Preliminary Regents Agenda

Below is the preliminary agenda for the May 19-21 regents meeting  As we have noted in earlier posts, the Regents meeting will follow the governor's May Revise budget proposal this coming Thursday, May 14. Some highlights are marked below:

Regents Meeting: May 19-21, 2020, Agenda

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

11:30 am Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (open session - includes public comment session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of March 18, 2020

• F1 Action: Consent Agenda:

A. Adoption of Endowment Administration Cost Recovery Rate
B. Adoption of Expenditure Rate for the General Endowment Pool
C. Amendments to the 2019-20 and 2020-21 Budget for State
Capital Improvements
D. Approval of Design Following Action Pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act, Inpatient Rehabilitation
Hospital, Davis Health Campus

• F2 Action: Partial Preliminary Plans Funding, Irvine Campus Medical Complex, Irvine Campus
• F3 Action: Preliminary Plans and Working Drawings Funding and Scope, Mission Bay East Campus Phase 2 (Block 34) Parking Garage, San Francisco Campus
• F4 Action: Preliminary Plans Funding, Mission Bay East Campus Phase 2 (Block 34) Clinical Building, San Francisco Campus
• F5 Action: Preliminary Plans Funding, Integrated Center for Design and Construction at Parnassus Heights, San Francisco Campus
• F6 Action: Partial Preliminary Plans Funding, the New Hospital at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, San Francisco Campus

2:30 pm Investments Committee (open session)

• Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of January 21, 2020
• I-1 Discussion: Update on University of California Investments Products – Retirement, Endowment and Working Capital

Note: This session is the first in which the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis and recession will really be aired at a Regents meeting. The issue was largely avoided at the prior meeting.

4:30 pm Special Committee on Basic Needs (open session)
Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of March 17, 2020
S1 Discussion: Supporting Students’ Basic Needs During COVID-19
S2 Discussion: Special Committee on Basic Needs Report Draft Recommendations

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Agenda – Closed Session
G1X Discussion: Appointment of and Compensation for a Chancellor, Merced
Campus, Closed Session Statute Citation: Personnel Matters [Education Code §92032(b)(7)]
Note: Presumably, the name of the new chancellor of UC-Merced will be unveiled at one of the two following full board meetings.

FULL BOARD

Time: At the conclusion of the closed session Governance Committee meeting

• Agenda – Open Session
• Public Comment Period
• Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of March 18, 2020
• Remarks of the Chair of the Board
• Remarks of the President of the University

HEALTH SERVICES COMMITTEE
Time: 10:00 a.m.

• Agenda – Open Session
• H1 Discussion: Update of COVID-19 Impact on the University of California: UC Health Issues

Note: At the prior off-cycle meeting of this committee, the financial impact wasn't much discussed. Presumably, it will have to come up this time.

ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Time: At the conclusion of the previous meeting

• Agenda – Open Session
• Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of March 18, 2020
• A1 Discussion: Update of COVID-19 Impact on the University of California: Academic and Student Issues

FINANCE AND CAPITAL STRATEGIES COMMITTEE
Time: At the conclusion of the previous meeting
Agenda – Open Session

• F7 Discussion: Projected COVID-19 Impacts on 2019-20 and 2020-21 Revenue

Note: At the prior Regents meeting, only one Regent pushed for any kind of discussion of this matter. It can't be avoided this time.

FULL BOARD
Time: At the conclusion of previous meeting

• Agenda – Open Session
• B2 Action: Principles for Responsible Operation of University Locations in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic

FINANCE AND CAPITAL STRATEGIES COMMITTEE (Continued)
Date: May 20, 2020
Time: 1:00 p. m.
Agenda – Open Session

• F8 Action: Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget for the University of California Office of the President
• F9 Action: Amendment of the University of California Retirement Savings Program Plans to Provide for Relief Distributions and Loan Provisions as Permitted Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act

Note: We posted earlier this past week about the need for Regental action to approve certain special features allowed under the CARES Act.

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE (Continued)
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Agenda – Open Session

• Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of March 18, 2020
• G2 Action: Amendment of Regents Policy 1112 – Review of Allegations of Board Member Misconduct

Note: G2 is likely the result of past allegations of sexual misconduct of a board member who subsequently resigned.

• G3 Action: Amendment of Bylaw 21.7 and Regents Policy 1202 – Policy on Appointment of Student Regent

Agenda – Closed Session

• Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of March 18, 2020
• G4X Discussion: Collective Bargaining Matters, Closed Session Statute Citation: Collective bargaining matters [Government Code §3596(d)]

Note: The pledge of the UC prez to avoid layoffs expires on June 30. Since this is a closed session, we will not know what the discussion will be. But it's hard to imagine the layoff issue won't be part of the agenda.

COMPLIANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Agenda – Closed Session
Action Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of March 18, 2020

• C1X Discussion: State Audit of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation, Closed Session Statute Citation: Response to draft State audit report [Government Code §11126.2]
• C2X Discussion: Update on the Pension Administration Project, Closed Session Statute Citations: Personnel Matters [Education Code §92032(b)(7)]; Litigation [Education Code §92032(b)(5)]

Note: We have noted this item in the past. What is the "Pension Administration Project" and why is it under litigation?** (We have been assured it doesn't have anything to do with pension benefits.)

• C3X Discussion: Foreign Influence Investigations Across the System, Closed Session Statute Citations: Personnel Matters [Education Code §92032(b)(7)]; Litigation [Education Code §92032(b)(5)]

Note: C3X likely involves a potentially contentious matter involving relations with China.

• There follows a long list of legal cases in various stages. One of note is:

REQUA v. REGENTS – Motion for Final Approval of Settlement Granted – Impairment of Implied Contract for Retiree Health Benefits – Office of the President

This is the case that came out of Lawrence Livermore that provided monetary compensation for loss of UC retiree health due to a management change at that lab. While it might have established some sort of vested right to retiree health insurance, the monetary settlement averted such an outcome.***

Thursday, May 21, 2020

FULL BOARD

• Agenda – Open Session
• Public Comment Period
• Remarks from Student Associations
• B3 Discussion: Standardized College Entrance Exams: Current Uses and Academic Perspectives on Use
• B4 Action: College Entrance Exam Use in University of California Undergraduate Admissions

Note: Apart from the budget, Items B3 and B4 are the hot topics of this meeting involving the use of the SAT and ACT.

Committee Reports Including Approvals of Recommendations from Committees:
Academic and Student Affairs Committee
Finance and Capital Strategies Committee
Health Services Committee (from the April 15, 2020 meeting)
Governance Committee
Investments Committee
Special Committee on Basic Needs
Special Committee on Nominations

Closed session of the full board follows the open session.
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Source: https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/meetings/agendas/may20.html
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*http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2020/05/regents-must-approve-certain.html

**http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-regents-will-be-meeting-january-21.html

***http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2020/04/requalawrence-livermore-case-settlement.html and earlier posts. Search for "Requa" in the search engine linked to this blog.