[I. Call to Order and Determination of Quorum ]
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THE CHAIRMAN AND A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
WE'LL PROCEED WITH OUR AGENDA AS FOLLOWS.
MISS HOGAN, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC FORUM COMMENTS? NO, SIR. THANK YOU.
[III. Superintendent's Message]
KICK IT OVER TO DOCTOR LOPEZ FOR SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE.WELL, OUR BOND HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING.
WE'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING AT RECORD TIME.
I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATIONS.
YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL ENERGY AT EACH OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE CONSOLIDATING TO BUILD NEW ONES HAS BEEN THROUGH THE ROOF, AND WHEN THEY GET THEIR NEW BUILDINGS, IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING. SO PART OF THAT, THAT'S ON HERE IS, YOU KNOW, STARTING DEMOLITION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
[IV.A. Receive Presentation on Bond 2023 Program Summary Update – Javier Fernandez]
AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE TO INFORMATION ITEM FOUR A, RECEIVE PRESENTATION ON BOND 2023 PROGRAM SUMMARY UPDATE.THANK YOU. COMMITTEE CHAIR SELDERS.
DOCTOR LOPEZ. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THIS IS A RECAP. THE BOND PROGRAM IS MADE OF THREE DIFFERENT PROPOSITIONS.
YOU SEE THE FIRST PROPOSITION, PROPOSITIONS ONE, TWO AND THREE FOR A TOTAL OF 1.279.
THIS IS OUR BOND PROGRAM TIMELINE.
THIS IS THE PHASES TWO THROUGH FIVE.
WE ARE IN THE THROES OF PHASE ONE AND ARE ALSO WORKING ON PHASE TWO AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON PHASE THREE AS WE COMMENCE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE DEEP IN THE THROES OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
PHASE ONE OF THE BOND PROGRAM HAS THE SOFTBALL BASEBALL IMPROVEMENTS, THE PART ONE NAAMAN FOREST ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL AND SACHSE HIGH SCHOOL, THE SPECTATOR BLEACHERS.
WE CAN REPORT TO YOU TODAY THAT WE HAVE AUGUST ON HERE.
WE CAN REPORT TO YOU TODAY THAT THOSE CANOPY BLEACHERS, THE CANOPIES OVER THE BLEACHERS ARE COMPLETE AS WE SPEAK, AND THE OUTFIELD WINDSCREENS, THE ONLY ITEM THAT REMAINS THERE IS THE SMALL PORTION AT NAAMAN FOREST BASEBALL FIELD.
ALL OTHER WINDSCREENS ARE COMPLETE, AND WE STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A WORKING ON THAT.
MINOR REPAIRS FOR NAAMAN FOREST ON THE IRRIGATION PIECE, AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT DONE HERE THIS MONTH AND TO BE COMPLETELY DONE WITH THAT PORTION.
PART TWO, LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL, THAT IS THE LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL.
WE HAVE A WHAT THEY CALL A FIT MEETING WITH THE CITY.
PART THREE IS THE GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL PIECE, AND SO A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGES ON PART THREE.
THIS ONE IS THE DEMOLITION OF SOME EXISTING FACILITIES THERE AT WILLIAMS STADIUM.
SO EARLIER WHEN WE GAVE YOU THE PICTURES AFTER WE WERE DONE, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE.
THE NORTH GARLAND, SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL.
THESE ARE OUR BEFORE PICTURES.
THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THE SOFTBALL FIELD IS GOING TO GO.
THE FIELD HOUSE AND MAX, THAT PORTION THERE, WE HAVE ACTUALLY THE BOARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR APPROVING GMPS ONE AND TWO.
ON THIS PORTION, WE PLAN ON BRINGING GMP NUMBER THREE TO THE SEPTEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING.
THAT WENT OUT FOR SOLICITATION ON JULY THE 29TH, AND WE WILL HAVE THAT BACK TO THE DISTRICT FOR REVIEW ON SEPTEMBER THE 10TH, AND THEN WE WILL BE BRINGING GMP THREE A SUBMISSION TO THE BOARD, A RECOMMENDATION ON THE 24TH OF SEPTEMBER AT FREEMAN
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ELEMENTARY. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE ABATEMENT THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE PLACE.WE HAVE PLANNED TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER, AND OUR DEMOLITION GMP FOR THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED FOR RECOMMENDATION IN TONIGHT'S COMMITTEE MEETING.
BUILDING DEMOLITION PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND DEMOLITION WILL START IN SEPTEMBER.
THE HILLSIDE ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE.
IT ACTUALLY MIRRORS THE FREEMEN.
THE ABATEMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETE THERE.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE PLAN ON HAVING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER AS WELL, AND WE ARE BRINGING TO THE BOARD A RECOMMENDATION FOR A GMP FOR THIS PORTION FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THAT CAMPUS.
LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL AND NAAMAN FOREST HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ARE MATERIALS AND COLOR BOARDS FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT ARE IN REVIEW.
YOU CAN SEE WE PLAN ON HAVING CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS COMPLETE IN DECEMBER, AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK WILL ISSUE A SOLICITATION IN DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY, WHICH TODAY HAS A CONSTRUCTION START IN APRIL OF 2025.
SO THE PLAYGROUNDS, IF YOU RECALL, WE HAVE COMBINED ALL THREE PHASES FOR THE PLAYGROUNDS.
THE DEVELOPMENT, THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETE IN SEPTEMBER.
WE PLAN ON ISSUING SOLICITATION.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT GROUP.
I PLAN ON ISSUING A SOLICITATION IN DECEMBER.
THOSE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY GARLAND ISD AND HAS PROVIDED COMMENTS BACK TO THE DESIGN TEAM.
WE'RE ESTABLISHING PREDEVELOPMENT MEETINGS WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE THREE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE GARLAND, ROWLETT AND SACHSE. THE SEVEN CAMPUSES THAT WE HAVE A FIRE ALARM.
WE HAVE GOT PURCHASE REQUISITIONS ISSUED FOR THE CAMPUSES THAT YOU SEE THERE.
WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH THE ISSUES WITH THE TAX OFFICE, WITH DISCUSSION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND SO WE'RE FINALIZING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE MARVIN PAGEANT FIRE ALARM SO THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT REMAINS OUTSTANDING AS FAR AS DISCUSSIONS GO, SO THAT WE CAN START DESIGN OF THAT, AND THEN WE PLAN TO BRING YOU IN SEPTEMBER WORKING WITH OUR PROCUREMENT GROUP PURCHASING GROUP.
THIS IS A CONTRACT 510-23-06 THAT CONTRACT ENCOMPASSES BOTH THE SECURITY CAMERAS AND THE ACCESS CONTROL, AND WE PLAN TO BRING THAT TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER FOR FOR RECOMMENDATION.
WELL, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DATED SINCE WE STARTED SCHOOL YESTERDAY.
HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE CAMPUSES ALL PORTABLES WENT IN.
AS FAR AS THE AWNINGS GO, CENTERVILLE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE AWNING AT CENTERVILLE AND PLAN TO COMPLETE THAT AT THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK, THEN WE WILL BE COMPLETELY DONE WITH THAT. CENTERVILLE BUS LANE, WE ARE WORKING ON SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETING THAT PROJECT, AND THE LAST PORTION OF THAT IS THE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION.
WE NOW HAVE NEW BUILDING SIGNAGE AT OUR NEW WILLIAMS, AT OUR NEW FREEMAN AT GOLDEN MEADOWS AND AT HILLSIDE, WHICH IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME TO CALL IT HILLSIDE, BUT IT'S THE HILLSIDE AT THE FORMERLY CENTERVILLE PROPERTY.
SO THAT IS THE HILLSIDE FACILITY, AND THE NAMES HAVE CHANGED.
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NOW HILLSIDE.SO PHASE TWO THE START OF THE PROJECTS BETWEEN GARLAND ISD BOND TEAM AND THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS. WE'VE HAD PROJECT STARTS AND YOU CAN SEE THE START DATES THAT THE PROJECT ACTUALLY COMMENCED WORK AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE DATES WHICH PERTAIN TO THE ELEMENTARY NUMBER THREE, THE NEW AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE FACILITY, OUR SOUTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL, NORTH GARLAND HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATIONS, OUR ELEMENTARY ENHANCEMENTS FOR THAT PROJECT AND ALSO OUR ROOF PACKAGE, AND THEN WE'VE STARTED THE PERIMETER FENCING PORTION FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL SERVICES, AND IN ADDITION, WE'VE STARTED WORKING ON THE SECOND PART OF THE FIRE ALARM REPLACEMENTS WITH THOSE FIRMS. PHASE TWO THE LOCAL AREA NETWORK.
THIS IS ACTUALLY PART OF PROPOSITION A, AND THIS IS BEING PERFORMED BY OUR TECHNOLOGY GROUP.
YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE COMPLETE.
SO I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY IN PHASE THREE OF THE BOND PROGRAM ELEMENTARY NUMBER FOUR THE ATHLETIC PACKAGE, WHICH CONSISTS OF SOUTH GARLAND, NORTH GARLAND, AND LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF BACK ELEMENTARY, LUNA ELEMENTARY, ROACH ELEMENTARY, SHUGART ELEMENTARY, AND SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY.
ALL OF THOSE ARE ENHANCEMENTS AS ONE PACKAGE THAT'S BEING PERFORMED ON PHASE THREE.
THE ELEMENTARY ENHANCEMENTS FOR BID PACK FIVE IS CLUB HILL ELEMENTARY, VIAL ELEMENTARY, DAVIS ELEMENTARY, AND ETHRIDGE ELEMENTARY.
PROPOSITION C, WHICH IS A SEPARATE PROPOSITION FOR OUR TECHNOLOGY REFRESH.
LAKEVIEW CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
THE INSTALLATION IS COMPLETE FOR THAT PORTION, AND THE GRCTC HIGH SCHOOL, THAT INSTALLATION IS COMPLETE IN PART TWO FOR THAT PROP C, AND THIS IS THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY THAT IS POSTED AS WE DO EVERY MONTH.
I DID WANT TO CIRCLE BACK WITH AS FAR AS THE REQUEST THAT WAS REQUESTED LAST MONTH, WHICH IS TO CREATE A COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT OUR BUDGETS ARE VERSUS WHAT WE THINK OR PROJECTIONS.
SO WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND BUDGET WISE, AND WHAT OUR PROJECTED COST WILL BE FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROJECT, WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT AT THIS TIME. SO WE'RE WORKING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE AS WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR DESIGN FIRMS AND OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS FOR THOSE PROJECTS, AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, BUT AT THIS TIME, WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING THAT FOR YOU, AND WITH THAT, WE WILL GLADLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE REGARDING THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION MR. FERNANDEZ. TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MISS STANLEY? SO FOR THE PLAYGROUNDS, ARE WE GOING TO SEE.
SO WHEN THEY PRESENTED THEM BEFORE, WE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS, CONCERNS.
ARE WE GOING TO SEE THOSE BACK AND WHAT THEY TOOK FROM OUR QUESTIONS CONCERNS.
LOOKING AT ME BLANKLY. SO YOU MAKE ME NERVOUS.
OKAY. I APOLOGIZE, I WAS JUST PROCESSING.
BECAUSE THIS THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE A CONSTRUCTION, CSP, A COMPETITIVE SEAL PROPOSAL, THOSE DOCUMENTS HAVE TO BE 100%, AND THEN THOSE ARE RELEASED TO THE TO THE MARKET FOR ACTUALLY PROPOSERS TO, WE SOLICIT FOR PROPOSERS TO RESPOND.
