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[Call to Order]
AND WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER 11TH, 2025 BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING.I WANNA WARMLY WELCOME ALL MEMBERS RECORDING IN PROGRESS.
I, I REALLY FELT THAT WAS ON A ROLL.
UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, WARMLY WELCOME OUR, UH, ALL OF OUR MEMBERS, DISTRICT STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS THE BO C'S LAST MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT WERE ABLE TO COME A LITTLE EARLY AND, AND THANK PERLA AND, AND, UH, TIM FOR ORGANIZING.
I MEAN, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH PORTOS, RIGHT? UH, IT, IT FULFILLED MY HAVING TO COME HERE EARLY, MEANS I DIDN'T HAVE BREAKFAST THIS MORNING, SO THAT WORKED OUT REALLY GOOD.
AND IT'S JUST NICE TO TALK WITH PEOPLE THAT WERE ALWAYS KIND OF SITTING HERE DOING BUSINESS, AND THIS WAS, UH, THIS WAS A NICE WAY TO ENGAGE.
WE SHOULD HAVE MORE REASONS TO DO THIS.
[Chair’s Remarks]
WE HAVE A, A, A, YOU KNOW, PRETTY DECENT AGENDA TODAY.UH, LEMME GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH SOME OF THE BOILERPLATE HERE AND, AND WE'LL GET STARTED.
UH, THE BOC MISSION, THE BOC CHARTER AND MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING STATES THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS SHARED VISION, HAS A SHARED VISION WITH THE DISTRICT AND BUILDING, MODERNIZING, UH, AND MAINTAINING SCHOOLS THAT PROMOTE THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD ARE EDUCATIONALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND, ENHANCE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING AT CENTERS OF COMMUNITY, AND REFLECT THE WISE AND EFFICIENT USE OF LIMITED LAND.
THE MOU ALSO STATES THAT THE BOC HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO RECOMMEND AGAINST THE EXPENDITURE OF BOND FUNDS WHEN THE DISTRICT DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE INFORMATION FOR EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT, OR WHEN A PROJECT OR PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE IMPERMISSIBLE OR IMPRUDENT.
FOR THIS MEETING, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR MEMBERS ATTENDING IN PERSON HERE IN THE BOARDROOM.
THAT'S A FIRST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I THINK
UM, AND SO I DON'T THINK I REALLY NEED TO READ IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE, UM, THAT'S REMOTE.
BUT I DO WANT TO THANK K-L-C-S-I-T-S AND THE SPANISH INTERPRETATION STAFF, OR THEIR SEAMLESS WORK AND BROADCASTING OUR MEETINGS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. CAMPBELL, UH, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REMARKS.
MY NAME IS ROBERT CAMPBELL, VICE CHAIR OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THE BOC WEBSITE CAN BE FOUND@WWW.BOND OVERSIGHT.AD.ORG.
A LIVE STREAM OF TODAY'S MEETING CAN BE FOUND ON THIS WEBSITE UNDER THE TAB MEETING AGENDAS, UPCOMING MEETINGS.
THE WEB STREAM INCLUDES VERSIONS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
THE BOC WEBSITE ALSO INCLUDES ALL MATERIALS FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS, BOND MEASURES, AND OTHER INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE DISTRICT'S BOND PROGRAM AND OUR OVERSIGHT ROLE.
THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWN ACT.
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE REMOTELY, WE ASK THAT YOU REGISTER ON A GOOGLE FORM PROVIDED AS A HYPERLINK ON THE MEETING AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE BOARDROOM WHO WISH TO SPEAK, YOU MAY ALSO SIGN UP TO THE RIGHT OF THE SPEAKER PODIUM, RETURN IT TO OUR CHAIR FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND SO, WITH OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, IT'S UNPRECEDENTED, UM, AT LEAST IN MY FIVE YEARS, GOING ON FIVE YEARS TO HAVE SO MANY, UH, NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
SO THIS IS, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS, AND AFTER I INTRODUCE YOUR NAME, IF YOU, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING VERY QUICKLY.
UM, I'M GOING TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND, AND TRY TO FIND YOU AND LOOK AT YOU.
UH, IT'S OUR BOE STUDENT PARENT REPRESENTATIVE MELINDA, MELINDA MELINA MELINA.
UH, I HAVE BEEN AN LUSD PARENT SINCE 2012.
ONE HAS RECENTLY GRADUATED, ONE IN HIGH SCHOOL, MY YOUNGEST IN FOURTH GRADE.
UM, I'VE SERVED ON OUR LOCAL SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL AT MY CHILDREN'S SCHOOL SINCE 2014, AND EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE SERVED ON THE PAC FOR THREE YEARS.
AND I HOPE TO BRING EXPERIENCE AND INSIGHT, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING AS MUCH AS I CAN HERE, AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE COLLABORATING TOGETHER WITH SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE ON BOND OVERSIGHT.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE TAMAR, UM, PAUL IAN PERONE.
IT'S AN HONOR AND PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
I AM A PARENT OF A HIGH SCHOOLER ATTENDING EAST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, UH, FILM AND TECH MAGNET, AND TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, ONE OF WHOM IS ATTENDING THE SCIENCE ACADEMY, AND THE OTHER ONE, WALTER REED MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I REPRESENT THE 31ST DISTRICT, PTSA.
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MEMBER OF THE PTA AND PTSA FOR THE LAST, OH, GOSH, MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.I'M A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS, AND I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE.
I DO HAVE A BAD TIME WITH NAMES, BUT I SWEAR TO YOU THAT THIS WAS MISSPELLED.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE WITH US GENERAL D OBERGFEL.
SHE'S THE NEW ALTERNATE MEMBER REPRESENTING THE LA UH, MAYOR'S OFFICE.
I AM THE NEW MAYOR APPOINTMENT, AND REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND JOIN IN, IN THIS WORK.
I HAVE OVER 12 YEARS OF, UH, PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, UM, EXPERIENCE.
AND HAPPY TO SHARE MY KNOWLEDGE WITH YOU ALL AND, AND GET SOME WORK DONE.
UM, I ALSO WANNA WELCOME BACK A COUPLE OF MEMBERS WHO ARE RETURNING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
BEVIN ESCHEN MILLER, BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'S, SHE'S RUNNING LATE.
AND THEN WE HAVE ASHLEY KAISER, WHO REPRESENTS THE ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
AND, AND YOU WANNA LET US KNOW WHY YOU WERE OUT? GOOD NEWS.
WELL, WELL, IT WASN'T AN EXCITING TRIP TO T HEAT OR ANYTHING, BUT I DID WELCOME MY, MY SON.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, WE, UH, GOT A LITTLE SURPRISED THREE WEEKS EARLY, BUT WE'RE HAPPY AND HE'S HEALTHY AND WE'RE ADJUSTING TO NOW BEING A FAMILY OF FOUR.
SO, MY, UH, HOUSE IS CHAOTIC AND IN THE BEST WAY, BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD TIME.
I KNOW YOU KEEP ME ON MY TOES.
YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ENGAGED AND ACTIVE AND, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.
SO IT KEEPS THE THINGS HAPPENING.
AND I SEE THAT, THAT SHE'S TRYING TO, UH, HIDE YOU IT BACK.
ASHTON MILLER, HOW ARE YOU? IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, MEMBER, UH, NE BELL FOR ATTENDING THE LAURA EARLY EDUCATION CENTER RIBBON CUTTING THIS PAST TUESDAY ON DECEMBER 9TH.
MS. BELL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AT THE EVENT? UM, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
I'M GLAD I GOT TO GO IN PERSON.
UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CAMPUS AND LOTS OF HAPPY LITTLE CHILDREN, UM, AT THE SCHOOL, FULLY ENGAGED AND LEARNING AND GROWING.
YOU KNOW, I, I WAS JUST OVERHEARING YOU 'CAUSE YOU WERE ASKED IN THE LOBBY WHEN YOU CAME IN AND YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND YOUR VOICE WAS, YOU'RE PRETTY COOL RIGHT NOW.
IT'S PRETTY, UH, PROFESSIONAL.
IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS A GOOD THING.
UM, I'M NOT SURE, UH, MY GLASSES ON.
UM, UH, WE'RE GOING TAKE, UH, UH, JUST TAKE NOTE THAT WE'RE TAKING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OF THE MOU AT A TIME, CERTAIN OF AROUND 10 30 WHERE WE'LL BE JOINED BY MR. UH, JAIME TORRENS, A SENIOR ADVISOR AT THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AND THEN WE WILL READJUST THE, UH, UH, AGENDA, UM, FROM THAT TIME.
AND WITH THAT, WE GOT ITEM NUMBER ONE, UNLESS THERE'S ANY COMMENTS OR ANYBODY FROM DAAS, THE BOARD COMMITTEE.
[1. Public Comment]
ONE, A SPEAKER? YES.UM, YES, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER WHO SIGNED UP FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, SO, UH, ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS MORE THAN ONE AGENDA ITEM, YOU'LL BE PROVIDED SIX MINUTES TOTAL PUBLIC SPEAKERS PHONING IN SHOULD MONITOR THE MEETING THROUGH THE LIVE STREAM AND TURN IT OFF, UH, THE LIVE STREAM VOLUME WHEN ASKED TO SPEAK TO AVOID ANY AUDIO ECHO OR FEEDBACK.
WHEN IT'S TIME TO YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, MS. ZELE WILL ANNOUNCE THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER, AND YOU'LL BE INSTRUCTED TO UNMUTE OR ZOOM ON, ZOOM, OR PRESS SIX OR STAR SIX TO SPEAK IN PERSON.
SPEAKERS WILL BE ASKED TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND USE A MICROPHONE, WHICH I PROBABLY COULD HAVE SKIPPED OVER TO DUKE.
'CAUSE THAT'S CLEARLY THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE HERE.
SO, WITH THAT, MR. TOSKI, HOW YOU DOING? HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
DO YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES? WHEN YOU'RE READY? THERE'S SOMEWHERE I CAN SEE WHERE THE SIX MINUTES ARE.
DO I HAVE TO PUSH A BUTTON TO START IT THEN? OKAY.
WELL, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AS VOLUNTEERS IN THE, UH, BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
AND WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE WHO BRING SOME NEW EXPERTISE, I BELIEVE SOME IN, UH, SPECIAL ED OR THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.
AND, AND ALSO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HAVING, UH, KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, UM, THAT'S HELPFUL, ALONG WITH THOSE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERS, WHO HAVE LIFETIMES
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IN, UH, KNOWING OUR SCHOOLS.AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.
I GUESS THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT WILL BE COMING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE, UH, MOU THAT IS LANGUISHING.
UM, THE, UM, LA TIMES, OF COURSE, UH, HAS NOT WANTED TO WRITE THE STORY ON THE YEARS OF NOT SIGNING THE MOU BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY, UH, IF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS UPSET OR NOT, OR CONCERNED.
SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR OPINIONS, UH, KNOWN LARGER THAN ONE MEMBER OF THE, UM, WHAT IS IT, 10 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY.
UH, 26 CITIES COUNTY LAND IN THE CITY THAT ARE PART OF THE DISTRICT.
UM, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT, AS I ALWAYS SAY, FOR EVERY SCHOOL TO HAVE THE WILLIAMS COMPLIANCE, UM, NOTIFICATION IN THE MAIN OFFICE AND EVERY CLASSROOM.
SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF THEY'RE AIR CONDITIONING OR, OR OTHER THINGS, UH, NEED TO BE REPAIRED, THAT PARENTS CAN, UH, JUST TRIGGER IT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITIES PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS. SO I, UM, WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK, UM, ON A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE HERE.
UH, ONE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND OUT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COSTING MORE AND MORE MONEY AND COST OVERRUNS.
FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS NOW OVER $500 MILLION IN COST, A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS FOR ONE SCHOOL.
UH, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OR SOMEBODY FROM FACILITIES COULD EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE MASSIVELY, UH, COSTLY.
UH, YOU COULD, OF COURSE BUILD IN MANY PARTS OF THE STATE, UH, TWO OR THREE SCHOOLS FOR THAT PRICE.
ADDITIONALLY, I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THE IMPACT FEES ARE DEVELOPER FEES, WHICH ARE OBTAINED, UH, BY A SQUARE FOOTAGE BASIS ON ALL CONSTRUCTION INSIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ARE BEING USED IN A WAY TO A AVOID COMING BACK TO THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF 5 MILLION OR $6 MILLION FOR A PROJECT.
SO THE DEVELOPER FEES ARE BEING USED TO TOP OFF, UH, EXPENSES IN SCHOOLS.
SO IF YOU JUST HAD A PRESENTATION, IT'S NOT YOUR JURISDICTION TO TALK ABOUT DEVELOPER FEES OR IMPACT FEES, BUT IF THEY'RE BEING USED ON BOND PROJECTS, IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHICH PROJECTS THEY'RE BEING USED ON.
UM, AND THAT SORT OF DOVETAILS INTO THE MGT, UH, PRESENTATION THAT YOU'LL HAVE.
AND OF COURSE, A BOARD MEMBER, NICK MELVOIN, IN HIS FACILITIES COMMITTEE, HAS BEEN VERY RIGOROUS ABOUT THIS STUDY AND HOW THE STUDY HAS BEEN SCRUBBED MANY, MANY TIMES BEFORE IT BECAME PUBLIC.
SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DRILL DOWN ON THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE COSTS, WHICH IMPLIES, OF COURSE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING TODAY.
I THINK YOU HAVE, UH, AN ITEM 10, A LUNCH SHELTER AT $443 MILLION FOR ONE LUNCH SHELTER, UM, AND OVER $40 MILLION FOR 49 LUNCH SHELTERS.
NOW, THE STATE ARCHITECT SAYS THAT THE STANDARDS ARE VERY RIGOROUS AND, UH, IN CONCERN TO THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN.
BUT, UH, THE, THE NUMBER HAS BEEN QUESTIONED DEEPLY BY, UM, THE FACILITIES COMMITTEE, MR. MELVOIN AND I BELIEVE WILL SHORTLY BE, UH, IN, IN THE NEWSPAPERS AS WELL AS A HIGH COST TODAY.
YOU ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF IT ITEMS, ITEM, UH, UM, I THINK FOUR AND, UH, UH, ITEM FIVE AND SIX, UH, OVER A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
BUT NO MENTION WHATSOEVER OF WHO THE CONTRACTORS ARE AND EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT MONIES ARE BEING LEVERAGED.
THERE'S A BRIEF MENTION OF THE E-RATE, WHICH IS THE FEDERAL DISCOUNT ON OUR TELEPHONE BILLS.
AND IT'S, UH, NOT MENTIONED AS TO HOW MUCH HISTORICALLY THAT IS DECLINING.
USING BOND MONEY TO HELP GET THE E-RATE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
UH, THERE'S, THAT'S ITEM FIVE AS WELL.
NO MENTION OF THE VENDORS IN ITEM FOUR, FIVE OR SIX WHATSOEVER.
AND AGAIN, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, WHO'S YOUR SISTER ORGANIZATION, IS NOT HERE.
THEY'RE BOTH OVERSIGHT OF, OF, UH, TO PROTECT THE GOOD INTERESTS OF THE DISTRICT.
UM, AND THE BOND MONEY, WHICH I FORGOT TO SAY AT THE OUTSET, AGAIN, THANKS TO THE BUILDING TRADES, WE CONTINUE TO PASS OUR BONDS.
UH, $9 BILLION ON TOP OF, UH, OTHER BOND MEASURES.
MEASURE RRKR AND Y AND ORIGINALLY MEASURE BB.
SO, UM, IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LIKE LAST MEETING, YOU HAVE ONE OR TWO PRESENTATIONS OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ON DRILL DOWNS, THAT YOU HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH YOU.
YOU CAN HAND THOSE THINGS OFF, NOT JUST, UH, THROUGH YOUR PAID, UH, CONSULTANT TEAM WHO LOOKS AT THINGS, BUT THEY CAN RECOMMEND, UH, ITEMS AS WELL.
ALSO, YOU HAVE, UH, SOME WORK TODAY, UH, THAT YOU, YOU DRILLED DOWN ON THE EAST LA OCCUPATIONAL CENTER CONSTRUCTION.
I THINK YOU'LL REMEMBER YOU DID THAT NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO.
AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, NO PROGRESS ACROSS FROM THE COUNTY GENERAL HAS BEGUN ON THAT PROJECT.
IT RAISES THE QUESTION OF HOW LONG DO THESE PROJECTS, UH, TAKE AND HOW
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LONG SHOULD THEY REALLY BE TAKING.UM, UM, IN TERMS OF EARLY ED, ITEM NINE, UM, YOU, YOU'VE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT ATTENDANCE, BUT KEEP IN MIND, EARLY ED CENTERS ARE OFTEN LOCATED, AND MS. L MILLER CAN HELP US WITH THIS AS PARENTS, UM, IS THAT THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AND SO AS DECLINING ENROLLMENT CONTINUES, THERE'LL BE SOME CONSOLIDATION AND SPENDING 10 OR $11 MILLION ON A SCHOOL WITH 74 KIDS, UM, ADJACENT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THOSE ITEMS WILL BE, UH, CONSOLIDATED.
AND I THINK THE BOARD IS MEETING IN, UH, SOME WAY ON CONSOLIDATION AND, AND DECLINING.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO GET THAT REPORT THAT YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR ON THAT SUBJECTS.
UM, ASK HOW MANY VENDORS BID ON THOSE ROOF COSTS.
THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ARE ANY OTHER, UH, SPEAKERS? NO, WE ONLY HAVE ONE, ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP.
[2. Consent Calendar]
THE AGENDA IS OUR CONSENT CALENDAR AS A PART OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.IT'S, UH, IT'S OUR MEETING MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 6TH, 2025 MEETING.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, DO, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS? ARE THERE ANY, UM, OKAY.
SO IS THERE A MOTION MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? UH, MOTION BY MEMBER CAMPBELL.
I, I GUESS WE'RE VOTING ON THIS ONE.
CAN YOU ASK FOR THE VOTE PLEASE? UH, YEAH, I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA DO SO WE CAN DO BY, UH, YEAH.
SO SINCE EVERY MR. CHAIR, SINCE ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESIDENT IN THE BOARDROOM, THE, UH, COMMITTEE CAN VOTE VIA ACCLIMATION FOR THE VARIOUS VOTING ITEMS. AND THAT WOULD ENTAIL YOU, UM, INQUIRING WHETHER THERE'S ANY OBJECTION OR ABSTENTION TO THE ITEM AFTER IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED.
AND IF NOT, THEN YOU COULD SAY, OR THE, UH, THE ITEM WOULD PASS, UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
SO THIS ITEM AND OTHER VOTING ITEMS WILL, WILL, UH, ADDRESS SOME IN THE SAME FASHION.
SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ABSTENTIONS ON THE, UH, MINUTES? YES, MR. CHAIR.
ONLY BECAUSE I WAS NOT HERE, I'LL BE ABSTAINING.
SO WITH THAT, UH, AND WITH THAT, WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE.
OH, WE JUST WITH ONE OH OH, IT'S OKAY IF, IF IT STILL WORKS 'CAUSE WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS AS WELL, OBVIOUSLY.
SO DO YOU WANT TO VOTE? NO, WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE.
SO, MR. CHAIR, SO THE, UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
THE MATTER PASSES, UH, UNANIMOUSLY WITH ONE ABSTENTION, SO IT, IT, UH, IT'S APPROVED.
[3. BOC Proposed Revisions to the BOC Charter and MOU (Discussion)]
I ACTUALLY, UM, WE'RE A COUPLE MINUTES EARLY IF YOU WANT.I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TELL A JOKE OR TWO.
UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, IS REGARDING THE BOC PROPOSED REVISIONS, UH, TO THE MOU.
AND I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE, UH, MR. JAIME TORRENS, OUR SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM.
IT'S FOR INFORMATION ONLY, AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, MR. TORRENS AND I HAVE MET NOW TWICE, UH, UH, ONE-ON-ONE, UM, SINCE THE NOVEMBER 6TH BOC MEETING.
AND THAT INCLUDES A ZOOM MEETING THAT WE HAD THIS PAST TUESDAY.
AND IS MY SENSE FROM THESE MEETINGS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS DEMONSTRATED A NEW FOCUS ON REVIEWING THE MOU AND THE BOC PROPOSED REVISION, PROPOSED REVISIONS, AND IS WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.
AND I'LL, I'LL LET MR. TORRANCE GO AHEAD AND, AND FOLLOW UP.
UH, BOC MEMBERS, UH, AS, AS MR. HAMNER SAID, WE, UH, HAVE MET A COUPLE TIMES.
I THINK THE NEXT STEP NOW WE, WE, WE DID GO THROUGH A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE COMMENTS, UH, UH, PROVIDED BY THE BOC AND HAD SOME, SOME EXCHANGE BACK AND FORTH.
AND I THINK, UH, BASED ON OUR LAST MEETING, WE FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE WORKING GROUP TO COMPRISE OF, UH, SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOC AND SOME MEMBERS OF DISTRICT STAFF TO CONVENE, UH, IN EAR, YOU KNOW, EARLY IN JANUARY NOW TO KIND OF HAMMER OUT, UH, WHAT WE HAVE LEFT.
UH, I THINK BASED ON THE, THE TONE AND TENOR OF OUR MEETING
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SO FAR, I THINK WE, WE WILL MAKE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BRING THIS TO A CLOSE AND, AND, UH, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH, BUT I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS OF, OF MEETING WITH, WITH THE BROADER GROUP ON EACH SIDE AND, AND WORK THROUGH THESE THINGS TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE VERY SHORTLY.NOT THAT, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. TORRENS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS OR, I GOT PEOPLE BEHIND ME NOW.
SO, MR. CAMPBELL, I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A QUESTION FOR MR. TORRENS OR A QUESTION IN GENERAL, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I I, I THINK MY POSITION HAS BEEN, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HAS, HAS ELAPSED THE, THE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS OF THE BOC TO, UH, PREPARE, WHAT WE THINK AGAIN ARE, ARE, UM, MODEST AND, UH, THOUGHTFUL AMENDMENTS TO STRENGTHEN THE MOU.
UM, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SEE A PATHWAY FORWARD OR, OR THE PURPOSE OF A WORKING GROUP IN THE ABSENCE OF SPECIFIC COMMENTS.
UH, AND, AND I GUESS COUNTER PROPOSALS, IF THERE'S DISAGREEMENTS, UM, HAVING BEEN RECEIVED FROM, FROM THE DISTRICT.
AND I ASSUME THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU'RE EMPOWERED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT, UM, IN, IN ITS REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE MOU.
BUT WHEN, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT TO RECEIVE FORMAL FEEDBACK, UH, ABOUT THE AREAS OF DISAGREEMENT SO THAT WE COULD CONSIDER THOSE AND, AND WHETHER, UH, A WORKING GROUP IS, IS, UH, CALLED FOR? NO, I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND, UH, I FAILED TO MENTION THIS, BUT WE, WE DID HAVE SOME, SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT I SHARED OVER THE ZOOM MEETING WITH MR. HAMNER.
WE WILL BE TRANSMITTING THOSE TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, BEFORE, I MEAN, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO BEFORE WE GO ON BREAK.
SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING FROM OUR SIDE AS FAR AS THE THINGS THAT, SO FAR THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED WHERE THERE MAY BE DISAGREEMENT.
A LOT OF THEM WERE, WE WERE IN AGREEMENT, UH, AND SOME THINGS WE, WE SEE, UH, A MISALIGNMENT WITH THE, THE OIGS, UH, UH, REVIEW.
AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS FURTHER WITH YOUR WORKING GROUP AND OUR, AND OUR STAFF TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HONE IN ON THOSE, ON THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. AND, AND SO BY MY OTHER QUESTION THEN WOULD BE, WHAT IS A, WHAT IS A TIMEFRAME THAT, UH, THE DISTRICT IS WILLING TO COMMIT TO, TO SEE THE MOU BROUGHT, UH, TO THE PARTIES WHO ARE SIGNATORIES OF IT? UM, FOR, FOR FINAL EXECUTION, BECAUSE I, I, I'M ALSO UNCOMFORTABLE LEAVING THIS AS AN, AN OPEN-ENDED, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMITMENT GIVEN THE, UM, GIVEN THE SEVERAL YEARS THAT HAVE ELAPSED.
YEAH, I THINK IF WE, IF WE HAVE THIS MEETING ON IN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME MAYBE THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THIS AGAIN BEING A DRAWN OUT PROCESS, UH, BASED ON, ON THE INITIAL INTERACTION.
UH, I, I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF AREAS THAT WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH, BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE, WE FEEL ARE, UH, PRIMARILY MISALIGNED WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, OIG REPORT.
BUT, UH, I WOULD SAY THERE'S NO REASON THIS SHOULD GO ON ANYWHERE, BE BEYOND THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MR. TORRANCE? I, I WILL CLARIFY.
I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DEBRIEF, SO, AND, AND THIS IS GOOD TO HEAR IT FROM YOU VERSUS HEARING IT FROM ME.
OUR MEETINGS HAVE BEEN PRODUCTIVE.
WE'VE ONLY REVIEWED UP THROUGH, UM, ITEMS SEVEN WITHIN THE MOU, UH, THEY WERE STILL DOING SOME REVIEW.
THERE ARE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
YOU CREATED A NICE, UH, SPREADSHEET WITH OUR ORIGINAL, UM, UM, HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ITEMS UNDER QUESTION.
AND LIKE MR. TORIN STATED UP TO THE POINT OF, OF, UH, ITEM SEVEN VASTLY, ALL OF 'EM WERE, YOU KNOW, CONCURRENCE.
UM, THERE COULD BE A COUPLE ITEMS COMING UP IN 7, 8, 9, 10.
UH, AND THAT'S WILL, WILL COME FORWARD TO US HERE, UH, SHORTLY FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
UM, SO ANYWAY, UH, GOOD QUESTIONS.
AND IT'S GOOD TO KIND OF LIKE, NOW LET EVERYBODY KNOW LIKE WE'RE, WHAT OUR THOUGHT IS IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM A TIMEFRAME.
WE DO HAVE, UH, A SPEAKER BEHIND ME.
NOT ABLE TO GIVE US THE WRITTEN COMMENTS, UH, IN TIME FOR THIS MEETING.
SO I, I THINK THAT'S, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE CONTEXT TO, TO BUILD TRUST AND RESPECT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD'VE BEEN, IT'S GREAT THAT WE'LL GET IT BEFORE THE BREAK, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO HAVE IT IN TIME FOR THIS MEETING.
AND I MEAN, WE MET ON TUESDAY, UH, WE HAD SOME INTERACTION WE'RE TRYING TO UPDATE BASED ON SOME OF THE DISCUSSION I HAD WITH MR. HAMNER.
SO WE WANT, AND I HAVE TO RUN IT BACK THROUGH OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
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ACCURATE AND THAT WE'RE ALL CONSENSUS, BUT THAT'S MAINLY THE REASON.IT'S JUST THE, THE SHORT TIMEFRAME BETWEEN TUESDAY AND TODAY.
AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, RECIRCULATE BACK THROUGH OUR TEAM.
AND I, I JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT UNILATERALLY ACTING AS A SOLE, UM, NEGOTIATOR.
UM, I'M SIMPLY THE CONDUIT TO BRING THIS FORWARD.
YOU KNOW, TO CLARIFY, I WAS ON THE ORIGINAL TASK FORCE AS THE CHAIR, NOT THE CHAIR OF THIS BOARD, BUT AS THE CHAIR OF THAT TASK FORCE BACK THEN THAT HELPED TO DEVELOP THIS.
AND SO, AGAIN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT.
I'VE MADE A LOT OF REFERENCES TO THE TIME, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S LAPSED BETWEEN THAT TIME AND NOW.
BUT I'M TRYING TO TAKE THIS PATHWAY OF MOVING FORWARD.
I'M FEELING, UM, THAT THERE'S SINCERITY AND MOVING FORWARD IN THE, IN THE TIMEFRAME HERE WITHIN THE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE HOLIDAYS, UH, TO NEXT MONTH AND GETTING OUR COMMITTEE REASSEMBLED.
AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH, UM, THE AREAS WHERE THEY FEEL THAT THERE'S STILL SOME DISCUSSION TO BE HAD.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL NEGOTIATE, NOT NEGOTIATING AS NECESSARILY, BUT DISCUSSED.
SO ANY, I'M ADDING THAT FOR IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO, TO CLARIFY OR ADD ANYTHING TO IT.
IF NOT, THEN I WILL LET MR. TORRENS GO BACK TO WORK.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED DIALOGUE.
[4. Amendment to the ITS Strategic Execution Plan to Approve the Campus Safety Systems (Intrusion systems), Phase 2 project]
ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR.AND THIS IS OUR, UH, ITS CAMPUS SAFETY SYSTEMS PHASE TWO PROJECT.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UH, MONICA NOLAN, DIRECTOR OF IT PROJECT MANAGE MANAGEMENT TO PRESENT THE ITEM.
MY NAME IS MONICA NOLAN AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
AND TODAY, MY COLLEAGUE AND I WILL PRESENT THREE IMPORTANT IT INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL SITE PROJECTS.
COLLECTIVELY, WE ARE REFERRING TO THESE AS THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT SAFETY PROGRAM.
AND THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN SAFETY MEASURES AS WELL AS MODERNIZE THE DISTRICT SCHOOL IT INFRASTRUCTURE.
OKAY, OUR FIRST PROJECT IS THE CAMPUS SAFETY SYSTEMS INTRUSION SYSTEMS PHASE TWO PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ADDRESS CAMPUS SECURITY CONCERNS AND VULNERABILITIES BY REPLACING OUTDATED, OBSOLETE, AND FAILING INTRUSION ALARM SYSTEMS. AT PRESENT, THE SCOPE SCHOOL SITE'S INTRUSION ALARMS ARE OVER 20 YEARS OLD AND BEYOND THEIR USEFUL LIFE.
AS IT CONTINUES, THE WORK OF REPLACING INTRUSION ALARMS BEGAN UNDER PHASE ONE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS, UPDATING 291 SCHOOL SITES INTRUSION ALARMS. SO WHAT IS THE SCOPE, SCHEDULE, AND BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT? THE SCOPE, THIS PROJECT WILL REPLACE INTRUSION ALARMS AT 390 4K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL SITES AND INTEGRATE THOSE ALARM SYSTEMS WITH THE DISTRICT CENTRALIZED SECURITY DASHBOARD.
THE SCHEDULE, THIS PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO COMPLETE IN DECEMBER OF 2028.
AND THE BUDGET, THIS PROJECT IS AN INVESTMENT OF JUST OVER $92.3 MILLION, 100% OF WHICH WILL BE BOND FUNDED.
SO HERE WE HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE PROJECT.
WE ANTICIPATE BEGINNING THIS PROJECT, UH, BEGINNING THE ASSESSMENT AND DESIGN PHASE FOR THIS PROJECT IMMEDIATELY AFTER BOARD APPROVAL IN DECEMBER OF 2025, WE WILL BEGIN INSTALLATION AT THE VERY FIRST SET OF SCHOOLS BEGINNING IN MAY OF 2026.
AND THOSE VERY FIRST SCHOOLS WILL BEGIN COMPLETING AROUND MARCH OF 2027 WITH ALL SCHOOLS IN THIS PROJECT, COMPLETING BY DECEMBER 30TH, 2028.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE CAMPUS SAFETY SYSTEMS INTRUSION SYSTEMS PHASE TWO PROJECT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR. CAMPBELL? MORNING, UM, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GIMME SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ON A TYPICAL SCHOOL SITE, RIGHT, THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS PER SITE.
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WHAT ARE WE GETTING AT EACH SITE? SO, SO ARE THESE ALL SITES WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS AND THE, THE INFRASTRUCTURES BEING REPLACED? OR ARE THESE NEW INSTALLATIONS AT, AT SITES WITHOUT, UH, SECURITY SYSTEMS AT ALL? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT INTRUSION SENSORS, MOTION SENSORS, WINDOW ALARMS? LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT GOES INTO THE TYPICAL PROJECT? UNDERSTANDING EVERY SITE'S DIFFERENT.GOOD MORNING, BOC MEMBERS AND BOC SHARE.
UM, MY NAME IS SOIL CA, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.
SO THE, UH, PROBABLY YOUR FAMILIAR AT YOUR HOME, YOU HAVE BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM.
SO IS, AND IN ESSENCE, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS REPLACING THE CURRENT, UH, INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM, WHICH IS A, UH, FANCY NAME FOR THE BURGLAR ALARM FOR THE ENTERPRISE IMPLEMENTATION.
UM, THE SYSTEM ARE, THE CURRENT SYSTEM ARE ANALOG SYSTEM THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED 20 YEARS AGO, PROBABLY YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR.
AND, UH, UM, WITH THE PROPER SIGNAL GOING TO THE ALERT, ALERT WOULD, UH, NOTIFY THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND THEY WOULD ACT ON IT.
UH, THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE, UH, WE ARE REPLACING MOTION DETECTOR, WE ARE REPLACING DOOR CONTACTS.
WE REPLACE WIRING AT THE SCHOOLS.
MAJORITY OF THE SYSTEM, THEY SUFFER FROM THE WIRING AS WELL BECAUSE THE WIRES ARE, UM, CORRODED OR THE WATER DAMAGE OR ANYTHING.
THE AMOUNT OF FALSE ALARM THAT, UH, ARE A SCHOOL POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED FROM THIS, UH, FAILED ALARM SYSTEM IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH IN SOME EXTENT.
SO ESPECIALLY WITH THE NUMBER OF THE BREAK THAT, UH, GROW OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT, THIS GONNA PROTECT US AND ESSENTIALLY HELP US TO HAVE A PROPERTY PROTECTION.
ONE THING I EMPHASIZE FOR THE BOARD, ACTUALLY IN THE BRIEFING, I ALSO EMPHASIZE THESE ARE ALL AFTER SCHOOL ALARM SYSTEM.
THERE IS NO CAMERA SYSTEM IN THIS SCOPE OF WORK.
THERE ARE ALL PROPERTY PROTECTION.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY IS REAL PROTECTING DISTRICT ASSET THAT'S SITTING IN THE CAMPUS AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY SEND THE PROPER ALERT TO SCHOOL POLICE TO PREVENT THE BREAKING.
FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, UM, AND, AND YOU KIND OF READ MY MIND, I THINK ON THIS, ON THIS PIECE, IF THERE ARE FALSE ALARMS, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S, THAT'S AN ISSUE ACROSS, UH, INTRUSION OR BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEMS, PUBLIC, PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, JUST IN GENERAL.
UM, AND, AND IT IS A DRAIN ON, ON, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES.
DO OUR SCHOOL POLICE THEN HAVE THE ABILITY, IF THEY RECEIVE AN ALARM, TO ALSO REMOTELY ACCESS CAMERAS ON THE CAMPUSES TO, UH, HELP TRIAGE THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF ALARM INCIDENTS.
AND IS THAT, IS THAT CONSISTENT ACROSS, LIKE, ARE, ARE WE USING ONE SINGLE PLATFORM THAT, THAT THEY CAN ACCESS THOSE SYSTEMS AT, AT ANY CAMPUS? THAT'S A VERY GREAT QUESTIONS.
UM, WE HAD MULTIPLE PROJECTS EITHER THROUGH THE FACILITIES COMP WITH THE NEWEST SPECIFICATIONS THAT THEY FOLLOW, OR WHEN WE HAD THE COUPLE PROJECT THAT WE DID OURSELF AS PART OF OUR PROJECTS.
WHEN WE DO THE CAMERA SYSTEM, THE CAMERA SYSTEM IS FULLY INTEGRATED.
THEY ARE VOICE, UH, THEY'RE ALL IP INTEGRATED, AND THESE NEW INTRUSION SYSTEMS ALSO GONNA BE INTEGRATED.
THE PROBLEM WAS THE ANALOG, UH, INTRUSION, WE CANNOT CREATE THAT INTEGRATION.
SO WHEN THE, LET'S ASSUME THE DOOR CONTACT OPENS UP IN ONE OF THE ENTRANCES, THE CAMERA CLOSE TO THAT DOOR CONTACT IMMEDIATELY CAPTURED AND CAPTURED THE PICTURE OF WHO'S ENTERING THE CAMPUS.
THE SCHOOL POLICE RIGHT NOW HAVE THE SCREEN IN THEIR DISPATCH CENTER IN ROY BALL, AND THE ALERT SHOWS UP AND POP UP UNDER THEIR SCREEN AND THEY CAN VERIFY BEFORE DEPLOYED.
THAT'S HOW WE REDUCE THE FALSE ALARM.
THERE ARE MANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE INTRUSION, UH, THAT CAN PROTECT, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
IF YOU PUT THE DOOR, FOR EXAMPLE, DOOR ACCESS CONTROL, THOSE DOOR ACCESS CONTROL, IF SOMEBODY SWIPE THE CARD, THOSE SWIPING THE CARD ALSO CAN INTEGRATE WITH THE CAMERA SYSTEM.
BUT YES, THERE IS A SINGLE DASHBOARD.
WE STILL HAVE A OLD DASHBOARD THAT WE USE FOR THE LEGACY SYSTEMS, UH, IS END OF LIFE.
THE VENDOR DOESN'T SUPPORT IT, BUT THE, UH, STANDARD THAT IS DASHBOARD RIGHT NOW IS IN PLACE.
AND OUR GOAL IS ALL OF THE SYSTEM TO BE INTEGRATED TO EACH OTHER.
AND LAST QUESTION, I GUESS JUST ABOUT, UH, PROCUREMENT.
UH, DO WE HAVE A SINGLE CONTRACTOR OR VENDOR THAT'S, UH, PRO PROVIDING AND INSTALLING THESE SYSTEMS? OR, OR, OR HOW IS THAT, UH, HOW IS THAT BEING RESOURCED AND HOW IS THAT SOLICITED? UH, NO.
TYPICALLY WE DO RFP, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS JUST A PROJECT APPROVAL, POST PROJECT APPROVAL.
WE DEVELOP THE SCOPE, WE RELEASE AN RFP, UM, AS AN EXAMPLE IN THE PREVIOUS ONE, UM, THAT WE, THE PHASE ONE, WHAT WE DID, WE WENT TO MULTIPLE AVENUE.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANNA, UM, WE DON'T WANNA PUT ALL OF OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET BECAUSE THE TIMELINE YOU SEE IS VERY
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FAST TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS MANY SCHOOLS.THAT'S WHY WE ARE, UH, EITHER DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE, USING OUR STAFF TO AUGMENT SOME OF THE WORK, OR WE ARE USING CONTRACT, OR WE USE JOB CONTRACT, OR WE USE THE BEST VALUE CONTRACT TO OFFER THAT.
UM, SOMETIME WE OFFER IT TO THE REGION, LIKE BEST VALUE CONTRACT.
WE BROKE IT IN FIVE REGION AND FIVE REGION, WE OFFER IT TO MULTIPLE VENDOR.
I THINK RIGHT NOW IN THE PHASE ONE, MORE THAN THREE, FOUR CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING.
APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
MR. CHAIR, MY ONLY REQUEST, AND IT, IT'S NOT RELATED TO A SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME, UH, I THINK IT MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR THE, THE BOARD AT SOME POINT TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM, UH, THE LA SCHOOL POLICE ABOUT, UM, HOW, UH, THEY ARE BENEFITING FROM, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF MAKING THEIR OPERATIONS OR RESPONSES MORE EFFICIENT, SOME OF THESE NEW SYSTEMS, UH, JUST SO WE CAN GET THAT PERSPECTIVE.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS WITH THAT? UM, DO I HAVE, UM, A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MOTION.
MOTION BY, UH, KAISER, SECOND BY BOGGIO, MIKE BOGGIO.
WITH THAT, UM, ARE THERE ANY, UH, OBJECTIONS OR ABSTENTIONS? SO WITH THAT, THEN, WITHOUT OBJECTION, THIS RE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
[5. Amendment to the ITS Strategic Execution Plan to Approve the School Network System Upgrade, Phase 3 (198 Sites) project]
FIVE, UH, MS. NOLAN WILL STAY HERE WITH US.IS ITS SCHOOL NETWORK SYSTEM UPGRADE PHASE THREE.
THE SECOND PROJECT OF THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT SAFETY PROGRAM IS THE SCHOOL NETWORK SYSTEMS UPGRADE PHASE THREE, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT SITES PROJECT.
OKAY, THIS PROJECT WILL MODERNIZE NETWORK AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE AT 189, UM, 198, EXCUSE ME, K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL SITES, ENSURING RELIABLE HIGH SPEED CONNECTIVITY AND, AND IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS AT OUR SCHOOL SITES.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDES UPGRADE OF FOUR COMPONENTS, INCLUDING FIBER OPTIC CABLING.
WE WILL UPGRADE AGING FIBER CABLING TO MODERN HIGH CAPACITY FIBER TO SUPPORT 10 GIGABIT PERFORMANCE AND LONG-TERM SCALABILITY.
WE WILL ALSO BE UPGRADING LOCAL AREA, NETWORK AND WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEMS. WE WILL REPLACE OBSOLETE AND FAILING LAND AND WLAN EQUIPMENT WITH MODERNIZED SYSTEMS THAT DELIVER IMPROVED RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, AND SECURE CONNECTIVITY FOR CLASSROOMS, OFFICES AND OUTDOOR AREAS.
WE WILL BE UPGRADING VOICEOVER INTERNET PROTOCOL VOIP TELEPHONES.
WE WILL UPGRADE VOIP SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT SEAMLESS COMMUNICATION ACROSS ADMINISTRATIVE AND INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES.
AND LASTLY, WE WILL BE UPGRADING PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS. UM, WE WILL MODERNIZE PA SYSTEMS BY ADDING IP ENABLED EQUIPMENT, ALLOWING INTEGRATION WITH OTHER DISTRICT SAFETY SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE CAMPUS SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS.
UH, WE MUST UPGRADE OUR NETWORK AND FIBER TO MEET OUR SCHOOL'S NEED FOR INCREASED BANDWIDTH ACCESS AND SPEED.
AND WE MUST UPGRADE OUR SCHOOL'S CURRENT TELEPHONE AND PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS AS THEY ARE OLD AND HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY.
OKAY, THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR BANDWIDTH AT OUR SCHOOL SITES.
THIS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTS SYSTEMS THAT MEET CURRENT AND PROJECTED DEMAND AND FOLLOW BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES PROVIDED BY STATE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION AND THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL BANDWIDTH USE BEGINNING IN JUNE OF 2015, UH, GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUNE OF 2025.
SO IN JUNE OF 2015, OUR SCHOOLS WERE USING 78 GIGABITS PER SECOND.
AND FAST FORWARD TO THIS PAST JUNE, 2025, AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE USING A BANDWIDTH OF 1,415 GIGABITS PER SECOND.
SO WE'VE HAD EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
AND THEN IN JUNE, 2016, IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR ANTICIPATED BANDWIDTH NEED FOR THE DISTRICT IS 1,683 GIGABITS PER SECOND.
SO WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROJECT IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH OUR SCHOOL'S DEMAND.
SO WHAT IS THE SCOPE, SCHEDULE, AND BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT? THIS PROJECT WILL UPGRADE TELE, UM, NETWORK AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AT 198 K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL SITES.
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AND THOSE SYSTEMS INCLUDE FIBER, LOCAL AREA NETWORKS, WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS, VOICE OVER IP, TELEPHONE AND PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS. THE, UH, SCHEDULE FOR THIS PROJECT, THIS PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO COMPLETE IN JUNE OF 2029.AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT, THIS PROJECT HAS A BUDGET.
IT, THIS PROJECT IS AN INVESTMENT OF JUST OVER $166.2 MILLION, 100% OF WHICH WILL BE BOND FUNDED.
HERE WE HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE PROJECT SCHEDULE.
UM, SO PROCUREMENT FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE BEGIN IN Q1 OF 2026, AND THEN THE DESIGN PHASE WILL BEGIN AROUND AUGUST OF 2026 WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE VERY FIRST SCHOOL STARTS BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY OF 2027.
AND THOSE VERY FIRST SCHOOL SITES WILL BEGIN COMPLETING AROUND JUNE OF 2027 WITH ALL SCHOOL SITES COMPLETING BY JUNE 30TH, 2029.
AND OUR LAST SLIDE PROVIDES THE ROADMAP OF NETWORK UPGRADES AT DISTRICT SCHOOL SITES.
SCHOOL NETWORK AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS ARE VITAL IN TODAY'S CLASSROOMS ENABLING TEACHING, LEARNING, AND CAMPUS SAFETY.
AS FUNDING HAS BECOME AVAILABLE, THE DISTRICT HAS PRIORITIZED INVESTMENT IN NETWORK AND TELECOM PROJECTS.
PHASE ONE AND TWO WERE APPROVED USING MEASURE RR FUNDS.
PHASE THREE SLATED TO BE FUNDED USING MEASURE US BOND FUNDS COMPLETES THE CURRENT MODERNIZATION CYCLE FOR SCHOOL SITES, ENSURING THAT ALL CAMPUSES MEET CURRENT STANDARDS FOR COMPONENTS SPEED AND CAPACITY.
HOWEVER, AS THESE SYSTEMS HAVE A FINITE LIFESPAN, THE NEXT PHASE WILL ADDRESS REFRESH OF SYSTEMS AS THEY REACH END OF LIFE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRES PRESENTATION FOR THE SCHOOL NETWORK SYSTEMS UPGRADE PHASE THREE, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT SITES PROJECT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS PROJECT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, KAISER, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, I, I THINK TRADITIONALLY WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE FAMILIAR WHEN WE HAVE LIKE A VERTICAL OR, UM, A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TAKING PLACE LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THE DESIGN PROCESS THAT GOES INTO IT.
CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT THE DESIGN PROCESS WITH AN IT PROJECT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT? UM, SO THE DESIGN OF FOR PER SCHOOL NEED TO BE DEFINED, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE CABLING NETWORK AND, UH, EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION ALL GOES HAND IN HAND.
UH, WHEN WE UPGRADING OR REPLACING A SYSTEM AT THE SCHOOLS THAT'S, LET'S SAY, UH, 10, 15 YEARS OLD, THE NEW TECHNOLOGY REQUIRE BRAND NEW CONFIGURATION THAT DOESN'T MEET THE PAST TECHNOLOGIES.
IN THIS CASE, UH, THE FIBER OPTICS THAT RUNNING UNDER SCHOOLS, UH, THAT WAS PUT ORIGINALLY IN PLACE, UH, THE, UH, THEY WERE MEETING THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE ONE GIG, ONE GIGABIT PER SECOND, PER, UH, STRAND OF THOSE FIBER, THE NEW FIBER WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 10 GIG.
SO THOSE, WHEN YOU DESIGN THE SYSTEM, FIRST YOU CALCULATE THE BANDWIDTH YOU WANNA RUN.
THEN EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT, THAT CABLE BEING CONNECTED NEED TO BE REPLACED TO MEET THAT, THAT 10 GIG AND THINK LIKE A PLUMBING, YOU RUN THE PIPE, YOU RUN THE WATER, SO ENOUGH WATER RUNNING THROUGH THAT PIPE.
NOW YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE EVERY VALVE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT PRESSURE THAT YOU ARE PUTTING THROUGH THE VALVE.
IT'S A SIMILAR CONCEPT, BUT IN THE LOW VOLTAGE, UH, DEFINITION OF THE NETWORK CONFIGURATION.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO HIGHLIGHT HOW MUCH GOES INTO IT.
'CAUSE I KNOW, UM, I, I THINK A LOT OF US ARE MORE WHEN IT COMES TO IT EXPERIENCE AT HOME AND WE GET OUR ROUTER IN A BOX AND IT'S VERY LIKE, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE, BUT YOU'RE DOING, UM, A HUGE CONFIGURATION.
SO THE DESIGN PROCESS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX.
UM, MR. CHAIR, YOU'LL INDULGE ME.
I HAVE ONE MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
UM, WITH THE FAST PACE OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHANGES AND POTENTIALLY INCREASED BANDWIDTH IN THE FUTURE, UM, HOW, HOW FEASIBLE WILL IT BE TO CONTINUE OR INCREASE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED TO GO FROM 10 TO 20 GIGS IN THE NEXT 10, 15 YEARS? IS THAT, IS THAT PROCESS BUILT INTO THESE PROJECTS? SO, UM, WHEN, UH, IT PROBABLY YOU NOTICE THAT, UH, CHART THAT WAS INITIALLY WAS PRESENTING THE BANDWIDTH GROWTH, UH, FEDERAL COMMISSION, UH, THEY ACTUALLY DO THE ASSESSMENT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL USUALLY ACTUALLY ARE A LITTLE BIT BELOW A STANDARD CALCULATION.
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WE THINK THE ACTUAL DEMAND IS HIGHER THAN WHAT FCC PROJECT.UH, BUT WE, THEY DEFINE THE GUIDELINE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE.
THAT'S HOW ACTUALLY WE JUSTIFY WHEN WE OPERATION, UH, OPERATIONALIZE THIS NETWORK, UH, TO RECEIVE A E-RATE FUNDING FOR THIS.
ESSENTIALLY WE SAY WE BUILD A 10 GIG NETWORK.
SO WE RECEIVE THE E-RATE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE 10 GIG PER SCHOOLS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, UH, WHEN THE GROWTH ARE BEING BUILT, WE USUALLY PLAN FOR THE, UH, DOWN THE ROAD.
SO LET'S SAY IF YOU HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE BANDWIDTH, THEN THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS A UTILIZATION IS NOT 10 GIG, IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THREE FOUR GIG.
BUT WE ALLOCATE 10 GIG, UH, CAPACITY.
THERE'S SOMETHING, WE CALL IT CIR, ESSENTIALLY IS A BANDWIDTH THAT WE CHARGE TO THE SCHOOL SERVICE PROVIDER.
LIKE AT AND T WE INCREASE THAT BANDWIDTH BASED ON THE SCHOOL UTILIZATION.
SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE, PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS FROM NOW, DEPENDING ON THE DEMAND, ON THE BANDWIDTH, THERE ARE GONNA BE THE DEMAND TO GO FROM 10 GIG PER SCHOOL TO 20 GIG OR A HUNDRED GIG PER SCHOOL.
SO THERE IS A CAPACITY EVERY, UH, SEVEN TO 10 YEARS NEED TO BE ALLOCATED TO BUILD A FOUNDATION TO ACCOMMODATE.
UH, WE STARTED THIS PROJECT INITIALLY, I BELIEVE IN 2013 WHEN WE STARTED, UH, PILOTING AND BUILDING A 10 GIG CAPACITY.
AND BY COMPLETION OF THIS PHASE ALL OVER SCHOOL, BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE, UH, BANDWIDTH EXPECTATION THAT WE HAVE.
SO WOULD THAT BE, UM, INSTALLING ADDITIONAL CABLING TO INCREASE BANDWIDTH OR IS IT SIMILAR TO WHERE I CALL T-MOBILE AND SAY, HEY, I NEED TO, UH, INCREASE MY STORAGE HERE.
CAN YOU FLIP A SWITCH
YOU CANNOT GET HIGHER BANDWIDTH.
WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY REPLACE THE TOWER WITH THE 4G 5G TO GIVE YOU MORE BANDWIDTH.
ESSENTIALLY WE ARE UPGRADING THE TOWER, WE ARE UPGRADING THE NETWORK AT THE SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT INCREASED BANDWIDTH.
YOU MAY CONSUME LESS THAN WHAT THEY PROVIDE, BUT THAT CAPACITY FORECAST TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH, UH, UH, SUPPORT FOR THE NEXT, UH, FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
UM, AND, AND DOES THIS IT SYSTEM ONLY PROVIDE FUNCTIONALITY FOR L-A-U-S-D SCHOOL EQUIPMENT? MEANING PERSONAL DEVICES OR, OR THINGS LIKE THAT? OR, SO WHEN WE PUT A NETWORK IN PLACE, THAT'S SOMETHING, ACTUALLY THAT'S A VERY GREAT QUESTION.
WE RUN EVERYTHING THROUGH THAT NETWORK.
THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS IS PART OF THIS SCOPE BECAUSE THEY'RE RUNNING ON THE SAME NETWORK.
WE RUNNING THE, UH, EVEN CAMERA SYSTEM.
THEY'RE RUNNING INTRUSION SYSTEM THAT WE WERE, UH, TALKING ABOUT IS RUNNING ON THIS.
EVEN WHEN FACILITIES PUTTING, FOR EXAMPLE, REFRIGERATOR OR AIR CONDITION AND THEY WANT TO CONNECT TO THE NETWORK IS RUNNING ON THE SAME NETWORK.
SO AS A CONVERSION NETWORK THAT ALLOWS EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE OVER THE NETWORK.
IF YOU BRING EVEN YOUR, WE CALL IT BYOD, BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE.
WHEN A STUDENT BRING THEIR OWN DEVICES TO THE SCHOOL, THEY'RE STILL USING THE SAME NETWORK.
AND WE SEGREGATE THOSE TRAFFIC SEPARATELY.
IF YOU BRING YOUR OWN DEVICES, YOU GO INTO A DIFFERENT PATH VERSUS IF YOU USE A TRUSTED DEVICE, THAT'S PART OF OUR SECURITY DESIGN WE CALL LIMB VLAN.
EVERY, EVERY VLAN IS DESIGNED FOR A SPECIFIC SCOPE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR IOT, WHICH MOSTLY BEING USED BY THE CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES.
WE HAVE A TOTALLY SEPARATE VLAN FOR THAT CONFIGURATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSTRUCTIVE, UH, QUESTIONS AND THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
GREAT QUESTIONS, RIGHT? WE MISS HER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM OTHER YES, DR.
UM, SO I WANTED TO TAKE THIS BACK MAYBE SLIGHTLY THEORETICAL 'CAUSE I COME AT THIS, UM, AS A PROFESSOR, UH, AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIST.
UM, SO THERE'S A SAYING IN, IN TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY FREEWAYS YOU BUILD, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE CONGESTION, RIGHT? IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
SO, UM, I HAVE SORT OF THREE QUESTIONS.
UM, THE BIG PICTURE QUESTION IS IF YOU COULD, UH, WOULD BE TO TALK ABOUT I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH DEMAND DRIVEN NUMBERS.
WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL BANDWIDTH FOR US TO HAVE? I, I MEAN, MY IMAGINATION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT GONNA BE EXPONENTIAL FOREVER.
THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A, SOME KIND OF A CONCAVE SHAPE AND, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE AN OPTIMAL AMOUNT.
I, AND I WOULD SAY COMING OUT OF HIGHER ED, UH, FROM A CURRICULAR PERSPECTIVE, A LOT OF FACULTY ARE MOVING AWAY
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FROM, UM, THESE.SO, SO, UH, SO I THINK THAT JUST JUSTIFICATION OF WHAT THE DEMAND OPTIMAL MIGHT BE.
AND THEN PERHAPS AS YOU KIND OF POINTED THIS OUT REALLY BRIEFLY, UM, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE, RIGHT, HOW MUCH OF THIS DEMAND IS CURRICULAR, LIKE THE TEACHERS ARE USING IT, AND HOW MUCH OF THIS DEMAND IS YOU ANTICIPATE, UM, FACILITIES OR OTHER OPERATIONS MANAGEMENTS ARE USING IT.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO HAVE CONTEXT.
UM, UH, SO THAT'S MY BIG PICTURE.
I'LL JUST ASK ALL THREE AND THEN YOU CAN, UM, AND THE SMALLER PICTURE ONE IS, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW WERE THE SPECIFIC SITES CHOSEN.
UM, I WAS ON THE BOC MANY YEARS AGO AND I, WE HAVE DONE LOTS OF UPGRADES.
IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO KNOW LIKE THE LAST TIME THIS CAMPUS GOT AN UPGRADE WAS THIS DATE, NOT JUST THE NAME OF THE CAMPUS AND WHO THE BOARD MEMBER IS.
I THINK OUR DESIRES WOULD BE DIFFERENT THAN MAYBE THE BOARD IN THAT CONTEXT.
UM, SO THAT WE KNOW LIKE THIS CAMPUS HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN 15 YEARS, BUT SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN.
UM, UH, AND UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HELP US HAVE CONTEXT ABOUT HOW YOU CHOSE THE SPECIFIC SITES.
'CAUSE NOT ALL THE SITES ARE DOING THIS, SO, UH, PROBABLY THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WERE MOST, UH, NEEDED.
UH, BUT THAT'S NOT SO MUCH IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE GOT.
UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, FIRST I ANSWERED THE, UH, SECOND QUESTION.
WE HAVE A METRICS THAT'S CALLED TCI INDEX.
UM, ESSENTIALLY IT'S TECHNOLOGY CON AND CONDITION INDEX.
WE ADD, WE ADOPTED WITH THE INITIATION OF THIS PROGRAM, UH, THAT CALCULATION.
THE CALCULATION IS BASED ON MULTIPLE FACTOR.
ONE FACTOR OBVIOUSLY IS AGE OF THE EQUIPMENT.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR US.
UM, HOW OLD IS THE EQUIPMENT AND IF THEY MEETING THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR OUR SCOPE.
UM, THE SECOND FACTOR IS THE NUMBER OF INCIDENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE SITE.
SO, UH, HOW MANY TIMES WE HAD A NETWORK OUTAGE WITHIN THE CAMPUS FOR THOSE EQUIPMENTS.
AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACTOR PLAYS TO THAT, UH, THAT MIGHT TEAM CALCULATING THOSE, UH, CALCULATED THOSE AT THE INITIATION OF THE PROGRAM.
AND WE CREATED ACTUALLY BELL CURVE AND WE PRIORITIZED, UH, UNTIL WE GET TO THE TAIL END, WHICH IS WHAT YOU DID, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, THIS IS THE PHASE THREE, WHICH IS COMPLETE THE ENTIRE CURVE.
UM, AND AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED WHEN, UH, MS. NOLAN WAS, UH, PRESENTING AT THE PHASE FOUR, WE ARE GOING BACK TO LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS THAT WE INITIATED BACK IN 2013 TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE THE PROJECTION FOR THE NEXT GROWTH THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE.
SO THE TCI INDEX IS THE SCOPE.
ALL OF THESE SCHOOL ARE IN DEMAND AND BASED ON THOSE TCI INDEX, THEY SCHEDULED TIME.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER FACTOR TO THE CALCULATION OF THE TIME, AND THAT'S A E-RATE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE NETWORK UPGRADE.
WE RECEIVE E-RATE FUNDING, UH, AS A SUBSET OF THE COST.
SO, UH, THE, UH, THE E-RATE, UM, THE NEW CYCLE OF THE E-RATE JUSTICE STARTING THIS MARCH, WE ARE WAITING FOR THE FCC, UH, AND UEC TO MAKE A FINAL UM, UH, CALCULATION OF THOSE DOLLARS.
BUT ESSENTIALLY IT IS VERY ESSENTIAL THIS PROJECT TO START IN THE CERTAIN TIME AND FINISH IN THE CERTAIN TIME AND WE APPLY FOR THE CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE REIMBURSEMENT TO HELP STRETCH THE DOLLAR THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN THIS PROGRAM SO WE CAN DO MORE WORK.
SO THE TIMELINE SOMETIMES BEING IMPACTED.
IT'S NOT LIKE ALWAYS ABOUT TCI INDEX, ALTHOUGH WE FOLLOW THAT.
BUT WHEN WE SEE IF WE START THIS PROJECT AND WE FINISH IT, WE ARE GONNA BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE MORE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT YEAR.
WE SHIFT THE SCHEDULE SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS, AROUND SECOND.
AND TO YOUR FIRST, UH, QUESTION.
UM, SORRY I WENT TOO LONG ON THE SECOND QUESTION.
JUST LIKE, UM, ARE WE ARE GONNA GO UP EXPONENTIALLY UP OR IS DEMAND GONNA, LIKE WHAT IS THE OPTIMAL AMOUNT AND WHAT'S THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN CURRICULAR NEED AND OTHER KINDS OF NEED ON CAMPUS? SO OBVIOUSLY THE CALCULATION THAT YOU SAW FROM FCC THAT PROVIDED TO US IS ALL TIED TO OUR E-RATE FUNDING AND, UM, JUSTIFICATION THAT WE BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT THAT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSE, ACTUALLY NONE OF THE NON-INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENT, NONE OF THEM ARE GONNA BE E-RATE ELIGIBLE.
SO THERE IS A CALCULATION THAT TEAM ARE DOING WHEN WE ARE RECEIVING E-RATE FUNDING.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THE COST OF THE YEAR RATE WITH THE GENERAL FUND MONEY TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE THESE SYSTEMS. SO, UM, BEYOND THAT, THE GROWTH ON THE, UM, NON-INSTRUCTIONAL SITE WAS SIGNIFICANT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
DURING THE PAN BEFORE PANDEMIC, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY DEVICES.
WE HAVE, WE HAD PROBABLY A HUNDRED OR
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200,000 DEVICES AS OF TODAY.UH, AND UM, WE HAVE CLOSE TO PROBABLY SIX, 700,000 DEVICES IN OUR THE SCHOOL NETWORK.
THAT, AND YOU MAY ASK, OH, YOU JUST HAVE 400.
OH, YOU HAVE JUST 400,000 STUDENT.
WHY YOU HAVE MORE THAN THAT? BECAUSE DURING THE, UM, UH, DURING THE, UH, PANDEMIC, WE WERE, UH, SUCCESSFUL ENOUGH TO SECURE A SPECIAL FUNDING FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CALLED ECF THAT ALLOWS STUDENT TO HAVE THE DEVICE TO USE AT HOME.
SO THOSE DEVICES INCREASED THE NUMBER OF DEVICES WE'VE MANAGED, BUT EVEN THOSE DEVICES, WE BRING THE TRAFFIC TO THIS NETWORK TO FILTER THE TRAFFIC.
THAT'S WHY EVERY TRAFFIC COMES OVER HERE.
ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE EMPLOYEE DEVICES, THE STUDENT DEVICES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES WITH IT.
SO THOSE GROWTH ON THOSE DEVICES, THAT'S ONE FACTOR.
THE SECOND FACTOR, THE WAY THAT WE USE TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED.
WHEN YOU GO TO THE CAMPUS RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE PROGRAMS RUNNING LIKE ESPORT, PRO ESPORT GAMING.
ESPORT GAMING REQUIRES A LOW LATENCY.
CONNECTIVITY IS NOT JUST THE BANDWIDTH.
YOU SEND A SIGNAL FROM THERE, THE SIGNAL NEED TO BE RECEIVED IN THE FRACTION OF THE SECOND.
TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, YOU NEED TO BE, HAVE A HIGH BANDWIDTH AS YOU INDICATED TO AVOID THE CONGESTION.
IF I HAVE A CONGESTION, YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COMPETITION OF THE ESPORT GAMING.
AS MUCH AS, UH, THE KIDS ARE COMPETING VERY PROFESSIONALLY IN THIS TYPE OF, UH, WORK, THERE IS NO WAY THEY CAN COMPETE NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY OR EVEN IN STATE LEVEL IF IT CANNOT PROVIDE PROPER, UH, LATENCY THAT THEY REQUIRE.
SO ALMOST ALL OF THIS IS NOT ONE FACTOR.
BANDWIDTH IS NOT THE ONLY FACTOR.
PEOPLE ALWAYS THINK, OH, BANDWIDTH IS EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, THE LATENCY DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE LEARN A SERVICE PROVIDER, THEY, UM, UH, PROBABLY YOU HEARD THE TERM NET NEUTRALITY.
SO WHY IS IT IMPORTANT IF A SERVICE PROVIDER PRIORITIZE THE BANDWIDTH OF NETFLIX OVER EDUCATIONAL TRAFFIC? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GO TO A SCHOOLOGY ACCESS THE EDUCATIONAL CONTENT, YOU GET THE LOWER PRIORITY YOU SCREEN AND A SPIN
THAT'S WHY NET NEUTRALITY INITIALLY WAS INITIATED BECAUSE THAT CREATE A LATENCY.
WHEN YOU GIVE PRIORITY TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO GO, WE CREATE THAT PRIORITY.
ALSO IN OUR NETWORK, WE CALL IT TRAFFIC SHAPING OR QOS QUALITY OF SERVICE THROUGH THOSE METHOD, WE AVOID CONGESTION.
WE SEND THE HIGH PRIORITY TRAFFIC RIGHT AWAY AND WE DEPRIORITIZE.
UH, SOMETIMES SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO SEND TO SPOTIFY IS LOW PRIORITY, THEREFORE I WOULD GIVE MORE PRIORITY TO INSTRUCTIONAL ACCESS AND LESS PRIORITY TO NON-INSTRUCTIONAL ACCESS.
SO THERE ARE TECHNIQUES THAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE WE MANAGE WHAT WE HAVE PROPERLY AND HOPEFULLY OUR STUDENT DON'T, UH, OR OUR TEACHERS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA SUFFER FROM LACK OF BANDWIDTH.
ALSO, EVERY, UH, EVERY, EVERY WEEK WE MONITOR THE TRAFFIC.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU ARE NOT A BIG FAN OF THE REACTIVE, BUT SOMETIMES WE NEED TO BE REACTIVE BECAUSE WE CANNOT PREDICT THE BEHAVIOR OF THE USERS, ESPECIALLY OUR TEACHERS ARE, THEY MAY BRING A NEW PROGRAM TO THEIR SCHOOL THAT THEY DIDN'T TELL US AND WE DIDN'T PLAN FOR IT.
AND THEN FOR THOSE SITUATIONS WE MONITOR WHEN THERE IS A SPIKE IN THE TRAFFIC, WE ADJUST THE TRAFFIC TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
UH, MS. PALLADIAN TOMAR, UH, PERONE? YES.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS.
SO THE SITES THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR PHASE THREE, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY SITES THAT YOU DID WORK ON IN PHASE ONE, IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY.
UM, EVEN IF YOU WORK IN PHASE ONE, THE SCOPE WAS NOT FULLY DEVELOPED.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A, UM, A POWER OVER ETHERNET SWITCHES, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO INSTALL CAMERA SYSTEM LATER ON.
SO NOW SCOPE GONNA BE COMPLETE FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THE PHASE ONE WHEN WE STARTED, WE DIDN'T DEVELOP THE FULL SCOPE BACK THEN.
AND SOME LIKE, UH, SHAKE ALERT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SHAKE ALERT SYSTEM DIDN'T EXIST UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO.
SO WE GO BACK AND WE COMPLETE THOSE.
SO THEN PART OF THE SITES WOULD BE THINGS THAT YOU, UH, LOCATIONS THAT YOU WORKED ON IN PHASE ONE.
SOME WILL BE MAYBE PHASE TWO SITES.
SO FOR THOSE SITES THAT ARE PHASE TWO SITES, WILL YOU BE DOING THE WORK CONCURRENT WITH THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN PHASE TWO THAT YOU JUST, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT USUALLY PHASE TWO, THERE IS NO PHASE ONE AT THIS ONE.
PHASE ONE OR PHASE TWO NETWORK OR INTRUSION NEITHER.
THEY ACTUALLY CONFIRM FOR ME, THERE IS NO PHASE ONE OR PHASE TWO ON THIS ONE.
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THAT PHASE ONE HAD BEEN DECIDED SOME TIME AGO.AND THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE, THE DOCUMENTS TO INDICATE THAT, THAT IT'S IN PROGRESS.
PHASE ZERO YOU ARE REFERRING PHASE ZERO WAS THE ONE DIDN'T HAVE A FULLSCOPE.
SO IT SEEMS, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE, UM, ROADMAP, THERE IS A PHASE ZERO, PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO.
AND THIS IS PHASE THREE, PHASE ZERO, OR THE ONE DIDN'T HAVE A FULL SCOPE.
AM I CORRECT? YOU ARE IN THE DIFFERENT PROJECT, THE WRONG PROJECT.
SO PAGE, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ROAD, THAT'S A GROUP DIDN'T HAVE A FULL SCOPE SO THE ONES THAT, THAT ARE IN THE PHASE ZERO, ARE THOSE THE LOCATIONS WHERE THIS WORK IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE? SOME OF THEM.
SOME OF THEM, THEY WERE NOT PART OF ANY PHASES.
AND THEN SOME ARE IN PHASE ONE? NO, THERE IS NONE IN PHASE.
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, MOTION APPROVE BY MEMBER KAISER, SECOND BY, UH, MS. BELL.
UH, IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR ABSTENTIONS WITH THAT? THEN THE, UH, PROJECT, UH, THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
I KNOW YOU GOT ONE MORE STILL.
UM, THE QUESTION, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE PHASE THREE WOULD BE ON THE SECURITY, UM, PROJECT YOU JUST PRESENTED.
I, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER PHASE, BUT THE IDEA OF BRINGING IN MAYBE A, A REPRESENTATIVE OF PD WOULD, WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S INTEGRATED WITH THEM.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT IT TO GO GET LOST IN THE ETHER.
AND HE MAY HAVE MENTIONED IT TO ME IF I MAY PROPOSE ACTUALLY THAT MAYBE THE BEST WAY.
UM, WE CAN ALSO DO IT IN DIFFERENTLY, LIKE THE WAY THAT YOUR TEAM CAME AND THEY VISIT THE DATA CENTER TO SEE FAIR STAND BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE COME WITH THE POWERPOINT IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER.
SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING USUALLY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, EDUCATIONAL.
UH, IF A SCHOOL POLICE AGREES AND I WILL LABEL, I WILL TRY TO CONVINCE THEM.
MAYBE WE CAN HAVE YOU TO LOOK AT EXACTLY HOW OPERATION RUNS THAT.
[6. Amendment to the ITS Strategic Execution Plan to Approve the School Network Alternative Connectivity Pilot project]
THAT, WE DO HAVE ITEM NUMBER SIX.I'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOU.
UM, THIS IS THE ITS SCHOOL NETWORK ALTERNATIVE CONNECTIVITY PILOT PROJECT, MS. NOLAN.
SO THIS IS OUR THIRD AND FINAL, UH, PROJECT OF THE IAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT SAFETY PROGRAM FOR TODAY.
UM, AND THIS PROJECT IS THE SCHOOL NETWORK ALTERNATIVE CONNECTIVITY PILOT, AND MY COLLEAGUE JIM DEL NASTRO, WHO IS OUR CHIEF NETWORK ARCHITECT, IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT.
SO OUR THIRD PROJECT IS THE SCHOOL NETWORK ALTERNATIVE CONNECTIVITY PI PROJECT.
UM, THIS PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT A DARK FIBER RING THAT WILL CONNECT A SCHOOL NETWORK TO TWO NEIGHBORING SCHOOL NETWORKS THAT WILL PROVIDE BACKUP INTERNET CONNECTIVITY WHEN THE PRIMARY INTERNET SERVICE IS UNAVAILABLE.
UH, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, MANY SCHOOLS HAVE LOST INTERNET ACCESS DUE TO VARIOUS TYPES OF CABLE VANDALISM, CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO INSTRUCTION.
A SINGLE CABLE CUT FROM THE PROVIDER CAN IMPACT THE PRIMARY INTERNET SERVICE AT OVER 20 SCHOOL SITES AT THE SAME TIME, UH, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE PATH FOR INTERNET ACCESS, MINIMIZING THE INSTRUCTIONAL IMPACT WHEN THESE OUTAGES OCCUR.
UH, WE PLAN TO USE THIS PROJECT TO INCREASE THE PERFORMANCE, UH, SCALABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE SCHOOL NETWORKS, UH, WITH AN ANTICIPATION OF A FUTURE DISTRICT-WIDE DEPLOYMENT.
UM, SO, SO THE SCOPE, UH, SCHEDULE AND BUDGET FOR THIS ONE.
THE, THIS SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES THE INSTALLATION OF THE FIBER OPTIC CABLING BETWEEN SKIES, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF PATHWAYS TO EACH SCHOOL'S MDF, AND THE CONFIGURATION OF THESE FIBER LINKS TO ENABLE THE BACKUP INTERNET CONNECTIVITY AT
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40 4K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL SITES.UM, THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT IS JUNE OF 2027, UH, WITH A BUDGET, UH, JUST OVER $10.6 MILLION OF BOND FUNDS.
UH, A LITTLE MORE DETAILED LOOK AT THE PROJECT SCHEDULE.
UH, WE INTEND TO BEGIN PROCUREMENT THIS MONTH AFTER BOARD APPROVAL, UH, WITH, UH, INSTALLATIONS TARGETED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF MARCH OF 2027, AND OUR EVALUATION OF THE OVERALL SOLUTION BY JUNE OF 2027.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PROJECT? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, HOW ARE THE REGIONS NOTIFIED THAT THIS WORK IS GOING TO BE GOING ON IN THEIR SCHOOLS? AND THEN, IN MY OPINION, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW ARE THE LOCAL SCHOOLS INFORMED THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING AND THE SCOPE AND WHEN AND BEYOND THAT? SURE.
I MEAN, JUST LIKE WITH ANY OF OUR PROJECTS, WE HAVE PROJECT MANAGERS THAT MANAGE THE, OKAY.
THIS, THIS COMES OUT OF FACILITIES, PROJECT MANAGERS? UH, NO, WE HAVE OUR OWN INTERNAL PROJECT MANAGERS.
BUT THEN WE'VE GOT THE LOCAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON, ON THEIR, UH, CAMPUSES.
ALL, ALL THE, ANY WORK IS COORDINATED WITH THE SCHOOLS, DIRECTLY WITH THE PRINCIPAL, WITH THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, WITH THE, UH, PLANT MANAGER, WITH ALL STAFF AT THE SCHOOL.
I LIKE THAT IT'S QUICK AND GOT THE ANSWERS.
ANY OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TOO? I HAD A QUESTION.
YES, MS. KAISER, UM, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AT AND T DID A, UM, A HUGE, UM, INTERVIEW WITH THE LOCAL NEWS AGENCY JUST SPEAKING TO THE CHALLENGES OF, UM, THE THEFT GOING ON WITH THEIR CABLE.
UM, AND ESSENTIALLY THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS TO THE COMMUNITY, THE TAXPAYERS, THE RATE PAYERS, UM, AS A RESULT OF THE THEFT THAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, SO COULD YOU PUT, COULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO THE RELATIONSHIP IN TERMS OF ASSET PROTECTION THAT TAKES PLACE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE CONTRACTOR PROVIDING THE WORK, AND THEN ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED? YEAH.
UM, IT'S, UM, IS, UH, I DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT QUESTION BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED PROJECT.
THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT, I WAS EXPLAINING TO THE BOARD, ONE OF THE QUESTION WAS, OH, WHY YOU JUST PICKED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT, WE DIDN'T GO DISTRICTWIDE PUT 20 SCHOOLS FIVE IN EACH REGION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IS LITERALLY, WE PICKED THE SCOPE.
THE REASON THAT WE PICKED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THEY HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VANDALISM, CABLE THEFT.
SO WE LOST, UM, LOT OF, UH, SERVICES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UH, SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, THEY WERE, THEY LOST THEIR PHONE SYSTEM FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS.
WE EVEN SEND A COMPLAINT TO THE, UH, FCC AND CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION TO HOLD AT AND T ACCOUNTABLE.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S AT T'S FAULT OR ANYBODY ELSE.
CABLE THEFT IS A DISEASE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND KEEP HAPPENING.
SO THE REASON, UH, MY ARCHITECT JIM, DESIGNED THIS PROJECT EXACTLY TO ADDRESS THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DESIGN OF THIS, YOU WILL SEE EVERY SCHOOL HAS TWO PATHWAY TO THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IF ONE OF THE CONNECTION GOES DOWN, THE SCHOOL GONNA CONTINUE WITH THE COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE SECOND PATH.
SO IT REDUCES A SCHOOL OUTAGE WHEN THE CABLE CUT HAPPENING? EXACTLY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
BECAUSE WHEN THE BREAK IN IS HAPPENING, THEY'RE COMING FROM ONE ENTRANCE, THEY PULL, UM, UH, WE HAVE SOME VIDEOS ACTUALLY SHOWS HOW THEY DO THIS.
THEY BRING A TRUCK, THEY, UM, UH, THEY GET THE TAIL OF THE TRUCK AND HOOK IT TO THE HEAD OF THE CABLE.
WHEN THEY CUT THE CABLE, THEY DRIVE WITH THE TRUCK, THEY PULL THE CABLE.
SO THAT DOES A LOT OF DAMAGE UNDERGROUND, EITHER ON AT AND T OR THE PATHWAY THAT GET THE CABLE TO REESTABLISH THAT CONNECTION.
TAKES MONTHS, NOT DAYS, NOT WEEKS, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO REALLY DO THE FULL BLOWN CONSTRUCTION.
SO AS FAR AS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PATHWAY IS ALWAYS SERVICE PROVIDER RESPONSIBILITY, THESE SYSTEMS, WE ARE PUTTING IT FOR THE BID DISTRICT, GONNA HAVE SOME LEVEL OF OWNERSHIP ON THESE SERVICES.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN TRADITIONAL AT AND T SERVICE.
SO WE ARE HAVING SOMEBODY TO OPERATE THEM, BUT WE ARE GONNA HAVE A LONG-TERM OWNERSHIP OF THESE, UH, DARK FIBERS.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED, DARK FIBER, ESSENTIALLY.
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LIGHTING THEM UP.WE ARE THE ONE WORKING WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDER TO LIGHT THEM.
UM, I APPRECIATE AND IN ANTICIPATION OF, OF ITEM 11, UM, AND JUST SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE, THE CONTRACTING COMMUNITY IS HAVING.
UM, I KNOW THAT'S ONE THING, UM, IN PROTECTING THEIR ASSETS TOO.
THE MATERIAL THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING, WHETHER IT'S A LARGER GC ON THE PROJECT OR A SMALLER SUBCONTRACTOR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE THEFT AND THE REMOVAL OF THIS TYPE OF MATERIAL THAT TAKES PLACE CAN, CAN ESSENTIALLY NOT ONLY IMPACT THE BUSINESS, BUT IT COULD ALSO LONG TERM IMPACT THE, THE PROJECT ITSELF.
UM, AND THEN AS A RESULT COSTING, UM, POTENTIAL MORE FUNDING WITH, WITH THE BOND DOLLARS.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU, YOU ANSWERING THAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MS. MCFARLAND.
UM, I, SO MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE, THE REGIONAL NATURE OF THIS PROJECT.
AND I SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S A, A PILOT AND IT'S GONNA BE DISTRICT-WIDE.
I'M WONDERING IF IN AREAS WHERE THERE ISN'T AS MUCH OF THIS, UM, THEFT, WOULD IT BE NECESSARY IN THOSE AREAS? AND DO YOU PLAN TO EXPAND THIS ACROSS THE DISTRICT? YEAH.
SO, AND THEN JUST, SORRY, ONE QUICK FOR THIS.
UM, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE IN ONE DISTRICT, IS THIS FUND FUNDED WITH ANY SUPPORT FROM THE REGION OR DISTRICT FUNDING? THIS PARTICULAR PILOT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT BOND FUNDING.
UH, SO THE, THE ARCHITECTURE DRIVES THAT THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO BE NEXT TO EACH OTHER FOR THIS TO WORK.
SO WE PICKED THIS AREA BECAUSE IT, AGAIN, HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF OUTAGES AND IT WAS ALSO CLOSE ENOUGH LOCATED TO OUR NETWORK AGGREGATION POINT, ONE OF WHICH IS IN THIS BUILDING.
SO THIS IS AGAIN, KIND OF A, A START OR A FOUNDATION WHERE WE CAN WORK OUT ANY POTENTIAL ISSUES TO EXPAND THIS AS A, WE, WE BELIEVE THIS ARCHITECTURE IS A BETTER LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AND CAN PROVIDE MUCH MORE RESILIENCY OVERALL FOR THE SCHOOL CONNECTIVITY.
UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, WE DIDN'T USE ANY BOARD MEMBER PRIORITY FUNDING OR ANYTHING.
IT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT ITS FUNDING THAT'S, UH, SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM.
UM, AND REALITY, AS JIM MENTIONED, UH, THIS IS A FUTURE ARCHITECTURE.
WE REVIEWED A COUPLE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY ALREADY STARTED THIS PROGRAM AND WE ADOPTED, BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS GONNA BE TO OPERATE, IT POTENTIALLY IS GONNA BE E-RATE ELIGIBLES BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER WE ARE PUTTING AT THE END, WE CAN RECEIVE THE E-RATE FUNDING FOR IT.
UH, AND BELLFLOWER, BELLFLOWER, BELLFLOWER SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ACTUALLY, UM, UH, HAD A CON CONVERSATION OR COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, IS ONE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALREADY IMPLEMENTED THIS ARCHITECTURE.
SO IT IS A, YES, WE ARE DOING IT FOR THIS PURPOSE IN THE RIGHT TIME FOR THIS SCHOOL, BUT IT IS NOT JUST DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
ESSENTIALLY, IT'S MORE RESILIENT ARCHITECTURE OVERALL.
UM, YOU MAY ASK WHY WE DIDN'T DO IT BEFORE, BECAUSE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ARCHITECTURE IS THE NUMBER ONE, WE COULDN'T EASILY IMPLEMENT IT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, FCC REQUIRED A LOT OF COST ANALYSIS TO AGREE TO FUND SUCH A PROGRAM.
SO WE NEED TO DO THE TCO FOR THIS PROJECT, PRESENT IT TO F-C-C-F-C-C EVALUATED.
IF THEY APPROVE IT, THEN THEY GONNA ABSORB IT.
SO WE RUN TWO SYSTEM IN PARALLEL CURRENT SYSTEM AND THE NEW ARCHITECTURE, AND WE SHOW TO FCC, HEY, IT'S NOT LIKE WE GET MORE FEDERAL FUNDING.
WE CAN OPERATE UNDER CURRENT CONDITION.
COULD YOU DESCRIBE THE STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS, UM, ONCE IT'S INSTALLED WOULDN'T BE OTHER, LIKE STOLEN OR VANDALIZED OR OTHERWISE DAMAGED? I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SUBJECT TO THE SAME CONDITIONS AS, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER, UH, PATHWAY.
THE, THE PART ABOUT THIS ARCHITECTURE THAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT IS, SO OUR, OUR CURRENT SERVICE PROVIDER BRINGS ALL THE FIBER BACK TO A CENTRAL POINT FOR THEIR NETWORK TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE.
THESE ARE MUCH SHORTER SEGMENTS.
THEY JUST GO ONE SCHOOL TO ONE SCHOOL, AND THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT PATHS.
SO IDEALLY, EVEN IF A CABLE GETS CUT OR IS THAT CABLE IS VANDALIZED, THE IMPACT IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED.
SO WORST CASE, IT WOULD IMPLEMENT THAT ONE SITE VERSUS 20 PLUS, UM, AND BE HAVING TWO PATHS.
IT, THERE'S A BETTER CHANCE THAT ONLY ONE PATH WOULD BE CUT AT A TIME.
SO IT'S, NOTHING'S A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT THIS, WE, WE BELIEVE THIS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RESILIENT THAN THE CURRENT.
UM, THERE IS ANOTHER THING, UM, WE NOTICED, UH, IN THE MOST OF THE CAR, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE GOING AFTER COPPER, NOT FIBER.
NOBODY WANTS FIBER, HOWEVER, HAS NO VALUE.
THEY'RE JUST DAMAGING AND CAUSING US A PROBLEM.
SO, UM, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE ARE TRYING TO SEPARATE THIS ON TOP OF CABLE FROM CA FROM COPPER PATHWAYS THAT THEY ARE COMING TO THEIR SCHOOLS.
SO THIS WAY, WHEN THEY GO FOR A COPPER CUT BY ACCIDENT, THEY DON'T CUT AND THEY DON'T PULL THE, UH, FIBER.
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UM, MOST OF THE FIBER CUTS THAT WE HAD AT THIS SCHOOLS, IT WAS REALLY BECAUSE THEY WERE BUNDLED WITH THE COPPER AND THEY WANTED THE COPPER, THEY PULLED THEM.BUT TYPICALLY WHEN THEY GO IN, THERE WAS SOME VANDALISM HAPPENING INSIDE THE SCHOOL AND THEY WERE CUTTING THE FIBER.
THE MOMENT THEY LOOKED AT IT IS NOT COPPER, THEY DIDN'T EVEN PULL IT.
SO IT WAS A EASIER REPAIR FOR US.
WE WERE GOING OVER THERE AND WE WERE SPLICING THE CONNECTION AND FIX THEM.
AND IT'S STILL EXTRA WORK AND LABOR AND WORK AND EFFORT, BUT IS NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS COPPER.
THEY'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT, I DON'T WANNA SAY SMARTER, BUT THEY LOOK AT IT, DOES IT MAKE THE LEVEL OF EFFORT TO PULL IT? IF THEY SEE IF IT'S A FIBER, THEY JUST LEAVE IT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR DETAILED RESPONSES WITH THAT.
THEN, UM, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION? A MOTION? SECOND.
FIRST BY KAISER, SECOND BY, UH, TON MILLER.
UM, ANY OBJECTIONS OR ABSTENTIONS? SEEING NONE.
UH, WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
[7. 24th Street Elementary School Barrier Removal Project and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.THIS IS THE 24TH STREET ELEMENTARY, UH, BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECT.
UH, MR. ISAM DUL, WILL THE DIRECTOR OF, UH, FACILITIES AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT WILL PRESENT THE ITEM.
UM, YES, I HAD A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT AND WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
I WILL DEFINITELY BE AT THE NEXT ONE.
WE HAVE GOOD STUFF OVER THERE.
I, I MIGHT HAVE TO STOP BY AFTERWARDS.
UM, MY NAME IS ASSAM DUL, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE 24TH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECT.
UM, SO YOU'VE SEEN THESE SLIDES BEFORE.
THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, COME BACKGROUND ON OUR A DA PROGRAM.
UM, BUT I'LL JUST GO OVER IT VERY QUICKLY.
BACK IN OCTOBER, 2017, THE BOARD APPROVED THE SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN, UM, UNDER THE AMERICAN DIS AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT TO FURTHER LAD'S EFFORTS AS IT RELATES TO PROVIDING ACCESSIBILITY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND ITS SCHOOLS.
SO UNDER THIS TRANSITION PLAN, WE ULTIMATELY ASSIGN ONE OF THREE LEVELS OF ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR SCHOOLS, UM, TO REQUIRE US TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AND PRIORITIZE THEM AS WE DEVELOP OUR PROJECTS.
THE WAY WE IDENTIFY THE ACCESSIBILITY LEVEL, UM, ASSIGNMENTS AND PRIORITIZE.
OUR PROJECTS ARE BASED OFF OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE SCHOOL OFFERS, THE MATRICULATION OPTIONS, FEEDER PATTERNS, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS.
SO WE TAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE DETERMINE WHERE, UM, AND WHAT TO, UM, INCORPORATE IN REGARDS TO A DA AT OUR VARIOUS CAMPUSES.
UM, SO THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACCESSIBILITY, THERE'S CATEGORIES ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
ONE BEING THE HIGHEST LEVEL, WHICH IS, UM, FULL ACCESSIBILITY, UM, OR SLIGHTLY LOWER ONE B, WHICH IS HIGH ACCESSIBILITY WITH MAYBE SOME ALTERATIONS.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE ALMOST LIKE OUR NEW CAMPUSES WHERE EVERYTHING IS ACCESSIBLE AND UP TO CURRENT CODE.
AND THEN WE HAVE CATEGORY TWO WHERE WE HAVE ALL PROGRAMS ARE ACCESSIBLE.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THERE IS EQUAL ACCESS TO ALL OF THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SCHOOL TO OUR CORE FACILITIES AND ANY SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT THE SCHOOL ITSELF IS OPERATING.
AND THEN CATEGORY THREE, WHICH IS CORE ACCESS, WHICH IS THE, THE MOST BASIC LEVEL OF ACCESS TO THE CORE, TO THE CORE BUILDINGS AND COMMON SPACES.
SO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, UM, 24TH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, IT'S ULTIMATELY A BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECT.
SO IT IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT.
UM, WE HAVE PROJECTS WHERE WE GO IN AND WE WANT TO QUICKLY GO IN AND REMOVE BARRIERS BASED OFF OF SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN UNIDENTIFIED.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE HAVE A CURRENT STUDENT WHO REQUIRES, UH, AN ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM.
UM, THE NEAREST ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM IS IN THE FOOD SERVICE BUILDING.
SO THE CAMPUS DOES HAVE AN ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM, BUT IS NOT CLOSE TO THE MAIN BUILDING.
THERE HAS BEEN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATIONS MADE IN THE NURSE'S OFFICE.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE FOOD SERVICE BUILDING WHERE THERE IS AN ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM, THERE IS ALSO A NURSE'S OFFICE, WHICH IS A TEMPORARY, ALTHOUGH NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, IN TERMS OF A PERMANENT SOLUTION.
AND SO OUR PROPOSED SOLUTION IS TO CONVERT AN EXISTING, UM, AND FORMER KILN ROOM, UM, IN THE MAIN ADMIN BUILDING INTO AN ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM THAT WOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH HIGH LOW, UM, CHANGING TABLE.
SO TYPICALLY THESE PROJECTS, IF THEY'RE, UH, LOW ENOUGH DOLLAR VALUE BELOW $250,000, WE WOULD USE OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR RAPID ACCESS PROGRAM TO QUICKLY GO IN.
THESE DO NOT, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO GO IN AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PROJECTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND DOES NOT REQUIRE BOC OR, UH, BOARD APPROVAL 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT PREVIOUS DELEGATED AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PROJECTS.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT STARTED OUT AS SUCH TO SEE IF WE CAN DO IT UNDER THE $250,000, UNFORTUNATELY,
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DUE TO STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE, UM, REQUIRED IN THE FIRST ROOM THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE PROJECT PROJECT, WHICH WAS TO TRY TO, UH, CONVERT AN EXISTING RESTROOM IN THE ADAM BUILDING INTO AN ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM THAT THEN, UM, TRIGGERED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS KILN ROOM AS, UH, INSTEAD, KILN ROOM STILL REQUIRES US BECAUSE IT'S GOT, UH, BLACK IRON IN THE WALLS, WHICH A LOT OF OUR CAMPUSES DO, BASED ON THE YEARS, UH, THAT IT WAS BUILT, UM, STILL REQUIRES US TO BUILD A PARTITION WALL IN ADDITION TO THAT WALL.SO THE COST DOES EXCEED THE $250,000, UM, WRAP PROGRAM.
AND THEREFORE, HERE I AM BEFORE YOU.
UM, THIS PROJECT AGAIN IS AT 24TH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS IN BOARD DISTRICT ONE.
TOTAL PROJECT VALUE IS $432,000.
AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, SO AGAIN, THE PROJECT ITSELF IS TO RECONFIGURE AN EXISTING KILN ROOM, UM, MAKING AN ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM, WHICH IS IN THE ADMIN BUILDING TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET OF $432,000 WITH A BREAKDOWN.
YOU'LL SEE OUR PLANS IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN, UH, WE TYPICALLY WOULD LIKE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE STARTED THE DESIGN PROCESS LOOKING AT, UM, AN EXISTING ADMIN SPACE OR EXISTING RESTROOM HAD TO PIVOT FROM THAT BASED OFF OF THE HIGH COST, UH, CONSTRUCTION COST THAT IT WAS GONNA REQUIRE BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURAL, UH, MOVING STRUCTURAL WALLS.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE BREAKDOWN THERE.
AND OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE, FORTUNATELY SINCE WE'VE STARTED DESIGN, 'CAUSE AS WE STARTED THIS PROJECT AS A WRAP PROJECT, A, UH, RAPID ACCESS PROJECT, WE WILL BE SUBMITTING TO DSA SOON, UM, EARLY IN 2026 WITH ANTICIPATION.
WE'D START CONSTRUCTION Q1 2027 AND COMPLETE BY THIRD QUARTER OF 2027.
AND THE SCHOOL INFORMATION TK THROUGH FIFTH GRADE.
UM, AND THEY, THE ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN FAIRLY STABLE AT THIS SCHOOL AND IS CURRENTLY AT 477 STUDENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? MR. I HAVE A, I GUESS A LOGISTICS QUESTION.
WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, A DA AND, AND PARTICULARLY FUNDING, UM, KNOWING THAT A DA KEPT, YOU KNOW, PASSED IN THE, THE NINETIES, IF YOU WILL, UM, AND I THINK THAT WAS PRIOR TO THE INCEPTION OF THE BOC, IS THERE PARTICULAR FUNDING ALLOCATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE COMPLIANT IN THE GENERAL FUND? OR IS THERE A SEPARATE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING? UM, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU JUST EDUCATE ME ON, ON THAT PROCESS.
SO WITHIN, UH, THE BOND, WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY BOND FUNDS FOR THE ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM.
AND SO WITH THOSE FUNDS, THAT'S WHY, HOW WE ARE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, WHETHER WE'RE DOING PROGRAMMATIC WIDE OR SORT, UH, SCHOOLWIDE ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.
AND YOU'VE SEEN US BRING FORWARD MANY PROJECTS ALL USING BOND FUNDS SPECIFICALLY, UM, THAT WERE AS ASSIGNED OR ALLOCATED AS PART OF EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT MEASURES.
YOU KNOW, TO ASSIST A LITTLE BIT FOR MS. KAISER WHO'S BEEN AWAY, YOU KNOW, STARTING ADDING TO THE FAMILY, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD THE A DA COMPLIANCE, INTERNAL, A DA COMPLIANCE, UH, UH, PENN HARRINGTON, HE'S THE, UM, A DA COMPLIANCE ADMINISTRATOR, ADMINISTRATOR, UH, DISCUSS THE BIGGER RANGE AND THE NUMBER OF SITES STILL, UH, NON-COMPLIANT, BUT THE PLANS AND SO FORTH.
AND SO GOOD QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN, YOU KNOW, EXPOSED TO THAT.
AND WE'RE LEARNING THIS, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO ALONG.
UH, THAT'S WHY I THINK MR. DUL IS DOING A, A GOOD JOB OF KIND OF SETTING UP, YOU KNOW, THIS SORT OF, UH, GAME, THE PLAYING FIELD ON HOW WE OPERATE WITH THIS.
THE QUESTION I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WITH SO MANY NEW MEMBERS, WHEN WE HAVE AN AGENDA THAT ALLOWS FOR SUCH, MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE FOR KIN TO COME BACK AND MAYBE MAKE A, A VERY, UM, AGILE, UH, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATION
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AGENDA SETTING MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS, THIS STUDENT, THIS CHILD IS ACTUALLY YOUNG ENOUGH THAT THEY WILL GET THE BENEFIT OF THIS, UH, PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD POINT.
AND I FORGOT TO MENTION, SO THIS STUDENT'S ACTUALLY IN SECOND GRADE, SO IT WILL BENEFIT, UM, THAT STUDENT, UH, SPECIFICALLY.
BUT ALSO I DID WANNA MENTION, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION EARLIER, BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF WHERE THIS RESTROOM IS, IT CAN BE USED BY THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOL PARENTS, ET CETERA, BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT LOCATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICE.
SO IT'S, NO, NO, IT'S NEVER GONNA BE SINGLE USE ANYWAY.
BUT YES, UH, IT'S, IT'S FORTUNATELY BASED ON WHERE IT'S LOCATED, IT'LL BE S EASY FOR THE SCHOOL ITSELF TO, UM, HAVE THEIR PARENTS USING THAT.
I THINK YOU DID THIS ON PURPOSE JUST TO ALLOW ME TO SOUND LIKE I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
'CAUSE YOU USUALLY COVER ALL THIS STUFF PRETTY GOOD.
IS THERE ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BASED ON, UH, MY SILLY DIALOGUE? OKAY,
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WITH THAT, IS THERE, UM, A MOTION? MOTION? A MOTION? OH GOD.WHO, WHO, WHO SAID THAT? OH, ME.
SO I'M GONNA GO WITH GENERAL LEE AS A, AS A MOTION YOU A SECOND? YES.
I'M JUST, UH, WRITING IT DOWN.
SO, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE BY MEMBER, UH, O OBERGFEL.
UH, WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY, UM, OBJECTIONS OR ABSTENTIONS? HEARING NONE.
UH, THE PROJECT THEN, UH, IS ADOPTED.
UH, WE'VE ONLY, WE'RE ONLY BEEN HALF OF THE, WE NORMALLY DO, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
[8. Three Projects to Provide Critical Replacements and Upgrades of School Building/Site Systems and Components and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
THESE ARE THREE CRITICAL REPLACEMENT AND PROJECT UPGRADES.AND, UH, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PRESENTERS, UH, MR. CHO WILL BE, UH, WHO'S THE DIRECT DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND M AND O OF M AND O AND WE'LL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOC AND WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS, UH, MS. LATH, UH, MR. PALLADIAN PERRIN.
AND MR. FEL, YOU'RE JOINING THE BEST BONDO FOR COMMITTEE.
SO WE HAVE THREE CRITICAL REPLACEMENT PROJECT FOR THOSE, UH, NEW MEMBERS, UH, FOR THE BOND PROGRAM.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BOND PROGRAM.
IT'S CALLED CRITICAL REPLACEMENT.
SO THOSE PROJECTS THAT, UH, ARE SAFETY RELATED, IT COMES UP TO THE TOP.
THEN MAYBE SCHOOLS CANNOT HAVE THEIR PROGRAM IF WE DON'T EXECUTE THIS PROJECT.
THIRDLY, UH, IF, IF WE DON'T LOSE THIS PROJECT, THEN IT WILL IMPACT OUR INVESTED ASSETS.
SO THOSE ARE CALLED CRITICAL REPLACEMENT.
USED TO BE CALLED CRITICAL REPAIR BY REPLACEMENT.
NOW IT'S CRITICAL REPLACEMENT.
SO WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS, TWO FOR ROOF REPLACEMENT AND ONE FOR SWIMMING POOL RENOVATION.
THE TOTAL PROJECT VALUE IS $9.76 MILLION.
THE SCHOOL PLAYER DEL RAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPENED IN 1955.
WE ARE REPLACING ENTIRE ROOFING AT 11 BUILDINGS.
THE ARCADE CONNECTING ALL THESE BUILDINGS AND LAUNCH PAVILION AND LAUNCH SHELTER.
THE SCHOOL HAS 12 BUILDINGS, HOWEVER, THE MAIN ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING HAD A SEVERE ROOF ISSUE.
SO THIS WAS REPLACED IN 2018, SO WE'RE NOT INCLUDING THIS PROJECT.
THE COST FOR SQUARE FOOTAGE IS AT ABOUT $44.
THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS LITTLE OVER 1.7 MILLION.
AND THE PROJECT CAN START IN THE QUARTER TWO OF 2026 IN A TIMELY MANNER BECAUSE IT'S, THIS IS NOT A DSA PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT WILL REPLACE ALL DETERIORATED ROOFING AT 20 BUILDINGS AND CONNECTING OUR GATES.
BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE ROOFING BEING, UH, MUCH BIGGER THAN PLAYER.
THE ARRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE COST BECAME MUCH LESS AT $37
THIS IS ALSO A CAMPUS-WIDE ROOFING PROJECT, BUT JUST LIKE PLAYER DEL RAY, THERE ARE TWO BUILDINGS, UH, CAFETERIA BUILDING AND STUDENT STORE THAT RECEIVED THE REPLACEMENT NOT LONG AGO.
SO WE'RE NOT INCLUDING THOSE TWO.
SO TOTAL PROJECT COST IS, UH, ABOUT $4.6 MILLION.
SO CONSTRUCTION CAN START IN QUARTER TWO OF 26 AND COMPLETE IN QUARTER 1, 20 27.
UH, BEING A FORMER NAVAL OFFICER, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A UNIQUE HISTORY ABOUT THIS SCHOOL.
MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ IS UNLESS YOU GO TO THE SCHOOL.
ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ, HE WAS A FLEET ADMIRAL WHO LED THE US NAVY DURING WORLD WAR
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II.AT THE SAME TIME, UH, GENERAL DOUGLAS LED THE ARMY.
I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE WHEN SCHOOL OPENED IN 1928, IT WAS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS CALLED, UH, CAMITA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
BY 1966, THE SCHOOL HAD UNDERGONE MAJOR RENOVATIONS AND WAS UPGRADED TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, UH, MR. EZ PASSED AWAY IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SO LATER THE DISTRICT BOARD MADE A DECISION TO NAME THIS SCHOOL, CHESTER WILLIAM NIMITZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN HONOR OF HIS LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.
I JUST WANT YOU TO SHARE THAT BIT OF A STORY MOVING ALONG.
THIRD PROJECT WE HAVE IS PANORAMA HIGH SCHOOL.
THE SWIMMING POOL IS ABOUT 20 YEARS OLD.
THE LIFESPAN OF THE SWIMMING POOL IS ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD.
UH, THE SCHOOL HAS A SWIMMING TEAM AND GIRLS WATER POLO TEAM THAT USES THE SCHOOL, UH, POOL FIVE DAYS A A WEEK FOR PRACTICE.
FOR THE BACKGROUND DISTRICT HAS 23 SWIMMING POOLS.
SIX OF THEM ARE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY FOR JOINT USE.
AND THIS SWIMMING POOL IS MOST HEAVILY USED IN THE DISTRICT.
THE SCHOOL SHARES THE USE OF THE SWIMMING POOL WITH FOUR OTHER NEARBY SCHOOL SITES BY SCHOOLS, AND IT HAS BEEN DETERIORATED OVER 20 YEARS AND IT REQUIRES REPAIRS AND UPGRADE.
FOR SAFETY REASON, WE WILL BE REPLACING ALMOST EVERY COMPONENTS OF THE SWIMMING POOL.
POOL DECK FINISHES, INCLUDING PLASTER TILES, CAN DELIVER COPING DECK AND ALL OTHER MECHANICAL COMPONENT.
THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS ABOUT $3.5 MILLION.
THIS IS PARTIALLY A DSA PROJECT.
THE CONSTRUCTION CAN START IN QUARTER FOUR OF 2026 AND COMPLETE BY QUARTER TWO OF 2027.
THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. CHO ON ANY OF THE THREE SITES? HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
SECOND MOTION BY, UH, LURTON MILLER AND SECOND BY SECOND BY, OH IS A MOTION.
SO WHO IS THE MOTION ON MR. OH, MR. BOGGIO.
UH, IS THERE ANY, UH, OBJECTIONS OR ABSTENTIONS? HEARING NONE THE PROJECT.
THEN AGAIN, UH, THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
[9. Two Early Education Center Outdoor Classroom and Campus Upgrade Projects and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
NUMBER NINE, AND THIS IS A SECOND TO LAST VOTING ITEM HERE FOR US.ITEM NUMBER NINE ARE TWO EARLY EDUCATION CENTER, OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, AND CAMPUS UPGRADE PROJECTS.
SO THESE, UH, EEC PROJECTS ARE COMING FROM, UH, ALLOCATED EEC BOND BUDGET.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS TO UPGRADE THE EEC FACILITY.
AND I'LL BE PRESENTING THESE TWO PROJECTS.
I'LL ALSO HAVE MS. RENEE AMITA WITH ME IF YOU HAVE ANY EDUCATIONAL OR OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE EEC.
MSDA IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM.
SO TWO PROJECTS, TOTAL PROJECT VALUE IS LITTLE OVER $20 MILLION.
FIRST ONE IS AT SHENANDOAH EARLY EDUCATION CENTER.
THE SCHOOL SITE FOR SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPENED IN 1940.
OUR RECORD SHOWS THE EEC SITE WAS BUILT IN 1970.
AND JUST LIKE OUR OTHER PREVIOUS OUTDOOR CLASSROOM PROJECTS, UH, WE ARE FOCUSING ON BUILDING OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS TAKING CARE OF THE FACILITIES NEEDS.
PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES BUILDING NEW CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AREAS, LANDSCAPING,
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WHICH INCLUDE TREES, GRASS, FLOWER, PLANTING, AND MULES.PROVIDE NEW PAVING FOR CRACKED OR DAMAGED PLAYGROUND.
AND INSTALL TWO NEW SHADE STRUCTURE OVER EXISTING PLAY STRUCTURES AND REPLACE FOUR SHADE CLOTH ON THE EXISTING SHADE SALES AND ALSO DETERIORATED MATTINGS WILL BE REPLACED AS PART OF THE PROJECT OR THE BUILDING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SLIDES, THEY'RE VERY DETERIORATED, WILL BE REPLACED, WILL BE REPLACING THE ROOFING ENTIRELY.
REPLACE THE HVAC SYSTEM, INCLUDING ALL DUCT WORK.
RENOVATE CLASSROOMS PROVIDE NEW FIRE ALARMS AND FIRE SPRINKLERS SYSTEM.
THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS LITTLE OVER $12 MILLION.
WE CAN START THE CONSTRUCTION IN QUARTER ONE OF 2028 AND COMPLETE BY A QUARTER TWO OF 2029.
FOR DSA FOR THE NEW MEMBERS, IT'S DIVISION OF A STATE ARCHITECT WHO OVERSEES OUR SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY, UH, LIFE AND STRUCTURAL AND FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
SECOND PROJECT IS AT HUNDRED 12TH STREET, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOUSING.
THE EEC WAS ADDED IN 1967 AT THIS SITE.
AGAIN, JUST LIKE OTHER PREVIOUS, UH, PROJECTS, UH, VERY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER.
AND DECIDE IS HOWEVER MUCH SMALLER THAN SHENANDOAH, WE'RE BUILDING A NEW CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AREAS, LANDSCAPING, JUST LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND PROVIDE NEW PAVING FOR CRACKED AND, UH, UNSAFE PLAYGROUND.
THEN THERE IS AN EXISTING TRICYCLE PATH.
WE'LL BE UPGRADING THE TRICYCLE PATH AND INSTALL NEW SHADE STRUCTURE OVER THAT.
AND WE ARE ALSO REPLACING THE SHADE CLOTH, SHADE, SAIL CLOTH.
THEN, UH, DETERIORATED MATTING WILL BE REPLACED.
THEN WE'LL ALSO, UH, PROVIDE FOUR NEW OUTDOOR LIGHTING FIXTURES AT THE PARKING LOT.
FOR THE BUILDING, IT'S SAME THING.
WE WILL REPLACE THE ROOF ENTIRELY HVAC SYSTEM.
UH, WE DON'T NEED TO UPGRADE THE CLASSROOMS FOR THIS SCHOOL, AND WE DO NOT NEED TO UPGRADE EXISTING FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
BUT WE, WE WILL PROVIDE NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS $7.8 MILLION.
THE PROJECT CAN START IN QUARTER ONE OF 28 AND COMPLETING QUARTER TWO OF 2029.
THIS CONCLUDES MY, UH, PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. CHO? NONE.
HOW MANY CLASSROOMS ARE AT EACH SITE? RENEE? THREE I GOOD
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I NOTICED THAT IN THE PAST, PREVIOUS EARLY ED CENTER PROJECTS, IT INCLUDED SOLAR REFLECTIVE COATING ON THE PAVING.
BUT I DON'T SEE THAT HERE IN THE SCOPE.
THIS ONE IS NOT INCLUDING SOLAR REFLECTIVE COATING.
OH, IS THERE A REASON THAT IT'S NOT BEING INCLUDED ANYMORE? OH, THERE IS NO REASON, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING SO MANY DIFFERENT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, BUILDING ALL DIFFERENT, UH, STATIONS, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH ROOM FOR BOTH SITES TO, UH, DO THE SOLAR REFLECTIVE COATING.
OKAY, SO THERE'S JUST LESS ASPHALT AT THESE SITES THAN IN YES, THE PREVIOUS PROJECTS, ADDING TREES AND GRASS.
UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RUBBER MATTING.
I KNOW THIS IS A NEW VERSION OF MATTER MATTING WITH THE HOLES THAT USED TO BE THE FUSED RUBBER MATTING.
HOW OLD IS THIS MATTING HERE AS WE SEE HOW DETERIORATED IT IS? HOW OLD IS THIS? SO MATTING, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE LIFECYCLE FOR THE MATTING IS UP TO 10
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YEARS.SO, BUT THIS PARTICULAR MATTING, THIS PARTICULAR MATTING SCHOOL AT HUNDRED 12TH STREET.
SO LIKE HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR IT TO GET IN THIS STATE? OH S**T, I DON'T HAVE THAT.
I NEED TO FIND OUT WHEN THE LAST TIME THIS MATTING WAS REPLACED AT THIS SITE.
I JUST, I'M RAISING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE THIS MATTING IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND I'VE NOTICED THE TRANSITION FROM THE PREVIOUS TYPE OF MATTING TO THIS NEW MATTING WITH THE HOLES.
AND EVERY SCHOOL SITE OR PUBLIC PLAYGROUND THAT I'VE SEEN USE THIS HOLD MATTING.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BECAUSE THE KIDS THINK IT'S SO FUN TO STICK THEIR FINGERS IN THE HOLES AND RIP THE MATTING APART OR DO WHATEVER THEY'VE DONE TO CREATE THIS.
UM, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE YOU GONNA CONTINUE USING THIS MATERIAL AT THIS HIGH COST? ARE YOU GONNA USE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MATTING THAT'S, I THINK WE ARE USING DIFFERENT TYPE TINIES.
DO YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION? THE NEW INVENTOR IS SOFT SURFACE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST LIKE THIS, WHAT YOU SEE, UH, PLASTIC LIKE MATTINGS.
IT'S GONNA BE ADVANCED MORE, UH, FOCUSING ON SAFETY.
UH, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT MATTING, NOT THIS MATTING.
AND I JUST LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THING THAT I'M CONSTANTLY A BROKEN RECORD ABOUT IS HEAT ON CAMPUSES AND HOW THE MATERIALS THAT WE USE ON OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES CAN EITHER EXACERBATE HEAT OR THEY CAN REDUCE HEAT.
AND THIS RUBBER MATTING, GIVEN HOW HOT IT GETS WHEN THE SUN HITS IT, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE THAT IT WILL STILL BE FAIR EXPOSED TO A FAIR AMOUNT OF SUN WHEN THE, DEPENDING WHERE THE SUN IS VERSUS THE SHADE SHELTER.
SO THIS STILL GETS VERY HOT, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE COMPARED TO MORE NATURAL MATERIALS LIKE MULCH, WHICH I KNOW LEOD DOES NOT CURRENTLY USE YET AS A SAFETY SURFACE.
BUT MANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC PARKS USE JUST, I HOPE THAT WILL BE A CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN MOVE AWAY FROM THE EXPENSIVE HOT SAFETY SURFACING TO COOLER NATURAL MATERIALS.
UM, JIM MUELLER MILLER? UH, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, THESE ARE REALLY SCHOOL UPGRADE PROJECTS, SO, UM, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
I TO THE NUMBERS ARE REALLY, REALLY BIG, BUT THEY'RE REALLY BIG.
'CAUSE YOU'RE ALSO DOING ROOFING AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
UM, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF MAYBE THERE WERE SOME LINE ITEMS. UH, IT JUST, IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD WHEN YOU SAY WE'RE DOING AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM PROJECT AND IT COSTS $12 MILLION.
LIKE THIS ISN'T REALLY AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM PROJECT.
IT'S LIKE A BIG SCHOOL UPGRADE PROJECT AND YOU'RE DOING TONS OF STUFF.
UM, SO DISAGGREGATING THE NUMBER FOR US IN A LITTLE CHART MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
UM, JUST I THINK FOR OPTICS AS WELL.
JUST INTERESTED HOW MANY MORE ELLA UM, EARLY ED CENTERS ARE LEFT FOR THE UPGRADES? WE DO HAVE THAT NUMBER.
I THINK THERE ARE 32, 32, IF I'M NOT MISCA MISTAKEN.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? WE STILL HAVE, THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING, BUT OUR US ALLOCATION IS NOT GOING TO COVER ALL 32.
SO WE'LL COVER, UH, PART OF IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER IN THE AGENDA SETTING MEETING DR.
ASH, MILLER'S COMMENT, IS IT KIND OF, IT CAME UP, I THINK I, I HAD A QUICK DISCUSSION.
MAYBE NOT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE MORE WORK FOR YOU GUYS, BUT SO THAT THE OPTICS AS WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THAT BREAKOUT COST OF LIKE WHAT THE REALLY EARLY ED PRODUCT IS VERSUS THE OTHER BUILDING UPGRADES OR SOME KIND OF PERCENTAGE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO REAL NUMBERS.
'CAUSE THIS IS ALL ESTIMATING AT THIS POINT.
THAT MIGHT, MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, HELPFUL.
UM, HAD A FEELING IT WOULD COME UP AND IT DID.
SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, IS THERE ANY MOTION? I'LL GO WITH THAT FIRST AND I'LL, I'LL LISTEN.
UH, MOVE BY, UH, LURCH MUELLER AND A SECOND BY ALL.
SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY HOBERG FELL WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY, UH, OBJECTIONS OR ABSTENTIONS? OKAY.
UM, THERE ARE, WITHOUT ANY OBJECTIONS, THIS, UH, RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
SO WE HAVE ONE LAST ITEM, VOTING ITEM.
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THIS IS ITEM NUMBER[10. Seven Board District Priority and Region Priority Projects and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
10.THIS IS OUR SEVEN BOARD DISTRICT AND REGIONAL PRIORITY PROJECTS.
SO BOARD MEMBER AND OUR REGION GETS THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF BONDING.
SO THEY GET TO USE, UH, THIS BONDING.
WHAT WHAT THEY DO IS, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AND THEIR STAFF MEET WITH EACH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL REGULARLY AND HEARS ABOUT THEIR, UH, FACILITIES DEFICIENCY.
THEN THEY MAKE THEIR DISCRETIONARY, UM, DECISION TO, UH, SUPPORT THOSE, UH, SEVEN PROJECTS.
SO WE USUALLY HAVE A LOT MORE BECAUSE THEY'RE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER, THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER THAN, UH, OTHER PROJECTS.
SO THIS TIME WE HAVE SEVEN PROJECTS.
ONE, UH, FENCING RELATED PROJECT.
THEN WE HAVE ONE FURNITURE SUPPORT, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
THEN WE HAVE TWO SCOREBOARD PROJECTS.
THAT'S FIRST ONE AND SECOND ONE.
THEN WE HAVE TWO SHADE STRUCTURE PROJECTS, NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER SEVEN.
THEN WE HAVE ONE, UH, SURVEILLANCE VIDEO CAMERA INSTALL INSTALLATION.
TOTAL PROJECT VALUE IS LITTLE OVER $1.1 MILLION FOR ALL THESE SEVEN PROJECTS.
AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SLIDES FOR THE TWO SHADE STRUCTURE PROJECTS BECAUSE THEIR COST IS, UH, MUCH BIGGER THAN OTHER, UH, PROJECTS ON THIS LIST.
SO HAZELTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THIS ONE IS TO INSTALL A LARGE 40 BY 56 STRUCTURE OVER THE EXISTING PLAY STRUCTURE.
THE PLAY STRUCTURE AND MATTING ARE IN GREAT CONDITION, SO WE DON'T NEED TO TOUCH ON THAT ONE.
INSTALLATION, UH, IN GENERAL OF ALL SHADE STRUCTURES REQUIRE DSA APPROVAL.
THIS IS THE REASON WHY IT TAKES ALSO EXTRA TIME BEFORE CONSTRUCTION CAN START.
THE DSA REQUIREMENT AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT INCLUDES ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES FOR RESTROOMS AND PARKING LOT, UH, MODIFICATION.
TOTAL PROJECT COST IS $443,657.
CONSTRUCTION CAN START, CONSTRUCTION CAN START IN QUARTER FOUR OF 2026 AND COMPLETE BY QUARTER TWO OF 2027.
THE PROJECT INVOLVES INSTALLING TWO SHADE STRUCTURES BACK TO BACK TOGETHER TO COVER APPROXIMATELY 2,400 SQUARE FEET IN THE AREA.
SHOWN ON THE SLIDE, THERE'S A RED RECTANGULAR AREA.
THAT'S THE LOCATION WHERE THIS TWO SHADE STRUCTURES WILL BE INSTALLED.
AGAIN, THE DSA REQUIREMENT FOR THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDE ADDING A NEW FIRE ALARM DEVICE TO THE EXISTING FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, AS WELL AS PROVIDING ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES AND, UH, REQUIRED SIGNAGE FOR A DA REQUIREMENT.
THIS IS MY LAST PROJECT PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? STILL GOT YOU IN THE MORNING.
UM, HOW MUCH MILLER, HOW MUCH? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UM, SO THE DSA FOR THE TWO BIG PROJECTS, UM, WHAT WERE THE PROJECT COSTS PRIOR TO THE DSA REQUIREMENTS? DO YOU HAVE THAT? SO, UH, I HAVE THAT OR HAZELTON.
THE DSA COSTS DSA FEE AND, UH, PREPARATION IS PART OF THE PLANS, UH, OF THIS SECTION, WHICH IS 9.7%.
HOWEVER, THE WORK ITSELF, THAT REQUIRES A ADDITIONAL RIGHT DIGGING, UH, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A STRUCTURAL ISSUE, UH, THAT IS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST, UH, WHICH INCLUDES MODIFICATION OF THE PARKING LOT.
AND, UH, THIS ROMER IS IN A LIQUEFACTION ZONE.
SO WE HAVE TO GO DEEPER, UH, PER DSA.
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SO I DON'T HAVE EXACT BREAKDOWN OF WHAT PERCENTAGE IS JUST FOR THE DSA RELATED COST, BUT IT ADDS UP.YEAH, I JUST, UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW, WHETHER, I KNOW THIS SOUNDS VERY ECONOMISTY AND NOT LIKE A DESIGN PERSON, BUT, UM, NOT TRIGGERING DSA IS, UH, ALLOWS THE PROJECTS TO MOVE MUCH FASTER AND WE KNOW NOW THERE'S THIS $250,000 NUMBER.
AND SO I JUST WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS A WAY TO THINK CRITICALLY.
I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT, THAT WAS MY QUESTION WAS LIKE PRIOR, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT MADE IT TRIGGER DSA? RIGHT.
WHERE WAS IT? 2 72 9300 BEFORE WE HAD TO REALIZE WE HAD TO GO TO THEM.
THE CURRENT TRIGGERING THRESHOLD IS AT $130,000 FOR SHADE STRUCTURES.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS, OR ANY PROJECT, I, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A CARVE OUT FOR SHADE STRUCTURES THAT HAPPENED AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THE SHEA STRUCTURE, THE RULE HAS CHANGED SO MANY TIMES BEFORE, IT WAS NOT THE DSA WAS THE DSA, NOW IT IS FULLY DSA REQUIRED PROJECTS FOR THE SHEA STRUCTURE.
I THOUGHT THEY HAD PASSED A STATE.
UM, SO FOR ROMER MIDDLE SCHOOL, CAN YOU, BECAUSE IT'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NOT ELEMENTARY, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THAT SPACE IS USED? UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE RECESS THE WAY ELEMENTARY DOES, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE GOT SOME GREEN SPACE ON THEIR CAMPUS AND THERE'S TWO LARGE SECTIONS OF LAWN.
UM, HOW IS THAT SPACE USED AND HOW IS THIS PROJECT, UM, STARTED? YOU ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT OBSERVATION.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE MAP FOR ROME, IT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAYGROUND RIGHT THERE WHERE IT'S INDICATED IN THE RECTANGULAR SPACE.
UH, SCHOOL HAD MADE A DECISION TO UTILIZE THIS SPACE AS A GATHERING SPACE.
AND ALSO THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE MULTIMEDIA BUILDING AND CLOSE TO THE CAFETERIA SO THAT THEY CAN USE THIS SPACE AS ADDITIONAL EATING PLACE.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO, UH, UH, PURPOSES OF THIS CHASE STRUCTURE.
SO THERE, SO THERE WILL BE TABLES OR SOME SORT OF FURNITURE OR SOMETHING MAYBE? YEAH, SCHOOL HAS EXTRA CHAIRS AND TABLES THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE.
SO THAT, THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO THE USE OF SPACE, OTHERWISE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE JUST SHADING, RIGHT? IT'S SHADING.
I CAN, I CAN HEAR OTHERS FOR SAYING THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY UH, UM, SORRY, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION? UH, LEWIS SECOND BY BETTS.
ARE THERE ANY, UH, OBJECTIONS OR, UM, ABSTENTIONS? UM, I'M GONNA VOTE NO.
IS THAT OKAY? SO THEN, OR HOW DO I DO, ARE WE GONNA ROLL CALL? THAT'S AN OBJECTIONS.
JUST SAY YOU OBJECT AND, AND YOU WILL FOR THE VOTE.
THIS IS ALL NEW FOR ALL OF US.
SO WITH THAT, UH, MR. POJO, CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, OR UH, CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL.
MEMBERS, THIS IS THE VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN SEVEN BOARD, DISTRICT AND REGION PRIORITY PROJECTS.
SO FOR THE NEW MEMBERS, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU'D PRESS THE, UM, THE BUTTON, ACTIVATE YOUR MICROPHONE AND INDICATE YOUR VOTE.
THANK YOU MS. LUR AND MUELLER.
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AYE.MR. HAMNER AYE, RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED WITH 11 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES AND ONE NO THANK YOU.
[11. CFE’s Report: Facilities Follow-Up to MGT Analysis of Construction Project Outcomes Study – Final Report (Information Only)]
THE AGENDA IS A, UH, PRESENTATION CFE PRESENTATION ITEM NUMBER 11.THIS IS A RESPONSE TO THE MGT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OUTCOMES STUDY.
UM, MS. ALEX O'BRIEN, DEPUTY CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE, WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION AGAIN, THIS, THIS ITEM'S FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
MEMBERS SHOULD NOTE THAT THE LINK TO THE FULL MGT STUDY IS INCLUDED IN THE TAB FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.
ALSO, YOU MAY REFER TO THE MGT CONSULTANT, YOU, YOU MAY REMEMBER AND FOR A LOT OF US, UH, YOU MAY NOT 'CAUSE YOU WERE NOT HERE, BUT YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THE MGT CONSULTANT MADE A PRESENTATION ON THE DRAFT REPORT, UH, TO THE BOC BACK ON THE 1ST OF MAY, 2025.
WITH THAT, GOOD MOR GOOD AFTERNOON.
AND I'LL SAY HAPPY HOLIDAYS IN ADVANCE SINCE WE'LL PROBABLY BE READY TO GET OUT AFTER OUR Q AND A
UM, REGARDING THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SHADE SHELTER AND, AND THE CODE AND THE INVESTMENT IN A DA, THAT IS SB 515.
SO YOU TAKE THE PROJECT, THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE PROJECT, AND YOU ADD NO MORE THAN 20% INVESTMENT IN A DA FOR A SPECIFIC FOR EACH PROJECT.
SO I WILL GET GOING HERE AND I'M GONNA TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY SO YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THE MGT STUDY WAS TO COMPARE LA USD'S BUSINESS PRACTICES AND OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST PEER PROJECTS AND INDUSTRY STANDARDS TO GIVE THE DISTRICT DATA NUMBERS AND DATA TO ANALYZE, UH, WHAT DRIVES OUR COSTS AND SCHEDULED DELAYS.
WE PROVIDED THE DISTRICT WAS REQUESTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON ALL PROJECTS COMPLETED BET BOND PROJECTS COMPLETED BETWEEN 2022 AND 2024.
THAT WAS, UM, INFORMATION ON 99 PROJECTS.
AND THEN THE CONSULTANT LOOKED AT A SAMPLING OF TYPES OF PROJECTS, UH, WHERE THEY WERE REGIONALLY AND, UM, LOOKED AT 10 DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO ANALYZE THE SPECIFIC STUDY.
THOUGH THEY HAD LOOKED AT DATA ON 99 PROJECTS.
YOU CAN SEE MODERNIZATIONS ROOFING, HVAC AND A DA ACCESSIBILITY.
UH, THIS EFFORT WAS REALLY IN CONCERT WITH WHAT FACILITIES HAD STARTED IN 2023, LATE 20, 23, 24, CONTINUING LOOKING AT IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES ACROSS ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE DO.
WHAT WERE OUR CHALLENGES? HOW CAN WE DO BETTER
UH, 17 WERE ALREADY EITHER PART OF OUR BUSINESS PRACTICE OR WERE ALREADY, UH, TAKING ACTIONS TO IMPROVE.
SO MOST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ALIGNED PERFECTLY WITH WHAT WE WERE ALREADY SAYING WE NEEDED TO DO.
AND IT REALLY REINFORCES THE MESSAGE, NOT JUST FROM INTERNAL MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE STAFF SAYING, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT HOW YOU DO BUSINESS DIFFERENTLY.
IT'S REINFORCING THE MESSAGE TO, YOU KNOW, A VERY LARGE, UM, DISTRICT WITH MANY, MANY PROJECTS.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE FOR 25 YEARS.
SO, UM, PEOPLE GET ENTRENCHED IN THEIR CONCEPTS OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
AND THIS IS ALL IN ALL HEALTHY.
SO THEY DID A MACROECONOMIC AND PEER COMPARISON.
AND IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE REPORT, WHAT THEY REALLY SAW,
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UM, IN THE BIG PICTURE WAS THAT LA AS A REGION IS ACTUALLY QUITE CHALLENGED IN CONSTRUCTION AND NOT JUST IN LABOR, BUT IN TALENT AND JUST NUMBERS.AND THE SHEER AMOUNT OF WORK IN THIS AREA JUST MAKES THE DEMAND FOR COMPETITION AND TALENT AND CAPABILITY HARD FOR ALL OF US, AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE DISTRICT BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A ROBUST PROGRAM.
UM, THE OTHER CHALLENGE WAS FINDING PEER AGENCIES, UM, THAT THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY COMPARE.
'CAUSE THERE, UH, FRANKLY AREN'T A LOT OF, UM, AGENCIES WITH THE WONDERFUL INVESTMENTS WE'VE HAD FROM OUR TAXPAYERS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
SO THE BIG PICTURE IS HOW CAN WE, HOW, HOW IS OUR MONEY BEING SPENT? WHY DO OUR BUDGETS GO OVER BUDGET? WHY DO WE HAVE CHANGE? WHAT KIND OF CHANGE CAN WE DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE? AND WHY ARE SCHEDULES EXPANDING? SO WE'RE NOT GONNA TALK TODAY ABOUT SCHEDULES BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS HAPPEN TO COINCIDE WITH COVID AND WITH THE MATERIAL SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA FOCUS ON THAT.
UM, BUT IN GENERAL, IF YOU LOOK AT THESE STATISTICS FOR THE HVAC PROJECTS, WE WERE IN ALIGNMENT WITH PEER AGENCIES AND PEER, UM, EVERYONE DOING HVAC WORK.
WE ALSO TEND TO BE HIGHER AND MORE EFFICIENT.
THIS, THIS STUDY SHOWS 80% OF OUR COSTS ARE FOR HARD CONSTRUCTION.
IT'S REALLY MORE LIKE 80, UH, ROOFING AND MODERNIZATION PROJECTS ARE VERY EFFICIENT ACROSS THE BOARD, LARGER PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR.
SO WE SPEND MORE MONEY PUTTING IT INTO THE ACTUAL ASSET WE'RE BUILDING.
SO HERE WERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE MEASURING SUCCESS? HOW ARE WE MONITORING SUCCESS? HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE GOING OVER BUDGET? ARE WE WATCHING, WELL, WE HAVE 40 METRICS THAT WE WATCH AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION, LIKE DEPARTMENTS AND UM, EXECUTIVE LEVEL LOOK AT DIFFERENT NUMBERS ACROSS THE SPAN OF MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, AND ANNUAL REVIEW.
EVERY SPRING WE START AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF EVERY BOND PROJECT.
WHERE IS IT? WHERE'S ITS BUDGET? WHERE'S ITS SCHEDULE? WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT HAVE AFFECTED BUDGET AND SCHEDULE? SO ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T SAY THAT I SHOULD POINT OUT IS A LOT OF THE PROJECTS YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THIS STUDY WERE STARTED IN 2015, 16 UP TO 2018.
AND THEY WERE COMPLETED IN A TIME PERIOD WHERE ESCALATION WAS 38% ACROSS THOSE YEARS.
38% WE BUDGET AT 3% PER YEAR TO THE MIDPOINT OF CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE DON'T TRY TO THROW MORE MONEY IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S A CONTROL MECHANISM ALSO.
SO WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER BUDGET IF ESCALATION IS, IS INCREASING BEYOND OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? WE ALSO HAVE A RESERVE THAT WE USE WHEN WE BID THE PROJECT TO TRY TO BALANCE THAT OUT.
BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS BALANCE OUT IF YOU'VE GOT 38%, UM, CONSTRUCTION COSTS GOING UP, NOT JUST MA MATERIAL LABOR TOO.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE REALLY JUST CLIMBING UP A HILL, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY THE STATISTICS WITH OUR PEERS AREN'T VERY DIFFERENT 'CAUSE THEY'RE IN THE SAME LABOR MARKET, THEY'RE IN THE SAME ECONOMIC MARKET.
SO WE'RE ALL KIND OF IN THE SAME SITUATION.
THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE DO BETTER ANYWAY? SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I ADDED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE HERE IS WE DO LOOK FOR TRENDS.
WHEN A PROJECT IS GOING AT A HIGHER CLIP, AT A HIGHER BUDGET OR HAS A MAJOR SCOPE IMPACT OR IF A GROUP OF PROJECTS DOES AT A EXECUTIVE LEVEL, WE LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS WITH THE TEAM AND LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE CAUSES HERE.
CAN WE CON CORRECT THIS? CAN WE DESCOPE THIS? IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO SOLVE IT? IS THERE ANOTHER,
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UH, LESS EXPENSIVE WAY TO SOLVE THE IMPACT? CHANGE MANAGEMENT IS REALLY THE ISSUE HERE.IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF IMPACTS.
SO WE PUT A TASK FORCE TOGETHER LAST YEAR, WELL ACTUALLY IT WAS EARLIER THIS YEAR TO TAKE LEADERSHIP FROM ASSET MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS THAT MANAGE THE VERY BIG CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BOND, THE MAINTENANCE IN OPS AND THE PROJECT EXECUTION.
WE PUT LEADERSHIP FROM THOSE UH, TEAMS INTO A TASK FORCE.
THESE PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE JUST AS CHRISTINA AND I ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELIVERY OF THIS BOND PROGRAM.
AND WE ASKED THEM, YOU ANALYZE WHAT YOU'VE SEEN AND WHERE DO WE SEE DUPLICATIONS OF THE SAME KINDS OF SCOPE OR IMPACTS THAT WE SHOULD ADDRESS.
SO THERE THEY THEN CAME UP WITH A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US TO UNDERTAKE.
UM, THEY TOOK CHANGE ORDERS THAT THEY SAW REPEATEDLY AND ALSO CONVERTED THEM INTO LESSONS LEARNED SO THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A LESSONS LEARNED PROCESS, WHICH MAY NOT MOVE AS FAST, BUT THEY COULD THEN TAKE THESE, THESE LESSONS LEARNED, LEARNED THROUGH THIS TASK FORCE IN THEIR STUDY AND GET IT THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION FASTER THROUGH EACH OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE DID ACTUALLY LAST YEAR, UM, BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, WE MET WITH SUB, UH, SUBCONTRACTORS WHO DO UNDERGROUND UTILITY WORK BECAUSE WHAT WHAT'S ALWAYS AN IMPACT IS UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS.
SO IF YOU'RE WORKING ON THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUILDINGS BUILT BETWEEN 1960 AND 1920, YOU'VE GOT AS-BUILTS THAT MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE AS-BUILTS.
MAYBE THEY'RE NOT CORRECT, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT COMPLETE.
UM, WE FOUND THAT THAT WAS, EVEN THOUGH WE'D DONE DUE DILIGENCE AND LOOKED AT ASPHALT, UH, UM, AS-BUILTS AND EVEN THOUGH WE'D DONE DUE DILIGENCE AND DID GPR, WE WERE RECOMMENDED BY THESE SUB CONSULTANTS WHO CAME IN TO HELP US DO, THEY EVEN VOLUNTEERED TO COME IN AND HELP US TO DO, UM, POTHOLING, WHICH IS A DIS DIFFERENT SYSTEM AND IT'S MORE ACCURATE, TELLS YOU MORE ABOUT WHERE THESE UTILITIES ARE.
BY THE WAY, THEY'RE NEVER WHERE THEY SAY THEY'RE
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN A SEARCH.
THE OTHER THING WE DID WAS WHERE WE HAD THE ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS AND OTHER ISSUES IN INACCESSIBLE SPACES, WE DID TWO THINGS.
WE PUT IN ALLOWANCES TO COVER THOSE COSTS 'CAUSE THEY WERE COMING UP ALL THE TIME AND OR WE'D USE, UM, WHAT'S CALLED DE DESTRUCTIVE TESTING WHERE WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKE DOWN A CEILING, PUT A HOLE IN A WALL, LIKE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY IS BEHIND THERE THAT WE COULDN'T SEE THAT WE DIDN'T USE TO DO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LIKE TO, UM, IMPACT OUR CLASSROOMS AND OUR EDUCATIONAL SPACE WITH ASBESTOS AND OTHER MATERIALS.
BUT WE DO IT NOW IN A SELECTIVE BASIS.
THE OTHER THING I THINK I MAY HAVE SPOKEN TO THIS GROUP ABOUT IS THE SPECIFICATIONS UPDATES.
SO OUR SPECIFICATIONS ARE ALWAYS BEING UPDATED.
OUR GOT DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE WHAT WE CALL OUR EDUCATIONAL SPECS AND EDUCATIONAL SPECT IS WHAT SHOULD A CHEMISTRY CLASS CLASSROOM LOOK LIKE? SO THAT THERE WE ALWAYS ARE PROVIDING EQUITABLE FACILITIES.
BUT WHAT WE DID WAS WE KNEW THE CODES AND REGULATIONS HAD CHANGED DRAMATICALLY FOR MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE REACHED OUT TO ENGINEERS, OUR GENERAL CONTRACTORS, OUR SUBCONTRACTORS.
WE SET, SET UP A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS.
WE GOT AS MUCH IMPACT INPUT FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WE DO WITH BUSINESS WITH ON WHAT DID WE NEED TO CHANGE TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE, TO BE MORE UP TO DATE.
WE'VE ALREADY, UH, RELEASED ALMOST ALL THOSE SPECIFICATIONS.
AND NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, ONE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND TALK TO THOSE SUBCONTRACTORS ABOUT, UM, WHAT WE ACTUALLY ISSUED.
UH, DID THEY SEE OTHER ISSUES? WE HAVE EMS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT THAT WHOLE SPECIFICATION, WHICH IS REALLY QUITE COMPLEX, HAS BEEN SIMPLIFIED.
THAT SHOULD COME OUT TOWARD THE END OF THIS YEAR.
I DIDN'T GET A STATUS BEFORE I WALKED IN HERE ON THAT DATE.
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AND THEN WE HAD DONE 88 NON-MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL SPECS, UM, AND 164.AND WE, THAT WILL PUSH INTO NEXT YEAR.
I CAN SAY I KNOW THAT THOSE WILL NOT.
SO THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, PAINTING, GL, GLAZING DOORS, ALL SORTS OF MATERIALS, FLOORING.
WHAT, WHAT SHOULD WE UPDATE IN THE MARKETPLACE? 'CAUSE THE MARKETPLACE AND WHAT WE CAN BUY CHANGES.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE ITS GROUP, THE FIRST BULLET HERE, YOU'VE TALKED TO ITS IS ALSO UPDATING THEIR SPECIFICATIONS AND THEY GET WRAPPED, UH, ROLLED INTO OUR SPECS.
UM, WE HAVE TO TRACK MARKET AVAILABILITY BECAUSE WE HA RUN INTO THAT ALL THE TIME.
AND THIS WAS A BIG, BIG ISSUE IN COVID AND POST COVID YEARS, WHERE A LOT OF MANUFACTURERS WENT OUTTA BUSINESS OR JUST DIDN'T SELL THE SAME PRODUCTS THAT WE SPECIFIED.
WHAT THE OTHER BENEFIT TO THIS IS WITH THE UPDATED SPECIFICATIONS, WE COULD REDUCE DEVIATIONS.
ANYTIME SOMEONE WANTED TO UTILIZE A MATERIAL OR A PRODUCT THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN OURS, WE F FORCE THEM TO WRITE DEVIATIONS, WHICH IS A PAPERWORK PROCESS.
AND WE SAID, IF WE'VE GOT THESE UPDATED SPECS, WHICH ARE BASED ON WHAT WE WERE SEEING IN DEVIATIONS, WE SHOULD REDUCE DEVIATIONS THAT'S MORE EFFICIENT.
SO FOCUS, FOCUS ON REDUCING COSTS.
SO OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE DONE SEVERAL THINGS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THEM.
WE REDUCE THE SCALE OF OUR PROJECTS.
IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATIONS AT THE, AT THE, UH, THE FIRST 22 AND A LOT OF THE SEISMIC MONETIZATION PROJECTS, THEY WOULD REALLY IMPACT A WHOLE CAMPUS.
MAYBE YOU UP UPDATED THREE BUILDINGS, UM, INCLUDING RETROFIT, NEW MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND PAINTED, AND MAYBE YOU BUILT THREE NEW BUILDINGS.
AND WE ARE NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE.
WE DO ONE TO TWO BUILDINGS ON A SITE SO THAT WE ARE REDUCING THE COMPLEXITY OF PROJECTS.
UH, WE REDUCED INTERIM FACILITY REQUIREMENTS.
THE OTHER THING WE ALWAYS ARE DOING, AND WE DO FOR EVERY SINGLE TYPE OF PROJECT, IS EVALUATE THE PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES.
WE'VE LUCKILY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, INCREASE OUR PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES OVER THE YEARS.
THE STATE HAS AUTHORIZED US TO USE BEST VALUE, UM, DESIGN BUILD AND NOW, UM, ALTERNATIVE DESIGN BUILD.
AND THEN, UM, ONE ACTION, UH, THAT WE WILL BEGIN NEXT YEAR IS EVALUATING OUR CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEW PROCESS.
WE DO DO A CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEW PROCESS.
WE NEED TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS AND HOW IT COULD BE BETTER.
UM, THIS IS ANOTHER FINDING THAT THEY FOUND CROSS DEPARTMENTAL COORDINATION, COMMUNICATION COULD BE IMPROVED.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, WORKING IN DESIGN BUILD, ACTUALLY THAT PROCESS INTERNALLY HELPED US TOO, BECAUSE OUR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS AND OUR PLANNERS IN-HOUSE AND OUR CON CONSTRUCTION SIDE AND OUR M AND O SIDE ALL HAVE TO TALK THROUGH TO TOGETHER AS WE PUSH THOSE PROJECTS THROUGH WITH THE DESIGN BUILDER WHO'S A CONTRACTOR WITH HIS CONTRACTORS AND HIS ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER, THAT'S BEEN ACTUALLY TERRIFIC TO WORK.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, WHEN YOU TAKE THE PALI PROJECTS, EVERYBODY HAS TO WORK COOPERATIVELY, RIGHT? YOU, WE CAN'T BE SUCCESSFUL AND WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL REALLY DRIVING THOSE PROJECTS QUICKLY.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE WORK TOGETHER WELL.
AND I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR LEADERSHIP AND, UM, CRITICAL MID-MANAGEMENT TO WORK TOGETHER WELL.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED THIS.
SO OUR CHALLENGES IN THIS AREA ARE SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE THE MARKET CONDITIONS, BUT WE DO FA WE DO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS, COMPARE FAVORABLY TO OUR PEERS.
UM, OUR PERFORMANCE METH PERFORMANCE METRICS REQUIRE ONGOING ATTENTION.
AND WE'RE DOING A TWEAKING OF THAT AS WE HEAD INTO THE ANNUAL REVIEW WITH LOOKING AT SOME THRESHOLDS AND MEASUREMENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T QUITE SET YET, BE SET IN JANUARY.
ANYTHING THAT TRIGGERS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE AN ANOMALY WILL BE DISCUSSED IN DETAILED ON EACH PROJECT.
UM, WE'VE EXPANDED THE DUE DILIGENCE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO, UH, ASBESTOS UNDERGROUND FACILITIES.
AND WE'VE EXPANDED THAT FROM JUST BEFORE WE SCOPE, BUT THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS.
AND THAT'S REALLY PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT ON THE DESIGN BUILD.
SO WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA ISSUE REVIS, WE'RE USING
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IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA ISSUE FORMAL REVISED DUE DILIGENCE PRACTICE.WE, THE OTHER THING THAT COMES UP IN THOSE 22 RECOMMENDATIONS IS VARIOUS, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW DO WE BUILD COMPETITIVE, UM, NATURE OF OUR BUSINESS, RIGHT? HOW DO WE HAVE MORE GENERAL CONTRACTORS? HOW DO WE HAVE MORE SUBCONTRACTORS? SO I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE MEET WITH A GC ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE GO OUT AND, UH, CAME TO THE A GUC, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO THEIR EVENTS AND SPEAK ABOUT OUR PROJECTS.
AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF THAT BENEFIT IS BETWEEN WHEN WE'RE PRESENTING OR GOING TO SEE ANOTHER PRESENT PRESENTATION.
WE'RE TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WE DO BUSINESS WITH OR WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH.
AND WE ALSO ARE TALKING TO OUR PEERS, YOU KNOW, THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THEM.
WE ALL HAVE THE SAME CHALLENGES IN THE K THROUGH 12, UM, UH, ARENA.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO OUR GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
LAST YEAR, BEFORE THE HOLIDAY BREAK, WE MET WITH A NUMBER OF OUR GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND OUR SUBCONTRACTORS AND, AND JUST SAID, FRANKLY, TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
UM, I, THERE WAS ONE WHO CAME, ONE WHO CAME IN AND THEY JUST SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO, TO ALL OF THEIR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.
AND THEY JUST BROUGHT THE RAW, THE RAW COMMENTS COMPLETE WITH, UH, COLORFUL LANGUAGE
UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO, TO DO THAT.
ONE OF THE STRATEGIES WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS WORKING MORE, MORE WITH OUR SUBCONTRACTORS AND GOING TO THEIR TRADES MEETINGS.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY REGULAR CONVERSATION.
HOW COULD WE BE BETTER? AND THEN OF COURSE, THE LAST IS SPECIFICATION UPDATES IS A BIG ISSUE.
AND I THINK I'M READY FOR Q AND A.
IT'S NOT A VOTING, IT'S A NON-VOTING ITEM.
BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF, UH, ALEX, PLEASE.
SEE HOW, SEE HOW, NO QUESTION LOCATION YOU ARE, MR. CHAIR, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENTS.
UM, HAVING WORKED INTIMATELY IN THE CAPACITY REPRESENTING THE ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS, I DO WANNA COMMEND, UM, THE FACILITIES TEAM AND THE LEADERSHIP AND, AND JUST THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND OPENNESS THAT THEY HAVE COME TO THE TABLE, UM, TO MEET WITH US.
UM, ASIDE FROM INDUSTRY EVENTS THAT WE DO PROVIDE, UM, WE HAVE ENGAGED, UM, I THINK ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, UH, THROUGH OUR LIAISON MEETINGS.
AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT BRINGS TOGETHER, UM, CURRENT CONTRACTORS THAT ARE, ARE PARTNERED AND ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT ALSO, UM, POTENTIAL AS WELL.
AND, UM, AS AIX, UM, STATED, YOU KNOW, THEY, THE OPENNESS IN, IN RECEIVING THE FEEDBACK, UM, HAS REALLY GONE A LONG WAY.
AND, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THOUGHTFUL AND FRUITFUL DISCUSSIONS.
UM, AND SO IT REALLY DOES ALIGN WITH THE WORK THAT THE CONSULTANT HAS DONE.
UM, BUT AS, AS I THINK THAT FACILITIES WILL ATTEST, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
UM, BUT I, I WILL SAY THE, THAT THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH WORK AND CONVERSATION THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS PROCESS, UM, AND IT HAS BEEN GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THE INDUSTRY.
UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO DO THAT WORK AS WE GO INTO TO 2026.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK ON THE BACKEND.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE EFFORT THAT HAS GONE INTO IT, ASIDE FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE DAY TO DAY THAT IS REQUIRED OF YOU TO SEE, UM, THE SUCCESSFUL WORK THAT, UM, GOES INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM HERE AT L-A-U-S-D, BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS A LOT
ANY OTHERS? WELL, WITH, WITH THAT, HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY.
I KNOW YOU ALREADY SAID IT, BUT YEAH.
WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST DONE, BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE YET.
SO WE'RE ALMOST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF
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TIME.UH, THIS IS, THIS IS PRETTY GOOD.
BUT WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR, UH, NON AGENDIZED ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 12, UH, MEMBER, UM, UM, LIN WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS.
UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH MEASURE US, WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A LASTING IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE L-A-U-S-D FOOTPRINT.
WITH THE 2028 OLYMPICS APPROACHING THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND LA 28 ARE DIRECTING SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES INTO INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF L-A-U-S-D BRINGS FORWARD BOLD COMMUNITY-FOCUSED PROJECTS, NOW WE CAN ALIGN OUR BOND FUNDS WITH THESE INVESTMENTS AND
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CREATE LONG-TERM ASSETS THAT WILL BENEFIT STUDENTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS LONG AFTER THE GAMES ARE OVER.THIS IS MORE ABOUT UPGRADE MORE THAN UPGRADING BUILDINGS.
IT'S ABOUT STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE PROJECTS THAT COMBINE SCHOOL MODERNIZATION WITH COMMUNITY BENEFIT BY PROPOSING PROJECTS SUCH AS NEW OR EXPANDED ATHLETIC FACILITIES, FIELDS, GYMS, TRACKS, AQUATICS THAT SERVE STUDENTS DURING THE DAY, AND FAMILIES AND YOUTH YEAR ROUND, OR MODERNIZED SCHOOL FACILITIES AND CAREER CONNECTED LEARNING SPACES, INCLUDING CULINARY ARTS LABS, HOSPITALITY PROGRAMS, SPORTS MEDICINE ACADEMIES, AND OTHER SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT OPEN DOORS FOR STUDENTS AND SUPPORT LOCAL WORKFORCE NEEDS, AS WELL AS CHILDCARE AND EARLY LEARNING SPACES, HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTERS, AND COMMUNITY SERVING FACILITIES THAT MEET REAL NEEDS IN EVERY PART OF LOS ANGELES.
TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE, I ENCOURAGE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH CIVIC LEADERS AT THE CITY, COUNTY, AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO DISCUSS JOINT PROJECTS, COORDINATE PLANNING, AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE L-A-U-S-D FACILITIES CAN DELIVER BROADER COMMUNITY BENEFIT.
STRONG PARTNERSHIPS ARE ESSENTIAL IF WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF MEASURE US.
THIS MOMENT WILL NOT COME AGAIN BY LEVER.
BY LEVERAGING MEASURE US AND FORGING PARTNERSHIPS TODAY, WE CAN BUILD FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT REFLECT THE FULL PROMISE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND DELIVER MEANINGFUL LASTING BENEFITS TO FAMILIES ACROSS THE L-A-U-S-D TERRITORY.
MR. MCFARLAND, DO YOU, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING OR DO KIND OF A OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOOD.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY OTHER MEMBERS? OKAY.
SO QUICKLY AS, UH, AS WE GET READY TO ADJOURN, I WANNA ONCE AGAIN THANK OUR MEMBERS AND THE DISTRICT STAFF FOR OUR PARTICIPATION IN TODAY'S MEETING.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 2026.
AND WITH THAT, I WISH TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY, AND THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.