GOOD AFTERNOON, AND IT IS THREE O'CLOCK AND WELCOME TO THE GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
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DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES FACILITY COMMITTEE MEETING.AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO DETERMINE A QUORUM BY A ROLL CALL.
IF WE'LL START WITH MR. SELDERS, PLEASE.
OH, SORRY. JAMIE MILLER PRESENT.
AND DO WE HAVE ANYONE JOINING US VIRTUALLY? IF YOU WOULD IDENTIFY YOURSELF, PLEASE.
MR. BEACH, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, PLEASE SIGN, SAY, PRESENT WHENEVER YOU ARE OFFICIALLY IN.
THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM TO PROCEED.
THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR PUBLIC FORUM.
ARE THERE ANY CARDS? NONE. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GET TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND US THAT THIS IS A ONE HOUR MEETING.
SO IT'S 58 MINUTES RIGHT NOW FROM 3:02.
AND LET'S JUST BE CAUTIOUS AND COGNITIVE OF THE FACT THAT IF WE GET BEHIND, IT THROWS ALL THE OTHER MEETINGS THAT FOLLOW US BEHIND.
SO I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE US TRYING TO STICK TO OUR TIME THAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED.
IS THAT FAIR ENOUGH, TRUSTEES? OK, GOT IT. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, OUR SUPERINTENDENTS MESSAGE.
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I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR.WE KICKED IT OFF OFFICIALLY LAST WEEK, NOT WITH ALL OUR STUDENTS, BUT JUST WITH GETTING INTERCESSION BACK IN IN FULL GEAR.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE SECOND SEMESTER.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF STILL CONCERN WITH THE VARIANTS OF COVID STILL ACTIVE. I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THE PLEXIGLASS IS STILL UP AT ELEMENTARY LEVELS. IF IT'S NOT, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR PRINCIPAL.
IT SHOULD BE UP. WE'RE STILL DOING THE MISTING EVERY NIGHT THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS THAT DID THIS PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
A MATTER OF FACT ON MY FIRST YEAR HERE, WHERE WERE HIGHLIGHTED AS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS DOING THIS DURING THE FLU SEASON AND WE HAVE NOT STOPPED.
AND SO WITH THE HAND SANITIZING AND THE WIPING AND JUST GOOD HYGIENE AND LOOKING AT THOSE PRACTICES, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO KEEP OUR FACILITIES AS STERILIZED AS POSSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF OUR STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY VISITORS.
OUR FIRST INFORMATION ITEM IS TO RECEIVE THE PRESENTATION ON THE HARRIS HILL PROJECT.
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MR. FERNANDEZ.AND YOUR TEAM. GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD AFTERNOON.
COMMITTEE CHAIR GRIFFIN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.
LOPEZ, WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE HARRIS HILL PROJECT.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD LAST MONTH, AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT AND HOW THE PROJECT IS GOING TO COMMENCE.
I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO PRESENT TO YOU, GARY AANENSON, WHO IS THE PROJECT EXECUTIVE FOR CORE CONSTRUCTION.
HE WILL INTRODUCE HIS TEAM AND THEN HE WILL PRESENT TO YOU.
DR. LOPEZ, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
WE KNOW HOW MUCH THIS FACILITY MEANS TO YOU, AND WE'RE VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE SELECTED.
AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE GARLAND ISD.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF MY TEAM MEMBERS.
DIRECTLY TO MY LEFT IS CHRIS BROWN.
HE'LL SERVE AS A PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR THIS PROJECT ON THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SIDE.
BRANDON ROOS WILL BE YOUR ONSITE PROJECT MANAGER.
TO HIS LEFT, JESS AUVENSHINE WILL BE YOUR ONSITE SUPERINTENDENT, LEADING ALL FIELD OPERATIONS. JUST TO TOUCH ON US FOR JUST A MOMENT.
WE DON'T LOVE TALKING ABOUT US, BUT WE DO JUST WANT TO KIND OF LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHO WE ARE AS A FIRM.
WE DO HAVE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ON TIME PROJECT DELIVERY.
WE UNDERSTAND IN THE SCHOOL BUSINESS SCHOOL ALWAYS STARTS IN AUGUST.
WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITY IS OPEN AND OPERATIONAL WHEN YOU NEED IT.
WE'LL DIG A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT SCHEDULE
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PROPOSED FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT KNOW THAT WE WILL DELIVER YOUR PROJECT ON TIME.EVEN WITH THE CRAZINESS OF THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS, WE WILL DELIVER THIS PROJECT ON TIME. WE'VE WORKED IN MORE THAN 900 ACTIVE FACILITIES, SO OBVIOUSLY A PORTION OF THIS FACILITY WILL REMAIN COMPLETELY OPERATIONAL THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT, AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN THIS FACILITY SAFE AT ALL TIMES AND WE'LL TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES IN ORDER TO DO SO.
WE'VE BEEN IN THE NORTH TEXAS MARKET FOR THIRTY ONE YEARS AND WE ARE THE THIRD LARGEST SCHOOL BUILDER IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAPPY TO HAVE GARLAND ISD AS A NEW CLIENT.
