May 19, 2026 Facilities &amp; Procurement Committee

GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT'S THREE.

WELL, NOW IT IS ACTUALLY 3:02 PM ON TUESDAY, MAY 19TH.

WELCOME TO TODAY'S FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE MEETING.

IT'S THE LAST MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

UM, AND, UH, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO'S JOINING US AND INCLUDING A FEW FOLKS WHO ARE REMOTE.

UM, THE, I THINK WE HAVE A, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT KIND OF JUST REMINDS US OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK.

OH, IS THIS ME? I HAVE IT.

I, THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO.

UH, WE'RE HERE TO JUST EXAMINE DISTRICT FACILITIES AND PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, UM, TO PROMOTE PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AND AWARENESS, IDENTIFY BARRIERS, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE CURRENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES.

UM, TODAY WE'RE GONNA START, UH, WITH A PRESENTATION FROM ALEX O'BRIEN ON THE STATUS OF OUR SHADE STRUCTURE PROJECT.

UM, THIS PRESENTATION WAS PUSHED FROM OUR LAST MEETING DUE TO TIME, SO THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR FLEXIBILITY.

THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO THE PRESENTATION ABOUT PROCUREMENT.

UM, WE HAD, WE HAD A PRESENTATION LAST TIME ABOUT PROCUREMENT ON THE NON FACILITY SIDE.

AND SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA LEARN ABOUT PROCUREMENT ON THE FACILITY SIDE AND HOW WE CRAFT REQUESTS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROPOSALS.

FOLLOWING THAT, WE'RE GONNA HEAR AN UPDATE, SOME SIMILAR TO SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD SAW LAST WEEK AT OUR BOARD MEETING ON THE LEASING AND CIVIC CENTER SYSTEMS. UM, I BROUGHT A RESOLUTION TO KIND OF OVERHAUL THE WAY WE, UH, INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC WHEN IT COMES TO LEASING FACILITIES, UM, FOR EVERYTHING FROM, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS TO SPORTS LEAGUES.

UM, AND SO WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN FINALLY, I HAVE COMPILED SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT I THINK HAVE COME FROM THIS COMMITTEE OVER THE YEAR THAT WE WILL DISCUSS, UH, AND THEN I'LL SHARE THEM WITH THE FULL BOARD AND THE DISTRICT TEAM TO ADDRESS, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE COVERED, UH, AND WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO GUIDE OUR CONVERSATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR NOW, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A, LOOKS LIKE A ROBUST LIST OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE GET STARTED.

AND I DON'T KNOW, ALEX, MAYBE I'LL PUT YOU IN THE HOT SEAT BECAUSE I WAS GONNA TO ASK MS. TOS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY ON THE AGENDA ABOUT OUR HOUSING INITIATIVE, UM, BECAUSE ONE OF THE AREAS OF INTEREST FOR ME IN THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN EMPLOYEE HOUSING.

UM, AND I THINK THE COMMITTEE IS AWARE, THE DISTRICT CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF NEED, DID AN ANALYSIS OF LIKELY SCENARIOS, HIRED A CONSULTANT TO CRAFT AN RFP, UM, AND THAT RFP IS NOW DELAYED.

AND I KNOW SOMEONE WAS GONNA SPEAK JUST BRIEFLY ON THE UPDATE OF THAT EFFORTS IN AN UPDATED TIMELINE.

SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO, MS. OBRIEN, LIKE THIS SECOND? SO I'LL DO MY PRESENTATION.

I'LL TEXT THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE, GET THE INFORMATION.

SO YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY IS WHEN IS THE RFP GOING OUT? YEAH, WE JUST WANTED, UH, I WAS HOPING AT THIS FINAL MEETING, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SUBMISSIONS, BUT THE, THE BI, THE RFP HAS BEEN DELAYED.

UM, AND SO WANTED AN UPDATE JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT.

AND I'LL GET THAT.

I THINK AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE WE SHIFTED AGAIN OUR SCHEDULE TODAY TO POSITIVELY CHRISTINE AND I, CHRISTINE.

OH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SCHEDULED TODAY FOR THE, NOT THE OKAY, GOT IT.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, UM, SITTING WITH YOU GUYS.

SO WE WILL, YES.

I'M LESS WORRIED.

[II.1. Update on Shade Over Play Projects]

UM, OKAY.

THEN WE WILL, UH, WE'LL START WITH OUR FIRST PRESENTATION FROM ALIX ON SHADE, AND THEN WE WILL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH MS. TOES.

UM, AND THIS, THESE PRESENTATIONS FOR THE COMMITTEES AND THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT ARE GONNA CONTINUE UNTIL WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED OUR COSTS AND TIMELINE OF SHADE.

AND I THINK WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS, UM, WHICH ALIX CAN TALK ABOUT.

UM, AND ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IS GONNA BE EVEN SOME MORE ADVOCACY.

WE HAVE SENATOR STERN WHO HAS A BILL RIGHT NOW IN SACRAMENTO THAT HE'S HOLDING TO KIND OF HELP US FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT'S THE A DA REQUIREMENTS OR THE BUNDLING OF CERTAIN PROJECTS, ET CETERA.

SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO AIX FOR HER PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM THE COMMITTEE AROUND QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

THAT'S TWO SHADE SHELTERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GLAD TO BE HERE TALKING ABOUT SHELTER, UH, OVER PLAY THIS TIME.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SHADE AND SHADE STRUCTURES AND TREES, BUT NOW WE'RE GONNA SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SHADE OVER PLAY STRUCTURES.

IT'S A SPECIFIC PROGRAM.

AND THE DESCRIPTION IS, WE'VE GOT A $40 MILLION ALLOCATION.

WE ARE GOING TO START WITH 49 PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT REQUIRE, UH, SHADE OVER THE PLAY EQUIPMENT.

AND YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF PLAY EQUIPMENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE PLAY STRUCTURES WE HAVE AND THE SHADE.

AND YOU CAN SEE

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SO THE OTHER UPGRADES, AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THESE COSTS BECAUSE THEY DO ADD TO A PROJECT COST, IS WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY AT SOME OF THESE SITES OF HAVING TO REPLACE THE PLAY MATTING BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S USEFUL.

LIFE IS OVER.

SO WE ADD THAT IN WHEN WE DO THESE PROJECTS.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO REPAIR THE PLAY STRUCTURES.

UH, SOME, ALL THE PROJECTS HAVE AN A DA ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENT AT 20% PER THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, NO MORE THAN 20%.

AND THEN AS WE'VE TALKED TO THE PAST ABOUT SHADE SHELTERS, SOMETIMES WE HAVE SOIL CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE REFERRED TO AS A LIQUIFACTION ZONE.

IT'S AN UNSTABLE SOIL CONDITION, AND WE HAVE TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER AND PUT IN A MORE ROBUST FOUNDATION TO MEET THE SEISMIC CODES THAT WERE REQUIRED.

SO THAT'S A SUMMARY.

SO WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING AS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE? UM, SO WE DEVELOPED AN APPROVED AND HAVE APPROVED, UH, AN APPROVED PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY THAT WE DEVELOPED LAST FALL.

WE HAVE 49 PROJECTS, AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR THE FIRST 49 PROJECTS.

WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED DUE DILIGENCE.

SO WE'VE INITIATED GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE FIRST EIGHT LIQUEFACTION ZONE SITES, AND WE'VE COMPLETED DUE DILIGENCE AND SITE VISITS AT 20 SITES.

SO WE'RE BRINGING NEXT WEEK TO THE BOC, THE FIRST SEVEN PROJECTS IN A BUNDLE OF PROJECTS, AND IT'LL GO TO THE JUNE BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE HERE.

WE'VE CONDUCTED MARKET RESEARCH AND OUTREACH TO THE SHADE SHELTER WITH THE SHADE SHELTER MANUFACTURERS.

WE'VE GOT FIVE TO SIX MANUFACTURERS THAT WE BELIEVE CAN COMPETE WITH A PRODUCT THAT, UH, THEIR PC CHECKED AND THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN UTILIZING AT OUR SITES.

I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION IS HOW WE GOT THERE, BECAUSE OF COURSE, LET'S LOOK AT THE PIE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHART.

THERE ARE 53 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT ALREADY HAVE OR HAVE A PLANNED SHADE SHELTER OVER A PLAY STRUCTURE.

THAT'S ONLY 11% OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

THESE 49 WOULD BRING ANOTHER 10%.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE GREAT NEED OF 79%, 387.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE SHADE SHELTERS, I MEAN, HAVE PLAY STRUCTURES WITHOUT SHADE.

SO THAT'S THE BIG PICTURE.

SO HOW DID WE DECIDE WHEN YOU HAVE, WHEN YOU'RE ONLY GONNA INCREASE IT BY 10% OR A LITTLE BIT MORE, HOW DO YOU DECIDE? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE DECISIONS WAS WE WOULD EQUALLY DISTRIBUTE THE PROJECTS ACROSS ALL SEVEN BOARD DISTRICTS.

AND THE SECOND THING WAS, WELL THEN HOW DO YOU CHA CHOOSE? SO FIRST OF ALL, WE SAID OUR MINIMUM ENROLLMENT IS GONNA BE 250 STUDENTS.

AND THEN WE, UM, LOOKED AT PERCENTAGES OF SHADE OVER THE STRUCTURES, I MEAN, OVER THE SITE IN GENERAL, BUT WE ACTUALLY RANKED IT BY STUDENT EQUITY NEED INDEX, WHICH IS A FORMULA THAT THE DISTRICT USES.

IT INCLUDES PERCENTAGE OF ENGLISH, UH, USERS, GRADUATION RATES, ABSENTEEISM.

IT'S A, IT'S A FACTOR THAT WE USED TO MAKE A DECISION.

SO HERE'S THE LIST.

WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THAT YOU READ ALL OF THESE, UM, IN DETAIL FROM THE SCREEN, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE RED COLUMN IS THE SEMI INDEX.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THESE SITES HAVE BETWEEN 80, UM, AND 97% BASELINE TEMPERATURE ISSUES.

I MEAN, 88 DEGREES TO 90 SOME BASELINE TEMPERATURE.

UM, WE LOOKED AT THAT, BUT WE DIDN'T FACTOR IT.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE LAST TIME AS I WAS HERE.

SO CAN WE LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SHADE, SHADE SHELTER CONFIGURATIONS THAT WE WOULD USE 30 BY 40, 30 BY 60, OR TWO 30 BY FORTIES, OR SOME COMBINATION.

NOW, WE DID NOT DISCOVER ON

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THE FIRST SEVEN OF THESE THAT THIS ACTUALLY WORKED.

AND HERE'S THE OTHER BEAUTY OF A SYSTEM LIKE THIS, AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY WHERE YOU BREAK IT UP INTO GROUPS IS EVERYTHING YOU LEARN, YOU CORRECT THE NEXT TIME.

SO WHAT DO WE ALREADY KNOW? THAT THE PERFECT IDEAL THAT WE COULD USE ALL 30 BY FORTIES AND JUST BY A WHOLE BUNCH OF 'EM AND PUT 'EM ON A SHELF IN A WAREHOUSE HASN'T YET WORKED.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T BUY SOME 30 BY FORTIES, RIGHT? SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT SHOULD WE PURCHASE SOME AND PUT THEM IN A WAREHOUSE THAT DECISION'S NOT MADE.

SO WE'RE GONNA BUNDLE THE PROJECTS.

SO THIS IS HERE, HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DEVIATION FROM WHAT WE THOUGHT WE'D DO IN THE FALL.

WE'RE GONNA BUNDLE THEM IN SIX, FOUR TO EIGHT DIFFERENT, UM, SITES.

THE CONCEPT HERE IS THAT THEY ARE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER SO THAT YOU RUN TWO CONTRACTORS THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

CONTRACTOR COMES THROUGH, DIGS THE HOLE, POURS THE CONCRETE, PUTS UP THE STRUCTURE, THE SEPARATE CONTRACTOR COMES THROUGH AND DOES THE A DA WORK.

OKAY? THAT'S THE CONCEPT WE'RE STARTING WITH.

AND TO BE EFFICIENT, WHICH SHOULD SAVE MONEY BECAUSE IT SAVES TIME AND MONEY, YOU'RE GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATING THESE SO THAT THEY CAN EASILY MOVE FROM SITE TO SITE AND DO THEIR WORK.

WE ALSO, TO BE EFFICIENT, WE HAVE TWO SETS.

WE HAVE GROUPS THAT HAVE NO LIQUEFACTION AND GROUPS THAT HAVE LIQUEFACTION.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONTRACTORS DOING DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORK.

SO THAT SHOULD BE BUILD EFFICIENCY, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE NON-LIQUID FACTION SITES.

UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO CONTRACTORS.

WE TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURERS, THE VENDORS WHO SUPPLY THIS TYPE OF PC SHADE SHELTER.

WE KNOW WE HAVE FIVE TO SIX OF THOSE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH FOR THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE STRUCTURE.

AND WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY OF CONTRACTORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS SIDE, SIDE, UH, SCALE OF WORK.

AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL MEET WITH THEM BEFORE WE BID SO THAT WE'RE ALWAYS MAKING SURE THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

ARE YOU INTERESTED? WE MAKE PHONE CALLS.

WE WORK WITH PROCUREMENT.

KEEP THAT INTEREST UP BECAUSE YOU NEED TO, ONCE WE START, WE GOTTA KEEP GOING.

SO, SITE SURVEYS AND TESTING.

AS I SAID, WE'VE GONE TO 20, WE'VE DONE 20 SITE SURVEYS THAT ARE COMPLETED.

WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING ON ANOTHER GROUP.

UM, WE HAVE TWO TEAMS WORKING ON THIS.

YOU HAVE A DESIGN MANAGEMENT SIDE, AND YOU HAVE A CONSTRUCTION SIDE.

EVEN THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE IS VISITED AS OF LAST WEEK, 13 OF THE SITES.

SO THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN BE IN LOCKSTEP.

UH, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE 15 IN THAT PHASE, AND WE'RE BRINGING THE FIRST SEVEN TO THE BOARD, THE VOC AND THE BOARD, AS I MENTIONED.

AND THEN WE GO INTO DESIGN, DSA APPROVALS, TYPICAL BIDDEN WARDEN CONSTRUCTION.

BUT I WANT YOU TO GET A SENSE OF THE 49.

HOW MANY ACTUALLY MOVING RIGHT NOW? OKAY, SO HERE'S THE GROUP OF THE FIRST SEVEN.

AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THEY'RE ACROSS THREE DIFFERENT BOARD DISTRICTS, BUT THEY'RE ALL LOCATED GEOGRAPHICALLY WITHIN A ZONE OF EACH OTHER.

SO THEY'RE IN THREE, FOUR, AND SIX.

ORIGINALLY, WE HAD PLANNED TO DO ONE IN EACH, YOU KNOW, CONCEPTUALLY WE SAID, OH, WE'RE GONNA DO ONE IN EACH, UH, BOARD DISTRICT, BUT THEN YOU'D BE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THE EFFICIENCY OF AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.

BUT THEY'RE ALL GONNA DELIVER WITHIN PROBABLY A SIX TO SEVEN MONTH PERIOD IF WE CAN KEEP THIS UP AND MOVE WITH THE CONTRACTORS THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

OKAY, QUESTIONS.

I SEE DAVID, UM, YEAH, ALEX, I'M CURIOUS.

THIS IS A, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, SO THE NORTH IS GONNA BE THE FIRST GROUP, SO WE WOULD GET A CONTRACTOR GEOGRAPHICALLY THAT'S THERE? NO, NO.

THE CONTRACTORS, CONTRACTORS COME, COME FROM ANYWHERE THAT'S EFFICIENT FOR THEM, THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED.

SO THE CONTRACTOR MIGHT HAVE AN OFFICE IN THE SOUTH, BUT HIS SUPERINTENDENT LIVES IN THE NORTH, OR HIS SUPERINTENDENT LIVES IN THE EAST.

BUT THESE PEOPLE LIKE THE, THE, THE, THOSE WHO IN WHO PROVIDE AND INSTALL THESE, UM, SHADE STRUCTURES THEMSELVES, THEY HAVE CREWS THAT DO THIS.

THEY HAVE WORKING CREWS THAT WORK

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TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO THEY'LL JUST GO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

THE REASON I ASK IS 'CAUSE I, SO I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, WOULD IT, WOULD IT SAVE US MORE MONEY TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR DO A CERTAIN AREA AND THEN A DIFFERENT ONE DO A CERTAIN, OR IS IT BETTER TO JUST GET ONE CONTRACTOR TO FILL THE WHOLE OH, NO, THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT.

EVERY, EVERY GROUP WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT COMPETITION.

SO THE FIRST SEVEN WILL HAVE TWO CONTRACTORS, ONE, TWO SUPPLY AND INSTALL THE SHADE SHELTER, AND THE SECOND TO DO THE 80 A DA WORK.

BUT THE SECOND GROUP COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT SHADE, SHELTER, VENDOR INSTALLER, AND A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR.

SO EACH TIME IT'LL BE COMPETITIVELY BID AS YOU GO THROUGH.

I HAD ONE MORE, ONE MORE QUESTION.

THE, THE A DA ACCESSIBILITY.

SO THAT'S BECAUSE THE A DA LAWS OR REQUIREMENTS HAVE CHANGED SINCE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT IN 10 YEARS AGO, A A A, A JUNGLE GYM, WHATEVER, AND NOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED, SO THEN WE HAVE TO GET THAT REASSESSED OR SOMETHING.

NO, WE'RE NOT TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN COMPLIANCE.

IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PLAY STRUCTURE ITSELF.

IT'S THE ACCESS TO THE PLAY STRUCTURE.

THE, SO YOU'RE WORKING ON EXISTING SITES, AND THEY COULD HAVE BEEN, THE SCHOOL COULD HAVE BUILT, BEEN BUILT IN THE TWENTIES, THIRTIES, FORTIES, SEVENTIES, EIGHTIES, NINETIES.

SO YOU JUST HAVE TO BRING UP A PORTION OF THE ACCESS ON THE SITE TO CURRENT CODE.

SO UP TO 20%.

SO LET'S JUST SAY FOR, LET'S JUST SAY THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS $250,000, THEN YOU'D HA YOU HAVE TO SPEND NO MORE THAN 50,000 ON THE ACCESSIBLE ROUTE.

AND THAT ACCESSIBLE ROUTE CAN BE TO THE FRONT DOOR AND TO A DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

BUT IF WE'RE TALKING A SHADE STRUCTURE, IT'S, IT'S ON THE PLAYGROUND, CORRECT? YES.

AND ISN'T THAT ALREADY A FLATTENED LEVEL SURFACE, TYPICALLY, YEAH.

BUT THE, THE ACCESSIBILITY IS ABOUT THE ENTIRE SITE ACCESSIBILITY.

SO I WILL FLAG, UM, CURRENTLY THIS IS SOMETHING CURRENTLY, YES, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE EXPLORING BECAUSE ONE, WE ARE, UM, AND I KNOW ALEX AND OR MS. O'BRIEN, MS. TOES CAN SPEAK TO IT AND IT WILL BE ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT WE'RE HAVING THE DISTRICT LOOK INTO A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE IS, GIVEN FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, THERE ARE 49 OTHER STATES THAT HAVE TO INTERPRET THEM.

SO HOW ARE THEY INTERPRETING THEM? AND WHERE COULD WE MAYBE FIND MORE FLEXIBILITY? AND THEN TWO, WHAT ARE THE STATE REQUIREMENTS? 'CAUSE THE BILL THAT WE HAD, SENATOR STERN RUN A FEW YEARS AGO CAPPED IT AT 20%.

AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S MORE THAT WE CAN DO.

UM, BECAUSE TO MR. RAMIREZ'S POINT, YOU KNOW, THE, WELL, THERE ARE A FEW, ONE THAT THE FEDERAL, AS I UNDERSTAND THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS TALK ABOUT, UM, ALTERATIONS TO MAJOR STRUCTURES.

YOU COULD ARGUE THAT SHADE IS NOT A MAJOR STRUCTURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OR IS THAT A LEGISLATIVE CARVE OUT WE WOULD WANT.

BUT ALSO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF CERTAIN STATES INTERPRET IT AS ACCESSIBILITY TO THE STRUCTURE.

IN THIS CASE, THE PLAYGROUND, WHERE YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'RE USUALLY ON ALREADY ACCESSIBLE PLOTS ABOUT CAMPUS, OR, HEY, IT'S DISTRICTWIDE.

SO I'M JUST FLAGGING THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S COMING OUTTA THIS COMMITTEE.

ACTIVE, ACTIVE, THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE UPDATES IN THE FALL.

SO THOSE, THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS THEN.

BUT THANK YOU.

'CAUSE THOSE, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING.

AND I'LL NOTE THAT, THAT RANDY JOHNSON AND NICOLE FEFFERMAN ARE BOTH ON LINE, AND RANDY, I THINK HAS A QUESTION.

SO WE'LL GO TO HIM AND THEN GO FROM THERE.

UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN.

UM, UH, THE, THE AVERAGE COST OF, OF YOUR FIRST BATCH, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? PER, UH, PER PLAYGROUND? UM, $520,000.

ALL COSTS.

NOT THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, ALL COSTS FOR THE PROJECT.

THAT'S THE CURRENT ESTIMATE.

TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS IS OUR, OUR CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.

AND THEN THE, THE SCOPE FOR THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, UH, HE'S GETTING A COMPLETED SET OF STRUCTURAL PLANS.

UM, AND HOW MUCH OF THAT FIVE 20 IS RELATED TO THE GENERAL CONTRACT? WELL, AS CURRENTLY CONCEIVED, WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTORS.

ONE IS THE SHADE SHELTER CONTRACTOR.

HE COMES ON THE SITE, HE DIGS THE HOLE, HE PUTS THE REINFORCING STEEL IN, HE POURS THE CONCRETE, HE ERECTS THE FRAME, HE PUTS ON THE CANOPY.

THAT RANGES FROM 200,000 TO 250,000.

THE A DA COMPLIANT COMPLIANCE PART IS ONLY A PORTION.

SO IF IT'S 250,000, THE A DA CONSTRUCTION COSTS IS APPROXIMATELY 50,000.

SAME CONTRACTOR,

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TWO DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS FOLLOWING EACH OTHER SITE TO SITE.

THE, THE, THE SCOPE OF EACH CONTRACTOR AS FAR AS TIMING, IS IT, IS IT A 30 DAY, 45 DAY 60? WHAT, WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF TIME THEY'RE OUT THERE? WE'RE USING A FOUR, FOUR MONTH INSTALLATION FOR EACH SITE, FOR BOTH CONTRACTORS.

THAT'S OUR CURRENT ESTIMATE.

SO EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE A SHADE STRUCTURE.

FOUR MONTHS.

SO THEY, THEY OVERLAP THE TWO CONTRACTORS, TWO CONTRACTORS WITHIN FOUR MONTHS START TO FINISH.

AND WHAT WOULD YOU, WHAT WOULD YOUR GUESS BE AS FAR AS THE MATERIAL PORTION OF THIS, IF YOU BROKE IT DOWN BETWEEN MATERIAL, LABOR, PROFIT? WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MATERIAL IS? A COST OF THIS? IF I'M TALKING JUST THE SHADE STRUCTURE, IT RUNS FROM 120 TO 191,000 IN TODAY'S NUMBERS, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE.

SO FIVE 20 TO PUT SOMETHING IN, THAT'S 191.

IS THAT THE WAY TO LOOK AT IT? NO, BECAUSE I'VE GOT, UM, THE SHADE STRUCTURE ITSELF IS, THAT'S THE OFF THE SHELF AMOUNT.

AND THEN I'M ADDING A DA AND I'M, UH, ADDING, UH, GENERAL CONDITIONS.

SO LET ME JUST TALLY IT UP.

1 91 FOR THE SHADE STRUCTURE.

50 FOR A DA RIGHT.

GC OVERHEAD AND PROFIT.

HOW MUCH IS THAT CHANGE ORDER CONTINGENCY? I AND I, HOW MUCH IS GC OVERHEAD AND PROFIT? OH, I DON'T HAVE THAT IN MY HEAD, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT'S 64% HARD COST TO SOFT COST IN THE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES AVERAGE ACROSS THE SEVEN.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT, BUT OKAY.

IF YOU PHRASED IT DIFFERENTLY, YOU'RE SPEND, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE A DA, LET'S ASSUME IT'S MATERIAL, UM, 240,000 OF MATERIAL AND OF A 520 ALL IN COST YEAH.

OFF THE SHELF.

OR SOMEONE WHO'S GONNA BE OUT THERE FOR FOUR MONTHS, TWO CONTRACTORS FOLLOWING EACH OTHER.

PUT UP A FENCE, DIG A HOLE, POUR, PUT THE REINFORCING IN, POUR THE CONCRETE, INSTALL THE STRUCTURE, PUT ON THE SHADE, AND DO THE A DA AND CLEAN UP THE SITE.

RANDY, IS THAT HELPFUL? YEAH, IT, IT, IT JUST SEEMS OFF THE FACE OF IT, 520 GRAND TO PUT ON A $190,000, YOU KNOW, ITEM JUST, IT JUST SEEMS THE OTHER COSTS ARE KIND OF ADDING UP.

SO I, I WAS SAYING AVERAGES, AND MOST OF THOSE ARE MORE EXPENSIVE, SO I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

SO FIRST OF ALL, OF THE SEVEN, ONLY ONE OF THEM HAS ONE 30 BY 40 OR TWO OF THEM.

ONLY ONE OF THEM IN THIS FIRST GROUP HAS A 12 FOOT HIGH AT THE EDGE.

THE REST OF THEM ARE HIGHER STRUCTURES TO CLEAR THE EXISTING PLAY STRUCTURE.

SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A RANGE IN COST.

AND THEN ONE OF THE PROJECTS HAS, UM, WE'RE REPLACING THE PLAY MATTING.

WELL, I, SO IT'S, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A WHILE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE WORKING ON SAVING.

I GUESS MY QUESTION MORE IS LIKE, HOW MUCH ARE YOU SAVING WITH THESE STRATEGIES OR WHAT PERCENTAGE OR, I DON'T KNOW.

STRAIGHT COST.

I MEAN, YOU HAVEN'T BID IT YET, SO YOU'RE NOT, RIGHT.

