Contract issues for campus Language and leasing impede Foundation activities

Tim Toton Roundup Reporter

Contracts and timing have vexed the Foundation for Pierce College’s fundraiser with the Topanga Vintage Market (TVM), officials said, stripping them of badly needed operational funds.

“There’s some dispute in terms of some of the language [the Foundation] struck out of the contract. They took out a provision,” said Rolf Schleicher, vice president of Administrative Services. “[The contract] was withheld from them until it’s resolved.”

The Foundation’s financial manager Kathy Zanghi said they secured TVM as a vendor in October 2013 before they had a new agreement with the collegeit was subsequently approved in November.

“There were a number of issues at that time because the Foundation had no [charter] contract with the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) to even exist,” said Larry Kraus, associate vice president of Administrative Services. President Kathleen Burke said the college assisted the Foundation by allowing TVM to operate under a college agreement.

“They could not be compensated the first two months of the vintage market because they did not have an active contract with the college so they brought it to the college,” Burke said. “We did them a favor because the vintage market wanted to start.” go,” she said. “Then you get a call from legal downtown and they say you can’t do it that way. Well, you can’t cancel it because you have already signed a contract with the people who are putting it on. It’s just awfully confusing - what they want and what they don’t want.”

Foundation officials said they have little legal support to navigate the documents.

“It seems that they’re assuming we are all attorneys and we’re not. We’re just trying to keep the Foundation going. We’re trying to be professional,” Zanghi said.

Kraus said the Foundation cannot take this type of permit and write a third party permit off of it.

The Foundation then submitted a new contract to LACCD to cover past and future TVM events under the permit, Zanghi said.

Incident Report

April 13 - 19 – Compiled by: Marissa

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5-13—Vandalism – A student reported a bald man hit his windshield before driving off in a silver Jeep Wrangler after an argument over a parking spot.

5-14—Suspicious Person – An unknown male was asking students for money and drugs in front of the Student Services Building.

5-14—Suspicious Person – The same male outside the Center for the Sciences was asked to leave campus and warned against trespassing after he was reported talking to himself and passers-by.

5-15—Suspicious Circumstances – Skateboarders jumping on the planters in front of the Library/Learning Crossroads were advised not to damage school property

5-15—Verbal Altercation – A male and female student had a verbal altercation in class.

5-17—Student Injury – A student was injured in Auto Tech class.