>> Yeah. >> From what? What is it? >> 29.74. Sorry I can't interject but no sitting please like this >> you're getting added to the attendance list. >> Okay. >> Um but yeah so again like very rough but kind of providing a different lens to look at this by. Um >> but it's probably for my for my own purposes the average house is probably 100k times three 300,000 >> of assessed value. Okay. Um, and then like I kind of put descriptions here that are lengthier than what's here, but this is what I need to do is when the town documents come out, the details that I put in ultimately color what is put in the referendum. So, you know, I've provided a description here. We can talk more in depth. Um, being mindful of being mindful of the time here. Um, like I said, I'll I'll provide the two different models with the uh loading dock, but I think are there any other items that strike you as like, you know, I don't really want to push this forward in year one.
So, thank you. I think um coming from the classroom and having been involved in um many IEPs and many meetings and then having left and you know been at the preschool and all of that, I think special ed is confusing and looking at it from that perspective, I think about the families who are affected and the students and I just uh think about advocating for them and I guess that's where I come from is I want to make sure we're doing what's right for our students and our families. And I know that we will make that decision with that at the forefront of our minds. And yes, all of those risks are certainly important. And I know that the financial decision is huge and transportation and all of those things, but we want to do what's best for our kids and our families. And most of many of those families don't understand the process.
Right. >> Sorry about that. >> What it was, but I didn't want to ask the question. >> Um, on Monday, May 11th at 7 PM is curriculum committee meeting in the Human Board. Thursday, May 21st is our 7:30 business meeting right here in Town Council Chambers. Uh Thursday, June 4th is our June business meeting right here in town council chambers. And Monday, June 30th is our last day of the fiscal year meeting. And that's at 7:30 a.m. >> Donuts will be served. Now, if I could really quickly, I just steal you for one second before we wrap up. Last month when we were here, it was board member appreciation month and um we were recognizing the incredible efforts of the board. And as I was sitting here, I got a text from a friend, Emma Canali, who lives in town and former New Haven administrator who's now a part-time superintendent out east.
Any other concerns you have? >> Um, >> the other referendum item would be the windows at the high school. >> The things that I want to get through, make sure we get all the code compliance stuff, all the fire safety stuff. >> Okay, >> that has to stay in your one. >> Tim, what about you? Anything off or staying on? >> So, >> quick question. >> Yeah. >> Uh, line 54 describe projects fire safety code compliance 5-year proposed total is 550. >> Yes. >> Should that be a referendum item? >> Um, I >> or will it hit when we when we get there? We have to >> Yes. >> Okay. Okay. So that we can do the 150 and >> Okay. Sorry. >> Tim, thoughts anything or >> I don't think I have anything more to add than what I had said. >> Is there anything you want to see come off year one?
and it's it's hard. It's confusing and it's unknown and they go into those meetings and they have no idea what we're talking about. And so I just want to advocate for them because it's >> it's hard. >> Yeah. >> It's a lot. >> Yeah. But if we feel that we can provide a better [clears throat] outcome and experience for our students, I mean, that's what that's what we're here for. So >> primarily, right? >> Yeah. And I like the fact that we're going to keep our keep our kids here >> in house in district source because to me that's big. We want to keep our kids here all of them. >> That's one of the big demographic that we talked about too, right? >> Having to travel >> like an air, >> right? then you may have more transfer in or at least retain >> instead of having to drive to another district.
Um, and she texted me like shocked but offered me uh she had ordered candy bars for the board of education where she works and she received them and they said, "Thank you, Cheshure Board Member Appreciation Month." >> So, how did that happen? >> I swung over to the house and uh Bobby and Emma gave me the candy bars. And so, uh, from Bobby and I and Emma, we want to thank the board again. So, sweet month. >> Is that because they live in Cheshire? >> I don't know. And she didn't know. But hey, free candy. We're taking it. We're taking it. >> We'll take it. >> It has our name on it, so we we get it. Thank you very much. Thank you. >> Thank you >> to our benefactors. Thank you. >> That's nice. >> And text and thank her. >> Okay, almost done.
