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TO SEE EVERYONE, THE TIME IS NOW 3:04, AND I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER FOR THE GISD
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES FACILITIES MEETING.THE MEETING IS CALLED AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
AND NUMBER TWO IS FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC FORMAT WITH THE PUBLIC FORUM COMMENTS, IF WE HAVE ANY. MS. HOGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC FORUM COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM. OK, HAVING NONE, WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM THREE AND THAT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S
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REPORT. OH, THANK YOU.I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK.
GISD IS BACK IN FULL SWING TODAY.
WE GOT TO MEET WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LEADERS.
AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS NOT TALK ABOUT EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS JUST AT ONE TIME.
I'M GOING TO START OFF TODAY, AS WE DID THE NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION.
WE HAD JAMIE MILLER AND LINDA GRIFFIN WELCOME OUR NEW EMPLOYEES.
THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT IT WAS NOT ONLY THE ENERGY AND SYNERGY THAT THESE NEW EMPLOYEES BROUGHT, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE PRESENT OR THE ROUNDTABLE MEMBERS PRESENT. BUT WHAT PARTICULARLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS THE FIRST THING WAS THE AMOUNT OF NEW EMPLOYEES TO OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE VETERANS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAT CHOSE TO COME TO GISD.
AND WHEN WE ASKED THEM TO STAND LIKE THE BRAND NEW TEACHERS, USUALLY THE BRAND NEW TEACHERS REALLY TAKE UP THE ROOM AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT DOMINATE THE PRESENCE.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING WAS THAT WHEN MR. MILLER ASKED THEM TO STAND ON WHO LIVES IN THE DISTRICT, I DON'T KNOW, MS. GRIFFIN, MR. MILLER WAS IT ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE STOOD UP? SO A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE VESTED IN THE COMMUNITY ARE TEACHING OUR STUDENTS COME IN THIS YEAR.
AND THOSE ARE THE TWO MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS, BECAUSE WE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE VETERANS, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST VESTED IN OUR GISD.
SO THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT BRIEF UPDATE.
LOPEZ. AND THANK YOU, MR. BEACH, FOR JOINING US REMOTELY.
AS WE GO INTO OUR INFORMATION ITEMS, LET'S DO INFORMATION ITEM ONE RECEIVE PRESENTATION
[IV.A. Information Items]
ON BOND UPDATE.THESE ARE PAGES THREE THROUGH 12.
THANK YOU, COMMITTEE CHAIR GRIFFIN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU A BOND UPDATE FOR THE 2014 BOND.
SO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY IS WE HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT WE ARE IN CLOSE OUT AND THAT ONE PROJECT HAS GOT AN ITEM FURTHER DOWN IN THE MEETING THAT WE'LL DISCUSS FROM THERE.
WE ARE FINALIZING ALL OUR RECONCILIATIONS FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE LISTED THERE.
YOU CAN SEE FROM A DISCIPLINE STANDPOINT THAT ONE TEST AND BALANCE FIRM, ALONG WITH ONE ARCHITECT, ONE CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE FINALIZING ON FOR THIS PROJECT, THAT ONE PROJECT IS THE JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS.
AND AGAIN, WE'VE GOT AN ACTION ITEM THAT WE WILL ADDRESS LATER IN THE MEETING.
ALL OF THE PROJECTS FOR THE BOND PROGRAM HAVE CLOSED.
AND AS REQUESTED, ATTACHED IS THE FINANCIALS FOR THE FUND 681 FOR THE BOND. AND THIS IS A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION AS WE WIND DOWN THE BOND.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE DETAILED UPDATE OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AGAINST THE NUMBERS THAT WE CALL THE BOND FOR.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY MEMBERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SORRY, MR. SELDERS. I WAS JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND THAT'S GONE ON TO CLOSE THESE PROJECTS OUT, IS THERE SOME SORT OF CUSTOMARY THING THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO WHEN A BOND PROGRAM IS CONCLUDED TO HIGHLIGHT OR CELEBRATE THAT IT'S DONE? I DON'T KNOW. JUST CURIOUS.
NOT THAT I KNOW OF MR. SELDERS, BUT I THINK ONE THING THAT IS OF SIGNIFICANCE AND WE HAVE THAT IN THIS DETAILED REPORT IS JUST REPORT BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE DID AND WHERE WE CAME IN WITHIN BUDGET AND ACTUALLY THE TOTAL COST OF THE OTHER BONDS.
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SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING IF WE ARE INTERESTED THAT WE SEND SOMETHING BACK OUT TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS, MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN SEND IN OUR NEXT, I'M TRYING TO THINK, WHAT'S THE NEWSLETTER CALLED NOW THAT COMES OUT QUARTERLY? CONNECTED, THAT MAY BE AN ARTICLE FOR THAT.OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON MAINTENANCE OF 2021 SUMMER PROJECTS AND THAT BEGINS ON PAGE 13.
REALIZE THAT DURING THE SUMMER FOR US, THAT'S THE HARDEST WORKING MONTHS FOR OUR MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
SO WITH THIS MEETING, WE WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT ALL HAVE BEEN DONE, COMPLETED, WHAT'S LEFT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADD IS, ARE THERE ANY BUILDINGS THAT WON'T BE READY WHEN SCHOOL OPENS? SO GOOD AFTERNOON TRUSTEE GRIFFIN FACILITY CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DR. LOPEZ, I'M HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION TODAY ON SOME PROJECTS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT MS. GRIFFIN JUST ASKED.
ALL FACILITIES WILL BE IN OPERATIONS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
THANK YOU. SO A LITTLE BIT THAT HAPPENED THIS SUMMER.
I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE SLIDES PRETTY QUICK, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION.
SO SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD THE REBRANDING PROJECT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS A LOT OF MARQUEES THAT HAD TO BE REMOVED WITH THE OLD COLONEL'S INFORMATION ON THERE THAT WAS IDENTIFYING THAT CAMPUS AT THAT TIME.
BUT NOW WE'RE MOVING ON AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THOSE.
ALSO, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PAINTING ALL THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR.
YOU CAN SEE OUR PAINTERS, THERE HARD AT WORK, GETTING THE BUILDING NICE AND CLEAN AND REPAINTED.
AGAIN, OUR GYMS, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU NEED TO WALK INTO THOSE GYMS, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL. ALL THE CEILINGS WERE PAINTED, ALL THE BLEACHERS WERE CLEANED REALLY GOOD. AND WE HAVE BRAND NEW HARDWOOD COMPETITION BASKETBALL MAPLE FLOORS DOWN.
THEY'RE JUST WORKING ON THE ON THE WALLS PAINTING.
HERE WE HAVE REBRANDING OF THE OF THE TROJANS AND THOSE BEAUTIFUL NEW FLOORS.
TITANS. SORRY ABOUT THAT, TITANS.
THE TITANS. BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FLOOR.
WE ARE WORKING ON ALL OUR EMERGENCY LIGHTING ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AS YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING DISTRICTWIDE.
IN THE GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, SOME NEW FENCING IS GOING AROUND THE AG FACILITY TO KEEP ALL THE ANIMALS IN.
AND WE'RE GETTING ALL THAT BARBED WIRE FENCE REPLACED.
PLAYGROUNDS, MULCH ACROSS THE DISTRICT,, IT'S BEING REDONE FOR THE FALL ZONES.
WE'RE PUTTING OUT THE OLD MULCH AND THEN PUTTING IN NEW, FRESH MULCH.
AGAIN, MORE BEAUTIFICATION, JUST WORKING ON PLANTERS AND SHRUBS AND JUST TRYING TO GET OUR GRASS CUT AND MAINTAINED FOR THE OPENING OF SCHOOL.
AGAIN, THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES THERE ON THE GROUND, PEST CONTROL AND INSPECTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALSO NUTRITION SERVICES, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SPRAYED AND WE HAVE ALL OUR TRAPS OUT AND WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB MAINTAINING THE CLEANEST OF THOSE KITCHENS. HVAC GETTING OUR WATER HEATERS INSTALLED AND JUST ANY KIND OF BOILER INSTALLATION. WE'RE PREPPING FOR THE WINTER TIME.
SO THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE BOILERS ARE WORKING FOR THE WINTER AND THEN OUR REGULAR HVAC MAINTENANCE, CLEANING COILS, CHECKING CONTACTORS, JUST MAKING SURE OUR FILTERS ARE CHANGED.
THEY'RE HARD AT IT RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO GET ALL THESE COOLING SYSTEMS REPAIRED.
LOCKSMITH ENSURING THAT ALL OUR DOORS IN CASE OF LOCKDOWN SITUATIONS, ALL THE LOCKS ARE WORKING. KEYS ARE BEING ISSUED TO NEW ADMINISTRATION AND TEACHERS.
SO THEY'RE REALLY BUSY RIGHT NOW IN THE LOCKSMITH DEPARTMENT.
PAINTING DEPARTMENT, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THEM OUT AS YOU PASS BY THE CAMPUSES ARE DOING A LOT OF EXTERIOR PAINTING THIS SUMMER, TRYING TO FRESHEN UP THE BUILDINGS.
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STRIPING GETTING ALL THE FIRE LANES IN, MAKING SURE OUR PARKING LOTS HAVE THEIR CROSSWALKS AND ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, PAINTING IS DONE FOR OUR HANDICAPPED PARKING, REALLY HARD AT IT TO SUMMER.PLUMBING, JUST MAKING NECESSARY REPAIRS.
SOIL CONDITIONS IN THIS HEAT, EXPANSIONS OF SOILS, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF SEWER REPAIRS THIS SUMMER, AGAIN, THERE'S SOME MORE PICTURES.
THIS IS A REALLY NICE WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME TIME TO DO SOME TRAINING WITH OUR STAFF.
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO GET A NEW EXCAVATOR FOR OUR DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THOSE NECESSARY REPAIRS.
AND WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF TRAINING.
WE'VE DONE SOME BOARDROOM WORK IN HERE, DID SOME PAINTING REPLACED SOME SHEETROCK.
AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FRESHEN UP THE BOARD ROOM FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
CARPET REPLACEMENT AT SOME CAMPUSES ARE GOING ON, ON THE STAGE AREAS.