SO YOU'RE, WHEN WE BID IT WE'LL KNOW, BUT APPROXIMATELY, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL, I DIDN'T ANALYZE IT THAT WAY.

WE JUST PUT THE PLAN TOGETHER.

WE TALKED TO THE CONTRACTORS, WE TALKED TO THE DIFFERENT VENDORS.

UM, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW LONG THE AVERAGE CREW IS NEEDED TO PUT THIS STRUCTURE IN PLACE, WHICH IS PART OF THE DRIVER.

IT'S JUST LIKE FOR METRICS AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THE COMMITTEE IS WOULD BE, RIGHT.

AND WELL, EXACTLY.

AND I THINK THIS, THIS SCOPE, AND SO WE TALKED TO THE VENDORS ABOUT HOW MANY CREWS THEY HAVE AND HOW MANY, HOW MANY, HOW FAST CAN THEY MOVE AND HOW DO THEY TYPICALLY MOVE? AND THAT'S HOW WE BUILD THE FOUR MONTH.

NO, AND I GUESS FROM LIKE WHEN WE STARTED TALKING TO YOU IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, YEAH.

AND TO GET TO THIS PLACE.

WELL THAT, AND THAT WAS, I WAS BRINGING YOU GENERIC PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T PART OF A PROGRAM.

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT HERE, PROJECT THERE, PROJECT HERE, DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.

THEY WERE

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THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AS SYSTEMATIC AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT.

I MEAN, THERE'S A FEW THINGS.

ONE 20% OF THESE PROJECTS.

SO IN THE EXAMPLES THAT RANDY, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU'RE TALKING A HUNDRED K ON ON ONE, THE 500 K PROJECT IS THE A DA THING.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S NECESSARY AND WHAT'S NOT.

SO MORE ON THAT TWO IS 120 K TO 190 K STILL.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO EXPLORE.

AND I KNOW IT'S A PROCUREMENT THING, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO ONLINE, IF YOU GOOGLE DSA APPROVED STRUCTURES FOR CALIFORNIA, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY RANGE FROM 20 5K TO 80 K.

I MEAN, AND WE'RE YOU PUT IN, UM, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE NEED.

SO I ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN WE ARE THE LARGEST GAME IN TOWN AND WE CAN BUY, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THESE IN BULK, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT 190 K JUST FOR THE MATERIALS.

WELL, THOSE ARE VERY LARGE AND THEY'RE USUALLY TWO, TWO STRUCTURES.

NOW, THE OTHER DIFFERENCE IS, OH, AND I TOTALLY FORGOT INCLUDED IN THERE ARE THE GO BACK TO AN IMAGE.

BUT AS YOU'RE DOING THAT, THOSE YELLOW THINGS, YOU HAVE TO BUY THAT SEPARATELY TOO.

THOSE ARE THE, THOSE PROTECT THE CHILDREN FROM RUNNING INTO THE POLLS.

YEAH, BUT I'D STILL WANNA, I MEAN, OKAY, SO AS WE CONTINUE THIS IN THE FALL, SO SEE HOW BIG THAT IS, BUT LET, LET FINISH.

I KNOW, BUT AS WE CONTINUE IN THE FALL MM-HMM .

YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT AND WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A LIST AND I'LL, I'LL MAYBE HAVE MR. FRIEDMAN LOOK AT IT TOO, BUT LIKE, CREATIVE SYSTEMS.COM, PLAYGROUND PROS, PLACE, LIKE ALL THESE THINGS ARE ADV.

SO EITHER THEY'RE FALSELY ADVERTISING, WHETHER THEY'RE SELLING, OR YOU'LL TELL ME THE CATCH.

BUT THIS IS KIND OF LIKE IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONTEXT, WHEN THE BEST PRICING WE GET FROM APPLE FOR LAPTOPS ARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IF I GO TO THE APPLE STORE WITH AN EDUCATOR DISCOUNT.

WELL, THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT STRUCTURES.

AND THE, THE FIVE TO SIX VENDORS WE TALKED ABOUT, THEY'RE ALL WITHIN THE SAME RANGE.

AND IS THAT THE TOTAL UNIVERSE OF VENDORS THAT WE HAVE IN CALIFORNIA THAT ARE, HAVE WE DONE A, UM, THERE ARE 11 TOTAL AND WE'VE TALKED TO FIVE OR SIX, WE TALKED TO SIX OF THEM.

THERE ARE 11 DSA APPROVED SHADE VENDORS IN THE STATE, I GUESS THAT HAVE A SIZE CREW THAT CAN SUPPORT US.

I DON'T KNOW IF MATT WANTS, I'M SURE THESE ARE UNION CONTRACTORS, BUT THE, THE MATERIALS SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT.

ESCALATION.

NO, BUT THAT'S AN, YOU'RE TALKING JUST INSTALLED PRICE.

THAT'S AN INSTALLED PRICE.

THAT'S AN INSTALLED, IT'S AN INSTALLED PRICE.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

BUT WHAT ABOUT IT'S LABOR INCLUDED? YEAH.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT MAYBE IF IT'S HELPFUL? UM, THE, THE DISTRICT HAD A, A TASK ORDER PURCHASE ORDER MASTER CONTRACT, UM, FOR I THINK TWO SEPARATE SHADE STRUCTURE COMPANIES.

THAT MASTER CONTRACT EXPIRED RECENTLY IN LIKE THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

AND WE'VE HAD IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UM, WE DIDN'T REALLY UTILIZE IT.

UM, THE INTENT OF THE DISTRICT IS TO GO BACK OUT TO MARKET.

AND SO I THINK AT THAT POINT WE REALLY GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF MARKET PRICING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE DISTRICT SIZE AND SCOPE.

UM, AND WE CAN PROBABLY COME BACK WITH THE RESULTS OF THAT PROCUREMENT ONCE IT'S DONE RIGHT.

ONCE IT'S BID.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE USING THE PRICES AS THEY STAND.

BUT I GUESS AGAIN, JUST IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, WHY WE WOULDN'T GO OUT AND SAY WE'RE GONNA DO A, A MEETING, WHATEVER, A SOLICITATION, AN INFORMAL SOLICITATION FOR ANY TSA APPROVED SHADE STRUCTURE COME, THE LARGEST DISTRICT IN THE STATE THAT'S RIGHT.

IS TRYING TO SPEND $40 MILLION ON THIS, COME AND HEAR WHAT'S OUT THERE, PRE-APPROVE THEM AND SEE IT.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE 120 TO 190 K.

IT COULD BE WHAT, WHAT'S NOT GONNA BE 120 TO A HUNDRED JUST FOR THE MATERIALS? IT COULD BE LESS THAT, THAT IS A CATALOG PRICE.

WELL, I WANNA SEE THIS CATALOG.

WE JUST BID ONE.

WE JUST BID ONE A SMALLER ONE, A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT JUST FOR THE MATERIALS.

THE FOUR, THE, THE, THE CONCRETE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE, THE REINFORCING, YOU CAN'T SEE.

WELL, THE, BUT THE CONCRETE ISN'T THAT PART OF THE INSTALLATION AS OPPOSED TO THE RAW.

I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE THING WE PUT ON TOP, WHAT YOU CAN SEE ABOVE, THEY SAID THE CONCRETE IS PART OF THE MATERIALS THAT WE BUY FROM THIS VENDOR.

THE CONCRETE.

SO ALL THESE ONES THAT I'M FINDING THE OPTIONS FOR DSA TO H SHADES SOLUTION, THE PRICES THEY'RE QUOTING HERE, ZOOM, RECREATION SUPERIOR SHADE.COM, PARK PLANET.COM, MIRACLE RECREATION, EVERY PRICE THERE INCLUDES CONCRETE.

I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO KNOW THAT LIKE WE'RE, WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

SO AFTERWARDS, YOU CAN SHOW THAT I, I, I GOOGLED DSA APPROVED CALIFORNIA SHADE STRUCTURES.

I GUESS THE QUESTION COULD BE, CAN THE, CAN THE DISTRICT BUY THE MATERIALS FOR THE CONTRACT? RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPLORING IN THE SECOND GROUP WHEN THEY'RE MORE GENERIC.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE ONES THAT I'VE SHOWN IN THIS ARE THEY'RE SIMPLE RECTANGLES, RIGHT? OR SIMPLE SQUARES.

WHEN THEY'RE MORE GENERIC.

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TWO SQUARES OR TWO REC RECTANGLES.

UM, SO YOU'LL SEE YOU HAVE MORE POSTS THAN A FOUR POST OR A FOUR COLUMN SYSTEM.

AND SO THAT COSTS MORE MONEY TOO, JUST TO GET AROUND THE STRUCTURE.

NOW THAT HAS A LOT OF ROOM AROUND IT.

UM, MS. NUBO, SO QUESTION, DO WE HAVE INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST, RIGHT? WE WANNA BE ABLE TO LOOK YES AND SAY, 'CAUSE OTHERWISE WE GIVE OURSELF THE HIGH END AND THEN THAT BECOMES THE FLOOR FOR ANYONE ELSE WE GO TO.

IS THAT NOT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OR WHEN THEY'RE BID, THEY, THEY ALL WANT THE WORK AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU THE BEST PRICE THEY CAN GIVE YOU BASED ON THE MATERIAL COST AND THEIR LABOR COSTS.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS MATERIAL AND LABOR COST.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PROJECT AT FIVE, RIGHT? YES.

SO IF WE WANTED TO CAPTURE ITEMS AT A LOWER COST, WHICH WOULD BE TODAY VERSUS THREE YEARS FROM NOW TO BUY IN BULK.

SO YOU, YOU COULD BUY 'EM NOW MM-HMM .

AND SO THAT'S, I GUESS WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE COST FOR MATERIAL? BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA CEMENT THEM TODAY.

WE'RE GONNA BUY THEM FOR FORESEE PROJECTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IDENTIFIED.

SO HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT COST IS, QUOTE UNQUOTE WHOLESALE COST FOR US AS THE DISTRICT PRIOR TO INSTALLATION? SO COST CHANGE ALL THE TIME IN THIS MARKETPLACE.

SO WE COULD GO OUT AND BUY A WHOLE BUNCH OF 30 BY FORTIES.

LET'S SAY WE BUY A 30 BY 40 FOR HALF OF THEM.

IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GONNA USE IT FOR HALF OF THEM.

YOU MIGHT.

WELL, I MEAN, WE COULD GO, I MEAN, YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THEM.

SO I MEAN, WE CAN LOOK AND SEE THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE AREAS THAT WE NEED.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND CATEGORIZE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED, THAT'S OUR CONCEPT.

AND WE JUST STARTED ON THE FIRST SEVEN, BUT THIS FIRST SEVEN HAVE SOME U UNIQUE CONDITIONS.

SO SEE HOW THEY'RE BACK TO BACK TWO REC, TWO RECTANGLES TOGETHER.

ACTUALLY, TO COVER SOME OF THE PLAY EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY, WE CAN'T DO 'EM BACK TO BACK.

WE HAVE TO SKEW THEM.

MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED TO RESPOND TO THE SPECIFIC PLAY EQUIPMENT IN PLACE.

SO, BUT IN, IN TERMS OF CONCEPT, THE WHOLE CONCEPTIVE IS EVERY WE BUDGET BUDGET AND THEN WE COMPETITIVELY BID.

SO THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS SHOULD BRING YOU THE LOWEST COST.

AND BECAUSE WE'RE BUNDLING AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SEVEN OF THEM, THEY MIGHT EVEN REDUCE THE COST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

THEY HAVE TO ANALYZE THAT.

BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING ON THE FRONT END TO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING, YOU KNOW, , BAMBOOZLED, I CAN'T FIND ANOTHER WORD, UM, IN WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AHEAD OF THE GAME, MEANING THAT WE'VE ALREADY MEASURED STRUCTURE AREAS.

WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE, I MEAN, I'M NOT EVEN SAYING THE WHOLE 49, JUST SAYING IF YOU DID IT IN PHASES, RIGHT? WE DID TWO PHASES.

ONE PHASE IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS SEVEN RIGHT NOW WE GOT 14 UP AND WE KNOW OF THESE 14.

WE KNOW THE SPACE, WE KNOW THE SIZE OF THE, THAT WE NEED SO THAT WE COULD GET THE WHOLESALE COST.

BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING IN A CATALOG RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE SAYING THAT 120 K IS THE LOW END, BUT THEN WE'RE SEEING OTHER MODELS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THAT.

HOW, WHERE ARE WE GETTING THAT NUMBER FROM? WHERE, WHY IS IT THAT NUMBER SOLD THE DISPARITY AFTER THE, AFTER THE MEETING.

I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT NICK IS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT COMPARED TO WHAT THE TEAM WHO BUILDS THESE, WHO DESIGNS AND BUILDS THESE THINGS IS SHOWING ME.

I WILL LOOK AT THAT.

AND WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF SHADE SHELTERS.

NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN 25,000.

SO HAD WE LOOKED AT OTHER FACILITIES LIKE REC AND PARK AND THE CITY, WHO PROVIDES ? I I TALKED TO THE CITY OF, I MEAN, UH, SANTA MONICA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY HAD THE SAME PRICES OR MORE.

SO IS A SCHOOL DIFFERENT FROM THE CITY OR MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN CALIFORNIA? WELL, I TALKED TO SANTA MONICA SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MEET DSA REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE CITY HAS TO MEET.

GOT IT.

SO THE CITY, THEY'RE STRICTER.

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AND THEN DAVID, IF YOU QUESTION, THEN WE CAN WE'LL MOVE ON.

RANDY, UH, QUICK, QUICK QUESTION.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR'S PROFIT WILL INCLUDE A MARKUP ON MATERIALS AND AND LABOR.

WHY WOULDN'T YOU JUST MAKE IT A CONDITION OF THE BIDDING THAT THE CONTRACTOR, THAT L-A-U-S-D IS GOING TO BE SUPPLYING THE MATERIAL AND UM, UH, THEREFORE LIMIT WHAT THAT UH, WHAT THAT PROFIT IS ON THAT GC OVER HIDDEN PROFIT IS ALSO COMPETITIVE.

SO WELL COMPETITIVE, BUT I MEAN, THERE'RE, THERE'RE IF YOU STRIP OUT THE MATERIAL AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GONNA BE BUYING THAT SEPARATELY AND SUPPLYING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME, OH YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

IF, IF WE BOUGHT THAT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE RANDY? IS THAT WHAT WHAT YOU YEAH, THAT IF WE BOUGHT IT, IT'D BE A DIFFERENT FORMULA.

ALL I'M SAYING IS I, I THINK YOU, YOU'D SEE A SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS IF YOU DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE LOOKED AT IT AND WE BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE THESE QUICKLY AND THEN WE'LL COMPARE THEM.

AND THEN IF WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THEM WHERE WE CAN BUY THEM IN ADVANCE, LIKE MS. NEWBELL IS SUGGESTING, IF WE CAN BUY A BULK OF THEM, WE WILL DO THAT AND SHELVE THEM AND COMPARE THE PRICE TO SHE SHELVING AND MOVING IT.

YOU WOULDN'T HONESTLY.

SO WE'VE DONE THESE THINGS BEFORE, BUT WE USED IN AND, AND NOT IN AS SIMPLE.

SO IT'S NOT A GREAT EXAMPLE.

WE HAVE IN THE PAST BOUGHT IN BULK WAREHOUSED AND THEN INSTALLED, BUT WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS USED EVERYTHING WE BOUGHT AND THEN IT SITS IN THE WAREHOUSE UNTIL WE CAN SELL IT OR USE IT.

SO THERE ARE SOMETIMES THINGS THAT DON'T WORK THAT WELL, ESPECIALLY IF CODES CHANGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I HEAR YOU.

BUT YOU KNOW WHY, WHAT YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, I MEAN IF YOU HAVE, YEAH, IF YOU HAVE 10 PROJECTS, YOU'RE INITIALLY DOING BUY FOR 10, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET A DISCOUNT FROM SOME OF THESE MANUFACTURERS FOR THAT LARGE OF AN ORDER.

YEAH, THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE RAISED AND THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW.

MR. FRIEDMAN MIGHT WANNA CHIME.

SO WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT 20 OF THE SITES AND THE FIRST SEVEN WE WANNA KEEP MOVING.

WE WILL FIND SOME EFFICIENCY IN THE NEXT GROUP AND POSSIBLY BUY SOME AND SHELVE THEM.

IT'S STILL AN OPEN CONVERSATION AND JUST, BUT WE STILL WANTED TO MOVE AS QUICKLY WITH THE FIRST SEVEN.

AND, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, UH, A SOLICITATION FOR SHADE STRUCTURES HASN'T BEEN RELEASED, SO, AND WHY NOT? SO THAT'S BEING WORKED ON AS WE SEE THAT'S RIGHT NOW CURRENT.

YEP.

AND, AND THE INTENT, JUST SIMILAR TO THE LAST ONE, WAS THAT WE HAD PRICING SPECIFIC TO THE SHADE STRUCTURE ITSELF AS WELL AS PRICING TO INCLUDE INSTALLATION.

UM, AND I THINK THE INTENT WOULD BE TO HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT ALONGSIDE DELIVER ON, YOU KNOW, DELIVER AS NEEDED.

A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AROUND HOW WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE ITEMS FOR INSTALLATION.

SO WE'RE OPEN TO BOTH METHODS, BUT AS TIME IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT, WE'RE MOVING WITH THE FIRST SEVEN IN A STRATEGY THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE EFFICIENT TO DELIVER AN END PRODUCT THAT THE STUDENTS CAN USE.

SO WITH THE, THE PROGRESS TO DATE HERE YOU HAVE THE PLANNING AND SO IT TALKS ABOUT PRIORITIZATION, THE METHODOLOGY.

ARE WE HAVING A PLAN IN MIND OF WHEN THIS PROGRAM ENDS OR WHAT IS THE PHASE OF THIS PROGRAM? HOW DO WE LOOK AT THIS? IS THIS A 15 YEAR PROGRAM? IS IT OH, NO, NO, NO.

WE SAY NO FAST, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN.

SO I'M ASKING LIKE, WHAT IS THE PHASE? LIKE WE ARE GONNA SEE SEVEN DONE, WE ANTICIPATE FOUR MONTHS EACH.

WE ANTICIPATE THOSE SEVEN TO BE DONE.

AND THEN WHAT IS THAT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THE PROGRAM LAYOUT LOOK LIKE? BACKWARDS PLANNING.

SO CONSTRUCTION STARTS IN 2027 IN CONSTRUCTIONAL AND IN 2029, PHASE ONE, FIRST SEVEN, UH, NO, ALL OF THEM.

ALL OF THEM.

OF THE 49 SITES, OKAY? RIGHT.

SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND FOR, I MEAN, THAT'S GOOD TIMING, BUT THEN SOUNDS GOOD.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MATERIAL WISE, HOW DO WE INTERCHANGE, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T PUT ANYTHING OUT YET, BUT WE HAVE TWO YEAR WINDOW TO FINISH ALL OF THESE AND PROCESS FOR GETTING MATERIAL.

WE STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.

UH, WELL WE HAVE A PROCESS.

SO HERE'S THE THING.

WE'VE GONE TO 20

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WE'RE BRINGING SEVEN TO MOVE AND TO SEE IF THIS IS EFFECTIVE, IF OUR IDEA IS EFFECTIVE.

WE'VE TALKED TO THE VENDORS.

WE BELIEVE WE HAVE PLENTY OF VENDORS TO MOVE ON THE FIRST SEVEN AT THE SAME TIME WE'VE LOOKED AT A TOTAL OF 20.

AND SO THOSE OTHER 60 16, 13, WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW SIMILAR ARE THEY TO EACH OTHER THAT WE COULD BUY A WHOLE BUNCH OF 30 BY FORTIES.

I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER RIGHT THIS SECOND.

I GUESS WHAT, I GUESS WHAT, WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A REPORT JUST BREAKING DOWN WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECTS ARE, RIGHT? OH, WE WILL.

THAT'S WHAT WILL COME WITHIN THE TWO YEAR WINDOW.

WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE THAT BEFOREHAND TO SEE IF IT WAS EXECUTED TO WHAT WE ARE ASKING, WELL, WE'RE GONNA BRING PROJECTS TO THE BOARD IN JUNE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BRING PROJECTS TO THE BOARD IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, ANOTHER GROUP, RIGHT? AND THEN THAT OTHER GROUP WOULD GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS.

OR WOULD IT BE THE SAME? IT'LL BE THE SAME PROCESS UNLESS WE LEARN SOMETHING THAT MAKES US GO FASTER AND WE ADAPT THE PROCESS.

APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT.

SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED TO GET US TO THIS PLACE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO SEE COST EFFECTIVENESS, COST EFFICIENCIES, WHAT HAVE GOTTEN US HERE? WHAT CAN WE CHECK OFF THE BOX TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LEARNED THAT NOT TO BUY IN BULK WITHOUT MEASURING, RIGHT? RIGHT.

WE LEARNED THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT AGAIN.

AND SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE'VE LEARNED? AND WE LEARNED TO GO OUT FOR THE LIQUEFACTION TESTING FOR THE SITES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

'CAUSE THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

SO WE'RE, WE HAVE THAT TESTING UNDERWAY.

UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ADVANCING SURVEY WORK ON THE SITES.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT AN ARCHITECT CAN GO AND MEASURE.

YOU HAVE TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO SURVEY, MAKE SURE YOUR SURVEY IS CURRENT.

SO WE ARE DOING THAT, WE'RE DOING THE GEOTECH AND THEN WE'RE TALKING TO THE VENDORS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT.

WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH PROCUREMENT.

SO IT'S A VERY, UM, THE THREE TEAMS WORKING TOGETHER OR WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO SET THIS SYSTEM OR PROCESS UP FOR THE FIRST SEVEN AND SEE, CAN WE REPEAT IT ON THE NEXT GROUP OR WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE NEXT GROUP? AND WE'LL HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK AND THEN I'LL KNOW MORE NEXT WEEK WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? GOT IT.

AND SO, AND THIS WILL BE, AND I'LL LET SOMEONE ELSE SPEAK.

SO FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MM-HMM .

WE WILL, FOR THIS PROGRAM, WE WILL SEE PHASES OF HOW IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FROM BEGINNING TO END FOR SEVEN.

AND WHETHER WE WILL DUPLICATE THAT FOR THE REMAINDER, RIGHT.

OR WE WILL PIVOT AND DO SO DIFFERENT MM-HMM .

AND FROM THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE COST SAVINGS FROM GROUP ONE TO GROUP TWO AND HOPEFULLY FURTHER ON.

BUT I DO WANNA SAY, REMEMBER THERE'S TWO GROUPS.

THERE'S THE NON-ACTION AND THE LIFA EQUIFACT I REMEMBER.

SO THIS IS NON-ACTION.

IT'LL BE CHEAPER THAN LIQUEFACTION.

LIQUEFACTION WILL ALWAYS HAVE SOME OTHER GOODNESS KNOWS WHAT ISSUE TO DEAL WITH.

WE'LL KNOW THAT WITHIN SIX WEEKS.

JUST TO SHARE LAST QUESTION.

HAVE WE PRICED OUT WHAT IT WOULD COST IF WE DESIGNED EACH ONE ASSUMING LIQUEFACTION AS OPPOSED TO ALL THE COSTS OF TESTING? AND THEN DES LIKE IF, IF WE'RE, I MEAN, FOR A CERTAIN REGION, LIKE YOU HAVE TO DO THE, YOU HAVE TO DO THE TESTING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT TESTING WITH YOUR DESIGN TO DSA FOR THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

SO THERE'S NO POINT IN TESTING ON A SITE THAT DOESN'T HAVE LIQUEFACTION.

BUT I'M SAYING LIKE IF YOU, IF YOU DESIGN TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD, ASSUMING LIQUEFACTION, HAVE WE PRICED OUT WHETHER THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE CHEAPER THAN, BUT YOU'RE SAYING FOR EVERY, IT'LL BE MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THAT FOR EVERY SITE YOU HAVE TO TEST ANYWAYS.

WE KNOW WHAT, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT IS A LIQUIFACTION ZONE OR NOT A LIQUIFACTION ZONE.

SO ON A NON LIQUIFACTION ZONE, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY TESTING.

SO WE CAN MOVE QUICKER ON THOSE.

AND THEN ON A LIQUIFACTION ZONE, IF WE ALREADY KNOW IT'S LIQUIFACTION, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO ADDITIONAL TESTING? YOU NEED TO HAVE THE EXACT INFORMATION FOR DSA TO SIZE YOUR FOUNDATION.

SO DSA, THE STATE REQUIRES US ON THAT SITE TO LIKE, TO HAVE GEOTECH CURRENT GEOTECHNICAL INFORMATION ON THE SITE WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT SHAPE YES.

AND HAVE, OKAY.

I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THERE, BUT, UH

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OH, GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? WE HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP ITEMS THAT WE WILL FOLLOW AND WE'LL SEE WHEN WE GET TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END OF THIS MEETING THAT, THAT CONTINUE TO EXPLORE SHADE IS YES, UH, IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

UM, WE'LL GET SOME UPDATES I KNOW FROM MR. FRIEDMAN ON THE SOLICITATION THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, AND THEN, UH, UNDERSTAND LESSONS LEARNED, BUT MM-HMM .

UM, YES.

EXCUSE ME.

IS THAT THE SAME MANUFACTURER THAT WE'RE USING FOR EACH AGE STRUCTURE? NO, THERE'S SIX DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS.

IS ARE THESE MORE OF A, UM, BUNDLED KIT, UH, SOLUTION NOW THAN THEY WERE BEFORE? THESE ARE, WELL, YES.

THE ONES YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE WERE ALWAYS ONE SCHOOL, ONE OR TWO STRUCTURES, SOMETIMES OVER SHADE, SOMETIMES JUST OVER, YOU KNOW, CHAIRS AND TABLES.

THIS IS VERY SPECIFIC TO OVER SHADE SHELTERS AND WE'RE BUNDLING THEM TO BE EFFICIENT.

BECAUSE WE CAN MOVE FASTER.

SO THAT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SCENARIO IN TERMS OF TRYING TO FIND BETTER PRICING FOR SURE.

SO, AND WE ALSO HAVE MORE EFFICIENCIES IN TERMS OF INSTALLATION NOW SINCE WE'VE TALKED LAST AS WELL, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.

WHEN DOES IT START? QUARTER HEY ALEX.

I'M SORRY, YOU SAID WHAT? QUARTER OF 27 DID WE START? I DIDN'T SAY.

UH, WE'RE GONNA TURN TO, UM, OUR NEXT, UH, ITEM, WHICH IS, UM, PROCUREMENT.

DO WE KNOW EARLY 20, 27 EARLY .

SPRING.

SPRING, OKAY.

IT'S NOT REALLY, THAT'S Q2.

WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR Q1.

UM, OKAY, WELL IF I SAID Q1 AND WE SCREWED UP THEN I'D BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF AS RELIEF, SO DON'T SCREW UP .

UM, OKAY,

[II.2. Facilities Procurement – Crafting Construction Request for Proposals (RFPs)]

LAST MONTH WE HEARD FROM THE PROCUREMENT TEAM ABOUT BUILDING, UM, UH, BIDDING NON FACILITIES, CONTRACTS AND BENCHES.

UM, AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO, UM, LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT TO DO ON THE FACILITY SIDE.

UM, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MATT AND HIS TEAM TO GET US STARTED AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

THANK, THANK YOU.

UH, TODAY WE HAVE JORGE BAYARDO, OUR DEPUTY CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER ON THE FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION SIDE TO PRESENT, UH, ON SOLICITATIONS AND CONTRACTING.

I JUST GET US TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR PRESENTATION.

SO AS YOU MENTIONED, MR. , THAT WE'RE, UH, LAST WEEK, I MEAN THE LAST MEETING DANA PRESENTED ON THE NON-CONSTRUCTION SIDE.

AND I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, UM, FOCUS AROUND THE CONTROLS THAT WE'RE SETTING UP FOR OUR PROCUREMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THE STANDARDS ARE STILL UP WHILE STILL MEETING THE COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS.

SO THE PRIMARY QUESTION WE'RE LOOKING AT IS HOW DO WE MAINTAIN STRONG QUALIFICATION STANDARDS WHILE MAXIMIZING BID PARTICIPATION? SO FOR US, THAT'S BASED OFF THE PROCUREMENT PATH AND HOW DO WE STRAIGHTEN THAT PATH SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT STREAMLINED FOR CONTRACTORS? MAKE IT SO THAT CONTRACTORS CAN STILL MEET THE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS THAT WE SET, BUT NOT OVERLY REQUIRING THINGS THAT ARE NOT UNNECESSARY BECAUSE THAT, THAT CAN LIMIT THE COMPETITION SIGNIFICANTLY.

SO YOU HAVE COMPETITION, YOU HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS.

IF THEY'RE TOO TIGHT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THEM TO TO WORK TOGETHER.

IF YOU GET 'EM ENOUGH WHERE THEY'RE BALANCED, YOU CAN CONNECT THEM BOTH.

UM, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR ALWAYS OUR GOAL IS IN PROCUREMENT, IS MAKING SURE WE CAN FIND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT KIND OF FIT BOTH ENDS WHERE WE CAN EXPAND COMPETITION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME MAKE SURE THE STANDARDS ARE STILL RESPONSIBLE AND AT THE HIGH LEVEL THAT WE EXPECT.

SO I DID WANNA KIND OF, UH, FOCUS IN ON THE, UM, THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND HOW IT ENDS UP WITH US AND THEN HOW WE END, END UP RELEASING THE PROJECT.

UM, AT THE FRONT END.

ALIX AND CHRISTINA DO A GREAT JOB OF, AS SHE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECTS AND GETTING THE APPROVALS ON THE PROJECTS.

SO A LOT OF OUR PROJECTS ARE BOND FUNDED.

MOST OF THEM ARE, AND THEY'RE PROJECT APPROVED VIA THE BOC AND THE BOARD.

AND THERE'S AN A SB COMMITTEE INTERNALLY WHERE WE KIND OF ALSO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE PROJECTS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THESE PROJECTS COME IN VETTED IN MANY WAYS AND IT KIND OF HELPS BOOKEND THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

SO FOR PROCUREMENT, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

WE GET A LOT OF PROCUREMENTS THAT COME IN, THEY'RE NOT VETTED, UH, NOT ON THE NON-CONSTRUCTION SIDE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ON THE FRONT END AND ON THE BACK END TO GET THOSE PROJECTS DONE.

SO IT ADDS TO THE TIMELINE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE FACILITIES TEAM GETS THIS, UH, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AND THE BOC, IT TIGHTENS THE TIMELINE ON THE FRONT END.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DISCUSS WHETHER THIS PROJECT'S NEEDED, WHETHER WE HAVE FUNDING.

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UH, WHEN IS THE TIMELINE THAT'S ALL BEEN KIND OF VETTED AT THE FRONT END AND ON THE BACK END, YOU DON'T HAVE THE DISCUSSION ON WHETHER WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE AWARD BECAUSE WE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THE BOARD HAS ALREADY APPROVED THIS AS A PROJECT AND IT'S GONNA MOVE FORWARD.

SO IT STREAMLINES IT.

WE FOCUS IN ON THE MIDDLE PART, WHICH IS THE PROCUREMENT METHOD, THE STRATEGY, THE TIMING, THE REQUIREMENTS, AND THE BIDS AND KIND OF HOW TO LEVERAGE THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THE COMPETITION'S RIGHT FOR THE, FOR THE PROJECT.

SO HERE I KINDA WANTED TO FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE DELIVERY METHODS THAT EXIST.

UH, THREE OF THEM ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN SPECIAL, UH, SPECIALLY MADE FOR THE DISTRICT INITIALLY AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE CODES.

AND THAT'S BEST VALUE, THE, UH, ALTERNATIVE DESIGN BUILD AND THE TASK ORDER.

THOSE THREE ARE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING NEEDS THAT WE FOUND ARE SPECIALIZED TO THE DISTRICT AND NOW ARE BEING LEVERAGED BY OTHER ENTITIES.

BUT FOR US, THE TASK ORDER CONTRACTING IS VERY SIMILAR TO JOB ORDER CONTRACTS, BUT SO I'LL EXPLAIN BOTH.

SO JOB ORDER CONTRACTS IS A CONTRACT CATALOG PROCESS WHERE YOU ISSUE TASK ORDERS AGAINST THAT CONTRACT CATALOG AND THE BIDDERS, THERE'S A BENCH, UH, OF SORTS THAT IS CREATED.

SO LET'S JUST SAY AS AN EXAMPLE, A LOW VOLTAGE BENCH, EVERYBODY BIDS A RATE FACTOR ABOVE THAT IS THE, UH, ON TOP OF THEY USE THE FACTOR, APPLY IT TO THE CATALOG, SO IT BECOMES A CATALOG PRICE PLUS, RIGHT? AND YOU ISSUE A TASK ORDER, BUT THE TASK ORDER IS BASED OFF THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY DEVELOP OVER TIME, IDEALLY WITHIN 30 OR 45 DAYS.

THE TASK ORDER MECHANISM THAT WE CREATED WAS BASICALLY FOCUSED ON MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, BUT WE EXPANDED IT TO ALSO INCLUDE SOME CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S INTENDED FOR MORE IMMEDIATE NEEDS.

SO THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REPAIR NOW.

SO WE DO A BENCH FOR REPAIR OF ROOFING, FOR EXAMPLE.

WE CAN GET A ROOFER OUT THERE TOMORROW, ISSUE A TASK ORDER TODAY OR EVEN TODAY.

AND IT'S A TIME OF MATERIAL SCENARIO.

SO IT KIND OF RESOLVES THAT IMMEDIATE NEED FOR, UH, CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR MAINTENANCE KIND OF NEED THE DESIGN BUILD AND ALTERNATIVE DESIGN BUILD.

JUST KIND OF QUICKLY GOING OVER THOSE, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT.

DESIGN BUILD IS, YOU HAVE A CONTRACTOR AND, AND AN ARCHITECT WORKING TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A PROJECT FOR US.

WE WORK IN, IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM AND THEY PROVIDE, THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THEY PROVIDE A PRICING AT THE FRONT END FOR DESIGN BUILD VERSUS A ALTERNATIVE DESIGN BUILD IS PRETTY MUCH, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MODELED AROUND THE PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD, WHICH IS NOT EXACTLY, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MODELED AROUND THAT, WHICH IS BASICALLY YOU GET A-G-M-P-A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AT THE LEVEL THAT WE FEEL IS IS BEST FOR US IN TERMS OF RISK MITIGATION.

AND THAT CAN BE A 50% DESIGN OR A HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN TO GET THE BEST MARKET PRICE AT THE TIME VERSUS THE FRONT END PRICE THAT WE GET ON DESIGN BUILD TRADITIONAL, WHERE IT COULD BE HEAVILY RISK MITIGATED.

SO IT CAN BE INFLATED POSSIBLY, RIGHT? UM, THEN THERE'S THE STANDARD IFP, WHICH IS THE LOW BID STRUCTURE WHERE YOU GET A DESIGN PLANS AND EVERYTHING SPECKED OUT AND YOU BID IT OUT FOR THE LOWEST BID.

AND THEN THE RFQ PROCESS RIGHT HERE IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED AROUND THE ARCHITECT BENCHES THAT WE CREATE WHERE WE HAVE AN RFQ QUALIFIED LIST OF ARCHITECTS, SINCE IT'S BASED MOST ON QUALIFICATIONS.

AND THEN THERE'S BEST VALUE, I WON'T GO INTO THAT ONE BECAUSE THAT ONE'S, UH, I HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE ON THAT.

BUT BASICALLY IT'S, IT'S A QUALIFIED, UH, QUALIFICATION BASED PROCUREMENT.

SO THE REST OF THIS, I, UH, SLIDE TALKS ABOUT MARKETING STRATEGY, BID REQUIREMENTS, AND RISK CONTROLS.

SO WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON FOR ALL OF THESE PROCUREMENTS IN DIFFERENT WAYS IS THE MARKETING STRATEGY, WHICH IS PRIMARILY AROUND, DO WE HAVE THE CONTRACTORS? IS THIS THE BEST TIME FOR THAT? SHOULD WE STAGGER THIS? SHOULD WE BUNDLE PROJECTS? ANY SORT OF SPECIALIZED REQUIREMENTS WE NEED FOR THE RFP TYPE OF OR RFQ TYPE OF PROCUREMENTS, LIKE BEST VALUE AND THE, UM, THE JOCK CONTRACTS AND DESIGN BUILD AND THEN THE RISK CONTROLS.

DO WE HAVE ENOUGH PRE-QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS OR ARE QUALIFICATIONS TOO STRINGENT? IS THERE DUE DILIGENCE NEEDED FOR THESE CONTRACTS OR NOT? AND THEN DO WE DO RESPONSIBILITY REVIEWS? SO HERE, UH, I WANT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME HIGH LEVEL METRICS, UM, THAT WE THINK ARE IMPORTANT.

WE TRACK A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT METRICS, BUT THESE ARE SOME THAT WE, I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

PRIMARILY, IF YOU LOOK AT NINE, UH, THE 95% NUMBER AND THE 115 NUMBER FOR CYCLE TIME WITH 95%, THAT, THAT NUMBER'S FOCUSED AROUND HAVING THREE BIDDERS AT ALL OF OUR OUT OF PROCUREMENTS.

SO THE GOAL RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS IS THAT 95% AND WE'RE MEETING EXACTLY 95%.

SO THAT MEANS THAT 95% OF OUR BIDS HAVE AT LEAST THREE BIDDERS.

OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT TO A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT SINCE IT WAS JUST STARTED LAST YEAR, UH, IN TERMS OF TRACKING, WE KIND OF HAVE STARTED SLOWLY.

OR NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA RAISE THAT UP AGAIN.

'CAUSE I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN PUSH THAT NUMBER HIGHER.

UH, THE CYCLE TIME IS ALSO AN INTERESTING NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S FOCUSED AROUND THE, THE FULL PROCESS.

SO IN THE PAST WE USED TO REPORT ONLY ON THE FROM BID

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TO AWARD.

UH, SOME ACTUALLY FROM BID FROM THE CONTRACTOR TO NTP.

WE'VE CHANGED THAT TO NOW INCLUDE THE FULL CYCLE TIME.

SO NOW WE INCLUDE THE FRONT END GETTING THE PACKAGE TOGETHER TO PUTTING IT OUT ON THE STREET TO GETTING THE BID TO EXECUTING THE NTP.

NOW IT'S THE FULL CYCLE TIME.

THE ONE 15 IS AN AVERAGE BETWEEN THE FORMAL AND BEST VALUE.

AND FOR, FOR US IT'S STILL HIGH, BUT IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN IT USED TO BE.

UM, IT'S, IT'S IMPROVING EVERY YEAR AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PRESS ON THAT.

SO I THINK THOSE WERE KEY.

THE SAVINGS RATES AND, AND THE SAVINGS ARE MORE OF A COST AVOIDANCE NUMBER AND THEY'RE BASED OFF OF COUNCIL GRADE CITY SCHOOLS.

THE 4.8% IS ACTUALLY AN AVERAGE BETWEEN BEST VALUE AND FORMAL.

IF YOU WERE TO BREAK THEM OUT, FORMAL'S ACTUALLY AT ABOUT 21% BEST VALUE'S, AROUND 3%.

SO IT'S AFFECTED, THE NUMBERS SHRUNK BECAUSE THE BEST VALUES, SO OVERWHELMINGLY, UH, HIGH LEVEL AND COST IN TERMS OF THE PROJECTS ARE NO LARGER.

THEY'RE, IT'S, WE'RE ON THE UPPER QUARTILE OF, UH, COUNCIL GRAY CITY SCHOOLS FOR THEIR, THEIR RATE.

SO WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD IN TERMS OF THAT, BUT I THINK I'M LOOKING AT OTHER, OTHER, UH, METRICS THAT I CAN TRACK OUT AS WELL TO SHOW THAT TRUE VALUE THERE.

SO GOING FROM PASSIVE TO MORE ACTIVE.

SO THIS IS TO ME, I THINK IS, IS WHERE WE CAN REALLY SHOW OUR VALUE IN PROCUREMENT, UH, TO HELP WITH BUILDING THAT, UH, BITTER POOL.

SO I CAN TELL YOU IN THE PAST, UM, I WAS TRYING TO THINK HOW, HOW I COULD COUCH THIS AND IT , IF YOU CAN THINK OF SOME INFOMERCIALS BACK IN THE DAYS WHERE THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT, UH, SET IT AND FORGET IT, RIGHT? SO IT'S LIKE YOU PUT IT OUT, YOU ADVERTISE IT, AND THEN YOU WAIT TILL IT COMES BACK AND THEN IT'S DONE AND THEN YOU AWARD IT.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WAS THE PROCESS IN THE PAST.

THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE WITH US ANYMORE.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING JUST TO ADVERTISE IT AND THEN JUST WAIT FOR IT TO COME IN AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY IN THE PAST.

WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS REACHING OUT TO CONTRACTORS, TARGETED OUTREACH, EITHER DEPENDING ON, UH, THEIR BONDING RATING, ON THEIR SPECIALTIES, ON THE NEED FROM THE SPONSORS ON THE SPECIFIC PROJECT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT PREQUAL GROUPINGS, UH, WITH, IN TERMS OF TRADES, IN TERMS OF LICENSING, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE OUR NUMBERS ARE IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY PARTICIPATION ON PAST BIDS.

WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR CURRENT SOLICITATIONS.

SO IF WE HAVE A JOB WALK, WE ARE ACTUALLY REVIEWING PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE AT THE JOB WALK AND ASSESS, HEY, WE ONLY HAVE FIVE PEOPLE SHOW UP.

LET'S GO OUT AND DO SMALL OUTREACH, EXTEND THE BID FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.

LET'S, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO GET A QUALITY PARTICIPATION IN TERMS OF THE BIDS THAN IT IS TO JUST CLOSE IT REAL QUICK.

UM, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MAKING OUR TEAM DO THAT OUTREACH AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN A MIND SHIFT A LITTLE BIT FOR OUR TEAM, BUT IT'S REALLY KIND OF BEEN, WE'VE SEEN THE VALUE, WE'VE SEEN, I'VE SEEN, I REVIEW EVERY SINGLE BID THAT GETS AWARDED.

AND WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP, WE GO OVER THE LIST, HOW MANY PEOPLE ENDED UP UP BIDDING? WE GO OVER THAT LIST AND I, I'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF NEW BIDDERS PARTICIPATING, WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE AT THE, AT THE SUBCONTRACTOR LEVEL AND THE, AND THE PRIME LEVEL.

SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING ARE DROP IN SESSIONS.

UH, I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

THE DROP IN SESSIONS ARE CRITICAL FOR KIND OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE CONTRACTORS.

WE'RE INCREASING OUR, OUR ME SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, PRESENCE, WHICH IS ALSO HELPFUL.

UM, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED OUR QUALITY BIDDER SYSTEM AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN ANOTHER SLIDE AS WELL.

AND THEN ONE OF THE MAIN TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS SLIDE WAS THAT LAST LINE THERE WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT 111 NEW PREQUALIFICATIONS.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS PREVIOUS YEAR IN 24 25, WE INCREASED OUR APPLICATION INTAKE.

BY 48 THIS YEAR, WE'VE INCREASED THAT NUMBER TO AN ADDITIONAL 111 NEW APPLICATIONS AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE NEW PEOPLE COMING IN, WHICH IS GREAT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A BENEFIT FROM ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND ALSO THE, THE, THE FACILITY SITE IS DOING TO, TO KIND OF HELP WITH OUTREACH WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS GROUP.

OKAY, SO HERE I JUST KINDA WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE MODERNIZATION EFFORTS WE'VE BEEN DOING TO THIS ALL AFFECTS THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING COMPETITION, IT'S AT EVERY LEVEL AND PREQUALIFICATION IS AT THE FRONT END OF EVERY PROCUREMENT.

FOR CONSTRUCTION, EVERY CONTRACTOR HAS TO GET PRE-QUALIFIED.

SO THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US.

UH, WE CREATED A QUALITY BIDDERS, UH, SYSTEM, WHICH IS TAKING AWAY THE OLD ANTIQUATED PAPER-BASED PROCESS.

SO IN THIS PROCESS NOW, WE DO EVERYTHING ONLINE.

IT'S STREAMLINED, IT'S INTERACTIVE.

IT ALLOWS FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO ACTUALLY ASK US QUESTIONS LIVE AND US RESPOND LIVE WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

UM, IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO KIND OF SET CLEAR INFORMATION TO THE CONTRACTORS SO THEY CAN EASILY RESPOND AND TO THE QUESTIONS AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE AMBIGUOUS INFORMATION ON A PAPER-BASED DOCUMENT AND NOT KNOW IF IT'S ACTUALLY THE RIGHT ANSWER THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO RESPOND TO.

SO IT'S A BIG CHANGE FROM THE OLD VERSION.

UM, WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT EXPANDING THE QUALIFICATION IN TERMS OF EXPERIENCE, UH, YEAR FROM FIVE YEARS TO EIGHT YEARS.

SO WHEN IT SAYS EIGHT YEARS EXPERIENCE WINDOW, WE'RE

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TALKING ABOUT WHEN PEOPLE HAD TO SUBMIT A PROJECT, THEY HAD TO SUBMIT THREE PROJECTS WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE CHANGED THAT TO NOW THREE PROJECTS WITHIN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THAT WAS MORE REALISTIC FOR MOST CONTRACTORS.

SO THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE FOR US.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE RESEARCHED WITH OTHER ENTITIES.

I THINK OTHER ENTITIES ARE EXPLORING SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS, BUT NOBODY'S ACTUALLY DONE IT, THAT I'VE KNOWN, AT LEAST FROM, FROM OUR LAST, UH, OUTREACH WITH THEM.

UH, BUT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.

SO WE JUST SAID, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

WE STILL HAVE THE STANDARDS OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PERFORMANCE, IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE EXPANDING IT TO MORE REALISTIC TIMELINE.

AND THEN THE VULNERABILITY.

THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE AS WELL.

SO THE, WHAT WE USED TO DO IS HAVE MULTI-TIER, UM, PREQUALIFICATION.

SO WE HAD LIKE 500,000, A MILLION AND AND ABOVE THAT.

SO THESE TIERS KIND OF SET CAPS FOR PEOPLE.

AND THEY WERE, I DON'T WANNA SAY THEY'RE ARBITRARY, BUT THEY WERE, THEY WERE NEEDED AT THE TIME.

THEY WERE OLD, OLD CAPS.

THEY WERE LIKE 15, 20 YEARS OLD.

AND THEY WORKED BACK THEN.

BUT I THINK THE CURRENT MARKET AND THE CURRENT, UH, LEVEL OF COMPETITION NECESSITATED A CHANGE.

AND WE LOOKED AT IT, REVIEWED IT, INVESTIGATED IT WITH OTHER ENTITIES, AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MADE MOST SENSE BASED ON WHAT WE FOUND OUT.

IT MADE MOST SENSE TO BASE IT MORE ON VULNERABILITY AND STILL EXPERIENCE.

SO WE STILL FOCUS ON EXPERIENCE, BUT THE BOND ABILITY IS WHAT GAUGES WHERE THEY CAN QUALIFY.

SO AS LONG AS THEY CAN MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS, THEN WE CAN BOND IT BY WHAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY, UH, WE QUALIFY BY WHAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY BOND FOR.

SO INSTEAD OF YOU BEING, UH, APPROVED TO BID PROJECTS UNDER 500 K, YOU CAN BID PROJECTS UP TO 3 MILLION IF THAT'S WHAT YOUR BONDING LIMIT IS, IT MAKES MOST SENSE.

SO THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE THAT WE DID.

AND THEN POLICY-WISE AND, AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE DONE WITHIN THE REGULAR SOLICITATION PROCESS, PAST THE PRE-QUAL, UM, INFORMAL BIDDING, WE'VE CHANGED THE MENTALITY OF EVERYTHING'S MANDATORY TO NOW EVERYTHING'S NON-MANDATORY UNLESS IT'S NEEDED.

RIGHT? SO IT'S SHIFTED THE WAY WE LOOK AT BIDDING.

UM, AND IT SHIFTED THE WAY THAT CONTRACTORS ARE LOOKING AT OUR PROJECTS TOO.

NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT LIKE, OKAY, SO I DON'T HAVE TO SHOW, BUT I CAN STILL BID ON THIS PROJECT.

YES, THEY LIKE TO SHOW IF THEY CAN.

SO THAT'S STILL LIKE, WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

WE TRY TO SET UP MULTIPLE, UM, MANDATORY, MULTIPLE NON-MANDATORY MEETINGS IF NEEDED, IF THAT'S REQUIRED.

BUT BY DOING IT THIS WAY, I'VE SEEN AN INCREASE PERSONALLY IN THE NUMBER OF BIDDERS.

MANY TIMES YOU, IN THE PAST WE WOULD SEE MANDATORY SAYING FIVE BIDDERS, AND NOW YOU'RE STUCK TO THE FIVE OR LESS.

SO YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COMPETITION.

SO ON NON, NON-MANDATORY, I'VE SEEN THE OPPOSITE.

YOU SEE FIVE BIDDERS AND THEN YOU END UP WITH SEVEN PEOPLE BIDDING, UH, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE, THE PARTICULAR MEETING.

UM, AND IF IT'S REQUIRED, WE'D HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR SPONSORS AND WE'D MAKE IT MANDATORY.

UM, THEN LICENSING REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE CHANGED THE WAY WE LOOK AT LICENSING.

IN THE PAST, WE WOULD HAVE LISTS OF LICENSES THAT WOULD REQUIRE IN ALL OF OUR BIDS, AND IT WOULD REALLY LIMIT WHO CAN PARTICIPATE.

'CAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF LICENSES, AND YOU DON'T ALWAYS NEED THAT FOR ALL THOSE PROJECTS.

UM, SO WE STARTED LOOKING AT THAT.

WHERE CAN WE LIMIT THAT REQUIREMENT? UM, BEST VALUE THE, BRIAN, CAN YOU JUST, UH, DEFINE BOND ABILITY FOR THE GROUP? SURE.

SO, UH, COMPANIES HAVE TO GET BONDED TO A CERTAIN LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO BID A PROJECT.

SO IF THEY CAN, IF THEIR FINANCIAL STATUS AND THEIR, THEIR EXPERIENCE ALLOWS THEM TO GET A BONDING LIMIT OF $10 MILLION, THAT MEANS THEY CAN BID UP TO $10 MILLION.

RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, WHAT I MEAN WHEN I'M SAYING BOND ABILITY.

UM, AND THEN, UH, SO THE BEST VALUE PROCESS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PMP, THE PROCESS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

SO WE RECENTLY WENT TO THE BOARD AND ASKED FOR THEM TO HELP US MAKE IT MORE FLEXIBLE.

LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WENT TO THE STATE AND CREATED A NEW CODE.

AND WHEN WE DID THAT, I REMEMBER SITTING AROUND THE TABLE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PROCESS, BECAUSE THE CODE DOESN'T DEFINE THE PROCESS.

IT JUST SAYS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO THIS KIND OF PROCUREMENT.

SO WE DEFINED THE PROCESS.

IT WAS VERY PRESCRIPTIVE IN MANY WAYS, AND WE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD, AND THAT WAS APPROVED AS A PROCESS.

WE THEN WENT BACK THIS PAST YEAR, THIS YEAR ACTUALLY, AND THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND ASKED FOR THE BOARD TO ALLOW US TO MAKE IT MORE FLEXIBLE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS TO MAKE IT SO THAT WE CAN PROCURE IT BY PROJECT AND ADJUST AS NEEDED FOR THIS VERY REASON.

TO ALLOW FOR MORE BIDDERS TO ALLOW FOR COMPETITION TO BE MORE ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE NEED IS AND FOR THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE NEED IS, RATHER THAN JUST SOMETHING WE THOUGHT OF 10 YEARS AGO AND NOW WE'RE STUCK WITH THAT.

UM, SO THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE.

AND THEN THE ABATEMENT IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR SPONSORS TO KIND OF TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE ROOFING PROJECTS.

WHY DOES IT SEEM LIKE THE LIMITATION IN, IN, IN, UH, BID RESPONSES AND SUBCONTRACTORS? AND WE CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS AN OLD REQUIREMENT OF DUAL LICENSING FOR ABATEMENT WORK UNDER ROOFING.

