[A. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.
[C. PUBLIC COMMENTS TO AGENDA ITEMS D, E AND G ONLY]
AT EACH BOARD MEETING, THE BOARD WILL SET ASIDE TIME TO AFFORD THE GENERAL PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.WE ASK THAT CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS REGARDING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS NOT BE RAISED IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM.
SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT EMPLOYEES OR FORMER EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE BOARD POLICIES.
THE BOARD REQUESTS THAT COMMENTS WHETHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BE COURTEOUS AND RESPECTFUL.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE AND THE VIEWERS THAT THE COMMENTS OF THE SPEAKERS REFLECT THEIR OWN POSITIONS OR OPINIONS.
AS A SECOND REMINDER, THE BOARD ADOPTED AN ANTIHATE RESOLUTION ON JANUARY 20TH, 2022, WHERE THE BOARD REAFFIRMED ITS COMMITMENT, TO THE WELL BEING AND SAFETY OF ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEX, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, AGE OR POLITICAL BELIEFS, AND STANDS AGAINST SPEECH THAT INCITES HATRED AND VIOLENCE TOWARDS ANY PERSON.
PLEASE NOTE WHILE THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK, [NOISE] THAT RIGHT IS NOT UNLIMITED, PER TEXAS PENAL CODE 38.13, 42.01, 42.02, 42.05, AND TEXAS EDUCATION CODE 37.105, NO AUDIENCE MEMBER OR SPEAKER WILL BE PERMITTED TO ENGAGE IN ANY CONDUCT, THAT IS DISRUPTIVE OR THREATENING TOWARD ANY SPEAKER OR OTHER PERSON, OR TO VIOLATE THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF ANOTHER PERSON.
THE BOARD SHALL NOT TOLERATE DISRUPTION OF THE MEETING BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
IF AFTER ONE INDIVIDUAL WARNING FROM THE PRESIDING OFFICER, ANY INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO DISRUPT THE MEETING BY HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTIONS, THE PRESIDING OFFICER WILL REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL REMOVED FROM THE MEETING.
THE BOARD MAY NOT DISCUSS OR ACT UPON ANY MATTER THAT IS NOT LISTED UNDER THE ACTION PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
THEREFORE, BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT DISCUSS THE COMMENTS OF SPEAKERS.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE LACK OF RESPONSE FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS DOES NOT INDICATE AN AGREEMENT OR APPROVAL OF THE COMMENTS.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
TRUSTEE HARRISON WILL BE THE DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER, AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MARK GABARB SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM G11, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT. WELCOME BACK.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
>> HOLD ON ONE SECOND. LET ME MAKE SURE THAT MIC IS RUNNING.
CAN YOU RESTART HIS TIME? LET'S SEE. GO AHEAD.
>> IS IT ON? GO AHEAD. [NOISE]
>> YES. GOOD EVENING BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO LEND MY SUPPORT TO ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE BY THE CITIZENS BOND COMMITTEE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS, AND THEY'VE COME UP WITH SOME REALLY GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER.
IN PARTICULAR, MY INTEREST, OF COURSE, IS TECHNOLOGY, AND I THINK THAT COMMITTEE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AS WELL, AND AS A REMINDER TO THE BOARD, WE ARE AN ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, WE'RE LIKE A LARGE CORPORATION, AND WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT COST FOR ALL THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEEN DEPLOYED IN OUR DISTRICT.
THEREFORE, A BOND PROGRAM IS ESSENTIAL TO CONTINUE THE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES WE HAVE IN THIS DISTRICT.
ONCE AGAIN, KUDOS TO THE CITIZENS BOND COMMITTEE, AND TO THE BOARD FOR WORKING TOWARD CALLING AN ELECTION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JILL FERRIS, SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM E1, G2, G9, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS 2024 BOND.
HPM PROVIDED A LOT OF DATA TO THE LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND THE CBC, BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE A LIST OF PROPERTIES AND/OR LAND OWNED BY THE DISTRICT AND FUTURE PLANS FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2017, ROUND ROCK ISD BOUGHT A BUILDING AT 1602 NORTH AW GRIMES.
THE BUILDING WAS WORTH $3 MILLION AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD LAND EQUIPMENT.
THE 2018 BOND ALLOCATED $8 MILLION TO REFURBISH THE BUILDING, WHICH STILL CANNOT BE USED.
THE SAME PROPERTY IS ON THE AGENDA AGAIN TONIGHT.
BEFORE YOU BUY ANOTHER BUILDING, YOU CAN'T USE LIKE THE $20 MILLION ISO A 17 CYPRESS BOULEVARD.
LET'S EVALUATE ALL THE LAND THAT YOU OWN AND SELL WHAT YOU CAN'T USE.
IN THIS ECONOMY, YOU REALLY SHOULD DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU POSSIBLY CAN TO KEEP YOUR BOND ASK AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.
I THINK IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR TRUSTEE LANDRUM TO PULL THE CEDAR RIDGE LOCKER ROOM PROJECT OFF OF THE P3 SCRAP PILE, AND MOVE IT OVER TO A BOND DISCUSSION ITEM NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE.BUT WE WOULD WE EVEN BE TALKING ABOUT THESE LOCKER ROOMS IF YOUR SON WASN'T GOING? TO BE AN INCOMING FRESHMAN FOOTBALL PLAYER AT THE SCHOOL, WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING THESE COMMITTEES DO ALL THIS WORK IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO PULL PET PROJECTS FOR YOUR KIDS SCHOOL AND DO THEM ANYWAY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER HUGE PROJECTS ON THIS LIST
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AND AS A MEMBER OF THE CBC LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT SEVERAL OF THEM.YOU WANT TO DECIMATE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT ANY STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK.
THE TIME TO ASK THE COMMUNITY ABOUT PLANS FOR ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL IS BEFORE YOU ALLOCATE MONEY TO TEAR DOWN BUILDINGS NOT AFTER.
YOU WANT TO SPEND $50 MILLION TO MAKE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL SMALLER, AND TRYING TO SELL THE BOND WITH POSSIBLY MAYBE AN AUDITORIUM OR MAYBE POSSIBLY SOMEWHERE MORE PARKING. IF ISN'T GOING TO WORK.
IF YOU WANT THIS BOND TO PASS, YOU NEED TO FIGURE THIS STUFF OUT BEFORE YOU PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
I THINK SPENDING ANY MORE MONEY ON CD FOLKS AS AN INSULT TO EVERY CHILD CURRENTLY IN AROUND RISD MIDDLE SCHOOL, THESE KIDS ARE ALREADY ATTENDING THE TAJ MAHAL OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THE AUDITORIUM CAN WAIT A LITTLE BIT.
BESIDES THE AUDITORIUM IS A HISTORICAL MARKER, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN ACTUALLY BE DONE WITH THE BUILDING BEFORE WE ALLOCATE MONEY FOR THE PROJECT.
TO BE CLEAR, I DO NOT GRADUATE STUDENTS AT CD FOLKS A THING AND I LOVE THAT THEY HAVE A CAMPUS THEY CAN BE PROUD OF.
BUT I WOULD FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER ABOUT IT IF WE HAD SOME ACTUAL DATA THAT SHOWS US THE CLEAR LINK BETWEEN RENOVATIONS, BONUS ROOMS, STUDENT SPACES, AND STUDENT OUTCOMES.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE HERE FOR.
SO THE ITEMS UP FOR DISCUSSION TONIGHT HAVE TIME "WITHOUT APPROVING SUDS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING."
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTY SLAPES, SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM D1, G1 AND G2, AND YOU DO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT.
>> YES. HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTY SLAPE.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AS A PARENT AND THE CHAPTER CHAIR FOR MOMS FOR LIBERTY.
ON BEHALF OF MANY MOMS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE VERY GLAD SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO START.
WE ARE READY FOR THE END OF SUMMER, AND WE HOPE THAT THE TEACHERS AND STAFF WILL HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR.
I AM SPEAKING TONIGHT ON ITEM D1, WHICH IS THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN G1, THE STUDENT PARENT HANDBOOK.
I DO WANT TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU FILL OUT THE ONLINE FORMS FOR REGISTERING YOUR CHILDREN USING THE SNAP CODE, THERE IS AN OPTION TO EITHER GET AN ONLINE VERSION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN HANDBOOK OR YOU CAN GET A PRINTED COPY.
MANY YEARS IN A ROW, I HAVE SELECTED THE PRINTED COPY BECAUSE I JUST LIKE TO HAVE SOMETHING ON HAND TO REFER TO, AND NOT UNTIL LAST YEAR UNTIL I HAD TO E MAIL OUR SCHOOL STAFF AT RIDGE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET A PRINTED COPY, BUT THERE REALLY IS NO CONNECT THAT I'VE NOTICED BETWEEN THAT FORM AND THE RESULTS AND PARENTS ACTUALLY GETTING A COPY.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK SYSTEMATICALLY.
ALSO, THERE IS AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART THAT THE DISTRICT PUT INSIDE OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND I BELIEVE THE HANDBOOK AS WELL.
WHEN I SAW THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT WAS VERY SMALL AND IT SHOWED THAT THERE WERE ONLY 40 OR SO PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
THEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED ONLINE, I REALIZED THAT WAS HALF MAYBE OF THE ACTUAL ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
MY SUGGESTION IS IN ORDER TO NOT BE DECEPTIVES, TO THE PARENTS THAT YOU ACTUALLY SHOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING ADMINISTRATIVE PAY AND WHO ARE IN CHARGE.
YOU CAN EITHER PUT A DISCLAIMER AT THE BOTTOM THAT THIS IS NOT THE FULL CHART OR YOU CAN PRINT THE ENTIRE THING.
THEN ALSO, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE BULLYING AND IDENTITY BASED BULLYING PORTION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT.
REMEMBER TITLE 9 WENT INTO EFFECT ON AUGUST 1ST, BUT THE STATE OF TEXAS AND MOMS FOR LIBERTY HAVE SUED THE ADMINISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
THERE'S A LIST OF ROUND ROUND ROCK ISD SCHOOLS THAT ARE TO BE EXEMPT FROM THOSE [OVERLAPPING].
>> YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK SOMEBODY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO AGENDA ITEM D1,
[D. ACTION ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION BY CONSENT]
APPROVAL OF THE 2024, 2025, STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR RAZAIS AND DR NICHOLAS TO GET US STARTED.>> >THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
AND I THINK WE HAVE DR. GERARD BYRON WILL BE HERE TO EXPLAIN TO US THE CHANGES.
>> HI. GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES.
CAN YOU MIND, NO, BOARD MEMBERS.
WHAT YOU DO SERVICE. SORRY. DR. BYRON GERARD, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.
I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SUPPORTING TEN OF OUR DEPARTMENTS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND 11 DIRECTORS, AND SO WE GET TO DO THINGS LIKE OUR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND OUR HANDBOOK.
SO THIS YEAR, OUR CODE OF CONDUCT WAS A RATHER, I WOULDN'T SAY A SIMPLE PROJECT, BUT IT WAS A BRIEFER PROCESS THAN IN SOME YEARS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LEGISLATIVE UPDATES FROM TASB.
SO OUR DEPARTMENT TOOK THAT AND WE JUST UPDATED OUR CONNECTIONS AND OUR LINKS AND OUR DATES, AND WE DID ADD IN THE IDENTITY-BASED BULLYING THAT WAS UPDATED BY THE BOARD IN MAY.
OTHER THAN THAT, THE CODE OF CONDUCT SHOULD BE A FAIRLY FAMILIAR DOCUMENT TO Y'ALL.
>> WELL, GREAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEES. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CODE OF CONDUCT?
>> WELL, MADAM PRESIDENT, I MOVE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THE BOARD APPROVED THE 2024-2025 STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AS PRESENTED.
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>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> EARLIER TODAY, I SUBMITTED SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING RECESS.
ARE THOSE CONFINED TO THE STUDENT HANDBOOK?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT DOES NOT ADDRESS RECESS, BUT OUR HANDBOOK DOES.
>> SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT THEN? CORRECT. WHY IS ONLY PART OF THE ORG CHART IN THIS CODE OF CONDUCT? WHY IS THE ENTIRE ORG CHART NOT THERE?
>> THAT WAS AN ADDITION THAT WE MADE, SO MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
WE WENT THROUGH THE CODE OF CONDUCT IN THE HANDBOOK AND TRIED TO MAKE IT MORE READER FRIENDLY AND USER FRIENDLY.
AND THE IDEA BY ADDING THAT THIS YEAR WAS JUST IN THE SCHOOLS IN INNOVATION DEPARTMENT.
THOSE PEOPLE WHO WORK PROBABLY DIRECTLY WITH CAMPUSES AND CHILDREN AND SUPPORTIVE STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY IN STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.
WE WANTED READERS, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO JUST KNOW BY NAME WHO THEY COULD CONNECT WITH.
>> YOU AGREE THIS IS NOT THE COMPLETE OR CHART, THIS IS WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS THE RELEVANT PART?
>> CORRECT. OUR INTENTION WAS PUTTING THE SCHOOL OF INNOVATION DEPARTMENT UNDER DR NICHOLAS ON HERE SO THAT PEOPLE COULD CONNECT WITH STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PEOPLE.
>> AND WHAT WAS I GOING TO SAY? BUT THIS WAS NOT IN LAST YEAR'S? CORRECT. WE ADDED THAT THIS YEAR. CORRECT.
OKAY. I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED SOME SORT OF RED LINE VERSION AHEAD OF THE MEETING SO THAT I COULD MAYBE A SHORT LIST OF WHATEVER WAS DIFFERENT BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.
THAT WOULD HAVE MADE THIS EASIER FOR ME, SO THAT'S JUST FEEDBACK FOR STAFF.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, TRUSTEES? SEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF RAISE YOUR HAND.
WAIT, I NEED TO HAVE HEY ON SCREEN SO I CAN SEE, CAN YOU TURN THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.
ALL IN FAVOR OF RAISE YOUR HAND, "ALL OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES 51." THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TRUSTEES, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD TO G SINCE
[G. DISCUSSION ITEMS (Part 1 of 2)]
IT RELATES TO THIS ITEM AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO CLOSED SESSION.WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM G1, STUDENT PARENT HANDBOOK FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS., DR. AZIZ, I'LL LET YOU START THAT ONE OFF AS WELL.
I THINK, BY THOUGHT WE HAD A BREAKS.
I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT BEFORE YOU LEFT.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE ORDER AND I WAS LIKE DID IT MAKE SENSE TO GO TO CLOSE AND THEN COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE SIMILAR RELATED ITEM.
>> APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK WE DID SEND THIS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TO TRUSTEE WESTRN POINT.
I THINK THAT EXPLAINS I THINK THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.
SO YOU HAVE THAT OUTLINE OF ANY CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, SO WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTION THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> TRUSTEES, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE WESTON.
>> YES. I SUBMITTED A QUESTION ABOUT WHY THE WORD RECESS DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE VERSION THAT WE WERE GIVEN THAT I LOOKED AT PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, AND THEN NOW I SEE WE GOT AN E MAIL A COUPLE OF MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS, SAYING THAT THERE'S AN UPDATE, SO POINTING US TO PAGE 88 WHERE RECESS IS MENTIONED.
CAN I GET SOME CLARITY ON WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE I START MY QUESTIONS, PLEASE?
>> SURE. ABSOLUTELY. THAT WAS A GOOD CATCH.
WE TOOK THE TASB TEMPLATE, AND ANGIE AND I WORKED IT OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, WE TOOK THE TASB TEMPLATE, AND WE SEND THAT TEMPLATE OUT TO OUR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS GETTING FEEDBACK.
AND WHEN WE DEVELOPED THIS YEAR'S 24/25, WE MISSED ADDING ROUND ROCK ISD LANGUAGE ABOUT RECESS, SO, HEN YOU POINTED THAT OUT IN THE FEEDBACK, WE WENT BACK AND FOUND THAT LANGUAGE ABOUT RECESS FROM LAST YEAR'S HANDBOOK, INSERTED IT IN THIS YEAR'S HANDBOOK.
WE HAVEN'T SENT IT TO PRINT YET, BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR BOARD MEETING TONIGHT.
WE TEED THAT UP FOR TONIGHT AND AFTER THE BOARD MEETING, WE'LL SEND IT TO PRINT AND PUBLICATION WITH THAT LANGUAGE AS IT WAS LAST YEAR.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I SEE THIS AS A DISCUSSION ITEM. ARE WE VOTING ON THIS?
>> THE BOARD DOES NOT EVER APPROVE THE STUDENT PARENT CODE OF CONDUCT. IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION.
>> MAY I JUST ASK A QUESTION ABOUT RECESS?
>> SURE. AS LONG AS IT RELATES TO THE STUDENT PARENTS? RIGHT. SO SINCE IT WAS NOT PRESUMABLY, IT'S STILL NOT ON THE WEBSITE, THE UPDATED VERSION, WOULD IT BE OKAY IF OUR PRESENTER JUST GAVE A 32ND OR ONE MINUTE EXPLANATION OF WHAT OUR PARENTS CAN EXPECT WITH REGARD TO RECESS?
IT'S NOT ON OUR WEBSITE INTENTIONALLY, BUT IT WILL BE TOMORROW MORNING.
>> YOU WAIT UNTIL THE BOARD REVIEWS IT BEFORE YOU POST? CORRECT.
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>> AND JUST SO WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS.
THE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE HANDBOOK IS READY AND AVAILABLE BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, AND IT WILL BE.
SO THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU ARE POINTING OUT TODAY ABOUT RECESS, INSERTED INTO TASBS LANGUAGE FOR ROUND ROCK THAT WAS MISSING IN THE FIRST DRAFT SAYS, BEYOND THE STATE REQUIREMENT, A MINIMUM OF 20 MINUTES DAILY, A 20 MINUTE DAILY RECESS SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN EACH ROUND ROCK ISD SCHOOLS MASTER SCHEDULE FOR GRADES K THROUGH FIVE.
A MASTER SCHEDULES ARE ALTERED AS MASTER SCHEDULES ARE ALTERED DUE TO CAMPUS EVENTS SUCH AS EARLY RELEASE, SCHOOL PROGRAMS, GUEST SPEAKERS, ETC.
CAMPUS PRINCIPALS MAY ALTER, SHORTEN OR SHORTEN THE RECESS TIME AS NEEDED.
LIMITING RECESS TIME AS A BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT TOOL SHOULD ONLY BE CONSIDERED AFTER OTHER ALTERNATIVES, RECESS MAY BE LIMITED OR TAKEN AWAY AS A NATURAL CONSEQUENCE IF A CHILD'S BEHAVIOR DURING RECESS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE OR IN RESPONSE TO UNSAFE, VIOLENT OR BULLYING BEHAVIOR.
PARAMETERS MUST BE IN PLACE FOR STUDY HALL DURING RECESS, SO THAT STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DAILY.
STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE MISSING RECESS FOR TUTORIALS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THAT'S THE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENT IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT, SIR. THANK YOU.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW RECESS IS THE BEST PART OF SCHOOL, SO THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS, TRUSTEES? I SEE MAN, NOW I THINK WE'RE FINISHED FOR NOW, DR. GERARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CLOSE SESSION,
[E. CLOSED SESSION (The Board reserves the right to enter into closed session on any agenda item as permitted by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Section 551.071 et seq.)]
BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CLOSE SESSION IN THE BACK SINCE WE HAVE A TRUSTEE THAT'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY, SO YOU GUYS CAN STAY PUT FOR TONIGHT, BUT AGENDA ITEM E1, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072, THE BOARD WILL JUST MEET TO DISCUSS AND DELIBERATE ON THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY, AND PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, THE BOARD MAY SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING THE PROPOSED CONVEYANCE SALE OF LAND.IT IS 547, AND WE ARE ENTERING CLOSED SESSION.
[F. CALL BACK TO ORDER/EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTIONS]
>> THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING A PROPERTY PURCHASE.
AGAIN, DUE TO LEGAL REASONS, I HAVE TO BE SOMEWHAT OBTUSE, BUT WE ARE CONSIDERING A PURCHASE THAT WILL SOLVE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE PRESENTED FROM THE CBC.
I THINK THE BIGGEST RELIEF THAT THIS WOULD OFFER WOULD BE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL AND IN ITS RENOVATION, IF THE BOND MOVES FORWARD AND DOES PASS, WOULD SOLVE SOME RENOVATION ISSUES.
THE STUDENTS WOULD NOT BE AS DISPERSED AS MUCH, WOULD SOLVE MODULAR BUILDINGS FOR THOSE STUDENTS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ALSO SOLVE SOME ROBOTICS ISSUES, WHICH IS SUCH AN UP AND COMING THING IN OUR DISTRICT.
THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD USE THIS PURCHASE FOR AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS WELL.
BUT THIS MOTION THAT WAS JUST MADE JUST ALLOWS US TO PROCEED WITH A LETTER OF INTENT TO SEE THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS BOND PROCESS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF IT, IT'S JUST EXPLORE NEXT STEPS.
WE'LL ALLOW TRUSTEES OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE COMMENT IN THE MOTION, AND THEN WE'LL VOTE. TRUSTEE WESTON.
>> I'LL DEFER IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO FIRST.
I WISH THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE PRICE, I WISH WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE LOCATION, I WISH WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFICS, BUT WE CAN'T.
TRUSTEE LAMBERT, DID YOU TOUCH ON THE UPSIDES?
>> I SAID THAT WOULD RESOLVE A LOT OF THE ISSUES WITH THE RENOVATION OF ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL WOULD PROBABLY RESULT IN THE DEMOLITION OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, GET THAT TRAFFIC OFF OF THE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY.
WOULD ALSO ALLEVIATE SOME DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ISSUE.
WOULD GIVE A PROPER HOME FOR OUR STUDENTS AND TRANSITIONS, OUR FIT PROGRAM, OR 18 PLUS PROGRAM.
DEFINITELY AN EXPANSION OF CTE PROGRAMMING, A VAST EXPANSION FOR CTE PROGRAMMING, AND WESTWOOD ROBOTICS AND ROBOTICS EXPANSION FOR THE DISTRICT IN GENERAL.
>> BUT WE JUST CAN'T GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF LOCATION AND PRICE.
>> I THINK THAT THE UPSIDES TO THIS, EVERYTHING IN LIFE HAS AN UPSIDE AND THERE ARE DOWNSIDES, NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REAL ESTATE.
I THINK THE UPSIDES ARE CLEAR, BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE DOWNSIDES AND I THINK THAT LEADERS ARE CHARGED
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WITH REALLY LEANING INTO THOSE DOWNSIDES AND EXAMINING IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY, WHICH IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TAXPAYERS.I DON'T FAVOR THIS BECAUSE I CAN READ A NEWSPAPER AND I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY.
I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE NUMBER THAT'S BEING FLOATED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THIS BUILDING AND THE PERCEPTIONS THAT SOME MAY HAVE EVEN WHEN THEY SEE IT.
FOR THOSE REASONS, I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS, BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT SOLVES SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, BUT I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A PROCESS WHERE THE BOARD GIVES PARAMETERS OF DESIRED REAL ESTATE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND THEN THE SUPERINTENDENT WORKS WITH THE REALTOR AND THEN PRESENTS US WITH SOME OPTIONS.
I'M NOT REALLY FOND OF HOW THIS PLAYED OUT.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY NO VOTE.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, TRUSTEES? SEE NO OTHER LIGHTS ON, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 5:1.
THAT TAKES US NOW TO AGENDA ITEM G2.
[G. DISCUSSION ITEMS (Part 2 of 2)]
BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS, TRUSTEES, I WENT BACK AND REVIEWED THE LAST MEETING.THERE WERE STILL A FEW THINGS THAT WE LEFT UP IN THE AIR, AND SO WE CAN HAVE SHORT CONVERSATIONS, LONG CONVERSATIONS, WHATEVER ON THESE AGENDA ITEMS, AND THEN AS YOU SEE, ITEM G11 WILL BE FINAL PROJECT LIST AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE MEAT ABOUT MAKING SOME REAL DECISIONS ON WHAT WE WANT MOVING FORWARD.
WE'LL START WITH ITEM G2 AND CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL LOCKER ROOM MODULAR BUILDING.
I THINK WE WERE WAITING ON PRICING FOR THAT LAST TIME, AND I THINK THAT CAME IN AT FOUR MILLION FOR THAT LOCKER ROOM?
>> I THINK THAT'S THE ESTIMATION, AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE COACH.
>> AGAIN, THERE WAS AN ILLUSION THAT THIS COULD POSSIBLY BENEFIT MY OWN CHILD.
MY CHILD WILL NEVER PLAY VARSITY FOOTBALL.
THIS CAME FROM A PROJECT THAT WAS STARTED IN 2016, COMMITMENT TO THAT COMMUNITY.
I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T COME OUT OF THIN AIR, SOMEBODY HAD SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT IT.
I AM UP TO THE WILL OF THE BOARD ON THIS PROJECT, BUT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR ASSAYE IS TO GET ANY MORE DETAILS AND WE MOVE FORWARD ON DECISION.
>> THANK YOU. PRESIDENT ANDERMATH.
I THINK YOU REMEMBER THAT LAST WEEK, WE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY THE FEASIBILITY ALSO HOW MUCH WILL COST.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ADDING I THINK 24 CLASSROOMS AT CEDAR RIDGE SO A LOT OF THE PORTABLES ON THE BACK WOULD BE EVENTUALLY REMOVED.
THAT WILL GIVE US ENOUGH SPACE, I GUESS TO BUILD ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR THE LOCKER ROOM.
I DON'T KNOW, COACH OR BYRON, IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE, PRETTY MUCH WE PRICED THAT FOUR MILLION.
AGAIN, IT'S A PROJECTED NUMBER.
>> ANY TRUSTEES, THEIR THOUGHTS ON THIS ITEM, MOVE IT DOWN, KEEP IT UP, GO ON TRUSTEE WEA.
>> I ACTUALLY AM NOT IN FAVOR OF ADDING THIS ONTO THE BOND.
AS I MAY HAVE MADE CLEAR LAST WEEK.
I WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF ADDING A WHOLE LOT MORE.
SINCE IT WASN'T ASKED FOR BY THE COMMUNITY AND IT WASN'T RECOMMENDED BY THE CBC, I WOULD JUST STICK WITH WHAT THEY BROUGHT TO US.
>> THAT'S NOT A MOTION, SO YOU CAN'T SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> THIS IS JUST SORRY, I DIDN'T DERMAL.
>> THIS IS JUST IN REFERENCE TO THE LOCKER ROOM, WEREN'T THERE CLASSROOM EXPANSIONS.
>> NO THAT WAS TAKEN OFF AT THE LAST MEETING.
JUST LOOKING AT THE LOCKER ROOM EXPANSION.
>> PERFECT. JUST TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF IT ALL.
THIS WASN'T ASKED FOR BY THE COMMUNITY AND IT WASN'T A CBC RECOMMENDATION.
NOT SAYING IT'S NOT NECESSARY AND I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE P2P3 LIST TO MAKE SURE THE NEXT TIME WE CALL A BOND THAT THOSE ITEMS ARE ON THERE.
>> IT'S GOOD TO ME. WE HAVE ENOUGH CONSENSUS ON IT, TRUSTEE HARRISON, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS?
>> THEN WE ARE MOVING ON. THAT WAS QUICK.
DEER PARK DANCE EDITION, ITEM G3. [NOISE]
>> IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AGAIN, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT ANDERMATH I THINK IT WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE PRICING ON THE PREVIOUS PROJECT.
I KNOW WE HAD TO GO BACK AND RUN SOME NUMBERS, AND WE'RE LUCKY HERE TO HAVE YEAGER WITH US TO GIVE US MORE DETAILS ABOUT IT.
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AGAIN, AS ALWAYS, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT THESE TRUSTEES HAVE ASKED AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS MATERIAL.WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON DANCE ROOM SPACES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, THE NUMBER OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, THEY'RE CURRENTLY USING PORTABLES, NOT PORTABLES, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM, AND THE ENROLLMENT AT THAT CAMPUS.
THOSE HAVE BEEN CORRECT, THAT'S BEEN ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA.
THOSE ANSWERS ARE ON THIS AGENDA.
I THINK WE WERE LOOKING AT PRICING, BUT WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT DANCE ROOMS, WHAT THE CAPABILITY WAS.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT, TRUSTEES, WHAT ARE OUR THOUGHTS ON THE DEER PARK DANCE ADDITION?
>> I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH I KNOW THAT WE HAD AN EXPLANATION OF YOUR ROLLOUT THAT I THINK MAYBE YOU GAVE US.
YEAGER, DID YOU AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE IT, BUT IF YOU CAN MAYBE JUST GO OVER THAT HOW PEARSON, CD FOLKS.
MAYBE IT WASN'T, DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER WHICH SET OF QUESTIONS THAT WAS FROM? HOLD ON.
I THOUGHT I HAD IT PRINTED OUT, I DID NOT PRINT OUT THAT PARTICULAR, HOLD ON.
IF MAYBE YOU CAN GET IT QUICKER THAN I CAN, MR. LOYD, BUT THERE WAS THE WHOLE EXPLANATION OF CAMPUSES ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
I THOUGHT YOU SAID IN THAT AND I'M NOT SURE WHO WROTE IT.
I DON'T MEAN TO PUT IT ON YOU IF YOU WROTE THAT.
BUT I BELIEVE CEDAR VALLEY WAS THE HIGHEST NEED ACCORDING TO THAT DOCUMENT.
>> THE RECOMMENDATION ACTUALLY BEGINS WITH HOPEWELL AND THEN CEDAR VALLEY AND DEER PARK.
>> THE TOP THREE IN TERMS OF WHO NEEDED DANCE ROOM ADDITIONS WERE CEDAR VALLEY, HOPEWELL, AND DEER PARK?
>> YES. THE RECOMMENDATION IS HOPEWELL, CEDAR VALLEY AND DEER PARK.
>> DOES THAT HELP YOU? TRUSTEE WEA?
>> IT DOES. I WAS TRYING TO SEE, I'M LOOKING AT 4A BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PATTY JUST SAID IT WAS.
BUT I THOUGHT WE HAD A LIST THAT SPECIFICALLY SAID WHAT I CAN'T FIND IS THE ONE THAT SAYS HOW MUCH EACH SCHOOL HAS.
BECAUSE WE ALSO GOT AN EMAIL FROM ONE OF THE CBC MEMBERS TALKING ABOUT DEER PARK.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LINK IN ONE OF THE QUESTION AND ANSWERS AND I DIDN'T PRINT IT OUT EITHER, WHICH I NORMALLY DO AND HAD WRITTEN DOWN MY QUESTIONS.
BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION OR MY THOUGHT IS ON THIS ONE, IT IS A TITLE 1 SCHOOL.
IT DOES, AS THE E MAIL SAID, NORMALLY GET LEFT OFF.
I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF GOING WITH WHAT THE CBC SAID IF IT'S WHAT OUR SPECS ARE, AND TWO OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ALREADY HAVE THEM AND IF THE ROLLOUT IS TO BE ADDING THIS, I THINK YOUR QUESTION LAST TIME WAS WHY DEER PARK AND THE CBC WAS THE ONE WHO MADE THAT DECISION.
IF WE ARE ROLLING THIS OUT AS A NEW STANDARD, I WOULD GO WITH WHAT THE CBC SAID, THOUGH I CAN'T FIND IT NOW.
I THINK THE PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
IF I AM CORRECT, THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN BROUGHT DOWN, AT LEAST $2 MILLION?
>> I DON'T KNOW YET. COULD YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT THAT, YEAGER WHAT YOU DONE TWO?
>>YES. THE HPM ESTIMATE INCLUDED TWO DANCE SPACES AND THERE'S ONE STAFF MEMBER THERE.
THE REDUCTION IS SIMPLE TO JUST ONE STUDIO AS OPPOSED TO TWO.
>> THANK YOU VERY. I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CBC.
I THINK THAT EQUITY IS NOT EVERYONE GETTING THE SAME THING AND DEER PARK HAS THIS NEED.
AS LONG AS AND I THINK SOMETHING WE'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY IN THIS BOND PROCESS IS HOPING THAT WE CAN CARRY OVER P2 AND P3 PRIORITIES SO THAT WHEN WE ROLL OUT AND DO THIS AGAIN IN A FEW YEARS, WHEN WE NEED MORE UPDATES, THE COMMUNITY ALREADY KNOWS AND HAS THE EXPECTATION OF WHAT'S COMING NEXT.
I THINK THAT THAT'S FAIR, I THINK THAT'S A WAY TO HONOR THE VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY, HONOR OUR STUDENTS.
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I AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOR AND WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND I'M READY TO MOVE FORWARD ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THIS.>> AGAIN, I WOULD PREFER A DIFFERENT PROCESS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR DEER PARK AND HOPEWELL AND CEDAR VALLEY TO HAVE THESE DANCE SPACES, I'M NOT AGAINST THAT.
I'M NOT REALLY AGAINST ANY BOND PROJECT, BUT I'D PREFER IS FOR US AS A BOARD TO DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO THE VOTERS FOR.
THEN TO RACK AND STACK ALL OF THE NEEDS AND THE WANTS.
I GUESS THE NEEDS WOULD BE FIRST AND THE WANTS WOULD COME AFTER THAT.
LIST THEM FIRST TO LAST AND THEN WE DRAW A CUT LINE BASED ON WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO ASK THE VOTERS TO CONSIDER.
I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE, I THINK THAT GUIDES THE PROCESS BETTER.
IF YOU'RE ASKING ME IF I OPPOSE A DANCE ADDITION, THE ANSWER IS NO.
I THINK THE QUESTION IS, WHERE DOES IT FALL IN THE LIST OF ALL OF THE NEEDS AND THE WANTS.
>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FROM MY COLLEAGUES WHO DO SUPPORT KEEPING THIS IN THE BOND.
ARE YOU SUPPORTING ONE DANCE STUDIO OR THE FULL ASPECTS?
>> AFTER HEARING FROM ADMIN, THEY HAVE THE ALLOCATION FOR ONE, SO THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS ON THE SAME PAGE.
I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF AFTER LOOKING THROUGH THOSE ED SPECS AGAIN, I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING WHAT WE'VE AGREED IS WHAT THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOL SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING US THE PRICE, HPM ISN'T HERE.
THANK YOU FOR GETTING US THE PRICE ON THE ONE STUDIO.
>> I THINK I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON WHAT THE NEW PRICE IS. I'M SORRY.
I CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE, I MIGHT BE MY OLD EYES. I'M NOT SURE OF THAT QUESTION.
>> YOU SHOULD LOOK AT YOUR LIST, YOUR CONSOLIDATED PROJECT LIST THAT WE RECEIVED.
YOU CAN FIND THE NEW PRICE ON LINE ITEM 28, AND IT'S DROPPED ROUGHLY $2 MILLION FROM OUR PRINTED COPIES AND WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING LAST TIME.
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE HARRIS AND I SEE IT NOW.
>> NOW THAT EVERYBODY'S [OVERLAPPING] GO AHEAD, I'M SORRY.
>> I'M SORRY, COMMENT REAL QUICKLY.
