Jan 29, 2026 Bond Oversight Committee

THERE ARE NO OTHER ADULTS IN THE ROOM THAT I AM ATTENDING WHERE I'M SEATED.

VERY GOOD.

I WANNA THANK, UH, K-L-C-S-I-T-S AND THE SPANISH INTERPRETATION STAFF FOR THEIR SEAMLESS WORK IN BROADCASTING OUR MEETINGS.

AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DR.

ROLLS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REMARKS.

MY NAME IS DR.

SAMANTHA ROLLS, SECRETARY OF THE BOC.

THE B 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 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.

SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR BUSINESS.

UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO WARMLY WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBERS WHO WERE RECENTLY APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

I INTRODUCE YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, PLEASE DO SO.

UH, FIRST WE HAVE MONICA CARLOS, AN ALTERNATE MEMBER REPRESENTING ONE OF THE TWO BOARD OF EDUCATION STUDENT PARENT APPOINTMENTS.

UH, MS. CARLOS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT? SURE.

UM, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE.

UH, MY NAME IS MONICA CARLOS.

I AM A MULTI-GENERATIONAL ANGELENO, AN URBAN PLANNER BY TRADE.

UM, I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE AS A PROJECT MANAGER WORKING IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND IN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES.

I'M A PARENT OF TWO L-A-U-S-D STUDENTS.

ONE JUST STARTED MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE OTHER IS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, I'M PROUD TO BE A PARENT OF IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

UM, IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE THAT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CHILDREN.

UM, MY JOURNEY AS AN L-A-U-S-D PARENT STARTED IN 2014, AND IN THESE YEARS I HAVE WITNESSED FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT BOTH CAMPUSES WHERE MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ENROLLED.

UM, FOR ME ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, COMMUNITY CENTER DESIGN AND AUTHENTIC ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

AND, UM, ALSO THE ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, I, I FEEL IS CRITICAL.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND, AND LEARNING FROM YOU AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

WELL, WELCOME AGAIN.

NEXT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, JASON PETERSON, AN ALTERNATE MEMBER REPRESENTING THE LA COUNTY FEDERATION OF LABOR, A-F-L-C-I-O, AS THE COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LA ORANGE COUNTY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL.

UH, MR. PETERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT? UH, THANK YOU ROBERT.

AND I WANNA THANK YOU, UH, THE BOARD'S NOMINATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF MY POSITION HERE.

AND, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.

I WANT TO CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THAT MY PREVIOUS PREDECESSORS HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE, UH, CHAD BOGGIO AND CHRIS HANON.

UH, I, I WANT TO BE JUST AS MUCH AS A PO POSITIVE INFLUENCE AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL.

GREAT.

UH, TO HAVE I THINK SUCH A DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE, UM, AND BACKGROUNDS HERE.

AND WELCOME AGAIN TO BOTH OF YOU.

UM, IT'S, UH, REALLY FANTASTIC,

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UM, REALLY I THINK BRINGS A LEVEL OF, OF, UH, OVERSIGHT AND, AND FRANKLY, EXCELLENCE TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFIT OF, OF SO MUCH EXPERIENCE THAT'S RELEVANT TO THE WORK OF THE BOC.

SO, THANK YOU BOTH FOR VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO BE HERE.

NEXT I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK MEMBER ASHLEY KAISER FOR ATTENDING THE MONT EARLY EDUCATION CENTER, NATURE EXPLORER OUTDOOR CLASSROOM RIBBON CUTTING, UH, THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST MONDAY, JANUARY 26TH.

UH, MS. KAISER, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THAT, UH, EXPERIENCE? IT WAS MY FIRST RIBBON CUTTING THAT I ATTENDED AS PART OF THE BOC.

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT WAS SUCH A, A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE TO, TO GET, TO TOUCH, FEEL, AND EXPERIENCE THE STUDENTS BENEFITING FROM THE PROJECTS THAT THE BOND GOES TO PROVIDING, AND THEN ALSO GETTING TO HEAR FROM FACULTY AND PARENTS AS WELL.

UM, THE PRINCIPAL WHO I BELIEVE HAD INVESTED, I THINK 15 YEARS OF HER CAREER AT THAT PARTICULAR SITE, DID A WONDERFUL JOB AT MAKING EVERYONE FEEL REALLY WELCOME.

SO, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE GONE AND REPRESENTED, UM, THIS, THIS, UM, BODY.

UM, AND DEFINITELY WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE ELSE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY, UM, BECAUSE IT IS, UM, REALLY EXCITING TO GET TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WE REVIEW, UH, ONCE IT'S BUILT, BUILT OUT.

SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH, IT IS POWERFUL TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PUT EYES ON THE PROJECTS AS THEY ARE, ARE BEING COMPLETED AND COME TO FRUITION THAT THE, THE BOC HAS CONSIDERED FROM INCEPTION AT THE DECEMBER BOC MEETING.

BOC AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER PATRICK MCFARLAND REQUESTED A BRIEFING TO THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REGARDING THE DISTRICT'S PLAN FOR COORDINATING WITH LA 28.

UH, HE CORRECTLY DESCRIBED THIS AS A GENERAL GENERATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST TO BOC STAFF.

DISTRICT STAFF STATED THEY'RE STILL ASSESSING THE DISTRICT'S POTENTIAL INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION ONCE THE ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETE AND THE BOARD OF ED HAS BEEN BRIEFED.

DISTRICT STAFF INDICATED THAT THEY COULD THEN PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE BOC.

SO, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN MR. MCFARLAND FOR, UH, FOR ELEVATING THAT ISSUE.

MOVING ON TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, SPEAKERS WILL BE HEARD AS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.

UH, ALL SPEAKERS WHO WISH TO BE HEARD WILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.

IF YOU WANT 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 THEN TURN OFF THE LIVE STREAM VOLUME.

WHEN ASKED TO SPEAK TO AVOID AUDIO ECHO OR FEEDBACK, WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, STAFF WILL ANNOUNCE THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND YOU WILL BE INSTRUCTED TO UNMUTE ON ZOOM.

PRESS STAR SIX TO SPEAK IN PERSON.

SPEAKERS WILL BE ASKED TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AND USE THE MICROPHONE.

UH, ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS IN THE BOARDROOM THIS MORNING WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE? NO.

NUMBER TWO, CONSENT CALENDAR.

AND ANY SPEAKERS ONLINE? OKAY, THAT MAKES THAT AGENDA ITEM VERY QUICK.

THEN MOVING ON TO ITEM

[2. Consent Calendar]

UH, THIS CALENDAR CONSISTS OF THE DECEMBER 11TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES AND THE BOC FISCAL YEAR 25 26 SECOND QUARTER REPORT.

I'LL NOTE THAT BOC STAFF PUTS A LOT OF EFFORT INTO DRAFTING THESE DOCUMENTS.

UH, THEY CONSTITUTE THE RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THESE MEETINGS.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS, OR REVISIONS TO THE PRIOR MEETING MINUTES FROM ANY MEMBERS? OKAY.

UM, HEARING NONE.

ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY MEMBERS ON THESE ITEMS? A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM? OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

UH, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND.

UM, SINCE WE HAVE MEMBERS APPEARING REMOTELY, UH, WE WILL CONDUCT A ROLL CALL.

MR. CAMPBELL MEMBERS, THIS IS THE VOTE TO APPROVE THE DECEMBER 11TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES AND THE SECOND QUARTER REPORT FROM THE BOC.

UM, MS. BELL IS ABSENT.

MS. BETHS AYE.

THANK YOU MS. CARLOS.

THANK YOU MS. KAISER.

THANK YOU MS. LUR MUELLER.

MS. OBERGFEL IS ABSENT.

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THANK YOU MR. SULLIVAN.

I'LL ABSTAIN.

MR. MCFARLAND? AYE.

MR. PENSKI IS ABSENT.

DR.

ROLLS? AYE.

MR. CAMPBELL? AYE.

AND MR. HAMNER IS ABSENT.

THAT'S 10 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.

THE ITEMS ARE ADOPTED.

THE, UH, TIMING AND AVAILABILITY OF SPEAKERS FOR A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, TAKE ITEM FIVE OUT OF ORDER.

THANK YOU MR. POPE JOY.

UH, BASED ON

[5. Two 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 (Part 1 of 2)]

UH, SO IF THE PRESENTER FOR ITEM FIVE, I BELIEVE THAT'S MR. CHO IS AVAILABLE, UH, WE CAN BRING UP ITEM FIVE.

THIS IS TWO CRITICAL REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADE PROJECTS OF SCHOOL BUILDING AND SITE SYSTEMS. AND THANK YOU MR. CHO IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY.

GOOD MORNING MR. CAMPBELL, MEMBERS OF THE BOC.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU IN PERSON.

I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE AT THE END OF JANUARY ALREADY.

CRAZY.

SO WE HAVE TWO CRITICAL REPLACEMENTS AND UPGRADES PROJECTS.

THE FIRST ONE IS AT VIRGIL MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE ARE CONVERTING THE EXISTING SYNTHETIC TURF TO NATURAL TURF.

YES.

SECOND ITEM IS A TI EDUCATION COMPLEX.

WE ARE REPLACING THE SYNTHETIC TRACT LIKE FOR LIKE WITH A SYNTHETIC TRACT.

SO WE HAVE SLIDES FOR EACH PROJECT.

LAST NOVEMBER, IF YOU RECALL, THE BOARD ADAPTED A RESOLUTION TITLED RESILIENT SCHOOLS EXTREME HEAT MITIGATION AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

ONE OF THE KEY REQUIREMENTS OF THAT RESOLUTION IS THAT SYNTHETIC TURF IS NOT PERMITTED NO LONGER PERMITTED AT ANY EEC PRIMARY CENTERS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

VIRGIN MIDDLE SCHOOL BEING A MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, FALLS UNDER THAT CATEGORY.

CONVERTING THE EXISTING FIELD TO NATURAL TURF IS FULLY CONSISTENT WITH THE BOARD'S DIRECTION AND POLICY.

VIRGIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, ORIGINALLY OPENED IN 1924 AND THE EXISTING SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD IS OVER 17 YEARS OLD.

THIS PROJECT WILL REPLACE APPROXIMATELY 15,000, 51,000 SQUARE FEET, ESSENTIALLY THE ENTIRE FIELD.

THE SCOPE INCLUDES REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING SYNTHETIC TURF, DEMOLITION OF THE UNDERLYING, UNDERLYING SUBLAYERS INSTALLATION OF NEW SOIL AND MODERN DRAINAGE SYSTEM, RECOMP, COMPACTION, IRRIGATION, AND REGRADING.

THIS IS A DSA PROJECT AND REQUIRES A FULL DESIGN PROCESS.

THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS LITTLE OVER $4.6 MILLION AND WILL COMPLETE THIS IN THE QUARTER FOUR OF 2028 FOR COST COMPARISON.

IF WE ARE TO INSTALL SYNTHETIC TURF COMPARED TO NATURAL TURF BASED ON THE PREVIOUS PROJECTS AND, UH, RECENT MARKET, THIS PROJECT WILL EXCEED $6 MILLION IF WE ARE TO INSTALL SYNTHETIC TURF.

WE ALSO HELD A COMMUNITY MEETING LAST WEEK WITH THE SCHOOL AND PARENTS, AND WE RECEIVED THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND THIS PROJECT WAS WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY.

SANTI SANT EDUCATION COMPLEX OPENED IN 2004 AND THE EXISTING RUNNING TRACK WAS CONSTRUCTED AT THE SAME TIME.

THEY HAVE A FOOTBALL FIELD IN THE MIDDLE THAT IS UNNATURAL GRASS.

WE DON'T NEED TO TOUCH ON THAT GRASS AT THIS TIME.

PROJECT WILL REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRACK SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE RUNNING TRACK, AS WELL AS ALL ASSOCIATED, UH, FIELD EVENT AREAS.

HIGH JUMP, LONG JUMP, TRIPLE JUMP AND POLE VAULT AREA.

THIS

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IS A, AGAIN, DSA REGULATED PROJECT AND WILL REQUIRE FULL DESIGN PROCESS FOR COMPLIANCE, SAFETY, AND ACCESSIBILITY.

THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS JUST OVER $6.6 MILLION AND WE WILL COMPLETE THIS PROJECT IN QUARTER FOUR OF 2028.

THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. SHO.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY MEMBERS ON THESE TWO PROJECTS PLEASE? HI, GOOD MORNING.

UM, SO I'M CURIOUS ON, ON THE RESOLUTION THAT PASSED IN NOVEMBER.

UM, YOU SAID IT WAS FOR EEC THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HAVE NATURAL TURF.

UM, AND WHAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR NOT INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOLS IN THAT? HIGH SCHOOL IS LITTLE DIFFERENT.

UH, HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS A COMPETITIVE SPORTS THAT REQUIRES FREQUENT USE OF FIELD.

SO THERE'S A DEBATE, THERE'S PROS AND CONS, UH, BETWEEN NATURAL TURF AND SYNTHETIC TURF.

UM, SO SYNTHETIC TURF ALLOWS MORE, BEATING MORE PRACTICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ENTIRE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND NATURAL GRASS CANNOT.

SO SINCE THE DEMAND FOR THE SPORTS, UH, IS VERY HIGH FOR HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THE CIF GAME AND ALL THE COMPETITION, SYNTHETIC TURF IS STILL FAVORED BY ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND THE PEOPLE.

SO THAT DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE.

SO THIS ONE ONLY GOES TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NOT INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL.

WE DO HAVE PENDING SYNTHETIC TURF REPLACEMENT PROJECTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE ARE FIVE THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF 'EM RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE PEOPLE CANNOT PRACTICE 'CAUSE OF THE CONDITION.

BUT THEY ARE ON HOLD.

UH, THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE STUDY THAT'S GONNA COME OUT IN THE SPRING OR SUMMER AND BOARD WILL MAKE FURTHER THE DECISION.

AND IS THIS THE STUDY FROM THE ESO STUDY? FROM THE ESO? OKAY, I'M, LET ME MAKE THE QUESTION.

UH, THAT'S THE STUDY FROM FACILITIES.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM OTHER MEMBERS? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AND SO THERE'S FIVE PENDING PROJECTS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND THEN YOU SAID THE RESULTS FROM THAT STUDY WILL BE WHEN? UH, I, THE STUDY IS COMING OUT IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR.

ANY OTHER MEMBERS, SIR? IS THERE A REASON AT SANTI THAT WE'RE REPLACING SYNTHETIC TURF ON A TRACK? UH, IS THAT AS OPPOSED TO SAY, USING DIRT OR SOME OTHER, POSSIBLY EVEN CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

UH, THE EXISTING TRACK IS SYNTHETIC TRACK.

SO, UH, WE ARE AT THIS TIME REPLACING WITH A SYNTHETIC TRACK.

WE DO HAVE RUNNING TRACK WITH THE DGS, JUST LIKE SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL.

BOTH DG AND SYNTHETIC TRACK HAS PROS AND CONS.

WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, PALMS MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS A DG.

THAT DGS, UH, TRACK IS VERY LOCATED CLOSE TO THE STREET.

EVERY TIME IT RAINS, IT WASHES OFF THE DG INTO THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM.

SO WE FREQUENTLY GET THE CITATION FROM THE CITY FOR THAT PART.

AND AGAIN, UM, SYNTHETIC TRACK, I BROUGHT AN EXAMPLE, BY THE WAY, HAS MULTIPLE LAYERS.

UH, FIRST LAYER OF COMPOSITION IS POLYURETHANE, COMBINED WITH A SYNTHETIC RUBBER.

EPDM, IT'S CALLED, PROVIDES A TRACK, NOT ONLY TRACK BUT CUSHION SO THAT IT EASES THEIR IMPACT TO THEIR PEOPLE'S KNEES FOR THE RUNNERS.

AND THERE'S ADDITIONAL .

SURE.

ADDITIONAL, AGAIN, THE BLACK, ANOTHER MATERIAL DANCE MATERIAL FOR THE SYNTHETIC, UH, RUBBER THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL CUSHION AND DURABILITY.

SO AGAIN, SIR, IS PROS AND CONS AND IT'S EASY TO SAY, LET'S DO THE DG, BUT THEN AGAIN, THAT'S NOT THE PERFECT, UH, SOLUTION.

IF I MIGHT FOLLOW UP, IS THIS PRODUCT RECYCLE? IT APPEARS TO BE MOSTLY RUBBER, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS.

SO WE DID HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PROM RUBBERS, RECYCLED TIRES BECAUSE IT HAS HIGH CONTENT OF LEAD.

SO OUR REGULATION IS TO USE A, UH, VIRGIN RUBBER EPDM COMBINED WITH POLYURETHANE SO THAT WE ELIMINATE THE LID CONTENT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

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UH, SO I NOTICED IN THE REPORT YOU HAD THE BASIC CRITERIA AS TO WHAT WAS, UH, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR A CRITICAL REPLACEMENT.

AND THESE TWO SITES ARE FOR CRITICAL REPLACEMENT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, HOW MANY OTHER SITES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR CRITICAL REPLACEMENT AND WHEN CAN WE EXPECT INFORMATION ON THOSE? SO, CRITICAL REPLACEMENTS HAS MANY DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

UH, THESE TWO PROJECTS FALLS UNDER, UH, THE SAFETY CATEGORY.

SO SAFETY IS ONE OF THE CATEGORY THAT IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, THEN UH, STUDENTS MAY GET HURT.

SO THAT'S ONE CATEGORY.

THE OTHER CATEGORY, FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE PREVIOUS PROJECTS, ANOTHER POPULAR CATEGORY IN CURRICULAR REPLACEMENT IS ROOFING.

IF WE DON'T REPLACE THE ROOF, WE KEEP REPAIRING AND REPAIRING, BUT THEY'RE BEYOND THE REPAIR STAGE.

SO IF YOU DON'T TAKE ACTION, THEN ALL THE INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE SCHOOL WILL, UH, BE DAMAGED.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER CURRICULAR REPLACEMENT.

HVAC.

ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE, RIGHT? KIDS DURING THE SUMMER SUFFERS FROM THE HEAT.

SO WE DO TAKE CARE OF THOSE HVAC AS WELL, PLUMBING.

SO THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, BUT WE HAVE THOSE, UH, BEING COOKED AS WE SPEAK.

SO WE HAVE MANY OF THOSE.

AND PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE FIVE, UH, SYNTHETIC TURF REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

THEY ARE ALSO UNDER THE SAFETY CATEGORY AS WELL.

UH, MY QUESTION WAS REALLY SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON OTHER SITES FOR THIS TYPE OF REPLACEMENT, FOR THE TURF REPLACEMENT CATEGORY.

SO WE, I MEAN THE GRAD, UH, FROM THE SYNTHETIC TO GRASS.

YES.

WE, EVERY TIME WE BRING, UH, ANY SCHOOLS UNDER HIGH SCHOOL AT THIS TIME, UH, WE WILL REPLACE WITH, UH, GRASS, NATURAL GRASS.

THEN YEAH, THERE ARE SEVERAL OF 'EM THAT THERE ARE BEING PREPARED FOR, UH, COMING FORWARD.

I UNDERSTAND, UH, MS. LEWIS, UH, HAS A COMMENT.

AND THEN, UH, UH, MR. MCFARLAND, GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. CHO.

I AM SO PLEASED THAT THIS RESOLUTION PASSED TO PROHIBIT SYNTHETIC TURF AT, UM, UH, EARLY ED CENTERS ALL THE WAY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UM, PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE NOTICED WHEN YOU LOOKED AT YOUR WEATHER APP TODAY THAT IT'S 13 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN LATE JANUARY.

AND MAKING THESE TYPE OF, UH, DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT WE PUT IN OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

AND SO JUST VERY PLEASED THAT THE RESOLUTION PASSED AND THAT WE ARE SEEING, UH, THE FIRST PRODUCT OF ONE OF THESE PROJECTS WHERE A SYNTHETIC TURF IS BEING CONVERTED TO NATURAL TURF BECAUSE THESE TYPE OF MATERIALS REALLY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHETHER OR NOT OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS COOLER OR IF IT'S HOTTER.

AND SO, YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR THIS PROJECT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

MS. LU MCFARLAND.

THEY PLAY AT THE, UH, PLAYGROUND OR OTHER SCHOOLS.

AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I THINK MY QUESTIONS ARE SORT OF ABOUT THE LIFESPAN OF BOTH THE, THE SYNTHETIC TRACK AND THE, UM, NATURAL, THE SYNTHETIC FIELD AT VIRGIL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO WHEN THE FIELDS, THE SYNTHETIC SURFACES GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE REP, UH, REPLACED FOR SAFETY CONCERNS, WE'RE STILL THREE YEARS AWAY.

SO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THOSE CAMPUSES? WHAT FACILITIES ARE THEY ABLE TO ACCESS? HOW DO THEY SORT OF, IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONE AT VIRGIL DOESN'T NECESSARILY LOOK SAFE.

SO LIKE, WHAT'S SORT OF HAPPENING ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS THERE? AND THEN AS YOU TALK ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR COMPETITION, ARE THOSE REPLACED ON A PARTICULAR CYCLE? 'CAUSE IT'S, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS WAS VIRGIL 17 YEARS, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE IF THE ONE OF THOSE FIELDS WERE TO GO TO 17, IT WOULD LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR.

SO IS THERE A PLAN, LIKE A SPECIFIC TIMELINE FOR THOSE REPLACEMENTS? VERY GOOD QUESTION, MR. MCFARLAND.

