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[Call to Order]
WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 13TH, 2026 BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING.[Chair's Remarks]
NAME IS ROBERT CAMPBELL, VICE CHAIR OF THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.I WANNA WELCOME EVERYONE, UH, IN ATTENDANCE HERE AND ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE VIEWING THIS MEETING ONLINE.
UH, THANK YOU TO PARTICIPATING DISTRICT STAFF AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS THE BO C'S FIRST MEETING OF THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE'S CHARTER AND MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING STATES THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS A SHARED VISION WITH THE DISTRICT IN BUILDING, MODERNIZING, AND MAINTAINING SCHOOLS THAT PROMOTE THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD ARE EDUCATIONALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND, ENHANCE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING AS CENTERS OF COMMUNITY, AND REFLECT THE WISE AND EFFICIENT USE OF LIMITED LAND.
THE MOU ALSO STATES THAT THE BOC HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO RECOMMEND AGAINST THE EXPENDITURE OF BOND FUNDS WHEN THE DISTRICT DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE INFORMATION FOR EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT OR WHEN A PROJECT OR PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE IMPERMISSIBLE OR IMPUDENT.
FOR THIS MEETING, WE HAVE, I HAVEN'T DOUBLE CHECKED MY MATH HERE, BUT 13 MEMBERS THAT ARE PLANNED OR WERE SCHEDULED TO BE ATTENDING IN PERSON HERE IN THE BOARDROOM, AND BOC CHAIR HAMNER IS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
AND MR. HAMNER, I SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS WHO ARE APPEARING REMOTELY WITHOUT ADVANCED NOTICE? I'D LIKE TO THANK K-L-C-S-I-T-S AND THE SPANISH INTERPRETATION STAFF FOR THEIR SEAMLESS WORK IN BROADCASTING OUR MEETINGS BOTH TODAY AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DR.
ROLLS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REMARKS.
SAMANTHA ROLLS, SECRETARY OF THE BO.
THE BOC WEBSITE CAN BE FOUND@WWW.BOND OVERSIGHT.AD.ORG.
A LIVE STREAM OF TODAY'S MEETING CAN BE FOUND ON THIS WEBSITE UNDER THE TAB MEETING AGENDAS UPCOMING MEETINGS.
THE WEBSTREAM INCLUDES VERSIONS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
THE BOC WEBSITE ALSO INCLUDES ALL MATERIALS FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS, BOND MEASURES, AND OTHER INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE DISTRICT'S BOND PROGRAM AND OUR OVERSIGHT ROLE.
THIS MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BROWN ACT.
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE REMOTELY, WE ASK THAT YOU REGISTER ON A GOOGLE FORM PROVIDED AS A HYPERLINK ON THE MEETING'S AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE BOARDROOM WHO WISH TO SPEAK, YOU MAY ALSO SIGN UP TO THE RIGHT OF THE SPEAKER PODIUM.
UH, WE'LL MOVE INTO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND, AND, UH, THE FIRST ONE IS SPECIAL.
WE'RE GONNA BE RECOGNIZING, UH, A MEMBER OF THIS BODY WHO HAS COMPLETED SIX YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND THIS IS, UH, HER LAST MEETING.
AND SO, UM, I, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK BOC MEMBER NO, BE, UH, TO STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM SO THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, WELL, IT IS MY DISTINCT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT, UM, YOUR PEERS ON THE BOC AND ALSO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, UM, WHERE I WILL READ, UM, WHAT IS ON IT.
SO, WHEREAS NOLO BELL HAS SERVED FOR SIX YEARS ON THE LUSD SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BOND CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BOC, AND WAS INITIALLY APPOINTED ON JUNE 9TH, 2020 AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CCSA.
WHEREAS MS. BELL SERVES AS THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITY FINANCING FOR X-ED, A NONPROFIT THAT PROVIDES FINANCIAL SERVICES TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SHE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHEREAS MS. BELL'S BACKGROUND INCLUDES POSITIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS.
WHEREAS MS. BELL HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, FIGHT ON
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WHEREAS MS. BELL HAS SERVED WITH A STEADY AND THOUGHTFUL PRESENCE ON THE BOC, PROVIDING VALUABLE INSIGHTS ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE DISTRICT'S BOND PROGRAM.NOW, THEREFORE, RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS EXPRESS THEIR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO NOLORA BELL FOR HER OUTSTANDING DEDICATION, SERVICE TO STUDENTS, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY, AND EXTEND THEIR BEST WISHES FOLLOWING HER SERVICE ON THE BOC.
WELL, I'D LIKE TO SAY I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS.
IT WAS A LITTLE CHALLENGING ONBOARDING IN THE MIDST OF COVID KIND OF OFFLINE, BUT, UM, WE'RE NOW IN THERE.
BUT I WANNA THANK CCSA FOR APPOINTING ME TO SERVE.
AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND I REALLY ADMIRE, UM, THE WORK AND THE DEDICATION, AND I'M PARTICULARLY ADMIRING THE STAFF BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, PREPARED, RESPONSIVE, AND GIVING US, AND WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SERVE OUR STUDENTS WELL.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YOU IN THIS SPACE.
ANY, WOULD ANY MEMBERS LIKE TO MAKE ANY REMARKS? I KNOW I'LL SAY FOR, UH, FOR MY PART, UM, YOU, YOU WERE HERE WHEN I JOINED THE BOC AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I THINK THE, THE BOARD'S PROCLAMATION REALLY CAPTURES IT.
YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN A THOUGHTFUL AND STEADY PRESENCE ON, ON THIS BODY, AND REALLY JUST APPRECIATED THE INSIGHTS THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE MEETINGS.
YOU MADE ME THINK ABOUT THINGS IN, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE CONSIDERED FROM MY PERSPECTIVE OTHERWISE.
AND, AND SO WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU, AND WE'RE GONNA MISS HAVING YOU HERE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I CAN ADD NN NORA, BEFORE YOU GO, THE VOICE FROM ABOVE
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALSO, AND I, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER, ONE, FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE A FELLOW TROJAN, SO FIGHT ON.
UM, YOU ARE ALWAYS A STEADY AS, AS ROBERT MENTIONED, UM, LEVEL, VERY RELEVANT, UH, PARTICIPANT QUESTIONS AND, UH, INSIGHT THAT AGAIN, WE'RE ENLIGHTENING AND VALUABLE.
WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU, AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU.
AND I'M SORRY I'M NOT THERE TO SEE YOU IN THIS MEETING.
I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK.
UH, MAYBE THERE'S AN ITEM AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IN PUBLIC, OR YOU COULD BE LIKE SCOTT PANSKY AND YOU CAN DO ANOTHER TOUR.
UM, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT THERE TO SEE YOU NEARLY, UH, LAURA AND I REALLY WILL MISS YOU.
JUST TAKE A PICTURE REAL QUICK.
UH, AS WE MAKE OUR WAY BACK, UM, I'LL, I'LL WRAP UP THE ANNOUNCEMENT SECTION BY RECOGNIZING THAT, UH, THE DISTRICT, UM, SINCE WE ADJOURNED OUR, OUR MEETING FOR THE END OF THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, UM, HAS APPOINTED A NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL WILLIAM HOFFMAN, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, MEET WITH HIM, UH, AND, UH, DISCUSS SOME TOPICS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AND WAS VERY, UH, HEARTENED AND, UM, UH, GRATEFUL THAT, UH, THE DISTRICT HAS, UM, IDENTIFIED SOMEONE TO FILL THAT CRITICAL ROLE WHO, UH, BRING SUCH A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND, AND DEEP EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD OF, OF OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND I THINK, UH, MR. HOFFMAN IS GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE DISTRICT, UH, AND, AND FRANKLY, TO THIS BODY AND THE PUBLIC, UM, IN, IN THAT ROLE.
SO, UH, I WISH HIM WELL, AND I LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO THIS BODY BEING ABLE TO HEAR FROM HIM AND HIS TEAM AS THEY COMPLETE WORK THAT'S RELEVANT TO OUR PROJECTS.
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON, UH, TO ITEM NUMBER ONE.
[1. Public Comment]
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS PUBLIC COMMENT.SPEAKERS WILL BE HEARD, UH, UNDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, ALL SPEAKERS WILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS MORE THAN ONE AGENDA ITEM, YOU'LL BE PROVIDED SIX MINUTES TOTAL.
I'LL START BY ASKING IF THERE ARE ANY SPEAKERS HERE IN THE BOARDROOM THIS MORNING WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.
IF SO, MR. POPE JOY, PLEASE ANNOUNCE THEIR NAMES AND WELCOME THEM TO THE PODIUM.
UH, MR. CAMPBELL, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS HERE IN THE BOARDROOM THIS MORNING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.
UH, MARIA LUISA PALMA IS HERE, AND DEANNA GUI GUILLEN.
AND I BELIEVE MS. GUILLEN, IT WILL ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE IN SPANISH.
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MS. PALMER, ARE YOU ADDRESSING MORE THAN ONE AGENDA ITEM? OKAY.I'M HERE REPRESENTING ADA, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
SO WE CONTINUE TO ASK OUT HERE IN THE PUBLIC, WITH PARENTS AND SO FORTH, IS IT AN $80 BILLION QUESTION, OR A $36 BILLION QUESTION, DEPENDING ON IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE UNMET, SUPPOSED UNMET, UH, FACILITIES NEEDS OR THE AMOUNT OF BONDS THAT YOU HAVE UNDER YOUR ADVISORY CAPACITY.
BUT THE QUESTION STILL MOST IMPORTANTLY, IS, WHAT IS THE RIGHT SIZE OF DISTRICT FACILITIES GIVEN THE DECREASING ENROLLMENT AND THE APPARENT ACCELERATION RATE OF THE DECREASE IN THAT ENROLLMENT? AND WHAT IS THE PRUDENT AND MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND DOLLARS, GIVEN THOSE FACTS AND ALL OF THE FISCAL TROUBLE THAT THE DISTRICT IS UNDER? NOW, THE QUESTION HERE IS, HAS LUSD PROVIDED YOU WITH ANY TYPE OF PLAN ON WHAT IS THE LONG-TERM PLAN FOR FACILITIES NEEDS? YOU STATE IN, IN YOUR OPENING REMARKS THAT YOU HAVE A DUTY TO RECOMMEND AGAINST BOND FUND EXPENDITURES WHEN THE DISTRICT FAILS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT OVERSIGHT INFORMATION.
I WOULD SAY YOU DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT OVERSIGHT INFORMATION FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF THOSE ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS.
UH, OF COURSE, NOTHING IS FOR SURE, BUT WE SEE THE WAY, THE DIRECTION THAT THIS IS GOING, AND THERE IS THE QUESTION OF THE SCHOOLS.
WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY, THAT HAVE FEWER THAN 200 STUDENTS.
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLY SUSTAINABLE? AND WE HEAR ABOUT, UM, EARTHQUAKE RETROFITS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE TO VARIOUS CAMPUSES.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO THROW MONEY AT SCHOOLS THAT AREN'T EVEN, THAT ARE COMPLETELY UNDERUTILIZED? I GREW UP IN THIS DISTRICT.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD WAY FEWER SCHOOLS.
I ATTENDED MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL.
THE ONLY OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND WERE BELMONT AND FRANKLIN, AND THAT WAS IT.
AND WE ALL DEALT WITH IT JUST FINE.
BUT NOW WE NEED THAT MANY MORE SCHOOLS, THAT MANY MORE CAMPUSES.
BUT DO WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THEM? OF COURSE, I'M SURE THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE NOW UNDER THE SUPERVISION BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION OR THE FISCAL EXPERT.
UH, I HOPE THAT THEY WOULD BRING YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT HERE.
UH, ARE YOU AWARE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN DOWNGRADES TO THE BOUND BOND RATING FROM FITCH AND MOODY'S IN JULY? UH, DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE, UH, APPEALS COURT SAYS L-A-U-S-D MISLED VOTERS OVER IMPACT OF $9 BILLION BONDS? THAT WAS AN ARTICLE ON JULY 31ST.
UH, I ADVISE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW THOSE DESCRIPTIONS WERE APPARENTLY NOT COMPLETELY, UH, CORRECT.
UH, THEY DID NOT ALIGN WITH THE VOTER GUIDE AND WHAT WAS ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC.
ALL VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR, I THINK ALL OF YOU HERE TO HAVE INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT ON AND HAVE THEM EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON.
BUT WHEN I REVIEW YOUR MINUTES AND YOUR MEETINGS FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND ASK YOU THAT YOU CONTINUE TO STAND FIRM ON THE QUESTION OF THE MOU AND THE INDEPENDENCE OF THIS COMMITTEE AND YOUR OVERSIGHT POSITION.
YOU REQUIRE INFORMATION AND THAT YOU CAN REQUEST THAT INFORMATION.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AND THE DUTY TO REQUEST THAT ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC.
UH, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT I DO AS, AS THIS, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY ON EVERY SINGLE AREA OF FINANCIAL, UH, ISSUES WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO THE PARENTS AND TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY.
THE DISTRICT MAKES IT AS HARD AS POSSIBLE.
SO PLEASE, ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE AND GET FROM THE DISTRICT, THE THE PUBLIC DEFINITELY NEEDS THAT.
UH, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE SITUATION THAT YOU'RE, THE DISTRICT IS TRYING TO MAKE YOU ALL LESS INDEPENDENT.
IT SENDS A MESSAGE HERE THAT THE DISTRICT WANTS TO CONTROL EVERY LAST THING AS VOTERS.
THE VOTERS APPROVED FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO EXIST AND PROVIDE OVERSIGHT.
OF COURSE, IT'S AN, AN ADVISORY ROLE, BUT YOU CAN SHED A LOT OF LIGHT ON WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON WITH THESE, WITH THE BOND FUNDS.
I FIND PARTICULARLY THAT I WISH THAT YOU ALL WOULD DO SOME TYPE OF OUTREACH, AT LEAST TO THE PARENT COMMITTEES.
UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE.
I, I'M A MEMBER OF ONE OF THOSE COMMITTEES, THE CAC COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT ENGLISH LEARNER ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THEY'RE ALL MANAGED THROUGH THE S FACE OFFICE.
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I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU COULD BE ONE OF, YOU COULD BE SPEAKERS AND AT LEAST LET PARENTS KNOW THAT YOU EXIST.UH, PARENTS HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENERAL FUNDS AND THE BOND FUNDS.
THEY THINK THAT CONSTRUCTION MONEY CAN BE USED FOR SALARIES.
THEY THINK THAT HOW IS IT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY? WE HAVE ALL THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING ON.
THEY HAVE NO IDEA OF THAT SEPARATION.
TO HEAR IT FROM YOU WOULD BE VERY INSTRUCTIVE AND AUTHORITATIVE.
I CAN TELL THEM ALL I WANT, BUT THEY THINK THAT I'M A NUT AND PERHAPS I AM A NUT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M WRONG.
BUT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL.
I WOULD ALSO ADVISE, THIS SOUNDS A LITTLE CRAZY, BUT THAT YOU ALL DO A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS OF LITTLE SHORT VIDEOS THROUGH KLCS, PERHAPS, WHERE YOU COULD JUST SAY WHAT THE COMMITTEE DOES AND YOUR ROLE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WON'T DO THAT OR WON'T PROMOTE THEM, HELL, I'LL COME OUT AND I'LL TAKE A LITTLE QUICKIE SHORT VIDEO OF YOU AND WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITE.
SO I KNOW THAT WOULD BE VERY WELL RECEIVED TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION BE OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
AND, AND WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION FLOATING AROUND IN THE PUBLIC ON, ON WHAT IT IS THAT THE BOND FUNDS ARE.
UM, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES NOW GOING FORWARD IS THAT UNDER THE FISCAL EXPERT, THE DISTRICT CAN NOT ISSUE ANY BONDS OTHER THAN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS WITHOUT LACOSS APPROVAL.
SO LIKE THE COOPS JUDGMENT OBLIGATION BONDS THAT THEY'VE BEEN ISSUING FOR NOW, THEY DON'T HAVE A BLANKET APPROVAL TO TO DO THAT.
SO THERE'S SO MANY ISSUES AND SO MANY LAYERS OF INFORMATION THAT YOU COULD BE HELPFUL BRINGING THAT INFORMATION.
AND HERE'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CONTACT US.
AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, OUR STAFF GETS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND SHARE IT WITH THE MEMBERS.
UH, MR. CHAR, OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. DEANNA GUILLEN, AND I BELIEVE SHE'LL, UH, BE SPEAKING IN SPANISH.
AND WE HAVE HEADSETS FOR THE MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, WHO WOULD LIKE INTERPRETATION.
ALSO, IF YOU'RE JOINING US OVER ZOOM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR THE ENGLISH INTERPRETATION, PLEASE LOOK FOR THE INTERPRETATION GLOBE IN THE BOTTOM TOOLBAR OF YOUR ZOOM SCREEN.
CLICK ON THE GLOBE AND SELECT ENGLISH.
MY NAME IS DE YEN, AND I'VE BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF PARENT COMMITTEES HERE FOR L-A-U-S-D.
AND I WOULD LIKE, WELL SPEAK TO YOU ALL TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.
YOU ALL, LIKE THE PARENTS ARE VOLUNTEERS IN THIS COMMITTEE, BUT YOU HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTION HERE.
THAT IS TO ASSURE THAT THE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND UPDATES ARE VERY WELL AND LEGALLY USE, ESPECIALLY TRYING TO MAXIMIZE ALL THE USAGES FOR THE VOTERS AND FOR ALL THESE PROJECTS.
AND ALSO GUARANTEE THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS AND ALSO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
WE KNOW THAT ANYBODY CAN PUT A, A MEDIATION OR SOMETHING, AND WE ALL PAY, BUT WE END UP PAYING MORE TAXES IF WE'RE NOT SEEING THE PROJECTS, IF EFFICIENTLY BEING MADE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE THAT WE LOSE A LOT OF STUDENTS.
WE'RE SEEING THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN FOR THE SAME REASON.
BECAUSE THE DISTRICT, INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON WHAT IS, UH, THE SECURITY OF THE STUDENTS AND WHAT IS, UH, THEIR WORK, WHICH IS ACADEMIC WORK, NO.
NOW THERE IS, UH, JUMPS PROGRAM, WORK PROGRAMS, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT THEY'RE ASKING.
THEY WANT TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY FROM THE LEGISLATURE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT YOU CAN HAVE BECAUSE, UH, BUT YOU'RE NOT FOCUSING IN TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR CHILDREN ACADEMICALLY.
THE CHILDREN ARE VERY LOW IN MATH, IN READING AND SCIENCES, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED MORE EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO, TO FACE DOING EFFICIENTLY.
THERE ARE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE MUCH BETTER AND HAVE LESS SUPPORTS OR BENEFITS OF HAVING MORE EMPLOYEES.
AND WHEN THE MOU THAT THE DISTRICT WANTS TO APPLY HERE, I THINK THAT YOU ALL SHOULD KEEP STANDING UP FOR THE PUBLIC FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PUBLIC.
BECAUSE THE DISTRICT, WHAT, WHAT IT ALWAYS WANTS TO DO IS HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OF ALL THE VOICES INVOLVED AND, AND BUY.
AND THEY BUY THE PARENTS, THEY GIVE US LITTLE GIFTS.
THEY SAY THAT THEY'LL DO US A LITTLE FAVOR.
AND ALL THE WORK FROM THE COMMITTEE, FROM THE PARENTS COMMITTEES, ALL THAT GOES THE TRASH BECAUSE OF THIS.
AND SAME HERE, RIGHT HERE, YOU WANT TO CHANGE CERTAIN RULES BECAUSE YOU WANNA SELL ALL YOUR PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE FROM THE UNIONS, TO THE PEOPLE FROM THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT YOUR POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.
AND THAT'S AFFECTING US, THE PARENTS,
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THE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY NOW MORE SO WITH THE SCHOOL SECURITY, THAT THEY'RE REMOVING FUNDING FROM THE POLICE.SOMETHING THAT IN THIS COMMUNITY IN LOS ANGELES, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
OUR CHILDREN, FIRST DAY SCHOOL AND AT SCHOOL IN SANITY, THEY FOUND A STUDENT WITH A WEAPON.
AND THEY, AND WELL, SINCE THE WAY THE DISTRICT IS MANAGING TO HAVE LESS, UM, LESS SECURITY, AND THEY'RE WASTING THE MONEY IN A WAY THAT IS VERY BAD, THAT THEY DON'T EVEN TRUST THEM.
AND RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE BEINGS SUPERVISED BY LIQUID.
'CAUSE THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF DECISION, BAD FINANCIAL DECISIONS.
YOUR WORK IS VERY IMPORTANT, RIGHT? THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE SAYING NO TO THE, TO THINGS OR PROJECTS THAT THEY WANT TO FULFILL, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DECIDE, BUT AT LEAST SOMEBODY IS THERE TELLING THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS HAPPENING.
