[VI.A. Bond Committee Report and Recommendations - Cindy Powell (Cooperative Strategies), Jim Walker(Co-Chair, Bond Steering Committee) and Dilan Patel (Co-Chair, Bond Steering Committee)]

JUST FOR YOU GUYS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE HEARING THIS REPORT AS WELL.

AS JIM AND CINDY COME UP, THEY ARE ALSO PLANNING TO BE AT OUR FEBRUARY 6TH WORKSHOP, WHICH IS WHERE WE'LL GO INTO A DEEP DIVE ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING TO US TONIGHT FROM THE BOND COMMITTEE. SO, PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, ASK THOSE, AND THEN AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GATHER ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE OR QUESTIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED FROM STAFF AS WE PREPARE FOR THAT WORKSHOP.

SO, DR. HUNT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT CAVINESS, I AM ASKING THAT MS. CINDY POWELL FROM COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES, COME TO THE PODIUM ALONG WITH THE CO-CHAIRS FROM THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE, MR. JIM WALKER AND MR. DILAN PATEL.

THE DISTRICT HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THE LAST BOND 2016 TO HAVE IT NOT BE SO HEAVY HANDED STAFF, AND SO WE DID BRING IN AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR TO HELP ASSIST WITH THIS WORK, AND THEN THE VERY FIRST MEETING, THEY ELECTED TWO CO CHAIRS TO HELP LEAD THE DISCUSSIONS AND FACILITATE THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMITTEE AND THEY ELECTED JIM WALKER AND DILAN PATEL. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. POWELL. THANK YOU, DR.

HUNT. SO PRESIDENT CAVINESS, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

HUNT, GOOD EVENING. I AM CINDY POWELL WITH COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES, AND WE ARE VERY THRILLED TO HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT IN THIS LONG JOURNEY, AND THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE IS PREPARED TONIGHT TO PRESENT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD.

I'M GOING TO TURN THIS IMMEDIATELY OVER TO OUR TWO CO-CHAIRS, STARTING WITH DILAN PATEL, AND THEN HE WILL PASS IT ON TO JIM WALKER.

HELLO, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS DILAN PATEL.

I'M A SENIOR AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL AND I SERVE AS CO CHAIR OF THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE. SO FIRST OFF, I WANT TO INFORM YOU ON THE PLANNING OVERVIEW.

SO AS YOU LOOK BEHIND YOU OR LOOK ON YOUR SCREENS, THERE ARE [INAUDIBLE] THAT CONSIST OF FIVE PURPLE CIRCLES.

THOSE ARE SORRY, SORRY BLUE CIRCLES.

THOSE CONSIST OF THE FIVE BOND STEERING MEETINGS WE HELD IN BETWEEN THOSE, WE HAD TWO PUBLIC GATHERINGS IN WHICH WE COULD GATHER COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND WE CALL THOSE THE FUTURES CONFERENCE AND THE COMMUNITY DIALOG.

WE THEN GET FEEDBACK AND PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE SO WE CAN HAVE INFORMED DECISIONS WITH THE HELP OF COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES AND MISS CINDY POWELL, WE CREDIT THEM TO HELPING US GUIDE US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

LIKE I SAID, THERE WERE FIVE MEETINGS THAT WE HELD AND WE HAD LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

SO NEXT IS WHERE DO WE GATHER OUR DATA FROM? SO THERE ARE SIX MAIN POINTS.

THE FIRST IS DEMOGRAPHICS.

SO ZONDA WAS THE COMPANY, A THIRD PARTY THAT HELPED US GATHER THE TEN YEAR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT FOR CISD.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAD FINDINGS FROM THE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE.

SO PRIOR TO CONTRARY BELIEF, THIS WAS NOT DONE JUST WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.

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THIS DATES BACK TO 2019-2020, AND AS YOU MAY REMEMBER IN LAST SUMMER, WE HAD THE VISIONING COMMITTEE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL DURING THE SUMMER, AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALSO HAD A FACILITY CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT OF ALL THE BUILDINGS WITHIN CISD AND LASTLY AN ADA ASSESSMENT AND SURVEY.

SO TO TOP IT OFF, THIS IS SORT OF THE SUMMARY OF THE DATA COLLECTED DURING THE COMMITTEE AND WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE FACILITIES MASTER PLANNING.

NOW, WE ANALYZED THIS DATA AND WE ADDRESSED IT TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE NEEDS FOR CISD, AND WITH THE HELP OF DISTRICT FACULTY AND WITH THE HELP OF COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES, WE DEVELOPED OPTIONS TO PRIORITIZE THOSE NEEDS , AND AS I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE, THERE WAS A CHARGE TO CREATE THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE TO HELP CREATE A BOND THAT LASTS UNTIL 2028 THAT HELPS PRIORITIZE THESE NEEDS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

NOW, THERE IS ONE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON.

SO ALONG WITH HAVING 60 MEMBERS, SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IN CISD HISTORY, ALONG WITH COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES, HISTORY IS HAVING STUDENT REPRESENTATION WITHIN THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE.

SO OF THE 65 WHERE STUDENTS THREE CAME FROM, CHS AND TWO CAME FROM NEW TECH HIGH SCHOOL, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE AND ELABORATE ON BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM IMPORTANT INSIGHT ON TENNIS, FINE ARTS, SWIM, CTE AND SCHOOL FACILITIES.

SO I TRULY BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A STAKEHOLDER IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE A TRUE STAKEHOLDER INPUT.

NOW, I'LL GIVE IT OFF TO MR. WALKER. I WILL SAY, DILAN, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THAT WE HAVE HAD STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE PAST, BUT NOT TO THE LEVEL THAT YOU ALL WERE INVOLVED AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND HOW OFTEN THAT YOU ALL CAME TO THE MEETING. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO NOT GIVE CREDIT TO PREVIOUS STUDENTS THAT MAYBE HAD BEEN INVOLVED, BUT YOU GUYS WERE OUTSTANDING.

SO THANK YOU. WE NEVER HAD A STUDENT AS A CO CHAIR.

I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.

THANK YOU, DR. HUNT.

JIM WALKER.

THERE'S JUST I THINK ONE THING WE'VE GOT TO DO IS JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGE SOME GROUPS OF FOLKS HERE THAT I THINK WORKED VERY HARD TO GET US HERE.

THE FIRST PERSON I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS MY CO CHAIR, DILAN PATEL.

I THINK THE KIND OF INTELLIGENCE AND THE POISE BEYOND HIS YEARS THAT HE EXHIBITED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS SUGGESTS HE'S ON HIS WAY TO A WONDERFUL CAREER.

I INTEND TO FOLLOW HIS CAREER.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT IN YOUR LIFETIME, YOUNG MAN.

SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO SERVE WITH HIM.

I THINK THE SECOND GROUP I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE, THE 60 FOLKS THAT STOOD UP AND AGREED TO SERVE.

WE HAD FIVE MEETINGS, ONE LASTING 5 HOURS OF DISCUSSION.

I THINK IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR WE WERE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE IN TERMS OF ALL THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE PROVIDED TO TRY TO ALLOW US TO EVALUATE THE OPTIONS AND REACH A DECISION, AND THE ONE THING I WAS MOST PROUD OF AT THE END WAS JUST THE WAY THAT EVERYONE WAS SO RESPECTFUL AND SO COOPERATIVE AND SO CONSTRUCTIVE AND THE WAY THAT THEY DISCUSSED A LOT OF ISSUES THAT ARE EMBEDDED WITH EMOTION.

ANYTIME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS AND OUR CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF EMOTION EMBEDDED IN THAT, AND AT ALL TIMES, IT WAS A CONSTRUCTIVE AND VERY PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION.

EVERYONE WAS VERY RESPECTFUL OF EACH OTHER, AND I WAS SO PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE ARE HERE TONIGHT, COULD YOU STAND, PLEASE? ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] THE THIRD GROUP I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PARENTS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD SEVERAL SURVEYS AND POLLS.

WE HAD AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEYS AND POLLS.

THAT KIND OF INPUT WAS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

THE BOARD'S BEEN INVOLVED IN A DILIGENCE, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION GATHERING AND INPUT GATHERING PROCESS FOR THREE YEARS NOW, AND I THINK IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD THE PARENTS STEP UP AND PROVIDE ALL THAT INPUT, AND I WANT TO PARTICULARLY KIND OF GIVE A TIP OF THE HAT TO THE PINKERTON PARENTS.

YOU KNOW, I MADE THIS COMMENT AT THE TOWN HALL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I THINK IT BEARS REPEATING THAT IF A GROUP OF PARENTS CARES THAT MUCH ABOUT THEIR KIDS AND THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR SCHOOL, CLEARLY THE DISTRICT IS DOING SOMETHING RIGHT, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION THAT AMANDA SWEENEY AND HER TEAM IS CLEARLY DOING A GOOD JOB OVER THERE AT PINKERTON, BUT THAT'S TRUE OF EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE, AND WE RECEIVED INPUT FROM A LOT OF OTHER PARENTS.

I RECEIVED OVER 100 EMAILS, MANY FROM PINKERTON PARENTS, MANY FROM PARENTS SCATTERED ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND FOR ALL THE PINKERTON PARENTS, I HOPE THAT IF YOU SENT ME AN EMAIL, I BELIEVE I RESPONDED, EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND I BELIEVE THAT I GAVE YOU AS DETAILED AND AS FACT-BASED A RESPONSE AS I COULD, AND I HOPE THAT YOU SAW THAT WAS IN GOOD FAITH, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID TO BE A PART OF

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THIS PROCESS.

IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO US.

OH, I'VE LOST TRACK OF THE SLIDES HERE.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAD 60 MEMBERS, DILAN AND I INCLUDED.

YOU KNOW, SAY WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT IT.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED VERY HARD AND SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS TRYING TO GET THROUGH ALL THIS, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION ON THE OPTIONS THAT WE WERE PRESENTED, AND I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT WHAT YOU SEE IS A REPRESENTATIVE SLICE OF THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK WHAT YOU SEE IS A RESULT OF HOURS AND HOURS OF VERY HARD WORK BY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE WELL INTENTIONED AND I WAS VERY PROUD OF EVERYTHING THAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED AND EVERYTHING THAT WE THAT WE DID OVER THE COURSE OF THAT, THE SURVEYS THAT WE DID, WE RECEIVED, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, ALMOST 3400 TOTAL SURVEY RESPONSES, AND THE THING IS THAT THERE WERE A GOOD NUMBER OF PINKERTON PARENTS, BUT THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF OTHER PARENTS. SO THIS REALLY WAS VERY HELPFUL TO ALL OF US, BUT PRINCIPALLY, ULTIMATELY, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS PART OF A DILIGENCE EFFORT TO SECURE THAT INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. NOBODY WANTS TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS TO MAKE IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT KIND OF COMMUNITY INPUT AND THE ABSENCE OF THAT KIND OF PARENTAL INPUT, AND THAT'S WHY THEY SPENT THREE YEARS THROUGH THE VISIONING COMMITTEE, THE FACILITIES PLANNING COMMITTEE, AND NOW THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE TO ENGAGE IN THAT DILIGENCE EFFORT TO GATHER THAT INPUT.

YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE DID RESULTED IN RECOMMENDATIONS.

IT WAS WITHIN A CHARGE OF PROVIDING THAT KIND OF INPUT.

WE WERE NOT A DECISION MAKING BOARD, BUT EVERYONE APPROACHED IT AS IF WE WERE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE DID AS GOOD A JOB AS WE COULD, AND WE LOOKED AT SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. WE LOOKED AT GROWTH IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DISTRICT.

WE LOOKED AT PROJECTED DEMOGRAPHICS.

IF YOUR EYES DON'T GET RED LOOKING AT THAT CHART, YOU'VE GOT STRONGER VISION THAN I DO.

WE LOOKED AT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, NEW TECH HIGH AND ITS PROGRAMMING, AND THERE WAS A LOT SAID ABOUT NEW TECH DURING OUR DISCUSSIONS.

WE LOOKED AT THE FACILITIES NEEDS AT EACH CAMPUS AND ONE THING THAT SHOULDN'T BE LOST IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO CAPELLA IN 1998, WE HAD A LOT OF NEW PAINT ON THE SCHOOLS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF NEW PAINT ON THE SCHOOLS ANYMORE. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEEDS AND VERY BASIC, VERY REAL NEEDS THAT WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS, IN MY OPINION, WITH RESPECT TO OUR VARIOUS CAMPUSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND SO WE LOOKED AT ALL THOSE NEEDS, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE LARGEST PRICE TAG AND EVERYTHING THAT WE RECOMMENDED.

WE LOOKED AT EXPANSION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS CENTER.

WE LOOKED AT ALL SORTS OF SPECIAL PURPOSE ITEMS. THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATED VERY STRONGLY FOR.

THE NATATORIUM A FINE ARTS EXPANSION AT NORTH IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, A DISTRICT AUDITORIUM, A COMBINED TEACHER TRAINING, STUDENT COUNSELING AND ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER AND OF COURSE, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE PROJECTED COSTS OF ALL THIS, WHICH WERE BEING ADJUSTED AS WE WERE MEETING OVER A COURSE OF MONTHS, BECAUSE, AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, THE PRICE OF A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING UP, IF NOT THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING, AND YET IN CONSTRUCTION, SOME OTHER THINGS ARE GOING DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S LESS CONSTRUCTION AND LESS PRESSURE ON THE PRICING. SO THE PRICES WERE BEING ADJUSTED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS AND WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP TABS ON THAT AND WRAP OUR BRAINS AROUND ALL OF THAT AS WELL, AND OF COURSE, THE IMPACT ON THE CISD DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE, THE ONGOING OPERATIONS.

WE SAW A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL.

SO ALL OF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT TOOK QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT FOR US TO LOOK AT, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS WHAT THE COMMITTEE IN THE AGGREGATE RECOMMENDED, AND IT TOTALS $511M, AND IT INCLUDES ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU SEE THERE ON THE LEFT, THE AUDITORIUM, RENOVATION EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS, VEHICLES, 4.1 MILLION.

THERE'S JUST AN AWFUL LOT OF BASICS, AND THERE'S ALSO SOME BELLS AND WHISTLES HERE, AND ULTIMATELY, THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO CALL AN ELECTION AND WHAT TO CALL, AND THE VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT WILL DECIDE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO APPROVE AND WHAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO APPROVE BUT LEAVE NO DOUBT WITH RESPECT TO THE EFFORT THAT THE BOND STEERING COMMITTEE MADE AND THE WAY THAT THEY CONDUCTED THEMSELVES SHOULD MAKE EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY PROUD.

SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO I'M NOT INTRODUCING CINDY.

OH, ANGELA, I'LL LET ANGELA TAKE IT FROM HERE.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES ABOUT THE VOTER SURVEY THAT WE HAD A THIRD PARTY COMPANY DO.

THEY'RE [INAUDIBLE]OUT OF AUSTIN.

THAT SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED NOVEMBER 21ST TO DECEMBER 7TH, AND THERE WERE ABOUT 300 RESPONDENTS, WHICH IS A TYPICAL SIZED SURVEY FOR THIS TYPE OF SURVEY.

I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE SURVEY WAS AN INTERNET AND PHONE SURVEY WITH INVITATIONS SENT TO RANDOM VOTER HOUSEHOLDS.

THERE WERE 241 PHONE SURVEYS, CONDUCTED, 374 INTERNET SURVEYS CONDUCTED, AND TWO OF THOSE

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WERE IN SPANISH.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED WAS ABOUT THE IMPRESSION OF THE COPPELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I BRING UP THIS SLIDE BECAUSE AS WE WERE PREPARING FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND MATT GAMBLE, WHO'S WITH [INAUDIBLE], WILL COME TO THE BOARD WORK STUDY AND GIVE YOU A MORE IN DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF THIS SURVEY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS HE SHARED WAS THAT THIS PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE IMPRESSION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HE'S SEEN IN RECENT TIMES AND IN THE AREA AND SO HE WAS VERY PROUD OF THAT.

HE SAID WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF OF HOW THE CONSTITUENTS FEEL ABOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CLARITY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE HIM COME TO THAT FEBRUARY 6TH WORKSHOP IF HE'S ABLE TO COME IN PERSON OR HAVE HIM AT LEAST REMOTE IN SO THAT HE CAN GO OVER THE PRESENTATION FROM THE SURVEY, EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH BEYOND WHAT MS. BROWN IS--EXACTLY, I'M JUST GIVING YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW TONIGHT AND THEN HE'S GOING TO GO IN DEPTH INTO THAT PRESENTATION.

ONE OF THE PIECES OF THAT SURVEY IS THAT SOME BOND AMOUNTS WERE QUESTIONED SO THAT WE COULD GET A FEEL FOR KIND OF WHAT HOW THE COMMUNITY FELT ABOUT THIS, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE THAT THERE IS AN INITIAL QUESTION AND THEN THERE'S AN INFORMED QUESTION, AND HOW THIS WORKS IS THAT THEY ASK A QUESTION.

THEY REALLY STARTED WITH THE $320M AMOUNT, AND THAT WAS SO QUESTION NUMBER THREE.

IF THEY WERE POSITIVE ABOUT THAT, THEN THEY WOULD ASK THEM ABOUT 365 MILLION.

IF THEY WERE NOT POSITIVE ABOUT THAT, THEY WOULD ASK THEM ABOUT 275 MILLION JUST TO SEE WHERE OUR COMMUNITY KIND OF FELT WITH AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND THEN THEY WOULD GO THROUGH THE SURVEY AND THEY WOULD PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION AS THEY WERE GIVING THE SURVEY, AND THEN THEY ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE QUESTION 34, 35 AND 36.

THEY ASKED THOSE AMOUNTS AGAIN.

SO THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INITIAL QUESTION ASKED PERCENTAGE AMOUNTS AND THE INFORMED AMOUNT.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT THE 320 MILLION, THE DIFFERENCE IS THERE BETWEEN 365, 320 AND 275. WHEN MATT GAMBLE FROM [INAUDIBLE] COMES, HE WILL SHARE EVEN MORE DETAILS AND THEN HE WILL GO INTO EACH PROPOSED ITEM AND GIVE YOU THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE EACH ITEM THAT WAS PROPOSED BECAUSE THOSE WERE ALL QUESTIONED, AND HE HAS GREAT DETAIL OF INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW TONIGHT ABOUT THIS AND KNOW THAT MATT WILL COME FORWARD AT THE WORKSHOP AND GIVE YOU EVEN MORE INFORMATION.

CINDY. ALL RIGHT, SO YOU SAW THE SUMMARY SLIDE, THE 511 MILLION TOTAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SEVERAL SLIDES THAT GIVE YOU SOME DETAIL BEHIND THAT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT TOTAL IN JUST A MOMENT, THAT SUMMARY SLIDE AGAIN.

SO IT'S VERY BASIC LEVEL.

A PLANNING PROCESS WITH A SCHOOL DISTRICT LOOKS AT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT AND WE ASSESS THE CONDITION OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND DETERMINE WHAT INVESTMENTS ARE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE AT A STANDARD THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ONGOING OPERATIONS. WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE NEEDS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH ASSESSMENT WORK DONE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, FIRST WITH CORGAN ARCHITECTS AND THEN ALSO WITH INPUT FROM COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES AND THE DISTRICT'S MAINTENANCE TEAM.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND COLUMN DOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED TOTALED $100.8M.

IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ALL THE OLDER SCHOOLS HAVE NEEDS IN THEIR INTERIORS.

JUST LIFE CYCLE NEEDS TO REPLACE FLOORING THE WALL FINISHES, LIGHTING AND OFFICE AND CLASSROOM FURNISHINGS.

THOSE PARTICULAR TYPES OF NEEDS CAN TYPICALLY BE COVERED WITH A RENOVATION.

SO WE HAVE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND COLUMN SUBTRACTED THOSE DOLLARS OFF THE TOTAL HERE, BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RENOVATIONS IN A MOMENT, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE RENOVATIONS INCLUDE THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS AS WELL.

THAT LEAVES US A NET OF CONDITION NEEDS FOR ALL THE DISTRICT'S FACILITIES OF $82.6M.

THIS SLIDE I ALWAYS LIKE IT BECAUSE IT'S A REAL GOOD VISUAL.

IF WE USE WHAT IS CALLED A UNIT FORMAT CATEGORY STRUCTURE, THOSE ARE JUST BASIC

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INDUSTRY STANDARD CATEGORIES OF COMPONENTS OF BUILDINGS.

YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY HERE THE NEEDS AND WHERE THEY FALL, WHERE THE PRIMARY DOLLARS ARE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE FAR LEFT, THE LARGEST BLOCK IN THIS CHART IS ROOFING.

SO OUT OF THAT, $82.6M, THERE'S $22.7M OF ROOF NEEDS.

THERE ARE FOUR SCHOOLS THAT NEED ROOF REPLACEMENTS, AND THESE ARE ALL JUST LIFECYCLE NEEDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT--FOUR SCHOOLS THAT NEED ROOF REPLACEMENT. COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, PINKERTON, VALLEY RANCH, AND WILSON.

SO THAT MAKES UP THAT $22.7M IN THE OTHER SITE CONSTRUCTION CATEGORY.

THERE ARE PLAYGROUNDS FOR EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXCEPT CANYON RANCH--THE NEWEST SCHOOL--ALONG WITH TURF REPLACEMENT AND TRACK REPLACEMENT AT BUDDY ECHOLS FIELD AND AT COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH.

SO IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT IS IN THAT CATEGORY.

FIRE PROTECTION IS EXACTLY AS IT SOUNDS.

IT'S FIRE ALARM SYSTEM UPGRADES AT A NUMBER OF BUILDINGS ACROSS THE DISTRICT FURNISHINGS, CLASSROOM AND OFFICE FURNISHINGS.

AGAIN, LIFE CYCLE REPLACEMENT NEEDS IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS, HVAC, YOU SEE THAT BLOCK IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER.

IT'S ABOUT $7.2M.

THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE NEEDS FOR NEW HVAC UNITS, AND ALSO ALL THE SCHOOLS ARE INCLUDED HERE FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UPGRADES.

THE DISTRICT HAS AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN PLACE, BUT IT IS DATED AND SO THERE'S A NEED TO UPDATE THAT FOR ALL SCHOOLS TO HELP BETTER OPERATE ALL THE DISTRICT'S HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS EFFICIENTLY.

EQUIPMENT THAT MIDDLE BLOCK THAT YOU SEE OF BLUE $5.2M, THAT'S KITCHEN EQUIPMENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF KITCHEN EQUIPMENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED JUST REPLACED. AGAIN, LIFE CYCLE NEEDS AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS IS THE LAST ONE.

I'LL CALL THAT IN PARTICULAR DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IN THE MIDDLE, $4.5 MILLION.

INCLUDED IN THAT IS ADA ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE BUILDINGS, PARKING LOTS INTO BUILDINGS ALONG WITH FENCING NEEDS AND PARKING LOT NEEDS AND SIGNAGE NEEDS.

SO THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRIORITY CONDITION NEEDS.

YOU CAN SEE THE BOX ON THE RIGHT HAS JUST A LIST OF THE TYPICAL THINGS THAT YOU WOULD FIND IN CONDITION NEEDS.

AGAIN, YOUR SCHOOLS ARE IN GENERALLY IN GOOD CONDITION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF NEEDS THAT WILL COME DUE A LOT OF COMPONENTS OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT WILL REACH THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE CAPTURED HERE FOR CONDITION IMPROVEMENTS SINCE.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SLIDE, FROM THE BOARD? SO THEN CONDITION NEEDS ARE ALL BEING MET.

NO BUILDINGS ARE BEING LEFT UNTOUCHED FROM FALLING IN DISREPAIR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THAT'S CORRECT, EVERY CAMPUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING IS INCLUDED HERE.

THANK YOU. SO GOING FORWARD NOW, ON TOP OF THOSE CONDITION NEEDS, WE ARE PRESENTING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE AND WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU BY GRADE SPAN.

SO THE FIRST GRADE SPAN, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THERE ARE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.

THE FIRST IS TO RENOVATE OLDER SCHOOLS, EIGHT OLDER SCHOOLS TO TO MODERNIZE THEM AND MAKE THEM MORE EQUITABLE WITH THE DISTRICT'S TWO NEWEST CAMPUSES, LEE AND CANYON RANCH, IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF SPACES THAT THEY HAVE.

SO YOU HAVE 11 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

YOU HAVE THE TWO NEWS, LEE, CANYON RANCH THAT ARE BOTH LESS THAN SEVEN YEARS OLD, I BELIEVE. THEN THERE ARE EIGHT SCHOOLS THAT ALL HAVE THE SAME FLOOR PLAN, THE SAME FOOTPRINT. THOSE ARE AN AVERAGE AGE OF 29 YEARS, AND PINKERTON IS 83 YEARS OLD.

THOSE OLDER SCHOOLS WERE NOT DESIGNED WITH THE SAME KINDS OF SPACES THAT LEE AND A CANYON RANCH HAD.

THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THOSE MODERN LEARNING SPACES THAT ALLOW FOR HANDS ON ACTIVITIES AND VERY ACTIVE LEARNING THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TODAY.

SO THESE RENOVATIONS WOULD ADD THOSE TYPES OF SPACES TO THE SCHOOLS, COLLABORATION SPACES, ART AND MUSIC ROOMS, PULL OUT SPACES FOR SPECIALIZED SERVICES, ALSO CREATING NEW SECURED ENTRANCES THROUGH A NEW OFFICE SUITE CREATED AT THE SCHOOLS, AND THEN UPDATE THOSE INTERIORS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST A MINUTE AGO.

FLOORING, WALLS, LIGHTING AND FURNISHINGS.

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WHAT YOU GET OUT OF THAT OR THESE MODERN LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ALLOW KIDS TO COME TOGETHER IN DIFFERENT WAYS, VERY FLEXIBLE SPACES TO WORK IN GROUP ACTIVITIES, HANDS ON LEARNING, VERY ACTIVE LEARNING.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MUSIC AND ART ROOMS AND CREATE SPECIALTY SPACES FOR PULL OUT OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER THAT'S ADVANCED ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES, LANGUAGE NEEDS OR INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS, AND IT MAKES ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS MORE EQUITABLE WITH LEE AND CANYON RANCH.

