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          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          I'M DR. 
          ROCIO RIVAS, CHAIR OF THE GREENING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE. 
          WELCOME TO TODAY'S MEETING. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS WE CONTINUE ADVANCING OUR SHARED WORK TO GREEN, OUR CAMPUSES EXPAND CLIMATE LITERACY AND STRENGTHEN SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 
          UH, OUR SCHOOLS ARE MORE, AS YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOLS ARE MORE THAN PLACES OF LEARNING. 
          THEY'RE GATHERING SPACES AT THE HEART OF EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE SERVE. 
          BY TRANSFORMING ASPHALT INTO TREES, SHADE, AND GREEN PLAIN PLAY AREAS, WE CAN CREATE CAMPUSES THAT PROTECT STUDENT HEALTH, FOSTER JOY, AND WELLNESS. 
          AND EQUALLY SO FOR ALL THE PERSONNEL WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THIS COMMITTEE'S ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT LUSD IS LEADING THE WAY IN CREATING CAMPUSES THAT ARE NOT ONLY SUSTAINABLE, BUT ALSO EQUITABLE, RESILIENT, AND DEEPLY ROOTED IN COMMUNITIES, UH, COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          WE HAVE TWO KEY ITEMS IN TODAY'S AGENDA. 
          UH, THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM, ELOP UPDATE, OR ELLP. 
          UH, WE, WE WILL RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON HOW, UM, ELLP IS EXPANDING OUTDOOR AFTER SCHOOL AND WEEKEND LEARNING BY CONVERTING OUR 600,000 SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT INTO GREEN SPACE, AND PLANTING MORE THAN 800 TREES ACROSS L-A-U-S-D CAMPUSES. 
          THESE PROJECTS PRIORITIZE THE HIGH NEED SCHOOLS SUPPORT STUDENT ACADEMIC GROWTH, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, AND SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION. 
          OUR SECOND PRESENTATION IS KEY CONSIDERATIONS IN SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS. 
          WE WILL ENGAGE IN AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ON THE IMPACTS OF SYNTHETIC TURF ON OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS, LOOKING AT ISSUES SUCH AS HEALTH AND SAFETY INJURIES, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO TOXIC POLLUTANTS. 
          I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND INSIGHTS DURING OUR GROUP DISCUSSION, AS YOUR PERSPECTIVES WILL BE INVALUABLE IN SHAPING HOW THE DISTRICT APPROACHES THIS ISSUE MOVING FORWARD. 
          I WANNA THANK OUR DISTRICT STAFF AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THE CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION YOUR EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BUILDING CAMPUSES THAT SUPPORT THE, UH, THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND PERSONNEL WHILE CREATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT PREPARE THEM TO THRIVE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE. 
          [II. a. Schoolyard Greening through Extended Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP) Update]
UH, SO I'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST PRESENTATION. 
          UH, OUR FIRST ITEM, WE WILL HEAR FROM MR. CHRISTUS CILLO, OUR DISTRICT'S, UM, CHIEF ECO E SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, WITH AN UPDATE ON THE EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM THROUGH ELLP SCHOOLS ARE TRANSFORMING ASPHALT INTO GREEN SCHOOLYARDS AND TREES, NATIVE PLANTS, AND SHADED PLAY AREAS THAT SUPPORT AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT, ACADEMICS, AND STUDENT WELLNESS. 
          TODAY'S UPDATE WILL ALSO SHOW HOW THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH A PRIORITY GIVEN TO OUR HIGHEST NEEDS SCHOOLS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS. 
          WELCOME, MR. ILIAN, PLEASE. 
          GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU. 
          AND GOOD MORNING TO OUR LISTENERS. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO PRESENT ON A, ON A, ON A PROGRAM THAT IS VERY DEAR TO ME THAT, UM, THAT I WOULD LOVE TO, AT LEAST AS WE PRESENT, TO PAY ATTENTION TO HOW WE'RE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM, THE STRATEGIES THAT WE USE, AND THE EFFICIENCY THAT WAS CREATED OUTTA THIS PROGRAM. 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA FIND IT VERY HELPFUL TO HELP SUPPORT, UM, HOW WE THINK AND HOW WE MANAGE AND HOW WE IMPLEMENT PRO PROGRAMS IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO, UM, SO THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, IT'S GONNA INCLUDE, IT'S GONNA GIVE US A PROGRAM OVERVIEW. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETED, THAT WE HAVE SOME NICE PHOTOGRAPHS TO SHOWCASE AND SHARE THE, THE, UH, THE PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN PROJECTS IN PRE-CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND I WANNA CLOSE OUT BY SHARING SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED AND WHAT WE LEARNED OUT OF THIS AND WHY WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, YOU'RE GONNA FIND 'EM QUITE IMPORTANT, HOW THEY REALLY HELP US ACHIEVE OR GET CLOSER TO OUR 2035 GOAL OF 30% GREENING ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SO THE ACTUAL, UH, PROGRAM ITSELF, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. 
          THE, THE EXPANDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT HELP US ENHANCE OUTDOOR SPACES, UH, USED FOR BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. 
          AND WE DID THAT BY COMING UP WITH, UH, A PROGRAM THAT HELPS SUPPORT US TO REPLACE, UH, UH, THE ACTUAL ASPHALT FROM THE PLAYGROUNDS WITH GREEN SPACES. 
          AND WE INCORPORATE, WE DO THAT BY INCORPORATING NATIVE PLANTS, TREES, SHADE TREES, A NATURAL TURF, AND WE USE DECOMPOSED GRANITE IN MANY OF THE OCCASIONS OR OTHER PERMEABLE MATERIALS. 
          SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 34 PROJECTS THAT WE LOOKED 
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AT. 
          AND, UH, THIS PROGRAM CAME TO US, UH, IN LATE 2023. 
          AND INITIALLY, UH, WHEN THE PROGRAM CAME, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD ABOUT A YEAR TO IMPLEMENT, WHICH ACTUALLY, UH, CHALLENGED US AND MADE US BE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX HOW WE REALLY IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS WITHIN A A YEAR SCHEDULE. 
          THEN, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO EXTEND THE PROGRAM TO THE SECOND YEAR AND THIRD YEAR. 
          BUT THE GREAT THING IS THAT OUT OF THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO HELP US ACHIEVE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE THIS BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND, UH, SO WE LOOKED AT 34 PROJECTS, WHICH WE HAVE 12 COMPLETED TO DATE. 
          AND I'LL, I'LL BE GOING OVER THOSE COMPLETED PROJECTS. 
          WE HAVE 11 PROJECTS IN CONSTRUCTION AND 10 PROJECTS IN BID, AN AWARD. 
          AND, UH, ONE PROJECT IS IN DESIGN, THE ONE THAT IS IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING PROJECT. 
          IT'S A PROJECT THAT REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, ATTENTION BECAUSE, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, THE, UH, WINTER HILLS, WHICH WAS A SUBSIDENCE CONCERN, UM, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAYGROUND. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA BE A BIGGER PROJECT. 
          IT'S GONNA COST A LITTLE MORE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GONNA RESOLVE THAT ISSUE WHILE WE PROVIDE THIS, UH, BEFORE AND AFTER, UH, SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR THAT SCHOOL SITE. 
          SO, UM, SO WE'VE, UH, WORKED WITH OUR TEAM AND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO, UH, COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT CAN BEST SUPPORT OF HOW WE'D BE ABLE TO GET THERE. 
          AND WE USE A VERY INTERESTING STRATEGY. 
          AND, UH, THE STRATEGY DID INCLUDE TO, UM, TO MEET WITH THE STATE ARCHITECT AND, UH, AND APPROACH 'EM IN TERMS OF THE SOLUTIONS. 
          HOW CAN WE ACCELERATE THIS PROGRAM? KNOWING THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAD AND SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD WITH THE STATE ARCHITECT, IT WAS TO, UH, FOR US NOT TO GO THROUGH THE DSA REVIEW AND APPROVAL, UM, BY COMING UP WITH SOLUTIONS WITHOUT INTERRUPTING WHAT WE CALL THE PATH OF TRAVEL OR THE ACCESSIBILITY OF A CAMPUS. 
          SO WE MET AND WE'VE SHARED THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, HOW WE CAN DEVELOP SOME OF THESE, UM, UH, I'LL SAY SHADE ISLANDS, AS YOU SEE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH SITE, LIKE MARIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HOW WE CAN REALLY TAKE EXISTING LOCATIONS WHERE WE HAVE GREENERY OR PERHAPS WE HAD A, A, A TREE, WELL, TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND IT AND CREATE MORE, UH, AREAS OF SHADE, MORE AREAS OF GREEN, MORE AREAS OF, UH, OF, OF, OF DEVELOPING THAT GIVE US MORE PERMEABILITY, UH, BUT ALSO, UM, UH, INSTALLING SOME DROUGHT, UH, TOLERANT LANDSCAPING. 
          AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID. 
          AND, UM, AND THAT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR US IN TERMS OF OUR STRATEGY. 
          ANOTHER ONE WAS TO WORK WITH OUR IN-HOUSE DESIGN. 
          WE REALIZE THAT IF WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON AND WORK WITH THAT, WITH THAT TEAM DIRECTLY, WE CAN REALLY TURN AROUND THESE PROJECTS QUICKLY. 
          AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE HOW THE FIRST PROJECTS THAT WE DID WE'RE ABLE TO TURN IT AROUND WITHIN, UH, A QUICK TIME. 
          UM, AND WE, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE DESIGN WAS DONE CORRECTLY. 
          BUT THAT, UH, TIME GAVE US A PRO, APPROXIMATELY ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO, TWO TO FIVE MONTHS TO DO THE INTERNAL PROCESS WITH OUR ARCHITECTS THAT WE HAD OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IN, IN THIS TEAM THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND THEN ONCE WE DID THAT, WE THEN LOOKED AT CONSTRUCTION, WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM TO SEE HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS WEEKLY. 
          AND, AND WE SAW, WE'RE GONNA SEE ON THESE, UH, PROJECTS, I'LL BE SHARING THAT CONSTRUCTION TIME TOOK ABOUT APPROXIMATELY ANYWHERE BETWEEN FOUR TO NINE MONTHS, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT, WHERE THE CLOSEST, UM, IRRIGATION SYSTEM WAS, OR BEING ABLE TO ACCESS IRRIGATION, BUT ALSO THE, THE ACTUAL LAYOUT OF THE ACTUAL PLAN ITSELF. 
          UM, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, REALIZING THAT WE HAVE ONLY SO MANY RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO THE WORK, WE THEN LOOKED AT OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE RESOURCES, HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO ACCESS OUR TASK BENCH CONTRACTS, AND HOW CAN ENGAGE, UH, LANDSCAPE, UH, FIRMS, ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPING FIRMS TO HELP US OUT, TO HELP US WITH THE DESIGN SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL. 
          THAT ADDED ABOUT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS TO OUR SCHEDULE, BECAUSE IT'S A PROCESS TO, TO BE ABLE TO ASSIGN AND BRING OUTSIDE ARCHITECTS AND BEING ABLE TO HELP WITH THE DESIGN. 
          BUT OVERALL, IT HELPS US, UH, THROUGH THE STRATEGY TO, TO REALLY HELP ACCELERATE THE PROJECT. 
          AND, AND THE OTHER THING THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE, UM, ENGAGING OUR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, OUR FACILITIES TEAM TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AND STREAMLINE THE PROCESS SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE PROJECTS TO THEM. 
          SO THE OUTCOME, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ADD APPROXIMATELY 800 TREES AND REPLACE OVER 600,000 SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT WITH GREEN SPACE AT OUR COMPASSES. 
          SO, SO TO ME, I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING GREAT, INCREDIBLE THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO ON A, ON A TIMELY MANNER. 
          SO, UM, SO THEN WE, WE, THE OTHER THING THAT WE LOOKED AT TOO WAS THE SELECTION CRITERIA. 
          THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT WE KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT. 
          HOW DO WE SELECT SCHOOLS? AND CERTAINLY, UM, WE WANTED TO DISTRIBUTE THE PROJECTS, ALL THE, UH, PROJECTS WITHIN THE E LAB PROGRAM WITHIN THE DIS DIFFERENT BOARD DISTRICTS. 
          SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT HOW WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THAT. 
          AND AT THE TIME WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM, WE HAD THE FIRST GREEN INDEX 1.0. 
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SO WE LOOKED AT THAT IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZING SCHOOLS, WHERE WE SHOULD BE GOING FIRST BASED ON WHAT WE KNEW AT THE TIME. 
          AND THEN, UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE LOOKED AT, UH, SCHOOLS. 
          UH, WE LOOKED AT ELIGIBILITIES, INCLUDING STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE, REDUCED PRICE MEALS, ENGLISH LEARNERS, AND FOSTER YOUTH. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT THAT AS A ANOTHER CONSIDERATION. 
          AND THEN WE LOOKED AT SITES WITHOUT, WITH, UH, WITHOUT OTHER LARGE GREETING PROJECTS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PROVIDE EQUITY ON IN SCHOOLS WHERE WE SHOULD BE GOING. 
          UM, THERE WERE TWO SCHOOLS THAT WERE SELECTED TO ADDRESS PREEXISTING SITE CONCERNS, AND I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE AS WELL, UM, WHICH THEY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO COMPLETE. 
          BUT OVERALL, ALL THE OTHER ONES, THEY CAME ON A, ON A, ON A TIMELY SCHEDULE. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE 12 COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT I'LL BE COVERING TODAY. 
          AND, UH, THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE BOARD DISTRICTS. 
          AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD ACTUALLY, WITH DISCUSSING, UM, TO EVEN HAVE A LIST FOR EACH BOARD DISTRICT, UH, RABON COUNTY CEREMONY TO CELEBRATE THOSE PROJECTS. 
          BECAUSE EVERYONE WHO WENT AND SAW THE ACTUAL, UH, PROJECT ITSELF, THEY WERE VERY, VERY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND, UM, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S WORTH CELEBRATING SPECIFICALLY, UM, SPECIFICALLY KNOWING THAT IT, THEY WERE VERY TIMELY DONE. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES WHEN I, UH, STARTED TOURING THE, THE PROJECTS, UM, BEFORE AND AFTER WITH OUR TEAM HERE. 
          IT WAS NICE TO KIND OF HEAR THE STATEMENTS THAT THEY WERE MADE BY OUR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS. 
          AND SOMETIMES WHEN WE THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE DO ONE THING AND HELP, UM, IN TERMS OF ACHIEVE OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IN REALITY, WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS HOW REALLY ENHANCES THE SCHOOL ITSELF. 
          AND PRINCIPAL VARS HERE AT MARIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REALLY SAID IT VERY WELL IN TERMS OF HOW WE CREATE, CREATED, WELCOMING AND ENVIRONMENTS OF STUDENTS COMING TO OUR SCHOOLS, HOW WE REALLY KIDS. 
          AND SHE WENT ON TO SHARE WITH ME HOW THEY'RE EXCITED TO COME AND STAY BEFORE AND AFTER, AND PLAY ON THOSE PLAYGROUND SPACES AND HOW QUICKLY IT WAS DONE ON THEIR, ON THEIR SCHOOL. 
          SO THEY WERE ABLE NOW TO UTILIZE THOSE SPACES. 
          SO, UM, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT WAS EXCITING AND WE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND I WANTED TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT I SHARED THIS WITH YOU BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOWCASE AND SHARE THE, THE, THE RESPONSE THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE FIELD AS WELL. 
          SO, LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF THE SAME FOR THE NEXT 12 PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          BUT THE, BUT LOOKING AT WILTON, FOR EXAMPLE, WE REPLACE ASPHALT AREAS WITH PERMEABLE SURFACES. 
          WE PUT NATIVE PLANTS, TREES, AND IRRIGATION. 
          UH, WE DEVELOP THESE NATURE BASED AREAS WITH TREES AND BOULDERS. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AS I WAS SHARING EARLIER, WE TRY NOT TO INTERRUPT WHAT WE CALL THE PATH OF TRAVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THE DIVISION OF THE STATE ARCHITECTS REQUIREMENTS BY REALLY WORKING WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM TO, TO, UH, TO SELECT AREAS THAT ARE ON THE PERIMETER OF THE SCHOOL OR AREAS THAT WE HAD EMPTY TREE WELLS, SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO CREATE THAT ENHANCEMENT AND REALLY CREATE THOSE SPACES FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND, UH, WHAT'S INTERESTING, LIKE THIS PROJECT HERE, WE'RE GONNA SEE THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, STARTED IN FEBRUARY, UH, IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION, IT WAS COMPLETED BY JUNE OF 2024. 
          UM, THAT WAS, UH, WE HAD A, AN AREA OF 5,700 SQUARE FEET, UH, WITH A PROJECT BUDGET CLOSE TO 900,000. 
          AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL COST PER SQUARE FEET, WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE VERY LOW, ACTUALLY, THE AVERAGE, WE, IT'S WITHIN THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS RANGE, BUT THIS ONE RUN AROUND 155. 
          AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE, THE, THE, UH, THE, BASED ON THE EXPEND MONEY THAT WE HAD ON THAT PROJECT. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF HOW MUCH ASPHALT WAS REMOVED, UM, THE AREA LANDSCAPING AND A NUMBER OF THE TREES PLANTED ON THE PLANT ITSELF. 
          YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE KIND OF SELECTED THIS AREAS METHODICALLY WITHOUT INTERRUPTING THE PLAY ACTIVITIES FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT ENHANCING THE SPACE SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO USE THOSE, THOSE SPACES BEFORE AND AFTER AND DURING THE SCHOOL, UM, BECAUSE IT DID PROVIDE, UH, UH, UH, SHAPE FOR THEM. 
          AND, UM, AND, AND ALSO, I MEAN, THE PLAYGROUND ACTIVITIES THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE FOR THAT SCHOOL. 
          SO, AND THIS IS, UM, CAPISTRANO, CAPISTRANO WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT. 
          UM, THIS ONE, UH, ACTUALLY IT'S A PROJECT THAT HAD APPROXIMATELY 2300 SQUARE FEET. 
          AND WE'VE LEARNED SOMETHING THAT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND WHERE IRRIGATION IS, PROJECT CAN DRIVE ITSELF A LITTLE MORE IN TERMS OF THE COST. 
          BUT IT WAS IN THE LOW 200. 
          AND, UH, AND IT SHOWS THE OUTCOME OF THE PROJECT AS WELL. 
          YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHS, I THINK THE PHOTOGRAPHS ITSELF SHOWS HOW WE'VE, UH, WE REALLY THINK, UH, THOUGHT THROUGH SELECTING AREAS TO PROVIDE SHADE, UH, WITHOUT INTERRUPTING SOME OF THESE PLAY ACTIVITIES, BUT ENHANCING THEM, FINDING PLACES WHERE THE KIDS CAN REALLY HAVE S**T RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY'RE PLAYING WITH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT ACTUALLY CAME EVEN, UH, UH, UH, IT WAS LESS COSTLY. 
          WE CAN SEE THAT A MARIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT, UH, PRINCIPAL SHARE WITH US THOSE BEAUTIFUL WORDS AND HOW EXCITED SHE WAS FOR THESE ENHANCEMENTS AT OUR SCHOOL, BECAUSE IT DID 
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GIVE HER, UH, A PLAY FIELD. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BEFORE, UH, PHOTOGRAPH WITHIN, UH, THE RUNNING TRACK, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT GAVE HER, GIVE HER A PLACE OF GREEN WITH SHADE, AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE PROVIDE ENHANCEMENTS TO REALLY, UM, DRIVE THE SPACE TO HAVE MORE GREENERY, MORE PLAY, UH, SPACE AND MORE SHADE FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND, UH, AND THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, PROJECT THAT REALLY, UM, IT WAS REALLY CELEBRATED BY OUR SCHOOL AND OUR, BY OUR STUDENTS. 
          THE, UH, HAM MASAKI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, ANOTHER SITE ITSELF. 
          THIS ONE HELPED RE REPLACE A LOT OF THE ASPHALT THAT WE HAD THERE, AND DEVELOPED THE SAME CONCEPTS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DROUGHT TURNAROUND PLANNING THAT WE'VE ADDED. 
          UM, AND, AND SOME OF IT WHERE WE HAD SOME, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT IT NEEDED AN ENHANCEMENT, WE DID THE ENHANCEMENTS AS WELL, AND THE PROGRAM HELPED ITSELF RESTORE, BUT ALSO DEVELOP MORE GREEN SPACES WITHIN THE SCHOOL. 
          THIS ONE, UH, IT SHOWS THAT, UM, IT CAME AT APPROXIMATELY $126 PER, UH, PER SQUARE FOOT, BUT, AND IT HELPED US REMOVE A LOT OF THE ASPHALT WITHIN THE, PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE AREA OF ASPHALT THAT WE PLANT INITIALLY WAS WHERE HE REMOVED IT. 
          AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, UH, THE NUMBER OF TREES AND THE PLANT THAT SHOWS WHERE THE TREES WERE PLANTED AT THAT SCHOOL, HUNDRED NINTH STREET. 
          VERY SIMILAR CONCEPT AND IDEAS OF LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL PLANT ITSELF. 
          YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE, ACTUALLY, IT'S INTERESTING, CAME VERY LOW IN TERMS OF THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT. 
          UM, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ACTUAL, UH, BEFORE AND AFTER, AFTER PICTURES, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE AREAS, THE LINEAR AREAS THAT WE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE SHADE FOR OUR STUDENTS, THE, THE GRASS AREAS FOR PLAY FIELDS, AND SEEING THE CONVERSION OF WHAT WAS BEFORE TO AFTER. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOME JUSTICE, BUT IT'S EVEN MORE EXCITING TO GO REALLY TOUR AND VISIT SOME OF THESE SITES BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING THE TRANSFORMATION OF AN EXISTING SPACE TO THIS AND THIS PROJECT, UM, WHICH STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN FEBRUARY, FINISHED BYOC, UH, BY OCTOBER, 2024. 
          SO THIS PROJECTS REALLY SET UP THE PRESIDENTS FOR OF, UH, OF SOME OF THE THINKING OF HOW WE CAN REALLY TAKE SOME OF THESE SCHOOL YARDS AND CONVERT 'EM AND CREATE THESE BEAUTIFUL SPACES FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          HUNDRED 18TH STREET. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT, UH, THE SIMILAR TIMELINE STARTED IN FEBRUARY, 2024, A FEW MONTHS AFTER WE TOOK THE PROGRAM, AND WE STARTED LOOKING AT IT AND FINISHED, FINISHED WITHIN, UH, I WOULD SAY SIX MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TURN THIS AROUND. 
          AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE PROJECT AREA DOING A LOT OF THE SAME. 
          BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE EMPTY TREE WALLS OF WHAT IT WAS, AND YOU LOOK AT NOW HOW WE CAN DEVELOP THOSE ISLANDS IN BETWEEN SPACES, BETWEEN THE CLASSROOMS AND PLAYGROUNDS, HOW WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE, UH, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT, AGAIN, HAD EMPTY TREE WELLS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE, THE SAME IMAGE BEFORE AND AFTER, HOW ENHANCED IT IS RIGHT NOW WITH GREEN, WITH GREENERY, UM, THAT REALLY HELPS SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          AND, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS QUICK CONVERSION OF OUR SCHOOL YARDS AT STONER AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ANOTHER ONE THAT SHOWS THE, YOU CAN SEE THAT BEFORE WITH THE REFLECTIVE CODING. 
          AND THEN AFTER WE MOVE DOWN AND REPLACED IT WITH, UH, ON THE PLAYGROUND WITH, UH, SHADE TREES, WITH TREES AND, UH, PERMEABLE, UH, MATERIALS AND SURFACES. 
          THIS IS TOWARDS THE EDGE OF THE FENCE. 
          YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT ENHANCED THAT AREA AND PROVIDED AREAS OF SHADE AND PLAY FOR THE, FOR THE STUDENTS ITSELF. 
          THE SAME ON, UH, ON BOTH SIDES. 
          AND, UH, THAT PROJECT HAS APPROXIMATELY $93 A SQUARE FOOT. 
          AND THIS IS PROJECT BUDGET, RIGHT? THIS IS OVERALL THE ACTUAL COST OF THE PROJECT ITSELF. 
          AND, UH, AND TO ME THIS IS, UH, IT WAS NICE FOR US TO LEARN OUT OF THIS, TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT CAN WE DO, CAN WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, HOW WE CAN REALLY ENHANCE THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS. 
          UH, GRIFFITH JOINER, ANOTHER ONE. 
          THEY'RE SHOWING THE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOGRAPHS. 
          AND, UH, AND IT SHOWS AGAIN, THE PLAYGROUND, THE PLAY FIELDS OF HOW THEY, THEY'RE CONVERTED AND REALLY ENHANCING SPACES THAT WERE ALL ASPHALTED SPACES BEFORE. 
          AND, UH, THIS ONE CAME AT $73 A SQUARE FOOT WHERE, UH, AND RUN BETWEEN THE SAME SCHEDULE, UM, ABOUT SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS IN TERMS OF DOING THE CONSTRUCTION AND FEW MONTHS IN DESIGN FROM OUR DESIGN TEAM. 
          AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE, UM, REALLY HOW MUCH PAVING WE REMOVED FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE SCHOOLS. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE TRIED TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM THAT IS HAVING OUR CAL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITHIN BOARD DISTRICT SIX. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECT SIZE AREA, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE, THE BEFORE AND AFTER SHOTS. 
          YOU CAN SEE A LOT, A LOT MORE AFTER SHOTS HERE. 
          BUT REALLY, I MEAN, DEVELOPING THESE PLAYGROUND SPACES FOR OUR STUDENTS, ENHANCING THE TREE WORLD SPACE THAT WE HAD, AND, UH, AND REALLY DEVELOPING, UH, VERY INTERESTING, UNIQUE SPACES, UH, THAT THEY CAN GO, UM, UH, SIT AROUND, REALLY LEARN AND HELP, HELP, UH, WITH OUR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO ENHANCE BEFORE AND AFTER. 
          BUT DURING SCHOOL, UH, ACTIVITIES, RUSSELL, ANOTHER ONE, YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER, HOW, 
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YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE PICTURES, HOW THEY SHARE WITH HOW THEY'RE SHOWING TO US OF HOW REALLY THOSE SPACES TRANSFORM THOSE SPACES. 
          AND, AND REALLY, I MEAN, TRUE TRANSFORM TRANSFORMATION OF A SPACE FROM ASPHALT TO WHAT IT SHOULD BE. 
          AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO KIND OF SEE THAT. 
          THIS ONE ACTUALLY AROUND $64 A SQUARE FOOT, WE REMOVE OVER 17,000 SQUARE FEET OF, OF ASPHALTED AREA. 
          AND, AND, UH, AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO THE SCHOOLS AND TOUR THEM, AND IF YOU WERE TO SEE IT BEFORE AND, AND WHAT IT IS NOW, IT'S AMAZING. 
          IT'S, IT'S A TRUE TRANSFORMATION OF THOSE SPACES. 
          UH, BELVEDERE THE SAME THING. 
          AND, AND SOME OF THE, WHAT ALSO LOOKED AT AREAS THAT DID ENHANCEMENTS, LIKE THE, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, TREE, WELL, THE RAISED TREE, WELL, IT'S LIKE THE ACT ACCESS IS SITTING WELL AS WELL AS A SEAT WALL. 
          AND FOR US, LOOKING AT THAT AND SEE HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO TRANSFORM THAT, BUT ALSO ENHANCE THE PERIMETER OF THE SCHOOL, CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE SCHOOL BY PROVIDING MORE TREES. 
          AND SOMETHING THAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THAT PROCESS TOO. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS MICRO FOREST CONCEPT OF BEING ABLE TO PUT, INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING JUST ONE TREE, WELL, AND JUST THINKING THAT, THAT JUST, UM, REPLACE THAT TREE FOR ONE LOCATION, HOW NICER IT IS TO BE ABLE TO PUT A GROUP OF TREES TOGETHER OF DIFFERENT SPECIES, BECAUSE TREES DO RESPOND LIKE WE DO. 
          THEY LIKE TO BE AROUND OTHER TREES. 
          THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE ALONE BY THEMSELVES IN A PLAY YARD. 
          AND IT'S A DIFFERENT CONCEPT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ANALYZE AND BETTER UNDERSTAND, AND WE HAVE WORK WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES OR DIFFERENT PARTNERS TO SEE HOW WE CAN DEVELOP MORE OF THAT CONCEPT. 
          HOW WE CAN DEVELOP THESE GREEN ISLANDS, EVEN THROUGH LINEAR CONCEPTS OR PERIMETER CONCEPTS OR, UM, TO, TO ENHANCE THIS SPACE, BUT ALSO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHADE, NOT JUST HAVE ONE TREE ITSELF, BECAUSE ONE TREE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. 
          IT DOESN'T BRING A GROUP OF KIDS TOGETHER, RIGHT? BUT IF YOU HAVE MORE, REALLY CAN HELP, UH, DO THAT AT LANGER SHI THE SAME, YOU CAN SEE HOW WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THAT PROJECT BY REMOVING THE ASPHALT AND DEVELOP THE, UH, THE OUT THE OUTDOOR SPACE. 
          AND, UH, WE USED DIFFERENT MATERIALS HERE AND FROM MULCH TO DE COMPOST GRANITE AND, AND, UH, IT WAS REALLY ENHANCEMENT OF THOSE SPACES. 
          AND, UH, AND IT WAS INTERESTING ENOUGH, I MEAN, WE HAD SOME LOW BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE STRATEGY THAT WE USE, UM, TO HELP US DO THIS. 
          AND WE ACCELERATE THIS PROGRAM THROUGH THE STRATEGIES THAT I SHARED EARLIER BY BEING ABLE TO HAVE A TEAM. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE. 
          I MEAN, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TEAMS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THESE TEAMS, THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY DO AND THEY DO WELL, AND THEY CAN BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS QUICKLY IN THE FIELD. 
          UM, WE AT SUSTAINABILITY, UH, WE'RE HERE FOR EFFICIENCY AND WE ALWAYS DRIVE EFFICIENCY. 
          AND EFFICIENCY IS NOT JUST LOWERING THE COST OF UTILITIES, IT'S LOWERING THE COST OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, OUR PRACTICES. 
          IS THERE ANOTHER WAY OF DOING THINGS? CAN WE THINK DIFFERENTLY FROM OUR TRADITIONAL PRACTICES? AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AND, UH, AND THIS PROGRAM CHALLENGES JUST TO DO THAT. 
          AND, UH, AND THIS IS THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. 
          AND WE, YOU CAN SEE WHEN THEY'RE NEARING COMPLETION, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THEY'RE GONNA BE FINISHING IN 2025, AND SOME OF THEM WILL PUSH IT TO THE, TO THE, UH, NEXT YEAR ON 2026. 
          BUT ALL THIS PROJECTS ARE TRACKING RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY'RE IN, IN OUR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN OUR FACILITIES TEAM. 
          AND, UH, THEY'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB TO HELP US, UH, DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS. 
          THE, UM, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN BID AN AWARD. 
          THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT DESIGN WAS COMPLETED. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF PROJECTS HERE WITH SOME OF THE, UM, LAYOUTS. 
          UH, SEEING, I MENTIONED TWO PROJECTS IN THE PAST, AL LOMA AND WINTER HILLS. 
          THOSE ARE, UH, RESOLVING BIGGER, MORE CHALLENGING, UH, ISSUES ON THE, ON THE SCHOOLS ITSELF. 
          WHY WERE THEY PROVIDING BEFORE AND AFTERCARE? AND THEY WERE VERY LOW IN GRINNING. 
          SO NOW YOU CAN SEE, UH, SOME OF THE CONCEPT PLANTS THAT WE HAVE HERE, INCLUDING STANFORD. 
          THE CONCEPT OF, I TALKED ABOUT LINEAR TREE WELLS, UH, I TALKED ABOUT MICRO FOREST CONCEPTS. 
          I TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN TAKE SPACES AND ENHANCE THEM. 
          ALL THOSE CONCEPTS, UH, YOU CAN SEE THEM NOW IN THESE SCHOOLS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE LIKE THE, UH, THE, UH, THE WINTER HILLS. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S THE LAST ONE THAT WE HAVE HERE, THAT IT'S IN DESIGN. 
          AND THE PLAN IS TO BE ABLE TO START A PROJECT IN 2027, THAT'S A, THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WILL NEED TO GO TO THE DIVISION OF THE STATE ARCHITECT. 
          THAT'S WHY IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT LONGER, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE FIELD ITSELF. 
          SO, UM, TO ME, UM, AGAIN, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I JUST WANTED TO ROUND UP AND CLOSE BY SHARING THAT, THAT THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE, AND IT'S THROUGH EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS THAT HELPS US IMPROVE PHYSICAL WELLNESS, OUTDOOR EDUCATION, DEVELOPING WELCOMING ENVIRONMENTS, BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE AND HAVE SOCIAL INTERACTION BETWEEN OUR STUDENTS, HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND, AND DEVELOP HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS THAT HELP REACH OUR 2035 GOAL OF 30% GREEN AT OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND, UH, IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT I, I ACKNOWLEDGE THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY WITHIN THE, I ASK A FEW PEOPLE WITHIN THE E SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE THAT THEY 
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WERE VERY ACTIVE THROUGH THAT. 
          THEY'RE SITTING OVER HERE, AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ASK 'EM TO STAND UP AND, AND REALLY THANK THEM BECAUSE IT TOOK A GREAT EFFORT. 
          SO, UM, I WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK SYLVIA WALLACE. 
          SHE'S THE PRINCIPAL, PROJECT MANAGER WILL MEET. 
          HE'S OUR, UH, PERSON THAT LOOKS AT ALL GREENING. 
          WE HAVE ELIANA PADILLA AS WELL. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE MICHELLE, MICHELLE. 
          SHE WAS BEING ONE OF THE DESIGN MANAGERS ON THIS PROJECT. 
          WE HAD A FEW OTHERS THAT HELP SUPPORT THE PROJECT. 
          BUT AGAIN, UM, THIS IS NOT JUST THE ONLY TEAM. 
          IT'S ALSO THE TEAM THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES. 
          AND I WANNA THANK CHRISTINA AND HER TEAM BECAUSE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IS, IS THIS COLLABORATION IS FOR US WORKING TOGETHER. 
          AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I WAS, I WAS GONNA SHARE AS LESSONS LEARNED, COMMUNICATION IS VERY KEY OF THESE PROJECT THAT WE WORK HAND BY HAND. 
          SUSTAINABILITY IS NOT, WHILE THIS, THERE'S A DIFFERENT OFFICE, WE'RE EMBEDDED IN ALL THE PRACTICES THAT WE DO. 
          WE NEED TO BE ENGAGED, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, WE'RE HERE TO HELP SUPPORT, WE'RE HERE TO COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. 
          WE'RE HERE TO KIND OF LOOK AT DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT IDEAS, DIFFERENT CONCEPTS, AND LEARN FROM OTHERS AS WELL. 
          SO, CONSISTENCY, UM, ACROSS DISCIPLINES IS VERY IMPORTANT ON OUR PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE PLANT SOMETHING, THAT WE'LL REALLY GO THROUGH THE PLANNING ANALYSIS TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T GO TOO FAST AT THE SAME TIME. 
          BECAUSE WHEN WE GO TOO FAST, WE MAY MISS SOMETHING, AND THEN WE, WHAT THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO IT. 
          LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO ENSURE THAT WHEREVER WE'RE GOING ON THE FIELD, THAT EVERYTHING IS THOUGHT THROUGH BEFORE WE DO THE DESIGN. 
          'CAUSE THAT MAY ASK US, OR, YOU KNOW, MAKE US THINK DIFFERENTLY IN TERMS OF OUR, OUR PLANNING LAYOUT. 
          SO THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT, AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE ENTIRE TEAM. 
          UM, IT TOOK A LOT OF, A LOT OF DEDICATION FROM ALL OF THEM. 
          SO, BUT WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE OUTCOME, AND I HOPE YOU, YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE IT AS WELL AND ENJOYED WHAT WE, WHAT I SHARED WITH YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          NO, DEFINITELY. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING US THE PICTURES. 
          WERE GREAT. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BEFORE AND AFTER IS JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNQUESTIONABLE THAT THE, THE, THE TRANSFORMATION THAT OUR SCHOOLS, UM, ARE UNDERGOING. 
          AND I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT YOUR TEAM. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE, YOU KNOW, UM, THOSE THAT ARE WORKING, UM, ALONGSIDE YOU, YOU AND ALSO OUR, OUR, UM, NONPROFITS AND OUR SCHOOLS AND THE FACILITIES TEAM AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S WELCOME AND IT'S WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. 
          UM, SO NOW, UH, THANK YOU CRYSTAL FOR THE UPDATE, AND I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMENTS FROM, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND, UM, MY COLLEAGUES AND, EXCUSE ME, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          SO MR. SCH, YOU WANNA TAKE IT AWAY FIRST? YES. 
          UH, SEEING IS BELIEVING AND ONE OF MY SCHOOLS IS CAPISTRANO AND, UH, FROM A HEAT DESERT TO A, A BEAUTIFUL OASIS, IT'S JUST AMAZING. 
          THE KIDS REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT THE PRINCIPAL'S PART. 
          IN ALL OF THIS, YOU DO THE HEAVY WORK, YOU DO THE LIFTING, YOU REMOVE ASPHALT, YOU PUT GREEN PLANTS DOWN THERE, BUT IT'S UP TO THE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S REMAINS GREEN. 
          AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN BY THAT. 
          SOMEONE HAS TO BE RESPONSIBLE AT THE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE NEW GARDENS ARE WATERED, OKAY? IT DOESN'T WATER ITSELF. 
          UH, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME IN M AND O IS THAT THE LOWEST ITEM IN THE WORLD IS SPRINKLER REPAIR. 
          AND NOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL AND EXPENSIVE AND VALUABLE GREENLANDS, UH, AT THE SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO COME OUT TO REPAIR SPRINKLERS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. 
          I HAD A SCHOOL, IT'S NO LONGER MY SCHOOL. 
          WE REDISTRICTED AND WE PAID FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          AND WHEN I WENT TO VISIT, EVERYTHING WAS DEAD. 
          AND I SAID, WHY IS EVERYTHING DEAD? AND I SAID, WELL, THE SPRINKLERS AREN'T WORKING. 
          SO I KIND OF LOST MY TEMPER A LITTLE BIT, WHICH I USUALLY DON'T DO. 
          AND I SAID, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU USE A HOSE? WHY DON'T YOU USE A HOSE AND WET IT DOWN? THAT'S NO ANSWER. 
          BUT THE SCHOOL HAS TO TAKE CARE OF IT SOMEHOW. 
          WHETHER IT BE STUDENTS ADOPTING THE TREE OR THE GARDEN, DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS, EVERYBODY HAS TO PARTICIPATE. 
          THE BAD TIME IS OVER THE SUMMER WHEN IT'S REALLY HOT AND THERE'S NOBODY THERE. 
          THE STAFF AT THE SCHOOL WHO ARE CLEANING, THEY'RE REALLY BUSY. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I, I WAS THE PRINCIPAL, THEY ARE BUSY STRIPPING FLOORS AND WAXING FLOORS, AND, AND THE GARDEN DOESN'T GET THAT MUCH ATTENTION AS IT SHOULD BE. 
          BUT I DEPEND ON PEOPLE COMING INTO SCHOOL, TEACHERS WHO ARE LOYAL AND DEDICATED, CLASSIFIED STAFF, NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WANNA MAKE SURE THEIR SCHOOLS LOOK NICE FOR THEIR PROPERTY VALUES AND JUST, UH, BEING ALTRUISTIC. 
          SO THE KEY PART IS MAKING SURE ONCE YOU PUT IT IN AND YOU DO A BEAUTIFUL JOB, 
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THAT IT STAYS HEALTHY. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          BOARD PRESIDENT. 
          THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          AND FOR US, WHEN WE DO THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN IS TO GO VISIT HIM AGAIN TO ENSURE THAT THIS HAPPENS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA FIND IT VERY INTERESTING, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SET UP AS A GOAL, WE ARE GONNA BE DEVELOPING WHAT'S CALLED THE COMMAND CONTROL CENTER FOR ENERGY AND WATER. 
          AND WHAT THAT IS, IS TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SEE OUR UTILITIES, INCLUDING OUR WATER, TO ENSURE THAT, UH, EVERYTHING IS EFFICIENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, ADD WHAT WE CALL LEAK DETECTION TO TECHNOLOGIES. 
          SO, UM, WE KNOW SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE A SPRINKLER LINE THAT IS BROKEN SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? AND NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT, AND FORTUNATELY, SOMEONE MAY SHOT IRRIGATION BECAUSE OF THAT LEAK, RIGHT? SO FOR US, WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE TO LEARN, SO WE CAN WORK WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM TO, TO SHARE WITH THEM WHAT WE'RE SEEING OR WHAT WE'RE LEARNING. 
          SO EVENTUALLY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT RESPONSE AND COMMUNICATION OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FIELD, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS HAPPENS A LOT. 
          AND I HOPE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE COULD BE ABLE TO REACH THAT AND HELP CHRISTINA AND HER TEAM TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND BACK TO THOSE. 
          CRYSTAL. 
          LET'S JUST MENTION TOO, THAT SOMETIMES PRINCIPALS COME AND GO, AND YOU MAY HAVE A PRINCIPAL WHO IS REALLY A FAN OF GREETING, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY COMES AND THEY'RE NOT SUCH A FAN OF GREETING. 
          WELL, I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE A FAN OR NOT A FAN, THE GREETING IS NOT FOR THEM. 
          IT'S FOR THE KIDS. 
          SO WHOEVER COMES TO THAT SCHOOL HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY TAKE TO HEART TO TAKE CARE OF THE GREETING AND MAKE SURE IT LASTS. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M, I'M REALLY ADAMANT ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S ME. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OF COURSE. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM YEAH, GO AHEAD, DAVID. 
          UM, YEAH, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID. 
          UM, I KNOW THIS PROGRAM SEEMS TO HAVE AN EDUCATION COMPONENT WITH IT, UM, AND WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S CLUBS THAT ARE BEING FORMED AROUND THESE GARDENS AND INTERPRETATION THAT'S HAPPENING WITH REGARDS TO TREES WANTING TO BE NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND, AND WATER SAVINGS AND, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT POLLINATORS DO. 
          BUT IDEALLY IT WOULD BE A, A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT MAYBE MONITOR THESE THINGS. 
          YOU APPLY THE SCIENCE, SOME OF THE STEM, UH, AT THESE LOCATIONS, UNDERSTAND THE WEATHER PATTERNS, AND, AND, AND THEN KIND OF FORM A GROUP OF IT'S AN ADOPT. 
          THOSE, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE TREES AND THOSE AREAS THAT ARE GREEN. 
          BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN THE BUSINESS THAT I WORK IN, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE MONEY IS NEVER WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. 
          AND SO, AND SO THE COSTS AND OF REPAIRS AND ET CETERA AND ONSITE ARE EXTRAORDINARY. 
          NO ONE KNOWS IT BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL. 
          NO ONE KNOWS IT BETTER THAN THE STUDENTS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE GARDENS. 
          AND IF YOU CAN'T DO IT THAT WAY, THEN OUTSIDE PEOPLE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME IN AND DO THE WORK, UH, DURING THE SUMMER, YOU KNOW, ADOPT A HIGHWAY OR ADOPT A, I'M SORRY, ADOPT A GARDEN TYPE OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE OR EVEN PEOPLE ARE DOING, UM, UM, UH, COMMUNITY GARDENS. 
          UM, AND I KNOW I SAW SOME RACE BEDS IN THERE AND SOME OF THOSE PICTURES. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THERE'S AN ENGAGEMENT THAT CAN HAPPEN THAT CREATES STEWARDSHIP, UM, AROUND THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE DONE. 
          I LIKE THE PRICE POINTS. 
          THEY'RE COMING IN AT A HUNDRED DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT. 
          THAT'S NOT BAD. 
          UM, WE'RE AVERAGING AND, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WINDSOR ELEMENTARY, 'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT AROUND THE BLOCK FOR ME. 
          I KNOW IT'S A COMPLICATED WITH THE SUBSIDENCE AND UPLIFT FROM THE OIL FIELD. 
          YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A RIFT THAT GOES RIGHT TO THAT, THAT, THAT THAT LOT EVERY 10 YEARS OR SO, IT KIND OF ERUPTS, UM, RIGHT. 
          SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THOSE DESIGNS, AND I, I WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, GET A, GET A COPY OF THOSE AND TRY AND MOVE THAT FORWARD AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          YEAH, THAT ACTUALLY, THAT'S A GREAT DESIGN, MR. MCNEIL. 
          AND WE'VE, UH, WE LOOKED AT THAT PROJECT NOW FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. 
          WE KNOW THE ISSUES AND, UH, WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM AND DESIGN TO ENSURE THAT AT LEAST NOW WHEN WE FINISH THAT PROJECT, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IN SUCH A WAY THAT AT LEAST IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE PERMEABLE, PERMEABLE, UH, MATERIAL AND NOT ASPHALT. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ENHANCE THAT AREA AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S ALL A GREENERY. 
          UM, SO THAT'LL BE NICE. 
          AND, AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT, WHAT I'M HEARING, IT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          AND WE ARE DOING THAT ON OUR, A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS. 
          IT IS TO BE ABLE TO, FOR OUR TEAM, AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE, UM, OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR, UM, AND NEIGHBORING ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR GREEN PARTNERS TO HELP ADOPT SOME OF THESE. 
          BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S GONNA BE MORE DIFFICULT AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE. 
          THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH MONEY IN OPERATIONS TO HELP SUPPORT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, BUT AT LEAST IF WE CAN HAVE STUDENTS OR EVEN NEIGHBORING ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP ADAPT SOME OF THAT, WE CAN REALLY HELP US SUSTAIN THEM. 
          AND THAT'S THE WHOLE THING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND MAINTAIN AND NOT JUST TO BUILD AND WALK AWAY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, THIS IS LAUREN KEEM FROM THE LA ALLIANCE FOR NEW ECONOMY, AND FOR ANYONE ONLINE WHO, UM, I HAVEN'T MET BEFORE , UM, THE, I, THIS IS REALLY EXCITING. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRISTOS. 
          UM, THE, I DOES, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          IS DOES THIS PRO PROGRAM HAVE MORE FUNDING OR DO YOU THINK THAT THE, IF NOT, DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE THE LESSONS THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE LEARNED YOU, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO 
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APPLY TO FUTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER IN THE COORDINATING WITH THIRD PARTY PARTNERS, UM, OR FOR FUTURE BOND FUNDED PROJECTS? YEAH, WELL, LET ME ANSWER BOTH QUESTIONS. 
          THE FIRST ONE, AND, UH, IT'S IN TERMS OF DOES, IS THERE MORE FUNDING? NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DATE. 
          AND THESE ARE THE PRODUCTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO STAY WITH THE AMOUNT OF BUDGET THAT WAS GIVEN TO US. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF FUTURE, I'LL DEFER TO CHRISTINA TO SEE, BECAUSE WE HAD DISCUSSION WITH THE, WITH THE DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION TO SEE, UM, IS THAT PROGRAM GONNA CONTINUE? ARE THEY GONNA HELP SUPPORTING TO DO MORE OF THE SAME? AND THEN, UH, AND THEN I'LL GO BACK TO, UH, YOUR SECOND QUESTION, BUT CHRISTINA, ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD ABOUT THE FUNDING ITSELF, ABOUT THE ELAP, UH, YOU MAY KNOW. 
          SURE. 
          UM, SO THESE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED BY A FUNDING SOURCE CALLED ELOP. 
          UM, AND RIGHT NOW THE ELOP FUNDS HAVE BEEN FULLY COMMITTED. 
          UM, THEY WERE FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED TO BASICALLY RECOVER FROM COVID, AND THESE PROJECTS GO TO SUPPORT BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THE PLAY YARD EXPERIENCE BEING PART OF THAT. 
          BUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER PROGRAMS, UM, BOTH INSTRUCTIONAL TUTORING, ET CETERA, THAT ARE, UM, FUNDED BY ELOP. 
          SO AT THIS TIME, UM, THE DISTRICT IS NOT PLANNING TO USE ADDITIONAL ELOP FUNDS FOR THIS GREENING PROJECTS. 
          THESE PROJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED, UM, BEFORE MEASURE US PASSED. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT ON THE BOND SIDE, APPROXIMATELY $1.2 BILLION TO UNDERTAKE GREENING, UM, FACILITIES WILL BE COMING WITH A PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD, UM, ON HOW TO PRIORITIZE THOSE. 
          WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE LEAST PERCENT OF GREENING FOLLOWING THE BOARD'S RESOLUTION TO FOCUS ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH LESS THAN 10% GREENING. 
          THANKS. 
          AND TO THE LATTER, UH, PART OF YOUR QUESTION, YES. 
          THE, THE, THE WHOLE IDEA WHY, AND WHY I WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE THIS, AND WE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THESE PROJECTS, IS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS, DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND DO THIS TYPE OF PROJECTS. 
          AND I THINK WE, WE NEED TO CONTINUOUSLY BE THINKING, UM, CAN WE APPLY SOME OF THESE? CAN WE DO THE SAME OUT OF ANOTHER MEASURE? UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH CHRISTINA TO SEE, UM, HOW WE CAN, BASED ON THE LESSONS LEARNED, WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE 2035 OR GET CLOSER TO 30% BY 2035 AND MORE TO COME. 
          SO THANKS. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          AND THAT WAS A TRICK 'CAUSE IT WAS A TWO PART ONE QUESTION, BUT THEN I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION OR ANOTHER ONE MORE QUESTION IS THAT, UM, IF, SO THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THIS PROGRAM. 
          BUT I RELATEDLY, IN TERMS OF THE, UM, MOVING TOWARDS THE GREENING GOALS, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES BUNGALOW, THERE'S UNUSED BUNGALOWS ON SCHOOL SITES. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE CASE WITH ANY OF THESE, BUT THAT REMOVING THOSE CAN HELP CREATE ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL GREENING SPACE. 
          I KNOW THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP AT 93RD, ONE OF THE CAL FIRE PROJECTS. 
          IS THERE, DO YOU SEE THERE BEING OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP FROM LESSONS OF THIS OR FROM OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO HELP INTEGRATE THE GREENING PROG PROJECT DESIGN AND PROCESS WITH OTHER KIND OF, UM, UH, FACILITIES INTERVENTIONS LIKE THE BUNGALOW REMOVAL OR, OR OTHER KIND OF, UM, PATH OF TRAVEL YOU MENTIONED, UM, KIND OF PROCESS. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          YEAH, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FACILITIES HERE TOO TO EXPAND BECAUSE THERE IS PROGRAMS SPECIFIC SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY HAVE JUST DO THAT, THAT THE, LIKE THE, ALL THE OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE. 
          AND THAT'S THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, BANGALS THAT ARE USED TO BE ABLE TO REPLACE WITH GREEN SPACES. 
          AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP COLLABORATE, SUPPORT THEM IN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA SEE AS SUSTAINABILITY. 
          SO CHRISTINA, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO EXPAND ON THAT OR NOT, BUT PRETTY MUCH THAT'S HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT. 
          SO, UM, ONE OF THE KEY DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THESE ELOP FUNDED PROJECTS VERSUS OUR BOND FUNDED PROJECTS IS THE ELOP HAD A SUNSET DATE. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY, UM, WE WERE, THE DISTRICT WAS GIVING FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND THERE WAS A ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION AND THE DISTRICT HAD TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, OR THE MONEY WOULD BE SWEPT. 
          UM, SO THESE PROJECTS WERE CONCEIVED TO BE VERY, UM, SHORT PROJECTS. 
          THEY WERE INTENDED TO NOT HAVE TO GO TO DSA, SO THEY DO NOT HAVE A EDUCATIONAL LEARNING COMPONENT. 
          THEY DO NOT TRIGGER A DSA ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS WHY THEY AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, FROM ANYWHERE FROM A YEAR TO TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE, SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SPEND DOWN THOSE FUNDS. 
          UM, AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO RETURN IT. 
          UM, THE BOND FUNDS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BEING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. 
          SO THEY CAN'T JUST BE PLANTING MATERIALS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CAPITAL INVESTMENT, UM, TO USE BOND FUNDS. 
          UM, THOSE PROJECTS, THE LARGER THEY GET, THEY TYPICALLY DO TRIGGER A DSA REQUIREMENT, 
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UM, BECAUSE OF THEIR PROJECT BUDGETS, WHICH THEN TAKES A LITTLE LONGER FOR THE DESIGN AND DSA APPROVAL. 
          UM, BUT AS CHRISTOS WAS MENTIONING, WE DO HAVE PROJECTS UNDER THE BOND THAT INCLUDE REMOVING PORTABLES TO INCREASE GREEN SPACE. 
          UM, WE HAVE ONE CALLED OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE WE CREATE OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS AND INCLUDES REMOVING PORTABLES TO, UM, ENHANCE THE OUTDOOR SPACE AND CREATE FUNCTIONAL OUTDOOR CLASSROOM SPACE WITH WIFI, WITH OUTDOOR SEATING. 
          IT DOES TRIGGER A DSA REQUIREMENT. 
          AND THEN WE WILL ALSO BE COMING WITH A PROPOSAL FOR SOMETHING CALLED A, UM, OUTDOOR, I THINK IT'S UPGRADE PROJECTS WHERE WE WOULD ALSO CONSIDER REMOVING PORTABLES. 
          'CAUSE WE DO KNOW WE HAVE UNDERUTILIZED SPACE. 
          PORTABLES ARE BOTH A BURDEN FOR OUR MAINTENANCE COSTS TO MAINTAIN. 
          AND TYPICALLY THEY WERE PLACED EITHER IN OPEN SPACE OR IN PARKING LOTS WHEN THEY WERE PUT ON CAMPUSES. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          ONE WAS ALREADY, UM, ANSWERED, UM, THROUGH MR. SCHELL'S QUESTION AND YOUR ANSWER, SO WON'T BELABOR THAT ONE. 
          UM, SO ONE QUESTION ACTUALLY THAT CAME TO MIND. 
          SO THESE 34 SCHOOLS, WILL THEY STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR FURTHER, UM, GREENING PROJECTS IF THEY'RE UNDER THE 30%? SO THAT'LL BE CONSIDERED. 
          SO YES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE WE DID PROVIDE THE ENHANCEMENTS RIGHT NOW, SO WHEN THEY LOOKED AT UNDER THE NEW, UH, NEW GREEN SCHOOL YEARS, UM, UH, INDEX THAT WE HAVE, THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKED AT UNDER THAT, WHICH THE NEW GREEN SCHOOL YEARS INDEX, UH, LOOKS AT THREE DIFFERENT PRIMARY AREAS. 
          IT LOOKS AT THE AMOUNT OF GREENING THAT WE HAVE ON A SCHOOL SITE, WHICH NOW IS GONNA SHOW THAT THEY HAVE MORE, UH, IT'S GONNA LOOK AT THE EXTREME HEAT AND IT, IT'S GONNA LOOK AT THE CAL VIRUS SCORE. 
          SO ALL THOSE THREE, THEY WILL BE SCORED RES, SCORED ACCORDINGLY, AND SEE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THAT INDEX. 
          AND IF THEY MAKE IT TO THE TOP, YES, IF THEY FALL FURTHER DOWN, THEY'RE GONNA, THE OTHER ONES WILL TAKE PRIORITY OVER THEM. 
          SO YOU RECALIBRATE THE INDEX BASE, CALIBRATE THE INDEX BASED ON THAT'S CORRECT. 
          PROJECTS CORRECT. 
          CONSTANTLY, YES. 
          SO YOU CAN CONTINUE. 
          OKAY, GOOD TO KNOW. 
          UM, THE QUESTION IS, HOW WILL, HOW IS THE DISTRICT COMMUNICATING THE PRO THE PROGRESS OF THESE PROJECTS BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES MOST AFFECTED, ESPECIALLY IN OUR HIGH NEEDS SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS? SO AFTER THE PROJECT IS DONE OR IN PROCESS, HOW IS THAT COMMUNICATED? SO THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT SUCH ENHANCEMENTS AND TRANSFORMATIONS WERE MADE? THAT'S A GREAT POINT, DR. 
          RUS, THAT'S WHY WE'VE ENGAGED WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONIES FOR THESE PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT IT BY BOARD DISTRICT AND THEN THE BOARD AT THE, AT THAT EVENT, WE CAN ANNOUNCE THE PROJECTS THAT THEY WERE FINISHED SO THEY KNOW ALL THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETED. 
          AND ALSO SHARE WHAT, WHAT'S IN THE PLANNING, UH, OR CONSTRUCTION PHASE. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS COMING UP. 
          WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND THAT FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS, AND WE'LL BE SETTING UP THOSE THAT WILL BE CONTACTING YOU, UM, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TO, WITHIN THE AREAS TO IDENTIFY WHICH SCHOOLS YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF HAVE THAT EVENT. 
          AND MY HOPES IS WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, TWO, THREE MONTHS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THOSE EVENTS THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE SCHOOLS AND INFORM THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IN THESE 34 PROJECTS WHERE, UH, FAMILY STUDENTS AND AND SCHOOL STAFF ENGAGED IN THE DESIGN, UM, AND THE USE OF THE NEW, THESE NEW GREEN SPACES, THE SCHOOLS WERE. 
          AND BECAUSE WE TALKED TO THE SCHOOLS, SO THEY'RE VERY AWARE IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THOSE PROJECTS. 
          UM, THESE WERE VERY FAST. 
          WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ENGAGE AS THE STUDENTS AS WE WANTED TO, LIKE WE DO ON OTHER PROJECTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, ON THE OTHER, ALL THE OTHER GREEN PROJECTS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PLAN THAT WE ENGAGE AND THERE'S ALWAYS A PLAN, UH, TO ENGAGE STUDENTS DURING THE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING NOT JUST ON GREENING, BUT ALL SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST AT HA MASAKI, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, AND WE WERE GOING, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH THE PRINCIPAL. 
          HE'S A NEW PRINCIPAL, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE TRANSFORMATION IS JUST WONDERFUL. 
          SO I DO SEE THE CHANGE IN JUST THE IMPACT IT'S MADE AND, AND SPEAKING WITH THE PRINCIPAL. 
          THE STUDENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HAPPIER. 
          THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND IN THE GREEN AREAS AND SITTING UNDER THE, THE SHADE. 
          IT'S SMALL, BUT THEY'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, THEY APPRECIATE THE SHADE THAT THEY'RE GETTING AS THE, YOU KNOW, THE TREES ARE GROWING AND, AND MATURING. 
          SO DO, DO SEE THAT, UM, IMPACT. 
          AND EVEN MYSELF WHEN I'M WALKING, 'CAUSE I WALK THROUGH A LOT OF SCHOOLS AND IT, IT, IT DOES, UM, AFFECT ME AS WELL AS I GO THROUGH SOME SCHOOLS THAT IS JUST COMPLETELY ASPHALT AND YOU'RE THERE AND IT JUST MAKES ME SO SAD. 
          AND THEN WHEN I GO TO A SCHOOL THAT YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, GRASS AND THE TREES AND JUST THE AREAS OF OUTDOOR SPACES TO LEARN, UM, OF COURSE IT MAKES ME HAPPY. 
          'CAUSE THEN I CAN SEE THAT, RIGHT. 
          SO THE, THE, THE, THE, UM, THE EFFECT EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S FELT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT SEEMS SO I CAN IMAGINE HOW PARENTS ALSO 
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FEEL AS WELL. 
          MY HOPE AND UNDER THIS NEW MOU THAT WE HAVE WITH THE DEPARTMENT WOULD EMPOWER, THAT'S ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT I PUT IN THERE. 
          IT WAS GREENING AND RESILIENCY IS JUST TO BE ABLE TO HELP SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND HELP SOME OF OUR THIRD PARTY GREENING AND ALSO THESE PROJECTS SO WE CAN ACCELERATE THIS BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY OF HOW WE CAN DO THINGS QUICKLY WHILE WE HAVE THE, A FACILITIES PROJECTS THAT MAY TAKE LONGER, BUT AT LEAST THIS ONES COULD BE, COULD BE A QUICK TURNAROUND AND A QUICK IMPACT TO OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SO MORE TO COME, WE'RE EXCITED. 
          I MEAN, WE KIND OF, UH, SEEING THE IMPACT RIGHT NOW, BUT MY GOAL IS TO ACCELERATE THE IMPACT AND REALLY BRING WHAT YOU JUST SHARE IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE AREAS OF SHADE. 
          SO JUST LIKE WE FEEL THAT WE GO THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT, THE STUDENTS FEEL THAT EVERY DAY. 
          SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THAT. 
          SO THANKS. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR YOU AS WELL, CHRISTINA AND YOUR TEAM AS WELL IN MAKING THESE HAPPEN AND, UM, AND MAKING USE OF THE ELAP FUNDS TO CHANGE TO MAKE THOSE TRANSFORMATIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO NOW 
          [II.b. Key Considerations on Synthetic Turf Fields]
WE ARE GOING TO OUR SECOND PRESENTATION, UM, WHICH ARE THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS ON SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS. 
          THIS DISCUSSION WILL HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF TURF OR, UM, ARTIFICIAL GRASS ON OUR STUDENTS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES FROM HEALTH SAFETY, INCLUDING INJURIES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS SUCH AS HEAT RETENTION, POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO POLLUTANTS. 
          UM, AND, AND THIS CONVERSATION IS, IS TIMELY. 
          I MEAN, MORE SO NOW. 
          UM, THERE WAS A, UM, LA TIMES ARTICLE THAT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSED THE, THE, THE, THE IMPACTS OR THE STUDIES. 
          SO IT WAS ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, SO THIS WAS IT. 
          SO THERE'S THAT. 
          AND THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO PASSED A MOTION ABOUT A YEAR AGO ON, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, CONDUCTING A STUDY AND WORKING WITH DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS IN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. 
          L-A-U-S-D IS, UM, IS INCLUDED IN, IN THIS MOTION, UH, TO PROVIDE OPTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCENTIVIZE A REPLACEMENT OF SYNTHETIC GRASS IN OUR ARTIFICIAL TURF ON SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND OTHER USES, OR TO UTILIZE THE BEST PRACTICES WHEN INSTALLING AND REPLACING SYNTHETIC GRASS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE IS DISCUSSION AND MOVEMENT IN THIS. 
          AND SO, AND IT ALSO WAS BROUGHT UP AT, AT OUR LAST BOARD MEETING AS WE WERE APPROVING PROJECTS AND TWO OTHER PROJECTS WERE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE REPLACEMENTS OF, OF SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          AND, UH, SO THAT DISCUSSION, WE WERE ALSO HAVING THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS ALSO, UM, RAISING CONCERNS AND CONSIDERATIONS OF, OF, UM, SLOWLY PHASING OUT THE USE OF ASTRO. 
          SO THIS IS WHY WE WANTED TO BRING THIS DISCUSSION HERE TO, UH, OUR COMMITTEE BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS OUR, OUR CITY, UM, HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, BUT SO ARE WE AS BOARD MEMBERS AND OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL, BECAUSE, UH, WE WANNA BE EDUCATED AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING, UH, POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF OUR SCHOOLS AND RATHER WE DO SOMETHING NOW THAN LATER. 
          SO I WOULD LOVE TO, UM, INTRODUCE OUR PRESENTERS. 
          UH, WE HAVE THREE PRESENTERS. 
          WE HAVE MS. LISA HART FROM THE LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE. 
          SHE'S HERE. 
          WE HAVE SHARON UNGERMAN FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT. 
          HU WHO WILL BE HERE, WHO'S HERE, AND DIANE WILKE, UH, FROM SAFE, HEALTHY AND PLAYING FIELDS. 
          AND SHE'S WRAPPED HERE AT THE PODIUM. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          AND, UM, THE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY TIMELY CONS, UH, CONVERSATION CLEARLY. 
          AND THANK, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING TO GREEN UP OUR WORLD AND IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          WE KNOW THAT OPEN GREEN SPACE IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ALSO FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. 
          SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE L-A-U-S-D TURN AWAY FROM PLASTIC IMPERVIOUS SURFACING SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN IMMEDIATE BAN ON ALL NEW INSTALLATIONS WHILE YOU TRANSITION AWAY AND MAKE EVEN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS GREENER. 
          WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE DOING GOING GREAT GUNS ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE REPEAL OF A PARTICULAR POLICY THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 2017 THAT CALLS FOR REPLACING SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          LIKE, FOR LIKE, THAT NO LONGER HAS ANY SCIENTIFIC BASIS TO STAND ON. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU TURN TOWARDS NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS, WHICH IS BEING CALLED FOR NOT ONLY BY OUR GOVERNOR, BUT OUR DEPARTMENT 
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OF INSURANCE BY THE OCEAN PROTECTION COUNCIL, BY THE MAYOR. 
          WE WOULD LIKE US TO SEE YOU USE HOPEFULLY DROUGHT AND DESERT TOLERANT BERMUDA GRASS HYBRIDS. 
          WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT A SAMPLE FOR YOU TO SEE TODAY. 
          IT'S CURRENTLY ON THE FIELDS AT USC AND UCLA. 
          JUST PUT THE SAME MATERIAL IN. 
          WE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU DEVELOP A COLLEGE CREDIT BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AS PART OF YOUR GREENING PROGRAMS. THIS IS AND PART OF YOUR MANDATE FOR CLIMATE EDUCATION IN K THROUGH 12. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT THERE YOU STAND TO GAIN A LOT FROM THE UPCOMING WORLD CUP 2026 AND LA 28. 
          THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO INTERACT WITH EXPERTS IN THESE FIELDS. 
          IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO TRANSITION INTO HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT IN AGRONOMY OR NATURAL GRASS MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU PUT UP WARNING SIGNS, NOT JUST, UH, PROP 65 SIGNS, BUT WARNING SIGNS AT ALL SYNTHETIC SURFACE PLAYGROUNDS AS WELL AS SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          I SHOULD HAVE HIT THAT BEFORE. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN. 
          SO PLEASE PIVOT AWAY FROM PLASTIC . 
          THERE ARE MAJOR HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SPEAKING OUT EITHER BY DEVELOPING POLICIES OR RESOLUTIONS REGARDING TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM SYNTHETIC TURF OF NOTE IN HERE IN CALIFORNIA. 
          AS A CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, YOU'RE ONE OF THE FIRST TO HEAR THIS. 
          THIS WAS A RESOLUTION THEY PUT IN PLACE ALMOST A YEAR, JUST OVER A YEAR AGO, AND IT WAS PUBLISHED LAST OCTOBER, BUT IT'S BEEN KIND OF UNDER WRAPS UNTIL NOW. 
          SANTA CLARA COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PUT FORWARD A, A BIG STUDY, I THINK IT'S LIKE 105 OR 140 PAGES, DISCUSSING WHY WE NEED TO TURN AWAY FROM PLASTICS AND SYNTHETIC TURF SPECIFICALLY. 
          THERE'S ALSO THE CONSORTIUM FOR CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. 
          ON THAT PARTICULAR BOARD IS DR. 
          TRACY WOODRUFF, WHO IS AT UCSF, WHO SPEAKS FREQUENTLY ON PLASTICS, THE CHEMICALS IN THEM, AND ALSO ON SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE IS A NATIONWIDE FAMOUS RESEARCH INSTITUTION, AS ARE RESEARCHERS AT THE LOWELL CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS. 
          UH, WE, THERE IS GROWING DISCONTENT WITH THIS PRODUCT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN FACT, AROUND THE GLOBE. 
          HERE IN CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE FOUR CITIES WITH BANS. 
          WE HAVE, UH, NEW JERSEY HAS A BAN. 
          MASSACHUSETTS HAS TWO BANS AS WELL AS FOUR MORATORIUMS ON PLACEMENT OF SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REFERENDUM WINS BY BALLOT, LONG HARD FIGHTS. 
          IN FACT, ONE OF THEM IN, UH, MASSACHUSETTS WAS EIGHT YEARS LONG, INVOLVED THE CITY PAYING FOR A LARGE LAWSUIT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE . 
          SO THESE ARE HARD, HARD FOUGHT BATTLES. 
          HERE IN CALIFORNIA, OF COURSE, WE HAVE SB 6 76 THAT ALLOWS CITIES TO BAN SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          WE'RE HOPING TO SEE LA BE THE NEXT CITY. 
          WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE. 
          UM, MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE STATES ALREADY HAVE BANS IN PLACE, AND IN FACT, MANY MORE ARE IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. 
          THERE ARE MULTIPLE LAWSUITS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT, MULTIPLE, INCLUDING IN GEORGIA WHERE THIS PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY MADE. 
          THE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS LAWSUITS SPECIFIC TO PFAS, UM, AND THE CONTAMINATION TO WATER, AIR, AND SOIL. 
          ALSO IN CANCER ALLEYS, WHICH IN GEORGIA THEY HAVE ONE THERE. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE IT IN OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY CLAIM TO BE BURNING THIS STUFF, ADVANCED CHEMICAL RECYCLING. 
          IT IS ALSO, THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REGULATED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL. 
          THERE WAS A MEETING HELD LAST AUGUST 27TH, UH, 2024, WHERE EXPERTS, SPEAKERS PRESENTED, AND THEN THEY QUIETLY ROLLED OUT THEIR INTENTION TO BAN THIS PER TO BRING REGULATION ON THIS PRODUCT BASED ON PFAS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF THESE MANUFACTURERS CLAIM THAT THEIR PRODUCT IS PFAS FREE. 
          IN FACT, IT IS NOT. 
          THEY ARE NOT. 
          AND IN FACT, THE DTSC IS LOOKING AT OTHER CHEMICALS OF CONCERN IN THIS PRODUCT THAT THEY ARE LIKELY TO ROLL INTO THIS REGULATION AS WELL. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE MICROPLASTICS THAT DTSC INTENDS TO BRING UNDER REGULATION. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TURN OFF THE VOLUME, UM, BUT THIS IS THE NEW NO INFILL PRODUCT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY, UH, THE MANUFACTURER AND SUPPORTED BY UNIONS HERE IN CALIFORNIA. 
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UH, THIS IS A NO INFILL PRODUCT. 
          THIS FIELD IS NOW, IT'LL BE A YEAR OLD IN, IN NOVEMBER, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE MICROPLASTICS THAT ARE SHEDDING FROM THIS FIELD. 
          THIS OTHER, THIS OTHER FIELD IS A ONE AND A HALF YEAR OLD FIELD. 
          AND I DID THE SECOND VIDEO IN PASADENA LAST YEAR. 
          THIS IS A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER, AND YOU CAN SEE THE MICROPLASTIC WASTE AGAIN. 
          IT'S ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. 
          EACH FIELD LOSES APPROXIMATELY TWO TO 3000 POUNDS OF MICROPLASTIC BLADES ALONE PER YEAR. 
          IT ALSO SHEDS MICROPLASTICS FROM THE BACKING AS WELL AS ANY UNDERLAYMENT PADS. 
          UM, AND IT'S, IT'S ALL HEADING STRAIGHT DOWN. 
          OUR STORM DRAINS OUR WATERWAYS AND INTO THE OCEANS. 
          IN FACT, THE FIRST MANUFACTURER ON THE LEFT, THEIR PRODUCT THERE, NO INFILL PRODUCT HAS 16 TIMES MORE BLADES. 
          SO IMAGINE THAT. 
          HOW MANY POUNDS, HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF MICROPLASTICS WE'RE TALKING. 
          THE STUFF IS ENTIRELY TOO HOT. 
          IT CONTRIBUTES TO CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          IT OFF GASES, GREENHOUSE GASES CREATES MAJOR HEAT. 
          ISLANDS IMPEDES GRAIN, UH, GROUNDWATER RECHARGING AND CREATES MASSIVE VOLUMES OF TOXIC RUNOFF. 
          AND IT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO WILDFIRE RISK. 
          THEY, EVEN THOUGH THEY, IN, THEY PUT IN FLAME RETARDANTS AND ANTIMICROBIALS AND OTHER PRODUCTS, IT CONTRIBUTES TO WILDFIRE RISK. 
          IT'S KNOWN TO BE FLAMMABLE, AND IN FACT WILL IGNITE AT 700 DEGREES C, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF STRIKING A MATCH. 
          THANK YOU, DIANE. 
          I'M DR. 
          SHARON UNGER. 
          MA I'M HERE AS CHAIR OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT. 
          UM, BUT I'M ALSO A PROUD LUSD PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS IN THE VALLEY. 
          SO I ADMIT I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS TOPIC, UH, BUT I'M HERE TODAY PRIMARILY TO APPROACH THIS FROM A CLIMATE'S PERSPECTIVE. 
          SO CLIMATE CHANGE IS HERE, IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S ACCELERATING, AND IT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LIFETIME OF EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. 
          UM, AND SO CLIMATE RESILIENCE IS HOW WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THINGS GOING FORWARD. 
          AND THAT MEANS PREPARING NOT ONLY FOR THE CURRENT TEMPERATURES WE'RE FACING, BUT FOR CONTINUAL INCREASE OVER OUR LIFETIMES. 
          UH, SO AS DIANE HAS JUST POINTED OUT, THESE ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS, THEY'RE HOT, THEY'RE REALLY HOT, UM, HOTTER THAN ANY NATURAL GRASS FIELD IS EVER GONNA BE. 
          AND YOU NEED TO THINK OF THAT, NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT TEMPERATURES WE'RE GETTING IN THE VALLEY RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT TEMPERATURES WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING IN THE VALLEY 10 YEARS FROM NOW, UM, IF YOU'RE EXPECTING A 10 YEAR LIFETIME ON EACH OF THESE FIELD INSTALLS. 
          SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE AS, AS THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS. 
          NOT JUST WHAT ARE THEY FACING RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT ARE THEY GONNA BE FACING. 
          SO THESE ARE, UH, SOME AERIAL AIRBORNE THERMAL IMAGING MAPS, UH, TAKEN FROM ABOVE AT L-A-U-S-D SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS ALREADY. 
          AND SO THE DARK PEAK COLOR, OF COURSE, IS INDICATING TO YOU HOW MUCH WARMER THAT AREA IS THAN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, SO THIS IS CONTRIBUTING TO WHAT WE CALL THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, WHICH IS URBAN AREAS THAT ARE MORE THAN 50 DEGREES HOTTER THAN A COMPARABLE SURROUNDING RURAL AREA. 
          UH, AND THE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE IS LARGER, AS YOU KNOW, OF WHETHER INLAND. 
          SO IN MEASUREMENTS THAT WERE TAKEN IN DOWNTOWN LA SCHOOLS, THEY FOUND A 50 TO 55 DEGREE FAHRENHEIT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS AND, UM, NEARBY NATURAL TURF FIELDS. 
          AND THEN AS YOU MOVE FURTHER INLAND, UM, THAT ROSE TO A 58 TO 65 DEGREE DIFFERENCE, UM, AS YOU GET TOWARD THE VALLEY IN THE INLAND EMPIRE. 
          SO, NOT TOO SURPRISING, AS YOU MOVE AWAY FROM THE COAST, THE DIFFERENCES ARE EXACERBATED. 
          AND THE PHYSICAL MECHANISM THAT LEADS TO IT IS, IS CLEAR. 
          UM, ARTIFICIAL TURF IS PLASTIC. 
          IT HAS HIGHER SOLAR ABSORPTIVITY, SO IT'S ABSORBING HEAT FROM THE SUN AND IT DOESN'T LOSE WATER. 
          SO GRASS BLADES OR ANY LIVING PLANT, THEY HAVE EVAPORATION GOING ON THAT IS COOLING THE SURROUNDING AREA. 
          SO LIVING PLANTS COOL THE SURROUNDING AREA, PLASTIC, THERE'S NO TRANSPORTATION GOING ON, THERE'S NO EVAPORATION. 
          THEY'RE JUST ABSORBING HEAT, HOLDING IT AND RADIATING IT BACK OUT. 
          UM, AND THE REAL DANGER IS NOT JUST ON THE FIELDS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT IT EXTENDS QUITE A BIT BEYOND THE FIELD, UM, ESSENTIALLY COVERING AN ENTIRE SCHOOL. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST MAKING THE FIELD HOTTER, IT'S GONNA MAKE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL HOTTER. 
          IT'S GONNA MAKE, YOU KNOW, THOSE WALKWAYS AND THE QUADS HOTTER TOO. 
          THE WHOLE AREA GETS WARMER. 
          UM, SO WHEN THAT HIGH HEAT KICKS IN, IT BECOMES A, A LITERAL DANGER. 
          SO THIS IMAGE 
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IS FROM A NEWS STORY THAT WAS ACTUALLY THIS, THIS PAST JUNE FROM A FIELD THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED WHEN A STADIUM WAS RESTORED IN 2023. 
          IT WAS THE PRIDE OF THE COMMUNITY, BEAUTIFUL NEW STADIUM, UM, AND TWO HIGH SCHOOLS WERE GOING TO HOLD THEIR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS IN JUNE, UH, ON THAT BEAUTIFUL NEW STADIUM. 
          UM, BUT THE OUTDOOR AIR TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE NINETIES. 
          AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THAT SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD BECAME SO HOT THAT MORE THAN 150 PEOPLE HAD TO BE TREATED FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. 
          AND THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT DECLARED A MASS MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT AND SHUT DOWN THE GRADUATION. 
          AND THE GRADUATIONS HAD TO BE ABORTED AND POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE. 
          THIS IS NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS WHO ARE SITTING ON THE FIELD, IT'S ALSO THE SPECTATORS. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EVERYONE WHO INTERACTS WITH THE FIELD. 
          IT'S NOT JUST OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, THOUGH, OF COURSE, THEY'RE AT THE HIGHEST RISK, BUT ALSO THE WORKERS. 
          UM, YOU'VE GOT YOUR COACHES AND STAFF WHO ARE IN THE AREA. 
          YOU'VE GOT YOUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS, THE FAMILIES WHO COME TO WATCH THEIR KIDS. 
          THEY'RE BEING EXPOSED TO IT. 
          YOU'VE GOT THE MARCHING BAND AND THAT'S UP THERE BECAUSE I HAD A KID, YOU KNOW, DOING MARCHING BAND AND COLOR GUARD AT CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS LAD'S BEST MARCHING BAND. 
          WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IT. 
          BUT THE WAY THAT THEY GET SO GOOD AND WIN THE SOCAL CHAMPIONSHIPS LIKE THEY DID LAST YEAR, IS THEY PRACTICE ALL SUMMER. 
          THEY'RE DOING EIGHT HOUR REHEARSALS IN JULY AND AUGUST BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS SO THAT THEY'RE READY FOR COMPETITION SEASON. 
          AND I CAN FLAT OUT TELL YOU, THAT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE ON AN ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD IN THE VALLEY. 
          YOU CAN'T ASK KIDS TO BE OUT THERE MARCHING ON THOSE KIND OF TEMPERATURE FIELDS. 
          SO WE KNOW FROM PATENTS AND FROM LAB TESTING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF CHEMICALS IN THESE PLASTICS. 
          UM, A LOT OF THEM ARE CARCINOGENS. 
          A LOT OF 'EM ARE ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS. 
          UM, WHICH ARE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FOR KIDS IN THAT, YOU KNOW, ADOLESCENT RANGE. 
          UM, WE KNOW THEY'RE MESSING WITH THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE CHANGING DURING THOSE TIME PERIODS. 
          AND THE AVERAGE KID BETWEEN THE AGES OF LIKE FIVE TO 15 IN THE US SPENDS ABOUT 12 HOURS PER WEEK ON A FIELD, EITHER NATURAL TURF OR ARTIFICIAL TURF, 12 HOURS PER WEEK. 
          SO THINK ABOUT THE CHOICES THAT WE'RE MAKING ABOUT WHAT THE KIDS ARE EXPOSED TO DURING THOSE 12 HOURS PER WEEK. 
          THEY'RE GONNA PLAY SPORTS, THEY'RE GONNA PLAY GAMES, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE PE BUT WE GET TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEY'RE DOING THAT SURROUNDED BY THESE CHEMICALS OR NOT. 
          AND THE ISSUE, OF COURSE, IS THAT THE CHEMICALS DON'T STAY IN THE TURF. 
          SO EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT BREAKS THESE PLASTICS DOWN AND THEY ARE CONTINUALLY SHEDDING. 
          UM, MY SON DOES TRACK. 
          AND SO WHEN HE COMES HOME FROM A PRACTICE OR A TRACK MEET THAT IS AT A TRACK THAT HAS AN ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD, HIS CLOTHES WILL BE COVERED IN TINY BITS OF GREEN PLASTIC AND INFILL MATERIAL. 
          AT FIRST, I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I FOUND A PILE OF STUFF IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? AND HE'S LIKE, OH, I DUMPED IT OUT OF MY SHOES. 
          LITERALLY MEAN LIKE YOU'VE GONE TO THE BEACH AND HAD SAND ALL OVER THE BACK OF YOUR CAR. 
          THAT'S WHAT MY CAR LOOKS LIKE AFTER WE COME HOME FROM ONE OF THESE FIELDS, BECAUSE THE KIDS, THEY LIE DOWN ON IT TO STRETCH, OKAY? THEY'RE ROLLING AROUND ON IT 'CAUSE THEY'RE PLAYING GAMES. 
          THEY'RE SITTING IN BETWEEN THEIR RACES. 
          UM, THEY'RE EATING A GRANOLA BAR ON THE FIELD 'CAUSE THEY GOT HUNGRY AND THEY'RE NOT WASHING THEIR HANDS 'CAUSE THERE'S NO HAND WASHING FACILITY RIGHT THERE. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY, YOU THINK OF THEM, OH, WELL, THEY'RE WALKING ON THE FIELD. 
          NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          IT'S MAKING FULL BODY CONTACT WITH KIDS ALL OVER THEIR SKIN, BUT IT'S ALSO THE DUST. 
          UM, IT BECOMES AIRBORNE VOLATILE COMPOUNDS IS WHAT WE CALL IT. 
          UM, AND SO THEY'RE BREATHING A LOT OF IT IN THROUGH INHALATION AND, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY ARE TOUCHING IT AND THEY'RE GRABBING THEIR WATER BOTTLE IN THEIR DRINKING, AND THEY'RE EATING THE GRANOLA BAR AND THE SNACK IN BETWEEN. 
          SO THEY'RE ALSO INGESTING IT. 
          SO YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER ALL THE PATHWAYS THAT THESE MATERIALS ARE ENTERING THEIR BODY. 
          NOW, THE CDC, YOU KNOW, HAS, HAS SAID THAT THE, THE RISKS EX, YOU KNOW, BY EXPOSURE TO THIS DUST AND THESE PARTICLES, UM, AS A PRECAUTIONARY ME MEASURE, ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL RISK SUCH AS AGGRESSIVELY WASHING HAND AND BODY AFTER PLAYING, AVOIDING EATING AND DRINKING ON THE FIELD, AND NOT TO USE THE CLOTHES AND SHOES AFTER THE ACTIVITY FOR NORMAL LIFE. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW PRACTICAL THAT IS FOR KIDS AT SCHOOL. 
          THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT OR DRINK. 
          UM, WHEN THEY'RE EXERCISING ON THE FIELDS, UM, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO SCRUB DOWN TO DECONTAMINATE THEMSELVES AFTER THEY'VE COME IN CONTACT WITH IT. 
          OH, AND THEY NEED TO CHANGE THEIR CLOTHES AND SHOES BECAUSE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, HAS CHANGES OF CLOTHES AND SHOES HANDY ALL THE TIME. 
          ANYTIME THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH THE FIELD, I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS NOT HOW IT WORKS THEIR ROLE IN THE FIELD AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO CLASS. 
          SO NOT EXACTLY PRACTICAL. 
          SO THESE FIELDS ARE DANGEROUS. 
          UM, I, I DON'T 
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WANNA, I DON'T WANT L-A-U-S-D TO WAIT UNTIL A KID DIES OF HEAT STROKE ON A FIELD. 
          OKAY? THAT'S, I'M GONNA PUT THAT OUT THERE. 
          UM, HEAT DEATHS ARE INCREASING. 
          ONE STUDY SHOWED THAT FROM 2017 TO 2021, THE NUMBER OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS DYING FROM HEAT STROKE, UH, DOUBLED FROM THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, I EXPECT THOSE NUMBERS TO CONTINUE TO DOUBLE. 
          UM, AS HEAT BECOMES MORE EXTREME AND SCHOOLS AND FACILITIES ARE NOT PREPARED TO DEAL WITH IT, WE DON'T WANNA BE ON THAT CURVE. 
          OKAY? WE WANNA BE AHEAD OF THIS. 
          SO THE, THE TURF ITSELF IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF HEAT AND BECAUSE OF MANAGING HEAT STROKE. 
          AND IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE TENDENCY IS FOR ATHLETES OF COLOR OR UNDERPRIVILEGED STUDENTS TO BE EXPOSED TO THE WORST OF THOSE HEAT EFFECTS. 
          UM, TURF BURNS. 
          IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN A KID WHO'S SLID ON AN ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELD AND YOU GET SOMETHING THAT'S A LOT LIKE A RUG BURN, IT'S A BIG OPEN WOUND ON YOUR ELBOW OR YOUR KNEES , IT'S PRETTY GNARLY. 
          UM, BUT IN TESTING THESE FIELDS, THEY ALL CONTAIN BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION. 
          AND 40% OF THE SAMPLES, UH, FOUND MRSA. 
          SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING BASICALLY A RUB BURN AND YOU'RE RUBBING BACTERIA INTO IT THAT CAN CAUSE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INFECTION. 
          I KNOW THIS IS GROSS , BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT IT WHEN YOUR KID COMES HOME AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, WE NEED TO SCRUB THAT WOUND OUT. 
          LIKE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THAT. 
          THE INCIDENCE OF INJURIES IS MUCH HIGHER. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ACROSS ALL SPORTS. 
          UH, SO ONE STUDY FOUND A 58% MORE LIKELY, UM, TO SUSTAIN AN INJURY ON ARTIFICIAL TURF THAN ON NATURAL GRASS. 
          AND THERE'S A COUPLE REASONS. 
          THE HARDNESS OF IT IS NEVER GONNA BE AS IMPACT CUSHIONING AS NATURAL GRASS, BUT ALSO THE FRICTION AND THE GRIP DOESN'T GIVE WAY, WHICH LEADS TO ANKLE AND KNEE INJURIES. 
          UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOUR CLEATS DIG IN AND THEY DON'T RELEASE THE WAY THAT DIRT WOULD. 
          SO THERE'S ALL SORTS OF OTHER RISKS AS WELL. 
          UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT CONCUSSION, OF COURSE, IS A PRIMARY CONCERN FOR REALLY FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND SOCCER PLAYERS WHOSE HEADS, HEADS ARE HITTING THIS SURFACE AND THE CUSHIONING IS JUST NOT THERE. 
          SO WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASING NUMBER OF CONCUSSIONS, UM, WHICH WE'RE STARTING TO UNDERSTAND JUST HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS AT A YOUNG AGE. 
          SO I JUST WANNA REFOCUS. 
          THIS IS A FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCT. 
          WHEN YOU INSTALL A FIELD, YOU'RE MAKING A DECISION WHETHER TO SUPPORT THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY, WHICH WOULD LOVE TO KEEP MANUFACTURING AND INSTALLING ARTIFICIAL TURF, OR TO TAKE THAT MONEY FROM THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY AND PUT IT BACK TOWARD NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS. 
          OKAY? THAT'S, THAT'S THE DECISION THAT WE MAKE HERE. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF GREENWASHING WHEN IT COMES TO PLASTIC RECYCLING, OKAY? GREENWASHING FOR THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES. 
          THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT ARTIFICIAL TURF IS GOING TO BE RECYCLABLE. 
          IT ISN'T YET. 
          UM, OH, WE'VE, WE DID ONE PILOT STUDY WHERE WE TOOK HER FROM ONE FIELD AND MADE IT BACK INTO PELLETS. 
          NOBODY WANTED TO USE THOSE PELLETS TO MANUFACTURE ANYTHING 'CAUSE THEY AREN'T AS CLEAN AS VIRGIN PELLETS. 
          UM, SO IT'S NOT ACTUALLY BEING RECYCLING, IT GOES INTO THE LANDFILL WHERE IT CONTINUES TO POLLUTE THE GROUNDWATER FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO COME. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT PLASTICS ARE RECYCLABLE TOO, BUT WE KIND OF KNOW THE, THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT NOW. 
          UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, OUR KIDS PLAY AND ALL THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT IS A SMOOTH GREEN FIELD TO PLAY ON ALL YEAR ROUND, RIGHT? SO IT'S, IT'S HOMECOMING WEEK AT CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE MARCHING BAND IS OUT THERE PRACTICING NONSTOP, AND THE FOOTBALL TEAM IS OUT THERE GETTING READY, AND THAT FIELD IS MORE THAN 50% BEAR DIRT. 
          OKAY? , I'M LOOKING AT IT AND THE KIDS ARE SLIPPING AND SLIDING IN THE DUST. 
          AND OF COURSE, IT'S NO WONDER THAT THEY'RE ASKING WHY CAN'T WE GET LIKE A SMOOTH, FLAT GREEN FIELD THAT ACTUALLY IS JUST GREEN THE WHOLE WAY ACROSS. 
          UM, IT WOULD BE SO MUCH NICER. 
          UH, BUT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR WHEN THEY REQUEST THAT. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I GET IT. 
          I GET WHY, WHY THEY WANT THAT. 
          BUT I'M GONNA TURN THIS BACK OVER TO DIANE NOW TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE FOR NATURAL TURF FIELDS THAT ARE A MUCH BETTER OPTION. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          I WILL SAY THAT DIRT CONFERS IMMUNITY, , I LEARNED ON DIRT. 
          AND LET'S FACE IT, SPORTS HAVE BEEN PLAYED ON NATURAL SURFACES SINCE BEFORE THE FIRST OLYMPICS, RIGHT? , WE DON'T NEED PLASTIC. 
          SO THE REASON THAT NATURAL GRASS FIELDS ARE FAILING IS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING MAINTAINED PROPERLY. 
          YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE SOIL, NOT TO THE, TO THE SURFACE ITSELF. 
          SO WHEN YOU DON'T 
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PAY ATTENTION TO THE SOIL, THE ROOT ZONE, THE DRAINAGE, UM, AND YOU'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE SOIL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE SUCCESS, OKAY? WHEN THERE PRO ISN'T PROPER MAINTENANCE SUCH AS AERATION, UH, AND NO, OR INAPPROPRIATE FERTILIZATION, I KNOW IN MY COMMUNITY OUR PARKS DO NOT GET FERTILIZED BECAUSE THERE ISN'T BUDGET FOR IT, OKAY? BUT WHAT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN IS A TRANSITION TO WHAT WE CALL REGENERATIVE AND ORGANIC MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS NOT A PRODUCT SWAP. 
          MOST OF THE SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ONTO TO, UH, CONVENTIONALLY MAINTAIN GRASS SURFACES LARGELY HAVE PFAS IN THEM, OKAY? THEY HAVE, UH, THERE ARE A MYRIAD CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS THAT ARE BEING POURED ON FIELDS THAT WE DON'T THINK THAT STUDENTS OR ANYBODY SHOULD BE EXPOSED TO. 
          THERE WAS AN EVENT HELD LAST MAY OF 2024, WHERE EXPERTS IN NATURAL, UH, GRASS MANAGEMENT FROM HIGH USE FIELDS, AND WE'RE TALKING PLACES LIKE THE MARYLAND SOCCER PLEX, WHERE THEY HAVE LIKE 11,000 EVENTS A YEAR, OKAY? WHERE THESE EXPERTS CAME TOGETHER AND HELD A WEBINAR. 
          AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU WANT TO COMMIT TO HERE, WHETHER YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR LOW, MID, OR HIGH-END FIELDS. 
          BUT EVEN WITH A HIGH-END FIELD WITH ALL OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE COST FOR MAINTENANCE PER YEAR BOILS DOWN TO. 
          OKAY? AND WHEN THESE FIELDS ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED, THEY CAN LAST FOR 20 TO 24 YEARS AND BEYOND. 
          OKAY? SO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO REPLACE YOUR PLASTIC. 
          I KNOW LA PARKS, WE'VE BEEN TOLD EVERY FIVE YEARS, ON AVERAGE, NOT EVERY 10, NOT EVERY 12, AND THE WARRANTIES ARE PROBABLY GETTING VOIDED AS SOON AS THESE PLASTIC CARPETS ARE ROLLED OUT. 
          THAT APPLIES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOO, I WOULD IMAGINE IN ARIZONA, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF VERY LARGE SOCCER PLEXES AND OVER A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF BERMUDA GRASSES, AND THEY CONSISTENTLY SAVE WATER YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          I BROUGHT TODAY, WE BROUGHT TODAY, UH, A SAMPLE THAT WAS HARVESTED IN COACHELLA VALLEY. 
          IF WE'RE GROWING GRASSES IN COACHELLA VALLEY, THEN, WHAT'S OUR EXCUSE HERE TOWARDS THE COAST, RIGHT? IN 2022, THE WORLD CUP THAT WAS HELD IN QATAR, THEY HAD STOLENS BERMUDA GRASS STOLENS THAT WERE SENT TO SAUDI ARABIA WHERE THEY WERE PLANTED, AND THE FIELDS WERE GROWN AND THEN HARVESTED AND SHIPPED TO QATAR FOR THE WORLD CUP 2022. 
