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Meeting Minutes Long - Final  
Thursday, March 20, 2025  
6:00 PM  
Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314  
East 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94606-2291, Internet - Zoom & Granicus;  
Broadcasted - KDOL-TV (Comcast Channel 27 and AT&T Channel 99)  
Facilities Committee  
Valarie Bachelor, Chairperson  
Clifford Thompson, Member  
Patrice Berry, Member  
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MEETING PROCEDURES  
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Agenda prepared in accordance with Board Bylaws and posted and  
distributed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (open meeting  
requirements) and other applicable laws.  
BOARD BYLAW 9131 - FACILITIES COMMITTEE CHARGE OR RESPONSIBILITIES  
C. Facilities – This committee shall make recommendations to the Board  
relating to Facilities matters as reflected in the Board’s calendar and  
amended Board work plan including an updated Facilities Master Plan, an  
updated bond spending plan, considerations for subsequent bond issuances,  
asset management and potential revenue generation from real property,  
leases, Civic Center policy, an updated joint use agreement with the City  
relating to real property, and the Blueprint for Quality Schools. The committee  
shall also be responsible for reviewing and proposing facilities related  
policies. The committee also shall handle other facilities matters assigned.  
A. Call to Order  
Chairperson Bachelor called the March 20, 2025, Facilities Committee  
Meeting to order at 6:01 P.M.  
B. Roll Call  
Present  
Absent  
2 - Director Clifford Thompson  
Chairperson Valarie Bachelor  
1 - Director Patrice Berry  
C. Speaker Request Cards/Modification(s) To Agenda  
A request to speak at this Committee Meeting, may be made in-person or  
virtually as stated in this Agenda.  
Modification(s) to the Agenda, by the Facilities Committee, allows for any  
change in the printed Order of Business including, but not limited to, an  
announcement that an Item or Legislative File will be considered out of  
Agenda printed order, that consideration of an Item has been withdrawn,  
postponed, rescheduled or "pulled" or taken off of the Committee General  
Consent Report for separate discussion and/or possible action.  
None  
D. Adoption of Committee Minutes  
D.-1  
Adoption by the Facilities Committee of its Meeting Minutes of January  
16, 2025.  
Attachments:  
Discussion - None  
Public Comment - None  
A motion was made by Director Thompson, seconded by Chairperson  
Bachelor, that the January 16, 2025, Committee Meeting Minutes, be  
Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote:  
Aye:  
Absent:  
2 - Director Clifford Thompson  
Chairperson Valarie Bachelor  
1 - Director Patrice Berry  
Enactment No: 25-0434  
D.-2  
Adoption by the Facilities Committee of its Special Meeting Minutes of  
February 25, 2025.  
Attachments:  
Discussion - None  
Public Comment - None  
A motion was made by Chairperson Bachelor, seconded by Director  
Thompson, that the February 25, 2025, Committee Meeting Minutes, be  
Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote:  
Aye:  
2 - Director Clifford Thompson  
Chairperson Valarie Bachelor  
1 - Director Patrice Berry  
Absent:  
Enactment No: 25-0435  
E. Adoption of the Committee General Consent Report  
"Adoption of the Committee General Consent Report" means that all items  
appearing under this topic are approved in one motion unless a Member of  
the Committee requests that an item be removed and voted on separately or  
otherwise acted upon. Generally, these items are routine in nature, and are  
acted upon in one motion to conserve time and permit focus on  
other-than-routine legislative items on the agenda.  
None  
F.  
Unfinished Business  
F.-1  
Facilities Planning and Management  
A report to the Facilities Committee, by Chief of Systems and Services, or  
designee, of an Update on the 2025 Facilities Master Plan Initiative.  
Attachments:  
Gavin Dsouza, Planner, Perkins Eastman, along with Pranita Ranbhise,  
Director, Facilities Planning and Management, and Preston Thomas, Chief  
Systems and Services (CSS), gave a presentation of an Update on the 2025  
Facilities Master Plan Initiative. Planner Dsouza, Director Ranbhise and  
CSS Thomas, responded to comments and questions from the Committee.  
Discussion - Director Thompson, Chairperson Bachelor  
Public Comment - 1. Alex Park, 2. Assata Olugbala, 3. Andrea Dawson, 4.  
Ben Tapscott  
Discussed  
Enactment No:  
Recess  
Chairperson Bachelor recessed the Meeting at 7:09 P.M.  
Chairperson Bachelor reconvened the Meeting at 7:12 P.M.  
Reconvene  
Second Roll Call  
Present  
Absent  
2 - Director Clifford Thompson  
Chairperson Valarie Bachelor  
1 - Director Patrice Berry  
G. New Business  
G.-1  
Services - Facilities Planning and Management  
A report to the Facilities Committee by Chief Systems and Services or  
designee on Asset management & Real Property Services, including but  
not limited to the Adoption by the Board of Education of a Services  
Agreement with Devine & Gong, Inc., and Brookwood Partners, on  
November 13, 2024, Enactment No. 24-2100.  
