* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] WELCOME [I. Call to Order] EVERYBODY. IT IS 6:49 PM ON AUGUST 22ND. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND WE SHALL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALRIGHT, AND I BELIEVE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, SO WE WILL CONTINUE ONTO SECTION FOUR [IV.A. Bond Update] DISCUSSION ITEMS. AND OUR FIRST ITEM, ITEM A IS THE BOND UPDATE. MS, YOU ARE UP. THAT'S A, THAT'S BETTER. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS, MR. HARRIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE PUBLIC . UH, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT A BOND UP UPDATE, UH, AND THIS INFORMATION IS AS, AS OF JULY 31ST, 2024. SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE REVIEWED, UH, DURING THE PRESENTATION ARE TWO OF THE, THE LATEST BONDS, A 2019 BOND UPDATE, UH, THE 2022 BOND UPDATE, UH, AN UPDATE ON INTEREST EARN ON THESE, UH, BOND FUNDS. AND WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE HIGH SCHOOL. NUMBER TWO, THE 2019 BOND, UH, WAS AUTHORIZED FOR $284 MILLION ON NOVEMBER 5TH, UH, 2019. IT WAS USED. UH, THE, THE PROPOSITION WAS FOR INCREASE FOR, UM, INCREASES OR RENOVATIONS TO EITHER CAMPUSES OR OTHER DISTRICT FACILITIES. UH, MAINLY FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY UPGRADES. DISTRICTWIDE THE REPLACEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, HORN SPEED, DUN DE DEMOLITION AND RAIL REBUILD. SMITH ELEMENTARY, DALE VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL. UH, THE NEW BUILDINGS FOR THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS ARE BOTH CENTRAL AND NORTH AND A REMODELED OF CD SOUTH. UH, ALSO IN ADDITION AND REMODELED TO THE EDWARD NEAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, UH, A CONSTRUCTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE VILLAGE AND FRONT OFFICE RENOVATION FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS THAT INCLUDE, UH, VESTIBULE IMPROVEMENT, ACCESS CONTROL, ENHANCEMENTS AND CAMERA IMPROVEMENTS. AND THESE WERE DISTRICTWIDE ALSO FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF BUSES IN THE FLEET ON AN ANNUAL SCHEDULE. IT ALSO INCLUDED TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS. UH, AND THAT IS A, A REPLACEMENT OR REFRESH OF DEVICES IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL FIBER AND DATA CAPACITY AT OJEDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, ATHLETIC IMPROVEMENTS AT DAILY MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALSO ATHLETIC IMPROVEMENTS, UH, OF NEW TURF FIELD AND SCOREBOARD AND LIGHTS. AND FOR THE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE RENOVATION OF THE BASEBALLS WITH NEW SCOREBOARD, SCOREBOARDS, UPDATED STANDS, COVERS AND NEW LIGHTS FOR THE SOFTBALL, SOFTBALL RENOVATIONS. ALSO WITH NEW SCOREBOARDS UPDATED STANDS, COVERS PRESS BLOCKS WITH NEW FIELD LIGHTS. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PAGE REALLY QUICK? UM, SO THIS WAS NOT THE DE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXCELLENCE VILLAGE AND THE FRONT OFFICE RENOVATION THAT WASN'T PART OF THE INITIAL BOND. THAT WAS MONEY THAT WAS USED FROM EXCESS BOND FUNDS. THERE WAS ACTUALLY, AND I'LL GO INTO DETAIL, BUT ON THE 2019, THERE WAS STILL A PORTION, I BELIEVE, ON UNSOLD BONDS FROM A PREVIOUS BOND THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PORTION AS IT'S SITTING IN THE SAME FUND. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO, YES, THAT'S WHY I HAD SENT YOU THAT EMAIL, LIKE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY AND THEN WHAT WE USED. LIKE I WAS TRYING TO GET AT THOSE, UH, EXTRA FUNDS, LIKE WHAT WE USED THEM FOR IN THESE EXTRA THINGS [00:05:01] THAT WE DID. YEAH. OKAY. SO OF THE INITIAL BOND, THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE SQUARE WERE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY OF THE 2019 ORIGINALLY? CORRECT. OKAY. UM, LET'S, UH, HILLCREST SCHOOL CAMPUS RENOVATIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS, AND THAT INCLUDES H BANK REPLACEMENT, FRONT OFFICE RENOVATION, PRETTY VESTIBULE IMPROVEMENTS. UH, THE BEATTY SCHOOL CAMPUS RENOVATIONS INCLUDE, UH, RENOVATION AND BRICK REPLACEMENT AT BEATTY, UH, HVAC REPLACEMENT AND ROOFING RECODING AND REPLACEMENT FOR THE OPERATIONS FACILITY. IT WAS A CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FACILITY, UH, EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS CONSTRUCTION OF, OF THAT EXPANSION OR FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, UH, EXPANSION OF THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL P-TECH COURSES FOR STUDENTS. AND IT DID OPEN FALL 2024 LAND PURCHASE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, ALSO FOR A POSSIBLE, POSSIBLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER 10 AND MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR. AND THAT IS, UH, TO BE THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE DISTRICT. SO THIS IS WHAT WAS, HAS BEEN SPENT AS OF JULY 31ST, UH, 24. I ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS, UM, I'M HOPING WHAT WE GET IS FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH A MORE ROBUST BOND UPDATE AND GET SOME FEEDBACK, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT THE, THAT THE BOARD IS WANTING TO SEE. SO THESE ARE THE IDENTIFIED COSTS FOR BOND ISSUANCE FEES. THESE ARE RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND. IT GOES INTO FEES FOR, FOR THE AGENTS AND, AND ALL THAT. THAT'S AT $2.6 MILLION. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENT, UH, EXPENDITURES THERE, DEPENDING ON THE CATEGORY, UH, BY CAMPUS OR BY PROJECT. IF THERE'S, UH, ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS HERE. UH, FOR THE TOTAL COST, THAT WAS $299,215,980. YEAH, I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION OR REQUEST. UM, SO I HAD SENT AN EMAIL PREVIOUS, AND JUST SO THE REST OF THE BOARD IS AWARE, WHAT I HAD ASKED FOR WAS THAT I WANTED US TO SEE WHAT WE ESTIMATED THESE THINGS WOULD COST, WHAT WAS THE ACTUAL COST AND WHAT WAS EXTRA. SO THAT WAY WE COULD SEE, UM, 'CAUSE HOPEFULLY WE'D BE GOING, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING OUT FOR BONDS IN THE FUTURE, AND I WANTED US TO GET AN ESTIMATE OF LIKE, AVERAGE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SPENDING OR WE'RE NOT SPENDING. UM, AND THEN WE REALIZED THAT HEY, BECAUSE WE DID DO SUCH A GREAT JOB OF BUDGETING AND GETTING THINGS DONE, WE HAD THESE EXTRA FUNDS AND WE WERE ABLE TO OTHER STUFF. I MEAN, HOPEFULLY LIKE THAT FACILITY ASSESSMENT TEST ALSO HELPED US OUT WITH THAT. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. YES. AND I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THIS PRESENTATION. YES. SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TRANSACTIONS THAT HAPPEN IN AND OUT, SO I NEED TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE, AND IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS WORTH OF DATA. SO I WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, WHENEVER IT'S SCHEDULED OR JUST AS A, AN UPDATE INFORMATIONAL ITEM AS PART OF THE FINANCIAL MONTHLY REPORTS. I CAN ADD SOMETHING, UH, TO THAT EFFECT AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION BUDGETED VERSUS ACTUAL, I DO HAVE LIKE AN OVERALL AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE ONE SENT OUT YESTERDAY. YES. UH, SO FOR, FOR THESE PROJECTS IT WAS AT 299,215,000. UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, WE'VE UTILIZED OUR INTEREST BOND FUNDS FOR YES, MA'AM. I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. ON THE ACTIVITY, IS THAT WHAT WAS SPENT, WHAT IS DEFINE ACTIVITY FOR ME? FOR WHICH ONE? ON ANY OF THEM? YOU'VE GOT PROJECT AND THEN ACTIVITY FOR THE AMOUNT, UH, THE ACTIVITY, UH, THAT'S THE AMOUNT, SORRY, IT'S AMOUNT. AND THAT IS FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT, THE COST FOR THE PROJECT THAT WAS SPENT AND IT'S NOW CLOSED CAC ACTUAL YES. FOR THE MOST PART, CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU MA'AM. AND THEN THOSE ARE ACTUAL FIGURES, AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. RIGHT. SO WHAT I'LL BRING ON THE NEXT ONE IS THAT I WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL COLUMN WHERE WE HAVE THE BUDGETED AMOUNT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE FOR EITHER OVER OR ON THE INITIAL BUDGETED AMOUNT. YES, MA'AM. YES. FOR CLARIFICATION IS ACTIVITY LIKE THE NORMAL TERM THAT'S NO, IT'S AMOUNT. OKAY. OKAY. 'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, NO, IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE IT'S STILL ACTIVE. AND I WAS