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GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF AND OTHER GUESTS.
[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]
IT IS NOW 8:30.WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO ITEM TWO, WHICH IS THE BOND 2023 DISTRICT TOUR.
[II. Public Forum]
GRIFFIN ON OUR OFFICIAL AGENDA.WE NEED TO CALL FOR PUBLIC FORUM AT THIS TIME.
SO NOW WE WILL MOVE INTO ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE BOND 2023 DISTRICT TOUR.
[III.A. Bond 2023 District Tour]
DO I NEED TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE OUTLINE? RECESS WILL CURRENTLY STAND IN RECESS UNTIL WE ARRIVE AT OUR FIRST STOP WHERE YOU WILL THEN MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AS TO WHERE YOUR LOCATION IS, THE DATE AND TIME I WILL BEGIN RECORDING ONCE YOU START THAT STATEMENT, WE WILL CEASE RECORDING AND GO INTO RECESS ONCE WE ADJOURN AT THAT LOCATION.AND WE WILL BEGIN RECORDING AGAIN.
THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A BOARD SERVICING MANAGER.
TRUSTEES ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET STARTED SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TO DO ON THE BUS AND OUR PARTICIPATION? OKAY, GOOD. WE STAND IN RECESS AT 8:32.
O WE'RE HERE AT WILLIAMS STADIUM.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO VISIT THE SITE OF ONE OF THE MULTI-ACTIVITY CENTERS.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL SITE WHERE THE ARCHITECT PBK, HAS IDENTIFIED THE LOCATION.
ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET OFF THE BUS.
MIC] NO, THAT GATE'S NOT LOCKED.
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OKAY. I'M FOLLOWING MY ORDERS.WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE SITE.
UM, DO YOU WANT TO RECORD THAT.
YES. OKAY. EVERYTHING FROM THE POINT WE DISEMBARKED.
OKAY, WE'RE RECORDING THIS CONVERSATION.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY GRAB A .
HIS IS JAVIER FERNANDEZ SPEAKING.
DIRECTOR OF FACILITY PLANNING CONSTRUCTION FOR GARLAND ISD.
UM, WE'RE HERE AT THE WILLIAMS STADIUM LOCATION DISCUSSING THE MULTI PROGRAM ACTIVITY CENTER, THE MAC FOR THE LOCATION FOR THAT FOR GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GRASS SPACE RIGHT NOW, THE PRACTICE FIELD THE GRASS PRACTICE FIELD THE DESIGN THAT WE'RE SHOWING IS TO HAVE THE INDOOR PRACTICE FIELD AND THE, UM, FIELD HOUSE.
THE FIELD HOUSE WILL ACTUALLY FACE THESE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
AND YOU SEE HERE, WHICH IS THE WEIGHT ROOM AND A LOCKER ROOM THIS SIDE, THERE'S THERE'S SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE DISCUSSING THERE'S TWO OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PLACE THIS.
ONE OF THE PLACE WE'RE LOOKING AT PLACING THE MAC CLOSER TO THE STREET SIDE TO GIVE THE GREEN SPACE HERE FOR THE FIELD EVENTS, FOR THE STADIUM SO THAT THE STADIUM CAN STILL HAVE ALL OF THEIR FIELD EVENTS.
IF WE PUT IT IN THE CENTER, THEN WE WILL LOSE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE FIELD EVENTS.
SO WE WANT TO SLIDE IT TO THE SIDE.
THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW WITH THE DESIGN TEAM IS IT WILL FIT IN THE GRASS SPACE.
WE CAN GET IT IN THE GRASS SPACE.
WE CAN ACTUALLY SLIDE IT OVER AND DEMO THESE BUILDINGS HERE AND MOVE THIS FURTHER FORWARD.
THESE BUILDINGS HERE ARE THESE ARE JUST WAREHOUSE SPACES.
THIS BUILDING HERE IS ORIGINAL TO THE TO, UM, THE STADIUM.
THE FIELD HOUSE WILL HAVE ITS OWN WEIGHT ROOM, MUCH LARGER THAN THAT WEIGHT ROOM.
THAT WEIGHT ROOM THERE IS A 3,000 SQUARE FOOT WEIGHT ROOM.
THE WEIGHT ROOM THAT WILL BE IN THE MAC WILL BE LARGER THAN THAT.
SO THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING IS WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
IT WILL FIT IN THE GREEN SPACE.
DO WE ACTUALLY NEED TO KEEP THESE SPACES HERE? SO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO THIS IS THE SPACE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THIS IS PAUL GONZALEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE.
IF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DESIGN TEAM, THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO ASK AS JAVIER GAVE, MR. FERNANDEZ GAVE US AN OVERVIEW.
THEY'RE HERE TODAY, TODAY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
HAVE A QUESTION FOR FROM MR. JOHNSON. HI, WES JOHNSON TRUSTEE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHY DOES THIS PLAN THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE PRESERVE THE EXISTING FIELD HOUSE IF WE'RE BUILDING A NEW ONE, WHY WOULDN'T WE SIMPLY JUST PUT THIS INDOOR FACILITY AND SLIDE IT OVER THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF THE EXISTING FIELD HOUSE AND THOSE METAL BUILDINGS? OKAY. GOOD QUESTION.
AND I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
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DOES NOT HAVE A FIELD HOUSE DEDICATED TO THE STADIUM.SO WHEN OUR PLAYERS PLAY HERE, WHEN OUR TWO SCHOOLS, ROWLETT AND SACHSE, IF THEY PLAY HERE, THEY HAVE TO UTILIZE THIS LOCKER ROOM THAT YOU SEE HERE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE GIRLS LOCKER ROOM FOR GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
SO TODAY THE GIRLS HAVE TO VACATE THAT DURING A FOOTBALL GAME.
THE GOAL WOULD BE TO KEEP THE MOST RECENT BUILDING FOR THE FIELD HOUSE AND TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE AS A DESIGNATED SPACE FOR THE STADIUM.
SO THAT WAY WE NO LONGER HAVE THE GIRLS BEING REMOVED FROM THEIR LOCATION.
WE COULD USE THIS WHOLE FLAT AREA, THIS CONCRETE AND THAT THAT AREA WHERE THOSE BUILDINGS ARE.
WELL, THE FLAT SPACE HERE, YOU NEED SOME SEPARATION BETWEEN THESE TWO BECAUSE WE'VE GOT DURING THE GAME, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF EQUIPMENT THAT GETS MOVED IN AND OUT OF THIS SPACE. SO WE DO HAVE SOME SOME LARGE EQUIPMENT THAT GETS PULLED IN, BIG SEMIS AND STUFF.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO ENCROACH ON THAT SPACE.
I BELIEVE MR. MILLER WAS NEXT.
WITH THE LOCATION OF THE MULTI OR THE MAC ON ON THIS SIDE, TALK TO ME ABOUT FIRST OF ALL, ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY PUBLIC LIKE COMPETITIONS, PERFORMANCES, THINGS WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL COME TO WITNESS AN EVENT AT THE MAC.
SO THE THE MAC ITSELF IS AT TWO FUNCTIONS TO IT.
THE FIRST PIECE IS THE THE FIELD HOUSE, WHICH WILL SERVE LOCKER ROOMS, VIDEOS, VIDEO ROOMS, INSTRUCTION ROOMS FOR FOR THE STUDENTS.
IT WILL ALSO HAVE A LAUNDRY ROOM IN IT.
IT WILL HAVE TRAINING ROOM FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO IT'S REALLY FUNCTION AS A PART OF THE SCHOOL PRACTICE FACILITY.
ANY PERFORMANCES, ANY GAMES [INAUDIBLE] INSIDE THE MAC? THERE IS NO INTENT TO USE IT AS A PERFORMANCE VENUE.
SO IS THERE ENOUGH PARKING THEN ON THE STREET TO TO ACCOMMODATE THE KIDS OR WHATEVER? WHERE ARE THE KIDS GOING TO PARK? RIGHT HERE. SO WE HAVE OVER THERE.
YEAH. AND THEY'LL JUST WALK THROUGH TO THERE.
OKAY. UM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS A LITTLE DISCONNECTED, BUT I REALIZE WE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT COMPLICATE I F WE WIPE EVERYTHING OFF AND DO IT DIFFERENT, WE MIGHT.
BUT, UM, THAT JUST SEEMED LIKE A LONG HAUL FROM THERE TO THERE.
NOW THERE IS PARKING JUST ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THIS SPACE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO WE WILL HAVE TO ACTUALLY DESIGNATE SOME SPACES ON THAT SIDE OF THE FENCE THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE USED FOR THE FOR THIS FACILITY.
BUT THE FACILITY ITSELF, THE INTENT OF THE FACILITY IS A PRACTICE FACILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IS THERE STILL STREET PARKING THEN? UH, TODAY THERE IS NO STREET PARKING.
MR. SELDERS AND MR. BEACH? ROBERT SELDERS TRUSTEE THE FIELD FIELDHOUSE IS SHOWING US TWO STORIES.
WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE SECOND FLOOR? IS THAT PRIMARILY OFFICE SPACE OR HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE CONFIGURED? SO TYPICALLY WHAT YOU SEE ON THESE TYPE OF DESIGNS IS BECAUSE THE INTENT OF THE FIELD HOUSE IS TO SERVE ALL OF OUR OUTDOOR SPORTS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
SO YOU'LL TYPICALLY SEE THE THE FIRST LEVEL IS LOCKER ROOMS FOR BASEBALL.
SOFTBALL, BOYS AND GIRLS AREAS ARE TYPICALLY ON THE ON THE FIRST FLOOR LOCKER ROOMS. ON THE SECOND FLOOR LOCKER ROOMS IS WHERE YOU'LL SEE YOUR FOOTBALL LOCKER ROOMS, FRESHMAN JV VARSITY THOSE CAPTURE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
YOUR LAUNDRY ROOMS ARE TYPICALLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR, BUT THEY CAN BE MOVED TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
JUST DEPENDS ON THE DESIGN WE LOOK AT.
BUT A LOT OF THE OPEN SPACE WHERE YOU'RE DOING INSTRUCTION.
SO WE'LL HAVE CLASSROOMS ON THE SECOND AREA AS WELL TO SERVE THE STUDENTS.
SO SO THERE'S DESIGNATED SO THE BUILDING ITSELF WILL BE USED FOR LOCKER ROOMS ON THE FIRST FLOOR FOR DESIGNATED PROGRAMS AND LOCKER ROOMS ON THE SECOND FLOOR FOR THE FOR THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM. AND THEN WILL ALL FIELD HOUSES HAVE THAT SAME CONFIGURATION.
IS THAT THE PLAN? YES, THE INTENT IS TO USE THE SAME CONFIGURATION FOR EVERY SINGLE FIELD HOUSE.
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AND SO WE'RE DOING A SITE ADAPT FOR EVERY SINGLE FACILITY THAT WE HAVE.ALL RIGHT. AND THEN DID YOU SAY THAT THE WEIGHT ROOM IS GOING TO BE IN THE MAC? YES, SIR. WE WILL HAVE A WEIGHT ROOM ALONG WITH IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FIELD HOUSE.
THE WEIGHT ROOM IS GOING TO BE IN THE FIELD HOUSE.
YES. OKAY. NO, THIS FIELD HOUSE.
THIS IS THE FIELD HOUSE. OKAY.
THAT'S THE MAC. WELL, THIS IS ALL THE MAC.
RIGHT HERE IS THE FIELD HOUSE.
OKAY. SO THE FIELD HOUSE PORTION, THAT'S WHERE THE WEIGHT ROOM IS.
YES. OKAY. SO THE FIELD HOUSE IS GOING TO BE ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR WITH THE LOCKER ROOMS THAT FOR THOSE DESIGNATED PROGRAMS. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS ACCESS TO THE WEIGHT ROOM AND THEN TO THE INDOOR PRACTICE SPACE, HOW DOES THAT GET WHO WHO SCHEDULES THAT? THE ACCESS.
SCHEDULING OF THE USE OF THE FACILITY IS DESIGNATED TOWARDS THE CAMPUS.
EVERY CAMPUS WILL HAVE A UTILIZATION SCHEDULE, PART OF THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE THAT THEY WILL USE, THAT THEY WILL USE THIS FACILITY, THEY'LL ENCOMPASS THIS AS THEY USE ALL OF THEIR OTHER BUILDINGS WITHIN THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE.
THERE PROBABLY WON'T BE ANY MINUTES OF THE DAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EMPTY.
THERE WILL BE STUDENTS IN THERE EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE DAY.
THANK YOU, JOHNNY BEACH TRUSTEE SO THAT WE AS TRUSTEES GET A VISUAL CONCEPT OF HOW BIG THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY IS FROM THE STREET HERE TO WHERE WE'RE STANDING TODAY TO THE PARKING LOT THERE.
ARE WE LOOKING AT I KNOW IT'S AN 80 YARD FIELD.
HOW FAR HOW BIG IS THIS PARTICULAR AS FAR AS MEASUREMENTS? IS THIS TO THE STREET OR TO THAT PARKING LOT BACK THERE? DOES IT GO ALL THE WAY TO THE STREET BACK THERE, OR WILL THERE BE ANY OTHER GREEN SPACE TO THAT PARKING LOT? SO [INAUDIBLE] GOOD QUESTION, MR. BEACH. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ALLOW PBK TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR YOU SPECIFICALLY.