AND THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE FOR US TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE, OKAY, SO HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS CHANGE? IT WAS, IS THIS A TRUE REQUIREMENT? SO THERE WAS A LOT OF INVESTIGATION,

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BUT THIS JUST GOES BACK TO JUST ASKING QUESTIONS, ASKING WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON HERE.

AND WE'VE KIND OF INSTITU INSTITUTED THAT KIND OF THINKING TO OUR TEAM, LIKE ASK QUESTIONS, MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF ADDRESS THINGS THAT DON'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE FIXING PROBLEMS. IF IT'S CAUSING PROBLEMS, LET'S TRY TO FIX IT, CHANGE IT IF IT'S NOT REQUIRED BY LAW.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE GOT TO THE ROOT OF IT.

IT WASN'T REQUIRED BY LAW.

WE REMOVED THE REQUIREMENT.

WE ONLY HAVE THE REQUIREMENT, THE LICENSE THAT IS REQUIRED.

AND SUDDENLY WE SAW AN UPTICK OF PARTICIPATION IN ROOFING BIDDERS AND THE SUBS.

THERE WAS A CHANGE IN SUBS.

WE HAVE MULTIPLE SUBS NOW BIDDING THESE ABATEMENT PROJECTS.

SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A GOOD INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THAT.

SO HERE WE ARE WITH BEST VALUE.

SO THIS IS WHERE WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROCUREMENTS GOING THROUGH BEST VALUE PROCESS.

AND I KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS A, A APPROPRIATE FOR THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT SHOWS A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PROCUREMENT, PRIMARILY THAT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP A, A BASICALLY A STRUCTURE AROUND THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF NEEDS.

SO IF IT'S A SIMPLE PROJECT, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES.

WE CREATED A SIMPLE AND A COMPLEX, SIMPLE IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD PROJECT WHERE WE STILL WANT TO HAVE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THESE CONTRACTORS.

SO IF YOU HAVE, INSTEAD OF A FORMAL WHERE YOU HAVE 10 BIDDERS AND YOU JUST, THEY JUST BID AND WE HAVE NO CLUE OTHER THAN OUR PRE-QUAL THAT THEY CAN DO SOME WORK, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS TYPE OF PROJECT, THEN YOU END UP WITH 10 BIDS AND WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY GOOD, SOME PEOPLE THAT AREN'T GOOD, SOME PEOPLE THAT CAN PERFORM THAT JOB, SOME PEOPLE THAT CAN'T.

SO IN SIMPLE, IT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF TAKE IT FROM 10 TO LIKE EIGHT OR SEVEN DEPENDING ON WHAT THE, WHAT THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT IS.

AND THEN YOU SHORTLIST AND HAVE THEM BID THE PROPOSAL ON THE COMPLEX.

IT CAN GO IN ANOTHER LEVEL.

SO ON THE COMPLEX, WE ADD INTERVIEWS, WE ADD PROJECT PLANS, WE ADD, UH, REVIEWS OF THEIR SPECIALIZED HIGH LEVEL PEOPLE, SUPERINTENDENT, AND THEN WE SCORE ALL THAT ON THE BACKEND.

WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE A RUBRIC THAT KIND OF APPLIES TO ALL THE SCORES.

SO THE RUBRIC, I'M NOT SHOWING IT HERE, BUT IT, IT BASICALLY ALLOWS FOR EVERY SINGLE TYPE OF EXPERIENCE TO BE SCORED BY A COMMITTEE AND A SCORING COMMITTEE.

AND THAT RUBRIC ACTUALLY WAS REVIEWED AS PART OF THE, WHEN WE WENT TO THE BOARD TO ASK FOR FLEXIBILITY, WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED IMMEDIATELY AT THAT RUBRIC AND SAID, WHERE WE CAN CHANGE SOME OF THIS RUBRIC SCORES TO MAKE IT MORE BALANCED.

'CAUSE WE WERE INTERVIEWING SOME OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT WEREN'T WINNING JUST TO SEE WHERE CAN WE DO BETTER? AND WE HEARD BACK THAT SOME OF THEM ARE SAYING, HEY, I'M FROM THE OUTSIDE.

I'M HAVING A HARD TIME GET GETTING IN WITH YOU GUYS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I'M DOING THESE PROJECTS.

HOW COME I CAN'T GET HIGH ENOUGH ON YOUR SCORES? SO WE WENT AND LOOKED AT IT, UH, WITHOUT GETTING TOO INTO THE WEEDS, BUT THERE WAS, UH, THERE WAS A LEAN TOWARDS L-A-U-S-D, LET'S JUST SAY, WHEN IT WAS STRUCTURED, THE RUBRIC.

AND SO WE WENT AND RESTRUCTURED IT, MADE IT MORE BALANCED.

SO THAT WAS A BIG CHANGE FOR US.

UM, AND AGAIN, SHOWS HOW, HOW WE ARE TRYING TO IMPACT THE PROCESS TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR THE POOL, BUT ALSO SETTING THE STANDARDS AT A LEVEL THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE SPONSORS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING WHAT THEY NEED, BUT ALSO BALANCING IT FOR THE COMMUNITY OF CONTRACTORS.

UM, IT'S STILL A PROCESS THAT REQUIRES, UH, SIGNIFICANT, UM, FOCUS ON COST BECAUSE IT DOES GET FACTORED INTO, DIVIDED INTO THE SCORES FOR THE CONTRACTORS.

AND IF SOMEBODY WAS TO BID TOO HIGH, IT WOULD THROW THEIR SCORE OFF AND THEY WON'T QUALIFY.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE A HIGH QUALITY CONTRACTOR WOULD JUST AUTOMATICALLY GET, IF THEY, IF THEY BID WHATEVER THEY WANT, THEY STILL HAVE TO COME IN AT A REASONABLE COST.

'CAUSE THE FORMULA DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT.

AND IT WOULD BE FLAGGED IMMEDIATELY IF WE SAW SOME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS OFF.

SO I KIND OF JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD PROJECT, UH, PROJECT SPECIFIC TYPE OF CONTRACTING METHOD THAT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF REALLY FOCUS ON THAT.

AND HERE I JUST KIND OF PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, IF PROCUREMENT KIND OF LOOKS AT THE VARIOUS AREAS OF, OF THE PROCESS, AND LIKE I SAID, ON ON EACH OF THESE PROCUREMENTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT MARKET TIMING, WE'RE LOOKING AT RISK REQUIREMENTS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SCOPE AND LICENSING.

WE'RE LOOKING AND SEE IF WE NEED TO SET SPECIAL PRE-QUAL LEVELS OR, UH, SCORING LEVELS AT WITHIN THE PROJECTS, OR WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE, THE BACKEND AWARD PROCESS.

IF WE NEED TO DO A DUE DILIGENCE FOR A PARTICULAR TYPE OF AWARD, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL, BUT WE HAVE TO FACTOR THAT INTO THE ACQUISITION PLAN.

SO LASTLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COMMITTEE TAKEAWAYS FOR YOU GUYS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING IT EASIER TO DO BUSINESS WITH US, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE QUALITY LEVEL IS CONNECTED TO THE COMPETITION, AND IT'S NOT OPPOSITE OF EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THE BARRIERS ARE NOT MINIMAL, IF ANY, BUT THE STANDARDS ARE

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STILL HIGH, AND WE'RE STILL FOCUSING ON THE, ON THE COMPETITION TO DRIVE THAT PRICE DOWN.

SO THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT LOST HOPEFULLY IN, IN ANY OF THIS CONVERSATION.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE ON PRACTICAL MATTERS.

SO THE THINGS I WAS HIGHLIGHTING, THE VERY PRACTICAL CHANGES THAT WE DID, I MEAN, QUALITY BIDDERS, WE'RE CHANGING POLICY UPDATES.

WE'RE MAKING OUR SOLICITATIONS MORE CLEAR.

WE'RE DOING OUTREACH, A LOT OF THAT.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING THE BENEFIT OF THAT.

AND THEN NEXT STEPS THAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REVIEWING OUR FACILITATION SO THAT THEY ARE CLEAR.

WE'RE TRAINING CONTRACTORS.

ACTUALLY, I JUST WAS AT THE FORUM ON FRIDAY, AND YOU KNOW, MATT AND ALEX WERE THERE, AND A LOT OF OTHER FOLKS IN OUR TEAMS WERE THERE.

AND WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT.

WE HAD 150 CONTRACTORS PLUS.

AND, AND I PERSONALLY GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK.

I HONESTLY AT ONE POINT WAS LOOKING AROUND THINKING, IS THIS CANDID CAMERA? LIKE, IS THIS GUY REALLY REAL? LIKE HE WAS TELLING ME LIKE, HEY, YOU GUYS ARE ACTUALLY DOING GOOD WORK.

I YOU'RE THE ONLY ENTITY.

AND I TRIED TO PRY WHO IT IS THAT THEY'RE ALLUDING TO.

HE WOULDN'T TELL ME, BUT HE'S LIKE, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO ACTUALLY PROVIDES PHONE NUMBERS, WHO DOES THESE EVENTS, WHO GIVES US RESOURCES WHO ARE DOING DROP-IN SESSIONS, WHO ARE DOING TARGETED OUTREACH.

LIKE, IT JUST, HE, HE WAS ACTUALLY LIKE, I WAS LIKE, WOW, THIS IS, YOU SHOULD COME TO OUR PRESENTATION ON TUESDAY, .

UM, BUT YEAH, SO I, I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE IT, IT FELT LIKE I GOTTA GO TELL MY TEAM.

LIKE, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SHOWING AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AND WE'RE SEEING IT SOME OF THE NUMBERS.

UM, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY PRESENTATION.

AND I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROGRESS WHERE OR, UM, UH, PROGRESS WHERE WE'RE SEEING IT.

AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WHERE IT'S DUE AND, AND TO FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT ALSO THE TEAM WHO, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW I FLAGGED THIS WHEN FAIRFAX, WHICH WAS ONE OF MY BIG MAJOR MODERNIZATIONS, HAD ONLY TWO BIDDERS MM-HMM .

INCLUDING A WINNING BID THAT WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGE WITH THAT CONTRACTOR AT ANOTHER ONE OF MY SCHOOLS.

AND SO IT SEEMED LIKE TWO BIDS FOR A PROJECT THAT SCOPE WAS, UM, WAS PROBLEMATIC FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING, AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE GETTING THAT POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

I WILL, UH, TURN IT TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS.

MISS GREENSPAN, SO DO CONTRACTORS, UM, HAVE TO BE UNION OR, UH, PREVAILING WAGE? WHAT, WHAT IS THE YES, WHAT IS, SO THE BOTH, RIGHT? SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE, THEY HAVE TO MEET SOME UNION REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO PREVENTING WAGES REQUIRED FOR THE CONSORTIUM.

IS PART OF YOUR, UM, ONE OF YOUR TAKEAWAYS TO HELP GET THEM APPROVED THAT YEAH.

SO PART OF IT IS MESSAGING AND ALSO, UH, EDUCATING THEM, RIGHT? SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO WITH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS BOOTCAMP, FOR EXAMPLE.

WE MEET, UH, WITH ALL THE CONTRACTORS AS CLASSES.

WE GO OVER ALL OF THESE TOPICS.

AND ESPECIALLY THE NEW COMPANIES, THEY REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE IT, IT HELPS THEM KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE INS AND OUTS OF LAUD, BUT ALSO THE REQUIREMENTS IN THEIR CONTRACTS.

AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE ENOUGH UNION, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE BIDDERS, RIGHT? YEAH.

OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, MR. YOU KNOW, MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT, UM, HOW ARE WE REACHING OUT INITIALLY TO, UH, POTENTIAL CONTRACTORS AND, YEAH, SO WE'RE, AND MAYBE I DIDN'T GO INTO DETAIL, BUT YEAH.

SO I, WE BASICALLY CALL, WE'RE REVIEWING CONTRACTORS LISTS INTERNALLY.

WE'RE REVIEWING THOSE LISTS THAT WHO HAVE DROPPED OFF, WE'RE REACHING OUT TO OTHER ENTITIES AND KIND OF CROSS-REFERENCING THEIR LIST.

WE'RE DOING ANALYSIS, KIND OF LIKE MELBOURNE WAS TALKING ABOUT.

WE'RE GOING ON CHAT, GBT, UH, ONLINE SAYING WHAT CONTRACTORS CAN MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS, WHAT CONTRACTORS DO THIS KIND OF WORK, GETTING THOSE LISTS, CALLING THEM, REACHING OUT DIRECTLY.

WE'RE EMAILING THEM.

WE'RE, WE'RE BASICALLY TRYING TO THINK OF ANY PROCESS THAT WE CAN DO TO ENGAGE WITH THEM.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT BECAUSE IT, TO US, WE WANT TO HEAR WHY PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO WORK WITH US.

EXACTLY.

HOW ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA? ARE YOU USING THAT AT ALL? YES.

WE ARE USING THAT.

UH, WE ARE FOCUSING PRIMARILY RIGHT NOW ON LINKEDIN AND INSTAGRAM, UM, AND OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.

SO WE JUST ACTUALLY ASKED, I JUST ASKED MY STAFF MEMBER TO PUT ON OUR WEBSITE LIKE A QR CODE SO THEY CAN EASILY FILL OUT A FORM AND GIVE US FEEDBACK.

PERFECT.

CAN I ADD TO THAT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF THIS TOO SOMETIMES IN CONJUNCTION AND SEPARATELY, BUT, UM, OVER THE LAST TWO PLUS YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A GC NIKA SMNA.

WE GO TO A LOT OF EVENTS.

UH, WE TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECTS WELL IN ADVANCE SO THAT WE ARE ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE WHAT'S COMING.

UM, WE'VE GOT THE SMALL BUSINESS BOOTCAMP, WE HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, COMMITTEE THAT WE RUN ONCE A MONTH.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT.

WE MAKE PHONE CALLS WHEN CONTRACTORS SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M HAVING A PROBLEM.

WE SAY, OKAY, COME IN AND TALK TO US.

TELL US, WE SOMETIMES SURVEY PEOPLE, UM, LET THEM ANSWER US ANONYMOUSLY.

AND SO SOMETIMES WE PUT PROCUREMENT AND INSPECTION AND PROJECT EXECUTION IN A ROOM WITH CHRISTINA AND I, AND WE LET THEM

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SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON WHAT WE DO WELL AND WHAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE.

AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

WE ACTUALLY DEBRIEF.

WE OFTEN, WE ACTUALLY REMIND CONTRACTORS, HEY, WE CAN DEBRIEF.

WE CAN SIT DOWN AFTER THE BID AND KIND OF BREAK DOWN YOUR BID, BREAK DOWN YOUR RESPONSES, KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME GENERAL PITFALLS OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING, RIGHT.

AND PEOPLE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ALSO GET SOME NUGGETS FROM THAT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESS.

OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I GUESS FOR ME, JUST A COUPLE.

UM, ONE, WHAT WHAT'S THE MOST SALIENT FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED? WHEN WE ASK PEOPLE CANDIDLY WHY THEY'RE NOT BIDDING, IS IT THE ONEROUS REQUIREMENTS? IS IT, I, I MEAN, I'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY FROM SOME, IT'S LIKE OUR, I I'VE HEARD EVEN FROM BUILDING TRADES, LIKE LABOR FOLKS, LIKE OUR LABOR COMPLIANCE IS SO LIKE, UM, COMPLIANT OR LIKE, SO THAT EVEN, LIKE EVEN, I MEAN, THESE UNIONS HAVE TOLD ME LIKE, THIS IS TOO HARD BECAUSE THE, THE CONTRACTORS WON'T WORK WITH US BECAUSE THAT, SO LIKE, WHAT ARE THE, THE TOP THINGS WE'RE HEARING? AND THEN HAS THAT LED TO ACTUALLY BE, BESIDES KIND OF THE LOOKING AT SOCIAL MEDIA AND TALKING TO THE MARKET, LIKE, ARE WE ACTUALLY THEN CONNECTING WITH FACILITIES TO SAY, HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING, THIS IS WHY PEOPLE AREN'T BIDDING.

AND THEN AS IT LED TO ANY MEANINGFUL REFORM.

SO WE DO, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I ASKED MY TEAM IS, HAS, WE'RE, AS WE'RE CALLING THESE PEOPLE, IF THEY GET FEEDBACK, LET'S PASS IT ON TO OUR FACILITIES TEAM SO THAT THEY CAN ACTION IT, RIGHT? SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, I ACTUALLY, I JUST CHECKED BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND WE DID GET ONE LINER THAT I WAS GONNA SEND OVER TO ALIX, SOMEBODY ASKING, LIKE, I THINK IT SAID SOMETHING LIKE, UM, WHY DO WE HAVE TO REPLACE SOILS IF, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE COVERED OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

UM, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD SEND TO ALIX AND THEN THEY CAN ACTION LIKE, HEY, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S REQUIRED IN SPEC? IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CHANGE? IS THERE, IS IT, DOES IT MERIT CONNECTING TO THE COMPANY AND FINDING MORE WHAT MORE DETAILS, RIGHT.

WHERE INSTANCES ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? SO WE CAN LEARN FROM THAT.

BUT YES, THAT'S COMMONLY DONE IN, IN OUR GROUP, AND WE KIND OF SHARE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WITH THAT.

WELL, I THINK FOR THE FALL, I, I COULD SEE A WORLD WHERE WE KIND OF CONNECT A FEW THREADS OF THIS COMMITTEE.

ONE IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND THEN TWO IS THE SPEC STUFF THAT ALIX HAS BEEN WORKING ON.

AND ACTUALLY TRY TO KIND OF HAVE A PRESENTATION AROUND SOME OF THE ACTUAL FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.

MM-HMM.

BECAUSE WE DO HEAR IT ALL.

I, I'M SURE, SURE.

I'M SEEING A LOT OF NODS TOO, BUT SHERETTE AS WELL, LIKE FROM THE FIELD, WHEN WE TALK TO PEOPLE TO SAY LIKE, OH, WE WORK WITH ALL THESE OTHER LA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT NOT LUSD BECAUSE OF THIS.

AND SOME OF THEM IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE OR SOME, OUR INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW IS DIFFERENT, BUT, BUT THE SPECS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SAY, WELL, IF WE'RE AN OUTLIER, LET'S CHANGE IT.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GETTING THERE, BUT WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.

AND, AND ACTUALLY, IT'S FUNNY JUST TO QUICKLY COMMENT ON THAT.

UH, THIS MORNING ACTUALLY, I WAS TALKING TO THE, UH, ONE OF MY MANAGERS TELLING HER THAT NEXT FISCAL YEAR I WANT TO KIND OF REVIEW THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FALLEN OFF RIGHT FROM OUR PREQUEL PROCESS AND FINDING OUT THE Y WHAT IS IT THAT THAT, THAT WE CAN DO TO GET THEM BACK IN? AND MAYBE WE'LL GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND ON THAT POINT.

AND THEN MS. GREENSPAN, I, I GUESS WHEN I, AND AGAIN, NOT, NOT AT ALL AN EXPERT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE KIND OF THE, THE, THERE ARE THREE KIND OF CHECKS IN THE PROCESS OF PROCUREMENT.

THERE'S THE INITIAL FILTER MM-HMM .

THERE'S THE SCORING PROCESS, AND THEN THERE'S THE BOARD, THE BOARD APPROVAL.

AND I WONDER, I MEAN, WE PUT A LOT, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT INITIAL FUNNEL IS TOO NARROW.

AND I'M CURIOUS JUST HOW YOU OR MR. FRIEDMAN THINK ABOUT, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE YOU WANNA EXPAND THAT A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN AT THE SCORING PROCESS, THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SAY, WELL, THIS PERSON HAS A DIFFERENT SAFETY OR THIS PERSON.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WHEN IT GETS TO THE BOARD APPROVAL, IT'S USUALLY, I MEAN, I MEAN, SOME ARE FOR RATIFICATION, SOME ARE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE CHALLENGE HERE, EVEN WITH THE TWO BIDDERS FOR FAIR FOR FAIRFAX, IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THAT FIRST PROCESS AND WHY CAN'T WE, I MEAN, MY FUNNEL ANALOGY HERE, BUT LIKE, KIND OF WIDEN THE FUNNEL AND THEN CATCH SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN THE MIDDLE STAGE OR JUST BID THEM DIFFERENTLY RIGHT? OR LIKE SCORE THEM DIFFERENTLY.

WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, WORKING ON SOME PROJECTS RIGHT NOW IN THE PALISADES, FOR EXAMPLE.

UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE MODEL WE KIND OF TOOK ON IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE EXPAND THE POOL UPFRONT, RIGHT? MAKING SURE WE HAVE A PROPER POOL FOR THE PROCUREMENTS WITHOUT, BEFORE THEY MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LEVELS.

SO, AND, AND, AND I GUESS, SORRY, BUT I LIKE JUST LOOKING AT KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, EVEN WITH THAT EIGHT YEARS, THREE PROJECTS, LIKE I COULD SEE US SAYING, WELL, IN ORDER TO BID, YOU HAVE TO JUST HAVE ONE PROJECT IN 12 YEARS, OVER $20 MILLION.

BUT THEN LIKE WHEN WE'RE SCORING, YOU GET A HIGHER SCORE IF YOU HAVE THREE PROJECTS OVER $50 MILLION IN FIVE, AS OPPOSED TO SAYING YOU CAN'T EVEN GET IN UNLESS YOU'VE, SO, SO, YEAH.

SO WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE EIGHT YEARS, THAT'S MORE OF A PREQUAL LEVEL, RIGHT? SO THAT'S JUST GETTING PREQUALIFIED.

THAT'S MORE THE, THE GENERAL HIGH LEVEL PREQUALIFICATION.

AND MOST OF THESE COMPANIES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED, THAT ISN'T WHAT THEIR

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STRUGGLE IS.

MORE OF THEM IS, IS MORE OF THE STRUGGLE WITH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN TERMS OF THE SCORING OR WHERE THEY LAND IN TERMS OF QUALIFICATIONS.

AND THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE STRUCTURE IT IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN MAKE IT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN QUALIFY AND THEN SCORE WITHIN THAT PROCESS.

AND THEN YOU LAND WHERE YOU LAND.

AND I JUST WONDERED, THEY'VE BEEN DOING ALL THESE THINGS.

L-A-U-S-G JUST HAS A BAD REPUTATION.

LIKE WHAT, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR WHAT YOU THINK HUNDRED PERCENT, WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING TO KIND OF, TO START INCREASING COMPETITION? GOOD QUESTION.

AND I THINK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WE, WE WENT OUT ON THIS PATH TOWARDS BEING EASIER TO DO BUSINESS WITH.

AND THAT'S ALL THE THINGS THAT J'S DISCUSSING ALL THE THINGS THAT DANA DISCUSSED LAST MONTH, UM, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO THE, THE FUNNEL CONVERSATION.

I THINK, UM, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET THERE LAST MONTH, BUT I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS OUR ENERGY, IS TRYING TO CREATE A FUNNEL THAT ALLOWS FOR MORE COMPETITION MM-HMM .

AND THAT THE, THE TRUE QUALITY OF OF PROPOSALS WILL COME OUT WHEN WE START SCORING THEM.

YOU NEED LIKE A HEADLINE, LIKE, WE'RE EASIER TO WORK WITH NOW OR , I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE, BUT LET'S KEEP SAYING IT UNTIL IT STICKS.

I WOULD, I WOULD, I MEAN, JUST THE NOT HAVING TO DO TWO LICENSES IS LIKE A HUGE THING.

YEAH, IT WAS A BIG THING.

IT WAS, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A BIG THING, BUT IT IS IT, YOU SAW THE PROOF IN THE BIDS.

IT'S, I'M LAUGHING.

'CAUSE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY REZOS THAT WE'VE DONE, THE DIGITIZATION, MY OFFICE'S LINE IS LIKE, BRING LA UNIFIED INTO THE LATE NINETIES.

SO IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR.

IT'S LIKE, LET'S A USD, LIKE JUST SLIGHTLY WOR SLIGHTLY LESS WORSE THAN LAST TIME ON THE PROCUREMENT .

UM, SORRY.

UH, LET'S BE SENDING NEW BILL AND THEN MR. RAMIREZ, THEN WE'LL SEE IF ANYONE ONLINE.

OH, I SEE.

RANDY HAS HIS HAND TOO, BUT DID YOU ASK SOMETHING? YEAH, JUST REAL.

SO YOU TALKED ABOUT USING SOCIAL MEDIA MM-HMM .

UM, WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD A RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECT.

HOW ABOUT PUTTING IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA? HEY, THESE GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

THAT, IS THAT BEING DONE OR NOT TO THAT LEVEL? WELL, THEY, THEY DO PUT THE PROJECT.

YEAH, WE DO.

AND WE'VE EXPANDED THAT QUITE A BIT THIS YEAR.

YEAH, RIGHT.

WE USE, YOU GET THE CONTRACTOR.

SO IF THEY ADVERTISE, WE ADVERTISE.

IF WE ADVERTISE FOR, NO, NOT ADVERTISE.

I'M SAYING ONCE A PROJECT'S COMPLETED.

OH NO, WE DO THAT TOO.

PUT 'EM LIKE A SHOT OUT ON THERE.

HEY, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

DID YOU MISS NORTH HOLLYWOOD? ? I DID, YEAH.

SO APPRECIATE, UM, THE UPDATE AND ON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE, THIS IS WHERE IT SAYS COMPLETED IN UNDERWAY WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EIGHT YEAR EXPERIENCE WINDOW UHHUH ON THIS, WHAT IS COMPLETED AND WHAT IS UNDERWAY.

UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT TOGETHER.

SO IS IT ONGOING? AND SO, OKAY.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

IN THIS POLICY SHIFT.

I PUT IT HERE.

SO QUALITY BIDS IS ALREADY IN PLACE.

IT'S BEEN, UH, IN PLACE SINCE JANUARY.

UH, BUT IT'S STILL IMPROVING, RIGHT? SO IT'S BRAND NEW.

IT'S A NEW SYSTEM.

THAT SYSTEM, PEOPLE ARE USING IT AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK.

GOOD ONES FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE AND SOME PERSONAL FEEDBACK, BUT IT'S STILL, FROM OUR VIEW, THERE'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA STILL TRY TO IMPROVE ON WITHIN THE SYSTEM.