LIKE, ARE WE STILL ACTIVE? OKAY, THANK YOU. NO, NO, IT'S THE, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. ACTUALLY, IN OUR SKYWARD REPORT IT SAYS ACTIVITY, SO I USE THAT TERM, BUT IT'S AMOUNT . SO FOR THE BOND, THE 2022 BOND, UM, IT'S AUTHORIZED FOR $300 MILLION. AND THERE WAS SO FAR WE HAVE, UM, I'M SORRY, LET ME JUST REALLY QUICKLY GO BACK TO THIS ONE. UH, THESE ARE THE, FOR THE 2019, THESE ARE ADDITIONAL, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE, OR, OR COSTS THAT WE'VE HAD. AND THESE HAVE COME FROM THE, UH, INTEREST EARNINGS. AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THERE WAS THIS FINE ARTS REFRESH THAT WE DID LAST YEAR SO FAR OF, OF THAT WE SPEND THAT MUCH, UH, TECHNOLOGY. IT'S BEEN, [00:10:01] UH, SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AND IT TOTALS ABOUT $1.2 MILLION, BRINGING THE TOTAL OF 2019 BOND TO $300.4 MILLION, UH, FOR THE, YES. OKAY. THAT ONE WAS 2 84 TO START WITH THIS ONE. CORRECT. SO WE WENT OVER BY 16 MILLION. NO, AND THE, THIS IS WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER, THAT THERE WAS STILL SOME UNSOLD BONDS FROM A PREVIOUS BOND THAT ARE ALSO INCORPORATED HERE, PLUS ALL THE INTEREST EARNED. AND THEN I'LL HAVE A LITTLE SUMMARY AT THE END THAT KIND OF RECAPS IT ALL TOGETHER. YES. UM, FOR THE 2022, UH, BOND, THERE WERE $300 MILLION THAT WERE AUTHORIZED. OF THOSE 280 WERE, SO WE STILL HAVE 20 MILLION AVAILABLE THAT CAN BE, UH, CAN BE SOLD. UH, IT IS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL. NUMBER TWO FOR THE LAND PURCHASE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR FACILITIES SO FAR, FOR THE, FOR THIS YEAR, AND I THINK THIS IS SORT OF WHAT THIS IS THE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FOR RESPOND TO THE 2019 WHERE WE HAVE THE BUDGET AND THE ACTIVITY AND ACTIVITY IS, IT'S WHAT WE SPEND BASICALLY, UH, EXPENDED THROUGH ENCUMBERED MEANS THAT WE HAVEN'T SPENT IT, BUT IT'S ENCUMBERED, IT'S EARMARKED ALREADY FOR, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR FOR A PROJECT. SO FOR BOND ISSUING COSTS, WE SPEND $1.9 MILLION FOR THE LAND PURCHASE. IT WAS AT 25 POINT 25,652,000. AND WE STILL HAVE A, A SMALL BALANCE OF 33,000 AVAILABLE THERE FOR HIGH SCHOOL. NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF $248 MILLION SO FAR, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE PROGRESS AT HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO WE'RE ALMOST $29 MILLION AND THE REST OF IT IS, IT'S ALREADY PART OF A PO AND ENCUMBERED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF, FOR THE FINAL PAY IN CONSTRUCTION OF THAT, OF THAT CAMPUS. UH, THAT LEAVES A, A BALANCE OF THE $6.4 MILLION FOR TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE EARMARKED $4 MILLION OF THAT. WE HAVE ACTUALLY SPENT 1.2 MILLION AND WE HAVE ENCUMBERED $271,000. THE A BALANCE OF $2.5 MILLION FOR TECHNOLOGY AND FOR CONTINGENCY IS $250,000 THAT'S AVAILABLE. AND THOSE FUNDS ARE USUALLY USED IN CASE WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE SHORT ON A PROJECT AND WE NEED, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING. WE HAVE THAT ACCOUNT THAT WE CAN MONEY OVER INTO A PROJECT AND COMPLETE IT. SO THE BUDGET SET UP FOR THE TWO 2022 BOND IS A $280 MILLION. UH, WE HAVE PAID OUT $57.6 MILLION AS OF JULY 31ST, AND WE HAVE ENCUMBERED $213 MILLION HAVING AN AVAILABLE BALANCE OF 9.2 MILLION. AND AGAIN, THAT NOTE THAT WE STILL HAVE $20 MILLION THAT ARE UNSOLD THAT WE CAN STILL SOLD IF WE HAVE FUNDS FOR, FOR A PROJECT. SO THE NEXT SLIDE KIND OF RECAPS BOTH OF BOTH OF THE, OF THE BONDS. AND WHAT I DID IS I INCORPORATED THE INTEREST EARNED AND OTHER INCOME ACTUALLY ON THE 2019 BOND. WHAT WE HAD SOME OF THE PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE DID FOR EITHER FIBER OR FOR ANYTHING THAT WAS A TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT, THAT WAS E-RATE REIMBURSABLE. WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME OF THOSE FUNDS BACK. SO THOSE FUNDS ARE AT $6.2 MILLION, UH, OF E-RATE REIMBURSEMENTS, PLUS A 600,000 PAYMENT FROM THE THINKY THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. SO THAT, UH, FOR 2019, WE ALSO HAVE INTEREST EARNED AT ALMOST $10 MILLION. SO BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE 2019 TO 330 MILLION AND A HALF, UM, OUR EXPENSES, UH, TO DATE ARE 300,411,000, AND WE HAVE ENCUMBRANCES OF $15.2 MILLION. THOSE ENCUMBRANCES ARE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ONGOING THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED, BUT WE STILL HAVE THAT, UH, SET ASIDE. SO THAT BRINGS OUR TOTAL COMMITMENTS AND EXPENSES TO $315.6 MILLION, LEAVING AN AVAILABLE BALANCE OF ALMOST $15 MILLION IN THE 2019, UH, BOND. FOR THE 2022 BOND, WE HAVE BONDS, UH, THE, AGAIN, THERE WERE $280 MILLION SOLD. WE HAVE EARNED $19.7 MILLION IN INTEREST, UH, BRINGING THE TOTAL INCOME TO OR REVENUE TO ALMOST $300 MILLION. WE HAVE SO FAR EXPENSES, A REALIZED EXPENSES OF $57.6 MILLION AND PENDING COMMITMENTS OF 213 MILLION, BRINGING THE TOTAL EXPENSE OR COMMITMENTS TO 270, UH, BASICALLY $271 MILLION LEAVING IN A AVAILABLE BALANCE OF ALMOST $29 MILLION. SO ON THIS SLIDE, UH, COMBINE THE TOTALS AVAILABLE FOR THE 2019 AND THE 2022 BOND. WE HAVE AN AVAILABLE BALANCE OF 43, UH, $0.8 MILLION. UH, IF WE WERE TO SELL THE $20 MILLION THAT WE HAVE, UH, AUTHORIZED AND AVAILABLE, THAT WOULD BRING, UH, 20 MILLION, THAT WOULD BRING US TO 63 OR $64 MILLION FOR THE 24 20 $5 IN, UH, THE PROCESS OF BRINGING DOWN OUR PROJECTED DEFICIT, WE DID MOVE SOME OF OUR SOFTWARES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL USE AND SOME OF OUR TECHNOLOGY SOFTWARES OVER TO THE BOND INTEREST FUNDS. AND THAT IS ESTIMATED [00:15:01] ABOUT $2 MILLION, BRINGING THE AVAILABLE BALANCE, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE 20 MILLION TO 61.8 IF THOSE WERE TO BE SOLD. IF NOT, IT WOULD BE THE $41.8 MILLION AVAILABLE THAT WE HAVE. UH, WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON IS ONE, THERE ARE, UH, FACILITY STUDIES, UM, UNDERWAY AND WE'RE ALSO INTERNALLY REVIEWING SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND JUST GOING THROUGH THE LIST SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD TO DECIDE WHICH PROJECTS, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH. AND THAT WAY ONCE WE HAVE THE FAC THE FACILITY STUDIES, YOU'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A NEED FOR IT FOR AN ADDITIONAL BOND AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THAT LIST AND THEN ALSO PENDING THOSE REPORTS. SO WE WILL INCORPORATE THAT, UH, AT THE NEXT, AT THE NEXT MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE, ON THE BONDS? YES MA'AM. I ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW. SURE. SO ON PAGE 10 I BELIEVE WAS MY FIRST ONE. NOPE. LET ME LOOK AT MY NOTES THAT I WROTE IT DOWN. PAGE 11. YES. SO WHEN WE PURCHASED THE LAND FOR THE 25 MILLION, HOW MUCH LAND WAS THAT? AND IS THAT JUST FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO, OR WAS THERE ANOTHER PIECE? I BELIEVE IT WAS ONLY ONE. I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO. OKAY, THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER, BUT I'LL GET, I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. SIZE ON PAGE 12. I MISSED IT WHEN YOU SAID UNDER INTEREST EARNED THAT WE HAVE 6.26 MILLION IN OTHER INCOME. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM, PLEASE? THAT OTHER INCOME? UH, AS PART OF THE 2019 BOND, THERE WERE UPGRADES TO EITHER FIVERR OR ANYTHING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A REIMBURSABLE COST THROUGH E-RATE. SO WHEN THAT MONEY COMES BACK, WE PUT IT BACK INTO THE FUND. INTO THE FUND. SO OF THOSE, UM, $600,000 IS THE REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE THINK RATE. THE REST ARE E-RATE, REIMBURSABLE COSTS. OKAY. SO WE DID GET THE MONEY FROM THE THINKERY. YES, WE DID. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. WE DID. THANK YOU. AND THEN ON THE, YOU SAID FACILITY STUDY, IS THAT THE SAME THING AS A NEEDS ASSESSMENT? OKAY, JUST DOUBLE CHECKING. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. UM, FOR THE, THE, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO CONSTRUCTION THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD. AND FOR THAT I HAVE MR. METCALF HERE WITH US. HE IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO. THANK YOU MS. CASINO. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND, UH, MR. HARRIS, THE, UH, HIGH SCHOOL TWO SITE IS COMING ALONG. UH, WE'RE MAKING THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM HAS CONTINUED TO MAKE, UH, GREAT PROGRESS. UH, THE FIRST SLIDE I WANTED TO, UH, GIVE YOU A RENDERING OF WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND THEN BASICALLY WE CAN GO THROUGH THE UPDATES. THEN I INCLUDED A, UH, A MAP OF THE AREAS AND YOU'LL SEE AREA A IS YOUR ADMIN AREA AREA, B, C, D, E, AND F, OUR CLASSROOM AREAS. G IS YOUR KITCHEN AREA AND AR AREA H IS YOUR, UH, CAFETERIA. AND THEN L, M AND N WILL BE YOUR GYM AREA AND J AND K IS YOUR, UH, FINE ARTS AREA. UH, RIGHT NOW THE AREA IS D, E, AND F. WE HAVE TILT WALLS THAT ARE STANDING AND STRUCTURAL STEEL IS FOLLOWING AND AREA A, G AND H TILT WALLS WILL BEGIN BEING ERECTED NEXT WEEK. UH, STRUCTURAL STILL WILL FOLLOW RIGHT AFTER, UH, AREA J AND K, WE HAVE SLAB ON GRADE BEING PREPPED TO BE POURED ON NINE 30. AREA L AND M SLAB ON GRADE WILL BE BEGIN BEING POURED ON 8 29. THE FIELD HOUSE, THE BUILDING PAD PREP IS COMPLETE. WE'RE WAITING ON, UH, PERMITTING FOR THIS AREA TO BEGIN FOUNDATION WORK. SO RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW IS ON TEMPORARY PERMITS. SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET THIS FAR IN THE GAME. SO TO KEEP UP, UH, STAY ON SCHEDULE IN OPEN, UH, AUGUST OF 2026, UH, HERE'S A AERIAL PHOTO OF THE SITE. UH, YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRANCE OFF OF TAYLOR LANE AND THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE MAIN BUILDING, TAKING, TAKING PLACE, UH, BETWEEN THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS AND THE MAIN BUILDING, YOU SEE THE AREA WHERE THE FIELD HOUSE WILL BE. WHAT'S THAT? UH, I WISH I DID . I DON'T . UH OH. SO IF YOU GO THROUGH THE SLIDES, [00:20:01] UH, DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE'S A POINTER? DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW. . YEAH, I THE OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GREEN AREA? YES. THAT'S PREP WORK FOR A FOUNDATION. IT, IT'S ON A LATER SLIDE. UH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO PLAN, THIS IS A, A PLAN NORTH AND WEST OF THE A, B, C SLAB, UH, WITH TILT WALL PANELS BEING CONSTRUCTED. YEAH. AND THEN, UH, THIS IS THEM FORMING UP TILT WALL PANELS IN AREA C AND THEN AREA M THIS IS THE GREEN AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS, UH, THE SLAB PREPARATION, UH, TO BE BE POURED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. SO GOING BACK TO THE PAGE WITH THE GREEN AREA THAT I COULD SEE. UM, SO THAT'S PART OF THE ACTUAL SCHOOL OR IS THAT LIKE PARKING OR WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO? THAT'S PART OF THE ACTUAL SCHOOL RIGHT THERE. THAT'S, UH, PART OF THE GYMNASIUM I BELIEVE. OKAY. SO THE SCHOOL IS GONNA BE THAT ENTIRE LIKE SQUARE, RIGHT, BUT TRY OR, SORRY, UH, RECTANGLE. YES MA'AM. YES MA'AM. BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME STUFF ALREADY ERECT AND THEN YOU HAVE LIKE STUFF THAT'S NOT YES MA'AM. BUT IT'S ALL AT SOME POINT GONNA BE PUT TOGETHER. CORRECT. GOTCHA. OKAY. AREA J UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND SLAB WORK IS, UH, TAKING PLACE AND BASICALLY THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL GET ALL THE UNDERGROUND WORK AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE A BLUE AREA JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS AREA IN THE END. SO GETTING READY FOR CONCRETE. SO THIS IS, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE A DRONE VIDEO, UH, THAT WAS TAKEN EARLY AUGUST. AND THEN HOW DO I PUSH START? OH YEAH, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? I NEED TO PUSH START. IT'S A DRONE VIDEO TALKING ABOUT. ALRIGHT. AND SO THAT AREA RIGHT THERE WHERE WE'RE STANDING ON THE CONCRETE SLAB, THAT'S AREA A, THAT'S THE ADMIN AREA. AND UH, THE DRONE WILL, UH, FLY OVER AREA H WHICH IS THE CAFETERIA AREA. AND UH, BASICALLY YOU SEE THE, THE FIRST TILT WALL THAT'S STANDING RIGHT THERE, THAT'S AREA D. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AFTER THEY STAND TILT WALLS UP, THEY COME BACK WITH, UH, STRUCTURAL STEEL SO THEY CAN START REINFORCING THE TILT WALLS AND HOLD EVERYTHING TOGETHER. OKAY. I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. SO I SEE THERE'S A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, I'M ASSUMING THE J AND K. WHEN WAS THAT DISCUSSED? I DON'T REMEMBER THOSE CONVERSATIONS. NOT TO SAY THAT I DON'T WANT IT, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WHEN WAS IT DISCUSSED? I'M NOT FOR SURE. I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I MEAN, ACCORDING TO THE LAW WE WOULD, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE WENT UP FOR A SEPARATE BOND FOR PERFORMING ARTS. AND IT'S NOT AN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. IT'S MORE OF A AUDITORIUM FOR THE CAMPUS TEAM. OKAY. CAN WE PIECE THAT IN OUR GOING FORWARD? 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO SAY WE ARE VIOLATING YOU ARE CORRECT ANYTHING AND RIGHT. IT SHOULDN'T BE CALLED PACK AT ALL. IT'S AN AUDITORIUM. OKAY. TRUSTEE LEDEZMA, DID YOU SEE THE 3D AT THE BACK TO SCHOOL BASH OF THE AUDITORIUM? I DID. I JUST DON'T REMEMBER US HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT DRASTIC. UH, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY DRASTIC. IT'S DEFINITELY DESIGNED TO BE CONSIDERED A PACK. UM, 'CAUSE I DO RECALL US SAYING WE, WE WEREN'T GONNA PROMOTE IT AS A PACK, IT WAS GONNA BE AUDITORIUM, BUT IT'S DESIGNED FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AS A PACK. SO IT'S INTERESTING TO ALSO SEE IT HERE THAT IT'S LABELED AS A 'CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. WE DIDN'T ADVERTISE IT AS A PACK. OKAY. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE TIMELINE FOR THAT. 'CAUSE I DON'T, PART OF ME WONDERS IF IT'S JUST LIKE A SYNTAX KIND OF THING. 'CAUSE NOMENCLATURE, LIKE WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PERFORMING ARTS AREA OF THE CAMPUS WAS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS PAC. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S LIKE A SAME THING AS A STANDALONE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER LIKE WHAT AUSTIN [00:25:01] ISD BUILT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT IT MIGHT, I DON'T NO, I I GET YOU. I JUST WANT, BY LAW, IF WE SAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, WE HAVE TO HAVE GONE OUT FOR A SEPARATE BOND RIGHT. FOR PERFORMING ARTS. SO WE, WE DON'T WANNA BE CALLING IT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER EVEN IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS. WE ARE, SAY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND SAY THAT IT'S AN AUDITORIUM. THIS IS AN AUDITORIUM BUILT WITHIN THE FINE ARTS AREA FOR STUDENT USE. IT'S A SUPERCHARGED AUDITORIUM BASICALLY. OKAY. MY QUESTION LEADS TO EQUITY. AND THIS MAY NOT BE, YOU MAY NOT BE THE APPROPRIATE PERSON TO ASK, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE EQUITY IS GOING TO BE WITH OUR EXISTING AUDITORIUM AND THE, YOU SAID FIELD HOUSE AND THIS ONE'S PHENOMENAL. SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S UM, IN THE PLAN FOR HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER TWO? UH, AS FAR AS THE AUDITORIUM IN THE FIELD HOUSE OR AS FAR AS THE EQUITY BETWEEN THE ONE ACROSS THE STREET OVER HERE. OKAY. AND THE ONE THAT IS LABELED JK. YES. ARE THEY GOING TO BE EQUITABLE? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, EVERY ELEMENTARY THAT WE'VE DONE. AND SO NOW THAT WE'RE DOING A SECOND HIGH SCHOOL, YEAH, I WANNA BE SURE THAT IT'S ALSO EQUITABLE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO. WE TRY TO BE, UH, WHAT WE HAVE AT ONE CAMPUS, WE WANT TO HAVE AT THE SAME CAMPUS, THE SAME SIZE, THE SAME, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME LAYOUT OF SCHOOL. IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LAYOUT, BUT THE, THE SIZE OF THE AUDITORIUM SHOULD BE THE SAME AS THE EXISTING HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. . THANK YOU. AND THEN FOR THE FIELD, YOU SAID FIELD HOUSE, WHICH FOR ME IS THE FIELD HOUSE, KINDA WHAT WE USED TO CALL IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT RIGHT. AND THE FIELD HOUSE, I WOULD HAVE TO GO LOOK. IT SHOULD BE EQUITABLE TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE HERE. UH, THERE WILL BE AN INDOOR PRACTICE FIELD. UH, IT WON'T BE TOTALLY ENCLOSED, BUT IT'LL BE PARTIALLY ENCLOSED. UH, IT'S GONNA HAVE A ROOF AND PART, UH, PART SIDES, BUT IT'LL STILL BE OPEN TO, UH, A BREEZE GOING THROUGH. AND WHO MADE THAT DECISION AGAIN? UH, THAT BASICALLY WAS DONE DURING CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THERE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, A, UH, AN INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY WHENEVER WE FIRST STARTED CONSTRUCTION, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO FIT IT IN WITHIN THE BUDGET. SO THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? 