PRE-K IS THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION INVOLVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, PRE-K IS A REQUIRED PROGRAM BY THE STATE IN COPPELL PRE KINDERGARTEN IS OFFERED ON FOUR CAMPUSES, ALL OF THEM IN THE NORTH PART OF THE DISTRICT.

THERE ARE NO PRE-K SITES IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST ZONE WHICH IS THE SOUTH PART OF THE DISTRICT, AND THIS IS A GROWING PROGRAM ACROSS THE STATE AND HERE IN COPPELL.

SO IN THE ROOMS THAT THEY ARE IN TODAY, AGAIN, THOSE OLDER SCHOOLS ARE UNDERSIZED.

THEY WERE NEVER DESIGNED FOR PRE-K AND TYPICALLY A PRE-K CLASSROOM IS MUCH LARGER THAN A STANDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS TO ADD CLASSROOMS SPECIFICALLY FOR PRE-KINDERGARTEN AND TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE SITES MORE THOROUGHLY ACROSS THE DISTRICT SO THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO SITES IN EACH OF THE THREE FEEDERS FOR PRE-K.

THE RESULT OF THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE SPACE FOR THE GROWING ENROLLMENT IN CLASSROOM SPACE THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC TO EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AND IT WOULD IMPROVE DRAMATICALLY THE ACCESS THAT FAMILIES HAVE TO PRE-K SERVICES.

TODAY I MENTIONED PRE-K IS ONLY OFFERED IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.

WELL OVER HALF OF ALL OF THE COPPELL STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN PRE-K RIGHT NOW RESIDE IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE DISTRICT, AND YET THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY A SITE THERE FOR PRE-K.

SO THIS WOULD INCREASE THAT ACCESS FOR ALL FAMILIES, MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

THERE ARE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS--ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SLIDE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE CORRECT TIMING, BUT AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR FUTURE WORK IN OUR BOND WORKSHOP, I WONDER WHAT DO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS DO TO OUR CAPACITIES AT THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? SO WE ACTUALLY THERE IS A SLIDE IN A FEW MINUTES THAT SUMMARIZES THAT FOR ALL THREE GRADE SPANS IN TERMS OF ELEMENTARY, IT KEEPS THEM ABOUT THE SAME.

THERE IS A LOT OF SURPLUS CAPACITY RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND THE RENOVATIONS THEMSELVES WILL USE UP A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

THE PRE-K CLASSROOM ADDITIONS ADD SPACE.

SO THE NET GAIN IS NOT A DRAMATIC CHANGE THERE.

SO WE STAY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT SLIDE JUST A MINUTE.

ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AGAIN, TWO RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.

THE FIRST ONE IS TO REPURPOSE AND RENOVATE EXISTING SPACE AT EACH OF THE THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO CREATE A MULTIPURPOSE LAB OR MAKERSPACE TO HELP SUPPORT STEM ACTIVITIES.

AGAIN, INCREASING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS TO HAVE HANDS ON LEARNING, AND THIS WOULD BE INTENDED TO HELP PREPARE THEM FOR OPTIONS THAT THEY HAVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL SPECIALTY CAREER TECH COURSES, STEM COURSES, ADVANCED ACADEMIC COURSES.

THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION IS SPECIFIC TO COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH FINE ARTS.

THE FINE ARTS PROGRAM AT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH HAS OUTGROWN ITS SPACE.

SPECIFICALLY BAND HAS OUTGROWN ITS SPACE, AND THAT SUITE IS THOSE SPACES ARE NOT EQUITABLE WITH THE FINE ARTS SPACES AT MIDDLE SCHOOL, WEST AND MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS TO ENLARGE THE SPACE TO MAKE ROOM FOR THAT PROGRAM AND TO MAKE THE ENTIRE SUITE MORE COMPARABLE TO THE SPECIALTY SPACES AT THE OTHER TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS. QUESTIONS ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL? RECOMMENDATIONS? OKAY. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

WHO GAVE US THESE NUMBERS ON THE COST ESTIMATES? YES, SO THAT CAME FROM COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES.

COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES GETS DATA FROM SEVERAL SOURCES.

WE ARE A NATIONAL FIRM.

WE WORK WITH A COST ESTIMATOR IN TEXAS, AND WE ESTIMATE COSTS SPECIFIC TO NOT JUST THE

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STATE BUT TO THE LOCALE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.

SO THE DFW AREA, WE ALSO COORDINATED WITH THE DISTRICT AND THEY DISCUSSED WITH CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE DONE WORK HERE IN THE DISTRICT TO HELP VALIDATE SOME OF THE INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KIND OF PUT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD ESTIMATES.

THESE ARE ESTIMATES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, AS YOU WILL SEE.

WHEN WE GET BACK TO THAT SUMMARY SLIDE OF NEEDS, WE HAVE INCLUDED A LINE ITEM FOR INFLATION BECAUSE IT IS SO DRAMATIC AND CAN IMPACT A DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO COMPLETE ITS PROJECTS, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE ADDED INFLATION FACTOR BEGINNING WITH YEAR TWO AND ESTIMATING THAT OUT AT ABOUT 6% A YEAR FOR THE YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES TO COME UP WITH THE ESTIMATES? I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU, AND I DON'T HAVE THAT TODAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT THE NEXT GRADE SPAN IS THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADE SPAN.

THERE ARE ACTUALLY FIVE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE.

THE FIRST TWO ARE REALLY WORK IN TANDEM.

THEY'RE VERY INTERRELATED, JUST LIKE I DESCRIBED WITH THE FINE ARTS PROGRAM AT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH.

THE FINE ARTS PROGRAMMING AND SPECIFICALLY BAND HAS OUTGROWN ITS BASE AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL. DANCE DOES NOT HAVE A DEDICATED SPACE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY ACTUALLY USE A GYM AND COMPETE FOR SPACE, IF YOU WILL, WITH ATHLETICS AND OTHER PROGRAMMING NEEDING THAT SPACE AS WELL.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS TO CONSTRUCT A FINE ARTS REHEARSAL BUILDING ON THE CAMPUS TO HOUSE BAND, CHOIR, COLOR GUARD AND DANCE, AND THEN THE SECOND RENOVATION OR THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION YOU SEE HERE, THE SECOND LINE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO GO BACK INTO THE SPACE THAT THEY VACATE AND REPURPOSE AND RENOVATE THOSE SPACES FOR STEM LABS AND CAREER TECH LABS FOR BOTH EXISTING PROGRAMS AND FOR SOME NEW PROGRAMMING THAT THE DISTRICT WANTS TO ADD. THE DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO ADD CAREER TECH PROGRAMS THAT POSSIBLY INCLUDE CYBER TECH ENGINEERING WITH ROBOTICS, LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND AVIATION, AND TODAY, THERE ARE SIMPLY NOT THE APPROPRIATE TYPES OF SPACE OR ROOM, EVEN AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, TO MAKE THOSE PROGRAM ADDITIONS, AND SO BY CREATING THESE NEW LABS THAT WOULD ALLOW MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT PROGRAM EXPANSION TO TAKE PLACE.

THESE SPACES. I HAVE ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION BEFORE THAT.

SO WHEN THIS PLANNING IS HAPPENING AND WHEN THEY PLAN TO RENOVATE THESE SPACES, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STUDENTS AT THAT TIME? WELL, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

SO PART OF THIS ALL OF THIS WORK, AFTER YOU DETERMINE THE WHAT.

THEN YOU BEGIN TO SEQUENCE THE PROJECTS, AND THAT'S PART OF THE CONSIDERATION.

IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, THE FINE ARTS REHEARSAL BUILDING WOULD BE A STANDALONE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSTRUCTED FIRST THEN YOU MOVE THE FINE ARTS PROGRAMING INTO THAT BUILDING.

THAT FREES UP THE SPACE INSIDE AND IT CAN BE RENOVATED FOR THESE NEW PROGRAMS. YOU THEN HAVE TO CONSIDER THE TIMING OF WHICH YOU WANT TO ADD THAT PROGRAMING, AND ARE THERE ANY SPACES, A CLASSROOM, WHATEVER.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE RIGHT LAB YOU NEED, BUT IS THERE ANY SPACE IN THE BUILDING THAT COULD BE USED FOR EVEN A YEAR FOR AN INTRODUCTORY TYPE PROGRAM? SO THAT QUESTION IS ONE THAT WE'LL BEGIN TO LOOK AT NEXT.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE A LITTLE OF THAT KIND OF PLANNED AND WHERE THESE THINGS WOULD FALL OUT ACROSS A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD.

SO AT COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, ONE OF ITS CHALLENGES IS THAT THE BUILDING IS VERY FULL.

IT'S A LARGE SCHOOL AND THE BUILDING ITSELF IS QUITE FULL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THESE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER DOES IS IT ADDS INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE AND SO THAT GIVES US MORE INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO BACK TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

WALKER YOU'LL SEE AGAIN IN A MINUTE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CAPACITIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME RELIEF THERE IN THAT PARTICULAR SLIDE.

SO THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND PROGRAM CHOICES FOR KIDS AND OFFER MORE

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PROGRAMING TO HELP PREPARE KIDS FOR COLLEGE AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLEGE CAREER AND MILITARY READINESS, AND INCREASE CAPACITY FOR LEARNING ON OUR CAMPUSES.

THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS HAS TO DO WITH NEW TECH.

THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMITTEE ABOUT NEW TECH.

IT IS A SMALL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND IT HAS SOME NEEDS LIKE ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS DO, AND SO WE DISCUSSED OPTIONS THERE.

WE DISCUSSED A MAJOR RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING, A POTENTIAL ADDITION AND EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING FOR SOME OF THESE CAREER TECH PROGRAMS, EVEN THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

ULTIMATELY, WHAT THE COMMITTEE DETERMINED WAS TO CONTINUE NEW TECH AS A SMALL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE THE INVESTMENTS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE CONDITION NEEDS FOR THE BUILDING AND THOSE YOU SEE THEM IN THE LAST BULLET ON THIS SLIDE INCLUDE NEW HVAC UNITS, HEATING COOLING UNITS, FLOORING, FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS, KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND NEW PA SYSTEMS, CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE BUILDING AND CONTINUE USING IT FOR A SMALL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AS AN OPTIONAL PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS.

THE FINAL TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS INVOLVE THE TENNIS CENTER.

THERE'S ONE AND THEN THE AUDITORIUM AT THE NINTH GRADE CENTER.

SO THE TENNIS CENTER AND YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE HERE, YOU SEE THE TENNIS COURTS AND THE WHITE TOP BUILDING AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT PICTURE.

THAT IS THE LOCKER ROOM FOR THE TENNIS CENTER.

THAT TENNIS CENTER IS ABOUT A THIRD THE SIZE IT NEEDS TO BE FOR OUR CURRENT PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW.

THERE ARE ALSO SOME SIGNIFICANT NEEDS WITH THAT STRUCTURE, AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REPLACE IT WITH A LARGER LOCKER ROOM THAT IS SIZED CORRECTLY FOR THE PROGRAM ENROLLMENT AND ALSO TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE COURTS, INCLUDING LIGHTING, AND THAT BUILDING THAT I JUST MENTIONED WOULD ALSO INCLUDE SPECTATOR RESTROOMS, IMPROVE THAT SPECTATOR EXPERIENCE, THAT RIGHT SIZE IS THE SPACE FOR PROGRAM ENROLLMENT AND PROJECTED GROWTH, AND IT ALSO MAKES THAT SPACE EQUITABLE WITH THE DISTRICT'S OTHER ATHLETIC FACILITIES.

THAT WOULD BE A $7 MILLION INVESTMENT.

THE LAST ONE THEN HERE INVOLVING HIGH SCHOOLS WOULD BE A RENOVATION OF THE AUDITORIUM ON THE NINTH GRADE CENTER.

YOU'VE HEARD MR. WALKER MENTION THAT THE DISTRICT AUDITORIUM WAS A TOPIC OF GREAT DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COMMITTEE.

IT WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE SURVEYED ON ULTIMATELY BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVED FOR THE SURVEYS.

WE DETERMINED THAT CREATING OR BUILDING A NEW DISTRICT AUDITORIUM WAS NOT A PRIORITY FOR THE COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME.

WE DO HAVE SOME NEEDS AT THE NINTH GRADE CAMPUS AUDITORIUM TO UPGRADE IT AND MODERNIZE THAT FACILITY, AND SO THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING A RENOVATION OF THAT FACILITY THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE LOBBY AND THE RESTROOMS. ALSO THE SPACE INSIDE THEATER, THE SEATS, THE STAGE EQUIPMENT, THE PERFORMANCE EQUIPMENT THAT INCLUDES THE LIGHTING, THE SOUNDS AND THE RIGGING, ETC..

SO THIS WOULD IMPROVE THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE STUDENTS WHO UTILIZE THAT SPACE AND ALSO THE SPECTATOR EXPERIENCE.

IT ALSO TAKES CARE OF JUST THE BASIC EQUIPMENT LIFE CYCLE NEEDS IN THAT FACILITY.

OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE HIGH SCHOOL? RECOMMENDATIONS? OKAY, LAST AREA THEN IS ON SUPPORT FACILITIES.

WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD THE COMMITTEE IS BRINGING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO CONSTRUCT A NEW MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY.

THAT MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY WOULD CONSOLIDATE THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED AT BROCK CENTER, WHICH THAT'S PRIMARILY THE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM.

THIS BUILDING, THE WHITE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WHICH IS WHERE GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS ARE LOCATED, AND THEN THE SERVICE CENTER HAS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, PRIMARILY IN THE BUSINESS OFFICE, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR MOVE TO THE MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY.

ALONG WITH THE VICTORY PLACE PROGRAM.

THAT'S A VERY, VERY SMALL BUILDING.

THE STUDENTS DON'T EVEN HAVE A DESIGNATED PLACE TO EAT, AND THERE'S NOT A CAFETERIA PER SE FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

SO THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO FOLD THAT PROGRAM INTO A MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING, AND THEN VERY IMPORTANTLY, ALSO A RECOMMENDATION THAT BUILDING INCLUDE SPACE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MULTIPURPOSE LARGE MEETING

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ROOMS THAT DON'T EXIST IN THE DISTRICT TODAY.

SO THAT RECOMMENDATION WOULD TOTAL ABOUT $53.7M.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION? AS I'VE LOOKED AT THIS BEFORE, IT JUST KIND OF HIT ME.

DOES THIS INCLUDE PURCHASING LAND FOR THIS? THIS WOULD BE, THE INTENT WOULD BE TO USE EXISTING LAND THAT THE DISTRICT OWNS.

ALL RIGHT, WE STILL HAVE THAT USED LAND IN CYPRESS WATERS AREA, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OVER BY CANYON RANCH IN THE IRVING VALLEY RANCH AREA, THAT PLOT OF LAND THERE, BUT THAT SHOULD POTENTIALLY FREE UP FOUR OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES WHICH WE'RE USING.

IT WOULD POTENTIALLY FREE UP BROCK AND WHITE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN VICTORY PLACE.

THE SERVICE CENTER WOULD STILL BE PRIMARILY OCCUPIED BY TRANSPORTATION AND THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENTS, SO THEY WOULD STILL FUNCTION IN THAT SPACE FOR THE MOST PART, BUT THE GENERAL REPAIRS, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE BUILDING WHICH NEEDS A LOT OF RENOVATION TOO.

SO IS THAT INCLUDED? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT AGAIN. SO, THE SERVICE CENTER IS ONE OF THE FACILITY WHICH NEEDS A LOT OF RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE OF ITS AGE.

SO IS THAT INCLUDED IN THE CONDITION NEEDS? YES, IT IS.

ALL OF THESE HAVE CONDITION NEEDS IDENTIFIED.

OKAY, AND I WOULD BE, I GUESS, FOLLOWING UP ON TRUSTEE SETHI, THOSE THREE FACILITIES THAT ESSENTIALLY WE'D BE COMBINING IF WE GO THAT ROUTE.

THAT WOULD JUST LEAVE IT UP TO.

I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU, HUH? THAT WOULD JUST LEAVE IT UP TO THE BOARD, THEN, WHAT WE DO WITH THOSE THREE FACILITIES IN TERMS OF COMBINING THEM, AND THEN.

YEAH, [INAUDIBLE] GO BACK TO THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.

IT WOULD BE THE DISTRICT'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LOOK AT POSSIBLY SELLING VICTORY PLATES AND VONITA WHITE.

WE WOULDN'T BE RECOMMENDING DOING ANYTHING AS FAR AS SELLING THE BROCK CENTER JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE THAT LAND IS RIGHT BY ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

IF THAT EVER WERE TO EXPAND OR CHANGE, WE WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, BUT WE FEEL PRETTY STRONGLY THAT HOW THE MARKET IS, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A PRETTY GOOD DEAL FOR VICTORY PLACE AND VONITA WHITE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT OF IFS, THAT'S IF THE BOARD APPROVES IT, IF THE COMMUNITY APPROVES IT.

SURE. A LOT OF IFS.

YEAH. THANK YOU. I ASK ONE OTHER QUESTION HERE ON THIS COST ESTIMATE.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S FACILITY CONDITION NEEDS AT THE ADMIN BUILDING AND OTHERS.

DOES THE ESTIMATE ACCOUNT FOR THAT AND REDUCE WHAT WE WOULD SAVE IF WE BUILT THIS OR IS THAT? IN THAT CASE, THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS, AND SO IF A DECISION WAS MADE TO GO FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTING A MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING, THEN I WOULD ADVISE LOOKING AT THOSE THOSE IDENTIFIED CONDITION NEEDS TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY THAT WE COULD CHOOSE TO HOLD ON. THERE MAY BE A FEW THAT NEED TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO HELP WITH THE SALE.

IF IT'S GOING TO BE FIVE YEARS OR LONGER BEFORE A MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING WOULD BE BUILT, THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE CONDITION DEEDS THAT DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, SUCH AS AT VICTORY PLACE. I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME HVAC.

I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK. THERE MAY BE SOME HVAC NEEDS THERE AS WELL THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE RATHER THAN WAITING FOR THE NEW FACILITY.

SO ANOTHER THING I'D BE INTERESTED IN FOR OUR BOND WORKSHOP, AND I KNOW OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP, OUR BUDGET WORK IS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY IS WHAT ARE OUR SAVINGS WITH DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS.

FOR INSTANCE, CONSOLIDATING EVERYTHING INTO ONE CENTRAL ADMIN BUILDING.

WHAT DOES THAT SAVE US ON THE M&O SIDE? HAS THAT BEEN INVESTIGATED OR WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE TO DISCUSS? IT WILL BE, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY SHARED--LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET YOU THAT TOTAL RIGHT HERE --PROVIDED THE COMMITTEE WITH SOME INFORMATION ON OPERATING COSTS, AND I WANT TO SEE HERE IF ON THE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO IF THE DISTRICT WERE TO GO FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION OF A MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING, THEN YOU WOULD VACATE.

AS YOU JUST HEARD, WE'D VACATE VICTORY PLACE, VONITA WHITE AND VACATE BROCK, AND SO THAT WOULD SAVE THE DISTRICT ROUGHLY $204,000 IN OPERATING COSTS ON THOSE FACILITIES. THE NEW MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY WOULD HAVE AN OPERATING COST OF ABOUT

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$654,000. SO IT WOULD BE A NET OF THOSE.

YOU'D HAVE MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE ADDING SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEETING SPACES THAT DON'T EXIST TODAY.

KIM, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT SIZE VICTORY PLACE WOULD TRANSITION TO OR BE ABLE TO--SO, I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES.

WHAT I CAN RECALL AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS THAT THE TOTAL SIZE OF A MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING, I BELIEVE, WAS 110,000 SQUARE FEET IN A COMPONENT OF THAT WAS VICTORY PLACED, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THE SQUARE FEET OF THAT PARTICULAR SPACE, BUT WE CAN GET THAT. SO IN ADDITION TO THE FACILITY NEEDS THE DISTRICT BROUGHT FORWARD FOR THE COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION SOME OTHER CAPITAL NEEDS, STARTING WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY.

TOTAL NEEDS IN THIS AREA WERE $11.3 MILLION.

YOU COULD SEE THE LIST OF ITEMS HERE.

OF THAT 11.3 MILLION, 7 MILLION WAS FOR THE FIRST ITEM ON THE LIST, WHICH IS DOOR HARDWARE AND LOCKS, SO THAT WE WOULD REFURBISH THE DOOR HANDLE OR REPLACE THE HARDWARE AND LOCKS ON ALL OF THE CLASSROOM DOORS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, ALL FACILITIES, SO THAT THEY ALL CAN LOCK FROM INSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

ALSO, THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF DOOR HARDWARE AND LOCKS FOR EXTERIOR DOORS.

THE OTHER ITEMS YOU SEE HERE ARE AGAIN LIFECYCLE REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING EQUIPMENT CAMERAS, THE SERVERS THAT STORE THE DATA FROM THE CAMERAS, ELECTRONIC DOOR ACCESS CONTROLS AND COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

TECHNOLOGY. THE DISTRICT ALSO BROUGHT FORWARD NEEDS TOTALING $41.6 MILLION IN TECHNOLOGY. ABOUT HALF OF THAT 20 MILLION, THE FIRST THREE LINE ITEMS REPRESENT LIFECYCLE REPLACEMENTS OF STUDENT AND STAFF DEVICES.

AS WE ALL KNOW, A COMPUTER TODAY IS JUST A VERY, VERY BASIC TOOL.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A PEN AND PAPER AND PENCILS WERE TO MANY OF US IN SCHOOL MANY YEARS AGO.

SO THIS IS PROVIDING FOR REFRESHING OR REPLACEMENT OF THOSE DEVICES BASED ON THEIR USEFUL LIVES.

THE REST OF THE ITEMS YOU SEE HERE ARE RELATED TO SUPPORTING COMMUNICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

THE WIRELESS NETWORK REFRESHES TELECOM ROOM, AIR CONDITIONING AND CABLING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AUDIO VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SPECIALTY SPACES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT GYMS AND CAFETERIAS AND AUDITORIUMS, AND SOME INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

VEHICLES JUST LIKE OUR OWN CARS AT HOME, THESE ALL HAVE LIFE CYCLES.

SO THERE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS BEING PRESENTED FROM THE COMMITTEE TO THE BOARD TO REPLACE EXISTING VEHICLES BASED ON THEIR USEFUL LIVES.

THERE WILL BE 25 BUSSES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND 27 SERVICE VEHICLES AS WELL, AND THE TOTAL OF THOSE NEEDS WOULD BE ABOUT $4.2 MILLION, AND THEN OTHER CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS THAT INCLUDE FINE ARTS INSTRUMENTS, BAND, CHORAL UNIFORMS, ART ROOM KILNS, CHOIR RISERS AND OTHER FINE ARTS EQUIPMENT AND SEATBACKS IN THE STADIUM. SO AGAIN, THESE THINGS HAVE LIFE CYCLES AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE TAKE CARE OF OF UPDATING THAT EQUIPMENT BASED ON ITS USEFUL LIVES.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT? ALL RIGHT, SO CIRCLING BACK NOW TO THE FIRST SLIDE THAT MR. WALKER DISCUSSED, AND THAT IS THAT ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TOTAL $511 MILLION.

YOU CAN SEE THE CHART ON THE RIGHT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN BY LINE ITEM THAT THE RENOVATIONS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RENOVATIONS, AND THEN THOSE CONDITION NEEDS TOGETHER MAKE UP OVER HALF OF THIS TOTAL PACKAGE NEEDS.

AS YOU HEARD MR. BROWN EXPLAIN, THE BOND AWARENESS SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY

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[INAUDIBLE] AND ASSOCIATES INDICATED THAT PROBABLY THE TOP THRESHOLD FOR THE COMMUNITY'S CONSIDERATION OF ALL THESE NEEDS AND FUNDING CAPITAL NEEDS IS AROUND 320 MILLION AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS, WE'VE GOT NEEDS IDENTIFIED AT 511 MILLION AND PROBABLY A COMMUNITY APPETITE, IF YOU WILL, AROUND 320 MILLION FOR FUNDING.

SO THE NEXT QUESTION THEN BECOMES IS HOW DO YOU GO WITH THIS? HOW CAN WE BEGIN TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THESE NEEDS AND DO SO IN A MANNER THAT THE COMMUNITY IS WILLING TO FUND OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? SO COOPERATIVE STRATEGIES AND THE DISTRICT'S LEADERSHIP TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A POSSIBLE PHASING OF ALL OF THESE NEEDS, AND WE SHARE THIS WITH YOU THIS EVENING AND SIMPLY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

SO AGAIN, YOU SEE IN THE BOX ON THE RIGHT, THE CHART HERE, THE FIRST COLUMN SHOWS.

NEEDS TOTALING $511 MILLION.

WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING YOU MIGHT CONSIDER IS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DO ALL OF THAT IN FIVE YEARS AND ONE BOND ELECTION IS THAT YOU LOOK AT DOING THIS OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD, REALLY CALLING IT TWO PHASES, EACH ONE BEING FIVE YEARS AND TWO SEPARATE BOND ELECTIONS TO FUND IT. OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT IN PHASE ONE, WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THOSE CONDITION NEEDS.

ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT IN PHASE TWO.

WE DO THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING AND WE PHASE SOME OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RENOVATIONS AND PRE-K ADDITIONS INTO THAT SECOND PHASE DOWN AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT CHART ON THE RIGHT IN THE YELLOW BLOCK, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE KIND OF DEFINED IT, HOW WE MIGHT GO WITH THE RENOVATIONS AND PRE-K ADDITIONS.

WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT IN PHASE ONE, YOU SELECT THREE SCHOOLS TO DO THE RENOVATION AND ADD PRE-KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS, AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE EIGHT RENOVATIONS AND THE REMAINING TWO PRE-K ADDITIONS WOULD FALL INTO PHASE TWO.

BY DOING THAT, YOU COULD SEE THE TOTALS ON HERE.

THE PHASE ONE TOTAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR COMBINATION WOULD BE 310 MILLION.

SO IT'S INSIDE THAT 320 THAT [INAUDIBLE] SAID THEY FELT LIKE WAS PROBABLY THE THRESHOLD FOR SUPPORT, COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE OF THESE IDENTIFIED NEEDS WOULD BE A LITTLE OVER 200 MILLION.

SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ACCOMPLISHES MULTIPLE THINGS.

YOU SEE THAT IN THAT OUTCOMES BOX.

ALL THE PRIORITY NEEDS ARE ADDRESSED IN THE FIRST PHASE.

