1 1 -----------------------------------------X 2 SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING 4 ------------------------------------------X 5 6 June 26, 2008 9:00 a.m. 7 Room 100 Peconic Building 8 Eastern Campus Riverhead, New York 9 10 11 Court Reporter: Valerie Cannata 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 1 P R E S E N T 2 3 WILLIAM MOORE, CHAIRMAN 4 DR. SHIRLEY PIPPINS, PRESIDENT 5 WALTER HAZLITT, VICE CHAIRMAN 6 JERRY KANE, SECRETARY 7 ERNESTO MATTACE, TRUSTEE 8 DENNIS McCARTHY, TRUSTEE 9 AVETTE D. WARE, TRUSTEE 10 BELINDA ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN, TRUSTEE 11 YICHAO LI, STUDENT TRUSTEE 12 13 A L S O P R E S E N T 14 15 CHARLES STEIN, VICE PRESIDENT 16 BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS 17 18 JOHN DEMAIO, SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 19 20 BILL HILLMAN, SUFFOLK COUNTY 21 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 22 23 GEORGE GATTA, SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 24 25 ROBERT WALTHER 3 1 (The meeting was called to order at 2 9:16 a.m., after which the Pledge of 3 Allegiance was recited by all. 4 MR. MOORE: Good morning. This is our 5 third gathering in the month of June. Tell 6 you what, you can all take July off. How's 7 that? 8 I'll entertain a motion to approve the 9 minutes of our March 13th board of directors 10 meeting. 11 MR. MATTACE: So moved. 12 MR. KANE: Second. 13 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 14 (All voted yes.) 15 MR. MOORE: We have resolutions for 16 the association. 2008.A9 through A14. You 17 have those in front of you. Any questions on 18 these resolutions? Anything the board should 19 know about these resolutions before we take 20 action on them? 21 MR. McCARTHY: I have a question on 22 item six. Is that something that we do every 23 year to keep them in line with the -- I take 24 it there's no bargaining unit there, right? 25 Or is there a bargaining unit? 4 1 MR. MOORE: Right, to keep them 2 consistent with the Faculty Association Guild. 3 You're right, Dennis. 4 MR. McCARTHY: The association has no 5 bargaining unit, right? 6 MS. KREITZER: Correct. 7 MR. McCARTHY: Does this bring them to 8 the same level as the county employees, the 9 college employees? 10 MS. KREITZER: Yes, it does. 11 MR. McCARTHY: That are in bargaining 12 units? 13 MS. KREITZER: Yes, it does. 14 MR. McCARTHY: Is this something we've 15 always done or is this something we haven't 16 always done? 17 MS. KREITZER: This is something we've 18 always done. This is not an annual thing, 19 because longevity is only negotiations with 20 the unions, but this is keeping in line with 21 the most recently negotiated changes in 22 longevity with the unions. 23 MR. MOORE: Any other questions or 24 comments on the resolutions before the 25 association? Is there a motion to approve 5 1 item 2008.A9 through A14? 2 MR. HAZLITT: So moved. 3 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: Second. 4 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 5 (All voted yes.) 6 MR. MOORE: Well done. Changing hats, 7 I'll entertain a motion to approve the minutes 8 of the May 15th and June 16th board of 9 trustees meeting. 10 MR. KANE: So moved. 11 MR. HAZLITT: Second. 12 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 13 (All voted yes.) 14 MR. MOORE: At this point, we're 15 going to get an update on the Wicks Road 16 construction. 17 MR. DEMAIO: Good morning, everyone. 18 We're going to talk at about a proposed 19 improvement project along Wicks Road which 20 borders our campus. In a similar, fashion, we 21 discussed the South Coleman Road improvement 22 at the Ammerman Campus. 23 We're again joined by Bill Hillman, the 24 chief of the Department of Highways that's 25 running the job. He's going to give us an 6 1 overview of the drawing he's brought with him 2 on what the construction would involve, how it 3 would affect the college and a portion of the 4 property bordering Wicks Road that would be 5 needed to complete the expansion, similar to 6 what was done at Coleman Road to get an 7 overview of the impact. I'm going to turn it 8 over to Bill to discuss that. 9 MR. HILLMAN: Thank you. Good 10 morning. 11 Before I get into the details of this 12 particular project, I think it's important to 13 just to give you a general overview of some of 14 the things that were happening in the 15 surrounding areas. Tremendous traffic 16 generators are being proposed and/or are under 17 construction or recently constructed. 18 Just to orient everyone, the Long 19 Island Expressway is here (indicated), running 20 east/west. Wicks Road runs north/south. This 21 is your campus. This is Campus Road. The 22 Sagtikos Parkway runs at a slight angle this 23 way and underneath the expressway. 24 Projects that were recently completed 25 just to the north of the Long Island 7 1 Expressway on Crooked Hill Road, which is 2 actually the next street over. It goes 3 Crooked Hill Road and then the Sagtikos, was 4 about six hundred thousand square feet of 5 retail, P.J. Ventures, is what it's called. 6 Everyone is familiar with Home Depot and that 7 whole shopping center. Commack Cinemas is 8 being replaced, which is right on the corner 9 of Commack Road and right around the corner. 10 To the south on Commack Road Tanger, which is 11 eight thousand square feet of development. 12 MR. MOORE: Eight hundred thousand. 13 MR. HILLMAN: I'm sorry, eight hundred 14 thousand. 15 MR. MOORE: We could handle eight 16 thousand. 17 MR. HILLMAN: Right. So there's 18 already tremendous development ongoing. A 19 couple of proposed things. 20 The Hauppauge Industrial Park is in 21 this area here and there was recent 22 legislation passed that they will be 23 rebuilding two sewer plants, actually 24 combining two sewer plants to one; and when 25 they do that, it's the intent of the town to 8 1 allow them to have multiple-storied buildings 2 along County Road 67, Motor Parkway. I think 3 the Tri Tech building right on the corner of 4 Wicks Road and Moreland, I think that's six or 5 seven stories. They're going to allow 6 something very similar to that all along the 7 frontage of Hauppauge Industrial Park. That's 8 going to generate a lot of traffic. 9 If all that's not enough, we have the 10 Wyckoff (phonetic) project, which runs into 11 Campus Road, what we call G road. There's a 12 bridge going off of the Sagtikos Parkway. So 13 that redevelopment will have direct access to 14 Wicks Road getting out. 15 I've been involved with that 16 extensively. I recommend that if this board 17 has not had presentation from Mr. Wyckoff, I 18 strongly recommend you get one. This project 19 is massive. It's called the Smart Growth 20 Project. 21 We are in favor of the concept. It's 22 an appropriate way to redevelop a piece of 23 property. However, the scale of the project, 24 we feel, is way too large. They are proposing 25 nine thousand residential units, a million 9 1 square feet of office and I think it's four 2 million square feet of commercial. Peak 3 volume -- the peak hour volume that this will 4 generate, a.m. and p.m., is thirteen thousand 5 vehicles. Thirteen thousand vehicles. That 6 is six lanes of the Long Island Expressway at 7 five o'clock jam-packed. That's what thirteen 8 thousand vehicles looked like. 9 The scale of this project is immense. 10 What they are proposing in the Smart Growth 11 concept is that everyone will work -- not 12 everyone, but a good portion of the population 13 will play there and work there. So they are 14 predicting fifty percent of the people who 15 live there are going to work. So of the 16 thirteen thousand cars generated in the peak 17 hours, only six thousand of them will actually 18 leave. 19 So we obviously have huge issue with 20 that and are working with the Town of Islip, 21 who is the lead agency, working with them on 22 trying to get this into a more realistic 23 approach. 24 The developer has recently agreed to 25 phase the project in three phases. Phase one, 10 1 they've agreed to a four percent capture rate 2 rather than fifty percent, two percent or four 3 percent transit use, which we agree with. So 4 things are much more in line. 5 So then after phase one is complete, 6 which is essentially a third of the project, 7 probably three thousand residential units, 8 half a million office, two million three 9 hundred thousand office and probably one point 10 five commercial, then and they're going to use 11 these capture rates, it still generates close 12 to three thousand vehicles in the peak hours, 13 which is, again, tremendous. 14 So again, I strongly recommend that 15 this board meet with Mr. Wyckoff if you 16 haven't already had this discussion, because 17 it will definitely impact your western campus. 18 So given all that information, the 19 department would like to improve Wicks Road. 20 Not only will it help with all the development 21 in the area, it will help your students get to 22 the facility better. 23 We've already done -- this is phase two 24 of the project. Phase one, we did some work 25 at Motor Parkway and the South Service Road 11 1 under the expressway. We did what we could 2 without blowing the bridge out. The bridge 3 underneath the expressway would need to be 4 improved to give it any more capacity than it 5 has. Without a huge project like that, those 6 two intersections are basically at full 7 build-out. 8 What we're proposing here -- that was 9 phase one. That was up here (indicated). We 10 want to continue phase two, which is 11 essentially from the park and ride south down 12 to Fifth Avenue. And once you get past this 13 road, Campus becomes very residential. We're 14 not proposing much widening down there except 15 for spot improvements in front of the junior 16 high school to improve pedestrian access. 17 There's a church farther south that gets 18 filled to capacity, make safety improvements 19 there, but in general not much to the road to 20 the south. 21 The major focus is here, where we think 22 we can make some pretty good improvements 23 and hopefully move traffic on Wicks Road and 24 Campus over to Crooked Hill, to try and keep 25 them out of the residential area as best we 12 1 can. 2 What we're proposing is essentially 3 two lanes southbound all the way down which 4 the right through lane, I know you can't see 5 it on here too well, but the right through 6 lane becomes a right turn lane to go into 7 Campus. This intersection has tremendous 8 capacity problems because it's an offset 9 intersection. A lot of people use -- Hayward 10 (phonetic) goes over to Washington and it's 11 used as a cut-through by the community. They 12 do a lot of this (indicated). 13 The left turn lanes here are what we 14 call back to back. There's half a left turn 15 lane here, and half a left turn lane here 16 (indicated). We're putting them side by side 17 and putting two through lanes through the 18 intersection, which will taper down. So the 19 capacity improvements that we're proposing 20 are, we believe, going to be very beneficial 21 with all the proposed roads in the area. 22 What will it mean to the college? Your 23 students will have better access. From a 24 property standpoint, and that's what this is 25 really here to show you, how is this going to 13 1 affect your property? I'll start here 2 (indicated). 3 The pink line you see here is existing 4 property line (indicated). The blue line is 5 proposed property line. From this corner 6 generally to about right here (indicated), 7 it's somewhere in the vicinity of about 30 8 feet that we would require to do this. That 9 leaves about at its narrowest point about 172 10 feet of property. So we don't know what you 11 have planned in here, but you would still have 12 172 feet of property to do that and in this 13 area, you would have 475 feet (indicated). 14 Again, so it's about 30 feet along here 15 (indicated). 16 When it gets to this area, it's tricky 17 because when you redid your entrance, the 18 existing property line is right there, but 19 that blue line is now the existing curb line, 20 so our road is on your property. When you 21 rebuilt your entrance, there should have been 22 a dedication and I believe the intent for the 23 college and for the county was to provide that 24 dedication. However, our research indicated 25 it's never occurred. That's a bad situation 14 1 for the college to be in, because if an 2 accident takes place here right now, the 3 attorneys just bring everybody involved in and 4 unfortunately, the college would be involved 5 at this point, because you are the owner of 6 the property. So it's in the college's best 7 interest, even if you're not for this project, 8 to transfer this property from here to this 9 curb line (indicated), to the county, to 10 D.P.W., essentially, so we assume that 11 liability. 12 So in here (indicated) it's generally 13 about 45 feet of property that we would 14 require; however, 20 of it really should have 15 been dedicated in the past. So that's why you 16 see a 45 here. But in general, it's about 21 17 feet is what in my mind, that's what you would 18 be losing, because you've already lost this to 19 our road, anyway. 20 That's it, really. I'm here to answer 21 questions. 22 MR. McCARTHY: What have you taken 23 on the other side? 24 MR. HILLMAN: On this side (indicated)? 25 MR. McCARTHY: Yes. 15 1 MR. HILLMAN: We're not taking any 2 property, because it's residential property 3 and we prefer to stay on the college side. 4 That brings up another point I would like to 5 make. 6 When all the residents along here had 7 numerous concerns with all the traffic being 8 generated. Obviously, you have residences on 9 a busy road. It's difficult. For years, 10 people parked on this side and walked across 11 the street as additional parking for their 12 house, which was dangerous and there were a 13 few accidents. 14 When you guys came in to do your 15 improvements, you created a parking lane in 16 here, a four-foot striped median and gave them 17 an eight-foot shoulder and these (indicated) -- 18 it was only in this area, from this block and 19 these residents have been very happy with 20 that. 21 These residents are now requesting the 22 same thing and under this project, we would 23 provide that to them. Essentially, this 24 four-foot striped median and provide them an 25 eight-foot parking area, so when they park and 16 1 open their door, they have a safe area to get 2 out. 3 The original intention years ago was to 4 actually create a two-way adjacent roadway 5 and have some sort of streetscaping or 6 landscaping in that median. However, that 7 would have required us to take extensive 8 property. The alignments didn't work out very 9 well. So we believe since these people are 10 extremely happy with what we did, let's try to 11 do the same thing. 12 MR. MATTACE: The first entrance over 13 here, I remember there being something there. 14 Is that an entranceway with a wall or 15 something, or am I mistaken? 16 MR. HILLMAN: I think there is some 17 identification of Suffolk Community College 18 walls or something of that nature. I don't 19 believe we would be impacting them. If we 20 are, obviously, we would replace them in kind 21 or maybe something better. 22 MR. McCARTHY: Was that first taken -- 23 in other words the part that wasn't dedicated 24 to the county -- 25 MR. HILLMAN: Right here, from the 17 1 pink to the blue. 2 MR. McCARTHY: Was that taken or was 3 that done by us? 4 MR. HILLMAN: That was done by the 5 college. 6 MR. McCARTHY: The roadwork was 7 done by you people. 8 MR. DEMAIO: The entrance work was 9 done by the college. Just the entrance. 10 MR. McCARTHY: I'm talking about the 11 roadway. 12 MR. HILLMAN: The roadwork associated 13 with the entrance? Did you guys do that? 14 MR. McCARTHY: How far has to be 15 dedicated? 16 MR. HILLMAN: So D.P.W. did all the 17 roadwork? It was before my time, so I wasn't 18 involved in that project. 19 MR. McCARTHY: So it was an actual 20 taking at that time? 21 MR. HILLMAN: I don't know. Typically, 22 how we would handle this, even though you're 23 quasi part of the county -- 24 MR. MOORE: You went down a wrong 25 road there. 18 1 MR. MATTACE: Do yourself a favor, 2 stick to the roadway. 3 MR. KANE: One concession. 4 MR. McCARTHY: Bill's a lot more 5 politically correct than the chief county 6 executive was. 7 MR. MOORE: He's great. 8 MR. HILLMAN: I've been reading the 9 article. I deal with the legislature very 10 well. 11 MR. KANE: Let me ask you a question. 12 Islip Town is the lead agency. Is this the 13 same presentation you give to them? 14 MR. HILLMAN: We're the lead agency 15 on this project. Islip Town is the lead 16 agency on the Wyckoff project. 17 MR. KANE: Which you're not 18 particularly happy about the size. 19 MR. HILLMAN: Correct. 20 MR. KANE: So you don't give this 21 presentation to Islip. 22 MR. HILLMAN: No. As far as -- we 23 comment of the Wyckoff project, without a 24 doubt. We express our concerns in writing to 25 the town. They're fully aware that we have 19 1 issues with that project. 2 In fact, my brother is actually the 3 director of traffic safety there in Islip, so 4 we have Sunday dinners and that's our main 5 topic. He's also in agreement the project is 6 too large and the town, I think, realizes it's 7 too large. 8 MR. KANE: John, would you point out 9 where the 44 acres is. 10 MR. MOORE: It's to the west. It's off 11 the map. 12 MR. KANE: Thank you. 13 DR. PIPPINS: What does that mean on 14 this end? Nothing changes? 15 MR. HILLMAN: There's not much 16 changing up to this part of the entrance. You 17 presently -- and again, this was developed to 18 tell you what property we would need. 19 Underneath, you can just right here see a 20 right turn arrow (indicated). I don't know if 21 you can see that. 22 We're making that a through lane, but 23 we would give you back your right turn lane. 24 So through this signal would then be two 25 southbound lanes and one turn lane. Right 20 1 now, this is a right turn out that has like an 2 acceleration lane. We would continue that 3 along. 4 MR. DEMAIO: Should be easier to get 5 on and off the campus, because now we're 6 trying to merge with the traffic. 7 MR. McCARTHY: If that ever gets 8 developed, you're going to have to do a lot 9 more than that. 10 DR. PIPPINS: It's not a satellite 11 campus there. 12 MR. HILLMAN: If the Wyckoff goes 13 forward, he's responsible to mitigate any 14 traffic he generates. That's the law. 15 It doesn't always happen that way. You 16 can't mitigate thirteen thousand vehicles in a 17 peak hour. That's just insane. Even six 18 thousand. Even the phase one portion, which 19 is three thousand vehicles, even that's hard 20 to mitigate. 21 He's essentially said that government 22 should help. I'm building this smart growth 23 community. It's good. I'm redeveloping 24 Pilgrim State. I thing he's committed twenty 25 percent affordable housing. Which again, it's 21 1 all tremendous things, positive things he's 2 doing. He's committed twenty-five million for 3 the roadway improvements and whatever is left 4 beyond that, he expects government to take 5 care of. 6 That's between him and higher-ups. 7 They tell me to design something, I'll design 8 it. This is the only project we have in the 9 area right now. 10 We're going to be resurfacing Commack 11 Road, which is a safety project, basically, 12 widening it slightly to put in shoulders for 13 bikes, things like that, put in a striped 14 median; but in the area, this is the only the 15 project we have. 16 MR. MOORE: Any questions? 17 MR. GATTA: George Gatta. Just give 18 us a quick update on the status of the 19 Nicholls Road improvements. 20 MR. HILLMAN: We began that at I think 21 it was the end of May, beginning of June, so 22 we've been working out there four to six weeks 23 already. It's progressing nicely. We fully 24 intend to have that completed by the end of 25 August, when your classes start. That is our 22 1 intent. We're pushing hard to get that done. 2 We just did have a small glitch this 3 morning. The traffic pole at your main 4 entrance on the west side of the intersection, 5 so if you're coming out of your campus, the 6 traffic pole on the other side, the original 7 location we wanted to put it, once we dug -- 8 happens quite often in construction, you dig a 9 hole, you find out something is in the ground 10 where you wanted to put something, you have to 11 move it. 12 We have to move that signal pole. It's 13 now going to be within five feet of the 14 primary lines. LIPA is telling us they may 15 not be able to relocate those lines. We're 16 going to be calling Kevin Law (phonetic), who 17 we have a relationship with, to see if we can 18 expedite that. 19 It may delay the project a little bit; 20 however, there's a lot of things we can do to 21 handle that. The roadway work can go on as 22 is. The only thing is that signal work may be 23 delayed. As long as the existing pole loading 24 can handle it, we can add additional heads to 25 it. We could cone off the extra lanes that 23 1 would require additional heads. We can cone 2 those off. There's a lot of things we can do. 3 Our goal is to be off that road by the 4 time students are coming back and I'm pretty 5 sure we can do that. Even with if we have 6 issues with LIPA, we can still do that. 7 MR. MOORE: Could we have a backup 8 position in case there's a delay? Do we have 9 a contingency plan? 10 MR. DEMAIO: The backup position would 11 be you would have a roadway improvement, but 12 not be able to use the entire improvement. So 13 certainly any changes in the signals as far as 14 reduction of time to turn would not take 15 place. We would be back to where we were with 16 some coning. 17 It would be visually a little 18 different, obviously, because we would have 19 improved it, but we wouldn't be able to use it 20 to full capacity. Once we could, all the 21 temporaries would come out, the signals would 22 be changed and you would have the completed 23 work which you can access. Hopefully, LIPA 24 can get there sooner. 25 MR. MOORE: We just didn't want to have 24 1 one of those beehive messes and everyone asks 2 now what are we doing. 3 MR. DEMAIO: That would be the plan. 4 That's the gym entrance at the circle. 5 South Coleman, I don't believe there 6 are any issues with that expansion so far, so 7 that should be more than ready by the time 8 classes start. 9 MR. MOORE: Any question questions? 10 Thank you. 11 MR. DEMAIO: Insofar as the property 12 exchange, resolution would follow for the 13 board to consider now that you have this 14 information. If you have any additional 15 questions between now and then, we can answer 16 them. 17 MR. HILLMAN: Thank you. 18 MR. MOORE: That takes us to item G on 19 our agenda. Any questions on the resolutions 20 2008.39 through 43? 21 MR. McCARTHY: Maybe somebody could 22 explain the revision in the nepotism policy. 23 MR. MOORE: Sure. Ready Ilene? 24 MS. KREITZER: Sure. Responding to 25 some concerns that were raised by this board 25 1 several months ago, we went back and looked at 2 your policies and procedures on nepotism. We 3 made some changes to the procedures that were 4 used on the forms to provide greater detail on 5 the information. This basically expands the 6 people who would be identified as relatives. 7 There was a red-lined copy in your packet. 8 MR. McCARTHY: I saw it. 9 MS. KREITZER: It expands the types of 10 working conditions that are covered ordinarily 11 under nepotism basically to include work 12 assignments, promotions, demotions, changes in 13 salary and it's going forward, so it's not 14 retroactive, that relatives could not work in 15 the same department, regardless of whether or 16 not they have a supervisory relationship, but 17 there is a waiver provision and the primary 18 reason for having a waiver provision is that 19 in certain circumstances, to not allow that -- 20 certain collective bargaining agreements 21 provide transfer rights to those members and 22 if we were to deny those transfer rights, we 23 would be violating the contract, so we need to 24 have a waiver provision in there to cover 25 those types of situations. But it is a much 26 1 more stringent policy than we've had in the 2 past. 3 MR. McCARTHY: Was it necessary to 4 make it so much tougher? 5 MS. KREITZER: The Board had raised 6 questions about it, so I'm just trying to -- 7 MR. McCARTHY: The only questions I 8 had raised about it was the fact that I would 9 see the blue forms in some packets and not in 10 other packets and I was just -- my question 11 was whether or not it was being done on a 12 current basis. That was the only -- what I 13 always wanted to see was just disclosure of 14 the relationship similar to the policies that 15 the county has. That type of a policy. If 16 you're going to -- if you're related to 17 somebody that works here, just disclose it. 18 I don't want to go over the other end, 19 either. I don't want to make it harder, make 20 it more stringent; but if it's necessary to do 21 that and it's your recommendation to do it, 22 then we'll do it and I'd be in favor of it. 23 MR. HAZLITT: In the county, aren't 24 there certain conditions where a resolution by 25 the legislature has to be approved? 27 1 MR. McCARTHY: I think every case. 2 MR. HAZLITT: Really? 3 MR. McCARTHY: Yes. If you have 4 somebody who gets a summer job at Cupsogue 5 Beach, it has to be approved. Being that I 6 took care of my own kids, I knew that. 7 MR. GATTA: I believe that the county's 8 position is if you're in a policy making 9 position, if you're in supervisory capacity, 10 then there must be a waiver approved by the 11 county legislature. We believe this policy is 12 consistent with good human resource policy, 13 which is basically good human resource policy. 14 MR. MOORE: I'm all for advancing good 15 human resources. 16 MR. McCARTHY: Thank you. 17 MR. MOORE: Any other comment, 18 questions on any of the other resolutions 19 before us? 20 You're all squared away on item five, 21 what that was about? Then I'll entertain a 22 motion to approve 2008.39 through 43. 23 MR. HAZLITT: So moved. 24 MR. KANE: Second. 25 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 28 1 (All voted yes.) 2 MR. MOORE: Very well. Thank you. 3 Item H. 4 MR. STEIN: Good morning. Charles K. 5 Stein. In your packet, you have a report on 6 the monthly financials as of May 31, 2008. As 7 you can see, after accounting for the 8 estimated carryover from 2006/2007, which was 9 a negative $759,000, we are estimating that we 10 will end with a positive reserve balance of a 11 little over 295,000. This is consistent with 12 the reports you've gotten in the past. 13 I'll be happy to answer any questions. 14 MR. KANE: What was the balance you 15 said? 16 MR. STEIN: The year end is a positive 17 $295,553 is the estimate. 18 Any other questions? 19 MR. HAZLITT: I'm in receipt of a 20 letter from the county executive, which I 21 haven't had a chance to read, but would you 22 like to comment on it? 23 MR. STEIN: No. 24 MR. MOORE: Okay. 25 MR. HAZLITT: How about commenting 29 1 on it, then? 2 MR. STEIN: The county executive is 3 responding to a memo that had my name on it 4 which talked about aspects of the proposed 5 budget. At the legislative meeting the other 6 day, or yesterday, I forget. Tuesday, I 7 presented my comments on the budget. Briefly, 8 I'll go over those. 9 I stated that the college 10 administration and the board of trustees 11 worked very hard in presenting the proposed 12 budget for 2008/2009, recognizing the 13 financial constraints of the state and the 14 county and in conformance with the wishes of 15 the county, we presented a budget that 16 requested no increase in county support. In 17 doing that, we included no requested positions 18 and we established our other revenues, 19 including tuition, at a level which provided 20 us with a structurally balanced budget. 