'CAUSE I, I CAN KEEP GOING. I HAVE ONE MORE. OKAY. SO HOW MANY STUDENTS WILL THIS, UM, BE HOME FOR? 2,400 STUDENTS. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO, UM, MY QUESTION IS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TO YOU OR TO OUR OPERATIONS TEAM. UM, WE KIND OF TOOK A, WE TOOK A TOUR TO THE AREA AND UM, SEVERAL OF US BOARD MEMBERS WERE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ONE LANE, TWO LANE. UM, WHAT ARE YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF THOSE LANES AND TRANSPORTATION AND HOW ALL THAT'S GONNA WORK? 'CAUSE THAT IS A VERY DANGEROUS ROAD. I HAD A FEELING THAT QUESTION WOULD COME UP AND I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THE COUNTY AND, AND WHISPER VALLEY ON WHEN THE COUNTY WILL, UH, EXPAND TAYLOR LANE FURTHER DOWN. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT US AS A BOARD WILL NEED TO DECIDE IF IT'S GONNA BE DANGEROUS FOR US TO OPEN A SCHOOL WITH THAT TRAFFIC, WITH THE AMOUNT OF LANES WE HAVE AVAILABLE. IT, IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS. AND, AND WE WERE JUST THREE OF US ON THAT BOARD ON THAT. UNLESS WE USE SOME OF THE LAND AND EXPAND IT OURSELVES. I DON'T KNOW. IT, IT DOESN'T SEEM POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN ENTIRE SCHOOL WITH BUSES COMING IN AND OUT. YES, MA'AM. I UNDERSTAND. AND I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT QUESTION AND UH, GET FIND OUT WHEN TAYLOR LANE IS EXPECTED TO BE, UH, WIDENED AND TAYLOR LANE IS, WHICH ONE? BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE, UM, CAN YOU GO, IT'S NOT THE MAIN TO THE LARGER AERIAL. I THINK IT, YEAH. SO TAYLOR LANE, TAYLOR ON THE LEFT. YEAH, TAYLOR LANE'S ON THE LEFT. SO THAT'S WHERE Y'ALL, Y'ALL PULLED IN FRONT WITH THE BUS. THAT'S WHERE Y'ALL PULLED IN IS OFF OF TAYLOR LANE. AND, AND THE TRAFFIC, THE SPEED LIMIT I THINK IS 55 AND IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS ROAD. YOU COULDN'T DO 55 ON THAT ROAD, . IT WAS HORRIBLE. YEAH. YEAH. NOT IN A BUS. SURE. AND I FELT THAT WE COULDN'T EVEN TURN WITHOUT GOING INTO THE OTHER LANE. UH, BECAUSE, AND MAYBE IT'S JUST BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST THE YEAH. CONSTRUCTION ROAD TYPE THING RIGHT. OR WHATEVER. BUT, AND IT, AND WHENEVER YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN TAYLOR LANE, IT COMES, COMES UP ON YOU FAST. YEAH. SO WHEN, I MEAN, I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF THROWN AT YOU, BUT LIKE, WHEN ARE WE GONNA START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS? UH, 'CAUSE WE'RE EXPECTING TO OPEN IN 2026. THAT'S NOT, [00:30:01] UH, THAT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM NOW AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THE COUNTY TO DO THINGS. LET ME FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVEN'T ALREADY STARTED AND IT'S JUST, I'M, I'M NOT AWARE OF IT. YEAH. TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT SAFETY. UM, HAVE WE SPOKEN TO THE DEVELOPERS IN THAT AREA ABOUT EVEN SIDEWALKS? I MEAN, JUST LOOKING AT THIS, I MEAN, WELL THERE'S A WHOLE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONNA BE BUILT AROUND IT. PERFECT. NO, YEAH. THAT'S JUST NOT PRETTY, THAT'S NOT BEING SHOWN HERE. EXACTLY. WHENEVER WE BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE IT TAKES US SO LONG TO BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL, WE PRETTY MUCH BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT JUST STARTS GROWING AROUND IT. COOL. PERFECT. NO, PERFECT. HOW LARGE IS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, DO YOU KNOW? UH, IT'S, I'M WANTING TO SAY 75 ACRES OF IT. THANK YOU. HOW MANY OF IT IS IN A FLOOD ZONE? WHAT'S THAT? HOW MANY OF IT IS IN A FLOOD ZONE? UH, SO WE'RE IN A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PICTURE, YOU SEE THE TREES RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. THAT'S A HUNDRED YEAR, UH, FLOODPLAIN. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DRIVING, UH, TAKING SO LONG TO GET THE, THE ACTUAL PERMITS IS WE'RE HAVING TO, TO WORK AROUND THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DEALING WITH, BUT WE'RE MAKING IT WORK. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT WHERE THE FLOOD PLAIN IS? I MISSED IT. SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLIDE BETWEEN THE GREEN, UH, SQUARE, WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE POURING CONCRETE UNTIL YOU SEE THE TREES RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONSTRUCTION ROADS. THIS YES. UH, NO. RIGHT THERE. YES. NOT PERFECT. YEP. THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD FLOODWAY. AND IS THE ENTRANCE OVER HERE TO THE CAMPUS? YEAH. UH, EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE ENTRANCE OVER HERE. WELL, SORRY, THERE'LL BE ENTRANCE OVER HERE COMING INTO THE CAMPUS. AND YOU'LL HAVE AN, YOU HAVE TWO ENTRANCES RIGHT OVER HERE. IF THAT ENTRANCE IS ON THE BOTTOM, IS IT EXPECTED TO COME FROM TAYLOR LANE? THE ENTRANCE WILL COME FROM, UH, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHISPER VALLEY TO GET TO THIS. NO, THE TWO ENTRANCES WILL BE OFF OF TAYLOR LANE, BUT THERE'S ALSO AN OFF OF, UH, I'M TRYING TO THINK THE OTHER, ANOTHER ONE RECORD. ANOTHER ONE. OKAY, THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO THE DESIGNATED PARTS OF THE BUILDING BECAUSE THIS HIGH SCHOOL NOW HAS A CTE BUILDING SEPARATE. MM-HMM, AND CTEP. PTECH. CTE. NO, WRONG. ECHS, PTECH. THERE WE GO. IS SECOND HIGH SCHOOL GONNA HAVE THE SAME? NOT AT THIS TIME. AND A CTE WING. LIKE HOW ARE THESE SET? I APOLOGIZE. HOW ARE THESE SET UP CURRENTLY COMPARED TO, AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I REALIZE WE HAVE A GINORMOUS HIGH SCHOOL NUMBER ONE. YES. BUT IT STILL NEEDS TO BE EQUITABLE AND I REALIZE IT'S GOING TO BE LESS STUDENTS. SO CTE, THE BAND, THE DANCE, ALL OF THAT WILL FOLLOW, I'M ASSUMING IN THE AUDITORIUM AREA, THAT'S NOT A PACK. UH, YES. FINE ARTS WILL BE BAND, DANCE, UH, EVERYTHING, UH, THEATER, EVERYTHING FINE ARTS. UH, THERE IS, UH, THERE IS LIKE A WELDING SHOP. I, I'LL HAVE TO PULL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE ON THAT CAMPUS. THREE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, USUALLY LIKE EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL, THOSE STUDENTS WILL TRAVEL FROM, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL TOO TO THE EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL IF THEY'RE TAKING EARLY COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL. HEY, I AM GLAD TO HEAR IT. HAS A WELDING DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OR IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT LIKE, PROGRAMMING THAT'S BEING OFFERED AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL? YES. SO ALL THE AREA PICTURED, ALL THE GREENERY, IS THAT DISTRICT PROPERTY OR LIKE, IS THERE A CUTOFF IN THAT AREA? DID SO THAT, THAT WHOLE PICTURE IS NOT DISTRICT PROPERTY. UH, I, I THINK IT'D BE EASIER IF I COME UP HERE AND KIND OF POINT . IT SEEMS LIKE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT PROPERTY ARE, ARE ALONG THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, ALL THE WAY TO TAYLOR LANE. AND THEN UP THERE AT THE TOP, UH, JUST A, UH, SOUTH OF THE CONSTRUCTION ROAD ENTRANCE THAT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND THIS ONE. SEE THIS LINE THAT COMES ALL THE WAY AROUND? THAT'S, THAT'S THE, UH, FOOTPRINT OF THE ACTUAL TOTAL, UH, CAMPUS. SO WHERE, SO THE PARKING LOT'S GONNA BE BACK HERE IN THIS AREA FOR THE MAIN BUILDING. UH, THERE WILL BE SOME PARKING AT THE BACK, UH, BUT IT'S GONNA BE VERY LIMITED BAND. SO THERE WILL BE A MARCHING PAD RIGHT HERE WHERE THESE VEHICLES ARE PARKED. AND THEN, UH, I CAN, I CAN DEFINITELY SHARE, LIKE [00:35:01] I'VE TALKED A WHOLE, A LAYOUT OF THE WHOLE CAMPUS WITH Y'ALL. SO IT SHOWS Y'ALL ALL THE PARKING. I JUST, I DIDN'T, I HAVEN'T KNOWN WHAT Y'ALL SEEN AND NOTHING. YEAH, THEN WE HAVEN'T SEEN NOTHING. SO I'LL PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER JUST TO GIVE Y'ALL AN UPDATE OF, AND SO I CAN, I CAN DEFINITELY, UH, GET A PLAN FOR Y'ALL OF HOW THE WHOLE FACILITY IS GONNA BE LAID OUT. AND WHERE WOULD OUR TRACK BE LOCATED? WHERE, WHAT A TRACK THE TRACK. SO THE TRACK TRACKING FIELD FIELD IS ACTUALLY ALL THIS MATERIAL NEEDS. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FOOTBALL. AND ONE MORE QUESTION, SORRY. UM, SO WHEN WE DID DO A TOUR, WE SAW A LOT OF MATERIAL, LIKE HOW IS THAT MATERIAL STILL GONNA BE FINE WHEN Y'ALL GET CERTAIN PERMITS TO CONTINUE? OR LIKE, IS THAT, IS IT ON HOLD? LIKE WHAT EXACTLY IS MATERIAL THAT'S SITTING OUT? SO THE MATERIAL SITTING OUT THERE IS ALL UNDERGROUND UTILITY PIPE. UH, SO THEY BROUGHT EVERYTHING IN TO START, YOU KNOW, DOING UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. WE HAVE PER, UH, PERMISSION TO START DOING UNDERGROUND UTILITIES SO THAT NO, NO, WE, WE CAN'T HAVE COMBUSTIBLES ON SITE AT THIS TIME. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE PERMITS. YOU SAID WE'RE WORKING UNDER TEMPORARY PERMITS. WHEN ARE WE EXPECTED TO, DON'T WE HAVE TO HAVE ACTUAL PERMITS? WE'RE WORKING ON THEM CURRENTLY. YES MA'AM. SO WE, WE HAVE A TEMPORARY, WE HAD A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO DO A BREAK, YOU KNOW, BREAK THE GROUND, DO THE DIRT WORK, AND THEN WE HAVE A, A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO START THE FOUNDATION WORK OF THE MAIN BUILDING AND BRING IN, IN UTILITIES. AND WE HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT TO START, UH, STANDING UP, UH, STRUCTURE TILT WALLS AND, UH, STANDING STRUCTURAL STEEL. AND THEN NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE PERMITTING PHASE WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY AT THIS TIME. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, I MEAN IT, AND I KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT IN THIS, BUT MY QUESTION'S GOING TO BE, DID WE JUST START WITH THAT MORE PERMANENT PERMITS OR NO? HAS WE'VE BEEN, HAS IT BEEN AN ONGOING LOVELY PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY? BOTH. YES MA'AM. EVERYBODY'S SHAKING THEIR HEADS. . YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS, I MEAN, WE STARTED LAST YEAR AROUND JUNE OR JULY WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, UH, AND IT ACTUALLY MIGHT HAVE BEEN EARLIER THAN THAT, IS THERE AND WE'VE, WE'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT TO YOU ALSO. WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS KNOW SOME OF OUR COUNTERPARTS IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND ACTUALLY HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO US THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT IF WE CAN HELP WITH ANY OF THAT AT ANY TIME. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, IS THE UM, FLOODING ZONE AREA THE GREATEST ASPECT OF THE, UM, GETTING PERMITS OR IS THERE MORE, UH, CONTINGENT THINGS? I THINK IT PLAYS A BIG ROLE AND IT, AND, AND THEN A LOT OF IT, IT'S ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN IS A BIG DEAL. AND THEN COORDINATING THE OFFSITE UTILITY ROADWAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE. SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH WHISPER VALLEY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE ALL THIS OFFSITE UTILITIES AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE AUSTIN ENERGY POWER INTO THE SITE AS WELL BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN ENERGY IS RUNNING POWER FOR ALL THEIR, YOU KNOW, HOUSING AND EVERYTHING. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH POWER FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO IT'S A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN DELL VALLEY AND WHISPER VALLEY ON GETTING ALL, ALL SITE UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. SO IS WORKING WITH THEM, LIKE, HOW IS THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW MOST OF THEM ARE THAT'S MAIN, YEAH. SO ARE Y'ALL GETTING LIKE A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THEM? IS IT, ARE COMMUNICATING LIKE HOW IS THAT? IT'S BEEN AMAZING WORKING WITH WHISPER VALLEY. UH, THEY'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE AND, AND UH, WORKING WITH US. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. I DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION ON THE WATER THAT'S UP TO THE LEFT. OH YES, THAT'S BY THAT EN ROUTE OR, 'CAUSE WE WENT BY THAT AND TO ME IT LOOKS SWAMPY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I REALIZE RETENTION PONDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ARE WE TURNING THAT INTO A RETENTION POND? NO, NO, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE BASEBALL FIELD. OKAY. SO WE, WE CAN'T, IS THERE A CONCERN? I MEAN, ARE WE TRUCKING DIRT IN FOR THAT? WHAT'S THAT GONNA LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN IS NOT, AS YOU JUST SAID, ISN'T NOT EASY TO WORK WITH AT THIS POINT. WE, I DON'T THINK WE CAN TOUCH THAT RIGHT NOW WITHOUT A PERMIT. AND SO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST WE'VE GRADED IT BUT WE CAN'T START, UH, ANY. RIGHT. SO IT'S BEEN STANDING WATER FOR SINCE WE DID THE GROUNDBREAKING. UH, YES MA'AM. IN THE FUTURE, BEFORE THAT PARTICULAR SPACE, IS [00:40:01] THERE A PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WATER COLLECTION IS NOT GOING TO PROHIBIT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PLANNED THERE? YES SIR. WE HAVE A GREAT CIVIL ENGINEER THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH. RIGHT. AND YEAH, I MEAN IT'S STANDING WATER NOW, BUT IT WILL NOT BE STANDING WATER WHENEVER WE, IT, IT'S AN ACTUAL BASIS. AND THEN, UM, I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD WAS JUST HOW MUCH OF THE ROADS THAT TRUSTEE DESMO WOODY WAS ASKING ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THOSE BELONG TO THE COUNTY, THE CITY VERSUS I BELIEVE, UH, TAYLOR LANE IS BELONGS TO THE COUNTY. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION. UM, IS THERE EXTRA SPACE IN THERE FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, BUILDINGS? LIKE IF WE DO, YOU KNOW, GO OUT FOR ANOTHER BOND FOR CTE OR PTECH, IS THERE ROOM ON THAT LAND TO, TO DO THAT? OR WE DO WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING NEAR IT? YEAH, I BELIEVE THERE IS UH, ENOUGH ROOM ON THE, THAT LOT TO DO THAT. UH, BUT I'M NOT FOR SURE HOW BIG IT WOULD BE, LIKE HOW BIG OF A SPACE WE HAVE FOR THAT. SO, OKAY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT. WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, WE TALK ABOUT WHERE THIS IS GONNA BE LOCATED AT AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN THAT AREA. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE. YOU, YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP A CONCERN BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ECHOING THAT SINCE 2020 THAT WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WHATEVER THIS ONE HAS, THIS CAMPUS HAS, THE OTHER ONE'S GONNA HAVE TO HAVE IT. AND WE EVEN SAID IT DURING THE BOND WORKSHOPS, LIKE, SO JUST TO HEAR IT RIGHT NOW, THAT POSSIBILITY MAY OR MAY NOT ALL DEPENDS ON SIZING. I MEAN, THAT'S A CONCERN BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR NOW FOUR YEARS THAT IT HAVE TO MIRROR. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE FLOODPLAIN. SO YOU SAID THAT THE PROPERTY IS THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IN THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN? NO, JUST THE MAIN TREE LINE THAT WE CAN'T TOUCH RIGHT NOW IS A OKAY. YES. GOT IT. OKAY. WE CAN'T, SO THE FACILITY ITSELF, RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. GREAT. I JUST WANTED, WANNA MAKE SURE I KIND OF WAS LIKE, AND THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE A NICE DRAINAGE DITCH THAT GOES RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND IT'S GONNA LOOK PRETTY COOL WITH THE DRAWBRIDGE GOING WELL, YOU HAVE LIKE A LITTLE BRIDGE THAT'S GOING ACROSS TO GET FROM THE MAIN BUILDING TO THE ATHLETIC FACILITY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION. ARE THERE, SINCE YOU'VE GOT THE BOARD IN FRONT OF YOU, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS OR, OR HICCUPS THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION? JUST THAT MAY HAVE BEEN UNFORESEEN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, SIR. NOT AT THIS TIME. UH, JUST WORKING, CONTINUING WORKING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP Y'ALL UPDATED ON HOW THAT TURNS OUT AND IF I NEED SOME HELP, I'LL DEFINITELY REACH OUT. SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU. RE THANK YOU. JUST, JUST ONE LAST COMMENT AS WE LOOKED, UH, BACK AT OUR AVAILABLE BALANCE, UM, THERE IS SOMETHING, UH, IN THE IRS CODE WHEN YOU HAVE EXCESS FUNDS AND IT'S CALLED NEGATIVE ARBITRAGE. SO YOU CAN HAVE A, A, A LIABILITY TO THE IRS FOR HAVING TOO MUCH MONEY OR NOT SPENDING IT TIMELY. SO I WANTED JUST TO, TO BRING THAT TO THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. THERE ARE SOME PENDING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT, UM, WE HAD BEEN DISCUSSING. SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT LIST EVEN BEFORE A FACILITIES, UH, STUDY IS COMPLETED. UH, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY BEING CONSIDERED, UM, AT A BOARD AT A THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THAT LIST BEFORE ANY, ANY DECISION IS MADE AND YOU HAVE TIME TO LOOK OVER THOSE ITEMS AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF AN A AR UH, IRS, UM, PENALTY FOR HAVING TOO MUCH FUNDS. AND WHERE DID THIS LIST COME FROM? THE, UH, THERE'S A LIST THAT THE DEPARTMENT, THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT IS, UH, CURRENTLY PUTTING TOGETHER AND WE WILL REVIEW, UH, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO AND THEN WE WILL BE, BRING THE ITEMS FOR YOUR REVIEW AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT. OKAY. THERE WILL BE DISCUSSION ITEMS BEFORE THEY ARE ACTION ITEMS. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DEPARTMENTS, DO YOU TALK, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WITHIN THE SCHOOL OPERATIONS WITHIN THE SCHOOL OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT JUST OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE? NO, NO, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT DISTRICT WIDE FACILITY NEEDS AND IT, IT MAY BE ALSO THE, THE BUSES WE'RE ON A REFRESH, SO WE'LL BRING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION. SO IT'S JUST SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING THAT WE NEED, UH, THE BOARD'S INPUT AND GUIDANCE FOR TO MOVE FORWARD. UM, AND WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, [00:45:01] UM, SO, AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO SAY THIS. SO WE WENT ON A TOUR AND THERE WAS SOME HUGE INEQUITIES WITHIN OUR OWN DEPARTMENTS OF ART. SO LIKE THE DANCE TEAM HAD THIS IMMACULATE LIKE WALK-IN CLOSET WITH LIKE, ALL OF THESE REALLY GREAT THINGS. AND YET OUR THEATER TEAM, UM, HAD LIKE THIS LITTLE SQUARE THING WITH LIKE A BUCKET OF SHOES LIKE THAT LOOKED LIKE FROM GOODWILL THAT THEY JUST THREW IN THERE. UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT THOSE KIND OF EQUITY THINGS? ARE WE LOOKING AT, UH, CAPITAL TYPE EXPENSES? RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT CAPITAL TYPE EXPENSES THAT ARE, THAT ARE NEEDS. SO WE CAN'T LOOK AT THAT TIME AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND VIEW ALL, HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO AND, AND A LOT, SOME OF THESE FUNDS TO, TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES. AND TO THAT POINT, THE STUDIO FOR THE, UM, COSTUMES DOWNSTAIRS IN THE DANCE ROOMS WAS REALLY LARGE. THE ONE FOUR THEATER IS UP THIS REALLY STEEP LADDER AND THEN IT MIGHT BE A QUARTER THE SIZE OF THE DANCE ONE. SO, UM, AND IN LIGHT OF THEM GETTING HONORED THIS WEEK, I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THAT SO WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ON THE LIST. YES, MA'AM. APPRECIATE YOU. WE'LL DO THAT. UM, AND THEN I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW. SO BECAUSE OF THE BAND, UH, TOWER, WE BLOCKED OFF AND WE BASICALLY, I DON'T REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT BLOCKING THAT ENTIRE AREA OFF ALL DAY LONG. UM, SO, UH, MY QUESTION IS ONE, WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? UM, 'CAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENING. UM, BUT THEN TWO, UM, WHAT WOULD IT COST OR, OR MAYBE I NEED TO JUST TALK TO SOMEBODY TO FIND OUT WHY THAT IS, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? UM, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WHAT WE WERE GONNA DO WAS WE WERE GOING TO HAVE LIKE THE PLASTIC BARRIER SO WHEN BAND IS IN SESSION OUTDOORS THAT WE WOULD BLOCK IT DURING THEIR, DURING THEIR PRACTICE, AND THEN WHEN THEY WEREN'T, WE WOULD OPEN IT UP FOR LIKE FOOTBALL GAMES AND WHAT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. SO WE LITERALLY ARE TAKING AN ENTIRE AREA FOR PARKING. UM, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO TO, UM, TO I GUESS GET SOME MORE PARKING OR TO LIKE, UH, REUTILIZE THAT SPACE? OKAY, I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. AND THEN TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT, WILL THOSE BARRIERS ACTUALLY BE MOVED DURING FOOTBALL GAMES AND THE UTILIZATION OF THE FIELD AND THINGS LIKE THAT? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT I, I WILL, I WILL LOOK, GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. CANINO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE DONE WITH THE BOND UPDATE AND NOW THE NEXT ITEM ON THE [IV.B. RFPs for Special Education, Business Office, and Human Resources Forensic Audits] AGENDA IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RFPS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSINESS OFFICE AND HUMAN RESOURCE FORENSIC AUDITS. UM, SO YOU GUYS HAVE THE FOLDER OF FOLKS, UH, WHO SUBMITTED, UM, RFPS FOR THE FORENSIC AUDIT, SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSINESS OFFICE, AND HUMAN RESOURCES. UM, I'M GONNA READ THE NAMES OF THE FOLKS THAT, UH, SUBMITTED RFPS AND THEN, UM, I CAN OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR DISCUSSION AFTER READING THOSE NAMES. UH, CARR, RIGGS AND INGRAM. WEAVER AND TIDWELL, LLP, UM, AND, SORRY, CAR RIGGS AND INGRAM, LLC, UH, THEY SUBMITTED JUNE 18TH, WEAVER AND TIDWELL, LLP SUBMITTED JUNE 19TH. MARKHAM, LLP SUBMITTED JUNE 17TH. R-S-M-U-S-L-L-P SUBMITTED JUNE 19TH. TRACY INVESTIGATIONS SUBMITTED JUNE 19TH AND CONIG LLC SUBMITTED JUNE 18TH. SO THOSE ARE THE FOLKS WHO SUBMITTED RRFP, UH, RESPONSES FOR THE FORENSIC AUDITING SERVICES OR SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSINESS OFFICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES. AND WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR DISCUSSION. CAN I GET A POINT OF CLARIFICATION? UM, ARE, ARE WE GOING TO JUST GO DOWN THE LINE ON LIKE WHAT WE DIDN'T OR ARE WE DOING THIS? UM, I, I THINK WE CAN JUST KIND OF GO AND, AND TALK ABOUT, UM, IF ANYONE LIKES OUR DISCUSSION. I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO GO ONE BY ONE, BUT I THINK WE CAN TALK JUST GENERALLY ABOUT, UM, YOUR FEELINGS AND REACTIONS TO THE SUBMITTED [00:50:01] RFPS. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I WANNA START WITH WEER OUT OF THE SIX, THEY WERE, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE MORE THAT HAD A LOCAL OFFICE, BUT THEIR, UM, SUBMISSION WAS INCOMPLETE AS IT DID NOT INCLUDE SPECIAL ED, WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS. THEY WERE THE MOST THOROUGH. THEY HAVE THE HOURS BREAKDOWN ON PAGE 24 OF WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY IT LOOKING LIKE AND HOW MUCH IT COST. THEY ALSO COMPLETED OUR PREVIOUS FORENSIC AUDIT. UH, LET'S SEE, THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY, LET'S SEE, THEIR FORENSIC REPORTS HAVE BEEN RELIED UPON BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AGENCIES. THEY'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT I FOUND THIS IN. AND IT SAYS THEY'VE PREVIOUSLY BEEN RELIED UPON BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AGENCIES. WHY IS THAT? OR SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE FBI RECENT INVESTIGATIVE ENGAGEMENTS WITH DESOTO, ISD AND CITY OF AUSTIN HAVE RESULTED IN SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT AND MISAPPLICATION OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NOBODY ELSE SAID. SO THE FACT THAT THEY DID ACTUALLY JUST SAY THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME. THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT TO ME, IF WE HAD TO PICK ONE TONIGHT AND I GOT TO VOTE, WELL I GUESS THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT. SO SORRY. UM, I WOULD SELECT WEAVER AND IF Y'ALL WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THE REST ON WHY I WOULD NOT CHOOSE THEM, I CAN DO THAT. THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD ABOUT WEAVER IS, UH, I NOTICED THAT THEY HAD EXPERIENCE WITH SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE SIZE DISTRICTS. THEY ALSO HAD THE LONGEST PROJECT SCOPE, SO IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE PUTTING IN, UM, A LOT MORE TIME. UM, THEY, I THINK AREN'T NECESSARILY THE, THE MOST AFFORDABLE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO NOT THE MOST EXPENSIVE. UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND, AND TO TRUSTEE WAGNER'S POINT, THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL THAT THEY INCLUDED IN THEIR PROPOSAL, UH, ALSO STOOD OUT TO ME. UM, AND, AND I THINK TOO, THEY'VE, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME WAS, UM, THEY WORKED WITH DALLAS, ISDI KNOW DALLAS, IS D'S A VERY LARGE DISTRICT. AND SO I THINK THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE, UM, MATTERS. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS LOOKING AT WAS JUST KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU WORKED WITH WHAT'S THE MOST COMPLEX DISTRICTS THAT YOU KIND OF AUDITED? UH, AND SO I THINK SEEING THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE STOOD OUT TO ME AS WELL. I, I'M, I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH THE BOTH OF YOU. UM, I FOUND THEM TO ME, IN MY OPINION, THE BETTER OF THE OPTIONS. UM, AND IF I DON'T HAVE TO SAY WHY I DIDN'T LIKE THE OTHER ONES, THEN I PREFER NOT TO. UH, BUT I, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST LIKE WITH EATING FIRM, I THINK ANYONE CAN DO IT. IF WE'RE MORE SPECIFIC, WE JUST, WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET. I FEEL LIKE WITH WEAVER, 'CAUSE THEY PRETTY MUCH PUT IT ALL IN THERE, UM, TESTING GAME AND HAVING MORE DIALOGUE AND I THINK IT WOULD JUST TAKE MORE TIME AND I'M VERY ANXIOUS TO GET THIS STARTED. UM, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER ONES I DEFINITELY THINK FELL WAY SHORT. A COUPLE OF THEM, OH, I, I KNOW AT LEAST ONE DID NOT HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE WANTED. UM, AND ONE OF THEM WAS LIKE WAY EXPENSIVE, UM, BUT ONLY GAVE US LIKE TWO PAGES. SO TO ME THAT WAS JUST LIKE, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE VERY HELPFUL TO US. UM, THE OTHER ONES I DID FIND THAT THEY DID HAVE EXPERIENCE, BUT NOT NOTHING REALLY IN TEXAS. UM, AND NOT IN TEXAS FOR FORENSIC AUDITS, BUT THEY DID HAVE AUDIT TYPE STUFF IN TEXAS. AND SO I WOULD KIND OF A LITTLE BIT WORRIED IF LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCES WITH OTHER STATES AND HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT US AS WELL. SO, UM, OF THE ALL OF THEM, WEAVER WOULD PROBABLY, MIGHT BE MY PREFERRED CHOICE. THERE WAS ONE THAT DID NOT INCLUDE THEIR PRICING AGAIN IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THEY LOOKED GOOD, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOCAL OFFICE. THE LEAD WOULD'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN HOUSTON. BUT I THINK THAT WE COULD HAVE WORKED WITH THAT AND IT JUST, I COULDN'T FIND THE PRICING ON IT. SO YEAH, AND THAT, AND THAT PROPOSAL WAS WEIRD 'CAUSE THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE DON'T WANT PRICE TO BE A CONCERN, BUT THERE WAS NO MENTION OF WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WAS OR HOW MANY HOURS WERE INVOLVED. IT WAS JUST SORT OF ORGANIZED INTO PHASES OF WORK WITH NO TIMELINES. UM, AND SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. I ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, UM, THAT, THAT THE, THE MOST EXPENSIVE SUBMISSION I SAW WAS LIKE TWO OR THREE PAGES LONG. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COMPARE THAT WITH MOST OF THE SUBMISSIONS THAT WE RECEIVED, THERE'S SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK OF 30 OR MORE PAGES, UM, KIND OF OUTLINING THEIR DETAILS. SO, [00:55:02] UM, YEAH, YEAH, NO, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THE 650,000 WAS A COUPLE PAGES LONG. AND SO, UH, I THINK FOR FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING THIS, YOU KNOW, I I HOPE YOU SEE THAT, UM, THAT THE DISCUSSION HERE IS REALLY CENTERED AROUND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE, WE HAVE QUALIFIED, UH, FIRMS THAT HAVE VERY DETAILED PLANS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY HOURS THEY ESTIMATE THIS WORK IS GONNA BE. UM, WEAVER FOR EXAMPLE, HAD A VERY SPECIFIC NUMBER OF 1,666 HOURS. THEY HAVE A TABLE KIND OF BREAKS DOWN WHAT EXACTLY THOSE SERVICES LOOK LIKE. UM, AND, AND THAT WORK OCCURS OVER THE COURSE OF ROUGHLY 41 WEEKS. UM, AND THE TOTAL FOR THEM IS $414,000. AND THAT'S A VERY, YOU KNOW, LARGE NUMBER, BUT IT'S ALSO AN INCREDIBLY DETAILED PROPOSAL. AND THEY HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, SUBSTANTIAL CREDENTIALS AND EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, LARGE DISTRICTS. THERE, THERE WERE OTHER LARGE, UH, FIRMS THAT WORKED WITH LARGE DISTRICTS. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE FIRMS THAT WORKED WITH AUSTIN, ISD, HOUSTON, ISD. HOWEVER, THE PROPOSALS WEREN'T DETAILED. THEY GAVE PRICE RANGES THAT UM, COULD, COULD BE EXPENSIVE IN TOTALITY, BUT THEY DID NOT ACTUALLY BREAK DOWN WHAT THE TOTAL COSTS OF THEIR PROPOSAL WERE. UM, AS TRUSTEE WEGNER, UH, MENTIONED, THERE WAS ONE HAD A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION, I THINK HAD GREAT EXPERIENCE. THEY EVEN BROKE DOWN HOW MUCH PEOPLE ASKED HAVE BUDGETED FOR THEIR SERVICES. BUT IN THEIR PROPOSAL, THEY GAVE NO ESTIMATE OF HOURS TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT. AND ALSO NO ESTIMATE OF THE HOURLY RATES, UM, WHICH EVERYONE EXCEPT THEM PROVIDED. UM, NOR DID THEY PROVIDE A SORT OF AGGREGATE FIGURE. SO NO HOURS, NO RATES, NO TOTAL COSTS. SO IT WAS REALLY HARD TO KIND OF CHOOSE THAT, THAT FIRM. UM, AND YEAH, I, THAT, THAT'S KIND OF THE, I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER FEEDBACK THAT, THAT I HAVE ON THAT. DAVE, DO YOU TWO HAVE ANYTHING DOWN THERE TO ADD OR TO Y'ALL PRETTY MUCH SAID IT. I MEAN, WE WERE, WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THEM WAS THEY GO INTO FULL DETAIL OF ALL CERTIFICATIONS, PAST PROJECTS, SIMILAR PROJECTS, SIMILAR ASKS OF OURS, AND THEN, UM, LISTED ALL OF THEIR GOVERNMENT FUNDED CLIENTS AND OTHER PEOPLE DID TOO. BUT THEY WERE THE ONES THAT STOOD OUT THE MOST. AND I WAS ACTUALLY GONNA RELY ON Y'ALL TO SEE WHAT Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THE PRICE POINT. 'CAUSE THEY THE CHEAPEST, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONE EITHER. MAY I SAY SOMETHING IN REFERENCE TO THIS AUDIT VERSUS PREVIOUS AUDIT? SURE. THANK YOU. SO ONE THING THAT, AS THE BOARD THAT WAS HERE PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE GOT THE 2019 AUDIT, WHEN WE REQUESTED THIS WAS SOMETHING WE WANNA KIND OF DO EVERY TWO TO THREE JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. AND IT SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING THAT'S LIKE OUT TO GET YOU, IT'S AN IN-DEPTH LOOK. BUT THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE FOR FIVE YEARS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT. SO THE START DATE ON THIS WOULD BE JULY 1ST, 2019 THROUGH JUNE THE 30TH OF 2024. SO IT JUST ENDED. UM, SO I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS IS A BROADER SCOPE THAN WHAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME. YEAH, AND, AND I'LL SAY TOO, JUST FOR FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING AT THIS AND THINKING ABOUT THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE EXPENSE, UM, AS, AS HAS ALREADY BEEN NOTED, YOU KNOW, WEAVER'S NOT THE MOST EXPENSIVE. THEY'RE NOT THE CHEAPEST. I I THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH MENTIONING THAT SOME OF THE CHEAPER PROPOSALS HAVE MUCH SMALLER SCOPES AND MUCH SMALLER TIMELINES. AND I THINK THAT KIND OF MAKES ME A LITTLE BIT RETICENT BECAUSE I THINK, UM, SPECIAL EDUCATION IS VERY COMPLICATED. UM, FINANCES ARE COMPLICATED. UM, AND I THINK HR IS COMPLICATED. SO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PROPOSALS AND SEEING THOSE SHORT TIMELINES, UM, IT MIGHT BE A SMALLER FINANCIAL FIGURE IN AGGREGATE, BUT THAT GIVES ME KIND OF HESITATION IN TERMS OF, WELL, ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET EVERYTHING THAT WE HOPED FOR? OR ARE WE GONNA BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE'RE RUSHING THROUGH THINGS? UM, OR MAYBE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EXTENDING THAT CONTRACT. UM, I I, I FEEL LIKE WITH WEAVER AND TIDWELL, LLPI FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING IS KIND OF LAID OUT UPFRONT. NOT JUST THE THE PROJECT SCOPE, BUT ALSO THE, THE COSTS, UM, THE TIMELINE KIND OF A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE SWIRLING AROUND MY MIND I FEEL LIKE GOT ADDRESSED IN, IN READING THAT PARTICULAR PROPOSAL. UM, AND SO I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT LIKE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT THE, THE CHEAPEST THAT SOME OF THE CHEAPER, UH, PROPOSALS THAT THOSE HAVE MUCH SMALLER SCOPES AND MUCH SMALLER TIMELINES. SO YEAH, AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A, AN INVESTMENT, RIGHT? THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CROSSING OUR T'S DOTTING OUR I'S [01:00:01] AND THAT GOING FORWARD THAT WE CAN, UM, ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING'S UP TO