I'M DEFINITELY FOR IT FOR THE ONE ROOM.
I THINK DEER PARK NEEDS IT, I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE COME TO US AND ASKED FOR IT IF THEY DIDN'T.
THE CBC, THAT IS AND SO, I'M ALL FOR IT.
>> I DID FIND THE DANCE SUMMARY.
SORRY, I TOOK ME A MINUTE. TRUSTEES, IF YOU'RE LOOKING, IT'S IN AN E MAIL FROM AUGUST 3RD.
IN THE RECOMMENDATION, IT SAYS, HOPEWELL, IT SAYS ON CBC P1 LIST.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BECAUSE I THOUGHT ALL P1 LIST MADE IT INTO THE 1.17 BILLION, BUT HOPEWELL DID NOT GET A DANCE ROOM ADDITION AS A P1. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR OUR CBC FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID.
WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE BOARD ASKED US TO DO IS THEN GO THROUGH AND AS A DISTRICT, OVERLAY OUR FILTER BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING OVER ACTUALLY WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID GO BACK AND DISCUSS, YOU ASKED US TO GO THROUGH AND SAY, WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR ALL OF YOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING? BASED ON THAT STANDARD AND LOOKING AT ALL THE SCHOOLS, WE DID DECIDE TO GO BACK AND ADD HOPEWELL TO THAT LIST.
IT WAS NOT INITIALLY, BUT WE DID GO BACK AND DECIDE THAT BASED ON THEIR PROGRAMMING, THAT THEY MADE THE CUT, AND THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE SHOULD PUT SOME ATTENTION TO.
WITHIN THE NEW LIST THAT YOU HAVE, WE DID PUT MONEY TOWARDS HOPEWELL'S DANCE.
>> THE TOTAL THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE INCLUDES A HOPEWELL DANCE ROOM?
>> IT INCLUDES A CEDAR VALLEY DANCE ROOM? BECAUSE THAT SAYS IT'S ALSO A51.
>> YES, CEDAR VALLEY, BUT SPECIFICALLY, THE CBC HAD RECOMMENDED A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO FIX THE FLOORING, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE IN HERE RIGHT NOW, BUT NOT TO ADD AN ADDITION.
>> THE ADDITIONS ARE JUST AT HOPEWELL AND DEER PARK FOR ADDITION?
>> I DON'T KNOW, TRUSTEES, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT ADDITION.
WE HADN'T TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE IN A MEETING, AND I'M IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH BOTH OF THOSE SPACES, DEER PARK AND HOPEWELL.
I THINK THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS, AND I THINK IT SHOWS A LOT TO OUR COMMITMENT TO THE FULL DISTRICT TO
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HAVE A SPACE ON EACH SIDE OF THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDE OF OUR DISTRICT, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF PEOPLE SEE AS A DIVIDING LINE, AND I HATE THAT.BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR A COMMITMENT TO BOTH SIDES OF OUR DISTRICT.
IF WE DON'T WANT TO HONOR THE NEW PRICE THAT HAS HOPEWELL IN IT, WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT TO REMOVE IT.
BUT I'M IN FAVOR OF THE SMALLER DANCE SPACE AT DEER PARK AND I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF A DANCE SPACE AT HOPEWELL. TRUSTEE WEIR.
>> I SEE THAT HOPEWELL HAS FINE ARTS DANCE ROOM IMPROVEMENTS, BUT ONLY 247,000.
>> IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ADDITION, RIGHT?
>> WAS THERE A NEW SPREADSHEET THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET BECAUSE IT'S NOT ON MY SPREADSHEET THAT I HAVE?
>> IS IT IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER IN G11?
>> MAYBE DR. AZIZA, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN LISTENING TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID.
WE WENT THROUGH AGAIN AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS YES AND NO, BASED ON WHAT THE CBC RECOMMENDED AND THE WHY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH KNOW THEN, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE APPLYING COST SAVINGS AND REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN REGARDS TO THE DANCE SPACE, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND? YOU ASKED ABOUT EQUITY BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS.
IN REGARDS TO HOPEWELL, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND IS, THERE ARE DANCE PORTABLES.
AND SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, EVEN THOUGH ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD LIKE, AND YOU RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION IS TO HAVE ALL DANCE SPACE INSIDE, THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS WHERE THEY DO HAVE A PORTABLE THAT IS A SPECIFICALLY PORTABLE CONSTRUCTED FOR DANCE.
HOPEWELL DOES NOT EVEN HAVE THAT.
WHAT WE FOUND WITH THESE TWO SPACES IS TO EVEN BRING THEM UP TO A CERTAIN LEVEL, THEY WOULD NEED THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SPOKE ABOUT WAS THAT IDEA OF EQUITY.
THAT WAS HOW WE WENT THROUGH AND ESTABLISHED THE STANDARDS.
HOW SHOULD WE LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT SPACES AND WHO IS EVEN OUTSIDE OF WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS? SO THE TWO SCHOOLS THAT WE RECOMMENDED ARE EVEN OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF EVEN HAVING A DANCE PORTABLE THAT IS TRULY A DANCE PORTABLE BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
THIS ALLOWS THEM TO COME UP TO LEVEL WITH THE REST OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
>> WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE RIGHT NOW IS DON'T GET TOO CAUGHT UP ON PRICING, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT WHEN WE GET TO G11.
WE'RE JUST REALLY LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.
THEN EVEN SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE MAY APPROVE LIKE WE ARE IN FAVOR OF, WE MAY END UP SAYING WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH A BOND THAT BIG.
>> CAN I ASK THAT WE JUST SKIP TO G11 THEN? AND EVEN IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT G4, 5, OR 6, WE'RE USING THE G11 DATA BECAUSE I'VE NOT SEEN ANY OF THIS.
WE GOT A SPREADSHEET YESTERDAY THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A WHILE, AND THAT'S THE ONE I WAS LOOKING AT.
NOW, THERE'S APPARENTLY ANOTHER SPREADSHEET.
>> THERE'S SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ADMINISTRATION COULD POSSIBLY MAKE.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THESE PROJECTS TO AT LEAST GET OUR OPINIONS ON IT BEFORE WE START GOING THROUGH AND LOOKING AT FINALS AND TOTALS.
I THINK WE CAN GO THROUGH THEM RATHER QUICKLY, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO G11. TRUSTEE MARKUM.
>> CAN I JUST ASK THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE HOPEWELL? I SEE IT IN THIS INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVED AS A SUMMARY, BUT NOT WITH THE NUMBER OR THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THESE BEFORE WE GET TO G11, CAN WE HOLD THOSE UNTIL WE GET TO G11 AND WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND JUST GO ON WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA?
>> I JUST REALLY AM GOING TO REITERATE AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO GO OUT OF ORDER.
I TOO WOULD LIKE TO JUST GO TO G11 AND THEN BRING THESE BACK IN BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT UPDATED INFORMATION TOO, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
>> G11, THAT'S GOING TO BE AFTER WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS TO GET ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PRICING AT DEER PARK.
I THINK IF WE GO THROUGH THESE OTHER ITEMS, I THINK IT WILL MAKE SENSE IF YOU HANG WITH ME.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM QUICKLY, AND THEN WE CAN START LOOKING AT PROS AND CONS. I PROMISE.
I THINK IT WILL MAKE SENSE THE WAY WE STRUCTURED THIS OUT.
SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON A DEER PARK DANCE ADDITION, THE SMALLER SUITE.
WE'LL MOVE ON AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ITEM G4.
AT THE LAST MEETING, IT SOUNDED MOST PEOPLE HAD
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SOME HESITANCE ABOUT THE DEER PARK BRIDGE, EXCEPT FOR TRUSTEE HARRISON, SHE WANTED TO TAKE A TOUR.TRUSTEE HARRISON, I'LL LET YOU START.
>> I WENT AND LOOKED AT IT. MY QUESTION REMAINS, IT SEEMS LIKE INITIALLY, THIS CAME IN AT A $700,000 PRICE POINT AND NOW IT'S AT $15 MILLION.
I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF THAT BEING A SANCTIONED WALKWAY.
IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S TOO MANY DANGEROUS ASPECTS TO IT, AND IT WAS QUITE SCARY.
BUT THE LAST QUESTION I WANT TO ASK IS, IS THERE ANYTHING BETWEEN $700,000 AND $15 MILLION? IS THERE ANY OTHER POSSIBILITY OTHER THAN $15 MILLION FOR A POTENTIAL PEDESTRIAN PAVING?
THE REASON BEING IS, FOR ONE, WHEN WE MAKE THE CAMPUS SECURE, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A GATE AT ANY PATHWAY THAT WE ALL FIND THAT STUDENTS WOULD WALK TO GET ONTO CAMPUS.
IT'S GOING TO BECOME A QUESTION OF CONVENIENCE VERSUS SAFETY.
IF YOU LOOK AROUND TO ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES, THERE'S LOTS OF WALKWAYS THAT STUDENTS HAS MADE BECAUSE WE DON'T PICK UP WITHIN TWO MILES.
WHEN WE REALLY GET TO THE HB3 REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE OUR CAMPUSES SECURE, YOU ALL PROBABLY GET A LOT OF EMAILS WHERE THOSE PATHWAYS ARE NOW CLOSED OFF.
THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THIS PATHWAY, FIRST THAT IT CAN BE USED WHEN WE FENCE IT IN IS THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT A GATE THAT SOMEONE'S GOT A MAN.
SECOND, THE COST TO DO THAT, THERE'S NOT ANOTHER WAY BECAUSE OF THE ADA REQUIREMENTS TO GET ACROSS THAT RAVINE.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS AT THIS TIME.
IT DOES FEEL LIKE IT'S A REQUEST THAT KEEPS COMING BACK FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I WONDER IF WE CAN MOVE IT TO P2 OR P3 AND SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER SOLUTION IN THE FUTURE.
JUST THAT AT $15 MILLION PRICE POINT, I DON'T THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE A SANCTIONED WALKWAY.
I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT OVERALL SAFETY.
>> I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CREATING ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE BY TRYING TO SOLVE A SAFETY ISSUE AND $15 MILLION TO CREATE AN UNSANCTIONED ROUTE TO SCHOOL TO ME DOESN'T SEEM LOGICAL.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION, AT OUR LAST MEETING AND IT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN ON THIS PROJECT, I'M TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING STRAIGHT, BUT DID YOU SAY THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SUBMIT FOR THE HAZARDOUS TRANSPORTATION, LIKE CREATE A BUS ROUTE FOR THIS PARTICULAR?
>> NO, THAT AREA IS NOT DEEMED A HAZARDOUS WALKWAY.
>> OKAY. SO THAT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR A SEPARATE PROJECT.
I'D BE IN FAVOR OF MOVING IT TO P2 OR P3 JUST TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION OPEN FOR LATER IF THERE'S ANOTHER SOLUTION, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE CREATING POTENTIALLY AN EVEN GREATER SAFETY ISSUE.
>> HI THERE. I ALSO AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THE $15 MILLION BRIDGE.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF MOVING IT TO A P2 OR P3 SO THAT WE SEND A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YES, WE DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD HELP.
IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE NOT REALLY ALLOWED TO DO IT.
IT MIGHT GET US IN TROUBLE DOWN THE WAY, AND WE MIGHT HAVING TO TEAR THE BRIDGE UP IN ANYWAY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH SAFETY STANDARDS FOR HB3 OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES UP.
I WOULD SAY MOVE IT TO P2 OR 3.
>> OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE A CONSENSUS ON THAT ONE, SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
NEXT IS MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL DANCE CLASSROOM, AND REALLY IT'S THE WALKWAY TO GET FROM THE LOCKER ROOMS TO THEIR DANCE SUITE.
I THINK WE HAD ASKED FOR PERHAPS SOME UPDATED PRICING FOR HPM, WHOEVER, TO LOOK AT PAST PLANS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT THAT COST.
WHERE DO WE STAND ON THAT ONE?
>> IF YOU DON'T MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF.
>> THIS IS MELANIE CAMERON, AND DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DISTRICT.
I'M SPEAKING FOR HPM IN THE MOMENT, BUT THEY DID INVESTIGATE MORE WITH THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD, AND THEY FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THE MCNEIL PHASE 3A PROJECT COULD ABSORB THAT COST INTO IT DUE TO THE EFFICIENCIES OF DESIGN WORK HAPPENING FOR THE ENTIRE MASTER PLAN, EFFICIENCIES OF HAVING THAT CONTRACTOR ON SITE WITH ALL OF THE SUBCONTRACTORS, JUST BEING ABLE TO ADD THAT SCOPE IN TO THE MASTER PLAN PHASE 3A.
>> I'D LIKE YOU TO GIVE MORE ADVICE ON MORE PROJECTS LIKE THAT THAT CAN JUST BE ABSORBED.
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WE CAN STILL DO IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE COST.YOU'RE MY FAVORITE TONIGHT SO FAR. TRUSTEE WESTON.
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? MADAM CHAIR, WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY?
>> SHE MEANS THAT THE COST THAT IS ALREADY IN THE PROPOSED PROJECT LIST FOR MCNEIL PHASE 3, I THINK IT'S 60 MILLION, 55 MILLION, I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
>> FIFTY MILLION, THAT DUE TO THE FACT THE CONTRACTOR WOULD BE ALREADY ON SITE, THEY COULD ABSORB THE COST OF CREATING THAT DOOR, WHICH REMEMBER WAS JUST AN ESTIMATE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO WHILE THEY'RE DOING THE MCNEIL 3A PROJECT WORK.
THEY WERE ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED IN ISOLATION, BUT NOW GOING BACK, HPM FEELS THAT THAT 50 MILLION COULD NOW INCLUDE A DOOR FOR THE DANCE CLASSROOM.
TRUSTEE WEIR, YOUR LIGHT IS ON? DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>> NO. MELANIE IS MY FAVORITE TOO.
>> RIGHT NOW, IT COULD CHANGE.
G6, DRAGON FOOTBALL STADIUM AND ADDITIONAL ATHLETIC STADIUM.
AS A REMINDER, TRUSTEES, I THINK LAST TIME, THERE SEEMED TO BE A GENERAL CONSENSUS TO ME THAT WE WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF REBRANDING AND TAKING AWAY THE NAME OF DRAGON STADIUM.
WE HAD ASKED FOR MAYBE NOT A DIFFERENT, BUT ANOTHER ANALYSIS OF A STANDALONE PROJECT.
IF THAT 60 MILLION WAS GOING TO BE ACCURATE, IF THERE WAS A WAY TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT IT LOWER, TO LOOK AT WHAT THE $10 MILLION, IF WE ALLOCATED IT TOWARDS DRAGON STADIUM, WHAT THAT WOULD COVER, AND WHAT SOLUTIONS DOES THIS SOLVE IN OUR DISTRICT? THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT IN THAT PROJECT.
TRUSTEE HARRISON HAS HER LIGHT ON, SO I'LL LET HER START.
>> WELL, I'D LOVE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES TO THOSE QUESTIONS IF WE COULD VOICE OVER THOSE FIRST, MADAM CHAIR.
>> SURE. DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT, DR. [INAUDIBLE]?
>> YES, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES.
ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, BUT THE PROPOSED COST FOR THE STADIUM WAS AT $60 MILLION.
I THINK YOU HAD ASKED US TO GO BACK AND CHECK, AND WE WORKED WITH HPM SCOTT, AND THE TEAM.
THEY WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL FOR THE STADIUM AND STILL BE A STADIUM THAT WE CAN USE AS A COMPETITION STADIUM.
THE COST WENT DOWN FROM $60 MILLION TO $50 MILLION BY USING DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE'LL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE STADIUM AT LENDER AND ALSO BE SIMILAR TO THE STADIUM AT, MAINER BUT WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN OUR OWN STADIUM, KELLY REEVES.
>> BUT NOT BE A CONCRETE STADIUM?
>> NO, IT WON'T BE A CONCRETE LIKE KELLY.
>> THE GOOD NEWS IS ALSO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DISTRICT TRACK FOR COMPETITION TOO, SO WE CAN ALSO HOST TRACK COMPETITIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF COACH WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT, SO THAT'S ONE.
THEN IN THAT CASE ALSO, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE THE COST.
I THINK THERE WAS $30 MILLION PROPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF DRAGON STADIUM TO MAKE IT ADA AND ALSO COMPETITIVE STADIUM.
ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING ADA.
NOW IF THE BOARD WANTS TO GO AND BUILD ANOTHER STATEMENT ON THE EAST SIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEN INSTEAD OF $30 MILLION, WE'LL GO DOWN TO $20 MILLION, BUT WILL MAKE THE STADIUM ALSO ADA.
I DON'T KNOW, COACH, IF YOU WANT TO TALK SOME MORE ABOUT IT.
>> COACH, I HAVE SOME LEADING QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO NOW THAT I'VE HEARD A LITTLE UPDATE.
IT IS VALUED TO ME THAT ANY NEW THING THAT WE TOUCH, WE DO MAKE ADA COMPLIANCE.
THAT $10 MILLION DROP STILL ADA COMPLIANT BROUGHT UP TO SPEED, IS WHAT YOU SAID?
>> YES. COACH, I KNOW YOU'RE THE EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO THE ATHLETIC STUFF, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS, THE REASON FOR ASKING BECAUSE THERE IS MONEY THAT HAS TO BE USED TO MAKE THE ADA FOR THE BLEACHERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEN THERE IS ALSO OTHER UPGRADES TO THE STADIUM.
WE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK, THE SCOREBOARD IS LIKE 30 OR 40 YEARS OLD, SO IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
COACH AGAIN, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER HERE.
>> DOCTOR ANSWERED THE QUESTION, BUT I HAVE MORE. DON'T YOU WORRY?
>> THEY SENT US A DOCUMENT ON DRAGON STADIUM.
DO YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING A LOT OF DOLLAR FIGURES? BUT IF WE CAN FOCUS IN, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE THIS.
WHAT I'M HEARING, IF WE COULD TRAIN IT TO THIS TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NEW OPTIONS IN HERE.
IS THAT OKAY, TRUSTEE HARRISON?
>> WHEN DID THAT COME THROUGH?
>> I WILL PULL THAT, BUT I THINK THAT MY SECOND QUESTION DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE IT'S
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A TECHNICAL QUESTION FOR YOU AS COACH CHEATHAM.THAT IS, IF WE WERE TO DO A REDUCED SPEC $50 MILLION OF A STADIUM ON THE EAST SIDE, WOULD YOU RATHER DO THAT OR WOULD IT BE BETTER TO HOLD THIS FOR FOUR YEARS AND DO THE FULL, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE $50 MILLION, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE $60 MILLION, BUT TO MAKE IT MORE LIKE THE WEST SIDE STADIUM? DOES IT MATTER? WOULD IT STILL BE FUNCTIONAL?
>> IT WOULD STILL BE A GOOD CHOICE NO MATTER WHAT.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GIVING THE EAST SIDE A LESSER PRODUCT, AND I DID CHANNEL MY INNER AMY BECAUSE MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, IS THERE A TRACK? BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME TO BUILD A STADIUM WITHOUT A TRACK.
>> CAN I TAG ON TO THAT REAL QUICK.
IF WE DID END UP GOING WITH A NEW STADIUM, WOULD WE WORK THIS WHERE A NEW STADIUM WOULD BE BUILT AND THEN DRAGON STADIUM WOULD HAPPEN SO THAT WE DIDN'T.
ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS THAT IT WAS LOOK LIKE WE COULD BE OFFLINE FOR DRAGON STADIUM FOR UP TO A YEAR, POSSIBLY.
WE'RE LIMPING BY WITH TWO STADIUMS, AND IF WE TAKE ONE OFFLINE, THAT WAS A CONCERN FOR ME.
I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE FULL PROJECT SCOPE LAID OUT, BUT WOULD WE DO THOSE ONE AFTER ANOTHER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE DRAGON STADIUM OFFLINE AND LEAVE STADIUM.
>> WE WOULDN'T LIKE FOR ANY PROJECT, ALWAYS MINIMIZE DISRUPTION TO THE LEARNING AND THE STUDENTS ACTIVITIES. YEAH, WE WILL DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU. SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. GO AHEAD.
>> NO, YOU'RE GOOD. I'M WONDERING BECAUSE WE DID GET MANY OF THESE DOCUMENTS AS LATE AS YESTERDAY OR LATE TODAY? THANK YOU, TRUSTEE WESTON, BECAUSE THIS DOES LAY OUT THE TIMING.
IT TALKS ABOUT HOW MAKING DRAGON STADIUM ADA ACCESSIBLE AS A SUMMER PROJECT.
HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T DISRUPT THE OPERATIONS.
I WANT TO SAY CLEARLY, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF REBRANDING DRAGON STADIUM.
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SHARED HISTORY IN ROUNDROCK ISD.
BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS TWO PART SOLUTION WOULD BE GOOD.
I WONDER ALL THESE DOCUMENTS ATTACHED TO THE BOARD? COMMUNITY JUST SPARE WITH US BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THEM AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SEARCH.
BUT THE ONE I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW THAT IS VERY HELPFUL IN CONTEXT IS CALLED DRAGON AND NEW STADIUM PRICING, AND IT LAYS OUT NOT ONLY THE NEW PRICING, BUT ALSO THE PROJECT DURATION, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO THIS OVERALL CONVERSATION. THANK YOU.
>> THIS DOCUMENT THAT TRUSTEE HARRISON JUST MENTIONED THAT WE JUST GOT THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, AM I LOOKING AT OPTIONS? IS THAT WHAT THESE YELLOW BOXES ARE? ARE THERE EIGHT OPTIONS ON HERE?
>> IT ALL DEPENDS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
IT'S NOT JUST DRAGON STADIUM, BUT ALSO THERE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A NEW STADIUM, IF YOU WANT IT STEEL CONSTRUCTION IS 50 MILLION, BUT IF YOU WANT IT MORE LIKE CONCRETE, LIKE KELLY REEVES WILL BE 60.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS BY THE STADIUM AS WELL AS THE SCOPE OF THE WORK THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO AT DRAGON STADIUM.
IT PRETTY MUCH TELLS US HOW MUCH WILL COST.
>> MADAM CHAIR, THIS SEEMS LIKE THIS IS HELPFUL.
THIS LOOKS TO ME LIKE PROGRESS FROM THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE SOME OF THE THRESHOLDS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS APPEAR TO BE LISTED HERE WITH DOLLAR FIGURES.
IS OUR CONVERSATION GOING TO BE WHERE WE AS A BOARD WANT TO LAND ON DRAGON STADIUM.
IS THAT THE GOAL FOR THE END OF THIS AGENDA ITEM?
>> YES. WELL, NOT BY THE END OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE FINAL PROJECT LIST, AND WE START LOOKING AT A TOTAL BOND.
WE MAY NOT EVEN DECIDE TO ADD A NEW STADIUM TO OUR TOTAL.
THIS WAS REALLY TO UNDERSTAND OUR OPTIONS AT DRAGON STADIUM, AND THEN ALSO UNDERSTAND ANY CHANGES FOR A POSSIBLE NEW STANDALONE FACILITY.
THEN WHEN WE GET TO G11, LOOK AT OUR BIG 10 DIGIT NUMBER AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT NINE IN MY OPINION.
>> BUT LAST WEEK, WERE WE CHOOSING AND TELL ME IF I'M REMEMBERING THIS CORRECTLY? I FEEL LIKE LAST WEEK WHEN IT CAME TO DRAGON STADIUM, WE HAD LIKE A $30 MILLION OPTION AND THEN A $10 MILLION OPTION?
>> TONIGHT, IT APPEARS WE HAVE A SIX MILLION DOLLAR OPTION TO MAKE DRAGON STADIUM ADA ACCESSIBLE, A $10 MILLION OPTION TO REPLACE EXISTING STADIUM WITH MODERNIZED ACCESSIBLE PRESS BOX, SIMILAR TO LEANDER, A $25 MILLION OPTION FOR A PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF DRAGON STADIUM, AND THEN IT GOES INTO ADDING SEATING, NEW TURF,
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NEW PRESS TOWER, NEW SCOREBOARD, NEW LOCKER ROOM, NEW CONCESSIONS.I FEEL LIKE THIS IS CRITICAL AND HELPFUL.
I REALLY WISH THE COMMUNITY COULD LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW.
THEN I SEE A 40. [OVERLAPPING]
>> HOLD ON CAN WE PUT THAT DOCUMENT ON THE SCREEN? IT'S ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA UNDER ITEM NUMBER G2, AND IT'S ENTITLED DRAGON AND NEW STADIUM PRICING PDF.
I DON'T MIND PUTTING THAT UP THERE, BUT GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL.
OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THAT DRAGON STADIUM NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
THE QUESTION IS, WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE? THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR OPTION IS NEW.
I THINK THAT UNLESS WE HAVE A HOLISTIC STRATEGY, AND A PHILOSOPHY ABOUT THE FUTURE.
I THINK THAT THIS DECISION TO ME IS SUBORDINATE TO THAT.
IF THIS IS A TACTICAL LEVEL DECISION.
WHICH IS ONE OTHER REASON WHY I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE PROCESS, I DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS RUSHED, AND I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED STARTING WITH A STRATEGIC VISION AND A PHILOSOPHY, BECAUSE THAT MAKES TACTICAL DECISIONS EASIER, SO WE'RE NOT SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON TACTICAL LEVEL DECISIONS.
SINCE IT APPEARS WE LACK CLARITY WITH WHERE WE'RE HEADED, I'D LOVE. [OVERLAPPING]
I FEEL LIKE I UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE AS A BOARD, AND AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS, WHICH WE'LL DO WHEN WE GET TO G11.
WHAT NOW IS MORE OF A QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME ABOUT IF YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE $10 MILLION PRICE TAG, LET'S ASK THAT.
IF YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE $25 MILLION OPTION THAT WAS GIVEN, ASK THAT.
THEN WHEN WE GET TO G11, THEN WE CAN SIT DOWN AND SAY, WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY AS WE APPROACH ATHLETICS? DO WE WANT TO GO WITH A NEW FACILITY? I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION TO ANSWER.
IF WE DO, THEN THAT MAY ANSWER WHAT WE WANT TO DO AT DRAGON STADIUM TO MAKE IT MORE LIKE WHAT OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE, OR IF WE DON'T WANT TO GO WITH A STANDALONE STADIUM, THEN WHICH ONE OF THE DRAGON STADIUM OPTIONS DO WE WANT TO GO, IF ANY? THIS IS REALLY ASK QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE AS A BOARD HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON WHAT'S GIVEN TO US AND WE'LL DO THAT IN G11.
>> WELL, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT APPEARS TO BE MORE OPTIONS WITH MORE PRICE TAGS ATTACHED TO IT, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO G11.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE MARKUM.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR COACH CHEATHAM AND IT'S ALONG THE LINES OF VISION, SO MAYBE THAT WILL BE HELPFUL.
IF WE WERE TO BUILD A NEW STADIUM ON THE EAST SIDE, DO YOU ENVISION KEEPING ROUNDROCK STADIUM AS A COMPETITION STADIUM AND WE WOULD NEED ALL THREE?
>> YES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL COMES IN, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO.
>> IF THAT'S THE CASE, FOR ME, BEING 88 COMPLIANT, TO ME, THE $10 MILLION OPTION IS WHAT MAKES SENSE, HAVING STAIRS AND ACTUAL ELEVATORS VERSUS A LIFT, TO ME THAT ALMOST FEEL LIKE THAT'S CHEAP OUT A LITTLE BIT TO GET THE LIFT VERSUS AN ELEVATOR.
I APPRECIATE THE CHEAPER OPTION AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IF WE'RE KEEPING THAT AS A COMPETITION STADIUM.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IF WE HAVE THREE STADIUMS, DRAGON STADIUM IS STILL A COMPETITION STADIUM, DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE STILL NEED TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THAT AS FAR AS I KNOW PARKING IS AN ISSUE, BUT ADDING SEATING.
I'M DOING SOME OF THESE UPGRADES THAT ARE IN THE $25 MILLION OPTION.
>> THERE ARE NIGHTS THAT THAT STADIUM IS EXTREMELY FULL.
WITH THE THOUGHT OF NOT KNOWING WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US I CAN SPEAK TO JUST WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND WHAT I'VE SEEN AS FAR AS THE CAPACITY OF SEATING, BUT NOT KNOWING THE DYNAMICS OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL BOUNDARIES AND WHATNOT.
BUT IF IT STAYS LIKE IT IS, IT'S GOING TO NEED SOME MORE STING, ADDITIONAL SET.
>> COACH CHEATHAM. I KNOW YOU'RE A MAN OF MANY WORDS, AND I REMEMBER SHOWING UP IN YOUR OFFICE, JUST TALKING YOUR EAR OFF, AND I'M SURE YOU WERE LIKE, WHO IS THIS CRAZY WOMAN AS A FIRST YEAR TEACHER, BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION A DIFFERENT WAY.
I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE DO THIS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
IS THERE ANY DOWNSIDE TO STEEL CONSTRUCTION? LIKE, IS THERE A SAFETY DOWNSIDE? ARE WE SACRIFICING ANYTHING BY GOING WITH STEEL CONSTRUCTION ON A NEW STADIUM?
>> WELL, JUST LIKE I WASN'T A TURF EXPERT, I'M NOT NOT REALLY A STADIUM EXPERT.
I THINK IT MAY BE AESTHETICS AND JUST THE LONGEVITY OF IT.
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THAT'S THE ONLY THING I COULD SPEAK TO.THEN I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF DRAGON STADIUM, WHICH IS LIKE THE MIDDLE $25 MILLION.
THAT ESTIMATED PROJECT DURATION IS 12-18 MONTHS.
THE OTHER ONES, THE OTHER OPTIONS IS SIX MILLION, THE 10 MILLION, IT'S REALLY CLEAR, SUMMER PROJECTS, SPRING SUMMER PROJECT.
BUT LOOKING AT 12-18 MONTHS, THERE'S MORE TO THAT.
COMPLETELY NEW PRESS TOWER, WHICH I HOPE MIGHT INCLUDE AN ELEVATOR.
BUT WILL THAT 12-18 MONTHS BE DISRUPTIVE TO FOOTBALL PROGRAMMING? BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS, IT'S CLEAR THAT NOW IT COULD BE DONE IN THE SUMMER.
>> I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPEAK TO THAT JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE 12 MONTH IF IT'S JUST IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STADIUM.
WHERE THEY HAD A FIELD AND THEY DID THE STANDS IN THE SUMMERTIME.
BUT THE FIELDS DONE WHERE WE'VE STILL GOT KIDS ON CAMPUS.
I REALLY KIND OF LAID EYES ON THIS, AND I THINK THERE WOULD BE SOME QUESTIONS AS FAR AS JUST THE PHASING OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, HOW IT WOULD ALL TIME OUT.
>> THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO DR. AZEEZ.
I WOULD LOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT.
THAT IS THE OPTION I THINK THAT I WOULD PREFER, BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW HOW DISRUPTIVE THAT MIGHT BE TO THE STUDENTS.
>> WE PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT UNTIL WE GET AN ARCHITECT AND SOMEBODY WHO CAN DO LAYOUT ALL THE STUFF AS IT MAKES SENSE.
OBVIOUSLY, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION, WHETHER IT'S FOR THE AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES OR DURING THE DAY, LEARNING AND ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES IS AS IT MAKES SENSE.
WE'LL HAVE TO PROBABLY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT MAP ALL THAT STUFF FOR US.
BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK ALSO IT'S GOING TO GUARANTEE THAT IT'S GOING TO DISRUPT SOMETHING BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF DRAGON STADIUM JUST AS FOOTBALL, BUT WE PLAY SOCCER THERE, WE PLAY I THINK LACROSSE THERE AS WELL, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT FIELD IS USED AT LEAST 10 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR, POSSIBLY EVEN 12.
THERE WOULD BE DEFINITELY SOME DISRUPTION.
I THINK THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION IS IF WE DID AN ADDITIONAL STADIUM AND THEN CAME BACK AND DID DRAGON.
IF YOU WENT WITH THAT SECOND OPTION THAT WAS REALLY GOING DO AND THEN I THINK THE NEW FACILITY WOULD PROBABLY BE USED FOR A LOT OF WHAT DRAGON STADIUM LOSES IN THAT RENOVATION TIME PERIOD, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THAT'S WHAT I SEE IT AS AN IDEAL PROCESS.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S A MATTER OF BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD HAVE TO MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE FINISH LINE.
JUST AS A REMINDER, BOTH OF THESE ARE ANYTHING THAT WE DO TO DRAGON STADIUM AND AN ADDITIONAL STADIUM WOULD GO ON A SEPARATE PROP D. I SAW OUR BOND COUNSEL SHAKING HIS HEAD.
YES. WE COULD LAY OUT ALL THESE PLANS AND THAT PROPOSITION, NOT PASS AND DRAGON STADIUM DOESN'T GET ANYTHING.
JUST FYI. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEE MARKUM, YOUR LIGHTS ON, AGAIN?
>> YES, SORRY. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE 25 MILLION INCLUDED THE ADA UPGRADE.
THAT'S GREAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE 10 OR SIX ON TOP OF THAT.
DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S A STANDALONE PRICING FOR A MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY THAT ALSO LOOKS LIKE IT'S 50 MILLION.
AM I READING THAT RIGHT? THEN HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM THE STEEL CONSTRUCTION STADIUM UP ABOVE? ARE THOSE ONE AND THE SAME? ARE THEY TWO?
>> YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS ONE?
>> MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY 50,000 SQUARE SQUARE FEET.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
THIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW PROJECT.
WHAT DOES MULTIPURPOSE INCLUDE? I'M SURPRISED IT'S THE SAME COST AS DOING THE STILL CONSTRUCTION STADIUM. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THIS IS MORE LIKE ENCLOSED SPACE, I THINK WHEN YOU CAN HAVE FOOTBALL AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT MINOR HAS.
BUT I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS.
I THINK SCOTT RUN THE NUMBERS.
RUN THE NUMBERS FOR US ON THIS ONE.
I APOLOGIZE. SCOTT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT HANG OUT THERE WE CAN. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE CAN GET THIS INFORMATION TO YOU.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
LOOKING AT ALL THE BOND PROJECTS ON OUR SPREADSHEET THAT HAS OUR LAST NAME ON IT.
I'M TRYING TO SORT FROM LARGEST DOLLAR FIGURE PROJECT TO SMALLEST, AND I'VE CLICKED ON EVERY SINGLE OPTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DIRECT ME WHO TO THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO SORT THIS, ESPECIALLY. [OVERLAPPING]
>> PERHAPS WE CAN GET SOMEBODY FROM TECHNOLOGY TO HELP YOU OUT.
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THAT'D BE GREAT. WE'LL TAKE A RECESS IN A LITTLE WHILE AND WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT DRAGON STADIUM? I HAVE OPINIONS ON WHICH ROUTE I WANT TO GO, BUT I'M SAVING THAT FOR G11.
THIS IS JUST MERELY A Q& PART. PERFECT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I DO HAVE A. [OVERLAPPING]
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE WE PUT THAT SPREADSHEET UP, WE LOST YOUR FACE. GO AHEAD. TRUSTEE ZARATE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ASK COACH A QUESTION.
JUST BEING FRANK, WHICH OPTION DO YOU LIKE THE BEST? I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT?
>> WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT A SPOT.
>> I REALLY COULDN'T GIVE YOU AN OPINION.
I'VE BEEN IN THE DISTRICT FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS NOW, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR OUR KIDS.
>> YOU THROW IT RIGHT BACK AT US. THAT WAS A GOOD ANSWER.
>> HEY, MELANIE, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN ABSORB THIS COST INTO ANOTHER PROJECT? I TRIED.
THAT CAN BE THE LAST TIME I USE THAT. THANK YOU.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM G7, HERNANDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL WOODSHOP CLASSROOM.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE HAD A PRICE TAG OF 1.9 MILLION, I BELIEVE ON THAT PROJECT, BUT IT WAS FOR REALLY A 20 BY 20 SPACE OR A PORTION OF THAT ROOM SO WE WERE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY SOME UPDATED PRICING.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON THE HERNANDEZ WOODSHOP PRICING.
I THINK THAT'S ALL THAT WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS.
UNLESS ANYBODY HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE USE OF THAT ROOM.
DO WE HAVE UPDATED PRICING ON.
>> THERE WAS NO UPDATE PRICING.
>> WOULD YOU MIND TELLING YOUR MICROPHONE. THANK YOU.
>> THERE WAS NO UPDATED PRICING, BUT [INAUDIBLE] WENT AND VISITED AND IT'S NOT 20 BY 20.
>> YES. I DID VISIT THE CAMPUS.
THERE'S A DOOR AND THERE'S WINDOWS.
THERE IS A WALL, SO THERE'S NO WALL THAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT THERE.
WHAT IT DOES HAVE IS SOME THINGS COMING OFF THE CEILING AND SOME THINGS COMING OFF THE WALL.
IT IS CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED AS LIKE A MAKER SPACE AREA.
I DID TALK WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE ACTUAL CLASSROOM SPACE IS AN APPROPRIATE SPACE FOR CLASS TO BE HAD.
THEY ARE HAVING CLASS IN THEN WHEN SCHOOL STARTS, FOR THEIR COMPUTER SCIENCE, FOR THEIR TECH APPS, FOR THE ELECTIVES, AND FOR THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE, IT'S MORE THAN LARGE ENOUGH TO HOLD CLASS FOR THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THEIR ELECTIVES.
BUT FOR THE MAKER SPACE AREA, THAT'S WHAT THEY USE IT FOR CURRENTLY.
SHE DID SAY THE CLASSROOM SPACE IS MORE THAN APPROPRIATE, AND IT'S BEING UTILIZED CURRENTLY.
>> PERHAPS THIS PROJECT IS NOT NEEDED AT THIS TIME?
>> YES. EXACTLY. IT COULD BE A P2.
>> ANY QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES ABOUT THIS? WE CAN ALWAYS LEAVE IT ON THERE IF WE WANT.
THAT'S OUR PREROGATIVE. BUT TRUSTEE WEIR, WE WANTS TO ADD.
WE CAN TAKE THIS OFF IF YOU REALLY WANT TO, TRUSTEE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NUMBER EIGHT, BERKMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM OPTIONS.
TRUSTEES, THIS NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT AGAIN.
I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING THERE'S THREE POSSIBLE OPTIONS OR TWO POSSIBLE OPTIONS WERE TO REPLACE THE EXISTING PORTABLES WITH WET PORTABLES, WHICH WAS GOING TO BE 600,000.
THERE ARE THREE OPTIONS. REPLACE PORTABLES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE THAT ARE DRY WITH MODULAR BUILDING IN THE SAME PLACE, OR, THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR OPTIONS, PUT A MODULAR BUILDING IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING ON THE CURRENT BLACKTOP COULD RUN INTO SOME ISSUES WITH THE CITY ON ZONING AND REQUIREMENTS, OR TO PUT A STANDALONE LIKE NEW STRUCTURE ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING.
WHAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION IS THERE'S NO WATER IN THE BACKSIDE OF BERKMAN.
THE OPTION OF PUTTING A WET PORTABLE OR A MODULAR BUILDING IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT COSTS THAT ARE NOT FACTORED INTO THE CURRENT 600,000 OR 1.2 MILLION BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO RUN WATER MAINS OUT.
AM I SPEAKING TO THIS CORRECTLY? WE'D HAVE TO RUN WATER OUT THERE, WHICH IS NOT CHEAP.
THE OPTIONS FOR BERKMAN NO LONGER EXIST OF 600,000 FOR WET PORTABLES, 1.2 MILLION FOR A MODULAR BEHIND? I THINK THE ONLY OPTIONS THAT EXIST FOR BERKMAN NOW, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, IS A MODULAR ON THE BLACKTOP THAT MAY HAVE ZONING ISSUES.
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WE DON'T KNOW, OR A STANDALONE PERMANENT WING, WHICH WAS 6 MILLION, IS THAT CORRECT? OR A $6 MILLION BERKMAN PERMANENT WING ON THE BLACKTOP.NOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROJECT? TRUSTEE HARRISON?
>> YES, I SPOKE WITH DR. AZEEZ EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THIS.
I AM IN FAVOR OF THE 6 MILLION STANDALONE PERMANENT WING.
MY QUESTION IS, THEY ACTIVELY USE THAT BLACKTOP.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PLAY SPACE IS PROTECTED.
THE OTHER OPTIONS, I FEEL LIKE WITH ZONING, IT WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN A NIGHTMARE AND WOULD HAVE EXTENDED THE PROJECT.
I AM IN FAVOR OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH AMY, I DON'T WANT TO ADD, BUT I THINK THIS IS A WORTHY AD.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW DR. GER.
BUT PERSONALLY, I SPOKE WITH OUR PRINCIPAL AND SHE'S EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING THAT ADDITION ACTUALLY THERE.
THIS IS HER WORD SAYING THAT THEY WILL MAKE IT WORK AND THEY WILL FIND A WAY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO REALLY GO TO RECESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO PLAN AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE SAFE AS THEY GO OUT THERE.
BUT DR. GER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING.
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT LANDRUM, BOARD MEMBERS, NANCY GUERRERO, AREA SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE CEDAR RIDGE LEARNING COMMUNITY WITH JUST SOME HISTORY OF THAT PROPERTY.
I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT IF THE PORTABLE WAS IN THE BACK OF THE SCHOOL THAT REQUIRE US CROSSING THE ROAD WHERE BUSES COME THROUGH.
IF THOSE PORTABLES ARE GONE, WE HAD A PLAYGROUND THERE.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT IS THAT GO OUT TO PLAYGROUNDS WITH THE SUPERVISION OF ADULTS AND SO FAR SAFER.
WE DO HAVE CONSTRAINTS ON THE PROPERTY, BUT THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE FAVORABLE AND ENSURE SAFETY FOR OUR STUDENTS SO PLACE FOR PLAYGROUNDS, PRESIDENT LANDRUM.
>> I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH TRUSTEE HARRISON ON THIS ONE.
I KNOW THAT TITLE 1 SCHOOLS OFTEN GET OVERLOOKED, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN, AND THEY NEED SOME LOVE AT BERKMAN, AND DEFINITELY THE WATER THING IS TOO MUCH.
IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT A MODULE ON THAT, WE MIGHT AS WELL GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM A REAL BUILDING.
HOLD YOUR PURSES BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, CAN WE JUST GIVE THEM 350,000 TO PUT A NEW PLAYGROUND OUT WHERE THOSE PORTABLES WERE WHERE THEY USED TO HAVE THOSE PORTABLES, WHERE THEY USED TO HAVE A PLAYGROUND OUT THERE? IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THE SPACE THAT THEY'RE LOSING AND THE OTHER PLAYGROUND UPGRADES TO ADA ARE 350,000 FOR THE OTHER CAMPUSES?
>> MY ONLY QUESTION IS DID THEY GET A NEW PLAYGROUND IN 2018 BOND? BECAUSE EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A NEW PLAYGROUND BY THE END OF THIS BOND.
>> BERKMAN LOST THEIR PLAYGROUND AND WE DIDN'T DEFINE A PLAYGROUND.
THEY LOST THE PLAYGROUND WHEN WE HAD TO MOVE PORTABLES BECAUSE WE DID GAIN THE CD FOLKS PROPERTY NEXT DOOR.
THEIR PLAYGROUND WAS THE BLACKTOP.
WE DID GET THE BLACKTOP, BUT IT IS NOT ALIGNED OR STANDARD TO THE OTHER PLAYGROUNDS.
>> I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHAT THE OTHER PLAYGROUND UPGRADES FOR ADA WAS 350,000.
>> MY ONLY QUESTION IS, CAN WE GET A PRICING ESTIMATE FOR THAT SITE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MONEY.
I WANT TO JUST SAY BASED ON BECAUSE IT IS A UNIQUE PROPERTY.
I APOLOGIZE. THEY DO HAVE ONE PLAYGROUND TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
>> I WOULD JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE SOLIDIFY A FINAL NUMBER THAT, WE GET DR. AZEEZ, CAN YOU MAKE SURE WE FOLLOW UP ON THAT, WHAT A SECOND PLAYGROUND WOULD COST? THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PROBABLY WILL DO IT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION AS A BOARD AS TO HOW MUCH THAT SITE WORK WOULD COST TO PUT IN A PLAYGROUND THERE BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN WE DO THOSE RENOVATIONS, IT'S ALREADY A PLAYGROUND EXISTING SPACE, AND SO IT'S A LOT EASIER TRANSITION, BUT SINCE IT'S NOT CURRENTLY A PLAYGROUND, THERE MAY BE MORE SITE WORK THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, TRUSTEES ON BERKMAN? WONDERFUL. WE ARE MOVING ON TO AW GRIMES.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TOURING THAT PROPERTY THIS WEEK.
I THINK YOU SAID I'M THE ONLY TRUSTEE THAT'S TOURED THAT PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT?
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>> CORRECT. WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY IF ANY OTHER TRUSTEE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO TOUR, THE PROPERTY WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SCHEDULE THOSE VISITS ALSO.
>> I KNOW WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THAT BUILDING IS NOT READY.
IT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY DARN CLOSE TO BE ABLE TO USE A LARGE PORTION OF THAT BUILDING.
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF SPACE THERE.
I THINK ADMINISTRATION CAME BACK AND READJUSTED AND NOW YOU'RE LOOKING RATHER THAN 8 MILLION.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT 3 MILLION TO COMPLETE THAT?
>> THREE AND FIVE NOT EIGHT, BUT NOW YOU'RE DOWN TO FIVE MILLION, WHAT YOU WOULD NEED.
>> THAT THREE MILLION NUMBER IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE 2018 ONE.
THEY NO LONGER NEED 8 MILLION TO FINISH IT OFF BASED ON SOME SITE WORK.
THIS WOULD MAKE THE BUILDING NOT A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, BUT BETTER THAN AN EYESORE.
I LITERALLY HAD TO TAKE MY CAR OFF ROAD AND WALK THROUGH PRETTY NASTY GRASSY AREAS.
THIS WOULD MAKE IT WHERE TRUCKS COULD GET IN THERE.
WE WOULD HAVE ACCESS FOR MULTI USE OF THE PROPERTY.
PERHAPS PUTTING A ROBOTICS PRACTICE FACILITY FOR THE EAST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, PERHAPS SOME STORAGE FOR OUR FINE ARTS, SPECIFICALLY THEATER SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THESE BIG SET DESIGNS.
THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO TEAR THEM DOWN AND SELL THEM OFF OR GET RID OF THEM AND THEN HAVE TO REPURCHASE THEM THE NEXT TIME A NEW SET IS NEEDED.
THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE SOME STORAGE FOR LARGE FINE ARTS TYPE EQUIPMENT THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A SPACE FOR IN THE DISTRICT.
ALSO STORAGE FOR SOME FURNITURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS A VERY, VERY LARGE SPACE.
I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS SITE WORK AND BATHROOMS, IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE TO FINISH THE PLUMBING.
ALSO WE GET TO GET RID OF THE LEASE WAREHOUSE SPACE ALSO.
>> IT WOULD ALSO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF GETTING RID OF THE LEASE.
OUR LONG TERM ROI ON THAT PROPERTY WOULD ACTUALLY COME BACK BECAUSE WE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE LEASE SPACE.
THAT'S WHERE WE STAND ON THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON IT? TRUSTEE WEIR.
>> I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION.
SO THE FIVE MILLION IS IN ADDITION TO THE THREE MILLION THAT'S STILL FROM 2018?
>> AND IT'S 8 MILLION CURRENTLY ON THE SPREADSHEET, I BELIEVE.
>> REMEMBER THE INITIAL COST TO GET THAT BUILDING FULLY READY WAS 16 MILLION.
>> IN 2018, AND ALL THE COSTS HAVE GONE UP. TRUSTEE HARRISON.
>> I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE OPTICS BEHIND THIS PROJECT MAY NOT MAKE VERY MUCH SENSE, EVEN THOUGH I BROUGHT MY STRESS BALL BECAUSE THIS IS VERY STRESSFUL, A STRESSFUL PROCESS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EASIER TO ARTIFICIALLY MANUFACTURE A NUMBER THAT WE WANT TO HIT AND THEN HIT THAT NUMBER.
BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S RESPECTFUL OF THE CITIZENS BOND COMMITTEE AND THE PROCESS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH, AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
PRESIDENT LANDRUM, YOU SHARED THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN 2018.
THAT PROJECT REALLY NEEDED MORE TO BE FULLY FLESHED OUT.
BUT BECAUSE ALL ARE TRYING TO ARTIFICIALLY HIT A NUMBER, IT WAS SCOPED DOWN.
THAT IS WHY I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
LET'S ACTUALLY MAKE THIS FUNCTIONAL AND MAKE IT WORK FOR OUR DISTRICT.
THE OTHER THING THAT THIS PROJECT WILL DO IS FREE UP SPACE ON THE MCNEIL PROPERTY FOR THEM TO MOVE THEIR ROTC PROGRAM INTO THE EXISTING FACILITIES ON THE MCNEIL CAMPUS, WOULD REMOVE THE MAINTENANCE? YEAH, WOULD REMOVE OUR MAINTENANCE CARS AND EQUIPMENT FROM GOING THROUGH THAT CAMPUS AS WELL.
THAT'S THE OTHER BENEFIT FROM THIS PROPERTY, IS IT ALSO FREES UP.
DID I MISS A HANDS UP, TRUSTEE ZARATE? YOU'RE GOOD.
I WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AS A TEACHER WHO'S EXISTED ON THE CAMPUS, WHERE THERE WAS OTHER ADMINISTRATION OR THERE WERE OTHER FUNCTIONS ON THE CAMPUS.
THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT'S JUST AN INCONVENIENCE ISSUE TO THE ACADEMIC WELL BEING AND WHOLENESS OF THE CAMPUS.
I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT MOVE.
I UNDERSTAND WHY IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE AND I THINK WE EVEN HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT WELL, WE SPENT MONEY ON IT ALREADY.
I THINK WHAT THIS BOARD WANTS TO DO IS STOP SCOPING PROJECTS INCORRECTLY SO THAT WE CAN TOUCH SOMETHING ONCE AND IT'S DONE UNTIL THE NEXT FOUR, EIGHT, 12 YEARS.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE MCNEIL PROPERTY, IT'S NOT A GREAT MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC ALONG THAT PROPERTY ANYWAY.
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT NEED TO ACCESS THAT BY REMOVING THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT IS ANOTHER TANGIBLE AMOUNT OR BENEFIT. TRUSTEE MARKUM.
>> REMIND ME WITH THE AW GRIMES BUILDING.
IT WOULD PARTIALLY BE USED FOR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE, ROBOTICS PD GROUNDS, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO MIX STUDENTS AT ADMINISTRATION AGAIN.
ARE THERE ANY SECURITY ISSUES?
>> THERE IS A WHOLE DIVIDING SECTION BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
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THERE'S AN A SECTION AND A B SECTION.THE A SECTION IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE B SECTION, AND THE A SECTION ACTUALLY HAS AN AREA FOR A RECEPTION FOR STUDENTS TO CHECK IN, SAFE IN AND OUT TO REGISTER WHO'S IN THE BUILDING, KEEP TRACK LIKE YOU WOULD IN A NORMAL FACILITY.
THEN THE BACK SIDE WOULD BE WHERE THE ROLL UP DOORS ARE, AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE WOULD BE WHERE THE WAREHOUSE PART OF IT WOULD BE.
YOU ARE MIXING, BUT YOU'RE NOT MIXING THEM IN THE HALLWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> TO ADD TO THAT, EVEN ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING LOT WILL HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ENTRANCE.
ONE OF THEM WOULD ENTER FROM AW GRIMES AND THE OTHER ONE WOULD HAVE TO GO AROUND, IF YOU WILL.
SO THEN THE PRESIDENT LANDRUM MUST TALK ON ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING ALSO WOULD BE COMPLETELY SEPARATE.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT AW GRIMES? I PUT G10 ON THERE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WE NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT, BUT NOBODY HAS GOTTEN BACK TO ME ON THAT, TRUSTEE MARKUM.
>> I HAVEN'T GOTTEN BACK TO YOU BECAUSE WE JUST GOT A LOT OF THESE RESPONSES IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SPACES AGAIN.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT DR. TEASLEY AND MR. PORTILLO PUT INTO CANVASSING THE DISTRICT AND UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS.
I KNOW THE RESPONSE WAS THAT THE LEARNING SPACES WEREN'T NECESSARILY THE ISSUE, BUT IT'S PEOPLE.
I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT THAT CAN BE SAID ACROSS ALL SETTINGS.
WE KNOW THAT OUR PEOPLE RESOURCES ARE THE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW AND THAT ANYTHING THAT WE PUT INTO A SPACE WOULD COME SECONDARY TO THAT.
WE ARE STILL CONSIDERING PROJECTS.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE DON'T NEED TO PUT ANYTHING INTO THOSE SPACES.
I KNOW THAT WE GOT A DOCUMENT WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SPECIAL EDUCATION SPACES, WHAT POPULATION OF STUDENTS WOULD USE THEM THE MOST.
THERE'S NO DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO IT.
I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED JUST A GENERAL FUND FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, THAT IF THERE WERE CAMPUSES THAT HAD A NEED, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL FROM THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO ANY OF THESE SPACES OR NECESSARILY WHAT CAMPUSES WOULD NEED THEM, AND I WAS REALLY HOPING FOR MORE OF THAT INFORMATION.
AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TIME TO ADD THAT AND TO BE HONEST, I'M A LITTLE DIAPPOINTED IN THAT.
BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN ADD THIS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU CAN ADD THIS AS A P2 OR P3 BECAUSE IT'S NOT SCOPED OUT AT ALL, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS SOMEWHERE THAT WE CAN PUT THIS IN, NOTE THIS INFORMATION SO THAT IF IT COMES UP IN A NEXT BOND CYCLE, ALL OF IT IS THERE AND IT CAN BE SCOPED OUT APPROPRIATELY.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS CAPTURED AND PASSED ON? EVEN IF IT'S NEEDED BEFORE A BOND CYCLE, THAT IT IS IT'S BEING WORKED ON.
>> WHO'S YOUR QUESTION FOR ADMINISTRATION?
>> IT WOULD BE FOR ADMINISTRATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHO.
>> WE DEFINITELY CAN. I THINK, AS YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT WAS LAST WEEK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND I KNOW YOU BROUGHT THIS UP.
I KNOW THE TEAM WORKED GETTING ALL THIS STUFF DONE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, IN ORDER TO SCOPE IT, GIVE YOU EXACT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND STUFF LIKE THAT, PROBABLY GOING TO NEED A FEW MORE DAYS, I GUESS.
I MEAN, AGAIN, IF YOU WANT US TO GIVE YOU LIKE A ROUGH NUMBER, AND I THINK THE CONVERSATION WAS, I THINK LAST TIME WAS, CAN WE ALLOCATE, LET'S SAY, A $2 MILLION AND THEN AND THEN YOU BASED ON THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AND THE CAMPUSES, YOU JUST ALLOCATE ADEQUATELY.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR BOARD THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK, MAYBE YOU HAVE A BETTER ESTIMATE, IF YOU WILL.
WE CAN ALSO DO THAT AND WHATEVER IS CONVENIENT FOR OUR BOARD.
>> THANKS. I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD RIGHT NOW TO SAY, LET'S JUST GIVE $2 MILLION WITHOUT IT.
I WANT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND WRAP A NUMBER AROUND THAT.
I MEAN, IF THE CAPACITY IS THERE TO DO MORE SCOPE WORK AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD NECESSARILY WE HAVE TIME TO PUT IT ON THIS BOND, BUT IF THE CAPACITY THERE IS TO SCOPE IT OUT SO THAT THE INFORMATION IS CAPTURED.
I ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE HEADING INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL AND I DON'T WANT TO OVERBURDEN STAFF, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION CAPTURED.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK ON IT AND HAVE IT READY.
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS, G10. TRUSTEE WESTON.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE FOR G10, 11 OR 12, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY REQUEST TO TALK ABOUT IMPACT ON THE TAXPAYER, MADAM CHAIR.
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>> IT'S ALREADY SELECTED TO BE TALKED ABOUT.
ANYTHING ELSE? NOW, DRUM ROLL, EVERYBODY WAS ANXIOUS ABOUT G11.
ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN ALL OF THE FEEDBACK FROM TRUSTEES, TAKEN A LOOK AT THE CBC AND HAVE A CONVERSATION FOR US.
IS IT POSSIBLE IF WE COULD TAKE A BREAK, WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'S BREAKING THE LINK, AND SO WE JUST NEED TO UPDATE IT, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S CORRECT, AND THEN WE CAN GIVE YOU MAKE SURE THE NUMBER IS ACCURATE THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU FOR G11.
CREATE SOME OF THE CHANGES YOU JUST GAVE US.
>> WE'LL TAKE A RECESS FROM 758 TILL 810, 12 MINUTES IS THAT?
>> THEN I'M TAKING A SHORT ONE BECAUSE I THINK WE MAY NEED ANOTHER RECESS AFTER WE SEE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT FOR THE TRUSTEES TO REALLY EXAMINE THAT.
WE'LL TAKE ABOUT A 10 MINUTE RECESS, COME BACK AT 8:10.
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN WORKING ON A SPREADSHEET THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PREPARE, INTRODUCE THIS ALREADY, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. AZAIS.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT LANDRUM AND I HAVE THE TEAM HERE WITH ME, SO DENNIS, DR. NIKOS NALLY WILL BE HERE ALSO TO TALK ABOUT IT.
CAN WE HAVE THAT EXCESS SPREADSHEET, PLEASE? CAN YOU GO TO THE CONSIDER? YEAH. HERE WE GO.
WHAT WE DID HERE IS WE TOOK WHAT YOU JUST SAID, PRESIDENT LANDRUM OR YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR INPUT, ABOUT A VARIETY OF PROJECTS.
WE ALSO WENT BACK, HAVE CONVERSATION WITH OUR TEAMS, LIKE FINE ARTS TEAM, OUR ATHLETIC TEAM, OUR PRINCIPAL AREA SOUPS, AND THEN WE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT HAVING A $1.7 BILLION BOND COULD BE ALSO IT'S A BIG NUMBER.
WE WANTED TO ALSO SEE WHAT CAN WE DO, MAYBE INSTEAD OF DOING A FIVE-YEAR BOND, MAYBE DOING A FOUR-YEAR BOND, THAT WAY WE CAN MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR FOR THIS BOND.
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW IS SOME OF THOSE CHANGES, AND THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS, THE HIGHLIGHTED ITSELF IF YOU WILL, ARE THE ONES THAT WE ARE EITHER PROPOSING TO REMOVE OR ADD.
I DON'T KNOW IF DENNIS YOU WANT TO TAKE THE SAME.
>> WHAT IS YOUR POINT? IS THERE A WAY WE CAN VIEW THIS ON OUR SCREEN SIMULTANEOUSLY? CAN THIS BE SHARED WITH US?
>> I JUST ASKED INN AND SHE'S GOING TO SEND IT TO US.
>> I'M GOING TO SEND YOU A LINK SO YOU CAN SEE IT. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> TRUSTEES UNDERSTAND, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE SOME NEW INFORMATION TO DIGEST, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS.
THEN I'M GOING TO TAKE A RECESS AGAIN FOR TRUSTEES AND MAYBE A SIZABLE RECESS FOR YOU TO REALLY GO THROUGH THESE, MAKE NOTES, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND ASK ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AFTER THAT, SO ARE YOU UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
>> WE CAN START IS YOU WANT TO TAKE US OVER THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING OR BASED ON THE EVERYBODY ELSE AND THE TEAM WILL.
THE FIRST CHANGE THAT YOU WILL SEE IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND PENDING DISCUSSIONS WE HAD IN CLOSE.
WE'VE REMOVED ALL OF THE ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH RENOVATING AND ANY WORK DONE ON THE ADMIN BUILDING, BUT WE ADDED 800,000 TO DEMOLISH THE BUILDING.
THAT'S THE CHANGE. MY SCREEN IS NOW MOVE.
THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE BROCKMAN ADDITION, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW WE ARE ACTUALLY ADDING A PERMANENT STRUCTURE TO BROCKMAN AND THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE REMOVING THE $600,000 THAT WAS INITIALLY ALLOCATED TO MAKE THOSE PORTABLES WET.
THEN NOW THE PERMANENT SURE WE'RE ADDING A $6 MILLION JUST TO MAKE THAT ADDITION POSSIBLE FOR OUR SCHOOL.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, CAN I ASK A QUESTION BACK ON WHAT MR. CAVINGTON SAID? ARE WE ASKING QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW OR ARE WE WAITING? YOU CAN.
>> DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT EACH CHANGE?
>> NO. I JUST MORE IN GENERAL, LIKE OLD HOPEWELL IS NOT THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, SO I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY THEY WERE REMOVED.
>> ABOUT WHERE TO MOVE OLD HOPEWELL?
>> WELL, THERE WERE LIKE THE PLUMBING AND CEILING AND THE WATER HEATER AND OLD HOPEWELL.
BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE THERE, SO O I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHY WHY THOSE CHANGES WERE TAKEN OFF.
>> WHY DON'T WE WRITE DOWN ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS AND GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND THEN ASK OUR QUESTIONS AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN WE CAN TAKE A PROJECT BY PROJECT OR WHATEVER.
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BUT LET'S JUST GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING RIGHT NOW.THERE IT IS. IT JUST CAME IN, TRUSTEES ON YOUR EMAIL.
THE NEXT ITEM SCROLLING DOWN IS YELLOW, IS WHAT'S THE ITEM 241? DEER PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ADJUSTED THE COST TO ONE DANCE ROOM INSTEAD OF TWO.
THAT CHANGES THE OVERALL PRICE FOR THE DEER PARK DANCE SUITE. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CAN WE SAY FROM WHAT TO WHAT?
>> THE OTHER PRICES IN THE OTHER SPREADSHEET I DON'T HAVE IT?
>> RIGHT ABOVE IT. IT SAYS REMOVAL.
>> OH, YEAH, REMOVE THE 5.8 MILLION AND NOW INCLUDE 1.7, SO THAT'S A 4.1 MILLION DOLLAR DECREASE.
>> I JUST THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC WHO MIGHT BE HERE PHYSICALLY OR WATCHING AT HOME IF WE CAN TELL THEM THE BEFORE AND AFTER FOR THESE CHANGES.
>> THERE ARE ALSO SOME ITEMS THAT BEEN IF YOU NOTICE, ALSO, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT IN EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CAN WE PUT THE SPREADSHEET BACK UP ON THE SCREEN?
>> IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE ON THE SCREEN.
>> JUST TO CLARIFICATION, EVERYTHING WAS GREEN, EVERY ITEM YOU SEE WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED BY OUR CBC WAS GREEN SO INCLUDE ANYTHING.
I MEAN, WE ONLY HIGHLIGHT THE THINGS THAT WE ADDED.
IF SOMETHING WAS ALREADY THERE AND WE DECIDED TO REMOVE IT, THEN HAS BEEN REMOVED BY THE ADMINISTRATION IN THIS PROPOSAL.
AGAIN, BASED ON YOUR INPUT AND THE CONVERSATION WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NOTICE IS LIKE THE ATHLETICS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE REMOVED, WHEN IT COMES TO PRESS BOXES, UPGRADING THE PRESS BOXES, I THINK.
SOME OF THAT STUFF WE ARE REMOVED.
AGAIN, NOT REMOVED NECESSARILY WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO IT AGAIN, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE BOND.
WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THIS ITEMS COULD BE POSTPONED TO FUTURE BOND.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT NEEDED, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT BOND.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN AN EARLIER MEETING THAT ADJUSTING THE FURNITURE REPLACEMENT FUND FROM 7 MILLION AND ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 3.7 MILLION.
>> THAT FURNITURE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT WE'LL TAKE CARE OF 15 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THAT WILL RECEIVE A NEW FURNITURE, FIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE FIVE HIGH SCHOOL ALSO WILL RECEIVE A NEW FURNITURE TO.
THAT'S A TOTAL OF 25 CAMPUSES, WE'LL BE RECEIVING A NEW FURNITURE OUR 56 CAMPUSES.
ALSO, ANOTHER BIG ITEM THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT WAS REMOVED IS INITIALLY WHEN OUR CBC AND OUR CONVERSATION, WE WANTED TO OR PROPOSED TO HAVE CONVERSION OF ALL OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> COMPETITION. WELL, NO, INITIALLY, IT WAS FOR ALL OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL, SORRY, FIELDS, AND AS WELL AS SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT CHANGE, WE ARE REPLACING OR WE INSTALLING TURF AND ALL OUR SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL AT FIELDS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, SO ALL OF THEM WILL RECEIVE TURF.
THEN FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE ONLY GOING TO HAVE IT AT CONVERTING IT NOW FOR THOSE FIVE.
WE HAVE FIVE, BUT WE ADDED FOUR BECAUSE CD ALREADY HAVE TURF.
WE CONVERTED KENYON VISTA, CHISM TRAIL, PIERCY RANGE, AND WALLS TO TURF BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPETE.
>> THAT'S A $7 MILLION DIFFERENCE?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
>> CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO WHY YOU ADVISE THAT?
>> AGAIN, WE AGREED AND THAT ALL OF THEM NEED TO HAVE IT.
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BUT AGAIN, THIS IS US TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE IF WE CAN WORK ON REDUCING, I GUESS, THE BOND WITH THE OF THE BOND FOR THIS BOND.WE THOUGHT THAT WE CAN START WITH THOSE FIVE OR FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MAYBE IN THE FUTURE BOND, WE CAN COME BACK AND DO THE REST.
THE OTHER BIG ITEM, WHICH I THINK IS 282, STARTING AT 282.
AND THAT I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO DETAILS, BUT WE TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PURCHASING A NEW BUILDING, BUT ALSO IN THAT IS ALSO CONVERTING OR INTO LIKE A CTE CENTER.
POTENTIALLY OFFERING ELECTRICAL TRADES, COSMETOLOGY, AUTO BODY, EARLY CHILDHOOD CTE PROGRAMS IN THERE.
WE WILL OBVIOUSLY NEED TO INVEST IN THAT PROPERTY, NOT ONLY BUYING IT, BUT ALSO FIXING IT OR UPGRADING OR ADDING ADDING TO IT, EQUIPMENT ALSO THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE AUTO BODY, PROBABLY WE NEED SOME BASE IN THERE.
IT WILL BE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT ALSO THAT WE NEED TO BUY BUSHES.
WE ALSO ADDING ROBOTICS SPACE MORE LIKE A FIELD, MOST LIKELY FOR WESTWOOD MCNEIL STUDENTS.
ALSO, WE ARE ADDING OR MOVING THE OUTFIT PROGRAM IN THERE AND ALSO TEAM PLUS CENTER AND ALSO, WE ARE THINKING THE VISION IS ALSO CREATING A WELCOME CENTER AND THAT BUILDING FOR OUR FAMILIES, OUR NEW FAMILIES, WHO ARE MOVING INTO THE DISTRICT.
WITH THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE TO REMOVE THE $123 MILLION, INSTEAD OF SPENDING $33 MILLION ON CENTRALIZED CTE, WE BE ABLE TO ONLY SPEND $55 MILLION AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL THESE GREAT CTE AND OTHER PROGRAMS IN THIS BUILDING.
THAT'S WHAT DENNIS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT AW GRIMES.
INITIALLY, WE PROPOSED $8 MILLION.
NOW WE ARE ONLY PROPOSING 8 MILLION.
WE CAN FINISH, I'M SORRY, SAVING OF $3,000,000 THERE, SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF AW GRIMES AND MAKE SURE IT'S OPERATIONAL.
WE ALSO BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM OUR TRUSTEES, BASED ON LAST WEEK.
WE WENT BACK TO REMEMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT HOUSE BILL THREE REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT VEHICLES AND ALSO NOT NEEDING TO REALLY INCREASE OUR FORCE TO 70 OFFICERS.
WE WENT BACK AND WE LOOKED AT THE COST AND THE SAVINGS, IF YOU WILL, AND THEN WE CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE VEHICLES, INSTEAD OF SPENDING $6.3 MILLION, NOW WE ONLY NEED 2.97 FOR VEHICLES, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THE RADIOS, POLICE EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH REDUCED.
>> DENISE, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE IFPS AND WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING THAT, IT'S 315? THAT'S ACTUALLY TECHNOLOGY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF DONNY.
DONNY, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AS FAR AS REDUCING THE AMOUNT THAT NEEDED FOR THIS BOND, WE'RE GOING TO FOUR YEAR CYCLE INSTEAD OF FIVE YEAR.
>> YES. I REACHED OUT TO THE TEAM TO TALK ABOUT, ARE THERE SOME AREAS WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY REDUCE OUR COSTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BUT MINIMIZE WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE RISKS.
BASICALLY WHERE THE BEST VALUE WOULD BE FOR CUTS.
THE TVS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY'RE MADE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO JUST FAIL.
WE HAVE A WARRANTY FOR SEVEN YEARS, BUT WE SUSPECT THAT SOME WILL FAIL IN YEAR 8, SOME MORE WILL FAIL IN YEAR 9.
THE THOUGHT WAS THERE TO GO AHEAD AND JUST MOVE THE REPLACEMENT CYCLE ONE YEAR OUT.
WE WILL STILL HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO REPLACE DEVICES, AND WE WILL JUST DO THOSE VERY STRATEGICALLY.
>> THAT'S TRUE WITH OTHER ALSO TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT, RIGHT?
>> I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT STRETCHING IT, BUT ALSO AGAIN, IF WE GO BACK FOR MAKING IT A FOUR YEAR CYCLE INSTEAD OF FIVE YEAR CYCLE, THAT WILL REALLY HELP REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THIS BOND, I GUESS.
>> THAT RESULTS IN A SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS SAVINGS.
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THEN GOING DOWN, IF YOU CAN SEE ALSO DRAGON STADIUM, INITIALLY, THE PROPOSED AMOUNT WAS FOR $30 MILLION.
WE WENT AHEAD AND AS YOU SAW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND HOW CAN WE MAKE DRAGON STADIUM ADA? WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT $30-20 MILLION.
>> MADAM CHAIR, MAY I ASK A QUESTION ON THIS, OR SHOULD I HOLD IT?
>> LET'S HOLD IT UNTIL WE'VE DONE THROUGH ALL THOSE LISTS OF THEIR PROPOSALS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SAY IT DOESN'T MATCH ONE OF THE NUMBERS THAT'S ON THAT SPREADSHEET.
LET'S KEEP GOING THROUGH AND WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.
REMEMBER, THE INITIAL PROPOSAL WAS FOR A MODULAR BUILDING, AND THEN BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND CONVERSATION WITH OUR PRINCIPAL AND THE TEAM AT STONEY POINT, WE ARE GOING FOR A PERMANENT STRUCTURE.
IN THIS CASE, ACTUALLY, IT WOULD BE IN ADDITION ABOUT ROUGHLY THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S AN ADDITION OF THREE MILLION FROM THE ORIGINAL 1.2 MILLION.
>> BUT SINCE THERE'S NOT ANYTHING CURRENTLY THERE, IT'S REALLY AN ADDITION OF FOUR MILLION TO THE SCHOOL IN GENERAL.
>> BUT IT'S A THREE MILLION IN ADDITION FROM THE ORIGINAL 1.2 MILLION THAT WAS IN THE RECOMMENDATION.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR.
>> THAT WILL ALLOW AS OUR RTC PROGRAM AS TONY POINT IS IT'S EXCEPTIONAL.
IT'S EXACTLY ACROSS THE NATION AMONG THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS WILL ALLOW OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PROGRAM THERE TO REALLY CONTINUE GROWING AND DOING AMAZING THINGS.
THEN IF WE GO DOWN FIRST SCROLL DOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM, THERE'S A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTED ITEMS, I THINK STARTING 849.
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS AGAIN BASED ON EITHER OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES FEEDBACK AND INPUT OR US TRYING TO BASE ON ALSO.
YOU ASK US TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE ITEMS, MAYBE SUPPOSED TO BE P2, P3, BUT MAYBE OUR COACHES FEEL LIKE SHOULD BE P1 OR OUR CAMPUSES FEEL IT'S P1.
WE WENT BACK AND THEY MET AND TALKED ABOUT IT.
OVER THERE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME SUGGESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS IF WE CAN SCROLL DOWN 849.
YEAH, YOU CAN SEE ALL THOSE THINGS.
THE BIG ITEMS IS THAT NEW STADIUM FOR $50 MILLION.
AGAIN, IF THE BOARD WANTS TO GO THAT ROUTE FOR ADDING A NEW STADIUM.
THE OTHER BIG THING, I HAD A CONVERSATION PERSONALLY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT HPM, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A REDUCTION BY $50 MILLION THERE.
THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT CONTINGENCY.
OFTENTIMES WHEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ENTER INTO PROJECTS AND BONDS, THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE SOME CONTINGENCY FUNDS JUST IN CASE TO GET OVER THE PROJECTS.
USUALLY TYPICALLY IS ABOUT 10%, BUT WE HAVE CONVERSATION AND WENT BACK AND FORTH AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE MARKET RIGHT NOW, INFLATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE FEEL LIKE 5% PROBABLY WILL COVER IT.
BECAUSE OF THAT, SO NOW WE CAN REDUCE THE OVERALL AMOUNT BY $50 MILLION, AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE A GOOD STEWARD OF OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY IF THIS GETS APPROVED BY OUR VOTERS AND GET THIS PROJECT DONE UNDER THIS AMOUNT.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A REDUCTION IN $50 MILLION.
ALSO, BASED ON OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES SUGGESTIONS FROM LAST WEEK, WE ALSO ADDED $10 MILLION BECAUSE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT PARKING AT TONDALK HIGH SCHOOL IS REALLY A BIG ISSUE AND SO ONCE WE DO SOME DEMOLITIONS TO CERTAIN BUILDINGS, WE CAN TURN AROUND AND ACTUALLY ADD PARKING AND IT WILL BE I GUESS FOR STAFF TEACHERS, BUT ALSO STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
THEN WHENEVER WE HAVE GAMES, WE PROBABLY WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE PARKING AS WELL AS FOR HOME AND VISITORS.
THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST ITEMS THAT WE LOOKED AT.
IF YOU LOOK BACK UP IN ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS, THERE WAS A LOT OF REDUCTIONS THAT DOC DIDN'T GO OVER.
THOSE ARE MILLION PAYS, WHERE WE TOOK ALL OF THOSE OUT OF THE SCHOOLS AND PUT ONE LINE FOR JUST DISTRICT WIDE AND REDUCED IT IN HALF.
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IT USED TO BE 25 MILLION, NOW IT'S JUST 12.BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE ORDER OF THE SCHOOLS YET.
THAT'S WHY WE TOOK IT OUT OF ALL THE SCHOOLS AND JUST PUT ONE LINE FOR DISTRICT WIDE.
IT'S NOT AN ADDITION OF 12 MILLION, IT'S REALLY A REDUCTION OF 12 MILLION.
>> THIS WITH MAKING ALL THESE CHANGES AND OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CBC DID AMAZING JOB, OBVIOUSLY PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I KNOW AGAIN, US, WE ARE TRYING TO WORK BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM OUR TRUSTEES, BUT ALSO TRYING TO DO THE BEST TO MAYBE EVEN PRIORITIZE EVEN SOME MORE, WHAT WAS SUBMITTED OR WAS PROPOSED I GUESS BY OUR CBC MEMBERS.
IF WE DO THIS, AND AGAIN, WE ALL UNDERSTAND, IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.
IF YOU CLICK ON THE SUMMARY SHEET, NOW, IT'S ACTUALLY $982,787,475, THAT'S THE TOTAL AMOUNT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROP A GENERAL IS ROUGHLY $772 MILLION.
THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOW AT $125 MILLION.
FINE ARTS WILL BE AROUND NINE MILLION AND THEN ATHLETICS WILL BE AROUND A MILLION DOLLARS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT'S FOR A NEW STADIUM AS WELL AS ALSO TAKING CARE OF DRAGON STADIUM AND BRINGING IT UP TO ADA.
>> TRUSTEES, THERE'S QUITE A FEW OTHER CHANGES THAT WE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT IN HERE.
LIKE THE DEER PARK BRIDGE, I BELIEVE IS PROJECT NUMBER 1, WHERE IT SAYS PEDESTRIAN PAVING, IS THAT RIGHT? LINE NUMBER 230.
IT SAYS 15 MILLION, BUT IF YOU LOOK INTO COLUMN N, IT NOW SAYS REMOVE.
THAT INCLUDES REMOVING THE DEER PARK BRIDGE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES TAKING OUT ALL OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PRESS BOX PRESS CONVERSIONS AND UPGRADES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS FOR US AS TRUSTEES TO TAKE A BREAK, MAYBE EVEN TO NINE O'CLOCK, AND WE'LL GO THROUGH A RECESS FOR US, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY ALLOW US AS TRUSTEES TO DIGEST THIS AND LET US WORK UP HERE AND GO THROUGH THIS LIST LINE BY LINE, LOOK AT ANYTHING THAT NOW HAS A RED REMOVED NEXT TO IT, AND THEN COME BACK AT NINE O'CLOCK, PREPARED TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO LOOK AT OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN ITEMS 2 THROUGH 10.
>> ARE WE NOT GOING TO JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER PUBLICLY?
>> NO. JUST FOR YOU TO STUDY THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T WANT YOU TO SAY, I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT THEY TOOK OUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PRESS BOXES.
I WANT YOU TO GO THROUGH AND DIGEST THIS, AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD TAKE THAT LONG TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THE RED LINES OR THE RED BOXES IN COLUMN N FOR YOU TO DIGEST AND FIND OUT WHAT THAT IS.
AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST RECOMMENDATIONS.
JUST FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DRAGON STADIUM AND SAY, WE DON'T WANT TO SPEND 20 MILLION AT DRAGON.
WE WANT TO SPEND 50 MILLION OR 48 MILLION, WHICH WAS THE CADILLAC VERSION OF AN UPGRADE AT DRAGON STADIUM.
THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY ADD 24 MORE MILLION OR WHATEVER TO THE GRAND TOTAL.
OR WE MAY SAY, WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD A STANDALONE ATHLETIC FACILITY THAT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER 50 MILLION OFF THE TOP OF THIS.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE CHANGES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY ADMINISTRATION, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS AND SEE WHAT WE WANT TO AGREE WITH, DISAGREE WITH.
BUT THIS WOULD NOT BE A TIME FOR US TO TALK TO OUR FELLOW TRUSTEES BECAUSE WE WILL BE ON RECESS AND I DON'T WANT ANY QUORUM VIOLATIONS OR TOMA ISSUES.
THIS WOULD BE TIME FOR US JUST TO STUDY THIS SPREADSHEET RIGHT NOW. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU, TRUSTEE SERATE.
>> COULD I PLEASE GET THE NUMBERS AGAIN FOR EACH PROPOSITION THAT WAS SAID PRETTY QUICKLY AND I CAN'T [OVERLAPPING]
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT SPREADSHEET, THERE'S ANOTHER TAB THAT SAYS SUMMARY SHEET.
IF YOU CLICK ON THAT TAB, IT'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THE TOTALS WERE FOR EACH PROP AND WHAT THE TOTAL IS.
>> I'M REFRESHING. MINE IS NOT UPDATING WITH NEW NUMBERS,
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BUT IS IT NOT SUPPOSED TO SO THAT I CAN COMPARE?>> THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY CHANGES TO IT RIGHT NOW.
THIS SHOULD BE THE NUMBER THAT ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING BASED ON THEIR RED REMOVES AND ADJUSTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT NUMBER I ANTICIPATE WILL CHANGE ONCE WE AS A BOARD HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON WHETHER WE AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> I HAD TO MAKE A COPY BECAUSE IT'S VIEW ONLY THE WAY WE HAVE IT, SO IF YOU WANT TO MESS WITH IT, YOU NEED TO MAKE A COPY.
>> IF YOU MAKE A COPY, THEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT WILL THE TOTALS BE IF YOU ELIMINATED, IF YOU HAD A GOAL OF GETTING TO 700 MILLION, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO CUT OUT OF IT? PLAY WITH A COPIED VERSION OF IT.
>> WELL, BEFORE WE DO THIS 30 MINUTE RECESS THING, CAN I ASK WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING FOR 20 MILLION FOR DRAGON STADIUM?
>> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WHAT I'D LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO DO IS TO DIGEST IT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AND ASK ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.
BECAUSE I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT? ARE WE GOOD? LET'S GO TILL 9:05, AND WE'LL COME BACK AND RECESS AFTER RECESS AT 9:05 AFTER TRUSTEES HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
WE ARE IN RECESS. IT IS 9:05, WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.
HOPE TRUSTEES, THAT WAS ENOUGH TIME.
I CHECKED IN WITH EACH OF YOU AND YOU SAID THAT YOU'D HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW THINGS.
HOPEFULLY, THE ORDER OF THE MEETING MADE SOMEWHAT OF A SENSE.
IT MADE SENSE IN MY BRAIN, BUT WE ARE WHAT WE ARE.
WE ARE NOW READY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AT THIS POINT IS, MICHELLE, IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS, ALLOW TRUSTEES ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PROPOSALS.
THEN WE'LL GO GIVE ANOTHER PERSON OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS.
THEN ONCE EVERYBODY'S HIT THEIR TWO MINUTES AND EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK, WE CAN GO BACK AROUND.
BUT THAT WAY, EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? TRUSTEE WEIR.
>> I NOTICED OLD HOPEWELL IS BACK ON AS INCLUDED ON THE MAIN ONE, SO I'M GOING TO IGNORE MY QUESTIONS ON THAT.
MY FIRST QUESTION, THEN THE PAVEMENT TO RESEAL AND PAINT.
WAS THERE A REASON YOU DIDN'T DO THAT THE SAME WAY YOU DID THE MILL AND PAVE BECAUSE SEVERAL OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAD THAT?
>> WELL, THOSE ARE ON A SCHEDULE, AND SO WE TOOK OFF THE LAST YEARS FOR WINDOWS WERE DUE IN.
>> THEN THE CD FOLKS AUDITORIUM, WHY WAS THAT REMOVED?
>> BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ASKED OF US IS TO SEE HOW WOULD WE USE THE SPACE.
IT WOULD NOT BE USED AS WE USE OUR PACKS OR OUR MCNEIL PACK OR OUR TWO AUDITORIUMS AT CEDAR RIDGE AND AT STONEY POINT.
THIS WOULD BE MORE SO A MEETING SPACE, AND SO WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT AT THIS TIME IT NEEDED TO BE PRIORITIZED BASED ON WHAT WE SAW WOULD BE THE BEST USE BASED ON THE CAPACITY OF THAT BUILDING.
>> THOUGH, IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH IT BEING AN EYESORE OVER THERE, JUST SITTING WITHOUT ANY USE?
IT IS NOT PRETTY, BUT WE ALSO HAD TO BALANCE AS FAR AS BASED ON THE PRICE TAG, WHERE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE FELT WERE MORE EXIGENT VERSUS PUTTING MONEY TOWARDS THAT SPACE, OF COURSE.
IF THE BOARD WISHES AND WANTS US TO ADD THAT, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN.
>> I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
I'M GOING IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
AT DEER PARK, IS THERE A REASON THE WOOD SHOP REMODEL WAS REMOVED?
>> SAME REASONING, WE WENT THROUGH AND FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT ITEMS, WE WENT THROUGH AND MADE A DETERMINATION AS FAR AS WHAT WE FELT WAS MOST IMPORTANT.
LIKE FOR THE HERNANDEZ JOB, WE LOOKED AT WHAT IS THE PROJECTED ENROLLMENT THROUGH THE YEARS FOR THAT BUILDING? WHAT IS THE SPACE FOR CTE ROOMS AND ALL OTHER ELECTIVES? WHAT WE FOUND IS THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE THE STUDENTS BASED ON THE SEATS NEEDED FOR THE DIFFERENT ELECTIVES, AND SO THIS DIDN'T HAVE TO BE A PRIORITY AT THIS TIME.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE FACT AS FAR AS WHAT EXACTLY WE WOULD BE ADDING TO THAT SPACE.
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ARE THERE THINGS FOR THAT SPECIFIC CAMPUS, WHERE WE'RE ADDRESSING CERTAIN NEEDS, AND IF THOSE NEEDS WERE MORE IMPORTANT.FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW ON THAT LIST YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE DANCE SPACE FOR THAT CAMPUS.
EXTRA ROOMS. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM AS FAR AS FURNITURE, AND I THINK THERE MIGHT BE ONE ITEM. I CAN'T REMEMBER.
IN LOOKING AT THAT, WE FELT WE HAD TO ADDRESS THE MOST EXIGENT NEEDS FOR THAT CAMPUS, AND AT THIS TIME, BASED ON WHAT THAT SPACE WOULD BE USED FOR, IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE A PRIORITY.
>> BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S STILL LIKE SAWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN PART OF THAT SPACE THAT'S NOT REALLY USED FOR CTE CLASSES RIGHT NOW.
BUT IN LOOKING AT THE ENROLLMENT, IT'S A MATTER OF WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY NEED THAT SPACE IN [NOISE] ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS IN THEIR ELECTIVE CLASSES.
>> I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING.
I KNOW THESE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
WE FELT LIKE WE HAVE TO HELP REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE ASKING OUR TAXPAYERS FOR.
IF OUR BOARD IS GOOD WITH US ADDING THESE PROJECTS, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ADD THEM.
IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT DECISION AND CONVERSATION.
IT TOOK US MANY HOURS OF CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH.
BUT THESE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MAKE, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE REASONING BEFORE I MAKE MY DECISIONS BECAUSE I HAD A VERY VISCERAL REACTION TO SOME OF THESE.
IT'S EASIER FOR ME AT THE CAMPUSES THAT I AM FAMILIAR WITH LIKE DEERPARK AND EVEN LIKE GRISHAM, WHERE I KNOW THE CONCESSION RESTROOMS FOR TRACK AND SOCCER CAME OUT.
BUT THEY RENT A PORTA POTTY AND SIT IT OUT THERE DURING THAT TIME.
OR YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE GAS STATION.
I KNOW THAT FOOTBALL DOESN'T PLAY THERE, BUT I THINK THAT OUR SOCCER AND OUR TRACK ARE PROBABLY JUST AS IMPORTANT.
LET ME SKIP TO GRISHAM BECAUSE I KNOW I'LL LEAVE DRAGON STADIUM TO TRUSTEE WESTON.
>> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU GIVE LINE ITEMS, IF YOU HAVE THEM.
>> CAN I INTERRUPT? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
CAN WE PUT THAT THING BACK UP ON THE SCREEN WHERE WE ENDED? YES. THANK YOU.
>> IS TRUSTEE ZARATE STILL WITH US?
>> I'M ASKING FOR THAT FIRST THING THAT THEY JUST HAD UP THAT SHOWED AFTER THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDED REDUCTIONS. ISN'T THAT WHAT THAT IS?
>> THE PROJECT LIST SPREADSHEET?
>> NO. THE OVERALL FOR THE PROPS.
REMEMBER WE ENDED AND IT SHOWED LIKE WE WERE AT LIKE 982, MAYBE IT WAS 981.
>> LET ME EXPLAIN IT RIGHT WAY BECAUSE I JUST ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.
WE NEED TO SHOW THAT AS A LINE ITEM ON THE BOTTOM, SO WE TOOK 50 MILLION OUT OF THE THREE PROPS.
>> ORIGINALLY, THEY HAD THE 50 MILLION IS JUST A LINE ITEM, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE SPREAD OUT ACROSS DIFFERENT PROPS.
THAT'S WHY THE TOTAL IS DIFFERENT, AND THEN YOU GET A GRAND TOTAL OF 1.032 BILLION, BUT THEN THE CONTINGENCY FEE COMES OUT OF ALL THE PROPS AND WE'LL HAVE TO JUST REWORK THOSE NUMBERS.
BUT THAT WILL BE THE TOTAL AFTER BECAUSE EVERY PROJECT HAS THE SAME CONTINGENCY FEE, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO COME OUT.
>> THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S THE PROP A, B, C, AND D RECOMMENDED FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT'S OFF?
>> CAN YOU TURN OFF YOUR MICROPHONE? THERE YOU GO. THAT'S OKAY.
>> THEIR END RECOMMENDATION WAS 981?
>> ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO FIX THE A THROUGH D FOR US SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE FROM THE ORIGINAL?
>> ARE THEY GOING TO CHANGE A, B, C, AND D PROPS SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE IT TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE?
>> CHANGE IT HOW? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> TO REFLECT THEIR REDUCTIONS [NOISE] BY PROP.
>> THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO BY PROJECT BY PROJECT.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
I'M SORRY, WE'RE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER COLUMN, COLUMN C. WE'LL HAVE PROP A, WILL BE, I GUESS, C2, PROP A WITH THE 5%.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE 822, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LESS AND THE SAME THING FROM PROP B.
WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT. THAT'S WHAT I ASK HER TO DO.
>> C COLUMN, SHE WILL DO FOR EACH PROP, WHERE WILL BE THE AMOUNT? BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE SHOWN YOU RIGHT NOW IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE BOND, BUT NOW WE'RE DOING IT FOR EACH PROPOSITION FOR YOU, SO YOU CAN SEE IT.
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>> I DIDN'T HAVE THE DEERPARK NUMBERS.
LOOKING AT GRISHAM 426 AND 429.
I'M CURIOUS, FIRST OF ALL, WITH THE LOCKER ROOM SINCE EVERYTHING'S MOVED OUT AND WE WERE GOING TO REDO THAT SPACE FOR THEM.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO USE THE SPACE FOR IF IT'S NOT REDONE? LINE 426, THE INDOOR LOCKER ROOM AREA AND THE OFFICES THAT GOT I GUESS, MOVED OUT.
I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID AT SOME POINT EARLIER.
>> FROM WHAT I REMEMBER IS THEY WERE GOING TO REMODEL THAT AREA AND PUT IN DIFFERENT LOCKERS, IF I REMEMBER FROM OUR BEGINNING CONVERSATIONS ON JULY 18.
>> I JUST COULDN'T REMEMBER BECAUSE I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHY THEY WERE REDOING THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD MOVED SOME OF THE THINGS OUTSIDE.
BUT THEN, LIKE VISUAL ARTS, WAS THERE A REASON THAT THAT WAS REMOVED THAT WAS LINE 429?
>> HOLD ONE SECOND. LET ME GO AHEAD AND PULL UP MY NOTES ON THAT ONE.
I REMEMBER THAT ONE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE ISSUE WITH THAT ROOM.
WHAT WE DID IS FOR EACH AND JUST AS YOU GUYS ASKED US TO, WE WENT THROUGH AND WE PULLED UP REGARDLESS OF IF SOMEONE PUT IT FORWARD.
WE PULLED UP ALL THE SPACES AND COMPARED THE SPACES.
GRISHAM WAS PUT FORWARD BECAUSE THE ISSUE WAS SO THEY WANT THE CLASSROOM TO BE BIGGER VERSUS WE HAD ANOTHER PROPOSAL THAT WAS PUT FORWARD TO ANOTHER SCHOOL WHERE THE ISSUE WAS, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CLASSROOMS PERIOD BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE CAMPUS.
WITH GRISHAM, WHAT WE MADE THE DECISION AS FAR AS WE WERE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SPACES THAT WHILE WE DO WANT A LARGER CLASSROOM, THEY CAN MAKE DO WITH WHAT THEY HAVE.
IT IS NOT WE WOULD WANT BETTER, BUT WHEN WE WENT THROUGH AND TEARED IT, WE FELT THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD AFFORD TO PULL OFF AND WE HAD TO PRIORITIZE THE OTHER SPACE WHERE THE ISSUE WAS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE PERIOD BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT WERE NEEDED.
>> THEN 462, HOPEWELL TRACK WAS ONE OF THE ONLY MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACKS THAT GOT REMOVED FOR RESURFACING.
WAS THERE A REASON WHY HOPEWELL WASN'T GOING TO BE REDONE?
>> I THINK IT WAS A FIVE-YEAR CYCLE THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO NEED A NEW TRACK IN THE FIFTH YEAR, AND WHEN WE REMOVED PROJECTS THAT WENT FROM A FIVE-YEAR BOND TO A FOUR-YEAR BOND, THAT'S WHERE IT FELL OFF.
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THOSE ARE 2029 CYCLE OR.
>> YES, IT WAS 2029, FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF FOUR.
>> SO IT WOULD DEFINITELY NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT BOND, BUT IT DOES NOT FALL IN A FOUR-YEAR BOND CYCLE.
THEN I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION AND THEN I'LL YIELD IS THE 621, THE RIDGEVIEW DANCE ROOM.
I GUESS IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE SAME ANSWER, BUT IS THERE A REASON WHY THAT WAS TAKEN OFF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS?
>> IN REGARDS TO RIDGEVIEW, WHAT WE WENT THROUGH, WE WENT THROUGH AND TEARED THEM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAID, WE LOOKED AT ALL DANCE SPACES, HIGH SCHOOL, AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WE SAID, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS, AGAIN, WE HAD TO LOOK AT IT TOGETHER AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TEAR AND WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN.
IN REGARDS TO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH AND TEARED ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, WE PRIORITIZED STONY POINT BASED ON THE FACT THAT MOST OF THE GROWTH WOULD HAPPEN ON THAT SIDE OF THE DISTRICT AND ALSO BASED ON THE FACILITIES THAT THEY HAD WHERE IT WAS NOWHERE NEAR EQUITABLE TO OUR OTHER SPACES IN OUR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, SO THAT STAYED ON THERE.
WHEN WE WENT THROUGH AND WE TIERED THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WE LOOKED FIRST AT WHO HAD PORTABLES, AND WE LOOKED AT THE PORTABLES IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
NUMBER 1, WAS THE PORTABLE A DANCE PORTABLE? WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM IF IT'S JUST THE PORTABLE AND IT DOES NOT MEET THE NEEDS.
WITHIN RIDGEVIEW, IT WAS NOT THE SAME AS THE OTHER TWO CAMPUSES THAT WE SAID WE PUT ON THE LIST, WHERE THEY DID NOT HAVE A DANCE PORTABLE, PERIOD.
THOSE TWO THAT WE PRIORITIZE WERE HOPEWELL AND THERE WAS ONE MORE, I THINK WAS DEERPARK, WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY DANCE SPACE AND NOT EVEN A DANCE PORTABLE.
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IN LOOKING AT IT HOLISTICALLY, WE SAID, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT NEEDED TO BE PRIORITIZED IN ORDER TO BRING THEM IN LINE WITH THE OTHERS, AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT ADDING TO THE OTHERS TO TAKE THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL.>> I'LL YIELD TO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING JUST DOWN THE ROAD.
>> TRUSTEE WESTON AND I WILL SAY WE'RE JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD.
I WILL SAY THAT DRAGON STADIUM WAS A MISENTRY.
IT SHOULD BE 10 MILLION AND NOT 20.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING THE $10 MILLION OPTION.
WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY 30, THEY PUT IN THE NEW PRICE AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A 20 MILLION REDUCTION TO 10 MILLION.
BUT THEY ARE RECOMMEND THE $10 MILLION OPTION TO DRAGON STADIUM.
>> CAN Y'ALL JUST WALK ME THROUGH THAT? CAN THE ADMINISTRATION JUST WALK ME THROUGH AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH WHERE WE WERE LAST WEEK WITH A $30 MILLION RECOMMENDATION AND WAS THAT WHAT THE CBC RECOMMENDED AND THEN WHAT Y'ALL ARE RECOMMENDING NOW FOR 10 MILLION? MEANING, WHAT'S THE SCOPE CHANGE?
>> IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THE 30 MILLION WAS A TOTAL RENOVATION OF DRAGON STADIUM WITH CHANGING THE BRAND, CHANGING THE NAME AND EVERYTHING.
THE 10 MILLION IS TO BRING IT INTO THE SPECS THAT'S LISTED ON THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WHICH IS TO DEMO AND REPLACE EXISTING PRESS BOX WITH ACCESSIBLE PRESS BOX WITH DIRECT STAIRS AND ELEVATORS.
>> THE CHANGE IS TO RECOMMEND A NEW STADIUM AND DO A MINIMAL JUST THE $10 MILLION, SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
>> CBC DID NOT RECOMMEND A STANDALONE STADIUM, A BRAND NEW STADIUM.
>> ON THE EAST SIDE, THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND THAT.
CBC'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DO $30 MILLION FACILITY AT DRAGON, BUT CHANGED THE BRANDING AND EVERYTHING.
I THINK AFTER ADMINISTRATION HEARD THE COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES, WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE FAVORABLE TO A REBRANDING AND TAKING THE NAME DRAGON STADIUM OFF.
ADMINISTRATION LOOKED AT OTHER OPTIONS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A $50 MILLION STANDALONE FACILITY ON THE EAST SIDE AND A $10 MILLION ADA LIMITED PRESS BOX UPGRADE AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AT DRAGON STADIUM.
>> BUT IT DOESN'T COST A $20 MILLION DELTA JUST TO NOT REBRAND IT. WHAT ARE WE GIVING UP?
>> THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IN THIS LIST HERE WITH THE NEW TURF, A NEW PRESS BOX.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS 10 MILLION ON THE SHEET WITH THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS?
>> ACCORDING TO THAT FOR $10 MILLION, WHAT WE GET AT DRAGON STADIUM IS REPLACE EXISTING STADIUM WITH MODERNIZED ACCESSIBLE PRESS BOX SIMILAR TO LEANDER.
DEMO AND REPLACE THE EXISTING PRESS BOX WITH AN ACCESSIBLE PRESS BOX WITH DIRECT STAIRS AND ELEVATORS.
SO THAT DOESN'T GO INTO THE BOTTOM WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET 6,000 NEW SEATS, NEW TURF.
>> SO IS IT GOING TO REMAIN GRASS IN THIS PROPOSAL?
>> SO TURF IS JUST IN A DIFFERENT LINE ITEM.
>> SO THAT'S THE UPDATE FOR THE MAINTENANCE.
>> I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG ROCKS.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE PROJECT LIST, AMY HELPED ME SORT FROM LARGEST TO SMALLEST.
CAN I GET SOME EXPLANATION ABOUT $50 MILLION FOR MCNEIL PHASE 3A? WE HAD A 2014 BOND FOR MCNEIL.
WE HAD A 2018 BOND FOR MCNEIL.
I THINK I NEED SOME CLARITY AROUND WHY WE NEED $50 MILLION FROM MCNEIL, AGAIN.
THAT PUTS US AT THREE CONSECUTIVE BOND CYCLES WITH HIGH DOLLAR AMOUNTS THERE.
>> THAT WAS THE CBC RECOMMENDATION.
>> THE RECOMMENDATION THAT 50 MILLION IS TO TOUCH THE OLD SET THE ORIGINAL BUILDING AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL, THE ABC WING THAT HASN'T HAD ANY UPGRADES OR CHANGES TO IT.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CAPITAL RENEWAL THAT WAS NEEDED TO TOUCH THOSE SPACES ANYWAY.
THEN THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE COMING OUT OF
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FINE ARTS & ATHLETICS THAT ALSO TOUCHED THOSE SAME SPACES.WE WENT TO HBM, WE TALKED WITH MELANIE.
AS WELL, AND WE LOOKED AT WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO LOOK AT THAT PHASE 3A THAT WOULD TOUCH BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE FINE ART SPACES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THAT NEXT PHASE THAT FINE ARTS & ATHLETICS WAS RECOMMENDING.
BUT COUPLE THAT AND GAIN EFFICIENCIES BY PUTTING THAT TOGETHER WITH THE CAPITAL RENEWAL PROJECTS.
THERE WAS AN AMOUNT FOR THAT TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE APPLIED AT I THINK IT WAS 250 TO $300 A SQUARE FOOT, SO IT IS MUCH LOWER THAN OBVIOUSLY A NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THEN WE DID KEEP THE ROOF FOR MCNEIL SEPARATE, SO THAT 50 MILLION WOULD TOUCH ONLY THE STUDENT SPACES INSIDE THE BUILDING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE OLD SECTIONS OF THE BUILDING WERE NOW ADEQUATELY TOUCHED AND UPGRADED AND MADE TO THE CURRENT EXPECTATIONS.
>> I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE TRUSTEE, WHERE, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME BACKGROUND HERE? WHAT IS THE READER'S DIGEST VERSION OF THE 2014/2018 BOND PROJECTS FOR MCNEIL? BECAUSE IT LOOKS THE CAMPUS LOOKS SO DIFFERENT TODAY, AND I THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN MADE WHOLE.
APPARENTLY, I MISUNDERSTOOD THAT.
CAN YOU GIVE US A READER'S DIGEST VERSION OF THE HISTORY AND YOUR PERCEPTION OF THIS MONEY?
>> IT WAS ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO BE FOUR PHASES.
THEY HAD TO SPLIT PHASE 2 FOR REASONS.
THIS DOESN'T EVEN ENCOMPASS WHAT THE FULL PHASE 3 WAS GOING TO BE.
EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED AT MCNEIL HAS GONE AROUND THE OUTSIDE, AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED ON THE INSIDE.
WELL, EXCEPT FOR I THINK THE BATHROOMS. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE CLASSROOMS ARE STILL WINDOWLESS, FURNISHING SMALL.
ALL OF THAT STUFF IS STILL UNDONE. IT WAS NEVER DONE.
>> IS IT YOUR EXPECTATION THAT THIS WOULD BE IN THE NEXT BOND?
>> YES. ACTUALLY, FOR ME, WESTWOOD HAD FOUR PHASES.
THIS IS NOW ROUND ROCK PHASE 4, WHICH IS BALLOONED INTO 105 MILLION PLUS DRAGON STADIUM FOR THEIR PHASE 4.
HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE ALL THAT THEY NEED.
WESTWOOD IS PRETTY MUCH DONE AT PHASE FOUR, BUT MCNEIL IS NOWHERE NEAR DONE QUITE HONESTLY.
>> THE NEXT BIG ROCK IS ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, $105 MILLION.
THERE'S JUST SO MUCH INTO THIS.
CAN WE GET A READER'S DIGEST VERSION OF AGAIN FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET FOR $105 MILLION? I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO GET A SMALLER SCHOOL WITH A REDUCED STUDENT BODY CAPACITY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GAIN PARKING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE.
IS THAT RIGHT? I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR.
>> WE WENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE PLAN AT THE LAST MEETING AND PUT THE MAPS UP THERE AS TO HOW THE CAMPUS WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT, WHAT BUILDINGS WE WOULD BE DOING AND A LOT OF IT TALKING ABOUT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE BUILDING AND THE CAMPUS.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THAT DISCUSSION YOU'RE STILL LOOKING FOR.
>> I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY DISRUPTIVE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE COMMUNITY STANDS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY STANDS ON THIS.
AGAIN, I SAID EARLIER WHEN WE DID THE MOTION ABOUT BUYING THE PROPERTY, THERE ARE UPSIDES AND DOWNSIDES TO EVERYTHING.
I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A LONGER PROCESS WITH MORE COMMUNITY INPUT, MAYBE A SURVEY AT A MINIMUM.
I'LL SAY I WOULD LIKE TO DO ALL THE BOND PROJECTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO ALL THINGS.
BUT WE ARE CONSTRAINED BY THINGS LIKE BUDGETS AND ELECTIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
MY PREFERENCE IS TO RACK AND STACK, I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED FROM THE CBC JUST A LIST OF THEIR IN ORDER PRIORITIES BECAUSE EVERYTHING, WHETHER IT'S A ROOF AT MCNEIL OR A PARKING LOT AT ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE ONE OF THOSE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER.
NOW, HOPEFULLY THE CUT LINE IS LOW SO THAT YOU CAN GET A LOT OF PROJECTS DONE, BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RACK AND STACK YOUR SPENDING PRIORITIES, NO MATTER PLANNING FOR COLLEGE OR A BOND.
THE STONEY POINT ROTC PROJECT, FOR ME, THAT'S A MUST, THE BERKMAN PLAYGROUND, THAT'S A MUST. I WROTE DOWN SOME OTHERS.
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ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL DUGOUTS, THAT'S A MUST.BUT WHAT I WORRY IS THAT THE BOND HAS SO MANY PROJECTS AND THAT THE SCOPE IS SO LARGE, THAT THAT'S WHAT'S HOLDING ME BACK.
>> I THINK YOU HAVE YOUR TWO MINUTES SO LET'S FINISH QUESTIONS, AND I WAS HOPING TO END WITH THAT IN PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.
TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] QUESTIONS.
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION REALLY, AND I KNOW YOU ALL PROBABLY SAID IT, AND I JUST MISSED IT.
BUT COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN MILLING PAVE AGAIN? SO SORRY.
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT MILLING AND PAVING IS?
>> FOR TRUSTEES [INAUDIBLE].JUST ONE SECOND.
>> I'VE NEVER HAD TO DO THAT BEFORE.
DAVID HODEBEK, DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE.