          WHAT'S OUR EXCUSE HERE NEAR THE COAST. 
          SO HERE IS A DECISION MAKING TREE OF SORTS THAT I COBBLED TOGETHER, TOGETHER WITH INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BEYOND FROM BEYOND PESTICIDES, AS WELL AS A DEEPER DIVE INTO RESEARCH THAT IS DONE ON CASE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY THE TOXIC USE REDUCTION INSTITUTE, AGAIN, AT UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AND LOWELL. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT WITH NEW MON AI MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS, THOSE SYSTEMS ARE SHOWING THAT THE CLAIMS THAT ARE BEING MADE BY THE INDUSTRY ARE NOT ACCURATE. 
          THAT IN FACT, THE, THE NUMBER OF PLAYABLE HOURS IS ACTUALLY 20, ABOUT 30% OF WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS CLAIMING. 
          AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THESE CASE STUDIES, FIRST OF ALL, THERE WE HAVE BERMUDA GRASS HYBRIDS THAT CONSUME 40 TO 60% LESS WATER. 
          SYNTHETIC TURF REQUIRES POTABLE WATER. 
          IT REQUIRES WATER TO ABOUT 2200 GALLONS, STARTING ONE TO TWO HOURS BEFORE A GAME AND REPEATED EVERY ONE TO TWO HOURS THROUGHOUT A GAME JUST TO BRING THE SURFACE DOWN TO A TEMPERATURE THAT'S SAFE FOR PLAY. 
          IN ADDITION, IF FIELDS HAVE PLANT-BASED INFILLS, THOSE REQUIRE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WATER. 
          AND IT DEPENDS ON WHAT INFILL YOU'RE USING TO MAINTAIN HYDRATION OF THOSE PLANT-BASED INFILLS. 
          WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT  A CHEAP INVESTMENT HERE FOR PLASTIC. 
          UH, AND THE WITH ORGANIC AND REGENERATIVE MANAGEMENT, YOU LOSE THE, THE WATER CONTAMINATION CONCERNS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN LA WITH PFAS AND PHTHALATES, BOTH OF WHICH, BY THE WAY, ARE NOT ONLY ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING HORMONES, BUT ALSO NEUROTOXIC. 
          AND SO 
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WHEN YOU REMOVE THOSE INPUTS, EVERYBODY BENEFITS EVERYBODY. 
          THEY DON'T END UP IN OUR DRINKING WATER, RIGHT? OR OUR OCEAN. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE NOT ADVANCING. 
          WE DO HEAR THE SLIDE WON'T ADVANCE. 
          IS THERE A LITTLE, NOPE. 
          SORRY, . 
          I CAN, I CAN BRING MY IPAD UP. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THIS ACTUALLY IS A SLIDE THAT I HAVE PERMISSION TO USE FROM BEYOND PESTICIDES. 
          I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THEY OFFER A PROGRAM FOR SUSTAINABLE PARKS AND SCHOOLS. 
          THEY WILL LOOK AT BUDGETS, THEY'LL SEE WHERE MONEY IS BEING SPENT, MAYBE NEEDLESSLY. 
          THEY WILL, UH, DEVELOP A PLAN FOR HOW TO TRANSITION OR TO REMEDIATE FIELDS, AND THEY WILL TRAIN STAFF AS WELL AS FOLLOW THE PROJECT FOR TWO YEARS. 
          THIS WOULD BE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO KIND OF JUMPSTART SOME OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL FIELDS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER NOW TO LISA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW WE'RE WAY OVER TIME. 
          IS IT? UH, I HAVE A FEW MORE SLIDES. 
          IS THAT OKAY? ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'M WITH THE LA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE, AND WE DO WANNA TALK ABOUT EQUITY. 
          AND THE SLIDES ARE NOT ADVANCING, NOT ADVANCING FOR YOU EITHER. 
          OKAY. 
          LET ME SHARE IT AGAIN. 
          I CAN, I CAN JUST GO AHEAD IF YOU, IF THAT'S BETTER FOR EVERYBODY SINCE WE'RE BEHIND. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT A MONOLITHIC GROUP. 
          UM, CERTAINLY THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE GOPHERS AND POORLY MAINTAINED FIELDS AND PLAYABLE HOURS, AND WITH A NATURAL TURF AND VIEW ARTIFICIAL TURF AS AN UPGRADE. 
          UM, PEOPLE HAVE MADE CLAIMS THAT BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES NEED ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          THEY WANT THE SHINY NEW THING. 
          I THINK THAT PROMOTING ARTIFICIAL TURF AS AN EQUITY ISSUE AND CO-OPTING THE ARTIFICIAL, THE EQUITY ARGUMENT IS THE MOST DANGEROUS SORT OF GREENWASHING OR SPORTS WASHING. 
          ARTIFICIAL TURF MAKES COMMUNITIES AS, AS PEOPLE HAVE DISCUSSED ALREADY, HOTTER, BRINGS MORE INJURIES, IS ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER, AND IS CONTAMINATING OUR WATER SUPPLIES. 
          WE'RE NOT SAYING STICK, UH, WITH, UM, THE STATUS QUO. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH MAINTAINING EXISTING, UH, NATURAL TURF, UH, FIELDS AS THEY ARE TODAY. 
          AND AS WE'VE BEEN JUST DISCUSSING, WE DO HAVE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE COST EFFECTIVE, AS SHARON MADE SOME REALLY GREAT POINTS. 
          WE HEAR FROM STUDENTS THAT THEIR FEET GET BURNING HOT AND FEELS LIKE THEIR FEET ARE MELTING. 
          THEY CAN FEEL THE HEAT RADI RADIATING, RADIATING OFF THE FIELD. 
          IT CAN GET SO HOT THAT KIDS ARE SPRAYING WATER ON THEIR SHOES. 
          THEY CAN'T STAND ON THE FIELD BECAUSE IT'S LIKE HOLDING A HOT POTATO. 
          THERE ARE DAYS THAT THEY CAN'T PLAY AT ALL. 
          TURF BURNS REALLY, UH, HURT WHEN THEY SLIDE ON IT, AND IT DOESN'T GIVE PROPERLY. 
          WE ACTUALLY ALSO WORK WITH JERRY YANG, WHO'S YOUR NEW STUDENT BOARD MEMBER. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          AND WE KNOW, I, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD FROM HIM MORE ABOUT WHAT STUDENTS SAY, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. 
          UH, URBAN CENTERS IN PARTICULAR, AS YOU WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, NEED NATURAL GREEN COOL SPACES. 
          THEY IMPROVE EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND LEARNING. 
          SO I WAS VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HEAR YOUR EARLIER PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK THAT'S SO EXCITING, THE TRANSFORMATION YOU'RE MAKING IN YOUR SCHOOLS. 
          I THINK YOU'RE, UM, ON THE RIGHT TRACK. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, AND WE'D LIKE YOU TO KEEP GOING IN THAT DIRECTION. 
          UH, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MOVE. 
          OH, YEP. 
          IT'S WORKING NOW. 
          SO WE'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT GREEN JOBS. 
          I THINK THAT'S, UM, THERE'S SO MANY EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, IN THAT VEIN. 
          I'M, UH, ON THE LA 28 SUSTAINABILITY WORKING GROUP, AND WE'RE HOPING, UH, TO BE WORKING TOWARD A MORE SUSTAINABLE CITY AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE GAMES AND OTHER MEGA EVENTS. 
          UH, AS WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLY, AS YOU WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, THESE EFFORTS, UH, TO MOVE AWAY FROM ARTIFICIAL TURF ARE PERFECTLY ALIGNED WITH YOUR GREEN SCHOOLS FOR ALL RESOLUTION AND YOUR EFFORTS TO, UH, MOVE TOWARD GREEN NATURAL SCHOOL YARDS BY 2035. 
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IF WE CAN SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS WE BUILD A GREENER ECONOMY, ALL THE BETTER. 
          ONE OF OUR IDEAS IS A NATURAL TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OFFERED AS PART OF YOUR CURRICULUM. 
          THAT WOULD BE A REALLY EXCITING WAY TO HELP PREPARE STUDENTS FOR HIGH PAYING GREEN JOBS. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT FUNDING HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT YOU, UH, LEVERAGE, UH, ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE SOME FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT HELP L-A-U-S-D MAKE THE TRANSITION TO GRASS FIELDS THAT ARE MANAGED WITH THE ORGANIC AND REGENERATIVE PRACTICES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS SOLUTIONS. 
          ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES IS THAT ARTIFICIAL TURF COMPANIES HAVE SO MUCH MONEY, THEY'LL ALWAYS BE TRYING TO ONE US UP. 
          US AS, UH, NON-PROFIT ADVOCATES. 
          THE LATEST THING THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BIOMIMICRY. 
          THEY'RE MIMICKING BLADES OF GRASS, NATURAL BLADES OF GRASS USING PLASTIC. 
          UH, MY QUESTION IS, WHY MIMIC GRASS WHEN WE CAN HAVE NATURAL GRASS? THEY'RE SAYING AS, UH, WE'VE MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE GETTING RID OF PFAS, AND MAYBE SOMEDAY THEY WILL, BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET. 
          THEY SAY THEY'RE IMPROVING THE INFILLS SO AS TO REDUCE INJURIES, BUT THE DATA HAVE NOT BORNE THAT OUT. 
          MAYBE SOMEDAY THEY'LL GET THERE. 
          THEY HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT YET HOW TO COOL OFF THE GRASS NEARLY ENOUGH. 
          MAYBE THEY WILL SOMEDAY. 
          THEY SAY THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A PERMEABLE SURFACE SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE STORM WATER. 
          MAYBE THEY'RE GETTING BETTER. 
          THEY, WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET. 
          THEY'RE NOT GETTING RID OF MICRO MICROPLASTICS, WHICH IS A HUGE PROBLEM. 
          IT IS NOT RECYCLABLE, WHICH IS A PROBLEM. 
          IT IS STILL MADE OF PLASTIC, A PETROLEUM BYPRODUCT. 
          SO TODAY IT'S REALLY HOT, TOO FAR, TOO HOT FOR OUR KIDS, CONTAMINATING OUR WATER SUPPLY, OUR RIVERS, OUR OCEANS, ADDING PLASTIC TO OUR BODIES, WHICH CAUSES PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY GET INTO CONTRIBUTING TO THE CLIMATE CRISISES CLIMATE CRISIS. 
          IT'S NOT NATURAL GRASS. 
          AND WE HAVE REALLY GOOD COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE. 
          SO WE HOPE YOU TAKE THAT INTO, UH, CONSIDERATION. 
          I THINK WE ARE, UH, PREACHING TO THE CHOIR HERE, UM, TODAY. 
          BUT WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO US AND, UH, WE HOPE WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO THE FULL BOARD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIANE, SHARON AND LISA FOR, UM, INFORMING US ON, UM, THE IMPACT AND THE, THE POLLUTANTS. 
          AND IT WAS VERY THOROUGH. 
          AND ALSO FOR BRINGING THIS SAMPLE OF THE BERMUDA GRASS, IT DOES, YOU KNOW, YEAH, IT'S LIKE REAL GRASS. 
          YOU CAN FEEL IT. 
          UM, VERY MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          SO, UM, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN, DID YOU WANT TO, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT'S THE SAME PRODUCT THAT THEY HAVE AT USC AND NOW AT UCLA AND UCLA. 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          SO IT'S A COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE, ARE EXPERIENCING THE, THE BERMUDA GRASS. 
          UM, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUE AND, UH, COMMITTEE, ME COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I'D LIKE THIS COMMITTEE TO SAVE SOME TIME FOR SOME GROUP DISCUSSION. 
          I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I WANNA POSE FOR US TO, TO PONDER AND DISCUSS FURTHER. 
          SO ARE THERE ANY INITIAL THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS YOU WOULD ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ASK? LET'S GO FIRST. 
          SOMEONE ASK YOU. 
          GO FIRST. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS DISCUSSION, UH, BOTH AS AN ADVOCATE, UM, FOR IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE, UH, FOR WORKERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE, UM, ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND AS A PARENT ALSO OF AT LUSD WITH A KID WHO HAS, UM, PLAYS SOCCER AT KING MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS ALSO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT WILL, UM, HOPEFULLY BE THAT WE IS OUR HOME MIDDLE SCHOOL, UM, WHICH HAS ARTIFICIAL TURF AND HAVING EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND THE HOW HOT IT CAN BE AND TRYING TO SIT ON IT WHILE HE WAS PLAYING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO, AND THE LITTLE BLACK PELLETS AND THE GRASS STICKING TO MY CLOTHES AND HIS CLOTHES AND, UM, AND JUST THE, THE, THE, AND THE, UM, TURF BURN. 
          UM, HAVING ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL AS THE PARENT. 
          UM, SO REALLY APPRECIATE THIS DISCUSSION. 
          UM, I, I KNOW I'VE HEARD IN OUR WORK WITH OTHER, UM, PARTNERS AND AT OTHER SCHOOLS, THE, THAT THE IT, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM FOLKS, THAT THE CONCERNS WITH THE NATURAL TURF REALLY ARE AROUND HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEING MAINTAINED AND ENSURING THAT, UM, THERE, UH, AS WE'VE HEARD, MAINTENANCE IS A DIFFICULT ISSUE TO HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR. 
          AND SO WOULD LOVE TO BRAINSTORM TOGETHER FOR HOW WE CAN, UM, BE PARTNERED AS ADVOCATES AND WITH THE DISTRICT TO HAVE 
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ADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR THAT SO THAT THERE'S NOT A SENSE IN, UM, WORKING CLASS COMMUNITIES SO MUCH OF, UM, LUSD ARE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES THAT THEY ARE FEELING, UM, FEELING THAT INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THEIR, UM, FIELDS AS WELL AS FEELING ALL OF THE BENEFITS TO, UM, HEAT AND, UM, HEALTH THAT A NATURAL GRASS FIELD COULD BRING. 
          NOT TO MENTION THE BIODIVERSITY IMPACTS AND THE WATER, UM, STORM WATER POTENTIAL. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME BIG PICTURE THOUGHTS. 
          JUST TO ALSO ADD THAT, UM, FROM THE LABOR PERSPECTIVE, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF PLAYERS UNIONS IN DIFFERENT LEAGUES ARE VERY OPPOSED TO, UM, ARTIFICIAL TURF AND INCLUDING THE NFL AND THAT IT'S, UM, BANNED AND CONKA CUFF AND, UM, I THINK FIFA AS WELL. 
          AND THAT THE, I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPOSURE TO OUR LUSD WORKERS WHEN THEY WOULD BE LAYING OR MAINTAINING ARTIFICIAL TURF FIELDS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THE INVESTMENT IN MAINTENANCE IS ALSO AN INVESTMENT IN OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF AT THE DISTRICT. 
          AND SO I, UM, WOULD LOVE TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW THIS CAN BE AS WELL A, UM, AN INVESTMENT IN THE WORKERS OF THE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF THEIR MAINTENANCE OF NATURAL LANDSCAPES. 
          THE, UM, SO I THINK I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          ONE IS THAT, UM, HOW THIS MIGHT ALSO BE ABLE TO RELATE OR THINGS I'M THINKING ABOUT. 
          ONE IS HOW IT MIGHT ALSO A SHIFT TOWARDS NATURAL TURF MIGHT ALSO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, APPLY FOR THE, UM, AS CHALLENGING AS THEY CAN BE THE, THE COUNTY MEASURE W FUNDS. 
          I KNOW THAT BASSETT HIGH SCHOOL IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY WAS ABLE TO, UM, HA HAVE A PRETTY LARGE PROJECT WHERE THEY'RE ALSO CAPTURING STORMWATER UNDER A PLAY FIELD AND HAVE, UM, HAD GOTTEN SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FROM MEASURE W FOR THAT PROJECT AS A PRETTY MAJOR PROJECT, BUT THEY GOT, I WANNA SAY LIKE $20 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          UM, AND SO SOME OF OUR BIG HIGH SCHOOLS COULD BE GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS, UM, THAT THE, UH, ALSO WANNA JUST PUT OUT THERE, I KNOW THIS ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THAT SHADE STRUCTURES OVER SPORTS FIELDS IS REALLY COMMON PRACTICE IN A LOT OF OTHER COUNTRIES THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN AND EVEN OTHER CITIES IN THE, OR IN THE UNITED STATES THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN IN LA. 
          AND I THINK WE WANNA BE THINKING ABOUT THAT AS IT GETS HOTTER AND HOW THAT COULD ALSO CONNECT TO THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES. 
          UM, AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO THINK HAVE, MAYBE THIS IS GONNA BE PART OF THE GROUP DISCUSSION, HOW WE CAN BE SUPPORTING, UM, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE DISTRICT TO HAVE A MORATORIUM OR TAKE STEPS AROUND, UM, ARTIFICIAL TURF AND WHAT THE STEPS ARE OR THE BARRIERS TO DOING THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU . 
          I'LL TEACH YOU TO LET ME GO FIRST. 
          . 
          SORRY, I'LL JUMP IN. 
          OH, THOSE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL JUMP IN, TRY AND KEEP IT SHORT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING TO WATCH THE JURY GO OUT ON THIS THING WITH REGARDS TO THE POLICIES OF GOVERNOR BROWN AT THE TIME, SAYING HE WILL STOP ANY BANS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN ON, ON ARTIFICIAL TURF TO FAST FORWARD TO NOW WHERE GOVERNOR NEWSOM REMOVE THAT BAN. 
          AND, UH, WHEN WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, UM, LOOK, THE, THE OBVIOUS HEALTH IMPACTS, THE WATER CONSERVATION IMPACTS, THE WATER QUALITY IMPACTS, UM, THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, LEAD TOWARDS NATURE-BASED SOLUTION OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, ORGANIC REGION OF MANAGEMENT OF, OF THE FIELDS IS THE WAY FORWARD. 
          UM, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE BERMUDA GRASS. 
          THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF IT. 
          I WISH I HAD SOME IN MY HOUSE RIGHT, UM, IN MY BACKYARD. 
          BUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING IT IS, IS SOMETHING WE CAN DONE. 
          DO. 
          I, I APPRECIATE YOUR, DIANE, YOUR, YOUR WORK IN SHOWING THE, THE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF WATER, YOU KNOW, WATER USE, ET CETERA. 
          IT'S THE, THE FACTS ARE THERE, THE CONVERSATION'S HAPPENING. 
          I'M HOPING THE JURY COMES IN AND WEIGHS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UM, I THINK, UM, FOR ME IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD STRATEGICALLY, UH, REMOVAL, REMEDIATION, AND IT'S GONNA BE NA, NATURAL NATURE-BASED REMEDIATION, UM, HOW THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT'S OUT THERE NOW. 
          I MEAN, HOW OLD IS THE TURF THAT'S OUT THERE NOW? HOW MANY HAVE THE FOREVER PLASTIC, YOU KNOW, UM, FOREVER CHEMICALS IN THEM. 