IT GETS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT INTO A RANGE THAT IS PROBABLY MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR FUNDING AND HELPS THE DISTRICT MANAGE THAT TAX RATE.

THAT IS SO IMPORTANT, AND THEN ALSO THE WORK ITSELF IS MORE BALANCED USING A TWO PHASED APPROACH, SPREADING THIS OVER TEN YEARS INSTEAD OF FIVE YEARS.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, A LOT OF RENOVATION WORK IN ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND SO THIS BALANCES THAT WORK A LITTLE MORE EVENLY ACROSS SOME ADDITIONAL YEARS SO THAT IT'S NOT SO DISRUPTIVE TO DISTRICT OPERATIONS.

IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST BULLET DOWN THERE ALLOWS FOR CONTINUED EVALUATION OF ELEMENTARY ENROLLMENTS AGAINST PROJECTED ENROLLMENTS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE LONG RANGE INVESTMENT IN ALL OF THE ELEMENTARIES NEEDS TO BE.

ARE QUESTIONS ON THE PHASING CHART? THESE PIE CHARTS SIMPLY SHOW THE WORK BY PHASES, THE WORK ITSELF AND THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS. OTHER THAN THE INFLATION FACTOR, 285.8 MILLION IN THE FIRST PHASE AND 179 MILLION IN THE SECOND PHASE.

YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST PHASE FOCUSES ON MODERNIZING AGING ELEMENTARIES, ADDING PRE-K CAPACITY, TAKING CARE OF THE CONDITION NEEDS OF ALL THE SCHOOLS, TAKING CARE OF THOSE CAREER TECH AND STEM LAB ADDITIONS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, SAFETY AND SECURITY INVESTMENTS, AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE, MODERNIZING AGING ELEMENTARIES, ADDITIONAL PRE-K CAPACITY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPACE AND CONSOLIDATION OF DISTRICT OPERATIONS. SO WITH THAT PARTICULAR PLAN THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND LOOKING AT THE

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POSSIBILITY OF THREE PICKING THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR PHASE ONE, WHAT WE WOULD SUGGEST LOOKING AT IS ONE SCHOOL IN EACH OF THE FEEDERS.

TO BEGIN THAT WORK, AND WHAT WE WOULD ALSO SUGGEST IS THAT AT THOSE THREE SCHOOLS ALSO GET THEIR PRE-K ADDITIONS.

THAT WAY YOU'RE BUNDLING THE WORK SO THAT YOU'RE ONLY TOUCHING A CAMPUS ONE TIME AND YOU'RE NOT DOING AN ADDITION FOR PRE-K IN ONE PERIOD AND THEN COMING BACK AND DOING CONDITION NEEDS OR RENOVATION AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

SO IF YOU DO IT ALL AT ONCE, YOU GET SOME EFFICIENCIES, SOME BETTER PRICING ON THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, AND YOU'RE NOT DISRUPTING THE CAMPUS ANY LONGER THAN YOU HAVE TO. SO AGAIN, WE WOULD LOOK AT ONE SCHOOL PER FEEDER FOR THAT FIRST PHASE.

THE SENIOR STAFF OR THE STAFF, THE DISTRICT STAFF IS LOOKING AT SCHOOLS AND STUDYING WHICH SCHOOL MIGHT BE THE BEST OR SCHOOLS WOULD BE THE BEST ONES TO BRING FORWARD AS OPTIONS FOR THAT PHASE ONE WORK WITH THREE SCHOOLS, AND THEN, MR. WALKER, THIS IS THE SLIDE YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT A MINUTE AGO.

THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE IMPACT AFTER THE.

RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PUT INTO PLACE, AND THIS WOULD BE AFTER PHASE ONE IF WE'RE USING THAT PHASING PLAN THAT WE'VE DESCRIBED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE GO FROM 88% UTILIZATION.

REMEMBER, UTILIZATION, IF YOU TAKE YOUR ENROLLMENT AND YOU DIVIDE IT BY A CAPACITY THAT'S YOUR UTILIZATION.

THAT OPTIMAL RANGE IS 85 TO 95%.

SO WE STAY IN THAT REALLY GOOD, THAT SWEET SPOT, IF YOU WILL, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, IN TOTAL, THE HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES VERY, VERY FULL WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE RELIEF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT BRINGS THAT UTILIZATION DOWN, AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER ON THE ELEMENTARIES, WE STAY ABOUT THE SAME.

THERE'S STILL A GOOD BIT OF CAPACITY AT THOSE SCHOOLS.

THIS WOULD BE AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS.

WE ASKED THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL ADVISERS, HILLTOP SECURITY.

MR. WILFORD IS HERE THIS EVENING AS A RESOURCE.

WE ASKED THEM TO MODEL THE IMPACT ON THE TAX RATE OF THAT PHASING PLAN IF WE WERE TO GO FORWARD WITH A TWO PHASE APPROACH AND GO WITH THE PLAN STRICTLY AS AS MENTIONED HERE, IT WOUND UP BEING AROUND THAT $310 MILLION.

WHAT WOULD THE IMPACT BE ON THE TAX RATE? THEY HAD MODELED THIS USING SOME CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM PART OF THE SCREEN, AND THE IMPACT IS PROJECTED TO BE A MAX OF A SEVEN CENT INCREASE ON THE DEBT SERVICE SIDE OF THE TAX RATE.

SO GOING ACROSS THE SLIDE WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE IMPACT OF THAT INCREASE ON HOMES OF DIFFERENT VALUES.

SO, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE IN COPPELL IS ABOUT $450,000, AND SO THE IMPACT TO THE OWNER OF A $450,000 HOME WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX OF $322 A YEAR.

I ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT THAT WE BOXED THIS IN RED HERE IN THE FOOTNOTE THAT HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE 65 AND HAVE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, THEIR TAXES ARE FROZEN, AND SO PASSING A BOND PACKAGE OF ANY SIZE AND TYPE WOULD NOT CHANGE THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT TAXES.

UNLESS THEY COME BACK AND MAKE SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONS OR IMPROVEMENT TO THEIR HOME.

I WILL COMMENT THAT THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE USED TO BUILD THIS MODEL ARE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE. THEY ASSUME PROPERTY VALUES TO GROW AT 3% FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN IT TRAILS OFF TO A MUCH LESSER PERCENTAGE.

COPPELL HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH OF WELL OVER 7% FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS ON AVERAGE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS.

SO VERY CONSERVATIVE HERE AND TRIED TO BE CONSERVATIVE ON THE INTEREST RATES THAT ARE USED FOR PURSUING BOND SALES AS WELL.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS AROUND THE TAX RATE IMPACT? ALL RIGHT, THERE'S ONE OTHER RECOMMENDATION HERE HAS TO DO WITH WHAT I DESCRIBED AS

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AUXILIARY FACILITIES.

THE OLD SERVICE CENTER IS BEHIND PINKERTON AND THEN THE SMALL ANNEX BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF THE NINTH GRADE CAMPUS.

BOTH OF THESE FACILITIES ARE USED STRICTLY FOR STORAGE TODAY.

THE THOUGHT HAS BEEN THAT IF A WHEN A NEW MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY IS CONSTRUCTED, THAT MIGHT FREE UP SOME SPACE INSIDE THE CURRENT SERVICE CENTER THAT COULD BE USED FOR STORING RECORDS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

IF THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING IS NOT CONSTRUCTED FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME, THE DISTRICT REALLY NEEDS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE TWO FACILITIES.

THEY'RE PAST THEIR USEFUL LIVES.

THEY'RE REALLY NOT GOOD SOLUTIONS LONG TERM FOR EVEN STORAGE OF DISTRICT GOODS AND DISTRICT SURPLUS FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE WOULD BE THAT THE STAFF WORK OVER THE COMING YEARS AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS FOR THOSE TWO BUILDINGS AND THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING HOUSED IN THERE CURRENTLY.

THE SLIDE SIMPLY SHOWS THE SUMMARY OF THE OUTCOMES YOU COULD EXPECT WITH ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS MODERNIZING AGING FACILITIES, INCREASING CAPACITY FOR YOUR PRE-K PROGRAM, INCREASING INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, IMPROVED FACILITY CONDITIONS IN ALL BUILDINGS THAT SAFE, WARM AND DRY OBJECTIVE THAT WE ALL SEEK AS OUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IN ANY OF THESE PROJECTS.

ADDING CAREER TECH SPACES AND ENHANCEMENTS, AND INCREASING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW PROGRAMING IN THAT AREA.

CONSOLIDATING DISTRICT OPERATIONS, ADDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPACES, MAKING SAFETY AND SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL FACILITIES, AND THEN ADDRESSING CURRENT TECHNOLOGY. I THINK YOU SEE WITH THE ATTEMPT TO BRING FORWARD A SUGGESTION ON HOW TO PHASE THAT, THAT FALLS INTO THAT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE PLAN THAT WE USE AS ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES AS WE GO FORWARD WITH ANY PLANNING PROJECT LIKE THIS.

SO BALLOT PROPOSITIONS.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER HERE.

NEW LEGISLATION TOOK EFFECT IN 2020 THAT CHANGED THE WAY SCHOOL DISTRICTS PRESENT ITEMS ON A BALLOT FOR A BOND ELECTION.

THE FIRST THING THAT IS REQUIRED IS THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOOK AT THEIR LIST OF NEEDS THAT THEY INTEND TO ASK FOR BOND FUNDING ON AND FOR EACH PROJECT.

THE DISTRICT THEN MAKES THE DETERMINATION.

IS THAT A GENERAL PURPOSE PROJECT OR A SPECIAL PURPOSE PROJECT? LAW IS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT IS A SPECIAL PURPOSE PROJECT AND EVEN WHAT CAN BE A GENERAL PURPOSE PROJECT.

YOU SEE THE LIST HERE OF THINGS THAT ARE THAT THE STATE DEFINES AS GENERAL PURPOSE ACQUIRING SITES FOR A SCHOOL, BUILDING A SCHOOL, RENOVATING A SCHOOL, ADDING ON TO A SCHOOL, EQUIPPING BUILDINGS AND EVEN PURCHASING BUSSES AND VEHICLES.

ALL THESE THINGS ARE GENERAL PURPOSE IN NATURE, AND BY LAW THEY CAN BE PRESENTED ON A BALLOT IN ONE COMBINED PROPOSITION, OR THEY COULD BE SPLIT INTO MULTIPLE PROPOSITIONS.

SPECIAL PURPOSE PROJECTS, AGAIN, YOU SEE, THIS IS STRAIGHT OUT OF THE TEXAS EDUCATION CODE. THESE ARE THE THINGS, THE PARTICULAR PROJECTS THAT THE LAW NOW REQUIRES SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PRESENT AS SEPARATE STANDALONE PROPOSITIONS ON A BALLOT, INCLUDING A STADIUM, CONSTRUCTION OF A STADIUM.

EVEN WORK LIKE YOU SEE IN OUR CONDITION NEEDS TO REPLACE THE TURF AND THE TRACK AT BUDDY ECHOLS FIELD BECAUSE THAT STADIUM HAS MORE THAN 1000 SEATS THAT WILL HAVE TO GO ON ITS OWN PROPOSITION.

THE NATATORIUM WOULD HAVE TO GO ON ITS OWN PROPOSITION.

OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, WHICH THE DISTRICT'S ATTORNEYS CURRENTLY THINK THE INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY, OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITY, AND OUR CONDITION NEEDS INCLUDE LIFE CYCLE REPLACEMENT OF THAT TURF IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND SO THAT WILL NEED TO GO ON ITS OWN PROPOSITION.

THE PERFORMING ARTS FACILITY, HOUSING FOR TEACHERS, NEITHER OF WHICH ARE BEING RECOMMENDED HERE, AND THEN ACQUISITION OF TECHNOLOGY DEVICES, ANYTHING OTHER THAN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE BUILDING IF IT'S TECHNOLOGY, IT HAS TO GO ON A STANDALONE

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PROPOSITION. THE LAW ALSO REQUIRES THAT EACH PROPOSITION INCLUDE THE STATEMENT.

THIS IS A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

SO THIS SLIDE SIMPLY SHOWS YOU A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT RIGHT NOW WE THINK WOULD NEED TO BE AT A MINIMUM PRESENTED ON A BALLOT.

THE DISTRICT WILL WORK WITH ITS ATTORNEYS IN CRAFTING THE ACTUAL BALLOT LANGUAGE AND THE ORDER OF ELECTIONS SHOULD THE BOARD DECIDE TO CALL AN ELECTION, AND THEY WILL COMPLETE THE WORK ON THIS.

IN TERMS OF REVIEWING THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS PROPERLY PRESENTED ON A BALLOT, BUT IT APPEARS THAT AT A MINIMUM, THE DISTRICT WOULD NEED A SINGLE GENERAL PURPOSE PROPOSITION, AND THEN THREE SPECIAL PURPOSE PROPOSITIONS, ONE FOR THE CONDITION IMPROVEMENTS AT BUDDY ECHOLS FIELD, WHICH IS JUST THE TURF REPLACEMENT AND TRACK REPLACEMENT AND SEAT BACKS, AND THEN AGAIN, AS I JUST MENTIONED, THE LIFECYCLE REPLACEMENT OF TURF AT THE FIELD HOUSE, AND THEN TECHNOLOGY NEEDS--YOU MAY REMEMBER I SHOWED YOU THAT THE DISTRICT HAS IDENTIFIED $41 MILLION WORTH OF TECHNOLOGY NEEDS.