IT'LL HELP OUR POLICY, OUR PRACTICES INTERNALLY.

AND SO THE OTHERS ARE ALREADY, AND THE EIGHT YEAR EXPERIENCE IS ALSO DONE, UH, IT'S CURRENTLY IN PLACE.

AND THEN VULNERABILITY CAPACITY'S ALSO IN PLACE.

THE OTHER ONE'S KIND OF JUST A BLEND OF THE, OF THE PROCESSES.

GOT IT.

AND YOU MENTIONED, 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS.

HOW DOES THAT FIT IN? HAVE WE SEEN THEM BEING ABLE TO QUALIFY OR NOT QUALIFY FOR PROJECTS? NO, WE, ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, WE HAVE A HIGH PARTICIPATION RATE IN, IN SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND THEN, UM, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THE TESTIMONIES, I THINK.

UM, VERY GOOD.

IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD.

I MEAN YOU NEED TO BRING THEM WITH YOU BECAUSE WE ARE, THAT NARRATIVE IS REALLY HARD, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE STILL IN THE 19 HUNDREDS.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT.

I MEAN, WHEN I GO OUT SOMETIME I'M HESITANT TO SAY WHERE I WORK 'CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, WHO SD? THEY'D BE LIKE, OH, NOT L-A-U-S-D.

IT, WE'RE BEING ABOUT IT.

UM, BUT IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO CHANGE AND TO WORK BETTER WITH, TO BE A BETTER PARTNERS WITH WHENEVER WE'RE DOING, UM, BUSINESS.

AND SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME GOOD TESTIMONIES OUT THERE.

AND I GUESS TO, UM, NICK'S POINT, IF WE COULD SEE OR SEE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE CHANGING MM-HMM .

UM, AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AND AS, AS A RESULT OF THE FEEDBACK, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE IMPROVING AS THINGS ARE UNDERWAY AND TRANSFORMING.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY NAME IT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS AGO, THIS WAS HERE TWO YEARS AGO, THIS WAS HERE.

I MEAN, WE'RE IN EDUCATION AND WE HAVE TO BE DRIVEN BY DATA.

IF WE CAN'T SEE IT, THEN IT DIDN'T REALLY HAPPEN TO ME.

SO IT'S LIKE, WHAT DID WE DO A YEAR AGO? WHAT DID WE DO TWO YEARS AGO? THIS IS HOW WE'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE VALUE IN THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE WAY, WHICH IS MAKING US BETTER PARTNERS.

WE'RE SEEING IT, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT

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AND THEN PEOPLE WILL DEFINITELY SEE THAT, NO, IT'S A DIFFERENT L-A-U-S-D.

UM, MR. JOHNSON? YEAH.

UH, QUICK QUESTION, UM, IN, IN LOOKING AT WHY YOU MAY NOT BE GETTING AS MANY BIDDERS ON A SPECIFIC, LET'S SAY EVEN A SCHOOL, I, UH, YOU'RE GONNA BUILD A NEW SCHOOL OUTSIDE OF USING SIGNATORY LABOR.

WHEN YOU HAVE A COMPLETED SET OF PLANS THAT A CONTRACTOR IS BIDDING, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR A CONTRACTOR TO GO, JESUS, I'VE GOT A, I GOT THESE MAYBE WEBE AT RISK YOUTH, UM, UH, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND TO THE POINT WHERE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THAT LIFE IS TOO SHORT, THEY DON'T WANT TO BID.

SO I MEAN, IS THERE, ARE THERE A LOT OF THOSE TYPE OF REQUIREMENTS OR IS IT AS SIMPLE AS YOU USE SIGNATORY LABOR, YOU GOT A COMPLETED SET OF PLANS AND YOU'RE OFF TO THE RACES? THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, BUT THAT'S NOT THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN MOST OF THE TIME.

I THINK PART OF THE BIGGEST HURDLE THAT WE'VE SEEN IS, IS THE TIMING OF THINGS.

WE, WE SOMETIMES TEND TO PUSH THINGS ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND THAT KIND OF, UH, IT KIND OF, UH, EATS UP ALL THE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS, RIGHT? SO THEY SAY, OH, I ONLY HAVE BONDING FOR THIS MUCH OF WORK AND YOU'RE PUTTING OUT FIVE BIDS AT THE SAME EXACT TIME.

WE GOTTA SPACE THAT OUT.

SO THAT'S THE CONVERSATION WE HAVE A LOT WITH FACILITIES IS TRY TO PHASE IT OUT TO MAKE SURE THE POOLS ARE THERE AND WE HAVE THE PROPER, UM, TARGETED AUDIENCE THAT CAN BID THESE PROJECTS.

ALRIGHT.

SO, SO YOU'RE, YOU, YOUR STANDARD CONTRACT PACKAGE WOULDN'T HAVE A LOT OF EXTRANEOUS TYPE OF REQUIREMENTS? NO, NOT GENERALLY SPEAKING, NO.

GOOD.

ANY FINAL, NICOLE, IF YOUR HONOR, OR I DON'T KNOW IF TANYA IS MR. S FRANKLIN'S BEEN ABLE TO JOIN? UM, YEAH, RANDY, HE JUST FINISHED UP, SO NOBODY ELSE HAS A HAND UP.

I'M HERE, I'M JUST LISTENING AND HELLO, WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND ALL THIS.

OF COURSE.

JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE, UH, CAN ASK QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE FEEDBACK WHENEVER.

PRESENTATION, UM, IS AROUND LEASING.

UM, OKAY.

WITH THAT, THANK YOU, UH, APPRECIATE THE PROGRESS BEING MADE HERE AND WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

UM, OUR NEXT

[II.3. Update on Building Stronger Communities: Leveraging School Facilities for Engagement and Financial Stewardship (Res-021-25/26)]

PART OF THAT BRINGING L-A-U-S-D TO THE NINETIES IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING FROM CREDIT CARDS TO ONLINE SYSTEMS. UM, SO THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION TO MODERNIZE AND UPDATE OUR LEASING AND CIVIC CENTER PERMIT SYSTEMS. THERE ARE IMPORTANT POINTS OF CONTEXT BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.

ALSO A SOURCE OF REVENUE.

AND SO THE HOPE WAS THAT WE SHOULD MAXIMIZE ENGAGEMENT WITH PARTNERS WHILE IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITY FOR INCOME GENERATION.

WE'RE GONNA HEAR AN UPDATE ON THIS WORK.

UH, THE BOARD RECENTLY HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS AT OUR BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK.

UM, BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. DUL, WHO WILL, UH, GIVE THIS THE, I THINK IT'S THE SAME PRESENTATION, UH, VERSION OF IT, AND THEN TURN TO THE COMMITTEE FOR FEEDBACK.

YES, THANK YOU.

UM, ASSAM DUL, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY USE OF DISTRICT FACILITIES.

UM, AS BOARD MEMBER MELVOIN MENTIONED, THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION TO STRENGTHEN OUR PROCESSES FOR COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES.

UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON MULTIPLE FRONTS TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND, UH, I'LL BE PRESENTING TODAY AND SHARING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.

SO WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS WE'RE, UM, UP IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OR IN THE PROCESS OF GOING OUT WITH RFPS TO IMPROVE CERTAIN PROCESSES BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR, UH, POLICY AS IT RELATES TO THE COMMUNITY USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES.

AND SO WE'RE PRESENTING TO THE BOARD, UM, SOMETIME IN THE FALL AND UPDATE TO THAT.

AND SO WE'LL PREVIEW THAT AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION BEHIND THAT AND HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO PROCEED, UM, WHICH INCLUDES A NEW STUDENT BENEFIT RATE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, THE DISTRICT HAS NOT RAISED RATES SINCE 2018 ON BOTH THE CIVIC CENTER AS WELL AS OUR MARKET RATES, OUR, UM, OUR MARKET RATES, LICENSE RATES.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT IN MORE DETAIL AS WELL.

AND THEN AS ALWAYS, WE'LL LOOK AT OUTREACH AND OUR STRATEGY FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INFORMING THE PUBLIC, UM, AS WE PROCEED WITH BOTH A POLICY UPDATE, OUR UPDATE TO OUR PROCESSES, AS WELL AS, UM, ANY RATE UPDATE.

SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON THE RFPS.

SO WE'RE DOING TWO DIFFERENT REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.

UM, ONE OF THEM IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE COMMUNITY USE PLATFORM.

IT'S A FANCY WAY OF SAYING OUR WEBSITE.

SO THE WEBSITE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE NOW, UM, ALLOWS YOU TO GO ON AND RESERVE.

AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO TAKE THAT INTERNAL PROCESS THAT'S MANAGED INTERNALLY AND FIND A THIRD PARTY USER TO, UM, HELP US AND ASSIST US WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF BOTH THE, UM, THE SYSTEM THAT SOMEBODY WOULD GO IN AND TO RESERVE A SPACE, UM, AT A SCHOOL.

AS WELL AS, UM, IDENTIFYING WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN

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TERMS OF A MASTER CALENDAR, IF YOU WILL, OF HAVING A MASTER CALENDAR FOR THE SCHOOL.

SO THAT IT, IT NOT ONLY ALLOWS US FOR EASE OF USE FOR THE EXTERNAL USER, BUT ALSO FOR THE INTERNAL USER BEING BOTH CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL AS THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES.

SO THAT'S, UH, SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY OUT, UM, ON THE STREET AND WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING PROPOSALS, UM, SOMETIME EARLY JUNE IS WHEN THOSE PROPOSALS ARE DUE.

AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UH, SELECTION.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT WE CALL OUR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

SO OUR INTERNAL, UH, SOFTWARE THAT WE USE TO MANAGE VARIOUS DOCUMENTS, UM, INCLUDING LICENSES AND CIVIC CENTER PERMITS, ET CETERA.

AND SO THAT RFP HAS NOT GONE OUT YET, BUT WE'RE ANTICIPATING HAVING THAT RELEASE WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.

SO, UM, TRANSITIONING OVER TO THE POLICY.

SO THE DISTRICT'S POLICY, UM, REALLY LOOKS AT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

UM, NUMBER ONE IS IT LOOKS AT OUR CIVIC CENTER, UH, PERMIT PROCESS AS WELL AS OUR LICENSE AGREEMENT PROCESS.

AND SO WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE A FEW CHANGES AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.

SO NUMBER ONE IS WE'RE LOOKING TO STREAMLINE OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES, UM, BY ADDING VARIOUS VERIFICATION CHECKLISTS.

UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO MINIMIZE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS FOR REPEAT APPLICATIONS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, OUR CURRENT TERM RIGHT NOW IS SIX MONTHS.

UM, THAT'S, SO EVERY SIX MONTHS SOMEBODY HAS TO APPLY FOR THE SAME, IF THEY'RE USING THE SAME SPACE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT WE'RE GONNA EXTEND THAT TO 364 DAYS.

UM, THAT'LL LIMIT BOTH THE INTERNAL, UH, PROCESSING AS WELL AS FOR OUR REPEAT CUSTOMERS.

IT'LL MAKE THAT PROCESS EASIER AND HOPEFULLY LESS PAPERWORK FOR THEM.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE CIVIC CENTER RATE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE RATE THAT GO IS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL TYPES OF FACILITIES.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN A LITTLE BIT WE'VE GOT CLASSROOMS, AUDITORIUMS, GYMS, FIELDS, THEY'RE ALL AT THE SAME RATE FOR CIVIC CENTER.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE THAT SO IT'S MORE TIED TO THE ACTUAL COST OF THE SPACE AS OPPOSED TO JUST A FLAT RATE ACROSS THE BOARD.

'CAUSE IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL COST OF UTILIZING THOSE FACILITIES IS DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF FACILITY AS IT RELATES TO LICENSE AGREEMENTS.

UH, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO UPDATE OUR, UH, PROCESSES AND JUST MAKE THEM, UM, STRONGER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT UPDATING THE TERM RIGHT NOW.

YOU CAN GO NO MORE THAN THREE YEARS.

AND SO POTENTIALLY WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY, IF WE GO OUT WITH A NOTICE OF INTENT TO LEASE, WE CAN GO UP TO FIVE YEARS.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A WAY TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, KNOWING THAT SOME USERS WANT TO BE THERE FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME.

WE'RE ALSO SIMPLIFYING THE, THE RATE CATEGORIES.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT RATE CATEGORIES.

THERE'S, UM, WE HAVE MARKET, UH, DIRECT RATE, REDUCED DIRECT.

THERE'S, THERE'S A WHOLE D BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ONES.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO STREAMLINE THAT AS WELL.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT MARKET AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS THE STUDENT BENEFIT RATE, UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE PLANNING TO BRING THIS TO THE BOARD, THIS UPDATE TO THE POLICY, TO THE BOARD IN THE FALL.

ULTIMATELY, WHAT THIS WILL DO IS IT'LL SUPERSEDE THE BOARD RULES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2023.

WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERNAL BULLETIN KIND OF OF PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE, UM, THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY USING AS OUR KIND OF OUR GUIDELINE.

SO THIS WILL UPDATE ALL OF THAT.

WE'RE UTILIZING, IN THIS CASE JUST FIELDS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, 40,000 HOURS A YEAR IS WHAT OUR FIELDS ARE BEING USED.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS NEW RATE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

UM, SO WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK OVER TIME.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT CIVIC CENTER RATES, WE HAVE MARKET RATES.

THERE'S ALSO BEEN, UM, A REQUEST TO LOOK AT, WELL, WHAT IF THERE'S A USER THAT'S NOT CHARGING STUDENTS TO, FOR, FOR PROGRAMMING, IS THERE A WAY TO ACTUALLY CHARGE THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE USING THIS FACILITIES FOR AS OPPOSED TO THIS FIXED RATE? RIGHT? BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND THE CIVIC CENTER RATE IS A FORMULA BASED OFF OF WHAT THE RATES ARE, UM, FOR VARIOUS USES, RIGHT? SO FOR THE, FOR THE VARIOUS TYPES OF, UM, THINGS CUSTODIAL YES.

PROVIDE A COUPLE DEFINITIONS.

SURE.

THE EDUCATION CODE ULTIMATELY DICTATES WHAT A CIVIC CENTER, IT, IT REQUIRES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MAKE THEIR SCHOOL FACILITIES QUOTE UNQUOTE CIVIC CENTERS.

SO IT, IT'S THE, IT'S THE CODE THAT ULTIMATELY, UM, GUIDES US AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE OUR FACILITIES AVAILABLE.

AND WHAT IT STIPULATES, AND ACTUALLY I HAVE A SLIDE ON IT VERY SHORTLY.

YEAH, NO PROBLEM.

UM, WHICH WILL, WHICH DICTATES WHAT YOU CAN CHARGE OR HOW YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHARGE DEPENDING ON WHO THE USER IS.

SO, AND I'LL GET INTO MORE, IN MORE DETAIL ON THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

UM, SO WITH THE PROPOSED STUDENT BENEFIT RATE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TRYING TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY BOTH TO OUR STAFF AS WELL AS TO, UM, OUR USERS AND BEING ABLE TO CALCULATE BASED ON A CASE BY CASE SITUATION.

SO INSTEAD OF USING THE ACTUAL CIVIC CENTER RATE, WHICH AGAIN TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, THE UTILITIES, THE, UH, BEYOND THE BELL PERSON THAT HAS TO SHOW UP TO OPEN IT UP, THE CUSTODIAL STAFF, THE FACILITY, UH, MAINTENANCE, IF YOU WILL.

UM, THAT'S A GENERAL AVERAGE THAT WE USE TO COME UP WITH THAT RATE.

AND SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO WORK WITH A PARTICULAR USER KNOWING THAT THEY'RE BENEFITING

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STUDENTS.

AND SO THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE, YOU HAVE TO BE A 5 0 1 C3, YOU MUST PROVIDE, UM, SERVICE SERVE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS THROUGH EITHER PROGRAM, YOUTH PROGRAMS, EDUCATION SERVICES, FAMILY SUPPORT.

AND VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU MUST NOT CHARGE STUDENTS, UM, OR FAMILIES.

SO THERE ARE ENTITIES OUT THERE THAT RECEIVE GRANTS THAT ARE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO CHARGE THOSE, UM, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS, FAMILIES FOR THE PROGRAMMING.

AND SO WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM AS A, UH, CIVIC BENEFIT.

UM, AND SO IT ULTIMATELY ENSURES EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE YOUTH.

SO EXAMPLES OF THIS WOULD BE VOTER REGISTRATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE CENTERS, UM, ANYBODY WHO IS WILLING TO RUN A PROGRAM FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR, OR INDEPENDENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF STUDENTS OR FAMILIES, UM, THAT IS NOT GOING TO CHARGE THEM AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY.

SO HERE IS A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THE THREE DIFFERENT RATE STRUCTURES.

SO THERE'S THE STUDENT BENEFIT RATE, WHICH I JUST SPOKE, SPOKE ABOUT.

THERE'S THE CIVIC CENTER RATE.

AND SO ULTIMATELY THE ED CODE, UM, DICTATES THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN UTILIZE FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, OR ANY, ANY OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES.

IT MUST BE, UM, AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION RECREATIONAL PURPOSES.

A KEY THING THAT IS GUIDED BY THE ED CODE IS THAT, UH, IF IT'S A RECREATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUE, YOU MUST CHARGE LESS THAN $60 A MONTH ON AVERAGE.

UM, AND THAT IS STIPULATED BY THE ED CODE.

THAT IS NOT, IS NOT A DISTRICT REQUIREMENT, IF YOU WILL.

AND ULTIMATELY THE ORGANIZATION IS NOT TO OPERATE FROM A COMMERCIAL PROFIT, RIGHT? SO THE IDEA WOULD BE IF YOU ARE A RECREATIONAL SOCCER, IF YOU WERE CHARGING LESS THAN $60 PER MONTH, UM, ON AVERAGE, THEN YOU COULD QUALIFY UNDER THE CIVIC CENTER RATE.

AND THEN THOSE THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR EITHER STUDENT BENEFIT OR CIVIC CENTER WOULD BE, UM, CHARGE THE MARKET RATE.

UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE EVERYBODY ELSE.

I DO WANNA POINT OUT, IT'S NOT UP ON THE SLIDE, BUT UM, I MENTIONED IT IN MY PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, BUT BOOSTERS, PTAS AND PTOS, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROCESSED UNDER CIVIC CENTER, BUT THE DISTRICT HAS A SEPARATE POLICY OR, OR SEPARATE, UM, WE HAVE SEPARATE GUIDELINES THAT HAS PROVIDED THAT THE DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO COVER THOSE FEES, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO PROCESS THEM.

OKAY, SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO LOOK AT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE RATES.

SO WE ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST TO LOOK AT THE POLICY, BUT ALSO WHAT RATES ARE WE, ARE WE CHARGING? AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVEN'T UPDATED RATES SINCE 2018.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT PEER GROUPS TO SEE WHAT THE AVERAGE RATE OF WHAT THEY WERE CHARGING FOR BOTH CIVIC CENTER RATES, WHICH IS LIKE A DIRECT COST, IF YOU WILL, AND THE MARKET RATE, UM, COSTS.

AND SO OUR GOAL, UH, REALLY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE RATES IS TO MAXIMIZE THE COMMUNITY ACCESS, BUT MINIMIZING ANY COST TO THE DISTRICT, RIGHT? SO THE DISTRICT WANTS TO OBVIOUSLY NOT INCUR COSTS OR MINIMIZE POTENTIAL COSTS, BUT STILL PROVIDING OUR FACILITIES, UM, ACCESS.

SO WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR PEER GROUPS, WHICH INCLUDED OAKLAND, SANTA ANA, POMONA, A, B, C, UNIFIED, TORRANCE, LAS VIRGINS, NORWALK, AND FRESNO, THOSE ARE THE EIGHT.

UM, WE FOUND THAT BOTH UNDER CIVIC CENTER AND MARKET, WE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN OUR PEERS IN THOSE GROUPS.

I WILL NOT READ THROUGH HERE, UH, EACH OF THESE ITEMS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS AND READ IT AT YOUR LEISURE.

LEISURE.

UM, I WILL SAY THAT WHERE YOU SEE AVERAGES, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE AVERAGE RATES, ESPECIALLY AS IT, UH, GOES UNDER MARKET RATE.

THAT'S BECAUSE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF A GYM, THE THE RATE MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A GYM THAT'S BIGGER, DEPENDING ON THE CAPACITY, IT MIGHT CHART COST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND SO THESE ARE JUST AVERAGES.

AND SO WE DID OUR BEST TO TRY TO COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.

AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE WAS AN EXAMPLE, AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IT, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE AN EXAMPLE EVEN FOR OURSELVES.

UM, AND SO WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED IN AN ATHLETIC FIELD AND WE DID A CASE STUDY, IF YOU WILL, AND WE, WE LOOKED AT WHAT THE ACTUAL COST TO L-A-U-S-D TO OPERATE THIS, UH, FIELD WOULD BE FOR AN HOUR.

AND WHAT DID WE INCLUDE IN THAT? WE LOOKED AT THE COST OF MAINTENANCE, UTILITIES, CUSTODIAL STAFFING, AGAIN, SOMEBODY HAS TO COME IN OPEN, SUPERVISE, UM, THE RESTORATION REPAIR COSTS.

AND, AND FOR THIS WE LOOKED AT A 60,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, FIELD AND THEN ASSUMED THAT THEY WOULD NEED ACCESS TO A BATHROOM.

SO WE INCORPORATED ALL OF THAT AS THE, THE USE OF THE FACILITIES.

UM, AND WE ASSUMED THAT THIS WAS A, A PART OF THE NORMAL DAY AND NOT OVERTIME RATES.

AND SO WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT THE CIVIC CENTER, UM, COSTS, UH, OR THE OVERALL COST WAS $368 AN HOUR.

AND BASED ON WHAT WE'RE CHARGING TODAY, WHICH IS $38 FOR A CIVIC CENTER, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A, UH, DIFFERENCE OF $297 THAT THE DISTRICT IS ULTIMATELY ABSORBING WHEN YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE AVERAGES OF WHAT THE POTENTIAL COSTS ARE OR WHAT THE COSTS ARE, UM, FOR OPERATING THAT SITE OR OPERATING THAT FIELD.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MARKET RATE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE CHARGING HIGHER, SO IN THIS CASE, OUR CURRENT RATE IS $260 AN HOUR, THE DIFFERENCE IS $108.

AND SO KEEP IN MIND THAT

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AND THIS IS OUTSIDE OF OUR NORMAL SCHOOLS BEING USING THE FIELDS.

THIS IS OUR CIVIC, UM, CENTER AND LICENSING THAT'S OCCURRING.

SO WHAT WE FOUND WAS WE'VE GOT ULTIMATELY STAGNANT RATES, AND WE'VE GOT RISING COSTS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, BOTH IN TERMS OF CUSTODIAL, UH, SUPERVISION, THE COST OF MAINTAINING THESE FIELDS, UM, ET CETERA, WHICH LEADS US TO, UM, OUR CONSIDERATIONS.

SO WE LOOKED AT THE RATE ANALYSIS AND WE LOOKED AT THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.

AND SO ONE IS, AS I MENTIONED, WHAT ARE THE ITEMS THAT GO INTO THE ACTUAL COSTS? AND SO I WON'T REPEAT IT AGAIN, BUT YOU CAN SEE CUSTODIAL, UTILITIES, ET CETERA.

UM, MARKET RATE I WILL POINT OUT IS NOT SET BY THE ACTUAL COST.

A MARKET RATE IS BASED OFF OF WHAT IS EVERYBODY ELSE CHARGING? WHAT'S THE, THE, YOU KNOW, MARKET COSTS, MARKET RATE THAT IS, UM, OUT THERE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE UNIVERSE.

UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT REVENUE VERSUS COST, RIGHT? SO THE MONEY WE'RE BRINGING IN VERSUS HOW MUCH ARE WE, UM, ULTIMATELY, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKING IN OR, OR NOT TAKING IN AND NOT COVERING OUR COSTS.

UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A APPROXIMATELY A OF A SUBSIDY OF ABOUT $8 MILLION PER YEAR.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR FIELDS AND ALL OUR OTHER USES, THERE IS A SHORTFALL, IF YOU WILL, UM, BASED OFF OF WHAT WE'RE CHARGING VERSUS WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE ACTUAL COST TO MAINTAIN THESE FIELDS AND TO OPEN THEM UP, ET CETERA.

UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT IN TERMS OF THE FACILITY USAGE.

OUR FIELDS, OUR, UH, FACILITIES ARE USED BY THE PUBLIC QUITE EXTENSIVELY.

WE HAVE OVER 5,000 ACTIVE AGREEMENTS THAT'S, THAT'S OPERATED THROUGH, UM, OUR REAL ESTATE GROUP.

OUR TOP 100 SCHOOLS ARE NEARLY FULLY SCHEDULED ON WEEKNIGHTS.

AND SO OUR FACILITIES ARE USED, UM, YEAR ROUND.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.

WE, ONE OTHER THING WE CONSIDER IS FOR THE CIVIC CENTER RATE SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE SAW THAT CHARGES ONE RATE ACROSS THE BOARD, WHETHER IT'S AN AUDITORIUM, A FIELD, OR A CLASSROOM.

AND SO THAT CREATED ISSUES IN SOME CASES WHERE, UM, SOME FOLKS THOUGHT, WELL, WHY ARE YOU CHARGING 38 FOR A CLASSROOM AND THEN 38 FOR A FIELD? LIKE, WHY IS THE CLASSROOM SO EXPENSIVE? THE FOLKS THAT ON THE FIELD SIDE MAYBE WERE, UM, NOT AS WORRIED ABOUT THAT DIFFERENTIAL.

SO ALL THAT SAID, UM, OUR PLAN TO UPDATE RATES IS WE'VE GOT A, WHAT WE CALL A TWO YEAR PLAN.

UM, WE'RE PLANNING TO ROLL THIS OUT OVER TWO YEARS.

WE DO NOT WANT TO SHOCK, UM, OUR USERS OVERNIGHT.

AND SO THE PLAN WOULD BE, AND I'LL JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH EACH OF THESE FOR LUSD SCHOOL GROUPS, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO ALLOW, OBVIOUSLY FREE, THAT'S FREE USE, RIGHT? ANYBODY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL, IF THE SCHOOL IS USING IT, THERE IS NO CHARGE OBVIOUSLY, UM, FOR SCHOOL USE AND FOR SCHOOL ATHLETICS, ET CETERA.

