City / LBUSD 2×3 Committee Meeting

CITY OF LOS BANOS/LOS BANOS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2X3 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 ACTION MINUTES – These minutes are prepared to depict action taken for agenda items presented to the 2X3 Committee. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at the hour of 4:10 p.m. ROLL CALL – MEMBERS OF THE 2X3 COMMITTEE PRESENT: Mayor Mike Villalta, Mayor Pro Tem Tom Faria, City Manager Alex Terrazas, Acting Superintendent Dean Bubar, Board Member Dennis Areias, Board Member Anthony Parreira; Absent: Board Member Carole Duffy STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Assistant City Clerk/Human Resources Technician Jana Sousa. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Areias, seconded by Faria to approve the agenda as submitted. The motion carried by the affirmative action of all 2X3 Committee Members present; Duffy absent. PUBLIC FORUM: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE 2X3 COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON ANY ITEM OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMITTEE; WHICH INCLUDES AGENDA AND NON- AGENDA ITEMS. NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO A FIVE (5) MINUTE PRESENTATION. No one came forward to speak, and the public forum was closed. UPDATE ON CITY DEVELOPMENT. Board Member Areias stated there were 275 new students enrolled after September 1, 2016, wants to know if there is a way to regulate growth in order to keep up with the pace of student growth or limit the number of homes being built per year, we need to get ahead of this, there is more than one family moving into these new homes, if the school has to install portables it won’t get paid by the State; City Manager Terrazas stated he isn’t sure the City can stop the growth, happy to sit down at a staff level and go over the expected rate of growth so the district can get an idea of what is to come; Mayor Villalta spoke about how ten years ago there was a growth plan passed that allowed developers to bank their unused permits, there are 600-700 permits that have been banked because no homes were being built in the past few years, the only thing the City can do is ask the developers to voluntarily stop building homes; Board Member Areias stated that if the growth isn’t slowed down the school district is going to be in a bad situation, ninety students came into Pacheco High School this year that were never enrolled in the district before; Mayor Pro Tem Faria spoke about the recession and how homes not being built is what helped to keep the student population from getting out of hand, wants to see the percentage of growth over the last ten years with regards to student enrollment; Acting Superintendent Bubar stated that there was only one year during the recession where the enrollment didn’t increase, district enrollment has continued to grow even when no homes were being built in the City, there has to be another reason for the increase in student enrollment. Informational item only; no action. DISCUSSION REGARDING SAFETY CONCERNS AT HIGHWAY 152 AND ELEVENTH STREET. Acting Superintendent Bubar stated that Board Member Falasco is the person who requested this item be placed on the agenda as he is concerned with the safety of students crossing the highway, understands that CalTrans dictates what happens on the highway and that neither the City nor the school district has control on this issue; Mayor Villalta stated he is attending a Merced County Association of Governments meeting on Thursday, September 22nd and can bring this up in public, thinks it’s so strange to have a crosswalk with no traffic light. Informational item only; no action. DISCUSSION REGARDING TRAFFIC AT CREEKSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND HILLVIEW DRIVE. Board Member Parreira stated he requested this item because he is concerned for the safety of children crossing from the canal trail to Los Banos High School at Hillview Drive with no crosswalk; Acting Superintendent Bubar stated he recently spoke with Public Works Director/City Engineer Mark Fachin on this issue and it is on the next traffic safety agenda for discussion; Board Member Parreira also spoke about his concerns for the children at Creekside Junior High School who are crossing midblock to Target because their parents are parking in the Target parking lot to pick them up, believes something has to be done about this problem; It was suggested that the district contact Target directly to discuss the matter of parents using their parking lot to pick up children from the school. Informational item only; no action. ADJOURNMENT. The meeting was adjourned at the hour of 4:58 p.m. SIGNED: ______________________________ Jana R. Sousa, Assistant City Clerk