MILLING PAVE IS WHAT WE DO IS WE MILL THE EXISTING PARKING LOT DOWN THREE OR FOUR INCHES.
WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY SPOTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE MORE THAN THAT.
ONCE WE DO THAT, AND THEN WE JUST BASICALLY LIKE RETREADING A TIRE.
YOU JUST PUT MORE ASPHALT OVER THE TOP.
WE'VE NOT YET IN THE DISTRICT HAD TO JUST REMOVE AN ENTIRE PARKING LOT AND REPLACE AN ENTIRE PARKING LOT, REDO ALL OF THE WORK THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THAT.
THAT'S ALL IT IS IS TAKING 25-YEAR-OLD PARKING LOT WOULD BE THE PREFERENCE.
THAT'S THE CYCLE AND JUST TAKING THE TOP LAYER OFF OF IT AND PUTTING ANOTHER NEW LAYER ON IT.
>> I NOTICED Y'ALL TOOK IT AWAY FROM A BUNCH OF PLACES.
I JUST WONDERED WHY ALL MAY HAVE COVERED THIS TOO.
SORRY, I'VE BEEN TRAVELING ALL DAY, SO I'M AT LOOPY RIGHT NOW. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
>> THOSE ARE ON 25 YEAR CYCLE FOR A MILLING PAVE, AND SO WE HAVE A ROTATION FOR THAT.
WE DO HAVE SOME CAMPUSES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED SINCE 2001.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN 2001 AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT THE CYCLE AND JUST TOOK THOSE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OFF.
>> I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THE CUTTING OF THIS DOWN TO A MORE REASONABLE NUMBER.
STILL A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
>> DO YOU WANT ME TO GO LAST OR DO YOU WANT ME TO KEEP GOING IN ORDER? MY FIRST QUESTION IS LINE 273, AND IT WAS THE REDUCTION IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TURF.
FROM CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD, I BELIEVED THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL TURF FOR SAFETY REASONS, AND IT WAS NEVER MENTIONED THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS JUST FOR COMPETITION.
IS IT A COMPETITION REASON TO PUT TURF AT MIDDLE SCHOOL OR DO WE TRULY NEED THEM AT ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS?
>> I THINK OUR RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE THEM ALL DONE IN ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
AGAIN, WE ARE TASKED WITH A VERY DIFFICULT CHALLENGE, I GUESS, WHERE WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT, SO WE HAD TO REALLY THINK ABOUT, HOW CAN WE SPLIT THE PROJECTS? IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM ALL DONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS, BUT WE DECIDED IF WE HAVE TO CUT SOMEWHERE, WE WILL DO THE COMPETITION BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE HEAVILY USED, I GUESS.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT IT, WE'LL ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THE MORE PLAY TIME PRACTICE TIME, GAME TIME.
THEN NEXT BOND, HOPEFULLY, THAT'S WHEN WE COMPLETE THE REST OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
BUT AGAIN, IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM ALL DONE.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO PUT THIS OUT HERE.
IDEALLY, FOR ME, IT'S ALL OR NOTHING ON MIDDLE SCHOOL TURF.
I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
NEXT QUESTION IS HOPEWELL DANCE, LINE 465.
IT STILL SHOWS IN HERE THAT IT'S 247,000.
I WAS UNDERSTANDING BY EARLIER CONVERSATIONS THAT IS THAT GOING TO GET THEM A DANCE ROOM INSIDE OR WHAT DOES 247,000? WE IDENTIFIED HOPEWELL AND DEER PARK, BUT DEER PARK NEEDING IS 1.2 MILLION OR WHATEVER, AND WE'RE AT 247 AT HOPEWELL.
WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF THE 247 FOR HOPEWELL?
>> FOR HOPEWELL, IT'S WHERE WE ARE RENOVATING A SPACE THAT'S ALREADY INSIDE.
WHILE AT DEER PARK, WE TOTALLY HAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL SPACE.
THAT'S WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE.
WE ALREADY HAVE A SPACE IDEALLY THAT CAN BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND THAT IS THE COST OF RENOVATING THAT TO MEET THE PURPOSES OF THE DANCE CLASS.
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>> IS THAT THE THEATER ROOM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RENOVATE?
>> I KNOW WE CREATE A PROBLEM BY TAKING AWAY A THEATER ROOM.
WHAT DOES THEATER NOT NEED THAT ROOM? DO WE NEED MORE SPACE FOR THEATER AT HOPEWELL?
>> I NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT.
USUALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT HOW LARGE THE PROGRAMMING IS BASED ON THE SCHOOL AND HOW MANY TEACHERS WE HAVE.
I'LL GO BACK AND GET A SPECIFIC NUMBER IN REGARDS TO THE PROGRAMMING SO THAT I CAN BE VERY SURE ABOUT THE ANSWER I'M GIVING YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT QUESTION.
IS THE CEDAR RIDGE AUDITORIUM? WE REMOVED 5.3 MILLION.
IS THAT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FALL INTO THIS BOND CYCLE, OR WHY WERE WE REMOVING ITS LINE 159 COMPLETELY REMOVED THAT 5.3 MILLION FOR THE CEDAR RIDGE AUDITORIUM?
>>CAN YOU GIVE ME THE LINE NUMBER AGAIN, PLEASE?
THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT SPACE IS THE BUILDING SPACE ITSELF.
THIS IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE PARK.
THAT IS ABOUT RENOVATING EXISTING SPACE AND ADDING.
>> BUT INSIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL?
>> YES. WHEN WE TALK THROUGH IT, SPECIFICALLY SPOKE WITH OUR DIRECTORS IN REGARDS TO WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RECONFIGURE? IT WAS MORE SO, HEY, WE WOULD WANT AN ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR THIS PURPOSE.
BUT IN TALKING THROUGH IT AND THE PROGRAMMING, AGAIN, IT WAS A MATTER OF THE COST ATTRIBUTED TO THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE THAT IT WOULD IMPACT.
WE JUST FELT THAT THAT WASN'T NEEDED AT THIS TIME IF WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND SAYING WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE WERE FOR THE FINE ART SPACES.
WE MADE A DECISION BASED ON WHAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR, WE WOULD WANT ANOTHER ART ROOM.
THE PROGRAM IN RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK.
WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT WE NEEDED TO ATTACH THAT FIVE MILLION PRICE TAG AT THIS TIME.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT IN THE NEXT CYCLE.
>> ALONG THE SAME LINE IS LINE 676, WHICH IS THE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL FINE ARTS FACILITY REFRESH, AT 6.5 MILLION.
>> YES, AND THAT'S DIFFERENT IN SCOPE.
SPECIFICALLY FOR ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE 900 BUILDING.
FOR ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S MORE PURE AS FAR AS FINE ART SPACES AS FAR AS THE NUMBER.
IT'S LOOKING AT THE 900 BUILDING AS IT PERTAINS TO THE BAND SPACE, THE ORCHESTRA SPACE, THEN YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE ROOMS. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE ALSO THERE CHOIR.
BASED ON THE SIZE OF ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, I THINK THIS YEAR, OUR NUMBERS ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING US, TOPPING OUT ABOUT 3,900.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, JUST WITHIN BAND, BAND REPRESENTS 10% OF OUR TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION.
THE THOUGHT IS RIGHT NOW, IT REALLY CANNOT CONDUCIVE TO THAT NUMBER AND THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT A MORE PERMANENT RESPONSE THERE AND BUILD SOMETHING OUT.
>> WAS THAT NUMBER SCOPED IN WITH THE $105 MILLION PROJECT FOR EFFICIENCIES THAT WE COULD IF WE DID THAT ALL AT THE SAME TIME? BECAUSE I KNOW WE LOOKED AT LIKE DEER PARK AND WE WERE GOING TO GET SOME EFFICIENCIES IF PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED AT THE SAME TIME.
DID WE LOOK AT THOSE TWO PROJECTS TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY EFFICIENCIES THAT COULD BE GAINED?
>> WHEN HBM WORKED WITH US, USUALLY, THEY WOULD TELL US THAT THERE WERE EFFICIENCIES, BUT WE CAN GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY EFFICIENCIES IN REGARDS TO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT.
>> NEXT QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH LINES 301, 302, AND 304.
THESE ARE THE TA DEFICIENCIES, TOTALING ABOUT 15 MILLION, AND I THINK I'VE MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR MY OPINION ON UNFUNDED MANDATES.
BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE AGAIN AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR MEETING THESE TA DEFICIENCIES AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
IF THIS BOND FAILS, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO DO THESE, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW DO WE ADDRESS THESE TA DEFICIENCIES? IF WE TRULY HAVE TO DO THEM, BOND DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS, AND IF THEY'RE UNFUNDED.
>> I THINK A LOT OF THESE ARE AROUND LIKE FENCING,
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IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ALL THE DETAILS.I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS, BUT A LOT OF THIS SAFETY AND SECURITY TA REQUIRED ADDITION IS AROUND FENCING AND THERE ARE ALSO SOMETHING ABOUT DOORS TOO.
>> THIS CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS SPREADSHEET THAT HAD MORE INFORMATION, BUT IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT THIS SPREADSHEET RELATES EXACTLY TO THE PROJECTS IN THE PREVIOUS ONE. DO YOU HAVE IT OPEN?
>> I HAVE IT OPENED. THE FIRST ONE, THE LINE 301 WAS FOR PHYSICAL FENCING AROUND CAMPUSES DISTRICT WIDE.
THEN 302, THE TWO MILLION WAS EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS.
>> THAT'S ALL IT SAYS ON THERE.
>> THE EMERGENCY, I THINK THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PANIC BUTTONS.
>> THAT WAS 303 THREE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN REMOVED.
>> THAT'S THE CARD, THAT'S THE ONE. THIS IS DIFFERENT.
THIS IS LIKE SYSTEMS THAT WE ACTUALLY PURCHASE SOME OF THE STUFF BACK WITH THE 2018 BOND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE A PANIC BUTTON IN THE PHONES, OF COURSE 911.
THIS IS JUST TO KEEP THOSE TOOLS WORKING.
THERE ARE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH KEEPING THE PANIC BUTTON WORKING FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
>> MY TWO MINUTES. THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS BOND FAILS AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY? MAYBE THIS IS A CLOSED SESSION, WHAT ARE OUR LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS? I DON'T LIKE PUTTING UNFUNDED MANDATES IN A BOND AND HAT ARE OUR OPTIONS? WELL, WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT IF WE NEED TO GO INTO CLOSE TO TALK ABOUT IT MORE.
I'LL DEFER THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS, MOVE ON TO TRUSTEE HARRISON.
>> THANK YOU. SEVERAL OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
>> 294, 296, 298, 300, REDUCING HB3.
CAN YOU VOICE OVER THOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR ME, PLEASE IN TERMS OF WHAT DECISIONS WERE MADE TO REACH THOSE CUTS?
>> THAT WAS JUST GOING FROM 75 OFFICERS TO 40.
>> THANK YOU. ALL THE COSTS ASSOCIATED BY SAVING 35 OFFICERS.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ASKED ABOUT AND THAT IS NOW REFLECTED BASED ON THAT.
>> BUT YOU DO HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE 32 OFFICERS ON STAFF.
WE PUT EIGHT OFFICERS IN THE PLAN LAST YEAR THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN FILLED SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE POSSIBILITY IS ON NOT FILLING THOSE OR NOT BUT THIS MONEY INCLUDES ALL OF THE RESOURCES FOR EIGHT OFFICERS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN FILLED FROM LAST YEAR IN THE BOARD'S BUDGET. KEEP THAT IN MIND.
>> THANK YOU. 286, I SEE THIS LISTED AS A WELCOME CENTER.
I KNOW THAT PART OF THIS IS CLOSED-SESSION DISCUSSION, THE POSSIBLE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY THAT WOULD GIVE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL ITS CAMPUS BACK BUT ONE THING I DON'T SEE HERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING ADMIN TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION AND I JUST THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE REALLY CLEAR AS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN UNDER THAT REAL PROPERTY PURCHASE.
I'M SORRY, I THINK WE MISSED TO ADD ANOTHER ROW, I GUESS IN THERE.
IT'S THE ROW WHERE IT SAYS ADMIN.
THE MAJORITY OF THE BUILDING WILL BE FOR CTE AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS WE ADD BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH SPACE ALSO TO USE FOR ADMIN BUILDING.
>> HOLD ON, WHOEVER'S ADDING THAT LINE CAN YOU NOT ADD IT IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT LINE ADMINS ASSOCIATED WITH IT? CAN YOU ADD ANY LINE ITEMS AT THE BOTTOM? THANK YOU.
>> NO PROBLEM. I'M SORRY, THAT'S SOMETHING WE MISSED SO WE'LL ADD IT TO [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU. I JUST THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR CLARITY.
THEN NOT SO MUCH OF A QUESTION IT'S JUST AN OVERALL STATEMENT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SUMMARY SHEET.
I KNOW WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS TO HAVE BUT I'M PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THE DRASTIC REDUCTION OF FINE ARTS AND THE INCREASE IN ATHLETICS.
I INITIALLY WAS IN FAVOR OF THE EASTSIDE STADIUM BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE AS A TEACHER,
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I UNDERSTAND THE TREMENDOUS IMPACTS OF ATHLETICS AND IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT HAS IMPACTS ON ACADEMICS BECAUSE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF YOUR STUDENT BODY IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED, NOT JUST IN FOOTBALL, BUT IN ANY KIND OF ATHLETICS, YOUR BAND, YOUR CHEERLEADERS, YOUR DANCE TEAM, ALL OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE AT THESE FACILITIES AND HAVING TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY.THAT DOES HAVE ACADEMIC IMPACTS.
FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK THAT IT DOES, IT DOES BUT CAN YOU JUST VOICE OVER THE ALMOST $30 MILLION REDUCTION IN FINE ARTS AND WHAT IS THAT COMMUNICATING IN TERMS OF OUR PRIORITIES AND PROGRAMMING AND SUCH?
>> HELLO. ONE OF THE THINGS I FEEL IN LOOKING AT THIS THAT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBERS LEADS TO A MISUNDERSTANDING AS FAR AS WHERE WE THINK PEOPLE MAY JUDGE OUR PRIORITIES TO BE.
PRETTY MUCH WITHIN THE ATHLETICS AREA, THERE ARE SOME BIG PRICE TAG AREAS BASED ON THINGS THAT HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF PREVIOUSLY.
WE HAVE WITHIN THERE THE $50 MILLION SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO THE SECOND FACILITY STADIUM, WHICH BASED ON OUR SIZE, AGAIN, TO JUST GO BACK AND TALK THROUGH SOME THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST SESSION, THE FACT THAT RIGHT NOW, ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL IS THE ONLY HIGH SCHOOL WHO DOES NOT HAVE SINGULAR USE OF ITS SPACE.
EVERY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL HAS ITS OWN STADIUM AND IS ABLE TO USE ITS OWN STADIUM WHILE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL FOR ALL THIS TIME NOW, THE STADIUM HAS HAD TO HAVE MULTIPLE PURPOSES WHERE IT DOESN'T HAVE ITS OWN STADIUM LIKE EVERY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL DOES, AND SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
WITHIN THERE, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF LACK OF PRIORITIES OR FINE ARTS ISN'T IMPORTANT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THERE ARE SOME BIG PRICE TAG ITEMS THAT BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION AND DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD, DISCUSSION WITH THE CBC, WE'RE TRYING TO WRITE THAT SITUATION RIGHT NOW SO THAT PRICE TAG IS IN THERE FOR A NEW STADIUM.
UNDERSTAND THAT A STADIUM, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS ATHLETICS, IT IS USED HEAVILY BY OUR BAND, BY CHAIR, BY A LOT OF OUR OTHER FINE ARTS AS WELL.
IT IS NOT JUST A STADIUM THAT IS USED BY ATHLETICS OR EVEN FOOTBALL.
ALSO WITHIN THAT SPACE IS AS FAR AS TRYING TO LEVEL SET SOME ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH DRAGON STADIUM AS WELL.
AS FAR AS TAKING CARE OF SOME 88 ITEMS, A SCOREBOARD WHERE WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY HAS NOT GONE OUT AS YET, A FIELD THAT WILL NEED TO BE RETURFED IN THE VERY SHORT TERM.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE CONTEXT.
WHILE THAT IS A BIG NUMBER, IT'S A BIG NUMBER BECAUSE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT PUT IN PLACE.
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE VERY VALIANTLY IN THE CAPITAL RENEWAL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS THAT FOR A LARGE PART, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A SEXY BOND BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF BONDS OR BONDS FOR A LOT OF MONEY WITHIN SEVERAL YEARS A LOT OF THIS IS JUST GOING TO MAINTENANCE AND CORRECTING THINGS, AIR CONDITIONING, BOILERS, FIXING OUR BATHROOMS, DRAINAGE, THINGS WHERE IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT, WE CAN'T HAVE SCHOOL BECAUSE OUR BUILDINGS INOPERABLE AND SO EVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT A CERTAIN DEGREE IN ATHLETICS, WE USUALLY HAD BEFORE WHAT'S CALLED, IS IT CAP FUND? CAP X FUND.
BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD DIFFICULTIES FINANCIALLY, WE HAVE HAD TO TAKE THAT AND WE WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO DO ALL THAT MAINTENANCE THAT WE ROUTINELY DID FOR ATHLETICS.
ALSO WITHIN THAT, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS ALL THE DELAYED MAINTENANCE, AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'VE SEEN THE EMAILS COMING FROM DIFFERENT MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS FAR AS DIFFERENT SPORTS RESURFACING.
HEY, OUR NETS HAVE THESE HOLES AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, WHERE BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT MONEY, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND MAINTAIN THOSE DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
UNDERSTAND THAT NUMBER THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS BECAUSE THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THAT MAINTENANCE ON THOSE FACILITIES.
WHAT I WOULD WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND JUST AS WE HAVE THE VERY NON-SEXTY CAPITAL RENEWAL, ATHLETICS DOES NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT ALL THESE GREAT GRAND THINGS.
A LOT OF THE THINGS IN HERE, YOU HAVE THE STADIUM, BUT A LOT OF MAINTENANCE FOR DRAGON STADIUM, WHICH WE FEEL NEEDS IT,
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AND ALSO FOR OUR FACILITIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, FROM TENNIS TO BASEBALL TO TRACK AND FIELD.THERE ARE SOME TRACKS WHERE WE ARE VERY LUCKY OUR STUDENTS HAVE NOT HURT THEMSELVES.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS, AND IT'S NOT A MORATORIUM AS FAR AS US FEELING THAT ATHLETICS IS BETTER.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS THOSE FACILITIES WE HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY TO PUT TOWARDS IT AND SO NOW WE NEED TO WRITE THOSE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP OVER TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VERY THOROUGH EXPLANATION.
IN SOME REGARDS PERCEPTION IS REALITY AND SO I THINK THAT THE JOB OF GETTING THE BOND OUT THERE IS GETTING INFORMATION OUT THERE AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE WELL-INFORMED ON ALL THE REALITIES THAT WE'RE FACING.
YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S NOT A SEXY BOND.
WHEN I EVEN HAD MY OWN SPREADSHEET AND WAS TRYING TO MAKE CUTS, YOU CAN'T MAKE A CUT TO A ROOF.
YOU NEED A ROOF SO THERE ARE A LOT OF REALLY NEEDED DAY-TO-DAY THINGS.
>> THANK YOU. MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
FOR DRAGON STADIUM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT LINE IT IS, THE $10 MILLION THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING.
>> THREE FIFTY. FOR THE 88 UPGRADE? WHAT DID I SAY? DID I SAY 10? 10 MILLION.
THAT MEANS THAT YOU GUYS ARE NOT RECOMMENDING THE INCREASED CAPACITY, WHICH WE HAD HEARD FROM COACH THAT INCREASED CAPACITY IS NEEDED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY SEE IN THAT STADIUM.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE GAP THERE WITH ADMINISTRATION SAYING THAT THE 10 MILLION WOULD SUFFICE.
I'M NOT SAYING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE GAP.
>> PART OF THE DIFFICULTY OR CHALLENGE IN REGARDS TO RESPONDING TO ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO ALL THE FACILITIES ATHLETIC AS WELL IS THAT EVERYTHING IS CONTINGENT ON EVERYTHING ELSE.
ONCE WE DECIDE TO MAKE ONE DECISION, IT REALLY ALSO ALREADY DICTATES WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN NEXT.
ONCE WE REALLY STARTED A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FACT THAT, HEY, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TO DRAGON STADIUM HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO BRING IT UP TO STANDARD, AND EVEN IF WE SPENT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, IS IT WORTH IT TO BRING IT TO THE STANDARD? IT CAN'T TRULY BE BROUGHT UP TO THE STANDARD THAT WE NEED.
WE WOULD PROBABLY END UP SPENDING ABOUT AS MUCH AS WE WOULD SPEND ON A NEW STADIUM.
THE DISCUSSION AMONGST THE BOARD WAS, HEY, LET'S REALLY LOOK AT THE COST OF A NEW STADIUM, THE NEED GIVING DRAGON STADIUM BACK AND THEN SPENDING THIS AMOUNT TO BRING IT UP TO THIS LEVEL.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHERE WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT IT NEEDED TO HAVE THE SAME CAPACITY AS EVERYONE ELSE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT NEED TO FULFILL THAT FUNCTION.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THEN WOULD BE THE ORDER OF BUILD AND THE ORDER IN WHICH WE TOOK CARE OF THINGS.
THE FACT THAT IF THE DECISION IS MADE, THAT WE DO WANT TO KEEP A NEW STADIUM, ON THE BOND LIST AND WE WOULD TACKLE THAT FIRST AND THEN LOOK AT HOW WE DEALT WITH THINGS AT DRAGON STADIUM BASED ON HOW LONG IT WAS TAKING.
WE COULDN'T DO IT SIMULTANEOUSLY.
WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT ACTIVITIES WE NEEDED AND THEN DICTATE THE TIMELINE BASED ON THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONING THAT WE WOULD NOT NEED TO HAVE THE SAME CAPACITY BECAUSE THEY WOULD TRULY THEN COME BACK AND BE A HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM LIKE ALL OF OUR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE THE OTHER STADIUM THAT WOULD FUNCTION MUCH LIKE KELLY REEVES.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. ALSO, ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL IT'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT LINES, 654, 45, 46.
A LOT OF THESE ARE THE REMOVAL OF IT LOOKS LIKE MAINTENANCE FOR BUILDING 700.
THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT'S PLANNED FOR DEMO, IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY SO WHY WERE ALL OF THOSE ITEMS REMOVED?
>> UNDER THE NEW PLAN, THE BUILDING 700 WILL BE TORN DOWN BUT I THINK WHAT'S MISSING IS THE LINE TO PAY FOR TURNING THAT BUILDING DOWN SO WE NEED TO ADD THAT LINE TO REMOVE THE BUILDING.
>> I ASSUMED WITH THAT MANY PROJECTS BEING REMOVED THAT SOMETHING WAS MISSING OF WHAT WAS BEING REPLACED, BUT THAT INFORMATION WASN'T IN THERE.
>> TRUSTEE MARKHAM, ONE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR IS IF 700 IS DEMOED, WILL THERE STILL BE ENOUGH CLASSROOM SPACE IN THE MAIN BUILDING? WOULD DEMO HAPPEN AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW BUILDING,
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MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE?>> THE PLAN FOR ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL IF THE BUILDING NEW BUILDING IS ACQUIRED, WE WOULD TEAR DOWN THE EXISTING ADMIN BUILDING, MOVE THE BAND PRACTICE PAD OVER TO THE NEW TO WHERE THE OLD BUILDING IS, THEN BUILD THE NEW BUILDING ON THE BAND PRACTICE SIDE TO KEEP THAT ENVELOPE TYPE AT ROUND ROCK, AND THERE WILL BE NO DISRUPTION OF ANY CLASSES WHILE ALL THAT'S GOING ON SO THERE'S NO NEED TO MOVE ANY STUDENTS.
>> GREAT. THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT WILL BE ADDED IN HERE, THE NOTE FROM ADMIN OF WHAT THAT PLAN ENTAILS, FOR THE REMOVAL OF ALL OF THAT.
THEN AT THE VERY END OF THIS SPREADSHEET WHERE ADMIN ADDED A LOT OF TRACK RESURFACING, TENNIS COURT RESURFACING, TURF REPLACEMENT IS THERE A REASON THAT THE CBC DID NOT RECOMMEND THOSE INITIALLY, ARE THERE ANY OF THOSE THAT ARE IN THE LATER 2029 THAT CAN BE SAFELY DEFERRED TO ANOTHER BOND CYCLE?
>> I'LL ANSWER THE LATTER PART, AND THEN LINDSEY OR FABIAN COULD TAKE THE FIRST PART.
WHEN WE WENT THROUGH, WE LOOKED AT ANY MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT WERE NOT INITIALLY ADDED, THAT WE FELT THAT WERE WITHIN THE FOUR-YEAR BOND CYCLE, WE NEEDED TO GO BACK AND PUT ON HERE.
THAT'S WHAT THOSE THINGS REPRESENT.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE YEARS NEXT TO THEM AS FAR AS 2027, THAT'S THE YEAR THESE THINGS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AND SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT PASSED 2029 ON HERE FOR THAT REASON.
>>THAT WAS ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.
>> WE CAN START BACK OVER, TRUSTEE WEIR.
>> WELL, YOU BETTER GO GET SOME COFFEE.
>> NO, IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME TO HAVE COFFEE.
I GUESS I DON'T REALLY HAVE QUESTIONS.
I WOULD PREFER JUST TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF WHAT WE WANT TO REMOVE OR ADD BACK IN.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A COPY AND ADDED SOME STUFF BACK IN, BUT STILL KEPT IT UNDER A BILLION DOLLARS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT ADMIN HAD BECAUSE I DID FEEL LIKE THERE WERE A FEW THINGS.
I AGREE ABOUT THE TURF FOR ALL THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY AT DEER PARK, LIVE OAK ALSO USES THE TRACK.
WHEN IT RAINS, IT'S NOT JUST THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT'S LOST THE ABILITY TO GO OUT AND USE IT BECAUSE LIVE OAK WILL COME OUT ON SOME DAYS AND USE THAT SO I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE TURF PUTTING THAT ALL THE WAY BACK IN AND REALLY THE BLEACHERS.
>> I DIDN'T SAY THAT. I SAID IT'S ALL OR NOTHING. I'M FROM NOTHING.
>> I'M FOR NOTHING. BUT I DIDN'T SAY, PUT IT ALL BACK IN.
I JUST SAID I'M ALL OR NOTHING.
JUST MAKING THAT CLEAR. DON'T PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH.
>> WELL, ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ALL ASKING QUESTIONS, BUT WE'RE NOT REALLY SAYING HOW WE FEEL.
WE'RE NOT REALLY TAKING THINGS AWAY.
>> JUST ABOUT READY TO GET TO THAT.
I JUST WANTED IF WE HAD ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT REMOVALS OR ANYTHING.
TRUSTEES THAT ARE OUT THERE DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TRUSTEE WESTON, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> YES. CAN I GET SOME CLARITY? DID YOU GUYS SAY THAT THERE IS A $50 MILLION NEW STADIUM IN HERE? I THOUGHT WE SAID WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO THAT.
IT'S IN THE VERY BOTTOM IN THE YELLOW LINES.
>> I THOUGHT WE TALKED EARLIER, WE SAID WE WEREN'T OR MAYBE AM I THINKING THE ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T RECOMMEND THAT? I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS STILL ON THE TABLE.
>> A $50 MILLION STADIUM ON THE AW GRIMES PROPERTY, WOULD WE HAVE TO TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING THAT'S THERE OR THERE?
>> IT'S THE PROPERTY AT PEARSON.
WE HAVE TWO VERY LARGE TRACTS OF LAND THAT WE COULD BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL ON.
IF WE ENDED UP BUILDING A STANDALONE STADIUM ON THE AW GRIMES PROPERTY, THERE WOULD STILL BE ENOUGH SPACE TO PUT TWO FIELDS FOR THAT HIGH SCHOOL TO USE.
WE WOULD HAVE A STADIUM, WE WOULD HAVE TWO FIELDS LIKE EVERY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL HAS, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE ROOM FOR A HIGH SCHOOL.
[OVERLAPPING] WE HAVE SO MUCH LAND AT THAT SPOT.
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>> I REMEMBER THAT IS A LARGE PLOT.
YEAH, I'M NOT FOR BUILDING A FOOTBALL STADIUM BY ITSELF.
I THINK IF WE BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL THERE ONE DAY, I THINK THAT'S THE TIME TO BUILD THE FOOTBALL STADIUM.
ALSO, TRUSTEE HARRISON, DID YOU SAY THAT FINE ARTS WENT DOWN 30 MILLION BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT IT WENT 22 MILLION TO EIGHT MILLION.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT. I TRANSPOSE ATHLETICS WITH FINE ARTS.
>> IT'S NOT PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
>> THEN ALSO ON THIS $10 MILLION FOR DRAGON STADIUM, A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
DOES THAT 10 MILLION INCLUDE A NEW SCOREBOARD? I THINK THE NEW SCHOOL BOARD IS ACTUALLY UNDER THE $25 MILLION OPTION SAYS A NEW SCHOOL BOARD WOULD BE ONE POINT BASICALLY 8 MILLION FOR A NEW SCOREBOARD, AND IT'S NOT INCLUDED.
EACH ONE OF THOSE IS INCLUSIVE OF WHAT'S ABOVE IT.
SIX MILLION DOLLARS WOULD JUST BE TO MAKE IT ADA ACCESSIBLE.
10 MILLION WOULD BE TO MAKE IT ADA ACCESSIBLE AND MODERNIZE THE PRESS BOX.
25 MILLION WOULD BE THE FIRST TWO OPTIONS AND 6,000 MORE SEATS, NEW TURF, NEW PRESS TOWER, NEW SCOREBOARD, NEW LOCKER ROOMS. THEN IF YOU GO TO THE $46 MILLION, $47 MILLION.
IT'S EVERYTHING ABOVE IT PLUS.
>> AGAIN, I MEAN, IT'S A CONVERSATION.
NOTHING IS FINALIZED, BUT IT COULD BE MAKE DRAGON STADIUM ADA TOO.
THAT'S ALSO INSTALL AN ELEVATOR, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPLETE TO REDO THE PRESS BOX AND IT WILL BE FOR SIX MILLION DOLLARS, AND THEN YOU CAN ADD IN THIS CASE, ALMOST A TWO MILLION DOLLAR STUFF.
AGAIN, IT'S CONVERSATION. THERE ARE OPTIONS.
THIS GIVES US ALMOST OTHER OPTIONS, WHERE WE WANT TO REALLY DO AS FAR AS A DRAGON STADIUM.
>> AS I SAID, IT'S A CONVERSATION FOR THE BOARD TO DECIDE.
WE CAN DO IT $10 MILLION, YOU SEE THE OPTION.
THE SECOND ONE REPLACE EXISTING STADIUM.
I'M SORRY, THE DEMO REPLACE THE COMPLETELY THE WHOLE PRESS BOX, THAT WILL BE $10 MILLION JUST FOR THAT, OR WE CAN JUST DO THE OTHER STUFF, WHICH IS ONLY SIX MILLION, AND WITH THAT, WILL ALLOW US TO ADD MORE THINGS WE DO MORE THINGS TO THE STADIUM.
WE WAIT ON WHATEVER THE BOARD WANT US TO DO, WE'LL DO IT.
>> I HAVE MAYBE A POINT OF INQUIRY.
>> CAN WE OUTLINE WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE FOR TONIGHT? I'M WITH AMY.
I'M LOSING STEAM, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE GO NEXT.
WHAT IS OUR NEXT THOUGHT? WHAT'S OUR PLAN? WHAT ELSE DO WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH TONIGHT?
>> I WAS HOPING TO GET THIS A FINAL AS PACKAGE AS WE CAN.
IF NOT, WE WILL HAVE TO MEET ON THE 13TH.
>> THANK YOU. WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO NEXT TO BEGIN TO GET THIS FINAL?
>> ONCE WE GOT ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED, THEN THAT BECOMES CONVERSATION TIME AMONG OUR TRUSTEES OF WHAT STAYS, WHAT GOES.
DO YOU AGREE WITH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATIONS? DO YOU WANT TO CUT MORE?? WE JUST HAVE TO COME CONSENSUS ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS? WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE? CAN WE TAKE THIS LIKE A WORKSHOP WHERE WE CAN JUST DIALOGUE? AMY, I THINK YOU'VE GOT YOUR LIST.
WHAT IF WE STARTED WITH YOUR LIST?
>> ONCE EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, I'M READY TO GO THAT ROUTE.
>> DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
>> NO ELSE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. UNLESS YOU DO.
I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE, BUT MY OTHER QUESTION, ONE THING I'M LOOKING AT THIS BOND IS TRYING TO LOOK AS MUCH AT WANTS VERSUS NEEDS AND THE FURNITURE FUND AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME LIKE THE FURNITURE FUND? IT'S $10 MILLION NOW.
I KNOW IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A CYCLE WHERE WE'RE REPLACING ALL OF OUR FURNITURE IN THE DISTRICT, BUT TELL ME WHY WE NEED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE FURNITURE.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN SAY THIS POLITICALLY CORRECT.
MOST OF THE FURNITURE IS TO REPLACE CHAIR DESK COMBOS, WHICH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOREVER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GROWTH OF OUR STUDENTS, THOSE ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
AND SO WE ARE MOVING FROM CHAIR DESK COMBOS TO DESK AND A CHAIR TO ACCOMMODATE OUR STUDENTS.
>> IT'S $10 MILLION TO GET RID OF ALL OF THOSE DESKS?
>> FIFTEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, FIVE MIDDLE AND FIVE HIGH.
PART OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY MOVED TO THE DESK CHAIR,
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AND SOME OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY MOVED TO THE DESK CHAIR.SO WE'RE TRYING TO STANDARDIZE WHAT OUR CLASSROOMS LOOK LIKE.
OVER THIS BOND AND THE NEXT BOND, WE WILL BE THERE.
>> I THINK I CAN READY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION BASED ON WHERE WE'RE MOVING NEXT.
I GUESS I DO HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION.
WE DID TALK LAST WEEK ABOUT ADDING A SPED FUND.
WE TALKED ABOUT A ONE MILLION DOLLARS FUND FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AND RESOURCES.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT THINK WE NEED?
>> WE WENT THROUGH AND WORKED WITH OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DEFINED THE DIFFERENT SPACES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE ALREADY PUT FORWARD SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR OUR 18 PLUS STUDENTS AND WE HAD TO FIND WHAT THAT MEANS.
OUR STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION WHO QUALIFY IN CERTAIN WAYS ARE ABLE TO STAY UNTIL THE AGE OF 21.
WE HAVE ABOUT 100 OF THOSE STUDENTS.
THROUGH THE 18 PLUS PROGRAM THAT IS SERVICED HERE ON ROUNDROCK HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE ABOUT 50 STUDENTS.
SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE DIRECTLY OUT IN THE WORLD OF WORK AS FAR AS DOING WORKFORCE HOURS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE HOUSED ON THE CAMPUSES THEMSELVES AND ARE IN OUR FAC OR FCC PROGRAMMING.
WE WANTED WITH THE NEW SPACE TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE THOSE STUDENTS.
HAVE CONVERTED IN THE 700 BUILDING, WHAT WAS THE OLD LIBRARY ONCE UPON A TIME INTO AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY TRYING TO USE FOR THE 18 PLUS.
WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE DO, BUT THE SPACE IS NOT NECESSARILY WAS NOT BUILT FOR THAT PURPOSE.
WITH THE NEW SPACE, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE STUDENTS.
WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IS LIFE SKILLS.
>> I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU ON THAT. I'M VERY CLEAR [OVERLAPPING]
>> -ON 18 PLUS. I MEANT A FUND FOR OUR CAMPUSES TO ACCESS.
TRUSTEE MARKUM TALKED ABOUT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WAS THINKING MORE ABOUT A FUND TO ACCESS THOSE NEEDS IN OUR DISTRICT IS WHAT I THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE.
>> WHEN WE WENT THROUGH AND SPOKE AND LOOKED AT THE STUDENTS WHO WOULD ACCESS THOSE SPACES, SHE ALSO TALKED ABOUT COOL DOWN ROOMS AND SENSORY ROOMS WITH THE TWO BIG THINGS, KITCHENS, AND ALSO SPACES FOR, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TERMINOLOGY TOKEN, LIKE A TOKEN ECONOMY.
CERTAIN SPACES DIDN'T NEED TO BE BUILT OUT.
THEY WOULD NEED A VERY SMALL SPACE IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
THE STUDENTS THAT WOULD UTILIZE A KITCHEN THAT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO THOSE SPACES, SO WE WOULD NOT NEED A FUND FOR THAT.
THE PLACE WHERE WE WOULD NEED A FUND, IF WE HAD TO, WOULD BE MORE SO FOR THE COOL DOWN ROOMS AND/OR FOR THE SENSORY ROOMS. USUALLY, THOSE COME ALONG WITH CERTAIN PROGRAMMING AND WHERE WE HAVE CERTAIN STUDENTS, STUDENTS THAT MAY BE ARTISTIC AND SPECIFICALLY HOW THEY QUALIFY IN THAT NEED AND HOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE OFTEN DISREGULATED BASED ON WHATEVER THEIR DISABILITY.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING THAT WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY NEED IT FOR EVERY CAMPUS.
WHAT WE WOULD DO IS BASED ON WHEREVER THE PROGRAMMING IS IS WHERE THEN WE WOULD USE THAT FUND TO SUPPLEMENT.
RIGHT NOW ON OUR CAMPUSES THAT HOUSE OUR ACHIEVE UNITS, WHERE STUDENTS ARE DISREGULATED BASED ON BEHAVIOR.
THAT IS WHERE ALL OF THOSE ALREADY HAVE COOL DOWN SPACES.
REALLY AND TRULY, THE MAJOR NEED WOULD BE MORE SO FOR SENSORY SPACES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TRUSTEE HARRISON, WE ARE DOWN TO GO TIME. YOU WANT TO START?
>> I KNOW IT FELT LIKE TRUSTEE WEIR HAD A PRETTY STRONG IDEA WOULD LOVE TO START WITH YOU [OVERLAPPING].
>> WELL, I WAS JUST TRYING TO COMPARE MY COPY TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S COPY, AND I REALLY WISH I HAD BROUGHT A SECOND SCREEN.
SO I COULD LOOK AT BOTH OF THEM.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT TRUSTEE WESTON GOT HER TAX QUESTION.
>> I WAS GOING TO DO THAT IN NEXT STEPS BECAUSE IT REALLY DEPENDS ON LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE ADDRESSED.
I'M NOT GOING TO FORGET IT. I HAVE A WHOLE SPREADSHEET HERE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO FORGET IT.
>> JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT WE GET DOWN TO?
>> WELL, I GUESS MY FIRST THING THAT I HAD ADDED BACK IN WAS CD FULKES AUDITORIUM.
I KNOW THAT WE MAYBE DON'T HAVE A PLAN RIGHT NOW FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE SINCE IT'S HISTORIC.
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BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THAT COMMUNITY AT THE LAST BOND.2017 BOND FAILED PARTIALLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THAT COMMUNITY NEEDED.
IN MY OPINION, HAD A DISINGENUOUS IDEA FOR WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THAT SCHOOL.
WE DIDN'T GIVE THEM ALL THAT THEY NEEDED IN 2018.
IT'S ONE OF THE MANY THINGS WHERE I THINK THERE WERE JUST RANDOM CUTS, AND I FEEL LIKE WE OWE IT TO THAT COMMUNITY TO INVEST IN THAT.
EVEN IF IT'S AT THE END OF THIS BOND CYCLE WHERE WE SIT AND TALK WITH THAT COMMUNITY AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT SPACE.
I THINK WE OWE IT TO THEM TO GO AHEAD AND FINISH OUT THEIR PROJECT AND NOT LEAVE THAT AS JUST AN EYESORE IN THE PARKING LOT.
>> CONSENSUS FROM TRUSTEES, THOUGHTS?
>> I'M ALL FOR FINE ARTS. I AGREE.
>> THIS WOULD NOT BE A FINE ARTS FACILITY THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE.
>> WE HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT HAS TO GO ON A SEPARATE PROP.
>> TO GO ON A DIFFERENT BOND. YEAH, I'M FOR IT.
I'M FOR THE REFURBISH, FOR SURE.
>> WE HAVE BEN WITH US JUST TO CLARIFY.
I'M SORRY, PRESIDENT LANDRUM BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER IF IT'S GOING TO BE AN AUDITORIUM THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO PUT IT ON A DIFFERENT PROP, AM I CORRECT, BEN?
>> YES, IF IT'S A GENERAL PURPOSE AUDITORIUM, IT WOULD NOT BE A PERFORMING ARTS FACILITY.
A PERFORMING ARTS FACILITY IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD PREDOMINANTLY BE USED FOR CONCERTS OR OTHER PERFORMANCES.
I DID NOT KNOW THE HISTORY FROM THE LAST BOND AND WHAT HAD BEEN PROMISED.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT BASED ON THE HISTORY.
I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD JUST BE, ARE WE SURE IT'S SCOPED APPROPRIATELY? I MEAN IT IS A HISTORICAL BUILDING? I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SPECIFIC THINGS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE IT'S MAYBE NOT SCOPED THE WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE USING IT FOR YET, AND IT'S POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE UNFINISHED.
AGAIN, DO WE NEED TO TAKE MORE TIME WITH IT TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE CORRECTLY, OR DO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S SCOPED WELL ENOUGH THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD AND GIVE THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY WANT?
>> CAN WE ASK OUR CBC CHAIRS ABOUT THAT?
>> MR. KEVINGTON HAS NO COMMENT, TOO.
THE LAST BOND DID NOT CALL FOR REFURBISHING THAT AUDITORIUM.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TORN DOWN.
AND THE CITY SAID WE CAN'T TEAR IT DOWN.
SO WE GAVE THEM WHAT THEY WANTED UNTIL THE CITY SAID, NO.
>> DOES THAT MEAN THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES MOVING FORWARD AT THE CITY HAS THAT MUCH CONTROL OVER WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT BUILDING?
>> NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH IT.
THEY JUST SAID WE CAN'T TEAR IT DOWN.
>> SO BEYOND THAT, THERE'S NOTHING [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT'S A HISTORICAL MONUMENT.
>> TRUSTEE WESTON, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE AUDITORIUM?
>> YEAH, I KEEP SAYING, I'M FOR ALL THE PROJECTS PRETTY MUCH.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO RACK AND STACK THEM AND DECIDE WHERE THE CUT LINE IS.
>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS DECIDING ON THE CUTLINE, IS THE AUDITORIUM GOING TO MAKE THE CUT OR NOT?
>> WELL, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CUTLINE UNTIL YOU SET THE PARAMETERS, WHICH IS THE TAX RATE.
IT'S LIKE WE SPENT THREE MEETINGS NOW TALKING ABOUT TAKING A VACATION, BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ON IT OR HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO BORROW TO GO ON THE VACATION.
FOR ME, IT'S PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO SET THE PARAMETERS AND THEN YOU RACK AND STACK THE PRIORITIES TOP TO BOTTOM, AND THEN THAT WILL TELL YOU WHERE THE CUTLINE IS.
YOU DON'T TELL IT WHERE THE CUTLINE IS, YOU PRIORITIZE THE PROJECTS, AND THEN THE BUDGET THAT YOU SET TELLS YOU WHERE THE CUTLINE IS.
>> YOU WANT TO SET A BUDGET AND GET UNDERNEATH IT?
>> YEAH, I'D LIKE TO DECIDE HOW MUCH WE'RE COMFORTABLE SPENDING, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A TAX RATE CONVERSATION IN MY VIEW.
THEN YOU RACK AND STACK THE PROJECTS, MOST IMPORTANT TO LEAST IMPORTANT, AND THEN TELLS YOU WHERE YOUR CUTLINE IS.
>> CAN I JUST SAY SOMETHING? THERE'S ALMOST 900 PROJECTS AND THEY'RE NOT RACKED AND STACKED TO BEGIN WITH.
I WONDER IF WE MIGHT COMBINE BOTH THOUGHT PROCESSES AND GO THROUGH THE OBVIOUS THINGS THAT WE EITHER WANT TO CUT OR ADD BACK.
LOOK AT WHERE WE LAND, LOOK AT WHERE THAT WOULD LAND US AT THE TAX RATE, SAY, NO,
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WE NEED TO GO LOWER BY $100 MILLION AND COMBINE BECAUSE I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT SET UP TO DO THAT, AND SO WE COULD SAY THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND GET NOWHERE OR WE CAN MAKE SOME PERHAPS FORWARD PROGRESS WITH AN AMALGAMATION OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF HOW WE GET THERE.
>> MR. KEVINGTON, CAN YOU JUST GO OVER THE TAX RATE QUESTION? I FELT LIKE IT FELL DIFFERENTLY, BUT IF IT'S SO IMPORTANT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
>> THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WHAT WOULD THE TAX RATE BE IF WE A, DON'T CALL FOR A BOND OR B IF THE BOND FAILS.
>> BEFORE YOU START, JUST AS A REMINDER, THERE IS A SLIDE 52 IN THE ORIGINAL CBCS REPORT THAT HAPPENED ON JULY 18TH THAT LOOKED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I HAVE AN EXTRA COPIES, IF ANYBODY WHO WANTS IT, TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE TAX RATE WOULD BE IF IT PASSED AND AT WHAT RATES.
WE'RE BRINGING IT UP NOW. THAT WAS ALREADY DISCUSSED IF IT PASSED AT WHAT LEVELS SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE [OVERLAPPING].
>> WITHIN THAT SLIDE, THE BOND AMOUNT COULD BE FROM 1-1.2 BILLION WITHOUT A TAX INCREASE SO THE 0.1980 WOULD STAY.
IF YOU ALL DECIDE NOT TO CALL FOR A BOND, IF YOU REMEMBER, THE TAX RATE IS SET IN SEPTEMBER.
WE WOULD KNOW WHAT THE TAX RATE NEEDS TO BE WHEN WE SET THE TAX RATE IN SEPTEMBER, IF YOU ALL DECIDE NOT TO CALL FOR A BOND.
ACCORDING TO OUR FA, THAT TAX RATE WOULD BE 0.1541 WITHOUT ANY DEFEASEMENT PAYMENT.
BUT LET ME JUST SPEAK A MOMENT ON THE DEFEASEMENT PAYMENT, THIS DISTRICT HAS FOR YEARS, MANAGED THE BOND DEBT BY AUTHORIZING DEFEASEMENT PAYMENTS WHEN WE SET THE INS TAX RATE.
THAT'S HOW YOU KEEP YOUR AA RATING, THAT'S HOW YOU KEEP YOUR INTEREST RATES DOWN FROM WHEN YOU ISSUE THE BONDS AND IF YOU DON'T ISSUE A BOND NOW AND YOU GO BACK AND ISSUE A BOND LATER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HIGHER INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE.
>> REMIND THE COMMUNITY WHAT A DEFEASEMENT PAYMENT IS.
>> IT'S WHEN YOU MAKE AN EXTRA PAYMENT ON YOUR PRINCIPAL OF YOUR HOUSE, YOU'RE REDUCING THE PRINCIPAL BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET IN JUNE, IT CALLS FOR A 0.1980 TAX RATE THAT COVERS THE 87,000,00878 DEBT PLUS A $25 MILLION DEFICIENCY BASED ON THE TAX REVENUE THAT WE WILL GET.
IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO CALL FOR A BOND, THAT INTEREST RATE WILL DROP TO 0.1541.
IF YOU CALL FOR THE BOND AND THE BOND FAILS NEXT YEAR, WE WILL DROP THE INTEREST RATE TO 0.1426.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS WAY OUT DEFICIENT PAYMENTS, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONTINUE THE PRACTICE OF MAKING DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS SO WE CAN MANAGE THE DEBT AND KEEP FINANCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE DISTRICT.
>> MAY I TIME IN? ARE YOU FINISHED?
>> I JUST WANT TO COME UP TO 30,000 FEET AND JUST BE VERY CLEAR.
WE HAVE TWO TAX RATES IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAVE A MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS TAX RATE AND WE HAVE AN INTEREST AND SINKING TAX RATE INS.
THAT IS THE TAX REVENUE THAT PAYS FOR A BOND. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
CURRENTLY, THE INS TAX RATE IN ROUND ROCK ISD IS 0.980.00 PER $100 OF VALUATION OF PROPERTY, IS THAT RIGHT? HOW MUCH BOND DEBT DOES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE TOTAL RIGHT NOW?
>> BUT THAT'S JUST FOR THIS YEAR, THAT'S NOT THE TOTAL BOND DEBT.
>> NO, THAT'S THE TOTAL DEBT THAT WE OWE.
>> WHAT'S THE FIGURES AT THE BOTTOM [OVERLAPPING].
>> AT THEM UNDER PRINCIPLE, IT'S 770 MILLION FOR PRINCIPAL, 227 FOR INTEREST FOR A TOTAL OF 998 MILLION.
I THINK THOSE LINES ARE HOW MUCH IS PAID OR SERVICED EVERY YEAR.
I KNOW YOU TOLD ME 87 MILLION ON THE BREAK, BUT THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT I KNEW THAT WASN'T RIGHT.
>> I HAVE THE NUMBER, IT'S $770,450,000,
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THOSE ARE OUR TOTAL DEPTHS RIGHT NOW.>> RIGHT NOW WITH NO BOND 2024, WE HAVE $770 MILLION OF BOND DEBT.
THAT'S THREE QUARTERS OF $1 BILLION OF BOND DEBT CURRENTLY, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE, YES.
>> THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
>> IF WE DID NOT GO OUT FOR A BOND IN 2024, DID YOU JUST SAY THAT WE COULD REDUCE THE INS TAX RATE BY ABOUT $0.04 FROM 0.1980 TO 0.154?
>> YES, POTENTIALLY GO DOWN BY FOUR PENNIES.
>> THAT WILL COVER YOUR INTEREST AND YOUR PRINCIPAL. THAT'S ALL IT WILL COVER.
>> NO DEFICIENCY. USUALLY WE LEAVE ABOUT A PENNY OR SOMETHING OR TWO.
REMEMBER, WE'RE TRYING TO PAY THESE DEBTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE IT WILL SAVE IN THE LONG RUN AND SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING LESS AND INTEREST.
>> THREE QUARTERS OF $1 BILLION OF BOND DEBT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS SCHEDULED TO BE PAID OFF IN 2042. IS THAT WHAT THIS SHOWS?
>> DOES THIS GO TO 2059 BECAUSE IF THIS BOND PASS OR WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS IT WOULD BE.
>> ALWAYS WHEN YOU STRUCTURE A BOND, YOU WANT TO STRUCTURE IT IN A WAY THAT YOU END UP AGAIN SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY OR BEING GOOD STORE TO TAXPAYERS MONEY.
YOU LOOK AT THE MARKET TOO, ALWAYS ALSO A WAY OF REFINANCING LIKE THE SAME THING WITH THE HOME.
LET'S SAY IF WE GET IT HYPOTHETICALLY IF THIS PASSES, AND WE END UP GETTING A BOND THIS COMING YEAR, AND TWO YEARS FROM NOW, INTEREST RATE GOES DOWN, THEN OBVIOUSLY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF TAXPAYERS MONEY IS US TO REFINANCE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE THE INTEREST RATE AND WE COULD BE IN A WAY MAYBE YOU STRUCTURE IT I'VE BEEN A 20 YEAR YEAR DEBT TO BECOME A 10 YEAR OR 15 YEAR DEBT.
>> I JUST DID SOME BACK OF THE NAPKIN MATH ON A $500,000 HOME AND RAN THE TWO INS TAX RATES, AND IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE ABOUT A $220.
I THINK THAT'S AN ANNUAL FIGURE TO KEEP THE TAX RATE AT 0.1980 SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HELPFUL FOR FOLKS.
I GUESS THE LAST THING THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK, WE TALK ABOUT NO NEW REVENUE RATES, WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR TAX RATES.
THAT'S ONE OF THE FIGURES THAT'S REQUIRED, I BELIEVE, ON THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO POST EVERY SEPTEMBER.
DOES THAT APPLY TO INS OR IS THAT JUST AN M&O THING, THE NO NEW REVENUE RATE, OR IS THAT A COMBINATION?
>> IF I REMEMBER CORRECT, IT'S A COMBINATION.
>> DO WE HAVE THAT STUFF YET? YOU SAID YOU JUST THE MCR FOR M&O, DO WE?
>> NO THAT WOULD BE COMPUTED AFTER WE GET THE CERTIFIED VALUES, OUR CAD COMPUTES THOSE RATES FOR US.
>> SINCE AMBER, YOU PASSED THIS OUT IN THIS, I THINK THE BOND SHARES TOLD US THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT TRYING TO KEEP THE TOTAL OF THE BOND SUCH THAT THIS 0.1980 CURRENT INS TAX RATE WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO UP.
THEY CAME UP AND DENNIS AND I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ON THE BREAK ABOUT THAT WHAT THE CBC WAS LOOKING AT, IS THAT CORRECT? THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT SEEMS TO ME IF THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
I'D LIKE TO REDUCE TAXES THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
BUT IF THE BOARD WANTS TO KEEP IT AT THAT RATE, WHY WOULD YOU BE REDUCING THE BOND FROM WHAT THE CAPACITY WOULD BE TO KEEP THE TAX RATE WHERE IT IS? I JUST PHILOSOPHICALLY. WELL, WHY ARE WE GOING TO MACHINE IT.
IF THE MAJORITY IS COMFORTABLE LEAVING THE TAX RATE FLAT AT 198, THEN WHY ARE WE GOING TO SPEND ANY TIME MACHINATING ABOUT REDUCING 1.1 DOWN TO 980?
>> WE HAVEN'T HAD A DISCUSSION ON THIS BOARD ABOUT THE TAX RATE AND WHAT THE FINAL BOND NUMBER AND HOW IT RELATES TO A TAX RATE.
I THINK YOU'RE MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THAT HAS NOT HAD ANY CONVERSATION ON THIS DIAS OF I WANT TO REDUCE THE BOND RATE SO THAT I CAN REDUCE THE TAX RATE.
NOBODY ON THIS DIAS HAS SAID THAT.
>> I WOULD BE FAVORABLE TO A BOND IN WHICH WE CAN REDUCE THE INS TAX RATE BY AT LEAST ONE PENNY, WHATEVER THAT FIGURE WOULD BE, AND THEN I WOULD REALLY LEAVE IT TO THE CBC TO PRIORITIZE OR GIVE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON PRIORITIZING THE BONDS FROM FIRST TO LAST AND THEN DRAWING THE CUT LINE AT WHATEVER THE CAPACITY OF 0.188 INS TAX RATE WOULD BE.
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I'LL JUST START THERE, THAT'S WHERE I START.>> I THINK THAT WE COULD DEFINITELY FIGURE OUT WHAT THE MAX BOND BOND VALUE WOULD BE TO REDUCE FROM 0.198 TO 0.188.
I THINK THAT'S PRETTY EASILY CALCULABLE, CORRECT?
>>WE WOULD CONTACT THE FA AND THEY WOULD RE RUN THESE NUMBERS TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
>> I'LL DO THAT. JUST MAKING SURE ACRONYMS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
>> IT'S GOING TO TAKE PROBITY, BECAUSE WE CANT THE PERSON TOMORROW OR MAYBE A DAY TOMORROW, MAYBE MONDAY, SO WE'LL BE READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING, I GUESS.
>> THEN I JUST HAVE ONE MORE, TRUSTEE, WEA, YOU WANT TO TURN YOUR LETTER? JUST IN MY OPINION, WHAT YOUR SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION, ACTUALLY, I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH PART WAS FIRST, BUT YOUR PART ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE CBC THEM TO RANK THE 900 PROJECTS OR WHATEVER FROM 1-900.
THAT'S NOT A TASK THAT WE GAVE THE CBC.
QUITE HONESTLY, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE LOOKING AT PROJECTS ACROSS THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
BUT WE ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE GREATER BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHAT IS A PRIORITY FOR OUR DISTRICT.
I THINK THAT WHAT MAY COME FROM A PRIORITY OF A COMMITTEE WITH 12 PEOPLE, MAYBE A DIFFERENT PRIORITY THAN WHAT THIS BOARD IS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THOSE TWO THINGS ALIGN.
JUST IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, NOT THAT I DON'T VALUE ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO, I COULD NOT HAVE SPENT THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS I'M SURE THAT WAS PUT IN.
BUT ULTIMATELY, CALLING FOR A BOND IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR VOTERS OF WHAT WE PUT FORWARD.
THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL UNDERSTAND.
>> BUT COMMITTEES ARE HELPFUL IN PROVIDING INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT WE'RE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
I THINK OUR TIME WOULD BE BETTER SPENT SAYING, WELL, I THINK THAT THIS PRIORITY, THEY'VE GOT AT 250.
I WOULD PUT THAT UP AT NUMBER 100.
I JUST THINK THAT WOULD MAKE OUR CONVERSATION MORE EFFICIENT IF WE WERE JUST FOCUSED ON MOVING AROUND THE PRIORITIES.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE CBC IS GOING TO DECIDE WHAT THE BOND PROJECTS ARE, BUT THEY CAN PROVIDE THE RECOMMENDATION TO GIVE US A STARTING POINT. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
>> I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT CAN'T HAPPEN IF THIS BOND IS TO BE CALLED FOR NOVEMBER.
IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, THEN WE HAVE TO DELAY A BOND.
>> I WOULD GO FOR MAY 2025 BOND. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.
>> THAT'S DEFINITELY YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OPINION.
I WOULD GO TO OUR TRUSTEES, DO WE WANT TO START THE PROCESS OVER AND DELAY THIS OR DO WE WANT TO PROCEED MOVING TOWARDS A NOVEMBER BOND? I NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
>> WE'VE ALREADY PUT THE WORK INTO THIS.
I SAY THAT THE CBC HAS PUT THE WORK INTO THIS.
WE HAVE 90 MINUTES, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND NOT DOING IT.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO GO BACK, THIS IS NOT LISTED IN A WAY TO PRIORITIZE IT'S NOT RANKED RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS RANKED P1, P2, P3 NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT MOSTLY P1.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE US TO LET'S START WITH 2-12 ADMINISTRATION? GO THROUGH, LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE, MAKE SOME DECISIONS AND MOVE OUR WAY DOWN LIKE THAT.
I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF STARTING OVER, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF WAITING TILL MAY, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE'S TIME.
IF WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE DON'T GET ANYWHERE, THEN WE CAN RECONSIDER, BUT LET'S SEE THE PROCESS THROUGH.
EVEN IF IT'S IMPERFECT, DO I HAVE AGREEMENT? CAN WE START WITH ADMINISTRATION? DO WE THINK THAT ALL THAT SOUNDS RIGHT, 2-12?
>> BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, YOUR OPINION IS ONE, JUST LIKE HER OPINION IS ONE.
I NEED TO FIND IF TRUSTEE MARKHAM, DO YOU WANT TO START BACK OVER OR DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED ON WITH THE PROCESS AS IS?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED, PLEASE.
>> PROCEED WE'LL USE TIFFANY'S.
>> THE ONLY THING IS CAN WE FINISH THE CONVERSATION ABOUT CD FOLKS? BECAUSE I GOT FEEDBACK FROM EVERYBODY EXCEPT ALICIA WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND I HAVEN'T GIVEN ANY FEEDBACK SO BEFORE WE START BACK OVER, LET'S FINISH THAT ONE LINE ITEM.
>> I THINK MY QUESTION WAS JUST DO WE FEEL THE 7.7 IS REFLECTIVE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE OF WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO WITH THAT SPACE.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE IT'S JUST SITTING THERE HALF FINISHED, AND WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER BOND OR FIND A WAY OR WAIT TILL PROJECTS ARE FINISHED AND SEE WHAT MONEY COMES UP AT THE END OR JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE PROJECT.
>> I WILL JUST SAY MY OPINION ON CITY FOLKS IS THE DISTRICT DOESN'T HAVE PLANS ON HOW TO USE IT.
I WOULD SAY, CAN WE ALLOCATE ENOUGH TO MAKE THE OUTSIDE
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PRETTY AND NOT TOUCH THE INSIDE UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT? I DON'T WANT TO WASTE THE MONEY, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S WASTE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE PLANS TO USE IT.IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE THING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION AND ADMINISTRATION HAS ENOUGH SPACE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE USE FOR THAT IS, LET'S CLEAN IT UP, MAKE THE PROPERTY LOOK DECENT AND PRETTY AND NOT JUST DECENT, MAKE IT LOOK NICE FOR THAT SCHOOL, BUT WHY SPEND THE FULL SEVEN MILLION IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT SPACE?
>> CAN WE ACTUALLY GET ALICIA'S QUESTION ANSWERED THOUGH FIRST, ABOUT THE 7.7 AND THEN MOVE TO OPTION 2?
>> SOME OF WHAT WAS ALREADY SAID.
UNLESS WE KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING INTO THAT FUNCTION, IT'S HARD TO FULLY SCOPE IT AND PRICE IT.
WE COULD GET WITH HPM TO GET A COST PER SQUARE FOOT THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR IT FOR WHAT'S THERE.
I WILL CLARIFY THAT IT IS NOT A HISTORICAL BUILDING.
IT HAS A LOT OF HISTORY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IT IS NOT A REGISTERED HISTORICAL BUILDING.
>> CAN YOU CLARIFY THEN WHY THE CITY TOLD US WE COULDN'T TEAR IT DOWN?
>> THE CITY DIDN'T REQUIRE US TO KEEP IT THERE, THE COMMUNITY WANTED US TO KEEP IT THERE.
THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS WHEN WE LEAVE IT THERE THAT WE HAD TO SHORE IT UP AND MAKE SURE IT WAS A SAFE AND SECURE FACILITY FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT.
IT IS SECURED AND BLOCKED OFF THE APPROPRIATE WAY PER CITY REQUIREMENTS.
BUT THE COMMUNITY WANTED US TO KEEP IT.
>> IT IS STILL THERE AND I WOULD SAY IF IF WE PRETTY IT UP ON THE OUTSIDE, THERE ARE STILL THINGS ON THE INSIDE THAT THE LONGER THAT WE LEAVE IT DETERIORATING.
>> RIGHT. IT IS DETERIORATING ON THE INSIDE.
THERE ARE SOME FUNCTIONS AND SYSTEMS THAT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO UPDATE AND IN THE BUILDING, EVEN IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUNCTIONS ARE FULLY, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER SYSTEMS THAT REALLY SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT THAT BUILDING DOESN'T HAS [INAUDIBLE].
WE DON'T HAVE A FIRE SAFETY SYSTEM, THINGS LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL GET WITH HPM TO GET IT FULL DETAILED.
BUT IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE FULLY UPDATED SO THAT IT'S OCCUPATION OR OCCUPABLE.
BUT THERE ARE SYSTEMS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO PUT IN THERE SO THAT THE FACILITY DOES JUST KEEP ON DETERIORATING.
>> I WASN'T AWARE OF ALL THAT, SO THAT PUTS CONTEXT ON JUST CLEANING UP THE OUTSIDE.
TRUSTEE HARRISON, YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON HOW TO PROCEED.
>> YEAH. LET'S LOOK AT ITEMS 2-12, 13.
THAT PROJECT LIST BY CAMPUS IS 1-11 OR ARTIFICIALLY 1-12.
WHY DON'T WE TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK AT THIS.
RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE EIGHT THINGS TO BE REMOVED, FOUR THINGS TO BE INCLUDED.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH ANY OF THOSE THINGS?
>> ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS FOR A WHOLE 900?
>> WELL, WE ARE GOING TO DO IT IN BATCHES.
>> I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE LITTLE SECTION, IT APPLIES TO SOMETHING ELSE.
>> I THINK WE CAN RAISE THAT BECAUSE HERE, 13 CAPITAL RENEWAL ADMINISTRATION DEMO ADMIN BUILDING.
IF WE'RE OKAY WITH THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THIS, I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT OTHER FACILITY, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY SAID.
>> I THINK WE CAN GO BY SCHOOL BECAUSE LIKE ANDERSON MILL, THERE'S NOT MUCH.
THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING TO DISCUSS ON ANDERSON MILL.
>> RIGHT. THAT WAY WE CAN GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE LIST IN HUGE CHUNKS.
I'M REFERENCING THE NUMBERS ON THE ACTUAL SPREADSHEET.
THIS IS ANDERSON MILL CAPITAL RENEWAL AND SAFETY AND SECURITY.
ALL THOSE ITEMS ARE MARKED AS INCLUDED.
>> SORRY, I'M JUST NOTE 10:30 TRUSTEE WESTON LEFT, IF YOU CAN MARK THE TIME ON THAT ONE.
>> FOR THAT ANDERSON MILL, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO EXCLUDE? IT ALREADY SAYS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE NEEDS TO EXCLUDE? MOVING FORWARD, BERKMAN LINES 30-40.
NOTE THAT THE ONLY THING THAT WAS REMOVED WAS THE REFRESH OF THE PORTABLES WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE BERKMAN ADDITION.
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THAT IS LIKELY, IN MY OPINION, THE BEST OPTION BECAUSE THE OTHER OPTIONS AREN'T FEASIBLE. DO WE AGREE? ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT? BLACKMAN PRAIRIE, 41-50.THERE'S ONE REMOVAL, $50,000 PAVEMENT RE SEAL AND PAINT.
>> ALL THE PAVEMENT HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM EVERY SCHOOL AND PUT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
>> WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. BLUE BONA ELEMENTARY 51-63 ALL INCLUDE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED? BRUSHY CREEK COMPLEX IS NEXT.
>> I'M SORRY, TRUSTEE HARRISON.
BLUEBONNET STILL INCLUDES THE PAVEMENT, RESE AND PAINT.
THAT WAS NOT EXCLUDED ON THE SPREADSHEET?
>> OH, THAT'S TRUE. DOES THAT GET REMOVED?
>> IT WAS EXCLUDED A MOMENT AGO.
I DON'T KNOW WHO CHANGED THAT.
>> REESE AND PAINT IS DIFFERENT FROM MILL AND PAVE.
>> IT'S NOT ALL PAVEMENT. IT'S JUST THE ONE SPECIFIC.
>> THANK YOU. WE'RE AT BRUSHY CREEK COMPLEX, ITEM 64-77.
IS THERE ANY FLAG FOR ANY OF THOSE? THOSE ARE VERY BASIC M&O NEEDS.
>> I THOUGHT WE HAD PRETTY MUCH APPROVED ALL OF THESE PROJECTS IF WE HADN'T BEEN TALKING ABOUT THEM ALONG THE WAY AS AN AGENDA ITEMS. THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ISSUES AS NOBODY HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANYTHING AT BRUSHY CREEK OR AT BLUEBONNET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY AGENDA ITEMS TO TALK ABOUT THEM.
>> THEN WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WAS AMY WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH HER LIST AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO REMOVE AND WHAT I WANT TO ADD.
WE SAY YES OR NO, AND WE MOVE ON.
>> THAT'S WHAT I FEEL LIKE THE BEST PROCESS IS RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH ALL 55 SCHOOLS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THEM, BUT WE'RE ASKING.
>> WE JUST NEED SOME METHODICAL WAY TO MOVE FORWARD.
>> I THINK HONESTLY, I LIKE THE WAY, WE DO ONLY HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF AND I AM FADING.
BUT I THINK IF WE JUST DO IT QUICKLY, I WROTE ALL MINE DOWN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER ANYWAY.
>> CA FOLKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE DID WE END UP RIGHT NOW? THAT'S WHY.
>> YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT BRUSHY CREEK ELEMENTARY.
>> BRUSHY CREEK IS ALL INCLUDED.
YOU DID COMPLEX BRUSHY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO FAR, THOSE ARE ALL INCLUDED.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED OR CHANGED? THOSE ARE ALL M&O NEEDS.
NINETY, 91 CD FOX NEEDS, 92, THE AUDITORIUM.
WHERE DID WE LAND ON THE AUDITORIUM? WE HAVE DISCUSSION, BUT WHERE HAVE WE ENDED UP?
>> I WANTED TO INCLUDE IT, BUT I'D BE WILLING TO DO LESS MONEY IF WE THOUGHT. SORRY, GO AHEAD.
>>OH, I'M SORRY. TO ME, IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ON THE INSIDE, NOT THE OUTSIDE AND LEAVE THE OUTSIDE AS IT IS AND JUST MAKE IT UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH IT, WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DESTROYED FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
>> MADAM PRESIDENT, WHEN HE'S SPEAKING, WE NEED TO HAVE HIS FACE.
>> IT'S UP THERE. IT'S IN THE CORNER.
>>> IS THIS AN ITEM THAT WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON BECAUSE WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF THE BASE NEEDS FOR THIS PROJECT? I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO ADD A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS THAT WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON.
I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BROUGHT US A LOT, BUT IS THAT FEASIBLE, TO THIS, I'M LOOKING AT?
>> ANYTHING THAT WE NEED MORE INFORMATION ON WILL RESULT IN US HAVING TO MEET ON THE 13TH BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET INFORMATION TO THE FINANCIAL ADVISORS BEFORE WE CAN CALL FOR A BOND ON THE 15TH?
>> DO WE WANT TO INCLUDE THIS AND SEE WHERE OUR FINAL NUMBERS?
>> I FIND AVAILABLE ON THE 13TH, I'M JUST SAYING YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT.
>> I THINK WE SHOE FOR RIGHT NOW AND SEE WHERE WE GET TRUSTEE WESTON LEFT, BUT ACTUALLY IN A SENSE, SHE'S RIGHT.
I HAVE THIS WEIRD THING ABOUT IT BEING A BILLION, BUT IF WE'RE REALLY GOING WITH THE TAX RATE, IT SHOULDN'T MATTER.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT.
THANK YOU TO WHOEVER HAS EDITING ACCESS.
CACTUS RANGE ELEMENTARY, 93-100.
THERE'S ONE REMOVAL, AND THAT IS FOR $400,000 MILL AND PAVE, THAT'S ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
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IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED OR ADDED? THESE ARE ALL MINO NEEDS.>> SAME THING AT CALDWELL HEIGHTS AND CALISON.
>> CALDWELL HEIGHTS, CALISON, MOVING RIGHT ALONG, CANYON CREEK.
SAME THING ALL CANYON VISTA IS WHERE WE GET TO?
>> THE ATHLETIC BLEACHERS AND PRESS BOXES.
>> WHAT IS OUR PHILOSOPHY ON ATHLETIC BLEACHERS AND PRESS BOXES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT?
>> THERE WERE, ACTUALLY, ONLY FOUR WHEN I DID THE SEARCH OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
THERE'S CANYON VISTA, CEDAR VALLEY, DEER PARK, AND IT WALLSON.
>> WALLSON, I CAN EXPLAIN WHY.
BECAUSE THOSE ARE A COMPETITION MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND, OFTENTIMES, OUR PARENTS CAN EVEN HEAR ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> IT IS REALLY HARD TO HEAR, ESPECIALLY EVEN MORE THAN FOOTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD, IT'S INCREDIBLY HARD TO KNOW.
>> YES. I'M IN FAVOR OF REMOVING THEM.
AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE OUR NEEDS IN THIS BOND AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD BE ADDED BACK IN HERE.
BUT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO BE REALLY JUDICIOUS IN MAKING OUR DECISIONS, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME HARD CHOICES, BUT AGAIN, IT'S SAME THING WITH THE TURF AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
>> CAN I JUST MAKE ONE OBSERVATION THAT I SAW ON THAT.
THIS MAY BE DEPENDENT ON WHERE YOU GUYS GO WITH TURF.
BUT YOU HAVE TURF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COMPETITION FIELDS.
OF THOSE STADIUMS THAT HAD THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRESS BOX, AND BLEACHERS, TWO OF THEM ARE THE COMPETITION FIELDS.
MAYBE IT'S NOT ALL OF THEM NEED TO BE DONE FOR THE STANDS AND THE PRESS BOXES.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE TOUCHING THOSE CAMPUSES AND DOING THE TURF, AND THOSE ARE THE COMPETITION FIELDS, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE? I'M JUST ASKING THE HYPOTHETICAL, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THOSE INCLUDED SINCE THOSE ARE THE COMPETITION FIELDS? I THINK IT WAS CANYON VISTA AND CHISHOLM TRAIL THAT HAD THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR TURF AS WELL AS THE STANCE. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
>> THAT IS A GOOD POINT, AND I CAN SEE THAT.
THIS ONE'S NOT GOING TO BE MY AREA OF EXPERTISE.
I THINK YOU ALL, AS PARENTS, HAVE MORE LIVED EXPERIENCE, AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO JUST MAYBE GET A PHILOSOPHY AROUND THIS.
I WILL TELL YOU THE BLEACHERS AT CANYON VISTA ARE UGLY.
THEY HAVE SOME PERMANENT THAT WERE ORIGINALLY AT THAT FIELD? THEN THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN TEMPORARY, THE TEMPORARY DON'T LINE UP WITH THE CURRENT PERMANENT ONES THAT ARE THERE AND THEY SIT ABOUT FIVE YARDS AHEAD.
MAKES AN ISSUE ON WHERE YOU SIT IN THE PERMANENT STANDS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE AS WELL TO THE OTHER END OF THE STADIUM.
IT WAS IN THAT STADIUM TWICE THIS YEAR.
BUT IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM? NO. IS IT PRETTY? NO.
>> IF I MAY, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE MORE ON THE COMFORT OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE PERFORMING IN THEIR ATHLETIC ENDEAVORS RATHER THAN THE COMFORT AND BEAUTY OF THE SEATS.
TURF, YES, BLEACHERS, NO, FOR ME.
>> THOSE ARE TWO NO BLEACHERS, AMY, WHERE DO YOU LAND? WE JUST NEED TO MAKE A DECISION.
>> I WOULD GIVE BLEACHERS, BUT I'M ALSO OKAY NOT, SO I WILL GO WITH THE MAJORITY.
>> I'M A BLEACHERS AND PRESS BOXES, ONLY BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BE A, YES, ON THE TURF FOR COMPETITION FIELDS AND PHASING THAT OUT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M A NOA BLEACHERS AND PRESS BOXES.
>> THEN LET'S MAKE THAT HARD CHOICE AND LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
WE'RE TO CREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE M&O NEEDS.
>> THE PLAYGROUND UP GREEN IS NOT NECESSARILY AN M&O.
>> RIGHT NOW THAT'S TO HAPPEN INCLUDED, BUT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO COME OFF THIS?
>> MOVING ON, CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS LINES 152-166.
THINGS THAT ARE REMOVED THUS FAR, PAVEMENT, RESIAL AND PAINT, FINE ARTS FACILITY REFRESH. ARE WE GOOD?
>> AGAIN, HARD CHOICE ON THE FINE ARTS FACILITY REFRESH.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THE SPACE USED DIFFERENTLY.
BUT IF WE'RE MAKING THE HARD CHOICES, IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
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I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER IN THIS AND IT WAS JUST INSIDE.
THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE USE OF THE FACILITY THE SPACE, BUT IT WASN'T THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE.
>> PERFECT. THAT WAS THAT DECISION WAS MADE WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOL AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT DECISION.
WE'RE GOOD WITH LEAVING THAT HARD CHOICE, CHU.
WE'RE GOOD WITH LEAVING THAT HARD CHOICE. ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU GOT TO HAVE YOUR CAMERA ON, SORRY.
>> YEAH. IT FLASHED OFF FOR A MINUTE BUT IT'S BE.
>> 167 CEDAR RIDGE PACK AUDITORIUM REFRESH, INCLUDE ANY OBJECTIONS.
MOVING ON TO CEDAR VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR REMOVAL.
WE SAID LEAVING OFF BLEACHERS AND PRESS BOXES.
THIS LOCKER ROOM, 3.9 MILLION.
DO WE DISCUSS THIS? ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO? WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT AN EARLIER MEETING.
I REALLY DON'T RECALL. DOES ANYBODY HAVE TO.
>> DO THE LOCKERS AND THE BLEACHERS GO HAND IN HAND, OR THE LOCKER IS GOING TO BE UNDERNEATH?
>> LOCKER REMOVAL IS LIKE IN THE HALLWAYS UNUSED LOCKER SPACE, AND THEN THE LOCKER ROOM IS A REMODEL.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
>> EXISTING SPACE TO RECONFIGURE IT A LITTLE.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CURRENT SPACE.
>> WHAT'S EVERYONE'S COMFORT LEVEL? DOES ANYTHING NEED TO BE ADDED BACK OR REMOVED?
>> I'M SAYING THAT WE'RE GOOD.
>> WE'RE DOWN TO 191 CHANDLER OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 191-196.
IT HAS ANOTHER PLAYGROUND UPGRADE.
CHISHRAIL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, 197-220, AND BLEACHERS AND PRE BOXES.
WE'RE REMOVING LOCKER ROOMS. WE'RE NOT UPDATING.
ARE WE GOOD WITH THAT? ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS ARE INO NEEDS.
>> I'M GETTING A BIG SIGH ON THE CHISHOLM LOCKER ROOM.
>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD SOME CONTEXT, CBC?
>> THIS IS WHEN THE HARD DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE.
>> I HAVE NO VESTED INTEREST IN THIS CAMPUS, FULL DISCLOSURE.
I JUST KNOW THAT THE CONVERSATION AROUND THAT CAMPUS, IS THAT, IT'S A REALLY OLD MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SO WHILE THINGS CAN BE FUNCTIONAL, THE SPACE IS REALLY SMALL, I THINK THE GIRLS LOCKER ROOM IS SMALLER THAN THE BOYS LOCKER ROOM, SO I THINK THERE WAS THIS THOUGHT OF TRYING TO RECONFIGURE AND MAKE IT A BETTER USE OF SPACE.
I THINK IT'S A SIMILAR CONVERSATION AROUND GRISHAM TOO, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME TYPES OF MODELS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THAT'S JUST THE CONTEXT I WANT TO GIVE.
>> WITH THAT CONTEXT, HAS ANYONE CHANGED THEIR MIND ON THAT? COULD THIS BE LIKE [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD RECONFIGURE TO MAKE THE SPACES BETTER AND NEWER.
BUT WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE SOME HARD CHOICES.
>> IT'S OKAY IF THIS IS A HARD CHOICE.
DO WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD OR DO WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING HERE? AMY, WHERE ARE YOU?
>> I'M NOT INVESTED IN CHISHOLM OR GRISHAM, BUT, THOSE ARE TOUGH LOCKER ROOMS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FIVE MILLION.
IF THIS IS 2.4 AND GRISHAM IS PROBABLY THE SAME.
I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN HOW MUCH GRISHAM'S LOCKER ROOM WAS.
>> THE GRISHAM WAS 3.9, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.
>> TRUSTEE MARKHAM, WHERE ARE YOU?
>> THOSE ARE REALLY OLD SCHOOLS.
I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE LOCKER ROOMS IN JUST TO SEE WHERE WE LAND, BUT KNOWING THAT THOSE MAY BE THE FIRST THINGS WE PULL OUT IF WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
IT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR LOCKER ROOMS. AGAIN, IT'S HARD.
I WOULD WANT TO DO IT FOR ALL OF THEM AND WE JUST MADE A DECISION THAT WE'RE NOT DOING LOCKER ROOMS OR BLEACHERS AND PRESS BOXES FOR ALL OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, BUT NOW WE'RE RECONSIDERING BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE SCHOOL.
THAT'S A TOUGH ONE. I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF PUTTING THEM IN JUST TO SEE WHERE WE LAND.
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BUT I DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.>> NO, THEY'RE NOT IN THERE RIGHT NOW.
>> I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF PUTTING THE OLDER SCHOOLS LOCKER ROOMS IN, AND THEN COULD WE MAKE A NOTE, ADAMANT OUT TO THE SIDE AND THE NOTES COLUMN THAT THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TO BE PULLED?
>> RIGHT NOW, CHISHOLM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
>> NO, YOU'RE RIGHT, 212. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S KEEP MOVING. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE BLEACHERS AND PRESS BOXES OFF.
>> I HEARD THREE PEOPLE. YOU WHAT, HEY?
>> I'M ON BOARD WITH THAT, TOO.
>> COOL. SORRY. I HAD ALREADY HEARD THREE PEOPLE, SO I THOUGHT WE WERE GOOD, BUT THANK YOU.
DEEP WOOD ELEMENTARY, ALL AMINO NEEDS, SO WE CAN KEEP MOVING UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION.
HERE'S WHERE IT GETS FUN, 230 THROUGH 247.
CONCESSIONS AND RESTROOM IS REMOVED RIGHT NOW.
>> I WANT TO FIGHT FOR THAT ONE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO FIGHT FOR THE WOODSHOP REMOVAL A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE I FEEL CLASSROOM SPACES ARE PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS A PROBLEM NOT TO HAVE A RESTROOM OUT THERE.
I KNOW TOWN AND COUNTRY RENTS ARE FACILITIES OUT THERE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT ON THOSE FIELDS ALL THE TIME, AND WHEN LACROSSE PLAYS, THEY DO BRING OUT PORTA POTTIES AND SIT THEM OUT THERE, OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE TO GO TO TEXACO.
I THINK I'M CONFUSING DEER PARK WOODSHOP REMODEL WITH THAT 20 BY 20 REMODEL.
[OVERLAPPING] WHAT WAS THE LOGIC BEHIND REMOVING THE DEER PARK WOODSHOP REMODEL? SUPER BRIEFLY?
>> IT IS NOT NECESSARILY NEEDED.
THEY HAVE THE SPACE AND LOOKING AT THE ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS IN THEIR CTE PROGRAMMING.
THEY DON'T NEED THE ADDITIONAL SPACE RIGHT NOW FOR THE WOODSHOP CONVERSION.
YES, THERE ARE SAWS AND THINGS IN THERE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ENROLLMENT IN THEIR PROGRAM TO MAKE THAT SPACE NECESSARY.
>> LOOKING AT THIS, I WOULD PUT THAT AS P2P3 SO THAT IT'S ALREADY DELINEATED FOR THE NEXT BOND PROCESS PERSONALLY.
I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE CONCESSIONS AND RESTROOM.
>> HOW MANY MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETIC FACILITIES HAVE A CONCESSION STAND?
>> I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT THAT DOWN AS A QUESTION?
>> THAT'S A QUESTION. IF WE JUST NEED RESTROOMS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED CONCESSION STANDS AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> I WOULD BE VERY IN FAVOR OF ADDING THE RESTROOM.
IF NONE OF OUR OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE CONCESSIONS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY, BUT I KNOW WALSH DOES, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF PEARSON DOES IN RIDGE VIEW, DOES RIDGE VIEW?
>> RIDGE VIEW IS NOT A COMPETITION STADIUM.
WE HAVE NOTHING AT THE FIELD AT RIDGE VIEW EXCEPT FOR TWO SMALL BLEACHERS.
THERE'S NO RESTROOMS, THERE'S NO LIGHTS, THERE'S NO NOTHING.
WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, YOU GO ALL THE WAY BACK INTO THE BUILDING.
THERE'S NOT EVEN LIGHTS ON THE FIELD.
>> WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE MAY BE IN FAVOR OF RESTROOMS AND NOT CONCESSION STANDS.
>> ONLY BECAUSE DEER PARK IS USED AS A COMPETITION FIELD.
>> TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN
>> IS THAT. DO WE HAVE AGREEMENT?
>> CAN WE CONSIDER ADDING? CAN WE MAKE THAT NOTE? CAN WE ADD BACK THE RESTROOMS THAT LEAVE OFF CONCESSION STANDS?
>> WE'D HAVE TO LOOK FOR A NEW PRICING ON THAT.
>> THAT'S FINE BECAUSE THAT'LL AT LEAST LET US SEE WHERE WE LAND.
>> EVERYTHING ELSE WITH DEER PARK.
ANY OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDED OR REMOVED?
>> AMY WANTS THE WOODSHOP REMODEL, BUT I HAVE TO GO BACK TO IF IT'S NOT A NECESSARY SPACE AND WE DON'T NEED IT FOR LEARNING, THAT I WOULD AGREE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED.
>> I'M WITH YOU, PRESIDENT LANDRUM ON THAT ONE SURPRISINGLY.
>> NO. IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT I'M WITH YOU.
IT'S SURPRISING THAT AS A TEACHER.
I'M SAYING LET'S NOT DO THE WOODSHOP REMODEL, I THINK.
BUT I THINK IF THE SPACING DOESN'T NECESSITATE THAT, THEN LET'S NOT DO THAT RIGHT NOW. ENROLLMENT.
>> I'LL JUST SAY THAT SOMETIMES I WONDER IF ENROLLMENT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE SPACE AND THAT STUDENTS AREN'T ENROLLING BECAUSE OF THE SPACE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
BUT IF THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION HAS WORKED WITH YOU GUYS AND HAVE SAID THAT THAT'S NOT A NECESSARY SPACE FOR THEM, IT WOULD BE HARD FOR ME TO SAY ADD IT BACK ON IF THE CAMPUS IS SAYING,
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NO, BUT I DID JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT.BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW THERE'S ONLY 12 COMPUTERS OR WHATEVER, YOU DON'T EVEN TRY TO SIGN UP FOR THE CLASS, BUT.
>> WASN'T IT THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATOR THAT SAID THEY NEEDED THE WOODSHOP AND NOW THEY'RE GONE.
>> NO. THEY SAID THEY DID NOT NEED IT.
>> THEY SAID THEY DID NOT NEED IT?
>> THEY SAID THEY DID NOT NEED IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT THE ENROLLMENT AND THEY HAD ENOUGH SPACE ALREADY ON THE CAMPUS FOR THE PROGRAM THEY HAVE.
>> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD TOO. I'M GOOD WITH LEAVING IT OUT.
>> I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH LEAVING IT OUT AND THAT'S JUST A TOUGH CHOICE WE'VE MADE.
I WANT TO REVISIT THE DANCE ROOM IMPROVEMENTS REALLY BRIEFLY.
>> THAT'S REMOVED OR IT'S INCLUDED SOMEWHERE ELSE?
>> REMEMBER THE INITIAL ONE WAS FOR TWO CLASSROOMS. WE TOOK IT DOWN TO ONE BECAUSE WE JUST NEED ONE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] ACCORDING TO 241, ADJUST TO THE DANCE ROOM.
>> THANK YOU. MY SLEEPY EYES MISSED THAT.
>> ARE WE GOOD ON DEER PARK FOR NOW? HERE WE GO DISTRICT WIDE.
>> LET'S JUST DO IT IN BATCHES THAT FIT ON OUR SCREEN.
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT TO 267.
>> TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT TO 267.
I'M GOING TO THROW IT OUT THERE THAT I WOULD BE OKAY WITH.
HOLD ON. MR. COVINGTON CAN'T LOOK IT.
I'D BE OKAY WITH REDUCING THE FURNITURE FUND.
>> I THOUGHT YOU CAME BACK AND TOLD US THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD 3.3 MILLION.
>> THAT WAS ADMINISTRATION'S SAY IT.
>> WELL, WHAT ARE YOU? [LAUGHTER]
>> DO NOT GET ME IN TROUBLE TODAY.
WE HAVE ONE TRUSTEE THAT SAYS.
>> I WOULD SAY KEEP THE SEVEN MILLION, BUT ELIMINATE THE ADDITIONAL INCREASE.
WE DEAL WITH WHAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THAT AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER BOND COMING.
>> TRUSTEE, WHERE ARE YOU ON THAT?
>> I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND DO THE FURNITURE UPGRADES AS A PERSON OF SIZE.
I THINK STUDENTS CAN FEEL BODY SHAMED BY THE FURNITURE THAT DOESN'T FIT THEM.
I DON'T WANT ANY STUDENT TO FEEL THAT WAY.
I THINK WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND DO IT.
>> TO BE CLEAR, THERE'S ALREADY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
THIS IS JUST A DISCUSSION ON WHETHER TO INCREASE THAT BY 3.3 MILLION DOLLAR.
DO YOU WANT THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS NOW?
>> ABSOLUTELY. I'M SORRY. I WAS MISUNDERSTANDING.
>> [OVERLAPPING] YOU ARE ADMINISTRATION IN THIS CONVERSATION? [LAUGHTER]
>> I AM ADMINISTRATION. I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN ONE THING.
THE 3.3 IS ACTUALLY TO ADD THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THE FIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
IF WE REMOVE THAT, THAT WE ONLY BE ABLE TO DO THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEN 15, I THINK ELEMENTARY THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL NONE OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WILL GET NEW FURNITURE PRETTY MUCH.
>> DOES THAT CHANGE HOW YOU FEEL, TRUSTEE?
>> LOOK, WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE HARD CHOICES. I GET IT.
>> STUDENT COMFORT ISN'T A HARD CHOICE FOR ME.
>> YOU CAN AGREE OR DISAGREE. WE'RE ALL IN.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I DON'T THINK AT THIS POINT WE NEED TO MAKE JUDGMENT CALLS ABOUT ANYTHING.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS.
>> I WOULD GIVE THE 10 MILLION BECAUSE MIDDLE SCHOOL JUST AS SOMEONE WHO ALPHABETICALLY HAD TO SIT IN FRONT OF SOMEONE WHO IS ALREADY 6,3 IN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN ONE OF THOSE LITTLE DESKS.
>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE SEVEN MILLION HAS TO BE JUST HIGH SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY.
OUR ELEMENTARY KIDS ARE SMALLEST OF THEM ALL.
PERHAPS WE JUST DO MIDDLE AND HIGH WITH THE SEVEN MILLION.
>> WELL, AND ACTUALLY DOING ALL THE MCNEIL CHARRETTES AND TALKING ABOUT IT.
I KNOW MELANIE AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD.
SOMETIMES JUST GETTING NEW FURNITURE IN AN OLDER SCHOOL.
>> DEAR PARK GOT ALL NEW FURNITURE IN THE LAST BOND.
>> I HAD CONVERSATIONS ON MY SCHOOL TOURS, AND SOME TEACHERS DON'T EVEN LIKE THE NEW FURNITURE BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE, THEY DON'T MAKE UP INTO THE PODS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SOMEBODY ELSE AT ANOTHER CAMPUS, WE GOT ALL NEW FURNITURE AND THE PRINCIPAL CHANGED AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T LIKE ANY OF IT AND SO THEY GOT ALL NEW FURNITURE AGAIN.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I DON'T WANT TO GO FOR THE WHOLE AMOUNT IS,
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I THINK THAT CHOICES CAN CHANGE WHEN LEADERSHIP CHANGES.>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TWO FOR LEAVING IT, ONE FOR REMOVING, IT'S UP TO US, TRUSTEE MARKHAM, WHERE DO WE LAND?
>> I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ADD IN 3.3.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD JUDGE THOSE DECISIONS.
WE SHOULD JUST MAKE THEM AND THEN RECONSIDER IN FULL CONTEXT.
>> WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THIS.
I HATE PORTABLES AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEND FOUR MILLION DOLLAR TO UPGRADE OUR PORTABLES.
I WANT TO GET RID OF OUR PORTABLES.
I KNOW WE HAVE OLDER PORTABLES, BUT.
>> IT'S NOT TO REPLACE PORTABLES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
IT'S ALSO TO HELP BUILD UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH THOSE PORTABLES.
SOME OF IT IS SETTLING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S NOT JUST TO SAY WE WANT TO SWAP THEM OUT.
>> THAT'S WHY IT SAY REFRESH. OR REFURBISH.
I WOULD RATHER SEE US MAKE INITIATIVES BOUNDARY CHANGES OR WHATNOT SO THAT WE CAN GET RID OF PORTABLES AND WE DON'T SPEND FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO UPGRADE OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL SPACES.
I WANT OUR KIDS INSIDE OF OUR BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE CAMPUSES THAT ARE SITTING AT LOW ENROLLMENT, AND THEN WE'VE GOT OTHER CAMPUSES THAT WE'VE GOT TO UPDATE THEIR PORTABLES.
THIS IS A PHILOSOPHY STANCE AND YOU CAN OVERRULE ME.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU I DON'T LIKE PORTABLES UNLESS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE AT MAX CAPACITY.
WE HAVE TO HAVE HARD DECISIONS AFTER THE BOND ON BOUNDARIES, THEN WE TACKLE THAT NEXT.
BUT THAT'S MY OPINION. ANYBODY ELSE THOUGHTS ON THE PORTABLE REFURBISH FUND?
>> I THINK THAT'S AN ADMIRABLE GOAL.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE IN FOUR YEARS.
IF THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS TO HAPPEN NOW TO KEEP OUR PORTABLE SAFE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO SPEND THAT MONEY.
>> WE'VE GOT ONE KEEP IT, ONE REMOVE IT.
I THINK THE REALITY IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PORTABLES FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
I AGREE THAT I THINK BOUNDARY CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS.
IN THE MEANTIME, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THE PORTABLES THAT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE.
>> IF IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IT IN FOR SURE.
I WISH WE COULD PICK AND CHOOSE, BUT WE CAN.
I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP IT IN FOR NOW.
I'M VERY ON YOUR SIDE ABOUT GETTING RID OF PORTABLE, TRUSTEE LANDRUM.
PHILOSOPHICALLY, I WANT US TO PHASE OUT PORTABLES.
I THINK THAT IS A SHARED VALUE.
ANYTHING ELSE IN THOSE COUPLE OF ITEMS?
>> HEARING NONE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
GOT SOME BIG ITEMS. ARE WE LEAVING, PARTICULARLY 272, TURF CONVERSION $13 MILLION REMOVED? ADMIN ADDED THE $6,000,000 PROPOSAL.
I HEARD ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES SAY YOU WANT TO FIGHT FOR TURF.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANT TO FIGHT FOR IT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE HILL I'M GOING TO DIE ON.
BUT I DO THINK THAT IT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE.
WE LIVE IN A VERY LARGE DISTRICT, AND WHILE I WOULD LOVE TO DO EVERYTHING TO EVERY SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK HAVING A PLAN TO PHASE THINGS IN MAKES SENSE.
IF THESE ARE COMPETITION STADIUMS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WANTING MORE PLAYTIME, MORE GAME TIME, MORE PRACTICE TIME, AND SAFETY.
I THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD PLACE.
IT MAKES SENSE TO START WITH THE COMPETITION STADIUMS. AND THEN PHASE IN THE OTHERS IN OTHER BOND CYCLES.
I WILL ALSO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT THERE IS AN EFFORT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL TO INCREASE THE COMPETITIVE LEVEL OF OUR STUDENTS SO THAT WHEN THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE THAT COMPETITIVE EDGE, AND SO I THINK ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS COULD BENEFIT IF WE'RE PLAYING ON THESE FIELDS TO GAIN THAT COMPETITIVE EDGE.
>> I'M SORRY, IF THIS HAS BEEN COVERED.
THERE'S LITERALLY 900 PROJECTS.
THERE ARE SOME EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TURF, IS THAT CORRECT?
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>> THERE IS NO FOOTBALL FIELD HERNANDEZ.
THEY SHARE IT WITH STONY POINT.
RIDGE VIEW HAS VERY POOR FIELD CONDITION AND HOPE WILL, AGAIN, SAME CONDITION AS RIDGE VIEW.
I'M GOING TO BREAK FROM THE PACK, AND I'M GOING TO SAY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT EVEN EAST SIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TURF.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD BACK THE FULL TURF.
THERE'S ONE 6 MILLION TURF, ONE 13 MILLION TURF.
>> ONE VOTE FOR 6 MILLION, ONE FOR 13 MILLION.
>> SORRY, I WANT TO JUST CLARIFY IT WOULD BE AN INCREASE BY $7 MILLION SO IT WOULD BE $13 MILLION. THANK YOU.
EITHER YOU DO EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL OR YOU DO NONE OF THEM.
>> WHAT'S YOUR CHOICE RIGHT NOW?
>> I'M LOOKING AT $30,000,000 FOR TURF.
THAT IS AN ONGOING COST THAT WE WILL NOW HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SPEND THAT IS ONLY GOING TO GET MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE EVERY TIME YOU HAVE TO REPLACE IT.
>> IS YOUR CHOICE NOTHING AT THIS MOMENT?
>> I'M LOOKING AT THIS BOND AS A NEEDS AND A WANTS.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND, YOU SKIPPED OVER THE HIGH SCHOOL TURF, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT PLAYING ON DIRT IN MAY IS A DIFFICULT TIME SOMETIMES, BUT $30,000,000 ON TURF.
>> ALL OR NOTHING. SEE WHERE IT LANDS.
>> I ACTUALLY AM AN ALL ON THIS ONE.
I ALSO AGREE THAT I THINK ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE SAY COMPETITION AND YOU JUST SAY KENYA VISTA, CHISHOLM TRAIL, PEARSON, AND WALSH, YOU'RE TALKING FOOTBALL.
>> YOU'RE IN AT $28,000,000 OF BOTH THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS, 271 AND 272?
>> THAT'S OKAY. WE GOT TO MAKE SOME DECISION.
I AM AS WELL, SO I'M 271, 272, SO WE'VE GOT TWO, WE'VE GOT 6 MILLION.
>> I'M AT AWE. I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME COMPELLING ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE TURF COMPARED TO GRASS.
THERE'S A TON OF BENEFIT TO IT, I THINK.
>> LET'S MOVE QUICKLY BECAUSE EVEN WHEN WE MAKE HARD DECISIONS, WE MAY HAVE TO COME BACK AND RE-EVALUATE THEM AND THAT'S OKAY, BUT LET'S GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE LIST.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE TO VOICE OVER IT, BUT ANY OPPOSITION TO ANYTHING THAT'S EITHER LISTED AS REMOVE OR INCLUDE RIGHT NOW?
>> NO. I'M FINE WITH REMOVING THE CTE FACILITY, KNOWING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LINE 282.
>> ANY OTHER EDITS HERE? TWO-EIGHTY-TWO THROUGH 297.
I APPRECIATE THE ADMIN FOR HEARING US ON CUTTING DOWN THE NUMBER OF POLICE AND STILL COVERING OUR SCHOOLS.
ANY OPPOSITION TO THESE LINES? HEARING NONE, LET'S KEEP MOVING.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE WITH TECHNOLOGY, WE CAN JUST GO WITH ADMINS RECOMMENDATION ON THAT.
>> BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE AN EXPERT.
I APPRECIATE THE DIFFER REPLACEMENT CYCLE. THAT WAS SO SMART.
>> WE DOUBLE FILE AT 3:39 WHICH IS ALL CAPITAL RENEWAL, 339, DOUBLE FILES ALL MMO TO DRAGON STADIUM.
>> HERE'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO GET FUN.
>> THIS HAS TO BE CONSIDERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW STADIUM.
>> WHY DON'T WE START THERE? WHERE DO WE LAND ON A NEW STADIUM? TRUSTEES OUR UPDATE?
>> SUCH A HARD ONE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THE EAST SIDE DOESN'T HAVE THIS AND THEY COULD PROBABLY USE IT AND WE MIGHT BE HAVING ANOTHER SCHOOL,
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AND THAT'S WHERE OUR GROWTH IS IN THAT AREA.I'M FOR IT FOR THE 10 MILLION AND THEN THE NEW STADIUM.
>> I'M FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S RECOMMENDATION OF THE 10 MILLION.
I APPRECIATE GOING WITH THE ELEVATORS AND THE WHOLE FULL GET UP VERSUS A WHEELCHAIR LIFT.
I THINK THE GROWTH ALIGNS WITH A NEW STADIUM.
I AM INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE MULTIPLEX AND WHY THAT'S THE SAME COST AS THE STILL STADIUM.
I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT I'M GOOD WITH THE 50 MILLION.
>> CAN I RESPOND. ACTUALLY, I GET AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION EARLIER, REMEMBER.
THE OTHER $50,000,000 IS ACTUALLY TO MAKE IT A MULTIPURPOSE ROOM.
THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN HAVE INDOOR SOCCER, BASKETBALL, THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> HPM ACTUALLY MINER HAS THIS BEAUTIFUL, I DON'T KNOW IF ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH IT? BUT IT'S AN INDOOR.
WE TALKED ABOUT REMEMBER HAVING ANOTHER MULTIPURPOSE ROOM OR SPACE FOR BASKETBALL AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
YES. ON DAY, ANOTHER BOND MAYBE.
IF WE BUILD THE STADIUM AND ONE DAY THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY WANT TO ADD ANOTHER SPACE FOR AGAIN, BASKETBALL, INDOOR SPORTS, THEN THIS WOULD BE IT.
IT'S A MULTI PURPOSE. IT COULD BE ALSO FOR EVENTS, MAYBE EVEN HOLDING GRADUATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I ALSO THINK IT'S GOOD FOR STUDENTS TO NOT STACK THE SCHEDULE SO MUCH IN THE FUTURE.
>> IT HURTS ME, BUT I AM FOR BOTH THE NEW STADIUM AND THEN THE $10 MILLION.
AS A BAND PARENT, MCNEIL HAD TWO THURSDAY GAMES LAST YEAR, AND IF IT'S A THURSDAY GAME ON A COMPETITION WEEKEND, THE KIDS DON'T SLEEP.
IT'S BRUTAL FOR 210% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO RELIEVE THAT FOR ALL OF THOSE KIDS, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
I HEAR YOU. PRESIDENT LANDRUM.
>> I THINK WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE PROPS, AND I THINK IF YOU PUT A PROPOSITION THAT'S JUST DRAGON STADIUM AND THE REST OF THE DISTRICT LOOKS AT THAT, I THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO PASS.
I'M FOR BOTH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> I'M TELLING YOU, I WAS COMING INTO THIS THINKING MAYBE WE PUT THE EAST SIDE STADIUM ON THE NEXT BOND, BUT MY COLLEAGUES MAKE WONDERFUL POINTS.
I'M GOOD WITH $10MILLION AT DRAGON STADIUM AND THE EAST SIDE STADIUM.
I THINK THAT PROVIDES EQUITY, AND I THINK THAT ALSO UPLIFTS SAFETY OF NOT HAVING TO TRANSPORT KIDS ACROSS DISTRICT LINES.
>> I THINK THAT EAST SIDE STADIUM COULD ALSO BE USED AS A COMPETITION ON TUESDAYS AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.
IT'S A BIG ASK FOR THE EAST SIDE TO TRAVEL SO FAR ON THE WEST SIDE FOR ALL OF THEIR COMPETITIONS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THERE'S NOT MUCH OTHER THAN I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T BEEN TO CD SINCE IT'S OPENED, BUT IT'S A LONG WAY FROM TERRA VISTA TO CANYON VISTA.
>> NOT TO OPEN UP THIS CAN OF WORMS, BUT I COULD BE RECONVINCED ON THE TURF WITH THE EAST SIDE STADIUM.
WE HADN'T DISCUSSED THIS YET, BUT PART OF WHY I WENT WITH THE 6,000 IS KNOWING THAT THIS MAY BE A POSSIBILITY TO THE 6 MILLION? YES. THAT THIS MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY OF A NEW STADIUM THAT COULD BE USED AS A FIELD FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.
BUT IF MIDDLE SCHOOL TURF WAS ORIGINALLY BROUGHT UP, BECAUSE IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE, NOT BECAUSE WE WANTED BETTER COMPETITION SURFACES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS.
NO, I UNDERSTAND. WE'RE DOING IT JUST SO THE COMPETITION SPACES ARE BETTER.
I DON'T FEEL THAT THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE FOR OUR KIDS TO PRACTICE ON. I UNDERSTAND.
WE LIVE IN A VERY LARGE DISTRICT AND I WOULD LOVE TO DO EVERYTHING AT ONCE, BUT A LOGICAL PHASE IN PLAN MAKES SENSE TO ME TOO.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO REOPEN THAT CAMERA.
>> ON THE ASSURANCES, THIS NEW ATHLETIC FACILITY WILL HAVE A TRACK.
BUT THIS BOARD'S DIRECTIVE IS THAT WE WANT TO TRACK AT THIS NEW FACILITY.
>> YOU'RE SAYING OUR DISTRICT NEEDS A TRACK.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS VERY CLEAR AND THAT THAT WAS THE.
>> I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THERE.
LET'S LOOK AT 351, ENGLAND ELEMENTARY TO 350 ENGLAND FIRM DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
SO WE CAN KEEP MOVING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
FOREST NORTH IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
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STATUS IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.GREAT OAKS. THE REMOVAL OF THE ATHLETICS IS THE $10,000 FOR THE BACKBOARD.
MR. EVEN COVINGTON SAID THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A BOND.
SO 1HAT IS NOT EVEN AN OPTION TO PUT IT BACK IN BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT SO IT'S READY FOR KIDS TO CHOSE THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
>> GREAT OAKS. COOL. ALL RIGHT.
>> THAT COVERS GREAT OAKS AND NOW WE'RE AT GRIS 414 TO 430.
I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEM TO HAVE THEIR LOCKER ROOM AND THEIR VISUAL ARTS THE SAME AS CHISHOLM TRAIL.
