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          HERE WE GO YESTERDAY. 
          [I. Welcome and Opening Remarks]
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 
          UH, I'M DR. RIVAS AND I WELCOME YOU TO THE OCTOBER MEETING FOR THE GREENING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THANK YOU ALL WHO ARE HERE PRESENT FOR BEING WITH US, AND ALSO WHO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING US REMOTELY. 
          WELCOME. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          AS WE CONFRONT A SIMPLE TRUTH, OUR STUDENTS CANNOT WAIT FOR A CLEAN ENERGY ACTION, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          EVERY DELAY MEANS ANOTHER YEAR OF OVERHEATED CLASSROOMS, UNSAFE AIR, AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW, SHOW OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN LEAD IN PROTECTING THE PLANET THAT THEY WILL, THEY, THAT THEY ARE INHERITING. 
          UM, THIS COMMITTEE EXISTS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BEGINS ON OUR OWN CAMPUSES, IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES. 
          EACH SOLAR PANEL, EACH TREE PLANTED, EACH SHADE STRUCTURE INSTALLED IS A TANGIBLE PROMISE TO OUR STUDENTS THAT WE ARE NOT WAITING FOR CHANGE. 
          WE ARE BUILDING IT, AND FOR THEM AS WELL, FOR FOR OUR CITY, FOR THEM, AND OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          TODAY'S MEETING IS ABOUT ACTING ON THAT PROMISE. 
          WE'LL BEGIN BY LEARNING HOW OUR DISTRICT CAN ENSURE, CAN SECURE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND FEDERAL CLEAN ENERGY TAX CREDITS BEFORE THEY EXPIRE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT COULD ACCELERATE SOLAR CONSTRUCTION, UM, ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM DISTRICTS ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE AND TURNING THOSE INVESTMENTS INTO A COMPREHENSIVE ME MEASURABLE PLAN FOR ACHIEVING A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND OTHER UPDATES AS WELL. 
          [II.a. Leveraging Millions in Clean Energy Credits to Advance District Solar and Clean Air Goals]
NOW, TO GET OUR MEETING STARTED, I'D LIKE TO INVITE KATIE THOMAS CARROLL, DIRECTOR OF LIVABLE FUTURES AT WE BUILD PROGRESS TO SHARE HOW THE DISTRICT CAN LEVERAGE FEDERAL CLEAN ENERGY CREDITS TO ADVANCE OUR SOLAR AND CLEAN AIR GOALS. 
          SO THANK YOU, KATIE, FOR JOINING US TODAY AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN HELPING PUBLIC AGENCIES ACCESS THESE TRANSFORMATIVE FUNDS AT A CRITICAL MOMENT, UM, AT A CRITICAL MOMENT. 
          SO, GO RIGHT AHEAD, KATIE. 
          THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU, DR. RIVAS, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. 
          IT'S AN, AN EXTREME HONOR TO BE HERE, UH, UP FROM SAN DIEGO. 
          UH, JUST GOT TO TAKE THE PACIFIC SURF LINER. 
          HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT IF YOU'VE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO DO SO, BECAUSE IT'S A GORGEOUS RIDE. 
          SO, UM, I ALWAYS TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE CITY OF ANGELS WHEN I HAVE A CHANCE. 
          UH, MY CONDOLENCES TO YOUR DODGERS. 
          I HAVE FAITH, I HAVE FAITH IN YOUR DODGERS. 
          SO, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO BE HERE DURING SUCH AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR THE CITY. 
          UH, ONE LITTLE WRINKLE I HAVE IS THAT I HANDED OUT MY CARDS, BUT THOSE ARE OLD CARDS, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THAT. 
          UH, OUR NEW NAME IS, WE BUILD PROGRESS. 
          WE ARE THE ARTIST, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CENTER. 
          UM, BUT FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME THERE. 
          IT'LL, IT'LL REROUTE AND I'LL BE ABLE TO GET YOUR CON, GET YOUR CONTACT. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          UM, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION IS THAT I'M HERE WITH SOME NOT AWESOME NEWS. 
          UH, IT MAY NOT SURPRISE YOU THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN VERY BAD. 
          IT'S BEEN VERY BAD TO US. 
          AND SO WE DO HAVE SOME WRINKLES ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD, UH, IMPLEMENTING RENEWABLE ENERGY HERE IN, IN LOS ANGELES. 
          BUT, UM, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA FINISH IT UP WITH SOME HOPE AND SOME ACTION THAT I HOPE THAT THE BOARD AND YOU ALL CAN HELP US TAKE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE ABLE TO PULL DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTO THIS CITY. 
          SO, TO GET US STARTED, I'M JUST GONNA LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT CHANGED. 
          SO YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE ELECTIVE PAY OR DIRECT PAY TAX CREDITS, AND WHAT THAT DID WAS IT TOOK THE PREVIOUSLY EXISTING RENEWABLE ENERGY TAX CREDITS AND IT JUST MADE IT AVAILABLE TO TAX EXEMPT ENTITIES LIKE LA UUSD, UM, AND TO THE CITY OF LA. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THE BIG UGLY BILL OR HR ONE, UH, TOOK THOSE TAX CREDITS AND PUT SOME NEW EXPIRATION DATE AND SOME NEW RED TAPE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN OUR GRAPHIC, AND, UM, IS GONNA MAKE IT SLIGHTLY HARDER, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO TIP PULL DOWN THESE, THESE TAX CREDITS DOWN. 
          SO THIS IS A REALLY TEXT TEDDY SLIDE, AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT, SO, AS YOU KNOW, L-A-U-S-D HAS PLANS TO IMPLEMENT SOLAR AT 21 SCHOOL SITES BETWEEN NOW AND 2027. 
          MY BIGGEST MESSAGE TO YOU TODAY IS THAT WE NEED YOU TO SPEED UP ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS IF POSSIBLE, AND CHRIS IS GONNA GET INTO THIS MORE LATER. 
          BUT THIS IS GONNA CREATE, IF WE ARE ABLE TO GET ALL 21 SCHOOL SITES COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THESE NEW DEADLINES, THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE NET SAVINGS OF $45.7 MILLION OVER 25 YEARS. 
          AND THAT'S NOT CHUMP CHANGE FOR A DISTRICT LIKE L-A-U-S-D. 
          THESE PROJECTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE DIRECT PAYMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR AN ESTIMATED, UH, 40% OF PROJECT COSTS THROUGH THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. 
          UM, AND THIS COULD MEAN DIRECT PAYMENTS TOTALING AS MUCH AS 33 MILLION FROM THE IRS TO LASD IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
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WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL SEE THESE, THIS REVENUE AS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REINVEST. 
          UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT GREENING THE SCHOOLS, UM, YOU KNOW, GREEN SPACE AND OUTDOOR SPACE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          JUST AS IMPORTANT AS HAVING A RENEWABLE ENERGY FUTURE AND A FUTURE FREE OF FOSSIL FUELS. 
          COMMUNITY LABOR AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO GET TO THIS POINT OF THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE REPUBLICAN BUDGET BILL, UH, THE STAKES ARE OBVIOUSLY HIGH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY BRING THAT MONEY DOWN. 
          SOLAR PROJECTS HAVE BROAD SUPPORT AND WILL HELP THE DISTRICT REACH ITS COMMITMENT OF 100% CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY IN ITS ELECTRICITY SECTOR BY 2030. 
          OKAY? THIS IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THINGS EASIER AND NOT MORE CONFUSING. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THIS ISN'T TOO OVERWHELMING, BUT THIS, THIS GRAPH, IT SHOWS YOU, UM, FOR EACH OF THE TECHNOLOGIES DOWN THE LEFT HAND SIDE, SO SOLAR AND WIND, UM, ELECTRICITY STORAGE AND GEOTHERMAL HEAT AND COOLING, UH, AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM, UM, EXCUSE ME, GEOTHERMAL ELECTRICITY. 
          AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM, GEOTHERMAL HEATING AND COOLING. 
          UM, FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT DATES WE REALLY WANNA GET THROUGH TO YOU ALL IS THAT WIND AND SOLAR, UM, PROJECTS, UH, MUST BEGIN CONSTRUCTION BY JULY 4TH, 2026, OR BE PLACED IN SERVICE BY THE END OF 2027 TO GET THE CREDIT AT ALL. 
          UM, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED BY WHAT WE'RE CALLING WHAT THEY, WHAT THE STATUTE CALLS PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITY RULES. 
          AND IF THE DISTRICT IS ABLE TO NOT ONLY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THESE PROJECTS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, SO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION BY, UM, DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, AND PLACE IN SERVICE BY JUNE 30TH, 2026, YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT AT ALL. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING YOU SHOULD REALLY HURRY UP, BECAUSE AS IT STANDS, WE'RE PRETTY SURE THESE PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITY RULES ARE GOING TO BE UNWORKABLE. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE IRS SAYS, YOU AS AN ENTITY, U-U-L-A-U-S-L-E-D, WHAT IS YOUR DEBT? ALL OF YOUR DEBT, NOT JUST THE DEBT FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT YOU AS AN ENTITY, UM, IS 15% OR LESS OF YOUR DEBT HELD BY THESE PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITIES, CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND I'M FORGETTING ONE. 
          UM, IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SHOW THAT, WHICH YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE BECAUSE OF COURSE YOUR DEBT IS SOLD AND THEN RESOLD AND THEN SOLD TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND THEN SOLD TO SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          SO WE DON'T REALLY, THE UNDERWRITERS DON'T REALLY HAVE PROOF FOR US RIGHT NOW OF ALL OF WHERE THE, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S DEBT IS. 
          AND SO IDEALLY, WE JUST DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA RUSH THESE PROJECTS IN, WE'RE GONNA GREASE THE WHEEL AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE IT GETS DONE BY JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, THAT'S FOR WIND AND SOLAR, OKAY? WE HAVE TO REALLY, REALLY RUSH IT FOR WIND AND SOLAR, FOR GEO, FOR ENERGY STORAGE. 
          SO BATTERIES FOR GEO GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS. 
          UM, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. 
          AND SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS IS LIKE NOT REALLY A THING IN LA, BUT IT TOTALLY IS. 
          UH, WE CAN COOL OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER AND CUT THOSE, THOSE L-A-D-W-P RATES, UM, AT THE HIGHEST PEAK WHEN IT'S THE, THE AIR CONDITIONING IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE. 
          SO, BUT, UH, WE HAVE TIME TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 
          SO WE REALLY WANT YOU TO STAY FOCUSED ON, ON SOLAR, UM, AND REALLY RUSH THESE PROJECTS TO EXISTENCE WHERE POSSIBLE. 
          SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS, ALL THIS MEAN? THIS IS JUST ANOTHER GRAPHIC TO HOPEFULLY SAY THE SAME THING, TO JUST REALLY, REALLY HOLD, GET, GET YOU ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THE DATES AND WHEN THINGS HAVE TO BE DONE. 
          SO IN THE VERY BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU'LL SEE THAT WIND AND SOLAR BEGIN CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND AVOID THE MATERIAL, MATERIAL ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS IF THEY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION AFTER THAT. 
          SO JANUARY 1ST, 2026, THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO MATERIAL ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS. 
          AND THAT IS NOT ONLY FOR THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF. 
          SO THE SOLAR PANELS HA CANNOT BE MANUFACTURED IN CHINA. 
          IT IS ALSO FOR THE DEBT. 
          IT IS ALSO FOR THE HOW YOU, HOW THAT GETS FINANCED. 
          AND THEN IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE FINANCING FOR THE SOLAR ALONE, AGAIN, IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE, UM, BUDGET OF THE ENTIRE L-A-U-S-D. 
          SO IN ORDER TO GET, JUST BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE BREAK DOWN WHAT BEGIN OF CONSTRUCTION MEANS. 
          AND THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS. 
          SO AS FOR THE SMALLER SCALE SOLAR, YOU ARE ABLE TO DO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION. 
          SORT OF THE EASIEST ONE IN MY MIND IS PLACING 5% OR MORE DOWN. 
          UM, WE KIND, WE RECOMMEND YOU DO MORE THAN MORE, LIKE 10 TO 15%, BECAUSE BUDGETS ALWAYS HAVE OVERRUNS. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, YOU KNOW THAT IT ALWAYS ENDS UP BEING MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THEY SAID IT WOULD BE. 
          SO WE DON'T WANT YOU TO PUT 5% DOWN AND THEN GET TO PLACE IN SERVICE. 
          AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT WAS NO LONGER 5%. 
          THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE OUTTA LUCK. 
          BUT IF YOU'VE PUT DOWN 10 TO 15 AND YOU LAND SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, THEN YOU'RE GOOD. 
          YOU'VE, YOU'VE GIVEN YOURSELF THAT BUFFER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT 5% DOWN. 
          UM, AND I'M ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS SLIDE, UM, SO THAT THE ENTITY SHOULD PLAN, OH, SO WE HAVE IT ON THERE, INCURRED 12 TO 15% OF THOSE COSTS JUST TO MAKE 
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SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT GIVEN ANY OVERRUNS. 
          AND TO BE CLEAR, THIS 5% OPTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THOSE SMALLER SCALE. 
          SO COMMERCIAL SCALE LIKE THE, THE SOLAR THAT GOES ON TOP OF THE SCHOOL, NOT LIKE THE FIELD OF TONS OF SOLAR. 
          THIS IS KIND OF MORE THAT COMMERCIAL SCALE, UM, OF 1.5 MEGAWATTS. 
          AND TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF IT, UM, YEAH, LIKE 1.5 MEGAWATTS IS LIKE AN ENTIRE FIELD OF SOLAR. 
          SO FOR ALL THOSE SCHOOL, ALL THE L-A-U-S-D BUILDINGS, ALL OF THOSE SMALLER PROJECTS, THEY HAVE THIS OPTION OF JUST GIVING THE DEVELOPER 10 TO 15% OF THE PROJECT COST AND BEING ABLE TO LOCK IN AND GET INTO SAFE HARBOR FOR THIS TAX CREDIT. 
          ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE, UM, SLIDE, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU ALL EVEN HAVE ANY OF THESE, BUT THIS IS JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE OTHER OPTION, AND THIS IS, THIS REMAINS TRUE FOR THOSE SMALLER PROJECTS. 
          SO IF, IF THIS IS HOW THAT PROJECT, IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR THIS PROJECT TO DO IT, TOTALLY DO IT. 
          AND THAT IS PHYSICAL WORK OF A SIGNIFICANT NATURE. 
          UM, AND THAT IS INCLUDING ONSITE AND OFFSITE WORK. 
          SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN MOVING DIRT AT YOUR SITE. 
          IT COULD BE, UM, BUYING THE PANELS AND HAVING THEM HELD AT THE DEVELOPER. 
          IT COULD BE, UM, PUTTING ALL THE RACKING TOGETHER THAT THEN IS GONNA BE LOCATED, UH, PUT ONTO THE ROOF. 
          THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN MEET THIS TEST, AND IT APPLIES TO, UH, WIND AND SOLAR, UH, OF ANY SIZE. 
          BUT, BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE LARGER ONES, THAT IS THE ONLY OPTION FOR THOSE LARGER PROJECTS. 
          SO IF IT IS A LARGER PROJECT, IT MUST BEGIN PHYSICAL WORK OF A SIGNIFICANT NATURE IN ORDER TO GET INTO THE SAFE HARBOR. 
          UM, THEN, UH, AGAIN, IF YOU'VE BEGUN CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, YOU MUST PLACE IN SERVICE. 
          AND THAT MEANS THAT THE SOLAR PANELS START PRODUCING ELECTRICITY. 
          L-A-D-W-P HAS SAID, YES, YOU CAN TURN THIS ON AND IT'S, AND IT'S RUNNING, AND THAT'S PLACED IN SERVICE. 
          THAT MUST HAPPEN BY JUNE 30TH OF NEXT YEAR IN ORDER TO AVOID THE MESSY PROHIBITIVE FOREIGN ENTITY RULES. 
          IF YOU, IF IT DOESN'T, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 26, 27, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE UP TO FOUR YEARS TO PLACE IT IN SERVICE AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MEET THIS PROHIBITIVE FOREIGN ENTITY RULE. 
          SO IF YOU'VE LOCKED IN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN 26 OR 27, YOU THEN WILL HAVE UP TO FOUR YEARS TO PLACE THE PROJECT IN SERVICE AND BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL WORK OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROVE THAT WHERE THE DISTRICT'S DEBT IS. 
          OKAY? SO THIS IS THE THREE PART PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITY RULE. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT I'VE SORT OF BEEN TALKING ABOUT MOST, AND THAT'S THE ENTITY LEVEL RULE. 
          AND THAT SAYS, FOR ANY ENTITY, UM, YOU CANNOT HAVE, AND YOU CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN 15% OF YOUR DEBT HELD BY ONE OF THESE FIVE FOREIGN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
          AND THAT APPLIES TO TAX YEARS BEGINNING AFTER JULY 4TH, 2025. 
          L-A-U-S-D UH, FOLLOWS A FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S WHY I KEEP SAYING JUNE 3RD, 30TH, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE YOUR TAX YEAR MATCHES YOUR FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN THE SECOND RULE IS FOR PAYMENTS. 
          UM, AND THAT PROV PRO PRO PROHIBITS CREDITS, UM, FOR, UH, PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE PAYMENTS BESTOWING EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF THE ENERGY PROPERTY. 
          IT'S REALLY UNLIKELY THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE IN THAT BUCKET, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO PROVE IT. 
          SO, UM, ESPECIALLY IF THE IRS AUDITS ANY OF THESE PROJECTS, THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE, THE BOARD IS GONNA HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO ANSWER TO. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          MATERIAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS CANNOT BE CONSTRUCTED WITH A, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED BY PFE. 
          AND SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, MOST SOLAR PROJECTS INSTALLED IN AMERICA TODAY ARE CHINESE COMPONENTS THAT IS THE CHEAPEST. 
          AND IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR TO COMPETE WITH CHINESE LABOR. 
          AND SO MOST OF THE COMPONENTS THAT ARE BEING INSTALLED IN AMERICA TODAY COME FROM CHINA. 
          HOWEVER, THERE ARE PLENTY OF COMPANIES IN, UM, EUROPE, IN CANADA, IN MEXICO, AND AND IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE THESE KINDS OF COMPONENTS AVAILABLE. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING SOME ENTITIES DO IS REALLY START TO LOOK AT THAT AND FIGURE OUT IF YOU CAN PRE-PURCHASE ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF, UM, UH, TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH IT GOING DOWN THE ROAD. 
          AND THAT'S THAT THIRD PART OF THE RULE. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST BY AMERICAN BECAUSE, 'CAUSE YOU CAN ALSO BUY EUROPEAN OR WHATEVER, BUT THERE'S THESE ENTITY RULES, AND THESE ARE NEW. 
          THE, THE TEXAS EXEMPT ENTITIES HAVE NEVER REALLY HAD TO COMPLY WITH THIS IN, IN TERMS OF PROVING OUT THEIR OWN FINANCIALS IN THIS WAY. 
          SO THE TOP LINE TAKEAWAYS IS TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR TO AVOID COMPLEX MATERIAL, UH, ASSISTANCE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE SMALLER SCALE SOLAR, YOU CAN ESTABLISH THAT THROUGH BOTH THE PHYSICAL WORK TEST OR BY THE 5%. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE RECOMMEND 10% OR MORE, UM, AND PROJECTS THAT COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION AFTER DECEMBER 31ST, THEY'RE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR THE TAX CREDIT. 
          IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO ALL THIS ANNOYING PAPERWORK TO PROVE WHERE THE DISTRICT'S DEBT IS AND STILL CONTINUE WITH, UM, THE, THE TECHNOLOGY PROVING THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT FROM A FOREIGN, UH, A SPECIFIED FOREIGN ENTITY AS WELL. 
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PROJECTS THAT COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION AFTER JULY 4TH OF 26 MUST BE PLACED IN SERVICE BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2007 TO ACCESS THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDITS. 
          UM, AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO EXPEDITE THE MOVEMENT OF AVAILABLE FUNDS TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND OPTIMIZE YOUR PROJECTS FOR CREDIT ELIGIBILITY. 
          SO THIS IS MY PHONE NUMBER. 
          UM, WITH THE NEW EMAIL, WE BUILD PROGRESS. 
          UH, SO I JUST WANNA CONCLUDE, UH, THAT WE THINK THAT ANYTHING PLACED IN SERVICE AFTER NEXT YEAR, AFTER, UM, JUNE 30TH OF 25, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE FUN, BUT IT MAY BE WORKABLE. 
          AND SO WE'RE, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO LOSE HOPE. 
          WE THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS OUT THERE THAT THIS BILL COMPLETELY REPEALED EVERYTHING AND THERE'S NO HOPE, BUT THAT IS NOT TRUE. 
          AND, AND THAT IS NOT THE MESSAGE I WANT YOU TO TAKE HOME. 
          AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO DO THAT, THAT I THINK THE BOARD CAN DO TO HELP THIS PROCESS. 
          SO, SIFA, THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION IS THE ASSOCIATION OF THE BOND HOLDERS, UM, OF THE DEBT ISSUERS. 
          AND WE THINK IF YOU REACH OUT TO THEM AND TELL THEM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THE UNDERWRITERS TO PERFORM COMPLIANCE WITH THESE PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITY RULES, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT LISTEN TO YOU, BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO, FOR THEM TO HEAR ABOUT THIS AND TO PRIORITIZE IT AMONG THE BAJILLIONS OF OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING ON COMPLYING WITH. 
          AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT LESS THAN 15% OF YOUR DEBT, UH, IS HELD BY THESE PROHIBITIVE FOREIGN ENTITIES. 
          SO EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVE LIKE 100%, YOU HAVE TO GET TO AT LEAST 85% PROVE PROVING THAT IT'S NOT A FOREIGN ENTITY. 
          I KNOW, UH, THAT IT'S NOT A PROHIBITIVE FOREIGN ENTITY. 
          THE NEXT IS TO PREPARE COMMENTS FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 
          SO EVERYTHING I'VE JUST PRESENTED ON TODAY IS FROM THE STATUTORY TEXT ITSELF, BUT THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT HAS NOT YET ISSUED THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO TELL US EXACTLY HOW THEY WANT YOU TO GO ABOUT PROVING THIS STUFF. 
          SO IT THEY HAVE UP, UP UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS UNREAL, BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO HERE. 
          UM, BUT THERE, THERE, THERE WILL BE COME A POINT IN TIME WHEN TREASURY OPENS UP THIS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE REALLY NEED BIGGER SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE THIS ONE TO BE LOUD AND CLEAR THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY COULD LIMIT IT TO THE INITIAL BUYERS. 
          MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SECONDARY MARKET. 
          THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE IRS COULD DO TO MAKE THIS MORE WORKABLE AND EASIER AND POSSIBLE FOR A, A DISTRICT LIKE YOURS WITH THE FINANCES THAT YOU HAVE. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD IS A CONGRESSIONAL FIX. 
          SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, CHUCK GRASSLEY HELD UP, UM, THE US TREASURY NOMINEES FOR SEVERAL WEEKS WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE THE IRS WAS GONNA DO SOME MUCKETY MUCK WITH THIS EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          SO WE DO HAVE SOME HOPE THAT THE REPUBLICANS WHO MADE THE DEAL TO KEEP THESE TAX CREDITS AND NOT MAKE THEM REPEALED RIGHT AWAY, WANT THEM TO BE WORKABLE FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR SCHOOLS AND MUNICIPALITIES. 
          SO IT, ALL IT WOULD TAKE IS REPORT LANGUAGE TO DIRECT THE IRS TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS TO MAKE THIS WORKABLE. 
          AND SO I WILL BE WORKING WITH, UM, COLLEAGUES ON THE HILL TO DO THAT WITH SOME OF THE CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS. 
          BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT L-A-U-S-D CAN, CAN DO TO TELL US WHAT WOULD BE WORKABLE WITH REGARD TO YOUR DEBT HOLDERS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE TO THE HILL AND TAKE TO CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS AND TRY TO GET SOME REPORT LANGUAGE SO THAT BY THE TIME YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THIS, IT'S TOTALLY WORKABLE AND REALLY EASY TO DO. 
          UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I JUST WANNA COME BACK TO SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR, IS THAT GEOTHERMAL HEAT AND COOLING AND GEOTHERMAL ELECTRICITY, WHICH PROBABLY NOT A, A THING HERE, BUT GEOTHERMAL HEAT AND COOLING IS, AND SO IS BATTERY STORAGE. 
          AND WE REALLY WANT, WHEN WE'RE DONE GETTING THE SOLAR IN PLACE, WE REALLY WANT YOU ALL TO THINK VERY CREATIVELY AND WE'LL WORK WITH CHRISTOS TO DO SO. 
          WE THINK REALLY CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE NOT AS COMMON AND HAVE NOT BEEN DEPLOYED AS MUCH, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DISPLACING THE ELECTRIC BILL FOR THE AC IN THE SUMMER. 
          AND THAT'S IT. 
          MAY I TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE? YES. 
          WELL, THANK YOU KATIE, FOR THIS CRITICAL OVERVIEW AND, UH, WALKING US THROUGH BOTH THE OPPORTUNITY AND, UM, THE URGENCY OF THIS MOMENT AND HOW TO, UH, NAVIGATE THE, THE, THE SITUATION. 
          YES. 
          SO I, THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN, UM, THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OUR COLLEAGUES OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO START US OFF. 
          SCOTT, GO. 
          WELL, LET ME JUST SAY YOU'RE A ONE PERSON WHIRLWIND, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY AMAZING. 
          JUST AMAZING, JUST ONE PERSON, WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          IT'S REALLY AMAZING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR CONNECTIONS, BUT YOU'RE THE IMPETUS. 
          SO I HAVE A TEAM. 
          LET'S BE CLEAR. 
          I KNOW, BUT YOU'RE STILL THE LEADER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW, THAT'S VERY NICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LET'S SEE. 
          UM, I'M GONNA HOLD OFF FOR MY QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          I WANNA JUST MAKE THAT COMMENT ABOUT YOU. 
          WELL, THAT'S REALLY KIND OKAY. 
          AHEAD. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO NICE. 
          THANK YOU, KITTY. 
          UH, THANK 
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YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, KITTY AND I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH ACTUALLY FOR A WHILE RIGHT NOW DISCUSSING SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES AND ON MY PRESENTATION I'M GONNA SHARE HOW WE'RE TRYING TO OVERCOME THEM. 
          SO THANKS FOR THAT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, CHRISTOS. 
          YEAH, YOU ALL ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE CHRISTOS. 
          I'M, WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH HIM FOR LITERALLY YEARS NOW, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE REAL, THE THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WOULD'VE HAP OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT HIM AND HIS AND HIS TEAM. 
          AND I CAN COME BACK AFTER I, I, I MEAN, BECAUSE CHRISTO IS GONNA TELL YOU HOW YOU, YOU'RE GONNA MA MATCH AND MEET THIS STUFF. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THAT SHOULD ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE TOO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          WE'LL COMBINE OUR QUESTIONS AFTER CHRISTOS, BUT YES, PLEASE. 
          GREAT. 
          HANG ON THERE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          SO 
          [II.b. Updates from the Eco-Sustainability Office]
WITH THAT SAID, I'LL INVITE, UM, OUR, UM, E SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER CHIEF, UH, TO COME TO THE PODIUM SO WE CAN HEAR, UM, HOW THE DISTRICT IS RESPONDING TO LEVERAGING THESE FUNDS AND INTEGRATING THEM INTO A LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE, SUSTAINABLE, UH, FRAMEWORK. 
          ONE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER CLEAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          SO, CHRISTO, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, MADAM CHAIR, DR. RIVAS, BOARD PRESIDENT, MR. SCHON AND BOARD MEMBER, MS. NEW BILL, AND OUR, TO OUR WHOLE COMMITTEE. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO GIVE YOU UPDATES. 
          TODAY I'M GONNA BE GIVING THREE UPDATES. 
          I'M GONNA BE FOCUSING ON THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS, AND, UM, I KNOW THE FIRST ONE WE'LL FOCUS AND DISCUSS ABOUT THE SOLAR PROGRAM ITSELF AND SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT IT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO REALIZE THAT CREDIT. 
          THEN I'LL BE FOCUSING ON THE, UH, SPENDING SOME TIME ON THE THIRD PARTY GREENING PARTNERING UPDATES AND THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD AND, UH, WHAT ACTIONS WE HAVE BEEN TAKING, AT LEAST FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY WERE RAISED TO US. 
          AND THE LAST ONE THAT I HAVE IS ACTUALLY, UH, FOCUSING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE L-A-U-S-D-E SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND PLAN. 
          WHO'S GONNA DEFINE THE ROADMAPS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, HOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD TO MEET OUR OBJECTIVES FOR 2030 AND 2040 AND BEYOND? SO LET'S JUST FOCUS RIGHT NOW IN THE SOLAR AND, UH, DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SOLAR INITIATIVES AND WHAT WE STAND TODAY. 
          CERTAINLY WE HAVE A LOT OF PRODUCTS THAT WE HAVE INSTALLED, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE, UH, THAT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE SOLAR WORK THE PAST DECADE. 
          AND, UM, AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE, UH, AS WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSING THE ACTUAL ROADMAP ITSELF, THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT AND THE TIMELINE, I SAY THIS BECAUSE WE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE AND REALIZE THE, THE ACTUAL UTILITY RATES INCREASE ON OUR ELECTRICITY BILL. 
          AND, UH, BY CERTAINLY GOING WITH SOLAR, WE WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR UTILITY BILLS. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY VERY, A HUGE BENEFIT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          BUT LET'S JUST, UH, DISCUSS ABOUT OUR INITIAL PLAN. 
          WHAT YOU ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW, UH, IT'S, UH, ON THIS PRESENTATION IS OUR INITIAL PLAN OF HOW WE LOOKED AT THIS WHEN THE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED IN 2019, AND HOW WE LOOKED AT THE VISION TO BE ABLE TO MEET OUR 2030 GOAL OF CLEAN ELECTRICITY BY 2030 AND CLEAN ENERGY BY 2040. 
          WHAT THAT MEANT TO US IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH POWER WE USE, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT, WE LOOKED AT THE POWER AT THE TIME, AND, UH, WE NEEDED TO HAVE AN APPROXIMATELY A SYSTEM OF 345 MEGAWATT CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          THAT WAS FOR THE 2030 GOAL. 
          UM, AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE 2040 GOAL WITH WHAT THAT MEANT IS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE, ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT TO ELECTRIC, AND THAT WILL GENERATE ANOTHER, UH, WE SHOWING ABOUT 106 MEGAWATT OF POWER THAT WE TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT 2040 GOAL. 
          SO THAT MEANS THAT, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN MID OUR 2030, WE'LL STILL HAVE WORK TO DO TO ACHIEVE THE 2040 FOR CLEAN ENERGY IN ALL SECTORS. 
          THAT INCLUDES PRETTY MUCH, UH, JUST TO REMOVE ALL OF OUR FOSSIL FUELS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ITSELF. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN METHODIC IN TERMS OF HOW WE APPROACH THIS. 
          AND AGAIN, THANKS TO OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR APPROVING THE, UH, INSTALLATION OF 21, UH, PROJECTS WITH SOLAR CARPORTS, UM, WHICH IS GONNA PROVIDE ABOUT 15 MEGAWATT OF POWER TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          AND, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED, UH, AND WE HAVE APPROVAL EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING DESIGN AND, AND EVENTUALLY CONSTRUCTION, UH, WHICH IS MANAGED BY OUR FACILITIES TEAM. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THAT CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT AND THE IMPACTS THAT THE CREDIT IS GONNA HAVE ON THE INSTALLATIONS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, LET 
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ME ALSO POINT OUT ON THIS, UH, ON THIS, UH, ACTUAL IMAGE THAT I HAVE ON, ON THE SCREEN, THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. 
          THESE GOALS, WHEN WE'RE TRANSITIONING OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ALL, UM, CLEAN ELECTRICITY BY 2030, IS ALSO ALIGNING OUR, OUR PLAN WITH THE LA 100 PLAN. 
          THAT'S THE, THE, THAT'S THE CITY'S PLAN. 
          THE DW P'S PLAN TO ACHIEVE A HUNDRED PERCENT ELECTRICITY. 
          NOW THEY CHANGE OUR GOAL BY 2035. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT ALL THE ELECTRICITY THAT COMES TO ALL OF US, UH, WITHIN THE REGION, IT'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ELECTRICITY. 
          SO WE PRACTICALLY DON'T HAVE TO DO MUCH AND WAIT FOR THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE MAKING BUSINESS DECISION TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE BY, UH, ENGAGING, HAVING SOLAR INSTALLATIONS ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND THAT'S A HUGE BENEFIT, AS I SHARED EARLIER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO LOWER OUR UTILITY BILLS AND, UH, INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY THROUGHOUT. 
          NOW, UH, LET'S JUST FOCUS A LITTLE BIT ON THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. 
          SPECIFICALLY, I'M GONNA FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL, ACTUAL SOLAR INSTALLATIONS. 
          AND THE WAY THAT WE LOOKED AT IT IS, UH, LOOKING THE ACTUAL PROJECTS ITSELF, THE ACTUAL PROGRAM ITSELF, WE HAVE 21 SITES, APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 15 MEGAWATTS, AND WE LOOKED AT THE ACTUAL COST AND WHAT'S ELIGIBLE IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE TAX CREDITS, THE, AND THAT'S FOR THE 48 E THAT, UH, MS. KATIE  EXPLAINED EARLIER. 
          SO THE, UH, DESIGN COSTS ARE NOT, UH, UH, UH, A PART OF IT OR THE, THE CHARGER COSTS, THEY HAVE A, ANOTHER DEADLINE. 
          BUT, UH, THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE ELECTRIC, UH, CHARGERS, VEHICLE CHARGERS, THEY HAVE TO BE ACTUALLY INSTALLED BY, UH, UM, UH, JUNE OF NEXT YEAR. 
          UM, THOSE, THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH DWP TO ENSURE REBATES TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS. 
          AND WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH L-A-D-W-P TO HELP PAY APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 40,000 FOR LEVEL THREE CHARGING STATIONS, UM, FOR OUR, FOR OUR CHARGERS THAT WERE INSTALLING ON OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND THAT WAS FOR LEVEL THREE. 
          FOR FAST CHARGERS, FOR LEVEL TWO, UM, IT'S ABOUT 5,000, BUT AT LEAST IT'S, IT'S FUNDING THAT CAN HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          IN TERMS OF THE, WHAT'S ELIGIBLE IS THE SOLAR FOR THE SOLAR PV COST, IT'S THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COST. 
          AND WHEN WE LOOK AT DATA 2 MILLION, UM, INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE WITH BOTH CENTRICA AND AMCO, WE'RE ABLE TO REALIZE ABOUT $33 MILLION IN TERMS OF TAX CREDITS. 
          THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO REALIZE AND REINVEST. 
          SO WE TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH, UH, DIFFERENT ENTITIES, INCLUDING OUR, UM, I WOULD SAY, UH, THE, THE ACTUAL INSTALLERS OR THE, UH, THE CONTRACTORS THAT WILL BE INSTALLING, UH, THIS EQUIPMENT ON OUR ROOFS. 
          AND WE'VE, UH, BEEN HAVING WEEKLY MEETINGS ACTUALLY TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE SECURE THESE TAX CREDITS. 
          IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT WORK, THERE'S TWO PARTS. 
          THERE'S ONE PART THAT KATIE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WHERE THE INVESTMENTS ARE COMING FOR IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE USING, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE RESEARCHING TO ENSURE THAT THE MONEY THAT WE'RE USING IN TERMS OF THE BOND FUNDS, THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS REQUIREMENT. 
          THE SECOND PART IS TO ENSURE ELIGIBILITY BY PROCEEDING BY, UH, BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT. 
          AND THERE'S DIFFERENT DEADLINES I'M GONNA SHARE HERE ON THIS STRATEGY. 
          I'M, I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW TO, TO LOOK AT THE ACTUAL CRITICAL DATES BY THE INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT THAT, UH, YOU CAN SEE BY THE DIFFERENT DATES IN TERMS OF ONE DAY, ONE BIG, UH, BEAUTIFUL BILL, UH, PASS IN JULY 4TH, 2025, THAT THE REQUEST WAS PRETTY MUCH TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING BY WITHIN A YEAR, WHICH TAKES US TO JULY OF 2026. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE VERY CHALLENGE, CHALLENGING FOR US TO FINISH THESE PROJECTS BY THEN BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN DESIGN AND WE'RE TRYING TO ACCELERATE THEM AND SEE HOW, WHAT WE CAN FINISH BY THEN. 
          BUT, UH, OUR CURRENT CONTRACT SHOWS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FINISH WITHIN THE FOURTH QUAR QUARTER OF 2027, UM, THE SEPTEMBER, UH, 2, 20 25. 
          UM, WHEN WE GET MORE CLEAR REQUIREMENTS, IT ALLOW US TO SAVE HARBOR, UM, SOME OF THESE, UH, INVESTMENT TAX CREDITS. 
          AND, UM, AND THAT WAS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ABOUT 5% OF THE ACTUAL INVESTMENT, UH, TOWARDS THAT. 
          AND WHAT WE DID, WE'VE, UH, BEEN MEETING WITH, UH, BOTH AMERCO AND CENTRICA, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, WORK WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM AND TO ENSURE THAT WE ISSUE, UM, CONSTRUCTION DIRECTIVES AND IN ORDER TO PROCEEDS ON ALL THESE PROJECTS SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AND BEGIN TO PURCHASING, TO DO THE PURCHASING FOR, AT LEAST FOR THE SOLAR, UH, SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE, UM, THE ACTUAL RACKING AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE THIS TAX CREDIT. 
          AND WE TRY TO GIVE US, GIVE OURSELVES OURSELF A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY BY ENSURING THAT THEY PURCHASE OVER THE 5%, AS KATIE WAS SUGGESTING, TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES, AT LEAST WE'VE HAVE ENOUGH, UH, FUNDING THERE TO SHOW TO THE GOVERNMENT THAT WE, WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH OUR PROJECTS AND WE CAN REALIZE OUR TAX CREDITS. 
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SO, UM, SO AFTER JANUARY 1ST, 2026, UH, THINGS WILL CHANGE IN TERMS OF WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT IF YOU, LET'S SAY, UM, PURCHASE FOREIGN MATERIALS, UH, THAT THEY COME FOR MANY OF THE COUNTRIES THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU HAVE TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THAT IF THAT IS PART OF IT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO REALIZE THE, THE ACTUAL TAX CREDIT. 
          SO FOR US, IT'S TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER WE'RE PURCHASING NOW UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR IS DONE AND IT'S COMPLETED, AND AFTER THAT TIME, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PURCHASING ANYTHING THAT, UM, IT'S, IT IS COMING FROM MANY OF THOSE COUNTRIES. 
          AND THAT'S VERY CHALLENGING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SOLAR PANELS, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY MAY HAVE PARTS THAT ARE MADE TO ANY OF THESE COUNTRIES. 
          THEY MAY BE COMING FROM, LET'S SAY CHINA, RUSSIA, OR, UM, KOREA. 
          SO SOME OF THOSE COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOW ON THE LIST THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE PURCHASING FROM THOSE COUNTRIES, OTHERWISE YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE TAX CREDITS. 
          AND, UH, AND THE, AND THE, AND THE PLAN IS TO BE ABLE TO, I MEAN, TO FINISH BY JULY 4TH, 2026, IF YOU CAN FINISH THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          IF WE DON'T, THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST IF WE, UM, IF WE CONTINUE THE WORK, UM, AFTER THAT, THAT WE FINISH WITHIN FOUR YEARS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE GONNA REALIZE THOSE TAX CREDITS, BUT AGAIN, NOT HAVING ANY OF THOSE FOREIGN MATERIALS. 
          SO OUR, OUR ACTUAL PROGRAM TIMELINE, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, UM, SHOWS SOME DATES IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE ACTIVELY NOW, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE ISSUED THE, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION DIRECTIVES AND ORDER TO PROCEED FOR THE PROJECTS. 
          SO WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH A SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE THEM BY WITHIN 2027. 
          THE, UM, THE, THE, THE PLAN HERE IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE A BUY OFF WITH OUR, BOTH OF OUR CONTRACTORS. 
          THEY'RE COMMITTED TO HELP US ACHIEVE THAT. 
          THE ONLY CHALLENGE WILL BE THAT, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE ACTUAL FUNDING THAT WE USE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED, IT IS NOT CLARIFIED A HUNDRED PERCENT YET THAT WE, UH, WE'RE NOT USING ANY FUNDING THAT IS COMING FROM ANY FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT, AGAIN, THEY'RE EXCLUDED FROM THE LIST OF FUNDING PROVIDERS FOR THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE, UH, I'VE STARTED THE PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE WILL, UM, AT LEAST CLARIFY THAT. 
          AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN THE NEXT, UH, I WILL SAY FEW WEEKS TO A MONTH TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, UH, CLEAR TO US. 
          UM, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AS WE, UM, AND CHRISTINA CAN CHIME IN LATER ON, BUT WE DISCUSSED THAT, UH, EARLIER IN TERMS OF A LOT OF THE MEASURE US AND THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE, UH, BEEN ABLE TO USE FOR THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS. 
          WE RELEASE PORTIONS OF THE FUNDING TO THE BUYERS, AND THEN, UM, AS WE, AS WE USE THAT, THEN WE, UH, WHEN WE EXPAND THAT, WE GO TO THE ISSUANCE OF MORE BOND FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ABOUT THE INVESTMENT TAX STRATEGY. 
          WE HAVE A, A COMFORT LEVEL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE STILL WORKING TOWARDS THAT. 
          WE'VE, UH, COMMITTED WITH OUR CONTRACTORS TO HELP SUPPORT US TO REALIZE THE TAX CREDITS WE HAVE TO RESOLVE THE, WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR AS WELL WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT FUNDING. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S THAT SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M GONNA MOVE NOW TO THE THIRD PARTY GREENING PARTNERING UPDATES. 
          AND UNLESS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO POSE AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT OR CONTINUE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THROUGHOUT OKAY. 
          THE QUESTIONS AT THE END, YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO NOW I'M JUST GONNA, UH, TALK ABOUT THE THIRD PARTY GREEN AND OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PARTNERSHIPS, HOW WE'RE STREAMLINING THE PROJECTS, THE LEAD PAINT PROTOCOLS, AND THE LATEST UPDATES THAT WE SHOW WITH THE PARTNERS AND THE FUNDING IN TERMS OF HOW WE WERE ABLE TO EARMARK FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS TO LOWER THE ACTUAL, UH, WHAT WE CALL FEES OR COSTS TO THE PROJECTS ITSELF. 
          SO WE MET WITH THE, WITH THE ACTUAL, UH, WE MET WITH AGREEMENT PARTNERS, WE INVITED THEM, AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION. 
          A LOT OF THESE SLIDES WERE PRESENTED TO THEM, BUT I WANTED TO ALSO SHARE AND SHARE THE UPDATES TO, UH, ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE, I ADDRESSED THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED TO US. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS TO, THEY WANTED TO, THE PARTNERS, THE AGREEMENT PARTNERS WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT, THAT THEY WILL COME TO TALK TO ONE ENTITY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS. 
          CERTAINLY WITH OUR SIZE OF ORGANIZ OF ORGANIZATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, IT GOT A LITTLE COMPLICATED FOR THEM. 
          SO, UH, AND WE DID THAT. 
          SO THE, THE E SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, UH, WILL BE THE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE PARTNERS IN TERMS OF ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE AND ANYTHING THEY NEED TO ADDRESS THE SAME TIME WOULD DEVELOP WHAT WE CALL IT A TIGER TEAM. 
          AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE TIGER TEAM EARLY THIS WEEK, WHICH IT WAS IDENTIFIED FROM OUR FACILITY SERVICES DIVISION, AS WELL AS FROM OUR OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
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HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          AND THAT IS, UH, WE IDENTIFY THIS TEAM SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO PROVIDE QUICK RESOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS ISSUES, AND TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN THEM ON THESE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO, TO HAVE QUICK RESPONSES TO ENSURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND, UM, AND IDENTIFY ISSUES UPFRONT SO WE CAN RESOLVE 'EM BEFORE THEY EVEN BECOME, UH, ISSUES. 
          SO, UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS THAT, UH, OUR OFFICE WILL MONITOR ALL THE CHARGERS ON THE DIFFERENT, UH, SPECIFIC TASKS, AND I'LL SHARE ABOUT WHAT THOSE TASKS ARE. 
          ANYTHING FROM DESIGN REVIEWS TO, UM, OWNERS, AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OUT IN THE FIELD TO, UH, TESTING THAT HAPPENS IN THE FIELD TO ENSURE THAT WE REDUCE THE COST. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AN ACCOUNTING IN TERMS OF THE HOURS, UH, AND THE TIME SPENT ON THESE PROJECTS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE, THEY'RE REASONABLE. 
          AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'LL BE SHARING THOSE WITH OUR PARTNERS. 
          THE LEAD PAIN PROTOCOLS WE'RE CLARIFIED AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR OUR OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY SHARING THAT WE HAVE NOW A TESTING PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR THE MARKINGS THAT WE HAVE ON THE PAVEMENT. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, UH, PROCEDURE BEFORE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HELP US OUT TO TEST AHEAD OF TIME. 
          SO NOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW THE FINDINGS IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE, THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE HAVE ASPHALT, LET'S SAY THE ASPHALT RECEIVES A CLEARANCE, THERE'S NO ASBESTOS. 
          NOW WE CAN TEST THE ACTUAL MARKINGS, AND IF THOSE ARE CLEAR AS WELL, THEY CAN BE REMOVED BY DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR. 
          SO THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOWER THE COST SIGNIFICANTLY FROM WHAT WE HAD BEFORE. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP OFFSET A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE COSTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO, UH, TO DO THAT EFFORT, BECAUSE IT'S NEW, IT'S A NEW PROCESS ALREADY DIRECTED. 
          OUR TEAM WORKING WITH OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY AND THE FACILITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL UNIT TO START DOING THE TESTING IMMEDIATELY ON THE SITES THAT WE HAVE, UM, UH, PARTNERS, UH, THAT ARE WORKING ON CURRENTLY. 
          SO IF WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DESIGN OR READY TO START CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE GONNA GO OUT AND HELP THEM OUT WITH OUR PROCESS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. 
          WE'RE GONNA ANTICIPATE AND DO THAT TESTING AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WE DO THE, UH, WE DO THE, UH, ASPHALT TESTING FOR ASBESTOS, BUT AT LEAST THAT'S GONNA HELP US A LOT. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE TO, UM, ABATE ANY PEN AND LINES RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S JUST, WE'RE JUST TESTING THEM. 
          AND THEN WHEN YOU TEST THEM, THERE'S, UH, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF, UH, OF, UM, UH, TESTING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, THE, THE SITE TESTING INITIALLY. 
          SO WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT PROCESS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FOR THE, IF THERE'S A REMEDIATION OR NOT. 
          AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER TESTING THAT'S DONE FOR WASTE CHARACTERIZATION, THAT'S TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THE STOCKPILES. 
          ONCE THEY REMOVE THE ASPHALT WITH ANY OTHER MATERIALS, WHICH, UH, UH, LANDFILL, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO REMOVE IT TOO. 
          SO THAT'S, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO DIFFERENT TESTS. 
          SO WE CLARIFIED THAT AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT IT'S GONNA BE A, A, HOPEFULLY A SMOOTH PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO SAVE US A LOT OF FUNDING THROUGH OUR PROJECTS. 
          THROUGHOUT THE, UM, ONE OF THE DECISIONS THAT WAS MADE, IT WAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TO ALLOCATE $3 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. 
          SO WHAT WAS DISCUSSED IS TO, INSTEAD OF JUST, UM, ALLOCATING A MILLION PER YEAR FOR THREE YEARS, IS TO ALLOCATE 3 MILLION UPFRONT. 
          SO WE STARTED THAT PROCESS AND WE MET WITH OUR, UH, BUDGET TEAM, BUDGET SERVICE, WERE ABLE, WERE ABLE TO TRANSFER THE FUNDS INTO ONE ACCOUNT, AND NOW WE, WE STARTED THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS AND, UH, WE STARTED MEETING WITH THE PARTNERS TO SHARE WITH THEM HOW MUCH FUNDING THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO RECEIVE BASED ON THE GRANT AMOUNT AWARD THAT THEY HAVE, UM, FOR THE DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT THEY APPLY FOR, WHICH MAKES IT VERY, UM, REALLY VERY HELPFUL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PLAN AHEAD FOR THE PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE. 
          SO WE HAVE ABOUT 44 RIGHT NOW, THIRD PARTY GREEN PROJECTS WITH A GRANT AMOUNT TOTAL OF 58.1. 
          THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST THE KAFI PROJECT GRANT AMOUNT PROJECTS OR GRANT AWARD PROJECTS, BUT ALSO THE, THE OTHER GRANT AWARD PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT THROUGHOUT ALL THE THIRD PARTY PROJECTS. 
          SO WE'RE ESTIMATING APPROXIMATELY ABOUT A 5% ALLOCATION OF THE TOTAL GRANT AMOUNT TOWARDS THESE PROJECTS. 
          THAT'S GONNA HELP US TO, UM, OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS IN TERMS OF THE TESTING, IN TERMS OF THE SITE ASSESSMENT, OVERSIGHT, DESIGN REVIEWS, UH, SOME OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN THE FIELD WITH OAR INSPECTIONS. 
          UM, SO ALL THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO REALLY, UM, HELP OUT THE PARTNERS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO MINIMIZE SOME OF THOSE COSTS. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING NOW WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PARTNERS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WE ARE SEEING. 
          SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO, UM, AT LEAST SPEND INITIALLY WHAT WE THOUGHT WILL BE THAT WE'LL BE SPENDING ON THIS PROJECT. 
          SO EACH PROJECT WILL BE UNIQUE. 
          UH, WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM, UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECTS, AND PERSONALLY GOING, GOING ON OUT IN THE FIELD, MEETING WITH ALL THE PARTNERS, MYSELF, SEEING ALL THE PROJECTS TO HELP STEER 
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THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE GREEN PARTNERS, WHAT WE SHARED. 
          WE SHARE A FEW MORE INFORMATION WITH THEM, BUT THOSE ARE, THOSE WERE THE KEY ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT'S GONNA GIVE THE SUPPORT THAT IS NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS. 
          NOW I'M JUST GONNA GET INTO THE L-A-U-S-D ECOS SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, AND I'M GONNA DIS BE DISCUSSING THE EXISTING GOALS, THE PLANNING OBJECTIVES, THE ACTUAL PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, THE DIFFERENT SECTORS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, THE, HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ENGAGE THEIR STAKEHOLDERS INTO THE PROCESS. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AB A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CLIMATE LITERACY FRAMEWORK AND HOW WE ENGAGE STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS, AND THEN THE DELIVERABLES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME. 
          SO THE CONTRACT WAS ISSUED TO CUMMINGS. 
          CUMMINGS IS, UH, IT WAS, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH OTHER, UH, COMPANIES, AND THEY WERE VERY SUCCESS, THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT CONTRACT FROM LA UNIFIED TO HELP SUPPORT, DEVELOP THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          THIS PRESENTATION PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY A COLLABORATION AS IN, UH, WORKING WITH CUMMINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER SO WE'RE ON THE SAME UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE'RE DELIVERING. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, SO YOU CAN GET A FEEL AS WELL OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING IN PLACE BETWEEN NOW AND, UM, UH, JULY OF NEXT YEAR. 
          SO JULY OF NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE DELIVERABLE THAT PRETTY MUCH IS GONNA BE ADDRESSING ALL THESE ITEMS HERE. 
          SO THE EXISTING GOALS THAT WE HAVE INCLUDE THE A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY RESOLUTION, THE GREEN SCHOOLS FOR ALL THE BETTER BUILDINGS CHALLENGE, UH, COMMITMENTS THAT WE MADE, WHICH WE MET IN, UH, IN 25, THE A HUNDRED PERCENT CLIMATE LITERACY EDUCATION, UH, THAT WAS PASSED AS WELL BY 2025. 
          UH, I KNOW I SHARED LAST TIME, WE'RE GONNA BE ISSUING THE ACTUAL TASK FORCE REPORT WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          IT'S GONNA BE ISSUED, HOPEFULLY, IF IT'S NOT LATER THIS WEEK, BY NEXT WEEK BECAUSE IT WAS GOING A FINAL REVIEW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT OUT. 
          AND THEN THE 1500% GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION BY 2030, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH THE, UM, DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY UNDER THE BETTER CLIMATE CHALLENGE AND THE SEVEN 75% ORGANIC WASTE REDUCTION BY 2025. 
          IT'S ANOTHER GOAL THAT WE ARE EVALUATING, LOOKING AT, UH, OUR ORGANIC WASTE TO ENSURE THAT IT BECOMES PART OF THIS PLAN AS WELL. 
          SO THE PLAN OBJECTIVES IS TO REALLY BUILD ON WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING FOR THE LAST DECADE. 
          AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS. 
          THIS BOARD TOOK A LOT OF ACTION IN TERMS OF STEERING US TOWARDS BEING THE MOST SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE, IN THE NATION. 
          AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR EFFORTS, FOR YOUR THINKING, FOR YOUR VISION TO BE ABLE TO HELP US WHAT WE ARE TODAY, BECAUSE REALLY, IT MADE THINGS A LOT EASIER FOR US STARTING FROM, UH, 2003 WHEN WE PASSED THE HIGH PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS RESOLUTION TO THE MOST RECENT RESOLUTIONS THAT I JUST MENTIONED THAT WE PASSED, REALLY BROUGHT US TO A, A A POINT THAT WE ARE INCLUDING DEVELOPING THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE. 
          I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S REALLY A VERY STRATEGIC MOVE TO START LOOKING AT THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, LOOKING AT, NOT JUST FROM A PERSPECTIVE THAT WE JUST LOOK ONLY FACILITIES, BUT LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTORS, LOOKING AT ALL THE AREAS, LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE, WE, WE SPEAK SUSTAINABILITY AND WE ACT SUSTAINABLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT ITSELF. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, WE, YOU CAN SEE THE FUTURE GOALS IN TERMS OF TRYING TO ACHIEVE A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN RED. 
          AND THEN THE, UH, THE GOALS THAT WE SET UP FOR 20 35, 20 40, AND THEN, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER STATE EMISSIONS THAT WE, OUR PLAN IS TO BEAT THOSE TO BE ABLE TO MEET AND ELECTRIFY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BY 2040. 
          SO THIS IS THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT WE LAID FORWARD, AND IT HAS SIX STEPS. 
          AND IF YOU NOTICE ON THE BOTTOM THAT THROUGHOUT THESE SIX STEPS, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CONSTANT IN THE, IS THE ONGOING STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, THAT WE MEET WITH ALL THE PARTNERS. 
          WE'RE GONNA SHARE HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE DATA ANALYSIS BY COLLECTING AND BENCHMARKING DATA, BY ESTABLISHING BASELINES, BY IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE RISKS, WHAT THE CLIMATE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO BE DEALING WITH, AND HOW WE MEASURE AGAINST THAT. 
          LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL VISION ITSELF AND THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES AND HOW WE ALIGN THAT WITH THE BOARD RESOLUTIONS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, DIFFERENT ROADMAPS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT ACTUAL BUDGETS AND WHAT, HOW WE PRIORITIZE. 
          WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL TIMELINE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, AND HAVE ACTUAL, UM, PLANS TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE, THOSE DATES. 
          AND THEN, UH, COME UP WITH THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF THE POLICY, WHAT POLICIES WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE, UH, LOOKING AT THE CLIMATE RISK, LOOK AT JOBS, UH, IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE PLAN? AND SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT IS TO ENSURE THAT WHILE WE ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS WITH CLIMATE LITERACY AND, AND THEIR PART OF THE SOLUTION HERE AT THE SAME TIME, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, MEASURES TO MEASURE EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND HOW WE REPORT. 
          AND, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS PLAN OUTLINE, 
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UM, THAT WE DESIGN, DEVELOP. 
          AND, UH, AND IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN TERMS OF HOW, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THERE. 
          BUT AGAIN, WITH ALL THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE WITH THROUGHOUT ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS. 
          SO THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT SECTORS THAT WE'RE ALIGNING TO BE ABLE TO, TO MEET. 
          AND WE, PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, ANYTHING FROM CLIMATE RESILIENCE TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HOW WE DECARBONIZE OUR BUILDINGS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, AIR QUALITY, ENERGY CONSERVATION, STORMWATER, WASTEWATER, ALL THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. 
          WASTE MANAGEMENT, OUR CIRCULAR ECONOMY, LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL CYCLE OF EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF HOW IT CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT AS WE DO, UH, CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS, CLEAN TRANSPORTATION, WHICH ALLOW THEM, WE'RE MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, HEALTHY FOOD, HABITAT RESTORATION EDUCATION AND SOCIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION. 
          SO ALL THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE'LL BE ADDRESSING ON THE ACTUAL PLAN ITSELF. 
          AND IF THERE'S MORE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'LL EVALUATE THEM AND MAKE THEM PART OF THE PLAN. 
          BUT THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS DIFFERENT SECTORS FOR THE PLAN ITSELF RIGHT NOW. 
          SO HOW DO WE DO THIS? WE DO THIS BY ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE HAVE HERE. 
          SO THE PLAN THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE IS TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, TO WORK WITH, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT WORK IN THE DIFFERENT FIELD, TO WORK WITH THE LEADERSHIP YOURSELF, SO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, OUR CHIEFS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, WE GET ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE CAN AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE FACING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE ROADMAP THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, TIME, WORKING WITH, UH, ENGAGING OUR PARTNERS, OUR, THE PARENTS, THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE, AND, UH, ENGAGING 'EM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE A PART AND THEY SHARE THEIR FEEDBACK SO WE CAN DEVELOP THESE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ITSELF. 
          IT'S QUITE A VERY EXCITING, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, WE WE'RE DOING WELL IN THE TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE TO DATE. 
          AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT METHODS. 
          HOW WOULD, HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE DO THAT THROUGH DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURVEYING. 
          WE LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENTS AND WEBSITE. 
          WE LOOK AT NEWSLETTERS. 
          WE HAVE MEETINGS, WE HAVE MEETINGS FOR SMALL, SMALL GROUP MEETINGS, INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, LARGE FORMAT. 
          WE HAVE WORKING GROUPS AND INTERVIEWS. 
          SO WE TRY TO COVER ALL THE BASIS OF GETTING THE FEEDBACK THAT WE NEED TO, UH, BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN YOU DEVELOP A THIS TYPE OF A PLAN FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS ON THE TABLE. 
          AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S HOW WE IDENTIFY THE TEAMS THAT WILL BE A PART OF THIS, THAT WILL CONTINUE THAT COMMUNICATION, BUT ALSO ENGAGE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, OUR USERS, OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLAN IS GONNA BE RELIABLE AND IT'S GONNA BE THERE FOR AT LEAST FOR, FOR SO MANY YEARS TO COME. 
          AND I'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE DO THAT AS WELL. 
          THE CLIMATE LITERACY FRAMEWORK. 
          SOMETHING I WANNA STRESS HERE IS THAT IT CAN BECOME A LEARNING TOOL FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF SECTORS THAT'S GONNA TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, UH, THROUGHOUT. 
          SO TO ME, THIS COULD BE ITSELF, UM, A PLAN THAT, UH, REALLY CAN BE USED, UH, IN OUR CLASSROOMS AND SOMETHING THAT EVENTUALLY, UH, MY HOPES IS THAT EVERYBODY EMBRACE IT AND, AND LOOK AT IT AT THAT KIND OF LEVEL. 
          BUT WE WORKING WITH SOME, UM, AMAZING EXPERTS IN THE INDUSTRY THAT CAME UP WITH A TEAM WITH COMINGS, 10 STRS IN THE US GPC CALIFORNIA, WHICH THEY'VE, UM, THEY WILL, THEY'RE STARTED MEETING WITH THEM AND STARTED DISCUSSING THE PLAN ITSELF. 
          AND THEY'RE GIVING US THEIR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS, AND WE'RE JUST PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE NEED AND, UH, DEVELOP THIS, UH, DATABASE THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THIS, THIS PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THE DELIVERABLES THAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE, THE, THE ACTUAL PLAN ITSELF. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL SECTORS, THE ROADMAPS THAT WE HAVE, HOW DO WE GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND BEYOND HOW WE GET, HOW, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO ACHIEVE THAT? AND, UM, SOMETHING THAT I MADE SURE FROM THE BEGINNING THAT WE HAVE A LIVE, WE HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT WE CAN REALLY MEASURE PERFORMANCE, AND IT'S A, IT'S A DASHBOARD THAT WE CAN KEEP ABLE TO EDIT AND MANAGE. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE BEEN MEETINGS WITH OUR IT AND, UM, AND OTHER ENTITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE START DEVELOPING THIS DASHBOARD. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE DEVELOP THIS MANUAL IS NOT JUST A, A MANUAL THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE SHELF. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE AND EDIT AND, AND CONTINUE TO SHOW PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE WORK THAT WE PUT FORWARD. 
          SO THE PLAN ITSELF IS GONNA, WE SHOWING, UH, WHAT IT'S GONNA BE, UH, INCLUDING. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE MESSAGE FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, UH, TALK ABOUT THE BACKGROUND ITSELF, INTRODUCTION, IT'S GONNA GET INTO THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ASSESSMENTS, AND THEN THE ACTUAL SECTORS ITSELF. 
          UH, IT'S GONNA SHOW THE ACTUAL ROADMAPS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION. 
          YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE GRAPHICS HERE THAT WE'RE SHOWING HOW WE'RE MEASURING SOME OF THE CHARTS, THE GRAPHS THAT WE'RE SHOWING WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN TERMS OF OUR CONSUMPTION, IN TERMS OF ENERGY, BUT, UH, WASTE 
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AND ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTORS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND THEN, UH, JUST CALLING SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO PUT ATTENTION TO IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, AND THEN HOW WE, UH, EXPLAIN AND DEFINE SOME OF THE MORE COMPLEX ITEMS THAT WE HAVE HERE AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THOSE AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, IT'S QUITE EXCITING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD. 
          AND, AND, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT WE'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW, THE CLEAN, THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE DIFFERENT SECTOR ROADMAPS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CLEAN ENERGY SECTOR HERE THAT SHOWS YOU ON, UH, A GOAL THAT IS SHOWN THE LEFT, UH, COLUMN IN TERMS OF TRYING TO ACHIEVE, LET'S SAY THAT, UH, THE 2030 OR 2028, WHICH BY THE WAY, WORKING WITH LACEY, GOING FOR GOLD, WORKING FOR LA 28, TRYING TO SUPPORT LA 28 AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT 20, 30, THE A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ENERGY AND SHOWING THE OBJECTIVE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE YEAR BY YEAR ACTIONS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          AND, AND THOSE ARE WITH NUMERICAL, UM, RIGHT TO THE LEFT ON IN TERMS OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, THE ACTUAL FUNDING THAT IS NEEDED, AND THEN THE REPORTING AND DATA. 
          SO THESE ROADMAPS WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US SUPPORT AND MEASURE AGAINST ALL THE DIFFERENT SECTORS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND THEN, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS DASHBOARD. 
          AND THIS IS A SAMPLE OF A DASHBOARD HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT SHOWS DATA AND HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO MANAGE DATA. 
          THE DATA IS FOR, IS TO INFORM US, TO HELP GUIDE US, BUT AT THE SAME TIME HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO MONITOR PROGRESS AND HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO, FOR SPECIFIC AUDIENCES, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL, WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION. 
          SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO KNOW HOW WE'RE MEASURING AGAINST OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HOW WE'RE MEASURING AGAINST A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN ELECTRICITY OR CLEAN ENERGY GOALS. 
          AND THEN, UM, I'M SHARING THIS AGAIN, THAT WILL BECOME AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS INTO THIS, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO USE IN A CLASSROOM AND LEARN BECAUSE, UM, THE CLIMATE ITSELF, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT COVERS EVERYTHING. 
          AND IT'S SO MUCH TO LEARN OUT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          SO THAT'S QUITE EXCITING FOR THAT. 
          SO, WITH THAT, UH, I WANTED TO THANK YOU. 
          UH, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, FIRST AT LEAST, I WANTED TO SHARE OUR COMMITTEE ABOUT OUR L-A-U-S-T COMPREHENSIVE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          WE ARE GONNA START SCHEDULING MEETINGS WITH, UH, MEETINGS AT THE CABINET LEVEL, MEETINGS AT THE, WITHIN, WITHIN ALL THE DIVISIONS, INTERNAL MEETINGS WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, EXTERNAL MEETINGS WITH ALL OF OUR CBOS TO ENSURE THAT WE ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS AND EVERYONE IN THE PROCESS. 
          SO THERE'S SOME EXCITING WORK THAT IS COMING, UH, TO US. 
          AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH ALL OF YOU TO DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT, UH, HOPEFULLY WILL BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WILL LOOK BACK AND, AND BE IMPRESSED, BUT ALSO, UM, LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT WE CAN HAVE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OUR STUDENTS, TO OUR STAFF. 
          BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, ALSO TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          CHRISTOS, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES, PARTICULARLY THE MEETING WITH OUR GREEN, UH, PARTNERS. 
          I THINK THAT, UM, THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES THAT, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN FACING AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE FACING. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S, UM, VERY POSITIVE MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT THAT WAS TAKING PLACE. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, UPDATE AND A VERY FORWARD LOOKING PRESENTATION AS WE TRY TO MEET ALL OF OUR GOALS BY 20 30, 20 35, ET CETERA. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE VERY ORGANIZED AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, KNOW ALL THOSE GOALS SET IN PLACE. 
          SO LET'S HOPE THAT ALL THAT ALL PANS THROUGH. 
          SO, UH, NOW I WILL OPEN IT UP TO OUR, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS BOTH TO, UM, OUR FIRST PRESENTER AND NOW TO CHRISTOS. 
          UM, SO YES. 
          WHO WANTS TO TAKE CHARGE? GO AHEAD FOR ANYBODY YOU WANNA DO START. 
          I, I, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS, BUT NOW YOU WANNA GO FIRST? GO FOR IT, . 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT IS FIGHTING, SO I'LL START IT THEN. 
          OKAY. 
          , JUST TWO, YOU KNOW, BREAK THIS UP. 
          UM, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS FOR KATIE. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO START OFF WITH YOU, 'CAUSE I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          SO I HAVE THREE, BUT I'LL GO WITH THE LAST ONE. 
          SO, ONCE, UM, THE TAX CREDITS OR THE FUNDS ARE RECEIVED, WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES THAT OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE USED TO INVEST THOSE SAVINGS EQUITABLY SO THAT THE COMMUNITY'S FACING THE GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS? UM, SEE THE FIRST BENEFITS OF CLEAN ENERGY UPGRADES? WHAT AN INCREDIBLE QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. 
          UH, I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE CASE STUDIES THAT WE FOUND ABOUT HOW THE DISTRICTS ARE, ARE SPENDING THAT MONEY. 
          UM, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST COMMON, AND CHRISTOS DID SPEAK TO THIS, IS REINVESTING. 
          THESE ARE INVESTMENTS. 
          UM, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT RAISE REVENUE. 
          THEY PRODUCE THE ELECTRICITY THAT THEN IS SOLD TO L-A-D-W-P. 
          SO IT'S KIND OF A FOREVER THING. 
          THEY CAN CONTINUE TO RAISE MONEY AND CONTINUE TO REINVEST. 
          THAT SAID, UM, YOU'VE REALLY BROUGHT UP AN IMPORTANT 
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POINT, UH, ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE LEAST AMONG US ARE PROTECTED THE MOST. 
          AND SO THERE'S A VERY SERIOUS HISTORY OF REDLINING AND, AND, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN THIS CITY. 
          AND IT IS INCUMBENT, I THINK, UPON THIS BODY IN PARTICULAR, TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. 
          AND SO I REALLY AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THAT'S THE WAY YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT. 
          I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF REMEDIATION THAT CAN BE DONE, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GREENING THAT CAN BE DONE, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN A CITY AND DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE, THE, THE, THE GREEN SPACE EXPERIENCE THAT MAYBE SOME OF THEIR, UM, THEIR FRIENDS IN THE PALISADES OR ELSEWHERE MIGHT HAVE. 
          UM, SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          YEAH, SO WE CAN SHARE THOSE CASE STUDIES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I'LL FOLLOW UP AND I KNOW WE ARE SHARING, BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS GOOD TO KNOW WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SOMETHING WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, MY OTHER QUESTION, SO AS A DISTRICT MOVES TO CLAIM THESE DIRECT PAYMENTS, UH, WHAT SPECIFIC SAFEGUARDS OR THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT, UH, MECHANISM SHOULD WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ENSURE FULL COMPLIANCE WITH IRS REQUIREMENTS AND TO PROTECT, UM, L-A-U-S-D FROM ANY POTENTIAL DISALLOWANCE OR CLAW BACK ON OF CREDITS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE SHIFTING THE SHIFT IN THE FEDERAL CLIMATE AROUND CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMS? SO THE FIRST THING I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT IT'S GONNA DEPEND, WE KNOW WHAT THE STAT, AGAIN, WE KNOW WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS, BUT WE DON'T YET KNOW HOW THE IRS IS GOING TO MAKE YOU LIKE HOW YOU'RE GONNA GO ABOUT MEETING THAT STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. 
          SO THE IRS IS GONNA, TREASURY DEPARTMENT IS GONNA LET US KNOW THIS, OR THAT TYPE OF DOCUMENTATION IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PROVE THAT YOU HAVE QUALIFIED WITH THE TAX CREDIT. 
          UM, SO WE WILL STAY IN TOUCH. 
          WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET FULL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO, HOW TO DO THAT TYPE OF PAPERWORK. 
          WHAT I CAN SAY FOR NOW IS TO GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID AT THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, WHICH IS THAT WE REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE IN TOUCH WITH SIFA. 
          SIFA IS THE ASSOCIATION THAT CAN REALLY, UM, HELP YOU HERD THE UNDERWRITERS OF THE DISTRICT'S DEBT AND START TO COLLECT SOME OF THIS INFORMATION AND START TO COMPLY WITH THIS EARLY, BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE HARD, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLY WITH. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD WOULD BE, UM, TO GET READY TO MAKE A COMMENT IN THE RULEMAKING AT TREASURY. 
          AND THEN THE LAST WOULD BE THAT HOPEFULLY I FIXED THIS BEFORE, YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. 
          SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN GET DONE IN CONGRESS. 
          AND MY LAST QUESTION. 
          GIVEN THE EVOLVING GUIDANCE AND POTENTIAL PHASE DOWN OF CERTAIN TAX INCENTIVES, HOW CAN LUSC STRUCTURE ITS CLEAN ENERGY PORTFOLIO TO MAINTAIN FINANCIAL STABILITY IF FUTURE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENTS ARE DELAYED, REDUCED OR POLITICALLY CONTESTED FOR WHATEVER REASON MAY BE? YEAH, LIKE WE'RE LIKE THE SHUTDOWN WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. 
          I I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS QUESTION. 
          WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT FOR NOW, THE IRS HAS BEEN, UM, ISSUING THESE PAYMENTS. 
          THE, EVEN THOUGH THE IRS HAS BEEN CUTTING STAFFERS AND, UM, THE IRS AND TREASURY ARE UNDER THE SAME TYPES OF RE RE REDUCTIONS IN FORCE RIFS AS OTHER AGENCIES HAVE BEEN. 
          BUT WHAT THE IRS HAS CONTINUED TO DO IS, IS PAY ON TIME. 
          AND IF THEY DON'T PAY ON TIME, THEY ACTUALLY OWE YOU INTEREST ON THAT PAYMENT. 
          AND SO, WHERE PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN LATE, THEY HAVE ISSUED THE PAYMENT WITH THE INTEREST. 
          SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE. 
          UM, I THINK THE IRS CAN BE RE CAN BE RELIED ON FOR ONE THING, WHICH IS THAT THEIR PENCIL PUSHER, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THEIR STEREOTYPE IS THAT THEIR PENCIL PUSHERS AND RURAL FOLLOWERS, AND THEY'RE JUST GONNA GET IT DONE THE WAY THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. 
          SO MY HOPE IS THAT THAT WILL CONTINUE. 
          UM, THE, BUT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT HOW THE LANDSCAPE, THE, THE FOUNDATION UNDER US KEEPS CHANGING, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I FEEL LUCKY TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA AND WHERE I THINK THAT THE DISTRICT CAN REALLY BE IN TOUCH WITH YOUR STATE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE STATE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS CONTINUE TO BRING FUNDING INTO THE DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND CTOS HAS THE PORTFOLIO SORT OF STRUCTURED CORRECTLY WHERE THE IMMEDIATE FOCUS IS GETTING THOSE 21 SOLAR PROJECTS DONE. 
          AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY LET'S LOOK AT SOME BATTERY STORAGE. 
          LET'S LOOK AT SOME GEOTHERMAL. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE WANNA JUMP IN? GO AHEAD. 
          HI, I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          IT'S PART, PROBABLY A SIMPLE QUESTION RELATED TO THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASKED AROUND, UM, THE TAX CREDIT. 
          UH, SO MAYBE THIS IS, UH, A, UH, DISTRICT QUESTION. 
          WHAT IS THE POLICY FOR THOSE TAX CREDITS? LIKE, DO THEY GO BACK TO LIKE THE GENERAL FUND? DO THEY NEED TO BE EARMARKED PROTECTED TO BE REINVESTED? OR DO THEY GO SPECIFICALLY TO THE OFFICE? YEAH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY ON THAT. 
          SO THE MONEY'S GONNA GET BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE HOW WE'RE GONNA, HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO INVEST THAT. 
          SO FOR NOW, UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE PLAN. 
          AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED APPLYING FOR SOME OF THOSE TAX CREDITS, 
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SO, YOU KNOW, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF TAX CREDITS. 
          BUT, WE'LL, IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO DISCUSS INTERNALLY AND GET BACK TO EVERYONE. 
          THANKS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL TAKE THE LEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS FOR YOU. 
          UM, SO, UM, ARE SOLAR PROVIDERS PENALIZED FOR DOING BUSINESS WITH PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITIES, OR WOULD WE BE PENALIZED FOR JUST BUYING FROM THEM? SO UNFORTUNATELY, THE DEVELOPERS ARE NOT THE ONES WHO WILL BE PENALIZED. 
          THE DISTRICT WILL. 
          SO THE, THE, THE, THE, THE DEVELOPERS ARE UNDER A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO SELL YOU STUFF. 
          AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GIVING YOU THE DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE THAT THE COMPONENTS. 
          SO DOWN TO THE NUTS AND SCREWS IN THE, IN THE RACKING IS, CHRISTOS WAS SAYING IS NOT, UM, COMING FROM PROHIBITED FOREIGN COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY CHINA, BECAUSE THAT'S JUST REALLY WHERE A LOT OF THESE COMPONENTS COME FROM. 
          UM, AND THEN LET'S REMEMBER THAT THE PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITY RULES IS A THREE PART TEST. 
          IT ISN'T JUST WHERE YOUR TECHNOLOGY IS COMING FROM, IT'S WHERE YOUR FINANCING IS COMING FROM. 
          SO I DON'T WANNA GET, I, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE EASIER TO PROVE THAT YOUR TECHNOLOGY COMPLIES THAN IT IS THESE OTHER TWO PARTS OF THE TEST. 
          ALSO, ALSO FOR YOU, ALSO FOR YOU, UM, DUE TO POSSIBLE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, RISING COSTS, TARIFFS AND LESS COMPETITION IN THE MARKETPLACE, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF EXPENSES BEING OFFSET BY POTENTIAL SAVINGS? I GUESS THAT'S BOTH OF YOUR QUESTIONS, RIGHT? UM, LEMME JUST, LEMME JUST GO ON BECAUSE I SEE THAT WE'RE SAVING $45.7 MILLION OVER 25 YEARS. 
          CAN THIS NUMBER BE REDUCED IF, UH, ISSUES ARISE AND WE HAVE TO PUSH BACK OR, OR OUR COMPLETION DATES OR WHATEVER, WOULD THAT BE A CHANGE? IT IS POSSIBLE, AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD, I MENTIONED IN MY PRESENTATION THAT SOME ENTITIES ARE STARTING TO PURCHASE THE, THIS TECHNOLOGY. 
          UM, AND THIS, THIS EQUIPMENT NOW, BECAUSE IT IS AVAILABLE AND THE MARKET IS SORT OF STABLE, BUT FOR TARIFFS, WHICH WE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO, UM, ONCE THESE RULES GO INTO PLACE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S GONNA BE A SCRAMBLE FOR EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN AND NORTH AMERICAN COMPONENTS. 
          AND SO JUST SUPPLY AND DEMAND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA DRIVE COSTS UP. 
          UM, SO IT IS POSSIBLE, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST THAT NOW. 
          AND I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA FOR THE DISTRICT TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT TYPES OF COMPONENTS AND TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT IT COULD BUY NOW. 
          SO LASTLY FOR CHRISTOS AND FOR CHRISTINA IS, UH, IS IT COMMON FOR US TO SPECIFICALLY ASK WHERE THESE PANELS WE ARE BUYING WERE MANUFACTURED BEFORE MAKING A DEAL? IS THAT TYPICAL OF US OR IS IT ONLY NOW THAT WE WOULD, OR WOULD WE ASK? I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT'S, IT'S NOT TYPICAL. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH I TO BE WORKING WITH SOME OF THE COMPANIES THAT THEY WANT TO SUPPORT US IN THIS. 
          AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT FROM MEETING WITH THEM AND DISCUSSING, WE'VE ASKED WHAT MATERIAL THEY'RE GETTING BECAUSE FOR THEM, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE BEST DEALS. 
          OF COURSE, FOR US, WE'RE TRYING TO REALIZE THE TAX CREDIT. 
          THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE'RE ALREADY, UM, KNOW, UH, WE'VE TALKED TO THE VENDORS, WE'VE TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURERS, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SECURE THE MERCHANDISE THEY'RE BUYING RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO AT LEAST REALIZE THIS TAX CREDIT. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE KIND OF THOUGHT AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN MEETING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE'VE TALKED TO 'EM ABOUT IT. 
          SO THEY WANNA SUPPORT US. 
          NOW WHAT THAT MEANS, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, THERE'S PROS AND CONS. 
          WE HAVE TO NOW SECURE THE MATERIAL. 
          WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON A WAREHOUSE, HAVE IT READY TO DO THE INSTALLATION. 
          SO AS WE DO THE CONSTRUCTION, SO THERE'S SOME MINOR AND WE NEGOTIATE ALL THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S DONE, UM, PAY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TAX CREDIT AND AT THE SAME TIME IT'S SECURED, WHICH AT THE SAME TIME YOU, YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCESS SOME COSTS BECAUSE YOU'RE SECURING MATERIAL NOW INSTEAD OF NEXT YEAR. 
          SO YOU'RE GETTING AT A BETTER PRICE AT THE SAME TIME, UM, INSTEAD OF JUST BUYING IT NINE MONTHS FROM NOW OR A YEAR FROM NOW, WHICH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICES WILL BE. 
          UM, SO THE ONLY THING, THE ONLY COST THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW REALLY IS THE WAREHOUSING OF SOME OF THAT MATERIAL, WHICH IS VERY MINIMAL COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE GETTING. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO ALWAYS BE PROACTIVE WITH THAT. 
          QUITE COMPLICATED. 
          I HEAR VERY, VERY COMPLICATED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HELLO. 
          UM, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          AND, UH, I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS JUST CLARIFYING WITH, UH, PARTS AND COMPONENTS. 
          DID YOU MENTION THE SHELF LIFE OF THESE PIECES? I I MAY HAVE MISSED IT. 
          SO, SO YEAH. 
          SO WHAT HAPPENED? THE SHELF LIFE OF THIS, I MEAN, TYPICALLY WE BUY MATERIAL THAT WERE GONNA GIVE US THE WARRANTY THAT WE ARE SEEKING. 
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AND TYPICALLY THE, THE LIFE OF THOSE PANELS, THEY GIVE US ABOUT 20 YEARS AND WE COME USE THEM FOR SOMETHING. 
          WE KEEP UP TO 25, 30 YEARS TYPICALLY ON OUR, ON OUR SCHOOLS AND MORE, UM, IT'S JUST, THERE'S WHAT WE CALL DEGRADATION, UH, IN TERMS OF THE PRODUCTION OF SOLAR. 
          AND WE REALIZE THAT AND WE, UH, ASSUME THAT IN OUR ESTIMATIONS IN TERMS OF PRODUCTIVITY. 
          UM, BUT THEN WE, WE PURCHASE THAT, UH, AHEAD OF TIME. 
          UH, BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHEN YOU DESIGN A SYSTEM, WE'VE, UH, COME UP WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS OF WHAT THAT SYSTEM IS GONNA LOOK LIKE TO ENSURE THAT GIVES US THE PRODUCTION OR THE WARRANTY THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS PROVIDING TO US. 
          AND THEN ALONG THE SAME LINES, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR SOLAR PROGRAM, ARE THERE FACTORS THAT CAN OR CAN SLOW DOWN THE TIMELINES THAT WE HAVE ALREADY PUT IN PLACE? YEAH. 
          THE ONLY FACTORS THAT CAN SLOW DOWN THE, UH, PLACE IF THERE'S A CHANGE, UH, JUST BECAUSE OF UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN THE FIELD, AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY VERIFIED ALL THE PROJECTS WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM, WE ENSURE THAT, UH, AT LEAST MOST OF 'EM, WITH EXCEPTION OF TWO THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING NOW, THERE A MEETING WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE, UH, DEADLINES THAT WE HAVE. 
          THEY, THEY'RE TWO WE'RE DISCUSSING AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, DECIDE BASED ON OTHER PROJECTS THAT MAY BE HAPPENING ON THE, ON THE LOCATION TO SEE THE SEQUENCING AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF. 
          AND IT'S JUST BASED ON THAT PROJECT. 
          SO IT WOULDN'T BE OVERALL, IT'S JUST THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          YEAH, IT'S FOR THAT PROJECT. 
          BUT EVEN WITH THAT, AGAIN, UH, THE IDEA IS THAT WE TRY TO STAY AT THE SAME SITES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT SO WE DON'T INCREASE THE TIME SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO REALIZE THE TAX CREDIT. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT AND RESOLVING THOSE MINOR ISSUES ON A COUPLE OF THE PROJECTS. 
          UM, THEN MOVING ON TO A DIFFERENT TOPIC ABOUT, UM, OFFSET OF FEES FOR OUR DISTRICT. 
          AND WE TALK ABOUT, UM, THE GREENING SPACE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP IN SOME OF OUR VISITS, AND I'M SURE WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE AND HOW IN WHAT SCHOOLS, I GUESS THERE ARE MANY SCHOOLS. 
          ONE OF THE DISCOVERIES HAVE BEEN ARSENIC IN OUR GROUNDS, WHICH ONCE WE LEARN THAT IT THROWS OFF THE TIMELINE FOR A PROJECT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, UH, SO WE, WE DO TEST THE SOIL EVERY TIME WE'VE, UH, WE TEST THE ASPHALT AND WE TEST THE SOIL TO ENSURE THAT IT'S CLEAR, UM, BEFORE WE DO ANY IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT. 
          UH, AND THERE'S CERTAIN LEVELS THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE. 
          THERE'S CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE TO THEN REPLACE THE SOIL. 
          WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME PROJECTS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOIL ON OTHER PROJECT SITES THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE SOIL FROM ONE SCHOOL THAT IS CLEAR TO ANOTHER PROJECT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY, UH, LOOKING AT AND TRYING TO SUPPORT OUR GREENER PARTNERS THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          THERE'S ALSO LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN BRING SOIL THAT IS TESTED, BUT THAT TAKES ABOUT FEW WEEKS. 
          SO WE CAN TEST SOME OF THE PLACES THAT WHERE THEY HAVE SOIL HIMSELF. 
          AND THEN WE JUST HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TESTING PROTOCOL, BUT IT WILL TAKE US TWO WEEKS TO CLEAR UP THAT SOIL TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IT ON A DISTRICT SITE. 
          AND THEN WITH THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S, THROUGH PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION, DOES THIS FLEX FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT? IS IT BY SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THESE ARE ALLOCATED? IT IS SCOPE, IT IS IS A COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT. 
          IT IS, UH, THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND UH, WE HAVE PROJECTS LIKE, UH, IT GOES BACK TO THE GRANT AWARD AMOUNT. 
          SO SOME OF THE PARTNERS RECEIVE GRANT AWARDS ANYWHERE FROM THREE 400,000 TO 1.2 MILLION. 
          SO EACH SIDE, EACH SIDE IS UNIQUE AND UH, SOME OF 'EM THEY HAVE, UH, WHERE THEY HAVE LIKE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, GREENING PROJECT WHERE THEY, IN SOME OTHER CASE THEY HAVE JUST PLANTING OF TREES IN SOME SHOPS AND TO PROVIDE SOME SHADED IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. 
          SO THERE'S A VARIANCE. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF, UH, BE FAIR TO EVERYONE. 
          WE'VE GIVEN THEM THE ALLOCATION BASED ON THE GRANT AWARD AMOUNT. 
          SO AT LEAST THEY, THEY KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE RECEIVING TO HELP SUPPORT THE PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE. 
          AND THEN WOULD IT BE AUGMENTED IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO BE FAIR AND SPREAD OUT THIS FUNDING 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT A INFINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT COULD THEY FIND ANOTHER PARTNER TO HELP WITH THIS OR IS THAT UP TO THAT PARTICULAR GRANT? THEY COME, WE HAVE PROJECTS, UM, THAT I WAS JUST AT ESPANZA YESTERDAY AND UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY TWO PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS. 
          THEY HAD THE HALF HOUR GRANT AND THEN, UH, THE, THEY WENT FOR THE CALIFORNIA, UM, UM, YEAH, THEY WENT FOR ANOTHER GRANT, THE NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE TWO GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP CLOSE TO $3 MILLION TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT THERE, WHICH IS GONNA LOOK AMAZING, WHICH IS ONLY A FEW MILES FROM HERE. 
          SO IT'S A, SO YOU HAVE THAT OPTION. 
          YES. 
          THEN LAST, WHEN WE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS IS AS WE GO THROUGH PHASE ONE, TWO THROUGH FIVE, IS THERE A WAY TO PIVOT IF IT'S NOT ON TARGET ONCE WE START THIS PLAN? UM, SORRY. 
          AND THAT'S FOR THE GREENING PROJECTS OR THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY PLAN? OKAY. 
          FOR THE ECOS 
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SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, UH, WE DEFINE THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE GIVE, UH, PRETTY MUCH THE, UH, THE, THE VENDOR, UH, IN THIS CASE, IN THIS CASE, COMINGS A YEAR, A YEAR'S TIME TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT ITSELF. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BY NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WE'LL HAVE AN E SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          SO IF WE DECIDE TO CHANGE FOR WHATEVER REASONS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT IMPACT THAT, THAT WILL HAVE ON THEM TO DEVELOP THAT PLAN. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          HI. 
          THANKS. 
          THIS IS LAUREN AKIM. 
          UH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          UM, ONE IS, IT MIGHT BE FOR KATIE, DO THE PROJECTS IF, OKAY, WELL LET ME START FIRST. 
          I THINK YOU'LL KNOW THIS CHRIS DOESN, AND MAYBE YOU SAID THIS, FOR THE 21 PROJECTS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS, DOES IT SEEM LIKE Y'ALL ARE ON TRACK AND YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO FULFILL THE SAFE HARBOR REQUIREMENT BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST TO HAVE LIKE 10%? YES, WE ARE, BASED ON THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE WITH BOTH CUMMINGS AND AMCO, WE'RE TRYING TO SECURE THAT AND WE HAVE PUT THE PROCESS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT THEY ALREADY TALK TO THE VENDORS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PROCURE THE MATERIAL ITSELF. 
          I MENTIONED ABOUT ONE OR TWO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, TO REVIEW SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO RESOLVE THOSE AS WELL. 
          I, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THE 21 PROJECTS. 
          AND YOU DON'T, IN TERMS OF THAT NEED, ANYTHING TO CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT? LIKE, I DUNNO HOW PROCUREMENT OR ANYTHING WORKS, THAT'S ALL? YEAH, SO WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH PROCUREMENT, WE LOOKED AT THAT AND HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN PLACE. 
          THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS, AND WE'RE DISCUSSING WITH FACILITIES, CAN WE, IF WE'RE CLOSE TO MEETING THE JULY OF NEXT YEAR DATE, CAN WE ACCELERATE SOMETHING TO, TO EVEN MEET THAT CONSTRUCTION? BUT IT'S NOT JUST MEETING THE CONSTRUCTION, IT'S ALSO TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND, AND BEING ABLE TO SHOW THAT THE PROJECT'S OPERATIONAL. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT. 
          WE'RE GONNA KEEP REVISITING THAT. 
          AND IT'S NOT JUST THE 20 ON PROJECTS. 
          WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE'LL BE DISCUSSING WITH FACILITIES TO SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO COMPLETE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ON TIME. 
          THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION THAT'S MAYBE FOR KATIE, IS THAT IF THE PROJECTS ARE PART, ARE ABLE TO FULFILL THE SAFE HARBOR REQUIREMENT FOR BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION, DO THEY STILL NEED TO BE IN SERVICE BY THE END OF JUNE OF 2026? ONLY TO AVOID THE PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITY RULES? RIGHT. 
          IF YOU BEGIN CONSTRUCTION, YOU CAN TAKE UP TO FOUR YEARS TO PLACE IN SERVICE, BUT THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO THOSE PROHIBITED FOREIGN ENTITY RULES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO EVEN IF THE PROJECTS ARE ABLE TO START THROUGH THE, UH, START BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION BY THE SAFE HARBOR PROVISION BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR, THEY WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE PFE REQUIREMENTS IF THEY'RE NOT IN SERVICE BY JUNE OF 2026? YES. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT PROCUREMENT IS ENOUGH OFFSITE STORAGE OF MATERIAL IS QUA DOES QUALIFY THE PROJECTS TO BE IN THE SAFE HARBOR. 
          IN THE SAFE HARBOR. 
          SO THAT AT LEAST GIVES ME RELIEF THAT THESE PROJECTS WILL BE IN THE SAFE HARBOR. 
          SO THEN IT'LL JUST TAKE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND DWP, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PLACED IN SERVICE IN TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          , DO, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL NEED TO BE THAT SEEMS REALLY FAST? ? YEAH, SO I THINK ABOUT IT. 
          YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO YOUR TAXES RIGHT, AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE ISSUED INVOICES AND YOU, YOU'RE ABLE TO, YOU EXPEND THE MONEY TOWARDS THE PROJECT BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. 
          SO WE, WE, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE STARTED THE PROJECTS, WE ISSUED NTPS, WE, WE MADE SURE THAT WE SECURED THE, SOME OF THE MATERIAL PERHAPS A LITTLE EARLIER, BUT STILL, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, SECURE IT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT. 
          SO, UM, WE NEED TO SHOW AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE'VE PURCHASED THAT MATERIAL. 
          YEAH, THE CONTRACTOR IS PURCHASING IT, BUT WE'RE PAYING THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE PURCHASE THAT HE'S DONE. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CERTAIN RISK THAT WE'RE TAKING, BUT WE'RE DOING IT METHODICALLY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT ANY RISK BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME, THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS WE ISSUE NTPS TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD. 
          RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR. 
          I THINK ONE OF A SIMILAR OR FOLLOW UP IS, OR JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, I KNOW THAT THE 40% IS A GOOD KIND OF CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE, BUT THE, IS THE DISTRICT FEEL LIKE THEY'LL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL BONUSES RELATED TO THE PREVAILING WAGE AND APPRENTICESHIP REQUIREMENTS OR THE ENERGY COMMUNITY, LOW INCOME COMMUNITY KIND OF BONUSES? SO IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE GREATER THAN THE YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          SO INITIALLY WAS 30% PLUS YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THESE MANAGED COMMUNITIES, WHICH GIVES YOU ANOTHER 10%. 
          YOU GO TO 40%. 
          AND SO WE WANT IT TO BE CONSERVATIVE OF 40%. 
          AND THEN MY HOPE IS TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE MORE THAN THAT. 
          SO YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          YEAH. 
          BENEFIT OF HAVING THE DISTRICT ALREADY HAVING IN 
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PLACE A, A STABILIZATION AGREEMENT? YEAH, WE HAVE THE PROJECT STABILIZATION AGREEMENT AND ALL THAT IN PLACE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. 
          ON THE, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I GUESS THAT THIS BODY WOULD DO, IT'S A LITTLE OVER MY HEAD, BUT TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICT IN COMPLYING WITH THE PFE REQUIREMENTS ON THE BOND ISSUANCES, FROM WHAT I, AS I UNDERSTAND FROM THE PRESENTATION, I'M SURE WE WOULD LOVE TO HOWEVER WE CAN WITH THE VARIOUS CONGRESSIONAL OR, UM, UH, PROCESSES THAT KATIE LAID OUT. 
          BUT JUST TO PUT, AT LEAST I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF LANE THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HELP SUPPORT THAT IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN AS THE DISTRICT EXPLORES THAT. 
          I, ON THE, UM, E JUST RELATED TO SOLAR, BUT ON THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, VERY EXCITING. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE, WILL THAT PLAN BE ABLE TO OUTLINE HOW THE DISTRICT COULD REACH THE REMAINING, UM, MEGAWATTS TOWARDS THE GOAL THAT YOU HAD OUTLINED THE LIKE 60 SOMETHING MEGAWATTS THAT BY 2030, WOULD THAT PLAN INCLUDE A PLAN FOR HOW TO GET TO THAT OR WOULD IT THE TIMING NOT KINDA MATCH UP? ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND AND THAT'S THE TIMING THAT IS SHARED ON THE INITIAL SLIDE IS THAT THAT INFORMATION THAT WE BUILT, IT'S GONNA GET TRANSFERRED TO THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO DO APPROXIMATE 10 TO 15 MEGAWATT PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT AT THE SAME TIME. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE GONNA HAVE INTERNALLY AND SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THERE. 
          AND THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, DEFINITELY, I MEAN, UH, TO ME, UM, IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE 2030. 
          ANOTHER OPTION IS THAT DWP IS DRIVING FOR 20, 3500% CLEAN ELECTRICITY. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S GONNA BE A BUSINESS DECISION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ITSELF IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENTS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT GOAL ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENTS WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE TO, TO MEET THOSE GOALS. 
          SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S EXCITING TO AT LEAST HAVE THE PLAN IN PLACE. 
          IT'S GONNA BE ON THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'LL NEED TO HAVE TO GET THERE. 
          AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY IDENTIFY FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT I'LL JUST REITERATE THAT I THINK WE AT LANE AT LEAST, REALLY SEE AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO FOR THE UTILITY TO BE PARTNERS WITH THE DISTRICT AND THE PLACEMENT OF SOME OF THAT IN BASIN SOLAR. 
          UM, BECAUSE I, I'M HONESTLY NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO DW P'S CLEAN ENERGY GOAL WITHOUT THEM PARTNERING WITH MORE ENTITIES OR THERE BEING SOME PARTNERSHIP THERE. 
          UM, AND THEN ON THE THIRD PARTY GREENING, APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, IS THERE A POINT PERSON FOR PARTNERS WHO, OR SCHOOLS WHERE THEY'RE CURIOUS ABOUT WHERE THEIR PROJECT IS? WHO, WHO SHOULD THEY, WHO'S THE BEST PERSON FOR THEM TO REACH OUT TO? YEAH, IF THEY'RE CURIOUS ABOUT WHERE A PROJECT IS. 
          SO, UM, OUR SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTED MR. JIM TORRANCE TO BE THE POINT PERSON FOR THE WHAT PARTY? GREENING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO MANAGE, WHICH IS, UH, SO PRETTY MUCH I REPORT TO MR. TORRANCE HIMSELF, SO IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION, YOU CAN SEND IT TO ME AND, UH, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I SHARE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND THE, UM, IF THERE IS ABATEMENT REQUIRED, CAN THE DISTRICT COVER THAT ABATEMENT OR IS THAT A, AN EXPECTATION OF THE PARTNER? IT'S, IT'S, WE DIDN'T PLAN FOR IT. 
          WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY FUNDING FOR IT. 
          UH, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ABATEMENT WILL BE. 
          WHAT WHAT DOES IT MEAN PER SITE. 
          SO, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CHALLENGING WHEN WE, EVEN WHEN THE, FOR THE GRANT, UH, GRANTEES, WHEN THEY APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS, THEY WOULDN'T KNOW AND THEY COME UP WITH SOME ESTIMATIONS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SIDE CHALLENGES WILL BE. 
          BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, THERE'S CERTAIN AMOUNTS THAT, UH, THEY PUT ON THE GRANT. 
          NOW I HAD THE, I TALKED TO THE CAL FIRE GRANT MYSELF, THE, THE GRANTORS, AND I SHARE WITH THEM THE CONCERNS AND PRETTY MUCH WHAT THEY SHARE THAT IF WE IDENTIFY UPFRONT AND APPLY FOR IT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT. 
          'CAUSE THOSE ARE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, RIGHT? SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT, BUT IT'S JUST ON THIS WAVE THAT WE'VE DONE, IT WAS AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT THAT IT WAS PLACED AGAINST THE, THE ABATEMENT OR REMEDIATION OF SOME OF THE SOILS THAT WE HAVE IN THE, IN THE CHALLENGES THAT, UM, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINDINGS ARE ARE UNTIL WE TEST THE SOIL. 
          SO THE $3 MILLION, IT CAN HELP, UM, IF ONE OF THE PARTNERS WANTS, WANTS TO PUT MONEY FROM THE ALLOCATION THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET TOWARDS THAT. 
          BUT IT'S, THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVING WITH THE PARTNERS, UM, ON THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE TO SEE WHERE THEY WANNA ALLOCATE THAT FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT THE WORK THAT THEY DO WITHOUT IMPACTING THEIR SCOPE OF WORK THAT THEY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION, I PROMISE. 
          THE, SO GIVEN THAT IF THE PROJECT DEVELOPER OF A THIRD PARTY SITE, NOW THAT THEY'RE AN UNANTICIPATED ABATEMENT OR OTHER RELATED COSTS MIGHT 
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CHANGE THE SCOPE OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT. 
          I KNOW ONE OF THE SCHOOLS WE'VE TALKED TO, THEY HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED TWO TWO GREEN SPACES. 
          NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MIGHT NEED TO HAVE ONE GREEN SPACE. 
          CAN THAT SECOND GREEN SPACE THAT DOESN'T GET BUILT WITH THE ORIGINAL GRANT COST? I'M USING MY HANDS A LOT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACTUALLY HELPFUL, BUT THE CAN, THE SECOND GREEN SPACE COULD THAT, IF IT'S NOT ABLE TO BE COVERED BY THE INITIAL CAL FIRE GRANTS, BECOME A PROJECT THAT COULD GET ON AN SEP LIST TO GET BOND FUNDING IF THE SCHOOL'S ON THE GREENING INDEX? UM, THEORETICALLY OR LEGALLY? YEAH, I MEAN, SO TYPICALLY YOU HAVE A PROJECT AND, AND WE SAW SOME PROJECTS THAT THERE WERE DOWNSIZES. 
          I MEAN, WE ALREADY HAD ONE OF THE PARTNERS, LABT FINISHED ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT, OF NY THAT WE, IT WAS A, A GREAT PROJECT TO SEE. 
          AND LET'S SAY THEY REDUCE THE SCOPE OF WORK BASED ON THE GRAND AMOUNT THAT THEY HAVE. 
          NOW, IF, UH, DEPENDING, UH, THAT OTHER PROJECT, DEPENDING ON THE, UH, THE GREEN INDEX THAT WE HAVE OR THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ON THAT PROJECT ITSELF, IF WE STILL FEEL THAT MORE GREENING NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND THERE'S A REQUEST AND GOES THROUGH THAT LIST, UM, THAT CAN BECOME A PROJECT ITSELF. 
          UM, THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING ELSE THAT I'M WORKING ON, I'M TRYING TO HELP OUT WITH THE PARTNERS IS THROUGH DWP, UH, DWP. 
          WE JUST, UH, EXECUTING AN AGREEMENT NOW THIS WEEK, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, TO HELP US WITH, UH, GREENING AND RESILIENCY. 
          AND MY HOPE IS THAT, UM, I CAN HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS, DEPENDING WHAT THAT IS, AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME OF THAT SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE MAY BE LOSING BECAUSE OF ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE WORKS I'M LOOKING AT, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY I CAN HELP SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS. 
          UH, REAL QUICKLY, UM, ON THE BATTERY STORAGE, UH, I, I THINK KATIE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT CHRIS, WHERE ARE WE ON BATTERY STORAGE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT? UH, THAT'S A BIG, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE INVESTING HEAVILY INTO IT WITH OUR TRAINING ON BATTERY STORAGE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE INVESTED ON FOUR SITES ON BATTERY STORAGE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON. 
          AND WE'VE DONE THAT ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          UH, WE DID IT BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE, UH, AT THE, AT THE TIME, EDISON WAS GIVING US A BIG INCENTIVE ON BATTERIES, AND WE DID THAT BECAUSE, UH, IT MADE SENSE IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT EDISON WAS, UH, PUTTING TOWARDS THOSE BATTERY STORAGE. 
          AND WE DID THAT ON THE MOST RECENT PROJECTS, THE 21. 
          INITIALLY WE PLANNED TO HAVE BATTERIES AS WELL, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COST, THE COST OF BATTERY STORAGE, IT DIDN'T MAKE, UM, IT DIDN'T GIVE US INCENTIVES THAT WE NEEDED BACK TO JUSTIFY THE INSTALLATION OF BATTERIES. 
          YEAH. 
          NOW, IN THE FUTURE, I MEAN THE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE LOOKING AT THAT AND I HOPE THAT THE BATTERIES, UH, THE COST OF THE BATTERIES WILL COME, WILL BE LOWER TO HELP SUPPORT US BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE MICROGRIDS AND MICRO CENTERS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT LOSING SIGHT. 
          IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MONITORING AND WITH HOPES THAT THE MARKET WILL DRIVE THE BATTERIES TO BE A LOT LESS AND, AND ALSO HAVE REBATES OR INCENTIVES TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS. 
          WELL, WE WERE, WE WERE GETTING THERE AND THEN WELL, YEAH, WE'RE NOT, UM, UH, I GUESS ALSO, UM, ON THE OUTREACH, IF YOU COULD ALSO, ON PAGE 19, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING TEACHER SURVEY. 
          IF WE COULD ALSO ADD M AND O INTO THAT, UM, UH, MANY OF OUR FOLKS, UM, THAT ARE WORKING, UM, AND, AND M AND O, UM, ARE HAVE TO DO THEIR CONTINUING EDUCATION THROUGH THE UNION HALL ON, UH, ON ALL OF THIS. 
          UH, DEPENDS ON THE LOCAL WAY. 
          IT MAY, MAY BE, UH, UH, MAY BE, UH, TWO 50 OR, OR OR 11. 
          UM, UH, SO IF WE COULD ADD ABSOLUTELY. 
          YEAH, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YEAH, NO, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 
          'CAUSE UM, DEFINITELY EVERY, EVERYTHING WE BUILD IS GREEN ENERGY TO US, JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE, UH, JUST PART OF WHAT WE DO NOW. 
          RIGHT. 
          JUST NO, THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, AND THEN I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IT. 
          OH, AND, UM, ONE NEW BILL ON, ON THE, YOU ASK ON THE LIFE OF THE, UM, UH, LAUREN SOLAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE LIFE OF THE SOLAR. 
          UH, JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW LONG THESE THINGS LAST. 
          WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA PUT THE SOLAR PANELS UP AT THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY WERE PURCHASED BY JIMMY CARTER, TAKEN DOWN BY RONALD REAGAN AND PUT BACK UP BY, UH, BY PRESIDENT OBAMA. 
          SO THEY LAST 30, 40 YEARS. 
          UH, THEY DO, THEY LAST. 
          LIKE, AND, AND THE FUNNY THING ABOUT IT'S IS THE, THE, THE, THE, THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH IN THAT TIME. 
          IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TECHNOLOGY 'CAUSE THEY END. 
          'CAUSE NOW WITH THE BATTERY STORAGE THOUGH, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE JUST STORING THAT ENERGY NOW INSTEAD OF JUST GOING BACK INTO THE GRID. 
          WE ARE JUST STORING THAT INTO THE POTS. 
          SO YEAH. 
          YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S WHAT HAPPENS. 
          . 
          UH, THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, IT'S REALLY BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH YOU, CHRISTOS, AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. 
          UM, MEETING WITH THIRD PARTY GREENING PARTNERS AND REALLY TRYING TO MOVE, UM, PROJECTS ALONG. 
          SO I'M, I'M FEELING OPTIMISTIC, 
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UM, AFTER OUR MEETING, UM, WITH YOU ALL. 
          SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, ONE, UH, WAS AROUND THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. 
          I REALLY LIKED, UM, THE LAYOUT OF THE SECTORS AND WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE. 
          I JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, UH, JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW THOSE SECTORS, UM, KIND OF LIKE THE VENN DIAGRAM, LIKE WHERE THERE'S KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVERLAP WHERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE THING ABOUT SECTORS IS IT CAN LEAD TO SILOS AND THEN THINGS START WORKING, YOU KNOW, VERY SEPARATELY AS OPPOSED TO LIKE REALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, IN SOME SORT OF SYNCHRONICITY. 
          SO JUST LIKE WANTING TO YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT. 
          AT LEAST JUST DEMONSTRATE SOME ILLUSTRATION OF LIKE WHERE THOSE SECTORS KIND OF INTEGRATE AND, YOU KNOW, CAN OVERLAP. 
          I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS PLAN AS A TOOL FOR LEARNING FOR THE STUDENTS. 
          I THINK THAT'S EXCITING AND EXCELLENT, UM, IN THAT RESPECT. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ON THAT. 
          UM, I HAVE A QUESTION WITH REGARDING TO GREENING. 
          ONE IS, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE TESTING, UH, FOR LEAD PAINT AND ASPHALT TESTING AND SOIL TESTING, ET CETERA. 
          I'M CURIOUS, LIKE, AND, AND THIS IS JUST LIKE MY OWN IGNORANCE, BUT I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER THERE IS A PRACTICE FOR THE DISTRICT TO KIND OF TEST JUST EVEN WHEN THERE'S NOT A PROJECT. 
          'CAUSE IT APPEARS THAT IT'S VERY REACTIVE BECAUSE LIKE, OH, A PROJECT'S COMING, WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THIS. 
          WELL NOW WE'RE GONNA TEST. 
          AS OPPOSED TO BEING LIKE PROACTIVE JUST FOR THE DISTRICT'S OWN BENEFIT TO KNOW LIKE, OH, LIKE WE KNOW WE HAVE X PERCENTAGE OF, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, LEAD PAINT ON, YOU KNOW, OUR GROUNDS. 
          AND SO YOU ALREADY HAVE A REMEDIATION PLAN IN PLACE. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE PASSED MEASURE US, YOU KNOW, FOR A REASON, RIGHT? LIKE, I MEAN, AND IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE LIKE, AS A REACTION, IT SHOULD BE PUT, PUT THE DISTRICT IN POSITION TO KIND OF BE A LITTLE BIT PROACTIVE AND HAVE, UM, COLLECT SOME DATA ON THE BASELINE OF LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GROUNDS IKA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO LET ME FIRST START BY SAYING, EXPRESSING MY HOW, UH, THANKFUL I AM WORKING WITH THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEARS OF AMERICA AND YOURSELF AS WELL. 
          UH, BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS COMING UP WITH NEW INITIATIVES AS WELL AND NEW IDEAS AND CONCEPTS TO DEVELOP THESE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          I MEAN, THE MICRO FORCE AND SOME OTHER CONCEPTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND IT'S GREAT. 
          SO THANKS FOR THAT, UH, FOR DRIVING THAT TOWARDS THAT AND, AND INITIAL BASE PLAY AND ALL THAT. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT, WHAT YOU JUST SHARED WITH US RIGHT NOW, AND PROBABLY IT'S A, IT'S AN, UH, OFFICER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, UM, ANSWER. 
          BUT I, I'LL TAKE A STEP AT IT IN TERMS IN TERMS OF WHY WE'RE NOT DOING IT. 
          MY WISH IS TO DO IT AS WELL AND BE MORE PROACTIVE. 
          I THINK WE CAN BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE START ONCE WE DEFINE A PROJECT. 
          UH, JUST GOING OUT AND RANDOMLY TESTING, UH, REALLY CREATES OTHER COMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF THE FINDINGS AND HOW DO WE MANAGE AND WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT VERSUS NOW HAVING A PROJECT ITSELF AND, AND REALLY TESTING UPFRONT SO YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO REMEDIATE AND INVEST. 
          SO YOU CAN DEFINE YOUR SCOPE OF WORK AND IT'S SOMETHING I'M WORKING TO, TO KIND OF DO. 
          THAT'S WHY I STARTED NOW WITH, UH, SUPPORTING THE PARTNERS BY GOING OUT AND HELPING UP WITH SOME OF THE TESTING. 
          SO YOU DON'T, SO YOU CAN IDENTIFY WHO ARE THE ENTITIES THAT CAN HELP US OUT TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS AND MAKE IT A LITTLE FASTER FOR US. 
          SO, BUT THANKS. 
          THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS SO MUCH. 