21 I thanked the county executive for 22 recognizing the hard work of the college and 23 its board of trustees in making the tough 24 decisions in coming up with that budget. I 25 also was appreciative of some of the changes 30 1 that were being offered by the county 2 executive in terms of increases in certain 3 equipment, supplies and personnel employee 4 benefit areas. However, I did point out that 5 the proposal for the reduction in revenue left 6 us with no other option but to use reserve 7 funds. This was something that was criticized 8 by Middle States. It would place us in a 9 position of deterioration in our reserves and 10 more importantly, we would then have to face 11 the dilemma in our next budget in not only 12 recognizing the need for revenues for the 13 increased expenses at that time, but also an 14 increased level of revenue that would have to 15 make up for the use of the reserves. 16 So that was my comment. I said the 17 budget review office will be reviewing this 18 budget and reporting at the end of July and we 19 would be happy to comment on it at that time 20 and we will continue to work with the budget 21 review office in their analysis. And those 22 are my comments. 23 MR. HAZLITT: What about his with the 24 additional 2.3 million available to utilize 25 for important programs to lower tuition and to 31 1 increase your reserve fund? Where would that 2 2.3 million come from? 3 MR. STEIN: Well actually, that was 4 some time ago and if you'll recall, I addressed 5 the Board at the time when the auditors 6 advised us that there was a liability that was 7 being carried in our state annual report that 8 should flow into the fund balance and, in 9 fact, it did flow to the fund balance and, in 10 fact, if you examine our current budget year 11 and you look at the document, you'll see that 12 the adopted budget for the current year 13 actually dealt with that audit finding for the 14 2005/2006 actual column. 15 So this is not something that's new, 16 it's something that was addressed previously 17 and it flowed to reserves. So in essence, the 18 bottom line is that the proposed budget, the 19 recommended budget, is calling on reserves to 20 provide us with the funds that would be 21 necessary to have us with a balanced budget 22 and that's what I commented on on Tuesday for 23 the legislature. 24 MR. HAZLITT: Thank you very much. I 25 do recall the comments with the auditor and 32 1 the discussion that followed. 2 MR. KANE: And for your own personal, I 3 think inflammatory, was a little too harsh, so 4 we're behind you. 5 MR. STEIN: Thank you. 6 MR. HAZLITT: I'm behind the 7 inaccurate, not the inflammatory. 8 MR. KANE: Oh. 9 MR. MOORE: Okay. That takes care of 10 item H. 11 Item I. Two things I'm intending to 12 talk about with you. One is we asked Ilene to 13 gather up and work on a draft and I emphasize 14 the word draft, the naming policy after our 15 conversation last month. We know the 16 foundation had a policy and we sat there and 17 talked about that last month and we asked them 18 to some more, recognizing this Board's role in 19 the context of governance and operational 20 control, working hand in glove with the 21 foundation. It wasn't meant to be a 22 confrontational thing, but working and 23 understanding the respective roles of each. 24 The foundation is the logical recipient 25 of philanthropic gifts, because it's the 33 1 501(c)3 that gives the donor the tax benefit 2 of making the donation, and we're the ones who 3 get to say nay or yay to naming things and the 4 like. So those two groups should be working 5 very much in synch, knowing what each one is 6 doing. That's the goal of this proposal. 7 It's out there for conversation, 8 comment, input. It's there for us to talk 9 about now. 10 If anyone has any comments or 11 suggestions you want to share with the board. 12 I don't expect us to act on it. It's not a 13 resolution for today. 14 MR. KANE: I'm very happy with the 15 progress. 16 MR. MOORE: Okay. Any comments from 17 trustees at this time? Bob, do you want to 18 comment? 19 MR. WALTER: Yes. Robert L. Walther, 20 chairman of the Foundation, Suffolk County 21 Community College. I've had about 40 years of 22 voluntary work now, this is the 40th year, 23 working with the college, with the board of 24 trustees, with the Foundation of the Alumni 25 Association. Having a second information, 34 1 secondary information relating to what 2 necessarily took place at our last meeting, I 3 really I would like to make a brief statement 4 regarding our efforts. 5 In the last three or four years, we've 6 made some tremendous, tremendous progress in 7 terms of the foundation and it's efforts to 8 bring dollars back to the campus. One of the 9 critical roles here is for us to work as a 10 team. I would like to read for you just bring 11 up three sentences which were taken from the 12 draft. 13 The first one is the authority to name 14 building facilities, endowments, rests with 15 the college board of trustees. There's no 16 question about that and I would be the first 17 one to stand up and say to the board of 18 trustees that's where it's belongs and it 19 should be there. 20 The second sentence. The proposal to 21 name a college location or its endowed program 22 shall be directed to the college president, 23 who would request preparation and presentation 24 of the proposal to the college board of 25 trustees and the Suffolk County Community 35 1 College Foundation board of directors. 2 That's unity. That brings in the 3 administration, it brings in the trustees, it 4 brings in the foundation. I believe we're all 5 on the same train. 6 Finally, all naming opportunities are 7 subject to the approval of the board of 8 trustees, after consultation with the 9 executive committee of the foundation board of 10 directors. That makes it so that we all go 11 out to the community, into the public, and 12 we're all agreed. 13 You don't necessary have to agree with 14 the decision inside the room, but once that 15 decision is made by the chair of the board of 16 trustees, based on all of our discussions and 17 your vote, we're all on the same page. 18 It's really critical for us to be 19 involved. If we are not involved, all the 20 efforts that we've made in the last few years 21 of bringing foundation members there who have 22 the resources, the capital to support the 23 college on their own, out of their own pocket, 24 are going to go by the wayside. So I'd like 25 you to consider what I'm saying here this 36 1 morning. It's paramount for us to go forward 2 and be part of the process. Thank you. 3 MR. MOORE: Thank you, Bob. 4 MR. McCARTHY: Thanks, Bob. 5 MR. MOORE: Thank you for those 6 comments. If you have anything that you want 7 to add to this or make us aware of, let us 8 know, we'll bring it to the board. We can 9 have this up for further discussion for an 10 adoption in August, if you like. There's no 11 need to act on it today. 12 Second item, I'll have more 13 information, I'm gathering it almost as we 14 speak, project labor agreements and there's 15 been some interest in that at various places. 16 Since I was asked to gather up some 17 information on the public policy that would 18 serve favorably, that which would be 19 unfavorable, we'll talk about in August. I 20 wanted you to be aware of it, but it will be a 21 topic of conversation in August. 