GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE FOR TUESDAY, JUNE THE 14TH OF 2022.
[I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum]
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THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE PRESENT ALONG WITH THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.NUMBER TWO PUBLIC FORUMS. MS. HOGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? SO HAVING NO CARDS OKAY.
WE WILL MOVE TO NUMBER THREE SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE.
[III. Superintendent's Message]
THANK YOU, CHAIRPERSON GRIFFIN JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE GRADUATION TEAM THAT PUT TOGETHER EIGHT STELLAR GRADUATIONS.THERE ARE SO MANY LOGISTICS THAT HAPPEN.
AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH KIDS, ANYTHING CAN GO LEFT OR RIGHT.
SO WE ARE NOW BEGINNING OUR SUMMER SEASON.
OH, AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, BECAUSE WE'RE IN SUMMER SEASON, WE'RE ON THE FOUR DAY WORKWEEKS.
IT ALLOWS US NOT TO HAVE TO FULLY FUNCTION OUR BUILDINGS FROM FRIDAYS THROUGH SUNDAYS.
SO COULD YOU REMIND US OF THAT FOUR HOUR WORKWEEK TIME? THE 40 HOUR WORKWEEK TIME GENERALLY STARTS AT 7:30 AND ENDS AT 5:00.
THERE'S A FEW EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE, BUT TRADITIONALLY THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO CLOSE, SHUT DOWN BUILDINGS, LET THEM RECOVER AND NOT HAVE TO COOL OR ANY OF OUR BUILDINGS AS COOL AS WE HAVE THEM WHEN THEY'RE RUNNING WITH PEOPLE IN THEM.
THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT LOPEZ.
[IV. Maintenance and Operations Work Order Update November 2021-April 2022 – Jimmy Beach]
JIMMY BEACH. AND WE'RE ON PAGES THREE THROUGH EIGHT AND THERE IS AN INSERT THAT YOU FOUND AT THE, AT THE FRONT OF YOUR BOOKLET.CHAIRPERSON GRIFFIN FACILITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
TODAY'S REPORTS CAN BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN YOU'RE USED TO WE NORMALLY WE DO THREE MONTHS, BUT TO CATCH IT UP AND MAKE IT MORE CURRENT WITH THE CURRENT CALENDAR, WE'RE DOING A SIX MONTH REPORT TONIGHT, SO IT ACTUALLY GOES FROM NOVEMBER OF 2021 THROUGH APRIL OF 2022.
THE FIRST SLIDE I HAVE UP IS THE MAINTENANCE SEMIANNUAL ACTIVITY.
WE'RE BEGINNING TO GET BACK INTO FOCUS WHERE WE CAN DO MORE OF OUR PM TYPE WORK ORDERS, WHICH KEEPS OUR COUNTS HIGHER AND HELPS US ACTUALLY POLICE THE SCHOOLS AND TRY TO CATCH PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY COME OUT.
WE'RE OVERALL FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIOD, WE WERE DOWN 8.3% ON REQUEST AND DOWN 13% ON COMPLETED.
BUT HERE AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARISON OF 2021 AND 22, THE TOTAL WORK ORDERS THAT WERE REQUESTED WAS 20,464 [INAUDIBLE]. AND THEN THE ACTUAL COMPLETED WAS 19,492.
WE'RE BEGINNING TO GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE.
WE DO GET CALLED OFF FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND HERE AGAIN, WE'RE DEALING WITH STAFFING SHORTAGES IN JUST ABOUT EVERY DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT HAS A BIG, BIG BEARING ON HOW MANY WE CAN DO.
ALL RIGHT. PM VERSUS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE HERE.
AGAIN, THE SAME SIX MONTH COMPARISON.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE HAD 74% ROUTINE VERSUS THIS YEAR WHERE 70, 75% ARE CURRENT.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PM SCHEDULE FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR AT 25.7%, THIS YEAR IT'S 24.7%.
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SO WE'VE ACTUALLY IMPROVED ON OUR COMPLETIONS AND DROPPED DOWN THE PERCENTAGE.ON OUR OWN TIME COMPLETION RATE.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH STANDARD IN K 12.
YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR OWN TIME PERCENTAGE OF HANDLING WORK ORDERS IN SEVEN DAYS OR LESS IS 78%.
SO WE HAVE A REAL HIGH CLOSURE RATE 22% ARE GOING PAST NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ONGOING TREND AS WE GO INTO SOME REALLY TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE EMERGENCY VERSUS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE NETWORK ORDERS.
I DO THIS TO HIGHLIGHT TOO SO YOU SO YOU CAN SEE WHICH DEPARTMENTS GET THE MOST CORES.
AND BY FAR THE ONE THAT ALWAYS LEADS THE PACK IS OUR PLUMBING GROUP.
NOW I WANT TO THROW OUT ONE ACCOLADE FOR MY PLUMBING GROUP.
WE HAD TWO PLUMBERS WHO WERE JOURNEYMAN, AND THEY RECENTLY ATTENDED TWO REVIEW SESSIONS FOR MASTER'S TESTING, WENT TO AUSTIN AND BOTH TESTED A WEEK AGO TUESDAY AND BOTH PASSED.
SO THEY'RE BOTH MASTER PLUMBERS NOW, WHICH IS REALLY AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR BOTH OF THEM.
IT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE NEXT BOND, HOPEFULLY, AND WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT STUFF TAKEN CARE OF.
SO WE'D GO AND STOP AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAD.
SO ANYWAY, WE GOT RID OF ALL OF THAT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ASK? COMMITTEE MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. MR. GRIFFITH. PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR TWO MASTER PLUMBERS CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND MS. GRIFFIN THE HANDOUT.
