>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW, RILEY?
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>> WELL, LET'S GET THIS MEETING TO ORDER HERE.
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LET'S START WITH THE ROLL CALL. WON'T YOU START MARK?>> MARK HARTING, BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
>> STEVE CHILDS, BOARD MEMBER.
>> JAMIE PLENKOVITCH, DISTRICT.
>> MIKE KAZAK, BOND OVERSIGHT.
>> BRIAN LYNCH, BOND OVERSIGHT.
>> RILEY CORNELSEN, BOND OVERSIGHT.
>> SANDI MCMILLAN, BOND OVERSIGHT.
>> TRISTAN BYERS, BOND OVERSIGHT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA?
>> NO, AND I MOVE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
NEXT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY MEETING.
>> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY MEETING.
NEXT IS TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE IN THE ROOM.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE ABOUT COMMENTS THEY'VE GOTTEN FROM THE PUBLIC OVER THE LAST MONTH?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING EITHER.
WELL, WE CAN MOVE ON THEN TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
[3. UNFINISHED BUSINESS]
MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE.I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AND SEE IF THE DASHBOARD HAS BEEN UPDATED.
>> WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING TO VERIFY THAT, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE JUST REALLY QUICK IS SINCE WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF STUFF TO SHARE ON THE BOND UPDATES, WHICH I BELIEVE THIS WEEK WILL BE FIVE YEARS WORTH, 243.
IT WAS ACTUALLY THE 22ND OF FEBRUARY IN 2019, THAT WE ISSUED OUR FIRST ONE.
WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE FORMAT A LITTLE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A STORY TELLING, HISTORY OF THE PROJECT, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BIG CHANGES, OR THE SUCCESS STORIES AT THE SCHOOL.
I THINK THE FIRST ONE THIS MONTH WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT ON THE CTE VILLAGE, AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THERE.
AS WE WIND IT DOWN, PROBABLY SIX MORE OR SO OF THE BOND UPDATES, WE'LL KIND OF DO A WRAP UP STORYTELLING TO PUT A BOW ON IT AS WE CONCLUDE.
>> WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE PROJECTS AT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AS WELL.
THIS IS SANDI, AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU DO HIGHLIGHT SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE, I WOULD LOVE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT, A PART OF ME.
>> I WILL GET JACKSON IN TOUCH WITH YOU FOR A QUOTE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STORY.
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>> IS THAT GOING TO INCLUDE A LOT OF THE FINANCIAL SUCCESSES TOO?
>> I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING THAT WOULD BE A FINAL REPORT, PROBABLY FROM THIS GROUP.
>> TO GET INTO THE DETAILS, WE COULD CERTAINLY ALTER THAT OR HAVE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
I THINK IN TERMS OF THE KIND OF THE BOND, OR THE UPDATE WOULD BE MORE OF AN ON TIME ON BUDGET.
>> YOU KNOW, AS DELIVERED, KIND OF A HIGHER LEVEL, AND THEN DO, I'M ENVISIONING KIND OF A COMMUNITY REPORT ONCE ALL THE FINANCIALS WRAP UP, AND YOU GUYS FINISH YOUR WORK AND THE PROJECT CLOSES OUT AND ALL THAT, TO DO KIND OF A MORE DETAILED, COMPREHENSIVE REPORT CARD TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> BUT IF YOU HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THOSE.
>> WELL, I THINK WITH HOW IT WENT LAST TIME OR IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, I SEE BENEFIT IN YOU GETTING FREE CAMPAIGN INFORMATION OUT OF IT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND THEN IT'S NOT CAMPAIGNING, IT'S INFORMATIONAL.
BUT YOU TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL, YOU TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THE COMPONENTS.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN.
THIS ISN'T THE ONE AND ONLY TIME YOU'RE EVER GOING TO ASK FOR DOLLARS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
ALL OF THE SUCCESSES BUILD YOUR STORY, AND THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN IS SUBSTANTIALLY MOTIVATED BY FINANCES.
I THINK I WOULD POTENTIALLY GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT AS TO ADDING SOME OF THOSE SUCCESSES INTO THAT STORYTELLING, AND NOT JUST MAKE IT A ONE TIME THING, BECAUSE THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO HIT ALL OF THE YOUNGER PARENTS, THE ONES THAT HAVE THE ELEMENTARY KIDS, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BEND THEIR EAR.
>> THOUGH I'D BE A LITTLE CAREFUL ABOUT FINANCIALS TILL IT IS DONE, JUST IN CASE [OVERLAPPING].
>> I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO GET SPECIFIC.
>> I THINK YOU CAN BE VERY 10,000 FOOT LEVEL AND TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL SUCCESSES.
>> I HATE TO SEE IT GET TOO SPECIFIC AND THEN SOMETHING BACKFIRE AT THE END.
>> YEAH. NO, THEY GOT TO FINISH THE JOB.
>> I THINK IT'D BE REALLY GOOD THOUGH, WHICH LIKE YOU SAID, MAYBE NOT JUST HIGHLIGHT SUCCESSES, BUT MAYBE USE IT AS A PLATFORM TO START POINTING OUT WEAKNESSES IN THE REST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT NEED UPGRADES.
NOT LIKE A BIG PART, BUT MAYBE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'D ACTUALLY DO THAT, BUT IT MIGHT BE A BAD PLATFORM TO BRING CERTAIN ISSUES TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE NEWSLETTER.
>> TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON JOE A LITTLE BIT.
MARK, YOU SAID THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT THE CTE VILLAGE, CORRECT?
>> OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS THE ALTERNATE THAT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
YOU COULD WEAVE IN THE FINANCIAL COMPONENT OF THAT WITH THE STORY, WOULD BE THE THE HOPE I THINK. [NOISE]
>> YEAH, I WOULD KEEP IT TO THE STORY BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF BEEN WHAT THE BOND UPDATES HAVE BEEN FOR THE MOST PART WITH, AND I WOULDN'T SHY AWAY FROM SHARING FINANCIAL SUCCESSES THAT WERE HAD.
WE JUST GAINED SO MUCH CREDIBILITY WHEN YOU HAVE THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE HUGE, I THINK THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TELL THE COMMUNITY.
OUR STORY WAS WE ARE CREATING A TRANSPARENT AVENUE FOR YOU TO HAVE A SIGHT GLASS INTO HOW YOUR DOLLARS ARE SPENT.
I THINK ANOTHER PART WAS STEVE AND I HEARD FROM OUR STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE OF LEARNING.
THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THE QUALITY OF THEIR INSTRUCTION.
LIKE HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO LISTEN TO TEACHERS ENGAGE WITH OTHER STUDENTS.
THE TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPROVED TREMENDOUSLY.
THEY JUST SAID THEY'RE GETTING SO MUCH MORE OUT OF EVERY SINGLE LESSON, THEY JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
WHEN YOU TALK JUST STUDENT BEHAVIOR, THERE'S BEEN A TOTAL CHANGE IN STUDENT BEHAVIOR FROM THE OLD BUILDING TO THE NEW BUILDING, HOW STUDENTS ARE TREATING THE BUILDING.
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THEY TALKED ABOUT THE RESPECT NOW THAT STUDENTS ARE GIVING THE BUILDING, WHEREAS THEY WEREN'T BEFORE.BUT EVEN WE HAD ANOTHER DISTRICT COME VISIT, KEN, YOU WERE THERE AND THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY WERE SEEING. I HEARD ABOUT IT.
THE STUDENTS WERE ALL IN CLASS.
THERE WEREN'T KIDS WANDERING IN AND OUT OF THE HALLWAY.
I THINK THERE'S JUST NARRATIVE ABOUT THE DIRECT IMPACT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES AS WELL.
DO YOU THINK MAYBE A VIDEO COULD HELP TELL THAT STORY TO? DEFINITELY, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO WOULD ACTUALLY LOVE TO HELP MAKE IT.
THEY DID. IF YOU WATCHED, I THINK IT WAS THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WASN'T IT? THE LAST BOARD MEETING HAVING THEM TALK ABOUT THE BUILDING AND JUST THE DIFFERENCE IT'S MADE.
YEAH. I HADN'T HEARD THEM ARTICULATE IT QUITE THAT WAY BEFORE.
YEAH. I THINK IT'S GREAT IF YOU TELL THAT STORY, MARK.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL TELL THAT TO THE BOARD BUT WE NEED TO GET THAT ACROSS TO THE COMMUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S TALKING RIGHT NOW. I DON'T THINK SO.
BUT I THINK TO EXPAND ON WHAT RILEY WAS TALKING ABOUT AND TO MARK'S CREDIT, GOING OUT AND GETTING THOSE BOND SALES AND HAVING THAT THIRD-PARTY LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK THAT COULD BE WEAVED INTO SO MANY OF THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS STRETCH THE DOLLARS AND MARK DEBOCK THOUGHT ABOUT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS WITH THAT.
THEN JUST THE PIECE THAT CORNERSTONE WENT OUT EARLY WITH THOSE, AND WE BEAT THE ESCALATION, WE BEAT THE INFLATION.
I THINK SO MUCH OF THE FINANCES THAT HAPPENED EARLY ON CAN BE WEAVED THROUGH SO MANY OF THE STORIES.
THAT'S GREAT, SANDY. THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE ON HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC? NO. WELL, I THINK I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SANDY AND RILEY NOW FOR THE REVIEW/UPDATED THE BOC BY LAWS.
THERE SHOULD BE AN UPDATED DRAFT COPY OF THE BY LAWS IN THE PACKET. I HAD SENT IT TO TAMMY.
SO HOPEFULLY IT I HAVEN'T SCROLLED THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF IT YET TO SEE BUT THERE SHOULD BE A PACKET OR A COPY IN THERE.
THE ONLY ITEMS THAT ARE MISSING THAT WE NEED TO FLUSH OUT BEFORE, I GUESS TAKING IT TO A VOTE IF YOU WILL, IS PROBABLY PUTTING A PARAGRAPH IN THERE FOR SURE ABOUT LOOKING TO HAVE A STUDENT MEMBER OR MEMBERS OVER THE COURSE OF WHATEVER THE NEXT BOND PERIOD MIGHT BE IN THE FUTURE.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION LAST MONTH REGARDING HOW "THE SELECTION PANEL IS DETERMINED." I MEAN, WE CAN OPEN THAT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
ANYBODY HAS LIKE POINTERS OR WANTS TO TAKE TAKE THE LEAD ON PUTTING EITHER OF THOSE ITEMS TOGETHER AND INSERTING THEM.
OTHER THAN THAT, ALL THE CHANGES WERE REAL SIMPLE LANGUAGE ADJUSTMENTS, MODIFICATIONS THAT BETTER REFLECT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE PAST FIVE YEARS RATHER THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO FIVE YEARS AGO.
RILEY OR JOE. HOW WAS THE ORIGINAL COMMITTEE SELECTED? I MEAN, JOE TOOK APPLICATIONS, BUT HOW WAS IT ACTUALLY SELECTED? WE REVIEWED THE APPLICATIONS FOR COMPLETENESS.
WE REVIEWED THE APPLICATIONS FOR, NO, BUT WHO DID? THE BOND, WE TOOK A SMALL GROUP OUT OF THE BOND TEAM,
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THE PEOPLE THAT RAN THE ACTUAL EFFORT TO RUN THE BOND, AND THAT INCLUDED MYSELF, WENDY, MARY.IT WAS LIKE SIX PEOPLE FROM THE ACTUAL BOND [OVERLAPPING].
RUNNING OF THE TASK FORCE? TASK FORCE, YEAH.
WELL, EVEN BEYOND THE TASK FORCE, IT WAS THE GROUP THAT ACTUALLY, THE CAMPAIGN [OVERLAPPING].
LIKE THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. YEAH.
WE REALLY SELF SELECTED THE GROUP THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE SELECTION COMMITTEE BECAUSE HAVING BEEN THE FIRST TIME, WE REALLY HAD NOTHING TO BASE IT OFF OF.
WE JUST WERE LIKE, WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE S, AND THAT'S WHY I WASN'T ON IT ORIGINALLY BECAUSE I WAS OPTING OUT.
WHO DO YOU ENVISION STAYING WITH THAT SPECIFICALLY OR DO WE NEED MORE SPECIFIC ON WHO THE COMMITTEE SELECTION PANEL IS SINCE THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN HERE? YEAH, IT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO GETS SELECTED.
WELL, I THINK WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY PERCEIVED BIAS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I SUGGEST THAT IT'S NOT.
THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE IT NOT TO BE AND I THINK WE PROBABLY AS A COMMUNITY, WE COULD PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO BE THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AGAIN, [OVERLAPPING] I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD IDENTIFY THAT THOUGH.
BUT DO WE WANT TO PUT WORDING IN HERE THAT BASICALLY DOES NOT ALLOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SELECT? WE COULD LEAVE OPEN ON THE OTHER END.
YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
WE CAN EITHER BE VERY SPECIFIC ON WHO DOES OR BE SPECIFIC ON WHO DOES NOT OR BOTH.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE WORDING THAT IS SPECIFIC ABOUT WHO CANNOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN CONSIDERED JOE IN THE PAST, BUT MAYBE EVEN LIKE HAVING THE KIWANIS CLUB OR SOME ENTITY THAT YOU BELIEVE COULD BE UNBIASED ON THAT SELECTION PIECE.
I THINK NOT TO LIMIT IT, BUT TO CREATE THE EXCLUSION CRITERIA WOULD BE BETTER.
