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GOOD AFTERNOON, IT IS THREE O'CLOCK, AND THIS IS A REGULARLY CALLED MEETING OF THE
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FACILITIES COMMITTEE OF THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.I HAVE DETERMINED A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO IN OUR MEETING.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL BE HELD IN THE BOARDROOM AT 601 S.
JUPITER ROAD IN GARLAND, TEXAS, DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS RELATED TO THE COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND BOARD MEETINGS IN THE GARLAND ROWLETT ROOMS OF THE HARRIS HILL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WITH LIVE STREAMING.
PER TEA GUIDANCE REFERENCING GOVERNOR ABBOTT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER GA 34 EVERYONE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, MUST WEAR A FACE MASK AT ALL TIMES AND SHOULD PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, PUBLIC FORUM MS. HOGAN. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENT? THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR IN THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS MESSAGE.
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I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A GOOD AFTERNOON AS WE'RE APPROACHING MID-APRIL JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING A TWO FOLD APPROACH TO ALL OF OUR MEETINGS. THE FIRST APPROACH IS ALWAYS THAT WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW ARE DEALING WITH THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WE'RE ALSO PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE SCHOOL YEAR.
SO STARTING WITH OUR FACILITIES MEETINGS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE AFFECTED, NOT ONLY FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO FOLLOW THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A LOT OF THE, I WOULD JUST SAY, INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHAIRPERSON JOHNSON.
LOPEZ. MOVING ON, WE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEMS, INFORMATION ITEMS
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FIVE, A ONE RECEIPT PRESENTATION ON BOND UPDATE.GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMITTEE CHAIR JOHNSON.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
LOPEZ, THIS IS THE APRIL BOARD UP BOND PROGRAM UPDATE THE 2014 BOND PROGRAM UPDATE FOR APRIL. SO WE ARE DOWN TO THREE PROJECTS THAT ARE S TILL WORKING THROUGH.
WE'VE CLOSED OUT BY THE END OF APRIL.
WE WILL HAVE CLOSED OUT EIGHTY EIGHT PROJECTS OUT OF THE NINETY ONE.
SO WE ARE WHITTLING OUR WAY DOWN THERE.
SO WE'RE MAKING TREMENDOUS PROGRESS ON THE WORK THAT THE VOTERS HAD APPROVED AND WE APPRECIATE THAT TREMENDOUSLY.
ON THE DISCIPLINE SIDE, WE HAVE GOT THREE ARCHITECTS AND CONTRACTORS THAT AGAIN, THAT ARE STILL OPEN, THE ONES THAT ARE LAGGING IS THE TEST AND BALANCE.
AND WE SHOULD HAVE THOSE WRAPPED UP BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT, TEST AND BALANCE FIRMS HAVING JUST FOUR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING VERY CLOSE TO WRAPPING EVERYTHING UP ON THE PROGRAM.
ON THE PHASE THREE PROGRAMS. THERE'S ONLY TWO CAMPUSES THAT ARE THERE, O'BANION MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. AGAIN, THE O'BANION MIDDLE SCHOOL PIECES.
WE'VE GOT SOME WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH, THE BOARD HAD APPROVED SOME ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
ON THE CLOSE UP PIECE WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT SOME FINANCIAL PIECES WHEN IT COMES TO JACKSON. AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THROUGH THAT PIECE.
AND SO THAT SHOULD WRAP UP HERE PRETTY QUICKLY.
I WANTED TO SHARE WITH WITH EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE BOARD.
IF YOU'VE NOT DRIVEN BY THE NATATORIUM, PLEASE TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE BY THE NATATORIUM WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL BUILDING SIGNAGE THAT'S OUT THERE.
IF YOU DRIVE BY, YOU WILL KNOW THAT THAT BUILDING BELONGS TO GARLAND ISD, AND IT'S A BUILDING WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
AND SO I SHARE THAT SIGN WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY LARGE SIGN.
ON PHASE FOUR COYLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AGAIN, WE'RE STILL WRAPPING THAT PROJECT UP LAST MONTH.
SO WE HAD THIS SECOND CHANGE ORDER AND SO WE'RE WRAPPING THAT WORK UP.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE FINISHING UP COYLE HERE PRETTY QUICKLY.
AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE EXPENDITURE REPORT THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE BOARD AGENDA ITEM.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE EXPENDITURE REPORT.
BOARD, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE EXPENDITURE REPORT.
OK, THERE BEING NONE, I'LL TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ANYTHING FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WITH RESPECT TO MR. FERNANDEZ AND THE BOND UPDATE.
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THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.NEXT ITEM IS GOING TO BE AGENDA ITEM 5B DISCUSS THE WILSON ROAD EXTENSION INQUIRY.
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AND I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE PAUL GONZALES AND BRENT RINGO.GOOD AFTERNOON, FACILITIES CHAIRS MR. JOHNSON FACILITIES COMMITTEE.
LOPEZ, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THE INQUIRY ON THE WILSON ROAD EXTENSION.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WILSON ROAD AND SOME OF THE HISTORY THERE, WILSON ROAD IS ONE OF THE BOUNDARY STREETS, A ROAD THAT GOES AROUND NEED A PERSON.
THAT WHOLE ACREAGE SITE RIGHT THERE IS ABOUT 41 ACRES OF PROPERTY.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME ADJACENT SOME ADJACENT PROPERTY.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE COMMUNITY, THERE IS A THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COME ALONG OVER THE YEARS AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME INQUIRY IN THE PAST.
SO TODAY I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPERTY SITE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT DR.
RINGO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ALSO.
HERE'S ANOTHER GOOGLE SHOT OF THE PROPERTY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WILSON ROAD, IT PRETTY MUCH DEAD ENDS INTO THE VACANT PROPERTY.
SO IT JUST COMES INTO A BARRICADE AND IT PRETTY MUCH FINISHES THERE AND UP, UP, UP THE PROPERTY YOU CAN SEE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED WHEN THIS GOOGLE MAP PHOTO WAS TAKEN.
AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT 41 ACRES OF TOTAL PROPERTY SPACE, THE THE ACTUAL VACANT PROPERTY.
156 C OUT OF OUR DCAD DOCUMENTATION BASICALLY SAYS THERE'S 21 ACRES RIGHT NOW, UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY THAT COULD BE USED AT A LATER DATE.
AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY VALUE AND THE GENERAL INFORMATION THAT I'VE SHARED IN PAST BOARD MEETINGS WHEN WE DISCUSS REAL PROPERTY.
SO, AGAIN, IT'S JUST INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW.
