.

Others Present: Doug Williams, Turner Construction.

3. Adopt Agenda
It was moved ( Cohen) and seconded (Schorr) to adopt the agenda with the following modification:
Item 9.1 – CBOC Chair – Charles Tate. This item is to be taken out of order after item 9.5.
Motion passed unanimously.

4. Approval of Minutes
It was moved (Cohen) and seconded (Schorr) to approve the minutes of the 11/18/02 meeting. Motion passed unanimously.

5. Public Comment (Speaker Cards)
Tom Myers asked about the status of the process to select new member(s). Mr. Matranga responded that the selection committed has scheduled interviews.

6. Consent Calendar
There were no items on the Consent Calendar.

7. Old Business

7.1 Joint Workshop Discussion on January 9, 2003.

It was agreed that committee members are to submit suggestions to Mr. Fadness, Mr. Tate and Mr. West, utilizing the form issued by Mrs. Lewis, no later than Thursday morning, 12/19. Fadness, Tate and West will compile a list and return it to the committee on Friday, 12/20. The consolidated list will then be forwarded to Mrs. Lewis.

7.2 Date for Joint Field Trip.

Mr. Corr announced that, based upon responses from the committee members and the Board of Education members, the field trip to schools is scheduled for Thursday, March 6, 2003 from 10 a.m. until noon.

8. New Business
8.1 CBOC Report to Public. Revision B of the Report to the Public was discussed.

A “round robin” discussion was held on both items of fact and suggested content changes.
Several suggestions were made and discussed.
Escher and Cohen moved to authorize the Report Writing Sub-committee to issue the report to the Public after the following changes are made:

• Minor grammatical and spelling error corrections.
  
• Include results of CBOC votes when appropriate.
  
• Correct Charles Tate’s title
  
• Add the word “recommended” to section III. 2. and 3.
  
• Add the actual Turner contract amount to section III. 3.
  
• Remove “as part of the Family Early Learning Center Program throughout the District” from section III. 4.
  
• Change “…approved obtaining…” to “…approved using…” in section III. 4.
  
• Change “…The District intends to repay…” to “…The District intends to repay the pre-school portion only of…” in section III. 4.
  
• Add “and other preschool facilities planned” after “When the District informed the Committee of the Family Early Learning Center” in section III. 4.
  
• Add “and preschool” after “Discussion of the Family Early Learning Center” in section III. 4.
  
• Change “…preschool education through…” to “…preschool education and…” in section III. 4.
  
• Add “and concern over staff statements that $429 million may not be sufficient to cover all assessed needs” after “the 12-year spending horizon” in section IV.
  
• Add paragraph to section III. 4. per Dave Fadness’ email.
  
• Add wording to section IV with wording changed from “…work promised specifically…” to “…assessed needs…” per Dave Fadness’ email.
  
• Add Martin Cohen wording to the description of the Deferred Maintenance Subcommittee in section V.
  

• Strike “…Some committee members are…” through “…bond money will be spent.” in section IV and replace with “Spending Measure F funds on construction of major facilities projects not specifically identified in the ballot measure could violate Article XIIIA of the Constitution (Proposition 39) and the Strict Accountability Act.”