THIS IS A LARGE TASK THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK AND ALL THE ROTTED WOOD THAT'S BEEN ROTTED.
WE'RE REPLACING ALL THE ROTTED WOOD.
WE'RE ALSO REPLACING THE RAMPS IN A LOT OF CAMPUSES THAT HAVE HAVE ROTTED OUT OVER THE YEARS. AND THIS IS A LOCKER FABRICATION FOR NUTRITION SERVICES, FOR THE STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICE STAFF.
WE FABRICATED THESE IN OUR MILL SHOP.
SO THOSE ARE GOING OUT TO THE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, CUSTODIAL SERVICES, JUST GOING TO DEEP CLEANING, ENSURING THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SANITIZED, WAXED, MOPPED, STRIPPED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, ALL COBWEBS REMOVED, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO FRESHEN UP THE SCHOOLS AND GET THEM READY FOR FOR THE START.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE? ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY TRUSTEE? I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND ALL THE BOARD TO HAVE YOU ALL TO THANK YOUR STAFF FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE THIS SUMMER.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S THEM THAT GIVES THE CAMPUSES THAT BEAUTIFICATION APPEAL.
AND IT'S NOTHING LIKE WELCOMING STUDENTS BACK INTO A FRESHLY NEW LOOK BASICALLY IN THE BUILDING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EACH OF YOU, PAUL, AND JAVIER.
OK, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEM AND THAT BEGINS ON PAGE
[IV.B. Discussion Item]
54 AND THAT'S JAVIER.AND WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE DIGITAL MARQUEE DISTRICT STANDARD.
OKAY, LET ME SEE IF I CAN MAKE THIS KIND OF BIGGER.
APOLOGIZE, I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT BIGGER FOR MY EYES . OK, GOOD AFTERNOON TRUSTEE GRIFFIN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
LOPEZ. WHAT WE WANT TO DO TODAY IS TO DISCUSS A STANDARDIZED MARQUEE FOR OUR DISTRICT.
OVER THE YEARS, AS WE HAVE BUILT FACILITIES, WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, SOME FACILITIES HAVE HAD A MARQUEE WHERE THERE WAS A POLE MOUNTED MARQUEE, SOME HAVE HAD A MONUMENT STYLE MARQUEE.
AND HOW THE MARQUEES WERE ACTUALLY PROCURED IS VARIOUS METHODS.
SOMETIMES THE MARQUEES WERE PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY AND OTHER TIMES THE MARQUEES WERE ACTUALLY PROCURED THROUGH PTA OR THROUGH RAISING OF FUNDS OR THROUGH BOOSTER CLUBS AND WHAT HAVE YOU WHEN THE WHEN WE DO BUSINESS THAT WAY.
AND THAT'S A VERY, VERY TRADITIONAL WAY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR GARLAND ON HOW MARQUEES WERE ACTUALLY INSTALLED IN THE PAST.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE DO THAT, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WE GET A LOT OF VARIATIONS IN MARQUEES IN OUR CAMPUSES. WE'LL HAVE SOME THAT ARE SOME HAVE SOME FLOWERS AROUND THEM.
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SOME ARE JUST THE MARQUEE ITSELF, JUST VARIOUS TYPES.AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TRYING TO DEVELOP A STANDARDIZED MARQUEE THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE FOR ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS GOING FORWARD, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SOMETHING THAT A MARQUEE ITSELF THAT IS ONE MEETS THE NEW MUNICIPALITIES REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY ARE GOVERNED BY THREE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.
I SAY, NOT GOVERN, BUT WE ACTUALLY, GEOGRAPHICALLY WE'RE PART OF CITY OF GARLAND, PART OF THE CITY OF SACHSE AND PART OF THE CITY OF ROWLETT.
AND EACH ONE OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES HAS DIFFERENT SIGN ORDINANCES.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE LOOKED AT ALL THE THREE CITIES ORDINANCES AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED A MARQUEE, IF YOU WILL, SPEC THAT MEETS ALL THREE CITIES ORDINANCES.
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY PLEASING FOR THE DISTRICT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT IS LARGE ENOUGH SO THAT WE CAN PUT OUR SIGNAGE ON THERE.
NOW, THESE ARE DIGITAL MARQUEES, SO THAT MEANS THAT WOULDN'T BE CHANGING ANY OF THE LETTERING ON THOSE. AND SO WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE ONES THAT AN AGENDA ITEM THAT FOLLOWS THIS IS SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
AS PART OF THE REBRANDING, WE ARE LOOKING AT CHANGING THE MARQUEE AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. SO THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US NOT ONLY TO LOOK AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL AS FAR AS WHAT THAT MARQUEE LOOKS LIKE, BUT ALSO TO DEVELOP A STANDARD FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS INFORMATION ITEM.
SO WORKING WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM AND WORKING WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES.
WE'VE GOT AN ELEVATION HERE THAT IS A DIGITAL MARQUEE THAT ALLOWS US TO MAXIMIZE THE UTILIZATION OF SPACE.
FROM A SQUARE FOOTAGE STANDPOINT, THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE WE CAN UTILIZE IS FIFTY EIGHT, FIFTY EIGHT SQUARE FEET.
AND SO THIS SIGN HERE IS RIGHT AT FIFTY EIGHT SQUARE FEET, JUST A LITTLE LITTLE BIT OVER THAT. BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS IT GIVES US THE WE'VE MASONRY WALLS ON THE SIDES AND ON THE BOTTOM ALONG WITH A DIGITAL MARQUEE ON THE TOP AND WITH A STANDARDIZED FOUNDATION THAT WOULD FIT IN VARIOUS APPLICATIONS.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS STANDARDIZING FOR DISTRICT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THIS WOULD BE THE SAME MARQUEE THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT FOR SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL. [INAUDIBLE] MARQUEE THAT RESEMBLES THOSE EXACT DIMENSIONS? DO WE HAVE A MARQUEE THAT RESEMBLES THAT? NO, SIR, WE DO NOT. SO IF WE LOOK AT OUR NEW NATATORIUM, THE MARQUEE THAT'S IN FRONT OF IT, THAT WOULD BE SMALLER THAN THIS? YES, IT'S VERY MUCH SMALLER THAN THIS.
OK, GOOD, BECAUSE THAT WAS A LITTLE TOO SMALL.
THAT ONE'S A LITTLE TOO SMALL FOR SUCH A GRAND PLACE, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, SIR, WHEN THE MUNICIPALITIES LOOK AT OUR SIGN ORDINANCE, THERE'S A SIGN AUDIENCE AND WHAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE OVERALL DIMENSION OF THE SIGN.
SO WHEN WE TAKE A MARQUEE TO THE CITY AND SAY WE NEED A PERMIT TO BUILD THIS MARQUEE, THEY WANT TO GO EDGE TO EDGE, SO MASONRY TO MASONRY FROM EDGE TO EDGE, SO WE COULD FILL THIS WHOLE BOX FULL OF MASONRY AND HAVE A VERY SMALL DIGITAL MARQUEE SUCH AS THE NATATORIUM. OR WE COULD PUT LESS MASONRY WITH A MUCH LARGER MARQUEE, STILL MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE MASONRY AROUND IT, BUT HAVING LESS MASONRY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE CHOSE TO DO HERE, SIR.
OK, ALRIGHT, MR. GLICK. THANK YOU.
AS YOUR FIRST COMMENT, YOU'RE DESIGNING THIS THE STANDARDS IN THE THREE CITIES UNTIL THEY CHANGE. AND WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THEY COULD CHANGE LITERALLY AT ANY TIME, RIGHT? SIGN ORDINANCES...THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS YES.
THEY DON'T TYPICALLY CHANGE OVERNIGHT, BUT THERE IS AN ORDINANCE; ANY CITY ORDINANCE CAN CHANGE. YES, SIR. IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING, IN MY TIME ON P&Z IN ROWLETT THE SIGN ORDINANCES STARTED TO CHANGE BECAUSE OF SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA,
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OF ALL PLACES, THEY HAD THIS INCREDIBLY STRICT SIGN ORDINANCES AND THEY GOT SUED BY EVERYBODY. LITERALLY EVERYBODY SUED THEM.I THINK THE FIRST ONE TO SUE HIM WAS MCDONALD'S.
BUT EVERYBODY ELSE FOLLOWED BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST LIKE YOU CANNOT SEE THEIR SIGNS IN SCOTTSDALE. BUT THEY DECIDED WE DIDN'T WANT SIGN POLLUTION.
AND THEN THAT BLEW THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ONCE SCOTTSDALE WON THEIR CASE.
I SAID, WELL, WE COULD CUT DOWN ON THE SIZE OF THESE SIGNS.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NATATORIUM SIGN, WHICH YOU WERE DISCUSSING.
WHY DID WE MAKE IT THAT SMALL? WHOSE DECISION WAS THAT? THE DESIGN OF THE ACTUAL DISPLAY WITHIN THE NATATORIUM THAT WAS PART OF THE DESIGN TEAM, THE DESIGN TEAM DESIGNED THAT MARQUEE.
THAT WAS THE ARCHITECTS THEN? YES, SIR.
ALL RIGHT. SO, YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING OR MAYBE IN THE FUTURE YOU MIGHT BE YOU'RE NOT NOW SUGGESTING WE GO BACK AND REPLACE EXISTING MONUMENTS? YOU'RE NOT SAYING THAT. I KNOW THAT.
NO, SIR. I AM NOT SAYING THAT MOVING FORWARD, BUT IN THE FUTURE.
THE CONCEPT COULD BE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? YES, SIR, IT IS A POSSIBILITY.
AND SO MIGHT I ADD TO GO BACK TO THE NATATORIUM.
THE GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING A STANDARD TODAY IS THAT AS ANY ORDNANCE, ONCE WE HAVE A BASIS, WE CAN DECIDE TO CHANGE IT GOING FORWARD, AND SO I WANT TO I WANT TO BE CLEAR HERE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BELIEVE THAT THE DESIGN TEAM IS WORKING IN A VACUUM ON BEHALF OF GARLAND, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY NOT THE CASE.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A DESIGN TEAM BUILDS A FACILITY, THEY LOOK TO THE OWNER AND ASK, DO YOU HAVE ANY STANDARDS THAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING TOWARDS WITHOUT US HAVING A MARQUEE STANDARD THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE BUILDING THE NATATORIUM.
