* 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. [00:00:02] OKAY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME. THE TIME IS NOW 1253. APOLOGIZE FOR THE LATE START. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO START AT 1245. UM, THIS IS BEING STREAMED, UH, VIA AUDIO ONLY. UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY VIDEO TODAY, BUT THE AUDIO WILL BE AVAILABLE, UM, LATER IF YOU'D LIKE TO RE-LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT'S SAID AT THE PODIUM. THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS WON'T, CAN'T BE RECORDED NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT OUR MICS ARE SET UP, BUT WE HAVE A VIEWING AREA FOR THE PUBLIC AND ARE READY TO GO. SO THE FIRST [Public Comment] ORDER OF BUSINESS IS MR. DAVID TOSKI FOR TWO MINUTES. PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, ACTUALLY, LET'S DO A QUICK ROLL CALL. UH, SO BOARD MEMBERS, UH, IS, UH, MR. ETTE HERE YET? SCHUETTE'S NOT HERE YET. UH, BD TWO, ARE YOU HERE YET? THERE YOU ARE. DR. RO RIVAS. UH, BD THREE BOARD MEMBER SCHUREN IS HERE. BD FOUR, MR. MC, NICK MELVOIN IS BACK THERE. BD FIVE. UH, MS. REGO NOT HERE YET. BD SIX I, I SEE MS. EZ THERE AND BD SEVEN, MS. ORTIZ FRANKLIN IS HERE. UH, SHE GAVE US A WOO-HOO. YOU PROBABLY COULDN'T HEAR THAT, BUT IT'S WORTH IT. A A BIG WOO-HOO TODAY. OKAY, MR. KOSKI, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. ONCE YOU BEGIN, YOU WILL HEAR MY TIMER DING FOR YOU WHEN IT IS TIME TO BE DONE. AND HERE YOU GO, SIR. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE MATERIALS IN THE PUBLIC BOARD MEMBERS. YOU KNOW HOW LATE YOU GOT THE MATERIALS. THE MATERIALS WERE TURNED IN UPWARDS OF FIVE DAYS AGO TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE BY FACILITIES. FIVE DAYS, THEY SAT UPSTAIRS IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE BEING SCRUBBED OR WASHED OR WHATEVER. SO WE CAN'T REALLY HAVE A THOROUGH CONVERSATION IN ANY SENSE OF PUBLIC INPUT. UM, HAVING SAID THAT, I I'M REST ASSURED THAT THERE'S VERY LITTLE TO NOTHING ABOUT THE STATE MONIES IN THIS. AGAIN, PROPOSITION TWO IS, UH, $10 BILLION OF FACILITIES MONIES. UM, AND, UH, THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE LEVERAGING ITS MONEY AGAINST THAT MONEY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AT LEAST SEVEN OR 10% OF THAT MONEY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MAJOR LAWSUIT AS WELL, UM, ON THE M AND O WITH RESPECT TO, UM, PUBLIC ADVOCATES HAS FILED A LAWSUIT, UH, ABOUT THE STATE PROCESSES. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT HELPS OR HINDERS LA UNIFIED, BUT CERTAINLY YOU SHOULD HAVE AN UPDATE TODAY, UH, ON THAT LAWSUIT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS TO LA UNIFIED. AND SO, AGAIN, I'M GONNA REPEAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE SCRUBBING THE MATERIALS, BUT IF THEY GET THE MATERIALS FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE AND THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBER STAFF DON'T SEE IT, YOU HAVE TO EMPOWER MIKE TO SAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A MEETING IF THE MATERIALS AREN'T THERE 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE. AGAIN, PROPOSITION FOUR, I REPEAT, IS $10 BILLION OF GREENING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONIES. THERE HASN'T BEEN A PRESENTATION ON THAT. AND OF COURSE, THE ONLY ONE WE DO LEVERAGE FAIRLY WELL IS THE E-RATE, WHICH IS, UH, THE, UH, TECHNOLOGY MONIES THAT REQUIRE A DISTRICT TO MATCH. SO, UM, THAT HAS DIMINISHED DRAMATICALLY IN THE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE FCC, BUT IN PART BECAUSE OF OUR APPLICATION. SO, BOARD MEMBERS STAND UP FOR THE PUBLIC. YOU REPRESENT THEM AND MAKE SURE YOU GET THE MATERIALS TO THE PUBLIC TO THROUGH. MIKE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENTER WHO IS NOT HERE. THAT'S MARIA DAISY ORTIZ. SO [1. Facilities Workshop] NOW WE CAN BEGIN THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL HAND THE MIC OVER TO CHRISTINA TOS. UM, PEDRO, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT BUSINESS SERVICES. UM, JUST WANNA KIND OF KICK OFF THE MEETING, UH, AS WE JUMP INTO THE WORKSHOP. UH, IN THE SPRINGTIME, WE TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT JUST FACILITIES TRADE-OFFS AND THE DECISIONS THAT, UH, WE MAKE AS LEADERSHIP AND AS STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS DISTRICT TO KIND OF REFLECT THE NEEDS ACROSS OUR VARIOUS SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE TRADE-OFFS, UM, COME WITH SOME CRITICAL DECISIONS AND TRYING TO BUILD IN DECISIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON EQUITY, ADDRESSING LONGSTANDING NEEDS, WHETHER THEY'RE SEISMIC PLAY SPACE, ONGOING DESIRES OF PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, SUPPORTING, UM, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS INVESTED IN ALL A UNIFIED IN THE REPLENISHMENT OF OUR FACILITIES IN A WAY THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN NATIONALLY. UM, SO WITH THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE US, UM, IT'S PROVIDED A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY KIND OF REFOCUS OUR CONVERSATIONS. AND, AND I WOULD SAY THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, SINCE THE WORKSHOP THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE SPRINGTIME, UM, THE TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO BRING BACK, UM, JUST THE METHODOLOGY. AND THAT VERY MUCH REFLECTS THE INPUT THAT WAS PROVIDED DURING THAT TIME. UM, IT'S A DATA-DRIVEN [00:05:01] APPROACH TO A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS. AND WE TALK ABOUT SEISMIC OUTDOOR PLAY SPACE, GREEN SPACE IN THE DISTRICT. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS REFLECTS STRONG WORKING RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO ENSURE THAT THE PERSPECTIVES AND THE NEEDS OF PROGRAM STAFF ARE REFLECTED IN THE PROPOSED DECISIONS AND, AND, UH, PRIORITIES THAT ARE GONNA BE OUTLINED TODAY. AND SO WHAT YOU ALL WILL SEE TODAY IS, IS REAL PROGRESS GOING FROM PRIORITIZATION TO NOW IMPLEMENTATION AROUND THE WORK, AND REALLY KIND OF BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE OPPORTUNITIES TODAY AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO PUT $9 BILLION WORTH OF INVESTMENT INTO THE FACILITIES NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA JUST HAND IT OFF TO, UM, OUR CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE, CHRISTINA TOS. THIS IS ONE OF MANY CONVERSATIONS AND WORKSHOPS THAT WE'LL BE HAVING TODAY IS FACILITIES. NEXT WEEK IT'LL BE AROUND FINANCE. THEY ALL ARE INTERTWINED. THEY ALL SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER. AND SO WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, TODAY IS VERY MUCH ABOUT TONE SETTING AND, AND BEING ABLE TO REALLY BE INFORMED ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. CHRISTINA TOS, CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE. I GUESS IT'S AFTERNOON, BUT WE WERE ALL DISTRACTED BY THE DODGER PARADE. SO WELCOME TO HAVE YOU ALL. WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS WORK. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. WE WANNA TAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS OUT TO OUR SCHOOL SITES, AND WE WANNA GET YOUR BUY-IN BEFORE WE START HAVING MEETINGS WITH PRINCIPALS, ET CETERA, FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAME AT A DATA DRIVEN EQUITABLE, UH, PRIORITIZATION PLAN FOR THE CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS TODAY. SO OUR AGENDA IS REALLY TO GIVE YOU TWO BIG CATEGORIES, UH, PRESENT TO YOU WHAT OUR PLAN IS OF HOW WE'RE GONNA BRING PROJECTS FORWARD. AND THE SEISMIC SAFETY MODERNIZATIONS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS COMP MODS OR MAJOR MODS. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN DRIVEN BY SEISMIC NEED. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW WE WANNA CONTINUE TO DO IMPORTANT SEISMIC SAFETY MODERNIZATIONS. WE HAVE, UH, PREEMINENCE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS WHO WORK, UM, NATIONWIDE WITH THE DISTRICT, HAVE GREAT K THROUGH 12 EXPERIENCE, JOHN A. MARTIN AND ASSOCIATES. THEY'RE GONNA BE WALKING YOU THROUGH SOME OF THAT MATERIAL AND THEN UPGRADES TO OUTDOOR AREAS AND PLAY SPACE. WE'RE GONNA BE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE THERE. SO LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A PRE RECAP OF EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. ALL THIS TO SAY IS, THOUGH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUTURE MONEY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, ABOUT $9.5 BILLION WORTH OF WORK THAT'S UNDERWAY. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY. THIS IS FUTURE WORK. SO WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT WORK THAT WE HAVE NOT YET BROUGHT TO THE BOARD. SO JUST TO RECAP, THIS IS WHAT THE BOARD APPROVED IN AUGUST OF 2024, RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT OUT WITH MID MEASURE US. THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL THE FUNDING CATEGORIES. AND YOU SHOULD ALL BE AWARE WHEN WE BRING PROJECTS, WE SAY IT'S UNDER THE MAJOR MODS OR IT'S UNDER SCHOOL CAFETERIA UPGRADES. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS REALLY THIS FIRST CATEGORY, $4.9 BILLION FOR MAJOR MODERNIZATIONS. AND THEN WHEN WE BREAK UP THE CATEGORIES, AGAIN, THIS IS THE FACILITIES CATEGORIES, WHICH TOTALS 7.8. YOU'LL SEE THAT MAJOR MODERNIZATION, THE YELLOW AS THE LARGEST ONE. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THIS CATEGORY. SO THE ONES IN YELLOW ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT 2.8 BILLION FOR SEISMIC. AND THEN NUMBERS FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN ARE AROUND PLAY SPACE AND SHADE AND GREENING. AND SPECIFICALLY, THIS IS A RECAP OF WHAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU IN APRIL. WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS WE HAD SET A TIMELINE WITH THE HOPES THAT WE'D BE BACK TO YOU IN LATE SUMMER OF EXACTLY THESE CATEGORIES, WHAT OUR PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY IS, HOW MANY PROJECTS WE THOUGHT WE COULD GET TO WHEN WE BRING YOU THIS PRIORITIZATION PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, AND THEN WHEN WE COULD START TO BRING OUR FIRST LOUNGE OF PROJECTS. SO ALL THOSE IN BLUE ARE THE SUBCATEGORIES. IT'S REPLACE AND MODERNIZE BUILDINGS FOR SEISMIC SAFETY. IT'S GREENING SCHOOLYARD, UPGRADES, PLAYGROUND AND CAMPUS EXTERIOR UPGRADES AND SHADE SHELTERS. WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO YOU AND I'LL END THIS MEETING WITH, WE HAVE OTHER CATEGORIES, BUT WE HAVEN'T PRIORITIZED THEM ALL. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING BACK TO YOU PRIORITIZATION PLANS FOR THE OTHER CATEGORIES. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE ALIX, WHO'S GONNA START US ON OUR SEISMIC SAFETY PART OF THE PRESENTATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE GONNA START WITH SEISMIC SAFETY OR RATHER MODERNIZATION AROUND SEISMIC SAFETY. AND WE INVITED, UH, JOHN NIEN AND KIM PACHECO FROM JOHN A MARTIN'S OFFICE BECAUSE [00:10:01] THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF TECHNICALITY HERE. AND AS AN ARCHITECT, I AM NOT A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. SO WE INVITED THEM. THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH OUR PRIORITIZATION. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF SEISMIC STA UH, SEISMIC SAFETY AND THE CODE CHANGES OVER THE YEARS. WE WANT YOU TO HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING AND BASIC IS, YOU KNOW, BROAD TERM ON SEISMIC SAFETY. AND WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE AT L-A-U-S-D OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS. AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH MEASURE US. SO I'M GONNA TURN IT TO JOHN. OH, I GET THE CLICKER. YOU GET THE CLICKER. GET THE MIC. I'LL BE BACK. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JOHN NIEN. I'M WITH JOHN A. MARTIN AND ASSOCIATES WE'RE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS IN CALIFORNIA. AND AS NOTED EARLIER, WE DO WORK NATIONALLY. AND, UH, WE'LL GO A LITTLE BIT OUTTA ORDER HERE. WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1952, AND WE ARE PROBABLY THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FIRM ON THE WEST COAST. WE'VE WORKED WITH L-A-U-S-D ON HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS. WE'VE HAD A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL, UH, TENURE WITH L-A-U-S-D AND OUR EDUCATIONAL PORTFOLIO NATIONALLY INCLUDES OVER 3000 PROJECTS. WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL CONTEXT TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, HOW WE GOT HERE, AND THE EVOLUTION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING. THE SPECIFICITY ON LIFT SLAB CONSTRUCTION WILL BE PRESENTED BY KIM PACHECO, WHO IS ALSO A PRINCIPAL WITH JOHN A. MARTIN AND ASSOCIATES. AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE. THIS IS THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF IT, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY LEGISLATIVE. THE SEMINOLE EVENT FOR SEISMIC ENGINEERING WAS THE 1933 LONG BEACH EARTHQUAKE. UH, AT THAT POINT, THERE WERE REALLY NO CODES IN PLACE. THERE WAS NO SEISMIC, UH, CONCERNS IN PLACE, AND THERE WAS NO EFFECTIVE LICENSURE FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN PLACE OTHER THAN CIVIL ENGINEERS WHO STARTED BEING LICENSED IN 1929. UH, AFTER THE ST. FRANCIS DAM FAILURE, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING WAS NON-EXISTENT, PER SE, OUTTA THE 33 EARTHQUAKE. THE LAW, UH, THE FIELD ACT AND THE RILEY ACT WERE PASSED. ANOTHER SIX YEARS WENT BY UNTIL THE GARRISON ACT PASSED. AND I'LL, I'LL DESCRIBE THOSE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. BUT THEN 40 YEARS PASSED UNTIL THE 1979 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED PRIMARILY ON THE WEST COAST. THE EAST COAST HAD THEIR OWN, UH, STATUTES, BUT THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE WAS CONSIDERED THE BEGINNING OF MODERN SEISMIC CODE AND CODIFIED DESIGN. UM, ANOTHER 20 YEARS PASSED AN AB 300, UH, ASSEMBLY BILL 300 WAS PASSED, AND THEN L-A-A-U-S-D SEISMIC ASSESSMENT CAME INTO BEING. SO I, I THINK THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS HOW TIME HAS BEEN COMPRESSED FROM 79 TO 25 AS OUR BODY OF KNOWLEDGE IN SEISMIC ENGINEERING AND THE RECOGNITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EFFECTS OF THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. UM, THE EARTHQUAKE IN 33 DESTROYED 70 SCHOOLS. IT PERMANENTLY DAMAGED 120 SCHOOLS. AND IN THE AFTERMATH OF THAT, IT WAS PRIMARILY LAID AT POOR CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES AND SEISMIC DESIGN STANDARDS, OR MORE APPROPRIATELY, THE LACK THEREOF. THE FIELD ACT REQUIRED ALL NEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE DESIGNED FOR SEISMIC AND WIND LOADS BY LICENSED PROFESSIONALS AT THAT TIME ONLY. CIVIL ENGINEERS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE, UH, DIVISION OF STATE ARCHITECT, THE GARRISON ACT WAS THE FIRST ACT THAT REQUIRED THE RETROFIT OF EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SEISMIC DESIGN. NOW, THERE WAS A PRE, THERE WAS ANOTHER ACT IN THERE, THE RILEY ACT, I DON'T WANNA BRUSH OVER IT. IT WAS, UH, REQUIRED COUNTIES AND CITIES TO HAVE DEPARTMENTS OF BUILDING AND SAFETY, WHICH REALLY HELPED THE PROFESSION DRIVE FORWARD FORWARD. UM, S SB UH, THREE 11 MANDATED BUILDING STANDARDS. THE 1979 BUILDING CODE CAME INTO BEING. AND THEN THE NINE, UH, THE 1981 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, WHICH WAS [00:15:02] A, UH, MODELED ON THE 79 UBC, BUT ADDRESSED THE SPECIFIC ISSUES THAT CALIFORNIA HAS, HIGH SEISMIC, BAD SOILS, HIGH POPULATION, AND THE CODES ARE ALL UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS. AB 300 MANDATED STATEWIDE SURVEY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOCUSING ON 3 19 79 STRUCTURES, PARTICULARLY CONCRETE TILT UP WALLS ON REINFORCED MASONRY AND NON-WOOD FRAME WALLS. UH, LAUD HAS WORKED WITH THE STATE AND TOGETHER HAS IDENTIFIED OVER 667 BUILDINGS FOR FURTHER EVALUATION. I'D LIKE TO TURN THIS BACK OVER TO KIM PACHECO, ALSO A PRINCIPAL AT OUR OFFICE. THANK YOU Q. SO, AS JOHN MENTIONED, TILT UP CONCRETE STRUCTURES ARE SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE STRUCTURES IDENTIFIED BY DSA. THESE ARE CONCRETE BUILDINGS WHERE CONCRETE PANELS ARE CAST ON SITE AND THEN LIFTED UP OR TILTED INTO PLACE. HISTORICALLY, THESE ARE VERY VULNERABLE IN SEISMIC REGIONS DUE TO THE LIMITED CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE DIAPHRAGM AND THE WALL, WHICH IS THE ROOF AND THE WALL. THE WALL TO THE FOUNDATIONS AND ACTUALLY BETWEEN THE WALL PANELS THEMSELVES, L-A-U-S-D HAS DEMOLISHED OR RETROFITTED ALL OF THEIR CONCRETE TILT UP BUILDINGS. OF THE 19 BUILDINGS, 17 WERE RETROFITTED AND TWO WERE ACTUALLY REPLACED IN 2019. ADDITIONALLY, ALL UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS THAT JOHN MENTIONED HAVE ALSO BEEN DEMOLISHED OR RETROFITTED. THE DISTRICT'S APPROACH TO SEISMIC SAFETY HAS BEEN TO IMPLEMENT A STANDARDIZED METHODOLOGY USING ESTABLISHED INDUSTRY PROCEDURES TO ASSESS SEISMIC RISK AND PRIORITIZE INVESTMENTS TO PROTECT THE STUDENT SAFE STUDENT AND SAF SAFETY. I WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE TEAM IN 2014 THAT DID THE ORIGINAL SEISMIC SAFETY. AND DURING THAT WE USED THE FEMA HAS THIS MULTI HAZAR PROCEDURE SOFTWARE IN ORDER TO ASSESS OVER 600 BUILDINGS. WE LOOKED AT THE BUILDING TYPE, THE AGE OF THE BUILDING, THE LOCATION, AND PROXIMITY TO FAULTS ALONG WITH OCCUPANCY TYPE. WE'VE RECENTLY COMPLETED ANOTHER SEISMIC ASSESSMENT IN 2024 TO 25. AND ALL BUILDINGS DURING THIS ASSESSMENT USE THE SEISMIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION PLATFORM OR SP THREE SOFTWARE. AND THIS IS BASED ON THE FEMA P 1 54 METHODOLOGY. SO WHILE WE USED A LOT OF THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS FROM THE ORIGINAL STUDY, WE USE NEW METHODOLOGIES TO ANALYZE THESE BUILDINGS. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE KEY CHARACTERISTICS THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUILDING TYPE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ITS LATERAL SYSTEM, AND THAT'S THE PART OF THE BUILDING THAT RESISTS THE SEISMIC LOADS, ALL OF THE HORIZONTAL LOADS. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THESE HORIZONTAL LOADS CAN COME FROM SEISMIC, THEY CAN COME FROM WIND. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BUILDING THAT RESIST THOSE FORCES. AND THEY'RE DEFINED BY TWO WAYS, HOW THEY'RE RESISTED AND THE MATERIALS USED. SO YOU CAN HAVE SHEAR WALLS THAT ARE MADE OF CONCRETE OR MASONRY. YOU CAN HAVE FRAMES THAT CAN BE MADE OF STEEL OR CONCRETE. YOU CAN EVEN HAVE WOOD SHEAR WALL BUILDINGS, WHICH YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH FROM A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION. THE YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS JOHN MENTIONED EARLIER, 1979 WAS THE BEGINNING OF MODERN SEISMIC COAT. SO WE KNOW THAT BUILDINGS DESIGNED BEFORE 1979 ARE GOING TO HAVE LIMITED TO NO LATERAL SYSTEMS. SIMILARLY, THE RETROFIT YEAR IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE SAME REASONS, IF A BUILDING WAS RETROFITTED BEFORE 1979, IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THE LATERAL SYSTEM WAS ADDRESSED. BUILDINGS RETROFITTED AFTER 1979 ARE GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM A SEISMIC STANDPOINT. THE SPECTRAL ACCELERATION IS THE EXPECTED GROUND MOTION AT A GIVEN SITE. SO WE USE THE LATEST USGS MAPS TO PULL THE SPECTRAL ACCELERATION FOR EVERY SITE THAT WE LOOKED AT. THE NUMBER OF STORIES IN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING ALSO HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE SIZE AND MAGNITUDE OF EACH BUILDING. SO HERE WE HAVE AN INVENTORY OF THE BUILDING TYPES BASED ON THE YEAR THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED. AND BUILDING TYPES ARE BEING THAT LATERAL SYSTEM. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEACH COLORED BUILDINGS. AND THESE ARE C TWO A, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE CONCRETE SHEAR WALL WITH A FLEXIBLE DIAPHRAGM. SO WE HAVE CONCRETE SHEAR WALLS WITH WOOD FRAMING FOR TYPICALLY THE ROOF OR OTHER FLOORS. [00:20:01] I WANNA POINT OUT BETWEEN 1950 TO 1970, WE HAVE A LOT OF BUILDINGS SHOWN HERE IN RED. THESE ARE LIFT SLAB BUILDINGS. LIFT SLAB BUILDINGS ARE A TYPE OF CONCRETE STRUCTURE THAT WAS POPULAR FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. EARS CON, LIGHTWEIGHT PRETENSION, POST TENSION, I'M SORRY, POST TENSION CONCRETE SLABS WERE POURED ON SITE IN PLACE, STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER LIKE A STACK OF PANCAKES. THEN JACKS WERE USED TO LIFT THE SLABS INTO PLACE. AND SPECIAL STEEL COLLARS WERE SET UNDER THE SLABS TO LOCK THEM IN PLACE. THE LATERAL FORCE RESISTING ELEMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WERE INSTALLED AFTER ALL OF THE S LABS WERE IN PLACE. TYPICALLY, CONCRETE SHEAR WALLS OR MASONRY SHEAR WALLS WERE USED AT THESE BUILDINGS BEING DESIGNED IN THE 1950S TO 1970S. THESE WERE ALL DONE PRIOR TO MODERN SEISMIC DESIGN. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL LOAD PATH AND LATERAL SYSTEM, THESE BUILDINGS HAVE VERY LIMITED LATERAL STABILITY AND LOAD PATH BETWEEN THE SLABS TO THE WALLS, THE WALLS TO THE FOUNDATIONS. AND SO A LITTLE HISTORY ON LIFT. SLABS LIFTS LABS WERE FIRST USED IN THE US AROUND 1950 LAD'S. INVENTORY OF LIFT SLAB BUILDINGS WAS 1955 TO 1969. IN 1987, LIFT S LABS WERE PHASED OUT AND NO LONGER COMMONLY USED IN THE US. VERY RECENTLY IN 2022 DSA ISSUED GUIDANCE ABOUT THE OVERALL STABILITY OF LIFT SLABS AND A NEED FOR EVALUATION. I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT L-A-U-S-D AS A WHOLE HAS BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF LIFT SLAB BUILDINGS. THERE ARE OTHER OWNERS WHO HAVE NOT YET STARTED, OR WHO ARE JUST NOW STARTING TO DO THEIR LIFT SLAB ASSESSMENTS IN JUNE OF 2022. DSA ISSUED GUIDANCE AND CONCERNS REGARDING LIFT SLAB CONSTRUCTION, NOTING THE RISK OF PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE DURING A SEISMIC EVENT UNDER AB 300 DSA CLASSIFIED THESE BUILDINGS AS RISK CATEGORY TWO, WHICH IS A HIGHER SEISMIC RISK THAN RISK CATEGORY ONE AND RECOMMENDED STRUCTURAL EVALUATION AND POSSIBLE RETROFIT OR REPLACEMENT FOR ALL LIFT SLAB STRUCTURES. L-A-U-S-D CURRENTLY HAS 43 LIFTS LAB BUILDINGS WITHIN THE INVENTORY. ALL 43 STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN EVALUATED BY STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS UNDER A SCE 41 WITH A TIER ONE AND TIER TWO ANALYSIS. AND THESE ANALYSIS HAVE BEEN PEER REVIEWED. I KNOW WE'VE THROWN A LOT OF INFORMATION IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. SO A COUPLE KEY TAKEAWAYS. CIRCLING BACK TO THE STUDY THAT WE RECENTLY JUST DID. LIFT SLAB BUILDINGS RANKED THE HIGHEST IN SEISMIC VULNERABILITY AND PRIORITY OF OVER 600 BUILDINGS THAT WE STUDIED LIFTS LAB BUILDINGS CAME TO THE TOP AND WERE THE TOP 43 FOR HIGHEST SEISMIC RISK. AS STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO PRIORITIZE AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE SEISMIC MITIGATION OF THESE LIFTS. LAB BUILDINGS LS LAB BUILDINGS ARE A VERY HIGH PRIORITY BASED ON DS A'S RECATEGORIZE. IN 2022, THE RESULTS OF OVER THREE OF OVER 600 BUILDINGS BEING STUDIED USING THE FEMA P 1 54 METHODOLOGY. NOT ALL LIFT SLAB BUILDINGS ARE CREATED EQUAL THOUGH, AND SOME ARE MORE INHERENTLY VULNERABLE THAN OTHERS. A COUPLE KEY FACTORS THAT THE DISTRICT CAN USE WHEN LOOKING AT THESE BUILDINGS CAN INCLUDE THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING. A LARGER BUILDING IS LIKELY TO HAVE A HIGHER POPULATION WITHIN IT, AND THEREFORE A HIGHER RISK LEVEL. IT'S ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE DISTRICT LOOK AT LIFTS, LAB FOOTPRINTS ON EACH CAMPUS. DOES THE CAMPUS HAVE ONE LIFTS LAB BUILDING, OR IS THE CAMPUS COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF SLAB BUILDINGS? ANOTHER CONSIDERATION IS FOR THE CLASSROOM SPACE WITHIN THOSE LIFT SLAB BUILDINGS TO LOOK AND SEE IF THEY ARE REALLY NEEDED OR CAN THEY BE RELOCATED TO ANOTHER BUILDING. THANK [00:25:01] YOU, KIM. ALL RIGHT, THAT IS A LITTLE SOBERING, BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LAST 12 YEARS HERE AT THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE ALREADY INVESTED $6 BILLION SINCE 1999 IN SEISMIC RETROFIT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, TILT UPS, UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS THAT WERE DAMAGED. AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, SOME OF THE AB 300 BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE THROUGH THE SEISMIC AND COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATION SINCE 2013. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE SCALE OF THIS 'CAUSE YOU HEAR 43 BUILDINGS AND THAT'S A LOT. BUT IF YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED OVER THE YEARS 704 BUILDINGS WE'VE ADDRESSED 185. AND I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH THIS A LITTLE QUICKLY. OH MY GOODNESS, NO, NOT NOT THAT QUICKLY. TWO THINGS. UH, WE LOVE LIFTS LABS. SORRY, I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING BEHIND SO I DON'T WANNA GET FURTHER BEHIND. HERE WE ARE, OKAY, WE'VE DEMOLISHED 72 BUILDINGS, WE'VE RETROFITTED 38, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT WORD. VOLUNTARY RETROFIT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN YOU BEAT THE CODE OF TODAY FOR A 7.8 EARTHQUAKE. WE'VE DEMOLISHED, UM, OR FUNDED ANOTHER 26 TO DEMOLISH ANOTHER 31 TO RETROFIT. AND THOSE ARE PART OF THE ONES YOU'VE SEE US DOING FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. THE COMPREHENSIVE MODS AND THE MAJOR MODS THAT ARE COMING. AND 18 OF THESE ACTUALLY WE DISCOVERED THROUGH OUR STUDIES, WE DIDN'T NEED TO RETROFIT. SO THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS. WE STILL HAVE 519 TO GO AND THAT IS A LOT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 43, IT'S SIGNIFICANT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 6 BILLION, THESE NUMBERS ARE HUGE REALLY. SO HERE'S THE 6 BILLION WE'VE COMPLETED. WE HAVE 2.2 FOR MEASURE US TO INVEST IN SEISMIC PROJECTS. AND WE STILL HAVE, BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS, ANOTHER 30 BILLION. SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON HIGHEST NEED, HIGHEST PHYSICAL NEED, HIGHEST SEISMIC VULNERABILITY. WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE CLASSROOMS THAT WE KNOW CAN, WE CAN REMOVE WITHOUT REPLACING, BECAUSE THOSE ARE, YOU REMOVE THE, A SAFETY FACTOR AND YOU PUT A GARDEN IN AND AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM FROM SHADE. AND THAT'S A LOT LESS THAN REPLACING THE CLASSROOMS. BUT WE ALSO KNOW WE HAVE TO STUDY ALL THE ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT AS WE LOOK AT THESE FOR SPECIFIC TO THESE PROJECTS. AND IN THE END, AS KIM SAID, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST SQUARE FOOTAGE OF LIFT SLABS. OH, I DIDN'T MAKE A POINT, BUT LOOK AT THIS CAREFULLY BECAUSE THIS IS BASICALLY STUNNING. YOU HAVE 24 CAMP CAMPUSES, YOU HAVE 43 BUILDINGS AND YOU HAVE FORTY FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO CLASSROOMS. BUT LOOK AT WHERE THEY'RE CENTERED, RIGHT? SEVEN AND ONE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE WERE, HAD MORE KIDS, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE BUILDING IN THOSE YEARS. SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE STUDYING AND PART OF THE WHY WE'RE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT PRIORITIZATION RATHER THAN JUST MARCHING ON DOING WHAT WE THINK WE SHOULD DO. SO IF YOU LOOK AT BAN 10 BUILDINGS, 40 CLASSROOMS, BUT YOU SHOULD REALLY BE LOOKING AT THIS LAST CO COLUMN, THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOT, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF SQUARE FOOT FEET IN THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE VULNERABLE. I THINK THIS IS THE IMPORTANT THING TO TAKE IN HERE, IS THIS DISTRIBUTION. 'CAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT WITH OUR PROJECTS. SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO? THE STAFF NEEDS TO DEVELOP PROJECT DEFINITIONS TO BRING TO THE BOARD TO PASS THEM. TIME IS ALWAYS OF THE ESSENCE. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE MEETING TODAY. 'CAUSE WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD. THERE ARE TWO THINGS. I LEFT THIS ON ANOTHER SLIDE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN FIND A BUILDING THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE LIST SLAB THAT NEEDS [00:30:01] TO BE ADDRESSED. IN OTHER WORDS, OCCASIONALLY THINGS ARE EVIDENT IN THE BUILDING CRACKS, WE HAVE TO GO STUDY IT. IT MIGHT COME TO ABOVE THE 43 CLASSROOMS, I MEAN CLASSROOM BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE BROUGHT THESE SIX PROJECTS TO THE BOARD AND HAD THEM APPROVED. BUT WHEN WE WENT TO DSA, THEY DIDN'T ALLOW US TO PROCEED WITH A VOLUNTARY RETROFIT. SO THESE NEED TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AS EITHER A CANCELED PROJECT BECAUSE THEY'RE LESS VULNERABLE OR THEY MIGHT COME BACK AS AN HVAC PROJECT. YOU CAN SEE TWO OF THEM HAD THAT SCOPE. SO I'M GONNA DO THIS QUICKLY. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH YOU TODAY. SO WE'VE DONE THE CRITERIA AND THE GOALS. THE DATA ANALYSIS IS WHAT JOHNNY MARTIN'S OFFICE HAS DONE. WE'VE PUT A PRIORITIZATION MODEL IN FRONT OF YOU HERE. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A STRATEGY, SCOPE DEVELOPMENT FOR EACH SITE. AND, AND OF COURSE WE WANNA LOOK AT THIS ENROLLMENT AND HOW WE USE THE SITES IN THE FUTURE. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND WE NEED TO PUT A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN TOGETHER. WE HAVE TO START COMMUNICATING NOT ONLY WITH YOU, BUT WITH EVERYONE ELSE. I'M GOING TO FAST. I'M TRYING TO SPEAK, I'M LOSING MY BREATH. OKAY, SO THIS FALL WE WANNA PROCEED WITH DUE DILIGENCE. WE WANT TO SCOPE THE PROJECTS, ANALYZE THE ENROLLMENT AND THE UTILIZATION. CAN WE REMOVE SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS WITHOUT REPLACING THEM? WE WANNA LOOK AT THE SITES INDIVIDUALLY, 'CAUSE INFRASTRUCTURE VARIES. AND THEN COME BACK IN THE SPRING, STARTING AS EARLY AS WE CAN IN THE SPRING SEMESTER TO START BRINGING PHASES OF, OF THESE PROJECTS. SO WE'RE GONNA BREAK OUT EACH OF YOU'RE ALL IN TABLES TO WORK TOGETHER. YOUR FACILITATORS ARE AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE AND THEY'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH SOME QUESTIONS AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK IN A SMALL GROUP SETTING. [*Portions of this video are without audio*] DID, YEAH. OKAY. I CAN BE PLOTTED UP HOPEFULLY. IS THERE ANY ONE FACT OR DATA POINTS THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU? [00:37:29] [00:57:54] OKAY, [00:57:54] WE'RE [00:57:55] GONNA [00:57:55] WRAP UP BECAUSE WE'RE ON A TIGHT TIMELINE. I KNOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND MY STAFF IS HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU IN MORE DETAIL. I KNOW A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS CAME UP IN THE DISCUSSION. OKAY, SO I'LL TAKE A DEEP BREATH. WE'RE NOW GONNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING A LITTLE LESS. UH, I SHOULDN'T SAY SERIOUS BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS SERIOUS, BUT MAYBE A LITTLE MORE JOYFUL. UM, AND I'M GONNA HAVE SCOTT AND ASSAM, UH, LEAD THE PRESENTATION ABOUT UPGRADES TO OUTDOOR AREAS AND PLAYSPACE. THANKS, CHRISTINA. WHY DON'T WE TAKE THE MORE SERIOUS DOWN. THANK YOU EVERYONE. FOR THOSE I DON'T KNOW. I'M SCOTT SINGLETARY. I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES ASSET MANAGEMENT OR FACILITIES PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. WE KIND OF CALL IT BOTH. UM, AS SOMS THE DIRECTOR, YOU'LL HEAR FROM HIM IN A SECOND. UM, GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. SO AS, UM, WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION, CHRISTINA TALKED ABOUT, UH, MAJOR MODERNIZATION PROGRAM WITH THE 4.9 BILLION. AND NOW WE'RE GONNA PIVOT TO TALKING ABOUT THREE CATEGORIES THAT, UM, PROVIDE OUTDOOR SPACE. UM, AND, UH, THERE'S 1.2 BILLION THAT IS ALLOCATED, UM, THANKS TO THE ALLOCATION BY THE BOARD. AND IT'S GREEN SCHOOLYARD UPGRADES, UH, WITH PLAYGROUND RESTORATION, PLAYGROUND AND CAMPUS EXTERIOR UPGRADES, WHICH MANY CALL PACE UPS COLLOQUIALLY. AND WE'RE, UH, ADDING A NEW PROGRAM, UH, THIS ROUND, UH, FOR SHADE SHELTERS. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND THAT LEADS US INTO THIS DISCUSSION IS, UH, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW IN 2022, THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION FOR GREEN SCHOOLS FOR ALL AND IT SET A GOAL OF 30% GREEN SPACE FOR ALL SCHOOLS. AND IT GAVE A VERY SPECIFIC PRIORITY TO PRIORITIZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH, UH, 10% OR LESS GREEN SPACE. AND WE CALL THAT CATEGORY ONE SCHOOLS. THROUGH, UH, UM, OUT OF THE PLAN OR OUTTA THE [01:00:01] RESOLUTION, WE DEVELOPED THE GREEN SCHOOL YARDS FOR ALL PLAN, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN 2024. AND, UH, AND IT STILL EXISTS, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY'S READ IT. UM, WE DEFINED TO NARROW DOWN THE RESOLUTION'S GOALS, WE HAD TO DO A COUPLE THINGS. SO ONE, WE DEFINED A SCHOOL YARD AND THE GREEN NATURAL ELEMENTS OF WHAT BECOMES THE GREEN SPACE OF, OF THE SCHOOL YARD. WE CLARIFIED THAT THE GOAL, I, IT COULD HAVE GONE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, BUT WE CLARIFIED THAT AT 30% OF PERMEABLE SPACE. SO YOU HAVE HARD SPACE ON A, ON A, ON A YARD, WHICH IS CONCRETE OR PAVEMENT, AND THEN YOU HAVE PERMEABLE SPACE, WHICH WOULD BE GRASS OR, UH, DECOMPOSE GRANITE OR PAVERS THAT BASICALLY ALLOWS WATER TO FLOW THROUGH IT. UM, WE ALSO HEARD A LOT FROM COMMUNITIES ABOUT TREE SHADE. UM, SO WE INCLUDED SHADE, UH, 20% SHADE COVERAGE FROM TREES AS A GOAL WHEN WE'RE DOING WORK ON CAMPUSES. AND WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO IT TO TRY TO GET TO 20% SHADE GOAL. UM, THE CATEGORY ONE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE 216 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE CATEGORY ONE, UM, THAT MET THE QUALIFICATIONS OF HAVING LESS THAN 10% GREEN SPACE. UM, AND JUST A COUPLE STATS, ABOUT 80% OF OUR SCHOOLS, UH, 600 SCHOOLS HAVE LESS THAN 30% GREEN SPACE. AND, UH, WHEN WE, UH, PUBLISHED THE PLAN, WE ESTIMATED $3 BILLION WOULD BE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH ACHIEVING THE 30% GOAL. TO DATE, WE HAVE, UM, PROGRESS TO DATE. WE HAVE 105 COMPLETED OR PRO, UH, OR UNDERWAY PROJECTS. SO THESE ARE PROJECTS IN DESIGN OR YOU KNOW, SOME FORM OF CONSTRUCTION OR THEY'VE BEEN COMPLETED. UH, IT'S ABOUT 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF PAVING CONVERTED TO GREEN NATURAL, UM, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. AND, UH, THAT'S ABOUT 50% OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN CATEGORY ONE ARE CURRENTLY BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH VARIOUS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. UM, AND I SEE CHRISTOS, EVEN OUTSIDE PARTIES PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, HELPING US ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. AND, UH, WE'VE STILL GOT 111 SITES IN NEED. SO TODAY WE'RE PRIORITIZING, UH, FUNDING TARGETED TO UPGRADE, RESTORE OUTDOOR AREAS AND PLAYGROUNDS. AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ASSAM, WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST TWO PROGRAMS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SCOTT. UM, ASSAM DUL, I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR FACILITIES, UM, ASSET MANAGEMENT. UM, SO I'M GOING TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE TWO PROGRAMS THAT SCOTT JUST REFERRED TO, THE PLAYGROUND AND CAMPUS EXTERIOR UPGRADES AND THE GREEN SCHOOLYARD UPGRADE, UH, PROGRAMS. SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT A A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EACH OF THESE. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THERE WOULD BE, UM, AN INVESTMENT OF $480 MILLION IN EACH OF THESE. AND UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS AMOUNT INCLUDES THE REDUCTIONS FOR THE INDIRECT COST AND PROGRAM RESERVE. SO WE HAVE $480 MILLION, UM, TO WORK WITH FOR BOTH THE PACE UP AND THE GREEN SCHOOLYARD. AND WHAT WE'VE, UH, PROJECTED IS THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH ABOUT 28 PROJECTS, UM, FOR THE PACE UPS AND ABOUT 43 PROJECTS APPROXIMATELY. UM, FOR THE GREEN SCHOOLYARD, UH, PROJECTS, ULTIMATELY WHAT WE'VE WANTED TO DO IS IDENTIFY WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO PROJECTS ARE. SO AT A MINIMUM, WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THE GREEN SCHOOLYARDS FOR ALL A MINIMUM OF 30% GREENING AT EACH OF THESE CAMPUSES. AND SO THAT IS CONSISTENT BETWEEN THE TWO. UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE ANY ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES THAT'S REQUIRED BY DSA AND WE WOULD PROVIDE ANY ACCESSIBILITY THROUGHOUT. IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, AND THE NEED TO REMOVE UNDERUTILIZED PORTABLE BUILDINGS AS A PART OF THAT GREEN SCHOOLYARD PROGRAM OR PROJECT, WE WOULD DO SO AS WELL, UM, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. UM, AND THEN WHERE IT BECOMES, UH, AND THEN ALL OBVIOUSLY ANY UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S REQUIRED SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, WATER CONNECTIONS, ET CETERA. UM, AS PART OF THOSE PROJECTS WE WOULD DO THAT AS WELL. WHERE IT BECOMES, UH, A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS IS UNDER THE PAY SUB PROJECTS, WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT, UM, REPLACING ALL OF THE EXISTING ASPHALT AND REPLACING IT WITH NEW. SO WE WOULD BE ADDRESSING THE ENTIRE CAMPUS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS, AS YOU'LL LEARN, UM, IN A LITTLE BIT, ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE CRITICAL, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST, UH, NEED OF, OF, UM, REPLACEMENT OF ASPHALT BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE WORST CONDITION. SO WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON TRYING TO DO FULL REPLACEMENT ON THOSE. UM, IN TERMS OF THE ASPHALT, WHEREAS ON THE GREEN SCHOOLYARDS, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON JUST TRYING TO HIT AS MANY PROJECTS AS WE CAN BY MAXIMIZING THE DOLLARS AND FOCUSING ON THE GREENING. UM, ADDITIONALLY, AS PART OF THE PAY SUB, WE WOULD GO IN AND PAINT, UM, THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, UM, ALL THE BUILDINGS SURROUNDING. SO IF YOU ARE A VISUAL PERSON LIKE I AM, THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME THING I JUST SAID, BUT IN A MORE VISUAL GRAPHIC, UM, WHICH SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXISTING SCHOOL WITH A GREEN SCHOOLYARD UPGRADE, WHICH WOULD HAVE OUTDOOR LEARNING SPACES. WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE GREENING THROUGHOUT TO HIT A MINIMUM OF 30% GREENING THROUGHOUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR CAMPUS. UM, WE WOULD GO THROUGH AND DO WHAT WE WOULD CALL LIKE A SEAL COAT OVER THE EXISTING ASPHALT. SO WE'D KEEP THE EXISTING ASPHALT IN PLACE, UM, WHERE WE'RE NOT ALREADY PUTTING IN GREENING AND DO A SLURRY COAT [01:05:01] TO MAKE IT, UH, A REFRESH, IF YOU WILL. THE PACE UP IS MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE IN TERMS OF THE WORK BEING DONE BECAUSE AGAIN, THOSE ARE, WE LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE, ARE THE TOP OF THE LIST IN TERMS OF THEIR CONDITION OF THEIR, UM, ASPHALT, UM, AND NEED, UH, REPLACEMENT. AND SO WE, WE DO A FULL REPLACEMENT OF THE ASPHALT, UM, ON THOSE. AND WHILE WE'RE THERE, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO REFRESH THE ENTIRE CAMPUS BY PROVIDING NEW PAINTS FOR ALL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS. SO HOW ARE WE PRIORITIZING THESE? SO NUMBER ONE, UM, IS BASED OFF OF TRYING TO GET TO CATEGORY ONE OF THE GREEN SCHOOL YARD INDEX. SO IF THEY'RE IN THAT CATEGORY ONE, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE LESS THAN 10% GREENING ON THAT CAMPUS, THAT IS THE FIRST, UM, KIND OF CATEGORY WE LOOK AT. THE SECOND IS WE ARE IDENTI, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SCHOOLS THAT HAVE OVER 275 STUDENTS AND WE'RE PRIORITIZING SCHOOLS WITH THAT HIGHER ENROLLMENT. SO AS JUST KIND OF A NOTE, 75% OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE OVER 275 STUDENTS. SO WE FOUND THAT TO BE A GOOD BENCHMARK ACROSS SO THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE MORE STUDENTS. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF ALL THINGS CONSIDERED EQUAL, DO A GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION SO THAT WE CAN GET THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE REGION, UH, DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE DISTRICT. SO, AS I MENTIONED, AND I THINK AS SCOTT MENTIONED, WE STARTED WITH 216 THAT ARE IN CATEGORY ONE. WE'RE ALREADY ADDRESSING 105 OF THEM, WHICH WERE, LEAVES US WITH 111 SCHOOLS. UH, SO ONCE WE GET TO THE 111, WHEN WE USE THE FILTER OF 275 STUDENT ENROLLMENT, IT BRINGS US DOWN TO 71, UM, 71 SCHOOLS. AND THEN NARROWING DOWN EVEN FURTHER SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PESA PROGRAM. 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE ASPHALT ON THESE IN TERMS OF THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THE WORST CONDITION OF ASPHALT. THEN IT TAKES THE, THAT 71 DOWN TO 61. SO WE'RE NOW PRIORITIZING WITHIN THE 61. AND THEN WITHIN THOSE 61 SCHOOLS, WE'RE DOING AN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION AND IDENTIFYING FOUR SCHOOLS WITHIN EACH BOARD DISTRICT TO FOCUS ON. SO THAT GETS US TO WHAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE 28 PROJECTS, UM, THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH. AND SO WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS THE LIST AND I THINK YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL, AND WE'LL WE'LL PULL IT UP ON A BOARD SHORTLY, BUT THIS IS HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD AND OUR RECOMMENDATION, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THE GREEN SCHOOLYARD IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND REALLY THE, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IS OBVIOUSLY WITH THE, UM, ASPHALT, BUT NUMBER ONE, WE LOOK AT IDENTIFYING THE SCHOOLS IN THE GREEN SCHOOLYARD. SO WE STILL START WITH 111, WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THAT 71. SO ANY SCHOOLS THAT ARE ABOVE 275 STUDENTS FOR ELEMENTARY AND THEN HAVE IDENTIFIED. SO WE'VE, NOW THAT YOU SEE, YOU GOT THE 28 PROJECTS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD OR PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FOR PACE UPS, YOU HAVE 43 SCHOOLS REMAINING THAT WE CAN, THAT MEET CATEGORY ONE, MEET THE 275 ENROLLMENT, AND THEN WE COULD FOCUS ON TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GREEN SCHOOLYARD PROJECTS AT THOSE SITES. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, UM, AGAIN, A TOTAL OF 43 SCHOOLS. I WON'T STICK ON THIS ONE TOO LONG 'CAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL. UM, SO JUST IN SUMMARY, WE'VE GOT 216 SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED, THE 28 PACE UP, THE 43 GREEN SCHOOLYARDS, AND THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH A REMAINING OF 40 THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PRIORITIZE AT A GIVEN, UH, FUTURE TIME WHEN OTHER FUNDING WAS, UH, BECAME AVAILABLE. AND THEN I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT THIS IN TERMS OF OUR TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DIS WITH THE BOARD'S, UM, PRIORITY OF CATEGORY ONE AND FOCUSING ON THOSE SCHOOLS. WE JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU A DISTRIBUTION OF THE 216 SCHOOLS, UM, OF ALL 216 AND THEN OF THE 176 THAT IT EITHER COMPLETED UNDERWAY OR PROPOSED AND THE BREAKDOWN, UM, OF THOSE PERCENTAGES. SO WE THINK THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A, UM, EQUITABLE, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH EQUITABLE, UH, POSITION IN TERMS OF CONTRIBUTING TO MEETING THE GOAL OF THE CATEGORY ONE UM, SITES. SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE HERE, UM, SIMILAR TO THE SLIDE YOU SAW ON SEISMIC, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE ANALYSIS, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PRIORITIZATION. UM, WE ARE NOW AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE PREPARING SO THAT WE CAN COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL AND, UM, WELL, I'M SORRY, WE'RE GONNA COME TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL HERE, BUT BEFORE THAT WE WANT TO START ENGAGING WITH THE SCHOOL. SO THE FIRST THING WE'D LIKE TO DO IS GO OUT AND START TALKING TO SCHOOLS, UM, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE A PROJECT IS COMING, GO THROUGH THE SCOPING AND BUDGETING EFFORT OF THE PROJECT ITSELF, AND THEN COMING TO THE BOARD, UM, IN THE SPRING OF 2026, UM, WITH THESE PROJECTS. SO WITH THAT SAID, [01:10:01] I AM GOING TO, UH, PASS IT OVER TO SCOTT WHO'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE SHADE SHELTER PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT. I GET THE JOY OF FINISHING IT OFF WITH SHADE SHELTERS, UM, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING 'CAUSE THIS HASN'T REALLY BEEN A, A PROGRAM FOR US BEFORE. UM, BUT THE, THE BOARD DID, UH, IDENTIFY, UH, $40 MILLION FOR, UH, SHADE SHELTERS OVER PLAY STRUCTURES. SO THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY TO WHERE WE HAVE PLAY STRUCTURES ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE THAT SHADE OVER THE TOP OF THAT PLAY STRUCTURE. UM, THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER UPGRADES AS NEEDED, UH, LIKE ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO GET TO THE SHADE STRUCTURE. UM, AND THEN, UH, IF WE CRUISE THROUGH THE $40 MILLION AND WE PLAN ON DOING 49 PROJECTS, THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO MORE PROJECTS IF WE GET THROUGH IT AS, UH, EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. SO WE PRIORITIZED, UM, NOT TOO DISSIMILAR FROM UH, ASSAM'S EXPLANATION, BUT FOR 40 WE LOOKED AT 49 PROJECTS, WHICH BREAKS DOWN TO SEVEN PER BOARD DISTRICT. AND BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH NEED IN THIS CATEGORY AND EVERY SCHOOL COULD REALLY BE CONSIDERED EQUAL, WE HAVE 387 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHOUT SHADE OVER THEIR PLAY STRUCTURES. UM, THERE ARE CURRENT PROJECTS, 53 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE PLANNED PROJECTS. THIS MIGHT BE FROM, UH, BOARD PRIORITY FUNDS, LOCAL DISTRICT PRIORITY FUNDS, OR OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE TAKE THOSE 53 AND THE 49 WE HAVE FUNDING FOR AND MEASURE US, IT'S A SMALL PIECE OF THE PIE. UM, SO ALL THINGS CREATED EQUAL WE'RE, YOU KNOW, DIVIDING THIS UP SEVEN PER BOARD DISTRICT, UM, FOR THE PROGRAM. UH, SO THE, SO THAT'S WHERE WE GET TO THE SECOND BOX AND THEN TO LAYER ON OUR PRIORITIZATION, WHICH HOW DO WE GET TO THE SCHOOL WITHIN EACH BOARD DISTRICT IS WE WENT TO THE SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST ENROLLMENT. SO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH THE HIGHEST ENROLLMENT IN YOUR BOARD OFFICES ARE THE FOCAL POINT AND WHERE WE'RE GONNA TARGET THESE FUNDING. HERE'S THE LIST OF SCHOOLS WHICH YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. UM, AND JUST A NOTE, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T PUT IN THE SLIDE, OUR GOAL IS ONE SHADE STRUCTURE PER SCHOOL. SO, UM, IT'S GONNA GO ON THE BIG KID YARD. SO IF THEY HAVE A PLAY STRUCTURE AND, AND WE'VE CONFIRMED ALL THESE SCHOOLS HAVE PLAY STRUCTURES, IT'LL GO OVER TO THE BIG KID YARD, MOSTEL, UH, THE KINDER YARDS HAVE SOME SMALL PLAY STRUCTURES. UM, AND WE KNOW ALL THE KIDS THAT AS THEY GO THROUGH THEIR COHORT AND THEIR PIPELINE, THEY'LL GET TO EXPERIENCE THE SHADE OVER THE PLAY STRUCTURE. UM, WE HOPE TO BRING THIS, UH, TO THE BOARD. WE'RE PRIORITIZING NOW AND BE BACK IN SPRING, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ROLL OUT ACROSS AND, AND MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GET SHADE OVER OVER THOSE HOT, HOT STRUCTURES. AND I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHRISTINA TO WRAP US UP. NO, UM, GREAT POINT. THERE WAS LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED, UM, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE ARCHITECT WOULD REQUIRE ON THESE PROJECTS. UM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO NOW REALLY FOCUS MOST OF THE COST ON THE SHADE SHELTER THEMSELVES. WE KNOW SOME OF THESE PLAYGROUNDS AS WE GET TO THEM, ARE PROBABLY GONNA NEED SOME MATTING REPLACED OR SOME STRUCTURES REPLACED. SO WE BUILT THAT IN AS JUST A CONTINGENCY KNOWING THAT THERE'S GONNA BE THINGS THAT WE DISCOVER ONCE WE GO OUT AND WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE SITE. SO BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE WORKING GROUPS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO AROUND THE THREE PROGRAMS THAT YOU HEARD, PACE UP, GREEN SCHOOLYARD UPGRADES AND SHADE SHELTERS. JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THERE'S MORE TO COME, MORE GREAT WORK TO COME. SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE WAS SHADE SHELTERS, GREENING SEISMIC PLAYGROUND, AND CAMPUS UPGRADES. YOU CAN SEE WHEN WE PLAN TO PRIORITIZE, WHICH WE'RE HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU. AND THEN OUR GOAL IS TO START GETTING THESE PROJECTS OUT TO THE SCHOOL SITES, TALK TO PRINCIPALS, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, AND START THE DESIGN WORK. WE ARE GONNA COME BACK TO YOU WITH A PRIORITIZATION PLAN FOR REPLACING PORTABLE BUILDINGS, UTK UPGRADES. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CAMPUS UPGRADES AND ALTERATIONS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY COME FROM SCHOOLS UP TO CENTRAL. AND THEN WE HAVE IN, IN OUR OTHER CATEGORIES LIKE WELLNESS, HEALTH, ATHLETICS, LEARNING, AND EFFICIENCY. WE HAVE, UM, PROJECTS IN THERE THAT WE ALSO NEED TO PRIORITIZE AS WELL. I KNOW, UM, ATHLETICS HAS BEEN A INTERESTING OR HOT PRIORITY FOR OUR BOARD OFFICES AS WELL AS OUR SCHOOL SITES AND OUR TEAMS. SO WE ARE DEVELOPING THAT AS WELL. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE IN A C CATEGORY CALLED CAFETERIAS, UH, EARLY EDUCATION ADULT ED. WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING AS WELL. SO THIS IS JUST ONE OF, UH, CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE WITH YOU. NO, THIS DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR EVERYTHING. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA BREAK INTO SMALL GROUPS SO THAT YOU CAN BETTER ADDRESS, WE CAN ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN OUR TIME IS DONE. [01:15:01] [01:47:24] HELLO? [01:47:27] I [01:47:27] CAN [01:47:30] HI [01:47:30] TO [01:47:30] YOU. UH, OKAY. IT IS 2:40 PM AND WE ARE ADURING THIS FACILITIES WORKSHOP. THANK YOU. . * 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.