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Meeting Minutes Long - Final  
Tuesday, February 25, 2025  
6:00 PM  
Special Meeting  
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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NOTICE - MEDIA/MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND  
AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY  
Members of the media and the public 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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r.  
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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.  
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  
B. Roll Call  
Chairperson Valarie Bachelor called the February 25, 2025, Facilities  
Committee Special Meeting to order at 6:10 P.M.  
Present  
Absent  
2 - Director Patrice Berry  
Chairperson Valarie Bachelor  
1 - Director Clifford Thompson  
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.  
Chairperson Bachelor withdrew D.-1, from tonight's Agenda.  
D. Unfinished Business  
D.-1  
Development on Surplus District Lands - Director Bachelor  
Adoption by the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the  
Facilities Committee, of Resolution No. 2324-0257 Application of  
Project Labor Agreement to Development on Surplus District Lands.  
Attachments:  
Public Comment - None  
Withdrawn  
Roll Call (Secretary's Observation)  
Director Thompson is present at 6:34 P.M.  
Present  
3 - Director Patrice Berry  
Director Clifford Thompson  
Chairperson Valarie Bachelor  
D.-2  
Facilities Planning and Management  
Approval by the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the  
Facilities 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.  
Attachments:  
Preston Thomas, Chief Systems and Services (CSS) gave a presentation 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. CSS Thomas responded to comments  
and questions from the Committee.  
Discussion - Directors Berry, Thompson, Chairperson Bachelor  
Public Comment - 1. Ginale Harris, 2. Assata Olugbala  
A motion was made by Chairperson Bachelor, seconded by Director  
Berry, that 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, be  
Recommended Favorably to the Board of Education. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
D.-3  
Sustainability - Phase Two of Climate Emergency Action  
Resolution (CEAR) - Facilities Planning and Management  
Adoption by the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the  
Facilities Committee, of Board Policy - BP NTBD - Facilities -  
Climate Action and Sustainability - Phase Two of Climate  
Emergency Action Resolution (CEAR) (Second Reading), as  
delineated herein.  
Attachments:  
Pranita Ranbhise, Director, Facilities Planning and Management, and  
Hannah Press, Assistant Project Manager - Sustainability & Energy  
Efficiency, Facilities Planning & Management, and Preston Thomas, Chief  
Systems and Services (CSS), gave a presentation of Board Policy - BP  
NTBD - Facilities - Climate Action and Sustainability - Phase Two of Climate  
Emergency Action Resolution (CEAR) (Second Reading), as delineated  
herein, and responded to comments and questions from the Committee.  
Discussion - Directors Thompson, Berry, Chairperson Bachelor  
Public Comment - 1. Assata Olugbala  
A motion was made by Director Thompson, seconded by Chairperson  
Bachelor, that Board Policy - BP NTBD - Facilities - Climate Action and  
Sustainability - Phase Two of Climate Emergency Action Resolution  
(CEAR) (Second Reading), as delineated herein, be Recommended  
Favorably to the Board of Education. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
Aye:  
3 - Director Patrice Berry  
Director Clifford Thompson  
Chairperson Valarie Bachelor  
E. New Business  
E.-1  
Filters - Facilities Planning and Management  
Approval by the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the  
Facilities Committee, of Resolution No. 2425-0127 Designating  
Specific Material(s), Product(s), Thing(s), or Service(s) for use on  
Public Works Projects pursuant to Public Contract Code Section  
3400.  
Attachments:  
Preston Thomas, Chief Systems and Services, gave a summary of  
Resolution No. 2425-0127 Designating Specific Material(s), Product(s),  
Thing(s), or Service(s) for use on Public Works Projects pursuant to Public  
Contract Code Section 3400, and responded to comments and questions  
from the Committee.  
Discussion - Chairperson Bachelor  
Public Comment - 1. Ginale Harris, 2. Assata Olugbala  
A motion was made by Director Thompson, seconded by Chairperson  
Bachelor, that Resolution No. 2425-0127 Designating Specific  
Material(s), Product(s), Thing(s), or Service(s) for use on Public Works  
Projects pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 3400, be  
Recommended Favorably to the Board of Education. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
Aye:  
3 - Director Patrice Berry  
Director Clifford Thompson  
Chairperson Valarie Bachelor  
E.-2  
Site Renovation Project– Division of Facilities Planning and  
Management  
Approval by the Board of Education, upon recommendation by the  
Facilities Committee, of an Award of Bid to, rejection of all other  
bids, if any, and a Lease-Leaseback Contract by and between the  
District and Swinerton Builders, Inc., for the latter to provide  
preconstruction services for the Garfield Elementary School  
Modernization Project, with work scheduled to commence on March  
13, 2025, and anticipated to last until December 31, 2028, in an  
amount not to exceed $100,000.00.  
Attachments:  
Preston Thomas, Chief Systems and Services (CSS), gave a summary of  
the Lease-Leaseback Contract by and between the District and Swinerton  
Builders, Inc.  
Discussion - None  
Public Comment - 1. Assata Olugbala  
A motion was made by Director Thompson, seconded by Chairperson  
Bachelor, that this Agreement or Contract, be Recommended  
Favorably to the Board of Education. The motion carried by the  
following vote:  
Aye:  
3 - Director Patrice Berry  
Director Clifford Thompson  
Chairperson Valarie Bachelor  
F.  
Adjournment  
Chairperson Bachelor adjourned the Meeting at 8:17 P.M.  
Prepared By:  
Approved By: