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          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          [I. Welcome and Introductions]
IT IS, THAT CLOCK IS NEVER RIGHT. 
          IT'S 3:06 PM UM, AND, UH, HELLO. 
          HELLO. 
          UM, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR A FEW FOLKS WHO WE HEAR ARE CAUGHT IN DODGERS TRAFFIC, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE ARE, WE'LL SEE IF WE END AT FIVE. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S A GAME, UH, THAT, UH, WE ARE HOPING TO SEE. 
          BUT, UM, WELCOME TO THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING, FIRST FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE 25 26 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          UM, I'M THRILLED TO JUMP INTO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF TODAY, BOTH FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT. 
          UH, WITH THE FOLKS HERE TODAY, WE HAVE A, A PACKED AGENDA, SO WE'RE GONNA JUMP RIGHT IN. 
          UM, WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          WE'LL JUST KIND OF REMIND OURSELVES OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND WE WILL INTRODUCE OURSELVES IN A MINUTE. 
          I HAVE A CLICKER. 
          OH, COOL. 
          OKAY. 
          WAIT. 
          NOPE. 
          NOW BACK. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          THIS IS POWER. 
          THE FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE WILL EXAMINE DISTRICT FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT PROCESSES AND PROJECTS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AND AWARENESS. 
          THE COMMITTEE WILL IDENTIFY BARRIERS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE CURRENT POLICIES AND PRACTICE. 
          UM, THIS IS OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY, WELCOMING INTRODUCTIONS, AND THEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST, UH, THE STATE ARCHITECT, UM, FROM THE DIVISION OF STATE ARCHITECT AND WITH SOME APPRECIATION AND OVERVIEW. 
          OUR PROCUREMENT UPDATES, UM, ACTUALLY WILL BE AFTER OUR MGT REPORT. 
          I THINK THAT'S STILL THE RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO MGT FIRST AND THEN PROCUREMENT, AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          AND WE WILL ADJOURN. 
          UM, ON THIS SLIDE YOU WILL SEE SOME PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE, UM, AND THAT WE'RE GONNA RETURN TO. 
          WE DECIDED WHEN THIS COMMITTEE WAS FORMED A FEW YEARS AGO, THAT WE WANTED TO, UM, WHILE COVERING THE BREADTH OF TOPICS, UH, MAINTAIN A FOCUS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND REALLY TRY TO SEE IMPROVEMENT IN PROGRESS ON SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UH, COST AND TIME COMPARISON, WHICH IS THE MGT REPORT. 
          ALSO, KIND OF NUMBER TWO, MODULAR STRUCTURES, WHICH IS WHAT CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD A FEW TIMES. 
          SPECIF, UH, SPECIFICATION REVIEWS, REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES WE WON'T BE DISCUSSING EXPLICITLY TODAY, BUT IN THE FUTURE, BUYING CONTRACTS, SCOPE OF QUALIFIED BIDDERS TO AT LEAST THREE, WHICH WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN THE PROCUREMENT CONTEXT. 
          MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS CAPACITY, UM, AND ALTERNATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY APPROACHES. 
          UM, WHEN I ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT SEEM TO NOT BE WORKING IN L UNIFIED, WE'RE TOLD, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE, SO, WE'RE UNIQUE. 
          WE'RE AN OUTLIER. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT I'VE DEEMED LUSD EXCEPTIONALISM, UM, THE SENSE THAT L UNIFIED IS SO DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE, THAT THINGS THAT JUST HAVE TO TAKE LONGER AND HAVE TO CAUSE MORE. 
          UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY WANNA DO IN THIS COMMITTEE IS LEARN FROM BEST PRACTICE, BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS, FROM OUR STATE PARTNERS, UM, TO SEE IF THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO DO THINGS. 
          UH, AND SOME OF THAT WILL BE IN TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE TO CIRCLE BACK TO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UH, AND I HOPE BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE'LL ADD A FEW MORE TO THE LIST. 
          UM, SO WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS. 
          UM, MANY OF US ARE CONTINUING MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO START WITH A ROUND OF INTRODUCTIONS TO WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS. 
          UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT EACH OF US, INCLUDING OUR COMMITTEE, UH, STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE, UM, CAN SHARE THEIR NAME, THEIR ROLE OR CONNECTION TO L UNIFIED, UM, MAYBE A CHILDHOOD SCHOOL FACILITY OR PART OF A FACILITY THAT REALLY STICKS IN YOUR MIND. 
          AND THEN MAYBE ONE GOAL OR ONE TOPIC YOU'D LIKE ADDRESSED FOR THIS COMMITTEE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH NICOLE, AND I'LL REMIND YOU YOUR NAME, KIND OF WHO YOU ARE, YOUR CONNECTION TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          ONE, LIKE CHILDHOOD MEMORY OF A SCHOOL FACILITY, UM, GOOD OR BAD, I GUESS. 
          AND THEN ALSO ONE THING YOU'D LIKE TO SEE US, UH, AND MY TEAM WILL BE TAKING NOTES ON THESE AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN ADD TO OUR ALREADY ROBUST AGENDA. 
          NICOLE. 
          OKAY. 
          HI, UH, MY NAME IS NICOLE FEFFERMAN. 
          I AM AN L-A-U-S-D PARENT. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN AN L-A-U-S-D TEACHER FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. 
          UM, I TAUGHT AT JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL AND AT MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL. 
          SO, IN MY OPINION, TWO OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUSES IN L-A-U-S-D HIGH SCHOOL, UM, CAMPUSES IN L-A-U-S-D. 
          GOSH, I WENT TO HURST ELEMENTARY, HALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND EL CAMINO HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I DON'T REALLY HAVE LIKE ANY PARTICULAR CONNECTION TO THE SPACES. 
          THEY WERE LOVELY. 
          BUT FOR ME, ACTUALLY, I, I WANNA JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO L-A-U-S-D. 
          I ALSO LIVE BY NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, AND I HAD A CHANCE TO GO ON THAT CAMPUS, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO TO SEE MY SON'S GIRLFRIEND PLAY HER TENNIS MATCH. 
          UM, AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE NORTH HOLLYWOOD CAMPUS. 
          AND WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE? IT, IT IS, IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND IT FEELS SO GOOD TO WALK ON THAT CAMPUS. 
          SO SHOUT OUT TO L-A-U-S-D FOR NORTH HOLLYWOOD. 
          LOVE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE HAVE A NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER HERE, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. 
          MY NAME IS DAVID RODRIGUEZ. 
          I'M A STOCK WORKER AT THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES WAREHOUSE IN PICO RIVERA. 
          I HAVE OVER 22 YEARS OF SERVICE, AND MY REMEMBRANCE IS, UH, I DID ATTEND A, AN ELEMENTARY CALLED CORTEZ STREET ELEMENTARY OVER IN THE ECHO PARK AREA. 
          I BELIEVE THE NAME'S CHANGED. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS NOW, BUT I WENT THERE 
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FOR A KINDER FIRST AND SECOND, AND I REMEMBER THAT PLACE. 
          SO THAT'S MY SHOUT OUT TO THEM. 
          GREAT. 
          IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE, I KNOW YOU'RE A NEW MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I ACTUALLY, I'M HERE AS A, I, I, I GAVE MYSELF THE SELF-APPOINTED TITLE, THE PROCUREMENT, UH,  WAREHOUSE REPRESENTATIVE. 
          'CAUSE I'M REPRESENTING ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS FOR JOINING US. 
          HEY. 
          AND BOARD MEMBER, HE NOBEL. 
          AND I'LL SAY TOO, LOOK, I MEAN JOHN BURROWS, WE HAVE A RIBBON KIND THERE. 
          IT'S NOT EVEN ONE OF MY SCHOOLS, IT'S ONE OF BOARD MEMBER. 
          HE NOBELS, BUT WE SHARE THE LOVE IN THIS COMMITTEE. 
          SO YEAH. 
          UM, SHERETTE, HENDY NEWBELL. 
          AND I AM PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SERVE IN DISTRICT ONE AND A PROUD ALUM OF L-A-U-S-D. 
          WENT TO 24TH STREET ELEMENTARY, PATRICK HENRY MIDDLE, AND WENT TO DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY, I JUST WENT TO VISIT THAT I THOUGHT, NOT JOHN BURROWS IS AMAZING, BUT IN THE ESSENCE OF JOHN BURROWS, BECAUSE THIS ELEMENTARY, VERMONT ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS WHERE MY SISTER AND BROTHER WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, THEY'RE SO UNIQUE. 
          THE WALLS ARE BRICK SIMILAR TO WHAT'S AT JOHN BURROUGHS. 
          AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY TAPE SOME OF THE ABBOTT ELEMENTARY THERE. 
          HMM. 
          SO I LEARNED THAT AND I WAS LIKE, AND THAT'S ONE OF MY SISTER'S FAVORITE SHOWS. 
          AND I WAS LIKE, IT'S TAPED AT YOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          SO, UM, BUT IT IS A VERY UNIQUE SCHOOL. 
          AND THE BRICK AND ARCHITECTURE THERE IS SO AMAZING THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS JUST REALLY STAND OUT, KIND OF LIKE JOHN BURROUGHS. 
          SO, AND FOR ME, I TOO WANNA SEE HOW WE CAN DO THINGS MORE EFFICIENT AS WE ARE KIND OF THE PIONEERS, I WANNA SAY IN ONE OF THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT, HOW WE CAN GET THINGS DONE FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT AND, UM, JUST KIND OF LEAD AND TRAILBLAZE IN THAT WAY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. 
          GREAT. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO TALK MORE BECAUSE I ACTUALLY RECENTLY SPOKE TO SOME WRITERS ON THE SHOW, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE HAVING A, A PLOT, UM, ARC ABOUT HAVING TO POTENTIALLY MOVE THE SCHOOL TO A TEMPORARY FACILITY BECAUSE OF LIKE FLOODING OR SOMETHING. 
          AND THEY ASKED ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE WITH PALLY HIGH AND SEARS TAKING AN OLD MALL AND TURNING IT INTO A SCHOOL. 
          AND SO IT WAS FUN TO TALK TO THEM AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, ART IMITATING LIFE IN THAT REGARD. 
          UM, GREAT. 
          MIKE, YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF? YES. 
          MY NAME IS MIKE MCLEAN. 
          I'M THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. 
          UH, I WENT TO LIMERICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CANOGA PARK AND I WENT TO NOBEL JUNIOR HIGH IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. 
          I LOVE BOTH CAMPUSES. 
          ONE IS AN OPEN CAMPUS. 
          THERE USED TO BE. 
          UM, AND SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY HAPPY THAT HAS CHANGED IS LIMERICK WAS AN ALL CONCRETE, ALL CONCRETE, THE WHOLE THING. 
          WE PLAYED SOCCER ON CONCRETE, BUT ALL THAT HAS CHANGED. 
          SO I WANNA STEW THE EFFORT OF, OF THE BOARD. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, MS. OR FRANKLIN, YOU'LL NOTICE WE ALSO HAVE BOARD DISTRICT SEVEN PROJECTS IN OUR SLIDESHOW. 
          SO LOVE FOR YOUR DISTRICT AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S WHERE I I TALK AS WELL DISTRICT. 
          YEAH. 
          YES, INDEED. 
          GOOD THINGS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. 
          TANYA ORTIZ FRANKLIN REPRESENTING SOUTH LA IN THE HARBOR AREA WHERE I GREW UP AT PRESIDENT AVENUE ELEMENTARY, FLEMING MIDDLE SCHOOL IN AUGH HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND AS SOON AS YOU SAID THAT QUESTION, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE CIRCLE AREA AT BAN, WHICH IS THIS LIKE SACRED GRASS AREA THAT YOU CAN'T CROSS EXCEPT FOR WHEN YOU HAVE LUNCHTIME ACTIVITIES. 
          AND SO IT'S SORT OF ONE OF THOSE TRADITIONS THAT HAS CARRIED ON FOR YEARS AND HAS ALSO BEEN FEATURED IN FILMS LIKE G'S TRIPPING, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT. 
           UH, FEATURING DONALD FAISON. 
          UM, AND SOMETHING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IN THIS COMMITTEE IS SIMILAR TO MY COLLEAGUE HERE, UM, EFFICIENCIES, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE SAVE MONEY. 
          AND I THINK, UH, YOU ALREADY CRAFTED A GREAT AGENDA TODAY ON THAT TOPIC. 
          UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SAVING TIME AND MONEY FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU, MS. O'BRIEN. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M A O'BRIEN AND I CAME TO THE DISTRICT IN 2009 AS AN OWNER'S OWNER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SIDE. 
          I'M AN ARCHITECT WHO JUST RECENTLY RETIRED MY LICENSE. 
          AND I OVERSAW DESIGN MANAGEMENT SINCE 2011 HERE. 
          AND I STILL CONTINUE. 
          AND I LOOK AT ALL THOSE P PROJECTS EVERY SINGLE WEEK. 
          . 
          UM, MY PASSION'S DESIGN, MY PASSION IS EXCELLENT PLANNING. 
          UM, AND I'M THE DEPUTY CFE, SO I OVERSEE ACTUALLY ALL OF FACILITIES UNDER CHRISTINA TOQUES, UH, EXECUTIVE POSITION. 
          SO, AND I LOVE MY JOB. 
          GREAT. 
          OH, AND YES, I LIKE NORTH HOLLYWOOD THAT THEY'RE ALL MY BABIES, BUT BESIDES LIKING DESIGN, YEAH, I'M THE KEY PERSON TRYING TO MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALEX. 
          UM, BECKY OR MS. CUNNING? I'M A NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          OH, CLEARLY I'M NEW. 
          I'M LEARNING. 
          I'M BECKY CUNNINGHAM. 
          UM, IT IS MY 14TH YEAR AS A PARENT IN L-A-U-S-D. 
          UM, I CANNOT TALK ABOUT A GREAT, UH, CHILDHOOD MEMORY HERE 'CAUSE I'M 
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FROM INDIANA. 
          UM, BUT I HAD A RADICALLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THERE. 
          'CAUSE I WENT TO A KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE LABORATORY SCHOOL LOCATED AT BALL STATE UNIVERSITY. 
          UM, BUT I GOT TO EXPERIENCE ITS OWN MODERNIZATION WHERE WE MOVED OUT IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR AND LIVED IN TRAILERS ON THE PLAYGROUND AND THEN MOVED BACK INTO A BRAND NEW BUILDING. 
          SO I FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCED WHAT FACILITIES CAN BRING. 
          AND THEN AS A PARENT, I WAS A PARENT AT PLY VISTA, WHICH WAS A BRAND NEW SCHOOL. 
          SO CERTAINLY EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT, RIGHT? BUT IT ACTUALLY WASN'T, THERE OF COURSE WERE THINGS THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS. 
          AND THEN, UH, I GOT TO EXPERIENCE CO-LOCATION AS A DISTRICT SCHOOL WITH THE BRAND NEW CATHERINE JOHNSON STEM ACADEMY, WHERE WE WERE CO-LOCATED AT WESTCHESTER HIGH OR WEAM. 
          AND WHICH YOU WOULD THINK THAT SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM. 
          BUT OF COURSE, ANYTIME YOU HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN, IN THE SAME SPACE, IT CAN STILL CAUSE CHALLENGES. 
          AND THEN NOW I HAVE, UH, STUDENTS THAT HAVE ONE GRADUATED AND ONE IS A FRESHMAN AT VENICE HIGH, AND IT'S A, THEY'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB THERE. 
          SO YOU REALLY FOUND A WAY TO TRACK, EXCEPT FOR, WELL, KJ WAS A NEW CAMPUS, EVEN IF IT WAS CO-LOCATED, BUT APPLY VISTA AND VENICE NEW CAMPUSES. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN, IT'S OVER THE COURSE OF, YOU STILL HAVE OLD PLUMBING AT VENICE, SO LIKE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S, YOU, YOU THINK THAT IT'S ALL TAKEN CARE OF AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, OH YEAH, BUT THE PLUMBING DOESN'T WORK IN THE OLD BUILDING, SO THAT SHUT THAT BATHROOM OFF. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THERE'S STILL, UH, AND WHENEVER YOU HAVE A GREAT PROBLEM, MY PASSION, SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, UH, MY PASSION FOR LUSD IS ENROLLMENT AND, UH, ANYTIME THAT YOU HAVE A SCHOOL THAT IS BURSTING AT THE SEAMS AND MORE PEOPLE WANT IN, I THINK WE NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT VENICE HAS RIGHT NOW. 
          DEFINITELY IS VENICE IS THE, UM, MOST POPULOUS SCHOOL IN ALL OF REGION WEST. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THAT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE. 
          SO IT'S BEEN GREAT. 
          NO, THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK. 
          UM, DO OUR OTHER TEAM, THE STAFF JUST WANT TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES SO FOLKS KNEW WHO ELSE IS HERE TOO. 
          SHE HAS A MIC. 
          PATRICE HAS A MIC. 
          SO YEAH, PATRICE MCKENZIE, CHIEF OF STAFF, DISTRICT ONE. 
          YOU CAN JUST PROJECT TOO, IF YOU, EMMA WATSON, POLICY DIRECTOR OF BD SEVEN. 
          NOW TENURE ARE CHIEF OF STAFF BOARD, DISTRICT FOUR MARK FALL ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL WITH THE DISTRICT. 
          GREAT. 
          AND WE HAVE A FEW, UM, FOLKS WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO JOIN US. 
          CAMMIE ANDERSON, UH, ERIC GEIER, DANA GREENSPAN, AND STEVE NEWTON. 
          RANDY JOHNSON, WHO'S A MANAGING PARTNER AT RSJ AND ASSOCIATES DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND WAS VERY HELPFUL WITH THAT. 
          PALLY HIGH RELOCATION. 
          HE'S ON HIS WAY. 
          UM, AND, UH, SHOULD BE HERE SHORTLY. 
          UH OH, I'M SORRY. 
          DANA IS COMING AS WELL TOO. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU. 
          AND I SHOULD SAY FOR MY PART, NICK MELVIN L UNIFIED BOARD MEMBER FOR DISTRICT FOUR. 
          UM, I WILL SAY I HAVE A, A GREAT PICTURE AT WHEN I WAS A STUDENT IN KENRICK CANYON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF AN ALL METAL JUNGLE GYM ON AN ALL ASPHALT. 
          YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD DO THAT ANYMORE, BUT I LOVE, BUT IT IS A FUN MEMORY. 
          AND I WILL SAY WHAT IN ADDITION TO THE EFFICIENCIES, ONE I'M EXCITED FOR THINKING BACK TO KENTER, IS KENTER CANYON, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THE LIBRARY, WHICH WAS ALSO FEATURED IN THE SHOW, BIG LITTLE LIES ON HBO IS AN OLD CRAFTSMAN HOUSE THAT WAS DONATED TO THE DISTRICT. 
          AND WE HAD THE CREATIVITY TO SAY, YEAH, LET'S MAKE THAT WORK. 
          AND IT'S IN A, A REALLY CUTE, UM, LIBRARY. 
          AND, UH, I JUST THINK WHEN WE THINK OF THINGS LIKE PLAY VISTA THAT HAS CHICKENS, OR, UM, PAUL REVERE THAT HAS A FARM OR WALGROVE THAT HAS THE WILDLANDS, LIKE I AM INTERESTED IN THOSE ELEMENTS OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT FEEL A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN TRADITIONAL SCHOOL AND HOW DO WE THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, UM, WITH OUR FACILITIES. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE GREAT INTRODUCTIONS AND IT'S, UH, APPRECIATE YOU ALL JOINING OUR COMMITTEE. 
          LIKE I SAID, DANA AND RANDY ARE ON THEIR WAY IN THAT, UH, DODGERS TRAFFIC. 
          SO I'M NOW GONNA TURN IT OVER 
          [II.1. Division of State Architect - Appreciation & Overview]
TO A VERY SPECIAL GUEST WHO HAS GRACIOUSLY COME DOWN FROM THE BAY FOR TODAY'S CONVERSATION. 
          UM, MISS IDA CLAIRE IS THE STATE ARCHITECT FOR THE DIVISION OF THE STATE ARCHITECT OF CALIFORNIA, ALSO KNOWN AS DSA, UM, WHICH COMES UP A LOT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS AT THIS COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO IN THE BOARD. 
          UM, SHE HAS ACTED AS THE STATE ARCHITECT SINCE JANUARY OF 2019 AND IS CONCURRENTLY SERVED AS THE PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT FOR DSA, MANAGING THE ACCESSIBILITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC K TWO 12 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES AMONG OTHER DUTIES. 
          SHE HAS ALSO OVERSEEN IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND TRAINING FOR ARCHITECTS AND HAS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN PRIVATE ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE WHERE SHE WORKED ON HOUSING FACILITIES. 
          SHE'S GONNA HELP US UNDERSTAND HER DIVISION A LITTLE BETTER, UM, AND HOW THEY CAN BE PARTNERS IN OUR WORK, UH, TO IMPROVE SCHOOLS. 
          LIKE I MENTIONED, WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, DSA IN A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS IN THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AND WE WANTED TO BOTH CELEBRATE AND THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK IN THE PALISADES OVER THE LAST YEAR. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANNA SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, I THINK IN THE NEW YEAR AT THE KIND OF THE YEAR ANNIVERSARY MARK TO HAVE THE BOARD IN OUR, UH, REGULAR BOARD MEETING KIND OF HONOR AND THANK ALL THE FOLKS, INCLUDING THE DIVISION OF STATE ARCHITECT, WHO WERE REALLY HELPFUL IN THAT INCREDIBLE QUICK, UH, MOVE THE INTERIM HOUSING AT BOTH PALLY HIGH AND ALSO MARQUEZ. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND HEAR MORE ABOUT YOU, UM, AND, AND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
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UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I MET, UM, MS. CLAIRE WHEN WE WERE AT, UM, UH, CONVENING WITHIN A WEEK OF THE FIRES OF ALL THE STATE PARTNERS WHO WERE HELPING US REBUILD AND OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND IT WAS SO NICE OF YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO BE THERE. 
          UM, AND I'LL SAY TOO, YOU KNOW, CANDIDLY, I THINK A LOT OF, IN MY TENURE ON THIS BOARD, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COST OVERRUNS OR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DELAYS, UH, FOLKS IN THIS BUILDING WILL OFTEN POINT TO YOUR DIVISION AND SAY, OH, IT'S DSA, IT'S DSA. 
          AND WHAT I HAVE FOUND, AT LEAST IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND I THINK YOUR YOUR DECK WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, IS, UM, THAT THERE'S A REAL EFFORT TO STREAMLINE THOSE, UH, POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS TO BE A PARTNER, UNDERSTANDING YOUR, YOUR, UH, ROLE AS KIND OF SAFETY IN THE ARBITRARY OF, OF WHAT IS SAFE STATEWIDE. 
          UM, AND I'VE FOUND, UH, THAT THERE IS A WAY TO WORK WITH YOU AND CONTINUE TO DO THINGS QUICKER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM YOU AND I THINK CREATE THIS, UM, RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMITTEE TOO, SO THAT WHEN WE ARE TOLD, OH, IT'S GONNA BE 17 YEARS TO BUILD A PLAY STRUCTURE 'CAUSE OF DSA, WE CAN CALL MS. CLAIRE AND SAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S TRUE. 
          UH, LET'S TALK THROUGH IT. 
          SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND I THINK WE HAVE YOUR SLIDE DECK UP READY AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, AS, UH, MR. MELVIN STATED, I'M IDA CLARE, I'M THE STATE ARCHITECT. 
          I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, DSA AND THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          UM, TRYING TO KEEP IT CLEAR BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I, I DON'T WANNA MAKE IT TOO FUSSY AND COMPLICATED JUST TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THIS PRESENTATION'S A LITTLE BIT TAILORED MORE TO L-A-U-S-D AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO ALWAYS IMPROVE AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO, UH, SUPPORT L-A-U-S-D. 
          UH, NEXT, DO I HAVE A, DO I JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE OR CAN DO THAT, OR YOU CAN PUSH, OH, THIS BUTTON. 
          AWESOME. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THE BUTTON'S PROBABLY BEST. 
          IT'S, NO, THAT WORKS GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, LOOKING AHEAD TO 2026 IS THE THEME OF THIS PRESENTATION, BUT AS AN INTRODUCTION, WE HAVE A HEADQUARTERS OFFICE AND FOUR REGIONAL OFFICES, ONE OF WHICH IS IN LA NOT TOO FAR ON BUNKER HILL. 
          UM, AIX I THINK IS THERE OFTEN . 