WE THEN HAVE THE STUDENT BENEFIT RATE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER FOR CIVIC CENTER RATE.

OUR PLAN IS TO, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN INCREASING RATES AND TRYING TO RE RECOUP COSTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME MAKING OUR FACILITIES AVAILABLE AND MAXIMIZING USE, UH, BY THE PUBLIC.

AND SO WE'RE, WHEN WE DID OUR ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE TRUE COST IS, WE, WE ULTIMATELY LOOKED AND IDENTIFIED THAT ABOUT 50% IS KIND OF THE, A GOOD SWEET SPOT TO, UM, INCREASE THE RATES BUT NOT NECESSARILY INCREASING THEM SO MUCH THAT THERE'S A, UM, DISPROPORTIONATE, UM, DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT THAT THE, UH, THE, THAT THE USERS HAVE TO PAY.

THEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT MARKET RATE, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD AS WE LOOKED AT A CPI ADJUSTMENT FROM 2018 TO 2026.

AND SO THAT IF YOU COMPOUND IS ABOUT 34% BETWEEN 2018 AND 2026.

AND SO OUR PLAN IS TO UPDATE THESE RATES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS WITH THAT, STARTING NOT IN THE 26 27 SCHOOL YEAR, BUT IN THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEN, SO THERE'LL BE HALF OF THAT AMOUNT THAT I MENTIONED GOING UP IN THAT FIRST YEAR.

AND THEN IN 28, 29 IT WOULD GO UP AGAIN TO GET TO, AT THE END OF THOSE TWO YEARS.

THOSE PERCENTAGES THAT I JUST MENTIONED, UH, WOULD BE ACHIEVED.

OKAY, SO THE RATES THEMSELVES, UM, I WILL NOT READ THROUGH THIS, BUT YOU CAN SEE KIND OF AS I MENTIONED, UM, OUR CURRENT RATES ARE $38 PER HOUR STARTING FOR 26, 27.

THOSE RATES WOULD STAY THE SAME.

SO WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR FOR 27 28, IT WOULD BE AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE AND THEN 28, 29 FOR CIVIC CENTER WOULD GET YOU, SO THE NUMBERS YOU SEE UNDER 28 29 IS THE 50% OF THE COSTS THAT WE'VE, UH, CALCULATED FOR THE USE OF THOSE FACILITIES.

WHEN COMPARING TO OUR CURRENT PEER AVERAGE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE STILL UNDER THOSE AMOUNTS.

UM, AND KEEP IN MIND WE'RE COMPARING CURRENT PEER AVERAGE TO TODAY'S NUMBER.

SO IF THOSE PEERS RAISE THEIR RATES TWO YEARS, ACTUALLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS FROM NOW, THEN OBVIOUSLY THESE NUMBERS, THIS COMPARISON

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WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

PROPOSED MARKET RATES.

UM, SO AGAIN, THIS ONE WAS ADJUSTED BASED OFF OF CPI AND SO WE'VE GOT THE CURRENT RATES.

YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, IT'S AN AVERAGE 'CAUSE IT DEPENDS ON SOME OF THE, THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY OR IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, THE CLASSROOMS, AUDITORIUMS, ET CETERA.

27 28 WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME WE INCREASE THE RATES.

28, 29 WOULD THEN GET YOU TO THAT 34%.

AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PEER AVERAGES, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE RIGHT IN LINE WITH WHERE THEY ARE.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S FORECASTING TWO AND A HALF YEARS OUT COMPARING TO TODAY'S RATES FOR OUR PEER GROUPS.

SO OUR STRATEGY FOR ROLLING THIS OUT, UM, WE PLAN TO AS, AS WE GET BOARD APPROVAL, UM, FOR THE NEW POLICY WILL BE GOING AHEAD AND ALLOWING OR NOTIFYING FOLKS THAT WHEN THEY START PULLING PERMITS, NOW WE'LL BE PUTTING A MESSAGE ON THERE, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE HERE'S WHEN WE'RE PLANNING TO RAISE RATES AND HERE'S WHAT THE RATES ARE GONNA BE SO THAT THEY HAVE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF NOTICE OF THESE RATES INCREASING.

WE'RE ALSO GONNA GO OUT AND, UH, UPDATE OUR WEBSITE TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION.

AND THEN FOR THOSE CAMPUSES THAT WE KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF USERS, WE'RE GONNA DO TARGETED OUTREACH TO LET THOSE FOLKS KNOW.

SO THAT WAY WE'RE COMMUNICATING A LITTLE MORE CUSTOMER SERVICE, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THOSE PARTICULAR STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL.

SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED, NEXT STEPS, SO FALL OF 26, 27, WE WOULD BE BRINGING, UM, THE POLICY ITSELF TO, UM, UPDATE IT TO THE BOARD AND THEN IN THE SUMMER OF 26 WOULD BE THAT FIRST, UM, INCREASE, UM, 20, YEAH, THE 26, 27, UM, FOR THE 27 28 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEN THE NEXT WOULD BE THE 27 28.

UM, WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, MS. HEN? SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR SHARING THIS.

AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO, UM, MAKING SURE OUR FACILITIES WERE AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND OFTEN, UM, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE VERY DIFFERENT.

AND SO WHEN YOU SAY OUR CURRENT PEER AVERAGES, WHAT AREAS WERE WE USING TO BRING US TO THESE NUMBERS? YEP, GREAT QUESTION.

SO GIMME ONE SECOND.

SO WE LOOKED AT EIGHT DIFFERENT PEERS.

WE LOOKED AT OAKLAND UNIFIED, SANTA ANA, POMONA, A B, C UNIFIED, UM, TORRANCE, LAS VIRGINS, NORWALK, AND FRESNO.

EVERYTHING IS STRICTLY VOLUNTEER.

AND SO WITH OUR PEER NUMBERS, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR ATHLETIC ASSISTANTS THAT USE THE FACILITY THAT IF THEY'RE USING IT FOR ONE HOUR AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH OUR LOW ECONOMIC FAMILIES AND IT'S A $60, BUT IF IT GOES OVER, SAY 65, 70, NOW THEY'RE IN THE MARKET.

AND SO IN THE MARKET, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICES FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? IT'S NOT A TORRANCE, IT'S NOT A NORWALK, IT'S INNER CITY OF LA.

SO HOW WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS NOW THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO NORWALK AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO TORRANCE, BUT WE WANNA PROVIDE THEM SERVICES RIGHT HERE IN THEIR COMMUNITY? YEAH, SO PER ED CODE, IF THEY CHARGE OVER $60, THEN THEY WOULD, OR IF THEY CHARGE LESS THAN $60, THEN THEY WOULD QUALIFY UNDER CIVIC CENTER.

IF THEY ARE OVER 60, THEN OUR CURRENT, UH, RATES THAT, OUR OPTIONS THAT WE'VE SET UP WOULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE THEM GOING TO MARKET RATE.

AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO, UM, IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING IN BETWEEN.

UM, BUT WE'D HAVE TO EVALUATE THAT AND GET BACK TO IT.

AND I'M SAYING FOR OUR STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF IT WAS OUR STUDENTS, IT WOULD BE FREE.

IF IT'S, IF IT'S, THEY'RE NOT, IF THERE'S NO COST TO THE STUDENTS, THEN TECHNICALLY THERE IS NO CHARGE, RIGHT? AND SO SAY YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUT OF SEASON TIME, UM, WHERE COACHES ARE COMING BACK TO TRAIN THEIR STUDENTS SO THEY CAN BE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS SOME OF THESE OTHER SPACES.

NOW, I MEAN, THEY CAN VOLUNTEER, THEY'RE NOT NON-PROFITS, SO THEY DON'T HAVE GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO FUND THEM.

I MEAN'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN VOLUNTEER, TRUST ME, I'VE BEEN A COACH FOR A LONG TIME.

UM, BUT HOW DO THEY, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THE HOURLY RATE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING HERE? 'CAUSE IF THEY GO OVER, THEN THEY'RE KIND OF IN A, THEY'RE IN A UNIQUE SPACE.

SO, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, SO UNDER THIS SCENARIO, ARE THEY CHARGING STUDENTS OVER $60 PER MONTH? SO THEY HAVE TO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR, UH, TOURNAMENTS.

IF THEY WANNA ENTER INTO A TOURNAMENT, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TURN TOURNAMENT'S, NOT FREE, BUT THEY'RE NOT A NONPROFIT.

SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, BUT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT TO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT OUTLIERS.

SO HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO DO THAT? WHAT WOULD BE, UH, I GUESS A SPECIAL PACKAGE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE IN THAT BOX

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BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT EXPERIENCE.

THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO, THEY WON'T GO TO NO OTHER COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT BECAUSE THEY, I APPRECIATE THE, THE PEERS THAT YOU MENTIONED HERE, BUT FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, THAT'S NOT THEIR PEERS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT.

AND SO MANY OF OUR ATHLETIC ASSISTANTS, THEY EXTEND THEMSELVES.

AND EVEN IF IT'S $70, I MEAN RIGHT NOW, AND IT DEPENDS ON HOW LARGE THAT TEAM IS TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY.

SO THEY'LL HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET.

IT'D BE, IT'LL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN A PROGRAM.

ARE THEY PAID NOW? SO THEY WOULD PAY, SAY EVEN IF THEY MOVED FROM 60 TO $70, THEN THEY WOULD GO INTO MARKET.

AND SO MARKET WOULD CHANGE.

THEY, THEIR, THEIR USAGE OF THE GYM.

SO THE USE FOR THE GYM AND THEN ALL THEIR MONEY IS USED RIGHT THERE.

SO THEY CAN'T GO TO THE TOURNAMENT SO THOSE STUDENTS, WHICH ARE OUR STUDENTS, DON'T GET THAT EXPERIENCE.

IT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO CLOSER.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO I, I JUST WANT US TO BE, YOU KNOW, ATTENTIVE TO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S MANY, AND I WAS ONE OF THOSE COACHES WHERE I COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE AND I WANTED OUR STUDENTS TO GET THAT EXPOSURE SO THAT THEY COULD COMPETE AT THAT LEVEL.

YOU KNOW, THEY COULDN'T GO TO THE A A U TEAMS, THEY COULDN'T AFFORD THAT SCHOLARSHIP OR NOT, BUT THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE AND I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THAT EXPERIENCE WITHIN OUR OWN GYMNASIUM.

YEAH, NO, I UNDERSTAND.

AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT CLOSER.

I THINK STRIKING THE BALANCE, IT'S A LITTLE HARD SOMETIMES BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE FOR-PROFIT CLUB TEAMS, SO HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TEAMS THAT ARE CHARGING AND THEY CAN MAYBE BE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL OR MAYBE THERE'S SOME LINK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IT'S A, YOU MUST PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.

SO TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHICH BUCKET THEY FALL UNDER IS, IS CHALLENGING.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO STREAMLINE IT TO SOME CASE.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ALWAYS, UH, THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR A GROUP THAT WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT A LITTLE CLOSER.

SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO.

AND MAYBE IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF HOW MANY OF THE STUDENTS ATTEND THE SCHOOL.

'CAUSE I MEAN, WE LOOK AT THAT, I MEAN, WHEN WE LOOKING AT OUR MAGNET PROGRAMS OR WE LOOK AT A COMMUNITY SCHOOL DAY, UH, SCHOOL PROGRAM, WE LOOK AT HOW MANY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN RATIO WITHIN A CLASS.

SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED A CHECKLIST AT THE BEGINNING AT THE TOP OF IT, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT EXACTLY WOULD BE UNDER, UNDER THERE WHERE YOU LOOK AT.

YEAH, USUALLY THE CHECKLIST IS SOMETHING WHERE WE ASK THEM, HOW MUCH DO YOU CHARGE? ARE YOU A NON-FOR-PROFIT? ARE YOU SERVING DISTRICT STUDENTS? OR ARE YOU SERVING STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE? SO THOSE QUESTIONS WILL HELP EVALUATE WHERE THEY FALL UNDER, AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE ADD THAT ADDITIONAL, UM, FILTER TO BE ABLE TO FIND THOSE INDIVIDUALS SO THAT OUR STUDENTS DO GET THAT SERVICE AND THEY GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

'CAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WON'T.

POINT VERY WELL TAKEN AND WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT.

FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY UNLESS YOU'RE PUTTING 150 KIDS IN LIKE TWO SQUARE FEET.

AND HOW CAN FOLKS, 'CAUSE THERE ARE, I MEAN, WE'VE GOTTEN GOOD FEEDBACK ON THE STUDENT BENEFIT RATE.

I KNOW THIS CAME UP IN THE BOARD MEETING, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE THE NEED TO AMEND THE CIVIC CENTER ACT BECAUSE THE $60 LIMIT, LIKE, I THINK EVEN A YO IS NOW CHARGING MORE THAN THAT.

AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE BOUND BY THIS, THIS, THE ED CODE.

BUT, UM, BUT THERE ARE ALSO, THERE ARE SOME, THERE ARE, UH, RELATIVELY UNIQUE SITUATIONS LIKE WHAT CHARETTES TALKING ABOUT.

WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNER AT FAIRFAX HIGH SCHOOL.

WHO'S ARE YOU, HAVE YOU, ARE YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK PEARSON? I HAVE NOT.

OH, OKAY.

WELL, NO, I'M JUST, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE GONNA DO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT WHO HAS ALSO KIND OF A UNIQUE SITUATION.

AND SO I KNOW FOLKS, SO THAT'S JUST TEEING UP MY QUESTION, WHICH IS, HOW CAN FOLKS ENGAGE WITH YOU IF THEY WANNA SAY LIKE, WE'RE IN THIS WEIRD SITUATION, WHERE WOULD WE FALL? AND AS WE'RE COMING UP WITH THE POLICY, ARE YOU OPEN TO FEEDBACK? YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY.

SO AGAIN, THE POLICY HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO THE BOARD YET.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT, AND THIS IS PART OF YEAH, SO I'M, WE CAN, I'M SAYING IF I'M THEM, ARE YOU OPEN? I KNOW YOU'RE OPEN TO FEEDBACK 'CAUSE WE YES, I AM.

BUT LIKE IF THAT'S THEIR QUESTION AND THEY CAN OUTREACH TO ME DIRECTLY.

SO WE SHOULD SEND FOLKS, WHETHER IT'S COACHES THEY KNOW, OR PARTNERS LIKE GREENWAY TO COME TALK TO YOU DIRECTLY.

YOU'VE ENGAGED WITH MANY, UH, TOPICS ON THIS WITH ME.

AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL AND, AND I CAN SEE IN HERE YOU'VE RESPONDED TO CONCERNS I'VE BROUGHT TO YOU.

UM, I WONDER IF WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT ED CODE ONE, DO WE GO BACK TO OUR, OUR ADVOCATING GROUP THAT NEEDS TO GO UP TO SACRAMENTO AND BE LIKE, HEY, THIS IS TO BE ON YOUR LIST.

UM, BUT TWO, IS IT ALSO, ARE WE GETTING INTO SEMANTICS? LIKE THERE'S THE FEE TO BE PART OF THIS, THEN THERE'S YOUR UNIFORM FEE, THEN THERE'S THE FEE FOR TOURNAMENTS, THEN THERE'S THIS.

SO IS IT THE FEE TO MERELY COME AND SHOW UP IS $60 OR LESS PER MONTH, BUT THEN THEY DECIDE IF THEY'VE GOT ENTITIES THAT ARE GOING, OR MAYBE IT'S ONLY A SUBPOPULATION.

MAYBE THERE IS A GROUP 'CAUSE SOFTBALL AND, UH, IS MY BACKGROUND.

SO LIKE MAYBE THERE'S A GROUP THAT IS, IS REALLY JUST THAT REC GENERAL SEASON AND THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE GROUP THAT GOES ON.

SO I WONDER IF EVEN IF WE CAN'T GET SACRAMENTO TO CHANGE THE ED CODE, WHICH JUST SEEMS ASININE, YOU CAN'T DO ANY, YOU CAN'T COVER YOUR INSURANCE AND GET THE LIGHTS ON

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RIGHT? YOU JUST CAN'T, THE MONEY DOESN'T ADD UP.

UM, OR YOU FIND SOME GREAT BENEFACTOR.

SO I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S ALSO REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT ED CODE.

IS IT JUST THE TOTAL WHAT THE PARENTS GOT PAID? AND ALSO, I KNOW FOR LITTLE LEAGUE AND A YSO IN OUR AREA OVER BY LAX, WE HAVE A TON OF STUDENTS THAT AREN'T PAYING ANYTHING OR THEY'RE ON A SLIDING SCALE.

SO HOW IS THAT FACTORED IN? AND I WANT TO, IF A FAMILY CAN AFFORD TO DO $400 FOR FOUR MONTHS, GET 'EM ON BOARD BECAUSE THAT MIGHT GIVE OUR BOARD THEN MONEY TO BE ABLE TO SUBSIDIZE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT ISN'T IN THAT SITUATION WHO THIS MIGHT BE THEIR ONLY OPPORTUNITY.

'CAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE STILL NOT REALLY GIVING SPORTS ACTIVITY GREAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE NINTH GRADE IN L-A-U-S-D.

SO IT'S REALLY THESE REC PARTNERS THAT ARE FEEDING IT SO WE CAN BE PROUD THAT THEN OUR HIGH SCHOOL WENT AND DID FOOTBALL, SOCCER, WHATEVER ELSE.

IT'S NOT COMING FROM OUR ELEMENTARY K EIGHT FEEDER PROGRAM.

IT'S COMING FROM OUR REC PARTNERS THAT ARE USING YOUR FIELDS.

SO ANYWAYS, I I, I DO JUST REALLY WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.

SO THAT WOULD BE ONE THOUGHT.

UM, I'LL JUST POINT OUT, BECKY, THEY'RE YOUR FIELDS.

WE WE'RE THE STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC.

NO, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

WE'RE THE STEWARDS OF PUBLIC, UH, RESOURCES, WHICH IS WHY WE WANNA MAKE HIM MORE ACCESSIBLE.

SO HE'S HE'S JUST THE CARETAKER.

TRYING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, OVER TIME.

I I JUST WILL GO, I'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU AND SO I JUST WANNA SHARE IT PUBLICLY AS THIS TO ME IS AN ENROLLMENT FACTOR BECAUSE WHEN THE, THE LITTLE KID ACROSS THE STREET SAYS, I CAN'T GO TO A YSO, THERE'S THIS BEAUTIFUL FIELD, SOMETIMES MODE, SOMETIMES NOT THAT'S QUESTIONABLE, BUT ACROSS THE STREET THEY CAN SEE IT.

IT'S GOT THE FENCE AROUND IT.

BUT I CAN'T GO HAVE A YSO THERE WHEN I'M FIVE YEARS OLD.

I HAVE TO GO ELSEWHERE.

WHETHER IT'S A CATHOLIC SCHOOL, A PRIVATE INDEPENDENT, LIKE WHATEVER IT IS, THAT'S WHERE I GET TO GO.

NOW YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE LITTLE KIDS THAT ARE CHOOSING AND THOSE ARE FAMILIES THAT HAVE MORE OPTIONS, SO THEY'RE CHOOSING TO GO ELSEWHERE.

SO FOR ME, AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT ENROLLMENT NOW FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS, I, I THINK WE NEED TO SEE, YOU SAID CUSTOMER SERVICE, YOU SAID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS, BUT CONNECTING THAT DOT THAT IF WE'RE NOT INFILTRATED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY BEING THAT PARTNER, WHAT'S A FAMILY IF THEY HAVE AN OPTION TO GO ELSEWHERE? THEY WON A LOTTERY, THEY GOT OUTTA DISTRICT, WHICH IS A KEY THING IN MY AREA, WHATEVER IT IS, WE LOSE THOSE FAMILIES.

UM, AND I THINK IF WE CAN GET 'EM ON CAMPUS, THEY GO, OH WOW, IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY PRETTY.

LOOK AT THAT NICE MURAL.

I ENGAGED WITH THE FACILITY STAFF, THEY WERE REALLY NICE AND HELPED ME.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT GET FAMILIES YOUNG, REALLY COMFORTABLE, OR THEY'RE ELEMENTARY KIDS ON A MIDDLE SCHOOL FIELD, WHICH I THINK IS EVEN MORE COMMON.

AND THEY GET THERE AND THEY GO, OH, IT'S NOT SO SCARY.

IT'S NOT, IT'S A SCHOOL.

RIGHT? SO I JUST, I ENCOURAGE YOU WHATEVER SUPPORT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO THINK IN, IN A WAY THAT WE CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE IN.

I, I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, A, A GREAT THING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO.

AND IN THE LONG RUN, I THINK, WE'LL, WE WILL GIVE US MORE ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE NEED.

THIS IS WHY BECKY WAS HONORED LAST TWO WEEKS AGO AS THE LAX CHAMBER, COASTAL, LAX CHA, COASTAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE END OF EDUCATION OF THE YEAR.

SO I'LL NOTE THIS IS ALSO WHY ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES AS A BOARD HAS BEEN THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PARKS INITIATIVE.

NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT 'CAUSE ONCE YOU WALK AROUND, I SEE IT IN MY DISTRICT.

FOLKS WALK AROUND AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THIS IS A GREAT LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I'VE NEVER STEPPED FOOT ON.

UM, I SEE THAT MS. PEPPERMAN HAS THEIR HAND UP.

THANKS SO MUCH.

UM, I ALSO WANNA JUST SAY THAT, UM, IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN SORT OF LARGER COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, FAMILY ORGANIZATIONS ATTACHED TO SCHOOLS, UM, WHETHER IT'S A BOOSTER CLUB OR A PTA, UM, I'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN FIELDING SORT OF COMPLAINTS AND ISSUES ABOUT THE USER EXPERIENCE ABOUT SORT OF LIKE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE, UM, WHICH I THINK, UH, BOARD PRESIDENT SCH SPOKE TO THE OTHER DAY WHEN YOU MADE THIS PRESENTATION IN ANOTHER MEETING.

UM, SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WORKING TO ADDRESS THESE VERY REAL ISSUES THAT MAKE IT REALLY HARD TO WELCOME COMMUNITIES INTO THESE SPACES TO HELP SCHOOLS BUILD RIGHT.

THEIR SCHOOL CULTURE.

SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

UM, I REALLY, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS AND THE FIRST ONE IS SORT OF A BACKWARDS QUESTION, , AND I'LL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND IT IN A SECOND.

AND I DON'T NEED LIKE A LENGTHY RESPONSE.

I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE ONLY BEEN SORT OF PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS STUFF FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.

UM, WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS FOR FINALLY ADDRESSING, UH, THESE ISSUES? I, I JUST DON'T KNOW THE BACKSTORY AND I'M WONDERING IF IN LIKE FOUR SENTENCES OR LESS, YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT, WHAT THE IMPETUS WAS TO RESET ALL OF THIS? SO I, I WILL START BY SAYING WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO, ALTHOUGH SOME MAY DISAGREE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN

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UH, WE'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR WEBSITE.

IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO.

WE'VE TRIED TO AUTOMATE THINGS AS TECHNOLOGY'S GOTTEN BETTER.

ARE WE THE QUICKEST TO GET TO TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.

UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN ASKED BY THE BOARD, UH, TO LOOK AT THIS CLOSER.

AND SO THAT'S PART OF IT AS WELL.

BUT I THINK IT'S TWO THINGS.

ONE IS WE ARE FOCUSED ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT AND OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD IS VERY VESTED IN THIS AS WELL.

AND I HAVE TO SAY NICOLE, TOO, THAT I, I BROUGHT A RESOLUTION, UM, THAT THE BOARD PASSED UNANIMOUSLY A FEW MONTHS AGO, DIRECTING THE DISTRICT TO, UH, UPDATE THE RATES, DO THE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, DO A PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR AN ONLINE SYSTEM AND ALL OF THIS.

SO, BUT LIKE MR. DU WAS SAYING, IT WAS, IT WAS DOVETAILING WHAT HE ALREADY WANTED TO DO.

HE JUST NEEDED THE BOARD SUPPORT.

GOT IT.

WELL, THAT IS VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW, UM, CONSIDERING SORT OF ALL THE RESOLUTIONS AND POLICIES THAT SORT OF FLOAT AWAY OVER TIME.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, SECOND, I, I GUESS I'M WONDERING WHY IT IS, UM, L-A-U-S-D NEEDS TO CONTRACT WITH A THIRD PARTY IN ORDER TO BUILD, UM, IN ORDER TO BUILD THE, THE PAGE WHERE FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE INTERACTING WITH, YOU KNOW, PARENT GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE GONNA BE INTERACTING, UM, WITH THIS PROCESS.

SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO WE'VE SEEN DISTRICTS, WE LOOKED AT OTHER DISTRICTS, WE'VE SEEN DISTRICTS THAT ARE UTILIZING THEIR OWN INTERNAL WEBSITE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.

WE'VE SEEN DISTRICTS THAT ARE USING EXTERNAL WEBSITES.

UM, WE HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO SEE WHETHER IT CAN WORK, UM, FOR, FOR AN EXTERNAL WEBSITE TO, UM, TO WORK.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MR. MELVIN WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS AT ALL AS WELL.

I NO, I MEAN, I I WAS JUST JOKING WITH MY COLLEAGUE.

HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE? BUT, UH, NO, THE PARENT PORTAL IS GOOD.

PARENT PORTAL IS GOOD.

UM, AND, AND OPEN DATA I THINK IS GOOD TOO.

NO, UH, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS, UH, AND THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT PREDATES THE RESOLUTION, WHICH JUST FIND A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IN YOUR ADDRESS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND BOOK IT.

AND IT, IT JUST, IN, IN GOING ROUNDS WITH THE DISTRICT, IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WERE OFF THE SHELF SOLUTIONS THAT WERE EASIER TO USE AND ACTUALLY CHEAPER, UM, THAN SPENDING ALL THE TIME TO BUILD IT INTERNALLY.

SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS THE EXPLANATION THAT THE BOARD GOT WHEN THIS WAS ALSO RAISED, I THINK LAST WEEK AS WELL.

