Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Members Only Board of Directors Meeting
San Bernardino Community College District
114 S. Del Rosa Drive
San Bernardino, CA 92408
Minutes
Present: Deborah Barmack, Rigo Bejarano, Carole Beswick, Russ Bogh, Tom Brickley, Mike Burrows, Ken Coate, Jacob Coin, Scott Davis, Kevin Dyerly, Louis Goodwin, Matthew Isaac, Erik Johnson, Lowell King, John Magness, Sue McKee, John Mirau, John Prentice, Jan Remm, Kristine Scott, Steve von Rajcs and Hassan Webb
Announcements: 1) Governor Jerry Brown announced the appointment of Jane Carney to the California State University Board of Trustees. 2) Washington, D.C. trip participants were reminded to attend the organizational meeting at the Hotel Palomar lobby at 8a.m. on Monday 3/14. A good deal of information will be sent via e-mail by the end of the week. Printed packets will be distributed at the organizational meeting. The group will break into three groups for briefing from lobbyists: Innovative Federal Strategies, Potomac Partners and Holland & Knight from 9:30-10:30 a.m.
M/S/P: Minutes of the March 1, 2016 meeting.
Josh Candelaria, Governmental & Legislative Affairs Director, San Bernardino County gave a briefing to the group on their recent visit to Washington, D.C.
Members present discussed the following issues:
Education
- Urge Congress to support Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) and other funding for cybersecurity education to help address the nation’s severe shortage of college graduates who are prepared to enter both the private and public sector cybersecurity workforce.
- Support Pell Grants, making it possible for all eligible students in higher education, including public, private, for-profit and community colleges, to receive grants.
Environment
- Support HR 4024 (Aguilar/Cook), Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act.
- Support Senate Bill 2533 (Feinstein), California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act.
- Support Excluding Water Conservation Subsidies from Gross Income.
Healthcare
- Urge Congress to Support Site Neutral Payments for Hospitals and allow “Grandfather Provisions” for stand-alone clinics to allow billing at hospital rates.
Veterans Homelessness
- Urge Congress to preserve the priority for homeless veterans in HUD and Veterans Administration policy through continued provision of HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) resources to offer eligible homeless veterans access to permanent housing with support services. Subcontract VA support service resources to experienced community-based organizations.
Law Enforcement
- Urge Congressional reconsideration of their action to redirect funds from the Asset Forfeiture Program, thereby diverting those funds from use by local law enforcement agencies.
San Bernardino International Airport
- Support the transfer of public land use covenants at the former Norton Air Force Base to consolidate and expand parks and recreation and homeless assistance programs in the City of San Bernardino.
Transportation
- Support Amendment to H.R. 4441 authored by Congresswoman Napolitano, clarifying that FAA’s interpretation of aviation fuel tax cannot divert locally approved transactions taxes from transportation projects to aviation improvements.
- Encourage the Inland Empire Congressional delegation to develop a strategy to avoid the loss of transportation funding and to develop a coalition with other regions of the county which will be impacted by recent EPA proposals to adopt more stringent standards for ground-level ozone.
- Support modification of definition of large projects under FAST Freight and Highways Project Discretionary Grant Program.
- Encourage enhanced federal role in reducing emissions from Intrastate and International Goods Movement Vessels.
- Support the San Bernardino Associated Government application for TIFIA financing for the I-10 Express Lane Project.
- Support San Bernardino Associated Governments TIGER Application for Rail to Redlands.
The 2016 priority issues will be:
Education
- Urge Congress to support Cybersecurity National Action Plan (CNAP) and other funding for cybersecurity education to help address the nation’s severe shortage of college graduates who are prepared to enter both the private and public sector cybersecurity workforce.
Environment
- Support Senate Bill 2533 (Feinstein), California Long-Term Provisions for Water Supply and Short Term Provisions for Emergency Drought Relief Act.
Veterans Homelessness
- Urge Congress to preserve the priority for homeless veterans in HUD and Veterans Administration policy through continued provision of HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) resources to offer eligible homeless veterans access to permanent housing with support services. Subcontract VA support service resources to experienced community-based organizations.
Transportation
- Support Amendment to H.R. 4441 authored by Congresswoman Napolitano, clarifying that FAA’s interpretation of aviation fuel tax cannot divert locally approved transactions taxes from transportation projects to aviation improvements.
Meeting adjourned at 8:40 a.m.