TOOK SOME PHOTOS OF KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW THE PROPERTY IS LAID OUT AND HOW THE STREET, THE ROAD JUST ENDS.
AGAIN, IT'S JUST SOME PHOTOS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS.
ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO MENTION IS THAT THAT PROPERTY, YOU DO HAVE AN EXIT THERE.
SO AT THE RELEASE OF THE END OF THE DAY, YOU DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF THAT ONE DRIVE THERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A DO NOT ENTER SIGN.
SO ANY FUTURE EXPANSIONS OR ANY ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS THERE, THERE WILL BE SOME TYPE OF TRAFFIC THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS COMING OUT OF THAT SCHOOL PROPERTY.
AND COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS OH, DR.
AND WE SHARE THIS THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATION OF ADMINISTRATION, THERE IS AN INQUIRY SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE WILSON ROAD EXTENSION AND THAT RESPONSE BEING IT'S GOVERNED BY CDB LEGAL SALE OF ADDITIONAL PROPERTY AND IS NOT COMING FROM THE CITY THE CITY WE'D BE ABLE TO WORK WITH AND LOOK AT GRANTING AN EASEMENT.
BUT SINCE IT'S ROUGHLY, AS MR. GONZALES NOTED 21 ACRES FOR US TO PROCEED IN ANY TYPE OF DISCUSSION OF THAT PROPERTY WE WOULD FOLLOW CDB LEGAL AND DO THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE AND GO OUT TO BID AND BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
AND WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DUE TO THE INQUIRY WE DID RECEIVE.
QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
JUST REAL QUICKLY, ARE THEY EVENTUALLY WANTING TO TAKE WILSON DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY 66? AT THIS TIME. MR. BEACH, THE CITY.
NOT YET. THIS IS NOT IN THE CITY AND RESEARCHING THIS AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS, NO, THE ANSWER TO THAT BE NO AS WE KNOW AT THIS TIME.
AND SO THE WAY THAT I'M LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR MAP RIGHT HERE IS THAT WHATEVER TRAFFIC IS ON WILSON DRIVE THEY COULD CIRCLE IN AROUND BEHIND THE SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
THANK YOU. MR. MILLER, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT MY ARMS AROUND THE SCOPE OF WHAT IS BEING ASKED, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU DESCRIBE FOR ME ON THIS MAP ON PAGE 19 THE COLOR MAP, THAT SHOWS THE VARIOUS
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GISD PROPERTY, VACANT PROPERTIES OWNED.THERE WANTING TO EXTEND THE ROAD TO THE CORNER OF THE PROPERTY ON THE NORTHEAST THERE? IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING? YES, SIR. UP WHERE YOU SEE ONE FIFTY SIX UNDERSCORE C.
THEY'RE WANTING TO EXTEND THAT ROAD UP THROUGH THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY.
A DEVELOPER, I GUESS, WANTING TO DEVELOP IT ON HIS DIME.
THEY WANT TO BUY THE ACCESS FROM US.
THEY WANT TO THEY WANT THE ACCESS TO HIS NEIGHBORHOOD BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH DEVELOPERS. WE WOULD HAVE TO BID OUT.
YES. THE PROPERTY. BUT YES, SIR, IT WOULD BE THE FOR THAT LITTLE FOR THAT SECTION OF WHAT THE ROAD WOULD BE. AGAIN, THOUGH, AS I NOTED BEFORE, THE CITY HAS NOT EXPRESSED THE DIRECT INTEREST OF DOING THAT AT THIS TIME.
THERE, WHERE THE TREES ARE IS THAT FLOODPLAIN OR LOW AREA OR IS THAT JUST WHERE TREES HAVE GATHERED. YES, YOU DO HAVE SOME LOW, LOW LYING AREAS WHERE THERE IS SOME FLOOD PLAINS ON THAT TWENTY ONE ACRES.
WOULD IT BE ANTICIPATED THAT WORK WOULD BE DONE TO BRING THE ROAD UP OUT OF THAT.
I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO. ANY ANY DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE YOU WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME MAJOR SITE WORK TO PUT A ROAD IN.
SO YOU'RE ASK OF US TODAY IS ANYTHING OR WE JUST THIS INFORMATION, THIS IS MORE JUST FOR INFORMATION. WE WERE JUST ASKED TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA AS MORE FOR INFORMATION, BUT NO ASK OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
YOU DON'T NEED ANY FEEDBACK AT THIS POINT.
THE LOGIC WAS TO LET THE BOARD BE INFORMED, MR. MILLER. SO THAT WAY, IN CASE ANY INQUIRY CAME TO A BOARD MEMBER THEY ALREADY KNOW.
THIS ORIGINALLY CAME TO ME FROM MR. SHEFFIELD, WHO I'VE KNOWN FOREVER, AND HE'S HEAD OF THE HOUSING FINANCE.
AND I TOLD HIM I WASN'T HEAD OF FACILITIES AND I SENT IT TO MR. JOHNSON. LET ME JUST READ THE SECOND PARAGRAPH.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THINGS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
IF WE WERE TO EXTEND WILSON ROAD, THREE HUNDRED FORTY LINEAR FEET WOULD GISD BE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING, WE WOULD LOOK TO GISD TO PAY TWO THIRDS THE PRICE US ONE THIRD.
AND WE CAN BUILD IT LESS EXPENSIVELY THAN IF GISD PUT IT OUT FOR BID.
DO YOU THINK THIS IS WORTH DISCUSSING? IS THAT IS THAT THE DISCUSSION YOU'RE HAVING WITH THEM? YES, SIR. AND THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION AND THAT WOULD BE WHERE WE AS GISD WOULD PUT FORTH AND HAVE TO ALLOCATE DOLLARS TO PAY FOR A ROAD WHEN GISD DOES NOT NEED THAT ROAD AT THIS TIME. AND SO WE HAD THE DISCUSSION WITH THIS DEVELOPER IN 2019 AND AGAIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. OK, SO WHEN WE CAME IN 2019, I REMEMBER THE DISCUSSION BACK THEN BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT'S OUR ACREAGE POTENTIALLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT USES OF THAT PROPERTY POTENTIALLY. ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WAS WE COULD BUILD A BIGGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE, MORE LIKE THE DAUGHERTY MODEL, TWO STOREY ACTUALLY BUILD IT WHILE THE EXISTING SCHOOL WAS IN PLACE AND THEN EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO THERE.
AND THAT WAS ONE THOUGHT. AND THE QUESTION WAS, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH INGRESS, EGRESS TO THAT BACK PROPERLY, THE ONE THAT'S VACANT NOW? AND YOU GUYS THINK WE HAVE AN INGRESS EGRESS ENOUGH NOW IF WE WANT TO USE THAT PROPERTY AT THIS TIME? YES, SIR.