          AND, UH, THIS IS OUR STAFF AND HEADQUARTERS THAT, UH, MANAGES THE, THE WHOLE STATE AND OUR REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MORE SO, UM, OUR CODES AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE FOUR REGIONAL OFFICES, AS I STATED, ONE, WHICH IS IN LA. 
          YOU COULD SEE FROM THE MAP THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE STATE THAT ARE COVERED. 
          LA IS A LITTLE BIT BROKEN UP. 
          UH, INTERESTINGLY MORE IT'S TRAVEL DISTANCE. 
          WE HAVE FIELD ENGINEERS WHO ARE OUT IN THE FIELD AND VISIT OUR SCHOOLS AS THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND SO IT'S CATERED AROUND THE WEATHER AND THE, UH, DISTANCE DRIVING SO THAT WE CAN EFFICIENTLY SERVE THE STATE. 
          OH, MY SLIDES ARE KIND OF GOING A LITTLE OFF. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          THERE MUST BE A, A FORMATTING CHANGE HERE, BUT ANYWAYS, IT'S OKAY. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, THERE'S 1015 K 12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE AND CLOSE TO 10,000 CAMPUSES, AS WELL AS 73 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS WITH 116 COLLEGES. 
          ALL OF THEM COME TO DSA FOR THEIR FACILITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, UH, WE ALSO DO, UM, STATE ESSENTIAL SERVICE BUILDINGS, UH, CHP OFFICES, UM, AT MOSTLY CHP OFFICES, BUT OTHER CAL OES OFFICES. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, ACCESS COMPLIANCE FOR ALL STATE FUNDED CONSTRUCTION. 
          YEAH, THIS IS A LITTLE SHIFTED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, THERE'S, UH, ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHEN WE'RE PROCESSING WORKLOAD IS THAT EVERY THREE YEARS THERE'S A NEW CODE. 
          AND THAT OCCURS IN JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR, JANUARY 1ST, 2026. 
          AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE HAVE A REALLY BIG RUSH OF WORKLOAD IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. 
          SO WE ARE EXPERIENCING DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF WORKLOAD EVERY MONTH FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH AS PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BEAT THAT CODE CHANGE. 
          AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE REALLY WORKED HARD WITH L-A-U-S-D, WHAT, AND THEIR ARCHITECTS, ESPECIALLY ON PALI MARQUEZ AND P PALI HIGH, PALI ELEMENTARY AND MARQUEZ, IS TO BREAK UP THE PROJECTS SO THAT THE ARCHITECTS COULD GET THE PROJECTS IN, IN THIS DECEMBER. 
          SO THEY WOULD BE UNDER A CODE THAT THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS. 
          AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEW CODE, IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT CHANGES COMING UP IN THE 2025 CODE. 
          SO THERE IS NO REAL COMPROMISE NECESSARILY IN SAFETY. 
          IT'S JUST SOME THINGS HAVE SHIFTED, WHICH COULD MAKE IT, UM, DIFFICULT. 
          AND SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVEN FIRE SAFETY, ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FIRE SAFETY ARE NOW IN A WHOLE NEW BOOK. 
          AND SO WHILE THINGS HAVE SHIFTED, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD STREAMLINE SO WE, UM, BROKE UP THE PROJECT SO THEY COULD BE START SUBMITTING IN DECEMBER, EVEN THOUGH THEY'LL BE FINISHED, UM, EARLIER NEXT YEAR. 
          I DO WANNA SAY, WHILE WE HAVE THE WORKLOAD, UM, SA IS COMMITTED TO, UM, 
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PROCESSING THE FIRE DAMAGED SCHOOLS AS A PRIORITY. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I AM GIVING YOU THIS CONTEXT, IS THAT, YEAH, WE'RE FACING A LOT OF WORKLOAD. 
          WE HAVE DIFFERENT MEANS TO MANAGE THAT WORKLOAD, BUT, UM, OUR COMMITMENT IS STILL TO GETTING THE SCHOOLS AFFECTED BY FIRE UP AND RUNNING, WHETHER THEY ARE TEMPORARY FACILITIES OR NEW BUILDS. 
          UM, SO I'M, THIS IS ALL NUMBERS AND IN ESSENCE OF TIME, BECAUSE THERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT GAME TONIGHT, AND I'M SURE YOU'D RATHER WATCH THAT THAN ME. 
          UM, YOU CAN ABS ABSORB THIS LATER. 
          THIS JUST PROVES HOW BUSY WE ARE. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY THE, THE GIST OF IT. 
          SO I'M GOING TO PASS THAT ON. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT IF EVER THERE'S A QUESTION ON A PROJECT WE OFFER FREE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU MEET WITH US EARLY AND OFTEN. 
          THE BEST WAY TO BE MAKE A COST EFFECTIVE, STREAMLINED, UH, PROJECT MOVING FORWARD IS TO MEET WITH US EARLY AND OFTEN AT, AT THE HEAD OF ANY PROJECT. 
          UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EMERGENCIES AND WHAT, WHAT WE LOOK FOR. 
          UM, CA WHEN THERE'S NO DECLARED EMERGENCY, YOU CAN CALL YOUR DSA REGIONAL OFFICE. 
          AND WHEN, THIS MAY SOUND A LITTLE WEIRD, YOU KNOW, I USUALLY SAY ANY EARTHQUAKE THAT'S UNDER FIVE IS NOT LIKE A MAJOR EMERGENCY TYPICALLY. 
          BUT YOU MAY HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF SHIFTING OR ISSUE WITH A, A BUILDING, IF IT'S NOT A DECLARED EMERGENCY BY THE GOVERNOR, CALL US AND WE CAN SEND SOMEONE OUT TO LOOK AT IT AND LET YOU KNOW RIGHT AWAY IF IT'S SAFE TO OCCUPY. 
          UM, OF COURSE, IF THE GOVERNOR DECLARES AN EMERGENCY, UH, THERE IS A PROCESS TO WORK THROUGH THE LOCAL JURISDICTION AND THE STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
          AND THEN WE ARE MISSION TASKED. 
          SO FOR THE PALISADES FIRE, WE DID RECEIVE TWO MISSION TASKS. 
          WE HAD STAFF OUT IN THE FIELD VISITING 22 SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE'RE DISASTER SERVICE WORKERS. 
          WE ACTUALLY CAN GET CALLED FOR BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 
          UM, 'CAUSE A LOT OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS GO THROUGH THE COUNTY OFFICE OF ED, AND THEY ASKED US TO GO OUT AND VISIT THOSE SITES. 
          SO WE DID VISIT 22 SCHOOLS AND WRITE UP REPORTS. 
          UM, AND THAT TOOK ABOUT A WEEK FOR EACH MISSION TEST, VISITING THE SCHOOLS AND WRITING THE REPORTS. 
          AND WITH THAT, IT, IT STARTS THE PROCESS OF REBUILDING, BUT THERE IS SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION OUT THERE AT CALL OES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND SAFETY ASSESSMENTS AFTER A DISASTER. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A VIDEO WHERE WE PARTNERED WITH THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON PLANNING AND FOR, AND ADDRESSING NATURAL DISASTERS. 
          SO I JUST PROVIDED LINKS TO THOSE ON THERE IN CASE YOU'RE INTERESTED. 
          UM, ALL OUR DSA ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS OR SAFETY ASSESSMENT PROFESSIONALS, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, UM, THEY, THERE'S A PROCESS AND PROTOCOL THAT'S ADMINISTERED, UH, INTERNATIONALLY ACTUALLY, ON HOW TO ASSESS BUILDINGS FOR SAFETY IN A RAPID FASHION. 
          AND, UM, AS DOES, AS STATE DISASTER SERVICE WORKERS, I REQUIRE ALL OF MY STAFF TO BE SAP TRAINED BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD, IT PROTECTS THEM AND KNOWING HOW TO WORK WITH THE LOCAL JURISDICTION IN AND BEING DEPLOYED OUT INTO THE FIELDS, BUT ALSO THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A BIG DELTA IN TRAINING. 
          SO ALL OUR STAFF, WE HAVE GO BAGS READY, ALL OUR FIELD STAFF CARRIES GO BAGS IN THE CAR. 
          IF THERE'S EVER AN EMERGENCY, THEY'RE ABLE TO DEPLOY FROM THEIR HOMES RIGHT AWAY WHENEVER WE RECEIVE THE MISSION TASK, USUALLY WITHIN 24 HOURS. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE GO BAGS IN THE OFFICE FOR OUR STAFF WHO ARE NOT OUT IN THE FIELD, AND THEY CAN GO GRAB THOSE AND ALSO BE DEPLOYED. 
          SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE AND READY TO BE RESPONSIVE TO, UH, THE DISTRICT IN ANY EMERGENCY IF YOU NEED US. 
          UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK WE DO VERY QUICKLY. 
          UH, WE REVIEW FOR STRUCTURAL SAFETY, FIRE LIFE SAFETY, ACCESS, AND SUSTAINABILITY. 
          OF COURSE, OUR GOAL IS SAFE ACCESSIBLE IN SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS. 
          UM, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHOOL REBUILDING PROCESS. 
          UM, FOUR, THREE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE, UH, THAT ARE BEING REBUILT, P HIGH EL, UM, PALI ELEMENTARY AND MARQUEZ ELEMENTARY. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY MOVED THOSE OUT OF THE DSA LA OFFICE AND PUT ONE IN EACH OF OUR OTHER REGIONAL OFFICES. 
          AND IT'S, THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON A PROTOCOL, UM, FOR, UH, A COLLABORATIVE ONGOING REVIEW TO TRY TO SHORTEN THE TIME AND WORK ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS. 
          AND WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT IT'S, UM, TRYING TO CREATE A PROCESS WHERE WE CAN EXPEDITE THIS. 
          AND THEN AFTER, UM, ALL THIS WORK, WE WILL GATHER ALL THREE DOCUMENTATION ON ALL THREE PROJECTS AND ACTUALLY TRY TO ESTABLISH A, UM, ACCELERATED PLAN REVIEW FOR EMERGENCIES SUCH LIKE THIS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE WHEN WE NEED TO. 
          SO YOU GUYS ARE A LITTLE BIT OF A TRIAL, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE ONGOING ENGAGEMENT REALLY WILL SHORTEN THE TIMEFRAME OVERALL. 
          AND SO, UM, THIS IS SOME OF THE PROCESS, UH, THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THE DETAILS. 
          IT'S THERE IF YOU HAVE 
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IT. 
          YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS, BUT JUST KNOW THAT, UM, WE ARE HERE AND COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU. 
          OUR LA OFFICE IS FOCUSED ON GETTING THE TEMPORARY PROJECTS AND ANY OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE COMING IN. 
          UM, AND ALSO, UH, YOUR SISTER DISTRICT PASADENA AS WELL, WHETHER FIRE REBUILDS. 
          SO, UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL BRAND NEW SCHOOL REBUILDS, WHICH PASADENA HAS NOT YET, UH, ADDRESSED, UM, WE F WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO MOVE THEM OUT AND, AND DEAL WITH THEM ONE-ON-ONE TO GET THEM, UH, MOVING FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY ON, UH, SOME OF OUR EFFORTS, WE DO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS PROGRAM. 
          OUR GOAL IS EDUCATE BEFORE WE REGULATE. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES ON OUR WEBSITE FOR SUSTAINABILITY. 
          UM, THIS IS PART A BIG GOAL FOR DSA TO GET THE SCHOOL SUSTAINABLE, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT'S A, OBVIOUSLY A BIG GOAL AS WELL WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          UM, SO TWO WAYS THAT WE DO THAT BESIDES OUR, UM, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAM IS WE HAVE NOW HIRED, UH, WELL, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING FOUR, UH, REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY ARCHITECTS. 
          ONE IN EACH OFFICE WHO CAN MEET WITH YOU AND DISCUSS YOUR PROJECTS, THE SUSTAINABILITY OF YOUR PROJECTS EARLY IN PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS AND, AND ENCOURAGE, UH, THAT ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY. 
          AND THEY WILL, THEY WILL ASSIST WITH THAT. 
          ALSO, UM, WE'VE, UH, ASSISTED THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION THAT WHEN YOU'RE PURSUING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANTS FROM PROP TWO FUNDS, THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING THAT ANALYSIS AND REVIEW FOR OPSC SO THAT YOU CAN GET THOSE EV UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANTS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TARGETING. 
          AND THEN, UM, A LITTLE BIT WHAT ELSE IS COMING THIS YEAR IS A E TRACKER IS OUR TRACKING SYSTEM FOR ALL PROJECTS. 
          EVERY THE DISTRICT HAS ACCESS TO IT, THE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS DO AS WELL AS DSA. 
          AND YOU CAN, UM, TRACK WHERE YOUR PROJECT IS AND THE PLAN APPROVAL FOR DSA, WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW AND IMPROVED E TRACKER IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL REPLACE OUR ALBATROSS E TRACKER. 
          THAT'S, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, . 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS WILL ALSO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. 
          THERE WILL BE A PHASE TWO THAT EVEN WILL PROVIDE ENHANCED, UM, IMPROVEMENT. 
          SO THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR, UM, THE DISTRICT AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'LL BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT WHERE THEIR PROJECTS ARE IN DSA. 
          SO WHEN THERE'S A BLAME ABOUT DELAY, E TRACKER WILL BE EASY TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT WITH DSA . 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, UM, ONE OTHER THING WE'RE, ONE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE WORK WORKING WITH WITH OPSC IS A BUILDING INVENTORY, UM, AT WHICH WILL BE AT BETTER BE ABLE TO TRACK YOUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, ISSUED A BUILDING IDENTIFICATION NUMBER SO THAT, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE AN IMPROVEMENT TO A BUILDING, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE AT, WE WILL HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION OF EVERY SINGLE PROJECT NUMBER THAT'S AFFECTED THAT BUILDING. 
          SO THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S HAPPENING THIS YEAR WHEN YOU SUBMIT A PROJECT. 
          WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING TO, UH, ISSUE BUILDING NUMBERS FOR BUILDINGS ON YOUR CAMPUSES. 
          AND THAT'S JUST PART OF THE SITE PLAN THAT WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO, UH, YOUR STAFF OR YOUR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS TO PREPARE THAT WE CAN START BUILDING OUT THAT BUILDING IDENTIFIER. 
          AND THEN, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A DEMAND FOR PROJECT INSPECTORS. 
          WE'RE ALSO MAKING PROJECT INSPECTOR EXAM IMPROVEMENTS. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO GET MORE PROJECT INSPECTORS INTO THE SYSTEM SO THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR CONSTRUCTION EFFORTS. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S IT I TRIED TO GET THROUGH VERY QUICKLY. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM. 
          SO, YES, THANK YOU. 
          WHEN I WAS READING THE SLIDES IN PREPARATION, I WAS LIKE, THE, THE, THE DENSITY WAS, UH, SOMEWHAT STRIKING, BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF, UH, EXPLAINING IT FOR OUR COMMITTEE. 
          WE APPRECIATE THE TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DODGERS GAME. 
          UM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO QUESTIONS IN A SECOND. 
          I WILL SAY WE WERE GONNA HAVE ON TODAY'S AGENDA, A MORE SPECIFIC UPDATE ABOUT THE PALISADES REBUILD, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME IN THESE OTHER PRESENTATIONS, WE'RE GONNA PUNT UNTIL, UM, UH, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING AND ALSO THAT CELEBRATION AND, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN JANUARY. 
          BUT JUST FOR THE COMMITTEE'S AWARENESS, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK HAPPENING. 
          MARQUEZ IS BACK IN THE ADES. 
          PALI HIGH WILL BE BACK IN JANUARY. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING, UH, SOME OF THAT WORK IN YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, WITH THAT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE AND WELCOME MS. GREENSPAN. 
          UM, UH, YEAH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YEAH. 
          MS. BEL, THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH, UM, REPORT AND HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 
          UH, I GUESS WITH SOME OF THE, I GUESS SOME OF THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS MM-HMM . 
          ON PAGE SIX, I THINK IT WAS GONNA HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO PAGE SIX, IT SHOWS, UH, 
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THE BREAKDOWN OF THE TOTAL PROJECTS RECEIVED AND THEN LIKE THE TOTAL PROJECT COST UHHUH, AND I KNOW WE ARE IN THERE, IS THAT THAT'S US IN THE GREEN, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          AND SO HOW DO WE GET, I GUESS, THE NUMBER AS FAR AS THE COST OR THE RECEIVED AND THE COST? IS THERE A EQUATION OR A THAT KIND OF CREATES THIS, OR HOW DO WE GET THIS? SURE. 
          SO, UM, THIS IS FROM OUR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH BEGAN IN JULY. 
          UM, THE GREEN IS PROJECTS IN THE LA REGION, SO THAT YOU SAW IN THAT MAP. 
          SO NOT JUST L-A-U-S-D, BUT OBVIOUSLY IN THE LA REGION REGION. 
          UM, SO WE'VE RECEIVED IN L IN THE LA OFFICE, 255 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN REGISTERED AND THE DOLLAR VALUE IS THE PROPOSED ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THE PROJECT. 
          SO OUR FEES ARE BASED ON THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS, THE DIFFICULTY OF PLAN REVIEW, THERE'S A, A RELATION OF, UH, THE FEE TO COMPLEXITY. 
          AND SO IF IT'S AN ACCESS ONLY PROJECT AND IT'S A HIGH FEE, THEN THE, IT'S GENERALLY THE FEE IS SCHEDULED LESS BECAUSE IT'S A LESS REVIEW. 
          BUT IF THERE'S A MODERNIZATION AND IT'S COMPLEX AND THERE'S A HIGH FEE, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A, UH, A NEXUS BETWEEN PROJECT COMPLEXITY AND THE FEES THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED BASED ON PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COST AND THE HOURS THAT WE TAKE TO DO TO REVIEW THE PROJECT. 
          DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? AND THEN WHEN YOU SAY FEES, 'CAUSE WE HAVE BEEN EDUCATED ON THIS TERM, FEES , UM, EXACTLY WHAT GOES INTO FEES AND WHAT BREAKDOWN IS A FEE? SO, UM, UH, THERE'S, WHEN YOU SUBMIT A PROJECT TO DSA, THERE'S A PLAN REVIEW FEE. 
          70% OF THAT FEE IS FOR OUR PLAN REVIEW SERVICES. 
          30% IS RESERVED FOR OUR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. 
          SO IF A PROJECT IS PROCEEDS TO PLAN REVIEW, BUT DOES IT PROCEED TO CONSTRUCTION, YOU GET 30% OF THAT FEE BACK. 
          BUT IT'S FOR US TO REVIEW THAT PROJECT TO CODE COMPLIANCE. 
          SO WE ENSURE THAT IT MEETS ALL APPLICABLE CODES AND THAT IT'S SAFE. 
          SO, UM, DSA IS CHARGED BY THE FIELD ACT TO DO THE REVIEW. 
          SO WE'RE BASICALLY YOUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND, UH, IN AN, YEAH, WE'RE BASICALLY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. 
          SO YOU DON'T GO TO THE LOCALS, YOU COME TO US AND THE, AND THE FIELD ACT REQUIRES THAT SCHOOLS ARE ESSENTIALLY TWO AND A HALF TIMES SAFER THAN YOUR REGULAR BUILDING. 
          SO, UM, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT HOUSES OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND SO WHERE REGULAR CODE, UM, ADDRESSES EGRESS AND BEING ABLE TO EXIT SAFELY AND BE SAFE, PERSONAL SAFETY, UM, THE FIELD ACT AND THE REVIEW TO THE CODE THAT DSA PROVIDES IS THAT IT PROVIDES FOR STUDENT SAFETY, SO EXITING AND PUPIL SAFETY AND FACULTY SAFETY, BUT ALSO FOR PRESERVATION OF FACILITIES. 
          SO HOWEVER, HIGH MOSTLY FOR STRUCTURAL SAFETY FOR EARTHQUAKES. 
          SO HOWEVER HIGH, UM, THE EARTHQUAKE IS, RIGHT, UH, THERE SHOULD BE, UM, IS DEPENDENT UPON, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE REMAINING STANDING WHEN OTHER BUILDINGS DON'T, I GUESS IS THE SIMPLE WAY TO DO IT. 
          SO THAT'S WHY THEY COME TO DSA. 
          AND THEN, UM, TOWARDS THE END, YOU MENTIONED THE INSPECTORS. 
          WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO BECOME, UM, AN INSPECTOR? LIKE HOW DO WE GET A PIPELINE? 'CAUSE YOU SAY YOU'RE LOOKING, SO WE'RE IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION HERE, SO HOW DO WE CREATE THIS PIPELINE SO THAT WE ARE GETTING MORE INTERESTED? IS THERE INTERNSHIPS? IS THERE, YOU KNOW, ONSITE TRAINING, WHAT, HOW TO GET OUR STUDENTS INVESTED IN THIS FIELD? SURE. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION. 
          SO, BECAUSE WE HAVE BOTH COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND K 12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, OUR FIRST GOAL WAS TO MODERNIZE OUR INSPECTOR PROGRAM, GET IT ON COMPUTERS, GET IT TO LOCAL AREAS, WORK WITH EXISTING CERTIFICATIONS THAT A LOT OF INSPECTORS ALREADY HAVE NATIONALLY AT YOUR LOCAL BUILDING DEPARTMENT, AND THEN BUILD ON THAT SO THAT THEY CAN COME AND BE AN INSPECTOR FOR DSA. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE PROCESSES THAT WERE, WILL PROBABLY BE CULMINATED, UH, THROUGH THE END OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING THAT, SORRY, THAT WILL PROBABLY BE FINISHED BY, UH, THE END OF THIS YEAR, MIDDLE TO END OF 2026. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO START DISCUSSING INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT TRAINING OCCURS. 
          BUT WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, UH, INTEREST PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN CREATE IN, IN HIGH SCHOOLS, RIGHT. 
          AND TRYING TO GET, UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PURSUE THAT AS WELL. 
          OUR FIRST GOAL WAS COMMUNITY COLLEGES BECAUSE THAT WAY THEY COULD TAKE THE CLASSES AND GET THEM OUT IN THE FIELD. 
          UM, BUT IF, I WOULD LOVE TO TALK MORE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          IN FACT, THE ONE THAT I JUST HEARD RECENTLY ABOUT THE INTEREST PROGRAM, I NEED TO PURSUE IT. 
          'CAUSE THAT WAS ONLY HAPPENED A MONTH AGO. 
          AND I NEED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT, UM, HOW THEY'RE CULTIVATING THAT INTEREST IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND TRYING TO GET KIDS OUT ONTO CONSTRUCTION SITES AND SEEING HOW CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND 
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THE FIELDS OF INSPECTION, RIGHT? 'CAUSE IT'S CYCLICAL, RIGHT? YOU CAN, IT IS CREATE THIS AND BE LIKE, YEAH, I MEAN, WE'RE SITTING IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW AND THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO INSPECTED THIS AND HELP HELPING THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY COULD BE A PART OF THAT AS WELL. 
          SO YEAH, GOOD LUCK TOO. 
          IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THE INSPECTORS THAT DSA GETS ALREADY HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. 
          SO IT'S THAT LITTLE BIT OF DELTA GETTING THEM INTO THE FIELD THOUGH WILL HELP. 
          AND THEN HA, IF DSA HAS THAT EXPOSURE EARLY ON, THEN THEY, AT LEAST THEY'LL MAKE A CONNECTION TO HOPEFULLY GET TO DSA AND AND BE CERTIFIED THROUGH DSA AS AN INSPECTOR. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANKS. 
          CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP TO MISS NOBLE'S FIRST QUESTION, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT SLIDE SIX AND ALSO SEVEN, AND MAYBE MS. O'BRIEN CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND THIS TOO, I WOULD THINK AT LEAST LA UNIFIED, WHICH IS LIKE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES THE SIZE OF SAN DIEGO, NOW, I KNOW IT'S COUNTY, BUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE ONLY WELL IN THE, IN THE PROJECT COST LESS THAN, UM, ON SLIDE SIX AND THEN IN SLIDE SEVEN, YOU KNOW, ONLY 19, UM, UH, PROJECTS RECEIVED IN LA VERSUS SAN DIEGO. 
          IS THAT TYPICAL? IS SAN DIEGO HAVING SOME SORT OF SCHOOL BUILDING OR RECONSTRUCTION BOOM, OR LIKE WHY, WHY DON'T WE SEE KIND OF A MORE PROPORTIONAL? SO, WELL, I'LL TELL YOU FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A SNIPPET WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UH, IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR. 
          AND SO WE FIND THAT OUR WORKLOAD WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT PIE CHART, REALLY IS BALANCED THROUGH ALL FOUR REGIONS. 