IT ISN'T TRADITIONAL THAT WE CIRCLE BACK WITH THE BOARD, BUT WE CAN DO WHATEVER DOCTOR LOPEZ
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WOULD LIKE US TO DO.WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING BACK ANY INFORMATION BETWEEN NOW AND BEFORE WE SOLICIT.
I THINK THE MAJOR QUESTION WAS, WERE WE GOING TO SCALE UP THE PROJECT ACCORDING TO THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL OR DOWN? YEAH, BUT MOST OF THE SCHOOLS.
YEAH, AND THEN FROM AN ENROLLMENT FROM AN ENROLLMENT PERSPECTIVE.
YES, AND THEN ALSO THE CONCERNS WHERE WE HAD CAMPUSES WERE SAYING THEY DIDN'T WANT PRE-K PLAYGROUNDS, BUT DO WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE THAT PARTICULAR ADMINISTRATOR AT THAT TIME? I MEAN, SINCE WE'RE FORWARD THINKING, I WAS KIND OF UNCOMFORTABLE WITH A NO PRE-K PLAYGROUND WHEN WE'VE ALREADY SAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE.
SO THOSE WERE KIND OF THE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER THAT I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF WE GOT A DRAFT.
WELL, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH TWO PLAYGROUNDS FOR EACH CAMPUS, WHICH IS A WHAT WE CALL AN EARLY CHILDHOOD PLAYGROUND AND THEN A GEN ED PLAYGROUND.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO TELL HOW THE DISTRICT WILL EVOLVE OVER TIME.
BECAUSE THE CAMPUSES TODAY ALREADY HAVE THEY MAY HAVE ONE PLAYGROUND, THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE TWO PLAYGROUNDS, IT IS IN THE DISTRICT'S BEST INTEREST BECAUSE OF THE BOND AND WHERE WE SIT AND THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE ALREADY MAKING FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, IT'S IN THE DISTRICT'S BEST INTEREST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING THAT EARLY CHILDHOOD PLAYGROUND THERE AND THEN HAVING AND ALSO HAVING THE OLDER PLAYGROUND, BECAUSE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PLAYGROUND ISN'T JUST FOR PRE-K. IT'S ALSO FOR KINDER, AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT AND SOMETIMES SCHOOLS USE IT FOR FIRST GRADE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT PLAYGROUND AND HAVING TWO PLAYGROUNDS CREATE , IT ALLOWS THE CAMPUS THE FLEXIBILITY, ESPECIALLY FROM A SCHEDULING STANDPOINT WHEN YOU NEED TO HAVE DIFFERENT STUDENTS GAIN ACTIVITIES ON THE PLAYGROUND.
EXCEPT FOR PRE-K, WHERE WE'RE HAVING ONE PLAYGROUND, AND THEN WE'RE MODIFYING THE INTERIOR AREA OF THOSE TWO AREAS THAT ALREADY HAVE WHAT WE CALL AN INTERIOR AREA THAT'S SECURED AND SO WE'RE JUST MODIFYING THAT AS PART OF THE PROJECT.
OKAY, BECAUSE I JUST REMEMBER THAT WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED, WE HAD 1 OR 2 CAMPUSES AND FOR SOME REASON KIMBERLIN IS STANDING OUT, BUT I COULD BE WRONG THAT THE STATEMENT HAD BEEN MADE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T WANT THAT EARLY CHILDHOOD OR PRE-K, WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING IT, AND THEN WE CALLED IT OUT THAT WE WOULD WANT THAT.
SO THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT I REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT, AND I JUST HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK ON WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD OUR CONCERNS HAD BEEN ADDRESSED.
