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ALL RIGHT. WELCOME TO OUR JULY MEETING.
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WE'LL GET STARTED BY DOING A ROLL AROUND THE TABLE, AND THEN ANYBODY ON ZOOM CAN GO AT THE END. MARK HARDING, BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.DAN CORNELSON, BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
JAMES PLENKOVICH, FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, [INAUDIBLE] KRISTI.
DOMINGUEZ FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MARK DEEBACH FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ERIC TRIPP, FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT [INAUDIBLE] ESG, REX TRESTLE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
FRANK LYNCH, BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
TRISTIN BYERS, BOND OVERSIGHT.
[INAUDIBLE] FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
[INAUDIBLE] BOND OVERSIGHT AND MIKE [INAUDIBLE] MUST BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY ADDITIONS, SUBTRACTIONS, ETCETERA, SPEAK NOW.
OTHERWISE WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. AGENDA IS ADOPTED AS WRITTEN.
NEXT IS THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH.
SAME DEAL. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CLARIFICATIONS, FEEL FREE TO SPEAK UP NOW.
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE AS WRITTEN.
IT'S. I WASN'T HERE, SO I APOLOGIZE IF I'M GETTING THIS ALL SIDEWAYS, BUT THERE'S A COMMENT UNDER MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION D LOOKS LIKE 4.1. WILL ASPHALT EMULSION BE PUT ON THE STAFF PARKING LOT? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE STAFF PARKING LOTS, NEW PARKING LOT.
THE STAFF PARKING LOT IS THE OLD SENIOR.
THAT WILL BE THE STAFF PARKING LOT.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE NEW STAFF LOT.
OKAY. IT WAS ALWAYS IN THE SCOPE TO PUT SOMETHING ON IT, SOME KIND OF SEALER.
WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I'LL SAVE MY NEXT ONE FOR LATER IN THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT'S UNRELATED.
I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
COMMITTEE APPROVED THE MINUTES.
THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
[2. PUBLIC COMMENT]
MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM.
SO WE'LL MOVE TO SHARING ANY COMMENTS RECEIVED OVER THE PAST MONTH OR ANY KIND OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION TOPICS OVER THE PAST MONTH. I HAD TWO.
ONE WAS FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER THIS LAST WEEK.
THIS LAST WEEKEND, I GUESS ASKING IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE ONCE THE SCHOOL IS DONE.
I MEAN, THE OBVIOUS ANSWER WAS YES, BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUT THERE.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WAS FROM A TEACHER ASKING ABOUT LIKE AND THIS IS MORE FOR YOU GUYS, BUT ASKING ABOUT LIKE THE WARRANTY WORK, I GUESS EVIDENTLY THE WASHER OR DRYER OR SOMETHING ISN'T WORKING AND IT'S BRAND NEW IN THE CULINARY ARTS OR SOMETHING SHARED WITH THE CULINARY ARTS.
SO I GUESS MY COMMENT ONCE I HEARD THAT WAS HOW ARE WE? OR MY THOUGHT WAS HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE WARRANTY ISSUES THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP? I MEAN, THERE'S JUST THEY'RE GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO YEARS, RIGHT.
SO ARE WE DOCUMENTING THEM OR MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING UP WITH PEOPLE AND YEAH, THE THE WASHER AND DRYERS, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT AND IT'S BEEN ON OUR ATTENTION FOR A LONG TIME.
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SO YEAH, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE, I GUESS MAYBE THEN THE COMMENT HERE WOULD BE LET'S MAKE SURE WE TELL THEM PEOPLE, WHOEVER, WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE OR THINKS THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT IN THE FROM THE, YOU KNOW, THE TEACHER TEACHER SIDE OF THINGS.THAT'S THAT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT WORKING.
CORRECT. I'M NOT SAYING I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO UPSIZE THAT WASHER AND IT'S NOT AS EASY AS YOU MIGHT THINK. I CAN I CAN'T.
SO THERE'S SOME FRUSTRATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY NEED.
YES. ACCORDING TO THE PERSON IN THERE.
BIG ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY WANT.
YEAH. BIG ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY WANT.
YEAH. YEAH. SO OTHERWISE, YES, THERE'S PUNCH LIST ITEMS OBVIOUSLY, AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT KEEP KEPT TRACK OF.
I GUESS AS AN ASIDE TO THAT COMMENT, I GUESS BECAUSE IT IS AN APPLIANCE ITEM, I'VE RUN INTO ISSUES WHERE YOU GET AN APPLIANCE AND IT WAS PURCHASED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND INSTALLED NOW AND YOU DON'T GET THE WARRANTY, YOU KNOW, YOU GET LIKE A FIVE YEAR WARRANTY OR THREE YEAR OR WHATEVER.
YEAH. SO I ASSUME THAT'S SOMEWHERE ON THE LAUNDRY LIST OF OEM STUFF AS WELL.
BUT I KNOW I'VE RUN INTO THAT A FEW TIMES ON APPLIANCE TYPE PURCHASED EQUIPMENT.
YEAH, WE RUN INTO IT ALL THE TIME.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE AT SOME POINT IT'S NOT THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY ANYMORE.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PDFS AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT JUST BEING ABLE TO EASILY GRAB THAT INFORMATION, IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HIRE AND HAVE RETIREES AND THINGS, YOU KNOW, TURN OVER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT CAN BE. I MEAN, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT.
YOU'RE NOT LIKE YOU'RE DOING BIG PUMPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT TYPE ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION STUFF.
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DO THEY HAVE ANY? QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS ABOUT.I SAW THERE WAS A POST ABOUT LIKE A GENERAL POST ABOUT NOT ENTERING THE SITE.
I ASSUME THERE WAS I ASSUME THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF SITUATION THAT PROMPTED THAT.
SO I JUST OUT OF PURE CURIOSITY, SAY, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT'S THE, I GUESS THE FIX? AND IF YOU CAN ONLY SHARE WHATEVER, THEN WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WANDERING ONTO THE SITE, ONTO THE FIELD, ONTO.
SO THEY MOVED ALL THEIR FENCING.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT NOW BECAUSE WHEN I TRIED TO DO MY LOOKY LOO, I WASN'T ABLE TO.
I COULDN'T EVEN PULL INTO THE LOT WHERE I WANTED TO GO.
I DON'T THINK IT WAS ONE INCIDENT.
WE HAVING A LOT OF TRAFFIC DOWN THERE IN AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION AND AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION.
WHY? WHICH WAS PROBABLY BOUND TO HAPPEN TO A CERTAIN DEGREE WHEN YOU OPEN UP THAT FRONT BECAUSE IT'S JUST OPEN ALL DAY LONG WITH SOME OF THAT STUFF COME AND GO.
BUT IT WAS AND IT WAS LIKE A MAJOR ANY BIG.
IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF LITTLE ONES, RIGHT?
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LIKE, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS SOMEBODY DOING A TENNIS CAMP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OF THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO SHUT THAT DOWN AND TEAR THE ROAD UP AND DO THE WORK. AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THERE PLAY TENNIS ALL WEEK.AND IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD THING TO DO.
BUT WE HAD AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE, A LOT OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
SO, YEAH, I'M SURE YOU ALL DEAL WITH THAT FROM TIME TO TIME.
WELL, I GUESS GOOD NEWS THAT IT WASN'T ANY SORT OF MAJOR INCIDENT.
SO HAS THERE BEEN ANY DEATHS OR ANYTHING AS AN ISSUE? I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE LIKE ON VISTA, THERE'S THERE'S TWO HOUSES GOING UP AND SOMEONE STOLE THE WORK TRAILER FROM RIGHT OUT FRONT OF IT OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND I'M JUST LIKE, IS THAT ISSUE HAPPENING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL? BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE BRAZEN.
AND I'VE SEEN IT CAUSE I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET.
BUT YEAH, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE THE HIGH SCHOOL, I MEAN, YOU'RE TRYING TO MONITOR PEOPLE GOING IN THERE, BUT I WAS LIKE, HAS THERE BEEN ANY ISSUES LIKE THAT? BECAUSE IT'S PREVALENT.
ANYBODY HEAR ANYTHING? I'M PRETTY IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY GOOD.
WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS.
SO THIS JOB HAS ACTUALLY BEEN REALLY GOOD COMPARED TO WHAT I'M USED TO.
SO. NOT TO BE A DEBBIE DOWNER.
BUT ON A SAFETY NOTE THAT REMINDED ME YESTERDAY LOCALLY THERE WAS A CONTRACTOR WHO HAD A FATALITY.
VERY WELL KNOWN CONTRACTOR AROUND HERE, YOU KNOW, HAD A FATALITY ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE WITH MOVING TRUCKS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS SITUATION.
IF YOU RECALL, JUST BEFORE THIS JOB STARTED, THERE WAS ANOTHER FATALITY.
YEAH. WORKER GOT RAN OVER BY A TRUCK AND TRANSFER.