22 I will get you information that says 23 yeah, they're great things. I will get you 24 information that says no, they're not good 25 things. Then we can bang around from a policy 37 1 standpoint if the board wants to consider 2 adopting such a program for the future or on a 3 limited basis or on an as-you-go basis. We'll 4 see. 5 What I have, I'll share with you. I 6 don't have a lot of information. I'm the 7 first to admit, I know virtually nothing about 8 it. I'm in the learning phase, but what I 9 learn, I'll share with you. 10 I'm going to take an opportunity now to 11 make some special presentations. I'm going to 12 thank two trustees who are with us for their 13 last meeting this month. That's our student 14 trustee, Yichao Li. So we recognize your 15 service and the board of trustees has for you 16 a plaque to place on the wall wherever you go 17 next. 18 Congratulations for your services this 19 year. What is your plan for September? 20 MS. LI: I might stay in Suffolk for 21 another semester and do research at Stony 22 Brook and later on, I'll go for my PhD. 23 MR. MOORE: Wonderful. It's been a 24 pleasure to serve with you this year and we 25 wish you the best of luck. 38 1 MS. LI: Thank you. 2 MR. MOORE: Dennis. 3 MR. KANE: Oh, God. 4 DR. PIPPINS: I think nine years 5 deserves applause. 6 MR. MOORE: It is a pleasure on behalf 7 of the board of trustees to hand you this 8 plaque. I've had a real pleasure in growing 9 up from being Billy. You're only the second 10 guy to call me Billy. The other guy was my 11 ninth grade teacher. I corrected him once 12 meekly and I didn't correct him again. 13 It's been a real delight to work with 14 you on the board of trustees. You bring 15 incredible information, perspective. Your 16 experience from where you have sat at 17 different tables, the board has been the 18 better for it and it's been a real delight. 19 MR. McCARTHY: Thank you. You've 20 done a very good job. 21 MR. MOORE: Thank you kindly. 22 MR. McCARTHY: You've taken this board 23 a long way. Thank you. 24 MR. MOORE: Thank you. 25 MR. HAZLITT: One comment. Dennis 39 1 came on this board with a bang. The very 2 first day he was here, he made a lasting 3 impression. When he was backing his park car 4 out of the parking lot, he hit the car behind 5 him, but it's been a pleasure. You're a great 6 guy, even though you're Irish. 7 MR. McCARTHY: As Jerry will tell you, 8 we were raised to hate you. One of the 9 advantages of getting on this board was 10 sitting next to Walter and getting to know 11 that he was really a good guy, which I have 12 told Tony Pace about. 13 MR. HAZLITT: I'm thinking about the 14 hate part. You've gone done a great job. 15 DR. PIPPINS: I'd like to add a few 16 words. I appreciate your support, the tough 17 questions you've raised and you're the first 18 person to leave that's been with me for a 19 listening period of time and I wanted to 20 acknowledge that support and I hope you'll 21 stay connected with us and you have fond 22 memories. 23 MR. McCARTHY: I will. Thank you very 24 much. 25 MR. MOORE: We'll toss it out for 40 1 anything any trustee wants to share with the 2 group at this point, items of concern or 3 interest. 4 MR. MATTACE: It's been an honor 5 working with you and the information that you 6 filtered down to me was very well appreciated. 7 I've learned over the years to literally pick 8 people's brains, to advance and to better 9 myself and I have to honestly say again, with 10 your advice, I was able to move a little bit 11 farther. 12 MR. McCARTHY: Thank you. 13 MR. MATTACE: Now. Comedy, last 14 night I was sitting in front of my pond and I 15 said we're going to start from day one and 16 we're going to look at the glass half filled, 17 not half empty. We have to look at the 18 students here and the advances to this 19 college. 20 I would like to thank everyone here who 21 has been supportive and done what we had to do 22 in our own minds and hearts to reach a goal. 23 I would also like to thank our chairman for 24 putting me on the right course a couple of 25 times and for his wisdom and his guidance. 41 1 MR. MOORE: Thank you. 2 MR. MATTACE: So let's move forward 3 and do what we have to do. That's what we 4 have to do. And what we say here, stays here. 5 The buck does stop here and that's our 6 responsibility. 7 MR. MOORE: Okay. 8 MR. MATTACE: Thank you. 9 MR. MOORE: Thanks, Ernie. 10 MR. HAZLITT: I've been thinking quite 11 a lot with regard to the action and activity 12 that we were involved in last Tuesday and my 13 comment is we did the wrong thing for the 14 right reason, which is putting off the 15 inevitable a little later. How we deal with 16 the Middle States, when the time comes, we'll 17 have to address that and the bottom line is 18 the students and the college. 19 MR. KANE: Seeing I was the only 20 dissenting vote, I want to tell you that I 21 respect the wishes of every person at this 22 table and I think they were very honorable 23 positions they took and I want to say I 24 respect them. 25 MR. MOORE: We will move forward. It 42 1 was not a fun place to be on Tuesday and we'll 2 go from there. 3 MR. McCARTHY: The other thing is that 4 the college -- the administration should be 5 well prepared for if -- and we expect to 6 prevail before the courts, and what was thrown 7 at us on Tuesday is going to look like bean 8 bags compared to what they are going to be 9 throwing and I just say that in a tactical, 10 strategical sense, because I'm sure they're 11 going to say okay, well then you can do this 12 and you can that and you can do this and if 13 there's one thing that the administration I 14 would suggest to be looking at through the 15 summer months is that contingency plan for 16 items that they hear might be coming their way 17 to be handling as an independent body, because 18 you have to be able to hit the ground running 19 with those items. Because if you, as the 20 presiding officer said, you know, be concerned 21 what you ask for, because you might get it and 22 I'm sure there's a few things they would like 23 to take off their plate at the county and put 24 it on our plate immediately. So I bet that 25 will be their prevailing strategy. That 43 1 contingency plan should be well in place. 2 MR. MOORE: I agree. Dr. Pippins, it's 3 all yours. 4 DR. PIPPINS: I would just like to take 5 a few minutes to share some highlights of the 6 2007/2008 academic year. I want to begin my 7 remarks by first thanking Vice President Stein 8 for his fine work, advice, leadership and 9 support of the college. 10 These are and continue to be exciting 11 and challenging times at Suffolk County 12 Community College. At mid year, I projected 13 that this would be another great year and it 14 has been, despite the significant challenges 15 that we face and we currently address. I want 16 to add to Ernie's accolades and thanks to all 17 of you who worked so hard to get us through 18 some very difficult moments this year. There 19 are some very special people sitting on the 20 side of you who were very much involved, and 21 I'd like to thank them all. We appreciate 22 your work. 23 The college -- and we've got some 24 pictures up here. Laurie and I are trying 25 something a little different today. 