YES. IN RELATION TO THIS, MR. GONZALEZ WILL SPEAK TO IT ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
IT SAYS FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE 2022 SUMMER PROJECTS ONE SHEET.
GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR FACILITIES CHAIR MS. GRIFFIN. PRESIDENT WEST JOHNSON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
DR. LOPEZ, GREAT TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
IN YOUR IN YOUR PACKET, YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL WE HAVE ABOUT 22 PROJECTS GOING ON THIS SUMMER INFACILITIES PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION, HVAC BUILDING TRADES AND MAINTENANCE GROUNDS DEPARTMENT.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY DOING MAJOR PROJECTS THIS SUMMER.
ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON THAT DIDN'T MAKE THIS LIST BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS OUR MIDDLE, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL FINE ARTS ACOUSTICS PROJECT. JAVIER IS WORKING WITH H.W.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
JAVIER FERNANDEZ CAN SPEAK MORE IN THE DETAIL, BUT WE'RE DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THAT.
WE STARTED THIS BACK IN THE SPRING, WORKING WITH MR. FIGARELLI AND HIS GROUP, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
SO IF THERE'S ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS, YOU'LL HAVE MR. FERNANDEZ IS HERE THAT COULD ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS. MR. GLICK. YES.
THIS IS ON THE ON THE LIST, SIR.
AND THEN I'LL HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
UNDER IT'S UNDER PEST CONTROL, WHICH IS UNDER THE LAST ONE MAINTENANCE GROUNDS.
YOU HAVE IT UNDER PEST CONTROL.
ALL SCHOOLS CURB APPEAL IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS.
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH PEST CONTROL? THE REASON WHY IT'S UNDER PEST CONTROL IS THAT THAT SUPERVISOR HAS PROBABLY BEEN ASSIGNED TO ASSIST WITH THAT PROJECT.
AGAIN, WE ARE SHORT STAFFED RIGHT NOW AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN GIVEN OTHER TASKS TO MANAGE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE TALKED ABOUT IS AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE THAT COSTLY AND I COULD BE WRONG, IS TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FLOWERS, PLANTS, COLOR IN FRONT OF OUR SCHOOLS.
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A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS DO HAVE IT BECAUSE I WAS INVOLVED WITH A CAMPAIGN, I GOT TO VISIT AN AWFUL LOT OF SCHOOLS PUTTING OUT SIGNS, ESPECIALLY FOR ELECTION DAY.AND SO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY INTEGRAL WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE NOT SEPARATE. YOU JUST PASS AND THERE'S THE SCHOOL.
AND I JUST THINK AND I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE NEVER COSTED IT OUT.
I THINK IT WOULD INTEGRATE US WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD HAVE MORE PRIDE IN THE SCHOOL AND BE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CULTURALLY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAYING, WE UNDERSTAND WE ARE WE ARE PART OF YOU AND YOU ARE PART OF US.
JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
I KNOW IT'S SOME OF THE I, I, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
THE FLOWERS ESPECIALLY ARE VERY INVITING WHEN YOU WALK ON THE CAMPUS FROM THE CURB APPEAL.
SOME CAMPUSES HAVE HAVE FLOWER POTS AND WE CHANGE OUT THE COLORS IN THE FRONT.
BUT YES, WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND I'LL SHARE WITH WHAT DR.
RINGO WHAT KIND OF THE COST WOULD BE.
AND WE'LL WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT.
ONE OF THE REASONS I PASS BY COYLE ALL THE TIME, THEY LIVE KIND OF AROUND THE CORNER FROM COYLE.
I HAVE A QUESTION. SO ON THE MANHOLES, SO MORE OR LESS ACCIDENTALLY, I DISCOVERED AT THE END OF LAST CALENDAR YEAR THAT WE HAD A PROBLEM IN MULTIPLE CAMPUSES AND WE SPOKE ABOUT IT.
SO AND I'VE NOW HEARD FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT BAND DIRECTORS ON THAT ISSUE.
SO WHERE IS THAT AT? AND COULD THEY GET SOME ASSURANCE THAT THESE THINGS WILL BE CORRECTED AND WHEN? THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GLICK TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
COMMITTEE CHAIR TRUSTEE GRIFFIN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
SO TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION, WE'VE DONE A TWO, TWO PRONGED APPROACH SO FAR.
WE THEN RECEIVED A REPORT FOR THAT INFORMATION, TELLING US EXACTLY WHAT THE REVERBERATION EFFECTS ARE FOR EACH SPECIFIC ROOM, EVERY ENSEMBLE ROOM AS WELL, NOT JUST THE BAND HALLS, BUT THE ENSEMBLE ROOMS. SO WE'VE LOOKED IN THOSE AREAS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT DID IS THAT IT VALIDATED A LOT OF THEIR CONCERNS.
WE THEN CREATED A SURVEY FOR ALL OF OUR BAND CHOIR ORCHESTRA.
WE ASKED THEM TO SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY WHAT AREAS THEY SEE AS AN ISSUE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WITH OUR REPORT, IT'S A REVERBERATION REPORT WHICH TALKS ABOUT WHAT THE EFFECTS ARE OF THE ROOM.
IT DOESN'T REALLY GIVE YOU A RECOMMENDATION FOR CORRECTION.
IT TELLS YOU WHERE YOU ARE ON THE SCALE OF WHAT THE ROOM SHOULD BE.
AND THERE'S DIFFERENT SCALES FOR BAND, CHOIR, ORCHESTRA AS SUCH FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT SCALE SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE THEY FALL WITHIN THAT SCALE.