UM, TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, THE LIFECYCLE SYNTHETIC TRACK, THEIR LIFECYCLE CAN GO UP TO 20 YEARS.

UH, BUT THEN AGAIN, JUST LIKE YOUR WASHING MACHINE, THEIR LIFECYCLE, IT REACHES.

BUT MY WASHING MACHINE IS 15 YEARS OLD AND IS STILL RUNNING.

SO EVERY CASE IS DIFFERENT.

UH, VIRGIL MIDDLE SCHOOL, NOT BEING A HIGH SCHOOL, THEY DON'T PLAY COMPETITION SPORTS THERE.

SO, UH, IF THEY NEED EXERCISE,

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THEIR LIFECYCLE FOR A SYNTHETIC FIELD, THEY, THEY SAY IS 10 YEARS.

BUT I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS LASTING UP TO 15 YEARS.

SO ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONE OF THE FIVE SCHOOLS, THEY, THEY, SOME OF 'EM ARE AS OLD AS 14 YEARS.

AND IT'S AT THE POINT THAT THEY CAN STILL PLAY.

BUT IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT, THEN IT GOES OUT OF SERVICE, IT WILL BE SHUT DOWN.

SO EVERY CASE IS DIFFERENT.

UH, AND AGAIN, UH, HIGH SCHOOLS COMPETITION FIELD, THEY'RE NOT AS BAD AS THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL AS FAR AS, UH, CONDITION GOES.

BUT WE DO ADDRESS THE CONDITION AS WE SPEAK, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE GRASS OR SYNTHETIC, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THAT DECISION WILL BE MADE BY BOARD IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR.

UH, NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY.

MOVE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

UH, THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

MR. POPE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MR. CAMPBELL.

MEMBERS, THIS IS THE VOTE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, RECOMMENDING TWO PROJECTS TO PROVIDE CRITICAL REPLACEMENTS AND UPGRADES OF SCHOOL BUILDING AND SITE SYSTEMS. UH, MS BETS.

MS. CARLOS? AYE.

THANK YOU MS. KAISER.

IS IS, UH, UH, MR. PETERSON? AYE.

THANK YOU, MS. PALLADIAN.

AND MR. CAMPBELL AYE, RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED WITH 12 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.

ITEM THREE, I BELIEVE I, I THINK MR. TORRENS IS HERE.

UH, GOING BACK TO, UH, ITEM

[3. BOC Proposed Revisions to the BOC Charter and MOU (Update)]

UM, ITEM THREE, UH, IS THE, UH, LONG RUNNING, UH, PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE MOU.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, MR. TORRANCE, SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DISCUSS THE ITEM.

THIS IS AN INFORMATION ONLY ITEM.

UM, I'LL MENTION THAT MR. TORRANCE PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE DISTRICT'S PROGRESS WITH THE MOU AT OUR DECEMBER MEETING.

HE HAS BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH BOC CHAIR MICHAEL HAMNER ON A PATH FORWARD ON PROPOSED MOU REVISIONS.

UH, MR. TORRANCE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.

FLOOR IS YOURS? YES.

UH, I, I WILL SAY I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE BALANCE OF THE, UH, PROPOSAL, UH, PROPOSED REVISIONS FROM THE DISTRICT.

UH, MR. CAMPBELL, UM, BOC MEMBERS, UH, AS I ADDRESSED YOU IN DECEMBER, WE, UH, PROVIDED A SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES AND, UH, A REVISED, UH, MOU, UH, TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

IT WAS INCOMPLETE.

UH, WE SAID WE WERE MAKING PROGRESS.

A SIX OF THE EIGHT SECTIONS HAD COMMENTS.

I, I BELIEVE IT WAS SHARED WITH YOUR EXECUTIVE, UH, COMMITTEE.

UH, AFTER FEEDBACK FROM, UH, RECEIVED FROM MR. PO POPE JOY, WE INITIALLY, WE THOUGHT, WELL, LET'S START DISCUSSION ON THE, ON THE INITIAL SECTIONS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, FEEDBACK ON.

AND THEN I GUESS THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE, BY THE BOC, UH, UH, TO HOLD UNTIL YOU GOT ALL THE REVISIONS.

SO WE'VE CONTINUED WORKING.

THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS LEFT, SECTION SEVEN AND EIGHT, UH, WHICH OUR STAFF CONTINUES TO WORK ON.

AND WE, UH, AT THIS POINT WILL WAIT THEN UNTIL WE PROVIDE YOU THE COMMENTS ON ALL THOSE.

BUT WE, UH, I THINK IF THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO IT, SEE THAT THERE'S SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, WE'VE ALSO BEEN FOCUSING ON ALIGNING OUR COMMENTS AND OUR, AND THE PROPOSED REVISIONS WITH THE IOIG, UH, UH, REPORT THAT WAS, UH, PREPARED AND SUBMITTED, UH, REGARDING THE MOU.

SO I THINK WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.

THE LAST TIME I ADDRESSED YOU, I THINK WE WERE TARGETING TO GET THIS DONE BY THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER.

WE ARE STILL ON TARGET FOR THAT.

UH, I SPOKE WITH MR. HAMNER EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND WE WILL SCHEDULE, UH, A, A MEETING WITH THE WORKING GROUP, WHICH IS, UH, YOUR, I BELIEVE, YOUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND SEVERAL OF OUR STAFF, UH, AS SOON AS WE SUBMIT TO YOU THE FINAL, UH, TWO SECTIONS OF THE MOU.

SO, UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UH, MR. CAMPBELL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD OR MR. POPE.

JOY.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, DO ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MR. TORRANCE?

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UM, IN, UH, ONCE WE DO RECEIVE THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, MY INTENT WOULD BE TO SHARE THEM WITH, UH, OF COURSE ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOC AND, AND, UH, ALSO TO MAKE ANY, UM, FINAL PROPOSED REVISIONS AVAILABLE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INSPECTION WELL IN ADVANCE OF, OF, UH, CONSIDERATION OF, OF AN UPDATED MOU.

UM, BASED ON THE CONTENT OF AT LEAST SOME OF THE REVISIONS THAT I'VE SEEN TO DATE, UM, THERE, THERE DO APPEAR TO BE SOME CHANGES THAT COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE SCOPE, I THINK OF, OF OVERSIGHT PROVIDED BY THE BOC UNDER THE CURRENT MOU.

AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SAY I'LL RESERVE JUDGMENT UNTIL, UH, THAT TOTALITY OF THE CHANGES PROPOSED BY THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, SO WE CAN REVIEW THEM AS A WHOLE.

BUT, UH, I DO APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR DILIGENCE IN, IN MAKING PROGRESS IN MOVING THIS FORWARD.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT HAD, UH, PRIORITY OR DIRECT INVOLVEMENT.

SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

WELL, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.

THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM, SO THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED BY THE BOARD.

UH, AND THANK YOU MR. TORRENS.

HAVE A GOOD DAY.

UH, THE SPEAKERS ARE READY FOR IT.

UH, I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING UP ITEM NUMBER FOUR AT 11 O'CLOCK.

SO WHY DON'T WE MOVE ON IF,

[6. 44 Board District Priority and Region Priority Projects and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]

FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX? ITEM NUMBER SIX IS 44 BOARD, DISTRICT AND REGION PRIORITY PROJECTS.

UH, AND MR. CHO FLOOR IS YOURS.

CONDITION OF THE COMPONENTS, WHETHER IT'S ROOF OR HVAC OR THE FIELD BDP RP PROJECTS ARE DIFFERENT.

GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

SO, FOR BOARD DISTRICT PRIORITY BDP, AND REGION PRIORITY RP PROJECTS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE A TOTAL OF 44 PROJECTS, WHICH ARE LISTED ACROSS TWO PAGES, PAGES OF THIS SLIDE LINE.

GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS, I'LL PROVIDE A SUMMARY BY PROJECT CATEGORY.

THE LARGEST CATEGORY IS FURNITURE SUPPORT WITH 15 PROJECTS OUT OF 44, MOSTLY SUPPORTING BOTH CLASSROOMS AND OUTDOOR SPACES.

ONE OF THESE FURNITURE PROJECTS, UH, SUPPORTS A LIBRARY, WHICH IS THE FIRST ITEM LISTED AT DORSEY HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE 11 FENCE INSTALLATION PROJECTS, PRIMARILY TO, PRIMARILY TO ADDRESS PRIVACY AND SECURITY NEEDS.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE SIX MARQUE PROJECTS.

THREE TO REPLACE EXISTING OUTDATED MARQUES THREE TO INSTALL NEW MARQUES.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE SIX PROJECTS TO PROVIDE PROMETHEAN INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS.

EACH PROMETHEAN DISPLAY, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE, CAN COST FROM 4,000 TO $4,500.

AND THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF CHROMEBOOKS.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE TWO SPACE RECONFIGURATION PROJECTS.

HARMONY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT IS NUMBER, UH, LINE ITEM NUMBER 21, RECONFIGURATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY REASON.

AND FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, THAT'S LINE NUMBER 24, CONVERSION OF A CLASSROOM INTO A E-SPORTS LAB.

WE HAVE ONE AUDITORIUM RENOVATION PROJECT AT COMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LINE NUMBER 34, REPLACING ALL, UH, AUDITORIUM SEATS.

AND THE ONE I HAVE NOT MENTIONED IS, UH, DIA LEE HIGH SCHOOL LINE NUMBER 35.

THAT IS TO INSTALL A SECURE, SECURE ENTRY SYSTEM.

THE TOTAL PROJECT VALUE IS ABOUT $2.3 MILLION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR ANY ITEM? THANK YOU, MR. CHO, DO ANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE ITEMS? PLEASE? UM, WHAT IS THE CRITERIA THAT GETS PROJECTS ON THE PRIORITY LIST? BOTH, BOTH FOR THE BOARD AND REGION PRIORITIES? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

UH, FOR OTHER CRITICAL REPLACEMENT PROJECT, WE HAVE A TEAM EVALUATING THE

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IT'S A BOARD MEMBER, REGION SUPERINTENDENT.

THEY'RE DISCRIMINATION FUNDING.

SO THEIR STAFF AND THEMSELVES MEET WITH EACH SCHOOL THAT THEY ARE MANAGING, AND EACH SCHOOLS PROVIDES THE NEEDS FOR THEIR FACILITIES.

THEN THEY COLLECT THOSE, THEN THEY REVIEW THOSE, UH, SELECTED ITEMS, THEN THEY BRING IT FORWARD TO OUR TEAM, THEN WE DO THE COST ESTIMATE AND BRING FORWARD FOR THIS POC APPROVAL.

SO SELECTION IS DIFFERENT.

SELECTION IS NOT BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE COMPONENT, BUT BASED ON, UH, PRINCIPAL'S NEEDS .

AND THEN FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT AREN'T ABLE TO BE ADDRESSED OR NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SELECTION, IS THERE LIKE A FUTURE PRIORITY LIST THAT'S CREATED? YES, MA'AM.

EVERY, THESE ARE THE MOST, UH, QUANTITY ITEMS WE BRING FORWARD EVERY MONTH.

WE BRING LIKE 40 PROJECTS.

NEXT MONTH I THINK WE ARE BRINGING ABOUT 30 PROJECTS.

SO EVERY MONTH WE'RE BRINGING PROJECTS, BUT THEY'RE SMALL.

BUT SCHOOL NEEDS, UH, DESPERATELY THESE, UH, ITEMS. WELCOME ANY OTHER MEMBERS SPS? UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS MORE OUT OF CURIOSITY.

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE AUDITORIUM SEATS THAT ARE REMOVED? RECYCLED? YEAH, THOSE, UH, AUDITORIUM SEATS.

THE REASON WE REPLACE IS EITHER THEY'RE DETERIORATED OR THERE ARE SAFETY REASONS.

THEY'RE SO OLD THAT HAS A SHARP WOOD STICKING OUT SO THAT WHEN KIDS SIT ON IT AND THEY CAN GET EASILY HURT OR THEIR FINGERS CAN GET HURT.

SO ONCE WE REMOVE THOSE, THEN WE RECYCLE THOSE TO.

UM, AND THEN WITH THE FENCING, YOU'D MENTIONED SOME OF THE FENCING IS PUT IN FOR PRIVACY CONCERNS.

I'VE NOTICED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVE IN AND JUST AROUND THE CITY, I'VE SEEN NEW GREEN, THE GREEN PLASTIC S SLOTTING THAT IS WOVEN BETWEEN CHAIN LINK.

UM, AND I'M WONDERING WHY AND, UM, AND WHAT IT IT, IF THAT IS A, A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS INSTALLING BRAND NEW FENCING OR IF IT'S REPLACING OLD FENCING.

UM, SOME OF THEM ARE REPLACING THE OLD, UH, DAMAGED FENCING.

SOME OF THEM PRIVACY FENCING IS TO PROVIDE MORE SECURITY IN THE AREA WHERE YOUNGER KIDS, EECS YOUNGER STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED THROUGH THE, UH, FENCES SO THAT THEY, A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE OUT THERE SNOOPING AROUND AND SOMETIMES THEY TAKE PICTURES.

SO WE, UH, WANTED TO PROVIDE THE SECURITY BY PROVIDING PRIVACY FENCING.

AND SO IS THAT THE REASON FOR THE GREEN? I MEAN, DO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? THE GREEN SLATS? SLATS? YES.

YEAH, THOSE ARE, SO THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THIS.

THOSE ARE TYPICAL PRIVACY FENCING.

OH, OKAY.

THAT IS WHAT THAT IS.

JUST BASED ON, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY THE CRITERIA, BUT JUST BASED ON ACCOUNTING TREATMENT, THEY'RE NOT THE TYPE OF THING THAT WOULD BE CAPITALIZED.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, IS THIS THE PRIVACY FENCING, IS THAT, IS THAT JUST THE PRIVACY MATERIAL, LIKE THE GREEN SLATS OR TARP? OR IS THAT AN ENTIRELY NEW CHAIN LINK FENCE AS WELL? IT'S ENTIRELY, IT TAKES, UH, SO THE SLATS, YOU CAN PURCHASE SLATS SEPARATELY, THEN IT TAKES ENORMOUS LABOR TO ADD THOSE SLIDES THROUGH EACH CHAIN LINK, UH, THE, UH, CABLE.

SO WE, WHAT WE DO IS, UH, WE DEMOLISH AND RECYCLE THE EXISTING FENCE AND PROVIDE, ALREADY BUILT IN, UH, PRIVACY FENCED CHAIN LINK FENCE.

YOU, UH, MR. CHO, I, MY ONLY QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE, UH, THE TWO PROJECTS INVOLVING CHROMEBOOKS.

SO THE MOST OF THESE ITEMS SEEMED TO FALL PRETTY SQUIRRELLY WITHIN, UM, THE REALM OF, OF ITEMS THAT WOULD BE, I GUESS, CAPITALIZED, RIGHT? AS AS, UH, SITE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, FENCING, UH, DURABLE EXTERIOR FURNITURE, UH, RENOVATIONS OF, OF A FIXED LOCATION LIKE AN AUDITORIUM OR, OR CONVERSION OF A CLASSROOM.

UH, THE DISPLAY BOARDS AT, YOU KNOW, OVER $4,000 A PIECE.

UM, THE CHROMEBOOKS SEEM TO BE IN THE THREE TO $400 RANGE.

UM,

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THEY'D JUST BE EXPENSED IN THE YEAR THAT THEY'RE PURCHASED, UM, BECAUSE OF THEIR NATURE.

SO I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, WHILE, WHILE THEY MAY BE PERMISSIBLE TECHNICALLY USES OF BOND FUNDS, HOW DO WE DETERMINE THAT IT'S, IT'S PRUDENT, I GUESS, TO, TO PURCHASE THESE SORTS OF, UH, SHORT LIFESPAN, PORTABLE, UM, RELATIVELY LOW UNIT VALUE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, UM, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY WHAT IS OVERALL LONG-TERM FINANCING? SO I KNOW, UH, IT'S IN THE BOND LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS BOND FUND TO PURCHASE COMPUTING EQUIPMENT.

THEN WE DO HAVE ITS REP WHO CAN SPEAK ABOUT THE, UH, CHROMEBOOK PURCHASE.

AND FOR THIS SPECIFIC SCHOOLS, PORTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WOOD LAKE COMMUNITY CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHOOL HAS A ONE TO ONE RATIO, UH, EACH CHROMEBOOK FOR EACH, UH, STUDENT, BUT IT FALLS UNDER THEIR ENROLLMENT NUMBER, WHATEVER THEY HAVE, UH, DOESN'T MEET TOTAL ONE-TO-ONE RATIO POLICY.

SO WE ARE BUYING ADDITIONAL, UH, CHROMEBOOKS.

SOME OF 'EM ARE COVERED BY ITS, BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY ITS FUNDING.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU CAN EXPLAIN AFTERNOON BOC MEMBERS? UM, I CAN SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF THE PROJECT, THE BOND FROM THE PROJECT, BUT AS FAR AS THE QUESTION YOU ASKED MR. CAMPBELL ABOUT THE, THE QUESTIONING ABOUT HOW TO PURCHASE DEVICES AND WHAT FUNDS TO USE, WE'LL DEFER THAT TO THE OVERALL, UM, LET'S SAY VEHICLE, RIGHT? OR THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE, THE TEAMS THAT ALLOW US TO BUY DIFFERENT DEVICES.

I KNOW THAT'S AN ONGOING QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THE USE OF THE FUNDS.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT I CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE BOND FUNDED PROJECT, WHICH MAY REPLACE DEVICES FOR WHAT MR. CHO WAS BRINGING FORTH, UH, SPEAKING THAT THOSE DEVICES THAT HE'S LOOKING TO PURCHASE DON'T MEET THE BOND PROJECT CRITERIA, WHICH I CAN SHARE IF YOU LIKE.

UM, I MEAN, THAT WASN'T REALLY, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD? I'M SORRY.

RICHARD ALVAREZ.

ITS SENIOR DIRECTOR.

THANK YOU, RICHARD.

UM, THAT WASN'T REALLY MY QUESTION.

I, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, SO, SO I'M NOT EVEN QUESTIONING, I DON'T THINK I'M IN A POSITION TO QUESTION WHETHER THIS IS A PERMISSIBLE USE OF FUNDS.

I THINK, I THINK THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN A POSITION TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION HAVE DETERMINED THAT IT IS PERMISSIBLE.

SO WE LOOK AT TWO THINGS PERMISSIBLE AND PRUDENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY, UH, IN FROM MANY PERSPECTIVES, THESE WOULD BE CONSIDERED PORTABLE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, NOT, NOT CAPITALIZED, ASSETS WHERE YOU WOULD, UM, ATTRIBUTE A A SUBSTANTIAL LIFESPAN TO THEM.

SO TYPICALLY THOSE SORTS OF THINGS AREN'T FINANCED, RIGHT? THEY'RE, THEY'RE PAID FOR OUT OF OPERATING MONEY AND THEY'RE EXPENSED IN THE PERIOD THAT THEY'RE PURCHASED.

AND SO JUST FROM A PRUDENCE STANDPOINT, I I, I GUESS I, I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, WHY AREN'T WE USING JUST CURRENT PERIOD, YOU KNOW, OPERATING REVENUES RATHER THAN DEBT FINANCING FOR THESE RELATIVELY LOW DOLLAR VALUE, UM, PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.

I WOULD HAVE TO DE REFER THAT QUESTION TO OUR FINANCE TEAM.

WE CAN BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK.

ALL RIGHT.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

UH, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS OF MR. CHO.

UM, THE LINE ITEM NUMBER 24 FOR PACOIMA MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE, UM, CONVERSION TO AN ESPORTS LAB.

CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHAT THAT ENTAILS? I HAVE A, MY YOUNGEST SON IS IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO HE'S INTO ESPORTS.

WE USED TO SAY, WE USED TO GIVE THEM HARD TIME WHEN THEY PLAY GAMES, COMPETING GAMES.

MR. MCFARLAND, YOU KNOW THIS WELL, NOW IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD.

UH, EACH SCHOOL WE STARTED BUILDING ESPORTS LAB.

IT'S A REGULAR C CLASSROOM.

WE'RE CONVERTING THAT TO A ESPORTS LAB, MEANING WE BRING IN MORE INFRASTRUCTURE TO POWER, ADDITIONAL COMPUTERS, COMPUTING DEVICES.

AND YOU CAN SAY THEY'RE PLAYING GAMES, BUT IT, IT IS PART OF THE EDUCATION THESE DAYS.

I'M NOT QUESTIONING THAT.

I, I AM FAMILIAR WITH THAT.

THEY JUST INTRODUCED IT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT MY DAUGHTER IS GOING TO.

BUT MY QUESTION WAS, IS IT HARD WIRING THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN? WE ARE, YES.

WHAT DO YOU, OKAY.

WE ARE PROVIDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE POWER, UH, COMPUTERS AND, UH, THOSE EQUIPMENT, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE AT THIS TIME.

WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? SO WE DO HAVE A SECURE, SECURE ENTRY PROGRAM, BOND FUNDED PROGRAM.

AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, RELATING TO DIMLY HIGH SCHOOL, THE UPGRADING OF THE SECURE ENTRY SYSTEM.

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THIS IS A PROJECT, UH, IF YOU GO TO THE SCHOOL FOR THE SECURE REPURPOSE, THEY HAVE A VIDEO BUZZER.

SO WE PRESS THE BUTTON, THEN THEY CAN SEE YOU, WHO YOU ARE.