YOU KNOW, THE SCALE UP, SCALE DOWN, AND THEN THE MAKING SURE THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT CURRENT ADMINISTRATION SAID, WE WERE STILL GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID THAT EARLY CHILDHOOD PLAYGROUND AND THEN THE BIGGER PLAYGROUND.
WE'VE NOT DEVIATED FROM WHAT WE PRESENTED TWO PLAYGROUNDS PER CAMPUS FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND SO WE ARE CONTINUING WE'RE CONTINUING TO PROCEED FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT IN THAT ASPECT.
SO WHERE ARE WE NOW? WHAT ABOUT THE SCALING UP? SO ON THE SCALING UP AND IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE BOND PROGRAM HOLISTICALLY BACK WHEN WE STARTED DEVELOPING THIS, AND WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN? WE LOOKED AT IT ACROSS THE BOARD.
HOW DO WE IMPROVE EVERY ONE OF OUR CAMPUSES, NOT JUST THE SELECTED CAMPUSES? NOW, WE DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AT THAT TIME THE ENROLLMENT AT THAT SNAPSHOT OF THAT DAY, AND THE REASON WE DIDN'T IS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT, AGAIN, MAINTAINING THE FLEXIBILITY OF WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS, WE HAVE THEY'RE CALLED STATIONS, AND SO EVERY CAMPUS WILL HAVE A SET NUMBER OF STATIONS, THE ABILITY FOR THAT CAMPUS TO UTILIZE THOSE, WHETHER THEY'RE MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE ACCUSTOMED TO.
I WE FEEL THAT GIVES THE CAMPUS A FLEXIBILITY USE THAT.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE GREEN SPACE WHERE THE STUDENTS CAN RUN, BUT HAVING THOSE PIECES WITHIN THE PLAYGROUND IS EXTREMELY CRITICAL, EXTREMELY CRITICAL COMPONENT FOR THE LEARNING THAT TAKES PLACE.
SO WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THIS FROM A SCALE UP OR SCALE DOWN FROM THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THAT CAMPUS. I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT AND ME ON A PERSONAL LEVEL WHEN YOU LOOK AT A CAMPUS AND SAY
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IT HAS 500 STUDENTS IN IT, BUT WE DON'T WANT WE WANT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STATIONS FOR THAT TO SUPPORT THOSE 500 STUDENTS.I THINK YOU GET INTO THIS SCENARIO WHERE YOU HAVE SOME CAMPUSES JUST BECAUSE THEIR ENROLLMENT IS LARGER, YOU HAVE MORE STATIONS FOR THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR CAMPUS HAS LESS THAN YOU HAVE LESS STATIONS WHEN WHEN OUR POPULATION SHIFTS AND WE DO HAVE POPULATION SHIFTS HERE BECAUSE WE'RE AN OPEN CHOICE DISTRICT, OUR POPULATION SHIFT FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
OKAY, BUT I'M NOT TRYING TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE.
I FEEL LIKE I'M BORDERING THERE, BUT I THOUGHT THAT REALLY WHAT CAME FROM THAT MEETING IS THAT WE SAID BECAUSE THEY KEPT THROWING THAT WORD AROUND EQUITABLE, AND WE KEPT SAYING THAT, I MEAN, THIS IS OUR FUTURE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND REBUILD THESE, THESE PLAYGROUNDS.
SO IF I HAVE A SCHOOL THAT HAS A CAPACITY AND I'M THROWING A NUMBER OUT, IF I HAVE A SCHOOL THAT HAS A CAPACITY OF 600, BUT CURRENTLY I ONLY HAVE 200 ENROLLED, I WANT TO BE BUILDING TO THAT 600 CAPACITY BECAUSE I'M NOT COMING BACK TO REBUILD.
SO WE HAVE A STANDARD WHERE THE MINIMUM WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THIS.