SURE. RICK BLAND, PARTNER WITH PBK.
FIRST OF ALL, MADAM PRESIDENT, TRUSTEES, DR.
LOPEZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
WE ARE TRULY HUMBLED AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT MR. BEACH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO SET THESE UP FOR ALL OF OUR TOURS TODAY, THESE ARE TEST FITS.
SO THE DRAWINGS THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU ARE TEST FITS.
THEY'RE GOING TO MASSAGE AND MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
NOT ALL THE DETAILS HAVE BEEN FIGURED OUT YET AND WORKED OUT.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF WE WERE SHOWING ON YOUR DIAGRAM, WE'RE SHOWING WE'RE A LITTLE BIT ON THIS CONCRETE AREA AND WE HAVE GREEN SPACE IN THE BACK OF WHICH DRAWING ARE YOU LOOKING AT, SIR? RIGHT HERE? YES, SIR. SO WE MIGHT BE WE MIGHT BE ANYWHERE IN THIS SPACE AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME GREEN SPACE IN THE BACK, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY TIGHT IS THAT GREEN SPACE WHERE THE THE PARKING LOT IS? THIS IS ON THE STREET SIDE.
THE STREET SIDE IS THAT GREEN SPACE, A LITTLE BIT OF GREEN SPACE DOWN THE SIDE OF THAT BUILDING.
YES, IT IS. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE FIELD EVENTS ON THIS SIDE, RIGHT? SO AGAIN, AS WE MASSAGE THIS BACK AND FORTH AND DEALING WITH SETBACKS ALONG STREET SETBACKS, WE MAY MOVE IT BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE AS MUCH ON THIS SIDE AS POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ALL THE WAY UP TO THIS PARTICULAR FIELD HOUSE.
HOW FAR THAT GOES TO HOW HOW MANY YARDS THAT IS.
THERE MUST BE THAT MUST BE A 100 YARD FIELD, A FULL FIELD RIGHT HERE.
SO YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH PLAY IN ONE DIRECTION, RIGHT? AND YOU DON'T HAVE BACK AND FORTH.
SO YOU DON'T YOU DON'T NEED THE 80, THE 100 YARDS AND TWO GOALPOSTS OR TWO END ZONES.
SO WE'LL HAVE THE 80 YARDS IN AN END ZONE.
AND THEN THE FIELD HOUSE IS PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE ARE HERE WITH A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BACK THAT WAY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO USE ALL OF THIS.
AND THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT, 100 AND MAYBE 140.
SO IN THE END ZONE, SO WE'RE TALKING 80, 80 YARDS GOING THAT DIRECTION, NORTH, EAST AND WEST.
WHAT ABOUT NORTH AND SOUTH? HOW WIDE? FULL WIDTH, FIELD WIDTH.
IT'S GOING TO BE CLEARANCE. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN 80 YARDS NORTH AND SOUTH.
JUST THE INDOOR FACILITY IS 80 PLUS THE FIELD HOUSE.
WE GOT TO REMEMBER, IT'S THIS IS IN SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE AS BIG AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 90,000FT².
SO 80 YARDS FOR THEM TO PLAY ON.
THEN THE FIELD HOUSE ON TOP OF THAT [INAUDIBLE].
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YES. SO THEY JUST DON'T RUN RIGHT INTO THE WALL.SO IF YOU COULD GET A VISUAL CONCEPT OF HOW BIG THIS IS GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE HUGE.
MR. MILLER, YOU HAD A FOLLOW UP QUESTION? YEAH, JUST FOLLOW UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS FOR ME LIKE ON FRIDAY NIGHTS IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE IN THIS WAY TO NOT HAVE THE STUDENTS AND THE BUSSES PARK WHERE THE FANS NEED TO BE? IN OTHER WORDS, OUR PARKING LOT, SO MUCH OF OUR PARKING LOTS OF OUR FOOTBALL FIELDS ARE TAKEN UP WITH BUSSES AND STUDENT PARKING AND THEN EVERYBODY SCRAMBLING TO FIND A PARKING SPOT.
IF THERE BECOMES A WAY TO HELP GET THE BUSSES LOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SURE, THAT WOULD BE SO CONVENIENT FOR THOSE WHO COME TO OUR GAMES ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
SO THE PROBLEM THAT WE FACE IS TWOFOLD.
SO WE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT THE THE TRANSPORT OF KIDS IS PARAMOUNT.
BUT SO WHEN YOU SEE WHERE THE BUSSES ARE, WE'RE TRYING TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF TOUGH, BUT WE COULD ADD PARKING EVENTUALLY.
BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT NOW HERE, YOU COULD SEE THAT MAYBE WHEN THIS IS BUILT OUT, THEY CAN THEY CAN PARK AND LOAD SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO TO ME.
I MEAN, LOOK HOW BIG THIS PROPERTY IS.
AND IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT SOMETHING.
ACCESS AFTER YOU'RE SUPPOSED [INAUDIBLE] THERE COULD BE BUS LANES.
I MEAN, I THINK THERE PROBABLY COULD BE A SOLUTION.
I'M NOT TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
CAN WE JUST NOTE THAT? [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU, LARRY.
THIS IS THE AREA WE USE FOR OUR FIELD EVENTS, FOR TRACK AND FIELD.
IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE TAKING UP AN AWFUL LOT OF SPACE.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP THOSE FIELD EVENTS.
THEY MAY NOT BE IN THE CURRENT LOCATION, BUT THEY WILL STILL BE IN THIS IN THIS SPACE.
THE DISCUSSIONS WITH ACTUAL CAMPUS DISCUSSIONS HAVE NOT TAKEN PLACE YET BECAUSE WE ARE STILL THAT THAT WILL THAT WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN DURING THE DISCOVERY PHASE OF THE PROJECT ITSELF.
WHEN WE DO DISCOVERY AND PLANNING, WE'LL HAVE THOSE INITIAL MEETINGS WITH EVERY CAMPUS AND COACHES.
MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WE HAVE OUR TRACK MEETS HERE, THIS IS WHERE WE USE THAT FOR OUR FIELD EVENTS, IS THERE GOING TO BE ENOUGH ROOM FOR OUR FIELD EVENTS HERE AFTER THIS MASSIVE BUILDING COMES IN? YES, THE INTENT IS YES, THAT IS THE INTENT AND THAT'S BEEN COVERED WITH ATHLETICS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
YES, THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING THE DESIGN PHASE.