WHAT WE'VE ALSO DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN THAT SURVEY THAT WE'VE WE'VE GOTTEN FROM EVERY INSTRUCTOR, AND WE'VE SHARED THAT WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU, THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT, WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS WE HAVE EXISTING AND I'M GOING TO SAY THEY'RE EXISTING BECAUSE THEY'RE COMPLETE AND WE'RE UTILIZING THEM.
SO THE TERM OF BEING NEW, I'M NOT GOING TO USE THE TERM NEW ANYMORE.
I WOULD USE THE TERM EXISTING BECAUSE WE'RE IN IT.
THE EXISTING SPACES VARY IN WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THERE MAY BE SOME SPACES WHERE FROM THE ARCHITECT'S PERSPECTIVE, IT MAY BE AS SIMPLE AS ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL ACOUSTICAL TREATMENT.
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I'M NOT AN ACOUSTICIAN, SO THAT'S WHY WE HIRE PROFESSIONALS TO DO THIS WORK.WE HAVE SOME ROOMS THAT BASED UPON WE'RE GETTING BLEED THROUGH IN SOME ROOMS. SO THERE'S NO SECRET THAT SOME OF OUR ROOMS, WHEN WE'RE DOING INSTRUCTION IN ONE ROOM, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
WE'RE DOING INSTRUCTION IN ONE ROOM AND IT'S A BAND AND WE'RE INSTRUCTING THEM THERE.
AND CHOIR IS BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO BAND.
AND CHOIR IS ACTUALLY MUCH MORE QUIETER THAN BAND.
AND YES, EVERYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S JUST NOT ONE CAMPUS.
SO THIS IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN SPEAKING WITH THE DESIGNER, THE DESIGNER SAYS THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MAY WELL ROLL INTO FROM ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK CONSTRUCT ABILITY.
CORRECTIONS MAY WELL ROLL INTO SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE.
AND IN OTHER WORDS, I'M TRYING TO SET THE EXPECTATION FOR THE DISTRICT IN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN EXISTING SPACE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ATTACKING THIS NOW, HOW WE'RE GOING TO ATTACK IT.
WE'RE GOING TO ATTACK THIS BY LOOKING AT THE THE ANALYSIS THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR FROM OUR CONSULTANT ATTACK THOSE CAMPUSES THAT ARE ON WORST CASE SCENARIO CAMPUSES, FIRST, THERE HAS TO BE A PLAN.
AND I KNOW THAT IF [INAUDIBLE] I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF A CORRECTION HERE.
BUT WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE NUMBER OF CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A STRATEGY.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
AS MR. GONZALEZ HAD MENTIONED, WE'RE CONTRACTED.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH A CONTRACT WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM TO COME UP WITH THAT.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION AS WE GET CLOSER ON THAT.
IT MAY BE AS SIMPLE AS I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
CAN I. CAN I GO? OKAY. I WOULD JUST AND I'VE HEARD, AS I SAID, FROM BAND DIRECTORS AND CHOIR DIRECTORS, I THINK THEIR FRUSTRATION WOULD BE AS LONG AS THEY KNOW THERE'S A PLAN AND THAT PLAN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT SOME TIME.
AGAIN, SOME OF THEM WERE HOPING IT WOULD BE THE SUMMER, OBVIOUSLY NOT.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT BE EXPECTING SOME OF THIS THESE THIS BID BACK OR WHATEVER THE PLAN? SO I HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING.
I HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM NEXT WEEK.
AND HOPEFULLY AFTER THAT, I'LL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A MORE LINEAR PLAN FOR YOU AT THAT TIME.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ON OUR RADAR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE PERSONALLY MET WITH BAND DIRECTORS, CHOIR DIRECTORS.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE SPACE AND EXPERIENCE THAT.
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROJECT IS JUST NOT ONE CAMPUS.
IF IT WERE [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE ONE CAMPUS THAT HAS AN ISSUE.
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ROOM. AS YOU SAID, THERE ARE THE OTHER PRACTICE ROOMS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE MULTIPLE PRACTICE ROOMS AND THEY'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM ALSO. SO THERE'S A LOT.YEAH, SO, SO OUR BAND HALLS, WE DID A FANTASTIC JOB WHEN IT COMES TO THE 2014 BOND.
THIS DISTRICT HAD A GREAT VISION.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU, IT HAD A GREAT VISION WHEN IT CAME TO FINE ARTS.
WE HAVE A BAND HALL, WE HAVE A CHOIR HALL, WE HAVE A ORCHESTRA HALL.
AND WITH EACH ONE OF THOSE, WE HAVE AN ENSEMBLE ROOM.
AND WITH EACH ONE OF THOSE WE HAVE A PRACTICE ROOM.
WE ALSO HAVE A PERCUSSION ROOM.
SO WE, THE DISTRICT DID A TREMENDOUS JOB IN DOING THIS.
THANK YOU, MS. GRIFFIN. YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND YOUR QUESTION ON THIS ONE.
YES, OK, I JUST WANT TO ASK PAUL GONZALEZ ABOUT IS THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT A SIMPLE QUESTION HERE? IS THIS MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WORKING FIVE DAYS THIS SUMMER OR FOUR DAY WORK WEEK? WE ARE WORKING WE ARE WORKING FOUR DAYS.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR STAFF ARE WORKING FOUR DAY WORKWEEKS.
BUT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND SHORT STAFF, THEIR HEADS LIKE OUR PAINTING DEPARTMENT, WILL BE WORKING OVERTIME TO CATCH UP ON SOME MAJOR PAINTING AND SOME OTHER SOME OTHER THINGS.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE'LL BE WORKING MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 40 HOURS A WEEK.
AND AGAIN, I HARPED ABOUT THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN EVERY EVERY SUMMER ABOUT WHEN SCHOOL STARTS.
THAT'S TO ME NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THE TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AIR.
ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE PARTS TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS IN 7 TO 8 WEEKS? SO WE'VE JUST HIRED THIS PAST YEAR, WE HIRED A NEW HVAC MANAGER.
SUPERVISOR WAS MAJOR RE REVAMPING OF THAT DEPARTMENT.
I PERSONALLY AND MR. BEACH WILL START A SERIES.
WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF DO THINGS.
I WANT TO LOOK AT MAJOR COMPONENTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR VENDORS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR SUPPLIERS TO GIVE US TARGETS OF GETTING EQUIPMENT IN.
BUT I'M ALSO LOOKING AT ALSO TO INCLUDE CONTROLS.
WE'VE GOT SOME MAJOR CONTROL WORK GOING ON THIS SUMMER, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT ANY KIND OF BACKUP PLANS IF THAT'S HAVING TO PULL RESOURCES FROM OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO TEMPORARY AIR SYSTEMS IF NEEDED.
EVERY SCHOOL WILL HAVE AIR CONDITIONING WHEN WE START IN AUGUST.
OKAY, GOOD. AND THE LAST QUESTION, PAULA, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT HERE.
AND THIS IS CONCERNING THE JOB FAIR YOU GUYS HAD THE OTHER DAY, THE SUCCESS.
AND I'D LIKE YOU TO SHARE THAT WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD.
SO A COUPLE OF A COUPLE OF FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETINGS AGO, I THINK IT WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS, MR. MILLER HAD COMMENTED, HAS THE DISTRICT EVER HAD AN AUXILIARY AUXILIARY FAIR, JOB FAIR FOR AUXILIARY WORKERS? AND I TOLD HIM I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE AND SHARED WITH THEM.
I HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WORKING IN ANOTHER DISTRICT, PUTTING ONE TOGETHER.
SO I IMMEDIATELY MET WITH GRADY BROWN AND ROD MCHENRY AND THE HR TEAM.
AND THEN I ALSO BROUGHT IN MR. MILLER WITH STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AND WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
WE HAD A OUR FIRST FACILITIES AUXILIARY SERVICE JOB FAIR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WEEK, WEEKENDS AGO.
THERE WAS PEOPLE EXCITED TO TRY TO GET A JOB.
WE FILLED PROBABLY AROUND 90% OF OUR VACANCIES.
WE'RE STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOME OF THOSE, FINALIZING SOME OF THOSE.
SO HATS OFF TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED.
I JUST KIND OF STOOD BACK AND WATCHED EVERYTHING.
BUT THE SUPERVISORS, THE MANAGERS, EVERYBODY, HR RISK MANAGEMENT CAME IN.
WE HAD EVERYTHING FROM THE ONBOARDING.
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WE HAD THE DRUG TESTING, WE HAD THE BACKGROUND CHECKS.WE HAD EVERYTHING THERE AT THE PAGEANT BUILDING.
AND WHEN AN EMPLOYEE, A FUTURE EMPLOYEE WALKED OUT, THEY HAD TO START DATE IN THEIR HAND.
SO IT WAS REALLY AWESOME TO SEE A SUCCESS.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT FOR EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO MAKE A SUGGESTION TO DR.
LOPEZ ON THE ACOUSTICS AND THE VERY COMPLEX PROJECT THAT'S BEFORE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST, SINCE IT'S THE COMPLEXITY AND THE SIZE AND THE COST OF THE PROJECT THAT YOU AND YOUR EXECUTIVE TEAM, ALONG WITH FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE, GET TOGETHER AND PLAN OUT A DETAILED PLAN THAT WILL ADDRESS WHAT THE APPROACH IS.
AND THEN THE NEXT TIME WE TALK ABOUT THIS, COULD WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF A PLAN? WILL THAT WORK? YEAH, I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN FIRST IS WE'VE GOT TO SEE WHAT WOULD IT PERTAINS TO FOR EACH.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN IMMEDIATE TURNAROUND AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
SO WHEN YOU ALL ARE READY WITH ALL OF THE DETAILS, IF YOU WILL GIVE US THAT PLAN, SO WE WILL KNOW WHAT THE INTENT IS AND THE PROJECTIONS.
[V. Sam Houston Middle School Limited Soil Sampling Results and Soil Excavation Services Presentation – Javier Fernandez]
MR. FERNANDES.PAGES 9 THROUGH 19 COMMITTEE CHAIR GRIFFIN.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WERE BOARD PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
SO WANTED TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL SOIL SAMPLING, THE RESULTS OF THAT AND THE SOIL EXCAVATION SERVICES THAT WILL RESULT FROM THE SAMPLING.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SAM HOUSTON SITS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM PARK CREST ELEMENTARY.
WHAT WE DID ON A SOIL SAMPLING, WE HIRED A CONSULTANT, TERRACON, TO COME OUT AND DO SOME SOIL SAMPLING AT PARK CREST, AND THAT WAS THE DISTRICT DECIDED TO DO THAT BASED UPON THE INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECTED FROM THE EPA PERFORMING THEIR ASSESSMENTS AT PARK CREST ELEMENTARY, ALONG WITH THE HOMES THAT WERE ON THAT STREAM THAT WAS AFFECTED BY THE GLOBE UNION FACILITY.
THIS FACILITY WAS NOT PART OF THE EPA'S PLAN.