          UM, A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO BOND FUNDING, OTHER AREAS THAT DON'T WHEN THEY PASS THAT, HOW EFFICIENT THEY ARE IN IN HOW THEY, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS IN UTILIZING THAT BOND FUNDING. 
          UM, BUT WE FIND THAT IT'S FAIRLY BALANCED. 
          SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SNAPSHOT, SAN DIEGO DOES HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS AS OF LATE. 
          UM, BUT IT'S NOT TYPICAL THAT EVERY MONTH SAN DIEGO HAS MORE PROJECTS. 
          UM, WE, IT REALLY IS PRETTY BALANCED. 
          IN FACT, OUT OF ALL THE AREAS, SACRAMENTO IS USUALLY THE LEAST AMOUNT. 
          AND SURPRISINGLY OAKLAND LA AND SAN DIEGO ARE FLIP FLOP AS TO WHO HAS THE MOST WORK PER MONTH. 
          AND THEN SACRAMENTO AND OAKLAND ARE USUALLY ALWAYS, UM, A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. 
          AND CAN YOU JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMITTEE, EXPLAIN TO US LIKE VERY SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD TRIGGER A PROJECT NEEDING TO BE RE SUBMITTED TO YOU AND WHAT WOULD NOT? SO LIKE IF IT'S A NEW SCHOOL WE'RE BUILDING, WHICH WE'RE DOING FEWER, BUT YES. 
          BUT LIKE IF IT'S A, A SHADE STRUCTURE FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE JUST SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT SURE. 
          SO ANYTHING THAT HAS AS A PRETTY MUCH IN A NUTSHELL, IF IT'S ACCESS COMPLIANCE WORK NEEDS TO COME TO US BECAUSE THAT'S IN GOVERNMENT CODE THAT WE'RE THE AUTHORITY FOR ACCESS COMPLIANCE. 
          SO ACCESS COMPLIANCE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THE FIRE LIFE SAFETY WORK AND, UH, STRUCTURAL SAFETY WORK. 
          SO IF THERE'S A BUILDING STRUCTURE, LIKE SHADE STRUCTURES ARE A STRUCTURE, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT THAT TO FALL IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EARTHQUAKE. 
          WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT. 
          EVEN THINGS LIKE, UM, BACKSTOPS OF BASKETBALLS, UH, BLEACHERS, RIGHT? THINGS THAT YOU NORMALLY DON'T THINK OF BUILDINGS, THOSE STILL COME TO DSA BECAUSE IF IT IS A STRUCTURAL SYSTEM THAT EITHER SUPPORTS A PUPIL OR FACULTY OR SHELTERS A PUPIL OR FACULTY, WE WOULD NEED TO REVIEW THAT. 
          SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT. 
          OUR SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW IS MUCH MORE OF AN OVERVIEW AND AN EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT BEYOND WHAT IS ALREADY REQUIRED IN CAL GREEN. 
          IT'S NOT A FULL REVIEW. 
          IF WE JUST CALL IT A SHADE COVERING INSTEAD OF A STRUCTURE, DOES THAT ACCEPT US FROM THE PROCESS? IT'S STILL OVERHEAD. 
          . 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, OTHER, OTHER, I HAVE A FEW MORE, BUT OTHER, YEAH. 
          MISS, UH, UM, OR TEESPRING SUPER QUICK. 
          UH, I JUST WANNA APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          SO OFTEN I THINK WE ARE AT SCHOOLS OR IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE SAY, OH, THAT HAS TO GO TO DSA AND IT'S SOME, THIS IS SORT OF LIKE AMORPHOUS ORGANIZATION, BUT YOU ARE A FACE AND YOU EXPLAIN THINGS TO US. 
          AND SO I JUST WANNA APPRECIATE YOU FOR, UM, BEING HERE AND MAKING IT REAL AND PERSONABLE BECAUSE I THINK THIS CAN OFTEN FEEL VERY IMPERSONAL. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, ONLY ONE QUESTION FROM ME, WHICH IS, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE, UM, INNOVATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO ALSO BE MORE EFFICIENT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THEMES THAT CAME UP HERE. 
          UM, THIS IDEA OF LIKE AN ACCELERATED PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING THINGS ON. 
          UM, GIVEN THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE AND MAYBE TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THIS STATE, LIKE HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHAT TO SCALE? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR, UM, AS YOU TRY ON SOME NEW THINGS WITH THAT? SO OUR METRICS INDICATE THAT, UH, PROVIDED WERE A COLLABORATIVE FORCE, RIGHT? YOUR DESIGN PROFESSIONAL, UM, THE DISTRICT, UM, DSA IN WORKING TOGETHER, UM, OUR RESPONSE TIMES HAS GREATLY IMPROVED. 
          I MEAN, I I WILL SAY THAT HISTORICALLY BEFORE MY TIME , AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S DUE TO ME, EVEN MY PREDECESSOR HAD MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS. 
          I'M SAYING HISTORICALLY THERE WERE, UM, WHEN WE WERE IN A PAPER PROCESS, IT WAS MUCH MORE LABORIOUS, MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO COMMUNICATE AND GET THROUGH. 
          WE ARE FULLY ELECTRONIC NOW. 
          WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT, UM, ARE RIGID BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE RIGID BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE THAT'S SUBMITTING THEIR PROJECT THAT WE'RE TIMELY. 
          AND 
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SO THAT'S WHY WE DO PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A SIX WEEK SUBMISSION WINDOW BECAUSE WE PREPARE STAFF TO SEE YOUR PROJECT. 
          SO REGULARLY WE ARE PROVIDED EVERYONE DOES IS AS RESPONSIVE, RIGHT? EQUALLY AS RESPONSIVE, WE CAN GET THROUGH A PLAN REVIEW IN A FAIRLY TIMELY MANNER, BUT WE REALIZE THAT, UM, THE EMERGENCIES ARE GONNA BE WITH US FOREVER. 
          I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN'T EVADE THEM. 
          YOU CAN PLAN AS BEST YOU CAN, BUT THE, THE NATURAL EMERGENCIES WILL BE HERE. 
          AND SO THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY REGARDING THE FIRES REALLY STARTED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS HANDHOLDING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAY, CAN WE CREATE A FOURTH OPTION THAT WHEN A SCHOOL IS LEVELED AND THEY NEED TO GET IN, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND SO IT IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE USED ON A REGULAR BASIS, UM, JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T, WE'RE LIMITED, YOU KNOW, IN THAT BANDWIDTH. 
          BUT IT IS SOMETHING IN THAT'S GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, AN AN IMMINENT URGENT NEED DUE TO A NATURAL DISASTER AND UNPLANNED EMERGENCY THAT THAT NEEDS TO, THAT THAT REBUILD NEEDS TO OCCUR QUICKLY. 
          AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT CONSOLIDATING THAT TIME THROUGH THESE TRIAL PROCESSES THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW AND WOULD QUICKLY BE LIKE 50% FASTER, LIKE 25% FASTER, OR WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE UNTIL WE TRY IT OUT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, OUR METRICS ON OUR SCHOOL, UH, LIKE ON A TYPICAL, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SAY K 12, BRAND NEW REBUILD WITHOUT ANY EMERGENCY IN WORKING WITH THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL. 
          SO NO RUSH, RIGHT? I'M NOT SAYING WE TAKE OUR TIME, BUT I'M SAYING THE DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE A RUSH. 
          THERE ISN'T AN EMERGENCY. 
          THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL'S NOT IN A TIME CONSTRAINT AND DSA IS GOING THROUGH ITS NORMAL PLAN REVIEW PROCESS. 
          THAT NORMAL PROCESS TAKES LIKE SEVEN MONTHS. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS IN SHORTER FOUR MONTHS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? YEAH. 
          MS. PEPPERMAN? UM, I HAVE A, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS AND I'M NOT SURE, I'M NOT SURE. 
          MAYBE OTHER FOLKS IN THIS PANEL CAN BE HELPFUL TOO. 
          UM, SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT ALL THIS REBUILDING THAT WE'RE DOING, MARQUEZ ALLY HIGH, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF HAPPENING ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          UM, AND I REMEMBER LAST YEAR HAVING CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW, HOW THAT REBUILDING WAS BEING PAID FOR. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS GENERAL FUNDS VERSUS INSURANCE AND FEMA RIGHT? FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HELP. 
          UM, DID ARE THE INSURANCE FUNDS AND FEMA FUNDS HELP US DO, DOES THAT HELP US COVER THE FEES WORKING WITH THE DSA AS WELL? IS THAT INCLUDED? I CAN ONLY ANSWER FROM, I I DON'T KNOW THAT LITERALLY, BUT BASICALLY YOU HA YOU ASSUME YOU HAVE BOND FUNDS AND THEN INSURANCE AND FEMA WILL SUPPLANT THOSE BOND FUNDS AND THEY'LL GO BACK TO THE BOND. 
          BUT I CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION IF IT'S COVERING THE FEES SPECIFICALLY, BUT I CAN FIND OUT THAT QUESTION. 
          YEAH, THAT'D BE GOOD TO KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT I MEAN, IT IS ONE BIG POT, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          THE PROJECT COST ALL HARD AND SOFT COSTS, RIGHT? AND SO THOSE COSTS WOULD BE INCLUDED RIGHT IN THAT. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A SOFT COST. 
          A FEE IS A SOFT COST, GOT IT. 
          LIKE AN ARCHITECT'S FEE. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION I THINK MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER IS, UM, UH, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LOS ANGELES, UM, SOME OF THEM ARE BUILDING RIGHT? SOMETHING NEW AND SOME OF THEM ARE ADAPTING AND SOME OF THEM ARE CO-LOCATING. 
          UM, ARE THOSE FACILITIES INSPECTED BY YOU ALL AS WELL? SO, UM, WE WORK WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES AND SO IT IS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, IT'S REALLY DETERMINED ON WHETHER OR NOT THE DISTRICT WANTS DSA INVOLVED FOR THOSE PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES, WHICH TYPICALLY WE ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS IN GENERAL. 
          IF THEY'RE NOT IN A DISTRICT PROPERTY, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY FOR, UNLESS THEY'RE RECEIVING SOME KIND OF STATE FUNDING. 
          AND THEN WE DO. 
          AND SO WHO IS INSPECTING THOSE CHARTER? IT WOULD BE LIKE A PRIVATE SCHOOL, LIKE A LOCAL JURISDICTION. 
          A LOCAL JURISDICTION. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD TO KNOW. 
          WE'VE GOT A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT WANTS TO BUILD RIGHT NEXT TO A FREEWAY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, SO WE'RE THINKING AND TALKING A LOT ABOUT THAT, SO THAT'S HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I WOULD CHECK AS WELL WITH THE, WHEN IT'S COMES TO SITE LOCATION, UH, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS REGULATIONS FOR SITE SELECTION. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF THEY DO FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS OR NOT. 
          I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S NOT OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          OURS COMES WHEN THE DESIGN'S ALREADY DONE OR THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALREADY DONE. 
          YEAH, I THINK THE CDE HAS SAID IT'S, IT'S NOT THEM. 
          SO JUST TRYING TO HUNT DOWN WHO EXACTLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING A THREE STORY BUILDING ON TOP OF THE ONE 70  COME TO SAM HIGH. 
          NOT ONE OF OURS, BUT RIGHT OFF THE TOP. 
          YEAH. 
          . 
          UM, WHAT IS, UH, DID YOU, HAVE YOU SHARED WHAT THE TYPICAL FEES ARE, LIKE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF A PROJECT DSA FEES 
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ARE? YEAH, I DID. 
          UH, WELL I DON'T HAVE THAT SLIDE WITH ME TODAY AND OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU BECAUSE OUR ACT, WE JUST LOWERED OUR FEES AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST. 
          SO WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO LOWER OUR FEES WHENEVER WE HAVE, REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL IN OUR BUDGET RESERVES BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T BE TAKING OBVIOUSLY MORE MONEY FROM YOU ALL FOLKS. 
          UM, I COULD SHARE THAT WITH YOU, BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENT SCALE FOR ACCESS COMPLIANCE REVIEW THAN THERE IS FOR STRUCTURAL SAFETY AND, UH, FIRE LIFE SAFETY REVIEW. 
          THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST 'CAUSE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT TIMELINES FOR PROJECTS AND DSA IS USED SOMETIMES AS A, UH, LIKE SOURCE OF OBFUSCATION OR LIKE MAYBE AN EXCUSE OR A STRAW MAN, SOMETIMES NOT. 
          BUT, UM, IT'LL SHOW THE TIMELINE AND YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT, THE SEVEN MONTHS VERSUS MAYBE FOUR MONTHS, BUT ALSO, UH, COST. 
          AND SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KIND OF JUST CALIBRATE AND, AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR PART OF, OF TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT. 
          OF COURSE, THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH WITH L-A-U-S-D BECAUSE WE'RE ENGAGING SO MUCH IN ADVANCE IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE ABLE TO SHORTEN IT MORE TO FOUR MONTHS, RIGHT. 
          IN THAT REGARD. 
          UM, SO IT'S KIND OF, IT'S, IT'S A FOUR MONTH PROCESS, BUT WE'RE TARGETING A SPECIFIC END DATE OF APPROVAL MORE SO THAN ANYTHING. 
          OUR FEES ARE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL. 
          AND ALSO IN OUR E TRACKER CALCULATOR, WHEN YOU IT, IT DOES A CALCULATOR FOR YOU. 
          SO YOU'RE ABLE FOR A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO PUT THE FEE IN ON OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE CALCULATOR AND THEN SEE WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS. 
          BUT I WILL SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION IN THAT LINK. 
          GREAT. 
          ARE THE FEES, I MEAN, IF YOU HAD GONE THROUGH LA DB S, YOU'D HAVE TO PAY FEES FOR THEM MM-HMM . 
          ARE THEY COMPARABLE OR I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER. 
           HAVE PLAN CHECK AND PERMIT FEES, RIGHT? SOMEBODY YOU HAVE TO PAY SOMEBODY, RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          I, I WILL SAY THAT OUR STRUCTURAL SAFETY REVIEW IS A LOT MORE INTENSIVE BECAUSE OF, UH, THE NATURE OF THE, OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO UNDER THE EDUCATION CODE. 
          BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COMPARISON. 
          YEAH, PLEASE. 
          UM, UH, PROCUREMENT, WE, UH, UH, AT TRUCK OPERATIONS IN PARTICULAR, BUT AT THE ENTIRE WAREHOUSE WE PITCH IN CONSTANTLY FOR THESE KIND OF EMERGENCIES. 
          WE DID THE MARQUEZ MOVE, UH, I THINK IT WAS EARLIER THIS MONTH OR LATE LAST MONTH. 
          IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TWO DAY PROJECT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN OVER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. 
          IT GOT POSTPONED, CANCELED OUT, DON'T KNOW WHY. 
          AND WE WOUND UP DOING IT IN ONE DAY. 
          WE HAD 68 PEOPLE OUT THERE. 
          WOW. 
          AMAZING. 
          SO, UM, ANYTIME ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS, WE'VE HAVE FLEETS OF TRUCKS, WE'VE GOT BOBTAILS, WE'VE GOT UH, TRAILERS, WE'VE GOT REFRIGERATED TRAILERS THAT CAN HELP NOT ONLY GET PEOPLE OUT THERE, WE CAN GET CREWS OUT THERE. 
          WE CAN ALSO SUPPLY THEM WITH WATER AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S NEEDED. 
          SO POSSIBLY YOU WANNA TIE IN THE PROCUREMENT SERVICES WITH THAT ALSO, WHEN YOU EVER HAVE ANY OF THIS KIND OF STUFF GOING ON. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANKS ALSO FOR ELEVATING THE KIND OF INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU ALL DID IN, IN BOTH THE RELOCATION BACK IN JANUARY AND THEN THAT RECENT MOVE. 
          UM, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I HAVE TWO, UH, WHICH ARE BROAD, BUT I CAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS, THERE'S, UH, UNDERSTANDABLE INTEREST IN THIS TOPIC AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND SO MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A FOLLOW UP. 
          BUT THE FIRST IS, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATED, AND YOU ANTICIPATED SOME OF IT IN TALKING ABOUT THE LEARNINGS FROM THE PALISADES FIRE. 
          THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IN THE LAST 10 MONTHS IS AS WE DO THINGS LIKE RELOCATE STUDENTS IN EIGHT DAYS OR, UH, GET, YOU KNOW, DO IT OVER A WEEKEND OR GET THOSE TEMPORARY FACILITIES UP, UH, IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, LIKE WHAT LESSONS ARE APPLICABLE BEYOND THE FIRE? UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK HERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS. 
          UM, AND SO THE IDEA THAT LIKE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE WORK WE DO IS AROUND THOSE CRITICAL REPAIRS OR SHADE OR HEAT MITIGATION, I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS, INCLUDING AT THIS COMMITTEE TABLE WILL TELL YOU THEY'RE ALL EMERGENCIES. 
          THEY ALL SHOULD BE RUSHED . 
          AND SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UM, UH, THE BREAKING UP PROJECTS OR THAT EFFICIENCIES OR LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, PUTTING THE THREE SCHOOLS IN THREE DIFFERENT REGIONAL OFFICES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT BOTTLENECKED IN ONE. 
          LIKE ARE THERE LEARNINGS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED? YOU SAID THERE'S MAYBE A NEW EMERGENCY PROTOCOL, BUT JUST LIKE BEYOND THAT, THAT WE CAN, UH, APPLY TO ALL SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION OR REVIEW, UM, GIVEN THE KIND OF THE URGENCY OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS? YEAH, SO, UM, I THINK, I THINK A BIG PART OF IT IS JUST REALLY THAT COMMUNICATION EARLY AND OFTEN. 
          UM, THE USE OF OUR PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS REALLY ALLOWS A BUY-IN FROM DSA AND THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL EARLY ON, YOU ESTABLISH THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SUPERVISORS. 
          YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AS THE PROJECT MOVES ON THAT YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION, RIGHT? AND SO YOU CAN GET TO, UM, A, A WHEN THE PROJECT IS READY FOR SUBMITTAL, IT'S NOT AN UNKNOWN. 
          WE, WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AND SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. 
          BUT WE HAVE PROCESSES TO MANAGE OUR WORKLOAD AS THEY COME IN. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO, WE HAVE A SERIES OF, UM, CONSULTANTS THAT WE CAN USE THAT WHEN OUR WORKLOAD LIKE 
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IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS GETS VERY, VERY HIGH. 
          WE CAN SEND WORK OUT SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE OUR WORKLOAD. 
          WE CAN ALSO IMPLEMENT OVERTIME AND WE CAN HIRE RETIRED ANNUITANTS. 
          WE HAVE METHODS TO DO THAT. 
          WE CAN'T JUST EXPAND STAFF AS WE WANT AS A PUBLIC ENTITY. 
          WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE AN OFFSHOOT TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THAT WORKLOAD OVERALL, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT PROCESSES OF IMPROVEMENT AND TARGETS FOR EACH OF OUR PLAN REVIEWS. 
          WE DO HAVE A WHOLE METRIC SYSTEM THAT FOR PROJECTS WE SEE HOW THE PERFORMANCE WORKS SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN WE BUDGET THE TIME THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THAT REVIEW. 
          SO WE DO HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO CONSTANTLY LOOK AND IMPROVE. 
          RIGHT NOW THOUGH, OUR FOCUS IS TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE THIS EMERGENCY PLANNING OR EMERGENCY REVIEW PROCESS ESTABLISHED SO THAT WE CAN BETTER SERVE THE STATE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          I KNOW INTERNALLY AND MS. TOS IS HERE AS WELL. 
          LIKE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO IDENTIFY, LIKE WHEN WE SAY INITIALLY THERE'S A PROJECT THAT TAKES NINE MONTHS AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO SHAVE FIVE MONTHS OFF, IT'S LIKE, IS IT, WERE THOSE FIVE MONTHS SHAVED BECAUSE WE HAD TO PULL PERSONNEL AND WORK ON IT AND SO IT'S NOT THAT REPLICABLE? UM, OR IS IT THAT WE ACTUALLY REALIZED THAT FIVE MONTHS, YOU KNOW, OR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS OF THAT TIMELINE WERE SUPERFLUOUS OR WE DIDN'T NEED? AND LIKE THOSE LESSONS THEN ARE, UM, ONGOING. 
          YEAH, SO THIS ONGOING REVIEW, WE'RE DOING REVIEWS, UM, AT LEAST FOR THE, FOR, UM, WELL FOR ALL THREE, SOME LIKE PALE HIGH DOESN'T HAVE A 50% DEV DESIGN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, BUT FOR MARQUEZ, BECAUSE IT'S JUST ONE BUILDING. 
          BUT FOR MARQUEZ AND FOR, UH, PALE ELEMENTARY, WE HAVE OUR STAFF IS REVIEWING THIS PROJECT AT 50% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND SIX 50% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS. 
          SO WHAT YOU'RE GETTING FOR YOUR FEE IS ACTUALLY FOR REVIEWS. 
          AND SO WHEN WE DO THAT PART AND THAT REVIEW EARLY, WE'RE ABLE TO GET COMMENTS. 
          AND SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE END THAT THEN HAS PERHAPS A RIPPLE EFFECT ON OTHER PROCESSES. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S VERY LABOR INTENSIVE FOR OUR STAFF, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S READILY REPLICATED FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT'S SUBMITTED BECAUSE IT IS AN INTENSE, UM, COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. 
          BUT UM, OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE'RE FACING ISSUES LIKE THE PALISADES FIRE AND SCHOOL REBUILDS AND WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A, A, A NEED TO GET STUDENTS BACK INTO SCHOOL, WE CAN, WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS AND SEE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND GET THAT DONE FASTER. 
          BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO REPLICATE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE RESERVING OUR STAFF WELL. 
          SO WE HAVE TARGET DATES FROM WHEN THESE, UM, INTERIM REVIEWS OCCUR, AND WE'RE RESERVING STAFF TO BE READY TO REVIEW AT THAT TIME. 
          AND SO THAT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE THAT STAFF MAY BE IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER PROJECT, RIGHT? IS BECAUSE THIS IS A PRIORITY. 
          THEY'RE GETTING PULLED OFF OF THAT. 
          SO THAT AFFECTS ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT COULD AFFECT ANOTHER L-A-U-S-D PROJECT, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, THE SYSTEMS WE HAVE IN PLACE KEEP OUR WORK MOVING ALONG, BUT THIS EMERGENCY IS REALLY TO ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFIC INSTANCES. 
          AND THEN AS A COROLLARY, UM, AND I, I'LL NOTE IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A LOADED QUESTION. 
          I DEFINITELY HAVE A PERSPECTIVE, BUT ONE WAY IS TO, YOU KNOW, SHRINK TIMELINE REVIEW AND LIKE MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCIES. 
          ANOTHER IS TO LIMIT THE, THE AMOUNT OF THINGS YOU REVIEW. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED WAS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE CODES AND THE FIELD ACT AND, UM, THINGS THAT LIKE BASKETBALL HOOPS NEED TO BE REVIEWED AND SHADE STRUCTURES, WHICH IS SOMETHING I DELVED INTO A LITTLE BIT WHEN I WAS WORKING WITH SOME LEGISLATOR LEGISLATURES AROUND SOME WHAT I THOUGHT WERE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, LIKE WHEN THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE CODES ARE, WHEN THINGS ARE ADDED OR ANYTHING SUBTRACTED , OR DO WE REVIEW, I MEAN, TO MISS PEPPER'S QUESTION, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MOST INDEPENDENT CHARTER FACILITIES IN THE STATE ARE EXEMPT FROM THE FIELD ACT. 
          AND I'D BE CURIOUS, HAS SOMEONE DONE A REVIEW, LIKE HAVE ANY, HAVE CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES BEEN DONE ODIER THAN DISTRICT FACILITATORS? AND LIKE, ARE THERE WAYS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE ARE THERE LESSONS LEARNED? AND WE SAY, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT I FOUND INTERESTING WITH THE SHADE STRUCTURES IS THAT WE HAVE VERY, UM, STRICT REQUIREMENTS ABOUT LIKE HOW LONG PYLONS HAVE TO GO, HOW DEEP THEY HAVE TO GO, BECAUSE OF LIKE GALE FORCE WINDS. 
          AND I THINK OUR CODE IS ON PAR, IF NOT MORE SEVERE THAN FLORIDA'S. 
          AND IT'S LIKE, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND, YOU KNOW, I, YOU'RE SMILING GUYS FEEL LIKE YOU GOT THIS QUESTION A LOT, BUT I AM CURIOUS, LIKE, DO THOSE REVIEWS HAPPEN? UM, IS THAT A LEGISLATIVE PROCESS? HOW CAN DISTRICTS LIKE OURS, LIKE THE, BY FAR THE BIGGEST IN THE STATE, IF WE WANTED TO DO THINGS LIKE SAY, AND IT IS A BOARD PRIORITY SHADE STRUCTURES, WE GOTTA FIND A WAY TO DO THESE MORE EFFICIENTLY. 