THE DESIGN TEAM DID THEIR BEST EFFORT AT THAT TIME TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT IS AMICABLE FOR US. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TODAY IS TO DEVELOP A STANDARD THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY FACILITY, WE WOULD THIS IS WHAT OUR STANDARD IS.
AND SO AS WE IF WE WERE TO DEVIATE, WE WOULD THEN HAVE A STANDARD AND WE WOULD HAVE A RECORD OF ANY DEVIATIONS.
SO THIS REALLY IS MORE OF FORMALIZING WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE WANT TO DESIGN.
JUST LIKE THE CITY HAS A SIGN ORDINANCE, WE'RE HAVING A MARQUEE STANDARD FOR OUR DISTRICT. NOW DOWN THE ROAD, IF THE CITIES DECIDE TO CHANGE THE ORDINANCE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW SUIT WITH CHANGING OUR DESIGN.
SO TODAY WE DON'T HAVE A BASIS.
AND SO THIS HERE IS MORE OF ESTABLISHING A BASE FOR US.
SO THAT GIVES US THE IT GIVES US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED AS WE WORK WITH DESIGN TEAMS. THANK YOU. SO I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON THE EARLIER TOPIC, BUT I THINK IT'S PERFECT HERE.
SO YOU HAD A TOPIC WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT DISTRICT WIDE BEAUTIFICATION.
YES, SIR. ONE THOUGHT THAT I'VE HAD IN THE PAST THAT I THINK WOULD PROBABLY WORK WELL NOW, WE REALLY DON'T DO ANYTHING, SOME SCHOOLS DO, AS YOU INDICATED, THEY PLANT FLOWERS AT THE BASE OF THEIR MONUMENT SIGNS.
THERE'S NO THERE'S NOTHING SIGNIFICANT AS YOU GO FROM SIGN TO SIGN TO SIGN TO SAY THERE'S UNIFORMITY. SOMEBODY'S THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.
SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO MAKE THE ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOLS ACCESSIBLE.
SO HAVE YOU IN THIS DESIGN PUT IN, FIRST OF ALL, IRRIGATION AND SECONDLY, PUT IN A WAY TO PUT IN SOME TYPE OF FLOWERS, THINGS LIKE THAT? SO THE SIGN DESIGN FOR THIS IS SPECIFICALLY JUST THE MARQUEE.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS PARTICULAR DRAWING, THE MASONRY, THE BRICKS, IF YOU WILL, THOSE ARE ABOVE GRADE.
ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE, THE BIG BOXES UNDERNEATH, THOSE ARE BELOW GRADE.
SO, WE DO NOT HAVE A STANDARD FOR HOW WE WERE GOING TO BEAUTIFY AROUND THE SIGN.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS INITIATIVE HERE IS.
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THIS IS REALLY TO DISCUSS THE WIDTH OF THE SIGN, THE SIZE OF THE SIGN, AND IT'S TWOFOLD.ONE, IT'S IF YOU NOTICE, I'M BRINGING TO YOU A DIGITAL MARQUEE STANDARD.
I'M NOT BRINGING TO YOU A MARQUEE WITH THE LETTERING.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT AS A DISTRICT, WE'RE GOING TO START MOVING AWAY FROM HAVING THE SIGNS WITH A THREE LINED THAT HAVE THE LETTERING WHERE YOU WOULD GO UP, CHANGE THE LETTERS FOR IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PTA MEETING TONIGHT, WE WOULD GO OUT, WE CHANGE THE LETTERS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DONUTS FOR DAD TOMORROW.
WE WOULD GO OUT AND CHANGE THE LETTERS AGAIN.
THOSE SIGNS ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE GOING FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A STANDARD FOR THOSE.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS MORE IN A DIGITAL FORMAT.
BUT THE POINT IS WE HAVE 70 BESIDES THE CAMPUS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 71 OTHER CAMPUSES, OTHER BUILDINGS THAT HAVE MONUMENT SIGNS, INCLUDING THIS BUILDING.
AND WITH NO BEAUTIFICATION NECESSARILY ENTAILED WITH THE DESIGN.
SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, LOOKS FINE.
AND DIGITAL IS THE WAY TO GO IS TO INCORPORATE IRRIGATION AND SOME TYPE OF PLANTINGS.
AND WE CAN REGULATE THOSE ALSO TO MAKE THOSE UNIFORM.
OR IT COULD BE TO MATCH COLORS OF BUILDINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT, BRICKWORK, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. BUT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE I DON'T ANTICIPATE A LOT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION.
I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED POTENTIALLY ABOUT A COUPLE OF POTENTIALLY NEW SCHOOLS DOWN THE ROAD AS WE GO TO 21ST CENTURY TYPE OF LEARNING.
PBK HAS TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THIS ROOM, BUT IT'S MAINLY GOING TO BE WHAT WE DO TO THE CAMPUSES THAT EXIST, HOW WE CHANGE THEM.
AND MAYBE IT'S A GOOD TIME AT THAT POINT TO ALSO LOOK AT THE MONUMENT SIGNS AND BEAUTIFICATION. THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN. THANK YOU, MR. GLICK. I WILL MAKE A NOTIFICATION OF BEAUTIFICATION BECAUSE THE STANDARD THAT'S BEFORE US RIGHT NOW IS JUST THE MARQUEE.
AND THEN I WILL LISTEN TO THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I'M GOING TO GO TO MR. JOHNSON, MR. SELDERS AND THEN MR. MILLER. HI, JAVIER, HOW ARE YOU DOING? YES, SIR. THE THING THAT STRUCK ME IS YOU SAY THAT A LOT OF THESE SIGNS ARE FUNDED BY PTAS PARENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THE PAST, IN THE PAST.
WELL, ARE WE GOING TO BE FUNDING MARQUEE SIGNS AT EVERY CAMPUS LIKE THIS? THE ANSWER TO THE FUNDING QUESTION IS THAT IS NOT THE FUNDING HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED ON HOW THESE WERE GOING TO BE FUNDED.
HERE'S THE REASON I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, OK, I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT WE CHANGE HOW WE FUND MARQUEES. MY OPENING STATEMENT IS BASED UPON HOW THESE WERE FUNDED IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF HOW THEY WERE FUNDED IN THE PAST AND THERE WASN'T A STANDARD.
WE HAVE VARIOUS VARIATIONS BECAUSE IF ONE PTA FUNDED IT, THEY WOULD SAY WE WANT TO FUND IT AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT.
WE WANT SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
A DIFFERENT PTA WOULD FUND IT AND THEY SAY WE WANT SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT.
WHAT WE'RE MERELY SAYING IS THAT THIS IS OUR STANDARD.
SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE CHANGE HOW WE FUND MARQUEES.
WE COULD STILL HAVE BOOSTER CLUBS.
WE COULD STILL HAVE PTAS FUND THE MARQUEES.
BUT WHAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THE COMMUNITY IS THIS IS OUR STANDARD.
SO WHEN YOU WANT TO FUND OR DO A CAMPAIGN FOR BUILDING A BRAND NEW MARQUEE, THIS DID THE TYPE OF MARQUEE THAT WE WILL BE BUILDING IN GISD.
SO WHAT IT HELPS THE PTAS TO DO IS THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE FUNDING FOR.
BUT I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH SAYING YOU GOT TO DO IT THIS WAY, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT. WE'RE GOING TO ASK THESE PEOPLE TO DO IT, GO OUT THERE AND HUSTLE AND FUNDRAISE, DO BAKE SALES OR WHATEVER TO TRY TO GET A MARQUEE SIGN.
I THINK THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO PUT WHATEVER MARQUEE SIGN THEY WANT.
I MEAN, THEY EARNED IT AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO DID IT.
SO LONG AS IT MEETS THE SIGNED ORDINANCE IN THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, THEN I'M FINE WITH IT. I MEAN, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE SIGNS AND FORCES THE FRONT OFFICE STAFF TO GO OUT THERE EVERY MORNING AND CHANGE THEM ALL, WE WANT TO GET RID OF THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ON OUR DIME, THAT'S ONE THING.
BUT I KNOW I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT HAVE FOR YEARS BEEN TRYING TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET ONE OF THESE THINGS.
AND THEN WE GIVE THEM THIS NOW AND SAY, HEY, THE BAR'S RAISED.
IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER TWO YEARS BECAUSE YOU GOT TO DO IT THIS WAY.
I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THAT.
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I MEAN, IN THE TERM YOU GET FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT IS UNFUNDED MANDATE, AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW TO THE SCHOOLS.I MEAN, WE'RE DOING WHAT THE STATE DOES TO US NOW.
SO, I MEAN, I GET WHERE LARRY IS COMING FROM WITH THE FLOWERS AND STUFF.
AND AGAIN, IF OUR MAINTENANCE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO DO IT, I'M ALL FOR IT.
BUT I MEAN, I'VE GOT A REAL PROBLEM WITH CRAMMING THIS STUFF DOWN EVERYONE'S THROAT AND SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT.
NOW, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT GETTING DIGITAL MARQUEE SIGNS AT OUR CAMPUSES, WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
BUT AS FAR AS JUST SAYING, HEY, YOU DO IT OUR WAY OR HIGHWAY AND WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR IT, I'M NOT A BIG FAN. OK, THANK YOU.
YES, THANK YOU. I WAS JUST CURIOUS, YOU HAD MENTIONED TO MR. GLICK'S POINT, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND REPLACE THE MARQUEES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS, LIKE, WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS MARQUEE THE STANDARD MARQUEE AS WE GO FORWARD? IS IT GOING TO BE WHENEVER THERE'S DAMAGE TO AN EXISTING MARQUEE? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT UTILIZING THIS MARQUEE GOING FORWARD. AND WHAT'S THAT THOUGHT PROCESS AND HOW WE ROLL THAT OUT? WELL, ANY TIME THERE'S A REQUEST FOR A MARQUEE, WHETHER IT BE DAMAGED, SO WE HAVE SOMEONE RUNS INTO OUR MARQUEE AND WE HAVE TO REPLACE MARQUEE.
THE MARQUEE WOULD BE REPLACED IN THIS STANDARD.