>> WHY DO THEY NEED A VISUAL ARTS REFRESH? WE DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT SO CHISHOLM HAD THE EXACT SAME TWO THINGS.
THEY HAD THEIR SAME LOCKER ROOM, AND THEY HAD THEIR VISUAL ARTS, AND FOR SOME REASON, VISUAL ARTS WASN'T REMOVED BY THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CHISHOLM, BUT IT WAS FOR GRISHAM.
I'M GOOD WITH ADDING BACK VISUAL ARTS.
GRISHAM IS THE SCHOOL THAT'S IN THE SAME CONDITION AS CHISHOLM TRAIL, OLD LOCKER.
>> NO, WE HAVE A REVISIT ON THAT ONE.
>> WE ADDED THAT WOULD BE A FIRST CUT, PROBABLY.
I WOULD PREFER TO DO THE SAME THING.
BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE IN THE SAME TYPE OF CONDITION.
SOME OF THE OLDER SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT.
>> THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS ANYTIME GRISHAM AND KENYON VISTA COME UP IS CONSTRUCTION IN THE AUSTIN AREA.
SINCE IT'S INTERNAL, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE, MR. COVINGTON, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> I SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE. BECAUSE IT'S INTERNAL AND WE'RE NOT COVERING ANY FLOODPLAIN AND ALL OF THAT.
AND I WAS PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THAT CONCERN BECAUSE IT'S WHY WE'RE CUTTING THE $7 MILLION.
>> DANCE ROOM AT GRISHAM IS BECAUSE WE LITERALLY CAN'T DO IT.
WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE FOR ADDING BACK THE LOCKER ROOMS AND THE VISUAL ARTS REFRESH.
FOUR AGAINST, WHERE DO WE LAND?
>> I'M HAPPY TO ADDING BOTH BACK IN TO SEE WHERE WE LAND.
>> CAN WE TALK AGAIN ABOUT WHAT THE VISUAL ARTS REFRESH AT GRISHAM IS?
WHAT IS THE VISUAL ARTS REFRESH?
>> IT'S BASICALLY JUST ENLARGING THE SPACE.
>> THAT'S WHY WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, WE HAD PRIORITIZED OTHER SPACES AT OTHER SCHOOLS.
>> HOW ARE WE ENLARGING IT WITHOUT GOING OUT, MAKING THE FOOTPRINT BIGGER? HOW ARE WE ACTUALLY ENLARGING THAT SPACE?
>> THAT IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY ASKED FOR, AND THAT'S THE MONEY THAT HPM ALLOCATED FOR THEM WAS TO MAKE THE SPACE, NOT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL ROOM, BUT SIMPLY TO MAKE THAT SPACE LARGER.
>> HOW ARE THEY GOING ABOUT IT? I HAVE NOT SEEN LIKE A PLAN OR ANYTHING, BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
>> LINDSAY, YOU HAVE MORE INSIGHT ON THAT.
>> IT WAS DISCUSSED IN THAT COMMITTEE THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE TWO CLASSROOMS BECAUSE THERE'S CAPACITY WITHIN THOSE AND BE ABLE TO TAKE DOWN A WALL AND BE ABLE TO RECONFIGURE AND MAKE IT INTO A TRUE ART STUDIO.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE USING VERY SMALL EXISTING CLASSROOM SPACES TO RECONFIGURE EXISTING SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT ISN'T BEING FULLY UTILIZED IS WHAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED.
>> I WAS IN THEIR ART ROOM EARLIER THIS SEMESTER AND IT WAS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO NEGOTIATE IN THE ROOM. SUPER TIGHT.
>> AGREE, AND THEY DO SUCH COOL THINGS.
>> IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE IN FAVOR OF ADDING THAT BACK AND ADDING BACK LOCKER ROOMS. LET'S KEEP IT MOVING.
WE CAN DO THIS. HERNANDEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL 431 THROUGH 450.
>> MY ONLY QUESTION IS ON THE TRACK AT HERNANDEZ.
TYPICALLY, WE GET 10 YEARS OUT OF A TRACK.
WHY DO WE STILL HAVE IT IN THIS BOND TO RESURFACE THE TRACK AT HERNANDEZ?
>> IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE CONDITION, THEY NORMALLY LAST THAT LONG, BUT THIS TRACK NEEDS WORK.
>> IS THERE NO WARRANT? IT LITERALLY WAS JUST PUT IN DURING COVID.
THAT TRACK WAS PUT IN ON THE 2018 BOND.
WE DID NOT HAVE A RIBBON-CUTTING BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF COVID WHEN IT COMPLETED.
>> HE HAS SOME MORE INSIDE IT.
>> IF WE HAVE TO REPLACE IT, WE HAVE TO REPLACE IT, BUT IT'S RELATIVELY NEW.
>> THERE ARE WARRANTIES BUT THE WARRANTIES AREN'T FOR THAT KIND OF SITUATION,
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THERE'S USUALLY JUST A ONE YEAR WARRANTY AND THEN THERE'S AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON CERTAIN PARTS OF IT, BUT IF THE CONDITION OF IT FROM THE NORMAL USE IT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED EARLIER THAN THAT, THAT WOULDN'T BE COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, AND THEN I BELIEVE IT WAS PROBABLY THE END OF THE BOND, OF THIS BOND CYCLE, THE NEW BOND CYCLE.IT WAS DONE 2020 BUT IT WOULD BE UP FOR. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.
>> IT DOES IT NEED TO BE REPLACED IN THE NEXT FOUR-YEAR CYCLE?
>> BECAUSE OF CONDITION FROM ATHLETICS, THEY THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE PUSHED UP FOR PRIORITY.
>> WOW. IT'S DOUBLE THE PRICE OF WHAT IT WAS FOR INSTALLED THAT HAD TO DO ALL THE SITE PREP AND EVERYTHING.
THIS PROJECT WAS ABOUT 280 I BELIEVE WHEN IT WENT IN IN 2018 BECAUSE IT WAS MY FAVORITE PROJECT OUT OF THE 2018 BOND BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT THAT DIDN'T HAVE A TRACK, THEY SHARED IT WITH STONY POINT, IT WAS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE TRACK AND HERNANDEZ, THAT'S WHY |I HAVE A LOT OF INSIGHT INTO IT, BUT IF THEY NEED IT, THEY NEED IT.
>> I REMEMBER HOW MUCH YOU LOVED THAT PROJECT.
NO, FOR REAL, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WENT TO, IT WASN'T A RIBBON-CUTTING. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED. WE DIDN'T HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING FOR IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE PROJECT, AND THAT COMMUNITY NEVER ASKED FOR IT, BUT THEY NEEDED IT BECAUSE YOU HAD 12-YEAR-OLD GIRLS USING THE SAME TRACK AS 18-YEAR-OLD BOYS.
MAYBE NOT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THEY WERE USING THE STONY POINT TRACK, AND HERNANDEZ NEEDED THEIR OWN SPACE FOR THEIR OWN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> I REMEMBER THAT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> I REMEMBER YOUR PASSION ABOUT IT.
>> IT'S STILL THERE. [LAUGHTER]
>> IT IS. FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE THROUGH 468.
THIS IS HOPEWELL, AND THESE ARE MOSTLY M&O, BUT THIS HAD A TRACK RESURFACE THAT GOT REMOVED.
>> THAT WAS THE QUESTION I ASKED AND IT'S OUTSIDE THE FIVE YEARS.
>> WHEN'S THE LAST TIME HOPEWELL GOT A NEW TRACK? I DON'T REMEMBER THAT COMING IN THE 2018 BOND.
>> 2010 WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED, IS DUE IN 2030.
>> THEY HAVE A 20 YEAR TRACK AND HERNANDEZ LASTED FIVE YEARS? TRACKS ARE USUALLY A TEN YEARS.
FINISHED. DUE TO REDONE, 2030.
>> THEY JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE SAME USE ON IT THAT HERNANDEZ HAS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
A DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, SAME THING, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> JOLLYVILE? OKAY. KELLY REEVES, 484 THROUGH 503.
>> IT'S ALL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
>> YEAH. I THINK THAT COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
I'LL LOOK AT KELLY REEVES. LAUREL MOUNTAIN. [OVERLAPPING]
>> NOTING, I THINK YOU SAID VERY IMPORTANTLY THAT THE COMMUNICATION IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT IN THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO ON PROP D, SO MAKING SURE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHY WE NEED TO BE TOUCHING THAT FACILITY, WHY IT'S ON A SEPARATE PROP.
THAT'S GOING TO BE NEW TERRITORY FOR OUR COMMUNITY LOOKING AT THESE DIFFERENT PROPS.
>> NOT ONLY THAT, BUT SO MUCH OF THIS IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
LAUREL MOUNTAIN,505 THROUGH 517. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S ALL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
>> SAME THINK FOR LINDA HERRINGTON AND LIVE OAK, AND THE MAINTENANCE AT ANNEX, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL.
>> MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL, THE DANCE ROOM IMPROVEMENT GOT ABSORBED.
>> WHY ARE WE PUTTING THE AQUATICS DRAINAGE AT NATATORIUM INTO PROP D? IT DOESN'T HAVE MORE THAN 1,000 SEATS.
>> LINE NUMBER 553, THE SWIM FACILITY AT CEDAR RIDGE FOR A 250,000.
IT SAYS IT'S LISTED AT PROP D.
>> BEN, ISN'T BECAUSE THAT IS A COMPETITION FACILITY?
>> IF THIS IS AN AQUATIC FACILITY? IF IT'S AN AQUATIC FACILITY WOULD BE A SEPARATE SPECIAL PURPOSE.
IF WE DO HAVE THIS AQUATIC CENTER DRAINAGE, IT WOULD NEED TO BE BROKEN OUT SEPARATELY FROM THE STADIUM FACILITIES.
>> IT WOULD NEED ITS OWN PROP?
>> WE WOULD NEED A NEW PROP JUST FOR THE $250,000?
>> YES. BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN AUDITORIUM, WHICH IS NOT THE SAME.
>> OKAY. WE'LL HAVE A PROP E ON THE SWIM CENTER.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD CATCH.
[04:10:01]
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO STAY? I WORRY ABOUT THE EDUCATION OF ANOTHER PROP.>> WHAT IS THE ISSUE WITH IT? WHAT'S GOING ON? [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT SAYS AQUATIC DRAINAGE, CENTER DRAINAGE.
I THINK WHEN IT RAINS A WHOLE LOT, THE WATER FLOWS INTO THE DOORS, IF I REMEMBER.
>> MORE WATER GETS IN THE POOL? [OVERLAPPING]
>> YEAH. THE WATER. NO. [OVERLAPPING]
I DON'T KNOW. ANOTHER PROP SOUNDS DAUNTING TO ME.
>> YEAH. WHAT IS THE RISK OF US NOT TAKING CARE OF THAT RIGHT NOW?
THAT'S NOT THE OPTION, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT $250,000 FROM THE M&O TO TAKE CARE OF THIS.
>> MR. HOEDBEBECK, YOU REALLY SHINING TONIGHT.
>> YOU ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IF WE DON'T DO IT? EVERY TIME IT RAINS AND WATER RUNS INTO THE BUILDING, ALL OF THE LANDSCAPING ON THE OUTSIDE ENDS UP IN THE POOL, AND SO THAT'S WHERE OUR ISSUE IS.
>> IS THAT CREATING ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE COSTS TO MANAGE THAT? [OVERLAPPING]
>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER OPTIONS OTHER THAN PUTTING IT ON ANOTHER PROP?
>> WE COULD PROBABLY FIND THE MONEY IN AN OLD BOND TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT PROJECT.
>> I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> I'M IN FAVOR OF REMOVING IT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I DON'T WANT ANOTHER PROP FOR IT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> COOL. SWEET. LOOK AT US GO. ANYTHING ELSE?
>> PURPLE SAGE DOES REMOVE THIS THREE CLASSROOM ADDITION.
ANYBODY WANT TO PUT IT BACK IN?
>> I THINK THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS, WE NEED TO BEGIN HAVING A HARD CONVERSATION ABOUT BOUNDARIES AT SOME POINT.
>> LEAVE IT AS IS. HARTFIELD PACK.
>> REDBUD. THEY HAVE ONE LINE ITEM.
>> THEY ALREADY NEED ELECTRICAL UPGRADING OF ALMOST 800,000. [OVERLAPPING]
>> ANY CONTEXTS TO REDBUD NEEDING THAT ELECTRICAL SERVICE?
>> THE LIGHTING SYSTEM THAT WAS PUT INTO REDBUD FAILS, SO IT IS TO REPLACE THE LIGHTING SYSTEM THAT WAS INSTALLED IN THE SCHOOL.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY LIGHTING SYSTEM? [OVERLAPPING]
>> ALL THE LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I HAVE A QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION. [OVERLAPPING]
>> MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST STAY THERE.
>> RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK.
I'M SORRY. DO WE NEED TO TAKE A QUICK RECESS?
>> WE HAVE TO TAKE A RECESS IF SOMEBODY GETS UP.
>> I WAS GOING TO LEAVE AND THEN I REALIZED WE'RE [INAUDIBLE].
>> YEAH. WE HAVE 30 MINUTES LEFT ON OUR CLOCK.
>> WE CAN DO IT. RIDGEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WAIT, WE GOT TO GET THE REDBUD.
>> AT REDBUD, NEW TECHNOLOGY WAS INSTALLED.
IT WAS A POE LIGHTING AND MANUFACTURER OF THE LIGHTING HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS.
WE CAN'T GET THOSE PARTS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WONDER WHY THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.
>> WE'RE MAKE-SHIFTING THINGS.
ORIGINALLY IN THE BOND, WE HAD PUT ENOUGH MONEY TO JUST BUY THE PARTS AND PIECES BECAUSE WE HAD TECHNICIANS THAT WORK FOR US THAT COULD DO THAT REPLACEMENT.
THOSE TECHNICIANS HAVE SINCE LEFT THE DISTRICT, AND SO NOW WE'VE HAD TO ADD A LITTLE MONEY TO HAVE A CONTRACTOR ASSIST US WITH THAT.
WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS RIGHT NOW TO TRY AND PUT THAT IN PLACE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR IS WE CAN'T GET THOSE PARTS AND PIECES FOR THE EXISTING SYSTEM ANYMORE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU. RIDGEVIEW IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, EXCEPT FOR REMOVING THE LOCKERS, AND THAT'S LOCKERS IN THE HALLWAY.
[04:15:01]
HERE WE GO ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL.
>> THERE'S ONE MORE LINE FOR ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS AT THE VERY BOTTOM, WHICH IS THE DEMO OF BUILDING 700.
I ASKED OUR ILLUSTRIOUS DANNY TO PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD LINE ITEMS, REMEMBER AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL PACKAGE, THERE'S ONE MORE LINE ITEM AT THE BOTTOM.
ACTUALLY, THERE'S TWO. ONE IS $10 MILLION FOR PARKING AND ONE IS A DEMO COST OF 700 BUILDING.
>> I'D LIKE TO SUM UP ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE'S QUITE A FEW REMOVALS, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE WITH A REAL PURCHASE THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED, IT WOULD ALLOW US TO CLOSE ROUND ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL IN, WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
BRING THE BUILDINGS CLOSER TOGETHER.
DEMOLISHING ALL OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS WOULD ALLOW FOR PARKING, WHICH IS A HIGH-HIGH NEED AT ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL.
THEN THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PROPOSED THAT THE BAND PAD, WHICH THE BAND IN ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL AMAZING, GOES TO WHERE THE ADMIN BUILDING USED TO BE, AND THE NEW ADDITION, PHASE 4, I THINK, GOES IN CLOSE TO THE OTHER BUILDINGS.
THAT ADDRESSES SAFETY, THAT ADDRESSES PARKING, IT SAVES $10 MILLION IN A MODULAR BUILDING, THE SWING SPACE.
I'M IN FAVOR OF WHERE WE ENDED WITH ROUND ROCK HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE'S A LOT, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS THERE.
>> MY ONE QUESTION IS, I THOUGHT WE WERE REMOVING ALSO NUMBER 649, THE $10,000 FOR BASKETBALL GOALS AT GOALS AS WELL.
WE WERE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT THAT IF THE BASKETBALL GOAL IS NOT WORKING AT GOALS THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE IT FIXED SO THAT THEY HAD IT READY FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR AND NOT WAIT FOR A BOND TO PASS AND THEN SELL.
CAN WE REMOVE THAT AND TAKE CARE OF THAT? LET'S REMOVE THAT LINE ITEM, PLEASE, 649.
THANK YOU. I JUST SAVED US $10,000, AMY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.
>> ROUND ROCK OPPORTUNITY CENTER IS ALL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OR M&O.
SOMMER ELEMENTARY, 699, ALL M&O.
SPICEWOOD, ALL M&O, STONY POINT, 712-731, STONY POINT HAS A LOT, BUT IT'S ALL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
>> THERE'RE ADDITIONS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEY'RE GETTING 50 MILLION IN ADDITIONS ALMOST WITH THEIR DANCE, THEIR ROTC, AND THEIR CLASSROOM ADDITION.
>> NOT TRYING TO PANDER HERE, BUT IF THERE'S ONE SCHOOL THAT I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE ADDING STUFF TO, IT'S STONY POINT.
>> WE'VE GOT THREE, SO WE'RE GOOD? OKAY. LET'S KEEP IT MOVING.
>> SUCCESS IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
WHY DID I NOT NOTICE THAT BEFORE? WHAT ARE WE DOING AT SITE WORK AT SUCCESS, LINE ITEM 749? MR. HOEDBEBECK, DO YOU HAVE INFO TO THAT? TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR SITE WORK.
THAT MAKES ME THINK IT'S EXTERIOR BECAUSE ALL THE INTERIOR STUFF IS LISTED AS WALLS, AND PAINTS, AND STUFF LIKE THAT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IN THE NOTES, IT SAYS CRAWL SPACE AND SLAB PROBLEMS. THANK YOU.
WITH THE SETTLEMENT, IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS, CRAWL SPACE AND SLAB, IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS, THE BUILDING, REMEMBER ANY SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE OF 35 HAS THOSE EXPENSIVE SOILS.
THAT ONE, WE'VE ACTUALLY CRUSHED ELECTRIC PANELS, SEPARATED SEWER LINES UNDER THE BUILDING BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS SHIFTING SO MUCH.
>> THAT'S ALL I NEED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> TECH CENTER IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT CAN I ASK ABOUT TECH CENTER BECAUSE IF WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE THAT FACILITY, IF THERE IS A NEW FACILITY, DO WE NEED TO? [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE HAVEN'T DECIDED THAT WE WOULD CLOSE IT OR SELL IT.
BUT I THINK IF WE SELL IT, WE STILL HAVE TO BRING ALL THESE THINGS UP TO CODE.
>> OKAY. [BACKGROUND] TERAVISTA IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, TRANSPORTATION EAST IS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> CAN I GET A QUICK EXPLANATION OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE, 759?
>> THAT'S JUST FUN TO TALK ABOUT.
[04:20:02]
>> I JUST LIKE THE WORDS SUPERSTRUCTURE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WHAT'S A SUPERSTRUCTURE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> WHAT IS, MR. HOEDBEBECK? [LAUGHTER]
>> WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S A B. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT SAYS TILT PANELS ON THE FRONT OF THE CAMPUS NEED TO BE EVALUATED.
THIS IS ALSO LISTED AS A REPAIR BASED ON THE 2022 ASSESSMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU.
>> MAYBE YOU CAN JUST STAY THERE. I WILL APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE'RE ALMOST DONE. TRANSPORTATION EAST AND WEST IS ALL DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
>> WELLS BRANCH. [OVERLAPPING]
I'M FINE WITH MOVING THE ROBOTICS, KNOWING THAT THE NEW FACILITY WOULD HAVE SPACE FOR ROBOTICS FOR THE WEST SIDE.
>> SAME. NOW WE HAVE ALL THESE ADDITIONS, 849 THROUGH 868.
>> LET ME TELL YOU, TRUSTEES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET ON THE 13TH.
I'M NOT READY TO WRAP THIS UP IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES, AND THERE'S STILL SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS.
I WANT TO LOOK AT IT BY CAMPUS TOTALS.
AFTER WE'VE DONE ALL OF THIS, I WANT TO LOOK AT DISTRICT WIDE ANALYSIS OF DO WE HAVE FULL SUPPORT? WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY OF THAT.
WE HAVE 20 MINUTES OR SO LEFT IN THIS MEETING THAT WE CAN KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT WE NEED TO MEET ON THE 13TH, EVEN IF IT'S A SHORT MEETING.
WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THE 15TH BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THE PACKAGE TO THE FINANCIAL ADVISORS TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF IT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE LEGAL REVIEW IT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR BOND PROPOSITION RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CORRECT.
WE CAN FINISH THE LAST 20 MINUTES TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL NEED TO MEET ON THE 13TH.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT'LL BE A LONG MEETING, BUT WE NEED TO WRAP SOME THINGS UP AND WE HAVE SOME OTHER PRICING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME MORE INFORMATION ON.
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN HAVE THE DRUM ROLL AND LOOK AT OUR TOTAL OF WHERE WE LANDED SO FAR.
>> BEFORE WE DO THAT, CAN I ASK ABOUT THE SCOREBOARD AT DRAGON STADIUM? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ADA IN THE 10 MILLION?
>> YEAH. I DON'T. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YES. IF WE GO FOR THE 10 MILLION, WHICH IS THE BEST OPTION I'LL RECEIVE FOR ADA, THEN THE SCOREBOARD WON'T BE INCLUDED.
THAT'S ANOTHER 15.8, I THINK MILLION DOLLARS WILL HAVE TO ADD.
>> THE REST OF THE STUFF THAT'S IN THE YELLOW IS.
THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE THE TRACK RESURFACE.
THAT'S WHAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
A TRACK RESURFACE IS AT MCNEIL, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN FOR FOUR YEARS IS 130,000, BUT A TRACK RESURFACE AT HERNANDEZ IS 500,000.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE PRICES.
DOES THE HERNANDEZ REQUIRE ENTIRE TEAR UP AND REBUILD? THAT'S A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE AND IT'S THE SAME LINE ITEM, AND I WOULD THINK A HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE USED A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN A MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK, BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG.
>> LET US RESEARCH WHY, BUT DURING THE CONVERSATIONS, IT WAS REALLY THE CONDITION AT HERNANDEZ TRACK.
IT WAS LIKE IT HAS TO BE ALMOST DONE ALL OVER VERSUS AT THE OTHER SCHOOL.
IF YOU GOT TO GO DOWN TO THE GROUND. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEN WE JUST MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY THAT LINE ITEM BECAUSE THEY BOTH SAY RESURFACE.
IF WE'RE DOING MORE THAN RESURFACE AT HERNANDEZ, WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A REFURB, REFINISH.
BECAUSE I THINK THOSE QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED. YES. LINDSAY.
>> WHEN FAB AND I WERE GOING THROUGH THE FINAL PROJECT LIST AND WE LOOKED AT THE TRACK RESURFACES, WE DID QUESTION THE COSTS BECAUSE THOSE COSTS THAT YOU'RE SEEING DOWN BELOW THAT'S WHAT WE WERE SEEING.
WE WENT BACK TO HPM AND WE TALKED WITH MELANIE TOO.
THOSE COSTS WERE WHAT THEY WERE ADJUSTED IN OUR FINAL REVIEW OF THE PROJECTS TO HAVE THEM BE AT THE 500,000 THAT THEY SEEMED TO LOVE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WELL, AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH HPM AND MELANIE.
>> THAT CAME FROM DISTRICT WHENEVER WE REALIZED THOSE PROJECTS.
I THINK THEY REALIZED THOSE RESURFACES WERE MISSING FROM THE PROJECT LIST, BUT THEY WERE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK THAT THAT WAS WHAT THE OLD ESTIMATED COSTS WERE.
WHERE THEY GOT THAT 130, I'M NOT SURE, BUT IN THE FINAL PREPARATION OF WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER. [OVERLAPPING]
[04:25:03]
>> I NEED TO ADD MORE MONEY FOR A TRACK RESURFACE.
>> CAN WE RESEARCH THAT AND GET THAT ANSWER FOR US? I THINK SOMEONE'S ADDING THE LINE ITEM FOR THE SCOREBOARD.
I THINK IT WAS 1.7 MILLION AMY ON THAT LAST LINE RIGHT THERE.
DRUM ROLL, PLEASE. THIS IS NOT A DRUM ROLL.
>> YEAH. CAN WE GO. [OVERLAPPING]
>> WAIT YOU'RE GOING TO ADD IT?
>> NO DO NOT BRING OUT THE COW BELL.
>> JENNIFER, CAN YOU DO THE SUMMARY SHEET, PLEASE. THE NEXT STEP.
>> YOU CAN'T DO THAT AND I WILL TAKE IT AWAY.
>> WE SURPRISINGLY DID MAKE IT UNDER ONE BILLION.
>> THAT SCOREBOARD WAS TO MAKE THE SCOREBOARD AT DRAGON STADIUM LIKE A COMPETITION STADIUM FOR THE 1.7 MILLION.
>> IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A FULL 1.7 MILLION?
>> NOT IF IT'S NOT NO LONGER GOING TO BE A COMPETITION STADIUM.
>> DO YOU NEED TO GET A PRICING ON WHAT THAT PRICE WOULD BE?
>> I THINK IT SHOULD BE USUALLY BETWEEN $800,000-1,000,000.
THAT'S A MAX FOR MY EXPERIENCE, BUT WE NEED TO CHECK WITH HPM.
>> IT'S 11 40. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES ON THIS TOTAL.
WE'LL BE MEETING ON TUESDAY THE 13TH.
TRUSTEES REACH OUT AND LET ME KNOW, CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE ON THE WHAT YOU CALL IT ON OUR INVITE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM RIGHT NOW.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM RIGHT NOW.
>> ALICIA, YOU AND ME, HAVE ALL SAID, YES, TIFFANIE IS A NO AND THEN CHUY, DANIELLE AND MARY ARE QUESTION MARKS.
>> CHUY LAST TIME, YOU SAID YOU COULD COME, BUT YOU'D HAVE TO LEAVE. CAN YOU COME?
>> YEAH. I CAN COME TO QUORUM, BUT I'VE GOT WORK.
>> MY THOUGHT IS HOPEFULLY, LIKE TWO HOURS.
IF WE STARTED AT 5:30, I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE DONE BY 7:30 DOES THAT HELP?
>> I'D HAVE TO LEAVE ABOUT SEVEN AT THE LATEST.
BUT I THINK I COULD GET A LOT DONE IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. I DON'T KNOW.
>> BUT WHEN YOU LEAVE, THEN THE MEETINGS OVER.
>> COULD WE START EARLIER THAN WE NORMALLY DO, TRUSTEES?
>> IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. I'LL FIGURE OUT.
>> IF WE DON'T MEET EARLIER, I CAN'T PUT ON THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE DONE BY SEVEN BECAUSE WHAT IF WE HAVE 15 OUT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I SAID I'LL WORK IT OUT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
>> NO, I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU IN A BIND.
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR PERSONAL LIFE AS WELL, AND YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, BUT WE COULD LOOK AT STARTING EARLIER.
>> JUST SO YOU HAVE MY INFORMATION, I COULD START AS EARLY AS 4:30.
>> NO. THAT'S NOT MUCH EARLIER.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT 4:30 WILL BE A NIGHTMARE ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TRYING TO GET IN HERE AND PARK WITH ALL THE BUSES AND THE KIDS AND ALL THE EVERYTHING MAYBE.
BUT I COULD DO 4:30, I COULD DO FIVE EITHER WAY.
>> I WOULD SAY JUST LEAVE IT AT 5:30 AND I'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
>> WAIT, WHAT ARE OUR RSVPS ON THE 19TH? IF WE FINISH THIS UP ON THE 15TH, THEN WE HAVE TO MEET ON THE 19TH.
>> WE HAVE QUORUM ON THE 19TH.
>> DURING THE DAY, I WOULD HAVE TO BE VIRTUAL.
WELL, ACTUALLY, IF WE END UP NEEDING TO GO ON THE 19TH, I'LL PROBABLY TAKE THE DAY OFF WORK.
>> HOW EARLY COULD YOU START, TIFFANIE? I SAW THAT YOU HAVE A HARD STOP AT 11:00 AM ON THE 19TH?
>> BUT I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE MUCH TO DO.
IT WOULD BE JUST REVIEWING THE PAPERWORK.
>> AS EARLY AS YOU WANTED TO, 8:00 AM.
>> 9:00 AM START. I GUESS IT'S TWO HOURS.
>> AMY, COULD YOU DO A 9:00-11:00? YOU COULD BE VIRTUAL CHUY, WHAT ABOUT YOU? CAN YOU DO A 9:00-11:00?
>> I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE 13TH PLUS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
[04:30:02]
I THINK IT'S NOT RESPECTFUL FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND EVERYBODY WHO'S GOING TO HAVE HAD A REALLY LONG DAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THERE'S JUST CHAOS.NOT BAD AND THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM.
IT'S JUST WE'RE STARTING UP OUR SCHOOL YEAR AGAIN WITH 47,000 STUDENTS AND.
WE WILL FINALIZE THIS PACKAGE ON THE 15TH AND.
>> CAN I ASK THOUGH JUST TO PREPARE FOR THE 15TH SO THAT WE ARE VERY JUDICIOUS WITH OUR TIME.
WHAT HAVE THIS SPREADSHEET, WE CAN MAKE A COPY, WE CAN SORT.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT BY CAMPUS?
>> NO. WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A LOOK.
THERE'S THREE MORE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PRICING AND MAKING DECISIONS ON THE TWO, CHISHOLM TRAIL LOCKER ROOM, THE GRISHAM LOCKER ROOM.
WE NEED NEW PRICING ON REST ROOMS AT DEER PARK.
WE NEED NEW PRICING TO MAKE SURE ON THE SCOREBOARD FOR DRAGON STADIUM.
I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU, I'M NOT REAL COMFORTABLE WITH 993.
IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AT, THAT'S A BILLION, THEN LET'S JUST PUT EVERYTHING ELSE BACK IN AND I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT MYSELF PERSONALLY.
IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS FINE WITH IT, THEN I THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE SOME OF THE HARD CUTS AND WE CAN GO FOR 1.32 OR 1.17, WHATEVER.
BUT MY PERSONAL OPINION IS I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING CLOSER TO 950.
BUT THAT'S A LOT OF CUTTING TO GET ANOTHER 40 MILLION OFF OF THIS BOND.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT IN ADDITION TO CALLING FOR THE BOND ELECTION, WE HAVE TRUSTEE ELECTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO CALL.
>> IF WE CAN DO THAT ON THE 15TH, THAT WOULD MAKE YOUR MEETING A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.
YEAH. I WAS PLANNING ON TAKING CARE OF THAT ON THE 15TH.
>> WE HAVE 10 MINUTES. EVERYBODY TAKE A MINUTE OR TWO AND TELL ME BECAUSE IT NEXT STEPS AND COMMENTS, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE 993 WHERE WE SIT RIGHT NOW.
I WENT THE OTHER WAY FIRST TIME.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON 993?
>> I THINK BECAUSE IT WOULD KEEP OUR TAX, I THINK HAVING THE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR TAX RATE AND IT'S STAYING FLAT, GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO 1.25, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE 993.
MY THOUGHT WAS GETTING IT UNDER A BILLION, EVEN IF IT'S BY THAT SMALL AMOUNT.
I THINK THAT'S A LOT MORE DIGESTIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK WHEN YOU BREAK IT OUT BY THE PROPS, THOSE AMOUNTS LOOK PRETTY REASONABLE FOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH ANYTHING UNDER A BILLION.
I DO THINK IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT OF LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS.
I WANT TO PERSONALLY LOOK AT THIS LIST WITH A RENEWED MIND TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYWHERE ELSE WE CAN CUT. I'M WITH YOU.
BUT I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO GET THERE BY CONTINUING TO LOOK RIGHT NOW.
I WAS ACTUALLY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THIS WAS UNDER A BILLION.
I HONESTLY, WHEN I WAS TRYING TO CUT THINGS ON MY OWN, HAD ALMOST GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS LIKE, WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE 1 BILLION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SO MUCH DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
I SERVED ON THE 2014 17 AND 18 BONDS.
I KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE SHOVED DOWN.
I RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE FROM 2014.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU TRY TO CUT, REALLY SO MUCH IS NECESSARY, THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ANY IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S WHAT'S THE EXTRA.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO HARD TO CUT THIS TIME.
IT'S NOT LIKE EVERYTHING IS THE EXTRA.
I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THIS NUMBER.
IF ALL COULD GET IT DOWN TO 950, MAYBE I COULD AGREE WITH THAT, BUT IT MIGHT HURT.
IT MIGHT MAKE ME VERY UNHAPPY.
>> FOR THE SAME REASONS AS MY COLLEAGUES, I'M GOOD UNDER A BILLION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING ON THIS LIST IS,
[04:35:03]
A MAJORITY OF THIS IS NOT A LUXURY.THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THESE SCHOOLS GOING AND TO KEEP THEM MOVING ALONG.
IF WE CAN GET UNDER A BILLION AND IT DOESN'T RAISE THE TAX RATE, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
>> I ACTUALLY THINK THAT NONE OF THIS IS REALLY A LUXURY.
THIS IS A NON SEXY BOND, AND I THINK THAT IT'LL BE HARD.
IT'LL BE A HARD SELL FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO DIGEST THAT WE HAVE A BILLION DOLLAR WORTH OF STUFF TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS, ATTRACTIVE AND NOT EVEN GLITZY, BUT JUST PUTTING NEW ROOFS ON.
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A FUN BOND.
BUT NEXT WEEK, TAKE YOUR COFFEE EARLIER, BUT BE READY FOR 11:59 AGAIN NEXT THURSDAY.
WE'VE GOT A LOT ON OUR AGENDA.
I MAY WORK WITH ADMINISTRATION TO SEE WHAT WE CAN MOVE OFF OF THE AGENDA FOR THE 15TH.
I'VE ALREADY CUT A FEW THINGS. I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE IT.
BUT ANYWAY, WE WILL LOOK AT THE AGENDA.
GREAT WORK TONIGHT, AND I DIDN'T SAY THIS ENOUGH, BUT THANK YOU TO OUR CBC CHAIRS, WHO WERE HERE AGAIN FOR A VERY LONG MEETING.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAFF THAT STAYED FOR SUCH A LONG TIME TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.
IF YOU ARE AT A SCHOOL THAT HAD A PROJECT THAT WAS CUT, I'M SORRY.
I WISH THAT WE COULD PUT ALL OF THIS BACK IN.
MAYBE IT COMES BACK IN AFTER WE REALLY SPEND SOME TIME LOOKING ON IT OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS WORKED SO HARD.
I KNOW ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN PUTTING IN LOTS OF HOURS AS WELL TO GO THROUGH THESE PROJECTS AND MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US.
THANK YOU TO ADMINISTRATION AS WELL FOR YOUR MULTIPLE HOURS OF TEAM SESSIONS TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE AS WELL.
HAVING SAID THAT, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS, SEEING NOTHING.
IT IS 11:51, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.