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Meeting Minutes Long - Final

Monday, March 16, 2026

6:00 PM

706 4th St, Lake Oswego, OR 97034

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)

Measure G Parcel Tax Independent Citizens Oversight

Committee

Philip Patrick, Chairperson

Amy Spade, Vice Chair

(Vacant) , Secretary

Members: Pavan Gupta, Apri Medina, Reggie Lee, Joseph Manekin

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the beginning of the meeting. Manual (Paper) Speaker Cards also will be

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registered, first called, in order of

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(Registration) is urged for all - whether you plan to attend meeting in person or

view meeting via teleconference or listen to the meeting by telephone. Names

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NOTICE - MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC/MEDIA MAY ATTEND

AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY

Members of the Public and/or Media may attend and participate in the

Committee meeting in-person in the Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio,

B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA

94606-2291 or virtually as described herein.

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interested in viewing or listening to the Committee meeting virtually.

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Meeting Video, please select the meeting name and click on the “In

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Board of Education on Home Page)>Calendar

Tab>Calendar>Today>Measure G Parcel Tax Independent Citizens Oversight

Committee>”In Progress” link under Video.

Public comment in-person is permitted within the times allotted for public

comment on the Agenda. Virtual comment will also be permitted within the

times allotted for public comment on the Agenda in the following two ways:

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from the District’s Home Page - Upcoming Events & Live Meeting Video by

selecting Measure G Parcel Tax Independent Citizens Oversight Committee

Agenda “eComment” or from the Legislative Information Center, as follows:

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Written comments made on an eligible Agenda item, upon clicking of the

Submit Button, are immediately sent via email to all members of the

legislative body and key staff supporting the legislative body. Each

eComment is a Public Record.

MEETING PROCEDURES

All Committee meetings shall begin on time and shall be guided by an

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.

A. Call to Order

B. Roll Call

Vice Chair Amy Spade called the meeting to order at 6:05 P.M.

Present

4 - Member Apri Medina

Vice Chairperson Amy Spade

Member Reggie Lee

Member Joseph Manekin

2 - Member Pavan Gupta

Chairperson Philip Patrick

Absent

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 Measure G Parcel Tax Independent

Citizens Oversight 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

None

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

Unfinished Business

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Measure G Parcel Tax Independent Citizens Oversight Committee

- Recommendation - 2023-2024 Measure G Unspent Funds - Pilot

Program(s)

Discussion by the Measure G Committee of recommendation to the

Board of Education to use Measure G unspent funds from 2023-2024

to support pilot program(s) at several elementary schools, preferably

where 80% or more of black and brown students are not at grade

level proficiency, that are designed to improve math grade level

proficiency as measured by SBAC score improvement.

Not Discussed and/or Taken Up

G. New Business

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Measure G Parcel Tax Independent Citizens Oversight Committee

- OUSD Libraries - 2025-2026 School Year Measure G Investment

Presentation to and discussion by the Measure G Committee of

2025-2026 School Year Measure G Investment - OUSD Libraries:

The Heart of Every School:

OUSD Library Staff

Mission Statement

What Are Library Services?

Why does access to library services matter?

Measure G Expenditures

% of Students with Access to Library Services in OUSD

% Students with Access to On-Site Library Services

Priorities for the remainder of 2025-26

26-0368 Presentation - Measure G Parcel Tax Independent

Citizens Oversight Committee - OUSD Libraries

Attachments:

Jeannie Bruland, Secondary Literacy Coordinator and Debbie Gibbons,

District Teacher Libran, presented the 2025-2026 School Year Measure G

Investment - OUSD Libraries to the Committee and Public.

No Public Speaker.

Discussed

G.-2

26-0369

Measure G Parcel Tax Independent Citizens Oversight Committee

- OUSD Visual And Performing Arts - 2025-2026 School Year

Measure G Investment

Presentation to and discussion by the Measure G Committee of

OUSD Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) 2025-2026 School Year

Measure G Investment:

Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) - Elementary (all

resources)

Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) - Middle School

Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) - High School Programs

MEASURE G - Elementary Visual and Performing Arts

(VAPA) positions

Central Office - Measure G

Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Leadership

Intent of Proposition 28

26-0369 Presentation - Measure G Parcel Tax Independent

Citizens Oversight Committee - OUSD Visual And

Performing Arts

Attachments:

Phil Rydeen, Director of Visual and Performing Arts, presented the OUSD

Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) 2025-2026 School Year Measure G

Investment to the Committee and Public.

No Public Speakers.

Discussed

G.-3

26-0370

Measure G Parcel Tax Independent Citizens Oversight Committee

- 2024-2025 Measure G Annual Report

Discussion by the Measure G Parcel Committee of the draft 2024-2025

Measure G Annual Report.

26-0370 Measure G Parcel Tax Independent Citizens

Oversight Committee - 2024-2025 Measure G Annual Report

(5/18/2026)

Attachments:

The draft 2024-2025 Measure G Annual Report was discussed by the

Committee and to brought back for further discussion and or adoption.

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.

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Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject

Matter Jurisdiction of the Committee – Up to 30 Minutes - March

16, 2026

Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter

Jurisdiction of the Committee - Up to 30 Minutes - March 16, 2026.

No Comments

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

Adjournment

Vice Chair Spade adjourned the meeting at 6:59 P.M.

Prepared By:

Approved By: