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TWO.[Call to Order]
SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2025 BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING.I WANNA WARMLY WELCOME ALL OF OUR MEMBERS, DISTRICT STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE BOC MISSION, THE BOC CHARTER AND MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING STATES THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS SHARED, HAS A SHARED VISION WITH THE DISTRICT AND BUILDING MODERNIZATION AND MAINTAINING SCHOOLS THAT PROMOTE THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD ARE EDUCATIONALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND, ENHANCE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING AS CENTERS OF COMMUNITY, AND REFLECT THE WISE AND EFFICIENT USE OF LIMITED LAND.
HOWEVER, THE MOU ALSO STATES THAT THE BOC HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO RECOMMEND AGAINST THE EXPENDITURE OF BOND FUNDS WHEN THE DISTRICT DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE INFORMATION FOR EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT, OR WHEN A PROJECT OR PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE IMPERMISSIBLE OR IMPRUDENT.
THIS IS WHAT THE VOTERS ENDORSED IN EACH OF THE DISTRICT'S BOND MEASURES.
AND AS PROVIDED BY LAW FOR THIS MEETING, WE HAVE MOST MEMBERS ATTENDING IN PERSON HERE IN THE BOARDROOM.
AND WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
MR. ROSS AND MS. LEWIS, UH, STAFF.
UM, SO SHE'S RUNNING A LITTLE LATE.
WE, WE CAN'T HAVE HER MAKE HER STATEMENT YET.
I WANNA THANK K-L-C-S-I-T-S STAFF AND THE SPANISH INTERPRETATION STAFF FOR THEIR SEAMLESS WORK IN BROADCASTING OUR MEETINGS.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. CAMPBELL
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TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL REMARKS.MY NAME IS ROBERT CAMPBELL, VICE CHAIR OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THE BOC WEBSITE CAN BE FOUND@WWW.BOND OVERSIGHT.AD.ORG.
A LIVE STREAM OF TODAY'S MEETING CAN BE FOUND ON THIS WEBSITE UNDER THE TAB MEETING AGENDAS UPCOMING MEETINGS.
THE WEBSTREAM INCLUDES VERSIONS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
THE BOC WEBSITE ALSO INCLUDES ALL MATERIALS FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS, BOND MEASURES, AND OTHER INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE DISTRICT'S BOND PROGRAM.
IN OUR OVERSIGHT ROLE, THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWN ACT.
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE REMOTELY, WE ASK THAT YOU REGISTER ON A GOOGLE FORM PROVIDED AS A HYPERLINK ON THE MEETING AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE BOARDROOM WHO WISH TO SPEAK, YOU MAY ALSO SIGN UP TO THE RIGHT OF THE SPEAKER PODIUM.
NOW WE'LL TURN IT TO CHAIR HAMNER FOR SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, GO THROUGH THESE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE HERE.
NUMBER ONE, I, I WANNA LET THE PUBLIC KNOW, UH, THAT THE PROCESS OF APPOINTING THE VACANT BOE PARENT GUARDIAN MEMBER IS STILL UNDERWAY.
PARENTS WHO EXPRESS INTEREST HAVE BEEN CON, HAVE, HAVE BEEN CONTACTED FOR INTERVIEWS.
MS. IDLE FROM THE BOC STAFF HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN FACILITATING THIS PROCESS WITH THE BOARD, UH, OFFICES.
UH, NUMBER TWO, AT OUR LAST BOC MEETING, MR. CAMPBELL UH, REQUESTED A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT LIST FROM FSD, UH, PRESENTING ORIGINAL AND CURRENT BUDGETS AND SCHEDULES FOR IN-PROGRESS PROJECTS.
FSD STAFF HAS RESPONDED, UH, TO THE REQUEST, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH THEM TO DISCUSS HOW TO BEST PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, NUMBER THREE, PLEASE NOTE THAT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE AGENDA IN THIS MEETING MATERIALS, UH, IS A TABLE WITH ENROLLMENT DATA FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT SCHOOL SITES BEING CONSIDERED BY THE BOC TODAY.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, VICE CHAIR CAMPBELL AND I HAD A PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH BOARD PRESIDENT, UH, SCHON TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO THE BOC, INCLUDING THE MOU.
YESTERDAY, WE HAD A FOLLOW UP MEETING, AND I WANT TO THANK MR. SCHON AND HIS STAFF FOR MEETING WITH US TO DISCUSS VARIOUS ISSUES AND MORE ON THE MOU.
UH, LASTLY, UM, AT THE LAST BOC MEETING ON THE, ON AUGUST 14TH, THE BOC HAD CONSIDERED DISCUSSIONS AROUND TWO PROPOSED SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD PROJECTS.
THE B-O-D-B-O-C DID NOT RECOMMEND FOR OR AGAINST THE PROJECTS BY A VOTE OF A RESOLUTION.
HOWEVER, THE MANY ISSUES RAISED DURING THAT DISCUSSION WERE DISCUSSED OR DOCUMENTED IN A LETTER FROM ME TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
AND THE SUPERINTENDENT DATED, UH, AUGUST 21ST, 2025 BLC MEMBERS WERE ALL FORWARDED THIS MEMBER THIS LETTER.
THE LETTER IS ALSO IN TODAY'S MEETING, MATERIALS ATTACHED TO THE AUGUST 14TH MEETING MINUTES.
THOSE PROJECTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AT ITS REGULAR MEETING.
ON THE 26TH OF AUGUST, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS FULLY ENGAGED IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES AND QUOTED THE BOC LETTER.
SYNTHETIC TURF IS, UH, ISSUES SUCH AS POTENTIAL HEAT, ISLAND EFFECTS, PLASTICS CONTAMINATION, WATER WASTE, STUDENT INJURIES, LIFECYCLE COSTS, PERMIT FEES, USE OF BOND FUNDS, UH, FOR GRASS FIELDS.
THESE WERE ALL QUESTIONED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS AND DISCUSSED IN THE END, THE PROJECTS WERE EVENTUALLY APPROVED BY THE BOE.
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I BELIEVE THE MESSAGE FROM THIS COMMITTEE WAS HEARD.WE APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE B C'S WORK.
THE BOC LETTER ALSO REQUESTED ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP FROM THE DISTRICT PRIOR TO BRINGING ANY MORE PROPOSED SYNTHETIC FIELD PROJECTS TO THE BOC CONSIDERATION.
OF COURSE, THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE CONTINUING NEEDS FOR SAFE AND MODERN ATHLETIC FACILITIES, AND WE ENCOURAGE STAFF TO RESEARCH ALTERNATIVES AND FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS. THIS ISN'T AN IM AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, IT JUST NEEDS ATTENTION AND FOCUS.
[1. Public Comment]
WE HAVE, UH, ITEM ONE OF OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS, UH, TRADITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS MORE THAN ONE AGENDA ITEM, YOU'LL BE PROVIDED SIX MINUTES TOTAL PUBLIC SPEAKERS PHONING IN SHOULD MONITOR THE MEETING THROUGH THE LIVE STREAM AND THEN TURN OFF THEIR LIVE, UH, STREAM VOLUME.
WHEN ASKED TO SPEAK TO AVOID AUDIO ECHO OR FEEDBACK, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, MS. ILE WILL ANNOUNCE THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, AND YOU'LL BE INSTRUCTED TO UNMUTE ON ZOOM OR PRESS STAR SIX TO SPEAK IN PERSON.
SPEAKERS WILL BE ASKED TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND USE THE MICROPHONE WITH THAT STAFF.
UM, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE BOARDROOM THIS MORNING WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE? YES.
OUR FIRST, UH, SPEAKER IS, UM, ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.
GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS BRIAN HO AND I AM A SENIOR UTILITY SERVICES SPECIALIST WITH THE LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SOLUTIONS DIVISION.
JOINING ME TODAY IS MY COLLEAGUE, MARTHA RODRIGUEZ.
ON BEHALF OF OUR DIRECTOR DAVID JACO AND L-A-D-W-P, WE'RE HERE TO EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR LA USD'S.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, FOR THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN L-A-U-S-D AND L-A-D-W-P TO CONTINUE THE SECURING A RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS' PROGRAM, WHICH ENHANCES ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY IN SCHOOL FACILITIES.
ON JULY 8TH, 2025, THE L-A-D-W-P BOARD APPROVED OUR MOU WITH L-A-U-S-D AUTHORIZING A $100 MILLION COMMITMENT OVER FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, ACROSS FOUR KEY STRATEGIES, DIRECT INSTALL OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES AT L-A-U-S-D FACILITIES, WATER CONSERVATION INCENTIVES TO REPLACE WATER WASTING FIXTURES WITH EFFICIENT DEVICES, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PROGRAMS TO EXPAND UPON VERY SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS SUCH AS HEROES FOR ZERO AND EMPOWERED SCHOOLS.
AND FOURTH GREENING AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE PROJECTS TO CREATE HEALTHIER, MORE SUSTAINABLE CAMPUSES.
THIS CONTINUES A PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2012.
LE USD'S REQUEST TODAY IS TO AMEND ITS FACILITY SERVICES DIVISION STRATEGIC EXECUTION PLAN TO APPROVE $20 MILLION FOR IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS AN ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING UPGRADE PROGRAM OF LED DW P'S $100 MILLION COMMITMENT.
$80 MILLION IS ALLOCATED TO DIRECT INSTALL.
SINCE THE START OF THE PROGRAM, 143 SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN RETROFITTED RESULTING IN MORE THAN 40 GIGAWATT HOURS IN ANNUAL ENERGY SAVINGS.
THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO SERVING OVER 10,000 HOMES FOR ONE YEAR.
THE DIRECT INSTALL STRATEGY NOT ONLY DRIVES MEASURABLE ENERGY SAVINGS, IT REDUCES UTILITY COSTS FOR THE DISTRICT, AND ADVANCES THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES'S CLEAN ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THESE PROJECTS DIRECTLY BENEFIT L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES BY CREATING HEALTHIER, MORE RESILIENT LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.
L-A-D-W-P DEEPLY VALUES OUR LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH L-A-U-S-D, AND WE BELIEVE THIS PROGRAM IS A MODEL FOR HOW A UTILITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITY, OUR SCHOOLS, AND THE NEXT GENERATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE TODAY.
NEXT SPEAKER, AS OUR NEXT SPEAKER, UH, MR. KOSKI.
HE WILL BE SPEAKING ON VARIOUS ITEMS, UH, FOR SIX MINUTES.
IT STARTED BEFORE I STARTED SPEAKING.
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WELL, WITH 10 MILLION, 10 MILLION, UH, POPULATION IN THE COUNTY COVERING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'M HERE TO REPRESENT, UH, THE ONE PERSON, UH, WHO KNOWS ABOUT THE MEETINGS.AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEFORE YOU AND THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE ASKED.
UH, AT THE LAST MEETING YOU ASKED, UH, TO HAVE THE, UM, CIVIC CENTER PERMITS.
UH, THAT'S A PUSH OF A BUTTON THAT'S ALL, ALL HAS TO BE DONE, COMES TO THE BOARD EVERY YEAR, SHOWS YOU THE LIST OF ALL THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT DO CIVIC, UH, CENTER PERMITS.
AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT PROPERTIES, AND IT TELLS YOU THE VOLUME OF MONEY.
SO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, PROVIDED TO YOU.
UH, BUT BEFORE I GO ON, ON SOME OF THE ITEMS, I WANNA ALSO SAY THAT, UH, UM, IN LA UNIFIED AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE, THE MONIES TO PROVIDE FOR, FOR, UH, STAFF COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND RATHER THAN BOND MONIES.
AND THE GENERAL FUND OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS INCREASING.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF NEWS ABOUT DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
DECLINING ENROLLMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUDGET OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THAT'S DETERMINED BY PROPOSITION.
98, 40% OF THE STATE BUDGET, WE USED TO BE THE FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD NOW ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST, WHICH MEANS THE AMOUNT OF BILLIONS IN THE STATE IS GOING UP.
AND 40% OF A INCREASING NUMBER, ANY THIRD GRADER COULD TELL YOU IS AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UH, THERE MAY BE SOME FEARS OF 34, 5 YEARS FROM NOW, BUT OF COURSE, THE STATE ONLY GIVES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE YEAR'S BUDGET, UH, REVENUE AT A TIME.
SO YOU CAN SEE YOUR EXPENSES, BUT YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR REVENUES.
SO RATHER THAN SAY GOODBYE TO ONE OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS FOR THE NEXT YEAR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO YOU VERY CLEARLY THAT THE REVENUES IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH 10 YEAR GRAPH OF THAT ARE INCREASING, EVEN THOUGH THE ENROLLMENT IS GOING DOWN, WHICH, WHICH MEANS THAT EVERY KID IS GETTING MORE MONEY, UH, UH, PER KID.
WE, WHEN I LEFT THE SCHOOL BOARD, IT WAS ABOUT $12,000 A KID.
AND, UM, WHEN MS. LURCHER MILLER WAS A TEACHER, IT WAS PROBABLY $4,000 A KID.
IT IS NOW $26,000 A KID THAT'S COMING IN.
OKAY, TWO YEAR ITEMS. UH, FIRST, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THE CIVIC PERMITS.
UH, NEXT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, THE, THE, UM, DWP, UH, WAS A NICE PRESENTATION TODAY.
UM, THEY, UM, WERE SUED BY THE LA UNIFIED, UH, BECAUSE THEY WERE CHARGING THE WRONG RATES TO UCLA, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THE DISTRICT, AND THEY WERE FORCED BY THE COURT OF APPEALS OF CALIFORNIA TO PAY BACK.
NOW, THAT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD DEAL, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, AND IF IT IS A GOOD DEAL, WE WOULD EXPECT THE SAME THING TO BE COMING FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, BECAUSE MANY OF THE SCHOOLS, A THIRD OF THE SCHOOLS ARE IN THAT JURISDICTION.
AND A SIMILAR ONE SHOULD BE COMING FROM THAT ARENA.
NEXT, UH, YOU HAVE AN ITEM IN DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH AGAIN, LOOKS LIKE A ON ITS FACE, AN EXCITING PROJECT.
BUT, UH, AS ANYBODY WHO WORKS IN THE DISTRICT WOULD KNOW, YOU'RE NOW CLOSING FOREVER, UM, TRADES, UH, SHOP CLASSROOMS, THEY WILL BE RECONVERTED INTO BAKERY, WHICH FINE IF IT'S UNION BAKERY, BUT IT, IT'S ALSO, UH, TAKING AWAY PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, IT DOESN'T SAY IN THE REPORT AN AUTO SHOP OR A WOOD SHOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AT THE SCHOOL.
THIS MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR BELGIAN COMPANY IS, IS PUTTING SOME MONEY INTO SUPPLIES AND, AND, UH, SERVICES.
BUT ONE WONDERS, UH, WHAT COULD THEY PROVIDE? AND HOPEFULLY THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH DW LIKE DWP WILL IMPROVE OVER THE YEARS.
AGAIN, YOU'RE GETTING A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 50,000, AND THOSE HAVE TO BE STAMPED BY YOU.
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU WANT TO GO INTO DEEPER PROJECTS TODAY, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS NOT HERE AGAIN.
UH, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS RECEIVING 30, UH, MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BOND FUNDS TO OVERSEE PROJECTS LIKE HAMILTON HIGH, WHICH IS NOW AT $500 MILLION FOR ONE SCHOOL BEING REDONE.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO TAKE DEEP DIVES INTO THE BIGGER PROJECTS RATHER THAN SOME OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, AGAIN, UH, YOUR LETTER WAS WELL DRAFTED ON THE, UH, ASTROTURF VERSUS THE, THE, UH, GRASS.
IT WAS A REALLY GOOD, AND IT PROVOKED A DISCUSSION OF THE BOARD OF ED, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NOBODY NECESSARILY THERE TO RESPOND TO IT.
UM, FAIRFAX HIGH HAS A MODERNIZATION PROJECT OF OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
AND THEN IT HAD THE GREENING PROJECT.
THEY WERE DISCONNECTED, AND YOU WERE TOLD THAT FACILITIES CAN'T USE BOND MONEY.
UH, AND OF COURSE, YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY WHO COULD VERIFY THAT IF THAT IS TRUE, THAT, UH, BOND MONEY CANNOT BE USED TO, UH, MAINTAIN GRASS FIELDS.
BUT THE QUESTION REALLY THEN BECOMES WHICH MONIES CAN BE USED, NOT WHICH ONES CAN'T BE USED.
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FROM CIVIC CENTER MONIES TO IMPACT FEES TO OTHERS THAT COULD PAY FOR IT.UM, I RAISE AGAIN, AS YOU GET SOME EARLY ED CENTERS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF EIGHT, NINE, AND, UH, A HUNDRED KIDS ARE MUCH LARGER IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF KINDERGARTEN AND TK CLASSROOMS THAT, UH, MR. MCFARLAND IS LOOKING AT.
UM, THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE EIGHT OR NINE OR 10 CLASSROOMS, AND THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY GETTING, UH, THE GREENING, BUT A THREE OR FOUR CLASSROOM EARLY ED CENTER.
'CAUSE IT SAYS EEEC IS GETTING IT.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, A DEEPER DIVE ON IT WOULD BE A, A GOOD THING.
AND FINALLY, TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE, YOU GET PICTURES OF THE GREENING IN A VERY ISOLATED WAY IN YOUR MATERIALS.
IT DOESN'T SHOW YOU RIGHT AROUND THOSE PLACES HOW MUCH ASPHALT IS STILL BEING LEFT IN PLACE.
IT EACH THING REQUIRES A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT I'VE GONE OUT TO A COUPLE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THEY'LL BE LIKE, ASPHALT, ASPHALT, ASPHALT, AND A LITTLE GREEN HERE, AND SOME GREEN OVER HERE.
AND THE HEATING EFFECT IS, UH, TREMENDOUS.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPRESENTING YOUR ORGANIZATIONS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET THE MATERIALS THAT YOU ASKED FOR BY EACH AND EVERY MEETING.
UH, NEXT SPEAKER, ONE LAST SPEAKER.
UM, I DON'T THINK SHE'S IN THE ROOM.
[2. Consent Calendar]
ON OUR AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.UM, THIS WILL CONSIST OF THE, UH, AUGUST 14TH MEETING MINUTES.
DO ANY OF THE MEMBERS HERE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT, UH, CAN I GET A MOTION? OKAY.
MR. CAMPBELL, CAN MR. POP TOY, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, THIS IS THE VOTE ON THE, UH, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTING OF THE AUGUST 14TH MEETING MINUTES.
MS. UH, DR. CHEN MILLER IS ABSENT.
THANK YOU, MS. LURKIN MUELLER.
UH, THE ITEM PASSES WITH NINE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
[3. A new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
THE AGENDA.NUMBER THREE IS OUR NEW MOU, BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND L-A-D-W-P, UH, AND RELATED PROJECTS, UH, MR. CRYSTALS CRYSTAL WILL, UH, PRESENT THE ITEM.
MR. VICE CHAIR, ONE OF OUR SIDE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY PRESENTING ON THIS ITEM.
UM, MY NAME IS CHRISTUS CRI AND I SERVE AS THE CHIEF ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER FOR THE LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND IT'S MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EX THIS EXCITING, UM, NEW OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE.
WHILE IT'S, IT'S A NEW AGREEMENT, IT'S BEEN ACTUALLY IN THE WORKS FOR OVER A DAY, OVER 13 YEARS RIGHT NOW.
WE STARTED THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH L-A-D-W-P BACK IN 2012.
AND THROUGH, UH, THE PROCESS, WE'RE ABLE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF, UH, FUNDING AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK.
AND, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE, TO BE LOOKING AT THE NEW AGREEMENT AND LOOK AT THE, THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THIS AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
AND THE IMPACT THIS IS GONNA HAVE ON OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, SPECIFICALLY TO THE, THE GOALS THAT WAS SET UP OUT OF RESOLUTIONS FROM OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE GREEN ENERGY GOALS, THE CLIMATE LITERACY GOALS, AND THE GREENING GOALS OF, UH, 30% GREEN BY 2035.
SO ALL OF THESE ACTUALLY, THEY, THEY WILL BE SUPPORTED OUT OF THIS NEW MOU.
THIS IS, UH, THIS MOU IS A FOUR AND A HALF YEAR MOU AND WILL CONTINUE THE, UH, AS WE CALL IT, THE SECURING OUR RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS PROGRAM.
AND IT IS, UH, IT IS VALUE TO BE 120 MILLION OUT OF THIS 120 MILLION.
WE'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC, UM, INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
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AND, UH, AND IT IS, UH, SPECIFICALLY GEARED TO HELP ADVANCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.AND RESILIENCY ON OUR SCHOOLS.
THE PROPOSED MYU WAS APPROVED BY L-A-D-W-P ON JULY 8TH.
AND, UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GOES THROUGH THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FIRST AND THEN IT TO OUR BON OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING ON USING BOND FUNDS TO HELP SUPPORT ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS PROGRAM.
SO THE ACTUAL PROGRAM ITSELF IS BROKEN DOWN IN FOUR DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
THE DIRECT INSTALL, UH, UH, LIGHTING PROJECTS.
THIS IS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY LIGHTING AT OUR SCHOOLS.
THE CLIMATE, UH, LITERACY PORTION OF THE WORK IS, UH, IS ACTUALLY, THE EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS IS FOCUSED ON CLIMATE LITERACY, AND IT'S, IT'S GONNA FOCUS ON SPECIFIC PROGRAMS TO HELP CLIMATE LITERACY IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A, ANOTHER COMPONENT, THE GREENING AND CLIMATE RESILIENCY PROJECTS, WHICH WE ADDED AS NEW AS PART OF THIS MOU.
IT'S GONNA HELP US ADVANCE GREENING ON OUR SITES.
AND I'LL BE EXPANDING A A LITTLE MORE ON THAT, UH, SPECIFIC ITEM.
AND THE LAST ONE IS A WATER CONSERVATION, WHICH IS GONNA HELP US RETROFIT A LOT OF OUR, UM, UM, A LOT OF OUR FIXTURES, INCLUDING TOILETS, URINALS, TO CREATE, UH, MORE EFFICIENCY IN TERMS OF WATER CONSERVATION.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE, THE ACTUAL STRATEGIES, IT WAS BROKEN DOWN BY, UH, EARS.
MOU IS A LITTLE AWKWARD FOR THE LAST YEAR, BUT IN REALITY, THE WAY THAT WE'VE BROKEN IT OUT TO HELP SUPPORT THE FOUR AND A FOUR AND A HALF YEAR MOU, IS THAT THE PLAN IS TO, IS TO BE SPENDING ON APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 22 AND A HALF, UH, MILLION PER YEAR FOR THE TERMS ONE THROUGH FOUR, AND THEN, UH, UP TO 10 MILLION FOR THE LAST YEAR THROUGH DWP, AND THEN FOR THE L-A-U-S-T FOR THE 20 MILLION TO EXPAND APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND A HALF MILLION PER TERM YEARS ONE THROUGH FOUR, AND, UH, 2 MILLION FOR THE, FOR THE LAST TERM YEAR, FOR YEAR FIVE.
THE, UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT, UM, I WANT TO, UH, UH, I WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO IS THAT THE ACTUAL, UH, 20 MILLION THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON L-A-U-S-D FUNDS IS FOR WHAT WE CALL IN-KIND SERVICES AND MATCHING FUNDS ON, UH, ON ENERGY, UH, ON NON-ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES.
SO THAT'S SPECIFIC, UM, TO ITEMS THAT WILL, UH, WILL HELP SUPPORT ADVANCE THE LIGHTING RETROFITS.
BUT IT IS NOT, UH, IT'S ANYTHING THAT, UH, NOT HAVING TO DO SPECIFICALLY WITH THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION OF LIGHTS, UM, THE SWITCHES OR THE SENSORS IN THOSE, UH, CLASSROOMS. IT'S MOSTLY ITEMS FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, TO TEST, UM, ASBESTOS TO TEST FOR LEAD, UM, UH, UH, TO DO INSPECTIONS, TO DO THE OVERSIGHT MANAGEMENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS, THAT AREA IS FOCUSED ON, ON FOR THE $20 MILLION.
THIS IS JUST GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTUAL SAVINGS FROM THIS MOU THAT WE HAD, UM, LOOKING AT BACK WHEN WE, UH, STARTED AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE EARLIER, EARLIER YEARS, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE LAST MOU.
THE LAST MOU WAS A FIVE YEAR MOU AND IT'S GONNA BE EXPIRING ACTUALLY, UM, NEXT MONTH.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CONTINUE WITH THIS NEW FOUR AND A HALF YEAR MOU.
AND AS YOU, AS WE CAN SEE THE ON, ON THE PRESENTATION UP THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, WE'RE SHOWING THE BY YEAR WHAT THE ANNUAL COST, UH, UH, SAVINGS ARE ON THE YEAR OF INSTALLATION.
AND THEN WE, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN RED IS THE ACTUAL COST AVOIDANCE, BECAUSE WE TAKE THAT AS A COST AVOIDANCE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UH, THE, THE LAST FIVE YEARS PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE A 5.7, UM, ANNUAL COST AVOIDANCE FROM OUR UTILITIES BUDGET, WHICH IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE SAVINGS FROM THE DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM.
THE, UM, THE PIE CHART SHARES WITH YOU, WHERE WE ARE WITH THE ACTUAL PROGRAM ITSELF.
UM, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 843 SITES THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON RETROFITTING WITH, UH, THE DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM.
THIS IS GONNA HELP US TO, UH, GET CLOSE TO A HUNDRED PERCENT.
IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA HELP US TO, AT AT LEAST BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT ANOTHER, ANOTHER, I WOULD SAY 150 PROJECT SITES.
AND, UH, WE'VE DEVELOPED A, A CERTAIN PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WE SELECT SITES.
UH, GOING FROM, UH, FROM SIDE TO SIDE.
THE OTHER STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE ON THIS MOU INCLUDES THE EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS.
AND, UM, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED HEROES FOR ZERO, WHICH, WHICH HAS BEEN A GREAT PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY, UM, AND PROVIDING SOME HANDS-ON TOOLS TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND WATER CONSERVATION ON, ON THE, ON THEIR SPECIFIC SCHOOL SITES AND PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
WE HAD THE GREEN PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER PROJECT, UH, THAT WE'VE, UH, COLLABORATED WITH THE US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL AND HELP US, UM, UH, GET MORE TRAININGS TO OUR EDUCATORS, BUT ALSO, UM,
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ENGAGE A LOT OF THE CUSTODIAL STAFF THROUGH THAT PROCESS.AND THEN WE HAVE THE EMPOWER SCHOOLS PROGRAM, WHICH IT WAS, UH, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT COMPLEMENTED THE HEROES FOR ZERO CONTEST WITH, WITH, UM, REAL, ACTUAL, UH, TOOLS THAT STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO MEASURE, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ADVANCE EFFICIENCY WITHIN THEIR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS.
UM, THE, UH, MAGENTA HOUSE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE HAD.
AND THROUGH ALL THESE PROGRAMS, WE HAD A GREAT PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND WE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE THESE PROGRAMS AS WE CON, WE LIKE TO ENGAGE MORE STUDENTS IN, UH, CLIMATE LITERACY AND, AND HELP US ADVANCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THE, UH, THE PILOT ACTIVITIES, ANOTHER ONE THAT WE HAD, IT WAS THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.
AND THROUGH THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, WE'RE ABLE TO TEST NEW TECHNOLOGIES, LIKE TO ELECTRIFY OUR KITCHENS.
UH, WE'VE CONDUCTED STUDIES TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE ACTUAL COST AND HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT, UH, TO ELECTRIFY KITCHENS.
WE LOOKED AT TECHNOLOGIES LIKE THE THERMO CODE, WHICH IS LOOKING AT, UH, ACTUAL PAINT COATINGS AND HOW THEY CAN CREATE EFFICIENCY ON OUR, ON OUR, UH, ON OUR CLASSROOMS. UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR BANGALORE BUILDINGS.
WE LOOKED AT, UM, THE ONIC TOWER GARDENS, WHICH, UH, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE IMAGES UP THERE THAT SHOWS HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO ENGAGE STUDENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ABOUT, UH, ABOUT GROWING THEIR OWN, UH, PRODUCE AND FARMING.
AND THEN THE SOLAR REFLECTIVE CODING STUDY THAT IS ACTUALLY, UM, IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, WE COLLABORATE WITH THE LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING TESTING THIS COMING WEEKEND AND THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, SO THEY CAN COME BACK AND GIVE US THEIR RESULTS IN TERMS OF THE IMPACTS OF THE SOLAR REFLECTIVE REFLECTIVE COATING STUDY ON OUR SCHOOLS.
ALL THESE ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PILOTS THAT WE, UM, THAT WE'RE TESTING THROUGH OUT THIS MOU AND A LOT MORE.
THE, UH, THE, THE, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT ALL THESE, UM, I WANNA SHARE SOME OF THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES THAT YOU'RE SEEING UP HERE, BUT IN REALITY, THIS MOU WILL STRENGTHEN OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A MORE SUSTAINABLE L-A-U-S-D.
IT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS OUR DISTRICT GOALS TO ACHIEVE A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ELECTRICITY BY 2030, A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY BY 2040 TO HELP ADVANCE OUR GREEN SPACES IN OUR SCHOOLS BY EVEN CONDUCTING SOME PILOTS AND MORE, MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF, UH, OF, UH, OF OUR YOUTH THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND ACTION.
SO, UM, I'M, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE NEW MOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DETAILED, UH, PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, MR. CRYSTAL? YES, MS. MCDOWELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, A QUESTION ABOUT THE DIRECT INSTALL LIGHTING PROGRAM.
I DON'T THINK I CAUGHT WHAT THE SCOPE THAT THAT PROGRAM ACTUALLY IS, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THESE FUNDS.
IS THAT JUST FOR LED UPGRADES? ARE THERE OTHER KIND OF TITLE 24 REQUIREMENTS LIKE MOTION DETECTORS? COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE ON THAT? YES.
UH, SO THE DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM, UH, CONSISTS OF REPLACING EXISTING LIGHT FIXTURES THAT WE HAVE THAT, UH, MOSTLY A LOT OF THE FLUORESCENT FIXTURES THAT WE'RE REPLACING 'EM WITH LED FIXTURES.
AND, UH, THROUGH THAT REPLACEMENT, WE ALSO INSTALL, UH, SWITCHES.
THEY HAVE TO BE INSTALLED AT A CERTAIN ELEVATION TO MEET A DA REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN, UH, ALSO OCCUPANCY SENSORS.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF A REPLACEMENT THAT WE HAVE ON OUR SCHOOLS.
THE REPLACEMENT IS DONE BY ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT DWP, UH, HAS CONTRACTED WITH, IN THIS CASE.
WELL DONE, UH, WELL DONE WILL BE THE, UH, THEIR, THE ACTUAL, UH, INSTALLER OF THOSE ACTIVITIES.
WE AS L-A-U-S-T, WE DO THE, WE IDENTIFY THE, THE SITES IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM, AND THEN WE PROVIDE THE, THE, UH, OVERSIGHT AND INSPECTIONS FOR THAT.
AND JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT, I'M, I'M CURIOUS, AS YOU ALL ARE LOOKING TO HAVE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT SCHOOL SITES, UM, UH, DO YOU HAVE MORE CONTEXT OF KIND OF WHY THE, THE FOCUS ON LIGHTING? ARE THERE OTHER KINDA HIGH ENERGY USAGE, YOU KNOW, UH, UTILITIES OR EQUIPMENT ON SCHOOL SITES THAT ARE IN YOUR SITES KIND OF IN THE FUTURE? OR HAS LIGHTING ALWAYS BEEN THE ONE THAT YOU'RE VERY FOCUSED ON? LIGHTING HAS BEEN WHAT WE CALL THE LOW HANGING FRUIT IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO REPLACE AND MAXIMIZE THE INVESTMENT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STARTED, UH, INITIALLY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
UM, WE HAD SOME OF THE, OUR OWN PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO INVEST INTO THAT.
AND, UH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF L-A-U-S-D, WE'RE NOW TRANSITIONED TO, TO COLLABORATE WITH, UH, UH, TWP TO HELP US ADVANCE THAT PROGRAM.
UM, THERE'S OTHER SYSTEMS THAT WE'D LIKE TO REPLACE AS WELL, AND WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, DWP AND WELDON, IF WE CAN ADD SOME OF THESE OTHER SYSTEMS AS PART OF THIS, UM, OF THIS, UH, EFFICIENCY PROGRAM.
SOME OF THE, UM, UH, OTHER SYSTEMS WE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IS, ARE THERE WATER HEATERS TO CHANGE 'EM TO ALL ELECTRIC? SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE OTHER STRATEGIES AND SEE HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO MAKE HIM A PART OF THIS,
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UM, OF, OF THIS AGREEMENT.I MAY JUST ONE MORE FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
UM, WHERE ARE YOU AT IN TERMS OF THE, UH, SCHOOL SITES THAT HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, FULL LED CONVERSION? AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU IF YOU MENTION THIS, UM, AND, UH, AT WHAT POINT IN THE FUTURE DO YOU IMAGINE THAT THE, THE LED CONVERSION WOULD BE COMPLETE FOR ALL SCHOOL SITES? YEAH, THE WAY WE'RE HEADING, AND I, I, I HAVE THIS, UH, PHOTOGRAPH UP THERE, THIS IMAGE THAT SHOWS THE PIE CHART.
SO PRETTY MUCH WE WERE ABOUT 47% COMPLETE WITH OUR LANDING RETROFITS.
UM, WE HAVE AN, UM, ANOTHER, APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER, UM, OUT 447 SITES.
SOME OF THEM, MOST OF THEM WITH DWP UH, TERRITORIES, SOME OF THEM WITH, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON.
OUR PLAN IS TO COMPLETE THE, UH, THIS, I WOULD SAY ABOUT IN THE NEXT, UM, EIGHT TO 10 YEARS, THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AT LEAST ACHIEVE, UH, HOPEFULLY 50% OF THE REMAINING SITES.
QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER MEMBERS? YES, MR. CAMPBELL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY.
SO ON THE, UH, ON THE BAR CHART THAT SHOWS THE PROGRAM SUMMARY AND COST AVOIDANCE, UM, IN THE LAST YEAR, PRESENTED THERE 26, 27, UM, IT'S SHOWING ANNUAL COST AVOIDANCE OF 5.7 MILLION.
SO IS THAT, IS THAT FOR THAT YEAR? AND, AND THEORETICALLY THEN, IF NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED BEYOND THAT FOR EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR, THAT'S AN A ONE YEAR COST AVOIDANCE OR CUMULATIVE COST AVOIDANCE, THAT'S A CUMULATIVE PROGRAM AVOIDANCE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN WE'LL BECOME THAT AVOIDANCE WILL BECOME, CONTINUE EVERY, TO KEEP GOING EVERY YEAR IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT'S THE, WHAT YOU, WE ARE SEEING IN BLUE IS THE ACTUAL, UM, SAVINGS FOR THAT YEAR.
WHEN WE PROJECT OUR UTILITIES, WE PROJECT UTILITIES FOR THAT YEAR.
SO WE, WE SEE THAT AS SAVINGS.
LET'S SAY IF WE PROJECTED THAT WE ARE GONNA SPEND A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN UTILITIES AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO SOME RETROFIT THAT, UM, THAT, THAT, UH, AVOIDANCE, WE SAW IT AS SAVINGS FOR THAT SPECIFIC YEAR.
BUT THEN FOR THE, UH, FOLLOWING YEAR, IT BECOMES WHAT WE CALL AVOIDANCE.
AND IT KEEPS BUILDING, UH, TO THE FIVE YEARS HERE THAT WE FINISHED THE PROGRAM, LET'S SAY, FOR UNDER THE LAST MOU TO GIVE US, UH, 5.7 MILLION COST AVOIDANCE.
SO ASSUMING NO OTHER CHANGES IN 27 28, WE WOULD EXPECT TO AVOID APPROXIMATELY 5.7 MILLION OF COSTS.
PRETTY, PRETTY QUICK PAYBACK FOR OUR INVESTMENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MS. BELL? YES.
UM, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WITH THE, UM, EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THERE'S, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, UNDER THE EDUCATION, THERE'S LOTS OF PROGRAMS AND WHICH OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE SPECIFICALLY MAYBE GEARED MORE TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ARE TALKING ABOUT CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND NOT JUST GENERAL AWARENESS, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SEE, UH, A BAKERY CLASSROOM, UM, LATER TODAY AND, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
YEAH, SO THE PROGRAMS THAT I, I'M SHARING UP HERE, THEY'RE ONLY DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROGRAMS AND THEY GEARED TOWARDS DIFFERENT GRADES.
THE HEROES FOR ZERO, IT'S DEVELOPED TO ADDRESS ALL DIFFERENT GRADES.
SO DEPENDING ON YOUR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, OR HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH CUSTOMIZED FOR THOSE DIFFERENT GRADES.
THE GREEN PROFESSIONALS WAS MORE, UH, UH, GEARED TOWARDS THE, THE ACTUAL EDUCATORS, LIKE THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS THAT WE HAD AND SOME OF THE CUSTODIAL STAFF.
THE EMPOWERED WAS MORE, UH, OF THE HIGH OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
UH, WE FOCUS ON THOSE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEIR PROGRAMMING THAT IT OFFERS, IT, IT REALLY, IT'S MORE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AND IT REALLY PREPARES THEM FOR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY, THEY DO GET, UH, A TOOLKIT WITH DIFFERENT, UM, UH, DIFFERENT DEVICES THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WATER CONSERVATION.
UM, THE SAME WITH THE MAGENTA HOUSE WAS MORE GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL, OUR PLAN IN THE FUTURE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE NOW HAVE ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, AND OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS LIKE THE SOLAR PROGRAM OR THE, UH, ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING PROGRAM, THOSE HAVE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS FOR HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE SEEING MORE ENGAGEMENT IN THOSE PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THE FUTURE.
THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA DO THE SAME.
IT'S GONNA HELP US, UH, DEVELOP MORE CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NOTED AS A RECOMMENDATION RIGHT ON OUR CLIMATE LITERACY POSITION THAT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE LAST WEEK.
AND WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING A LOT MORE INTO, INTO THE TRAITS AND CRAFTS AND HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO GET, UM, OUR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP CAREER PATHWAYS FOR THEM.
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ANY OTHER, I HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, BUT I THINK I WANT TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT WITH MS. BET'S QUESTION.YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE AGENDA.
WE WERE AWARE, AND IT WAS WHEN YOU PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ACADEMIC ENG ENRICHMENT FROM THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY, UH, TOOK ANOTHER LEVEL OF, OF, OF VALUE.
UM, I ALWAYS WONDER, 'CAUSE L-A-U-S-D IS SO LARGE, HOW DO YOU CHOOSE WHICH SCHOOLS BENEFIT FROM THIS, WHEREAS THE DISTRICT IN, IN TOTAL, IF I DON'T HAPPEN TO BE LIVING IN PROXIMITY, YOU KNOW, IF I GET THE BENEFIT AS A STUDENT OR AS A FAMILY WHO HAS INTEREST IN THESE AREAS? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND ACTUALLY WE'VE, UH, WE'RE WORKING NOW WITH DWP, WE DEVELOPED, UM, THE ACTUAL, UH, PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY FOR EACH ONE OF THESE STRATEGIES.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FOR THE DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE, JUST WE WERE TO TAKE THAT, WE HAVE TO SELECT SITES WITHIN THE DWP SERVICE TERRITORY.
WE HAVE TO, UH, WE'RE SELECTING SITES BASED ON HIGH ENERGY USAGE, UM, AND OUR WATER USE.
WE'RE COORDINATE THE SELECTION WITH DWP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON THE SIZE THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE CONSIDER SCHOOL SITES WITHIN DISADVANTAGE AREAS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT, UH, WE DO COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS TO AVOID ANY OVERLAP, FOR EXAMPLE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO A SITE THAT WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE OR A MAJOR MODERNIZATION.
AND THEN, UM, UM, AND THEN ALSO WE LOOK AT SCHOOLS THAT COULD BE SUBJECT TO CONSOLIDATION.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO TO SITES THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT ENROLLMENT IS NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
SO, SO WE TRIED TO IDENTIFY THIS KIND OF STRATEGIES FOR THE LIGHTING, FOR THE EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS PROGRAMS. UM, WE KEPT IT, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HEROES FOR ZERO.
WE KEPT IT OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED SCHOOL SITES BECAUSE WE WANNA ENGAGE AS MANY SCHOOLS AS WE CAN.
OUR QUALITIES AND THE EMPOWER PROGRAM, WE WANT TO BRING AS MANY SCHOOLS AS WE CAN INTO THOSE PROGRAMS. UNFORTUNATELY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LAST FEW YEARS, WHILE WE'RE ABLE TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION, A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS THEY HAVE, UH, MAY, THEY MAY HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS AND THEY MAY BE CHALLENGING FOR 'EM TO JOIN SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. SO, BUT WE ALWAYS TRY TO ADVANCE THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY ANSWER, BUT THANK YOU FOR, IN SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON, YOU KNOW, THEIR APPROACH THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE IS THIS CONCERN.
UM, WHAT, HOW MANY, IF YOU HAD TO GIVE A PERCENTAGE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE SOME SITES THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF L-A-D-W-P, SO IT'D BE EDISON ON THE POWER SIDE AND THEN WATER PORS OF DIFFERENT YEAH.
MAYBE MUNICIPALITIES ON THE OTHER, HOW MANY SCHOOL SITES JUST IN PERCENTAGE, 60, 70% FALL UNDER A-L-A-D-W-P OR IT'S APPROXIMATELY 80%.
IS THERE ANY, I I THINK YOU'VE MENTIONED IT, BUT, UH, OR IT WAS STATED SOMEHOW, IS THERE A POTENTIAL OUTREACH TO EDISON AND, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, THE WATER PURVEYORS TO TRY TO DEVELOP A SIMILAR, THERE IS ACTUALLY, WE, I'VE BEEN MEETING AND DISCUSSING WITH EDISON FOR A WHILE NOW, AND WE'RE GONNA APPROACH 'EM AGAIN AND WE TRY TO USE THIS AGREEMENT AS A SAMPLE AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO UTILIZE.
UH, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WITH, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, EDISON IS THAT, UM, THEY, IT'S A PRIVATE, UH, OWN UTILITY AND WHAT WE CAN GO THROUGH PUBLIC ACTION AND PURCHASE POWER, UH, FROM THEM COMPARED TO DWP, WE'RE NOT, WE HAVE SET RATES.
SO, UM, BUT REGARDLESS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING, UH, TO DEVELOP SOME KIND OF, OF A, OF AN AGREEMENT.
THEY HAVE PROGRAMS, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE WITH DWP, SO THEY CAN HELP US ADVANCE THESE LAD RETROFITS.
THEY HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WERE BENEFICIAL TO US FOR CHARGING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
SO I'M HOPING THAT, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE'LL GET 'EM TO ENGAGE TO HELP US OUT WITH LAD RETROFITS AS WELL.
I, LAST TWO COMMS ARE KIND OF ANECDOTAL AND, AND, AND ONE OF 'EM HAS TO DO WITH THE IDEA, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SOCIETAL SORT OF, UH, ADVANCEMENTS, TECHNOLOGY AND SO FORTH EITHER COME FROM MILITARY OR UNIVERSITY RESEARCH, RIGHT? AND IT'S KIND OF NEAT TO SEE THE K THROUGH TWELVES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE DIVING IN A LITTLE BIT INTO IT AND WHERE THE STUDENTS GET TO SEE HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THEIR OWN SITES AND CAMPUSES ARE ACTUALLY WORKING, NOT WORKING.
UM, AND SO IT'S A, I I, I, I APPLAUD THAT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UH, PAYBACKS OFF OF THIS.
AND SPEAKING OF PAYBACKS, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR, OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER REGARDING, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, UH, LAWSUIT IN HISTORY.
BUT HEY, I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, THE VALUE OF WHAT THE MONEY WAS THEN VERSUS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING NOW, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION AS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING OUT ON THE END ON THIS, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS.
SO, UH, GOOD, GOOD LUCK TO YOU ON THIS, AND I, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE EFFORT.
AND IF THERE ISN'T ANY OTHER, HEY, MR. PANSKY, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? GOOD TO SEE YOU.
DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TOO FAR BEHIND
YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU WOULD NOTHING? NO.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION THEN, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS,
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MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS ITEM? A MOTION BY MS. JONES SECOND CAMPBELL.UH, CAN WE ASK FOR THE VOTE? YES.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, THIS IS THE VOTE, UH, TO RECOMMEND, UH, APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION RELATED TO AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AN MOU WITH L-A-D-W-P AND TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF $20 MILLION FOR AN ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING UPGRADE PROGRAM.
AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER ADULTS IN THE ROOM WITH ME.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED WITH 11 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
UM, AND, AND HI MS. LEWIS, I GOOD TO SEE YOU OR HEAR FROM YOU.
[4. Three Projects to Provide Critical Replacements and Upgrades of School Building/Site Systems and Components and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
FOUR ARE THREE CRITICAL REPLACEMENT AND UPDATE, UH, HOW WE SAY UPDATE UPGRADE PROJECTS.I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MR. MARK CHO, DIRECT DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND MO TO PRESENT THE ITEM.
HEY, MR. CHO, HOW ARE YOU? MORNING, MR. CHAIR.
MR. VICE CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE VOC I'LL BE HAPPY TO PRESENT ALL THE PROJECTS TODAY IN FOUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
TWO OF THEM ARE ROOFING PROJECTS, TYPICAL ROOFING PROJECTS.
THE THIRD ITEM IS A GYMNASIUM FLOORING REPLACEMENT PROJECTS.
THE TOTAL PROJECT VALUE IS ABOUT $5.2 MILLION THAT WE ARE ASKING TODAY.
AND I HAVE A SLIDE FOR EACH PROJECT.
THIS IS A TYPICAL ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
THE SCHOOL OPENED IN 1923 AND WE ARE REPLACING THE DETERIORATED ROOF THAT IS OVER 25 YEARS OLD, CAMPUS WIDE.
LIKE MOST ROOFING REPLACEMENT PROJECT, WE DON'T NEED A DESIGN NO DSA AND THE 90% OF THE PROJECT COST WE ARE ASKING GOES TO THE CONSTRUCTION.
INTERESTINGLY, THIS SCHOOL HAS A CONTINUOUS INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET FOR THIS SCHOOL WE ARE ASKING IS LITTLE OVER $1.6 MILLION.
AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE COST IS ABOUT AVERAGE AT $43 PER SQUARE FOOT.
NEXT ROOFING IS AT INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UH, THE SCHOOL OPENED IN 1997 AND THE AGE OF ROOF IS ABOUT 28 YEARS OLD.
THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET WE ARE ASKING FOR IS ABOUT $2.3 MILLION.
THE SQUARE FOOTAGE COST IS AT $45 PER SQUARE FOOT, BOTH IN COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
WE ARE REPLACING THE ENTIRE GYM FLOOR FOR TYPICAL GYM FLOOR MAINTENANCE.
FOR REFINISHING, WE GRIND, WE SAND THE FLOOR, THEN APPLY THE NEW COAT.
BUT THIS IS BEYOND THE REPAIR.
UH, THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN HEAVILY USED THIS GYM FOR THE LAST 14 YEARS.
WE'LL DEMOLISH THE FLOOR, PROVIDE WATERPROOFING FOR THE FLOORS.
WE WILL ALSO REPLACE THE DOOR AND UPGRADE THE WEATHERPROOFING BEFORE PROVIDING THE NEW GYM FLOORS.
THIS IS A DSA PROJECT AND REQUIRE A DESIGN.
THE THIRD OF PROJECT VALUE IS ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.
THE CONSTRUCTION CAN START IN QUARTER FOUR OF 2027 AND COMPLETE BY QUARTER TWO OF 2028.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? THANK YOU OF THAT FOR THAT.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. CHO, MR. CAMPBELL ON, UH, ON THE SECOND, UH, OF
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THESE PROJECTS? IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, THIS IS A FAIRLY, UH, UNDERUTILIZED CAMPUS INDEPENDENCE.UM, IF I'M, AM I ON THE RIGHT ITEM HERE? IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, 42% VACANCY.
I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, I THINK FOR THAT PROJECT IS, UM, RELATED TO, UH, ROOFING OF, OF, UH, PORTABLE FACILITIES.
UM, ARE ALL OF THE, ARE ALL OF THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE REPLACING ROOFING OCCUPIED AND, AND BEING USED AS CLASSROOMS OR, OR ADMINISTRATIVE SPACES, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YES, THIS IS CAMPUS WIDE, UH, ROOFING SYSTEM.
ALTHOUGH BUILDINGS MAY HAVE UNDERUTILIZED, UH, WE CANNOT NOT REPLACE THE ROOFING.
UH, ROOFING IS THE FIRST PROTECTION OF OUR INVESTMENT.
SO WE ARE REPLACING THE ROOFING CAMPUS-WIDE.
IT, I I GUESS MY QUESTION THOUGH IS IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE RECENT TREND IS DECLINING ENROLLMENT, ABOUT 6%, ABOUT 42% OF THE, THE, IF THE CAPACITY OF THAT SCHOOL IS 719 AND WE'RE 418 STUDENTS.
SO HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT SORT OF, WHILE I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR FACILITIES AT LEAST TO SOME BASIC STANDARD.
BUT ARE THERE, ARE THERE NEARBY, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS THAT, THAT YOU KNOW, ALSO POTENTIALLY HAVE CAPACITY? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A HUGE PROJECT, BUT IT'S, IT'S SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS SCHOOL.
UM, I I GUESS I, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BETTER, HOW DOES, HOW, IF AT ALL, DOES THAT CALCULUS COME IN OR IS IT CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT OF THESE TYPES OF, UM, THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS? RIGHT.
DO, DO WE LOOK AT ENROLLMENT AND POTENTIAL FUTURE UTILIZATION AT ALL CERTAIN PROJECTS WE DO, UH, FOR, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS PROJECT? WE HAVE FUTURE SHARE STRUCTURE PROGRAM AND WE DO LOOK AT THE ENROLLMENT 'CAUSE THAT IS A HUGE INVESTMENT THAT WE ARE MAKING.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE INVESTMENT GOES TO THE HIGH ENROLLED SCHOOLS.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO ROOFING, UH, THE ENROLLMENT, WE JUST WANTED TO PROTECT OUR INITIAL INVESTMENT.
IF WE DON'T PROTECT NOW, UH, WE'RE GONNA LOSE THE BUILDINGS IN NEXT THREE YEARS.
SO ENROLLMENT PLAYS LESS ROLE IN THIS ROOFING TYPE OF PROJECTS.
AND I GUESS AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF ANY PLANS FOR THE DISTRICT TO EITHER CONSOLIDATE OR, OR DISCONTINUE THE USE OF THIS FACILITY IN THE, NO, SIR.
I I I'LL DID YOU MS. OH, GO AHEAD.
I, UM, SO I GUESS ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, I KNOW WITH SCHOOLS THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED, SOMETIMES PORTABLES ARE REMOVED.
UM, AND THEN THAT POTENTIALLY CREATES, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR GREEN SPACE.
SO WHEN PORTABLES ARE REMOVED, SO HOW, HOW DOES THAT DECISION GET MADE AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE REMOVED, WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM? SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
MS. BETS ONE OF THE SEEDS PROJECTS THAT I'LL BE SHOWING YOU.
WE ARE ACTUALLY REMOVING ONE OF THE PORTABLES FOR REASON.
AND UH, MAYBE WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, I CAN EXPLAIN BETTER, UH, WHY WE ARE REMOVING THE PORTABLE AND WHAT KIND OF PROJECT CAN REPLACE, UH, THAT PLACE WHERE REMOVING THE PORTABLE FROM.
SO THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT ONE OF THE FOUR CS PROJECT, I HAVE THAT SLIDE THAT I CAN SHOW YOU.
AND I GUESS I'M ASKING ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IF A PORTABLE IS REMOVED AND THEN USED SOMEWHERE ELSE, I GUESS IT MAKES MORE SENSE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THAT BUILDING BY REPLACING THE ROOFING, UM, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE USED POTENTIALLY AT A DIFFERENT SITE.
RIGHT? SO PORTABLES, UH, WHEN YOU REMOVE PORTABLES, IT CAN HAPPEN IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
UH, HOW OLD THIS PORTABLE IS A DSA CERTIFIED PORTABLE THAT WE CAN SAVE AND USE IT ELSEWHERE IF THAT'S THE CASE, YEAH, WE RELOCATE THE PORTABLE.
IF NONE OF THOSE APPLY TO THAT CASE, THEN WE ARE, WE DO DEMOLISH THE PORTABLE AND RECYCLE THEM.
SO THEN THIS PORTABLE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS REUSABLE OR FEATURE USE, FEATURE USE AT THIS SITE.
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BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS RIGHT IN THE SAME LINE OF THINKING, BUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A TWIST.SO, AND, AND, AND WE KNOW IF, IF THE ROOF, UM, INTEGRITY AND, AND UH, AGE IS THAT IT IS THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PORTABLE HAVING ITS ABILITY TO BE ROOTED AND MOVED IS PROBABLY IT'S GONNA BE PAST ITS LIFECYCLE TOO.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND ALONG THE LINES WITH MR. CAMPBELL, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A CURRICULUM QUESTION HERE.
'CAUSE THERE COULD BE SOME CURRICULUM THAT'S IN THESE PORTABLES THAT MAY OR JUST 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELOCATED INTO THE OTHER STRUCTURES.
BUT WHY INVEST IN THE PORTABLES IF THE ENROLLMENT IS LOWER? AND THE POSSIBILITY IS THAT THESE COURSE OR CURRICULUM COULD BE RELOCATED IN AND YOU MIGHT KNOW, SEE 'CAUSE YOU'RE AN ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, THIS IS JUST A PRINCIPAL TALKING.
I WOULDN'T WANNA BE THE TEACHER IN THAT CLASSROOM WHO DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD ROOF BECAUSE IF IT WAS TO BE, UM, THERE ARE OTHER ASPECTS GOING ON.
I'M SAYING REMOVING THE PORTABLE COMPLETELY SINCE THE LOWER YOU GOT A LITTLE AND THEN TALK TO THE TEACHER WHO'S BEEN THERE FOR 37 YEARS, PROBABLY WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THE BUILDING, RIGHT.
SO I, I'LL, I'LL STILL LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE.
YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, WITH PRUDENT USE, IF, IF THE, IF WE'RE NOT MAXIMIZING THE USE OF THE OTHER EXISTING BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS AND TOTALITY AND THESE PORTABLES WHICH HAVE ALREADY MEET, MET THEIR LIFESPAN, WHY INVEST THIS MONEY? UM, AGAIN, PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR MAYBE AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PROJECTS OVER TIME, THESE PENNIES BECOME DIMES, NICKELS, QUARTERS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
ALRIGHT, SO I, THAT'S THE UH, POINT I'M MAKING.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT THAT CAN CHANGE ANYTHING.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO HERE, IT'S JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND IT'S ON THE RECORD THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO THINK THIS WAY, UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THESE SITES, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE JURASSIC THING IS, YOU KNOW, MOVING EVERYBODY OFF OF A CAMPUS AND COMBINING THEM WITH ANOTHER CAMPUS, YOU KNOW.
WELL WE GET INTO OTHER LOGISTICAL ISSUES.
SO MR. BOGGIO, I I CAN TELL I JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE FIVE PORTABLES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, THERE, THERE'S PLANS TO USE THEM ON THE CAMPUS.
WHEN I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT.
WHEN, SO WHEN WE'RE NOT, EXCUSE ME, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO REPLACE THE ROOFS ON VACANT BUILDINGS THAT WON'T BE UTILIZED? NO.
UH, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED EARLIER, WHEN PROJECT DEVELOPER GOES OUT TO THE SCHOOL SITE AND ASSESS ALL THIS ROOFING AND THE NEEDS OF ROOFING REPLACEMENT, FIRST THING THEY CHECK IS, ARE THESE PORTABLES ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY IN THE FUTURE? THAT'S THE FIRST THING THEY CHECK.
IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN THEY, WE CHECK WITH THE SCHOOL IS THEY'RE, WE CANNOT FORESEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW IN ENROLLMENT.
SO BUILDINGS ITSELF IS NOT JUST BUILDING ITSELF, IT HAS ALL THE COMPUTERS, ALL THE INVESTED EQUIPMENT AS PART OF THE BUILDING.
SO IF WE DON'T REPLACE HIM RIGHT NOW, THE WINNER SEASON IS COMING, THEN WE WILL LOSE ALL THESE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE AT THIS SITE.
JUST IN GENERAL BEFORE THE DISTRICT BRINGS PROJECTS LIKE THIS FOR OUR CONSIDERATION, THAT ASSESSMENT GENERALLY WE CAN ASSUME HAS BEEN MADE THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW AHEAD OF TIME THAT THE BUILDINGS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT WILL BE UTILIZED AND THERE'S PLANS TO UTILIZE 'EM AS OPPOSED TO ABANDON THEM OR RIGHT.
I I I, WE, WE ARE GETTING SOME GOOD CONVERSATION.
ALRIGHT, MR. PANSKY, MR. CHOY, I, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR A WHILE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS TRYING TO GET RID OF THOSE FACILITIES, LIKE THAT WAS ONE OF LA USD'S MISSION WAS TO GET RID OF THOSE SO THAT PEOPLE WERE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM.
SO I, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT PLAN? SO THAT PLAN STILL EXISTS.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE, UH, DEPARTMENT OVERSEEING ALL THESE PORTABLES AND THEY ASSESS HOW OLD THEY ARE, WHETHER THEY ARE DSA CERTIFIED OR WHETHER THEY CAN BE, UH, TAKEN AWAY BASED ON THE ENROLLMENT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT LOOKING AT IT.
IT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR FACILITY SITE SO THAT WHEN WE GO OUT THERE ASSESS THE BUILDING, WE, LIKE I SAID, WE CHECK THAT FIRST, THEN WE WORK WITH THEM, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT INVESTING THE MONEY THAT WILL NOT BE BENEFITED IN THE FUTURE.
SO THEY DIDN'T DEEM THIS AS A FACILITY TO REMOVE IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THEIR LIST OF THOSE YET BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN A CERTAIN AGE FRAME.
I'M, I'M MAKING UP AN EXAMPLE.
IF IT'S OVER 50 YEARS OLD, WE NEED TO TOSS IT.
IF IT'S 30 YEARS OLD, WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT RIGHT.
SO YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IN THE PREVIOUS ROOFING PROJECTS.
'CAUSE WE DON'T GIVE YOU OTHER DETAILED LAYOUT WHICH BUILDINGS, SPECIFIC BUILDINGS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PAST.
WE DON'T INCLUDE EVERY BUILDING'S ON CAMPUS.
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WE DRAW A LINE.THESE BUILDINGS WILL BE DEMOLISHED OR TAKEN AWAY IN THREE YEARS FROM NOW.
THEN WE DON'T INCLUDE THOSE IN THE ROOFING PROGRAM.
SO WE DO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL IN THE PLANNING STAGE.
SO THEN GOING BACK TO WHAT MY PARTNERS HERE, UH, AT THE DS ARE SAYING IS THAT WE'RE INVESTING A A LOT OF MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT COULD BE GONE IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW OR 10 YEARS FROM NOW, OR DO WE KNOW? NO SIR.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN WITH THE CAMPUS.
THIS BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE PROTECTING WILL BE THERE AND UTILIZED ONE POINT BY THE SCHOOLS OR BY OTHER SCHOOL SITES BY RELOCATING FOR HOW LONG THOUGH? LIKE IS THERE A A, A GUESSTIMATE FOR THIS LIKE SPECIFIC TYPE OF BUILDING? SO WE'RE APPROVING IT NOW, BUT IS IT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW OR 10 YEARS FROM NOW? I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO LOOK AT EACH BUILDING WHEN IT WAS BUILT, ACTUALLY CHECK THE CONDITION, WHAT'S INSIDE OF ALL, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SAY AT THIS TIME HOW MANY YEARS THAT WILL, WE DON'T KNOW FOR THIS SPECIFIC BUILDING.
YOU KNOW, IN IN, IN FAIRNESS TO MR. CHO, AND I KNOW MR. CAMPBELL, YOU STILL HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE PROVOCATIVE, BUT WE HAVE FOCUSED LATELY ON ENROLLMENT AND A LOT OF THESE CAMPUSES WERE BUILT WITH A CERTAIN ENROLLMENT.
IT PEAKED, WE ADDED PORTABLES TO MEET THE MAIN MEANS AND DEMANDS OF, SO THAT HAS DROPPED.
AND I UNDERSTAND FROM WHAT I HEARD, IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, THERE'S STILL ANOTHER ENTITY WITHIN FACILITIES THAT'S EVALUATING THESE, RIGHT? THIS SITE AND OTHERS THAT ARE GONNA COME FOR US MAY NOT HAVE BEEN EVALUATED YET, BUT YOU'VE MADE SOME GOOD POINTS.
MAYBE THERE IS A SETUP IN SOME OF THESE PORTABLES THAT WOULD BE AN EXPENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, MOVE THEM INTO THE PERMANENT BUILDINGS.
THAT MIGHT BE WHAT THEY MIGHT BE.
BUT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WE'RE GONNA ASK THE QUESTION.
AND I, AND I APPRECIATE BOTH SIDES OF THINKING.
I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE SO THAT WE'RE BEING AGAIN PRUDENT.
UM, IF THERE ARE OPTIONS TO THIS SINCE ENROLLMENT IS DROPPING, THEN THE PORTABLES, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY IN THEORY SHOULDN'T BE NECESSARY ANYMORE.
DON'T INVEST IN THEM IN ANYMORE DEPENDING ON THEIR LIFECYCLE.
AND WE DON'T KNOW THE LIFECYCLE ON THESE.
AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE CAPABLE OF BEING REMOVED AND RELOCATED.
OR WHAT EXPENSE THAT WOULD BE WHERE YOU DO YOU GET A NEW PORTABLE OR, YOU KNOW, NEW, UH, NOW THEY DON'T EVEN CALL 'EM PORTABLES MEAN ANYMORE.
AND I KNOW MR. CAMPBELL, YOU STOOD A CALL.
CAN I FINISH MY THOUGHT? OH, OKAY.
AND, AND JUST QUICK TO MICHAEL'S POINT, UH, MR. CHO, CAN YOU ACTUALLY COME BACK AT, YOU KNOW, NEXT MONTH'S MEETING OR SOMETHING AND MAYBE PROVIDE SOME MORE INSIGHT ON THE STATUS OF THE, OF THESE TYPE OF FACILITIES, THE LIFESPANS, EVERYTHING THAT MICHAEL HAD JUST SHARED, THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND WE'LL HAVE MORE ROOFING PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE CONTINUOUSLY.
SO, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO THE REMOVABLE BUILDINGS? YES.
SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP AND I, I, I APPRECIATE MR. BOGGIO QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
THEY, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT FACILITIES HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED IN, IN THIS.
AND, AND WHAT I'M GETTING AT YOU, YOU SORT OF ADDRESSED IT, BUT I STILL, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND, I GUESS THE PROCESS, RIGHT? WE GO TO THE SCHOOL SITE ADMINISTRATOR.
I ASSUME THEY, THEY'RE A KEY STAKEHOLDER IN THIS, RIGHT? THE PRINCIPAL OR WHOMEVER.
AND, AND WE ASK THEM ABOUT THEIR CURRENT USE OF, OF THESE AND IF THEY HAVE PLANS TO USE THEM IN THE FUTURE.
BUT BASED ON THE NUMBERS, FOUR OUT OF FOUR OUT OF 10 SEATS ON THIS CAMPUS ARE VACANT.
YOU, YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT WE CAN'T PREDICT FUTURE ENROLLMENT.
UM, THERE SEEM TO BE A LOT OF FOLKS TRYING TO, UH, AND UM, THE CONSENSUS AMONG THE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC AT LEAST IS THAT THE DISTRICT IS LOOKING TO LOSE ABOUT ORDER OF ITS STUDENT POPULATION IN THE NEXT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS ALREADY, WHICH IS ALREADY SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED FROM 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO.
SO, UM, THE RECENT TREND FOR THIS SCHOOL IS DOWN FOUR OUTTA 10 SEATS ARE EMPTY.
AND SO BEYOND SOMEBODY AUTHORITATIVE AT THE SCHOOL SITE TELLING US THAT WE HAVE A PLAN IN THE FUTURE TO USE THESE FACILITIES.
UM, AND, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S, THAT'S I, I GUESS, AND, AND, AND CONFIRMING THAT THEY'RE MAYBE, UM, DSA CERTIFIED PORTABLES, IF THAT'S A CRITERIA.
BUT, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, LIKE, LIKE WHAT ELSE GOES INTO THE PROCESS TO ASSESS, UM, THE POTENTIAL FUTURE NEED FOR THESE 'CAUSE? 'CAUSE I WOULD CERTAINLY WANNA PRESERVE ALL THE, ALL THE FACILITIES ON, ON, ON A SITE THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR.
I MEAN, THE PTA COULD USE ONE, YOU COULD STORE SPIRIT WEAR, YOU COULD HAVE YOUR PEP RALLY STUFF IN THERE, EXTRA SPACE FOR CLUB.
I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF GOOD USES, RIGHT? UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO THOSE FALL IN TERMS OF, OKAY, WE, WE HAVE LIMITED MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, ARE THEY EMPTY RIGHT NOW? THEY MIGHT BE, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT A REASON NOT TO FIX THE ROOF.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN JUST THEM WANTING TO KEEP IT, WHAT, WHAT ELSE GOES INTO THE PROCESS TO DETERMINE, RIGHT, THAT UTILIZATION? SO
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THE WORD PORTABLE IS NOT A FANCY WORD.PORTABLE DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T LAST FOR A LONG TIME.
WE HAVE PROJECT THAT WE ARE INSTALLING PORTABLE, AND THEY'RE PRICEY.
THEY'RE ABOUT $600,000 PER PORTABLE.
SO WE WEIGH IN, HEY, DO WE NEED TO SAVE THESE PORTABLES FOR THE FUTURE USE? OR DO WE NEED TO INVEST IT? BUT LATER ON, MAKE A DECISION TO INSTALL A NEW PORTABLE AT THE TIME SO THAT, THAT, YEAH, WE LOOK AT THOSE AS WELL.
BUT IT'S A, IT'S A DECISION THAT AT THIS TIME, AT THIS TIME, WE GOTTA PROTECT THE ROOF.
WE CAN ADD ANOTHER 1000 SQUARE FEET, THEN WE CAN PROTECT THIS BUILDING.
SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON THAT WE GO FORWARD.
I, I, I WOULD LIKE MORE, AND THIS IS BEYOND THIS ITEM, INFORMATION ABOUT HOW, HOW WE ARE MAKING THESE DETERMINATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN CONSIDERATION OF, UM, CENSUS, NOT JUST, NOT FOR THIS PROJECT, JUST IN GENERAL FOR, FOR, FOR EVERYWHERE THAT WE'RE SPENDING BOND MONEY, UH, IN A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THAT.
IF, UM, IS THERE A MOTION, UH, MR. HAMNER? I THINK MS. LEWIS, HOLD ON NOW.
THEN ALSO, I SEE THAT, HI, GOOD MORNING.
I'M SORRY TO, UM, INTERRUPT, BUT I DID WANNA PROVIDE JUST SOME ADDITIONAL DATA, UM, THAT MARK PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE IT ON HIS FINGER PART TIPS, BUT TO JUST CONFIRM THE USAGE OF THE SPACE AND OVERALL IN THE, UM, THE SCHOOL IN GENERAL.
SO THIS IS FROM WHAT'S CALLED THE, UM, ENROLLMENT CAPACITY ASSESSMENT REPORT.
UM, THAT IS DONE BY EVERY SCHOOL AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WORKING WITH OUR MASTER PLANNING AND DEMOGRAPHICS DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND OUR MASTER PLANNING DEMOGRAPHICS DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH PRINCIPALS, PROBABLY REMEMBER CHARLOTTE, UM, WHERE THEY HAVE TO, UH, CONFIRM THE USAGE OF EVERY CLASSROOM AT THAT SPACE.
AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, ENROLLMENT DOESN'T ALWAYS CORRELATE EXACTLY TO HOW EVERY ROOM IS USED.
UM, AND WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT MAY HAVE A HIGH NUMBER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, A HIGH NUMBER OF SET ASIDES FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS. SO YOU CAN'T TAKE ONE SCHOOL AND JUST EASILY COMPARE THAT, OH, THIS SCHOOL HAS 300 KIDS, ANOTHER SCHOOL HAS 300 KIDS.
THEY'LL BOTH NEED THE SAME AMOUNT OF CLASSES.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT LOADING ZONES DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF CLASSROOM OR INSTRUCTIONS, SPECIAL ED CLASSES, OR LOADED AT A DIFFERENT LOADING ZONE THAN CLASSROOMS ARE.
SO I WANTED TO JUST CONFIRM SPECIFICALLY AT THIS CAMPUS, THOSE FIVE PORTABLE CLASSROOMS ARE IN USE.
UM, THEY'RE USED BY BOTH SPECIAL ED AND BY DISTRICT SET ASIDES.
UM, THERE IS, THE CURRENT CAPACITY IS NOT SHOWING THAT THERE ARE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE CLASSROOMS AT THE SCHOOL FOR USE.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE ENROLLMENT DECLINED, THE PRINCIPAL IS SHOWING THAT THEY ARE USING THOSE CLASSROOMS FOR EITHER SET ASIDE, AND THEY DO HAVE A NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS THAT ARE USED FOR WHAT'S CALLED, UM, SPECIAL DAY CLASSES AND FOR, UM, SPECIAL ED CLASSES.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE YOU NOW, UM, WITH THIS INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE CLASSROOMS THAT WE'RE REPLACING THE USE, UM, THE ROOFS ARE, ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZED BY THE SCHOOL SITE.
I, I'M GOING TO EMPHASIZE MY ORIGINAL COMMENT THAT STARTED A LOT OF THIS IS THAT I STATED IN THE VERY BEGINNING AND EMPHASIZED THAT WE DON'T KNOW THE CURRICULUM THAT'S IN A LOT OF THESE, AND THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO RELOCATE.
SO I WASN'T BLANKET STATING THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE REPAIRING THESE.
I'M JUST PLAYING THIS CARD AND IT COULD BE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
WITH THAT WE HAVE MS. LEWIS, YOU HAVE A, UH, A COMMENT.
JUST ONE QUICK ADDITION IS TO THE POINT THAT WE JUST HEARD THAT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ADD FOR FUTURE, UH, REPORTS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF QUESTION THAT YOU GOT IT.
USUALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ROOF REVIEW PROJECT, WE NEVER RECEIVED THIS MANY CHALLENGES IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE A A SO WAIT, LET'S SPEAK.
MS. LEWIS, DID YOU HAVE A, A COMMENT? NO.
UM, SO, AND I HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE FLOORING REPAIR.
SO THE BUILDING ITSELF IS BEING REINFORCED AND REPAIRED FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE WATER, UM, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING BEING DONE ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING TO PREVENT THE WATER FROM SITTING WHERE IT WAS OR, OR HOW THIS DAMAGE HAPPENED, I GUESS.
SO IT HAPPENED IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE BLACKENED,
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DETERIORATED WOOD.THOSE ARE THE DAMAGES COMING UNDERNEATH THE, FROM THE DOOR THRESHOLD.
SO WHEN YOU HAD A HEAVY RAIN STORM, THE WATER IN INTRUDED THROUGH THE DOOR.
SO PART OF THE PROJECT IS TO UPGRADE THE THRESHOLD AND PROVIDE THE WATER, UH, WEATHERPROOFING.
SECOND SOURCE OF WATER IS ON THE LEFT SIDE PICTURE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE UNEVEN SURFACES.
THOSE ARE THE WATER INTRUSION FROM THE FLOORS.
SO MAYBE THE WATERPROOFING OVER THE 15 YEARS OF USAGE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED.
UH, SO WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE OPENS UP THE FLOOR.
SO OUR PROJECT IS TO, THE SCOPE INCLUDES PROVIDING AFTER DEMOLITION, PROVIDING COMPLETE WATERPROOFING THROUGHOUT THE FLOOR SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO THEN WITH THE RAIN WATER AT THE DOOR THRESHOLD, I ASSUME THERE'S A SLOPE OR SOME SORT OF WE HAVE A LOW, YEAH, LOW RAMP WATER CAME LOW AREA.
SO IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OR POTENTIAL FOR HAVING THAT RAIN WATER DIVERT AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE OR HAVING A GREEN, A, A PERMEABLE SPACE SO IT'S NOT SITTING THERE.
SO THE DESIGN INCLUDES PREVENTING THAT FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.
PLUS WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THIS ENTRANCE DO NOT HAVE CANOPY.
SO ORDER HISTO THEOR DIRECTLY.
SO ALL THOSE FACTORS WILL BE, UH, USED TO DESIGN THE PROPER WATER PROTECTION IN THE FUTURE.
I, I DIDN'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS ITEM ANYMORE, BUT SINCE YOU GOT US TO THIS SLIDE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ASK MY QUESTION.
UM, IS THE MATERIAL THAT'S GOING TO BE USED TO REPLACE THIS ALSO HARDWOOD? THOSE ARE SIMILAR.
HARDWOOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THE TYPE OF WOOD OR WOOD FLOOR.
USUALLY THE JIM FLORES ARE MAPLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SPECIFIC TO A SPECIFICATION FOR CIF AND NCA STUFF.
IS, IS ANY, ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CAN WE MAKE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO MOVE.
UH, MR. UH, MR. PANSKY? MR. POPE, DO YOU WANT TO CALL FOR THE VOTE? MR. POPE? DRAKE, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? YES.
MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, THIS IS THE VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THREE, CRITICAL REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADE PROJECTS.
MR. HAMNER? AYE, UH, THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED WITH 11 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
[5. Tweedy Learning Center Roofing Replacement Project and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
UH, THE TWEEDY LEARNING CENTER ROOF REPLACEMENT REPLACEMENT.MR. CHO WILL CONTINUE TO STAY WITH US AND PRESENT THIS ITEM.
YES, THIS IS ALSO FOR THE ROOF REPLACEMENT, AND WE DON'T HAVE PORTABLES INCLUDED AS PART OF THE ROOF REPLACEMENT IN THIS PROJECT.
I SHOULD LIMIT THE, I SHOULD LIMIT THE QUESTIONS.
SO FUNDING IS COMING FROM THAT SEPARATE BUCKET.
THE SCHOOL PUT IN THE YEAR OF 1925.
THE AGE OF ROOF IS 25 YEARS OLD.
IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE, THAT TYPE OF ROOFING IS CALLED A P GRAVEL ROOF.
IT HAS A LOT OF DISADVANTAGES THESE DAYS.
SO DISTRICT DO NOT USE THIS TYPE OF ROOFING.
SO P GRAVEL APPLIED ON THE TOP OF THE BUILT UP ROOFING.
SO THIS ROOFING WILL BE COMPLETELY REPLACED BY THE DISTRICT'S STANDARD, WHICH IS A PVC COOLING SYSTEM.
UH, TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS $719,371.
THE SQUARE FOOTAGE COST IS AT LITTLE BIT HIGHER, $51 PER SQUARE FOOT BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ROOF, HAS A LOT OF ABANDONED THE HVAC FOOTINGS.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET PROPERLY REPLACED, REMOVED AS WHY THERE'S ADDITIONAL, UH, COST IN THE ESTIMATE.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE NO PORTABLES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PORTAL? UH, OKAY.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION, OR EXCUSE ME, IS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I EVEN GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS TO MR. CHO WITH THAT? IS THERE A MOTION? OH, I SEE.
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UH, FOR THE ENROLLMENT, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE ON SITE AS OPPOSED TO LIKE ONLINE? THAT I DON'T KNOW.I DIDN'T LOOK INTO HOW MANY, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS ONLINE COMPARED TO YEAH, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS LIKE THE GENERAL USAGE OF THE BUILDING? OH, SORRY.
HE'S A, UH, ADULT ED EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR.
MORNING BON OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
I'M ONE OF THE, UH, DIVISION ADMINISTRATORS FOR THE ADULT DIVISION.
UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, MCFARLAND, UH, THEY'RE ALL IN PERSON.
UM, ATTENDANCE IN ON THAT SITE.
UH, MS. BETSY, I THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, WITH THAT, IF I CAN AGAIN ASK, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MOVE.
MR. POPE JOY, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THIS IS THE VOTE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE TWEETY LEARNING CENTER ROOFING REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED WITH 11 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
[6. Four Sustainable Environment Enhancement Developments for Schools (SEEDS) Projects and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
ON THE AGENDA IS NUMBER SIX.THESE ARE FOUR SEEDS PROJECTS, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE MR. CHO PRESENTING THIS ITEM.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THESE PROJECTS MAKE BIG IMPACT TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS WITH A LITTLE INVESTMENT.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM YOU HAVE APPROVED.
POC HAS APPROVED AS OF TODAY, 116 CS PROJECTS.
THIS FOUR WILL ADD TO BECOME 120 TOTAL.
AND CURRENTLY WE STILL HAVE 18 APPLICATIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT WE ARE REVIEWING AT THIS TIME.
UH, IN 2016, EACH SEAS PROJECT THRESHOLD WAS INCREASED TO 100,000.
SO WE'RE STILL IN THAT, UH, THRESHOLD 2022 50 K WAS ADDED TO THOSE THAT QUALIFIED FOR THE CS PLUS FOR THE CURRENT ALLOCATED CS, UH, PROGRAM IS TO HAVE ABOUT $3 MILLION LEFT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, IT'S INEVITABLE THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE NEED TO UPGRADE THE C PROJECT THRESHOLD ABOVE WHAT'S ALLOWED TODAY.
SO WE HAVE FOUR PROJECTS AND YOU'VE SEEN THE C PROJECTS, BEAUTIFUL RENDERINGS.
EVERYBODY LOVES THESE PROJECTS.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER I SAID LAST TIME, WHEN I BRING NEXT CEASE PROJECTS, I'LL BRING MY SUPERSTARS WHO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR THESE CEASE PROJECTS.
SO I BROUGHT IN TWO OF MY STAFF.
CAN YOU STAND UP? SO I'LL GO WITH WILL MEET FIRST.
HE'S THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR ALL SEAS PROJECT.
HE'S THE GUY CALLING SCHOOLS, ENCOURAGING SCHOOLS, HAVE THEM APPLY FOR THE SEAS PROJECT.
HE MEETS WITH THE SCHOOL STAFF, GOES OUT THERE, VISIT THE LOCATION AND VALIDATE THE PROJECT BEFORE HE BRINGS FORWARD.
THAT'S, WE'LL MEET THEN RUBEN VENEZUELA, HE'S AN AMAZING GUY.
HE'S THE DISTRICT SUPERVISING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
SO ALL THE RENDERINGS YOU HAVE SEEN AND YOU'LL BE SEEING IN THE FUTURE, INCLUDING NOT JUST THESE PROJECTS, BUT ALSO ALL THE GREENING PROJECT, THESE GUYS BEHIND THOSE ART.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU SEE THEM IN PERSON AND, AND IT'S SO, WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT WE HAVE THEM IN OUR WING FOR ALL THIS PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, I'VE MADE THE COMMENTS TO THIS, SO INTERRUPTING YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT YOU KNOW, AS AN ARTIST AND STORYTELLER, THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOUR DRAWINGS.
'CAUSE IT'S A STORY AND YOU'RE TELLING
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IT THROUGH YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE GRAPHICALLY AND OF COURSE YOUR ARTISTRY.THESE GUYS ALWAYS STAY BUSY, SO WE'LL HAVE TO LET THEM GO.
SORRY FOR, SORRY FOR YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION IF THE DECORUM HERE WAS A LITTLE LOOSE TODAY, BUT, UH, YEAH.
OKAY, WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW?
UH, EACH PROJECT WE HAVE A SEPARATE SLIDE.
ONE IS AT LATONA, THE OTHER ONE IS AT VAN NUYS SAN ANTONIO IN THE OXNARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
LATONA, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS $300,000, 100,000 FROM SEAS PROGRAM AND $200,000 FROM THE BOARD DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION.
THEN, UH, THE LAST ONE AT OXNARD AS A CS PLUS, UH, PROJECT.
SO IT ADDED, UH, WE ADDED ADDITIONAL $50,000 LATON ELEMENT SCHOOL IS OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
AT THE TIME WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT, I'M VERY SURE IT WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL AT THE TIME.
BUT FROM, UH, TODAY'S POINT OF VIEW, THEY HAVE A REAL TINY, UH, PLAY ART AND VERY TIGHTLY, UH, UH, LOCATED SO WE DON'T HAVE EXTRA SPACE TO CARVE OUT FOR THE SEEDS PROJECTS.
HOWEVER, WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE IS A PORTABLE THAT WE CAN REMOVE UNUSED PORTABLES.
THE PART OF THE MONEY WILL REMOVE THE PORTABLE DEMOLISH, THE PORTABLE, AND REMOVE THE ASPHALT AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES INTO PORTABLE TO MAKE THE SEAS SPACE READY.
SO THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, AT THE END, BEAUTIFUL SEA GARDEN.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, AT THIS SITE COMMUNITY PARTNERING GREENING PROJECT THAT WILL BRING MORE TREES.
AS YOU NOTICED, THE SCHOOL BEING VERY OLD SCHOOL ONLY HAS 3.73% OF CURRENT GREENING.
SO WE ARE ADDING SOME GREENING.
IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL SEA GARDEN IN THE FUTURE.
VAN NUYS SCHOOL IS ALSO OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
HAVE YOU STAYED AT THE SCHOOL? MISS
AGAIN, THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE LOCATE LOCATED TIGHTLY, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO LOCATE A SPACE NEXT TO A EXISTING TREE THAT IS PARTIALLY PROVIDING THE SHADE.
SO THE PROJECT WILL REMOVE THE ASPHALT ABOUT 1900 SQUARE FEET AND BUILD THE SEA GARDEN AT THE SCHOOL SITE.
SAN ANTONIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS BUILT AND OPENED IN 1994.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU BEEN TO THIS CAMPUS.
THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING IS KIND OF MODERNIZED.
UH, IT'S THE YOUNGEST SCHOOL OF THE FOUR AND THEY HAVE EXTRA SPACE.
THOSE TWO SPACES YOU SEE THERE ARE ALREADY A GRASSED AREA.
SO WE'RE GETTING, UH, MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS UTILIZING THE EXISTING GRASS AREA, WHICH ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE TREES FOR THE SHADES AND SITTING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE SEAS GARDEN.
LAST ONE IS AT OXNARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UH, IT'S A LARGE SIZED PLAY FIELD.
WE'RE CARVING OUT ABOUT 2,500 SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CAMPUS TO PROVIDE SEAS GARDEN WITH $150,000.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS OF MR. CHO? A QUICK ONE, DR.
UM, THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THEM GOING ACROSS EACH SCHOOL, THE EQUITY OF IT ALL.
WHAT DOES THE APPLICATION PROCESS LOOK LIKE? AND THEN WHAT IS THE SUCCESS OF THE APPLICANTS? THE APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE.
UH, THERE'S A SPEC SEES, UH, WEBSITE
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OR SCHOOL HAVE ACCESS TO, AND THEY HAVE ALL THE DETAILS OF HOW TO APPLY IF THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPLY.LIKE, WE'LL MEET, LIKE THE PERSON YOU MET EARLIER WILL GO OUT AND MEET WITH THE SCHOOL STAFF AND WALK THROUGH THE ACTUAL APPLICATION PROCESS.
SO IT'S NOT AS HARD AS, UM, TAKING THE EXAM, BUT IT'S SIMPLE PROCESS TO GET THE, UH, CS AWARD.
WE'RE NOT JUST GETTING ENOUGH APPLICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
MR. PENSKE, UH, I'M SORRY YOUR TEAM RAN OUT AS QUICKLY AS THEY DID.
UH, BUT PLEASE, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT THEIR LITTLE ROUND OF, UH, OF APPLAUSE.
BUT, UH, PLEASE EXTEND A ANOTHER THANK YOU FROM HAVING BEEN AT, AT SEVERAL OF THESE SITES AND THE EVENTS THAT WE'VE ATTENDED TOGETHER.
THEY REALLY ARE A BRIGHT AND REFRESHING MOMENT FOR L-A-U-S-D AND I KNOW THEY'RE AWARD-WINNING PROGRAMS. SO THANK THEM AGAIN.
THE PROGRAM MANAGER WILL MEET, ACTUALLY REPORTS TO, UH, CHRISTOS.
PROMOTIONS
ANY OTHER COMMENTS MR. MCFARLAND? SO I SAW THE BOARD MEETING AND THE, AND THE, UM, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT COMMUNITY PARKS, UM, ON, ON SCHOOL SITES.
AND I'M WONDERING HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT SEED'S PROJECTS AND WOULD THERE BE A NEED TO EITHER PROTECT THEM, UM, OR HOW THAT YEAH, HOW THAT, THOSE TWO THINGS MIGHT INTERACT.
UM, I'M STEPPING IN ONLY BECAUSE, UH, MARK CHO DOES MANY, MANY, MANY THINGS.
BUT THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PARKS AS THE DEPUTY OF MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT DOESN'T FALL UNDER HIS PERVIEW.
UM, THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS PROGRAM, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT AWARE, IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, UM, OUR BOARD APPROVED A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF LA THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO OPEN OUR SCHOOLS ON THE WEEKENDS TO USE AS A PARK.
UM, AND CITY STAFF COMES IN AND THEY SUPERVISE, UM, THOSE AREAS FOR PARK USE.
IT'S DONE AT NO COST TO THE DISTRICT AND IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO OPEN ESSENTIALLY PARKS IN PARK POOR AREAS, UM, ALLOWING THEM TO THEREFORE PROVIDE MORE ACCESS TO PARKS.
SO IN RELATIONS TO SEEDS PROJECTS, UM, ABSOLUTELY THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE'S AN INTEREST BY THE CITY.
THEY DETERMINE WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING TO OPEN THEIR PARKS BASED ON PARK ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, THERE'S ALWAYS AN INTEREST IN DOING SITES THAT HAVE SPACE FOR BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE PLAY.
UM, IF THERE IS A SEEDS PROJECTS, THE ONLY THING, UM, AND I SHOULD CAVEAT WITH, THERE'S 10 SITES CURRENTLY THAT THE CITY OPERATES AS COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS UNDER WHAT'S CALLED A CIVIC CENTER PERMIT.
UM, WHICH WAS JUST A TEMPORARY HOLDOVER UNTIL WE GOT THIS AGREEMENT.
UM, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FUND MORE AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE 10, IF A SEEDS PROJECTS WERE TO GO ON ONE OF THESE 10 SITES OR IF WE HAD A PROJECT WHERE THE CITY WANTED TO OPEN A COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARK AT A PROJECT THAT HAD A SEEDS, THE ONLY THING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO COORDINATE IS WHEN CONSTRUCTION WAS HAPPENING AT THAT EITHER THAT WE DID NOT OPEN THAT SITE FOR A COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARK OR WE LIMITED THE AREA SO THAT THERE WAS NO CONSTRUCTION SAFETY, UH, POTENTIAL IN THE USE OF THE PARK WHILE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES WERE OCCURRING.
MS. ER MILLER, I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT CIVIC CENTER.
SO THERE'S A DEFINITE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH CIVIC CENTER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO USE IT AS A COMMUNITY PARK.
THAT'S CURRENTLY THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, UM, NEGOTIATED AND FINALIZED.
SO IT WAS A TEMPORARY WAY FOR THE CITY TO USE OUR SCHOOLS NOW THAT WE HAVE THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
WE'LL SHIFT THE CITY TO THE TERMS OF THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MS. MS. BES? SO DOES THE INTEREST FOR SPECIFIC SCHOOL GUIDE SITES FOR THIS PROGRAM COME FROM THE CITY OR HOW IS THAT INITIATED TO DETERMINE THE SITES FOR THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS? UM, THE CITY DETERMINES 'CAUSE IT'S A CITY RUN PROGRAM WITH REC AND PARKS.
THEY DETERMINE THE AREA OF INTEREST BASED ON, UM, DETAILED INFORMATION THEY HAVE ABOUT PARK ACCESS.
I DO BELIEVE THEY CONSIDER OTHER CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THEY IDENTIFY THE AREA, THEN WE WORK WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY WHAT SCHOOLS ARE IN THOSE AREAS.
WE WORK WITH THE PRINCIPALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRINCIPALS ARE ON BOARD.
UM, AND THEN WE WALK THOSE SITES AND MAKE A DETERMINATION WITH THEM OF WHICH SITES ARE USED.
THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY INPUT ON
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SEEDS PROJECTS.THOSE ARE GRASSROOTS COMING FROM THE SCHOOLS TO THE DISTRICT.
SO IT ONLY OVERLAPS IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE A COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARK AT A SITE THAT HAS SEEDS.
WELL TIE THAT WE HAVE A ANOTHER COMMENT.
UM, I HAD A ANOTHER COMMENT, BUT I'LL JUMP ON THE, THE, UM, COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS BANDWAGON FOR A MOMENT.
UM, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF THERE WAS, UH, IF REC AND PARK WAS GIVEN A LIST OF ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ABOUT TO COME ONLINE.
UH, THE CAL FIRE SCHOOLS, THERE'S ABOUT 60 SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE TO BE GREENED BY THE END OF 2027.
UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE OPEN SPACE, BUT ALSO IT'S KIND OF A DOWNER IF YOU'RE GOING TO A SCHOOL ON THE WEEKEND AND THERE'S NO SHADE AND IT'S ONLY ASPHALT.
SO TO PRIORITIZE THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE GREENED FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, BE IN A PIPELINE, UH, WHEN THEY ARE FINISHED WITH THEIR CONSTRUCTION, FOR THEM TO ALSO BE ABLE TO OPEN AS COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY WILL LOOK LIKE A PARK WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED.
UM, AND ALSO TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR SCHOOLS THAT ALREADY WANT TO BE OPEN AS A PARK FOR THERE TO BE A FAST TRACK FOR THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL.
'CAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A DEMONSTRATED NEED FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, ALTA LOMA ELEMENTARY AND MID-CITY HAS BEEN, THEY'RE OPEN, I THINK THEY'RE OPEN ON THE WEEKEND NOW, BUT IT'S NOT THROUGH THE CIVIC CENTER PERMIT.
BUT, UM, IF A SCHOOL REALLY WANTS TO, UH, BE OPEN FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, SINCE THERE'S A DEMONSTRATED NEED THERE, I, UH, TO RESPOND TO THE COMMENT THAT THE DISTRICT IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH APPLICATIONS FOR SEEDS.
UM, MY EXPERIENCE TALKING WITH A LOT OF PRINCIPALS IS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE SEEDS PROGRAM.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT IF THERE'S, UH, A COMMUNICATION THAT COULD BE SENT OUT TO ALL PRINCIPALS LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
UM, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD JUST BE A GIVEN PROGRAM THAT THEY ALL KNOW ABOUT AND THEN THERE CAN CALL A NUMBER AND CAN REACH SOMEONE TO WALK THEM THROUGH THE STEPS.
IN MY UNDER, IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S USUALLY PARENTS AT SCHOOLS WHO BRING IT TO THE PRINCIPAL, BUT I'VE RARELY MET A PRINCIPAL WHO KNEW ABOUT THE SEEDS PROGRAM AND KNEW HOW TO GO AFTER IT.
MS. LUCY, I JUST WANNA ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, UH, WE'VE UH, WE MEET WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBER STAFF AND WE, UM, HAD MEETINGS THAT WE, UM, INVITE THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND WE DO SHARE THE, UH, THE ACTUAL PROGRAM ITSELF SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND THEN ENGAGE THEIR SCHOOLS.
SO THEY CAN APPLY FOR, UM, WE DO HAVE OUR WEBSITE AT LAT.ORG/ESSO FOR ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE INFORMATION ABOUT SEED AND SEEDS APPLICATIONS TO MAKE IT EASY ON ALL OF THEM.
AND WE DO OUTREACH, UM, THROUGH THE CLIMATE CHAMPIONS.
WE DO OUTREACH THROUGH THE SCHOOL SITES.
REALITY IS THAT RIGHT NOW, UM, WE NEED TO CATCH UP A LITTLE BIT WITH THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT'S WHERE THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM, HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE.
UM, AND THEN PROBABLY WHAT MARK MENTIONED EARLIER, TO INCREASE EVEN MORE FUNDING IN THE FUTURE TO ACCEPT MORE PROJECTS.
UM, BECAUSE THE $3 MILLION THAT REMAIN, IT'S GONNA GET EXPENDED OUT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UH, THAT OUTREACH, IT'S, UH, IT'S HAPPENED, IT'S ONGOING.
AND, UM, AND ALSO ENGAGING OUR PARTNERS SO YOU KNOW, AS WELL, UH, BY LETTING 'EM KNOW WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING AVAILABLE, UH, SO THEY CAN, UH, APPLY AND SUPPORT THOSE SEATS PROJECTS IN THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UM, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WITH THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL CONTINUE THAT PROCESS.
AND JUST REAL QUICK, IS THERE A PRINCIPAL'S NEWSLETTER OR THAT TYPE OF COMMUNICATION THAT THIS HAS EVER BEEN INCLUDED IN? UM, WE DID THAT, UH, WITHIN THE DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION AND WE WILL, I'LL DO IT AGAIN.
UH, THIS COMING, UH, SCHOOL THIS YEAR RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
WE INFORMED AND WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND WE WILL GET THE INFORMATION, UH, OUT AGAIN THIS TIME.
THANK YOU TO YOU AND, AND, UH, CHRISTINA FOR, UM, SORT OF THE ADDED ENLIGHTENMENT.
WAS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE.
WS? UH, MR. POJO, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UH, MEMBERS, THIS IS THE VOTE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING FOUR SEEDS PROJECTS.
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MS. LEWIS? AYE.MR. ROSS, MR. ROSS, COME BACK TO HIM.
MR. ROSS, DO YOU WANNA RECORD A VOTE ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, I'LL, UH, OKAY.
UH, MR. CHAIR, DO YOU WANNA HOLD THE VOTE OPEN ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO MR. ROSS.
THERE ARE 10 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES ON THE RESOLUTION.
UM, WE'LL COME BACK FOR THE VOTE HERE TO CONFIRM, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,
[7. 21 Board District Priority and Region Priority Projects and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
THESE ARE 21 BOARD, DISTRICT AND REGIONAL PRIORITY PROJECTS.AND TO MY SURPRISE, MR. CHO'S GONNA PRESENT THIS.
STILL IN THE MORNING, SO I'M STILL, YEAH, YOU'RE BUT BARELY RIGHT? ENERGETIC.
SO THERE ARE 21 PROJECTS ARE IN NINE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, AND YOU'VE SEEN ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF CATEGORIES THAT I'LL BE PRESENTING TODAY.
BUT IN SUMMARY, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY.
THE THREE AUDITORIUM UPGRADE PROJECTS, LINE NUMBER ITEM 7 11 21 ESPORTS LAB UPGRADE.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE SLIDE FOR THAT.
THEN SEVEN FENCING RELATED PROJECTS.
THEY ARE, UH, EITHER SAFETY RELATED OR SAFETY RELATED OR SECURITY RELATED TO FURNITURE SUPPORT LINE NUMBER SIX AND 18 AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS.
LINE NUMBER 17 IS ONE PROJECT, ONE MARKET PROJECT.
THEN WE HAVE, UH, ONE PLAY STRUCTURE AND MATTING PROJECTS.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE PROJECT FOR THAT I SAID AT LOMA.
THEN WE HAVE THREE SCHOOL BOARD PROJECTS, LINE NUMBER FOUR, 10, AND 15.
AND LINE NUMBER FOUR, WE HAVE A SEPARATE PROJECT.
THEN WE HAVE TWO SECURE ENTRY PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT COVERED IN OUR SECURE ENTRY PROGRAM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, I CAN EXPLAIN MORE.
SO FIRST SLIDE IS AT LOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AGAIN, THIS RENDERING WAS, UH, RUBEN YOU MET EARLIER IS BEHIND THIS BEAUTIFUL RENDERING, THIS ONE AND THAT ONE.
WE ARE PROVIDING A PLAY STRUCTURE THAT COULD BE A SINGULAR OR A MULTI-PLAY STRUCTURE AT THIS SCHOOL SITE.
THIS WILL BE A DSA PROJECT AND UPGRADE FOR PARKING PATH OF TRAVEL.
AND A PART OF FILLING STATION WILL BE PART OF THE PROJECT.
UH, SCHOOL SITE ALREADY HAS A DECEMBER, 2023 BOARD APPROVED 1.5 MILLION GREEN SCHOOLYARD PROJECT AT THIS SITE THEY ARE IN CURRENTLY IN DESIGN.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT DESIGN.
UH, THE DESIGN TEAM FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE KOREAN SCHOOLYARD, UH, TEAM TO PROVIDE BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS AT ALTA LOMA SCHOOL.
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS $883,025.
UH, WE CAN START IN QUARTER ONE OF 2027 AFTER DESIGN AND DSA APPROVAL IS DONE AT THE TIME.
NEXT PROJECT IS A, UH, SCHOOL BOARD PROJECT.