I'M NOT SURE WHEN YOU SAY AT THIS TIME WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT FUTURE PLANS FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE MODEL.
AND I'LL LET MR. GONZALES SPEAK TO THIS, TOO.
BUT YES, WE DO SEE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH EGRESS WITH THAT PROPERTY AS OF RIGHT NOW, OK, AND THEN AND THEN WITH WITH A FUTURE FACILITY SITE.
YES. IF THERE WAS A LET'S LOOK AT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, ONE OF THE OTHER THOUGHTS WE'VE HAD FOR THAT PROPERTY, FOR THE WHOLE PROPERTY MIGHT BE ANOTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AGAIN, THERE'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD IS ACTUALLY TOO CLOSE BY.
BUT WOULD THAT STILL HAVE ENOUGH INGRESS, EGRESS ON THAT ONE? I DO KNOW THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE ANOTHER TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CONDUCTED WITH ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE AREA.
AND IF MR. GONZALES HAS ANY OTHER FEEDBACK, I'LL LET HIM SHOW THAT TO YOU.
AS I SHARED ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THAT UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY.
HE'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME MAJOR WORK OUT THERE.
SO THE WAY THAT THE DESIGNER ARCHITECT PLAYS OUT THE LAYOUT, THE FLOOR PLAN OF THAT CAMPUS, MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY IS GOING TO DETERMINE HOW THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND AS DR. RINGO STATED WE WOULD HAVE TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STUDY.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES INVOLVED, BUT THERE WOULD BE SOME MAJOR DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE LOW LYING AREAS FOR FLOODING AND SO FORTH.
SO IF SO, WE'RE NOT TAKING A VOTE, OBVIOUSLY, OR I GUESS A RECOMMENDATION THIS TIME.
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SO YOU'RE COMFORTABLE THAT EVENTUALLY IF WE DECIDE TO PUT A MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE, WE HAVE PLENTY OF WAY TO GET IN AND OUT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS? YES, SIR. OK, THANK YOU.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SEEING THERE ARE NONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.
MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEMS, C1, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE NAMING RECOMMENDATION FOR THE
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ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL FIELD.CHAIRMAN JOHNSON, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME FOR A BRIEF MOMENT THIS AFTERNOON.
AS YOU KNOW THAT PAUL CARMON THE ONLY HEAD COACH OF BASEBALL AT ROWLETT HIGH IS RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
THAT'S 25 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AS WE WERE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO HONOR HIS WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR DISTRICT AND THINKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD DO THAT ADAM EVERETT, ONE OF THE HIS ALUMNI FROM THE SCHOOL AND FROM THE BASEBALL PROGRAM, WANT US TO LOOK INTO SEEING IF WE COULD NAME THE BASEBALL FIELD AFTER HIM.
SO AFTER WE GOT INPUT FROM THE ALUMNI, FROM CURRENT STAFF, FROM CURRENT PLAYERS, FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE ALL INTERESTED IN GOING ABOUT AND DOING THIS, WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD. THE NAMING RECOMMENDATION FOR ROWLETT HIGH BASEBALL FIELD TO PAUL CARMON.
FIELD IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CW LOCAL.
THE ESTIMATED TOTAL AMOUNT IS ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS.
AS YOU CAN SEE BY THIS DRAWING, THIS IS OUR CURRENT SCOREBOARD AT ROWLETT HIGH EAGLE BASEBALL FIELD, THAT'S WHAT IT CURRENTLY LOOKS ON THE BACK FENCE.
THIS IS A VIEW FROM FARTHER OUT.
I THINK IT'S ALMOST AT THE PITCHER'S MOUND.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF COACH CARMON.
AS I SAID EARLIER, COACH CARMON IS THE ONLY HEAD BASEBALL COACH THAT ROWLETT HAS EVER HAD.
AND HE'S MEANT BUSINESS ON THE FIELD, BUT ALSO IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR HIS FAMILIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PLAYOFFS EVERY YEAR SINCE THE YEAR 2000.
HE HAS FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY CAREER WINS.
HE HAS ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE PLAYERS THAT HAVE RECEIVED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.
THAT'S ABOVE AVERAGE OF ABOUT SEVEN PER YEAR.
HE HAS NUMEROUS THAT HAVE PLAYED COLLEGIATELY.
HE'S HAD NINE THAT PLAYED IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES AND HE'S ADVANCED AS FAR AS THE FOURTH ROUND TO STATE SEMIFINALS.
AND HE'S DONE THAT FOUR TIMES.
THAT'S SOMETHING ABOUT HIS COACHING.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING ABOUT HIS OTHER WORK ON THE CAMPUS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY. HE'S ALSO KNOWN FOR BEING A GREAT TEACHER.
HE'S HAD GREAT SUCCESS ON THE STAAR TEST EVEN LAST YEAR OR I'M SORRY, IN 2019 HE HAD THIRTY ONE PERCENT OF HIS STUDENTS SHOWED MASTERY, NOT PASS, NOT MEET, BUT MASTERY ON THE EOC IN WHICH HE GIVES INSTRUCTION.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION REGARDING COACH CARMON, AND I WON'T SLOW DOWN AND GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THEM.
WE HAVE FROM ALL THREE PREVIOUS PRINCIPALS.
WE ALSO HAVE FROM THE CURRENT PRINCIPAL.
WE HAVE FROM STUDENTS THAT HAVE PLAYED FOR HIM.
WE'VE HAD FROM TEACHERS IN THE BUILDING.
SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OR SOME EXAMPLES THAT OF HIS WORK AND HIS RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT ON THE SAME SCOREBOARD RIGHT BELOW THAT, THAT WE PUT SIGNAGE THAT SAYS PAUL CARMON FIELD.
NOW, THAT'S NOT A VERY GOOD RENDITION OF EXACTLY HOW IT WILL LOOK.
WE'LL DO IT TO MATCH THE COLORS.
BUT WE WANTED TO SAVE SOME MONEY OR NOT SPEND ANY MONEY.
JUST MAKE IT SO YOU COULD GET SOME IDEA.
ALSO, ACCORDING TO BOARD POLICY, WHEN A FACILITY OR ANYTHING IS NAMED, IT CAN BE COMMEMORATED AS TO THE YEAR.
AND HE WAS INVOLVED IN DOING IT.
I JUST PUT AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WAS A NAME AND ON 2017.
BUT IT WOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THAT WOULD GO ON THE TICKET BOOTH.