IN MY OPINION, I GUESS AT THIS POINT JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, I WOULD RATHER SAY THAT THESE CURRENT SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES COULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THAT SELECTION COMMITTEE VERSUS TRYING TO SAY WHO IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.
RATHER, YOU WANT ME TO ADD THAT?
>> YEAH. I MEAN, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOME SORT OF PARAGRAPH THAT GENERALLY DESCRIBES LIKE, HEY INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT FINDING A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING TO BE ON THE SELECTION PANEL, AND THEN PUT IN SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT IT SHALL NOT BE XYZ.
>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF A SCHOOL BOARD.
MAYBE THAT SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE IS THE POINT PERSON TO BASICALLY PUT A COMMITTEE TOGETHER TO SELECT THESE PEOPLE.
>> WELL, IF I MAY, REFERRING TO THE BYLAWS UNDER SECTION 6 MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.
IT SAYS THE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIST OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, AND WITH UNDERSTANDING, THEY WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED.
THEY SHALL LIVE WITHIN THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THEIR TRAINER AND COMMITTEE, AND REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS.
PROVEN KNOWLEDGE AND FINANCE BUDGET, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, ACQUISITIONS OR COMPARABLE FIELDS TO THE BEST OF THE ABILITY.
COMMUNITY SELECTION, PANEL WILL SELECT INDIVIDUALS THAT REPRESENT A CROSS SECTION OF THESE.
IT'S KIND OF SPELLED OUT A LITTLE BIT ON WHO'S ELIGIBLE. CORRECT.
>> THOSE ARE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE FUTURE OVERSIGHT.
>> THAT'S VERY CLEAR, AND YOU ARE CORRECT.
WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING IS, WHO SELECTS THE MEMBERS?
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HISTORICALLY, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE BE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWED THE APPLICATIONS AND SELECTED THE MEMBERS TO ENSURE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT PERCEIVED BIAS.NOW, MOVING FORWARD, HOW DO WE ENSURE AS A BOARD, YOU HAVE A NON BIASED NEW COMMITTEE WHEN APPLICATIONS GO OUT.
IT'LL BE REALLY WELL SPELLED OUT FOR THE APPLICANT, RIGHT, BUT NOT THE REVIEWER OF THE APPLICATION.
>> ISN'T IT TRUE THAT FOR CITIES AND COUNTY, THE APPLICATIONS GO TO THE BOARD? IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING THAT STEVE CHILDS HAS OR A BOARD APPOINTEE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE GC5 SAYS THIS IS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT THE BOARD ESTABLISHES, SO WHY DOESN'T STEVE CHILDS GET THE APPLICATIONS? HE PICKS WHO HE BELIEVES WOULD HAVE THOSE KNOWLEDGES THAT'S WRITTEN IN THAT PARAGRAPH.
>> OR STEVE COULD DIRECT SOMEBODY TO CREATE THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
>> WE DIDN'T DO, IT WASN'T LIKE I THINK I SAID, LIKE SIX PEOPLE LOOKED AT IT, NOT EVERYBODY LOOKED AT IT ALL THE TIME.
I THINK BUD LARSON WAS ON THERE.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST WEREN'T AVAILABLE AND WE'VE CIRCULATED THE APPLICATIONS.
IF TWO OR THREE OF US FELT LIKE, OH GREAT PERSON TO BE ON IT, THEY WERE IN.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAD 100 PEOPLE WANTING TO DO THAT.
>> [LAUGHTER] IT'S AT LEAST FOR THIS FIRST EXPERIENCE WE DIDN'T.
MATTER OF FACT, I THINK I HAD TO GO TO MARK AND SAY, HEY, GUESS WHAT, YOU GOT A NEW JOB.
THERE WAS A LOT OF FINDING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
IT WASN'T LIKE WE HAD 100 APPLICANTS.
I THINK IT WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT THAT THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD, AND THE NEW BOND, WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF THE NEW BOND IS INVOLVED BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT AND FIND THE PEOPLE I THINK.
>> WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO WRITE IN THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD SHALL REVIEW APPLICATIONS OR, OR SELECT THE SELECTION PANEL TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS.
CAN WE PUT LANGUAGE AND LIKE THAT.
>> [OVERLAPPING] PARTICIPATE IN THE SELECTION PROCESS.
THAT WAY WE'RE NOT PINNING THEM DOWN TO SOMETHING SUPER SPECIFIC.
IF WE GET A BOARD MEMBER WHO'S UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SELECTING, THEY'RE AT LEAST INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE HELPING SELECT THE COMMITTEE.
>> VERSUS ONE WHO WANTS TO BE PART OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
>> WE MOVE FROM LIMITING TO MORE BEING MORE SPECIFIC WITH WHO GETS TO.
I DON'T CARE, I'M JUST WHAT ARE WE WRITING?
>> I JUST THINK WITH THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE, THE SELECTION PANEL AS IT'S CALLED OUT, SOMEHOW HAS TO FLOW THROUGH THE BOARD IN SOME CAPACITY.
>> I THINK WRITING IN THAT THE BOARD HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO EITHER REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND SELECT THE COMMITTEE OR PUT TOGETHER A SELECTION PANEL.
>> TO DETERMINE THE COMMITTEE.
>> I WOULD CONCUR WITH YOU, RILEY, THAT WE ALREADY HAVE A REVIEW PROCESS AND THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ALREADY DO IN OUR ACTIVE DUTIES.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD FALL INTO OUR REPERTOIRE.
>> OKAY. I WILL BASICALLY, IF I'M READING THIS RIGHT, WE'LL PUT IN THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS AUTHORITY IN SELECTING OR APPOINTING A PANEL FOR SELECTION ONTO THE BOND OR SUB COMMITTEE, BUT THE DISTRICT ITSELF HAS NO RULE IN THE SELECTION? YES.
>> AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE GC5 INCLUDES SOMETHING AROUND THAT TOO.
>> BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THE GC5 SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD HAS TO, THAT'S THEIR DOCUMENT FOR US.
THAT'S NOT A DOCUMENT WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO ALTER.
>> NO, I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE HELPFUL.
>> RILEY, SINCE I DIDN'T GET TO IT AND I THOUGHT ABOUT LATE, YOU WANT ME TO WRITE UP ABOUT THE STUDENT MEMBER?
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>> IF YOU FEEL PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER, THAT'D BE GREAT.
THEN I CAN JUST PLUG AND PLAY AND HAVE A FRESH COPY TO RUBBER STAMP NEXT MONTH HOPEFULLY.
DID YOU WANT THAT PERSON TO BE A VOTING MEMBER? DOES THAT MEAN YOU WANT TO EXPAND IT TO EIGHT VOTING MEMBERS OR KEEP IT AT SEVEN WITH ONE STUDENT? OR WHAT DO YOU WHAT DOES EVERYBODY THINK?