WE ARE DEMOLISHING NON-WORKING DETERIORATED SCHOOL, UH, BOARD, SCHOOL BOARD AT THIS FIELD.
AND WE ARE RELOCATING THE POSITION WHERE THE NEW LOCATION WILL BE UPPER LEFT SIDE OF THE CORNER, IF YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE.
AND THE PROJECT WILL DEMOLISH OLD SCHOOL BOARD AND INSTALL A NEW SCOREBOARD.
NEW AT THE NEW VISIBLE LOCATION.
THIS IS A DSA PROJECT FOR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND ALSO REQUIRES 190 FEET OF TRENCHING FOR NEW POWER CONNECTION.
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS ABOUT $496,000 AND THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES BUYING THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL.
THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE IS, UH, CONVERTING
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A CLASSROOM INTO A NEW ESPORTS LAB.THE PICTURES YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE FROM THE SIMILAR, UH, PROJECT ESPORTS LAB AT VALLEY OAK CENTER FOR ENRICHES STUDIES.
THIS WAS RECENTLY DONE, UH, UNDER THE CAREER TECH EDUCATION PROGRAM.
WE'LL PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ADEQUATE POWER SUPPLY, NEW NETWORK CONFIGURATION.
WE'LL BUY NEW FURNITURE LCD MONITORS AND WE WILL INSTALL NEW SECURITY DOORS FOR ANTI VANDALISM.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR BDP AND IP PROJECTS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. CHO MCFARLAND? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT NUMBER ONE ON HAWKINS HIGH SCHOOL.
IS THIS, IS THIS A NEW MARQUEE OR A REPLACEMENT? I THINK THEY ALREADY HAVE ONE.
HAWKINS IS TO REPLACE THE EXISTING MONOCHROME AMBER WALL MOUNTED MARQUEE WITH A NEW ELECTRONIC WALL MOUNTED MARQUEE.
DOES THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT CAPABILITY? CAN IT DISPLAY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MESSAGES OR JUST DIFFERENT IN COLOR? BASICALLY IT HAS A DIFFERENT, THE NEWEST MARQUEE MODERN DESIGN MARQUEE HAS ALL DIFFERENT COLORS.
YOU CAN PROGRAM IT TO SHOW ANY, UH, MESSAGES FOR THE SCHOOL.
BUT OLD ONE IS AMBER BASED ON OLD LIGHTING SYSTEM.
SO IT HAS A LOT OF LIMITATION.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE, MOVE ON.
UM, MR. POP, JOY, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? THANK YOU.
MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, THIS IS THE VOTE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 7 21 BOARD, DISTRICT, AND REGION PRIORITY PROJECTS.
UH, MR. ROSS, THIS IS THE VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
WE'LL GO BACK TO, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU.
ARE WE STILL GONNA HOLD FOR MR. ROSS? UH, YOU COULD PASS.
UH, WE WILL COME BACK TO MR. ROSS.
AND THIS RESOLUTION IS, UH, ADOPTED WITH 10 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
OKAY, MR. CHO? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE A YES FROM MR. ROSS? YES.
ON THE, AND THE OTHER ONE AS WELL.
SO MR. ROSS, JUST SO, UM, I GET IT RIGHT, YOU'RE, THERE'S TWO ITEMS OPEN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER SEVEN.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECORD YOUR VOTE FOR NUMBER SIX? THE FOUR SEEDS PROJECTS? YEAH.
AND THEN FOR AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, THE 21, UH, PRIORITY PROJECTS? YES.
SO MR. CHAIR, THAT MEANS 11 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX AND 11 FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
[8. Dorsey High School Bakery Classroom & Kitchen Project with Donations from Puratos Bakery and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.THIS IS DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL BAKERY, CLASSROOM AND KITCHEN PROJECT.
THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. ASAM DUL, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES PLANNING DEVELOPMENT.
HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU? UM, THANK YOU.
I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR FACILITIES PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, I'M VERY PLEASED TODAY TO BE PRESENTING THE DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL BAKERY, CLASSROOM AND KITCHEN, UH, PROJECT, UM, RADOS BAKERY, AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY THAT PROVIDES, UH, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO BAKERIES APPROACH THE DISTRICT, UM, TO PARTNER TO DEVELOP A NEW BAKERY PROGRAM, UM, WITH OUR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION GROUP, WHICH IS PART OF OUR DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION.
UM, THEY REACHED OUT TO HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAD A CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM AND THERE WAS STRONG INTEREST FROM DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL, UM, TO BEGIN WORKING WITH PRADOS TO IDENTIFY
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROGRAM AT DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL THAT WOULD FOCUS ON, UH, BAKING, UH, INSTRUCTION.AND SO WITH THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF.
SO THE PROGRAM, UM, WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH, UM, A SPECIALIZED BAKING PROGRAM FOCUSED ON BREAD AND CHOCOLATE.
UM, IT'LL SERVE APPROXIMATELY 130 STUDENTS OVER TWO TO THREE YEAR, UM, CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME CERTIFIED AND CAREER READY IN THE BAKING INDUSTRY.
UM, I DO WANNA SAY THAT DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL HAS A CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM, UM, THAT IS SPECIFIC TO AND A CULINARY ARTS CLASSROOM THAT IS SPECIFIC TO CULINARY ARTS.
THIS IS A SPECIALIZED CLASSROOM THAT WOULD BE SPECIFIC, UH, TO BAKING.
AND THE PROGRAM WOULD BE SPECIFIC TO BAKING, UM, IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH RADOS BAKERY.
SO, PERATO BAKERY, UM, WILL BE PROVIDING AN INITIAL DONATION, UM, AS PART OF THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, APPROXIMATELY $400,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT, UM, AS WELL AS SUPPORT IN ANNUAL OPERATIONS.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 10 YEARS, THAT $30,000 WOULD BE USED FOR TRAINING, CERTIFICATIONS, INGREDIENTS TO HELP SUPPORT THE PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE RUN BY THE, UH, BY DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL ITSELF.
AND THIS IS ALL THROUGH THE, UH, CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, UH, THE US CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF THE PARADOS, UM, COMPANY.
UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT PARADOS HAS OPENED 13 OF THESE PROGRAMS WORLDWIDE.
UM, AND ONE OF THOSE IS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2022.
UM, THEY OPENED ONE IN NEW JERSEY AND YOU'LL SEE PICTURES, UM, IN A FEW SECONDS.
THE PHYSICAL PROJECT ITSELF, UM, INCLUDES THE RECONFIGURATION OF TWO ROOMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS BUILDING.
NUMBER THREE, THESE ROOM ARE ROOMS ARE UNDERUTILIZED.
FORMER WORK, UM, OLD FLEXIBLE WORKSHOPS, UM, THAT HAVE NOT BEEN USED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, IT'S GOT OLD CABINETRY AND THEY, THE SCHOOL HAS NOT BEEN USING THEM, UM, FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES.
AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDEVELOP THOSE SPACES.
UM, FOR THE PROGRAM AT, UM, DORSEY, THE, UH, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THE BUDGET REPRESENTS THE BOND FUNDED.
SO AS YOU GO THROUGH, YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE TOTAL PROJECT IS, BUT SO THE DISTRICT WILL PUT UP, UH, THE BOND FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF, AND THE EQUIPMENT IS SEPARATE FROM THIS NUMBER.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT, UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S PLANNED FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS BUILDING.
NUMBER THREE, IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION.
UM, WE'RE, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE UTILIZING TWO CLASSROOMS. UM, AND WE WOULD BE DEVELOPING IN THOSE ROOMS AN INSTRUCT INSTRUCTIONAL CLASSROOM AS WELL AS A BAKING, UM, CLASSROOM.
A, A KITCHEN WITH STORAGE IN BETWEEN THE SCOPE OF THE WORK INCLUDES THE DEMOLITION, RENOVATION AND RECONFIGURATION OF ALL THOSE ROOMS. IT'S INCLUDING ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PLUMBING, SO ANY STRUCTURE, ET CETERA THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY, UM, FOR THE FACILITY.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE, AS TYPICALLY, WE WOULD FOLLOW ALL GUIDELINES AS IT RELATES TO ACCESSIBILITY, UM, AND GO THROUGH THE DIVISION OF STATE ARCHITECTS.
THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS $3.6 MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET THERE.
AND WE ANTICIPATE ONCE WE GO THROUGH DESIGN DSA, UH, REVIEW AND APPROVAL THAT WE AND BIDDING, WE WOULD START CONSTRUCTION IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2027 AND COMPLETION IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2028.
UM, IN REGARDS TO ENROLLMENT, THE ENROLLMENT AT DORSEY HAS BEEN FAIRLY STABLE TO 859 STUDENTS.
PRIOR YEARS HAVE AT ABOUT 800 STUDENTS, SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A SLIGHT UPTICK, UM, IN THIS LAST YEAR FROM, UH, 794 FROM 23 23 24 UP TO 859 IN THIS YEAR.
SO THE BUILDING YOU SEE UP AT THE TOP, THAT'S THE EXISTING BUILDING, INDUSTRIAL ARTS BUILDING NUMBER THREE, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO CLASSROOMS. UM, YOU CAN JUST SEE IT'S AN OLDER CLASSROOM, UH, SOMEWHAT HIGH CEILINGS.
UM, AND THEN BELOW IS THE, IS A SAMPLE OF WHAT THEY DID IN NEW JERSEY.
AND SO, ALTHOUGH THIS MAY NOT LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS, BUT THIS GIVES A REPRESENTATIVE IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO CONSTRUCT, UM, FOR THE PARADOS AS PART OF THE PARADOS, UM, PARTNERSHIP.
UM, I DO WANNA POINT IN TERMS OF THE 3.3 MILLION.
THE, THE MONEY IS COMING FROM FUNDS THAT ARE, UH, 1.9 MILLION IS GONNA BE FROM PARTNERSHIP BOND FUNDS AND THEN REGION SOUTH, UM, THROUGH THEIR DISCRETIONARY BOND FUNDS IS CONTRIBUTING 1.5 MILLION.
AND THEN BOARD DISTRICT ONE IS CONTRIBUTING $200,000 TO MAKE UP FOR THE $3.6 MILLION TOTAL BUDGET.
WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. DOUG? YES, MR. KY FIRST.
SO I LOVE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
IT, IT, I'VE BROUGHT THAT UP FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
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TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS ONE AND THAT THEY'RE ONLY PROVIDING, IF I GOT MY MATH RIGHT, CORRECT ME, $700,000 OVER THE LIFE OF THE CAMPAIGN.AND WE'RE GONNA COMMIT 3.6 MILLION PLUS TO SUPPORT THIS PARTNERSHIP.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT MATH TO ME? NOT THE, WHERE THE MONIES ARE COMING FROM.
YOU JUST DID THAT, THAT, THAT PART I GET, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO REFURBISH ONE CLASSROOM THAT'S GONNA REACH, I'M MAKING IT UP MAYBE A HUNDRED STUDENTS A YEAR IF THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF WHO WOULD ENROLL IN THE BAKING CLASS.
AND SO AS I'M DOING THE MATH, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
I FEEL LIKE AS A CORPORATE PARTNER, THEY SHOULD BE INVESTING A LOT MORE AS WE'RE REDOING AN ENTIRE BUILDING FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, TO DO THE PROCESS.
SO COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? SURE.
I, I GUESS, UH, ONE POINT IS THAT THE, THE PROGRAM ITSELF WILL BE RUN BY THE DISTRICT.
SO PARADOS IS NOT RUNNING THE PROGRAM ON THE CAMPUS.
THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE PROVIDING SUPPORT.
SO THEY'LL BE PROVIDING SUPPORT IN TWO WAYS.
ONE IS THEY'LL BE PROVIDING THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH IS TO THE TUNE OF APPROXIMATELY $400,000, AS YOU MENTIONED, AND THEN OVER 10 YEARS.
SO YOUR MATH IS CORRECT, $30,000 PER YEAR.
UM, WE SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
I, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR QUESTION, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.
UM, BUT WE SEE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THEIR FUNDS WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE BOND THAT, UM, ALLOW FOR PARTNERSHIPS.
AND SO WITHIN THE BOND, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY, AFTER THIS PROJECT, ABOUT $12 MILLION REMAINING IN FUNDING IN THE BOND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TIED TO TRYING TO GO OUT AND FIND PARTNERSHIPS.
SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY, THEN, AND I'M, I'M JUST THINKING IT OUT LOUD, WANTING TO HELP NOT, NOT HINDER IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO.
L-A-U-S-D IS LEVERAGE THIS TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP TO MARKET TO OTHER POTENTIAL CORPORATE PARTNERS TO GET THEM TO WORK WITH L-A-U-S-D.
YOU WILL COME BACK WITH OTHER POTENTIAL BOND MATCHES OR SUPPORT, BUT THAT YOU CAN USE THIS TO GO TO CORPORATION X AND SAY, HEY, WE CUSTOMIZE THIS BAKERY HERE AND IF YOU GUYS GIVE US $2 MILLION, WE CAN CREATE YOUR TECHNOLOGY CENTER.
SO THAT, THAT'S HOW THAT WOULD WORK.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE WANNA MAXIMIZE HOW MUCH THE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, THE PRIVATE COMPANY IS PROVIDING TO THE DISTRICT, BUT YES.
UM, IN THIS CASE, WE SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OTHER PARTNERSHIPS AND TO KIND OF LEVERAGE THAT.
IS THERE A MARKETING PLAN THAT SUPPORTS THIS SO THAT L-A-U-S-D IS SOMEHOW GOING TO PROMOTE THIS PARTNERSHIP? 'CAUSE IT, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING TWO YEARS FROM NOW UNTIL YOU HAVE A, AN ACTIVE CLASSROOM.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUTREACH, UM, JUST LIKE WE NORMALLY DO ON MOST OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
AND I THINK ON THIS, WE WOULD DEFINITELY FOCUS ON TRYING TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE BENEFITS OF THIS TO ATTRACT OTHER PARTNERS.
MR. CAMPBELL, GO AHEAD AND MR. OH, MR. BOGGIO, MS. MCDOWELL, MS. MCDOWELL, I, I JUST GO DOWN THE LINE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR, UH, YIELDING TO ME.
UM, SO THE QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS, A $12 MILLION EARMARK THAT YOU MENTIONED FOR THE BOND FUNDS.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD FOR A PARTNERSHIP? THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT GET PUT IN BY THE DISTRICT VERSUS A PRIVATE PARTNER TO UNLOCK THOSE FUNDS? YEAH, TO SOME EXTENT IT'S DISCRETIONARY BASED OFF OF WHAT WE INTERPRET AS THE, UH, BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICTS.
AND SO WE REVIEW EACH ANY PARTNER POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE PARTNER IS BRINGING VERSUS WHAT THE DISTRICT'S FUNDING.
SO THERE'S NO DIRECT FORMULA, UM, FOR, UM, KIND OF CHECKING OFF WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.
UM, THE TWO CLASSROOMS THAT ARE GONNA BE, UH, RECONFIGURED AND SET UP FOR THIS PURPOSE, IT, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO TELL, BUT BASED ON THE PICTURES HERE, THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE BEING USED FOR STORAGE.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE SCHOOL IS NOT USING THEM.
SO AS I THINK CHRISTINA HAD MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT ECAR, SO, UM, OUR ECAR REPORT ULTIMATELY DETERMINES THAT THOSE CLASSROOMS, AND WE KNOW FROM BEING OUT THERE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AS WE'VE TRIED TO DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM, UM, THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING USED AT ALL BY THE SCHOOL.
AND SO THIS PROJECT IS NOT COMING AT THE EXPENSE OF ANY OTHER, UH, INDUSTRIAL ARTS OR, UH, CAREER TECH EDUCATION TYPE OF THAT IS CORRECT.
YOU, WE HAD ALREADY SEEN THIS PROJECT INITIALLY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND THERE WAS A COUPLE COMMENTS EVEN FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THAT THE VALUE OF THEIR INVESTMENT, IT WAS EVEN STATED EARLIER, EVEN A PUBLIC SPEAKER MADE A COMMENT TO IT.
BUT I'M, I'VE, I'VE COME TO A MOMENT WHERE I'M GONNA FLIP THE SCRIPT.
I DON'T THINK PTOS KNOWS HOW MUCH THIS PROJECT WAS
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GONNA COST IN THEIR, MAYBE INITIAL INVEST IN INVESTMENT HERE WAS, LOOK, IF YOU WANNA SET UP THIS PROGRAM, WE CAN HELP SUPPORT IT.WE'LL FUND THE COST OF THE EQUIPMENT.
YOU JUST PROVIDE US SPACE, AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU THE EQUIPMENT.
AND THEN FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, WE'LL DO THESE ANNUAL INVESTMENTS FOR COST.
SO WHEN WE, WHEN I THINK OF IT AS IT'S LIKE 10% THING, IT'S LIKE, WOW, THAT'S A, THAT'S A HUGE PLUS FOR THEM ON THIS, BUT I'M NOT SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF ALL THAT COST.
IT COULD BE A MILLION DOLLARS IN THEIR MIND, OR 2 MILLION.
IT'S JUST THE COST OF WHAT IT TAKES FOR US AND, AND THE BUILDING SITE.
AND OF COURSE YOU'VE MENTIONED DSA AND THE OTHER MATTERS THAT'LL GO TO IT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, I GUESS THERE IS A VALUE IN TERMS OF ADVERTISING THE CURRICULUM TO STUDENTS THAT THIS IS BACKED UP BY NOT JUST US AS A, YOU KNOW, A A COURSE IN, IN, YOU KNOW, UM, CULINARY, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FAMOUS OR WELL KNOWN THAT'S INVESTING IN US AND THAT DRIVES MORE INTEREST.
SO I GET THE MARKETING PART OF IT, AND I'M JUST STATING THAT OUT HERE BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH, WHERE DO WE INVEST, YOU KNOW, 90% TO A 10% INVESTMENT? AND IS IT REALLY PRUDENT? AGAIN, YOU KNOW, USING THAT TERMINOLOGY, BUT I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I'M NOT, I'M NOT CONDEMNING.
AND THEN IF THIS IS SORT OF AN INFANCY STAGES WHERE YOU'RE GONNA USE THIS AS CONTINUING MARKETING, YOU KNOW, TO MR. PANSKY IS ALWAYS, AND I I AGREE, HE'S ALWAYS INDICATED, YOU KNOW, THESE JOINT PARTNERSHIPS, YOU KNOW, WHERE DOES THAT, NOT THAT WE GET INTO NAMING BUILDINGS ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AND WHERE THAT VALUE COMES IN, BUT WHERE DOES THIS VALUE COME IN AT AND SO FORTH.
SO I THINK WE'RE STILL IN THAT SORT OF FEELING OUT STAGE.
AND I GUESS NOW WHAT I'M STATING IS MORE JUST, UH, UH, MY SORT OF, UH, PERSONAL DOCU, YOU KNOW, POINT APPROACH TO THIS.
AND I, AND, AND, AND, UH, YEAH, MAYBE, AND IT'S THE FACT THAT THERE'S ALREADY A CULINARY PROGRAM THERE ON CAMPUS, IT'S NOT LIKE I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT WE MIGHT BE REPLACING SOMETHING FOR ANOTHER AND WE DON'T KNOW THE VALUE TO THE STUDENT'S NEED, BUT I, I, I, I FEEL BETTER ABOUT THIS.
MR. MCFARLAND IS THE 130 STUDENTS, IS THAT OVER, THAT'S OVER THE SPAN OF 10 YEARS THAT NO, NO, NO, NO.