THANK YOU. WANT TO TOUCH ON A PARTNER OF OURS? THAT WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS PROJECT, AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, IS A HEAVY MECHANICAL RETROFIT.
SO THIS IS AN EXISTING ROOFTOP HVAC UNIT SYSTEM WE'LL BE CONVERTING THE ENTIRE FACILITY TO A WET, CHILLED WATER PIPING AND HOT WATER BOILER SYSTEM.
AND SO SELECTING OUR MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR, IT'S ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE CONTRACT IS OUR SUBCONTRACT WITH THAT PARTNER.
SO MAKING SURE WE HAD THE RIGHT PARTNER WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE SELECTED H&G SYSTEMS. THEIR HEADQUARTERS IS JUST ONE MILE FROM THIS FACILITY DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH.
THEY WERE FOUNDED IN 1968 AND THEY'VE BEEN IN THAT FACILITY ONE MILE FROM THIS BUILDING SINCE 1970.
AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTE EXPERTS AT WATER BASED HVAC SYSTEMS AND WITHOUT QUESTION, THE MOST EXPERIENCED FIRM IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH MARKET FOR THIS TYPE OF HVAC SYSTEM.
SO IT WAS AN OBVIOUS CHOICE WHEN SELECTING OUR PARTNER FOR THIS PROJECT.
THEY'VE GOT A GREAT EMR RATING POINT SEVEN ONE IT'S INCREDIBLY LOW FOR INDUSTRY AVERAGE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE, LIKE WE SAID, WORKING ALSO IN OCCUPIED FACILITIES AND THAT STATISTIC THERE, THE 80 PERCENT OF THEIR PROJECTS ARE WATER BASED HVAC SYSTEM.
OBVIOUSLY, THE EXISTING SYSTEM THERE IS NO WATER BASE.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY ALL ROOFTOP UNITS.
THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BE CHILLER BASED, WILL INSTALL NEW CHILLERS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FACILITY. AND THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH US, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR GARLAND ISD TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER SUCCESSFULLY BEFORE.
THEY'VE WORKED WITH OUR ARCHITECTURAL PARTNER GLENN PARTNERS, SUCCESSFULLY BEFORE.
AND THEN ALSO LASTLY, THEY'VE WORKED FOR GARLAND ISD ON YOUR COMPLICATED MULTI WATER PIPE SYSTEMS SUCCESSFULLY IN THE PAST AS WELL.
SO I THINK THAT KIND OF ALL COMING TOGETHER IS A HUGE, GREAT FOUNDATIONAL PIECE TO OUR TEAM IN DELIVERING THIS PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO BRANDON AND TO JESS TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE LOGISTICS AND SOME OF OUR SCHEDULE PROPOSALS.
GOOD AFTERNOON. SO WHAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HERE, THE LOGISTICS IS THE FACT THAT WE WILL HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE FACILITIES WITH JAVIER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LIMITING OUR INTERACTION WITH YOUR CURRENT STAFF THAT WILL BE ON SITE DURING THE ENTIRE OR A PORTION OF THIS PROCESS OF BUILD.
WORKING ON OCCUPY CAMPUSES IS A STRONG SUIT OF MYSELF AND JESS, WHERE WE'VE DONE TOGETHER MULTIPLE TIMES IN OUR HISTORY WITH CORE, SO WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BE SEEN NOT HEARD. STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY AND GET DONE IN AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO THAT IS OUR PROMISE TO YOU THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF INTEGRITY AND TO TRY TO LIMIT OUR INTERACTIONS WITH YOU, TRY TO LIMIT INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS. SO TOMORROW I SEE JAVIER AND I ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING MORE OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE LOGISTICS TO FINALIZE OUR PLAN TO PRESENT, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE OUT OF YOUR WAY AND WE STILL HAVE ADEQUATE SPACE FOR WHAT WE NEED.
THE SCHEDULE WE PRESENTED DURING OUR PRESENTATION ARE STILL ONE THAT WE FEEL EXTREMELY CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE, AND WE WILL BE COMPLETELY DONE WITH THIS BUILDING TURNED OVER TO YOU BY THE PROMISED OCTOBER 3RD DEADLINE.
VERY FIRST PHASE THAT WE'RE GOING TO START IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING AREA C.
THAT'S YOUR EXTERIOR SITE DEMOLITION AND STARTING THE CONSTRUCTION AND ERECTION OF YOUR CHILLER YARD. SO IN THAT TIME WE'LL BE IN THE BACK PART OF YOUR PARKING LOT.
WE'LL ASK FOR HELP FROM YOU TO COMMUNICATE TO THE EMPLOYEES ON SITE TO KIND OF VEER AWAY FROM THAT AREA. STAY AWAY FROM SO WE DON'T HAVE CARS RUNNING BY THE CONSTRUCTION SITE, OUR SUBCONTRACTORS PARKING ALONGSIDE YOUR EMPLOYEES, WE WANT TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE, JUST KEEP THAT INTERACTION JUST COMPLETELY SEPARATE.
SECONDLY, THEN WE GO INTO THE TWO STORY.
THIS PART OF THE BUILDING MARCH 1ST IS WHEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING MOBILIZING AND OUR BOOTS WALK INTO THIS BUILDING AND WE START CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL RUN ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE END OF JUNE.
THE THREE STORY WE'RE ASKING TO START AND OUR BOOTS WALKING IN THE BUILDING OF THE THREE STORY BUILDING ON JUNE 1ST.
AND STILL WITH THE MINDSET WE WILL BE DONE BY OCTOBER 3RD.
HENCE, WHY WE HAVE ALSO PICKED H&G.
THEY ARE KEY COMPONENTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DONE.
ONE OF THE BIG CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE ON THIS, OUR LONG LEAD TIMES ON SOME OF THE HVAC
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UNITS, WE'RE ACTIVELY GETTING AHEAD OF IT.WE HAD A PRE-CON TODAY TO TALK IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT OPTIONS AND LETTING THEM KNOW IF ANYTHING ELSE, IF THEY'RE HEARING ANYTHING ELSE.
SO CONSTANT COMMUNICATION IS VERY PARAMOUNT TO US AND OUR INTERACTIONS WITH YOU GUYS.
SO WE WILL BE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION.
AS THINGS ARISE WE'LL LET YOU KNOW AND WE'LL ACTIVELY THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AT HOW WE CAN KEEP ON TRACK AND, YOU KNOW, OVERCOME THOSE OBSTACLES.
AS I SAID, THIS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED IS LONG LEAD ITEMS WHERE WE'VE FOUND OUT SINCE OUR PRESENTATION, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER ITEM TO BE ADDED TO THIS UNDERGROUND PIPING.
BUT WITH THE TWEAKING AND REARRANGING OF THE SCHEDULE, WE STILL MAINTAINED OUR FINISH DATE OF 10-3.
BUT UNDERGROUND PLUMBING PIPING IS A NINE WEEK LEAD TIME THAT'S COMING ON TO THIS.
SO WE'RE ACTIVELY GOING TO GET THOSE SUBMITTED, REVIEWED AND GET ON TO THAT PACE.
WE CAN GET THAT STUFF ORDERED IN TIME.
YEAH, I COULD SPEAK TO I COULD SPEAK TO THIS, I THINK IS THIS THE PDF, JAVIER OR IS THIS OR CAN I PLAY THIS? YOU CAN ACTUALLY PLAY IN A PDF? THIS IS THE CAN YOU PLAY THAT FOR ME? I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY NEAT, SO WE RECENTLY FINISHED A RENOVATION OF THE RICHARDSON ISD ADMINISTRATION, BUILDING A SMALLER SCALE THAN WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO HERE, BUT THIS IS THEIR EXISTING SPACE AND WE USE A TECHNOLOGY TO LASER SCAN THE EXISTING FACILITIES TOTALLY UNDERSTAND ITS COMPONENTS.
THIS IS AN INTEGRAL PIECE TO OUR APPROACH TO YOUR PROJECT.
SO JANAH THE WHOLE TEAM AT GLENN PARTNERS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB DOING AS MUCH ANALYSIS WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THIS FACILITY.
BUT HONESTLY, UNTIL WE OPEN UP THESE CEILINGS AND TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ABOVE THESE CEILINGS AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION, THERE COULD BE SOME CONFLICTS.
AND SO WE'LL USE THIS LASER SCANNING TECHNOLOGY AS SOON AS WE COMPLETE THE DEMO ACTIVITIES TO COME IN AND SCAN ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THEN OVERLAY THAT WITH OUR DOCUMENTS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE INSTALLING DUCTWORK, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO FIT AND OUR CEILING HEIGHTS ARE GOING TO DROP.
WE'RE SOLVING THOSE PROBLEMS AHEAD OF TIME.
SO THIS IS A TECHNOLOGY THAT WE PREVIOUSLY JUST USED AT RICHARDSON ISD AND WE PLAN TO USE ON YOUR PROJECT AS WELL.
AND THEN THIS OTHER TECHNOLOGY IS GREAT FOR CAPTURING PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. SO HISTORICALLY, CONTRACTORS TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS.
THEY TURN ALL THE INFORMATION OVER TO THE CLIENT.
BUT THE TECHNOLOGY HAS CONTINUED TO IMPROVE OVER THE YEARS.
THIS IS UTILIZING 360 DEGREE PHOTOGRAPHY, SO WE'RE TAKING 360 DEGREE PHOTOGRAPHS, PROGRESS PHOTOS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
SO WHEN WE COME IN ON MARCH 1ST INTO THIS SPACE, THE VERY FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TAKE 360 DEGREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS EVERY WEEK AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. AND WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT THIS IS WE GIVE OUR CLIENTS ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. SO JAVIER AND PAUL AND THEIR ENTIRE TEAM WILL HAVE A LOG INTO THE SOFTWARE.
THEY CAN COME IN AND SEE THE PROGRESS AND KEEP TRACK OF IT.
BUT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF VALUE IS REALLY THE TRUE AS BUILT DOCUMENT INFORMATION. I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT NOT KNOWING WHAT'S ABOVE CEILING, PERHAPS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN OLDER FACILITY.
THIS WILL SHOW YOU THE PROGRESS.
OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU FRAME YOUR WALLS, THEN YOU DO THE ROUGHING IN THE WALLS, THEN YOU PUT THE DRYWALL IN THERE, THEN YOU PUT YOUR MILLWORK ON TOP OF THAT AND YOU DROP YOUR CEILINGS IN, TAKING THIS PROGRESS, PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS ALLOWS US TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S BEHIND THE DRYWALL RIGHT IN THAT AREA.
SO IF WE WANT TO DO AN ADDITION IN THIS SPACE, OR WE COME BACK AND WANT TO ADD TWO YEARS FROM NOW, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S BEHIND THAT WALL.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL ALSO DO IN YOUR PROJECT, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE DO FOR ALL CLIENTS ON ALL PROJECTS.
AND THEN WE'LL JUST WRAP UP HERE WITH KIND OF OUR STRENGTHS, YOU KNOW, ON WHY WE FEEL WE HAVE THE BEST APPROACH AND WE'RE GOING TO LIVE YOUR PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY.
WE CHOSE THE RIGHT MECHANICAL SUBCONTRACTOR.
THERE WAS ANOTHER NUMBER ON BID DAY THAT WAS THE WRONG MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR THAT WAS GOING TO CREATE PROBLEMS FOR EVERYONE ENGAGED.
AND SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH H&G.
WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PERSON LOCAL TO GARLAND, THE FOUR PIPE EXPERT AND EXPERIENCE WITH US.
YOU KNOW, OUR LOGISTICS ARE PUT TOGETHER TO MINIMIZE IMPACT TO THE EXISTING FACILITY.
WE ALMOST WANT YOU TO KNOW LIKE WE'RE NOT EVEN HERE, WE WANT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY AND WE'RE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE WAY WE LAID THAT OUT.
WE'VE STAFFED THE PROJECT APPROPRIATELY.
THE ON SITE PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS DIFFERENT FROM OUR COMPETITORS, AND HAVING BRANDON AND JESS WORKED DAY IN, DAY OUT ONSITE IS INCREDIBLY VALUABLE.
NOT HAVING A PM BACK AT A HOME OFFICE ON SITE EVERY SINGLE DAY, SOLVING PROBLEMS. AND THEN THE SCHEDULE THOUGHTFULNESS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE PUT A TON OF THOUGHTFULNESS INTO OUR APPROACH ON HOW TO ATTACK THIS PROJECT BUILDING, FOCUSING ON THE TWO STORY BUILDING FIRST.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE CAN GET THE AIR HANDLER UNITS FOR THE TWO STORY BUILDING
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FIRST, THEN MOVING INTO THE THREE STORY BECAUSE THOSE AIR HANDLER UNITS ARE FOUR WEEKS LONGER LEAD TIME.AND THEN WE UNDERSTAND, TRUST ME, WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE FOCUS ON THIS.
I'M ENGAGED ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.
THIS IS A HIGH PROFILE PROJECT.
YOU CAN'T GET ANY MORE HIGH PROFILE THAN BUILDING, YOU KNOW, THE BOARDROOM THEN WORKING IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
AND WE'RE ROUTINELY HIRED BY YOUR PEER DISTRICTS FOR THE HARDEST, MOST CHALLENGING PROJECTS. RICHARDSON ISD, CARROLLTON FARMERS BRANCH, ISD, LEWISVILLE ISD.
THEY CONTINUOUSLY HIRE US FOR THE MOST CHALLENGING PROJECTS BECAUSE WE DELIVER THEM SUCCESSFULLY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR YOU HERE IN GARLAND, AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON MAKING JAVIER AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM SUCCESSFUL AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, WE WANTED THIS TO BE A TEAM COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE ALL SUCCEED AND WE HAVE A VERY BEAUTIFUL PROJECT THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF, AND EVERYONE IN OUR ORGANIZATION LEADS WITH THIS SERVANT LEADERSHIP MENTALITY.
WE HAVE AN APPROACH AND SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT AS PART OF OUR CULTURE.
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? HOW CAN I HELP? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S INSTILLED IN ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND IT'S HOW WE APPROACH OUR PROJECTS, HOW WE INTERACT WITH OUR TRADE PARTNERS, HOW WE INTERACT WITH OUR CLIENTS, HOW WE INTERACT WITH OUR DESIGN PARTNERS.
AND WE KNOW THAT WITH THAT MENTALITY AND WITH THAT SERVANT LEADERSHIP WE'LL DELIVER YOUR PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
TRUSTEES ARE THERE QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE TO DR.
LOPEZ. THERE'S IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROJECT TO THE STAFF THAT'S IN THE EXISTING BUILDING.