AND I'M SORRY, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAUGHT LAST WEEK WHAT THE COST WOULD BE, WHAT THE ANTICIPATED COST MIGHT BE FOR USING A VENDOR TO BUILD THIS.

SO TYPICALLY THE, FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN, AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PROCUREMENT PROCESS, SO I CAN'T SPEAK A HUNDRED PERCENT ON WHAT THE PROPOSALS WILL BE, BUT WE'VE SEEN IT BEING A PERCENTAGE OF THE REVENUE THAT'S BROUGHT IN.

AND SO EACH COMPANY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

SO, SO THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY GONNA, SO THEY'RE GONNA RUN THE WHOLE THING.

THEY'RE NOT JUST SETTING IT UP, THEY'RE ACTUALLY MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM AND SORT OF INTERACTING WITH YOUR DE YOUR OFFICE? THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW.

SO THEY'RE GONNA BE, OH, WE ARE NOT HANDING NO.

SO I, SO I GUESS TO, TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE THEY'LL BE PROCESSING THE APPLICATIONS AS THEY COME IN.

THEY WILL RUN THE WEBSITE, THEY WILL PUT PICTURES UP.

UM, AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, SO WE DON'T HAVE A PROPOSER YET.

UM, BUT THE INTENT IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THEM BE THE WEBSITE AND THE INTERFACE.

THEY WOULD RECEIVE THE INFORMATION AND THE REQUESTS, THEY WOULD START THE PROCESS.

THEY WOULD HELP US WITH THE CENTRAL, UM, SCHEDULE, THE CENTRAL CALENDAR THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BY SCHOOLS.

AND SO ALL THAT INTERFACE WILL HAPPEN BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS AND THE, UM, THE THIRD PARTY THAT'S PROVIDING THE, UH, FACILITY WEBSITE.

BUT OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENT WILL STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND APPROVE.

AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE TO USE OUR INTERNAL, I, YOU KNOW, INTERNET ITS, UM, TO HELP PROCESS BECAUSE THERE IS STILL INTERFACE WITH, WE STILL HAVE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS THAT GOES THROUGH OUR RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND SO THERE IS STILL THAT PROCESS.

WE'RE NOT HANDING OVER THE KEYS COMPLETELY TO A THIRD PARTY, BUT THEY WILL BE ULTIMATELY WITH THAT WEB WEBSITE, UM, AND THAT INTERFACE INITIALLY.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE JUST STARTING US OFF AND HELPING US LEARN HOW TO DO THIS.

THEY'RE GONNA BE OUR PARTNERS.

IN PERPETUITY.

WITH MANAGING THIS PIECE OF THE DISTRICT COMMUNITY INTERACTION? THAT IS CORRECT.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE LOOKING TO BRING IN DONATIONS, UM, BUT MY GUESS IS SOME VERY SIMILAR ASPECTS OF, OF USER ENGAGEMENT.

INTERESTING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

I WILL, I WILL SAY MY BACKGROUND, I DID ANNUAL GIVING AND I FOCUSED A LOT OF TIME ON LOOKING, DO WE BUILD SOMETHING INTERNALLY TO TAKE THOSE DONATIONS, THE RECURRING, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S PROTECTED.

AND ULTIMATELY WE DECIDED WE HAD TO GO EXTERNAL AND IT WAS JUST SO EXPENSIVE FOR US TIME TO KEEP IT JUST WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT SO DIFFERENT,

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AND IN THAT SITUATION, MY OWN EXPERIENCE WAS IT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY CHEAPER AND YOU JUST MADE A PHONE CALL, FIX IT.

THEY HAVE TO FIX IT THOUGH.

THAT WOULD BE THE KEY THING THAT PARTNER HAS TO GO THROUGH.

AND I GUESS I WAS GONNA ASK, DID WE LOOK AT BOTH OPTIONS, OBVIOUSLY US BEING ABLE TO CREATE IT OR US USING OFF THE SHELF? YEAH, WE DID.

WE LOOKED AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE DIDN'T GET INTO SPECIFIC DETAILS, IF YOU WILL, BUT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IF WE WERE TO DO IT INTERNALLY AND UPDATE OUR WEBSITE OURSELVES.

WE WOULD STILL NEED TO GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO GO OUT AND DOCUMENT ALL OF THE RE THE, UM, FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE.

'CAUSE IF YOU GO TO SOME OF THE WEBSITES THAT YOU MIGHT SEE, YOU MIGHT SEE IT'S GOT PICTURES, IT'S GOT DESCRIPTIONS, IT'S, IT'S VERY, SO WE'D BE WORKING WITH ITS, UM, OUR INTERNAL, UM, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP.

AND SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO ASSIGN RESOURCES.

AND SO IT WOULD BE AN INTERNAL PROJECT, IF YOU WILL.

AND SO WE BELIEVE BASED OFF OF THE COST THAT IT'S EITHER COMPARABLE OR IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE LESS EXPENSIVE IF WE WERE TO UTILIZE A THIRD PARTY.

ARE WE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT IT IS LESS EXPENSIVE AND TO THE POINT MADE THAT IT IS, I MEAN, BECAUSE AS A COMMUNITY WE WANT, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PUT THAT EFFORT FORTH, RIGHT? WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS WHERE IT'S COST, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA COST US, YOU KNOW, TIME AND MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? VERSUS, YOU KNOW, WE BILL THIS, IT'S ALREADY PACKAGED OFF THE SHELF, IT'S READY TO GO AND WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, PAY THE ANNUAL FEE OR WHATEVER.

BUT IF WE COULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT GOING FORWARD, SO, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A DISTRICT, WE ARE ABLE TO SAY, THIS IS WHY WE SELECTED THIS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S CHEAPER.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY VET IT OUT TO SEE WHAT THE COST WOULD BE.

YEAH, I MEAN WE, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE FOLKS, FACILITIES, BUSINESS SERVICES, FINANCE FOR YEARS ABOUT THIS.

I MEAN, WE HAVE A ONLINE SYSTEM LIKE YOU CAN GO AND, AND THEN YOU SUBMIT AND THEN THEY GET IT AS A PDF AND THEN YOU CAN NOW CALL AND GET YOUR CREDIT CARD.

SO THIS WASN'T FOR ONE OF, UH, UM, OF, OF ADVOCACY.

I THINK, UM, ULTIMATELY ONE WE SHOULDN'T.

AND I THINK THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE WITH OUR UNIFIED ENROLLMENT SYSTEM, WHICH WAS IN A BOARD PRIORITY.

I KNOW AT LEAST INITIALLY THERE WAS A COMPANY WE USED CALLED SCHOOL MIN THAT LIKE SET IT UP.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL THE BACKEND OR A TRANSITION, BUT THERE ARE THE OFF THE SHELF PROVIDERS.

I ALSO KNOW, AND YOU'LL APPRECIATE THIS AS A COACH, I MEAN, THE OTHER THING THAT HAS IS, UH, IRRELEVANT TO WHETHER WE DO AN A THIRD PARTY OR INTERNAL IS KIND OF GETTING SCHOOL CALENDARS ALIGNED.

'CAUSE THERE'S STILL THE HUMAN ELEMENT WHERE LIKE IF YOU TRY TO BOOK DORSEY'S GYM, THE, THE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AND WHEN I TALK TO FACILITIES ABOUT IT, WHICH IS LIKE, YOU AS A USER TRY TO BOOK DORSEY'S GYM AND THEN FACILITIES WILL EMAIL SOMEONE DORSEY AND BE LIKE, IS YOUR GYM AVAILABLE? AND THEN THEY MIGHT NOT HEAR FOR DAYS OR WEEKS.

AND SO TRYING TO GET TO A WORLD WHERE THERE IS A CALENDAR FOR ALL A THOUSAND SCHOOLS, BUT THAT'S TOUGH BECAUSE IT PUTS THE ONUS BACK ON ON SCHOOLS.

BUT THAT IS LIKE THE IDEA SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE.

'CAUSE THE OTHER CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW FOR THE SYSTEM, WHETHER IT'S BUILT INTERNALLY OR NOT, IS IF I WANT TO SEE IF DORSEY'S GYM IS AVAILABLE, THERE'S NO WAY TO DO IT.

I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS THE WINDOW THAT I WOULD WANT IT, CALL THE SCHOOL AND FIGURE IT OUT.

SO THAT'S ALSO, AT LEAST AS I THOUGHT OF THIS AS THE ARCHITECT, THE RE UH, THE RESOLUTION, UM, TRYING TO THINK THROUGH, IDEALLY YOU'D BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, THAT DORSEY'S NOT AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME, BUT MAYBE HAMILTON IS AND ALL THAT.

BUT WE'RE KIND OF A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.

SO RIGHT NOW IF, IF DORSEY'S GYM WANTS TO BE UTILIZED, WE HAVE TO CALL THE SCHOOL IN ORDER TO, AND THEN THAT DOES TAKE TIME AND THE SCHOOL ULTIMATELY CAN APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THAT REQUEST.

THERE IS, UH, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS AND ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CENTRAL, UH, CALENDAR TO MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOLS ARE AWARE AND THERE'S A SEPARATE OUTREACH PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND STAFF ARE OF, ARE, UM, AWARE OF AS WE ROLL OUT A CENTRAL CALENDAR OF WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.

'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA BURDEN THE SCHOOLS WITH ANOTHER TASK, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THIS MIGHT BE USEFUL FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE A CALENDAR THAT THEY COULD THEN USE.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, WITH THE RATES, THESE ARE HOURLY RATES AND BACK TO THE POINT OF THE $60 RATE, HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU GET TO USE A FACILITY THAT MONTH UNDER THAT $68 HOUR? I MEAN THE $60 A MONTH INTAKE FOR AN ORGANIZATION, HOW MANY HOURS A MONTH CAN YOU USE IT? GOOD QUESTION.

I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A NECESSARILY A SET MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM OF HOURS.

IT'S, IT'S GENERALLY THE PROGRAM ITSELF, RIGHT? SO I THINK THAT THEY PROGRAM WANTED TO USE IT, YOU KNOW, FOUR DAYS, THREE WEEKS.

I MEAN, AND THEY WERE UNDER THAT THRESHOLD, WHICH WE KNOW WE GOTTA FIGURE THAT OUT.

BUT THAT $60 A MONTH, THEY COULD USE IT FOR 15 HOURS THAT MONTH? OR IS THERE TECHNICALLY YES, THEY COULD.

THEY'RE NOT CHARGING MORE THAN $60 TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM.

YEAH, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO MAXIMUM, THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO USE IT FOR.

AS LONG AS THEY QUALIFY FOR,

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WE DON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS OF EVERY APPLICANT AND HOW MANY HOURS THEY PLAN ON.

UM, WELL THEY DO, WE WE DO GET THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THEY PLAN ON USING THE SITE.

BUT WE DON'T DO THE MATH TO SAY, OKAY, THAT'S $60, IT EQUATES TO THIS MUCH PER HOUR.

IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING THE STUDENT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND EACH SCHOOL JUST, I DON'T KNOW, EACH SCHOOL DOESN'T GET ANY OF THE FEES FOR IT.

UNDER CIVIC CENTER? NO.

UNDER MARKET, YES.

OH, OKAY.

SO UNDER MARKET, IT'S, UH, I ALWAYS GET THIS BACKWARDS, BUT I THINK 68% OF THE MARKET RATE GOES TO THE SCHOOL AND 32% COMES TO CENTRAL, UH, DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS THAT'S USED TO PAY FOR, UH, VARIOUS THINGS, UTILITIES, RECOVERY OF THE FACILITIES, ET CETERA.

TOTALLY RANDOM QUESTION.

UM, DOES THE, CAN THE DISTRICT CHARGE FOR THE CREDIT CARD FEES? LIKE EVERYONE'S DOING THAT NOW? WE, UH, TECHNICALLY CAN, IF WE SET IT IN THE POLICY.

I DON'T BELIEVE, AND I DON'T HAVE THIS, UH, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S IN OUR POLICY NOW.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE NECESSARILY CHARGING TO USE THE CREDIT CARD, BUT I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.

SURE.

BUT IT'S A LOT IF IT'S, YEAH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE CHARGING, THERE IS AN APPLICATION FEE TO WHEN YOU APPLY.

SO, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE CHARGING A SEPARATE CREDIT CARD FEE.

I KNOW YOU DIDN'T MENTION IT HERE ON THE USAGE, AND IT MAY BE, I KNOW IT'S IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE FILM, WHICH I KNOW WE DIDN'T COVER HERE.

BUT USING A FACILITY TO FILM, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE, WHAT'S THE SAME? BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO AN AREA YOU GO OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY'RE LIKE, UH, AGAIN, YOU WORK FOR L-A-U-S-D SO HARD TO WORK WITH YOU GETTING OPPORTUNITIES TO FILM AT A SITE.

SO WE WORK WITH FILM LA, UM, AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT RATES THAT WE'RE CHARGING SPECIFIC TO FILMING.

I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, UM, WITH ME HERE TO SPEAK TO IT SPECIFICALLY.

WOULD IT BE ON THE SAME WEBSITE THOUGH? WOULD IT ALL HOUSE UNDER THE SAME THERE? YES.

IT'S ON THE ASSET MANAGEMENT WEBSITE.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THE FILM LA UM, APPLICATION OR THE REQUEST TO APPLY FOR, UH, FILMING, BUT IT WON'T BE PART OF THIS.

BUT THIS WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE PART OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY USE.

UM, CORRECT.

BUT HOW THOSE, THOSE, UH, 'CAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE ASKING TO USE CERTAIN SITES AND WOULD THAT GO UNDER THE SAME PURVIEW OF HOW WE USE IT FOR, YOU WANNA KNOW IF DORSEY'S GYM, I MEAN, I SAY THAT BECAUSE DORSEY'S GYM HAS BEEN USED IN A LOT OF FILMS. YEAH.

HOW WOULD THAT, THAT CALENDAR BE ABLE TO OVERLAP? YEAH, NO, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY WHERE THE FILM, SO IF SOMEBODY BOOKS FOR FILMING, THEN IT WOULD ALMOST HAVE TO BE A SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, INPUT INTO THE SYSTEM, INTO THE CENTRAL, UM, CALENDAR, RIGHT? SO OUR STAFF WHO'S PROCESSING THE FILMING APPLICATIONS WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO THE CENTRAL CALENDAR AND LOCK AND CHECK TO SEE THAT NOBODY ELSE IS USING IT FOR THOSE PERIODS AND THEN BLOCK IT OFF AND IF IT, SO BEFORE THEY COMMIT TO IT, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY CHECKING THE CENTRAL CALENDAR, BUT THE SCHOOL'S NOT NECESSARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PIECE OF IT.

WE HAVE STAFF IN THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT WHO'S PROCESSING THOSE AND WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL, OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW.

IN LIEU OF A CENTRAL CALENDAR.

'CAUSE I KNOW THEY NORMALLY TAKE VISITS TO SEE THE SITE TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, EVEN FEASIBLE FOR THE WORK THEY WANNA DO.

OKAY, GREAT.

WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM, WHICH IS JUST A RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AND OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS, I WILL GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY AND IF FOLKS, UH, IT'S ALSO IN YOUR MATERIALS AND I'LL GO IF I CAN GET THE, UM, POWERPOINT BACK UP.

BECKY, LAST YOU HAVE THE LAST WORD ON THIS.

I HAVE ONE LAST, UM, YOU MADE ME MENTIONED IT, BUT A FOCUS ON HYPERLOCAL.

I JUST WONDER, L-A-U-S-D IS SO BIG AND I JUST WONDER AS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY'RE AT AND WHERE THEY'RE LIVING, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN GIVE PRIORITY TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HYPER-LOCAL MM-HMM .

UM, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T, AND AND THAT'S A VERY OVERSIMPLIFICATION, I WOULD HATE TO GO DOWN THAT PATH AND THEN WE ACTUALLY FIND OUT WE'RE CAUSING A DETRIMENTAL PROBLEM ELSEWHERE BECAUSE OF IT.

BUT, UM, JUST THE IDEA THAT SOMEBODY COMES, LIKE, I'M IN WESTCHESTER, SOMEBODY COMES DOWN FROM SANTA MONICA, THIS HAPPENS IN OUR PARKS AND RECS ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.

I KNOW PARKS AND REC IS REALLY TRYING TO RE-LOOK AT IT.

UM, SO IF A SANTA MONICA ENTITY WANTS TO COME DOWN INTO WESTCHESTER, THEY, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT PROCESS.

WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'VE KIND OF CHECKED WITH OUR HYPER-LOCAL, UH, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD EXACTLY WORK HERE, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.

YEAH, GREAT POINT.

IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO IN TERMS OF PRIORITY AND, UH, THE PRIORITY FOR, UH, RESERVING SITES.

OBVIOUSLY AN ITEM OF, UH, MUCH EXCITEMENT I WOULD SAY AND, UH, AND DISCUSSION.

SO THANK YOU.

WE'RE GONNA, UM, TRANSITION.

[III. Recommendations]

UM, I'M JUST GONNA PUT UP THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER THAT KIND OF COME FROM THE COMMITTEE'S CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND THAT'LL HELP GUIDE OUR AGENDAS FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND SO I'VE SHARED THE DRAFT, I'M GONNA PULL THEM UP IN A MINUTE SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THEM WITH YOU ALL IN THE

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PUBLIC AND THEN WE WILL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING LIKE THAT STRIKES YOU AS NEEDING TO BE AMENDED OR DROPPED OR ADDED, WE CAN DO THAT QUICKLY.

AND THEN WE'LL GO TO, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT.

I KNOW MR. MCLEAN IS HELPING GET US SET UP THERE.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE EIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE EIGHT DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS.

UH, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE.

SO, UM, AND SOME OF THESE AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE BUILD OFF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD THIS YEAR, BUT WE JUST WANT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND A LOT OF THEM CALL FOR REPORTS THAT THEN WILL BE THE BASIS OF THIS COMMITTEE'S KIND OF DISCUSSION IN THE FALL.

BUT PILOT PRE-ENGINEERED STRUCTURES, UM, DISTRICT STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF MODULAR STRUCTURES FOR CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS IS RAPIDLY EVOLVING.

AND THANK YOU MR. NEW IN PARTICULAR FOR HELPING US THROUGH THAT.

THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THE DISTRICT PURCHASE AND INSTALL PRE-ENGINEERED STRUCTURES AND SHARE LESSONS LEARNED, LEARNED.

IT ALSO RECOMMENDS ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS OF WHETHER NEWLY AVAILABLE PRODUCTS WOULD SUPPORT THE NEEDS OR INCREASE EFFICIENCY OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

OUR SECOND ONE IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED BIDDERS ON FACILITIES AND NON FACILITIES PROJECTS, PRIOR RECOMMENDATIONS OF HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BIDDERS.

UM, I'LL JUST, THIS IS ONE WE DISCUSSED TODAY, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED TO READ IT VERBATIM.

UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL GET INFORMATION, UH, BACK TO US ON HOW NON FACILITIES PROCUREMENT IS ENSURING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, UM, AND, UH, CONTINUE TO USE THIS DATA TO INFORM OUR EFFORTS.

HASTEN HOUSING INITIATIVE.

UM, THE COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS, DEMONSTRATED THE NEED FOR AND VIABILITY OF DISTRICT HOUSING PROJECTS.

GIVEN DISTRICT DELAYS ON THIS WORK, REFLECTING A POSSIBLE DISCONNECT WITH THE MARKET REGARDING PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS.

THE COMMITTEE EXPECTS AN UPDATE DEMONSTRATING THAT THE DISTRICT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH DELIBERATE SPEED AND IS SELECTED ENTITIES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROJECTS BY THE FALL OF 2026.

AND, UM, MR. ADAM, ARE YOU ABLE TO QUICKLY COME BACK TO THE MIC BECAUSE THIS IS ONE AT THE BEGINNING AND I HAD AONE LOOSELY MENTIONED IT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA.

IT IS AS ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE THE COMMITTEE A REALLY QUICK 32ND UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE DELAYED RFP AS IT RELATES TO THIS THIRD RECOMMENDATION.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, WE'RE WORKING TO RELEASE RERELEASE, THE RFP OR RELEASE A NEW RFP, UM, NO LATER THAN THIS FRIDAY IS OUR GOAL.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING FEVERISHLY TO GET A NEW RFP OUT.

UM, SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THAT.

AND SO IN THE FALL WHEN THIS COMMUNITY RECONVENES, UM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DIS, WELL WE'LL SEE WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS, UH, KINDA THAT BID, BID, UH, PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME WINNING BIDS AND KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT TIMELINES FOR THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT THE, THE BOARD HAS IDENTIFIED.

UM, OUR FOURTH IS TO CLARIFY CHANGES TO THE BENCH PROCESS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP LAST MEETING AROUND, UH, PROCUREMENT.

UM, JUST THE DIS DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN CONTRACT CAPACITY AND SPEND AND UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CREATE BENCHES AND ALSO HOW SCHOOLS CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT BENCHES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

UM, WE DISCUSSED LAST MONTH, UH, UH, SOME OF THE DISCONNECT WHERE HOW DO WE HAVE FOR TUTORING THREE OR FOUR PROVIDERS WHO GOT ZERO, UH, BUSINESS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE A LOT, AND HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE CALIBRATE THAT? FIVE IS EXPANDING SHADE.

UH, WE DISCUSSED THAT TODAY.

AND, UM, NOT ONLY KIND OF THE LESSONS LEARNED THAT MS. O'BRIEN DISCUSSED THAT SHE'LL BE BRINGING TO US, BUT ALSO WHO WILL REALLY TAKE A DEEPER DIVE ON THE STATE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE A DA REQUIREMENTS.

AND I, I MENTIONED KIND OF THIS BILL THAT SENATOR STERN IS RUNNING AND WE'LL HAVE SOME UPDATES THERE.

IT'S REALLY MY HOPE TO GET THAT CLARITY AND SEE IF WE CAN'T PRODUCE THE KIND OF ANCILLARY COSTS TO SHADE, I DON'T EVEN WANNA CALL THEM SHADE STRUCTURES 'CAUSE I THINK THAT WORD UNNECESSARILY TRIGGER CERTAIN THINGS.

IT IS A TARP, UH, ABOVE A CERTAIN AREA.

UM, CONDUCTIVE FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION, UH, TIME COMPARISON, WE WANNA FOLLOW UP OF THAT.

EARLY ON IN THIS YEAR WE DISCUSSED THE MGT COMPARISON STUDY, WHICH FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON COSTS, BUT REALLY TIME IS MONEY ON THIS ONE.

UM, AND WHEN WE SEE SOME PROJECTS THAT THE BOARD APPROVES AND THEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE COMPLETED FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS, IF YOU THINK OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT, THAT COULD BE THEIR ENTIRE TIME AT THAT CAMPUS.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A, UM, UH, AN EVALUATIVE STUDY, NOT JUST OF COST WITH OTHER PEER DISTRICTS, BUT TIME, UM, THAT FOUR MONTH TIME FOR SHADE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT MS. O'BRIEN MENTIONED IS GREAT.

I THINK THAT WAS JUST THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT HOW DO WE, UH, JUST THE CONSTRUCTION EXPEDITE DESIGN, THEY MADE A MISTAKE.

THEY WILL ALL BE COMPLETE SPRING OF 2028.

THAT WE CAN RUN PROCESSES IN PARALLEL AND WE'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DIVISION OF STATE ARCHITECTS AND STATE PARTNERS WHO HAVE HELPED US, UM, FIGURE OUT HOW TO EXPEDITE TIMELINES.

NOT, OBVIOUSLY NOT IN EIGHT MONTHS WOULD WE HAVE 49 PROJECTS.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD SAY OBVIOUSLY AS A QUALIFIER, BUT YES, I HEAR YOU.

UM, THE TIMELINE THAT THE BOARD HARD TO GET THAT MANY BIDDERS TOO WAS, WAS AWARE OF IS, IS 28.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE REBUILD OF THE PALISADES, WE'VE SEEN WAYS

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SO I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO MORE OF THAT, UM, INCREASE THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION CAPACITY.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE, WE DIDN'T GET MUCH OF A, A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THIS, UH, YEAR, BUT UNDERSTANDING, UM, HOW WE CAN, UH, UH, PROVIDE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION SERVICES GIVEN THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

I THINK MS. HE, NEWVILLE CAN PROBABLY ATTEST TO THIS AS WELL, BUT I FEEL LIKE EVERY WEEK ONE OF MY SCHOOLS IS CELEBRATING A CENTENNIAL.

THIS PAST WEEKEND IT WAS COEUR D'ALENE AND VENICE, BUT WITH THAT EXCITING HISTORY AND TIME CAPSULES IS ALSO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOW LITERALLY 200 CENTURY OLD SCHOOLS.

AND SO HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ENSURING CUSTODIAL AND OTHER MAINTENANCE SERVICES KIND OF GIVEN THAT ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE REPORT ON PROGRESS FOR ATHLETIC FIELDS.

UM, THE COMMITTEE REQUESTS THAT ONCE THE ARTIFICIAL TURF AND NATURAL GRASS STUDY HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD, WE CAN SHARE NEXT STEPS FOR FIELD REPLACEMENT PROJECTS WITH THE COMMITTEE, UM, AND HOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPEDITE SOME OF THOSE, UH, PROJECTS.

SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS YES, SO WE'LL DO THAT IN A SECOND.

ANY MAJOR CONCERNS? SOMETHING, UH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE CONCLUDE, THOSE ARE IN YOUR MATERIALS.

AND THEN, UM, UNLESS THERE ARE OBJECTIONS, WE WILL KIND OF SHARE THOSE WITH THE, UM, FULL BOARD AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IN, IN THE COMING WEEKS AND THEN USE THAT AS THE BASIS OF NEXT YEAR'S CONVERSATION.

UM, OKAY, GREAT.

WITH THAT I'LL TURN TO MR. MCLEAN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL JUST ADJOURN AFTER THAT.

I DO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I KNOW WE'LL WRAP AFTER, BUT ONE THANK OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK DISTRICT STAFF, UM, THANK MR. MCLEAN AND MIRIAM IN PARTICULAR ON HIS TEAM AND ROSE AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO HAVE MADE, UH, THIS COMMITTEE POSSIBLE.

UM, AND

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AND WE DO HAVE CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION FOR OUR, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SO THAT'S WHY YOU DO THIS WORK.

OF COURSE.