THEN THEY ALLOW YOU FOR THE ACCESS.

THAT'S THE SECURE ENTRY SYSTEM.

SO IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, UH, METAL DETECTORS AND THAT NO, IT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THAT.

IT'S NOT.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO KNOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? I MOVE.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

MOVE BY MS. BETS SECONDED BY MS. LURCH MUELLER.

UH, MR. POPE JOY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? THANK YOU.

MR. CAMPBELL MEMBERS, THIS IS THE VOTE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING 44 BOARD, DISTRICT, AND REGION PRIORITY PROJECTS.

THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SIX, MS. BETS.

MR. CAMPBELL I'LL ABSTAIN.

YOU, MS. CARLOS? AYE.

MS. KAISER? AYE.

MS. LURCHER MUELLER? AYE.

MS. LEWIS? AYE.

THANK YOU MR. PETERSON.

UH, THERE WERE 10 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.

THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.

JUST A MATTER OF CORRECTION FOR THE PREVIOUS VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, THIS WAS THE TWO CRITICAL REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADE PROJECTS.

YEAH.

SO, UM,

THERE WERE 11 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES, NOT 12.

UP TO OUR CFE REPORT THEN.

THANK YOU, MR. POP.

JOY, UH, I GUESS WE CAN, ARE WE STILL, ARE WE STILL WAITING ON OR DO WE HAVE? OKAY, WE'RE STILL WAITING.

UH, I GUESS THAT BRINGS US

[7. Chief Facilities Executive’s Report (Information Only)]

UH, MS. TOS, IF YOU ARE READY AND ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE US NOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

BOC MEMBERS, WE WELCOME CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE CHRISTINA TOES, WHO WILL MAKE HER REPORT.

WELCOME AND GOOD MORNING.

PROBABLY GONNA BE BRINGING ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF NEW PROJECTS OUT OF MEASURE US TO THE BOC AND THE BOARD.

MEMBERS OF THE BOC AND A SPECIAL WARM WELCOME TO MS. CARLOS AND MR. PETERSON.

UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU ON THE BOC.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION, UM, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR BOC STAFF OR US AND WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH BACKGROUND TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED.

SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON, UM, BECAUSE AMAZINGLY IT'S ALMOST FEBRUARY, BUT, UH, A 2026 BID.

LOOK AHEAD.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUT TO BID FOR CONTRACTORS TO BID OUT AWARD AND START.

AND THEN ALSO A PALISADES RECOVERY PROJECT UPDATE.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION ABOUT ONE YEAR AFTER THE FIRES, AND THEN YOU PROBABLY SAW THE NEWS WITH PALISADES HIGH SCHOOL RETURNING ON TUESDAY, WHICH WAS, UH, A FANTASTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT.

SO JUST AS A RECAP, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, THESE ARE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GONE TO BOTH THE BOC AND THE BOARD.

WE HAVE ALMOST 1,938 ACTIVE PROJECTS VALUED AT 9.5 BILLION.

THIS IS OUR HANDY PIE CHART THAT JUST EXPLAINS AND, UH, WE'RE ALMOST RIGHT AT HALF THAT WE HAVE ABOUT HALF OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE WHAT WE CALL IN PRE-CONSTRUCTION, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY HAVE NOT STARTED CONSTRUCTION YET.

THEY'VE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

THEY'RE FUNDED, THEY'RE EITHER IN DESIGN, THEY'RE IN DSA, THEY'RE IN PLANNING, UM, BUT THEY HAVEN'T STARTED CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVEN'T PUT THOSE OUT TO BID.

AND THEN WE HAVE 4.8 BILLION THAT ARE ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND JUST SO YOU GET A SENSE OF KIND OF HOW QUICKLY WE KIND OF TURN OVER IN 2026, A BILLION DOLLARS IN THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION AMOUNT WILL GO AND COME OVER TO THE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AMOUNT.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE

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AND THAT WILL REPLENISH THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION SIDE.

SO WE'RE IN A KIND OF CONSTANT STEADY STATE OF BOTH BRINGING PROJECTS TO START DESIGN AND THEN TAKING DESIGN OVER INTO CONSTRUCTION.

SO WHEN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION THIS NEXT YEAR, THE LARGEST ONES ARE FOR THE THREE SCHOOLS THAT WERE DESTROYED DAMAGED IN THE PALISADES FIRE, PALISADES HIGH SCHOOL, MARQUEZ AND PALISADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE'RE LOOKING TO BID THOSE IN MARCH OF 2026.

AND THIS IS THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION VALUE.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS IN THE NEXT PORTION.

AND THEN HERE ARE ALL OF THE, UM, OTHER REMAINING PROJECTS, ABOUT 125, UM, AT ABOUT A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH.

UM, THEY RANGE FROM CLASSROOM UPGRADE PROJECTS, A DA ATHLETIC IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE TWO WELLNESS CLINIC PROJECTS, CLASSROOM REPLACEMENT PROJECTS, UH, EEC, OUTDOOR CLASSROOM PROJECTS.

SO REALLY THE WHOLE GAMUT.

UM, SOME QUITE LARGE PROJECTS, OTHERS VERY SMALL PROJECTS.

UM, ALL OF THOSE WILL BE BIDDING IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT 2027, UM, WE HAVE BOTH DESIGN BID BUILD PROJECTS, AND DESIGN BUILD.

THOSE ARE JUST DIFFERENT CONTRACTING METHODS WE USE, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PROJECT, WE'LL SEE GREEN SCHOOLYARD UPGRADE AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

11 OF THOSE WILL BE BID.

OUR PLAYGROUND CAMPUS AND EXTERIOR UPGRADE PROJECTS.

30 APPROXIMATELY PROJECTS WILL BE PUT OUT TO BID AND ATHLETIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WILL BE PUT OUT TO BID.

AND THEN DESIGN BUILD PROJECTS, THIS IS TYPICALLY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING NEW, NOT, UM, MODERNIZING.

THESE TEND TO WORK WELL AS DESIGN BUILD.

THAT'S WHERE A CONTRACTOR AND AN ARCHITECT FORM A JOINT ENTITY AND DO THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

WE PLAN ON HAVING FIVE PROJECTS THAT WE'D BE LOOKING TO BID.

SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PALISADES RECOVERY PROJECTS IN DETAIL.

UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PHASING ON THESE.

UM, PALISADES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH RETURN TO CLASS ON TUESDAY.

WE HAVE A PHASE ONE PLAN, WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO RETURN IN PORTABLES.

ABOUT 30 CLASSROOMS WERE DESTROYED IN THE FIRES.

WE REPLACED 30 PORTABLE CLASSROOMS. THAT AREA THAT SHOWS PERMANENT BUILDING, PHASE TWO, THAT WAS WHERE PRIMARILY ALL OF THE FIRE DAMAGE WAS.

THAT IS NOW, UM, AN EMPTY FIELD.

AND THEN WE DID EXTENSIVE REMEDIATION IN THE EXISTING BUILDINGS THAT THOUGH THEY WEREN'T, UM, DIRECTLY DAMAGED BY THE FIRE, WE'VE LEARNED THAT A LOT OF REMEDIATION IS REQUIRED TO MAKE THOSE BUILDINGS SAFE AGAIN.

AND THAT WAS ABOUT A YEAR LEFT, A YEAR'S EFFORT OF CLEANING THE HVAC TESTING, WATER QUALITY TESTING, UM, GAS LINE PRESSURE TESTING, AND THOSE ALL PASSED OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CLEARANCE, AS WELL AS OTHER REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS TO BE SAFE FOR OCCUPANCY.

SO PARALLEL TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE THE PERMANENT RECONSTRUCTION.

UM, I'LL GO BACK.

THE PORTABLES ARE, WERE PLACED IN THE BASEBALL FIELD, SO WE NEED TO BUILD A PERMANENT BUILDING, TAKE THOSE PORTABLES OFF AND REPLACE THE BASEBALL FIELD.

SO IN THAT SECTION ZERO ONE AND ZERO TWO, WE'RE DEVELOPING A NEW CLASSROOM BUILDING.

ALSO SOME ANCILLARY FIELD BUILDINGS THAT WERE DAMAGED, DESTROYED IN THE FIRES.

WHEN THOSE ARE DONE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO RESTORE THE NEW BASEBALL FIELD.

AND THIS IS WHAT THE FINAL, UH, MASTER PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE WITH THE BASEBALL FIELDS IN THE NEW CLASSROOM BUILDING.

AND THESE ARE JUST SOME RENDERINGS OF THAT NEW CLASSROOM BUILDING THAT WILL INCLUDE SPECIALIZED CLASSROOMS AS WELL.

WHEN WE GET TO MARQUEZ CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THIS CAMPUS WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THE FIRES.

SO UNLIKE PALISADES, WHERE WE'RE MEDIATING IN EXISTING BUILDINGS, THIS ONE, IT WAS A COMPLETE TEAR DOWN.

ALSO HAS TWO PHASES.

THIS IS A VERY LARGE SITE FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IN PHASE ONE PORTABLES, WHICH IS WHERE YOU SEE, ACTUALLY THAT IS WHERE THE PORTABLES ARE NOW.

THIS SCHOOL WAS ABLE TO RETURN IN THOSE PORTABLES IN SEPTEMBER.

UM, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE REBUILDING THE PHASE TWO PERMANENT BUILDINGS IN THAT SEPARATE AREA.

IT'S KIND OF A TIERED SITE.

AND THEN WE'LL REMOVE THE PORTABLES AND RESTORE THE PLAY SPACE.

SO THIS ONE, UM, THIS IS WHAT THE FINAL SITE PLAN LOOKS LIKE.

WE HAVE NEW CLASSROOMS, LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION, FOOD SERVICES, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AND ELECTRICAL SERVICE UPGRADES.

AND THEN THESE ARE RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT CAMPUS WILL LOOK LIKE.

PALISADES CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THIS IS A MUCH TIGHTER SITE THAN MARQUEZ.

THIS IS AT ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF ACRES.

ALSO, THIS AREA, UM, EXPERIENCED

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A LOT MORE DAMAGE ADJACENT TO IT.

UM, AND LARGE COMMERCIAL AREAS, UM, THAT ARE STILL BEING REMEDIATED.

WE HAVE BOTH PERMANENT AND, UM, NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.

IT'S VERY TIGHT SITE, SO IT WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE BOTH AN INTERIM AND A PERMANENT.

SO THIS SCHOOL REMAINS AT BRENTWOOD SCIENCE MAGNET.

WE ARE GOING TO DO REPAIRS AND UPGRADES TO THE EXISTING BUILDINGS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID AT PALISADES HIGH SCHOOL, MAKING SURE THEY'RE SAFE FOR OCCUPANCY.

AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDING NEW BUILDINGS.

UM, THE SITE PLAN IS FLIPPED, SO THAT MIGHT BE CONFUSING, BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU'LL SEE THE WHITE, UM, ROOFTOPS ARE WHERE THE NEW BUILDINGS ARE GONNA BE.