AND IF THEY DON'T WANNA LISTEN, WELL, IT'S ON THEM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE ON RECORD AND SOMEBODY IN THE FUTURE WILL REMIND THEM OF IT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER IN-PERSON SPEAKERS? YES.
MR. DAVID S IS HERE TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK, UH, AND VOLUNTEERISM.
AND, UH, WELCOME TO THE NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL.
ONE SMALL MISTAKE YOU MADE IN THE INTRODUCTION.
THE DISTRICT DOESN'T SELECT THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
IT'S AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE THAT REPORTS TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THEREFORE HAS AUTONOMY.
NOW, THE GENERAL COUNSEL WORKS FOR THE DISTRICT, WORKS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD.
SO THERE IS SOME OVERLAP, BUT THE SELECTION ITSELF IS AN INDEPENDENT BODY AS YOU ARE AS WELL.
UH, APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
I'M FOREVER A HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNMENT TEACHER, SO I WILL CONTINUE THAT WAY.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, CALLING SOMEBODY A, A FISCAL EXPERT DOESN'T MAKE THEM AN EXPERT.
UH, JUST LIKE CALLING ME A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE EXPERT DOESN'T MAKE ME AN EXPERT EITHER.
SO, BUT I DO INVITE YOU TO, UH, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE ARE OVERLAPS OF GENERAL FUND AND, UM, UH, UH, FACILITIES, PARTICULARLY THE COOPS, WHICH YOU HAVE ISSUED SOME STATEMENTS OF CONCERN ABOUT.
AND TODAY IN ITEM FIVE, YOU HAVE A REQUEST FOR JUST A SMALL AMOUNT COMPARED TO THE CLPS ON THE ELECTRIC BUSES.
AND, UH, PREVIOUSLY THE BOARD WAS, I BELIEVE, TOLD, UH, THAT THEY COULD NOT USE, UM, BOND MONEY FOR BUSES.
AND SO THEY ISSUED COOPS AND SOME OF WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN FEES, BUT THAT COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT COMES OUT OF THE TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEE SALARIES.
IT COMES OUT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THERE'S A, THERE ISN'T, UH, A VALUE.
ALSO, IF I WERE THE DISTRICT, I'D SAY WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE OF 300% OF THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS BY HAVING THREE OUT OF 10 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY.
AGAIN, YOU NEED TO, UH, ADVERTISE AND PERHAPS THE WILLIAMS, UH, SCOFF LAWS SITUATION WHERE IN EVERY ROOM IN THIS DISTRICT, IN EVERY DISTRICT, THERE SHOULD BE POSTING OF THE WILLIAMS COMPLAINT OPPORTUNITY THAT JACKIE GOLDBERG WROTE AFTER BROOKS ALLEN AND, AND A CLU SUED TO MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS KNOW IF THEIR AIR CONDITIONING ISN'T WORKING OR IF THERE'S, UH, RACKS IN THE ROOM OR WHATEVER.
OR IF THERE'S A TEACHER WITH IMPROPER CREDENTIALING, THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT MAYBE THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO PUT THE HOTLINE FOR THE GENERAL, AS WELL AS AN ABILITY FOR YOU GUYS TO ADVERTISE THAT THERE ARE MEETINGS OF THE, UH, OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
UM, THE MINUTES IN ITEM TWO, UM, YOU VOTED 15 TO NOTHING AND HAD A GOOD LONG PRESENTATION ON THE MOU.
JUST CHANGING THE SUPERINTENDENT WILL NOT NECESSARILY CHANGE THE RAPIDITY IN WHICH YOU GET THE MOU.
SO CONTINUE TO HAVE DEADLINES AND CONTINUE TO SAY, MAYBE WE NEED TO GO MORE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS.
UH, TWO, THREE YEAR VI UH, DELAYS, THE SIMPSON AND SIMPSON ASPECT OF YOUR QUESTIONING, UH, I THINK MIGHT HAVE SOME UPDATE.
ITEM THREE, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU, THAT LETTER THAT WAS WRITTEN TO YOU, ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT IN THE PAST, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THOSE ITEMS WERE AT THE FRONT OF THE AGENDA WHEN THERE WAS TIME RATHER THAN AT THE END OF THE AGENDA.
SO YOU HAVE THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS COMING WHILE YOU'RE RUNNING OUTTA TIME, RATHER THAN AT THE FRONT END WHEN YOU'RE LISTENING TO ME OR YOU'RE APPROVING A $45,000 SCREEN AT A SCHOOL.
SO I WOULD LOOK AT TRYING TO MAKE THE AGENDA YOURS, UM, GO TO SCHOOLS AS WELL.
UM, I COVERED ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS THE ELECTRIC BUSES.
ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE CENTERS, GO
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OUT TO GARDENA, GO OUT TO SUN VALLEY AND SEE IF THERE IS PROGRESS AFTER THREE OR FOUR YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT ELECTRIC BUSES.WE SEE THEM ON THE NEWS ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, BUT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE TRULY BEING USED, UH, AND CRITICAL NEEDS? YOU HAVE, UM, ON ITEM FIVE, UM, A BATTLE WHICH YOU HAVE ALSO WRITTEN AND, AND TALKED ABOUT TURF VERSUS GRASS.
THERE'S AN ITEM COMING ON, ON THE MARSHALL LIGHTS AND GRASS, BUT YOU NEED AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING.
AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU ATTENDED THESE PUBLIC MEETINGS IN WHICH THE VENDORS OF ASTROTURF HAVE BEEN, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THESE, UH, MEETINGS.
AND, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROOFING CONTRACTS.
HOW MANY CONTRACTORS ARE THERE BIDDING ON ROOFING? THESE ARE EXPENSIVE PROJECTS, AND MAYBE THE PRICE OF 5 MILLION AND SO ON IS A LITTLE INFLATED BECAUSE THE POOR FACILITIES TEAM DOESN'T HAVE IT, HAVE, HAVE ENOUGH BIDDERS, AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP WITH THAT.
NUMBER SIX, UH, IS ALL AFTER THE FACT CONTRACTS.
SOME OF THOSE ARE Q3, AND YOU'RE APPROVING THEM ALMOST IN Q4.
UH, SO YOU, YOU DON'T WANNA BE A BOND AFTER THE FACT.
UH, COMMITTEE AND ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT, I TOLD YOU, ARE BIG ITEMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING AT SYLMAR HIGH SCHOOL.
IS THE SCOPING REDUCED? ARE THE PRICES GOING UP? UM, UH, HAMILTON HIGH NOW IS A $600 MILLION PROJECT.
UH, YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR RECORDS THAT VERY OFTEN THESE PROJECTS ARE WRITTEN DOWN TO YOU AS 592 MILLION.
IT'S LIKE GOING TO THE 99 CENTS STORE AND FINDING OUT THE ITEM ACTUALLY COST $2.
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE, UH, UH, PROJECTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE FOOD CENTER AT, AT THE BELL CENTER IS BOOKED AT $300 MILLION.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT EVER CAME THROUGH.
ARE THE WELLNESS CENTER CENTERS A A GOOD, UH, INVESTMENT THESE DAYS? AND, UM, SIMILARLY, YOU MIGHT INVITE SOME CONTRACTORS TO SORT OF A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING TYPE THING AND ASK THEM, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU WHAT THINGS WOULD HELP BRING DOWN THE COSTS, UH, FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW.
WE, WE KNOW THAT OUR TEAM HERE AT THE DISTRICT IS DOING ITS BEST.
ALSO TRY TO HAVE EXIT INTERVIEWS WITH KEY PEOPLE THAT LEAVE, UH, ITD DIRECTORS AND OTHERS THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHTS.
AND FINALLY, UM, THE PALISADES, UH, YOU'RE TOLD THAT FEMA AND INSURANCE IS SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR IT, BUT YOU HAVE FRONT LOADED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, UH, ARE A HUNDRED YEAR OLD SCHOOLS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
BUT HOPEFULLY FEMA AND INSURANCE IS GONNA PAY FOR IT.
BUT YOU NEED, UH, UPDATE SPECIFICS.
AND FINALLY, DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
LET ME JUST SAY, I TAUGHT SUMMER SCHOOL, UH, IN PASADENA.
MY CLASS SIZES WERE 10 AND 12 KIDS.
AND EVERY TIME PEOPLE SAY THAT WE'VE OVERBUILT, WE HAVE TOO MUCH, UH, SPACE, AND WE HAVE CLASSROOMS OF 35 AND 42 KIDS.
THEY HAVE TO REALLY TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT WHAT IS OPTIMUM FOR KIDS LEARNING AND REINVENTING THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE, RATHER THAN, UH, JUST CLOSING OR CONSOLIDATING REINVENT PUBLIC SPACE.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE USING ROBERT HILL LANE, WHICH IS ALMOST EMPTY ACROSS FROM EAST LA COLLEGE.
AND THAT COULD BECOME A A, A LAB SCHOOL LIKE UCLA HAS FOR LA UNIFIED, WHERE THE LARGEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE COUNTRY, EAST LA COLLEGE, COULD PARTICIPATE IN A PIPELINE TO GET US MORE TEACHERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MR. SIKOWSKI.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS? NO.
UH, CONCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
UH, CONSENT CALENDAR CONSISTS OF THE MAY 28TH, 2026 MEETING MINUTES, AND THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE QUARTERLY REPORT.
UH, BEFORE WE, UH, SEEK A MOTION TO MOVE THESE ITEMS, DO MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS? OKAY.
[2. Consent Calendar]
CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY.DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
UH, I BELIEVE MR. BUCKMAN IS CALLING THE ROLE TODAY.
UM, SO THIS IS THE ROLL CALL FOR ITEM TWO, THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
MEMBER MEMBER LURCH AND MUELLER.
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CAMPBELL AYE.UH, THE, UH, VOTE IS 13 AND ONE ABSTENTION, SO THERE ARE SUFFICIENT VOTES TO PASS THE ITEM.
[3. BOC Planning Meeting (Discussion)]
US TO ITEM THREE, UH, BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PLANNING, MEETING.ITEM THREE IN YOUR MEETING MATERIALS INCLUDES A MEMO FROM MR. HAMNER AND BOC STAFF DESCRIBING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF A PLANNING MEETING CONDUCTED WITH THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE MEETING CONSISTED OF A LOOK BACK AT THE LAST YEAR WITH METRICS RELATED TO THAT, AND THEN A LOOK AHEAD TO THIS YEAR.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MEMO.
OUR CHAIR, MR. HAMNER, IS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. HAMNER IF HE WOULD CARE TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT MEETING.
UH, MR. CAMPBELL, UH, IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO ANY TYPE OF DETAILED, UH, DISCUSSION, ME SPEAKING FROM THE CEILING DOWN TO YOU GUYS, BUT THE INTENT HERE, AS WE DID LAST YEAR, IS TO, UM, BRING US TOGETHER AS A COMPLETE 15 MEMBER GROUP AND NOT REALLY LOOK AT EVERYTHING FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, BUT TO BRING THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BACK TO THE ENTIRE, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, WITH INPUT AND, UH, BASICALLY A SCRIPT OR A GAME PLAN, UH, OF WHAT WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO ACHIEVE IN THE COMING YEAR.
UH, THERE'S THE, THE INFORMATION WHEN I WAS SPEAKING, UH, WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP, UM, SOME DATA AND SOME INFORMATION REGARDING OUR PAST YEAR AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
YOU KNOW, SEEING 39 PROJECTS, UH, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, UM, OR SUPPORT FOR 38 OF THOSE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE BEEN A VERY GOOD TEAM MEMBER.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN ALSO WITH, UH, STATED BY ONE OF THE SPEAKERS TODAY, WHICH, UH, WAS VERY, UH, I FELT VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I COMFORTING TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR JOB AS STEWARDS OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY, OF BEING AS I LOVE WHEN ROBERT SPEAKS TO THESE MATTERS.
UM, YOU, OUR USE OF FUNDS, THAT'S BEEN A VERY, I THINK IT'S RECOGNIZED BY THOSE WHO DO MONITOR WHAT WE DO.
AND THE INTENT OF THE, OF THIS YEAR'S PLAN IS TO ENGAGE ALL OF US TO HAVE AN EQUAL STAKE IN, IN, UH, THE VALUE PRIORITIES OF THESE, UH, IMPORTANT MATTERS.
UH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES IS TO GET THE MOU BACK ON.
UM, WITH THE, UM, UPDATE THAT'S REQUIRED, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HIT THE NEXT CYCLE FOR 2027 ACADEMIC YEARS.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE CONCLUSION OF OUR LAST MEETING, WE, UH, DECIDED TO, UH, ALLOW THE NEW ADMINISTRATION TO COME INTO PLAY AND THEN BEGIN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, UH, IN EARNEST AND START FROM, UH, AN NEARLY ZERO.
SO THAT COULD MEAN ESTABLISHING A NEW TASK FORCE, UM, UTILIZING AS A BASELINE THE CURRENT DOCUMENT THAT WE HAD THAT, UH, BEFORE THE PAST ADMINISTRATION HAD COMMENTED ON IT.
UH, I JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A, UH, SENSE OF, UH, WHERE THIS STANDS AT THE MOMENT.
I DID HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE MEETING WITH SUPERINTENDENT SHA UH, THIS PAST MONDAY.
UH, HE WILL BE ATTENDING OUR NEXT MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD.
I THINK I HAVE THE DATE CORRECT, UH, TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
I COMING FROM ME, SOME OF YOU KNOW ME BETTER THAN OTHERS.
UH, MY INTERPRETATION OR MY FEELINGS WITH MY, UH, JUST OVER HALF HOUR MEETING, UNFORTUNATELY ON ZOOM, AS ZOOM IS.
BUT I FELT IT TO BE, UM, SINCERE.
I THINK THE FOLLOW UP, UH, FOR ME WAS HIS LETTER TO HIS FACULTY AND STAFF.
IF YOU READ THAT LETTER, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, IT'S A VERY SHORT LETTER.
UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, THERE IS READING DIRECTLY AND READING BETWEEN THE LINES.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE A DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL FOR SURE.
THE SINCERITY ON HIS PART TO WORK WITH US ON THE MOU, UH, FELT GENUINE.
AND WE WILL SEE HOW THAT, UH, TRANSPIRES AS, UH, TIME MOVES ON.
BUT IT WILL BECOME A PRIORITY CLEARLY.
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AS YOU KNOW, UH, MR. CAMPBELL HAS MET WITH THE NEW, UH, CFO, UM, IS ALSO, WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE NEW IG.SO I THINK WE'LL START, HOPEFULLY, UM, WE'LL AS ANOTHER PRIORITY ITEM, UH, WE'LL FIND THAT WE WILL BE, UH, MORE ENGAGED WITH TRANSPARENCY AND SO FORTH, YOU KNOW, OR AT LEAST REMOVE THE PERCEPTION THAT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE LOOKED AT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING ELSE, MR. HOPE, JOY, UM, UH, MR. CAMPBELL, UH, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I MIGHT BE MISSING THERE THAT, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT MCFARLAND, MR. MCFARLAND? I THINK, UM, I THINK YOU COVERED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT, THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING THAT I WAS UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO REALLY FULLY PARTICIPATE IN, BUT I LISTENED TO ALL OF IT.
I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD ADD, UM, IS JUST SORT OF A REFLECTION OF THE VALUE THAT WE GET FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, AND SORT OF THE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE AND HOW MUCH WE, ONE VALUE THAT THEY THINK THAT, THAT WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST IN DOING WHAT WE CAN, BUT ALSO WHAT WE GET FROM WHAT THEY OFFER.
AND OUR DESIRE TO HEAR FROM MORE OF THE PUBLIC, AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT MEETING DATES, UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PARENTS, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED CAN COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND GIVE US MORE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN BE EFFECTIVE.
SO, TO THE FOLKS THAT GIVE COMMENT, I THINK FOLKS MENTIONED INVITING US TO PARENT GROUPS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WE WOULD LOVE THAT.
UM, SO PLEASE, IF, IF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COME AVAILABLE, PLEASE IN INVITE US SO THAT WE CAN PARTICIPATE AND LEARN MORE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
MANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THEIR MEMBERS? OKAY.
UM, SEEING NONE, I, UH, THINK THAT WAS, THIS IS NOT A VOTING ITEM, CORRECT? NO.
THAT MOVES US TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
[4. A Project to Purchase Electric School Buses, and Amend the Transportation Services Branch’s Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, PURCHASE OF ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES.I BELIEVE, UH, WE HAVE DANIEL KANG, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BRANCH TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
GOOD MORNING, V VAUGHNO VERSAI COMMITTEE.
DANIEL KANG, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION.
UM, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO PROPOSE, UM, AND ASK FOR THE ALLOCATION OF UP TO $5.5 MILLION FROM MEASURE OUR FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF 50 ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES.
UH, FOR TRANSPORTATION MEASURE, OUR, OUR BONDS PROCEEDS ARE EARMARKED SPECIFICALLY FOR REPLACING AGING AND POLLUTING SCHOOL BUSES.
UH, THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, UH, HAS GRANTED L-A-U-S-D, THE CLEAN SCHOOL BUS PROGRAM GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $19.75 MILLION.
THESE NEW BUSES SHALL REPLACE OLD DIESEL BUSES IN THE DISTRICT'S FLEET, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING OUT OF SUN VALLEY BUS YARD.
UH, THE PURCHASE OF THESE SCHOOL BUSES IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN AT THE END OF THIS QUARTER, AND ANTICIPATED TO BE RECEIVED IN SPRING OF 2028, WHICH IS A LEAD TIME OF 1815 TO 18 MONTHS.
THE TOTAL PURCHASE OF THESE BUSES, UH, EQUALS 25, UH, MILLION AND $250,000.
THE EPA GRANT AWARD IS IN THE AMOUNT OF 19.75, AND THE REMAINING BALANCE IS $5.5 MILLION, UM, TO PROVIDE BACKGROUND.
UM, IN 2019, THE DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD, UH, PASSED A BOARD RESOLUTION TO TRANSITION TO DISTRICTS TO A HUNDRED PERCENT CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, RESULTING IN HEALTHIER STUDENTS AND MORE SUSTAINABLE EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES.
BY 2040 FOSSIL FUEL SCHOOL BUSES REMAIN IN SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF LOCALIZED AIR POLLUTION BY EMITTING NITROGEN OXIDES, PARTICULATE MATTER, AND GREENHOUSE GASES, WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO POOR AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE PURCHASE WAS INITIALLY FUNDED BY GENERAL FUNDS AS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
AND AS DISTRICT NEEDS CHANGED MEASURE, OUR FUNDS WERE IDENTIFIED AS AN ALTERNATIVE OPTION.
THIS REQUEST SEEKS, CONCURRENCE, OR APPROVAL TO USE, MEASURE OUR FUNDS WITHIN THE FUNDING STRATEGY TO REPLACE OUR AGING GASOLINE, DIESEL, C AND G BUSES WITH ZERO EMISSION ELECTRIC COOL BUSES, AND
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EV BUS CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THEM BENEFITS.AS THIS, UH, COMMITTEE IS WELL AWARE OF ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES ELIMINATE, UH, TAILPIPE, UH, ELIMINATE TAILPIPE EMISSIONS, REDUCE EXPOSURE TO HARMFUL POLLUTANTS AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS AND DRIVERS MOST EXPOSED TO VEHICLE EMISSIONS DURING DAILY SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION, REDUCES ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS ON COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE POLLUTION, NEAR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS AND BUS DEPOTS, AND ACCELERATES THE ADOPTION OF ZERO EMISSION TRENDS, TRANSPORTATION TO MEET NATIONAL AND STATE CLIMATE GOALS.
UH, ONSCREEN IS THE MAP OF OUR CURRENT SUN VALLEY PROJECT ONGOING, UH, L-A-U-S-D IS LEVERAGING THE GRANT FROM THE EPA AS SHARED EARLIER CLEAN SCHOOL BUS GRANT TO ACCELERATE, TO TRANSITION FROM FOSSIL FUEL SCHOOL BUSES TO ZERO EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES.
UM, THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE SCHOOL BUSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL.
UH, THE SUN SIDE IS SUN VALLEY BUS YARD, UH, IN SUN VALLEY, OF COURSE, AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS SHARED EARLIER.
THE TOTAL COST OF THE BUS PURCHASE IS $25.25 MILLION, AND, AND TRANSPORTATION IS REQUESTING THE BOND AUTHORITY OF 5.5 MILLION.
UM, THE SCHEDULE IS, UH, FOR PROCUREMENT AND PENDING BOARD APPROVAL, AND THE BUSES WILL COINCIDE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE SUN VALLEY BUS YARD, WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO BE END OF, OF Q1 2027.
OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO, UH, QUESTIONS FROM OUR MEMBERS.
MR. MUELLER, DO THE DRIVERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SPECIAL TRAINING ON HOW TO DRIVE AN ELECTRIC BUS VERSUS A DIESEL BUS, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY? YES, THEY DO.