IT'S A BRICK WALLS. IT LOOKS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.
HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THE SIGNAGE.
THE SIGN THAT GOES ON THE SCOREBOARD WOULD COST NINE HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS AND THE PLAQUE
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APPROXIMATE COST IS FIVE HUNDRED.WE CHANGE THE WORDING A LITTLE BIT FROM THE EXAMPLE THAT I SAW YOU AND IT WOULD COME OUT OF CAMPUS FUNDS. WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN DONATING MONEY, BUT THIS IS HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY STRUCTURED TO DO IT IS THROUGH CAMPUS FUNDS.
TO CELEBRATE THIS STILL IS PART OF BOARD POLICY.
THIS WOULD BE THE DAY AFTER A BOARD MEETING.
WE WOULD ANNOUNCE IT TO AT AT A BALLGAME THAT THE NAMING OF THE FIELD WILL BE CHANGED.
SO WE WOULD DO THAT. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE LAST HOME GAME, I BELIEVE, OR AT LEAST IS A HOME GAME. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD ANNOUNCE.
THEN WE WOULD HAVE A CEREMONY AFTER ALL THE SIGNAGE WAS IN PLACE AND WE WOULD DO THAT SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER THIS SUMMER.
HERE'S KIND OF A TIMELINE WE FOLLOWED WHEN WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS.
AND NOW I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY BOARD ANY QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS? MS. GRIFFIN? YES, JUST FOR CLARITY, BECAUSE WE ARE WE ARE STREAMING LIVE.
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE FUNDING SOURCE? YOU SAID A CAMPUS.
461. 461. OK, AND TYPICALLY CAMPUSES HAVE SOME FUNDING.
OK? I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, BUT I'M JUST GETTING READY TO TRY TO ASK YOU TO EXPLAIN, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE CAMPUS ACTIVITY FUND IS AND HOW THAT MONEY IS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE CONFUSION OF A NORMAL CAMPUS OPERATING BUDGET AND THAT THAT'S THE FUNDING SOURCE. SO IF YOU ALL WOULD JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT.
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, MRS. GRIFFIN AND CAMPUS ACTIVITY FUNDS, THAT'S THE 461 ACCOUNT.
THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT THE CAMPUS RAISES THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT BE FROM PICTURE SALES, IT MIGHT BE FROM CONCESSIONS, VENDING SALES.
SO THOSE ARE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS THAT THE CAMPUS USES FOR STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CAMPUS.
THOSE ARE SEPARATE FROM INSTRUCTIONAL FUNDS, WHICH ARE THE 199 CODE THAT ARE THAT ARE USED FOR THE DAY TO DAY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
GREAT QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AND NO OBJECTIONS, THIS WILL BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR ACTION ITEM.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION THERE. SURE.
IS I NOTICED IN YOUR TIMELINE YOU HAVE DOWN APRIL THE 30TH AND WE'RE MEETING IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH TIME FOR TO GET OUT THE INVITATIONS TO EVERYBODY THAT NEED TO BE THERE? I'M SORRY. LET ME CLARIFY THAT, MR. BEACH, APRIL 30TH, WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY SORT OF CEREMONY.
WE'LL HAVE THAT CEREMONY LATER.
APRIL 30TH. WE'LL JUST ANNOUNCE THAT IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE AT THE STADIUM BECAUSE IT'S A HOME GAME.
WE WON'T HAVE THE CEREMONY UNTIL WE HAVE ALL THE SIGNAGE IN PLACE.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF APPROVED, THAT THAT WE DO IT RIGHT AND HE DESERVES IT.
OUR RATIONALE BEHIND THAT IS WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD DRUM UP INTEREST BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD BE AT THE GAME AND HEAR AND WOULD KNOW IT.
AND SO THAT WOULD CREATE SOME EXCITEMENT AND BUZZ TO BE AT THE CEREMONY WHEN WE DO HAVE IT. ALSO, IF WHEN WE HAVE OUR BOARD MEETING ON THE 27TH, IF THERE'S ANY UPDATE ON AS FAR AS FUNDING, IF DONATIONS OR WHATEVER, THAT MIGHT EVEN OFFSET WHAT IS ALREADY.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES THAT PLAYED FOR HIM THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MERRILL. THANK YOU, DR. RUSSELL.
MOVING ON IN THE AGENDA TO ITEM C 2 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF STOREFRONT AND P-TECH ECHS PROJECT AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL, JAVIER FERNANDEZ AND CARMEN BLAKEY . THANK YOU. COMMITTEE CHAIR JOHNSON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
LOPEZ, SO BRING AN ACTION ITEM, AN AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS THE STOREFRONT AND P-TECH EARLY COLLEGE PROJECT AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.
I WAS APPROACHED BY THE CAMPUS EARLY ON LAST YEAR TO DISCUSS THE ADDITION OF A COUPLE OF STOREFRONTS ON THE CAMPUS TO TO DISTINGUISH OUR CAMPUS WITHIN A CAMPUS THAT WE HAVE AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL IT'S P-TECH PROGRAM ALONG WITH OUR EARLY COLLEGE.
AND SO IN SPEAKING WITH THE CAMPUS ABOUT INSTALLING SOME STOREFRONTS, THE CAMPUS SHARED
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WITH ME THAT IN ADDITION TO STOREFRONTS, THEY WANTED TO DO SOME OTHER ITEMS AS WELL.AND SO WANTED TO BRING THE ENTIRE PROJECT TO YOU RATHER THAN TO BRING A PIECEMEAL PROJECT OF JUST A STOREFRONT. THIS INVOLVES BOTH FACILITIES PIECE, ALONG WITH A CONVERSION OF SOME CLASSROOMS INTO SOME LABS, COMPUTER LABS FOR THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
AND SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO INVITE PRINCIPAL BLAKEY TO COME UP.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROJECT, SHE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE FROM A CAMPUS PERSPECTIVE WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.
BUT FIRST OFF, THE SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT ITSELF, THE ESTIMATED PROJECT IN TOTAL, THAT IS THE STOREFRONT, THE DESIGN OF THE STOREFRONT, ALONG WITH THE CONVERSION OF TWO CLASSROOMS, ALONG WITH FURNITURE AND TECHNOLOGY, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF ABOUT THREE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX THOUSAND.
WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM ARE THE VARIOUS FUNDS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE USING THE FUND SIX FIVE ONE FUND FOUR TWO THREE AND THE ONE NINETY NINE FUND.
AND SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS. THOSE ARE THE FUNDS ON HOW WE ARE ALLOCATING THE DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT.
