Our families are going to need a place, a beacon of hope again with this uh administration that has been attacking us left, right, and from every other place. So keep doing the right thing. I don't think it's too much to ask. Two two months to keep working together to see what we can come up with. So if we can get two more months, it will be great. Thank you for doing the great work you guys are doing. Thank you.
That was that was great. I saw the strength of crowdsourcing our review and recommendations. I felt part of a powerful group, but I also saw how my individual responses were recorded and I could see the the thoughts and the responses of others. I really appreciated the guided process to focus and organize our efforts. The organization designed by the meeting planners harnessed the potential of this large unwieldy group to collect the insights of our many experiences and perspectives. I saw a refinement in the process. ideals are stars to steer by, not sticks to beat ourselves with, and the the non-perfections. I saw how they were addressed as much as possible moving forward. I met students, parents, administrators, and community members, and there was an energy in participating together. The meeting planners and facilitators respected our time and that maintained my enthusiasm and energy because I knew that I could attend the meeting and I would be able to leave when I needed to.
Um and what we tried to do in crafting this is come to something that we see as uh a common denominator, something that can be supported broadly um within all of those groups. Um we recognize that density um is supportive of uh carb carbon reduction. Um you need certain density in order to be able to support mass transit. um you can't have low density and have sufficient mass transit. If you have higher density that enables people to move into the community and um or the ones in community to live closer to where they where they work, there's a lot of benefits um to to density. Um, one of the ideas, um, or let's say in the spirit of the UK legislation is that if you do development on what is currently a surface parking lot that accommodates let's say 50 cars, um, there's essentially zero biodiversity on that on that site.
Any discussion? All those in favor? 70. Next, we'll come down under finances. Hello. Yes. Ask the board to approve the following donations. Brush Creek Elementary Dave Omera contractor $100 for the pizza for the sixth grade celebration. High school for the high school. Columbus City Band, $300 to the National Art Honor Society. North Vern and Beverage, $150 to the HR Pathway Class Field Trip. And the Vernon Cleonin Society, $100 for the orchestra department. And lastly, the North Elementary NVIC $200 teacher grant to Jennifer Sanders first grade class for Scholastic Magazines. Entertain a motion to approve those donations. As Red Earl has a motion, Second, second by Mary Lynn.
that does it does not have to be a family unit um to be in line with state regulations. So, we do have copies of the bylaw in the room. They're also Are they able to see it up on the screen? Yes. Okay. Um up on the screen and um and they're also available on the planning board website as well. So, get my own copy here. All right. I don't know if we want to read this whole bylaw. I don't think we want to do that. Um but I do I do want to go through um the important points of the bylaw and those would be find in this found in the second section 7.6.2. Um the definitions. So the definition of an accessory dwelling unit according to the new bylaw and this is a definition um that uh has come from the state is that the accessory dwelling unit maintains a separate entrance either directly from the outside or through an entry hall or corridor shared with the principal dwelling unit sufficient to meet the requirements of the building code for safe egress.
I mean that's what everything does that once a company makes the increase I don't see them bringing bringing it down regardless of circumstances like with shingles I was in construction and every time the price of oil would spike the price of shingles would go up but then when oil went back down the price of shingles didn't go down but when they spiked again they went up again I asked him this morning about I said you know is this stable like is this a stable cost at this price and they said Yes, but they would probably order sooner rather than later other cheap vendors. Again, I've not committed to pricing, but I do know I know exactly what you're saying. And I don't think we've come down from just thinking about like five years ago when a lot of things shot up for supply chain, they didn't really come back down.
Good evening everyone. My name is Florida Leon. I am u from the community. I used to be a part and I care for this community because I have relatives living in this uh district. Today I'm here again uh to ask you guys for more time for uh uh we didn't have a lot of other organizations to come forward and wanted to work to do something about MAXA. We know MAXA what whoever build MAXA the be at the beginning they build it for a reason because our community needs a space of uh wellness and uh our kids needs uh uh spaces to uh like sports, art, creativity is very important in our communities and now more than ever with all that is happening with our country with the leadership that we have it's in your hands you know to dream big and to allow uh this community to sustain this building that as many of them already mentioned the importance that will have an impact in our community.
