Um, yeah, it's crazy to think that, uh, uh, my dad was a veteran and I certainly wouldn't be here uh, if he wasn't. Um, along with, as Trusty Fam mentioned, the population throughout San Jose and even all of California. Um, so yeah, I appreciate you bringing this up. I think it's important for us to um, remember it. Thank you. Um, thank you, man, for bringing this. Um, and I guess throughout this year and a half, I've seen the effects of all the chemicals that were sprayed with Agent Orange and all of the veterans that are still suffering decades after um, as on both sides uh, with the Vietnamese population, with the American population and their families because they also passed it down to their children. Um, so I want to thank all those who served and thank those that are serving now. Uh, because ultimately freedom isn't free and so it comes with the cost of lives.
And move that forward to um to cabinet and to the board. Um so again what when we when we went through the five the the three months that we went through where did we see this reflected in the work of the alcap as you reflected on data on student experiences um you know so again just take a few seconds here to ground yourself within our vision and mission and do we see this happening at each and every one of our sites is this work is this work real and again we're not perfect there's always room for improvement um and and and we we're well aware of that. Okay, with that said, we also have our our core values which help to ensure that our vision and mission is real, right? Um, so these core values are beliefs that we have that come from the consensus of our of our stakeholders within our district from a few years back from all of the different um, you know, u revisioning days that we've had across our district.
So, if we're um I think it's worthwhile scanning through the new version, but I really suggest that we focus on the there the uh the therefore section. Council member Cornell, totally agree with you, Mr. Mki. I just I want to I think the public comment that we heard tonight warrants um maybe uh desponding some misinformation that's out there. Um, the comprehensive land use plan does include the natural features master plan. So, hearing that it needs to include this is really concerning to me because it does. It also includes the treeine Allen Creek urban trail master plan, our comprehensive transportation plan, our parks and wreck open space plan, our downtown plan, the state street corridor plan, the land use element, our and our sustainability framework. And so I think some of what I heard tonight um indicates that there's a lack of awareness of this um you know all of what fed into this I think some of what's in the current draft also um OSI did not review this before it came to this body um in this format and so some of it reflects a request for work that OSI is already doing and then I just wanted to from a um comment standpoint regarding thirsten um that is and our public schools property and the city has no jurisdiction to control what the public schools does with their land.
Um so um you know, again, if you have any questions, please reach out to Nikki and the team. Um, we we appreciate you being here tonight. We appreciate you bringing this forward. It is on our minds. It is important to us. And so, I would just say thank you for coming and sharing. You know me, I've got a voice. Thanks for send our way. If they're talking to you and haven't been in, please encourage them to call Carrie or I. Please encourage other parents to call Carrie or I if they're talking to you but not you can help us with that. We'd appreciate it. Well, that's what I told him. I said any of the parents that you know are on because we have an anti-bullying set up and we have numerous parents that are you know and we actually talked to um Matt Miller yesterday and I talked to him the day before and then I met up with him yesterday and we brought in my fifth grader who was one that his daughter let me him know about being bullied and so he came she came in and she told them that there's only a couple that are still bullying her and that since they had the big talk with the kids and that um and I told him I said it's not just one fifth grade class, it's all of fifth grade and all the sixth grade classes.
So, basically allowing um allowing a greater level of affordability opens up different financing mechanisms for the project very much so. So, so ideally it's a win-win. We get a deeper discount for residents of Ashland. That's correct. All of the units count, all 100, you know, all 120 units count toward SHI and you have a greater option of funding mechanisms to let you take over the project. That's correct. Okay. And and I would say as a general note to all those items being true, we found that these mixed income properties represent the communities that we're working in and with and uh they're a great compliment to the community uh for housing availability. Uh and we're able to make the numbers work in the real world. Um I have a question. So I don't recall I should have looked on that. I don't think we got to the level of detail of like preference for Ashlin residents on the 501 decision.