THE BROWN IS THE OLD HISTORICAL, UM, PORTIONS OF THE CAMPUS THAT WERE NOT DESTROYED IN THE FIRE.

AND THEN THIS IS SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT THESE LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN THE NEXT ONE, THERE WAS A QUICK VIDEO THAT THE DISTRICT'S KLCS PUT TOGETHER.

UM, JUST ACKNOWLEDGING ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR SISTER AGENCIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

FEMA, THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER WHO CLEARED THE SITES STATE COUNTY AS WELL AS PHILANTHROPIC.

SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST PLAY YOU, UM, THIS QUICK VIDEO.

OH, BEFORE I GET TO THE VIDEO, NEXT STEPS.

SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN INTEREST BY THE BOC ON HOW ARE THESE PROJECTS BEING PAID? THEY'RE BEING FRONT FUNDED BY THE BOND.

WE DID BRING THAT TO THE BOND AND TO THE BOARD APPROXIMATELY OVER $600 MILLION.

UM, WE WILL BE REIMBURSED BOTH BY OUR INSURANCE.

FORTUNATELY, THE DISTRICT DID HAVE INSURANCE.

UM, OUR COVERAGE IS $500 MILLION AS WELL AS BY FEMA.

UM, SO WE ESTIMATE THAT THE TOTAL LOSSES ARE GONNA EXCEED, EXCEED OUR INSURANCE COVERAGE OF $500 MILLION.

FEMA PAYS FOR WHATEVER IS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE.

SO WE EXPECT THAT MAJORITY OF THIS WILL BE INSURANCE.

AND THEN, UM, THE REST WILL BE REMAINED, REMAINDER WILL BE BY FEMA.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT INSURANCE AND FEMA WILL BASE THEIR REIMBURSEMENTS ON LIKE KIND REBUILD.

SO YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE, UM, READ ABOUT THE HOMEOWNERS WHOSE HOMES WERE DESTROYED, THAT'S THE SAME TYPE OF, UM, APPLICATION.

THEY WILL ONLY REIMBURSE YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE, UM, TO REBUILD WHAT YOU HAVE UP TO CURRENT CODE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, AT MARQUEZ, THAT BILL, THAT CAMPUS WAS MOSTLY PORTABLES.

THEY'LL REIMBURSE US IF WE WERE TO REBUILD THAT CAMPUS IN PORTABLES UP TO CODE.

THEY WILL NOT NECESSARILY REBUILD RE REIMBURSE US FOR THE FULL COST OF THESE PROJECTS.

UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN INSURANCE PROCEEDS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS TO DETERMINE THE POLICY OF HOW THAT'S GONNA BE DISTRIBUTED, BOTH FOR OUR PROJECTS, BUT AS WELL AS OTHER DISTRICT EXPENSES THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY INSURANCE.

JUST AFTER THE FIRES.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD OTHER SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAD TO TOSS OUT FOOD, WHERE WE HAD TO BRING IN, UM, PORTER PORTABLE AIR FILTERS WHERE WE HAD TO BUS CAMPUSES STUDENTS TO OTHER CAMPUSES.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ATTRIBUTING ALL OF OUR DISTRICT EXPENSES TO INSURANCE AS WELL AS FEMA.

UM, THESE DISBURSEMENTS MOST LIKELY, UM, WILL OCCUR IN 2027 AND BEYOND.

UM, AND WE DO KNOW THAT FEMA APPLICATION DOES TAKE A WHILE.

WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO GET MONEY.

UM, ALL OF OUR PROJECTS, WE HAVE NO ISSUE, UM, ON OUR CASH FLOW AND WE'RE IN THE STAGES WHERE WE'RE USING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN THE DESIGN PERIOD.

ONCE WE START TO BID THESE PROJECTS AND START CONSTRUCTION IS WHEN WE'LL ACTUALLY EXPEND UM, LARGER AMOUNTS UPCOMING PROJECT MILESTONES.

WE ARE ON AN ACCELERATED SCHEDULE FOR THESE PROJECTS DUE TO, IN PART BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE ARCHITECTS HAS AGREED TO, UM, EXPEDITE THEIR REVIEW OF THESE.

AND WE ALSO GOT CERTAIN WAIVERS FROM CQA, UM, COASTAL COMMISSION.

SO WE ARE COMPLETING THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

WE PLAN TO SUBMIT TO DSA IN THE SPRING.

THEY'RE GOING TO TURN IT AROUND BY THE FALL AND WE'LL BE BIDDING THESE PROJECTS IN THE WINTER OF 2026.

ALRIGHT.

RIGHT.

THIS IS THE VIDEO THAT SOMEONE'S GONNA PRESS PLAY TO START.

OH, MAYBE I, TODAY WE STAND TOGETHER IN THE HEART OF THE PALISADES ON THE VERY GROUND WHERE DEVASTATION ONCE STOOD TO CELEBRATE SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY RESILIENCE, RENEWAL, AND THE UNSTOPPABLE SPIRIT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN THE WILDFIRES TORE THROUGH MARCUS CHARTER ELEMENTARY, PALISADES, CHARTER ELEMENTARY AND PALISADES CHARTER HIGH, THEY DID NOT JUST BURN BUILDINGS.

THEY TESTED OUR COURAGE, OUR UNITY, AND OUR BELIEF IN WHAT IS POSSIBLE.

BUT LOOK AROUND YOU NOW.

WHAT ROSE FROM THE ASHES IS NOT JUST BRICK AND MORTAR, IT'S PROOF OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN

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EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND NEIGHBORS COME TOGETHER WITH ONE SHARED PURPOSE TO REBUILD HOPE.

I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, I CAN OPEN THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS.

DO ANY OF THE BOC MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, SIR.

I'LL DIVE OUT THE GATE.

I'VE GOT A, A COUPLE I'LL START WITH IN REGARDS TO PALISADES.

UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE INSURANCE, UH, PAYOUTS AND FEMA PAYOUTS OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT GONNA COVER FULL BUILDING PROJECTS.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE, THOSE PROJECT COSTS ARE GONNA BE COVERED BY INSURANCE AND FEMA? WE DON'T AT THIS TIME.

UM, I THINK WE WILL, THAT IS PROBABLY GONNA BE A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS.

UM, WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT WE HAD INSURANCE OF UP TO 500 MILLION AND THEN FEMA WILL COVER, UM, COSTS AFTER THAT, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REACH A SIZABLE AMOUNT.

BUT REALLY UNTIL WE GET THE FINAL APPLICATIONS AND WE KNOW WHAT THE FINAL COSTS ARE, WHICH WE'LL HAVE A BETTER SENSE WHEN WE GO OUT TO BID, UM, WE PROBABLY ARE HOPEFUL THAT IT'LL BE CLOSE TO AND AS THE YEARS GO ON, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BE MORE AND MORE KIND OF TRUE UP WHAT THAT GAP IS.

YEAH.

AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION, AND THEN KIND OF GO BACK TO YOUR FIRST SLIDE MM-HMM .

UM, THE, THE PIE CHART YOU SHOWED, I I JUST, I NOTICED YOU HAD 706 PROJECTS IN PRE-CONSTRUCTION VALUED AT 4.7 BILLION.

UM, AND THEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION 232 PROJECTS OF 4.8 BILLION.

SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A BIG WIDE DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS.

IS THAT BECAUSE THE PROJECTS IN PRE-CONSTRUCTION OR SMALLER PROJECTS OR THE ONES IN UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR LARGER PROJECTS? OR IS THAT BECAUSE OF CHANGE ORDERS? UM, IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF CHANGE ORDERS.

IT'S BOTH OF YOUR FIRST TWO POINTS.

SO UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE ALMOST ALL OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATIONS, MAJOR MODERNIZATIONS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WHICH ARE OUR LARGE PROJECTS.

UM, I THINK WE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU HAMILTON, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, OUR LARGEST PROJECT AT 400 MILLION.

UM, LINCOLN ROOSEVELT, THOSE ARE OUR LARGEST PROJECTS AND THEY ALL HAPPEN TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THIS TIME.

SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS, OTHERS HAVE JUST STARTED.

BUT BECAUSE WE'RE AGGREGATING EVERYTHING ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE ALL COMING AND SHOWING UP UNDER THE SAME TIME.

THAT NUMBER IS GONNA GO DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF, LET'S SAY, PROJECTS COMING OVER, BUT THEY JUST AREN'T THAT SCALE AND THAT SIZE OF PROJECT.

SO YES, WE HAVE MORE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN HIGHER VALUE, I'M SORRY, LESS PROJECTS WITH HIGHER VALUE UNDER THE, UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND IN PRE-CONSTRUCTION WE HAVE SMALLER PROJECTS, BUT MORE OF THEM NOW.

DOES, DOES THAT MEAN THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE TAKING ON LESS COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATION PROJECTS THESE DAYS? WE ARE, UM, THE DISTRICT IN ITS, I CALL IT WE HAD DIFFERENT PHASES OF, UM, MODERNIZATION PROJECTS.

PROBABLY STARTING ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, 12 YEARS AGO, WE DID THE FIRST

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COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATION PROJECTS.

THIS IS WHEN THE DISTRICT, UM, HAD KIND OF PHASED OUT FROM BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS TO LOOKING AT OUR LEGACY CAMPUSES AND THE WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE THERE.

UM, WE'VE SINCE DONE KIND OF THREE ITERATIONS OF COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATIONS.

WE DID ROUND ONE OF COMP MODS, WHICH I THINK WAS 11 PROJECTS, THEN WE HAD SEVEN PROJECTS OF COMP MODS VERSION 2.0.

THEN WE HAD MAJOR MODS AND WE'RE GONNA SHIFT INTO SEISMIC MODS.

SO THERE WERE A LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED BETWEEN KIND OF THESE PHASES.

THE BIGGEST LESSON IS, IS THAT WE TOOK OFF PROBABLY TWO.

WE BIT TOO MUCH OFF AT THESE LEGACY PROJECTS.

UM, BUT THEY WERE ALSO, THE NATURE OF THESE PROJECTS WERE WE WENT TO SCHOOLS THAT WERE HISTORIC, HAD HIS SEISMICALLY, VULNERABLE, HISTORIC BUILDINGS, AND THEN WE RETROFITTED THEM AND IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION TO MAKE.

WE TOOK THE REASON WHY THEY WERE SO EXPENSIVE IF WE WENT TO THE CAMPUSES THAT HAD THE WORST CONDITIONS AND WE ADDRESSED THEM.

SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE NOT GONNA BE BACK AT HAMILTON, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE BACK AT ROOSEVELT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE BACK AT VENICE HIGH.

BUT WORST FIRST MEANS YOU'RE KIND OF TAKING ON THE BIGGEST AMOUNT OF WORK.

AND IT WAS VERY COSTLY.