I appreciate so much the re the yeah the resources of effort and things that the school district dedicated to this process to create it and carry it out. I feel so pleased to have this opportunity to participate in this in this process and so glad to live in a district that offers it. Thank you. [Music] Thank you so much. [Applause] This one. Okay. Got it. Okay. All right, I got kicked off the mic already. Okay, I'm just kidding. Okay, so next we have Mrs. Lasano. Mrs. Lasano has been an active participant in the LCAP engagement process and she is a proud Sycamore Junior High School and Gilbert High School parent. Please welcome Mrs. Lasano. Thank you. Gilbert High School. Familasia po particip. The name particip. person. [Applause] Gracias. That was Miss Blanca Lasano. She is a mother of two students, one at Gilbert and one at Sycamore.
So mandating that there is an increase or an a a a maintenance of the biodiversity on degraded sites, let's call them brownfield sites, um means that you can do development there without a cost of increasing the biodiversity. Um so what it does is it encourages um the kind of development that we think should take place. uh where if you you have a a surface parking lot with 50 spaces, like I said, you can probably put 150 um apartments in that in a you know, multi-story, multi- uh um multi-use um development. So, that that's the kind of development that we think makes a lot of sense. Um, we're not recommending any kind of taking um where we would then say the city does not allow people to do um development. Um, we're not saying that they can't take down a tree. We're simply recommending that there be mitigation in the cases when trees are removed, particularly landmark trees or in a new class that we've recommended before, heritage trees.
Any discussion? All those in favor? 70. I think we're down to other Nikki. Anything? Uh, just a heads up to keep an eye out. We are ready for the open house for the high school CTE area. So, on May 13th, and this is open to the public, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., um, the high school CTE new renovated areas will be available to, uh, for public tours. So, we're going to put that out on Facebook. be shared and have the details, but just want to give everyone a heads up that on May 13th, the public's welcome to join us and see what we've been working so hard on. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Yep. So, May the 13th, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. JCHS CTE area, open to the public. And please come and and see the area. We've had a little bit of a preliminary tour. It is really beautiful.
A B it's not larger in gross square area than 1/2 the gross floor area of the principal dwelling or 900 square ft whichever is smaller. So the size of the ADU can be no larger than 900 square ft. Um and if it it's going to always be between half the dwelling size and 900 square f feet whichever is smaller. And number C, uh, the accessory dwelling units are subject to such additional restrictions as may be imposed by the municipality, including but not limited to additional size restrictions and restrictions on prohibitions of short-term rental as defined by Mass General Law um 6G or sorry, 64G. Um, however, no municipality shall unreasonably restrict the creation or rental of an ADU that is not a short-term rental. So that was just a basic understanding of what the ADU is. There's also a lot more definitions as a part of our bylaw.
Yeah. My flooring went up same the same as yours and it still costs that much if not more. But this is a little unusual. This is this is just people speculating because of very very uncertain times. things will stable out if it goes that way. But, um, I think my only concern is that it's going to go up. It is. Yeah. Yep. As I see it, we have two options. We could approve spending 86,000 and allow them to get what they can get for that amount. Um or we can approve the higher amount. What do you think? It the higher amount is is some funding that we already have that we won't necessarily have to spend. So it's smaller amounts. It's money that we had put aside for repairs and repair equipment that we didn't need because of our accidental damage plan. So the devices that we had that happen to have issues happen to be covered by that plan and they weren't older devices.
Don't forget about the kids that passed away in the past in this community. I always want to remember those kids. Next speaker don't remember don't forget about them should be honored to these kids that passed away. Thank you very much. Next speaker. [Applause] Good afternoon. Um, thank you for having us again. Um, my name is Itali Martinez with Somos Mafur and last month we did come up here and we asked for um y'all to work with us and partner up and see what what could be done with Moxa and how we could bring back to our community, right? And today we're asking like my peers said that we need more time. We need more time to plan something that big and mainly if we want something to last, something to not be just for a little bit of amount of time. Um, I do want to highlight the story of one of our community members.