>> I WOULD FOLLOW WHATEVER THE STUDENT MEMBERS DO.
I ASSUME THEY'RE NOT VOTING MEMBERS, BUT I WOULD FOLLOW WHATEVER THEIR STRUCTURE IS.
>> THEY CAN GIVE AN ADVISORY VOTE.
THEY PRIOR TO THE BOARD VOTE AND THEY CAN SAY, THIS IS HOW I WOULD CAST.
THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS, BUT IT'S JUST AN ADVISORY VOTE.
>> OKAY, I THINK WE FOLLOW THAT MODEL.
AND THEN I WOULD PROBABLY JUST WITH THE LENGTH OF DURATION OF THE BONDS, I WOULD WRITE IN SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING POTENTIALLY MULTIPLE MEMBERS, IF POSSIBLE.
WE CAN KIND OF DO THE SAME THING THE BOARD DOES IS KIND OF ROTATES THEIR JUNIOR TO SENIOR, SENIOR OUT OR IF WE GET AND KIND OF KEEP SOME CONSISTENCY IF AND WHEN.
>> SO RILEY, YOU'RE THINKING TWO INDIVIDUALS?
>> I WOULD, I MEAN, ONE WOULD BE GREAT, TWO WOULD BE BETTER.
I LIKE HOW YOU GUYS HAVE TWO MEMBERS AND THEY ROLL THROUGH.
OR A IDEALLY THEY BECOME A BOARD MEMBER JUNIOR YEAR AND THEN THEY ROLL INTO THEIR SENIOR YEAR.
>> YEAH. [OVERLAPPING] IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE OVERLAP.
>> YEAH. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL WITH THIS TYPE OF.
IF A FRESHMAN WANTED TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE AND STAY FOR FOUR YEARS, THAT'D BE GREAT TOO.
I LIKE THE MODEL THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS WITH STUDENT MEMBERS AND I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD MODEL TO COPY PASTE.
>> I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT. I CAN LOOK IT UP.
THIS COMMITTEE MAY NOT HAVE THE PARTICIPATION LEVEL, THE SCHOOL BOARD MIGHT.
I MIGHT NOT BE QUITE AS LIMITING, ALTHOUGH T HOW THE WORDING IS ON YOURS TO BE LIMITING.
BUT IF WE GET ONE PERSON TO SHOW UP, WE DON'T WANT TO BE TOO SPECIFIC BUT WIDE OPEN FOR MULTIPLE STUDENTS. THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
>> YEAH. I WOULD BASICALLY WRITE IN VAGUE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT ALL EFFORTS POSSIBLE SHOULD BE MADE TO INCLUDE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS FOR MAXIMUM TWO AND GO FROM THERE.
>> ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT TOPIC? THE BOARD FINAL SUMMARY REPORT PLANNING.
>> TAMMY DID SEND US THE POWERPOINT FOR THE FINAL REPORT FROM THE BOND TASK FORCE, SO I THINK PROBABLY NEXT MONTH WHEN WE FINALIZE BY LAWS AND OBVIOUSLY WORKS SLOWING DOWN SO THAT THERE'S NOT AS MUCH TO REVIEW, WE COULD PROBABLY SPEND SOME TIME ON THE STRUCTURE A LITTLE MORE TIME.
>> THE ONE OR TWO PAGE SUMMARY THAT I SENT, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN ANYTHING THAT'S GONE TO THE COMMITTEE.
MAYBE WE COULD ALSO TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE FINAL SUMMARY REPORT.
>> YEAH, I DID LOOK AT THAT, RILEY, THE THING THAT TAMMY SENT OVER.
I THINK IT'D BE GOOD TO NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW THE FORMAT, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE POWERPOINT FOR THE BOARD WITH SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
EVEN IF IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, I THINK THAT ONE WAS 15 SLIDES OR 18 SLIDES.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED PROBABLY QUITE THAT MANY.
BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER LIKE THAT.
>> YEAH. TO ACCOMPANY SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE DETAILED.
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>> I DON'T REMEMBER GETTING THAT EMAIL.
DO YOU THINK YOU COULD FORWARD IT TO ME?
>> YEAH. I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND IT RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. NOBODY ELSE ASKS BECAUSE THEN IT BECOMES A PROBLEM, I THINK.
>> WELL, I COULD SEND IT IF MARK WANTS IT. THERE YOU GO.
>> I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD FOR THAT FOR TONIGHT.
CAN WE MOVE ON TO 4.01 AND TURN IT OVER TO KEN.
[4. NEW BUSINESS]
>> THERE'S A NEW SUMMARY THAT HEIDI HAS BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST MONTH.
SHE'S GOT THE BASE CONTRACT AND INCLUDED THERE, SHE STILL NEEDS TO ADD THAT SEPARATE COLUMN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST MONTH.
SHE JUST DIDN'T HAVE TIME, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT IN THERE FOR NEXT MONTH.
[NOISE] OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES TO DATE ARE 118,225,450.
ON THAT SECOND PAGE OF THE BUDGET SUMMARY, THERE'S HEIDI SHEET THAT SHE'S BEEN INCLUDING AND WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE BALANCE REMAINING WITH ALL FIGURES INCLUDED, WE'RE SITTING AT THAT 548,863 AS WE DISCUSSED LAST MONTH, THERE ARE SOME CONTINGENCY BUCKETS STILL KICKING AROUND THAT WE WILL NEED TO ADD BACK INTO THAT, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING WE'RE JUST SITTING ON HOLD.
THE ONE ITEM WHY WE HOLD ON THE CONTINGENCY AS WE FOUND ANOTHER OIL DRUM IN THE GROUND, [NOISE] SO I DID HAVE THAT 70,000 THAT I HAD BEEN EARMARKED FOR UNKNOWNS IN THAT CTE AREA.
THE PRICES HAVE ACTUALLY GONE UP A LOT.
WE TOOK OUT THE FIRST ONE IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE JOB.
IT'S PRETTY STEEP INCREASE FROM WHAT WE PAID THEN TO WHAT WE'RE PAYING NOW, AND IT'S A VERY SIMILAR EXERCISE, BUT WITH ALL THE PRICE INCREASES, WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 20 GRAND.
NOW. IT'S OVER 30 GRAND TO PULL A TANK.
THEN OF COURSE THE CONSULTANT FEES ON TOP OF THAT, WHICH IS NOT CHEAP.
ANYWAY, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HOLD ON TO SOME OF THOSE CONTINGENCIES AND I THINK IT'S WISE DECISION YOU MADE TO LOOSELY ASSOCIATE THE FINANCES WITH THE STORY.