THAT'S THE MINIMUM BUT THEN BASED ON SIZE OF THE CAMPUS, THE PROGRAMS, THE WHATEVER THE CASE THAT IT COULD GROW, BUT NOW WHAT I'M HEARING YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE EXACT SAME PLAYGROUND AT EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS REGARDLESS, AND TO ME, THAT DOESN'T SOUND VERY FORWARD THINKING, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING IT AT WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS TOMORROW, AND NOW WE'VE LEFT NO ROOM.
SO IF I'M MISSTATING WHAT OUR CONVERSATIONS WERE, PLEASE FIX ME.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE MISSTATING IT AT ALL, MISS STANLEY.
IN FACT, I'M, AS I RECALL, VERY CLEARLY, THIS WAS SAID.
WE WILL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THIS.
SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE JUST CONTINUED ON WITH THIS, IN LIGHT OF ALL THE CONCERNS THAT WERE DISCUSSED AND DOCTOR LOPEZ, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I THINK YOU WERE PRETTY MUCH IN AGREEMENT WITH OUR CONCERNS WITH RESPECT TO IT.
THE WORD EQUITY KEPT BEING THROWN OUT.
WE CAN THROW THAT WORD OUT ALL WE WANT TO.
IT'S NOT THE PROPER USE OF THAT TERM.
WE HAVE SOME SCHOOLS, AND I'M NOT EVEN WILLING TO CAP IT WITH CAPACITY LIKE MISS STANLEY IS.
LOOK AT A TEN YEAR AVERAGE OF THE CAMPUS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ON A DIME UNLESS WE ALTER THAT CAMPUS DIRECTLY, UNLESS WE REBRAND IT OR MAKE IT A MAGNET OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE BUT YOU LOOK AT THE TEN YEAR TRENDS, IT DOESN'T GO FROM 200 TO 600.
YOU NEVER SEE A JUMP LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, AND SO I THINK WE NEED SOMETHING OF SMALL CAMPUS, MID TIER CAMPUS, LARGE CAMPUS PLANS.
WE HAVE SOME CAMPUSES WITH AS LITTLE AS 200.
TO SAY THAT THEY ALL GET THE SAME THING, I'M SORRY.
THAT'S JUST NOT THAT'S NOT EQUITABLE, TO USE THAT TERM.
WHEN WE FINISH OUR CONVERSATION, I AGREED THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF CAMPUSES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT THIS.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A SMALLER FOOTPRINT FOR BIGGER SCHOOLS, RIGHT, AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING HARD TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. WE TOOK AN EQUAL APPROACH, NOT EQUITABLE.
I LIKE THE MINIMAL STANDARD IDEA.
ESPECIALLY WITH WHEN YOU LOOK AT SCHOOL CAPACITY, WE THINK THAT'S FORWARD THINKING W HENEVER YOU'RE SAYING IF A SCHOOL EVENTUALLY CAN HOLD 600, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE 600, IT MIGHT HAVE 420 RIGHT NOW, BUT IF WE GET AN INFLUX, WE HAVE THE WE HAVE THE CAPACITY THERE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL OF 900 IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THAT, AND I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, MR. FERNANDEZ, THAT IT'S NOT JUST THAT.
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SCHOOLS, THAT STANDARD HAS TO BE USED WITH THE NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE NEW CAMPUSES, BECAUSE THOSE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE AT 850.SO THAT WAY WE COULD ATTEND TO THAT.
OKAY. MR. MILLER? YEAH. MR. LOPEZ, YOU GOT YOUR MICROPHONE ON.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE BEEN TO A SCHOOL AND WITNESSED RECESS OR ANY USE OF PLAYGROUNDS, WOULD YOU REMIND ME? IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE HAVE 500 KIDS AT A CAMPUS WITH FIVE GRADES AND THERE'S 100 KIDS IN EACH GRADE, DOES THAT MEAN ROUGHLY 100 KIDS AT A TIME ON THE RECESS, OR DO THEY GO BY GRADES, OR DO THEY ALTERNATE? HOW DO THEY GO TO RECESS? WELL, YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS ON GRADE LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, ACTIVE KIDS LEARN BETTER.