IT WAS OUTSIDE OF THEIR SAMPLING AREA.
BUT THE DISTRICT ITSELF DEEMED THAT WE WANTED TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WANTED TO SAMPLE THIS PROPERTY ANYWAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES AT THIS PROPERTY.
SO HOW DO WE PERFORM OUR SAMPLING? WE BASED ALL OF OUR METHODOLOGIES AND PROTOCOLS OFF OF HOW EXACTLY HOW THE EPA PERFORMED THEIR ASSESSMENTS FOR THE FOR THE GLOBE UNION PROJECT. WE ALSO DID THE SAME TYPES OF SAMPLING THAT WAS VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE EXACT SAME WAY THEY PERFORMED THEIRS.
THIS WAS A GRID BASED SAMPLING THAT CONSISTED OF APPROXIMATELY 2500 SQUARE FEET PER GRID.
AGAIN, THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH HOW THE EPA PERFORMED THEIR SAMPLING AT PARK CREST.
THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT WE SAMPLED THERE AT SAM HOUSTON.
SO A QUICK TIMELINE OF THE ITEMS THAT TOOK OFF.
WE HAD A PROJECT KICKOFF IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
WE DID THREE ACTUALLY DID THREE ROUNDS OF SAMPLING.
OUR FIRST ROUND WAS IN NOVEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER AND THEN WE WENT BACK AGAIN IN FEBRUARY TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL SAMPLING AND THEN AGAIN IN MARCH WHERE WE DID SOME ADDITIONAL SAMPLING THERE.
WE RECEIVED THE FINAL REPORT WAS RECEIVED ON IN MAY.
EARLY MAY IS WHEN THE DISTRICT RECEIVED THE FINAL REPORT.
THIS IS JUST SOME PHOTOS OF OTHER TYPES OF SAMPLING.
A LOT OF IT IS ALL MANUAL SAMPLING.
THERE WERE A FEW THAT WERE DONE USING A DRILL RIG THAT WE USE TO COLLECT SOIL SAMPLES.
SO WHAT DID WE SEE? WE HAVE A COMPOSITE SAMPLES FROM SEVEN GRIDS THAT EXHIBITED ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS THAT WERE ABOVE THE SOIL CLEANUP STANDARDS OF 24 PARTS PER MILLION FOR ARSENIC. YOU CAN SEE THOSE ARE THE GRID NUMBERS THERE, 33, 34, 78, 82, 85, 106 AND 118.
SO JUST SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE STANDARD FOR A RESIDENTIAL CLEANUP.
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THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MAP OF WHERE THE SAMPLING WAS TAKEN AND WHERE THE ARSENIC IS AT SOME OF THAT IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS PHOTO, YOU'LL SEE THE TOP SIDE THAT'S AROUND THE TENNIS COURTS.SO WHAT DO WE DO? SO AS A DISTRICT, WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE THAT THAT METAL IS.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE IT'S AT IN THE SOIL, THE DEPTHS OF THAT.
AND NOW THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO EXCAVATE THAT OR REMEDIATE THAT SOIL.
HOW WILL WE DO THAT? WELL, WE'VE GOT A SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT WE ARE HIRING A CONSULTANT TO DO THAT WORK.
AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE TERRACON THAT WE'RE PERFORMING THE SERVICES FOR US.
ONE, WE WILL ACTUALLY DO THE EXCAVATION OF THE SOIL, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND AND FOR EVERYONE, THERE WILL BE AIR MONITORING AS PART OF THIS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT UNTIL WE GET REPORTS BACK FROM THE LAB THAT INDICATE THAT THE SOIL IS NO LONGER NO LONGER HAS ARSENIC AT THAT IS ABOVE THE SOIL SAMPLING RATE.
THIS IS A QUICK SCHEDULE OF WHAT WE'VE COME UP.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT TAKES ABOUT 50 WORKING DAYS TO COMPLETE.
SO WE'LL ISSUE A NOTICE TO PROCEED AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME REPORTING THAT HAS TO BE DONE, BUT IT SHOULD NOT IMPACT THE CAMPUS.
THAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE SHOWING FOR THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS A TIME OF MATERIALS ESTIMATE $156,250.
WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS ANYONE MAY HAVE.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS? ARE THERE QUESTIONS? MR. MILLER. YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK, LOOKING AT THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE ACTUAL ZONES WHERE THE CLEANUP WILL TAKE PLACE, THE FACT THAT THERE ARE ALL PERIMETER TYPE OF TYPE OF LOCATIONS.
I MEAN, DOES THAT TELL US ANYTHING? I THINK ONE WAS AROUND THE TENNIS COURT.
YES, SIR. AND THEN KIND OF THE FRONT CORNER LAWN AND THEN EVERYTHING JUST ON A PERIMETER? YES, SIR. SO WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PINPOINT THE ORIGIN OF THIS, THE ARSENIC ITSELF. JUST JUST TO BE KIND OF SHARE WITH EVERYONE.
WE HAVE A CONSULTANT WITH TERRACON HERE, SCOTT, WHO IF YOU'D LIKE FOR SCOTT TO SHARE SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT HE BELIEVES THIS IS. I'LL BE HAPPY TO LET SCOTT TALK.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL SOURCES.
SO WE KNOW THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL SOURCE.
WE KNOW ARSENIC WAS USED IN OLD PESTICIDES, PARTICULARLY COTTON FARMING, BUT OTHER FARMING AS WELL.
HISTORICALLY, IT IS A METAL, SO IT DOESN'T GO AWAY.
OVER TIME, IT'S GOING TO STAY AROUND.
THERE IS ARSENIC IN CERTAIN HERBICIDES AND PESTICIDES STILL THAT ARE CURRENTLY USED FROM TIME TO TIME, ALTHOUGH THOSE HAVE BEEN THEY'RE LESS AND LESS LIKELY, BUT IT'S STILL A POTENTIAL. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR FILM MATERIAL TO BE BROUGHT IN.
SO DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL OR ANY RENOVATIONS, LET'S SAY MAYBE HISTORICALLY, IF THEY BROUGHT IN SOME SOIL AROUND THE TENNIS COURTS OR ON THE FRONT DRIVE, IMPORTED SOIL MAY HAVE HAD ARSENIC AGAIN FROM NATURALLY OCCURRING OR ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES.
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IT'S COMING FROM A HAS SOURCE.MORE THAN LIKELY IT'S A COMBINATION OF SOME NATURALLY OCCURRING OR ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE.
WHEN I SAY ANTHROPOGENIC, THAT'S MANMADE.
SO HEY, AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HOUSES OR FACILITIES GET DEMOLISHED AND SOME OF THE BRICK AND THINGS GET IN SOIL, PESTICIDES, ETC.. MORE THAN LIKELY, IT'S SOME COMBINATION THEREOF.
BUT I THINK THE LONG, LONG STORY SHORT THE GOOD NEWS WAS, IS ACROSS THAT ENTIRE CAMPUS, WE REALLY SAW IT IN A PRETTY LIMITED CAPACITY AND THE LEVELS THAT WERE OVER 24 WERE NOT THAT FAR ABOVE. SO.
SO DID YOU START OFF BY SAYING THAT THE ORGANIC, NATURALLY OCCURRING ARSENIC COULD REACH THESE LEVELS? IT CAN, YES. IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, WE DO SEE IT FROM TIME TO TIME IN NORTH TEXAS NATURALLY OCCURRING AT THESE TYPES OF LEVELS.
I MEAN, ALL OF NORTH TEXAS WAS AG LAND AT ONE POINT, RIGHT? YES. SO AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ACROSS DIFFERENT PARTS OF TEXAS, YOU CAN SEE IT NATURALLY OCCURRING LIKE ABOVE THESE CONCENTRATIONS.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT METALS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO KEEP IN CONTEXT JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN BE NATURALLY OCCURRING.
I DO NOT KNOW THAT ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENED IS JUST.
WE AGREED WITH THE EPA ON THAT AT PARK CREST, AND WE CARRY THAT CONCLUSION HERE.
THIS ISN'T RELATED TO THE GLOBE UNION.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF STAFF PARKING EXPANSION AT SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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YOU'RE STILL UP, MR. FERNANDES. THANK YOU.SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF A PARKING LOT EXPANSION AT SAM HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE AGENDA ITEM STATES THIS IS A PROJECT THAT LOOKING AT EXPANDING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, EXPANDING THE PARKING LOT AT SAM HOUSTON.
AND THERE YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTED AMOUNT OF COST THAT THAT WOULD COST THE DISTRICT TO DO ALONG WITH THE FUND THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO UTILIZE FOR THIS. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS AN AREA OF SAM HOUSTON, THE PARKING LOT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING OR ADDING, I SHOULD SAY, IS TO THE RIGHT OF THIS CHART, WHICH IS THE EAST SIDE.
SO THIS IS AN EXISTING CONDITION OF OUR PARKING LOT.
SO IF I DRIVE BY SAM HOUSTON, THIS IS HOW THE PARKING LOT IS BEING UTILIZED TODAY OR OUR CAMPUS.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE A PARKING WE DON'T HAVE ANY PARKING ON THE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CAMPUS.
AND SO THESE ARE CARS THAT ARE PARKED BOTH ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FIRE LANE THERE THAT YOU SEE.
AND THAT'S A THAT'S A TYPICAL DAY THERE AT SAM HOUSTON.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IS ADDING ABOUT 52 SPACES IN THE FRONT SIDE, 388 WEST SIDE, 19 SPACES 288. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT WOULD AFFECT 108 STAFF, TEACHERS, FACILITIES, TEACHERS AND STAFF.
THAT'S THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HOUSED AT SAM HOUSTON.
THE STAFF TODAY IS PARKING ON THE GRASS AND WE CALL THAT A PLAY AREA.
AND SO THOSE ARE PARTS OF THE AREA WHERE THEY'RE PARKING.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING TO ADD 53 ADDITIONAL SPACES AND 388 SPACES WITHIN THIS AREA.
THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT IS NOT A FINAL DRAWING, BY NO MEANS, BUT THIS IS A CONCEPT OF WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT DOING FOR SAM HOUSTON. AGAIN, THIS IS ON [INAUDIBLE] THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS ACTUALLY THE WEST SIDE OF THE CAMPUS. THE ENTRANCE TO THE CAMPUS IS ACTUALLY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF OF THE DRAWING THERE TO GIVE YOU AN ORIENTATION.
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SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.AGAIN, NOTHING HAS BEEN DRAWN IN CONCRETE.
WE WILL HAVE AFTER THIS PROJECT GETS APPROVED, WE WILL HAVE DESIGN MEETINGS WITH OUR CAMPUS, CAMPUS PRINCIPAL, CAMPUS STAFF, GETTING THEIR INPUT ON THE BEST WAY TO ADD A PARKING TO SAM HOUSTON.
THIS IS A SCHEDULE OF WORKING WITH THE DESIGNER, HOW LONG IT WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE TO TO BUILD.