IF THE MARQUEE IS BEING REMOVED AND REPLACED BECAUSE OF ANY OTHER INITIATIVE, THIS WOULD BE THE STANDARD WE WOULD UTILIZE.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS OF WHERE YOU WOULD REPLACE A MARQUEE.
WE ALSO HAVE, LIKE I SAID, SOUTH GARLAND HAS A POSTAL PANEL SIGN, WHICH IS A MARQUEE THAT SITS ON A POLE. WE CAN'T BUILD THOSE ANYMORE.
MOST CITIES HAVE ALREADY SAID THEY WILL NOT PERMIT THOSE ANYMORE.
SO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING OUT NOW IS A MONUMENT.
THIS IS A MONUMENT. AND SO DESIGNING SOMETHING THAT MEETS THE LOCAL JURISDICTION IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. AND TO MR. JOHNSON POINT IN THE INSTANCES THAT YOU GAVE BOTH OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, MARQUEE GOT DAMAGED OR IT WAS A REQUEST.
AND IN THOSE SCENARIOS, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD FUND AS A DISTRICT IF THE REQUEST CAME THROUGH A CAMPUS OR IF, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY BACKED INTO A MARQUEE AND IT GOT DAMAGED? WOULD WE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING.
SO THOSE ARE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE MADE AT THAT TIME.
AND HOW WE FUND IT WOULD BE WOULD BE DETERMINED AT THAT THANK YOU. MR. MILLER. YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WITH RESPECT TO THE 50 FOOT SING TOTAL THAT YOU GAVE, ARE YOU MEASURING DOES THAT INCLUDE THE BRICK? OR JUST THE MARQUEE? IT'S THE WHOLE FACADE OF [INAUDIBLE], INCLUDING THE CONCRETE BASE.
NO, NOT THE CONCRETE AT THE BOTTOM.
IT GOES FROM MASONRY TO CAST STONE, OK.
AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THE OTHER COMMENTS, YOU KNOW.
AND WITH ALL RESPECT TO OTHER OPINIONS, I KIND OF LIKE HAVING A STANDARD I MEAN, THESE ARE OUR SCHOOLS TO.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CONCEPT, I WAS STOPPED SHORT OF SAYING WE'RE GIVING THEM AN UNFUNDED MANDATE OR NOT REQUIRING THEM TO GO DO THIS IF THEY VOLUNTEER TO GO BUILD A MARQUEE. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO RAISE THE MONEY FOR I THINK IT'S OK TO HAVE A STANDARD JUST SO THE DISTRICT LOOKS UNIFORM AND ONE SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE A REALLY, REALLY NICE ONE AND ONE SCHOOL HAS ONE THAT'S LESS, VIEWED UPON AS LESS JUST FOR OUR PROPERTY AND THE ESTHETIC OF OUR CAMPUSES.
I HAVE NO IDEA TO KNOW WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT SIGN OR NOT, AND I WOULD TRUST YOU WITH THAT. BUT I'M OK WITH THE CONCEPT.
THANK YOU. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, COULD YOU GIVE THEM A ROUGH ESTIMATE ABOUT WHAT THIS WOULD COST A SCHOOL IF THEY FUNDED IT THEMSELVES? SO ROUGH ESTIMATE FOR A SIGN LIKE THIS.
IT'S ABOUT ABOUT 80000 DOLLARS.
IT IS A TWO SIGNED MARQUEE, SO IT HAS DIGITAL ON BOTH SIDES.
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I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE.THANK YOU. OK, SO--MAY I SAY SOMETHING? OH, OK.
IF WE GO TO THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE USING DIGITAL, I KNOW THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH DIGITAL BECAUSE WE DID ONE AT OUR CHURCH AND IF WHO THE OPERATION OF THAT DIGITAL FORMAT TAKES CARE OF THAT OR WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE REPAIRS IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH THAT DIGITAL, IS IT ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR IS IT THE COMPANY THAT IS BUILDING THE FACILITIES? SO THE QUESTION IS, WHO MAINTAINS.
SO THE DIGITAL MARQUEE ITSELF IS EVERY DIGITAL MARQUEE COMES WITH A WARRANTY ON IT.
ONCE THE WARRANTY EXPIRES, THEN THE REPAIRS OF THE MARQUEE FALL UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DISTRICT. LIKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO, ANY TIME THE DISTRICT TAKES ON A DONATION, WHETHER IT BE A PTA DONATION, ANYTHING FROM A FACILITY STANDPOINT, ONCE A DISTRICT TAKES OWNERSHIP OF THAT AND IT'S A DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THAT.
OK, WHAT WE HAVE--OH, I'M SORRY, MR. BEACH, ARE YOU GOOD? ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION, TOO, WAS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SIGNAGE AS FAR AS THE NATATORIUM AND SOME OTHER FACILITIES, I KNOW THAT WHEN LARRY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE P&Z, THERE IS A LOT OF TIMES IN OUR THREE CITIES THE SETBACK WHERE THOSE SACHSE CAN BE LOCATED BECAUSE TURNING IN AND OUT OF PARKING LOTS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS TO THOSE HAVE TO GO INTO THAT VARIANCE OF WHATEVER BUILDING NEEDS.
OK, THANK YOU. I THINK WE'VE HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION ON THE STANDARDS FOR MARQUEES MOVING FORWARD.
THE ONE THAT'S BEFORE US WILL BE SOUTH GARLAND.
IF I LOOK AT MY AGENDA, THIS IS UNDER DISCUSSION AND WE'VE HAD SOME VARIOUS OPINIONS AND I WOULD FIRST SAY, LET'S BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THIS THAT YOU ARE ASKING US FOR AN ACTION ITEM ON THE APPROVAL OF THE STANDARD FOR THE MARQUEE. DID I GET THAT RIGHT? OR ARE WE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THE MARQUEE? IT'S UNDER DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY MA'AM.
HUH? IT'S UNDER DISCUSSION ITEM ONLY.
RIGHT, SO TRUSTEES, LET'S THINK ABOUT IT AND LET'S PUT IT BACK ON THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE FOR APPROVING A STANDARD AND SOME BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE. I MEAN, WHEN THE CHOIR ROOMS, BAND HALLS, I COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON OF WHEN WE STARTED DOING STANDARD, ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE INSIDE THE BUILDING AND THEY'RE NOT OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.
AND NO PTAS WERE PARTICIPATING AND THAT NECESSARILY.
BUT WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WOULD SAY, LET'S BRING IT BACK AND LET'S DISCUSS IT AND THEN WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO IF YOU HAVE IN YOUR MINDS A PLAN OF HOW YOU THINK WE SHOULD ATTACK THIS, IF YOU JUST SEND THAT TO ME AND THEN I'LL SEND IT TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND WE CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT IT, IS THAT AGREEABLE WITH EVERYONE? ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, JAVIER, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
OK, THE NEXT ONE IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
WE HAVE TOSSED THIS AROUND AND I JUST DON'T LIKE ALL OF THE SIDE CONVERSATIONS OR WHATEVER. IF IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO AS A BOARD AND AS A DISTRICT.
AND IF IT FALLS UNDER COMMITTEE, WE NEED TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT NEEDS TO BE.
SO NUMBER TWO IS DEALING WITH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DISCUSSION OF HAVING THE NATATORIUM GRAND OPENING, I GUESS, TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A DATE ALREADY SET TO MY BOARD MEMBERS? DO YOU ALL HAVE A PREFERENCE OF WHEN AND HOW YOU WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE DONE? I'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY NO ONE ASKED FOR OUR INPUT.
IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE NATATORIUM GRAND OPENING IS, I GUESS WE'RE READY.
I HAVEN'T SEEN IN A NATATORIUM OPERATING PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES BECAUSE IN REALITY, THE NATATORIUM IS ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS THAT WE ARE EXPECTING AN ROI A RETURN ON
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INVESTMENT. SO I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL OF THOSE DOCUMENTS, PROCEDURES, CONTRACTS, WHAT ALL WE'RE DOING. I'M ASSUMING THAT THOSE ARE EITHER DONE OR THEY'RE BEING COMPLETED.BUT THE QUESTION ON THE FLOOR NOW IS TRUSTEES, IF DOCTOR LOPEZ ANSWERS MY QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE A DATE IN MIND FOR THE GRAND OPENING? AND THEN WE'LL GO TO TRUSTEES.
WE WANTED TO SEE WHEN WE COULD DO IT, GET ENOUGH RUN TIME AND DO A NICE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY. A FEW THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HEARD FROM OUR OUTSIDE AGENCIES LIKE DIFFERENT CITY MANAGERS.
THEY SAID GIVE THEM ENOUGH LEAD TIME.
FOUR TO SIX WEEKS WOULD BE PREFERABLE.
THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO LOOK ON THEIR SCHEDULE AND ATTEND.
IF WE WANT IT SOONER THAN LATER, WE CAN DO IT SOONER THAN LATER.
WE COULD DO IT ON A DAY THAT EVERYBODY CAN ATTEND.
BUT WE WANTED THE BOARD TO DO THIS.
THE CULMINATING PROJECT, THE WAY I SEE IT IS THE ESSENTIAL PART IS ONCE WE SET A DATE, WHAT WE CAN DO IS GET ALL THE ESSENTIAL PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, SUCH AS THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETING, THE BOND COMMITTEE THAT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS, TO BE PART OF THAT. OK, WE WANT TO BRING EVERYBODY THAT WAS PART OF THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE OUR LAST BIG PROJECT FROM THE 2014 BOND, AND SO IF WE SET THE DAY OR TIME AS A BOARD, WHAT WORKS FOR YOU, THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LISTEN TO THE BOARD'S INPUT ON WHAT THEIR IDEAS ARE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO START MR. SELDERS AND JUST ROLL ON AROUND IN TERMS OF WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT? LET'S START WITH MR. BEACH. MR. BEACH, WHY DON'T YOU KICK US OFF AND TALK ABOUT DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OF WHEN AND HOW THE NATATORIUM GRAND OPENING SHOULD PROCEED? MS. GRIFFIN. I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CRANKING UP THE SWIMMERS THIS FALL, COMING OUT OF THE SCHOOL BUSSES AND WHATNOT, BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD LOOK GOOD.