OKAY. PAUL, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THE FACILITY TRUSTEES? ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE LOAD UP SO WE CAN ATTEMPT TO STAY ON SOME FORM OF A SCHEDULE? ANYTHING ELSE FOR THIS FACILITY? FOR THIS FACILITY? NO. I HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS AND WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LOCATION.
OKAY, LET'S ALL HEAD BACK TOWARDS THE BUS.
IT IS 9:16 WE ARE GOING TO WE ARE NOW HEAD OVER TO NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
MISS GRIFFIN, WILL YOU ANNOUNCE THE RECESS NOW AT 9:17? ANNOUNCE THE RECESS AT 9:17, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. WE ARE RECONVENING AT 9:31 GARLAND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
YES, WE ARE HERE NOW AT THE NORTH GARLAND SITE TO LOOK THE SITE FOR THE MULTI-ACTIVITY CENTER.
AND WE'RE OFF LOADING ON THE BUS.
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THANK YOU FOR BEING MY OFFICIAL ASSISTANT.WATCH YOUR STEP. A LOT OF DRY, DRY GROUND.
WE'RE HERE AT NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
THE SPACE THAT WE'RE THE SPACE THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING TO PUT THE MAC IS GOING TO BE LOCATED BETWEEN THE EXISTING FOOTBALL FIELD AND THE EXISTING BASEBALL FIELD.
IT'S A GREEN SPACE, WHICH IS THEIR EXISTING GRASS PRACTICE FIELD.
IN ORDER TO MAKE THE FACILITY WORK, THE INTENT IS TO DEMO TO RAISE THE EXISTING FIELD HOUSE THAT IS HERE THAT SITS RIGHT BEHIND US.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? SO WES JOHNSON, TRUSTEE, ANY OTHER ALTERNATE SITES THAT WERE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PARTICULAR.
CURRENT SHOWS, WHERE THE MAP WHERE YOUR DRAWING SHOWS TODAY OR USING THE FOOTBALL FIELD THAT IS NORTH OF THIS JUST THERE'S ACTUALLY A SPACE BETWEEN THIS FIELD AND THE PRE K BUILDING THAT EXISTS BEHIND US.
THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS PUTTING THE MAC SO FAR AWAY FROM THE FACILITY, FROM THE CAMPUS.
IT'S A LONG DISTANCE FOR THE STUDENTS TO WALK AND WE WANTED TO LOOK AT WHERE IT POTENTIALLY COULD BE LOCATED TO GIVE PROPER UTILIZATION FOR THE FACILITY.
DIDN'T WANT A LONG DISTANCE FOR THE STUDENTS.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO OPTIONS, BUT THIS IS THE BEST SOLUTION.
BUT THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE FOR STILL SOME OUTDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY BEHIND IT.
OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? NO. THAT'S KIND OF LANDLOCKED HERE, AREN'T AREN'T WE? YES, SIR, WE ARE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY LANDLOCKED ON ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES.
YES. SO, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE, TOO, IS A NEW STADIUM FOR THEM.
OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY THEY DIDN'T GET A NEW FIELD.
SO YOU WILL SEE A WHOLE NEW STADIUM COMING OUT OVER HERE.
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THEY'RE WAY BEHIND [INAUDIBLE] STADIUMS, OR LAKEVIEW, NORTH AND SOUTH.SO WHEN YOU GO VISIT, THOSE UNDERSTAND THEY'RE GETTING NEW, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE, NEW LIGHTS, TOO, RIGHT? YES, SIR. STANDS ALL OF THAT.
SO THEY WILL BE UP WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND I BELIEVE THIS IS IN A FULL TRACK.
THE TRACKS ARE IN METERS THESE DAYS.
UM, THE NEW FIELD, WILL IT BE USED FOR ANY PUBLIC EVENTS, JUNIOR HIGH OR MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? ALL OF THEM ARE USED FOR THAT.
AND ARE THERE CONTEMPLATED FIELD HOUSE FACILITIES FOR THAT USAGE OR WILL THEY USE THE EXISTING FIELD HOUSE CONNECTED TO THE MAC? OKAY. SO THE FIELD HOUSE WILL BE PRIMARILY FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND IF WE NEED TO INCORPORATE OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER, THEY IT'S UP TO THE COACHES.
BUT ALL OUR ELEMENTARY USE ALL OF THESE.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO UPGRADE THEM.
AND WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS WHEN YOU VISIT, YOU'LL SEE NO STANDS, NO ANYTHING.
LAKEVIEW AND SOUTH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE UP TO PAR.
SO THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO HAVE SEVEN FIELDS TO UTILIZE.
OKAY. I CAN SAY, AS A PARENT OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL KID, CURRENTLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS CURRENTLY SHOW UP READY TO PLAY OFF THE BUS SO THEY DON'T USE ANY OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES NOW.
AT HALF TIME, THEY JUST GO TO THE END ZONES.
YEAH, THEY JUST GO INTO EACH END ZONE.
YEAH. WE WOULD PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.
THANK YOU. ROBERT SELDERS TRUSTEE YOU SAID THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW STADIUM HERE.
WHAT'S THE CAPACITY FROM A SEATING STANDPOINT THAT IT WILL HAVE? SIR? THE CAPACITY OF A NEW STADIUM? THE NEW STADIUMS WILL BE 999.
THEY HAVE TO BE UNDER A THOUSAND SEATS.
AND THEN IF WE WANT TO ADD MORE.
OKAY, THEN WE HAVE TO DO IT OUT OF OUR OWN BUDGET.
BECAUSE IF WE DID ONE OVER 999, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE ITEM ON THE ON THE BOND.
SO THEY'RE JUST GOING TO BE 999.
AND LATER ON, IF WE SAY THIS ISN'T ENOUGH, THEN WE CAN ADD SEATING.
AND YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRACK WAS LAID OUT IN YARDS.
YES, SIR. IS IT GOING TO BE REDONE OR.
YES, WE'RE SO THE PLAN IS TO COMPLETELY DEMO THIS ENTIRE SPACE.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE A TURF FIELD.
IT WILL BE REPLACED WITH A TURF FIELD.
THE TRACK, UH, SUBSURFACE HAS IS IS OUT OF ITS LIFESPAN, SO IT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY REDONE.
WHAT'S THE SUBSURFACE? THE SUBSURFACE IS ASPHALT UNDERNEATH ALL OF THIS.
AND SO THAT ASPHALT IS IS AS AS LONG LIVED ITS LIFE CYCLE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECESS US AT 9:40? IT IS 9:40 A.M.
WE ARE RECONVENING THE MEETING AT 10:03.
DON'T YOU JUST LOVE YOUR JOB? IT GETS MORE AND MORE EXCITING THESE DAYS THAN EVER BEFORE.