Attachments:  
Chris White, Brookwood Partners, Pranita Ranbhise, Director, Facilities  
Planning and Management, gave an update on Asset management & Real  
Property Services, including, those services being rendered under the  
Services Agreement with Devine & Gong, Inc., and Brookwood Partners,  
(November 13, 2024, Enactment No. 24-2100). Chris White and Director  
Ranbhise responded to comments and questions from the Committee.  
Discussion - Director Thompson, Chairperson Bachelor  
Public Comment - 1. Assata Olugbala, 2. Andea Dawson, 3. Alex Park, 4.  
Ben Tapscott  
Discussed  
G.-2  
Policy Revision - Facilities Planning and Management  
A verbal report to the Facilities Committee, by Chief Systems and  
Services, or designee, of a proposed Facilitron Proposal on Rate  
Increases for Facilities Uses and proposed Policy Revision.  
Preston Thomas, Chief Systems and Services, stated that there may be a  
need to revise Facilities Use Fees and current policy, due to the expiration of  
Senate Bill (SB) 1404 and Assembly Bill (AB) 1303 on January 1, 2025, that  
defines direct cost for facilities use, which include staffing and time to open a  
facility and an allowance for deferred maintenance. There is pending  
Legislation, AB 503, that reinstates the ability to include an allowance for  
deferred maintenance within the cost of facilities use. More specific details  
will be provided as the Bill develops. CSS Thomas responded to comments  
and questions from the Committee.  
Discussion - Director Thompson, Chairperson Bachelor  
Public Comment - 1. Assata Olugbala, 2. Ben Tapscott  
Discussed  
G.-3  
1011 Union Street - Facilities Planning and Management  
Discussion by and between the Facilities Committee and Chief Systems  
and Services, or designee on the Establishment of a Committee to Rename  
the Administrative Building at 1011 Union Street, the former Cole  
Elementary Site.  
Attachments:  
Curtiss Sarikey, Chief Partnership Officer, along with Dr. Denise Saddler,  
President, Marcus Foster Institute gave an report on the Establishment of a  
Committee to Rename the Administrative Building at 1011 Union Street, the  
former Cole Elementary Site, and responded to comments and questions  
from the Committee.  
Discussion - Director Thompson, Chairperson Bachelor  
Public Comment - None  
Discussed  
G.-4  
Chairperson, B, J, and Y Independent Citizens' School Facilities  
Bond Oversight Committee  
A Report to the Facilities Committee, by Andrew Butler, Chairperson,  
Measures B, J, and Y Independent Citizens' School Facilities Bond  
Oversight (BJY) Committee, of BJY Committee’s recommendation on  
24-2330A Discussion by Measures B, J, and Y Independent Citizens’  
School Facilities Bond Oversight Committee of Amendment No. 3,  
revisions to the Measure Y Spending Plan, as of October 2024, as  
reflected in Exhibit A, attached and incorporated herein by reference as  
though fully set forth, from their Committee Meeting on March 10, 2025.  
Andrew Butler, Chairperson, B, J, and Y Independent Citizens' School  
Facilities Oversight (BJY) Committee, gave a report of BJY Committee’s  
recommendation on 24-2330A Discussion by BJY Committee of Amendment  
No. 3, revisions to the Measure Y Spending Plan, as of October 2024, as  
reflected in Exhibit A, attached and incorporated herein by reference as  
though fully set forth, from their Committee Meeting on March 10, 2025, and  
responded to comments and questions from the Committee.  
Discussion - Chairperson Bachelor  
Public Comment - 1. Assata Olugbala, 2. Ben Tapscott  
Discussed  
H. Public Comments on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter  
Jurisdiction of the Committee  
This section of the agenda provides an opportunity for a member of the  
Public, for three minutes per person, or less, depending on the number of  
speakers, to directly address the Committee on any item of interest to a  
member of the Public that is not on the current agenda, but is within the  
subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee. Minutes are not transferrable  
from speaker to speaker. This item is limited to a total of thirty (30) minutes.  
The Committee may not discuss or take any action on a non-agenda item not  
appearing on the posted agenda for this meeting, except the Committee or  
staff may briefly respond to a statement made or questions posed by a  
member of the public, as authorized by law. In addition, on their own initiative  
or in response to questions posed by the public, a member of the Committee  
or its staff may ask a question for clarification, make a brief announcement,  
or make a brief report of his or her own activities.  
H.-1  
Matter Jurisdiction of the Facilities Committee - Up To 30 Minutes  
– March 20, 2025  
Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter  
Jurisdiction of the Facilities Committee - Up To 30 Minutes - March 20,  
2025.  
1. Assata Olugbala, 2. Andrea Dawson, 3. Alex Park, 4. Ben Tapscott  
Presentation/Acknowledgment Made  
I.  
Introduction of New Legislative Matter  
This section of the Agenda is devoted to the introduction of new legislative  
matter within the subject matter jurisdiction of the committee by a Committee  
member or Members of the Public.  
None  
J.  
Adjournment  
Chairperson Bachelor adjourned the Meeting at 8:05 P.M.  
Prepared By:  
Approved By: