BOARD OF RETIREMENT FRESNO COUNTY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION

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1 1. Call to Order BOARD OF RETIREMENT FRESNO COUNTY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION 2. Pledge of Allegiance Wednesday, December 3, :30 AM 1111 H Street Fresno, CA AGENDA 3. Public Presentations Any member of the public may address the Retirement Board on any topic within the jurisdiction of the Retirement Board. Individual presentations shall be limited to five (5) minutes. The Retirement Board is generally legally prohibited from taking any action on presentations until a subsequent meeting. Consent Agenda/Opportunity for Public Comment: All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine and non-controversial by staff and will be approved by one motion if no member of the Board or public wishes to comment or ask questions. If comment or discussion is desired by anyone, the item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered in the listed sequence with an opportunity for any member of the public to address the Board concerning the item before action is taken. Staff recommendations are shown in caps after each item. *4. Approve the November 5, 2008 Retirement Board Regular Meeting Minutes RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE *5. Approve the November 7, 2008 Retirement Board Special Meeting Minutes RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE *6. Approve the October 30, 2008 Retirement Board Personnel Committee Meeting Minutes RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE *7. Retirements RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE Juliet Alfonso VMC, Deferred 5.81 Carmen Calderon VMC, Deferred 6.21 Michael J. Castro Probation, Deferred James D. Dockery Public Defender L. Durham Behavioral Health Sheila A. Eagles Child Support Services, Deferred 6.28 John D. Massicci General Services Donna Mathews Children & Family Services Glenda Mills Public Works & Planning Phyllis L. Moore Community Health Elaine Price E&TA 37.26

2 Alberto Lo Pugoy ACTTC, Deferred 6.89 Roseann E. Saliba Children & Family Svs., Deferred 5.50 Randy A. Schmidt Public Works & Planning Haidie Simonet E&TA David C. Smith Children & Family Services Cathy E. Staroscik E&TA Ronald E. Stoll General Services Sharon M. Strecker Sheriff *8. Deferred Retirements RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE Valerie A. Alvarez Community Health 5.98 Melissa Cutshall Probation 9.43 Helene C. Fiske County Counsel 7.28 Darin T. McCandless Personnel 3.45 Deborah Patterson Children & Family Services 5.73 Deborah A. Ruiz E&TA *9. Summary of monthly statistics from the Retirement Association Office on buybacks, retirement benefits estimates, public service, age adjustments, final compensation calculations and disability retirement applications for October 2008 RECEIVE AND FILE *10. Public Records Requests and/or Retirement Related Correspondence from Jody O Neil, FCERA Member; Juliana DeAlba, Riverside County District Attorney s Office; Ron Madsen, FCERA Member; Robert Skowronski, FCERA Member; Rupali Gohri, Institutional Investor Searches; David Ehlert, IT Services Department; and Diana Britton, Money Management Letter RECEIVE AND FILE PRA Britton PRA DeAlba PRA Ehlert PRA Gohri PRA Madsen PRA O'Neil PRA Skowronski *11. Update of Board of Retirement directives to FCERA Administration RECEIVE AND FILE *12. Correspondence from Shawn Terris, Chair SACRS Nominating Committee, regarding SACRS Board of Director s Election Notification RECEIVE AND FILE

3 *13. Correspondence regarding Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) recommended practice: The Use of Alternative Investments for Public Employee Retirement Systems and Funding of Public Employee Retirement Systems RECEIVE AND FILE 3 *14. Partial information on Tom Lightvoet s, Mercer Consulting, presentation at the Fall SACRS Conference regarding Public and SACRS Funds on asset allocation and returns performance RECEIVE AND FILE *15. Most recent investment returns, performance summaries and general investment information from investment managers RECEIVE AND FILE AJO Investment Artisan Investment BCI Investment Blackrock Investment Blackstone BPIF Investment Bradford Marzec Investment Brandywine Investment GMO Investment Intech Investment JER II Investment Kalmar Investment Lonestar Investment Loomis Sayles Investment Lynch Jones Ryan Investment Mondrian Investment Realty Associates Investment SSgA Investment State Street Bank Investment State Street Investment

4 4 Templeton Investment WAMCO Investment Warburg Investment Warburg VIII Investment Warburg X Investment Wellington Investment *16. Approve FCERA temporary office closure on Friday, December 19, 2008 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM for staff holiday function RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE *17. Approve recommended Board of Retirement Regular Meeting Schedule for Calendar Year 2009 RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE Attachment #1 18. Discussion and appropriate action on FCERA s full investment relationship with State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) which includes Custodial/Recordkeeping and Benefit Payment services, Cash Equitization (Exposure Management), Securities Lending, Index Strategies such as S&P 500 and Russell 1000 Growth and the most recent strategy for Board consideration Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) presented by Neil Tremblay, Yolanda Diaz, and Angela Hill, State Street Global Advisors RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE State Street Presentation by Angela Hill State Street Presentation by Neil Tremblay State Street Presentation by Yolanda Diaz Benefits Payments Presentation 19. Discussion and appropriate action on Performance Based Fee presentation by Wurts & Associates and recommended performance based fee structure for the Western Asset Management Company s (WAMCO) account RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE Performance Based Fee Presentation WAMCO Performance Fee Agreement 20. Discussion and appropriate action on Small Cap Growth mandate transition from Artisan Partners to Kalmar Investments and related fee structure for the Kalmar relationship RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE

5 5 21. Discussion and appropriate action on updated FCERA Investment Policy and Guidelines as it relates to the new asset allocation targets and Socially Responsible Investing language RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE 22. Presentation of the September 30, 2008 Investment Performance Review presented by Jeffrey MacLean, Wurts & Associates RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE 23. Presentation of the September 30, 2008 Guideline Compliance Report presented by Jeffrey MacLean, Wurts & Associates RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE 24. Discussion and appropriate action on draft annual Actuarial Valuation report as of June 30, 2008 presented by Andy Yeung, The Segal Company RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE 25. Discussion and appropriate action on Second Amended Employment Contract with Retirement Administrator and authorize Chair to execute RECEIVE AND FILE; APPROVE 26. Closed Session: A. Conference with Legal Counsel Actual Litigation - pursuant to G.C (a) 1. Fresno County Employees Retirement Association v. Public Pension Professionals 2. North Central Fire Protection District v. Fresno County Employees Retirement Association 3. Marsha Stillman v. Fresno County Employees Retirement Association B. Conference with Real Property Negotiators pursuant to G.C Property: 1713 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA Agency Negotiators: Brian Decker of Colliers Tingey Negotiating Party: Any potential qualified buyer Under Negotiation: Price and terms of sale C. Disability Retirement Applications Personnel Exception pursuant to G.C Diana Hull 27. Report from Closed Session 28. Report from FCERA Administration 29. Report from County Counsel 30. Board Member Announcements or Reports NEXT MEETINGS:

6 6 December 17, :30 AM (Wednesday) Regular Meeting 1111 H Street, Fresno, CA January 7, :30 AM (Wednesday) Regular Meeting 1111 H Street, Fresno, CA January 21, :30 AM (Wednesday) Regular Meeting 1111 H Street, Fresno, CA Requests for disability-related modification or accommodation needed in order to participate in the meeting should be made to Elizabeth Avalos at no later than Tuesday, 12/02/08 at 12PM.