44 1 The college continues to see the fruits 2 of our labors. Our county and state 3 investments are yielding impressive results 4 and many of our dreams, as I mentioned, 5 continued to be realized. The results are 6 impressive and they warrant being highlighted 7 again. I think sometimes Vice President 8 Braxton was with me with at a meeting in 9 Milwaukee where I was the keynote dinner 10 speaker for the American Council of Education 11 and Women and there I talked about how in 12 these really difficult moments like the ones 13 we're going through, it is important to look 14 back at what we have done and what we are 15 doing, because the college and this board have 16 really done some phenomenal things. 17 We continue to see the impact of 18 continued strong academic programming with the 19 efforts and phenomenal results from the 20 efforts of our faculty, staff and administrators as 21 exemplified in our honors program where we 22 have the largest honors program in the history 23 of the college. 24 Just a few weeks ago I got a copy of an 25 e-mail from the Grant Campus where they talked 45 1 about for the first time they were starting to 2 get students with impressive SATs applying to 3 Suffolk County Community College as their 4 first choice. That's really important. 5 We have significantly enhanced our 6 ability to market and advertise our creative 7 and innovative programming projects and 8 accomplishments and we've even received 9 recognition in this area. I think Drew's 10 fingerprints are all over the work there. I 11 appreciate the work he's done. 12 I'm glad Bob is still here. I think as 13 a result of the foundation's efforts, we've 14 experienced significantly increased ability to 15 connect with our alumnae. They're in Albany, 16 Atlanta, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., Denver, 17 Chicago, Richmond and New York. 18 The foundation is also putting in place 19 the infrastructure necessary to facilitate the 20 information from our alumnae and other 21 significant donors. This year, for example, 22 we had our first phone-a-thon, I think, in 23 recent history, maybe the first one ever. 24 Through Harris Direct, we're establishing a 25 college alumnae directory, just so our alumnae 46 1 are harassed by Harris Direct just as we are, 2 which will allow us to create a composite 3 donor index which provides a lot of 4 information about our donors. 5 The foundation's e-marketing 6 initiatives will create protocols for 7 identifying and communicating with various 8 audiences, so we can sort by category our 9 alumnae and connect with them. These 10 marketing initiatives will also allow the 11 college to take advantage of social networking 12 websites such as MySpace, YouTube and 13 FaceBook, so we'll really be where the 14 students are like everybody else is. 15 The foundation's involvement with 16 Harris Direct has already resulted in an 17 increase of fifteen thousand additional e-mail 18 addresses and that's critical for communicating 19 with people, because we're finally getting 20 addresses, mailing addresses, but the e-mail 21 is where we need to be. 22 In fact, we discover new alumnae every 23 day. We discovered that Michael Iavarone, who 24 is a co-owner of Big Brown, is an alumna of 25 the school. 47 1 The results of our partnership efforts 2 are producing results in the form of our HVAC 3 program we're really excited about, our 4 nursing initiatives, auto tech, culinary arts 5 and Dennis, as you leave, you can take great 6 pride in all these things materializing during 7 your tenure and our tenure on the board. 8 Cultivation of donors is beginning to 9 yield results. The Culinary Arts and 10 Hospitality Center and the Sub-Zero Wolf 11 demonstration theatre are excellent examples 12 of our work in this area. 13 We continue to receive major grants 14 including Megtronics (phonetic) and I believe, 15 George, we recently got another grant, was it 16 one point six five? 17 MR. GATTA: Almost one point seven, 18 yes. 19 DR. PIPPINS: Million dollars. And of 20 course, the National Science Foundation grant 21 we got this year was the largest in the 22 history of this institution. 23 Another major highlight was 24 implementation of the Leadership Institute for 25 Faculty and Guild Members. I'm sorry George 48 1 is not here, because I keep waiting for him so 2 I can put it up and show everything that's 3 happening in that program. 4 Most recently, we received a five 5 million dollar anonymous gift, the largest 6 gift in the history of the college and keep in 7 mind, there were only five such gifts given in 8 the entire United States last year. I was at 9 a president's meeting in Cooperstown this year 10 and our gift was really the largest gift in 11 the community colleges. One of the community 12 college has a pledge of ten million, but if 13 you don't have it in your pocket, you don't 14 have it. 15 Joe Hagen (phonetic) called me from 16 Westchester and said, "I think you guys are 17 going to be at the top of the list this year." 18 So we are in good shape. 19 In mid year, I emphasized the 20 importance of my focussing and the institution 21 focussing on significant areas not addressed 22 earlier and I'm pleased to report we have made 23 progress in those areas. We have, as Vice 24 President Stein said, minimized the tuition 25 increase, while maintaining the lowest 49 1 administrative costs in the SUNY system and I 2 think this is something we can be very much 3 proud of. 4 We continue to leverage the five 5 million dollar gift. This gift has been 6 matched by significant and diverse group of 7 college supporters, and I think as you look at 8 that list, you will see names that you 9 recognize and these are people that we will 10 meet with to partner with and continue to 11 strengthen our partnership. 12 Moving forward with our efforts to 13 implement a nationally recognized impressive 14 program using that gift, the national committee 15 was convened and we had people both present 16 and available by phone. That group moved 17 forward with the design and a selection 18 process for the applicants and an evaluation 19 criteria was developed. 20 The reception recently held for 21 scholarship recipients was if not the height, 22 it was definitely one of the highlights of my 23 career. We received 160 applications -- and I 24 think I shared this earlier with you -- Vice 25 President Araneo and I personally interviewed 50 1 70 screened candidates and 60 scholarships 2 were awarded. 3 You would have to have been on the 4 other end of those phone calls. I made the 5 phone calls to all these individuals who got 6 five thousand dollars. There were 23 of 7 those. Mary Lou made the rest. The responses 8 of those students -- and we talk about our 9 role as an institution, but this is what 10 Suffolk County Community College is all about. 