          AND MAYBE NOT CALLING THEM SHADE COVERINGS IS THE WAY TO DO IT, . 
          BUT, UM, HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT THE CODE AND, AND UPDATE WHAT MAKES SENSE AND SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO SEE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, PRIVATE COLLEGES THAT JUST HAVE HOMES THAT JUST HAVE SHADE SALES EVERYWHERE, AND WE HAVE TO PUT THESE PYLONS AND DO THESE WHOLE STRUCTURES. 
          AND SO, UM, ARE THERE FOLKS ACTIVELY TRYING TO KIND OF PULL OUT AND SAY, MAYBE THIS ISN'T NEEDED. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE OF LIABILITY, AND LIKE YOUR JOB IS TO ENSURE TWO AND A HALF TIMES 
          [00:55:01]
MORE SAFER THAN THE AVERAGE BUILDING. 
          BUT I JUST HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION. 
          SO I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE OUR RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE EDUCATION CODE, WHICH IS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE. 
          OUR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ONLY MAKES WHAT'S IN THE ED CODE MORE SPECIFIC. 
          AND THAT'S THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS. 
          SO, UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE CHANGE IN THAT REGARD, THERE IS A PUBLIC PROCESS IN THAT REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. 
          WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT'S COST EFFECTIVE. 
          WE HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IT IS, UH, GIVES US THE AUTHORITY AND THE REFERENCE TO ACTUALLY WRITE THOSE REGULATIONS AND ADVANCE THEM. 
          BUT UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ALSO CHARGED BY OTHER PARTS OF STATUTE THAT REQUIRE US TO ADOPT NATIONAL MODEL CODE. 
          SO A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE'RE REINFORCING IS NATIONAL MODEL CODES. 
          AND SO THAT TWO AND A HALF TI OR YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, UM, SAFETY LEVEL IS, IS SPECIFIED, BUT IT'S THE NATIONAL CODES THAT ALSO INCREASE WHAT THAT SAFETY LEVEL IS FOR THAT LEVEL. 
          AND SO MAYBE THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GETTING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION FROM WINDS. 
          OURS CONCERN REALLY IS, UM, EARTHQUAKE SAFETY, BUT THE CODES KIND OF TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION A LOT OF, OF THE DIFFERENT FORCES AND HOW, AND HOW THEY ACT. 
          UM, SO I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE PROCESS IS WHAT IT IS. 
          WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ESTABLISH, UM, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE WE WANT TO EXPAND WHAT OUR AUTHORITY IS. 
          OUR AUTHORITY IS LIMITED. 
          IT'S VERY SPECIFIC IN THE ED CODE. 
          AND SO IT'S REALLY AN UNDERSTANDING BY WHAT'S WRITTEN, WHAT IS COVERED ON A SITE. 
          AND FOR, SO I KNOW THAT, UM, WE'VE SEEN MANY SHADE STRUCTURES WHEN THEY'RE YOUR LITTLE POPUPS, HOW THEY CAN FLOW FLY AWAY AND PERHAPS IMPALE A STUDENT, RIGHT? AND THEN YOU HAVE THE EXTREME OF A SHADE STRUCTURE COMING TO DSA AND BEING SECURE. 
          BUT REMEMBER, EVEN A SHADE STRUCTURE IS AN INVESTMENT IN A FACILITY. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE THERE A WHILE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S, THAT PART'S IMPORTANT, RIGHT? THAT IT'S SAFE. 
          UM, THERE ARE PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT FASTER. 
          YOU KNOW, WE DO A PRE-CHECK PROCESS, WHICH MEANS THAT IF A MANUFACTURER WANTS TO SEND TO US, THERE ARE PRODUCT, WE PRE-CHECK IT. 
          IF IT'S PRE-CHECKED, YOU CAN USE IT ON YOUR CAMPUS. 
          YES. 
          WHEN IT'S PLACED ON THE SITE, IT STILL HAS TO COME TO US. 
          BUT WE DON'T REVIEW THAT STRUCTURE. 
          AGAIN, IF IT'S A PRE-CHECK BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY REVIEWED IT, WE JUST REVIEW SITE ACCESS, ACCESS COMPLIANCE, RIGHT? FOR EVERY PROJECT, ACCESS COMPLIANCE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED. 
          SO THERE ARE WAYS TO SHRINK THE REVIEW. 
          THE MORE YOU USE, UM, PRODUCTS LIKE SHADE STRUCTURES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PRE REVIEWED. 
          AND I GUESS MS. O'BRIEN, ARE THE SHADE STRUCTURES WE'RE DOING, ARE THEY ALL PRE-APPROVED? 'CAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER, THAT WE SHOULD ONLY USE PRE-APPROVED SHADE STRUCTURES. 
           ALMOST ALWAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE OKAY. 
          WELL, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          AND I KNOW THERE'S AN ON, UH, UPCOMING RESOLUTION ABOUT SHADE IN SPEC, UH, IN PARTICULAR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I KNOW WE WENT A BIT OVER TIME, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. 
          WE DO ALSO HAVE A, UM, CERTIFICATES, UM, HALF OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, JUST PRESENTED TO YOU, UH, MS. ICL AS THE STATE ARCHITECT AND YOUR OFFICE JUST FOR YOUR COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PALISADES REBUILD, UM, AND ONGOING WORK. 
          SO I KNOW WE'RE A BIT OVER TIME, BUT IF I COULD ASK, WE'LL DO MAYBE DO A QUICK PICTURE SURE. 
          AS WE PRESENT THIS TO YOU, UM, AND HOPE WE CAN HAVE YOU BACK OR CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION AS WE LOOK TO, UH, ENSURE SAFETY, BUT ALSO INCREASE EFFICIENCY, UH, FOR OUR SCHOOL FACILITIES. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND REACH OUT ANYTIME. 
          MY NUMBER'S ON THE WEBSITE. 
          SO , SERIOUSLY, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTION. 
          SO I AM, I, I'M BASED IN SACRAMENTO, BUT I'M IN LA OFTEN, SO COME, WE'LL DO IT RIGHT TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NICE TO MEET ALL OF THIS. 
          OF YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE SO YOU, YOU'RE NOT EXEMPT FROM THIS PICTURE HERE. 
          . 
          YEAH. 
          I KIND OF PRESENT. 
          I'LL HAVE THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OR WE CAN TURN THIS, THIS WAY. 
          YEAH, DON'T BE SHY. 
          I, WE'RE TRYING TO BE EFFICIENT. 
          YES, I KNOW. 
          NO, THAT WAS GREAT. 
          IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SLIDE WE SCOOT. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          I KNOW NOBODY WANTS TO COME ON THIS SIDE. 
          ON THIS. 
          EVEN US OUT. 
          COME ON THIS SIDE. 
          CHRISTINA, COME ON THIS SIDE. 
          CHRISTINA, PLEASE BALANCE. 
          SO WE'RE TALKING BALANCE HERE BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT STRUCTURE. 
          I KNOW, RIGHT? USUALLY IT GOES FROM END TO END. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALEX NEEDS TO GET THE PICTURE. 
          ALEX. 
          MATT. 
          MATT. 
          MATT. 
          MATT HERE. 
          MATT, COME OVER HERE. 
          GET ON THE SIDE. 
          DO WE DO ONE MORE? DOES DSA HAVE TO REVIEW 
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YOU PUTTING THIS UP IN YOUR OFFICE FOR SAFETY? NO, BUT I DO WANT A COPY OF THE PICTURE. 
          . 
          NO, BUT LA UNIFIED CHECKS. 
          IT'S UNION . 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK RIGHT THERE. 
          HI IDA. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA INTRODUCE OUR NEXT PRESENTATION AS FOLKS ARE STILL MINGLING JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO MS. CLAIRE AND FOR THE, TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO, UM, LAST SPRING WE HEARD 
          [II.2. MGT Report - District Next Steps]
AN UPDATE FROM MGT AN OUTSIDE FIRM ABOUT A STUDY THEY DID COMPARING ALL UNIFIED CONSTRUCTION TO OTHER DISTRICTS. 
          AND AT THE TIME, THEY DID NOT YET HAVE A FINAL REPORT, WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED. 
          UM, AND THEIR PRESENTATION FROM THE SPRING AND FINAL REPORT ARE INCLUDED IN THE MATERIALS YOU RECEIVED. 
          UH, FOR TODAY'S MEETING. 
          THAT'S THIS KIND OF HEFTY ONE RIGHT HERE. 
          UM, AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM MS. O'BRIEN AND THE DISTRICT TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'VE LEARNED, UH, FROM THE STUDY AND ANY CHANGES TO POLICY OR PRACTICE, UH, THAT THEY'LL BE INCORPORATING AS A RESULT. 
          I WANNA NOTE THIS WILL BE A CONTINUING CONVERSATION FOR THE COMMITTEE, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NEITHER THE COMMITTEE NOR THE BOARD HAS HAD AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW THIS, UM, AS THE REPORT ITSELF AND THE FOLLOW UP ONLY WERE RECEIVED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS. 
          AND SO THIS WILL BE A, A PRESENTATION FROM MS. O'BRIEN. 
          WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, BUT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT AGAIN IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE BOARD IS, UH, I THINK BEING MORE VOCAL ABOUT, MAKING SURE WE HAVE MATERIALS ON TIME TO REVIEW THEM. 
          BUT SOMETHING THAT'S HEFTY TOO, WE REALLY WANT TO, UM, MAKE SURE THE COMMITTEE HAS THE TIME TO DIGEST IT AND UNDERSTAND IT. 
          AND THEN THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSE. 
          AND I WANNA KNOW THAT MS. O'BRIEN IS NOT REPRESENTING MGT. 
          SO IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT NOW THAT IT'S BEEN RELEASED IN ITS TOTALITY, WE CAN AGENDIZE THAT AND TALK TO THEM. 
          I DEFINITELY DO. 
          UM, BUT THIS WILL BE, UH, THE FIRST CLASS AT THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSE. 
          SO MS. O'BRIEN, SO I'LL JUST CLARIFY OUR ROLE, OR THOSE OF US, A FEW OF US WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PROVIDED THE INFORMATION AS REQUESTED AND MADE CORRECTIONS TO THE DRAFTS AND THE VERSIONS THAT CAME THROUGH. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, IF THERE WERE MATHEMATICAL ERRORS OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE WE HAD DONE, UM, INTERVIEWS AND I WAS ONE OF THE STAFF INTERVIEWS, UM, WE WERE FREQUENTLY MET WITH, FOR CLARIFICATION FOR, AND I'M JUST GONNA PUT IT OUT THERE, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE SPECIFICATIONS AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT CAME THROUGH THAT REPORT, THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM MY INTERVIEW. 
          AND THEN, UM, WHEN THEY ADDED THE INFORMATION ON THE FIRES AS WELL AS THE OLYMPICS, THAT WAS INPUT FROM THE DISTRICT. 
          BUT BASICALLY WE DIDN'T MANAGE THE PROCESS 'CAUSE WE'RE WE'RE BEING EXAMINED . 
          OKAY? SO WHAT'S GREAT AND GOOD ABOUT THIS IS FACILITIES WAS, IS ALWAYS WORKING ON IMPROVING. 
          AND ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS IS IT TURNED OUT THAT MANY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME THROUGH WERE ALSO THINGS THAT WE RECOGNIZED AND WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          UM, AND THAT'S HELPFUL 'CAUSE THEN YOU'RE NOT STANDING THERE LIKE, MY GOD, YOU KNOW, UM, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND, UM, WE'LL DISCUSS SOME OF THE ONES WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MAKE. 
          WE ALSO HAD PREVIOUSLY, AS IN THE LAST BULLET, TALKED ABOUT SPECIFICATIONS, UM, WITH THE DISTRICT, UH, COM. 
          UM, NOT WITH THE DISTRICT, WITH THE COMMITTEE IN DETAIL. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, ON THAT FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UM, SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. 
          THE PURPOSE OF MGT STUDY WAS TO COMPARE THE BUSINESS PRACTICES UNDER DESIGNING CONSTRUCTION AND OUR OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS TO BOTH INDUSTRY STANDARD. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, BUILDING IN GENERAL AND ALSO TO OUR PEERS, OUR PEER K THROUGH 12 EDUCATIONAL CONSTRUCTION. 
          WHEN YOU READ THE REPORT, YOU'LL SEE BECAUSE THERE WAS, UM, A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEERS, THEY ALSO INCLUDED IN, UH, ONE SECTION OF THE REPORT. 
          THEY INCLUDED OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES OUTSIDE THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
          AND THE REASON, UM, THAT IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE OF THE DIVISION OF THE STATE ARCHITECTS ARE JUDGED, UH, DIFFERENTLY, UH, JUDGE OUR DRAWINGS AND REVIEW OUR ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          SO THERE'S A LACK OF 
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COMPARISON, BUT THERE'S ENOUGH INFORMATION YOU CAN GET A SENSE. 
          SO, UM, WHAT WAS GOOD IS WE GOT DATA-DRIVEN INFORMATION, AND DATA ALWAYS IS HELPFUL. 
          THEY, UM, ANALYZED, THEY ASKED TO ANALYZE 10 COMPLETED PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED BETWEEN 2022 AND 2024. 
          THEY STARTED THEIR STUDY, UM, IN 2024 LAST SUMMER. 
          SO WE GAVE THEM THE INFORMATION ON THE, ALL THE PROJECTS REALLY AS A DATA DUMP AS THEY REQUESTED. 
          AND, AND WE GAVE A VARIETY OF PROJECTS. 
          THEY CHOSE COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATIONS, WHICH ARE OUR LARGEST PROJECTS. 
          THOSE PROJECTS, THERE ARE 22 OF THEM. 
          THEY HAD, UH, MULTIPLE BUILDINGS WERE EITHER REPLACED OR RETROFITTED SITE-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS FOR A DA SITE-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS FOR, UM, UTILITIES. 
          AND THEN THEY HAD ROOFING AND HVAC AND A DA ACCESSIBILITY. 
          SO THE, THE 10 PROJECTS THEY CHOSE WERE INITIATED BY THE DISTRICT BETWEEN 2016 AND 2022. 
          SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE PUT THIS INFORMATION, AND IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF THE REPORT THAT SAYS THE CONSTRUCTION COST ESCALATION IN LA INCREASED BY 38.4% BETWEEN 2016 AND 2022, WHICH OF COURSE IS WHEN THE BUDGETS WERE PREPARED. 
          AND THEN FROM 2022 TO 24, YOU SEE THERE'S ANOTHER 9.4. 
          CAN I ASK, WE ARE GONNA HOLD OUR QUESTIONS TO THE END. 
          SO I'M, YES, I'M MODELING PROPERLY, BUT WHERE DOES THAT, 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT IN THE REPORT. 
          SO I WAS WHERE DOES THAT NUMBER COME FROM? THE 38.4% AND 9.4? I ASKED THAT FROM OUR PROGRAM CONTROLS TEAM WHO PROVIDED IT OUR PROGRAM. 
          BUT IS IT LIKE, IS IT LIKE A REGIONAL STUDY? IS THAT, WELL, OKAY, I'M, I'M GONNA TABLE 'CAUSE I SEE SOME PEOPLE WANNA TALK, BUT I JUST DIDN'T, I DIDN'T SEE A CITATION FOR THAT. 
          SO THAT'S AN INTERNAL NUMBER. 
          YEAH, BASED ON, I'M SURE, YEAH. 
          CAN I, IT, UM, IT IS NOT AN INTERNAL NUMBER. 
          IT IS BASED ON AN INDUSTRY REPORT THAT TRACKS WHAT CONSTRUCTION ESCALATION IS ACROSS THE LA REGION. 
          GREAT. 
          I THINK I'LL HAVE A FOLLOW UP AND TEAMS, OTHERS WILL CHIME IN, BUT THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, SORRY. 
          SORRY TO INTERJECT. 
          I JUST, THAT ONE I WANTED TO THAT'S OKAY. 
          I, I DON'T MIND. 
          UM, PROJECTS, THE, THE NEXT ONE IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT 42% HAS NOTHING TO DO MATHEMATICALLY WITH 38, ADDING 9.4 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          42% IS THE INCREASE OF THE INITIAL BUDGET ON AVERAGE ACROSS THOSE 10 PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOLDED STATEMENTS STATES, WE WERE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH OUR ORIGINAL BUDGETS AS COMPARED TO OUR PEERS. 
          WE HAD A 42% INCREASE, BUT OUR PEERS TEND TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF INCREASE. 
          UM, WE JUST RECENTLY, UH, WERE AT THE A GC ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS, UM, ANNUAL EVENT, THE LA AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EVENT WE WERE DOING. 
          CHRISTINA AND IK THROUGH 12, UM, DISCUSSIONS. 
          TURNS OUT THE OTHER K THROUGH 12. 
          THEY HAD A VERY, VERY SIMILAR EXPERIENCE IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS. 
          SO LISTENING TO THEM, I'M LIKE, OKAY, YEP, WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCED IN THE SAME, WE HAVE TO LEARN AND FIGURE IT OUT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO. 
          UM, NEXT, NEXT ONE. 
          SO THE MACROECONOMIC INFORMATION WAS VERY INFORMA, VERY INFORMATIVE, AND IT SHOWED THAT WE HAD, UM, LIMITED CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IN THE LA AREA. 
          I DO WANNA POINT OUT THOUGH, THAT CONTRACTORS CAN FROM ANOTHER COUNTY, HAVE BUSINESS IN LA COUNTY, RIGHT? THEY CAN MOVE AROUND. 
          NOW WHEN YOU'RE SUCH A BIG AREA, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE KNOW FROM SPEAKING WITH OUR CONTRACTORS IS THEY LOOK FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP. 
          WHO ARE GONNA BE ON THOSE CONSTRUCTION SITES. 
          WHERE DO THEY LIVE? HOW DO THEY GET TO WORK? WHERE ARE THE LABORS? SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GONNA COME FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF VENTURA IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT AREA. 
          AND A LOT OF CONTRACTORS HESITATE TO ACTUALLY TAKE PROJECTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 4 0 5 BECAUSE NOBODY CAN CROSS THE 4 0 5 TO GET HOME. 
          UM, I ALREADY LIVED THAT EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE. 
          UM, ONE POSITIVE THAT REALLY CAME OUT OF THIS WAS LOOK AT OUR HIGH PERCENTAGE OF COSTS VERSUS SOFT COSTS. 
          EVEN. 
          I WAS SURPRISED IT, IT, OF COURSE, THAT'S 
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AN AVERAGE OVER 10 PROJECTS, BUT GENERALLY WE RUN AROUND 80% CONSTRUCTION. 
          THAT MEANS WE'RE BUILDING VERY EFFICIENTLY FOR THE DOLLARS WE'RE SPENDING. 
          I KNOW THAT SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE, BUT WE HAVE DATA TO PROVE IT. 
          SO LET'S STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THE OVERALL BOND PROGRAM JUST FROM SOME STATISTICS. 
          SO SINCE 1997, WE HAVE, UM, BUILT IN VALUE $19.5 BILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS. 
          AND TODAY WE HAVE OVER 4 BILLION IN CONSTRUCTION AND WE HAVE OVER 5 BILLION IN PRE-CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND WE HAVE 6.1 BILLION MORE STILL TO GO TO THE BOARD. 
          IT'S GONNA BE A VERY ACTIVE 2026. 
          I WANTED TO FOCUS ON THIS, AND THIS IS SUPER SIMPLIFIED, BUT, UM, STARTING ON THE UPPER LEFT CORNER, PROJECT, SCOPE, SCHEDULE AND BUDGET. 
          THIS IS A SIMPLE PROCESS THAT ILLUSTRATES A CLASSIC TYPICAL DESIGN BID BUILD. 
          DESIGN BID BUILD MEANS YOU HIRE AN ARCHITECT AND THEY'RE ENGINEERS AND THEY DESIGN THE PROJECT, TAKE IT TO DSA AND GET IT APPROVED. 
          AND THEN YOU HIRE UNDER A SEPARATE CONTRACT, A CONTRACTOR UNDER DESIGN BUILD, WE HAVE ONE PROCUREMENT, OUR CONTRACTS WITH THE CONTRACTOR, AND THE CONTRACTOR HAS THE ARCHITECTS AND THE ENGINEERS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WORKING UNDER THAT SINGLE CONTRACT. 
          HERE'S A, I'M USING THIS BECAUSE IT'S THE SIMILAR PROCESS EXCEPT FOR THE A SB. 
          SO THE FIRST MOST IMPORTANT THING TO TELL YOU IN OUR PROCESS IS WHEN WE DEVELOP SCOPE, SCHEDULE, AND BUDGET, YOU HAVE THE DESIGN MANAGEMENT FOLKS, THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS INPUT. 
          YOU HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ARM, WHICH HERE AT THIS DISTRICT IS CALLED PROJECT EXECUTION. 
          YOU HAVE ITS, THAT'S THE EVERYBODY WHO WIRES UP EVERY SINGLE THING IN THE BUILDINGS. 
          YOU HAVE PROGRAM CONTROLS, THAT'S THE CONTROLS THAT COLLECTS ALL THE DATA ABOUT ALL OF OUR PROJECTS AND MONITORS OUR COSTS AND OUR SCHEDULES. 
          THEN YOU HAVE THE FURNITURE INTERIORS GROUP BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO FURNISH THESE BUILDINGS. 
          AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          I THINK I CAPTURED EVERYONE. 
          EVERYONE HAS INPUT TO THAT SCOPE AND THAT SCHEDULE AND BUDGET. 
          REALLY EVERYONE HAS INFORMATION TO COMMIT TO SCOPE AND BUDGET. 
          AND THEN PROJECT EXECUTION LOOKS AT SCHEDULE. 
          THE SECOND BOX IS WHAT I'M REALLY GONNA FOCUS ON IN THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE ACQUISITION STRATEGY BOARD. 
          UM, THE ACQUISITION STRATEGY BOARD LOOKS AT A TYPICAL PROJECT WHEN YOU DEFINE IT, WHEN YOU'VE SCOPED AND YOU HAVE A BUDGET AND A SCHEDULE. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, AFTER DESIGN, AFTER PRE-CONSTRUCTION, YOU'LL SEE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, THEY LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND WE DISCUSS THE PROCUREMENT STRATEGY. 
          HOW ARE WE GOING, WHAT CONTRACT METHODOLOGY ARE WE GONNA USE? I CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND DISCUSS THOSE ANOTHER TIME. 
          AND THEN WHEN AFTER WE'VE BID IT, UM, PROCUREMENT COMES BACK AND PRESENTS TO THE A SB, THE CONTRACT WHO WE'RE GONNA AWARD TO WHAT THE BIDS LOOK LIKE IN THE COMPARISON. 
          AND THEN WE GO INTO CONSTRUCTION. 
          SO LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THIS BOARD. 
          SO, UM, THERE'S FOUR STEPS. 
          I DIDN'T SHOW YOU ONE, BECAUSE DAY LIGHTING IS OPTIONAL. 
          TYPICALLY WHEN WE START A NEW PROGRAM, WE MIGHT HAVE DAYLIGHTING WHERE WE JUST PRESENT IT TO THE ACQUISITION STRATEGY BOARD. 
          HEY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A NEW PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, I'M JUST GOING TO USE AN EXAMPLE. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA PUT SHADE SHELTERS OVER, UM, PLAY EQUIPMENT THAT'S COMING. 
          SOMETIMES WE JUST ROLL STEP ONE AND TWO IN THE SAME ONE SECOND BULLET'S MORE IMPORTANT. 
          SO WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS, BESIDES EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER IN HAVING LOOKED AT IT, IT GOES TO THE PROGRAM CONTROLS TEAM. 
          AND THEY LOOK AT CONSISTENCY, THOROUGHNESS, ACCURACY, AND THEY LOOK FOR ANY RED FLAG. 
          LIKE, DOES THIS SCHEDULE LOOK REASONABLE? DOES THIS, IS THIS BUDGET MUCH LOWER OR HIGHER THAN THE OTHER FIVE PROJECTS WE SAW LAST MONTH? THAT KIND OF THING. 
          SOMETIMES THEY MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT WITH THOSE PROJECT TEAMS AND SOMETIMES THEY BRING IT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CFE, WHICH IS CHRISTINA AND I TO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE 
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OFF OR AN OUTLIER. 
          UM, THE VOTING MEMBERS ARE THE FOUR BRANCHES OF FACILITIES. 
          SO THAT'S ASSETS, THAT'S MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, THAT'S PROJECT EXECUTION AND PROGRAM CONTROLS. 
          AND OF COURSE FACILITIES, CONTRACTS. 
          ALL FIVE HAVE TO MAKE A UNANIMOUS VO VOTE TO PROCEED WITH THE PROJECT. 
          SO SOMETIMES WE SAY, HEY, GO BACK AND LOOK AT THIS. 
          THIS DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. 
          UM, OR IT SEEMS OFF. 
          AND THEN THE NON-VOTING PARTICIPANTS WHO JOIN US IN THE MEETINGS ARE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, OF COURSE OEHS OFF OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SITS IN THESE MEETINGS AND THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, THE OIG. 
          SO THEY'RE THERE WATCHING IN EACH MEETING. 
          MEETINGS ARE EVERY OTHER WEEK. 
          SO ALL OF THE PROJECTS GO TO THE, THAT ARE BOND ELIGIBLE, GO TO THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 
          EVERYTHING IS REVIEWED AND HAS TO INCLUDE, UM, PROJECT SCOPE, SCHEDULE AND BUDGET. 
          AND THEN THE RECOMMENDATION GOES TO THE BOARD FOR THEIR ACTION. 
          SO THE DETAILS ABOUT THE PROJECT ARE ALL IN THOSE DOCUMENTS. 
          AND THE STRATEGIC EXECUTION PLAN COLLECTS ALL THIS INFORMATION SO YOU HAVE A COMPLETE RECORD OF EVERY CHANGE AS THE PROJECT'S DEVELOP UNTIL YOU'RE COMPLETELY CLOSED OUT. 
          OH. 
          SO LET'S TALK ABOUT, UM, THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PORT REPORT. 
          THERE ARE 22 RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE KIND OF CATEGORIZE THESE INTO GROUPS. 
          UM, OR THE, OR THE MOST MAJOR ONES. 
          SO WE TRACK MORE THAN 40 METRICS, UM, DEPARTMENTS, TRACK BRANCH TRACKS. 
          SO WE FACILITIES IS A BRANCH. 
          AND UNDER OUR DEPARTMENT, I MENTIONED BEFORE, PROJECT EXECUTION ASSETS AND CONTROLS TRACKS ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES. 
          THERE ARE WEEKLY MEETINGS AND THERE ARE MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, AND THE ANNUAL. 
          IN MARCH, WE START PUTTING A WHOLE ANNUAL REVIEW. 
          EVERY TEAM HAS TO COME IN, UH, AND PRESENT TO CONTROLS THEIR PROJECTS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          WHY IS THIS OFF? WHY IS THIS LATE? ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT NEW KPI KPIS TO REALLY ALIGN WITH POLICY CHANGES AND REALLY TO ALIGN WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE REPORT. 
          UH, ONE THING WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WHEN WE MAKE A CHANGE, AND AS THE REPORT SAYS, WE MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES, UM, WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE REPORT, UH, OF THE CHANGE? IS IT A REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY, A REQUEST FROM A STAKEHOLDER LIKE A PRINCIPAL? DOES IT COME FROM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS WHO SAID, HEY, YOU ARE DOING THESE FOUR ROOFS, BUT NOW THIS ROOF IS LEAKING. 
          COULD YOU ADD THIS? THAT'S KIND OF TYPICAL ON BIG PROJECTS. 
          DOES IT COME FROM OEHS? WAS THERE A SAFETY ISSUE THAT CAME UP? OR IS THERE A REGULATORY CHANGE? AND I THINK THAT KIND OF INFORMATION WILL HELP US ANALYZE MORE SPECIFICALLY, UM, KIND OF CHANGES WE HAVE. 
          SO ON THIS SLIDE I'LL JUST, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY WORDS HERE. 
          UH, THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS THAT THE REVIEW CYCLES ALSO WATCH TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PROCUREMENT METHOD IN THERE BECAUSE THEY VARY IN TIME AND THEY VARY, UM, ACROSS THE, ACROSS DIFFERENT KINDS OF PROJECTS. 
          AND ALSO WE LOOK AT PHASING AND LOGISTICS OVER THE COURSE OF A PROJECT. 
          WHILE YOU'RE DESIGNING IT, YOU CAN LEARN THINGS THAT CAN IMPACT THE ASSUMPTIONS YOU MADE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA PHASE AND, AND WHAT THE LOGISTICS ARE YOU'RE GONNA USE, WHERE, WHERE'S THE CONTRACTOR GONNA PARK OR THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK. 
          UM, AND THEN TO SEE THIS FOCUS REVIEW SESSIONS IN THE LAST BULLET. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE WE, UM, WHERE YOU GET AN IDEA FROM YOUR REPORTS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GO LOOK AT. 
          I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WHAT DO WE DO IN THESE FOCUS REVIEWS? SO OVER THE NEXT, UH, TWO TO THREE WEEKS, WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS THAT'LL BE UNDER REVIEW. 
          TWO PROGRAMS ARE, BY THE WAY, SIMILAR PROJECTS. 
          UM, TWO PRO INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT. 
          WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT OUR CHANGE ORDER TIMELINES. 
          HOW ARE WE DOING AGAINST, YOU KNOW, AN 
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EFFICIENT PROCESS? WHAT'S LAGGING? AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOOK AT, UM, AGING PROJECTS. 
          SO THAT IS DONE BETWEEN THE TEAMS AND THE OFFICE OF THE CFE. 
          WE LOOK AT THOSE AND WE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENTLY? UM, I THINK THE LAST, UH, ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          WHAT WE ASK OF OUR TEAMS IN, I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLE. 
          THEY'RE NOT COMING TO, UH, TO ME TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEM. 
          THEY NEED TO LOOK AT THEIR COURSE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WHAT, WHAT CAN THEY CHANGE? WHAT DO THEY UNDERSTAND ABOUT THEIR PROJECTS? WHAT ARE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS? WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? AND WHAT ARE THE LESSONS LEARNED? SO THAT AS SOON AS THEY ARE LEARNING THESE LESSONS, THEY'RE SHARING THEM WITH THEIR OTHER PROJECTS. 
          UH, SO FUNDAMENTALLY, UM, THOUGH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COST AND BUDGET. 
          WHY DO WE HAVE SO MUCH CHANGE? AND WHY DO WE HAVE SCOPE CHANGE? THAT'S WHERE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING A, B, AND C AND NOW YOU'RE DOING D SO WHY IS THAT? SO THESE ARE VERY CLASSIC. 
          THEY'RE NOT UNUSUAL. 
          I WROTE THEM UP SPECIFICALLY TO US. 
          BUT YOU SEE THIS IN OTHER TYPES OF PROJECTS. 
          BUT I'LL, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT. 
          OUR PROJECTS ARE 50. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE ON, WE'RE ON SITES THAT ARE 50 TO A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. 
          50 BY THE WAY, THEY'RE REALLY 60, 70 TO A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. 
          UM, WE KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OPERATIONAL WHILE WE'RE WORKING. 
          SO THAT MEANS A CONTRACTOR IS WORKING AROUND CHILDREN TESTING. 
          SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ARE HIGHER. 
          COORDINATION WITH THE SCHOOL IS VERY HIGH AND WORK HAS TO BE PHASED. 
          THERE HAS TO BE, AND THERE IS A COST IMPACT FOR THAT. 
          THE THIRD BULLET IS JUST A CHALLENGE. 
          AS BUILT DRAWINGS OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE 50 TO A HUNDRED YEARS OLD ARE NOT NECESSARILY ACCURATE, NOR ARE THEY COMPLETE, NOR DID THEY BUILD THEM THAT WAY. 
          I CAN TELL STORIES TILL I'M BLUE IN THE FACE ON THAT. 
          UM, AND ANOTHER VERY SIGNIFICANT THING AT THE END OF THAT SENTENCE IS, PAST REPAIRS ARE FREQUENTLY UNDOCUMENTED. 
          THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT WHEN UTILITIES HAVE A BREAK IN SOME KIND OF LINE WATER SUPPLY SEWER. 
          SO WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY WERE REPAIRED IT AND THEY USED ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS, BUT THEY DIDN'T TELL US WHERE THEY DID THAT. 
          I DON'T MEAN LITERALLY THEY JUST DON'T MARK IT ON THE DRAWINGS, BUT WE HAVE, FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE A, A SOLUTION. 
          UM, THE LAST ONE IS IMPORTANT TOO. 
          AND I REFERENCED IT. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE A LENGTHY, COMPLEX PROJECT AND YOU START OUT WITH THESE COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATIONS, YOU CAN BE IMPACTED BY NEW REGULATIONS, A POLICY, A POLICY SHIFT, UNEXPECTED BUILDING SYSTEM. 
          SO YOU START OUT AND YOU THINK, LIKE THE ROOFING EXAMPLE, I'M GONNA REPLACE THE ROOFS ON THESE THREE BUILDINGS, BUT YOU'RE THREE WE YEARS LATER, YOU'RE ABOUT TO HAVE THE CONTRACTOR LEAVE THE PROJECT AND YOU'VE GOT TWO MORE LEAKING BUILDINGS ON A PROJECT, ON A, A SET OF BUILDINGS AT 50 TO A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. 
          SO WE'RE OFTEN ASKED, WE GET CRITICAL REPAIR DOLLARS TO ADD TO THOSE BIG PROJECTS. 
          UM, BUT ROOFING, THE ROOFING CRITICAL REPAIR TEAMS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S A SCOPE CHANGE. 
          UM, SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO BE BETTER? SO WE PUT TOGETHER A CROSS DIVISION TASK FORCE. 
          AS SOON AS WE GOT THE FIRST, UH, DRAFT OUTLINE FROM MGT, WE PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE TO ANALYZE CHANGE ORDERS FROM THE PROJECTS THAT WERE BEING COMPLETED. 
          THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON 2024 AND 2025. 
          SO WE GOT THE FIRST DRAFT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE STARTED TO DO. 
          UM, WE IDENTIFIED COMMON CHANGE, CHANGE ORDERS. 
          WE IDENTIFIED THE LESSONS LEARNED. 
          AND THAT'S IMPORTANT 'CAUSE WE'VE DONE LESSONS LEARNED. 
          BUT MOVING FAST ON LESSONS LEARNED WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT TASK ORDER, THAT WAS REP, ALL THE KEY PEOPLE WERE LEADERSHIP WERE IN THOSE, IN THAT TASK FORCE. 
          SO THEY COULD SPREAD IT INTO THEIR ORGANIZATIONS QUICKLY BEFORE YOU GET THE, THE NEW BULLETIN, RIGHT? UM, THE OTHER THING 
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WE DID A YEAR AGO IS WE TALKED TO TWO SUBCONTRACTORS WHO DO UNDERGROUND UTILITY WORK FOR US. 
          UM, AND THEY CAME IN AND GAVE US A LOT OF SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT THEY SAW AND WHAT WE COULD IMPROVE. 
          AND ONE, THE LAST BULLET IS WHAT WE DID, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GONNA FIND THE ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE UNDERGROUND OR THEY'RE IN AN INACCESSIBLE. 
          WE PUT IN ALLOWANCES FOR THE ASBESTOS, UM, REMOVAL. 
          NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DIDN'T IMPACT YOUR SCHEDULE, IT MEANS YOU HAD IT IN YOUR BUDGET. 
          DOESN'T ALWAYS IMPACT THE SCHEDULE. 
          OKAY, SO OTHER OTHER THINGS WE'VE DONE. 
          WE STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2024, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, ASKING OUR CONTRACTORS AND OUR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS TO GIVE US INFORMATION, UM, GIVE US THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S CHALLENGING ABOUT US OR OUR PR UH, PRACTICES. 
          AND, UM, GIVE, UH, THE OTHER THING WAS ASKING ABOUT OUR SPECIFICATIONS. 
          WHAT WAS OUTDATED? WHAT SHOULD WE FOCUS ON? UM, WE ALSO INCREASED OUR MANAGEMENT SIGN-OFFS DURING THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION. 
          UH, THAT, THAT WAS JUST A MORE, JUST MORE DILIGENCE, UM, MAKING SURE MANAGEMENT WAS, MAKING SURE DUE DILIGENCE WAS THOROUGH. 
          AND, UM, THE LAST ONE IS, WE IMPROVED OUR FORMS, THEIR ELECTRONIC TO FILL OUT SO THAT WE COULD MONITOR CHANGE MORE CLOSELY WITH INFORMATION SO WE COULD GRAB THAT INFORMATION AND ANALYZE IT WITH DATA BETTER. 
          DOCUMENTATION ALWAYS HELPS. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE DUE DILIGENCE. 
          IT WAS A FACTOR. 
          UM, MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE REPORT. 
          SO WHEN WE DID TALK TO OUR SUBCONTRACTORS WHO DO THE UNDERGROUND UTILITY WORK, THEY GAVE, THEY ENCOURAGED US TO USE MORE POTHOLING THAN YOU'LL SEE. 
          GROUND PENETRATING RADAR. 
          UM, THAT GAVE US BETTER INFORMATION. 
          YOU REALLY KNOW WHERE THE LINES ARE. 
          THE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR WASN'T AS ACCURATE. 
          UM, AND THEY ALSO ENCOURAGED DIS DESTRUCTIVE TESTING. 
          SO WHAT IS THAT? WELL, THAT'S OPENING UP A WALL OR OPENING UP A CEILING. 
          AND WE DIDN'T USE TO DO THAT UNLESS WE HAD TO. 
          AND VERY RARELY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LIKE INTERRUPTING CLASSROOMS, WE DIDN'T WANT A POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, THEN WE COULDN'T USE A CLASSROOM OR MORE THAN A CLASSROOM. 
          SO NOW WE'VE PUT A, UM, A PROCEDURE TOGETHER. 
          WHEN SHOULD WE USE THAT? WHY SHOULD WE USE IT? HOW DO YOU DO IT? UM, UNDER THE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THOSE LAST THREE BULLETS. 
          A NEW PROCEDURE FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORD DRAWINGS, BASICALLY TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT, RIGHT? IT'S REALLY ANOTHER FORM OF A CHECKLIST, BUT IT'S A GUIDANCE SO THAT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT, 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT A BIG TEAM AND YOU'RE HIRING NEW PEOPLE, THEY REALLY HAVE A CHECKLIST. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'RE AGAIN, DEVELOPING A CHECKLIST TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS THAT REQUIRE TESTING. 
          AND THEN WE'RE PUTTING, UM, A CONSISTENT, UM, TEMPLATE TOGETHER FOR TESTING FOR UNDER DIFFERENT VEHICLES. 
          AND REALLY THE FASTEST FOR US IS TO USE IN-HOUSE M AND O FORCES TO DO THAT. 
          IT, IT REALLY IS THE FASTEST. 
          BUT FOR WE ARE LOOKING AT, AT ANY OPPORTUNITY IN CASE YOU DON'T HAVE THE FORCES YOU NEED. 
          UM, NEXT ONE, ENCOURAGE MORE CONTRACTORS. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER THING WE DID STARTING A YEAR AGO AGO. 
          UM, WE, WE HAVE A NEED FOR AS MANY CONTRACTORS AS WE CAN GET. 
          YOU LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS. 
          WE'VE GOT TONS OF PROJECTS. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF DOLLARS, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS, YOU NEED MORE CONTRACTORS. 
          SO ACTUALLY ON THE BIGGEST PROJECTS, UM, NICK, WE HAD SIX NEW CONTRACTORS COMPETE THIS YEAR. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY SIX, BUT SOUNDS LITTLE, BUT IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH PROCUREMENT, TALKING ABOUT, UM, EXPANSION ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND THEY HAVE, UM, THEY HAVE THEIR APPROACH TOO. 
          WE, WE, THE COLLECTIVE, WE, CHRISTINA AND I AND OTHER LEADERSHIP, UM, MEET WITH THE A GC. 
          WE MEET WITH THE INTER INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND NIKA NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS. 
          WE TALK TO THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          THEY 
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GIVE US FEEDBACK FROM THEIR, UM, WHO THEY REPRESENT. 
          AND THEN WE GO TO, UM, AND MEET AND SHARE. 
          WE ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE. 
          AND THEN AT THESE PANELS WHERE WE ARE ENGAGED AND ASKED TO PRESENT, THEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO PEOPLE ON THE DOWNTIME. 
          AND WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY ACTUALLY TALK TO US, THEY ACTUALLY SAY, HEY, A ONE TIME I WAS GOING TO RUN FOR DPIA DESIGN BUILD OF AMERICA, I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO THE BAR. 
          I ONLY WANTED WATER. 
          I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO THE BAR. 
          AND SOMEONE COMES UP TO ME AND GOES, I GOTTA TALK TO YOU. 
          AND THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO COMMUNICATE. 
          UM, WE ALSO, WE ALSO MEET WITH, UM, MAJOR, OUR MAJOR CONTRACTORS AND THE NEW ONES. 
          WE ARE REACHING OUT TO CONTRACTORS WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          UM, WE ALSO SENT OUT SURVEYS. 
          THEY COULD BE ANONYMOUS AND ASKED THE CONTRACTORS AND THEY TOLD US WHAT THEY THOUGHT. 
          WE HAD MEETINGS LAST DECEMBER WHERE WE INVITED I THINK SIX TO EIGHT OF THE BIGGEST CONTRACTORS THAT DO A LOT OF WORK WITH US, IS MY FAVORITE STORY. 
          SORRY, YOU GOTTA PUT UP WITH ONE STORY. 
          UM, WHAT TIME IS THE GAME? UM, LITERALLY ONE OF THE FIRMS SENT OUT A QUESTIONNAIRE TO THEIR FOLKS WORKING IN THE FIELD AND THEY WROTE BACK AND THEY DIDN'T EDIT IT AND THEY READ IT TO US. 
          IT WAS A LITTLE SALTY AND IN CRITICAL NATURE IN TONE . 
          IT WAS GREAT. 
          IT WAS TRUTHFUL. 
          ANYWAY, WE, UM, WE ARE CONTINUING WITH THIS ACTUALLY. 
          HANDS-ON CALL PEOPLE, SIT DOWN FOR BREAKFAST, HAVE COFFEE, TALK ON THE PHONE, EAT LUNCH TOGETHER. 
          COME IN, TALK TO US. 
          TELL US, TELL US WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW. 
          IT'S BEEN ACTUALLY VERY HELPFUL. 
          UM, THIS IS THE SMALL BUSINESS. 
          THERE'S A SEGMENT OF THE REPORT THAT TALKS A LOT ABOUT THIS. 
          SO I WANNA TELL YOU WHAT WE DO DO, BECAUSE WE DO A LOT. 
          UM, WE WORK WITH PROCUREMENT ON THIS. 
          THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN EXPANDING THIS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          SO WE HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM. 
          WE DO A LOT OF OUTREACH. 
          WE GO TO A LOT OF EVENTS. 
          PROCUREMENTS DOES SOME EVENTS WITH US AND SOME OTHER ONES. 
          WE HAVE AN ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT MEETS WITH US EVERY MONTH. 
          AND, UM, THEN WE ALSO HAVE A BOOTCAMP. 
          SO THE BOOTCAMP IS TWICE A YEAR. 
          SO PEOPLE ARE INVITED AND THEY, THEY TAKE CLASSES ON PUBLIC LAW, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, AND ALL THE RULES IN THE INDUSTRY THAT THEY MAY NOT KNOW. 
          AND THEN, UH, THEY LITERALLY GRADUATE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. 
          AND I GO TO THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GRADUATIONS VERY UPBEAT. 
          OKAY? SO WE'VE MADE ORGANIZATIONAL, UH, REALIGNMENTS TO BE BETTER, STRONGER, UM, MOVE COMPLEX PROJECTS TO, UM, TEAMS THAT WE CREATE THAT HAVE THE SOPHISTICATED OR THE EXPERIENCE TO HANDLE MORE COMPLEX PROJECTS. 
          WE'VE WORKED REALLY BECAUSE OUR CONTRACTORS HAVE TOLD US, WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON A FAIR CHANGE ORDER, CONTRACT ESTIMATING AND HOW WE ESCALATE FROM THE OWNER'S AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SITE THROUGH MANAGEMENT, THROUGH FIVE LEVELS. 
          INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, GO TO CLAIMS. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO ESCALATE THESE ISSUES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LISTENING AND WORKING TO TOGETHER WITH THE CONTRACTOR IN STEPS. 
          UH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THREE MORE, UH, COSTING TERMS SUPPORTING US BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE. 
          THERE'S A LOT, A LOT TO WORK THROUGH. 
          AND WE ARE GONNA, WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE AGING OF CHANGE ORDERS AND EVALUATING THAT. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE MEETINGS I MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          OKAY, SPECS, UPDATES. 
          SO NICK, I'M GONNA GO, THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS HERE. 
          MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. 
          UM, WE BASICALLY COMPLETED, WE REALLY DID A LOT OF WORK. 
          AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WEREN'T WITH US LAST YEAR, WE HAD OUR SUBCONTRACTORS, OUR ENGINEERS IN-HOUSE, PEOPLE WITH THOSE SPECIALTY TRADES, UM, WORK TOGETHER TO UPDATE OUR MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SPECS. 
          WERE DRIVEN BY THE FACT REGULATION. 
          THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WAS MOVING US TO ELECTRICAL ELECTRIFICATION. 
          WE DID A LOT OF THAT WORK IN 2023, 
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BUT THERE WAS A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF, UM, COMPONENTS FOR MECHANICAL THAT WE COULD USE. 
          AND THAT'S GROWING. 
          SO WE HAD TO HAVE THIS TEAM THAT WORKED THROUGH LOOKING AT OUR OPTIONS AND THAT WE HAVE PUBLISHED. 
          AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SHOULD BE PUBLISHED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE ALSO HAD GENSLER ASSOCIATES. 
          WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR, UH, CONSULTANTS WORKING WITH US. 
          ONE THROUGH THE WORKSHOPS AND THEN ONE THROUGH THE ACTUAL SPECS. 
          AND THEN WE, UH, YOU CAN SEE 88 NON MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED. 
          AND WE HAVE 164 THAT ARE ALMOST READY TO GO. 
          SO THAT'S UP, YOU KNOW, THAT'S UPDATING EVERYTHING. 
          FLOORING, GLAZING DOORS, JUST UPDATING EVERYTHING. 
          NOW, BY THE WAY, WE HAVE AN INTERNAL TEAM, BUT WE REALLY DID THIS EFFORT TO BRING EVERYTHING UP TO, UM, CURRENT STANDARDS. 
          SO STILL COMING. 
          I-T-S-L-E-U-S-D INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES IS LOOKING AT 22 MORE SPECIFICATION SECTIONS. 
          AGAIN, THAT SIDE OF THE BUSINESS, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION CAMERAS, THAT'S JUST CHANGING ALL THE TIME. 
          THEY NEVER STOP EITHER. 
          WE'LL EXPECT THOSE NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS THE SECOND BULLET. 
          SO NOW THAT MAR THE MARKET CHANGES AND WE HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRIFICATION, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO STUDY AS SOON AS YOU PUT THIS IN PLACE, IS IT RELIABLE? IS THIS REALLY AN GEO EFFICIENT AND CAN WE MAINTAIN IT AND THEN GO BACK OUT IN THE MARKETPLACE AS THESE THINGS EXPAND. 
          UM, THAT THIRD BULLET, I'LL JUST SAY, IF YOU WEREN'T BUILDING, THIS IS AN EXAGGERATION. 
          IF YOU WEREN'T BUILDING A STUCCO BUILDING, YOU BASICALLY HAD TO FILE A DEVIATION AND SAY, HEY, I'D LIKE TO USE THIS MATERIAL ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. 
          THIS APPLIED TO GLASS TOO, AT THE TIME. 
          THEY JUST WANTED SINGLE PANE GLASS. 
          WELL, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY M AND O WANTS SINGLE PANE GLASS BECAUSE WHEN IT BREAKS, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR AND THEY CAN REPAIR SINGLE PANE. 
          BUT THAT DOESN'T WORK IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN WITH ENERGY REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO INSTEAD OF HAVING PEOPLE WRITE DEVIATION REQUESTS, WE BASICALLY ARE TRYING TO MAKE OUR SPECS UP TO DATE SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THAT EXTRA PAPERWORK, IS REALLY WHAT IT WAS THAT CAME FROM OUR CONTRACTORS. 
          UM, THIS IS SUPER SIMPLE AND I'M JUST GONNA POINT TO ONE WORD. 
          TRAINING TRAINING REALLY IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND SOME OF OUR TEAMS DO A BETTER JOB AT IT. 
          AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          WHAT MORE TRAINING CAN WE DO, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE HIRING? HOW CAN WE HELP PEOPLE HAVE THEIR BOOTS ON THE GROUND? IT'S MUCH EASIER ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE THAN THE DESIGN MANAGEMENT SIDE BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE COMES IN WITH THE BACKGROUND AND THEY REALLY HAVE TO, UM, BE TRAINED. 
          UM, THE, THE ASSET MANAGEMENT DOES A WEEKLY TRAINING IS SET ASIDE AT TIME SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP TRAINING. 
          SO, BUT EVERYONE, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT MAKING THAT BETTER. 
          IT'S ON MY LIST. 
          UH, SO THIS IS THE CRITICAL PART. 
          WHAT DO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON? SO ONE IS REDUCING THE SCALE AND DURATION OF THE PROJECT. 
          SO WE DON'T DO THOSE BIG COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATIONS ANYMORE. 
          WE DO ONE OR TWO BUILDINGS ON A SITE. 
          SMALLER PROJECTS, LESS COMPLEXITY FASTER. 
          WE'VE REDUCED INTERIM FACILITIES AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT WAYS BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE AN INTERIM FACILITY, YOU HAVE AN INTERIM COST. 
          IT DOESN'T, YOU HAVEN'T BOUGHT SOMETHING PERMANENT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE PROS AND CONS OF OUR PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES. 
          WE HAVE A LOT. 
          UM, DESIGN BUILD HAS PROVEN TO BE FASTER. 
          IT'S MORE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF, UH, MANAGEMENT. 
          UM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AGAINST THE A DB, THE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN BUILD. 
          WE HAVE FIVE PROJECTS UNDER THAT MODEL AND WE NEED TO COMPARE IT. 
          THEY'RE NOT FAR ENOUGH ALONG TO COMPARE THE OIG IS DOING A JOB ORDER CONTRACTING AUDIT RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT'LL GIVE US INFORMATION. 
          ANOTHER KEY ONE IS EVALUATING OUR CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEW PROCESS. 
          SO WE DO IT, WE HAVE INTERNAL AND WE HAVE EXTERNAL. 
          AND THE CHALLENGE THERE IS EVALUATING IT. 
          HOW GOOD IS IT ANYWAY, 
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UM, TRAINING'S THE LAST WORD THERE. 
          SO HERE, HERE'S THE TAKEAWAYS. 
          SUMMARIZED. 
          UM, THE FINDINGS CONFIRMED THAT THE MARKET HAS CHALLENGES IN THIS AREA. 
          PERFORMANCE METRICS REALLY NEED TO BE, UM, CONTINUALLY LOOKED AT. 
          AND WE'RE EXPANDING, LOOKING AT THE AGING MORE CAREFULLY. 
          AND, UM, WE ARE ALREADY DOING IT, BUT WE JUST, I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN'T, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT LIKE WE CAN'T ACCEPT WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR 10 YEARS, CAN'T ACCEPT WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR FIVE YEARS. 
          'CAUSE YOU CAN, WHEN YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF ESCALATION, THESE KIND OF MARKET CONDITIONS, YOU CAN SAY TO YOURSELF, LOOK, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. 
          RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, NICK. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU ASKED US TO LOOK AT. 
          UM, WE'VE EXPANDED THE DUE DILIGENCE PHASE SO THAT WE DECREASE, UM, THE NUMBER OF CHANGES. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE PREDICTING, WE'RE PREDICTING SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN BEFORE. 
          CONSISTENTLY WE'RE DOING OUR OUTREACH WITH OUR CONTRACTORS AND OUR ONGOING, UH, WORK WITH SPECIFICATIONS, POLICY AND PROCEDURES AND STAFF TRAINING. 
          SUPER IMPORTANT AND WE HAVEN'T STOPPED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          AND AS I KNOW AT THE OUTSET, I KNOW THERE'S THE, THIS REPORT IS DENSE, UM, THE MATERIALS AND, AND WAS PRESENTED ON BRIEFLY IN APRIL TO THIS COMMITTEE. 
          THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSE WE JUST RECEIVED LATE. 
          AND SO WE'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TODAY. 
          UM, BUT MORE TO DIVE IN. 
          AND I WILL NOTE THINGS LIKE SIX CONTRACTORS FOR WHEN WE HAD TWO FOR SOME OF OUR BIG MAJOR MODS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          AND YOU, IT'S HARD TO KIND OF REALLY ASSESS WHERE THE MARKET'S AT WITH TWO SIX IS A MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT. 
          SO THERE WERE TWO BIDS THAT ONLY HAD TWO, UH, BIDDERS. 
          OH, WELL, BUT OF MANY, MANY OTHER PROJECTS. 
          YOU WERE SAYING SIX IS THE AVERAGE OR WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT HAD SIX. 
          OH, NO, NO. 
          WE HAVE SIX NEW MAJOR CONTRACTORS, THE BIG BOYS OH. 
          WHO HAVE NOW ENTERED INTO THE GOT WHO ARE NOW LOOKING AT IT. 
          THESE BIGGER PROJECTS. 
          YES. 
          AND BIDDING ON THEM. 
          UM, WHAT I MEANT. 
          BUT, BUT IN TERMS OF, UH, FAIRFAX WAS ONE. 
          AND THE RECENT BOROUGHS PROJECT BOTH ONLY HAD TWO BETTERS. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I WILL TURN IT TO MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UM, NOTING THE TIME. 
          BUT THAT, AND THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS IN COMING MEETINGS. 
          BUT QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YES. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT ENGAGING, UH, FOR, UH, TARGETED STAKEHOLDERS. 
          HAVE YOU CONSIDERED, UH, CONTACTING OR ENGAGING WITH LOCAL NINE. 
          NINE? WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE REPRESENT HVAC CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERS. 
          SO WE DO THAT TWO WAYS. 
          UM, ONE IS WE'RE STARTING TO GO TO THEIR MEETINGS AND SIT ON THEIR PANELS OR BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ENCOURAGING TO ASK US TO, TO COME SO WE CAN TALK TO THEM. 
          UM, THAT'S OUR, UH, PROJECT EXECUTION SIDE IS DOING THAT. 
          AND THEN, UH, THERE'S A PSA GROUP. 
          THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY, UH, WITH THE UNIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          I ALSO SENT THE MECHANICAL SPECS, OH, I'M GONNA FORGET THEIR NUMBER. 
          . 
          I SENT OUR, UH, DRAFT MECHANICAL SPEC SPECS. 
          WHO IS THAT? CHRISTINA, DO YOU REMEMBER? STAR 1 0 5? IS IT 1 0 5? I'M NOT SURE, BUT I DID SEND IT OUT. 
          UM, THEY, THAT THEY HAD, UH, EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN LOOKING AT THEM, ASKED FOR THEIR COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, YES, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN, AND THEN MS. CUNNINGHAM. 
          UM, JUST SUPER BRIEFLY, YOU KNOW, I I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE AHEAD OF THE, THE COMPETITION, OUR, OUR, UM, PEERS AS IT WERE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE TIMING AND THE COST. 
          'CAUSE YOU READ THE REPORT AND YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, THIS IS HUNDREDS OF DAYS DELAYED AND LIKE 50 90% OF THE COST IT'S GONE UP AND IT FEELS REALLY HARD TO CONSUME THAT. 
          BUT HEARING THE CONTEXT, IT, IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 
          UM, I DID WANNA ASK THOUGH, WE DON'T ALWAYS, BUT WE OFTEN, UH, AWARD THE BID TO THE LOWEST BIDDER, GIVEN THE CHANGE ORDERS AND HOW MUCH PRICES INCREASE OVER TIME, IS IT STILL THE LOWEST IT COULD HAVE BEEN? OH, OKAY. 
          SO ONE, WE DON'T REALLY USE FORMAL LOW BID ON VERY MANY PROJECTS. 
          WE USE DESIGN BUILD, WHICH IS A COMPETITION. 
          WE USE, UM, BEST VALUE, A SIMPLE BEST VALUE, SORRY, IN A COMPLEX. 
          SO, SO ALL THREE OF THOSE LOOK AT THE FIRM, THE KEY PEOPLE, THEIR, THE SAFETY RECORDS, WHICH ACTUALLY YOU LOOK AT ON ANYTHING, UH, THEIR PLANNED PHASING IN LOGISTICS, HOW THEY'VE ANALYZED THE PROJECT. 
          I MEAN, I COULD ALWAYS DO THAT NEXT TIME. 
          GIVE YOU A REAL QUICK, UM, 
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BRIEF, BRIEF, UM, DIS DESCRIPTION OF EACH ONE. 
          WE DO NOT USUALLY USE A FORMAL LOW BED, THOUGH WE DO ON ROOFING AND A FEW OTHERS NOT ON HVAC, EITHER NOT BIG HVAC PROJECTS. 
          I, I THINK I WAS CONFUSING LOWEST BID WITH BEST VALUE BECAUSE IN MY MIND, AND A LOT OF TIMES THE LOWEST BID IS THE BEST VALUE. 
          BUT I GUESS THAT'S MY WONDERING, AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR A FUTURE CONVERSATION. 
          OH, IS, IS IT REALLY THE BEST VALUE IF THE PRICE GOES UP 50 90% AND IT'S DELAYED HUNDREDS OF DAYS? AND SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR US TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE HOW DOES THAT, UM, DESCRIPTION MATCH THE OUTPUT ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THE PROJECT? BY THE WAY, YOU NOTICE I DIDN'T TALK A LOT ABOUT SCHEDULE BECAUSE THE PROJECTS THAT WERE EVALUATED WERE IMPACTED BY COVID, SO IT WASN'T STUDIED. 
          UM, BUT SCHEDULE IMPACT IS IMPORTANT. 
          AND, UH, I THINK PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACTORS, THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT. 
          HOW, HOW ARE WE EVALUATING THEIR PAST PERFORMANCE? ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE DISCUSSED, AND I THINK SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMITTEE HAVE MORE EXPERTISE ON THIS, IS THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO BID PROJECTS WITH NO CHANGE AND, UM, REQUIRE OR STIPULATE NO CHANGE ORDERS. 
          LIKE YOU PAY A LITTLE HIGHER ON THE, ON THE FRONT END, YOU PAY A PREMIUM BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR'S ASSUMING ANY OF THE RISK. 
          BUT TO TANYA'S POINT, I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO. 
          IF SOMEONE LIKE, NO, THERE'S NO, LIKE IF YOUR KID, THE LOW BID, IF YOU COME IN AND YOU SAY A PROJECT'S GONNA COST 50 MILLION AND THEN NOW IT COSTS A HUNDRED AND THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSON WHO BID 60, LIKE IT'S NO LONGER THE LOW BID. 
          UM, AND WHEN, UH, WHEN OUR, UM, WELL ANYWAYS, I'LL SAVE SOME OF MY COMMENTS FOR THE END. 
          UH, ANYTHING ELSE, MS OR FRANKLIN? YES. 
          UH, MS. BECK, MS. CUNNINGHAM, AND THEN MS. GREEN SPENT, CAN I JUST MAKE UP, BUT SOME OF THE, IN THIS REPORT, SOME OF ITS CHANGE ORDERS, IT'S NOT, IT'S ADS LIKE YEAH, IT'S VEN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY DID A BASEBALL FIELD. 
          LIKE THAT WAS NOT A CHANGE. 
          A CHANGE. 
          AND I, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A LITTLE MISLEADING HERE IN THAT CAPACITY. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED THE ROOFING. 
          THAT'S A SCOPE CHANGE. 
          AND UH, THOSE KINDS OF CHANGES COME WITH CRITICAL REPAIR DOLLARS WHERE YOU TAKE, HERE'S A CRITICAL REPAIR BUCKET AND WE TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT IT OVER HERE. 
          AND THAT'S HAPPENED ON A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS. 
          UM, NOT JUST, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON OR YOU FIND HVAC EQUIPMENT THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS OVER HERE ON THESE FOUR BUILDINGS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FOUR YEARS INTO THE PROJECT AND THIS, THIS EQUIPMENT OVER HERE HAS BEEN BANDAGED FOR 20 YEARS. 
          SO CAN YOU JUST DO IT? UM, AND BY THE WAY, YOU DON'T JUST DO IT. 
          YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FAIR COST ESTIMATE. 
          YOU HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, BY THE WAY, ANY, ANY CHANGE ORDER OVER A MILLION DOLLARS GOES THROUGH AN AUDIT. 
          BY THE WAY. 
          YOU JUST HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TOO, IT LIKE, WE'RE GETTING TOO COMFORTABLE HERE WHEN YOU'RE LIKE, IF THERE'S AN HVAC PROJECT AND IT'S THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE PROJECT AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, HOW IS AN HVAC PROJECT TAKING FOUR YEARS? I KNOW, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, ALEX, THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 
          UM, MRS. CUNNINGHAM, I'M NEWBIE, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING ONE OF THE MORE COMPLEX PROBLEMS, UH, AND A BIG PICTURE MACRO. 
          SO WE'RE REDUCING THE, REDUCE THE SCALE AND DURATION OF THE PROJECTS, RIGHT? SO MAKE IT SMALLER. 
          MY THOUGHT IS GREAT. 
          THEN YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF NEWNESS AT MORE CAMPUSES, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR A CAMPUS TO GET FULLY DILAPIDATED BEFORE WE GO IN AND DO IT. 
          SO THAT'S A, A GOOD THING. 
          BUT I DO WORRY THAT IT'S KIND OF THE BANDAID AND THAT YOU'RE JUST MAKING LIKE ONE LITTLE PIECE PRETTY AND NOT, BUT IS THE REASON THAT WE'RE MAKING IT SMALLER BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GETTING MORE GENERAL CONTRACTORS TO GET INVOLVED AND BE INTERESTED IN THE PROJECT. 
          SO, UH, AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS, THESE ARE ALL THE COMPLEXITY? ALL THE ABOVE. 
          ALL OF THE ABOVE. 
          ABOVE, OKAY. 
          ABOVE. 
          BUT THE COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATIONS, THOSE BIG 22, I MEAN YOU WERE GOING THE, THE BIG DRIVERS, HOW DID WE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S PRIORITIZED BASICALLY WITH DATA. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THOSE WERE PRIORITIZED. 
          SEISMIC VULNERABILITY, PHYSICAL CONDITION, THE BUILDINGS, PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE GROUNDS, PERCENTAGE OF CLASSROOMS IN PORTABLES, UH, SECURITY AT THE FRONT DOOR. 
          THERE WERE LIKE NINE FACTORS. 
          I CAN'T REMEMBER 'EM ALL UNLESS YOU WANNA GIVE ME ANOTHER MINUTE TO, BUT, UM, YOU, WE DROVE TO THE OLDEST CAMPUSES BY DOING THAT. 
          UM, NOW WE ARE, WE GO TO A CAMPUS AND WE LOOK AT, WE DID, UH, THE CURRENT ONES AND WE SAID, OKAY, WHICH OF THE BUILDINGS WE REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS SEALLY, WHERE ARE THOSE VULNERABILITIES? AND THAT'S OUR BIG FOCUS NOW IS ADDRESSING SIZE OF VULNERABILITY. 
          BECAUSE IT'S SAFETY IN MY HOME AREA OF, OF WESTCHESTER AND VENICE, THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF TENSION AMONGST OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR RESIDENTS, ON WANTING TO GET MORE DONE AT WESTCHESTER 
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HIGH. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE FOR THREE YEARS WITH ALL MY KIDS IN TRAILERS, BUT WE WERE THANKFUL TO BE THERE WITH, WITH CATHERINE JOHNSON. 
          BUT YOU COULD DEFINITELY SEE, AND THEN TAKING HER FROM THAT CAMPUS TO VENICE, IT IS SUCH A STARK DIFFERENCE. 
          BUT I ALSO LOVE ENROLLMENT AND I LOVE, UH, WELCOMING NEW FAMILIES. 
          AND SOMETIMES IF YOU JUST SEE A BANDAID CAMPUS THAT DOESN'T GET YOU EXCITED TO COME. 
          SO I'M, I'M SEEING ALL THE, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS PROCESSING THE, THE PROBLEMS YOU'RE DEALING WITH CORRECTLY. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE I AM. 
          SO, AND YOU NEVER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 
          I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING THE NEED FAR EXCEEDS THE, THE GENEROSITY OF OUR TAXPAYERS. 
          WELL, IN A PUBLIC MEETING, I'LL THANK THE TAXPAYERS FOR THEIR GENEROSITY TOWARDS US , UH, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, TWO RECORD SETTING BONDS, BUT YES. 
          UM, MS. GREENSPAN, DID YOU, UM, WE, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WERE HERE WHEN THEY CAME. 
          MCT CAME AND KIND OF GAVE A LITTLE OH, I WAS OH, YOU WERE, I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          UM, DID YOU FIND THEIR REPORT EFFECTIVE? I MEAN, I KIND OF JUST CYNICALLY KIND OF FELT LIKE THEY STEERED AT MAYBE HOW THEY WANNA DO. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          I JUST DID YOU DID YOU I DOING, I, I MEAN DOING THINGS, THE KPIS ARE TOTALLY STANDARD, BASICALLY. 
          BUT JUST THE PROJECTS THEY PICKED OR YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. 
          OH, THE PROJECTS THEY PICKED, THEY HAD 99 PROJECTS TO PICK THROUGH. 
          AND WE DID HAVE DISCUSSIONS, UM, ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE SAID, WE SAID, HEY, THESE HAVE POSSIBLE CLAIMS, SO TAKE THOSE OFF THE LIST. 
          BUT WE LET THEM PICK. 
          WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T THE ONLY PEOPLE WITH A VOICE ON THAT. 
          I GUESS 10 IS A SMALL STUDY, YOU KNOW? YEAH, YEAH. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY PICKED 10. 
          I, I I DIDN'T RECOMMENDATION CONTRACT. 
          DID YOU FIND, DID YOU FIND THE RECOMMENDATIONS EFFECTIVE OR IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE DOING A LOT OF THEM ALREADY. 
          I GUESS ONE WE ARE DOING, THERE'S TWO OR THREE THAT, UM, I NEED MORE FOCUS ON. 
          BUT YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, YOU, YOU COULD, WHEN YOU COME IN, WHEN YOU'RE INSIDE, LIKE I WAS IN DIFFERENT ROLES, I COULD SEE IT. 
          SO I HAD A, A SENSE OF IT ALSO. 
          I COULD READ REPORTS. 
          UM, AND THEN I JUST AM ALWAYS THE VOICE OF YOU GOTTA GOTTA IMPROVE. 
          I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, TO ME IS THE BIGGEST BENEFIT TO US IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS IT'S NOT JUST CHRISTINA AND I SAYING, HEY, WE GOTTA CHANGE. 
          HEY, WE HAVE A REPORT. 
          SO GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GONNA CHANGE. 
          GETTING PEOPLE TO CHANGE IN AN ORGANIZATION. 
          ESPECIALLY LOOK AT, YOU'VE BEEN DOING BO BOND PROGRAM FROM 1997. 
          YOU CAN ALWAYS SAY, WELL, THAT'S HOW WE DO IT. 
          WELL THAT'S NOW, NOW WE HAVE, UM, NICK AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OTHERS AND YOU SUPPORTING US IN SAYING WE NEED TO CHANGE AND WE NEED TO THINK DIFFERENTLY. 
          UH, MR. JOHNSON HOUR AND A HALF LATE HERE. 
          SO I APOLOGIZE, , UM, QUESTION. 
          IF YOU TOOK YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET AND YOU LOOKED AT HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE SEISMIC, RETROFIT, UPGRADE, WHAT HAVE YOU, NEW CONSTRUCTION, LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE, IF YOU PUT IT IN BUCKETS, WHAT PERCENT FOR EACH, HOW MANY PROJECTS AND AN ANNUALLY AND WHAT JUST ANNUALLY? JUST ROUGH BALL IT. 
          OH GOD, THERE'S SO MUCH. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE 700 AND SOME, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I MEAN, DOLLAR WISE, I THINK NO, FORGET DOLLARS. 
          JUST SAY PERCENTAGE ONE. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS. 
          JUST GIMME A BIG PICTURE. 
          I THINK WE HAVE, IF I, IF I JUST LOOK AT THE LATEST MEASURE US, I THINK IT'S ABOUT 2 BILLION FOR MODERNIZATION SEISMIC RETROFITS AND REPLACEMENTS. 
          UH, CLASSROOM REPLACEMENTS. 
          I CAN ANSWER. 
          SO CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND, UM, PROJECTS, 1,115 PROJECTS UNDERWAY, UM, AT A TOTAL VALUE OF $9.56 BILLION. 
          AND OF THAT, THEY RANGE FROM VERY SMALL PROJECTS LIKE REBUILDING MARQUEES OR PUTTING UP SHADE SHELTER PROJECTS TO VERY LARGE COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATION PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND SEISMIC VULNERABLE BUILDINGS, UM, AT THE MAJORITY OF THE CAMPUS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. 
          SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE INTERNALLY MANAGING THAT PROCESS? SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY, I WOULD SAY 300 FOLKS BETWEEN OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAMS. UM, AND PROBABLY ANOTHER A HUNDRED IN SUPPORT POSITIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE OVERSIGHT OF ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS. 
          AND WHAT METRIC ON ANY JOB DO YOU USE TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT IT SHOULD COME IN AT COST-WISE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, AFTER, AFTER THE DESIGN IS PERMITTED, HERE'S WHAT THE BIDS 
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ARE COMING BACK AT. 
          WHAT METRIC DO YOU USE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SHOULDN'T GO FORWARD WITH THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MARKET IS EITHER FROZEN OR SOMETHING'S GOING ON. 
          YEAH, THAT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S A VERY VALID QUESTION. 
          SO THE PROJECTS THAT WE BRING FOR THE MOST PART ARE TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF SAFETY AND OPERATIONS THAT WOULD IMPACT SCHOOLS IF NOT OTHERWISE DONE. 
          SO. 
          WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING THAT IS BROKEN DOWN AND IS NO LONGER AIR, UM, ABLE TO, UH, REPAIR. 
          WE HAVE SEISMIC VULNERABILITIES THAT IF WE DIDN'T ADDRESS, WE KNOW WE MAY PUT KIDS AT RISK. 
          WE HAVE ROOFS THAT ARE LEAKING THAT IF WE DIDN'T, UM, REPLACE WOULD CREATE MOLD ISSUES AND WE'D HAVE TO EVACUATE BUILDINGS. 
          SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DISCRETION UNLIKE THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF SHOULD THIS BE AN INVESTMENT TOWER OR SHOULD THIS BE, UM, YOU KNOW, A SUBURBAN HOUSING. 
          YEAH, GOTTA DO IT. 
          WE REALLY HAVE TO DO IT. 
          WHAT WE DO LOOK AT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE MARKET CONDITIONS IF WE DON'T GET ENOUGH BIDS, WE DO LOOK AT WHETHER WE SHOULD RE UM, PULL BACK AND CANCEL BIDS AND REBID PROJECTS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE THE AMOUNT OF COMPETITION, UM, LIKE THE PROJECTS THAT ALIX WAS REFERRING TO, WHERE WE ONLY GOT TWO BIDS. 
          UM, WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AND IF WE DIDN'T BID THAT PROJECT NOW, THERE WAS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF MORE INTEREST LATER BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF WORK THAT WE HAVE COMING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BUT WE'VE ALSO WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM. 
          LIKE WHEN WE'VE HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF ROOFING PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA UNDERTAKE OR HVAC OF, HOW DO WE START TO PULL CONTRACTORS, MAYBE EVEN OUTSIDE THE LA AREA WHO HAVEN'T DONE WORK WITH THE DISTRICT SO THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE CAPACITY. 
          BUT WHAT THE REPORT SHOWED IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PUBLIC SECTOR WORK HERE NOW, AND IT IS A SOMEWHAT LIMITED MARKET. 
          UM, SO IT IS A TENSION THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA NECESSARILY DELAY WHAT IS VERY CRITICAL WORK TO OUR CAMPUSES BY PUTTING OFF THOSE BIDS. 
          BUT WE ALSO WANNA ENSURE WE'RE GETTING COMPETITIVE PRICES. 
          AND, AND YOU'RE REQUIRED TO USE SIGNATORY LABOR ON ANY OF THIS, RIGHT? YES. 
          WE HAVE A PROJECT STABILIZATION AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY OUR BOARD THAT REQUIRES IT ON BOND FUNDED PROJECTS? IS EVERYTHING BOND FUNDED? NO, WE HAVE A SEPARATE WHOLE, UM, M AND O DIVISION THAT DOES REPAIR PROJECTS. 
          BUT THOSE ARE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT. 
          MORE OF COMPONENTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE BOND FUNDED. 