I LIKE DR. LOPEZ'S IDEA ABOUT SATURDAY MORNING OR SATURDAY SOMETIME, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL OPEN UP A LOT OF PEOPLE'S SCHEDULE BECAUSE WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, EVERYBODY GETS CRAZY AND IT GETS BUSY. SO AN EVENING OR A MIDDLE OF THE DAY, A REALLY TOUGH SCHEDULING AROUND CITY AND COUNCIL MEETINGS AND THEIR BOARD MEETINGS, JUST LIKE SCHOOL BOARDS.
AND SO I THINK THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED AND LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE TEACHERS ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT ON SATURDAY THAT WANTED TO BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GET A SUB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S MANY PEOPLE THAT WE CAN RALLY AROUND THIS COMMUNITY EVENT.
AND SO I THINK THAT TO ME WOULD BE THE WAY THAT I WOULD LEAN, TOWARDS SATURDAY.
OK, THANK YOU, MR. BEACH. AND WE KNOW THAT WE BEGAN SCHOOL ON THE 2ND.
SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE WE OPEN SCHOOL.
THIS IS A LINDA GRIFFIN I BUT I JUST DON'T SEE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT THE WAY WE WANT IT DONE BUT IT CAN BE DONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT.
MR. SELDERS. YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH MR. BEACH IN TERMS OF PROBABLY TRYING TO HAVE IT ON A SATURDAY THAT WOULD GIVE US THE GREATEST POSSIBILITY TO HAVE MAXIMAL INVOLVEMENT FROM TRI-CITY COMMUNITY.
ALSO, I THINK WE SHOULD FORMALLY INVITE CITY OFFICIALS FROM EACH OF THE CITIES.
WE HAVE THAT JOINT COALITION NOW SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THAT AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A FORMAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE EVENT.
I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE STUDENTS INVOLVED IN SOME WAY, MAYBE SWIM TEAMS INVOLVED AS PART OF THIS AS WELL. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOWCASE AND SHARE THE GRAND OPENING OF ONE OF OUR NEWEST FACILITIES.
THANK YOU. MS. STANLEY. I HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER.
IT HAS TO BE ON THE WEEKEND TO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY.
OK, THANK YOU. MR. JOHNSON? SATURDAY MORNING IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF WE SAW SOME OF THE DIVERS AND SWIMMERS LIKE SHOW US THEIR STUFF AT THE POOL.
SO YOU'RE GOING FROM A CELEBRATION TO A LITTLE SEMI-PROGRAM AND ALL OF THAT.
[CHUCKLING] MR. MILLER. I WOULD AGREE WITH MR. JOHNSON AS LONG AS HE'S NOT ONE OF THE SWIMMERS.
[LAUGHTER] MR. MILLER, MOVING ON.
I THINK SATURDAY'S FINE AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO REACH OUT TO OUR CITIES.
I MEAN, THIS IS FOR ALL THREE CITIES, ALL THE COMMUNITIES.
SO MAKE IT AS INCLUSIVE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
I WOULD IF WE GO FORWARD WITH THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE SOME OPTIONS ON SATURDAYS THAT WE CHOOSE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL IN TOWN FOR.
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THAT'S MY NEXT QUESTION AFTER WE HEAR MR. GLICK. MR. GLICK.THANK YOU, MA'AM. I THINK THE SATURDAY IS FINE.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FACILITY IS ACTUALLY BEING USED ON SATURDAYS ALREADY WITH CLUB TEAMS AND ALSO COMMUNITY SWIM, AND THERE COULD BE, AS I MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE ARE MEET'S COMING UP EITHER WATER POLO AND OR LONG COURSE SWIMMING COMING UP. SO WHO'S EVER GOING TO COORDINATE THIS SHOULD WORK OUT WITH THE FACILITY MANAGER.
WHAT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME OF DAY AND WHEN WE'LL HAVE THE ACCESS TO THE POOL WITHOUT CONFLICTS. THANK YOU.
WELL, WE HAVEN'T BEEN PROVIDED OR MAYBE I MISSED MINE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SEEN A SCHEDULE.
AND LIKE I WENT BACK TO WHEN I STARTED OPENING OF THE OPERATING PROCEDURES AND CONTRACTS AND ALL THIS. SO WE ARE ALREADY IN FULL SWING THEN.
I'M SURE WE SHOULD BE GETTING SOME STUFF THAT'S COMING TO US INDIVIDUALLY, HOW WE'RE OPERATING AND BASICALLY ALL OF THAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT DATES, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE CALENDAR SAYS.
TRUSTEES, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PREFERENCE? SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER? WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE? AND THEN WE CAN WORK AROUND THE SCHEDULE THAT WE GET.
I WILL START THAT WITH, I WOULD SAY, LIKE MR. GLICK SAID, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CALENDARS, GO AHEAD AND GIVE US TWO OR THREE DATES, MAYBE A COUPLE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND A COUPLE, OF COURSE WE HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT THE FIRST INTERSESSION STARTS THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER AND ALSO THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. SO THAT'S ALSO THE FAIR WEEK ALSO.
SO YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THOSE DATES THERE.
PEOPLE MAY BE OFF BUT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME.
BUT I WOULD LOOK AT THE SOMEWHERE AROUND THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF OCTOBER AND MAYBE IN THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER, ONE OF THOSE THREE WEEKENDS TO KIND OF PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER. BUT AGAIN, LOOK AT THE MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHEDULING WITH THE AQUATICS DIRECTOR OUT THERE IS WHERE WE CAN USE THE FACILITY AND SHOW OFF SOME OF THE KIDS THAT ARE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS. ANYONE ELSE? SO WE HAVE THE END OF SEPTEMBER, THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, I WILL LOOK NOW TO PAUL AND JAVIER. DID YOU ALL HAVE ANY INPUT? I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED YOU ALL FIRST.
MS. GRIFFIN, JUST GIVE ME THE DATE I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH WITH DR.
LOPEZ AND ALSO CHERISE AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE DID WANT TO BRING IN THE BOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE WANTED OPEN INVITATION PIECE, FACILITIES CAN SET IT ALL UP LIKE WE DID FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING.
WE NEED TO DO ANY EXTRAS BECAUSE COULDN'T BE ALL INSIDE.
SO JUST GIVE US A DATE AND WE'LL PREPARE FOR IT.
OK, SO MR. JOHNSON? I WOULD CAUTION AGAINST THE OCTOBER 2ND DATE BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRANSITION FROM INTERSESSION TO FALL BREAK.
AND I KNOW OF MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE SCHEDULED A VACATION OVER THAT TIME. OK, SO I THINK THE MR. GLICK. YEAH, I WOULD I WOULD ALSO PREFER OCTOBER.
AND ALONG WITH WHAT PAUL WAS SAYING, BESIDES THE ARCHITECTS, WE HAD WHAT I QUOTE UNQUOTE CALL THE DREAM TEAM WHO DESIGNED THE POOL TO MAKE IT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING OLYMPIC SWIMMERS.
WE HAD THE FASTEST MAN IN THE WORLD, SWIMMER.
WE'D LIKE TO PROBABLY BRING THEM BACK ALSO.
I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE SOME INTERESTING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN OF THE POOL, HOW WE GOT IT TO WHERE WE'RE AT. THANK YOU.
OK, SO IT LIKE WE'RE LEANING CLOSER TO OCTOBER.
SO I WOULD GIVE US BOARD MEMBERS AN ASSIGNMENT.
WOULD YOU LOOK AT YOUR CALENDARS AND SEE WHAT IN OCTOBER IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU? BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE--NOT GOOD OR IS GOOD? WHAT IS NOT GOOD.
RIGHT, MEANING YOU ALREADY BOOKED FOR A DATE IN OCTOBER.
WELL, I THINK WES IS RIGHT, OCTOBER 2ND IS A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON, INCLUDING THE BIG CAR SHOW THAT WE HAVE. A LOT OF OUR KIDS WILL BE INVOLVED IN DOWNTOWN GARLAND, THE WHEELS OF HOPE. SO TRUSTEES, IF YOU WOULD SEND THINGS TO MISS HOGAN OF WHAT DATE WE DEFINITELY WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM AND--I LIKE THE 16TH OR 30TH, I DON'T KNOW, THE OTHER DATES TO NOT LIKE BUT I DON'T LIKE THE SECOND.
THE 16TH AND 30TH, THOUGH, WORK FOR ME.
MS. STANLEY. SO THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES ME NERVOUS ABOUT THESE LATER DATES OF IN OCTOBER IS YOU'RE GOING TO START MESSING WITH FALL FEST AND
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ALTHOUGH I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WANTING TO INVITE ALL THESE PEOPLE, I THINK AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO HAVE A GRAND OPENING OR IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS SO BIG AND SO COMPLICATED, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST PLAN IT FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT. SO, I MEAN, I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD PROBABLY PUSH IT MORE TOWARDS THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND STAY OUT OF OCTOBER AND STAY OUT OF NOVEMBER AND HOLIDAYS.I MEAN, I THINK YOU'RE JUST GOING DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
IF I MAY INTERJECT, LET'S NOT FORGET, SEPTEMBER IS TASA/TASB AND THAT WOULD BE THE END.
THAT WOULD BE THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
WE'RE DOING TACITUS B, YOU KNOW.
WELL, WE HAVE HAD A GREAT EXERCISE EXPLORING DATES RIGHT HERE.
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO END THE CONVERSATION.
AND EVERYONE HAS--THE TWO DATES THAT YOU CAN USE ARE THE DATES THAT MR. MILLER PROPOSED THE 16TH OR THE 30TH.
THE TWENTY THIRD IS SACHSE FALL FEST.
THE SECOND IS THE WEEK THAT I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE.
SO I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HERE.
THE NINTH IS STILL THE BACK END OF FALL BREAK.
SOME PEOPLE MAY STILL BE GONE.
MY DAUGHTER'S GETTING MARRIED THAT DAY.
YOU SEE WHY WE NEEDED THIS DISCUSSION.
CUBE CONFERENCE IS SEPTEMBER 16TH THROUGH THE EIGHTEENTH IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
LOPEZ INDICATED IS SEPTEMBER 24TH THROUGH THE 26TH AT KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON.
SO YOU REALLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF OCTOBER 16TH OR OCTOBER 30TH.