I'M ASSUMING I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, BUT ARE WE NOW THAT WE ARE CLOSE TO GETTING READY TO GET STARTED, ARE WE GOING TO GET THE PLAN OF THE MOVEMENT? AND I THINK A COUPLE OF MEETINGS THAT IMPACT US? SO WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THAT WE WOULD KNOW THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES? YEAH, WE DO HAVE THE FINALIZED PLAN ALREADY BEING SCHEDULED AND WE'RE COMMUNICATING IT TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED WHEN AND WHERE.
WE'VE HAD SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN OUR BOARD INSIGHTS, BUT WHAT WE COULD DO IS DO A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT FOR YOU.
SO THAT WAY YOU COULD SEE ALL THE MOVEMENT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IN THE DIFFERENT PHASES THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT, FROM THE ANNEX TO WHAT WE CALL THE ANNEX.
THEY CALL THE TWO STORY BUILDING TO, OF COURSE, THE MAIN BUILDING.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE I WANT TO JUST LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A RENOVATION PROJECT. THE REASON WHY IT'S CALLED THE RENOVATION IS BECAUSE WE'RE RENOVATING THE AIR SYSTEM. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE RENOVATING THE BUILDING AND MAKING IT MODERN, AND I THINK SOME OF THOSE MISCONCEPTIONS WERE OUT THERE.
BUT YES, WITH THAT MEANS THERE HAS TO BE NEW CARPET AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT THE SYSTEM IS GETTING A COMPLETE OVERHAUL, RIGHT? AND CORE WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO FINISHING THE PROJECT ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET UNDER BUDGET, IF POSSIBLE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAYS AHEAD IN WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS
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CONSIDER PURCHASE OF FULL SERVICE, CUSTODIAL AND RELATED SERVICES, OUR ONE YEAR WITH A FOUR YEAR ANNUAL RENEWAL.WELL, THAT'S NOT MR. GONZALEZ, BUT GONZALES. MR. UNFORTUNATELY, PAUL HAS TESTED POSITIVE, SO HE'S RECOVERING AT HOME AND PROBABLY WILL BE OUT UNTIL MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
ASKED ME TO STAND IN FOR HIM TONIGHT.
I WAS HIGHLY INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS, SO I HOPE I'M WELL VERSED.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T ANSWER, I WILL FIND THE INFORMATION FOR YOU.
SO CHAIRMAN GRIFFIN FACILITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DR.
LOPEZ, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME DO THIS TONIGHT IN PAUL'S PLACE.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS PRESENT TO YOU THE RENEWAL OF CUSTODIAL SERVICES FOR OUR ELEMENTARY PROGRAM AND A FEW OF OUR OUTBUILDINGS.
WE WENT THROUGH THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR CYCLE, WHICH IS A NORMAL THING, AND WE GO OUT FOR AN RFP EVERY TIME THAT THE FIVE YEARS IS UP.
AND TRY TO GET PRICING AS FIRM AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP NOT ONLY OUR INCUMBENT IN LINE, BUT TO SEE IF THERE'S POSSIBLY A BETTER VALUE FOR GARLAND ISD.
WE WENT OUT WITH THE BID BACK IN OCTOBER, DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH OUR TOURS AND HAD SIX QUALIFIED RESPONSES TO THE RFP, WHICH SPEAKS HIGHLY OF THE VALUE OF GARLAND ISD.
WHAT WE FOUND IS WE DID A RUBRIC OUR PURCHASING GROUP HELPED AND WE DID A RUBRIC SO THAT EACH VENDOR WAS EVALUATED BASED ON THE EXACT SAME CRITERIA BY FIVE PANEL MEMBERS.
THEY WERE SCORED BASED ON THE POINT TOTALS THAT WE WERE GIVEN, WHICH PRICE WAS A CONCERN, BUT PRICE WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE EVEN KNEW ABOUT.
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ALL WE WERE DOING WAS LOOKING AT THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.OK. BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS ON PAGE 44 IN YOUR PACKET, YOU CAN SEE YOU WANT TO GO DOWN SOME MORE, PLEASE. RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF THE BIDS THAT CAME IN FOR THE PROJECT.
AND WHAT WE FOUND IS WE HAD A CLEAR BREAK BETWEEN THE QUALIFIED VENDORS AND THE ONES NOT QUALIFIED. WE HAVE TWO VENDORS THAT SCORED IN THE 80 POINT SECTOR AND EVERYONE ELSE WAS IN THE 60S OR BELOW.
WE TOOK THE TWO HIGHEST POINT TOTAL INDIVIDUALS GROUPS, WHICH WAS AHI AND LLC, H AND I THINK HES FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.
THOSE TWO COMPANIES WERE THEN EVALUATED BASED ON REFERENCES AND SERVICES THAT WE FELT LIKE THEY COULD PROVIDE TO THE DISTRICT, AND THOSE TWO GROUPS BROUGHT THEIR MANAGEMENT TEAMS IN FOR ACTUAL INSIGHT INTERVIEWS.
MUCH LIKE WHEN CORE CONSTRUCTION CAME AND INTERVIEWED FOR THE HVAC UPGRADE HERE AT HARRIS HILL, THERE WAS NO COMPARISON, OK.
ONE OF THESE WAS CLEARLY BETTER THAN THE OTHER.
THAT'S WHAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT, WHICH IS I AM RECOMMENDING THAT WE AWARD THE CUSTODIAL SERVICES BID TO AHI SERVICES.
I FEEL EXTREMELY CONFIDENT BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I'VE LOOKED AT AND EVALUATED WITH THIS COMPANY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO OFFER GARLAND ISD THE BEST VALUE FOR THE MONEY.
THEY'RE ALSO WANTING TO MAKE OUR DISTRICT THEIR FLAGSHIP SO THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN USE TO HELP PROMOTE AND FOSTER THEIR GROWTH IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THEY DO HAVE OTHER ISD DISTRICTS AND WE HAVE DONE OUR EVALUATIONS OF THOSE.
THEY SPEAK VERY HIGHLY OF THE COMPANY.
WE FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE A STRONG TRANSITION TYPE PROGRAM THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE. WE HAVE FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND IT WILL.
SO THIS PARTICULAR BID IS A LITTLE OVER FIVE AND A HALF MILLION.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I'M TRYING TO DO IT FROM MEMORY.
THE NEXT. THE INCUMBENT WAS EXTREMELY HIGHER, SO WE'RE SAVING ABOUT A LITTLE OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY ON THIS CONTRACT, AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S TOO LARGE TO REALLY BALK AT. BUT HERE AGAIN, PRICE WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSPECTIVE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
WE WENT BY CRITERIA, AND IN OUR OPINION, THIS IS THE COMPANY THAT WE RECOMMEND AND WE WOULD ASK FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND APPROVE.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK ME TONIGHT? TELL US THE EVALUATION TEAM WHO WAS THERE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THAT ON THE TEAM? THERE WERE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MA'AM, AND ALL FIVE SCORED IT BASED ON THE SAME RUBRIC. AND DOES THE RUBRIC HAVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAN WHAT'S LISTED ON OUR PAGE 17 WHERE IT SAYS CRITERIA NUMBERS? OK, I DON'T HAVE A PAGE 17.
I'M SORRY, MA'AM. WELL, I THINK IT'S THE PAGE THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN US RIGHT THERE, BUT YOU CALLED IT 40 SOMETHING. YES, MA'AM.
BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET, IT'S SHOWING ON PAGE.
OK, I SEE IT. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.
THE CRITERIA THERE, IT DOESN'T SHOW EACH ONE OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY.
OK. IT JUST SHOWS KIND OF THE SUMMATION OF THE DIFFERENT ONES LIKE QUALITY OF THE GOODS AND SERVICES FOR GISD MAY BE BROKEN OUT INTO FIVE OR SIX CATEGORIES THAT WE ACTUALLY EVALUATED BASED ON SO MANY POINTS PER LINE ITEM.
AND THAT'S THE SUMMATION OF EACH LINE ITEM.
SO OF THOSE FOUR CRITERIA THAT YOU PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT WHAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE OTHER STRONG CRITERIA THAT WAS IN THAT RUBRIC THAT YOU ALL CONSIDERED? OK, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT IN MY OPINION, AND PROBABLY SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE THE STRENGTH OF THEIR CONTACTS THAT THEY GAVE US TO EVALUATE AND LOOK AT THAT THEY SERVICE CURRENTLY.
WE HAD TO LOOK AT WHAT PRODUCTS ARE WE GOING TO USE, HOW THEY PLANNED ON DOING THE TAKEOVER AND THE TRANSITION BETWEEN HAVING AN EXISTING CONTRACTOR AND THEN COMING IN BEHIND THEM AND STARTING BUSINESS JUNE, THE FIRST DIFFERENT ITEMS LIKE THAT.
AND HERE AGAIN, THEIR FINANCIAL STRENGTH, THEIR ABILITY THAT THEIR LOCAL AND THAT THEIR MANAGEMENT TEAM TO ME, WHEN WE DID THE INTERVIEW MS. GRIFFIN, I WAS ACTUALLY CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEWS AND I WAS TALKING TO EACH GROUP THAT CAME IN. AND WHAT I FOUND WAS THEY BROUGHT IN FOUR PEOPLE THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE AREA DIRECTOR AND THE ACTUAL DIRECTOR THAT WILL HANDLE GARLAND ISD.
I ASKED QUESTIONS THAT THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT WERE BOTH ANSWERING ON AND OFF.
THEY WERE TAKING TURNS AND I FINALLY LOOKED AT THEM AND SAID I WOULD APPRECIATE IT FOR JUST A MOMENT IF YOU TWO WOULD KIND OF LET ME TALK TO THE OTHER TWO.
AND I BEGAN ASKING QUESTIONS TO THE OTHER TWO GENTLEMEN TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK I GOT FROM WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE GROUND, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TYPE PROGRAM.
WHAT I FOUND WAS TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXCITED.
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THEY'RE YOUNG, THEY'RE ENERGETIC, THEY WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE.THEY WANT TO MAKE GARLAND ISD SHINE LIKE WE'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
SO I THINK WE WILL SEE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY OUR SCHOOLS CURRENTLY LOOK AND THE WAY THEY'LL LOOK IN THE FUTURE.
OK. TRUSTEES DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. SELDERS AND THEN PRESIDENT MILLER? YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
JUST CURIOUS, WHO DID WE USE BEFORE? RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABM SERVICES, WHICH IS A SPIN OFF.
IF YOU WENT ALL THE WAY BACK, IT STARTED WITH TGH SERVICES.
IT WENT TO GCA SERVICES AND THEN IT WENT TO ABM SERVICES, WHICH IS ALL KIND OF A CONTRACT CONTINUATION FOR EACH ONE.
AND THEN ABM IS OUR CURRENT INCUMBENT AND YOU CAN SEE ON THERE WHERE THEY SCORED.
YEAH. SO THE PERFORMANCE OF ABM OVER TIME DID IT.
IT DETERIORATED. YES, SIR. IT DID DETERIORATE? YES, SIR. OK. AND THEN I NOTICED THAT THIS IS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL.
SO DO WE HAVE A DIFFERENT PROVIDER FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? IT'S US WE'RE IN-HOUSE. OKAY, SO WE'RE DOING IN-HOUSE YES, SIR. THIS IS FOR SECONDARY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
YES, SURE, IT SURE IS. THANK YOU.
I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE POINTED THAT OUT EARLIER.
MR. MILLER. MR. MILLER. WERE YOU SURPRISED BY THE VARIANCE BETWEEN THE BIDS, I THINK.
FOURTY NINE MILLION ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TWENTY SIX MILLION.
WHAT WOULD CAUSE SUCH A WIDE? WHEN I SPOKE WITH ACTUALLY, LET ME REFRESH IT, I DIDN'T CALL AND SOLICIT INFORMATION FROM ANYONE. THEY HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY, BUT THEY CALLED ME AND STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS, WHICH MR. BOOKER, YOU KNOW, WAS NICE ENOUGH TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LISTEN, BUT JUST DON'T FURNISH A BUNCH OF STUFF.
BE SURPRISED WHEN YOU HEAR OUR NUMBERS, IT'S EXTREMELY HIGH.
BUT THEY POINTED OUT THAT GARLAND ISD RAISED OUR CUSTODIAL PAY RATE.
IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU GUYS APPROVED IT A YEAR AGO.
OK. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO UPGRADE THEIR COST OF EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY WERE PAYING LIKE $7.50 $7.75 AN HOUR IS WHAT THEY WERE PAYING THEIR CUSTODIANS. SO FIXING TO GO TO 10 OR 11 DOLLARS AN HOUR, SO IT WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE FOR THEM. WE ALSO MADE THE MANDATE, BY THE WAY, AHI MADE A PRESENTATION THAT ALL EQUIPMENT WHEN THEY COME IN WILL BE BRAND NEW.
AT THE END OF THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD, THE EQUIPMENT WILL BELONG TO GARLAND ISD.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT AND PROPOSED IT AND ABM SAW IT IN THE CONTRACT, THEY HAD TO GO BACK AND REPRICE THE EQUIPMENT EFFORT FOR THEIR CURRENT SITUATION.
SO THAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT IS WHAT? VACUUM CLEANERS AND POLISHERS AND ALL THAT.
SCRUBBERS WE HAVE YES, SIR. MM HMM. AND SO, SO REALLY, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FORTY NINE MILLION AND THE TWENTY SIX MILLION IS PRIMARILY THE LABOR COMPONENT.
THAT'S THE WAY THEY PRICED IT, I THINK.
AND HERE AGAIN, I CAN'T ASK THEM SPECIFICS ABOUT HOW THEY CALCULATED THEIR PRICE.
WHEN I LOOKED AND I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THEIR PRICE BREAKDOWN.
MR. BOOKER MIGHT COULD ANSWER A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT I CAN'T.
SO, THE ONES WHO BID A LOT HIGHER ARE THEY FROM THIS REGION, DO THEY HAVE OPERATIONS? SURE. ABM, YOU KNOW, IS OUR INCUMBENT, THE OTHER CONTRACTOR THAT WAS WHERE IS IT ON HERE.
THE LAST ONE OVER THERE WAS A NON-QUALIFIED BID, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
SO ARE THERE ANY? ARE THESE SHOPS UNIONIZED, NON-UNIONIZED? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. NONE OF THEM ARE UNIONIZED.
YES, SIR. MR. GLICK. AND THEN MR. SELDERS. THANK YOU, MA'AM.
SO THE AMOUNT WE SHOW WE SHOW TWO DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OBVIOUSLY? I'M SORRY, WE SHOWED TWO DIFFERENT AMOUNTS.
WE SHOW THE SIX MILLION SEVEN SIXTY.