          HAVE YOU GUYS STUDIED MODULAR AND, UH, PANELIZED, UH, TYPE CONSTRUCTION? YES. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, AND WE'VE USED THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          AND YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CONCLUSIONS AS TO THAT? UM, WE'RE OPEN-MINDED ABOUT USING THEM, THEM AGAIN. 
          I MEAN, DID IT SAVE MONEY? DID IT SAVE TIME? DID IT, UH, IT, IT SAVES TIME AND IT SAVED SOME MONEY, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS ONE WOULD THINK. 
          UM, BUT WE, WE, I MEAN, WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT THE, UH, THE POLY PROJECTS, I REALLY THOUGHT, HEY, IS THIS WHERE WE SHOULD USE MODULARS? BUT WE DID NOT. 
          VARIETY OF REASONS. 
          FEMA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          UM, ONE OTHER THING IS THAT AT LEAST IN THE BIGGER PROJECTS, EVERY TIME WE HAVE DECIDED TO REBID IT NEVER CAME IN LOWER. 
          NOW THAT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DIDN'T COME IN LOWER? THE BIDS. 
          THE BIDS, BECAUSE ESCALATION IS CONTINUING. 
          WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN THE, WHEN THE CONTRACTORS ARE BIDDING THESE JOBS, WHAT DO YOU THINK THEIR GENERAL CONDITION SLASH OVER PROFIT IS? IS THERE AN EXPECTATION THAT IT'S 20% AS FAR AS THE, UH, UH, THE PROFIT OR HIGHER? WELL, WHAT WE BUDGET, AND I'D HAVE TO ASK THAT QUESTION FROM A TECHNICAL POINT OF VIEW FROM PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE STUDIED THIS, BUT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S ON OPERATIONAL SITES, WE JUST BUDGET AND BECAUSE WE HAVE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS TYPICALLY AND OR CONDITIONS, WE ASSUME BETWEEN 25 AND 30, PRETTY TYPICALLY ON THE BIGGER PROJECTS, NOT ON THE SMALLER PROJECTS. 
          THAT'S HUGE. 
          IT IS. 
          THAT IS HUGE. 
          UM, BUT IT'S BASED ON OPERATIONAL ISSUES. 
          PUTTING MY BUSINESS AS A DEVELOPER. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I'M GONNA GO INTO THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, IT IS, THAT IS A HUGE MARGIN. 
          BUT IS THAT INCLUDING GENERAL CONDITIONS? GENERAL CONDITIONS, FENCING, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION? THERE ARE OFFICES. 
          OFFICES FOR THE INSPECTION, NOT JUST PROFIT. 
          YEAH. 
          OH, NO, IT'S NOT PROFIT. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          , I WAS GONNA SAY. 
          ALRIGHT, SO, SO MAYBE IT DEPENDS ON THE JOB AS FAR AS GENERAL CONDITIONS AND WHAT IT'S GONNA BE. 
          YES. 
          OF THAT 30% OR SO. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND YOU HAVE SUCH A RANGE OF PROJECTS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE MUCH AS MUCH GC OVER IN HEAD AND PROFIT ON SOME OF OUR GREEN PROJECTS, YOU KNOW? BUT WHAT OTHER QUESTION BEFORE I FORGET? UH, AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S A BUDGET. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING. 
          THAT'S A BUDGET. 
          THAT'S NOT FACTUAL. 
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DO I HAVE DATA TO TELL YOU WHAT IT IS? WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE REBUILDING MARQUEZ, UH, IN THE PALISADES MM-HMM . 
          UM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING DIFFERENTLY? I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE BUILDING A HOME, WE HAVE TO COMPLY IN A, IN A, UH, UH, THE SEVEN A REQUIREMENTS FOR THE, UH, THE BUILDING CODE CLASS, A ROOF, THE DEFENSIBLE SPACE, THE DUAL PANE TEMPERED WINDOWS. 
          WHAT ARE YOU DOING DIFFERENTLY IN BUILDING IT TO, UM, TRY TO ENSURE THAT YOU'VE HARDENED IT AS HARD AS IT CAN BE? AND WHAT ARE YOU HELD, UH, WHAT ARE THE RULES FOR THIS WHERE WE HAVE RULES WE GOTTA FOLLOW? WHAT ARE YOUR RULES? SO, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO WE HAVE THREE FIRMS WORKING ON ONE ON EACH, THAT ALL HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH RESILIENCY AND BUILDING AND FIRE ZONES. 
          WE HAVE OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS ADVISING US. 
          AND ACTUALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, I THINK NEXT WEEK WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING LOOKING AT ALL OF THE OPTIONS TO FINALIZE THE DESIGN, THE USE OF MATERIALS. 
          BUT WE'RE USING, UM, ALL THE THINGS YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE WE BASICALLY BUILD OUR BUILDINGS THAT WAY ANYWAY. 
          SO IT'S MORE JUST THE DIS DEFENSIBLE SPACE, THE SELECTION OF PLANTS, HOW FAR THEY WERE, UM, USE OF MASONRY AT MARQUEZ. 
          UM, YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE, UH, WHETHER YOUR CONCRETE, UH, STEEL WOOD, EVERYTHING BURNS. 
          EXACTLY. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GIVING YOU MORE TIME TO GET TO THE, UH, FOR THE FIRST RESPONDER TO GET THERE. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          AND, AND WE ARE BUILDING AND WE UH, UH, UH, BUILDING, WORKING ON RESILIENCY SPECIFICATIONS AS WE DO THIS COORDINATING WITH DWP OUT THERE. 
          WELL, WE DO COORDINATE WITH DWP ON EVERYTHING POSSIBLY. 
          WOW. 
          WELL, ESPECIALLY WITH, YEAH. 
          THE FIRE HYDRANTS NOW ARE 300 FEET APART VERSUS 800 FEET AND ALL OF THAT. 
          I THINK TOO, WHEN WE HAVE A, UM, OUR NEXT COMING MEETING, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A DEEP DIVE ONTO THE PALISADES REBUILD. 
          AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT FIGHTING A DODGER GAME AND FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. 
          AND WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, THANK YOU, RANDY. 
          OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? UM, SO NEXT TIME WE GET TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE IN, I MEAN, YES, THERE'S A LOT MORE HERE. 
          I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT LIKE THE CHANGE ORDER PROCESS. 
          ME TOO. 
          AND I THINK, SO WE'LL, WE'LL DEBRIEF AND DISCUSS THAT MORE. 
          UM, I ALSO, I'LL JUST SAY MY TWO, MY TWO QUESTIONS WILL KIND OF FORM AS COMMENTS JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. 
          'CAUSE I WANNA QUICKLY DO THE PROCUREMENT PRESENTATION. 
          AND THEN I KNOW PEOPLE ARE MULTITASKING ALREADY AS IT'S 5 0 8. 
          BUT ONE, I WOULD BE CURIOUS, THE KPIS THAT YOU'VE ADDRESSED, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE AT THE COMMITTEE. 
          YES. 
          AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE THEM TRANSPARENTLY, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PUBLIC MM-HMM . 
          AND ALSO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'VE IMPROVED AND, AND BASED ON THIS REPORT, WHAT IS CHANGING SPECIFICALLY ON THOSE KPIS OR EITHER WE'RE ADDING OR REMOVING. 
          AND THEN ARE WE SEEING IMPROVEMENT? BECAUSE I THINK IF WE SPENDING $180,000 FOR A REPORT THAT TO MS. GREEN SPENDS POINT, UM, AND THOSE WILL BE MY SECOND COMMENT IS A LITTLE LIKE, WELL, OKAY, WE'RE DOING FINE. 
          WHEN I THINK THIS COMMITTEE FEELS, UM, THAT THERE'S IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE, I'D BE CURIOUS, LIKE, AFTER ADJUSTING TO THIS, ARE THOSE KPIS IMPROVING AT ALL? AND IF NOT, WHY? SECONDLY, I DO SAY, YOU KNOW, PIGGYBACKING OFF OF BOTH MS. GREENSPAN AND MR. JOHNSON, I THINK THERE'S, UM, THE SPIRIT OF IMPROVEMENT AND UH, CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT IN FACILITIES IS LAUDABLE. 
          AND I THINK SOME OF THIS IS, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING IN INTERNALLY, BUT I HAVE A LITTLE SKEPTICISM WITH THIS REPORT BASED ON HOW THESE PROJECTS WERE DETERMINED BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT WENT THROUGH, NOT THIS REPORT, BUT THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSE WENT THROUGH SIX DIFFERENT DRAFTS OF ITERATION WITH THE TECHNICALLY AN INDEPENDENT REPORT THAT THE, UM, I ASKED AT THAT, ON THAT OUTSET ABOUT KIND OF THE, WHERE WE'RE SEEING, AND I, YOU FOLLOW UP WITH THAT 38.4% CONSTRUCTION INCREASE BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE SAYING, WELL, OUR PROJECTS ON AVERAGE WENT UP 42% OVER BUDGET. 
          BUT THAT'S FINE BECAUSE THE WHOLE CONSTRUCTION MARKET WENT 38.4%. 
          NO, I WAS SAYING THAT WAS, THAT DOES NOT CORRELATE. 
          WELL, THAT DOES NOT, THE MATH FOR THAT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE 42%. 
          YES, I THINK THERE'S A COMPONENT, BUT THERE'S SCOPE CHANGE. 
          THAT'S WHAT DRIVES THAT. 
          AND I'D BE CURIOUS BECAUSE OSTENSIBLY THE OTHER BENCHMARK DISTRICTS, UH, AND PEER DISTRICTS, AND THERE ARE ONLY A FEW, WHICH IS ANOTHER CONCERN I HAD ABOUT THIS REPORT. 
          UM, ALSO WERE EXPERIENCING THOSE SAME OVERAGES. 
          I ALSO THINK TOO, THAT LIKE HVAC REPLACEMENT IS A BIG IMPORTANT THING WE DO, BUT IT WAS THE ONLY COST ONLY, UM, COST PER SQUARE FOOT COMPARISON IN THE ENTIRE REPORT. 
          UM, AND H YOU KNOW, ROOFING COMP MODS, MAJOR MODS, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SPENDING MOST OF OUR MONEY IS WASN'T REALLY DELVED INTO. 
          SO I THINK, UH, TO YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE'LL HAVE MORE TIME TO DISCUSS. 
          I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK OF THESE NEW CONTRACTORS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING WITH THE QUESTIONNAIRE, INCLUDING IF FOLKS ARE READING, UH, THEIR ANSWERS 
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PUBLICLY IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHY FOLKS ARE RETICENT TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT AND HOW WE WE IMPROVE THAT AND MAYBE GETTING SOME CONTRACTORS TO COME. 
          I KNOW IT'S TOUGH 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALSO BIDDING ON PROJECTS, BUT, UM, OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, THANK YOU MS. O'BRIEN. 
          UM, BUT, BUT I DO WANNA REITERATE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE SUBJECT, WE DIDN'T MANAGE THE CONTRACT, LIKE I SAID IN THE BEGINNING, WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT IN WE GOT THIS, THE, THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSE TO THIS REPORT, YES, WENT THROUGH A LOT OF ITERATIVE WORK WITH MGT TO GIVE THE DISTRICT A RESPONSE ON AN OSTENSIBLY AND INDEPENDENT REPORT. 
          AND I THINK THAT JUST RAISES EYEBROWS. 
          YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE SOMETHING LIKE, THE PURPOSE OF THESE COMMITTEES AND THESE BOARD MEETINGS IS FROM SOMEONE DOING AN INDEPENDENT REPORT. 
          WE REVIEW IT AND THEN THE DISTRICT CAN RESPOND. 
          BUT THE BACK AND FORTH AND LIKE CHOOSING THE PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIVE, IT JUST, IT STRUCK ME WITH A, A LITTLE BIT OF SKEPTICISM, UM, IN TERMS OF CASTING DOUBT ON ITS INDEPENDENCE, UM, TO SOME EXTENT. 
          THAT'S MY SOAPBOX. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WILL NOTE THE TIME, 
          [II.3. Procurement Updates]
BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF BOTH MR. FRIEDMAN AND, UM, OUR, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ, OUR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBER FROM THE PROCUREMENT, UM, DIVISION. 
          AND SO I WANT TO HAVE THE PROCUREMENT, UH, PRESENTATION FROM MR. FREEMAN AND HIS TEAM. 
          UM, I KNOW IT'S RELATIVELY BRIEF, AND SO AGAIN, QUESTIONS ARE VALID, BUT IF FOLKS WANT TO KIND OF HOLD THEM, WE'LL, WE'LL PICK THIS UP AGAIN IN THE NEXT MEETING. 
          WE HAVE A FEW PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND THEN WE DO WANNA ADJOURN AND THE NEXT HALF AN HOUR, UM, UH, AND IF FOLKS WANT CALL OUT DODGER SCORES PERIODICALLY, THAT IS TOTALLY FINE. 
          UM, SO I WILL NOW TURN TO OUR FINAL PRESENTATION OF THE DAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, PROCUREMENT FEELS LIKE THIS ESOTERIC TERM, UH, BUT REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND IT ALREADY CAME UP IN THESE PRESENTATIONS, WAS HOW WE, UH, GET THE THINGS THAT WE NEED, WHETHER THAT'S A BUILDING AT A SCHOOL OR WHETHER THAT'S A PENCIL FOR A STUDENT, UM, OR, OR AN IPAD. 
          UM, AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION THE KIND OF HIGH LEVEL SOME OF THE WORK THAT, UH, IS GOING ON IN THE PROCUREMENT DIVISION TO IMPROVE BOTH EFFICIENCY, UM, AND SOME TRANSPARENCY. 
          AND THEN WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          I'M DANA MJ GREER, AND I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, MR. ORGE VELARDO. 
          AND IN THE SPIRIT OF SIMPLICITY, WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU HOW WE'RE MAKING IT EASIER TO DO BUSINESS WITH L-A-U-S-D. 
          SO ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE TOOK FIVE POLICIES IN FIVE MONTHS, AND WE CAME OUT WITH SOME REALLY CLEAR DIRECTIONS. 
          WE CHANGED OUR PROCUREMENT PCARD POLICY TO ADDRESS IN IMPRESS ACCOUNTS. 
          THE IN IMPRESS ACCOUNTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOLS TO BUY FOOD AND OTHER ANCILLARY, UM, ITEMS, AND HAD A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES. 
          SO WITH OUR STREAMLINE PCARD POLICY, WE WERE ABLE TO PICK UP 9% ADDITIONAL CARD HOLDERS, SO ABOUT 1500 CARDS AND MAKE THAT PROCESS EASIER. 
          WE CLARIFIED EXPECTATIONS ON BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR, UH, FOR OUR CONTRACTORS. 
          OUR MOU POLICY IS BRAND NEW, SO WE PUT SOME STRUCTURE AROUND THAT WITH EXPECTATIONS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ALL DONE CONSISTENTLY. 
          AND WE CAME OUT WITH SOME ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS FOR OUR FUEL CARD PROGRAM, MORE TRAINING THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THAT. 
          AND I THINK THE BEST OF ALL FROM A SIMPLICITY STANDPOINT IS WE TOOK, UH, OUR 10TH EDITION OF OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY, WHICH WAS ABOUT 193 PAGES, AND WE PUT SOME GRAPHICS IN AND REALLY CLEAR CUT. 
          AND IT'S ABOUT 10 PAGES NOW, SO YOU CAN READ IT, YOU CAN COMPREHEND IT AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, HERE WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EFFORTS WE'RE DOING ON THE MEDIA SIDE OF THINGS IN TERMS OF OUTREACH, UH, BASICALLY SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          AND, UH, WE USED TO HAVE A LINKEDIN AND INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT, BUT WE REALLY WEREN'T USING IT. 
          WE WERE JUST KIND OF POSTING OUR BID LIST. 
          AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. 
          UH, WHAT WE DID IS KIND OF FOCUSED IT ON A PER PROJECT BASIS AND EVENT BASIS AND START CREATING FLYERS AROUND THAT AND POSTING THAT THROUGHOUT. 
          UH, WE'VE SEEN OUR, OUR OUTREACH AND VIEWS SKYROCKET, BASICALLY. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PUTTING ON THERE. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE EVANS COMMUNITY ADULT SCHOOL, WE'VE KIND OF FOCUSED ON PUTTING SCHOOLS WHERE WE CAN, WHERE WE CAN FIND GOOD IMAGES TO KIND OF ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, KIND OF GET THE, THE COMMUNITY PASSING AROUND THAT INFORMATION. 
          LIKE, HEY, THEY'RE DOING A MODERNIZATION. 
          HEY, THEY'RE DOING A REPAIR. 
          AND HOPEFULLY GET IN IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY EXCITED, WHICH GETS THE LOCAL, HOPEFULLY CONTRACTORS EXCITED, WHICH HOPEFULLY PARTICIPATES IN OUR BIDS, RIGHT? INCREASES THOSE SUBCONTRACTORS. 
          UM, WE'VE ALSO INCREASED OUR, LIKE EDEX WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR IN-PERSON OUTREACH. 
          WE'RE GOING TO A LOT OF EVENTS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF ENGAGE WITH DIFFERENT COMPANIES WHERE WE CAN, WE'RE GOING TO CITY EVENTS AND LOCAL ENTITY EVENTS. 
          UH, 
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WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS, UH, ENTITY ENTERPRISE UNIT UNDER, UM, CHRISTINA TOSS LEADERSHIP AND KIND OF GOT, UH, WORKING THERE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEM TO KIND OF SUPPORT THE OUTREACH EFFORTS. 
          UM, I THINK I JUST KINDA WANNA PASS IT ON, BUT, UM, ONE THING I DID WANNA MENTION IS WE'VE CONSOLIDATED ALL OF OUR BIDS ALSO TO ONE LOCATION. 
          SO EVERY BID IS NOW LOCATED IN OUR DISCOVERY SAP WEBSITE. 
          UH, RATHER THAN THE PAST, WE HAD A WHOLE LIST OF DIFFERENT, OH, JOCK CONTRACTS HERE, FORMAL CONTRACTS HERE, IFPS HERE, RFPS HERE. 
          SO THAT'S A BIG OUTREACH EFFORT THAT WE KIND OF CONSOLIDATED IN OUR ARIBA DISCOVERY PLATFORM. 
          WE HAVE, UM, ADVERTISED 52 PROJECTS TO DATE. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT OTHER INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPORTING NOT ONLY SCHOOLS AND OFFICES, WE'RE SUPPORTING SUPPLIERS, WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR BUYERS BECAUSE WE'RE USING A BRAND NEW SYSTEM AND WE'RE ALL LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS WE RECOGNIZED IS THAT WE HADN'T HAD, UH, TROUBLESHOOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOLS AND OFFICES. 
          SO THE MONTHLY ZOOM CALL IS WHAT WE PUT IN PLACE JUST RECENTLY TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS TO HELP WITH PLANNING, TO HELP MAYBE OFFICIALS UNDERSTAND WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A PROCUREMENT TIMELINE ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          WE HAVE CALLS THAT ARE RESPONDED TO FROM ABOUT SEVEN INDIVIDUALS THAT ADDRESS SCHOOLS AND OFFICES CALLS, UM, AND QUESTIONS FROM SUPPLIERS ABOUT HOW TO GET THEIR PURCHASES DONE OR HOW TO RECEIVE ITEMS. THERE'S ABOUT 400 CALLS A WEEK, AND WE'RE TRACKING THAT ON A REGIONAL BASIS. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO PUT PROCESSES IN PLACE TO IMPROVE ON THAT. 
          SO USING METRICS IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR THAT. 
          WE HAVE DROP-IN SESSIONS FOR SUPPLIERS. 
          WE HEARD FROM THE PREQUALIFICATION UNIT, THE ROOFERS THAT ARE COMING TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO GET PRE-QUALIFIED. 
          WE SAW, UM, UP TO 80 ATTEND MAYBE AS LOW AS 14. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE SWEET SPOT IS AND WHAT THE INTEREST IS. 
          WHEN WE HAVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SUPPLIERS, WE'RE SEEING A BIG OVERWHELMING RESPONSE, MOSTLY FROM SMALL COMPANIES THAT WANNA LEARN ABOUT THE INVOICING PROCESS. 
          WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN I HAVE A CONTRACT? WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE? SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTERACTION AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          OUR TEAM HAS, UM, REALLY STEPPED UP. 
          WE HAVE 120 EVENTS ON THE CALENDAR FOR THIS YEAR WHERE WE'RE ENTERTAINING AND, UM, ADDRESSING QUESTIONS FOR THE STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY. 
          AND ONE EXCITING THING THAT'S COMING UP REALLY SOON IS A IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT. 
          WE'RE CALLING IT THE PROCUREMENT CONNECTION SUMMIT TOO. 
          WE'VE HAD TWO IN THE LAST YEAR WHERE WE MET WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND HAD MORE OF FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION. 
          UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TEEING UP COMING UP THIS DECEMBER. 
          SOME MORE INFORMATION TO COME. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THE METRICS, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE FOCUSED ON IMPROVING. 
          WE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED HERE, UH, WE HAVE A WHOLE SLEW OF METRICS AND THESE ARE THE ONES WE THOUGHT WOULD BE GOOD TO SHARE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT HERE. 
          UM, PRIMARILY THE ONES I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ARE THE MANAGEMENT PROCESSING TIMES. 
          THOSE ARE BASICALLY THE CYCLE TIMES FOR ALL OF OUR PROCUREMENTS. 
          WE TRACK ALL OF OUR PROCUREMENTS, IFPS, UM, BEST VALUE CONTRACTS, SHORT JOCK CONTRACTS, EVERYTHING'S TRACKED, AND WE HAVE GOALS FOR ALL OF THEM HERE. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROCESSING TIME FOR, UM, PURCHASE ORDERS. 
          BASICALLY THE PRS REQUISITIONS TWO DAYS IS ON AVERAGE WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          AND THAT'S BASICALLY OUR GOAL. 
          AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO WHERE WE USED TO BE. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT A LONG TIME IN PROCUREMENT ALL MY CAREER, SO SEEING IT TWO DAYS IS AMAZING TO ME. 
          UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL CONSISTENTLY MESSAGE OUT TO EVERYONE. 
          IT'S A BIG DEAL. 
          UM, THE OTHER ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE ENHANCEMENT OF COMPETITIVE CLIMATE. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOCUS ON IN PROCUREMENT IS COMPETITION, GETTING COMPETITORS, GETTING BIDDERS WHEREVER WE CAN AND HAVING GOOD QUALITY BIDS. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE INSTITUTED LAST YEAR WAS, AT LEAST ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, WAS, HEY, WE GOTTA HAVE AT LEAST THREE BIDDERS ON EVERYTHING. 
          OUR GOAL WAS 95% WAS HIGHER, BUT OUR, SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO TREND TOWARDS, WE WERE GOING TOWARDS 95%, WE GOT 93%. 
          IT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE HEADING THE RIGHT WAY. 
          UM, WE, THIS YEAR WE'VE EXPANDED THAT THROUGH THE WHOLE DIVISION AND THE FOCUS IS SIGNIFICANT ON OUR END TO KIND OF INSTITUTE THAT KIND OF THINKING THROUGHOUT OUR TEAMS AND UNITS. 
          IT'S BASICALLY, IT, IT'S IN, IT STARTED A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITHIN OUR OWN UNITS TO SAY, HEY, AT, AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF TIME, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF COMPETITION? IT'S KIND OF GOT EVERYBODY FOCUSED ON A NUMBER, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF KIND OF BREATHING THAT COM THAT, UH, THAT CONVERSATION OF HOW DO WE GET COMPETITION 
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ON THIS ONE? WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT ONE? KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ANALYZE IT FROM DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW AFTER THE AWARD, DURING AWARD, PRIOR TO AWARD, THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE ENGAGE MORE COMPETITORS? HOW DO, HOW DO WE DO BETTER FOR THE OUTREACH? QUICK EXAMPLE, WE HAD, UM, A BID WHERE WE HAD 10 BIDDERS SHOW UP AT THE JOB WALK AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY. 
          SO IT CLOSED AND IT ENDED UP WITH LIKE THREE BIDS OR FOUR BIDS. 
          SO WE'RE LIKE, HOW CAN WE GET AT LEAST FIVE BIDS FROM MY, FROM THAT? SO AS WE ANALYZED, IT TURNS OUT THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP WERE SUBS AND NOT EVEN PRE-QUALIFIED WITH US. 
          AND THERE WAS ONLY LIKE THREE PRIMES WHO COULD ACTUALLY BID THE PROJECT. 
          AND SO WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, WE GOTTA LEARN FROM THIS. 
          SO THEN WE INSTITUTED SOME LEARNING LESSONS FROM THAT. 
          ANYWAYS, SO I'LL PASS IT ON TO DEAN. 