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Does anyone have any questions or comments about the computer replacement? I am I was wondering what happens if we don't like if we were to not make this change and like do the computers I mean free of my technology ignorance also like Windows run these computers and so they would not be able to be run or certain programs would not be able to be run they'll turn on they'll turn on but you wouldn't be able to use them things like that uh but they won't be able to push out the security updates that we need that we've been working very hard for uh to make sure that our network stays secure. So the updates, the patches, everything that Microsoft puts out, they will not be able to be updated after this change. And then some of the software that we use may not be applicable on it.
Thank you very much. So, uh, all in favor of passing the resolution, please raise your hand. So, the motion passes 5-0. It passes unanimously. So the next one we will be taking is 5.2 5.1 excuse me wrong number 5.1. Um so this is for the uh board discussion on the 600 Sinclair Drive formerly known as MAXA. The committee received one statement of interest from School of Arts and Cultures for repurposing and refurbish of the facility. The superintendent was directed by the board of trustees to facilitate a conversation with the SOS May Fair and the school of arts and cultures to address the following questions and report back to the board at the April 24th, 2025 meeting. And there was four points and one of them number one will be the li how will the liability be addressed by the coalition? Number two, how will security at the site be addressed?
Um and the data that was collected, the street data that was collected from our parents, from our students, from our staff members, from district folks, from community members, and this is what would the themes that would um you know that that we would take away from that data, the you know, the themes that came from that data. Again, the the core values that we have here, reflect on those and and let's also ground ourselves maybe by thinking of one or two of these of these core values to help ground ourselves for the purpose of today's meeting. And as we reflect on this, I'm hoping that you see connections to the LCAP, that they also um are are live and real in the LCAP, not only from the one that we looked at for last year, but the one that we're putting together for this coming year.
So, while I appreciate the sentiment of that caller, I just wanted to um I guess clarify that the city's master plan does not apply to property that the public schools own. So, thank you. So just to answer a couple of comments there, the natural features master plan is listed in the comprehensive land use plan is being replaced by the comprehensive plan and not being used going forward. So that is slightly different than saying it's going to be included. It's going to be replaced and not used going forward. Thank you. And and the same is true for some of the other plans you mentioned. Uh yes, that is true. Not all of them are going forward. Only a few of them are going forward. Some of them are not. I don't have a complete listing of all those Let's keep going down to the next comment.
I said I'd like for you to bring in my sixth grader and that's so she could let you know some of the kids' names. And when she came in there, she was talking about, you know, what was going on, who's going through it, and you know, and different things and what they've heard and, you know, if you're in a relationship, there's going to be trouble with people making fun of you or doing this. That's not the reason. They're just little stinkers, whether they're parents or not, they're little stinkers. And so he's like because she gave a bunch of information on what's been done and said and stuff like that. And he's like, "Well, I'm glad that you guys communicate because I had no clue how much there was going on." So it's not just one class. It's not just one group. This is numerous areas of the school that this is going on.
Um, and so I think especially um if if we're opening up for more because I personally look at the 80% as not really affordable. I think that's a common thing. So opening it up um to other income levels would be even more um exciting to offer that to our community. or um your thoughts on that and I guess I think to the board I don't think our original decision um got to that level of saying local preference for when and when development and when companies uh it is um more than right and certainly something we're willing to work collaboratively with the town on is to have a resident of Ashland preference. We'll have to submit that tenant selection plan to the Commonwealth and to those agencies for approval, but um it is something that's commonplace and done elsewhere and uh and it's um you know all based on uh federal fair housing rules.
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Um the for example 20 of them are for that library lab where we do AP computer science. Um that's also where the monitors are going because for some reason that group has slightly older monitors so they need the correct connections. Yeah, that's so the monitors that we're using now will be recycled in in house. We have a we have a recycling uh I think we use up cycle. They take our old devices and they also take anything with a hard drive and give us a certificate of destruction so it doesn't just go into the ether. We know what happens to it. Um other piece to that Andrew is um also it will impact our cyber ah our cyber insurance. Yes. Because it's cyber risk. Do all VHS students get laptops or they have Chromebooks. They have Yeah. In fact, what we did some of the Chrome boxes?