OK, WELL SEE WHAT CONCLUSIONS YOU CAN ARRIVE THROUGH, GREAT DISCUSSION.
LOPEZ, WE'RE GOING TO KICK OCTOBER 16TH UNLESS A TRUSTEE FINDS OUT THAT WILL NOT WORK BASICALLY FOR THEM.
OK, SO BASICALLY WE'VE ALL PARTICIPATED IN THE DATE.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD ASK YOU TO SEND MS. HOGAN IS IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT THE PROGRAM? NOT SAYING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR DISCUSSION AND INPUT.
SO IF YOU WILL SEND THAT, THEN SHE WILL PROCESS THAT THROUGH DR.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER DISCUSSION ITEM, AND THAT IS TO DISCUSS THE RETURN TO SCHOOL CLASSROOM PROTOCOLS.
PARENTS ARE ASKING AND I THINK THE PROTOCOLS ARE MORE THAN JUST WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE WEARING MASKS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A DISCUSSION WITH TRUSTEE INPUT.
WILL PLEXIGLASS STILL BE UP? WILL WE DO SOCIAL DISTANCING? WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGES OR DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CAFETERIA? PICK UP, YOU KNOW, DROP OFF.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE GOTTEN THAT FAR, BUT I THINK IF TRUSTEES HAVE A PREFERENCE OR SOME THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN WITH THE PROTOCOLS, I THINK NOW'S YOUR TIME TO LET THE ADMINISTRATION KNOW.
MR. JOHNSON, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? I DIDN'T, BUT I'LL TALK. OK.
DIDN'T WE ALREADY HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH NURSE KOTSOPOULOS THAT LAID OUT WHAT WE WERE DOING FOR NEXT YEAR? I'M NOT SURE.
WE DID. SO WHAT DID IT SAY? I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PLEXIGLASS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE MASKS.
WE TALKED ABOUT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A LIMITED SEATING AREA IN EVERY CAFETERIA WITH PLEXIGLASS, IF YOU MADE THAT ELECTION.
IF YOU DIDN'T, THERE WOULD BE A SEATING AREA WITHOUT.
SO HAS THAT BEEN SENT OUT? I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION, BUT WITH QUESTIONS I THINK IS JUST GOOD WHEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE LOOKING AT OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS THAT IF THEY ARE STILL CONFUSED AND DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION, THAT'S MY INTENT OF THIS ITEM.
SO IF IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, I'M GETTING NODS THAT IT'S THERE.
MAYBE IT NEEDS TO BE IN A MORE DIGESTIBLE FORMAT.
I MEAN, MAYBE IF IT'S JUST WHAT WE GOT, THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TOO CUMBERSOME.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PROTOCOLS.
WE'VE ADDED A LOT OF THIS, WE PRESENTED IT DURING THE I WANT TO SAY IT WAS IN JUNE, IT WAS PART OF THE ESSER PLAN THAT WE HAD TO DO.
IT WAS REQUIRED BY THE STATE IN ORDER TO GET ESSER PLANNING THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WE MADE DEALT WITH A FEW THINGS.
SO JUST FOR CLARITY, IN A NUTSHELL, WE'RE NOT REQUIRING TEMPERATURE CHECKS.
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OK, WELL, IF WE CAN JUST PULL IT OUT OF THAT DOCUMENT, I THINK WE JUST NEED A DOCUMENT AS A STAND ALONE DOCUMENT THAT TALKS ABOUT RETURN.AND I SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IT NOW SO I COULD SEE IT.
DOCTOR RUSSELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT? I WOULD LIKE A ONE PAGER THAT WE COULD HAVE FOR PARENTS TO.
WOULD THAT SUFFICE? IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? MS. GRIFFIN? I'M JUST THINKING THERE'S STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT THERE AND WE ARE TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM OPENING OR IS IT THREE? IT'S TWO.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S TWO. SO I JUST THINK WHATEVER CLARITY WE CAN PROVIDE AT THIS TIME.
AGAIN, I'M THROWING IT BACK OUT TO THE TRUSTEES.
I PUT IT THERE FOR ALL OF THE CALLS I'M GETTING.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DON'T UNDERSTAND . MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AND OTHER COMMITTEES TONIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW. BUT, YEAH, I THINK PART OF THE ISSUE IS WE HAVE WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS THE DISTRICTS ARE HAVING.
TO THE PARENTS, WE GREATLY APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET DR.
LOPEZ LEAVE TONIGHT UNTIL IT'S RESOLVED.
[CHUCKLING] SO THAT'S JUST ONE CHALLENGE.
MAYBE, IF WE CAN GIVE HIM ONE PAGER OR SOMETHING WITH RESPECT TO THIS, THEY COULD MORE EASILY DIGEST THIS INFORMATION.
THAT'S SOMETHING OFF THEIR PLATE.
AND THEY CAN FOCUS ON TRYING TO GET THEIR KID BACK TO SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE].
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, MR. WES.
BUT I THINK WE ALL THE PROTOCOLS ARE THERE.
I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THEM, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THERE ARE SOME PARENTS WHO HAVE IT AND GOT IT AND THERE ARE OTHERS THAT DON'T.
AND I THINK THE MORE WE CAN COMMUNICATE, THE BETTER OFF WE ARE.
DO YOU AGREE, DR. LOPEZ? OVERCOMMUNICATION IS THE BEST KEY RIGHT NOW IN EVERY INSTANCE AND YOU BROUGHT IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF STRESSES IN BACK TO SCHOOL.
AND WHAT MAKES THIS BACK TO SCHOOL UNIQUE IS I WANT YOU TO PICTURE THIS.
I WANT YOU TO PICTURE THE PARENT THAT HAS KIDS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TO SCHOOL SINCE THIS PANDEMIC HIT IN MARCH 2020.
YOU'RE THAT PARENT AND THIS IS THE FIRST INSTANCE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING YOUR KID BACK, ALONG WITH THE FEARS AND ANXIETIES THAT MAKE US GOING TO FIGHT OR FLIGHT MODE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING ON IN THE HOME THAT THEY JUST NEED SOME SORT OF SECURITY AND MOVING FORWARD.
THIS IS A JUDGMENT FREE ZONE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
WE UNDERSTAND EVERY FAMILY WAS UNIQUE DURING THIS PANDEMIC, BUT WE LEARNED TWO THINGS AND OUR DATA REFLECTS IT. OUR KIDS LEARN BEST FACE TO FACE.
OUR TEACHERS TEACH BEST FACE TO FACE.
THIS IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE IN ORDER TO SHAPE A CHILD'S FUTURE AND GIVE HIM A LIVELIHOOD OR HER LIVELIHOOD, WE HAVE TO MOVE THIS WAY.
AND SO WE ARE VERY SYMPATHETIC TO THAT MS. GRIFFIN AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME EXCEPTIONS WHERE THIS IS A HUGE LEAP OF FAITH FOR MANY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT, NOT JUST ONE OR TWO. RIGHT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS.
MS. STANLEY. MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION, MS. RUSSELL? MAYBE A ONE PAGER IN SKYWARD, SINCE WE ARE DIRECTING ALL OF OUR PARENTS TO SKYWARD AND WE WANT THEM IN SKYWARD TO BE DOING THEIR FORMS. AND SOME OF THE FRUSTRATION IS SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE TO SKYWARD TO THE WEBSITE. SO MAYBE JUST ON THE DASHBOARD, JUST A QUICK ONE PAGER OF EXPECTATIONS OF FACE TO FACE. OK, MR. SELDERS. HAS THAT DOCUMENT BEEN FINALIZED? YES, IT WAS FINALIZED WHEN WE PRESENTED; THAT WAS THE FINAL DOCUMENT I WAS JUST TRYING TO LOOK FOR IT, JUST NOW.
OK, TRUSTEE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT.
I THINK AS WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER, I THINK WE SERVE THE COMMUNITIES OF THE TRI-CITIES BETTER. WE HAVE THREE ACTION ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED THAT ARE ON THE FACILITY'S
[IV.C. Action Items (Non Consent)]
AGENDA. MR. FERNANDES, IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND TAKE US THROUGH THESE THREE ACTION ITEMS, YOU CAN CONTINUE ONE THROUGH THREE UNLESS THE TRUSTEE HAVE A QUESTION IN BETWEEN.AND LET'S START WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE STAGE LIFT AT HILLSIDE ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE.
THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE DIGITAL MARQUEE OF SOUTH GARLAND THEN THE INCREASE IN THE PROPOSAL OF THE CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF MULTI-CAMPUS ADDITIONS.
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OK, THANK YOU. WE'RE ON PAGE 57.TRUSTEE GRIFFIN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.
LOPEZ, SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A AN ACTION ITEM FOR A STAGE LEFT AT HILLSIDE ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE? OUR STAGE AT HILLSIDE ACADEMY TODAY DOES NOT HAVE AN ACCESSIBILITY AREA ON SHOULD A CHILD HAVE A WHEELCHAIR BE ON A WHEELCHAIR AND NEED TO GET ON THE STAGE.
AND SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT AFFORDS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLACE A WHEELCHAIR LIFT AT HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY AND THE COST FOR THIS, WE'RE ESTIMATING THIS THIS HAS NOT BEEN BID OUT. THIS HAS NOT BEEN PUT OUT TO THE STREET, HAS NOT BEEN DESIGNED OR ANYTHING.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A PROJECTED COST.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ESTIMATE THAT I'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS PROJECT, WORKING WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, WE SEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIFT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 80000 DOLLARS WITH A PERMIT FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS.
AND THEN HAVING A CONTINGENCY FOR THIS PROJECT, THERE'S ALSO ABOUT ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DESIGN FEES IN ORDER TO GET THIS DONE.
BECAUSE IT'S A--ADA? WELL, I SAID ADA, I APOLOGIZE.
IT'S UNDER THE PURVIEW OF ADA, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE TEXAS ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS ACT.
SO IT'S TABS TEXAS ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS STANDARDS THAT IT WILL MEET.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE CONSULTANTS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY IN ADDITION TO NOT JUST THE ARCHITECT.