          YEAH, AND I, I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT ANOTHER EXAMPLE FOR LINEN SERVICES. 
          SO WE HAVE A TK PROGRAM AND WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT COMES TO PICK UP OUR LINENS, DOES THE LAUNDRY, BRINGS THEM BACK. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD THE SAME COMPANY FOR THE LAST MAYBE SIX YEARS. 
          WE WANTED TO SEE, UM, WHAT THE MARKET WOULD LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE WHEN THE BID RESPONSE CAME IN, WE ONLY HAD THAT SAME ONE. 
          AND IT WAS LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF LINEN COMPANIES OUT HERE, LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT. 
          SO WE HAD TO GO BACK OUT, DO SOME MARKET RESEARCH, DO SOME COURTING, TELL THEM ABOUT HOW TO DO BIDS IN ARIBA. 
          WE WENT BACK OUT AND WE GOT SIX. 
          IT WAS WONDERFUL THAT WE WERE STILL ABLE TO AWARD TO THE SAME COMPANY, BUT WE TESTED THE MARKET. 
          SO WE KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT WE WERE GETTING THE BEST VALUE FOR THE DISTRICT. 
          IN OUR LAST SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATA A LOT. 
          WE'RE USING SCORECARDS WITH OUR MAJOR SUPPLIERS, LIKE A TOSHIBA UPTIME. 
          ARE THEY COMING OUT, ARE THEY REPLACING THEIR EQUIPMENT LIKE THEY SAY THEY WOULD INSIDE THEIR CONTRACT? UM, WE'RE STARTING BUSINESS REVIEWS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS WITH SOME OF OUR BIGGER, MORE PIVOTAL SUPPLIERS LIKE OUR US BANK. 
          WE WANNA SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MARKET AND WHAT THE TRENDS ARE LOOKING, LOOKING LIKE FOR THAT. 
          UM, WE STARTED TO EXPAND ACCESS TO DATA FOR OUR OFFICES. 
          SO SOME OF OUR OFFICES ARE ASKING FOR ACCESS INTO ARIBA, WHERE THEY CAN SEE WHAT THEIR SPEND LOOKS LIKE. 
          SO WE'RE STARTING TO PILOT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS RELEVANT AND WE'RE GOING TO GOING TO COME BACK AND SIT DOWN WITH THEM TO SHOW THEM THEIR PORTFOLIO OF CONTRACTS AND SPEND TO SHOW WHERE THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO CONSOLIDATE OR MAYBE THINGS THAT THEY WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY'RE BUYING, THAT THEIR DEPARTMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO STREAMLINING THE BID DOCUMENTS. 
          UH, WE'RE EXPERIMENTING A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME RESPONSE SHEETS. 
          SOMETIMES WE GET BIDS THAT ARE A HUNDRED DIFFERENT RESPONDENTS AND THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT FORMATS. 
          IF WE STANDARDIZE THE FORMAT, WE THINK THAT'S GONNA BRING ABOUT SOME EFFICIENCIES AND THERE'S SOME EXCITEMENT AROUND PREQUALIFICATION. 
          YEAH, SO, UH, OUR PREQUALIFICATION PROCESS HAS BEEN LONGSTANDING IN LINE WITH THE, UH, THE BOND PROGRAM, BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING MANUALLY. 
          SO EVERYTHING'S PAPER INTENSIVE SPREADSHEETS, DATABASES, TRYING TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER, KEEPING TRACK OF WHO'S PRE-QUALIFIED, WHO'S NOT, AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S UPDATED AT ALL TIMES. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF BUTTON PUSHING, A LOT OF FINGERS TOUCHING THINGS AND THINGS GET MISSED AT TIMES AND, YOU KNOW, IT CAUSES PROBLEMS. UM, AND ALSO WE'RE NOT EFFICIENT. 
          WE HAVE, IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THESE THINGS DONE. 
          A LOT OF FOLLOW UPS. 
          SO THIS SOFTWARE IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN PLACE FOR A WHILE. 
          OUR CURRENT TEAM HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON WHERE CAN WE DO BETTER? AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE IDENTIFIED AS SOMETHING WE NEED TO, TO FOCUS ON. 
          SO THANKFULLY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. 
          THE SOFT ROLLOUT IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER, UM, HOPEFULLY MID-NOVEMBER AND FULL ROLLOUT IN JANUARY. 
          IDEALLY WE'LL GET PEOPLE TO KIND OF PHASE INTO THE PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE MORE TIME TO PRE-QUAL AND GET THEM USED TO THAT SYSTEM AND GET US USED TO IT. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE BASICALLY GONNA BE LOOKING AT A SYSTEM THAT'S GONNA GIVE US A LOT OF DASHBOARDS, METRICS, KPIS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THAT'S GONNA GIVE US, UH, INTERACTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM, LIVE INTERACTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. 
          SO THE CONTRACTOR WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEIR STATUS IS, BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUE IS. 
          WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR TEAM THROUGH THE SYSTEM OR PHONE CALL. 
          BUT THIS, THE SYSTEM GIVES THEM LIVE INTERACTION, WHICH IS GREAT CURRENT STATUS. 
          AS SOON AS THEY GET PRE PRE-QUAL, IT GETS UPDATED AND IT GETS UPLOADED INTO OUR PRE-QUAL LIST. 
          THERE'S NO MORE CONFUSION AS WHO NEEDS TO PUT THAT AND POST THAT AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          , THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN ANYMORE. 
          WE DID TEST IT WITH SOME CONTRACTORS. 
          THEY'RE ALL EXCITED. 
          THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS EXCITED. 
          UH, SO EVERYBODY'S EXCITED TO GET THIS ON PLACE. 
          SO HOPING THAT COMES SOON. 
          AND, UM, , WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY, THIS IS REALLY GONNA CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION UNLESS THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN DO A DEEPER DIVE INTO. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ, WE'LL START WITH YOU. 
          UH, YOU SPOKE ABOUT, UH, BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR CONTRACTORS. 
          THAT DOESN'T, DOES THAT INCLUDE THEIR EMPLOYEES? IT DOES. 
          IT DOES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THERE'S SOME REALLY CLEAR GUIDELINES. 
          WE DO DROP-IN SESSIONS AND IT'S IN OUR 
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MOU STANDARDS. 
          IT'S IN ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS AS FAR AS WHAT THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO THE, THE, UH, PROBLEM WITH THE ORDERS FROM AMAZON, WHERE WE RECEIVED, UH, ACTUALLY WE HAD, THERE WAS A, A CALL TO SCHOOL POLICE THAT WAS THE, ONE OF THE OFFICE MANAGERS WASN'T SURE. 
          SHE WAS SAYING, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS PERSON'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, THAT HE WASN'T WEARING HIS AMAZON THING, WHATEVER THEY WERE. 
          I'LL BE AT PICO TOMORROW. 
          MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND I CAN GET MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT. 
          YEAH, I, I WAS ASK, I'M NOT GONNA BE THERE. 
          I GOT VACATION TOMORROW, SO NO, LET'S FOLLOW UP ON THAT. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE. 
          YOU CAN ANSWER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING, UH, PROBLEM THAT WE RECEIVED THAT AT THE WAREHOUSE. 
          WE'RE GETTING IT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING IT FROM OUR DRIVERS WHO GO TO THE SCHOOLS ON A DAILY BASIS ON THE MAIL ROUTES. 
          SO THERE'S BEEN THAT, THERE'S ALSO THE, UH, THE I, THE, UM, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET THE, THE LOWEST PRICE AVAILABLE FOR, UH, ITEMS THAT THE WAREHOUSE CARRIES. 
          THAT'S PART OF THE PROCUREMENTS, UH, UH MM-HMM . 
          AGREEMENT WITH THE DISTRICT. 
          SO IN THIS CASE THAT THAT IS NOT BEING ABLE TO BE MET BECAUSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN REMOVED COMPLETELY FROM THE INVENTORY SO THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE LOWER PRICE. 
          WE HAVE 170 CONTRACTS, UM, WITH FURNITURE, CLEANING SUPPLIES, ART SUPPLIES, OFFICE SUPPLIES, TOOLS, ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT. 
          UH, I THINK WE'VE DONE OVER 12,000 PURCHASES WITH WAREHOUSE TRANSACTIONS. 
          IT'S A CATALOG THAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE REBA SYSTEM. 
          WE DO SOME COST COMPARISONS. 
          I THINK WE'RE PRETTY COMPETITIVE. 
          WE'VE, THERE WAS JUST OVER 3000 ITEMS IN THE INVENTORY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. 
          WE WE'RE DOWN TO 738 WITH A 15% MARKUP APPROXIMATELY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MARKUP. 
          ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE'VE REDUCED THE INVENTORY BY OVER TWO THIRDS. 
          SO THE SALES ARE, ARE DOWN DRASTICALLY. 
          WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE AVAILABILITY OF PRODUCTS, I THINK THERE'S, COULD BE AN EBB AND FLOW. 
          IF WE SEE A NEED AND AN OPPORTUNITY, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT. 
          THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A POSSIBILITY AND ACTUAL FACT. 
          WHEN WE REDUCED OUR INVENTORY BY OVER TWO THIRDS BY THAT MANY ITEMS, WE'RE NOT PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO GET WHAT THEY USED TO GET. 
          AND NOW THEY'RE HAVING TO PLAY IT, BUY 'EM FROM SOMEONE ELSE, FIRST OF ALL. 
          SECOND OF ALL, IT'S A HIGHER PRICE. 
          AND NOW THEY'RE PAYING SHIPPING BECAUSE OUR MAIL ROUTE DRIVERS WHO GO TO EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL AND FACILITY ON A DAILY BASIS, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THEY CAN TAKE THOSE EXTRA BOXES, THAT EXTRA PALLET IN THEIR TRUCK AND DROP IT OFF. 
          SO NOW IN ADDITION TO PAYING A HIGHER PRICE FOR THAT ITEM, THEY'RE ALSO PAYING SHIPPING, WHICH THEY NEVER DID. 
          LET'S, THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC, AND ONE OF THE REASONS MR. RODRIGUEZ, I WAS EXCITED FOR YOU TO JOIN THE COMMITTEE, IS THIS IS A TOPIC THAT'S COME BEFORE THE BOARD A FEW TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. 
          AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS IT MAYBE AGENDIZE A SPECIFIC CONVERSATION OF THIS COMMITTEE ON THIS SPECIFICALLY. 
          'CAUSE IT'S QUESTIONS WE'VE ASKED. 
          YOU KNOW, ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR ASSUMPTION, UH, ARE BEING THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, IS THAT THE REASON FOR THESE ARE THAT SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY GETTING A LOWER COST. 
          UM, AND THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, UH, DOING THAT WITHOUT ANY LOSS OF JOBS TO THE DISTRICT. 
          BUT IF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS HIGHER COST SHIPPING, LIKE LET'S HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND WE'LL ASK, AND YOU AND I CAN DISCUSS, UH, MAYBE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'D WANT IN THE PRESENTATION COST, UH, ITEM BY ITEM COMPARISONS AND REALLY GET AN UNDERSTANDING. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE THIS COMMITTEE TO UNDERSTAND IT. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          JUST THE, NOT EVEN IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, BUT TO REALLY GIVE IT THE, THE, UM, CONCERN IT DESERVES. 
          LET'S, THIS IS ONE WE WILL TABLE AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS AND HAVE A, A SPECIFIC CONVERSATION ON WAREHOUSE ITEMS. YOU STILL HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYBE, BUT THIS ONE I JUST ACTUALLY MOST OF THEM WILL, A LOT OF THEM WILL TIE IN WITH THAT, WITH THE WAREHOUSE, WITH, WITH THAT AND, AND THE INVENTORY AND THE SALES AND THE WHOLE BIT. 
          SO. 
          GREAT. 
          SO MAYBE WE CAN CHAT OFFLINE TOO, UM, TO DISCUSS KIND OF HOW TO BEST PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION THAT ANSWERS SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MS. GREEN. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          SO CAN I DEFER TO OUR CPO PLEASE? AND MAY MAYBE JUST TO JUMP INTO YES, YOU'RE BEHIND US. 
          SO WE'RE NOT YET, I THINK IT IS A, IT IS A HEALTHY CONVERSATION, BUT JUST ADD A LITTLE, UM, CONTEXT TO IT. 
          UM, ANNUALLY THERE IS A REVIEW OF ITEMS, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD CALL LIKE SKEW RATIONALIZATION. 
          AND IT TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT'S ACTUALLY SELLING WITHIN THE WAREHOUSE. 
          AND SO THAT WAS PERFORMED ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF THE DISCUSSION THAT'S GOING ON NOW. 
          AND, AND OF COURSE WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO TRANSPARENTLY DISCUSS. 
          'CAUSE I AGREE. 
          I MEAN, I'D BE CURIOUS, OUT OF THOSE TWO THIRDS THAT MR. UH, RODRIGUEZ WAS ALLUDING TO, LIKE HOW MANY OF THEM ARE THINGS THAT ARE OBSOLETE, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT LIKE WE USED IN SCHOOLS 10 YEARS AGO, YOU DON'T USE NOW VERSUS THINGS THAT WE HAVE JUST REPLACED. 
          SO THAT'S HELPFUL CONTEXT AND WE'LL 
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OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH YOU MR. FRIEDMAN ON THAT AND WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MAYBE, MAYBE ONE MORE THING TO ADD. 
          UM, THIS PRESENTATION WAS PRIMARILY AROUND CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT, BUT I, I DO APPRECIATE MR. RODRIGUEZ EARLIER TODAY KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING THAT UNDER THE PROCUREMENT DIVISION THERE'S ALSO A DISTRICT WAREHOUSE, A, A TRUCKING OPERATIONS TEAM THAT SUPPORTS SCHOOLS AND OFFICES, UM, PHENOMENALLY. 
          SO I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, THANK HIM FOR KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING THAT. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          AND THE WORK AROUND THE PALISADES IN PARTICULAR. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UH, MS. GREENSPAN, I THINK THIS IS GREAT. 
          UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S LIKE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR, YOU'RE MAKING PEOPLE SUCCEED AND, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? UM, , I JUST WONDER IS NOW, IS YOUR DEPARTMENT GONNA NEED LESS PEOPLE? 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE SO MUCH MORE EFFICIENT. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE DO DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE CATALOG MANAGEMENT AND THERE ARE SOME, UM, LIKE THE MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO WE'RE KIND OF REINVENTING OURSELVES. 
          OUR OLD INVENTORY CONTROL TEAM IS NOW OUR CUSTOMER SUPPORT TEAM. 
          SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUT PLACE PEOPLE IN THE PLACES THAT ARE NEEDED. 
          MM-HMM . 
          QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UM, I KNOW AGAIN, ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID WANNA AGENDA, LIKE GET TO THIS TODAY IS IN THE PAST WE'VE KIND OF PUT OFF PROCUREMENT. 
          WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED SO MUCH ON FACILITIES, BUT THERE IS GOOD WORK BEING DONE. 
          UM, UH, A LOT OF IT. 
          AND THERE'S ALSO QUESTIONS WE STILL HAVE TO ANSWER, UM, AS MR. RODRIGUEZ ALLUDED TO. 
          SO IF THERE AREN'T QUESTIONS, WHAT I'LL SAY, I, I HAD A FEW, BUT I'LL AGAIN KIND OF JUST TURN THEM INTO TO COMMENTS FOR FUTURE CONVERSATION. 
          ONE IS, I STILL THINK THERE IS, UM, UH, SOME CONFUSION OUT THERE IN THE FIELD AROUND, UM, KIND OF HOW TO ENGAGE WHEN IT COMES TO BOTH FOR COST PARTNERS AND NO COST PARTNERS. 
          WHEN IS AN UH, RFP GOING OUT? HOW DO THEY KNOW IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE? UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CHALLENGING, I'M, I KNOW FOR OUR OFFICE, AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES TOO 'CAUSE WE GET THE QUESTIONS, IS WE'LL GET QUESTIONS FROM A PARTNER. 
          MAYBE IT'S A NONPROFIT WHO'S TRYING TO DO ARTS AT A SCHOOL OR MAYBE IT'S A FOR-PROFIT WHO'S TRYING TO SELL US COMPUTERS. 
          AND THEN WE'LL BE TOLD OR THEY'LL BE TOLD, OH, WE CAN'T TALK TO YOU 'CAUSE IT'S A CONE OF SILENCE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          'CAUSE IT'S AN RFP AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, HOW DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE RFP? AND THERE'S THAT CHICKEN AND EGG. 
          SO I THINK, UM, I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT YOU ALLUDED TO AROUND THE TRANSPARENCY, UM, ABOUT, UH, AND ALSO KNOWING WHERE FOLKS ARE IN THE PROCESS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE FOR A NO COST, UH, I HAD A MEETING WITH LACMA, UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO AND THEY HAD AN EXPIRED MOU FROM TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. 
          UM, AND THEY WOULD, UH, HAVE SCHOOLS CALL AND ALL UNIFIED SCHOOLS AND CALL AND SAY, HEY, WE WANNA DO THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND THEY WERE TOLD, OH NO, WE DON'T HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT. 
          AND AS SOON AS WE KIND OF FLAGGED IT FOR FOLKS THERE, LIKE SOMEONE HAD RETIRED WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND NEVER HANDED IT OFF, WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT BACK. 
          BUT CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE WE SHOULD JUST BE MORE TRANSPARENT WHERE YOU ARE IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. 
          THE SECOND THING TOO IS WHEN FOLKS ARE TRYING TO LOOK UP, UM, OUR POLICIES OR PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS, MYSELF INCLUDED, WILL START WITH GOOGLE AND IF YOU GOOGLE, YOU'LL FIND REALLY OUTDATED MEMOS AND BULLETINS. 
          AND I KNOW THE DISTRICT AND MR. MCLEAN IS WORKING ON THAT WITH GAMUT AND SOME OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE CAN SHARE MORE ABOUT AND WILL AT THE DISTRICT MEETINGS. 
          BUT I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOMETIMES MAYBE IT'S AN IT THING AROUND SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION OR JUST SCRUBBING THE WEB OF OLD THINGS, BUT LIKE I'VE DEFINITELY SEEN PEOPLE REFERENCE A MEMO AND SPEND HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IT ONLY TO SEE AT THE BOTTOM THAT IT WAS FROM 2004 AND LIKE, THERE'S BEEN SEVEN OTHER VERSIONS. 
          SO I JUST FLAGGED THAT AS WE'RE DOING THIS WORK, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, THAT FOLKS ARE, UH, THAT ALL THINGS ARE, UH, UP TO DATE ON THERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, GREAT. 
          I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT. 
          UH, AND SO THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA, UH, 
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TURN OVER TO MR. MCCLEAN TO THE EXTENT WE STILL HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS HERE OR ONLINE. 
          I THINK WE HAD A FEW SIGN UP. 
          WE'LL HEAR THEM AND THEN, UH, WE WILL, UH, QUICKLY ADJOURN AFTER THAT. 
          SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PRESENTERS FACILITIES AND MS. O'BRIEN AND, UH, PROCUREMENT DANA AND THE TEAM AND, UM, UH, UM, OUR FIRST, UH, AND MS. CLAIRE WHO HAD LEFT, BUT THANK YOU AND MR. MCLEAN. 
          ALRIGHT, WE HAVE TWO FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN PERSON. 
          THAT'S, UH, MR. DAVID TOSKI. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          AND THEN MS. CLARA SOLAS ALSO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          MR. TOSKI, COME ON DOWN. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          . 
          UM, BY THE 18TH INNING, I'LL GET READY. 
          UM, DAVID KOSKI, FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, UH, GRADUATE OF MARQUEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PALISADES HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR 12 YEARS. 
          I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, TOPICS, THE DS A HAVING THE HAIR CHAIR OF DSA HERE TODAY. 
          UH, WHO REPORTS TO, UM, A WOMAN NAMED ANNA LASSO, WHO WAS MY CHIEF OF STAFF AT THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          IT'S A GOOD TEAM. 
          THEY ARE UNDERSTAFFED, THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN UNDERSTAFFED AND AT TROUBLED TIMES, WE AS A DISTRICT, INSTEAD OF BLAMING 
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THEM, LOAN THEM PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK TO MAKE SURE 120 SCHOOLS THAT WE WERE BUILDING WOULD GET THROUGH THE SQUARE PEG THROUGH THE ROUND HOLE. 
          BUT SHE DID BRING UP SOMETHING IMPORTANT. 
          SHE BROUGHT UP PROPOSITION TWO $10 BILLION PROPOSITION. 
          WE HAVE NOT HAD A FULL PRESENTATION OF WHAT IS AT STAKE THERE. 
          WE SHOULD DO THAT. 
          PROPOSITION FOUR, ANOTHER VOTER STATE APPROVED BOND ON OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND PHYSICAL. 
          THAT'S $10 BILLION. 
          WE HAVE NOT HAD A PRESENTATION ON THOSE THINGS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, PARENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WILLIAMS CASE, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND WE'LL GET A REBOOT SOON IN ITS LITIGATION THAT EVERY SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE POSTED IN EVERY CLASSROOM. 
          A WILLIAMS COMPLAINT FORM IF THE AIR HVAC OR, OR THERE'S RATS OR THE TEACHER HAS THE WRONG CREDENTIAL, IS A SPECIAL ED GENERAL TEACHER, BUT IS NOT A VISUALLY HAP HANDICAPPED TEACHER. 
          ALL OF THAT IS AVAILABLE BUT IS NOT BEING POSTED IN EVERY CLASSROOM IN EVERY SCHOOL. 
          THE PALISADE SCHOOLS KIND OF GOT A LITTLE BIT THERE, BUT NOT ENOUGH. 
          UH, MARQUETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS A RIPE OPPORTUNITY MOVING SO FAST AND SO SUCCESSFULLY, FIVE PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAVE CLOSED AND THEY ARE NOT MOVING THAT FAST. 
          IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD BACK CONSTITUENTS INTO THE DISTRICT, BUT IF YOU SHRINK THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL, IT WON'T HAVE AS MANY KIDS. 
          AND IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT PALISADES HIGH AND ENVISION WHAT THAT COULD BE, NOT JUST RACE AND REBUILD IT, YOU'RE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE KIDS FROM A LOT OF ELITE WEST SIDE SCHOOLS. 
          AND FINALLY, WE USED TO SAY DESIGN BID BILK, NOT DESIGN, BIG BUILD. 
          THANK YOU MUCH. 
          IT WAS A GREAT INTERVENTION AT A TIME, BUT NOW I THINK MS. FRANKLIN HIT IT. 
          WE NEED MORE LOW BIDDERS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          CLARA SOLIS, ARE YOU HERE? CLARA SOLIS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT WHO ARE NOT SIGNED ON. 
          I'M GONNA READ YOUR NAME AND IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON. 
          MARIA TORRES NOT ONLINE EITHER. 
          NOT HERE. 
          MARCELLA GARCIA SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, ALSO NOT HERE. 
          CORINA LOPEZ SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, ALSO NOT HERE. 
          UH, MARIA DAISY ORTIZ SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, ALSO NOT IN THE ROOM. 
          UH, DEANNA GUILLEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, ALSO NOT IN THE ROOM. 
          AND LASTLY, UH, COSTA HAMILTON, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT NOT HERE. 
          THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MR. MCLEAN. 
          UH, STILL SCORELESS. 
          BOTTOM ON THE SECOND. 
          I KNOW FOLKS ARE, I KNOW EVERYONE'S FIGURING IT, LIKE I'M NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW, BUT, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK. 
          UM, THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL TOPICS I KNOW WE'LL HIT ON, INCLUDING OUR LOCAL MOD PRIORITIES, DISTRICT'S HOUSING INITIATIVE, THE PROGRESS OF OUR FIRE RECOVERY AND CONSTRUCTION PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFITS AND PROCUREMENT PROCESSES SPECIFIC TO THEM. 
          UM, AS WE DISCUSSED TODAY WITH, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ TO TALK CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WAREHOUSE AND PROCUREMENT ITEMS AND, UM, AND, UH, LEASING AND OUR CIVIC CENTER PERMANENT OFFICE. 
          I ACTUALLY HAVE A, A RESOLUTION COMING BEFORE THE BOARD IN A FEW WEEKS ON THAT. 
          AND THEN I THINK AS, UH, I SAW INTEREST FROM TODAY REALLY DIVING MORE INTO THE, THE TWO AREAS OF CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD TODAY. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, I'M SORRY THAT WE'RE 40 MINUTES PAST, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PITCH, BUT LOTS TO DISCUSS, UM, AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT STAFF FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONS. 
          AND HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS, UH, THE REST OF THE EVENING AND GO, DODGERS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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