GARLAND LOOKING AT THE SITE FOR THE MULTI ACTIVITY CENTER AND LET'S UNLOAD OFF THE BUS.
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THIS IS JAVIER FERNANDEZ, DIRECTOR OF FACILITY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.WE'RE HERE AT SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT THE MAC LOCATION.
UH, WE'RE SITTING JUST OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING FIELD HOUSE, AND THE PLAN SHOWS TO HAVE THE FIELD HOUSE IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION, WHICH IS TO WE WOULD RAISE THE EXISTING FIELD HOUSE, AND FROM THERE WE WOULD MOVE BACKWARDS TO THE GREEN SPACE, WHICH IS THE EXISTING PRACTICE FIELD.
ONE OF THE PRACTICE FIELDS IS WHERE THE INDOOR WOULD BE LOCATED.
UM, AND IT SITS IN BETWEEN THE BASEBALL FIELD AND AN EXISTING GRASS FIELD RIGHT NEXT TO COLONEL DRIVE. WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
TRUSTEES, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, DAPHNE STANLEY TRUSTEE.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING.
SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THAT'S THE SOFTBALL FIELD OVER THERE, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. IS THAT MOVING? YES. SO THE PLAN TODAY IS WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL PLANNING ON THE SOFTBALL BASEBALL FIELD.
THAT'S CONSIDERED PHASE TWO OF THAT PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
AND SO THE DISCUSSION IS WHERE THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE LOCATED.
THERE IS DISCUSSIONS NOW TO PRELIMINARY.
WHAT WE SHARED WITH THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY IS TO HAVE THAT FIELD RELOCATED INTO THIS GREEN SPACE THAT IS IN BETWEEN THE THE INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY AND THE AND COLONEL DRIVE.
SO WE'RE STILL IN THAT DISCUSSION STAGE YET.
IT MAY ACTUALLY STAY WHERE IT'S AT, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THOSE OPTIONS.
UH, REAL QUICK. SO AGAIN, THE FIELD HOUSE WILL BE ON THIS END OF THE BUILDING? YES, SIR. AND THEN THE INDOOR PART WILL GO THIS WAY.
HOW CLOSE TO THE BASEBALL FIELD WOULD IT BE? YOU ESTIMATE IT WILL BE.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW AS WE'RE BUILDING THESE IS FIRE LANE ACCESS.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.
SO WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A DRIVE BETWEEN THE EXISTING BASEBALL FIELD AND THE BUILDING ITSELF.
SO THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE LOCATED SLIDING MORE TOWARDS COLONEL DRIVE.
ALL RIGHT. IS THIS CURRENTLY THE SOFTBALL DIAMOND? THE SOFTBALL DIAMOND IS IN THE BACK CORNER, SIR.
OKAY. IS THERE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT? YES. THE SOFTBALL DIAMOND IS IN PHASE TWO OF THAT OF THAT PROJECT AS PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
AND PHASE ONE WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
SO THE PRACTICE FIELD, THE BASEBALL AND THE SOFTBALL FIELDS AND THE TRACK REMAIN IN PLACE AS ARE ARE IN THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE THOSE OR RELOCATE THOSE? AT THIS POINT THE ONLY AT THIS POINT THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT, BUT FOR SOFTBALL [INAUDIBLE].
THE INITIAL THOUGHT WAS THAT THAT WOULD MOVE CLOSER TO THE INDOOR, BUT THAT'S STILL DISCUSSING.
IT MAY ACTUALLY STAY WHERE IT'S AT.
WE'RE STILL IN DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT.
OKAY. [INAUDIBLE] ANYTHING NEED TO BE DONE TO THE FIELD? YES, THAT FIELD WILL BE JUST LIKE THE ONE WE TALKED ABOUT AT NORTH GARLAND.
IT WILL BE DEMOED. THE TRACK ITSELF WILL BE DEMOED.
THIS SOUTH GARLAND AND NORTH GARLAND TRACKS WERE BUILT AS, UM, AS YARDS RATHER THAN METERS.
UH, SOUTH GARLAND ITSELF THE UNDERLAYMENT HAS EXTENDED ITS LIFE IS NO LONGER OF ANY VALUE.
[INAUDIBLE] YES, THE THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THE SEATING ON ONE SIDE, AND THAT HASN'T THAT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED YET ON WHICH SIDE IT WOULD FACE, THE EAST OR WEST SIDE THAT HASN'T BEEN DESIGNED YET.
OKAY. JAVIER, DOES THE, UH, DOES THE STADIUM, WHEREVER IT WHEN IT'S DONE, DOES THAT IS THAT THE PRACTICE FIELD AT THAT POINT? YES. SO WHAT WE CALL A STADIUM IS ACTUALLY THE FIELD THAT'S THE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD THAT'S USED FOR HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS.
HERE IN GARLAND WE ACTUALLY USE THOSE FIELDS TO SUPPORT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. SO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL UTILIZE THOSE FOR THEIR GAMES ACTIVITIES.
SO WITH WITH THAT LEADS ME TO THIS QUESTION.
WHAT IF THAT STAYED THE PRACTICE FIELD AND YOU PUT THE NEW STADIUM OVER HERE WHERE THE PARKING IS.
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OKAY. I'M NOT SURE I FOLLOW.I MEAN, THAT'S THE PRACTICE FIELD.
WE'LL SAY A PRACTICE FIELD AND YOU REDO THAT AS A STADIUM.
YEAH, YOU DO. YOU GOT YOU GOT PLENTY OF SPACE.
THIS TAKING THE EXISTING FACILITY HERE AND RELOCATING IT HERE.
I MEAN I'M JUST SAYING IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE, IF THAT WOULD WORK, TAKE THIS, MOVE IT HERE, THEN THE, THE SOFTBALL FIELD WOULD THEN HAVE TO MOVE OVER. AND AGAIN, I HATE TO HARP ON THIS, BUT FOR PARENTS TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE AND COME SEE THEIR KIDS IF THEY'RE PARKING HERE AND HAVING TO WALK AROUND OR COME ALL THE WAY OVER HERE, IT'S THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] . THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO PUT IT HERE, THEN THEY PARK AND WALK VERSUS OVER HERE AND LET THAT BE THE PRACTICE FIELD PUT THIS WAY OVER THERE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE. SO THE PRACTICE FIELD, THIS GRASS PRACTICE FIELD WOULD BE LOCATED OVER HERE MOVING THE STADIUM, WHAT WE CALL THE STADIUM, THE TURF FIELD, RELOCATING IT TO THIS SIDE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE THE SOFTBALL FIELD IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
THE CHALLENGE FOR SOFTBALL BEING OVER HERE IS PARKING FOR SOFTBALL, THE PARENTS.
