BOARD FACILITIES & LAND USE
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Peralta Community College District
APPROVED MINUTES – SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
Meeting of the Board’s Facilities & Land Use Planning Committee
Meeting Date:
Time:
Location:
Friday, July 27, 2007
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
District Administrative Center, Department of General Service
Physical Plant Conference Room
333 E. 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94606
Present:
Joseph Belenski, Academic Senate President, BCC
Mark Sennette, Director of Capital Projects
Jack Lin, Sustainability Consultant
Susan Sakaki, Sustainable Earth Imitative
John Banisadr, Purchasing Compliance Manager
Atheria Smith, Scala Design & Development (Consultant)
Dr. Nicky González Yuen, Trustee & Chairperson
Abel J. Guillén, Trustee
Gregg Marro, Local 1021, Chief Steward, Officer
Dr. Sadiq B. Ikharo, Vice Chancellor of General Services
Rosemary Vazquez, Staff Service Specialist, General Services (Recorder)
Robert Beckwith, Director of Facilities Maintenance & Operations
Dr. William Riley, Trustee
AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED
APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS
Agenda was approved as presented with the following changes: Agenda items #6 & 7 were
pulled.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes were approved as presented with two minor corrections. Rosemary will correct and
redistribute.
PRESENTATION – ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Susan Sakaki of Sustainable Earth Initiative gave an informational presentation on
Environmental Management System (EMS), which is a tool to help institutions green their
business that encompasses policy, procedures for institutional practices. Presentation included
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background history of environmental “evolutions”, a brief overview of the system and the
benefits and cost savings of EMS implementation. Presentation was followed by a question and
answer session.
STAFF UPDATE OF AUG/2007 SUSTAINABLE CONFERENCE AT BUTTE COLLEGE
Director Beckwith gave an update of the sustainable conference he attended along with Jeff
Cook and Jack Lin on August 3 -4, 2007 at Butte College in Chico, CA. H stated that his
overall impression was that this was an excellent and very production conference because it dealt
primarily with community college district’s sustainability issues.
Director Beckwith shared his “take away” ideas on the various projects delivery methods
discussed at the conference which led to further discussions from this committee relating to State
of CA public contracts, bidding process, infrastructure financing and design built or modified
design/build. Director Beckwith present a guest speaker, Jerry Lee, President of All Area
Electrical & Construction, who recently worked on one of Peralta’s projects that used, for the
first time, the modified design/ build approach. Project was a success and was completing by
the proposed deadline. Trustee Gonzalez Yuen stated that he would like to hear, sometime in the
future, about other components of this conference relating to environmental sustainability.
Dr. Ikharo explained the State of California Public Contract Codes bid process allowables.
Manager Banisadr explained how the bidding process works. Director Sennette shared his
experiences working with public vs. private bidding methodologies and competitive negotiation
processes.
DGS AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE SEPTEMBER 18, 2007 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MEETING
Dr. Ikharo distributed a copy of the memo sent to the Chancellor which lists the 23 items going
to Board for approval at the September 18, 2007 Board of Trustees meeting and provided
clarifications to questions.
OTHER
Due to illness Thomas Smith, Vice Chancellor for Finance & Administration, was not available
to give and update on the Measure A Oversight Committee; therefore this item was pulled from
the agenda. Dr. Ikharo provided a brief overview of how the committee was formed, who is on
the oversight committee. Trustee Guillén expressed his dissatisfaction with the selection
process, the lack of business representation and clearly defined bi-laws. Every effort should be
made to make this a public process. Dr. Ikharo will follow-up with Administration to discuss
filling vacant positions and making the Measure A committee a more functional committee.
Due to time constraints, report on short-term construction projects, phase I update (agenda item
#8) will be carried over to next meeting.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. Ikharo announced that the Berkeley City College recently received LEED certification
(Silver rating). Project is complete with the exception of tenant improvement work and the
placement of acknowledgement plaque.
Next meeting is scheduled for October 5, 2007 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Meeting Adjourned