UM, AND WE HAD, I THINK THE LESSON LEARNED THERE WAS IS WE HAD THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY'RE OPERATIONAL AND WE DON'T CLOSE DOWN HIGH SCHOOLS WHEN WE GO TO FIX IT, IS THEY HAD MULTIPLE PHASES.

SO SIX, SEVEN PHASES WHERE YOU PUT IN PORTABLES, YOU PUT THE STUDENTS IN PORTABLES, THEN YOU DEMO A CLASSROOM, THEN YOU BUILD A CLASSROOM AND THEN YOU BUILD A NEW GYM AND THEN YOU TEAR DOWN THE OLD GYM AND THEN YOU MOVE KIDS INTO THE NEW GYM.

AND THERE WAS A LOT OF RISKS THAT OUR CONTRACTORS WERE TAKING AT, AT A VERY VOLATILE TIME IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

SO WE JUST SAW CONTRACTORS BEING TENTATIVE ABOUT TAKING ON THAT WORK.

UM, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO GUESS ESTIMATE WHAT PRICES OF STEEL WERE GONNA BE IN FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, AFTER COVID OR DURING COVID, THAT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.

SO BOTH FROM THE CONTRACTING C COMMUNITY AND FROM OUR IMPACTS TO SCHOOLS, WE KIND OF DECREASED THE AMOUNT OF SCOPE THAT WE WERE GONNA TAKE ON.

MAJOR MODS ARE LESS COMPREHENSIVE THAN COMPREHENSIVE MODS.

AND YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE IN THIS NEXT ROUND, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON WHAT'S CALLED LIFT SLAB BUILDINGS AND SEISMICALLY VULNERABLE BUILD BUILDINGS.

AND REALLY HAVING ALSO THOSE CONVERSATIONS OF HOW MUCH DO WE WANNA TAKE ON.

OBVIOUSLY THE MORE WE DO AT ONE SCHOOL, THE LESS SCHOOLS WE GO TO, THE LESS WE DO AT A SCHOOL, UM, THE LESS WE DO AT A SCHOOL.

SO IT'S ALWAYS A BALANCE.

THAT'S AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT.

CARLOS, DID YOU HAVE, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MS. TOKS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BRINGING STUDENTS BACK TO PE HIGH.

THANK, I KNOW IT MAKES EVERYBODY VERY HAPPY.

UM, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT CARTE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE MAGNET.

UM, LET'S SEE, CARTE ELEMENTARY.

I WAS A PARENT AT KARTHA FOR 11 YEARS.

IT WAS A LONG STRETCH AND, UM, THERE'S A $10 MILLION BARRIER REPLACEMENT PROJECT THAT BEGAN IN JUNE OF 2024, MAKING THE CAMPUS ACCESSIBLE.

UM, THE INITIAL ANTICIPATED COMPLETION WAS Q2 OF 2025.

CONSTRUCTION IS STILL UNDERWAY.

AND JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REST OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THE PROJECT INCLUDES CAMPUS WIDE WORK IMPACTING CLASSROOMS, HALLWAYS, BATHROOMS AT THE PLAYGROUND, A BALL FIELD, A PARKING LOT.

UM, YET THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY WAS NOT GIVEN INFORMATION ABOUT STATUS OR TIMELINE IN OVER 16 MONTHS.

UM, CARTE HAS A REALLY ENGAGED PTA AND A VOLUNTEER WORKFORCE THAT HELPS MAINTAIN AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, A NATIVE GARDEN, FRUIT TREES, AND A CHICKEN COOP.

IT'S A VERY UNIQUE SCHOOL.

UM, ALSO SIGNIFICANT.

THIS BARRIER REMOVAL PROJECT INCLUDED THE REMOVAL OF FOUR MATURE TREES, INCLUDING TWO 20 PLUS YEAR OAK TREES THAT PROVIDED CRITICAL SHADE ON OUR ASPHALT ASPHALT PLAYGROUND.

UM, SO PARENTS AND COMMUNITY HAD BEEN WATCHING THE PROJECT CLOSELY AND ADVOCATED FOR ADDITIONAL GREENING ELEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH USD'S, GREEN SCHOOLYARDS FOR ALL POLICY.

UM, SO THIS LEADS TO MY QUESTION, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE HY PROJECT AND WHAT IS FSDS PROTOCOL FOR KEEPING COMMUNITIES INCLUDING PARENTS, UM, INFORMED DURING PERIODS OF CONSTRUCTION CONFLICT? SO I'LL TELL YOU THE, WHAT I KNOW ABOUT KARTHA OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

UM, AND I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE TO THIS, UH, TO THE BOC PREVIOUSLY WHEN HY WAS UNDER DESIGN AND THERE WERE, UM, ISSUES OR CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT THE TREES.

UM, JUST TO RECAP FOR YOU, I THINK THERE WERE FOUR TREES THAT THE DISTRICT REMOVED.

UM, THE PROJECT AT HY IS AN ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT.

UM, IT IS A TWO STORY HISTORIC CLASSROOM BUILDING.

THERE IS NO ELEVATOR THERE.

UM, AND THE DISTRICT HAD TO FIND A WAY TO, UM, BOTH PROVIDE AN ELEVATOR AS WELL AS TO MAKE BATHROOMS, RAMPS.

UM, AT THIS CAMPUS,

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THE LOCATION OF THE ELEVATOR WAS IN AN AREA WHERE THERE WERE TWO TREES.

UM, WE LOOKED AT OTHER AREAS TO PLACE THIS ELEVATOR AND FOR SOILS CONDITION AS WELL AS TO KIND OF PRESERVE THE HISTORICAL KIND OF FRONT FACADE.

WE LOCATED IN THAT AREA.

WE DID REPLACE MORE TREES THAN WE REMOVED.

UM, AND THERE WAS INTENSIVE, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS DURING THAT DESIGN PROCESS TO BOTH EXPLORE HOW WE COULD ADD MORE TREES AND ADDRESS THE VERY VALID CONCERN AT THAT SCHOOL SITE OF WHEN WE REMOVE TREES.

IN REGARDS TO THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROJECT, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE DELAYS ON THE ELEVATOR SIDE.

UM, WHAT I CHECKED WITH MY TEAM, AND I WASN'T AWARE THAT THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT NOT GETTING UPDATES, IS THAT THERE IS A NEWSLETTER OR BULLETIN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO GO OUT WITH THE LATEST UPDATE ON THE SCHEDULE.

THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS A SOILS MITIGATION THAT NEEDED TO OCCUR IN THE AREA THAT THEY EXCAVATED, UM, THE, UH, THE SHAFT FOR THE ELEVATOR, WHICH MEANS I THINK WE HAD TO REPLACE SOME OF THE SOIL AND REMEDIATE THE SOILS.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE DELAYS.

UM, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY'S INFORMED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH THAT.

WE ALWAYS WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS AWARE OF ANY DELAYS AND IMPACTS TO THE SCHOOL SITE, SO I'LL FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE IF THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE WORD THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT.

YEAH, I DO WANNA SAY THE PROJECT IS, IT'S SHAPING UP NICELY.

IT LOOKS GOOD, AND I KNOW THE ELEVATOR PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED BECAUSE IT IS A HISTORIC BUILDING, BUT AS IT'S SHAPING UP, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT DISRUPTIVE.

UM, OF COURSE THE COMMUNITY WAS VERY SAD ABOUT LOSING THE TREES, BUT, BUT I KNOW SIX, I THINK SIX TREES, NEW TREES ARE PLANTED.

WE KNOW IT'LL TAKE MANY YEARS BEFORE THOSE TREES PROVIDE SHADES.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING OF COURSE THAT, THAT THE CAMPUS CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH.

BUT, BUT YES, I THINK MY, MY MAIN POINT THAT I WANNA GET ACROSS IS, IS THE LACK OF INFORMATION.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS PARENTS, WE HAVE THE GARDEN WHERE VOLUNTEERS ARE WORKING ON A DAILY BASIS TO KEEP ANIMALS ALIVE AND PLANTS ALIVE.

AND SO UPDATES HAVE BEEN CRITICAL, UM, EVEN IN TALKING TO TEACHERS AT TIME WHERE TEACHERS DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEIR CLASSROOMS WERE GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO NORMAL BECAUSE OF THE ENTRYWAYS.

AND SO, UM, I THINK INFORMATION, REGULAR INFORMATION TO, TO PARENTS AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE, UM, TO REALLY APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING.

BECAUSE I KNOW THE CAMPUS ALWAYS ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTED THE WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE.

AND IT'S WONDERFUL.

DURING THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION, A STUDENT, UM, BROKE HER LEG AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO GO UP TO HER CLASSROOM, OF COURSE, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A SECOND STORY BUILDING.

SO HAVING THIS ELEVATOR WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT AND, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE IT.

UM, BUT I THINK JUST INFORMATION THROUGHOUT CONSTRUCTION, WHETHER IT BE KARATE IS NOT JUST ABOUT CARTE ANY CAMPUS.

I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE KEPT AWARE OF DETAILS AND TIMING.

I AGREE.

WITHIN FACILITIES, BUT WITH ALSO WITHIN KIND OF OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU, MS. CARLOS.

ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANY OTHER MEMBERS? UM, I WILL, UH, JUST ADD AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MEDIA CONTINUES TO, UH, FEATURE STORIES ABOUT, UH, THE CHANGING ENROLLMENT DYNAMICS OF THE DISTRICT AND THAT TRAJECTORY THERE.

UM, AND SO I KNOW IT CONTINUES TO BE FRONT AND CENTER FOR A LOT OF US.

UM, ANY, UH, I GUESS FROM MORE OF A STRATEGIC STANDPOINT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE POTENTIAL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE FACILITIES PORTFOLIO THAT WE HAVE WOULD OBVIOUSLY IMPACT WHERE WE'RE SPENDING RESOURCES.

DO, DO YOU HAVE, AT A HIGH LEVEL, ANY, ANY UPDATE FOR SORT OF WHAT THAT, THAT PROCESS MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF, OBVIOUSLY DISTRICT POLICY MAKERS, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WEIGH IN AND MAKE SOME, SOME DECISIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW.

UM, BUT HOW, HOW, I GUESS, DOES THAT PROCESS ROLL UP TO THE STRATEGIC FACILITIES PLAN AND, AND, AND YOUR PLANNING FOR THESE THINGS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LONG TERM, YOU, YOU GOTTA, YOU, YOU'RE TRYING TO GUESS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN 3, 5, 7, 10 YEARS OUT.

HOW, HOW DOES THAT INTERFACE WITH YOUR PROCESS AND, AND SORT OF YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF, OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT OUR FACILITY DOLLARS? SURE.

SO WE, UM, ALWAYS LOOK AT ENROLLMENT TRENDS WHEN WE PLAN OUR PROJECTS.