IN ADDITION TO THE AGENDA ITEM, I WANTED TO ATTACH A MEMO TO THE BOARD FROM THE CAMPUS WHICH TALKS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF.
THAT'S ON THE BACK THE NEXT PAGE.
AND WHAT THIS WHAT THIS LETTER DOES IS IT FULLY EXPLAINS THE OVERALL PROJECT.
SO, AGAIN, THIS IS A THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT NOT ONLY FOR THE CAMPUS, BUT IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT GIVES US A CAMPUS AND CAMPUS FEEL ONCE THE PROJECT IS DONE AGAIN, IF IF THE COMMITTEE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE QUESTIONS.
BOARD, COMMITTEE, ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MILLER. I'M SORRY, I PUT ON MY GLASSES SO I CAN SEE YOU NOW.
MR. JOHNSON, MY QUESTION IS, OR I'M SORRY NOT TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE FLOOR.
I'LL ASK MY QUESTION TO JAVIER.
JAVIER, WHERE WILL THIS BE IN THE SCHOOL? SO THE CAMPUS ITSELF HAS WHAT WE CALL THE THE WE USED TO CALL IT THE NEW ADDITION, THE NEW PART OF THE BUILDING, WHICH NOW WE'VE GOT A NEW NEW PART OF ADDITION BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE FINE ARTS WING ADDITION.
THIS IS JUST OPPOSITE OF THE FINE ARTS ADDITION.
THIS IS A AN ADDITION THAT WAS DONE PART OF THE 2002 BOND PROGRAM THAT HAS A IT'S A CLASSROOM WING ALONG WITH SCIENCE WING.
IT IS ACTUALLY ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BUILDING.
AND THAT SECTION IS BEING UTILIZED AS OUR P-TECH AND EARLY COLLEGE SECTION OF THE CAMPUS AT THIS TIME. AND THE WORK BEING DONE, IS IT IN A HALLWAY, IN A LOBBY, IS IT VISIBLE ANYWHERE OTHER THAN IF YOU'RE WALKING DOWN A HALLWAY OR.
THE PROJECT ITSELF, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A VERY LARGE PROJECT IN A SENSE, FROM A DOLLAR PERSPECTIVE. IT INVOLVES HAVING THE ADDITION OF STOREFRONTS IN OUR EXISTING CORRIDORS ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
WHEN I SAY A STOREFRONT THAT GLASS DOORS AS YOU'RE WALKING IN AND YOU'LL SEE.
SO THE GLASS DOORS ARE GOING TO BE THERE TO SYMBOLIZE THE ENTRANCE INTO THE P-TECH AND EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM THAT WILL SEPARATE THAT PROGRAM FROM THE, THE STANDARD CURRICULUM THAT WE OFFER IN THE OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING.
SO THAT'S BEING DONE ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND THE SECOND FLOOR.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE'RE TAKING A COUPLE OF CLASSROOMS AND CONVERTING THEM OVER TO SCIENCE EXCUSE ME, COMPUTER LABS.
SO THEY WILL BE LABS THAT WILL BE UTILIZED BY THE PROGRAM, VARIOUS VARIOUS OFFERINGS THAT THE PROGRAMS HAVE WITHIN THAT AREA.
BUT I'D JUST BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IF IT'S AVAILABLE.
WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A RENDERING AT THIS TIME, SIR.
WHAT WE'RE WE PART OF THIS IS TO, IS TO COMMISSION THE PROJECT.
AND ONCE WE COMMISSIONED THE PROJECT, WE WOULD THEN HIRE AN ARCHITECT FOR THIS DESIGN.
YES, THANK YOU. CHAIR JOHNSON.
IS THE ESTIMATED BID AMOUNT FOR THE TOTAL PROJECT.
YOU KEEP SAYING WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN PIECES.
SO IS THIS FIGURE IN OUR BOARD BOOK OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND IS THAT THE ENTIRE PROJECT ESTIMATE.
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THE DOLLAR VALUE IS $326,559.OK, SINCE YOU SAID IT WAS LARGE AND YOU DIDN'T WANT TO BRING IT TO US IN PIECES.
SO WHAT IS THE TOP PRIORITY THAT HAS TO BE DONE FIRST? THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS, HAVE WE ALLOCATED I SEE WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM.
SO BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING FROM THESE VARIOUS FUNDS, OH IT'S GENERAL FUND 199, SO DID WE HAVE THIS IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS? WILL THIS BE AND THIS QUESTION WILL GO TO DR.
RINGO. IS IT IN THE BUDGET OR IS THIS GOING? WAS IT PLANNED FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET? 21-22? AND I GUESS I DO HAVE A THIRD QUESTION, AND THAT'S TO DR.
LOPEZ. IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE US JUST AN OVERVIEW OR A VISION IN YOUR MIND IS THAT THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING FOR ALL OF OUR SPECIALIZED HIGH SCHOOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? AND I'M ASKING MORE FROM A BUDGETARY STANDPOINT, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO GET HIT WITH.
THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY EARLY ON AS WE ARE, OUR P-TECHS AND OUR EARLY COLLEGES ARE MATURING. I APPLAUD ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LEADING THE WAY AND THEY'RE ENVISIONING PROJECTS AND GIVING THE KIDS AN ATMOSPHERE AND AN AREA THAT THAT IS THEIR OWN.
AND SOME SCHOOLS HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR IT, OTHERS DON'T.
SO THE OLDER THE CAMPUS, THE MORE IT WOULD BE HARD TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
BUT WE FULLY ARE PROJECTING OUT THAT AS THESE MATURE INTEREST LEVELS RISE, AS WE INVENTORY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EACH OF THE CAMPUSES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT A DESIGN THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING SIMILAR.
AND IF IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE, WE WOULD HAVE TO INCORPORATE IT IN OUR FUTURE BOND PROGRAM IF IT'S THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT WHENEVER YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE CODES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AND IT'S REALLY NOT A HUGE IMPACT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
GRIFFIN, REALLY ALL APPLAUSE ON THIS GOES TO CARMEN BLAKELY AND HER TEAM AND IN ORDER THEY FOUND THE FUNDS WITHIN AND KNEW THEY WANTED TO DO THIS AT THEIR CAMPUS.
SO WITHIN THEIR OWN CAMPUS BUDGET, SHE HAD DESIGNED AND MADE THE BUDGET WORK THIS YEAR WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED FUNDS IN THE 199, THEY APPROACHED US AND SAID, WE WANT TO MAKE THIS WORK. WE HAVE THE FUNDS.