SO THE TOTAL WOULD BE TODAY, THIS IS AN ESTIMATE, ABOUT NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO PUT THIS LEFT IN. OK, AND TRUSTEES IT'S COMING FROM THE EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND AND NOTICE THOSE WORDS 'NOT TO EXCEED.' SO ONCE THEY DO ALL OF THEIR BIDDING AND PROJECTIONS THAT THEIR NOT TO EXCEED.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER CAMPUSES WITH THE SAME ISSUE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF? SPECIFICALLY TO THIS ISSUE, THERE IS ONE ADDITIONAL CAMPUS, SIR.
YES, AND MY ASSUMPTION IS YOU'LL BE BRINGING THAT BEFORE US AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT HILLSIDE ACADEMY BECAUSE HILLSIDE ACADEMY HAS THE ISSUE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING. OK, ARE THERE ANY OTHER STAGES AT ANY OTHER CAMPUSES THAT ARE INACCESSIBLE WITHOUT A LIFT? YES, AT THIS POINT, SO THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL IS A CONSIDERED A PROTOTYPE.
AND SO THERE ARE FOUR CAMPUSES THAT WERE DESIGNED IN THIS PARTICULAR FASHION.
AND THE ADDITIONAL THERE IS ONE ADDITIONAL CAMPUS THAT DOES NOT HAVE A LIFT IN ORDER TO GET TO THE STAGE. AND AT THIS TIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT HILLSIDE ACADEMY FOR THIS PARTICULAR FUNCTION, MR. GLICK.
THERE'S A STUDENT AT HILLSIDE WITH THIS NEED.
WELLS HAD MADE US AWARE THAT'S WHY THIS [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE OTHER CAMPUS DOES NOT HAVE A STUDENT WITH THAT PARTICULAR NEED, AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE BOND PROGRAM, WE WOULD THEN FOR WITH THAT REDESIGN AND RENOVATION, INCORPORATE THAT INTO A BOND PROGRAM.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL ESTIMATE THAT IS DONE IN-HOUSE THAT INCORPORATES THE PROJECTED COSTS ALONG WITH THE DESIGN COSTS, GIVEN US THE TOTAL COST FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.
THIS IS A ESTIMATION COST THAT WE GET FROM THE ARCHITECT THAT GIVES US HIS ROUGH NUMBERS OF WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK? MS. GRIFFIN, CAN I ASK REAL QUICK, IS THIS AN ACTION ITEM FOR NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT? WILL WE BE BIDDING ON THE PROPOSAL YOUR GIVING US TONIGHT OUR ACTUAL PRICE? IT IS AN ACTION ITEM.
SO IT WILL MOVE TO A REGULAR AGENDA FOR NEXT TUESDAY.
BUT WOULD WE BE VOTING ON WHAT IS PROPOSED HERE TODAY OR AN ACTUAL COST? THE 97 NOT TO EXCEED, YES.
WE WILL BE VOTING ON THE EXACT WORDING THAT'S IN THE COMMITTEE BOOK, THAT WOULD ALSO BE THE EXACT SAME WORDING THAT'S IN THE REGULAR BOARD BOOK.
SO IT WILL ALL HAVE THAT NOT TO EXCEED THE 97000.
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OK, WE LOOK AT THE MARQUEE AT SOUTH GARLAND.OK, THE NEXT ITEM IS THE MARQUEE.
IT'S PART OF THE REBRANDING EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING AT SOUTH GARLAND WE, AS MR. GONZALES STATED EARLIER, WE HAVE DONE SOME EXTENSIVE REBRANDING.
WE ARE REPAINTING. WE'RE REPLACING GYM FLOORS.
WE ARE DOING QUITE A BIT OF BEAUTIFICATION AT SOUTH GARLAND.
AND PART OF THOSE ONE OF THOSE INITIATIVES AS PART OF THE REBRANDING WAS A NEW MARQUEE FOR SOUTH GARLAND.
AS I STATED EARLIER, SOUTH GARLAND TODAY, THEIR MARQUEE IS ON A POLE AND THOSE MARQUEES ARE RATHER DATED.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWABLE BY ORDINANCES ANYMORE.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT PLACING A NEW MARQUEE FOR SOUTH GARLAND.
YOU SEE THE ESTIMATE HERE FOR SOUTH GARLAND OF ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY FOUR DOLLARS, NOT TO EXCEED THAT AMOUNT FOR A MARQUEE AT SOUTH.
NOW, THIS ONE HERE, IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED OUT TO A JOB WITH A CONTRACTOR. AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE HERE FROM THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, THIS IS THE OVERALL DOLLAR VALUE THAT WE'RE SEEING FOR THE MARQUEE.
AGAIN, THIS IS A BUDGET ESTIMATE THAT I PUT TOGETHER, WHICH GIVES YOU THE OVERALL PROJECT COSTS, WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION COST ALONG WITH THE DESIGN COST.
SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE COSTS FOR ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN.
THE ACTUAL COST FROM THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
BUT THE PROJECT DOES NEED SOME CONTINGENCY AND IT SHOULD WE RUN INTO AN ISSUE THAT MARQUEE ITSELF A LITTLE EXPENSIVE.
AND HERE'S A REASON WHY FOR SELF GARLAND WHERE THIS MARQUEE IS GOING TO SIT.
THE MARQUEE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO SIT.
AND I CAN SHARE THIS WITH YOU.
SO THE MARQUEE ITSELF WILL ACTUALLY SIT.
WE HAVE TWO PARKING LOTS IN THE FRONT OF SOUTH GARLAND.
ONE IS A PARKING LOT THAT'S UTILIZED FOR VISITORS.
SO AS YOU DRIVE UP TO SOUTH GARLAND, YOUR FIRST ENTRY TO YOUR RIGHT IS WHERE VISITORS TEND TO PARK. AND IF YOU PASS THAT, YOU WILL GO INTO ANOTHER PARKING LOT, WHICH IS FOR EXTENSION OF VISITORS, BUT PRIMARILY FOR STAFF.
BETWEEN THOSE TWO IS AN ISLAND THAT'S A CONCRETE ISLAND.
AND SO THE ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT REQUIRES US TO BOARD UNDERNEATH THAT SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR POWER AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS TO THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
SO THIS ONE'S A LITTLE EXPENSIVE JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE IT ACTUALLY SITS.
TRUSTEES ANY QUESTIONS? MR. JOHNSON.
NOW THE DISTRICT IS PAYING FOR THIS PARTICULAR MARQUEE, CORRECT? THIS IS PART OF OUR REBRANDING EFFORTS.
YES, IT'S COMING OUT OF 2014 BOND AUTHORIZATION FUND 681.
AND BECAUSE AS A BOARD, WE MADE THE DECISION TO REBRAND SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TAKING ON THE EXPENSE OF DOING THIS.
I WILL POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT THIS WILL BE, IF I'M CORRECT, THIS WILL BE THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL THAT HAS A DIGITAL MARQUEE, NOT JUST THE RED LETTER DIGITAL MARQUEE, BUT THE FULL COLOR DIGITAL MARQUEE. CORRECT? ROWLETT HAVE A FULL COLOR ONE? YES, BECAUSE SACHSE'S IS JUST RED.
I THINK ROWLETT. I'M NOT SURE.
YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY ROWLETT, I SEE THE LETTERS AND THEY'RE ALWAYS RED, I THINK THEY'RE ALWAYS RED. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BY CHOICE OR IF SO, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, SIR.
I DID LOOK INTO THE MARQUEE THING ONE TIME WHEN I WAS AT TASA/TASB AND THEY HAD THE MARQUEE VENDOR AND SO I STOPPED AND LOOKED AT THE THING.
A RED DIGITAL SIGN IS LIKE AN INTERMEDIATE OPTION BETWEEN THE LIKE PHYSICAL WHERE YOU GO OUT LIKE FENWAY PARK AND CHANGE ALL THE LETTERS AND THE FULL COLOR ONE.
SO THERE IS A INTERMEDIATE RED SIGN.
AND I NOTICED THAT SACHSE AND ROWLETT AT LEAST I THINK ROWLETT HAS THAT TOO.
AND I THINK ALL THE REST OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ON THE FLIP CARDS.
SO, OTHER THAN THE NATATORIUM, I THINK THIS WOULD BE OUR FIRST FULL DIGITAL SIGN, CORRECT? FIRST COLOR DIGITAL SIGN.
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AND I THINK THAT'S WHY BEFORE WE THEY WERE INTRODUCING THE STANDARDS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.MR. GLICK. OK, SO EARLIER ON THE STANDARD B1 WE TABLED THAT CONTINUED THAT FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. IT'S GOING TO COME BACK AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE, THE STANDARD THAT YOU PROPOSED EARLIER IN THIS DISCUSSION, THE EXISTING STANDARD, JUST UNDER 60 SQUARE FEET AND ALL THAT.
YES. SO, IF WE APPROVE THIS, ARE WE APPROVING A STANDARD WITHOUT APPROVING A STANDARD? THAT'S MY QUESTION. I THINK AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT EARLIER WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE DISCUSSION. I THINK THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. WE DECIDED AS A BOARD COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON STANDARD MEANING THAT WILL WE IMPOSE IT ON EVERYTHING.
THIS THAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS BECAUSE OF THE REBRANDING AND THE PROCESS THAT WE WERE ALREADY IN FOR SOUTH GARLAND.
SO WE ARE NOT WE WILL NOT BE APPROVING A STANDARD, BUT WE ARE SAYING THAT THIS IS WHAT FACILITY IS PROPOSING FOR THE REBRANDING OF SOUTH GARLAND TO BE COMPLETED.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS KIND OF A DE FACTO STANDARD SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST ONE WE'RE DOING THAT'S MATCHING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND AFTER THIS IS ON THE GROUND AND DONE AND PAID FOR, THEN IT'S DONE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT FACILITIES WAS TRYING TO TELL US WHEN WE WERE CARRYING ON THE INFORMATION ITEM AND THE DISCUSSION ITEM IS THAT THIS WAS COMING.
WE KNEW THAT WE HAD AN ACTION ITEM FOR STAFF GARLAND.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY HAD IT ON THE DISCUSSION SO THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A STANDARD MOVING MOVING FORWARD.
WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION THAT WE CAN HOLD UP WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE AND COMPLETED FOR SOUTH GARLAND. SO TRUSTEES IT'S WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL'S DISCUSSION.