A SMALL PORTION OF THAT, ABOUT 2 MILLION CAN GO IN THE GENERAL PURPOSE PROPOSITION AS INFRASTRUCTURE, TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE REST OF IT WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN A SPECIAL PURPOSE PROPOSITION.

SO ALL OF THESE THINGS TOTALED THAT $310 MILLION THAT YOU SAW IN THAT PHASE ONE PLAN THAT WE SHOWED.

SO SHOULD THE DISTRICT DETERMINE TO GO WITH A DIFFERENT COMBINATION OF ITEMS IN A PHASING PLAN OR EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO PROCEED WITH THE TOTAL $511 MILLION THAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED HERE IN A SINGLE BOND ELECTION.

THESE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE, BUT YOU'LL SEE STILL THESE SAME TYPES OF PROPOSITIONS.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON THE PROPOSITIONS.

I THINK THAT'S STRAIGHTFORWARD.

I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A BIG DEAL AND THAT CHANGES OCCURRED IN JUST A FEW YEARS OUT. WHEN I'M LOOKING AT LISTENING TO THE SOME OF THE CONDITION IMPROVEMENTS AND RENOVATIONS. JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY THAT UNDERSTANDING THERE IN TERMS OF THE MAGNITUDE FROM IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RENOVATIONS BECAUSE IS THERE ANY BUILDING CODES THAT WE NEED TO BE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT FOR THESE THINGS? BECAUSE WOULD NOT WANT TO GO DOWN THE PATH OF SAYING THE CONDITION IMPROVEMENTS IS SUFFICIENT, BUT RENOVATIONS WOULD BE NECESSARY.

SO HOW WOULD WE ASSESS THAT IN TERMS OF THIS PROCESS? WE CONSIDERED THAT AS WE WENT THROUGH OUR PLANNING WORK, AND DR.

WOMACK IS FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDING CODE HERE.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT AS WE BUILT COST ESTIMATES, WE TRIED TO BUILD INTO COST ESTIMATES ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE CITY OF COPPELL BUILDING CODES.

SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

THE OTHER THING, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE NINTH GRADE CAMPUS IN THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY FOR THE FINE ARTS, THAT BUILDING IS A UNIQUE BUILDING, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

I KNOW THIS IS A NICE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED THERE.

HOW DO WE ENSURE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME BUILDING MATERIALS THERE, THAT WHEN YOU START DISTURBING THINGS, IT CAN CREATE OTHER ISSUES THAT WILL.

WE NEED TO RETHINK ABOUT HOW TO USE THAT FACILITY IN THE FUTURE JUST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE UNIQUE MATERIALS THAT ARE THERE AND THAT IF THEY'RE DISTURBED.

WELL, SO WITH OUR CONDITION NEEDS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO AND BUILT THAT IN.

ALL OF THESE COST ESTIMATES ALSO INCLUDE A PROJECT CONTINGENCY FACTOR IN CASE SOMETHING IS DISCOVERED WITH ANY RENOVATION.

EVEN FIND THIS AT YOUR HOME UNTIL YOU GET BEHIND A WALL.

YOU OFTEN DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO ADDRESS, AND SO WITH ALL THESE COST ESTIMATES, THERE ARE DOLLARS BUILT IN FOR CONTINGENCIES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS , AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S AMPLE MONEY TO ADDRESS THE THINGS YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY.

ALL RIGHT, SO I WOULD JUST IN CLOSING SAY THAT THERE IS A WORKSHOP, A BOARD WORKSHOP PLANNED ON FEBRUARY 6TH WHERE WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND YOU ALL CAN HAVE A COUPLE

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OF WEEKS TO STUDY THIS IN DETAIL AND WE'LL COME BACK TOGETHER AND HAVE MORE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION AROUND ALL OF THIS WITH YOU AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE NOW OR CERTAINLY AT THAT DATE.

I WILL POINT OUT THAT THE DEADLINE, IF THE BOARD WANTS TO CALL A BOND ELECTION FOR MAY 2023. THE DEADLINE TO DO THAT IS FEBRUARY 17TH, AND SO ULTIMATELY IT WILL BE THE BOARD'S CALL ON HOW TO GO FORWARD WITH THE MASTER PLAN, THE TIMELINE AND HOW TO PHASE IT OR NOT PHASE IT BUT FOR A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD IN MAY, THE BOARD WILL NEED TO CALL THAT ELECTION BY FEBRUARY 17TH.

WITH THAT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND JUST A REMINDER, TOO, AHEAD OF THAT FEBRUARY 6TH WORKSHOP, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING THAT COMES UP AS YOU DIGEST MAKE SURE YOU SEND THAT TO DR.

HUNT, AND THEN THERE'S TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT, A GOOD DEADLINE TO HAVE THAT IN SO THAT STAFF HAS TIME TO PREPARE ANY? YEAH, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

I KNOW YOU NEED SOME TIME TO DIGEST THIS.

WE'VE GOT THE WORKSHOP ON THE SIXTH, THE BOARD MEETING ON THE 13TH.

THE DEADLINE AS MS. POWELL HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED IS FEBRUARY 17TH, IF YOU ALL CHOOSE TO CALL A BOND.

SO I THINK, AGAIN, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THAT, THE BETTER.

ANY QUESTIONS? MR. HILL.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS THROUGH THAT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SIZE OF ROOMS FOR PRE-K.

IT'S LARGER THAN A NORMAL CLASSROOM SIZE.

DO WE HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH CLASSROOM SIZES IN OUR CURRENT FOOTPRINTS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS TO MAKE THEM LARGER SO THAT THEY WOULD MEET TODAY'S STANDARD, IF YOU WILL? SO THE CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ARE ON THE SMALLER SIZE.

THERE'S ONE BUILDING IN PARTICULAR, PINKERTON, WHERE THEY ARE SMALL, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS SO EGREGIOUS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOCK OUT ALL THE WALLS AND REDO EVERY ROOM IN THE BUILDING.

SOME OF THE RENOVATION WORK THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WOULD BE TO CREATE THINGS SUCH AS THE RIGHT SIZE MUSIC ROOM, THE RIGHT SIZE ART ROOM, BECAUSE TODAY YOUR ART ROOMS JUST OCCUPY A REGULAR CLASSROOM AND THEY'RE NOT APPROPRIATE SIZE.

THOSE ARE TYPICALLY LARGER ROOMS. ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, SOME OF YOUR PULLOUT SPACES CAN BE SMALLER.

SO TAKING EXISTING CLASSROOMS AND MAYBE SPLITTING THEM INTO TWO FOR SOME PULLOUT SPACES. SO WE'VE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT THROUGHOUT THESE RENOVATIONS THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING, AND THEN AS YOU WORK WITH ARCHITECTS, THEY'LL FURTHER REFINE THAT , BUT YES, YOUR CLASSROOMS ARE ON THE SMALLER SIDE FOR TODAY'S LEARNING STYLES, AND I HAVE TWO OTHER QUICK QUESTIONS.

ONE IS ADA REQUIREMENTS.

YOU HAVE WITHIN THE PRESENTATION YOU TALKED ABOUT ADA.

WOULD THIS GET US UP TO 100% COMPLIANCE IN ADA WITH ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS BEING MADE, OR IS THERE SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE FUTURE? THIS IS FOCUSED ON ACCESS INTO BUILDINGS AND AROUND BUILDING.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADA ARE MAINLY AROUND SIDEWALKS AND PATHWAYS FROM PARKING LOTS TO BUILDINGS.

THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE PLAYGROUNDS WOULD BE ADA ACCESSIBLE WITH ADA EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS TO THE PLAYGROUNDS AND ALSO I THINK SOME OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE THE STRUCTURES, MAYBE THEY ALL DO ACTUALLY COVERED STRUCTURES OUT ON BEHIND THE BUILDINGS AS PART OF THE PLAYGROUND.

SOME OF THOSE DON'T EVEN HAVE APPROPRIATE ACCESS TO THAT THOSE LOCATIONS.

SO THINGS LIKE THAT ARE COVERED IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

DOES THIS TAKE CARE OF EVERY SINGLE DOORKNOB, RESTROOM, STALL, WHAT HAVE YOU, IT DOES NOT. I WILL GO ON AND SAY THAT I KNOW EVEN DURING THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE DISTRICT IS AS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE COME TO THE DISTRICT'S ATTENTION, THEY HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE NEEDS VERY SPECIFICALLY AND EVEN SOME OF THE DOOR HARDWARE THAT WE'LL BE GETTING FOR THE NEW LOCKS WILL BE ADA ACCESSIBLE FOR CLASSROOM DOORS.

MY LAST QUESTION IS ON TITLE IX.

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ANY TITLE IX THINGS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UNDERSTAND HERE? NO, YOU'RE GOOD THERE.

WELL, LISTEN, YOU'VE KIND OF BLOWN MY MIND A LITTLE BIT WITH THE PHASE TWO.

SO I KNOW I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE BOARD AND TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND TO YOU GUYS, I LOVE THE PROCESSING TIME.

I LOVE THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO CHEW ON THIS AND GET OUR QUESTIONS AND FLESH IT OUT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PROCESS, AND THEN I WOULD JUST WRAP UP THAT, WOW, I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE THAT YOU SAID MR. WALKER DILIGENCE MULTIPLE TIMES, AND THIS IS A DILIGENT AND WELL THOUGHT AND WELL CRAFTED RECOMMENDATION, AND SO I KNOW WE HAVE SOME BOND MEMBERS IN THE BOARD AND IN THE ROOM, AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST AM REALLY APPRECIATIVE WITH THE SERIOUSNESS AND THE DILIGENCE THAT YOU TOOK TO BRING THIS TO US.

IT SEEMS VERY WELL CRAFTED.

I LOOK FORWARD TO DIGGING INTO IT MORE DEEPLY, BUT I COULDN'T LET THE MOMENT PASS WITHOUT SAYING I'M VERY IMPRESSED, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD THIS CHARGE OF OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUT TO THE BOARD COMMITTEE, I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE--I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF; THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HOPING AND LOOKING FOR, SO THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? MS. POWELL, THANK YOU AGAIN.

I'LL ECHO TRUSTEE WALKER'S SENTIMENTS.

I KNOW YOU HAVE AND JIM, YOU AND DILAN, BOTH EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON THE COMMITTEE AND YOU GUYS HAVE PUT SOME SERIOUS TIME AND HUNDREDS OF HOURS AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, YOUR REAL JOBS AND YOUR STUDIES AND YOUR CASE, DILAN, SO I HOPE YOUR GRADES DIDN'T SUFFER OVER THE FALL [CHUCKLING], BUT THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE JUST TO GET US UP TO THIS POINT.

THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE IT.

I SAY THE SAME. THANK YOU, CINDY.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU AND JIM AND DILAN.

YOU ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB FACILITATING AND ANY OF THE BOND COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU.

IT'S DIFFICULT AS YOU KIND OF TOSS AROUND AND THROW OUT DIFFERENT IDEAS AS YOU WORK THROUGH SOMETHING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT KIND OF GETS A LIFE OF ITS OWN.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE RESPONSIVE AND LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S GOOD TO GET THAT FEEDBACK.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING, TOO, AND MAKE OUR OWN CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING RESPONSIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I REALLY DO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK.

IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON FEBRUARY 6TH AT THAT WORKSHOP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND JUST TO REITERATE WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, FEBRUARY 6TH IS OUR WORKSHOP FOR THE NO ACTION TONIGHT, OBVIOUSLY NO ACTION ON THE SIXTH, AND THEN THE EARLIEST WE WOULD TAKE ACTION WOULD BE OUR FEBRUARY REGULAR BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS THE 13TH.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, AND WE WILL REACH OUT TO OUR BOND COUNCIL TO SEE IF THEY ARE ABLE TO COME THAT NIGHT TO GIVE YOU ALL ANY FEEDBACK OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T HAD A BOND GO TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH THIS WHOLE NEW SYSTEM, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT, AND WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LAST BOND WAS ONE THAT BARELY PASSED AND SO JUST GIVEN THAT THERE IS ALREADY SOME, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS ABOUT THE BOND NOW BEFORE IT'S EVEN CALLED, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING EVERYTHING TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW FOR SURE.

THANK YOU, AND WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS.

[VII.A. CONSENT]

FIRST UP IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL SOMETHING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

I SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE, MANISH SETHI .

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES 6-0.

NEXT UP, ITEM B, IS PRESENTATION AND ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR

[VII.B. Presentation and adoption of the annual financial audit for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2022]

THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 2022.

GREAT. THANK YOU, MS. SIRCAR.

WELL, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MS. DIANA SIRCAR, IS PASSING OUT THE ACTUAL AUDIT DONE BY AND RUTHERFORD TAYLOR AND COMPANY. WE HAVE ROBERT HERE TONIGHT TO HELP GUIDE US THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND EVERYTHING WILL BE POSTED ONLINE, TOO, SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN HAVE A REVIEW OF THIS AUDIT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. SIRCAR. YES, IT WILL.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

I AM JUST HERE TO PRESENT MR. ROBERT LAKE. HE'S WITH RUTHERFORD TAYLOR AND COMPANY, THE FINANCIAL AUDITORS THAT AUDIT OUR BOOKS EVERY YEAR AND THIS IS TYPICALLY EITHER DECEMBER OR JANUARY IS THE TIME WHEN MR.