>> Um I thought there was well like the the 75,000 for the window replacement. >> Okay. Like pushing that further. Yep. Anything else? All sorry to rush but I know we're kind of hitting our >> We get We get to go upstairs for another one. >> Yes, that's right. >> No, I would just say if there if there is any chance to do like Windows with the EPC I wrote that down as a as a follow-up item. Yeah. >> A followup about the um just confirming the power equipment. Um >> and then you said you're going to come back with some sort of thoughts on the turf and the loading dock. >> Yes. So I'll I'll provide two different models for that next time we meet. Um and I really can't schedule anything with us until I have more clarity about when the town's going to release all of this.
>> Yep. >> It's a true opportunity for us to just create a better experience alto together. You know, we we've gained so much research and insight from from everything you guys have done. I mean, we can we can improve upon what's been happening as we move forward with it. Well, this story shall continue. >> Thank you. And I think that's all we got together. Yeah, I guess >> our next Yeah, if our administrators want to say anything. >> Well, any feedback >> anything? >> Your perspective is important. I would [laughter] like >> we'd be remiss if we didn't. I don't I very proud of Mr. Wagner, Mr. Harrison, ISP, principal of the year. Congratulations on this. [laughter] >> There's more than two. >> 10 counties. >> Wow. >> 200 elementary. >> [clears throat and cough] >> in our home. >> So, we're probably close to 200.
Cheshire public schools are closed on May 25th for Memorial Day. June 10th is the last day of school for students. June 11th for teachers. And with that, Mr. White, >> just one point that I hope the board and the superintendent are still actively considering adventure playgrounds at the two new schools. >> Do I do I have a motion to adjourn? Thank you, Mr. White. Second, Miss Cullinin. Thank you. We are adjourned.
So, I would love to do this sooner rather than later, but we got to kind of wait until I have more information from them. >> Okay. >> Yeah. No. Anything else? >> I don't think I Oh, one thing actually, just a question. So, like sidewalks, who does our sidewalks? Is it the town or does do the schools take care of >> It's on property. We take care of it. >> It is. >> Okay. Well, so I don't I mean I guess the sidewalks adjacent to roads like >> Well, if it was a road sidewalk, yeah, the town will take care of. >> But if it's a sidewalk inside the school grounds, you take care of it. Okay. >> There are plenty of them. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Highland school on weeks. Is that the towns or is that ours? >> Technically all those properties are town properties.
>> Mhm. >> And we have two >> two of the four. >> Yeah. >> But right now, >> actually, they all deserve to. >> Well done. >> All right. >> Our next uh regular board meeting is uh next Tuesday, April 21st, right here at central office at 6:00 p.m. [clears throat] >> Thank you. >> Thanks, Greg. I don't know if everybody [laughter] was depressed when they heard the 550
So it's who wants to manage >> the the area. So typically Weeks Road is is a town property until the stop sign. >> Yeah. But that sidewalk is kind of hidden and you know it goes off into the woods. >> Yeah. They would say that it was probably ours. >> Yeah. >> Then you would say it's theirs. >> Even though even though it's a town road and town property, the police department and it's right in between. >> Yeah. I have a good relationship with all the engineering department and public works. So if there's an issue, you know, they they help us out, you know, they can. I get But um you know we try to put a boundaries on whose responsibility are for obvious reasons >> but yeah and at the end of the day you know. >> Yeah. >> One of us or both of us figure it out.
>> Yeah. Yeah. >> So we're clearing the sidewalk in in the snow. >> In the snow we do. Yeah. We do all of that. Yeah. >> And um yeah road sidewalks as well. >> Yeah. >> Anything along the street if it's on bounds the school property we take care of it. Okay. And then some >> sometimes with your neighbors properties too. >> All right. Motion to adjurnn. Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. All in favor? I. We are adjourned. All right.
Good afternoon. I would like to call the Senate Committee on Education to order. Today's Friday, April 17th. We are in conference room 229 and this hearing is being streamed live on YouTube. If we must end this hearing due to technical issues, the committee will reconvene on Monday, April 20th uh in conference room 229 and a public notice will be posted on the Hawaii State Legislature website. Uh due to number of measures, we have 14 uh confirmations today. uh testimony will be limited to one minute and uh and if technical issues arise during the Zoom testimony, we have several on Zoom, the committee may need to proceed to the next testifier and written testimony is on file. Um what we're going to do is I'm going to name the GM number and then I will take testimony for that particular GM. then I will call up the nominee and then the nominee will be allowed to to give opening remarks, whatever you want to say and then we'll open it up to questions from the members.