WE WOULD BE CONSTRUCTING AT THE END OF THE YEAR, DECEMBER TIMEFRAME THROUGH MARCH OF NEXT YEAR WAS WHEN WE WOULD BE DOING CONSTRUCTION AND SO WE WOULD BE FINISHING THE PROJECT AROUND THE MARCH TIME FRAME AND THEN DOING DOCUMENTATION OUT WHICH WOULD END UP IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR.
SO AS FAR AS THAT SCHEDULE GOES.
FIRST QUESTION YOU MIGHT ASK IS OK.
YOU'RE GOING TO DO CONSTRUCTION IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH? THAT TELLS US THAT THAT'S DURING THE TIME THAT OUR KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL.
SO WE HAVE HAD ACTUALLY DISCUSSIONS WITH CAMPUS ABOUT THIS AND CAMPUS HAS DISCUSSED THIS WITH ME.
THERE WILL BE A PLAN IN PLACE TO ACCOMMODATE STAFF WHILE WE ARE DOING CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AREA.
AND TRUSTEES THIS WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM THAT WILL BE ON OUR AGENDA FOR OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
SO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THIS EXPANSION? COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
IT'S NOT A NATURAL PROCESS TO DO IT DURING.
SO IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST TAKING OUT THE SOIL AND THEN BUILDING THE PARKING LOT ON TOP.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. MILLER. YEAH.
JUST BACK TO THE MAP WHERE YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONS, THE EXPANSION, [INAUDIBLE].
SO THE STUFF IN RED IS ON THE WEST SIDE? YES, SIR. SO IF YOU TURN IT UP AND SUSSEX IS A STREET THAT DIVIDES PARK CREST WITH SAM HOUSTON.
ALL RIGHT. GO BACK TO THE MAP.
SO IF YOU TURNED IT UP SO THAT THE RED WAS ACTUALLY TO THE LEFT, WHAT WOULD BE NORTH? THE RED IS ACTUALLY THE EAST, SIR.
I THOUGHT YOU TOLD ME IT WAS WEST.
THAT'S WHY I WAS GETTING THAT.
THAT ROAD BETWEEN PARK PARK CREST AND THAT WOULD BE VERY CROWDED.
AND HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE? THERE ARE NO PARKING SPOTS IN THAT SIDE, SIR.
AND THEN AFTER COMPLETION, WHAT WILL IT BE AGAIN? SO WE'LL HAVE 52 SPACES IN THE FRONT AND WE'LL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 53 SPACES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARKING.
SO 150 IT'S ABOUT NOW I'LL SAY THIS, THAT WHILE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING, YOU SAY 52 SPACES, 19 SPACES IS CURRENTLY WHAT WE HAVE ACCORDING TO THE THE GARLAND, THE CITY OF GARLAND DEVELOP
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DEVELOPMENTAL CODE FOR THIS CAMPUS.WE ACTUALLY ARE EVEN TODAY WITHIN THE WE ARE ACTUALLY IN CODE TODAY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF FACULTY MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE.
NO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS IF WE DOUBLE ALMOST OUR PARKING SPACES, ARE THEY GOING TO BE USED OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE CONCRETE SITTING OUT? WILL THE TEACHERS PARK SPECIFICALLY IN THAT SIDE SPACE IN THE FRONT AND THE OPEN FOR VISITORS AND WHAT HAVE YOU? HOW WILL THAT WORK? YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PICTURES THAT SHOW THE CONDITIONS OF PARKING? SURE. I HAVE THE CAMPUS PRINCIPAL HERE WHO CAN SPEAK TO THE DESIGN THAT YOU SEE HERE AND HOW HE PLANS ON UTILIZING THE SPACE.
SO THE EAST SIDE IS WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS PROPOSED.
WHEN I FIRST GOT TO SAM HOUSTON, TEACHERS PARKED IN THE FRONT AND ON THE ROAD.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CITIZENS ASKED ME NOT TO PARK ON THE ROAD FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
AND THEN THE CITIZENS ASKED ME NOT TO PARK THERE BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T WALK AND PARK.
BUT IF THE PARKING LOT IS BUILT, DEFINITELY THE TEACHERS WILL COME OFF THE GRASS.
THEY WILL PARK IN THE DESIGNATED AREAS IN THE FRONT AND ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDINGS.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE NEAR THE GYM AND THE CAFETERIA RIGHT THERE.
BUT MOST OF THE CAFETERIA STAFF PARK THERE.
WHERE'S THE GYM ON THAT DRAWING? A LITTLE BIT FURTHER PAST THE CARS RIGHT THERE.
SO I GET SOME JUST LOOKING AT IT.
HOW MANY? I JUST LOOK LIKE WE'RE BUILDING A REALLY LARGE PARKING LOT THAT'LL HAVE ABOUT A HALF CAPACITY IF EVERYBODY'S THERE FROM A TEACHING STAFF STANDPOINT, HOW MANY CARS ARE THERE NORMALLY? AND THEN I GOT TO THINKING, WELL, IT'S FOR EVENTS, BUT THE GYM'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
THERE'S NOT NO LONGER A AN ENTRANCE ON THE OUTSIDE FOR TICKET SALES PURPOSES.
THIS IS GOING TO COME BEFORE AN ACTION ITEM.
SO IS THERE ON READINESS ABOUT THIS PROJECT? HEARING NONE. THEN WE WILL MOVE IT AS AN ACTION ITEM ON THE BOARD AGENDA FOR JUNE.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT ACTION ITEM FOR JUNE THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS APPROVAL OF THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GREENHOUSE AT NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE'RE ON PAGES 31 THROUGH 44.