ALL OF US NEED THAT RELEASE POINT.
SITTING AT A BOARD MEETING, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS LONG, WE NEED RELEASE POINTS.
SO YEAH, ALL OF THAT IS FACTORED IN, AND STUDENT POPULATION IS A REAL THING, YOU KNOW, AND YOU DON'T WANT KIDS TO BE BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER OR NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY EITHER KIDS WON'T PLAY OR THEY MAY GET HURT BECAUSE IT'S SO SATURATED. SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND WE'LL COME AND TELL YOU HOW WE SCALED UP.
THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. GLICK. THANK YOU SIR.
WHEN YOU PRESENT US THE REVISED BOND FINANCIAL SUMMARY, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN WE MIGHT SEE THAT? WELL, WE'RE TRYING WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET NEXT MONTH, IF POSSIBLE.
TIME STAMP WITHIN A TIME SNAPSHOT OF WHEN WE'RE IN DURING THE DESIGN PHASE.
SO SOME OF THESE HAVEN'T STARTED YET.
THE SOFTBALL BASEBALL FIELDS, THOUGH ANYTHING THAT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DESIGNED WHERE WE HAVE RECEIVED COST INFORMATION FROM OUR EITHER ARCHITECTS OR CMARS WE WILL BE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, AND WHAT THAT IS, IS IT IS A PROJECTION AT THAT TIME OF WHAT WE THINK THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE FROM A PROJECT STANDPOINT WHERE WE THINK THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE.
SO YOU WERE HERE FOR MISS ROUNTREE'S PRESENTATION IN THE FIRST MEETING.
WE HAD ON INTEREST INCOME, AND I'VE WORKED UP SOME NUMBERS SINCE THAT.
MY ASSUMPTION IS EVEN IF INTEREST RATES DO MAKE A CHANGE, POTENTIALLY THIRD WEEK IN SEPTEMBER THAT WON'T HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE RATES WE GET, PROBABLY UNTIL AT LEAST THE END OF OCTOBER.
I'M ASSUMING, BASED ON MY CALCULATIONS, WE'LL HAVE OVER $47 MILLION IN INTEREST SO WILL YOU BE ABLE TO PLUG THAT IN SOMEWHERE AS AN ADDITION? THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT WOULD HELP US.
SO I CAN, LET ME, I CAN SHARE THIS AND THEN LET ME ANSWER PART OF YOUR QUESTION, AND THEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MAY I DEFER THE SECOND PART TO MR. DODDS? SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, THIS IS A FINANCIAL SUMMARY THAT COMES OUT OF THE ORACLE SYSTEM.
OUR ORACLE SYSTEM AND THIS IS RECEIVED FROM OUR ACCOUNTING GROUP.
SO THIS IS THE DATA THAT I'M RECEIVING FROM THE ACCOUNTING GROUP.
SO TO THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO MR. DODDS. YES, SIR.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DID GO AHEAD AND SELL ADDITIONAL BONDS IS TO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS AND STARTING TO GET SOME EARLY ESTIMATES WAS WITH INFLATION, WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME SOME HELP TO MAKE SURE WE BE ABLE TO DELIVER ALL THE THINGS THAT'S LISTED IN THIS BOND, ALL THE PROJECTS THAT'S LISTED IN THIS BOND.