ANYTHING ELSE ON KIND OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION STUFF.
MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT TIME, BUT WHEN CAN WE GET A GUIDED TOUR OF WHERE THE CT'S AT? I HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN THERE FOREVER, AND IT'D BE.
I'D BE INTERESTED IN COMING DOWN.
LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT TO DO IT.
OKAY. SOMEBODY HAD A SNEAK PEEK.
SO YOU WANNA SAY THAT AGAIN? HIS INITIALS MIGHT BE DAN CORNELSON.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS UPDATE ON INVESTMENT EARNINGS REPORT.
MARK, I THINK I WAS THE ONLY ONE ON THE EMAIL WITH YOU, SANDY.
BUT I THINK THE NUMBER WAS SANDY.
SO CURRENTLY EXPLAINING THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IT WOULD NOT BE THEIR OWN TREASURER THAT THE COUNTY HAS TO INVEST THEIR FUNDS. AND I BELIEVE THAT SHE ISSUE A WARRANT AND SUCH TO KNOW WE ACTUALLY SHARE OUR OWN WARRANTS.
THEY TRANSFER THE FUNDS BASED ON OUR REQUEST.
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OH, OKAY. AND THEN WE WRITE THE NAME OF YOUR INVESTMENT.SO THE INVESTMENT EARNING RATE THAT MARK HAD SHOWN US AT THE LAST BOND OVERSIGHT MEETING, I THINK WAS 2.6% THE MONTH OF MAY. AND THIS WAS WASHINGTON AS A COMPARISON, BECAUSE IT'S 2.6% IS AN ADEQUATE INVESTMENT EARNING RATE. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT SCHOOL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY WAS AT 5.15%. SO LET'S SAY 5.2%.
AND THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE CONTEXT THAT I THINK AS THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHEN WE HEAR INVESTMENT EARNINGS OF ABOUT $2 MILLION, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CONTEXT FOR KNOWING LIKE, IS THAT GOOD OR IS THAT LOW OR KIND OF WHAT WHAT THE PERFORMANCE OF THAT PIECE IS SO THAT THE INVESTMENT EARNING RATE IS REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT WE COULD KIND OF COMPARE AS THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OR A CONCERNED CITIZEN WOULD WANT US TO COMPARE TO SOMETHING THAT WE SEE POSSIBLY.
AND SO WHEN I TALKED TO KAREN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, SHE SAID THAT THE WHATCOM COUNTY INVESTMENT POOL IS A LONG TERM INVESTMENT.
SO WE INVEST IN CLOTHING BETTER 15 MONTHS OR LONGER.
AND THEN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, THEY INVEST IN VERY SHORT TERM, 30 DAYS OR LESS MATURITY.
SO WHEN THE FEDERAL RESERVES ARE HIKING THE INTEREST RATE LIKE WE DO, YOU KNOW, 18 TO 24 MONTHS AGO, AND THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS ON THE BONDS WERE KIND OF UPSIDE DOWN AND THEY'VE BEEN THAT WAY EVER SINCE.
PROBABLY ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN INVESTING IN SHORTER TERM ITEMS. SO KAREN DID SAY THAT TYPICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, 20, 25 YEAR PERIOD, SHE STATED THAT THE WHATCOM COUNTY POOL CAN OUTPERFORM THE STATE BY HAVING THE LONG TERM MATURITY.
IF YOU CAN GET OUT AWAY FROM THAT YIELD CURVE.
BUT IT'S NOTHING THAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE, RIGHT, WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND THESE RATE HIKES.
AND THEN THEY CAN'T THEY'RE LOSING MONEY AT THE COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE AT HALF OF THE RATE OF WHAT THE STATE IS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE COULD REALLY DO ANYTHING MORE IS THE 2 MILLION THAT MARCUS TOLD US THAT THEY'VE EARNED ON THE PROCEEDS. YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS WHAT IT IS AND YOU COULDN'T INVEST IT ANY OTHER PLACE, YOU KNOW.
AND IT'S 2.6% AND AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE COULD HAVE DONE ABOUT IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS ALL KNOW THAT PART.
WELL, PROBABLY THE OTHER THING THAT I CAN ONLY SEE THE BACK OF KRISTEN'S HEAD AND THE BACK OF HER HEAD, SO I CAN'T REALLY SEE WHO ELSE WHO ELSE JUST ASK, YOU KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? BUT THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D TELL THE COMMITTEE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ON CONSTRUCTION, YOU HAVE MOST OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS WELL. LIKE LIKE THIS IS THE BEST GROUP OF PEOPLE YOU COULD EVER HAVE ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
THIS IS THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE MOST ABOUT VALUE ENGINEERING AND WHO'S ON OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR FERNDALE AND AND JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT EYES ON THE CONSTRUCTION PART.
BUT WE SAW IT ON THE BOND SALE THAT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THREE, TWO, I DON'T KNOW, MARK, MAYBE SIX PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THE BOND SALE. AND THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WANTED, YOU KNOW, A THIRD PARTY TO GIVE SOME INPUT ON.
IT IS A PRIVATE PLACEMENT BOND SALE THAT STATE FARM YEAR AFTER YEAR.
IS THAT THE MOST COMPETITIVE THING FOR THE CITIZENS OF FERNDALE? NOW, ON THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS, I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING LIKE THE BOND SALE.
I THINK IT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS.
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AND I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST KIND OF LEAVING IT THAT WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND THAT WAS ABOUT IT.YOU LIKE? IS THERE EVEN THE OPTION? IT IS JUST KIND OF.
NO, THAT'S. THAT'S OUR CHOICE.
YEAH. YEAH. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOUR CHOICE? IT'S NOT OUR CHOICE. I MEAN, THAT'S THE ONLY CHOICE WE HAVE.
THAT'S LIKE. THAT IS THE CHOICE.
THE CHOICE. THAT IS OUR SOLE OPTION.
IN THE STATES. MORE AS A COMPARISON TOOL.
NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING YOU CAN.
AND IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, YEAH.
SOMETIMES YOU COME OUT AHEAD, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T.
BUT IF YOU IT'S FOR TAXPAYERS AND FOR VOTERS AND CITIZENS, IT'S A VERY SAFE WAY TO DO IT.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN ALL THE JUNK BONDS AND THE FINANCIAL ISSUES WERE HAPPENING, THERE WERE CITIES GOING BANKRUPT AND HAVING HUGE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY WERE INVESTING IN VERY UNSTABLE, UNSAFE INVESTMENTS.
THEY WERE GOING UNDER. SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION.
SO AS A SOMEBODY WHO IS ON THE FINANCIALLY CONSERVATIVE KIND OF BENT, I THINK IT'S A PRETTY GOOD THING FOR US.
YEAH. DID YOU DO THIS ON THE LAST PROJECT? LAST COUPLE PROJECT, I GUESS? CASCADIA.
WE DO THIS WITH ALL OF OUR FUNDS, SO ALL OF OUR MONEY IS WITH THE COUNTY INVESTED IN THE COUNTY.
SO WE, WE WITHDRAW IT AS WE NEED IT.
SO WE'RE EITHER PUTTING IT IN OR TAKING IT OUT.
SO EVERY DOLLAR WE HAVE THAT WE CAN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE WITH THE TREASURER.
YOU KEEP VERY LITTLE ACTUALLY ON HAND BUT ISN'T INVESTED WITH THEM.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE INVESTMENT EARNING TOPIC? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO SCHOOL BOARD REPORT FOLLOW UP TO ME.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK I GOT THE BOARD.
I WAS WAITING FOR KIND OF THE LAST PIECE ON THE PAC FINANCIAL CONTINGENCY KIND OF PIECE.
SO I GOT THE BOARD THE REPORT OR I GOT TAMMY AND THEREFORE THE BOARD, THE REPORT KIND OF LATE.
SO NOT ALL OF THEM GOT TO HAVE IT IN ENOUGH TIME TO FULLY READ IT AND DIGEST ALONG WITH THE OTHER UNGODLY AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK THAT I'M SURE THEY GET EVERY MONTH.
EVERYBODY SEEMS VERY APPRECIATIVE AGAIN OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
I. I DO THINK THAT THEY LEAN ON US.
PROBABLY MORE THAN WHAT KIND OF OUR OUR REMIT IS AS A AS A COMMITTEE, WHICH IS FINE.
I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND WHEREWITHAL TO DO IT.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST A FUNCTION OF THE 50 OTHER THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO GET THROUGH IN THEIR MONTHLY MEETINGS, THAT US BEING A COMMITTEE HAS TAKEN PROBABLY A LARGER BURDEN OFF OF THEIR SHOULDERS AS FAR AS LOOKING INTO THE MINUTIA. SO HOW THAT STRUCTURES OUT MOVING FORWARD WITH DIFFERENT COMMITTEES
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MIGHT BE WORTH LOOKING INTO AS WE KIND OF LIKE RETOOL OUR BYLAWS AND THE THE GCC FIVE BECAUSE THEY ARE I MEAN, WE WERE KIND OF SET UP AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BUT WE'RE WHICH WE ARE, BUT WE'RE I THINK WE'RE DOING A LITTLE MORE THAN JUST ADVISING AND ADVISING.SO THAT WAS KIND OF MY TAKEAWAY.
MARK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD AS WELL, BUT I MEAN, GENERALLY WHAT WAS GOOD, I WAS HOPING THEY HAD A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, FUNCTION OF GETTING THE REPORT LATE AND PROBABLY MARK GETTING GOOD UPDATES EVERY MONTH ANYWAY.
SO THEY KIND OF KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND I THINK RILEY DOWNPLAYED ONE CRUCIAL ASPECT OF THE REPORT A LITTLE BIT.
I WOULD SAY IT WAS DOWNRIGHT A LOVE FEST FOR UNCOMFORTABLY.
IT WAS A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
FELT VIOLATED. YEAH, THAT'S A LITTLE YEAH.
I EXPLAINING PARTICULARLY TO RILEY BECAUSE HE WAS THERE REPRESENTING YOU ALL BUT I THINK THEY AND STEVE CAN CHIME IN AND KRISTI FOR SURE, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY WAS EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK AND THE TIME AND THE ENERGY AND THE DEDICATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING INTO THIS PROJECT.
AND IT'S I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S TIME THAT THEY ALL HAVE TO INVEST AT THE DETAIL THAT YOU GUYS ARE.
I WAS JUST THERE I WAS I WILL ADD THAT THE LACK OF QUESTIONS WAS ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE JOB YOU YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS DONE AS WELL.
IT'S BEEN YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WORDS TO PRAISE THAT.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S INVALUABLE INFORMATION FOR US.
BUT YOU COVERED EVERYTHING VERY WELL.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S THE LACK OF QUESTIONS IS BECAUSE OF THE JOB YOU DID.
AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND WATCH THIS JUST TO SEE WHERE'S IT GOING FOR YOU.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE FEEDBACK YOU GET FOR THESE.
YOU'RE ALMOST BLUSHING THERE, RIGHT? WELL, I MEAN, YOU WANT TO WRITE THE REPORT SO THAT THERE ISN'T QUESTIONS, BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, YOU WANT YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO GET QUESTIONS.
THEY KNOW THAT YOUR EXPERTS, THEY KNOW THAT YOU ARE WRESTLING WITH THE BIG IDEAS.
YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH WE GIVE SOME KIND OF UPDATE.
THEY'RE READING THE REPORTS THAT GO OUT EVERY WEEK.
AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST THEY TRUST THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE BEING REALLY HONEST.
YOU'RE SAYING, WHAT'S GOING WELL? AND YOU ALSO SAY WHAT'S NOT GOING WELL? AND SO IT'S IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED.
DOES ANYONE HERE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING? OKAY. YOU SHOULD WATCH IT BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY.
ALL RIGHT. COST MANAGEMENT REPORT DISCREPANCIES.
SO I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, TO BE HONEST.
THEY'VE MOSTLY IMPACTED LOCATIONS.
I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO THE PACKET IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
SO WE'VE ALL BEEN ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TRYING TO GET A FINAL DECISION ON THE PACK AND THE AUDIO VIDEO EQUIPMENT, THE STAGE LIGHTING, THE PROSCENIUM CURTAIN AND THE REPLACEMENT DRAPES, ETCETERA.
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SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TIME FRAME HAS SLID SUBSTANTIALLY COMPARED TO WHAT MY EXPECTATION WAS.BUT THE STARTING POINT IN THE FIRST ROUND OF PRICING WAS WE WERE DRAMATICALLY OVER BUDGET.
SO THE RESPONSE TO THAT WAS WE NEED TO RETOOL AND PERHAPS THE CONTRACTORS WEREN'T UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR AND THEY WERE PRICING SOMETHING BEYOND WHAT WE HAD ASKED FOR. SO WE TRIED TO DIAL THAT DOWN.
WE HAD MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS GONE ON VACATION.
AND WHEN THE NEXT ROUND OF PRICING CAME, IT WAS EVEN HIGHER.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING KIND OF SWITCHING DIRECTIONS ON THAT.
WE HAVE AN AUDIO VIDEO SYSTEM THAT COSTS 105, 110,000, BUT THE CHANGE ORDERS FOR 250,000 AND THE ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL WORK COSTS MORE THAN THE AUDIO VIDEO SYSTEM ITSELF.
SO MOST PEOPLE WOULD SCRATCH YOUR HEAD AND GO, HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? AND SO WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH OUR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR TO GET THE PRICING IN A TIMELY MANNER AND THEN HAVE IT MAKE SENSE. AND SO AT THIS POINT, AFTER A LOT OF DISCUSSION, MARC, JEAN AND MYSELF, WE'RE KIND OF AT THAT POINT WHERE WE'D LIKE TO EXPLORE TRYING TO PROCURE THOSE THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE PROJECT.
AND SO THE AUDIO VIDEO, THAT'S AN EASY ONE BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] WAS ALREADY PART OF KCBA.
THE OTHER PART OF THE TIMING WAS TO KEEP THE WORK IN SEQUENCE WITH THE REST OF THE PROJECT.
WELL, THAT THAT SHIP HAS ALREADY SAILED.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE DECISIONS IS DO WE HANG AROUND WITH CORNERSTONE PAYING THEM GCS TO STAY ON SITE FOR THREE MONTHS LONGER TO PUT IN A STEREO? RIGHT. ONE DIMENSIONAL CAN COME AND DO IT DIRECTLY THEMSELVES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF MAYBE GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
I'M EXPLORING HOW TO GET STAGECRAFT.
THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THAT WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE LAYERS OF MOCKUPS.
AND I FOUND ANOTHER ONE TODAY.
SO WITH THE WITH THE LIGHTING CONTRACTOR, IF YOU GO ON ONE ROUTE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF MARKUPS.
IF YOU GO IN ANOTHER ROUTE, THERE'S A THIRD MARKUP.
AND IF WE GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE, WE CAN GET DOWN TO TWO OR LESS MARKUPS.
RIGHT. SO PART OF THE REDUNDANCY IN THE CFR REPORT, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS AN ERROR, FRANKLY, WAS THAT THAT WAS THE REFLECTION OF THEM SAYING THE PRICE WAS GOING UP AND WHY IT WAS IN TWO DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS. IT LOOKED REDUNDANT.
AND AT THIS POINT, IT'S MY ESTIMATION, IT'S MARK'S ESTIMATION THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO SERVE THE DISTRICT'S BEST NEEDS TO GO IN THIS DIRECTION ANY LONGER. SO YOU KNOW THAT WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS WE'VE GOT THE AUDIO VIDEO FROM DIMENSIONAL, WE'VE GOT STAGE LIGHTING FROM GRAYBAR, AND I THINK IT'S INACCURATE ACRONYM WRONG, AND THEN THE CURTAINS FROM STAGECRAFT.
SO THE STEREO IS THE EASY ONE.
IT'S THE SAME GUYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
AND REVERSE THAT TO WHERE THE ELECTRICIAN WOULD BE WORKING FOR DIMENSIONAL.
BUT ANYWAYS, SO AND THEN ON THE STAGE LIGHTING AND THE CURTAINS, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT BECAUSE THE CURTAINS, THAT WAS THE ONLY PRICING THAT CAME IN REASONABLY.
AND SO WE HAD $140,000 FOR THE DRAPERIES AND THE RIGGING, AND THAT CAME IN ABOUT 160G.
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RIGHT. SO WE STILL DON'T HAVE THE FINAL WORD, BUT I THINK WE'RE NOW COMMITTED TO KIND OF GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.THE ICING ON THE CAKE WAS YESTERDAY.
AND OUR MEETING, MY FIRST QUESTION WAS, DO WE HAVE PRICING FROM THE ELECTRICIANS ON THE STAGE? LIGHTING ANSWER YET AGAIN WAS NO.
SO SO IT'S TIME TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
I'M ANXIOUS TO PUT THIS ONE TO REST AND HAVE A PLAN.
BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADING TO NOW.
SO. HOW'S THAT? GOOD. WANT TO EXPLAIN? SOME QUESTIONS. WHY? WHY ARE THEY TAKING SO LONG? IS IT FATIGUE? IS IT THEIR TEAM? IS IT LIKE, WHY? WHY HAVE THEY GONE DOWNHILL? DO YOU THINK? WELL, THAT'S BEEN AN AREA WHERE IT'S BEEN VERY SLOW THROUGH THE WHOLE PROJECT, GETTING PRICING AND GETTING PAPERWORK PROCESSED FROM THE SUBCONTRACTOR.
THAT'S BEEN A REOCCURRING THEME THROUGH THE WHOLE JOB AND THEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THEN WE'VE ALSO, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM.
WE'VE PUSHED BACK, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE GET TO THE STAGE, THE PATH.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S INVOLVED.
IT SAYS, NO, YOU DON'T PAD IT.
IT IS AN OLD BUILDING AND WE HAVE A CONTINGENCY FOR UNKNOWN CONDITIONS.
YOU BUILD WHAT'S ON THE DOCUMENTS AND WHATEVER IS NOT ON THE DOCUMENTS IS THEN THE CHANGE ORDER.
IT FEELS LIKE AT THIS POINT THEY STILL HAVE JUST MILES OF FLUFF IN THEIR NUMBERS.
AND SO IT FEELS LIKE IF WE PULL THE TRIGGER ON ANY OF THAT OR WE'D JUST BE PAYING THE DISTRICT WOULD BE PAYING A LOT MORE MONEY THAN THEY NEED TO. AND SO JUST IN THE DISTRICT'S BEST INTEREST, IT JUST FEELS LIKE AS MUCH AS I DON'T WANT TO HEAD OFF IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST IN THE BEST INTEREST.
DO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR THAN IS WORKING ON THE MAIN BUILDING THAT IS DOING THE ELECTRICAL ON ON THE PACK? NO, IT'S THE SAME THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN PRICING THAT IS MILLED AND MILLED AND DOING THE WORK ON THE REST OF THE PROJECT.
SO IDEALLY THAT WOULD BE WE'D HAVE DO THE WORK, BUT AT THIS POINT MEAN WHEN THE SUPPORT ELECTRICAL WORK IS OUTPACING ALL OF THE PRIMARY WORK, IT WOULD SEEM THERE'S A PROBLEM.
SO. IT SEEMS LIKE THE SCOPE OF WORK IS PRETTY WELL DEFINED.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO THROW A BUNCH OF FLUFF IN THERE WHEN IF YOU HAVE A CLEAR SCOPE OF WORK, THAT'S THE BIG RIGHT. AND THEN IF WE HAVE CONTINGENCY FUNDS, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING.
WELL, THAT'S THE FRUSTRATING PART, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS A TEAM, WE'VE DONE REALLY WE'VE BEEN VERY FAIR ON CHANGEOVERS AND WE'VE WORKED AS A TEAM AND WE'VE HAD THE MANTRA THAT IT'S ONLY A SUCCESS IF EVERYBODY IS SUCCESSFUL.
SO OUR CONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTOR, YOUR SUPPLIERS OR EVERYBODY, RIGHT.
THAT'S THE MARK OF A SUCCESSFUL JOB.
MAKE SURE WE DON'T DO THAT. SO SO FOR CLARIFICATION, MELANIE, IS THE ISSUE OR A SUB UNDER THEM IS THE ISSUE? I'D SAY THAT MELANIE IS THE ISSUE.
YEAH, BUT THEY'VE BEEN GOOD IN THE MAIN PROJECT ON THE WORKING END.
YES, ON THE CHANGE ORDER, PROCESSING PAPERWORK, END OF THINGS.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE.
SO. SO YEAH, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT.
THE GUYS IN THE FIELD HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.
AND SO FROM THAT END I'D GIVE THEM KUDOS.
BUT ON THE OFFICE AND RILEY'S HAD FRUSTRATIONS AT TIMES.
WHY IS THE CHANGE ORDERS WRITING SO FAR BEHIND? WELL, THEY'VE BEEN THE MAIN CULPRITS, AND THAT'S BEEN THROUGH THE ENTIRE JOB.
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THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE MAYBE A BLESSING IN DISGUISE.WELL, WE NEED TO RESEARCH IT AND SEE WHAT THE BEST APPROACH IS.
SO STAGECRAFT, WHICH MADE ME SCRATCH MY HEAD A LITTLE BIT, BUT STAGECRAFT ALSO PROVIDES LIGHTING.
BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING PRESENTLY THROUGH THE ELECTRICIAN SUPPLY AND EVERYTHING, THEY'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES WHEN WE COULD JUST BE BUNDLING EVERYTHING AND HAVE STAGECRAFT DO THE CURTAINS AND THE LIGHTING.
MARK SO SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M RESEARCHING RIGHT NOW.
SO. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION IS HOW? HOW CONTRACTUALLY CAN YOU PULL CONTRACTUAL WORK? WE WE'RE NOT CONTRACTUAL DOLLARS, BUT WE'RE NOT FROM THE CONTRACT.
YOU CAN'T LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING IT.
IT'S NOT A VEHICLE TO DO THAT.
NO, WE STATE ALL OF THIS WORK IS CHANGE ORDER WORK.
WE HAVEN'T ADDED IT TO THEIR CONTRACT YET.
IT'S NOT A CONTRACT, BUT IT'S THE.
YEAH, BUT SINCE IT'S CONSIDERED UNDER THIS CONTRACT AS PART OF THE WORK WITH THIS BOND, THESE BOND DOLLARS, THAT'S WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE BIT LIKE IN MY MIND, IT GETS MUDDY.
BECAUSE THE WAY IT WAS STRUCTURED.
AND BECAUSE IT'S IDENTIFIED AS A CHANGE ORDER, WE HAVE NOT ACCEPTED YET.
IT ISN'T PART OF THE CONTRACT.
AND THE OTHER KIND OF THE NICE THING ABOUT IT, I KNOW THE DYKEMAN AND CORNERSTONE ARE ON BOARD WITH THIS APPROACH BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO DO THE WORK ANY MORE THAN THEY FEEL LIKE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT UNDER PROJECT JUST STRAIGHT FROM THE DISTRICT. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A PURCHASE ORDER FROM THE DISTRICT.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN HAVING THAN SWITCHING THE WATER HEATER THING MIDSTREAM AND HAVING A CONTRACTOR A TO DO THESE SCHOOLS AND THEN GO, WELL, WE'LL HAVE CONTRACTOR. DO YOU WANT US TO GET INTO IT? BECAUSE THAT'S JUST ALL YOU NEED IS SOMEBODY ACTUALLY LOOKING AT STUFF.
AND KEN BROUGHT THIS UP AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST THING THAT I ASKED.
MARK ASKED I TALKED TO THE ARCHITECT AND SAID, HOW DOES THIS WORK? MARK AND I TALK.
HE SAID, LET'S TALK TO THE ATTORNEY.
BUT WE HAD THE SAME QUESTION YOU HAD.
SO THAT'S A VERY GOOD, GOOD QUESTION.
SO. HOW DOES THE DELAY WORK AND THE IN THE CHANGE ORDERS SEPARATE? I MEAN, IS THERE SOME OF THAT WORK INVOLVED IN THE CHANGE ORDERS THAT WE WORK? SO THE OTHER CHANGE ORDERS.
SO THE OTHER CHANGE ORDERS FOR THE PACK.
SO IT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE PACKAGE WITH SEPARATE DOCUMENTS.
SO IT'S A VERY CLEAN LINE BETWEEN THE OTHER WORK THEY'RE DOING AND THIS WORK.
SO NONE OF THE OTHER SCOPES REALLY OVERLAP WITH THAT.
IT'D BE ANALOGOUS TO IF, IF NOBODY HAD DONE A JOB AND WE WANTED TO UPGRADE THE STAGE EQUIPMENT AND THERE WASN'T A NEW HIGH SCHOOL BEING BUILT, IT'D BE THAT THAT'S WHAT IT WILL BE DOING.
JUST LIKE THE OTHER JOB NEVER EVEN HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE IS NO CO-MINGLING OR OVERLAP.
SO SO THAT REALLY MAKES IT EASY, YOU KNOW? SO. SO IT'S.
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SORRY. GO AHEAD, SANDY.OKAY. I WAS JUST WONDERING, I THINK MARK SAID HIS LEGAL COUNSEL HAD REVIEWED IT, AND I KNOW 112 IS KIND OF IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES GROUP IS KIND OF THE PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE STATE.
AND I'M WONDERING, IS THERE ANY VALUE IN HAVING YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL GIVE A SECOND OPINION? I'M OF THE MINDSET, YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, YOU ASK THE ATTORNEY THAT'S GOING TO BE REPRESENTING YOU IN THE LAWSUIT, THEIR OPINION, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE REPRESENTING YOU.
BUT IT'S IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT ALSO TO GET A SECOND OPINION.
MARK. AND SENDING BACK TO THEM.
DID SHE ASK THEM? CSG SHE'D GIVE A LEGAL OPINION.
SHE ASKED IF SHE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA IF SHE HAD SHE GET A SECOND OPINION.
THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THE DISTRICT WHO CONFER DIRECTLY WITH THEIR ATTORNEY.
SO NORMALLY OUR RESPONSE WOULD BE GETTING PERKINS GETTING A CALL.
SO WE ALWAYS REFER OUR DISTRICTS TYPICALLY TO PERKINS.
COOLEY NOT ALWAYS, BUT TYPICALLY.
AND SO WE TYPICALLY WOULD NOT GET INVOLVED WITH A LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
SO HAVE YOU COLLECTED A SOFT BID, AN UNOFFICIAL BID FROM THIS ALTERNATIVE ROUTE YET JUST TO KIND OF PROBE TO MAKE SURE IT IS A MORE COST EFFECTIVE ROUTE? WE'VE SEEN NUMBERS ON EVERYTHING EXCEPT HARD NUMBERS ON WHAT MILLS NUMBERS ARE.
SO MY ANSWER DO YOU HAVE A COMPETITIVE NUMBER AND YOU'RE JUST WAITING FOR MILNE TO SHOW UP TO SEE WHERE THEY LINE UP? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.
SO IT'S NORMALLY I WANT TO USE REALLY STRONG LANGUAGE, BUT IT FEELS RIDICULOUS TO ME, FRANKLY.
OH YEAH. I'M I'M ALWAYS DEFENDING.
IT DOES. SO WE WE HAVE TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT OF OUR GC, WHICH IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE.
WE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN TIMELINE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DONE BY JANUARY.
WELL, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO DELIVER EVERYTHING WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO.
PART OF THE BOND PACKAGE, BASED ON THE PRICING THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T DO THAT, RIGHT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS IN THE CMRR, TWO OF THEM ALONE ARE OVER $1 MILLION.
SO BY PULLING IT OUT AND DOING IT DIRECTLY, WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DELIVER THE, IF NOT EVERYTHING, AT LEAST PRETTY DOGGONE CLOSE.
THAT'S, OF COURSE, BEEN THE INTENT TO COME THROUGH ON ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO QUIT NOW AND NOT GET EVERYTHING.
SO ANYWAYS, I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN WHAT SANDY SAID.
I MEAN, IF YOU GUYS HAD A DISPUTE, SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO GET ANOTHER LAWYER.
SO FIND SOMEBODY LIKE AN OLD MORRISON OR SOMEBODY THAT UNDERSTANDS CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRACTS LAW JUST TO GIVE IT, JUST TO GIVE IT A REVIEW TO MAKE SURE JUST BECAUSE SHE'S RIGHT IN THE SENSE THAT YOUR LAWYER IS GOING TO TELL YOU GENERALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR.
AND IF THERE IS A PITFALL THAT THEY THEY DON'T SEE BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR CLIENT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK FOR IT WHERE A THIRD PARTY IS GOING TO LOOK FOR WHAT ARE THE PITFALLS? FIRST, THEY HAVE NO HEARTBURN TELLING ME WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR.
I MEAN, YOU CAN DISAGREE ALL DAY LONG.
I MEAN, I DON'T FORESEE A ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR COMING BACK ON YOU, BUT IF THERE'S SOME CLAUSE IN THERE UNDER AN W THAT SOMEBODY'S OVERLOOKING, THAT WOULD SUCK.
AND IT WOULD COST WAY MORE THAN THE FIVE GRAND HE'S GOING TO COST TO REVIEW A DOCUMENT.
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SO $0.90.I'M THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO SAY WAS I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD.
AND EITHER WE CAN DO IT OR FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT JUST TO COMMUNICATE THIS STUFF TO THE USERS OF THAT FACILITY SO THEY KNOW WHY THE DELAY. AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS ARE WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET EVERYTHING THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF SPELLED OUT AT THE BEGINNING.
SO THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT.
SO HOW CLOSE IS THE PACK FINANCIALLY? HOW FAR OFF ARE YOU WITH THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE TODAY? HOW FAR OFF FROM WHAT? FINANCIALLY, I KNOW, BUT WHAT'S YOUR BASELINE OF MEASUREMENT? I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ORIGINAL GUARANTEED.
WHAT IS YOUR THERE MEAN? WHAT'S THE DOLLAR FIGURE? WELL, THE ORIGINAL THE ORIGINAL BUDGET, WHICH WAS BEFORE OUR INVOLVEMENT, WAS $2 MILLION, WHICH WAS SORELY UNDERFUNDED. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A BIT MORE LIKE 4.6 OR 4.8 MILLION.
RIGHT. AND SO HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO THAT? PROBABLY IN THAT 4.5, $4.6 MILLION RANGE.
AND SO IF WE GO OVER BY MUCH MORE, WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO HIT THE MARK.
RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE $4.5 MILLION TODAY TO SPEND ON THE PACK AVAILABLE.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO.
YEAH. AND IT'S A LITTLE UNDERSTATED, BUT IN THE BALLPARK.
BUT DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT. OKAY.
SO YOU NEED. SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS YOU'RE $100,000 SHORT.
$300,000 SHORT BASED ON THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
500,000. 500,000 TO PAY FOR THE HIGH PRICE, ONE AT LEAST.
SO ARE YOU SWIMMING RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE? YOU'RE HALF $1 MILLION SHORT? I TOOK ALL THE NUMBERS I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
I'M SURE THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO ADD STILL.
LET'S I MEAN, THIS SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS THE BEST ROAD TO GO.
OKAY. I WOULDN'T CUT TO PAY SOMEBODY EXTRA MARKUP.
I'M JUST SAYING WE'LL SEE. HOW CLOSE ARE WE? BECAUSE WE KEEP HEARING MORE OF THIS, THIS, THAT THAT WE KNOW IT'S COSTING DOUBLE WHAT IT WAS PROJECTED TO BE.
WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY MEAN WHENEVER YOU ARE SHORT ON OTHER SCOPE? SO $100,000 IN SIGNAGE FOR THE STADIUM, SHOULD THAT BE MOVED OVER $86,000 FOR AN AUTOMATIC GATE? SHOULD THAT BE MOVED OVER TO HELD IN RESERVE UNTIL THE PACK IS COMPLETE? LIKE THE BOX OF THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY RELEASED? I KNOW, BUT SHOULD HAVE THEY BEEN RELEASED PRIOR TO PACK BEING COMPLETED? YEAH. FOR TIME SCHEDULE.
FOR CONSTRUCTION. CONSTRUCTION.
I AGREE. RIGHT NOW THE PACKS LINGERING THANKS TO MILNE IS LINGERING.
I MEAN, THOSE TWO EXAMPLES, RIGHT? LIKE YOU'RE DOING ALL THE OTHER SIGNAGE, YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE.
10% OF THE SIGNAGE OFF OF THE ENTIRE CAMPUS TO SAVE THAT.
AND THEN YOU PAY ONE AND A HALF TO TWO TIMES AS MUCH BECAUSE IT'S A SEPARATE PACKAGE.
YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, USING GENERAL FUNDS, WHICH GETS INTO A WHOLE NOTHER DYNAMIC THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SIT THROUGH ANOTHER BOARD MEETING ABOUT, BUT ONE AND MARQUIS, JUST SO YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE COME ACROSS A DECISION, YOU CAN ASK MARK AND JEANNIE, I'M THE GUY STANDING THERE GOING, DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS SIGNAGE OR DO YOU WANT MORE THINGS FOR THE PAC? AND SO EVERYTHING HAS BEEN DECIDED THROUGH THAT LENS.
AND SO IT'S BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS TO ASSIGN THOSE PRIORITIES.
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I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD BALANCED JOB OF PRIORITIZING, MAKING THOSE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT SIGNAGE.AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE IN A POSITION TO HAVE TO LOOK BACK AND QUESTION THOSE DECISIONS.
I THINK GOING FORWARD, WE NEED TO DO AN INTELLIGENT PROCESS TO MAKE IT FIT THE PACKET THAT WE HAVE AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO INCREASE THE BUDGET OF THIS PARTY.
AND DON'T AND CAN'T DON'T TAKE THIS WRONG.
AND WE SPEND $140,000 ON SIGNAGE AND LIGHTING AT THE STADIUM, BUT WE DID NOT COMPLETE THE ORIGINAL PROMISE OF FINISHING THE PAC.
WE'RE HALFWAY TO THE EXCESS ALMOST WITH THOSE TWO PROJECTS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET ON THE PHONE SO I KNOW IT'S APPROVED FOR I KNOW IT'S ALREADY DONE.
ANYWAY, THAT WAS MY MAIN POINT.
I KNOW THAT MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT, ALTHOUGH I AM REALLY CURIOUS ON THE WE SPENT $100,000 ON THE SIGNAGE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PAY A COMPANY THAT YOU DON'T SOUND LIKE YOU TRUST A WHOLE LOT $35,000 TO PUT UP LIGHTING WITH THE SIGNAGE OF THE STADIUM.
HE DIDN'T SAY HE DIDN'T TRUST AND WORK THE WORK.
NO, NO, NO, HE DIDN'T. NO, HE EVERYTHING HE SAID, HE TRUST THE WORK.
AND THE GUYS IN THE FIELD ARE DOING THE WORK.
EACH EACH ONE OF THOSE IS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED.