          AND THEN JUST MY LAST KIND OF, UH, CHRISTINA, DID YOU HAVE A RESPONSE? OH, I ONLY WANTED TO CLARIFY, UM, THAT WE CAN'T USE BOND FUNDS TO JUST TEST IF THERE'S NOT A PROJECT. 
          SO WE CAN'T JUST GO TO SITES AND START TESTING THE ASPHALT UNLESS THERE IS A BOND FUNDED PROJECT AT THAT SITE. 
          SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A GENERAL FUND EXPENSE. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT ON IS, UM, JUST REALLY ENCOURAGING AS IT RELATES TO THE GREENING PROJECTS. 
          SOME SORT OF MORE STANDARDIZED LIKE MENU OF OPTIONS, RIGHT? AND SO SOMETHING THAT I'M THINKING OF IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, FOR THE DISTRICT, I THINK THIS WILL BE HELPFUL FOR GREENING PARTNERS IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          AND I, I GET, UM, I'M NOT SAYING LIKE HARD NUMBERS, BUT REALLY LIKE SOMEWHERE OF A RANGE. 
          AND SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE SAYING, OKAY, THERE'S A GREENING PROJECT AND WE KNOW FOR, JUST LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR ORGANIZATION DID A SCHOOL YARD FOREST, A PILOT SCHOOL YARD FOREST AT 120 SECOND STREET SCHOOL. 
          UM, AND WE PRETTY MUCH ARE NEAR COMPLETION WITH THAT PROJECT. 
          AND THERE WASN'T ASPHALT REMOVAL WITH THAT PROJECT. 
          IT WAS JUST, UM, PLANTING TREES AND NATIVE, UM, SHRUBS AND ADDING LOGS AND SOME BOULDERS, UM, IN A WHAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN A LAWN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST A GRASS LAWN. 
          AND SO OUR FULL PROJECT BUDGET, YOU KNOW, FOR CONSTRUCTION WAS ABOUT $200,000, RIGHT? AND SO I JUST SAY ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, JUST MANY OF OPTIONS TO SAY LIKE, IF YOU KNOW THERE'S NO ASPHALT REMOVAL AND YOU'RE PLANTING X NUMBER OF 
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TREES AND NATIVE PLANTS AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN OUTDOOR SEATING AREA, ET CETERA, IT'LL COST THIS MUCH IF YOU ARE REMOVING X YOU KNOW, SQUARE FEET OF, YOU KNOW, ASPHALT, YOU KNOW, AND PLAN ON, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE THINGS I JUST, I THINK HAVING THAT LEVEL OF, UH, JUST MENU OR SOMETHING SO PEOPLE CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND, EVEN IF IT'S A RANGE, EVEN IF YOU'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, FROM 500,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO FROM A MILLION DOLLARS TO A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THAT WHEN PROJECT, UH, DEVELOPERS ARE GOING AFTER GRANTS THAT BENEFIT THE DISTRICT, THAT THEY ALSO HAVE A BETTER IDEA AS TO WHAT THEY CAN GET FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY'RE SC YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE SCOPING OUT A PROJECT. 
          SO THAT'S JUST AN ENCOURAGEMENT. 
          THANKS, MICHA. 
          THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          AND, AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT EVEN WITH, UH, SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING LATELY AND, AND RUNNING THE NUMBERS TO SEE WHAT THE COST SHOULD BE. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK INTO IT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SUGGESTED, PERHAPS WE CAN SHOWCASE SOME OF THAT ON OUR WEBSITE SO AT LEAST PEOPLE HAVE AN IDEA, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO SET UP THE WRONG IDEA OR EXPECTATIONS THAT PEOPLE THAT CAN DO SOMETHING FOR 200,000 THAT IT'S GONNA END UP COSTING HIM HALF A MILLION. 
          AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF, UH, SOME OF THE SIDE CONDITIONS AND THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH OR, OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PRICING THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT KEEPS ESCALATING ALL THE TIME, SOME OF THE MATERIAL PRICING. 
          SO, BUT WE CAN DO SOMETHING BASED ON A SNAPSHOT OF A TIME THAT SHOWS TO KIND OF GET A FEEL, BUT NOTHING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD SAY, I'M GONNA DO THIS NOW FOR X AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          RIGHT? YEAH, FOR SURE. 
          I MEAN, AND THAT'S WHY YOU PUT THE DISCLAIMER, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON CONDITIONS, RIGHT? UM, ALL THE THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          LIKE, SO A BEST CASE, WORST CASE SCENARIO, I THINK JUST FOLKS NEED A BALLPARK. 
          I THINK LIKE THE PUBLIC, LIKE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, PARENTS AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT AREN'T REALLY IN THE WEEDS OF A PROJECT NEED TO UNDERSTAND LIKE, OH, 'CAUSE IF I'M A PARENT, I'M LIKE, OH, I WANNA SEE GREENING ON THIS CAMPUS. 
          WELL, THIS SHOULD ONLY COST, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          OR EVEN CONSTRUCTION, OH, THIS SHOULD BASICALLY COST, YOU KNOW, X NUMBER AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          WELL, BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT AND YOU ALL HAVE YOUR OWN PROCESSES, IT MIGHT NOT COST THAT, RIGHT? SO JUST ADDING A LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY SOMEWHERE SO PEOPLE KIND OF HAVE A BALLPARK IDEA AS TO LIKE, OH, THIS IS MAYBE WHAT I CAN DO FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND DO SOME LITTLE TESTING AROUND, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK AROUND THAT. 
          RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, REALLY QUICK QUESTIONS FROM ME FOR YOU, UM, UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE IS DONE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ASK JUST, UM, YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, CHRISTOS. 
          SO THE ECOSYSTEM PLAN CALLS FOR MEASURABLE BENCHMARKS FROM 20 30, 20 40. 
          WHAT MECHANISMS, UM, WILL ENSURE THAT CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, SO THAT FACILITIES MAINTENANCE, UM, DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION ARE ALL ALIGNED ON BOTH THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR THESE PROJECTS? THAT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION DR. RIVAS. 
          AND TO ME, THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT THIS PLAN, IT'S A, IT'S A PLAN THAT IS GONNA BE ABLE TO BE SUPPORTED BY ALL DIVISIONS, ALL DEPARTMENTS. 
          THIS IS NOT JUST GONNA BE THE ECOS SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE PUBLICIZING A PLAN THAT IS NOT ACHIEVABLE. 
          IT'S GONNA BE A PLAN THAT FACILITIES WILL HAVE A BUY OFF, UM, AND WITHIN ALL THEIR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY HAVE, UH, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND EVERYONE ELSE, BECAUSE IT'LL BE A PART OF THE TEAM. 
          SO WE'RE ENGAGING EVERYBODY, EVERYONE TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM TO ENSURE THAT, UM, IF IT'S, UH, PROCUREMENT OR IF IT'S ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY, FOOD SERVICES, THAT THEY'RE ALL ON THE TABLE. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS COST AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHAT IT, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ABLE TO GET FROM WHAT WE ARE TO 2030, EVERYBODY PROVIDE THEIR COMMENTS AND THERE'S A BUYOUT AND THERE'S A, A COLLECTIVENESS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO, TO THE BOARD. 
          SO WE CAN BE ABLE, YOU CAN BE ABLE TO SEE IT AS WELL AND GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK AS WELL. 
          GIVE, YEAH. 
          UM, AS NEW CLEAN ENERGY AND ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS SCALE UP, HOW ARE WE PREPARING OUR WORKFORCE FROM MAINTENANCE CREWS TO SITE ADMINISTRATORS TO MANAGE, OPERATE, AND SUSTAIN THESE SYSTEMS OVER TIME? YEAH, SO, UH, GREAT QUESTION. 
          SO TYPICALLY A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING NOW WITHIN SUSTAINABILITY, LET'S SAY IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SOLAR ITSELF, THEY HAVE WHAT, WHAT THEY CALL O AND M AGREEMENTS, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS. 
          THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE TYPICALLY, UH, WE USED TO HAVE 'EM FOR 10 YEARS. 
          SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE, 10 YEARS THAT WERE ACTUALLY EXPIRING AND WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS IF WE'RE GONNA BRING 'EM BACK OR IF OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO MANAGE AND OPERATE JUST ANY, JUST LIKE OTHER SYSTEMS. SO WE, WE ENSURE ON THESE CONTRACTS, WE HAVE A 20 YEAR AGREEMENT UPFRONT AND WE HAVE THE OPTION TO STOP IT IN 10 YEARS, LET'S SAY, AND VICE VERSA. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO THINK AHEAD IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK, AND TO HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL OPERATE AND GIVE US WHAT'S CALLED A PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE. 
          'CAUSE ALL THESE SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE INSTALLING, THEY, THEY'RE TIED TO A PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE, MEANING THEY HAVE TO PRODUCE SO MUCH ENERGY, UM, PER YEAR. 
          AND IF THEY DON'T, WE, WE DO WHAT WE CALL TRUE UP REPORTS. 
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WE ADDED THEM AND THEY HAVE TO ISSUE A CHECK BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR NON, UH, PERFORMING BASED ON WHAT THEY SHARE WITH US TO BEGIN WITH, BECAUSE WE'RE THE INVESTORS, WE'RE MAKING AN INVESTMENT INTO THAT. 
          SO WE WE'RE ENSURING THAT THOSE SYSTEMS THAT HAVE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SURE. 
          THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. 
          UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, ALIGNING SUSTAINABILITY MODERNIZATION AND FACILITIES PLANNING, HOW IS THE DISTRICT DEFINING WHAT QUALIFIES AS A LONG-TERM ASSET WITHIN OUR SUSTAINABILITY? UM, INVESTMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, SHADE, SHADE, STORM WATER, OR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT EXTEND THE USEFUL LIFE OF OUR CAMPUSES? YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE, UH, WE'VE STARTING TO MEASURE IN TERMS OF, SO WE CAN SEE THE IMPACTS. 
          UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH FACILITIES WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL GREENING PLAN. 
          AND THE GREEN INDEX FOR US IS TO ENSURE THAT AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, TO BE ABLE TO, TO LOOK AT THE IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND BE ABLE TO REPORT IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH ASPHALT WE'RE REPLACING, WHAT, HOW MUCH WATER WE'RE CAPTURING ON OUR SITE. 
          SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANNA MAKE IT VERY, UH, TRANSPARENT TO SO PEOPLE CAN BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND IT'S A COLLABORATION WITH FACILITIES AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE AND SHARE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND LAST AREA OF QUE QUESTIONS, YOU MENTIONED THE DASHBOARD PERFORMANCE, UH, MONITORING. 
          IS IT MONITORING ALL THE SECTORS THAT YOU MENTIONED HERE, UM, IN YOUR PLAN FROM LIKE CLIMATE RESILIENCE ALL THE WAY TO, I DON'T KNOW, EDUCATION? SO WHAT, WHAT ARE THE AREAS THAT THE DASHBOARD IS? SO THE DASHBOARD IS GONNA REFLECT THE DIFFERENT SECTORS THAT WE HAVE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 
          INITIALLY WE LOOKED AT ONLY FOR FACILITIES, SO NOW WE'RE RUNNING TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, DASHBOARD THAT REFLECTS THE DIFFERENT AREAS SO WE CAN, AT LEAST WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE MEASURING, AND, UH, AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN BE ABLE TO BIFURCATE THAT AS WELL. 
          SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO SEE TRANSPORTATION ITSELF. 
          WE CAN BE ABLE TO SEE A COMPREHENSIVE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING, ONE OF THE COMMENT THAT WAS GIVEN EARLIER IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO, TO NOT HAVE SO MANY SECTORS, UH, BECAUSE IT CAN BE CONFUSING. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND, AND EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE MEASURING AGAINST A CERTAIN BASELINE THAT WE ESTABLISHED. 
          SO THE BASELINE WILL BE, UM, HOW IT WAS ESTABLISHED WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED, FOR EXAMPLE, A TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRIFICATION, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND HOW WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AGAINST THAT. 
          UM, BUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, WE WILL ENG ENGAGE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT REALLY USES, UH, ANY KIND OF FUELS WITHIN THAT MIX. 
          SO WE CAN GIVE A, A BIG PICTURE, COMPREHENSIVE, WHAT OUR FOOTPRINT IS, AND THEN WE CAN SECTOR DOWN TO SPECIFIC AREAS AS WELL. 
          SO THIS PICTURE, BIG PICTURE WOULD EVENTUALLY INCLUDE THE COST, THE SAVINGS DATA SO THAT FAMILIES OR YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC OR STAKEHOLDERS CAN SEE HOW SUSTAINABILITY INVESTMENTS REDUCE OPERATING EXPENSES AND IMPROVING LEARN LEARNING CONDITIONS OVER TIME, INCLUDED. 
          YEAH, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE DO THE INVESTMENTS. 
          WE FORGET, LIKE WE, WHEN WE INSTALLED THE SOLAR PANELS 10 YEARS AGO AND 12 YEARS AGO AND WE INSTALLED, UH, 60, WE HAVE, UH, 63 INSTALLATIONS. 
          AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE AS A SUSTAINABILITY, WE MEASURE AND WE SEE WHAT THE COST AVOIDANCE EVERY YEAR. 
          WE KNOW THAT ABOUT OVER $5 MILLION OF UTILITY COST AVOIDANCE, AND IT KEEPS ESCALATING AS UTILITIES GO UP OF, IF WE'RE MAKING THAT INVESTMENT, IT'S GOOD TO ALWAYS KEEP THAT INSIDE BECAUSE, AND IT'S SOMETHING GREAT TO SHOW, WE DO THAT ON OUR METRICS, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A OSTEO METRIC FOR, UH, THE PUBLIC SO THEY CAN BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR INVESTMENTS, HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO REDUCE THE, UH, THE UTILITY BILLS. 
          BECAUSE REALLY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF SAVINGS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I CAN SHARE THAT IF WE'RE MAKING THOSE, OUR UTILITY BILLS WILL BE LIKE 1.4, 1.5 OFF THE ROOF. 
          YEAH. 
          WHAT WE'RE PAYING RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND JUST AGAIN, I SHARED EARLIER ABOUT I, WE LOOKED AT THE LATEST UTILITY COSTS, UM, AND FOR EXAMPLE, DWP RAISER COSTS BY 25% JUST BETWEEN JANUARY AND TO DATE, THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE PAYING A MILLION, UH, A HUNDRED MILLION, NOW WE'RE PAYING 125 MILLION. 
          IF WE DON'T MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS, THE, THE, OUR UTILITY COSTS WILL BE HIGHER AND HIGHER AND OUR GENERAL FUND WILL BE REALLY SUFFERING FROM THOSE COSTS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE MAKING THESE INVESTMENTS TIMELY TO LOWER OUR UTILITY COSTS AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE MORE, UM, OPERATIONAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME ALSO, KATIE, FOR EDUCATING US AND LETTING US KNOW THE REAL DEAL AND WHAT, WHAT STEPS WE NEED TO TAKE AND, YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALSO, THANK YOU TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          SO JUST REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS AND REALLY, UM, GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT AND, UM, YEAH, JUST FOR LETTING US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, SO THIS IS, THE PRESENTERS REALLY HELPED SET A VERY STRONG FOUNDATION FOR TODAY'S DISCUSSION. 
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THE COLLABORATION AND EXPERTISE SHARED HERE, DEMONSTRATE THE SCOPE OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN WE ALIGN FUNDING, PLANNING AND PURPOSE, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND, UH, BUILDING A CLIMATE RESILIENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          [III. Public Comment]
NOW, UM, IT IS TIME TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY VOICES WHO MAKE THIS WORK ALSO VERY REAL EVERY DAY FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. MICHAEL MCLEAN, OUR BOARD SECRETARIAT, TO HELP FACILITATE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE FOLKS HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I'LL CALL ON THE FOLKS WHO ARE LISTED THEMSELVES AS BEING HERE IN PERSON, AND THEN WE WILL CALL ON THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING REMOTELY. 
          SO, NATHAN CRUZ, ARE YOU HERE? NATHAN CRUZ? NOT SEE NATHAN CRUZ COMING ON UP. 
          UH, LET'S SEE. 
          UH, CLARA SOLIS. 
          CLARA, THERE YOU ARE. 
          COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          THANK YOU, DR. RIVAS FOR VISITING US OVER AT SAN PASCAL PARK. 
          UM, WE ENCOURAGE THE L-A-U-S-D GREENING COMMITTEE TO OPPOSE THE ROYALS SECO WATER REUSE PROJECT, WHICH IS RECEIVING MEASURE W SAFE CLEAN WATER FUNDING. 
          THE PASADENA SOUTH PASADENA PROJECT PROPOSES TO USE A HALF ACRE OF LOS ANGELES SAN PASQUALE PARK TO PROVIDE FREE WATER TO THE SOUTH PASADENA GOLF COURSE IN PERPETUITY AS WE FACE DROUGHT CONDITIONS. 
          THIS IS A WATER GRAB FOR SOUTH FOR A, FOR A GOLF COURSE. 
          OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL SAN PASQUALE STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY IS LESS THAN 900 FEET FROM THE ONE 10 FREEWAY AND IS CLOSE TO SAN PASQUA PARK. 
          PART OF THE PARK INCLUDES A SMALL FOREST THAT PROVIDES HABITAT AND CONNECTIVITY FOR WILDLIFE NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN, INCLUDING TODDLER GROUPS THAT MEET IN SAN PASQUA PARK, TAKE WALKS AND FIELD TRIPS TO THE FOREST AND IT'S STREAM THAT HAS FISH, TURTLES, FROGS, BIRDS, AND OTHER WILDLIFE. 
          OUR SAN PASQUALE NEIGHBORHOOD IS A VALLEY AND IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT ISLAND IMPACTS AND POLLUTION FROM THE FREEWAY. 
          OUR TREE CANOPY PROVIDES SHADE AND PROTECTION FROM BOTH. 
          THIS PROJECT WILL IMPACT RESIDENTS AND WILDLIFE REMOVAL OF THE FOREST. 
          136 OUTTA SIX A HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX TREES INCLUDES LARGE MATURE OAKS AND SYCAMORES. 
          AND THE ALMOST TWO YEAR CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DEVASTATING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          MATURE TREES SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. 
          THE REPLACEMENT TREES WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY BENEFIT FOR DECADES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, A NOISY, SMELLY PUMP STATION WILL BE PLACED IN OUR PARKLAND IN AN AREA THAT CHILDREN WALKERS AND JOGGERS USE DAILY, AND THAT IS CLOSE TO LA HOMES. 
          WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS PROJECT SENDS WATER THROUGH DOWN A DOWNSTREAM GOLF COURSE THAT USES FERTILIZERS AND PESTICIDES WILL, WHICH WILL POLLUTE THE ROYAL SECO WATER DOWNSTREAM. 
          WE BELIEVE THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO CLEAN THE ROYAL SECO. 
          NATURAL RIVER RESTORATION HAS LONG BEEN A GOAL FOR RESIDENTS. 
          A TRUE NATURE-BASED SOLUTION WILL BENEFIT RESIDENTS AND CLEAN THE WATER WITHOUT NEGATIVE IMPACTS. 
          AND I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE GETTING YOUR, YOUR FAIR SHARE OF SAFE, UH, ME SAFE CLEAN WATER FUNDING, INCLUDING MEASURE W. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, LET'S SEE. 
          NICO GARDNER ERNA. 
          NICO SERNA, ARE YOU HERE? NICO GARDNER SERNA, COME ON UP. 
          YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          BOARD MEMBERS. 
          UH, MY NAME IS NICO GARDNER SERNA. 
          I, UH, REPRESENTING UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES. 
          UH, WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE OF COURSE, THE WORK THAT CHRISTO, CHRISTINA AND THE WHOLE TEAM AT LUSD ARE DOING TO SPEED ALONG PROJECTS. 
          WE KNOW IT'S A HERCULEAN TASK THAT WILL REQUIRE A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH BOTH KIND OF COMPLETE ELECTRIFICATION AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TAX CREDITS AND AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT GREENING PARTNERS CAN DO THEIR VALUABLE WORK. 
          UH, OUR HOPE IS TO BE PARTNERS WITH THE DISTRICT TO ENSURE, UM, A PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY STRATEGY THAT WOULD INCLUDE, OF COURSE, THE SHARING OF DATA CO-GOVERNANCE WITH LABOR PARTNERS AND INTEREST HOLDERS, UM, AS WELL AS, AS A, A STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF AVAILABLE FUNDS THAT L-A-U-S-D CAN USE TO ADVANCE CLIMATE JUSTICE PRIORITIES, INCLUDING, OF COURSE MEASURE US AND PROP FOUR. 
          UM, AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT, UH, WE OF COURSE HOPE THAT THE DISTRICT CONTINUES ITS PRACTICE OF USING EITHER HIGH HIGH ROAD OR UNION LABOR AND OR UNION LABOR FOR ALL OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          UM, SO YEAH, APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS HEARING TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          DAVID KOSKI, COME ON UP. 
          YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS, UM, PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          AND THANK YOU ABOVE ALL, TO THE BUILDING TRADES WHO WITHOUT THEIR EFFORTS MEASURE, B-B-K-R-Y-R-R AND US WOULD NOT HAVE PASSED. 
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AND SO WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO THEIR TREMENDOUS EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF, UH, LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS AND, UH, THE COMMUNITIES. 
          WITH RESPECT TO THE GREAT SPEAKER THERE FROM, FROM THE AREA ALONG THE ARROYO, UH, WE USED TO JAY GITA AND LEGAL USED TO WEIGH IN ON THE QUAS AND PUT IN AN LA UNIFIED COMMENT IF NECESSARY, IF, AND ASKED FOR NUMBER TWO, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE SOLAR IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 
          I I WASN'T QUITE SURE. 
          I KNOW CHRISTOS IS GIVING US THE REPORT, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR, WHO I BELIEVE IS RESCO IS ONE OF THE, IS IN, UH, IN THE BATTERY STORAGE WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
          EDISON HAS HAD SOME FORCE MAJEURE PROBLEMS AND OTHER ISSUES BECAUSE OF THEIR CHINESE PRODUCT CONNECTION, WHICH WAS RAISED BY THE VERY INTELLIGENT SPEAKER TODAY. 
          ANOTHER TOPIC, PROP FOUR. 
          IT'S GOOD IF YOU COULD GET PROP FOUR IN HERE. 
          IT'S A $10 BILLION. 
          ANOTHER TOPIC OF INTEREST IS THE GREAT SETTLEMENT OF AT ATLAS, UM, AND THE MONEY THAT COMES IN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE, THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF. 
          AND SO THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF PLANNING AND MAYBE LA UNIFIED COULD GREEN THAT SPACE AS WELL. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE, UH, TRUMP, UH, ATTACKS ON THE, UH, ALTERNATIVE AND, AND GREEN ENERGY, IT'D BE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE, UH, COMMENTS AND WHAT WE DO FOR PURSUING THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL AND WHAT CAN BE BALANCED THERE. 
          AND FINALLY, WITH RESPECT TO, UM, THE GREENING PARTNERS, UH, I GUESS IT'S CUMMINGS AND PERHAPS THEIR SUBCONTRACTORS IS, IS TO GET A REPORT FROM THEM. 
          LET'S HEAR FROM IT. 
          AND FINALLY, WHAT WAS RAISED EARLIER ON THE HOPES THAT THERE'S SOMETHING RELATED TO CURRICULUM. 
          IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT NOT TO HEAR FROM CRYSTALS WHO WOULD WRITE THE CURRICULUM FOR YOU GUYS, BUT K THROUGH 12, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          WE JUST KNOW THE SCIENCE TEST SCORES IN THIS DISTRICT. 
          WERE PRETTY ABYSMAL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, LETICIA GUINO, I SEE YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT DO YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THE ROOM? I DO NOT SEE HER. 
          UH, ANTONIO SANCHEZ, YOU ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          ANTONIO SANCHEZ. 
          ANTONIO, SO YOU'RE WITH US. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HI THERE. 
          UH, MY NAME IS ANTONIO SANCHEZ AND I'M A, A POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR IBW LOCAL 11. 
          UH, I'M ALSO A RESIDENT HERE OF FOURTH DISTRICT TWO. 
          UH, FIRST THANK YOU, UH, FOR TAKING THE TIME TODAY. 
          THIS IS A GREAT CONVERSATION. 
          UH, AND WE, WE, WE HAVE A BIG GOAL, SEVERAL BIG GOALS, BUT LOOK, FIRST, LEMME JUST TELL YOU, UH, THERE WAS A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WORKFORCE. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE ELECTRICIANS READY AND AVAILABLE, UH, TOMORROW IF NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS WORK. 
          UH, OUR APPRENTICESHIP AT SOME POINT WAS THE LARGEST ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY. 
          UH, WE HAVE SHRUNK A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WORK IS DOWN. 
          UH, SO WE HAVE ABOUT 1500 APPRENTICES, ELECTRICAL APPRENTICES. 
          UH, NOW, UH, AT OUR TRAINING CENTER, I SHARE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ESSENTIALLY DOUBLE IN SIZE, IF NOT MORE, UH, IF NEEDED. 
          UH, LET ME ALSO SHARE THAT A LOT OF OUR, OUR MEMBERS ARE GRADUATES OF L-A-U-S-D WHOSE KIDS ATTEND, UH, LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          WE'VE BEEN BUILDING, AS HAS COMMENTED, UH, YOUR SCHOOLS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          WE'RE ALSO BUILDING BATTERY STORAGE PROJECTS, SOLAR PROJECTS, A LOT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY WORK THAT'S COMING OUR WAY. 
          UH, I, I HAVE TO ENCOURAGE, UH, AND ASK YOU TO MOVE QUICKLY ON THESE TAX CREDITS. 
          THE SOLAR TAX CREDITS THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, ESSENTIALLY BE ELIMINATED, CANCELED, TAKEN AWAY, UH, BY THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. 
          THERE'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UH, THAT ARE GONNA BE LOST, UH, POTENTIALLY. 
          SO I WANNA ASK THE BOARD, UH, THIS, THE DISTRICT STAFF, EVERYBODY TO, TO, UH, MOVE WITH OF COURSE, UH, EFFICIENCY, UH, AND DIRECTION, BUT QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE NEED THOSE TAX CREDITS. 
          UH, I DID HEAR, UH, THE MENTION OF A GOAL, UH, TO BRING AN ADDITIONAL 66 MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR POWER BY 2030. 
          AND I, I WANNA EXPRESS THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UH, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          THE NEXT CALLER IS, UH, YAEL PARES. 
          YAEL PARES. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE WITH US. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 
          AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          YAEL PARES. 
          HELLO, UH, YAEL PARES. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. 
          IT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE VALUE. 
          L-A-U-S-D IS PUTTING IN CLEAN, SAFE, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT 
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FOR OUR KIDS, AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURE IN KIDS' LIFE, LIFE SCIENCE AND EVIDENCE, POS TO THE ENORMOUS VALUE OF ACTIVITIES IN EMOTION IN A NATIONAL NATURAL SURROUNDING. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT LOS ANGELES IS PARK POOL, PARK POOR. 
          THERE ARE NO NATURAL PARKS IN THE WHOLE MID CITY. 
          UM, WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A GEM IN HIGHLAND PARK CALLED SAN PASQUA. 
          IT IS A NATURAL RIPARIAN WILDLIFE CORRIDOR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY, A SMALL FOREST WITH LARGE OAKS IN SYCAMORE, AND A WATER STREAM WHERE KIDS CAN TOUCH THE WATER, EXPLORE WILDLIFE, OR SIT AND COOL OFF IN HOT SUMMER DAYS. 
          SAN PASQUA IS AN ACCESSIBLE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR THAT CONNECTS THE SAN GABRIEL HILL WITH MONTECITO HEIGHT. 
          YOU CAN SEE A WIDE VARI VARIETY OF NATURAL HABITAT. 
          UH, IT'S A, IT'S AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. 
          IT MUST BE SAFE AS EDUCATOR WILL CARE ABOUT THE STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLBEING AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT. 
          I WANT TO ASK THAT YOU OPPOSE THE PROPOSED WATER REUSE PROJECT AT SAN PASQUAL. 
          THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE AT LEAST TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE AND WILL AGGRAVATE THE HEALTH OF ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS, INCLUDING THE LOCAL SCHOOL, CUTTING DOWN 82% OF THE LARGE TREES IN THIS PARK WITH THEIR ROOTS. 
          DIGGING AN ARTIFICIAL POOL AND TRUCKING DEBRIS IN THE SOIL AWAY WILL EXACERBATE NOISE, WORSEN AIR QUALITY, AND AUGMENT THE HEAT FOR THE WHOLE AREA. 
          NOT TO MENTION THE DEVASTATING DESTRUCTION OF THIS CARRIAGE PARK AND THE CREATURES THAT RELY ON IT. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CAPTURE 60% OF THE ARROYOS WATER AND DIRECT 20 MILLION GALLONS OF FREE WATER TO TREAT AN AFFLUENT GOLF COURSE WHILE, WHILE USING MEASURE W PUBLIC FUND. 
          THIS MEASURE SHOULD NOT BE USED TO DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT AND WORSEN OUR KIDS HEALTH. 
          ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE NEED MORE TREES. 
          IT'LL TAKE 20 YEARS TO TREES. 
          TO RECAPTURE THE SHADE AND BENEFIT, PLEASE VOTE NO AND PROTECT THIS NATURAL PARK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, ROY PAYAN, I SEE YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK REMOTELY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE YOU ONLINE. 
          ARE YOU IN THE ROOM, MR. ROY? ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, ANI ROGERS. 
          I SEE YOU ARE ON THE LINE. 
          ANI ROGERS. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          NANI ROGERS. 
          HI, MY NAME IS NANI ROGERS. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR THE NOISE BEHIND ME BECAUSE I ACTUALLY WORK AS A CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION CORPS FELLOW AT A CALIFORNIA CREATIVE LEARNING ACADEMY. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO HERE AT OUR SCHOOL. 
          SO OVER HERE, WE RUN A PRETTY EXTENSIVE GARDEN PROGRAM AS WELL AS A WASTE DIVERSION PROGRAM. 
          WHAT OUR GARDEN PROGRAM MEANS IS NOT ONLY DO WE OFFER, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EDUCATION TO ALL OF THE CLASSES THAT ARE TK THROUGH EIGHTH SCHOOL. 
          SO THAT ALSO MEANS THAT WE MAINTAIN THE GROUNDS AROUND THE SCHOOL AND WE TRY TO USE INDIGENOUS AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN ORDER TO KEEP THE, YOU KNOW, THE EARTH HEALTHY. 
          SO WE PLANT A LOT OF NATIVE PLANTS AROUND OUR BUILDING. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT OF URBAN GREENING, AND WE RECENTLY BROUGHT IN A HYDROPONICS PROGRAM TO THE SCHOOL IN ORDER TO TEACH THE KIDS MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GROW FOOD WITHIN THE CITY. 
          WITH OUR WASTE DIVERSION PROGRAM, EVERY DAY, WE ACTUALLY COLLECT THE EXTRA FOOD LEFTOVER FROM THE KIDS' LUNCHES, AND WE EITHER DIVERT THAT OVER INTO THE COMMUNITY OR WE END UP MAKING NEW PROJECTS WITH THE FOOD IN ORDER TO TEACH THE KIDS ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN DIVERT YOUR WASTE. 
          LAST YEAR, WE ENDED UP DIVERTING OVER 28,000 POUNDS FROM THE LANDFILL, WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS OF METHANE FROM BEING CREATED. 
          AND ALL WE WANT TO DO IS TO CONTINUE SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT SCHOOLS CAN DO TO HELP OUT OUR COMMUNITY AND BECOME GREENER PARTNERS IN GENERAL. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, APOLOGIZE FOR ALL THE NOISE. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP CLUB WITH OUR STUDENTS, WHERE EVERY WEDNESDAY THE STUDENTS GET TOGETHER TO WRITE LETTERS AND DO ACTIONS, WRITE LETTERS TO OUR GOVERNMENT LEADERS, SUCH AS YOU GUYS ACTUALLY URGING THEM TO THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN APPROACH, APPROACH THE THINGS WE'RE ALREADY DOING. 
          AND YEAH, AND JUST AGAIN, WE'RE A CALIFORNIA CLIMATE WHERE THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION CORPS TEACHING AT CALIFORNIA CREATIVE LEARNING ACADEMY, AND IT'S A TITLE ONE CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANKS, BOB. 
          OKAY, HILLARY FIRESTONE. 
          HILLARY FIRESTONE. 
          I SEE YOU'RE ON THE LINE. 
          PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN. 
          HILLARY FIRESTONE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
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THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          MY NAME IS HILLARY FIRESTONE AND I'M HERE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL AND RC, BUT I'M ALSO A PARENT OF L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATED THE TODAY AND I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THOSE TOPICS. 
          I AM URGING THE DISTRICT TO TAKE TIMELY ACTION TO SECURE THESE SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL FUNDING FROM ITS PLANNED SOLAR PROJECTS. 
          AS WAS MENTIONED, YOU HAVE 21 SOLAR PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD QUALIFY FOR OUR CALCULATIONS, UP TO 85 MILLION FEDERAL TAX CREDITS. 
          HOWEVER, TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS, WE REALLY KNOW THAT THE CONSTRUCTION MUST BEGIN BY DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR, OR THEY WILL DISAPPEAR. 
          THIS IS A REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING NEW UNRESTRICTED DOLLARS INTO OUR SCHOOLS FUNDS THAT COULD BE REINVESTED TO UPGRADE FACILITIES GREEN, OUR CAMPUSES IMPROVE WATER QUALITY, OR STRENGTHEN TEACHER AND STUDENT SUPPORT. 
          IF THE DISTRICT DOES NOT ACT SWIFTLY, THESE DOLLARS WILL SIMPLY BE LOST. 
          AND WE'VE SEEN THAT OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ALREADY BENEFITED FROM THIS PROGRAM, SUCH AS SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN AND MASSACHUSETTS HAVE RECEIVED MILLIONS IN REIMBURSEMENT FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS DEMONSTRATING WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN DISTRICTS MOVE PROACTIVELY. 
          AND WE KNOW THESE INVESTMENTS ARE NOT ONLY GOOD FOR THE CLIMATE, THEY'RE GOOD FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR LAD'S LONG-TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH. 
          WE HEARD EARLIER TODAY THAT A USD SPENDS A HUNDRED MILLION ON ENERGY COSTS, AND THAT'S GOING UP BY INSTALLING SOLAR. 
          NOW, L-A-U-S-D CAN REDUCE FUTURE ENERGY BILLS, BUILD RESILIENCE TO EXTREME HEAT AND POWER DISRUPTIONS AND FREE UP MORE RESOURCES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING. 
          L-A-U-S-D HAS COMMENDABLE COMMITMENTS TO SUSTAINABILITY AND TO CREATING HEALTHY GREEN SCHOOLS. 
          THE FEDERAL TAX CREDITS OFFER AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THOSE COMMITMENTS INTO ACTION. 
          PLEASE DO NOT LET BUREAUCRACY SLOW YOU DOWN. 
          I RESPECTFULLY URGE THE BOARD AND THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TO ACT QUICKLY TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION, CAPTURE THESE FEDERAL FUNDS, AND PROVIDE TRANSPARENT UPDATES ON PROGRESS. 
          THIS IS REALLY A CHANCE FOR L-A-U-S-D TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE, ADVANCING CLIMATE SOLUTIONS THAT ALSO STRENGTHEN OUR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          AND OUR LAST CALLER IS ROSA RIVAS. 
          ROSA RIVAS. 
          YOU'RE NOT ONLINE WITH US. 
          UH, ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? I DON'T THINK ROSA IS HERE. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MCLEAN. 
          UM, SO BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I'D LIKE TO STRESS THAT, TO STRESS THAT TODAY'S DISCUSSION WAS MADE, ONE THING CLEAR HOW WE INVEST, HOW THE DISTRICT INVESTS, ESPECIALLY IN GREENING AND ON CLEAN ENERGY DEFINES OUR PRIORITIES. 
          THESE PROJECTS DON'T JUST IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PROTECT, LEARNING, SAFEGUARD HEALTH, AND STRENGTHEN THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. 
          IN LA EVERY SOLAR ARRAY, SHADE, CANOPY, AND GREEN SCHOOLYARD IS A SMART INVESTMENT IN STUDENT WELLBEING. 
          AND THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL STABILITY REDUCES CO REDUCING COSTS, UH, EXTENDING THE LIFE OF OUR CAMPUSES AND TURNING SCHOOLS INTO LIVING CLASSROOMS THAT TEACH CARE FOR THE PLANET. 
          SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR ALL YOUR DEDICATION AND COLLABORATION HERE TODAY, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND OUR PRESENTERS. 
          AND WITH THAT, THIS MEETING OF THE GREENING SCHOOLS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.