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RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA, February 28, 2023
Community Services Building
440 Civic Center Plaza
Richmond, CA 94804
_____________________________________________________________________ F. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
The meeting was called to order at 5:38 p.m. by Mayor Eduardo Martinez via teleconference.
G. ROLL CALL
Present: Councilmembers Soheila Bana, Doria Robinson, Vice Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, and Mayor Eduardo Martinez. Absent: Councilmember Melvin Willis was absent the entire meeting. Councilmembers Claudia Jimenez and Cesar Zepeda arrived after roll call.
H. STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
None.
I. AGENDA REVIEW
None.
J. West Contra Costa Unified School District Update
RECEIVE an update from West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) Superintendent Kenneth Chris Hurst and WCCUSD staff on strategic planning, academics, safety, and operations – City Manager’s Office (Shasa Curl/LaShonda White 510-620-6512).
Dr. Kenneth Hurst, Sr., Koy Hill, Michael Booker, Dr. Robert McEntire, Ellen Mejia Hooper, Elizabeth Sanders, and Conrad Tanasychuk, presented a PowerPoint, which highlighted the following: Strategic Planning Process; Academics; STAR Reading & Math State Benchmark by Primary Ethnicity; Cohort Grad A-G Completion Rates; UC System Admission Rates; WCCUSD Schools Serving the City of Richmond; Career Pathway programs & VAPA; Community Schools Programs: Social, Emotional, & Physical Safety; Current Supports; WCCUSD Safety Monitoring Dashboard; Safety Resources; School Safety Tracker; Budget Changes; Opportunities and Risks to Fiscal Condition; Increased LCFF Funding Changes Assumptions; Changes to Expenditures 2022-23; Components of the Ending Fund Balance; Construction Projects 2023; 7-11 Committee; and Negotiations Update. Discussion ensued.
The city council requested statistics the number of students that graduated and those that did not; the number of college counselors at each high school; the population percentages data; community organizations serving Richmond youth to use district facilities; an MOU to collaborate with the city to utilize each other's facilities; and the social & emotional risk service criteria data.
The following individuals gave comments via teleconference: Mike Peritz, Deborah Bayer, Francisco Ortiz, Jessi Taran, and Brian Bland.
Deputy City Manager LaShonda White requested that questions from councilmembers were sent to her in order to follow up with the school district.
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K. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:09 p.m.
Clerk of the City of Richmond Mayor