MARK J. WE HAVE MEETINGS ALL THE TIME ABOUT AN EXCEPTIONALLY THOROUGH SPREADSHEET THAT TRACKS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY ONE OF OUR CONSULTANTS PROPERLY REVIEWS AND FEEDS BACK ON EVERY SINGLE CHANGE ORDER AND INCLUDES THE QUANTITY, THE MATERIALS, THE PRICE AND THE MARKUP.
I REVIEW IT, ARCHITECT REVIEWS IT.
IF THEY WEREN'T, I WOULD HAVE QUESTIONED IT PREVIOUSLY.
I'M QUESTIONING THE MEMBERS OF THE PACK NOW, WHICH ARE NOT SOLID.
OKAY. WELL, YOU BRING UP THAT.
IT MAKES ME WONDER IS AS THE PROJECT CONTINUES.
ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING? BUT OKAY.
THANK YOU. OH, BY THE WAY, WHERE'S THE AUTOMATIC GATE GOING? ANYWAY, IT'S PART OF THE SECURITY SYSTEM AROUND THE PERIMETER TO KEEP BAD GUYS OUT.
AND SINCE WE'RE KIND OF WANDERING EVERYWHERE OR I'M WANDERING YOU.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT WHAT? CAN YOU GIVE ME A RUNDOWN OF THE SCOPE OF THAT? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
IT JUST SAYS INTRUSION DETECTION, $15,000.
OKAY. THAT'S A SECURITY SYSTEM.
SO THAT GUY COMES IN AND AN ALARM GOES OFF.
NO, IT SOUNDS GOOD. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT WAS AT.
OKAY. LOTION AND YOUR CONTACTS.
DARMANG STUN GUNS THAT COST A LITTLE EXTRA.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER? QUESTIONS FOR KEN ON.
I GUESS TECHNICALLY THE WHOLE PACK CONVERSATION KIND OF.
THIRD THING. GO. IS THE ROOF GONNA BE WHITE? THAT'S THE RANDOM QUESTION.
IS IT GONNA BE WHITE? YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
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I DID ASK THEM TO MAKE SURE IT WAS GREAT FOR THAT PURPOSE.I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. DURING THE THE THE BOND PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO JOE, YOU MAY REMEMBER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE THERE THE DAY THAT GENTLEMAN APPROACHED ME AND WAS VERY EMPHATIC THAT ALL OF THE ROOFS WHITE BECAUSE THERE'S A HUGE ENERGY SAVINGS AND EVERYTHING NEEDED TO BE WHITE.
AND SO YOU DID HAVE TO BE WARY OF GLARE AND WE HAD TO ACCOMMODATE THE GLARE.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IT IS GOING TO BE A BEACON.
SO THE FIRST TIME I DEALT WITH THAT WAS SCOTTIE BROWN'S BUILDING IN BERKELEY, AND THERE WAS THIS LITTLE OLD LADY AND SHE'D MAKE ME COOKIES AND SHE'D WANT ME TO COME INTO THE DRAKE NEXT DOOR AND GO UP AND EAT COOKIES.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
[4. NEW BUSINESS]
GET RIGHT INTO THE.SO EXPENDITURES ARE 102,000,624 $601 AS OF END OF JUNE.
SOUNDED LIKE HEIDI AND TAMMY BALANCE, WHICH IS GOOD.
WE'VE GOT THE CURRENT CASH FLOW CHART IN THERE.
WE DIPPED SLIGHTLY BELOW THE LINE, BUT IT STILL FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE CMA REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? I WAS JUST WONDERING.
NO CORNERSTONE PAYMENT IN AND.
CORNERSTONE. WHAT? SANDY STONE PAYMENT IN JUNE.
WELL, I DIDN'T SEE ANY CORNERSTONE PAYMENT IN JUNE.
IT'S NOT FORGOTTEN IF THEY COME LATE AND THEY DON'T MEET THE DEADLINE, I CAN'T PROCESS THEM IN TIME.
PERFECT HOLDING FOR ANOTHER MONTH.
STATEMENT LIST, CAP FUNDING PROCESS.
I'VE STARTED MY FOUR SUBMISSION.
SO I HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING BACK SINCE THE LAST ONE.
BUT WE'VE BEEN WE'VE RECEIVED SOME FUNDING BACK.
SO I'M TRYING TO DO IT MONTHLY NOW AT A MANAGEABLE.
ON THE SALES TAX, THE LOCAL SALES TAX.
I MAKE A JOKE ABOUT WATER FILTERS, BUT IT'S.
THERE'S BEEN NO CONVERSATION WITH US.
I KNOW THE PAC IS THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE, KEN, FOR KIND OF ROUNDING OUT STUFF, HOW MUCH IT LOOKS
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LIKE BETWEEN NOT NOT THE PAC, BUT JUST THE THE OTHER THREE CONTINGENCY BUCKETS.$2.5 MILLION IN THAT WRONG PIECE.
HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO GETTING THAT THING STARTING TO GET NARROWED DOWN OR IS THAT KIND OF OFF THE PRIORITY LIST? WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY STILL ALLOCATED TOWARDS ROME IN THE REPORT.
I KNOW. I KNOW. WE CLOSED OUT.
YEAH. WE PUSHED THROUGH SOME OF THE LIKE THE BIG LINE ITEMS, WHICH WAS GOOD.
JUST WONDERING, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S STILL ABOUT $2.5 MILLION, YOU KNOW, AMONGST ALL OF IT.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BIG LINE ITEMS? THAT WOULD HELP GET THOSE PUSHED THROUGH AND CLEANED CLEANED OUT BEFORE WE.
SO ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE 686,000? I WASN'T REFERRING TO ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR.
ANY LINE ITEM IN PARTICULAR? I'M JUST. I'M.
MY BRAIN IS GOING TO WHAT MARK WAS TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST IS A LOT OF THINGS SIT IN THAT WRONG BUCKET AND THEN YOU GET TO THE END AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF THE STUFF COMES IN UNDER WHAT YOU HAD IN THE WRONG BUCKET AND YOU END UP WITH.
50, $100,000 WORTH OF FUNDING THAT WAS HELD.
AND NOW YOU HAVE IT AVAILABLE, BUT YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE IT OR ON THE INVERSE KNOW THE ROM COMES IN DIFFERENT AND THEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, SITTING THE OTHER DIRECTION.
NOW WE'VE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT COULD PUSH THAT BACK UP INTO THE 600 AND SOME THOUSAND.
I WOULD SAY THAT WHERE THAT SITS NOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FLUFF LEFT IN THAT.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE TRUE CONTINGENCY OF OVER 5 MILLION CARRY 3 MILLION.
SO THAT DELTAS, YOU KNOW, AGAINST ANOTHER $2 MILLION.
BUT I'D SAY WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS SOME NOT A LOT OF FLUFF LEFT IN THERE.
BUT YEAH, I THINK JUST AS THE PROJECT CLOSES OUT, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO SEE HAVE MADE ITS WAY THROUGH, RIGHT? I WON'T SPEAK FOR HEIDI.
HEIDI HEIDI IS THE MASTER HOLDER OF THE BUDGET.
SHE'S BEEN UPDATING IT THROUGH LAST WEEK, GETTING OUR HANDS ON THE SLIDER TO SEE MY REPORT.
AND SO I KNOW THAT SHE'S SHE'S VERY CLOSE TO HAVING THE REAL NUMBER.
AND RIGHT NOW IT STILL FEELS LIKE WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.
YEAH, IT'S LIKE JUST LOOKING FROM LAST MONTH.
YEAH, THAT OWNER ARREST NUMBERS COME DOWN QUITE A BIT.
BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THE UNORDERED BUMPED A LITTLE BIT AND SO DID THE.
GCSE AND BUMPED UP IN THAT WRONG COLUMN.
AND THEN ONE THING THAT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON THIS EMR. WE'VE FINALLY ALMOST SUCCESSFULLY GOTTEN CORNERSTONE TO CARRY ALL THE COSTS IN A SEPARATE BUCKET.
AND THEN I ALSO ASKED THEM TO TAKE THE WRONG BUCKET.
THAT'S LEADS THE REPORT AND MOVE THAT DOWN WITH THE OTHER WRONG BUCKET.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM, THE MAIN PROJECT, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PACK SEPARATELY.
JUST PACK. IT DIDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA BECAUSE OF ITS AGE OR WHAT? I THINK WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING IN LIEU OF THERE'S A WHOLE FORMULA, WHETHER HOW MANY SQUARE FEET ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR A STAMP.
OH, IT WAS OUTSIDE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AVAILABLE.
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SO THERE'S A FORMULA.I CAN SEE A AMOUNT OF STUDENTS.
IT'S A MORE COMPLICATED FORM FORMULA THAN I UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE? I JUST. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD CLARIFY.
THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM IS STILL MEETING AND REVIEWING THINGS.
AND I JUST I JUST REALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS A PROCESS FOR THIS ENTIRE TIME.