UM, SOME PROJECTS LIKE THE ELEVATOR PROJECT, UM, WE MIGHT NOT BE AS GRANULAR BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT SCHOOL, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THE ENROLLMENT SLIGHTLY DIPS OR NOT, THERE'S STILL A NEED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE STUDENTS ARE THERE.

AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR LARGER PROJECTS, LIKE OUR COMPREHENSIVE OR MAJOR MODERNIZATION PROJECTS WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY TOUCHING THE CAPACITY OF A SCHOOL AND HOW MANY CLASSROOMS ARE THERE, WE ALWAYS PROJECT BOTH WHAT THEIR CURRENT ENROLLMENT IS AND WHAT ITS FORECAST TO BE IN 10 YEARS.

SO WE'RE NOT BUILDING BACK MORE CLASSROOMS THAT ARE NEEDED AND WE'RE NOT USING BOND FUNDS TO BUILD CAPACITY WHERE WE EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE LESS CAPACITY.

UM, AND THAT'S A, A KIND OF DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY

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WE HAVE A STRATEGIC ENROLLMENT AND PLANNING OFFICE, UM, THAT WE COORDINATE WITH THE LOCAL DISTRICTS WHO INFORM US ABOUT THEIR PIPELINES FOR PROGRAMS TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OPERATING IN A VACUUM.

SO THAT'S, WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

UM, IF THE DISTRICT HAS DISCUSSIONS TO DO SOMETHING, UM, I THINK MORE, UM, FOCUSED AT LOOKING AT PARTICULAR SCHOOLS, OBVIOUSLY FACILITIES WOULD BE INCLUDED AND WE'D PROVIDE OUR INPUT.

NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, MEMBER, UH, OBERGFEL HAS JOINED US AND IF I COULD ASK YOU PLEASE TO APPEAR ON ZOOM AND, UH, STATE WHETHER THERE ARE ANY OTHER ADULTS PRESENT IN THE ROOM WHERE YOU ARE ATTENDING.

HI THERE.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS JENNA LEE OBERGFEL.

I AM CURRENTLY BY MYSELF IN A CONFERENCE ROOM AND THERE ARE NO OTHER ADULTS PRESENTING WITH ME.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU AND GLAD YOU COULD JOIN THE MEETING.

UH, I THINK THAT BRINGS US BACK AROUND TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

[4. Amendment to the Information Technology Services Strategic Execution Plan to Approve the Campus Safety Systems (Camera Systems), Phase 2 Project]

DO WE HAVE, UH, THE FOLKS READY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF ITEM FOUR? IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO.

SO WE WILL WELCOME UP MEMBERS OF THE ITS TEAM.

THIS ITEM IS THE ITS CAMPUS SAFETY SYSTEMS, CAMERA SYSTEMS PHASE TWO PROJECT.

UH, I UNDERSTAND.

WE'RE JOINED BY KIM KENNEDY, SENIOR DIRECTOR ITS, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

MORNING, GOOD MORNING.

FLOOR IS YOURS AS YOU SAID.

UM, GOOD MORNING.

BOC MEMBERS.

I THINK IT'S STILL MORNING.

UH, MY NAME IS KIM KENNEDY AND I'M, UH, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN ITS.

TODAY WE BRING FORWARD, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO THE IT STRATEGIC EXECUTION PLAN TO APPROVE CAMPUS SAFETY SYSTEMS. PHASE TWO.

NOW WE'D LIKE TO PLAY A VIDEO FOR YOU.

SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY AT L-A-U-S-D, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ASSET PROTECTION AND CREATING SECURE ENVIRONMENTS.

INTRODUCING UPGRADED CAMERA SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.

OUR STATE-OF-THE-ART CAMERA SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT DISTRICT ASSETS, DETER CRIME, AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR FACILITIES 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM PREVENTING BURGLARIES AND ARSON TO DETERRING THEFT AND VANDALISM.

OUR ADVANCED SYSTEMS PROVIDE REAL TIME OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

WITH THESE IMPROVEMENTS, WE ARE NOT JUST PROVIDING PROTECTION, BUT FOSTERING SAFE ENVIRONMENTS.

L-A-U-S-D, PROTECTING OUR SCHOOLS, SECURING OUR FUTURE.

SO CAMERA SYSTEMS ARE CRITICAL OR CRUCIAL TO ADDRESSING SAFETY CONCERNS AND VULNERABILITIES IN OUR SCHOOLS.

SAFEGUARDING DISTRICT ASSETS AND PROPERTIES, PROPERTIES IS FUNDAMENTAL IN CREATING POSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS FACE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES DUE TO OUTDATED AND MALFUNCTIONING CAMERA EQUIPMENT OR THE ABSENCE OF CAMERA SYSTEMS ENTIRELY.

OUR GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO MODERNIZE SAFETY CAMERAS ACROSS 250 2K 12 SITES AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO A SECURE DIGITAL STORAGE, EXCUSE ME, SECURE DIGITAL STORAGE SYSTEM.

UM, THIS WILL ALLOW SCHOOL POLICE OR LAPD, UM, L-A-S-P-D TO UH, VIEW, UH, CAMERA FOOTAGE IF AN INCIDENT ARISES, SCHOOLS WERE SELECTED BASED ON WHAT WE CALL TECHNOLOGY CONDITION INDEX.

THIS IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS TCI INCLUDED IN TCI IS THE AGE OF THE EQUIPMENT, THE NUMBER OF SERVICE TICKETS OR SERVICE CALLS, ISTAR DATA SUCH AS BURGLARY AND VANDALISM INCIDENTS, C SCORES, AND THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SURVEY.

THE SCHEDULE, THE, THE SCHEDULE IS ESTIMATED TO COMPLETE BY DECEMBER OF 2028 WITH ALL 252 SCHOOLS.

AND WE'RE UTILIZING BOND FUNDS THE TUNE

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OF $87.4 MILLION.

SO WE'LL BEGIN DESIGN UPON BOARD APPROVAL AND FUNDING ALLOCATION AND EXPECT TO START CONSTRUCTION AS EARLY AS JULY OF 2020, UH, EXCUSE ME, OF THIS YEAR.

OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM BY DECEMBER OF 2028.

AND THAT'S THE CONCLUSION TO MY PRESENTATION.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS? SIR? I'M ALWAYS GONNA HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, SO TWO QUESTIONS ACTUALLY.

UH, FIRST ONE IS, IS DO ANY OF THESE, UH, NEW SYSTEMS THAT ARE PUT IN, ARE ANY OF THEM UTILIZING AI SOFTWARE OR TECHNOLOGIES AS FAR AS MOD TO MONITOR THE FOOTAGE? I ASK 'CAUSE MY COMPANY DOES THE SAME.

SO IT, IT, IT INCREASES THE FUNCTIONALITY OF, OF A CAMERA SYSTEM.

WE DO HAVE AI COMPONENTS THAT ALLOW US TO, UM, MONITOR PERIMETERS OF THE CAMPUS AND TRIGGER A NOTIFICATION TO SCHOOL POLICE IF SOMEBODY, SORRY, IF SOMEBODY ACTUALLY ENTERS THE CAMPUS.

THERE ARE OTHER, OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE USE BUT USUALLY DON'T TURN THEM ON.

UNDERSTOOD.

MY OTHER QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE LIST OF SITES, UH, TWO, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO, I BELIEVE.

HOW ARE THOSE PRO THOSE SITES SELECTED OR PRIORITIZED? I, AND AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL I'LL PUT IT, I ASK MY SON, ATTENDS, UH, LOS FIELD STEM MAGNET.

THERE ARE, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO EXISTING CAMERAS AT THAT SITE YET.

I SEE.

IT'S NOT INCLUDED.

SO MY, MY QUESTION IS, IS HOW ARE, ARE CERTAIN SITES BEING PRIORITIZED OVER OTHERS? IS IT RANDOM? HOW DOES THAT SELECTION PROCESS WORK? YEAH, SO IT'S BASED ON THE AGE, THE AGE OF THE CURRENT EQUIPMENT.

UH, SO THERE ARE QUITE A FEW SCHOOLS, UM, THAT HAVE CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT ARE MALFUNCTIONING.

AND SO WE MADE THAT THE PRIORITY.

AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS THE NUMBER OF SERVICE REQUESTS THAT THOSE EXISTING CAMERAS GET.

THERE'S ALSO ISTAR DATA, SO IF THERE'S BURGLARY OR VANDALISMS, THOSE, THOSE ITEMS ARE ALSO, THOSE SCHOOLS ARE ALSO PRIORITIZED.

AND THEN THE C SCORE AND THEN THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SURVEY THAT GOES OUT TO SCHOOLS.

SO THAT'S HOW WE SELECT 'EM AND WE RANK ALL THOSE ELEMENTS AND DETERMINE WHAT SCHOOLS GET CAMERAS BASED ON THE FUNDING THAT WE, THAT'S AVAILABLE.

JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MR. SULLIVAN'S QUESTION, DO DO WE KNOW APPROXIMATELY NOT HOLD YOU TO IT, HOW MANY CAMPUSES, UH, DO NOT HAVE ANY CAMERA SYSTEMS AT ALL AND, AND UH, AFTER THIS 132 CAMPUS, STILL 132 CAMPUSES STILL WILL NOT HAVE CAMERAS.

AND THEN, UH, I THINK YOU COVERED THIS, BUT JUST JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR.

YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS, THESE NEW SYSTEMS PROVIDE THE ABILITY FOR LA SCHOOL POLICE WHEN THEY'RE RESPONDING TO AN INCIDENT TO VIEW, UM, VIEW SITE FOOTAGE.

IS THAT, IS THAT LIKE IN REAL TIME, SO TO HELP THEM IF THEY, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A WORST CASE TYPE OF SITUATION WHERE THEY NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, WHERE A THREAT WAS ON THE YES.

REAL TIME QUESTIONS FROM OTHER MEMBERS? YES.

MS. CARLOS? UM, I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE THE MAJORITY OF THE CAMERAS POSITIONED TO PROTECT THE PERIMETER OF THE CAMPUS OR IS A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE ALSO ON THE INTERIOR? MOST OF THE CAMERAS GO IN THE PERIMETER OF THE CAMPUS, BUT THERE SOME CAMERAS THAT GO IN HALLWAYS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOVE BY MR. SULLIVAN.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

SECONDED.

UH, MR. POPE JOY, WE HAVE UH, MOVED AND SECONDED.

ITEM HERE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MR. CAMPBELL.

MEMBERS, THIS IS THE VOTE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, UH, TO APPROVE THE CAMPUS SAFETY SYSTEMS, PHASE TWO PROJECT MS. BETS.

MS. CARLOS? AYE.

MS. KAISER? AYE.

MS. LURCH MUELLER AYE.

THANK YOU MS. LEWIS.

THANK YOU MS. OBERGFEL.

THANK YOU MR. PETERSON.

AND MR. CAMPBELL? AYE.

COUNT 12 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES AND THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.