AND THEN IS THE, THE BAKERY EQUIPMENT, WHAT IS THE EXPECTED LIFESPAN FOR THAT, THAT THEY'RE DONATING? UM, THE EQUIPMENT, UH, IT'S, THERE'S VARIOUS EQUIPMENT, BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THE EQUIPMENT WILL LAST 20 TO 30 YEARS AT LEAST.
UM, YOU KNOW, KITCHEN EQUIPMENT.
BUT YEAH, I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S A LONG LIFESPAN OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE SEEN.
AND WITH THAT, THAT BEING CASE, IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE BES.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY DR.
UH, MR. POJO, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? I'LL, I'LL SECOND.
MR. POPE DRAKE, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? YES.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, THIS IS THE VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL BAKERY CLASSROOM AND KITCHEN PROJECT MS. BETS? AYE.
BUT I, I DO WANNA JUST MAKE ONE TINY POINT.
IS THAT IN THE NOTES IS JUST CAUTION ON, ON THE PERCENTAGES OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR DOLLARS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA INVEST 3 MILLION TO GET SEVEN.
WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
UH, THERE ARE 11 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
MR. ROSS HAS FOUND A WAY TO AFFIRM WITH MANY DIFFERENT, INCLUDING OTHER LANGUAGES.
[9. Bret Harte Preparatory Middle School Barrier Removal Project and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
THIS IS THE BRETT HART PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL BARRIER REMOVAL.UM, UH, MR. UH, DUL, YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THIS PROJECT? YES.
ISAM DUL, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES PLANNING DEVELOPMENT, UH, PRESENTING THE HARP, UH, BRETT HART PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECT.
YOU'VE SEEN PROJECTS LIKE THIS BEFORE.
THIS IS A BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECT AS PART OF OUR A DA TRANSITION PLAN.
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WAY OF BACKGROUND ABOUT OUR A DA PROGRAM.IN OCTOBER OF 2017, THE BOARD APPROVED THE SELF-EVALUATION TRANSITION PLAN, WHERE WE CALL IT THE TRANSITION PLAN, UM, UNDER THE A, UH, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO FURTHER OUR COMPLIANCE WITH A DA, UM, ENTITLED TWO PROGRAM.
AND SO UNDER THIS PLAN, ALL SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT ARE ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACCESSIBILITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET.
UM, AND THEN THOSE SCHOOLS ARE THEN PRIORITIZED FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT TO TRY TO ACHIEVE THAT LEVEL OF, UM, OF ACCESSIBILITY.
THE ACCESSIBILITY LEVEL ASSIGNMENTS IN TERMS OF THE CATEGORIES ARE ASSIGNED BASED OFF OF TWO, TWO DOZEN DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
THAT INCLUDES THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE, THE MATRICULATION PATTERNS, UH, FEEDER, FEEDER PATTERNS, UM, ET CETERA THAT DETERMINE WHERE WITHIN THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE, TWO, OR THREE, UH, CATEGORY OF ACCESSIBILITY THEY WOULD MEET OR THAT WE WOULD STRIVE TO MEET.
SO IN TERMS OF THE LEVELS OF ACCESSIBILITY, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
CATEGORY ONE IS SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACCESS, AND THIS IS USUALLY FULL ACCESSIBILITY OR, UM, HIGH ACCESSIBILITY SCHOOLS.
UM, CATEGORY TWO IS PROGRAM ACCESSIBLE, MEANING THAT ALL THE CORE SPACES AND FEATURES WILL BE ACCESSIBLE AND ALL PROGRAMS AT THE SITE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE BY SOMEBODY, UM, WHO, WHO REQUIRES ACCESSIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.
UM, AND THEN CATEGORY THREE IS WHAT WE CALL CORE ACCESS, WHICH IS THE BASIC LEVEL OF ACCESS THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE CORE BUILDINGS AND CERTAIN COMMON SPACES.
UM, AND SO ULTIMATELY THESE ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS ARE DEVELOPED FOR THESE SCHOOLS TO MEET THAT SPECIFIC, UM, CATEGORY THAT THEY ARE RANKED OR PUT INTO.
SO, UH, FOR BRETT HART PREPARATORY MIDDLE SCHOOL, THIS IS IN BOARD DISTRICT ONE AND REGION SOUTH.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP HERE THE TOTAL PROJECT, WHICH I'LL GET INTO THE, UM, THE SCOPE OF WORK IN A SECOND IS APPROXIMATELY $448,000.
SO THIS IS FOR CORE ACCESS AND THIS IS A BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECT.
UM, JUST A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON BRETT HART, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 300,000 SQUARE FEET OF, UH, BUILDING SPACE ON ABOUT 10 ACRES OF, UH, LAND.
UM, THIS SCHOOL WAS BUILT, OR THE BUILDINGS ON THIS SCHOOL WAS BUILT ANYWHERE FROM 1929 THROUGH 1977.
THERE'S ONE SCHOOL LOCATED ON THE SITE WITH AN ENROLLMENT OF 453 STUDENTS.
UM, AND THIS IS INFORMATION WE PROVIDE ON ALL OF OUR ACCESSIBILITY PROJECTS, BUT THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF, UM, OF THOSE STUDENTS, HOW MANY, UM, ARE, UH, HAVE A DISABILITY OR, OR ARE CATEGORIZED AS HAVING A DISABILITY AND THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE DISABILITIES ARE.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT.
SO THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY IS A BURIAL REMOVAL PROJECT TO PROVIDE AN ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM, UM, IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA.
AND SO THE WAY THIS PROJECT CAME ABOUT IS THERE WAS A STUDENT, UH, WHO WAS WHEELCHAIR BOUND, WHO REQUIRED, UM, AN ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM.
AND SO AN ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS.
AND SO THAT SPURRED THE NEED FOR THIS, UM, CRITICAL PROJECT TO, UM, TO START, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THAT STUDENT AND FOR ANY OTHER STUDENT THAT REQUIRE ACCESSIBLE, BUT THOSE, THAT IS A TEMPORARY FIX.
UM, SO THIS WILL HOPEFULLY PROVIDE A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
AND SO THE SCOPE OF WORK IS TO TAKE THE NURSE'S, UH, RESTROOM AND OTHER SPACES SURROUNDING IT AND CONSOLIDATE IT TO MAKE IT LARGE ENOUGH FOR AN ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF.
UM, THE PROJECT BUDGET IS $448,000, UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN ABOVE BECAUSE OF, UM, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY TRIED TO DO THIS PROJECT UNDER, UM, UNDER THE, UH, DELEGATED AUTHORITY OF ANYTHING UNDER $250,000.
WE CAN GO AND DO A CRITICAL REPAIR, UM, AND GO IMMEDIATELY AND START THAT WORK.
BUT BECAUSE OF, UH, BLACK IRON, UH, STRUCTURE THAT WE FOUND, UM, IN THE WALLS OF THE, UM, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WE'RE REQUIRED TO THEN GO THROUGH DSA, WHICH WE WERE HOPING WE COULD AVOID, UM, OR, UH, NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO THROUGH DSA.
AND SO THEREFORE IT REQUIRED AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
UM, OVER THE 250 TH THOUSAND DOLLARS THRESHOLD, UM, PROJECT CONSTRUCTION START IS, UH, PLANNED FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2026.
THAT'S PARTIALLY BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE DESIGN, AS I MENTIONED UNDER THAT, UM, EARLIER, UH, PLAN AND COMPLETION IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2026.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS MR. DOUGAL? MR. CAMPBELL? YEAH, JUST ONE.
YOU YOU MENTIONED THERE'S NO ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM ON THIS CAMPUS? THAT IS CORRECT.
WE HAVE MANY SCHOOLS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THAT SAME SITUATION.
THAT'S, I WILL LET, UH, MR. KEN ARRINGTON ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
HE IS OUR, UH, ACCESSIBILITY EXPERT FOR THE DISTRICT.
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DA COMPLIANCE.UM, SO WE HAVEN'T SURVEYED EVERY SINGLE CAMPUS, UM, FULLY, UH, TO DATE.
UM, WE DO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE CAMPUSES THAT, UH, DO NOT HAVE ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS AT THIS TIME.
UM, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE THE RAPID ACCESS PROGRAM.
UM, AND IN THIS CASE, WHAT, UH, ASAM WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS, UM, THE RAPID ACCESS PROJECT WAS MOVING FORWARD, UM, UNDER BOARD DELEGATED AUTHORITY.
UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND THE BLACK IRON, UH, THAT PROCESS IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL, WHETHER WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR, A DA BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECTS THAT WE BRING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
SO WE DO THOSE PROJECTS, UM, QUITE REGULARLY, DEPENDS ON THE, UH, THE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT THE CAMPUS AND THE AVAILABLE NEEDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS BRING FORWARD TO US.
SO WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT THAT IS OUT THERE TO THE, THE SCHOOLS.
UM, THEY PUT THE REQUESTS IN, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GO TO DSA, SUCH AS, IN THIS CASE, SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THE DESIGN TOGETHER AND GO OUT WITH A JOCK PROJECT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST PERFORM THE, THE CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, TO CODE, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, UP TO CODE STANDARD AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO YES, WE ARE AWARE OF, OF THAT, UH, THAT SITUATION.
WE DO HAVE THAT IN SOME CASES.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE NATURE OF THE BEAST WITH LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR TRANSITION PLAN, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY PRIORITIZED ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE GREATEST NEED, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE KNOWN STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, UM, IEP SECTION 5 0 4 STUDENTS, SO ON AND SO FORTH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TOWARDS THE FRONT END.
UM, HAVING SAID THAT, WE, WE DO HAVE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE STUDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, COME IN THAT HAVE A SECTION 5 0 4 PLAN AND WE WEREN'T AWARE OF IT.
SO THE REQUEST GOES IN AND WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
I'M, I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT FLOORED THAT THERE ARE FACIL AND I, AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS, AND THE CHILD OF A PARENT WHO WAS DISABLED AND MY MOM HAD CEREBRAL PALSY, UH, HER ENTIRE LIFE.
AND, UM, HAVING GROWN UP AND, AND OBSERVED JUST AS A CHILD OF A PARENT WITH A DISABILITY, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOMETIMES PEOPLE TOO HAVE TIME LIMITED ISSUES WHERE THEY'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR, RIGHT? THEY BREAK A LEG OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, AND THAT THEY WOULD THEN BE IN A, A CAMPUS WHERE THEY, THEY COULD NO LONGER GO TO SCHOOL THERE 'CAUSE THERE WEREN'T RESTROOM FACILITIES FOR THEM.
I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S A PROCESS TO ADDRESS THESE RAPIDLY, BUT IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THE KID WHO BREAKS THEIR LEG OR THE PARENT WHO COMES IN ON SCHOOL BUSINESS AND NEEDS TO USE THE RESTROOM AND THEN CAN'T.
AND, AND I, I, I JUST, I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, IN THE CONTEXT OF, OF SOME OF THE NICE TO HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE FUND OUT OF OTHER BUCKETS OF MONEY VERSUS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S OTHER, THERE'S OTHER TYPES OF, UM, PHYSICAL AND, AND, AND, UH, UH, OTHER LIMITATIONS THAT, THAT FOLKS HAVE THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO PLAN SPECIALLY FOR.
BUT ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS ARE, ARE ONE THAT'S SO BASIC THAT IT, IT SEEMS TO ME, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT I'M JUST, I, I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD CAMPUSES AND, AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE AN INVENTORY OF THEM, UM, IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD CREATE A SURVEY PRETTY QUICKLY AND SEND THAT OUT TO THE PRINCIPALS, ASKING THEM IF THEY HAVE AT LEAST ONE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE BATHROOM AND, AND GET A, GET A LIST OF THOSE.
THAT WOULDN'T BE A HEAVY LIFT.
UM, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE DISTRICT TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AS QUICKLY AS YOU COULD.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT REAL QUICK, SO WE DO HAVE WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE SELF-EVALUATION ASPECT OF THE TRANSITION PLAN.
WHICH S SO WHEN YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL TO SEE IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN INVENTORY OF THOSE, I DO KIND OF HAVE THAT, BUT IT IS KIND OF RAW INFORMATION IN, IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S NOT A, A FACILITIES ACCESS SPECIALIST GOING IN AND, YOU KNOW, INSPECTING IT TO THE REGULATIONS, RIGHT? SO, UM, IT'S JUST KIND OF AN EYEBALL APPROACH AND, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A NEBULOUS THING THOUGH, RIGHT? I MEAN, THERE'S A MINIMUM ACCESS WIDTH AND THERE'S A MINIMUM STALL SIZE AND, AND THE SUPPORTIVE BARS AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT MAKE IT MINIMALLY COMPLIANT WITH WHATEVER THE CURRENT STANDARD IS.
AND SO IT SEEMS TO ME WE SHOULD HAVE A LIST OF THOSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IF IT'S 200 SCHOOLS, RIGHT? THAT'S, THAT'S A LEGITIMATE THING TO ASK ABOUT IN THE, THE CONTEXT OF, OF LIKE, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING $5 MILLION ON A NICE TO HAVE PROJECT WITH NO QUESTION THAT IT'S GREAT.
BUT GOSH, WHAT ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER PLACES WHERE, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, I JUST, I, I WOULD SAY DON'T, IT'S NOT JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS THAT, THAT WOULD LOSE ACCESS TO THEIR CAMPUS POTENTIALLY BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT CAME UP ON A TEMPORARY BASIS FOR THEM.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE IMPACT ON THOSE KIDS TOO, IF THEY HAVE A DISABLED PARENT AND THAT PARENT IS
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UNABLE TO USE FACILITIES THERE WHEN THEY NEED TO.IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, AND STAFF, IT'S, IT'S BIGGER THAN JUST JUST THE KIDS IN THIS CASE.
IT'S THE WHOLE, UH, ECOSYSTEM OF FOLKS THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE SCHOOL.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
UM, I, I JUST, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND, AND THE, THE, WHAT BROUGHT THIS, THE SENSE OF URGENCY TO THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
AND I'M LOOKING AT THE SUGGESTED COMPLETION DATE, AND WHEN I WAS IN, WELL, WE CALLED IT, UM, WELL, WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, IS A TWO YEAR GIG, IS THIS THING GONNA GET COMPLETED, UH, IN THE TIMELINE THAT THE STUDENT WILL STILL BE THERE?
WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS WE ACTUALLY ASKED QUESTION.
I MEAN, AND IT NEEDS TO BE HAPPEN ANYWAYS.
IT'S, IT'S, I'M KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PAR UH, PARROTING WHAT, WHAT BOB WAS SAYING.
BUT I MEAN, CAN WE PUSH UP THE TIMELINE FOR THIS? IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT? THAT'S GONNA BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR FACILITIES.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO WILL THE STUDENTS STILL BE THERE? UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE STUDENT WILL STILL BE THERE.
UM, WE DO HAVE OTHER STUDENTS AT THIS CAMPUS THAT DO HAVE MOBILITY CONCERNS.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S IN, SO IT'S NOT THAT WE WON'T HAVE THE NEED FOR THE, THE RESTROOM.
UM, NOT TO MENTION THAT WE WILL LIKELY HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT COMING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE AT THIS CAMPUS, WHICH IS THAT LARGER A DA BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECT THAT KIND OF ENCOMPASSES THE WHOLE CAMPUS FOR PROGRAM ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF A RARITY OF A CAMPUS, MAINLY BECAUSE WHEN FACILITIES MOVES FORWARD WITH PROJECTS THAT THEY BRING FORWARD TO YOU GUYS ALL THE TIME, ANYTHING THAT GOES TO THE DIVISION OF THE STATE ARCHITECT HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AS IT RELATES TO ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, AND ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS ARE, ARE ONE OF THOSE.
SO, SOMETHING AS IT RELATES TO BRET HART MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LIST OF PROJECTS HAS, HAS GONE THROUGH BRET HART OVER THE YEARS, BUT, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THE, YOU KNOW, ALMOST ALL OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE PATHS OF TRAVEL.
THEY HAVE ACCESSIBLE DRINKING FOUNTAINS, THEY HAVE ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS, THEY, YOU KNOW, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO THERE ARE A DA UPGRADES BEING PERFORMED ON ALL OF THESE ALTERATION PROJECTS, UM, EXCEPT FOR EXTREME, EXTREME FEW PROJECTS.
SO, AND THOSE ARE TYPICALLY LIKE MAINTENANCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S FUNNY YOU MENTION THAT 'CAUSE WE OFTENTIMES THINK ABOUT THIS, A DURATION OF TIME FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
DOES IT REMOVE THE BARRIERS TO FACILITATE THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS BEING, BUT I WANNA ALLOW YOU A, A, AN OPPORTUNITY.
I'M GONNA MAKE A STATEMENT, AND I HOPE IT HELPS YOU NOT HURT YOU WITH THIS COMMENT, WHAT YOU STATED, WHICH WAS VERY RAW AND VERY HONEST.
UM, YOU KNOW, A DA IS IS 45 YEARS FEDERALLY, AND IN CALIFORNIA IT'S BEEN CODIFIED FOR NEARLY THAT AMOUNT OF TIME AS WELL.
I FIND IT INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA UNTIL RECENTLY, THE ONLY CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR LICENSURE WAS FIVE HOURS OF, OF DISABLED ACCESS, OF, UH, KNOWLEDGE.
UM, MANY OTHER STATES, IT'S 16 HOURS PLUS OF OTHER THINGS.
SO FOR US TO BE A PUBLIC INSTITUTION, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND TO NOT HAVE THIS AS A PRIORITY, THIS IS WHERE I HOPE I'M HELPING YOU AND NOT ATTACKING YOU IN ANY FASHION, IS THIS SHOULD BE PRIORITY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT PUBLIC MONIES AND PUBLIC FUNDS, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IN MY PRACTICE, DISABLED ACCESS CAN JUST BE A HUGE HEADACHE, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT A PROGRAM AND YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THIS, BUT THEN YOU GOTTA MEET, AS YOU STATED EARLIER, EVERYTHING FROM THE PARKING STALL, ACTUALLY, PUBLIC ACCESS, DEPENDING, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BUILDING, NOT ONLY TO THE AREA OF WORK, BUT EVERYTHING ALONG THAT PATH.
AND SO IT, IT ADDS A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WE CAN'T HAVE, AND WITH IT, IT SEEMS LIKE CHILDREN TODAY THAT WE'VE HAD MORE AND MORE ISSUES WITH DISABILITIES AND HAVE SITES.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE NOT AWARE THAT SOME OF THE SITES ARE NOT COMPLIANT.
BUT I WANT TO HELP YOU ON THAT TOO, BECAUSE COMPLIANCE IS EVOLVING EVERY FREAKING YEAR.
THE CODE'S CHANGING AND TWEAKING.
SO TECHNICALLY YOU'RE OUTTA COMPLIANCE.
YOU WALK INTO THIS HUGE SPACE AND YOU GO, OH, EVERYTHING LOOKS FINE.
I JUST WENT TO USE THE RESTROOM OVER HERE.
THAT WASTE RECEPTACLE AND SO FORTH IS WELL BELOW THE MINIMUM I NEED TO BE.
YOU EVER GO TO THIS BATHROOM HERE? YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU PUT YOUR BACK OUT, JUST THROWING A PAPER TOWEL AWAY.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING THAT THESE THINGS CAN BE OUTTA COMPLIANCE, BUT THE REST OF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FINE.
SO I, THERE'S A COMPLEXITY TO THIS TO HELP YOU THAT I UNDERSTAND, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO REFOCUS, AS ROBERT STATED, AS MR. BOGGIO STATED, THIS NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY AND ALL OF THIS, THIS, THIS, WHETHER IT'S MY PARTNER'S A CASP, SO IF YOU'VE GOTTA HIRE THESE ACCESS SPECIALISTS TO COME AND DO THIS SURVEY, THAT'S WHERE SOME MONEY SHOULD BE GOING, AND THESE SHOULD BE HIGHER ON THE PRIORITY AND JUST ALLOWING ME TO STATE THIS FOR YOU, HOPEFULLY
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ON YOUR BEHALF.SO, SO SINCE 2015, I MEAN, WE'VE CERTAINLY MADE IT A PRIORITY IN THE DISTRICT.