AND SO IT IS COMING FROM ALLOCATED DOLLARS THIS FISCAL YEAR AND YOU SEE AN EXPENSE BUDGET ARE IN THE AMENDMENT TONIGHT THAT BRANDY MAYO IS GOING TO BRING FORWARD.
THESE FUNDS ARE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM 199 TO CAPITAL OUTLAY, BECAUSE IT WILL OVERLAP THE SUMMER FISCAL YEAR END SO THOSE FUNDS WILL BE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AND FOUND FROM THE CAMPUS LEVEL AND WILL BE USED TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT.
DR. LOPEZ, ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU KNOW THAT ROWLETT IS SORT OF LEADING THE CHARGE IN THIS AND CREATING SPACE THAT WILL SORT OF A SPECIAL AREA WHERE KIDS ARE IN THE P-TECH PROGRAM COULD COULD CONGREGATE AND COLLABORATE, AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW THIS WOULD HAPPEN, A ROLL OUT WITH OTHER CAMPUSES THAT HAVE P_TECHS, LIKE THE TIMING OF ALL OF THAT.
AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR, THAT'S THE EXPECTATION OR WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION GOING FORWARD FOR OTHER CAMPUSES.
SO IT DEPENDS ON THE P-TECH AND IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE LOOKS AND HOW THINGS ARE RUN. THIS IS A VERY HIGHLY COVETED P-TECH TO THE P-TECH THAT THEY HAVE.
AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH IT IS IS REALLY AN EXEMPLAR.
BUT WITH EARLY COLLEGES AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE SAW, SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH SOUTH, WHERE THEY PUT MOST OF THE EARLY COLLEGE KIDS IN THE SECOND FLOOR.
AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO FORMULATE HOW THEY'D WANT THAT TO WORK SO THAT THEY COULD BUILD THE SCHOOL WITHIN THE SCHOOL CONCEPT.
BUT AS WE LOOK AT DESIGNING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT FRONTAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE CAN BE IMBEDDED IF NEEDED WITHIN A BOND PROGRAM.
BUT EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT FOR EACH ONE.
A MATTER OF FACT, WHAT THIS ONE DOESN'T HAVE WHICH WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO NEED IS A GAMING THEATER. OK, SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO.
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YOU GUYS ARE LIKE, WHAT? YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO NEED A GAMING THEATER.SO THAT WAY THEY CAN GO IN AND, AND DO THINGS IN LIKE A THEATER TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.
AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WOULD REQUIRE MORE OF A BOND THAN THIS TYPE.
THIS IS MORE, I WOULD SAY, COSMETIC THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT IT'S A GOOD WAY TO HOUSE THE STUDENTS AND MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM. TO THAT POINT IS, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THEY'RE SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER PROJECTS IN TERMS OF THIS COSMETIC PIECE? AND YOU TALKED ABOUT IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE P-TECH AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED OR WHAT THEY WANT TO COME UP WITH.
IS THERE THE EXPECTATION THAT THE CAMPUS WOULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO COME UP WITH HOW THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE DISTRIBUTED BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING? AND THEN THE OTHER PART, IF WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT FROM A BOND STANDPOINT, IS THAT KIND OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO ROLL WITH THIS OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ON A PER CAPITA BASIS? OK, SO WHEN WE WENT BACK AND WE STARTED PLANNING THE THE P-TECH OR THE COLLEGE PROGRAMS FROM OUR INFANCY, WE DID A PHASE IN PROGRAM.
SO NOT EVERYBODY THAT I BELIEVE THIS IS YEAR THREE FOR ROWLETT AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE HITTING YEAR FOUR NEXT YEAR.
SO THEY'RE ALMOST GOING TO HAVE A COMPLETE CYCLE.
SOME SOME SCHOOLS ARE YEAR ONE THIS YEAR.
RIGHT. SO THE REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT HEARING OTHER SCHOOLS JUMP INTO IT, BECAUSE IT HASN'T EXPANDED THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE PROGRAM, ISN'T THERE YET? AND SOME SCHOOLS I'M GOING TO USE A PERFECT EXAMPLE, NORTH HAVE OTHER ROBUST PROGRAMS. SO LIKE NORTH HAS THEIR MEDICAL.
WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE THE P-TECH WITH THE MEDICAL.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE EARLY COLLEGE.
SO AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE NORTH STRUCTURE, IT'S DIFFERENT.
OK, ROWLETT, WHILE THEY THEY HAVE VERY GOOD AP PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE AN ROTC, WHICH IS KIND OF TO THE SIDE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PROBABLY BUILD A PROPER BUILDING FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE IN PORTABLES. THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW FROM WITHIN.
OK, SO EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE CIRCUMSTANTIAL AND HOW IT STARTS BUILDING, WE MAY HAVE AND THIS THIS IS THE TRUTH.
WE MAY EVENTUALLY HAVE A PROGRAM THAT LOSES INTEREST.
SO THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO TO REFORMAT HOW WE WANT TO DO IT.
WHAT WE SAW SIMILARLY WAS LIKE IT NAAMAN FOREST, THEY HAVE THEIR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND THAT HASN'T BEEN GENERATING A LOT OF INTEREST UNTIL LATELY WHEN WE OPENED THE EARLY COLLEGE. AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS COMING UP.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS ANALYZE EACH OF THEM.
AND IT HAS TO BE A COLLECTIVE VISION, NOT ONLY FROM THE PRINCIPAL, BUT FROM CENTRAL OFFICE AND PROGRAMMATIC AND THEN SEE WHAT WE CAN AFFORD.
AND THOSE THINGS COULD BE PART OF THE BOND.
IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT WOULDN'T BE PART OF THE BOND.
WE COULD PROBABLY START DOING STOREFRONTS IN A FEW OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WOULD ALLOW IT.
WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS CREATE A STOREFRONT, THEN HAVE A BOND, HAVE TO TEAR THAT DOWN AND THEN CREATE SOMETHING ELSE.
DR. RINGO, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT FROM ONE NINETY NINE TWELVE THIRTEEN THOUSAND, IS THAT RIGHT.
MR. JAVIER, I'LL HAVE HIM SPEAK ON THE BREAK DOWN OF THE FUNDS.
BUT YES, SIR, IT IS NOT A LARGE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU CALL THE SECOND NEWEST WING AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT. YES SIR.
I AGREE WITH WHAT MR. MILLER WAS TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE DIAGRAMS OF WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO BECAUSE THERE'S SEVERAL EGRESS AND INGRESS.
SO THAT NEW WING THAT WE BUILT KIND OF REALLY WASN'T PART OF THE 2002 BOND.
IT WAS EXTRA BOND DOLLARS REMAINING THAT WE DECIDED HOW TO ALLOCATE LATER ON.
