Surplus Property (“7-11”) Committee
Pursuant to Education Code Section 17388, before the Greenfield Union School District (“District”) may sell or lease real property, the Board of Trustees (“Board”) must appoint a Surplus Property Advisory Committee (“7-11 Committee”) to advise the Board on whether that property is surplus property. This is more commonly referred to as a “7-11 Committee.” Education Code Section 17389 requires that the 7-11 Committee be composed of not less than seven (7) and no more than eleven (11) members. Additionally, the 7-11 Committee must be representative of the following groups within the community:

• Persons reflecting the ethnic, age group, and socioeconomic composition of the District;
• Persons from the business community, such as store owners, managers, or supervisors;
• Landowners or renters, with a preference for representatives of neighborhood associations;
• Teachers;
• Administrators;
• Parents of students; and
• Persons with expertise in environmental, legal, building, construction, land use, and other real estate issues.

The District’s 7-11 Committee reviews and analyzes District property to make recommendations to the Board on whether it should be declared as surplus to the District’s needs and how the District may dispose of the surplus property. Members of the 7-11 Committee serve only on a voluntary basis. The 7-11 Committee proceedings and deliberations are open to the public and subject to the Brown Act.

The 7-11 Committee will establish a priority list for the use(s) of the Site, consider community input on acceptable uses, and forward its recommendations in a written report to the Board during a public meeting. The Board will then consider the 7-11 Committee’s recommendations and decide what to do with the property, including whether to declare the property surplus to the District’s needs.