I MEAN, WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH THE, THE SELF VALUATION TRANSITION PLAN WITH THE DISTRICT.
THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS, UM, FACILITIES HAS THE FACILITIES ACCESS COMPLIANCE UNIT, UM, WITHIN THAT UNIT.
WE HAVE VERY HIGHLY TRAINED, UM, ACCESS SPECIALISTS.
THEY'RE NOT ALL CERTIFIED ACCESS SPECIALISTS WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT THEY KNOW PROGRAM ACCESSIBILITY INSIDE AND OUT.
UM, I'M A CASP AS WELL, BUT CSPS ARE TYPICALLY WHAT WE WOULD REFER TO AS A TITLE THREE, UM, CERTIFICATION.
SO COMMERCIAL WORLD, MORE SO THAN LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A PUBLIC AGENCY.
WHEREAS THE FOLKS IN FACILITIES ARE, LIKE I SAID, THEY KNOW TITLE TWO INSIDE AND OUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.
UM, SINCE 2015, THE PRIORITIES, UM, THAT WE HAVE MADE WITH THIS DISTRICT, UM, WE'VE COMMITTED, UM, OVER $1.2 BILLION JUST IN THE A DA BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECTS.
THAT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT TAKING ALL OF THE ALTERATION PROJECTS AND COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATION PROJECTS AND MAJOR MODS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, AND BREAKING DOWN ALL OF THE A DA, UM, UPGRADES THAT HAVE BEEN PERFORMED ON ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL, AND BUNDLING IT INTO ALL OF THAT, A DA COMMITMENT AS WELL.
SO IF WE, IF YOU WERE TO DO THAT, WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER.
BUT I ALWAYS SAY I, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER ENTITY IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WHO HAS ALLOCATED AS MUCH AS LA UNIFIED HAS, UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE 2015, JUST IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.
UM, ONE, 1.2 BILLION IS A, IT'S A BIG NUMBER.
UM, WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO.
I'M NOT, I I WOULD BE THE FIRST PERSON TO, TO TELL YOU THAT.
UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERY TIME WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS FAR AS BOND MONEY, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, CARVE OUT A LITTLE BUCKET FOR, FOR A DA UPGRADES AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW THAT EVERY QUARTER WE'RE GOING OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, A FEW MORE.
YOU GUYS SEE THEM ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS.
I MEAN, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT MORE PROPERTIES THAN MANY LANDOWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO, YOU KNOW, I GET THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE A HELL OF A NUMBER, BUT I GET TO MR. CAMPBELL'S POINT, WHETHER THE ENTIRE CAMPUS CAN BE ACCESSIBLE, WHICH WOULD BE THE GOAL, OR DO YOU AT LEAST HAVE SOME FACILITATION? AND ARE WE AWARE THAT EVERY CAMPUS WILL HAVE AT LEAST SOME FACILITATION? TO ME, THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF THAT, THAT DEVALUATION AND THEN STARTING TO THEN PRIORITIZE.
THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO HAVE 'EM COVERED UNDER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
THEN THAT WHOLE, THEN IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF THIS WHATEVER LITTLE BUCKET WE HAVE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO, TO MAINTAIN AND, AND, AND CREATE THESE BARRIER ACCESS.
MR. PENSKI, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BEEN TWO YEARS, IF NOT LONGER SINCE YOU GUYS PRESENTED THE A DA PLAN TO US.
I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE YOU COME BACK AND, AND BRING US THE UPDATED VERSION OF IT AND KIND OF LIKE THE SCOPE OF THE WORK AND WHERE YOUR CURRENT PLANS ARE TAKING YOU.
BECAUSE THIS ONE, I DON'T RECALL BEING SPECIFIC TO THAT LIST, BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE A FORMAL PLAN IN PLACE AND IT MAY BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY HERE TO SEE IT AND UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE GOING IN.
YEAH, THE PLAN IS ACTUALLY TO BE UPDATING THE, UH, THE TRANSITION PLAN AS WELL, UM, BECAUSE WE, WE GOT IT BOARD APPROVED IN 2017.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE, THE GOAL WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, IN 2025 TO START TO SAY, OKAY, WELL THIS IS WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO, AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND THIS IS WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING FROM HERE.
SO WHEN WOULD WE BE ABLE TO GET AN UPDATE? UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE OFFICE OF 80 DA COMPLIANCE RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, UH, GUESS GUESSTIMATE.
I WON'T HOLD YOU TO A DAY
I, IT'S, IT JUST, IT IT, IT RECREATES ITS OWN ANIMAL.
I, UM, SO I'M WONDERING ABOUT, SO THERE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS ONE STUDENT IN PARTICULAR THAT TRIGGERED THE AWARENESS, UM, FOR THE NEED.
AND I'M WONDERING HOW, WHAT IS THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT STUDENT THEY'RE GOING TO, THEY WERE IN ELEMENTARY, UM, THEY WERE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ENDED UP IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY'LL GO TO HIGH SCHOOL, UM, FOR THAT FAMILY OR ANY FAMILY IN THE SITUATION.
ARE THEY IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'RE HAVING TO MAKE THEIR SCHOOL CHOICE BASED ON ACCESSIBLE FACILITIES? OR LIKE, HOW DO WE KNOW SO THE STUDENT'S GONNA END UP IN HIGH SCHOOL AND
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WHAT'S THE SITUATION FOR THEM THERE? YEAH, SO THE GREAT QUESTION, UM, NO, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR DETERMINATION ON WHAT HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, BASED UPON, YOU KNOW, ACCESSIBILITY.BUT, UM, WE DO, WE DO ASK, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS TO, YOU KNOW, TO HELP US OUT AND, UM, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, ACCESS, UH, THE FACILITIES ACCESS COMPLIANCE UNIT AND MYSELF AND THE A DA, UH, COMPLIANCE UNIT, UH, WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF HAVE A LITTLE FORETHOUGHT, YOU KNOW, AND MAKE SURE, OKAY, WELL WHERE IS THIS STUDENT GONNA BE MATRICULATING TO? SO THEN THAT WAY PRIOR TO THEM GETTING THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE GOING TO BE THOSE FACILITIES OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PUT A REQUEST IN AHEAD OF TIME, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, GET SOMETHING MOVING.
SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THAT ON MANY OCCASIONS IN THE PAST.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT A STUDENT WHO ACTUALLY ISN'T EVEN THERE YET, BUT WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN THE LAST YEAR OF MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEY'RE GONNA BE MATRICULATING THERE.
SO WE DO, WE DO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THAT, BUT WE, WE ALWAYS ASK FOR THE SCHOOLS TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE A PIS IS, ARE, ARE EXTREMELY HELPFUL WITH US, UM, ON THAT END.
I THINK WE CAN BRING YOU BACK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR ASSISTANCE.
SO YOUR LAST COMMENT WAS, WAS THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED, MOVED BY MR. BOGGIO.
MR. ROSS, YOU HAVE A CHANCE FOR A SECOND? YES, SIR.
AND WITH THAT, MR. PORE, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE? ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE? SORRY.
UH, MEMBERS, THIS THE VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE, UH, TO RE, UH, TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE BRETT HART MIDDLE SCHOOL BARRIER BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECT MS. BETS.
MS. URCHIN MUELLER? YES, MS. LEWIS? AYE.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED WITH 11 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
[10. Chief Facilities Executive’s Report (Information Only)]
10, UH, CFE PRESENTATION, UH, CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE CHRISTINA TOKS WILL MAKE HER PRESENTATION.THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY, NO VOTES, BUT YOU CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS.
NOW THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BAKERY ITEMS AND EVERYONE IS PROBABLY HUNGRY FOR LUNCH.
I WAS JOKING WITH TIM THAT I THINK IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE WORD CHOCOLATE WAS USED IN ANY BOC PRESENTATION.
SO, WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH JUST A RECAP OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BOND AND THEN HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY.
UM, ALWAYS I THINK A POINT OF PRIDE FOR BOTH OF US IS JUST THE INCREDIBLE SHEER VOLUME OF WORK THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS UNDERWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY COMPETING WITH, UM, THE COUNTY, THE CITY METRO, ET CETERA, AT JUST, WHEN YOU LOOK AT $9.6 BILLION OF WORK THAT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN OR ON CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S 1,017 ACTIVE PROJECTS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE COME TO THIS BOC AND TO THE BOARD.
UM, EXAMPLES OF WORK THAT WE HAVE UNDER CON CONSTRUCTION, UH, 3.3 BILLION IS THE LARGEST FOR WHAT WE CALL CAMPUS MODERNIZATIONS.
UM, AS WAS MENTIONED BY KEN, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT THOUGH THEY'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY PRIORITIZED FOR ACCESSIBILITY, THEY DO INCLUDE ACCESSIBILITY IN THEIR KIND OF COMPREHENSIVE SCOPE OF WORK.
CLASSROOM REPLACEMENTS ALSO DOES AS WELL, A DA ACCESS COMPLIANCE PROJECTS LIKE YOU HEARD THE LAST ONE, ROOFING OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS AND CAMPUS UPGRADES AT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONS, HVAC.
VERY PRESCIENT FOR THIS TIME AND PLUMBING UPGRADES.
SO LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE HIGHLIGHT ON OUR MAJOR MODERNIZATION PROJECTS.
YOU MIGHT RECALL THESE WERE SEVEN MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO ADDRESS SEISMIC UPGRADES, NEW BUILDINGS INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE REMOVAL OF PORTABLES APPROXIMATELY 10,000 STUDENTS AT THESE SEVEN SCHOOLS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS WORK.
UM, AND THEY'RE IN VARIOUS STAGES
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FROM DSA REVIEW DESIGN.AND THEN WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ARE GOING THROUGH, UH, THE MAKE READY CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE DOING SOME SITE DEMOLITION WORK OR UTILITY WORK.
UM, SO THAT WHEN THE MAIN CONTRACTOR COMES ON BOARD, THAT SITE IS READY TO GO.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A QUICK RECAP OF THE SCHOOLS 49TH STREET MAJOR MODERNIZATION.
UM, THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN DSA REVIEW.
THIS PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO START CONSTRUCTION, UM, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
IT'S $92 MILLION, UM, AND COMPLETE IN 2027.
THIS ONE IS THE FURTHEST ALONG.
UM, AND I THINK OUR ONLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, PROJECT CANOGA PARK HIGH SCHOOL MAJOR MODERNIZATION.
UM, THIS ONE IS CURRENTLY IN THAT MAKE READY CONSTRUCTION PHASE, ALSO IN DSA REVIEW, 154 MILLION, UM, TO PROVIDE TWO NEW CLASSROOM BUILDINGS, UM, WITH OTHER, UH, SUPPORT AMENITIES AND FACILITIES AS WELL.
AS WELL AS A NEW, UM, NATURAL TURF ATHLETIC FIELD, GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL MAJOR MODERNIZATION.
ALSO TO ADDRESS SEISMIC DEFICIENCIES AT THIS SCHOOL.
INCLUDES 31 CLASSROOM SUPPORT SPACES.
YOU'LL SEE IT'S QUITE A LARGE BUILDING.
UM, IT'S A VERY, VERY TIGHT CAMPUS.
SO WE'RE GROWING VERTICALLY WITH A LIBRARY ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR.
IRVING MIDDLE SCHOOL, MAJOR MODERNIZATION.
YOU MAY RECALL THIS IS A HISTORIC CAMPUS.
UM, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A FAULT GOING THROUGH THE HISTORIC, UH, BUILDINGS ON THAT CAMPUS.
UM, WE ARE REPLACING THOSE BUILDINGS.
ALSO A LARGE PROJECT AT 173 MILLION.
UM, THAT ONE IS SCHEDULED TO START IN 2026, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE REMOVING THOSE BUILDINGS.
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN MULTIPLE PHASES AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT DURATION LONGER THAN OUR OTHER PROJECTS.
FAIRFAX HIGH SCHOOL MAJOR MODERNIZATION.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO PROVIDE A NEW GYMNASIUM, NEW CLASSROOM BUILDINGS, UM, AND NEW M AND O BUILDINGS.
THIS ONE IS ALSO, UM, IN DESIGN.
DSA READY TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 2026.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME MORE MAJOR MODERNIZATION ALSO TO ADDRESS SEISMIC VULNERABILITIES.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING NEW BUILDINGS, NEW CLASSROOM SPACES, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, UH, LUNCH, UM, AND EATING AREA, OUTDOOR DINING.
AND THEN WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR EARLY EDUCATION CENTER OUTDOOR CLASSROOM PROJECTS AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.
WE HAVE 59 BOARD APPROVED PROJECTS, SO THAT'S A TOTAL INVESTMENT OF A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS, 225 MILLION TO PROVIDE OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR SMALLEST STUDENTS.
UM, AND THEN WHEN WE DO THESE PROJECTS, THEY'RE ALSO COUPLED TYPICALLY WITH NEW HVAC ROOFING, UM, FIRE ALARM AND A DA ACCESSIBILITY PROJECTS.
'CAUSE WE ONLY WANNA GO TO THOSE SITES ONCE.
UM, AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO ALL THAT WORK AT ONE TIME.
SO WE HAVE IN THIS YEAR, UM, 41 OF THOSE SITES HAVE OPENED AND CHILDREN ARE NOW, UM, BENEFITING FROM THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
17 OPENED, UM, JUST THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND WE HAVE 10 NEW PROJECTS, UM, THAT WILL, UH, THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN DESIGN.
SO MORE TO COME, HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THOSE RIBBON CUTTINGS.
JUST A QUICK KIND OF SAMPLE OF THE PROJECTS.
UM, THIS ONE JUST WILL COMPLETE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
WE'RE JUST WRAPPING UP CONSTRUCTION NOW.
UM, THIS ONE'S AT 75TH STREET, 20%, UM, CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE.
UH, THIS ONE IS AT 20% COMPLETE, ALSO WILL END IN 2026.
UM, THIS ONE ALSO WILL END IN 2026.
AND THIS ONE IS, UH, HALFWAY THROUGH.
UM, I THINK FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE COME TO THE RIBBON CUTTINGS, ONE OF THE, UH, CHALLENGES OF THIS IS THAT WE HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY BUILD HALF THE PLAY YARD SO THAT KIDS ALWAYS HAVE ONE PART OF THE PLAY YARD OPEN, AND THEN WE FLIP AND WE BUILD THE OTHER HALF UNLESS THEY'RE LARGE ENOUGH THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TWO SEPARATE PLAY AREAS.
UM, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO CONSIDER DOING WORK ON OUR OPERATION SCHOOLS EVEN IF THOSE KIDS ARE THREE OR 18 YEARS OLD.
ANY QUESTIONS, MR. PANSKY? UH, NOT A QUESTION.
JUST, UH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
I MEAN, SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS DON'T LOOK LIKE SCHOOLS AND, UH, THE IMPACT THAT THIS HAS FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE FACULTY AT THOSE LOCATIONS ARE REALLY INCREDIBLE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL OF THE RIBBON CUTTINGS DURING THAT TIMEFRAME.
AND I TELL YOU, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE
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NOT BEEN TO A RIBBON CUTTING, IT IS REALLY A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT WE DO SITTING ON THIS PANEL.'CAUSE WE'RE QUESTIONING L-A-U-S-D FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE FINAL WORK AND THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECTS AND THE LOOK ON THE STUDENTS, AND, AND FOR ME, IT'S ALMOST MORE ON THEIR PARENTS' FACES BECAUSE THE PARENTS COME OUT AND, AND FORCE TO SUPPORT THE GRAND OPENING EVENTS AND THE SMILES ON THEIR FACE AND HOW PROUD THEY ARE OF THEIR CAMPUSES.
SO I JUST WANT CONGRATULATE YOU A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AT GARFIELD.
I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE CAN LET YOU KNOW.
IT'S VERY INTERESTING DESIGN AND NOT THAT I'M A LANDSCAPE GUY, YOU KNOW WHAT MY UHHUH, BUT IT'S COOL HOW THEY PULLED IT TOGETHER THERE.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I GUESS NOT.
THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE ONE THING I DO TAKE BACK TO MY OFFICE.
[11. Discussion of Non-Agenda Matters]
ON OUR AGENDA IS ANYTHING FROM MEMBERS, MR. PANSKY.UH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, AS A CHAMBER MEMBER, UH, WE GET A LOT OF INVITATIONS TO ACTIVITIES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UH, ONE NOW IS, UH, L-A-U-S-D HAS ITS UPCOMING PRINCIPLE FOR A DAY PROGRAM.
AND EVERYBODY HERE, IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN PRINCIPLE FOR A DAY, UH, THEY'RE GONNA DO A KICKOFF BREAKFAST ON SEPTEMBER 18TH OVER AT THE CITY CLUB AT, UH, LOS ANGELES.
UH, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT ON OCTOBER 16TH OR 17TH, THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY BE A PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY AT ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO THE PRINCIPAL AND STAFF LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUSINESS, VICE VERSA.
WE LEARN ABOUT THEIR PAINS AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH EVERY DAY.
I'VE DONE THIS FOR MANY YEARS, UH, AND ENDED UP ADOPTING GRADS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AROUND THE CORNER FROM HERE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT I KNOW WE COULD MAKE ON THEIR STUDENTS.
SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING FOR VIEWERS, LET ALONE, UH, BOARD HERE, UH, YOU CAN JUST GO TO BITLY A-D-P-F-A-D 2025.
SO,
UH, AND THAT'S MY COMMERCIAL
ANY OTHER FROM ANYBODY ELSE? I DO ALL MR. CAMPBELL.
UM, THE, UH, IN, IN LIGHT OF THE, UM, FRUITFUL DISCUSSION WE HAD TODAY ABOUT THE A DA PROJECT I, I, I THINK IN, AND I'M GONNA STATE THIS FOR THE RECORD AT, AT OUR NEXT MEETING, I, I, I PLAN TO BRING FORWARD A MOTION, UH, REQUESTING THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDE US WITH FORMAL FEEDBACK ON AND AN INVENTORY OF SCHOOL SITES THAT DO NOT HAVE AT LEAST ONE ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM.
UM, IF MEMORY SERVES CORRECTLY, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, FROM 2015 TO THE PRESENT, $1.2 BILLION WAS SPENT ON A DA IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, AND AGAIN, IF MEMORY SERVES.
AND, AND, AND, UH, IN 2015, THE DISTRICT, UH, IN PART TO RESOLVE A LAWSUIT REALLOCATED ABOUT $500 MILLION, I BELIEVE, UNDER SUPERINTENDENT CORTEZ AT THE TIME, UH, FROM WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN, UH, CHARTER IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, A DA COMPLIANCE, WHICH, WHICH MAKES UP, UH, A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THAT 1.2 BILLION.
UM, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL SITES THAT COME BACK WITHOUT EVEN ONE ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM, UM, IT, IT MIGHT SEEM APPROPRIATE FOR THE DISTRICT TO CONSIDER, UH, DOING SOMETHING MORE URGENTLY TO, TO ADDRESS THAT GAP.
AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO HAVE THAT DATA POINT, AT LEAST HOW MANY CAMPUSES DO NOT HAVE AT LEAST 180 A ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM? SO I, I PLAN TO BRING IN A MOTION, UH, REQUESTING THE BOC TO MAKE THAT FORMAL REQUEST OF THE DISTRICT.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE ADJOURNED UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, OCTOBER 4TH.