THEY GO THROUGH TRAINING FOR ALL BUS TYPES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MR. KING.
WELL, I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THE REPLACEMENT OF INEFFICIENT AND POLLUTING AGING DIESEL SCHOOL BUSES WITH CLEAN ENERGY ELECTRIC BUSES.
I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL PRUDENCE OF THIS EXPENDITURE IN LIGHT OF WHAT I SEE HAPPENING ON THE GROUND WITH STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
UM, THIS SCHOOL YEAR MARKS A DECLINE IN BUS SERVICE OPTIONS AND ROUTES OFFERED TO FAMILIES.
BUS ROUTES ARE BEING CONSOLIDATED AND SOME FAMILIES ARE BEING ASSIGNED TO STOPS THAT ARE MILES FROM WHERE THEY LIVE.
IN SOME CASES, IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE A METRO BUS THAN A SCHOOL BUS BECAUSE THE STOPS ARE NOW FAR LESS CONVENIENT.
UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STOPS ARE NO LONGER BEING USED FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RESULTING IN SCHOOL BUS STOPS BEING FARTHER AWAY FROM MANY FAMILIES.
HOMES NECESSITATING A DRIVE TO GET STUDENTS TO THEIR ASSIGNED BUS STOPS.
UM, AT MY CHILDREN'S SCHOOL BUS ROUTES THIS SCHOOL YEAR WERE CUT FROM 13, WHICH WAS LAST YEAR'S NUMBER, UM, TO ONLY SEVEN THIS YEAR, RESULTING IN OVERCROWDING ON THE BUS JUST FOR THESE FIRST TWO DAYS OF SCHOOL, AND NECESSITATING SOME PARENTS TO HAVE TO DRIVE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THE BUSES HAD BEEN TOO FULL TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHILDREN.
UM, LASTLY, AT A PRIOR MEETING WHEN ISSUES ABOUT LATE BUSES WERE RAISED, YOUR DEPARTMENT SAID THAT IT WAS A STAFFING ISSUE AND THAT THERE WAS A LACK OF AVAILABLE BUS DRIVERS.
SO ALL THIS BEING SAID, UM, WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OFFERED TO STUDENTS LOOK LIKE SO THAT WE CAN FEEL ASSURED THAT THESE NEW ELECTRIC BUSES WILL BE PUT TO THEIR BEST USE AND THAT THE NECESSARY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
THAT'S A WONDERFUL CHALLENGE WE'RE LOOKING AT.
IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, TRANSPORTATION'S GOAL HAS BEEN TO REACH 30, 30,000 TRANSPORTED STUDENTS.
AND THE LAST THREE YEARS, TRANSPORTATION HAS EXPANDED OUR PROGRAM TO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE INVITED ALL DISTRICT FAMILIES TO OPT IN ON PARENT PORTAL, IF YOU WILL.
THAT'S OUR, UH, UH, WEBSITE AND APP THAT PARENTS HAVE TO ACCESS ALL DISTRICT RESOURCES TO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION.
AND WE'VE BEEN, UH, DOING OUR PART TO KIND OF COMMUNICATE TO ALL FAMILIES OPT-IN, SO ALL ROUTING CAN BE CREATED BASED OFF THE DEMAND COMING IN.
UH, WHAT WE ARE SEEING, UH, TO YOUR POINT, MAY THAT WE HAVE REDUCED NUMBER OF ROUTES.
UM, IN MID-JULY WE COMPLETED FALL ROUTING, AND WE ARE AROUND THE 1275 MARK.
UM, THE ROUTE COUNT AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR WAS AT 1400.
AND THE DATA, THE NUMBERS SHOW WHERE THEY WERE MUCH LESS THAN THE END OF SCHOOL YEAR.
AND ACCORDING TO FEEDBACK FROM THE ROUTING TEAM AND OTHER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, THE THE FEEDBACK WAS THAT THERE WILL BE A, AN INFLUX OF REQUESTS
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AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, EITHER BECAUSE FAMILIES DID NOT RECEIVE OUR MESSAGING, UH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A CONSTANT CHALLENGE OR PUZZLE FOR US TO, UH, WORK ON AND SOLVE FOR.AND OR, UH, THE OPT-IN PROCESS IS TOO, UM, CUMBERSOME OR CLUNKY, NOT EASY ENOUGH.
UM, SO IT'S ALSO TRANSPORTATION, WORKING WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS, ITS, UM, OUR VENDOR WITH, UH, WITH OUR ROUTING SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE AND SIMPLIFY THE PROCESSES FOR OUR FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, AS OF THIS MORNING, OUR ROUTE COUNT IS UP TO 1360.
NOT, UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S A, AN INCREASED GAIN OF ABOUT 85 ROUTES.
AND WE STILL ANTICIPATE, UH, AN INFLUX OF REQUESTS FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WHICH IS NORMAL FOR EVERY SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT THE QUESTION IS, UM, WE, WE HAD A MISS OF ABOUT 10,000 REQUESTS FROM END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR TO THE BEGINNING.
SO THE QUESTION WITH TRANSPORTATION IS, HOW DO WE EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE TO ALL OUR FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS TO, SO WE CAN CREATE ROUTES, CATER TO THE ACTUAL DEMANDS? UM, AND, AND THAT IS ONGOING.
UM, I, I THINK WITH ALL THE OVERLOAD CONCERNS THAT YOU JUST SHARED WITH, UH, I, I BELIEVE IT IS GALA I, UM, 13 ROUTES TO SEVEN OR SIX ROUTES THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, WE, I BELIEVE THE LOCAL LEADERSHIP HAS ADDED BUSES TO, TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THOSE OVERLOAD BUS, UH, ROUTES THAT YOU SHARED.
AND I BELIEVE WHEN I TALKED TO CERTAIN MANAGERS THIS MORNING, THEY WERE ON SITE TO ALSO MONITOR REGARDING WHAT TRANSPORTATION IS DOING TO HELP IMPROVE OUR SERVICES.
WE'VE ALSO UNDERWENT A MODERNIZATION PROJECT OVER THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AND WHICH THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE BETTER CLEAR SERVICE AND DATA TO OUR FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS.
AND THE METRIC OR GOAL IS OUR MODERN APPS THAT WE USE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
AND I KIND OF WANNA, LIKE UBER AND LYFT PARENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO NOT WAIT ON HOLD, CALLING OUR DISPATCH LINE FOR UP TO 45 MINUTES ON A GOOD DAY, AND ACTUALLY LOOK ON THEIR PHONE APP OR THEIR WEB PORTAL AND PULL UP WHERE THEIR BUS IS IN FIVE SECONDS.
AND THAT, AND I LIKE TO SHARE THIS MORNING, UH, YESTERDAY MORNING WE HAD 96% OF OUR DRIVERS LOGGING ON.
AND THIS, THIS MORNING WE HAD 98% OF OUR DRIVERS LOGGING ON THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
WE WENT THROUGH A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT WORKING WITH OUR TEAM WITH A CHANGE MANAGEMENT.
AND AS WE KNOW, CHANGE IS DIFFICULT.
WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING ALONG FROM OUR OLD PAST BEST PRACTICES OF PAPER ROUTING SHEETS AND, YOU KNOW, CHASING DOWN DRIVERS, IF YOU WILL, TO NOW DRIVERS UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY, SIGNING IN WITH THEIR BADGE ON A TABLET, AND THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE ROUTING.
AND AS THEY'RE GOING, ALL THE UPDATED ROUTES, UH, DUE TO CALL OFFS, ABSENCES, ET CETERA, ARE AT, UH, SENT TO THEIR TABLETS IN LIFETIME.
AND THE DRIVERS ARE RECEIVING LIFETIME ROUTING, UH, TO DEAL WITH NAVIGATE THE TRAFFIC AND ALL THE OTHER CONCERNS COMING IN.
SO, UH, TO YOUR QUESTIONS, WE'RE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND LOOKING FOR, UH, FEEDBACK TO BETTER IMPROVE THE PROCESS.
AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE AT, JUST AT THE BEGINNING, UH, FROM ALL OUR, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, THERE'S ALSO, UH, TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE DISTRICTS SEVERAL COMMITTEES TO LOOK AT OVERALL WHAT TRANSPORTATION HAS DONE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
AND IT APPEARS THAT WE NEED A MORE DISTRICT-WIDE APPROACH, AND THE COMMITTEES ARE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE STRATEGY.
AND THAT STRATEGY ALSO INCLUDES, I BELIEVE, UH, A DISTRICT-WIDE STUDY REGARDING ALL THE EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH OUR ENROLLMENT AND POPULATIONS, NOT JUST IN LOS ANGELES, BUT ACROSS THE NATION, AND TO HOW DO WE ADAPT AND EVOLVE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES.
OF COURSE, OUR WONDERFUL DISTRICT IS 710 SQUARE MILES, AND WITH THAT IS THE CHALLENGE OF 710 SQUARE MILES.
UM, THERE ARE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED, MEANING HOW DO WE FOCUS ON, UH, PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO THE RESIDENTIAL STUDENTS OR THE MAGNET STUDENTS? HOW DO WE DO BOTH? AND AS WE'RE INQUIRING AND ASKING SMES AND BEST PRACTICES ACROSS THE NATION, WE'RE SEEING, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS DOING EITHER OR, AND MAJORITY ARE FOCUSING ON RESIDENTIAL.
BUT L-A-U-S-D WE'RE, WE DO BOTH.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A, QUITE A VAST MARKET AND A VARIETY OF NEEDS AND FAMILIES AND SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS. SO IT'S A PUZZLE WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUOUSLY SOLVE FOR AND APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK FROM NOT ONLY THIS COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO OUR PARENTS, SCHOOLS AND CUSTOMERS, IF YOU WILL.
UH, MS. LEWIS, AND THEN MR. SULLIVAN.
MORNING, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I'M ALSO A CURRENT L-A-U-S-D PARENT, AND I HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RIDERSHIP.
UM, SO YOU SAID THE CURRENT RIDERSHIP LEVEL IS 30,000 STUDENTS?
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THAT WAS PLAN OF LAST YEAR? YES.BUT THIS YEAR IT'S 20,000 BECAUSE YOU HAD 10,000 LESS.
YES, WE, IN MID-JULY 20,000 AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE 23 AND CLIMBING.
AND WHEN YOU SIGN UP ON THE APP, SO FOR EXAMPLE, I SIGNED UP FOR MY DAUGHTER TO GO TO, UH, USE THE BUS FOR IRVING.
UM, SHE ACTUALLY NEVER USED THE BUS BECAUSE IT WAS TOO FAR AWAY FROM, IT WAS AS FAR TO DRIVE TO THE BUS AS IT WAS JUST TO DRIVE HER TO SCHOOL.
UM, SO WHEN I SIGNED HER UP, I KEPT GETTING ALERTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WAS SHE COUNTED AS A RIDER EVEN THOUGH SHE NEVER TOOK THE BUS? LIKE DO YOU TRACK WHO'S ACTUALLY SIGNED UP AND THEN WHO'S ACTUALLY RIDING THE BUS? WE DO, STARTING YESTERDAY WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE ONSET OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, WE ARE ABLE TO, OKAY.
SO POTENTIALLY A LOT OF THAT NUMBER FROM LAST YEAR WAS INFLATED BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF GHOST RIDERSHIP IN THE SENSE THAT THEY HAD SIGNED UP, BUT WERE NEVER ACTUALLY TAKING THE BUS.
PREVIOUS PRACTICE IT WAS ALL DRIVER TALLIES OR MANUAL.
AND, UH, WE HAVE NUMBERS AND ESTIMATES, BUT THEN WE DON'T KNOW DOWN TO THE STUDENT LEVEL.
NOW WITH STARTING YESTERDAY, WE DO NOW.
UM, AND JUST ALONG THE LINES OF, YOU KNOW, HOW PARENTS ARE HEARING ABOUT WHETHER THE BUSES ARE USEFUL OR NOT, I MEAN, JUST THE WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS LATE, THEY'RE INCONVENIENT.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN TERMS OF REACHING OUT TO PARENTS IN THE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU'RE IMPROVING, HOW THEY CAN BE MORE ACCESSIBLE.
BUT IT, IT'S HARD WHEN BUS ROUTES ARE BEING CUT, THEY'RE BEING, YOU KNOW, HARDER TO GET TO.
FOR EXAMPLE, MY NEIGHBOR ALSO GOES TO GALA, USED TO BE AN EIGHT MINUTE DRIVE TO GET HER TO THE BUS, AND NOW SHE IS, WE LIVE IN HIGHLAND PARK, AND NOW SHE HAS TO GO ALL THE WAY TO EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL TO GET THE BUS AND BE THERE BY SEVEN.
SO IT'S JUST, THE MORE INCONVENIENT IT IS, THE MORE LATE IT IS, THE MORE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO USE THE BUS.
AND I, LIKE I SAID, I WAS GETTING THE ALERTS AND ALMOST EVERY DAY I WOULD GET AN ALERT THAT THE BUS WAS RUNNING LATE.
AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN PARENTS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S JUST A BAD PUBLIC IMAGE FOR ME, MS. LEWIS.
UM, I'M THANKFUL FOR THE FEEDBACK.
AND THOSE ARE ALL TRUE, UH, TO THE FEEDBACK OF BUS.
WE ARE NOT CUTTING BUS ROUTES.
IF ANYTHING, THE CHART, SORRY FOR THE PUN.
THE DIRECTIVE TO TRANSPORTATION IS TO CONTINUE TRANSPORT MORE ACTUAL STUDENTS, UH, TO ALL THE DEMAND.
AS WE ASK FOR OPT-IN ACTUAL DATA, WE ROUTE TO THE DEMAND, UH, TO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE ARE CREATING.
WE ROUTE TO THE DEMAND IN CLUSTERS, MEANING WE WILL PROVIDE A STOP AT THE 10 STUDENTS VERSUS THE FOUR, HOWEVER, IT'S NOT SET IN STONE.
UH, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE RIDERSHIP DATA AND IT'S CONTINUOUSLY RECEIVING OPT-IN DATA.
UM, IF THERE ARE ZERO RIDER AT A, YOU KNOW, UH, I'M JUST GONNA SAY ROY BALL AS A STOP, IF THERE'S ZERO RIDER THERE, THEN WE'LL ADJUST TO THE DEMAND.
MEANING WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AND OPTIMIZING OUR ROUTING TO IT.
I BELIEVE IF WE'RE 1360 ROUTES, I IMAGINE BY THE END OF TWO WEEKS, WHICH IS NORMAL, WE'LL PROBABLY GET BACK UP TO AT LEAST 1400 ROUTES LIKE WE ENDED LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, AND THEN ALL THE ROUTES AND STOPS WILL ADJUST YEAR OVER YEAR TO PER OUR FAMILIES, WHEREVER THEY'RE MOVING AND MIGRATING TO.
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR CHOICE PROGRAM FAMILIES CAN SELECT WHAT SCHOOLS TO GO TO ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO MEET ALL THE NEEDS AS THEY'RE CONSTANTLY INFLUX.
AND I BELIEVE WITH OUR TOOLS, WE ARE CAPABLE TO DO IT.
AND WE HAVE ACTIONABLE DATA, LIVE DATA, AND NOT GUESSING SEVEN STUDENTS USE THIS BUS.
WELL NOW WE HAVE DATA DOWN TO THE STUDENT TO THE DAY MM-HMM
AND WE'RE EVEN ASKING QUESTIONS IF WE KNOW A STUDENT ONLY UTILIZES THE BUS MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS, MAYBE FOR THAT STOP, WE ONLY GO TO THAT STOP MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS AND NOT TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY.
SO WE CAN OPTIMIZE AND CONTINUALLY MEET THE CHANGING PATTERNS.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE SHORT IF PRIVATE SECTOR CAN DO IT, WHY CAN'T WE JUST, UH, BRING OVER THOSE PRACTICES HERE? AND UM, THE OTHER PIECE IS THE BIGGEST COMPONENT IS THE PARENT FRUSTRATION BECAUSE THE PARENT IS TRYING TO MANAGE MULTIPLE KIDS.
AND OF COURSE THEY GO TO ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH, DIFFERENT SCHEDULES.
AND OF COURSE, BOTH HAVE TO MEET THEIR OWN COMMUTE TIMES TO GET TO WORK.
IF A PARENT HAS A FIVE SECOND APP, AN APP AND PULL UP DATA ON ALL THREE BUSES, THEN THEY HAVE THE SANITY.
NOW, OKAY, THE BUSES ARE RUNNING FIVE MINUTE, 10 MINUTE, 15 MINUTES BEHIND, BUT THEY ARE COMING, BOTH MOM AND DAD CAN TAKE OFF TO WORK AND KNOW, GET THE ALERT IF YOU CHOOSE TO GET THE NOTIFICATION TO SAY, UH, STUDENT ONE WAS PICKED UP ON THE MOVE AND THEN STUDENT TWO AND STUDENT THREE, ET CETERA.
UH, AND THEN THAT IS THE GOAL.
SO WE CAN REMAIN MORE NIMBLE AND ACTUALLY GIVE PARENTS WHAT THEY NEED SO THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, UH,
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MEET THEIR WORK OBLIGATIONS AS WELL.YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK INCORPORATING THAT LIVE DATA IS GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND JUST COMMUNICATING TO PARENTS, I THINK COMMUNICATION IS HUGE HERE.
COMMUNITY TO PARENTS THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE THIS FLEXIBILITY AND LETTING PARENTS KNOW THAT THE DEMAND DETERMINES THE ROUTES.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PARENTS DON'T REALIZE THAT THEY THINK IT'S JUST FIXED IN STONE.
AND THAT IF PARENTS COME TOGETHER AND SAY, OH, IF WE HAVE 15 OF US, THEN MAYBE WE CAN GET A ROUTE CLOSER TO US.
IS IS IT POSSIBLE TO ASK A QUESTION OF OUR LAUD PARENTS? UM, ARE YOU, ARE YOU GETTING MY MESSAGES TO OPT IN AND MY GET YOUR TEXT MESSAGES?
'CAUSE UH, PARENTS IN SCHOOLS SAY, WELL, HOW DO I GET TRANSPORTATION? I'M LIKE, OH NO.
THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TRIED EVERY MEDIUM, UH, OUR BROADCAST SYSTEM, UH, TEXT, EMAIL, AND, UH, VOICE.
UM, AND, UH, JUST AS DISCLOSURE, BEFORE I WORKED AT THE DISTRICT, I MAY HAVE BLOCKED THE NUMBERS BECAUSE IT, IT BECAME A LITTLE SPAMISH.
SO I, I, IT'S A HUNCH THAT, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY MEDIUM WORKING WITH COMMS AND THE EXPERTS HOW TO BEST REACH OUR FAMILIES SO WE CAN GET ALSO THEIR INPUT.
UM, AS WELL AS I, I THINK ONE FOR SURE AVENUE I KNOW OF IS PARENTS, UH, DO NOT BLOCK THE NUMBERS FROM THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL OR PRINCIPAL.
THE ONLY THING I LISTEN TO USUALLY IS THE NOTE THE SUNDAY NIGHT, UH, VOICEMAIL FROM OUR PRINCIPAL VOICE CALL.
AND, AND THEN OF COURSE IT'LL BE MY CHALLENGE TO COORDINATE WITH A THOUSAND PRINCIPALS
I THINK THROUGH THE PRINCIPLES IS WHAT PARENTS ARE LISTENING TO THE MOST.
HOW MUCH DOES A REGULAR SCHOOL BUS COST, JUST TO HAVE A POINT OF COMPARISON? A REGULAR SCHOOL BUS INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IS 150,000.
THAT'S GAS, DIESEL, PROPANE, C AND G.
AND HOW LONG DOES THE CHARGE LAST FOR THE ELECTRIC BUSES? DOES IT LAST A FULL ROUTE? UM, YES AND NO.
UH, I WANT TO GIVE IT MILEAGE.
WE ARE SEEING EIGHT 80 TO A HUNDRED MILES REAL WORLD IN RANGE.
'CAUSE YOU LOSE IT WHEN YOU GO UPHILL AND STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
SO THE MARKETED AS WITH ANY VEHICLE, TO BE FAIR, UM, UH, RIGHT NOW ELECTRIC BUSES, UH, PROVIDE A, UH, MARKETED RANGE OF 150 MILES AND WE SEE A HUNDRED, RIGHT? SO OUR REGULAR ICE BUSES INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, UH, ARE TWO 80 TO 300.
SO ALREADY THERE'S AN OPERATIONAL CONCERN THERE.
UM, AND I'VE ALSO SHARED THAT MY, UH, CHALLENGE OR HURDLE WITH ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE AS WELL AS FACILITIES.
UM, ALSO COMPARING THE SCHOOL BUS INDUSTRY TO PRIVATE SECTOR.
YOU KNOW, I SEE THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOING THIS WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
IN SHORT, WE NEED FAST CHARGERS EVERYWHERE.
UH, HOWEVER, EASIER SAID THAN DONE, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH BOTH OFFICES.
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY, UH, UNDER THIS NEW STUDY OF ENROLLMENT AND, AND SPACE IN SCHOOLS THAT WE ALL HEAR TO PUT IN FAST CHARGERS AT ALL OUR HIGH SCHOOLS? SO WHEN WE DROP OFF, WE CAN PLUG IN FOR 30 MINUTES, GET 30 MILES, AND THEN MOVE ON TO SUPPORT THE FIELD TRIP.
AND THEN CAN WE PARTNER WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS? WE KNOW WHERE ALL OUR FIELD TRIPS AND ATHLETICS ARE GOING.
MID-CITY MUSEUM ROW, IF YOU WILL, PLUG IN THERE, GET 30 MORE MILES, AND THEN SO WE CAN CONTINUE, UM, CHARGING THE BUSES AND ENABLING THEM WHILE MYSELF AND MY FLEET MANAGEMENT TEAM PUSH ON ALL THE MANUFACTURERS KINDLY AND SAY WE NEED 300 MILE RANGE.
SO IT, IT IS KIND OF TWOFOLD APPROACH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, MR. KING, AND FOR ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS SO THOROUGHLY.
UM, BUT I, THE BIGGEST QUESTION I HAVE 'CAUSE IT LINGERS FROM EARLIER, FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR, UM, IS I, I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAD HAD, UH, THERE WAS A BUS FIRE, UH, BACK IN THE WINTER SPRING OF EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UH, WAS THE CAUSE FOR THAT FIRE EVER DETERMINED WAS THE INVESTIGATION COMPLETED? UM, IF SO, WHAT WAS THAT CAUSE AND, AND ARE THESE NEW BUSES GONNA BE PROCURED FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER AS, AS THE ONE THAT HAD THE FIRE? SO, UH, THE FIRE TOOK PLACE DECEMBER OF 2025.
UH, THE REPORT HAS BEEN FINALIZED AND IT'S UNDER REVIEW BY OUR COUNCIL, UH, OGC.
AND, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WILL THE NEW BUSES PROCURED? THEY WILL NOT BE THE SAME, UH, BUS MODEL.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY ALTERED OUR SPECIFICATIONS, UH, FROM OUR LEARNINGS FROM THAT FIRST EVENT AND ALL THE WHILE KEEPING,
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WE ALSO HAVE A VERY PULSE ON ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES ACROSS THE NATION, SEEING WHERE CONCERNS, UH, ARE HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY FIRES.AND IN SHORT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE WATCHING OUT FOR.
UH, QUICK FOLLOW UP, UH, CAN YOU, WOULD YOU MIND SHARING WHAT THAT LESSON LEARNED WAS? UM, NOT YET WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL FIRST, UH, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE, UH, FORTHCOMING WITHIN A MONTH.
UH, MS. MCDOWELL AND THEN MS. KAISER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION BACK HERE.
UM, I, I SAW THAT THERE IS A, A CATEGORY WITHIN THE MEASURE RR FUNDING FOR REPLACEMENT OF AGING AND POLLUTING SCHOOL BUSES.
SO I WAS CURIOUS WHY WAS IT ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED TO HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, 5.5 MILLION BE FROM THE GENERAL FUNDED? JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE CHANGE OF FUNDING FROM GENERAL FUND TO NOW MEASURE.
RR THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
UH, BECAUSE IT WAS AN INTERPRETATION OF THE USE OF THE BONDS INITIALLY.
UM, INITIALLY I RECALL ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO AGO, IT WAS A, IT WAS NOT AN OPTION.
AND AS DISCUSSIONS FURTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, EVOLVED AND MEANING MORE INTERPRETATIONS WERE PROVIDED, IT WAS, UM, DETERMINED THAT BOND FUNDS WERE AVAILABLE.
UM, AND I, I THINK THE DISCUSSION ALSO TAKES PLACE, ARE BOND FUNDS STILL AVAILABLE FOR CHARGING STATIONS? SO THAT'S STILL A CONVERSATION, UH, OF BEING RESEARCHED ON THAT SAME TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
MY QUESTION IN THE RESEARCH THAT I DID BRIEFLY WAS THAT THERE WAS ABOUT 12 AND A HALF MILLION EARMARKED IN THE BOND FOR BUSES.
AND SO MY QUESTION, AND IT WASN'T CLEAR IN YOUR REPORT, HOW MUCH OF THAT SINCE 2020 WHEN THE BOND WAS PASSED, HAS BEEN USED, IF BUSES ARE COSTING AN AVERAGE OF 505,000, HOW MUCH OF THE 12.5, WHICH I UNDERSTAND HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED? AND SO NOW IS THIS AN, AN INCREASE ONTO THE, THE ALLOCATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE? UM, SO IF YOU COULD CLARIFY, CLARIFY THAT, UM, AND I THINK POTENTIALLY GO INTO MAYBE SOME SORT OF THE RATIONALE BEHIND, UM, THE INVESTMENT OF, OF ALMOST FIVE TIMES OF WHAT A, A FUEL COMBUSTION VEHICLE COSTS, WHICH IS 105 TIMES THE COST NOW AT 505,000.
UM, TO THE FIRST QUESTION, I AM, I WILL NEED TO RESEARCH HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT SINCE FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO WHEN THE BOND WAS CREATED FOR TOWARDS ELECTRIC BUSES.
I DO NOT BELIEVE, UM, WE HAVE UTILIZED MUCH OF THE BOND FUND SINCE, BECAUSE THE WHOLE INTERPRETATION SINCE THEN HAS BEEN, IT'S NOT ALLOWED.
AND NOW JUST THE RECENT UPDATE OR INTERPRETATION OF, I BELIEVE THIS IS, UH, TRANSPORTATION'S FIRST ASK.
AND THEN TO THE, JUST BEFORE YOU PROCEED.
SO IF I CAN JUST ASK, AND MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IF I CAN ASK OUR COUNSEL, MAYBE, DO WE HAVE AN INTERPRETATION OR, OR AN OPINION ON HAND ABOUT THE PERMISSIBILITY OF THIS PARTICULAR ASK WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF BOND FUNDS? DO WE HAVE A FORMAL DOCUMENTED, UH, UH, OPINION THAT THIS IS A PERMISSIBLE USE OF BOND FUNDS? UH, THANK YOU.
NO, WE, UH, ARE NOT PROVIDED THOSE KIND OF OPINIONS FROM THE OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL.
ALL WE KNOW IS THAT THEY, UM, HAVE INFORMED US THAT THEY HAVE REVIEWED IT AND HAVE DETERMINED THAT, UH, THE PROPOSAL CAN PROCEED TO THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR A RECOMMENDATION.
AND TO THE SECOND QUESTION, UH, REGARDING THE HIGH COST COMPARED TO, UM, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, THAT IS A BARRIER, UH, FOR ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS KNOWING, UM, ALL THE FISCAL CLIMATE THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FACING.
UM, IT IS, UM, SOMETHING I BELIEVE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN'T DO ALONE, APART FROM FEDERAL AND STATE, UH, GRANTS, MEANING EPA, UH, CARBS, SB, AND ALL THE OTHER, UH, PARTNERS, UM, IN THIS ENDEAVOR TO GO GREEN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T MEAN TO LIKE, UM, UH, LECTURE EDUCATE THE BOARD ON THE IMPACTS OF POLLUTIONS IN OUR, IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN NOW WITH THIS WEATHER, UM, AND ALL THE FEEDBACK WE'RE HEARING IN THE LOCAL NEWS AND ELSEWHERE, IT, IT, WEATHER EXTREMITIES ARE MORE SEVERE NOW DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING.
UM, I BELIEVE, UH, THE BOARD, WHEN THEY PASSED THE RESOLUTION IN 2019, IT WAS A VERY, UM, UH, A HIGH WATERMARK OF A GOAL TO DO.
AND, AND PART OF THAT IS L-A-U-S-D IS ALSO SERVING AS A MODEL.
UM, WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS KIND OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, AS MANY OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE KIND OF LIKE PAUSED, IF YOU WILL.
UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION
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AND FUNDING WITH THE EPA, UM, WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HELP OF CALIFORNIA AND ALL THE OTHER, UH, CARB AND SE A QMD ENTITIES TO KIND OF SOLVE THIS PUZZLE.UH, ALONG WITH SOLVING THIS PUZZLE, ALONG WITH THE BUS FIRE INCIDENT IN DECEMBER, WE'RE ALSO SHARING WHAT WE'RE LEARNING, UM, ADDING TO OUR SPECIFICATIONS TO IMPROVE UPON WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER PARTNERS.
UM, UH, KIND OF IN THE SAME SITUATION.
UM, AND THEN ALSO HOW TO LOWER THE COST AND MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE.
UH, I'VE SHARED WITH, UH, COMMITTEES AND BOARDS IN THE PAST, THE, ACTUALLY THE BUSES ARE THE EASY PART, THE MOST DIFFICULT PART IS THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND NOW WHAT I'M REALIZING IS CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AT A SCHOOL BUS YARD IS NOT ENOUGH.
MEANING TO GIVE THAT PUZZLE NOW TO ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE AND FACILITIES.
IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED PUZZLE, UH, TO GIVE THEM.
UM, I BELIEVE, UH, ONE FEEDBACK I'VE RECEIVED IS, UM, UH, MOST OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY BAKED.
YOU CAN'T JUST PUT IN CHARGERS FOR A SCHOOL BUS BECAUSE A SCHOOL BUS IS THREE X THE SIZE OF A REGULAR CAR.
WHERE DO WE DO IT? SO IT'S, UH, IN SOME SENSE, NOT GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, BUT LOOKING AT ALREADY THE, THE SETUP AND SEEING WHERE WE CAN CONFIGURE, MOVE, ADJUST, AND EVEN QUESTIONS SUCH AS, COULD WE EVEN DO THIS SET ASIDE POSSIBILITY OF CHARGING SCHOOL BUSES DURING SCHOOL HOURS? AND THEN COULD WE ALSO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC? SO WE'RE ASKING ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS, AND OF COURSE, WHEN WE INCLUDE THE PUBLIC AND THEN WE SAY, DOES THAT MEAN THE CHARGERS WILL BE OFFSITE ON THE CURB? WILL IT BE INSIDE, INSIDE DISTRICT PROPERTY? HOW DO WE MAINTAIN AND SECURITY BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO HAVING SECURITY ISSUES WITH CADILLAC CONVERTERS, IF YOU WILL, AS WELL AS CHARGING CABLES.
SO THESE ARE ALL KIND OF GOALS THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY AIMING FOR, BUT ALL THE HURDLES OF QUESTIONS STILL NEED TO BE SOLVED FOR, UM, MS. KAISER TO YOUR POINT, IS A VERY EXPENSIVE PUZZLE TO SOLVE FOR, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S A LOFTY GOAL AND WORTHWHILE.
UM, ALTHOUGH THE CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING, I'M GRATEFUL, WE'RE IN CALIFORNIA, THE NUMBER FOUR ECONOMY OF THE WORLD, AND WE'RE NOT SIMPLY, UM, MAKING MISTAKES AND THROWING MONEY AT THIS HUGE GOAL, BUT WE'RE, UH, CONSTANTLY MONITORING AND ADAPTING AND EVOLVING.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE EAR OF THE GRANTORS.
THOSE ENTITIES ARE TAKING OUR FEEDBACK.
THE FIRST EPA GRANT AWARD WAS STRICTLY FOR BUSES, AND WE CELEBRATED UNTIL WE GOT TO THE CHARGER PART AND IT EQUALED ALMOST THE SAME COST.
AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO THE EPA AND SAID, HEY, WE ARE FACING THESE DILEMMAS.
CAN YOU HELP ADAPT TO US? AND THEY HAVE, AND BOTH MANY OF THE GRANTOR ENTITIES ARE ADAPTING AND RECEIVING OUR FEEDBACK AND ADAPTING THEIR GRANTS TO HELP US EVOLVE AND BECOME CLEANER.
IF I COULD JUST FINISH BRIEFLY.
AND FOR THE REASON THAT WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION FOR WHAT WAS ALLOCATED ORIGINALLY, WHAT HAS BEEN SPENT, I THINK IT WOULD BE FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE TO, UM, MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION.
AND I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE, WE START HAVING THE CONVERSATION OF, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS AS IT RELATES TO THE END OF LIFE CYCLE OF THESE BUSES BECAUSE, UM, WHILE WE, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE INFORMATION SO FAR, AND WE'VE SEEN THIS OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH ONCE WE RECYCLE OR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO RECYCLE THESE LITHIUM AND WHATNOT, AND WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE.
SO YOU MENTIONED GOALS AND, UM, CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING PREVIOUS GOALS AND CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD CERTAINLY BE CONSIDERED FOR, FOR REAL TIME.
UM, AS A PARENT WHO OPTS IN TO ALL MESSAGES,
UM, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST WHEN THEY'RE SAYING THAT HOW DO PARENTS KNOW IS PUT IT IN THE ENROLLMENT PACKET, RIGHT? WE GET SO MANY FORMS, YOU CANNOT START SCHOOL.
YOU CANNOT DO THIS UNLESS THIS IS FILLED OUT.
SO HAVING THAT ADDED TO WHAT WE'RE ALREADY REVIEWING AS PARENTS, UM, COULD HELP THOSE WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING YOUR MESSAGES.
AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD WERE ALREADY ASKED, UM, AND MAYBE THIS WAS COVERED AS WELL.
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR ALL ELECTRIC? RIGHT? SO I'M ASSUMING THIS DOES NOT BRING US TO ALL.
WHAT DOES THAT TIMELINE LOOK LIKE? SO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STILL MOVING, UH, TOWARDS A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT, UH, WE ARE MOVING TOWARD A PHASED APPROACH, MEANING, UH, WE HAVE SUN VALLEY BUS YARD A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A SECOND YARD IN THE VALLEY.
AND MY RECOMMENDATION AND STRATEGY HAS BEEN TO DO A FACE APPROACH, MEANING 50% IN EACH OF OUR LOCALIZED REGIONS, MEANING VALLEY, MID-CITY, AND SOUTH BAY.
AND THE REASON WHY 50% IS ALSO BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATION OF OUR, THE RANGE ON THE BUSES, 80 TO A HUNDRED MILES IS NOT SUFFICIENT,
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UM, TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO ALL, UH, UH, 300 MILES OF ROUTES DAILY TO INCLUDE THE AM AND PM AND MISCELLANEOUS FIELD TRIP ATHLETICS IN BETWEEN.UM, THIS WILL ALSO ENSURE AND GIVE TIME TO FACILITIES AND ECOS SUSTAINABILITY TO PROVIDE A PLAN TO PROVIDE FAST CHARGERS EVERYWHERE, EVERYWHERE, AND STARTING POINT, UM, STARTING POINT AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
AND TO MISS KAISER'S QUESTION ABOUT THE LIFECYCLE OF THE BATTERY, WE'VE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ECO SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE, AS WE KNOW BATTERIES HAVE A FINITE LIFE TO WHAT WOULD WE DO WITH THEM AFTER 8, 10, 15 YEARS? AND WE'RE ALREADY DISCUSSING POSSIBILITY OF A, UH, BATTERY ELECTRIC STORAGE SYSTEM, OR WHAT THE MARKET CALLS A BUS, AND TAKING, UM, UM, BATTERIES AS THEY AGE, TAKING THEM OUT OF THE BUS, PUTTING THEM IN A CONTAINER, HAVING THEM POWERED BY A GREEN SOURCE SOLAR IN OUR CASE, TO USE AS A FAST CHARGER BACK TO THE BUS.
AND IT'LL BE KIND OF A CYCLE WHERE AS ELECTRIC BUSES REACH THE 10, 15 YEAR MARK.
AND THEN WE COULD ALSO ASSESS THE DEGRADATION OR THE AGE OF THE BATTERIES, UH, TO CONTINUOUSLY PULL FROM AND THEN TAKE AWAY FROM OUR FLEET AND USE IT AS A BATTERY STORAGE TO ALSO SUPPORT OUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
DID YOU HAVE A BRIEF FOLLOW UP? YES.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, I APPLAUD YOUR, UH, EFFORTS TOWARDS THE ELECTRIFYING, THE, THE BUS FLEET.
UM, YOUR PERSISTENCE WITH THE EPA.
UM, AND MY QUESTIONS ARE, ARE NOT AROUND ANY CONCERN AROUND THAT.
AND I, I, UH, WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU IN THOSE EFFORTS, UM, JUST PURELY AROUND THE USE OF THE BOND FUNDS.
UM, FOR THE, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE QUESTION ABOUT ELIGIBILITY OF THE BOND FUNDS.
WHAT WAS IT SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS THE CONCERN? BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN MEASURE RR, WAS IT THE BUSES THEMSELVES, THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ELECTRIC BUSES? IT WAS ALL OF THE ABOVE.
UH, CAN CANNOT BE USED FOR TRANSPORTATION.
UM, AS DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE ON AND WE BRING IN EXPERTS, MEANING COUNCIL, THEN, THEN THEY BEGIN TO LOOK INTO DETAILS AND SAY, ACTUALLY, BUT ELECTRIC BUSES ARE, ARE AN OPTION, ARE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN, AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION FOR TRANSPORTATION IS WHAT ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE? AND RIGHT NOW THE ANSWER IS STANDALONE BUS YARD.
NO, BUT INFRASTRUCTURE AT A SCHOOL, YES, MR. SULLIVAN, IT'S, I'LL MAKE IT SIMPLE.
IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOUR GUT CONCERNS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE CHARGING STATIONS, YOU'VE GOT CONCERNS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE RANGE THAT YOU WANT OUT OF THE BUSES.
ARE YOU IN ANY WAY CONCERNED THAT MAYBE IT'S TOO SOON? UM, YES AND NO.
UH, I'VE ALSO SHARED WITH THE BOARD, POSSIBLY THE COMMITTEE IN THE PAST, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN THE IPHONE THREE STAGE.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN THEY BARELY LASTED A DAY? YEAH.
AND, UM, AND THEN HENCE THE, THE PUSH FOR, WE NEED A NETWORK OF FAST CHARGERS, AS WELL AS, UM, I AM BEING POLITELY KIND WHEN I INTERFACE WITH OUR MANUFACTURERS AND I SAY, I NEED 300 MILE RANGE, AND THEY, AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, EYES GET LARGE AND I SAY, OH, AND, AND STORAGE COMPARTMENT.
AND THEN THEY SAY, THAT'S THE SAME SPOT, MR. KING, L-A-U-S-D.
AND I SAY, RESPECTFULLY, THAT IS YOUR PUZZLE.
AND AS OUR IPHONES HAVE EVOLVED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MODEL WE'RE AT TODAY.
UM, I, I BELIEVE IT'S SOME KIND OF A, IF I WERE TO, UH, PROVIDE A SWAG, IT WOULD BE LIKE A 10% BATTERY LIFE INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR OVER THE MODELS.
AND I BELIEVE IT, THE INDUSTRY, YES, IS FAR TOO EARLY, BUT WE NEED TO EVOLVE IT.
UM, AND AS PART OF L-A-U-S-D AND OUR PART OF CALIFORNIA WHERE WE DO SEE THE IMPACTS OF, YOU KNOW, UH, CARBON EMISSIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, WE ALSO WANT TO TRY, TRY TO DO SOMETHING, UH, NOT NOT FAIL MOVING FORWARD, BUT CONTINUOUSLY MOVE FORWARD AND LEARN FROM OUR LESSONS, LEARN FROM THE LESSONS OF OTHERS WHERE WE HEAR ABOUT OTHER, UH, BUS INCIDENTS AS WELL, AND KIND OF GLEAN AND LEARN AND KIND OF SHARE WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS MANUFACTURERS, AND KIND OF PUSH EVERYONE TO GET BETTER AND IMPROVE.
I BELIEVE IT'S A, NOT, NOT JUST A WORTHWHILE GOAL, BUT A GOAL I WORRY ABOUT FOR OUR CHILDREN.
OKAY, ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION, MS. CARLOS.
JUST ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP TO YOUR ROUTING TO DEMAND POLICY.
SO WHETHER IT BE GALA OR ANOTHER SCHOOL, IF YOU'RE FINDING THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY STUDENTS TO FIT IN THE BUSES ASSIGNED TO THAT ROUTE, THEN YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE ARE RESOURCES TO ADD ADDITIONAL BUSES OR MAYBE SPLIT THE ROUTE SO THAT MAYBE JUST ONE BUS PICKS UP AT ONE SCHOOL BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF STUDENTS THERE.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF THAT POLICY?
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YES.I BELIEVE AS OF THIS MORNING, UM, FROM ALL, I BELIEVE OFF TOP OF MY HEAD, WE HAD SIX OVERLOADS, SIX ROUTES THAT OVERLOADED, AND WE PROVIDED SIX BUSES TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
MY NEXT QUESTION THEN, OF COURSE, TO THE FAMILIES ARE, DID YOU OPT IN? DID WE KNOW THAT A HUNDRED STUDENTS WERE GONNA GO TO THAT STOP? OR IN OUR PLAN DID WE HAVE 50? SO THAT'S ALSO, UH, I'VE ASKED, UH, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TO GO DOWN TO THE SCHOOL LEVEL TO REACH OUT TO THE FAMILIES, HEY, PLEASE OPT IN ASAP SO WE CAN PLAN APPROPRIATELY.