THEN I DO THINK IN THE END THEN THERE WOULD BE A DEEPER DIVE TO WHERE WE CAN REPORT IT TO YOU AND THE BOARD, AND CHRISTIE WANTS TO COMMUNICATE, THAT'S OF COURSE UP TO YOU, BUT WE'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT.
[NOISE] INCLUDED WAS THE CASH FLOW CHART AND HE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT, SO THAT'S GOING TO START TRENDING PROPERLY AND IN REAL TIME OPPOSED TO THE ARTIFICIAL NUMBER THAT WAS IN THERE BEFORE.
[NOISE] WE DID PROVIDE AN UPDATED DASHBOARD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE DISTRICT HAS POSTED IT YET OR NOT, BUT I JUST DIDN'T FOLLOW UP TO SEE IF IT WAS THERE BUT WE DID PROVIDE THAT.
DISTRICT WIDE CRITICAL PROJECTS REALLY I'M DISCONTINUED UPDATING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH DONE, AND SO I LEFT IT AS BEING UPDATED AT THE END OF DECEMBER, AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO SIT.
WE'VE GOT THE UPDATED CMR. YOU WILL NOTICE SOME CHANGES TO THE CMR. CORNERSTONE DECIDED TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND INTO DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE IN THE GCCM RISK BUCKETS, THEY'VE MOVED INTO THE OWNER'S RISK BUCKET, WHICH ISN'T REALLY CONSEQUENCE WHY THEY CHOSE TO DO THAT.
AT THIS POINT, I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPECULATE ON THAT.
BUT I DID GO BACK THROUGH AND ENSURE THAT ALL THE NUMBERS ALIGNED AND WERE THE SAME AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PCOS WERE IDENTICAL IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS.
IT'S JUST A SHIFT, IT'S NOT A CHANGE IN TOTAL DOLLARS.
IF YOU ADD THE PROJECTED TOTAL [NOISE] OF THE GCCM RISK TO THE OWNER RISK BUCKET [NOISE] AND THEN COMPARE THAT PREVIOUS TO THE CHANGE, IT'S THE SAME DOLLAR.
WHICH IT WAS LIKE PULLING MY HAIR OUT TO FIGURE THAT ALL OUT.
BUT I DID PAINFULLY GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AND FIGURED OUT WHERE EVERYTHING WAS AT.
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WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE IN CONTENTION WITH THE CONTRACTOR, SO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT TO THE ATTORNEY.MARK, DID YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE A REAL BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT PROCESS?
>> WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH THOSE ITEMS WITH CORNERSTONE.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DETAIL.
>> ARE YOU NEGOTIATING? ARE YOU IN MITIGATION? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTRACTESE, PLEASE.
>> WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS OF SETTLING THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES WITH CORNERSTONE.
>> THEY'VE SUBMITTED THEM AS CLAIMS.
>> NOT AS CHANGES NOW, THEY'VE MOVED THEM TO A CLAIM.
>> THERE'S NO CLAIM AT THIS POINT, IT'S STILL IN DISCUSSION.
>> YOU'RE ENTERTAINING THE CHANGE BECAUSE A LAWYER SAID, YES, ENTERTAIN THEM?
>> WE ARE ENTERTAINING THE CHANGE BECAUSE THERE IS SOME VALIDITY TO SOME OF THEM, AND WE THINK IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PROJECT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND COME TO MUTUAL AGREEABLE UNDERSTANDING.
>> DOES THAT PUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT ANY RISK BY DOING THAT?
>> NO, IT ACTUALLY SHOULD ELIMINATE RISK.
>> I HAD A QUESTION BACK ON THE EXPENDITURE REPORT FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I DON'T KNOW, KEN, IS THAT OKAY RIGHT NOW?
>> THE DATES ONLY GO THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST.
I WAS WONDERING IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AT THE MARCH MEETING, THEN MAYBE.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT NOT IN THE SUMMARY BUT IN THE EXPENDITURE REPORT ITSELF?
>> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND LET YOU KNOW.
>> THEN WHAT WAS MIDWEST TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS FOR? WHAT WAS THAT VENDOR USED FOR?
>> I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AS WELL. SORRY, SANDY.
>> THAT'S OKAY. THEN ON HEIDI'S SUMMARY, THE BOND SALE INTEREST ONLY GOES THROUGH JUNE OF LAST YEAR.
CAN WE GET THAT UPDATED MARK THROUGH DECEMBER MAYBE?
THAT 548,000 DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A WHOLE LOT.
IS IS THAT THE GENERAL FEELING?
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR STILL IN CONTINGENCY.
THAT NUMBER IS ARTIFICIALLY LOW, BUT WE DECIDED AS A GROUP TO KEEP IT RIGHT THERE AND THEN PERHAPS BY NEXT MONTH WE START MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE NUMBER.
BUT WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS, I FEEL COMFORTABLE, SANDY.
>> IS THAT TANK OUT OF THE GROUND?
>> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE PERMIT.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE PERMIT FROM THE CITY.
>> THE ODDS AS UNDER THE CTE, CTE IS DEMOLISHED SO ODDS OF FINDING ANY OTHER FUND SURPRISES LIKE THAT IS MINIMAL OR ZERO, YOU THINK?
>> I WOULDN'T EITHER. I THINK WE'RE THROUGH THE TREES.
IT'S NEVER FUN TO FIND A TANK BUT IT'S CERTAINLY BETTER THAT WE FOUND IT NOW AND GOT RID OF IT.
IT WAS ACTUALLY, WE WERE BLADING OFF THE FINAL SOIL HEIGHT AND
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WE CAUGHT THE TOP BIT OF THE FILLING PORT AND FIGURED OUT THERE WAS A TANK THERE.BUT ALL SAID AND DONE, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO GET RID OF THE TANK NOW INSTEAD OF LATER.
IT WAS BUNKER OIL, SO THAT'S ALWAYS THE BEST.
IT DOESN'T TRAVEL THROUGH VEINS OF SAND AND THINGS LIKE GASOLINE WOULD DO.
I THINK IT WAS GOOD THAT WE FOUND IT.
IT'S NEVER FUN, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION IS, IT'S I DON'T TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WITH ALL THE DETAIL GIVEN.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH CORNERSTONE AT THIS POINT IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE $548,000 BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BILLED AND ACCOUNTED FOR OR IS THAT GOING TO EAT INTO THE AMOUNT THAT YOU HAVE LEFT OVER?
>> WE HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
EVERY SINGLE REQUEST IS IN THAT NUMBER THAT RESULTS IN THE 500 AND SOME THOUSAND LEFTOVER.
THAT'S IF WE PAID THE 300,000 IN FUEL SURCHARGE, IT'S ACCOUNTED FOR.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I WOULD AGREE WITH PAYING IT.