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LAKE COMES TO PRESENT THE AUDIT RESULTS TO YOU.

SO, I WILL ALSO BE FLIPPING THE SLIDES AS MR. LAKE REFERS TO THE PAGES IN THE BOOK.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY. I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE QUICKER.

JUST HIT A FEW LESS PAGES AND MAYBE WHAT I'VE SPENT IN THE PAST TRYING TO GET YOU ALL OUT OF HERE IN A REASONABLE TIME, BUT IF GOING THROUGH IT, IF YOU ALL RUN ACROSS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION OF, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME IN MY TRACKS BECAUSE I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING FURTHER, BUT WITH THAT SAID, I ALWAYS START OFF BY SAYING THAT THE REPORT'S ALWAYS THE SAME THING THAT YOU GET EVERY YEAR. THERE ARE A FEW CHANGES IN THE REPORT AND I'LL KIND OF POINT THOSE OUT AS WE GO. PROBABLY WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THEM, BUT JUST POINT THEM OUT FOR YOU SO THAT YOU ALL CAN TAKE CARE OF THOSE AS YOU GO, BUT IF YOU'LL START ON PAGE FIVE, THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT, IT'S WHERE WE RENDER OUR OPINION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION DOES IN FACT PRESENT A FAIR PICTURE OF THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES AS OF AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31ST, IT'S WHAT WE CALL AN UNMODIFIED REPORT.

IT'S THE BEST REPORT YOU CAN RECEIVE.

NOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS CHANGED.

IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU TAKE THIS REPORT AND COMPARE IT TO LAST YEAR'S REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THE TEXT HAS CHANGED, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S CHANGED IS THAT IN THE PAST WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF ACCUSED OF BURYING THE GOOD THINGS WAY DOWN IN THE REPORT ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN THE PAGE, AND NOW YOU'LL FIND THAT THE OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IS IN THE FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS OF THAT REPORT.

SO [INAUDIBLE] SKIP ON DOWN TO THE TO THE SECOND LETTER AND THE THIRD LETTER.

THEY BOTH ARE THE SAME.

THESE REPORTS ARE NOT DIFFERENT.

THEY ARE THE SAME EFFECTIVE LETTERS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST THAT RELATE TO INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE.

I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY KIND OF WEAKNESSES IN THE INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM, NOR DID WE IDENTIFY ANY KIND OF NON COMPLIANCE ISSUES THAT NEEDED TO BE REPORTED.

SO ACROSS ALL THREE OF THE REPORTS, THE BEST THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE AND IF WE LOOK ON PAGE 12, JUST AS A POINT OUT HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR YOU ALL'S FEDERAL FUNDS ARE ENOUGH, THAT YOU ALL ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE WHAT USED TO BE CALLED AN A133 AUDIT.

NOW IT'S CIRCULAR 200 WHATEVER AUDIT.

BASICALLY IT'S A SINGLE AUDIT WHERE WE HAVE TO EVALUATE AND LOOK AT THE MAJOR PROGRAMS ON A CYCLE TO GO THROUGH, AND RIGHT HERE ON THIS PAGE YOU'LL SEE THAT THE EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND, WHICH WERE YOUR ESSER FUNDS, THAT WAS THE MAJOR PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE COVID-19 HEALTH SUPPORT GRANT.

IT WAS A SMALL GRANT, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE, IN ORDER TO GET THE COVERAGE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, WE LOOKED AT THAT REPORT AS WELL.

SO, THEN FROM THERE.

SO, MR. BLAKE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT WE GOT THROUGH THE ESSER GRANTS AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT THROUGH ESSER, THAT IS WHAT HELPED US I KNOW IN THE PAST DEAL WITH THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT HAVE A DEFICIT, BUT WE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT DEFICIT.

SOME OF THAT HELPED US BECAUSE WE GOT THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH I KNOW IT'S BEEN KIND OF SHARED ABOUT.

WHEN I SEND SOME INFORMATION OUT AT THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR, I THINK WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GOING TO GET THAT, AND SO THAT HELPED US TO GET THOSE FUNDS.

THE ESSER SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM, I THINK WHAT IT WAS, BUT IN THE PAST, SPECIAL ED HAS ALWAYS BEEN BY FAR THE LARGEST PROGRAM IN THE DISTRICT, AND WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE BACK, I'LL JUST KIND OF BLOW IT RIGHT NOW BUT I BELIEVE YOUR FEDERAL FUNDS THIS PARTICULAR YEAR WHERE IN THE PAST IT HAD BEEN SOMEWHERE AROUND FOUR AND ONE HALF MILLION, SOMEWHERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S OVER, I BELIEVE $10 MILLION THIS YEAR.

IT'S ACTUALLY $10,071,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDS THAT THE DISTRICT BENEFITED FROM THIS YEAR.

SO AS YOU SAID, THAT WAS USED TO HELP SUPPORT LEARNING LOSS PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO HELP TO SUPPORT OTHER PROGRAMS WITHOUT THE DISTRICT MUCH SO.

OKAY, FROM THERE YOU GET INTO WHAT'S CALLED MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS, AND I'M JUST GOING TO POINT OUT MAYBE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THIS SECTION, BECAUSE THE YOU KNOW,

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WE TALK ABOUT THINGS FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO WHERE TRS PROPORTIONATE SHARES OF YOUR SHARE OF THE TRS LIABILITIES HAD TO BE RECORDED IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

SAME THING A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, THE OPEB, THE TRS CARE PROGRAM.

SO THOSE LARGE LIABILITIES WOULD IMPACT YOUR GOVERNMENT WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND SO THIS YEAR YOU WILL NOTICE ON TABLE A-2 ON PAGE 21 THAT WE HAD SOME INCREASE OF A LITTLE OVER $22 MILLION THIS YEAR, AND THE SIMPLEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THAT IS THAT THE TRS LIABILITY WENT FROM LIKE 35 MILLION LAST YEAR DOWN TO 17 MILLION THIS YEAR.

SO THAT IS THE LARGEST IMPACT OF WHAT REPRESENTS THAT.

SO IF WE TAKE THAT 17 MILLION OUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A $5 MILLION INCREASE THERE BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO JUMP ON AND SAY, WOW, WE REALLY MADE SOME MONEY THIS YEAR.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE ACCOUNTING THINGS.

THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE GOVERNMENT WIDE STATEMENTS IN PARTICULAR, THEY REALLY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IN THESE PARTICULAR CASES THAT THEY REALLY HAVE A GOOD BASIS FOR WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING. AS FAR AS WHAT YOUR ACTUAL NET POSITION IS, THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE CAN SEE MORE OR LESS HOW YOU REALLY, TRULY OPERATED, AND SO WE'LL GET TO THAT.

SO I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO REALLY TALK ABOUT A-1 AND A-2 MUCH, OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT THOSE ARE THE GOVERNMENT WIDE NUMBERS.

THE PROPERTY TAXES CONTINUES TO BE YOU ALL'S LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE ACROSS THE DISTRICT, AND YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE THE AREA OF INSTRUCTION BEING THE LARGEST EXPENSE IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL, AND SO IF WE'LL GET OVER INTO THE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, GO TO EXHIBIT C-1, WHICH IS ON PAGE 29.

THIS IS THE BALANCE SHEET.

WE PRESENT THESE THESE ARE THESE ARE THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED WHAT ARE CONSIDERED THE MODIFIED ACCRUAL OR NOT MODIFIED BASIS ACCOUNTING.

WE HAVE RECEIPTS OR WE HAVE REVENUES AND WE HAVE LIABILITIES THAT ARE PRESENTED HERE.

HOWEVER, IT REALLY MORE MIRRORS HOW CASH FLOWS THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE, THE BALANCE SHEETS, YOUR ASSETS, YOUR LIABILITIES AND YOUR RESULTING FUND BALANCE, YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT OUR CASH AND THE GENERAL FUND.

$92 MILLION AND $135 MILLION ACROSS ALL FUNDS.

OUR ASSETS ARE EFFECTIVELY PRETTY MUCH WHAT OUR CASH BALANCE IS.

THERE ARE RECEIVABLES AND PAYABLES THERE AND WHATNOT, BUT TO GRAND TOTAL OF 94 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND AT 146 MILLION ACROSS ALL FUNDS.

OUR LIABILITIES, AS I SAY, EVERY YEAR, OUR LARGEST LIABILITY IS THE ACCRUED WAGES THAT WE OWE FOR TEACHERS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THEY'RE PAID.

THEY START EARLY.

DON'T GET STARTED GETTING THEIR ACTUAL PAYMENTS UNTIL THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

SO THAT CREATES A LIABILITY THAT DUE TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS THERE THAT RELATES TO THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU OWE THE STATE FOR YOUR CHAPTER 41 SETTLE UP.

YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT IT EVERY YEAR, HOW YOU ALL ESTIMATE ENROLLMENT.

YOU GET PAID ON YOUR ACTUAL ATTENDANCE AND THEN THE SAME KIND OF THING HAPPENS ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR THE CHAPTER 41 SIDE.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE EITHER RECEIVABLES OR PAYABLES AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT BALANCE IS, AND SO WE GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM, OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE, THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE, A LITTLE OVER $78 MILLION JUST SHY OF $79 MILLION. THE DEBT SERVICE FUND IS A LITTLE OVER TEN OR JUST SHY OF 11 MILLION.

THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND THOSE BOND PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON TO FINISH UP PROJECTS AND KEEP THOSE THINGS MOVING.

29 MILLION, AND SO GROUNDS TO ACROSS ALL FUNDS 122 ALMOST $123 MILLION.

SO A GOOD STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND IF WE GO OVER TWO PAGES TO EXHIBIT C-3, WE GET TO OUR REVENUES AND OUR EXPENDITURES.

YOU CAN SEE THERE THE GENERAL FUND GENERATED $165 MILLION IN REVENUES THIS YEAR.

OF COURSE, THE MAJORITY OF IT 150 MILLION FOR LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES, WHICH OF COURSE IS THE LARGEST CHUNK OF THAT IS YOUR PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT ACROSS THE REST OF IT, THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AT 35 MILLION AND ACROSS ALL FUNDS AT 216 MILLION.

LOOK AT OUR EXPENDITURES THERE, 165 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, 35 IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, AND ACROSS ALL FUNDS, 228 MILLION.

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WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER FINANCING SOURCES AND USES.

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE LITTLE NEW THINGS THAT ARE IN THE REPORT HERE.

IF YOU LOOK AT LINE 7913 ABOUT FIVE LINES FROM THE BOTTOM THAT $424,000 FOR IN THE GENERAL FUND.

DURING THE YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED GASB 87, WHICH DEALS WITH LEASES.

THERE ARE NO SUCH THING.

WELL, FOR THE MOST PART, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS REALLY AN OPERATING LEASE ANYMORE.

I MEAN, IT'S GOT TO BE SHORT TERM.

CAN'T BE A YEAR OR LONGER WITH NO TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN THERE, A LOT OF CONDITIONS THAT HAVE GONE ON , BUT EFFECTIVELY, WHAT HAPPENS NOW, WHERE IN THE PAST WE'VE LEASED COPY MACHINES, FOR EXAMPLE.

WE'RE NOT EXPECTING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM OR USE THEM.

WE JUST HOPE THAT THEY'LL LAST THE LENGTH OF THE LEASE BEFORE WE REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER ONE.

WELL, NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY WHERE IN THE YEAR THAT WE ENTER INTO THE LEASE, IT'S AS IF WE BOUGHT IT OUTRIGHT AND THEN WE OFFSET THAT WITH WHAT YOU SEE THERE AT THE BOTTOM THAT RIGHT OF USE LEASE PROCEEDS AND SO DOESN'T AFFECT YOUR FUND BALANCE, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT WE'VE GOT TO BUDGET FOR THOSE THINGS AS IF WE BOUGHT THEM AND THEN GOING FORWARD THOSE PAYMENTS INSTEAD OF IN THE PAST WHERE THEY WERE CODED OUT TO WHATEVER POSITION, IF THEY WERE IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN INSTRUCTIONAL USE IT BEING FUNCTION 11.

WELL, NOW IT'LL BE CODED AS DEBT SERVICE GOING FORWARD.

SO THERE'LL BE DEBT PAYMENTS UNTIL, AND BASICALLY WHAT YOU DO IS YOU TAKE THE NET PRESENT VALUE OF THE LEASE AND YOU'LL AMORTIZE IT OVER THE LIFE OF THE LEASE.

SO IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WAY OF ACCOUNTING, BUT IF YOU SEE THOSE THINGS, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPROACH FOR WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THAT BEING SAID, IF WE LOOK AT LINE 1200, THE NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE THERE, YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT THE GENERAL FUND, $420,000 INCREASE FOR THE YEAR AND THEN ACROSS ALL FUNDS.

A $5.8 MILLION DECREASE.

OF COURSE, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, WE GENERATED ALL THE QUOTE UNQUOTE REVENUE WHEN WE SOLD THE BONDS AND NOW WE CONTINUE TO REDUCE THAT FUND BALANCE AS WE PAY THOSE THINGS OUT. OKAY, FROM THERE, I'M GOING TO SKIP THE REST OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND GET INTO THE NOTES.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO POINT OUT WHAT WE OWE PEOPLE.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AND WANTS TO KNOW WHERE WE STAND, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE, STARTED THE YEAR OFF AT $450 MILLION IN DEBT.