UM, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE SERVICES AVAILABLE, THE ROUTES ARE AVAILABLE.
I SHARED WITH YOU EARLIER, MY CAP IS AROUND 1400 ROUTES, AND TODAY WE ARE AT 1360.
SO, MR. PANSKY, UM, THE FLIP SIDE OF THIS IS WITH ENROLLMENT, POTENTIALLY GOING DOWN AND HAVING TO CUT BUS ROUTES.
WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE IPHONE ONE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY VALID, IS DO YOU THEN HAVE OTHER FLEET VEHICLES, VANS, MINIVANS, UH, OTHER UTILITY VEHICLES THAT YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR? SAME, SAME PROGRAM? UM, YES.
UH, TO BE SURE, WE'RE NOT CUTTING TRANSPORTATION.
IT, IT'S, OUR, OUR LIMIT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AROUND 1400 DUE TO THE FLEET AND OUR CONTRACTOR SIZES.
UM, IT'S, THE PUZZLE IS HOW TO DO MORE WITH OUR CURRENT, UH, CONSTRAINTS OR OUR CURRENT CAPACITY.
REGARDING OUR, UM, DIVERSIFIED FLEET, WE, WE HAVE ABOUT EXCLUDING OUR, WE HAVE ABOUT, WE HAVE THE LARGEST ALTERNATIVE FLEET IN THE NATION.
OUT OF OUR 1300 BUSES, 70% IS ALTERNATIVE FUEL TO INCLUDE C AND G, PROPANE, UM, AND ELECTRIC, UM, MAJORITY OF IT, OF WHICH IS C AND G AND PROPANE.
UM, WE, THE CONCERN AS WE REPLACE OUR ELECTRIC BUSES WITH OUR DIESEL AND GASOLINE, THE CALL OUT FROM MY TEAM IS, LET'S HOLD ONTO SOME, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT GIVE US 300 MILE RANGE, YOU KNOW, TO GO BACK UP TO BIG BEAR OR NOT, ET CETERA.
UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY CALCULATED AND STRATEGIC TO GO GREEN, BUT MAINTAIN THE RANGE TO SUPPORT, UH, SERVICES.
AND THEN REGARDING THE LAST QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE BOARD RESOLUTION IS NOT JUST FOR SCHOOL BUSES, IT IS FOR THE ENTIRE FLEET.
AND WE HAVE 1300 SCHOOL BUSES.
WE HAVE 2300, WHAT WE CALL WHITE FLEET, EVERYTHING BUT A SCHOOL BUS TO INCLUDE RIDING LAWNMOWERS, VANS, CARS, UH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, TO EVEN TO INCLUDE ZAMBONI LIKE THE SWEEPER MACHINE IN, IN A HALLWAY.
AND THEN THE VANS JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY THOUGH, IS IF I DON'T HAVE A HUNDRED STUDENTS IN THIS PLACE SO THAT YOU'RE LOSING STUDENTS, UH, BUT I, MY KID, I HAVE TO DRIVE 10 MILES TO GET A A, A BUS.
BACKUP PLAN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO, MR. PANSKY, WE ARE ALSO IN DISCUSSION OF THE USE OF VANS.
UH, HOWEVER, THE DISTRICT WANTS TO BE ALSO VERY CAUTIOUS AND WISE ABOUT THE USE OF VANS, BECAUSE WHY DO SCHOOL BUSES EXIST IN THE FIRST PLACE? AND RESPECTFULLY BECAUSE, UM, EVERY YEAR WE GET HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES BECAUSE WE LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, HIGH TRAFFIC DENSITY, AND THERE EVERY YEAR WE GET HIT BY A VEHICLE GOING 50 MILES AN HOUR.
UH, BUSES USUALLY ON THE FREEWAY ON THE SLOW LANE, AND STUDENTS IN THE BACK OF THE BUS GO UP TO THE DRIVER AND SAY, HEY, WE GOT HIT.
AND THE DRIVER GOES, OH, WE DID BE, THERE'S A REASON WHY THE SCHOOL BUSES ARE MADE OF ALL STEEL.
THEY ARE RAISED THREE, FOUR FEET OFF THE GROUND, AND THERE'S A REASON WHY THERE ARE THREE LINES ON THE SIDE OF THE BUS BECAUSE IT TELLS EMERGENCY CREWS WHERE TO CUT AND, UH, NOT TO BE, UM, KIND OF A, A NEGATIVE MINDSET OR WORRY OR PANIC PERSPECTIVE.
BUT, UH, THE SCHOOL BUS REGULATIONS WERE ADDED BECAUSE STUDENTS GOT HURT IN THE PAST BEFORE ADDED MEASURES WERE GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL BUSES.
SOME HAVE EVEN CALLED THE SCHOOL BUS A TANK.
AND I SAID, YES, IT'S ALL MADE OF STEEL, VERY HEAVY.
THEY GET EIGHT MILES PER GALLON FOR DIESEL AND GAS.
BUT IT'S ENSURE TO ENSURE, TO ENSURE THAT HIGH COST SAFETY IS WORTH STUDENT SAFETY.
SO WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION VANS TO INCLUDE, UH, MULTI, MULTI-FUNCTION STUDENT ACTIVITY BUS.
IT'S A, UM, THE SIZE OF A SMALL YELLOW BUS, BUT PAINTED WHITE.
AND WE'RE ASKING OURSELVES AND ASKING, UH, THE MANUFACTURERS, ARE THEY AS SAFE AS THE YELLOW BUS? COULD WE USE THAT? COULD THAT PRODUCE SAVINGS AND MAKE US MORE NIMBLE? SO, MR. PANSKY, UH, REGARDLESS OF THE FINANCIAL EXTERNAL SITUATION OR NOT, WE ARE EVOLVING.
WE ARE LOOKING, WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, SMART LEAD SMART LEADERS IN OUR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS TO ASK ALL THE RIGHT QUESTIONS TO INCLUDE WHAT ARE BEST PRACTICES AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS PRIVATE ENTERPRISES.
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ALL THE WHILE BALANCING FISCAL AND STUDENT SAFETY? I THANK YOU.I'D SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, I'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR MASTER PLAN FOR TRANSPORTATION.
I, MR. CHILD, UNLESS THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS, I'LL MOTION TO MOVE ITEM.
I, I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
WHAT IS THE, AND BEFORE YOU, ROBERT YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO BE THE FINAL SPEAK, CAN I, UH, ADD A COMMENT AS WELL? SURE.
UH, I APPRECIATE MR. KING'S VERY CANDID AND HONEST, UM, PRESENTATION AND RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS, GIVEN SOME GREAT COMMENTARY BY MEMBER KAISER AND SULLIVAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE INITIALLY PRESENTED WITH THE DEAL, UH, AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO OVERLOOK, YOU KNOW, PAYING 20 PER 20 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR.
YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I, I GET THE VALUE POTENTIAL, BUT I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THROWING MONEY INTO A, AS MR. SULLIVAN IS STATING, MAYBE WE'RE A LITTLE TOO EARLY, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT REALLY THERE.
THE MILEAGE ON THESE BUSES ARE NOT MEETING THE NEEDS, AND WE'RE REALLY BECOMING PART OF THE EXPERIMENT.
WE'RE BECOMING PART OF THE INVESTMENT, WE'RE BECOMING PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IPHONE THREE TO THE POINT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND I DON'T THINK L-A-U-S-D AND THE BOND PROGRAM AS BIG AS WE ARE, I KNOW HOW THAT HELPS THE INDUSTRY.
MAYBE AS I, THE INDUSTRY BEING CHARACTERIZED AS THE ELECTRIC BUS INDUSTRY, TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY, MAYBE LA USD DOESN'T NEED TO BE A PART OF THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLAN AT OUR COST.
AND DEFINITELY, MR. KING, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU, YOUR POINTS ARE NOT IGNORED.
THE NEED, OUR RESPONSIBILITY, UH, BOTH TO, UH, THE DISTRICT, TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND SO FORTH, IS CERTAINLY THERE.
BUT IF WE'RE THROWING MONEY TO BE PART OF THIS LABORATORY DEVELOPMENT, UH, REGARDLESS OF 20 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, I'M BEGINNING TO THINK HERE, BASED ON SOME GOOD COMMENTARY AND DIALOGUE BY THIS COMMITTEE, UM, THIS MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT TIME FOR THIS INVESTMENT.
UM, WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL, AND, AND I GUESS I'LL ASK FOR THE SOURCE OF THIS USEFUL LIFE OF THESE VEHICLES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO PURCHASE? UM, RIGHT NOW IT'S 10 YEARS.
HOWEVER, ULTIMATELY WE DO NOT KNOW.
UM, AND WHERE DOES THAT 10 YEAR FIGURE COME FROM? MANUFACTURERS? UH, SO OKAY.
WE HAVE WARRANTIES OF UP TO EIGHT YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE PLANNING RIGHT NOW, WHILE OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, WE ARE PLANNING FOR A 10 YEAR USEFUL LIFE.
BASED ON REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURER? CORRECT.
UM, SO WHAT IS THE STATUS OF COMPLETION OF THE YARD THAT'S GOING TO CHARGE AND SERVE THESE BUSES IN THE VALLEY? IN SUNLAND? I THINK IT IS SUN VALLEY.
IT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED END OF MARCH 27.
AND, AND IF IT MAKES THAT DEADLINE, UM, IT WILL THEN HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE POWER TO CHARGE ALL OF THESE VEHICLES SIMULTANEOUSLY? YES.
SO I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DON'T RECALL THE LAST TIME I LOOKED AT IT, AND I DID REVIEW IT WHEN I SAW THIS ITEM COME UP THAT THE, THE BOARD OF ED, I, AGAIN, I, I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY IN OUR LANE, RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE USE OF BOND FUNDS AND WE'RE NOT POLICY MAKERS.
AND SO, UM, THE, THE BOARD HAS A DIRECTIVE TO THE DISTRICT TO, TO TRANSITION TO THESE, UH, ELECTRIC OR, OR CLEAN FUEL VEHICLES.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT DIRECTIVE INCLUDED A REQUIREMENT THAT WE DO.
SO, ONE AT ALL COSTS OR TWO IN A WAY THAT COMPROMISES THE BASIC FUNCTIONALITY OF, OF ITEMS LIKE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, IF I'M WRONG ON THAT, PLEASE CORRECT ME.
AND SO, JUST IN TERMS OF OUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROJECT FROM A FISCAL PRUDENCE STANDPOINT, UM, WE'RE GETTING MAYBE A THIRD OF THE RANGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY STATISTICS ABOUT THE, THE NUMBER OF, OF ROUTES ON A DAILY BASIS THAT ARE TYPICALLY DRIVEN BY SCHOOL BUSES THAT COULD SUCCESSFULLY BE COMPLETED WITHOUT A MIDDAY CHARGE, RIGHT? AS AS OPPOSED TO, I, I BELIEVE THE DIESEL BUSES CAN LA OR THE, THE, UH, NATURAL GAS BUSES CAN LARGELY COMPLETE A FULL DAY'S CIRCUIT OF DRIVING WITHOUT REFUELING, RIGHT? IS THAT ACCURATE? CORRECT.
DO WE KNOW THAT THE SHARE ROUGHLY OF, OF A, A FULL DAY CIRCUITS THAT COULD BE COMPLETED WITH THESE ELECTRIC BUSES? SO WHAT I CAN SHARE IS, UM, WE ALLOCATE OUR ELECTRIC BUSES TO OUR SHORTER ROUTES AND THEN GIVE THAT ABILITY TO OUR DRIVERS TO SELECT WHAT BUS THEY WANT.
UM, AND, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE OPERATIONS HAS BEEN, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MEET ALL THE DEMANDS OF
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ALL THE TRIPS, THERAPIES, ATHLETICS, ET CETERA, UH, DUE TO THE A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED MILE RANGE LIMITATION WITHOUT THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE, HENCE THE MULTIFACETED APPROACH AND, AND THE WORK WITH ECO SUSTAINABILITY AND FACILITIES.AND SO, JUST PERSONALLY, I, I, I TRY TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS AS, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE, THIS IS A GOVERNMENT, THESE ARE GOVERNMENTAL DECISIONS, AND SO IT, IT'S NOT EXACTLY ANALOGOUS TO THE PERSONAL FINANCE OF SOMEONE'S HOUSEHOLD, BUT IF, IF AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE SPENDING PEOPLE'S MONEY, LIKE WE, WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN IT THROUGH THE POLICE POWER OF THE STATE, AND, AND, AND SO WE HAVE A SPECIAL OBLIGATION, I THINK, TO BE PRUDENT WITH IT.
UM, AND, AND IN THAT CONTEXT, YOU KNOW, WOULD I BUY A VEHICLE THAT DIDN'T MEET MY FAMILY'S, UM, COMMON, NOT MAYBE EVERY DAY, BUT COMMON AND, AND KNOWN AND ANTICIPATED DRIVING NEEDS, UM, AND THAT THERE WASN'T INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO, TO READILY BE ABLE TO DO THAT? I, I, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S A, THAT'S A CHALLENGING QUESTION I PROBABLY WOULD NOT SAY YES TO.
UH, I, I KNOW WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS SUBJECT, AND IT'S, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT HERE BY ITSELF IS NOT HUGE.
UH, BUT IT IS A LOT OF MONEY STILL FOR, FOR, FOR AN AVERAGE PERSON.
HOWEVER, THIS POINTS TO A MUCH LARGER PURCHASE OF, OF, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND CASCADING IMPACTS, WHICH I THINK CUMULATIVELY COULD HAVE A VERY SUBSTANTIAL COST DOWN THE ROAD.
AND SO I THINK THE DISCUSSION'S BEEN WORTHWHILE.
FOLLOW UP ON YOUR COMMENT THAT THE DRIVERS CAN ELECT, DR.
DRIVERS CAN CHOOSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE THE ELECTRIC VERSUS THE DIESEL.
ARE, ARE ALL OF THE CURRENT ELECTRIC BUSES BEING USED, OR ARE THERE'S A, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE SITTING IDLE BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH DRIVERS ARE REQUESTING THEM? UM, NO, NOT ALL ELECTRIC BUSES ARE USED, UH, OUT OF OUR FLEET OF 1300, ABOUT 950 GET BID ON 950 CORRECT.
AND THE REMAINING ARE LIKE WHAT WE CALL SPARES, BUT THEY'RE, BUT THERE'S SPARES MOSTLY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DRIVERS REQUESTING TO DRIVE THEM.
UM, ALL TRANSPORTATION, UM, OPERATIONS, YOU ALWAYS NEED A SPARE RATIO BECAUSE YOU ALSO TAKE VEHICLES OUT OF SERVICE TO DO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN IT'S ALSO, UM, THE ABILITY TO SHIFT TO THE NEEDS.
MEANING IF I'M DRIVING A MEDIUM SIZED BUS AND, UH, THERE'S A FIELD TRIP REQUEST, LIKE A BAND OR FOOTBALL, THEN WE TRY TO MATCH EQUIPMENT ACCORDINGLY.
UM, AND IT'S ALSO, THERE'S SEVERAL FACTORS, MEANING DO WE HAVE LARGE BUS DRIVERS, A DRIVER IN A LARGE BUS AVAILABLE IN THIS LOCATION AT THIS TIME? AND IF NOT, THEN WE ADJUST AS WELL.
SO IT'S A CONSTANT PUZZLE EVERY DAY DUE TO THE NEEDS COMING FROM ALL OUR SCHOOLS.
SO THE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING USED AT CAPACITY.
I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A LOT OF BUSES SITTING IDLE BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS ARE REQUESTING THEM.
UM, THERE ARE BUSES SITTING IDLE, BUT IT'S NOT DUE TO THE DRIVERS.
OUR LIMITATION IS, UH, UM, OUR, OUR STRATEGY HAS BEEN NOW ABOUT, UH, TWO THIRDS OF OUR BUS DRIVERS, OUR DISTRICT, AND ONE THIRD CONTRACTED SERVICES.
AND THIS ENABLES US TO UTILIZE CONTRACTED SERVICES UP AND DOWN WITH THE DEMAND COMING FROM OUR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES.
UM, BEFORE WE, UH, UH, ASK FOR A MOTION, UH, TO CONSIDER THIS ITEM, I, I, I DO WANNA CALL ATTENTION.
SO I, I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT EDUCATION CODE 15,100 A NINE, UM, STATES THAT SCHOOL BONDS MAY BE USED FOR THE PURCHASE OF BUSES THAT HAVE A USEFUL LIFE OF AT LEAST 20 YEARS.
THERE MAY BE OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW THAT ARE APPLICABLE THAT, THAT, UM, HAVE SOME OTHER BEARING ON THIS.
I DON'T CLAIM TO BE ONE, AND SO I, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT A NINE STATES SPECIFICALLY, THE, THE PURCHASE OF SCHOOL BUSES IS A USEFUL LIFE OF WHICH IS AT LEAST 20 YEARS.
THAT'S VERBATIM FROM THAT, THE CODE.
SO I, I'M, I'M, AGAIN, WITH WITHOUT DETAILED INFORMATION, UH, OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS CONSIDERED BY THE DISTRICT'S COUNSEL OF, OF, OF THE PERMISSIBILITY OF THIS.
AND I'M NOT ASKING YOU, SIR, 'CAUSE I DON'T, I I DON'T RIGHT.
EXPECT YOU
UM, I, I JUST RAISED THAT FOR THE AWARENESS OF, OF OUR MEMBERS, UM, THAT THAT APPEARS TO BE A, A GAP, AT LEAST IN THE INFORMATION I HAVE AVAILABLE TO ME ABOUT THE PERMISSIBILITY OF THIS USE OF THE FUNDS.
UH, SO WITH THAT, UM, SEEING NO OTHER, BECAUSE THEIR LIFESPAN IS 10 YEARS, RIGHT? THE ELECTRIC BUSES, RIGHT? YES.
UM, IS THERE, UH, A MOTION THEN ON
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THIS ITEM? I, MOTION TO MOVE? OKAY.IT'S MOVED BY MS. KAISER, SECONDED BY MR. SULLIVAN.
UH, MR. BUCKMAN, THE ITEM IS BEFORE US.
CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? VOTE YES.
UM, THIS IS THE VOTE ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 19, UH, FOR THE PURCHASE OF ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES AND AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BRANCH'S STRATEGIC EXECUTION PLAN TO INCORPORATE THEREIN.
YOU MOTION TO MOVE IT TO APPROVE? I, I DIDN'T, SO IT'S, IT'S MOTION TO MOVE.
SO A, MR. BUCKMAN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
A YES VOTE WOULD MEAN THAT THE, THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THIS PURCHASE AND A NO VOTE WOULD MEAN THAT WE DO NOT RECOMMEND IT.
IS THAT AN A FAIR? THAT'S CORRECT.
THIS IS TO APPROVE THE DRAFT RESOLUTION, WHICH IS TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE CLARIFICATION VERSUS THE AROUND THE LIFECYCLE AND THE CODE YOU JUST STATED.
THE UH, MOTION IS NOT ADOPTED.
THERE WERE TWO AFFIRMATIVE VOTES, BUT 11 NO VOTES.
IT REQUIRED EIGHT AFFIRMATIVE VOTES TO BE ADOPTED.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
[5. The Definition of Two Projects and the Redefinition of a Project to Provide Critical Replacements and Upgrades of School Building/Site Systems and Components and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
THESE ARE TWO CRITICAL REPLACEMENT AND UPGRADE PROJECTS.UH, I BELIEVE THIS ITEM IS GONNA BE PRESENTED BY MR. CHO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU, MR. HAMNER AND MR. CAMPBELL IN EACH POC MEMBERS THIS MORNING.
WE HAVE THREE PROJECTS FOR THIS PROGRAM AT THIS TIME.
WE ARE REDEFINING TO ADD A FIELD LIGHTING SYSTEM TO AN EXISTING BOARD APPROVED SYNTHETIC THIRD PROJECTS, AND THE OTHER TWO AT HAZELTON AND MISSION CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL ARE OUR TYPICAL, UH, CAMPUS WIDE ROOFING PROJECTS.
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, THE SYNTHETIC TURF AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2010.
IN 2023, THE FIELD FAILED THE REQUIRED SAFETY GM X TEST, GMX TEST IS A BOUNCE TEST TO MAKE SURE KIDS DON'T GET HURT WHEN THEY FALL.
AT THE TIME, IN 2023, BOARD APPROVED APPROXIMATELY $5.9 MILLION TO RECONSTRUCT A FAILED FIELD.
WE'RE NOW PROPOSING AT THIS TIME TO EXPAND THE PROJECT SCOPE TO INCLUDE A PERMANENT FIELD LIGHTING SYSTEM.