>> I THINK I ASKED THAT FOR I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK BECAUSE THAT IS MY CONCERN ABOUT RELEASING TOO MUCH FINANCIAL DATA ON THIS PROJECT IS WHO KNOWS WHAT'S AROUND THE CORNER UNTIL EVERYTHING IS STAMPED AND DONE.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'LL NOT IMPACT IT.
>> WELL, IT WOULD IMPACT IT IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION IF IT DOES AT ALL.
>> DOES THAT MAKES SENSE? WE'VE PROVIDED EVERYTHING IN THERE WHETHER WE AGREE WITH IT OR NOT.
THAT'S WORST CASE SCENARIO IF WE HAD TO PAY EVERY LAST DIME, WE'RE STILL AT THAT 548,000.
>> HEY, KEN, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE DISCOVERY OF THE, SO NO ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS AS BELTS FROM THE PAST AS FAR AS DISCOVERY.
>> THE FIRST ONE WE REMOVED THERE WAS INFORMATION THAT I STUMBLED ACROSS THAT I KNEW IT WAS THERE, THE FIRST ONE.
THE SECOND ONE I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THERE BECAUSE I DID FIND AND THAT BUNKER OIL IS THE SAME SUPPLY AS THE OTHER BUNKER OIL THAT WE FOUND.
NOW WHY THEY CHOSE TO PUT A TANK OVER HERE AND A TANK OVER HERE AND GO TO A BOILER ROOM OVER HERE, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU.
BUT IT WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND IN THE DOCUMENTS.
THE ONE THAT WAS THERE, WE FOUND IT, TOOK IT OUT EARLIER IN THE JOB BUT THIS ONE WAS COMPLETE SURPRISE.
>> JUST CURIOUS, WHAT DOES THE TRANSITION LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS THE AS BELTS AND BEING REFERENCE BACK TO THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS CATALOG AND ARCHIVING THE DRAWINGS FOR THIS PROJECT?
>> THAT'S AN EASIER PROCESS IN TODAY'S WORLD BECAUSE AS WE GO THROUGH EVERY CHANGE, IT'S ADDED TO THE DOCUMENTS AS WE'RE GOING.
IT USED TO BE WHEN THEY CHANGED IT, GUYS WERE MARKING UP WITH A RED PEN IN THE FIELD AND I USED TO BE ONE OF THOSE GUYS, WHICH I'M GLAD WE'RE AT A POINT NOW BECAUSE I HATED DOING IT.
THE ONLY PLACE THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY TRUE IS ON THE CIVIL SIDE, WHERE THE ENGINEER ACTUALLY COMES OUT AND HAS TO PROVIDE A SET OF AS BUILT DRAWINGS TO THE CITY.
OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE A COPY OF THAT FOR THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
AS BELTS ARE PRETTY GOOD TO BEGIN WITH AND THEN JUST THAT LAST STEP WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEER.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT DOES.
>> YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO IT ELECTRONICALLY.
ALSO I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY USE THE RED DYE AND ALL THAT STUFF WHEN THEY IDENTIFY ELECTRICAL RUNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO IN THE FUTURE, IF WE DECIDE TO DIG A HOLE SOMEWHERE.
>> IT SHOULD BE A PRETTY GOOD RECORD AT THIS POINT.
WE STARTED, IT WASN'T. IT WAS A SNAKES PIT OUT THERE.
IF YOU GUYS ARE READY, THEN I'LL MOVE ON TO THE MONTHLY REPORT, WHICH THERE'S NOT MUCH TO COVER.
>> OH, WAIT A MINUTE. LET ME GO BACK.
>> I WAS HOPING YOU COULD DISCUSS THE CMR A LITTLE BIT.
>> ALL THE ITEMS ARE STILL OPEN.
HOW MANY OF THEM ARE FUNDED? MAYBE YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THIS,
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BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW.THEY'RE ALL FUNDED, BUT THEY JUST HAVEN'T STARTED.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED YET?
>> CORRECT. [NOISE] THE PROCESS WE GO THROUGH IS ANYTIME WE THINK THAT ANYTHING MIGHT ADD COST, WE INITIATE A CHANGE EVENT.
THEN TYPICALLY WE'LL WAIT TO SEE IF THAT CHANGE EVENT IS GOING TO DEVELOP INTO A CHANGE.
THEN IT IS ISSUED A PCO NUMBER.
WE DISCUSS IT, WE GET PRICING, WE APPROVE IT.
BUT ONCE IT'S BECOME A KNOWN POTENTIAL COST, IT GETS ADDED.
THEN [NOISE] THIS LAST MONTH PART OF THE EXERCISE, GETTING CLOSER TO THE FINISH LINE, WAS WE ACTUALLY WENT IN AND REVIEWED A LOT OF THOSE ITEMS AND PULLED A LOT OF THOSE OFF THE CHANGE EVENT LOG BECAUSE WE KNEW THEY WEREN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
THERE'S ONE ON THERE NOW THAT [NOISE] I THINK IT WAS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PACK.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COME OFF, WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THAT.
WE'VE BEEN SCRUBBING THE LOG TO TRY AND GET RID OF A LOT OF THOSE ITEMS. LIKE I SAID, CORNERSTONE MOVED SOME THINGS AROUND SO THAT MADE MY LIFE [LAUGHTER] A LITTLE BIT MISERABLE.
BUT I GOT THROUGH IT AND EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
BUT EVERYTHING IS PRICED AND INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER THAT LEAVES US AT 548.
>> THE PACK MURAL, I DON'T SEE IT ON THE LIST ANYMORE.
>> WE DID TAKE THE PACK MURAL OFF.
AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY IDEA OF DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
>> NO. THAT WAS A $60,000 ITEM FOR REMOVING THAT, SO WE'VE ELIMINATED THAT FROM THE BUDGET.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY CAN YOU BUILD CORNERSTONE FOR YOUR ADDITIONAL TIME IN DOING THE NUMBERS SINCE THEY MOVED IN AROUND? LIKE THEY'RE OVERCHARGED FOR OTHER THINGS UNDER CONTRACT.
>> IF YOU WANTED TO FIGHT THAT BATTLE, I MEAN, SPENDING THE MONEY TO TRY AND FIGHT THAT BATTLE WOULD PROBABLY BE AS MUCH AS THE EXERCISE I SPENT.
SOMETIMES YOU DO THINGS OUT OF GOOD GRACE.
>> ALL THE EROSION THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE ELECTRICAL VAULTS, AROUND ALONG THE TENNIS COURTS, THAT'S WHERE IT'S ALL WASHING ONTO THE SIDEWALKS THAT GOT MOVED INTO A DIFFERENT BUCKET?
>> WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT WORK IS GOING TO BE COMMENCED THEN?
>> VERY SOON. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS BETTER JUST TO GO FOR IT, GET IT DONE, SO WE'RE DONE WITH ALL OF THE SITE WORK.
WE HAVE A FINAL DESIGN, WE HAVE THE FINAL PRICING.