OK. THIS IS NOT TO EXCEED AND THEN WE SHOW THE, I GUESS, THE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT AMOUNT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR.
SO IF YOU MULTIPLY THE FIRST NUMBER TIMES FIVE, IT'S OBVIOUSLY MORE THAN THE BID IS THAT FOR THEM TO BUY STUFF TO BEGIN WITH? THANK YOU. YES, SIR. MR. SELDERS. YEAH, YOU TALKED EARLIER AND YOU SAID ABM KIND OF DETERIORATED OVER TIME AND THAT THIS COMPANY WANTS TO MAKE GARLAND ISD SHINE.
WHAT FACTORS DO YOU FEEL CREATED OR WERE PRESENT THAT HAD ABM DETERIORATE OVER TIME? AND THEN HOW ARE WE GOING TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING WITH THIS NEW VENDOR? OK? AS FAR AS ABM'S PERFORMANCE, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TOO NEGATIVE ABOUT ABM. THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID.
THIS IS THE WAY THEY CAME IN, AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS JUST WAY OUT OF LINE AND THEY TRIED TO CONVINCE ME ABOUT THE FIGURES WHEN THEY ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THEIR BID, KNOWING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE VERY HIGH.
WHAT WE SAW WAS WE BEGAN TO GET SCHOOL REPORTS FROM PRINCIPALS AND VICE PRINCIPALS
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TEACHERS THAT THE FLOORS WEREN'T CLEAN, THE TRASH WASN'T CLEANED.I MEAN, JUST SIMPLE THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
WE JUST DON'T WANT. WE JUST WANT TO REALLY BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW.
SO OUR PURCHASING DIRECTOR IS HERE.
SO THINGS THAT WE CAN SAY AND CANNOT SAY, JUST KEEP US.
TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO TRUSTEES TO MS. GRIFFIN TO MR. SELDERS.
WE CERTAINLY CAN PROVIDE YOU ANY WRITTEN DOCUMENTATIONS AS IT RELATES TO OUR EFFORTS TO WORK WITH ABM.
AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO JUST RESTRICT IT TO THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN WRITING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COMPANY.
THAT'S FINE. I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS HOW DO WE PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING GOING FORWARD, RIGHT? WE HAD A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH A COMPANY AND THIS KIND OF STUFF WAS HAPPENING OVER TIME. WERE THESE ISSUES ADDRESSED? YES. AHEAD OF TIME ON AN ONGOING BASIS? YES. AND WHAT REMEDIES DID WE HAVE IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DIDN'T CONTINUE? YES, SIR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONSTANTLY OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WAS THERE WAS COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENT AND FACILITIES ADDRESSING THE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS. AND AS A RESULT OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND SCHOOLS, WE DO HAVE MECHANISMS IN PLACE WHERE WE DOCUMENT AND IDENTIFY ISSUES, AND IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPANY KNOWS AND UNDERSTANDS WHERE THEY'RE FALLING SHORT AND GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT STANDARD PROCESS WITH ABM, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT DOCUMENTATION THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE JUST RESTRICTED OUR COMMENTS TO THE THINGS THAT WE HAD IN WRITING BETWEEN THE COMPANIES AND OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SO MR. BOOKER BASED ON THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE HEARD THUS FAR, AND WE MAY NOT BE THROUGH PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION THAT YOU THINK COULD HELP THE BOARD AS WE GET READY TO TAKE THIS TO A VOTE.
I'LL ANSWER THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION ABOUT GOING FORWARD.
HOW WOULD THAT BE. OK? GOING FORWARD, AHI ACTUALLY HAS A UNIQUE GRADING SYSTEM THEY SELF GRADE.
THEY ALSO SOLICIT HELP FROM THE PRINCIPALS AND VICE PRINCIPALS, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET WE DIDN'T GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM ABM.
ALSO, I HAVE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THAT'S LYNN DANIEL OVER THERE, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF OUR CUSTODIAL SERVICES, AND CHARLES ALEXANDER, WHO'S OUR MANAGER.
THE TWO OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOING OUT AND ALSO SCORING THE SCHOOLS FOR A COMPARATIVE PURPOSE SO THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO STAY IN FRONT OF IT. IF WE SEE ISSUES, WE'LL ADDRESS THEM AND GO FORWARD.
SO THAT'S ABOUT THE BEST I KNOW TO TELL YOU, RIGHT THIS SECOND.
OK, THIS IS A BID AND TRUSTEES IT WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING UNLESS SOMEONE FROM THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE WISHES TO PULL THIS FROM THE UPCOMING BOARD AGENDA.
THANK YOU, SEEING NONE IT WILL MOVE FORWARD TO OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR A VOTE WHERE IT WOULD BE LISTED UNDER BIDS.
ALL RIGHT, TRUSTEES, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTIVENESS TO THIS MEETING TODAY.
AND IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DO, BASICALLY AT THIS TIME I'M LOOKING AROUND, THEN I WOULD SAY THAT THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.