This is her second year here at the process. And she can honestly say that this year she felt more prepared with greater knowledge and greater confidence. she was able to connect the data and the information that was shared with the supports um with the supports that the students, families, teachers, and school staff need that helped her better understand the process and contribute to the suggestions with more meaning and the recommendations that can truly make a difference. What made a big difference for her this year was the support of OKO. The debrief sessions that offered helped helped her and helped all of them understand the language, the topics and the why behind each part of the process. Thanks to that, she was able to participate pay more actively and feel that her time in these meetings were truly worthwhile. for her being part of this process not only about being here as a parent.
So, um I I I think there are voices of moderation reflected in this document. Um I being on the core team, I I will uh say that it's u my also I'm partly to blame for not encouraging this to have been uh considered um by OSI, but you know, we've been talking about this for over a month. We in the committee for um two months. Um we have had OSI representation in the meetings. Um and so you know we have now an opportunity in the next month to talk about some of these things with OSI as well as staff more broadly. So hopefully that will happen and um hopefully the document reflects um this middle ground that I I believe that we found with the the the document as well as the cover letter that um provides some additional explanation for it. That's all. Thank you.
Um, super excited about the side of it, but that would be normal for me. I think the welding and stuff is great, too. Food service, we'll have all of it up. Um, and then we'll also just remind everyone, Hayden Musical, Disney Dreamland, May the 2nd through May the 3rd at 700 p.m. both nights. So, go out and support um Hayden Elementary um and the kids who were involved in that. Anything else to come before the board? Hearing nothing. We'll entertain a motion to adjurnn. I have a motion by Chelsea. Do I have a second? Second by Pat. All those in favor 7 meeting.
Um we wanted these to be within the bylaw itself at the present time so that we make sure that the bylaw is very clear. Um I guess I can go over the general requirements. I think it's appropriate to go over the general requirements or just go into discussion. I think it um it would be so our basic in keeping is its compliance with state law. And if there's a few things that we did which were very few and they're also in compliance with state law, I think it'd be good to point out. Yeah, I would say the stuff we should point out is the short-term rental issue, the parking issue. We were really we spent a lot of time thinking about the half mile versus mile. And I recall those were the big two things that are sort of hey this entire thing is consistent with state law and the state gave us some ability to address these two things here's how we address them.
So we saved some money um and some other so that's why the announce are different for the transfer and the bid waiver. Um we also had money put aside for cases that for the students but our vendor for the Chromebooks which where was placed a while ago so we're good there. Um they're coming pre-cased with a slim case on them. So now we don't have to spend that additional money on cases for the students. So some of that in that gap is savings from those items. So we already have those sitting in our budget line for technology, hardware and materials. So that's that accounts for the discrepancy in those amounts.
Um, she is here, but her son actually was able to be in Moxa and be in the footsaw team and they also had a gym and now he is a professional boxer. And that just reminds me of many of my peers since I did have myself the privilege to take advantage of that space and actually utilize it. And a lot of my peers, they're already lawyers, they're doctors, nurses, and I just want to highlight the need of that for our youth. Thank you. [Applause] Sorry. Um, my name is Yamani Rhodess. I'm here with the African-American Community Service Agency. I'm an educator. I do the Lego robotics program and I'm not from San Jose. I'm from East Palo Alto. We had a Boys and Girls Club just like the Moxa program and it helped me see other adults, other educators, other professionals that look like me, that act like me, that talk like me and uh really uh encouraged me to become an educator myself.
It also is about representing her school and her community. Many times parents are the minority in these spaces, but that doesn't mean that they don't have something of value to offer. On the contrary, this is this was their opportunity to be the voice of many other families who can't always be present. We are truly fortunate to have the support of organizations like OKO who work with partnership with the district and are there to support parents, students and caregivers, making sure that the parents feel welcome and that their voices are included in the development of a more just and equitable educational plan. She also really appreciated being placed in the groups with diverse participants that gave her the chance to hear new perspectives, build connections and enrich her participation by understanding the different points of view. One challenge that we face that parents faced last year was the interpretation during the meetings.