IT'S ALL MOVING FORWARD, SO THAT WORK SHOULD START SOON.
BECAUSE YOU ASKED THE QUESTION VIA EMAIL, IT WAS PCO 539, IT'S ON PAGE 16.
THERE WAS SOME DIFFERENT REWORK OF SOME OF THE RETAINING WALLS AROUND THE SITE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE TENNIS COURT, IT'S ALSO SEVERAL OF THESE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THEY MOVED.
IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO FIND IT.
>> YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? SORRY.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID NOT GET ADDRESSED THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD LIKE ADDRESSED IS THE AREA.
WE BUILT A NEW PARKING LOT, PUT IN A SIDEWALK, AND THAT WAS THE STOP OF OUR WORK.
OVER HERE YOU HAVE THE FENCE FOR THE TENNIS COURT.
THERE WAS THAT LITTLE STRIP ALONG THERE THAT JUST WASN'T INTENDED TO BE REWORKED.
>> IT'S A PRETTY DRASTIC GRADE CHANGE BETWEEN THE ELEVATION AND THE SIDEWALK.
>> WE'RE GOING TO REGRADE THE NORTH END, SO THERE'S THE BIG STEPS IN THE MIDDLE.
WE'RE GOING TO REGRADE THAT WHOLE NORTH END TO JUST GET RID OF THAT STEP AND JUST HAVE A GENTLE SLOPE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PLANT GRASS.
JAMIE IS DOING THAT TO HELP SAVE SOME MONEY.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE DO NEED TO GET SOME MONEY OUT OF THE NUMBER LISTED IN HERE FOR THAT ADJUSTMENT.
THEN [NOISE] ONCE WE GET PAST THE BIG STAIRS, AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOME SMALLER RETAINING WALLS TO MAKE THOSE GRADE TRANSITION MAKE SENSE, AND WE'VE GOT SOME ELECTRICAL BOXES THAT NEED TO BE TRIMMED OUT AROUND THAT JUST FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS.
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THAT'S JUST THE DRESS UP THAT WHOLE AREA.THEN AT THE END WE'RE GOING TO PUT A CARD RAIL TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM WALKING THROUGH THERE WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DROP OFF.
CODE DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO PUT SAFETY RAILS ON A SITE RETAINING WALL.
SO WE'RE JUST BLOCKING OFF ACCESS AND JUST TO BE PRUDENT, IF YOU WILL.
THE ONE THING I FORGOT TO DO BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO MONTHLY REPORT IS I'VE CONTINUED WITH THE BUDGET RISK ANALYSIS.
RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT 53 ITEMS TO GET THROUGH AND FOR A TOTAL OF $500,000.
THAT NUMBERS WENT DOWN, THE NUMBER WENT BACK UP.
THEN SINCE THE LAST MONTH UNTIL NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, LET ME SEE WHAT PAGE IT IS ON THE CMR, I THINK IT'S PAGE 1 IF YOU SEE THE OWNERS RISK CONTINGENCY AND THEN LOOK AT THE CORRESPONDING DATES AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED ITEMS. THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN ADDED IN THE LAST MONTH.
JUST LAST MINUTE THINGS TO STITCH UP LOOSE ENDS AND FINISH THE PROJECT OUT.
WE HAD BEEN DOWN TO 28 AND THEN WE WENT BACK UP TO 40 ON THOSE.
>> NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT ON THE MONTHLY REPORT.
CTE WING OVER THE LAST MONTH, A CRUISE CAME IN DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND REGROUND THE CONCRETE FLOORS IN THE CTE CORRIDORS DUE TO THEM NOT HAVING AN ACCEPTABLE APPEARANCE.
THE FLOORS NOW LOOK GOOD AND HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.
IF YOU RECALL WHEN WE WALKED THROUGH THAT ONE DAY, BRIAN.
>> WE HAD A BUNCH OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT AND THEY AGREED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AT NO EXTRA CHARGE, SO THEY'RE DONE NOW AND THEY LOOK GOOD.
ON THE SITE WORK, LANDSCAPING HAS MADE GOOD PROGRESS ACROSS THE SITE.
A SMALL AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING NEEDS TO OCCUR ACROSS THE SITE AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, DEPENDING ON WEATHER.
NOW THAT THE DEMOLITION HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT THE SOUTH END OF CAMPUS, THE FINAL FENCING WILL BE INSTALLED.
THAT'S REFERRING TO TWO DIFFERENT AREAS.
THERE'S THE AREA ALONG GOLDEN EAGLE DRIVE WHERE WE'VE GOT THE NEW GRASS THAT'S GOING TO BE SEATED IN THE OLD CTE AND OLD MAIN AREA.
TO KEEP KIDS OR WHOEVER FROM DRIVING, DOING DOUGHNUTS AND BRODIES OUT THERE, WE'RE PUTTING IN A FOUR FOOT FENCE AROUND THE FRONTAGE AND THEN DOWN THE OLD DRIVEWAY, WE'RE USING ECOLOGY BLOCKS TO SAVE SOME MONEY ALONG THERE BECAUSE FENCING IS GETTING PRETTY DARN EXPENSIVE.
IT'S 70 BUCKS A FOOT FOR CHAIN OR THE GALVANIZED AND THE BLACK STUFF IS 80 BUCKS A FOOT. IT'S CRAZY.
ANYWAY, SO WE'RE USING SOME ECOLOGY BLOCKS ALONG THERE AND THEN WE'LL REPLACE THE FENCING THAT WE TOOK OUT ON THE RAILROAD PROPERTY.
THAT'LL BE ALL STITCHED UP AGAIN AND BE TURNED BACK OVER TO THE GRAIN MILL AND THE RAILROAD FOLKS AND WE'LL BE DONE.
>> WELL, THE GRAVEL DRIVE IS GOING TO STAY A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY OFF OF GOLDEN EAGLE DRIVE THEN, THAT'S WITH THE WAREHOUSE?
>> WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CITY A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT THAT DRIVEWAY TO THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE TO WALK AWAY AND I JUST SAW AN EMAIL, I HAVEN'T READ IT YET.
WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED IS TO DO A 20 FOOT SWATH BACK TO THE DRIVE, THE NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY, INSTEAD OF DOING THE WHOLE DRIVEWAY THAT WAS THERE TRYING TO JUST DO 20 FEET WHICH WOULD BE A MORE STANDARD ALLEY BACK TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AND THEN STOP AT WHAT WAS THE OLD FENCE OR THE GATE THERE.
BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PLAN IS ACTUALLY SO PATCHING A BUNCH OF ASPHALT BACK TO THE CTE BUILDING THAT WAS GOING TO STAY.
WE'VE TRIED TRADING THIS FOR THAT TO GET GRANITE TO COME OUT AND DO THAT FOR NO EXTRA COST AND RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE A WASH TO HAVE THEM COME OUT AND DO THAT.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. I GOT THIS EMAIL, I THINK.