          I MEAN, HISTORICALLY, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE EVOLVED WITH THAT, WITH THAT TURF. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LIABILITIES ARE NOW AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE WAY FORWARD IN TERMS OF REMEDIATION, UH, INTERVENTIONS. 
          UM, UM, AND, UH, AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          AND WHETHER THERE CAN BE SOME OFFSETS, UM, BASED ON THE HARM THAT COULD BE DONE IN PRIORITIZING FIELDS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED OUT, UH, QUICK, QUICKER THAN OTHERS. 
          SO, UM, THE WAY FORWARD IS NOT TO REINSTALL, REINSTALL NEW MODERN, UH, ASTROTURF, BUT TO GET RID OF THE OLD ASTROTURF IN A PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, FASHION AND, AND IN ADDRESS THE HEALTH ISSUES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO I'LL YIELD THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, ANY, GO AHEAD, SCOTT. 
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SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, NOT ONLY DOES CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL HAVE THE BEST MARCHING BAND, BUT THEY ARE THE NUMBER ONE MAGNET SCHOOL IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. 
          SO ANYWAY, JUST THROUGH THAT IN THERE, 'CAUSE IT'S MY SCHOOL, UM, I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 
          I AM A, A PROPONENT OF NATURAL FIELDS. 
          I LISTEN, I'M A MEMBER OF THE BANK VALLEY, UH, ALLIANCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, AND I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT EVERY MEMBER, WHICH REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, IS IN FAVOR OF NATURAL TURF. 
          SO WHAT MY JOB IS GONNA DO, UH, BE, IS TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGES FOR, UH, BOND FUNDING. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY STRICT ABOUT WHAT COULD BE BOND FUNDED AND WHAT CAN'T BE BOND FUNDED. 
          AND THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU COULD DO NATURAL TURF WITH BOND FUNDING, BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE EVERYTHING UP AND, UH, IRRIGATION AND EVERYTHING. 
          BUT IT SHOULD BE MUCH EASIER. 
          IT SHOULD BE MUCH EASIER. 
          AND I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR BONDS IN OUR, UH, CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, THE BEST FOR THE KIDS. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          SO LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          AND I APPRECIATE WHAT A WEALTH OF INFORMATION FROM ALL OF YOU LADIES. 
          MY GOODNESS. 
          JUST FANTASTIC. 
          I THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'M SHARING IT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, AS THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND OVERSEEING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL TESTIMONY AND ESPECIALLY THE LINKS THAT YOU PROVIDED. 
          I WANTED TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE CAREFULLY EVALUATING THE SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFECYCLE IMPLICATIONS ALONGSIDE ALSO THE MAINTENANCE REALITIES OF HIGH USE NATURAL TURF FIELDS. 
          UM, I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR EMPHASIS ON PROPER MAINTENANCE, UM, AND REALLY LIKED LEARNING ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE PARKS RESOURCE PLAN TO DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT. 
          UM, AND JUST WANTED TO ALSO ASSURE YOU AGAIN, THAT, UM, I'M GONNA LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE LINKS THAT YOU PROVIDED. 
          WE ALWAYS LIKE TO BE DRIVEN BY DATA AND SHARE THAT WITH MY TEAM THAT IS LOOKING AT THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOARD RECEIVES A BALANCED, UM, EVIDENCE-BASED BRIEF THAT REFLECTS STUDENT SAFETY, PLAYABILITY, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND THE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP. 
          UM, AND ALSO, ALSO WELCOME ANY RESOURCES YOU HAVE ABOUT FUNDING BOARD PRESIDENT SCHON. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING KIND OF THE CONSTRAINTS OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BOND FUNDS FOR CAPITAL AND WE HAVE DECREASING FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE. 
          AND THAT IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE AND BALANCE THAT WE TRY TO FIND. 
          SO ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT FUNDING FOR MAINTENANCE, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I THINK IT'S AFTERNOON NOW, BUT I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, TO ALL OF YOU. 
          I THINK LISA, SHARON, DIANE, YOU'VE HAD A VERY, UM, CAREFUL PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING ALL THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING TODAY. 
          AND THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT NATURAL IS BETTER THAN ARTIFICIAL, BUT I SEE, I THINK SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE INDUSTRY IS DRIVING OUR DECISIONS AND IT, IT HAPPENS BECAUSE, UM, OF THE MARKETING, IT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR PRESIDENT MISSION ABOUT LEGISLATURE AND WHAT WE'RE DRIVEN ACROSS AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. 
          BUT, BUT I THINK WE CAN DRIVE THE INDUSTRY ITSELF. 
          WE NEED TO KIND OF CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE TODAY. 
          AND WE GATHERED BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SHARING, THE ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF SEE AND COME UP WITH MORE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE USING, THE MATERIALS THAT WE USE. 
          WE USE THE BERMUDA GRASSA, YOU KNOW, WE USE IT AND WE'VE BEEN SPECIFYING IT ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND, UH, AND I THINK THAT'S THE INNOVATION THAT WE WANT TO SEE, WHAT KIND OF, WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE THAT CAN REALLY SUSTAIN THE IMPACTS THAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, WHEN WE USE THOSE FIELDS. 
          AND AT THE SAME TIME, HOW WE CAN MINIMIZE SOME OF THE COST OF MAINTENANCE AND INCLUDING THE WATERING, WHICH, UH, SOME OF THESE MATERIALS NOW THEY CAN WITHHELD AND CAN REALLY SUSTAIN, UH, THE, UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE KNOW TO DATE. 
          SO, UM, FOR ME, UM, AT REAL LIFE, LIKE, AND I'M DRIVEN TOWARDS, UH, NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS, I THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING MORE IN THAT CONTEXT WITHIN, WE NEED TO REEXAMINE AND LOOK AT OUR PROCESSES AND, AND, AND REALLY SEE THE IMPACTS THAT IT HAS. 
          YOU'VE MENTIONED SOME, UH, SOME 
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VERY INCREDIBLE THINGS TODAY THAT WE, SOMETIMES WE THINK SOME OF THE IMPACTS, BUT THE IMPACTS GO BEYOND AND THEY EVEN COME HOME SOMETIMES, LIKE YOU SHARED FROM YOUR PRESENTATIONS. 
          AND WE NEED TO KIND OF REVISIT THAT AND LOOK AT IT, AND WE BETTER UNDERSTAND IT. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S, IT WAS VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS MY STAFF IS TAKING NOTE OF, OF OUR DISCUSSION HERE. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO POSE JUST THREE QUESTIONS. 
          WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS, AS WE PONDER, UM, UM, THE IMPLICATIONS OF ASTROTURF ON OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AS WELL. 
          SO THE FIRST QUESTION, AND IT WAS ALREADY TOUCHED ON, AND SOME FAMILIES OF COLOR HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT EQUITY, NOTING THAT THEIR CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE THE SAME ACCESS, UH, TO HIGH QUALITY SCHOOL AMENITIES AS OTHER, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMUNITIES, UH, MORE AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING, WHICH INCLUDE THE PLAY FIELDS. 
          HOW DO WE RECONCILE THESE CONCERNS WITH THE RESEARCH SHOWING HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF TURF? HOW DO WE RECONCILE WHAT, UM, OUR OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR SEE AS SHINY AND BEAUTIFUL AND NEW, UM, AND WANTING THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN KNOWING THIS RESEARCH THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PRESENTED AND, UM, THAT IS BEING RAISED. 
          SO, JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD. 
          I MEAN, I, I THINK IT'S A, IT, IT, IT COMES A TOP DOWN SITUATION. 
          I THINK THE, THE MENTION THAT NFL IS MOVING TOWARDS, UM, YOU KNOW, NATURAL TURF, UM, AND, AND, AND OTHER COLLEGES LIKE THE ONES WE SHOWCASE IN LOS ANGELES, USC AND UCLA, AND THAT MESSAGE SHOULD BE SENT FORWARD, JUST LIKE THE MESSAGE OF, YOU KNOW, CTE AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE CON YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE SPORT THAT THE SOCCER FIELDS ARE DOING IT, THE SCHOOLS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THE TOP LEVEL PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES HAVE SWITCHED OVER TO THIS. 
          AND, AND THAT SHINY SURF THAT THEY SAW IN THE, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS AGO THAT THEY WANTED IS NOT. 
          SO, I, I, I, I, I ADVOCATE, I KEEP THINKING OF, UH, BOISE STATE AND THEIR BLUE AND, UH, AND ORANGE FIELDS, BUT, UH, I ADVOCATE, YOU KNOW, SINCERELY THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE SHOULD REALLY KEEP THAT MESSAGE GOING. 
          THIS IS WHAT THE PROS ARE DOING, THIS IS WHAT THE STANDARD IS, THIS IS THE GOLD STANDARD. 
          YOU WANT THE GOLD STANDARD AT YOUR SCHOOL, AND THEN MAINTAINING IT. 
          SO AGAIN, IT HAS TO BE ABLE TO BE MAINTAINED SO YOU DON'T HAVE A BROWN FIELD AND A, AND A MUD BOWL WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING FOOTBALL. 
          SO THE ONUS IS ON US TO PROVE THAT NA NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS ARE, ARE THE GOLD STANDARD, AND, AND THEY GET THAT MESSAGE INTO THEM. 
          YOU CAN DO IT THROUGH INSTAGRAM OR WHATEVER TIKTOK, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO GET IT TO THE KIDS, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S HOW IT HAS TO HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. 
          ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          MY NEXT QUESTION, UM, IS THERE IS A PERCEPTION IN SOME COMMUNITIES THAT TURF IS A SUPERIOR OPTION BECAUSE IT LOOKS GREEN FROM, UM, OUR EXPERIENCE HERE, HOW CAN WE COUNTER MISINFORMATION AND BETTER COMMUNICATE REAL HEALTH AND SAFETY? I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON THAT, SO I THINK THAT'S, UH, WELL SAID. 
          UH, THE NEXT QUESTION, WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, DO WE HAVE, UH, FOR NEXT STEPS ON THE TURF ISSUE? AND WHAT STUDIES REPORTS, OR ADDITIONAL ANALYSES SHOULD THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT PURSUE, UM, TO PURSUE ON, ON THIS TOPIC? WHAT SHOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS? ANYBODY, CHRISTINA, AND THEN, UH, CRYSTAL. 
          SURE. 
          UM, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDERWAY, UM, AN EVALUATION OF THE DISTRICT'S POLICY OF SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          AND JUST SO THAT WE ARE ALL, UM, HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION, THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT POLICY ESSENTIALLY SAYS THAT THE DISTRICT WILL NOT PUT IN ANY NEW SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS. 
          UM, AND WE WILL ONLY USE SYNTHETIC TURF IF WE'RE TAKING AN EXISTING HIGH USE ATHLETIC FIELD THAT IS SYNTHETIC TURF, UM, THAT HAS DETERIORATED THAT THE DISTRICT WILL REPLACE IT WITH SYNTHETIC TURF. 
          SO THERE IS ESSENTIALLY A PROHIBITION ON USING SYNTHETIC TURF, UM, FOR ANYTHING BUT HIGH USE FIELDS. 
          AND THAT COMES FROM THAT CHALLENGE OF, OUR FIELDS ARE USED NOT ONLY DURING SCHOOL HOURS BY BOTH SPORTS TEAMS AND, UM, PE CLASSES, BUT THEN AFTER HOURS FOR COMMUNITY USE AND ON THE WEEKENDS. 
          UM, SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THAT, UM, UH, MARYLAND FIELD THAT YOU CITED THAT SAID WAS VERY HIGH USE, AND HOW THEY, HOW THEY'RE ADDRESSING THAT. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT POLICY WAS FROM 2017. 
          WE KNOW THAT A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, AND IT'S TIME FOR A REFRESH. 
          UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GATHERING INFORMATION ON. 
          UM, AND WE'LL PRESENT BACK TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT ON THE 
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BOARD TO SEE IF THERE ARE INCREMENTAL STEPS THAT WE WANNA TAKE NOW, WHAT ARE THOSE LARGER STEPS? UM, AND AGAIN, WE WANNA BE DRIVEN BY DATA, OUR OPERATIONAL REALITIES, SO THAT THE BOARD HAS ALL THE INFORMATION TO MAKE WELL-INFORMED CHOICES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD, CRYSTAL. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          AND I, I ECHO WHAT CHRISTINA SAID, AND I'LL JUST GO BACK TO THAT. 
          UM, THERE'S ALWAYS NEW INFORMATION AND I THINK AS WE LEARN AND WE SEE THE ACTUAL MATERIALS AND WE GET INTO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF, UM, OF OUR USERS, WE SHOULD, WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND GO THROUGH THIS ASSESSMENT TO REALLY, UM, LOOK AT BOTH JUST LIKE WE WAS PRESENTED TO US TODAY, AND UNDERSTAND THE, IN TERMS OF THE, UM, NATURAL MATERIAL, WHAT WAS THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND WE JUST SAW A MATERIAL HERE AT THE BERMUDA GRASS THAT YOU SHARE, BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP US USE NATURAL VERSUS ARTIFICIAL. 
          AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT IN MORE DETAIL, DO THE ANALYSIS, LOOK AT THE ASSESSMENTS, JUST FINISH THOSE STUDIES AND COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SUPPORT HEALTH AND WELLNESS. 
          AND, AND, UH, AS LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS, SOME OF OUR DECISIONS TODAY THAT WILL IMPACT PEOPLE 10 YEARS FROM NOW OR FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, AND IT'S NOT JUST TODAY. 
          AND, AND I ECHO THAT, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE NOT GONNA GET COOLER. 
          THEY'RE GONNA GET HOTTER. 
          WE'RE SEEING THAT. 
          WE JUST SEE THE EXTREME HEAT THAT WE HAVE NOW IN THE VALLEY, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT, UM, THOSE TEMPERATURES EVEN AT SIX, SEVEN O'CLOCK, THEY'RE GOING OUT FOR WEEKS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE EXPOSING OUR KIDS TO KIND OF THOSE HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS THAT, UM, WE'RE REALLY ADDING MORE, UM, UH, ADDING MORE PLASTICS. 
          IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT GONNA BENEFIT OUR COSTS. 
          SO, UH, FURTHER STUDY, FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND BEING ABLE TO COME UP WITH, UH, HOPEFULLY DRIVE INNOVATION, UH, THROUGH THE INDUSTRY TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS LIKE WE'RE SEEING HERE TODAY THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT AND PROVIDE BETTER SOLUTIONS FOR ALL OF US. 
          SO THAT'S HOW I SAY THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING. 
          SO AT THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE A WAY OF REPORTING INCIDENCES AT SCHOOLS CALLED I STARS. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF POSSIBLE IS, UM, HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES DUE TO ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE KEEP A RECORD OF THEM, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK INTO BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS REPORTED ON AN ISTAR, EVERYTHING, AND I'M SURE IT WOULD BE, UH, AVAILABLE TO US. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          I DO KNOW THAT IN MOST INSTANCES, WHILE DATA IS KEPT OFTEN, AND THEY MAY VERY WELL KNOW WHETHER AN INCIDENT OCCURRED ON SYNTHETIC TURF VERSUS NATURAL GRASS, THEY OFTEN DON'T DISCLOSE THAT. 
          THERE IS A STUDY THAT I PROVIDED WITH THE SLIDES AS WELL AS IN THE, WHAT I PROVIDED YOU LAST WEEK, THAT, UM, TALKS ABOUT A NATIONAL DATABASE. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE RESOURCES I USE AS A RETIRED HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IS THE, UM, UPTODATE, WHICH IS GENERALLY ONLY AVAILABLE TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS. 
          I HAVE ACCESS, I GAVE IT TO YOU . 
          UM, AND UPTODATE DOES REPORT APPROXIMATELY 9,000 ATHLETES PER YEAR. 
          STUDENT ATHLETES EXPERIENCE SOME FORM OF HEAT ILLNESS. 
          I DO KNOW THAT JUST THE YEAR BEFORE LAST, I BELIEVE IT WAS ONE, THERE WAS A SOCCER PLAYER FROM PACIFIC PALISADES THAT DID DIE FROM HEAT STROKE. 
          HE WAS AT A PRACTICE MATCH IN CHINO, I BELIEVE HE WAS FOUND AFTER THE MATCH IN THE PARKING LOT. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'S AN INCREASING NUMBER OF HEAT STROKE RELATED DEATHS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WE KNOW THAT ATHLETES OF COLOR ARE MORE OFTEN AFFECTED. 
          SO WE, WE DO NOT HAVE ACCURATE ACCOUNTING IN THIS STATE. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO, WE DO KNOW WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE GRANT ISSUES. 
          IT IS HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC. 
          WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS WITH, WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME AND BANDWIDTH. 
          IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. 
          WE DO KNOW THAT IN THIS STATE, THERE ARE, THERE IS A LAW NOW THAT REQUIRES THAT FIELDS BE CLOSED DOWN FOR CERTAIN TEMPERATURES AS WELL AS, UH, LEVELS OF PARTICULATE MATTER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY CIF RELATED. 
          THAT'S NOT A LAW. 
          BUT THE LAW VARIES FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION FOR AN INSTANCE. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          EVEN THOUGH I'VE SPENT A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME HERE IN LA, I CURRENTLY RESIDE IN OCEANSIDE, AND DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF THE I 15 YOU'RE ON, THOSE TEMPERATURE CUTOFFS DIFFER. 
          SO IT'S DIFFERENT FROM PLACE TO PLACE TO PLACE. 
          WE KNOW THAT COACHES ARE CL ARE VERY VOCIFEROUS ABOUT HAVING TO BE HELD TO THESE STANDARDS, 
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NOT JUST THE TEMPERATURE RELATED ISSUES, BUT ALSO THE PARTICULATE MATTER. 
          I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE WAS THE INCIDENCE A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE JET FUEL WAS DUMPED ON SEVERAL SCHOOLS. 
          LA IS IN MULTIPLE FLIGHT PATHS. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT AS OBVIOUS RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE SITTING HERE, LEADED AVGAS OR AVIATION GAS AND JET FUEL IS FALLING ON THESE PLASTIC FIELDS THAT ARE NOT BEING CLEANED. 
          SO I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WELL, WHAT WE'RE DOING TO OUR CHILDREN. 
          AND ALSO THE, WE KNOW THAT THE, A LOT OF THESE CHEMICALS AND IN PARTICULAR PFAS CAN BE ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN. 
          HOW MANY KIDS ARE OUT THERE ON PLASTIC RIGHT NOW ABSORBING FOREVER CHEMICALS INTO THEIR LITTLE BODIES AND GROWING MINDS? THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, IT'LL TAKE SOME INVESTIGATION TO SEE IF THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT A GAME ON THE FIELD. 
          WHAT SCHOOL WAS IT? DO THEY HAVE AN ARTIFICIAL TURF? I MEAN, THOSE DETAILS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. 