THE 4 MILLION THERE INCREASE THAT'S THAT ACCRETED INTEREST.

WE'VE STILL GOT SOME OF THESE CAPITAL APPRECIATION BONDS THAT WE HAVE TO BASICALLY BOOK THE INTEREST ON THOSE THINGS.

THEY'RE KIND OF ZERO COUPON AND THEY'LL ALL PAY OUT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT ACCRETION IS, AND THEN WE RETIRED 30 MILLION DURING THE YEAR AND SO TAKES IT DOWN TO 424 MILLION AS OF THE END OF THE YEAR, AND SO YOU CAN SEE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF PAGES WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

YOU'LL SEE ON PAGE 47 WE TALKED ABOUT THAT RIGHT OF USE LEASE.

YOU CAN SEE THERE WE ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO A COPIER AGREEMENT THIS YEAR TO THE TUNE OF $463,000, AND SO WE'LL WE'LL BE AMORTIZING THAT REMAINING $430,000 OVER THE LIFE OF THE LEASE. OKAY, THEN WE GET INTO THOSE PENSION NOTES AND I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO MENTION THEM AND I'M GOING TO SKIP ON OVER INTO THE MAYBE ABOUT THREE MORE SCHEDULES.

PAGE 62 WHICH IS THE BUDGETARY COMPARISON SCHEDULE.

JUST WANT TO POINT THIS OUT THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET WITH $167 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, WE ENDED SOME ALMOST $3 MILLION BELOW BUDGET FOR THE YEAR, AND IF WE LOOK AT ALL THE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES, WE'LL SEE THAT NONE OF THEM ARE OVER EXPENDED.

SO IT SHOWS THAT MANAGEMENT IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF MAINTAINING THE BUDGET, MAKING SURE THAT WHEN AMENDMENTS ARE NEEDED, THEY'RE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD AND APPROVED BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD. SO, OKAY, MAYBE TWO MORE SCHEDULES.

THE DELINQUENT TAX SCHEDULE.

IT'S ON PAGE 69.

WE STARTED THE YEAR OFF WITH ABOUT $1.8 MILLION IN DELINQUENT TAXES.

WE LEVIED A LITTLE OVER $180 MILLION IN TAXES THIS YEAR.

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WE BASICALLY COLLECTED THAT.

WE ALSO HAD SOME ROLL BACK COLLECTIONS AND WHATNOT, ADJUSTMENTS THAT CAME ALONG THROUGH THE YEAR. SO WE ENDED THE YEAR AT 1.8M.

SO ABOUT 15,000 INCREASE IN THE TOTAL DELINQUENT TAXES FOR THE YEAR.

I'D SAY THAT'S A GREAT YEAR FOR TAX COLLECTIONS AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE LAST SCHEDULE IN THE REPORT, BUT THE DISTRICT BENEFITED SOME LITTLE OVER $10 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS DURING THE YEAR.

ONE OTHER THING THAT IS NEW THIS YEAR, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ON PAGE 73, SOMEBODY IN THE LEGISLATURES TOLD TEA THAT THEY NEED SOME INFORMATION ON COMPENSATORY EDUCATION AND BILINGUAL EDUCATION.

YOU KNOW, THE DISTRICT GETS FUNDING EVEN THOUGH THE STATE DOESN'T SEND YOU ALL MUCH MONEY YOU'RE REQUIRED TO EXPEND FUNDS.

SO THIS IS A SCHEDULE TO REPORT YOU ALL'S BALANCES AND HOW YOU ALL SPENT THOSE FUNDS DURING THE YEAR. SO IT'S JUST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AND IN BOTH CASES, YOU ALL WERE WELL WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE.

SO NOW I KNOW I'VE GONE THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY AND JUST HIT THE HIGH POINTS, TRIED TO SKIP THROUGH AS MUCH AS I CAN.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? FEEL FREE. I'LL ANSWER ANYTHING I CAN.

JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO EACH YEAR IN HERE AND THE UPDATES AND THEN THE SPECIAL THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO DO SO, AND KUDOS TO THE STAFF OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND KEEPING US IN COMPLIANCE AND ABOVE BOARD.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. LET ME TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY I ALWAYS GET TO VISIT WITH MR. HUNT ABOUT OR I GUESS IS DR.

HUNT NOW, ISN'T IT? RIGHT? YEAH, BUT PEOPLE CALL ME MR. HUNT. PEOPLE CALL ME BRAD.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. [CHUCKLING] OKAY, AND I ALWAYS ENJOY THE 30 MINUTES OR SO I GET TO SPEND WITH HIM. HE FILLS ME IN ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT.

SO IT'S REALLY A GREAT TIME TO SEE WHAT'S CHANGING IN THE LIVES OF THE COPPELL STUDENTS AND WHATNOT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK DIANA AND ERICA AND THE REST OF THE STAFF OVER AT THE SERVICE CENTER.

WE APPRECIATE THEIR HELP.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT SOMETIMES TO HAVE PEOPLE COME IN AND SIT ACROSS THE TABLE FROM YOU AND ASK YOU QUESTIONS LIKE YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG, BUT WE APPRECIATE THEIR HELP AND ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS AS NEEDED AND GETTING US THE INFORMATION WHEN WE'RE NEEDING IT BECAUSE YOU'D BE SURPRISED SOMETIMES HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET INFORMATION, BUT THEY'RE VERY, VERY, VERY RESPONSIVE WITH GETTING THAT INFORMATION.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH, AND AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

FEEL FREE TO GIVE US A CALL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS; I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME BACK AND EXPLAIN ANYTHING FURTHER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 2022, AS PRESENTED.

I HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE ANTHONY HILL TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 2022, AS PRESENTED.

IS IT YOU, MANISH? YES. SECONDED BY TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR. MOTION PASSES, 6-0, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON IT.

DIANA, THANK YOUR STAFF, AS ALWAYS, FOR THE WORK THEY PUT IN ON NOT ONLY THE BUDGET BUT GETTING THE INFORMATION WE NEED OVER FOR THE AUDIT EACH YEAR.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, DIANA.

THANK YOU, ERICA, AND THANK YOU, ROBERT.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WORKING WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP ITEM C, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED TO

[VII.C. Discuss, consider, and act upon all matters incident and related to the adoption of an Election Order calling a School Board Trustee General Election on May 6, 2023 (Part 1 o2)]

THE ADOPTION OF AN ELECTION ORDER.

CALLING A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE GENERAL ELECTION ON MAY 6TH, 2023.

YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN THE INFORMATION ON THAT.

THIS IS FOR OUR ANNUAL ELECTION.

DO WE READ THE WHOLE THING? YEAH. ARE WE SUPPOSED TO READ THE WHOLE THING OR JUST.

IT'S A MOTION. I MOVE THAT CALLING A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE GENERAL ELECTION ON MAY 6TH, 2023 BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED.

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SECOND. HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI AN ORDER CALLING A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE GENERAL ELECTION ON MAY SIX, 2023 BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LEIGH WALKER. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR.

MOTION PASSES 6-0, AND THAT TAKES US TO ITEM D, DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ALL MATTERS

[VII.D. Discuss, consider, and act upon all matters incident and related to the adoption of an Election Ordercalling a School Board Trustee Special Election on May 6, 2023]

IT CAN'T BE AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND JUST CLARITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT CAN'T BE RELATED TO THE ONE YOU JUST CALLED BECAUSE IT IS A SEPARATE ONE FOR PLACE SEVEN.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S DIFFERENT, AND THE FILING DEADLINES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TOO, AND THAT'S ALL ON THE WEBSITE.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP AN ITEM OVER HERE.

SINCE I WAS IN THE LATE ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE TERM SHOULD GO TILL THE NOVEMBER OF 2023 BECAUSE I DID MISS OUT ON SIX MONTHS OF MY TERM. FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SPECIAL OR BECAUSE I WENT IN THE REGULAR ELECTIONS, WHICH WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE IT WAS A COVID YEAR.

SO APART FROM ME, WHO, YOU KNOW, I RAN AGAINST, YOU KNOW, AN OPPONENT.

I MEAN, I THINK, DAVID, YOU HAD NO ONE THAT WAS RUNNING AGAINST YOU.

CORRECT. SO, AND YOU WERE ALREADY ON THE BOARD, BUT BASICALLY, I DID NOT GET SIX MONTHS OF MY TERM.

SO IF WE ARE DOING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR ONE YEAR, UNEXPIRED, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SIX MONTHS THAT I JUST DID NOT GET OFF MY TERM? IS MY QUESTION.

SO ARE YOU ASKING THAT WE RECONSIDER ITEMS C THAT WE JUST VOTED IN APPROVED SIX ZERO? WELL, THE GENERAL ELECTION HAS ALSO GOT YOU INCLUDED IN THE ITEM.

CORRECT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT BECAUSE IT JUST COMES UP AS A STATEMENT AND THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

WELL, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM C IN ORDER TO GO BACK TO THAT ITEM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT AND SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD AGREE TO IT, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. IF NOT, WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH ITEM D.

I MOVE AN ORDER CALLING A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE SPECIAL ELECTION ON MAY 6TH, 2023 BE ADOPTED AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION BY TRUSTEE MAISH SETHI AN ORDER CALLING A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE SPECIAL ELECTION ON MAY 6TH, 2023, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LEIGH WALKER.

ANY DISCUSSION? SO I'M KIND OF CONFUSED.

WHAT HAPPENED TO C? WELL C, MOTION WAS MADE BY TRUSTEE MANISH SETHI, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE LEIGH WALKER, AND APPROVED SIX ZERO.

SO IF WE RECONSIDER THAT, WHAT HAPPENS? I'LL MOVE TO RECONSIDER THAT MOTION BECAUSE THAT JUST HAS IT LIKE AN ENCOMPASSING STATEMENT. SURE.

ONE PERSON HAD THREE YEARS AND THE OTHER ONE HAD DID NOT HAVE HALF A YEAR.

FIRST, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE MOTION WE HAVE ON THE FLOOR, AND THEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? THIS MOTION PASSES SIX ZERO.

YOU ARE IN FAVOR, DR.

BISWAS? OKAY, JUST DOUBLE CHECKING.

I THINK THIS ONE IS FOR PLACE SEVEN, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. THE ONE YEAR UNEXPIRED TERM, WHICH AS DR.

HUNT ALLUDED TO, THE FILING DATES ARE DIFFERENT ON THAT VERSUS THE GENERAL ELECTION, BECAUSE WE COULD NOT--CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG--WE COULD NOT CALL THAT UNTIL AFTER THAT. THAT ORDER WAS CALLED TONIGHT.

OKAY, JUST TO CLARIFY ANY CONFUSION OUT IN THE PUBLIC.

SO NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, DR.

BISWAS, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT.

WOULD THAT BE EIGHT MEMBERS ON THE BOARD OR, YOU KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE, BUT IT BASICALLY MEANS I WAS NOT ACTUALLY GIVEN THE SIX MONTHS OF MY TERM.

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SO IF I HEARD YOU RIGHT, YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM C, WHICH IS

[VII.C. Discuss, consider, and act upon all matters incident and related to the adoption of an Election Order calling a School Board Trustee General Election on May 6, 2023 (Part 2 o2)]

DISCUSS, CONSIDER AND ACT UPON ALL MATTERS INCIDENT RELATED TO THE ADOPTION OF A GENERAL ELECTION ON MAY 6TH, 2023.

IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, HONESTLY, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THE MOTION IS, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WHAT WE DECIDE; THAT WAS DECIDED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, NOT ANYTHING THAT WOULD FALL UNDER OUR REVIEW OF OUR AUTHORITY TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE.

ONLY THING WE COULD DO ON THAT TRUSTEE SETHI WOULD BE CHANGE THE DATES FOR THE WHOLE ELECTION. SO, BUT AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, THE GOVERNOR IS THE ONE THAT POSTPONED THAT ELECTION AND DIDN'T REALLY GIVE US A CHOICE.

SO IN MY MIND, I'M NOT EVEN SURE THE TWO ITEMS ARE RELATED.

I BELIEVE IT DOES REQUIRE A SECOND, BUT IT MAY NOT REQUIRE, BUT NOT HEARING A SECOND.

UNLESS YOU GUYS FEEL OTHERWISE, THAT MOTION WILL NOT GO ANY FURTHER.

WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR DISCUSSION AND REPORT ITEMS.

[VIII.A. Budget Workshop Debrief - David Caviness]

I HAVE THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS THE BUDGET WORKSHOP DEBRIEF FROM OUR, AND NOW I'VE GOT ALL MY DATES MIXED UP.

IT WAS OUR JANUARY 9TH.

THANK YOU. I WAS THINKING SIX, BUT I KNEW THE SIX WAS NOT RIGHT.

FROM OUR JANUARY 9TH BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHICH THAT WAS THE SECOND WORKSHOP FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, YOU GUYS MAY RECALL BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2020 OR PRIOR TO DECEMBER 2020, WE HAD ASKED AS A BOARD, WE HAD ASKED ADMINISTRATION TO START THE PROCESS EARLIER EACH YEAR SO THAT WE COULD WORK TOWARDS CLOSING THAT GAP ON OUR FUTURE PROJECTED DEFICITS.