DID YOU GUYS READ THE EMAIL FROM TIM? I JUST SAW IT WHEN I SAT DOWN HERE,
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I'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD ALL DAY.>> I SKIMMED IT. I DON'T THINK IT SAYS ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
>> THEN OF COURSE, THERE WAS THE ADDITIONAL UNDERGROUND BUNKER OIL TANK.
I'M WAITING FOR THE PERMITS ON THAT.
THE FORM AND ART CENTER WE'VE BEEN DOING EVERY OTHER MEET EVERY OTHER WEEK MEETINGS WITH THE SUBCONTRACTORS AND BECKLAND.
TODAY WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING.
THE INDICATIONS THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ORDERED, IT'S ALL COMING.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO START WHEN THEY INDICATED THEY COULD START AND FINISH WHEN THEY SAID THEY COULD FINISH.
RIGHT NOW, WE SHOULD BE ON SCHEDULE AND WE GET STARTED ON THAT ON MARCH 11TH.
THEN I FORGET THE DATE WHEN WE COMPLETE, BUT IT'S LATER IN MAY. BUT IT WAS [OVERLAPPING].
>> BASICALLY RIGHT AFTER THE SECOND SHOW.
>> IT WAS ACTUALLY BEFORE SIGNING THE CONTRACT, I HAD A PRE-CONTRACT MEETING WHERE I INCLUDED THE SCHOOL STAFF, THE DESIGNERS, THE CONTRACTORS TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC.
THEN YOU NEED TO COMMIT TO THIS, I'M GOING TO PUT IT IN THE CONTRACT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU TO IT.
SO FAR, THAT FEELS LIKE IT'S WORKING.
HOPEFULLY EVERY BEST PLAN CAN GO AWRY.
HOPEFULLY IT GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH AND WE GET ALL THE NEW AUDIO, VIDEO AND STAGE STUFF, AND EVERYBODY IS HAPPY.
THEN I DID MEET WITH THE THEATER FOLKS, WHAT HAS TO BE CLEARED OUT, WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
WE HAVE A FINAL WALK THROUGH OF ACCEPTANCE ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE 11TH SO THE CONTRACTOR CAN SAY YES, THEY'VE MOVED EVERYTHING WE'VE ASKED THEM TO MOVE AND WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
I TOLD THE SCHOOL FOLKS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO DO AN OVERLAP, AND I SAID, NO, WE'RE GOING TO CUT IT OFF, YOU FINISH, AND THEN WE'LL START.
THAT'S WHAT WE SET IN STONE, SO HOPEFULLY IT ALL WORKS.
THEN THE EXISTING CTE, OF COURSE, IT'S GONE AND HAULED OFF SITE.
>> OTHER THAN PUNCHLESS ITEMS, WHEN IS CORNERSTONE'S WORK GOING TO BE DONE?
>> I THINK BY THE END OF MARCH, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY DARN CLOSE.
>> HAVE THEY MOVED THEIR TRAILERS OUT OR ARE THEY ALREADY [OVERLAPPING]?
>> ALMOST ALL OF THEM. WELL, WE MOVED THEIRS OUT QUITE SOME TIME AGO AND WE MOVED CORNERSTONE ACTUALLY INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS CONFERENCE ROOM.
WE JUST HAD THEM MOVE IN THERE, SO WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR MEETINGS THERE.
THEY HAVE THEIR COMPUTER SITTING IN THERE.
WE HAD THEM PULL THAT OUT BECAUSE OF COURSE, THAT HAD TO GO TO DEMO THE CTE.
THEN OF COURSE, EVERYBODY ELSE HAULED IT OFF EXCEPT FOR THE ELECTRICIANS WHO ALWAYS SEEM TO WANT TO LEAVE THEIR CONTAINERS ON SITE, YOU PROBABLY KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT.
>> ANYWAYS, BUT THEY'RE FINALLY GONE AND SO IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD OUT THERE.
>> WHAT WAS THE PREMISE OF LEAVING THE OLD SCOREBOARD? WHO THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA I GUESS?
>> EVERYBODY THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH HAS THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
A FUN TRIBUTE TO THE OLD, GIVES A PERSPECTIVE TO THE LAYOUT OF THE OLD CAMPUS AND JUST A NOD TO HISTORY.
BECAUSE IT HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COME FORWARD AND SAY, THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
>> PUT IT BEHIND THE BUILDING.
>> THAT'S WHERE IT WAS. [LAUGHTER].
>> I GUESS THE ONLY THING I JUST THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY AND THE RISK OF IT BECAUSE NOW YOU TOOK AWAY THE BUILDING THAT WAS A WIND BLOCK FOR IT.
THE ANCHORAGE WOULD BE MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS HOW LONG IS THAT ANCHORAGE GOING TO LAST AND IS IT GOING TO FALL ON SOMETHING THAT POTENTIALLY TURNS INTO A LAWSUIT? THAT'S ALL I WORRY ABOUT.
>> I BET IT DOESN'T HAVE THE FOUNDATION THAT THE NEW SCOREBOARD HAS, THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> NO. IT'S GOT OLD ANCHOR BOLTS.
>> IF YOU SAW HOW MUCH CONCRETE WE TOOK OUT ON THE GOAL POSTS OF THE OLD FIELD, I WOULD.
IT WAS A LOT. I'D BE SURPRISED IF IT WASN'T WAY OVERDONE LIKE THAT.
>> IT IS PRETTY NEAT TO SEE THOUGH.
THAT'S LIKE THE ONLY LANDMARK OTHER THAN THE PACK, I DON'T KNOW.
>> THEY MIGHT USE THAT LANDMARK TO SHOOT GRADE.
>> ANYTHING ELSE ON KEN'S REPORT?
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LET'S SEE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE FORD AUTO 2 MEANS.>> JUST GENERAL COMMENT OR DISCUSSION TIME WHICH WE NORMALLY DON'T.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO SPEAK FREELY THROUGHOUT, SO YOU DON'T REALLY NEED IT USUALLY.
>> LET'S JUST SEE IF THEY HAVE A PROPER MEETING UNLIKE OURS.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE GRAND OPENING OR RIBBON CUTTING? I THINK WE HAVE A TENTATIVE DATE.
>> IT'S VERY TENTATIVE AT THE MOMENT.
>> WHILE WE'RE WAITING, KEN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
>> STEVE, WE'LL GET THAT DATE TO YOU.
I ACTUALLY NEED TO SEE BECAUSE WE NEED TO START ADVERTISING IT.
SELENA HAD SOME FOLKS SHE NEEDED TO VET THAT THROUGH, BUT I'LL GET THAT TO YOU.
>> ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER?
>> LET'S ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
>> BYE.
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