Number three, how will maintenance and upkeep be addressed? and number four ask administration to underscore that this is a partnership not a simply handing over a site. So those were the questions that were asked. Would you like to answer? Uh first we will take public comment and then we will ask the question that we directed uh the superintendent of that to do. So is there any public comment on 5.1? You can go ahead. So, seeing that there's one, two, three, five, six. Seeing that there's many of you, we are going to allow one minute each, can you put the timer so that everybody will have an opportunity to speak? Um, go ahead. Hi, my name is Urttzi from Hovveness Activos. I am here to support Somos and the CISA collective to rebuild Maxa. I would like to reopen Maxa because there is violence going on in our community and this could also help youth come together to do after school programs and sports.
And then we have our framework. Um so with our framework, you know, this is the this is the how, right? This is what we do to ensure that our vision, mission, and core values um are happening are are are part of the student experience. That as a staff, as a district staff, as a school staff, as a community, um we are using our framework as that vehicle to ensure that our our our values and our our vision and mission are alive and real in in our in our student experiences. So all of the work that goes into the into this framework um from you know the PTAs and capstone experiences which a lot of you are are are a part of now um to the civic engagement you know to the voice and agency from our students the 5C's that um our superintendent just alluded to um and making those connections so that when our students leave us when they graduate they're truly college career and life ready.
John Not finding this Brooks on the legar on the calendar. Chris, go to the meeting minutes for or the agenda for today, Chris. There's three files linked for the resolution. The resolution, the cover letter, and then the red line document. You want the red line document. Agenda. These are lot. That's just a printed agenda. Just to add a comment, the reason the historic districts are on there is because um Aaron Donley did some checking for us a few months ago and to to cut down a tree in the historic district, you need to get a permit. Unless the tree is diseased or they're tree trimming from city staff or DTE or somebody, you can't just go cut down a healthy tree in the historic district if it's of a certain age. Um, we found out that they typically get zero to three requests per year and it's closer to zero than three.
Very good. Again, thank you for for coming. Thank you for sharing and and again encourage if if you are in a group on social media that other parents are involved in, please encourage them, share this information, encourage them to to bring their concerns forward. Okay. So, um we'll go down under old business. Um it looks like we have a program. This is very appropriate following that conversation. It's the say something program. Yes. So the next step in the process of approving the say something program um would be your approval of our with them to start the process. So this is the free app uh through Sandy Hook promise and we feel like it would be an upgrade in what we have available. It is offers anonymous and not anonymous reporting and it also includes self harm um suicide ideiation bullying and school safety. The really added feature to this is it is 247 and um also connects to local law enforcement and help.
There's a lot of things that have to fall into place, but it's something that can be done and we're more than willing to do. I heard you talk about some of the internal design changes, but nothing on the shell and core of the building. But I never heard you talk about the square footage of the retail because you mentioned a corner of the building retail, but I think the way the design developed is lot of the first floor had that retail component because it's kind of that commercial corridor for Ashlin. Um did that number or the square footage getting changed because of when company standards because you talked about a lot of other internal programs. Well, we're not at that stage yet. Um we currently it's designed on the corner as you're well aware. Uh our intention I think it's the kind of the level one band that had and if remember it was like 10,000 square feet for 501.
It's like it's like a Chromebook on steroids. So, for things like these uh desktop stations in the library where they're looking up the card catalog and just searching some basic things. We're replacing those with the Chrome boxes. But, um the library media specialist here, there are a couple of devices that we use for running the Cricut for the maker space and things like that. So we do need a PC there. This PC is is one of the ones that is going to need to be replaced. So we were very careful. They were able to deploy software. So we were able to see the warranty of every device, what device was going to be out. So we made some very careful decisions to say this doesn't have to be replaced with a PC. This can be replaced with a different device. Um the STEM lab for example in at BCS we when we talked to Dory Moore she said one of the things she needs is a is space.