SO THEY'LL STILL HAVE SO THEY'LL STILL BE A LONG WALK HERE.
SO NO PARKING HERE? THAT'S CORRECT. THERE IS NO PARKING TODAY.
THERE IS NO PARKING FOR SOFTBALL AT ALL.
SO YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THIS IS GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO HAVE CONCESSIONS AND STANDS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ADD TO HAVE TO ADD HERE AT [INAUDIBLE] IT'S GOING TO BE A MUCH BIGGER FOOTPRINT THAN THAT EXISTING ONE.
I'M JUST SAYING CONCEPTUALLY, IF WE COULD WORK OUT, IT WOULD IT WOULD BE A BETTER FLOW.
BETTER I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER USED IF IT WAS CLOSER TO WHERE THE PARKING IS.
AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER SUNLIGHT.
SO THIS IS WHERE IT'S SITTING BECAUSE YOU NEED TO BE OPPOSITE NORTH, NORTH, SOUTH.
MOST FOOTBALL FIELDS RUN NORTH, SOUTH.
NO, I THINK THAT'S NORTH SOUTH.
IS THAT EAST WEST OR NORTH SOUTH? WE'RE NOT TRUE NORTH OR TRUE ANYTHING.
WE'RE DIAGONAL. SO IS THAT BUT IS THAT FACING THE RIGHT WAY, THOUGH? THAT'S THE QUESTION. WELL, IT'S IT'S DIAGONAL, BUT IT'S MOSTLY NORTH.
OKAY. THE SUN'S GOING TO SET OVER THERE.
RISE OVER THERE AND SET OVER THERE GET THE COMPASS REAL QUICK.
SO NORTH, YOU KNOW, NORTH IS DIAGONAL.
WE'RE AT ABOUT 45 DEGREES, RIGHT? SO IT'S STILL NORTH FACING, BUT IT'S NORTH FACING AS IT CAN BE WHERE IT'S EXISTING RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION OVER HERE.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ANYTHING LEFT AT THIS SITE TO TOUR? YES. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.
I HAVE A QUESTION. I HATE THAT SOFTBALL FIELD BEING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE FOR GIRLS.
AND SO I KNOW IT'S UNDER ADVISEMENT, BUT THAT JUST LOOKS LIKE.
I'M JUST SAYING. THERE'S NOWHERE FOR.
YEAH, I MEAN, YOU'RE JUST OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
THAT'S TO ME IS NOT AN EQUITABLE FIELD FOR GIRLS VERSUS BOYS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE ONE. YEAH, ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SIDE AND THAT SIDE.
SO THEY MIGHT SAY IT WON'T FIT.
THIS IS A BETTER AREA, EVEN THOUGH IT'S FARTHER, THAT TYPE OF THING.
BUT YOUR COMMENT IS VALID AND WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT WHERE WE ARE LOOKING TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE MAC IS SO BIG.
WE HAVE A BIG SKILL CHALLENGE.
ALL EVERYBODY PARKS ALONG THE SIDE AND IN BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORS.
JUST FOR ANY FUNCTION THAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE.
SO JUST FYI JUST KNOW THAT WHENEVER EVEN IF I LEAVE AND I COME BACK, I MEAN, THERE'S CARS FROM THERE ALL THE WAY DOWN PARK BECAUSE I THINK WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IS THEY DON'T WANT TO PARK HERE AND WALK OVER THERE NATURALLY FOR THEM IS WE JUST PARK AND THEN THEY JUST COME TO SOFTBALL.
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IF WE HOST SEVEN ON SEVEN, WE OPEN THAT GATE AND EVERYBODY JUST IT'S JUST JUST SOMETHING TO DO.I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO PARK DOWN THERE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS QUESTIONS? LET'S GO AHEAD AND RECESS THIS SITE.
WE STAND IN RECESS AT 10:15, 10:16 THANKS.
IT'S 10:34. WOULD YOU RECONVENE.
10:34 THE MEETING HAS IS RECONVENING.
THANK YOU. WE ARE AT LAKEVIEW.
WE'RE AT THE LAKEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL SITE FOR THE MULTI ACTIVITY CENTER.
THANK YOU. WOW. LET'S GET OFF 10:34.
THE MAC, WHAT WE CALL THE MAC.
OKAY. WE'RE IN THE GRASS SPACE.
UH, WE'LL HAVE A FIRE LANE ON THE BACK SIDE OF IT AND, UM, THERE WILL BE PARKING THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR THAT INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY ON THE EXISTING FIRE LANE THAT YOU SEE BEHIND US.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE REGARDING THE THE PROPOSED LOCATION.
ANY BOARD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE].
MR. BEACH TRUSTEE SO IN LOOKING AT THE DRAWINGS, THE CURRENT DRAWING, THE WHERE THE, THE UH, FIELDHOUSE IS RIGHT NOW . THAT WHOLE THAT WHOLE THING RIGHT HERE ISN'T THE FIELDHOUSE.
THAT'S THE WEIGHT ROOM. THAT'S THE WEIGHT ROOM.
THIS IS GOING TO BE WHERE THE NEW WING GOES.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEW WING.
I'M LOOKING AT THE BASEBALL FIELD WHERE THE BASEBALL FIELD IS.
. SO TODAY, THESE ARE STORAGE FACILITIES THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.
THAT IS CORRECT. THOSE ARE STORAGE FACILITIES THAT WOULD JUST BE MOVED.
RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THESE PORTABLES RIGHT HERE.
YES, SIR. THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT.
WE'LL REMOVE ALL THE PORTABLES AND PUT ALL THE STUDENTS ATTACHED WITHIN THE BUILDING.
AND SO YOU HAVE EXISTING, UH, STORAGE HERE? IT WILL JUST BE RELOCATED.
BUT THEY WILL HAVE STORAGE WITHIN THE FIELD HOUSE.
JUST NOT THE STORAGE FOR EDUCATION.
WE'LL JUST MOVE THAT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE USING THAT STORAGE FOR AT THIS MOMENT.
THE STORAGE THAT'S GOING TO GO THE THE INTENT OF THE STORAGE WITHIN THE NEW FIELD HOUSE, THAT STORAGE WE'RE THE GOAL FOR THAT IS TO HAVE THAT HOUSE ALL OF THE FOOTBALL HATS FOR BOTH FRESHMAN JV AND VARSITY.
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IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HOUSING ALL OF THE SPORTS THERE OUTSIDE SPORTS THERE.WOULD IT ALSO MAKES SENSE TO HAVE STORAGE FOR THE OTHER SPORTS AS WELL BECAUSE SOFTBALL IS GOING TO NEED STORAGE? YES, IT'S A VERY LARGE STORAGE SPACE.