COMMITTEE CHAIR GRIFFIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM, THE AGENDA ITEM, ALONG WITH THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT IS PROPOSED TO USE FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO WE COMPLETED A RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE EXISTING FACILITY THAT WAS COMPLETED ON 4/27.
WE HAD OUR RISK MANAGEMENT GROUP GO OUT AND ASSESS THE BUILDING.
THEY ALSO GAVE US A RECOMMENDATION.
BASICALLY, WE'LL HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE FACILITY.
THE FACILITY ITSELF HAS EXCEEDED ITS END OF LIFE, IF YOU WILL.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE EXISTING PHOTOS OF OF THE FACILITY YOU SEE THERE YOU SEE THE GREENHOUSE.
SO JUST A LITTLE QUICK NOTE TO YOU.
THE GREENHOUSE THAT IS COVERED AND YOU SEE THE GREENHOUSE PORTION THAT IS NOT COVERED.
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THE DISTRICT PURCHASED A USED GREENHOUSE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO BACK IN THE EIGHTIES.AND THE GREENHOUSE THAT WAS PURCHASED WOULD NOT FIT ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO THE SOLUTION AT THE TIME I WASN'T HERE IN THE 80S, BUT AT THAT TIME THE SOLUTION WAS TO CUT THE GREENHOUSE IN HALF AND FIT WHAT WOULD FIT IN THAT SECTION. AND THEN THE OTHER PART, JUST TO LEAVE IT UNCOVERED.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE THERE, IT'S A USED GREENHOUSE THAT HAS WELL EXCEEDED ITS USEFUL LIFE AND IS IN NEED OF OR IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER THERE.
THEY MEANT TO TURN THIS OVER TO MR. [INAUDIBLE], WHO WILL SPEAK TO THE ENROLLMENT HORTICULTURE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR GRIFFIN PRESIDENT JOHNSON, DR.
LOPEZ, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, SO WHILE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT TOGETHER, I WAS TESTED LOOKING AT THE ENROLLMENT OF THE PROGRAM AT NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL.
SO YOU CAN TELL THIS YEAR WE DID TAKE QUITE A BIT OF A DIP.
AS FOR TWO TEACHERS, WE HAD 213 STUDENTS.
SO THAT'S A VERY HEALTHY PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT CLASSES WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO PRACTICUM AND ADVANCED FLORAL DESIGN AND GREENHOUSE AND TURF GRASS MANAGEMENT, YOUR CLASS SIZES TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER AS YOU GIVE KIDS DIRECT FEEDBACK AS THEY'RE OPERATING THOSE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT.
IT'S BEEN IGNORED A LITTLE BIT DURING COVID AND WE WANT TO STRUCTURALLY PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE.
SO I HIGHLIGHTED THE PRACTICUM COURSE THERE.
WE ARE GOING TO BRING IT TO A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE FOR THAT CLASS.
THEY HAD INDIVIDUALIZED CLASSES INSTEAD OF THAT DOUBLE BLOCK SECTION.
BUT NOW WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS LEADERSHIP, THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHER WILL HAVE THE TIME AND THE SPACE AND THE CURRICULUM CONNECTION TO TAKE CARE OF THE WHOLE CONSTRUCTION AND THE AREA AT NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ON A CLEAN OUT PLAN.
WE STARTED WE PUT OUR FIRST DUMPSTER BEHIND THE SCHOOL ON MAY 20TH.
WE'VE EMPTIED AT ABOUT THREE TIMES.
BUT OUR BIG PLAN IS TO BRING AS MUCH AS WE CAN INSIDE BUY SOME EQUIPMENT IN JULY ONCE IT'S CLEANED OUT, SO THE STUDENTS CAN STILL LEARN THE APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM, MAYBE LEARN SOME INDOOR GROWING TECHNIQUES WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON, AND THEN ONCE IT'S READY TO GO IN A YEAR, THEN THE WHOLE PROGRAM WILL BE BACK IN IN FULL FORCE.
SO YOU SEE THE DATES THAT WE HAVE THERE.
OKAY. HERE YOU HAVE A SCHEDULE, PROJECT SCHEDULE WHERE WE WILL DO THE PLANNING OF THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE A DESIGN AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING AND PROCUREMENT PROCESS, OUR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE AS ISSUED AND NOTICE TO PROCEED IN NOVEMBER AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION ON THIS PROJECT, YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, THAT'S A LONG TIME TO CONSTRUCT A GREENHOUSE.
IT ACTUALLY IS BECAUSE THE GREENHOUSE ITSELF IS GOING TO BE A THIRD PARTY, CUSTOMIZED GREENHOUSE.
THAT'S HOW YOU TYPICALLY BUILD A GREENHOUSE.
IT'S GOING TO BE THIRD PARTY CUSTOMIZED.
A LOT OF THIS TIME IS GOING TO BE WAITING FOR THE MATERIALS TO ACTUALLY BE DELIVERED AND INSTALLED.
SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE IS SO LONG.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT COMPLETING THIS AROUND JULY OF NEXT YEAR.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS QUESTIONS? THIS WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM ON THE JUNE BOARD MEETING.
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. IS THERE A NEED, DR.
LOPEZ, FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NO. SO JUST A REMINDER, THE ACTION ITEMS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORTH IS IN ACTION ITEM SIX IN OUR PRINTED AGENDA.
ACTION ITEMS LISTED UNDER A ONE AND TWO THAT WE WILL BE VOTING ON IS THEIR CALL FOR ADJOURNMENT
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AT 3:55.AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND YOUR PARTICIPATION.
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