So I just want to let you know if this is your first time coming to a confirmation it can be a little um confusing sometimes. So with that uh as I said we have 14. We're going to start off with GM 84 8004 submitting for consideration the confirmation to the board of regents of the University of Hawaii gum nominee Marie Lerta for a term to expire 6:30 2031. She's not new to the process. She has gone through um confirmation in other other positions uh throughout the years. Uh but we have for testifying uh Titan Sakata testifying in person. stand testimony and support. >> Thank you very much. Uh James Lean Jr. >> Yes, please come forward. >> Aloha. Good afternoon. >> I always see you on TV commercials. >> Okay, >> welcome. So, um, I'm here to advocate for your, uh, confirmation of Governor Green's appointment of Marie to the, uh, board of regents at our university.
Uh now I could go on for at some length about Marie's character, intelligence and her exceptional work ethic, but I believe if you look at the biography, you can see that it speaks for itself. Um so her professional career uh started when she was a parallegal uh started as a parallegal at my office in 1994. And through her uh talent, her discipline and her dedication, she has steadily risen uh into positions of increasing importance and responsibility. her progression uh including her service at the Attorney General's office and her advancement into higher leadership positions demonstrates capability and the trust that others particularly her superiors have consistently placed in her uh in in her judgment and her performance. That is all I have to say. Thank you very much for hearing me. >> Thank you very much. >> Our next testifier is Kendrick Kang on Zoom. Kendrick, are you on Zoom?
>> Not on Zoom, chair. >> Not on Zoom. Okay. And we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven others that have sent in uh uh supportive testimony. Is there anyone else in this room would like to testify on this GM? If not, and before I call up Marie, I was remissed into saying that and this is for the public and for people who are not familiar with what the border regions do. The board of regions of the UN University of Hawaii is the governing body responsible for overall management and control of the university, which is established in state statute as the state's public system, public university system. So despite what they say that I control that I don't. Composed of 11 members, the board is appointed by the governor from candidate screen by the candidate advisory council and confirmed by the senate. The board exercises broad authority over the university's general fund general affairs, including setting policy, overseeing internal structure and operations, managing finances and property, approving contracts and expenditures, and delegating authority to the university president.
as appropriate. Through this governance role, the board ensures the university fulfill its statewide mission while maintaining accountability, transparency, and effective administration under Hawaii Havi Revised Statute Chapter 304A. And with that, we want to call Miss Marie Lera. Marie, you're welcome to give opening remarks. Thank you very much. Thank you, Senator Kim. Good afternoon uh Chair Kim, Vice Chair Kedani and Senator Fukunaga. Thank you very much for the opportunity to be here this afternoon to be heard and uh to consider me for the position of regent at the university. Uh I just want to say give a very short opening remark by saying that uh this is actually a very optimal time that this opportunity has come to me because I am um at the end of my uh term at another board the labor appeals board. Oh good afternoon Senator the court. >> Good afternoon.
>> Thank you for having me. uh finishing up my term of office there and so it would uh give me uh time to uh spend on the matters of the board of regents which is a place that I had always uh wanted to be part of. I wanted to be part of the solutions there and part of the stewardship of uh higher education for the people in Hawaii so that we can have a better place to live in and and build um a stronger citizenship. So thank you very much. Thank you very much. Members, we're open to questions. I can start if not have ready. Marie, um, and I know that you have served in many capacities and so you're very much qualified for this position as an outsider. And when I say outsider, I don't mean outsider of government or anything, but just not being on the board, not working at the university this time.
Um what have been your thoughts about you know from the outside looking in about the border regions and the governance of the university? Do you have any thoughts about that? >> Yes. Um I've always thought that the university is um has a a very vast u broad um challenges facing them because it's the only you know high uh education institute in the state of Hawaii with the 10 campuses. So from uh what I've read on the news and what people I've talked to, friends and relatives who have attended the university, there are many many issues that that that the university has to face. But that overall our university is a top-notch university. Uh and that we need to try to sustain it and make it better so that uh we can attract um more people and we can also um increase funding to the university which especially at these difficult times where funds are getting cut that we have to find ways uh to make up for those funds.