FOR THAT FOR THAT SPECIFIC SPACE.
YES, SIR. WES JOHNSON, TRUSTEE.
WHICH SIDE IS THAT GOING TO BE ON? IS THAT GETTING CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL OR ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE? SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT WITHIN THE BOND PROGRAM.
BUT THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AND CAMPUS.
THE ONLY REASON WHY I ASK WITH RESPECT TO THIS, BECAUSE IF IT IS ON THIS SIDE, BASICALLY THE THAT WOULD TAKE UP SPACE FROM WHERE WE'RE STANDING CURRENTLY, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND THAT WOULD COMPRESS WHERE THE MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY IS RELATIVE.
BUT YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE THE USE OF THIS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU SHOULD HAVE OUT OF THIS FIELD, BUT SO JUST JUST SO EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON THE OTHER PROJECTS, THEY WILL HAVE A WHOLE ARCHITECT TEAM DESIGNING THOSE. AND EACH EVERY ONE OF THEM IS UNIQUE, LIKE WE'RE SEEING.
SO THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WILL COME UP AND THEN THOSE THINGS WILL BE DECIDED AND FINALIZED, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH AN INFORMATION SESSION TO LET YOU KNOW.
BUT SO WHERE WE LOCATE THIS FACILITY IS GOING TO NECESSARILY DICTATE [INAUDIBLE].
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS FIRST.
SO WE HAVE TO BUILD THIS FIRST.
OKAY. BUT THIS HAS TO GO FIRST BECAUSE IT'S HUGE.
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SITE? JUST TO THAT POINT, I MEAN, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION HAPPEN NOW, THOUGH, JUST TO OPTIMIZE THE SPACE AND THE UTILIZATION OF FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO SHOEHORN EVERYTHING, BUT IF THERE'S A CONVERSATION THAT COULD BE HAD NOW AS TO AS TO IT RELATES TO POSITIONING OF, YOU KNOW, THE INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITIES, THE FIELD HOUSES AND ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WITH STADIUMS AND WHATNOT.
SO YES AND NO. SO ONCE WE FINALIZE THESE, THEN WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.
OKAY, WE NEED TO FINALIZE THESE FIRST BECAUSE THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU GET INTO THOSE CONVERSATIONS, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, MOVES COST MONEY AND WE DON'T HAVE AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF MONEY.
THE SECOND PART IS WE HAVE TO ASSIGN ARCHITECTS TO THESE.
WE DON'T JUST GO TO OUR TEAM, OUR PEOPLE AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND THEN THEY COME UP WITH EVERYTHING AND THEN WE CAN'T DO IT.
AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, WHY DID YOU ASK US? WE HAVE TO HAVE DESIGN TEAM.
IT'S SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR PHASING PROJECTS, THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY'RE PHASED ALL AT ONE TIME.
WE CAN'T ATTACK EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME.
LAKEVIEW, NORTH AND SOUTH WILL BE OUR MOST COMPLEX PROJECTS.
YOU HAVE THE SOFTBALL FIELD ALL THE WAY OVER HERE, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU HAVE THE BAND PRACTICE FIELD OVER THERE.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THESE FACILITIES, WE GOT TO FIND THE BEST USE FOR THEM.
IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO WHAT JAMIE WAS TALKING ABOUT, PARKING.
REALLY, EVEN IF WE PUT STANDS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PARK ALL THE WAY OVER THERE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO JUST FLOOD THIS WITH PARKING OR PARK ALL THE WAY OVER HERE AND WALK.
EITHER WAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE A WALK BECAUSE OF THE WAY ALL OF THIS WAS DESIGNED.
AND WE CAN'T JUST GET THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND MOVE IT TO ANOTHER PLACE.
N ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE THESE PROJECTS TAKE PLACE.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COMMENTS? YES.
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ALL RIGHT 11:23 AND WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.WE ARE AT THE ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL MULTI-ACTIVITY CENTER SITE, AND WE'RE ALL BOARDING THE BUS.
WE'RE TALKING NOW ABOUT THE TWO OPTIONS.
DIRECTOR OF FACILITY PLANNING CONSTRUCTION FROM GARLAND ISD.
WE'RE HERE AT ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT THE INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITIES.
THE MAC WITH THIS ONE HAS A DRAWING THAT SHOWS TWO LOCATIONS OPTION A AND OPTION B.
WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS OPTION A.
THERE IS A GREEN SPACE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PRACTICE FIELDS THAT IS BETWEEN OUR PARKING LOT.
THE STUDENT PARKING LOT AREA AND THE ROWLETT COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT'S THE FIRST OPTION A, OPTION B HAS THE MAC BEING NEXT TO PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH FREEWAY, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE SOFTBALL AREA.
SO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON OPTION A AND DISCUSS THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THE MAC.
THESE WERE THE ONLY TWO THAT MAKE SENSE.
WE FEEL THAT OPTION A IS THE BEST FIT FOR THIS.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THERE'S NO IDEAL SITUATION.
BUT WHAT WOULD FIT BEST IN OPTION A WOULD BE RIGHT OVER HERE.
IT DOESN'T OBSTRUCT THE VIEW AS YOU'RE DRIVING UP FOR ONE.
TWO YOU HAVE A LOT OF PARKING ACCESS RIGHT TO IT.
AND THREE, WE HAVE THE LAND THAT WILL CONNECT STRAIGHTLY TO IT WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF OBSTRUCTION.
LET'S KEEP IT GOING. LET'S MOVE.
ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL SITE? NO, MA'AM. ALL RIGHTY.
MISS GRIFFIN, WILL YOU RECESS US, PLEASE AT 11:26? AT 11:26, WE STAND IN RECESS.
IT IS 11:43 AND THE MEETING IS RECONVENED.
YES, WE ARE AT SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL.
WE'RE AT THE MULTI-ACTIVITY CENTER SITE.
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HI, THIS IS JAVIER FERNANDEZ, DIRECTOR OF FACILITY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY AND THE FIELD HOUSE AND THE LOCATION OF IT.
THE LOCATION THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IS THE LOCATION THAT'S JUST NORTH OF THE EXISTING FOOTBALL FIELD AND TRACK THAT WILL BE LOCATED ON AN EXISTING GRASS, UM, FOOTBALL FIELD.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE REGARDING THE LOCATION.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
FIRST LOCATION WE LOOKED AT IS IF YOU LOOK OVER HERE, THAT'S WHERE THE FIELD HOUSE IS RIGHT NOW.
WHAT THAT MEANT WAS WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE THAT SOFTBALL FIELD.