11 This is really going to make a difference in 12 these students' lives. 13 You will note, for example, first we 14 will use that money to pay their tuition, but 15 whatever is left over will go to the 16 bookstore. We worked with the bookstore. 17 They will have gas cards. They will have 18 computers. They will have printers, 19 cartridges, all the things the students need 20 to be successful. They will be able to use 21 this to change their lives. 22 We continue to move forward with our 23 major gifts campaign. We hope to have our 24 next meeting with The Clements Group shortly. 25 We delayed that a little bit to move this 51 1 program out fully; and as you remember, there 2 were six possible programs initiatives 3 identified: Nursing and allied health, the 4 virtual hospital, the work force development 5 career center, global learning, strategic 6 language, one-stop academics, rebirth center, 7 scholarship endowment and student life 8 initiatives. 9 In addition, we have brought 10 significant public attention to our programs 11 and professionalism and I think we've all 12 taken great pride and the public is all 13 talking about the wonderful commercials we've 14 put forth. We are working with the foundation 15 to enhance our fund-raising initiatives with 16 alumni and Angie Carpenter is chairing this 17 effort and she and I have had a number of 18 interesting meetings with alumni and I think 19 we'll see some good results there. 20 We have also enhanced our safety and 21 security efforts, including, as Vice President 22 Braxton has spoken on this, implementing 23 New York Alert, implementing and communicating 24 our emergency response plan and another 25 example is adding or replacing blue light 52 1 phones on all three campuses. 2 Since mid year, we have continued 3 progress towards meeting Middle States 4 emission review criteria and we've talked with 5 you about this and the board has asked we keep 6 them posted in this area and we will continue 7 to, but we will address this issue in terms of 8 assessment and also in filling critical 9 leadership positions. 10 I am very exited by our concentrated 11 efforts to improve graduation and retention 12 rates. This is essentially what we are all 13 about. This is something we have been talking 14 about since I came here, but effective this 15 fall, we will be requiring all first-time 16 full-time freshmen to take orientation as they 17 enter the college and we feel this will help 18 with the graduation and retention rates. 19 Second only to the five million dollar 20 gift is the impact of the three million dollar 21 gift from the State Legislature. You may have 22 forgotten about this, but wait until you see 23 all of this. 24 I'd like to close by highlighting some 25 of the things that are happening with that 53 1 three million dollars. First the piano labs, 2 which were really just a disaster area in the 3 basement of some building. So Craig Boyd is 4 beside just himself with the difference we're 5 making in terms of our music program. I 6 continue to ask him for a marching band of at 7 least six people. 8 We've also made progress in terms of 9 renovating classrooms and making sure that 10 there's furniture in there. I'm very proud of 11 this, because once the classrooms were 12 renovated, we still had no new chairs; but the 13 executive dean gathered all the chairs and 14 made sure that even though they were old 15 chairs, they were all at least the same color, 16 and I appreciate it. 17 You can't under estimate the value of 18 air-conditioning these buildings and to be 19 able to sit in the Brookhaven gym and not pass 20 out. Those of you who have been to ceremonies 21 there know what that means. Moving ahead with 22 the running track. 23 The cottage is one of my favorite ones 24 and I can't wait until we have a meeting there 25 and you can see. You can tell just by looking 54 1 at that, there's no way we would have gotten 2 money for that without that three million 3 dollars and that will be a wonderful space for 4 receptions. The tennis courts are nearing the 5 final stages of completion. 6 Also in the process of the athletic 7 field at Ammerman and Grant, site preparation 8 and excavation for the new Workforce 9 Development and Technology Center and we're 10 also moving forward with the new signage 11 system, so when you walk on the campus, there 12 will be consistent signage; all three 13 campuses, letting you know they are part of 14 Suffolk County Community College. 15 It has been a great year and I know 16 that the 2008/2009 academic year will bring 17 even greater accomplishments. Thank you. 18 MR. McCARTHY: I just spoke to 19 Mr. Foley yesterday and he wishes everybody 20 well. He enjoys following the goings-on of 21 the board with the minutes. 22 MS. LI: I just want to say it's been a 23 great experience to serve on the board. It's 24 been eye opening. I would never be able to 25 learn all this from just being a student. 55 1 This is the best board of trustees we have. I 2 love the college and I will stay another 3 semester, because I don't want to leave. 4 DR. PIPPINS: Thank you. 5 MS. LI: But I will always appreciate 6 you. 7 DR. PIPPINS: We appreciate how well 8 you represent us and we will follow you as you 9 move forward. We appreciated meeting your 10 family, too. 11 MS. LI: They're crazy. 12 MR. McCARTHY: All families are crazy. 13 DR. PIPPINS: The cover of the annual 14 report is a picture of the scholarship 15 recipients and look at the diversity in every 16 way you can think of. Young, not so young. 17 This is a picture of the Suffolk County 18 Community College and I think when that 19 anonymous donor sees this, he or she will be 20 very impressed with what we've done. 21 MR. HAZLITT: I certainly will. 22 MR. MOORE: We do have an item for 23 executive session. It's a personnel matter. 24 No action is going to take place or action as 25 a result, so we'll be adjourning after we come 56 1 out of executive session. There's no need for 2 you to wait around here. 3 We thank you all for coming today. We 4 thank our trustees for their service. We'll 5 miss you. Hopefully, we will remain in 6 contact. 7 The purpose of the session is for 8 personnel. Do I hear a motion to go into 9 executive session for that purpose? 10 MR. KANE: So moved. 11 MR. MOORE: Second? 12 MR. MATTACE: Second. 13 MR. MOORE: So moved. Thank you all. 14 (The general meeting was adjourned at 15 10:30 a.m., to be followed by the executive 16 session, after which the meeting was 17 adjourned.) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 57 1 C E R T I F I C A T I O N 2 3 I, Valerie Cannata, a Notary Public for and 4 within the State of New York, do hereby certify: 5 THAT, the within transcript is a true record of the 6 proceedings. 7 8 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand 9 this day, June 30, 2008. 10 11 12 (Valerie Cannata) 13 14 15 * * * * 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25