AT THE TIME OF THE ORIGINAL PROJECT IN 2023, OUR IMMEDIATE FOCUS WAS TO ADDRESS THE FAILED TURF SYSTEM, WHICH WAS THE CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE.
HOWEVER, DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT, DURING THE DESIGN, UH, WE LEARNED THAT FIELD LIGHTING IS ALSO, UH, ESSENTIAL PART OF THE COMPETITION FIELD.
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IN THE PAST, UH, WE HAVE RENTED A VERY EXPENSIVE TEMPORARY LIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR THE NIGHT GAMES AT HIGH, VERY HIGH SIGNIFICANT COST.THE PROPOSED SCOPE EXPANSION WILL INCREASE THE PROJECT COST BY APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION, BRINGING THE TOTAL PROJECT VALUE TO APPROXIMATELY $9.9 MILLION.
THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL PROVIDE A PERMANENT LIGHTING SYSTEM AND OTHER FIELD IMPROVEMENTS.
OUR FACILITIES, GRANTS AND FUNDING TEAM HAS WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THE CITY OF LA AND WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE $3.5 MILLION OF K GRANT FOR JUST FOR THIS PROJECT CONCURRENTLY.
UH, RIGHT NOW, CONCURRENTLY, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A STATUS OF THIS EXISTING BOARD OF APPROVED PROJECT IS DESIGNED, IS COMPLETE.
DSAC APPROVED IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD FOR CONSTRUCTION PROCUREMENT.
AND I THINK MR. HAMNER Y ASKED A QUESTION DURING THE AGENDA SETTING MEETING.
HOW ABOUT THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT? DO THEY KNOW OF THIS ABOUT LIGHTING IN PARALLEL? DURING THE DESIGN, UH, WE DID A, THIS SOMETHING CALLED A PHOTOMETRIC LIGHTING STUDY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO CHANCE THAT LIGHT CAN SPILL, UH, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE FOOTBALL GAME.
THE PROPOSED LIGHTING PLAN, UH, WAS DISCUSSED AND PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY BACK IN DECEMBER, 2025.
SO THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROJECT, AND THEY ARE NOT IMPACTED BY THIS SLIDING.
AND MR. CAMPBELL, DURING OUR AGENDA SITTING MEETING, YOU ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THE COST OF A DA PATH OF TRAVEL.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN.
LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION COST, A DA, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IS ABOUT 13%.
THE REMAINING COSTS ARE APPROXIMATELY 41%, WHICH IS FOR THE MAIN SYNTHETIC TURF, AND 14% FOR THE TRACK REPAIRS, 21% FOR THE FIELD LIGHTING, AND 10% FOR STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS.
UPON BOARD APPROVAL, WE WILL MOVE THE PROJECT INTO PROCUREMENT WITH CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN IN QUARTER ONE OF 2027, JANUARY, 2027, AND PROJECT COMPLETION TARGETED FOR QUARTER TWO OF 2028.
NEXT PROJECT IS AT HAZELTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UH, THIS IS VERY OLD SCHOOL, UH, 1929.
UH, WE ARE REPLACING DETERIORATED 80,000 SQUARE FEET OF ROOFING ON 24 DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, VARIOUS ARC GATES, LUNCH PAVILION, AND LUNCH.
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET IS 2.574 $722, AND WE CAN START IN THE QUARTER TWO OF 2027, COMPLETE IN QUARTER ONE OF 2028.
ANOTHER ROOFING PROJECT IS AT MISSION CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, WE ARE REPLACING THE DETERIORATED ROOFING IN FIVE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.
TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE IS ABOUT 7,800 SQUARE FEET.
AND TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS, UH, ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $415,000.
THIS IS MY LAST PROJECT FOR THIS PROGRAM.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS, MR. SULLIVAN? UH, MY MY FIRST QUESTION IS JUST GONNA BE, UH, DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE ITS OWN, UH, TEAM DOING ROOFS, OR ARE THEY USING INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS? WE DO HAVE, UH, ROOFERS.
WE DO HAVE ROOFERS ON OUR OWN, ON THE M AND O, BUT WE CAN ONLY DO SMALL REPAIRS IN CASE THERE'S A LEAK.
WE RESPOND OUR TEAMS TO THE IMMEDIATE REPAIRS.
BUT FOR ALL THESE CAMPUSWIDE REPAIRS, IT EXCEEDS OUR LIMITATION THRESHOLD FOR LABOR LIMIT, SO THAT WE DO UTILIZE, UH, CONTRACTORS.
I, I ALSO, BECAUSE THE REASON I ASK IS, UH, JUST TO, TO POINT OUT
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FOR SOME OF THE MEMBERS HERE, THE COMMITTEE I, I REGULARLY SEE LARGE OVER, I GET TO OVERSEE SOME LARGE ROOFING PROJECTS, UM, AND NOT QUITE AS LARGE AS YOU GET TO SEE, BUT THE MISSION CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL, UM, IS SMALL ENOUGH THAT IT APPROACHES THE KIND OF WORK THING THAT I USUALLY GET TO LOOK AT.AND I'M JUST GONNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT SEEMS SMALL, ONLY A LITTLE OVER $400,000 FOR WHAT THIS COMMITTEE USUALLY SEES, BUT THIS IS, I DUNNO, ABOUT FOUR TIMES WHAT WE WOULD, WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD BE SPENDING ON A ROOF REPLACEMENT ON SIMILAR SQUARE FOOTAGE.
SO I, YOU KNOW, 17,000 SQUARE FOOT SEVEN, SORRY, 7,800 SQUARE FOOT.
WE, WHEN WE REPLACE THE ROOF FOR OUR, OUR HOME, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT, UH, BEFORE WE CALL THE CONTRACTORS, WE DO THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY.
SO WE ACTUALLY DRILL SEVERAL PLACES OF THE ROOF TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, UH, IMPACTING ASBESTOS AND LEAD.
IF THERE IS, THEN WE DO ANOTHER MITIGATION.
SO THAT'S ADDITIONAL COST FOR THIS PROJECT.
JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT BUILD, THAT, THAT THAT POTENTIAL COST IS BUILT INTO THIS ALREADY? THIS, THIS COST INCLUDES THOSE ADDITIONAL, UH, MITIGATION, BUT WHAT IF THEY DON'T ENCOUNTER ASBESTOS? THEN? WE DON'T SPEND, BUT WE DO, UH, SOMETHING CALLED PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, SO THAT WE ACTUALLY SEND OUT A TEAM TO COLLECT SAMPLES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND SYNTHETIC TURF AND ITS DRAWBACKS IN TERMS OF HEAT, WATER QUALITY, AND JUST PHYSICAL SAFETY OF STUDENTS PLAYING ON SYNTHETIC TURF.
I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ON SYNTHETIC TURF.
MY DAUGHTER PLAYS SOCCER AND SPEND A LOT OF VERY HOT SATURDAY MORNINGS BOILING ALONG WITH THE CHILDREN, UH, BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH HOTTER THAN NATURAL TURF.
I RECENTLY, WELL, IT WAS ON THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR, I ATTENDED A COMMUNITY MEETING AT EAGLE ROCK HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, THEIR EAGLE ROCK IS ABOUT TO GET A SYNTHETIC TURF FIELD, AND ABOUT 40 PARENTS SHOWED UP VOICING THEIR DISPLEASURE AROUND THE SYNTHETIC TURF THAT'S ABOUT TO BE INSTALLED, VOICING THE SAME CONCERNS THAT HEAT, WATER, PHYSICAL SAFETY, UH, WERE REASONS TO MOVE AWAY FROM SYNTHETIC TURF.
SO, UM, I'M JUST DISAPPOINTED TO CONTINUE SEEING THIS BEING INSTALLED ON SCHOOL SITES FOR THOSE REASONS.
UM, ALSO, IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE, THE MAINTENANCE LONGEVITY THAT USUALLY CLAIMS TO BE.
UM, AND THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE WHEN WE HAVE TO, AND IT, AND IT ALL GOES INTO A LANDFILL.
SO I AM, I DON'T, I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST WHERE WE SEPARATE OUT PROJECTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA, UM, STOP ROOFING REPLACEMENTS FROM HAPPENING.
BUT I, THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST.
CAN I MENTION, MA'AM, IF YOU RECALL, UH, NOVEMBER, 2025 PORT RESOLUTION, WE'RE NOT INSTALLING ADDITIONAL SYNTHETIC TURF.
IT PROHIBITS INSTALLATION OF SYNTHETIC TURF ON ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, EECS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, ANY PROJECT BEING DEVELOPED OR NOT YET BOARD APPROVED.
SO WE HAVE SIX, SEVEN PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE DEVELOPED, BUT WE'RE NOT MOVING FORWARD.
THEY SAID PAUSE UNTIL THE STUDY COMES OUT.
THIS IS ALREADY BOARD APPROVED IN 2023.
SO, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT BOARD RESOLUTION.
SO THIS IS NOT THE ONLY PROJECT THAT GOT BOARD APPROVED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OF 'EM THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION CURRENTLY.
BUT WE'RE NOT ADDING NEW PROJECT, WE'RE NOT BRINGING NEW PROJECT TO YOU UNTIL THE STUDY COMES OUT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THIS STUDY WILL COME OUT DURING THE FALL AFTER BOARD REVIEWS IT, WE'LL SHARE THOSE STUDY RESULTS WITH THE POC.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS? MR. PANSKY CLARIFICATION IS, DID THIS BODY APPROVE THIS IN 2324 ALREADY AND NOW YOU'RE COMING BACK FOR THE ADDITIONAL ADDITIONS? YES, SIR.
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REGULAR BUDGET FOR THE FIELD? AND THEN IS THIS 9,000 OR 9 MILLION, EXCUSE ME, ABOVE WHAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED.SO, SO YOU APPROVED AT THE TIME $5.9 MILLION, 5.9 IS WHAT WAS APPROVED? YEAH.
HOWEVER, 4 MILLION IN ADDITION, IT'S NOT ANOTHER $10 MILLION.
BUT WE'RE GETTING BACK $3.5 MILLION AS A REIMBURSEMENT FROM K GRANT FROM THE K GRANT.
BUT, BUT THAT'S GOING TOWARDS THE ORIGINAL 5 MILLION THAT WAS APPROVED.
AND THAT'S, THEN WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 MILLION TOTAL.
I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I GET THE MATH RIGHT.
SO THAT 3.5 MILLION, WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US, IT WILL GO TO THE CRITICAL REPLACEMENT PROGRAM BUCKET, WHICH WAS, UH, FUNDED THIS PROJECT THAT WAS THE CURRENT BUDGET IN THE PAST IN THE 2324.
WHEN IT'S 3 20 20 23, 5 0.9 MILLION, WE ARE ADDING 4 MILLION AS AN ACTION FOR THIS BOC.
SO THEN A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IS THEN THE BOC APPROVED DOING THIS FIELD BEFORE, AND NOW YOU'RE COMING BACK WITH THE LIGHTING FIXTURE EDITION.
AND THAT LIGHTING FIXTURE SYSTEM IS $4 MILLION, 4 MILLION.
THAT ALSO INCLUDES OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ON TOP OF THE TURF TURFS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED? YES, SIR.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
MR. PENSKE, UH, MEMBER PLED PERON.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, MY QUESTION RELATES TO THE TURF ITSELF, UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS BOARD HAD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE EXPENDITURE TO, TO REPLACE THE TURF, BUT NOW GIVEN THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, WHETHER OR NOT TURF SHOULD ACTUALLY BE PUT BACK IN OR IT SHOULD BE NATURAL AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, IS IT ANTICIPATED THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THE CERTAIN PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF THE STUDIES THAT ARE BEING DONE THESE DAYS.
BUT IS IT ANTICIPATED THAT SINCE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND YOU GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, WILL YOU BE COMING BACK TO US IN ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO WHEN THE STUDY IS OUT TO SAY, WE NEED TO NOW REPLACE THIS TURF THAT WE'VE ALREADY REPLACED BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER CONCERNS THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED? IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, LEE.
SO IN THE FUTURE, DEPENDING ON THE DECISION BOARD MAKES, WHETHER HIGH SCHOOL WILL HAVE A NATURAL TURF OR SYNTHETIC TURF LIKE WE DID FOR BACK IN, IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, EARLY SPRINGTIME, WE BROUGHT IN A PROJECT.
WE WERE GOING TO BRING PROJECT TO REPLACE SYNTHETIC TURF IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
BUT SINCE BOARD RESOLUTION PROHIBITS INSTALLING SYNTHETIC TURF IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE CONVERTED THOSE TO A NATURAL TURF.
SO IN THE FUTURE, DEPENDING ON THE DECISION HOW IT'S MADE, WE MAY COME BACK WITH FIVE, SIX ADDITIONAL, UH, FOOTBALL FIELD PROJECT.
AND FOR YOUR APPROVAL WEATHER, IT COULD BE EITHER SYNTHETIC TURF OR NATURAL GRAPH.
SO WE'LL COME BACK, WE'LL COME BACK.
SO REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IS THE TURF THAT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE USED, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY? IN OTHER WORDS, IS IT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN THEN AVOID REPLACING IN ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO? HI, CHRISTINA TOKS.
I'M THE CHIEF FACILITIES EXECUTIVE.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS AND TALK ABOUT THE STATUS OF SYNTHETIC TURF.
SO THERE WAS A BOARD RESOLUTION, UM, THAT PASSED THAT ASKED THE DISTRICT TO LOOK AT, UH, CLIMATE RESILIENCY.
AND ONE COMPONENT OF THAT RESOLUTION HAD TO DO WITH SYNTHETIC TURF.
UM, THE BOARD DIRECTED STAFF TO UNDERTAKE A STUDY OF SYNTHETIC TURF VERSUS NATURAL GRASS.
AND THAT STUDY IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
WE WILL BE PRESENTING IT TO THE BOARD AND ALSO SHARING IT WITH THE BOC WHEN IT'S COMPLETED.
AS PART OF THAT RESOLUTION, WHAT THE BOARD SAID IS PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THIS BOC AND THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE AS PLANNED, BUT FOR SUBSEQUENT PROJECTS OR PROPOSALS, FIELDS THAT WILL NEED REPLACEMENT, THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY, UM, TO BE, UM, NOT PUT ON PAUSED OR NOT DETERMINED UNTIL THE BOARD GETS THE BENEFIT OF A STUDY AND A DECISION IS MADE.
SO MARSHALL IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAD BEEN APPROVED TWO YEARS AGO.
THE PROJECT OR PROPOSAL THAT YOU'RE HEARING TODAY IS TO ADD LIGHTS AT THAT, UM, FIELDS SO THAT THE FIELDS CAN BE UTILIZED BOTH
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DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS AND BY NIGHT.THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT HAS A LOT OF USE, NOT ONLY BY OUR OWN PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO CIVIC CENTER AND OTHER LEAGUES THAT COME AND USE THIS FIELD.
UM, WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS A PROPOSAL FOR ABOVE 4 MILLION OF THAT WE WILL BE REIMBURSED BY PROP K FUNDS FROM THE CITY TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 3 MILLION.
THAT MONEY IS NOT FRONT FUNDED.
WE HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY IN ORDER TO RE BE REIMBURSED.
UM, THAT MONEY WILL GO BACK TO THE CRITICAL REPAIR PROJECT.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A MUCH SMALLER NUMBER THAT DOES ALLOW THE CITY TO HAVE, UM, RIGHTS FOR JOINT USE, ACCESS TO THE FIELD, WHICH WE ALREADY DO BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY USERS USING THAT SITE.
SO PROP K FUNDS ARE TO INCREASE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THERE IS A COMMUNITY USE ASPECT TO THAT.
WE'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH THE PRINCIPAL, UM, AND THEY ARE ON BOARD IN TERMS OF THE SYNTHETIC TURF THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED, UM, AND IS UNDERWAY TO START CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THERE ARE ALWAYS NEW UPGRADES BEING MADE TO THE, UH, SYNTHETIC TURF SYSTEMS. UM, IT'S AN EVOLVING, UM, I GUESS, UH, PRODUCTION.
SO EARLIER, I WANNA SAY ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, UM, UH, THE DISTRICT HAD USED A PRODUCT THAT HAD MATERIAL THAT KIND OF CLUMPED TOGETHER THAT WAS A WARRANTY ISSUE.
UM, WE HAVE SINCE CHANGED OUR SPECS ON INFILL.
UM, THERE WAS A TIME WHERE WE WERE USING RECYCLED CRUMB RUBBER, UM, THAT WAS FOUND TO HAVE SOME HEAVY MED PARTICULANTS THAT HAS SINCE BEEN PROHIBITED.
SO, UH, THIS CURRENT ONE IS EXPECTED TO LAST EIGHT TO 10 YEARS.
UM, DEPENDING ON THE WEAR AND TEAR, IT COULD SHORTEN IT TO EIGHT YEARS.
IF WE SEE LESS USE OF IT, IT'S 10.
GIVEN THAT THIS IS USED BY THE CITY, WE EXPECT LIKE MOST OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL FIELDS THAT THERE WILL BE HEAVY USE OF THIS, BUT IT WILL NOT LAST ONE TO TWO YEARS IF THERE IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT.
UM, THIS IS UNDER WARRANTY FOR EIGHT YEARS.
JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, SO UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE MONIES THAT WE ARE EXPENDING AND THAT THIS PART OF THIS PROJECT WAS ALREADY APPROVED WITH MONEY COMING BACK TO US ON THE BACKEND, IF THERE IS ANY ADDITIONAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WHETHER IT'S TO REPLACE THE SYNTHETIC TURF OR IF THE BOARD DECIDES THAT THERE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT AT ALL IN THE FUTURE AND SO ON, WILL THAT MONIES THEN BE ALLOCATED FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL REPAIRS, OR WILL YOU BE COMING BACK TO US ASKING FOR MORE MONEY? WE WOULD BE COMING BACK.
SO THE WAY, UM, WE ARE CONSTANTLY SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT TO OUR PROJECTS, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH STATE BOND FUNDS, UH, A PROP K FUND, ET CETERA.
IF WE GET THOSE, TYPICALLY THAT ALLOCATION OR FUNDING MIGHT COME 2, 3, 4 YEARS LATER.
UM, IT GOES BACK INTO WHAT WE CALL THE CATEGORY THAT THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED FOR.
SO WHEN MR. CHO SAYS THE FUNDING WILL COME BACK TO CRITICAL REPAIRS, IT GOES BACK INTO THIS BUCKET OF FUNDS.
UM, NOT SPECIFICALLY TO THIS PROJECT.
WE DON'T HOLD ONTO FUNDS AND SEE IF THREE OR FOUR YEARS WE NEED IT.
IF AND WHEN THIS FIELD NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
IN HOPEFULLY EIGHT TO 10 YEARS, WE WOULD BE BRINGING A NEW PROJECT TO THE BOC AND THE BOARD FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FIELD.
AND THAT COULD BE EITHER WITH NATURAL GRASS OR IT COULD BE WITH SYNTHETIC TURF, DEPENDING ON WHAT OUR BOARD DECIDES.
UM, MR. CHO, THANK YOU FOR, UH, I GUESS JUST IN GENERAL FOR ALWAYS BEING SO RESPONSIVE.
YOU, WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS, THEN YOU, YOU INCORPORATE THAT INFORMATION IF IT'S A RECURRING THING INTO, INTO FUTURE PRESENTATIONS.
I, I SO GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT.
UM, MY ONLY QUESTION IS ON THE, ON THE MEASURE K FUNDING, DO WE HAVE ACTUALLY A PROMISE TO PAY OR LIKE A CONTRACT FROM THE CITY GUARANTEEING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THAT MONEY? YES, SIR.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SIGNED AGREEMENT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS? YEAH, MR. CAMPBELL? SORRY TO DO THAT AGAIN.
SO, UM, UH, MR. HAMNER, UH, NO, NO WORRIES.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR OKAY NOW? YES.
UH, I, I UNDERSTAND MEMBER LEWIS, I'M, UM, HAND IN HAND WITH HER CONCERNS.
UH, I STARTED THIS FROM THE, THE ISSUES OF SAFETY AND, UH, OVER TIME, WHICH IS STILL A BIG ISSUE.
IT'S BEING DISCUSSED ON LAW LEVELS, ESPECIALLY ON THE PROFESSIONAL LEVELS, UM, AND COMING DOWN.
BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS HAVE BECOME EVEN MORE OF A, A WARNING SIGN AND SO FORTH.
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WILLINGNESS TO BE DILIGENT DURING DAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF THE INSTALLATION OF SPRINKLERS, WATER CANS AND SO FORTH, IT'S A MATTER OF EMPLOYING THEM AND KNOWING WHEN TO EMPLOY THEM, UH, WITHIN 45 MINUTE PERIODS, DEPENDING ON CERTAIN DAYS.SO I'M NOT A FAN OF PUTTING IN A PRODUCT THAT STILL OFFERS, UH, POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS AND SO FORTH.
HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY, UM, KIND OF LOCKED OURSELVES INTO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I RELUCTANTLY WILL, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, X, Y, Z, BUT IT'S ALREADY, WE'VE IN INVESTED, UH, TIME DESIGN IN, IN INVESTMENT INTO DSA AND SO FORTH.
AND SO WE WOULD BE LOSING MONEY THERE.
BUT I DO WANNA MAKE ONE COMMENTARY COMMENT.
UM, JUST LIKE THE BUS, UM, PROPOSAL, I GET THE IDEA OF BEING OFFSET WITH SOME COMMUNITY MONIES OR MONIES FROM ANOTHER SOURCE THAT HELPS OFFSET THIS COST.
SPEAKING TO THE PREVIOUS COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE UNKNOWN, UH, AND THE REPORT THAT WE'LL RECEIVE FROM THE DISTRICT, IT STILL COULD BE CHALLENGED REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME.
WE HAVE OUR UNDERSTANDINGS OF, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS OF SAFETY, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, ISSUES.
UM, I REALIZE, AND I'VE SAID THIS A LOT, AND I KNOW THIS IS A BIG ARGUMENT, ARGUMENT IN FAVOR.
UH, I SERVED AS A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH FOR 10 YEARS AND ALSO HAD TO SHARE OUR GYM FACILITIES IN THE MONTEBELLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, WHICH ADDED WEAR AND TEAR.
UM, THIS IS THE WAY WE OPERATE.
UH, SCHOOLS ARE COMMUNITY BASED.
UH, THIS IS HAPPENING ALREADY.
BUT WHAT IT ALSO DOES IS IT TAKES AWAY SOME OF THE CONTROL AND, UH, ABILITIES OF THE CAMPUS PROGRAMS TO UTILIZE THESE FIELDS BECAUSE THERE'S A CALENDAR OF, OF BLOCKOUT AREAS WHERE SUCH AND SUCH HAS BEEN PROMISED.
THAT'S AN UNFORTUNATE THING, BUT THAT'S A ISSUE HERE.
THAT'S ALSO A, A LACK OF PARK SPACE AND GREEN SPACE.
UH, BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE LOCKED INTO BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE IS HELPING US INVEST MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA GIVE US A PRODUCT.
AND THIS IS THE GENERAL COMMENT THAT'S GONNA PROVIDE A PROMISE THAT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST LONG TERM, REGARDLESS OF THE RE SUBSIDIES OR, UH, SUPPORT FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS IN THE FUTURE, I, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, MEMBER LEWIS, I'M, I'M WITH YOU ON THIS, BUT I, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE OF THE PRIOR COMMITMENT.
AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA LOSE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS HERE BECAUSE OF TIME.
MR. MCFARLAND, DID YOU HAVE A BRIEF COMMENT? UH, YEAH, I, MY QUESTION IS, UH, SIMILAR TO, TO CHAIR HAMER'S QUESTION OR COMMENT, AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE, THE MONEY FROM PROP K AND THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
I THINK, I DON'T LOVE THE USE OF SYNTHETIC FIELDS, BUT I UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY FROM HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY SPORTS AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A SUITABLE PLAYING FIELD.
BUT WOULD THE, THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT ARE USING THE FIELD THEN CREATE AN AMOUNT OF WEAR AND TEAR THAT MAKES THAT, THAT GRANT FUNDING MAKE THE FIELD GO FROM BEING USABLE FOR 12 YEARS TO EIGHT YEARS? AND THEN, IS THAT GRANT FUNDING EVEN REALLY WORTH ACCEPTING AS IF IT WAS JUST FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, LIMITED COMMUNITY USE? WOULD THAT FIELD THEN LAST LONGER? AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE, I GUESS, STUDIED OR LOOKED INTO THAT.
AND THEN AFTER THE STUDY IS, IS PUBLISHED, IS THERE A WAY MAYBE IF THERE ARE FUTURE, UH, GRANT AWARDS FOR THINGS LIKE THIS, IF THAT MONEY THAT COMES BACK CAN THEN BE SET ASIDE FOR THE FUTURE REPAIRS OF THESE SYNTHETIC FIELDS? SO THE GRANT, WHEN IT COMES BACK, IT BECOMES DISTRICTS.
IT GOES TO THE DISTRICT CRITICAL REPLACEMENT BUCKET.
SO WE CAN USE THAT SAME GRANT TO DO ANOTHER ROOFING JOB OR ANOTHER, UH, HVAC PROJECT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE USED ON THIS MAINTENANCE OF THIS FIELD.
UH, ALSO THIS FIELD WAS BUILT IN 2010.
THEY USED IT HEAVILY BY THE SCHOOL.
IF YOU KNOW MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL AS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, SPORTS TEAM, THEY'VE BEEN USING IT, UH, UTILIZING IT FOR 13 YEARS.
CITY USED IT, IT LASTED 13 YEARS.
SO, UH, WITH THE BETTER PRODUCT THAT WE ARE UTILIZING IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY LAST LONGER.
UH, WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THIS ITEM MOVE? ALRIGHT.
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PANSKY, UH, SECONDED BY MS. UH, BELL.UM, MR. BUCKMAN, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? YES.
THIS IS ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION BOC RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 17 FOR FINDING TWO PROJECTS AND THE REDEFINITION OF PROJECT TO PROVIDE CRITICAL REPLACEMENTS AND UPGRADES OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS, SITE ASSESS SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS, AND AMEND THE FACILITIES DISTRICT FACILITIES SERVICES DIVISION STRATEGIC EXECUTION PLAN TO INCORPORATE THEREIN.
WITH RELUCTANCE AROUND THE SYNTHETIC TURF AYE.
WITH RELUCTANCE AROUND THE SYNTHETIC TURF, UH, MEMBER MCDOWELL AYE.
UH, THERE ARE 13 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
THE, UH, VOTES ARE SUFFICIENT TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
UH, THIS BRINGS US TO ITEM NUMBER SIX
[6. 14 Board District Priority and Region Priority Projects and Amend the Facilities Services Division Strategic Execution Plan to Incorporate Therein]
14 BOARD, DISTRICT AND REGION PRIORITY PROJECTS.SO THIS TIME WE HAVE 14 PROJECTS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN.
UH, AMONG 14 PROJECTS WE HAVE, THERE ARE FOUR FENCING RELATED PROJECTS.
THESE FENCING RELATED PROJECTS TIES TO DIRECTLY WITH SECURITY AND SAFETY.
UH, ONE OF THE FENCING IS A WR IRON FENCE FOR REASON.
THEN WE HAVE SEVEN FURNITURE SUPPORTING PROJECTS.
THEN WE HAVE ONE INTERACTIVE DISPLAY IS TO BUY 5 75 INCH PROMETHEAN BOARDS.
THEN WE HAVE ONE MARKET PROJECTS, THEN WE HAVE ONE SECURE ENTRY PROJECT THAT'S LINE NUMBER ONE.
TOTAL PROJECT VALUE IS $768,793.
AND ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION, UH, CAN START AT VARIOUS TIME DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT TYPE.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU TO APPROVE THESE PROJECTS AS WELL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS? I'LL MOTION THEN.
UH, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED BY MR. SULLIVAN.
UM, MR. BUCKMAN, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? YES.
THANK YOU VICE CHAIR CAMPBELL.
UM, THIS IS THE VOTE TO APPROVE PROPOSED BOC RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 18 FOR 14 BOARD DISTRICT PRIORITY AND REGION PRIORITY PROJECTS AND AMEND THE FACILITY SERVICE DIVISION STRATEGIC EXECUTION PLAN TO INCORPORATE THEREIN.
MEMBER PANSKY ABSENT
UH, UH, THERE ARE 10 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES AND FOUR ABSENCES.
THE, UH, VOTES ARE SUFFICIENT TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
[7. Chief Facilities Executive’s Report (Information Only)]
US TO ITEM SEVEN, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE REPORT.[02:05:01]
YOU.GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL.
I'M SURE YOU ALL SAW, UM, ALL THE NEWS ABOUT OUR FIRST DAY, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH KIDS, ACTUALLY GOT TO EXPERIENCE TAKING YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL, MAYBE A NEW SCHOOL, WHICH IS ALWAYS EXCITING.
UM, SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LITTLE REFLECTION ON ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE, UM, DID.
UM, OVER THIS PAST YEAR, WHAT WE COMPLETED OVER THE SUMMER, THERE WAS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE DID FOR EITHER PHASES OF WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE OR ACTUALLY PROJECTS THAT COMPLETED THAT.
UM, WE ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE KIDS USE, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE BEST PART OF OUR JOBS, AND THEN WHAT WE WOULD BE DOING IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A REALLY INTERESTING JUST QUICK FINGERTIP FACT THAT WE COMPLETED 365 PROJECTS VALUED AT 787 MILLION LAST YEAR.
THAT MEANS A PROJECT FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
WHEN YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THE VOLUME OF THAT EVERY DAY A PROJECT IS ENDING.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A NEAT LITTLE FACT.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO COMPLETED AS PART OF THIS, UM, AS PART OF THAT NUMBER, SOME REALLY LARGE PROJECTS THAT REALLY TRANSFORMED CAMPUSES.
I THINK SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD THE BENEFIT OF VISITING THOSE 92ND STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS NOW ALL COMPLETED.
I THINK SOME OF YOU WERE THERE WHEN WE CELEBRATED THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE NOW COMPLETED, UM, RENOVATIONS IN THE EX, UH, EXISTING PORTIONS OF THAT CAMPUS.
HUNTINGTON PARK HIGH SCHOOL, UM, COMPLETED GRANT HIGH SCHOOL, COMPLETED, UH, VERTIGO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, NEW SCIENCE LAB, OUTDOOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, CRITICAL REPLACEMENTS LIKE THE ONE THAT, UH, MARK SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT.
WE'RE DOING ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES, SECURE ENTRANCES AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND MORE GREENING WITH OUR NATURE EXPLORER OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS. UM, JUST OVER THE SUMMER WE HAD SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AT DIXIE CANYON.
THIS IS A, WHAT'S CALLED DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PORTABLE REMOVAL AND REPLACING IT WITH PERMANENT CLASSROOMS. SO THOSE STUDENTS RETURNED TO A NEW CLASSROOM BUILDING MORE OUTDOOR, UM, GREENING PROJECTS.
AND THEN ALSO WE'VE AT ASCOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIGURE, UH, FINISHED A LARGE PHASE OF THE COMP MOD PROJECT THERE.
UM, WE HAD BENEFICIAL OCCUPANCY OF LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, WE RESTORED THE HISTORIC HOME ECONOMICS BUILDING THAT SHOULD PROBABLY GET A NEW NAME, BUT THAT'S THE HISTORIC NAME.
AND A NEW CLASSROOM BUILDING WILL BE COMPLETED THIS FALL.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE STUDENTS IN THERE.
I THINK THERE WERE SOME INSTAGRAM POSTS OR MEDIA ON THAT.
UM, NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH, LAST OF THE COMP MOD, CAFETERIA UPGRADES, NEW BUILDINGS AT POLYTECHNIC KENNEDY, AND THEN CANYON CHARTER.
UM, THEY HAVE A DEAR LITTLE OLD LIBRARY BUILDING, AND IN THE OLD SCHOOLHOUSE THAT WAS ALSO COMPLETED, UM, STUDENTS RETURNED TO THAT AS WELL.
SO, CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN 26, 27, WE HAVE OVER 350 PROJECTS VALUED AT 2.5 BILLION.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS AT OUR THREE PALISADE SCHOOLS.
WE'RE EXPECTING APPROVAL BY SEPTEMBER, HOPING TO BREAK GROUND BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, ALSO STARTING CONSTRUCTION AT VARIOUS MAJOR MOD PROJECTS.
SYLMAR, GARFIELD, FAIRFAX, 32ND USC MAGNET.
THAT'S ONE OF THE VERY INTERESTING SCHOOLS.
I THINK I'VE TALKED TO YOU BEFORE WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY CLOSE THE WHOLE CAMPUS DOWN.
IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM USC.
UM, AND MOVE IT OVER TO, UM, WHAT WE CALL THE, UM, OH MY GOODNESS, I'M GONNA FORGET THE NAME.
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS, DOWNTOWN BUSINESS MAGNET.
UM, WHICH IS USED BY KLCS, BUT OTHERWISE, UM, HAD AVAILABLE SPACE.
THOSE STUDENTS ARE NOW THERE THAT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO REALLY QUICKLY MOVE THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, DONE AT 32ND AT THEIR CAMPUS WITHOUT HAVING KIDS THERE AND HAVE TO DO IT IN PHASES.
SO WE WERE LUCKY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE.
UM, ALSO STARTING THE ADULT ED EAST LA OCCUPATIONAL CENTER, CLASSROOM REPLACEMENT WELLNESS CENTERS, MORE CLASSROOM UPGRADES.
AGAIN, A DA IMPROVEMENTS, SCREENING, MORE OF THE EARLY EDUCATION OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS. SO HOPE TO SEE YOU EITHER AT GROUNDBREAKINGS OR AT RIBBON CUTTINGS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR 12 MONTH BID, LOOK AHEAD, UM, MS. KAISER'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
WE NEED OUR CONTRACTORS TO BE PARTICIPATING IN MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE ALL OF THIS WORK.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE BIDDING ABOUT $1 BILLION OF WORK OVER
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THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.SO, AS SOMEONE MADE A COMMENT, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR GENERAL CONTRACTORS ON BOARD AND INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT TO UNDERTAKE THIS ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.
THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER WORK HAPPENING IN THE LA AREA WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING METRO LAWA.
UM, SO THERE IS COMPETITION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TALENT.
WITH THAT, I OPEN IT TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. SULLIVAN? VERY SIMPLE ONE, JUST, UH, INFORMATION.
I, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COMP MOD AND A MAJOR MODERNIZATION? GREAT QUESTION.
UH, SO WHEN WE STARTED, UM, REALLY INVESTING IN, UH, MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN OUR, WHAT WE CALL OUR LEGACY SCHOOLS, THIS WAS ABOUT 15, 18 YEARS AGO, NO LONGER BUILDING NEW SCHOOLS.
WE DEVELOPED WHAT WAS CALLED A COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATION, WHERE WE UNDERTOOK SEISMIC RETROFITS, PORTABLE REPLACEMENTS, UM, LARGE COMPONENTS, UM, REPLACEMENTS AT EXISTING BUILDINGS, AND WAS CALLED A COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATION.
HAMILTON IS ONE OF THOSE, OUR LARGEST PROJECT, UM, ROOSEVELT, VENICE.
I THINK THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 11 PROJECTS.
THE LESSON WE LEARNED FROM THOSE PROJECTS WAS WE REALLY PROBABLY TOOK TOO BIG OF A BITE.
UM, PROJECTS WE'RE TAKING ANYWHERE FROM SEVEN YEARS, GIVEN THE MULTIPLE PHASES THAT WE HAD.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF RISK THAT WE WERE PUTTING ON OUR GENERAL CONTRACTORS WHO WERE ESSENTIALLY, WE WERE SAYING, HEY, YOU HAVE TO BID THIS PROJECT NOW, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU FIVE OR SIX YEARS TO COMPLETE AT THE SAME TIME.
WE WERE SEEING A LOT OF VOLATILITY IN THE MARKETPLACE, AND THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT BACK FROM OUR CONTRACTORS AND ALSO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IS LIKE ONE WE SAW COST REALLY ESCALATE BECAUSE OF THAT LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY AND PROJECTS TOOK A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
WE THEN CHANGED TO MAJOR MODS WHERE WE DIDN'T QUITE DO AS MUCH WORK, LESS PHASING.
UM, UH, REALLY TRIED TO FOCUS BECAUSE MOST OF OUR COMP MODS WERE AT OUR LARGE HISTORICAL CAMPUSES, MORE ON NEW CONSTRUCTIONS.
SO TEARING DOWN BUILDINGS WHERE IT REALLY WASN'T COST EFFECTIVE TO RETROFIT.
THANKFULLY, THEY WEREN'T OUR HISTORIC LEGACY KIND OF JEWEL CAMPUSES.
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE MOVING FORWARD IS WHAT ASSAM DUAL HAS PRESENTED, IS REALLY FOCUSING ON SEISMIC MODERNIZATION, SPECIFICALLY LIFTS LABS WHERE WE'RE TEARING DOWN LIFTS LAB BUILDINGS AND REPLACING IT WITH NEW BUILDINGS.
AND ALSO JUST TO SAY I'M TRULY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR ABILITY TO KEEP TRACK OF 360 PROJECTS AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S TRULY IMPRESSIVE.
IT, WE HAVE A GREAT LARGE TEAM DOING THAT WORK.
MS. CARLOS, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MS. TOKS AND I ECHO.
UM, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE THE THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT, THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS ADMINISTERING.
UM, MY COMMENT IS ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, AND THAT'S, THAT'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE PROCESS AND AT WHAT LEVEL ARE, ARE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES BEING KEPT INFORMED OF, AND ESPECIALLY THE MORE IMPACTFUL AND LONGER TERM PROJECTS THAT GO ON FOR MANY MONTHS AND OFTEN MANY YEARS.
HOW IS THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY BEING KEPT INFORMED? AND SO FROM TEACHERS TO STUDENTS, TO PARENTS, AND SOMETIMES EVEN NEIGHBORS, DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF CONSTRUCTION.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS, IS THERE OPPORTUNITY FOR SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK FROM, FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND STARTING WITH STUDENTS, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE GREEN SCHOOL YARD UPGRADES AND THINGS THAT IMPACT WHERE STUDENTS ARE PLAYING AND, AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS KIND OF HAVE THE BEST INPUT AS TO WHAT, WHAT THE CAMPUS COULD BENEFIT FROM MOST.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, IN FACILITIES, A DEPARTMENT JUST, UM, SPECIFICALLY AROUND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
IT'S CALLED OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THEIR SOLE TASK IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITIES ENGAGED AND COMMUNITIES IS A WIDE NET OF STAFF, PARENTS, STUDENTS, UM, AND NEIGHBORS, ALUMNI, STAKEHOLDERS, OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES.
UM, AND THERE'S KIND OF A GRADIENT DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PROJECT AS TO THE TYPE OF INVOLVEMENT.
OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE PUTTING UP JUST A SECURITY BUZZER OR, UM, A MARQUEE, WE WILL NOT HAVE A ROBUST ENGAGEMENT PAN LIKE WE DO ON A COMP MOD OR A MAJOR MOD WHERE WE'RE GONNA SEE SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING AT THAT CAMPUS.
SO THEY HAVE A PROCESS DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF, UM, OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS.
UM, WE TYPICALLY BEGIN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHEN WE HIRE AN ARCHITECT AND WE INTRODUCE, UM, THAT WE WILL BE DOING A PROJECT AND WE HAVEN'T STARTED THE DESIGN OR PLANNING.
WE WILL THEN INVOLVE THEM ON ALL THE STAGES OF THE DESIGN, GIVING THEM UPDATES, TAKING THEIR FEEDBACK, UM, IF THERE'S OPTIONS TO PRESENT.
AND THEN ONCE IT STARTS CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES,
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MEETINGS WHERE WE'VE PIVOTED FROM THE PLANNING AND DESIGN INTO WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF CONSTRUCTION ON YOUR SCHOOL SITE? HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE SAFE? AND THEN ALSO TO THE RESIDENTS AROUND THAT AREA, HOW ARE THEY GONNA BE IMPACTED BY TRUCKS OR CONSTRUCTION NOISE? AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE TO CONTACT IN THAT COMMUNITY RELATIONS TEAM TO RESPOND TO THEIR NEEDS.UM, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS WORK THAT WE DO.
WE ALWAYS HAVE PROJECTS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOME, UM, I WANNA SAY CONTROVERSY AROUND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN.
OUR GOAL IS TO ALWAYS BE TRANSPARENT, FORTHCOMING WITH THE INFORMATION.
WE MIGHT BE LIMITED BY WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, UM, WITH OUR PROJECTS, BUT THE GOAL IS TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE PROVIDED FOLKS WITH THE INFORMATION, UM, THAT WE ARE SHARING IT WITH THEM, AND THAT WE'VE GIVEN, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY AND A FORUM FOR US TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS AND TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY ADDRESS IT.
JUST, UH, REAL QUICK FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
I THINK MY CONCERN STEMMED, I THINK FROM A LAST MEETING WHEN THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT ENGAGEMENT, SOMETHING WAS SAID THAT OFTEN THE RESPONSIBILITY IS PUT ON THE PRINCIPAL FOR THE SCHOOL.
I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU THAT IT'S COMING FROM YOUR TEAM, AND IT IS PART OF PROTOCOL BECAUSE I THINK IN MY EXPERIENCE AND JUST FROM SEEING, YOU KNOW, IN THE SCHOOLS THAT WHERE MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN, OFTEN THE PRINCIPALS, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF PRINCIPALS, RIGHT? AND SO THE LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE, UM, SCHOOL FAMILY VARIES.