UH, SO MIKE, OKAY, HERE WE GO.

I'LL CALL ON THE FOLKS LISTED AS BEING HERE IN PERSON AND THEN THOSE WHO LISTED THEMSELVES AS CALLING IN REMOTELY.

SO THIS FIRST SPEAKER IS, UH, JEAN GARCIA.

JEAN, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON UP.

YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.

UH, AND AFTER JEAN IS CRUZ AND THEN AFTER MR. CRUZ ZULEMA CAMACHO.

SO COME ON DOWN.

YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS JEAN VNI GARCIA.

I'M 16 YEARS OLD AND I'M A JUNIOR AT THEATRE ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL.

ONE OF THE HIGHEST NEEDS SCHOOLS ACCORDING TO ANY INDICATORS.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, WHERE I'M A YOUTH LEADER WITH INNER CITY STRUGGLES, UNITED STUDENTS PROGRAM.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT OF MY PEERS AND ME ARE AT RISK DUE TO THE HARMFUL PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS IN THE FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN.

THIS DIRECTLY GOES AGAINST OUR DISTRICT'S CORE VALUES OF EQUITY, COLLABORATION, AND EXCELLENCE.

WE DEMAND LUSD TO BE TRANSPARENT AND MEANINGFULLY ENGAGED IN ITS STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL STAFF WHO WILL BE MOST IMPACTED AS A DISTRICT MOVES FORWARD WITH ITS FISCAL STABILIZATION PLAN.

ADDITIONALLY, WE DEMAND THE FULL PROJECTION OF THE 700 MILLION FOR SUNNY FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND EVERY YEAR AFTER, WHILE ALSO PROTECTING BSAP FUNDING THAT ARE CRUCIAL TO BLACK STUDENT SUCCESS.

SUNNY DOLLARS ARE DOLLARS IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY FUND ESSENTIAL SUPPORT FOR ME AND MY PEERS.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE IN A PROGRAM CALLED YOUNG PRODUCERS GROUP.

A SEMI FUNDED PROGRAM I'VE BEEN A PART OF FOR TWO YEARS.

YOUNG PRODUCERS IS A PROGRAM THAT TEACHES STUDENTS ABOUT MUSIC PRODUCTION, BUT IT'S PROVIDED ME WITH SO MUCH MORE.

IT HAS GIVEN ME A SPACE TO EXPRESS MYSELF, TO LEARN DIFFERENT WAYS, TO COMMUNICATE CREATIVELY, BUILD MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS, AND BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH MY INVOLVEMENT.

THE UNFORTUNATE TRUTH IS THAT AS SOON AS THESE CUTS ARE ANNOUNCED, THE FIRST THING TO GO ARE THE ARTS.

I RECENTLY GOT NEWS THAT MY FAVORITE TEACHER, MR. MCDONALD, IS AT RISK OF BEING CUT FROM OUR SCHOOL.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MR. MCDONALD.

HE'S A PIANO AND CHOIR TEACHER AND ONE OF THE MOST GENUINE AND SWEET PEOPLE I EVER HAVE EVER MET.

HE HAS HAD AN IMMENSE IMPACT ON MY LIFE AND HAS ONE YEAR LEFT UNTIL HE RETIRES.

WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CUTS, I FELT FIRSTHAND HOW CLOSE TO HOME BUDGET CUTS ARE GETTING AND MY HEART DROPPED.

IT'S A STRESSING TO ME AS A STUDENT TO SEE SOMEONE AS CRUCIAL TO MY PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT BE SO EASILY TAKEN AWAY.

THESE CUTS CREATE A LEVEL OF INCONSISTENCY AND INSTABILITY IN OUR ALREADY UNDER-RESOURCED AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

THESE THREATS ARE RESULTING IN A GENERAL FEELING OF COMMUNITY'S DISTRUST IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.

WE URGE YOU TO TAKE OUR DEMANDS INTO CONSIDERATION.

UH,

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SANDOVAL CRUZ.

CAESAR SANDOVAL CRUZ, COME ON DOWN.

YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ES CRUZ.

I AM A 10TH GRADER AT WOODROW WILSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND A MEMBER OF INNER CITY STRUGGLE.

I COME FROM SOUTH LOS ANGELES, BUT I'VE BEEN ATTENDING SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE SINCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

FOR YEARS, I'VE HAD TO RIDE THE SCHOOL BUS RIDE AROUND THE LOS ANGELES AND WORK HARD TO JUST GET THE ACCESS OF EDUCATION THAT I DESERVE.

I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM TIRED OF WATCHING LUSD TALK ABOUT EQUITY WHILE ACTIVELY TAKING FUNDING AND RESOURCES AWAY FROM STUDENTS.

I AM DEMANDING THAT THIS BOARD FULLY PROTECT THE ENTIRE $700 MILLION OF SEMI FUNDING.

I AM ALSO DEMANDING TO PROTECT PROGRAMS LIKE BSAP DREAM CENTERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED SAFETY PROGRAMS BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE THE ONES WHO SUFFER THE MOST.

WHEN YOU GUYS MAKE THESE CUTS.

POLICE AT MY SCHOOL DO NOT MAKE ME OR MY PEERS FEEL SAFE.

THEY MAKE US FEEL WATCHED, UNCOMFORTABLE, ANGRY, AND CRIMINALIZED.

AND ESPECIALLY NOW, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE LIVING IN FEAR BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT RATES AND DEPORTATIONS OF OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

STUDENTS DO NOT NEED MORE POLICING.

WE NEED PROTECTION, SUPPORT, AND STABILITY.

L-A-U-S-D CANNOT CLAIM TO CARE ABOUT OUR WELLBEING WHILE INVESTING IN POLICING INSTEAD OF STUDENTS.

THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY MAKE ME FEEL SUPPORTED AT SCHOOL ARE MY COUNSELORS, TEACHERS, AND COLLEGE CORNER STAFF.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE CHANGING STUDENTS' LIVES, NOT POLICE PROGRAMS LIKE BSAP AVID AND THE COLLEGE CORNER ARE INVESTMENTS IN OUR FUTURES.

THEY GIVE US TOOLS AND THE NEED TO SURVIVE AND SUCCEED INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN US.

L-A-U-S-D IS HOLDING ONTO THE RAINY DAY MONEY AND $3 MILLION IN EMPTY L-A-S-P-D POSITIONS WHILE STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING.

WHAT ARE YOU ALL WAITING FOR? STUDENTS NEED HELP.

NOW.

THESE BUDGETS CUTS.

THESE BUDGET CUTS HURT BLACK, BROWN, IMMIGRANT AND HIGH NEED STUDENTS THE MOST.

THEY WILL TAKE AWAY OPPORTUNITIES, SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE FOUGHT FOR TODAY I AM DEMANDING THAT NUMBER ONE, NO CUTS TO SUNNY.

AND FOR TWO, FOR L-E-O-S-D TO FULLY FUND OUR SCHOOLS, INVEST IN STUDENTS AND OUR FUTURES.

IF YOU, IF LESD TRULY BELIEVES IN EQUITY, THEN PROVE IT WITH YOUR ACTIONS, NOT WORDS.

UH, ZULEMA CAMACHO, COME ON UP, ZULEMA.

AND THEN AFTER, UH, ZULEMA IS KEANI SANTOS , UH, SHE'S GONNA SPEAK IN SPANISH, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING IN ENGLISH, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND WE'LL GET YOU TRANSLATION HEADSETS SO YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE, UH, SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION.

WHEN I STARTED.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS SULE MA CAMACHO AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE LUCIA PUEBLA.

HAVE THE BLESSING OF BEING A MOTHER.

I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT GO TO CHRISTOPHER DEAN ELEMENTARY IN THE NEXT YEAR.

MY SON WILL ALSO ATTEND THE SAME SCHOOL.

TODAY I COME HERE TO REQUEST THAT THE 700, UH, MILLION DOLLARS FOR SUNNY BE MAINTAINED AND NOT TO MAKE CUTS IN THE FUTURE.

DEAN ELEMENTARY IS A SCHOOL WITH HIGH NEEDS AND THE CUTS THAT YOU WANT TO DO, YOU WILL LOSE MORE THAN 180,000, 189,000 FOR 26, 27.

AND WITHOUT THOSE FUNDS, THEY'RE GOING TO CUT THE SUPPORT COORDINATOR FOR INTERVENTION AS WELL AS LESS HOURS FOR SERVICES FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

THESE WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE TEACHERS THAT YOU WILL FIRE.

THE SCHOOLS WILL, THE CLASSES WILL BE MORE FULL THAN WHAT THEY ARE NOW.

HOW WILL THE STUDENTS BE ABLE TO LEARN? THEY WILL BE EVEN MORE STRESSED OUT, THE TEACHERS BECAUSE IT'LL BE DOUBLE THE WORK THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO CARRY OUT.

I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE OF THOSE, THOSE CUTS WILL AFFECT MY CHILDREN THAT ARE IN KINDER AND THIRD GRADE.

AND WHAT IS MY SON'S HOPING FOR? THAT HE'S GOING TO BE ENTERING THE SCHOOL NEXT YEAR.

WHAT IF HE NEEDS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT? BECAUSE HE IS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE BUDGET WILL NOT AFFECT ONLY MY CHILDREN, BUT DIFFERENT FAMILIES AND DIFFERENT FUTURE STUDENTS.

THESE FINANCIAL DECISIONS ARE NOT EVEN TO MAKE, THEY'RE SHOULD NOT BE MADE WITHOUT AFFECT, KNOWING HOW THEY CAN AFFECT THE COMMUNITY.

AS HUMAN BEINGS, WE NEED A EDUCATION BASED ON EQUITY.

PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE US BEHIND.

I AM HERE TO FIGHT FOR THE PRESENT SO THAT THERE IS A FUTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

KEANI SANTOS.

KEANI.

SANTOS, ARE YOU HERE? COME ON DOWN.

KEANI.

SANTOS.

AND THEN AFTER KEHLANI IS GARY PREZA.

GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS KANI SANTOS AND I'M A SENIOR OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

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LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

SJLA AT TORRE HIGH SCHOOL, A SCHOOL THAT'S CLASSIFIED AS MODERATE STATUS ACCORDING TO SEMI INDICATORS, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF UNITED STUDENTS AT INNER CITY STRUGGLE.

OUR ACADEMY WORKS CLOSELY YOUTH AND ANOTHER ACADEMY, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY SHARING BUILDINGS, TEACHERS AND RESOURCES.

HOWEVER, WHILE OUR SCHOOL IS CONSIDERED MODERATE NEED, IT IS CLASSIFIED AS A HIGH NEED ACCORDING TO STUDY INDICATORS.

YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY I, A SENIOR WHO'S ALMOST FINISHED MY LESD EXPERIENCE, AM ADVOCATING FOR BUDGET STABILITY, EVEN THOUGH I WILL NOT PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE ITS IMPACT, ANSWER IS SIMPLE.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT MYSELF OR TO PEOPLE CLOSE TO ME.

IT IS ABOUT OUR FUTURE STUDENTS WHO DESERVE ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME FROM PROCEEDING HIGH AND HIGHEST NEEDS SCHOOLS FROM DIS DISPROPORTIONATE HARM.

IT'S ABOUT A SD STANDING FIRM IN PRIORITIZING EQUITY AS A CORE VALUE.

SJLA IS A SMALL SCHOOL WITH THE GRADUATING CLASS OF ONLY 23 STUDENTS, AND WE DO NOT RECEIVE THE SAME LEVEL OF FUNDING AS MANY OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT LACK.

THE FUNDING HAS DIRECTLY IMPACTED MY ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE.

OUT OF FIVE ACADEMIES AT ESTRO TORRES HIGH SCHOOL, TWO, INCLUDING MY OWN REPORTS TO COMBINE DUE TO BUDGET CUTS.

AS A RESULT, CLASS SIZES DOUBLED.

I WATCHED MY AP LANGUAGE CLASS GROW FROM JUST NINE STUDENTS TO 35.

AFTER MERGING WITH STUDENTS FROM STEM ACADEMY, THERE'S LESS FUNDING FOR STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS AND THE CLASSES.

AND I'VE, AND I'VE LOST SEVERAL OF MY FAVORITE TEACHERS DUE TO THE, TO THE BUDGET CUTS DURING BOTH MY JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS, ONLY THREE CLASSES, UH, ONLY THREE AP CLASSES PER YEAR WERE OFFERED.

THIS HAS DIRECTLY AFFECTED MY EDUCATION AND LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR ME FOR COLLEGE.

I KNOW FIRSTHAND SCHOOLS ACROSS ISD ARE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE STAFFING AT MY SCHOOL.

THERE IS LITTLE TO NONE TEACHER ASSISTANCE ON CAMPUS.

SO TEACHERS OFTEN FORCED TO SACRIFICE THEIR OWN TIME TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHILE WE NEED IT.

ASSISTANCE OFFICE STAFF STEP IN BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES.

WITH ECO, WITH EQUITABLE FUNDING, SCHOOLS COULD ATTRACT AND RETAIN MORE STUDENTS BY OFFERING STRONGER PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS. RIGHT NOW, MANY STUDENTS NO LONGER WANT TO ATTEND BECAUSE THERE IS LITTLE TO OFFER.

I FEAR MY SCHOOL COULD EVENTUALLY SHUT DOWN OR ALL ACADEMIES MAY BE FORCED MERCH.

THIS SHOWS HOW LSD IS FAILING TO CENTER EQUITY AND STAFFING AND BUDGET DECISIONS.

MORE FUNDING COULD GO TOWARDS ADDITIONAL CLASSES, TEACHERS AND COUNSELORS AND STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS. STUDENTS WILL FEEL MORE SUPPORTED AND ENGAGED AND MORE HOPEFULLY IN THEIR FUTURES BECAUSE OF ALL THIS WE DEMAND IN STATE FULLY RESTORE AND PROTECT THE 70 MILLION IN SEMI FUNNY AND ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ALL ABUNDANCE OF DECISIONS.

GARY PRAZA.

GARY P ARE YOU HERE? GARY? GARY PRAZA NOT HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT COUPLE OF FOLKS ARE LISTED AS SPEAKING REMOTELY.

AKUR SINGH.

I SEE YOU'RE ONLINE.

PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK IF FACT CO SAYING, I SEE YOU'RE WITH US.

PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.

HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? SURE CAN.

UM, I'M SPEAKING AGAIN.

JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS.

UM, AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU HEAR CARS IN THE BACKGROUND, I'M WALKING, I'M ACTUALLY WALKING FROM BALDWIN HILLS, CRENSHAW MALL.

I THINK THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, RIGHT, MS. NEWVILLE.

UM, ANYWAY, HERE AGAIN TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER OF JESUS AND GLO AND MARIA SUOR AND LATASHA BUCK.

UM, FOR CONTEXT, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN HERE EARLIER, UM, JESUS ULLO, UM, AND MARIA SODA MEOR IN 2007 PLED NO CONTEST TO COVERING UP THE RAPE OF A STUDENT WHO CAME TO THEM AS A TRUSTED ADULT.

UM, YET THEY WERE STILL RETAINED AND ARE NOW, AND HAVE SINCE BEEN PROMOTED BY LUSD AND EARN $200,000 OF EVERYONE'S TAX DOLLARS IN THE ROOM.

MY FAMILY LIVES OFF OF LESS THAN 30 KA YEAR.

WE CAN'T AFFORD VACATIONS, WE CAN'T AFFORD A HOME, WE CAN'T AFFORD A CAR.

SO IS IT RIGHT THAT WE HAVE TO STRUGGLE WHILE CHILD PREDATORS LIKE JESUS AND GLO AND MARIA SOOR GET TO THRIVE ON THE TAXPAYER'S DIME? AND OF COURSE, LATASHA BUCK WAS RECENTLY QUESTIONED ABOUT THIS AND SAID, IT'S NOT HER CONCERN BECAUSE IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.

JUST WOULD LIKE TO RESTATE THAT THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE TERMINATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND WE ASK THAT THIS PLEASE NOT BE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG THAT IT BE ADDRESSED ASAP, UM, AND NOT SWEPT UNDER THE RUG LIKE IT WAS IN 2007.

UM, AND I APPRECIATE MR. VOY THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO PROVIDE ME WITH SOME BRIEF UPDATES EARLIER, AND I ASK THAT WE ALL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE, UM, DETAILED UPDATES GOING FORWARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EKATERINA SINGH, YOU'RE LISTED AS SPEAKING REMOTELY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE YOU ON THE LINE IN FRONT OF ME.

SO WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT CALLER.

UH, JAMILA, YOU ARE ON THE LINE.

PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

OH, JAMILA, YOU'RE GONE.

IS THERE A JAMILA IN THE ROOM? NO.

UH, CHRISTOPHER, I SEE YOU ARE ON THE LINE.

PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.

CHRISTOPHER, UH, HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.

PLEASE GO AHEAD.

DEAR MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RES.

WONDERFUL.

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IN THE PAST, UH, I HAVE COME TO, UH, SPEAK HERE ABOUT OTHER LESS SERIOUS SUBJECTS, BUT THIS IS A VERY, UH, TRAUMATIZING SUBJECT TODAY.

AS MY OTHER PEERS HAVE NOTED, OR IF YOU WERE HERE EARLIER, IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY EXPOSED THAT HIS LO AND TASHA BUCK, WHO ARE IN CHARGE OF VIRTUAL ACADEMY WERE QUESTIONED IN PUBLIC ABOUT THE CASE OF ANGLO WHO SAID, NO CONTEST TO FAILING TO REPORT THE RAPE OF A STUDENT.

ANGLO ALLEGEDLY RESPONDED WHILE BEING VISIBLY UPSET IN DISTRAUGHT, HE SAID IT WAS A PERSONAL MATTER AND WALKED AWAY.

IS STUDENT SAFETY NOW A PERSONAL MATTER? AND LATASHA BUCK WAS ASKED.

NEXT.

HER RESPONSE WAS THAT IT DOES NOT CONCERN HER SINCE IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.

HOW IS THIS AT ALL AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO STUDENT AND FAMILY CONCERNS WITH SEXUAL ABUSE? WHEN MS. BUCK WAS ASKED ABOUT CA CHAVEZ'S ALLEGATIONS COMING FROM 40 YEARS AGO, SHE HAD NO ANSWER AND ANGRILY HUNG UP.

OF COURSE, ANGLO WAS PROMOTED.

ATHLETES HAD NO CONTEST ALONG WITH MARIA MEYER.

BOTH WERE ADMINISTRATORS AT SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL AT THE TIME.

NOW THEY MAKE OVER $200,000 A YEAR.

THEY ONLY GOT A SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR THE TRAUMA THEY INFLICTED ON A POWERLESS AND SCARED STUDENT.

WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE TAKE ACTION, DO SOMETHING ABOUT JESUS AULA AND MARIA SOTOMEYER.

THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN ALLOWED TO BE IN LUSD AND TAKE ACTION AGAINST NATASHA BUCK AS WELL.

FOR IRRESPONSIBLE ANSWER, WE UN ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS QUICKLY AS WE DID ABOUT CAESAR TVIS IN WHICH LUSD WAS PROPERLY PROACTIVE.

ABIGAIL DEL TORRES, YOU'RE ON THE LINE.

ABIGAIL DEL TORRE.

PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.

ABIGAIL D. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ABIGAIL DEL TORE.

I AM A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND A RESIDENT OF KELLY GO'S DISTRICT.

AS I HAD PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK, WE RECEIVED INFORMATION REGARDING A RECENT INCIDENT BETWEEN AN L-A-U-S-D STUDENT AND JESUS, WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF OPERATIONS FOR L-A-U-S-D VIRTUAL ACADEMIES.

STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WERE INFORMED OF A WHISTLEBLOWER VIDEO IN WHICH JESUS ULA WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE CASE IN WHICH HE PLED NO CONTEST.

AFTER COVERING UP THE RAPE OF A STUDENT AT SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL, THE STUDENT HAD ASKED RESPECTFULLY SEEKING TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CASE TO EASE CONCERNS.

HOWEVER, ANANGULA RUDELY DECLINED TO SPEAK ON THE MATTER AND ABRUPTLY WALKED AWAY.

ANANGULA DESCRIBED THIS AS A PERSONAL MATTER.

NOW, WAS IT CONSIDERED A PERSONAL MATTER FOR THE GIRL WHO WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED AND THEN RETALIATED AGAINST BY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION? AS STATED IN THE LA TIMES, NOT ONLY WERE THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO COMMITTED THESE CRIMES RETAINED BY L-A-U-S-D, THEY WERE PROMOTED.

THAT TELLS PARENTS EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LAD'S OBJECT FAILURE TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM SEXUAL PREDATORS.

THIS FULL QUOTE IS FROM THE LA TIMES.

NOW, ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT AGAINST A USD AND ANGULO, BOTH ANGLO AND MAYOR TRAPPED THE VICTIM IN AN OFFICE FOR HOURS PRESSURING HER TO RECANT HER STORY.

THEY THREATENED HER AND KEPT HER HOSTAGE TO DO SAN AND MARIA SOTOMEYER WERE THEN PROMOTED.

THE STUDENT HAD CAME OUT WITH ALLEGATIONS OF MOLESTATION, ABUSE AND RAPE.

NATASHA BUCK WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THIS.

AND WHEN QUESTION, SHE JUSTIFIED IT BY SAYING IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.

NOW, MY QUESTION IS, DOES SHE STILL SAY THE SAME THING ABOUT CESAR CHAVEZ? IN RECENT NEWS, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS BEGUN AN INVESTIGATION INTO LAD'S RESPONSE TOWARDS SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AGAINST STUDENTS.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THEIR CLAIMS ARE TRUE YET, BUT IT SEEMS SOME PREDATORS ARE DEFINITELY PROMOTED LIKE ZULO AND MARIA SOMY.

I'M REQUESTING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD REEVALUATE ITS VALUES AND IMPLEMENT SOME EQUALLY.

I ASK THAT YOU AS THE SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZE SEVERE NATURE OF THE SITUATION.

LET'S PROVIDE REAL PUNISHMENT TO JESUS ULLO.

MARIA MEYER AND LATASHA BUCK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UH, JOHANNA, SO YOU'RE ON THE LINE AND PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.

JOHANNA.

HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.

PLEASE GO AHEAD.

HI, MY NAME IS JOHNNA EZ.

I AM A STUDENT FROM THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

I AM SURE THAT LASD HAS THE BEST INTENTIONS FOR PROTECTING STUDENTS, HOWEVER, HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF MANY STUDENTS AND PARENTS THAT L-A-U-S-D RETAINED AND PROMOTED TO CHILD PREDATORS AS, AND GOOGLE IS ONE OF, HE IS AN ADMINISTRATOR AT VIRTUAL ACADEMY.

MARIA MARIA SOTOMEYER IS ANOTHER ONE.

SHE WORKS AT HUMAN RESOURCES.

BOTH ANGULO AND SOTOMEYER COVERED UP THE RAPE OF A STUDENT WHILE WORKING AT SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL.

A STUDENT HAD COME TO THEM FOR HELP AFTER BEING RAPED BY A TEACHER.

YET THE RESPONSE WAS TO LOCK HER IN A ROOM AND THREATEN HER FOR HOURS.

DESPITE PLEADING NO CONTEST TO THESE CHARGES AND RECEIVING SENTENCING, THEY WERE RETAINED BY LESD AND THEN PROMOTED.

THIS IS AFTER EVEN A $6.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT.

TODAY, THEY MAKE OVER 200,000.

THE DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION, LATASHA BUCK, RECENTLY JUSTIFIED THE ACTIONS OF THESE TWO CHILD PREDATORS BY SAYING IT WAS NOT A CONCERN SINCE IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.

IS JEFFREY EPSTEIN NOT A CONCERN SINCE HE WAS CONVICTED OF ABUSE IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS? LET'S SEE WHAT, WHAT LATASHA BOOK SAYS, MARIA SOTOMEYER, JESUS AND LATASHA BOOK NEED TO RESIGN.

THEY SHOULD NOT BE TEACHING FOR LESC

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IF THEY FAIL TO RESIGN.

THEY SHOULD BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY.

WE AS RESPONDED PROACTIVELY TO CHAVEZ.

BUT WHERE'S THE RESPONSE HERE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT CALLER IS BRIANNA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? BRIANNA? BRIANNA IS NOT ON THE LINE.

ISABELLA TEEZ.

I SEE YOU'RE THERE.

ISABELLA T PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ONCE YOU BEGIN.

ISABELLA TEEZ.

HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS ISABEL.

I'M A SENIOR AT THE LEADERSHIP VIRTUAL ACADEMY IN 2007.

HAS AND MARIA SOTOMEYER FOR OUR MANAGEMENT AT VIRTUAL ACADEMY AND HUMAN RESOURCES RESPECTIVELY WERE APPROACHED BY STUDENT WHO WAS RAPED, WHO WAS ASKING US FOR, SHE WAS ASKING FOR HELP FROM 'EM AS TRUSTED ADULTS.

THEIR RESPONSE WAS TO LOCK HER IN A ROOM FOR HOURS TO YELL AT HER AND THREATEN HER.

ANGUILLA AND MEYER PLED NO CONTEST TO COVERING UP THIS RATE.

DESPITE THIS, THERE'S STILL EMPLOYEES AT LAC AND WERE ACTUALLY PROMOTED.

WHAT IF THIS WAS YOUR CHILD? WOULD YOU NOT BE UPSET? WELL, NATASHA BUCK MADE IT CLEAR HOW SHE WOULD REACT.

SHE WOULD REACT BY SAYING IT'S NOT HER CONCERN SINCE IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.

THIS IS CLEARLY AN IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENT TO BE MADE BY AN LESC.

OFFICIAL.

LESC IS ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR.

NOW IS THE CHANCE OF C TO SHOW THAT IT STANDS AGAINST CHILD PREDATORS LIKE JESUS AND MARIA, ALONG WITH THEIR SUPPORTERS LIKE LATASHA BUCK MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I ASK THAT YOU TERMINATE THESE INDIVIDUALS.

SHOULD PEOPLE WHO COVER UP AND THEN JUSTIFY IT SHOULD BE JUSTIFY IT, BE TEACHING FOR OUR DISTRICT PARENTS AND STUDENTS SAY, NO.

WE HOPE THAT YOU SAY THE SAME THING BY TERMINATING THEM.