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Monday, November 8, 2021

The Regents Will Be Back Next Week in Hybrid Format

The Regents will be meeting via a mix of Zoom and in-person next week and their preliminary agenda has now been posted. To the extent that it is in-person, it will occur at UC-San Francisco. Limited public attendance subject to rules about vaccination, masks, etc., will be allowed.

It might be noted that the massive UC-Santa Barbara dorm project about which we have been posting and which has stirred much controversy is not on the agenda. It may well come up in public comment periods, however. We will see.

Agenda of Regents Meeting: November 16-18, 2021 via Zoom and In-Person, UC-San Francisco

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Tuesday, November 16

2:00 pm Tuesday Board (open session - includes public comment session) 

Public Comment Period 

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2:30 pm Investments Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of September 28, 2021

I1 Discussion: Review of First Quarter Performance for Fiscal Year 2021-22 of UC Pension, Endowment, Retirement Savings Program, Blue and Gold Pool and Working Capital

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4:00 pm National Laboratories Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of September 28, 2021

N1 Discussion: Status of Southern California Hub

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Wednesday, November 17

8:30 am Wednesday Board (open session) 

Public Comment Period (30 minutes)

Remarks of the Chair of the Board

Remarks of the President of the University

Remarks by Chair of the Academic Senate

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Concurrent Meetings

9:30 am Public Engagement and Development Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of September 29, 2021

P1 Discussion: UC Center Sacramento: Bridging the University of California and the Capital Community for the Public Good

P2 Discussion: Conversation with State Senator John Laird

P3 Discussion: State Government Relations Update

P4 Discussion: Federal Government Relations Update

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9:30 am Compliance and Audit Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of July 21, 2021

C1 Discussion: Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services Annual Report 2020-21

C2 Discussion: Annual Report of External Auditors for the Year Ended June 30, 2021

Upon end of open: Compliance and Audit Committee (closed session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of September 29, 2021

C3(X) Discussion: Annual Consultation with Regents’ Auditors Concerning Performance of University Personnel

C4(X) Discussion: Compliance and Audit Personnel Matters

C5(X) Discussion: Update on the Pension Administration Project

*Note: This project seems to be always on the agenda but exactly what it is remains unclear.

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12:45 pm Special Committee on Nominations (closed session) 

S1(X) Action: Appointment of Vice Chair of the Compliance and Audit Committee

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Concurrent Meetings

1:30 pm Academic and Student Affairs Committee (open session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of September 29, 2021

A1 Discussion: Update on Eligibility in the Local Context

A2 Discussion: The Student Experience with Financial Aid

A3 Discussion: University of California Graduate Student Experience Survey

A4 Discussion: Growing Our Own: Graduate Enrollment and Diversifying Ph.D. Pathways

A5 Discussion: The Changing Landscape of Transfer Policy in California

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1:30 pm Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (open session)

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of September 29, 2021

F1 Action: Consent Agenda: 

A. Preliminary Plans Funding for Entire Project, Working Drawings Funding and Scope for Site and Make-Ready Work Portion of the Project, and External Financing, the New Hospital at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights Project, San Francisco Campus

B. Preliminary Plans Funding, Folsom Medical Office Building, UC Davis Health, Davis Campus

C. Construction Funding and Design Following Action: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Advanced Work Phase of the California Hospital Tower, UC Davis Sacramento Campus

D. Approval of Business Terms for an Amendment of a Ground Lease with Irvine Campus Housing Authority, University Hills Area 12-1, Irvine Campus

F2 Action: Long Range Development Plan Amendment and Design of University Hills Area 12-1 Following Action: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Irvine Campus

F3 Action: 2021 Long Range Development Plan Following Action: Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, Riverside Campus

F4 Action: University of California 2021-27 Capital Financial Plan

F5 Action: University of California Financial Reports, 2021

F6 Action: Approval of the University of California’s 2022-23 Budget for Current Operations

F7 Information :Academic Seismic Replacement Building (Evans Hall Seismic Replacement), Berkeley Campus

F8 Information: Kresge College Non-Academic, Santa Cruz Campus

F9 Information: Annual Actuarial Valuations for the University of California Retirement Plan and Its Segments and for the 1991 University of California-Public Employees’ Retirement System Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program

F10 Action: Authorization to Decrease the University Employer Contribution Rate and Make Additional Contributions through Transfers from the Short Term Investment Pool and/or External Financing to the University of California Retirement Plan

*Note: Unclear if this is just a juggling of contribution sources or something else.*

F11 Information: Annual Actuarial Valuation of the University of California Retiree Health Benefit Program

F12 Action: Amendment of the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Budget for the University of California Office of the President

F13 Discussion: Report of Budget to Actual Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2020-21 for the Office of the President and First Quarter Fiscal Year 2021-22 Results

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4:30 pm Governance Committee (closed session) 

G1(X) Discussion: Collective Bargaining Matters

*Note: Likely topics include the negotiations with lecturers and unit determination of boundaries involving certain student researchers.*

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Thursday, November 18

8:30 am Thursday Board (open session) 

Public Comment Period (30 minutes)

Approval of the Minutes of the Meetings of September 9, 2021, September 28, 29, and 30, 2021

Remarks from Student Associations

B1 Discussion: Update on COVID-19 Impact on the University of California: UC Health Issues

B2 Discussion: Report on the Presidential Working Group on Artificial Intelligence

B3 Discussion: Update on the Potential Use of the Smarter Balanced Assessment in University of California Undergraduate Admissions

Committee Reports Including Approvals of Recommendations from Committees

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12:30 pm Joint Meeting: Academic and Student Affairs Committee & Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (open session) 

J1 Discussion: Strategic Campus Overview, San Francisco Campus

Upon end of open

Joint Meeting: Academic and Student Affairs Committee & Finance and Capital Strategies Committee (closed session) 

J2(X) Discussion: Litigation Update – Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods v. Regents (California Environmental Quality Act)

*Note: This case involves a local attempt to freeze enrollments at UC-Berkeley.*

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Upon end of closed session Board (closed session) 

Action: Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting of September 9, 2021 and September 30, 2021

B4(X) Action: Dismissal of Faculty Member, Riverside Campus

Source: https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/meetings/agendas/nov21.html.

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