          I KNOW THAT. 
          SO IT'D BE TAKING A, AN INVESTIGATIVE APPROACH TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. 
          YEAH. 
          YES. 
          AND SPEAKING OF CLEANING, UH, I LIVE BETWEEN, UH, BURBANK, THE, UH, BURBANK AIRPORT AND, UM, THE, UH, WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE CALLED NEAR ME, VANEYES AIRPORT. 
          AND SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          SO SPEAKING OF CLEANING, MAYBE THIS IS FOR CHRISTINE, MAYBE WE'LL SEE. 
          UM, HOW OFTEN SHOULD, UH, SYNTHETIC TURF BE CLEANED? IT DEPENDS ON THE MANUFACTURER. 
          THERE IS INFORMATION IN THEIR MA IN THEIR WARRANTIES. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S FOUND IN THEIR MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES. 
          UH, IT VARIES ACROSS MANUFACTURERS. 
          WHAT MAKES IT MAKES IT INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE USING PRODUCTS FROM DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS, IT'S, IT'S LOGISTICALLY VERY DIFFICULT. 
          I WILL SAY THAT THEY ALSO CALL FOR SYNTHETIC PESTICIDES, SUCH AS GLYPHOSATE AND OTHERS, SPECTRO SIDE TO ABATE WEEDS, MILDEW, AND WHATNOT. 
          I HAVE, I HAVE THOSE MANUALS. 
          WE DON'T GO THERE. 
          WE DON'T GO THERE. 
          YES. 
          WE DON'T GO THERE. 
          YES. 
          . 
          SO JUST SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE, I HEAR, YEAH, I HEAR YOU. 
          SO MAYBE, MAYBE CHRISTINE, WE CAN FIND OUT MAYBE HOW OFTEN THEY'RE CLEANED. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          UH, WHAT MONTHLY? I DON'T KNOW. 
          I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 
          SO MAYBE I CAN GET THE INFORMATION AND ALSO HARDNESS TESTING. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE OF PLASTIC YOU HAVE INVESTED IN THESE SCHOOLS WILL BE, BUT WE'RE VERY STRICT WITH CHEMICALS IN L-A-U-S-D. 
          SO I, THAT I, THAT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU  VERY STRICT WITH CHEMICALS. 
          YEAH. 
          16,000 CHEMICALS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN PLASTICS. 
          WELL, FORTUNATELY,  FOR A WELL INFORMED GROUP, I'M TELLING YOU. 
          THIS IS REALLY GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THAT WAS MY QUESTION. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WELL, I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UM, JUST LAST WEEK, THE CITY OF LA, DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS ISSUED AN RFP FOR A COMPREHENSIVE CITYWIDE SYNTHETIC IN NATURE, A NI NATURAL TURF ASSESSMENT. 
          UM, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW YOU, CHRISTINA, YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE EVALUATING THIS, BUT I WONDER IF, UM, WE SHOULD CONSIDER COMMISSIONING A SIMILAR ASSESSMENT FOR SCHOOLS TO GUIDE DECISION MAKING LONG-TERM, UM, ON LONG-TERM COSTS, UM, AND ON HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          SO JUST, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THE CITY'S, UM, APPROACH AND, AND, UM, ACTIONS ON THIS. 
          AND, UM, I, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WAS A, A MOTION THAT WAS PRESENTED, UM, BY A COUNCIL MEMBER BLUMENFIELD ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 
          AND IT DOES MENTION HERE THE DISTRICT. 
          SO I KNOW WE HAVE HERE REPRESENTATIVE FROM BLUEMAN FIELD'S OFFICE, WHO IF MAYBE WANNA PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON THAT BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT ON THIS TOPIC AND MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          MY NAME IS DAVID HIRAN AND I'M SENIOR ADVISOR AT A COUNCIL MEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M ALSO AN L-A-U-S-D GRADUATE. 
          I GRADUATED FROM L-A-U-S-D AND WENT TO HOBART BOULEVARD MIDDLE, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          AND, UH, GO UNICORNS. 
          SO DEAR BOARD MEMBERS, I WRITE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENT TIRELESS WORK THAT SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT THE CHILDREN OF LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE AT THE BEST FACILITIES RECEIVING WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION. 
          TODAY, YOU DELIBERATE ON A TOPIC THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME, THE QUESTION ON WHAT ROLE SYNTHETIC PLASTIC, RECREATIONAL FIELDS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ARTIFICIAL TURF SHOULD HAVE VERSUS NATURAL GRASS TURF IN OUR KIDS RECREATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. 
          I HOPE YOU JOIN MY EFFORT AS I INTRODUCED THROUGH COUNCIL FILE 24 DASH OH 6 0 2, AND ADD YOUR IMPORTANT VOICE TO OUR PROCESS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEST, WHAT 
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IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ANGELENOS. 
          AND ALWAYS FIRST AND FOREMOST ARE CHILDREN. 
          AS I STATED THROUGH MY POLICY, AS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING THE LIMITS AND ELEMENTS OF A STUDY INTO THE QUESTION OF WHETHER TO BAN OR REGULATE SYNTHETIC ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          ON THAT QUESTION, THERE ARE MANY VARIABLES THAT THE CITY MUST CONSIDER AS, ESPECIALLY AS IN YOUR CASE WHEN IT COMES TO RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS. 
          L-A-U-S-D IS THE LARGEST LAND STEWARD IN LA COUNTY, AND AS SUCH, COULD PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THIS EFFORT. 
          HERE IS HOW FIRST A FOCUS ON STUDENTS L-A-U-S-D COULD JOIN US IN ATTEMPTING TO DEFINE AND CALCULATE TRUE FINANCIAL AND HUMAN COSTS RELATED TO INJURIES ON ALL SPORTS FIELDS, INCLUDING THE BENEFITS OF SYNTHETIC PLASTIC, RECREATIONAL FIELDS VERSUS NATURAL AND NATIVE FIELDS. 
          ALTHOUGH SIMILAR, THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT CERTAIN FIELDS RESULT IN HARSHER AND MORE FREQUENT INJURY. 
          SECOND, A FOCUS ON THE FIELDS THEMSELVES. 
          L-A-U-S-D COULD PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND HELP PROVIDE DATA SETS THAT COMPILE AND CONTINUALLY PROVIDE BACKGROUND ON CERTAIN SPECIFIC FIELD ISSUES, SUCH AS RECREATIONAL USAGE, MAINTENANCE, BACKGROUND, WATER USE, PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS, AND BUDGETARY ASPECTS SUCH AS ACTUAL COSTS AND SAVINGS RELATED TO ALL FIELD USAGE. 
          THIRD, A WILLINGNESS TO FUND THE OUTCOME. 
          L-A-U-S-D, LIKE THE CITY, WILL FACE CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING ANY POLICY MOVING FORWARD. 
          TOGETHER BOTH JURISDICTIONS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE DATA IS PLENTIFUL REAL AND AVAILABLE AS WE TACKLE THESE ISSUES AND OTHER ISSUES THAT WILL RESULT IN REAL POLICY CHANGE FOR MILLIONS OF KIDS AND FAMILIES. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE A PARTNER IN OUR PROCESS AND ENGAGING IN THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC WITH URGENCY. 
          LAST YEAR, AN INITIATIVE OF MINE WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL DIRECTING THE LA DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER AND THE BUREAU OF SANITATION TO REPORT ON THE URGENCY OF RECENTLY IDENTIFIED MICROPLASTICS. 
          PFOS AND PFOS IN THE SAN FERNANDO GROUNDWATER SOURCES THE FINDINGS OF THE PFAS WITHIN THE SAN FERNANDO WATERSHED. 
          ALTHOUGH NOT ACTIVELY, NOT INACTIVELY PUMPED WELLS IS OF GRAVE CONCERN, THE SPREAD OF PLASTICS MUST BE STOPPED WITH UPSTREAM SOLUTIONS SUCH AS THE ONES WE ARE ALL CONSIDERING. 
          IN FACT, I AM WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A DAY DEDICATED TO THESE QUESTIONS ON PLASTICS, POTENTIALLY IN OUR GROUNDWATER AND IN SYNTHETIC ARTIFICIAL GRASS IN ORDER TO BAN OR REGULATE. 
          BUT IN THIS, IN THE COMMITTEE BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, PLEASE CONNECT WITH DAVID, HI MYSELF OF MY STAFF TO COORDINATE YOUR PARTICIPATION. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING YOU WITH YOU ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. 
          UH, MEMBERS, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND AM, UH, AT YOUR SERVICE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WELL, UM, AT THIS TIME, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MR. CRI, UH, UH, CRISTO CLIO ON, UM, THE ELOP, UM, UPDATE. 
          APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT. 
          SO NOW WE ARE GOING 
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TO MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, SO MR. MCLEAN CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT AWAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WE GOT SIX PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          MR. HIRO, YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I THINK YOU JUST GAVE COMMENT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNCIL. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          ALL RIGHT, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN PERSON. 
          THAT'S MR. DAVID TOSKI. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DAVID KOSKI, FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, 12 YEARS HERE REPRESENTING THE EAST SIDE AND THE EAST VALLEY, ALSO ON THE STATE SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          FOR 12 YEARS, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, WHICH DR. RIVAS ALSO CHAIRS. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST TWO PEOPLE, IT'S THE ENTIRE BOARD HEARING THIS POLICY. 
          WHY NOT A MOTION? WHY NOT AN ACTUAL MOTION? THE BOARD MEMBERS SUBMIT MOTIONS ALL THE TIME. 
          WHY NOT MOVE AHEAD WITH SOME, IF YOU'RE TOLD THAT YOU CANNOT USE BOND FUNDS FOR THE FIELDS, GET THAT IN WRITING FROM A LAWYER, DON'T JUST TAKE IT AND ASK WHAT FUNDS CAN BE USED. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE IMPACT FEES ARE NEARLY $200 MILLION A YEAR FROM DEVELOPMENTS THAT MONEY'S GOING INTO A SLUSH FUND FOR WHAT KNOWS, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE CITY IS ABOUT TO PASS IN JUNE OR NOVEMBER. 
          A BOND, A CITY BOND $200 MILLION A YEAR FOR PARKS LIKE MEASURE K. 
          WE DIDN'T HEAR IT FROM IT, BUT THIS IS A GREAT OFFER TO COLLABORATE EVERYWHERE. 
          THERE IS A DANGER UNDER THE WILLIAMS CASE, YOU CAN FILE A COMPLAINT THAT THAT FIELD IS CAUSING DAMAGE. 
          WORK WITH SCIU, THEY'RE UPSET. 
          THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ON 
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THESE FIELDS. 
          PROPOSITION FOUR WAS PASSED $10 BILLION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS. 
          ELOP MONEY, OH MY GOD. 
          $500 MILLION. 
          AND NOW YOU'RE NOT GONNA SPEND ANOTHER DOLLAR, CAN'T EVEN CAN GET MONEY FOR THE BAND. 
          THE MARCHING BAND OUT OF ELOP, WHICH IS THE GREATEST MARKETING DEVICE FOR THIS DISTRICT. 
          $1 BILLION IN MEASURE US. 
          THERE'S MORE IN MEASURE TWO, GET A LIST OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE LESS THAN 10% GREEN. 
          SHARE IT WITH THE PUBLIC AND WHY NOT RUN A BILL THAT TURNS BUNGALOWS, BUNGALOWS TO GREEN. 
          RUN THAT LEGISLATION OUT OF YOUR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. 
          SO INGRID, CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENTS OF UTLA CAN GET HER DING BUNGALOWS OFF THE CAMPUS AND TURN 'EM INTO GREEN. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK IS OUTRAGEOUS AND MUST END. 
          IT IS FASCIST. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, LETICIA GUINO, YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          LETICIA GUINO. 
          HELLO, MY NAME IS LETICIA GUINO AND I'M THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL COORDINATOR FOR SHARP AVENUE ELEMENTARY AND BOARD DISTRICT SIX. 
          WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OF HAVING LESS THAN 10% OF THE GREEN INDEX, AND IT'S IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, WHICH I'M SURE YOU KNOW WE'RE PART OF THAT HEIGHT HEAT INDEX. 
          I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THAT WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GREENING PROJECT AT OUR SCHOOL NEXT MONTH. 
          THANK YOU, UH, CHRIS, CHRIS LU. 
          UM, I APOLOGIZE IF I MENTIONED YOUR INCORRECTLY. 
          WE'RE GIVEN AN UPDATE AT THE END OF THE LAST MONTH'S SCREEN, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING AND CONFIRMING THAT THE PROJECT AT SHARP ELEMENTARY WILL BE BREAKING GROUND IN OCTOBER. 
          WE HOPE THAT, UM, FINALLY AFTER TWO YEARS, THIS WILL BE HAPPENING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING, UH, ABOUT MORE DETAILS SOON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOUR TIME. 
          OKAY, THE NEXT CALLER IS KELLY SHANNON MCNEIL. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          MS. MCNEIL, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          KELLY MCNEIL. 
          HI, THIS IS KELLY SHANNON MCNEIL. 
          I AM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF LOS ANGELES WATERKEEPER, BUT I'M ALSO A PARENT OF A PRESCHOOLER WHO WILL BE ENTERING AN L-A-U-S-D SCHOOL IN THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL AS ALL OF THE PRESENTERS WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE GIVEN SUCH THOROUGH AND AND THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION AROUND THIS ISSUE. 
          I'M GONNA TRY TO KEEP MY COMMENTS SHORT BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SO MANY OF THE ISSUES WITH ARTIFICIAL TURFS HAVE BEEN THOROUGHLY ADDRESSED TODAY. 
          UM, AND SO I WANNA SPEAK TODAY, UM, ABOUT THE WATER ANGLE FOR JUST A SECOND, AND, AND THEN ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, UM, ASPECTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP LATER TODAY. 
          FIRSTLY, IT'S INCREDIBLY DISINGENUOUS TO CLAIM THAT ARTIFICIAL TURF IS ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE IT SAVES WATER IN ADDITION TO THE ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER THAT ARE USED IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS TO KEEP IT CLEAN AND COOL IT DOWN WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE HIGH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH ALSO IGNORES THE SERIOUS HEALTH IMPACTS TO CHILDREN, UM, PLAYING ON ARTIFICIAL TURF, THE WATER POLLUTION CAUSED BY MICROPLASTICS PFOS AND INCREASINGLY SIX PPD. 
          BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE INFILL THESE DAYS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING CREATED FROM RECYCLED TIRES. 
          AND WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW A LOT MORE ABOUT PFA S'S IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH. 
          UM, AND SIX PPD, UM, IS AN EMERGING CONTAMINANT OF CONCERN, UM, THAT THERE'S JUST NOT VERY MUCH RESEARCH TODAY ABOUT HOW IT IMPACTS HUMANS. 
          UM, SO WE SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, BOTH THE, THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS FOR OUR CHILDREN AS WELL AS THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, HEALTH IMPACTS. 
          UM, AND I THINK IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT ALL WATER IS PART OF A CYCLE. 
          AND WHEN THOSE POLLUTANTS LEACH INTO OUR SURFACE WATERS TO A RUNOFF INTO OUR STORM DRAINS, THEY ULTIMATELY CONTAMINATE OUR, OUR DRINKING WATER. 
          AND THIS ALSO IGNORES THE CO-BENEFITS THAT COME WITH ORGANICALLY MAINTAINED NATURAL TURF. 
          UM, THEY HELP SEQUESTER CARBON, THEY COOL OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND CHILDREN IN OUR DENSE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS NEED ACCESS TO NATURE WHEREVER THEY CAN FIND IT. 
          AND THIS IS NOWHERE ELSE MORE TRUE, UM, THAN OUR MOST UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, NATURE, NATURE DEFICIT DISORDER IS AN, UH, UH, AN EMERGING ISSUE, UM, THAT IS BEING STUDIED IN CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN OUR, OUR MOST DENSE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TOWN. 
          YOU KNOW, ARTIFICIAL THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          OKAY, JOHN BOV OR BOOR, I SEE YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY. 
          ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? MR. JOHN B? NOT HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          HOW ABOUT KATHY SHRINER? I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          KATHY SHRINER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
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HI, THIS IS KATHY SCHRINER. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD, CAN YOU? THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'M PRESIDENT OF THE VAN NUYS NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. 
          SO I AM HERE IN PART TO SAY THAT WE, UM, AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL PASSED A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT ENDORSING THE CITY'S MOTION FOR STUDY INTO ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          AND THAT WE WANT TO SEE REPLACEMENT OF ARTIFICIAL TURF, YOU KNOW, BOTH FOR RECREATION AND PARTS AND FOR L-A-U-S-D AND THEN OTHER GOVERNMENT USES. 
          SO I REALLY SUPPORT, UM, ALL THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE MADE TODAY ABOUT, AND I DON'T NEED TO REPEAT TO YOU ALL THE REASONS WHY ARTIFICIAL CHURCH IS BAD FOR STUDENTS, BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND DEFINITELY BAD FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY WITH ALL THE HEAT THAT WE HAVE. 
          I ALSO WANNA SAY I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE GREENING OF CAMPUSES WE'RE VERY JEALOUS. 
          WE HOPE THAT VAN NUYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL GET THEIR CHANCE SOON BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE ALL ASPHALT. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR GIVING ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, GREG GREENFIELDS, I SEE YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT YOU ARE NOT SIGNED IN GREG G NOT HERE. 
          AND SOMEONE WHO LISTED THEMSELVES AS MOUNT WASHINGTON ASSISTING ALSO NOT HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU ALL. 
          WHO, UM, WHO, UH, WERE HERE WITH US IN PERSON AND ALSO REMOTELY. 
          AND ON THIS, ON OUR COMMITTEE, UH, GREENING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESISTANCE COMMITTEE, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, DISTRICT STAFF, OUR PRESENTERS, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND THE PUBLIC. 
          THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD HERE TODAY REFLECT WHY THIS COMMITTEE EXISTS TO BRING DIFFICULT ISSUES TO THE TABLE, TO CENTER EQUITY AND STUDENT HEALTH, AND TO ENSURE OUR DECISIONS ARE ROOTED IN BOTH EVIDENCE AND THE VOICES OF OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR FAMILIES. 
          OUR GREENING AND CLIMATE RESILIENT RESILIENCE WORK IS ABOUT THE WHOLE CHILD SUPPORTING NOT JUST ACADEMIC SUCCESS, BUT ALSO HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLNESS. 
          IN THE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE STUDENTS LEARN AND GROW AND ARE SPENDING VAST OF THEIR TIMES, UM, IN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          TOGETHER WE ARE BUILDING A FUTURE WHERE EVERY SCHOOL IN LUSD IS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS CAN THRIVE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM IN A HEALTHY MANNER. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE COMMITMENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHAT THEY'VE SHARED TODAY, UM, AND THE ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND FOR NOW, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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