I DON'T AGREE THAT THIS WILL BECOME A DE FACTO STANDARD BECAUSE WE AS A BOARD ARE BUYING A SIGN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING WE LIKE AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE APPROVE OF, BUT IT ONLY APPLIES IF WE'RE PAYING FOR IT BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING FOR THIS ONE.
I MEAN THE SIGN AT BACK ELEMENTARY, WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THAT.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE MAKING A DECISION.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL SIGN AT BACK ELEMENTARY.
THAT'S FOR LATER. WE'LL MAKE THAT CALL.
BUT I THINK, LET'S SAY JUST UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH INFLATION KICKING IN, HOW MANY OF OUR PTAS? NONE.
THEY DON'T RAISE THIS KIND OF MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WITHOUT SAYING IT, ONCE WE DO THIS, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE STANDARD BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH 100 GRAND FROM A PTA.
I THINK IN THE CASE OF ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOLS LIKE THE GRADUATING SENIOR CLASS PAGE FOR THAT SIGN, THERE'S A SIGN ON THE BOTTOM PAID FOR BY SO AND SO.
I IMAGINE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SAME AS SACHSE.
I DON'T KNOW. WHAT I'M SAYING WITH THESE KIND OF DOLLARS, ONCE WE ESTABLISH IT WITHOUT WITHOUT DOING IT, IT'S DONE.
AND THAT'S THE WHOLE SOURCE OF MY CONCERN.
I MEAN, ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, WHO IS ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I KNOW, HE WAS WORRIED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WITH CRAPPY SIGNS, SOME PEOPLE WITH GREAT SIGNS. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE PERPETUAL IF WE DON'T GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO UPGRADE IT WITHOUT GOING TO THE CADILLAC. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH NO DIGITAL SIGNS.
THIS IS THE FIRST ONE BECAUSE THERE'S NO STANDARD UNTIL WE SET THE STANDARD, WE'RE JUST VOTING ON ONE SING.
MAYBE THE SOUTH GARLAND SIGN WINDS UP BEING EITHER LESSER OR GREATER THAN THE STANDARD IF WE EVER DO COME UP WITH ONE.
BUT WE'RE VOTING TO DO IT THIS WAY OR NOT.
RIGHT NOW AS OUR AGENDA READS, IT READS, CONSIDER APPROVAL OF DIGITAL MARQUEE AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
MS. STANLEY. SO THIS IS MY OPINION, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE FULL COLOR IF THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS AREN'T FULL COLOR, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE RED IF THE OTHERS ARE RED.
I TAKE PRIDE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE TAKES PRIDE.
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BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN EQUALITY AS WELL, TOO.I MEAN, AND AS FAR AS A STANDARD, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CADILLAC, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO HAVE A CADILLAC HERE AND NOT HAVE A CADILLAC ANYWHERE ELSE.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, I'M NOT GOING TO SIGN ON TO PUTTING 80000 DOLLAR SIGNS AT ALL OUR SCHOOLS. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE UNFEASIBLE.
I THINK IT'S JUST A LITTLE BEYOND MY BEER BUDGET.
SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK WE NEED A MONUMENT SIGN.
I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH THE MONUMENT SIGN, BUT I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE BELL AND WHISTLE. AND I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE FULL COLOR.
I THINK IT CAN BE A RED, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PRICE DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S JUST MY OPINION, BECAUSE IT'S--DR.
LOPEZ. AND, YOU KNOW, TO PUT AN ACCOUNT OF EVERYBODY'S OPERATIONS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED IS YOU DON'T CREATE THE SIGN STATUS.
YOU CREATE A MINIMUM STANDARDS.
RIGHT. THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS TO INVEST IN SIGNS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO YIELD THE RESULTS THAT YOU WANT. SO YOU PUT IN MINIMUM STANDARDS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE SIGNS, IN ALL FAIRNESS, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR CAMPUS.
ELEMENTARY CAMPUS COMMUNICATION IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED IN MY YEARS AS BEING A PRINCIPAL IS WE ALL WANT THE BEST ADVERTISEMENT FOR OUR SCHOOLS POSSIBLE.
THE MOST IMPACTFUL SIGNS YOU NEED, IN MY OPINION, PROFESSIONALLY, IS GOING TO BE AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS. OK, AND WHILE WHILE I UNDERSTAND WE TALK ABOUT RED SIGNS THAT WAS STATE OF THE ART WHEN IT WAS AVAILABLE, WHEN THEY GOT THOSE SIGNS YEARS AGO AND NOT EVERYBODY GOT THOSE SIGNS, IT'S ROWLETT AND SACHSE THAT YOU NORMALLY SEE THOSE SIGNS, OK? AND SO THINGS HAVE EVOLVED OVER TIME.
AND IF WE LIMIT AND PUT A CAP ON OURSELVES, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GO.
I DO AGREE, THOUGH, THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE PRICE DIFFERENTIAL AND THIS WOULD BE A GOOD BASELINE TO SEE HOW BIG DO WE REALLY NEED A SIGN AT A HIGH SCHOOL? AND THEN YOU SCALE IT BACK FOR SOMETHING, NOT THROUGH ONE STANDARD.
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED. BUT WHAT WOULD THAT STANDARD LOOK LIKE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL OR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THE NEEDS A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT.
OK, AND IF YOU PUT A MINIMUM STANDARD, THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM INVESTING IN SIGNS BECAUSE SOME OF THESE SIGNS AND I'M GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THEY LOOK THE SAME.
BUT YOU HAVE TO GO AND SOME OF THESE SIGNS, GO OPERATE IT FROM THE POLE ITSELF.
YOU GOT TO GO CLIMB IN AND PUT IN A JUMP DRIVE AND DO THOSE THINGS.
I MEAN, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONALITIES AND OTHERS THAT YOU CAN USE A COMPUTER.
I MEAN, THEY MIGHT LOOK THE SAME, BUT THEY VARY IN NEEDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND SO I THINK WHAT WE DO AND THROUGH THE WILL OF THE BOARD IS WE CREATE A MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR EVERYBODY.
SO THEN IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO INVEST IN A SIGN, THEY KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE.
AND I DO WANT TO SAY THIS, THAT IF A SCHOOL DOES INVEST IN THE SIGNS, THEY TAKE CARE OF THE HARD COSTS.
AND OUR CONTRIBUTION IS TAKING CARE OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING, TAKING CARE OF THE WIRING, TAKING CARE OF ALL THE OTHER THINGS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROJECT OUT.
THE FRUSTRATION OF FUNDRAISING FOR ONE OF THESE MARQUEES IS JUST THAT.
THEY TURN AROUND AND SAY, WE'VE GOT OUR SIGN AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, WELL, YOU DIDN'T ADD A,B,C,D, AND E.
WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MEET US HALFWAY, THAT'S GREAT.
IF THE PTA WANTS, LET'S MEET THEM HALFWAY.
LET'S DO ALL THE OTHER WORK FOR THEM.
OK, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SIGN, YOU HAVE THE PRICE OF THE SIGN AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THOSE ADDED COSTS.
SO IF I LOOK AT EQUITY AND I LOOK AT MY MOST IMPOVERISHED CAMPUSES, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THEM. WOULD THEY EVER BE ABLE TO HAVE A MARQUEE TO DISPLAY THEIR PRIDE USING THE STANDARD THAT WE JUST SET, OK, AND IF THE ANSWER'S NO, WHY WOULD WE EVEN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT? WE CAN COME UP WITH A SMART SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL PROUD OF. OK, SO ON THE DISCUSSION ON THE FLOOR, IS THE DIGITAL MARQUEE AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, A PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY IN PROGRESS.
AND THIS IS WHAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD FOR AN ACTION ITEM AT NEXT WEEK'S BOARD MEETING.
OK, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE AGAIN, AND I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS EVERY TIME WE ENTER INTO BUILDING SCHOOLS OR MODIFYING SCHOOLS, STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED, NEEDS HAVE
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CHANGED. AND SO WHATEVER POINT WE ARE AT WHEN WE START THOSE PROJECTS, THAT THOSE ARE THE STANDARDS THAT WE ARE BOUND BY.AND UNLESS WE MAKE A CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORT THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING FOR ALL, I THINK THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.
AND I JUST REMEMBER HOW WE EVOLVED INTO SOME OF THE OTHER STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE SET IS USUALLY BASICALLY ON NEED.
SO LET'S GO ON AND CONTINUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE PROJECT ON A CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF MULTI-CAMPUS ADDITIONS.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
LOPEZ. SO WHAT I BRING TO YOU TODAY IS A ACTION ITEM FOR CHANGE ORDER NUMBER THREE.
THIS IS THE LAST CHANGE ORDER AS PART OF THE 2014 BOND.
THIS WILL ACTUALLY ALLOW US TO CLOSE OUT THE JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS LOOKING FOR THIS IS THE COVER SHEET WHICH TALKS ABOUT THERE WAS ORIGINAL NOT TO EXCEED BACK IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN OF SIXTEEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. AND THE AGREEMENT WAS ACTUALLY SIGNED FOR THIRTEEN POINT THREE.
AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS LAST CHANGE ORDER, THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE INCREASED TO THIRTEEN POINT FIVE.
SO WELL BELOW THE NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF THAT WAS ALLOWED IN ON JANUARY 9TH OF 2018.
SO THE CHANGE ORDER ITSELF, THERE WERE ACTUALLY TWO ADDITIONAL CHANGE ORDERS THAT WERE DONE ON THIS PROJECT.
CHANGE ORDER NUMBER ONE AND CHANGE ORDER NUMBER TWO.
NUMBER ONE WAS FOR PARSONS AND CISNEROS AND NUMBER TWO WAS FOR LYLES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CHANGE ORDER NUMBER THREE, THE DETAILS FOR THAT ARE BELOW.
THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT OR ARE PART OF CHANGE ORDER NUMBER THREE FOR A TOTAL OF SIXTY ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN DOLLARS.
AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE ALL FUNDED OUT OF THE BOND FUND 681.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR THESE MULTI-CAMPUS ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS? OK, ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDES. DR.
LOPEZ, DO WE HAVE A NEED FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO, MA'AM. OK, HAVING NONE, THEN, IS THERE MOTION FOR US TO ADJOURN THIS FACILITY MEETING? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 4:27.
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