SO HOW MANY GLASS DOORS AS YOU CALL STORE FRONT ARE YOU PLANNING FOR? WE HAVE FIVE STOREFRONTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THERE WOULD BE TWO DOWNSTAIRS AND THEN THREE UPSTAIRS.
OK, AND SO WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED OR AS IN THE CORRIDORS THAT THE MAIN CORRIDORS, AS YOU'RE WALKING ON THE FIRST FLOOR, ENTERING THAT SPACE OF THE CLASSROOM AND LAB SPACE, I THINK WE'VE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR IN ONE OF THE AREAS OF NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE MEDICAL WING. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME PRECEDENT FOR THAT.
ALSO ARE YOU INCORPORATING THE THOUGHTS OF PAT LAMB AND SECURITY IN ALL OF THIS? I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD BE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SECURITY AND NOW WE'RE ADDING SOME MORE POTENTIAL QUESTIONS TO ME ABOUT INGRESS, EGRESS TO THESE AREAS THAT ARE FREE FLOWING RIGHT NOW.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED.
AND AT SOME POINT, DR. LOPEZ, I THINK WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THE DRAWINGS, WHAT IT'S
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GOING TO LOOK LIKE. YEAH.SO IF I CAN ADD RESPOND TO THAT LAST PORTION, SIR, PART OF THE PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS, IS ACCESS AND EGRESS.
AND THAT IS WHY THIS PROJECT REQUIRES AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM.
SO IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT, THE BUILDING IS COMPLIANT TODAY, WHATEVER WE ADD MUST MAINTAIN THAT COMPLIANCY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE HAVE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS ON HOW THE ORIENTATION OF THOSE DOORS WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE PLACED.
AND SO WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH WITH CAMPUS STAFF.
THEY'RE AWARE OF HOW THAT WOULD BE DONE.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DESIGNED AT THIS POINT.
BUT ONCE THE PROJECT IS APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD, THEN WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH A DESIGN CONCEPT ON THOSE SECTIONS.
SO WHERE DOES THE ARCHITECT FIRM FEE COME IN, THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM IS PART OF THE THREE TWENTY SIX. ALL RIGHT, AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
ONE, I THINK MOST OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED BY DR.
RINGO WHEN HE INDICATED THAT THIS IS, THIS IS CAMPUS FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE KIND OF REROUTED EFFECTIVELY THROUGH HERE BECAUSE OF THE SUMMER CHANGE, CORRECT? IT'S A MIX OF FUNDS.
YES, SIR. THE P-TECH SERVICE FUND.
BUT YES, IT WILL BE FUNDS ALREADY IDENTIFIED IF IT'S IN THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS OUT OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. OK, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE COMING SPECIFICALLY FROM FUNDS THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN ROUTED TO ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL VERSUS OTHER SOURCES? ROUGHLY FROM OUR GENERAL FUND, THE BREAKDOWN IS FOUR PERCENT AND THAT IS WITHIN THEIR BUDGET AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL ALREADY, THEN 58 PERCENT FROM SIX FIVE ONE AND 38 PERCENT FROM P-TECH. AND WHEN YOU REFER TO SIX FIVE ONE, COULD YOU EXPLAIN SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT FUND IS? YES, THAT IS WHERE WE'VE HAD DOLLARS FROM PRIOR APPROVED PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT FROM THE GENERAL FUND THAT ARE JUST SITTING THERE.
WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE THAT IS BUILT UP IN SIX FIVE ONE.
MR. BEACH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO HAD ASKED ABOUT SIX FIVE ONE.
IT WAS SHARED AS THE BOND PROGRAM WITH SIX FIVE ONE AND SIX FIVE FOUR IN PRIOR YEARS UNTIL THIS YEAR. BUT WE HAVE FUNDS THAT ARE JUST SITTING THERE THAT CAME FROM THE GENERAL FUND ORIGINALLY AND JUST ARE JUST SITTING IN THAT FUND NEEDING TO BE USED.
BUT SPECIFICALLY THE FUND, THE SIX FIVE ONE MONEY ISN'T PARTICULARLY EARMARKED FOR ANY ONE SCHOOL. WE CAN USE IT FOR WHATEVER SCHOOL WE SEE FIT OR WHATEVER PROJECT DISTRICT WIDE. YES, SIR, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND WITH RESPECT TO THE P-TECH MONEY, THAT'S NOT LIMITED TO ANY PARTICULAR P-TECH PROGRAM OR EARMARKED FOR SPECIFIC FOR ROWLETT HIGH THAT COULD BE USED FOR MONEY TO GO TO ANY P-TECH PROGRAM. I WILL DEFER THAT COMMENT BECAUSE IT'S COMING FROM OUR P-TECH GRANT PROGRAM THAT MS. BLAKEY OR MR. STAATS, IF YOU WANT TO COME SPEAK TO THE GRANT FUNDING TO TALK ABOUT THAT ALLOCATION.
THANK YOU, CHAIRPERSON JOHNSON, TRUSTEES, SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ, WE ARE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PLAN FOR THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND YES, TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY THE P-TECH SUCCESS GRANT PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WAS WRITTEN BY MR. STAAT'S, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, WHO'S THE PRINCIPAL OVER THE P-TECH PROGRAM AND THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.
HE WROTE THIS GRANT SPECIFICALLY FOR ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.
WE WON THE GRANT AND WE WANT TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO THE LABS, FIRST TO THE LABS, SECOND TO THE STOREFRONTS, AND THEN THE THE OTHER THE SIX FIVE ONE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TOWARDS OUR P-TECH AND ECHS PROGRAM WHEN SCHOOL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND SO WE HELD THOSE KNOWING THAT WE WANTED TO USE IT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND THEN THE OTHER FOUR PERCENT IS WHAT WE FOUND OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
OK, JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLARIFICATION.
SO EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE USE FOR THIS PROJECT HAD ALREADY BEEN EARMARKED FOR ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL AT SOME POINT. CORRECT.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME THAT IT GOES THAT WAY BECAUSE I COULD SEE OTHERWISE IF WE WERE FUNDING IT, THEN THIS ISN'T A FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT IT'S REALLY A THREE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLAR, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO END UP DOING THE SAME FOR ALL SEVEN SCHOOLS.
AND SO WE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CHANGES THE CALCULUS OF IT CONSIDERABLY.
I MEAN, SO BUT I APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR SHOWING CAMPUS LEADERSHIP.
I ANYTHING THAT'S CAMPUS DRIVEN, I'M GOING TO PROBABLY BE IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE I, I LIKE TO DECENTRALIZE.
