JOINTMEETINGFREMONTCITYCOUNCILandFREMONTUNIFIEDSCHOOLDISTRICT(FUSD) BOARD Monday, May1, 20235:30—7:30 p.m.District Office Board of Education Room4210 Technology DriveFremont, CA94538
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1. Opening(District)Call toOrder: President Prasadcalledthemeetingtoorder at 5:32p.m.
FlagSalute: Ms. PattySandoval ledthesalutetotheflag.
Roll Call:
FUSDBoardMembers:VivekPrasad, PresidentYajingZhang, VicePresidentLarrySweeney, ClerkDianneJones, BoardMemberSharonCoco, BoardMemberSissi Zhang, Student Member - Absent CityCouncilmembers:LilyMei, MayorTeresaCox, ViceMayorTeresaKeng, District 1Councilmember - AbsentDesrieCampbell, District 2CouncilmemberJennyKassan, District 3CouncilmemberYangShao, District 4CouncilmemberRaj Salwan, District 5Councilmember
2. Approval of Minutesfor theFebruary6, 2023Joint Meeting.OnamotionbyCouncilmember Campbell, secondedbyMayor Mei, theCityCouncil andFUSDBoardapprovedtheminutesfor themeetingof February6, 2023.Ayes: Councilmembers: Campbell, Kassan, Shao, SalwanFUSDBoard: President Prasad, VicePresident Zhang, ClerkSweeney, BoardMembers, JonesandCocoNoes: NoneAbsent: Councilmember’sKengandSalwan(Salwanjoinedmeetingat 5:35PM)Abstain: ViceMayor TeresaCox
3. Oral CommunicationsTherewasnopubliccomment.
4. WalkandRoll toSchool ProgramPublicWorksDirector HansLarsenandNoeVeloso, Cityof Fremont CityEngineer, presentedontheitem.TheteamprovidedanupdateontheWalkandRoll Program. Thesuccessof theWalkandRollProgramislargelyattributedtothepartnershipbetweenFUSD, Cityof Fremont, andall ourpartnersat theAlamedaCountyCitySchool Program. Inaddition, Mr. Velosoprovidedanoverviewof the"GoldenSneaker Contest” Event (February27toMarch10). Upcomingeventsincludepreparationfor the“BiketoSchool” Event, May11, 2023. Lastly, monitoringwill continueasthegoal toimproveperformancetowardthegoal of “All Schoolsparticipatingat arobust levelcontinuesfor thesuccessof theprogram.” Publicspeaker:● LindaDewlaney, communicatedthat asanactivePTAmember inFremont for over 20years, shesupportstheridetoschool program. Ms. Dulaneyexpressedher support forthecrossingguardprogramandencouragedall tosupport anupcomingcontract whichisduefor renewal. Sheencouragesstudentstobiketoschool safely, consider trainingforstudentsonhowtobiketoschool safelyandeducateautomobiledriversonschool safety;Sheasksthat crossingguardsarenotifiedwhentheseeventsaretakingplacesotheycanbetter staff andpreparefor theseevents.
Report onNewFremont "ActiveTransportationPlan”PublicWorksDirector HansLarsenpresentedontheitemandfurther sharedthereisarequirement withinAlamedaCountyfor citiestodoabicycleandtransportationmaster planeveryfiveyears, andinthepast theCityhashadaseparateonehowever it isbecomingmorecommonplacethat they'recombinedintoasingleplanthat'sreferredtoasanactivetransportationplan. Activetransportationiswhenyou'rephysicallymovingandwalkingandrollingandbikingandtheCItywill bedoingacombinedplanfor thisnext cycle.
PublicSpeaker:● LindaDewlanycommunicatedthat sheencouragesall asstakeholders, aswell ascrossingguards; findsmorecrossingguardsareneededandishappytovolunteer kickofftorampuptheefforts.
Thisisaninformationitemandnoactionwastaken.
5. Futureof LiaisonCommitteeItemisherefor discussionbyTrusteesandCouncillmembersrelatedtotheLiaisonmeetingandtheJoint City-District meetingtohaveanopendialogueabout thepurposeof theLiaisonmeeting, what isthat corepurpose, andwhat isthepracticearoundthat purpose, andarethetwoaligned. Aretheoutcomesandinvestmentsthat bothgroupsaremakingintheLiaisonmeetingalignedwiththecorepurposethat isexpectedfromthat meeting.Councilmember Campbell, aspart of theLiaisonCommitteesinceitsinception, providedbackgroundontheinceptionandtheframeworkaroundit. Theideabehindcreatingthiscommitteewasbornout of apressingneedinthecommunity, tobringthecitycouncil andtheschool boardtogether tosolvepressingproblems. Thesecondreasoninbringingthegroupstogether wastobuildaconnectionbetweenthecitycouncil andtheschool board. Thegroups May1, 2023 Page2
wantedtobeabletoworktogether, havethecommunityseetheschool boardandthecityaspartnersandactuallyworkonpressingproblemsthat impactedthecommunityinmajor ways.
BoardtrusteesandCitycouncilmembersengagedinafocusedconversationonthetopic.
Superintendent CammackandCityManager, Ms. Shackelfordwill workonaproposal tobringbeforetheBoardandtheCity. Theywill meet todiscussthefollowing:- Reviewframeworkmovingforwardthat canhelpestablishpriorities.- Reviewalignment betweencitycouncil prioritiesandboardpriorities.- Reviewandcompareprioritiesandseeif therearetopicsthegroupswant totacklejointlyandif therearenone, thenthinkof priorities, bothcanworkontogether, suchassharedresources.
6. Staff, School Board, andCityCouncil CommunicationsNone.
7. Next Joint Meeting(CityHosting):
Date: Monday, October 2, 2023Time: 5:30to7:30p.m.Location: CityCouncil Chamber
8. Suggestionsfor AgendaItems- IncollaborationwiththeCity, theDistrict andtheChamber of Commerce, host aninternshipandjobfair for our studentsnext spring; wouldlikeanactionplancreated;EngageROPtosupport theeffort.- Host ManufacturingDaytoprovideinternshipopportunitiesfor students; Askedfor aconversationtobehadwithPilotCity, tosupport internshipsfor students.
9. AdjournmentPresident Prasadadjournedthemeetingat 7:36p.m.
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