SO WHEN YOU SEE HOW BIG THAT NATATORIUM IS, THAT IS JUST THE INDOOR FACILITY.
AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE FIRE ZONES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO THEN WE HAD TO LOOK AT THIS SPACE RIGHT HERE AND THIS SPACE OVER HERE.
THE PROBLEM WITH THIS SPACE THAT WE WERE FACING IS BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S SITUATED, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE TAKING UP THIS GREEN SPACE WITH BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THEN PUT ACCESS UP HERE THROUGH WITH ROADS TO THE FIELD HOUSE, THROUGH THE PARKING AND BACK HERE, PLUS THE FIRE ZONES AND EASEMENTS AND PARKING THAT GO OVER HERE SO THAT IF WE COULD FIT IT ALL HERE WITHOUT THOSE REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD LEAVE THIS AREA AS A GREEN SPACE.
BUT LOOKING AT THE RENDERINGS, IT WOULDN'T ALLOW THAT.
AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT DEEPER EDGE OVER THERE, THAT'S WHY THIS SPOT WAS SELECTED.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE SOME GREEN SPACE BECAUSE THIS IS SO BIG.
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SPACE. NOW, THE TWO BAD PARTS ABOUT EITHER ONE, WHETHER WE PUT IT HERE OR PUT IT HERE, IT'S STILL A WALK FOR FOR LET'S JUST SAY FOR KIDS, FOR FOOTBALL.BUT ONCE THEY'RE IN HERE, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE FIELD.
IT'S STILL A WALK FOR SOFTBALL AND IT'S A DEFINITELY A WALK FOR BASEBALL.
SO BOTH OF THESE PROBABLY HAVE A LITTLE WALK.
BUT THEY CAN WALK. YEAH, THEY'RE IN SHAPE.
BUT THAT THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS WE HAVE.
SO IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS MY DEAL IS THAT, OF COURSE, ATHLETES CAN MOVE ANYWHERE THEY CAN GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO IT'S WE'RE EXCAVATING THREE FEET AND COMING BACK WITH SELECT FIELDS.
SO THE HEIGHT, THE ELEVATION WILL NOT CHANGE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY REMOVING THE DIRT AND STABILIZING THE SOIL AND FOR THAT TURF FIELD.
SO THE HEIGHT OF IT WILL NOT CHANGE.
THE HEIGHT OF THE FIELD WILL NOT CHANGE? NO, SIR AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE ELEVATION OF THE FIELD WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
THEN THEY'D HAVE A GREAT FACILITY RIGHT THERE.
OKAY. THAT'S NOT IN THE BOND SCOPE RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST.
THE ONLY REASON I MENTION THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE DO HAVE MEETINGS WITH THEIR STAFF AND THEIR COACHES AND WHATNOT LIKE THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO BE OPEN EAR TO THAT TO TO THEIR CONCERNS AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THEIR CAMPUS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
SO I THINK THAT IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT WANTING, LET'S LISTEN TO IT VERY CAREFULLY.
THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. TRUSTEE WES JOHNSON.
A COUPLE THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT.
ONE, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE EXISTING FIELDHOUSE? IS IT CURRENTLY PLANNED TO BE DEMOLISHED AND USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE? NO, WE HAVEN'T. WE HAVEN'T DESIGNED THE SCOPE FOR ANY OF THAT BUT THE FIELDHOUSE IS GOING TO BE MOVED FROM THAT LOCATION TO THIS LOCATION.
[INAUDIBLE] FOOTBALL AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE MOVED TO THIS LOCATION.
CORRECT. THAT WILL STAY INTACT UNTIL WE HAVE FUNDS TO REVAMP THAT.
OKAY. THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION.
SITE. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LINE, THE BAND PRACTICE FIELD, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORDS, IT'S A PARKING LOT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE TO PAINT THE THE DOTS WHERE THEY START OFF THEIR SEASON.
ARE WE GOING TO PAVE SOME PATH BACK HERE LIKE SO THEY CAN DRAG THESE LARGE INSTRUMENTS ON WHEELS? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO WAY FOR THEM TO GET THAT FROM THERE OVER TO THERE.
THAT'D BE PART OF THE DESIGN WHENEVER WE GO THROUGH THAT.
SO SOME OF THEM WILL NEED NOT ONLY THIS ONE ACCESS WITH WITH A PATH.
AT LEAST, I DON'T THINK MAYBE MR. BEACH'S COMMENTS WILL HAVE SOME EFFECT.
BUT I DON'T THINK THE INTENT WAS TO LEAVE THIS AS AN ATHLETIC FACILITY AFTER THIS.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE [INAUDIBLE].
THE DISTRICT'S INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL FIELDHOUSE.
I WANT TO AT SOME POINT ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF CONCESSIONS AND RESTROOMS BEING CLOSER TO THE SPECTATORS AT THE STADIUM AND NOT A QUARTER MILE AWAY AND NOT HAVING TO GO IN THE MAC.
YEAH. AND NOT HAVING TO USE THE STUDENT FACILITIES.
[INAUDIBLE] SPEAKING, IF I CAN GET CLARITY ON THE QUESTION.
MR. JOHNSON THE USE OF THE CONCESSION AND RESTROOMS FOR ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON WITHIN THE FOOTBALL FIELD TODAY, WHERE DO WHERE DO THE SPECTATORS USE, GO TO CONCESSIONS? ALL THE WAY OVER THERE. OKAY.
SO WHEN THERE'S A GAME, THEY HAVE TO WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND.
SO TODAY WE'RE UTILIZING THE FIELDHOUSE.
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THERE'S A FUNCTION OF THE FIELDHOUSE THAT SERVES FOR THE CONCESSIONS AS WELL FOR THE GAMES AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS. GOT IT. UNDERSTOOD.ROBERT SELDERS TRUSTEE. AS FAR AS THE ELEVATION CHANGES OR DIFFERENCES ARE WITH RESPECT [INAUDIBLE] . WE YES, WE WILL HAVE TO DO WE WILL DO A DRAINAGE WELL, IT ALL HAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE DON'T HAVE SOLUTIONS YET, BUT, YEAH, UH, DRAINAGE HAS TO BE ADDRESSED AT EVERY SITE.
HOSE STADIUMS WILL HAVE CONCESSIONS AND RESTROOMS FOR THOSE SINCE THOSE ARE TOTALLY BEING REDONE.
OKAY. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT.
MISS GRIFFIN, WILL YOU RECESS US AT 11:58? 11:58 AND WE STAND IN RECESS.
IT IS NOW 1:56 AND WE ARE RECONVENING OUR MEETING IN AT THE HARRIS HILL BUILDING.
IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVE. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 1:56.
THANK YOU BOARD MEMBERS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.