PAR. UH, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT INVESTMENT AND ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON, THIS IS A GOOD LOOK FOR US. WELL, WE'RE IN DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, AND, AND THE THE LAST THING THAT I'LL SAY TOO IS I JUST FOR THOSE WONDERING WHY THIS IS HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS OF SEARCHING FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT. COMMON AS A NEW SUPERINTENDENT COMES IN FOR FORENSIC AUDITS TO BE CONDUCTED SO THAT AS THEY'RE COMING INTO, UH, SERVICE IN A DISTRICT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND KIND OF, HEY, HERE'S KIND OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. WE CHECKED ALL OF THIS STUFF OUT. HERE'S EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW UPFRONT ABOUT, UH, THE DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE SERVING. SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF A LOT OF THE DRIVING FORCE, UH, BEHIND THIS RIGHT NOW. AND JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND, UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, GREAT. SO, UH, AT THIS TIME, UM, AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP THE ACTION ITEM A, WHICH IS CONSIDER AN ACT ON RFPS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSINESS OFFICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES FORENSIC AUDITS. UM, I DO HAVE ONE LEGAL QUESTION, , THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, JUST GO. I'D LIKE TO MOVE INTO, UH, EXECUTIVE SESSION. UH, NOT NECESSARILY RIGHT AWAY. I WANNA OPEN THE DOOR UP FOR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON CONSIDERING ACTION, BUT I DO HAVE ONE SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTION RELATED TO CONTRACTS. IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THAT OR ARE THERE ANY OTHER, IS IT GONNA HINDER US FOR MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE? NO, IT'S NOT GONNA. OKAY. SO HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THIS IF WE DON'T HAVE LEGAL AND WE CAN'T GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION? WHAT? I DON'T THINK WE CAN GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION WITHOUT, RIGHT? NO, NO. WE, WE CAN. SO, UM, OKAY, COOL. YEAH, SO, SO WE CAN, UH, ANY, ANY TIME THAT WE HAVE A CONSULTATION QUESTION FOR THE ATTORNEY. UH, TRUSTEE LEDESMA WOODY IS REFERENCING THAT EXECUTIVE SESSION WASN'T EXPLICITLY LISTED. UH, HOWEVER, AFTER SPEAKING WITH OUR ATTORNEY TODAY, UH, HE ASSURED ME THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 5 51 0.11, THAT THAT PERMITS, UH, BOARDS TO CONSULT WITH THEIR ATTORNEY ABOUT ANY MATTERS PERTAINING TO WHEN THEY NEED TO. UM, SO IF, IF, UH, IF THE BOARD IS AMENABLE, TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE TO JUST CONSULT BRIEFLY WITH OUR ATTORNEY. IS HE AVAILABLE? HE IS ASSURED HE'S AVAILABLE TO CALLING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, UNDER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE GOVERNMENT, UH, TGC 5 5 1 1 0 1, WE WILL MOVE TO, UH, CLOSED SESSION AND RETURN THE TIME IS 7:52 PM THANK YOU FOR THAT PATIENCE CAME RIGHT BACK. UH, OKAY. I'M GONNA CALL US BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 8:06 PM AND I WILL [V.A. Consider and Act on RFPs for Special Education, Business Office, and Human Resources Forensic Audits] ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM A, UH, UNDER ACTION ITEMS, CONSIDER AND ACT ON RFPS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSINESS OFFICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES FORENSIC AUDITS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU DO. I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION TO SELECT WEAVER AND TIDWELL, LLP FROM THE RFPS SUBMITTED, OR RF QS, I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH, BUT THAT FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSINESS OFFICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES FORENSIC AUDITS, SUBJECT TO SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS WITH DISTRICT STAFFED AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. WITH NO DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALRIGHT. DID YOU GET THAT? ALL THOSE OPPOSING? ZERO. ALL THOSE ABSTAINING? ZERO. ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE DONE WITH ITEM A CONSIDER AN ACT ON RPS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSINESS OFFICE HUMAN RESOURCES FORENSIC AUDITS. AND NOW [V.B. Consider and Act on Budget Amendment to pay for Special Education, Business Office, and Human Resources Forensic Audits] WE, UH, HAVE AHEAD OF US CONSIDER AN ACT ON A BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, SORRY, SORRY. BUDGET AMENDMENT TO PAY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, BUSINESS OFFICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES FORENSIC AUDITS. DO, UH, YES ANNA AND A PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS THIS. JUST A COMMENT BECAUSE I NEED TO GIVE THE FUNCTION LEVEL THAT WE'LL INCREASING. SO WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL TO INCREASE THE BUDGET UNDER FUNCTION 40, UH, 41 FOR FORENSIC AUDITING SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $400,000. AND THAT WOULD COME OUT OF FUND BALANCE OR THAT THAT IS, [01:05:02] WE GOT IT UNLESS WE HAVE A DIFFERENT AMOUNT, BUT IT, BUT IT WILL BE FUNCTION 41, WHICH IS FUNCTION 41. CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. CORRECT. THANK YOU. GOT IT. OKAY. SO I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO A MOTION ON ITEM B. I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION THAT WE MAKE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO PAY FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSINESS OFFICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES FORENSIC AUDITS COMING FROM FUNCTION 41 FORENSIC AUDIT SERVICES SO THAT THE FUNDS CAN BE MOVED FROM THE GENERAL FUND. IS THAT CORRECT? FROM THE FUND BALANCE. FUND BALANCE AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION? IS THAT IT? CAN YOU, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME? SURE. JUST FOR, I'M GONNA TRY AND IN SPANISH THIS TIME. UM, SO STARTING OVER, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENT TO PAY FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION BUSINESS OFFICE AND HUMAN RESOURCES FORENSIC AUDITS, SUBJECT TO SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS WITH DISTRICT STAFF AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION WITH THE FUNDING COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR FUNCTION 41, WHICH IS FORENSIC AUDIT SERVICES. THE FUND BALANCE. YEAH, I SEE. IS IT GENERAL FUND OR FUND BALANCE. FUND BALANCE. OKAY. FUND BALANCE. SO CAN LIKE, CAN WE JUST SECOND, SECOND? I, I, I JUST FOR IT TO, I JUST WANNA DISCUSS SHE, SHE JUST REAL QUICK ON THIS 'CAUSE WE NOW WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE, THE MOTION'S BEEN SECONDED. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM GENERAL FUND TO THE FUND BALANCE. IS THAT CORRECT, MS. NCINO? CORRECT. BECAUSE THE FUND, THE FUNDS ARE NOT COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, THEY'RE COMING, WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY IS THEY'RE COMING FROM THE FUND BALANCE FROM GEN GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE. OKAY. THE FUND, GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE. OKAY. SO THEN MODIFY IT TO SAY THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE. WHAT DID I SAY? I ONLY HAVE ONE CLARIFICATION. IS THE AMOUNT, DO WE HAVE AN AMOUNT BECAUSE WE WILL NEED TO INCREASE OR WE CAN HAVE A GENERAL AMOUNT? 'CAUSE I DO NEED AN AMOUNT TO INCREASE THE BUDGET. IT'S TO BE NEGOTIATED A NEGOTIATED AMOUNT AS DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. SO THAT WILL BE PROVIDED, PROVIDED LATER. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. . OKAY. ACTUALLY I'LL, I'LL, I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION. MS. CANINO DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE LANGUAGE FROM GENERAL FUND. NO. SO LONG AS, AS I'M SURE THAT INFORMATION, I'LL INCORPORATE IT INTO THE BUDGET. DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE MOTION ON THE TABLE? OKAY. OKAY, SO THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ZERO. ALL THOSE ABSTAINING? ZERO. ALL RIGHT. WITH, WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE NO OTHER ITEMS FOR BUSINESS THIS EVENING AND SO I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ADJOURN AT 8:11 PM ON AUGUST 22ND. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.