AND SO DEFINITELY I FEEL THAT THAT RESPONSIBILITY HAS TO COME FROM FSD, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THESE ARE VOTER APPROVED BOND DOLLARS.
AND SO I THINK WE JUST DEFINITELY WANNA SEE THAT COMMUNICATION AND THOSE UPDATES AND THEN ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU DESCRIBED COMING FROM, FROM FSD.
WE KNOW, UM, PRINCIPALS ALREADY HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK ON THEIR PLATE, AND OUR JOB IS TO NOT MAKE THEM THE GO-BETWEEN, BETWEEN OUR FACILITIES, PROJECTS AND, UM, AND THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WE ARE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO ENFORCE, PLEASE DIRECT ALL CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT TO OUR TEAM.
SO YOU'RE NOT BURDENED WITH THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, PRINCIPALS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FACE OF THE COMMUNITY, WILL GET QUESTIONS AND HEAR CONCERNS.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE ON THAT BURDEN.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS? MR. HAMNER? I'M GOOD THIS TIME.
I I, I HAD A, A QUESTION FOR YOU.
THE, THE, UM, ON, ON SOMETHING LIKE THE, THE POOL OF CONTRACTORS, RIGHT? I, I, I KNOW YOU OBVIOUSLY RELY ON GETTING, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED CONTRACTORS TO DO THE WORK FOR US.
UM, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR MEMBERS OF THIS BODY OR THE PUBLIC TO, TO IDENTIFY, LIKE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MANY ROOFING CONTRACTORS DO WE HAVE MM-HMM
RIGHT, THAT ARE, THAT ARE REGULARLY BIDDING ON OR, OR, OR DOING WORK FOR US? UM, WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE TO FIND THAT INFORMATION? THAT WOULD BE FROM, UM, THE PROCUREMENT DIVISION.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE A LIST OF, FOR THE PAST ROOFING CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE PUT OUT BID, HOW MANY FIRMS PARTICIPATED, UM, THAT, THAT THEY KIND OF ARE THE GATEKEEPERS OF THAT INFORMATION.
UM, WE WORK WITH THEM LIKE SPECIFICALLY ON ROOFING.
THERE WAS A TIME WHERE WE WERE NOT SEEING AS MUCH PARTICIPATION AS WE WOULD LIKE, UM, WHERE WE REALLY GO OUT AND WE TRY TO SOLICIT WORK FROM OUR CONTRACTORS.
WE USE THE A GC OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY MAKE PITCHES, GIVE INDUSTRY FORUMS, TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S COMING.
UM, WE OFFER, UM, TRAINING AND, UM, FOR BUSINESSES WHO HAVEN'T DONE WORK WITH THE DISTRICT ON WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO GET WORK WITH THE DISTRICT.
UM, SO YES, IF WE CAN, IF YOU WANT LIKE TO FORWARD THROUGH YOUR STAFF THAT INFORMATION, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT.
I, I, I'M ALSO IMPRESSED BY YOUR ABILITY TO STAY ON TOP OF THESE PROJECTS.
UM, I, MY BRAIN JUST DOES NOT HAVE THAT MANY CHANNELS, SO, UM, YEAH.
UH, DASHBOARD OR, OR INFORMATION SOURCED TO, TO REFER BACK TO IS, IS HELPFUL.
UM, AND, AND I THINK WE'LL MAKE THAT REQUEST.
UM, IS THERE, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK TO THE, THE PROJECT THAT WAS CONSIDERED TODAY, THE, UM, THE, THE ELECTRIC BUSES AND, AND SORT OF THE RELATED YARD PROJECT, UM, ARE WE, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, DO YOU THINK WE'RE ON TARGET FOR THAT YARD BEING COMPLETED ON TIME? YES.
YEAH, WE ARE ON, ON SCHEDULE FOR THAT PROJECT.
UM, AND, AND THEN I GUESS BIGGER PICTURE, UM, I, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED, AND I KNOW WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, HAMILTON, IS THAT, IS, IS SOMEBODY THREW OUT A NUMBER, LIKE 600 MILLION? ARE WE, ARE WE OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS FOR THAT PROJECT? WE ARE.
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APPROVED IT.UM, AND WE APPROVED A CONTRACT AS WELL.
THAT PROJECT IS, UM, AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF YOU WERE THERE FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING THAT WE HAD AT THE FIELD.
UM, IT IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLICATED PROJECT THAT THE DISTRICT IS UNDERTAKING.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO HAMILTON, UM, IT IS PROBABLY, YOU CAN COUNT ON FIVE FINGERS.
THE HISTORIC GEMS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS, IT LOOKS LIKE A MARSHALL OR A JOHN BURROWS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS.
UM, IT WAS IDENTIFIED, I THINK MOST OF THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS HAVE SEISMIC UPGRADES THAT ARE NEEDED.
WE HAD TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH DSA ON HOW TO MAKE THOSE SEISMIC UPGRADES THAT BOTH MET CODE AND PRESERVED.
THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF THE BUILDINGS WE'RE REALLY GUTTING ALMOST THE ENTIRE INSIDE IN SOME OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
IN ADDITION, WHEN WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE AT THAT CAMPUS, WE FOUND ONE BUILDING, NOT HISTORICAL, UM, THAT ACTUALLY WAS A LIFT SLAB BUILDING, UM, THAT RAISED SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS FROM OUR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, AND WE INCLUDED THAT IN THE SCOPE OF WORK TO BE DONE.
WE COMPLETELY REDID THE FIELDS.
UM, AND I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE SEVEN PHASES OF WORK THAT HAVE TO BE DONE AT THAT PROJECT.
SO, UM, WE ARE THANKFULLY NOT DOING ANY MORE HAMILTON'S.
THERE'S ONLY ONE HAMILTON, AND WE WILL HAVE CROSSED THAT BOX AND HOPEFULLY DON'T NEED TO TOUCH THAT SCHOOL FOR ANOTHER A HUNDRED YEARS.
UM, SO I THINK THERE'S A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SIZABLE ONE.
IT WILL BE FOR DECADES AND GENERATIONS TO COME.
UM, AND WE REALLY HAVE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMP MODS THAT WE DID, MOST OF 'EM ARE AT OUR HISTORICAL HIGH SCHOOLS, AND WE DON'T SEE OURSELVES GOING BACK.
IF FOR ANYTHING MAJOR, IT WOULD BE FOR REPAIRS OR MINOR REPLACEMENTS.
YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
[8. ITS BOC Quarterly Program Status Report Q2 2026 (April 1 – June 30, 2026) (Information Only)]
IS OUR ITS QUARTERLY PROGRAM STATUS REPORT.UH, WE HAVE MS. NOLAN, DIRECTOR OF IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
MS. NOLAN, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
MY NAME IS MONICA NOLAN AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE THE BOC QUARTERLY REPORT FOR Q2 2026, WHICH COVERS APRIL 1ST THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026.
I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY COVER THREE IMPORTANT PROJECT UPDATES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER PROJECTS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN COVER THOSE AT THE END.
OUR FIRST UPDATE IS ON SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT AND IS FOR THE AUDIO VISUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MODERNIZATION AT MORTON SCHOOL PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT MODERNIZES THE AUDIO VISUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AT MORTON SCHOOL, INCLUDING INTEGRATION OF THE NEW SYSTEM WITH THE SCHOOL'S LOCAL AREA AND WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS.
IN Q2 2026, THE PROJECT TEAM ENCOUNTERED CONFIGURATION CHALLENGES THAT IMPACTED OVERALL PROJECT ACTIVITIES.
THEY CONTINUED, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUDIO VISUAL SYSTEM AND BEGAN TESTING AND NOW ANTICIPATE IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION IN Q3 2026.
STAFF TRAINING WILL ALSO BEGIN IN Q3 2026.
OUR NEXT UPDATE IS ON SLIDE NUMBER 11 AND IS FOR THE INTELLIGENT SCHOOL NETWORK CONTROLS PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT ONCE IMPLEMENTED, WILL ENABLE SMART INTERNET ENABLED EDUCATIONAL AND OPERATIONAL DIGITAL DEVICES TO CONNECT TO THE DISTRICT'S K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS, NETWORKS, NETWORKS QUICKLY AND SECURELY.
IN Q2 2026, THE PROJECT TEAM COMPLETED CONFIGURATION AT ALL 729 SITES FOR WIRELESS CONTROLLERS AND SWITCHES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, INTERNET OF THINGS, AND ESPORTS, VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORKS.
THEY ALSO DEPLOYED THE DEVICE REGISTRATION PORTAL, AND THEY COMPLETED DEPLOYMENT OF THE DEVICE PROFILING SOLUTION AND AUTOMATION.
AND IN Q3, THEY WILL STABILIZE AND CLOSE OUT THE PROJECT.
OUR NEXT UPDATE IS ON SLIDE NUMBER 12.
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THE SLIDE IS NOT ADVANCING.UM, AND THIS IS FOR THE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNIZATION PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT MODERNIZES THE DISTRICT'S NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH CONNECTS ALL SCHOOLS AND OFFICES TO THE DISTRICT'S DATA CENTER AND INTERNET BY REPLACING EQUIPMENT THAT WILL NO LONGER BE SUPPORTED BY THE MANUFACTURER.
FOR Q2 2026, THE PROJECT TEAM CONTINUED CONFIGURATION OF THE FIRST SET OF EQUIPMENT.
HOWEVER, TWO EVENTS HAVE IMPACTED THE PROJECT TIMELINE, RESULTING IN AN EXTENSION OF THE PROJECT TO Q3 2027.
FIRST, THE PROJECT LOST A KEY PROJECT ENGINEER RESULTING IN A WORK, IN A DELAY IN WORK AND LOSS OF THE SUMMER BREAK CHANGE WINDOW.
SECOND, THIS PROJECT HAS A DEPENDENCY ON THE SCHOOL NETWORK ALTERNATIVE CONNECTIVITY PILOT, WHICH WILL IMPACT THE DESIGN OF THE DISTRICT'S WIDE AREA NETWORK AND POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE CORE NETWORK DESIGN THAT IS BEING UPGRADED.
AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, A PROCUREMENT DAY DELAY HAS IMPACTED THE FINALIZATION OF THE WAN DESIGN AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE CORE NETWORK DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE Q2 2026 BOC QUARTERLY UPDATE FOR APRIL 1ST THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF OUR MEMBERS, MR. PETERSON? MS. UH, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON CLARIFICATION ON ITEMS NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE.
UH, THOSE SYSTEMS WORK HAND IN HAND FOR, UM, DISTRICT M AND O EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TO UTILIZE DISTRICT DEVICES, UH, FOR LIKE THE WORKFORCE MANAGER SYSTEMS. IS THAT EQUIPMENT THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ON EITHER ITEM IS FOUR OR FIVE? SO THIS IS FOR THE INTELLIGENT SCHOOL NETWORK CONTROLS AND THE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNIZATION? YEAH.
I AM GONNA DEFER THE QUESTION TO OUR CIO.
UH, DOUGLAS LEE, INTERIM, CIO.
UH, YOUR QUESTION WAS, UM, WELL, THE FACILITIES WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT TOOL CONNECTED TO OUR NETWORK, IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? YEAH.
AS FAR AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, MODERNIZATION IS THAT IN, IN REGARD TO UPGRADING THAT PARTICULAR EQUIPMENT AND FOR THAT SYSTEM, IT'S NOT UPGRADING THEIR, UM, APPLICATION OR THEIR HARDWARE.
IT IS STRICTLY FOR THE NETWORK AT THE SCHOOLS.
SO IT IT PERTAINS TO THE NETWORK AND THAT'S WHAT THE, THE M AND O EMPLOYEES CONNECT TO.
THAT, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTION WAS.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO, UM, DO YOU, DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY, ANY PROCUREMENT IMPACTS OR, OR ABILITY TO, I GUESS, RESOURCE ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE PLANTED IN PROGRESS BASED ON THE SORT OF IN THE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF MEMORY AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S SORT OF TRICKLING DOWN TO HAVE ON NETWORK COMPONENTS AND EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT? SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT AND, AND ALL THESE, THERE IS A SHIP, UH, CHIP SHORTAGE, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, THE IMPACTS OUR ABILITY TO PAR, UH, PROCURE A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, COMPUTING EQUIPMENT.
SO YEAH, WE'RE, WE NEED TO BUILD IT IN, IN THE WORK PLAN, BUT, AND NOT JUST IN TERMS OF TIMING, I, I GUESS IN TERMS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND, AND THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO PROCURE THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO EXECUTE ON THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, DO WE THINK THAT WE'RE STILL GONNA BE ABLE TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS WITH THE, WITHIN THE BUDGETS THAT, THAT WERE ESTABLISHED FOR THEM? WELL, WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE CONFINED BUDGET THAT WE'RE ALLOCATED AND APPROVED TO, RIGHT? YES.
SO POTENTIALLY WE MIGHT HAVE TO REDUCE THE SCOPE OR, OR THE, IF, IF THE PRICES HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS.
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OKAY.[9. Discussion of Non-Agenda Matters]
TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, NON AGENDA ITEMS. UH, DO ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS THAT THEY WISH TO DISCUSS OR, UH, MATTERS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO REQUEST BE PLACED ON THE, UH, FUTURE AGENDA? OKAY.OH, MR. SULLIVAN, JUST RAISING SOME DISCUSSION.
I I, AMONGST THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MEMO THAT WE DISCUSSED, UH, THAT WAS, I BELIEVE, PUT OUT BY CHAIR HAMNER.
UM, SHOULD THERE BE, OR IS THERE A FORUM TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A, A ATTENDING A BOE MEETING BRINGING MORE ATTENTION TO THE MOU ISSUE? I KNOW IT, IT'S RAISED IN THE MEMO, BUT IS THERE ANY PLACE THAT THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED OR THAT WE WOULD ARRANGE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING? OR JUST CURIOUS.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A, A GOOD QUESTION AND, AND IF WE WANT TO AGENDIZE EITHER THE CREATION OF A NEW, UM, TASK FORCE OR, OR SOME OTHER GROUP TO, TO TAKE THAT BACK UP, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CERTAINLY CAN, CAN DISCUSS PLACING THAT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING CERTAINLY WORTH LOOKING INTO JUST TO, YOU KNOW, ADD SOME ADDITIONAL PRESSURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROCESS ACTUALLY DOES MOVE FORWARD IN THE NEXT CYCLE.
AND I AGREE, AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, IT IS NOT MY NATURE TO BE OPTIMISTIC, AND SO I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO STEP OUTTA MY NATURE AND DO THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I HAD WHAT I WOULD CHARACTERIZE AS A POSITIVE MEETING WITH THE CFO, UH, TO RAISE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT AREAS LIKE THE AUDIT, WHERE I THINK THERE WERE SOME SEVERE PROBLEMS, UH, LAST YEAR IN, IN TERMS OF OUR ACCESS.
UM, I AM HOPEFUL AND, UH, EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE A MORE PRODUCTIVE, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME OF THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, AND I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MR. HAMER'S MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, UM, WAS ALONG THOSE SAME LINES.
SO I'M, UH, I'M, I'M HOPEFUL WE'LL MAKE GOOD PROGRESS, AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IF WE FIND THAT WE ARE NOT, THAT WE NEED TO BE QUICKER TO ACT, UH, UH, ON THAT AND, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT MOVES ALONG.
AND THEN, AND THEN SECONDLY, IF I CAN ADD A QUICK COMMENT, UH, TO MR. SULLIVAN TO ADD TO YOUR, YOUR QUESTION.
AND ROBERT, I, I FELL OFF MY CHAIR WHEN YOU SAID YOU'RE NOT THE MOST OPTIMISTIC PERSON HERE LAUGHING.
UM, HAVING SAT DOWN WITH TWO SPECIFIC SUPERINTENDENTS, HERE I AM MORE OF AN OPTIMIST.
I TRY TO SEE THE HALF FULL, UH, VERSUS HALF EMPTY, BUT I'M ALSO NOT NAIVE.
THAT BEING SAID, UH, WHEN I LEFT SUPERINTENDENT CARLO'S MEETING, WHEN WE INITIATED THE MOU, UM, I KNEW I WAS DEALING WITH A MORE, WITH A, UH, A DIFFERENT CHARACTER IN TERMS OF HIS TRAJECTORY, WHERE HIS CEILING WAS IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, POTENTIAL, UM, CAREER.
UM, I MET WITH SUPERINTENDENT SHAPE ON MONDAY, AND I SENSE THAT I'M DEALING WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S COMMITTED TO L-A-U-S-D AND HAS PROVEN IT BY HIS TENURE, UM, AND HAS PROMISED TO GET UP TO SPEED.
YOU CAN CLEARLY UNDERSTAND HE'S INHERITED A LOT, AND HE'S DEALING WITH A LOT, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE EXCUSE, THE MOU WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PRIORITIZED AFTER SOME MAJOR INCIDENT THAT WAS THE EXCUSE OF THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION.
I DO GET A SENSE, AND TIME WILL TELL, HOPEFULLY IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE WITH, UH, YOUR INVOLVEMENT AS WELL WITH, YOU KNOW, YOUR, THE WHOLE, UH, BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES, UH, PUSH HERE IS TO GET THIS MOU LOOKED AT AND STARTED ASAP, AND WE'LL MOVE IN A MORE, AS I WAS PROMISED, UM, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A MORE AGILE AND ENGAGING WAY.
THIS IS SUPERINTENDENT CHASE COMMENTS TO ME IS THAT HE WOULD BE, THEY WOULD BE ENGAGED.
I, I, PERSONALLY, I'M VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, BUT I, I GUESS MAYBE THEN THE, THE COMMITTEE COULD LOOK AT ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO KIND OF INCREASE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND AWARENESS, UH, NOT OF, OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK, NOT JUST THE MOU, BUT I, I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND, YOU KNOW, THAT MAYBE JUST SOME, THERE COULD BE SOME EFFORT MADE TO MAKE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE MORE NOTICEABLE TO THE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
AND, AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING, I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE COULD BE A LITTLE MORE OUTREACH AFTER MEETINGS, SO TO SPEAK.
I THOUGHT THOSE WERE GOOD COMMENTS AS WELL, AND THAT, THAT OPENS UP THE AGENDA.
WELL, WHAT WE PRESENTED IN ITEM THREE WAS, THIS WAS OUR BEGINNING MEETING WITH THE STAFF.
WHAT IS OUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR? WHAT DO WE WANT TO LAY OUT AS AS, AND THAT COULD
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BE ADDED TO THAT MR. SULLIVAN.I, I, FOR ONE, WOULD VERY MUCH LOVE TO SEE IT.
SO, YEAH, I JUST WANNA ECHO THAT.
I, I AGREE, AND I THINK EVEN JUST TO GET MORE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, IN THESE SEATS HERE, LISTENING TO THE ITEMS AND, AND MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS IN THE BEGINNING IF THEY HAVE THEM, AND JUST THE PUBLIC REALIZING THAT THEY HAVE A ROLE AND THAT THEY, THEY CAN, THAT THEY'RE WELCOME AND THAT THEY CAN BE HERE AND THEY CAN INFORM THEMSELVES AND BE A PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL.
WE'LL DEFINITELY OPEN ONE LAST COMMENT FROM ME, UH, ROBERT, I THOUGHT THE SPEAKER, MS. PO, I THINK IT WAS MS. PALMER, THAT TO ME IS, IS JUST, UH, A REFRESHING AND STRENGTHENING OF WHAT WE DO AS A COMMITTEE.
IF THE PUBLIC, SOME PUBLIC FIGURES, UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, WE SHOULD BUILD ON THAT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE INVITE, UM, AS WE CAN.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALL 15 PEOPLE WITH CAREERS.
THIS IS A VOLUNTARY DEAL, BUT IF WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND BE INVOLVED, THAT, THAT, THAT WAS HEARTWARMING TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME UP AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE, UM, THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION AND WE'RE DOING, WE'RE, WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO AS BEST JOB WE CAN, AND NOW WE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GIVEN US AN AVENUE TO BE EVEN MORE INVOLVED AND MAYBE EVEN DO A BETTER JOB.
I, I, I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY LEVERAGE OUR STAFF TO, TO START INQUIRING WITH MEMBERS ABOUT THE CAPACITY TO, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THEY'RE ABLE WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHEDULES TO STEP IN AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH, UH, THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS OR, OR ATTENDING MEETINGS WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, PARENT GROUPS OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, AS THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO THE BOND PROGRAM.
UM, YEAH, I, I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY SHOULD EMBARK ON THAT.
UM, NOT SEEING ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS THEN, UH, THAT BRINGS US TO ADJOURNMENT.
THANK YOU TO STAFF, TO THE DISTRICT, UH, FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN TODAY'S MEETING.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS IN THREE SHORT WEEKS ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE SUPERINTENDENT THERE.
UH, AND WITH THAT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.