WE WILL USE INTEREST BECAUSE IT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED TO BY LAW THAT ANY INTEREST THAT IS EARNED OFF THESE BOND PROCEEDS, AND WE STILL HAVE TO A LOT SOME BECAUSE IF WE EARN OVER OUR MARGIN, THERE STILL WILL BE SOME ARBITRAGE AND SOME PENALTIES TO THE IRS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO PAY BACK, BUT WE ARE CALCULATING THAT IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW
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IF WE CAN GET UP TO THE 47 BY OCTOBER BECAUSE SOME OF THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE ALSO OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS, NOT IN THE BOND, BUT IT IS EARNING INTEREST ON LET'S SAY 651, WHICH IS NOT A BOND PROJECT, BUT IT IS A PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING SO WE ARE HOPING AND THAT WE CAN EARN AS MUCH INTEREST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER EVERY BOND PROJECT THAT WAS PROMISED.YEAH, AND I THINK FOR OUR PURPOSES, THE FACT THAT WE'VE STAYED AT FIVE, THREE, THREE OR HIGHER FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME WILL HELP US WHEN WE START SEEING PROJECTS THAT SEEM TO BE COMING IN, AT LEAST AT BUDGET OR OVER BUDGET, AND TO HELP US WITH DECISION MAKING.
SO I THINK THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES? THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ.
THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR ACTION ITEMS.
[V.A. New Bids]
ACTION ITEM FIVE A UNDER NEW BIDS.A-1, CONTRACT NUMBER 51001-13.
BEAR WITH ME. I HAVE TO EXPAND THAT SO I CAN READ IT.
THANK YOU, BOARD TRUSTEES, COMMITTEE CHAIR, MR. SELDERS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DOCTOR LOPEZ, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU A NEW BID CONTRACT.
THIS IS A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE WITH LEE LEWIS WHICH IS LEE LEWIS CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY ARE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER THAT WAS AWARDED THIS PROJECT, AND THIS IS THE FIRST PORTION, THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING, AND THEN WE WILL SUBSEQUENTLY COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH A GMP NUMBER TWO FOR THE BUILDING OF A BRAND NEW BUILDING.
LATER ON AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO THIS IS ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GMP NUMBER ONE FOR THE DEMOLITION OF FREEMAN ELEMENTARY, AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
YES, SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
EXCUSE ME. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ITEM HOLD ON.
HOLD ON. I FLIPPED THE PAGE ON US.
APPROVE THE RECOMMENDED GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.
NUMBER ONE FOR BOND 2023 FOR FREEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
DEMOLITION. SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MR. MILLER, SECONDED BY MR. GLICK. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. WE'RE NOW PREPARED TO VOTE.
NOW GO TO CONTRACT NUMBER 510-01-1.4.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. DOCTOR LOPEZ.
WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU A CONTRACT.
THIS IS FOR THE DEMOLITION OF HILLSIDE ACADEMY FOR EXCELLENCE.
THE CONTRACTOR FOR THIS IS LEE LEWIS CONSTRUCTION.
THEY ARE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS GMP NUMBER ONE, WHICH TAKES CARE OF THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDING.
WE WILL SUBSEQUENTLY COME BACK TO THE BOARD FOR A GMP NUMBER TWO, WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW STRUCTURE AT THAT AT THAT LOCATION, AND WITH THAT WE WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE FOR THIS PROJECT HERE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS TRUSTEES? THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
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HILLSIDE ACADEMY AND FOR EXCELLENT DEMOLITION AS PRINTED IN OUR BOARD BOOK.SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY MISTER BEACH, SECONDED BY MISS STANLEY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THERE ARE NO NO OTHER DISCUSSION.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR ACTION ITEM.
[V.B. Increase to Awarded Bids]
PART B INCREASE TO AWARDED BIDS.CONSIDER APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN AWARDED AMOUNT FOR SIGNS, MERCHANDISE, INSTALLATION AND SERVICES, MR. BOOKER. YES, SIR.
THE BOND DISTRIBUTION IS 43% GENERAL FUND AND 57% OUT OF 683 BOND.
IT IS HERE BEFORE YOUR ACTION BECAUSE IT IS INVOLVING BOND FUNDS.
TRUSTEES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.
SECOND. MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON, SECONDED BY MR. GLICK. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
VOTE CLOSED. MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.
DOCTOR LOPEZ, ARE THERE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS? NO, SIR.
[VII. Adjournment]
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.IT'S 5:24. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.