The Board committee (Trustees Jackson, Rizzo, and Wong—Wong was absent) met to discuss the Chinatown/North Beach project, a proposed resolution on local hiring for construction projects, and an update on the new CCSF website. The committee also heard a presentation on small business enterprise (SBE) participation in CCSF construction projects.
According to Doug Re and Beth Cataldo, the new website will be “live” this September. Not all the current website content will be transferred to the new site by then, but all the student services information should be. Other information will be available through links to the “old” site.
Excavation for the new Chinatown/North Beach campus has begun. The state review of the plans for the campus is almost complete. Excavation work should be completed by August. Everything is going according to schedule so far.
The report on local hiring on CCSF projects revealed a pretty bad record with regard to gender and ethnic diversity on projects. The Trustees, along with members of the public, had several questions about local hiring practices and how we can promote more of it.
During the discussion of the proposed resolution, Trustee Jackson stressed the need for more concrete strategies to increase the amount of local hires on CCSF projects. Members of the community spoke to the importance of the resolution as a first step toward improving local hiring.