AND I THINK IT KIND OF GETS AT SOME OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TO DECIDE BETWEEN THOSE POSTURING AND THEY'RE PUTTING IT INTO THE OTHER BUCKETS AND THEY'RE REVIEWING IT WEEKLY OR EVERY OTHER WEEK.
I FORGET HOW OFTEN WE'RE MEETING, BUT IT'S EASY TO THAT.
IT'S THE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR ME.
QUESTION ARE YOU STILL MEETING? HE WAS ASKING HOW OFTEN WE MEET EVERY MONDAY.
THE WHAT WE CALL THE WHAT DO WE CALL THAT ONE IS THE STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A KIND OF A DISTRICT DRIVEN KIND OF A MEETING TO GO THROUGH PROJECT DETAILS AND ANY KIND OF DESIGN ISSUES AND QUESTIONS.
WE MEET WEDNESDAY AS THE OAC OWNER, CONTRACTOR, ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR MEETING THAT HAS THE TEAM AS WELL.
AND THEN EVERY OTHER WEEK WE'RE MEETING WITH THE THE CANNON, THE ARCHITECTS AND CONTRACTORS TO GO THROUGH THE CMR AND ALL THE CHANGE ORDERS.
AND IF YOU MISS SALINAS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK THAT COME UP.
ALL RIGHT. DON'T ACTUALLY GIVE US THE UPDATE ON THE WORK.
ONCE THE STUDENTS LEFT AND CONTRACTORS COULD GO IN DURING NORMAL HOURS.
AND SO THEY'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 86% COMPLETE ON PUNCH LIST.
AND OF COURSE, BACK BACK PUNCH WILL BE COMING ON THE PROCESS.
WE DID OUR FINAL WALK THROUGH.
WE ADDED SOME ITEMS, NOT A LOT.
ONCE THE SYSTEMS WERE DONE, THEN WE KIND OF HAD A SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE ENGINEERS, THE CONTRACTORS, THE CONTROLLERS AND THE COMMISSIONING AGENT AS TO HOW WE COULD SET THE BUILDING UP PROGRAMMATICALLY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE COLD AIR AT NIGHT.
AND SO WE'VE PRETTY MUCH GOT THAT ALL IN PLACE, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO START MEASURING THE RESULTS.
SO OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO FOUR WEEKS, WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE AND COMPARE ON HOT DAYS.
OF COURSE, AFTER AN EMPTY BUILDING.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE HOT BODIED STUDENTS RUNNING AROUND AND INCREASING THE TEMPERATURE, BUT WELL, AT LEAST HAVE A BASELINE TO COMPARE WHAT IT WAS DOING PREVIOUSLY ON A SIMILAR TEMPERATURE DAY, BEING AN EMPTY BUILDING TO WHAT IT'S DOING NOW.
WE HAD THAT MEETING TODAY AND ALL THAT'S IN PLACE NOW.
SO NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO START MEASURING THE RESULTS AND SEE IF WHAT WE DID WORKED.
SO WE SHOULD KNOW THAT IN A FEW WEEKS DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN TO SEE IF ANYTHING ELSE NEEDS TO OCCUR.
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SO. THE SHADES ARE IN? NO, NOT YET. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.SO THEN ON THE WING, THE ROOFING IS PRETTY MUCH DONE.
THERE'S SOME OF THE TPO ROOFING THAT'S IN BETWEEN THE CTE WING AND THE ATHLETIC WING.
WE'VE BEEN CALLING IT THE GASKET.
BUT WHY? THAT'S GOT TPO, WHO KNOWS? I BELIEVE THAT'S WHITE ELECTRICAL.
THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF SHEETROCK GOING UP ON THE UPPER PART OF THE WALLS.
OVERHEAD, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND FIRE SPRINKLER ARE ONGOING.
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THE MECHANICAL MEZZANINE IS NOW PREPARED TO RECEIVE HVAC EQUIPMENT.
THE FOOTBALL FIELD AREA, THE GRANDSTANDS ARE PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP.
THEY'RE DOWN TO THIS FINAL INSPECTION, HEALTH INSPECTIONS AND THEN FINALLY ELECTRICITY.
I DID NOT LOOK ON THE CAMERA TO SEE IF THEY STARTED THE RUBBERIZED SURFACING ON THE TRACK.
ANYWAYS, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO ALREADY HAVE STARTED.
THEY DID DEPLOY ALL THEIR MATERIALS SAYING THEY'RE READY TO GO.
LAST WEEK THEY'RE OUT BRINGING DOWN A COUPLE OF HIGH SPOTS TO MAKE SURE THE TRACK IS FLAT.
AND SO HOPEFULLY TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY THEY ACTUALLY START MEETING.
SO THE WEIGHT ROOM IS STARTING TO GET PREPPED.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S UP TO SPEED ON THE WEIGHT ROOM AND THE BACK.
IS EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED ON THAT? NO. SO WE'RE TRYING TRY AND MAKE A CAMPUS LOOK LIKE IT WAS A PLANNED CAMPUS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME PAINTING ON THE WEIGHT ROOM ON JUST THE WALLS.
NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, THE ROOF IS BLUE AND MAYBE THAT TIES IN WITH THE STADIUM.
SO THAT PROCESS IS GETTING UNDERWAY.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A SPECIAL QC MEETING WHERE WE HAD A PAINTING REPRESENTATIVE COME UP, KIND OF GO THROUGH A QC MEETING ON WHAT THE STEPS NEED TO LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY'LL BE INSPECTIONS, WHAT THE PRODUCT NEEDS TO BE, WHAT THE SUBSTRATE PREPARATION NEEDS TO BE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE LOOKED, BUT THE FINAL LAYER OF THE ASPHALT WENT DOWN ON THE BUS LOOP AREA AROUND THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND THEN KIND OF HALF ON THAT, IT'LL BE THIS BAD DROP OFF AND PARK STAFF PARKING, RIGHT.
SO HALF OF THAT HAD THE TOP LIFT DONE.
THE SECOND HALF OF THAT AREA GOT THE FIRST LIFT LAID AND THEN THE AREA OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, ALL THE CURBS, GUTTERS, LIGHTS, ALL OF THAT IS GOING DOWN WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO LAY THE ASPHALT IN AUGUST, OBVIOUSLY, BEFORE THE STUDENTS RETURN.
WE'RE NOW ADDING A SEALCOAT TO THE PARKING LOT TO THE SOUTH OF THE TENNIS COURTS.
SO THAT PARKING, THAT PARKING LOT WAS NEVER SCHEDULED TO HAVE ANYTHING BUT TO JUST DRESS IT UP, MAKE THE PROJECT LOOK LIKE ONE BIG PROJECT AND BETTER. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BLACK COLOR WITH THE NICE STRIPING AND THEY'LL STILL BE CRACKS IN THE ASPHALT AND IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO BE THE GREATEST ASPHALT IN THE WORLD, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BLACK AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE NEW STRIPES.
SO THEN ON THE PACK THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROJECT OR PROCESS OR PROGRESS IN THAT THEY HAVE EVERYTHING OPENED UP NOW TO DO THE SEISMIC WORK THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING. OF COURSE, THE ROOF WORK IS ONGOING.
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THE SHEAR WALLS AND AUDITORIUM ARE COMPLETE.SO IT'S GOING TO YOU'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.
AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH IT IN THE CLASSROOM AND GET THE STUDENTS BACK IN IN TIME.
SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
SO THEN THERE WAS I INCLUDED A BUNCH OF PICTURES.
AND THEN ON THE CRITICAL BUILDING PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST ONGOING WITH THE WORK.
JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE WHAT I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE DOING SOME BALANCING AND SKYLINE FOR THEN THEY CAN COMMISSION THAT BUILDING. ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH SKYLINE, THEY'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF BALANCING OVER IT CLUSTER AND THOSE TWO PROJECTS CAN BE CLOSED OUT.
SO CASCADIA IS PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY DOWN TO JUST, JUST FINISHING UP HORIZON ON CONTROLS.
AND THEN AFTER SUMMER, THEN WE'LL MOVE OVER TO VISTA AND THEN THAT'LL KIND OF MARK ALL OF THE DISTRICT PROPERTIES EXCEPT FOR BEACH, I SUPPOSE, HAVING UPGRADED CONTROLS THAT ARE ALL ON THE SAME PLATFORM.
ANY QUESTIONS? I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS BEFORE, BUT COULD WE DO THE DRAINAGE WORK OUTSIDE OF THE PACK? WE'RE DOING THAT NOW. OKAY.
SO, IN FACT, I'VE BEEN EXPECTING TO GET A CALL FROM GREG.
SO WE SET ASIDE 50 GRAND TO TRY AND JUST MAKE SURE THE BUILDING DOESN'T STILL LEAK WHEN WE'RE DONE.
SO. SO THAT SIDE IS JUST AN OPEN UP.