MAYBE SOME IN THE ADMINISTRATION MAY NOT LIKE THAT AS MUCH, BUT BUT I LIKE THE CAMPUS
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INITIATED GRANTS.NOW THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THIS DOES SET A BIT OF A PRECEDENT, DR.
LOPEZ, IN THAT WE HAVE ONE SCHOOL HERE WHO IS TAKING CARE OF STUFF WITH WITH BUDGETED FUNDS ALREADY FOR THEM.
AND SOME OTHER SCHOOLS MAY COME UP WITH SOMETHING ASKING FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR.
AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY EARMARKED FOR IT, WE'RE KIND OF ESTABLISHING THIS IS A CAMPUS INITIATED PROCESS.
DO YOU SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT? YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS IT'S ALWAYS INDIVIDUALIZED.
WE GOT TO SEE WHAT LIKE I SAID, EVERY CAMPUS IS BUILT DIFFERENTLY.
ROWLETT IS OUR SECOND NEWEST HIGH SCHOOL.
IT HAS A DIFFERENT FLOW, DIFFERENT CAPACITY.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS, LET'S SAY LIKE NORTH GARLAND, THAT'S WAY PAST CAPACITY. TRUTHFULLY, IT HAS DIFFERENT LOGISTICS AND IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN ROWLETT, YOU KNOW. AND RIGHT NOW, ROWLETT, IT'S AN OPPORTUNE TIME FOR THEM TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD COMMITTEE? OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WILL BE MOVED TO THE BOARD MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION.
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ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE NEW BID CONTRACT, 11-21 CONSIDER APPROVAL THE PURCHASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ABATEMENT, REMOVAL DISPOSAL AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES.THIS IS THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ABATEMENT REMOVAL DISPOSAL, DISPOSAL AND RELATED SERVICES.
THIS RFP WAS PUT OUT FOR US FOR AWARD AND WE HAD THE RESPONDERS.
WE HAD FIVE RESPONDERS RESPOND AND ACTUALLY SIX RESPONDERS RESPOND.
AND WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS HOW WE PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE THE WORKLOAD, IF YOU WILL.
THE RFP ITSELF IS BROKE UP INTO TWO SECTIONS, ONE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, WHICH IS TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE THERE. THAT'S THE ABATEMENT, THAT'S MOLE REMOVAL, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER PIECE THAT HAS TO DO WITH CHEMICAL DISPOSAL.
AND THE CHEMICAL DISPOSAL IS THE SECOND PORTION, WHICH IS GREEN PLANET AND DWW.
THOSE BEING THE COMPANIES THAT WERE THAT WOULD BE AWARDED THAT PORTION OF THE WORK.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A THE RFP ITSELF IS A SUBSEQUENT RFP 11-18 WAS ACTUALLY PROVIDED IN THE PAST, AND THAT IS HOW WE USE THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROJECT PROGRAM BEFORE.
AND THIS IS JUST A REPLACEMENT RFQ FOR THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS CONTRACT? MR. MILLER. THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ, ON THE ABATEMENT STUFF WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, LIKE CEILING TILES FLOOR TILES, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, ASBESTOS RELATED THAT ARE UNLESS THEY'RE DISTURBED THE REALLY SAFE.
YES, SIR. SO ACBM ASBESTOS CONTAINING BUILDING MATERIALS.
WE HAVE AN ASBESTOS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN AT THIS TIME WITHIN OUR WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.
THOSE THOSE MATERIALS ARE PERFECTLY SAFE.
IT'S ONLY WHEN THOSE ITEMS ARE DISTURBED THAT THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT.
AND SO WHAT THIS IS FOR CONTRACTORS, NOT CONSULTANTS, WHO ACTUALLY DESIGN IT.
THESE ARE THE CONTRACTORS WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BE DOING THE REMOVAL OF THAT SHOULD WE NEED THAT SERVICE.
THERE ARE TIMES WHENEVER WE ARE DOING A ROOM REMODEL, WE'RE RENOVATING A ROOM AND SOMETIMES THE CEILING TILES ARE HOT OR SOMETIMES A FLOOR TILE IS HOT.
WHEN WE SAY IT'S HOT, IT HAS ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS WITHIN IT AND IT NEEDS TO BE REMEDIATED. AND SO THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO PERFORM THAT SERVICE SIR.
ARE THESE JOBS ALREADY DESIGNATED AND SPECIFIED OR JUST AS THEY COME UP DURING THE YEAR? SO THE SO THERE ARE NO THERE ARE NO JOBS PENDING FOR THIS.
THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD SHOULD WE NEED THIS SERVICE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.
JUST CURIOUS WAS GOING THROUGH THE RUBICON.
NOTICE THAT YOU I UNDERSTAND IT'S FOR ABATEMENT AND REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL.
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AND SO WE SELECTED GREEN PLANET, WHO NO BID REMOVAL OF THE ABATEMENT, BUT THEY WERE NUMBER ONE WITH THE DISPOSAL.AND SO WE HAVE THE DWW ABATEMENT THAT WAS NUMBER TWO IN CERTAIN SELECTIONS.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, HOW DO WE SETTLE ON THOSE? BECAUSE THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE [INAUDIBLE] THAT WAS NUMBER ONE IN REMOVAL.
AND JUST CURIOUS WHAT WHAT WAS BEHIND THE DECISION, THE FINANCIAL OR THE CHARGING TOO MUCH OR THE.
NO SIR, THE RUBRIC ITSELF IS A RUBRIC THAT IS DEVELOPED BY OUR PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.
AND THIS IS A RUBRIC THAT IS DESIGNED BY THEM.
AND THEY THE METRICS THAT ARE USED, EVALUATION OF THOSE SCORES ARE PERFORMED BY OUR PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATION.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THE BECAUSE AS I SAID EARLIER, IT'S TWO PART.
IT IS VERY NORMAL FOR A CONTRACTOR TO SAY WE ONLY WANT TO DO THE CHEMICAL DISPOSAL PORTION OR WE ONLY WANT TO DO THE ABATEMENT PORTION.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE OTHER PORTION.
SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO AS A DISTRICT IS WE'LL LUMP ALL OF THOSE SERVICES INTO ONE RFP.
AND FROM THERE IT HOW WE DIVVY IT UP, IT DEPENDS ON OUR METRICS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. FERNANDEZ. MOVING ON, THE NEXT ITEM IS EXECUTIVE SESSION MS. HOGAN DO WE HAVE ANY NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? THE ANSWER IS NO SEEING NO NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 3:52.
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING.
THANK YOU.
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