S. Dikbas joined the meeting at 7:11 pm. 

B. Torres, Executive Assistant, led the Pledge of Allegiance. 

B. Torres, announced that MPS Board Member N. Huynh submitted his resignation effective January 24, 2018. He was thanked for his time, expertise and dedication to MPS. E. Vasquez, teacher and school culture coordinator of MSA-7 informed the Board of the accomplishments of the school and she mentioned to the Board that she would communicate with them about any needs and support the school could get from them. No other public comments were made.

The approval of these minutes were postponed until the next Board meeting, Board members requested changes.

This item was taken out of consent agenda. Board Members had questions regarding the contract, the process of the work and the future steps. All questions were addressed. 

This item was taken out of Consent Agenda for further discussion. P. Ontiveros, Facilities Director/ General Counsel of MPS, presented the agreement with Cumming Construction Management for solar consulting services (item II H) and the agreement with gkkworks for master planning services (item II I) simultaneously. C. Young, Chief Executive Officer of MPS, explained to the board the improvements and changes that would happen based on this contract. She stated that these costs would be paid by the 2014 Bond, staff will present an update on the 2014 bond at the next board meeting. P. Ontiveros, explained that these costs would be paid over time and with the energy saving cost it is possible that the cost can pay itself. M. Sahin, MSA-1 Principal, explained the proposed structure that the engineer from Franco Architect explained when he went to the site. T. Buresh from Prime Source explained the master planning details and the zone variance process for this project. Both items were discussed in detail, motions were done separately. 

This item was discussed along with item II H Approval of Agreement with Cumming Construction Management for Solar Consulting Services. 

P. Ontiveros, MPS Facilities Director/General Counsel, presented the need for the intra company loan for the MSA-Santa Ana construction project. This loan would be provided by MSA-8 from its access amount of the required reserves, the operational budget will not be affected. The board and staff went over what was discussed at the October 23, 2017 MPS ad hoc committee meeting pertaining to the MSA-Santa Ana construction project. C. Young, MPS CEO and Superintendent, explained to the Board that an intra company loan would be the best financial option for the organization as no interests will be charged. Staff stated that they do not foresee any changes in the construction in the near future but if anything were to change it would be brought to the Board immediately. 
 

Item tabled for next Board meeting. 

Item tabled for next Board meeting. 

I. Soto, Interim Chief External Officer, explained the roles and responsibilities of the Outreach and Communications Department are. He introduced N. Boghossian, Vice President at Larson Communications who went over the work Larson has done for MPS in the past three years. She explained the effect of the Amsterdam campaign and how they assisted Magnolia in continuing having a good reputation. Aside from crisis communication, Larson has developed positive stories about the Magnolia Academies and has been able to get press at the various MPS sites. N. Boghossian addressed Board members questions, she stated that she is not expecting much negative press in the near future. This was an informational/discussion item. No actions were taken. 

K. Dietz, from EdTec, presented the December 2017 financials. She stated that overall the ADA rates are good. She also mentioned that there will be increase in STRS and PERS and LCFF will increase. The Board requested that the 2018-19 MPS budget be presented to the MPS Finance Committee twice before it is presented to the full Board. This was a discussion item, no actions were taken.

T. Buresh from PrimeSource joined the meeting in person and presented updates on the MSA 1 construction project. He talked about the possibility of leasing additional classrooms during 2018-19 from a near by church or another location near by. He explained the benefits this would bring for the school including increasing enrollment. P. Ontiveros, Facilities Director/General Counsel, gave some updates on the MSA Santa Ana and MSA San Diego facilities. He mentioned that the MSA San Diego project is basically complete and there would be another grand opening ceremony now that the project has been finalized. All questions were addressed, not actions were taken.

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair,  informed the public that the Board would be going into Closed Session to discuss one case under potential litigation. After Closed Session, the Board went back into Open Session and S. Sherkhanov reported out that the Board discussed current and there were not actions to report.