SO. I WAS CURIOUS WHY ALL THE CONTAINER BOXES AT VISTA? IS THAT RELATED TO THE STACK UPGRADE? I'LL LET YOU TAKE THAT ONE.
THAT'S ALL THE STUFF FROM INSIDE THE PACK.
BASICALLY, WE HAD TO MOVE OUT OF CLASSROOMS COMPLETELY TO GET EVERYTHING OUT OF THERE.
SO AND THEN WE HAD TO GET THE CONTAINERS OFFSITE SO THEY CAN DO THEIR SITE WORK.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN IS IT A THREE QUARTER PAVE DOWN GOLDEN EAGLE DRIVE AND THEN UP WHATEVER THAT TURN IS? IS IT A THREE QUARTER PAVE? WE'RE YET TO FIND OUT.
SO PART OF THAT IS ON THE CITY.
AND SO I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD THE FINAL WORD.
IF THEY WANT US TO DO IT, THE INTENT IS TO KIND OF DO MORE THAN WHAT WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING.
BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR THE CITY TO LET US KNOW.
THAT'S FINE. HAS THERE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ON THE STUDENTS FEEDBACK? DO YOU KNOW HOW THE STUDENTS WERE SAYING THAT THEY WISH THEY COULD DECORATE THE BUILDING FOR SPIRIT EVENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT? HAS THAT DISCUSSION BEEN HAD FOR THE SUMMER TO PREPARE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR? ON HOW TO MAKE THE OCCUPANTS HAPPIER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET TOGETHER AND GO THROUGH THAT YET, BUT I'M SURE THEY WILL AS PART OF THEIR THEY GET BACK IN AUGUST AND DO THEIR PLANNING WORK AND THERE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
I DO MEET WITH A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOLERS ONCE A MONTH RATHER THAN I DO, AND THAT CAME UP.
AND PART OF THE TENSION POINT WAS IT WAS DIFFERENT.
AND TO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GOING TO TAKE TIME.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A FOCUS GOING INTO THIS YEAR.
I KNOW THE LEADERSHIP TEAM HAS TALKED ABOUT IT.
THE ARTIST IS GOING TO GO UP HERE SOON.
WE STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THE SPRING AND SETTING OUT A PLAN, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET THE STUDENTS BACK AND THE ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS STARTING IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT OUR PATHWAYS ARE.
WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL IT'S DONE.
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AND I'M A LITTLE OUT OF THE LOOP IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO.BUT, YOU KNOW, PARKING FOR THE ACTIVITIES COMING BACK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR THAT AND THEN GETTING KIDS IN FOR A FRESHMAN ORIENTATION.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE, WE WE DISCUSSED IT AND WE'LL KNOW MORE WHEN WE GET INTO AUGUST.
ARE YOU REFERRING TO? LIKE ARTWORK IN THE SCHOOLS, THE KIDS.
RIGHT. I WAS REALLY JUST REFERRING TO THE STUDENTS WHO CAME IN.
THE TEMPORARY IMPRESSION DURING SPIRIT WEEKS, THE EVENTS AND SEASONS.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE HAVING AT LEAST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT.
YEAH, YOU CAN START TO SEE LITTLE BITS OF IT IN THE SPRING.
IT JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS THERE YET.
BUT MOVING IN HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, THEY STILL IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE HOME.
RIGHT? AND SO WHAT I'VE HEARD, I'VE TALKED TO STUDENTS ONE ON ONE SMALL GROUP AND THEN THIS ADVISORY GROUP, THAT'S DEFINITELY A FOCUS, ESPECIALLY WHAT I THINK ERIC IS SAYING IS HOW TO START THE NEW YEAR.
THAT WAY WITH FRESHMEN COMING IN.
THEY STARTED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK WITHIN THE SPACE.
BUT HAVING WORKED ON ANOTHER PROJECT PREVIOUSLY IN ANOTHER DISTRICT WHERE A HIGH SCHOOL OPENED MID-YEAR, VERY SIMILAR, IT WASN'T UNTIL A FULL YEAR THAT WE STARTED TO SEE THE KIDS TAKE SOME OWNERSHIP OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THE WALLS, YOU KNOW, FUN POSTERS.
HOW DO WE SAY WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE EVENT BIGGER THAN JUST THE READER BOARD IN THE CAFETERIA OR THE COMMONS? SO YEAH. I HEARD THE WORD ART TWICE.
SO DO YOU HAVE AN ART COMMISSION UPDATE? YES. SO THE ART WE HAVE, IT'S BEEN PICKED IT HAS BEEN HAD LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED.
SO IT IS CURRENTLY BEING PROCURED AND FRAMED AND PREPPED FOR INSTALLATION.
SO THE PLAN IS TO HAVE IT INSTALLED FOR THE START OF SCHOOL, PROBABLY MID-AUGUST ISH, WITH THE ONE EXCEPTION. THE BIG METAL SCULPTURE IS IT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF RESTORATION BECAUSE IT'S BEEN IN THE ART COLLECTION IN THE STATE OF ART COLLECTION FOR A WHILE.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING IT FOR FREE.
SO IT NEEDED A LITTLE WORK AND THEY'RE DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL ARE GOING TO ALLOW US TO PUT IT OUTSIDE, WHICH IS WHERE IT ORIGINALLY WAS, OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE US PUT IT INSIDE.
SO THAT 1ST MAY, BECAUSE IT'S BEING REHABBED A LITTLE BIT, MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THE INSTALL, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE SHOULD BE READY TO GO FOR FALL.
THE OTHER NICE THING TOO, THE ARCHITECTS HAVE ACTUALLY THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND THEY DID THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CURATOR OF THE ART COLLECTION FOR LARGE VINYL PHOTOGRAPHS.
SO HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PUT UP THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND DIFFERENT PLACES THAT AGAIN, WILL MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE MORE HOMEY, A LITTLE MORE INVITING, A LITTLE MORE COLOR AND EXCITEMENT ON THE WALLS.
SO THAT'LL GET PLACED AS WELL.
OUT OF CURIOSITY, DOES THE ART REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF THE COMMUNITY? IT DOES. IT ACTUALLY REALLY DOES.
OR YOU HAVE PICTURES YET? NO. IN FACT, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'LL FORWARD.
DO YOU HAVE THE POWERPOINT? I THINK WE'LL PUT IT ON.
WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE SHAREPOINT SO YOU GUYS CAN ALL SEE IT.
WE GOT ANYTHING ELSE? HOPEFULLY NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR KEN.
OR YOU COULD SAY WHAT'S GOING ON? YEAH, I WAS ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION SINCE I ALREADY BE UP ON THE OTHER QUESTION.
BUT WHAT WENT WRONG? APPARENTLY NOTHING. THERE YOU GO.
SO JUST TWO QUICK FIXES, NOT NECESSARILY RELATED.
THAT IS UNDERWAY AND PROGRESSING NICELY.
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CORRECT. AND AS OF IS THIS LIKE GOING TO A GOING TO A VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S IN THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR LOCK DOWN. SO INSIDE THE CLASSROOM YOU'VE GOT A THUMB TURN DEADBOLT INSTEAD OF THE KEY FROM THE OUTSIDE.IT SEEMS LIKE IT MEETS THE INTENT OF A LOCK DOWN.
SO THAT IS, IS LOOKING GOOD FOR GETTING THAT DONE FOR FALL AS WELL.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER ONE IS AS OF WHAT'S TODAY TUESDAY.
SO AS OF FRIDAY WE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PURCHASED WE NOW HAVE POSSESSION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL.
SO WE HAVE JUST CLOSED ON THAT AND TAKEN POSSESSION AND THEY ARE GOING TO PUT THE PROCEEDS INTO TRUST FOR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS.
SO JUST AS AN FYI, THAT'S A BUILDING WILL BE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON AND HAS SOME DISTRICT PROGRAMS. SO THAT'S THE ONE DOWN IN THE PARK FIELDS.
THE BALL FIELDS IN THE BALL FIELD.
I THINK HISTORICALLY, STUDENTS WHO ARE IN COMMUNITY TRANSITIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY GO TO SCHOOL UNTIL THEY'RE 21, THEY GRADUATE AT 18, THEN THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY THE DISTRICT DOESN'T TRADITIONALLY HAVE A SPACE FOR THEM AND THE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL BUILDING.
AND THE PURPOSE OF A COMMUNITY TRANSITIONS IS TO DO EXACTLY THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE TOLD YOU YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF YOUR COLLEGE CAREER BACK AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL ENGAGING IN YOUR COLLEGE WORK.
AND SO WE'LL BE GETTING IT READY.
SORRY, I JUST TRYING TO TURN IT DOWN.
ALL RIGHT. MARK HAS A QUESTION.
NO, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT ALONE.
JUST SAY, KEN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
I WILL LEAVE THE OTHER SUBJECT ALONE FOR ANOTHER TIME.
AMEN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.